LEGISLATURE OF
ON
ADJOURNS
UNTIL MONDAY
fCoatimwil From Fit Ont)
riouS bills, and settling the divergent is
sues -which-altogether will go to make
up the road program of the session,
- - The i 1 0.000.000 bonding bill Is to be
drawn. There "la the proposal to take
the contingency out of the Roosevelt
. highway bonding act, and authorite the
highway commission to start construe
tion on that coast line route, mere, wo.
in the proposal to Increase the one mill
direct tax. for market road construction
to two mills and to change the manner
cf administering the law. . ' ;v
Then there is the big question of writ
ing new roads upon the. road map fixed
by the legislature, not to mention the
contention of east of the mountain dele
gations that definite provision must be
made for the immediate construction of
secondary roads.
VETOED BILLS COMING TP
A nd. Incidental to 1 and tied- up with
Uie road map puzzle is the consideration
ana unai deposition 01 m Tsrnras ve
toed road bills now In the hands of the
senate and the house waiting for action.
The fish and game bills are also ready
to start both those Introduced in the
house and senate" and now in the hands
of the committees and those drafted or
' at least indorsed by the fish and game
commission and, in all probability, des
. lined to replacethe "compromise bills"
introduced in the house by Sheldon and
' in the senate by Thomas.
The Joint w'ays and means committee
'will have its-first regular meeting Tues-
'day evening and on every evening there
after throughout the session will grind
away on the financial bills facing it not
only in the state budget but for all
other sources as welL
SEXATK MAKES RECORD
Assessment and taxation legislation
will begin to shape Itself, and all along,
the line the various bills, big and little,
, wjli; begin to take form and make their;
appearance in th two houses.
In'the preliminary bout'Just closed the
I senate has made a record, and so has
' the house." When the senate adjourned
Wednesday afternoon It had a. total of ,
37 bills on its calendar, while the house
at .the same' hour had but 27, the first
instance in the memory' of the oldest
habitue of the capitol that the upper
house produced more legislation in the
first week of its life than the lower.
- A birdseye glimpse' at the first week's
work reveals some bills of importance
and of general Interest already intro
duced and advanced on the calendar to
the eustody of the various committees.
TAXPArEKS INTEUESTEI)
.' Among them and of paramount Inter- :
; "test to Multnomah county Is the Gordon
j bill putting "teeth" into the administra
tive mouth of the tax ; supervising com-1
( nmiee tor counties oi .ivu.wv luiiauuaiiig
J vr more. : J
t - This bill, framed to replace the present
' law providing I for an advisory supervis
I ion of Multnomah county budgets, pro-
vides for a commission with power to fix
J the county tax levies for all purposes,
' removing that authority from the various
." administrative authorities of the county,
the city of Portland, the Portland school'
district, and all .of the other tax levying
:,- unit of the territory. t
t Senator Banks' bill providing that the
'circuit judges of Multnomah county may,
, -upon stipulation of the attorneys in any
I 'action, appoint a lawyer to hear and
J determine their controversies Is another
(.measure which will be of much interest
J to lawyers, and litigants of ; that juris-
-diction, . . ,-j ' J " i . i
BILXS ABE IMPORTANT j
!i The "compromise" fh and game com
J. mission bills of Thomas and Sheldon and
4he Itogue river bills of the same men ;
- J the Hume bills directed against denomi
national educational Institutions ; i Hos-
. ford's bilL providing that no goverprnent
t al agency may' purchase property except
t by condemnation ; Kubli'o bill broaden-
. , ing the scope of the syndicalism act ; the
. Kill i ttAtiDln, r1 ,etat, .a o a th.
Kyan bill repealing the sand and gravel
(royalty art insofar as county, work is
t concerned : the Kddy bill removing fran
? t-hisrs granted by municipalities to public
wservtce corporations front the jurisdiction
J of the public service commission ; the
-'Banks free text book bill, and some
others, are all of Interest and public im
, portance In their final determination. ,
IJWU COM PASIOS BILLS, .
-Ho, too. are the two companion bills
J 'introduced . by Kay In the house, pro
. vidlng that the state -ftibor commissioner
1 shall be made the secretary of the indus
trial welfare commission ; the other that
j the same official shall be made -the sec
retary of the child labor commission.
Back of these two measures is said
. to be the disability of Commissioner
; (Jrani to get alons in unity with Mrs.
', Millie H. Trumbull who.is, and (or earf
" has betn, the secretary of the two com
t missions. i 4 I
j Mrs. Trumbull, out; of the years of her
. and clearly defined ideas of her duties
' and the jurisdiction ' of her, office and
' these, it is said, do not coincide wlth'the
t, ideas and wishes of Commissioner Gram,
j JIATTLK MAY DEVELOP 1 . j;"
: The Kay bills are Intended, according
; to belief, to effect the removal of Mrs.
I Trumbull from her. present-dual position
, on the two commissions and transfer the
secretaryships to -some person or persons
.designated by Commissioner Gram.
! More than likely (hey wilt be the ve
hicles for legislative battle when they
com up for preliminary consideration
s in committee and for consideration upon
i'the floor of the house.
5? Another potential source of legislative
fireworks Is the long list of vetoed bills
I now reposing in the bosoms of various
' senate and hou6e committees. Some ot
, Uhese measures undoubtedly will pass
Into the limbo of forgotten things
I when the veto of the governor is sua
' tained.
i But there are others which may cause
I some heat and turmoil. Chief among
,, these is the "straight party" bill, pro
A iding a method by which one mark on
f a ballot may vote an "entire party ticket
at a primary or general election.
J GOOD START IS MADE
J: There are those both in the senate and
flthe house who would like to see this bill
I become a law. Buf .there are many
; of the members Who fear that the bill
'Is "dynamite." In the heat and enthu
siasm of an impending campaign, eena-
KIM
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AMERICA'S FAVORITE rUXO 0
AS tEAU.lABtY PRICED AS
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Flayers
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Terns Within Rtason
SEIBERLING-LUCAS MUSIC CO.
ISi-lfT I'oorth SWnear Washington
Commuters Form
Organization to
Get Lower Fares
Elgin. 11L, 14 L N. S.J Another
worm ; has turned. Four hundred
commuters who live in Elgin, but
work In Chicago, have formed the
.National Association of Commuters
and will fight for lower fares and
improved service.' j
torial lor otherwise, it is probable that
the measure might go over, but a two
thirds hurdle Is a difficult accomplish
ment mo soon after the shouting and
turmoil of November last has died away.
- It will be more interesting to watch
the disposition made ; of this bill than
any other of the vetoed measures, be
cause ' of Its purely political character
and its wide departure from the general
theory of the laws now' governing Ore'
gon'a elections. .; ,
Taking it all In all, the first week of
the legislature i leaves no particular
ground for complaint. In its course not
muoh advance has been made on big
legislation, : but it has an undoubted
ground for! congratulation In that-! the
desks have not been buried under an
avalanche of needless and inconsequen
tial bills. . i :
If it could only keep that record up,
but doubtless that . is too much i to ex
pect, human nature and the Insistent urge
of ambitious statesmanship all consid
ered, 1 1 - ! j , ... t -.'
MARY GARDEN FIRST
Continued from Pas One) ;
tempermenUl stars have marked the
season now drawing i to a. close and. re
ports tt a feud between Italian mem
bers of the company and the French And
American singers have been conclusively
denied. Many of Miss Garden's friends
predict that she will require much In
genuity and a high; type of executive
ability i to manage the affairs of the
association.'. . r j
The appointment of Miss Garden Is
distinctly popular with Chicago opera
lovers.! for she has long been known as
Chicago's Own. ; Twenty years ago she
was an obscure i choir girl in Chicago
when the late David Mayer, a pioneer
merchant, became interested in her and
financed her musical education, j
HER BEST BOLES ! . -
She studied in Paris and other opera
centers and made her debut In "Louise"
at the Opera Comique in Paris in 1900.
Her American debut was made In
Thais' at ' the Manhattan opera house
in-Nevj York in 19071. She has had her
greatest success in enich roles as Salome.
Cleopatra, Thais. : Carmen, Melisande
and Phryne. 5 : 5
Miss! Garden already has I announced
that she will not forsake her singing.
She will continue, to appear in the roles
that have earned her renown.
I'BEXCH OPEAS PROMISED
When ' Miss Garden returned recently
to Chicago she was met at the depot by
newspaper reporters and told them then
that there would be ; more French opera
in the -future. ' ; i
"Gerden is here now," she said,, "and
we are going to have more French and
fewer! Italian, operas. Some say Chicago
aocant care ror f renew opera,, but Chi
cago hasn't had a chance to like it. I
have been keeping up with th company
ana i Know something of what has been
going on." . !
When Marinuzsi resigned a few days
ago he said he could no longer stand the
temperament of the stars who were driv
ing him to desperation.
"I can't place tiarden and Galli-Curcl
both ini the title role pf every opera,"
h"e said. "I wish I could please every
one, but I can't, so I have quit. The
temperament of ; these stars interferes
with my sleep. I pa home after the
opera and walk the floor until 5 o'clock
then' before I can get enough Bleep it is
time for rehearsal."! j
SINGERS BEST EEPOET ': . ,
Before he resigned it was public gos
sip that at one rehearsal Miss j Garden
seized his baton and told him he was a
poor jartistie director. This, j however,
was denied by th singers who were
present at the rehearsal. j j
Another outburst j of temperament is
paid to have broken orth among 'the
singers when it was rumored that some
of the members had conspired to make
Charles Marshall's first appearance a
failure by forcing him to Binjgr loud at
rehearsal the afternoon before he ap
peared.' .. , ! -
HIS OLD OFFICES
(Centiaued From On)
curities before Robert Msguire. master
in cnancery, Wednesday.
That Henrietta A. Marria i
Fred S. Morris. ; recent head of Morris
jios., ana the man who entered the
business as bankrunt lun umIhh.,,
will be called to the witness stand be--
iore tne master; in chancery Saturday
morning was. indicated today, Ethe
ridge has been excused from further
testimony until Moniiiv
Morris will not resume his statement
unui mmeriage is through.
In the mexntiniA s:m Kr M-r! - '..., M,
terneys for the receiver believe,' can shed
some very much, wanted ligfft on finan
cial deals in which heir brother figured,
is expected to give her . version especi
ally of the deal, whereby she is alleged
to haver acquired $100,000 of Morris
xsroa. assets wiLOOUt apparent rhyme er
reason. , .. t,.. . .
KO ACTIOX TODAY ,
Pending issues In the Morris Bros,
case that have kept several courts and a
score of lawyers intensively active with-ln-tha
laat fortnie-hf- - k-. j j
- -d a.1 ta jury
investigation of the belief that Morris
no ms associates caused the sale of
preferred stock in the corporation with
out permission i from th
commission. It is certain that such
permission was not issued and the ex
tent of the sale is to be established. On
this score Morris is Via hi, fn-
of the blue sky ; law.'
until Etheridge has completed his
statement before, the master in chancery
and other more imnortanr v....
been disposed of, no effort "will be made
J - mo receivers r attorneys to ; require
DiStriCtlAttOMiev Waiter V.vm
Ctust why hA: ihould nn. A
receiver personal money and valuables
iaaen from ,xneriage at the time of
his arrest at Minneapolis. u j . 4 ,
Such a' reauest .-warn- s.Vt.,i t
debate : before .Fedpral Judge (Charles
nuimnon ai-jn a. : m. today, but was
not called.": A state ' of coma dvtA.v
about the whole; case, from a legal
standpoint, today and Judge Wolverton,
un-a iiwrri mucn or tne argument,
was It chambers while the tt-n.-u.
have been involved in the various angles
ef the big financial wreck,- armed them
selves for future fray or rested.)
OFSEXAS
D RECTOR
ETHERIDGE VISIg,!
OvSfflELlNGLY
FOR STATE BONUS
Jeers and cat calls directed at
those of the "committee of ten who
spoke against the proposed appeal
to the legislature tor a state bonus
for service men, preceded the over
whelming vote in favor of the bonus
at the mass meeting: held ; by tlje
Portland post of the American e
Erionlat the Armory Thursday night.
More than 1500 veterans were at , the
meeting, and on the call to vote, ; the
entire mass, with the exception of' a
small dozen, went on record as favoring
a bonus bill 'giving those who enlisted
from I the state the f option of a $3000
loan : on farm or home building or a
cash j bonus of 1 2 5 for each month in
the service. The resolution embodying
the option was drawn up by ' Thomas
Sweeney and originally provided that
only cash be given those in actual need
such as those . ili or out of work, but
the "yets" amended the resolution to a
cash bonus for all. j
OPPOSITIOJT IS JEEBEB i ;
Four of the "committee of ten" ap
peared before 1 the meeting to defend
their stand, while they were given at
tentioh during the . allotted time for
speaking, their withdrawal from the
platform was marked - with hoots and
jeers jfrom the crowd, in ; contrast to
the 'enthusiastic applause given those
tpeamns ior tne Don us.
E. C. Simmons was questioned by a
disabled veteran, who presented a . list
of 35 men who were in need and had
been unable to get assistance, Js to why
tt was impossible to get the aid of the
150.000 fund the legislature had appro
priated for relief, gammons, who is a
member of the relief committee, re
f erred the matter to the proper post
The fund referred to was created by
the state legislature for the relief of
ex-service men in rteed and Is adminis
tered by a committee of five, of which
Sammons is a member,
KNOWS SOTHISO ABOUT IT
Sammons stated this morning that
the commission obeyed the letter of the
law, and that he knew of no request
for relief that had been refused-when
the relief was Justified. When asked
about the list of 25 who had tried to get
aid, he stated he knew nothing about it.
Other members of the opposition pres
ent were James R. Bain, i Cassius R.
Feck and Frank Severs.,
The attack against the action of the
'committee of j ten" was led by Walter
Gleason, Mike j Brennan and Vernon M.
Parsons.
An unidentified veteran took the plat
form and told how he had been out of
a job and unable to get work. He asked
what good a farm or -home loan would
do for men who were in a similar situa
tion. : I i -js . j 'it'.'
"What we ' want is not monuments,"
he said. "We can't eat those. We want
pork chops and a chance to .pay our
debts
KEFEHEJf DTTM IS TAKES
After the mass meeting a special
meeting of Portland post was called to
take a referendum on the bonus as re
quested by the state executive ; commit
tee. The result of the election was J20
votes case for the bonus, as presented
by Sweeney, while only 8 were in the
negative. ' -4
i The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United 'States and the American legion
will hold a bonus parade Saturday night.
All ex-service men in town are asked
by -the officers of both organizations to
march, i The parade will include sol
diers, sailors, marines and nurses.
; Forming on the Eleventh street side
of the Armory at" 7 o'clock, the veterans
will move south to Washington street,
then to Broadway, then to Morrison, to
Third street, to Washington street., to
Sixth street, to Ankeny street, to Broad
way, to Washington street, to Tenth and
then to the Armory to disband. Seven
bands will march. Among them will be
the Fifth .Infantry band and a band
made up of ex-service men, i
7
AND FADES AWAY
(CsBtinoeU Fram Pas Oa1
and Mayor Baker. It was driven by
Patrolman F. H, Pratt This machine
was kept circling about the machine
supposed to be carrying the, $25,000,
which really contained Deputy Sheriffs
Christoffersen and Beekman and In
spectors Van Deusen and Hellyer, with
Hellyer at the wheel and the ether men
hidden In the tenneau. : , '
"SHADOW'S" SIGKAIi SEEJT i
At a point about four miles beyond the
place where the first fiasco took place
early Wednesday morning, just a short
way west of Rockwood, the men in the
second machine saw the flash, from the
north side ef the read. i
The mayor's ear had just passed the
"money" ear and was about seven min
utes ahead. The "money car was
going 10 miles an hour as directed, : ,
The flash came about 200 yards from
a bisecting road which crossed the Base
l,ine road going north and south.
SOME MOKE TKOCBLB
The thhrd machine in the line of the
procession, containing Inspectors Schul
pius and Swennes and Lieutenant Mo
loney, speeded up ; at the signal, at
tempting to cover the several hundred
yards that separated it from the
"money" car in as short a time pos
sible and be on the spot when the "fun"
began.. - , s .
But in seme way the machine began
to skid, and turning around. Crashed
into the brush along the side o5 the
road, very nearly turning ever and spill
ing out the three inspectors.
The men in the "money" ear mistook
the signal and thought it was on the
west side of the intersecting road, when
it came In reality from the east side of
the- road.- - ir , . ;
Not waiting for the machine to come
abreast of the place where the signal
had -been seen, the two deputy, sheriffs
and one inspector jumped from the run
ning board and rushed into the brush on
the north side of the Base Uq road,
where they thought the signal had been
flashed. .';-; i
WHAT HID THEY SHOOT ATI
Again there was the hrhMl.viM r....
The men opened fire, and Hellyer swept
the brush and woods with two spot
lights from his machine. Failing to find
-Shadow" on the west side of the in
tersecting road, where they thought they
had seen him. the men rrmuui h .... j
r - - '-- a a ysm
and spread out. searching ail about the
brush, and up and down both sides of the
road. , -
A workman s Innchhor. witk
mos bottle, found behind, a large tree,
just wnere tne signal was - actually
flashed, indicated that in spite of the
HE-SHADOW
SHOOTS
fun he was having with them, "Shadow"
was, not willing to overlook his supper.
MATOB, CALLS FOB AID
. As soon as he arrived in bis machine.
not Knowing about tne flash and not re.
alising the : eerio-comedy had- started
mti! he heard the shots, the mayor, after
m V. n . . - m . U .11 , : . . .
iiwi.. dui vi lue BiLUAiiiui, rusneu
at tince to the Taxi Inn, a I short way
east on the Base line road.
Here he telephoned Captain Harms
of the second night relief to send every
available man, .under the personal dtrec
tion of ZJutenant Wade. Twenty-five
patrolmen were called in from beats
about the city ; and. rushed to East
Ninety-second and Glisan streets, where
Wade divided them into parties and sent
them out to do what the detectives had
failed to accomplish. ;
Deputy Sheriffs Mollenheur and La
Monte were placed at a small station of
tne Mount lloort electric railway line.
about a quartet; of a mile west of where
the. nrst encounter took place. , They
were watching the tracks in both direc
tions when a man suddenly slipped out
of ,. the brush and , started to cross the
track. Calling to him they ordered
him to stop, announcing that they were
of ricers.
HE HOLDS 'EJIC UP
"Schtick "em upi" came the reply in
a strong German ; accept, as the man,
whom the police are positive is
"Shadow," fired two shots at the dep
uty sheriffs.
Mollenheur and La Monte returned
the I fire and the mysterious stranger
ran j down . the track and off into the
brush. i - . ' ' . j
Dropping to one knee, in military
fashion, the blackmailer had fired all
of the shots in his pistol, it is believed.
Shells later found on the spot by the
police were found to be of the type
used exclusively in a German Luger
gun 1 during the war.
After both the German and th dep
uty sheriffs had emptied their ro.
Shadow" slipped quietly away Into tas
woods, and, as on two former occa
sions, was lost entirely.
The police searched the neighborhood
for miles in every direction all the rest
of the night, but were finally forced to
admit defeat with the coming of day
light.
SHADOW GIVES 5f OVCLTJES
Except for the lunch box, the shells
andj a meager description furnished ey
the two deputy sheriffs, the police are
without clues.
"Shadow" is about 5 feet 8 inches tall.
weighs 140 pounds and was dressed in a
dark suit of clothing. Police this morn
ing, after their failure to cope with the
man. are advancing the theory that he is
Insane.
Finger prints could not be developed
on the lunch box supposed to belong to
"The Shadow." Jimmy Hunter. Bertll
lon expert, has made an examination.
but says any marks that might have
been left are too old to show. On the
thermos bottle a hand print was blrought
ont, ibut details of the print were licking.
The hand print may help in determining
hand size and shape.
HELD "SERIOUS"
Washington, Jan. 14. (U. P.)
The killing of Lieutenant WM H.
Langdon by a Japanese sentry at
Vladivostok is "serious and regret
table," the state department has in
formed the Japanese government, it
developed here today.
The department ' at the : same time
asked that Japan take "adequate steps"
for J rectifying the wrong as far as pos
sible, and for preventing recurrence .of
such incidents.
A note to ! the Japanese government
along these lines was dis"hatched by the
state department to the American em
bassy in Tokio last night. No mention
was made of an indemnity, it was
learned today, although the state de-.
partment , is , still considering asking
that compensation . be . made to. Lang-
don's .family.
INQUIRY HALTS "AS JAPAN
EXPLAINS LANGDON KILLING
Shanghai, Jan1. 13. (Delayed).-T-(U. P.)
Admiral Cleaves, commander of the
American Asiatic squadron, who came
heH from Manila en route to Vladivostok
to Investigate the killing of Lieutenant
W, ; H. Langdon, has been ordered baek
ts Manila it was announced here to
day. ' ,
The cruiser New Orleans, which was
to have taken Gleaves to Vladivostok, did
not! leave Shanghai. No reason for
Gleaves' recall tfaas given. -
1 1
It was announced in -Washington yes
terday that Gleaves had cabled that
In view, of the Japanese explanations of
Langdon's kiUinff, he did pot believe it
would be necessary for Kim to go to
Vladivostok., .
Cat; You're Next
Man Tells His Wife
Muskegon. Mich., Jan. 14. (I. N. S.)
Irvin Morton;- 25, early today entered his
wife's bedroom and announcing, "I've
just killed the cat and you are next,"
fired 12 bullets into Mrs. Morton's body
as she lay abed. . The thirteenth bullet
he turned on himself, killing himself al
most Instantly, . ,
Still alive,' Mrs. Morton crawled
through the snow to a- neighbor's home,
where she told her story. Mrs. Morton
told physicians she pleaded for 30 min
utes with her husbaid to spare her life,
but was showered with abuse. Doctors
attending her believe she will live.
Dublin Attorney Is
nil T-r iVr
siam m uis Home
,1
By Daniel O'Connell
Dublin, Jan. 14. (I, N. : 8.) Armed
men broke into the home I of William
McGrath. a prominent lawyer, early to
day and inflicted gunshot wounds from
which McGrath died shortly afterward.
The cause of the fatal -attack upon
McGrath is a mystery, as he has not
taken an active part in Irish politics.
0J
-The greatest values
are now being offered
in Piano and Phono
graphs, Sheet Music
and Player Rolls, dur
ing the January clear
ance sale on our i i
Seventh Floor
62b
UN DON KILLING
GIRL JS DRUGGED
BY COMPANIONS
Crazed bT drugs given her at a
roadhouse near Portland, a young;
and pretty girl belonging to 'a prom
inent east side family, and employed
as a stenographer by a ' downtown
business; firm, was taken from! the
street at Grand j avenue and East
Burnside early Thursday norhlng"
and told a tale of a fiendish plot to
the police." Her name is being with
held by the Women's Protective di
vision, j ,- '-j .',( ..'
The girl met two men and another
girl at a, dance hall two .weeks ago,
Wednesday night she went to the dance
hall and met the trio again. She knew
the men' as Frank and, John. After
a few dances she accepted a ride in an
automobile with the three.
After riding about for some time. I they
stopped at a roadhouse and took some
thing to drink. It was not alcoholic,
but contained a drug.
From that time until late Thursday
morning the girl's mind was blank. She
was found roaming the street on the east
side incoherently crying "My Jack."! She
stopped several men and kissed them.
but was rescued by Patrolman Pfenning.
Marks of a hypodermic needle were
round on the girl's arm. Mrs. Lola O.
Baldwin of the women's protective bu
reau. has a good description' of the two
men and promises an arrest within a
short time. It was necessary to keep
the girl in a padded cell Thursday morn
lag until she recovered from the effects
of the drug.
Income Tax Office Is'
Rushed; Blanks Late
In Being Sent Out
Payers of personal income taxes who
were subject to the tax last year" need
not be unduly concerned about their re
port for this year until they have re
ceived the proper blanks from the col
lector pf internal revenue, according to
tne statement emphasised last week by
Collector Milton A. Miller.
The collector's office has been deluared
by requests for blanks upon which to
file the income tax statement, and thus
the office work has been unnecessarily
increased. Such blanks will be sent as
soon as possible to all who paid taxes
last year and axe again liable. In the
meantime letters or personal calls can
not hope to hasten the process.
However,, those, who were not' subject
to tax last year and are. this year must
secure their blanks either by writing
for them or calling at the office of the
collector, fpr only to those whose names
appear on last year's lists) will blanks
for the new statement be sent.
Former Jackson
County Treasure?
f9
Enters New Work
Medford. Or.. Jan. 14. SMra. MvrtU
Blakely, former Jackson dounty treas
urer, wno went out ot orriae at the ex
piration of her term Jankiarv 1. has
joined the E. M. Wilson Audit company
as a pooKKeeper ana accountant. Mrs.
Blakely was in office at the time. Jack
son county funds were involved in th
.lacKsoryvme panic craen. ; ,
The local school board 'baa ret-alvart
two resignations. Mrs. Richard Smythe.
board member, is moviiisr to California
Her place was filled by election of Mrs.
1-. jveny, Anas .nena scnott or balem,
formerly of Elgin, Or., teacher in do
mestic science in the hleh sciinnl r.
signed to be married. Bertha Hendrlck
01 uaryviue, ia... graduate of O. A. C
was namea to ner place.
9 Months in Jail
For Peddling; Opium
For peddling opium to between 20
and 25 women adults, Arthur Van,
aged 22, was this morning' sentenced in
Federal Judge Bean's court to nine
months In Jail. Henry McGinn made a
stirring appeal for the boy; but Judge
Bean, in fixing the sentence, pointed to
the seriousness of the offense.
William McNeil was fined $250 for
having in his possession feur quarts of
Canadian whiskey. McNeil had net dis
posed of any of his stock when ar
rested. Ex-Postmaster of
r Eagle Point Passes
Medford. Or., Jan.! 14. Andrew ; ,J.
Florey. pioneer .citizen i of Jackson
county and for- 20 years postmaster of
Kagle Point, in which city: he located in
1SS4. died Wednesday. He is survived
by seven children, all wejl known citi
zens of Jackson county. ;
'Sewer.Bendi Proposed
The city council voted Thursday te
authorise the auditor, to :advertiae the
sale of additional city sewer and street
improvement 6 per cent bonds to the
amount of $337,076.98. The bonds will
be advertised at once and bids will bef
epenea some time aurtng ithe last week
in January, City Auditor Funk has an
nounced. ; .
LAST TIMES TODAY
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MAMMOTH SCREEN OFFERING! OF BIG EVENTS
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ADMITS STEALING
TO HELP FAMILY
Six small house robberies are at
tributed to Mrs. Mabel Weber,; who
ts said to have told the police she
stole to provide for her three small
children. ' Mrs. Weber was arested
Thursday afternoon at her basement
apartment at 597' Madison; street by
Inspectors Morak and McCulloch.
Much of the alleged
have been recovered
Mrs. Weber told the
husband had found It
loot is said to
by the police,
police that her
difficult to find
steady employment, and that while he
took oare of the family jasest he could,
she wanted more things for1 her small
children. ; " '. . - " ' -
Mrs. Weber is said to have served a
term In the Washington penitentiary at
Walla ; Walla On a charge '. pf larceny.
She was convicted under the name of
Mabel Morris, the' police sayi She was
placed in Walla Walla on June 1J. 1819,
to serve from 2 to 15 years, but was
later conditionally pardoned by Gov
ernor Hart, the police say. She was In
structed not to leave the state without
the governor's permission, she told the
police, but when she wrote asking per
mission to leave, she claims she received
no reply. j
Mont ot the loot reported recovered
consists of feminine wearing apparel.
She told the police she: had also taken
some Jewelry from a department store,
the police' say. I ' j- :
When arrested, her two small children,
one 13 months old, were with her, but
the oldest was in the care of a friend.
Mrs. Weber claims that her husband
knew nothing of her alleged operations,
the police say. She told the! police that
her first husband, now dead, was an ex-
convict.
Boy in Stolen Car
Was Eager to Race;
Police Riddle Him
San Francisco, Jan. 14. (I. N, S.)
Victim of a boyish desire to have an au
tomobile ride, Henry Aidana,. 14-year-old
Bon of Dr. K. M. Aidana, his entire body
riddled by buckshot from the- shotguns
of the police auto squad, today grimly
fought for life at the Lane hospital.
The lad was shot last night after one
of the most thrilling chases ever partic
ipated in by the police auto squad. Four
times, by daring and expert manipula
tion of the machine he had stolen for
a ride, the boy escaped the pursuing oar
of the officers. Finallj. he drew up
alongside the curb and darted between
two houses. The shotguns belched forth
their rain of slugs and the boy turned
with a shriek to face bis pursuers. Not
realising his age they fired again.
"Fairly good" his condition was de
scribed at the hospital today. "They
don't hurt : I'm going to live " he whis
pered when asked to sign a "dying
statement. . :
"I lust wanted a ride. It was the
first one I had' eveY borrowed. I did not
know those men were detectives,
thought they wanted to race me'
Even Corn Beef and
Fails to .Break Fast
Of Illinois Woman
Danville. 111., Jan. 14. (I. N. S.)
Mrs. Sadie Harrington, whom, accord
ing to her tale, God has directed not to
eat ' until her still "un regenerate" hus
band, ; Jim est Harrington, , "joins the
church and takes up preaching as a pro
fession," today resisted, another stren
uous feffort by. '"unbelievers to get her
to partaae or 1000, .,
H. B. Trueman, her father, called en
Mrs. Harrington on the forty-seventh
day of her ."God-imposed": ;fat, bring
ing with him the lure of corn beef and
cabbage to tempt his daughter.
With frankly expressed j Impatience
Trueman addressed his daughter:
"Qod don't want for you to starve,
Eadie, God-den't want none of us to
go without food. Don't be a fool,"
Judge Eandis Gets
.Verbal Swat for
Taking Baseball Job
Washington, Jan. J4. (I, N. &,)
Judge I Kenesaw ,Mountan : Landis was
scored for his baseball affiliation, and
some aetioa by congress was demanded
by Thomas J. Sutherland, Chicago, in a
petition "presented ' to Illinois' congress
men today. . Sutherland asserts that in
accepting the job as chief arbitrator fer
the "Vlg league ' baseball organisation,
Judge Landis violated federal: statutes
and brought discredit On the Judiciary,
40 Miners Rescued .
In Blast; 2 May. Die
West Frlnkfort, m., Jan. 14. (U. P.)
Forty miners were rescued from the
fume-filled shaft. No. S mine, ef the Old
Ben Coal company, near here early to
day, following a gas explosion. . Ten
were seriously injured and taken to hos
pitals. Physicians said two probably
would not uve. ! ; ' i
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Deserted Pair May
Find Home; Mother
: Is Believed Located
'.Centralia, Wash., Jan. 1. A letter to
Ir. J. M. Sleicher may bring together
a mother and her two little children,; who
were deserted in Chehails the night be
fore Christmas. ' The letter was written
by Mrs. William O'Hara of Charleston,
who wtid the description of the children
and father corresponds 'to'- her daugh
ter's husband and children. She said the
daughter's husband was too lasy to
work, that 'her daughter was' forced to
earn a living: for - th family and that
the children- were stolen " from . the
daughter, Louza Fergisan of Unlonj Or.
The children, a boy aged 3. and a girl,
2. were brought to Dr. SJeicher tri Sep
tember for medical attention. The chil
dren have Been taken care of since (that
time by Mrs. Watson; a practical nurse,
the father paying occasional visfts un
til the night before Christmas, when he
dropped out of sight. . I '
Prosecuting Attorney Allen said he
had had letters from people in Seattle,
Centralis and Chehails wanting to
aaopt tne; children, i ,i
Elnnlr ' Svstfim "NTnf.
Working F r e i ghf
Engineer Asserts
Oregon City, Jan. 14. An engine on
the northbound Southern Pacific freight
left the track Thursday afternoon about
1:30 o'clock near Twelfth street, when
the train1 hit an . open' derail, switch.
The train was making about eight miles
an hour-at the time.. A wrecking crew
from Portland cleared the track, j-
The engineer on the freight asserted
that the block system was not in opera
tion, but exact cause for the accident
has not been determined. The -functioning
of the derail switch probably pre
vented a collision between the freight
and a Willamette Valley Southern train,
as the block was supposed to be closed
to permit the latter passage over the
trestle as 'i weirtn - street.
Recruiting Office
Force Is Reduced
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. Reducing of complement In the 'Port
land navy recruiting office began Thurs
day when five of the party received or
ders for duty; elsewhere. Four i were
sent to the receiving ship at Puget
Sound navy yard. They were : L. F.
Bossheardt, chief quartermaster, and L.
A, Sprague, chief water . tender, j from
the station at Coeur d'Alene ; Charles T,
Bouderauic. water tender, from Astoria,
and R. C, Smith from the Bend station.
C C. Long, gunner's mate, from J'endle
ton, first class, was ordered to the train
ing ship at Goat Island, San Francisco.
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POLICE CALLED
TO GUARD RICH
New Tork, Jap. ! 14. (1 N. S.)
With; police details still guarding to
day more than ! a score of pubtlo
buildings, churches and clubs and
the residences of ;a number of prom
inenjt cltisens and millionaires, there
was an air of mystery maintained at
police headquarters as to the reason
for the unusual; action. jThe only
information gliolrt was that the po
lice action was prompted by local
agents of thttJnlted States depart
ment of Justice who have been con
ducting an investigation, j
. Among the palatial, residences guarded
were those of John- IX Rockefeller, Vin
cent Astor, J. P. Morgan, Charles M.
Schwab, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, William
K. A'anderbilt, the' Frlck mansion, resi
dences of Archbishop Hayes, Mayor John
F. Hylan; District Attorney Harry E.
Lewis and Supreme Court Justices L.
Lewis FaWcett and Norman 8. Dyke.
PATROL OF RESIDENCES
Throughout the night there were fised .
posts at three residences, while mem
bers of the automobile rifle squads and
the roving motorcycle policemen sped
through the streets on patrol.
Among buildings carefully guarded by
police during the night were ff. Tatricka
cathedral, city hall, postof fire, stock
exchange. Grand Central and Pennsyl
vania stations, bridges across Kast river,
municipal building. Tale and Union
league clubs, Museum of Natural His
tory.! Metropolitan Art museum. New
Tork Kdlaon Plant, King's County Light
ing plant. Central Park reservoir, the
sub-treasury, criminal courts buildln
and several churches.
FLTHX TOURS CITT j
William J, Flynn, in charge of Hhe
department of justlae Intelligence serv
ice, toured the city In a high-powered
automobile, accompanied by six plaln
clothesmen, vinitintj all the special police
details to make certain that they 1 re
mained on duty. Later a deputy police
commissioner made a similar flying trip.
There were rumors that a bomb plot
had been discovered, but .there was no
confirmation of this.
Credence was given -the bomb plot
theory by the fact that the police bomb
squad, under Detective Sergeant -Gegan. .
was 'ordered out for special , duty. But
members of this squad were silent "on
orders" today. n i
It was believed that secret informa
tion I of an alleged bomb plot, obtained
suddenly by federal operatives, had been
communicated to the police, resulting in
the hurried mobilization of extra pre
cautionary police.
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