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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, 3IAKCII 21, 1931
TRICE FIVE CENTS
SURPLUS BERRY CROP
MAY GO INTO WINE
SOCTHERX GROWERS' ASSO
CIATIOX GETS COXCESSIOX.
GIANT CANNING
EX-CAPTAIN IS HELD
IN MYSTERY KILLING
WICKERSHAM URGED CTD
AS ALASKA GOVERNOR G 1 n
PARACHUTE LEAPER
DROPS 24,400 FEET
IS OFF
V i.
AVIATION UECTEXAXT SETS
ROSENBLCTH CHARGED WITH
FALL'S RECOMMENDATION IS
EX-DELEGATE.
1
CROXKHITE DEATH.
"EW JCMP RECORD.
BEIGHOFTERROR
Oil III GERMANY
KEIN PACKING
THRILLING
CHASE
MERGER
PROPOSED
INDUSTRY
Red Revolt Spreads and
Towns Are Bombed,
HAMBURG FLIES RED FLAG
Buildings Damaged in Rode
wisch, Leipsic, Dresden
and Other Cities.
SAYINGS BANKS ARE R0BSED
'.J Rioting Takes Place in Coal
' Fields, Trains Derailed
J t n ! ! I X I
ana Bunaings Looxea.
LONDON, March 23. A Berlin
dispatch to Reuter's says serious dis
order has broken out in Hamburg.
The workmen and policemen fought
outside the Vulkan shipyard. Four
persons were killed. Twelve were
badly and 14 slightly injured. The
dispatch says the senate has declared
a minor state of siege.
BERLIN, March 23. The mid-
German industrial areas are again
in the throes of anarchy in conse
quence of the communists' determi
nation to force a widespread general
strike in protest against the govern
ment's action in massing security
police there to check rioting and
plundering. The lignite districts
near Mansfield are the chief center
of the disturbances, which not only
extend to derailing trains, but are
spreading to serious bomb outrages
on the judiciary buildings in Leip
zig, Dresden, Freiberg and Rode
wisch. Armed bandits, operating under
the direction of the notorious "Robin
Hood" Hoelz, are carrying out hold
ups, robbing savings banks and oth
erwise spreading terror by the de
struction of industrial plants and
the seizure of arms.
Communist workers seized the city
administration buildings in Ham
burg today, then occupied the Blohm
and Voss shipyards and hoisted the
redlag, says a dispatch from Ham
burg. Workers in other shipyards quit
work and began organizing mass
demonstrations, according to the dis
patch. Dynamite Is Found.
In Rodewisch the city hall was
virtually destroyed by a bomb which
had been concealed in the basement.
The use of dynamite against the city
administration buildings in Auer
bach, Freiberg and Dresden resulted
in heavy property loss and the
wounding of at least three persons.
Others were slightly injured.
A 21-year-old man was arrested in
Auerbach with a sack of dynamite.
A companion, who fired at a police
man, escaped. The man arrested
said he was from Danzig.
In Leipsic, Dresden, Rodewisch
and other cities in central Germany
the communists directed their efforts
against court houses, city halls, pub
lic banks and police headquarters. A
bomb exploded in the Leipsic court
house today and blew off the roof,
broke all the windows and wrecked
the lobby.
Train Is Derailed.
A man claiming to be Max Hoelze
rppeared at a communist meeting in
the Mansfield copper mine district
yesterday and declared he had taken
charge of a general strike. Thus far
there have been no disorders. The
strike has been only mildly success
ful.
A Halle dispatch says an engine
and four coaches of a train have
been derailed near Dieskau.
From Eisleben, 23 miles west of
Halle, a message reported intermit
tent rifle firing Tuesday night and
that hand grenades were exploding
there today.
Newspapers here say that the
strikers have blown up three
switches of the Mansfield copper
mine railway.
Call to Arms Made.
Outbreaks in middle Germany,
which synchronized with the action
of the communist shipyard workers
at Hamburg, had been openly es
poused for 48 hours by the German
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Intimation Given That Producers In
Other Sections May Similarly
Dispose of Surplus.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 23. A
permit to manufacture wine out of
strawberries for non-beverage pur
poses was Issued tonight to the Straw
berry Growers' association of Louis
iana by the bureau of internal rev
enue. Provision is made that no sugar
shall be added to Increase the alco
holic content.
Bureau officials said that the straw
berry growers had appealed to the
prohibition authorities for permission
to set up a large winery to care for
their suplus crop, estimated to be
worth about &, 000,000. Under the Vol
stead act, it was explained, it is legal
to establish wineries for the manu
facture of non-beverage products for
sacramental or medicinal purposes.
Officials suggested that should a
surplus of berries occur in other
states the producers would be enti
tled to an opportunity to show wheth
er there was danger of heavy loss
unless the establishment of a winery
was resorted to.
Such procedure, officials intimated
would not be confined to strawberry
producers, but would Include pro
ducers of other Juicy berries and
might, in the case of necessity, cover
vegetables, such as beets and possl
bly dandelions and elderberries.
STATE REDUCING FORCES
Employes and Salaries Are to Fee)
Ax, It Is Announced.'
OLYMPIA, Wash.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) Employes of the state Indus
trial insurance commission, the medi
cal aid and safety boards already are
feeling the pangs of state economy,
Heads of these departments today an
nounced that with the advent of the
civil administrative code the forces
in these offices would be cut 25 per
cent and the salaries a corresponding
amount.
Notices of dismissal and the low
ering of ealaries already have affect
ed a number of the employes. It is
estimated that there are close to 200
employes under the present industrial
insurance commission and that at
least SO of this number will be dis
missed. Stenographers in these de
partments who were receiving J125
and 135 a month are cut to 100 a
month and men receiving J2O0 month
ly will now be paid 175.
NEW COMPANY MUSTERED
Albany Unit Adds to Coast Artil-
lery Branch of Service.
ALBANY, Or., March 23. (Special.)
A coast artillery company of the
Oregon National Guard, with 70 men
enlisted, was mustered here last
night. Clarence Collins was elected
captain of the company and he ap
pointed Arthur C. McOhesney first
lieutenant, George B. Crawford sec
ond lieutenant and Ellsworth Lillard
first sergeant.
The company was mustered Into the
guard by Major Dusenbury of Port
land, inspector-general of coast ar
tillery of the Oregon National Guard.
Major Roy R. Knox of Portland, who
commanded the old Fifth company,
coast artillery corps, pf this city and
led it Into service at the beginning of
the world war, was inspector of the
election of officers.
SUICIDE'S HAT IS FOUND
Continued Search Reveals Trace ol
Missing Cashier.
KELSO, Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) A hat, which has been identi
fied as that worn by F. L. Stewart,
former cashier of the Kelso State
bank, who was drowned In the Co
lumbia river last Thursday night, was
picked up Sunday on the river near
Rainier by John Cooper, a fisherman
living above Kalama.
The hat was turned over to the
family yesterday afternoon. Search
for the body has been unavailing, al
though a number of boats have been
working constantly since Friday,
FIRE DESTROYS 33 AUTOS
Numerous Explosions Take Place
While Buildings Burn.
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 23. Two
new automobile sales agency build
ings, containing 33 cars, most of them
second-hand, were destroyed and one
fireman was severely injured in a
fire here tonight.
Numerous explosions made the work
of the firemen dangerous. Edward
fcvans, volunteer fireman, was blown
35 feet by one of the explosions. He
suffered bruises and cuts, with possi
ble internal injuries.
BOMB KILLS 20 AT SHOW
Many Others Injured In Alleged
Italian Anarchist Plot.
LONDON, March 23. A bomb ex
plosion took place in the Diana the
ater at Milan, Italy, tonight, 20 per
sons being killed, according to a dis
patch to the London Times. Many
were injured, at least .'0 of whom are
not expected to live.
Police believe that the outrage was
the work of anarchists as a protest
against Malatesta's imprisonment.
ROSEBURG EGGS 14 CENTS
Price Lowest Reached In Several
Years, It Is Reported.
ROSEBURG, Or.', March 23. (Spe
cial.) Eggs Bold on the local market
at 14 cents today.
This was the lowest figure in sev
eral years, 1
Oregon and Washington
Fruit Men Involved.
CAPITALISTS, GROWERS MEET
Conference at Tacoma for
Launching Association.
CONFEREES ARE AMAZED
Scheme Would Slake Xortliwe&t
Organization Rival to Or
ganization of California.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) Plans for a giant corporation
to develop the canning Industry of
Washington and Oregon with a cap
ital of at least 10,000.000 were be
ing considered by a group of Port
land, Seattle and Tacoma capitalists
and business men, it was announced
today following an extended confer
nnce this afternoon and tonight in
thn Tacoma hotel at Tacoma.
Oregon conferees were C. C. Colt,
vice-president of the First National
bank of Portland; C. F. Adams, vice
president of the same bank; S. L.
Eddy, vice-president of the Ladd
Tilton bank of Portland; Frank E.
Spencer of Allen & Lewis, jobbers;
J. C. Ainsworth, president of the
United States National bank of Port
land; F. P. Kendall, American Can
company; Truman Butler, Butler
Banking company of Hood River;
William Walton of the Ladd & Bush
bank of Salem, and Alfred C. Schmitt
of First National bank. Albany.
Seattle men participating in the
conference were: H. C. Henry, capi
talist; H. F. Ostrander, millionaire
shipping magnate; J. W. Spangler,
president of the Seattle National
bank; Reginald H. Parsons, ex-pres-Ident
of the Seattle chamber of com
merce; P. D. Truax, vice-president of
the Seattle National bank; Gordon C
Corbaley. vice-president of the Meln-rath-Corbaley
company,' and W. I.
Rhodes of Rhodes brothers. From
the Puyallup valley was W. H. Paul
hamus, president of the Sumner &
Puyallup Canning company.
Tacomans present were Chester
Thome, chairman of the board of di
rectors of National bank of Tacoma;
W. R. Rust, capitalist; Henry Rhodes,
merchant, and H. V. Alward. Bank
of California; G. H. Raleigh, Bank
of California.
Plans of Wide Importance
While all members of the confer
ence refused to make any statement
concerning the results of the meet
ing, it is understood that measures
of the widest importance were con-
(Concluded on Page 1!, Column 1.)
Prisoner Taken by Federal Officers
Comments Only to Repeat His
Statement or 1918.
NEW YORK, March 23. (Special.)
Robert Rosenbluth, a former cap
tain of the 213th regiment of engi
neers, was arrested here tonight on
a charge of murder in connection
with the death of Major F. Cronkhite.
Major Cronkhite was killed at Camp
Lewis, Wash., on October 25, 1918.
Ex-Captain Rosenbluth was locked
up at police headquarters as a fed
eral prisoner to await further Inves
tigation of the case. He refused to
make any comment In the hour during
which federal and city questioners
were closeted with him, other than to
recall that on the day after the shoot
ing of Major Cronkhite he had testi
fied at an inquiry at Camp Lewis
that the major ehot himself.
The authorities declined to make.
any statement, even refusing to ex
plain the arrest in view of the asser
tion in Providence last Saturday of
Roland R. Pothler, formerly a ser
geant, living at Central Falls, R. I
that he killed Major Cronkhite. He
pleaded guilty before a federal com
mission to a charge of involuntary
manslaughter.
That Major . Cronkhite was shot
when at pistol practice in pfaih view
of several men was the story told
by Pothler. This was the con-clusion,
too, of an army court-martial of In
quiry. The dead man's father, Major-
General Adelbert Cronkhite, however,
on returning from France, caused the
body to be exhumed and the Investi
gation to be renewed.
Pothler testified at Camp Lewis
that the shooting was accidental and
the major was killed by a bullet from
his own revolver.
When the body was exhumed ex
perts are said to have declared that
the wound could not have been self
inflicted. Rosenbluth told the department of
Justice agents he was born in Phila
delphia and had served in public of
fices in New York. In 1910 he en
tered the government forestry serv
ice In Ogden, Utah., the following
year going to the Philippines as di
rector of forest investigation. Re
turning In 1912, he became director
of forest service in New York state,
which position he held for a year.
From 191 to 1916 he was connect
ed with the department of correction.
New York city. He entered the officers'-training
camp at Plattsburg in
1917 and was sent to France.
- Eosenbluth's only comment wasi "1
can't understand it." .
The capture of Rosenbluth Is said
by. department of justice agents to
have followed months of trailing. He
was located from cables to Constan
tinople, where he had been a short
time before Information as to his
whereabouts was sought. He was
trailed through France, England, Rus
sia and Siberia until the date of his
return to the United States was es
tablished. His presence in New York
has been known for the last 15 days,
but the arrest was not made until
tonight.
Department of justice agents de
clined to state if Rosenbluth's arrest
was due to admissions made by Po-
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 4.)
PHEW!
Pending Appointment Is Cause of
Surprise, as Opposition to
Nominee. Eixsts.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C., March 23. James
Wickersham, former delegate from
Alaska, has been recommended to the
president by Secretary of Interior Fall
for appointment as governor of the
territory, according to apparently re
liable authority.
: At the office of Secretary Fall it
was said this afternoon that any
statement on the Alaska governor
ship appointment would have to come
from the Whitie House. The news of
the appointment will be considerable
of a surprise both in Seattle and in
Alaska, where there has been much
active opposition to Mr. Wickersham.
J. C. McBrid, republican national
ccmmltteeman from Alaska, as well
as some of the republican leaders in
western Washington, has indorsed
George C. Hazlett of Cordova. Those
opposing Mr. Hazlett made the charge
that he was the candidate of the Gug
genhelms. No evidence was presented
in support of this charge, but there
is no doubt that he suffered somewhat
from the fact that he had formerly
been identified with the Guggenheinis
in a business way.
Mr. Wickersham, who served sev
eral years In congress as the Alaska
delegate, belongs to the old Roose
velt faction of the republican party1
in the territory.
ROUT TOLD IN FOOTPRINTS
f
Defeat of Hawaiian Warriors In
dicated by Lava Moulds.
HONOLULU, T. H., March 23. (Spe
cial.) Footprints, thousands of them
made by long-dead warriors, have
been found near the volcano of Ki
lauea, on the island of Hawaii.
A party of scientist, headed by Pro
feasor Jaggar, found an area in
which there were thousands of prints
of naked feet, all heading in one di
rection. Indicating a great flight of
warriors.
It is believed that the footprints
were left on the soft lava by the
defeated army of Keoua of Kau, who
made an attempt to conquor Kame
hameha when the latter was starting
on his long upward climb to the
throne of the Hawaiian islands.
CHURCH ABODE OF STILL
Brown Drops on Celling Lead to
Discovery of Liquor Plant.
POCATELLO, Idaho, March 23. The
curiosity of a youthful attendant at
Sunday school services caused the dis
covery of a still there Sunday, It ")e
came known today.
The boy noticed two brownish drops
on the ceiling. The drops failed to
fall, so after the Sunday school pupils
had left, he climbed into the attic and
discovered an oil stove, a still, a quan
tity of mash, some burned sugar and
all the accessories for making liquor.
His report of his discovery resulted
in the confiscation of the still, but
the operator has es yet not been d!s
covered.
Secretary Davis Averts
Walkout of Workers.
EMPLOYES ACCEPT PAY CUT
Operators Agree to Extension
of Arbitration Agreement.
8-HOUR DAY IS RESTORED
Judge Alschuler to Continue
Settle Differences; End of War
Time Pact Agreed on.
to
WASHINGTON, March 23. Pros
pects of an Immediate strike in the
packing industry were averted to
night through the mediation of Sec
retary of Labor Davis.
Compromises by the 100.000 em
ployes in accepting a wage reduction
and by the five big packers in con
senting to a six months' extension ot
th A I r I-. - 1 . m
.uiuier arouration arrange
ment made possible the settlement
after three days of conferences in
which representatives of packers and
employes and. Secretaries Davis,
Hoover and Wallace participated.
Wage Cutm Accepted.
Provisions of tho agreement as
signed by J. G. Condon and Carl
".cr, representing the packers, and
by Dennis Lane and Ji. s. Brennan
of the Amalgamated'Order of Meat
cutters and Butchers'
Workers of
ftorth American, follow:
"Flrct T U
i se cuts or 8c per
..u. lur nouriy workers and 12
per cent for all piece workers shall
remain in effect as of the dates an
nounced by the packers and shall not
be subject to further arbitration. If
any further reductions are desired
they shall be submitted to the admin
istrator. "Second The basic eight-hour day.
with overtime rates as announced in
the latest rulings of Judge Alschuler,
shall be restored, subject, however, to
the right of the employers or em
ployes to submit to the administrator.
. i...:jr uesre, ajiy question
changes.
Time to Be Extended.
Third The agreement of Decem
ber i5, 1S17. and extensions thereof
and all decisions thereunder, except
as herein modified, shall remain in
effect until September 15. when the
agreement and all awards thereunder
and supplements and renewals there
of and understandings connected
therewith shall terminate.
"Fourth Judge Samuel Alschuler.
or his successor, as administr tr
shall, until said date, retain and exer
cise all jurisdiction and authority
heretofore existing and th m,
and the employes shall abide by his !
uecisions in an matters of 1urirti.
tion and power under the administra
tion ana all subjects of honra ,.,
conditions and adjustments thereof!
excepting as hereinbefore set out!
The employers and employes shall
however, be permitted to nut into on.'
eration plans whereby they may de
velop a metnoa to handle between
themselvs all matters of mutual in
terest eo long as they do not interfere
with the administration.
End of Agreement Decided.
"Fifth Any questions relating to
hours or wages submitted to the ad
ministrator during the continuance of
the agreement shall be submitted in
............ . .no umcaa omerwise re
quested by the administrator. The
employes' letter contained a sixth
provision which read as follows:
vVe understand and appreciate that
this agreement contemplates and cov
ers the exigencies and conditions at
this time in the packing houses within
the Alschuler administration without
relation to industrial conditions on
wages generally."
Messrs. Condon and Meyer made
the following statement:
We have agreed with Secretary
Davis to a definite termination of the
war-time labor agreement. This will
enable, the packers to complete plans
announced to adjust between them
selves and their employes all mat
ters of mutual interest."
Reduction la Regretted.
"It was only after the most care
ful study that the packing companies
decided upon wag reductions and
changes in working conditions. They
regretted the necessity which com
pelled this decision.
"Our people have the same attitude
toward our government today in its
efforts to solve the big problems con
fronting the country that they had
during the war co-operation and
helpfulness. The country is going
through a serious adjustment as a re
sult of the war and we want t6 lend
every possible assistance and do
nothing that would seem to retard
or interfere with the sincere efforts
of President Harding and his adminis
tration in solving these tremendous
problems."
Pressure -by the government was
understood to have been largely re
sponsible for the agreement. The
controversy was the first major labor
difficulty to face the new administra
tion and President Harding referred
the matter to Secretary Davis, who
called in Secretaries Hoover and Wal
lace, y
Statements Issued after the signing
(.Concluded on Paga 2, Column 8.J
"Just Like Any Other LejRp," Says
Flier, Who Reports Usual
Sensations In Air.
t
CHAMPAIGN, I1L. March 23. A
new world's record for the parachute
leap was established . today when
Lieutenant A. G. Hamilton dropped
24.400 feet four and three-fifths
miles from an airplane at Chanute
field. .
He made the ascent in a De Havl-
land B-4 plane piloted by Lieutenant
Harry Weddington and descended in
a regulation parachute. He slept
during the hour and 26 minutes re
quired to make the ascent, but kept
much awake during the drop.
"It was just like any other leap,"
was his only comment.
Lieutenant Weddington was dressed
for an altitude flight, but Lieutenant
Hamilton wore only the regulation
outfit However, he was wrapped in
blankets and the rear cockpit in
which he sat was covered with can
vas. A wire from the canvas to
Lieutenant Weddington's seat was
used by the pilot to release the cov
ering. The rush of cold air awoke
Lieutenant Hamilton who stepped on
platform at the side and, when the
plane was in position, leaped into
space. The parachute opened per
fectly.
Lieutenant Hamilton landed seven
miles northeast of Chanute field.
There was little wind when he
jumped, but at an altitude of 18,000
feet a strong current engulfed his
parachute. He declared there were
no peculiar sensations at any time
during the descent. Another airplane
was sent up after the big De Havl-
iand began the flight. It followed
Lieutenant Hamilton during his de
scent and carried him back to Chanute
field.
It is declared at the field that the
record will stand as official. Before
the flight was attempted the bara
graph was set at zero and sealed. It
will be sent to Washington to be cali
brated No further attempt will be made to
better this record unless some other
field breaks it, army officers said.
Lieutenant Hamilton held the previ
ous record, 20,900 feet, made at Carl
strom field, Arcadia, Fla.
DOUGHTY MINUS EVIDENCE
Alleged Bond Thief Puts Matter
i ' " Up to Prosecution.
TORONTO, Ont., March 23. Defense
attorneys today declined to offer evi
dence in behalf of John Doughty on
trial charged with the theft of $105,
000 worth! of bonds from Ambrose
Small, wealthy theatrical producer,
who disappeared more than a year
ago.
The defense held that the prosecu
tion offered no evidence which
Doughty need meet and moved that
Doughty be acquitted. The motion
was denied. Doughty was an employe
of Small and is charged with keep
ing the bonds in his possession after
Small's disappearance without at
tempting to restore them to the
estate. A verdict is expected tomor-
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
60 degrees; minimum, 42 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; wlnda moBtly
southerly.
Foreign.
Revolt breaks out In Germany and red
flag is hoisted. Page 1.
Frenchmen in clash over old United Stales
debt. Page 4.
Germans to Jail slacker's captors. Page 2.
Germany . fails to pay first Installment of
reparations gold to allies. Page 3.
Twenty-four killed and 30 wounded in
clashes in Ireland In one day. Page 4.
Armed Polish bands enter upper Silesia
and proclaim republic. Page 4.
National.
Uncle Sam Is considering question ot
resuming trade with Russia. Page 2.
James Wickersham Is understood to have
been recommended to the president by
Secretary Fall fo- appointment as
governor of Alaska Page 1.
Strike In packing Industry s averted.
Page 1.
Permit Issued at Washington for manu
facture of wlna from, atrawberr.es.
Page 1.
Democratic leaders lay plans to fight
emergency tariff legislation. Page 5.
American protest affecting Tap challenges
Japanese mandatories north of equator.
Page 20.
Islanda stake In controversy. Page 20.
Domestic.
Aviation lieutenant drops ?4,400 ;eet,
making new world's recoiw for para
chute leap. Page 1.
Stlllmans accuse each other of lnfld-lity.
Page 2.
Robert Rosenbluth, ex-captain, arrested,
charged with killing Major Cronkhite
at Camp Lewis in 1918. Page 1.
Sports.
Five bouts are carded for boxing show
at .Hellig tonight. Page 12.
Half million purse for Dempsey-Carpentler
bout withdrawn. Page VI.
Doctrine of little things Walter McCredie'i
hobby. Page
Commercial and Marine.
Hops again advance to 23-cent mark.
Page 21.
Chicago wheat depressed by probability
ot British withdrawal. Page 21.
General advance in stock market with
, Increased demand. Pagev 21.
West Kader to go Into China service.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity,
Fate of Bouchet In hands of Ju-y. Page 14.
Joseph Poeschl, on trial for killing Atorr
ney Charles Bchnabe!. gives his v sioa
of shooting. Page 1.
Swarms are seeking postofflce Jobs. Pare 9.
Woman shoplifter caught after thru Ing
cbase on downtown streets Page 1.
Deception by phone company la charged.
Page T.
Community chest rally scheduled for
tomorrow. Page 10.
City council seeks way ta control prices
of milk. Page 11.
Good Friday will b observed generally
in churches of Portland. Page,-13.
Dalton la believed stowaway on ship.
Page 6.
Will Cresssy, vaudeville star, aued for I
12&.OUO damages by operators of Pierce
sanatorium. Page 6.
WETS SHOPLIFTER
Woman Detective Arrests
Mrs. Fannie Ortel.
POLICE RECORD EXTENSIVE
Pilferer Believed Wanted in
Many Cities.
CONFESSION IS REPORTED
Rich Loot Found In Hotel Room
Alleged Taken from Counters of
Northwest Merchants.
After a thrilling chase through
crowded downtown streets yesterduy
afternoon Mrs. Fannie Ortel, 45 years
old, said to be a professional shop
lifter who Is wanted by the police in
more than a dozen larger cities of
the country, was arrested near the
corner of Broadway and Alder street
by Miss Coraen Walker, house detec
tive at the LIpman, Wolfe & Co. de
partment store.
With the assistance of a policeman.
who came to tho woman detective's
assistance, Mrs. Ortel was taken to
police headquarters, where she Is al
leged to have confessed to her shop
lifting activities. A complaint charg
ing her with tho theft of two silk
dresses valued at J57 was filed In mu
nicipal court against the prisoner.
Mrs. Ortel was first identified as a
much- wanted shoplifter by Sam Well,
manager of the basement department
o the LIpman & Wolfe store, when
she approached him yesterday and
asked for a refund on a silk dress
which she said her sister had pur
chased the day before. Mr. Well had
recently seen a picture of Mrs. Ortel
on circulars sent out by the Burns
International Detective agency and
recognized her.
Woman Dashes for Liberty.
Calling Miss Walker, the house de
tective, to his assistance-; Mr. Well
asked lhe latter to watch the suspect
while he telephoned for the police.
Becoming suspicious, Mrs. Ortel
dropped the silk dress which she was
carrying and dashed out of the store.
Miss Walker gave Instant chase
and followed the fleeing woman up
Washington street to Broadway,
where she attempted to take her Into
custody. Mrs. Or.tel broke from Miss
Walker's grip and started running up
Broadway ' toward Alder, with Miss
Walker at her heels. Near the corner
of Alder street the detective overtook
Mrs. Ortel and struggled with her
until a policeman came to her aid and
quieted the prisoner. During the scuf
fle Mrs. Ortel's coat was torn from
her back.
Investigation by police detectives
and officials of LIpman, Wolfe & Co.,
following Mrs. Ortel's arrest, disclosed
she had come to Portland last Sunday,
registering at the Imperial hotel. Her
shoplifting operations, according to
her reported confession, occurred
Monday and Tuesday.
Mourning barb Wprn.
It was yesterday afternoon that she
went to the LIpman, Wolfe & Co.
store, heavily veiled and wearing
mourning garb. She presented to tho
manager of the basement department
a penciled note,' which read:
"LIpman, Wolfe & Co.: I am return
ing this dress by my sister, as my
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HOW OREGON CAME TO
. THE COLORS
You know, of course, in an
enthusiastic general way, the
story of Oregon's answer
when the bugle called. The
nation knows it, and certain
foemen glimpsed its signifi
cance an instant before the
bayonets bore them down or
the shrapnel burst But the
details, the narrative, the real
story of that mustering were
overcast by the press of great
events and we are prone to
easy forgetfulness.
In The Sunday Oregonian,
beginning March 27, Adjutant
General George A. White, who
supervised the first summons
to Oregon's splendid youth,
will present a series of articles
dealing with Oregon's answer
and the participation of her
sons in the world war.
While the narrative is not
designed as official or com
plete, and has been compiled
without reference to the vast
volume of records, it consti
tutes an authentic and stirring
narrative of the part played
by this state in its magnificent
response.
Follow this series each
Sunday to its last chapter. It
is history that quickens both
pride and recollection.
Beginning March 27 in
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
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