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I THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUSTi 19, 1922. t r " I ' J, MANY PROTESTS TO BE MADE ON LAW ON PARKING Indications are th.at the eity council chamber will fee Overflowing at neU Wednesday' session with business nvsn who will appear to protest against the enforcement of the prohibition of dou ble parking of automobiles. Thy plan to ask the council, it is said, fr some plan that will permit deftvertjes of goods to their places of business, even though the curbs are lined with automobiles at the time when the de livery trucks arrive. One plan suggested is that of pro hibiting the general parking of cars in the congested district say, frcm First to Park and from Yamhill to Stark streets before 10 o'clock in tiie morning, and to require all deliveries In that district to be made by (lO o'clock. This, it is argued, would (be a fifty-fifty division of the inconven ience between the merchants and (he dellverymen. The merchants woild lise the advantage of the car-driving customer in the early morning, hours. and the truckman would have to i-e- arrange his loading hours to meet the prescribed time for deliveries, starting his work much earlier in the day than under present conditions. COXTKACTORS DELINQUENT ! DAYS ON CITY WOBK McMsry Brothers were delinquent) 10 days in the completion of the Kiast Flanders street and East 50th street sewer system. The work will be before the city council for consideration ' of seceptance next Wednesday, and Com missioner Barbur will report that the delay in completion was due to the con tractors having insufficient lumber with which to brace trenches, and that they be penalized $68, which is approxi mately the cost of Inspection after ex piration of the time limit for comple tion.' . ' A different situation existed in the case of Simonsen & Johnson, he says. They were delinquent 109 days in the Improvement of portions of Tenlno avenue. Crystal Springs boulevard and East 37th street, due to unfavorable weather. Barbur recommends that all penalties be remitted in this case and the work be accepted. BARBUR TO RECOMMEND PERMITS FOR BUILDINGS Recommendations will be made by Commissioner Barbur to the city coun cil Wednesday that it grant a permit to W. H. Ross to erect and maintain a two story apartment house on 25th street, between Raleigh and Savier streets, and a permit to Jason C. Moore to erect and maintain a four story class apartment house on East 25th street, between Hawthorne avenue and East Clay streets, and a permit to Mrs. M. Sichel for a one story brick and concrete building at the southeast comer of 12th and Main streets, to be used for stores, automobile accessories and storage. Because of the large protest of adja cent property owners, aBrbur will rec ommend denial of the application of Wilson Wilson for a permit to erect and maintain a stucco and frame build ing on Sandy boulevard, between East 41t and East 42d streets, to be used for an undertaking establishment. BARBUR RKCOMMENDS DELAY IX CERTAIN PUBLIC WORK Although 67.48 per cent of the prop erty directly affected Is represented on the petition for the permanent Im provement of a district jncluding por ticris of Dekum avenue, ast Ninth street, Madrona street. Winona ave nue and Fern street. Commissioner Barbur recommends that the work be postponed until the property is in a position to go to bond if so desired. Investigations of the department of public works show that considerable cash would have to be paid before the properties would have the bonding privilege, and Barbur recommends that the proposed improvement be post poned until existing liens are reduced. CITY HALL BRIEFS The city council has approved plans and specifications for the proposed sewer In Flanders street, from 10th street to the Willamette river. The city engineer's estimate of the cost is 30,140. Ninety days from the time of award of contract Is to be allowed for the construction. Remonstrances against the propose sewer are re quired to b filed by September 1. The city purchasing agent is in viting bids lor furnishing automobile and truck tires and tubes for city de partments. Bids will be opened at 2 O'clock next Friday afternoon. Commissioner Barbur will recom mend to the city council at it next session that It pay the claim of Edith SUald for loss of salary due to an ac cident when she fell on a water valve ; at Park and Morrison streets. There : la no legal claim against the city, he ' says, but it would cost approximately '0Q to defend a suit, while the claim "is only $33.60. Strong & MaeNaughton are asking the city council for a permit to erect a one story parage building with base ment at the northeast corner of East Eighth and Belmont streets. A new application for a hospital per mit must run the gamut of city coun cil proceedings, with the possibility of the usual crowd of protestants. Alice H. Kalley has applied for a permit to use , two and a half story house on East 39 th street, between Thompson and Braaee streets, for a maternity hospital. It will go before the council next Wednesday. The Visiting Nurse association has asked the city council to make an ap propriation of $750Q In the next budget fof a continuance of the tuberculosis work i Portland. Ordinances, will be Introduced by Commissioner Barbur at the next ses sion of the city council for the im provement of Forest street, i from Overlook boulevard to the western terminus of Forest street; improve ment of 42d avenue southeast, from 424 to 4tth streets southeast ; Improve ment of East 6Sd street, from Halaey to Tillamook streets. The eity council will be asked by Commissioner Mann next Wednesday ts authorise his- entering into contracts with the Caftnaa Water company and the Powell Valley water district No. S to furnish them with supplies of Bull Run water. K. I Luddelman has applied I to the eity council tow a permit to maintain as a four family apartment house a building on College street, between 14th and isth streets. Mrs. M. B. Mc- frs SENSATIONAL TRIPLE LEAP MIffMr FROM 'WjlW BALLOON W. SUNDAY ffi "TheOaks" Faul asks for a permit to maintain a two story frame building 'as a four family apartment house, on Kast 12th street, between East Alder and East Morrison streets. Lillian D. Wait wants a permit to alter and maintain a two story building as a four family apartment bouse on East 12th street, between East 55th- and East 56th streets. i WILfflGTMEA ff Medford. Aug. 19. Arguments will be beard today by Judge Calkins on on demurrers filed Friday by J. F. Hittson. Dr. 3, P. Bray, Howard Hill, Bert Moses, T. E. Goodie and J. Alex' ander Norrls. Indicted In the ; recent grand Jury investigation into alleged night riding activities. The demurrers are all contained in one instrument, signed by John A. Jef fery, II. A. Cana&ay. George Codding and O. C Boggs. attorneys for the ac cused. The following allegations are made: That the grand jury had no legal aw thority to inquire into the crime charged because the same is not triable within "the county. ' , That the indictment does not sub stantially conform to the requirements of chapter 7 of title 18 of Oregon laws. That more thsn one crime Is charged In the indictment, and that facts al leged do not constitute a crime. Chapter -7 of title 18, Oregon laws deals with forms of criminal actions and requirements of indictments. W. B. Honeyman, Who Succumbed to Heart Trouble, Is Buried William Bonar Honeyman, who dropped dead of heart trouble In the corridor on the fourth floor of the Pit took building Thursday, was buried in Rlverview cemetery today following sen-ices from Finley's chapel at 10 :30 o'clock. He was born November 28. 1844. in Ontario, Canada, of Scotch-English people. He and his father mined In. Colorado from 1860 to 1862, and then" came overland by ox train, , They stopped at Auburn, Baker county, to prospect for a couple of months and then moved on to Portland, arriving December 22, 1862. Shortly thereafter the Honeymans took charge of the quarts mill, of the Confederate Star mine at Rocky Bar. In March, 1866, Mr. Honeyman out fitted at Boise City and went to Hel ena, Mont., where they prospected for a time and then bought a claim at Reynold City, which turned out fairly rich. Honeyman later located several claims on Salmon river, Idaho, near the Nappies creek mine. He sold the Rey nold property and mined at Nappies creek. He and his partners laid out the town of Leesburg at this place. Later he sold out and November 12, 1867 ar rived in Portland. Honeyman married Agnes McKay In 1877. They had the following children: George L.. died 1904 ; Ethel A. Gardner of Tacoma. Jennie M. Jubits. Frances A. Scott, William B. Jr., and John B., all of Portland. Honeyman was an incorporator of the Portland Linseed Oil works in 1886 and was manager for eight years. After the plant was sold he became an appraiser and adjuster of fire losses. PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES 4 HELD FOR JONATHAN WRIGHT Private funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Chambers parlors for Jonathan H. Wright, father of Rev. O. C. Wright, superintendent of the Oregon Baptist missions, who died Friday after a long ill r ess. The son will depart late today with his father's body for Liberty. Ind., where interment will be made beside Mrs. Wright, near the Liberty Chris tian church, of which the old folks were lifelong members. Mr. Wright came to Portland two "Veers ago and lived with his son at No. -640 East 20th street north. He put in three years of active service during the Civil war with company G. 24th Indiana' volun teers. He was born near Orleans, Ind., and became a successful farmer and stock raiser. Relatives In Portland besides the Rev. Wright are Clarence C. and Es ther Margaret Wright, grandchildren, and Barbara Jean, daughter of Clar ence C. A son, -H. W. Wright, Is a physician of Sallna, Kan. Motive for Murder Eeyealed by Sister To Grand Jurors San Francisco, Aug. 19. (I. S.)- The murder of Mrs. Anna Wilkens, which, to date, has taken a toll of four lives, and which, because of the similarity of circumstances, has been called the "second Carl Wanderer case," took a new and sensational turn to day. Taken before the grand Jury late last night, calm and smiling. Miss Helen Lange, Sister of Mrs. Wilkens, emerged from the inquisitorial room early today weeping and broken. It was learned that she had revealed fully to the grand Jury a love affair with Wilkens. which the state contends was the motive for the slaying of Mrs. Wilkens. Previously Misa Lange had appeared before the grand Jury and testified that there had been nothing amiss in her relations with her brother-in-law. As a result of this previous testimony the grand jury voted to Indict Frank J. Murphy, attorney for Wilkens. en the charge of subornation of perjury. The girl was granted immunity, but or dered held under surveillance until the trial of Henry Wilkens for the murder of his wife. The state alleges that Wilkens hired Walter Castor to kill his wife. A Bight hold-up took place. Mrs. Wilkens was slain. Wilkens was arrested some time later and then, following a long search. Castor was located. H killed one of ficer, wounded another, shot his sister-in-law to death and then committed suicide. Inherits Peerage But Won't Accept Washington, ' Aug. 19 (17. P.) Henry Edward Pellew will net return to London to take his place among the peers of Great Britain. The title will be accepted, but because of his years, he prefers to spend the! rest of his life in the United State, the land of his adoption. It U probable (hat the new viscount's son. Charles A. Pellew of New York, will return to London to taka charge ; of Es mouth aetata ana upon the death of his father will live in England as Viscount Exmouth. RDER CASE RIM 'AFFECTS WEOITORS IBM Holders of certificates of deposit, certified checks, cashier's checks bills of exchange and bank drafts against the defunct State Bank of Portland will share equally in the liquidation of assets with regular depositors, as a result of a ruling today in the cir cuit court by Presiding Judge Evans, who upheld Frank O. Bramwell, state superintendent of banks. In charge of the assets of the defunct bank, in his decision of the defunct- bank, in his decision that these special types of creditors be classed as depositors and not general creditors. Bramwell made a report some time ago stating he was prepared to begin distribuuting the assets of the bank and listing as depositors the holders of these five kinds of commercial pa per. TEST SUIT FILED Shortly afterwards, Mrs. Grace Doxle, a depositor, filed a test suit objecting to the report and the ruling that holders of these special types of paper be classed as depositors, but asserting that under state law they should be classed as general creditors, and contesting the right of Bramwell to put them in this class without other authority. Judge Evans ruled that inasmuch as banking laws authorise the super intendent of ban tea to make rules and regulations for the conduct of business except where they might conflict with existing statutes, the rules made by Bramwell had the force and ' effect of law. And that since the state law did not define depositors, the superin tendent had the right to classify the holders of these various evidences of transactions which were objected to as depositors. SITUATION EXPLAINED Evans added that since all persons are presupposed to know the law, the depositors are supposed to have dealt with the bank with the understanding that these special items be classed as deposits. In effect. Evans said, after giving his oral opinion, the decision probably would mean that the holders Of these five kinds of evidence of transactions would receive some pro rata share of the assets, while if they had been classed as general creditors it is likely they would have never received any thing, A hundred or -more creditors and de positors of the bank were present dur ing the hearing and were permitted to ask questions during the proceedings; which were conducted informally. 1NCT NO. 201 CASEJCONTINUED (Continued From Pace' On. which have already been charged as a result of the Hall-Olcott recount un der court supervision. It was reported that no subpenas were issued for these men because if subpenaed they would not be prose cuted in the event the grand jury was convinced of fraud and satisfied in placing the responsibility. The beginning of the recount ot'.hal lots for Republican nominees for rep resentative from Multnomah county, which was contested by John B. Cof fey, and the recount of the ballots for nominee for joint senator on the Re publican ticket from ' Multnomah, Clackamas and Columbia counties, which was contested by W. W. Banks, will be delayed until an outside judge is found who can sit here and supervise tfte recount. All parties interested in both re counts, which will be conducted at the same time as a matter of convenience and economy, have expressed them selves as desirous of having an outside Judge decide the contest. , At noon today no judge had been found who could accept the invitation, but it was reported the matter prob ably would be Settled early next week and the recount started. Veterans to March In Long Parade on Streets of Seattle Seattle, Aug. 19. Thousands of fighting men who participated in bat ties from the Civil war to the late world contest were scheduled to march this afternoon in the greatest mili tary parade staged In the Northwest. Billed as the three-hour Amerlcani satlon parade, but partaking more of the nature of a pageant, the affair was arranged as the outstanding fea ture of the 9ist division's annual re union. The convention of the Wild West di vision began this morning and will continue through tomorrow, when the. delegates visit Camp Lewis. Noted Authority on Botany Is Here to Confer on Plants t ft. Kent Beattie, formerly professor of botany and plant pathology at Washington State college and now pathologist for the United States de partment of agriculture at Washim; ton. D. C spent Friday in Poland conferring with Harry Sargent of the federal horticultural board. Dr. J. C. Boyce, forest pathologist, and the city bureau of parka, relative to the intro duction of plant material from foreign countries. Beattie is one of the Joint authors of -Flora of the Northwest Coast." and is considered one of the specialists of the United States on natural plant growth. Ha left the Seward hotel this morning for Astoria, where ha will take up the question of cranberry dis eases with H. K. Bain, federal patholo gist. He will return to Portland Mon day to spend three er four daya dis cussing pathological work and plant Importations with plant specialist Steals Phonograph And Danish Records A prowler with a taste for knlck knaeks entered the horn of John Ban- son, Route one, Portland, and mada away with to pnouograpn recoras sung in Danish, a phonograph, and an alarm clock. The phonograph : and records were valued at 3150 Benson told the police., . . , OFDEFul PEC Bat Exterminator ! Does Poor Job as Moonshine Killer W. A. Cohagan, modern Pled Piper whose calling in life ia to exterminate rats and other rodents with a certain kind of chemical, took a little scientific advice from Municipal Judge Ekwall this 'morning for overstepping the bounds of personal liberty, Cohagan, it seems, la styled the ."Rat Exterminator." After feeding rata all day with his exterminator Friday, he sought out the North End and a bottle Of moonshine. Patrolman Davidson found htm reeling about the streets. "If you'd fed the rata what you've been drinking," Judge Ekwall said, "you'd be all right." Cohagan paid 15 for the advice. 1925 CARAVANERS ENJOY RECEPTION (Coustaaad Tnm Pes One) Oregon and let them see for themselves what there Is here, he added. , "Follow the golden rule," he said, "and help those communities, less favored. People will come from the congested cities of the East and settle here. Think of what it would mean to them." Before leaving Medford this morning a run was made to Jacksonville, where the residents were made acquainted with the mission of the caravan. The members of the caravan, a body of Enterprise citizens who have cheer fully dug down into their own pockets to meet the expenses of the trip, say that they could not have made a better investment toward making, known the plans of financing the 1925 exposition and popularising it throughout Oregon. A short stop was made at Savage Rapids irrigation dam. Among the Grants Pass people who met the cara. van there- were Mayor C. H. Demary, President , O. C. Blanchard of the Chamber of Commerce ; Wilford Allen, secretary of the Grants Pass Irriga tion district; Sam Baker, I. A. Robie and J. H. Feertig. FIRE SIREN AND ENGINE GREET PARTY AT ASHLAND Ashland, Aug. 19. Covered with dust but bubbling with enthusiasm, the 1925 exposition caravan rolled into Ashland last night from Crater Lake. A dele gation of Ashlanders greeted them at Hotel Ashland and had dinner with them. Then a drive over the city and through Lithla park wound up at the plaza, where a crowd had gathered for a short program. The fire siren called the crowd at 7 p. m., as there had been no definite notice of the exact time of arrival. The fire engine In all its red shining glory was parked on the plaza and used as a speakers' platform. Mayor Lambkin welcomed the visit ors and Secretary Fuller of the cham ber of commerce added his welcome. Mayor Baker responded, explaining the object of the caravan trip. Notic ing the big sign In the middle of the street on the Plasa, with the words, "Welcome to Ashland, the Gateway City Of Oregon," Mayor Baker said : "I like that and especially that word Oregon. -That's what we want to have this exposition for, to tall the world about Oregon. We want to organise our state. California is organized from one end to the other and that is why it is known in. the East. We want the world to know about Crater Lake and the Josephine caves, and this wonder ful valley of yours and ail the great ness of our state." ' Then he went Into detail as to plans, explaining that Portland would bear the taxation and it was the good will of every one In the state that was the thing most wanted. He mentioned the three great transcontinental highways that cross the state and the fact that last year twice as many tourists passed through the state as did the year be fore. He safcd the burden of taxation was heavy on the people of Oregon because of the fact that there are only eight people to the square mile, that the state has spent seventy odd million dollars on roads and what is needed is to increase the population and develop the resources. "The people needed some definite ob jective and this 1S25 exposition will fur nish that and bring the Easterner to Oregon." Mayor Baker said. He ex pressed pleasure that the local cham ber of commerce was affiliated with the state chamber. He said we must think In terms of Oregon and Tiot in sections of the state. At 7 :45 the caravan pulled out for Medford. RECORD TURNOUT MEETS CARAVANERS AT MEDFORD Medford, Aug. 19. What is said to have been the largest turnout to greet the 1925 exposition caravan -packed Library square last night for a block about the speakers' stand. After music by the Elks band. Mayor C. E. Gates Introduced the visitors, saying the way Oregon must travel to develop the state and reduce taxes at the same time is to attract new comers. The exposition in 1925, he said, is the means to accomplish these results. Mayor Gates then turned the meeting over to reo w. Carlton of the Mult nomah club. Th official 1925 song wb sung oy me uiee ciuo. , "The way to accomplish results is to organise," said Baker. "Oregon will be organised in carrying through the 1925 fair." "We should share the expense of any movement that benefits us. The 1925 exposition will fill for months several such camp grounds as Med ford has," was Mayor Gates' asser tion. "One of the best members ever on the state fair board was Pop Gates, If that be treason, make the most of it," was A. H. Lea's tribute to the Medford executive. "Among undeveloped resources of the state often overlooked are water power, reclamation, irrigation, logged off lands." A. R. Bitter said, "if these are ever to be utilised we shall have to secure more than eight people to the square mile." "When Oregon is mentioned, folks east of the Missouri look about for a map in order to locate the State," was the comment of Otto Hart wig. "The fair will cause Portland and Oregon to be indelibly fixed In the minds of all. Wa need your support, so that under our state constitution we may finance, the fair." "Men young in heart are needed, years make no difference. Portland will pay a million a year for three years for this fair," said George L. Rows. "Look these 17 organisations over that compose the caravan. You will agree . with me, a commissary general, that what they travel on is pot air alone." was the parting shot of "Coffee Cup" Johnson. i The portable broadcasting apparatus was used. Record reports of the Cra ter Lake meeting were picked up by local outfits, coming in well. : OREGON TRAIL GRAYELXD t Grande. Aug. 19. Graveling sf the Old Oregon trail between this city aad Hilgard la searing completion. Danger u aurvea on state highway In this section are feeing marked - by signal posts with red reflectors. MacNider Predicts Early Passage? of e Soldier Bonus KBill Washington. Aug. 19- (I- N- All signs point to speedy passage of the soldiers' bonus bill. Hanford Mac Nider? national commander of the American Legion, declared to Inter national News Service today; follow ing a series of conferences with legis lative leaders at the capital. "I spent yesterday listening to what senators thought of the bill and I was delighted with what I heard." said MacNider. "The situation is excellent and we expect immediate and favor able action. I'm sure the bill .will, be passed be an overwhelming majority." Accord mg to' present legislative plans, the bonus bill will bo called up in the house on 3dnday and. rushed to passage. TARIFF MEASURE IS PASSEDJBY SENATE (Continued From Pace One) people because it gave Americans the right to feed, clothe and supply Amer icans. Fronn the Democratic side came warning of bankrupt purses, empty cupboards and of breadlines. Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, who led the minority in. op posing the bill, branded it as an "in defensible steal on the American pock etbook." Some of the chief rates adopted with comparative rates from the permanent Underwood law follow : Wheat, McCumber rate, 30c bushel ; Underwood rate, free. Com, McCumber rate, 70c bushel. Un derwood rate, free. Cotton (long staple). McCumber rate, 70c pound ; Underwood rate, free Beef and veal, McCumber rate, 3 Vic pound ; Underwood rate, free. - Lamb, McCumber rate, 5c pound ; Un derwood rate. free. Pork. McCumber rate, c pound ; Underwood rate, free. Wool, McCumber rate, 33c pound ; Underwood rate, free. Cattle hides, McCumber rate, free ; Underwood rate, free. Sugar fCuban). McCumber rate. $1.83 per hundredweight ; Underwood rate, $1.25 per hundredweight emergency. Dyes and chemicals, McCumber rate, 90 per cent ad valorem ; Underwood rate, embargo war emergency, 10'ic -per pound. Rates on steel, iron, other metals, glass, cutlery, aluminum and prac tically every industrial product were raised over the Underwood law. These Increases ranged from 25 to 500 per cent. These advances, according to the Democrats, will be reflected In the re tall prices of everything used in an American home. The increase to American consumers on agricultural products alone, opponents of the bill said, would amount to $1,318,569,000 a year. This staggering sum, they contend ed, would include an tticreased tax on sugar of $23,000,000- over the emerg ency rate and $85,000,000 over the Un derwood rate. On beef and veal the advance to consumers will total $231,000,000 a year, they said. Other increases pre dieted by Democrats were $12,000,000 annually on lard. $104,000,000 on cotton and cOtton goods : $200,000,000 on woolen cloth and $200,000,000 or more pn woolen clothing, $100,000,000 on silk and silk goods and even $40,000,000 on potatoes. Steamship, Bearing Lightner Due -at San Pedro Monday The steamer West Faralon, bound from Shanghai, Chinas to San Pedro, Cal., and on which Dave Lightner, fugitive and alleged narcotic peddler, is supposed to be on board and In irons, ia due in San Pedro early Mon day morning, according to advices re ceived today by The Journal by fed eral radio. The boat is due outside the San Pedro harbor at 10 p. m. Sunday, but will probably not dock before early Monday morning. Interest in the United States attorney's office is cen tered on finding out whether or not Lightner is actually on board. In keep ing with a cablegram sent from Shang hai several weeks ago. Lightner Jumped $2000 bond on the eve of his trial! on three Indictments charging a violation of the Harrison narcotic act and two charging a violation of the Volstead act. His bond has since been raised to $10,000. Certified copies of all the papers In the case have been sent to California, so officials there will be able to take his into custody the minute the boat docks. M. 0. Evans Accepts Agricultural Job In Oakland, Calif. Ml O. Evans, for the past nine years Identified with the agricultural Inter ests of this state, for the last 2V4 years field manager of the Oregon Growers' Cooperative association, with head quarters in Salem, will leave August 2$ for Oakland, where he will handle the fruit and other agricultural In-, t crests of a wealthy California grower, Eftrans' first work in Oregon was in 1912, tthen he Instituted the school gardens in Portland as a part of the x tans ion work of the Oregon Agri cultural college. Later he was assist ant leader of county agents, conduct ing preliminary work for the exten sion of the work of county agents to Oregon. Kvans was for two years su pervising farm specialist for the United States department of agriculture for the 11 Western states. Oar Somersaults, But Couple Escape Serious Injuries Mr. and Mrs. Foster W.'Holt, No. Ufa Wilbur street, escaped serious in jury: early this morning when a wheel dropped off their automobile near Eagle Creek oa the Columbia river highway and the car turned a somersault. land ing bottom aid up. -! Mrs. Fester was thrown clear of the ear and the only Injury was ' a cut wrist. Foster stayed with the ma chine and the steering wlteel,. driven Into els stomach, hurt him.; but prob ably not seriously. . A passing automo bile brought them to Portland. .Thy want te their home and this afternoon wra sleeptng it off. They had boea driving all sight when the accident occurred. .. Minnesota Forest Fire Situation Is Reported Better (By United New) Duluth, Minn., Aug. 19. The forest fire situation In Northeastern Minne sota improved Friday ,nlght as thou sands of fire fighters made excellent progress against the flames, tsklng ad vantage of a lighter mind. While the situation In the Iron range district improved, new fires wera re ported in the Leech lake district. There was said to be little danger of heavy damage from the Leech lalce fires, however. Backfires ware started and the ' flames hemmed In. according to reports from Park Rapids. Fprest rangers, who went through the Central lake district, said settle ment buildings reported burned there were safe. So far no bodies have been found and there is no verification of early reports of 10 to 12 lives lost In the fires. The fire near Kelsey was being brought under , control with 4(5 men working furiously to head off - the flames. More than 2000 are fighting fires in Lake and St. Louis counties, and five companies of national guard are on duty, most of them guarding high ways to keep travelers from going int the district. FOUR POLICEMEN I Seattle, Aug. 19. UL P.) Four po licemen are thought to be dying and a streetcar operator seriously hurt this morning as a result of a collision be tween a high-powered automobile driven by one of the policemen and the streetcar on a down-town street short ly after 7 o'clock. ' . ' The automobile was traveling at a speed of more than 50 miles an hour, according to' witnesses, and both the motor and the streetcar were virtually demolished. Casualties are : Patrol Driver E. H. Devey, believed dying. Motorcycle Patrolman G. C. Jensen, may die. Motorcycle Patrolman Fred Mills, may die. Robert Kerner, special Investigator for Chief of Police W. B. Severyns, may die. G. W. St its, streetcar operator, cut and bruised. It has not been explained what the automobile with its policemen was dolnR at that hour. Although it was a privately owned car and said not to be on police duty at the time, the driver was disregarding all traffic laws, it-is alleged by witnesses, and failed to slow up at the corner. An east-bound one-man car was crossing Ninth ave nue on Pine street at the moment and the automobile literally tore through it, demolishing the front end. The accident occurred at an hour when hundreds of business and in dustrial people were hurrying to work arid a huge crowd was drawn to the scene of the crash that could be heard for blocks. Traffic on half a dosen important carlines was blocked for an hour while the debris was being cleared up. 2-Way Eadio Talk With SanFrancisco Proves Successful N. A. Bowers, Pacific coast editor of the McOraw Hill publications, who participated in the experiment of the Northwestern Electric company Thurs day night, in conducting a two-way radio conversation with the Colin B. Kennedy company, Los Altos. Cal., 30 miles south of San Francisco, is en thusiastic over the success of the test. "This Is the first time that a San Francisco-Portland conversation has been successful," he said. "I have always felt that Portland was rather dead because of certain atmospheric conditions that produced a pocket of dead air, but in the conversation I rec ognised Dr. L. F. Fuller's voice per feotly." When Bowers went to San Francisco in 1914 to become , connected with the McGraw Hill trade journal publica tions ha had desk room. Today he has a suite of 12 rooms and about 0 as sistanta. There are 13 publications on the list, the youngest being "Bus Transporta tion," which started last January and Is devoted to the transportation indus try. Bowers is undertaking a survey of the stage industry throughout the United States and on this trip is mak Ing surveys bf Oregon and Washing ton. One issue will be devoted to each state. Bowers is an active Masama. Bowers, accompanied by W. W. Evans, local Masama, will climb Hood from the north Side Sunday morning. Mayor Baker Caught As Truant in Law Against Weedy Lots Twii but recently that Mayor Ba ker consented to be the vicarious sac rifiea In the lot cleaning campaign and have served on him warrants for ar rest because of failure of city depart ments to clean up certain city owned lots. The purpose was to bring ford ble public Attention the fact that the lot cleaning program is to be prose cuted without fear or favor. But now comes the real thing, for on Friday legal notification was sent to the mayor's office although he is not here to receive It personallythat his own property, lot 15, block 1, Meadow brook, must have immediate attention He is notified that tree limbs are over hanging the sidewalk, and that rose bush branches reach out over the walks. Law Found Futile AgainstPetGander Although the eity eounetl has ordered the removal of Bobbie," the Vocally famous pat gander of Mrs, Kuntce M Bothwell, from her premises at No. Bit East Everett street, it finds it has no legal authority to enforce Its order. Neighbors who. are annoyed by the gander could bring action la the courts against Us owner on the gruad of malautntnjr ft nuisance. Commissioner Pier offered to provide a good home for "Bobble" at Laurelhurst lke. but Mrs. Bothwen declared she loves her pet too much to part with him. -. Hi IN U Treasure Hunt on For Gems Buried at 'House of Mystery1 San Francisco, Aug. li? L N. S- An old-fashioned treasure hunt was on today for a box of sapphires and dia monds reputed to be worth a fortune, amid the unkempt remains of the once beautiful gardens of the old "house of mystery" at Bush and Octavta streets, former home of Mrs. Teresa Bell, the filing of whose eccentric will just caused a sensation. -The treasure, according to a com munication received by E. J. Tal bot, attorney for the late Mra Bell, was buried by "Mammy" Pleasant, whose weird influence over the Bell household was the talk of the town a quarter of a century ago. The tall, angular old woman, two thirds Chero kee Indian, and one third negress, reputed high priestess of voodooism. business adviser of uncanny acumen to the late Mr. Bell, died at the home of friends after Mrs. Bell had ousted her from her former high place in the Bell mansion. She died promising her friends a box of treasure, c It never was found and the first clue was a note scrawled In a shaky handwriting received by Talbot In her will Mrs. Bell disowned her children and left her fortune of a mil lion dollars to the state. Three chil dren will contest the will and the suit is expected to bring out many hith erto hidden details of the mysterious "Mammy" Pleasant. WORKERS DENY THEY (Continued Prom Pas On.) liar. Mrs. Holt said her father picked berries in the early part of the after noon and about 4 o'clock started to ir rigate the garden and lawn, and later read The Journal as soon as it was de livered. Mrs. Getty, who. is working in an east side factory, said she ar rived home a few -minutes after S o'clock, and found her husband seated on the front porch reading Tne Jour nal. Getty said he had been on the picket line several times before the injunc tion was issued, but that since the evening of July 27 he had not been near Knott ami Delay streets except on one occasion, and that to register his name in a book kept by the strike committee in a restaurant near that corner. Getty testified that he did not understand the requirements of Judge Wolverton's restraining order when he read It over in The Journal, so he called upon the United States attorney for advice. He was advised, he said, to stay away from that corner if he wanted to keep out of trouble. Thie advice, he declared, he had abid ed by, not even going down there to get his pay check- At this juncture Getty addressed the court and asked if he would be violating the restrain ing order if he went to get his check, to which the judge answered, "You have a right to go and collect your check." PRODUCES WITNESSES Conrad Brill produced William Krea- ger and Conrad Fries as witnesses in his behalf. Testimony of the wit nesses did not vary from that of Brill who stated that he went with Kreager to the yards about 3 o'clock that after noon to get his pay check, that he aia not loiter Dout tne yaras, out did loiter around a "Saloon" on Rus sell street until about 4 o'clock. Brill Insisted on calling the drinking estab lishment which he visited, a saloon. At 4 o'clock, he said, Kreager and himself went home. Brill stopping at the Fries home." Fries, who is a neigh bor, said he found Brill at home when he arrived home from work at 6 :80 p. m., and that they jested over the small pay check which Brill received. The check was for $1.28 and repre sented Brill's entire Income for the month 6f July. VISITED FATHER Walter L. Whitehalr, a railroad sig nalman residing at Arlington, said he arrived in Portland on August 1 on his vacation, and went to the yards that evening by auto to meet ? his father, who is employed there as a brass worker. Whitehalr said he was acquainted with George Sherman, one of the defendants, and that they en gaged in a conversation as soon as he arrived, which lasted until the elder Whitehalr came out of the gate. Whitehalr denied that Sharman had used any abusive language toward any of the non-union men coming out of the yards while he was present. All, motions made by counsel for the striking railroad men to dismiss the contempt proceedings ' against them were overruled Friday afternoon by the court. He granted the right, however, to the strikers to renew their motions at the end of the trial, and re quested attorneys for the railroad company to produce authorities to show that publication of an injunc tion order in the dally papers consti tuted proof of service on all parties out on strike. Rail Shop Forces Nearly Normal in Portland District Railroad shops in the Portland dis trict are operating with forces almost 90 per cent of normal, according to reports gathered from the O-W. R. & N., Southern Pacific and 8- P. & S. lines. The three systems claim 162$ men working while normal totals were 18T3. The S. P. & 8. reported 442 out of a normal force of 503 working on the system. The Southern Pacific re ported a full force of 440 working at Brooklyn shops and the O-W. Ft. A N. reported 74$ out of a normal force f 931 working at Albina shops. ORDER A Conservative Custodian Why not open a savings account? A Hibernia account enables you to mobilize small amounts so they are available always. Member f titral Rsserve System i 11 II I UJI it III? 1 I t Ann 'iaw i ,it FOURTH AND 14 HI SHOOTS , Seaside, Aug. 19. Ed Resin, rancher living near Clatsop station, was shot and seriously injuredabout"10 o'clock last night by a MexicanJ whose wife' was in tha employ of Resin. The Mex-: lean entered the house through a win-, dow and shot Resin In the stomach, afterward. It Is said, beating him over, the head with the gun. Resin Is said to have grabbed the man before he could shoot his wife- Bear Family Raids Orchard; Hunters On Invaders' Trail Two big, black bears and two fussy little cubs deserted their native hill side haunts and Friday afternoon were seeking the fruits and sweets of civ ilization in the apple orchard on the George A. Breeland plaeu adjoining Dodge park. The sequel to the .story is belnu en acted in thst neighborhood today with ' every available man and gun in action on the trail of the Bruin family. Bree land, who is a member of the ptaff of the United fittes land office here, re ceived the report of the bear fam ily's visit this1 morning from Mrs. Breeland who, with the children, are at the country place. Mrs. Breeland was In the apple' orchard, where the youngsters have a playhouse, when she spied the four bears, apparently seeking fruit and honey. Shortly thereafter two ehots were fired at the bears, but they only lumbered away. Not in years, it is said, have bears been seen so close to the city, and especially at this season. Senate Affirms Tariff on Sugar (By CclTrsl 8erriel Washington, Aug. 19. The senate last night, by a vote of 35 to 33. af firmed the recent action of the senate Bitting as a committee of the whole, levying a duty of 2.30 cents a pound on all sugar imports except those from Cuba. The duty on Cuban sugar re mains at 1.84 cents a pound. By a vote of 37 to 25, the "farm bloc" succeeded In striking from the tariff bill a provision putting some vegetable oils on the free list. Al Jolson Admits He's Married Again (By I'nlrerMl Kerrlct) New York, Aug. 19. Al Jolson has found his "Mammy" again. The black face1 comedian 'fessed up that he had married Alma Osborne, better known to Broadway as Ethel Delmar. Ho would not say when or where the cere mony took place. Al, who was di vorced three years ago in California, said thorewere more "Mammy" songs than mamViles, "but there's only one 'Mammy' for me now." Pierce and Coulter Will Debate at Scio Sclo, Or.. Aug. 19. Walter M. Pierce, Democratic candidate ' for governor, who was. called home by illness of his wife, making necessary cancellation of a scheduled debate with J. R. Herman of Portland on single tax a week sgo, notified G. L. Sutherland that he will debate the Income tax here Thursday with Frank Coulter of Portland. Remnant of A. E. F. Polish Unit Back (By United Kcwi) New York. Aug, "19. Seven hundred men, the last remnant of the American exiiedltlonary force, that served under Paderewski in Poland In 1917-18. -arrived back on American soil Friday on ' the steamer Latvia. Of the original 20,000 men, one-third met death ot the battlefields. Driver Is Killed in Collision With Car Tacoma. Aug. 19. (IT. P.) His skull crushed when the laundry wagon which he was driving crashed head-on into an American Lake streetcar here last night. G. A. Edfast died in the hospital 13 minutes later. The auto mobile was thrown 12 feet by the force of the Impact and Edfast was cata pulted through the windshield, strik ing on his head. ROAD OPESISO KEAB Vancouver. Wash.. Aug. 19. C. C. Hutchias. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is having a cut made show ing the main highways of Clarke coun ty, to be used on a poster which will be distriubted to all hotels and ga rages from Vancouver, B. C, to .the California line in preparation of: the opening of the Pacific highway from IaCenter to Kalajna. probably Sep tember 10. BLUE BIRD MOONLIGHT DANCE SUNDAY NIQHT akDKR ST. DOCK. S:4S EVERYBODY WCLOOMK WASHINGTON nvw i