THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1919. WINN TALKS SELF INTO PRISON TERM Attempted Blackmail Case Ends in Plea of Guilty. DEFENDANT ONLY WITNESS leilcr Threatening to Expose For mer Mother-ln-Law Brings IS Months at McXeil's Island. that he was employing a large number of I. W. W. ana started an organiza tion against them, and then discov ered that' the "wobblies" outnumbered his loyal force about five, to one. The agitators were disturbing road work on the contract a few weeks ago by stopping workmen who left the train at Arlington to go on the Job. They were succesnful in turning workmen back to Portland until the town mar shal sent the agitators out of town. On one contract the "red card" men were a majority until a former serv ice man was apprised- of the situ ation and began eliminating them from the payroll. Two men called at the highway of fice in Portland a few weeks ago and said they could not get work on a certain Job "east of the Cascades un less they carried a red card and that a red card man toM them they were foolish not to Join the I. w. W., as all they would have to do would bo to show the card to any railroad brake man and he would protect them. It -took only one witness to wind up the case of the United States versus .. - .. i -tr in frierat . v : i ii 1 1 1 w v .iiiii v-j --- ' court, and that was the defendant himself. When placed upon the stand the accused became so tangled up in his own testimony that his attorneys hastilv changed the plea from not guilty to guilty and asked, the leni .ency of the court. The man was sen tenced to serve 13 months in the fed eral prison. Wajin. who was a .waiter at the University club, and Is said to have good, family connections In Hillsboro. wa -officially accused of using the tlnited States mails to defraud, the complaint translated into simple lan- jruae-e in this instance being that mer wife and tormer momer-in-jaw The story of the case, as told before Judee Wolverton yesterday, dates back to 1913. when Wann was waiter In the fashionable Cafe Jiartin In Denver, and ILuth Ell, pretty daughter of Mrs. Mary Ell, proprietor of Jhft restaurant, was presiains De " hind the cash reeister. Following i brief courtship Wann and the girl ran away and were married. Shortly aft erwards, in the- came year, the cale ' burned to the ground, and there was nA m...Dt inn n If nnni5irfri A A t O : whether the "fire was of accidental or incendiary origin. The Wann matrimonial ship, after two years upon me ea. ui hib, a wrecked in 1935. and in March, 1919, Mrs. Wann secured a divorce. Some time later Wann wrote three letters. It was . asserted, to his former wife., declaring that . unless Mrs. Wann and l. . . 1. An, V.i. tlllflA ha wiltlrt ; : Kivm information to the authorities to- show that the former mother-in-law -Ignited the fire . in 1913 .which -. burned down her rewtaurant, in order to collect the fire insurance. With a number of persons present ready to testify for both' sides in the ' oa.se yesterday' afternoon, Wann was the first one called. His story held steady until District Attorney Barnett Vloldslein, who was conducting the rase for the government,, asked him if he had, in 1913, signed an affi davit to the effect that the fire was not of incendiary origin.' When he denied this Goldstein Introduced the affidavit in question, with the re- null iaiL nun ucu.iiii, riu uupcicoij entangled in conflicting testimony that he confessed guilt and changed his plea. Ha was given until Monday to straighten out his affairs pending prolonged stay at McNeil's island. II. WALKER RESIGNS MULTNOMAH CLCB MANAGER TO GO INTO BUSINESS. BLOND ESKIMOS' COLOR EXPLAINED First- White Explorers Held Accountable for Markings. ARCTIC TRIP DESCRIBED James R. Crawford. Out of Far North First Time in 15 Years, Wins Bride Starts Back. (Continued Prom First Page.) Insurance Company's Offer Lures Famous Athlete Away From Post Held -Since 1908. "- . Bow V. Waiker,- for the past 16 years actively affiliate with the Multnomah Amateur Athletic - club, first as a member and representative of the Winged M in many football encounters and later as manager of the club, yesterday -tendered his res lunation In order to go into the In surance field In Portland. His resig -nation will take effect as soon as the board of dtrectors-of the club has chosen a successor. Mr. Walker haa been Identified with the club practically since leaving- the ! Oregon Agricultural college in 1905. j From 1905 to 1908, while he was- em ployed by the North Pacific Termi nal company here, he was active as a member of the club and was prom inent in track and football. In. 1908 he took up the duties of manager, a position which, he has held continu ously to the present time, except when he entered-the service and saw actidn in France. 1 " Under the direction of Mr. "Walker the membership of the club was built up from 800. in 1908 to 6500 tn 1919, and the beautiful new quarters were erected. : Mr. Walker has accepted a,' posi tion with the Travelers' Insurance company of Hartford, Conn., and will pe affiliated with the Phil Gross mayer company of this city, which was formerly known as the Pettls Grossmayer company, with offices in the Wilcox building. He recently was elected-a member of the national executive committee of the American Legion. v. . At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the Multnomah club last night the resignation of Mr. f walker was accepted and the-' retiring manager was voted an honorary membership in the organization as a token of the ap preciation of the board lor his-valu-5 able service to the organization during the last 11 years. The granting of an honorary membership is considered at the c-fuh an 'award of the -highest nature and only ten men in the en tire membership have. been previously so Honored - The matter of a successor to Mr. Walker was discussed at--the meeting ast night, but action was postponed until the next meeting of the direc tofs, which will be held Monday evening, uecember 1.- OPERATOR GOES TO JAIL Tampering Y4tU Government Lines Draws 60 Days and $500 Fine. J. J. Brown, employe of the Oregon Washington railway and telegraph operator at Arlinston, Or., yesterday was sentenced to 60 days confinement and $T00 fine on the charge of tam pering with the wires of the Western Union Telegraph While the wires were under the control of the government. The rase was before Judge "Wolver ton of the federal court. H was charged by Assistant United Slat es District A ttorney Veatch, who conducted the case for the govern irn-nt, that Brown, during the strike of the Western Union operators some months aso, had pulled the plugs out of the switchboard at Arlington and t hereby rendered the telegraph lines useless. Although employed by the -:tlIroad at the time and not a mem ber of the striking organization, he wav said to have been in sympathy with the strikers and to have pulled the plugs for that reason. ELKS TO CHEER KIDDIES LODGE TAKES OWX HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS' TREE. Xo Yonngsters in City Will Be Over looked, VBUr Strandborg An nounces in Taking Up Task. was black and who had beady black eyes. The parents know of no reason. they said, for the reddish hair, gray eyes and thin lips of their offspring. I saw only -three . of- the so-called blonde Eskimos In the time I was in the north, but I understand there are nearly a dozen among: the several hundred natives of Victoria Land." - llr.- Crawford said that Mr. Stefans son told him hcmerely mentioned the fact that there were a few natives with, red hair oh Victoria Land to some writers on coming out of the north and that Stefansson-was -cha grined that his work in the Arctic was more or less discounted by, the sen sational yarns that ran through the country about the discovery of de scendants of "an hitherto unknown tribe of lost Scandinavians." 15 Yeans Progress MUned. -In the. 15 years that Crawford has been in the north he has missed every move, of -progress -made by the. world during that period excepting for meager bits of information picked up on infrequent visits to Nome. He ar- ived In San Francisco two weeks ago on the steam whaler Herman, tne same vessel that picked him up a day following that on which his launch capsized on the ice 25 miles from land August 29. Until his arrival at San Francisco he had never seen an airplane, a high- powered automobile, a dreadnought or heard of a Red Cross or liberty loan drive Mr. Crawford did not know that the United States had entered the greatest war in the world s history and had emerged victorious until formed by the officers of the Herman And I guess I acted as if I had never eeen a pretty woman, Crawford said. In explanation of which Mr. Craw ford says that despite the fact he ha onry been out of the Arctic two weeks, in that time he met ".he only woman and won a bride. They are here on their honeymoon. Career Most Adventurous. Though he may have missed th thrills of pleasure and pangs of sor row occasioned by a great world war, Crawford's career for 15 years and es pec tally the last-six has-been-: replet with adventure, misfortune and ii nally success. He has penetrate hitherto unknown lands, tramped hundreds of miles afoot' over ice fields, suffered the loss of? compan ions, food and ammunition, and lived for months -on a diet that would, mean death for many. He broke away from the north only to find it, in his wa of looking at things, the best place i the world to live. He longs now for the frozen solitudes and with hi bride is going to return as soon as h can get there. Crawford was chief engineer on th power schooner Mary Sachs at Nome when StefanSson s party arrrved on board the Karluk in July, 1913. Th Mary Sachs was taken as one of th supply ships of the expedition. he the Karluk was frozen in the tee off Cape Halkett not Point Barrow, first reported. Crawford says an Stefansson went out over the ice with two white men, the Mary Sachs win tered at Collinson point. Stefansson showed up at Collinson poilit afte searching for the Karluk. The Kar luk.had been crushed in the ice and swept away, it was later learned. ROAD CAMPS OUST REDS Veetling-Out Process Now Cndcr Way in Oregon. Red card" men are being weeded out of the road contractors' forces aa faKt as possible. This weeding out process has been under way for the lt month, line contractor discovered ooeeow eeooOO?! aint that nice: Concentration of forces to eliminate duplication of effort was effected yesterday by Mayor Baker and Will iam P. Strandborg when the munic ipal Christmas tree celebration for the kiddies of Portland was turned over to Portland lodge of Elks. The Llks, through a committee recently appointed by Exalted Ruler Julius J. Berg, will have complete charge of the municipal Christmas tree and will so arrange plans that t-very poor kiddie in the city will be assurea or a. wonueriui time on Christmas day. The Elks will request various in terested parties to co-operate in car rying out the plans for the enter tainment, according . to ' George O. Brandenburg, chairman of the Elks' Christmas day committee. No ex pense will be spared to provide every thing that goes with & Christmas en tertainment. "With the municipal entertainment added to the entertainment which the Elks hold each year, we are faced with a big job, but we are ready to handle it," said Mr. Brandenburg yes terday. "Our hopes are to have a cele bration this year which will go into, history as one of the most successful. ever held. "One thing that the Elks are anxious to avoid and that Is the over looking of a solitary youngster. . We are planning to ask various social service organizations to furnish us names of children who should be in vited. In addition we will issue a general invitatien to the children who have no celebration at their homes and all can join in the merriest after noon and evening of their lives. Stay-put Edges Guaranteed I W mat satisfaction to bar cutlery with edseseuaranteedsharp and guar- antttd to stay sharp. The enormous ale of Keen Kutter Safety Razors, Pocket Knives and other cutlery has bccnbuilt on the contidencepurchasers nave in the Keen Kutter trade maric. lts your guarantee ol r highest quality steel and work JrtoTli o manship. And it guarantees money back if any article fails to sive absolute satisfaction. Look tor the trade mark KtCMKUIISR on your Safety Razor Sold by Retail Merchant Everywhere) SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY COAST LUMBERMAN QUITS If yOU like that harsfl Interests of John A. Hooper Re- .ported soia-ror 5750.000. puckery taste, get common tea it's full of tannin If you like the true tea flavor, get fine tea, like Schilling's. It's so full of tea-flavor fine, rich, in vigorating "tea-taste that it actually costs less per cup than tea that costs 20 cents less per pound. Common tea hasn't a single cup of real tea-flavor Urse t&rJUL in a pound. SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 24. Sale of the lumber interests of - the Hooper Lumber company to the shipping and lumber- corporation of Sudden & Christenson was announced today, marking the retirement of John A. Hooper from the lumber industry of California, Oregon and Washington in which he was a pioneer. The-. -consideration was placed 1750.000. at Well-Known Horseman. Dead. SALEM. Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) John Likusky. aged 60. one of the best known horsemen in the Pacific northwest, died here today. Mr. Likusky is survived by two sons. John Jr. and August, who reside near Camas, Wash. Mr. Likusky until a month ago owned and operated a ear fr-tayton. There are four flavors of Schilling Tea Japan, Ceylon - India, Oolong. Knclish Breakfast. AH one quality hx parchmyn-lined moisture-proof packages At grocers everywnere. A Schilling & C- San Francisc Car Shortage Hits Yamhill. SHERTDAN. Or.. Nov. 24. (Spe cial.) The scarcity'of -freight cars to ship their products is being felt severely by th3 Yamhill Milling com pany of this city. They have 1600 barrels of flour now on hand ready for rliipment, 1200 barrels being des tined to government officers in Port land, the ret to various states. North Star Join Fleet. f The whaler North Star was added to the expedition k fleet. March 2 1914. Crawford was in charge of supporting party that traveled ove the ice with the explorer. He mained with him until April 7. wbe at 70.30 north latitude and 140.39 west longitude, on account of the shortage of supplies, ne was tuMied back wit other members of the party. Stefansson continued north with team of dogs and two men. Craw ford was instructed to move the Mar Sachs to Banks land if Stefansso was not back at Collinson Point by the time the ice broke up. Naviga tion was possible July 25 and the Mary Sachs went to Banks land, ar riving at Cape Kellett August 24. The party went Into winter quarters at once to await the arrival of the ex plorer. . Crawford had been instructed to wait for one year, and If at the end of that time he did not show up to return to Nome and report to the ! Canadian government. Stefansson put in an appearance September 27 with his two companions. Stefansson had arrived o.t the north" end of Banks land in June and had been con ducting his, search for new lands In the interim. "StefanKson's party was nearly out of provisions and had little ammuni tion. It was a close call. He had no way of knowing that we had negoti ated the ice and could not know until he caw us. We had ample winter sup. plies in the way of dried meat and other, provisions, Mir. Crawford says. "We spent the winter of 1914 there. Mail Trip Called Off. "Stefansson wanted to send a dog team across the ice that winter with mail, but he decided that it would wear the dogs down too much as he wanted to use them later. In the spring of 1915 Stefansson wanted the North Star at Banks Land, and I vol unteered to go across the Ice to Ber nard harbor and-inform Or. Anderson, second, in command in the expedition, of the explorer's wishes. With two other men we set out for the main land on April 7of that year. "Bernard harbor is at the entrance to Coronation Gulf, about 500 miles from where we were. A man named Wilklns was with me, together with a native. We arrived at the North Star's position May 27, and remained aboard until navigation opened. August 24 We went to Bailey Island for supplies and found that stefansson had been there ahead of us. Stefansson was not sure that the North Star would get to Banks Land, that it would be found at all. and at Bailey Island he negotiated with Captain Louis Lane for the schooner Polar Bear to go to Herschel Island for supplies. When Stefansson returned to Bailey island Crawford left the expedition and his place was taken by an engi neer on the Ruby, a Hudson's Bay boat. With the Ruby, Crawford re turned to Nome infatuated with the idea that great wealth was to be made In Banks and victoria land by a hunting and trapping expedition. Polar Ilear Ik Fonnd. In Nome he purchased the schooner Challenge and in lf16 went to Vic toria land with a full crew of hunt ers and trappers under him. Winter quarters were made in September on Minto Inlet, Victoria land. He was there but a short time when the na ives told him of another boat frozen in : the ice not 15 miles distant. In- j vestigation showed that it-was one f the Stefansson boats, the Polar Bear, at Walker bay. During the winter visits were ex changed frequently by the men on both boats. Crawford says he did not do well on Victoria land, so he sold the Challenge to the Stefansson expedition, and the crew, with the exception of a white man and three natives, shipped out on the Polar Bear. The Challenge was .sold when Stefansson, upon sending men after the Mary Sachs, found her on the beach and after she was ripped to pieces by a south wester in floating her. Crawford's party was finally re duced to himself and three natives. the other white man taking passage on the Polar Bear at the last minute. Crawford discovered about 40 na tives 40 miles down - the coast of Banks land who had been there for a year waiting for a ship to come for them. They had been hunting and trapping and had little food. Their boat was unable to reach them. Craw ford helped them out with some of his provisions. There was - no boat in 1918. Crawford s partner was to have sailed to Banks land In that year to take him off. With provisions all gone, and liv ing six months on a meat diet. Craw ford finally decided early last August to start down the coast in a launch he had held out from the Challenge With a ekin boat and a whale boat loaded with -furs and meat and the launch loaded with as many of the stranded natives as it would accom modate, Crawford started off. The frail craft had proceeded less than 25 miles when overtaken by. bad weather. It was while trying to make a landing on the ice and while Craw ford was bailing the launch mat it capsized. . Crawford was rescued by the natives. The furs were recov ered, but the meat waa gone and the ammunition wet Whaler Reecnes Party. With this gloomy outlook in view the party was making plans on August 28 for a hard winter when, on the following day, the whaler Herman hove into sight In search of them The natives were dropped at Cape Hone and Point Barrow, and Craw ford remained aboard until he reached Han Francisco. . Crawford had a heavy catch of white fox. Borne blue fox and a few nolar bear skins when he arrived in San Francisco. They were disposed of there. Crawford first went into the north in 1904. He is a native of Elmore, Vt., and 41 years of age. He served four years in the navy and came to the Pacific coast in 1899. He is posi tive in his assertion that the north east passage can be navigated. He claims to know that ships coming from the east coast have penetrated the ice to points west of the eastern most point that ships sailing from the Pacific coast have. He believes that it can be negotiated in two years by way of Melville Island or south fjjp It's a season of better baking in ) f l t bigger batches. Thanks to C nif f Ii: V- i Flour, there are more appetizing Biscuits, MVi ; Pies, Cakes, Bread and other goodies in store. grCr;rS:l o, say "IXEZSEE" to your jXSJ Q QljJljUl : " grocer when you order flour. A SCT3eSt PatStlt ' ' " Jp! FLOUR : A Pancake Hour flCr f ' . iSL and Wheathearti lso at if Iff '.flfr f " , . -i ,. ., j ..mi . , .....g , . ,. ! ' V ,,,,.,, I, , T- . ' .. 1 mmm&x mtm rrrjv0' .r V Vy M ibnA m mi ; A Vi of Banks and Victoria land. The west coast of Banks land to Melville island is the hardest stretch to nego tiate, he says. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford will remain in Seattle until navigation to Nome opens up, at which time they will again go into the north. Mrs. Craw ford has never been further north than Portland, where she was visited friends, but she says she believes she will like it in the Arctic if her hus band does. Highway Slides at Divide. EUGENE. Or., Nov. 24. (Special.) A landslide has occurred on the new Pacific highway at Divide, at the south line of Lane county, and it ia undermining a barn on the farm of I". A. Tnmr. srordlns' to P. M. Morse, county engineer. 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