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6, THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 24, 1922 x. RECTOR S WIDOW DENIES JEALOUSY Mrs. Hall Issues Statement on Double Murder. OFFICIALS QUIZ WOMAN Discussion of Reasons for Xot Offering Reward for Cap ture of Slayer Evaded. - NEW BRUNSWICK. N. X, Sept. 23. (By the Associated Press.) For the first time since the Dis covery of the bodies of her husband, the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Rein hardt Mills, a week ago, Mrs. Hall, the rector's widow, today consented to give an Interview to representa tives of the press. They had previ ously tried unsuccessfully to obtain DUUIO t-J. ......i... VM. as to the mystery of what the au 1 thorities have decided was a double murder committed probably on the night of September 14.' Mrs. Hall was examined for more than two hours by the prosecutors of Somerset and Middlesex counties. Then she issued a signed statement recounting events leading up to the murder and giving her recollection of occurrences day by day from Wednesday, September 13, until Sat urday, September 16, when the bodies were found. Jealousy Is Denied. "Did you feel jealously toward Mrs. Mills or anybody else?" she was asked tonight. He reply was "no." "Do you have any suspicion of anybody who might have committed the murder?" was another question, to which she repl'ed "no." "Did you ever hear any gossip about Mr. Hall and Mrs. -'Mills?" Again she said "no." Asked about the telephone call her husband answered at 7 o'clock on the night of Thursday, September 14, Just before he left his home for the last time, she said she did not know who called him. When she was informed that Mrs. Jessie Jamieson, one of the choir singers, had said today Rev. Mr. Hall brought a bouquet of flowers at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Hall did not seem surprised, although in her signed statement she had made no mention of this. She explained that he often carried flowers to persons who were sick and that he probably topk a few minutes from his other engage ments that day to take a bouquet to Mrs. Jamieson, who was not feel ing well. Reward Discussion Taboo. When Mrs. Hall was asked in ef fect why she did not offer a reward for the capture of her husband's slayer or employ private detectives, she ended the interview by sayingg: "I have no statement to make on that." Mrs. Hall issued a signed state ment late today recounting the events leading up to the murders The statement follows in part; "Wednesday, September 13, 1922. "For the past three years Mr. Hall and I have taken Mrs. Eleanor Mills and Mrs. Addison Clarke on picnics in appreciation of all the work they have done for the church. "This year we went to Lake Hopatcong, the picnic comprising Mr. Hall and myself, Mr. Hall's mother, Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Clarke. We reached home about 9 o'clock in the evening. "Thursday, Sept. 14, 1922: "Mr. Hall was preparing to go out about 7 when the telephone rang. "He answered from the ex tension upstairs, as he happened to be there. I did not overhear the conversation. Home Left at 7i30. "Mr. Hall went out about 7:30, telling me that he was going over to the Mills' to explain something that Mr. Mills did not quite under stand in the doctor's bill. "Mr. Hall was always early in coming home. Naturally I was very much worried when he did not come in. About 2:30 my anxiety became so great that I roused my brother William and we went down to the church, thinking it possible that Mr. Hall had stopped there for business, as he frequently did, and had fallen asleep in his study. The church was locked and dark. I then went around by the Mills house, thinking someone might have been taken ill, and that my husband had remained to give assistance, as he had stated that he was going there about the bill. "The (house was dark and I came directly home with my brother William. . "Friday, September 15, 1922: "About 7 A. M. I telephoned the police to learn if any accident had been reported. They had nothing to report. In front of the church I saw Mr. Mills. Mr. Mills Quoted. "I stopped and asked him if Mr. Hall had been to (his house ontthe preceding evening. Mr. Mills said he had not seen him and so far as he knew Mr. Hall had not been tnere. e aaaea tnat his wife had also been missing. I then came home and telephoned to Mr. Hall's sisters, met them at the train around noon. I consulted with my sister-in-law and telephoned Florence (Mrs. Hall's lawyer), who said the authorities ought to know and that he himself would go to the police. The rest of the day I remained at home. : ."Saturday. September 16, 1922: "About 1:30 a member of the fam ily came to my home to break the news to me, telling me that my fear Of an c.ccident was verified. He informed me that Mr. Hall had been shot. Mr. Hall had no private ene mies. I can form no conjecture as to the mot've of the deed or perpe trator. Our life had 'been abso lutely happy and sympathetic. My confidence in him is boundless and unshaken." added to the smuggler-bootlegger's trouoies. The Canadian national railways, according i-to information received here, will hereafter refuse to trans port ale or liquor to places that are not bona fide export points. The American regulation that threatens to put another barrier in. the path of the bootlegger is section 681, part 6, of the new tariff law. As interpreted here, it means a man's automobile or personal bag gage may no longer be considered sate from search and seizure. The section was intended to permit cus toms officers to search vessels out side the three-mile limit, but it also apparently gives dry agents the right to search at any time and piace without the formality of ob taining a search warrant. MISSII Iffl IS SOUGHT BOATHOCSE A3VD PROPERTY HELD BY ANOTHER. Friend of liars Anderson Returns Home and Reports Case to Police, Who Investigate. Police have begun searching for Lars Anderson, 63, Norwegian logger and mill worker, who disappeared from his houseboat in the Willam ette river opposite the end of Swan G1DIDITES MIRY. OVER SOLDIER VOTE Action on Bonus Develops Election Crisis. VETERANS STIRRED UP Ex-Doughboys Expected to Seek Revenge on Representa tives in Congress. f It ' ; VHfn ? . i. if 4 pV X-- f v " i F y f -J Lars Anderson, whose disappear Knee two years ago has de veloped elements of mystery. island two years ago. A fellow countryman returning from a two year visit to his homeland found the houseboat and all of Anderson's belongings, including clothing, re ceipts for, $909 in Liberty bonds in the Ladd & Tilton bank, and even watch and keys in the possession of Ommand Jacobsen, owner of a near by water dwelling. Anderson's disappearance two years ago and has failure to return or send word of any kind aroused mild curiosity in the neighborhood houseboat colony but not until the return of his friend who sold him the place In June, 1920, ten days before Anderson's disappearance, was any element of mystery sensed. According to information turned over to the police by neighbors and Anthon Eckern, vice-consul of Nor way, neighbors accepted Jacobson's explanation that Anderson had left the houseboat and all his property under his care. He has rented his' own houseboat and occupies that left by the missing man. MATZENAUER COMING! Famous Diva to Open Elwyn Se ries October 10. The Elwyn Artist Beries, for the eeason 1922-23, will present seven of the world's greatest artists and a complete production of" Mozart's opera comique "Cosi fan tutte." The series includes Mme. Margaret Metzenauer, the- world's greatest contralto; Mischa Elman, violinist; Alfred Mirovitch. distinguished Russian pianist; Florence' Easton, soprano, and Paul Althouse, tenor, both of the Metropolitan Opera company; Evelyn Scotney, colora tura of the Metropolitan, and Al berto Salvi, the world's greatest harpist. The series, will close with "Cosi fan tutte," Mozart's tuneful opera comique that created such a sensation at the Metropolitan last season. . . Season tickets for this great series of concerts sell for $7, $5 and $2.50, plus 10 per cent war tax. For eeason tickets and information call Elwyn Concert Bureau, 1017 Broadway bldg.. Phone Main 5991. Adv. Woman Held as Accomplice. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 23. (Special.) Mrs. Anna May Calloway of Minnehaha was arrested last night by sheriff's deputies on a charge of aiding her husband, D. M. j Calloway, to commit a felony. Cal loway is charged with the robbery of the Little Falls State bank of Vader lat November. Mrs. Callo way is alleged to have helped dis pose of the loot from the bank's safe deposit vaults. Both husband and wife are being held In the -county jail here awaiting the arrival of the Lewis county authorities, who will take them to Chehalis for arraignment. RUM-RUNNING RISKY NOW Smugglers' Game Xo Longer What It TJsd to Be. BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 23. Smuggling and bootlegging are not what they used to be. One regulation after another has been added by the Canadian and United States govern ments until it is really no longer safe to peddle a carload or boatload of Canadian liquor along the border. The price of contraband, too. is at a low level, and the big profits of former days are no longer in sight to tempt men to risk heavy fines and the loss of an automobile or a boat for the sake of making one dash across the line. Two new resulations One Ameri can, the other Canadian have Office managers, business . men, read the Boyce ad., on page -501, October "System." Important mes- e-p. Adv. rX (tOs3 When want m extra Ifi fine ineal YE Go to OREGON GRILLE BT ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright. 1922. by The Oregonian.) WASHLNGTON, D. C, Sept. 23. Congress has gone home to "face the music." It has gone home to face the first test of that bugaboo, the soldier vote. For whiie congress bravely passed the bonus bill, while the house even went' so far as o override the presidential veto, the measure was killed in thd senate, the hopes of the veterans for an "adjusted compensation" were dashed and now, if the soldier vote can encompass it, somebody must suffer. It is admitted that the soldiers cannot strike directly at the pres ident for his veto. They can reach him only through the representa tives of his party in congress. Some of the representatives have gone home distinctly worried over the situation, while others are inclined to discount the effect of the soldier vote in the various districts. Senators Fairly Safe Of the 35 senators who voted to sustain the president's veto or were paired to sustain it only seven are up for re-election in November, and of this number three have no cause for worry. They are Senators Pep per and Reed of Pennsylvania, re publicans, who are assured of tre mendous natural majorities, and Senator Swanson of Virginia, demo crat, who will win by the usual natural majority in the old do minion. The senators who are likely to face whatever amount of wrath the soldiers are able to muster in the campaign are Galder of New York, France of Maryland and Freling huysen of New Jersey, republicans. and King, Utah, democrat. Senator Frelinghuysen is in the position of.! having to win as yet his nomina tion. A very serious fight is being made against him in the mosquito state. The soldier vote naturally heavy in New York and New Jersey, and the fate of the senators in those states will be watched with a great deal of interest. Veteran Against Hon us. On' thing that heartens the sen ators and representatives who are inclined to be a bit nervous over the soldier vote is the fact that the only war veteran in the senate, young Major Reed of Pennsylvania, not only voted against the bonus, not only voted to sustain the pres ident s vote, but spoke against the measure in very strong terms. Sen ator Reed's speeches already are in great demand for organization pur poses and will be widely read. The democrats are going to make the bonus as much an issue as pos sible, with the idea of confounding the republicans at every possible turn. A number of democratic statesmen, including Senator Under wood, voted to sustain Mr. Harding in his veto, but some of the more active democratic senators have made fervent speeches in the senate with the sole idea of using them later on the stump to "pillory" the republicans who "deserted the sol dier boys in their hour of need." Closing Is Solemn. x The closing of congress was a decidedly solemn occasion. Already the printing presses are busy grind ing out praise of the new tariff bill for the consumption of the sover eign voters, but the congressmen don't appear to be as 'sanguine as they sound. The adjournment of the house was solemn, for it is fully realized that many of the members now in it are facing almost certain defeat at the polls. The republicans are fully pre pared for a serious cut in their ma jority, but declare thoy will re tain control by -safe figures. The landslide, or earthquake, or what ever you choose to call what hap pened in 1920, swept many a re publican into the house of repre sentatives from districts normally regarded as democratic. It is ad mitted that most of these districts will go back to "normalcy" Novem ber 7, and therefore many repub lican faces will be missing when the next congress assembles. Tariff Bill Criterion. While the present congress is ex pected to be judged almost wholly by the tariff law signed on Thurs day by the president, and while that tariff is being proclaimed to day as the great achievement of the session, which began in April, 1921, and is just now ended, there really was no plank in the republican plat form of 1920 which promised such drastic tariff legislation. It was Mr. Harding in his campaign speeches who really pledged the party to tariff legislation, and it is quite natural that he should lead the chorus of republican praise which is being broadcast from Washington in every direction as the congressional campaigns get under way. . The Republican platform expressed some misgivings as to whether a revision of the tariff should be made immediately because of the involved condition of world affairs. I Fine Fall Clothes Selecting a Suit or Over coat is the easiest thing you can imagine if you do it in that big sunny, day-, light department of ours. .And as to prices don't you worry they are RIGHT. to STRONG LINES $35 to $45 $25 MENS.WEAB Fifth and Morrison (Corbctt Bldg.) III 4 T" President Harding felt no such mis givings, and when he- called con gress into special session a month after his inauguration he urged the tariff upon them as one of the reai needs of the nation. Public Mind Unsettled. The tariff fight in the present campaign must be largely an aca demic one, for the bill will not have been a law long enough to prove the merits of its protagonists or the demerits of its antagonists. The latter are waging a hard fight and the republicans are faced with a defensive issue. A defensive issue is not the most happy one to have in a campaign at a time when the public mood generally is to vote against some thing or somebody. I FOR PERSIANS ASKED CAMPAIGN FOR CHRISTIAN VICTIMS TO BE LAUNCHED. Treasurer Named and Committee Will Iiay Plans for Active Re lief Effort in City. , A campaign in Portland to raise a fund for the relief of Persian Christians, known as the Nestorians, who have been driven from their homes as a result of the uprising of the Turks, has been started. K. Michael, a Persian, arrived in the city from Los Angeles to participate in the work and a campaign com mittee of prominent Portland min isters has-been formed. G. C- Blohm of the Ladd & Tilton bank has been appointed treasurer of the fund to be raised. Rev. Bou dinot Seeley has been appointed chairman of the campaign commit tee. Other members include: Rev. W. L. Riley of the Highland Baptist church; Rev. Robert Allingham, Ala meda Park Community church; Rev. H. H. Griff is. First Christian church; Rev. B. Earl Parker, First Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr. Harold L. Bowman, First Presbyterian church. According to advices received from missionaries the Nestorians were forced to take refuge in Meso potamia and at least 25 per cent of them are declared to be dying of starvation. STATE SHORT OF CASH EMERGENCY- BOARD TO CAMiED TOGETHER. BE School for Deaf, Penitentiary and Boys' Training Plant in - Need of Money. SALEJI, Or.Sept. 23. (Special.) A call for a meeting of the state emergency board probably will be issued by the secretary of state next week for the purpose of providing iunds with which to carry on the operations of the state school for the deaf, state penitentiary and the state training school for boys dur ing the remainder of the bienn'um ending December 31 of this year. This was announced tonight. The appropriation for the deaf tchool has been practically exhaust ed and there remains only enough money to pay the help and off'cials for their services during the present month. Financial distress also is in evi dence at the state penitentiary. The fund for the transportation of pris oners has been exhausted, while the maintenance appropriation ls'aT low ebb. A similar condition exists at the boys' training school. Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, said tonight that he had not yet made an estimate of the amount of money that will be required to care for the three institutions until the legislature convenes here next Jan uary. He declared, however, that it will total many thousands of dol lars. It was said that the emergency board also will be asked to consider the erection of a new building to replace the. dormitory at the state 'ndustrial school for girls, which was destroyed by fire yesterday. The burned structure cost approxi mately 130,000 in the year 1914. A twin building completed recently cost the state $50,000, including the furnishings. j There are now 51 girls at the school, while the accommodations of the present plant are limited to 35 inmates. As an emergency 20 of the girls will be housed in the basement of the new dormitory until eome definite action can be taken with relation to. additional accom uodtaions. Investigation today indicated that the central heating plant at the school was destroyed by the fire. A temporary plant probably will be installed next week. FAIR SUIT IS OPPOSED Secretary of State Will Put Bur den of Proof on Plaintiff. SALEM, Or., Sept. 23. (Special.) Announcement was made here today that the suit brought by S. S. John son, Portland attorney, to prevent the secretary of state from placing the so-called 1925 exposition amend ment on the ballot at the November election, will be opposed by those interested in the success of the measure. The complaint in the suit alleged that the county clerks in making their certifications failed to com pare the signatures on the petitions with the original registration cards of the signers. ( The secretary of state probably will file an answer to the complaint next week. 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