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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1915)
MAN WHO BECOMES JUDGE AFTER LOSING BOTH ARMS AS RAILROAD SWITCHMAN. CHUBCHILLREFUSES man, woid exs? v:o.- 'er.chancliijfclMerit.OsIy" TO ACCEPT CENSURE Former First Lord of Admir alty Declares He Acted on Experts Advice. HOUSE CHEERS SPEAKER e -"i. are II Murh-Critk-iard Official Not Apolo- gtic in Owa iK-fcn" and 1'all mrr Are 1 bar ;rd lo Kitch ener. l"I.hcr and Other. lAVrvi.V, Nor. W Winston Spencer Churchill, who hi bn th mot -rIr rrttti'd mmbr of th ofn mot. and who ha bn brld personal ly rrpntM for th lo of Kar Ad miral ia a'hrtatophcr Crado"' flt a tb Pacific, th dtrution b sub marine of tb Hrll:t cruisr Cry. Mocu and Abouktr. th ill-fated Am wtrp expedition, and th Initiation of ti ratal UU on th l-ardajwll. de livr4 a p.-l In b own dfn In th Hons of Common toJjr. following in ral-otloa or bt post la th Cab- "I won't ha It atd. was hU dra matt.? assertion. rfrrlns; to tb Dar das'Ilea attack, "that tht waa a civil Ian plan foistad bv a political amtur upon reluctant officr ana xprta. Citrt rutwl Called la. And Ibis sum up hla r.ply to all critic, la ry ra. ho bow4 that Prt had councld and cottcurrtd btor any of th expedition which ha.J ht condemned wr undertaken, and It waa clr t for ho bad far that tha llou of Common srm paehuad with him. For month Mr. Churchill ha llvd ondr reproach. Ilia entranc to th llotix today waa pa.d almoat unno ticed. Aa ha ro. m eupportera it Mm rscourxmi cheer. Approbation incraaaad la tolam a b anwrd on chare after another, and ha con cluded amidst a hurricane of apptau. whtl member of ail political partlea cro4 th llous to conmtult him. lMll t Aptl. Tha-a waa nothtns apolollo about th i;trh of th former First Lord of th Admiralty, who nom- month aao waa tranfrrd to th ChaniIorhtp of th Imchjr of Uniilr. tha offic h ha Just, rtd. Ml references to Admiral Lord Fuher. tha fermr Klrt Lord. who. he ald. had not openly oppoaed th Dardanelles onder-. taking, wer tpokta In tlrrn tone of condemnation. In t opinion of th llou. Mr. Ch'irchlll fully Justified ry step be hid taken while head of the Admiralty. Ax to th dlfpatch of Hear. Admiral rrald"k tt.lon. h said b wa In full aremnt with tha erperts and aiir of that 'm" Admiral rrincfl Loula. of lUttenberi. and Vlca Admtral ir Frederic It fturdee and ih.i the dipott lor wrr th bt that could be nude In th circum stance. Thfrt waa no troth In th char that h ordered. amt th advice of expert, th llof u. Creay and Abouklr to remain at ea. wher they wra unk by tTerrnaa aubmartn. Tha Antwerp ipilitoti originated with t.orJ Klt--hnr. th Secretary of War. anI the Krench ;ortment. whil th narat attack on tn Tardanlla waa Utioratlr conaldered and had th full upport of tb adviser at bom and t-o on tli spot. teke Set MeeeW. Ko'h with T'6rd to Antwerp and tN Irdanll. Mr. Churchill, for the rurtKn. of defendlna- hlmaeir acamai r.prcMch. wrnt a littl further than aierly producing eidenc that be fol lowed eapert adlce. A month before tn. Antwero expadltlon under taken, he eald. he had adel-d with ITemier Aj-juith. Sir r.dward ry. tne ror.ittn srrrtary. and Lord Kitchener ax to the danceroua altuatlon delop ln; th-r and th -rae conseciuence to a'lmiralty lntrrt that would re autt from th loa of th fortre. -liut." h added, "bo action waa taken.- to tha Dardanelles, before a eaal attack waa undertaken, be offered to proti.t transport for . troop from i'.sypt. on th chanca of their bain- wanted, but waa informed that no troopa were available, and that. If they wr. they should not be uaed tn Oaltl Pll The naal attack waa Indorsed by VI--Atfmlral Card-n. who waa In rommand at tha time; by the war couo cil. ebkl Lord Kl"hr attetwled. and where nobo.iT epoke lnl It. and by th 1'reneh Ministry of Marine. Opaaalttew I "Terra led. T third attack wa about to bel n March 1. when, after oosultation with Admiral Robek and Uenral Mr tin llmllloej It waa decided to poat rw.ne it unftl tie troope wer ready. ta cppoed delay, but wa. ..rru'-d t r th prt. rather Inclined h rr-e'.h to rriticMe the Innj prlo-1 which ' al:awed to elapee between the attTCk. inc) the army landed. Mr. Churchill paid tribute to Lord nher for t: lm.p'oemena h had litroJ-jrd In the since th ont break of th war. and erreed con fidence that n:tima I' lory woul b a. hloved throuch the destruction of (jtrain enanho.d and th Increasing stre.ccth of the atllea MARRIED SUITORS LIABLE C.lrl etn Jadsmertt IVrrae Man Who PmpiMd Ilsxt Wlfr. I.rS ANiiKLK.-t. Cal.. No. J. Judte Tau! J. M.Cormick. of the Superior Court, dec ided today that a married rug may be held financially liable for a prom lee to marry, and rendered a !'.!sroent of !:) In faor of Miss -rn Field, of Wner. asatnsl Verne Coat. "n of a wealthy Lone Beach family. Mis Tleld sued Coal-s. a rnar rie. man. for .. Coate failed to respond, but the J i.U delayed Judcmenl until he could attfy hrmelf that a married man could h held liable for a promise to ri) another woman. SELF-ACCUSER IS DOUBTED Man lo-l-i He ! Mardrrrr nd Sanity la to IVe Tr-trd. CHH.10. No. II John Burke, wh.i has almost ionlnrc4 the pollcs hre tnt h murdered Krankln K. Voorhees. a war order broker. wi:l b sent to a peycopathlc hospital for two weeka observation as a result of aa examination today by M. J. PurIL City Thysician. Burh pul"d Dr. Purcell as he has th po k to whom h lnlsts h mur dred Voorhe.s. but Dr. Iurcll finally decided Ilurke was of unsound mtnd and In B"d of Institutional restraint. CopyriKht by Bains News Service. Dae Maylaad. of Cleveland. On Hlaht He la em 1 -Ins th Telephone a ad the Left I hwa Her He Will Man III Decision. STREETER IS ANGRY Badly Battered Captain Is Loud in Threats. LEGAL CONTESTS ASSURED Mr. Strrrtrr Saja Sh Will Wide Through Illood to llrr Neck ftofore IVrlng Pot Oat of Home In District. CICICAOO. Nor. 15. (Special. ) "Cap. tain" Georse Walllngtoa Ktrecler. Chi- caso'a picturesque home talent revolu tionist, appeared before Judge Kooney In tha Chlcn;o-Avenue 1'ollce Court to day, a patch of cotton and adhesive tape on his right temple, another on the center of his bald bead and collar, neckties and bis Test dyed red from the bloody battle of yesterday, when the police raided "Slrretervllle."' Th "Captain- signed himself up for a long series of court engagements. Continu ance or chances of venuo were asked by E. ft. Ballard, hit attorney. In ail the 30 rases against the 1 defendants. Mtreeter had a front scat In court. His wife sat at his right and the boy he has "taken under bis win; at his left. Other women from "Streelervllle" also occupied the bench. I'ntll their cases were called the "Captain was busy explaining the events In a high pitched voice and with much profanity. The loungers In the courtroom were on tlp-loee to bear him. When be halted for more breath. Mrs. Stricter filled In the details. Pnlle nearrlbew as Outlaw. ."I'll wade through blood to my neck before they put me out of my home In the district." declared Mrs. Streeter; "we mtin business, and they will find that were different people than they have dealt with before. The police are outlaw. That's what thejr are." The Idea of saying we had a dis orderly house." ejaculated the "Cap tain." "We didn't have any cabaret or any- thtne.- Jurtre Kooney put even the bellig erent Mrs. Mrreter In good humor. Once the "Captain" swore, but the court kept a straight fare long enough to rehtik him. Th disorderly case wer sent to Judge tSraham for trial tomorrow. Th f'lony charges come up before Judge Kooney tomorrow, when a change of venue will l taken. A civil caae over the title will he heard before Master In Chancery James V. VDonnell. Captain .tmne IrsM Ceapay. When th "Captain" and Mr. Mreeter wer Iravin; the courtroom Detectives Simp.on and Holland, of the Chicago arenun plainclothes staff stepped up and seryed two new arrant on treer. charging the sale of It.iuor ronirtn lo law on November ! and 15. . Denouncing e detectives as "con spirators with the land trust." Streeter was dragged downstaira and locked up. He w soon released on bonds signed by Mauri" llennessy. "Captain" IStreeter and Others said the raid on his place was made to sat isfy the Chicago -Tltlo r Trust Com pany, which guarantees title to others In th tra.-t. Harrison B. Hlley. pres ident of the company, emphatically de nied this. JAMES N. SUTTON IS DEAD irnpin t 1 1 r-"n thirst re jtad The Crsgonlan' classitWd ad. been burdened are believed refer to the recent breaking op of his fam ily, with th divorce obtained by Mrs, Rosa B. button several months ago and th serious Injury of an only son. Lieutenant I:. H. Sutton, of the aerial corps of the I'nltej Slates Army. In a fall from an aeroplane at Fort Hill. Oku, on August I -- An older son died at Annapolis In HOT He waa Lieuten ant James M. Sutton, and his death waa officially reported to have been suicide, though his family always sus pected foul play. Mrs. Sutton made a flcht that at tracted Nation-wide attention to clear her soo'a name of the stigma of sui cide. f r.daratloa Obtained la Portland. Mr. Sutton waa born In San Francisco November H. 1IIC III early educa tion wa received In Portland public s hoots, and In 1I3S he went to Vic toria. F. C. In 1179 he returned to Portland, and late that year waa ap pointed Western Colon operator at Tckln. on the Lewta IUver. At this station ha handled the telegraph lines from Vancouver to Kalama. rteveral year later Mr. Sutton was taken Into the employment of the Ore gon Railway ex Navigation Company and stationed at Celllo. Some years later he was transferred to The Dalles, and In 1H8 accepted a position In Portland as ticket agent for the North Aagrlee rst Takes. la lit lr. button motcd to oLa Angeles, where be was placed In charge of the Kedondo Beach road, a general manager. This road was then owned by J. C. Alnsworth (father of John Alnsworth. president of the L'nlted State National Bank), and It. R. Thompson. Back to Portland came Mr. Sutton in 1IJ7. then to accept the position of foreman of the West Hide sheds for th Southern Pacific Six years ago he was appoiatrd Joint freight agent for the Southern Pacific and Oregon-Washington Callroad ac Navigation Company at tho tast Side station. That position he held until bis death. Mr. tiuitoa waa always Interested In politics, but never consented lo run for office, though scvertd times pressed by his friends to do so. He waa a mem ber of the Masons. The whole history of the Sutton fam ily has been tragic Klgbt Made to Clear haa'a asae. Second Lieutenant J. N. Sutton, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sutton, came to a tragic death ln October. 1U7. On returning from a dance given at the Naval Academy, he hired an automobile to take some officers back to the Ma rine Corps headquarters, where he was quartered. A quarrel ensued, he was killed, and the board of Inquiry that convened lo ascertain the cause of his sudden death concurred In the opinion that It waa auiclde. Lieutenant Sutton being temporarily mentally Irrespon sible for his actions. Mrs. Sutton spent a great amount of m and money In the endeavor to cl.ar the name of her son from the disgrace of auiclde. and even appealed to Theodore Roosevelt, then President, to aid her. Lieutenant Sutton was educated tn the Portland schools and was given bis appointment by Senator .Mitchell in 10J. He attended the Werts prepara tory school, entered the Naval Acad emy, but resigned to enter tho Marine Corp because he disapproved of hax Ing. Mrs. Sutton endeavored to have It shown that It was that disapproval of basing that had to do with tho death of her eldest son. tteeoad Son lajored. Redondo B. Sutton, the second son to enter tlio military service, was serious ly injured and his companion killed in an aeroplane flight at Fort Sill. Okla homa. In August of this year. Redondo B. Sutton waa a lieutenant and carried a pilot's license. Ilia companion was Quartermaster tJ. H. Knox, and they were making exhibition flights on the Army reservation at Fort Sill. The machine In which they were flying fell 6u feet. Knox was killed immediately and Lieutenant Sutton was seriously Injured, rushed to th hospltsl. an op eration performed and bis life was saved. II waa lat heard from In New York, wher he went about a month "mV Sutton created considerable comment when she sued her husband for dlvorc in February of this year, demanding $73 a month and the pos session of the picture of her dead son. The divorce was granted. Mrs. button charging desertion, and she was awarded $10 a month alimony. or the possession of the picture the fight was taken to the Supreme Court of Orenon. Th Sultona wer married In Vancou ver Wash- November 17. Ii7. The divorce was granted on February JO. IMS. Maar ftelattve rvlve. In the death of her son and the in Jury of the other Mrs. Sutton declared that the new of both statements were told to hrr through psvrhlc messages. Mr. Sutton leave four slMrr. Mrs. Thomas Dickey, of Kssex. Mont.: Mrs. Ueortfe J. Alnsworth. of Wasco; Mrs. A. D. Wheeler, of Alnsworth. B. C. and Mrs. A. K. Bull, of Philadelphia; and three brothers. John O. Sutton, of San Francisco: Herbert O. Sutton, of San B Francisco: and Albert Sutton, of Port land. He also leaves a divorced wife. Mrs. Rosa B. Sutton, of Portland; and tour chi'dren. Lieutenant R H. Sut ton, of New York: Mrs. Rose Parker. Ial known to be traveling In Kurope: Mrs. Richard Parker, of Tucson. Arts.; and Mrs. Charles Moon, of Portland. No funeral arrangementa have been made. SUIT AGAINST SHIP ENDS Canadians Lo ". Agaln-t Com pany Owning Greek Vcswl. ,SB' YORK. Nov. li. Federal Judge Hough today dismissed aults In ad miralty brought by James Carruthers & Co, Limited, a Canadian corporation, acalnst Bowrmg & Co. and the Greek steamship Anthunasios. on the ground that It was advisable to decline Juris diction for political reasons. The suits were for damage for el leged breach of a charter of the steam ship to carry coal from this country to Northern Italy. The breach of the charter. tbe complainants admitted, was due to the fact that the Greek government had requisitioned the steamer to carry wheat for the use of the Greek. army. "There is certainly no power In any court of the L'nlted States.". Judge Hough said in dismissing the case, "to prevent or undo- thus act of the Greek King and his counsel. The restraint is actual and govemmrntai.". Button l'ound la Chlld'a Xo. " KLAMATH FAILS, Or,- Nov. : 1 5. (Special.) Rercntly when the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud II. Davis, of this city, was operated upon for tonsll itis. th parents wished tho operating growth in the child's nose, which hus been noticeable for the past two years. The surgeons found a shoo button with in tb groalU la the bos,' . ; JUDGE IS ARMLESS Maimed Switchman Works Way to Place on Bench. TEETH USED IN WRITING Members of Rody Ioxt by Cleve land Man In Accidents Seven Years Apart and While Do ins Same Kind of Work. CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 13. (Special.) Dave Moylan. of Cleveland. Just elected to the Judceship of the Munici pal Court, has had a remarkable ca reer. He was a railroad switchman 3 years ago and on a sleety night lie slipped and lost an arm. Out of the hospital he went to the freight office for a time and then back to the yards. Seven years later he lost his other arm. Lying In a hospital reviewing his situation ho announced to his. friends that he waa going to become a lawyer. And after three, years he succeeded. At his examination for the bar lie wrote his answers to questions with a pen held in his mouth. Four years ago. after making a name for himself at the bar. he was elected to the Cleve land Council. Then he was elected Municipal Judge. Ho is only. ZS and unmarried.' One of the handicaps of tbe armless man waa the difficulty in using the telephone. He devised a way to make it useful. He has the receiver fixed to the wall of his office on the level of his ear. On the receiving hook nanus a small weight. When a call cornel Moylan takes the welRlit In his teeth, puts his ear to the receiver on the wall and talks. When he Is thrbuch he hangs up the weight with his teeth. EARL OF SEA FIELD KILLED J a mm Ogilvlc Grant Dies In Action at Front In France. LONDON. Nov. 13. James Ogilvie Grant. Karl of Seafleld. has been killed In action In France. Tho tarl of Scatield. who was born In 187 and wat the eleventh of his line, was a captain of the Third Wueens Own Cameron Highlanders, special reserve, when tne war uegan. He was married In 19S to Miss Nina Townsend. daughter of J. P. Townsend. Justice of the Peace of the Colony of New Zealand, who survives him with a daughter. The heir to the title M nis orotner. Hon. Trevor Ogllvle Grant. His daugh ter succeeds to the Scottish peerages. kelso Box Factory lo Start. KKLKO. Wa.-h- Nov. IS. (Special.) The box factory which bss been added . o a i - Unparalleled Sale Of Newest Untrimmed Hats Of All-Silk Mirrored Black Hatters' Plush In Six of the Smartest Shapes, as. Illustrated This is the untrimmed hat event of the season, for never have $4.00 to $4.50 shapes of this fine quality plush been offered At $1.95 Emphatically, these are not early season shapes, but the latest models, recently introduced in New York for the first time for mid-Winter wear. Third Floor to the Cullom yard in West Kelso is now almost fully equipped and will turn out its first boxes next week. With a big demand here for smelt and fish boxes throughout the Winter months and for apple and other fruit i t-. . thoiA la an amDle market, and Messrs. Cullom and Becker. tne owners 01 iac pianL. mately to develop their business into a factory of some size. FAIR ASSOCIATION ELECTS Walla Walla Organization Contin ues Directorate in Office. a WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Nov. 15. (Special.) U. H. (Bob) Johnson, secre tary of tho Fir Association for six years, was re-elected today to that of fice by the board of directors, which Jusf previously had been re-elected. The stockholders adopted a resolu tion to bond tbe Fair Association for 30.000. this money to be used to pay off the notes and bills outstanding, which amount to $10,731.88. Secretary Johnson's report gave the attendance for the six days, three of tho fair and three of the frontier days, at 24.2D3 in 1915. and 31.4&3 last year. The receipts from admissions in 1915 were J1S.S46.89. and 823.362.92 in 1914. CZAR BUYING ICEBREAKERS Five Scaling Steamer to Be Used in White Seo. ST JOHNS. N. F.. Nov. 15. The pur chase by the Russian government of several sealing steamers hailing from this port is expected to be made within the next week through Captain Joseph Lorls-Meltkoff. first secretary of the Russian Embassy at Washington who has been here negotiating with the owners. , , . The steame Nascopie already has been bought by Rus.-ia for service as an icebreaker in the White Sea. Other sealers, it is said, are desired for simi lar service. In all. five steamers are to be purchased. ALBANY WOMEN INITIATED Court IsnlM-lle Instituted as Brandt or C'ntliolic Order. ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) Court lsabelle. of the Daughters of Isabella, an organization composed of wives and daughters of members of the Knights of Columbus, was insti tuted In Albany Sunday. Twenty-six charter members were Initiated. Mem bers of C:ipitrl City Court, of fia1em ajfnumph or H Asphali-base crude The Jury of Awards at both the San Francisco and San Diego Expositions j." found an oil made from asphalt-base crud r3 highest in lubricatine efficiency. Thatoil 3 was Zerolene. f J The fact, too, that such unbiased auth- f-s oritiesasa U.S.Naval Engineer, engineers ': -- of the Packard and Ford Motor Compan- ies, and others, have also gone on record -4 hT in favor of oils made from asphalt-base crude 1- in accord with the decUion of the Exposition Si juries proves that Zerolene is made from th ssyy. rrpA crude, and made right. n rn Me Standard OH for Motor Cars For Sale by Dealer everywhere and at our SERVICE STATIONS Standard Oil Company . (California) Portland flH frown ihe Gasoline of Quality cry ry Ttts JL t-r 4. were in charge. Both courts attended mavs this morning and a banquet to night. ' Mrs. Willam Eagles was elected grand regent of the new court; vice grand regent. Mrs. Frank Eyrond; propifttess, Miss lone Cliff; historian. Miss Josephine Durst; financial secre tary. Miss Vera Tracy; treasurer, Mrs. Ben Sudtell; monitor. Mrs. Mary Scott; sentinel. Miss Margaret Kropp; trus tees. Mrs. J. U White. Mrs. J. J. Lind gren, Mrs. J. F. Dooley, Mrs. Benja min Ridders. Miss Margaret Shea and Miss Mary Devers; organist. Miss Ma rie Wessel; chaplain. Rev. Father Ar thur Lane, rector of St. Mary's Church. Authority on Tuberculosis Dies. SARANAC LAKE. N. Y.. Nov. 13. Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau. who was well known throughout the country for iuK. distilling n"'i his work and writings in connection with the treatment of tuberculosis, died here today. He was 67 years old and had conducted a sanitarium here since 1SS4. Klma Gets Auto Rural Koutc. OUEGON'IAN" XEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 15. An automobile rural free delivery route will be established at Eima. Wash., February 1. to cover 58 miles. The salary of the carrier will be JltlOS. Tri-weekly rural free delivery will be inaugurated between McCammon and Tetonia. Idaho, Feb ruary 1. 4 For many years thrown into tne s-a a worthless, "a "low-grade Cuhaii molasses is helnir export.-,! lo the Cimtd Stales In in rreosins quantities for use In road liullu- CP a la orsete Interesting-Looking Women 3lmnci invariaMv smart-Iookinz women ai uiiuvuv iii . WI..j - v women whose figures are distinguished by the . c I lines which form the basis ot the newest gowns. The C. B. a la Spirite Corset will help you attain that interesting smartness you envy in other women. For the C. B. keeps just far enough in ad vance of the prevailing mode to give the wearer a freshness of style which adds smartness to all her gowns. Many different models one for every figure. The new.C. B. models now being shown in our Corset Department will interest you, and it will be worth your while to come in to see them. The standard every where for the women of fashion. cPMerdndio of J Merit On(y" I : r if Blouses - of Striped Tub Silks, Messaline Silk and Black Peau de Cygne $1.95 In Styles and Materials That Sell Reg. to $5 . This is such a notable sale of blouses that they will occupy the largest front tables on the Third Floor. ' There never were better or more fashionable blouses ottered at $'95. ui Models with the new long sleeves and cuffs in white, navy blue. black and a variety of striped effects. Many new models in plain tailored effects. Altogether five different styles, as illustrated. Vurd Floor cMrchand'iso of J Merit 0ny"-