VOL. LX NO. 18,850
Entered at Portland Oreron
Poatofflce m Second-Cla Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SENATE RATIFIES
GREEN YEGGS BLAST
BANK AT TROUTDALE
VAULT BLOWX OPEN, BTJHJIXG
DAMAGED, TOWX ROCKED.
NEW GASOLINE TAX
DOUBLES REVENUES
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EXPLOSION CRIPPLES
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LOCAL BOX FACTORY
HOADS PLEAD
POEM NEMESIS fl
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FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IS IiOST
$64,377,84 YIELDED TO STATE
BLAST IX OVEX FOLLOWED BY
BT JOSEPH MOZOROSKY.
COFFERS IX MARCH.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
CDLOlViB IA TREATY
$25,000,000 Measure
SON SELF-SLAIN
FOH GUT IN WAGES
Bankruptcies Predicted
MOTHER
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Wins, 69 to 19.
PARTY LINES ARE SPLIT
.15 Republicans Oppose, 29
Democrats Favor Pact.
ACT IS HARDING VICTOR
President Wins First Fight in Sen
ate OTer Opposition of Pro
gressive' Group.
WASHING TOX, April 20. The Co
lombia treaty was ratified today by
the senate. It provides payment by
the United States of S25.000.000 to
ff the South American republic, but baa
yet to be approved by the Colombian
assembly. The vote was 69 to 19, 11
more than the necessary two-thirds.
Fifteen republicans and four dem
ocrats voted against ratification.
They were:
Republicans Borah, Capper, John
son of California, Jones of Massachu
setts, Kellogg, Kenyon, La Follette,
Lenroot, McXary, Nelson, Norbsck. of
South Dakota, Norris. Poindexter,
Townsend and Wadsworth.
Democrats DieL Reed, Simmons
and Watson of Georgia.
Barak Amndnnl Lat.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
was defeated, 49 to 39, in an 'attempt
to insert a clause declaring provisions
of the treaty could not be taken as
implying that the United States aided
in the Panaman revolt or violated any
treaty with Colombia.
W ithout rollcalla the senate re
jected amendments offered by Senator
Ransdeli, democrat, Louisiana.
The proposal of Senator Poindexter
to reduce the payment to 915,000,000
lost, 68 to 22.
, The Harding adminlstration'through
the ratification, won its first fight in
the senate. The president, in a mes
sage March 9. five days after Inaugu
ration, recommended ratification as
"very helpful in prompting our friend
T relationships."
Forelgrm Relations Considered.
This recommendation was supple
mented today by Senator Lodge, re
publican leader, who in reply to at
tacks of republican senators of the
progressive group declared ratifica
tion was "part of a great national
foreign policy" contemplated by Pres
ident Harding.
Forty republicans were Joined by 29
democrats in voting for ratification
One republican. Page, Vermont, and
three democrats. Shields.! Tennessee
Owen, Oklahoma, and Walsh,. Mon
tana, were paired in Its favor. Two
republican senators, Elkins, West Vir
ginia, and Newberry, Michigan, were
absent.
In the rollcalls on Senator Borah's
amendment to exculpate this nation
and its agents from any wrongdoing
' in acquiring the canal, three demo
crats voted with 36 republicans on the
first call and with 27 republicans on
a second call. These democrats were
Kendrick, Wyoming; Reed, Missouri,
and Watson, Georgia. Nine republic
ans who first voted for the Borah
amendment later voted In opposition.
These were: Dillingham, Vermont;
Fernald. Maine; Keyes, New Hamp
shire: Ladd, North Dakota; Lodge,
Massachusetts; McKinley, Illinois;
Spencer, Missouri; Sterling. South Da
kota. and Sutherland. West Virginia.
Twenty-two Favor Redaction.
A murmur swept the chamber when
Senator Lodge changed front on the
amendment. A milder demonstration
had occurred when he supported It on
the first call.
The Poindexter amendment to cut
the indemnity to Colombia from 26,
600.000 to 915,000,000 was supported
by 16 republicans and six democrats
Twenty-two republicans and 17
democrats supported the Wadsworth
amendment to prohibit Colombian
troops and warships from using the
canal in a war against a nation with
which the United States was at peace.
The final vote ended eight days of
debate. Opponents, composed largely
of what Is known as the progressive
republican group, were vigorous in
their denunciation of the pact. They
declared its acceptance would place
a stain on the name of Theodore
Roosevelt, would be a useless squan
der of public money and would amount
to compliance with a "blackmail de
mand on the part of Colombia."
Democrats Are Silent.
Senator Lodge, who with Senators
McCumber of North Dakota. Borah of
Idaho, Brandegee of Connecticut, and
Fall, then a senator from New Mex
ico. Joined in an adverse report
against the treaty as negotiated in
the foreign relations committee in
1917. led the fight for ratification.
Supporters of ratification declared
that the treaty would improve rela
tions of the United States with Latin
American republics, would satisfy de
mands equitably made by Colombia
and would aid the United States in the
world ques,. for oil.
Democratic senators for the most
part refrained from discussion.
Vigorous opposition to ratification
was voiced by Senator Norris, repub
lican, Nebraska. He referred to re
publican supporters of the past as
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Circuit Judge Denies Habeas Cor.
pas Writ to Evade Payment or
Gambling Reparation.
Joseph Mozorosky was allowed to
remain In the county Jail for failure
to pay a Judgment of 11600, when Or
cult Judge Stapleton yesterday morn
ing denied a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus.
An execution against the body was
issued Monday, when Sol Swire, judg
ment creditor, charged that Mozo
rosky had made away with $8000
worth of stock in his Jewelry store,
and that a brother, Jake Mozorosky
was attaching the residue for a f'c-
titious debt. Two alternatives remain
for Mozorosky if he hopes to get out
of JalL He may pay the Judgment, or,
at the end of ten days' servitude, be
released on the filing of a pauper's
oath.
Standing in the way of a pauper's
oath, however, are Mozorosky s ad
missions under oath in the recent
trial that he was worth approximate
ly 912.000, that being unincumbered
stock in his Jewelry store.
The Judgment was obtained In I
suit over a gambling debt, Swire al
leging that Mozorosky obtained i
percentage of 1800 lost at poker in a
card room In Mozorosky's establish
ment. Double damages, or $1600. were
voted by the Jury.
Judge Stapleton ruled that the stat
ute under which Mozorosky is held is
more penal than remedial, and con
eluded:
"This being a case in which the de
fendant could have been arrested at
the beginning of the action, he can be
arrested after judgment."
METEOR SPRAYS - TOWNS
Hot Metal Falls From Air After
Loud Explosion Is Heard.
MACON. Ga, April 20. X meteor
passed over middle and southern
Georgia about 9 A. M. today, exploding
and showering hot metal as heavy as
iron.
The meteor was seen in Macon. It
exploded over Cordele and at Pitts,
east of Cordele, and also at Albaay,
southwest of here.
At Pitts more than a dozen heavy
explosions were heard, then there
was a sharp crackling in the air for
several minutes and red-hot metal,
some pieces weighing six pounds, be
gan to fall. In the wake of the.fall-
ng fragments was a trail of black
smoke. ,. The sKy was cloudless. The
major of the pieces fell In open
fields.
WI0R0SC0 TO FACE TRIAL
Theater Man Charged "With Violat
ing Prohibition Law.
NEW YORK, April 20. Charged
with having 92 bottles of liquor in
his possession in v'olation of the Vol
stead act, Oliver Morosco, theatrical
producer, today was- held on $1000
ball for trial in federal court in
Brooklyn.
Mr. Morosco recently applied to
Prohibition Director O'Connor for a
permit to transfer a quantity of liq
uor from his home at Great Neck to
Los Angeles. The beverages were put
in 40 barrels for transportation, but
it was alleged that he had 92 bottles
more than were covered in the per
mit. These bottles, it was alleged,
had been purchased after the Vol
stead act became effective.
PLANES FORCED TO LAND
Clouds and Engine Trouble Cause
Delay la Southern Oregon.
MEDFORD, Or., April 20. (Special.)
Of three government airplanes en
route from Mather field, Sacramento,
Cat., to Camp Lewis, late this after
noon, two piloted by Lieutenant Gard
ner and Sergeant Eskerson were
forced to remain here over night on
account of heavy clouds over the
Umpqua divide. The third, piloted by
Sergeant Andert, landed 12 miles
north of Rogue river, due to engine
trouble.
The planes, which are to act as tar
get practice observers at Camp Lewis,
expect to continue their journey to
morrow morning.
HUSBAND GETS GUARDIAN
Appointment Enables 16-Year-OId
Wife to Sue for Divorce.
C M. Senosky was appointed guar
dian ad litem for 16-year-old Homer
L. Ross by Circuit Judge Tazwell yea-,
terday afternoon to permit continu
ance of divorce proceedings insti
tute! against the young man by his
girl-wife, Lucile Ross, nee Wean, also
16 years of age. Mr. Senosky will be
served with divorce papers in behalf
of his ward. .
Were there no guardian Judge Taz
well asserted the legality of the di
vorce might be questioned in case the
husband, on reaching 21. desired to
protest the action.
POWDER FALLS LIKE RAIN
Substance Resembling Sulphur
Pops and Sizzles When Lighted.
ABERDEEN. Wash, April 20
(Special.) Reports from Oakvllle, In
the east end of Gray Harbor county.
state that following the . thunder
storm of Sunday afternoon a sprin
kling of powder-like substance, close
ly resembling sulphur, was noticed on
the pavement there.
When a match was touched to par
ticles of the substance they sizzled
and flopped like powder, witnesses
said.
John P. Cudahy Ends Life
With Shotgun.
ACT ASCRIBED TO TROUBLE
Failure to Negotiate Loan
Immediate Cause.
DIVORCE ACTION RUMORED
Wife Denies Report That Suicide
Was Result of Any Recent
Domestic Troubles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April
(Special) Driven to desperation. It
is believed, because of failure to ne-
otiate a loan of 910,000 and despond
ent because of financial troubles,
John P. (Jack) Cudahy, son of the
Xamous packer, Michael Cudahy, com
mltted suicide this morning by blow
ing the top of his head off with
rhotgun in his bedroom at his home
at 7269 Hollywood boulevard.
His wife, Edna C. Cudahy, was In
her own dressing room nearby at the
time. Downstairs in the palatial home
were his 17-year-old daughter, Anne,
and his 14-year-old son, Michael.
According to Mrs. Cudahy, ill health.
coupled with financial worry, was the
cause of his rash act. She denied the
Report that there had been any alter
cations between her and her husband
shortly before Mr. Cudahy took his
Ife. Following notification of the
suicide to Corner Williams by mem
bers of the family, Detective Sergeants
Mammalian and Hurt of the Holly
wood division Interviewed Mrs. Cud
ahy and investigated the shooting,
, Loan Refused by Bank.
Mrs. Cudahy, they said, told them
that about 10:30 A. M. Mr. Cudahy
had gone to his bathroom and taken
his shotgun, which he used for trap
shooting, into bis bedroom. At the
time he did not seem to be unusually
despondent, she said. At exactly
11:45 A. M.. she said, she heard,a shot
and immediately rushed to her hus
band's bedroom, where she found
that he used the gun to end his life.
Further investigation by the de
tectives disclosed the fact that early
thin mornina- Mr. Cudahy received a
letter from the Northern Trust com
pany of Chicago, saying "We do not
ant to carry a permanent loan and
unless your sister can vouch for the
loan of $10,000 which you ask for we
find it Impossible to grant your re
quest." The letter was signed by
N. O. Edmonds, vice-president.
Late Tuesday evening the police
lt arned that .Mr. Cudahy had received
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Amateur Cracksmen Bungle Job
' With Too Much X itro-Glycerin
and Get Xo Loot.
Embryo yeggs rocked the town of
Troutdale with a terrific blast about
3:30 o'clock yesterday morning, when
they blew open the vault of the
Troutdale State bank and nearly
wrecked the building. Except for
the heavy property damage, there was
no loss, as the bank currency, coin
and securities were in a manganese
steel safe within the vault.
Several ounces of nitro-glycerlne
must have been used by the amateur
cracksmen, who were fortunate in
escaping with their lives. They are
supposed to have made their escape
in an automobile parked several hun
dred vardH from the bank. Up to a
late hour last night deputy sheriffs
and police had no trace of the rob.
bers. The sole clue were the marks
of new automobile tires in the soft
earth at the edge of the highway
and some unused shotgun shells.
Investla-atlntr autnorities were cer
tain that the work was not that of
professional yeggs, as there were
many marks of the amateur. auc
"overdose" of nitro-glycerine savored
of experiment, unless too much was
spilled accidentally.' The "Job ap
parently had been poorly plannea.
Those attempting' it" seemingly did
not know of the existence of the1 safe
inside the vault. To blow the safe,
which was of modern, yegg-proof
tvne. would have required much time
and skill, and the moment the vaun
Hoon were blown open the entire
town of Troutdale was aroused.
The number of men participating in
the attempted robbery Is not known,
but footprints near the automobile
tracks would indicate that there were
three.
The bank building is of hollow tile
chiefly and the walls were cracked
by the force of the explosion and jolt
ed out of plumb. All' the windows
uttered. One chair was the
only bit of furniture which escaped
untouched. An electric adding ma
chine was blown' through the front
of the' building half way across the
paved highway. Counters were splin
tered and debris littered the floor of
the bank.. The cracksmen probably
never attempted to re-enter mo uuuu
ing after noting the results of the
blast and the attendant publicity
given their attempt, 1
A. D. Kendall, whose home is across
the highway from the bank, was
awakened by the shock and ran out
op V; trout porch with a shotgun In
his hand. Seeing an automobile with
out lights headed toward Portland a
few hundred yards down the highway,
he emptied both barrels into the air.
He did not fire at the machine, fear
ing it might not contain the marau
ders. It later, developed that the
automobile he had seen was being
driven by a neighbor, Milton Fox, a
grocer of Troutdale. He was rushing
for a telephone to notify the sheriff's
office and had doused his lights for
self-protection.
Deputy Sheriffs Christoffersen,
Beckman, Wilson, Lamont, Rexford
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Two Separate Reports on Sales,
Computed Under 1919 and
1921, "ow Required .
SALEMV Or., April 20. (Special.)
The tax of two cents a gallon dn gas
oline and one and one-half cents a
gallon on distillate, as approved at
the recent session of the legislature,
returned to the state for the month of
March, 1921, a total of $64,377.64.
-For the month of March, 1920, when
the tax on gasoline was one cent a
gallon anil distillate one-half cent a
gallon, the revenue to the state from
this source aggregated $32,299.65
These figures were made public to
day by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state, and indicate that the Increased
tax on gasoline and distillate will al
most double the revenue provided
from this source under the 1919 law.
Rather than' amend the 1919 act
which provided. a tax of one cent
gallon on gasoline and one-half cent
a gallon on distillate, the legislature,
at its last session, passed another
law, providing for an additional tax
of one cent a gallon on both gaso
line and distillate sold in Oregon. As
a result of the two laws it now is
necessary for each oil corporation op
erating in Oregon to file two monthly
reports of their sales. with the sec.
retary of state. One of these re
ports shows the quantity of gasoline
and distillate sold, together with the
tax, under the 1919 act. The othe'r
report is similar, except that the tax
must be computed under the 1921 law.
Taxes paid by -the several oil cor
porations for the month of March,
1921, under both the 1919 and 1921
laws, are as follows:
Shell OH company, 1021 law, $1699; 1919
law. I16U9: total, 33U8.
Union Oil company, 1921 law, $5873.52;
1919 law.. $5532; total, $11,405.62.
Standard Oil company, 1V21 law, u
368.35; Ml 9 law, $17,857.52; total $34,
715.S7.
Associated OH company, IS-'l law.
$7334.53; 1919 law, $6898.45; total $14,-
232.98.
Umatilla bounty farm bureau, 1921 law,
$362.97; 1919 law, $261.70; total $024,67.
ROOSEVELT REACHES CUBA
Air Trip Made From Miami, Fla.,
In 17. S. Seaplane.
HAVANA, April 20. An American
navy'seaplane with Theodore Roose
velt, assistant seoretary of the navy.
passenger, arrived tonight from
Miami.
Mr. Roosevelt was met by Boaz
Long. .American minister., and the
commanders of several American war
ships anchored in Havana harbor.
AMERICAN DEAD HONORED
Patriotic Frenchmen Salute Caskets
of 2800 Soldiers.
CHERBOURG, France, April 20.
An impressive ceremony took place
here yesterday in honor of 2800
American soldiers whose bodies have
been assembled and are waiting
transportation to the United States.
Patriotic societies saluted the cas
kets and a battalion of marines ren
dered honors.
Before Labor Board.
RELIEF DEEMED IMPERATIVE
Flood of Evidence Cites De
crease in Living Costs.
WORKERS CHARGE WASTE
Union's .Exhibit Places Useless
Railway Expenditures in Ex
cess of Billion Dollars.
CHICAGO. April 20. More than JO
railroads laid their pleas for wage
reductions before the railroad labor
board today in the fnal day's pre
sentation of the carriers' evidence.
The board then adjourned until April
28 to allow the employes time to pre
pare their reply.
Predictions of receiverships and
bankruptcies interspersed exhibits in
troduced by the roads to show de
creases in outside industry wages and
the cost of living since the railroad
wage scale was made effective.
The board was flooded with another
mass of figures today from roads in
the west, southwest and southeast.
Numerous roads said that unless they
had relief, they would seen be "on
the rocks."
The general rules hearing has been
indefinitely postpone, so that the
board may give attention to the wage
controversy.
Skilled Pay Reductions Next.
Representatives of several roadr.
which were applying for reductions
for unskilled labor only, in state
ments said that they would follow the
lead of some of the larger roads by
asking for lower pay for skilled
workers as soon as the present cases
were settled.
H. T. Dick, counsel for the Chicago
Si Eastern Illinois railroad now in the
bands of a receiver. Was the first wit
ness to make this announcement.
J. H. Dickinson, counsel for the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, said
the exhibits regarding unskilled labor
presented yesterday by the North.
western, the Santa Fe, the Illinois
Central and the Union Pacific were
applicable to his road.
W. H. Comstock, general manager
of the Los Angeles and Salt Lak
railroad, which operates 1116 miles o
fack, said the unemployment sltua
tion had never been so acute in Los
Angeles since 1907.
Scarcity of Fund Asserted.
Other roads presenting wage sta
tistics similar to those previously of
fered were the Denver & Salt Lake,
the Kansas City Southern and the
Forth Worth & Denver, El Paso &
Southwestern, New Mexico & Arizona,
Southern Pacific, Western Pacific,
Texas Midland, Kansas City Terminal
and the Louisville & Nashville.
W, R. Freeman, receiver for the
Denver & Salt Lake railroad, said
that road bad no surplus funds "to
dissipate In paying higher wages
than were necessary."
"The road was built by D. H. Mof
fat, who never received a cent from
It ari did not even leave enough of
an estate to erect a modern tomb
stone," he said. "It has never paid
dividend nor any Interest on its
bonds."
Labor Charges Waste.
R. F. Ray, representing the Denver
& Rio Grande, said that his road paid
55 cents an hour to truckers at Salida,
Altamoosa and Montrose, where the
road changes from standard to nar
row gauge.
"We have been offered contracts
by outside firms to furnish labor for
this work at 41 and 37 cents an hour.
he said. "That shows that the roads
are being forced to pay more than Is
necessary."
Wastes amounting to a billion dot
lars annually were laid to managerial
Inefficiency on American railroads in
a detailed exhibit placed before the
railroad labor board today as part of
union labor's fight against a reduc
tion of wages. Recoverable wastes
were estimated by the employes at
$578,500,000 a year and other wastes,
impossible of estimation, would equal
that amount, it was declared.
Co-operative Effort Advocated.
The employes point out alleged
wastes In the present railroad admin
istrations and maintain that if those
deficiencies and defaults in manage
ment were redressed and repaired,
there would remain no reason for at
tempting to reduce wages. As a
method of correcting wasteful meth
ods and increasing the efficiency of
employes, the exhibit advocated co
operative effort between management
and workers and added that this co
operation could best be obtained
through the medium uniform agree
ments reached by collective bar
gaining. Recoverable .and easily estimated
wastes were divided by the exhibit
under nine heads, having to do large
ly with construction and care of loco
motives and shop machinery, cost ac
counting and labor turnover.
Advertising; Expense Attacked.
The wastes which the unions said
could not ie estimated in terms of
money Included a variety of subjects
ranging from defective train equip-'
ICoocludod ob Tags 2, Column 3.)
Fireman Burned. Encines De
stroyed,' 80 Men Without Work,
While Loss Is $25,000.
Fire which resulted from the ex
plosion of a "dutch oven" at th
plant of the North Portland Box com
pany at 5:30 o'clock last evening serl
ously burned the oven fireman, Les
lie Congers, 15 Killingsworth avenue
practically destroyed the engines.
caused the plant to shut down and
throw 85 men out of work, and en
tailed a loss of between $20,000 and
$25,000, practically covered by Insur
ance.
A collection of fine dust in th
upper portion of the oven was said by
Captain Day of the fire marshal's of
flee to have ignited. The explosion
threw fire into reserves of sawdust,
which were intended for fuel, an
burned Congers, the fireman. H
was sent to St. Vincent's hospital
badly seared on the head, face and
arms.
'The box company maintained
small fire department, but for som
reason it proved of little value. To
check the flames, engine companies
11 and 30 were called, together with
the department from the Swift Pack
irur company and a scow manned by
H. H. Embree, which carries wate
pumps. There was much difficulty
in checking the flames, owing to th
fact that the oven was on the water
side of the plant on a pier. The land
apparatus could do little. Mr. Embree
was embarrassed by a log boom, bu
by stringing 1500 feet of hose ove
it he managed to get a stream into
the center of the fire.
In the meantime engine company
30 managed to get a line into th
boiler room, whence the flames had
spread. Before the fire was under
control, however, the boilers had been
overheated and ruined.
CANAL SHAKE-UP COMING
Weeks Promises Reform In Admin
tstration of Zone.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 20.
Widespread changes in the methods o
administering the Panama canal zone
by the war department, particularly
as regards the pay, privileges and
allowances of tne civil establishment
are expected to follow a visit to the
zone to be made Boon by Secretary
Weeks, he announced today The ad
ministration, ha declared is now con
ducted extravagantly. ,
Employes of the canal zone receive
much higher pay than governmen
employes in the United States proper,
he said, and in addition are allowed
other privileges not granted workers
in this country.
MOON TO BEJN ECLIPSE
Luna Will Disappear Completely
Behind Shadow of Earth.
The moon will disappear tonight
Into total eclipse. The phenomenon
will be the only lunar eclispe visible
in the western part of the United
States this year.
At 8:57 o'clock the moon will begin
to enter the outer shadow of the
earth, and will pass into the real
shadow, or umbra, at 10:03. The
eclipse will be total at 11:23, and will
remain so until 12:05. At 2:32 A. M.
the moon will be entirely out of the
penumbra, or outer shadow.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The W
atber.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
54 decrees; minimum, 43 decree
TODAY'S Showers; southerly winds.
Foreign.
German bankers protest proposed transfer
of gold reserve, face 4.
Americans beaten by mob In Berlin.
Page 6.
Nation!.
Senate ratifies Colombia pact, 69 to 19.
Page 1.
Merchant to head new shipping board.
Page 2.
Par western members of congress orranise
to study Japanese problem. Page 3.
Farmers to call on Harding today. Page 8.
Harding expected to send in nominations
today. Page o.
Immigration bill bitterly attacked. Page T.
Poem nemesis of mother-in-law In Stokes
case. Page 1-
Domestic.
Railroads plead for cut In wages. Page 1,
Business men to hold convention at Atlan
tic City. Page 14.
John P. Cndahy, son of wealthy packer,
commits suiciae in l.os Angeles, rag I.
Pacific Northwest.
Bond broker's widow takes stand for state.
Page 4.
New gasoline tax In Oregon doubles rev-
enuea. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: At Portland
3, Salt Lake 1; at Seattle 4, bacramento
7; at Los Angeles, Vernon v. ban Fran
cisco 2; at ban Francisco, Oakland li,
Los Angeles 2. Page 12.
Substitution to be made on fight card to
night. Pago 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Large increase in egg production in all sec
tions, rage 1.
Chicago wheat advances with bullish crop
news from inula, rage -i.
lock market sluggish and prices tend law-
.f PflffA 21.
Freight to Europe cut five to ten shillings
Page 20.
Four additional steamers chartered for
Portland grain ana nour traae. rage iu
Portland and Vicinity.
Pull development or nortnwest power is
goal oi experts, rags v.
Amateur cracksmen blow up bank at
Troutdale. but get no loot, rage 1.
Protest of taxis set for Tuesday. Page 6.
enators to distribute land office plums.
Page 11.
Joseph Mazarasky. Imprisoned aa Judg.
ment debtor, loses xigni xor xreeaom.
Page 1.
Committee named to study terminal pro
ject. Page lu.
Youthful outlaws tell of escapade. Page 10.
William C Jacklin, automobile agent.
wanted here, reported in new lorn.
Page 6.
Exploston puts box factory out of com
mission, rage i.
Joseph N. Teal welcomed home at Cham
ber 01 commerce ainaer. race
Stokes Is Pictured as
Fondest Father.
VIEWS NOW ARE CHANGED
Visits to First Wife Cause of
One of Quarrels.
WITNESSES CALLED LIARS
Woman Describes How Mrs. Sloke
Attended to Babies Herself, Sel
dom Letting Nurses Do II.
NRW TOniv. April 20 (Special. 1
W. E. D. Stokes "the fondest, must
cherishing father," vs. Helen Elwood
Stoke9 "the most devoted mother In
the world."
From Mrs. Arthur Miller, under
cross-examination today, came thi
version of the bitterly-fought divorce
trial. But .the picture of' domestic
felicity, seemingly incongruous 'n the
courtroom, vanished with Mrs. Miller's
explanation. Once, when the Stokes
household was not divided. Mrs. Mil
ler wrote a poem to Muriel, youngest
of the Stokes children. In that pnem
she gave fulsome praise of her stern.
silver-haired son-in-luw.
That," she shouted today, "wss
was poetic license.'
Stokea rrodurea Poean.
She believes now her daughter
threw herself away" when she mar
ried Mr. Stokes. Nevertheless, Mr.
Stokes produced the poem, the per
tinent paragraph of which follows.
and a letter in which she styles him
"The grandest father In the world."
The extract chanting the picture of
peace contains references to Mrs.
Stokes, her husband and James, their
eldest son:
Your tender and fair little mother.
Whose life is devoted to you;
Your stalwart and true manly brother.
Your sweetness will bind close to you.
The fondest, must cherishing father.
And Jlmmla to comfort you, too.
The flood of poesy came Immediate
ly after a wrangle between the law-
yen over the defense's demand for an
Increase In allowance. Martin W. Lit
tleton for Mrs. Stokes complained of
the heavy expense attached to the re
futing wholesale charges. Justice
Finch promised to take the plea un
do consideration.
I hope I'll get as much as you."
said Mr. Littleton to Herbert Smyth,
tor Mr Stokes.
"As much as I received?"
"No. as much as you'll get."
"How do I know what I'll get?"
Visits to Flrat Wife Anrr.
Tho dialogue ended, Mrs. Miller was
summoned for croas-examlnatiyi. Her
evidence Bhowed Mr. Stokes' quarrel
ling with his young wife over his
visits to Mrs. Philip Lydlg, his first
wife. Mr. Stokes visited the Lydls
home to see his son. V. E. D. Stokes
What the present Mrs. Stokes
eared, so the evidence went, was that
her husband had loved "only ons
woman and will never love another."
So Mrs. Miller wrote to Mr. Stokes
explaining away what tho millionaire
escribed as his wife's fits of temper.
Witnesses Called Liars.
Tom Stokes, brother of William,
told the young wife of the monHiea
mous quality of the millionaire's af
fections. "This little Idea has grown
to a great fear, occasionally Into a-
olcanlc eruption, ' wrote Mrs. Aimer.
What Mrs. Miller did not deny, in
the matter of adverso testimony, slie
wept aside contemptuously today.
She called several witnesses liars and
told a contradicting story to prove It.
It was in answer to a question that
Mrs. Miller styled Mrs. Stokes "the
most devoted mother in the world,"
and In the numerous letters read this
phrase Is repeated again and again.
"Each baby." she wrote: "la a com
posite soul, made up of the atoms of
its ancestors."
And Muriel's red hair (as her moth
er's) was caused by "the gleaming
sunset that rested upon the world at
her birth."
Mr. Littleton grew prosaic In his
questioning and demanded details to
prove Mrs. Stokes tho neer of mothers.
Hope Gleams Occasionally.
"Frequently my daughter bathed
and undressed the babies, put them to
sleep with her, listened to their
prayers each night and never left
them alone except for a few hours,
and only then in the hands of com
petent nurses. She never allowed the
nurses even to slap their hands, and
she discharged a nurse for doing so."
Mr. Smyth took her In tow. Did the
Stokes match strike her as a happy
one? It did not. Always?
"Occasionally I'd have a glimmer of
hope. When little Jimmie was born,
for the first time I saw only a glim
mer of hope for happiness."
Mr, Smyths produced letters she
wrote to Mr. Stokes. In on of them
she closed, "affectionately, Emma
Miller." He showed her missives
sprinkling eulogies on the million
aire and his daughter. She Identified
the letters as her own, after a strug
gle. Vigorously she denied the senti
ment expressed was still with her.
Once she wrote: "Now I know you.
Tou are the grandest father lu the
world and my earnest prayer is that
you will be spared for many years to
come and will take your place in their
(Concluded on l'agu 3, Column m.j