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3 ARMY NOMINATIONS
SEA PAL SOUGHT
INITIATION INJURIES
HELD-ACCIDENTAL
VETO PREVENTS CUT
LAMOK
DOUGHBOY HOBNAILS !
CAUSE DAMAGE DUN
INTO SCHOOL FUNDS
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
ALLIES WILL PHY
LAWYER IN COURT
FISUAUED
XAMES OF GIRLS IX SALEM ROYALTIES OS GRAVEL FROM
MARSHALL, DISQCE, SHER
BCRXE RESERVE OFFICERS.
$123,870.82 EXPENSE ITEM AT
HIGH SCHOOL ORDER GIVEX.
STREAMS TO COXTIXCE.
PARIS EXPLAINED.
COMM S DNS
0
IT SHIS ALL
LOT SSO
MENACES
TO UNVEIL MURDER
V.
Financier Scoffs at Can
cellation Reports.
WILSON FOR COLLECTION
President Said to Oppose
Move to Wipe Out Debts.
ENTIRE WORLD AFFECTED
.America to Determine Question on
Principle Best Calculated to
, Benefit All Peoples.
' PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 23. All
the allies will pay their war debts to
the United States, Thomas W. Lamont,
artner In J. P. Morgan & Co.. who
was one of the United States treasury
representatives upon the American
commission to negotiate peace. de
clared tonight before the Philadel
phia Publ'c Ledger forum on tho peace
conference.
note a constant reference to some
alleged secret understanding arrived
at in Paris," said the financier, "be
tween President Wilson and bis ad
vlsers on one hand and the French
and British representatives on the
other, to the effect allied indebted
ness to the United States should in
whole or In part be canceled or for
given.
"There ain't no such thing. From
tart to finish President Wilson and
his advisers, without exception, op
posed vigorously and finally any sug
gestion of cancellation. There was
no commitment, expressed or Inferred,
near or remote, moral or otherwise,
as to the handling of the allied in
debtedness to the United States gov
ernment. All the main facta in the
suggested arrangement for the ub-
titutlon of German for Belgian notes
were made public at the time.
World Moat Be Considered.
The whole quest'on of . Interna
tional debt Is a most important one.
The American people must determine
ItJiRfln'the principle of whafedurse is
Lest calculated to benefit the world
aa a whole, including America."
The 46.000,000,000 which Germany
was notified she must pay over a
aeries of 43 years by the recent set
tlement at Paris, Mr. Lamont said. If
amortised at s'.i per cent and brought
back to present values, would repre
aent a capital sum of about $13,000,
000.000, plus whatever amount Ger
many had already paid on account,
which, he said, does not seem to be
unreasonable.
He told how General Smuts in the
Paris discussions finally convinced
President Wilson that pensions should
be included in tha reparations bill.
tome of the experts, be said, gathered
In the presidents library and ex
plained to him that they couldn't find
a single lawyer In the American dele
gation who would give an opinion in
favor of including pensions, and that
11 logic was against It
Logic Disregarded by Wilson.
"Lglc! Logic!" Mr. Lamont said the
president exclaimed. "I don't give a
damn for logic I am going to Include
pensions." i
"There was not one of us In the
room whoso heart did not beat with
a like feelirig." said. Mr. Lamont.
1 am going to take this . oppor
tunity," he continued, "to say a word
as to President Wilson s attitude at
. the peace conference. He is accused
of having been unwilling to consult
his colleagues. I never saw a man
more ready and anxious to consult
than he. He has been accused of
having been desirous to gain credit
lor himself and to ignore others. I
never saw a man more considerate
of those of his- coadjutors who were
working immediately under him, nor
a man more ready tu give them credit
With the other chiefs of state.
Premier Better Trader.
"President AVilson undoubtedly had
bis disabilities. If it came to a horse
trade, Lloyd George could undoubt
edly have 'outjockeyed him; but it
seldom reached such a situation, be
cause President Wilson, by his mani
fest sincerity and open candor, al
ways saying precisely what he
thought, would always disarm his
opponent in argument.
"President Wilson did not have a
well organized secretariat staff. He
did far too much of the work him
self. In execution we all have a
blind spot in some part of our eye.
Wilson's was his inability to use men.
"On the contrary, when any of us
volunteered or insisted upon taking
responsibility off bis shoulders, he
was delighted."
America Lacks Representation.
Deprecating America's lack of rep
resentation on the permanent repara
tions commission, Mr. Lamont said:
"This commission has been respon
sible for the lamentable delay that
has occurred In fixing the amount of
German indemnity.
"Our failure to name a dally dele
gate for this commission has been not
merely a great disappointment to our
former associates in the war, but has,
I believe, been largely responsible foi
the continued economic unsettlement
in Europe with its unfortunate reflex
vpon our own industrial and commer
cial business."
Certain is it that the allied and
associated powers would be delighted
IC'vncluded cm .Page S. Column 4.)
"It Is Very Sad," Sighs Hotel Man
ager, Thinking of Polished
rioors, but C'est la Guerre.
WASHINGTON. D. C Feb. 2S
Hobnailed shoes of 200 doughboy
guards posted at the Hotel Crlllon,
where the American peace commission
j had its headquarters in Paris, caused
practically all of the damage for
which the owners charged the com
mission H25.870.82, the manager of
the hotel, Henri Dequis, said here
today. i
It was this Item of damages In the
expenses of the delegation over
which considerable protest was voiced
recently In the house of representa
tives and which, among other ex
penses, President Wilson was asked
to itemize in a resolution adopted in
the house.
"The 200 American soldiers who
guarded the commission In Paris dam
aged the Hotel Crlllon to the extent
of about 1625 each," said Mr. Dequis,
quickly adding that it was not the
fault of themselves, but the. shoes
they wore.
"They were neither Impolite nor
boisterous, but they had to tramp In
and out and all about the hotel, wear
ing hobnailed shoes over the polished
floors and expensive rugs. It cost the
hotel 650,000 francs to replace the
carpets and 5,000,000 francs to put the
hotel In order," he declared.
M. Dequis thought the boots of the
French soldiers would have had the
same effect and said he understood
the British did even more damage to
the Hotel Majestic.
"It Is very, sad." he sighed, "but
c'est la guerre."
CAPTURED ROBBER FAINTS
Bank Cashier Apprehends Outlaw
Who Held Him Up.
IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Feb. 25.
A masked robber who took 1185 from
the State Bank of Victor, near here,
was taken to a Salt Lake hospital
today In a cerious condition as a re
sult of fainting after he had been
pursued, caught and held up by a
bank official whom the bandit had
thought was locked In one of the
vaults.
The robber was an ex-school
teacher at Palisade, Idaho, the police
said. He entered the bank while
Deloss Lauritzer, assistant cashier.
was alone, and ordered him Into a
vault. Lauritzer slipped a revolver in
the JooirJara.t!nnifoentlng it from
closing. As soon as the robber left
the room, Lauritzer chased him and
hell bim up, recovering the money.
The bandit fainted. He will be ex
amined for his sanity in Salt Lake.
CHIEF OWL APPREHENDED
President of Order Charged With
Violating Mann Act.
SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. 25. John
Talbot, supreme president. Order of
Owls, was arrested today n an In
dictment charging violation of the
Mann act and conspiracy.
The Information on which the in
dictment was returned was furnished
by Miss Pearl Bagley of Topeka, Kan.,
who said she was lured to South Bend
and then forced to submit to terri
ble practices. She alleged that before
she could escape from the Owl hos
pital in which she alleges she was
held and which she refers to as a
"house of fear," Talbot and bis emis
sarles had clipped her hair so aa to
prevent her escape.
Mrs. Pearl Spangler, head nurse of
the hospital, has also boa arrested
on similar charges. She and Talbot
were released on bonds of (5000.
LYON COBB SUCCUMBS
Son of Newspaper Man Dies After
Illness of Month.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Lyon Cobb,
son of Calvin Cobb, first vice-pres'-dent
of the Associated Press, and pub
lisher of the Bo'se, Idaho, Statesman,
died here today after an Illness of a
month.
Mr. Cobb was born in 1880 and was
graduated from Harvard university.
He was in the lumber business in
Boise when he was taken ill.
The family is well known In Chi
cago. His mother was the daughter
of John B. Lyon, prominent in Board
of Trade circles several years ago. x
Mr. Cobb is survived by his father
and a sister, both of whom were with
bim when he died. ,
VETERANS TO EDIT PAPER
Montreal Herald to Be Controlled
by ex-Servlce Men.
MONTREAL. Feb. 25. The "Mon
treal Herald, now In its 110th year,
announced today that on March 1 it
would come under control of an ad
visory board composed entirely of ex
service men.
It will give employment to jour
nalists who fought in the war and a
portion of any profit the newspaper
may make will be devoted to the
cases of disabled soldiers.
CROOKS TRADE; ALL LOSE
Counterfeit German Marks Ex
changed for Bogus Soviet Gold.
BERLIN, Feb. 25. German coun
terfeiters who recently printed mil
lions of marks which they were un
able to dispose of, exchanged the false
money with some residents of soviet
Russia for "gold dust
The "gold dust" proved to be pow
dered bronze, according to the Berlin
newspaper today.
Slayer Leaps From Chair
at State's Attorney.
PROSECUTOR FLAYS KILLER
Sobbing Sister on Verge of
Collapse at Climax.
FOUR OFFICERS ON GUARD
Friends of Defendant Crowd Room
and Demonstration Is Feared.
Case Goes to Jury.
With fists clenched, lips compressed,
eyes narrowed and an expression of
anger on his features, Thomas Lo
tisso, wife slayer, started from his
chair in the courtroom of Circuit
Judge Belt as Joseph L. Hammersly.
deputy district attorney, drove home
a vitriolic characterization of the de
fendant at the climax of his argument
to the Jury yesterday afternoon.
"I ll get that !" Deputy Sher
iff Burt overheard Lotisso mutter, as
the officer pushed him back Into his
seat.
A moment later the slayer leaned
forward and spoke to his attorney,
Albert B. Ferrera.
"Give me a drink. I can't stand
this!" His voice vibrated with anger.
Sobbing Slater Near Collapse.
At the same time. Lotlsso's sister,
Mrs. Jennie Lopez, was shaking with
sobs and appeared on the verge of
collapse. A moment later. Judge Belt
adjourned court until 7:30 P. M.
When the argument was resumed
In the evening, two extra deputy
sheriffs were on duty at the side of
Lotisso. The two who had been
watching him had asked for addi
tional guards to prevent a demon
stration by friends of Lotisso who
were crowding the court room.
The case went into the hands of
the jury last night. Opening argu
ment for the state' was made by
Deputy District Attorney Hammersly
Thursday night. He was followed oy
Attorney Ferrera, who continued his
arguments yesterday morning, con
cluding at 11 o'clock. Joseph H. Page,
associate 'counsel for the defense,
spoke until 4:30, when Deputy Ham
mersley began his final argument to
the jury. He concluded at 8:30
o'clock, Judge Belt read the Instruc
tions to the Jury and the jurors re
tired at 9:05.
Throughout the trial. Lotisso main
tained a demeanor different from that
(Concluded on Pars 3, Column 1.)
STARTING
FIRE
One Injured In Ceremony Is In
rlted to Resign Father of An
other Demands Investigation.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.)
Charges, counter charges, explana
tions, apologies and publications of
the creed and names of the members
of the organization 'developed here
today following the announcement
by members of the Salem school
board that a complete and thorough
investigation would be made of the
initiation ceremonies of the so-called
"T. A." society at which at least
two, girls were quite seriously- in
jured late Wednesday night. The
society was said to' be strictly a high
school organization.
. One of the girls Injured at the Ini
tiation received a letter today In
which she was asked to resign from
the society. Then followed a formal
statement from the society express
ing sympathy for Miss Margaret
Pierce and Miss Charlotte Zieber, the
two girls most seriously hurt at the
initiation.
- In a published statement, author
ized by the organization, its creed
was divulged as were the names of
all the members. Also it was declared
there was nothing secret about the
organization.
The mother of one of the girls
declared her daughter had not sus
tained injuries sufficient to prevent
ber from attending school. There was
also an explanation that the injuries
were npt intentional but were caused
by the novices colliding with a fence
while roaming about the state hospi
tal grounds, blindfolded.
A. N. Peirce, father of one of the
injured girls, reiterated his demand
for a complete Investigation, which
has been promised by George Hug,
superintendent of public schools. ""'
EX -EMPRESS UNCHANGED
Death May Come at Any Time or
May Be Long Delayed,
DOORN, Holland. Feb. 25. No
radical change in the condition of
the ex.empress, Augusta Victoria, has
been noted recently. The castle an
nounced this afternoon that she
might die at any minute or might
linger Indefinitely.
The ex-crown prince is coming to
Doom tomorrow and the Duchess of
Brunswick, daughter of the former
empress, was expected to return to
Germany on Monday.
PREHIST0RICZ00 FOUND
Cadastral Engineer Asserts Discov
ery in Xew Mexico.
SANTA FE, ,N. M., Feb. 25. That
the mastodon, the pre-historlc camel,
the three-toed horse and the rhi
noceros roamed near Santa Fe in Mi
ocene times Is declared by William
Boone Douglas, United States cadas
tral engineer.
Mr. Douglas has sen? to the Smith
sonian institution fossils and speci
mens found around the mountain vil
lages of Chimayo and Nambe.
OLD-FASHIONED WAY MAY SEEM SLOW, BUT ITS SAFER.
Measure Making Closing of Mult
nomah Offices at Xoon on Sat
urdays Mandatory Killed.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.)--Governor
Olcott today vetoed a bill
passed at the recent session of the
legislature providing that the state,
cities, counties and school districts
should be exempted from paying roy
alty on rock, sand and gravel taken
from the beds of navigable streams
in Oregon.
This bill was introduced by Senator
Ryan of Clackamas.
In his veto .mes'sage the governor
said:
"This bill would deprive the school
Children of the state of revenues due
them through the Irreducible school
fund, by diverting to other uses money
raised from royalties paid to the
school fund through the sale of sand
and gravel."
Another bill vetoed by the gover
nor today made it mandatory on the
county officials of Multnomah county
to close their respective offices at 12
o'clock noon on Saturdays of each
week. , 1
"Making such an action mandatory
might work a grave hardship," said
the veto message of the governor. "As
as a single instance, I may note that
during the tax collecting rush it would
be possible to bring about congestion
in the sheriff's office and cause' much
Inconvenience to the public if the law
prevented the sheriff from allowing
his office to remain open duririg -half
of the day on Saturdays. Other simi
lar instances of possible serious in
convenience-might be pointed out."
This bill was Introduced in the
house by Representative Hlndman.
SWINDLERS ARE PUNISHED
Men Who Defrauded Service Men
Get Prison Sentences.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 25.
Four-year sentences were imposed
today In the district supreme court
on William F. Salisbury Jr. of Buf
falo and David W. Grlswold of South
hold, N. Y former claim examiners
of the war risk insurance bureau.
who pleaded guilty to having de
frauded wounded world war veterans
out ot several thousana dollars.
They were indicted on 11 counts of
having obtained money zor advance
ment of claims before the bureau and
pleaded guilty on two counts, receiv
ing the maximum Sentence.
BILLS' OPERATIVE MAY 25
Secretary of State Makes Announce
ment on Xew Legislation.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.)
With the exception of measures
carrying emergency clauses, all bills
passed at the recent session of the
legislature and sipped by the gov
ernor will become operative on
May 25.
This was announced by the secre
tary of state today.
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Get
DIVORCE IS COMPLETE ONE
New Legislation Is Put in Ef
fect Immediately.
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS
Reappointment of Members of Old
Commission, Also in Senate, Pre
cluded by Legal Opinion.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 25. (Special.)
The personnel of the new fish com
mission for Oregon and the new state
game commission, as provided for in
the segregation bills which were
passed at the recent session of the
legislature and which have been
signed by Governor Olcott, was an
nounced by the governor today. Mem
bers of the fish commission are:
Frank M. Warren, Portland, ap
pointment to June 1, 1925; Christian
F. Schmidt, Astoria, appointment to
June 1, 1924; Al H. Powers, Powers,
Coos county, appointment to June 1,
1923.
The state game commission person
nel follows: v
State at large George H. Kelly,
Portland, five-year term; game dis
trlct No. 1 (counties west of the Cas
cade mountains), I. N. Flelschner, Port
land, four-year term; Bert Anderson
Medford, two-year term. Game dis
trict No. 2 (counties east of the Cas
cade mountains). M. A. Lynch, Red
mond, three-year term; Blaine Hal-
lock, Baker, one-year term.
Divorce I Complete One.
Under the new laws, the jurisdiction
over commercial fishing and over the
administration of affairs of the wild
game life of the state are completely
divorced and placed under two sep
arate commissions.
The one covering commercial fish
ing Is composed of three members se
lected from the state at large. The
state game commission Is composed of
five members, one selected from the
state at large, two from game district
No. 1, or the counties lying west of
the Cascade mountains, and two from
game district No. 2, or those counties
lying east of the Cascade mountains.
Inasmuch as the laws creating
these commissions carried emergency
clauses and have been signed by the
governor, they will start functioning
Immediately.
Under a legal opinion given by At
torney-General Van Winkle at the
request of Governor Olcott, it was
held that no members of the recent
legislature which created the two
commissions were eligible to service.
Because of this opinion. Senator
Charles Hall of Marshfleld, who was
a member of the old fish commission,
and Senator John Gill of Portland.
who was a member of the old game
commission, were not eligible for ap
pointment on either of the two new
commissions.
Mr. Warren and Mr. Schmidt were
members of the old commission and
their selections were In the nature of
reappointments. Mr. Powers, the
third member of the fish commission.
Is a prominent lumberman of the Coos
Bay district and resides in the town
which bears his name.
Mr. Kelly Is Veteran.
Mr. Kelly, member of the sate game
commission from the state at large,
formerly was connected . with . the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company in Lane
county, later served overseas in the
war against Germany and now is a
resident ot Portland.
Mr. Fleischner and Mr. Anderson, the
two members of the game commission
from the counties west of the Cas
cade mountains, are prominent In
their respective communities and have
been closely Identified with the de
velopment of Oregon. Mr. Flelschner
is a merchant in Portland, while Mr.
Anderson has extensive interests In
Jackson county.
Mr. Lynch and Mr. Hallock, who
have been chosen as members of the
game commission from the counties
lying east of the Cascade mountains,
are active business men and are said
to be well qualified for the positions.
Mr. Lynch has long been engaged
in the mercantile business in Red
mond, while Mr. Hallock Is engaged
in the practice of law at Baker. Mr.
Hallock previously resided in Port
land, where he was connected with
the legal department of the Oregon
Washington Railway & Navigation
company. .
WOMAN ISHIT BY AUTO
Mrs. Howard Leet of Gladstone Is
Seriously Injured.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 25. (Special.)
Mrs. Howard Leet of Gladstone was
struck by an automobile on Main
street here tonight and thrown -to
the pavement. She sustained Trrternal
Injuries. The machine was driven by
A. Brown, of 65 McCoy avenue, Port
land. Mrs. Leet was talking with
another woman at the corner of
Eighth and Main streets when, the
drtver said, she stepped off the euro
just in front-of the car. She was
thrown face downward to the pave
ment, but the car did not run over
ber. She is expected to recover.
Three Portland Men
Appointments.
Republicans Defeat Erfort to Get
Action on Xomlnations of Other
Officers, However.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 25. Sen
ate republicans defeated today an
other effort by democrats to get ac
tion on presidential nominations for
promotion of army officers of high
rank.
The refusal was by a strict party
vote of 36 to 34 on a motion of Sen
ator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas,
that the senate proceed with execu
tive business for confirmation of
army promotions.
Later the senate In open session
confirmed the nominations of three
general officers who served during
the war with Germany to the rank of
brigadier-general in the reserve
corps. They were: Richard C. Mar
shall Jr., Brice P. Disque and John H.
Sherburne.
Senator Robinson vigorously crit
icised the action of the majority In
refusing, as he said, to honor the of
ficers of the regular establishment.
"I challenge the senate," he shout
ed, "to give reason for pursuing these
obstructive policies. The sole pur
pose is to have the new president
send in a new list taking off names
and adding others.
"Let not the time come when mili
tary nominations will be made in the
same way as postmasters. Let's keep
the army out of politics."
General Disque, one of the three of
ficers whose nomination to the rank
of brigadier-general was confirmed
yesterday by the senate, was head ot
the spruce production division of the
army during the war, with headquar
ters in Portland.
KEATS' MEMORY HONORED
Centennial of Poet's Funeral Ob
served in Italian Capital.
ROME. Feb. 25. Four hundred
American, English and Italian poets,
writers and persons Interested in lit
erature met at the tomb of John
Keats today to commemorate the cen
tennial of the poet's funeral.
Wreatha from the American Acad
emy of Arts and Letters- and the Na
tional Institute of Arts and Letters
were deposited by the American am
bassador, Robert Underwood Johnson.
i
CANADIAN PROVINCE WARM
Gophers Are Out and Spring Seems
Close to Saskatchewan.
REGINA, Sask., Feb. 25. Farmers
driving into this city today reported
seeing gophers. This, they said, is
the earliest appearance of the prairie
pests for ten years.
"If this weather holds, I am going
to sow a piece of land In wheat Sat
urday," said one farmer, who asserted
the land was dry and in shape for
a crop.
MILK DEALERS CONVICTED
Cocoa nut Oil Declared Used as
Adulterant in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Eleven milk
dealers were convicted in Brooklyn
today of selling milk and cream adul
terated with coccanut oil. They were
fined a. total of $4850.
The case was based on evidence
gathered .by the health department.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RDAT'S Highest temperature, 81
degrees; lowest, 4.; clear.
TODAY'S Cloudy, easterly winds.
Foreign.
Panama prepares for war on Costa Itlca.
Page 6. ...
National.
Three army nominations confirmed by sen
ate. Page 1.
Labor to try to block Dillingham Immi
gration bill. Page 2.
Went to get rivers and harbors funds next
session. Page .
Controller rap Pittsburg bankers. Page S.
Big naval outlay backed by Harding.
rage e.
French dun America for damage to hotel
by hobnails or dougnDoys. rage i.
Ioiietic.
All allies will pay debt to United States,
say Lamont. rage 1.
Operators and miners accused of conspiracy
to boost prices oi coai. race .
$77.!, 000 in bonds stolen from vault. Pago
b.
legislatures.
Washington aoions defeat school coda.
Pago 0.
Cigarette is voted out or state' or Idaho.
Page o.
Pacific Northwest.
'attemnt to rob George A. Mottman,
mayor of Oiympia, wasn.. or iu,uw ny
blackmail falls. Page 9.
Royalty on- gravel from streams stays
when governor vetoes bill. Page 1.
X-'lsh and game commissions appointed by
governor. Pago 1.
Initiation injuries to1 Salem girls declared
accidental. Page 1.
Sports.
Lincoln upsets dope and defeats Wash-
tngtom Page 12.
Boy McCormlck sails from New Tork for
United Kingdom for benefit of health.
Pago 12.
"Willamette defeats Whitman In basketball,
21 to 13. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Value of Oregon field and fruit crops es
timated at $121,973,619. Pago 10.
Export buying ralllos wheat market at
Chicago. Psge 10.
Standard shares steady and speculative Is
sues weak In Wall street. Pago 10.
Three l.ucken-aeb "steamers to call here In
March. Page 19.
"Portland and Vicinity.
Organisation, of nest legiUiture already
being discussed. Pago 20.
Pawluk's sea pal sought to east light on
murdT. Page 1.
Case of I.uclle Thomas, accused of viols b
lng prohibition law. given to federal
jury. Pago 8.
Future of Alaska is declared bright. Page
8.
Lotisso leaps at proscutor In courtroom,
l'age lw
County to attack new bridge tolls law.
Page 14.
Ordinance to prohibit packing of picture
theater lobbies beforo city council Tues
day. Pace 13.
Cltv health officer orders women's hospital
closed. Page 0.
Ex-Chief Cook on Mon
tague Is Wanted.
DEATH THREAT . REPORTED
Smuggling Quarrel or Love
Rivalry Suspected.
BRUNO LONG WITH PAWLUK
Picture of Prominent Portland
Business Woman Is Found in Ef
fects, but Name Secret.
Still carrying on the local search
for John Bruno, ex-ohlef cook of the
steamer Montague, In the belief that
he will be able to cast light upon the
tragic death of Harry L Pawluk, sec
ond cook of the same vessel, whose
body was discovered on the Barnes
road Tuesday afternoon, police in
spectors and deputies of the sheVlff's
office have all but relinquished hope
that he will be apprehended in Port
land. '
-It seems certain tha Bruno has
left the city." said Deputy Sheriff
Beckman last night, "and we are
mailing and telegraphing his descrip
tion to various places, advising the
authorities to hold him for Investiga
tion."
Ill Feeling Is Reported.
The cold trail of the chief cook.
who has not been seen In Portland
since the day following the rinding
of Pawluk's body, the head riddled
by three bullet wounds, leads to the
only possible solution of trie crime,
It was declared, and may develop
either the circumstances of a smug
gler's quarrel or rivalry for the favor
of a young woman known to both
men. ,
Though Bruno was not charged
with the crime, the authorities were
supported by officers and members
of the crew of the Montague in the
theory that he can aid materially In
unraveling, the mystery. An inform
ant, whose name has not been di
vulged, but who was acquainted with
both Bruno and Pawluk. was author
ity for the statement that ill-feeling
prevailed between them, and that
Bruno had voiced threats.
Threat Laid to Bruno.
"I'll get you sometime for this!"
was the declaration attributed to
Bruno, following an alleged alterca
tion with Pawluk on the voyage from
Vladivostok to Portland.
A similar threat was also credited
to Bruno, according to police Inspec
tors, as having been made when he
and the second cook, together with
Thomas Martin, steward of the Mont
ague, were detained by federal offi
cers here on smuggling charges pre
ferred against Martin. The grand
Jury at the completion of Its Inquiry
returned a not true bill In the case
against Martin, whose companions had
been detained merely as witnesses.
Yet the theory that a quarrel may
have arisen over the spoils of a
smuggling venture was strengthened
by the fact that Bruno was detected
in an attempt to bring in a quantity
of Japanese silk, while Pawluk tried
to smuggle several valuable pieces of
Chinese Jade.
Secret Cabinet la Found.
Neither 'was prosecuted, the chitl
cook being forced to pay $70 duty and
hi; assistant being dismissed with a
warning. In the cook's cabin of the
ship, where both Pawluk and Bruno
were quartered. Inspectors of the po
lio bureau found a secret wall cabi
net hidden behind a settee. from
fragments of silk scattered In tho
cabinet, it was apparent that only
recently It had been UBed as a Btorage
place.
Twice has the feminine element en
tered Into the case, through reports
made to the investigating officers, but
attempts to locate the material wit
nesses concerned were futile late yes
terday. In one Instance, it was de
clared that Pawluk sought the favor
of a young woman, residing on Seven
teenth street, and that bis rival was
Bruno. Neither the police nor deputy
sheriffs have been able to trace this
unidentified witness from Information
given them by Sidney Traskcr, a
member of the crew.
Panluk Is "Without Fonda,
Police inspectors las': night were
endeavoring to locate a resort said to
have beer, popular with the two men
tnd conducted by a woman. Tin same
informant who attribute bitter feel
ing to Bruno and the m.n later mur
mured was said to hav-j lodgtd thl
clew with the authorities, but was
unable to give tne address or name.
The theory that Pawjik was slain
for his money was apparently refuted
by the statements of members of the
crew, who said that he received flia
i. ay on reDruary i ana inm ;io was
without funds when he returned to
the ship last Saturday, atighir.ily an
nouncing that he bad gone broke
teeing the town."
Bruno visited the eijntague on
Wednesday of this week, tho diy
after the discovery of Ijc body. He
carried a suitcase with him and re
moved all his effects from the cook'a
cabin. Deputy sherirrs rieckrr.an ano
C hristof ferson have suc-"x-fded In find
ing the lodging houses where Bruno
tnd Pawluk lodged, bu. without un-
coverlnsr material clews. The -"ir!t to