iaOKUi , AUuL'ua lii,:;. 11122.
HUMPHREYS TO
QUU, BUT WHEN?
IS QUESTION NOW
Attorney General Accepts Port
; land Prosecutor's ResFgpation;
May Remain Until 'January 1.
Whatever Ironical epigrammatist It
was who said of officeholders "Few
; di and Bone resign" certain yj did not
have Lester W. Humphrey.! United
States attorney for Oregon, In mind.
Major Humphreys, though Anything
but dead, has resigned, bat (an't let
, . so. I
la this weird political situation, the
solo remaining ' remocrat anions the
federal officers of this district must
wait, until after the voters hive cast
the die In November before I he will
even know whom to surrender his of
fice to. Attorney General I augherty
' either doesn't know or won't say.
Probably both, if the whispers of the
faithful are well sourced.
" It would be embarrassing-, say the
. wheelhorses of party, if a toernmnt
prosecutor were to be appointed prior
to election and the election subsequent
ly were to seat the wrong- crowd.
HAS OPFEBS
It was only Saturday that Attorney
' General Daugberty honored Humph
V rey's resignation. So the major, hop
. Ing to get away September 1 sjnd enter
the private practice of law, will have
to wait at least until airuary H though
he submitted his resignation April 25,
and asked to be relieved August 21.
"I have several propositions and of
fers ' under consideration, the prose
cutor said4 Saturday nighti when
pressed for a statement as to his plana
'"None of them is definite, however. I
have not been able to form any) definite
plans, because l-had no knowledge un
til today when my resignation would
- be accepted." j
- Humphreys admitted that it was his
present intention to return to the pri
vate practice of law. but further than
. that would make no statement.
T BATCH TO QUIT
Following the receipt of Daughertys
letter of acceptance, John C. i Veatch,
chief assistant, announced that he
would submit his resignation before
the first of the year.
"I have not handed In my reslgna
! tlon yet." Veatch said, "but it is my
intention to resign sometime before the
new year." j
Veatch is not under a bindipg oath
to remain In office until bis successor
Is appointed, so he can set his own
leaving date, provided he doesn't want
to hold to the job too long. Veatch is
the only Democratic assistant! left in
the office. '
. Thomas Maguire, who filled the va
cancy, caused .by the resignation of
Charles Reames, shortly after Harding
, was elected, is a Republican. Hum
,' phreys is said to have, regarded the
wishes of the Republican party in ap
pointing Maguire. Similar conditions
' surround the appointments of Alias
. Bynon, and E. r. Baldwin, who have
taken the places of Hall S. Lusk, and
' Austin F. Flegel Jr., respectively. Al
though no definite promises have been
" made to either f the three men, it is
generally anticipated that they will
not be moved, at least for the present.
APPOINTED KJ 1M
Following hjg return from overseas
service, where, he attained the rank of
major, Humphry was appointed fed
. eral prosecutor for this district on
- : November 19, 1919. to succeed Bert
E. Haney, resigned. He took the Oath
of office December 8 following. The
appointment was made for four years
or. until his successor was duly quali-
fled and appointed. Under that oath
it is possible for the Harding admtnis-
:.- tration to hold Humphreys in office
until the present political cloud hov
- ering ever Oregon rises, thus perm 1 1
ting Senators McNary and Stanfleld
to gain a perspective of things and de-
. cide upon the wisest course to pursue.
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108
Owing to the present turmoil In ail
four corners of . the state caused by
the activities of the Kb Klux Kian and
their opponents, it is not believed the
senators are anxious to make any rec
ommendations at present for fear of a
false move Senator McNary indicated
to Humphreys in a wire several weeks
ago that he-was not in any hurry about
makiag a change, and added by way of
compliment. -Tour services as United
States attorney have conformed to the
highest requirements of the office.",
woods- rrix
The' tone of the letter received- Sat
urday by Humphreys Indicates' that
no action ' will ; be ' taken regarding a
successor until after the general elec
tion In November, at. which time the
strength of the two opposing factions
will bo determined. This would ' just
about give the administration time to
name a successor . by January 1. as
the department of i Justice , usually
makes a si, weeks Investigation. Into
the record of any man whom the sen
ators nominate. , -
The ' political "woods" are, said to be
full of legal 'men' who would be willing
to accept the 14500 per annum Job, if
offered to them. Among those whose
same have been mentioned by friends
are : Clarence Hs " Gilbert, - Portland
attorney and koii of Judge William B.
Gilbert of the circuit court of appeals
bench ; George" Neuher, district attor
ney of Douglas county, who gained
prominence during the recent murder
trial of Dr. Richard M. Brnmfleld;
Walter Tooze of Salem, chairman ' of
the state Republican committee ; Fat
Gallagher, Ontario ; Barge Leonard.
Portland; W. L. Patterson, Baker;
C A. Hardy, Eugene, and Gale Hill,
Albany.
Northwest Tennis
Play at Tacoma Is
Slow on Indoor Court;
Tacoma, Wash., Aug.; 12. (U. P.)
Play continued today In the Northwest
tennis tournament, with all matches
played on the armory court, making
the meet drag, as only one match can
be played at one time. ' ,
All matches left over today will be
played Sunday afternoon.
Saturday's results: ' -
Men's Singles Grant Leisure, Seat
tle, defeated Beardsley Merrill. Spo
kane. 6-1. 7-5 ; Herbert Suhr, San Fran
cisco, defeated G. Htberly, Tacoma,
6-3, 6-2 ; and Lazarus -2, S-3 ; R. Burr,
Seattle, defeated C Wagner, Tacoma,
6-5. 5-7, 6-4 ; Wallace Scott. Tacoma,
defeated Burr, 6-4, 4-, -3.
Mend's Doubles Laisure and Burr
defeated W. Kil worth and C Wagner,
Tacoma, 6-1, 6-4 ; Scott. and Suhr de
feated Laisure and Burr, (-2, 7-5.
Women's Singles Mayme McDonald,
Seattle, defeated Mrs. J. C. Cushing,
San Francisco, 8-4, 8-6 ; .Virginia Ryan,
Salt Lake City, defeated Alberta Kbtl,
Tacoma, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Women's Doubles Mayme McDonald
and Mrs. Roger Bragdon, Seattle, de
feated Babie Gilpin and Dorothy Du
buisson. Tacoma, 6-2, 6-1 ; Miss Frances
Burrill, San Francisco, and Alberta
Ebtl defeated Johanna Ballon and Mar
garita Farr, -Tacoma, 6-1, 6-2.
8 Lightning Fires
Put Out by Forest
KangerndllMen
Sandy, Aug. 12. During the big elec
trical storm up the mountains Wednes
day evening Joe Graham. Summit sta
tion ranger, handled eight fires that
were started by lightning between Mt
Wilson and Frog Lake. Graham and
11 men drove as far as they could with
a truck, then struck out on foot and
after each blaze was put out dug a
trench around the danger spot. ,
While the telephone at Summit was
"spitting and sizzling" from the elec
trical storm and the ranger and his
crew were putting out fires, the tele
phone line to the lookout on top of ML
Hood was put out of commlssln by a
sleet storm and the two lookout men.
Phelps and Rotschy, worked till 19 :S9
o'clock Wednesday night to find the
break. At 7 :30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing Phelps called A. G. Jackson, forest
reserve man at Summit, saying :
"Thank God. we are in connection
with somebody again." ,
- 10 SECOND STREET
M'COIBSTO
MEET PROVlSIOiJS
OF ILLINOIS LAW
Ganna VValska and Millionaire
- to Go Through.Another Cere
mony on Return to Chicago.
Chicago. Aug. 12. U. ; P,) Harold
F. McCormlck arid. Ganna ' Walaka,
who were "married in Paris.. - wUTU go
through Another ceremony when they
return to Chicago, according to friends
here today. : , j 'J;! ' ; ti'?
The second ceremony will be to make
the ' anion -binding under the rtHnols
laws. which prevents,' a,; marriage with
in one year bra divorce. McCormlck
wag divorced only last winter. ; if
VThat "another? McCormlck 'wedding
was waiting for the Illinois law to run
Its course before marrying. , was ' the
report which -persisted here: tonight.
The reports again coupled the aroea
of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCorraick,
divorced wife or Harold., and' Edward
Krenn, a- dapper young- architect who
accompanied the daughter ot the
world's richest man , to her Chicago
home : from. Switzerland 'a- year ago.
i Krenn was found tonight by the
United Press entering bis exclusive
suites tat the Drake hotel, fronting on
the luxurious McCormlck home, award
ed to, Mrs. McCormlck under the di
vorce i agreement. The architect was
slight; of build -arid attired in a light
gray suit a white polo shirt, blue bat
wing 'tie and carried a. cane.
All day he had been at the home
of Mrs. McCormlck in Lake Forest,
where he is. making plans for a zoo
which his ' employer will present to
Cook icounty forest preserves.
"Areyyou going -to marry Mrs. Mc
Cormick?" he was asked.
The youth blufhrt and was as' em
barrassed as a- child.
"Well, it is a queer way our names
have been coupled. But I am here to
draw plans fox the zoo, you know,"
be replied. "Mrs. McCormlck and I
have a great many things in common,
such as our interest in art and our
study of psycho-analysis."
The zoo project on which Krenn la
working Is the pet hobby adopted by
Mrs. McCormlck since she dropped the
role of chief sponsor for the Chicago
Opera company. Through the connec
tion of the McCormicks with the opera
company here, her former husband
first met Ganna Walska. Soon after
their names were coupled Mrs. McCor
mlck promised to give $3,009,000 toward
constructing a zoo In a, forest near
Chicago.
The wild animals will be allowed to
roam about in surround iiigs approxi
mating as near as possible their nat
ural habits.
Kenton Lodge Lays
Cornerstone for New
B u ildijft g . Saturday
The cornerstone of the new Kenton
Masonic 'lodge building, under con
struction at the eorner of Denver ave
nue and Kllpatrick street, was laid
with appropriate ceremonies Saturday
at 3 p. m., under direction of Oregon
grand lodge officials. Participants in
the exercises met at Mt, Hood lodge
at Commercial and Emerson streets at
2 p. m. and marched to the new build
ing to the accompaniment of band mu
sk). Kenton lodge building is a two-story
brick and concrete structure, designed
by Orlo R. W. Hossack. ' It covers
50x106 feet, of ground space and con
struction cost is estimated at 335,000.
Kenton lodge has 250 members and
its officials are : L. A. Wfciteomb, wor
shipful master; C H. Oswald, senior
warden ; S. T. Ralney, Junior warden ;
J. C O'Brien, treasurer and R. B.
Headley. secretary- "
1 . - . -A Bi ll I
MAYAS-COURT
TO SET ASIDE
CONSOLIDATION
Stockholders of Peoples . Bank
Want Merger With State
' .-Bank Annulled.
, Possibility of an appeal to the courts
to annul the consolidation " of , the
Peoples Bahlc with the State Bartk of
Portland was announced Saturday, following-
an Interview between Frank C
Bramwell, " state superintendent of
banks. - and "a . committee representins;
the stockholders of 'the Peoples bank.
The two banks were merged on October
X, 1921, and operated under the name
ot the State Bank of Portland until
February 15, when the concern was
closed at the order of the state super
intendent of banks. r
Alleged misrepresentation of the con
dition of the State Bank of Portland
at the time of the merger was effected
is the basis of the contention of the
Peoples bank stockholders and per
mission to ' examine the books of the
State bank was granted the committee
by" Bramwell. Findings of the com
mittee will be reported at a meeting
of the Peoples bank stockholders to be
held In- room J of the Labor Temple
Monday night R. H. Bankin has been
retained as. attorney by the Peoples
bank stockholders." ' .
Shareholders of the ;State bank were
assessed 100 per cent of the par value
ot their stock to meet obligations of
the defunct ' bank; Those who traded
in their stock in the Peoples bank at
the time of the' consolidation believe
that their assessment would be consid
erably-less if the merger were annulled
and the Peoples bank allowed to make
up its deficiencies separately from
the State bank : obligations.
Notices have been .mailed ' to -all
shareholders of the State bank of
Portland requiring the payment of the
100 per cent assessment 1 on or before
August 20, and Superintendent Bram
well stated that suits would be started.
immediately following the final date,
against those who failed to arrange
for payment Those wishing to meet
the assessment In monthly Installments
would be allowed to do so, according
to Bramwell.
The capital stock of the State bank
was S300.000 and assessments collected
up to Saturday amounted to only $24,-
000. Bramwell stated. Practically all
of this amount had been paid by small
stockholders and none of the larger
stockholders in the bank had made ar
rangements to meet their assessments.
Bramwell estimated that approximate-
ir (100.000 could be raised on the
stock assessment and his recent calcu
lations resulting In a prediction that
the depositors would receive 8a per
cent ot their funds allowed for the
collection of this amount.
DITIDE3TDS STOPPED
Proposed payment of a dividend ot
40 per cent to depositors announced by
Bramwell in July was stopped by an
opinion handed down by Judge Tuck
er's court, which gave savings de
positors a preference over commercial
depositors. The state supreme court
sustained this opinion and an appeal
would be made for a rehearing in the
higher court this week, according to
Bramwell. - Should the rehearing be
denied. Judge Tucker would be asked
to instruct the superintendent of banks
how to proceed with the liquidation of
assets under the ruling established, it
was stated.
Judge Tucker's ruling provided that
all of the available funds In the sav
ings department of the bank should
be used to reimburse savings deposi
tors and that they should share pro
rata with commercial depositors in the
disbursement of funds from the com
mercial accounts until all of the sav
ings deposits had been paid in full or
the funds of the bank were exhausted.
No provision was made in Judge Tuck
er opinion for defraying the expense
of liquidation, Bramwell stated, and
Re was unable to determine whether or
not the court intended that the savings
depositors should share In this expense.
Commssioner Says
Insurance Policies'
Allowed to Lapse
Salem, Or., Aug. 12. A total of
$352,889.41 - was received from taxes
and fees by the state Insurance de
partment during the year 1921, accord
ing to the annual report of A. C Bar
ber, state Insurance commissioner. This
represents an increase of more than
$75,004 over the receipts of the depart
ment for the previous year. These
taxes, however, the report explains,
were received "from the premium In
come of 1920 which was the high water
mark in the , Insurance business ip
Oregon. The income? from this source
for the current year is expected to
show a slump of approximately 240,000
based en premium incomes for 1921.
. "There was a. marked decline in the
new life Insurance written during the
year and a heavy lapse ratio on such
business In force," the" report points
out "Some Ufa Insurance companies
show less amount of business in force
at the end of the year than at the
beginning. There was a heavy slump
In the fire Insurance ! business, pre
miums falling off 91.7St267.71 with an
increase in losses of near half a mil
lion , dollars. The ; Increase : in losses
was probably due to Increase of moral
hazard incident to a period of finan
cial depression .rather than decreased
.premium income. 1 - -
Barber's report makes no- recom
mendations for further Insurance leg
islation except to point out that "those
moat Interested in the insurance busi
ness advise that no new legislation af
fecting this business la needed and. that
no change should be made in our code
at present"; i
Morse,' Wanted for
OOOTheftaid
4- To Be in Custody
Laredo,. Texas, Aug. 12- HJ. P.) A
man said to be Edwin P , Morse,
wanted in Denver on a charge or m
bessltng. 276. OOP from the Interna
tional' Trust company there last Aug
ust,, was arrested by authorities here
today as he crossed over the Rio
Grande river from the Mexican side.
Authorities declared that the man
admitted he was Morse. 1
.The man Is said to have been living
fan Mexico under the name of Herbert
M. Smith ' and was accompanied, by
a woman when arrested.
! Morse . screed to .waive all extradi
tion proceedings and was turned
over to the department of justice of
ficers. :
Brineville: Garage v :
Destroyed; Score J.
' Of Autos Buriled
"FrmewiBe, Aug. 12. An explosion,
followed by a fire Which threatened an
entire business and residential block,
broke out last night about 11:40 o'clock
and destroyed the Service Motor Sales
garage, belonging to George A- Holmes.
The rear of a -restaurant belonging to
Jack Curtis, was slightly - damaged.
More than 29. cars were burned. -
Wires short-circuiting in a small
sedan left for' repairs are blamed. He
roic effort on the part of the firemen
and others saved near-by buildings.
The Bev. C. Johnson and Tom Stone
were, overcome by smoke, and Frank
Brosiua suffered .severe burns , about
the head, x ' ..v.- : ;-V:
I A small shower early In the evening
aided in checking sparks. The total
lo,wai be between $30,000 and 235,
000, - partly covered by Insurance. j
About two months ago Prlneville was
visited by a fire which swept away
much of the business section, of the
city, causing heavy loss.
Fdrest Air Patrol
Angered; to Search
For Illicit Stills
Angered over the number of forest
fires la Oregon this summer which
have been traced to moonshiners stills,
the airplane forest patrol men have
volunteered to assist government pro
hibition, agents in running down il
licit distillers who hie away to the
woods r. to make their product.
"Many people may laugh at the sug
gestion that the patrol men can see
the fine column of smoke- that as
cends from a little moonshiner's fire,"
Dr. J. A. Unville, director, said, "but
the fact remains that during the last
10 days these men have located four
stills far us in one county alone."
Unviae said arrests had been made
In each case. The director expressed
the opinion that forest fires are - not
started : while the moonshiner is soberj
but when he becomes intoxicated with
his own wares he allows the flrevto
run rami pant.
C.H. Baker
DI850- A splendid sports oxford in all
Tphile calf skin, tth iphite calf underlay,
half tfing tip. ivory leather tfelt sole and
cuhan heel. Nov Half Price. Reduced
from $10 to
$,000
Shine Parlor on Mezzanine Floor
Shines 10c
i.
J002 A nt pattern in patent colt,
tone strap ; Drifh buckle fastener, turn sole
and lotr heeh Reduced from $8.50 to
308 Washington SL .
SHAFT OF MARB
LE
TE
OFCOASTHIGHVAY
...... j -j.-'.;
Grave of 'John Geisel and His
Three ' Sons Recalls Indian
Massacre of 1856.,
"To the memory of John GelseV also
his three sons, John. Henry and An
dreW. who were murdered by Indians.
February 2X 126s." is the inscrip
tion, on a small shaft of marble at
the head of a lonely grave on the Curry
county .shore, about five miles north
of the mouth ot the Rogue river.
This mute (reminder of the heroic
days .of Oregon also serves in the pres
ent day of highway development as a
temporary terminal in locating . the
Roosevelt or Coast highway through
Curry county. From the Coos county
boundary 'southward to the Geisel
grave the highway route; has been
definitely selected but the section be
tween this point and Gold Beach Is yet
undetermined. J
In making the final choice of route
to Gold' Beach 'from the Geisel grave
the problem of crossing Rogue' river.
which ultimately will be by a bridge
is involves. j
If it is decided by the state highway
commission to cross at the mouth of
the river the road will continue along
the beach from the Geisel grave to
Wedderburn. If not, the highway will
turn into the Interior and Intersect the
existing county road at the present
ferry crossing, several miles above trie
mouth of the river.
In former days the main road of the
county went by way of Wedderburn.
This was the old stage road which
was abandoned In recent years for the
Euchre creek and Deer creek route and
which was thought to favor the .inter
est of Gold Beach as against Wedder
burn.
The Wedderburn route Is a more
HORARY END
Specials in BAcr Quality Silk Hosiery, in the Hosiery Department
at Park 6r Morrison Store, equal in every tray to ova- shoe' values.
A.UgUB& .;
one of
s ' ' ' ' X
Cot, Park, and
scenic one. passing between the surf and
tne rorest and trie more easily con-
structed, excluding the bridging of the
river.. For a bridge there are natural
abutments . on either bank, but the
structure must be a kmg one and there
fore . expensive. It may be found,
though.: that a bridge at this point
would nof be more costly than one
farther u the river.; ' i. . t
Ohio Town Under
Strict Blue Law
Provision Today
: (By CBitrcnal-Sertioa.) '
Piqua, Ohio. Aug, 12. Only milk
wagons, the electric plant " and pre
scription druggists will do business
her tomorrow under the terms ot a
"blue law proclamation Issued i today
by Mayor! A. W. Deweea,
There will be no gasoline sold, no
movies, n soda water. Cigars, gro
ceries, candy, delicatessen goods and
Sunday papers will be unobtainable.
Restaurants will be open at meal time
only. ., f ' ' . .
Piqua ia the largest "blue law town
in the country. It was made "blue"
by. the law and order j league, which
won a victory over the ..sane Sunday
league when the mayor was won over.
"The blue law proclamation stands
and so far as I am concerned it can
stand forever," the mayor said today.
"The order will take effect at mid
night and stand 12. hours. The police
will enforce the law to the letter."
As the matter now stands the peo
ple can do one of two things:
"Go to church or stay- at home. 'The
ministers are jubilant over the pros
pects for a tight Sunday."
Elma School; Rooms
' Are Being Finished
Elma, Wash.. Aug. 12. Six rooms,
left "unfinished when the Klma high
school building was erected several
years ago, are being completed, due
to the Increase of pupils for the 1922
1923 terms. A. L. Sutterfleld is in
charge ofi the ! work - for which the
school district voted 2000 In bonds,
sold to the state. The board has also
purchased another school bus.
A harvest time of good values
presenting an astonishing
variety of new styles at genu
inely economical prices. Visit
the Baker stores tomorrow
i
Many new Fall styles have
- ; ' , ' ' - !
-I : ' i
C10QZ-A popular model in patent colt
Vfiih ventilated vamp, ' one strap and
buckle, tvrn sole and lotf heel. Reduced
from $8J0 to
S08S
-Los Angeles--San FranciscoPordand--Detroil
i'Xfi;Xll:X :X"--zV:,
Morrison Sis,
MURPHY, FREED. J
WOULD BE HEAD :
OF LARGE UNION
"Boys7 Who Stick Will tat
. Corned ; Beef and Cabbage; ;
Others Soup,1! Says Dictator.
Chicago, Aug. -12. !r. P.) Freed of
the charge of murder, "Big Tim"
Murphy today began a campaign to
become head of the Chicago .Building
Trades unions. f - i -
"The boys who stick With me will eat"
corn beef and cabbage tend them which
don't will have soup bean soup" Mur-
phy declared. . -
Murphy, who was cleared of charges
Of murdering s Policeman Torrance
Lyons when Judge Tfcylor held that
the prosecution had ncft presented suf;
flclent evidence to connect him with
the slaying, seeks the place which
Fred Mader-will vacate on August IS.
Mader, who was regarded merely as !
a tool of Murphys was forced to re
sign at a storm meetlsg of the Build
ing Trades council after the murder
charges were brought j against the la
bor leaders. Murphy's! case was taken
from the hands of the Jury by the
court, while Mader and other union
leaders werev forced td allow" the Jury
to decide their fate.
Murphy, the most picturesque char
acter in Chicago labor circles, wants
to sit in the king seat of Chicago
unionists. At present' he is head ot
the gas house workers and the section
foremen's unions.
Murphy's plans to become head of
the Building Trades Jcouncil depends
largely on the outcome of the appeal
of his conviction on charges ot con
spiracy to rob the mails In the holdup
ot trucks at the Dearborn station In
Chicago. Murphy was sentenced to
six years in the federal penitentiary
and his future action fdepends on the
decision of the higher (court
C. H. Baker
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been added.
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270 Morrison Si.