VOL. LIX NO. 18,G89
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice r Seond-C!a Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MO Q1VES INTO
HER; 5 MS1G
2 Portland Men Escape
Plunge Into Sandy.
HARDING TO GET 378
ELECTORS, SAYS HAYS
SEXATE VICTORIES IX 8 MORE
STATES PREDICTED.
BUM STRIKER
JOHN REED, PORTLAND
RADICAL WRITER, DIES
TYPHUS GIVEX AS CAUSE IX
MESSAGE FROM RUSSIA.
DR. EQUI SMILINGLY
U.S. HELD IN GRIP
OF FEW BANKERS
ARTLESS RICH GIRL IS
VISITOR' IN PORTLAND
EX-CASHIER HELD
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Thad Robinson of Tilla
mook Arrested Here.
STARTS FOR PRISON:
JAIIi- DEPARTURE SECRET TO
MISS ABBT ROCKEFELLER, 2 0,
HAS OLD-TIME GRACES.
PRETEXT DEMONSTRATION.
DEAD
1
DRINKING IS MENTIONED
One Survivor Is Rescued After
Clinging to Rocks Other
Leaps to Safety.
MOONSHINE REPORTED ALONG
Mrs. M. D'. McDonald Grieves
for Apparent Loss of Hus
band and Two Sons.
Five Fortland men are believed to
have been drowned at 8:30 o'clock
last night when an automobile con
taining seven persons went off the
Columbia river highway and plunged
down a 40-foot bank into the Sandy
river just beyond the bridge from
the Automobile club. Two others' es
caped with slight injuries.
The five men of the party believed
dead are:
M. D. McDonald, 52, musician,
818 Thurman street, married.
Walter McDonald, 25, laborer, Up
shur apartments, married.
Alex McDonald, 30, musician and
laborer, 818 Thurman street, un
married. Richard Mcintosh, 25, employe
Cornfoot & Mcintosh, 980 Savier
street, unmarried.
Edward A. Harty Jr., 27, baker,
287 Twenty-second street North.
Two in Auto Escape.
C. Concannon, 21, 794 Savier
street, and H. C. Couy, 698 Lovejoy
street, escaped. Concannon went
into the river with the machine, but
swam ashore and was rescued by
Couy and George M. Chambers, sec
retary of the Oregon Motor asso
ciation. . The party was organized in a soft
drink store at Twenty-third and Sa
vier streets, and left the, city for a
highway trip about 3 P. M. yester
day. They went to Crown Point,
and were on the way home when
the accident happened.
The machine was driven by Rich
ard Mcintosh, whose father owned
the car. As they neared the bridge
over the Sandy river, they came
upon an automobile stopped in the
fog. Mcintosh turned to the right,
and left the pavement
Post Along Highway Broken.
Evidently Mcintosh did not know
he was approaching the embank
ment, for the tracks showed that
th car did not skid until the front
end was within a few feet of the de
clivity. Then the tracks showed
that he had locked his wheels, but
without stopping the machine.
The car broke off a small post be
tween the highway and the em
bankment, and went down the slope
at an angle. Deputy Sheriff Chris
toffcrson, who investigated, said
that the automobile must have been
traveling at a high rate of speed,
otherwise it would have upset im
mediately after starting down the
bank, which was very steep.
Small Tree Hit by Auto.
The car continued on its wheels
until it struck a small tree half way
down the bank. Then it evidently
turned over and rolled into the riv
er, breaking several other small
trees as it crashed towards the
water.
Couy was "thrown oufand was
practically uninjured. Both Couy
and Concannon were in the back
seat. Concannon continued in the
car until it struck the water. Then
he said he did not know what hap
pened until he found himself swim
ming. "I started across the river," he
said. "Alec McDonald was beside
me. We did not talk, but I heard
him sputtering around.
Couy Goes After Help.
"Then I realized that 1 was head
ed the wrong way and turned around
and headed for the nearer shore. I
caught hold of some rocks and held
myself until I was rescued."
Couy made his way up the steep
l,,.t rl l,.,mI f
ICoacludcu on I'ac 5, Column I.)
Presidential Laurels in Every
Northern and Western State
Also Are Forecast.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17. Senator Hard
ing: is assured of 378 electoral votes
and probably will receive at least 395,
Will H. Hays, chairman of the repub
lican national committee, told news
paper men today in an informal talk
over reports being; receiveJ at re
publican headquarters here from
which a formal forecast of the presi
dential election will be made some
time this week.
air. Hays said he was convinced
that "Senator Harding would carry
every northern and every western
Kttf a.nH haH si cnnil rhnnr in T r n -
ncssce. Oklahoma and other border
Western states
as doubtful, now
heretofore classed
definitely are re-
publican, he said.
In the senatorial races, Mr. Hays
predicted that the republicans would
"hold everything they now have" and
would gain by carrying Alaryland,
South Dakota, Kentucky, Colorado,
California, Nevada, Arizona and Ore
gon. Every republican senator run
ning for re-election is certain of vic
tory, he said.
LAD HIT; CAR SPEEDS ON
Police Making Effort to Apprehend
Driver Who Kan Down Boy.
Traffic police are making a deter
mined effort to apprehend the un
known autoist who ran down and in
jured Walter F. Backus Jr., 9-year-old
son of Mr,and Mrs. Walter F. Backus,
1415 Bast Taylor street, as he was
crossing the street at Bast Fiftieth
and Taylor streets, Saturday night.
The boy sustained a fractured leg.
He was taken to Good Samaritan hos
pital, where it was reported he will
recover.
With his younger brother John the
boy was crossing the street, when an
automobile going at a high rate of
speed crashed into him.- Without
stopping to determine whether or not
he nad killed the lad, and making no
offer of assistance, the autoist speed
ed up the street before his license
number could be'observed.
CANADIAN FLIGHT ENDS
Last 60 Miles Covered by Plane In
' 35 3Iinutes'. -
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 17. With
the last 60 miles covered in 35 min
utes. Commander Tylee and Captain
A. G. Thompson, pilot, landed here at
11:10 A. M.f completing the trans
Canada airplane flight
The flight was started on the morn
ing of October 7 at Halifax, N. S.
Colonel Robert S. Leskie and Major
Basil Hobbs, in command on the' first
leg, crashed a short time later near
St. John, N. B., but were not injured.
STUDENT SLAIN ON ROAD
Gems and Bonds A'alued at Sev
eral Thousands in Pockets.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17. The
body of Elmer C. Drewes. a Dart
mouth college student, who left his
home here yesterday to return to col
lege, was found with a bullet hole
through the top of his head on
lonely road early today. The police
believe he was murdered.
Money, bonds and jewelry valued at
several thousands of dollars were
found untouched in his pockets. .
COWLITZ LOGGER KILLED
Chaser at Inman-Poulsen Camp
Strnck by Timber.
KELSO. Wash., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Crist Udsen, a chaser at the Inman
Poulsen camp, west of here, was In
stantly killed Saturday afternoon
when he .was struck by a log. The
body was' brought to Kelso. Funeral
wrviefs will be here. Mr. Edsen was
-f years of age and is survived by
his mother and nine brothers and sis
ters in Norway. He hud been working
at the camp for three weeks.
EGGS, BUTTER TO DROP
Continued Dec-line in Poultry
Prices AIso Predicted.
CHICAGO. Oct. 17. Prices of but
ter, egrgs and poultry will continue
to decline during; the next month.
Frank G. H oil man, chairman of the
general executive committee of the
National Poultry & Kgg association.
declared at the convention today.
With cold, dry weather, which
would stimulate laying-, eggs wil
take a decided price drop, he said.
COLFAX CHURCH BURNED
$20,000 Fire Destroys KdiTice
Built Two Years Ago.
COI.FAX. Wash.. Oct. 17. (Special.)
The Colfax Methodist Episcopal
church was destroyed by fire today,
causing a loss of about $20,000. The
fire started in the furnace room and
had completely enveloped the frame
structure before it was discovered.
The church was built about two
years ago.
Republican Nominees Criticised.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 17. franklin
D. Roosevelt, speaking here last
nliht. declared "the present man
agers of the republican party and
their nominee for the presidency
have shown themselves to be wholly
unrit to conouci anairs or tnis nation
"ldurin
rig the coming four years by tbeir
policy ot misrepresentation."
Fitzgerald Is First to Suc-
cumbatCork.
TEN COMPANIONS SURVIVE
Condition of Another Is Re
ported to Be Grave.
'FEEDING CHARGE DENIED
Prison Officials Declare Strikers
Have Not Received Nourish
ment Visitors Searched.
CORK, Oct. 17. (By the Associated
Press.) The first death among the
11. hunger strikers in Cork jail was
tonight. Fitzgerald died at 9:45
o'clock, having fasted 68 days.
The condition of Fitzgerald and
Murphy had become so grave today
that, with the consent of the other
hunger strikers, the prison doctors
were permitted to give x iiigeraiu
medical treatment. A Cork specialist
also was called in.
Fitzgerald was arrested for shoot
ing Private Soldier Jones outside Fer
moy church on September 7, 1919.
The ten other hunger strikers In
Cork Jail passed the 68th day of their
fast in an extremely weakened condi
tion. Nurses experienced difficulty In
reviving Murphy, who collapsed twice
last night.
Prison officials and doctors are- in
terested in the statement attributed
to New York physicians that the
strikers were being fed and that it
was impossible for a man, particularly
one of Lord Mayor MacSwlney's build,
to live 60 days without food.
The governor of the jail, Joseph
King, said:
"To the-best of my knowledge and
belief the hunger strikers are receiv-
ingno nourishment."
He added that every .person visiting
the" prisoners was carefully searched
for food before entering the cells.
Fitzerald was one of the 11 men on
a hunger strike in the Cork jail whose
cases for a long time have been the
source of wonderment by medical
authorities. Nearly a month ago Dr,
Pearson and Dr. Battiscombe, Jail
physicians, expressed profound amaze
ment that the man abstaining from
food were still alive and conscious.
The physicians said that except for
the devotion and care of the nuns it
t Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.)
ITS BOUND TO BE
'
Victim Mentioned Recently in Dis
patches From Finland as
Being Executed.
John Reed, ex-Portland man, a mag
azine writer who had' been identified
with radical movements for several
years, died yesterday in Moscow, Rus
sia, from typhus, according to a ca
blegram received yesterday by his
brother, Henry G. Reed. The message
was sent by Mrs. Louise Bryant Reed,
his wife, an ex-Portland'girL
Mr. and Mrs. Reed had been in Rus
sia probably for the past few months,
said Henry Reed last night, although
he said that he had had no informa
tion from them for some time. How
long his brother had been ill he did
not know since no ' further 'details
were contained in the message he re
ceived. The last word received publicly in
Portland about John Reed was an un
confirmed report that he had been
executed in Finland early in April of
this year.
He was born in Portland, a son of
the late Charles Jerome Reed, who
was at one time United States Mar
shal for Oregon. After graduating
from the old Portland academv In
1905 he went to Harvard from where
he was graduated in 1910. Immedi
ately after his graduation he is said
to have joined the ranks of the radi
cals. He married Louise Bryant. a
writer, in January, 1917. Mr. Reed
and his wife spent a great deal of
their time after their marriage in
Russia, where they were both war
correspondents and wrote for maga
zines.
Before his marriage Reed was on
the editorial staff of the American
magazine for two years. For four
months he was correspondent with
Villa's army In Mexico, writinsr for
eastern newspapers and magazines.
Smarting in August, 1914, he was a
war correspondent for a little more
than a year.
Associated Press dispatches of
March 18 told of Reed being arrested
at Abo, Finland, where he was found
to be a stowaway on a vessel bound
for Sweden. He was said to have had
a large quantity of soviet propa
ganda with him when he was taken
from the steamer.
At one time Reed returned to this
country from Russia with a commis
sion as soviet ambassador to the
United States, but the Russian soviet
leaders were said to have repudiated
this commission later.
Reed was a member of the board
of directors of The Masses and an
editor of the same magazine. Among
the books he wrote are: "The Day in
Bohemia," "Insurgent Mexico," "The
War in Eastern Europe," "Red Rus
sia," "Tamburlaine and Other Poems."
He was also a playwright and pro
duced "The Pageant of the Paterson
Strike' in Madison Square garden in
New York in 1913.
Although he left Portland when a
youth to enter Harvard he had visited
his home here on a number of occas
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 3.)
SLOW AFTER RIDING IN A
Portland Worn a n Jests About Over
alls for Working Men "as She
Departs for San QuenLin.
With a smile and a jest on her lips.
Dr. Marie Equi left Portland on the
train at 11:30 o'clock last night to
begin serving her "sentence of a year
and a day at San Quentin prison on
a charge of violating the espionage
act.
"I am glad I am going to a prison
where they don't make overalls for
working men," she declared, as she
chatted during the few minutes be
fore her train, the second section of
No. 13, pulled out.
Dr. Equi left for her trip south in
the custody of E. T. Mass, united
States deputy marshal and a candi
date for sheriff of Clackamas county,
and Mrs. J. C. Sampson, police matron.
She was taken to the jail secretly
and on short notice in order to pre
vent any demonstration on her de
parture.. But one friend, Mrs. M. F.
Wall, managed to learn of the in
tended departure and stayed with Dr.
Equi in her compartment on the train
until time for departure.
Dr. Equi expressed hope that she
would not be compelled to serve out
her entire sentence at San Quentin.
"At any rate, there will be a
change in the presidency shortly,
she declared, significantly. She said.
however, that she did not care to say
just what was being done or would be
done for her along the line of at
tempting to obtain, a pardon.
"I do not believe in killing," she
declared, "and 1 am willing to suffer
for my belief in that respect. How
ever, 1 did not say what I was quoted
having said about our soldier
boys."
Dr. Equi said that it was partially
at her own request that she was leav
ing for San Quentin so soon. She said
that she did not begin serving her
sentence until she arrived there and
for that reason she was anxious to
get started. She expressed regret,
however, that she had not been per
mitted to get out on bail while here
in i order that she might have been
able to take care of certain business
affairs.
REPUBLICAN RALLY HELD
Enthusiastic Audience at Kelso
Hears Two Speakers.
KELSO, "Wash., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Clark: V. Savidge. commissioner of
public lands,, and Representative
Johnson addressed an enthusiastic
repubican rally in the city audito
rium last evening. Preceding the ad
dresses the Kalama Glee club sang a
number of campaign songs. Repre
sentative Johnson was applauded
when he declared his intention of
working for better immigrati id and
naturalization laws.
Mr. Savidge in the course of his ad
dress reviewed the laws enacted for
the benefit of farmers and of labor
ing men by the republican legislatures
of the state during the last 20 years.
RACING MACHINE.
New York Coterie Said to
Be Wielding Power.
CURRENCY CHIEF IS ACCUSER
Gotham Rates Declared High
est in the World.
WHOLE NATION AFFECTED
Alleged Arbitrary Interest Fixing
Blamed for Depressing In
vestment Bond Prices.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. "Unjusti
fiable interest exacted on demand
loans" by New York City banks has
been an active contributing cause of
the "huge shrinkage" In ail security
values during the last year, Con
troller or the Currency Williams de
clared tonight. He charged that call
money rates in New York were the
biggest In the world and that "renewal-'
rates fixed daily by a small
"coterie" of stock exchange brokers
governed the "interest charged on
brokers' loans in nearly all New
York banks."
"The raising or lowering of the
'renewal' rate on the exchange," said
Mr. Williams, "is frequently accom
panied by upward or downward
movements in stocks and securities,
and those responsible for the fixing
of the rate, therefore, have, the op
portunity, whether exercised or not.
of profiting largely by operations on
the stock market, which is so often
and directly affected by the call
money situation. I do not, of course,
undertake to say that this informal
"money committee'- does take im
proper advantage of their foreknowl
edge, but there are critics who se
verely censure the exisiting arrange
ments. Certainly all prudent and
thinking business men will agree
that there is danger in the concentra
tion of such opportunity and power
in the hands of a few persons. Temp
tation to use this power for in
dividual profit must arise and human
nature is not changed by high posi
tion in the financial world.
Whlma Held Permitted.
"Power to fix money rates for all,
or nearly all of the banks in New
York City and to change them daily
is a grip on the heart of our com
merce. It permits such interferences
as fallible human judgment, whim or
interest may direct with the natural
and orderly movements of money,
the life blood of business. The mat
ter .of arbitrarily fixing money rates
at the money center, possibly revers
ing the natural and healthy flow and
affecting, directly or indirectly, bil
lions of dollars of security values
and other property, is left to a small
and varying number of private citi
zens without official responsibility,
deciding in a moment and in seceret.
"The evils and dangers of such
methods could be recited indefinitely.
They reach to the remotest corners of
the union and its possessions and
touch harmfully every class of people.
The direct tendency is to reverse one j
oi me luaaameniai purposes OE tne I
federal reserve act, which is to
mote orderly distribution of money
through the country to meet the
needs of commerce and agriculture.
Excessive interest rates offered in
New York artificially draw money
from outside communities through
their banks and often leave legiti
mate enterprises starved or pinched,
while feeding speculative movements
which may be addmg nothing to real
industrial or commercial wealth.
Hope Seen in Public Opinion.
' reiterate that excessive rates on
call money, arbitrarily fixed and tol
erated in New York, in my opinion,
have been a potent influence in de
pressing seriously the prices of all
investment bonds and standard
shares, the shrinkage in which in the
last 12 months has amounted, includ
ing the depreciation in Liberty bonds,
to several billion dollars.""
Mr. Williams declared that al
thoughvthe renewal rate fixed by the
rate committee was not regarded as
compulsory by the stock exchange
authorities, it nevertheless was ad
mitted by practically every bank
that its rate on. call loans was
changed to conform with the posted
rate. As a result, Mr. Williams said,
"it would be vain obviously for a
borrower to hope to obtain money
in New York at a lower rate by
shifting his loan to some other
bank."
R-cord Are Cited.
The statement of the New York
banks that all broker loans were
raised orlowered simultaneously, did
not bear up under his investigation,
Mr. Williams asserted. He cited rec
ords which he said showed "apparent
discrimination" on loans equally well
secured and for similar purposes.
"for example," he continued, "when
the renewal rate for a certain date
within the last 12 months was posted
on the stock exchange at 16 per cent,
the report of one particular New
York bank showed that on that date
this bank was charging on loans for
itself and its correspondents, 7 per
cent on $4,900,000, 8, 9, 14 and 15 per
cent on $1,428,000; 18 per cent on
$750,000. 20 per cent on $42,100,000,
25 per cent on $3,500,000 and 30 per
cent on $900,000."
Concerning the "coterie" of brokers
.(Concluded on Fase 3. Column 3.).
i
Oil Magnate's Danghter on Way to
Orient With Her Annt, Miss
Lucy Aldrich.
Miss Abby Rockefeller, daughter of
John r. Rockefeller Jr.. and her aunt.
Miss Lucy T. Aldrich, daughter of the
late Senator Aldrich, passed through
Portland last night on their way to
the orient.
Miss Rockefeller, who Is about 20,
is unassuming and was so simply
dressed last night that she would al
most have passed unnoticed in the
group of travelers who descended the
steps of the Union Pacific train from
Salt Lake at 7 o'clock.
She looked, in fact, much like a
college girl in her trim dark brown
checked velour suit with small fur
neckpiece. Her hat of henna velvet
with upturned brim edged with just
a trace of feathers gave a touch of
color to her costume. ,
Miss Rockefeller Is attractive and
charming to meet with her pleasant
smile of greeting. She has small fea
tures and her light brown hair was
fluffed out becomingly under her hat.
She walked by her aunt's side from
the train to the taxi which was to
take them for a short drive about the
city, and her solicitation for lier
aunt's comfort was noticeable in a
day when young women are often
careless about their elders.
In the party with them was Miss
M. A. McFadden. They came from
the east in a drawing room, not ar
ranging for a special car.
They were in Portland only four
hours, leaving for Seattle at 11 P. M.
They boarded their train early in the
evening. They will sail for the orient
October 31.
KING'S PROGRESS NOTED
Doctors Satisfied With Condition
of Monkey-Bitten King.
ATHENS, Oct. 17. The doctors in
attendance on King Alexander ex
pressed themselves at noon today as
satisfied with the king's progress. His
temperature was about 101.
The king is ill as a result of in
fection arising from tie bite of a
monkey.
BERNE, Oct. 17. (Havas.) Con
stantine, ex-klng of Greece, ia report
ed as intending to take advantage of
the situation created by the serious
illness of King Alexander, his son, by
returning to Greece and claiming the
throne. The Swiss authorities, it is
stated, are taking measures to defeat
the alleged plot.
PORTLAND TO HEAR BAKER
Pro-League Special, on Way Here,
Stops at Pittsburg.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. The first stop
of the "pro - league special," which
will carry Secretary of War Baker
and other supporters of the league
of nations on a speaking campaign to
California, will be made at Pittsburg
Tuesday noon
The special will leave tomorrow. The
itinerary includes Omaha, Denver, Salt
Lake City, Butte, Mont.; Spokane and
Portland, Or. The party will conduct
meetings in San Francisco, October
30, and in Los Angeles, November 1.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53
degrees; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southeasterly
winds.
Foreign.
German independent socialists split into
two revolutionary parties. Page 2.
All coal pits In Britain idle, chaos Im-
I pends. Page 2.
U. S. dollar sought as medium of exchange
in Philippines. Page lo,
National.
Nation declared to be in the grip of a
coterie of New York bankers. Page 1.
Charge of killing Haitiens modified.
Page 5.
Political.
KanFans regard election issue as decided.
Page 2.
Hawley cites treasury reports to prove
democratic waste of millions. Pase 3.
Harding to get 378 electors, declares Hays.
Page 1.
First voters visit front porch today. Page 1.
Voting by mail now permitted in Oregon.
Page 7. .
Washington parties ready for final drive.
Page 5.
Iometic.
Alleged murderess of babies is out of
jail on bonds. Page 3.
Sports.
Coast L-eague result: Vernon 1-4. Port
land 2-ft; Sacramento t. I-os Angeles 2;
San Francisco 2-4. Seattle ll-rt; Salt
- Iake 2-11. Oakland 1-3 (second game
5 innings). Page 8.
Lee Anderson reported not any too lady
like in his fighting. Page 8.
Seattle 20-man golf team defeated by
Waverley. Page 9.
Washington and Tale losses featured by
fumbles. Page 9.
Ban Johnson and five club owners oppose
reorganization plan. Page 8.
- Commercial and Marine.
Portland-owned vessels appear in movies.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Film fame longing lea to burglar career,
confesses leader of juvenile gang. Page
16.
Ex-cashler Robinson of Tillamook County
- bank arrested on charge of fraud in
10.00ft note sale. Page 1.
One hundred business men leave on trade
excursion. Page 16.
Cremona phonograph company obtains Al
bany furniture plant. Page 14.
Meatless nation declared imminent. Page
14.
Clubs vote against interest proposal. Page
15.
Views on 8-cent fare are aired by Mr. Kel-
laher. Page 4.
Dr. TjM. Gallagher fills new pulpit. Page 4.
Miss Abby Rockereller, 20, Is Portland
visitor. Page 1.
Rev. W. A. M. Breck dies while robing for
chapel at St. Helen's hall. Page 4.
John Reed. ex-Portland radical writer,
dies of typhus in Russia. Page 1.
United States engineers make inspection
. trip down Columbia. t Page 1.",.
Auto dives into Sandy river: five Port
land men missing. rage 1.
Dr. Kqui. with smiles and Jest, starts for
prison. Pase 1.
$10,000 IN NOTES INVOLVED
Indictment Over Land Deal Is
Frame-Up, Is Reply.
BANK AFFAIRS CLEAR
Paper Obtained in Disposal ot
Tract Is Sold Willi Personal
Guarantee of Payment.
Thad Robinson, ex-cashier of the
Tillamook County bank, Tillamook.
and now in the bond and mortgage
business in Portland, was arrested at
his home, 864 Colonial avenue, yester
day morning by Deputy Sheriff Per
kins of Tillamook and Chief Criminal
Deputy Sheriff Christofferson of Port
land by virtue of a secret indictment
returned last week by the Tillamook
county grand jury, charging him with
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Bail bond on the indictment was
fixed at $10,000, which he was unable
to provide yesterday. He remained in
the county jail last night and will be
taken to Tillamook today to face his
accusers.
According to information received
from Sheriff Campbell of Tillamook
by long-distance telephone last night,
the indictment against the ex-cashier
charges him with obtaining $10,000
from two Tillamook county residents
under false pretenses. It is alleged
that he sold these two- men 10 $1000
notes under fraudulent representa
tions. Arrest In Cnlled Frame-to,
In his cell at the county jail yes
terday Mr. Robinson branded his in
dictment and arrest as a "frame-up,"
which can be Quickly exposed as soon
as he is returned to Tillamook. Ha
insisted there was nothing irregulai
in his financial transactions w'th the
two men reported to be the complain
ants. "The entire affair is the result of
a land deal which I engineered for a
group of 12 men in Tillamook coun
ty," he said. "These men wanted to
buy some alfalfa lanl. I purchased
160 acres, which lie within a govern-
! ment irrigation district, which I sold
to them for $19,200. They paid me
$9200 in cash and gave me the ten
$1000 notes to insure payment of the
balance. I then sold these notes, but
guaranteed their payment to the two
men who bought them.
"Under federal regulations a cor
poration cannot acquire title to prop
erty in an irrigation district until the
indebtedness is entirely clired.
Title Declared Retained.
'I still retain title to this land.
This was all perfectly understood by
the group of men who pun-hajjod the
property. After they had purchased
it they formed a corporation to han
dle the land. Later they sold 80 acre
for $11,200, which they received.
"I am . absolutely at a loss to un
derstand why this indictment was
brought. The men who purchased
these ten $1000 notes knew just how
the title to the property stood when
they bought them. The riote-s were
given and signed by the officers of
this corporation for whom I origi
nally purchased the property, and in'
addition to the assurance that this
corporation is financially eound, the
purchasers of the notes have my
written guarantee that they will be
paid. I am financially able to pay
every cent of the $10,000 even if the
corporation failed to make payment."
Bank lit TVot Involved.
Mr. Robinson made it plain that this
Tand deal had nothing whatever to
do with his connection with the Tilla
mook bank, and his statements to this
effect were substantiated by Ralph
li. Williams, part owner of the banx.
"Mr. Robinson's connections with
the bank were in every way satisfac
tory and there is not even the breath
of a suspicion against him on that
score. Mr. v Uliams said yesterday.
"I had an intimation of this other af
fair whichresulted in the indictment,
but . to my mind it is nothing more
than a misunderstanding which can
be righted. I have implicit confi
dence in Mr. Robinson."
Mr. Robinson last night expressed
bitter resentment at the way in which
he had been arrested. The Tillamook
grand Jury returned the indictment
early in the week, he said, but the
deputy did not come for him until
Sunday a day on which it would be
extremely difficult to arrange bail
bond.
"They came to my house and got
me without any warning," ho said.
Chicken Dinner Held Iled.
"And they beat me out of a good
chicken dinner at home," he added
sorrowfully, as he pointed to the
round steak and boiled potato which
lay practically untouched on the ta
ble before him.
" Mr. Robinson was connected with
the Tillamook bank for about three
years. He sold out his Interest a lit
tle more than a year ago and moved
to Portland With his family.
"I have been in the banking busi
ness for 20 years and this Is the first
time 1 have ever been accused of any
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