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T WEDNESDAY, . FEBRUARY 2. '1921. THE , OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON 3 i LOWS CHIEF ' WITNESS HELD ON messes for, the state - in; the recent trial, of Thomas ! Lotisso, which re sulted In the; disagreement of . the Jury, is' under arrest on the charge of perjury. ' '"..:. ". ; , , " He "was arrested on the. complaint of the district attorney. ; When arraigned today before District' Judge .Hawkins, Goneau, through his attorney, asked ,Ior U continuance of his' preliminary exam I Ination., H was admitted to Bali In the I sura of $1000. -A bond- in, that amount f-was furnished by.jD. J.. Donovan., Goneau was the driver of the automo bile, in which Lotisso and h la wife rode just prior-to the, shooting of the latter. In his testimony, he swore that there no resistance . on the pact of the wife. . ' ': . MOTIUEH LOSES TWO-YEAK FIGHT TO GIJT DAUGHTER A two year effort on-the'part of Alice Baker Kelly to regain- custody of her daughter, whom she relinquished over five years ago. ended In-failure Tuesday, when Circuit Judge McCourt denied a writ of habeas corpus which would have taken . the child from the care of her foster; parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. 'A. .Nel son. . .- - " Owing to the death of the fsrther and : straitened circumstances of the mother f several years " ago the child was placed with the Nelsons,, who could give" her a good home. The mothef signed a relin quishment, but has since claimed . that . she did not understand - w hat ": she was doing. Later the mother remarried and went to Stockton,- Cal.,- td live. On the . representatrton of Juvenile court-of fleers of Stockton, Judge McCourt decided that "'the -present home of the -mother was not ' adapted to the best interests of the child, being In an undesirable part of the city ' In 'an apartment house, the neighbors being Chinese and Japanese. He found that the girl had a good home with the Nelsons ;and was being properly edu cated. V " .' ! ','. SPEED .B1UNGING KFSUITS " IN. APPEAIiED CITY CASES The, recent " conference' between City Attorney , Orant, Assistant , Attorneys Lansing and Stadtler, Municipal Judge Itossman and circuit Judges " with a view to speeding" up , the disposition of esses ' appealed from the municipal to the circuit court is bearing fruit, ac cording to a report of cases handled in the circuit court, by Lansing for the month of January. " The report, filed with the! city auditor Tuesday, shows 19 -cases were appealed from the city court to the circuit court during the month -Just closed. Eleven of the municipal. court convictiqns were confirmed , in . the higher court, two- of them -at suspended sentences ; two' eases were .discharged. by the court and one by a Jury, while five cases were reset for trial. Fines amounting to $165 were assessed and Jail sentences aggregating 40 days were pronounced. aby the circuit court.-. i., . -. . : - - . SWITCHMAN'S DAMAGE SUIT. . 1 -AUAlSfST a. i". liS bKUU.M eotf-asA jury was cnosen ana iriai or me pern ir sonal Injury suit of T. C. Ramsdell: switchman, against the Southern Paclfid company was started in Federal Judge Bean's court today. Ramsdell is suing ths 'compkny f or $1,345 foe-Injuries' re ceived April 19, 1920, la the- Brooklyn yards. Kamsdell, who lax said to have been an 'outlaw" switchman, contends that the engineer "deliberately tried to Injure him. Ramsdell . says he was dragged -. for . 250 feet, and . wouLd .have been killed had he not- been abT&Ao keep hold of an iron bar;- : Sues for Commission To recover $16,250 and Interest thereon from February 3, -1915, Margaret A. Bingham, administratrix of the estate of the late Isaac H. 'Bingham- has brought suit In the circuit court against J.. O. Storey. It is alleged that the 'money is due as a commission on a sale made by Bingham of stock of the Storey Timber company. toW. J. Furnish, amounting to $325,000. . WOMAN SEEKS $25,000 DAMAGES IX LEASE DEAL Suit , was begun by! Rose . Suwol in i the circuit ' court , against L. A. H. i Deady to . recover damages in i the amount of $25,000. In her complaint the 44 " - i S here r Trade conditions slowed do wn j Europe's buying in this country. ! Fine tobacco formerly shipped across ' the Atlantic Ocean piled up. We bought it and made : SJ1"'"' One-fcleven cigarettes 4jPJ.lpbi. whica awaaf that if yea donl like w7 pKKiram ueaeuer plaintiff alleges, that ehe had a three year lease on a building at the corner of Broadway and Alder streets and under stood she- had an: option to ; renewi It is alleged that advantage was taken of her . inability to read and write the Eng lish language, and that .she was ordered to vacate the premises when her lease expired December'3! last." The building has been rented, to- N. M. .linger. " It is further alleged by the plaintiff that Whenishe was conducting her busi ness ' on the premises her profits . were $10,000 a year. j .' STUDENT FILES TO GET " - CUSTODY OP DAUGHTER, Charles W. Stewart has petitioned the circuit court for ar writ of habeas corpus compelling Stanley Allison and his wife. Kstelle, to appear in court and show cause why they do not deliver to the cus tody s of , the petitioner his 5-year-old daughter, Virginia Lee, whom they have in charger I ' Stewart in .his petition sets forth that he is a student at. the Oregon Agricul tural college and that the mother, of the child is dead. It is altesedthat, the de fendants have possession oitne child and wrongfully'- withhold her from the plaintiff, threatening to place her in the custody of persona outside the Jurisdic tion of the court. ; . , ,. ' . ,.1 . GnsUte Winter Estate Oustave Winter, who died in . Port land. January 12. left an estate valued at $21,600, . according to a petition for letters of administration ; filed by the widow, Louise E. Winter, in the pro bate court. 1 - Single Tax System Virtually in Force, Declares Senator State House., Halem. Feb. 2. Oregon is now practicallj upon a single "tax basis, according t Senator Vinton, who pointed out . that real estate was made to shoulder 85 per cent of the state's tax burdens. , Vinton's statement was made in con nection with an appeal for support of senate bill 115 , Subjecting bonds of out side states and' foreign countries to taxation and exempting from taxation bonds of the state of Oregon and Its po litical subdivisions. ? ' Under present conditions Vinton con tended local investors were driven to the consideration of foreign bonds in preference to those of their own state. " An -attempt to place, property of char itable and benevolent institutions on, the tax foils through a committee amend ment to the bin resulted in sending it back to the committee for further con sideration. Prodigal I Gifts of Chewing Gum Leads To; Youth's Arrest cunlls at the Rose" City Park school distributed large-quantities of chewing gum to their mates Tuesday today caused the arrest of Wilbert A. Dlx, 16, of 899 East Seventy-fourth street nofW, and" Burdett J. i Welday, 15, 663 East Seventy-fourth street north. r - .Suspected because of the bounty of their larder, the? lads were called from the " -class . room f this - morning by In spectors McCulloch and Morals' and are said to have, admitted robbing the store of Frank Vincent. 854- Sandy, road. Monday night ! The loot was : about $100 worth of candy, gum and confec tionery. The boys were turned over to the Juvenile court. Rotary Club Raises More Than $25,000 For Childrens' Ward - The Rotary club's- pledge of $25,000 for the children's ward in the Hahne mann hospital has been over-subscribed through the proceeds of an enterfcRT ment at The .Auditorium Tuesday eve ning. Rotarian minstrelsy vith A. J. Bale as' interlocutor and Warren Erwin, Walter Jenkins, ; Dr. Hoffman and Rob ert Jacobs occupied one section of the program and ' acts from ' the Orpheum and local entertainers the other; Nearly. $1000 was realized from candy sales directed by Joseph Dunne. George C. Mason, Joseph W. Hill and Tcmmy Swivel constituted . the executive com mittee ; C S. Jensen. Clarence DeFriet Frank McGettigan and Roy Ellison the entertainment committee. 9 l l "ONE-ELEVEN' -fl JL ciarettesjiSi is - why One -Eleven ii ' ' "1 --. , '' Result a high quaUty Finally try them! -in- Clrarette, you can get your GROVTH OF CITY IN IS SAYS MAYOR BAKER During the fiscal year' ending No vember' 30, 1920, "Portland "enjoyed prosperity, activity and progressive ness, . achieving many noteworthy things, and at no time, in the city'a history have prospects for -growth been so good as with the dawn of 1921, Mayor Baker points out in his annual report before the city council. today. ; . ' , The recent rate decision of the inter state commerce commission, making Portland the distributing and shipping point of a vast territory formerly served by other cities is one of the more im portant achievement of the city during the last year, mentioned in the report. ; The increased water supply, street and sewer improvements, the Bull Run dam. the purchase eft 219 acres of park sites at a cost of $385,162, the completion of the isolation hospital and 'similar im provements during the last - year are cited as sufficient cause for deep grati tude. ' The manner. in which the crime wave has been handled by the police , depart ment, as well as the progress in tne flr department, is further cause; for Port land's rejoicing. Mayor Baker considers the city1 indeed fortunate p have been comparatively free from unemployment conditions during the . year. In conclu sion, the mayor says: ; "The city during the year was beset with the crisis of a financial problem which has been more or less bothersome ever since the beginning, or the wa. With high prices prevailing for both suppftes and. labor and with the city charter limiting the tax levy to a point where it was not possible to. raise ample funds, the situation has been '5 serious. The question of relief was submitted to the voters at the election In November of this year and an additional tax levy was authorized. The levy -is not, how ever, sufficient to permit- of any -extensive improvements next year. The levy as authorized provided only sufficient money to enable service next year on a curtailed basis. Without this special authorization the city, would have been in a serious financial plight." He'd Bather Make Whiskey Than Rob; Rockpile Gets Him William C. Cllne, 470 Davis street, was being tried in the municipal court to day on la charge of violating the prohi bition law. Patrolrtyn Harms and Nutter testified they had&iFound a still and a quantity- of mash in his home. Judge Rossman inquired if he had anything to say for himself. "Your, honor, I'm a prohibitionist," re plied Cline, "I can't find work and I would rather not be a burglar, a stick-up man or! a murderer. "I admire your frankness," returned Rossman. "We'll be glad to keep you busy for the next 30 days. To Kelly butte for you ; they have plenty of rocks there." Slayer to Hang on April Tool's Day, ; Smiles at His Fate Seattle. Feb. 2. (United News.) On April fool's day, John Schmitt, slayer of three policemen, will die on the gal lows at Walla Walla prison. Judge Frater formally sentenced Schmitt Tues day and set the execution date. "It's a long ways .off, I wish it were sooner. I want to die," Schmitt said in the county jail, with a cynical smile. Schmitt smiled when he . was arrested, when he was charged with murder, when he pleaded guilty, when he was con demned to hang by a Jury and to day when the date of his death was set. i 'Will you smile on the, gallows?" he was asked. "Sue, why notf the condemned man answered. "I want death. I want to know what it Is. I'm tired of life." Senate Bill No. 100 Would Add Greatly To State Tax Eolls State House, Salem, Feb. 2. Thou sands of dollars in assessable property are expected to be added to the tax rolls of the state under the provisions of sen ate bill 100. by Hume, Strayer and Jones, which was passed by the senate this morning. The bill provides that county assessors must, on written demand by any person, place upon the tax rolls property subject to taxation 'but which had not been included thereon. Some assessors, according to Senator Hume, were, neglecting to list certain properties within their counties, result ing In material loss in taxes to the state and its subdivisions. This bill would make failure to list these properties upon proper demand subject to fine' and imprisonment- of the offending assessor." Pjef erred Bills to Be Segregated and Advanced in House State House,- Salem, Feb. 2. The house of representatives came to 'a realization this forenoon that It must speed up at once, else It will be swamped with unacted upon bills at the latter end of the session and that bills of rec ognized general Importance, must have the 'right of ' way over those of ininor' subject, if they are to be acted upon with proper deliberation. 1 A resolution was adopted, after an appeal from Speaker Bean for its unan imous support, referring the committee on legislation to select from : the more than 300 bills Introduced such as their judgment should be made matters- of special order of business. t . "It Is expected that the committee will begin its selection of sueh bills at once; so that at least by the opening of next week's sessions "the. preferred bills wiO have the rlghtj of way.-, -' J . . j " r . ,.' IJ : : I. ; i fYnit. -Flower Mission' ; ; r The I- Portland i Fruit and Flower mls. sion will hold Its annual busieSsmeet ing and election of of f icers-'at the Day Nursery - tomorrow morning at 1 10-, O'vlock, 1W GRATFYING Sheepherders Given, Priority in Measure i Passed, by -House State House, Salem, Feb. 2. The lowly sheepherder, who has : fallen , on - evil times in various localities of Oregon be cause 6t the setback In the wool Indus try, was given consideration in the house of .: representatives Tuesday afternoon, when, after considerable 'discussion, the house, passed senate bill No," 76, giving priority of claims or liens in sheep to the persons herding such sheep 4 and who have not received their wages. , - ' ' In the discussion , it was brought' out that sheep herders had protection of this character for a number of years, but that this was dropped by, legislation in 1913. One speaker declared he personally knew, of numerous cases of sheep herd ers, losing as much as a year's wages be cause their claims have no priority over mortgages or other liens. " : Representative Overturg said he had protests' from bankers against the pass age of the. bill and wanted it amended so as to require the sheepholder to notify the holder of the mortgage. Representa tive' Woodson declared the present bill was demanded by the wool growers' as sociation, who admitted the injustice of present conditions. F. GILL NET FISHING Oregpn City, Feb. 2. Represen tative business men and members of the Commercial club-are to be .isked by the , Live Wires to assist local commercial fishermen : ti . wresent their case for an open rlvei v the state game and fish commissi, " a hearing in Salem Thursday evei ing. This conclusion was reached at the weekly luncheon of the Wires, Tuesday, when the club adopted a resolution in dorsing the Stone bill, now up for con sideration, which calls for open seasons for gill net fishing for salmon between the suspension bridge here and Oswego, at present closed. The resolution' also indorses the plan to have 80 per cent of the salmon spawn taken from the Willamette river re turned there, instead of placing It in the Columbia, a3 at present. A plan to establish a steamboat line between Oregon City and Portland,. In troduced by J. W. Kxon of Monitor, was referred to the transportation committee of the Commercial club for action. In the opinion of the Live Wires the sup port of the club at present should be thrown to the already established car riers," inasmuch as the demands for a new station here are being based on the amount of business placed., - Admits Killing His Young Wife, After Row Over Woman New Brunswick. N. J." Feb. 2. (I. N.' S.) -William Fitzsimmons confessed early today, according to the police,. that he had killed his 19-year-old wife at their home at Woodbridge last Saturday. Mrs: Fitzsimmons, who was the mother of two children, ..was found Saturday noon with her throat cut. Fitzsimmons was taken Into custody immediately but had Stoutly denied, until today, that he knew knythlng about the murder, j Fitzsimmons' confession came after detectives had started to search for Miss Dolly Ryan, a waitress. Detectives charged that Fitzsimmons and his wife had quarreled about Miss Ryan. 6 Fitz simmons admitted he had carried a pic ture of Miss Ryan in his watch and that his wife had quarreled- with him about it only last Friday. Reforestation of Denuded Lands by State Is Proposed State House, Salem, Feb. 2. After considerable debate on house bill No. 233, providing for a system of state re forestation of denuded lands, and re ported favorably by the house committee on forestry and conservation, it was made a . special order of business in the house at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Because of the Importance of this mea sure, which was fully outlined. in a re cent Issue of The Journal it was desired that all members of the legislature have ample time to become familiar with its provisions. - Representative Franklin F. Korell this morning raised objections to the bill on the ground that It is unconstitutional as it proposes .to use state "fmids for devel opment of privately-owned lands. 'Lawless' Lawyers Bill Dies Quietly - In the Legislature State House, Salem, Feb. 2. Lawless lawyers will not be legally recognized by the present Oregon legislature in spite of Senator Smith's insistence that his bill regulating lawless lawyers and authorizing ambulance chasing and other remunerative legal practices, was offered in all seriousness. The measure which had been referred to the committee on revision of laws came back Into the senate this morning on an adverse report which recommend ed laying the bill on the table. So quietly were the "last sad rltes conducted that not even thei author of the bill realized the consequence of the action in time to arise in defense of his pet. ' Beats Mother of Seven Children to Death to Get $82 Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 2. -(L N. S.) After an armed posse had searched the countryside all night . for' the murderer of Mrs. Jessie Chernock, who waV beaten to death in her home at Filford, a Mil ford detective early today arrested Charles Kaeeranskl, Z$ in this city,. Ac cording, to the detective the prisoner con fesed the crime, saving he had killed the woman for $82 ehe had in her possession. .. Mrsv Chernock was : the mother of seven ctilldren. An 11-year-old daughter, returning, from school, found heV mother struggling with a strange man who was striking her over-the head with a stone. The girl ran to the home of iL L Lane, a neighbor, -shouting 'that her mother was being killed. ' ' LIVE WIS AV BiSi ; JANUARYiREVlEV ' -By Dcvid Lawrence -. ! (Copyrisht'lOSl) ! ' ' Washington, Feb. : . 2. "Business developments during - the -month' of January have shown a slight but un mistajkably s.. turn toward .' a ' better state of affairs." ,.f -": .'''" This is the first sentence in a lengthy review of general .business 'and financial conditions throughout the United. States, issued by the federal reserve board after a 'careful . study of reports - from every banking district In the country, r - "Prices in many lines have gone no lower than the level which had been es tablished at the close of 1920." comments-the federal reserve board, and adds that' "banking conditions have ma terially improved" and. that failures have been "relatively fewer." ' cossekvativIe but hopiful " Optimism of a conservative kind that does not attempt to ignore the facts runs through the - entire statement. While the federal reserve board points to the figures of unemployment and says that the . resumption of industrial ' operations has not increased to any appreciable degree the, number of men' employed, one can read between the lines that' busi ness generally " has ben sifting , labor carefully and taking back employes who were efficient--and . whose wage - scales were not prohibitive. Indeed, the, federal reserve: board state ment would seem to indicate that unem ployment figures do not accurately re flect the true state, of the nation's busi ness, but merely confirm the fact of a Muge turnover and readjustment pre paratory to a revival of industry on a sounder and more substantial basis that ever before. j EXPORTS STILL DOVfjr Fere are signs of a distinct improve ment in certain textile trades," says the board's review. "Retailers are now be ginning to. buy much more freely and actively than heretofore, due to the de pletion of stocks on their - shelves. Transportation supply has been fairly equalized with demand and there is now little or no delay , of goods going from producer to consumer. , i Farm products, although" fluctuating more or- less widely, have maintained themselves at prices substantially equivalent to those established during December. There has been little or no gain in export trade conditions, but preparations for the placing of export financing upon a more satisfactory basis was believed to lay the founda tion for a distinct improvement of the outlook. LITTLE COTTOJC HELD J "Retail prices, have shown during the month of January a much greater ten dency to reflect the -changes that had already occurred - In wholesale prices. While, therefore, it cannot be said that very material alteration of fundamental conditions has occurred, enough prog ress has been made to give assurance of a steady movement toward sounder con ditions in business. There Is a wide de mand for American goods, the difficul ties connected with marketing being found in the question of prices and of terms to be required of purchasers." The federal reserve i board 1 statement supported its general observations with a detailed analysis of agricultural and industrial' operations. While here, and there in the South are evidences df hold ing cotton, for instance, receipts &t Gal veston indicate that the rate of mar keting is "not so fars below normal." WANT SMALLER ACREAGE Several districts report 20. per cent of the cotton crop unpicked and there is a general . promise of more diversified planting in 1921. The general sentiment of the tobacco growers is in, favor a reduction of acreage. Both dealer and buyer display a waiting attitude. Mill ing operations increased materially in January over December, even though they do hot compare with last year's figures. Kansas City mills operated at 67 per cent of capacity as compared with 7 per cent in December. Country mills re busier than the larger city plants. In livestock, an exceptionally .mild winter has made possible a large amount of grazing so that little feeding has been necessary In many sections and condi tions have been beneficial to the stock. The San Francisco district reports "range, feed and "moisture conditions fa vorable In practically all- sections, and livestock' thriving." The movement of livestock to market has been lighter. Prices at Fort Worth "were at an exceptionally low level .dur ing December in spite of the small re ceipts." COAL PRODUCTION INCREASES In the San Francisco and St, Louis districts the average shows little change from the preceding months. Lumber prices have dropped in the Philadelphia district with the exception of the better grades of white pine, which advanced $5 per thousand. Consumers, however, "de mand further reductions from retailers, who have already received substantial reductions from the manufacturer. The latter claim' that the present prices for lumber at ' the mills wlU not pay the cost of production." In view of the lack of demand, pro duction of lumber continues to decline. Some part tf the decline in production is attributed to closing for annual re pairs. Overhauling 'and inventories. Bituminous coal' , production has in creased, though the average production per day has been steadily downward. The anthracite coal production has also increased,-, and. during January "there has been continued recovery from the holiday depression, and the weekly out put is again approaching the , 10,00,0,000 ton mark, i In spite of the mildness of the weather, a strong consumers' de mand .exists. SEW PIPE LINES SOOST Crude' petroleum production has shown a decrease both In the Kansas City and Dallas districts as well as .the Texas coast oil fields. Inadequate pipe line and storage, facilities are given as the prin cipal reasons, however, but indications are that new pipe lines being, completed in central west Texas and pother dis tricts will help to revive production. DECMNES CO TOO FAB. The' Iron and. steel industry shows "a marked Increase fn competition for hew business.1' The independent companies have reduced wages 15 to 20 .per cent. The United States Steel corporation, however, has made ho changes in wages. The latter is "operating at , practically full" capacity - in the Pittsburg district. Among the non-f erreous metals, the market has been, "helped by, the recovery of sterling exchange." .,".',-' ' ' - There has been some improvement "in the cotton textile industry -f New;Eng-' land during January, especially . in the market for yarns, for which .theral has been an . increased- demand and a' re sulting increase. In prices, The report from the Boston district saya: ; . "As a whole a very real effort has been made to, place values' On such, level that buyers will ' feel i that; the "stabilization so necessary to attracts normal demand has been - attained. - Quotations upon standard cloths for the second week la January indicate: on the , face, ' that price 'reductions In manufactured goods have , "outrun: the decline ' int. raw tna terialsl '5"--7 ; -h -V iv v'? ;' t . Vi LEATHER , PRICE REC0TEM50 '"' Some shoe factories. in the .Boston dis trict have been reopening "with' the re sult that the leather, market has regis tered . some - price -advances." t It would appear that the drastic' declines "In the prices of hides -"have-been. arrested during- January and ..calf skins have even advanced shghtly, - V-.. The :foregolng. 'analysis", confirms the oft repeated , statement "tnade. in these dispatches during ,the, last month that the bottom has been ' reached In prices on -many llne and that-slight advances may be expected, The, federal reserve board quotes a report Xrom the St. Louis districts ' as to the ' retail trade : The public Is "as discriminating as heretofore, but. is purchasing iwhere. prjees seem- to be square with its idea of cheapness.". Buying . in every line, in ' otbfer words, depends upon- satisfactory evidence that the bottom has been .reached.' .The fed eral, reserve .board statement shows that generally . speaking this month should see an even greater revival of business than was manifest in either December or January. - - . . .. .- s .- 7-Ceht Sugar for V Table Coming Soon, Belief of Dealers New ..York, Feb. 2J 0. P.) Seven cent sugar for the table - is "a possi bility, wholesale dealers here, declared today. .- . j ; ... : -..', T The approach to pre-war prices fol lowed wholesale reductions announced by the Federal company, the American Sugar' Refining, Pennsylvania' Sugar Re fining;" Revere and' National companies.. The prices ranged from $6.85, set by; the Federal, to $7.25 announced by the Penn sylvania company. ' ! , . .The' causes lor the reductions,, sugar men say, were the same - that brought prices down in other lines liquidation to meet Indebtedness.- competition, surplus and lack of buying power. ' Cuba cane sugar, ran hip to 26.28 cents per pound when Cuba's! speculators were at the height of their kctlvity. - Yester day it was quoted at $4.80, tariff "paid, for the raw' sugar. - I Cuba, wholesalers ealil. is overstocked, and America has a, great sjurplus df do mestic sugars, cane and bee1. The-price of sugar lwasv reduced 30" cents per hundred pounds by Portland wholesalers during the day. Refiners of the coast " likewise Announced ' lower values. The new wholesale price here Is $8 a hundred poundi. President Goes to Theatre First Time In Year and Half ' Washington, Feb. 2.-(L N. S.j Presi dent Wilson suffered h ill. effects from his first excursion intj public life in a year and a half, it was paid at the White House today, r The president attended a local theatre last nightffor the first time since illness forced hlmlinto confinement In September, 1919. . '.-. , . White House attaches pointed to ' the president's visit to the S theatre -as proof that the president'ls f4r on the road to recovery.' The president! has had no daily medical attention nowj for two weeks, largely because his pejsonal physician, i Rear Admiral Graysoh.thimself has been seriously ill. Last' night's visit was said to be the forerunner off other visits. Made Moonsjiine to .: Support Family and Gets Thrisfe Months A man cannot .earn bread for his fam ily by manufacturing moonshine whis key, even though there is no othett work to be had, ruled Federal Judge Bean-, this morning .when he sentenced -Horace Greer of Gold Hill to i three months in the county jail. Greer .pleaded necessity, stating his family had to be supported and that he made thewblskey to earn a living. . 3JS V.'" ' '' - '- -- ' """ ss : . Med ford.. Or.. .-Feb.. 2. Medford is thoroughly, alarmed over aT seemingly well ; substantiated plan 'on foot the local. head "of which Is the city's only Japanese merchant, to settle Ja colony-, of 1000 ; California Japanese, in the '"Rogue Iliver valley; on leased or purchased, orchard; and, agricul tural .: land, before prego' can ass a -law- similar, to ;CaIiforniagintl alien jjand Hpldihg anof buVvig iaw,; 4 The rumor of this plan' was first heard: a 'week.;ago..i and 'evidence' continued to pile. up until "the. matter-; was Brftught. to a head here last Wght at .he open meet ing, and smoker; of the Medford" post ' of the- American 'Legion -when: afteH a full discussion,"' the ex -service men and' their 100 guests; comprising the cream-of "the city's business and professional men and orchardlets.ahd'mayor, of the city coun- ai, unanimously, votea' to nave a Legion eommitjtee drrfft kn. urgent" request to the state legislature to paws as "soon aS' pos sible an anti-alien land holding' law. ex actly like California's. Also unanimously passed '.were resolutions that every ciVlc and fraternal - organization make the same-, request of the legislature .and "do evefthlng possible to Warn owners of land ih the valley not to lease or Sell to Japanese. Alreadyveome'orchards have been leased an a number -of-other deals are pending with '-Japanese;. ' : , ' ' i Scappoose Mayor : . : . Hot ohTrails ; of Speeders, of Cars Tread softly, all ye who pass through the city of Scappoose. for the minions jsf the law-" have decreed that no - auto mobilist, rider of ,; the ' festive motors cycle ordriver of -spirited horse flesh shall pass through the town - at a- rate faster than 15 miles an hour. - Many and sundry havebeen --the complaints of those who have speeded" into the town,' only to pause and enrich the exchequer thereof., - - y . - ' . K.'. E.' McClaran,. local' architect, 'who T oMB $Cc& -Gh n- tor-impaired sight. , u,.v. ( No one can, examine and fit; your eyes with glasses better than we, and 'if .your , eyes are diseased, we refer you to a com , ' peteht occulist: ',v ; -; . ' " . Consult-us confidently and in confi - dence if- so desired. ' COLOMBIAN Optical Company - V Floyd F." Brower, Mgr. i " "Any Lens in 60, Minutes" 145 Sixth new soughta ',pnrk1ng place ? there 'Tuesday with ,uch. feverish haste that he drove 17 miles an hour, wH?;haled into court and fined $15 by -a .judge who declared it-was as painful 'to -the .court as It was to the '.prisoner.' McClar'en "was but one nf -ttltniit '20 hh welcomed- But the, mayor of Scappoose says It's nothing but proper,, since a school faces on the' highwayand children use tbe boulevard as'their path to' and from the school house. - '. '. Funeral; of Oregon; , Pioneer Woman Held ' The funeral nerv lrs for Mrs. Kllsa- neer-of th Oregon, territory, who -'died: at her home, i& "North Twentieth street Sunday, was conducted by ' the Rev, Harold L. Bowman this after noon at 2 o'clock, in the Holman chapel. Inward B. Duffy. Bobert Kaylor. Nel son Johnsoji, Allan Peel, Newton Koun tree and Dr. T. L. Perkins acted as i pallbearers.. .Interment - was made at Riverview 4 cemetery. Mrs. Perkins Is survived by four sons and five daughters. Mary McSWiney to .TalkHereMarch.il ' Mary- MacSwiney, . Bister of the late lord -mayor of Cork, Will visit Portland in the second week fn March, according to . word received, by Dr. Andrew C Smith,' director of the Oregon branch of the American Association for the Recog nition of the" Irit;h; Republic, this morn ing. The Auditorium has been engaged for "the night of March 1, when Miss MacSwIney will give her version of the Irish trouble. .. . -. - S To Bo lciortcil . A. white, slavery charge against Ca-rl Osterling was dismissed this morning, by Federal Judge. Bean to. allow the 1roml geation authorities to deport him to Swe den. - Osterling was arrested by: depart ment Of Justice agents and charged with transporting La Verne Marsten through various states. ; . 7t m i s e ii IT and to your" you - 'owe one supreme 4uy namely proper attention to your eyes .-f-""! ' ! . . . Ho, other. economy can repay - "C1 NJOY;wintry days in T4 one of Ben Selling's OVERCOATS t$35: ! that's less than half price! .. ,'" i . Third Floor BenSelling Leading Clothier -Morrison at Fourth ' . . . ' Si,' V7 mm A.