VOL. LX XO. 18,T9G
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Vnnnf' ay pAron-r'lagH Mutter
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR1 17, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POLK COUNTY JUDGE
SUSTAINED BY VOTERS
CARUSO IS REPORTED
TO BE IMPROVING
3 STATES ASK RAIL
REPEAL OR ENFORCE
. LAW, SAYS MR. EVANS
A.CTIOX OS GASOLIXE TEST ACT
IS EXPECTED.
s
RATE CUT TO EAST
MOTHER
PASSED III HOUSE
3T
RECALL AGAINST ROBIXSOX
FAILS BY 1000 VOTES.
PULSE IS BETTER AXD TEM
DROP WILL GIVE WEST'S PROD
PERA TITHE 2 DEGREES LOWER.
UCTS M3W MARKETS.
romuiiD Fllffl
IS fllli'E, iiaim
DAUGHTER
BURIES
TENURE MEASURE
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HQ
RYING
UE
Pearson Rfdes Into Texas
Town on Horse.
MDH HUNGHY 3 DAYS
Return Made on Foot, by Bur
ros, Swimming and Float
v ing Down Rio Grande.
PLACE OF FALL UNKNOWN
Crankshaft on Plane Failed
and Pilot Landed in Des-
ert Area, He Reports.
SANDERSON, Tex., Feb. 16.
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson Jr.
army aviator who had been missing
since Febiuiry 10, rode on hoseback
into Sanderson tongiht. He had been
without food for three days and had
ridden burros, walked, swam and
floated down the Rio Grande before
reaching here, according to his story.
His plane fell Thursday, he told
the station agent, S. W. Caufield,
and since that time he has been
struggling to reach human habita
tion. He says he does not know the
location of his fall. His machine
was damaged by the accident, he
cays, but he escaped unhurt.
Uniform in Tatters.
At 7 r. M. the aviator walked into
the telegraph office here. His uni
form was in tatters. The stubble
of his beard showed many days'
growth. He asked for a message
blank and signed it.
The message was to Miss Mar
garet Shannon, at Douglas, Ariz. It
read:
. "Arrived at Sanderson 0. K. See
you soon."
The station agent notified El Paso
and the ceaseless quest that 65 army
planes had been making for six days
leas at an end.
Fearson said he was forced to land
In a desert-like area in the Big Bend
eountry. The new crankshaft of his
machine failed to work properly, he
said, and forced his descent.
Radiator Gives Water.
' - Not a sign of human habitation
was visible. He waited until the
water in his engine had cooled, drew
eff some for drinking purposes and
Bet forth to find some means of com
nunicatiou. Darkness overtook him
tie said, before he met anybody.
The next morning at dawn he con'
tinucd his quest. A sandstorm al
most blinded him as he trudged wear
Ty across the desert. He had been
without food for two days, he said,
and lack of it weakened him.
The third day was a repetition of
the second, he said. The unabated
wind hurled swirls of cutting sand
into his face and temporarily blind
ed him. Late Jn the afternoon he
reached the Rio Grande. Too tired
to swim, he lay down on the bank
and went to sleep.
Floats Down Rio Grande.
On the morning of the fourth day
he plunged into the river and, with
the aid of a floating log, swam down
stream. He had been in the water
almost an hour, he said, when he saw
two ranchmen. They helped him to
climb from the water, gave him some
food and a burro and escorted him
here.
He was too tired and excited to
night to relate much of his experi
ences.
"I have been through considerable
since I left El Paso last Thursday
morning,' he said. "Please don't
ask me about it tonight. Just send
these messages and IH tell you all
about it when I get some sleep."
Lieutenant Pearson sent telegrams
to his parents in Portland, Or., and
one to Fort Bliss, at El Paso. The
Fort Bliss message read:
"Forced to land in Bi Bend coun
try. Am now at Sanderson.
Filer Mrrpa; Soldiers Gaard.
Pearson's bedroom in a local hotel
was guarded tonight by two soldiers
from the military border patrol sta
tion at Marfa. Their Instructions,
they said, were to allow nobody to
Interrupt the lieutenant's rest.
Snatches of information which Lieu
tenant Pearson confided to his friends
as they led btm to his bedroom were
pleaned from Lieutenant E. D. Jones,
Road Policy of Executive Assailed
as Result of Controversy With
State Highway Commission.
DALLAS. Or., Feb. 18. (Special.)
In the recall election held today in
which the road policy of A. B. Robin- I
sen. county Judge, was assailed, Judge
Robinson received a majority over
J. F. Ulrich. a farmer of Alrlie, of
approximately 1000 votes. Judge Rob
inson carried 33 of the 37 precincts
in Polk county, according to the in
complete count tonight. No returns
had been received from the remain
ing four precincts, but it was pre
dicted by Judge Robinson's supporters
that he would carry at least three of
the four precincts unreported. The
count from 33 precincts stood: Rob
inson 2435, Ulrich 1489.
The recall fight was the outgrowth
of a controversy between the county
court of Polk county and the state
highway commission caused by the
failure of the commission to locate
Dallas on the main highway. Instead
Dallas was placed on a spur. It was
further charged by advocates of the
recall that Judge Robinson had been
negligent in the care of the county's
roads by not keeping them in shape
for the farmers who wished to market
their products.
Death Said to Be Due to
Natural Causes.
8 MONTHS' MYSTERY SOLVE
Woman and Talented Young
Girl Given to Occult.
BROODING AFFECTS MIND
Maid Goes Into Five Minutes
Trance and Describes Scene in
Progress Miles Away.
GIRL AND DOCTOR SHOT
Pair Are Found Dead in Apartment
Where They Dived.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. Miss
Vera Peterson, a stenographer, and a
man Identified by the police as Dr.
Carlos Williams, address unknown,
were found shot to death in an apart
ment here today. Miss Peterson, who
was employed by a petroleum com
pany, was said by the police to have
occupied the apartment since last No
vember. -
Dr. Williams had a gun clutched in
his hand and the authorities ex
pressed the opinion that he killed
the girl after a quarrel and then
killed himself. At the office of the
apartment it was learned by the po
lice that Dr. Williams also lived in
the apartment under the name of
William Peterson.
SCHOONER SUNK BY MINE
Charles G. Endicott Strikes Float
er; Crew of 10 Escapes.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. News of the
blowing up at sea on the night of
February 9 of the four-masted
schooner Charles G. Endicott by
floating mine and of the escape from
death of the ten members of the crew
was brought here today by the steam
ship Munamar, which arrived with
the survivors from Havana.
The explosion occurred northwest
of Cape Maysi, Cuba, according to he
captain, J. I. Cook. After standing
by in small boats until the schooner
sank out of sight, the crew hoisted
a tail and set out for Cuba, arriving
late the next day at Antilla.
MEXICO CLEVERLY DUPED
Army Officer Gets Pay for 1000
Xon-Exlslcnt Men.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. IS. A phan
torn brigade of 1000 men, whose com
mander for three years has pocketed
all the money for its pay and upkeep.
has been discovred in Investigations
into the military ring which is said to
have cheated the government out of
millions of pesos.
The war office did not disclose the
name of the officer. It was said
however, that he had drawn pay for
1000 soldiers and scores of officers
from 1915 to 1918, inclusive.
BLOOD TEST AIDS CHILD
Court Orders Father Who Denied
Parentage to Do Duty.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IS. A blood
test to determine if Paul Vittori is
the father of baby Virginia Vittori
was accepted by the court here today
and Vittori was ordered to support
the child.
Vittori bad disclaimed parentage
His wife, who sought the relief for
the child, said through her attorney
that a blood test would prove par
entage.
ANCIENT GEMS REVEALED
Hungarian Finance Minister Finds
Vast Wealth In Old Trunk.
BUDAPEST, Feb. 14. Finance Min
ister Hegedus has discovered vast
quantities of precious stones In an
old iron trunk deposited unknown
years ago in the treasury.
He was searching the treasury yes
terday, and when the trunk was
broken open thousands of opals and
other precious stones appeared, the
value of which is estimated at 200,-
000.000 crowns.
CHICAGO. Feb. 16. (Special.)
Itosicruslan mysteries and a fervid
belief in the revelations of the old
Jewish pentateuch caused Mrs. Ruth
Townsend and her daughter Marian to
scoop out a shallow grave under
bed of geraniums in the yard back of
their small apartment at 1546 East
Forty-seventh street and lower into
it the body of Mrs. Nancy Chamber
lain.
According to confessions of both,
Mrs. Chamberlain died a natural and
painless death. She was more than
91, "I think nearer 95 years," said
Mrs. Townsend, her daughter. The
burial took place at midnight 36 hours
after the aged woman was found
dead.
Years of brooding over religious
mysteries, a constant struggle with
poverty, never-ending loneliness and
probably a lack of proper nourish
ment have enfeebled the mental pow
ers of mother and daughter.
Girl Is Talented.
The girl Marian is attractive, mod
est and possessed of musical talents
of unusual brilliancy. It was due to
her efforts as a professional piano
artist that the mother and grand
mother subsisted in the isolation they
craved. Since the death of her grand
mother the girl appeared to have lost
her ambition, her engagements fell
off and she appeared little in public.
Her conversation and manners indi
cated that she was entirely under the
influence of her mother. She said she
has clairvoyant powers and when
tested today she correctly described a
scene then in progress miles away at
a police station where her mother was
undergoing an examination.
She went into a five-minute trance.
"I see my mother. She is in a
room where theres a liat-topped
desk. There are two straight-backed
chairs there, too. She sits at the desk
and two men are on either eide of
her. They are asking her questions.
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Opera Stars, Prominent Xew York
ers and Italian Laborers Linger
About Hotel Awaiting Word.
NEW YORK, Feb. IS. Noticeable
Improvement in the condition of
Enrico Caruso, tenor, critically ill In
his hotel here, was announced tonight
in a bulletin issued by Dr. Antonio
Stella.
Caruso's eondllon is very much
more favorable tonight than this
morning," the bulletin said. "His
pulse is better. His temperature is
two degrees lower this morning."
Last rites already have been ad
ministered. A statement from Caruso's secre
tary at 11:30 P. M. said the patient's
condition was unchanged. "He is
fighting bravely and is holding his
own, " It said. "Thank you, ana pray
hard for him."
All day the atmosphere of the hotel
lobby was tense with anxiety. At
tendants bearing floral tributes and
telegrams from friends' slipped
through the crowds. Even the orches
tra, downstairs, which gave operatic
selections made famous by Caruso,
played softly, although the eick man
was far beyond the sound on the
18th floor.
Several of his closest friends, with
keen solicitude written on their faces,
vainly sought admission to Caruso's
chambers. Although Antonio Scotti
and Enrico Scognamlllo were allowed
to visit his bedside when it was
thought he might not rally, his phy
siclans turned back all callers after
their patient appeared to have passed
that crisis.
The only exception was made for
Park Benjamin Jr., a brother of Mrs.
Caruso.
Mrs. Caruso has not left her hus
band's side since the first severe col
lapse last night It was eaid she
was beginning to show the terrible
strain, but she managed to conceal it
from her juiband.
The anxiety over Caruso's condition
was obvious not only from newspa
per readers in the hotel lobby, on the
streets, in the subways, but also from
deferential questions from Italian
laborers, who shyly requested of the
door attendant if he had heard from
the singer's apartment. In and out of
the Metropolitan opera house passed
a stream of persons asking: "Is Ca
ruso still alive?"
The tenseness was somewhat re
lieved late today when Bruno Zlrato,
Caruso's private secretary, came down
for the f'rst time since his chiefs
relapse and announced that he now
had "great hopes."
This was later supplemented by an
nofficial bulletin by the hotel phy
sician, who said:
Mr. Caruso is etill holding his
gain. His heart action Is fully as
good as this morning."
Caruso awoke late in the afternoon
fter a comfortable sleep and took a
little hot coffee. Father Morinelli,
ho administered extreme unction
last night, and Father Melli of Pat-
erson, N. J., a personal friend, were
llowed to pay a short can while
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Oregon, Washington, Idaho Public
Service Bodies Appeal to
Roads, Interstate Board.
Substantial reductions in transcon
tinental rail rates to enable western
products to move to the eastern mar
kets were recommended last night to
the railroads and to the interstate
commerce commission by the public
service commissions of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, meeting in joint
session in the Portland office of the
Oregon public service commission.
The recommendations of the three
commissions were embodied in tele
Era pWo night letters addressed to
the headquarters of all the transcon
tinental railroads and to the inter
state commerce commission.
All three members of the Oregon
public service commission Fred 'A.
Williams, Fred Buchtel and H. H.
Corey were present, with H. F. Wig
gins, traffic expert. The Idaho dele
gation consisted of George E. Erb,
commissioner, and Leonard Way, traf
fic expert. Representing the Wash
ington commission were E. V. Kurken
dall and Frank R. Spinner, commis
sioners, and O. O. Calderhead, traffic
expert. '
The move "for a reduction of rail
rates has grown out of a lessening
of the movement of lumber, apples
and other products of the northwest
states to the east since railroad rates
were increased last summer. The
commissioners hold that . a lowering
of the transcontinental rates would
benefit both the western producers
and eastern consumers, as well as
helping the railroads by increasing
the volume of their traffic
The joint session of the public serv
ice representatives concluded at 6
P. M. yesterday and, except for one
or two who remained for personal
visits, the visiting members departed
for their homes last night.
Amendments Eliminate
Names of Directors.
MATTER IS LEFT TO VOTERS
Measure Long in Abeyance, If Xot
Wiped Out, Will Be Put Into
Force, Says Governor.
Lively Fight Is Waged Over
, Bill by Few.
ACT MAY BE RECALLED
Question Is Raised a9- to Validit
Because Amendments Are 'ot
Printed as Rule Requires.
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SMELT 5 CENTS. RETAIL
Price Drops to 2.5 Cents If Taken
in 10 0-Pound Lots.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 16.
(Special.) The price of smelt has
dropped to cents a pound here,
if bought in 100-pound quantities.
Smaller' lots were sold for S cents
pound. Smelt are better this time of
the year than later, when they be
come softer. The water Is cold now
and the flesh Is firm and solid.
The smelt were shipped here from
Kelso this year.
IRISH FRONT EXTENDED
Hundreds of Miles of Roads Torn
Up; Trenches Dot Countryside.
DUBLIN, Feb. 16. For hundreds of
miles throughout south and southwest
County Cork all the principal roads
have been rendered unfit for use.
Trenches have been dug, barricades
erected and bridges destroyed, according-
to a report issued at Dublin
castle this evening.
NOT EVEN ASKING HIM IN FOR CONSULTATION.
MAN BURNS PAPER; BLAST
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Bits Thrown Into Cook Stove Prove
to Be Dynamite Caps.
CHICO. Cal.. Feb. 16. The kitchen
of William Risch's home was wrecked
today when Risch threw a number of
dynamite Percussion caps into the
cook stove in the belief that they
were waste paper wads left by a
former tenant.
Risch later found four sticks of dy
namite in the house and turned them
over to the police.
I 10 NEED OF fOOT
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STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or.. Feb. 16.
(Special.) Worn to exhaustion by
the dilatory tactics employed by the
senate of teachers' tenure, the house
today shed its coat, considered and
passed the substitute tenure bill of
fered by a number of representatives
of Multnomah county after making
amendments purporting to remove all
objections which had been raised
against the Staples senate bill.
The bill which the house passed to
day, however, may be recalled to
morrow. Representative Hopkins hav
ing served notice late today that be
cause of a house rule, which required
the printing of any amendments made
to a bill by the committee of the
whole before it may be passed, he
questioned the validity of the passage
of the tenure bill.
Names Are Eliminated.
At the outset, Representative Kubll
succeeded in having the house resolve
Itself into a committee of the whole
for the consideration of the bill
house bill No. 349 and Representa
tive Gordon of Multnomah was se
lected as chairman of the committee.
Among the eliminations made in the
bill to meet objections which have
been raised by opponents was the re
moval of the names of Mrs. A. M.
weoster ana Mrs. forest f isher, as
additional directors and providing
for the election of two additional di
rectors at the next regular school
election in Multnomah county.
Another amendment was the elimi
nation of section 3, which provided
for an indefinite contract for teachers
employed for two years or more, such
contract to run from year to year and
not to terminate except by resigna
tion or dismissal. This section, oppo
nents of change In tenure held, would
place the positions of all teachers
now employed in the Portland schools
In Jeopardy and was removed upon
the suggestion of Representatives
Kubll and Hindman who led the fight
for the adoption of the substitute bill.
Two Seek Bill's Defeat.
No other amendments were made to
the new bill, although Representative
Lynn and Richards attempted not
only to amend the bill, but made a
strenuous effort to defeat Its pas
sage. The bill provides that the school
board in counties containing 20,000
or more school children shall be com
posed of seven members.
It provides before any teacher can
be dismissed from service or trans
ferred to a lower branch of the serv
Ice, or to a position carrying a lower J
salary, written notice must be served
upon the teacher by the school board.
A teacher who Is not willing to abide
by such order, may demand a trial be-
If the legislature does not repeal
the .law requiring gasoline sold in
Oregon to be ot at least 56 degrees
specific gravity. District Attorney
Evans will begin Immediate opera
tions against the Standard Oil. com
pany, the Associated Oil company, the
Union Oil company and the Shell OH
company to enforce the law, he an
nounced yesterday.
"Because these companies represent
vast financial interests is no excuse
for law violation, and if the gravity
test law is left on the statute books
of the state I intend to see it en
forced," said the district attorney.
Since shortly before the Shriner
Imperial council session in Portland
last June, the oil companies have been
selling gasoline ranging around a
(specific gravity of 61 degrees. Gov
ernor Olcott at that time suspended
the operation of the law to relieve a
serious gasoline shortage that endan
gered the success of the Shriner con
vention and the Rose Festival.
Governor Olcott has announced that
he will withdraw his immunity or
der if the law is not repealed. The
gravity test requirement is a stand
ard not set by any other western
state and would tend to Increase the
cost of gasoline to the consumer If
put into effect again, according to
loll company officials and automobile
men.
Traffic Patrolman May
Be Fatally Shot. v
GRAZED MAN CRIES FOR AID
Trio Finds Doors Barred.
Shooting Follows Entry.
MAN REPORTED INSANE
Invaders Tiro 'o Shots In Defense,
Believing Robbers Were
Attackins Assailant.
ENDURANCER.IGHT FAILS
Cracked Generator Forces Landing
Arter Eleven Hours.
MINEOLA..N. T., Feb. 16. Lieuten
ant Ross C. Kirkpatrlck, who hopped
off from M'tchel field in an airplane
today in an attempt to break the
world's endurance record for continu
ous flight, was forced to land at 6:D5
P. M. on account of a cracked gen
erator. He had been up slightly more than
11 hours. j
The world's endurance record was
made June 4. 1920, by Lieutenants
Bossoutrol and Barnard, at Etampes,
France, with a continuous flight of 24
hours, 19 minutes and seven seconds
in a biplane.
The American record Is held by the
navy flying, boat, the F-5-L, which
remained in the air 20 hours and 19
minutes. The flight began on April
26, 1919, at Newport News.
BACHELOR TAX PROPOSED
Xevr Mexico Would Assess Old
Maids and Bachelors $2 to $3.
SANTA FE, N. M, Feb. 16. A bill
was Introduced in the houce of the
New Mexico legislature today to tax
old maids and bachelors from 2 to i'i
for persons between the ages of 20
and 60.
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 16. A bache
lor's tax was proposed In a resolu
tion introduced in the Wisconsin leg
islature today. If passed It would
require unmarried men between the
ages of 31 and 35 years to pay an
annual tax of 110 to the school fund
Men who have divorced their wive
or whose wives have died within two
years would be exempt.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
vpsTRnnATS Hicheat temDerature. 43
l degrees; lowest, 34 decrees; fair.
TOLiAl'S Fair, northeasterly wlnda.
Foreign.
Se Vslera sends letter to British parlla
meat. Page 13.
. WVDOI.
lore tne ooara. la me event that five 1 Amended tariff bill passes senste. Page 7.
memoero or tne board concur in a
decision, such decision is final, but a
vote of less than five of the members
permits the teacher to appeal to the
teachers' trial commission. The hear
ing before the trial commission can
be public or private, with or without
counsel as the teacher may elect.
Accused Teacher Suspended.
In case of dismissal of a teacher
on charges of gross dereliction of
duty or misconduct, the same pro
cedure is provided in the bill, except
that the teacher under the cloud of
charges of such nature will not be
permitted to continue teaching in the
school until her case has been r-
tled.
Representative Davey offered the
amendment which eliminated the I
naming of particular persons to the
two positions on the school board
provided in the bill. He held that
this provision was manifestly unfair,
holding that the women named in
the bill had been actively engaged
in fighting the teachers in the con
troversy. Although Representative
Kubli stated that he did not object
to the amendment offered by Mr.
Davey, no denied that the women
Blow at reduced ocean rates rouses coast
cities. Page .
Two thousand Invited to banquet In honor
of Senator cnamoenain. rage n.
Women demand place for Hoover in Presl
dent Harding's cabinet. Page 2.
Harding assumes leadership easily. Page J
John D.'s income is about (33,000,000.
Pago 3.
Domestic.
Portland filer Is alive and unhurt In Texas.
Page 1.
Bryan proposes sweeping programme tot
reorganizing uemocravjr. .
Caruso fight grim battle with death.
Pago 1.
Expose of league may end contest. Page 14.
President of Kansas miners' union sen
tenced to one year In Jail. Page 4.
Cabinet timber la altted by Harding.
Page 2.
LegiHlatarea.
House passes amended tenure bill. Page 1.
Oregon to decide bonus for war veterans
g,t next general or sutie eicuuou. -age o.
Idaho bill would outlaw gambling and
Immoral shows at public fairs. Page 7.
Senate favors co-operaUva marketing by
farmers. Page 6.
Senate at Olympia would submit race track
measure to people. Page 7.
Lively disputes mark consideration of
highway bills in house. Page 6.
Motor vehicle code becomes bone of con
tention in Oregon legislature. Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Clubbing of man In water charged In trial
of alleged arcage ayrmmiicr. rage a.
named in the bill were affiliated with J Recall against Judge Robinson Us Polk
either the teachers or the school
board members, asserting that they
both represented the school children
of Portland and the parents.
Representative Lynn made an ef
fort to eliminate all the proposed
changes la, section 6, but failed in
this effort'" when Representative
Hindman held that to do' so would
take the "vitals" out of the proposed
bill.
Authority Wanted for Beard.
In arguing for passage of the bill.
Representative Kubll stated that he
was in favor of Justice, not only to
the teachers, but to the thousands of
children Jn the county. He held that
the board of school directors elected
by the people should have some au
thority to dismiss teachers who were
incompetent or derelict m their duty.
"The tenure bill has been utilized
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county fails. Page 1,
ri porta.
Commerce wins first game from Lincoln
In history of two schools. Page 12.
Trambitaa brothers may go east Page 12.
California finds basket and defeats Aggies,
22 to 10. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon wool statistics issued by census
bureau. Page 21.
Profit-taking sales unsettle wheat at Chi
cago. Page 21.
Last prices are best in Wall street market.
Page 21.
Biennial report of Port of Portland com
mission to state legislature made public.
Page 20.
New transcontinental Import freight rates
expected to benefit coast. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Plans to safeguard meat in Portland dis
approved by dealers. Page 10.
Steffens speech sDlits up radicals. Page 10.
Gasoline test law must be repealed or en
forced, says district attorney. Page l.
Second Lotlsso trial will begin todaj.
Page 11.
Maniac wounds three men. Pagt 1.
His mind crazed in the belief that
he was surrounded on all sides by
robbers and persons seeking to injure
him, Frank Dury, a barber, 35, ran
amuck at 7 o'clock last night, forti
fied his small barber shop at 1294
Belmont street, and shot and perhaps
fatally wounded Motorcycle Patrol
man M. E. Nolan.
Two others, L. L. Stevens and H. G.
Hansen, were also victims of the
maniac. Both received slight wounds
in the arm.
Patrolman Nolan went to Dury's
barber shop on request of Stevens and
his mother, Mrs. A. A. Ciper, who live
at 1294 't Belmont, next door to Dury'
place of business.
Mrs. Ciper and Stevens late in the
afternoon heard Dury screaming:
"Help, help," and "robbers are mur-
during me." Dury, according to Mrs.
C'per, was evidently in the living
room at the rear of the shop.
Door Found Bolted.
Stevens, calling to his aid employes
of nearby stores, attempted to force
the doors of the shop, and falling in
this, tried to reach Dury by means
of a small window.
Their efforts to force an entrance
proved unavailing and the men called
the east-side police headquarters and
Motorcycle Officer Nolan, responding
to the call, also tried to reach Dury.
Nolan, according to Stevens, forced
the door and entered the shop. He
forced another door leading to Dury,
who evidently was In the farther cor
Lcr of the living room.
As Nolan, followed by Stevens and
Hansen, a bystander, who lives at
1256 East Washington street, entered
they wereg etited with a hail of bul
lets, shut from a tiny .32 caliber re
volver held by Dury.
.olan Drug at I'lrat Shot.
Nolan fell at the first shot, but Ills
companions persevered and with the
aid of police reinforcements succeed
ed in capturing Dury.
Neighbors of Dury said last night
that the man a few woeks ago was
discharged from the etate insane asy
lum at Salem as being harmless.
On many occasions he has been
known to act peculiarly, say neigh
bors, and once, only a few days ago,
he complained to police that Mrs.
Ciper and her son, Stevens, had made
several threats against his life.
Immediately following the shooting
Nolan was taken to St. Vincent's hos
pital, where an X-ray was taken. Dr.
Fred Zlegler, city physician, said late
last night that the bullet had entered
Nolan's throat, punctured the wind
pipe and then probably pierced the .
lungs. The X-ray picture shows tlie
course of the bullet plainly, It was
said.
No Operatlom Performed.
Dr. Ziegler performed no operation
on Nolan last night, he being of the
opinion that more X-rays should be
taken before placing the patrolman
under the anesthetic. Indications are.
said the physician, that If the bullet
has lodged in the lungs, pneumonia
will ensue and in that eventuality No
lan will have little chance to recover.
An operation may be performed thla
morning.
Mrs. Nolan, who with her husband
lives at 6134 Slxty-sevenm street
Southeast, has been ill for pome time.
She was taken to the bedside of her
husband at a late hour last night.
Nolan has been a police officer for
about two years.
Dury, after being captured by Pa
trolmen Parker and Levinson, was
brought to police headquarters and
mmediately placed in a ceil, on tne
way to the station and while in the
police patrol wagon Dury prayed and
begged for mercy.
Dory Talks nationally.
When Interviewed. however, he
talked rationally and appeared to be
aware of the enormity of his crime.
He said Mrs. Ciper and her son,
L. L. Stevens, hated him because lie
had annoyed them by playing upon
his violin. He also declared that he
married, that his wife resides at
Troutdale with their seven-year-old
daughter, that he bought his Belmont
shop during October and that he did
not realize, when he fired, that the
men attempting to reach him Were
officers.
"I was frightened when I heard the
men battering at the door, said Dury,
his eyes dilated, "and so I shot at
them. I thought they were Steven
and friends who had come to kill me.
I have had trcubls with the people
who live next door and was afraid
of them."
Asked whether he had been con
fined at the state hospital for the in
sane, Dury answered In the affirma
tive, declaring that he had onre bt-
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