Portland, g::zqo::.
TIB Fat Man swore a round oath to
match Um bulboua contour of his
pfcjrfletiiemr while he pointed a stub
by and accusing finger at the. vaniah-
, ing Eiwer. f
- "Look at that blanker blank idiot,"
ha commanded ; "he ought to be hi
iXL- - - - :
' miat's 'the matter with Umr T.
Pur. aaked sympathetically. "Had he
stole eomethm or other?"
"Tee ha has, The Fat Man . fumed.
"He stole that other fellah's right of
way.",- ' ..-
, "Wan." T. Faer responded thouaht
- fully. "About the only way, a fellah
can keep that from ham '-stole these
V days is to carry a ! lot of Insurance
. nd take a chance of bein' Junked.'
Whatre Jawe forT The Fat Man
- demanded heatedly. Whatw the use
of hayln em If nobody obeys "em."
"Law's made, I . guess," T. Faer
chuckled, "for two reasons.'
"Where'd you get the two stuff?"
the Fat Man asked. "There's only one
- excuse for laws being passed In the
nrst place." v -.: .
Youre old fashioned." X. Paer told
him. ' "Lawss passed so some people
- can oust 'em nd a lot of soots can
get ham "nd eggs trying to catch the
goats mat oo it."
"I ain't no pessimist.' The Fat Man
contended earnestly. "And I hold
theyre . made to protect people from
idiots, end "criminals that need having
the screws put on em.
"Nd 1 ain't no pessimist, neither."
T: Paer retorted, "but it looks like
every time you pass a law everybody
.begins to think harder how to beat lt'n
they do how to obey It."
"They sure do," The Fat Man con
ceded. "When they have anything' to
do with gasoline or moonshine.
"Them's the stuff that makes the
wheels of Justice grind," T. Paer an-
-',' swered. "If you don't believe it ask
the policeman.
"The only reason I ain't got a car."
. The Fat .Man. confided, "is because
' there's so , many blame fools trying to
- get some place before they start it
ain't safe any place except on a street
car or m a airplane any mere."
. Tt would be kinda hard to dodge
you," T. Paer grinned, "unless they
made the roads wider.
It ain't no kidding matter," The Fat
Man said mournfully. "If anybody
needs to ride on air it's a fellah that's
carrying "round a lota excess baggage
but you don't like to be punched full
of holes every couples miles.
"I see," T. Paer remarked, "where
' eome fellah named Raff ety wants to
have 'a law passed so he can pinch
them that don t fast enough."
"That's the way with them speed
cops," The Fat - Man; growled. "They
think everybody ought to be damned if
they do nd. damned, if they don't."
.. t : Taap aaiil thearhtfallv.
"but I kinda thought Baffety might of
bad a durerem, nuncn.
"He Just wants to pinch somebody.
The Fat Man insisted- That'a all he's
got on his mind' ; ..
"I Know." x. -raer imwtrcu. uut
ha , it's wnt mn ft can't catch up
with the fast ones nd he wants It
fixed so he can Keep nis wnm average
up by pinchin the alow ones. , - i
s "I don't , know j as it " would make
much difference If they did have such
a law," The Fat Man argued. "There
ain't no slow drivers rve ever saw
since Henry Wemme parked his first
one lunger years 'ago i-v''i" -
"They au go last anongn, -
rrMd - nd sometimes I get to won
der! n what all their hurry, IaJ
- "Speea, xne .rat m;wowhuu,
jUat like boose:; the more you get
of it tne more you wni
Wall - T Vaer reolied. "If speed lit
a fellah up like boose the whole blamed
population e staggernr oruna rooai
of the time the way I see It."
: "That's what's the matter wiw us.
The Fat Man said. "We're all geared
.inu tha anted : limit nd we can't
go slow without burning up our engine
or petting run over oy soma tob.
behind us."
philosophicaUy. "they don't make no
place for parxin aioiig am oh"j
'nd we can't go slow or stop." ,
rhey s a wnoit m, m
Fat Man agreed. "There ain't one place
in 10 miles on the ( highway where i a
t.Moh an drtva off fir CDOUeb to
change a tire without getting bumped
if he bends over, j -
"Now you're gettin' to what's the
wth im " T. Paer reflected.
"Now days we don't think of anything
but gettin'-to tne ena or me row
soon as possible 'nd we don't make any
plans for a punctutre or a blow out." '
"What we need," The Fat Man ar
gued, "Is to have It fixed so nobody
could go festern the speed limit nd
then we wouldn't have so much danger
nd trouble."
"It can't be did," T. Paer demurred
"If nobody went f astern that every
bodyd get where they started at the
same time nd they wouldn't be no
place to park at the eAd of the road."
"I guess thafa what's the matter."
The ' Fat Man ; sighed. "Everybody's
hurrying up to get parked ahead o
the fellah behind him." -
"That'd be all right," ' T. Paer . said,
"If it wasn't that t most of us don't
know where we want to park except
that it's some place beyond where we
. are." !
FORM MUST STAY,
DECLARES MAYOR
vThe charter revision commission has
afree hand so Jonj as tt retains the
commission form of municipal govern
ment," declared Mayor Baker today, la
discussing ' the controversy at Monday
night's meeting J aa ; to theicope the
m th AfirmfitHlfifi Wtftuld reach.
When I appointed this commission,"
very plain.' This body may either re-,
vise the present charter or --write r a
new one. as it sees fit, after giving the
matter the study it deserves. : All I
ask i tbat it give the subject Its best
thnmrtit and effort and retain the com-
mission f orro. ; On this basis I shall be
willing to submit Its work to the judg
taent of the voters of Portland. - i
r--nrrv. avwvin? TTtOKT FOB,
- -wr iiTH orrirE ixplotes
One of the .eatstandinar features of
the charter revision commission meet
unHiT nle-ht wu th nronosal
that all -employes, of th city health
service, except pnyaicians ana pac
teriologists, be placed- under !civil serv
i and tk Btronir OBDOition .to this
plan made by Vr. George Farrish, city
health officer. After discussion, tt was
AtAA tint ti eommittea will . con
sider a list of employes whom Dr. Far
rish will suggest might go under civil
service. ' ' - - - . ' - "
innthcr feature was the discussion
of the policemen and firemen's pension
funds, ana wnexner vie revision wm
mi!nn pn cnscientiouSly leeubmit
the insurance plan to the people witn-
out having the financing schema gone
into by actuaries. The city council will
be asked to furnish as fuU data as
possible on the methods of raising these
funds and tneir suinciency.
September 15. 1S13. and amounting to
J7til.$7. They wiU be paid isepteia"'
ber J 5. ' ,:-'.'
B05D REDBMPTJOX
C!itv Treasurer Adams today in
formed the city council that sufficient
funds are in tne city treasury to ca
in for redemption St. Johns improve
ment bonds 634 to 648 inclusive, dated
Lee Urges Inland
toast Towns to Go
; ; Into Export Field
Tiat inland - towns of thn Pacific
nafr xtitu mii and should enter the
eaport field as well as the' seaports, is
tne opinion ot uormm ixe, pvntuww
representaUve of Secretary of Com
merce Hoover, who arrived la Port'
Una from Albany an aiem te Mon
day night. - , .
t u, a n.iVln a tour of tha Western
states to ? encourage- maaufacturers to
eater the foreign raas txetaj ana i
tHj, izam iTna to Mtinuiin closer reia-
ttnni htnn AiimMtic trade andahis
department.; Ha will remain in Port
land tmtu Thursday, wnen n wu
mLr .rj. Alvtnntl..: : . -
a u hand nf th automotive division of
the department of commerce. Lee is
making a special survey t ; tne auto
motive Business ot ma nomu vmt
Tntiatnt Ta la tlu c-uest at the Port
land Automobile Dealers association.
Ha . -trill address the association at a
dinner tonight at the wuitooman noteu
Collision oil Soiind
; Being Investigated
M TnW 1 1 (J K. K. V An of
" V- ' '
fsii intintlAA of the disaster at
sriitoVt mat four Uvea SandaT
morning wnen uw unw -""" j
.ky.h mm and aank tha steamt
vnvmv - .
schooner Jtienry sscott was uoaer way
here today. . -japtam wm x nwriscii,
master of the Henry Scott, which went
down near Neah bay. haa made a
statement to steamboat inspectors, and
r.ni.t. nam Kdrr maater of tha
VfWM ' J - - .
Henry Luckenbach, wlU be called by
federal inspectors.
fll FtDHllFE ;
: Mrs. Reglna Johnson, go,, who : took
gas in an attempt at suiciae saturoay
afternoon, because of financial trou
ble, died Monday at a local hospital.
CKa had lived alone at her home at
No. S130 60th street southeast. Her
body is in charge of Miller & Tracy,
funeral dtrectora
CHAKWH1TE,
KfiG OF FORGERS
DIES Oil OCFJi
Charley White, arch-forger, who was
arrested "during the 1920 Shrine con
vention while preparing: for a big coup
involving $50,000 la forged credentials.
and who was later convicted on a
charge - of - forging a check on the
Brownsville ' woolen mills and paroled
by Judge Kavanaugh. died at sea on
theateamer ontaguaw accoramg to
word received today by Sheriff ; Hurl-
burt. -
White was virtually banished from
the United States when he agreed to
leave and nevar return if Judge Kava-
naugh would parole hint from a f Ive-
year sentence to the penitentiary.
Since 1899, when tus criminal recorq
first began, more than half of his time
was spent in over so jails ana peniten
Uaries. Deputy District Attorney Sam
Pierce was over 20 minutes reading bis
criminal record to the court. . .
Leaders in Private
School Pight Named
"Tamnnrarv oreranlzatlon of the ex
ecutive committee which will lead the
rrna u4nnl inm4 f Icht aeainst
the initiative bill making public scnoo
education compulsory t waa accom
plished today with the- selection of W.
J. A. Hill executive secretary. It is
proposed to form a committee of about
15 business men. interested on the gen
eral theory of the taxation! feature of
the bill. --
;: CT.VVVTVR trrvTTM F1T1T,
Tha city health office today received
tne report-ox tne oeaxn or Anartw
v- rA a t at Vlnrrant-hnsmlfral from
Bleeping sickness. He was SO years old
and a native ot DenmarK. tie naa teen
(ti -mImma Uav A . -urVn Via v?saa talran
from his home on Barnes road to the
hospital on order of Dr. Otis. B. Wight.
Man Wounded by
Deputy. Sheriff in
Serious '. Condition
Ontario. Or.. July IS. The condi
tion of H. H. Hamby. who is in Ontario
Holy Rosary hospital suffering from a
gun-shot wound inflicted . Friday ey
Deputy Sheriff O. J. Luts of Adams
county. - Idaho, is critical. One eye
is blinded and the other nearly so. 211s
head and face are fall of shot. Oeorga
Clmer and liamby had a dispute with
Came Warden Boyd Walker" and took
gun away from - him. iAtey taey
were pursued ; by Welker and Luts
beyond New Meadows, where the latter
fired wbea the pair ignored their, com-
aaaw to stop.i: -ti-tT--'.4v:v-'i-;''--
Insurgents Deal ; .
Tariff. Measure
Another Hot Blow
Washington, July 1S.KI. a)
The Republican Insurgents dealt the
pending tariff bill another smashing
blow In tha aenata this afternoon,
when, led by Senator Lenroot of Wis
consin' they forced a substantial re
duction , to- ad valorem Tate proposed
under; cotton underwear. ,-,-
iBy vote of . to XI the rate was
cut from 50 tOv5 per cent after un ef
fort to reduce it to 40 per cent waa de
feated by. ha narrow margin
to 39.--. . ;. .': ' ..,.;.
INS
COMMISSIONS
. BONUS LOAN APPEAL
Tase OmY
tion indicating' that such was the In
tent of the legislature. ji ;";c :,
"That appraisers appointed - by, an
swerable : to and ; removable at the
pleasure ; of the commission should
have the power to override the judg
merit of the commission .pon so im
portant a question as . this does not
seem to us to be a fair construction to
Ka BtaMil tiTwm tha act. i-
-Am thara waa no allaeatlon In the
writ of bad faith or abuse of discre
tion by the-commission, or tnat me
Mmitiiulnn v actina- bevond , its
powers, and aa a mandamus will not
lie to control the discretion ot me com-
nldn -wnlla Pttn- within Its au
thorised powers, the- demurrer should
have been sustained." .
Death Takes Editor
Of : New York Times
Kew York, July II. (TJ. P.V Charles
R. Miller, editor of the . New York
Times, died at noon today. . . ?
DEALER Oil liiil
Oil FRAUD EIIAfiGE
B! IL-SL
D QUIZ
TEH INDICTED IN
: WAR FRAU
Washington? July It.tjrrThe
fii war frau4 Indictments- since" .the
congressionat attack. onvAttorney Gen
eral Daugherty for laxtfy and delay in
prosecuting war profiteers was ye
turned by a federal gmnd Jury here
today;." ' ;'-. -T t:-i-.;--;X;.?-f--.l,:-,:jiKSS'Of;''.
John I Phillip. R publican national
committeeman of i Cleorgia i f Charles
Phmips-Jrvand John "Stephens of At
lanta ; Frank tDii Sullivan of Buffalo
and alx others were indicted on charges
of -defrauding the government in the
sale of surplus lumber.
Kesidence Is Eobbed
3rd Time in 4 Years
For the third time in four years the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hutchin
son at No. 407 Iast Sixtieth street
was broken into by - daylight robbers
Monday. The robbers obtained no
money, v- - i-.. - . f '..-,,??-- - v. ---' :i.
"We learned; from our; two previous
robberies, explained Mrs. Hutchinson
"not to leave- money In the house and
checks are a lot safer , than currency-
10 keep en hand for paying bills.
BROUGHT
The trial of E. I CTak, merchant
of LePlne. Or indicted Burton
Oney; forest rr-far, on a fcrc of .
having conspired to defraud t1, gov
ernment through the padding of tn;y s
expense account waa in progress in
federal court today with the greater
portion of la Pine's population present.
xnark"s attorney is attemptinj to
shift the guilt upon th shoulitr of
Oney, who freely confessed to the ir
regularities, which - consisted, of - o
pair of trousers and one pair of binocu
lars charged up to "food aapplies" for
various camps. Oney testified to tire
details iof the transaction, c and saitl
that Clark had told him, in regard to
the trousers, that he could not sffoi-tl
to carry him on hla accounts, and for
him to charge them up to the government,-.
When Oney hesitated, lie said.
Clark told him he was. foolish and
urged him until he did so. '
: Both Clark and Oney are well known
throughout : the Deschutes country.
Oney has been with the forest servtc
sine 3811 and until the Irregularities
came up, which began in 1930, he was
regarded as one of the most efficient
and loyal workers inJtbe service. His
plans for the recreational development
of the Elk lake and Crane prairie re-,
gion are. now being carried out in" a
large -way. One of Oney's principal ,
mottoes was : nbe greatest good for
the greatest number." and were it not
for his efforts, a "portion of Elk lake,
which will be -Bsed for public camp
grounds, - would have been leased tor
summer honge sites which a limited
few could have em3oyed. :
Oney's trial wUi follow that of Clark.
1 SEFU6ES IO MSIGI :
- Seattle, July -!-U. P.) Asked to
resign before September t. Healih
Commissioner H. M. ; Read defied
Mayor Brown today and declared he
would not qutt;- The mayor said if Dr.
Bead persisted in this attitude he would
remove him within 10 days.
THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER Finish This on Your Flute
By A. Posen
Rich
Girl
Poor
IstiS isLslalsdsW
Br VIRGINIA TERHUSnS VAN de WATER
Corriht lt?2, 17 SUr Coatpaay)
' , . -'. CHAPTER 1
JENNIE waa volubte Jn her descrip
tion, of the comfortable arrange
ments that bad been made for her
mother.'.. .7,;' -
5 'Isn't it - wonderful r She repeated
tke ,ueUon' as at the tegtaning""t;
her narrativa. -.'- .
rt eertainly is wonderful." Adelaide
responded softly.
' In her heart she waa adding that
Dr. Carter -himself waa wonderful. He
had not .Intimated that he Intended
to- mention her mother's case to any
one at the hospital. Yet he had Quietly
and unobtrusively made all plans for
the patient's comfort. . -
""Mother iat Just as well fixed now
aa If she was a rich woman," Jennie
remarked. "She would not tell you,
for she said you had enough to worry
you at the Hollingsheads Just now, but
she dreaded axing into a public ward.
She knew it waa sUly, but she is
nervous, you know, and loves quiet.'
"I know it," Adelaide rejoined. "Yet
we could not afford to get her such
a room as we would want her to have.
so I did not suggest it Did she seem
hanny.when you left her?"
"Yes, she did. Of course, she hated
to have me come away, but ahe has
a nice nurse, and she knows that you
and I will come over to see her after
the operation tomorrow."
' At what hour will It heT"
tIn the morning some time. We
are to telephone early in the after
noon and find out if we can see her.
Adelaide had removed her hat and
coat, but still stood listening to what
har sister -had to say. Now she sat
down and held her. hand out to Jennie.
"Come and sit here-by t-: me, dear,"
She commanded. You have no idea
how good it is to get back home, even
though the place does seem empty with
mnther away. Bat ,we must look for
ward to her being back here with her
sight restored. Haa Hester Mortimer
gone ut this evening?"
"Yes, I let her go She will have
to stay in with me while mother is
away, and I thought It only fair to
give her this - whole evening to her
'aelf." ' i' '." -
"You must promise not to spend
any evenings here without her until
- ' I I t ' fa. V "a. If
C or its?
-just say y
Blue
to your druggist
Stops Pain Instantly
The simplest way to end a com is
Blue-jar. A touch stops the Dain in
stantly. Then the corn loosens and 1
tomes out. JJsde in two formsa
Colorless, clear liquid (one drop does
it!) and in extra thia plasters. Use
whichever form you prefer, piasters
or the liquid -the action is the same
Safe, gentle Made in a world-famed
laboratory. Sold by all druggists. y?
mother return," Adelaide Insisted. "I
cannot near tne tnougnt ot your oeiag
alone."
1 won't be atone," Jennie promised.
"Hester will be with me every day
and in' the evenings except when you
can come over for a while, f Can't you
do that often?" t 4 '
Not of ten, X - am afraid," Adelaide
answered. "You see. Mrs. Hollings-
head is used to me. Her nurse takes
good care of her. But now that Miss
Patricia la gone, Mrs- Hollingshead
seems to need me." ' '
"Does she know yet about her
daughter?"' the young girl inquired
curiously.
"She does not realise what hss hap
pened," Adelaide evaded. -
. She could not bring herself to tell
her little sister how she (Adelaide)
must impersonate the dead girl. She
preferred that Jennie .be kept in ignor
ance of 'thia Later Adelaide would
explain it all to her mother. Until
then: she would hold her peace on the
subject.
The two sisters talked until late into
the night. Hester Mortimer came in,
chatted for a few moments, then went
to. her room. , ,
At last Adelaide arose from the
easy chair in which she had been rest
ing. '
.'It is very late, child. she an
nounced, "and you must go to school
tomorrow morning.' -J should not have
kept you up until - this hour. Hurry i
and get to bed." ; 1
But Jennie lingered. It was evi
dent that there-waa something on her
mind of which she wished to speak.
"I waa wondering, sister," she said,
hesitatingly "if I.mightnot stay at
home from school just for tomorrow?
You see it is the day of mother's
operation and X shall be anxious and
Tit will be easier if X am here with you
instead ot at school among a lot i of
people wha do not care where I will
have to work over my lessons "
But the older girl shook her heed.
"No, my dear. It wHl not be easier
for you if you stay . at home and do
nothing," aha contradicted. "The best
remedy for worry is hard work. I
shall be here to get any news that
comes. I shall telephone the hospital
right after luncheon, and by the. time
you get home from school, I shall have
all the facts for you." '
Jennie looked disappointed,' yet ahe
made no further demur. Adelaide
patted her cheek affectionately.
"I tell you what I will do, little
sister." she suggested. "I will help
Hester get breakfast in the morning.
and will let you sleep until the last
minute possible 'before calling' you to
get dressed."- ;
"Thank your Jennie smiled. "That
will be fine. Generally I get up
early" ' ; - '
"WelL you need net -do that totoor
row," Adelaide told her. "Now go to
bed. and X will do the aarae." -
But. although Adelaide went to bed,
he did not sleep soon. Instead, she
lay awaka thinking of her mother, of
the coming operation, of Dr. Carter's
kindness, c - ', - ' ! ' -
She tried to hush the small voice
that whispered that tha physician was
kind to Mrs. Brown because of his
interest' m Mrs. Brown's daughter.
No he was kind because ha was sorry
for anyone who wss anxious just as
Richard Hollingshead had been kind
tonight, probably , for the same rea
son. '. -
That was all. She must not let her
self ever : imagine t that she,. Adelaide
Brown, mattered especially in tha life
of Dr. John Carter, the successful and
popular spec ialiat. : - i
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