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PORTLAND, ORE&ON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920
TRICE FIVE CENTS
NEW MINIMUM WAGE
CHURCH HAS PLACE I
TREASURY LIFTS BAN
GANGSTER CONVICTED
. OF ATTACKING GIRL
BATTLE OVER PET
BILLS EXPECTED
IS
SCHEDULE APPROVED
ON SOVIET DEALINGS
FOR HARRY ORCHARD
GET CABINET POST
LABOR I-
LUMBER INDUSTRY
EXPORTS OP COIX, BULLION
A D CCUREXCY ALLOWED.
JURY RETURNS VERDICT - AFT
ER BEIXG OUT 20 SIIXUTES.
ADVEXTISTS WOULD MAKE
MURDERER MISSIONARY.
ACCEPTS $3.60 BASIC. '
8 WILSON'S VETO ON
1 FARM AID LIKELY
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Protective Tariff Slated
to Be Last Fight.
DEMOCRATS ARE LINING UP
Leaders Say Farmer Vote
Has Aroused President.
RECENT ELECTION CITED
Some Republicans, However, Be
lieve Tlicy Can Get Enough
Pledges to "Win Anyway.
THE fREGONIAN NEWS BTREAU,
. .'"-.j son proposes to make his last stand
. ' In his two-year struggle with con-
' gresa when the emergency farm relief
. J'' 1 4inJ means committee, is sent to him
for approval, according to what seems
' .. .", to be reliable information.
One or two
democratic leaders.
who pretended to know what they
:. ! were talking about, said today that
.- j the president will not sign the bill
,'.',) to aid the farmers. They said that
. ' he would veto it on the ground that a
I protective tariff is undemocratic,
..- taking the position that the wage
earners in the city will be injured
by such a measure.
There is po longer any doubt that
democratic leaders in both house and
cenate axe lining up for a fight on the
bill. Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska
and Harrison of Mississippi already
lave bestirred themselves to say that
the democrats in that body will fight
any tariff measure.
Raiser Also Oppose Bill.
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
who is a democratic member of the
ways and means committee, also has
announced his opposition.
On the other hand, the republicans
from the agricultural states said the
bill would be assured of large demo
cratic support. Several democrats
from the south have committed them
selves to the bill because It includes
.; ; some products of that section, among
. -Vj them being long staple -cotton and
..'V peanuts.
Democratic representatives from
Texas and Oklahoma aso are deeply
".'$ Interested in some relief for the cat
tlemen and are inclined to support the
bill as an emergency measure...
It is even asserted by some republi
cans that they can win enough demo
cratic votes to override a veto, but
there is good reason to doubt this.
Debt to Farmer Denied.
The president's attitude is said to
be that bis party is in no way
indebted to the farmers of the coun
trand that the farmers, never having
voted the democratic ticket to any
frrcat extent, and particularly in the
lust election, there is no reason why
this administration should seek to
rescue them from their plight even
though it is the result of a democratic
tariff law.
Republican leaders said that the
position credited to th president and
assumed openly by some of his 'fol
lowers in congress is not the atti
tude of the wago oarners of the
cities. They asserted that the wage
earners appreciate the need of aiding
agriculture without delay because
failure to act will mean a necessary
curtailment of production another
year, which will drive this country
to import much of the food that
Vheretofore has always been produced
at home.
The prices paid for food in the
last two years, it was recognized,
would appear relatively cheaper com
pared with the costs of imported
products.
One last effort was made by rep
resentatives of farm sections this
afternoon to have frozen beef in
cluded in the bill, but this effort was
abandoned because it threatened to
arouse opposition and result in further
delays. The senate is expected to add
this item, which, incidentally, will
bring additional support to the bill
from the democratic side of the house.
MERE CHILDREN MARRIED
One Couple 16 Years Old, While
Another Bride Is 15.
VANCOUVER, Wash., , Dec. 20.
(Special.) Two children, eajh 16
years old, were married here today.
They were Campbell fribble, son of
Mrs. Tempy Trlbble, and Myrtle
Boyer, daughter of Sirs. W. C. Boyer
of 612 East Nineteenth street, this
city. Both had the written consent
of the parents for tho marriage.
Josephine Colistro, li years old,
daughter of Felomena Colistro," be
came the bride of Charles Glauso, 21,
both of Portland. The bride and her
husband are Italians.
BISHOP PASSES SUDDENLY
Head of Xevr York Diocese of Epis-
copal Church Dead.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Charfes Sum
ner Burch. bishop of the New Tork
diocese of the Episcopal' church, died
f suddenly here today.
caused his death, which was unex
pected, although he had not been well
for several days.
Flat Cat of 10 Cents an Hour Is
. Adopted to Help Operators
Over Market Collapse.
By a vote of 13 to 9, the board of
directors of the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen, in session yes
terday at the Hotel Portland, created
a new minimum wage scale for Ore
gon which will represent a flat reduc
tion of 10 cents an hour for the men
in the lumber industry. The old mini
mum, in effect since January, 1920,
was on a basis of '14.40 a day for
"common labor." The new scale re
duces this base to $3.60.
The new scale will not of necessity
bs the "going wage" in the Industry,
as it has been the practice of many
operators in the past to pay wages
considerably in excess of the mini
mum. The minimum scale remains
what it always has been a line be
low which no legion operator may go.
The meeting was an adjourned ses
sion of the board from the regular
semi-annual meeting held last No
vember. The date of the adjournment
originally was taken to January 10,
but owing to request by some mem
bers and a majority vote of the board
taken by mail the date was advanced.
Practically the entire day was devoted
to the wage matter, there being many
suggestions from various members as
to the best solution of the problem of
readjustment. Many items were taken
into consideration, including the pres
ent market for lumber and reductions
in the cost of living.
One of the interesting features de
veloped by the session was that the
lumber industry at the present time
is not self-supporting and that any
reduction in wages which the workers
were willing to consider could not
make it so. Employers asked for the
reduction on the ground that it was
essential to have help in bearing the
burden of the present slump in lum
ber demands.
Two important resolutions were
passed, having a bearing on the wage
question one to the effect that op
erators, before making any change in
the going wages at their several
plants, shall take their employes into
conference in regard to the same; and
another, that there be arranged in
the various localities conferences be
tween employers, employes and re
tailers. for the purpose of discussing
retail price conditions, in an endeavor
to yet the co-operation of merchants
in meeting" the new scales with re
duced prices of commodities.
Robert S. Gill, editor of the official
monthly magazine of the legion, was
elected as executive secretary of the
organization. This office takes the
place of that of secretary-manager,
which has been held by P. L. Abbey.
Mr. Gill retains his connection with
the magazine, the new arrangement
going into effect January 1.
AUTO DIVES OVER BANK
Five Men From Bay City Sustain
Injuries in Fall.
Five men from Bay City were in
jured when an automobile in which
they were riding went off the road
and rolled over three times at 1:10
o'clock this morning at the foot of
Hamilton avenue.
The injured men are William "Wise,
J. Carter, S. B. McGillicuddy, all cut
and bruised about tho head; J. Skie,
bruised about the stomach and legs;
A. J. Anderson, driver, cut about the
bead and face and possible fracture
of the skull. Wise, Carter and Mc
Gillicuddy were taken to the emerg
ency hospital and Skie and Anderson
to St Vincents.
TREE SAVES BOY'S LIFE
Christmas Tree Used as Line to
Draw Lad From Icy Water.
KLAMATH -FALLS, Or., Dec. SO.
(Special.) Presence of mind of Peter
Motschenbacher and Richard Bogus
saved the life of Ollio Hector, 12-year-old'
son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M
Hector, when he plunged through the
ioe into 20 feet of water. He was eink.
ing for the third time when his com
panions shoved a Christmas tree tt
the edge of the ice. The lad grasped
it and was hauled ashore.
The trio had gone into the woods
west of Klamath lake to cut Christ
mas .trees. On their return Ollie's
companions "darejfl"- him to walk on
the ice, thin from a sudden thaw.
SHORTEST DAY IS HERE
North Pole Starts to -Turn Away
From Sun at Midnight.
The shortest day of the ;,year made
its annual appearance this morning.
But it's merely an astronomical event,
for the ordinary observer will be un
able to distinguish any difference be
tween today and any other.
At midnight tonight, or to be sci
entifically exact, 7:17 P. M., Pacific
time, the north pole starts to turn
away from tho sun. The sun is said
by laymen to be traveling south dur
ing the next six months because o."
this condition. And as the northern
peak of the. world continues to turn
away from the great planet which
gives it heat and light the days grow
longer. ,
MINING MEASURE PASSED,
Assessment Work Bill Now Goes to
President for Action.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. A bill ex
tending until July 1, the time for do
ing 1920 annual assessment work on
mining claims in public land states of
the West and Alaska, was passed to
day by the house. The measure now
goes to the president.
Conservative Labor Man
Wanted for Place.
JOHN NOLAN IS MENTIONED
Woman May Be Named to
Head Public Welfare.
BUREAU CHANGES LIKELY
Reorganization of Departments' Is
Being Considered So That Hard
ing 3Iay Name 11 Chiefs.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New Tork Evening Pot,
Inc., Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (Special.)
Some things ithat occurred last week
have thrown some light on at least
one cabinet position. Those cabinet
appointments remain now, as they al
ways have been, subjects in which
accurate knowledge is in one place
only and that place is Mr. Harding's
mind. But some of Mr. Harding's ad
visors have reflected certain I con
siderations brought up during the
past week.
In connection with the department
of labor three sets of considerations
have been urged. '
Labor Man Suggested.
One is that a labor man should be
appointed, but one with political ex
perience and officially affiliated with
the republican party. The man com
monly mentioned in this connection
is John Nolan, representative in con
gress from California.
Another suggestion strongly pressed
Is that a great captain of industry
whose contact with labor consists of
having been an employer on a large
scale should be appointed. One man
occasionally mentioned 'n this con
nection is Charles M. Schwab. From
another angle of this positlon.-Herbert
Hoover is frequently suggestedfor
the department of labor.
The third position is that a recog
nized leader of union labor who is
still identified with iabor exclusively
and who has the confidence of or
ganized labor, should get the post.
In this question Senator Harding
has been specifically' urged to name
W. G. Lee, head of the Order of Rail
way Trainmen and one of the three
or four men acknowledged to be the
ablest and the highest in standing
among the leaders of organized labor.
Lee began life as a brakeman on the
Atchison and the Union Pacific, and
has never held any political office ex-j
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Exchange Transactions in Rubles
and on Credit Basis Also Are
to Be Perlhltted.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 20. Restric
tions on exportation of coin, bullion
and currency to soviet Russia, on
dealings or exchange transactions in
Russian rubles, and on credit or ex
change transaction with soviet Rus-
ury and federal reserve board, acting
with the approval of the state depart
ment.
The treasury and federal reserve
board in announcing removal of th
restrictions said the action was taken
"to give force and effect" to the dec!
sion of the state department as. an
nounced several months ago to re
move barriers in the way of trade and
communication with soviet-Russia.
Removal of the final restrictions
on trade v-ith soviet Russia, treasury
officials explained, In no way means
government sanction of commercial
relations with that country. But
merely gives fail effect to the state
department's announcement of July
7 that trade would be permitted at
the traders' risk.
Mint and assay officers will con
tinue to refuse to accept soviet gold
treasury officials declared, as the
government may only acquire the
lawful moneys of a recognized foreign
government. Little is expected to be
accomplished in the way of opening
up trade with Russia through the re
moval of the financial restrictions,
treasury officials added, because li
the absence of official relations be
tween the two governments all busi
ness transacted would be at the risti
of the contracting parties.
SIX ROBBERS GET $16,000
Ten Express Company Guards
Overpowered on Busy Street.
TOLEDO, O.. Dec. 20. Six armed
men with shotguns and with the
lower part cf their faces covered by
bandanna handkerchiefs overpowered
10 guards of the American Railway
Express company early tonight ana
escaped with a safe containing about
$16,000 in cash and liberty bonds.
The holdup took place on Summit
street, the city's 'main business thoc
oughfare, less than four blocks from
police headquarters.
HAMON'S WIDOW LOSES
James A. Harris Recommended for
Oklahoma Committeeman.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok'la., Dec. 20.
James A. Harris of Wagoner, re
publican state chairman, was recom
mended by the republican state cen
tral committee late today to succeed
the late Jake L. Hamon , of Ardmore
as national committeeman irom
Oklahoma. 1
.The recommendation was .made on
the first ballot, Mrs. Jake L. Hamon,
widowjof the millionaire oil man, re
ceiving 27 votes and Mr. -Harris 49.
Edinond (Spnd) Mnrphy, Pugilist,
Is Convicted of Assaulting
Jessie Montgomery, 17.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20. Edmohd
(Spud) Murphy, pugilist and associate
of a criminal gang whose activities
resulted in the murder of three peace
officers at. Santa Rosa on December
5 and the lynching of the slayer and
two accomplices five nights later, was
- I found guilty here today of felonlousry
anacKing jessie juonisomery, n years
old, last Thanksgiving morning. '
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The jury deliberated 20 . minutes.
Under the, Indeterminate sentence law
Murphy fpes a prison terra of from
one to 50 years. The trial . began
Thursday, December 16. District At
torney Matthew ' Brady personally
took charge of the prosecution's case.
Murphy was the first of five men
to be tried' on indictments charging
criminal offenses against young
women in this city. Four others, Ed
ward Kruvosky, a local pugilist;
Allen McDonnell, Thomas Brady and
William Carey, are to go to trial in
quick succession. District Attorney
Matthew Brady has announced.
The speed with which the trial was
conducted In the court of Superior
Judge Ward was due largely to a
united public sentiment and demands
by civic organizations that every
means be exerted by the authorities
to rid the city of its' criminal ele
ments. Demands also were made that
the trials of the accused men be held
without delay.
So strong was this sentiment
against .the defendants that, with the
exception of Murphy, they were un
able to obtain counsel until Judge
Ward appointed attorneys t'6 under
take their defense.
Unusual police precautions were
taken to protect Murphy from pos
sible mob violence throughout the
t-ial.
The testimony of Miss Montgomery
and a corroboration by Miss Jean
Stanley, formerly of Portland, and
Miss Montgomery's companion, -and
tiie efforts of the' defense counsel
Ernest Shagnoli, to prove a "de
fensive alibi for Murphy were out
standingfeatures of the trial.
Murphy's wife, an expectant moth
er, sat at her husband's side through
out the trial. His aged mother also
attended some of the sessions.
The testimony of the two girls was,
in effect, that they met Carey after
he had driven slowly past them in
an automobile, went with nirn to a
poolroom and a cafe where other
members of the party were picked up
and then were taen to a, houeu
where they testified they were both
attacked. Miss Stanley . escaped
through a window and saved herself
from the culminating outrage.
Kruvosky and McDonnell were
found in the house after Miss Stanley
had escaped and notified the police.
Warrants were issued for Murphy
and a number of others. Murphy and
Carey were trapped .in their respective
homes on the night of November 30
by Detective-Sergeant Jackson and
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Washington State" Ses
sion Promises Action.
REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL
Organization of Lawmakers
to Be Easy Tsk.
ECONOMY'' IS WATCHWORD
Combinations Between Minority
and Members of Faction of
Majority Xot Possible.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) When the 17th session of the
Washington legislature convenes Jan
uary 10, the fact 4hat republican
ascendancy in both houses Is prac
tically unanimous will not justify any
conclusion that the session is to be
devoid of interest or that bitter legis
lative battles will be eliminated.
Three weeks prior ' to the formal
opening of the session it Is not too
early to discern Indications of sharp
conflict over enactment of much of
the legislation announced as certain
to be submitted.
With the announcement that Sen
ator Taylor of Klr.g county, in re
sponse to a request from a majority
of the members of the senate, had
consented to be re-elected president
pro tem of that body, and the ap
parent certainty of the election of
E. H.. Guie of Seattle, as speaker of
the house, the organization of both
branches will be effected with little
delay and complete harmony. The
clerical force will, in all probability,
be about the same as at the last regu
lar and extra session.
King Lone Democrat.
With Senator O'Harra of King the
lone democrat, and Representative
Banker of Okanogan the sole repre
sentative of that party in the house
with the farmer-labor party able to
summon but one senator, A. J. Ryan
of Pierce, and but two representatives,
J. H. Ryan and David Lewis, both of
Fierce, in support of its legislative
programme, the republican party must
take full responsibility for all meas
ures enacted. Combinations between
minority members and a minority fac
tion of the majority party will not bo
possible to any extent.
Casual survey of the situation would
seem to point to classifications of the
majority into those who will be guid
ed by what they understand to be an
insistent demand from the taxpayers
of the state for material reduction In
the cost of government and a strong
curb on appropriations, to the end
that taxes. If not lowered, at least
"niay not be further Increased, and
second class committed to a policy of
retrenchment, but convinced that suf
ficient retrenching can bo accom
plished subsequent to the enactment
of 'any pet measures they may
sponsor and after the needs of their
particular section have been provided
for. No member Is to be found will
ing to confess affiliation with the
second school of legislative thought,
but session after session, since legis
latures were established, prove that
the school has-many graduates.
Proposals in Be Heard.
Two proposals resulting from the
j extra session called by Governor Hart
in March, 1920, will be submitted to
the regular session and both will
bring about, if enacted Into law, dras
tic changes in state government. The
first is the plan for a revision of the
state administrative code, to provide
for the consolidation of administrative
departments and the elimination of
duplication of effost, with' a view to
the reduction of the cost of govern
ment That such a plan has the In
dorsement of the taxpayers of the
state may be assumed from the fact
that Governor Hart made it one of
the planks in his platform In the con
test for the republican nomination
and in tho campaign for election. It
is also approved In a plank In the
platform adopted at the republican
state convention last April.
In the face of this mandate from the
people for a reduction In the cost of
government by elimination of un
necessary boards and commissions and
the consolidation of those departments
where the functions are similar, many
new measures are being urged for
consideration at the coming session,
passage of which will call for addi
tional administrative forces. Viewed
j.ln the light of public sentiment, as
gamercu iiuih cichuh igoulis, un
questioned merit must be coupled
with actual emergency to get most of
these bills out of committee with
favorable recommendation.
Within the last few days announce
ment ls been made that an effort
will be made to obtain passage of a
"blue-sky" law, designed to protect
the Investing public, from exploita
tion by agents and brokers attempt
ing to sell unsafe securities and
doubtful investments. One of. the
features of the law Is the creation of
a state securities department, the chief
officer of which would be a commis
sioner ofVsecuritles to be appointed
by the governor and having a head
office at Olympia, with branches in
the large cities. The commissioner
would be empowered to hire deputies
and clerks as needed.
Senator Rockwell of King will In
troduce his bill for the establishment
Concludad ou Pag . Column 1.
Plea Made for Parole of Confessed
Slayer of Former Governor
Steuncnberg of Idaho.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Special.)
Plans are under way for presentation
to the state board of pardons early In
the year of a petition to parole Harry
Orchard, confessed murderer of for
mer Governor Frank Steunenberg,
who was blown to pieces by a time
bomb planted at his gate at Caldwell
on the night of December 81, 1905.
Leading members of the Adventlst
denomination of Idaho are behind the
movement to get Orchard out of the
penitentiary. Their, plan Is to pro
cure for him permission to leave the
country after a few months, and to
place him in a foreign mission field
as an Adventlst worker and teacher,
especially to teach trades to men
among vwhoti he will be placed.
Various persons who were assoclat
ed with Vie prosecution of the West
ern Federation of Miners have been
approached within the past few
weeks in behalf of the parole for
which the Adventlsts expect soon to
ask.
They assert Orchard now Is a
changed man and Is willing to take
up the missionary work 'delegated to
him and to devote the remainder of
his life to doing good among the
poorer classes of some foreign and
They also feel that his Imprisonment
of 12 years at the penitentiary and
his good record there have been suf
ficient penalty for his crime.
Harry Orchard was sentenced by
Judge Fremont Wood to be hanged
at Caldwell March 18, 1908. Governor
Gooding commuted his sentence to
life imprisonment.
BABIES BRJNG FREEDOM
Forger Given (Suspcndcd Sentence
on Account of Children.
Two babies? were convincing argu
ment for parole of their father and
continuance of the case against their
mother, both charged with fprgcry,
yesterday in (he circuit court. The
family t appeared before Presiding
Judge Tazwell when C. A. Heggs
changed his plea of not guilty to
guilty and his wife, Mrs. Grace Hoggs
indicated her willingness to do the
same. The former is but .1 ana nis
wife If. .
It was explained that Heggs wrote
checks, amounting in all to $145
and his wife cashed them. . l'.BS'
sentence was three years In the pent
tcntiary and paroled to W. G. Mac-
Larcn of the Prisoners' Aid society,
The girl's case was continued until
next November.
Futhcr-tn-Law Is Slain. -
MONROE. I A.. Dec . 20. W. D.
Lewis of West Monroe, for many
years prominent -in politics and a
leading merchant, was shot and In
stantly killed during i quarrel last
night with his son-in-law, Leon
Mitrhel, deputy sheriff.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wmlher.
YESTICTIDA VS Maximum trmpratur, 48
detErtea; minimum, iw offerees,
TOIIAV'S Fair; aouthwemerly winds.
Foreign.
Presbyterian board of forclun nilKwlonn ip
pcalH for fund to aid famlne-atricken
China. 1'Hgo 5.
Reparations fommlaion, not rady to Set,
decide to adlourr Tale 4...
National.
Harding urged to name conservative labor
Irader for cabinet nlar. Pago t.
Senate confirms Kucent for federal trade
coniiniHMon. I age 4.
Wllnon declared likely to veto farmer re
lief legislation, fage I.
Senate accepts houne amendments to farm-
era relief measure, ruge .
Treasury lifts restrictions on gold exports
and dealings wltn soviet. 1'aga 1.
Bitter fight looms In congress over tariff
legislation. Pago 3.
United States Is heart of world's business.
Page 5.
Interatate commerce commission authorise
permanent merger of express com
panies. Page tf.
Domestic.
nr. Tlumlcy gets year In prlnen for con
cealing (icrman ownersnip oi nis paper.
Page 3.
Sweeping roundup of crooks la begun In
New; lork. 1'sge l.
Doscn "best minds" confer with Harding
on problems. Pago 0.
Church would rend Harry Orchard, mur
derer, as missionary to foreign flclda.
Page 1.
'Spud" Murphy, gangHter, convicted of at.
tacking girl. Pagu 1.
Pacific Mnrthwest.
California man slays wife st North Talla,
Or.v ana then attempts suicide. Page 1.
Solona expected to glvo battle. Page 1.
Alleged aids of convict who was killed
arraigned la Asturli. court. Pago 9.
Pports.
Washington. California and Stanford plan
big three. Pago 14.
Johnson declared opposed to Landis.
Pago 14.
Mllwaukio card features three JO-round
mills. Tags ii.
Australia is four times cup winner. Tags
15.
Canadian veterans lose soccer game.
Page 14. ,
Commercial and Marine.
Grain men believe American wheat sur.
plus alresrly sold. Page 23.
Chicago market closes firm on prospect of
relief leglnlauon. rage .a. f
Went C'amarro, Inaugurating TorllandrAn
tlpodes service, here for freight. Page
Bar bugaboo cuts off orient
trade.
Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Northwest studies how to aid tourist Tags
12.
Gas rata ease la taken under advisement.
. Page o.
Portland got only Its rights In rate de
cision, ssys Ll. Allen lwis. i'age 12.
Terminal decision up to commission. Psge
13.
Rigid supervision of tax-levying bodies pro
poeea DT JierDert uoraon. fsge IS.
Mother denies self food so 3 children ess
eat. Page IB.
dounfll to grtll captain of police. Pa
Loyal Legion of Loggera and Lumbermen
adopts cut of 10 cents an hour to wages.
Page 1.
Near-east relief drive l launched. Page 17.
Hearing of petition for telephone rKl. iD.
creases begtvs today. Page IT.
Treatment of crippled children used by
University of uregon medical school la
plea for state lunds. Psge 8.
notorial to (eel wrath op city. Page
California Man Shoots
Wife, in North Dallas.'
HOMICIDE DRINKS POISON
Killing Follows Separation
and Search for Spouse.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE FAILS
Bullet in Brain Ends Life or Flora
West, While She Is at Work
as Housekeeper,
DALLAS, Or., Dec. SO, 192C (Spe
cial.) George F. West of Fellowg.
Kern county, California, shot and In
stantly killed his wife. Flora West,
at the home of John G. Brown, In
North Dallasshortly aftet 11 o'clock
this morning. West then took a small
vial of carbolic acid with gueldal In
tent, but at last report from th
Dallas hospital, where the man wag
conveyed, ho may survive.
Tho couple formerly lived together
at Perrydalc, about eight miles north
of Dallas, and It in reported that
West tried to kill the woman there
with an ax and afterward ml
driven out of town. For three days
he hud Frank Savage, a Jitney driver
of Salem, employed seeking tho
whereabouts of Mrs. Wet, and suc
ceeded In locating; her yesterday.
Th. Mhola Klrea.
West and Savage drove back to
Snlem last night and returned to
Dallas this morning. They drove tip
to Mr. Brown's house, where Mrs.
.West had been employed as house
keeper for the lust. four months. West
went to the door and entered the
house without knocking, and after a
short time two shots were heard by
Savage. West then rime to the door
and drank the contents of a bottle
of carbolic arid, after which he ap
proached Savage and handing him
some money asked for his a"rip. sav
ing, "I did what I wanted to do." He
then returned to the house.
Savage drove to the tiierlffa nfflcft
with all possible haxte and reported
tho affair to Slierirf Orr. slating that
he believed tome crime had been com.
milted. '
Viral l"eun Betting In (hair.
Sheriff Orr took Dr. V. l Staat
and R. K Chapman, coroner, and drove
to tho Hrown home, where West wag
found sitting in a rliair suffering,
from the effects of the acid. He had
reloaded the .41-eallher coll'revolver
with which ho did the shuollna.
Mrs. West hud been killed instantly,
the bullet cntertng: tlm right cniie.
Another Hhot had been fired but II
effect had not been nutid. Mrs
West Is survived by a l4-)ear-old
daughter, who was away at fcIiuoI
at thu time of tho fhootlug. Mr.
Hrow n was also In tow it at that time.
An Impicst will he held over thu
body of Mrs. West tomorrow niorniiiK
at 10 o'clock.
Weal . If He W III liana
John (J. Brown, at whose hmno thu
murder was commuted, la a widower,
his wife having died about two years
ago. Mr. Hrown la iZ years nui ana
Is not connected In any wuy with the
principals In the tragedy.
Late this afternoon at tho Dullua
hospital Went regained consciousness
and asked the nurse who In unending
him whether they would hung him
for committing the deed. Information
as to why he did the killing muy he
reveuled at the Inquest, un letters ad
dressed to members of his family were
found, ready to mall. In West s grip,
with Instructions to mail them If uny
thing happened.
VISITOR IS SET AFIRE
1'lumlng Kerosene Throun Out of
Door Hits lirlcnil.
BEND, Or., Dec. SO. (Special.)
Asphalt which T. W. Todd was heal
ing on the stove In his kitchen caught
fire ere this morning. A bucket ful
of kcroscno was on the floor near
the slovo and Tood dustily threw II
out tho open door. It. B. C'rosx, wh
was just entering the pWo. wis
drenched .with the Inflummsblo sniff
and an Instant later caught fire him
self. Todd put him out and also put out
the fire which hud caught un hin
visitor's garments. Then he turned
his attention to the asphalt and hnd
tho blaio well uifder control when
the fire department arrived.
Cross, was not hurt.
DE VALERA NOT ABOARD
"President or lrli.li Hepubllo" 1'alN
lo Appear at Cherbourg.
CHERBOURG, France, Dec. SO. (Ty
the Associated Tress.) Uaninnn de
Valera, "president of the Irish re
public," was not among the 500 p
scngers who landed here today from
the steamship Anultanla from New
York. The. captain otha vescel said
he had not been awara of the report
that I' Valera was aboard until be,
was asked by the correspondent of
the Associated Press.
The police here were particularly
severe In requiring; verif leallong of
the passports of passengers IuikPm.
In Cherbourg -from the Au.ulia.ui.,
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