TOE HORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1921
VICE STILL BIP1T
ASSERTS REFORMER
Gambling, Liquor Sales and
J : Other Evils Found.
PROBE DONE IN SECRET
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Rev. Henry X. Pringle", Assistant
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Superintendent International
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WASHINGTON. D. C, May 20. Rev.
Henry N. Pringle, assistant superin
tendent of the International reform
board, which means first lieutenant
toj Dr. Wilbur Fisk Crafts, has re
turned here for a few days from a
'crusade against vice in New York
city, York and Harrisburgr, Pa., Hoi
yoke, Alass., and other northern and
eastern communities. He found much
evidence of gambling-, selling: liquor
an other evils and-reported some of
them to the city authorities.
Mr. Pringle Is the secret service
man of the crafts organization. He
co-operates with enforcement officers
or uplift or reform associations or
goes, at it single-handed, just as the
occasion demands. Loaded down with
visible testimony of all sorts of gam
bllng implements, lottery tickets,
race-horse wagers, apartment-house
red-light centers and llduor traffick
ing, he is ready to go to court and
prove that despite the prohibition
laws the country reeks with wicked
ness and crime. v
I Lawlessness Is Reported.
. In New York, Mr. Pringle said, he
found everything: very "close" and
difficult to open up, but underneath
the veneer of good behavior, boot
legging, gambling and other evils
run rampant. He explained that af
terj 20 years of sleuthing against Im
morality and illicit liquor traffickers,
he. is an expert at uncovering lawlessness.
Mr. Pringle has a letter from Judge
Iienesaw Mountain Landis, denounc
ing baseball wagers and pools.
"Gambling' is rampant in this coun
try." said Mr. Pringle today. "More
than 2100 persons in the United States
are employed In the manufacture of
unlawful gaming devices, 2300 are
engaged as traveling salesmen in
selling such goods, and about 88,100
persons act as keepers of gaming
houses, bookmakers, pool sellers and
other positions, as professional gam
blers whereby they derive a living
by exploiting the popular propensity
foe wagering. Another consideration
Is the division of the $400,000,000
among nearly 30 classes of gamblers
and the papers, which collectively re
ceive this huge sum annually from
- the patrons. It haa bfcen estimated
that about half of it goes to the
backers of the turf.
! Liquor Sale Declared Large.
'New York is not half as wide open
as f Holyoke," declared Mr. Pringle,
"but there is lots of liquor sold there.
I fonnd one division in New York
wh,ere you coul go and meet women
or j take women and spend your
momey freely. The understanding was
that we would foot the-bills of the
women wh'om we met there, and that
usually meant 3 to J6 each to start
with. This is a place where men are
solicited by women.' Any sort of
drinks can be had.
' have the name of the proprietor
of this establishment and its street
number.. It will be given with others
to a special committee on vice. This
Is one of many and the drinks in such
dives cost double what you pay for
them elsewhere.
In a recent letter to Mr. Pringle,
Judge Landis said: "I am interested
in ; the suppression of gambling by
members of the baseball pools. In
deed this is one of the most vicious
influences in our social life today, for
the reason that it draws money from
those who can least afford to lose it.'
Inladdltion to this, it is most offen
sively crooked. In that it is so organ
ized and administered that it simply
amounts to fleecing the victim."
After examining about 20 systems
of 'baseball pools in eight states," de
clared Mr. Pringle, "I estimate that
th scores of systems known to exist
in . the United States are collecting
about 315,000,000 annually from the
players."-
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gates from all parts of the state were
present at the first annual conven
tton of the Oregon High School Press
association held on the university
campus yesterday. As a result of this
first meeting a permanent organiza
tlon was effected, officers for the
coming year elected and definite plans
laid for continuance of the sessions.
Roy Bryson of Eugene was elected
president of the association for the
balance of the present school year
Myrtle Carlson of The DaHes, vice
president for the same period, and
Dorothy King of Corvallis, secretary
treasurer. Bryson also acted as tem
porary chairman for the preliminary
session.
Officers elected to serve next year
are Alfred Montgomery of Salem,
president; Irva Dale of Pendleton,
vice-president, and Helen Lister of
Grants Pass, . secretary - treasurer.
These officers will take charge at the
end of the current school year. Tem
porary officers for the meeting were
President, Roy Bryson, Eugene: vice,
president, Phil Baird, Corvallis; sec.
retary-treasurer. Myrtle Carlson, The
Dalles.
JOBLESS HERE DECREASE
FEDERAL REPORT SHOWS TT3f
EMPLOYJIEXT CUT IX HALF.
Portland Has 5000 Out of Work
as Against 10,000 Late In
Month of March.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 20. Un
employment figures compiled by Sec
retary Frank Morrison of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor showed that
today in 210 cities there are 1,325.061
persons, both union and non-union,
out of employment as compared with
1.391,396 the last of March. A state
ment embodying the reports by cities
was made public tonight.
Figures for Chicago had not been
tabulated, but Greater New York and
vicinity, according to the report, has
400,000 unemployed; or the same num
ber as on the last of March. Cleve
land has 125.000 against 108,817 the
last of March, Boston 40.000 a grains
35.000 In March, Milwaukee 34,500
against 40,000, St. Louis 50,000 against
ti.ovu, nttsDurg eo.000 asra nst 20.000.
tnaianapolis z&.UOO against 20.000. Cin
cinnati 20.000. against 36.000. and Los
Angeles 19,000 against a similar num
ber In March.
Other cities included in the report
were St. Joseph, Mo., 4600 against
6500; Salt Lake City and vicinity; 3000
against 3760; Portland. Or. 6000
against 10.000; Tacoma, Wash., S600
against tuuo; Salem. Or., 1500 against
tito; AlDuquerque. N. Mv 1000 against
juuu; spokane. Wash.. 2300 agains
2000 In vicinity and 6600 In the city
nuue, Aionc lu.uuu against 26,000.
AMERICA'S FOREIGN
POLICY MADE CLEAR
Refusal to Interfere in Silesia
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RIGHTS TO BE" PROTECTED
In Matters Purely Political Affect
ing Europe America Will
Avoid Entanglement.
Dancing Students Please
'Crowd at Auditorium.
Pupils of Alys May Brown Seen
, la Terpalchorean ft limbers.
MORE EVIDENCE SOUGHT
Suspected Driver of Gotham Bomb
i Wagon Held Without Bail.
NEW YORK, May 20. Ciuseppl de
Filipls. a truck driver, believed to
have been implicated in the Wall
street explosion, was held without
bail, in the Jersey City jail tonight
while operatives of the department
of . justice searched the city for ad
ditional witnesses and evidence to
connect him with the crime. Five
persons are said to have identified
Da Filipis as the driver of the wagon
wfcich carted the explosives into the
financial district.
Pending the issuance of a federal
warrant charging De Filipis with de
struction of government property, no
action will be taken by city officials
to fix responsibility. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Dineen said.
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CONFESSION HALTS TRIAL
Witness Says He, and Xot Defend'
J r ant, Committed Crime.
LOS ANGELES, May 20. William
Addison, 20, called as a character wit
Decs at the trial of William Jones, al
leged burglar, in Judge McCormick's
department of the superior court here
today, declared on the stand that he
bad-committed the crime for which
Jones was being tried.
f I'm the one who pulled the job. I
can't let him go to prison for what I
did. Addison declared.
lAddison's 'confession halted the
trial. Both he and Jones were put in
jail pending an investigation.
JILTED HUSBAND' SUICIDE
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Cart Johnson Kills Himself With
Drink of Carbolic Acid.
Because his wife he said, preferred
thf society of another man to. his
companionship, Carl R. Johnson, 35
years old, longshoreman, drank a
quantity of carbolic acid early last
niffnt in his room at 569 Everett
street which resulted in his death.
Be told of marital troubles in a
three-page letter which was found in
the room. Deputy Coroner Goetsch
took charge of the case.
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FffiST CONVENTION HELD
High School Press Association Is
Made Permanent Body.
I7XTVERSITY OK OREGON, Eugene,
May ' SO. (Special' forty-two dele-
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COLORFUL anj interesting ar-
4X ray of talent as -exemplified In
the terpsichorean activities of the
pupils of Alys May Brown was given
last night at the auditorium.
The programme was in the form of
dance advertisements whien gave op
portunity ror various pupils to ex-
niDit individual talents in specialties.
and included two ballet numbers in
which the ensemble work was note
worthy.
The first of these was "My Lady
and Her Dressing Table," in which
a group of clever little maids por
trayed in delightful pantomime the
various - appurtenances of milady's
dressing table suddenly come to life.
A dream fairy, a string of vari
colored jewels, a powder puff, candle
sticks and fascinating spirits of per
fume danced and played prettily.
Smart little French maids, besides
milady and my lord, completed the
cast. w
A very interesting number- and one
given an effeotfve dramatic treat
ment waa an original interpretation
of "Le Cygne" in a series of attrac
tive parts In which is unfolded the
story of the princess whose love for
the prince led her to be turned into
a swan and later to seek her death
in the lake. A talented young girl,
Elizabeth Bimrose, danced the role
of Le Cygne beautifully, with an
unusual dramatic quality, in , her
moods of dance. A smart little ballet
added life and vitality to the story.
Mrs. Mischa Pels was to have sung,
but was indisposed and instead played
the accompaniment for Miss Helen
Haller. soprano. Mrs. Robert Clark.
contralto, contributed a solo, "Swan
Song." and the orchestra provided
a charmiqg melody background for
the enactment.
A series of nature studies brought
out a plentiful array of individual
dances and "One Day m a far
proved a gay and quaint terpsi-
chorean conceit.
The closing number- was -made up
of solo dances and duets by gifted
dancers, including as the last offer
ing "Badinage," an exquisite bit of
dance interpreted at request of her
natrons by Miss Alya-Brown.
Following a happy idea there were
no encores and everything moved
with a delightfully refreshing clock
work regularity, and - according to
the programme. Beautiful" bouquets
were . given Miss Haller and Mrs.
cinrk iiul Miss Brown.
The costumes deserve mention for
the original ideas m coloring anu
style and the ballet babies were like
animated snow blossoms. A capacity
audience greeted the recital and. gave
warm tribute In the form of much
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WHEAT POOL GIGANTIC
40,000,000 Bushels Said to Have
Been Signed fp In 4 States.
FARGO, N. D, May 20. Forty mil
lion bushels of wheat in four north
western states Montana, Idaho,
Washington, and Oregon have been
pooled to be sold by the United States
Grain Growers, Inc. this year, U. L.
Burdick, head of, the North Dakota
farm bureau federation and a director
of the grain growers, said today.
Mr. Burdick has just returned from
a trip through the four states in com
pany with J. R. Howard, head of the
American farm bureau federation. The
Northwestern Wheat Growers' asso
ciation has decided to join the United
States growers' association. Mr. Bur
dick said.
LITTLE GIRL IS DROWNED
Spokane Child Loses Her Life In
Walla Walla River.
WALLA WALLA, Wash- May 20.
(Special.) June Williams, 2 years,
was drowned this afternoon in Walla
Walla river. The parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Williams, live in Spokane,
and the child was visiting her aunt
and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wag
ner, who were camped near the river.
The child was playing with another
ch'ld and had been out of sight only
a few minutes when she was missed.
The body was found several hours
later, a short distance from camp.
Phone your want ad to Th Ore-
gojviaa. Main 7070 Ajtomatio 660-95.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evening; Post,
inc. .fuDiisnea oy Arrangement-
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 20.
(Special.) There have been two
events in Washington . this week
which are essential signboards of
fundamental tendency. The first and
most obvious Is our refusal to Inter
fere in Silesia. -'
This step marks the delimitation of
America's new policy in foreign af
fairs. We are going to ask to "sit
in." in fact, we are going to press
our right to '"sit in" in all matters as
to which America has an interest.
The theory of our new policy is hat
America's interests and America a
rights go hand in hand, but where
America's interests and America's
rights end and in those matters where
we have no rights we are going 10
avoid entanglement. -
Broadly speaking, America's new
policy is that we have an Interest
in every economic matter taken up by
the supreme council, but that we have
no interest in any political matter af
fecting Europe taken up by the su
preme council.
Distinction Made Clear.
The illlustration of this new policy
is now complete. We had an Interest
in the economic aspect of the German
reparations' and therefore we took a
hand. We had no interest in tne Dure.
ly political subject of the boundary
between Poland and Germany, and
thArsfnrn wa declined to take a band
This is a complete picture of the new
policy. 1
Of course, the place where the line
is drawn is more or less arbitrary,
We say. for example, that we have an
interest in the amount of export duty
which the allies put upon German-
made goods because that export duty
will have an economic effect on every
person- in 'America who directly or in
directly buys from or sells to Ger
many. On the other hand, our post
tion .is that the boundary between
Poland and Germany is wholly a Eu
ropean political matter in which we
have no interest. Therefore wer stay
oyt of it.
Friends of the Wilson, foreign pro
gramme and the friends of th league
of nations will, of course, say and
say in truth that this is an arbitrary
line. If five years from now the
boundary between Poland and Ger
many should give rise to a European
war, and if that war should take the
course which the recent war took
and should ultimately involve us, then
we would have an interest in it. The
answer of those who are responsible
for our new foreign policy would ad
mlt freely that this is all true, but
the line must be drawn somewhere
and that for the present they draw
at the point illustrated by the two
incidents I have rec'tes.
Old Policy Reversed.
The second episode wbich is a sign
board of fundamental policy is Presi
dent Harding's refusal for the pres
ent to send troops to West Virginia
This illustrates a vital quality of
President Harding s mind. It Is .his
disposition to act on second thought
rather than on first thought. When
the governor of West Virginia and
the senators from West Virginia and
various other representatives of West
Virginia and Kentucky, all in a rather
excited and insistent frame of mtnd.
demanded federal troops, the first
thing, the easiest thing and the most
obvious thing, was to send the troops.
President Harding's refusal to do so
suggests a policy which goes back
ward from what has been the ten
tency for at least two decades past.
It is a tendency toward refusal on
the part of federal government to
take a hand In local matters and an
insistence that the various statea
shall fulfill more completely the func
tions of local government which rest
upon them. ;V
connection with "the death of her 6-
year-old stepdaughter. Lilly, was dis
missed in the circuit court today. A
charge of fourth-degree manslaughter
immediately was filed against the
child wife.
After hearing the murder charge
dismissed, Mrs. Parsons said:
"I didn't do It on purpose."
The court explained that the action
was taken because of the defendant's
age.
The date for trial on . the man
slaughter charge was not set.
The little girl was shot two months
ago. Mrs. Parsons said the shooting
was accidental.
'John Parsons, aged 10, , the slain
girl's brother, testified at the Inquest
that his -stepmother shot the girl
when she objected to having her hair
combed. He since has said he does-not
know how the shooting occurred, as
he was bo excited.
PROPAGANDA PROBE IS UP
MORGAN & CO. SAID TO HAVE
WORKED FOR WAR. -
SOLDIER ADMITS ROBBERY
Cavalryman " Confesses to Looting
15 Monterey, Cal., Homes.
MONTEREY. CaL. May 20. Private
Roy Wood, company & 11th cavalry,
arrested here today aa a burglary
suspect, has confessed, according to
police authorities, to having robbed
15 'Monterey homes within the uast
two months. A woman and two other
men also were arrested today as
burglary suspects.
Police searching the home of the
woman arrested, Mrs.' Anna Webster,
were said to have found a tin can
filled with jewelry and buried in the
back yard.
Special House Committee to Make
Investigation Is Asked by -Sew
Representative.
WASHINGGTON, D. C, May 20.
Investigation by a special house com
mittee of charges that propaganda
was circulated to get the United
States into the world war was pro
posed in a resolution introduced to
day by Representative 'Michaelson,
republican, Illinois. The resolution
was referred to a committee in the
usual course.
Mr. Michaelson, who is a new mem
ber of the house, asked specifically
for inquiry into the reference made
on the floor of the house in February,
1917, by ex-Representative Callaway,
democrat. Texas, to the alleged .Tin-
neutral activities of J. P. Morgan &
Co., before the United States entered
the war.
Mr. Michaelson charged in his res
olution that M. Hanotaux, ex-French
foreign minister, said France was
ready to make peace late in 1914, but
was dissuaded by the late Robert
Bacon, a representative of Morgan
Interests, and Myron T. Herrick and
William G. Sharp, ex-ambassadors to
France, 'who, - according to Mr.
Micbaelsbn's interpretation of M.
Hanotaux' charges, agreed tp orig
inate propaganda designed to put the
United States on the side of the al
lies. .-
PARX PROSPECTS GOOD
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WO.ME.VS AD CLUB HEARS OF
CRATER LAKE PIiAXS.
H. W. Price Tells About Facilities
to Be Offered to Tourists
ton Investigated, to ascertain If the
service medal already received by
Sharp was the only one to which he
is entitled.
This" Summer.
Prospeets for a good season at Cra
ter lake this year were described to
the Women' Ad club at their regular
weekly meeting at the Benson hotel
yesterday by R. W. Price, one of the
incorporators of the Crater Lake Na
tional Park company, and manager
of the Hotel Mallory.
He said the. government will attend
to sprinkling some stretches of the
road into the park that at some sea
sons are rather dusty. For the first
time, too, adequate facilities for vis
itors will be provided by installing
tent houses that will furnish quarters
for 150 persons a day in addition to
all former facilities for visitors.
The company has arranged to oner-
ate a bus line over the 35-mile drive
around the rim of the lake, which.
Mr. Price declared, is one of the most
wonderful drives on earth. A 2000
gallon storage tank for gasoline has
been installed on Anna creek, and
arrangemets made with the Stadard
Oil company to deliver gasoline there
so that there will be an ample sup
ply this seasen for all motorists who
viBit the park.- The season -will open
July .1, and Mr. Pr'ce said the roads
are already in good condition.
WAR CROSS IS REJECTED
Soldier Refuses to Accept Distln
, gulsbed Service Medal.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. What
was believed to be the -first case of
a soldier refusing to accept a distin
guished service cross developed at
Fort McDowell here today when Cor
poral Robert E. Sharp, 28th recruit
company, declined the decoration on
the ground that he already had re
ceived it once before under the same
citation, for valorous conduct in ac
tion in France. Sharp during the war
was a lieutenant.
Major-General Charles H. Muir.
commander' of the ninth corps area
of the army, who called at the fort
with the decoration, declared he
would have the records at Washing-
DRY AGENTS ARRESTED
Chief Federal Inspector and Aide
Involved in Liquor Plot.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, May 20. Nl
son A, White, chief inspector in the
office of Thomas A. Delaney, federal
prohibition director for Wisconsin
was arrested today on a federal war
rant charging conspiracy to transport
and sell liquor.
Joseph Ray, one of Mr. White's
aides, was arrested at the same time
on a similar warrant. Bail was fixed
at S10.000.
White is the second high official in
the ranks of Wisconsin dry forces
to be arrested within two weeks.
PRESBYTER LVX S KEEP CON
TROL IX MEVS HAXDS.
WAR-TIME TAX OPPOSED
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Meyer D. Rothschild of Xew York
Pleads for Jewelry Industry.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 20. Re
peal of all war-ttme excise and spe
cial taxes as "unequal and unneces
sary" was advocated before the sen
ate finance committee today by Meyer
D. Rothschild of New York on be
half of the jewelry Industry:
To make good the losses of re
pealed taxes. Mr. Rothschild urged
adoption of a general sales tax of 1
per cent wh:ch he estimated would
produce approximately $3,000,000,000
annually.
Class Play Presented.
OREGON CITY, May 20. (Special.)
The annual class play of the Ore
gon City high school seniors, given
last night at the Midway theater was.
"What Happened to Jones." The high
school orchestra played an overture
before the raising of the curtain, and
a few selections between acts. A
packed house greeted the players.
Injured Logger Brought Here.
INDEPENDENCE, On, May 20.
(Special.) John Flannery, a logger
who was crushed under a rolling lbg
near here today, was brought In on
the Valley Siletz train and taken to
Portland. He is unmarried, about 35
years old and so far as can be learned
has no relatives. It is feared his In
juries may prove fatal.
' Read The Oregonian classified ads.
General Assembly Xot In Accord
Upon Ovarture to Appoint
Stated Clerk This Season.
, WINONA LAKE, Ind., May 20. Di
vision of opinion as. to the advis&
bility of filling immediately the of
fice of stated clerk of the Presby
terlan church in the United States of
America developed today at the 133d
general assembly of the church. The
commissioners favoring an election at
this assembly to fill the vacancy cre
ated by the death of Dr. William
Henry Roberts showed their strength,
putting through an amendment to the
executive commission's report provid
ing for an election at the present ses
sion. Defeat of the overture which pro
posed that women be made eligible
for the offices of elder and deacon 4n
the church was announced this after
noon. It failed to receive the re
quired two-thirds majority.
A referendum vote also defeated
the overture for the proposed organic
union of the Evangelical churches.
Messages from Secretary of State
Hughes, Secretary of Labor Davis and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
were read.
A popular meeting In the interest
of religious education was held tonight.
DAN'CIXG AXD VICES ATTACKED
United Brethren Open War Upon
Cigarettes and Gambling.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 20. Provi
sions condemning modern dancing
and the teaching of dancing in pub-1
lie schools; the use or manufacture
of cigarettes, and all formB of gam
bling, were included in resolutions
addpted today by delegates to the
28th general conference of the United
Brethren church. The clause re
ferring to cigarettes Included a decla
ration providing that the church as
a body consecrate itself to the work
of bringing about absolute prohibi
tion of the sale, use and manufacture
of them in the United States.
Another resolution recommended
that the conference resffirm its un
compromising position In the saored
observance of the Sabbath. v
The conference adopted a, resolution
providing that all conference super
intendents and acting bishops shall
reside In homes furnished by the
church, the deeds and titles to the
property to be held by the board of
trustees.
Congress was urged to see that the
Volstead act is strictly enforced and
the withdrawal of the United Slates
flag and representative from any na
tion allowing the manufacture and
sale of Intoxicants was suggested
as a means of bringing about world
wide prohibition.
NEW PRESIDENT IN OFFICE
Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso Is In
augurated lu Cuba.
HAVANA. May 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Dr. Alfredo Zayaa y
Alfonso today became the fourth
president of the republic of Cuba. He
took the oath of office before a bril
liant assemblage in the national pal
ace, the ceremony marking the end of
one of the most bitter campaign in
Cuba's political history.
Immediately after the inauguration.
Mario G. Menocal. retiring president,
boarded a steamer for Key West on
UJs way to Europe for a vacation. He
had held the executive power for
eight years.
. French Loan Bill Up.
PARIS. May 20. A bill authorizing
the government to isxue 150.000.non.
000 francs in paper money was Intro
duced in the chamber of deputies to
day by four moderate socialists. The
object of the measure is to enable the
government to resume payments for
reconstruction of the devastated re
gions, and also to enable It to retire
national deficiencies and other bonds.
Italians Arrested In Vienna.
ROME. May 20. General Segre,
head of the Italian mission In Vienna.
and 13 subordinate officers have been
arrested, charged with lllciial prac
tices in the import and export of
goods, says a dispatch today from the
Austrian capital.
World's Tallest Man Dead.
SIOUX CITY, la.. May 20. Bernsrd
Coyne, said to be the tallest man In
the world, died today at Oto, la., his
home. Coyne was 8 feet 1 inch tall.
He weighed 300 pounds. He worotoUe
24 shoes. He was 24 years old.
Read The Oreponlan rlssnlfled rts.
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CORVALLIS CO-EDS DEFEATED
IX DEBATING OOXTEST.
Berkeley Team Gains Decision In
-Discussion of Irish Question
by Score of 3 to 1.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL" COL
LEGE, Corvallis, May 20. (Special.)
t The Oregon Agricultural college
debating team lost tonight to the Uni
versity of California team by a score
of 2 to 1.
' The question was: "Resolved, That
Ireland should be granted her inde
pendence." Corvallis bad the affirmative side.
and California 'the negative. . Repre
sentatives of the local school were.
Erna Von Lehe of Corvallis, and Doris
Jenkins of Los Angeles. The Cali
fornia team comprised Veronica Trum
ble and Grace Dietz.
The judges were: P. H. Parrisand
Walter 6. Asher, both of Portland,
and J. C. Nelson of Salem. Mrs. Mary
E. Fawcett, dean of women, presided
The debate was held in the college
library. The judges agreed that the
papers had been well prepared, and
commended the speakers on the man
ner in which the contest was con
ducted. ' ,. -.
ROOSEVELT ROAD ROUTED
Portland, to Be Pacific Terminns of
International -- Highway.
WALLA WALLA. Wash, May 20.
(Special.) The Roosevelt interna
tional highway will be routed through
Spokane, Colfax, Pullman, Lewlston.
Pomeroy, Dayton, Walla waMa, Pen
dleton, Umatilla and the Columbia
river highway to Portland.
This was officially announced to
night by A. W. Tracy of Duluth, Minn.
whe general secretary of the associa
tion, at a dinner given to him by th
Walla Walla Commercial club. Mr
Tracy earlier this week made the trip
from Spokane over the Central Wash
ington highway through Cheney, Rita
ville, Pasco and Kennewick to Ply
mouth, where it was proposed to
ferry to the Columbia highway. After
traveling this far over this route he
declared that his decision was made.
He will be taken to Pendleton and
The. Dalles tomorrow, and then to
Portland. A meeting will be held at
Colfax next Friday to make a state
organization.
GIRL ADMITS RUM CHARGE
Father of 17-Year-Old Miss Gets
n line, a im unit otrurcuue.
TACOMA. Wash;. May 20. (Special.)
WOMAN DROWNED1 IN1 BATH "-toT" pri",Tfc "-ZSIZS
Aged Matron, Victim of Epilepsy,
Meets Death at Home.
Mrs. Jennie ' Dowitt, 74 years old,
was drowned In the bathtub of her
apartment in the Whitney apartments,
Fourteenth and Market streets, late
yesterday afternoon. She had been
sharing the rooms with Mrs. Elmlra
Kinney, who returnea after a. short
absence to. find her imthe tuj).
Mrs. Dewltt, it was said, had been
subject to epilepsy, and it is thought
that she suffered an attack while
bathing. The body was taken in
charge by the coroner, but no inquest
will be held. ....
3 FISH MARTS CLOSED
Exceeding Established Prlce9 for
Salmon Is Alleged.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. Three
fish markets, one in Oakland and two
in San Francisco, were ordered closed
emporarily by F. N. Bigelow, secre
tary of the state fish exchange, on
the ground that they charged more
than the established prices for
salmon.
The Oakland market was ordered
to close for two days and the two
San Francisco markets for one day
each. ,
AGE FAVORS CHILD WIFE
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Murder Cbarge Against 13-Year
Old Defendant Dismissed.
FARMINGTON, Mo, May 20. The
first-degree murder charge against
Mrs. John Parsons, 13 years old, in-
Wash, farmer, confessed that she
rather than her ratner maae liquor
Talik was fined S250 and given 90
days in jail here today. Talik made
a deal with two prohibition agents to
deliver five gallons of liquor to them.
It was captured, as well as the au
tAmnhiu tn which It was beine: con
veyed to the meeting place. Talik's
farm was searched by the orticers,
who found a still and a quantity of
liouor.
The girl admitted that the liquor
and Btill were on the place, but said
that her father was innocent. She
said that she concocted the- drinks to
make money. Her plea was un
availing. -
Phone eour want ada to The Ore-
gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 660-95.
2 FINE PIANOS
FOR 2 FINE HOMES
Fine, almost like new, Steinway up
rigtrt beautiful walnut case to be sac
rificed for only 40; alo magnificent
toned smaller size ebonized Steinway,
costiiut new over $000. will take 1380
cash or S400 terms. fSO "month. See
Piano Dept., Bilera Musio Bids, 2d
floor, or write Oregon Ktlers Music
House 'tor description, illustration and
free trial proposition.
. , Store opes till 8 P. M. tonight.
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You never liked O'Brien
better than you will in
this it's his best- .
a tale of a jilted man of the
world who for spite married a
would-be suicide of the underworld.
They tried to see it through but
past associations created a compli
cation of circumstances that make
one of the most interesting stories
ever screened.
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