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VOIi LI V NO I H (ili.'l Knternd at Portland (Oregon,
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FATHER DROWNED.
CHILD, 7, IS SAVED
Daughter Taken From
Boat in Willamette.
27 FOOD ARTICLES :
DECREASE IN PRICE
DYING
ARAB REVOLT STOPS
U.S. RELIEF CAMPAIGN
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
PAY VISIT TO HARDING
SENATOR AXD WIFE SHAKE
Hands With Delegates. .
5 SOCIALISTS MAY
BE SEATED TODAY
SOLDIER FINDS WIFE
WEDDED TO ANOTHER
DEATH CELL GATE
CLANGS ON HART
IN JAIL
IN CORK
EGGS GO UP 11 PER CENT AN D
PORK CHOPS FOLLOW.
AMERICAN' WORKERS FLEE
FROM BUKUBA CAMP.
HUSBAND THOUGHT KILLED, IS
REPLY TO BIGAMY CHARGE.
MONTANAN
I
WIDOW, FIVE BABES SURVIVE
'Daddy Fell in Water," Girl
Sobs to Rescuers.
OUTING ENDS IN TRAGEDY
.Parent Last Seen as He Started
Up Willamette River at Sa
lem on Fishing Trip.
SAXJEM, Or., Sept. 19. (Speo'al.)
Glen Sawyer, 35 years old, a mechanic
f mployed by the Oregon Pulp & Paper I
company, was drowned in the Wil- j
lamette river here late today. His
daughter, Mary, 7 years old, was
rescued while floating down the
stream in a rowboat.
A widow and five small children
urvlve.
Two men, who were walking along
the river bank at 8 o'clock tonight,
beard the cries of a child and after
investigating discovered they came
from a boat- in mid-stream. One. of
the men swam to ' the craft and
pushed it to shore.
Last Seen Starting; on Ontlitc
The ch'ld said that her father fell
verboard.
Mr. SSawyer was last seen at 5
o'clock this afternoon when he and
the child started up the river on a
fishing trip.
All that Mary could tell her res
cuers was that "daddy fell in the
water." She was hysterical with grief.
Pol'ce accompanied her to the family
home, where Mrs. Sawyer corroborated
the report that the child and father
had gone fishing at 5 o'clock.
Efforts to locate the body of Sawyer
were made by residents, but up until
a late hour tonight were unfruitful.
In the boat were found fisherman's
paraphernalia, hooka, line and bait.
The oars were In the locks when the
rescuers pulled the boat on the bank.
Water 13 Feet Dcr.
According to little Mary, her father
was about 30 yards from the bank
when he fell overboard. The water
is very still near where the tragedy
occurred, and is about 12 feet deep.
The child was rescued at 8 o'clock,
which leads the party dragging for
the body to believe that Mr. Sawyer
was drowned between 7:30 and 8
o'clock. The boat could not have
floated very far down stream, owing
to the hour at which Mr. Sawyer
started up.
Mrs. Sawyer eaid her husband was
not subject to heart disease, when
asked If it -were possible that he
could have been etrlckcn while stand
ing in the boat or leaning over the
fcidc.
Suicide Report Denied.
A report that death was due to sui
cide was denied by neighbors and
hundreds of persons who have known
the family for many years.
Some of the men who worked with
the drowned man in the mill, and who
knew him intimately, told of a swim
ming party last summer on the "Wil
lamette. Mr. Sawyer was a member
of the party, and was described as a
"poor" swimmer. That was the laet
time he is known' to have been in
Bwiraminu.
Potatoes Toboggan to Kxtent of 4 4
' Per Cent, With Cabbage as
Close Second.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Twenty
seven of the 43 standard articles going
into the American family market bas
ket decreased in price between
July 15 and August 15, it was an
nounced today by the department of
labor's bureau of labor statistics,
which made public figures showing
that during the 30-day period ending
with the middle of August the retail
price of potatoes fell 44 per cent and
the price of cabbage went down 41
per cent.
The drop in the sugar price was
placed at 14 per cent. Most kinds of
meat decreased in price.
Eggs went up 11 per cent. With
this exception and pork chops, which
increased 5 per cent, the increases in
other foodstuffs were 2 per cent or
less.
Indications that the decline in food
price levels was general is seen in sta
tistics showing that each of the 51
cities covered by the bureau's survey
reported decreases. Minneapolis led
with a decrease of 11 per cent, with
St. Paul second with a 10 per cent de
cline.
Decreases in other cities follow:
Detroit. 9 per cent; Chicago, Cleve
land, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mil
waukee, Omaha, 8 per cent; Denver,
Memphis, 7 per cent; Cincinnati, Co
lumbus, Newark, New York, Philadel
phia, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Salt Lake
City, Seattle, 6 per cent; Baltimore,
Birmingham, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Dal
las, Pall River, Louisville, Rochester,
Washington, 5 per cent; Atlanta, Bob-
.ton, Houston, Los Angeles. Mobile.
New Haven, Portland, Me., Portland,
Or., San Francisco, Savannah and
Scranton, 4 per cent; Little Rock, New
Orleans. Norfolk, 3 per cent; Jackson
ville, Richmond, 2 per cent, and
Charleston, S. C, 1 per cent.
Hunger Striker Known to
Priest in America.
7 CHILDREN LIVE .IN U. S.
Condition of Two Worse After
Wakeful Night.
''ONE IS SCARCELY LIVING
GOBS MULCTED, IS CHARGE
$6000 Irregularities in Payroll and
False Receipts Found.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19, Irregularities
aggregating '$6000 have been discov
ered in the recruit payroll at the
Great Lakes naval training station by
a special board of -investigation sent
from Washington, it became known
today. Officials declared that the to
tal may be more than J73.000, as addi- r
tional irregularities were being un
covered. Lieutenant P. Sullivan, un
til three days ago in charge of the
payroll. Is held under guard.
It is charged that hundreds of na
val recruits, at the station only a few
weeks, were swindled out of pay
through, false receipts, the victims
generally being at sea before they dis
covered that they were not receiving
full pay.
Former High Sherifr of City Pleads
for Men's Release Because of
Forty Days' Fast.
CORK, Sept. 19. The hunger strik
ers in Cork jail were reported today
to be In an exceptionally weakened
condition, due to a bad night experi
enced by all, especially Burke and
Power, who have been suffering from
insomnia. A Cork hospital nurse said
that Henncssy was unconscious and
scarcely more than living. The con
dition of Kennedy and Donovan was
grave.
The Rev. T. Carroll of Greenagh
called at the Cork jail and notified
the governor of the Jail that Joseph
Kenny was an American citizen.
He said that Kenny, arrested on
suspicion of being an Irish republicnn
soldier and now one of the hunger
strikers, had lived for many years in
Montana, and that he was the father
of seven 'children.
Father Carroll, a fellow townsman
of Kenny, said he had communicated
with the American authorities and
had received documents establishing
Kenpy's American citizenship. Kenny
was married in Montana and returned
to Ireland to improve his" health, ac
cording to the minister.
Harold Barry, former high sheriff
of Cork, telegraphed the archbishop
of Canterbury, asking him to inter
vene with the premier on behalf of
the hunger . strikers on the ground
that they now had. fasted "the 40 days
and 40 .nights."
Uprising Against British Occupa
tion in. Mesopotamia Grows; Ar
menians, Syrians Forced Out. ,
K"EW YORK, Sept. 19. The Arab
insurrection in Mesopotamia has im
periled the work of the Bagdad
branch of the American commission
for relief in the near east, according
to a cable message to headquarters
from Dr. Phillip McDowell, in charge
of the American relief activities in
northern Mesopotamia.
The American relief workers ,have
had to abandon the refugee camp at
Bakuba, 35 miles northeast of Bagdad
and "50 miles from the Persian fron
tier, the message says.
The uprising against the British
occupation is reported general north
of Bagdad.
Dr. McDowell states that 7000 Syri
ans and many Armenians in camp at
Mindan were forced to"Tuove south by
the bolshevist advance from Persia.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Se.pt. 19. Ada
Bazar, 23 miles from Ism id. has been
captured by Greco-British troops
after sharp skirmishing.
Major-General Croker has arrived
at Ismld, making the fourth British
general engaged in the operations
against the Turks.
' Writing from Adania Miss Doris
Nevin says:
"The personnel of the American
committee for relief in the near east
is well after four weeks of rifle and
artillery fire day and night, though
often frightened byslnging bullets."
California Labor's Indorsement of
Nominee's Attitude Toward
Union Made Public. (
MARION, Ohio, Sept. 19.Senator
Harding received a front-porch dele
gation today, but no speech was made
and there were no flags, no banners,
no bands.
The delegation was 100 members of
the G. A. R. from Akron, Ohio, en
route to Indianapolis for the national
encampment. The senator and Mrs.
Harding shook hands with each.
Tomorrow another delegation of
about 400 veterans from northern
Ohio will stop here. Senator Harding
will address them.
Among those who conferred with
Senator Harding today were Howard
E. Greene of Chicago, president of the
national sheep and w . bureau; Ma
jor Henry S. Hooker of New York,
Governor R. L. Beeckman of Rhode
Island and Wade H. Ellis, manager of
the Washington headquarters.
With Mr. Greene, the senator dis
cussed pending legislation that
would require the branding of. shod
dies so. the buyer would know their
real character. "We merely want,"
Mr. Greene said, "legislation that will
Insure that the buyer of fabrics will
know exactly what he is getting and
not pay for something better than is
really being furnished."
Major Hooker, who was a former
member of a law firm with Franklin
D. Roosevelt, brought cheering news
of the oampaign.
Governor Beeckman, accompanied
Republicans Ready fo Ad
mit Ousted Members.
CANDIDATE'S WISHES HEEDED
New York Incident to Be Kept
Out of Gubernatorial Issue.
OUSTING HELD JUSTIFIED
Ejected Men Will Be Required to
Acknowledge Errors and
Pledge Allegiance to U. S.
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Barring an insurgent, uprising by
bitterly anti-socialistic members from
up the state, the republican majority
in the assembly will admit the five
expelled socialists to the legislature
tomorrow night when it reconvenes
in extra session to consider the hous
ing problem.
PARIS, Sept. 19.-i-Arab forces were
defeated near Damascus bv a French
column, accordina- to a dispatch from !
Beirut.
The Arabs lost 200 killed and the
French captured a number of cannon
and machine guns. General Gouraud,
French high commissioner in Syria,
has received several requests for an
armistice from Arab leaders,
The republican legislative bosses
by Mrs. Beeckman, was a guest at the are ready to reseat the socialists on
"probation," as one of them expressed
it tonight, in order to respond to the
"Dead" War Veteran, After Long
Search, Discovers Mate With
5-Months-OId Daughter.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19. (Special.)
An Enoch Arden siory was told in the
Gates-avenue police court in Brook
lyn yesterday, when Mrs. Frederick
Mark. 23. of Brooklyn, was arraigned
before Magistrate Geismar on a charge
j of bigamy. She pleaded not guilty and
was held in $1000 bail for examina
tion tomorrow.
Mrs. Mark, between sobs, told the
magistrate that her second marriage
was contracted when she firmly be
lieved that her husband was killed
in the second Rattle of the Marne.
This husband is Sergeant Howell C.
Lloyd, whom she married November
3, 19l7. Sergeant Lloyd went over
seas with the 44th United States cav
alry. In August, 1918, Mrs. Lloyd re
ceived a letter from a buddy of her
husband informing her that he had
been killed In the second battle of
the Marne. Later she said she met
friends of her husband who gave her
similar information.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Lloyd met
Frederick W. Mark, and In September
last year, more than a year after she
had been informed of the death of
the first husband, she became Mrs.
Mark. It now develops that her first
husband, returned from France in
February of last year as a casual.
He began searching for his wife, and
was unsuccessful until last Thursday
night, when he found her at the Hart
street address, where the Marks have
a five-months-old daughter.
Lloyd caused her arrest.
Slayer of Til Taylor
Hang November 5
INDIAN BREAKS DOWN, WEEPS
Prisoner Says He Killed Be
cause He Was Frightened.
HOME DENIED IN YOUTH
SLAYER ON HUNGER STRIKE
Doctor Fights Two Physicians Who
Try Forcible Feeding.
MUSKEGON. Mich., Sept. 19. rhysi
clans today made an unsuccessful ef
fort to forcibly feed Dr. Otis W.
Sedgwick of Whitehall, near here,
who has refused to eat or talk since
arrested Thursday in connection with
the deaths of his wife and 3-year-old
daughter. The bodies were found on
the lawn at the physician's home.
Physicians said death was due to
strangulation.
Dr. Sedgwick is said to have fought
two physicians who attempted the
forcible feeding. A small quantity of
water was forced down his throat,
however.
MAYOR OF CORK STILL WEAK
Condition of Terence MacSwiney
Reported Unchanged.
LONDON, Sept. 19. The condition
of Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of
Cork, was reported unchanged in
three bulletins issued today by the
Irish Self Determination league, al
though he appeared somewhat re
freshed by two hours' sleep during
the night. The evening's bulletin
said:
"'He is extremely weak, but still
conscious."
Considerable talk was occasioned
today by a paragraph appearing in
the Sunday Times under the head:
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
BOOTLEGGERS TAKE REST
25,000 See Wild West Jamboree at
Walla WuIIu.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. 19.
(Special.) Walla Walla returned to
normal today after a three-days' wild
west jamboree. Big hats and bright
'kerchiefs disappeared, the street dec
orations came down, anil Hie bootleg
gers took a well-earned rest today.
after three very busy days and nights.
The frontier days was their harvest
time and they "cleaned up," judging
from appearances.
It Is estimated that about 25,000
persons saw tho show, 1500 coming
from Pendleton yesterday. Perform
ers began leaving today for Pendleton
to take part in the Round-up.
ANGRY MAN KILLS FOUR
Havelock. Veinatt Murders Father
and . Commits Suicide.
HALIFAX, N. S., Sept- 19. In a fit
of insane rase arising from a dispute
over the location of t mill dam. Have
lock Velnott today f.hot and killed
one woman ana three men. includin
his father, at Hemford, near here.
Velnott then commuted suicide.
Harding home last night, departing
for the east today. He issued a state
ment in which he asserted Senator
Harding's speeches have made a great
impression on the public, "while one
finds universal disapproval of the
campaign-of villlf ication and false
statements that the democratic nom
inee has been making."
Harding headquarters made public
a statement issued by Congressman
John I. Nolan of San Francisco; P. H.
McCarthy, president of the California
Building Trades council, and Daniel
D. Suliivan, former president of the
California Federation of Labor, fol
lowing their conference with Senator
Harding a few days ago when the
California delegation was here. The
statement said:
"We have found after a most satis
factory conference that AVarren G.
Hard.iiif is sympathetic j t b. argan
ized labor lu its desire for legislation
to care for the wants of men, women
and children of America."
It also expressed approval of his
attitude as an employer toward or
ganized labor.
PRECINCT SHUNS POLLS
No Votes, Judges and Clerks For
got to Ballot, Report.
CAItLlNVILLE. 111., Sept. 19. Elec
tion judges and clerks in one precinct
of Macoupin county waited at the
polls all day Wednesday for someone
to appear and cast a ballot. But they
waited in vain. "No votes." was their
report. They had "forgotten" to vote
themselves.
It was Cahokla precinct .No. 4 that
maintained this strict neutrality in
the primary battle.
YES OR NO, MR. COX, IS HE A FRIEND OF YOURS?
CREW OF CAR ATTACKED
Trolley Sent Hurtling Down Grade
Toward City.
DENVER, Sept. 19. Robbed and
Beaten to u nconsciousness, tho crew
of a Fairmont street car was left
lying on the floor, and the car cent
hurtling: and unguided downhill
toward the city just after midnight
this morning.
Tho car was derailed at a switch,
and the predicament of the crew was
discovered by tho mot or man of an
outbound car, who saw the derailed
car barely in time to avoid a collision.
SUICIDE HIDES IDENTITY
Rainier Holds Body of Man Who
Plunged From Cliff.
RATNTER, Or.. Sept. 19. (Special.)
It is now evident that the unknown
man found iead at the foot of a high
cliff o. the highway west of Goble
Saturday evening, committed suicide
by jumping: off the cliff. At the top
of the cliff his hat and a bottle of
carbolic acid were found. The bottle
was undisturbed and death resulted
from his striking the highway pave
ment. The man appeared to havo pur
posely destroyed all means of identi
fication before taking the plunge. The
body is held at Rainier.
HARVARD ADMITS WOMEN
Graduate Sehool ol KdticaCion Will
Open Tills Week.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Sept. 19. The
graduate school of education, a new
department of Harvard " university,
established with a $6,000,000 endow
ment fund, will open this week.
The school will train both men and
women for positions as school super
intendents, principals and teachers,
and will conduct research in problems
of education. This will be the first
time women will bo admitted to liar
vard.
T. R. TO TOUR WEST AGAIN
Colonel rinds Increasing Repub
liran Sentiment on Coast.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19. Lieutenant-
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt plans to
make another speaking tour of the
west, he said tonight on his return
from a trip through several states
with Raymond Robblns. He left to
night for Albany. N. V.
Colonel Roosevelt declared he had
found an "increasing republican sen
timent" in all western states he visited.
2 DIE IN IRISH CLASHES
Soldiers Ambush Sinn Felners,
Killing 1 ; Constabulary Slain.
BELFAST, Sept. 19. Soldiers who
had been in ambush since early morn
ing surprised a body of Sinn Feiners
at bombing practice in the hills today.
One republican was killed, two were
wounded and 35 captured. 4
LIMERICK, Ireland. Sept. 19. A
constabulary patrol was ambuscaded
near Abbeyfeale today. Constable Ma
honey was killed and two others were
wounded.
FARMER IS SLEEP VICTIM
All Kfforts to Awaken Man Have
Been Futile.
HATTON, Wash., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) D. J. Olendenning. who has
been working on the Andy Phlllrps
ranch east of Hatton, was (stricken
with sleeping sickness Saturday. All
efforts to awaken the man have
proved futile.
Mr. Olendenninir's wife And familv
live at Springfield. Or., where he!
holds a membership in the I. O. O. F. ' t
jvir. irienuenuiug s miiitiy was uouileu.
TfvTs good!
MILLERAND SEEMS CHOICE
Election to Presidency Inevitable
Despite Protests.
. PARIS, Sept. 19. The election of
Premier Millerand to the presidency
of France seems inevitable, despite
the premier's repeated declarations
that he is not a candidate.
The premier has received assurances
from numerous groups in the cham
ber of deputies and the senate that if
a revision of the French constitution
is necessary to give to the president
a wider range of authority in public
affairs this will be made.
It is believed in political circles that
Millerand will be unable to avoid ac
cepting the nomination.
Grea.t improvement in the condition
of President Deschancl has been ob
served since he has definitely ten
dered his resignation.
desires of ex-Judge Nathan L. Miller,
republican candidate for governor.
Speaker Sweet, who initiated the
proceedings that resulted in expul
sion of the five socialists at the regu
lar session, is represented to have
surrendered to the desires of Judge
Miller and promised to raise no bar
riers against the socialists. So far
as can be learned, however, the
speaker is not actively discouraging
members who threaten to disregard
party policy.
Ousting; Held Justified.
Sweet, who is to return to private
life on January 1, has made no at
tempt to influence members against
the socialists, even though It Is
known that if he consulted his fvrn
inclinations he would turn them out
a second time. Heretofore uncom
promising in his antagonism toward
the socialists, Sweet seems willing to
adopt a policy calculated to prevent
ths socialist expulsion from becom
ing a live issue in the gubernatorial
campaign.
The plan of the republican lead-ers
adopted tonight and subject to alter
ation between i,ow and the. time
the legislature convenes tomorrow
night Is:
1. Declare that the ouster proceed
ings of last winter were fully justi
fied and, in fact, approved by the
voters in the recent primaries, when
virtually all members who supported
the expulsion resolution were re
nominated by increased majorities.
2. Emphasize that the socialists
themselves have recognized the error
of their ways by changing their party
constitution and by-laws so that
members elected to office may vote
for war appropriations, serve without
giving blank resignations to their
party managers and not be obliged to
take orders from dues-paying mem
bers of the party.
3. Demand of tho socialists that
they forswear allegiance to the inter-
natlnnala Vi f n .- . n,imit(inir tli.m 4 r
take their seat, and further affirm' Gas Tank B,ows rP Aftcr ValU
devotion to America and its Institu-i WTtAT. Colo., Sept. 19. John Mo
tions. . IGinnls, 21, mechanic of this city, was
4. Let It be understood that the so-I burned to death, and Alexander (Red)
ciallsts are to be admitted to the as-1 Lendrum. pilot of Denver, was se
sembly only on probation and that I verely burned when the gasoline tank
BAN ON OPIUM REQUESTED
Movement Begun in Fuklcn Prov
ince to Prevent Planting.
AMOT, China, Sept 19. Organized
action is being taken by Amoy to pre
vent the planting in Fukien province
of a new crop of poppies for the pur
pose of producing opium.
In a world-wide appeal it is de
clared that "the South Fukien Opium
Prevention society, realizing that
during the past year enough opium
was produced for five years and that
another crop will supply the men for
15 years, appeals to the world press
and all welfare organizations, now
that the planting season for the new
crop is at hand, to aid in the sup
pression of the great evil."
PLANE EXPLOSION KILLS 1
Mechanic Burned to Death When
any act upon the,ir part which does
not square their professions of loyalty
and with the assembly's conceptions of
true Americanism shall be punished
by expulsion.
Loyalty to Be Tested.
The understanding is that Speaker
Sweet shall call the five re-elected
men before the bar of the house, either
of his own accord or after a resolution
has been adopted Instructing him to
do so. and put to each man a series of
questions designed to test his loyalty
to country and ascertain if his party
has "Americanized" itself.
If the answers of the socialists are
satisfactory. Speaker Sweet is likely
to address the house at some length,
declaring that in view of the answers
given .by socialists It Is then evident
the verdict of last winter's "trial" was
justified and the socialists have gone
as far as posible to make amends for
their disloyalty.
The speaker is counted upon to ad
monish the socialists to conduct them
selves in the future so that no asper
sion of disloyalty shall attach to them.
The lecture might take the form of a
warning that if tho socialists forget
of their airplane exploded after a fall
of 100 feet near here today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
Y FOSTER DA V'S Maximum temperature
6l degret-s; minimum 5o decrees.
TODAY'S Rain ; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
WranRcl says one strong blow would crush
bol&heviki. Page 3.
Arabian revolt stops American relief work.
Page 1.
Montanan, hunger striker, dying in Cork
jail. Tage I.
Social revolution imminent in Germany.
Page 3.
National.
Twenty-s;ven food articles decrease In
price. Page 1.
Anti-saloon league attorney blames liquor
men for New York explosion. Page 2.
Polities.
Civil war veterans visit Harding. Page 1.
New York asf-embly. may seat five ousted
socialises today. Page t.
OomentJe.
Quiz of bomb suspects fails to reveal clews.
Page 2.
War veteran finfls wife wedded to another.
Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
JCeil Hart, player of Til Taylor, anaitj
hnncinc in death eel! at Salem. Pare 1.
themselves at any time expulsion will i Twentv ncw unions formed in Oregon in
be the punishment. 1
Miller has given the leaders a fore
taste of th brand of political porridge
he may be expected to feed them in
case he is elected chief executive of
the state. He has put down his foot
firmly and will brook no interference
when dictating the policy to be pur
sued. Republican Victory I ppermoat.
Leaders who have sided with the re
publican candidate take the position
that republican success in the state
this fall Is more important than any
thing else. In this view they are re
liably reported to have been supported
by not only National Chairman Hays
but Republican Presidential Nominee
Harding himself.
Indicating the extent to which the
republican gubernatorial candidate is
already concerning himself in party
t Concluded- oa Pace Column 4.)
year. Page 4.
Child rescued from rowboat on river tells
of father falling overboard. Page 1.
Tacoma girl lacks half point of being per
fect. Page It.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland
lO-H. Sacramento 5-; Tos Angeles 4-6,
Vernon Wan Francisco !-.". Oak
land 3-4; Seattle 3-4, Salt Lake 1-3.
Page X.
Cleveland and Brooklyn near pennant vic
tories. Pago 8.
Hesse-Martin wins class AA league pen
nant. Page 0.
pr. Willing to play Wnlter Mackie for
city golf title. Page .
Portland and Vicinity.
Lumbermen to confer with rail chiefs to
day. Pas o-
Irrlgation expert urges reclamation. Page 5.
Neil Hart, slayer of Til Taylor, passes
through city on way to Salem. Page 4.
Reclamation League to open big cam
paign. Page 15.
Twenty-five towns to be v Is! ted by city
merchants on trade excursion. Page l."
lr. Harold How man Cells of diffnlty of
ciiurcii. I'atfe 16.
Stepmother Forced Him Out Into
World and He Fell in With Bad
Compaaij, Say Murderer.
SALISM, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Emmctt Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, con
fessed slayer of Til Tavlor, sheriff of
Umatilla county, entered a death cell
in the Oregon state penitentiary her
at 3 o'clock this atternoon, where he
will remain until November 5, when
he will be hanged for the part he
played in the brutal slaying of the
eastern Oregon officer a few weeks
ago.
Although h-rt vill be under close
guard at all times, the formal death
watch will not be placed over his cell
until 20 days before the date sat for
the execution, according to Louis
Compton, warden of the prison.
Immediately following his arrival
at the penitentiary in company with
Victor Arcgo and Henry Lass, who
are under sentence of three years for
larceny in Umatilla county. Hart, in
the presence of Warden Compton and
other prison officials, was "dressed
in."
I naff ec ted by Ordeal.
The prisoner appeared wholly unaf
fected during this ordeal, but later
showed considerable concern as he was
taken by a row of cells in the main
part of the prison and up a long
flight of iron stairs to the Bertillon
chumber.
There he was photographed by the
prison photographer and his Bertil
lon measurements taken. Hart then
was locked in a cell some distance
from the other prisoners, given clean
clothing and informed of his rights
by Warden Compton.
"We want you to do right during
your brief stay with us," said Warden
Compton, "and in return we expect
to provide you with anything you
may request as long as it is in rea
son." Hart Break Down.
Apparently the words of the offi
cial had an unexpected effect on tho
prisoner and Jiis eyes filled with
tears. "I will do right," he ret-ponded
between sobs, "and will cause neither
you nor the other officials any trou
ble." Visited a half-hour later by prison
officials and a correspondent for The
Oregonian. Hart was found crouched
in his cell with his head resting in
his hands
'How are you. Hart?" some one in
the party queried.
"About as good as I could be under
the circumstances," he responded.
Hart then confided to prison offi
cials that he had accepted the Protes
tant religion before leaving Pendleton
for Salem and that he would request
frequent visits from a local minister.
Warden Compton informed Hart, In
this connection, that he would be
granted the privilege of conferences
with any pastor that he might desire
and that he would be supplied with a
prayer book.
Killing line to l- rlfiht.
"J never would have killed Til Tay
lor had I not been frightened," said
Hart as ho reiterated the details of
the murder. "I went into the sheriff's
office after the jailbreak, and there
I found Kat hey and Owens clinched
with the officer and another man. My
first impulse was to run, but as I
looked down T noticed a gun on the
floor. I picked It up. took aim and
fired a bullet into the sheriff's body.
The sheriff fell to the floor and I ran
from the office. I had no intension
of killing Sheriff Taylor when t
entered his office, and tho slaying
was due to my fright."
Hart then told the officers t h at he
was one of five ch ildren and t hat
when a youth he was compelled tw
leave home by his stepmother.
f
Father' Advice Rfmtmbetfd.
"I was only 16 years of age at that
time." said Hart, "and naturally I
wanted to spc the world. I drifU-t
here and there, fell into bad company
and now J am in prison awaiting ex
ecution. My mother died when T was
very young, but had J followed my
father's advice I would not be here
today. My father Is at the head of a
large decorating concern at TJtonvcr
and it is more for his sake that I de
plore the consequences and disgrace
of my crime."
Although Hart said he had been
informed that the officers at Pendle
ton had written to his father regard
ing his plight he said he had received
no word from Denver and did not
know whether hrs parent would come
to Oregon in his behalf.
When asked if . he. would prevail
upon his father- or his friends to go
before Governor Olcott and tek w
commutation of his punishment to lh'
Imprisonment, the prisoner's fact
brightened and he said he didn't know
that the executive whs clothed with
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