VOL. LIX NO. 18,544
Entered at Portland Orttgon
Postofflce ah Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920
PRICE FIVE
Y DAY PLOT
FOUR KILLED, 24 HURT
ON RUNAWAY TRAIN
INJURIES MAY BE FATAL TO
TWO OTHER LOGGERS.
STAYS
BANK CLEARINGS GAIN .
$41,543,033 IN YEAR
WASHINGTON WAGE
PEACE RESOLUTION
OFFERED SENATE
LEADER OF ALLEGED
KIDNAPERS IS FREED
ARIZONA JURY FINDS H. E.
AVOOTEX XOT GUILTY.
SEARCH FOR GRAVE.
OF ONE WIFE VAIN
MINIMUM NOT SET
DASH TO PDLE
APRIL REPORTS SHOW 3 0 PER
CONFERENCE FAILS TO AGREE
CENT GROWTH.
OX WOMEX'S PAY.
i
CENTS iv
M
AMUNDSEN
LIKELY TO FIZZLE
Government Expects but
Little Trouble Today.
REDS PUN BIG MEETINGS
Every Agency Is Ordered to
Keep Close Watch.
CUTTER IS SENT NORTH
rmcd Vessel Instructed to Help
Officers Put Down Disorders
Tbat May Arise.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April SO.
After cheeking over confidential re
ports from all parts of the country,
government officials expressed confi
dence tonight that threatened May
day demonstrations by radicals would
not result in any nation-wide attempt
at violence.
While taking this view of the sit
uation, the department of justice re
newed its warning to local authori
ties everywhere that if the radical
elements were to be kept under con
trol, every law-enforcing agency,
state and federal, must be awake and
;qual to the dangers, real and fanned.
Assistant Attorney-General Garvan,
who directed raids on communist and
communist labor party organizations
n January, declared as he went home
for the night that late reports indi
cated that whatever violence might
occur would be sporadic.
Great Meetingra Planned.
Most of these reports showed that
the radicals were preparing gigantic
propaganda demonstrations, but that
demonstrations are scheduled in many
places and it is at these the trouble
might develop, according to Mr. Gar
van. The department, he said, would
allow "those gatherings to falk them
selves blue," but government agents
would observe the tenor of agitation.
Agents have been instructed "not to
incite or excite trouble in any.sucli
assembly."
It was disclosed by Mr. Garvan that
several members of congress, thres
Jcderal judges and an attorney re
cently active in investigating radical
'isturbances had been marked for as
asslnation. With the early discovery
f the plots, however, Mr. Garvan be
ieved the officials against whose Uvea
the plots were directed now are amply
protected. .
Some May Take Holiday.
Appeals of the communist labor
leaders for May day strikes appear
not to have met with a kindly recepr
tion, although there were threats of
strikes in some sections. Thousands
of workers may lay down their tools
tomorrow, but Mr. Garvan believed
this would be more in the nature of a
declaration of a holiday than with a
malicious intent to cause a great in
terruption to industry.
Timber workers in Wisconsin and
in Washington may remain away from
work, according to reports. Federal
agents were advised, however, that
their latest Information disproved
claims of direct collusion between
these workers and the radical leaders.
Mr. Garvan called attention to the
apparent unlimited amount of money
employed by the communist labor par
ty in fomenting disorders, declaring
that, at no time in history had a
adical movement been so plentifully
inanced. He traced the source of these
funds to Amsterdam and thence to
Tiussia.
Loada of Literature Sent Oat.
The amount of radical literature
circulated within the last week was
described by Mr. Garvin as "amazing,"
s he pointed to scores of periodicals,
lamphlets and circulars, together with
special editions of radical newspapers
iilcd in his office, all appealing for a
'May day show of power." Exponents
f direct action, he contended, were
' aking advantage of a possible psy-
hological opportunity while the na-
ion awaited developments "to lay
their incendiarism on the people's
doorstep."
Mr. Garvan declared that Tom Mill-c-uska,
arrested on a deportation war
rant which was later canceled by As
sistant Secretary of Labor Post, has
been found in Chicago, distributing
the May day proclamation of the com
munist party. Miliouska, Mr. Garvan
said, was freed by Mr. Post because
he said he did not know the nature of
the communists' creed.
Party Held Menace.
Meanwhile department officials said
they were expecting a decision tomor
row by Secretary of Labor Wilson as
to whether membership In the com
rrunist labor party was sufficient
.-round in itself for deportation of
aliens.
Mr. Garvin declared the evidence
gainst the communist labpr party
L as Infinitely more damaging" than
gainst me communist party of
.merica, which has been held to be
unlawful. If the former organization
should be declared legal, he said, the
. uling would establish a "safe haven
n this country for the development of
plots and plans to overthrow the gov I
rnment by violence.
Activity of alien agitators In the
icinity of Hydar, Alaska, resulted in
is dispatch today of the coast guard
utter Algonquin from Port Town-
nd. Wash., to that place.
Announcing the departure of the
(Ceacluded en Paje 2, Column l.
Derailment Occurs at Curve, Three
Miles From North Bend, Wash.
Braking Control Breaks.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 30. Four
men were instantly killed and 24
others injured, two possibly fatally,
when a runaway logging train, op-
erated by the North Bend Lumber
company, was derailed at a curve
three miles from North Bend, Wash.,
tonight.
The dead: Harry Fleming, engi
neer; Joseph Finnigan, William J.
Hailwood and John Sundquist, tim
berworkers. Possibly fatally injured: John
Dahlstrom and Ted Mueller.
The engine with one car attached.
got from under control when a lino
shaft working the braking power
snapped. Forty-five men were rid
ing on the car, 25 of them jumping
before the engine was derailed.
SHIP HAS LIQUOR - PARTY
Troop Commander Pulled Out of
Bed; Morale Officer Arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (Spe
cial.) Sixteen cases of whisky, put
aboard the United States transport
Great Northern at Manila, figure in
an investigation now being Conducted
by Colonel E. L. Phillips, assistant in
spection officer, western department.
ana which has resulted in the techn
cal arrest of Major F. C. Taylor,
morale officer of the ship.
A lively party was staged by 23 of
ficers just before the vessel entered
the Golden Gate, it is reported, the
idea being to dispose of five cases of
the liquid.
In their period of exuberance, it is
said, the officers pulled Colonel B-. B.
McClosky, commanding the troops, out
of his bed. Eleven cases, says Major
Taylor, were left at Honolulu. Major
Taylor, according to Colonel Phillips,
may face a court-martial.
EDUCATOR GETS U. S. JOB
Princeton Man Named for Inter
state Commission.
WASHINGTON, April 30. Henry
Jones Ford, professor of politics at
Princeton university, and James Dun
can of Quincy, Mass., a former vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, were nominated today by
President Wilson to be members of
the interstate commerce commission.
Mr. Ford will succeed Commis
sioner James S. Harlan, whose term
expired more than a year ago, and
Mr. Duncan is to take one of the two
new positions on the commission cre
ated by its enlargement under the
transportation act.
White House officials said a nom
ination for the other vacancy might
be made in the near future, thus
bringing the commission to its full
membership of nine-.
COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED
Robert Van Housen, 20, Crushed
in Accident at Hoquiam.
HOQUIAM, Wash., April 30. (Spe
cial.) Robert Ralph van Housen. 20,
student at the Oregon Agricultural
college. Corvallis, and prominent in
local athletics, met with a terrible
death here late yesterday afternoon.
.To earn enough money for completion
of his studies, he had accepted a Job
at a local logging camp. He stepped
into the bight of a cable line. The
line tightened before he noticed his
pusni ana ne was crushed. He ex
pired on his way to the hospital.
The young man was a popular high
school studeiit here, and had "many
friends. His application for enlist
ment was rejected because of his
youth at the outbreak of the war.
His father is a resident of Bay City.
FIRST PRESIDENT 'SEATED'
Inauguration of Washington Is Re
produced at New York.
NEW YORK, April 30. The in
auguration of George Washington as
the first president of the United
States, exactly as it took place 131
years ago,, was reproduced today on
the steps of the sub-treasury build
ing in Wall street, under the aus
pices of the Constitutional League of
America.
On the spot where the "father of
his country" stood thousands of bank
ers, brokers and clerks watched ac
tors go through the ceremony which
marked the 131st anniversary of the
adoption of the constitution.
MILK PRICE GOES DOWN
Distributing Concern Announces
Reduction of Cent a Quart.'
SPOKANE, Wash., April 30. The
price of milk was reduced 1 cent
quart, effective tomorrow, by a large
distribution concern of this cltv
today.
The new price will be 14 cents
per quart. It was stated, and it is ex
pected that other distributors will
take like measures.
PULLMAN RATES GOING UP
Commission Xot to Interfere With
2 0 Per Cent Increase.
WASHINGTON, April 30. Increased
Pullman rates amounting to 20 per
cent will go into effect tomorrow.
The interstate commerce commis
sion announced today that after in
vestigation of protests it had de
cided against suspension of the in
crease. . . . .
Arctic Party Delayed by
South-Drift of Ice.
BITTER PILL IS SWALLOWED
Eoat Cut Loose From Pack.
Winter Quarters Sought.
NOME IS TO BE VISITED
Explorer After Trip to Alaska
Plans to Enter Ice Around
AVransell Island for "Drift."
LONDON, May 1. Roald Amundsn.
Norwegian Arctic explorer, has not
abandoned his expedition, but after
his impending' visit to Nome, Alaska,
he Intends to enter the ice pack
around Wrangell island, off the north
ern coast of eastern Siberia, and
thence drift across the polar sea, said
a dispatch today to the London Times
from- Christiania.
(A wireless dispatch received at
Nome, Alaska, the night of April 22
from Anadir, Siberia, a trading post
on Bering' sea, said Amundsen had
arrived there. An American navy
wireless dispatch received at Cordova,
Alaska, also reported the arrival at
Anadir of Amundsen from his ship the
Maud, which was said to be icebound
near the mouth of the Kolyma river.)
A message, dated fro"m the Maud
somewhere in the Arctic, the nrs,t re
ceived from the explorer since he be
gan his tour of exploration, begins
with the departure of the Maud from
the vicinity of Cape Chelyuskin, said
the London Times. It came by Anadir
nd Nome. The message was undated,
but probably was written about
Christmas time.
Way Mined Through Ice.
"We left our winter place." .- said
Amundsen's message, "September 12,
1919, after having mined and forced
our way through 2500 yards of un
broken ice from two to three yards
thick. We were detained the next day
by heavy pack ice at St. Samuel's
island, but got through on September
14 and Continued on our way to the
east,, being again detained the next
day, as the ice lay close to St. Peter's
islands and did not assist any in our
passage outside. ,
W" ehad to force our way through
an unknown strait between the islands
and the mainland, where the newly
formed ice offered considerable re
sistance. We succeeded after a vig
orous battle in penetrating this in
tricate and shallow passage, showing
in some places no more than 1M: feet
of water under our keel.
"Much ice was found in the Nor
denskjold sea, but it offered small
hindrance to our advance. We passed
through the strait of Laptec, separat
ing the inner Siberian islands from the
mainland, on September 19. The sea
to the east of the islands seemed free
from ice and we shaped our course
from Jenette island, but were stopped
the next morning by an impenetrable
pack on 73 parallel.
- Winter Quarters Sought.
"We made fast to the edge to com
mence our drift, but found shortly
afterward by close examination that
the ice pack was in drift toward the
south at the rate of 1 knots an hour.
This would not pay, so we cast loose
from 'the ice after a very careful in-
'Concluded on Pare 3. Column 1.)
! MOVING IT SHOULD BE. .
Building Permits Are More Than
Double Those of Month Last
Year, $2,276,195.
The continued growth of Portland
is reflected in the April bank clear
ings and building permits, as com
pared with the clearings and permits
of the year before. The clearings this
April exceeded those of last by about
30 per cent, while the building per
mits are more than twice as large.
Figures on the bank clearings are:
April. 1919, clearings, $129,556,148-08;
April, 192T. clearings, $171,099, 181.67;
gain of $41,543,033.59.
Building permits issued for April
this year totaled $2,273,195 in value,
the month easily establishing a rec
ord thus far this year. This Is more
than twice the value of pjermits issued
In . April, 1919, wnen the figure was
$1,008,645. The showing this year,
however, when analyzed, does not
show this April to have exceeded last
April .to the extent indicated, as the
total number of permits issued last
April exceeded the number this April,
and more than half the total value of
the permits issued this year came
from the permit for a single building,
that of the Montgomery-Ward com
pany. This permit, which was issued
early in the month, is for a structure
costing $1,250,000.
LEGION TO COMBAT REDS
Action Will Be Taken at Meeting
of Delegates in Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 30. Plans
for combatting radical organizations
will be considered here at a meeting
of delegates from American Legion
posts of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Utah, May 7 and 8, it
was announced today by F. A. Jeffrey
of Kennewick, state commander, of
the Washington American Legion.
. Results of the conference, he said,
will be submitted to national head
quarters of the legion.
GOLD COIN STOCK LOW
Treasury io Start Resumption in
Coinage Immediately.
WASHINGTON, April 30. The stock
of gold coin in the treasury has been
depleted to such an extent that im
mediate resumption of gold coinage
has become imperative, congress was
Informed today by Raymond T. Baker,
director of the mint.
He asked for an immediate appro
priation of $80,000 so the Philadelphia
mint might operate 24 hours a day,
instead of. eight.
COMFORT DESCHANEL AIM
French President to Wear Easy
Garb on Coming Tour.
PARIS, April 23. Soft felt hats,
soft collars and lounge suits are ar
ticles of dress prescribed by Presi
dent Deschanel for himself and his
suite when he begins his tour of
France shortly.
Hitherto the French president, from
morning till" night, while on official
duty, has been imprisoned in a stiff
shirt and swallow tailed coat.
P0NTIAC, MICH., . 34,273
Increase 135.8 Per Cent, According
to Bureau Announcement.
WASHINGTON, April 30. The cen
sus bureau today announced the pop
ulation of the following cities:
Pontiac. Mich., 34,273, increase 19,
741, or 135.S per cent.
Crawfordsvllle, Ind.. 10,139, increase
768, or 8.2 per cent. . . . . , .
East Chicago, Ind., 35,967, increase
16,869. or88.3 per cent.
Proposal for $15.75 Weekly and
Other Recommendations Re
jected by Welfare Body.
OLTMPIA, Wash., April 30. (Spe
cial.) The Industrial Welfare confer
ence called to consider an adequate
minimum wage for women employed
in the manufacturing industry failed
today to reach an agreement after be
ing dead-locked since Thursday morn
ing. By a vote of four to five the
conference rejected a proposal toAes
tablish the minimum weekly wage at
$l75. Recommendations submitted
by the conference on working con
ditions to be maintained by employers
were rejected by the industrial wel
fare commission.
Action of the commission Is ex
plained In the following resolution
adopted following the adjournment of
the conference.
"Resolved, That in view of the fact
that the closing section of the rec
ommendations of . the manufacturing
conference held April 28. 29 and 30,
1920, pertaining to conditions of wom
en in the manufacturing industry re
quires that the commission exceed its
jurisdiction and as said closing sec
tion applies to each and all of the
preceeding sections of the recom
mendations; "Therefore, we find it necessary to
reject the whole of the recommenda
tions." - The closing section is as follows.
"Be it resolved further, That any or
either of the said regulations shall
be capable of suspension or alteration
to meet the particular conditions ex
isting in a particular industry or to
meet emergencies in a particular plant
or factory whenever such suspension
is .necessary to the promotion of the
industries of the state of Washing
ton." HIGH CLIMBER IS KILLED
Milton Markham Falls 6 0 Feet
' . From Line and Strikes Log.
MARSHFIELD, Or., April 30. (Spe
cial.) Milton Markham, aged 35, and
employed as a high climber at the
Lakeside camp of the Buehner Lum
ber company, was killed today by fall
ing 60 feet from a line which he
was repaying. He had climbed a spar
pole and was attempting to reach the
line several feet from' the pole when
he fell and struck a. log. He is sur
vived by a widow and little child.
Markham was an expert on high
climbing and had considerable fame
on the coast in that line. He had
frequently been employed to cut off
the tops of the trees used as spar
poles in building high lines and his
work was particularly . hazardous.
CIVIL SERVICE BILL VOTED
Senate Measure qn Reclassification
Is Passed.
WASHINGTON, April 30. The house
today, by a vote of 273 to 53. passed
the senate bill providing for retire
ment and for reclassification of civil
service employes.
Under a house amendment the re
tirement age was reduced from 70 to
65 years with the minimum amount
payable annually after retirement be
ing placed at $180 with $720 as the
maximum.
PENROSE INDORSES KNOX
Ex-Secretary of State Urged as
Presidential Xominee.
PHILADELPHIA. April 30. Senator
Knox, Pennsylvania. former secretary
of state, was indorsed today for the
republican nomination for president.
The indorsement was given by Sen
ator Penrose, also of Pennsylvania.
War With Germany and
Austria Would End.
SEPARATE ACTION IS EVADED
Substitute for House
posal Is Reported.
Pro-
LONG FIGHT EXPECTED
Leaders on Both Sides Predict Lit
tic Prospect of Action Before
Convention Time.
WASHINGTON. April 30. A joint
resolution proposing repeal of resolu
tions by congress declaring a state of
war with Germany and Austria-Hungary
was reported out today by the
senate foreign relations committee by
a strict party vote.
Introduced by Senator Knox, repub
lican, Pennsylvania, as a substitute
for the republican resolution recently
passed by the house, the measure was
formally presented to the senate late
in the day by Senator Lodge, repub
lican leader, with the announcement
by Senator Knox that he would open
debate on it Wednesday.
Leaders of both parties predicted
several weeks of discussion with little
prospect for action until near the
time set for a recess for national con
ventions. .
Some Expect Treaty Return.
In some-quarters the opinion was
expressed that President Wilson, in
the midst of the debate, might return
the treaty of Versailles to the senate.
Virtually solid democratic opposi
tion to the substitute was predicted
by leaders of the party. Senator Mc
Cumber, republican, member of the
foreign relations committee, who did
not attend the meeting, said he and
probably other republicans would op
pose the resolution. The vote on the
Knox resolution was nine t& four.
Senator Shields, democrat. Tennes
see, also was absent. Republicans
Raid the measure was designed to
meet objections raised in the house
that a resolution declaring the war
ended would be unconstitutional and
beyond the power of congress.
Treaty R.irha Reserved.
Straight-out repeal of the war res
olutions is the principal object of the
Knox substitute, which would request
the president to establish friendly
diplomatic and commercial relations
with Germany and with "the govern
ments and peoples of Austria and
Hungary." Like the house resolution,
it would reserve all American rights
under the treaty of Versailles and
provide for repeal of war" legislation
and for war powers of the president.
It would hold German property until
all American war claims were satis
fied, but does not include the house
provision for acceptance of the resolu
tion's terms by Germany within 45
days under penalty of a commercial
embargo.
A formal report only on the resolu
tion was filed by Senator Lodge, and
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ad
ministration' leader in the treaty fight,
decided to submit no minority report
but to present the opposition's argu
ments during debate.
The text of the measure, a joint
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 3. )
Verdict Returned in First of Trials
in Connection With Deporta
tions of July, 1917.
TOMBSTONE. Ariz., April 30. (By
the Associated Fress.) H. E. Woot
ton, charged with kidnaping in con
nection- with the Bisbee deportations
of July 12, 1917. tonight vis" found
not guilty.
The jury brought in its verdict at
7:25 o'clock.
The jury retired for its delibera
tions at 5:12 o'clock this afternoon.
Shortly after its return from supper
it announced that a verdict had been
reached. Only one ballot was taken.
Judge Pattee asked counsel for the
state if there were any other charges
against Wootton and a negative reply
was given. Thereupon the court or
dered that the defendant be exon
erated and discharged, and an ad
journment was taken.
"We -' think that the verdict was
right both in the law and in the
evidence, and we are perfectly satis
fied," was the comment made by
William H. Burc-ess of El Paso, chief
of counsel for the defense.
"The verdict in this case will have
no effect on the prosecution of 159
defendants in the 'blanket case," trial
of which will begin June 7," County
Attorney Robert N. French said. "The
defendants will be tried jointly."
Mr. French repeated his previous
announcement that thecharges against
40 other defendants, likewise accused
of kidnaping in connection with the
deportations, would probably be dis
missed after the "blanket case" had
been tried. The county attorney add
ed, however, that he would take no
action in the matter at this time. The
trial lasted nearly three months.
USE OF RANGE OFFERED
Organization of Rifle Clubs Sug
gested by Army Officer.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 30.
(Special.) Residents of Vancouver
and Portland will have an oppor
tunity to learn how to shoot their
rules It they take advantage of an
invitation extended by Colonel
Koester, in command of Vancuover
barracks. .
In a letter to the Vancouver cham
ber of commerce today. Colonel Koes
ter offers the use of the government
target range in the post and suggests
that a rifle club be formed. He sug
tested also that the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce be interested in
forming a rifle club.
The target range was made espe
cially for the soldiers to practice
shooting and there are only a few
here in the post at the present time.
RUSSO-JAP PACT MADE
Agreement Concedes Japanese All
of Demands.
TOKIO, April 30. The war office
announces the imminent signature of
Russo-Japanese agreement.
It will concede virtually all the
Japanese demands, it is declared.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAYS Maximum temperature,
57 degrees; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Unsettled and probably show
ers; winds mostly westerly.
Foreign.
Amundsen's dash to north pole not aban
doned. Page 1.
National.
Race for presidency endangers Mr. Hard
ing's seat In senate. Page 2.
Post administration attacked and de
fended. Page 2.
Every governmental agency to be on watch
today for trouble with reds. Page 1.
Substitute for house peace resolution Is
reported to senate. Page 1.
Bonus bill action date abandoned. Page 4.
Dometttlc.
Wood keeps leaf in roll of nation. Page 2.
Alleged leader in Bisbee. Arts., deporta
tions of 1117 found not guilty. Page 1.
Bluebeard's directions fail to reveal grave
of one wife in Imperial valley. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington wage minimum for women not
set. Page 1.
Division of road funds protested by Grant
county. Page 5
Paul V. Marls named director of exten
sion at Oregon Agricultural college.
Page 7.
Loganberry -buyers canvass situation.
Page 4.
Four killed, 24 hurt when runaway logging
train is wrecked. Page 1.
Sports.
Nightingale of New Hampshire beats Ox
ford star distance man. Page 12.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3,
San Francisco 6: Vernon 11. Salt Lake
4; Sacramento 2. Oakland 0; Seattle 2,
Los Angeles 9. Page 12.
Waverlev golfers vie today in qualifying
rounds for directors' cup tournament.
Page 12.
Tinv Hermann boes draw with Frank
Farmer. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Fur market unsettled at eastern auctions
Page 21.
Short buying causes flurry in May corn at
Chicago. Page 21.
Pool atocks decline sharply with partial
recovery. Page 21.-
Steamer Arcturus to start today en route
to orient via Puget sound. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Order cancelling forest patrol amazes tim
ber men. Page 11.
Probe of Clackamas county moonshine case
promises sensational developments.
Pago 10.
Democratic state committee expected to
clean house today. Page 13.
Two men apparently drowned at Oregon
City identified. Page 14.
Radical May day outbreak not expected
in Portland. Page 14.
Strike of bakers is expected today
Page 21.
Bank clearings and building permits for
April show healthy growtn over those
of year ago. Page 1.
Sorllie case put in hands of Jury. Page 20.
Girl fights to be freed from mother. Page
14.
Railroad workers strong for Hoover Page 3.
1 Senator Pierce urges Jackson club to adopt
! "No apologies" as party campaign slo-
gan. Page 6.
I J. R. Shaw Involved in fraud, say officials
j of Hammond Lumber company. Page ti.
Chamber of Commerce eiecu directors,
Fage 3.
Directions of Bluebeard
Found Too Vague.
SEARCHERS WILL TRY AGAIN
Prisoner Likely to Be Taken
Into Imperial Valley.
EL CENTR0 CLEW VAGUE
Murder of Four Wives, Two by
"Accident," and Many Marriages
Listed in Confession.
LOS ANGELES. April 30. Iis An
geles officials have failed to f,ni ths
body of Nina Lee Deioney at the.
place in San Diego county designated
by Walter Andrew Watson, also
known as James R. Huirt, according
to word received here late todav.
Watson directed the officials to a
secluded section of the county near
the Imperial county boundary when
he was said to have confessed to the
slaying of Mrs. Deioney and threw
other women he was alleged to havs
married. -
Watson, it was said by officials,
would be taken to San Diego county
as soon as he is able to travel tv
guide officers to the grave of Mrs.
Deioney.
Grave Location Is Van or.
It developed in further details of
the confession W'atson was declared
to have made that his recollection
appeared to be not altogether clear
concerning the location of the grave.
It was described as being in the sand
along a river bed "over near the val
ley toward El Centro." Later tha
man was declared to have said the
place was about 30 miles west of
El Centro. ,
According to a transcript of ths
"confession made public tonight,
Watson said he killed Mrs. Deioney
when she discovered that prior to hef
marriage to him he had married Vrs.
Elizabeth F. Williamson of Sacra
mento. The couple ware camping near
Long Beach, the statement read,
when Mrs. Deioney found letters from
Mrs. Williamson in the possession of
Watson which indicated the writer
was Watson's wife.
Drive W ith Body Related.
Mrs. Deioney, it was related. -!d
Watson she would have him arret-tert
as soon as she could find an off.cer,
whereupon he struck her on the head
with a hammer. This happened late
in the day, the statement continued,
and Watson drove all night with the
body in his automobile to the buvyir.s
place in San Diego county.
Asked when Mrs. Deioney s i
killed, Watson said he could not re
member Jhe date but that it tai
"about two months ago."
The woman was last seen January
26 last at a hotel in Santa Monica.
Cal. When she left the hotel she said
she was going to Mexico. She drove,
away with Watson, according to ho
tel employes.
Watson Declares All Is Told.
Watson at the Los Angeles coup.
hospital today declared he had told
all he knew about the deaths of the
women he was alleged to have mar
ried, including Mrs. D"eloney, Mrs.
Elizabeth Pryor. whom he was said
to have confessed to killing and
burying near Plum Station, Wash.;
Alice M. Ludvigson and Bertha A.
Goodnich, whose deaths were acci
dental, according to the "confession."
Watson when asked his age by
District Attorney Woolwine said: "I
am in the forties, the best I can toll
fiom recollection."
Watson with frequent prompting
gave the following list of wives, the
first four being those whom he ad
mitted had died either by his hand or
with his connivance, according to the
statement:
Nina Lee Deioney, home Eureka,
Mont., married under the najne of
Charles N. Harvey at San Francisco,
December 5, 1319.
Bertha A. Goodnick of Spokane,
married under the name of II. L. Gor
don at North Yakima, Wash., June
11, 1919.
Alice M. Ludvigsen of Seattle, mar
ried under the name of Andrew Hil
ton, at Port Townscnd, Wash, October
6. 1917.
Elizabeth Pryor of Wallace. Idaho,
married under the name of Milton
Lewis at Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, March
25, 1919.
Wlvea" Are Listed.
Other admitted marriages were:
Mrs. Gertruae Wilson of Seattle,
married under the name of J. P. Wat
son at Seattle, in the summer of
1917.
Beatrice M. Andre wartha. of Can
ada, married under the name of
Harry M. Lewis at Tacoma in Feb
ruary, 1919.
Agnes Wilson of Alberta, married
under the name of Charles Newton
Harvey at Edmonton, date unknown.
Mrs. H. L. Gordon of Canada, who
married him under the name of H. L.
Gordon at Winnipeg, April 12, 191J.
Katherlne Kruse of Nelson. B. C.
whom he married under the name of
James P. atson,at Nelson, June 13,
1913.
Mattie Irene Root of San Francisco,
married under the name of H. L. Gor-
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