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VOL. LIX NO. 18,017
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoRtofffc an Second-Class Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
2 IN PORTLAND HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
GREEKS
2000 NEGROES GATHER
TO WELCOME JOHNSON
FISCAL -YEAR. INCOME
FOR U.S. TOPS BILLS
RESOLUTE, SHAMROCK iCIICprPT T
WARM UP ON SUNDAY' dUdl LUI m 1
TAKE
WOMAN LEAVING MACHINE IS
HIT BY ANOTHER.
"IvIIi ARTHA" JAILED IN JO LI-
REDUCTION IN PUBLIC DEBT
DEFENDER GOES FOR TWENTY
MINUTE SPLN" IN BAY.
ET; CROWD DISAPPOINTED.
ANNOUNCED BY HOUSTON.
EMBARGO Of COAL
IS EXPEGTED TDDRY
U. S. to Try to Clear Up
Muddled Situation.
ONRUSH
ADR ANQPLE
BREAK JAIL
I
Guns and Ammunition Are
Taken by Fugitives.
POSSES START PURSUIT
Fivc-Ycar-OId Child Run Down
and Licg Is Injured; Skull
Probably Fractured.
Umatilla Sheriff Dies From
Wounds Sustained in
Fighting Outlaws.
iMEN FLEE ON FREIGHT TRAIN
Deputy Overcome and Bound
by Prisoners Attack
Is at Dinner Time.
Turkish Resistance to Ar
tillery Is Weak.
Two persons were injured in auto
mobile accidents in Portland yester
day. Mrs. C. Nelson. 21, of 431 East An
keny street, was eerlously injured
last night when- she was struck by
an automobile driven by J. E. Hedges,
455 Market street, on Terwilliger
boulevard near the city limits. Mr.
Hedges said the woman got out of
her husband's automobile and ran di
rectly in from of his car.
-. , - , .... t ; 1 1 , K vpara.
whose home il at 756 East" Twenty- GREEK TROOPS PUSH ON
fifth street North, was knocked down
and severely injured last evening at
6:45 o'clock by an automobile driven
by E. G. Chandler, who resides at the pjeas of -Turkish Nationalist Com
FORCES IN RAPID RETREAT
King Alexander to Enter City
Sunday, Says Athens.
mander for Hard Stru;
Have Little Effect.
gle
LONDON, July 25. The Greeks
have occupied Adrianople, according
to an announcement made in the
Athens newspapers Saturday and for
warded to the Exchange Telegraph
PENDLETON, Or., July 25.
(Special.) T. D. Taylor, sheriff of
I Umatilla county, was shot through
the breast and fatally wounded here
I this afternoon when six of seven
prisoners confined in the county jail
I made their escape. Sheriff Taylor
died at 6:10 P. M., four hours later.
Posses were formed immediately
I at Pendleton and at nearby points
and towns and took up the trail of
the outlaws.
One prisoner, Robert Jeffries, re-
Imained in the jail and took no part
in the break.
The prisoners who escaped were:
INeil Hart, Indian, aged 22, held in
Ijail after a duel with Taylor and
(Deputy Sheriff Marin in the hills
near Reith last week, and who faced
charges of grand larceny and at
! tempt to kill; Jim Owens, Indian,
aged 29, caught with Hart; Jack
IRathie, 22 years old, held on rob
bery charge; Albert Lindgren, al
leged check raiser; Richard Patter
son and Lewis Anderson, held on a
sad-check charge. All of them were
awaiting grand jury action.
Deputy Sheriff Overpowered.
The prisoners first overpowered
lake Marin, a deputy sheriff, who
Ihad entered the cell to ' carry them
iheir dinner. The break was made
it 1:55 P. M.
Then, led by Hart, the Indian, the
irisoners made their way to the
sheriff's office and began a search
J'or guns and ammunition.
Hart evidently obtained a rifle
Lvhich he loaded and, accompanied
iy two of the other .prisoners, left
raylor's office.
Taylor and Guy Wyrick, a friend,
kvere just entering the sheriff's 'of-
J'ice when they saw Owens and Pat-
Ierson rummaging the drawers in
he search for ammunition. They
-ushed the prisoners and Taylor
hrew Owens down. "Wyrick over-
lowered Patterson.
University club. The youngster was
taken to St. Vincent's hospital wnere
examination showed, the left leg to
be fractured in two places, a possi
ble fracture of the skull and internal i
injuries.
The Miller boy was hurt in the acci
dent at the corner of East Forty-sec
ond and Division streets. The boy.
according to the statement made by
Chandler, darted out Into the street
in front of Chanrler's machine from company.
hfihlnrt another automobile standing at I King Alexander will enter Adrian
the curb. Chandler estimated his speed ople Sunday, the announcement saia.
Jafar Tayar, commander or ine
Turkish forces, was reported to be
retreating in the direction of Kirk-
Kilisseh,
at the time as 17 miles an hour and
declared that it was impossible foi
him to bring his machine to a 6top
In lime to keen from hitting the X'-S
In the accident in which Mrs. iNei-
son was Injured, both machines were
headed south. Mr. Nelson's car was
ahead and about one-fourth of
mile beyond the Terwilliger rest sta
tion. Mr. Nelson drew up by the
curbing and stopped. Mr. Hedges
rirovo un behind him and says that
when the cars were nearly together.
Mrs. Nelson jumped out and almost
dived in front of the approaching au
tomobile. The police could learn no
adequate reason for her act.
She was knocked down by the right
front wheel and the right front fen.
der of Mr. Hedge's car. Both front
wheels oassed over her body. She
was taken to St. Vincent's hospital.
where the house doctor said her skull
and face were fractured and that her
condition was critical.
AID IN EUROPE URGED
Member of Inter-Allied Rhlneland
Commission to Report.
NEW YORK. July 25. Self-interest
requires that the United States should
help out in the great crisis of Europe,
according to P. B. Noyes, who with
Wallace Dav. American members of
the Interallied Rhineland commission
arrived yesterday on the Baltic. Mr.
Noyes is going to Washington to re-
nnrt on his work. Conditions in
Europe are very bad, he said.
"The only one of the war countries
that is really getting on is Belgium,
he added. 'There they have buckled
down to repair the ravages of the
invasion. France is making no prog
ress. The French policy now is purely
militaristic, not through any inherent
love of militarism, but through fear
of Germany. With all the hatred of
Germany which was the heritage of
1870, there was always present the
element of fear, a fact of which the
kaiser's government was cognizant
and upon which it worked
"Now that Germany is prostrate.
the fear still lingers in the French
heart, and France can see no comfort
until it is assured that its enemy is
bound so tightly che cannot move
hand or foot.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 25. (By
the Associated Press.) The Greek
forces in Thrace occupied Eski-Baba,
the junction point of the Constanti
nople and Kirk-Kilisseh railway line,
Saturday. They Immediately pushed
northward toward Kirk-Kilisseh and
westward along the railway and
northwestward along the highway to
ward Adrianople.
Turks Klee Rapidly.
The Turks, offering slight resist
ance, are fleeing rapidly towara
Adrianople.
Reports say the Greeks were begin
ning a heavy offensive against Adrl-
nople today. The pleas of Jolonei
Jafar Tayar, the Turkish national
ist commander in Adrianople, for
stubborn resistance, apparently are
having little effect, the Turks being
unwilling to face the Greek artillery
which is displaying good marksman
ship.
RnlaUace la Feeble
The Turkish commander at Tcha-
taldja telegraphed Colonel Jafar
Tayar saying the Turkish resistance
was feeble against oreek landing
parties and asking what to do when
the Greeks advanced eastward. Col
onel Jafar Tayar has declared he will
kill himself rather than surrender.
Police Reserves Forced to Beat Back
Admirers From Gates In Chi
cago Station.
CHICAGO, July 25. Two thousand
negroes gathered at the depot today
to welcome Jack Johnson back to
Chicago after a voluntary, exile of
eight years, a fugitive from justice
in foreign lands, but "LIT Artha,"
idol of the south side, failed to
appear.
Federal officials removed Johnson
from the train at Joliet and hurried
him to the jail there when they
learned the size of the welcoming
throng here.
When the train reached Chicago
the negroes stormed the gates in an
effort to see the ex-champion heavy
weight. Polile reserves were forhed
to beat the crowd back with clubs
to clear a passage 'for Lucille Cam
eron Johnson, white wife of the pugi
list, who appeared wearing a bright
red hat and a blue serge suit. Po
licemen loaded Mrs. Johnson and her
eight suitcases into a brace of taxi
cabs and assisted her out of the
crowd.
No effort was made today to ob
tain ball for Johnson and prospects
tonight were that he would remain
in the- Joliet Jail until arraigned.
Johnson is under sentence of a year
and a day in Leavenworth peniten
tiary for violation of the Mann act.
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne.
who yesterday refused an applica
tion for bond for Johnson, said today
any further application would have
to be made to Federal Judge George
Carpenter. Carpenter is in a hos
pital and is not expected at hi3 office
for some time.
Johnson was in the best of SDlrits
when the train halted at Joliet.
State and federal officials and news
paper men were there to receive him.
tsoys, I am glad 'to be here." he
shouted. Recognizing newspapermen.
ne stepped back in a soarrinir nnw
nd "shadow boxed" around the
piatrorm. Johnson was not hand
cuffed during the trip.
War Provocation la Charged.
BERLIN. July 24. Charges that de
termined efforts are being made to-
provoke Germany into active partici
pation in the Kusso-pousn war on
the side of Poland were published
bv Die Freiheit today.
WOOER FREE WITH CHECKS
Logger Jailed, Accused of Obtain
ing Sum to Buy Maid Jewels.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. July 25. (Spe
clal.) Sam Fizulich. 30, who has been
a Jogger on Grays Harbor for the
past ten years, spending the majority
of his time in. the woods, has Just
landed in jail as the result of his
plunges during the last few months
into the mysteries of love.
He was arrested, charged with pass
ine worthless checks, but was given
until noon Saturday to make the
checks good. Yesterday he was ar
rested while making a get-a-way in
a hired auto. Cecil Moore. . a young
Hoquiam girl, is also in Jail charged
with receiving jewelry and clothing
valued at $500, which Fizulich is al-
jlcged to have bought her with- bad
checks.
Important Reduction in Gross
Public Debt Is Promised for
Next Twelve Months.
WASHINGTON, July 25. The gov
ernment income for the fiscal year
ending June 30 exceeded expenses
for the first time in three years.
Secretary Houston declared today in
a statement. He announced a re
duction in the gross public debt and
forecast a further "important re
duction" for the next 12 months.
While the annual operations of the
government showed a surplus of 1291,
221,547, the more important change,
treasury officials said, was the cut
ting of $1,185,184,692 from the gross
public debt during the year. The
national debt aggregated $24,299,321,
467 on June 30 and $25,484,506,160 I
year previously, but in the meantime
the obligations of the nation had
mounted to their highest point $26,-
596,701,648 on August 21 due to the
operations incident to the handling
of maturities of treasury certificates
of Indebtedness. Thus, a reduction
of $2,297,380,180 from the peak is
shown.
Outside of the transactions involv
ing the gross debt, treasury receipts
for the year aggregated $6,694, 565, 3SS,
while expenditures totaled $0,403,343.
841. The statement revealed, however,
that the surplus was due largely to a
partial liquidation of the assets of the
war finance corporation. Exclusive
of the special income from that
source there was a deficit of $71.-
879,072 in the actual handling of In
come and expenses.
The operations incident to the
handling of the maturities of treasury
certificates frbm June 15 to July 15
have now been completed." the state
ment said, "and have resulted in fur
ther reductions in both the gross debt
and the floating debt of the United
States. The gross debt on June 30
1920, on the basis of daily treasury
statements amounted to $24,299,321,-
467, as against $25,484,506,160 at the
end of the previous fiscal year on
July 30, 1919. and $26,596,701,648 on
August 31, 1919, when the gross debt
was at its peak."
NEW ENGLAND IS FAVORED
Interstate Commission
Issue Priority Order.
to
LAKE PORT MORE SLOW
Transportation of Fuel to Xorth
vest District 50 Per Cent Be
hind Summer Schedule.
MOBILIZATION IS DENIED
Chilean Allegation of Peruvian
Movements Answered.
LIMA. Peru, July 25. Sweeping
denial of Chilean allegations with
reference to Peruvian . mobilization
was made in an official statement
issued yesterday by Cnehcellor Porras,
tor circulation throughout legations
abroad.
Owing to Influence brought to bear
through the legations. Emilo Zalles
former director of Bolivian posts and
telegraphs, who was held In connec
tion with the assassination of General
Jose Manuel Fando. has been de
ported to Africa. General Pando was
a former president of Bolivia, whose
death at La Paz was reported June
20, 1917.
Sheriff Taylor Is Shot.
Then Hart entered the office with
I he loaded rifle and shot Taylor.
He then commanded Wyrick to stand
lip and release Patterson or get a
lose of lead, too. Wyrick obeyed.
L'hey placed Taylor on a couch. Hart
vas about to snoo. layior again
jiecause he would not tell where the
Iimmunition was hidden. Wyrick
pegged Hart not to fire again and
Ivas finally allowed to get some
Irater for Taylor.
Hart then became more abusive
ind again threatened to shoot the
mr. Then Taylor, pointing to his
iesk and to the drawer which con-
lined the ammunition, said, "All
hicrht. take the ammunition and
;et out."
Immediately after they obtained
he guns the prisoners fled from the
uilding. They then made their way
o the O.-W. R. & N. railway tracks
Ivhere they boarded an' eastbound
freight train. They kept under cover
Jong- the railway tracks until the
I rain passed and then boarded it
ust outside the city limits.
Train Ridden Four Miles.
The fugitives rode the train for
our miles, getting off at Mission
tation. From there they fled into
Ihe timber.
As soon as the news of the jail-
reak had bee.i made known every
ible-bodied man in Pendleton was
hressed into service and posses were
lent out in pursuit of the fugitives.
Word of where the outlaws had
ft the train was brought to Pen-
pleton an hour after the escape by
iembers of the crew of westbound
height train 2136.
U. S. BARS WALES' HORSES
Entrance Refused Because of Foot
and Mouth Disease In England.
Copyright by the New Tork World.
t Published by arrangement.)
LONDON, July 25 (Special Ca
ble.) Fifty thoroughbreds owned by
the Prince of Wales have been refused
entrance to and transit through the
United States owing to the prevalence
of foot and mouth disease in the Brit
ish Isles. On his trip to Canada the
Drince acquired a ranch, and it is his
intention of stocking it with thor
oughbreds from his stables here.
The shipment was arranged for this
month through New York. It is not
known whether the prince's represen
tatives intend shipping the horses di
rect to Canada, where there also are
'strict regulations of import of live
stock from places infected with foot
and mouth disease.
AUTO VICTIM YET LIVES
Woman Hurt in Auto Accident
Shows No Improvement.
SALEM, Or., July 25. (Special.)
Mrs. Ednah Imhoff, Portland woman
who was injured when a machine
driven by George Adams, also of
Portland, turned turtle near here,
was reported by hospital attaches to
be in about the same semi-conscious
condition.-
Unless she shows improvement in
the next 12 or 24 hours it is expected
she will die.
WIFE SLAYER LYNCHED
Mob Takes Man Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment From Jail.
FAY ETTE VILLE, W. Va.. July 25.
William Bennett Jr. of Fayette-
ville, sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of his wife and un
born child, was taken from the jail
today by a mob and lynched.
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WASHINGTON. July 25. The gov
ernment will take definite steps to
morrow to straighten out a muddled
coal situation.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion will issue an order for priority
of movement in the transportation
of coal to New England. The order
tonight was expected to include a
prohibition against any movement
of coal to tidewater unless consigned
to England. This, in the view of coal
experts, will amount to an embargo
on the exportation of coal.
Under a recenc order of the com
mission, more than a score of rail
roads serving bituminous mines in
western Pennsylvania, Ohio. West
Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee will begin to move coal to
lake ports for transshipment to the
northwest
Summer Movement Slow.
The summer movement of coal to
the northwest is more than 50 per
cent behind schedule and the rail
roads will attempt to dump 4000 car
loads of coal a day at lake ports.
Department of labor conciliators
tomorrow will begin efforts to end
the walkout cf mine laborers in the
Illinois fields which is reported to
have closed about two-thirds of the
mines
Officials of government agencies
concerned In the straightening out of
the coal tangle today read the state
ment issued by John L. Lewis presi
dent of the United Mine Workers, last
night, but declined to comment. Mr.
Lewis had declared that any settle
ment of the Illinois strike which
would modify the basic Interstate
agreement unaer which the miners
of the central competitive field are
working would result in action by
national officers of the United Mine
Workers to bring about a cessation
of work by the 210,000 men employed
in that field.
Orertare Reported Itejected.
The National Coal association, an
organization of operators, said to rep
resent two-thirds of the country's
bituminous production, denied the III
inois operators had expressed a de
sire 10 nave ine existing wage con
tract amended, as stated by the pres
ident of the mine workers.
The only overture looking toward
reopening of the wage agreement.
I which was entered into March 31, and
wnicn was effective two years, the
association's statement said. was
made by the miners.
This overture, it was added, was re
Sir Thomas Upton Confident Last
N ight Challenger Will Take Cup
Back to England Today.
SANDY HOOK. N. J.. July 25. Reso
lute and Shamrock IV both took
sail-stretching spins this afternoon In
Horseshoe bay preparatory to what
Is to be the final race lor the Ameri
ca's cup tomorrow. The American
yacht bent on a brand-new mainsail
and after it was hoisted set an outer
jib and went for a twenty-minute sail
in the bay.
Shamrock IV got under way late
this afternoon and worked in the
Horseshoe for some time. Once at
their moorings the mainsails of the
wo racers were put under covers
and the crews were permitted to rest
for tomorrow's race, which Is to be
fought over a course 15 miles to
windward or leeward and return.
Sir Thomas Lipton still feels the
Shamrock IV will lift the cup. Indi
cations today were for a light south
westerly breeze, which would give
the yachts a beat to windward 15
miles down the Jersey coast with a
run home.
MURDER IS JAILED
Chicagoan Believed Man
Wanted in Detroit.
MYSTERY TIP GIVEN POLICE
Luggage Found in Room Same
as That Holding Body.
ALABAMAN OFFERS CLEW
STUDENTS VISIT MOUNDS
Erection Took Place Berore That
of Pyramids, Is Belief.
ALBANY, Or.. July 25. (Special.)
That some prehistoric mounds in Linn
county, situated south of Albany and
in the vicinity of Tangent, were erect
ed before tho pyramids of Egypt, was
the statement yesterday of Dr. J. B
Horner, head of the department of
history of the Oregon Agricultural
college, who conducted a class of 45
students of the college summer school
on a trip to the mounds.
Dr. Horner has been investigating
these mounds for years and has made
a study of the peoples who built them.
He says that the skeletons and im
plements which have been taken
from the mounds Indicate that three
different races of mound builders
lived in this vicinity successively.
Before going to the mounds the
lass came to Albany, where they
isited the museum of the late Dr.
L. Hill and inspected the big col
lection of prehistoric relics collected
by J. G. Crawford of this city.
ritish Embassy Explains Alleged
Insult to American Flag.
WASHINGTON, July 25. At the
request of the Bermuda authorities
the British embassy authorized the
following statement today relative to
the recent alleged insult to the Amer-
can flag at Hamilton, Bermuda:
Recent accouiits of the alleged in-
ult to the American flag at Bermuda
ave been greatly exaggerated, the
facts being as follows:
Two drunken sailors began to
lower an American flag which was
flying at a hotel in Hamilton, but
when Colonel Outerbridge of the
United States 23d infantry remons
trated with them, they desisted and
eft the flag flying.
'They were subsequently arrested
for drunkenness and their actions
were severely censured by the magis-
rate, who fined Hiem And handd
them over to tne naval authorities tor
disciplinary action."
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80
u . o . iiiiiiiiiiuiii, ueirreea.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreicn.
Greeks reported to have captured Adrian
ople. rase 1.
Armistice meeting- of Poles and Ruesla
liaely to do at Hrest-Litovsk. Page 3.
National.
U. S. expected to put embargo on coal
exports today. Fago 1.
Cox. democratic nominee, an advocaffc of
government control 01 utilities. .Page 5.
Domewtle.
Two thousand negroes gather at Chicago
station to welcome Jack Johnson.
Page I.
Harding declared hope of farmers. Page 2,
Police jail suspect in trunk murder case.
Page 1.
Cox soon to draft acceptance speech.
fate
Resolute and Shamrock take trial spins on
Sunday, fage l.
Coolldge 'restingr on father's farm. Page 3.
Candidates for governor in Washington ea
liven campaign. fage 16.
Pacific Northwest.
High price of barrels will cause apples t
be shipped In bulk to market. Page 33
Sheriff Til Taylor slain when six break
jail at Pendleton. Page 1.
Slayer of little girl at Seattle eludes two
posses, rate n.
Candidates for rovernor in Washington
active, i-age jo.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portia
4-11, Sacramento t-o: Los Angeles 9-3
Vernon 6-s: salt l.aKe 6-B, Seattl
0-18; San Francisco 7-8. Oakland 3-3.
Page 8.
Crown-Willamette baseball team defeat
carmen, J to l. rage 8.
Leading Inter-City clubs defeated. Page 8.
Vardon drops Ray and loses golf match.
Page .
Portland and Vicinity.
School building probe to be made. Page 1
First outdoor religious service attended
by GOO. Jage l.
Til Taylor without peer as western sheriff.
Page 5.
Girl counterfeiter bids Jail good-bye
page 10-
Courtship- by mall ends in marriage
Portland man to .Minnesota woma:
Page 10.
Mew era of prosperity predicted by finan
clal Ilrms. rate n.
General manager and staff busy on plans
for livestock: exposition. rage 15.
County and city send manhunters to aid
In chase for escaped Pendleton pris
oners. Page 5.
RUNKEN 'GOBS' BLAMED
Birmingham Linotype Operator
Thinks He Knows Victim ; Hus
band Reported to Be Jealous.
CHICAGO, July 25. Roy Mullen.
29 years oid. said to answer the de
scription of Eugene Leroy, wanted by
the Detroit police as the alleged
slayer of the woman whose mutilated
body waj found in a trunk shipped
from there to New York, was arrest
ed tonight in a hotel.
The arrest was made on an anony
mous tip. the police say, and Mullen
was taken to the detective bureau for
questioning.
Police found a trunk in Mullen's
room. It corresponds in description
to that in wjiich the woman's body
v.as found, ihey said.
Suspect I Salesman.
Mullen told the police he was a
haberdashery salesman and visited
Detroit frequently to see relatives
living near that city. He waa there
a month ago. he said.
DETROIT, Mich., July 25. Detec
tives assigned to identify the man
who shipped a trunk from Detroit
on June 10. in which the mutilated
body of a woman was found In New .
York, were tonight checking up state
ments said to have been made to
Birmingham, Ala., police by Allen A
Tatum, a linotype operator. The
name given of the shipper on the
waybill was "A. A. Tatura."
According to the dispatches to po
lice here. Tatum walked into police
headquarters at Birmingham Satur
day and volunteered a statement. He
said to nave told officers he be-
RAIL PAYROLL GREATER
Southern Pacific Estimates Award
Will Cost $17,500,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. An in
crease of approximately n,ouu,u
will bo added to the payrolls of the
Southern Facine railroad as a resun
of the award3 of the railroad labor
hoard, according to an estimate made
nubile by that company.
It Is pointed out in tne statement
of the company that last year tne
dividends 'of the Southern Pacific
were J17.478.460. It is also pointed
ri,e thai the Southern Pacifies an
nual report recently published showed
that the increase in wages and cost
of materials used in 1919, compared
with the year previous, amounted to
$18,833-,500, or an increase of almost
si. 500.000 move than the dividends
paid to stockholders.
ELKS JOKE WITH CUPID
Two Couples Sent to License OT
flee to Test Clerk's Efficiency.
SALEM, Or., July 25. (Special.)
Fun-loving Elks in attendance at the
state convention of the order here
Saturday conceived the idea that it
would be well to test the efflclency
of U. G. Boyer, county clerk, and his
assistants, and at the same time find
out if he was conducting his office
strictly according to law.
Two couples appeared at the clerk s
office and asked for marriage
licenses. They were told that their
cases were out of the jurisdiction of
the clerk's office and the license
could not be Issued. Later in the day
Mr. Boyer ascertained that the pranks
were those of fun-loving Elks.
PLANES AT PORTAL, N. 0.
Fliers Bound for Alaska Make 2 90
liles in Day.
rORTAL. N. D-. Jufcy 25. The four
airplanes from New York to Alaska
arrived here at 1:10 P. M. today from
Fargo, N. D., a distance of 290 miles
The trip was made in 3 hours and 10
minutes.
Tomorrow a flight is scheduled to
Saskatoon; b'asK.
lieved the murdered woman n-
Katherine Jackson, whom he met in
Birmingham. He admitted, the dis
patches said, that he was acquainted
with Lugene Leroy, the name iriven .
by a man who rented an apartment at
the address given by "Tatum" on the
trunk waybill. He said Leroy was an
automobile mechanic.
Huaband . Said To lie Jealous.
Tatum met Katherine Jackson - in .
Birmingham, he said in June. 1919.
He visited her often, twice in Detroit.
Police found that "Mrs. Katherine
Jackson. Nashville." was registered
at the Inter-Urban hotel there October
30. 1919. Tatum said he visited her
in June, 1920, at another hotel. She
told him then, he said, that she was
married and that her husband was
extremely jealous."
According to Tatum's story the
woman wrote him every day or two.
He last heard from her June 4th or '
th, he said, and gave that as his
reason for believing something bad
happened to her."
Tatum Is said to have left Detroit
June 28. He Is eaid to have denied
knowledge of the crime.
The trunk, shipped here from New
York, was partially identified today
by Mrs. Lottie Brooks, manager of
the apartment at No. 105 Harper ave
nue, as having belonged to "Leroy."
Clothing contained in the trunk in
which the body of a woman was
shipped from Detroit to New York
was positively identified tonight as
having been the property of Mrs.
E. Leroy, according to detectives as
signed to the case. Patrolman Leo
Trumbull, a member of the Detroit
police force and a close personal
friend of the Leroys, was said to
have made the identification.
Trumbull also stated that Mrs. Le
roy was formerly Miss Katherine
Jackson, a southern girl, and that
she and her husband lived at 105 Har
per avenue, Detroit, the address given,
on the shipping bills for the trunk.
Trumbull to Chicago.
Trumbull will be sent to Chicago,
it was announced, to assist in the
identification of a man who gave his
name as Roy Millen and who is be
lieved by the Chicago police to an
swer to the description of Leroy.
Mrs. Trumbull, wife of Patrolman
Leo Trumbull, said that Katherine
Jackson married Leroy here in the
fall of 1919. Their married life, Mrs.
Trumbull said, was unhappy, and on
one occasion Leroy threatened his
wife with a dagger, according to a
Btory told her by Mrs. Leroy.
Mrs. Leroy confided, Mrs. Trum
bull said, that she had been married
before, unhappily, and had lived in
Birmingham, Ala.
A. A. Tatum of Birmingham vis
ited Mrs. Leroy at her invitation in
Detroit, Mrs. Trumbull said, but was
unable to give the date. Detroit po
lice announced that the second trunk,
presumably shipped by Leroy from
the Harper avenue "address and be
lieved to contain parts of the woman's
body, had been traced as far as the
Michigan Central station here.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. July 25. Ex
pressing fear that "Leroy," whom h
named in his statements to pollco
here in connection with the investi
gation of the Detroit-New York trunk
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