Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

Jury on q charge of converting $4,000
to his own use from funds intrusted to
his care while guardian Of Jacob G..
| Miller, an incompetent. The Miller es-
tate is valued at about $l25,000 and as
manager of the estate it is charged that
Mishler speculated in hops and then
gave the estate two personal notes for
IS 900 each. Sheriff Esch expects to
return with his prisoner some time the
latter part of this week. It is said
that Mishler will fight extradition.
The jury in the case of G. G. Burton
and Genie G. Burton against Thad NJ.
Lukens returned a verdict for the de-
fendant Saturday night. This was ease
brought by the Burtons to set aside a
note for $3.50 given by them in a trade
in real estate whereby they traded 40
acres near Silverton, encountered with
$3.50 mortgage for four lots in Cali
fornia.
The case Of the State against Eddie
Patterson. charged with obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses, was dismissed
today in the circuit court by order of
Judge Kelly upon the motion Of District
Attorney Ringo. The cases OF the State
against George Yellowvich charged with
assault and the State against Frank
Won Hatten. charged with non-support
of his children, were also dismissed
upon the motion of tine district attor-
ney.
The will of f. Clara Martin Morgan,
deceased, was admitted to probate to-
day and Thomas B. Morgan, the hus-
band and only heir Of the deceased, was
named as executor. The estate consists
of real property in Douglas county
valued at 81 800. The appraisers ap-
pointed were E. c. Derrick, J. Baum
gartner and Frank J. Chapman.
The ease of A. R. Richardson and
Mary Richardson against W. L. Diel
was called in department No. Of the
circuit court this morning. This is a
case brought in connection with land
deal and the plaintiffs allege that they
traded some lots in Piedmont addition
to Portland for some land in Polk coun-
ty They say their deed called for SO
acres more or less and they found upon
surveying il that il was IL acres less.
They brought suit for 1850, the value
of II acres of the land. The defendant
denies that he made any statement as
I to the exact amount Of the land and
that accepted the property as it
lay without stipulating the exact
number of acres. w. G. Winslow and
B. +. Swope are attorneys for the plain
tiff and McNary & McNary and E. M.
Page represents the defendant.
Marriage licenses have been issued by
the county clerk to John A. Bass, con
tractor Of Mehama, and Alice Mary
Wheeler, also of Mehama. Harold B.
Caldwell, a printer of Sherwood, and
Mez f. Surry, stenographer, OF Me
hama, also secured glory ticket.
The county school superintendent and
his force Of examiners are busy today
looking over the recent grade examina-
tion papers. About 40 pupils took the
examination this time but large num-
Der took the examination in only one
or two subjects. The results will be
given out during the early part of next
week.
John Schultz, who assaulted o man
named Brown in the northern part of
this county about year ago and was
paroled from the bench still reports to
District Attorney Ringo and the reports
have been sent in from all parts Of the
world. Shultz, who says he found the
name to be unpopular during the war,
has assumed the name Herman Zahlet
and the report received by the district
attorney today came from Oreng, Al
giers, North Africa. He is now on the
steamship Waimana, of Marking, China,
engaged in carrying meat to the allied
armies. Shultz's last report was from
Nankin, China, before he went to At.
rica. This is the only item found to.
day of local interest which makes no
complaint about the snow.
Deputy Sheriff o. d. Bower went to
Portland today to bring Harold r.
Booth back to Salem 10 stand trial on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretcnses. 1t is charged that
Booth gave the Meyers store q bad
check for a bout $50 in December, 1913,
and at the same time also passed bad
paper on Oscar johnson s Plymouth
store for slj and Hal Patton for $l5
more. Booth was n former Salem resi-.
dent and was well known here. He
had been away from Salem for some
time and then returned to pass the paper
and left for California before any of
the checks could be eashed He re.
turned 10 Portland a few days ago and
was arrested by the Portland police.
The warrant for Booth g arrest was is
sued out Of justice court.
A suit was filed in the circuit court
today by Flora i. Newman against
Gordon Il. Tower and Bessie G.. Tower
TO collect on a note for 5000. II Is
alleged that this sum less $23935 is
due with $lJl alleged due on a pasture
bill. The plaintiff asks $50 attorney Is
fees. Smith & Shields are attorneys for
the plaintiffs.
A suit for divorce has been filed in
the circuit court by Elizabeth M.
Mullinix against Roy Mulhnix. They
were married in this county in 1910 and
the plaintiff alleges that the defendant,