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7 THE MORMXG OKEGOXIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1920 most of them hunting in the vicinity of East Ninety-second street. A change of policy in handling- ar rests this year has been announced by Mr. Burghduff, who says, instead of showing leniency toward violators, as has been the case in the past, on and after October 10 each person ap prehended will forfeit his license for the remainder of the'season. This is provided by law, but heretofore per mision has been granted to continue hunting on promises to follow the EPISCOPALIANS RAP BEGINS TODAY! TO ALLEGED SLAYER Reasons for Arrest of Bend Man Are Given Out. Bishop Sumner Presents Re regulations more closely. The season closes October 31. port to Synod. Birds are reported in the Willam ette valley in great numbers. In fact, all game birds are plentiful this sea son. About 25.000 hunting licenses were issued in the state for 1920. MODERN EVILS SCORED! GREWSOME STORY TOLD U.S. COMMISSIONER QUITS Feet or Hermit Declared Roasted by Torturer Until Toes Drop Off In Fireplace. Tendency of Women to Smoke and KEXXETH F. FRAZIER AP Gamble Also Criticised; Salt Lake Wins Session. POINTED TO FEDERAL POST. mm CHARGED AM Dl AS MM El WJt&SJ F jFi. JfM t i- I'll ' hti.'M I'.r'v'S V 3 ''". ..! ..:'-J a 1 1 'rV r--"M"" V"wgx viS rrrrrT srT yTfTyv y-V"- sk frr? ft" U mm . cr xwm. wrm wr mm m jt wur EEXD, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Rea sons for the arrest of A. J. "Jack.'" Weston, charged with the murder of Robert H. Krug, wealthy hermit rancher of Sisters, in March, 1919. were disclosed here tonight when Sheriff Roberts and H. H. Dearmond. special prosecutor, stated ttiat they have two witnesses ready to testify that Weston had boasted to them of torturing Krug in an endeavor to in duce his ictim to disclose the hiding place of his money and of killing the old man after receiving a reiterated denial of any hidden treasure. The names of the witnesses are be ing withheld by the authorities for the time being, but one of them, now In Portland, has been sent for and will testify at the preliminary ex amination in justice court, set for Tuesday, October 5. Corroborative evidence will be of a circumstantial nature, Mr. Dearmond said. Grennome Story Told. Revelations of the defendant's al leged conversation, which the author ities state have already been made to them by the two star witnesses, in volve a story of choking the old man into unconsciousness a number of times after stunning him with a club and binding him, and eventually dragging him to an open fireplace and roasting his feet until his toes dropped off. The culmination of the grewsome tale as quoted by the au thorities came with the death of Krug and the firing of his cabin. The body was found charred almost be yond recognition on the following morning. The exact manner in which Krug came to his death i3 not al leged. Weston was arraigned this morn ing before Justice of the Peace J. A. Kastos. and the time for hearing set. The defendant made no statement other than to declare that he had always been a good citizen and had no desire other than to continue to live as a good citizen 6hould. Wenton Seem I.'nconecriied. Tall and raw-boned, slightly griz zled, he sat through the proceedings apparently unconcerned, thoughtful for the most part, but occasionally smiling at the court and at the at torneys. Addressing Informally his son-in-law. District Attorney A. J. Moore, as court adjourned, he re marked: "I wish you'd go out and put up my hay, Arthur. I've got 18 acres that I cant very well take care of now." Later in the day, Weston was in terviewed in his cell, but had little to say. lie denied a report that he would plead self-defense, declaring only that he would make a "straight defense." He paced restlessly back and forth across the cell as he in timated that he would have no state ment to give out until he had secured an attorney. District Attorney Moore, who, it had been previously stated, would take no part in the case, declared this morn ing that he would not allow his re lationship to the defendant to pre vent him from doing his duty. "I will insist on conducting the prose cution, and I will leave no stone un turned to obtain his conviction if ho is guilty," Mr. Moore said. Mrx, Moore Prostrated. Mrs. Moore was prostrated on learn ing of the charge preferred against lur father, but agreed with her hus band that he should appear in his official capacity in this case as in any ot her. Weston has been a resident of cen tral Oregon for many years, and is known among his acquaintances in the Squaw creek section as being ab solutely fearless and abnormally pow erful. Six feet five inches in height, he weighs 25 pounds, and almost unbelievable tales are told of his pro digious strength. News of the arrest recalled memo ries among old-timers of a gun fight in which Weston is said to have par ticipated in the early days in Madras, when he and his opponent, after rid illing each other with bullets, fought cn the ground until they were sepa rated by spectators. Mr. Drake Leaves Government Po sition and Will Engage in Law Practice Here: United States Commissioner Drake, who has served eight years in the Portland district, tendered his resig nation yesterday to Federal Judges Wolverton and Bean and will be re lieved from service within the coming month. Mr. Drake expects to devote his entire time henceforth to law practice. No other reason is given for his resignation. His record for law enforcement is held by federal offi cials to be excellent. Commissioner Drake will be suc- KEW EXITED STATES DIS TRICT COMMISSIONER, WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS ANNOUNCED. t C v v i - 'v,c ' V p. ' y,-' x -r'! t r J t t t Kenneth K. b razer. f TRADE COURSES URGED ANfeEh R. CIj.MIK, xew vohk, SPEAKS AT KEED. ceeded by Kenneth F. Frazer, present deputy clerk of the federal district court. It was officially announced that Mr. Frazer has accepted the posi tion. Appointment of the new com missioner will be confirmed before November 1. Mr. Frazer is a graduate of the University of Oregon, 1913. and was admitted to the bar in 1916. He has served as deputy federal clerk since 1914. Coupled with his incumbency of the commissionership, he will take up the practice of law. Mr. Drake is judge-advocate for Oregon and bears the rank of major in the army servlc?. His resignation handed to the federal judges two weeks ago. became effective yester day. Because of grand jury sessions It is probable that no commissioner's hearings will be held fhe coming week. Those scheduled before the new commissioner takes office will b heard by the district judges at the courthouse. Mr. Drake last night was annoyed oy a report that he had recently voiced criticism of a court decision that made it more difficult for federal agents to obtain evidence agains moonshiners and bootleggers. "I wish to say emphatically that : have never expressed any such criti cism," he asserted. - MISTERS HOLD MEET METHODIST CONFERENCE SEES CITY LODGINGS AT PREMIUM Manager of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce on Tour of Pacific Coast. Ansel R. Clark of New York, man ager of the bureau of foreign and do mestic commerce, spoke at Reed col lege yesterday on "Opportunities in Foreign Trade." Mr. Clark is inter ested in the establishment of courses bearing on foreign trade in colleges ond is speaking on his trip west to the students and faculties of the col leges and universities of the Pacific coast. He was formerly with the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Foreign trade, Mr. Clark said, offers a good profession to the college grad uate and requires a greater number of individuals who have been thor oughly and carefully trained in this branch of commerce. During the war many persons entered this service, he declared, adding that since normal conditions had been restored they are proving incompetent in this field. The United States has taken first place tn foreign commerce, which has increased from $2,500,000,000 to ?10, 000,000.000 during the course of the war. he said, but since the armistice the European nations are establishing their foreign markets again and are offering this nation competition. Mr. Clark met students interested in foreign commerce after the assembly and offered them any services he could render in entering this field. Graduates to Be Ordained Deacons Sunday at McMinnville Church Session. McMIXNVILLE. Or.. Oct. 1. tSpe cial.) Thursday's session of the Methodist conference was largely at tended. The city is crowded with visitors, every hotel and lodging room being filled, besides nearly two hun-i dred being entertained in private ' homes. Thursday morning's programme was taken up with devotional exer cises and the business session. The afternoon programme was given over to the Women's Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. D. C. Beven presiding. The address was given by Rev. Frank L. Wemett. The ministers' hour at 4 o'clock was addressed by Dr. W. J. Davidson, of Garrett Bibical institute, Evanston, 111., on the subject "Making the Church a Power in .the Commun ity." Last night the programme was put on by the centenary and conser vation committee in charge of Dr. A. L. Howarth. Addresses were made by Dr. E..R. Fulkerson, board of for eign, missions and Dr. Edward Laird Mills, of the board of home missions. At 5 o'clock last night members of the conference were taken on an auto mobile trip by the McMinnville Com mercial club to the new church at Amity where they were banqueted by members of the church. Graduates who will be ordained deacons on Sun day afternoon, are Earl B. Cotton, Gustavus Spiess, Alfred Bates. Robert M. Katke and Chas. M. Keefer. The Laymen's association will meet to day and tonight will have a fellow ship dinner at the Elberto hotel. ACHES0N NINE HUNTERS ARRESTED Shooting Cliina Pheasants Inside City Limits Charged. Opening of the China pheasant sea son y sterday wes heralded by nine arrests for shooting birds inside the bounds of the Multnomah county re serve. State Game Warden Burghduff and a squad of deputies turned out early in the day and rounded up a group of too enthusiastic sportsmen. will open up again in eight or ten days. Ladies and men will get the same good, substantial garments they have been accustomed to get from Acheson. Adv. Judge Black to Speak. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 1. The fourth synod of the Pacific' province of the Protestant Episcopal church will be held at Salt Lake City next year, it was voted today as the clos- ng business of the third synod, in session here. The dates of next year's synod will be announced later by the governing council. Bishop Henry W. Keator of the diocese of Olympia submitted his re port on the recent Lambeth confer ence of bishops of the Anglican com munion, held at London, and declared it was the sense of that body, as expressed by the archbishop of Can terbury, that the reunion of the Christian churches is necessary if the highest purposes of the church are to be realized. Bishop Hermann Page of Spokane, Wash.; Bishop W. T. Sumner of Ore gon and Bishop W. F. Nichols of Cal ifornia addressed the meeting today. and Bishop A. W. Moulton of Utah and H. C. Wyckoff, layman of Cali fornia, were scheduled for addresses at a mass meeting at St. Mark's Epis copal church tonight. Modern Dancing Opposed. Threatened action prohibiting its membership from participating in modern dancing, deprecation of prev alence of gambling among youth of I both sexes and smoking by women, condemnation of the increasing sex appeal of motion picture films, con demnation of the "divorce evil" and plea for mutual forbearance and consideration in the relations of em ployer and employe were the features of the resolutions of the social serv ice committee adopted today. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Episcopate of the Right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, bishop of Alaska since 1895, will be commemorated by the raising of the Bishop Rowe founda tion fund of J100.000 to be presented to the bishop on November 3. The income of the fund will be used in the work of the church in Alaska un der the direction of Bishop Rowe. Hi hop Sumner Makrn Report. The report of the social service commission of the synod, severely criticising several aspects of the civ ilization of today, and pecommending action on the part of the church in restraint of its membership in certain activities, was presented by Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner of Oregon, chairman of the commission, in place of the morning address scheduled for hi. . on the programme. Under the headline "Moral Dan gers," the commission reported: "We feel that we should call the at tention of the province to the desir ability of a campaign against the im moral dancing now practiced, not only in public dance halls but In some of the more respectable circles. Ban on Dancinsi Advised. "It is the opinion of your commis sion that unless there is immediate and decided change in the character of the dancing that a ban must be put upon such gatherings, public opinion aroused thereby and the time hastened for a change in the situa tion a situation fraught with, if not absolute immorality, at least the greatest possible suggestion and temptation to it. Further, we believe that public opinion should be aroused against gambling on the part of young women, no less than men, and the cultivation of the gambling spirit among the youth. This includes gambling not only with cards, but with dice. More questioning of the young will reveal the startling and widespread practice which is ' Just springing up. Along with this goes the increase in smoking on the part of women. Such a practice is a real moral daneger, and the clergy should speak clearly and forcefully in con demnation. Sex Lure tn Movies. x We also beg to direct the attention of the church to what we believe to be a false education imparted by a large number of motion picture films. That which might be used as a great educational agency is often prosti tuted to low ends. The increasing-sex appeal in many of these films con stitutes a tremendous growing menace to the young life of the nation. We suggest that as one remedy a stricter censorship be maintained and that efforts be made in each state to ob tain a state board of censorship be fore which all films must be exhibited before they are shown to the public. This becomes more and more neces sary because of the fact that the na tional board of censorship is largely made up of those who are directly in terested in the motion picture industry. lou commission calls again to your attention the increasing number of divorces being granted, breaking down the family life and leaving half orphans unprotected, except by rela tives or by the state. Recent statis tics show that the states which con stitute this province have the largest percentage of divorces In the country Defect In Law Charged. "The outstanding fault in this mat ter is the defect in the law which per mits the granting of divorces when not contested. This gives rise to con stant collusion manifestly an ex tremely dangerous condition. Your commission recommends that each di ocesan commission give this matter immediate attention, seeking local statistics, comparing them with those of the nation. "In a clinical study made of 27 di vorce cases in one of the superior courts of Washington it was dlscov erad that In one case only were the husband and wife members of a Christian church. In a few cases the wife belonged, the record being in about 75 per cent cases 'husband laughs at religion.' 'husband an atheist' or 'husband opposed to the church.' In about 63 per cent o,f the cases both husband and wife ex pressed themselves as not only hav ing no religious affiliation, but as caring nothing whatever for either church or religion. This goes to show that only as the home is built on religion is its continued exist ence sure. 4'; iBHr --Vi g yW 1 1 1 lift- iife- d4mm I 111 Mmi f 11 Fl ii n If H u M El a R fl 1 ' - . , i v v iv r M Waft? v.. -.q isr--c'ii.;;j.c-sr-jiIj a. TtASUL Master Organist This miracle of dramatic achievement has inspired an ac companiment so wonderfully sympathetic that the music seems part of the picture. There have been few pictures the equal of this, there are few organists the equal of Mr. TeaRiie, and there have been no musical in terpretations ever offered in any way superior. Programme of Mr. Teague's Concert Tomorrow at 1:30 P. M. Raymond Thomas Sunshine of Your Smile Gems from Tosca and La Bo- heme Puccini Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home Ball Memories of Scotland Arrd. by Teague From the internationally famous stage offering that was imported to this country from Paris with phenomenal success. To insure every audience full appreciation of the dramatic wonders of this play, positively no one will be seated during the last act. First show at 11 A. M. Doors open at 10:45. Pathe News Comedy In spite of the magnitude of this production prices will remain as usual at 25 cents from 11 A. M. to 5 P. M. and 35 cents from 5 P. M. to 11 P. M. Judge Black, democratic candidate for governor of Washington, is an nounced to speak tonight at the Uni tarian church at 8 o'clock. Judge Black speaks under the auspices of the Cox-Roosevelt club and is taking a day off from his own campaign to be present S & H green Holman Fuel Co. t Adv. stamps for casn. Main 3S3. 680-21. y ? 1 1 Tv? r saunkl Direction of Jensen and "yom Herberg 1r" Jm jiujm wmm mm mm mm Marriage Sanctity Urged. " "The mere publication of such facts will compel public attention and help build up a public conscience, which, after all, is the greatest deterrent to social immorality that exists. "Those who take up this phase of social effort will find the members of the bar and especially the judges gen erally willing and even keen to rem edy what they recognize is a growing menace to family life and society as a whole. "More and more must we emphasize the sanctity of marriage and more and more make over society that it may approximate the point that divorce is a mighty unpopular step and the re marriage of divorced persons, except as the Bible and canons permit, is fol lowed by social disgrace." RESERVE BANK HEAD HERE Governor Calkins Is Guest of Rob ert E. Smith at Luncheon. John TJ. Calkins, governor of the Federal Reserve bank of San Fran cisco, spent yesterday in Portland, calling on officials of member banks and conferring with Frederick Green wood, manager of the local branch. He was a dinner guest of Robert E. Smith, president of the Title & Trust company, at the Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Smith was closely associated with Governor Calkins in war loan activities, and later as director of sales of treasury certificates and war savings stamps. Estacada Citizens Name Ticket. ESTACADA. Or., Oct 1. (Special.) At a citizens' mass meeting last night, a city ticket was drawn up for the election in November. The following were nominated: Mayor, H. C. Stephen; recorder, S. E. Wooster; treasurer, Mrs. E. W. Bartlett; coun cilmen L. A. Wells, James Smith, U, S Morgan, John Osborn, J. F. Lovelace. Gooding to Speak at Baker. Frank R. 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