VOL. LIX NO. 18,G1G
Entered at Portland f Oregon)
Postoffice as Second-Clan Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RESOLUTE VICTOR;
LIPTON, LOSING TWICE
IN ROW, UNDAUNTED
SIR THOMAS STILL CONFIDENT
OF WIXXIXG SERIES.
COX-WILSON PACT
PRESAGES STORM
OTTOMAN ROYALISTS
2 DEAD, SCORE HURT
IN CANADIAN CYCLONE
SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN SWEPT
BY TERRIFIC STORM.
lUIICDAMn CI AVC UICC-
BABY BEATER GETS
iiujunnu ounio vvuu,
VISITS BODY DAILY
SUBMIT TO POWERS
!E SERIES TIED
F
6
NTHS
SIGNING OP PEACE TREATY IS
FORMALLY APPROVED.
POLICE LED TO HIDING PLACE
IN VANCOUVER, B. C, PARK.
REDS APPROACHING
Ml
ROM ER
MO
I
Shamrock Loses Fourth,
Boat for Boat.
FINAL CONTEST TO BE TODAY
Fog
Blanket at Sea Makes
Encounter Picturesque.
BETS FAVOR U. S. YACHT
Time Mad-c In Competition Is Fast
est So Far Lipton's Craft
Out-Maneuvered.
SANDY HOOK, N. J., July 23. De-
ender Resolute tossed her six min
utes and 40 seconds handicap over
board today and defeated the British
challenger Shamrock IV, boat for
boat. In the fourth race of the 1920
regatta for the America's cup.
The series now stands a tie and the
deciding race will be run tomorrow.
Shamrock won the first race last week
when an accident to Resolute's rig
ping forced her out. while far in the
lead.
Shamrock IV scored the second vic
tory last Tuesday.
Resolute came back on Wednesday,
running a dead heat with the chal
lenger and winning by her handicap
of seven minutes and one second. Res
olute will enter tomorrow's race
favorite in the wagering, her two vic
tories being more convincing than
Shamrock's.
Race Fastest of Series.
Today's race was the fastest so far,
'Resolute completing the 30-mile tri
angular course in 3 hours 37 minutes
S3 seconds. .
Shamrock IV followed three minutes
41 seconds later, but the actual dif
ference in sailing time was only three
minutes and 18 seconds. Resolute hav
ing led across the starting line by 23
seconds.
Although it lacked the thrilling
Deck and neck finish that put Rea
olute's victory Wednesday in a class
by itself, today's encounter had a pic
turesqucness all Its own- A. heavy
blanket of fog hung over the sea at
Ambrose channel lightship until with
in a few minutes of the start, totally
blotting out the excursion fleet and
the tall-masted rivals that were com
ing out from their haven behind San
dy Hook.
Breeze Strengthens Suddenly.
But suddenly the breeze strength
ened and the fog began sweeping out
to sea. As- the pall lifted, Shamrock
with her sails set loomed through and
bore down on the mark like a huge
gray ghost. Resolute followed hard
on her stern and after a bit of jock
eying about the lightship they were
off down the Jersey coast.
Resolute was at her old tricks. She
pointed high into the breeze. When
they swung about for the first mark,
Rcsolute's work into the weather had
gained her an advantage of more
than a quarter mile. Again Captain
Charles Francis Adams H held
Resolute well up against the wind
with the result that he was able to
make the mark without a tack. Sham
rock headed off more and was com
pelled to tack, which brought her
around the mark nearly two minuted
behind Resolute.
Gain Made on Second Leg.
The challenger gained on the sec
end leg, but was still far behind when
Skipper Adams straightened Resolute
out on the home stretch.
Shamrock was closing up the gap
when a freaky bit of weather blew
up that fooled even the seasoned
Jersey skipper Captain William P.
Burton had on the challenger as an
adviser and robbed Shamrock IV of
whatever chance she had of taking
the lead and winning.
The (sloops were running fast in a
15-knot breeze when signs of a ter
rific squall became apparent. Sham
rock hastily took down her club top
sail and her large jib topsail and pre
pared for rough weather. Resolute
ploughed ahead under full sail for
the time, apparently bent on getting
in all the fast sailing she could be
fore the squall broke. And the squall
didn't strike at least not with the
Intensity Shamrock IV's skipper
obviously had expected.'
There was a brisk blow for a few
minutes and a short torrent of rain.
wnicn xtesoiuie weatnereu. wunouij
taking in any sail save her jib top
sail.
Prlef Calm Intervenes."
A brief calm intervened and then i
Resolute Wonderful Bout In All
Points and Crew Very Good,
Declares Englishman.
ON BOARD STEAM YACHT VICTO
RIA, July 23. The loss of two yacht
races in succession, with the com
manding lead of being within one race
of lifting the cup, has not discouraged
Sir Thomis Upton, owner of the chal
lenging craft. Neither has he lost
confidence In his boat or the men
who man her, and the conclusion of
today's race saw him optimistic of
the final result.
Of the winner. Sir Thomas said: j
"Resolute is a wonderful boat in
all points of sailing. The crew is
a very good class of men. very smart.
efficient and certainly well trained."
Of his own boat and her men, he
said:
"I am positive that my crew has
done the very best it could under the
exacting circumstances. You know
my boat had but little training. We
only sailed three trials."
Of the officials of the regatta com
mittee and of all who had In hand
the policing of the course and the
management of the race he had only
nits ingaesi praise.
Asked if in the event tfcat tomor
row's race goes against him he would
rechallenge. Sir Thomas replied It
would first be necessary to consult
with the Royal Ulster Yacht club. He
ntimated, however, that he had such
a thought in mind.
At a conference with reporters fol
lowing the race Lord Dewar, who is
one of Sir Thomas' guests, joined his
host in a tribute to American fairness
and sportsmanship.
"There Is another thing," Lord De-
war added, "the sporting instinct of
the American woman. That she would
get up at 5 o'clock in the morning
day after day and travel down here
for the convenience of being tossed
about in the swell aboard the boats
is wonderful. It is more than I can
y about the English women. They
would not do it. The loyalty of Amer
lean women to contests of sport
arouses my astonishment."
White House Conference
"Accord" Protested.
DEMOCRACY SCENTS DANGER
Governor's White House-Imposed
Burden Appals.
SHOWDOWN IS DEMANDED
MiUtant Boss Croup Who Tliought
They Had Unloaded Wilsonlsm
Also Are Gasping.
Nationalists Repudiate ETfort to
Make Action Appear to Have"
- Popular Support.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 22. (By
the Associated Press.) The crown
council of 55 members today approved
the signing of the peace treaty with
the allied powers. The sultan per
sonally presided over the meeting.
held in the Yildiz palace. It was de
signed to show popular support for
the signing of the treaty, but the na
tionalists repudiate the effort to make
the action appear representative of
public opinion.
Three Imperial princes. Buhran
Edine Effendi, son of Abdul Hamid:
Osman Fouad Effendi and Selim Ef
fendi, have sent a letter to the sultan
urging his abdication. The letter
says the signing of the treaty makes
Turkey's condition worse and de
clares that the sultan should empha
size Turkey's wrongs by leaving the
caliphate empty, thus arousing the
Moslem world. These princes are all
young nationalist sympathizers.
The sultan shows no disposition to
abdicate.
U. S. TEAM WINS AT TRAPS
Frank M. Troeh of Vancouver
Leads Americans in Scores.
ANTWERP, July 23. The American
team won the final of the Olympic
team trapshooting competition here
today.' The Americans broke 47 out
of a possible 600 clay . targets. . The
other scores were:
Belgium 503', Sweden BOO, Great Brit
ain 488,' and Canada 474.
The individual American scores out
of a possible 100 were:
Frank M. Troeh. Vancouver, Wash.
94; Mark Airie, Champaign, 111., 94
Horace Bonser, Cincinnati, 93; For
est W. McNier, Houston, Tex., 93;
Frank S. Wright, Buffalo, 89; Jay
Clark Jr., Worcester, Mass., 84; total.
547.
Troeh shot the last 30 targets with
a severely cut trigger finger.
NEW STEAMERS PROMISED
Two S1,000;000 Boats to Be Built
for Pacific Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. Two
$4,000,000 23-knot passenger boats are
to be built for service between San
Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Seattle and Victoria, the Pacific
Steamship company announced here
today. The plans and specifications
have been drawn and the boats will
be in operation within 18 months, it
was said.
The two steamer's will be electrical
ly driven, will accommodate 590 pas
sengers each and will make the trip
from here to Seattle in 36 hours, a
run that now requires 50 to 60 hours.
ihe new vessels will be equipped
with gyroscopic stabilizers, a contri
vance to keep vessels on an even keel
in rough weather, it was stated.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, July 23. Senator Hard
ing's frank statement of his position
relative to the Wilson scheme of a
league of nations is causing some un
easiness in democratic circles. Lead
ers of the democracy feel that some
way should be found to dig their can
didate, James Middleton Cox. out from
under the burden of the pact made
with President Wilson last Sunday.
The White House conference, re
suiting in the dual statement by the
president and Governor Cox to the
effect that they were "as one" on the
league question, and that what Pres
ident Wilson had promised Governor
Cox would endeavor to fulfill, has
raised a storm of protest.
Democratic frotesfs Come.
Democrats returning from the con
ference. where former Representative
White, an alleged "dry," was selected
as chairman of the campaign commit
tee In place of E. H. Moore because
the latter as too "wet," say the re
action against the results of the fa
mous White House conference has
not been favorable.
Protests have come from democrats
who believed a new deal had been
secured in the democratic party; that
a new leader had been found.' and
that the burden of continued leader
ship by the president had been lifted.
The shock resultant from the re
ports of the conference, which
showed that Governor Cox had swal
lowed the Wilson, league In its en
tirety, was accordingly severe.
Showdown Kw Demanded.
Those democratic senators who
voted for ratification and who were
regarded as proscribed by the presi
dent's letter to the Oregon democrats,
are reported to be up in arms. They
are calling for a showdown and de
manding explanations.
That other group of militant demo
crats, represented by the combination
of Messrs. Murphy, Taggart, Nugent,
Brennan, Lynch and Wilbur Marsh
of Iowa, who thought they had un
loaded Wilson and Wilsonism when
they defeated Mr. McAdoo and place 1
FAMILY OF 3 VANISHES
Walter De Longs Disappear and
Foul Play Is Suspected.
. SEATTLE, Wash., July 23. (Spe
cial.) Matt Starwich, deputy sheriff,
was notified at the sheriffs office
shortly after noon today that the
entire family of Walter DeLong, In
eluding father, mother and 6-months-
old baby, has disappeared from their
home near Bitter Lake.
Neighbors of the DeLongs informed
Starwich that on July 17 the Delong,
home was found with doors wide
open, furniture all in its proper place
automobile standing in the dooryard
and stock and poultry" in their pens,
but the family missing.
Nothing has been seen of them
since, it was reported, though the
locality has been searched, and they
were daily expected to return. Fear
was expressed of foul play. Neighbors
have been feeding stock and poultry
and asked today that the humane so
ciety take charge, while the sheriffs
men continue the hunt for the
vanished DeLongs.
AUTO STANDS ABOLISHED
(Concluded on Paste 2, Column 1.)'
Seattle Controversy Brought to
-End by Board -of Works.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 23. (Spe
cial.) All automobile for-hire stands
In the city were abolished this morn
ing by the board of public works and
seven central stands were created,
subject to change later if the plan
fails to work out satisfactorily.
The action of the board brings to
ar end the long-drawn-out debates
and conferences of several weeks that
followed the original announcement of
the plan ,
The only downtown stands allowed
ty the board are in front of New
Washington hotel, a four-car stand,
two cars north of the entrance and
two cars south, with 60 feet between
and a one-car stand in front of the
Stevens hotel.
Country for Miles Littered With
Farm Implements, Household
Utensils and Clothing.
REGINA, Sask., July 23. Two per
sons were killed, a score injured and
property damaged to the extent of
J200.000 in a cyclone which swept the
southern part of Saskatchewan
Thursday afternoon. The full extent
of the damage to the crops and the
complete casualty list is not known.
The greatest property damage was
caused at Alameda, southwest of here,
where the cyclone cut a swath two
miles Wide.
The village of Frobisher suffered
extensive damage. The country road
for miles is littered with farm Im
plements, timber, household utensils
and clothing.
The body of Mrs. Guy Holmes was
found a half mile from her home and
her four-day-old infant, who was
with its nurse, is missing. The nurse
was carried 75 yards from the house
by the terrific wind.
Sixteen horses in the barn of David
King were stripped of their hair.
At Kronau, nine miles southwest of
the city, there was a washout and
trains were held up for some time.
At Moosejaw, city power service
and telegraphic services were tied up
for two or three hours.
FARGO, N. D., July 23. Two known
dead, a dozen Injured, three prob
ably fatally, and extensive property
damage was the toll of a terrific
storm which swept over parts of Mc
Henry and Ward counties in North
Dakota last night.
Many farm buildings in McHenry
county were destroyed and much live
stock was killed.
3 WESTERN STATES LEAD
20,380,000 Have Money on Deposit
in United States Banks.
WASHINGTON, July 23 Three
western states, Wyoming. Montana
and Idaho, led all others on May 4
in the number of bank depositors,
per 1000 population, according . to
figures compiled today by the con
troller of the currency.
Wyoming heads the list with 394
depositors for each 1000 persons In
the state, Montana ranking second
with 349 and Idaho third with 293.
Ratios of other states per thousand
Included: California 248, Alaska and
Hawaii ranked lowest with 30 and 24
depositors respectively for 1000 in
habitants. The average for all states was 190
per 1000 or one deposit for every
five and one-half persons in the
country. The total number of deposi
tors on May 4 was 20.380.000. Of this
number 8,065,000 were time or savings
Russian Cavalry Within
10 Miles of Border.
AUGUSTOVO TAKEN BY TROOPS
Poland Sends Peace
posals to Soviet.
Pro-
NEW CABINET IS FORMED
Premiership of M. Wltos Has Sup
port of Socialists Counter
Attack Made on Russians.
accounts.
FLIGHT NORTH RETARDED
St.
Broken Gear Keeps Planes in
Paul Over Night.
ST. PAUL. July 23. A broken land
ing gear in plane No. 2 kept the four
army airplanes flying from Mineola
to Alaska from hopping off from
Speedway field. Fort Snelllng, to
Fargo, N. D., this afternoon.
The flight probably will be at
tempted tomorrow.
ITS RATHER EMBARRASSING TO HAVE YOUR BARROOM FRIENDS AROUND WHEN YOU'RE
TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON THE MINISTER.
HAIL AGAIN VISITS ASOTIN
Farmers ou Myers Ridge Suffer
Additional 10 Per Cent Loss. j
LEWISTON. Idaho, July 23. (Spe
cial.) Another hail storm visited the
country west of Asotin, Wash., yester
day, according to reports received
here this morning. Farmers on
Myers ridge, which was visited by a
particularly destructive storm on
July 13, declared they have sustained
an additional 10 per cent loss.
Hail fell with considerable force
for 20 minutes, much of it still on
the ground this morning. Wheat
heads were beaten out and Doultrv
I killed.
This is the third hail ttorm in the
country surrounding Lewiston within
ten days, all having been unusually
destructive.
the wind picked up again. Sham-
rocK caught It first and crawled I ALBANY, C0RVALLIS GAIN
lowly up until she was nearly, if
not fully, abeam of Resolute. But
when tne defender caught the wind
she forged qui. lily ahead with her
superior rig. breaking out a balloon
Jib topsail to aid her progress.
Shamrock IV pilei canvas on then,
breaking out both ballooner and spin
naker, but the finish was close at
hand and she was unable to close
the gap.
The steam yacht Victoria, carrying
Sir Thomas Llpton, led the chorus of
screaming whistles that acclaimed the
victor. A few minutes later a tiny
tug Was under the bow of the Vic
toria, Its crowd of yachting enthusi
asts giving three cheers and "who's
all right? Lipton!" for the British
sportsman.
Sir Thomas could be seen on the
(Concluded on Pace 8. Column 1.)
Increases in Population Shown in
Census Report.
WASHINGTON. July 23. Census
figures announced today were:
Albany, Or., 4840, increase 565, or
14.2 per cent.
Corvallis, Or., 5752, increase 1200, or
26.4 per cent.
pocateno, ldano, lt.soi, increase
5851, or 64.2 per cent.
Brawley, Cal., 5392, increase 4511
or 512 per cent.
Calexlco, Cal., 6223, increase 5426, or
680.8 per cent.
El Centro, Cal., 5464, increase 3854,
or 239.4 per cent.
Monterey, Cal., 5479, increase 556, or
11.3 per cent.
Kocnesier, Minn., 13.7ZZ, increase
5878 or 74.9 per cent.
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BERLIN, July 23. Russian cavalry
has reached Augustovo, south of Su
walkl, and 10 miles from the German
frontier, according to newspaper reports.
In no circumstances will Russian
troops cross the German frontier, Vic
tor Kopp, soviet representative in
Berlin, said today to a representative
of the Tageblatt. He added that Rus
sia desired direct economic inter
course with Germany and must there
fore live in peace with her. Poland,
he said, rnust no longer, as heretofore,
be an obstacle to such intercourse
with Germany, but must "form a
bridge and at peace negotiations the
Polish corridor question must be set
tled." ZURICH. Switzerland, July 23. Po
land has asked the soviet govern
ment for an immediate cessation of
hostilities and the dispatch of a soviet
military detachment to meet the Poles
in order to arrange an armistice, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch from
Moscow received here today.
The place of the meeting was sug
gested as the Warsaw-Moscow road
between Baranovitch and Brest-Lit-ovsk.
The text of the Polish proposal
follows:
"In conformity with a note sent by
the Polish government to the soviet
government today, July 22, the Polish
government proposes the immediate
cessation of hostilities on the whole
of the front and the dispatch of mili
tary delegates to arrange an armistice.
"We will await your answer until
3 P. M., July 25, and believe the best
spot for the meeting will be on the
Warsaw-Moscow high road between
Baranovitch and Brest-Litovsk, where
the fronts cross.
"GENERAL ROZWADOWSKI.
"Chief of the Polish General Staff."
WARSAW. July 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Poland has sent armis
tice proposals direct to the soviet
government at Moscow.
After these proposals had been dis
patched by wireless at 2 o'clock this
afternoon by the national council of
defense, a new coalition cabinet was
formed under the premiership of M.
Witos.
The new cabinet has the support of
the socialist party. M. Datzenskl. the
head of the socialists organization, is
the vice premier. Aside from the two
changes, the cabinet remains the same.
The Polish message was short and
i ig ine point, xnere was some aeiay
f j in dispatching it owing chiefly to
j hitches in the organization of a
I coalition cabinet. ,
f The Poles have counter-attacked in
Ing to the official communique an
nounced today. The statement added
that the bolshevik advance against
the Polish extreme left apparently
had been checked, but that to the
east, near Slonim (72 miles southeast
of Grodno), the reds had progressed
in a southwesterly direction.
The Polish forces were resisting all
along the Loma line where the bol
shevikl crossed the St. Chara river,
according to the communique, but the
extreme right held by the Ukrainians
had been shaken by bolshevik troops
who had forced the river Zbrucz near
Kamcnets Podolsk.
Fighting was reported on all the
southern front.
While Woman Lay Dying, Spool
ing Is Discussed and Suicide
Artifice Is Abandoned.
VANCOUVER. B. C, July 23. W. G.
Robbins. a longshoreman, confessed
he shot and killed his wife in a park
here Monday night and then made
daily visits to the spot, placing
flowers upon the body, police offi
cials declared. Robbins gave him
self up yesterday and led the police
to the scene of the shooting.
Mrs. Robbins was a daughter of
F. L Yorke of Victoria, B. C. and a
niece of Father Yorkc, a Catholic
priest, of San Francisco, Cal.
While his wife lay dying, Robbins
was alleged to have said, they dis
cussed the shooting arrd at first de
cided to make It appear that Mrs.
Robbins had committed suicide. "For
the sake of the children," according
to the alleged confession, they re
jected this plan and "decided that
Mrs. Robbins should be killed."
Robbins then 6hot Mrs. Robbins
three times through the head, and
concealed the body in the underbrush,
he was said to have told the officers.
Wednesday afternoon Robbins visit
ed the body with the intention of
committing suicide, but "lost hia
nerve." he 'declared.
Court Imposes Limit for
Abusing Tots.
MRS. MATHUS TO APPEAL
Defendant Becomes Confused
in Denying Charges.
JURY OUT 20 MINUTES
HUNTER'S MISTAKE FATAL
Alaskan Commissioner, Shot When
Mistaken for Bear, Dies.
DAWSON. Y. T July 23. Preston
J. Hilliard, United States commis
sioner at Eagle, Alaska, died at Eagle
early today from wounds received
yestdrday when he was shot by
Joseph B. Howard, a contractor, who,
it was said, mistook him for a bear.
In a statement made just before he
died Hilliard exonerated Howard, and
declared the shooting to have been
accidental.
Hilliard, who was 46, was born in
Yosemitc, Ca!., and had lived at Eagle
21 years. In an effort to save Hil
liard's life. Dr. C. C. Chlpman of Daw
son made an all-night launch trip ac
companied by two nurses, but arrived
too late.
CHINESE ARMY BREAKING
Forces on Sector of Tien Tsin Rail
way Disintegrating.
PEKIN, July 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The armies on the
Feng-Tai, Lang Fang sector of the
Tien Tsin railway line of General
Shu Cheng, former resident commis
sioner of inner Mongolia and one of
the Anfu leaders, are reported to be
disintegrating like the forces to the
southward of the capital.
Ten thousand of his men, compris
ing the 3d division under General
Sung Tze Yang, have advised the gov
ernment that they are ready to obey
the orders of the war ministry.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
:
UNITED STATES GETS APPEAL
Poland Socks Moral Support iu Or
der to Strengthen Troops.
WASHINGTON, July 23. (By the
Associated Press.) Poland, sorely be
set by the Russian bolshevik armies,
called upon the United States today
for moral support In her desperate
battle with the soviet forces.
Through Its legation here the new
republic not only asks for an expres
sion from the state department, but
also from President Wilson, declar
ing that such public statements would
go a long way toward strengthening
the morale of Its soldiersand people.
Poland's request was given serious
consideration at the state department,
and It was expected that a decision
would not be long delayed. Whatever
the ultimate decision, however, there
were Indications of their sympathy
with Poland. It was recalled that the
American government had steadfastly
refused to recognize the soviet regime
and that less than two years ago the
state department requested the allied
and neutral nations to join in declar
ing the bolshevikl international out
laws.
Argument that the legation pre
sented set forth the incongruity of
the United States abandoning the re
(Concluded on Faze S, Column 3.J
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 78
degrees; lowest, 56 degrees; part cloudy.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Foreign.
Turkish crown council approves signing of
peace treaty with a.Iiea powers, Page
1.
Marconi experts report hearing- volcej
across the Atlantic, rase 10.
Red cavalry approaches German frontier.
Page l.
Husband slays wife and places flowers on
body daily, face 1.
Looting and shooting resumed In many
parts of riot-torn Belfast. Face l.i
National.
Cox-Wilson pact on league of nations pre
sages storm In party. Page 1.
Government agencies act to relievo coal
shortage. Page -I. .
Domestic.
Resolute defeats Shamrock and evens se
ries. Page 1.
Governor Cox goes to Trail's End to pre
pare speech ol acceptance. Page 3.
Harding's speech of acceptance all bunk
declares Christensen. Page 2.
Sixty-four railroad officers and union
leaders subpenaed for strike probe.
Page 7.
Senator Johnson declares Harding's speech
assures republican victory. Page
Fight agalnat grain brokers planned by
farm bureau federation. Page 1.
Body of nude woman found in trunk.
Page -.
Llpton. after two defeats In succession. 1s
still confident of winning series. Page
1.
Senator Harding gets cheering messages
from republicans everywhere. Page 3.
Resolute's victory Is convincing and con-
elusive. Pago 8.
Negro confesses to seven murders. Page 7.
Ole Hanson led out of Chicago court after
controversy. Page 4.
Storm In Saskatchewan kills two persons
and Injures score. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Elks choose Marshfield as state conven
tion city for 1921. Page 4.
Pope grants title to Albany priest. Paga
14.
Sports.
Naval academy team wins eight-oar shell
intermediate cham-plonship. Page 12.
Pacffic Coast league revolts: Portland 6
Sacramento 1 : Seattle i, oait LK o:
Los Angeles O. Vernon 1; Oakland 12,
San Francisco 3. Paga 12.
Four boxing bouts at Salem end In draws.
Page 12.
Ray can't explain why go'.fers slice.
Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Eastern movement la wool reported. Pag
19.
Stock selling is heavy in New York. Page
19.
Three motorshlps are to load lumber here
for west coast of South America. Page
14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Parole svstem in Oregon scored by Judge
Stapleton. Pago 11.
Portland declared to be state dumping
ground for persons with contagious dis
eases. Page
Baby beater Is sentenced to six months in
Jail. Page 1.
Distributor denies methods of handling
milk ars wasteful. Page 13.
Auto wreck victim Is Mrs. Ednah Imhoff.
page 13.
James John high school building held
dangerous and may be condemned.
Page 10.
Company of players features programme
at Gladstone Chautauqua. Page 10.
Little Evidence. Submitted to Re
fute Charges of Neighbors Who
Tell of Baby Cries.
Mrs. Edward F. Mathus. operator
of a children's nursery at 1S5 Mont
gomery street, was found guilty of a
brutal and vicious assault on three-
ear-old Edna Romansky by a
municipal court jury yesterday. A
moment later Judge Rossman sen-
enced the woman to six months" im
prisonment in the city jail.
The jury returned its verdict within
0 minutes from the time it had filed
from the jury box. Once, ten minutes
after it had first left the courtroom,
it returned for further Instructions.
Judge Rossman Increased the bail
bond from 1500 to $1000 pending an
appeal to the circuit court. Counsel
for Mrs. Mathus announced an ap
peal would be taken.
Defense Makra Little Effort.
The municipal courtroom was
packed with several hundred specta
tors, mostly women, who had been
drawn to the trial by the stories of
bitter cruelty which had been told by
witnesses for the prosecution the day
before.
But the case yesterday was devoid
of the sensational. The expected
defense for Mrs. Mathus failed to
materialize. Except for herself and
busband and a lodger, who admitted
he did not know of conditions in the
Mathus household, she had no evi
dence to offer to refute the mass of
testimony given Thursday by neigh
bors who asserted they had on many
occasions seen Mrs. Mathus admin
ister cruel and inhuman punishment
to the little Romansky child.
During a particularly searching
cross-examination by Special Prose
cutor Kramer, Mrs. Mathus became
so confused that one minute she
would deny statements she bad made
the moment before.
Witness Becomes Confssed.
She at first admitted she had told
Mrs. Jane McNamar that the little
Romansky child had sustained black
and blue eyes by a fall down stairs.
"But this fall happened at least two
weeks before she got these black and
blue marks," testified Mrs. Mathus.
"It was at that time that I talked
to Mrs. McNamar."
"But the evidence yesterday showed
that Mrs. McNamar did not move into
the house next door until the day
before these children were taken
away from you," corrected Mr.
Kramer.
"Well, she is mistaken then."
asserted the witness. "Well, let me
think; no, I have never talked to
Mrs. McNamar about Edna at any
time."
"Then you were mistaken a mo
ment ago when you told this jury
that you had talked to Mrs. McNamar
about Edna's eyes?" asked Mr.
Kramer.
Hnsband Sees No Bearings.
Yes." she replied as she moved
about uneasily in the witness chair.
"Come to think about it, I never did
talk to her."
Much of her other testimony on
cross-examination was of a similar
character. She would deny repeated
ly assertions she had made under
direct examination.
Edward F. Mathus, her husband,
testified he had never seen his wife
abuse the "farmed-out" children, and
so far as he knew they were getting
good treatment. He said he went to
work at 7 o'clock in the morning and
returned at 5:30 o'clock In the eve
ning. He admitted anything might
happen at the home during his
absence.
C. H. Wilkins, a lodger at the -Mathus
home, testified on direct ex
amination that he had never heard
Edna or any of the other children
crying as if in pain during the morn
ings. He said he had never seen
Mrs. Mathus strike the children.
Braises Shews By Pictures.
On cross-examination he said he
slept each morning until 8 o'clock
or later and would not be awakened
by the cries of the children before
that hour. He said he had seen the
Romansky child not more than two
or three times within the past two
weeks.
Photographs showing the mass of
bruises and scars on the body of the
Romansky child were introduced and
shown to Mrs. Mathus. She denied
the bruises and scars had existed and
insisted that the photographs were
not true ones. Mrs. F. W. Swanton,
in rebuttal, said she was present when
the photographs were taken at the
courthouse the day the Romansky
child and the other maimed- and
bruised little tots were taken from
the -Mathus home.
"The maximum penalty provided by
law Is six months' imprisonment in
i the city jail and a fine of $300." said
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