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f THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9, : 1821. DEPUTY SHERIFF REFUSES TO TELL OF OCATON CAR Replevin Action Sought for Af- leged Nonpayments; the Court. .Criticises 'Attitude of Deputy. ' 'That H. P. Taylor, a deputy sheriff of Multnomah county; was using hisofficial position to aid him "In concealing from creditors the whereabouts of an automobile pur chased from them, is the belief of Circuit Judge McCoUrt, was clearly Indicated by ;the court's remarks Saturday forenoon when depositions were taken in this matter. i The Willamette-Oakland Motor Car Company- .brought ,4 a : replevin ; action a gainst Taylor for the recovery of a car which it has contracted to dell to Mm on installments, but on wbich it claims the installments remain unpaid, Taylor was summoned into court so that his deposition coul be taken, lie re fused to disclose the location of the car. ! It appears that Taylor claims to have an offset account against the automo bile concern. Judge McCourdeclared that his proper action would e by suit, and that, regardless of the fact that he was a deputy sheriff, he jwas not justi fied In withholding thet Information as -to the present location of the car- In question. . 1 . - "Were I sheriff of Multnomah coun ty and one of my deputies took "the position Mr. Taylor takes." said Mc Court, "I would immediately discharge Mm." - .. . , John Manning appeared as attorney for the automobile company and Tay lor's counsel ,wss Arthur Dayton. Judge McCourtustained Dayton In his ob-i jectlon to . Manning's attempt to force Taylor - to disclose', the whereabouts of, the car, but at the same time was se vere in his strictures on the attitude of tho witness. it Great Throng of . .Elks and Friends Present at Dance Local Elkdom. together with many visiting Elks,.' wives and sweethearts of the- antlered ones enjoyed the premier public dance in the history of Portland lodge, B. P. O. E. at The Auditorium last night. More than 1400. couples danced to" the strains of the newly or ganised Elks' band, under the leadership of Luis Ruzsl. The new maple dance floor, covering the entire main auditori um and both wings of the building, was ..thronged with dancers, many coming from Falem, The fralles, Vancouver, Mc Minnvtlle, Oregon City and Seattle. The dance was given to provide uni forms for the band, drill team and drum " corps of Portland lodge, B. P. O. K.,' and was conducted under their joint auspices. Portland Golf Glub Members Take Steps To Lift Indebtedness :: '.!. ... - -i - - ; ; r ;-,.,' At 1 a special meeting of 'the Portland Golf club Saturday night.' 103 members the; largest number that ever attended a. club gathering- unanimously voted to adopt; a members certificate plan to fi nance the organization. j - j V , Th Plan, which ! was proposed by ' a special ways and means committee, com posed of Emery Olmstead, Senator W. W. Banks, L. W. Humphrey and C. B. Lynni creates aa-sinking fund of $ ISO, 000, half jof which will be used to retire bonds, which will te Issued as -soon as 250 members sign 1 the certificates, to pay off the club'a present indebtedness. The other half of the fund will be used for permanent improvements and the building of a new clubhouse, as the pres ent quarters are fast growing too small to - accommodate the fast growing mem bership. : The goal in membership is 500. The certificates are df $300 denomina tions jand are payable in 10 years. At the close of the meeting Saturday, nearly 50 members had attached their names to the certificates.' i - j President W. C. Brtsfbl of the club is confident that the plan will be a suc- cess. : . I f j :-; La Eoche Discusses From AH Viewpoints "Jnibn Plan Backed ' . .- ' j : '; :".- ' - "- The argumenu ; for and against a union terminal for Portland were force fully presented by W. P. j La Roche be fore the Oregon j Civic, league ! at its meeting Saturday, The advantages of having one station Were pointed out by the speaker, who I then presented some of the disadvantages as seen by the railroad officials, the speaker making the point that the real problem is how to satisfy 'the , public without j- unjust interference in the rights of the present terminal company.' j The entire matter will be reviewed by the interstate com merce ' commission in - Portland, Janu ary 17. ;). .- Richard W. Montague offered a reso lution (favoring a union terminal, which was given the unanimous indorsement of the league. At j the luncheon next Saturday the speaker (will be Dr. O. Sherwood Eddy of New York, a atddenU author and speaker 'of considerable re nown, j whose subject will be, "World Problems." . i I : i ' LEGISLATURE TO School Director Is Sued: for Divorce George M. Orton, director of the Port land school board, and secretary of the Multnomah Printing- company, is being sued for divorce by his wife, Mrs. Kate Orton, who alleges In a suit filed in the circuit court Saturday that she was treated for nine -years as a servant or housekeeper rather than as a helpmate. She recites "that, they were married In 1888, but that Orton began staying away from home nights nine, years ago and laughed at her .when she complained of such treatment. She further avers that she almost had to beg for any allow ance and was never given - any money for her own? tise. ' --:- - - m E3 E3 -x lillllllllll iEETATOLYMPIA MONDAY AT NOON Principal .Officers of, the -Jwo Branches Are Agreed On and . No Controversies Expected. Olympia, "Wash., Jan. 8. -The sev enteenth session of the legislature of the state of Washington will convene at noon Monday with nothing In the way to prohibit Immediate . consid eration of business. So, far there has developed no serious cohtroverr sies . dver organization r plana and leaders here say tonight there will be none. H ! " r M, The ! principal officers of the . two branches were agreed upon weeks ago. i Howard Taylor , of King county will be president pro-tem of the senate. Lieutenant Governor W. J. Coyle, when sworn in, - being ex-officio president. Representative K. H, Gule Qt Seattle will be speaker of the house. Senator P. H. Carlyon or Thurston county,! now president of the senate, will fall that body I to -order; the roll will be called by Secretary Victor Zedmek: the oath will be administered by Judge Em mett, N, Parker, chief Justice of the su preme court, j Senator( Taylor will be formally elected president pro tern and Mr. Zednjok reelected secretary. The election of other senate employes will fellow.! t In the house. Chief Clerk Charles K. Maybury will call the members to order and with thefusual formalities Mr. Guie will be elected speaker. Governor Louis F. Hart will be inau gurated Wednesday afternoon and will deliver-, his address. . Captain Coyle will be sworn In as lieutenant governor in the senate cham ber at noon., i The other state elective officers will take the oath in their offices at the same hour. " i i The' members of both houses are talk ing of reducing the number of commit tees by consolidations where the duties are very light, and the creation of two others. ; -l BOEHM CALLED MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY -J (Csntfaracd'FrsiB Pas On) MANUFACTURER'S REDUCTIONS IN STERLING SILVER FLATWARE OF 20 "I r 1 -!!. i MANUFACTURERS HAVE ADVISED US OF A REDUCTION OF 20 IN ALL , STERLING SILVER FLATWARE. THIS REDUCTION WE ARE PASSING ON s TO OUR CUSTOMERS. STANDARD PAT TERNS AS WELL AS OUR EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS MAY BE PURCHASED FOR ONE-FIFTH LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY. ALSO REDUCTIONS IN LEATHER GOODS. BAGS and UMBRELLAS HERE YOU WILL FIND AN UNUSUAL AND : MOST DESIRABLE ASSORTMENT OF ARTICLES IN LEATHER OF EXCUv SIVE DESIGN AT SUBSTANTIAL REDUC TIONS. OUR STOCK OF UMBRELLAS WHICH IS ALSO REDUCED IN PRICE. WILL FIND FAVOR WITH THE MOST DISCRIMINATING. I SS3 "GIFTS THAT LAST" A. & C. FELDENHEIMER JEWELERSSILVERSMITHS OPTICIANS i ESTABLISHED 111! --.. . j WASHINGTON STREET AT PARK' 1 ' which the former kaiser was a regular contributor. , - At the outbreak of the war the elder Boehm is said to have informed Count von Bernstorff. then German ambus. sador to the "United States, that his son was in Portland and would "doubtless do anything for his fatherland." Simi lar assertions are said to have been made concerning two other sons - also residing In America. The ambassador is said to have sent the other two sons to Germany, where one because a lead ing drafting engineer during the war. After: obtaining forged passports In Portland October 6. 1914. Boehm Is said to have left for Germany. Upon return to' this country there. Is said to have been deposited a large sum in 'a New Tork bank to his credit, to be used in spreading German propaganda. Boehm is said to have traveled across the coun try, stopping In many of the principal -cities, ' Owing to his acquaintance in Portland, Boehm Is said to have ar ranged a meeting for. the loyal Germans of this area at a prominent hotel in Salem. The secret session is said to have tasted all night. Boehm entered and left the state without the knowl edge of federal officials. tIt was two years later before ; the government learned or tne Salem meeting. In the raid on a room ' formerly oc cupied by Boehm here, Bryon and hi men found a 82 inch German sword which William Hohensollern had given to soenm as a mark of respect The crown prince is said to have been taught military tactics with this sword. The iop or (ne maae is covered with gold and tastefully engraved. The sword and sheath have been attached to' a hand carved wooden frame, which Boehm mad himself, j New City Attorney Will Retain Old Staff ,for Present There will be no immediate changes In the personnel of the city attorney's staff, according to announcement made by Frank S. Grant, whose appointment as city i attorney to succeed Walter P, La Roehe becomes effective Monday. ' - At the conference of city commission ers prior to Grant's appointment. Com missioners Bigelow, Pier, t Bar bur and Mann stated that they would not favor the appointment of anyone who contem plated releasing Assistant City Attorneys Tomllnson, Latourette or Myers, and the importance of retaining the present staff in its entirety, for the present, was stressed by . the commission. t , . fhere is so much. work before the city attorney at present which has re quired much j study and preliminary preparation upon the part of each mem ber of the staff that a change at this time would be a serious handicap to that " department," one commissioner stated, i . - i Mayor Baker, assured his fellow com missioners that while , "both the law and courtesy ! demanded the new in cumbent be allowed to select his own staff, he could assure them that none of the assistants mentioned ' would . be expected to leave the city's ; employ under Grant's regime. The assistants to the city attorney at present are II. M. Tomllnson, L. I K. Latourette, Stanley Myers, SVed Stadtler, Lionel C Mackey and & y, Lansing jr. placed ;on Eligible list M Nine out of 12 applicants for the po sition of topographical draftsman passed the examination held by the civil service board on Deeember 14 ana were placed on the city's eligible list Saturday, Sec retary W. E. Marion announced yester-. day. The successful applicants were: Kan Smith, Ralph C Regan, Theron R. Howser, Charles A. McClure, Frank B. Hale, Samuel S. Houston, Le H. Skeels, Byron M. : Goodman and WiUlan L Qeorge. I .:.-) - v.j-. BigDanceTonight COLUMBIA BEACH PAVILION - - lADIC APMtTTCD FRCC PRIZE FOX TROT Outside Decorator Given Auto Show ; Job; Protest Made Complaint that heads of the Portland Automobile show employed Seattle dec orators when local decorators needed employment, thereby "giving the home industry- campaign . the laugh. was voiced Saturday by A. LaBlache, for many years stage carpenter at the Kei lig theatre. - : pv - - - ;:. 'Local decorators were not given so much as an opportunlty'to bid on the work which Involves the spending of a large sum and the employment of nu merous workmen," said LaBlache. "An appeal for support of local industry gets to be merely words in the face of such a policy. , We have men ; here fully quali fied for the work. We have workers looking for jobs. Why should they be ignored in favor of Seattle?" M. O. Wilklns, manager of the auto mobile show, admitted, in answer to LaBlache's statement, that Charles W. Goodman got the job of decorating for the show. But he added ; 'Goodman was employed because he Is i a ij decorator with I a : countrywide reputation. He has the - facilities and has done much work of this sort in Port land for the Rose Festival and the Shrine committee. . Charles W. Goodman said : "I have offices in Seattle and Portland. I brought only three men here besides my self a foreman for labor, a scenic man and decorator. I act as general fore man. The regular Auditorium stage electrician is doing that kind of work. Tennant of Meier & Frank's is doing the sign work. The bunting was pur chased from Fleischner, Mayer & Co. Over 75 per cent of labor and material was procured here In Portland." PASTOR IS SIRED BOOING BATTLE "She'll Put oiRBujr Fighf Next for War Sufferer?," Is Min ister's Sarcastifj Remark. - By Winifred Vandazer Unirerul Bertie Staff Correspond rat " New Tork, Jan. S.-j-Anne Morgan Isn't going to promote her Benny I Leonard-Ritchie . Mitchell bout' set for January 14 at &:adison Square Garden without accompaniment of argument pro and con, between those who think prcceeds gleaned from professional fisticuffs are fit succor for devastated L- France and those who do not. j - ; . "Her next step along such a line will be arranging abull figh : for the benefit of war sufferers," was the remark to day of Canon William Sheafs Chase,' of Christ- church, Brooklyn, who for the last seven or more years has been wag ing battle against the it surrounds here. However, there are Others among them, certain of the most prominent society and professional women in New York, who maintain little consideration for victims of history's, ireatest tragedy )s exhibited by such aa are criticizing Miss Morgan's entertainment. Miss Lucille Pugh. society woman and ring and what attorney, has this to say: . - t, "What some of these fault-finders and chronic reformers need is red bleod, where apparently only ammonia cooled solution pow fliv. With it might be instilled realisation that a sporting proposition-, if it is run clean as this will be, isn't a thing of evil." - The charity enterprise, which it is ex pected: will draw out one of the largest and most fashionable crowds old-Father Knickerbocker ever has laid eyes upon, got away to an auspicious start a few days ago wfoerr tickets auctioned by Miss Morgan and debutantes brought as high as 10tt each, four times what was ex pected. .-! r ..!'- j Chi Psi Graduates fj Celebrate Forming t Chapter at Eugene The formation of a chapter! of the Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Oregon was the cause of a celebration among the graduate members of tho fra ternity at the University club Saturday night, j. ..-" i - ! - i -j One of the oldest and most conserva tive of tho fraternities, the j chapter formed at Eugene with 16 undergraduate members is the third ohapter west of the Rocky mountains. ) . ' ! I Among those attending the banquet were: 'James B. Kerr, J. K. Koliock, Dr. Herbert S. Nichols. J. W. Ladd. Ti B. Brown, W. H. Gillepsie, Lewis A. Mc Arthur, Dr. George N. Peasek A.! G. Labbe, C. II. Labbe, L. J. Bronbaugh, H. I Shepard, Dr. Ralph Fenton, C C. Paterich, Dr. Roy Stearn, Preston Holt, C B. Harding. Dr. F.' A. Kiehle, M. E. Reed. Frank M. Warren, W. V, Dolph,. W. K.I Furnish, E. F. Tucker Jr.. Fred Moreyj Paul D. Ross, rhilip .Patterson and 31ark Simonds. 1 'ti Alleged Fumes of Alcohol Bring on ; Suspect's k Arrest Well laid plans of Chris Cecilianl for a trip back to his beloved Italy -were shattered by j Dr. Raphael W. Sipple of the city health bureau Friday after noon. Dr. Sipple went to the home of CeclUani at ! 390 Forty-ninth street southeast to fumigate the premises fol lowing the recovery of 4 scarlet fever patient; Detecting the fumes of alcohol, the doctor started -an Inspection result ing in the discovery of a suspicious ma chine and Immediately- telephoned his discovery to City Health Officer Far rish. Dr. " Parrish reported the matter to Mayor Baker and, with policemen, hastened to the, spot. : i - - Cecilianl informed the 'police that he had made no moonshine, but had In tended doteg bo when he had a suffi cient stociC of mash on hand to make operations worth whlle.1 The family which preceded him In the house man aged i to make enough money in moon-, shine to ' take them back to Italy, he said, and it was his intention to do like wise. Cecilianl, mash and still were taken in charge by the police, v . ,. i . Absolute Divorce Is Granted Mrs. Banks Spokane, Wash- Jan. 8. A decree of absolute divorce on the grounds of.non' support and cruelty and the restoration of her maiden name was granted Elisa beth Bruere Banks in the isuperlor court here. Mrs. Banks Is the daughter of -Dr. and Mrs. Gustav K. Bruere of Portland. Boy Peopl Thrift Scouts Throng es Bank i for Stamp Gifts -s- More than 200 oy Scjouts of Portland and vicinity responded jto the invitation of the Peoples bank tp visit : that In stitution Saturday and -receive a, free Thrift Stamp. Many bn ught their dimes and nickels for their f rst stamps. One little lad Walked in and out from his home hear Tjtventy third and Haw thorne in- order that all the money he had might be turned ino Thrift Stamps. Another deposited a wtoek's savings at S cents a night fir cut ting-kindling. A school boy who pells capers and runs errands has deposited in stamps more than $100. 1 i S. II. ' Slocuin. j head of the Juvenile department of the ba ik. explained to them that "Scout days" will be observed from time to time. , . . , . J . I Record Albums SPECIAL BEOtlT.AR ItJs A?.r OW MALE MOSUAI AJfll WHILE IHIST 95c Eich Foley&VanDyke ' in FiFtH fij nrr.T . .!'.-. - "I . ir '. ''-! b ':(.!.--.- -K: '. ' ':- "- r b' ' f II I r I 1 - V Jl )zd OF) IHJ (, . 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