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ERSTONE LAID
FOR NEW NURSERY
Mrs. Olcott Places Stone for
Albertina Kerr Home.
MAYOR GIVES ADDRESS
Building to Cost About $70,000;
When Completed Will Accom
modate 90 Babies. .
The cornerstone of the new Alber
tina Kerr nursery at the southeast
corner of Twenty-second street and
Sandy boulevard yesterday afternoon
was laid with ceremonies attended
by 700 persons. The stone was placed
in position by Mrs. Ben W. Olcott.
wife of the governor of Oregon, and
the principal address was delivered
by Mayor Baker.
The new home of the nursery when
completed will cost approximately
$70,000 and will accommodate
babies. The building will be
three-story brick construction, and
modern in every detail.
The mayor, who acted as chairman
and speaker of the day, was introduced
by Mrs. R. E. Bondurant, president
of the Albertina Kerr nursery board.
Mrs. Bondurant headed the Oregon
drive for funds to aid in the con
struction of the home.
Preceding the laying of the corner
stone, a programme was given.
Mayor Baker in his address dwelt
principally upon Portland's need for
such an institution. He commended
the work done by the nursery as a
benefit to the community. He dis
cussed the nursery plans for the fu
ture and predicted that there would
be greater need for it as it became
more widely known.
Principles Are Outlined,
W. D. Wheelwright, general treas
urer of the Pacific Coast Rescue and
Protective society, outlined the prin
ciples of the baby home and declared
tlat its influence upon the better life
of any city is remarkable. Prayer
was offered by Dr. O. C. McCulIoch
and the general benediction was
spoken by W. G. McClaren, general
superintendent of the rescue and pro
tective, organization.
At the conclusion of Mayor Bak"er'e
address, he handed a silver trowel to
Mrs. Olcott who then placed the
cornerstone.
"With this trowel," she said, "1
now place the mortar on the corner
stone of the Albertina Kerr nursery."
The site of the new nursery was
donated by Alexander Kerr, who also
was responsible for the founding of
the old home at Fourteenth and
Wtshington streets. It was named
In memory of his wife. Albertina.
Fundi Raised In Campaign.
Funds for the erection of the new
home were raised in a campaign
inaugurated by charity workers. The
drive was carried on throughout
Portland and the state and ended last
fall.
The nursery is operated under the
auepices of the Pacific Coast Rescue
and Protective society, which also
has aided in the establishment of the
Louise home, the Portland Commons
and the Elizabeth cottage. The so
ciety was incorporated in 1907 under
the laws of Oregon.
The musical programme given yes
terday was under the direction of
Walter Jenkins, assisted by two mem
bers of the Hill Military bugle corps
Russell Page and Harold Dags.
sons -who had journeyed to his home
to pay their respects. "Further, I
might say," he added, "that I am not
fitted for the duties devolving upon
a vice-president.
Governor Cox also took occasion to
voice his opposition to what he termed
"domination of the government by a
senate oligarchy."
"Whetherl am a candidate or not,
my strength, mf voice and the very
impulse of my soul will assert my
opposition to any senate oligarchy,"
he declared.
Diverging for a moment to pay a
tribute to the soldiers who died in
France, the governor declared that he
intended to ask the people of the
nation from now until "the. Ides of
November to keep faith with the boys
In our promise that they shall not
have died in vain."
Whether he is nominated for the
presidency by his party at San Fran
cisco or not, the governor declared
he would meet the returning delegates
with a smile. "When you come back,
whether you bring back the bacon or
not, I will meet and greet you with
a smile," he said. Senator Pomerene,
who is a delegate-at-large. said he
intended to go to the convention to
do all in his power to nominate Gov
ernor Cox. The senator criticised the
republicans, saying , that when they
"complain about the administration
not reducing the cost of living they
are only indicting themselves."
The Ohio delegation and several
hundred boosters left for San Fran
cisco tonight in two special trains.
The demonstration was a prelude
to the departure of Ohio's delegation
to the San Francisco convention.
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17 DIE IN RAID LED ;
BY SEATTLE RED
Force Loots Store at Anadyr
Siberia. V "
BOY, HURT IN COLLISION
AXTOMOBILE AND 'MOTOR
' CYCLE CRASH HEAD OX.
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AMAZING TALE DOUBTED
DETECTIVES AX.LYZE STORY
OF ATTACK BY ROBBERS.
How Victim Yeed One Arm If Tied
to Railway Track With Barbed
Wire Puzzles Sleuths.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., June 20
(Special.) Piece by piece, sentence
by sentence, police and private detec
tives are analyzing the amazing story
of George M. Underwood, who asserts
he was made captive by two robbers
in a motor car Wednesday night, then
wired to a railroad track. Underwood
was found lying on the track after
train bad crushed his left hand and
left foot. The maimed man said tie
had been robbed of $70 and a watch.
Near the spot where the train
wheels maimed Underwood, his watch
and pocketbook were found. The
pocketbook was empty except for
few email coins. Detectives employed
by an insurance company said to have
issued an accident policy for $30,000
recently, are wondering how the man
could have been robbed of $70 when
he borrowed $4, it has been learned
from a young woman living at the
Palace hotel, Kansas City, only a few
hours before.
Underwood's right wrist contained
no bruises or cuts after his expert
enca on the railroad track and the
fact is another case for speculation
by detectives. Underwood said the
bandits took barbed wire and tied
both hands to one of the track rails
and that as he heard the approaching
train he jerked loose his right arm,
then tore the gag from his mouth and
rolled his body from the rail. He said
the train crushed his left foot and
left hand before he could completely
free himself.
Detectives are puzzled by Under
wood's statement. He exercised a su
perhuman effort and released his right
arm from the binding strands of
barbed wire. The struggle left no
marks on the man's right arm, such
as might have been expected. -
Underwood remained too weak to
day to be questioned about his acci
dent insurance policy.
x . Thrown Erom Car When
Driver Attempts to Avoid Acci
dent, and Suffer Bruises.
Willis Stanfill, 2-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stanfill, 7212
Eighty-second street southeast, sus
tained serious injuries and Mrs.
Stanfill an injured shoulder when
Mr. Stanfill, driver of an automobile
In which they wire riding swerved
quickly in an effort to avoid a colli
sion with Deputy Sheriff Murname,
who. was riding a motorcycle, and
the machine overturned at east Fifty
second and Division streets, yester
day afternoon.
Six other persons who were riding
in the automobile at the time, were
thrown out and received minor
bruises. The little boy received a
bad gash on the right leg, thought
to have been from a jagged portion
of the windshield, and narrowly
escaped bleeding to death. Dr. W. U.
Scott, 403 East Fiftieth street, ad
ministered first aid. and he was then
rushed to the Good Samaritan hospi
tal. Attendants said last night they
believed ho would recover. - The
automobile was badly damaged. -
Persons riding in the machine at
the time of the accident included.
besides the injured boy, the five
other children of Mr. and Mrs. Stan
till, and- Mrs. Stanfill's sister.
Deputy Sheriff Murname's motor
cycle struck the automobile but he
was uninjured. Motorcycle Patrol
men Anderson, Tully, Wiles and
Skoglund made an investigation of
the accident.
EL MAIDA PARTY ON WAY
EI Paso Delegation Is Entertained
"by Isis Club.
BY CHARLES H. LEAVEll
Potentate El Maida.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, June 20.
(Special.) The El Maida fmple dele
gation of El Paso, Tex., composed of
John M. Wyatt, honorary member
Charles H. Leavell, illustrious poten
tate; Wyatt, Evans and Mason, past
potentates, and other nobles and their
wives, and the El Maida patrol, com
posed of 32 nobles, commanded by
Captain F. M, John3on, stopped at
Daltert, where the delegation was en
tertained by the Isis club of that
place. The party then proceeded to
Pueblo and Colorado Springs, giving
aemonstrations at each place.
The delegation was joined out of
Colorado Springs by Oleika temnle. of
Lexington, Ky., and Ballut Abyad tern
pie of Albuquerque. The delegation
arrivea in salt Lake last night.
El Maida patrol headquarters In
Portland will be at the St. Paul hotel
and that of the delegates at the Mult
nomah hotel. The nartv will o-t.1v- i
Portland Monday at 3 P. M. Upon ar-! Convention
rival the patrol, headed by the band
of the Wichita Falls, Tex, Shrine club
and by Noble Charles Kline, will
march to the Perkins hotel to par
ticipate in the all-Texas parade.
MIKOFF HEADS RAIDERS
Man From Washington CKy Is Re-
. ported Leading. PartylnV "
' personating BolshevLki, .
NOME, Alaska, June T9:' Seventeen
persons, including .the Kolchak. gov
ernor, were killed at Anadyr, Siberia,
last January in a 'clash "between anti
bolshevik natives and alleged repre
sentatives of the soviet, government,
and an American-owned trading tofe
w looieu, accoraingjto inrormatlon
brought here today by L.- M. McGirk
and Corbett - Bland, Americans, who
were among the, passengers- arriving
on the Russian schooners .'Flyer and
Bering. , ; .- , . '
McGirk and Blind 'said - they' were
told of the claslr-by Captain Hansen,
commander of;.. Roald . Amundsen's
steamship Maude, who stopped at
their camp on his return trip, Trom
Anadyr to the Maude in January, and
who was robbed by the alleged bol-
snevtkl.
The men who posed as soviet" rep
resentatives were led by man named
Mikoff, who, according to the report.
came to Anadyr from Seattle last
summer in the employ of a' trading
company, the officials of which claim
they were unaware of his political
views.
American Provialoma Seised.
Mikoff soon obtained a following.
according to the story told by Cap
tain Hansen to McGirk and Bland.
rid shortly took forcible possession
of the American-owned stock of pro
visions at the trading post of. Swen-
son and Hibbard, in the name of the
soviet government, making John
Lampe, the custodian, a prisoner.
After looting the store, Mikoff and
his followers ran amuck in Anadyr,
Captain Hansen Is reported to have
said, killing the Kolchak governor
when he resisted and slaying . the
radio operator, both married men.
The women were not molested.
For a time the allgeed bolshevik!
had things their own way. Late in
January they raided - the last ' store
from which the natives were able to
obtain supplies, whereupon the na
tives rebelled. In the . clash, which
resulted in the downfall of the Mikoff
group, six or seven of the latter were
killed and their bodies dragged far
out on the ice . and left- as animal
prey.
Story Tola on Visit.
McGirk and Bland were- members
of the schooner Casco party, left on
the Siberian coast near Kolyukcia
bay last summer. While making his
trip from the Maude, a-nchored .in
Chuan bay, 150 miles east . of. trfe
Kolyma river, last December, to Ana
ctyr ana on nis return -in January,
Captain Hansen stopped at the camp
of McGirk and Bland. On his' return
call he . told them of the trouble In
Anadyr and his own unpleasant ex
perience there. V " - v -.
Emmanuel Tonnesen, Hansen's com
panion on the trip, to Anadyr, re
mained at the trading post and . was
among the passengers who arrived in
Nome today. Beyond intimating that
Amundsen would in all likelihood
reach Nome this summer. Tonnesen
had nothing to say about the expedi
tion.
The exact location of "Anadir'' i
uncertain. Anadir is the name of i
river which empties into Anadir bay.
an arm of the gulf of Anadir which
opens on Bering rea. Some 300 miles
up this river is the Russian trading
post of Armdirskol, but whether it
is this settlement to which Hansen
is reported to have gone or another
nearer Bering sea. Is not clear.
Anadirskoi apparently would, have
been on the route from Chuan bay,
where Amundsen's steamer was, to
Nome, where dispatches last April
caid Amundsen was sending Hansen
and a companion with mail. '
NON-PARTISANS TO . MEET
COX SEEKS FIRST PLAGE
OHIOA-S XOT IN RACE FOR
VICE-PRESIDENCY.
SOLDIERS WANT "SWANK
100,0 00 American. Troops Meas
ured for Sew Uniforms. '
WASHINGTON. June 20. In an ef
fort to obtain better fitting uniforms
for American soldiers, more than 100.
000 men la the army have had their
measure taken, the war department
announced today. The measurements
were said to form the most compre
hensive survey ever made for tailor
ing purposes and will be made avail
able to the clothing trade.
The survey has shown what propor
tion of sizes should be carried for
troops, according to the war depart
ment, and will enable reduction in
the stock of surplus clothing kept on
hand to fill requisitions.
Measurements showed that the big
gest chested soldiers come from west
ern states, while the smallest chested
men were from the eastern depart
In Pasco Today
Held In Two Sections;
to - Be
PASCO. Wash., June 20. (Special.)
Non - partisan league conventions
will be held in Pasco tomorrow. The
convention will be held in two sec
tione the farmers' section and the
workers' section. Considerable in
terest is being manifested in just
what the convention will do . in' the
matter of candidates for various
offices. ' !" '
Whether It will put a non-partisan
ticket in the field for county offices,
or select men to file on the old party
tickets at the primaries, is -not ye
known. . - , .
Astoria Caravan on Way.' .
ASTORIA, Or., June 20. (Special.)
A Shriners' caravan comprising ap
nroximately 35 automobiles, filled
with nobles and beaded by John Tait.
left this morning for Portland to
participate in the big convention.
See the festival parades from T th
a.ir One of our machines has con
irirted to fly over the parade routes,
For $20 you can experience a thrilling
stunt flight. Stan irom municipal
field. O. K. Jeffery Airplane com
pany. Adv.
State Executive Gives Departlnj
Delegation Benediction In Com
munity Demonstration.
DAYTON, O.,- June 20. Governor J.
M. Cox of Ohio is not a candidate for
the democratic nomination for vice
president. He made this emphatic
declaration here Saturday in re
sponding to felicitations of United
States Senator Pomerene and others
at a big community demonstration
tendered him prior to departure of
Ohio's delegation and boosters for
San Francisco.
"I urge upon you, pilgrims, that I
am not a candidate for the second
place," the governor declared. His
announcement was greeted with yells
ol ai'Ja'iiiii Jay. several thousand per-
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