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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, -1920. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. G U. S. DESTROYERS DUE DEC. 3, ESCORT TO NAVY TEAM The twelfth division of destroy ing United, States navy, including six Jeatroyers manned by 8 officers and 570 enlisted men, acompanled by the Paclfc fleet band of 100 pieces, un der command of James X). Willson, commander destroyer division 12, U. 9. N., will arrive In Portland before dark the evening: of December 3 to attend the football game between! '.he Pacific fleet team and the. Mult nomah Athletic club team on Decem ber 4. It will remain in Portland's harbor until the morning of Decem ber 6. A communication from Com mander "Willson to triat effect was ecelved by Mayor Baker this morn ,'.ng. The destroyers to visit Port ' and and their personnel follows: U. S. 8. LUamberton No. 119 Com mander James D. Willson. U. S. N. (di ' vMon commander) ; Lieutenant William J. Nunnatly Jr., U. S. Navy: Lieutenant IT) T. E. Flahertv. U. ' 8. Navy: Lieu-' tennant (Jk) Albert P. Burleigh, U. S.J Navy; Lieutenant (Js) (T) L Ver blunge. U. S. Navy; Lieutenant (jc) C. I. Buckley, (S. C.) U. S. Navy; Ensign 1. Si Curney. U. 8. Navy; Ensign P. F. Breen, (RF) V. S. Navy; Gunner (T) C. Korst, U. S. Navy. U. 8. S. Radford No. 120 Lieutenant I'omander. A. D. Bernhard, U. S. N. (commanding) : Lieutenant L. -M. Har- ' vey, U. S. Navy ; Lieutenant (Jg)' L. E. Bray, U. S. Navy ; Knsin R. W. Ab bott, U. S. Navy ; Ensign H. J. Belling liam, U. 8. Navy. U. S. S. Montgomery No. 121 Lieu- i tenartt Commander F. T. Berry. N. S. Navy, (commanding) ; Lieutenant E. G. llerzing'er, U. S. Navy;-Lieutenant Jg) )!. S. Maugham. U. 8. Navy; Ensign A. H. Small, U a Navy; Ensign O. W. r Gained, U. 8. Navy. U. H. S. Breese No. 122 Lieutenant' 'ordamnder R. F. Frellson, U. S. N., (commanding); Lieutenant Grosskop'f, 17. S. Navy: Lieutenant (Jg) L. J. Sut ton, U. 8. Navy: Ensign C. W. Wallace, 1". S. Navy; Gunner (T) E. J. Slegrest, U. S. Navy. U. K. S. Gamble No. 123 Lieutenant Commander . L. P. Johnson, U. S. N., (commanding) ; Lieutenant J. B. Hef- ferman. U. S. Navy; Lieutenant (jg) S. E. Haddon. U. S. Navy ; Lieutenant (Jsr) J. H. Clark, U. S. Navy: Ensign T. O. Brandon, IT. 8. Navy ; Ensign W. W. Orler. U. 8. N. R. F. ; Gunner (T) A Gerloff, V. SNavy. . U. S. S. Ramsay No. 124 Commander K Lando, U. S. N, (commanding) ; Lieutenant E. J. Moran, U. S. Navy; Lieutenant ' (Jb) P. D. Summers, U. S. Navy; Lieutenant (Jb) W. W. Summers, ; IT. S. Navy; Ensign H. D. Parker, U, S. Navy. Other officers and passengers prob ably will accompany the fleet, the com mander states, though who and how , many he said he did not know at pres ent. In closing Commander Willson as sures the mayor : "I will be very glad to cooperate yith you In any way to make this visit a pleasant one, both for (: ' the people pf Portland and the officers and men of this division." HUSBANDS ARE KIDNAPED BY PARISIENNES City Engineer Will Reduce His Force 47 Men on Dec,, ! By Edwin Hullinger -United Nw 8Uff ConttpondMit Paris, Not. 27j Hundreds of dainty Paris midlnettes, wearing the short skirts of the season and 1 the lace capital of Salnte Cather ine, swarmed the boulevards and the Rue de la Palx on their day of days Salnte Catherines day kidnaping married men, single men, Frenchmen and foreigner in ' the name . of. the old , maid salnte.' 'f;' ' i:- ! '-vr; It was the leap year day ot the French calendar of fetes, the day on which the unmarried woman has the, privilege to assert her love, and ; the Paris mi dinettes turned It Jiito a . festal occasion for all concerned, except, perhaps, the flustered wives of Middle Western Americans, - who ' found their husbands torn from them In broad daylight, some apparent ly quite willingly, and- carried away by troupes of laughing, chattering spinster girls. PRICE OF CEMENT HUMAN E SOCETY MANAGER TARGET OR PAVING TO FALL, IS REPORT As a "result of the reduction of funds for the city engineer's department in the city's 1921 budget. 47 men -will be laid off in that department - Iecember 1. City. Engineer Laurgaard announced this mornlnjr. and many others will be laid off within two weeks, he said. '"This reduction of men includes 7 draftsmen. 2 Instrument men, 1 photog ' rapher and 23 inspectors, and represents a curtailment of. expenses aggregating $6085," he said. ; "As our greatest de mand ifor men will come next spring, when 'street pavitg and other work is in full swing, it will be necessary for rthls department to lay off more men in order to save the money from the reduced budget for that work, and we need those men, too ; this'treduction Is a serious handicap' to our department." : Stucco Apartments Of 3 Stories, With Fire Wall Allowed Three-story apartment houses of stucco may be erected within the fire limits hereafter, provided a firewall of brick, hollow tile or similar mate rial 1s constructed between the adjoin ing nuiimnps. Tnis decision was reached by Commissioners Barbur and Iligelow In conference with Fire Chief Young and Chief of Building Bureau Flummer this morning. - , Action on the matter came as the result of a petition to the city council from Kaamussen & Hoffman, who were refused a permit to erect a three-story apartment house on Glisan and Flan ! ders streets near Fortyecond on the protest of the fire warden. .The mat ter .was referred to Barbur. Bigelow and Fire Chief Young for action. Concrete construction, contractors are evidently assured of a lower price for cement for the' new year in Oregon, in the opinion of Assist ant Commissioner of Public" Works Johnson and City Engineer Laur gaard, as evidenced by , the recent bids on the East Thirtyjirst street pavement from Hancock to 'Tilla mook streets. The bids of Cochran.. Bros., Archer Bros., Bahn & Rebmanand Peter Hill for concrete pavement specifying con crete No. 3 In the roadway ranged from $30 to $2.60 per square foot, "with the total cost ranging! from $1902.10 to $2262 for completing the stretch. The Warren Construction company, the only bitulithic bidder, bid $2.35 per square yard on a basis of , asphaltic concrete pavement No. 2 two inches thick, and crushed rock base four inches thick. C. T. W. Hollister. Portland sales representative for the cement manufac turers, has assured the board .of public works . that cement would , be lower during the new year, though lie . in sisted, when questioned Saturday morn ing, that the assurance had not been intended for 1 publication and declined to say definitely, whether or not cement would be lower during the new year. Hans Humm Jr., Portland representa tive of the Portland Cement Manufac turers' association, said that be knew nothing of a definite plan of the ce ment manufacturers to encourage con crete contractors throughout Oregon by reducing the price of cement, but In sisted that would be a mater for the individual members and . not the as sociation to determine. The special committee appointed by the directors of the Oregon Hu mane society to Investigate charges made against Mrs. F. W. Swanton, superintendent, by former employes. took testimony Friday night. This will be referred to the board of di rectors at Its next meeting December for further consideration. It was charged against Mrs. Swanton that she is "temperamentally unfit" for her position, bad in some cases been cruel to animals and . had misappropri ated funds. Mrs. Swanton entered a general denial and asserted that the charges were made by former employes who had been inefficient-and had been discharged. ; ' CHARGE CONTROVERTED "There is not one word of truth in the. accusations," she said. L. S. Eller man testified that a collection of- $7 taken up for the benefit of a little girl, Edna Romanski, who had been mis treated by a woman in whose care she was, had never been applied. . This charge was controverted by the chair man of the Investigating committee, who explained that the money had been de posited in a savings bank to the child's account as the board had not deter mined how it was to be used. Mrs. Swanton said the girl was being well cared for at present. It was also asserted by Kllerman that a monthly contribution of $10 to the so ciety from a certain woman was di verted. Mrs. Swanton explained that this check is made payable to the so ciety and before being deposited is in dorsed by her as an officer of the so ciety in the natural course of business. FRICTION IS ALLEGED The books of the society, she said, will show its disposition. , Mrs. B. T. Howard, formerly employed by the society as bookkeeper, sponsored the charge that Mrs. Swanton was tern peramentally ; unfit and that there was always friction and distrust in the of fice. When asked by Mrs. Swanton why she wanted to get her Job back Mrs. Howard replied, "Because I felt I could do some good.' Mrs. Swanton admitted that she has some temperament but contended that a person who had no temperament was unfitted for the office. Frank Walling was the chief witness to support the charge of cruelty -lo an imals. He said the electric chamber did not always work and that cats supposed to be electrocuted sometimes came to life again. Testimony was introduced In behalf of Mrs. Swanton to show that failure of electrocution was generally due to' the neglect of the executioner to keep his machinery clean. W. M. 0hambers,- Miiltnomah Estate Valued at $4500 W. M. Chambers, aged 72 years, who died in Portland November" 13, left an estate consisting of property in Mult nomah county: valued at $4500 and real estate in Grant county, Oregon, and in the state ' of Washington, the exact value of which is not known to peti tioners for the probate of the will. This will, which was dated November 8, 1920, names I F. Shirley as the execu tor. The widow, Minnie E. Chambers, is the sole heir. All the property is placed in trust with the executor, the income to be used by the widow dur ing her lifetime, and at her deatb the property is to be distributed to the four brothers and two sisters of Chambers. with the exception . of a $1000 bequest to Hazel Maynard Burnett of Portland. It is believed the property bas a valua tion of from $20,000 to $25,000. FIVE BENTS ARE RETURNED BY MULTNOMAH DRY Jackson Club Calls Democrats of State To Meet January 8 Preliminary plans for a conference of the Democrats of Oregon, to be held in Portland January 8, were adopted by the Jackson Club of Oregon at its meet ing Friday at the public library. The purpose of the conference is "to consider matters of importance to the people." The Jackson club also adopted resolu tions opposing the hearing on applica tions for increased rates for gas and telephone service until prices and con ditions are more stabilised than at pres ent, and a full investigation can be made by the proper city and state officials on which an adequate and proper defense can be based. The club at this meeting elected of ficers for the coming year as follows: President, A. F. Flegel Sr. ; first vice president, Mrs. F. W. Vogler ; second vice president, Mrs. Bertha Cook; third vice president, Mrs. Carrie S. Hoover; secretary. William D. Bennett; treas urer, F. C. Whitten ; executive council, Mrs. R. P. Marshall, John D. Mann, Mrs. Edith Tozier Weathered, Mrs. Sarah Moore, G. Y. Harry Sr., Oglesby Young. The Multnomah county grand jury Saturday returned five true bills, five not true bills and six secret in dictments. William Herder is indicted on the charge of larceny of $220 September 15 from Kennard & Adams. He is also in dicted on -the charge f larceny of a dwelling October 13 and taking property owned by Frank W. WaScher. Leslie Case is indicted on the charge of the larceny of an automobile owned by John Cummisky, October 5, and also Indicted on the charge of taking and using an au tomobile without authority. James Wil liams is indicted on the charge of for gery of indorsements January 24 on checks totaling $1341.46, to which were signed the name of "Herbert Clayton." DIVORCE SEEKER ALLEGES CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM David Roach, who is suing Gertrude Roach for divorce, claims he has been persecuted by a man posing as a, federal officer. Whose name to him is unknown, and that he has reported the 'situation to the federal authorities who are now seeking to locate the man. Roach says his wife filed suit for di vorce from him June 24 of this year, and then, after stating her charges were untrue, went to Montana, where she took up with another man ; that later she returned to Portland with her goods addressed in the name of the other man, and, learning that her hus band bad filed a divorce suit she sent to him a man purporting to be a fed eral officer, who threatened to throw Roach In jail unless he changed the charges he made in his divorce suit complaint. He says, in an affidavit filed Saturday, that this man posing as a fed eral officer said he had evidence that Roach had burned his blacksmith shop and collected the insurance and clUirged him with various .other crimes, but would not give his name. reform school.' After being away from that institution less than a year he forged checks for $100 and $20. Taxwell postponed- sentence uutil 2 o'clock Mon day afternoon, so that further investi gation could be made. Alaska. Company Files The Alaska Peninsula Transportation company, which names Portland as its principal place of business and $100,000 as its capitalisation, filed its articles of Incorporation Saturday with the Mult nomah county clerk. It proposes to op erate fishing boats, freight and passen ger boats, canneries, docks and plants and carry on general merchandising and real estate operations. The incor porators are B. E. Haney, C. II. Greene and E. V. LitUefield. BRITISH PREPARING REPLY ON MANDATE Vancouver Woman Accidentally Shot, Hospital Reports Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 27. Despite efforts of thetamily to keep secret all details, hospital authorities Saturday said Mps. G. W. Louden, wife of a farmer, ac cidentally shot herself in the head Fri da y. She is at St. Josephs hospital, where attendants say she has a chance of re covery. . r . Louden and his daughter denied that Mrs. Louden was shot, saying that heart trouble had caused her to fall and injure herself while they were absent from the farm home, east of Vancouver. Hospital attendants assert, however, that Mrs. Louden was shot and that both husband and daughter were present. Mrs. Louden gained fame during the war when she and her daughter carried on the farm work and drove a garbage truck about Vancouver while Louden and their six sons were serving in the army. The women put all money they could into Liberty bonds during this period. Mrg. Louden is about 60 years English experimenters have found that crude vanilla can be obtained from the leaves of the wild pimento tree common in Jamaica. v Students' Special Trains via Oregon Electric to Railway - Gorvallis and Eueee Sunday, November 28 th For Corvallis ..4:38 P. M. . .4:55 P. M. ..7:40 P. M. For Eugf ne 4:39 P. M. 5:10 P. M. 8:45 V" AIL Leave North Bank Station...., Leave Jefferson St. Station.... Arrive Corvallis ............ Ariiye Eugene .. These are separate trains running directly to Corvallis and Eugene and accepting passengers for these points only. ' - i f r Students will note that the leaving time is slightly earlier than heretofore stated. " . ! Stops to receive passengers will be madeiat Tenth and Stark Sts., Seward Hotel, Salmon and Fifth Sts., Salmon and Second Sts., in addi tion to North Bank, and Jefferson St. Stations. Tickets may be 'obtained at North Bank Station, Tenth and S tark Sts., Seward Hotel, Tenth and Morrison Sts., and Jefferson St Station. OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY Insurance Act Broadened ' Olympia, Wash., Nov. 27. Cookhouse employes of concerns engaged in haz ardous industries will hereafter come under the provisions of the industrial Insurance' act, according lo a decision of the commission. Gone, But Not Forgotten -William Ryan was a "trusty." He had only seven days more to serve, but Friday he saw his chance while placed at work cleaning up the police garage. To William, seven days was a week, and he thought he had enough of Jail for a while. Now the police are looa ing for William. j $30,000 Alimony Is Paid Wife in Cash In Chicago Court Chicago. Nov. 27. (I. N. S.) Judge Sabath's courtroom looked like an annex to the United States treasury tocbay. Ordered to pay $30,000 alimony to his wife, Mrs. Cora M. Neff. attorneys for Dr. James M. Neff brought the amount in cash, 1500 $20 bills. Mrs. Neff had demanded a cash, set tlement, and those who stared wide-eyed at the money brought into court will tell the world she got'it. YOUTH ADMITS FORGERY; HE WAS "SHORT OF FUNDS" "I was snort of funds." This was the sole explanation made by Clarence Walter, 19 years old, when he stood be fore Presiding Judge Tazwell, and pleaded guilty to forgery and waived time for sentence. The grand jury had recommended leniency. Toung Walter had been placed by his parents in the charge. London, Nov. 27. British official opinion regarding the American note on the Mesopotamian question is a great deal more optimistic than press reports from Washington would war rant. While these reports agree that the tone of Vie note is'firm" the foreign office has been unofficially advised that the note is "Courteous and ' argumentative' even to the point of being susceptible to the term "academic." Officials regard the whole matter as one for the most friendly discussion. It is now under discussion, and an early reply, counter ing the points of issue advanced by the United States may, be expected.. The British government, it is said, will point out that the League of Natrons is the ideal agent for the settlement of the Mesopotamian affair, and will de clare that allied action in that country is merely preliminary to eventual action by the league. It will, therefore, insist that the interests of the United States are not prejudiced in any "way. BAPTST PASTOR IS OUSTED Oil WIFE'S CHARGES Forest Supervisor Going to Pendleton Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 27. The office of the supervisor of the. Wenaha National forest will, be changed from Wall&tWaila to Pendleton Just as soon as necessary arrangements can be com plete, Supervisor John C. Kuhns an nounced.' When the change is made, Walla Walla will become a ranger sta tion, with Ranger C. L. Keithley in A committee of the Portland Bap tist Ministers' association, recently appointed to investigate the copduct of the Rev. Ferdinand C. Laslette, fermerly pastor of Glencoe Baptist church. East Forty-fifthand Main streets, recommended Friday evening In a public report that the "minis ters withdra wthe hand . of fellow ship; drop his name from the roll; and publish this action In our de nominational paper." . This action closely follows that 'taken by Mrs. Lena Laslette, his wife, in filing a divorce suit A week ago today Mrs. Laslette . filed her suit in the circuit court charging cruelty and infidelity. Local Baptists say they have been in fprmed that Laslette has had two other divorce suits, but as the former preach er has left the city and not revealed his whereabouts the committee has -expert' enced difficulty in carrylngon the in vestigation. They are also endeavoring to learn whether Laslette was ever or dained a minister. SATS HUSBAND STRUCK HER Mrs. Laslette charges in her divorce complaint that' prior to 1920 her husband became Infatuated with another Woman and confessed adultery.' In April, 1920, he is charged with , telling his-wife he would no longer live with her and that she could only live under his roof in the capacity, of housekeeper. Mrs. Las lette claims she suggested that they be reconciled and renew their marriage vows, but he is said to have become vlO' lently angry and to have struck her in the face and threatened her life, "and with oaths and violent abusive language drove plaintiff from their home." Mrs. Laslette asks for a decree of di vorce and $250 Oallmony. The complaint states that they were married in Chel sea, Mass., December 21. 1904, and that they have no children. Their assets are said to be $3000 in industrial bonds and $2000 in property in Manitoba. PASTOR KE8IGSS The trouble is said to have started several months ago when Mrs.. Laslette returned to Portland from- Chicago, where she had been studying at the Moody Bible institute so that she might prepare herself to better perform the duties of a minister's wife. Mrs.. Laslette had been in the city but a short time before; Laslette mysteriously resigned his pulpit. When Laslette re fused reconciliation; Mrs. Laslette is said to have given alii her information to the Baptist .Ministerial association. Mrs. Laslette is characterised as a "splendid Christian woman." ; ' When Laslette came to 'Portland from the church, at Prineville, Or., he is said to have u been- quite active in church . work, raising considerable money to pay off the church indebtedness. He 1 said r to have failed to produce proper creden tials, but was accented upon good laita. He is thought to have held pastorates in Arkansas and Michigan in Presbyterian and Free Baptist churches, but trie exact location has not been learned by the committee. ' I COMMITTEE MAKES, REPORT I While Mrs. Laslette was at the Bible Institute Laslette is said to have urged her not to return to Portland, but to take a trip to Ireland and endeavor to convert her parents. The . commute s Teport reaas: .vve .have examined all available witnesses and have sought in every way to secure the personal statement of Mr. Laslette. We are convinced that he n as purposely avoided the committee. The evidence and his action convinces us that his con dust is unbecoming a Christian minis ter and on- hs own confession (in so far as to surrender his mlnsterial card) is unworthy, of our Christian fellow ship. We therefore recommend that tha Baptist ministers' association withdraw the hand of fellowshp from Mr. Laslette. drop his name from the roll, and publish this action in our denominational paper." Signed: ,E. A. Smith, pastor Lents Bap tist church, chairman ; Owen T. Day, pastor Arleta Baptist church, secretary ; R. E. Close, pastor Third Baptist church J W. L. IUley, pastor Highland Baptist church, and W. Norton Ferris, pastor Sellwood. Baptist church. Infant of One Year Falls; Breaks Neck White Salmon, Wash., Nov, 27.WhlIe playing on the floor on Tanksgivlng day, the year-old daughter of Mrs. C 8. Mead, postmistress of Blngen, Wssfi.j fell against) a box In such a way as to break herHeck, dying Instantly, ; Search for Woman , ! The police were asked this morning to aid In a search f of Mrs. Tlllle Shafer, 88, who was recently paroled from the state hospital in Salem and placed under the care of Mrs. H. A. NagL 465 Farra. gut street west. Friday she climbed out of a rear window and has not been seen since. She was dressed in a blue coat, a dark skirt, black hat and black shoes. She js 5 feet, 8 Inches, and weighs 110 pounds. i ii, mud IS r. i IMS' Mi i i n( ait iu in i- niiirs ii ; tit ii. i r . I - W Si i Ml n lif i I W m m ' I P Kit Mil I ' jntUlJJtlMJJiPVac. fi k t 111) Vil Uillltl: It 1 1 i'l lit If m wiiftjMtiTr w mill 'i i nr .n m n Mm A GENUINE , INTEREST in our customers welfare is characteristic of the bank ing sendee of this bank. BY respecting the confidence placed in us we have been able to contribute sound advice and genuine cooperation in the solution of their business problems. There is good business judgment in taking this old, dependable bank into your con fidence, for by so doing you are gaining the .support pf an institution which is able to serve you faithfully and well A 'd 'BANK OF J CALIFORNIA A A NATIONAL BANK Member Federal Reserve System Third at Stark Streets PORTLAND . OREGON Tike Coimig War B the T W , i rosea aw "Open" SlllKDp In the belief that the "open-shop" crusade is intended to undo everything union labor has accomplished and to "feudalize America," the heads of the American Federation of Labor are making war plans. These labor leaders agree, "that a united front must be presented to Jhese attacks, and that every unwarranted attempt to reduce wages and working conditions to : prewar levels must be resisted with every legitimate weapon." Thus, as the Baltimore Sun notes, labor and capital are lining up for a finish fight. The leading business interests "will bargain collectively with labor only when forced to do so" and "a concentrated campaign of the employers' interests already has been launched against organized labor on the reaffirmation of the 'open shop' principle and on the standthat wages must be reduced as part of the process of deflation." The labor situation is probably the biggest problem that confronts the great mass of the American people to-day, and as this-article in the "DIGEST" this week November 27th presents opinions from all sides, it will be read closely. Other news-features of great interest and value in this number of the "DIGEST" are: ' ... """V j .. . The Shipping Board Scandal The New Bulgaria (With a Full-Page Colored Map) How Europe Views WrangePs Collapse Trouble Brewing for Home Brewers A Fiume Settlement With D'Annunzio Left Out War Bonuses in Twelve States ' Legalizing Land Seizures in Italy New York Shocks Constantinople A New Search for the Oldest Man What We Pay for Tons of Water in Food The Dish-Washing Machine as a Germ Killer Henry Ford's Plan to Help Idle Boys Learn and Earn The Rejected and the Elected in the Hall" of Fame Prohibition Results in One State The Need of an Abridged Bible How-to Fill the Country Church British Sketches on the Sinn Fein Front Harding as Barn Painter, Band Musician and Humorist Best of the Current Poetry i Topics of the Day Many Interesting Illustrations in Half -Tone, Including Humorous Cartoons - , :V November 27th Number on Sale Today News Dealers 10 Cents $4.00 a Year The TV . FUNK & WAG N ALLS COMPANY (Ftabfisben of & Vtmom NEW Stsndcrd Dtcticntiy). NEW YOIU! v