WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1821.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON
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FATHER MISSING,
Too IN THE BM
Powers Accepts
Post on Public
Dock Commission
A suit affecting father and son. filed
with the county clerk today, discloses
no trouble between them except a mys
terious disappearance. The Bank of
Kenton is included as. a defendant in
the suit of Peter Nick against Nick Pa
ven, alias Xiok Paull.
, Peter Nick says he ts the eon of Nick
Paven, and that they lived together in
Portland In 1915 and 1916. and worked
together, mingling their funds, which
were deposited by the father In his own
name in the Bank of. Kenton." The son
says It was agreed that he was to with
draw his own share of this $1300 de
posit at any time he might so de
mand, and that J6o0 of it is his own
money. The father, he says, mysteri
ously disappeared from Portland in the
early part of 1917. and diligent search
has failed to discover any clew, of his
whereabouts. When he left he was an
employe of the Union Meat company and
he did not draw wages due-him.
Peter Nick, asks the court to instruct
the Bank of Kenton to turn over to him.
J600 and that he be made trustee of the
remainder of the money deposited by his
rather. ,
Ira F. Powers, whose appointment as
a member of the public docks commis
sion to succeed Chairman' Charles B.
Moores, resigned, was formally an
nounced by Mayor Baker yesterday aft
ernoon, sent his acceptance to the mayor
today, stating that he would be glad to
assume the duties and responsibilities of
the office tendered him. . He will take
the oath of office and sit with the com
mission at its next meeting to be held
Thursday. - ... .. -
News of the impending appointment of
Powers was announced In The Journal
JO days or more ago when the unex
pected resignation of Chairman Moo res
was sent to the mayor. At that time it
was announced by Mayor .Baker that in
the event Moores would not Reconsider
his recognition the position vacated by
him on the commission would be ten
dered to Powers,
Moores nas been a member of the com
mission Bince its organization In 1910
and during the past four years has
served as its chairman. John Burgard,
vice chairman of the commission, will
succeed to the chairmanship through the
resignation of Moores.
COURTHOUSE BRIEFS
Fines of $10 each were imposed on G
A. Miller and Frank Gordon, negro boot
leggers, by District Judge Delch Tues
day. , .
Divorce suits filed: Kthel Talcott
against Leon Talcott; Addie I. Brown
against Kawley O. Brown ; Edith J
Smith against G. W. Smith.
Suits for divorce were filed today by
Julia Curtis against Perry W. Curtis on
the charge of desertion, and by Gladys
Marie Shores against E. F. Shores, also
charging desertion. - The Shores were
married at Astoria January 23, 1920.
Postmistress of
Troutdale Dies
In Kansas City
Mrs. Nellie Hatfield, wife of J. K.
Hatfield, and postmistress of Troutdale,
Or., died in Kansas City last Sunday,
according to advices received here. Mrs.
Hatfield had been postmistress since -1915
and was known to many people in east
ern Multnomah jcounty. For two yea"rs
Mrs. Hatfield had been correspondent of
The Journal at Troutdale. She went to
Kansas City a few weeks ago in hope
of "securing medical relief from cancer,
from which she had been a sufferer for
ome time. Last year an operation was
performed in Portland. The body will
arrive in Troutdale Thursday for inter
ment. Mrs. Hatfield was 48 years of
age and is survived by her husband, one
son, P. F. Hatfield of Hermiston ; two
daughters, Mrs. J. D. Link of Hermiston
and Mrs. O. Anderson of Monmouth, and
one grandson. C. F. Walker of Trout
dale and C. L. Walker of Manitou. Cal,
are her brothers.
1 Mrs. Hatfield was a woman of Inde
pendent thought, good education and
wide sympathy for those in misfortune.
Her comments on local happenings were
'always kindly and her activities were
many along various lines. Funeral serv
ices will be held In the M; E. .church
at Troutdale, Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. .
PREPARE STRIKE
BALLOTS ON ROADS
K PECTOR S KEEN
EYES CATCH CLEW
TO BOLD BAD MA
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24. (1. N. S.)
Work of drafting a strike ballot so
that all the issues involved in the dis
pute between the members of. the big
four railway unions, the railroads and
the railway labor board may be pre
sented to the union membership, is be
ing carried on today at the offices of
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Engineers, in which the
executives of the three other brother
hoods and of the switchmen's union are
participating.
When the form of the ballot is ap
proved, it will be mailed to the local
unions throughout the United States and
Canada, and it is anticipated that at
least a month will be required to collect
and tabulate the returns, thus deferring
final action on the strike, If one is
called, until about October 1.
Immigration Inspector Frank Watklns
keen eyea served - the American and
Canadian authorities much valuable
time and much expense. He recognised
the handwriting on a letter carried in
the hand, of a woman caller at the im
migration office and made out the post
mark, "Ferule. B. - With that as
a clue, the authorities arrested and de
ported Philip Bitaro, white slaver and
ex-convict, who was known in 'Fernie
as "Joe Durante." "
This Information 'was given out this
morning by R- P. Bcnham, local head
of the immigration service on receipt of
information that Bifaro had been de
ported to Italy.
After having served a long sentence
at the Walla Walla penitentiary. Bifaro
was deported from Portland December
11. 1919. Before he was sent away he
married an American girl who promised
to follow him to the ends of the earth.
She changed her mind, however, and did
not accompany him back to Italy.
Recently Mrs. Bifaro had occasion to
visit Inspector Watkins on another mat
ter. She stopped in the post off ice down
stairs and got her mail. Including a
letter from her husband. With this let
ter in her hand she entered Watkins'
office and the inspector saw and re
membered.
Until that instant' he had imagined
Bifaro still in his native Italy, but when
he made out the postmark the truth
began to dawn on him that the deportee
had slipped back across the sea and
was biding his time In "the nearby Cana
dian town awaiting his chance to get
back into the ' United States.
Watkins then sent a picture and good
description of Bifaro to the authorities
at Fernie. The cooperation between
American and Canadian immigration
authorities led to his second deportation.
Laughter by Man
Named Love Sends r
Sielski Into j Kage
Laughter, usually so sweet and whole
some and soothing to the human soul,
had . quite the opposite effect on the
fender sensibilities of Thomas Sielski
Tuesday, night In a restaurant at SS
North Twelfth street. His reaction to
what he considered ill-timed mirth. led
to a scuffle in which a pistol was dis
charged harmlessly and ; Sielski and
REQUIREMENTS OF
EXPOSITION SITE
GIVEN IN DETAIL
Any little, plot of ground that will ac-
Wllliam Love were arrested on charges I commodate the representations of a roa-
of disorderly conduct. ' I Jority of the states and foreign nations
Sielski's version of the affair was that I of the world, give parking space to 10,
Love and others in the restaurant had I 000 automobiles and allow a little side
laughed at him because they said he I tract of ISO acres or so for an airplane
had refunded to a white woman $1 be-1 landing field, can qualify as the site
cause they said she had demanded the I lor Portland s 192 exposition.
money when the cocaine : they said he I This was Indicated as the basic re
had sold to her Droved to be nothinz but I quirement of a Bite in a report from the
baking powder. I advisory board of engineers submitted
Love, it appeared, was laugh-leader I fo the exposition committee through Eric
and In his rage at the unjust accusa- I v- Hauser Tuesday night. But the site
tions, Sielski had reached in a drawer
where he knew a pistol reposed. " Love
grappled with him and the weapon went
off by accident
Pending more critical analysis of this
story both men, who are colored, arc
being held under $250 bail.
GERMAN PEACE TREATY
IS
READY FOR SIGNERS
(Con tinned From Turn Om)
hoped that the two bodies may consider
the treaty at the same time.
No Agreement on
Medford's Water
Problem Reached
Colonel A. E. Clark
Back in Portland
After Long Absence
Colonel A. E. Clark, his long tour of
duty -with the Judge advocate general's
department in the army at an end, re
turned to his home in Portland Tuesday
evening, prepared to resume In earnest
the private life he gave up at the out
break of the war. .
Recently Clark covered most of Eu
rope in his journeys and got a valuable
fund of vital Information concerning
post-war conditions abroad. While he Is
spending a few days getting acquainted
with the home town again, Clark is a
guest at the Hotel Benson.
BATJK BOBBEB SEJTTEITCED
Spokane. Wash., Aug. 24. Within less
than ii hours after holding up the
farmers & Merchants bank at Rock
ford, 30 miles south of Spokane, George
Williams, 26. was sentenced "to serve a
minimum of 10 years in the sate peni
tentiary. Ha pleaded guilty.
Medford, Aug. 24. "Medford citizens
are too lazy to use water," declared
Councilman Dressier Tuesday night dur
ing a meeting of the city council. The
statement followed the appearance" of a
committee ot five, headed by W. E.
Phipps, attorney and newspaper pub
lisher, to demand that the city council
end the water shortage in this -city.
"Many lawns are dying because of
the lack of water," said Dressier, "but in
many instances it is because the citi
zens are too lazy to use the irrigating
hose and not because of lack of water."
Mayor Gates, Councilman Antle, Fire
Chief Lawton -and others declared that
the present water restrictions should be
brought to an end, but Councilmen
Keene and Miles, who comprise the
water committee, refused to yield to the
free use of water here, asserting that
everything possible is being, done to
remedy the situation, which has aroused
Medford citizens because of the fire
hazard and lack of water for gardens
and lawns.
The resolution presented to the coun
cil by Phipps was adopted at a mass
meeting of citizens in the public library.
It demanded that the city council end the
use of water by - commercial orchards
outside the city under the threat of ltt
junction proceedings.
Batted Eocks Break
Windows; Dad Pays
And All Ends Well
Congress would do well to look into
the proposition' of lowering the war tax
on baseballs, judging from a complaint
coming to the police bureau from L. D
Hewitt, 102 Cook avenue. Hewitt re
ported, that some boys in his neighbor
hood played the national pastime in the
street in front of his home, but instead
of using baseballs they batted rocks.
One of , the ' flying - missiles went
through a front window. The father of
the future "Babe" Ruth agreed to pay
for a new window and matters were
satisfactorily settled.
C. E. Hickman of
Telephone Company
Hurt in Collision
C. E. Hickman, superintendent of the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company
in Oregon, was slightly injured in a
near-fatal collision between an auto
mobile which he Was driving and a
Southern Pacific train at Woodburn,
Tuesday evening.
Hickman was returning to Portland
from Salem where he had appeared be
fore the public service commission in
the rate hearing and was crossing the
branch line tracks running to Silverton
near the Standard Oil company plant one
mile from' Woodburn station.
He saw the train coming at right
angles from the east and applied the
brakes. His car skidded for 90 feet and
emergency brakes were set on the train.
As he came close to the tracks he threw
the wheel to the right, swinging the
automobile alongside the train. The
front end of the car cleared, but the rear
end of the machine went into the side
of the engine, tearing the back part of
the .car and dumping it into the ditch.
With Hickman was a farmer's "wif"
whom he had picked up at Brooks to
take into Woodburn. The woman, whose
name he did not learn, had been waiting
for a jitney. She was uninjured. Hick
man was shaken up and bruised slightly,
but - went to his office duties as usual
at noon today.
State Treasurer of
Illinois Deposits.
Interest Due State
Springfield, 111.. Aug. 24. (L N. S.)
Lieutenant Governor Fred E. Sterling
appeared in person at the state treasury
today and deposited a draft for $391,-
386.28.
This represented Interest money due
the state from Sterling's administration
as treasurer and had no connection with
his . indictment Involving alleged mis
appropriation of interest funds.
Chicago Gasoline
Cut to 19 Cents
- :
Chicago, Aug. 24. (I. N. S.) The
Standard Oil company here announced
reductions in the price of gasoline today
to 19 cents a gallon at the filling sta
tions and 17 cents a gallon from tank
wagons. The reduction is effective at
once.
for the big show will not be definitely
selected until after November 1. It has
been decided.
In the meantime questionnaires pre
pared by the engineers will be submited
to all agencies Interested . In various
sites. The questionnaires are designed
to carry on the face of them the fate of
each site and through a process of
elimination the best of available loca
tions will be picked. The questionnaires
are to be distributed about September 1.
and must be in the hands ot the commit
tee again by November 1.
MUST HATE AUTO GROCXBS
To qualify for final consideration, un
der the recommendation of the advisory
engineers, the site must either include
or be close to a large tract available as
an automobile park, large enough to ac
commodate 10.000 machines at one time.
As an indication of what is expected, the
The treaty is a complete substitute for committee suggest that the auto park
the Versailles treaty and was written at leMt 10 time, M Urf;e M the
by Secretary Hughes, according to in- mnniclpal camping ground opposite
lormauon some senators nao. I PmimuiLa nnrtr Th nrnmiitx .u.
The treaty, it was learned, recognizes attention to the fact that th Phila.
all the rights established, for the United I del phi a fair plan includes a suggestion
States under the Versailles treaty, even I that 300 acres be set aside for auto
though this nation has not ratified that I mobile tourists.
pact. All property and other rights I The problem of accommodation for air
which the United States was to assume
under the Versailles pact are protected
in the treaty now about to be signed,
although there is express provision that
the United States assumes none of the
responsibilities of the Versailles treaty.
The treaty is complete and there will
be no preliminary treaty or protocol as
has been suggested, the president in
formed the senators.
No suggestion is made in the treaty
that Germany should assume responsi
bility for the war, it was learned.
The treaty, it is understood, is not
more than 200 words in length.
Senator Borah of Idaho and Johnson
of California were the only Republican
members of the committee absent when
the conference began. Senator Johnson
is understood to be out of town. Sena
tors present were Lodge, Brandegee.
Kellogg, Moses, McCormick, Knox and
New.
FOLLOWS KSOX RESOLUTION
The treaty Incorporates most of the
important parts of the Knox peace reso
lution, particularly those parts w-hich re
ferred to the protection of American
property rights an dthe rights in seized
alien property.
The treaty was negotiated on the basis
of peace having been already established
by the passage of the Knox resolution,
thus upsetting contentions of many
members of congress that peace cannot
be established by congressional resolution.
The text of the treaty will be made
public simultaneously in Berlin and In
the United States. It is understood.
however, that, as a matter of courtesy
to the German authorities, there may be
slight lead in the publication of the
pact in Berlin.
Peace negotiations with Austria and
Hungary, also named in the Knox reso
lution, are proceeding satisfactorily
along the same lines as those conducted
with Germany and, like the German
negotiations, are expected to reach a
successful conclusion soon, it was stated.
Separate treaties with Austria and
Hungary will follow closely that nego
tiated with Germany.
Senator Lodge has called a meeting
of the full membership of the senate
foreign relations committee and Secre
tary of State Hughes will submit the
treaty to the committee this 'afternoon
and explain its provisions.
- It is not believed the- text of the treaty
will be made public here before the
senate rcesses..
travelers is an important one. too, the
board has reported, inasmuch as the aaV
vance of air development will mean the
presence bar of a large number of air
craft. It ts urged that a tract of at
least ISO acres be set aside as a landing
field. A water basin for hydroplane
must also be available, ' and the ques
tionnaire will determine upon such avail
ability. .
KEW XEEDS DISCOTERXD
"In considering the various subjects to
be covered. the engineers report, "we
found that-the 1925 exposition will be
confronted with necessities which no
previous exposition has experienced. The
tremendous growth of automobile trans
portation in the' last few years will
make it absolutely necessary that am
ple room be provided."
The questionnaire drafted by the en
gineers contains 125 inquiries and covers
every phase ot. information exposition
directors will require In determining the
question of location. It not only con
templates such sites as have river front
age, but also will call for expressions
on locations wnere. water is not now
available. .
VAST EXGIXEEKS T.IKE PART
- The questions were prepared by a com
mlttee originally appointed by the Port
land section of the American Society
ot Engineers and later enlarged by the
addition of other engineers of the Ore
gon Technical Council. It therefore rep
resents all branches of the engineering
profession. Its membership Including C
P. Keyser, O. Laurgaard, J. H. Pol he
rn ua, Samuel Murray and Jesse A. Cur
reiv dvll engineers: Morris H. White-
bouse, architect; A. 8. Moody, electrical
engineer, and E. W. LexelL. mechanical
nd chemical engineer. Currey is chair
man of the board.
. This board submitted its suggestions,
following a long period of study, to the
exposition site committee, of which Eric
V. Hauser is chairman and Franklin T.
Griffith. C D. Brunn. John B. Teon and
F. C Knapp are members.
PORTLAND M EH TO
TALK TO REALTORS
Tacoma, Aug. 2. (U. P.) A caravan
ot automobiles left here, this morning.
bearing more than 600 realtors from
various parts of the Northwest, for Para
dise Inn on the slopes of Mount Rainier.
Arriving there this afternoon, the four
day conclave of the Interstate Realty
association will get under way.
; C A. McKenna, Pcrtland. vice pres
ident, intends to lay before the body the
taxation problems confronting real es
tate men in Oregon. Herbert Gordon,
another Portlander, Is also Interested In
the taxation question.
Rifle Practice ,to
Begin on Clackamas
Grounds on Sunday
At Clackamas Sunday there will be a
red flag flying, but It will net Indicate
that anarchists have captured the place.
It will signify that rifle practice is in
progress on the ranges. There will also
be the regimental colors of the 147th
U. S. fiel dartUlery flying to signify that
battery A holding a picnic, high jinks
and artillery range practice. " -
Prominent Surgeon;:
Shoots Druggist
Montgomery. Ala, Aug. 24. (L X. S.
Dr. L. L. HUL one of the SoutVs most
widely known physicians and surgeons.
shot and seriously wounded Dr. R. "A
Hamrick." proprietor of. the Hamrick
Drug company, this morning just before
n. The b0et entered the left side
of the druggist's body Just below the
heart.
m in i ii i ii
When closed a new stove Intended to
heat three rooms at a time resembles a
phonograph of the cabinet' type.
Chicago Board of
Trade Will Cease
Indemnity Trading
Chicago. Aug. 24. (L N. S.) Trading
In Indemnities,' familiarly known as
puts and calls,' will be discontinued on
the Chicago board ot trade October 1. It
was announced today by the board of
directors.
As soon is you have-used
Alpine, the Every Day
a 1 1 t i a.z
IY111K, in lis nanuy uns you
wfll wonder why you ever
put up with, the inconve
nience of old-fashioned
bottled milk.
Atpine Milk id doubly
handy and doubly rich and
it makes everything taste
better. Use it in tea arfd
coffee, on cereals, and for
all milk dishes.
Ask your
grocer
for
OREGON
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UP
Autumn
fabrics
irreproachably tailored
into clothes for men and
young men who desire
most J all the jour es
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Character, Taste.
Twenty -five
dollars
. to sixty
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
PEACE MOVES BT CENTRAL
POWERS ABE SPEEDED
By Frank E. Mason
Berlin. Aug. 24. (L N. S.) Rapid
progress is being made In establishing
formal peace relations : between the
United States and the central powers.
The separate peace treaty between the
United States and Germany is to be
signed at German foreign office today
and a dispatch from Budapest said that
the negotiations between ; America and
Hungary for a separate peace treaty
are proceeding satisfactorily.
The text of the treaty ; has not been
made public, but German officials de
clare there is nothing in it which puts
responsibility for the war upon Ger
many.
It was understood that the treaty is of
a. political nature and that a commercial
treaty will be negotiated later.
The American treaty negotiations with
Hungary at Budapest are being con
ducted by Grant Smith, the American
commissioner to Hungary. Baron Banffy.
the Hungarian foreign minister. - had
announced in the Hungarian parliament
at Budapest on Tuesday that Mr. Smith
had been empowered by the American
state department to negotiate a treaty !
and that the discussions were already
under way. Neither the Hungarian gov
ernment officials nor the American com
missioner could say when it would be
signed.
Civilians Kidnaped
By Sinn Feiners
Belfast. Aug. 24. (L N. S.) Six
civilians were forcibly removed from
their homes early today and spirited
away in : taxlcabs. It is believed that
they were taken oefore a secret Sinn
Fein court for trial.
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Cooking
Problem
1. 3J
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range without making any changes.
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