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THURSDAY. MARCH '2, 1S22. THE OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON ORGY IH STOCKS i i (SpiStl C.SW to Tha Jnanwl m4 , Toklo, "March X. Japaa U reaping th Whirlwind sow by tns loose banking after ths war which fostered an orgy or tn Osaka, wb mad 0.000.000 yen IJ0. rhrka on Monday Cor nearly half a mll 00.0001 laat year by speculation. Issued tkm yen. which tba banks dishonored. Tbla resulted In the. closing Tuesday of th Osaka, -Kobs and Toko ha ma stock exchanges and tha Osaka rtca exchange. Oaaka brokers came to the rescue. re deemed tha checka and reopened the . stock exchanges. The rice market Is closed,' the Toklo rice exchange, follow tng tha example of Osaka and ceasing business Wednesday - morning after a ' slums of ons yen 50c). bringing the prion to the lowest the year. Ishil ' lost heavily In an attempt to corner rice serer al months ago and was cleaned . out when ha attempted to "bull" cotton which slumped 25 points on Monday and has been' steadily declining since. . The Osaka banks, aware of Ishll'a plight withdraw tnrtr credits, but sev eral provincial banks are leported to bare been hurf. The goneral bank sit uation Is critical Uneasiness Is felt fce Icauae of tha bank) of Chosen's official annoancement admitting the truth of re ports In tha vernacular t rwrpapers that Utrough bad Investments and heavy out ' Standing debts It might oie 6.000.000 yen cs 3.000,000). but insisting that the foun daUoa of the institution is sound. Female Judee Fixes Baby's Parenthood, Then Retains Child tB imud Km) . Washington, March a. Judge Kathryn Belters of the Juvenile court has delly . ared her most difficult decision, in i oaas calling for the judgment of a mod' Solomon, She removed a seven' . months-bid boy from the custody of two women, each claiming to.be his mother, and ordered the baby committed to the care of the board of children's guardians ,nui ns reacneamie jage of i. , The strange case was thus disponed of aftef long arguments and pleading by Mrs, Maria Matteo of Washington and ) Mrs. Etta Peck of Maryland. Mrs. Peck, wno is . 41, insisted that she bore the child, land that he was stolen from her ajid given to Mrs. Matteo, whose own baby had been kidnaped. The I court decided that Mrs. Matteo ! was the true mother. but held that neither woman's home Is fit environ ment and therefore ordered the infant's ' removal. Mrs. Matteo will be permit ted to contribute to the baby's support i i . LawEnforcement Conditions Reported Improved on Coast , i. , ... ' . i . . I , , niuwniuin, jnarcn onauions ur " ! ' roundiag liquor law enforcement In Pa- i . ciikj coast ana nouuiern states are . greatly Improved, according to a report made to headquarters by K C Tellow ley. : Yelloiwley has jtwt returned from an extensive tour, made as personal rep ( , reaentatlvt of Director Haynea. "I visited many large citlej. and .-on-! ferred j with several directon." said Tellowley. "I fsel safe In asserting that conditions, especlalljalong the coast, at New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Seattle and Portland are vastly Inn- proved, and the ilmprovement through strengthening of organisation and cur tahng sources of supply, bacael by an aroused cltlsenshlp. will continue. , "The, people, convinced that the ad- mlnletretion IS sbsolutely In earnest in . enforcing prohibition, are ready to do their part In barking all enforcement agencies, federal, state and local." -Farmers Hold Key To Prosperity, Says 'Ci. President of OVA. 0. The recovery from tha panic of 1891 begun with a betterment of the eoonombo condition of the farmers. This , same step being taken today Is In dicative of an era of prosperity. In' tha pinion of Or. W. J. Kerr, president ' of the Oregon Agricultural college, who spoke at the luncheon today In the Ben .." son hotel of the Progressive Business1 " Men's dub. ' "Forty -per cent of the nation's pop ulation n Is of farmers. With such a large ratio of. agricultural producers it ; ' la . not difficult to reealisa why their prosperity or lack of It effects the na tion." said Kerr. Rabbi Kroger spoke on the Zionist movement - Us said : ."There are 14.000.000 Jewa -In the world. Three millions are tn tha United .' States. . Three millions are living peace fully In other nations. But 8.000,000 ; are being persecuted. The Zionist move ment Is to establish a haven tn Pales tine for these, rather.; than create a na tlon for Jews." ' rw Viscountess Joins Lords I III j !JP 1 1111 I I I : i l l : . ' f- 1 jr&& M 1 Hill :"--yj3 II Hill- , , ;f ' , - 'rl, ;t ? ';u$. , V Vs. uv-i.'A?;: f ., ' v ' v 'v . r- . : ' . x -hA , f I : , swffl mm COMES WITH 1500 TONS 1 PLATE The steamship Hanley. Parafic Steam ship company, arrived -.up at. Terminal No,-l at 7 o'clock this morning from the Atlantic ' side via. San Francisco. ; She brings, cargo in to Nortoa,lJiUy te Co.t which consists of 1500 tons of tin ttlate. The. Hani ey' has" on, board i860 tons of tin and some plunder for -Seattle. She will leave for tn Sound late this aft ernoon. . - . . - . . . The Hanley 'will continue, under the bare boat charter plan with, tha Pacific Steamship company, and ' a- full, cargo awaits her at Seattle zor the Orient. The Hanley. Is ' on - the return trip from France., where she delivered! a cargo of bulk grain. Reports state that the grain was delivered, in first class condition and was as dry as the day it was pat in the shin.. - , . it - ' r tn the foreign' service of the Pacific Steamship, company (Blue Star line) "the British r steamship Qjthlcstar reached Astoria, this morning from London.' She wllj enter with ballast and stores and will berth at TerminalNo. 4 tomorroyr morning.- For the out voyage the Goth lestar will talce parcels of wheat and flouc and 60.000 boxes of fresh apples in refrigeration ; Additional cargo will be laden on the Sound and she will Cnish at San Francisco. , Vlscoanteas Rhonda, brainy English woman, vrhoge long fight for the right to a seat in the house, of lords has finally succeeded.-She will be the first woman to sit in that body. - Florence Banker Is ; Victim of Influenza North Bend, March 1 John W. Benr- man, .prominent in bamking circles and cashier of the . Lajne County State A Savmgs bank of Florence, died this morning at l o'clock from influenza, and pneumonia. Mr. Bergman was a broth- er of Mrs. Fred Holllster of &orth Bend. His wife and daughter survive. gt London. March 2. (U. P.) The claim of Viscountess Bhonda to a seat In the house of lords was -conceded today by a committee of. peers. The bouse of lords' , committee, j which will seat Vis countess Rhonda, .the first .-woman to take; her-place In that bouse, held that the sex bar to hereditary titles was re moved by the woman's- Buffrage- act New York Papers Are Back to Normalcy; Pressmen's Strike Off (Br UniUd "New York, March 2. New York's newspapers, 1 which were forced, to Re duce their Wednesday morning editions and some of their afternoon editions j to eight pages, have been restored to full aise, following settlement of the strike of. pressmen. The lata afternoon edi tions- of Wednesday were of normal Ie. : . i The pressmen held a meeting- after they had walked , out of the morning papers and , voted to abide by the de cision of Justice ' Martin B. Mantonfof the United States circuit court of ap peals as arbitrator. They had previously decided - to old this decision, but repudiated ffreement by walking out up-the Five Hurt at Bend In Coasting Crash Bend, March . Three girls and two boys, all high school students, were badly injured in a coasting accident here Wednesday night All are expected to recover. The sled struck a branch, which-had faUen In the track, swerved and crashed Into a stump. ; Truck Loads to Be Tested in Portland - . . . . :l i Salem. March 2. A set of 1 osmo meters Was taken to Portland today by T. A. Raffety, chief of the stats traffic squad, who will assign a member of the state scjuad to assist Portland traf fic officers. In the use .of the instru ments in checking up on loaded trucks in inai , city, xne Joadorneters are loaned to tha city of Portland at the request of City Engineer lauirgakrd. XAWKE3TCB Mm j Canyonville, ' March - X. j lAwrence Denny of the Days Creek district died Tuesday of lnfluensa. His death was the second during the present epidemic ed Dying Wife ; : To Commit Suicide: Public Is With Him (Special Wirelcs to The Jonmal and tha Chieaco (CocSricht. 19221 Berlin, March 2. A Prussian farmer is under arrest because he helped his wife, who was 111, to commit suicide. The 'strange case again has raised the question of whether It is permissible for a doctor or relative to deliver a mortally 111 person from ' suff arln'g by' hastening death. The farmer's wife J had been hopelessly Ul for months and finally de-, elded to end her pain by taking her own life, i She began cutting her throat, but ner strength failed and she begged her husband to help her. .Almost insane with grief, he obeyed without, consider ing what he was doing. ..Only when he saw his wife dead dl he come out of his dazed condition am realise the nature of his act. He sur rendered himself to the police .who are at a loss as to what action. to take. The public is full of svmoathv for tha man and demand that the technical charge of manslaughter; brought against him be dismissed as lie acted out of leve. s he a Steve Mitchell, 84, Hikes Twenty Miles . Sandy. March 2. "Steve" Mitchell, the well known pioneer "of this section, will be 24 years old -on March 20. Mitchell recently walked down from Welches to the home of his son, John Mitchell, who lives near Sandy, making the distance of 20 miles ffom 9 a. m. to 4 p. ra. He also walked 15 miles: on another trip a short time ago. Arlle Mitchell Is stay lag with, his father in his mountain cabin this "winter, as "Steve still re fuses to live any closer to "people. Chinese : Seamen's Stflke. Halts Ships London. March 2. (L N. S.) -i The maritime' strike oh the Chinese coast is spreading to many ports.' said a, Central News- dispatch, from , Shanghai today. A number of vessels are detained because of the walkout ' of their seamen.-. Th. AUtu:aj 0kciusuill fdspire OullS -W&S wuDic ro sail irom snangnai because" the cuun ucw SLTUCK. ... . ; si Owes Trillions of a Interest on $100 I Borrowed in 1897 : ' ' - " tBr rnited Kem) ' , San Jose, CsX 41 arch , 2. . George Jones, laborer, Is nndoubtedly, and with out argument,- the world's 'hard -luck champion. - - ' '' Twenty-five, years ago,back" in 1897. Jones borrowed . $100 from Mrs. P. X. Stewart and. agreed by note to pay 10 per cent Interest per month, compounded monthly. Jones later left town and forgot all about the' debt. - Last month Mrs. Stewart brought suit, to recover the money with interest to date. Jones to day-appeared in court in answer to the summons and admitted be owed the money, ; . . ,.? , ": Tm ready to pay." Jones told Judge J,' R. Welch. "How much does It come tor'-? . - J..-; ' - , ' Just, a minute,' I'U work it out for yon.? said ,the iudge. He set to work ; after an ? hour he sent out for a firm' of accountants., who worked It out with higher mathematics, and after two hours announced the sum. The amount Jones owed was 1304,840.- The!: court is in a dilemma. Judgment fori the l debt already having been entered. The sum. exceeding 304 tril lions, is more than an .the gold In the world, all the national debts and all the currency -. , . ; Jones earns 2200 a month. - t Linn County Court Acts to -End Waste Albany, Or., March 2. All bills fior materials presented to the Linn county court must be accompanied by requlai- uons, accoraing to ruij'c of the com mission, effective next month. Hereto fore buying has. been, prom-scuoos and the commission ass-irts extensive waste has resulted. The Linn county court is also Inaugurating a rtrict accounting system , ' : DODGE'S DAUGHTER DITOECED vDetrolt, Mich-, March 2 Winifred Dodge Gray, daughter of the late John P. Dodge, millionaire automobile manu facturer, was granted an absolute di vorce today from William John Gray. She charged cruelty. ' - ; S W INSPECTORS PROVIDED To provide for additional help in the! Duiramg inspection divisions ' the city council appropriated Wednesday $7515 to Pay for five more inspectors. The new! inspectors wui he assigned as follows:! uuiiaing. z ; plumbing, 2, and electri- CHUBCH TO GET OLD BIBLE . Brownsville, Or., March 2. A feature of the service at the Methodist Eipisco- pal church Sunday morning will be the presentation to the church by J. F. Ven aer ! of a family Bible brought across the' plains in . 1353 by David and Eliza beth. Simmons .parents of Mrs. . Venner. ITS APPEAL If? I a. ! . TlJ, v ( IT WILL BE w5 .K HERE fr-Z-J 'Ml f SATURDAY in 7 THE GREATEST. HUMAN " INTEREST DRAMA EVER iMADE "Wlhatl:? Only $ 1 o down and; the balance of $65 in 7 monthly payments for -a Gasco "Cottage" Floor furnace? .'... Yes, just to introduce it quickly? into fifty I " 1 I ' r , - RGIRL il JLJi I 1 f , ' . -. . ;L: .. ... ii Ttirrtaefcr" - ;. : i r i wrn-rm ram as isssni mm i - - - . i- .. i . V) M ' CS' 'U$ t0 introduce U quy mo fiy r jfjJ 7111 Portland Gas.& Goke Cos ' . ' - 10-Recc Premier Orchestra , . '"""" "f f p " f jpjf . fc j tf ... ' ' l " ' ' I II 1 ' ' I .11 I J . .... II I II . I i aJ i; rn UL LaU AVE ,03 OME ; r ... ri rn NO ADVANCE iff PRICES,: JLlui CI, IHtIUIIEBES' mm tun and iodmdual style shops ;. t Broadway at Morrison -! t -4; - -. -H .r- i - uisiinguisna, new d o u bl y desira b le- of these new low New suits ; The acme of tailored - perf ectk)n-snug-stioiil-dered models in esquitine, piquetine,- piquetter are braid, bound, trimmed whb fauldessly applied bands of the fabric; semi-taflored models have . ;tJiu!::49.oo to 95.00 because: prices! New frock Kasha, tricofina and poiret twill cling soberly to navy but Spring is felt in vestees of bright 7149.00 to 95.00 New silk frock S3k frocks are surprisingly simpledeserting the bouffant for the low .waist or draredL Grecian silhouette, - Of faille, cashmere,' Canton, printed 49.00m95M Accessories play an important part 1m Baum marten fur scarfs ' One would go far to find a contrast. . ' more charming than tJiat afforded by the rich brown of these smart sables : especially if. one's taflleur be navy I All . of the Oebes qualitypriced 70.00 to SSJ00 ' If you don I Hoe tn Portland rr- mile Har rief Xee to shop for yon in exp ensive igloves Sngle clasp kid gjrves, with two-tone . . embroidery i ,? . f ;y- ; 12-button Idd glores, for the -three, quarter . sleeve . V; . . ; ... . .4J95 12-button fabric gloves, in new; Spring shades 'A tainci expert eoers '.ccrael m our fa' sold Conet t Shop! n i if -.- The insolent that went o Km For a little .wliite it. gave the call at 7 a. xxl, and was useful. if at the wrone time- as pleasant arid far. more safey to get the coxnfoxt of a hotxxieat' When it began calling at xnid time rap ofPostuxn--ai night and 2 o'clock in the morn- that there's not going to be any" tng, it became a miisance . , (When tea or cofiee stimulates . the rierves af rralrime it seems pleasant but, when it. gives the , wake-ui' call at; midnight , and leaves ijerveshangenng torsleep irritation to nerves afterward. v : Postum is devious and satb fyicf arid it contains xx element : that can harm nerves or ces- ; toon. "Postum is a safe and de lightful drink for every member ? mu v - at rnid-afternoon, tne pleasure ia; of the 'jtoxtiSyj at any mai, kuub "in i senons nann n rm mm . . . 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