.-
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. LX NO. 18,818
Entered at Portland (Oreiron)
pnj-foff-aft p.cnd-C1a8 Matter.
RAILWAYS CULLED
CONGRESS' SPECIAL
J
WOMEN OF 1950 B. C.
L
LOYAL LEGION SCANS
QUESTION OF WAGES
MEANS IS SOUGHT TO RESTORE
LUMBER INDUSTRY.
OFF G A
PLUMS
PISTOL IS STOLEN
BY HMMTS IVIFE
Suite Held by Husband :
and Clara Visited.
AIR FLEET MOBILIZES
SESSION IS APRIL 11
TO TRY BOMBING NAVY
MUCH LIKE MODERNS
SOUGHT BY MANY
OF
AS BANK REOPENS
LODGE JfOTIFIES SEX ATE
. PRESIDENT'S DECISION.
OF
LAA'GXET FIELD, VIRGINIA, IS
VANITIES OF ANCIENTS ALL
CONCENTRATION POINT.
SAME 1921 A. D.
KLAMATH
.(MORS
I
H
'-i
V
Pay Cuts Without Legal
Procedure Scored.
LABOR REFUSES TO ACCEPT
Insincerity of Lines Is De
clared to Be Obvious.
FAIR DEALING IS ASKED
Intent to Evade Provisions of Cum-mins-Escli
Statute Is Held
Evldenco of Disrespect.
J CLEVKLAND, O., March 14. Wage
1 reductions by railroads without con-
J forming to the provisions of the Cum.
i ins-Esch law should convince the
American people of the Insincerity 01
the railroads in their professions 01
respect for and obedience to the law
and railroad employes will not agree
to any such jug-handled application
of the law as certain of the railways
tave announced they Intend to place
upon it, said W. G. Lee, president of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, In statement issued today.
President Lee's statement declared
that the railways have "assumed the
tame outlaw position that was de
nounced as illegal by every authority
in the United States, including the
federal labor board, when the
switchmen's strike of last year oc
curred." "The railways," he continued, "are
not contending for reduced prices of
materials, taxes and other expenses
necessary to operation, but presume
to load every dollar of unearned
costs on their employes."
Railway employes ask fair dealing
from their employers and a 60-50 en
forcement of the Cummins-Esch law,
he said.
If the railways Insist on violation
f the law, railway employes will be
Justified in using every resource at
their command to combat proposals
f the railroads, the statement said.
LABOR MAI REJECT PAY CUT
Canvass or Union Organizations
Is Held In East.
NEW YORK. March 14. The rail
road wage reductions proposed tot un
skilled labor in the east probably will
be rejected, a canvass of union or
ganizations indicated tonight.
The first official announcement of
the refusal of the reductions is ex
pected tomorrow when representa
tives of the workers will confer with
officials of the New York Central
and reply to that road's proposal tc
cut wages from llha to 21 per cent.
The workers hold that the figures
and data submitted by the railroads
do not show sufficient cause for the
reductions and cannot bs substan
tiated. That the railroad workers had
agreed on a policy to fight the reduc
tions was indicated by their move in
advancing one week the date for the
second conference with the New York
Central officials, originally set for
March 22.
The latest redaction proposal was
made today by the Central railroad
of New Jersey, which would cut
wages of all unskilled labor from 10
to 17 cents per hour, effective April
1 Union representatives will make
their final reply to this proposal
March 24.
Wage reductions ranging from IS
to 23 per cent for marine workers
employed by the railroads, in New
York harbor, it was also learned,
have been agreed upon by the offi
cial general managers' association.
The reduction the marine workers
will be asked to accept would wipe
out increases granted by the war
labor board, effective May 1 last,
after a series of strikes. Approxi
mately 600 workers are affected.
Union representatives ot the em
ployes of the Delaware, Lackawanna
Westry Railroad company will con
fer with road officials tomorrow on
proposed wage reductions for' un
skilled labor. ;i .
The proposed schedule of wage cuts,
it was (earned today, was approved
today at a meeting of the general
managers' association. Each railroad
will notify employes of the proposed
reduction and call conferences.
While no date was decided upon .to
make the reductions effective, rallj
road officials said that it probably
would take effect April 15 or May
1. Approximately S0OO of the 15,000
marine workers in the harbor will be
affected.
HEARING IS TO BE FRIDAY
Four Railway Executives to Testify
Before Labor Board.
CHICAGO, March 14. Four railway
- executives will testify before the
railway labor board Friday in answer
to a summons Issued by the board
today. T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the Association of Railway Exec
utives, and his assistant, RS. Btnk
erd, will be called first, following
W. W. Atterbury, vice-president of
the Pennsylvania, and C. R. Gray,
president of the Union Pacific.
Decision to request the appearance
of the executives was made by the
(Concluded oa Pas it. Column 2.) '
Announcement Is Received With
General Satisfaction by Lead
ers; Nominations Go On.
WASHINGTON, March 14. April 11
was selected for the special session
of the 7th congress, the first under
President Harding's administration.
The announcement was received with
general satisfaction by senate leaders.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
republican leader, notified the senate
of the president's decision late today
after he and Senator 'Jnderwood of
Alabama, minority leader, had re
turned from the White House. They
had gone to the president with a
message from the senate that it stood
ready to adjourn sine die.
The president, however, requested
the senate to meet at 11 A. M. tomor
row, when he said he expected to
submit names of nominees for "im
portant offices" vacated by resigna
tion of democratic appointees.
It was said tonight that sine die
adjournment probably would be taken
lata tomorrow.
YOUNGSTERS SEEK FATHER
Boys Sent to San Francisco to Meet
Parent Disappointed.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 14. Rob
ert and Hubert Duvall. 8 and 9. re
spectively, were in the Juvenile de
tention home here today after arriv
ing from Crescent City, Del Norte
county, last night with a letter com
mending them to the care of "Dear
Elks and Knights," constituting their
sole belong'ngs. The letter was
signed "E. PL Jenkins, probation of
ficer. Crescent City."
The boys said they had been sent
here to meet their father, but he
was not on hand when they arrived.
The boys said their home formerly
was in Seattle and that they were
brought from that city to Waldo, Or,
and then to Crescent City by their
father. Five months ago he left
Crescent City and they have been
looking for him ever since, going a
number of times between Waldo and
Crescent City la their search, they
declared.
FARM BOND ISSUE LIKELY
Approximately $75,000,000 Prob
ably Will Be Offered Soon..
WASHINGTON, March 14. A new
issue of farm loan bonds of ap
proximately $75,000,000 probUiy will
be offered for subscription ""soon,
treasury officials said tonight.
Issuance of new bonds, Commis
sioner Lobdell said at the time of
the supreme court- decision February
28 upholding legality of the federal
iarm loan act, would be made as
soon as possible, but he intimated it
would be at least 30 days before the
funds would be available for loaning.
"In the present money market the
bond rate will have to be advanced
to 5 per cent," he said. "The inter
est rate to the borrowers will have
to be advanced to 6 per cent."
BOY DROWNS FROM RAFT
10-Year-OlU Friend Dives in Ef
fort to Save Life.
Albert Dunlap, 10-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dunlap, 426 East
Couch street, was drowned In the
Willamette river between the steel
and Burnside bridges at 4:30 yester
day afternoon when he fell from a
raft where he was playing with Low
Linvllle, a boy of the same age liv
ing at 4074 East Couch street. The
Linville boy risked his life by diving
into the river after his friend. Fail
ing to make a rescue, he notified the
parents, who called the harbor patrol.
Whle the frantic mother watched
their every move, members of the pa
trol searched in an effort to recover
the body, which they succeeded in
doing last night.
BIG TAX REFUND ORDERED
Government Must Return $1,665,
000 to Palmer Heirs. .
CHICAGO, March 14. Federal
Judge Page today ruled that the gov
ernment must return $1. 665.000 paid
as inheritance tax on the 17,000,000
trust fund left by Mrs. Potter Palmer
to Potter Palmer Jr. and Honore
Palmer. Judge Page ruled that while
Mrs. Palmer had the privilege of dis
posing of this trust fund In her will,
she had no benefits from it and could
not be said to possess it.
The fund was left at her disposal by
ner nusband.
NEGRO HANGED -.BY MOB
Victim Arrested on Charge of Ac
costing White Woman. .
TAMPA, Fla.. March 14. William
Bowles, negro, was1 hanged by a mob
near Eagle Lake today after two
deputy sheriffs had arrested him on
a charge of making improper remarks
to a young white woman.
Aa the officers were taking the
negro to the county jail, they were
overpowered by armed men and the
negro taken from them.
$200,000 LOOT RESTORED
Th-ce Cities Return Bonds Stolen
In 81,000,000 Toledo Robbery.
TOLEDO. O- March 14 Postal In
spectors here today announced the
recovery of J200.000 worth of the
loot in the million-dollar Toledo
postoffice robbery of February 17.
More than 1145,000 of the bonds
was recovered in New York; 127.000
In Detroit, and $14,000 in Philadelphia.
Sheep and Cattlemen Are
Saved From Ruin.
THRONGS JOIN IN PARADE
Recovery on Own Initiative
First in State History.
DEPOSITS IN DAY BIG
State Banking Superintendent De
clares Event Remarkable;
President Gets Credit.
, . , . ' . , ....
w.' c . , 7
bank of Klamath Falls reopened its
doors today after having been closed
by the state banking superintendent
on January 12 in response to a re
quest made by J. W. Siemens, presi
dent of the institution. ';
Within a little more than two
months after the doors were closed,
all Klamath county Joined in the cele
bration of the reopening which was
declared to have saved 75 per cent
of the sheep and cattlemen of the
county from ruin. .
The day was a gala one In Klamath
Falls, not paralleled since the celebra
tion of the armistice.
Bank Head Is Honored.
The festivities not only marked the
Insurance of prosperity for the county,
but also were a tribute to Captain
Siemens, who closed the bank as
soon as he saw that the cash reserves,
were lowered to the breaking point
and who Immediately set to work to
obtain the additional capital which
he knew could save the situation.
Two hundred automobiles and a
host of marchers, representing every
part of the county, took part in the
noisy demonstration. City and county
officials had a prominent place in the
parade.
Reopening First of Kind.
"When the bank reopened its doors
It marked the first Instance In Ore
gon banking history that a bank
closed under the provisions of the
state banking law has reopened,"
said Frank C. Bramwell, state bank
ing superintendent.
Since 1911, when the banking law
was passed, there have been three
instances where closed banks jvere
taken over by other banks and re
organized, but the local bank was
the first Institution to extricate itself
from difficulties through its own ef
forts. It was the largest bank to
reopen under any circumstances after
the doors once were closed, it was
said.
"It is a remarkable event." said
(Concluded oi Patfe 2. Column l.
I WONDER WHAT A
! . ' i r- r . : yfl ' 1
11 I I X . . .i C NT I y X 1 I A
I I lllfr rc?Z2?- HiiinmmcxvNs - v . rmi 11 II T .
I V - J -.,".11 1. v- LT' ifXfVTrO. I'
i .
More Tlian Enough Ammunition to
Blow Cp Both Atlantic and Pa
cific Fleets on Hand.
NEW YORK, March 14. (By the
Associated Press.) Information that
nearly all bombing airplanes in the
army air. service and many pursuit
planes are being drawn from flying
ields for concentration at Langley
field, Virginia, was received today in
civil aeronautic circles.
It was understood more than 100
airplanes and -everal balloons - and
dirigibles would be mobilized there
shortly, along with large stores of
bor bs, aerial torpedoes and other
fighting equipment.
The ammunition stored at Langley
field was said to be 'enough to biow
up both the Paclfio and Atlantic
flfets."
The aircraft concentration, it was
understood, w'll include 20 pursuit
planes, 40 De Haviland attack and
light bombardment ships, 21 heavy
Martin bombers, six Handley-Pages
and six Capronis, 20 flying boats and
90 craft of the lighter-than-air type.
WACTTTXTflTftXT T ri X ... 1. i J
Bv the Associated Press.) MoMlixa
tion of army aircraftand personnel at
Langley field, Virginia, Is to conduct
training flights in preparation for
bombing tests against naval vessels,
a high war department official said
tonight. The tests will take place in
June and many army airplanes and
several dirigibles will -take part in ad
dition to naval air forces. '
"This is the first opportunity we
h.-.ve had," the official said, "for any
real training since the war. We ex
pect to have at Langley field before
the bombing t:sts take place about
100 planes. Including more than a
score of the nev big Martin bombers
and the necessary personnel. The
bombing flight traiiing periods will
also give pilots from other posts an
opportunity to attend the air serv-r
ice officers' school at Langley field."
The flyers already at Langley field
and those who ha e been ordered to
report there are being trained in fly
ing over the water and dropping
bombs at moving targets on the sur
face of the ocean, officers said.
DENBY TO SAIL FOR CUBA
Secretary Leaves Sunday to Wit
ness Battle Maneuvers.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Secre
tary Denby will leave Sunday for
Guantanamo. Cuba, to witness target
practice and winter battle maneuvers
of the Atlantic fleet
Later he will go to Haiti- and the
Dominion republic, to Inspect the
marines stationed on the islands, and
will return here about April 5.
From Key West, Fla., the secretary
will go to the fleet base at Guan
tanamo. In announcing his visit, Mr. Denby
said he intended to familiarize him
self with the administration and
work-day routine of the fleet. His
visit to Haiti and the Dominican re
public has no connection with efforts
to obtain withdrawal of American
marines, he said.
NEW PRESIDENT THINKS ABOUT?
y-nr ill
Cosmetics and Jewels of AH Kinds
Taken From Tombs in Egypt
Are Bit Illuminating.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 14.
(Special.) The women of Memphis,
Egypt, In 1950, B. C, were probably
not very different from the women
of Memphis. Tenn., in 1921, A. D., if
the cosmetics discovered by Dr. Clar
ence S. Fisber, curator of the uni
versity museum, who for five years
was in charge of the excavations at
Memphis and Dendereh, and has
brought back many interesting tales
and some remarkable jewels which
he dug up, mean anything.
The jewels were found under in
teresting circumstances. At Dendereh
Dr. Fisher found a rpek tomb 15 feet
below the surface in which was the
headless body of a woman covered
with jewels. The most important
ornament was a necklace of carnellan
an ametnyst neaas, wun at iincnau,
four large amethysts bearing the
name of Sesostrls L As a pendant
there was a large amethyst scarao
bearing the cartouche of Sesostris.
These are the only stones ever found
in any necklace in Egypt bearing an
inscription.
Near the body of the woman was a
bronze mirror and alabaster pot con
taining red and black paint for her
toilet and two pots containing face
cream. Five jars also were found
which were supposed to contain food.
which had been filled with sand.
The thrifty relatives apparently
thought that sand was good enough
food for a dead one.
In the royal palace of Merneptah,
who is supposed to have been the
Pharaoh of Exodus, a woman's jewels
were found concealed beneath the
floor. Whether she hid them from
her husband or feared theft is un
known. A necklace of large gold
beads, some golden amulets and an
other large gold necklace, with a gol
den pendant several inches long, were
found, and also a golden ram with a
human head and a golden eye, which
was supposed to be sure defense
against witchcraft. The amulets,
which represented Isis, were supposed
to ward off disease.
Many tons of other treasures dug
up have not yet been brought to the
museum.
$450,000 HELR0AD NEED
Bond Issue in Douglas County to
Be Pushed for Special Election.
ROSEBURO, Or.. March 14. (Spe
cial.) That a bond issue of not less
than J450.U00 to take ca'e of the high
way improvements in Douglas county
must be voted at the June special
election, was the conclusion reached
this morr lng at a meeting of the tax
payers' league cemmittee with the
county court and Roseburg chamber
cf commerce.
Owing to the shortness of time, the
matter will be pushed with all d's
patch to get the measure on the
ballot.
Ashland Bank Gets Extension.
THE OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, March 14. The
corporate existence of the First Na
tional bank of Ashland. Or., has been
extended by the controller of the cur
rency to March 8, 1941.
Stanfield and McNary
Have Problems.
DISTRIBUTION IS 50-50 BASIS
Harmony Believed Pledged in
Federal Patronage.
POSTMASTER AGREED ON
Asa Thompson for Marshal and
P. J. Gallagher for U. S. Attor
ney, Senator-Elect"s Choices.
Some sort of equitable division of
federal patronage Is expected be
tween Senators McNary and Stan-
field. They agree on some things
the postmastership at Portland, for
instance but there are a number of
other places where a difference of
opinion is likely to exist. One way of
arriving at an harmonious distribu
tion is for the senior senator to take
some of the appointments and the
Junior senator to take a like number
and each name his choice, but the
choice must not be obnoxious to the
other senator. At least this Is the
sort of arrangement that is being
discussed in local political circles.
Senator Stanfield wants a couple
of the jobs to glv away. He wants
to name the United States marshal
and the United States district at
torney. Also Senator Stanfield has in
mind the very men he would like to
see receive commissions for these
places. It may be Interesting to the
varied assortment of aspirants for
marshal that Senator Stanfield's per
sonal choice is Asa Thomson, mayor
of Echo, Or. Others, of course, have
claims on the new senator, but Mr.
Thomson stands at the head of the
list.
Early Booster Favored.
For attorney, Senator Stanfield
wishes installed J J. Gallagher of
Ontario. Mr. Gallagher was one of
those who advised Stanfield to get
Into tho senatorial race last year
and helped elect him. Aa a member
of the legislature, Mr. Gallagher had
the straight party ballot bill, which
was intended to aid Stanfield. In
bringing recalcitrant republicans Into
camp. Julien Hurley of Vale also
seeks this appointment and, like tfal
lagher, he is a personal friend of
Senator Stanfield.
From what can be gathered. Senator
Stanfield Is more interested in these
two offices and candidates than In
any others.
But, here is another angle. . Sena
tor jucisary Is said to be favoring
different candidates for these two
places. Frank S. Bramwell of Grants
Pass wants to be marshal and Sena-
McNary is supposed to incline
toward him. At the same time Mr.
McNary has sent word to at least one
Portland candidate that "'he is sit
ting pretty" the candidate, not the
senator.
Mr. Took Earns Recognition.
Whether Senator McNary has any
one In view for attorney is not known
J but-there are reasons why he might
lavor waiter L Tooze Jr. The senior
i Tooze is desirous of being postmaster
at Salem, a gift within the control of
Senator McNary: as that in hi.
I town. T.he Toozes, combined, were
of material assistance in enabling Mr.
McNary to be selected as republican
state chairman in the Hughes cam
paign, and one of the factors which
decided the late Governor AVithycombe
In appointing Mr. McNary to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Sena
tor Harry Lane was that Mr. McNary
was state chairman.
Walter Jr. was active in. the cam
paign last year and worked out of
national committee headquarters.
This placed him in personal touch,
with the men who engineered the
Harding presidential campaign. Af
ter the election, Mr Tooze Jr. looked
around and decided that he would
see what could be done about an ap
pointment as United States attorney.
Investigation disclosed that the dem
ocratic Incumbent's term does not ex
pire until 1923.
Ambition' Is Shifted.
-This was too long to wait, so Mr".
Tooze, wanting action, shifted his
ambition to an assistant to the United
States attorney-general. He went
east and saw Mr. Daugherty, Hard
ing's political manager, who has been
appointed attorney-general in the
cabinet. During the campaign Mr.
Tooze and Mr. Daugherty became
well acquainted and Mr. Daugherty
feels that the services of Mr. Tooze
should meet with suitable reward.
However, he did not make him an as
sistant. (Mr. Daugherty advised Mr.
Tooze to return to Oregon and "sit
tight." v
Th's advice from Attorney-General
Daugherty is cnstrued by friends of
Mr. Tooze to mean that In all good
time Mn Tooze will succeed Lester W.
Humphreys as United States attorney
for Oregon.
If this is the intentlrn of Mr.
Daugherty, then Senator Stanfield
will have to reckon with the attorney-general
about the appoint
ment. A senator has certain privi
leges and all that in the way of pa
tronage in his home state, Lut an
attorney-general also has some priv
ileges, and among them Is the right
(Conluld on Ps S, Colurao 3.)
Readjustment of Freight Rates in
Justice to Millers of North
west Declared Need.'
Progress which indicates that the
session of this morning will settle
definitely the wage reduction prob
lem and the question of readjustment
of freight rates for the northwest
lumbering Industry was made at yes
terday afternoon's meeting of the
board of directors of the Loyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen, held at
the Portland hotel.
The board is composed of 12 em
ployers and 12 employes of kiorthwest
mills and its purpose is to re-establish
the lumbering industry upon Its
old prosperous footing. To do this
members of the board are certain the
matter of a general wage reduction
must be settled, as well as the ques
tion of freight rates, said to be upon
a discriminatory basis, which Is to
ths advantage of the southern pine
lumber industry in competition with
northwest mill operators.
Statements made at the meeting
yesterday Indicate that more than
half of the men normally employed
In the industry in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho are at present without
employment .and that practically 50
per cent of milling operations have
been suspended.
Decisions materially affecting the
recent proposal of mill operators that
a wage reduction should be granted
to balance the freight rates between
northwestern fir and southern pine In
eastern markets as well as the ques
tion of a return to normal building
are expected to be reached this morn
ing.
N. F. Coleman, president of the
Loyal Legion of Lumbermen, declared
yesterday that high freight rates on
transcontinental lumber prevent com
petition between Douglas fir and
southern pine and advocated return
to the rate in effect prior to August
26, 1920.
The present minimum wage grant
ed under the "Four L" scale is (i.m
per day. it was stated, and mill op
erators of the Coos bay district bave
recently requested a wage cut which
would aid in balancing' the discrep
ancy in freight rates.
Assertions were made by several
directors yesterday that lumber prices
in the northwest have declined nearly
50 per cent during the last year, and
in view of this declension It was
found necessary a few months ago to
reduce the legion pay scale from the
minimum of 4.40 per day to the pres
ent wage of J3.60.
INSPECTOR TO SEE SITE
Proposed United States Courthouse
In Portland Subject or Survey,
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C. March 14. Super
vising Superintendent Roberts of San
Francisco, representing the treasury
department, has been ordered to Port
land to inspect a proposed new site
for the United States courthouse to
take the place of the old building.
Mr Roberta is to report on the ad
visability of a change, according to
advices received by Representative
McArthur.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
ri.rraei: minimum. 3 uagrcea.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
National.
.... --I .! ..... J
Separate peace witn
unlikely. Fas T.
Soeclal session of conaress set ior -V'"
lage 1.
Conference today to decide whether Uriff
-or internal tax revilon wlU come tlr.L
rase 2.
J. M. WainwriBht made aseUrtant-eecretary
of war. Page 2.
Rail president declares wage cut no rem
edy to freight rate situation. Page S.
Domestic.
Pistol etolen from Clara Hamea's suite,
saya Hamon's widow on eland. Pase X.
Air fleet mobilizes to try naval bombing.
Page 1.
Packers' strike mediation set for March
21. Page 3.
Wisconsin rate case turns on whether
,n,-rt.t commerce commtaslon baa
power to regulate state ratea Page S.
w w n. Ktoaes wins points in mvuiw
tlnn ana woman icm x " -
viits to man's apartment. Page 4.
Railways called law violators. Page 1.
Reorlsal for tarring non-partisans In Kan
... i. ..ni.d. Page 4.
Ancient women much like modern, says
excavators back from Egypt. Pago 1.
Mrs. James A. Stillman files counter suit
tnr divorce, alleging husband's mis
conduct and naming co-reepondent.
Page .
Paclfle Northwest.
Ten new legislative measures signed by
Governor Hart of Washington. Page 5
Nnrthwest district conference of Rotary
clubs opens in Seattle, Wash. Page 4.
Klamath celebrates aa bank reopena
Page 1.
Sports.
Twelve schools enter athletes for Columbia
indoor meet. Page 12.
St. Patrick's day to see big bouta Page IX
.Aggie track team looks good for another
triumphant year. Page 12.
Muscle-farntlng sun aids Beavers. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Butter market conditions Indicate lower
prices at alt points. Page IK.
Wheat falls at Chicago with free selling
by longs. Page 10.
Short selling and liquidation depress stock
prices. Page 10.
Oriental shipping features day here. Page
13.
Fortland and Vicinity.
Harmonious distribution of plums by Sen
ators McNary and Stanfield believed
arrived at. Page 1.
Army aviator who was lost six days In
Texas and Mexico visiting in Portland.
Page 9.
Dr. Andrew G. Smith gets authority from
court to send delegates to national
Irish convention. Page 10.
Final report of Receiver Whlteomb of
bankrupt Morris Brothers bond bouse
tiled. Page 11.
Ex-City attorney repeats demand for tele
phone Inquiry. Page T. -
Loyal Legion directors hope to adjust rates
and wages and stimulate lumber in
dustry. Pags 1.
STATE RESTS MURDER CASE
Widow Struggles to Control
Self" In Testifying.
DEFENSE OPENS IN RUSH
Right to Muke Opening Statement
Is Waived and Greater Part
of Witnesses Are Heard.
ARDMORE, Okla.. March li. Brier
testimony by Mrs. Jake L. Hamon,
widow of the national republican
committeeman for whose murder
Clara Smith Hamon Is on trial here,
during which she said she had re
moved a small pistol from Clara's ho
tel room, today completed presenta
tion of evidence by the prosecution.
With adjournment of court, the de
fense, which had occupied most of the
afternoon with its testimony, an
nounced that the defendant would be
called tomorrow.
The defense waived its ' right to
make an opening statement, and
rushed through the greater part of its
witnesses. The attorneys Informed the
court that Clara Hamon's sister and
niece would precede her on the stand
after which the defense would rest its
case.
Suite Tlslted by Widow.
Mrs. Juke L. Hamon, clad In full
mourning, testified that on two occa
sions, she had visited the suite occu
pied by her husband and the defend
ant. Speaking In a well modulated voice
and plainly making a struggle to re
tain her self-control, Mrs. Hamon eirid '
that on one occasion she had been in
the rooms when Clara came in, tossed
her gloves and hat on the bed, and
on seeing Mrs. Hamon, ran out.
On the other occasion, the widow
said, she took a small pistol from
Clara's room. At that time, she testi
fied, her husband sent her back to
Chicago within one hour and a half
after she had been to the suite.
Letters Itrnd Into Record.
The state today attempted through
Frank L. Ketch, ex-business manager
for Hamon and now administrator of
his estate, and Errett Dunlap, also a
business associate, to clinch its pres
entation of alleged dying statements
from Hamon that the defendant shot
him as he lay on the bed In his room.
Through the reading into the rec
ords of two leters, purported to have
been written to Hamon by Clara, and
an alleged contract In which the
signer had released Hamon from all
obligations "for relations heretofors
existing between us and claims tor
money," the state also sought, ac
cording to State Attorney - General
Freellng, to show premeditation and
that Mrs. Hamon, the widow, had been
threatened.
Ketch Is Held Immune.-
Mr. Ketch testified over the objec
tion of J. L. Hodge, assist -nt county
attorney, that developments last Sat
urday were sufficient to show that
the administrator "is an accessory
after the fact of the offense for which
the defendant is being prosecuted."
Mr. Hodge took the action, he said, be
cause J. C. Mathers, county attorney,
is acting as part of the counsel fur
Clara Hamon.
Judge Champion ruled that Mr.
Ketch's testimony might be taken,
and later Attorney-General Freellng
said the fact that he had testified
rendered Mr. Ketch Immune under
the Oklahoma code.
Mr. Ketch testified that, on Hamon's
request he had drawn $1000 from his
personal account and given It to Clar
Hamon, with a demand that she leave.
Shooting; Denial Changed.
He said Hamon at first denied that
Clara had shot htm, but then had
amended that statement and directed
that the money be given to her, and
that she be gotten away.
"I want It given out I did tt my
self and give Clara some money and
have her get away," Ketch quoted
Hamon as having said. "My wifn
will be here and I want Clara to go.
Tell the world any kind of a story;
that 1 dropped the gun; anything."
Mr. Ketch, on cross-examination,
said Clara Hamon had some Invest
ments jointly with the Hamon estate
and also with him personally.
"He told me he went to his room
late In the evening, threw off his
coat and vest and lay on the bed for
a rest," Mr. Dunlap testified regard
ing a conversation with Hamon at
the sanitarium.
Shooting" Story Ilelnted.
"'I had been there only a short
time when I heard Clara come in and
she laid her left sjind on my hand
and I felt her right on my Bhoutdcr,
when she shot.'" he further quoted
Hamon.
The first defense witness was Rus
sell B. Brown, ex-county attorney.
who tiled the murder charge against
Clara Hamon. Mr. Brown said Mr.
Ketch had Informed him that the un
derclothing and shirt worn by Hamoa
and recently produced In court hac
been burned.
Mr. Ketch a few minutes previously
had denied, he had made that state
ment.
Sheriff Garrett and a deputy, 'Ttud"
(Concluded on 1'ago 4, Column 8 )