BAB 1 7 1922
VOL. LXI XO. 19,130
Entered at Portland COreron
Poatofflce aa PcnTTj-c?a3 Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IARCII 14, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
lonnn orn AtMmr
TAXPAYERS URGE
SCIENTIST ABANDONS
MUCH CONSTRUCTION
BEGUN BY RAILWAYS
HIRE FAMILY HEADS,
PLEA TO EMPLOYERS
MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ACTS TO
RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT.
LOOT FROM BANK
FOUND BY LABORER
OUUU OLCr MUVIUC
ON INCOME REPORTS
SEARCH FOR GHOST
MfLLAGE TAX GUT
E
CROWDS THROXG CUSTOMS
HOUSE Alili DAY IiOXG.
EXPERT WON'T SAY WHAT HE
MORE PROJECTS UNDER WAY
THAN IN SEVERAL YEARS.
SAW IX HAUNTED HOUSE.
TODAY TO DECIDE
CHANGE III TREATY
Senate Is to Cast Vote on
STRIKING
mm
ARE BOMB
D AGAIN
Baker and Malheur Resi
dents Air Views.
VOTING LIMITATION ADVISED
Constitutional Amendment Is
Proposed by Senator.
COLLEGE HEADS SCORED
Mr. Kerr and Mr. Campbell Said to
Hare Suggested One Sum and
4 Recommended Another.
T BT JOHN W. KELLY.
BAKER. Or, March 13. (Special.)
Abolition of millage taxes for
schools. limitation of voting on fi
nancial measures to taxpayers only
and cancellation of every appropria
' tion that can be eliminted were some
of the suggestions received by the
state tax Investigation commission
from officers and taxpayers of Baker
and Malheur counties today. A poll
tax was advocated and bitterly op
posed. An Income tax met with eup
port from bankers and others and i
tax on gross earnings of corporations
and assessment of public service cor
poratlons at 100 per cent cash value
found & responsive sentiment.
Why did the legislature appropri
ate more than $100,000 for armories
when the nations of the world are
disarming and navies are being
junked and standing armies reduced,
demanded one citizen.
Folderol Held Taught.
Children are being taught all sorts
of folderol and there are instructors
for fads and fancies, declared another
taxpayer.
On the other hand, Andrew M.
Graham, assessor of Malheur county.
Insisted that the counties are all
right and can take care of them
selves, but that the heavy tax burden
la ' caused by the . state. Malheur
county was almost 10 per cent delin
quent in its taxes for 1921, but the
assessor expressed himself as satis
fied, much to the astonishment of the
members of the commission.
Interest in the public hearings of
the commission was manifested when
practically every county official of
Malheur traveled to Baker to attend
and the Baker county and municipal
officials were on hand. It was the
general opinion that the tax situation
is growing Intolerable and that some
thing must be done. Confession was
made that the people have been run
ning wild on voting money and there j
has been little heed taken of the day 1
of payment.
People Want to Talk Taxes.
Members of the commission who
have come into eastern Oregon to
seek suggestions for tax remedies
and to gather first-hand information
as to conditions consist of I. N. Day,
Coe McKenna, C S. Chapman "and
Walter M Pierce. They will visit La
Grande, Pendleton and The Dalles In
rapid succession. That the people
want to talk taxes is evidenced from
the readiness and feeling with which
they address the commission.
For the benefit of the public at the
searing the commission gave some
statistics.
Out of a J56 per capita for all pur
poses in Oregon only $1.96 per capita
Is for strictly etate purposes. The
difference between the 11.96 and the
$56 for general taxes provides a wide
field for retrenchment, the commis
sion Informed the officials and tax
payers. The state board of control,
according to- an Investigation, has not
been extravagant in .the conduct of
the Institutions in their charge, but
the board might effect some small
economies. ,
The way to reduce taxes is to not
levy them and then public officials
will not have money to spend.
Tax Increase 521 Per Cent.
Population in Oregon from 1910 to
1921 has increased IS per cent and
property values have increased in the
same period 20.8 per cent. The state
tax, however, has Increased S21 per
cent. The etate In 1921 was $9,493,105
In debt, of which the people voted
$5,057,419. to which is added CI, 040,
39 for roads, or a total of $6,098,258,
for which tha legislature is not re
sponsible, as it was voted by the peo
ple. Of the $3,314,817 of state taxes
over the amount voted by the citizens
but $1,552,644 is used essentially for
state government.
Taxes or all purposes In Oregon
last year were $41,000,000. Out of
this total, $18,703,447 was for edu
cational purposes. These high lights
of the tax situation were explained
to the gathering by the commission,
so that general conditions would be
understood.
Baker Population Decreases.
Two counties, Baker and Malheur,
are meeting with the commission.
Baker's population between 1910 and
1921 has decreased 89 per cent, tax
values have increased 4.5 per cent
and state taxes have increased 513.5
per cent, while all taxes have In
creased 157.2 per centOf the 1921
taxes, 11.5 per cent are delinquent
In Baker. Malheur's population has
Increased 29.4 per cent, taxable wealth
has increased 89.4 per cent, the state
tax has Increased 1018.9 per cent, and
tCooduiUd on Pag 3, Uluma 1.)
30 Deputies on Duty Busy Inspect
ing Returns and Assisting
Befuddled Taxpayers.
More than 3000 income taxpayers
were estimated to have filed in and
out the doors of the customs house
yesterday, according to Clyde G. Hunt
ley, collector of internal revenue, an
while Inside had their tax return
filled out and executed by the staff o
30 deputies on duty there. At least
as many more returns were received
through the mails, Huntley said.
Old employes who have assisted In
handling the income tax rush in pre
vlous years said that this was the big'
gest rush they had ever experienced,
both in the number of people dealt
with and the number of returns.
Mr. Huntley said that .75,000 returns
had been filed last year and that he
expected as many if not more thi
year, although the amount of tax
would not be quite as large owing t
increased exemptions and also to
slightly lower wage scales which hav
prevailed the last year.
He declared that there were only
two excuses for tardiness In filing In
come tax returns sickness or absence
from the state and neither will be
considered valid unless an appllca
tion for an extension of time is made.
The staff of 30 deputies will remain
on duty tonight as long as they are
needed and tomorrow until midnight
handling the late comers.
JAIL ADOPTS NAVY RULES
Shower Baths Installed , and All
Prisoners Must Use Them.
ST. HELEN'S, Or., March 13. (Spe
cial.) In. making necessary altera
tlons on the first floor of the court
house, the washrooms were moved to
the basement and adjoining the jail.
Sheriff Wellington, who is an old
"deep sea" sailor, prevailed upon the
county court to have installed In the
washroom two shower baths for the
use of prisoners. When the four pris
oners had completed the "scrub down
process In the Jail Saturday morningJ
one by one, they were taken to the
washroom and allowed to take
shower bath.
The sheriff says that the prisoners
must take two baths each week and
may take as many more as they de
sire. He Is following the rules of the
United States navy, in which ht
served for many yeaxsu -
FREE SEEDS RETAINED
Agricultural Appropriation Bill
Carrying $35,000,000 Passed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13.
The agricultural appropriation hill
carrying approximately $35,000,000
was passed by the house today with
the free seeds clause intact.
THE OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, March 13. Dele
gations from the three northwest
states divided this afternoon in the
vote on free seeds as follows: Ore
gon For, Hawley; against, McArthur
and Sinnott. Washington For, Hailey
and Miller; against, Johnson, Sum
mers and Webster, Idaho For, Smith;
against, French.
While free seeds won, the victory
was by a much narrower margin
than ever before. ,
OFFICIALS RE SPOTTED
Florid ians, Said to Have Aided
Confidence Men, Watched.
MIAMI, Fla., March 13. William J.
Burns, chief of the bureau of investi
gation of the department of justice,
speaking last night to the congrega
tion in one of the churches here, de
clared the federal government in
tended to get the confidence men who
fleece unwary winter visitors in
Florida.
He said the government also would
go after state officials through whose
alleged connivance the confidence
men were permitted to continue their
activities unmolested.
RAILROAD ORDERS CARS
$800,000 Contract Let For Los
Angeles-Hollywood Ijine.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. Fifty
steel cars of the most modern type, to
cost $800,000, were contracted for to
day by Paul Shoup, president of the
Pacific Erectrio company, for service
between Los Angeles and Hollywood,
CaL
This information was embodied in a
telegram received from him by the
state railroad commission today.
AIR DIVING TO BE TESTED
Experiment to Be Tried With Air
planes as Restorer of Hearing.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 13.
The possibility of a nose diving air
plane as a restorer of defective hear
ing Is to be tried out at Mather field
next Sunday, it was announced today
Miss Minnie Boxler, a stenographer
who has been partially deaf sinco she
had influenza in 1918, will be a pas
senger In an airplane which will
make the dive.
POSTAL CHIEF SWORN IN
New Hampshire Man Becomes First
Assistant Postmaster-General.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13.
John H. Bartlett today was sworn in
as a first assistant postmaster-general.
Mr. Bartlett Is an ex-governor of
New Hampshire.
Amendment.
MORE BROADSIDES LOOSED
Opponents of Pacific Agree
ment Launch Attack.
SENATOR JOHNSON LEADER
Borah Declares That Despite
Hughes' Iietter Someone Else
Seems to Be Author.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 13.
Opponents of the four-power Pacific
treaty loosed another series of broad
sides against the pact today In the
senate, but slackened their onslaught
just before adjournment to accept
unanimous consent agreement for a
vote tomorrow on the first of the
proposed amendments.
Senators Johnson of California and
Borah of Idaho, both republicans, took
the lead in the all-day attack, the
former declaring ratification of thi
treaty would be a national "'surrender"
under a threat of danger from the
Anglo-Japanese alliance, and the lat
ter asserting that the proposed four
power arrangement would transfer to
the Pacific the bid balance of power
system that dominated Europe for
centuries.
Authorship Again Questioned.
A question as to the authorship of
the treaty and its supplemental agree
ments again was raised during the
debate, Mr. Borah asserting that de
spite Secretary Hughes' letter ac
cepting responsibility for -the final
draft, there seemed to be "the most
conclusive proof that somebody else
wrote the treaty."
The amendment on which It was
agreed to vote at 4 o'clock tomor
row was proposed by Senator Robin
son, democrat, Arkansas, and will be
the first issue of the four-power
treaty fight to come to a rollcall. As
modified today by Mr. Robinson it
provides that the rights of nations
both in and out of the four-power
group are to be respected, and that
non-signatory, as well as signatory
nations shall be invited to any con
ference held to consider controversies
affecting their insular interests in the
Pacific or "any far eastern questions."
Defeat Is Predicted.
Administration leaders declared
tonight they had sufficient votes to
defeat the amendment. Senator
Robinson made a short speech todaj
favoring its adoption In the interest,
he said, of fair play for Russia, China
and other non-signatory nations, and
Senator Lenroot, republican, Wiscon
sin, argued against it on the ground.
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Boston Man Thinks Queer Phe
nomena Caused Only by Cur
rents Between Radio Stations.
HALIFAX, N. S., March 13. Word
was received here today that Dr. Wal
ter Franklin Prince, director of the
American Institute for Scientific Re
search in New York, had left the fa
mous haunted house In Caledonia
Mills, to return to Halifax.
With the investigator departed an
army of movie men who hoped to snap
the ghost at play. These unofficia
investigators were ordered out of the
Macdonald farm house by Dr. Prince
last night, so that he might occupy
the dwelling entirely alone.
Did he see anything? He declines
to say. . -,
BOSTON, March 13. Edward J
O'Brien, scientist and author, declared
today that the ghost of Antigonish
was in reality the product of elec
trical energy.
After a month's Investigation in the
Nova Scotia country, where he was
lecturing at St. Francis Xavier uni
verslty, when the ghost stories first
came from Antigonish, Mr. O'Brien
said he found that strong wireless
currents between the two great radio
stations at Wellfleet, Mass., and Glace
Bay, N. S., ran through the valley at
Caledonia Mills, where stands the
home of Alexander Macdonald, r.csne
of the events:
"The Macdonalds," said Mr. O'Brien
will have to move their house out of
range of these powerful radio cur
rents if they wish to avoid the ghost
like Incidents. If not the house may
be burned down when the atmospheric
conditions are just right as they ap
parently were when the fires were set
around the barn."
The braiding of the tails of the
Macdonald cows, which has been con
sidered another of the manifestations
of the unseen influence, was done by
Mary Ellen, the Antigonish farmer's
foster daughter, because it was good
fun, in the opinion of Mr. O'Brien.
Harold Whidden, the reporter who
had experiences of his own when he
went to investigate those of the Mac
donald family, continued Mr. O'Brien,
was "completely carried away by his
enthusiasm and really believed that a
ghost slapped him."
'Whidden slapped his own face
when he suddenly waked in a temper
ature of 25 below zero and his numbed
arm became suddenly suffused . with
good warm blood," Mr. O'Brien said.
'Take a map, trace the line, apply
your sdentiric Knowieage or wire-
ess operation, study the curious ef
fects of electrical currents In fires on
ships and on land, and you have the
solution of the fires charged against
the ghost of Antigonish."
Mr; O'Brien predicted that Dr. Wal-
er rranKiin t-rince, new iorit ui-.
rector oi tne i.&u ouv-icij
Scientific Research, who has spent
the past week in the "haunted house,"
would fail to find any other causes of
the phenomena.
Farm Ijoans Are Approved.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 13.
Approval of 91 advances for agricul
tural and livestock purposes aggre
gating $2,604,000 was announced to
day by the war finance corporation.
The advances Included: Idaho, $136,-
000. and Montana, $38,000.
THEY REALIZE THAT THIS ISN'T
Plans to Lay More Than 500 Miles
of New Track Announced;
About Half Contracted.
CHICAGO, March 13. More con
struction work is actually under way
or projected by the railways of the
country for 1522 than for several
years, according to statistic pre
sented today by the Railway Age.
This was attributed to the shortage
of railway facilities and the improve
ment in railway net earnings witnin
recent months.
It is significant,- the magazine
baid, "that public announcement has
already been made of plans to con
struct more than COO miles of new
line this year and contracts already
have been let for at least half.
Among the projects authorized are an
extension of 55 spiles on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe from Statanta,
Kan., west, and a line 40 miles Jong
from Pawhuska, Okla., to Owen,
which are understood to be the first
of several projects which this road
has in contemplation." The Dallas-
Terrell, a Texas road, has awarded a
contract for the construction of 34
miles of line; the Portland, Astoria &
Eastern Is now building a 32-mile
extension at a cost of $2,600,000, and
the Kansas & Oklahoma Southern has
been authorized to build 71 miles.
With reference to a second track.
the Santa Fe has announced that it
will reduce grades an.l provide an
additional track between Yampai,
Ariz., and Griffith, 75 miles; the Great
Northern will build 47 miles of sec
ond track in Washington and else
where, and the St. Louis-San Fran
cisco has awarded, contracts ior j
miles.
Insofar as terminal facilities are
concerned, the Pere Marquette has
appropriated $1,400,000 for the con
struction of locomotive- shops at
Grand Rapids, Mich.; the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas . has awarded con
tracts for the construction of a new
gravity classification yard and shops
at Denison, Tex., at an estimated cost
of $3,000,000; the Santa Fe has under
taken the construction of additions to
its shops at San Bernardino, Cal..
estimated to cost $224,000, and the
Canadian Pacific has announced Its
ntention of proceeding with the con
struction of a large ocean terminal
on Burrard let, Vancouver.
In this summary no attempt nas
been made to present a complete list
iths larger: projects ..which, ,-have
been authorized or those which are
contemplation, but concerning
which no specific announcement has
yet' been made, or to include the
smaller projects such as stations and
ard extensions. The list enumerated
i3. however, sufficient to demonstrate
conclusively that the railways are
iewing the future with more op
timism."
GHOST CLEARS UP MURDER
Haunted Negro Confesses Crime
Committed Five Years Ago. m
NEW ORLEANS, March 13. Haunt
ed by what he believed to be the
ghost of the man he killed five years
ago in Houston, Tex., Sam Spivey, 23
years old, a negro, walked into the
police station late last nighjt and sur
rendered.
He said he killed "Monk" Gibson la
a dice game in self-defense.
HALLOWEEN?
WJT
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Party of 500 Blown Up
After Railway Attack.
RATIONS DROPPED TO POLICE
Fighting in South Africa
Causes Many Casualties.
RECRUITING IS CONTINUED
Premier Smuts Declares Response
by Farmers and Others
Is Magnificent.
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South
Africa, March 13. Operations against
the Rand gold mine strikers continued
today in the vicinity of Pretoria. The
Germiston railway revolutionaries
were heavily bombed, but they per
sisted in their attempts to damage
the railway. The line, however, had
been repaired on both occasions.
One command, 500 strong, which had
succeeded in blowing up part of the
railway at Driefontein, was located
and bombed by an airplane. The air
plane dropped rations to a number of
detached police officers who were be
sieged by the strikers.
Government forces have captured
the important positions of Benoni and
Dunswart, together with many pris
oners. The government casualties were
slight. The night passed quietly here.
f Many Reported Enlisting.
Premier Smuts, in an interview
with a newspaper correspondent, said
the response to the government's call
to form commandos had been mag
nificent. Farmers and others, men of
every shade of political opinion, in
stantly enrolled, he said.
The official communique, issued to
day, said: j
"The total number of prisoners
taken in the operations In the centra)
area r is. 1200-. ..Our4-forces, occupied
with but slight casualties the higU
ground around West Clyffe.
Revolutionists Forced Back.'
"In the eastern area . . , . gov
ernment troops forced the revolution
aries to retire. In the western area
our forces reached Krugersdorp, 22
miles northwest of Johannesburg,
and are pushing eastward. We have
occupied Ristfontein, in British Be
chuanaland." LONDON, March 13. (By the As
sociated. Press.) Latest advices from
Johannesburg tended to show that the
situation, which last week was ex
tremely grave with many hundreds
of casualties on all sides in the fight
ing, tonight was well controlled by
formidable forces of the government.
The prompt quelling of the, disorders
was largely due to the free employ
ment of bombing airplanes to dis
perse the rebels and drop food and
ammunition to besieged loyalists.
Johannesburg, which on Saturday
was invested on three sides, was
quiet tonight. Krugersdorp, the" west
ern limit of the fighting, has been
captured by the troops. The Pre-torla-Germiston
railway line was
still being contested on Sunday, but
with the capture of Benoni and Dun
swart, announced tonight, it was be
lieved most of the resistance had been
overcome.
An agency dispatch from Johan
nesburg this afternoon said:
"Through the capture of spies and
documents. It was learned that 'the
money for the 'red revolution,' came
from abroad.
"It is expected that peace will soon
be restored."
It was believed in official circles,
the message stated, that there would
continue to be small setbacks, such
as the loss of isolated posts, but as
regards the general result, little
doubt was felt.
Heavy Casualties Inflicted.
Heavy casualties have been In
flicted upon the revolutionaries. In
addition to the capture of more than
2200 of them.
Premier Smuts Issued a statement
today, Reuter's Johannesburg corre
spondent said, declaring that the
present revolutionary movement was
the work of extremists, who are using
the strike at the mines. as a cloak for
the dissemination of syndicalist
views. The premier declared the
military position was well in hand
He added that while a general strike
in South Africa had been declared
the mass of workers and trades
unionists outside of the Rand had
refused to be stampeded Into it.
The outstanding feature of the sit
uation, he said, has been the ex
emplary behavior of the natives.
CAPETOWN. March 13. A dispatch
from General Smuts was read in the
assembly today announcing that Gen
eral Vandeventer, after the capture of
Benoni, was marching on Brakpan.
Colonel Hussey had occupied Rood
hoort and Florida, and was marching
on Maraisburg, where the revolution
ists occupied a strong position in the
hills to the north.
Bend Bread Price Goes Up.
BEND, Or., March 13. (Special.)
Bend bakers announced today that on
tomorrow morning the price of bread
would be advanced from 9 to 10 cents
for one-pound loaves, and from 13 to
15 cents for the pond-and-one-half
loaves.
Release of Married Women With
out Dependents, Working for
Pin Money, Is Advised.
All employers of labor In Portland
will be urged by Mayor Baker, acting
under Instructions of his committee
on unemployment, to give preference
In future employment to married men
w'th families or women with depend
ents and to scrutinize present lists of
employes and whenever possible re
lease married women without depend
ents. The committee called together by
Mayor Baker declared against the
married women who work simply to
build up a "pin money fund," while
men and women with dependents are
walking the streets seeking employ
ment.
During normal times, when there is
plenty of employment, no objection
can be raised to the married women
seeking work. It was agreed, but dur
lng the present time of stress no em
ployer of labor should give preference
to the person who Is not in need of
the returns that come from employ
ment.
William H. Barton, office manager
of the Portland Gas & Coke com
pany and president of an association
of large employers in Portland, ap
peared before the committee and
transmitted a resolution, wh'ch his
association had adopted. In which it
was urged that action be taken to
substitute men and wqmen with de
pendents for the married women who
are now employed in various places,
It was pointed out that In some
cases the 'employment of married
women is resorted to because of added
efficiency, but It was held that such
cases were isolated. In accordance
with ,a suggestion made by Mayor
Baker, each case should be handled
on Its own merit and the employer Is
perhaps the best Judge of such situa
tions. The resolution adopted by the com
mittee and which Mayor Baker was
instructed to forward to all large em
ployers of labor in the city follows:
"Portland is still in the grip of an
unemployment situation which can be
relieved to a large extent If prefer
ence is given by-employers of labor
to in en with families or women with
dependents.
"In view of this fact the mayor's
committee on unemployment urges all
employers of - labor to give such
preference in the future and also that
present lists of employes be scruti
nized and wherever possible, without
reduction of efficiency, married wom
en be released and men with families
or women with dependents be substi
tuted in their places.
"If this is done the committee feels
that many worthy persons with de
pendents can be given employment at
this time without inflicting any hard
ship upon married women who are
working simply for the purpose or
building up a 'pin money fund.' "
The members of the committee who
attended the meeting were Mayor
Baker, J. C. Ainsworth, J. C. English
Glenn Ticer, E. B. MacNaughton and
Arthur W. Jones.
POLICE, ROBBERS SHOT
Bank Runner Injured in Messcn-
' 'gcr Holdup in 1'lilludelphla.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13. Two
patrolmen and two robbersewere shot
and a bank runner injured today
when three men held up and robbed
two bank messengers in the down
town section of the city.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTETinAT'S Maximum tpmofraturt. 47
degrees; minimum, 38 degrees.
TOUAI'S Kin; soutneriy wind..
Foreign.
Striking: miners are bombed again, race 1.
Allies are ' worried by Moscow's notes.
Page 2.
National.
Palmer's raids on radicals declared out
rage. Page 7.
Little hopes held of averting coal strike.
Page 3.
House asked to cut army to 126.000.
Page 7.
America will not let allies take all Ger
many can pay. Page 2.
Senate to vote today on Paclfio past
amendment. Page 1. - -
President's vacation really may mean
j showdown with congress. Page 6.
Bonus action w&Jts on views of speaker.
Page 8.
Representative Blanton of Texas starts
another rumpus la house. Page 9.
Domestic.
Shutout of railroads at hearing talis.
Page 3.
Much construction begun by railroads.
Page 1.
Bryan says there's no monkey m him.
Page 6.
One juror temporarily passed at ArbuckleJ
trial. Page 8.
Mrs. Oberchain said to have used husband
as human doormat. Page 9.
Scientist gives up search for ghost. Page 1.
Doctor declares mechanical heart will
bring Immortality near. Page 4.
Taciflc Northwest. .
of ft-overnment railroad prevented hr
I snow. Page 8.
Will of Eugene R. Dir. mine owner, filed
for probate. Page 6.
Abolition of mlllage taxes urged. Page 1.
IS ports.
Thorpe takes field for practice with gun
In belt. Page 14.
Greb defeats Gibbons. Page 14.
Oregon sportsmen form state association.
Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat bids reduced sharply on local board.
Page 22.
Domestic bonds strong with larger turn
over. Page 23.
Betterment in Iron and steel trade well
sustained. Page 23.
Close is Irregular in New York market.
Page 23.'
Portland and Vicinity.
Kelly butte rock prices protested by pri
vate corporations. Page 13.
Employers advised to hire only heads of
families. Page 1.
Three thousand seek advice on Income re
ports in day. Page 1.
Loot from Centerville, Wash., bank found
In Portland. Page 1. '
JVeathex report, data and forecast. Pag li
$7700 In Liberty Bonds
. Picked Up on Tracks.
REPORT IS MADE TO POLICE
Securities Are Identified as
From Centerville, Wash.
SERIAL NUMBERS TRACED
One Suspect Is Arrested at Tacoma
After Suitcase With Currency
Comes Open on Train.
Liberty bonds totaling $7709, Iden
tified as having been taken from tha
Farmers' State bank of Centerville.
Wash., when that institution was
looted by burglars last Thursday
night, were found on the east bank
of the Willamette river, about three
quarters of a mile below Municipal
Terminal No. 4, yesterday afternoon
by John R. Frank, 846 Edison street,
St. Johns. In addition to the bonds
there was a note for 1370, eight
shares In the Centerville Elevator
company and other papers.
Frank was fishing, he told police,
and about 3 o'clock he noticed a
brown cardboard folder lying on the
sand at his feet. When he picked It
up he found that ha held a small
fortune.
Search Made em Beach.
He did not hurry to Inform police.
but made a cursory search of the
beach to see if there were any more
bonds. He said he found a 150 bond
about 20 feet from the wallet, and
was of the opinion that more might
be lodged along the bank In the vi
cinity. After satisfying himself that he
had found all the bonds, he returned
to the shack, where he lives with a
friend. Together they opened the
folder, counted out the fort'ine and
dried the bonds. Then he took the
packet, about an Inch thick, to the
St Johns police station, where lie
turned It over to Patrolman Itlch
ardson, who In turn notified Lieuten
ant of Inspectors Thatcher at head
quarters. Story la Confirmed.
It was thought at first that Frank
had stumbled onto a robber's cache,
but later investigation by Lieutenant
Thatcher and Inspectors Thomas.
Tackaberry and Phillips confirmed
Frank's atory that the folder had
been washed onto the beach at hlch
tide and left there by receding wa
ters. How long it had lain there
was a matter of conjecture, as the
spot Is but little frequented.
Inspectors Inclined toward the
theory that the robber, fearing he
was being closely "tailed," became
afraid he might be caught with the
bonds in his possession and threw
them into the river. None of them
was in bad shape from water. Indi
cating that probably they, were
thrown Into the river yesterday
morning.
All Bond ItrRUIrrrd,
All of tho bonds were registered,
and names upon them indicated that
they had been taken from private
safe deposit boxes. They were in the
following denominations:
One 11000. two 1300. 46 1100. !2 150.
The sheriff at Centerville was Imme
diately notified of the find, together
with the names taken from the bond.i.
Frank, who is 45 years old and a
bachelor, lives in a tiny shack with
a partner, lie is a quiet fellow, and
both he and his friend were In bed
and asleep when inspectors called at
8:30 P. M. to seek further Informa
tion of his find.
Olahes Are VnOTamhed.
Everything about the shack Indi
cated that Frank was a deliberate
sort of chap, and that he had curi
ously examined the bonds without a
thought of endeavoring to profit by
them. , His penchant for deliberation
was proved by the table of supper
dishes, and possibly there were a few
from dinner and breakfast, waiting
to be deliberately washed when there
were no more clean ones to cat from.
A mere trifling find of 18000 on th
river bank In the course of a day's
fishing was nothing to become ex-
cited over.
The harbor patrol will go to FL
Johns this morning, will pick Frank
up and will then proceed to the spot
of the find, where a thorough search
will be made of a small island to see
if any other $50 bonds became de
tached from the packet to lodge by
themselves.
This was the third find of loot from
the same burglary. When a sultcans
belonging to William Walters. E0
years old, broke open In the baggage
car of a Tacoma-bound train yester
day when it fell from the top of a
pile of luggagCf-a mass of bank noecs,
cash and stamps rolled out of It onto
the floor of the car.
Walters Arrested at Tiremi.
Walters was arrested at Tacoma by
officers from that city, the word hav
ing been telegraphed ahead to them.
The word was telephoned from Ta
coma to Portland and the aetails weia
not complete.
The third portion of the loot which
has been discovered was In an over
turned automobile with J7000 in de
posit checks which was found near
The Dalles. At that time $2(i0 In
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