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MONDAY, : . SEPTEMBER 27. 1020. THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON 3 COUNTY-ROAD HIND SHORt; FIGURING MUST BE CAREFUL CIom calculation and curtailment ofroad "work wherever possible will b tbe program "of the county com rabatonera for the remaining months of 120, tn order to make the avail able road funds stretch out over thla period. It Iff deemed absolutely necessary to keep In reserve sufficient road funda to meet emergency call due to landslide, etc., and a survey of the general sltua tlon occurred at the meeting; of the com missioner Monday. The result was that County Auditor Martin waa aaked to make a report on the funda for all de partments, so as to determine whether It would be practicable to make some transfers that would swell the amount available for road purposes. The discussion arose when a petition was presented for the Improvement of Vif ijogm trail, near Ltnnton. lor a xtretch of about three and a half miles. o as to five access to the Lewis-Bolter Lumber company's plant. Estimates Mhowed that approximately $24,000 would be required to putntbls road In a fairly food condition. -' The finances of the road department show that the total appropriation for 1920 waa I5&9.639.6S, of which $360,012.70 went to the road fund and $199,62s.l5 to the market roads. On the first of Sep tember a total of $433,902.49 had been used out of these funds, leaving- a bal ance of $114,036,05, but there were out standing liabilities that total $102,135.01 leaving- me real available balance to cover the remainder of the year's road work only $11,701.04. , The commission provided for the Im mediate surface Improvement on the layiors rerry road to the extent of BDOUl S500. CRAWFORD REMARRIAGE BRINGSANOTnER DIVORCE Mollle Crawford, in a suit filed Sat urday, seeks a severance of the mari tal tiea that bind her to Lott Edwin Crawford. She charge desertion. They were first married in Hillsboro, October 18, 1905, and were divorced In the same city in December, 1908. They remar ried in Hillsboro, August 6. 1911. and in the complaint Just filed Mrs. Craw ioru says her husband deserted- her April 4, 1914. Other divorce suits filed: Henry Ha berman against Dora Haberman. de sertion ; Mary E. Newklrk against Quincte C Newklrk, cruelty; Cora Helle Hossfeld against Charles Hoss feld, desertion ; Adolfene E. Schieve against Adolph Schieve, cruelty; Anna n.. tioimes against H. Holmes, deser uon ; Herman Resider against Anna Resided, cruelty; Fred Winsenburg agamsc .mm winsenburg. cruelty. BEN" PALLEY LEAVES ALL OP $10,000 ESTATE TO WIFE The will of Ben Pallev whn riloH In Portland August IS, leaving an estate of approximately izo.ooo worth of- real property, was filed for probate Friday. The will, which was dated April 4, 191s, names the widow, Mrs. Eva Pallay, as ihe executrix It gives $10 to the only other heir,' D. M, Pallay, a son, and sets forth that Mrs. Pallay is to have all the remainder of the property, sell such as she desires for use during her lifetime, but requests 'hat she provide that st her death the remainder is to go to the uon. was October 20. United States Attorney Humphreys ie prosecuting this' case. . The following cases being handled by Assistant United State Attorney Lusk were set for November 29, and the six following days:- .Henry Swan and 3. K. Lew ler, charged with operating a still; Doc Rudd. charged with selling liquor to Indians on the Umatilla -.reservation; Zella Becker and others. charged -with eonsptrlng to commit perjury In a home stead contest case ; Robert I Logan and others, charged with conspiring to com mit perjury in a homestead contest case. Albert Glascock, charged with perjury in one of above homestead cases, and Fred M. Graham, charged with perjury In both above homestead cases. COUNTESS TAKEN IN IRISH ACTIVITY Old Surd for f 7&00 -Mrs. Bonnie McElhaney. as the ad ministrator of the estate "of Roy Pres ton McElhaney, deceased. . has v filed suit against Q. Okl 'for the death of the boy, who was I years old. She uvi tht AitatiBt. IS l.at whjin the child waa attempting to cross Mont-' gomery street, he was run down by the auto truck driven by Okl, his skull was crushed and limbs broken, and be died soon thereafter. WILLIAM KCKnARDT IS GIVEN $1782 DAMAGES FOR INJUR A verdict for $1782.60 was given by a Jury In Circuit Judge McCourt's court In the suit of William Eckhardt against the Jones Market corporation for $10. MV). Eckhardt lost one finger and had other fingers of one hand permanently crippled while an employe of this mar ket, he alleges. He was catching hams mrown to him from a vat when a sliver of hambone penetrated his-finger. It was not property cared for and eventually bud to be amputated. CASE AGAINST CREAMERY SET OVER TO NOVEMBER 26 Trial of the government case against I lie Haselwood creamery on a charge of manufacturing renovated butter waa Te net this morning In the federal court to .November 2. The crlglnal trial data Igorrotes Play Good . T Tl il T" 1 L DaseDau, ueciares Former Portlander If you would see a spirited game of baseball, come to Northern Luson, says Gerhard W. Kreldt, former Port- lander, who Is here from Manila on his way east on a vacation. The Igorrotes are exceedingly fond of the American sport. Krledt explains, and show remarkable speed. The play ers of the respective teams sre distin guished by the color of their hata The Orient is attracting enormous crowds of tourists, according to Kreldt, and west-bound accommodations across the Pacific must be obtained weeks In advance. In a general way conditions in the archipelago are much the same as here, with business active and liv ing costs and wages high. "It might surprise some people that in Manila the price of sugar is about the same as in Portland, and yet our sugar - crops are enormous," said Kreldt. "The existence of only one re finery in the Islands is responsible for this condition of affairs. The great bulk of our raw sugar goes to the Pa cific Coast and a considerable quantity Is shipped back refined. "The tobacco industry is prosperous, natives are paid higher Wages 'than anywhere else in .the Orient, and work under much superior conditions." , Steamer Kellogg Is Sold to Harkins Line by Nofcthwest Sale of the river steamer Joseph Kelfbgg by the Northwest Transporta tlon company to the Harkins line Is announced today. The buyers will give the Kellogg an overhauling, the im provement Including the installation of additional staterooms. It Is the plan to put the Kellogg on the Portland-Astoria run, taking the place of the steamer Undine, which will be with drawn for repairs. In the summer sea son the Kellogg will be kept on the lower river run as an extra passenger and freight boat. The Kellogg has for some time been in the Portland The Dalles run. The acquisition of the Kellogg will give the Harkins company four boats on the lower river business during the peak of the summer rush. Korean Mobs Level Principal Buildings In Gensan; 2 Killed Toklo, Sept. 24-(Delayed) All of the principal buildings of the city of Gen san, Including the police station, the postofflce and the banks, were demol ished in rioting there In which 1000 Ko reans engaged. Three hundred of the rioters were ar rested by the Japanese authorities. Two persons were kmed and many others serflously Injured in theiiotlng. Arthur Henke Injured Arthur Henke. 43, a sailor on the steamer Northwestern, was taken to St. Vincents hospital Sunday night, suffering from a sprained foot. He was Injured by a wheat conveyor at the O-W. R. A N. docks. ' Electric Servants in Your Home , It is only natural that every .woman jnuuia want ciein white linens and clothing. You know the value of such things, how they add to the beauty and. comfort of the home or to the appearance of the children, or yourself. And you take great pride in keep ing tnem sweet and clean for you realize that their appear ance reflects your tastes and your ability as a mother and homekeeper. Therefore, before accepting- modern electrical labor savers to perform the tiresome tasks of keeping things clean, your first consideration is whether or not the work will be done as well as jt could possibly be done by any other method. . . The Increased use of Thor Labor Savers for the home prove be yond a doubt that Thor products, give, just these results. There Is a Thor to do your washing or your ironing-. Each is n 15ned to s,ve minv nour of hard, tiresome hand labor, but above an they do their work thoroufhly -better than any other way. DEMONSTRATION BY APPOINTMENT SMALL DEPOSIT, BALANCE EASY TERMS v , AUTHORIZED THOR AGENTS " iiectnc Supplies ana vj CrviQP gA 104 FIFTH BT. BET VsJAGHnTGrrYVu O jStatw V le-Cf STKEETJ53 B71 VZASfflNOTON BBEJ71 Dublin, Sept. 27. (U. P. Forty buildings were burned In police re prisals today at the town of Trim. 25 miles from Dublin. The hotel and the market hall were set afire. Residents of the town Add from, it in panic Among prominent Sinn Fein leaders arrested was Countess Markiewlcx. This is not the first time that the countess has seen the Inside of a prison for her political activities. She waa ar rested after the Dublin uprising In 191 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. but was subsequently released. The military authorities attempted to arrest the famous actress Maude Gonne, widow. of Major Mc Bride who was exe cuted n. 191. She could not be found. so her son was arrested. Troops succeeded In quelling the flght Irur at Belfast after three had been killed add many wounded. Twenty-three wounded persons are in the hospital at Belfast. Bomb Destroys Cork Structure Cork. Sept. 27. (U. P.) A bomb ex ploded here early today and destoryed a small soft drink establishment. Police surrounded the place quickly and there was an exchange Of rifle fire. Machine guns were brought Into play. Tentative Speaking Plans for Harbors . Convention Named Tentative announcement of speakers at the Rivers and Harbors convention to be held in Portland next week waa made by the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce this morning. Fred A. Williams of the public service commission will speak on "The Rate Question From a Commissioner's View point" Senator W. L. Jones of Wash ington will talk on "Our Merchant Ma rine." Senator Miles Poindexter will speak on "The Direct and Indirect Im portance of Inland Waterways." L. E. Bean of Eugene will have as his subject "The Needs of the Minor Ports of Ore gon." Marshall Shackelford, representa tive of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington, will speak on "Our Rivers and Harbors Congress." H. Ik Hudson of the port of Portland will have as his subject "Port Facilities." and the subject of Ansel R. Clark. New "York manager of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, will be "The Vital Importance of Foreign Trade." Other speakers will include Major Richard Park of the United States board of engineers; George A. Pelrson, presi dent of Portland Union Stockyards; J. V. Campbell of the Spokane Merchants association ; Senator C. L. McNary, B. F. Stone, president of the port of As toria, and J. N. Teal. m Dr. Lovejoy Will Open Campaign; Public Is Invited The opening gun In the campaign of Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, candidate for congress, will be fired this evening at 8 o'clock when a Lovejoy meeting will be held at the Public library, in room A, which the public is invited to attend. The meeting is held under the aus pices of the Oregon Popular Government league, an organisation recently formed which, in disregard of regular party lines, strives for the election of candidates and ths passage of measures which it deems to express liberal and progress ive sentiment. Tbe league has Indorsed the candidacy of Dr. Lovejot-. believing that she represents the progressive ele ment In modern American politics. Its officers are the Rev. F. K. Howard, chap lain of the Good Samaritan hospital, president ; George W. MacDonald. vice presidents and B. A. Green, local attor ney, secretary. Dr. Lovejoy is to be the chief speaker at this evening's meeting, discussing the vital issues of the campaign of both local and national significance. Democrats to Meet The regular weekly meeting of the Democratic precinct women workers will be held - Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at headquarters, 325 Morgan building. The speakers will be Frank Strelblg and Milton A. Miller. The women workers are asked to come pre pared to report on organization. Lumber Hits Slide With 28 Per Cent Cut at New York New York, Sept 27. (I. N. S.) Lum ber got aboard the price toboggan to day, with an average reduction of 28 per cent This announcement waa made by L. R. Putnam, managing director of the Amer ican Wholesale " Lumber Dealers' asso ciation. It Is expected to result almost Immediately in a building boom. Hardwood prices have been cut 33 per cent while the reductions in other lines of lumber range from 23 to 34 per cent, Mr. Putnam announced. Fir Redaction Unlikely Seattle. Sept 27. (U. P.) That fur ther decreases In the price of fir lumber are believed unlikely waa the expression made today by officials of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. There has been a gradual reduction in the price of lumber for the last three months. Lumbermen declared the-reduction was normal and that prices are merely get ting back to the place where they should be. Aberdeen Will Need $250,000 for Repair Of Bridges in 1921 Aberdeen. Wash., Sept 27. Aberdeen will require $250,000 for repair of bridges and the building of necessary new ones the coming year, but has reached its limit on bonded indebted ness. The only way left open Is to place the entire city in an improve ment district but It is understood this could be defeated too easily. By building a water-works system at a cost of 3450.000 and the Chehalis highway at a cost of 1150.000. the bond acquiring power of the city has been put to the limit Dailey First Aide to Attorney General Indianapolis. Ind., Sept 27. (I. N. S.) Frank C. Dailey, special assistant U. S. attorney general in the prosecution of the Newberry case, will depart tomorrow for Washington to take the post of first assistant attorney general, It waa learned this afternoon from a source considered authoritative. Republican Policy On Shipping Stated Washington, Sept 27. (I. N. S.) Sale of the United States shipping board merchant vessels "for what they win bring" and the creation of a fund of $25,000,000 a year for five years to assist In constructing additional ships today was declared to be the Republi can shipping policy. In a statement is sued by the Republican national com mittee "through Its secretary, Clarence R MiUer." Morton Transferred To Denver Station G. J. Morton. United States food and drug inspector for Portland for the last six years, , has been appointed chief of the food and drug Inspection station at Denver, Colo., with Jurisdiction over Col orado. Wyoming. Utah. Artxona, New Mexico agri Eastern Montana, and the Portland office will be closed this week. PRESIDENT NAMES DM0 .F. INT GRODNO CAPTURED BY POLISH FORCES Warsaw, Sept. 27. (U. P.) Grod no, the fortress city on the river Niemen, has been captured by the Polish army, it was officially an nounced today by the general staff. This places the Polish forces on the Polish boundary line proposed by the Versailles peace conference. Heavy fighting preceded the city's fall, the Bolshevik! resisting desperately. The Reds were still battling fiercely in the vicinity of Grodno when the last advices were received here from the scene of action. 4he Polish communique, referring to actions Saturday, announced Important gslns against the Bolshevik forces along the entire front Soviet reinforcements failed to strengthen the enemy, which fell back southeast of Grodno, leaving f00 prisoners and a number of machine guns in Polish hands. The communique reported Polish troops had forced the Dnieper-Bug canal and taken Kartuska, Beruzxa and Ro-sany. ver, was In the city hospital today, re covering from painful braises " received in a desperate struggle early Sunday with a jilted kmr. John J. Skinner, who has a wife liv ing here. Is held on an open charge in the city jail for the ageged assault He is a pipe roan in the f Ira . depart ment Skinner abducted her from a board ing house at the point of a gun. Miss Blackstead says. She waa asleep In her room Sunday when Skinner awakened the whole house with his pounding on her door. Miss Blackstead claims. She declares she answered his loud rapping and that he ahoved a loaded revolver at her. handed her a suitcase and or dered her on pain of death to get her clothes and accompany him. According to her story, she appealed to a pedestrian. This man was routed by Skinner, who then struck the girl in the face. A streetcar crew came to her rescue. Skinner fled and Miss Blackstead was taken to the City hospital. Washington, Sept. 27. (I. N. S. President Wilson today appointed Thomas Forsyth Hunt, dean of the school of agriculture of the Uni versity of California, a permanent member of the international institute of agriculture at Rome. The president also appointed Albert F. Toung of Vernal. Utah, to be regis ter of the land office at that place, and Miss Milly E. Rodabaugh to be re ceiver of public moneys at Vernal. Explorer's Daughter Has Desperate Fight With Jilted Lover Seattle. Sept. 27. (U. P.) Norma Blackstead. . who claims to be the 23-year-old daughter of Captain H. E. Blackstead, millionaire explorer, now sailing the Southern seas in command of the yacht Tremontaine of Vancou- City Treasurer Is Puzzled by Drift Of Woman's Letter Watson, loose the 'ounds! Let them sniff the odor of a thousand bucks, for that is the reward offered for clues only in the "great false imprisonment ease" which came to- light in a letter written William Adams, city treasurer, by a Los Angeles womsn. The author of the letter says she was "th rowed in Jail" in Portland because she told someone she was a writer. She Intends to sue the city for heavy damages and offers $1000 for any "clues" in the case. The letter avers that the writer is 'Irish by birth and talent in that line.' Adams Is still puzzling over the strange missive. Armenian Relief Is Swelled by Fines Imposed in Court William Simon, Philip Dalton, Ben Dobson and' Robert McGregor, Iron workers at the Northwest 8teel com pany, each contributed $2.50 to th Armenian relief fund In' municipal court Monday morning. . ,-. 1 ' s . ' Last Friday the reuer committee in trusted to JtAlge Rom man of the mu nicipal court a keg which it asked him to fill with f contributions for ths relief of sufferers. The four contributing Monday - morn ing were arrested on charges of drunk' enneas. The men were released on con dition they add $10 to the fund. r -tj i u- w ,i NOW PLAYING Your Favorite Actrttt JJ tl'sie igllf ft POLLARD COMEDY "DOING TIME." "TRAILED BY THREE" CHAPTER NINE CLEVELAND WINNER AGAINS I ST. LOUIS (Continued From Pt One.) Waraby lined to Austin, who doubled Jamieson off first Speaker out, Gedeon to Sisler. No runs. One hit. No errors. St Louis Smith out Wamby to John ston. Tobin filed to E. Smith. Austin out. Wamby to Johnston. No runs. No hits. No errors. FIFTH INNIXO i Cleveland Smith singled to center. Gardner doubled to right and was out at third trying to stretch) it Jacobson to Gedeon to Austin, scoring Smith. John ston walked. Sewell singled to right Johnston taking third. O'Neill rolled to Gedeon who headed Johnston at the plate. When Johnston was caught In the run up Sewell was tagged by Sev ere Id on third, Johnston holding third. Mails filed to Smith. One run, three hits, no errors.-. St. Louis Severeld flied to Klmer Smith. Davis out. Wamby to Johnston. Gerber singled to right. Gedeon flied to Speaker. No runs, one hit no errors. SIXTH IXSIXG Cleveland Jamieson singled to center. Wamby sacrificed, Davis to Sisler. Speaker singled over second, Jamieson stopping at third. Smith walked, filling the bases. Gardner flied to Tobin, Jamieson scoring after the catch and Speaker taking third and Smith second Johnston walked. Sewell walked, forcing in Speaker. Davis wtrt replaced by Boehler. O'Neill flied to Tobin. Two runs, two hits, no errors. . St. Louis Sisler singled to center. Jackson sacrificed. Mails to Wamby, who covered first Smith flied to Jamieson. Sisler went to third on a wild pitch. Tobin fouled to Johnston. No runs, one hit. no errors. 8EVEXTH IXXISG Cleveland Mails fanned. Jamieson doubled to right. Wamby safe on Boeh ler's boot, Jamieson taking third. Speaker flied to Tobin, Jamieson scoring after the catch. Smith walked, Gardner walked, filling the bases. Boehler was replaced by De berry. Johnston -walked, forcing Wamby. Sewell grounded to Gedeon. Two runs, one hit, no errors. St Louis Austin flied to Smith. Sev ereld walked. Deberry out, Sewell to Johnston. Gerber fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. EIGHTH I5M5G Cleveland O'Neil singled to center. Malls sacrificed, but DeBerry threw past Gedeon, who covered first and O'Neil reached third and Mails second. Jamie son cleaned the bases with a homer into the right field bleachers. Wamby out, Gerber to Sisler. Speaker singled to cen ter. Smith out Gedeon to Sisler. Gard ner filed to Tobin. Three runs, three hits, one error. St Louis Gedeon doubled to center. Sisler doubled to center, scoring Gedeon, It was Sister's two hundred and forty sixth hit of the season, tying Ty Cobb's record for hits in a single season. JadRbson flied to Smith, Sisler taking third after the eaten Earl Smith flied to Elmer Smith. Sister scoring after the catch. Earl Smith lied to Elmf r Smith. Sisler scoring after the catch. Tobin beat out a slow roller along the first base line. Austin fanned. Two runs, three hits, no errors. 5I5TH IWKI5G Cleveland Johnston singled to center. Sewell out to Sisler, unassisted. John ston out stealing, tievereid to Austin. O'Neil out Gerber to Sisler. No runs. No hit No errors. St Louis Severeld out Gardner to Johnston. Billings batted for DeBerry. Billings singled to center. Gerber forced Billings, Sewell to Wamby. Ged eon flied to Smith. No runs, one hit, no errors. Totals R. H. E. Cleveland ill 0 St. Louis 4 190 3 Senator Harding's Car Bumped; News Writers Get Jolt Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 27. (L N. S.) Senator Harding's private car, "Ideal. was Jolted considerably, and the news paper correspondents in the car directly in front of it were badly shaken up, but neither damage nor injuries resulted, when a slowly moving switch engine sideswlped the - reporter's car as the Harding special pulled out of Pittsburg early today. Some window panes In the "Sumter," the reporters car, were broken. AH the occupants were asleep when the bump came, Missouri Population 3,403,547, Gain of .110,212 in Decade Washington. Sept 17. (I. N. S.) The 1920 population of Missouri ts S.403,47. an Increase since 1)10 or 110,212, or 1.3 per cent, the census bureau announced today. 1:1 H N 1 !;1 14 IK hi I J i Aimto mo and ScoM o TUT rl d appear with the Scotti Grand Opera Co. a in Portland on September 30 Hear these famous Victor artists! 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