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PORTLAXD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20, 1921
EX-SOLDO, WIFE
SHOT BY SUITOR
GENERAL DONS DENIM
TO. CLEAN UP CLUB
NATIONS JOIN IN
BAR UNDESIRABLES, ;
IS PLEA OF HUGHES
STREET VACATIONS
OREGON GUARD GETS
ARE RECOMMENDED
TRAINING ALLOTMENT
PARKING PETITION
IT
MOTHER
TO BE UP TODAY
Leading Business Men to
ON DIVORCE GRILL
HONOR
MG HERGES
LIGGETT IX OVERALLS AIDS
LEGIOX IX WORK.
RIGID RESTRICTION" OF 1MMI
GRATOX IS URGED.
CITr EXGIXEER URGES GRAXT,
COVERXMEXT GIVES $90,000
FOR SCHOOLS AXD CAMP..
WELL SAFEGUARDED.
Refusal to Quit Husband
Brings Attack.
NOTE BARES SUICIDE INTENT
Mabel Baker, 20, Near Death;
Mate Wounded in Arm.
ASSAILANT GETS
AWAY
Jess Bojdston, VancouTer, Wash
Barber, In Letters Rereal9 Plan
to Kill Couple and Self.
Pretty 10 -year -old MabeT Baker
with two bullet wounds last night
was fighting for her life at the Sell
won hosDital and her husband.
Thomas Baker, was nursing a shat
I tred arm. victims of the Jealous rage
lnt Jess Bovdston. Vancouver, "Wash.,
barber. The assailant made his es-
That Boydston. -whose proffered
Jove had been rejected by the young
woman and who was identified ny
Una husband and neighbors as he fled
(from the scene of the shooting yes-
tterday afternoon near the Baker home
t 7402 Wildrick avenue in wooo
stock, had premeditated the attack
mta had Intended to take his own
Jife after killing the couple, was in
dicated by letters he left at his bar
ker shop for relatives.
Attack Blade In. Woods.
Baker, at St. Vincent's hospital last
might, expressed the opinion that
Uoydston had been watching for his
chance throughout the afternoon yea
terday. Baker and his wife, accoro
panied by ber 10-year-old sister,
Grace LaFrance, had gone into an
.jii,! vnndi about 4 o'clock in
the
afternoon to obtain iirewooa.
According to Baker's etory, Boyd-
ton appeared soon after and, flour-
ashing a revolver, proclaimed tnat ne
would run from no man."
Woman Shields Husband. .
Mrs. Baker immediately stepped in
front of her husband, protecting him
from Boydston's threatened fire, and
would not move when 'urged to do so
by Baker. . Then Baker talked with
Boydston over her shoulder, trying to
pacify him and prevent gun-play.
Later, whon Mrs. Baker stepped
Ifrom between the two men, Boydston
opened fire, the first shot taking ef
fect in Baker's right arm. According
to Baker, he fell to the ground and
Boydstou then started shooting at
the wife, firing four shots at her but
saving the last shot for Baker.
Couple Te Keet Apart.
At the time of the shooting Mr. and
Mrs. Baker were some ten feet apart,
with Boydston about 15 feet away.
Baker said that ho was unublo to
cover the distance between himself
and wife to protect her, but when
ltojdston started to use the remain
ing cartridge on him he managed to
clip behind a nearby tree, which in
tercepted the bullet.
Following his failure to get Baker,
rBoydston. according to the- former's
lory, started to reload his weapon,
when help arrived and Boydston fled.
Baker showed anxiety over the con
dition of his wife and also inquired
it Boydston had been apprehended.
Asrallant PosHlbly Suicide.
At a late hour last night Boydston
had not been captured and police be
lieved It possible that he had taken
!his own life. He indicated ttlia inten
tion in a letter left for his fclster,
Sirs. Scott Jones, of Vancouver.
"My life is no good to me, so Just
think your brother took three livts
lor his own.
"1 am game to die. I will give the
newtpapcrs something to print."
Theso sentences from the letter to
Mrs. Jones, found in Boydston's bar
lier shop in Vancouver, make it evi
dent that the man planned to kill Mr.
And Mrs. Baker and himself.
womia Rejects Attentions.
Boydston's decision to kill "Mabel,"
a postscript to the letter made plain,
w as due to her refusal to divorce her
husband and marry him. On Monday
ISoydston had appeared at the Baker
home and urged hie attentions upon
Mrs. Baker. Repulsed by her and con
fused by the unexpected arrival of
tho husband, he had fled. Evidently
despairing of inducing Mrs. Baker
to desert her hushand and accept him,
Boyston was thought to have mado
plans to end the lives of all three.
The firing of -.tho shots which
wounded both Mr. and Mrs. Baker
attracted neighbors to the scene and
Boydston fled. The neighbors or
ganised an impromptu man hunL but
this was w ithout result in locating
the assailant. Deputy Sheriffs Chrls
tofferaon,chlrnier and Bert arrived
a J the scene, which was a little out-
idejftho city limits, shortly after the
shooting and headed poesea which
continued tho hunt until forced to
give up further search because of
darkness.
Letter Found fa l:fect.
Boydston had been operating a bar
ber shop Jn Vancouver ancLJiving in
the rear of the building with his
married sister and husband. Scolt
Jones. His late wife, referred to in
the letter left for his sister as
Frieda," died "about ,a .year ago. In
tcarchlng through his personal ef
fects last night. Deputy Sheriff Chrls-
tofferson discovered a letter ad
dressed "T'j Mm. Scott Jones, my sls
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White-Halred, Elderly Man Is Rec
ognized Amid Amazement of
Other Volunteers.-
SAX FRANCISCO. April 19 A
white-haired, elderly man. dressed in
blue overalls, today entered a build
ing: here which is being: converted
into a clubhouse for the American
Legion, looked around curiously and
then accosted the men in charge of
the volunteer workers.
"I heard you wtic trying to fix up
things for your opening party April
27," be said. "Can I help "
"Sure. Pitch in," was the answer.
The elderly man "pitched" in with
hammer, saw and broom. For sev-
erai nours ne workea in suence
s tne volunteers until he was
I interrupted by the nail: wny gen
eral, how, long have you been here?"
Ex-soldiers, sailors and marine
looked wonderingly at the man in
overalls. Then they recognized Major-Genera!
Hunter Liggett, ex-field
commander of the first American
army overseas and until his retire
ment several weeks ago commander
of the 9th army corps. j
MEXICAN TRAIN HELD UP
Son of ex-Governor of Chihuahua
Robbed of About $25,000.
EL. PASO, Texas, April 19. Alberto
Terrazas, son of Luis Terrazas, gov
ernor of the state of Chihuahua when
Huerta was president, was reported to
have been taken prisoner and a sum
of money estimated at between J20,-
000 and 125,000 taken when 12 men
held up a Mexican Central train this
afternoon north of Chihuahua City.
The train, left Chihuahua this morn
ing for Juarez and was due In the lat
ter city at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon.
Terrazas, whose home now is in Los
Angeles, left El Paso Monday with
the bodies of his brothers. Guiliermo
and Luis II, after they had been dis
interred in Los Angeles. The bodies
were reburied on the Terrazas estate
in Chihuahua.
Enrique Creel, former ambassador
to the United States from Mexico, was
with Terrazas at the time of his re
ported capture. Reports said the ban
dits were operating in the Interest of
Murguia, but details are lacking here.
DRY DOMINION PREDICTED
Prohibition Forces to Follow Up
Victory In Ontario.
TORONTO. Ont.. April 19. With a
majority vote for "bone dry" prohi
bition in Ontario yesterday estimated
at 200,000, Kev. A. S. Grant, secretary
of the Ontario referendum committee,
today announced immediate steps to
ward procuring measures against the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
in the Entire domain.
Lr. (Grant expressed the opinion
that the manufacture, tale and im
portation of liquor will be prohibited
throughout Canada within five years.
Legal action may bo taken to con
test tho validity of yesterday's vote.
llclmutli, president of the local
branch of the Citizens' Liberty league,
announced.
VANCOUVER GAS BOOSTED
Increase of About 3 5 Per Cent Al-
. lowed by Commission.
OLTMPIA. April 19. Gas rate in
creases approximating 3j per cent
were granted the Pacific Power &
Light company for gas served Van
couver, Wash., in an order issued by
the department of public works today.
The increase was made effective April
15, and, according to the estimates of
the department, will yield the com
pany a profit q 5.6 per cent.
Trio -reason for the Increase was
said to be the "fact that the Portland.
Gas & Coke company from which the
Pacific Power & Light company pro
cures gas for Vancouver, had in
creased tho wholesale rate from 50
cents to 90 cents 'a thousand cubic
feet.
SAFETY- DEPOSIT GONE
Burglars Oct From $1500 to $3000
From Post Falls Bank.
POST FALLS, Idaho, April 19.
Burglars last night looted safety de
posit boxes in the Valley State bank
ere of securities valued at $1500 to
in vault last night after hav
ing failed to gain entrance to th
bank vaults. '
The loot was declared to have in
cluded about $501) In cash belonging
to the bank. One or two charges of
dynamite were exploded by the rob
bers in gaining entrance to the safety
deposit boxes, it was believed.
FLU REVIVINGJN CHICAGO
Health Officer Issues Warning
Against Xcw Epidemic.
CHICAGO. April 19. Twenty-nine
new cases of pneumonia, six of influ
ensa and 13 deaths from the two dis
eases were shown lh today's offielaj
report ot'the city health department.
Health Commissioner Robertson as
a result issued new warnings to be
ware" of a new Influenza epidemic.
RAILWAY WOMEN FEWER
Total X-iiniber , Einplojetl iu 1920
Announced as 8 7,45 7,
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 19.
Women employed by tho railroads In
;92U numbered 7,457. or 151 less than
iu 1919. and nearly 10,000 more tban
In 1918, said a report Issued today by
the interstate commerce commission.
Of these, IZCZ were doing shop work
last year.
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KPnilh IPS CirflSn HanflS
Across' Caribbean.
BOLIVAR STATUE UNVEILED
President Pays Tribute to
Venezuelan Liberator.
CARACAS SCEftE SIMILAR
Statue of George Washington Ded
Icatcd In Southern Republic
Amid Great' Gathering.
NEW YORK, April 19. Two repub
lics of North and South America
Joined hands across the Caribbean to
day, commemorating heroes of each
continent"
Amid the roar of cannon and Plau
dits of a distinguished gathering,
President Hardirrg, at the bronze
equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar,
unveiled in Central park. New Tork.
proclaimed anew the fundamentals of
the Monroe doctrine rnd cited the dc
sirability of standing firmly together
for service both to the new and , the
old world.
Simultaneously in Caracas, Vene
zuela's capital. President-elect Go
mez and the people of Bolivar's na
tive land gathered around the statue
of George Washington, which was
unveiled in Washington park.
Crowds Greet President.
President Harding's brief visit here
gave the public its first opportunity
to greet him with the enthusiasm al
ways reserved for the nation's chief
executive. From the moment of his
arrival until his departure, three and
a half hours later, crowds waited
good-naturedly in the chilly streets
and cheered a cordial welcome.
President Harding was generously
applauded when he declared the
United States is ready to fight in
upholding the Monroe doctrine.
The preliminaries over. Dr. E. Gil
Borges, Venezuelan foreign minister.
delivered an address in presenting to
the United States the gift of the Vene
zuelan government. m
Ttve idea of democracy has botome
a reality In the republics of the new
world. Dr. Uil-Borges said.
Historic Tart Symboliied.
"In dedicating this monument," he
said, "my country offers not only a
symbol of her historic past, but also
a symbol of her national friendship,
as firm and stanch as that granite
pedestal, as lasting as that bronze,
pure and noble as Bolivar's glory,
which henceforth will, rise under the
light-of the star Mint In your !kfea
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Report Sent to Consress Indicates
Hordes of Unfit Eager for Ad-
mission' to America.
WASHINGTON. -D. C. April 19
Rigid restriction of Immigration was
recommended today by Secretary
Hughes in official documents to con
gress. They were interpreted by
congressional leaders as reflecting
need for immediate passage of the
immigration bill, reported today by
the house committee, limiting admis
sion of aliens for 14 months begin
ning May 10 to 3 per cent of each na
tionality resident in the United States
in 1910. Debate will begin tomorrow.
"Our restriction on immigration
should be so rigid," said Mr. Hughes'
report, . "that it would be impossible
for most of these people to enter the
United States." Reference was made
to undesirable classes from Balkan
cities, Armenia, Russia and Georgia.
The report said 606,292 passport
vises were granted by American con
suls in Europe for 1920, reflecting a
stimulated desire to emigrate to
America before anti-immigration
laws were passed.
"The director-general of police of
Roumania," the report adds, "hae is
sued an order excusing Jews from
military service and permitting their
discharge from the army If they de
sire to emigrate to America," ,
In Roumania 1500 persons were
awaiting examination for permission
to come here, it was said, while in
Poland 35,000 awaited accommoda
tions.
Letts and Lithuanians leaving the
Balkans, Mr. Hughes said, were
largely from the slums.
In the Russian Caucasus, he said,
'every Armenian family which has
enough money or is not impregnated
with bolsbevism will endeavor to
emigrate to America. The great bulk
of emigrants to the United States
from this district are highly unde
sirable."
The report said 5000 Armenians and
20,000 Syrians were waiting passage
from Bagdad, and that despite diffi
culties of emigration from Germany,
the number desiring to come had
doubled in the last year.
Senator Jones, . republican, Washi
ngton, introduced an amendment to
the immigration bill today which
would compel all immigrants to take
passage only on vessels, flying the
American flag.
SHELLEY FACTION LOSES
Restraining Order In Republican
Fight In Montana Dissolved.
HELENA, Mont., April 19. A tem
porary injunction restraining the re
publican state central committee from
electing a national committeeman to
succeed O. H. P. Shelley, was dis
missed today by District Judge A. J.
Horskey. ......
The decision was regarded by mem
bers of the committee as validating
the tentative election of O. II. Junod,
stale senator, as national committee
man, in compliance with a law passed
at the recent eession of the state legislature.
Sufficient Guarantee of Xcw Pas-
senger Station Held Necessary
to City's Interests.
In a report filed with A. L. Barbur.
commissioner of public works, yester
day afternoon, City Engineer Laur
gaard recommends that street vaca
tions sought by the various railroad
officials in order to work out their
projected unification of freight and
passenger terminals be granted, but
that they be carefully safeguarded.
That there should be a sufficient
guarantee that a new passenger sta
tion will be constructed in due time, is
another recommendation made In Mr.
Laurgaard's report, but be points out
that the present financial condition of
the roads would not, in all probabil
ity, warrant immediate outlay for
that feature. He also says the need
cf a new depot at this time is ques
tioned. Perhaps the most outstanding rec
ommendation Mr. Laurgaard made
with reference to the streets sought
to be vacated, In contrast with the
plans filed by the railroads recently,
is that Tenth, Instead of Ninth street,
Le opened up to traffic north of Hoyt
street as a thoroughfare for vehicu
lar and pedestrian traffic. He also
advocated overhead crossings in some
places. . -
Now that the city engineer's report
is in, it was announced by Mayor
Baker yesterday afternoon that there
will be a special meeting at 3 o'clock
this afternoon in the city council
chambers at the city hall, at which
various civic organizations of the city
will be represented. These include
the Portland Traffic and Transporta
tion association, presidents'" council,
the commission of public docks. Port
of Portland and Chamber of Com
merce. Joseph N. Teal and Graham
Glass, who have made a study of
traffic conditions, will also be present.
Ail of the railroads will have rep
resentatives present and it is an
ticipated that considerable progress
will be made on the plans, which
contemplate the immediate construc
tion of the first unit of a freight
terminal that Is to take care of 1
freight coming into Portland over the
railroads. This will make room for
the use of all roads using the pas
senger terminal station and will elim
inate the present congestion there.
In all probability all of the street
vacations, if agreed to by the coun
cil, will have to be voted on. by the
people next June.
LINDEBERG WILL FIGHT
Washington Capitalist to Resist Ex-
traditoin to Tacoina.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 19. A war.
rint for the extradition to Tacoma.
Wash., of Jafet LIndeberg, capitalist,
to stand' trial for the alleged Illegal
diversion of funds from the Scandinavian-American
bank of that city,
arrived today from Sacramento and
will be served tomorrow, the police
announced.
Lindeberg will resist removal. Ha
is an ex-director in the bank.
Ask Council to Act.
CONGESTION IS HELD ACUTE
Hindrance to Downtown
Trade Is Alleged.
DRASTIC ACTION WANTED
Elimination of Taxis and For-Hire
Cars From Busy District Is
Wanted; Abuses Related.
Passage of an ordinance forbidding
the use of public streets within the
congested area of the city as park
ing places for taxicabs and for-hire
autos will be requested in a petition
signed by' prominent business men
of Portland and which will be filed
with the city council this morning.
The petition points out that the
number of taxicabs and for-hire cars
in Portland has grown to such an
extent that the use of the streets of
the city for their parking purposes
has become a hindrance to business
and business houses in the congested
district.
Traffic Interference Cauard.
The parking of these cars inter
feres with traffic Because present
traffic ordinance permit the for-hire
cars to park on streets within the
congested area, the business men
signing the petition have requested
that the city fathers order that no
for-hire cars be permitted to stand
within the district bounded by Burn
side, Twelfth and Salmon streets and
the river.
Signers to this petition are the following
firms and businesH men: Portland Associa
tion of Building Owners & Managers, by
James J. Sayer. secretary; Morgun build
ing, W. C. North, manager; Krnk Nau.
Aronson A Aronson, J. W. Blaney, Raymond
K. Taylor. Portland Hotel Pharmacy, - J.
O. Morris. Oregon St to Hotel association,
by A.. H. Mayers, seerctary ; Broadway
Hotel, Joseph Matsohlmer: New Seotl
hotel, Ed-ward H. tiowrtv; Hotel Alder J.
W. Bushong; Hotel Morris. H. M. Branson;
Nortonla hotel, G. M Madison, manager;
Hotel Conradine, F. F. Mlttauer; New
Houston hotel, C. 8. Rlehardson; It. W.
Price, Mallory hotel; Campbell Hill hotel,
E. Jean Campbell; Imperial Hotel com
pany. Phil Metchan; Portland Hotel. II.
W. Chllds; The Hazelwood. J. H. Joyce;
Washington hotel. O. B. Hite; Congress
hotel, lrs. Ktta Bancroft; Multnomah
hotel, A. B. Campbell: Caples hotel, B.
Callahan; Carlton hotel, Victor Brandt;
Campbell hotel. Lillian Walther: Hotel
Benson, Percy F. Smith; Hotel Oregon, A
H. Meyers; Owl Drug company, W. W'
Brown; V. E. Shcnkwller, H.-, Broadway;
Hudson Bay Fur company. H7 Broadway;
J. H. Rankin company. 112 Sixth street;
Ctarke-Brower Optical romp nr. 11H4
Sixth street; M. Bloom, 109 Slrth street;
Polilx Bros.. Sixth and Washington; Wil
cox building. Stevens building, c. S. Hol
brook; Wlnthrop Hammond company, 127
Sixth street; Broadway building. ,T. F.
Rleley: V: O. Downing. Medical building;
Wells-Fargo building. I. Warlnr: 1.ewl
building. E. H. White: Railway Kxchanre
building. E. H. Tuttle; Board of Trade
building. F. O. rireen; Piatt building. J
W. V. Andrews: Plttock block. F. J. Kaler:
Chamber of Commerce building. N. T.
Sllva; Title A Trtmt building. Walter M.
Dalj; Artisans' building. C. L. McKenna.
' BunlnrBa Kain Predicted.
Portland will gain more from Its
tourist trade with the for-hire cars
moved from the congested district
than with those cars cluttering the
shopping district, according to A. L.
Tetu, president of the Oregon State
Motor association.
"A large percentage of the tourists
coming to Portland," said Mr. Tetu,
"arrive here by automobile. Under the
present system of permitting the taxi
cabs and the for-hire cars to control
the downtown district, these tourists
have no opportunity of reaching the
stores of our city. They are natur
ally Ignorant of our laws and fre
quently they double-park, in an ef
fort to spend a few dollars with our
merchants. They aro then arrested
and leave the city and state In dis
gust. Streets Held Too Narrow.
"Let the for-hire car driver estab
lish himself just as every other busi
ness. Give the streets back to the
people. Portland's streets are too
narrow as it Is and the for-hire cars
have no business making the con
gestion more acute than It would
be under normal conditions."
Portland is too large a city longer
to countenance for-hire cars holding
the most valuable business parking
space in the city, according to George
O. Brandenburg, editor of tho Oregon
Motorist. I
Mr. Brandenburg recently conduct
ed an investigation of parking and
traffic conditions and declared that
business in this city was being
strangled because of the usurpation
of principal streets by the for-hire
cars.
Illgh-Ilaadrd Methods Rapped.
High-handed methods to which the
for-hire men resort were related yes
terday by George MacDonald, Port
lend agent for the large cement com
pany, with offices in the Railway
Exchange building.
On two occasions, Mr. MacDonald
declared, his machino was parked on
Stark street in the morning and be
fore noon it had been moved for at
least fine-half and once more tban a
block.
"The for-1ilre drivers have lost their
opportunity for consideration," he
Bald. "They bave placed themselves
In tho same category es the saloon
man found himself when the wave of
prohibition hit bim full swoop. Fail
ure to consider the rights of others
has laid the for-hire car owner open
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Fund Assures to Clviliun Army
General Field Maneuvers In
Month of June.
SALEf, Or., April 19. (Special.)
Ninety thousand dollars In a special
allotment to Oregon for field ma
neuvers and tralnln schools of the
Oregon National guard this spring
was announced today in a telegram
from Washington, received by George
A. White, adjutant-general of the
state. The allotment was Oregon's
share of a $2,000,000 military balance
in war department funds for train
ing the citizen army of the entire
United States.
First come, first served, was th
method of distribution adopted by
the government in apportioning th
$2,000,000. there betna- insufficient
funds to go around. The variou
states were notified two weeks ago
that the first making application, ac
companied by detailed estimates,
would be scheduled for field training
in June. Other states would have to
take their chances of a new con
yresslonal appropriation or meet th
costs out of state funds. Oregon's es
t'mates were telegraphed within a
hour after receipt of the announce
mcnt. because of the four days' han
dicap In sending them by mall.
The government funds are for pay,
rations and transportation of Orego
men at schools for officers and non
commissioned officers next month,
and for general field maneuvers
the entire National guard in June.
The Oregon guardsmen probably will
train at Camp Lewis, it was state
at the adjutant-general's office.
BODY, AIRPLANE, FOUND
Machine Flying American Flag
1jlng Wrecked In Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, April 19. A body
believed to be that of a lost America
aviator, has been found near Vega d
los Ladrones. state of Coahuila. with'
ten miles of the international boun
darv. according to General Amaro,
chief of military operations in th
northern zone.
The body was found by a ranchman
near a wrecked airplane flying th
American flag. General Amaro wa
instructed to communicate with Ma
jor-General Dickman at San Antonio.
The war office said it was possioi
that the body was that of a peon wh
had lost his way and that the pilo
of the wrecked machine had found his
way safely back across the border.
WOMEN ARGUE; ONE SHO
Fracas in Anaconda, Mont., Fol
lows Hot Debate.
BUTTE. Mont.. April 19. Mrs. It
French was shot and seriously wound
ed at her homo in Anaconda this
afternoon and Mrs. J.- A. Kendricks
of Sipe Springs. Texas, is being held
by the sheriff in connection with the
affair.
According to the authorities the
shoo'tittg followed an argument be
tween the two women concerning the
recent disappearance of Mrs. Lrnes
Lacasae of Butte, daughter of Mrs
Kendrit-ks. Mrs. French's son, C. c
Skidmore, is held in jail here In con
nection with Mrs. Lacassc 9 disap
pearance.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEKTETtDAY'S Maximum temperature,
63 dtgrees; minimum. 48 degrees.
TODAr"! Showers; southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Government backs reprisals to Ireland.
Page 2.
Kalserln la burled; nationalist demonstra
tion falls. Page 3. .
British mine owners complete proposals to
settle strike, rage it.
National.
Secretary of state pleads for rigid restric
tion of Immigration, rage l.
Cbarles Tt. Forbes reported slated for gov
ernorship of Alaska. Paga a.
Nolo sent England on Costa Rica OIL
Page 2.
Railway probe la ordered by senate. Page 3.
Amity In Colombia aim of Lodge In sup
porting treaty. Page 4.
Resources of national banks decline heav
ily. Pago .
Domestic.
Republics of North and South America join
hands in nwnoring ncruo. us.
Dauxherty to probe Cronkhlte killing.
Page 4.
Suicide of Cronkhlte disproved by mother's
tireless etlorn. rage i.
General Liggett dons denim to clean up
Legion clubhouse, rage l.
Wrathful mother of Mrs. Stokes on divorce
grill. Page 1.
Northwest.
Oregon national guard gi-ls federal allot
ment for field training. Page t.
Naked youths fall in uasn lor liberty.
Page 13.
Choice of forgery or death, charged to
MUholland Dy nougn. i-ago a.
hport.
Pacific Coast league results: At Portland.
bait Ijake gnnie pomponea, rain: at bo
eattle. Sacramento game postponed,
teams traveling; at Los Angeles. San
Francisco b, Y,rnori 0; at San Fran
cisco, Los AngcK-s i, uakiana z.
Page 12.
Reward promised winner of Fiska-Jackaoo
bout. Page
Golf tourney here to be coast event
Pago 1-'.
Plumber drops his kit to win marathon
in record time. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
J: panose Inquiry for wheat lias active than
last week. Page -1.
Large primary receipts and favorable
weather depress wheat at Chicago.
Pago -I.
SuKar stocks depressed by cuts In trade
urices. Page 21. I
Japanese steamer Congnsan Maru char
tered for lumber. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Better milk won for use In schools. Paget.
Representative Carsner willing to bo min
ister to blum. Page 10.
The Oregonian wina Kecley libel ease.
Page 7.
Twenty-two autolsts fined in police court.
Page 10.
Anti-parking petition to be submitted to
city council today. Pago 1.
Lov er wage acceptance will stimulate
building activities. Page 11.
City engineer recommends street vacations
for new railroad terminal. Page 1.
Ex-noldter and wife shot by Jilted suitor.
Page 1.
Washington alumni Honor r. BlUoie.
Page .
Hysterical Defense Made
of Mrs. Stokes.
ALLEGED MISDEEDS DENIED
Beach Picture Held Merely
One of Care-Free Youths.
JUDGE MADE CONFIDANT
Legal Troccdurc Swept Aside
Run-h of Whispered Confi
dences Wlillc on Stand.
NEW TOHK, April 19. (Special.)
With nervous, wrinkled, creased fin
gers, playing with the silver chain of
her lorgnette, faded blue eyes, blink
ing and wet, Mrs. Arthur Miller,
mother of Helen Klwood Stokes,
mounted the stand at the divorce
trial today In hysterical defense of
her daughter.
Directly opposite her, grim, gray
haired head upturned, sat the aged
millionaire, in his usual pose of note
taking. Diagonally opposite was tho
fresh, unsmiling face of her daugh
ter, gloved hands cupping the tiny
chin, soft blue eyes leveled in mute
appeal at the wrathful little figure
on the stand.
In her anxiety to vindicato her
daughter, Mrs. Miller swept auide
usual legal procedure and bent over to
Justice Finch In a rush of whispered
confidences. Her thin voice cracked
indignantly during her testimony,
and once she seemed on the verge of
unrestrained weeping.
Friend I'.uloglsra Millionaire. '
Mr. Stokes' lawyers bad no oppor
tunity to cross-examino her, so that
her evidence was complete refutation
of the series of charges in which she
had been placed as a lay-figuro. She
was guided over the L'dgar T. Wal
lace episode, tho George Schrolcr and
the llal Billlg episodes and she char
acterised the testimony involving
these cu-rcspondenta as falte.
Her daughter's marriage with the
millionaire did not In any way elate
her, she insisted, and the event found
her prostrate "overcome at the mar
riage with a man I had not heard or'
was the way she put it.
"So people would not think him as
bad as he was pictured," sho con
tinued. Mr. Stokes sent a picture of
himself to Denver, where Mrs. Miller
lives, and a mutual friend eulogized
him to the. mother. Then she wa
reconciled and canio cast.
Of llal Billlg, her nephew, sho said
tersely: "He's my nephew, but he'
more like a son lo me and always has
been."
Apartment YUM Denied.
As an "infamous lie" she charac
terized statements of witnesses that
she had accompanied her daughter to
tliu Wallace apartment ten days after
the birth of Mrs. Stokes' daughter
.Muriel. Prompted by Martin W. Lit
tleton, Mrs. Stokes' attorney, tho
mother told of a "scandal campaign"
which she swore Mr. Stokes launched.
No detailed picture of this was placed
upon tho record, sinco Judgu Finch
ruled that her testimony on this poiut
was merely hearsay.
But earlier in the day Mr. Littleton,
in an argument, madu detinue
charges that the millionaire had been
ruthless" in his efforts to "Impeach
tho character" of Mrs. blokes. He
charged specifically Mr. Stokes com
missioned a negro detcctivo In Chi
cago to provo that a picture In Mrs.
Stokes' possession had been laacn
back of a gay resort In that city.
But Justice Finch excluded the let
ters after a lengthy controversy be
tween counsel, and Mrs. Miller was
summoned to the stat d. Not long be
fore that she had received tho cus
tomary subpouita with the customary
$1 bill enclosed. Mrs. Miller crumpled
tho money in her nana aim nuncu n
back to tho law clerk.
Witness Money llefnaed.
I won't take any of his money,"
she muttered, ncr :ini"
lushcd.
Because of the unusual cnaruciei
of the proceeding, Mra. Miller Is Dot
only a witness for the dcfen In the
divorce suit, but one for the plaintiff
n the separation suit brought oy ncr
daughter. Therefore, iter icauniuuj
not only Includes denials of tho mil
lionaire's) case, but substantiation of
her daughter's charges of cruelty.
Thus far the only counter cnarges
mado in court are lltoso ot crutny
hrough persecution.' mr. umcion
tatcd Mr. Stokes had sloien nis wucs
lbura of pictures to "vilify our cll-
nt," and that the elimination oi
three co-rcsponucnis mumj
ndicative of the manner In wnicn
.... . it.. .it. ,.. it
the plaintiff nas crucnj i""i-.'
barges of misconduct.
Mr. Littleton held that his clients
safety was endangered by tho slan
der campaign" and constituted cru
elty in tho eamo sense as phjslcal
violence.
Mother Tlee Married.
Beginning the picture of Mrs
Stokes' girlhood, the mother, twice
n.arried, told of a family of six li
their Denver home. Her second hus
band, she said, was a "Denver pio
neer." Billlg, Rowland, Miller, one
of the eliminated co-respondents, and
Mrs. Slokc were n an d together,
practically as brothers and sisters.
She was shown a plrttiro of Wttl-(ConcluUi-U.
on Pave 8, Culuuia 3.)