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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920. I THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL. PORTLAND, OREGON DECISION PAVES iiAvrnnnAiiwAV mi I UIHIUfHI LINE TO STAYTON Throuth final decision of Circuit JuWga " Morrpw, Saturday morning, adijuaicatlng: rights of all parties at interest in litigation of H. S. Huion agkiiist the Portland & Southeastern rajlroad, It waa stated the way ia nojw open for definite pledging of Eastern capital for construction" of tjiis line. ! ; The litigation, which extended; over . self ral weeks and brought into court a imh)nse mass of documentary evidence, hafa resulted In partition o the stock and ' definite determination j of other rights. Under this condition It li stated several lsijge financial interests are ready to provide money for building the railroad f ram Salem to Stayton, through MInto Fates and to Mount Angel, with an event ual connection with Bend. . It is said thfy will open up a country rich in po tential agricultural possibilities and tap onf of the finest untouched timber sec tions of the United Statsv V AWARDED $1000 CLAIM FOR -I SERVICES TO JIRS. SALINE The career of an eccentric figure, Mrs. Chttstina Saline, who died In 191. and wlo for yesrs figured in court litigation, soaie of whose cases appear in supreme coirt reports,; was reviewed before Cir cul)t Jadge Tucker Saturday morning, wh;en Mrs. Catherine Duncan, adminis tratrix of the Saline estate, was awarded a blaim of , $1000 for personal services . tolMra. Saline during her lifetime. It was explained that Mrs. Duncan, who formerly was an office woman In a commission ' house in Portland, was engaged by Mrs. Saline to handle her correspondence and look after various bujsinees and i personal matters for sev eral years before Mrs. Saline died, and fcajd been promised compensation never glVen. ,The property was willed to 23 n;4ces and nephews, all in South Da kojta. and a representative cf some of tnse heirs was in court .Saturday to agfee to payment of the claim. ' Mrs. Saline lived on an island in the Columbia slough and had a dairy and dujck lakes there. She was in constant litigation, much of It1 being over her oaipk lakes and the ducks. She remained on the island during various high water periods, at times being compelled to live in the second story of her house, ; with her pigs, chickens and calvej. E-Jentually sn was removed by Mrs. Duncan, on order of the sheriff, was brought to Portland and died in a hos pital here. She left an estate consisting of I about $60.00.0. worth of real property srjd - cash and personal effects of the sue of about $19,000. :CTTSED OF OBTAINING . fOTE INDORSEMENT FALSEX.Y Lllen R. Simonson. connected with th Claire Cleaners' establishment, was a: sated by Deputy Sheriffs Chrlstoffer- ' SO ' chi An and Kendall Friday evening on the irge of obtaining ; a efpnature of In- rsement on a note for $400 under false pretenses. It Is said that Simonson gave 1 . v wv w v OT va S7V a cleaning establishment t6 which had not if ull UUe. Simonson was en to the j county iall. ' - - - - Irs. Moser, Ofegon Pioneer; Died at Weston on July 28 KVeston. Aug. 7. Mrs. Hirriette stl Mpser. k pioneer woman of Eastern D. gojn. died at the home of her daughter, MJ-a James Kirkpatriok m Weston. July 281 The Moser family crossed the plains with ra mule team In 1864, undergoing mkny hardships and encounters with Indians on their way to the Oregon coun try. A home was established near Rose burg ; later a ranch was acquired on the Jdhn Day river, and after two years had ben spent la that country a farm was purchased near Weston, where the fam ily lived for nearly 60 years. Mrs. &Jjosers husband predeceased her 34 years. She was 8? years old. and left surviving three children. 13 grandchil dren and four great grandchildren. Third and Stark ... 'W&Mw&f RNK OF ! CALIFORNIA, N. A A NATIONAL BANK'. " ; ; PORTLAND Amundsen! to Sail .-. . Today to! Start on Drift Across Pole Seattle, Aug. 7(L N, S.) Roald Amundsen,' Norwegian explorer, is sched uled t to sail from Home. Alaska, today. on a five 'year drift la the Arctic ice pack, hoping to bej carried across the isortn Pole. ; His vessel, the Maud, will be headed for TVrahgell Island, off the Northern ; Siberian coast, according to word received here fpm the north today. Tor more thap-i week Amundsen has been; proviUmTng his expedition at Nome and preparing for ithe voyage. . He is confident ha will be able to prove his theory that the ice; pack will carry his vessel across the pole within five years and has made preparations to stay in the far north for thjat length of time. Vessels at Nomej are planning to es cort rthe Maud for i a short distance on her Journey and si battery of -moving picture men will mike a graphic record oi ner departure, t 150 PROFITEERS CONVICTED IN YEAR " j .- ' j '- y ,-.( Washington, Aug. 1. (U.' P".) One hwndred and jfifty-one profiteers have been convicted since the justice department started Its nation-wide campaign to reduce living costs, it was. announced tpday at the office of the attorney general. 7 The justice department began Its cam paign one year ago. -' Arrests on profiteering charges totaled 154. of which 1499 were indicted by a grand jury, j Justice department agents will renew their efforts to increase the number of convictions, it was said, and to bring a quick decision ln all cases where in dictments have' been obtained. .'.,.. 1 : " Coughlin Child Was Stolen1 bjf Russian, ' Crook Tells Police Philadelphia. Pa4 Aug. 7. (I. N. S. Bla&eley j Coughllnj the 15-months-old Norristown baby, was stolen by a -Rus sian Pole, according! to a confession made this: afternoon in Captain of Detectives Souders' office at cjity hall here by Au gusto Pascol, "the crank." The baby, according to the confession, was alive and well as recently as last Sunday night, when Pascol said he es corted the woman who has the child In her j custody to the Market street ferry, thisi city. . : - ( Pascol revealed many details of what he asserted was tke true story of the kidnaping. He stopped, however, when he came to the polnjt of telling where the baby is now hidden Captain Souders and Major Lynn Adams, head of thel state police, are. un- declded to Relieve Pascal's story, Yacht Victoria Near -Wjeck,1 Crew Saved Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug. 7. (J. N. S.) The yacht Victoria, chartered during the! cup races byj Sir Thomas Lipton and carrying- Charles M-eeker and a Party of two other jmen and two women, went on the ledges joutside of York Har bor today. AU harjds on the yacht came ashore safely .through the heavy sea in a motor launch, i j ' Round Trlp Tickets Good After Aug. 26 Washington, Aug. 7. (U. P.) Round trip railroad and steamboat tickets purchased by thousands of vacationists will be- honored by the railroads, even though the return! section is presented after August ; 26.: when the 20 per cent higher fares go . into effect, it was learned here today. v J Service' ; .1:;... : i .';! -r ' : - ' lj ' -f - A Tangible Asset Customers of this institution experience a feeling of comfort j derived from that hvso-far as a bank is able to serve their needs, this bank can serve them. ' , To each account is given in dividual consideration, to each detail, scrupulous attention1 In little things as well as large ir is the policy of the bank! to. serve to the fullest extent of its capacity , ' " 1 Streets I "Service" has -been our watchword i from the day! of the bank's estab lishment service that places itself behind the interests of our customers, adds energy anil impetus to them and promotes and protects those interests r with every facility at our command. AEROPLANE D THRILLS; VISITING BOY SCOUT UNIT Portland has -the distinction of having: given the visiting Boy Scouts the greatest thrill they have experi enced since leaving New York Just one month ago Saturday on their two months -tour of the United States. ' ' Portland gave the Scouts an airplane ride Saturday morning Just before they left tor Tacoma, and when they alighted from the winged cars they declared that uie memories . pi auj ine wonaeriui things they had ; seen and experienced on their trip vanished, they never could forget the exhiraratlon and the thrill of The trip was made possible through ww courtesy or ine Portland Alrcrart company and was arranged as a special courtesy to the visitlna- i scouts hv Miss Mae Norton. 3 On account of the limited time u was possible to I make only one trfp and, three passengers ; being the limit, it was nef.MKajrvl tn A raw Ufa Cyril McDermott and John Prest, the iww jwgia Bcouis, ana tierafirt jacobi were the luo.kv hnva j i . t The visitors and th Artis.! who are acting as thel escorts during iucr siay n Jroruana breakfasted at the Tip Top Inn in the XJpman, Wolfe St Co. retor. Follawlne th ilmim. 4 the party left for Tacoma, and the next iew aays wui oe spent in touring Rainier F. E. Matthes, the! iscoutmaster In charge of the party, jisi connected with the United States geological survey and surveyed this v nark. nA th under his leadership promises, much of unusual interest and information for the Scouts. It is likely that Glacier Natlcftial para win oe omitted -from the itinerary un ms remaining! two weeks fbl- lOwiniB th PllnUi t.U iti . I, tmriijjuie m seuowston park. .The party cv..o io oxrivo in rew york Septeni Chinese-American Woman Plaintiff In Suit for Divorce , - i -;- 1. ;. - - The unusual has happened 4n the "divorce mill" nt Miiltnnmih ... - ...WMIMM VUWIli. Pansy Lee. an 1X-voor-nM A n.-.!-- - , r ? . v. born Chinese woman, is suing. for divorce from Shun Lee. Th mt -c--i day, and in the complaint Mrs. charges that she was forced against her will in liv In t-nsima 4t riil.,i.. i were trequenuy raiaea Dy officers in lumi- tsiirca i or narcotics and lottery tickets and at times her h arrested. - i She avers that at one time Shun Lee en oer, going to umna and leaving her no Provision for nnnmp art A h-4 t, has not worked since they were married in Vancouver, Wash., In October of 1$19. The Lees have a four-months-old baby, and about two weeks ago Mrs. Lee ap pealed to police- officers for protection, saying that tong men wanted to take her ihfM Via 14V1U Aif?XV j ; i American Legion's Chief Commander Is Due on Saturday 1 ,:f ... Franklin P'Olier, national commander of the American Legion, will arrive In PorUand at 10 o'clock Saturday night from San Francisco for an official visit extending over three davs. Vn n'rtiu and several of the national officers are mso in party. Will Jam B. Follett, former commanilpr nf .th Tmian t v, wQ.v,, . . department of Oret-on. hari th cqming committee that will meet the ex- ovuuyq uie union station. A trip over the highway ia planned for Sundav. Mond -r ' " "- "O WHC1 ft will be taken . to Salem to ; meet the legionnaires or tnat city, and Monday evening there will be a dinner for repre sentatives of tht lHAn from all nn of .rthe state. This will be followed by raeeiinp si ine Armory, when D Oner will be principal speaker. The national commander goes to Centralia Tuesday. the knowledge OREGON; Get-Rich-Quick Ponzi Denies He Is Agent Of the Eussian Soviet Boston, Aug. 7j -That Charles Ponxt. the financial wizard of Boston, is an agent of Xenia and Trotzky seeking to upset banking conditions In the United States was emphatically denied by him today ae part and narcel of the work of ms enemies to aiscreait us schemes. Asked point blank today if be were a Bolsheviskl he flashed back. "No, cer tainly not. ; Do I look like one?" t "Are you an agent of the Soviets?" . "No, I am not. . I am an agent for no man or men. I am for Ponzi and the people., Anybody that says that I rep resent Lenin and Trotzky must be crazy." COX IS NOTIFIED BY Fair Grounds, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 1.: (U. f) Governor James M. Cox waa formally notifie j shortly after 4 o'clock , this afternoon that he ia to lead teh Democratic hosts to the big quadrennial battle. : Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, permanent chairman of the pan Fran cisco convention, chairman of the notifi cation committee, officially notified the governor he had been selected as the presidential nominee of his party. Cox in reply accepted! the nomination and made the League of Nations : the dominant issue ' of the campaign. f All during the parade the sun- bad beat down on marchers, but as the for mal ceremonies began the' skies became clouded, affording relief -j to thousands who were compelled to stand, : j Headed by trieir national standard bearers,' Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who insisted on marching, ap proximately 20,000 cheering Democrats Wraded through the streets of Dayton to the county, fair grounds, the scene of the notification ceremonies. J Cox and Roosevelt appeared unexpect edly at the head- of the parade just be- lore it started. They were greeted with a great outburst of cheers. It was the governor's idea that they should march with the Democrats, i ; f i CROWD CHEERS COX : Cox's appearance In the parade was a big surprise for the thousands that lined the streets to the fair grounds, and the two candidates were given one continu ous ovation along the two-mile march. Despite a hot sun Cox and Roosevelt set a lively pace. Cries of "Jlmmle" were beard. all along the line. . The Wisconsin delegation sign read "The vote that will make Milwaukee fa mous Cox 994 per cent; Harding of 1 per cent." . A great cheer arose as about 800 min ers from Cambride, Ohio, passed the re viewing stand. "We're for Jimmle Cox; we know him." - v . t-. ; r . "The miners of Ohio urge the miners of the nation to vote for, Jim Cox, be cause he has been lair to us," read two of Jlhe banners. , - k HARDIXG'S TOWJT 8E3ri)S 11,000 Abou 200 prominent Democrats i at tended the buffet luncheon given by Gov ernor and Mrs. Cox at their home. Trail's End." The: sroverrior and his wife were at the door to greet everyone. Tables were set on the veranda of the home, which overlooked the beautiful Miami valley. Secretary Tumulty, Breck inridge Dong of Missouri and Greorge Brennan, Illinois, Democratic boss, were smong those present. .. - The entire crowd t broke. Into ia bir salvo of applause and cheers when the delegation from Marion, Harding's home town, appeared. ; i "We're here. Jim, and we are Ati from Marlon," one sign read. Another said: "It's getting a leetle too' warm on the front porch." f At least 14,000 men and women -were In'the section marked as coming from Marion. ' ; Mother and Little Girl Drink Poison In Home by Error Poisoned by drlnklne bichloride. Mn Grace Dunn and heri 10-year-old daugh ter Virginia, Stanfield apartments, are at Good Samaritan hospital getting along nicely. Mrs. Dunn eaid Saturday that the poisoning was accidental, that the bichloride had been in a cup out of which ehe took a drink and gave one to her. daughter In the bathroom of their home.' - -1 , i Mrs. Dunn was until recently an in mate of the state hospital at Salem, and it was believed at first the poisoning had been intentional. Her husband. whom she sent out of the house before the accident, said she had tried before, to poison herself. When Dunn returned he found bis wife and daughter unconscious on the -floor -after I having- drunk: the chloride. They were rushed at once to the hospital. i ;":':- ' t -i :;:; Garbage Ordinance Will Come Up for Hearing Wednesday At an adjourned session of the city council Saturday morning an ordinance Introduced by Commissioner 'Bigelow, providing for the receipt of proposals for toe disposition or garbage, was consid ered, and it will come up for final ac tion next Wednesday. After the pro posals are received and the best offer determined, the matter will be submitted to a vote of the people, it Js said. The council also authorized the sale of 75, 000 worth of 6 per cent street Improve ment bonds. Small Fires In Pino Valley Baker, Aug. 1. Two small lightning fires were reported Friday at the Whit man forest office from the Pine valley region as a result of the electric storms that passed through a greater portion of the mountainous district Thursday night. Supervisor Billings of the Wallowa reserve has sent word to Supervisor Evans of the local office that the -big fire on the main Mlnam has improved and that it would soon be under con trol.- Miller & Tracey Complete Funerals $75 Up Main 2691 ' , 578-85 SENATOR ROBINSON GIRL'S RELEASE IS ORDERED BY COURT . Circuit Judge Tucker Saturday or dered the releaae from custody of Eva Wortman, former Inmate of The Cedars, under av writ of. habeas cor-: pus sued for by the girl's attorney.; In setting; her free. Judge Tucker, held that the district ; court, which; committed her to the state industrial school for the breaking of quaran tine, was without Jurisdiction and' therefore its commitment waa Illegal.; . .The court, held that the efforts of the state board of health to handle the con taglous dleeaseBituation, had no bearing. whatever on Jhe case, the sole Issue as he saw it being the right of the -court to; pass sentence in a case of this character.) lie harked back to the old justice court and pointed out that when it was changed to the district court in 1916, the; law specifically declared the new court's jurisdiction no greater than the old. ' : The old court had no right to pass on' Quarantine cases, because the law en forcing such auarantlne waa hot then in existence. Therefore, : the new district court has nftgjurisdlction in such cases, either, Tucker held. v - , v The Wortman girl, after being com mitted to the industrial school for flee ing, from The Cedars, , was paroled.! Charges that she had broken parole led to her rearrest and lodgment to Jail pre-; limlnary to being sent back to the insti tution. The writ of habeas corpus was then sued-out. which led to the order of Judge Tucker. i. j Talk at the courthouse Saturday free-: ly predicted that the blow at the juris diction of the district court might mean the invalidation of . every similar case previously handled by it. Three Men Badly . Scalded in Paper ; Mill at Camas Camas. Wash., Aug. 7. -Explosion of a cooking vat In the digester room of; the Crown-Willamette paper mill here! this morning at 4 o'clock resulted in the scalding of .A. J. Self, i D. McDon ald and J. Christenson, . the first, two ! named being in particularly critical con-;; dltion. All three men were taken to the; hospital at Vancouver. The men, were I! covered with scalding pulp, which burns: deep., .;. .,- j w H In all the fighting that has been . going on in Eastern Eurcpe and volvin? Moscow arid Warsaw and Paris and London, there is but one ;New York Globe, "'Shaking hands with agree, the murderer war-weary Western ine lnicrnaiiunai. vjigauuiiu ui iiv iida dincu. 111c -tuidxin yuoiuuu ui uwuj m wumiwi ui -ui pean stability, and perhaps of world stability in the year 1920.": r! . h . 1 '' - i - ' " I " ; I The Russian' situation is the biggest problem that America and the rest! of the world has to face today, and in the leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for August 7, the most recent phases of this perplexing complication is dealt with comprehensively. h i v i . ' ! Other news articles which you will be.interested to read in this number of "The Digest" are: Why A Surninary of Opinion From the Religious and Woman's Part in A Cup Victory That Cheers But Does Not Inebriate ' ' '! Higher Freight j and j Passenger Rates Coming j A Greater Steel Strike Predicted The Open Shop in Politics Ireland's Three jVoices Germany's Newi Rich and New Poor Why Italy Grew Cold to the Allies , The National Chinese Puzzle The Causes of Earthquakes -Putting Cartoons to Work How One Firm j"Captures" and Trains Its Salesmen - 1 ; Marty Interesting Illustrations, Jncludiing Best of the Humorous Cartoons August 7th Number on Sale To-Day News-Dealers 10 Cents $4.00 a Year I'lte. tenter iail liUiJi( Dlsesl FUNK & WAG Son. of Alderman Of New York Heid i - In Burglary Cases An alderman's son ' gone wrong a burglar and caught with the goods. That is said to be the case of a man who gave bis name as Frank Fay when arrested in a downtown hotel Friday aft ernoon by Inspectors Ttchenor and Hyde. Fay has admitted five petty burglaries and goods from three recent hauls were found on .his person, it Is claimed. He is being held for Investiga tion. :,-;.. : ,: .:.,;. ' Fay claims that his father Is an alder man in New Tork cityr The police be lieve that Fay is not his real name. He is 27 years old and is experienced in clerical work, he says. - When arrested Fay had In. his pos session a watch. Identified by the' police as the property of Ed Walcher, Dently hotel; a stick pin taken from the room of J.c HoiDugger, Alsea,' Or., at' the Lincoln hotel, and a bank book belong ing to Joe Kdwards of the iAlexander hoteL ' A two dollar and a half gold piece and other trinkets of small value, believed to be stolen property, were found. i SPECIAL CALL FOR ; Nashville, Tenn., Aug. ?7.-(I. N. S.) Governor A. . H. Roberts at o'clock , today issued a special call for the Tennessee legislature to con vene at Nashville Monday, August 9, to deal with .the suffrage amend ment.-- i : . - - - . Rattlesnake Bite . Is Fatal to Child Wenatchee, Wash., " Aug. 7. Marian Johnson, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Johnson of Cashmere, died this morning from the effects, of a rattlesnake , bite suffered Friday after noon while ehe was playing in the yard. . j Ladles' Auxiliary to Meet - Vancouver. Wash., Aug. ; .7. The Dadies Auxiliary to the American Legion will bold a business meeting in the Legion rooms Monday evening at o'clock. : - ' S TENNESSEE SOLONS omet that is, that the situation is' murder" is Lord Northcliffe's is nnw in a nosition to sav Europe must lake arms aeainst- him. Strange as it may The Interchurch Movement i Protestant Effort of All TimeV the Election . The 'la I I TT I lfTI N ALUS COMPANY (Publishers COLORED YOUTH GIVES DOLLAR TO TIMOR FUND Pendleton. Aug. 7. f A tiny black hand, clutching; a silver dollar) al most as laree as the! hand, thrust Itself over a counter at, the Til Tay lor .Memorial: association headquar ters this morning. A falnt voice. in the unmiatakable accent of a negro, spoke up. ' J v ;'.' "":: : j i "l want to give something to Til Taylor's statute,- the ' youngster said. 'Here's a dollar.". i ! ' The secretary on duty had to look, away -over the counter to see the face of . the little donor. It was beaming, coal black eyes and dark brown skin set off by a smile displaying perfect white teeth. She accepted the dollar and wrote a receipt.' The -little colored boy was William Webb, aged s, of Cast Webb; street; . ! : - . :i The example of the little colored youth has been followed by many others who are realizing today that the success of the memorial plan rests as much in , dol lar subscriptions as. in those of $100. Mor4 subscriptions to both amounts and in sums ranging from f S to! $S0 have come in today. Totals have not been struck but it is believed that more than 16000 has been pledged In Pendle ton.. :, . - .-.-:.- ; : Fourteen employes of a local bank today did their bit for the memorial with a total subscription of $171. This is the first instance reported here where an in stitution has gone 100 per cent for; the memorial. ; "' - I The peak of harvest season and the added business attendant with the first of the month has clearly retarded prog ress on the memorial idea. 1 1 Directors of the idea, as well as friends of the late sheriff, have! been obliged to turn their attention-to their harvest. A fortnight more and conditions within the city and county will have become : such that persons may come to town and! add their-bit to the memorial fund. j Fairbanks and Bride En Routelto Coast Chicago, Aug. 7(I. N- S.) Douglas Fairbanks and his wife,; Mary Fickford. arrived here today en route to the! Fa- approaching what we may phrase, but as me Mew! YorK bun is torcea to whether we shall shake hands Secular Press on the Co Topics of the Day To Save Westminster Jarring Views of Cultural Conditions in f-M::'; Russia' " ;' :; !; Japan Conciliating Korea We Are Losing Trade Chances in South America National Debts of the World Compared Eugenie, "Queen of Sorrows," Once . Empress of France "Umbrella Mike" on the Job Silk Shirt Prices Come Down When , Nobody Buys , Best of Current Poetry i . - - . , I V i urn ) a i cfth Fsoota NEW Sandard Dlcticaxry). rn2V7 TC ciflc coast to resume their picture work, after a vacation in Kurope. Great crowds thronged the La Salle street sta tion to see the movie stars. PORTLAND 00Y IN tJ. iPOLICE NET Jersey City. N. J., Aug. 7. (U. P.) -Three boys who said they were beating their way across the country on a trans-continental trip, were held by apthorities here today while' relatives were jiotlfied. The lads gave their names as Frank Lardner, Santa Barbara, Cal. : Lawrence., Inches. 1S11 Woodward street. Portland. Or. : and James Miller. 14. Denver, Colo. Two New National Banks in State Are Granted Charters Washington, Aug. 7.( WASHINGTON BUREAU 0 THE JOURNAL-Char-ters for national banks in Oregon were granted today as follows: American National bank at Klamath Falls ;)W. C. Dalton, president; capital $100,000. , i Citlsens National bank of The Dalles. P. J. i Stadelman, president'; capital f 106,000. Whirlwind Campaign Is Not Coolidge's Plan Chicago. Aug. 7. (U. P.) Governor Coolidge, Republican candidate for- vice president, will not conduct a whirlwind campaign, but will devote most of his time to his duties as governor of Massa chusetts, according to a statement given out at national campaign headquarters today.; i Miller & Tracey Best Fnn'eral Services Main 2691! j 578-8S 1 iiTiiSr ';.-.'!l:-,;!:':- in the negotiations in certainty, observes the call a j "show down." with him or whether .seem, says the Sun, Failed lapse of This "Greatest Abbey 1 f 1
