3 9. POWER COMPANIES " ...... r r rt r i r UKUr.LU AN TO REGULATE TREES ' Power companies have withdrawn their rarucHta for the passage yf a ' city ordinance demanding , the Cut ting of trees to a 25 foot, maximum height along ntreets where power lines are; Htrung, ' according to an liouncement made to the city coun 11 by Krapklin T. Griffith of the J Ft., It." & P. company, and Ij. A. McNary, attorney for the Northwest ern Power company. The storm f protent against the draft ing of such an ordinance wan responsible ! far the fleclHfon or the iower companies t'- withdraw their petition. , . ton, has been granted a leave of ab sence - lor one month without pay. Mrs. Col well requested the vacation to enable her to recuperate her health. : wn iir.iiin r.t i. . i un r inn yV. PATUOIj nkaii bull nts The city of Portland has again as- k sumed part payment of the f'.re patrol -in the vicinity of the Bult Run reserve. si The city eounHI Monday arternoon vot- 1 , ed to pay $278.83 to the Clackamas- I Marlon County Patrol association to 1 trover its pro rata of the cost of fire is-, patrol In that section. Commissioner l'v"Mann. In introducing the Ordinance, ' 4 . .. . . . . I . . siaten mat wnen no iirai nw nni , flee he had stopped the payment of this sum as Portland's share because he ; thouRht it unwarranted, but that upon careful investigation he had decided it was only just that the city pay that , amount each year. Hamilton's Lecture On Thibet Is Heard By 2000 Leaguers The second open meeting of the Port land Service Jeague assembled 2000 of its members and frjends at The Audi torium Monday evening when Major Jack Hamilton ' gave his stereoptlcon lecture on "Thibet, the Ind of Mys tery." Major Hamilton. ; soldier of for tune and world wide traveler, and a veteran of many wars, fascinated his hearers - with atories of the weisd cus toms of the country of which so little is known. Photographs of the immured monks, of the gold roofed temples and the strange people of Thibet were shown. The meeting was presided over by Otto W. Meilke, who introduced Judge Jacob Kahzler, originator of the open forum and who in turn asked for sug gestions as to plans for the best inter ests of the "city. Frederick T. Hyskell Introduced a resolution advising the wider-use of the rose as a medium of advertising the city and the more sys tematic and conscientious planting of the rose by Portlanders. An organ recital by Frederick W. Goodrich opened the evening's program, suplemented by an instrumental number from the Columbia . ladles orcnestra, which Included Mrs. H. A. Hampton, vio linist; Miss Virginia Knight, cellist, and Miss Jane Littel. harpist. ; HEAD OF COAST MILITARY f IEUTENANT-GENERAL HUNTER LIGGETT, com . - manding Ninth army corps, who is in Portland today con f erring with national guard officers on reorganization of army on peace-time basis, using guard units as r nucleus for whatever new armies later emergencies may require. General Liggett spent morning on highway with Adjutant General r a tin.!.. ' . " -- ueorge n. wyue, CITY COUNCIL IUCVOKKS LUTZ & JOHNSON LICKNSE The city council Monday afternoon re voked the dairymen's license of Lutz & Johnson, denying them the privilege of selling milk In the city. lit. D. W. Mack, chief of the milk division of the health . bureau, complained to the council that : I,utz & Johnson bad obtained : their license on the understanding that they : woold get milk only from duly accred ited and tested dairy herds, but Inves- ' tiication disclosed they were obtaining :'the milk which they retailed, within the city from an Insanitary farm whose own- : ersdid not comply with the test require ments. It was further charged that the dairymen were formerly located at 352 North Twenty-third street,! but had later moved to some unknown address. ;UACK MP3IOUIAL CHURCH - ASKS PERMIT. FOR EDIFICE Grace Memorial i9 K. church has ap , plied to the city bureau of buildings for a permit to construct a $55,000 modern brick one story church edifice, 42x115 feet, at 335 East Seventeenth street, be tween Halsey and Weidler streets. Law rence & Holford are the architects. Herbert Gordon, recent mayoralty candidate, has applied for a permit to construct: a $60,000 concrete-walled ga rage at 390 Flint street. Mrs. E. T. Golwell v Is Granted Leave .i Mrs. E. T. Colwell, secretary of the municipal board of motion picture cen- POLICE ACCUSED IN LIQUOR MYSTERY Astoria police were indirectly charged with appropriating 18 cases of Canadian bonded Scotch whiskey for their own use in the federal court this morning during the trial of Henry Hill, fisherman, i Hill pleaded guilty to bringing 22 j cases of whiskey into the port at Astoria and was fined $500, the maximum penalty under the law for first offense. United States Attorney Lester W. Humphreys told Judge Wolverton that the, police at Astoria and Hill are now engaged in a controversy as to the miss ing 18 cases, as the federal government only received four cases when the case was turned over to them. Hill claims the police seized 22 cases and according to Humphreys the police claim they surrendered every bottle taken from Hill's boat. Hill' resides at Hoquiam, Wash. . .In stead of fishing for salmon on a recent trip out to sea lie is said to have met a Canadian fishing schooner and to have secured 22 cases of whiskey. He ad mitted in court bringing the whiskey to Astoria, but denied selling it. Humphreys has also filed libel pro ceedings against Hill's boat, the "Faithful,"-which is valued at $3000. Hum phreys did not tell the court whether this accusation and others made against the Astoria police would be called to the at tention of the next federal grand jury. I t- . 1 il l - ' 2 1 ill -"v . y -i tl ill " Ii HI m''rn ' til it? $ - , .. i. - n if'' .r v v ' 0 if I i; " v Pi if r $m Ul - - .. ill ft f , . , v in . i AVAITS EMPLOYES Chicago, Nay. 39. (I. N. S.) A IIS.SOO.'OOO 'melonM has been eet ' before the 25,000 employes of the Standard Oil company of Indiana todajt in the form of an opportunity to acquire that amount of stock on a.: "fifty-fifty" stock purchasing plan. Under this plan, as announced by R. W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors, each employe who has been With the company one yearor more may subscribe for stock equal to the amount of his' annual salary. Payments may be made at tha annual rate of 20 per cent for five years. The employe pays 60 per cent of the price and the company pays the other 50 per cent. The annual payroll ,of the company amounts to approximately $25,000,000 per year, which would mean that if all em ployes buy. all the stock they are per mitted to buy, the company will be forced to pay out approximately . $12, 600,000. Stockholders of the company will be asked to approve the plan on Decem ber 9. It is expected that other units of the Standard Oil organization will adopt similar plans. FLASHES FROM JOURNAL WIRES TOUI.O'Xj U. N.) A French cruiser has sailed from this naval base for Greece and the battleship Lorraine is to follow at once. SEATTLE- (U. P.) Dr. John O. Foster. 88. Civil war chaplain and oldest active professor in the United States, died-jjast nisht at the Gen eral hospital "here. He was professor of religion at the University of Puget Sound. J.OMJOS (U. P.) The fact that Princes Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Trince Waldemar. is one of the Danish royal party to ar rive here Tuesday for a visit of state, has evoked suggestions that a royal match between the Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret is in the making. SOUTHAMPTON. (I. X. S.) Six of the passengers of the liner Aquitania were arrested on her ar rival here today from New York as suspected Sinn Feiners. Stveral of the prisoners were armed. LONDOX (I. N. S.) The draft of "the British trade agreement-with soviet Russia was sent to Moscow to day for approval. Genuine Victor , '. 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Authori ties today were probinp the midnight crash which killed six persons and, fatally injured a seventh at a cross ing of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad near Anapa. Okla. PONZI GIVEN FIVE YEARS 10 FIGURE Boston, Nov. 30. (I. N. S.) Charles Ponzi, gct-rich-quick finan cier, waa sentenced to serve five years in Plymouth county Jail, hen he was arraigned in the United States court today and pleaded guilty to using the mails in a scheme to defraud. Victor Victrola STTLE Xl-MAHOOAM, OAK OR WAL3CT FIXISH Price $150 The Greatest Service We Can Offer You Is to Make Sure You Get a VICTOR LOOK UNDER THE XID AlfD TOU WILIi FISD "HIS MASTER'S TOICE" A5D THE WORD Victor Victrola STYLE XIV BEAFTI Fi:ij ESIX VICTOR RECORD ALBUMS FOR ISt RECORDS. Price $225 BERKELEY. (I. X. S.) The Skull & Key honor society wil cease 10 exist as a university organization until January 1, 1927. This was the edict of the academ'c senate follow ing an investigation of actions of the society in the annual "running" held October 15. WASHINGTON (I. X. S.) Oeorge T. Summerlin, charge d'af faires at Mexico City, was instructed today by the state department that he miyht attend the inauguration of President Alvaro Obregon tomorrow but only in an unofficial capacity. VICTROLA These Famous , Trade Marks of the . Victor Talking Machine Company V if I H will be year assnrasfe that the Instni mt yo bay iUl bring to yon, mo mat L Z '2?Var,' THE MUSIC OF ALL JntVJlj?JiHVHO' HOMER. Me COBMACK, SCOTTI, LAUDER, ETC boti,l ,oth" who make Victor bat to deliberate choice. To Own a Victrga h to Enjoy a Lifelong Association With These Great Artists, Who Represent Only the Highest and Best in Music COUPOX-tCUT OCT)-,.,! ,r Compete Catalo.,. Vm vxyn a c a a 1 i edged World's Standard. Prices $25, $35, $75, $125, $150, $225, $312, $415 and up. ' Nam .. Address . V ON OUR WAREROOM FLOORS CAN BE SEEN A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE FINEST VICTROLA MODELS Reed-Fremiclli Piamo Co Greater Efficiency In Field Work Is Sought by Forester To promote greater efficiency in the field forces and to create closer co operation between the field men and the district forester's office, George Cecil, head of the Portland office of the $ forest service, has annotated a committee rnmnnKAd nf finnprvtann Al. 1 bert H. Sylvester of the Wenatchee, R. XL Evans of the Whitman, and F. H. Brundage of the Columbia forests to work between the field and the office. Among other things the committee hopes to bring about is , a meeting of all the supervisors, in' Oregon and Washington in January to discuss mu tual problems and their solution and a course of study for field workers. The committee will act as an interme diary in all difficulties between the field and the office. Evans and Sylvester held their first meeting with Brundage today. 433-435 WASHINGTON AT TWELFTH STREET Julius L. Meier Is Chosen President of Gearhart Hotel Co. Julius L. Meiefwas elected president of the Gearhart Hotel company at a meeting of the board of directors of the corporation today. Other officers elected were J. R. Bowles, vice presi dent : John F. Daly, treasurer, and O. JV. Taylor, secretary. Practically ail of the stock of the com pany has been sold, according to Daly, and - construction work on the hotel I building, which is estimated to cost $300,- 000, will begin early in the spring. The committee of directors ,in charge of building operations consists of J. C. A ins worth, H. J. Leuthwaite and J. R. Bowles. 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