IE
AGUE ACCUSED
OF SEEKING TO
CONTROL ILK
' Affidavits by way of return xn tbe (
order to show, cause why a perma
nent injunction should not Issue
against the various creameries and
individuals cited in'the petition of
the Oregon Dairymen's Cooperative
league, were filed in the circuit court
Tuesday by practically all of the de
fendants. The matter was-passed by
Circuit Judge Kavanaugh and a con
ference was to be held during the
day, between the parties at Interest
to determine on a definite date for
hearing. - -... r
AFFIANTS AEF..5AMED
One of the affidavits was signed by
A M. Work. Charles Eckelman, F. W.
Ilazlttt. F. M. White, J. O'Donnell, F. T.
Wi'.cox, A. G Kendall, C. M. Gregory,
F. I- O'Donnell, Clara Knecht and R.
Jlfr. t i
; This affidavit denies conspiracy to
cpue members of the league to break
their contracts with the , league.; but ad
mits that the defendants, as milk dis
tributors, maintain a publicity head
quarters in Portland, with Gregory in
charge. It declares that the purpose of
the advertisements of the milk: distrib
utors wns to Rive the true facts of the
milk business to the people and to coun
teract the propaganda of the league.
FRAUD IS ALLEGED
i It charges that members of the league
were fraudulently misled into becoming
members -and- elfrning agreements to
'have the lcatrue handle their milk. .
It also charges that the league's pur
pose was to control the milk supply of
l oruana lor me purin -j
fixing the prices of dairy products, and
that the efforts of the distributors
have simply been to protect their own
huBlneas, setting up the declaration that
they have mOre than $750,000 invested.
A separate affidavit is filed by Greg
ory, In which among other declarations
he avers that Alma V. Katas issued a
call for a meeting June 18 to discuss the
raise in the price of milk gto become ef
fective in Portland , July 1, but that
Katz i at this meeting - admitted condi
tions In the country did hot Justify an
advance on July 1. but it was necessary
for him to pacify members of the league
by announcing some slight advance at
I VOICE STILL
rpHREE-YEAR-OLD ; Roy
. I. McElhaney, : whose life
was s crushed out by a
recklessly driven motor truck
in charge of G. Oki, a Jap
anese furniture , dealer Mon
day afternoon. ', Witnesses
said Oki could not stop with
in 60 feet after ; striking - the
child. -: -
II CONFESSES
ora
4'
that .time.
ZOLLEIT WILL IS FILifcD FOR
PPfin TV- -KShTATR ! S20.000
The will of John Zoller, -w ho died in
Portland August - 2,' was filed I for . pro
bate Tuesday. The will is dated June 12
of this year, and Albrlcht Streiff Is
named as executor. The estate consists
1 mmakjiv. In DmtlBn4 tn thA
approximate value of $4000, and real es
tate in Multnomah and Washington
'counties of the probable worth of $26,
000. Tho next of kin and heirs are the
widow. .Mrs. Josephine Zoller. 1206 East
Couch street, and three children, Anna,
Helen and John Zoller.
iff. ' t v,
1 ' ' - r '' t ' ' ' '
r NnHir
Lrr' y
THAT HE F
RELEASED ON BAIL
Following , a ; reported confession
of George Mulr that hi had fort:e4
the indorsement of Aljx P. Dudley
to four checks. Gus Schneider, father-in-law
of the man who was cap
tured I Monday after a! wild ; ! chase
through the down townj street after j
fleeing . from . the bank. Tuesday
morning put up the necessary $1090
bond and obtained the jyoung 'man's
liberty from Jail. , - . i
Schneider is owner of jthe Kose,Clty
dairy farm. He sajd hist daughter had
met Mnir when he was a soldier at Van
couver! barracks in 1919 and married him
soon after his discharge fromj service.
Muir had been drafted at his home, town.
New Haven, Conn., Schneider said. Since
the couple's return from a visit to New
Haven on money advanced by Schneider,
the father-in-law said Muir has done
nothing, though he has had every op
portunity to work into the; dairy business
with him. . !' -, .L i-- -.1
Muir waived examination in muncipal
court and was held to the grand jury.
Cashed checks totaling $202.58 have
been accounted for, according jto Lieu
tenant: of Inspectors P. K Maloney. who
said Muirad admitted reteponsibility for
these. Two were cashed at the First
National bank and two -on merchants.
Burns detectives say the foregeries were
clever.) They are now trying to connect
Muir with other forgeries so :far not
cleared up. . . h !
By a coincidence, Alex P. J?udley,
whose i name- was forged on two checks
which ! Muir was trying Ho cash when
Teller Foreman Monday 1 called for his
arrest J was in the bank at the very mo
ment, talking to Vice President A. O,
Jones about a previous forgery j of $10.
George Mord Bound
Over to Grand Jury
For Having Liquor
George Alford. a resident of Portland
for nine months, was bound over 10
the federal grand tgr? Tuesday when
he waa identified by federal prohibition
agents as the man in t whose car they
founds Intoxicating liquor , June 14
United States Commissioner : Irake or
dered Alford held under $300 bail Al
ford waa arrested at a: garage at 264
Davis street. r. . .
Ziva Popovich and Mike Milimlnkow
were bound over to the federal grand
jury when they weived hearing before
Commissioner urake on charges oi
manufacturing' intoxicants. Bail was
fixed at $500 ach. f s 1
1
FIRE RAGES SOUTH
OF
MOUNT
HOOD
(Continued From Page On)
Divorce IIII
Suits filed : ; Howard . W. ! Bascom
.apainBt Beatrice ' Bascom, desertion :
Cora p. Hamlttn against OedrgerT.'
" JoHeph F. Slater asainst Wary A. Sla
ter, desertion : Charles Crider asainst
Millie Crlder, desertlan. t ;,
- rTn.rrv Pih inrn an nf
PortlandDead at
Hospital in Albany
Albany. Or... Aug. 17. Harry ifver
ett Chipman- 63, . of .Portland, superin
tendent forVthe Warren Construction
company and representative of the
local hospital!, following art-. operation.
He and Mrs. - Chipman ': Arrived hpre
three week ago, en rout to Newport,
i when V the illness from wh1h Chipman
had ; been suffering for many j years be
came 'acute.. .; V,,.-
He was born at Wetland. Canada. De
cember 7, 1S37, but movecf to Buffalo,
N. Y., when he was a year old. He
had been a resident of Oregon for 35
years. Mrs. Chipman survives. Their
" onljf -son was drowned near Albany four
years ago. Chipman waa master me
chanic on the Oregon Central railway,
. now the Southern ' Pacific branch to
Yaquina. from 1892 to 1899. j
The funeral will be held here Thurs
day and the body will be sent to Salem
for burial. !
Dr. Lovejoy to Be
; Guest at Reception
; On Friday Evening
i .V A ' I
A reception for tr. Esther Pohl Love
joy. Just returned from New York to
take part In her campaign for election to
congress, will he held at the South Port
land home of Dr. Mae Cardwell, 182
Bancroft avenue, Friday evening, under
the auspices of the Medical Women's
club and, the reception will be public.
Dr. Lovejoy will tell, "It is promised, of
some of her overseas experiences. Solo
.dancing on the lawn will be intersperced
with musical numbers, including sorigs
by Dr. Stuart McGuire and, piano seljjc
tions by Miss Dorothy Cox. i . . ?
Explosion Destroys
Threshing Outfit
; Walla Walla. Wash., Aug. 17. A sta
tionary threshing outfit on the Parker
ranch. 10 , miles north of Prescptt.
Wash., was destroyed by fire Monday
as a result of a smut explosion, de
bits the fact that it was electrically
quipped to; guard against Such a ca
tastrophe. The explosion blew one' of
the members of the crew off a header
box he was driving. Quick" work by
the crew prevented the grain In the
field from burning. The loss from the
fire is estimated at $2000.'
BABE CRUSHED TO
DEATH BY AUTO
r - tr -
. Another baby life has been crushed
out by ..the .wheels of traffic. Little
Roy McElhaney, 3-year-old' son of
Mrs. Bonnie" McElhaney, Parkview
hotel,' 386 . Montgomery street, 'was
struck and: fatally Injured at .Harri
son and West Park streets Monday
afternoon at 3 i4& o'clock by an auto
mobile driven by G. Oki, 168 V4 Front
street. Oki, a Japanese, operates a
furniture store at 209 Second street.
i The accident occurred when the child
attempted to cross the street immedi
ately in .front , of the car. according to
tBie driver's -report. There were chil
dren on ', the other Hide of the street.
Oki claimed to have been . going only
12 miles an hour.
Relatives declared, however, that the
driver whirled around the corner with
out -warning and that the youngster was
struck unawares. -
:pAn -emergency hospital ...doctor , was
called. The child was taken to St. Vin
cents hospital and died about 30 min
utes later. The base of his skull was
fractured and his chin badly bruised
and one arm cut. , ' .
t Oki was arrested, by Motorcycle Pa
, trolman Stiles - and wag held , for $1000
ball on a charge of reckless driving,
j The body -will be taken to. Bozeman.
Mont., the family home, for burial, the
party leaving Wednesday. Roy was a
great avorite among all the residents of
the Parkview district, ' and every dinner
table Monday was saddened by the news
ef the accident. : '
I Other relatives are: The father, W.
8. McElhaney j aunt. Mrs. J. W. Har
rington. of the Northampton apart
ments, and grandfather, R. C. Bates, of
Three Forks. Mont., a visitor in the
citv. '
When i Evelyn Mason, 6, attemptea
to be first to board a streetcar with
her mother- and : two sisters at Missis
sippi and Killingsworth avenues Mon
day night, she ran Into a. motorcycle
ridden by.G. D. Heartwell. 119 East
Lombard street, and was thrown to the
pavement. Witnesses declare the mo
torcycle s was moving slowly. She' was
taken to the Good Samaritan hospital,
where she was -found to be badly cut
about the he&d and suffering from a
possible i f racture-r of- the , skull.
!! Hospital attendants reported Tuesday
morning tfeat she had a fairly , good
night, and hild out hopes ; for recovery.-
The girl is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Mason, 3707 Seventy
second street southeast.
Ice Shortage Brings
Joy to the Wood Man;
Takes Off His Hat
Harry Duff, he who idelivers ice, was
unloading a few small pieces jit a down
town market. Duff has surierea aunng
the last few days and was not in tne
most religious frame of mind. .
A truck laden with about two coras
of wood ranged alongside.
Hey ! Ice Man, quotn tne wooa man.
What Til." said Harry.
I wants to lift me hat to you," from
the driver of the fuel cart.
"Now whatTy from the venaer oi cool
ing Joy. . i - p - - :
"There's a shortage in ice.
: Albany1 Woman tq Wed
Chehalis. Wash., Aug. 17. The Lewis
county auditor Monday Issued a l mar
riaee license to A. W.i Lewis of Seattle
nii Theola Leverich of Albany, Or
DR. LOVEJOY RAPS
: HER OPPONENTS
"I; wonder why my opponents
were so eager to rush an interpreta
tion of the law into the press when
tbe fact that I had been nominated
by the Prohibition party waa her
alded to them?".
Thus did Dr. Esther Pohl" LveJoy,
Democratic candidate for congress, re
ceive the news that the Prohibition
nartv must be rehabilitated before It
can place a. candidate in the field.'
"It does seem odd to me . that they
are so much concerned about these In1
dorsements, coming in , increasing vol
ume dally." Dr. Lovejoy said.
'"I shall not attempt to pass Upon the
contention made, but I shall .expect to
warrant the Prohibition vote as an ex
ponent of prohibition.. By ' exactly.
same token I shall expect to merit the
indorsement of the newspaper, that dis
approves the '. Democratic presidential
candidate because they allege he Is a
wet, and still campaigns .for a con
gressman who is notoriously wet,'
openly and avowedly. -.- i'
"My own opinions on the issue are
well known. Prohibition is the great
est public health measure ever adopted
by a nation. Rapid evolution will lead
to the establishment of an economic de
mocracy : practical education . woman
suffrage: prohibition
mental health measures. They work to
gether against poverty, illiteracy.
essary for "them' to make a great hub
bub about the matter 7" -
DRYS MIST LEGALIZE TO
I i MAKE DOMINATION GOOD
Salem. Auk. 17. -Before the congres
sional nomination tendered Dr. Esther
Pohl Lovejoy, Democratic candidate for
congress, by the Prohibition party of the
Third Oregon district, can be made ef
fective the Prohibitionists must- rirst, re
habilitate themselves as an organised
party within that district, according to
opinions expressed In state house circles
today. This rehabilitation, according to
Secretary, of State Koser, can only be
accomplished at this stage of the game
through, the filing of a petition contain
ing signatures equivalent to 5 per cent
of the total vote cast In that district at
the last general election. The petition
must be filed -with the secretary of
state's office before September 7 or 55
days before the election date.
Although the Prohibition party Is still
a valid and subsisting party in the state
of Oregon, according to an opinion ren
dered bv Attorney General Brown under
date of July 29. it Is not 'entitled to
recognition as a oolitical party in the
Third congressional district-In which it
had no candidate for congress in . tne
last general election, according to an
opinion of the attorney general dated
March 8, 1920.
vice
and disease.
"I should like a know who is so
concerned and "worried about this ad
ditional nomination. Why is it nec-
Mariano Fernandez
. Must Pay $100 Fine
Light Fantastic to
Be Tripped "Friday
By Press Club Men
v Members of the Portland Press club
with their friends will waits and fox
tsot down the Willamette river Friday
night on board floating palace Blue
Bird. Captain William Souls announces
that the capacity of th Blue Bird Is
limited to 1000 passengers and news
writers are.'asked . to make reservations
In advance., j
First Mate Fred White will leave the
dog watch in charge of Lieutenant Com
mander Saye while he sings "Asleep In
the Deep" with encores.. There will be
other music. No admission will be
charged,- but club members are pre
sumed - to present . their , membership
tarda, . j
The steamer, will leave the west end
of Morrison streer briUge at t p. m.
Stops will be, made ad Swan Island and
other Way points. Itj la said that re
freshments will be served.
Man Lost 30 Hours
In Forest
. When Mariano Fernandea, arrested at
290 Everett street, regains : from the
United States commissioner's court the
money he posted as bail for his release
pending trial, on a charge of manufae-
these are fundaf turing intoxicants, he . will pay to the
United States district court a $100 fine
assessed against him Tuesday, v1 Judge
Bean heard Fernandez" plea, of guilty
and exacted the fine which; for want, of
funds, cannot be paid . until , the - ball
money is repaid.
Is Found
Salem, Or., Aug. 17. Richard Reiley
of thi city spent 30 j hours .wandering
alone through . the dense forests near
Mehama ' without a bfte of food before
he was located by si searching . party
late Sunday evening. Reiley lost his
way in the woods when he became sep
arated from camping! companions.
- Everett : Pa per Sold
Seattle, Aug. 17. -ij N. SO The Ev
erett Morning Tribune Is owned, today
by the 'Post Land company, which pur
chased It at a receiver's sale for $10,
750. .E. E. Beard of yancouver, Waslu,
was the only other bidder.
WARM WEATHER i
PERIOD IS PAST,
SAYS U.S. BUREAU
Portland!s brief hot weather spell
is over, j
This welcome news was given out
by T the weather i bureau. Tuesday
morning when the official records
confirmed the personal observation
of all that a decided coolness had su
perceded the relative torrldltj; of the
previous week.
Monday's "hottest" was at 3 p. m.
when 81 degrees was recorded. 4:30
tho mercury had dropped sharply
to 75 and It kept going down until
4 a, m. When It reached 67. The
rise during the morning was grad
ii a I n n1 a 11 r' r . 13 a rr ' . 1
Early pedestrians Tuesday were non
plussed by the strange cooling "feel" of
raindrops. Enthusiastic that the "dry
spell" ; was about to be broken, they
called on the weather bureau, only to
discover that the rain was not rain at
all.-. .-.;
"It was i a high fog." said the fore
caster. "We have no record of any riin
fall. The drops you felt must have been
a little mist from tb fog."
"Fair and warmer" Is promised for
Wednesday. No Indications of rain were
seen anywhere in the Northwest. Tho
cooler weather, however, should have the
effect of retarding the forest fires
though a heavy "drenching is required to
extinguish them entirely. 1 4
control. Jt is burning over an i old bum
ana aeairoyinp hu cnance oi reprouui:
tion and making the land utter waste
without artificial reforestation j methods.
The Colville fire situation has im
proved and Assistant Ddstrict! Forester
Fred Ames, who has been pressed into
service . fighting the. fire while on a
mission of -looking over timber sales.
has returned to Portland. While It is
still hot and dry. said Ames, the fire
is ' nretty 1 well under control, f- Most of
the flames were of lightning origin and
14 started in one day. Crews at all the
sawmills Ames visited were put jto work
fighting forest fires. j j
CONDITIONS IN SANTLfVM
HELD RIPE FOR BAD FIRES
Albany, Or., Aug. 17.-f-Althoug:h con
ditions in the Santaim forest are ripe for
bad fires, only one has reached, serious
proportions at any time) this year, and
none of the , 39 reported bas i been the
cause etf serious damage, said O. A.
Wan a, assistant- district forester, and C.
C. : Hall, San tiam supervisor,; Who re
turned, .Monday from ja week's trip
through tho forest. They . visited the
Duffy Prairie fire, the largest Of all. and
report that the 18 men fighting this
blaze have apparently controlled it.' just
as it reached for the first time standing
timber. j. : ! i
A fire on Blue river covers 75 acres,
but is still confined to an old burn, and
will probably be curbed i immediately by
a crew of eight men senit to fight It, the
foresters report. Two smaller (and less
serious fires are burning at Little Mead
ows and in Jefferson park. They are ex
pected to give little trouble, j I ,
2 FOREST FIRES SWEEPING
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
Spokane. Wash., Aug. 17. (Li N. S.)
Two big forest fires are sweeping over
Northeastern Washington at I Valley and
Diamond lake today.- The flames have
destroyed buildings at the Bluebird mine
near I Valley and the lives of j many set
tlers 'in that region, are endangered. At
latest reports the settlers are fleeing.
Twenty thousand dollars damage has
been ; done near Diamond lake, where
uncontrollable flames are sweeping to
ward the great tracts : of saw timber
Three new unchecked 'blazes i are ' also
reported in the Selway .forest in North
western Montana. ; ; .j . ' -f -.
' Company Head Resigns
- Spokane. Wash., Aug. IT. After serv
ing in command of Company K of Spo
Vane of the Washington National Guard
, Tor the last year. Captain George Doug
las has tendered his resignation to Adju
tant General Thompson.
Miller & Tracey
Adult Caskets $30 to $1000
Main 2691
578-85
S. P. Official Is Here
To!Corif er on Oar
; Speeding Movement
Conferring with passenger and freight
officials and . interviewing ; shippers on
ways of further speeding up car move
ment and improving service, R. K. Kelly,
representative of the executive depart
ment of the Southern Pacific, is a Port
land visitor. Kelly arrived Monday and
spent most of the day conferring with
John M. Scott, general passenger agent.
Kelly says that the. public is cooperat
ing remarkably well In the heavier load
ing campaign, and that traffic officials
are now endeavoring - to increase the
daily mileage of cars from 24 to 30.
Larger tonnage is being handled by the
S. P. than ever before. ,
Mother Sinks Trying
To Rescue Children
Seattle, 1 Wash.; Auk. 17. (L N. a)
In attempting to save her children,
Bertram, . and John, 7; Mrs. Marie
Gilaon, 31, lost her life in Lake Wash
ington late .yesterday. A third boy.
.Robert, and daughter, rather, were
rescued by their father, who was um
able to save hfe wife and two otiier
sons. Neither the father; nor mother
could swim.
FOREST FIRES REPORTED
j t TO BE UNDER CONTROL
Roseburg. Aug. 17; The ' forest ' fires
of the Cascade forest are all I completely
under control. : The Diamond lake fire,
next to the largest In the forest this sea
son, , is being rapidly extinguished. The
Red mountain fire 'on COw creek is com
pletely out, and the forestry office has
bo far had good luck in stopping all the
fires before they got beyond - the rang
ers' icontrol. This is credited largely to
the air patrol service, j - pi
Two Ivory Incense
Camels Presented
To Local Rotarians
j j
Symbolic of the gratitude of the Ar
menian people for the kindness shown
them by America and American organi
zations, two Ivory incense Camels were
presented to Estes " Snedecor, inter
national president, and J. L. Wright,
local president of the Rotary club, by
H. O. Cartozian In behalf of his brother
Pilos, who recently arrived; In Portland
from the Near East. ' Presentation Was
made at the Rotary noon luncheon Tues
day. ' . '- 1 ,
Cartozlan told of the years of horror
during the great war when thousands of
Armenians were slain.1 - Hf told of the
manner in which his older brother was
saved and : introduced ; hint to the Rotarians-
Cartozlan also exhibited three
rare ruga which .his brother brought to
America with htm. The rugs are mar
velous examples of art and : contain the
portraits of George Washington, Theo
dore Roosevelt and the caar of Russia
woven Into the center,;. j,
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Receivership Suit
Against C. Ppnzi Is
i Started at Boston
Boston. Aug. 17. IJ N.I S- Receiver
ship proceedings against I Charles Ponzi
and his S 15.000.000 get-rich-quick com
pany began in the United States district
court today before Judgej Morton.. The
appointment of a temporary receiver is
sought by Attorney John Crowley, chair
man of the committee: named by State's
Attorney General Allen to look after the
interests of speculators in Ponzls notes.
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