THE OREGON; DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND OREGON THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1S21. COUNTY JUDGES PROPOSE HIGHER tivniinioni uir STl uV f va. u m i IHAUIlbHOULIHL 'vv Before taking; final adjournment "Wed aesday, the county Judges and comralv , sioners of Oregon In eotiTtnOon anesx " Med, went on record as giving unquall fled and hearty support to any leglsla . tion which wlii regulate highway traffic. At the aatne time a resolution was Intro duced by Judge Barnard of Lane county, ' Increasing the : tax oa gasoline from 1 '' to i cents- a gallon, tna proceed to be devoted to road, maintenance and ap- portioned as follow : 2 cent to the state highway fund and I cent to the ! .When presented by Judge Barnard the resolution provided that S cents should go to-the state highway rund and 2 cents to the counties, hut the association In Its - wisdom reversed the proportions in favor ..'of the counties. i Jiarlier in the day John B. Teon of the state highway commission, had pre sented his views to the association on - traffic regulation, saying that ' more , stringent laws and better law enforce ment ia the matter of overloading and r speeding of trucks were needed. The : association passed a resolution Jndors t.1ng his views and requesting that the legislature give the matter full and 1 serious consideration. - OBECOZT PB.ODCCT8 FATOHED Whereas county judges and commls-' sioners, clerks, sheriffs and assessors F have formed state organisations for -. mutual benefit and for the purpose of ' improving the public service the asso c oatioo thought that the officials attend ing the annual meetings should not be called upon to do so at their own ex ? pens. A resolution to- that effect was - adopted. .Another resolution passed was v that it was to the best interests of the cltlsens of Oregon when price and qual ity are equal to give preference to Ore ' gon products. , An unusual resolution .among those passed was one expressing the sense of the convention to be that a law should be passed at the coming session of the legislature making the penalty for run . ning away from a collision on the pub . lie highway, resulting in accident, either r a Jail or penitentiary sentence. , A resolution also was adopted recom ; " mending that . counties adopt standard V road signs of similar design as those i 'set up on the state highways and that the present law In the case of warning . signs placed before crossing railroad tracks be amended so as to place the . cost of which Is approximately $4,000,000. ,-tae coanty. r FATOB LO0F HIGHWAY 1 - A final resolution was one expressing - regfet that the tax supervision and con servation commission of Multnomah . county saw fit to eliminate from the ' Multnomah county budget an Item of . 185,000 which was to be applied on the .; Mount Hood loop highway. The hope i was expressed that the appropriation , would be restored and the' Improvement . fI uw.na nui ubisjwi. A feature of the afternoon session was the addres of. A. Booth, chairman of the state highway commission, on high way construction. Knee the present state highway commission was organised in 1117 the total expenditure on state roads In Oregon, he said.) approximated f 51,000.004, This Included cooperative funds from the counties and federal gov ernment. Of stats funds alone more than S30.000.000 has been spent. Out lining the program for next year. Chair man Booth said that It would include th completion of the Columbia river highway and the eld OregoB traa mmi the Pacifio highway, Iwciadlng both the east and west branches, the estimated cost oa the railway company Instead of Work also will be directed to the im provement of The Dalles-California highway, the John Day highway from the Blue mountains to Arlington and the Eugene-Florence road. -.. f The available funds ia sight for next year amount approximately to $7,000,000. , He gave notice to counties Indebted to the state for money advanced, in con strnction that they will be expected to make reimbursement as agreed upon. PORTLAND MAN HELD FOR 1919 MURDER tOsattaasa Tram trass Osel he knew and Weston was arrested, tried" and convicted. - , v "I do not understand why they are now- charging me with the murder, 8UM will said. "Since the murder Weston has married. His wife came to me in Portland' since his conviction and ac cused me of falsifying the story Sheriff Roberta Is expected to leave Bend for Portland tonight to take S til well back to Bend. PAXK L'sSaai SHERIFF B. FUSES TO T OJT STILL WELI.'SNAB.BJE ST Bend, Or., Dec. 15. A warrant for the arrest of George Stillwell, charging htm with being an accomplice of A. J. Wes ton in the murder of Robert H. Kmc was Issued here Wednesday night and made public this morning on receipt of the news of Stlllwell's arrest in Port land. . ' . . - Krag was choked to death in the spring of 1J19." Weston was convicted for the crime, mainly on Stlllwell's testi mony. The supreme court has set aside that verdict' and has ordered . a new trial for Weston. SUUwell's testimony at Weston's trial was that Weston had told him of torturing Krug to death In the hope of extorting money. Sheriff Roberts declines to give any Inkling of the evidence on which Still well has been arrested. District Attor ney A. J. Moore, a son-in-law of Weston, saya he was not informed of any charges to be made against Stillwell. W. P. My ers, who prosecuted Weston, will not talk about the case. Krug, the murdered man, lived alone in a cabin near Sisters. FOSTOFFICE IS BCBNED Bend, Dec. 15. The postoffice at Tumalo and general store In which it was located, burned to the ground Wednesday morning with a loss of $4 MO, when a stovepipe became discon nected from the chimney.- The first class mail was saved. WAOiimnTn WHoni DAHO Ml lib i urn FARMERS CHOOSE ADAMS PRESIDENT Spokane, Wash-, Dec 15 The Wash ington-Idaho Farmers' union elected of ficers Wednesday as follows: President, J. Q. Adams. Spokane. ; vie president, R. H. McMillan. Sandpolnt. Idaho; sec retary, A. D. Cross, Spokane ; . execu tive board. McMillan, H. J, Herman, Genesee, Idaho.: Aimer UcCurtaln, Davenport; E. D. Knight. , Wapato - B. Burke. Mansfield. With the election the two-day session closed. The 'election of Adams to succeed Walter J. 'Robin son, 'was unanimous. j Deliberations of the union may be summed up la the adoption- of the fol lowing : Appointment of a permanent tax committee of five members to work with local committees of three on taxa tion problems and to Investigate the proposed state income tax, the sales tax. the gas tax and other proposed methods of- taxation ; urging senators and con gressmen from Washington and Idaho to work for real disarmament and to request an investigation of the export trade, as recommended by C H. Gus tafson, president of the United States Growers, incorporated. State legislators at the convention, where copies of a Towniey speech were distributed by T. C Mansfield, executive member of the Non-partisan league, de clared that the league's propaganda " is making no Impression on the farmers. SOLDIERS HALT Corrupt, Politics ' " Will Be Fought by. - Leaguejin Seattle Seattle.' Dee. fl5. (V. P- Claiming to be aa organisation of business men handed together to fight political cor ruption aad to secure Just representa tion from public servants, the Washing ton Union League- dub has announced its officers and creed. R. A. Ballinger to president r 1 C. Oilman, vice president: D. W. Bowen, treasurer, and William Oerrett, secre tary. - V - - The creed states that "a public office Is a public trust, and a public office is a servant of the people, not their, master'.- ; , It is requested that a cttixen who "wilfully neglects to serve his country at the polls should be deprived of the franchise." and that "the greatest men ace 'to business progress, welfare and prosperity is the want of assurance of industrial peace between labor and cap VIFE IS WITNESS AGAINST HUSBAND ins AM of - V MABEL NORMAN D in "Molly 0" A picture that IS a pic ture all the way ask anyone who has seen it. SCREENLAND NEWS Especially good this week. Shows Fred Alt, who routed Portland bank robbers, Liberty Theater bandits, Celilo wreck victims, and Mar ahal Foch'a visit here. Knowlet Picture Players NOTE: Evmry woman who visits th . Columbia , will re-" eeivo a ire coupon for a chance to' ft the "Molly O" sandals pre sented by Greenfield's. TODAY (Continued From Fas Oh) John lb Lewis, international mine union president, from the Kansas coal fields," was dispersed by Gould, who addressed them. Colonel W. McD. Rowan, in command of the 800 cavalrymen in the field, an nounced his men would be used tor police duty and that martial, law would not be declared for the present The troops have instructions to attack the "army of Amazons" if the women attempt a drive against the mines. From his ' cell in the Cherokee Jail. where he is serving a six months sen tence for violation of the Kansas indus trial court laws, Alex Howat, defiant mine chief, issued a statement deploring the drive of the Araasons. "I am sorry frightfully sorry that those good women have been forced to take the -offensive they have. Had I known their plans. I could have stopped them. I feel sure." Howat declared: "I know their feelings, however. They have seen a governor, politically power ful, link hands with those betraying them, and force upon them a law which takes the Dread from the mouths of the babes they carried in their arms as they marched. THE "MOLLY O" SANDAL Is there a girl in Port land with a perfect foot? We will present Free an exquisite pair of the famous "Molly O" Sftndals to the owner of the prettiest foot in Portland. Ladies Get your coupons at our store or at the Columbia Theater. ;'v Sandals now on display in our Morrison St . window. ..... f, - ! , . .. .. f . ... J - : ea w- '" Fourth at Morrison KJEHERAIi OF AMAZON ARMY HOME BAKI9G BBEAD TODAY Rlnro, Kan., Dec 15. I. N.' 8.) "General" Marie Ooskl of the army of the Amnions in the Kansas mine war, recked her twin babies, Stanley and Stephen, In her cradle her husband, John, had built from a soapbox today. "General" Goefci was at home. "I couldn't go out with the army to see what's happening today because I have baking to do," the Amazon "gen eral" said to an International News Service correspondent. Marie Ooski, wife ef one of the strik ing miners, was in the field Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. At the head of a "petticoat brigade" she swept down on mines around this ill-kept, unpainted mine patch dignified under name of vil lage. She came to Rlngo a bride from Poland 13 years ago. Besides the twins in the soapbox four other children played around the cabin. The mother is typical of the women of the "Axnason" army. Her beauty hae faded in the hardships of the mining camp. Unhampered by the stays of her city sisters, she has grown in girth. BROTHER VICTIM Colfax, Wash, Dec 15. The Whit man county courtroom was packed to the dors today for the trial of Albert Moore, charged with frilling his brother-in-law, Clarence Gray, near Revere in this county. Judge R. L. McCroskey is presiding. The state closed its ease Wednesday and the Bensation of the caae was in the appearance of Mrs. Moore, wife of the accused .and sister of the dead man, as the first witness for the defense. She was the only witness to the shooting and it was trouble over her that caused the crime. She told the story of the visit of her self and husband to the races at Rits ville and of the disagreement there, which led to the more serious trouble just before the shooting. Upon being cross-examined by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney W. L. Lafollette Jr., the wit ness tainted, and becoming hysterical later was carried from the courthouse and required the services of a physician, who administered a hypodermic She was to have been cross-examined this morning, but was unable to appear. SPRUCE con PLAHS TO START WORK AT TOLEDO Toledo, Or, Dec. IS. C B, Johnson, president ; F W. .Stevens, general man ager, and 3. Sort tamer of the board of directors of "the Pacific Spruce com pany, and W. S. Kuhn and F. El Cham bertin, who are Interested in the enter prise, arrived from - Portland last, eve ning for the- purpose of preparing the ground . for active operations to com mence on their sawmill and logging properties January l. The Pacific Spruce company bought the huge gov ernment spruce mill here at Toledo, 40 miles of railroad and the Blodgett tract of timber near Wald port. These men met with the Chamber of Commerce today) and asked that the ctusens of Toledo formulate and pro mote a building and loan association tor the purpose of building homes to house the many ' workmen they expect to bring here.! ",v The people of Toledo are enthusiastic over the matter and at once took bold of the organization of the proposed building and loan association, which will be capitalised in the sum of 125.000, of which sum the Pacific Spruce company agrees to take $10,000. The citizens have agreed to put up 915.000. At pres ent there are no vacant houses in To ledo and before families can be brought in, houses must be constructed. According to .President Johnson, the work of finishing the mill, which was about 70 per cent complete, when the war ended, will be started January 1, and it 18 the Intention of the company to have the mill In full operation by June. 1. Johnson stated that the mill would operate! night and day and that the products would be shipped by both rail and water; The mill has a capacity of 250,000 feet each elffht hours, making 705.000 feet daily. The mljl. railroad and tim ber, some 600,090,000 feet, was purchased from the government abut a jtear ago for the sum of S2,40O,000C Lively times and a substantial increase in population are anticipated here at Toledo during the coming six months. Fog Halts Traffic;' . Steamer Signals y Bridge, Gets 'Lost' Beavy fog and slippery streets com bined to retard both street and harbor traffic during the early morning hour a The thermometer : took another drop during the night and reached the frees "ing point at o'clock, u - -,. - Bomaide bridge was open for It min utes this morning just when the early morning rush waa starting, because the steamer Senator got lost ia the harbor fcg after whistling for the bridge draw. In the , outlying section where the for did not prevail it was several de grees, colder. C I. Wells, district weath- wvather and northerly winds, which will again bring freeaing temperatures to- nigut. ' - Coos Bay Delegation Here in. Conference The need ef a more liberal policy on the jpart of (he government U the con struction of Jetties and ether "channel control works at the entrance to Coos bay; is the subject, of conference today between the foreign trade department of the i Chamber of Commerce and Charles Halt. C W. Parker and John a Kendall constituting a delegation front Coos Bay. Bynon Confirmed as Assistant in Office Of Federal Counsel Foreign Commerce Upbuilding Subject At Tacoma Meeting Tacoma. Dee. 15. (IT. P.) Upbuilding ef foreign commerce through Pacifio ports is the subject being considered here today at the annual meeting of the for eign trade conference. More than 100 representative shippers,- eaaprters and Ira porters, bankers, manufacturers, lum bermen and other business men from the Pacific Coast states are registered at the Commercial club. V Governor louia F. Bart was sched uled to deliver the address of welcome end Major S. G. Griggs to preside. Paul Shaw of Tacoma was to explain the pur poses of the conference and J. A. Swal- well of Seattle waa slated to speak on "foreign trade financing under the Edge act- Frank R- Ritter of the University -pt Oregon will speak on "The Chinese trade act." and Henry G. Shaw will lead die-' cusslon of the subject of trade with the Chinese. ; 7 ison I Holiday Resolution j Adopted by Senate Washington, Dec. 15. (U. - P.) A Christmas holiday from December S3 until January S-is provided for in a resolution adopted by the senate today. TRUCK COM FAX T SITES Vancouver. Wish. Dec IS. The Ster ling Lumber company Wednesday filed suit against the Multnomah Truck com pany to collect a balance of HMt.14 al leged to be due oa lumber furnished the truck "company for the purpose ef con structl ng a building to bouse Its manu facturing plant. F. J. Lackaff. receiver. the Western Roofing A Supply company and the O-W. R. A N. Railroad com pany are made parties defendant. BEIT HCE" LECTITEE " A free stereopticen lecture oa "Ben Hur" will be given at the Clay Street Evangelical church. Tenth and Clay streets, at I o'clock tonight by the Rev, Byron J. Clark, pastor of the First United Brethren church. HCORITE ScienlificaUy A Waterproof Shoes Confirmation of the appointment of Captain Allen Bynon of Salem as assist ant United States attorney on January 1 to succeed Han S. Lusk, resigned, was received today by United States Attor ney Lester W. Humphreys from Attor ney General Daugherty. Lusk has resigned to enter private law practice with Arthur C. Emmons. Bynon is a graduate of the Willam ette University law school and an over seas veteran, and -is now a member of the Salem law firm of Smith A Shields. He waa recently appointed bonus at torney for Marion county. He Is a republican. Humphreys has announced that he will advance the other men now in the office one position each, as Lusk is now chief assistant. Bynon will take the po sition now held by Thomas Maguire. John Veatch will be named chief assist ant. Woman Convicted of Murder Chief Gainer Tinder Victim's Will Wheeling. W. Vs. Dec 15. I. N. S.1 When the will of Mrs.- Pearl Williams, slain on October 29, was read here to day, it was discovered that Mrs. Louise Conkle, convicted of her murder fol lowing revelations of a triangular love affair and under sentence of three years to the penitentiary, was made principal beneficiary. Mrs, Williams and Mrs. Oonkle were girlhood friends. Mrs. Williams waa a widow and a year or so before she was murdered, came Into large insurance through the death ox her husband on the railroad. Proposed Flight of Turkeys From Roof Brings in Letters 1 S .. lll.l ! Vancouver, Wash.. Dec 15. Can a turkey fly from the top of the Elks tem ple without breaking the cruelty to ani mals law, Is a question agitating the Humane societies of Oregon and Wash ington, according to Clement Scott, who has been receiving many letters since he announced his plan for a turkey scramble. . . "Turkey raisers," said Scott, have told me that It will not hurt a turkey to fly from a height of 70 feet, and I can't see that it Is the business of any one in Oregon or Seattle what we .do with our turkeyB . as long as there are no local protests filed. We have sent a man to buy the flying turkeys of Julia F. Finn." I" 10 AX, SOT CASH, WA3CTEB Bend. Dee. IS. Many ex-service men, who originally 'applied for the cash ; i,i in ii si.isjsi n i iss SsjsjTss ii ii il i I , : Infanticide Charged To Woman Reformer Adrian, MlclL, Dec. 15. (U. P.) Pre sentation of testimony waa expected to be completed today in the trial' of Mrs. Marie Klrby, 'charged with murdering the new born, child ef her unmarried daughter. Deputy Sheriff Shaw testi fied Mrs. Kerby told him the child had died because of ill treatment immediate ly following Its birth. Mrs. Kirby was a reform worker and had been active in the W. C. T. U. and other such move ments. 1 New N. P. Official Inspecting System J. G. . Wood worth, vice president 'in charge of traffic for the Northern: Pa cifio railway system, and W. E. Coman, newly elected Western traffic manager for the same system, arrived today for a visit of several days la this territory, Coman is familiarizing himself with the Northwest territory over which ue will have jurisdiction. MISISO CASE SETTLED Nam pa, Idaho, Dec. 15. The mining case between the Federal Mining A Smelting company and the Star company was settled by the Star company accept ing 1350,000 in cash for property involved and being given an option on other prop erty for sioaooa. J , Isslst en Kerite Ask Tear Dealer THE name itself has a clean, whole some sound. Red Rock Cottage Cheese "Red Rock' is our only product. ' We - couldn't make it any better than it is. that's why we're con ; stantly making more of it! RED HOCK DAIRY Steamer Is Held, Due To Big Drug Seizure Hoquiam, Wash.. Dec. 15. The Shinaei Maru is being held here due to the seisuro of a large quantity of cocaine, alleged to have been brought here on the! steamer from France. The coroner's Jury exonerated customs officials, who made the selsure, from responsibility for the death of Eddie Ncyama Kara, alias K. Natsu, H.i Chilean Japanese, killed In the raid, ataida Maahlchi. member of the steamer's ' crew, faces a charge of complicity in the drug trade. Body of Landslide Victim Is Located Aberdeen, Wash., Dec 15. The body of W. T. LabeUe. SO, a victim of the slide on the Clemona logging road in which six persons lost 'their uvea, was located Wednesday. The body of Mrs. WUlia is still buried under tons of earth. iinmiiiHiitiiiiiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii r?:-? r r"i!" s; I SATURDAY Every Wife Should Bring Rer Husband, WHAT DO MSN TAKT? -iiuimmmmmiimimmiuiummimii Third Big Week Ends Tomorrow Night YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE ' ! ; I PLACE if mm 'I., a nW -20c , t,V 7 and 9 arr hkkh rmrtK 1 ' V-b P. M. STSBTSTSTSTSSTS4 K&S ssjssssjssssgs Prices J "j '5 ' include .V . Keateg And Our Organ I K l 1 Comedy Cartoon ik J International News I ' utin ' 1 fpv - ; J M 1 1 r J I A Depeadable Place -to Trade I 1M JOH HAMEICK ; Uffflfj i: ! ( fi'1 ; BIO IITTI JEWELRT 8TOB8 Saturday KlniM Gift That Last hapsr-Attractioa I " Mi ilnisiiii 'w""sj , w.xt Boor te Majestic Theatre H u.Aom WASHINGTON AND PARK STS. 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