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Vhe OREGON i DAILY JOURNAL, j PORTLAND, OREGON 3 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921. MATH BAN IS CLOSED 8Y ORDER OF STATE OFFICIAL Klamath Falls, Jan. 12. The doors of the First State and.Bavings bank of Klamath Falls .were closed this morning: by the directors of " the institution under orders of State Bank . Superintendent- BramwelL Control of the bank was turned over to -Marshall Hooper, assistant state bank superintendent. - The action was take"n. It is said, as , precaution 'against - a probable run, due to persistent rumors, and for the purpose of liquidation. The bank trans acted -business as iiKual Tuesday but bank officials met constant threats of the prospect of a run.. i The bank was organized 13 -years ago as ait adjunct of . the First National bank. later becoming a sepaarte insti tution. The officers are Captain J. W. "Siemens. 1 president j Kd iBloomingcamp, .vice president, and John Siemens Jr., "'cashier. That "the closing would be temporary and that the bank would soon be reor ganized and" reopened, -was-stated. The bank examiner believes the losses will not exceed $100,000: and, as the surplus is $100,000. he is of the opinion that the ,1100.000 capital of the bank will not be touched. A statement, of the institu tion's condition shows $1,250,000 in de ponits and $1,440,000- of loans. ASSISTANT SUFEUINTKS'DFVT RKPORTS BANK IS SOLVKNT According to Captain J. W. Seimens. president of the concern, who is in Port land, his bank has ample funds to meet all its obligations and will reopen again in 60 or 90 days. Shrinkage of reserve, due to a general Slump in bumnews conditions in' Klamath county, is the reason for suspension, Seimens said. After an examination of the books of the bank. Assistant State Bank Superin tendent Hooper reported today that the ' bank is solvent and able to meet all legitimate demands of its creditors. "The farmers and .stockmen of " Klamath county have an abundant crop on hand which they are unable to dis pose of," said Seimens in explanation of the hank's difficulty. "We have taken their well secured paper and must either force payment of the farmers' notes or suspend business tem porarily. The directors of the bank have chosen the latter course. ,The situation at Klamath Falls was aggravated by the closing down of Inm - ber camps and sawmills in the vicinity, he said. Thousands of men were thrown out of employment with- a resulting shrinkage of bank deposits. M .' Captain Seimens; accompanied by'Kd Bloomlngcamp, vice president of the bank, is registered at the Imperial hotel Befot-e deciding to suspend operation of his bank, Seimens consulted with of ficials of the Tortland Clearing House . association as to the best course to' pur- sue. v ', The bank was not a member of the Federal Reserve. DEPLETED RESERVE LED TO BANK CLOSING ORDER " State House. Salem, Jan. 12. The Firet State & Savings bank of Klamath Kails was closed this morning by orders of Frank C. Bramwell, state superintend ent of banks, f .1 t s . Braniweli explains that! the action of the department was forced because of . the depleted condition of the bank's re serve and expresses a. hope that the in stitution will be able to reopen soon.. Marshall Hooper, assistant superintend- ; ent, and W. M. Adair, state bank ex aminer, are inicharge of the institution. ' . ... " ' ' '' ' t - Naval Desertion Alleged Clarence Hennes, 20, alleged automo- 'bile thief, was also branded as a de serter from the navy this morning by local department of justice agents. Hen nes was arrested December 23 at Jack sonville. Or., byr Sheriff . Terrell along with three other service men, and jointly charged with the theft -of a new auto mobile from Tacoma. Prosecution has ' been started in .the federal court. Midwinter Bargains BOYS' ALL-WOOL OVERCOATS Regular price $16.50 IQ OC Extra Special ...... . . ,J ,POi) BOYS' BELTED SUITS L i Extra "Knickers" with Nearly Every Suit Regular Price 1 Regular Price $15 to $22.50 $25 to $30 $9.85 $14.85 BOYS' BLUE SERGE SUITS Regular price $1250 j d QC Extra Special ............ .OO.W " Boys' $150 Blouses only 75c Boys' $250 Blouses for $150 BEN Leading Insurance Measure Would Bring Much Additional Revenue State House. Salem. Or.. Jan. 12. Thousands of dollars in additional rev enues annually will, be forthcoming to the state through I the medium of the state insurance department, if a, meas ure 1 which is inow reposing snugly in the Inside pocket of some , Oregon: solon is given to the light of 6t-7 and finds favor in the eyes of lawmakers. j Based on recommendations Contained in Governor Olcott-'s ; message, this measure would require that all non-resident property owners carry Insurance placed on 1heir f property with some company authorized to; transact busi ness in the state 'of Oregon, i . Under the present practice of placing this business with companies which have not been admitted to transact business in Oregon the state, it is pointed out, Pis deprived of the tax ac cruing on this -business, aggregating thousands of dollars every year. The practice is also characterized as unfair to admitted companies j which are re quired to pay the state tax. : Under the provisions of a second bin, also as yet under cover,--a, companion bill to the first, surplus insurance over and above that which can be carried by admitted companies may be filed with bonded and. I licensed agents of outside companies. These agents, ! however, would be required to file reports of all business written with the state insur ance department and pay a ; state tax thereon on the same basis as is required of admitted companies, j Syndicalism Act to Be Broadened if Measure Is Passed State House, Salem, Jan. 12. The bill defining criminal syndicalism and sabotage, and carrying; the ; emergency- clause, introduced in the house today by Representative ; KTibli j of Multnomah county, is designed to widen.' the scope of the existing law so as to overcome difficulties in securing convictions which have been met under present interpre tation of the law by tbe Multnomah county circuit court. The bill defines criminal syndicalism and sabotage in terms of -the existing law on that subject ; declares persons practicing such to he guilty of felony, and makes the punishment imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than 10 years, or by fine of not more than $1000 or by both such fine and Imprisonment. The particular widening of the scope of the law sis by the additton of the words describing who shall 6e liable, to read : "Or who .shall be or become a member of, or organize, ! help to organize or solicit or accept any person to become a member of," such societies or organiza tions as described. In other particulars the bill covers the same ground - as the existing statute. I Memorial Requests Immediate Action ' On Tariff Measure te State House. Salem, Or., Jan. 12. By jfequest Representative Martin of Salem today introduced house' Joint memorial No. 1. addressed to congress, asking for immediate action on a protective tariff. After the preamble, if says! "Resolved- ;by the house of representa tives of the state of Oregon, the senate concurring, that the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon hereby "urges and requests that the congress of the United States . take action nt once in revising and' placing such duty and tariff on products and manufactured goods which are produced In the United States as will properly protect such markets from foreign competition. "We, your memorialists, i respectfully direct your especial attention to grain, flax, fruit, onions. Oil Of mint, dairy products, eggs and wool." Child's Guardian Sues Neal V. Murray, guardian ' of his 9-year-old daughter. Eileen, has brought suit to recover from J. El Bentley $10, 000 damages for injuries received in an automobile collision last October at Hawthorne and East Fortieth street. Clothier S E li B IN G LEGION TO HAVE REFERENDUM ON SOLDIER BONUS Announcement today that; Port land post of the American Legion has been called for speclaff session Thursday night at the Armory may lead to more pyrotechnics over the soldier's bonus as a state legist lative project. At a meeting of ex-servicemen who are responsible' for the staging of a bonus parade it was decided today to hold the affair next Saturday night instead of January 22 as previously announced. All persons who served , in the army, navy; marines or' nurses' corps during the World war, are called to meet at the Armory at 7 o'clock Saturday night and the start will be made from there. This parade will not effect : the mass meet- ing billed for Thursday night, ? After having gone on record in favor of, a state bonus, the legion today was faced with a letter calling for a refer endum among all the posts in the state as a prelude to formal submission of the bonus request to the legislature. ' The letter was signed by a committee of 10 members of Portland post. The state executive committee of the American Legion has sent telegrams to all posts - in Oregon requesting a referendum be taken so the senti ment of the legion as a whole may be known. State Adjutant Ev J. Elvers declares that the report of the committee did not represent the Portland post as a whole, but was a minority report made by a few, as he said, "for grand stand play.'f THRKE POSTS START MOVK The movement for a state bonus ;was started simultaneously by the 1 posts at Oregon City, Roseburg and Portland. The (posts up the valley have made no move to reconsider their action. Port land post approved the bonus, and ap pointed a committee to take the question up which later made a move to recon sider and abandon the request for the state bonus. - This committee consists of Dow V. Walker, Lester W. Humphreys. Cassius R. Veck. E. O. Sammons, Frank S.'Sever, James R. Bain. John W. Kennedy. T. M. Moloney, W. M. Huntington and. George D. Hoban and, according to Eivers, does not represent the ."buck private" and his wants. The committee's action will be discussed at the mass meeting when the wishes of the post will be ascer tained. Members of The committee were pres ent when the bonus request was ap proved and did not take exception to the action at that time. Eivers said. On a poll held on national bonus the post voted. 3000 to 2 in favor , and that, ac cording to Eivers. may be taken as an indication of the opinion of the post to ward the state bonus. MENjCAM.EI BY UNITED STATES The committee making the request for reconsideration based its argument on the fact that the men were called into service by the federal government and not by the state, making the question a national rather than a state issue. Plans for a bonus parade of all ex service men in the city on the night of January 22 are being made by Over tho Top post of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Arrangements were discussed at the regular business meeting -of the post Monday night in room 575 of the courthouse. AS TO RECENT CRASH (Continued From Pae One) John 12 Etheridge and Mrs. Etheridge were .seated for lack of room within, the audience listened attentively to shreds of evidence in the hearing that is seeking, among other things, to deter mine Morris" responsibility for the bank rupt condition. j Judge Martin I. Pipes, making his first appearance in behalf of Morris, Spent a full 45 minutes at the opening of the resumed hearing in presenting legal precedents for Morris' refusal to deliver to the master in chancery a state ment of the property of Henrietta. Mor ris. . . f Such a statement, Tt was expected by attorneys for the receifer, would shed some . light on the business affairs of , : t- . ! KtUI I ICS )XUS. MORRIS EXCUSED After much debate the blaster in kihan- .eery ''admitted to the record the objec tion of Morris' attorneys but ruled that the statement shall bet prepared and submitted. Counsel for Morris demanded the . re-J quest in writing as it (appears in the court reporter's transcript, and Morris was excused as a witness pending the preparation of the request and the State ment requested. : STATEMENT DEMANBEB The hearing opened when Cassius Peck, representing the receiver, demand ed that Morris deliver the statement of his sister's property a statement Mor ris was ordered by the; master to pre sent at the resumption j of the hearing postponed, a week ago. Morris responded to Peck's demand by declaring he was unable to provide the promised statement. Before he had time to offer reasons. If such he had. Judge Pipes injected his. exposition. based upon an action . in the district court of New Jersey as reported Jn 106 federal. , i A deluge of contradictory precedents was offered by the receiver's attorneys immediately after Judge Pipes had fin ished his - presentation. In. this deluge Peck and Harrison Allen characterized the chancery hearing as a "fishing expe dition," designed to place the receiver "in the shoes of the bankrupt," that an orderly settlement of :the bankrupt's business might be effected. Thus- they declared, the statement demanded of Morris was justified. 91 ORRIS SMILES "Our contention is," Allen declared. "that Morris is personally identified with this great banking institution capitalized at $1,000,000 and "watered' to the guards. 'Morris was his sister's agent and as such, he testified, he transferred to her $100,000 of bonds and cash assets of Morris Bros., Inc. j : "He should not here jbe protected by any j technicality. He amd his sister are the i people . behind this I whole business, and he may as well answer now as later, for we do not intend to let him : go." Morris smiled broadly! and stroked his stubby mustache at reference by Allen to 'previous testimony, to the effect that if Morris Bros, was found by. Fred S. Morris to be solvent he planned i to sell the '.business, or an Interest in it, to his friends, but on finding it insolvent he had thrown It in' bankruptcy. 'Smile if you like," Allen Bhot at the witness, who had, in an hour on the stand, said less than 10 words, "make it BOND BROKER QUIZZED broad, because you may not have much to smile about later." - After Attorney Wirt Minor, appearing for the bankrupt, told the court ; that "the witness is willing to tell all he knows about the business affairs of the bankrupt, but he cannot be compelled to tell about his sister's property " the court ruled that the question asked by attorneys for the receivers "was too broad, thus sustaining the objection of Pipes. . : The court, however; granted Allen the privilege of asking the question over his objection, and Morris was excused from the stand at noon pending submission of the question in writing. Minor told the court that if Morris is required to name his property holding, then "every per son holding a bond could be called and asked to name his personal assets." Minor objected to succeeding questions by stating that he ntdn't think Morris could answer them. J Morris followed his attorney by giving a similar answer. Allen raised an otjection to this pro cedure, whereupon the court said to Mor ris counsel j . - :' . . - "Throughout the ' hearing you have gone beyond the limits of a legal adviser and have from time to time stated that the witness could not answer questions. The objection is well taken." Here Morris' memory seemed to fail him as lie answered a large number of questions by stating: "1 don't know," or "I cannot recall,'!' or, that he would have to see the- books before he could answer After he gave such an an swer concerning a -$100,000 transaction the cOurt said : i "I think if anyone paid me $100,000 even back in 1919, 1 would have a clear recollection as to whether it was - paid in cash or bonds." 1 This remark .brought forth loud ap plause from the spectators, which the court immediately silenced. One of the things Morris couldn't re member was how much salary he was paid as chairman of the board of direc tors of Morris Bros. Morris' memory was a blank as to whether or not he had filed an exemp tion claim with the Corporation commis sioner, whether or not he. had ever signed any papers delivered to the cor poration commissioner, or whether he. as president, had signed the income tax report of the bankrupt bond house. When he was pressed hard for an answer as to the income tax reports he finally said :.'"-' "If you'll show me the papers I'll answer you." FRED MORRIS BETRAYED ME, DECLARES J. Ij. ETHERIDGE Reiterating his promise of startling disclosures of his association with Fred S. Morris, first and last head of the blighted bond house, John L. Etheridge who was relieved as president of the concern by Morris Just before the lat ter submitted the business to -the bank ruptcy court. Tuesday evening hinted at what he will tell On the witness stand, "My Original desire, following my ar rest at Minneapolis, was for complete vindication and I still hold to that feel ing. too, that I shall do everything within my power to see that creditors of Morris Bros., Inc.. are paid dollar for dollar on all accounts," he said. "I am forced to believe that Fred S. Morris has betrayed me: He could not possibly have known the condition of the business when he asked for the ap pointment of a receiver after spending only one day, Friday, December; 24, in the office. He knew that I was; not in flight, but that I was following his own suggestion to take a vacation lik Eng land a trip that I undertook with every good wish Morris could express and every assurance that the business would be "guarded in my absence. I left every dollar I possessed with the firmt and I have gained nothing from my efijorts to upbuild the company. The only gain has gone to Fred Morris, directly or Indi rectly. ; "I have paid the price for my past mistakes and I am ready now, at any cost, to aid in untangling the affairs of the concern and returning to its credi tors every dollar tiat Is due them." RECEIVER OF MORRIS BROS. TO OPEN CREDITORS' BUREAU That confusion, in the minds of cred itors of Morris Bros., lna bankrupt, may be settled in a businesslike manner and claims against the defunct insti tution so organized as to make possible their prompt settlement at the proper time. Receiver. W. D. Whitcomb will open, Thursday morning, an advisory bureau for creditors. In an official statement the receiver says : "A list of creditors of Morris Bros.. Inc., so far as now known, has been filed with A. M. Cannon, referee in bank ruptcy. He will, as soon as possible, send out notices to all creditors of rec ord stating the date of the first meeting of the creditors and instructing, them to file their claims with him. MAKES SUGGESTIONS "Confusion, seems to exist in the minds of some of the creditors as to the procedure which they should follow. For such assistance . as it may be, the re ceiver offers the following suggestions: "Creditors have one year in which to file their claim, but' it would be to their advantage to file same at or before the first meeting of the creditors in order that they may be represented either 'in person or by proxy at that meeting. The receiver has prepared and mailed to all holders of record of interim certificates, so far as known, blanks which can be used for filing thejr claims and also letters of infor mation. "It is suggested that creditors secure the assistance of their attorney and banker in making out proofs' of claims. The receiver has provided a staff which will be available at the office of the bankrupt, Morris Bros.. Inc., 309-11 Stark street, which staff will consult with creditors and advise them whether their claims have been included in the list furnished to the court and render any other assistance possible. "The receiver begs to ,advise that all claims must eventually be filed with the referee in bankruptcy. Title & Trust building." NO PERMIT ISSUED TO MORRIS TO SELL. STOCK IX COMPAXV State House. Salem, Or.. Jan. 12. No permit was ever granted by the Qregon corporation department giving to Morris Bros, authority to sell stock in its own corporation, according to T. B. Handley, state corporation commissioner. If such sales have been made, as reported, such sales constitute a direct violation of the Oregon blue -sky law according to Com missioner Handley. The fact that Morris Bros., Inc. ap parently had no j permission from the corporation commissioner to , sell pre- PIANOS PAYMENTS ARRANGED There are some splendid piano bargains in Baby Grands, Players and Uprights on sale this month; on our ' seventh floor. t 3umntT f erred : stock when the company ad vanced its capitalisation from $100,000 to Jl.000,000 makes the personnel of the bankrupt concern liable under the state blue sky laws.;; , " - . The point was raised here Tuesday when Albert Gebhardt of the commis sioner's office, conferred with ithe re ceiver in Jan effort to discover fif such permission had ever been granted. If preferred j stock was sold by tbe firm without . the permit Fred S. Morris and his associates are liable to indictment and prosecution. , i , Linnton, Scappoose Banks Reelect tAll Officers, Directors j- - i The stockholders of the First Rational Bank of Linnton, at their annual meet ing to be held this evening, will reelect their directors and officers for the en suing, year. They are as follows : Di rectors, Sinclair A- Wilson, Dajvid Mc Kay Wilson, Albert D. Ridgeway. Ever ett A. Johnson and E. E. Wist. Officers, Sinclair A. Wilson, president ; Divid Mc Kay Wilson, vice president, and Harry McClean FDewart, cashier. ! Roy M". Force, a former director, and vice president of the bank, retiied froth the institution last May. His position of vice i president has been - Jeft un filled. E. E. Wist was at that time added ta the board of directors. The First National bank of Sdappoose; at a meeting of its stockholders Tues day evening, reelected the follcHwing di rectors and officers: Director. " K. E. Wist, J.iG. Watts, D. W. Price, David McKay Wilson and Sinclair A.J Wilson. Officers, Sinclair A. Wilson, president; David McKay Wilson, vice president, and E. E. Wist, cashier. j The directors of the federal! reserve bank of San Francisco will meet Jan uary 18, at which time the' directors and officers of the Portland branch bank will be named. State banks and .trust companies will hold their annual stockholders' fneetings tomorrow. Very few changes jare- an ticipated in these institutions under state charter. . ' ' ' Ffrst National of Olatskanie Elects Officers, Directors Clatskanie, Or., Jan. 12. The annual meeting of shareholders of the First Na tional Bank of Clatskanie was -held to-' day. Henry Kratz. H. B. Hager, Peter R. Banzer. H. McKiel, Norman Merrill and J. B. Birkenfeld were elected -to the board of- directors for the year, the lat ter being elected to succeed E. iT. Gru well of Portland, who recently (disposed of his stock in the bank. The newly elected board held a meet ing immediately followins the J meeting of shareholders. Henry! Kratz was elected president to succeed (Norman Merrill, who has been in poor health for some time past. ' Peter R. Banzer of Mist was elected to the ice presidency to succeed Kratz. H. B. Mageri was re elected cashier. i ! Joint: Anniversaries Are! Celebrated by Unitarian So c l e t y The fifty-fifth anniversary of the for mation of the First Unitalian society of Portland and the fifteenth anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. William G. Eliot' Jr. were jointly celebrated at the Church of Our Father on Tuesday night. About 250 members attended (the ban quet, whic hwas served a8 6 :30 p. m. by the women's alliance and young people s fraternity. Trustees elected to serve for thi-ee years are : Lloyd Wentworth, John Risley and C. W. Hayhurst. Children In French Recitations Twenty-five children if the French department of the Irvingjton school will stage two plays and several recitations and songs in French in Library hall at 8 o'clock Thursday nlghtj The younger children will appear ini "Red Riding Hood" and the older ones will give the life of Joan of Arc. Madame A. Breig- nan, French teacher, will direct the en tertalnment. There will! be no admis- slon charge. i - 'Nitrate Bill Amendment Pa-stes Washington. Jan. 12. il. N. is.) The senate i today passed tihe Wfidsworth amendment to the nitrate bill providing for the financing of the eperation of the fixed nitrate plant. at Muscle .Shoales, by a' vote of 34 to Zi. j ; ;. Seek State, Licenses The 32 graduates of the Pacific Chi ropractic college are taking a three days' examination for state licenses, to close Thursday. Each student is exam ined in 14 subjects. . j j i ','-.' 1 iJ - Just bring a Want Ad for the big Sunday Journal i Journal's. Dime a Line" Want Ad Service Stations time of insertion and a pound of this fine If you have anything to buy, iell br exchange, invest in a Journal "Dime a Line" Want Ad 2 lines 1 time, 20c 2 lines 3 times, SOc 2 lines 7 times, $T.00. POOL NG OF WHEAT FOR MARKET URGED Pooling of all Oregon wheat for marketing is lookejl upon with fa vor by cooperative organizations and bureaus of the., state and thorough consideration is to j be given to the working out of some plan for af fecting this methodj of marketing by the Oregon State Farm Bureau Fed eration. Wheat growers in dissatisfied with 1 the Oregon have been disorderly method of dumping their product on the market as practiced in the past,' and have been advocating a pooling; of crops for mar keting for some ' time. To lnvestigatet cooperative ' selling and the posslibility of adapting it to Oregon, the "Farm bureau federation has been meeting Tuesday and today in the banquet room of the Imperial hotel. Following addresses this morning by George Jewett, manager of the Western Idaho Wheat Growers association. J. F. Langner, Frederick Greenwood of the federal reserve branch at Portland, A. R. Shumway, presidentf the Farm ers' union, and CI E. Spence, state master of the grange, a motion was unanimously adopted to appoint a com mittee to investigate plans for further ing the cooperative i, marketing system in- the state. This committtee will confer with rep resentatives of the state farmers' union state grange, growers, bankers and. busi ness men and will hold a special con- bureau of markets.) on the feasibility of cooperative marketing. The federa tion seemed largely in favor of the plan now being followed in: Idaho ana Washington. The committee to investi gate fs composed of the following : - George A. Mansfield. Sim Culling, E. M. Hulden, V. H. Smith and Frank Mc Kinnon. .Ml ! ' - SERBIANS: IN FIGHT London. Jan. 12 (I. N. S.)- One hundred and twenty persons have been killed in fighting between Mon tenegrins and Serbians, which has broken out all along the old Monte negrin frontieVj said an i Exchange Telegraph dlspatchr from Rome to day. - : According to this despatch the Montenegrins attacked the Serbians, but were repulsed , Montenegro was absorbed by Jugo slavia when that state was created by .Serbia. A stront? nationalist feeling de veloped in Montenegro and there have been frequent clashes between adherents of former King Nicholas and the Serbs. Woman Answers Bell To Face Burglar's Big Pistol; Slams the Door Answering a knock at her back door early Tuesday -lightj Mrs. N. Theilnrfann, 698 Glisan street, encountered an, armed burglar, who pofnted a gun at her face and ordered her o be, 'silent. - Mrs. Theilrtiann slammed; the door and rushed to the front of the house, calling for help. The burglar was frightened away by her cries, which brought neighbors just in time to see him retreating across the rear lawn. I Peterson's Photo -" studio, 214 Pittock building, was entered by a. prowler Tuesday afternoon and $8 in stiver and currency and a bank book andMcheck folder stolen. J. Fire Damages Garage. Damage estimated at $350 Was 3one to the combination! garage-barn' owned by W. E. Chase, If East Sixtieth street north, about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening when flames brokej out in the loft of the structure. Four machines stored in the place were saved from the flames but the building was badly damaged. - i John M. Scott Returns John M. Scott,! general passenger agent of the Southern -Pacific, returned this morning from a business trip to San Francisco and frn inspection of Ore gon lines of the .company. Scott spent two weeks on the trip. for the small sum of 17 cents coffee. Let us suggest that you MONTENEGRINS AND You can buy your "Dime a Line' Journal Want Ad at any of the following Journal Want Ad Service Stations and get your Cojfee just the same as though you came to The Journal office: tjra ii it .t ii lt i t iTTrn .1 tAi iTrrra tra.ira tAi irTi u i ft .1 (r, Portland Society To Add Splendor Auto Show Tonight Society will swell the attendance at the automobile show tonight, and sales men attendant at the myriad automobile displays will probably . come forth ar rayed in their finest attire, if the plan outlined by M. O. Wilkins. manager of the show. Is carried out. Portland's i 400" will find The Auditorium in gala dress to celebrate the biggest night of ttw week. A detachment from the automotive vo cational . training school at Vancouver barracks Is expected to visit the show late this afternoon, in command of Chief5 Instructor Blakely. About 45 uniformed' men will make a tour of the exhibits. ' A ' special musical program has been arranged for tonight. The attendance is expected to be in excess of Monday and Tuesday nights, when over 5000 people -passed through the gates. The total attendance so far has totaled well over -11.000. the greatest ever polled on two first-nights at a Portland automo bile show. " . j William Philip Simras, one of the most famous of the correspondents Of the world war, arrived In Port land today on his way to Japan. He purposes an intihiate study of the political and trade conditions which affec the international relations of Japanand the United States. He regards the pro and anti-Japanese situation on the Pacific coast as suffi ciently serious to warrant a personal inquiry- into, the facts .and before he sails he will visit Seattle, Vancouver. B. C in the north, and Sacramento, San Fran cisco and other California cities.' He left this morning for Salem In re sponse to an invitation to meet Gov ernor Olcott at luncheon for a discus sion Aof the Japanese problem in this statf: He also conferred with William D. i Wheelwright.- one of the best .in formed of Oregon's citizens on matters Japanese. Some of the - very best world " wait stories appeared in The Journal, tinder" the Simms "by-line" while he was. man ager of the Paris office of th United Press. He was the first American, war correspondent permitted to visit the French -front by the French government. Other honors were heaped upon him by . the French government In recogni tion of the exceptional grasp, accuracy and-balance of his work. " "I am not looking for a war nor for the information that would point only tn the direction of strife," said Simms, but I am looking for all the facts and I believe they will prove to be mostin teresting and significant.". "Take no chances with your eyes. Have them A 50c ONE-POUND CAN endable ONLY NOTED WAR IR TER STOPS N PORTLAND QuickC . Zj , Service ?Sv Y 111 17 - To Every Sunday Journal "Dime a Line Cash Want Ad Patron On This Thursday and Friday, January 13 and 14 You Get It This Way: r- -- - : ' 1 . i of January 16, to The Journal office or any of The on Thursday or Friday, January 13 or 14, pay fbr it at m addition to the price of your come early Thursday morning. - - The Owl Drug. Co. Store. ".Broadway and Washington Frederick. C. Forbes Drug Co.. Grand Ave.-E. Morrison Killingsworth Drug Co.. . . . . Killingsworth and Albina St. Johns Pharmacy -. .St. Johns Matthieu Drug Store. .Russell St. and Williams Ave. " ?A77TnTi.rAT fr:rff.f"i ya.fi-n ?i ri tt ft Tl NEWSDEALER'S 5100 A TH CUT OFF BY COUNTY BOARD The board of county commission ers today decided to discontinue on, February 1 the payment! of $100 a month to Walter Courterjj the blind newsdealer, pending a new -arrangement. - , ; j Courier, , who has a wife and 'five children, says his income lis only $73 a month and : that the needs of his family require an exinditure each month of 21 2.L A report fnade to the board shows that Courterj makes Ji!i a month exclusive of gratuities from the sales of newspapers. EXTRA CLERKS SlAY iET G SEASO.V A. $115 IX TAXPAYER - - - - i - i After adopting a resolution to employ extra clerks to take care of the rush in the sheriffs office 'during the tax cbi lectlng season at the rati of $10o a month, the board of county commission ers Wednesday reconsidered action and took the matter under further advise ment. The number of clerks was to be limited, to 10 and the compensation was the same as paid last year. Sheriff Hurlburt has requested that the pay be fixed at $115 for six hours"' night work, claiming that this figure j would be in fair proportion to the salary of the reg ular: force. . who are paid! $115 for an eight hour day. . Wife Alleges Desertion Alleging desertion. . Ura'cia Johnston has brought suit In the circuit court for a divorce from Rex Johnston. t - . - l - County Eurm JVospers According to the anhuaj -report of V. G. Smith, foreman of the county -farm, the : wholesale value of jfood .articles raised on the farm and supplied county institutions during 1920 was $26,148. The operating expense of the farm was $17, 805, leaving a balance of (18341, , ) . j - ). James iiajley Acquitted James Gayley, accused (of the larceny of $475, has been acquitted by a Jury ' 'in Judge Morrow's department of the circuit court. j More Room Not" Available A request of the child! welfare com mission for additional jroom in tio county building has been refused by the board of- commisstpners on the ground of lack of available space. Dlvoree. Decree. Hefused On account of an Insufficient showing Circuit Court Judge Morrow has re fused a decree of divorce to Alex Green. from Clara Green. an 0 ? airs: MON Any .lens, whether formerly furnished by. us or not, can be duplicated here; on short notice. To avoid delay in some future emergency, bring in jour glasses now. Let us meas ure them and put the record on file. 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