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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1920. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON 3 APPEAL CASES BEING RUSHED IN T "Clear the way for hearing of ap peal cases 1 from the municipal court." This is the'- Imperative order of Presiding Judge" Tazwell of ' the Multnomah county circuit court and its first effect was produced this forenoon, when Circuit Judge Harry II. Belt of Dallas, who has come to Portland to assist In handling these cases, opened the hearing of 66 ap peals, that have been dragging on the calender for months ; Helen Devonshire, a negress of the north end, was the first to appear. She has served IS days of a 38 day Jail sen tence Imposed by Circuit Judge Tucker on the charge of vagrancy. Five other similar charges stood against her. She pleaded guilty to the first of these and the others were dismissed on motion of Deputy City Attorney E. T. Lansing Jr. Khe was - sentenced to another 30 days to begin after the present sentence is . completed. . The present program is for Judge Belt to continue the hearing of the accumu lation of municipal appeal cases until the docket is cleared, and it is estimated that this will take at least until De cember 20. FIRST .WIFE itft'ES DOCTOR WHITING-FOR ALTjOWANCE The marital troubles of Dr. Sanford Whiting and his first wife, Mrs. Iva M. v"hltlng, which have been In the courts in various aspects since 1916, have come to public attention again by the filing of a motion by Harnett H. Goldstein, on behalf of Mrs. Whiting, "for a readjust ment of the support money' allowed for the two children. The original court order was for the payment of J135 a month by Dr. Whiting for the support and education of the children. The court Is now asked to make the order for $300 a month. The motion wilt be argued before Circuit Judge Gatens, who granted the divorce decree, next Satur day. Mrs. Whiting also has pending a suit against Mary- Kdwards Merges the present wife of Dr. Whiting for the alienation of his affections. This suit is set for trial for January 7. Dr. Whiting and his second wife have lecently returned from a trip through Kurope, -and papers were served on him in the motion to increase the support money immediately after his arrival in Portland. All of the parties at interest are widely known in Portland and other Pacific coast cities. ( The alienation suit, in which the first wife asks for $30,000 actual and $20,000 punitive damages from Mary Edwards Merges, was filed July 15, 1916. FOUR MONTHS OX ROCK PILE IS RECOMMENDED Robert .Oberer and Edwin Eichenberg were before Presiding Judge Tazwell Monday, having' pleaded guilty to utter ing forged checks on the Warren Con struction company. Oberer, whose school record shows that he will not be 18 un - til 'next January; was remanded to the court of domestic relations.' The charge against Eichenberg was changed to sim ple larceny and he was remanded to the district court for sentence, the recom mendation being that he be given four months in the county Jail, with, work on the rockplle at Kelly Butte. WILL OF LATE S. C. SPENCER FILED; WIDOW PETITIONS The fwill ,ot Schuyler C Spencer, whoqe' tragic death in Portland occurred November 10, was filed for probate Mon day and the widow, Naomi C. Spencer, filed application to be made executrix. The petition states that Spencer left "a large amount of real property situated in different .counties in Oregon and con siderable personal property but that all is heavily encumbered and the.net value of the estate is very small. The will, of the date of February 3, 1910, was made Just before Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were leaving on their wedding trip. It leaves all of the property to Mrs) Spencer. HARRY WEIGAR LOSES SUIT FOR $100,000 DAMAGES A verdict lor tne defendant was given by a Jury in Circuit Judge- Sta pleton'n court Tuesday forenoon in the $100;000 suit of Harry E. Welgar against the Corvallis Independent Tele phone company for personal damages. Welgar ran his automobile off the road at a turn on a dark night at a point in Benton county, smashed Into a tele phone pole that fell, carrying with it electric transmission wires that caused the injuries. ) He claimed the company was negligent in placing the pole In a position where it could be ? struck in making the turn in the road. $2500 Damages Sought The high cost of living these days ap plies also to false teeth. At least this is to be inferred from the suit filed to day by C K. Rogers against M. Field ing, in whicb-ie seeks judgment for $2500 damages. Rogers says he was beaten by Fielding November 4 in Port land and that as a result his face and side of his head were sore, his eye was injured, his mouth was cut and his false teeth were so broken that he will be compelled to secure a new set at a cost of $50. .. , ' Lampher's Ball Forfeited On application of Deputy District At torney Graham Monday, Presiding Judge Taswell ordered the forfeiture of the cash ball of $500 for James Crfunpher, who failed to appear to answer to a statutory charge.) The young woman in the case, : who has been held under surveillance j at the Fraser detention home, was ordered discharged. $7900 Damages Asked M. and Ben Abrams, doing business as the Oregon Hardware company at 111 Sixth street, filed suit Monday against Julius Sax, lessee of the re mainder of this building, for, $7900, al leged to have been sustained when de fective plumbing on the upper floors caused water to flood hardware in the company's store. . 'J CornjeUus neitman Guilty A jury in the court of domestic rela tions this morning brought in a ver dict of guilty in the case of the state against Cornelius Heitman, charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors. Heitman will attain his twen tieth birthday today. He will be sen tenced by Judge Kanzler Wednesday. Gus Keramldas Divorced Gus Keramldas was. granted a divorce from Josephine Keraniidas by Presiding Judge Taswell, after he had told of his, wife's penchant for the use of morphine and other drugs and her escapades with other men that had caused her arrest three times and sentence to four months at The Cedars. ' POOR LiTTLE RICH GIRLS ARE DESERVING POOR (Can tlimed From Pasa On) Metropolitan, where It will be an awful blow to his pride to be seen wearing only one silver fox overcoat at a time. Caruso is an extreme case $5000 a night. $10,000 a night, that kind of money : Just barely getting by. - Last summer he was robbed of $100,000 worth of jewels, and didn't get over a million dollars' worth . of advertising out of it. The critics say this kid has all the makings of a good voice, but "it seems he just can't get the money John McCormack, the ' Corkan Can torian, is no better off than Caruso, and. John has a lot of adopted nephews and nieces to keep in underslung scoot ers. Come 'the middle, of February and they'll all be starving along on hot house strawberries and other coarse food. AND THEJf THOSE MOVIE PAUPEES And then there are the movie girls Alice Brady, the Talmadge ' trio. Miriam Cooper, ; Anne C. Nilsaen nice girls, who deserve a living wage and are put off ( with an average bf from $1500 to $3000 a week the year round. It isn't right is- it? Babe Ruth is a Broadwayite, having stared the'; lenses out of six. cameras in' making a movie just before the base ball season closed. The Babe's d ram mer flopped and he had to go down to Cuba and smash out a lot more home runs to bring his income for the year up to a livable figure say, $100,000 when all the bunk Is discounted. Starv ing to death, he is. If opera was a nickel a seat, he couldn't pay the war tax on a standee ticket to Central park. . i I - . The Barrymores. Holbrook ' Bllnn, Frances Starr, Ina Claire, Fred Stone, Raymond j j Hitchcock all are in the same fix. r It's the poor that suffer in winter., SALMON CLOSED SEASON LAW IS UPHELD BY COUR T Salem, Or., Nov. 16. The con stitutionality of the legislative act of 1919 prohibiting the possession or sale within the state of Oregon of salmon caught beyond the three mile line outside of the Columbia river during the closed seasoi. is up held by the supreme court in an opinion .."written by Justice Harris and handed down by the court this morning. The opinion is based on an appeal brodght by the Union Fishermen's Co operative Packing compaay and other canneries operating "on the Columbia river from a decree, of Judge Eakin tf 1 the Clatsop county court in which a suit to restrain the fish and game com mission from enforcing this provision of the fish and game code had been dis missed. The provision involved, the opinion of the supreme court holds. Is not in con flict with (he compact entered into be tween the states of Oregon and Wash ington affecting concurrent jurisdiction over fishing on the Columbia river. A second and final appeal for a re hearing in the case of J. E. Paddock and William Holbrook was denied by the court-this morning In an opinion written by Justice Harris. Paddock and Holbrook were sentenced by the Klamath county circuit court to a term of from one to 15 years to the state prison upon conviction on a charge of manslaughter for the killing of Owen P. Mc.Kendree. Other opinions were handed down by the court today as follows: ... State vs. N. II. Klein, appellant; ap peal from Harney county from ver dict of guilty on charge of killing cow for which appellant was sentenced to penitentiary. Opinion by Justice Ben son. Judge Dalton Biggs reversed and case remanded. State of Oregon, appellant, vs. Price Gates ; appeal from Union county from order of court allowing motion in ar rest of judgment filed on grounds that indictment on charge of contributing to delinquency of minor did not state facts sufficient to constitute crime. Opinion by Justice Benson. Judge J. W. Knowles affirmed. Arthur Clarke, as administrator of estate of Samuel McLain, appellant, vs. Philomath College, et al, appeal from Benton county ; suit to set aside three deeds and transfer of personal prop erty. Opinion by Justice Bean. Judge G. F. Sklpworth reversed. . T. E. Bunnel, appellant, vs. Josie Bun nel ; appeal from Wallowa county ; suit for divorce. Opinion by Justice Ben son. Judge J. W. Knowles affirmed. Rosenberg Suit & 'Coat company vs. General Acident Fire and Life Assur ance Corporation, appellant ; appeal from Multnomah county; suit to reform policy of Insurance against loss by burglary. Opinion by Justice Benson. Judge C. U. Gantenbein affirmed. Bagostino vs. Portland Railway Light & Power company appellant ; dismissed. - Apparently somebody is slipping a lit tle nourishment into the spirit of. mili tarism during its unconscious moments. M'CREDIE TO BE HEAD OF SEATTLE BALL CLUB - ( Continued From Pace One) although Essick never has been con nected with the alleged gambling. McCREDIE . ADMITS SEATTLE OFFER, BUT HASN'T ACCEPTED By George Berts Walter H. McCredie. manager and part owner of the Portland Pacific Coast league club, upon his - return from the annua) meeting of the Na tional Association of Minor Baseball Leagues at Kansas City, announced he was up in the air regarding his future in the baseball world. McCredie denied he had accepted the management of the Seattle Ralniers, but said he was in possession of a fair offer to take charge of the Puget Sound club. He stated he had until January 1 to accept the proposition, but has not made up his mind what to do. , HAS EASTEB3T OFFERS ALSO Offers to manage clubs in the East were also received by McCredie. Re ports that he would succeed Hughey Jennings as manager of the Detroit club were denied by McCredie, al though he was approached by Frank Navln, owner of the Tigers, regarding the management of the club. While in Kansas City McCredie was approached by several men regarding the Portland franchise. Joe Tinker, who recently disposed of his holdings In the Columbus club of the American association, is among those who would like to break into Coast . league ter ritory. COAST FRANCHISE DESIRED "You would be surprised at the num ber of men who are anxious tovget hold of Coast league franchises,"' said Mc Credie. "We have not heard anything from Clyde Wares and James C McGill regarding steps that have been taken toward the purchase of the Beavers. I "While in Kansas City I secured the promise of several players for the Beav ers next season, but as yet I am not, at liberty to announce their names. Play ers are going to . be scarce again next season. Practically all the big league club -owners want options on clubs in exchange for players." LAKE WILLING TO SELL When asked about the proposed trans fer of the Salt Lake club to Vancouver, B. C, McCredie said: "Billy Lane, pres ident of the Salt Lake club, is willing to sell his franchise, provided he gets his price, and I understand from Bob Brown and some of his backers that Vancouver, B. C. is willing to meet his price." While discussing, this, McCredie stated the Coast league problem of transportation would be solved as soon as the directors adopt the four-club in the North and four-club In the South plan. Should McCredie accept the Seattle offer he will have to dispose of bis holdings in the Portland club, and in that event It is said that BlUy Speas, former Portland outfielder and manager of the Regina club of the Western Can ada league, will be named manager of the Beavers. McCredie was silent re garding this proposition. McCredie intimated he would prob ably attend the big meeting of the Na tional league to be held In New York in December. He hopes to; arrange deals for players for the Portland club at this meeting, provided he turns down the of fer to manage the Seattle club. THE BEST PTOpaAPI VALUE . . $115 Airt,.!?. I II iff , I 181 W Iff No phonograph that we know offers so much at its price as does this Brunswick Style Seven at $1 15. It has all Brunswick char acteristics, a beautifully de signed case of more than ex cellent finish in oak or in the new English brown mahog any. Besides, it plays all rec ords, no matter by what artist or for what machine made, a distinctive and a most de lightful feature. You may buy it if you wish on the fol lowing plan: The Brunswick, Style 7.wv.-. ... ...............$115 Records of your own choice. - enucnecK tor $15, balance in 12 payments .5125 w will deliver prepaid at your nearest railway sta tion, bend your order and your check today using. this ad. . ? . t "... Name . ' Address . 41 10 MORRISON STJ AT BROADWAY I MINK pLAYtR3Q7ie MUSIC TTVS 1 1 VYIIPV tvAII MASON AND HAMUN PIANOS cd(5l piist thm snroms. sar rsANeisco. Oakland, fwcmo. dkm SAIMSI.BAIAMEKT,LeSAIISCLCS ; DPLOMAGY OF POLICE DEFY ME, DECLARES MAYOR, BLAMING BOARD NEW f- "I do not wish to pass judgment on the motives or actions of the civil service board, but the real sit uation is that Portland's police de partment is demoralized, simply be cause; the members of the force have no fear ofdis.rolssal for incom petence, in efficient service or for actual violations of the law. they actually defj me," MayOr Baker declared today. He was explaining his remarks at the dinner of the Anti-Saloon league Monday night. "I jam trying hard to establish ef ficient service in the police department and because of the civil service board's repeated reinstatement of policemen dis charged for cause, 1 am made absolutely helpless. I want the public to know where the responsibility lies with the civil service board, and notwtth me. "In my opinion the motive of the civil service board in opposing me is simply sentimental a desire to give the dis charged men another chance. But the duty of the board is not alone to protect Jobs; its first responsibility is to pro tect the public. , CITES IXSTAKCES . In! reinstating these discharged men it is nullifying the department's function and jeopardizing rather than protecting the public." - : Asked just what number of dismissals the board had acted favorably on and what number it had opposed him in, the mayor cited several instances of opposi tion. He recalled two cases of discharges from the force being sustained, those of Patrolmen Bailey and O'Halleran. "Captains and 'lieutenants recommend the removal of men for causes sustained AND L D WORLD CLASH (Continued From Pace One) ences with his party leaders in Decem ber, that he may announce the position his administration will take before the close of the present meeting of the as sembly and thus permit the immediate inauguration of a policy by the league that will adapt its development in con formity with the wishes of the United States.' ; It is pointed out that the principle of making revisions in the covenant to meet the needs of individual members has already been established. Switzer land, for instance, made her entrance into the league contingent upon permis sion to retain her traditional neutrality. This condition the league accepted. "ASSOCIATION" OPPOSED France is extremely anxious to see the early entrance of the United States in the league. As a result, the French delegation is acting as a special guar dian of American interests. The French delegates are instructed to energetically oppose any steps that may be proposed in the present sitting of the assembly which might be construed as anti-American or calculated to in any way en danger America's ultimate, entrance and cooperation in the league. On the possibility of launching a new association of nations, as some of Sen ator Harding's speeches were Inter preted to suggest, the delegates here are unanimous in declaring that it would be better - to modify the present covenant to meet the requirments of the United States rather than attempt a new organr i ration. WORTH ALREADY PBOVE2T They point out that the league is suc cessfully organized and functioning. Its effectiveness te prevent war, they con tend, was demonstrated in the Aaland island and Polish-Lithuanian disputes. Its successful administration in the Saar valley, and ac Danzig has demonstrated its ability to handle international ad ministrative problems. Consequently, they feel that to 6crap the present "or ganization" would be a setback of sev eral years. Engle Boy School 'Tempest' Passed; Solution Beached Adjustment of the chain of circum stances' wound around Pearl Engle, 11-year-old boy in the ungraded room at Shatuck school, has been reached, whereby Miss Frances Myers, the teach er, is exonerated, the boy has returned to school and has changed his residence from that of his father to his sister, Mrs. Hubert L. Larimer, 230 Clay street. Principal G. El Jamison this morning filed a report with Superintendent D. A Grout. The boy's hair was long and shaggy and kept' hanging over his eyes and interfering with his reading, said the principal. This was annoying and the teacher told him to have it cut short. Miss Myers, he said, had no intention of humiliating the boy, nor did he think she did humiliate him. Chris Engle, the boy's father, waived hearing in the municipal court Monday afternoon and was held over for the grand jury by Municipal Judge Ross man. Cash bail of $200 and property bond of $400 were posted. Engle is alleged to have attacked his son-in-law with a pocket knife, in a quarrel that started over the boy's hair and the experience at school. Leniency Is Shown Accused Because of Young Children Mrs. Grace Beggs. 17-year-old mother of two young children, was released on her own recognizance Monday night after appearing before Municipal Judge Rossman on charges of assisting her husband. C. A. Beggs, in the alleged passing of bad checks. Both were rec ommended for grand jury investigation. Beggs is being held in default of $1000 ball. Because of the two children, one a 2-months-old baby and the other only 16 months old, Mra Beggs will not be held until the grand jury la in session. In court Monday it was testified that Beggs had not worked for I several months, and that he had been living on money obtained ' through the alleged worthless checks. Beggs would write the checks and Mrs. Beggs pass them at corner grocery stores, according to the testimony. Forest Service Lecture M. Ij. Merritt, forest examiner of the forest service, will lecture tonight be fore the East Side Boys' club on "Work in the Forest Service." John D. Guth rie, forest examiner, will talk before the Central library staff Thursday morn lns on "National Forests"- ' . by specific charges, and I am helpless to remove them. The board reinstates them over my head. - . "I have no desire to remove any man except for the one reason that they are not performing -the duty for which they are employed. MAYOR BATS HAXD8 TIED "Neither politics nor religion enter Into this matter, nor will I ever permit either to influence the hiring or dis charging of a city employe. "I will not be responsible . for the proper policing of the city with the civil service board acting as at present." Other States Take Credit for Oregon Products Exported Oregon products are being shipped to the East, where they are being relabeled and reshipped to the Pacific coast re publics of South America, according to a statement made by Nicholas Pierangle of the Export A Shipping Journal atHhe meeting of the Foreign Commerce club Deputy City Attorney Stanley Myers, m the Oregon building Monday evening. wh6, with Chief of Police Jenkins, was conferring with the mayor at noon on the actions of the civil service board, said he rather questioned the board's author it to, act In the extreme manner in which it had proceeded. "There is written into the city char ter certain color which may lead the board to believe it has the power, but I doubt it." Myers said. - More Indian Work Is Found on Rocks In The Dalles Area While Oregon supplies a large amount of the goods used in South America, the state itself is practically unknown, ac cording to Pierangel. who said that fully 75 per cent of the products shipped from San Francisco to Peru Tare Ore gon products but that; California gets the credit for it Pierangel spent several months in the South Seas and In South America as correspondent . for various trade papers. , "Possibilities of Lumber Production in This State" was the subject of an ad dress delivered by George M. Cornwall, editor of the Timberman. V Storm Warnings Out On Atlantic Coast Washington, Nov. 18. (U. P.) Storm warnings were ordered displayed along the entire Atlantic and East Gulf coasts by the weather bureau today. The Dalles, Nov. 11 Conlriuing their Investigations around Big Eddy result ing from the archeological finds made there two weeks ago. amateur archelo glsts Sunday found on the rocks along the Washington side scores of the old paintings similar to those near the west gates of the Celilo canal. - - John Osborne, a pioneer resident of The Dalles, claims that he saw the same crude paintings on the rocks more than 50 years ago. They are located high on the cliffs in' inaccessible places, and some had. to be investigated with high powered glasses. Apparently these de signs formerly covered a distance of 100 yards or more, but many of them have been obliterated as a result of the blast ing when the North Bank railroad was constructed. Portland Woman to Wed The Dalles, Nov. 16. A marriage li cense was issued here Monday to John R. Durland of Roseburg and Mrs. Retta Harris of Portland. Tomorrow Morning: order from your grocer or marketnian a generous supply of rich, healthful '' 99 'Red Rock r Cottage Cheese It's extra good these crisp days. You'll like it the whole family will like it! Sold by dealers all over Portland. Made Daily by Red Rock Dairy Tel. Main 4768, Hillsdale, Oregon. pEMEMBER to ask your grocer for Cal umet Baking Powder and be sure that you get itthe In dian head on the orange labeL Then forget abou t bake day failures. For you will never have any. Calumet always produces the sweet est and most palatable foods. And 'now remember, you always use less than of most other brands because it pos- greater leavening tocagUL f TTSYTT Now Remember- Always Use I f TSY TTt Awes) &K0G3 mimniniimiiinmummmmiimmiimmnmiigmnnr There is no waste. If a recipe calls for one egg two cups of flour half a cup of milk that s ail you use. You never have to re-bake. Contains only such ingre dients as have been officially approved by U. S. Food Authorities, is the product of the largest, most modern and sanitary Baking Pow der Factories in existence. Pound can of Calumet contains full 16 os. Some baking powders come in ' 12 os. instead of 16 os. cans. Be sure you get a pound when you want it. Calumet Columbia " Muffin fUdpe 4 cups sifted flour, 4 level tea spoon Calumet Baking Powder, 1 tablespoon su gar, 1 teaspoon alt, 2 tgg 2 cups of sweet milk. Then mix in the regular way The right vs. the wrong piano THE above parallel display is an exad reproduction of our interesting show windows this week. The two beautiful rooms shown above are pra&ically alike, except that: One contains the RIGHT piano for its set ting. The other contains the wrong piano. One instrument GLORUPiEsits setting. The other mstrument UTTERLY MARS it. Is the most important room in your home similarly handicapped by its piano? : This is not in disparagement of the upright piano as such. But let us never forget that a grand piano is the piano supreme. It gives "tone" even while standing in meditative silence. It breathes of quality, dignity, dis-. tincHon. A room whose charm and beauty are based upon simplicity deserves a grand piano no less than a room of magnincence. , A room of true charm and refinement is com . plete only when glorified by a grand piano. Remember, there are grand pianos in all sizes and many prices, from compact, dainty "baby grands" to the splendid concert in struments. . You are cordially urged toseeourintereSingshow windows this week Tbfi Windows present an unusual objeS lesson in the selection of a piano. Sixth and Morrison Street PORTLAND Opposite Poitolflc SEATTLE TACOJIA 8P0KXITE jf.