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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL t o FRIDAY; , DECEMBER - 24, 1920. PORTLAND, OREGON. AUTO DRIVER WHO INJURED WOMAN CAUGHT 8Y POLICE After smashing into a milk wagon at Seventy-Becond street and Sandy . boulevard on December 9 and seri ously injuring Mrs. J. M. Killam, the driver of the wagon, an unknown driver of a'n automobile refused to 4top to offer assistance, t Thursday "afternoon W. J. Collins, said to be a prominent contractor of Wyeth, was arrested by Traffic Investigators 8tnton and Smythe as the driver of the automobile. . - The accident in characterized by Lieutenant Frank Ervln as one of-the most despicable and pitiful in his ex perience In the traffic department at . police headquarters. For two weeks ' Mrs. Killam has lain with serious in juries to her back as a result of the collision. ; CLAIM HE WAS BRISK At no time did Collins make a report of: the accident to the police or in ar.y way attempt to aid ' the woman whom he Injured, aaid Lieutenant Ervln. Collins is said to have struck the rear end ot the milk wagon while driving rapidly from the city. Mrs. Killam was thrown backward upon - the boxes of milk bottlesi The wagon was wrecked and a runaway was barely preverted by a pedestrian who caught the frigltt- --cued team. Witnesses say that Collins made no ffbrt to aid the woman or pay for the damage which was plainly manifested. That Collins was intoxicated at the time Is the belief of Lieutenant Krvin, from a report of witnesses to the smash- . up. Krvin eaid he had witnesses who were ready to testify that Collins had a ' bottle of moonshine in his possession at the time of the accident and which he tried to hide after the collision. HIACEU BY LICENSE ' Collins told witnesses that bis' name was J. H. Martin and that he lived at Hood River. That information was said to have been given under pressure of enraged spectators who, attempted to board Collins' machine as he drove away. His car was not materially dam aged, and he is said to have shouted that name to the men nearest his car. Collins was apprehended by the police as the driver of the car several days ago. by tracing his license number, but difficulty was had in obtaining a war rant which -could force his return to , Portland to face the charges against him. He will be charged with falling to report 'an accident,' failure to offer as sistance following an accident and pos sibly' an additional charge of driving a car while intoxicated, according to Lieu tenant Krvin. -BAIL HIED AT So Thursday Traffic Investigators Harry Stanton and Ted Smythe were sent to Wyeth by Traffic Captain Lewis with a warrant for Collins arrest. The war rant wasigned by'a Wyeth Justice of the peace, which gave the Portland of ficers authority to serve it. . "I am inclined to believe that 'Collins figured that he had enough of a 'drag' somewhere to get away with this thing. He may be right, .but I Intend to press . his prosecution to the limit. In my esti- . s mation it was about the meanest thing . that a man could do. "I grant that the accident might have been unavoidable, but his failure to re port the accident or offer to help that woman whose living practically depends on -driving that milk wagon is inexcusa- 4. ble from my point of view," said Lieu tenant Ervln Thursday night. Collins was brought to Portland and ; his bail was set at $500. ' Legal Contest for Water Rights Heard I Olympia, Wash., Dec. 24. The con test between the Panhandle 'Lumber company and the Diamond Match com pany for the water rights of the west branch ofLeclerc creek, a tributary of the Pend Oreille river, was heard be fore Marvin Chase, state hydraulic en gineer. Decision will be rendered late in January. George W.. Hoag assigned his application for a permit for water rights on the creek to the lumber com pany. The match concern has - begun use of the creek for the transportation of 60,000,000 feet of white pine to a newly erected mill on the creek's bank, to which proceeding the Panhandle management objects. - Road on Siskiyous . Is Reported Clear Ashland, Dec 24. Local garage men slate that several autos came over the . Siskiyous on Pacific highway Wednesday and reported the road on the Siskiyous in good condition. Snow is falling In the mountains, but the plow is in readi reess to clear the highway. "--:- iLvi) 1 fa Lima smmmmm New Stamp Sale , Mark Recorded Eugene, Dec. 24.Postmaster JtS. Lv Campbell announced that the sale -f 2-cent stamps on Tuesday surpassed alt records for a single day by 50 per cent, the sales segregating JltOO. The record for the month is 40 per" cent greater than that of the samd period last year. Y.M. C.A.Will Meet And Greet Public On New Year's Day - Open house will be held New Tear's day at the Y. M. C. A., for the people of Portland to inspect and visit the, or ganization. The entire ' building and all depart ments of instruction will be open and the secretaries and teachers will be at their station to answer all questions. W. J. Haynes,, head of the electrical en gineering department, will haye exhibits and electric stunts and A. J. Toogood will give a demonstration bf the radio. The Y. M. C. A. truck will be used to transport visitors from the main build ing to the Oregon Institute of Technol ogy, where the automobile and tractor department is located. - A feature of the program will be a demonstartion of the methods of teach ing Kngli8h to foreigners by Secretary K. W. Park. Swimming and life saving will be dem onstrated in the tank while physical stunts of ' various kinds will be put on In the gymnasium. The membership and service commit tee, , headed by W. H. Chatten, A. B. Carlson . and K. J. Berry, will conduct the visitors through the building. The lobby and auditorium will be for social meetings and a program of moving pic tures, music by . a full . orchestra to be followed by refreshments has been ar ranged. Morris Bros. Took Money, Refused to Give Bonds, He Says Emil Britt, through his attorneys. Carey Sc. Kerr and Robert B. Kuykendall, filed suit Thursday against Morris Brothers for $1757.93 for alleged non performance of contract in an agree ment for the delivery of Canadian bonds. The complaint sets forth that Febru ary 9 of this year Britt entered into a written agreement with Morris Brothers whereby he' was to pay $1757.93 to them and they were to sell and deliver to him, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 6 per cent school bonds, due January 15, 1959, of the par value of $2000. Britt avers the money was paid, that the bonds were issued prior to September 20, 1920, and delivered to Morris Brothers, and that at 309-311 Stark street Britt tendered to them the interim certificate which had been' issued but that they refused to de liver the bonds ; that he has since made demand for the return of the money and this has been refused. Alleged Deserters Steal Auto; Jailed . After -Lengthy Run Medford. Dec 24. Four alleged de serters. Clarence Hennes and Harold Burdick, sailors from the Bremerton sta tion, and Richard Haas and Herbert Ward, soldiers from Camp Lewis, are in jail at Jacksonville. They admit they stole a new automobile at Seattle last Thursday and fled in it southwards, ar rived at Rogue River Wednesday. They ordered 10 gallons .of gasoline and drove away without paying for it, were pur sued by Fred O'Kelly, the merchant, and headed off at Gold Hill when he block aded them by parking his car across the bridge. They fled from the car to the woods', where they were later rounded up by, Sheriff Terrin and citizens, and were brought to the county JaiL !' Milton-Freewater Teachers Organize Freewater. Or., Dec 24. The teachers of the Milton-Freewater public schools have organized a teachers' association. Raymond Orth, principal of the Free water school, was elected president and Mrs. Laura Richardson of the Milton school, secretary-treasurer. I. B. Sevy, superintendent of the high and public school, was elected a delegate to attend the State Teachers', association meeting in Portland next week and Mrs. 1. B. Sevy was elected alternate. "Tiller Man Wounded Roseburg, Dec. V 24. Coroner Ritter was called to Tiller Thursday on a re port that Joseph Miller, a resident of the Tiller country, had shot himself. Tiller is located 50 miles south of Rose burg on the South Umpqua river, and, being remote, communication is diffi cult ftSEMlP OF 7 N?1 - 3ll ..ABIDE WITH gHEE AMERICAN SODA WORKS IS TO BE CALLED ON CARPET Upon receipt of, advice from fed eral prohibition enforcement agents to the effect, that sufficient evidence would be supplied the council to jus tify the revocation of the American Soda Works license for delivering to dealers "soft drinks" containing from 2 M to 3 hi per cent alcohol "and higher," Acting Mayor Bigelow an nounced this morning that Manager James Faturosand his associates in that concern, would be summoned to appear before the ceuncil probably next Friday, to defend their license. Federal Prohibition Knforcement Of ficer Hellery informed the council this morning that "Faturos told me he was too emapt to be caught, but i assure you we have the goods on him and the fed eral grand. Jury will thoroughly investi gate the matter." Hellery also advised the council that a driver-for the Soda works, when reminded by a dealer that he was delivering fermented beverage, had assured the dealer "that is the rea son we sell so much," or words to that effect. . ONE COJJCERX BLAMED "While most of the troublesome liquor seems to come from the one concern, all other Portland manufacturers and Job bers w(pbe summoned before the coun cil at the hearing, at which time the fed eral prohibition enforcement officers will be on hand to testify," the acting mayor said. A spirit of tranquility permeated ihe council chamber at th-j Thursday ;if tor noon hearing of soft drink dealers, ia-1 as though ' in appreciation ' of the nov ering spirit of peace, the councilman gave the defendants the benefit of all possible doubt. -Thirteen dealers we on the carpet and but four license?.' were revoked, nine dealers securing per mission to continue in business. IJiSOCEXCE IS ALLEGED Mikalopslur & Poppas, 263 First street, whom the police charged with conduct ing gambling- in connection with ihfir coffee an.d club room at that address, assured the council they were as Inno cent of wrong doing as any newborn babe could be, and their attorney. Sen ator W. W. Banks, heartily concurred in the confession bf his clients. Thi po liceman testified that the two proprie tors carried a stock vaiued at from $10 to $25, from which stock, Mikalopslur & Poppas informed the council, they took in from $70 to $100 a day. As a reward for such enterprise, not to say mercan tile miracle, the council permitted thsm to continue regaling convivial fellows with coffee and other joyous things. The following licenses were revoked: Jack Kopisch, 61 Nortn Second street ; Stanley Chinn, 274 Taylor ; Ambrose Fur rer, 224 First, and Borghella & Talich, 262 First' The circuit court has tempo rarily restrained the police from closing Borghella & Talich's p-ace. THOSE WHO CONTINUE Dealers who were permitted to con tinue in business were Joe Mezzina, 240 Burnside; Mikalopslur Sc. Poppas. 263 First; Tom Piluso. 28 North Fourth; S. Christ Poppas, 263 .First: asm Gorgioff, 394 Kast Burnside; Charles Derogatis, 26 First; Hurley Bros., 286 Grand, and Karas & Dallas, Fifth and Burnside. Sam Gorgioff ad been closed by the council, but on proof that he was no longer In partnership with Pete Christoff, the real offender, the council reconsidered and gave 1 him another chance. : The council wilt resume its hearings in the revocation proceedings Thursday, December 30, at which time the next unit of 16 cases will be heard. COMPLAINTS MADE f The original 69 compUints filed ry the police for revocation action by the -joun-cil have grown to 99 cases. Assistant City Attorney ' Mackay informed the councilmen. Fifty-eighx cases have been heard, resulting in the revocation of 28 dealers' Incenses and granting permis sion to 30 defendants to continue in busi ness. Sixteen dealers wilt be summoned o appear at the next hearing, set for Thursday morning, December 30. Evi dence .against the majority of the re maining 36 dealers, to "be heard, after December 30, is hardly sufficient to war rant action, Mackay advised the couiic'l, though it is possible new testimony may develop , at the hearings, he said. The council decided to hear all! cases present ed by the police department. Barton Doubles Quota Oregon City, Dec. 24. Barton, school district No. 89, reported Thursday that it had doubled its quota ; for the Euro pean Relief drivq, and through its chair man, W. H. Stone, turned in $42.50 to the county headquarters. Incomplete re ports from Oregon City, where canvass ing began Thursday, show $200 has been raised. The work .will be rounded out in the city Friday and Mcmday. Mzah CARTOZIAN BROS. Importers of Oriental Rugs HEALTHY NEW "5-. S s WJ. , .,'-.. V5v . .:.s'.-,-:-.-.'.w: --.0 till Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, who has conducted most soceessf ul sale of Red Cross seals in city's hlstoifyv ' Christmas Seals Sale Ends Today; New Kecord Made Today marks the close of the sale of Christmas seals throughout the state, and,, although very few even partial returns have been received at the office of the Oregon Tuberculosis association, which sponsors the sale, it is thought by the executive secretary, Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, that they will exceed any past year and that the $35,000 necessary to carry on the work during the coming year along the same lines that it has been conducted during the past' year will be raised. If the returns are greater than that some much needed expansion will be made possible. The sale of seals in booths in the down town, district, which has .been conducted every day since; December 1 by the club women of the city, brought in $4250. This department of the sale con cluded Thursday, when th Harding Coolidge club was in charge with Mrs. M. H. Lamond as chairman. The re ceipts were $228.91. which is the second largest individual club sale made during the entire month. Twenty-six of the 50 rortland public schools have made complete returns to the amount of $1379.93. The returns by schools are as follows : ' Albina Homestead, $18.60; Arleta, $69.40; Atkinson, $14.36; Chapman, $43.25 ; Creston. $70.15 ; Highland, $30.72 ; Irvington, $138.07; Kerns. $39.25; Ladd, $140.54 ; Davis, $22.75 ; Glencoe, $40.17; Holladay. $78.98 : Hawthorne. $70.04 ; Lients, $21.14 ; Lincoln. $267.30 : Lle wellyn, $54.56; A. L. Mills Open Air, $45.85 ; Montavllla. $28.22 Multnomah, $8.80; Portsmouth. $9.75 1 Rose City Park. $147.17; Shaver, $27.26 ; Sunnyside, $72.08 ; Thompson, $35.65 ; Willbridge, $10.77. Tots Give 'Toy SJiop.V Three-Act Play, in Riverdale School Children and teachers of the Rlver dale school entertained several hundred parents and friends with a Christmas play and musical program last night. It was the first Christmas entertainment to be held in the new schoplhouse on the Oswego road, and in spite of the stormy night the large auditorium was crowded. ,A three-act play, "The Toy Shop," was given by the children of the first, second, third and fourth grades and was carried through perfectly. The staging and costumes were unusually attractive and the child actors went through their somewhat different roles with an entire lack of self-consciousness. Anne Shep ard was the little girl who goes to sleep and wakes to find her toys have come to life. Katherine Taylor was Jack in the Box, Lesley Corbett. Lenore Harturg, Gretchen Corbett and Barbara Chase were walking dolls, Henry Cor bett was a Teddy Bear and Thea Horr gan a Spanish doll. Kenneth Loucke, James Farmer, Earnest Hohman, Gor don Raney, Harold Wilde, Charles Pow er and William Boyd were tin soldiers ; Jean Wentworth, Harriet Hahn. Jean Shepard, Billy Jenks, Linda Hohman, Adelaide Jenks and Barbara Allen were jumping jacks ; Henry and Harriet Akin, as French dolls, did an artistic and in tricate dance, and Page Gilbert was property man. Christmas songs by the upper grades, a recitation by Kathryn Hahn, piano solos by Beatrice Davison and Alice Leslie, a fairy dance and highland ifllng by Grace Farmer, and a distribution of gifts to all the children by the hunday school completed the program. Teach ers of the school drilled the children and made all arrangements for the en tertainment. Five Years' Savings Seized From Worker By Armed Bandits The savings of five long years were lost in a few . minutes Thursday night when Andrew Newman, 246 Lincoln street, was held up by two armed ban dits at Third and Hall streets and robbed of $500 in gold and large bills. Newman told the police he had been banking his money with his mother near Scappooose. Recently he went to his mother's farm and,- taking all of his savings, Started , to Portland in search of a- sound ; investment. The money was. placed in a money- belt, and as far as he knew no one had seen him put It there. - The police believe some one knew he had a large aum of money on his person, for the two men who robbed him almost tore off his vest in their eagerness to get at the money belt. Newman could ' only furnish a meager description of the men. YEAR" CERTAIN Specialized Group Control of School , System Attacked Olympia. Wash.. Dec. 24. The fight on the report of the public school code commission is already under way. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, state superin tendent of schools, in recently published comment on the recommendations, takes direct issue with the advocacy of spe cialized group control of the state school system, defends the county superintend ent as existent and suggests that this elective office be given more power and compensation. The proposition to make the state and county superintendents ap pointive by lay boards on a professional basis she characterizes as a departure from the democratic principles of the founders of the republic. K. J. Klemme, a member of the faculty of the Bellingham Normal school, was in Thurston county this week giving a more sympathetic interpretation of the code commission's report to the citizens. Professor Elwood Cubberly, a faculty member of Stanford university 4and chairman of the commission, spent a few days at the state university and his views of the state educational prob lem was favorably received. TO OUR PATRONS: The following service depart ments can be reached by telephone between 9 and 12 tomorrow morning: Toy Adjustment, Marshall 4632-K; Accommodation Desk, Marshall 4620-K; De livery, Marshall 461 8-K; Executives, Marshall 4621-K. PASSER OF BOGUS OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS Brazen indifference to the natural laws of self-protection In the ways of crookdum finally proved the 'cur tain on an extensive 'spurious check campaign ior Lloyd R. Zachary. Zachary had, in a sentimental moment, the picture of a cowgirl tatooed on his arm. Under the picture his name was written in the ink "that won't come off." Despite this unmistakable mark of iden tification Zachary persisted in being dis honest. t He was arrested by Detectives Heilyer and Leonard Thursday afternoon after he had passed a bogus .creek for $13 on the Sichel Cigar storeat 9Z Third street. The check was made out to himself against the Vancouver National bank. The suspicions of the cl'erk were aroused and he notified the police. VARIETY OF CHECKS PASSED Zachary is said to have freely admit ted passing several bad checks on local business men during the past few days. At the time of his arrest he had a half-dozen checks in his possession made out against the Vancouver bank and several others on the United States Na tional Bank of Portland. Most of the checks were made out to himself. One carried the name of Chris tina Tenold and another T. L. Davidson. "I got away with it for quite a while. I passed a check on the Broadway bank this afternoon," he told the detectives. Most of the checks were made out for amounts ranging from $25 to $75. FOUJfD TOOL CtSTOMER The effrontery of Zachary's game is unusual and his cool indifference to his arrest amazing, say the. police. Zachary was arrested on November 24, 1919. for vagrancy, by Detectives Cole man and Morak, at which time he had in his possession several bogus checks, say the police. He served a term of 45 days and his Bertlllon measurements were taken at that time. Corvallis Thrown Into Darkness in One Evening Twice Corvallis, Or., Dec. 24. Twice Tuesday evening portions of Corvallis were in darkness for. a few hodrs owing to the burning out of local transformers on the poles of the Mountain States Power com pany. The second time the fire depart ment was called out to prevent the spread of fire from the breaking of the circuit. Charles L. Springer, former business manager of the Gazette-Times, Who sold his interest a few weeks ago, has gone to Philadelphia with Mrs. Springer, preT eumably to reside. G. Lansing Hurd is Springer's successor on the Gazette Times. Joseph McAbee, aged 81, a resident of Benton county since 1852. died at the Corvallis hospital Wednesday. His home had been on his farm south of the city for many years. CHECKS CHATS The ffltitt & Jranfe Company Wishes You a jftlerrp Cf)risttma Police Chief Does Personal Sleuthing; Gets 16 Bootleggers Chief of rolice Jenkins has been con ducting a little north-end sleuthing scheme of his Initiative; with the result that 16 -saloon keepers" who were daily selling moonshine over the bar for 50 cents a drink, have, been apprehended, according to word given out by Chief Jenkins Thursday night. A special police officer, who Is . "on the inside," Is said to have made the rounds successfully. Chief Jenkins per sonally put up the money to foster the scheme in a determined effort to clean up the bootlegging establishments of the north end. Chief Jenkins conferred with the city council Thursday afternoon fn regard to the matter, and the men who are accused of selling moonshine over 'the bar will be confronted with those charges next week, according to the chief. Pickpockets Active In Holiday Crowds; Purse Is Snatched The streets are harboring many pick pockets and purse snatchers, who mix with the Christmas shopping crowds daily in an effort to get away with easy money, say the police. Mrs. A. J. Fung, 443 South Broadway, reported Thursday evening that she was "strong armed" by a young man at Fifth and Mill streets and her purse contain ing $3 was taken as she was oh, her way home from a shopping tour. He grabbed her arm and forcefully wrenched her purse from her hand, she said. After grabbing the purse he rari rapidly down the street, she said. She described the thief as being about 25 years old, dark complextoned, rough and ugly looking, with a conspicuous nose. He was well dressed, wearing a blue serge Buit and dark cap, she said. . Daily reports of similar instances are reported at police headquarters. Street robbery is enhanced by the crowds and the prominent display of expensive hand bags or considerable money, say the police. . , 1 Appeal on Minimum Wage Law Probable Spokane. Wash., Dec, 24. The United States supreme court will probably be asked to consider the ' $18 minimum wage law for wome hotel workers in the state of Washington, following the recent approval of the law by the stale supreme court, according to Louis M. Davenport of the Davenport hotel. Requisitions Issued or 2 Accused Men Olympia, Wash., Dec. 24. Two requi sitions on the state of Oregon were Issued by Governor Louis F. - Hart. George Bennett, apprehended in Burres. Or., is wanted in Chelan county on a charge of torgery ; Mason county seeks to bring back Fred Shelton from Gold Beach. Or., charged with deserting his family. e Christmas 1920 If ON IS PROPERTIES HEAD N PUBLC SCHOOLS George Edmondstone, ' with 38 years' experience In structural en gineering, was -Thursday nigh elected by the school directors to the newly created position of superin tendent of properties,' carrying with it a salary of $350 a month. Duties include the hiring and dismissing of Janitors and the promotion of econ omy and efficiency In the adminis-. trationof the buildings. Edmondstone came to Portland nine years ago as hydraulic engineer ot the HUl lines.: He was later in the employ of tho city. Oti November I, ID 17, he be came structural engineer, for the commissioner of. public docks, from which he resigned last May to enter private practice. OPPOSITION" E X I It ENS Ell '. Director W, F. Woodward went on rec- . ord as opposing the election of any teacher who obtained her educational training from private normal schools un der sectarian control. "The so-called 'normal schools' under private or sectarian control," said" Wood ward, "directed : by those oenly and avowedly hostile to., our common school system, can hardly train for teachers those who will give the fullest measure of support .to our public common school system. The v?ry atmosphere is against 1t, and I shall oppose the appointment or election of any teacher Whose 'training, has followed these -lines." The following teachers were elected t A. O. Free!.,, former Portland principal ; high schools, Mrs. C. Duncan Holt. Mai if E. Polack. Mrs. Adeline Wicklund ; ele mentary. Hose J. Baxter, Kuth-A, Brown, Mrs. Alice IJunlap, Mrs. R. W. Hagood. Marion M. Holmes, Louise D. Ingle, Del-' phine E. Jenkins. Rose 1C. Johnson, Lil lian Theresa Power, Prlseilla Price, Lu- ' cile Beard Ruff, Isabel- Sutherland. Frances Trumbull, Ada M. Young. Fixing of salary schedules and decision of a site for the new' James John high school were deferred until Monday night. ACADEMY LOSES OCT - Hill Military academy lost hir last' chance to be restored to the Interscho lastlc Athletic league when Superintend- etit Grout submitted a letter Hlgned by high school principals, expressing the deepest friendship for both Hill academy and Columbia university, but declaring . that, with -their Inclusion, the league was ' too large for the best interests -of ath letics. ! The boafd 'passed resolutions of con dolence upon the death of Miss Maud Ferguson, Jefferson high school teacher, which were sent to her family. j Director George B. Thomas submitted a report of his trip Kast, saying he had secured $18,956 worth of machinery st a cost of $2742, and that. Including previous machinery, he had purchased a total of $61,405 worth of machinery for $H26?.2!t. His expense account for his last trip, lasting 35 days, wis $850. . Resignations were rwelved from Vera Oarltng, Washington high, and Mrs. Ber tha M- Johnson. Albina Homestead. P