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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921
RICKENBACKER SAFE
T
MAN, WOMAN, CHILD
HURT IN AUTO CRASH
WOMAN, MIND BLANK,
IS TAKEN OFF TRAIN
I2WN GEMS
GOME WITH BRIDE
LAUNCH IS BURNED;
2 MEN FOUND DEAD
WHEN PLANE CRASHES
PRECEDES ARREST
HOI'S GUESTS
DEATH XARKOWLY ESCAPED
IX OHEYEXXE IAXDIXG.
OXE DRIVER RACIXG HOME TO
" ' SOX IXJCKED IX FALL.
SOMEONE'S MOTHER FOUXD
GASOLINE EX PL OS I OX IS
ILL AXD PEIXXILESS.
THOUGHT CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
MOUNT HOOD LOOP
HOUR GUN FIGHT
RADE PROMOTERS
CONTRACT EDUP
Crazed Negro, 78, Shot
, Before Capture.
LEAD SPRAYED FROM HOME
AI! Neighbors in Range Are
Made Targets.
POLICE SURROUND PLACE
Deputy Sheriff Enters Room by
Back Door, but Is Forced to
; lire When Old Man Shoots.
Tor four hours yesterday afternoon
John G. Spillman, negro, and supposed
civil war veteran of 78 years, sprayed
Ebots fraai two high-power rifles and
6. shotgun from the windows of his
home. 4132 Seventy-ninth street
Southeast, at all persons coming
within range of his vision. There
were no casualties until a squad of SO
rolice and deputy sheriffs, headed by
police Captain Moore and Sheriff
Hurlburt, arrived on the scene short
ly after S o'clock and stormed the
house. Spillman was shot, probably
fatally.
Roy Kendall, deputy sheriff, effect
d the actual capture, shooting only
after the old man had emptied one
barrel of hischotgun at him and had
clicked the trigger on a defective
shell In the second barrel.
House Entered From Rear.
Kendall entered the house from the
rear with Fatrolman Rekdahl. Spill
nan was in a front room. The offi
cers called to him to surrender. His
cr-ly reply was to come to the door
way and open fire at them with the
shotgun. His aim was wild. He
dodged back into the room.
Both called to him again without
answer. Kendall stepped into the
room, Rekdahl immediately' behind
him. Spillman leveled the shotgun
again and pulled the trigger. The
hell was defective. At the same
moment Kendall fired. The bullet
Irom his .45 entered the old man's
body Just below the left shoulder.
ranged through a lung, broke a collar
bone and made Its exit through his
back below the right shoulder. Spill-
jnan dropped.
Spillman Living Alone.
ruring his ride to the emergency
cspttal in the patrol wagon Spill
man muttered: "I told 'em they'd
sever take me alive. They have been
trying to steal my chickens and kill
me ever since last Friday."
Spillman, who had been a character
known to many in Portland for a
number of years, was living alone In
the house. He had been in the neigh
borhood only a short while.
Walls of the dwelling were riddled
with bullets and heaps of ammuni
tlon lay on the floors.
Attention was first called to the
derangement of the old man shortly
after 1 o'clock, when neighbors in the
district reported to Police Lieutenant
Wade that Spillman had been shootin
at them from the windows of h's
heme. With Patrolman Toung, Lieu
tenant Wade went to the vicinity of
the house. As soon as Spillman saw
the officer, he leveled his rifle and
pulled the trigger. The bullet kicked
up dust at the officer's feet.
Strategic Retreat Hade.
The policemen rr.ide a strategic re
treat and telephoned the sheriff's of
fice concerning their rights in such a
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t INTRODUCING THE REAL
MARY riCKFORD.
If you were the daughter of
2 a poor widow who had to take
J in sewing and keep roomers
I to make ends meet, you might
feel sorry for yourself and
kick against the unequal dis
pensations of providence. Well,
Mary Pickford was, and she
didn't, and today she most dis
tinctly is beyond the reach of
caxking care and the gaunt
wolf of want. Not to Doint a
4 moral, but merely to introduce
J our Mary to many old friends
The Sunday editor an
! n ounces publication of "My
Life,", Miss Fickford's auto-
biography, beginning in the
big Sunday issue and continu-
1 ing for ten installments,
t You'll appreciate the privi-
lege of roaming with Mary
I from cheap theater to cheap i
I hotel, never downcast or dis-
mal, until that most auspicious
moment when she came to
Z Broadway. Then the world of
J films, and such success as mor-
tals seldom achieve a pleas-
ant, profitable success, that
carried thoasands of friend
ships with it.
Appearing in
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX
Just Five Cents
4
American Ace May Be Forced to
Abandon California-Washington,
D. C, Flight for Legion.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., May 26. Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker, American
ace, arrived here at 8:45 o'clock to
night on his transcontinental air
plane flight, smashed his plane in
lan-ding and narrowly escaped death.
As a result, he may be unable to
continue his flight to Washington,
D. C, he said, unless he can leave
here in an air mail plane tomorrow.
When Captain Rickenbacker land
ed his plane turned over. Nearly
5000 persons saw the landing and
rushed to the machine, expecting to
find the flyer dead or badly injured.
Rickenbacker crawled out from un-
cier tne macnine ana, greeting a. a.
Dumphy, superintendent of the ai
mail field, where the landing was
made, said, with a smile:
"It's nothing."
"Night fliers are enabled to land
by means of flaming T's," Mr. Dum
phy said, "and the cross on the T is
supposed to point with the wind. In
this case they did not point in the
right direction, through some mis
take, and Captain Rickenbacker land
ed on the off side of the field and his
plane ran into the stage road."
Rickenbacker jumped off at 4:06
A. M. today from Redwood City, Cal.
Captain Rickenbacker's last flight
was made from Rock Springs, Wyo.,
leaving there at 6:30 o'clock.
He had expected to reach Omaha
by 8' o'clock tonight and Washing
ton, D. C. by tomorrow night.
At his hotel he said he expected to
be able to announce his plans defl
nitely tomorrow with respect to con
tinuing the flight.
CHICKENS CAUSE STAB
Albert Haver land Killed Following
Quarrel.
MARSH FIELD, Or., May 2S. (Spe
cial.) Albert Haverland died at noon
tcday at Lakeport, Curry county,
from a knife wound inflicted by F.
H. Lawrence yesterday afternoon
during a quarrel, said to have been
invited by Haverland, when he and
his wife went to Lawrence's home
to renew a quarrel about the neigh
borhood chickens. ,
Haverland had been residing at
Lakeport with his family for the last
five years. He was between 35 and
40 years of age. He was stabbed
with a small knife, according to the
reports, after he had attacked Law
rence with-a saw he carried with
mm. Lawrence gave himself up
without any attempt to escape after
the affair assumed a serious aspect,
and is held at Langlois under charge
of a constable or a deputy sheriff
until the preliminary hearing is held
tomorrow. Lawrence and his friends
today engaged the services of Tom T.
Bennett or Mashficld, Btate repre
sentative, to defend Lawrence.
TRAIN RUNNING TIME CUT
Better Speed Promised In Southern
Tacific Schedule.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 26. The
running times of two trains, one
Portland-San Francisco and one over-
and train, were ordered reduced, ef
fective June 1, by the Southern Ta
cific company today. The saving will
range from 15 to 40 minutes.
The Lark, leaving both San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles at 8 P. M., will
be due at destination at 9:30 instead
of 9:45 ..The .Seashore express,
leaving Los Angeles for San Fran
cisco at 4 r. M will arrive at 8:25
nstead of 9:15 A. M.
The San Francisco express, leaving
Portland at 7 P. M.. will arrive at 7:10
nstead of 7:30 A. M.
The San Francisco passenger train,
Ogden to San Francisco, will leave at
11:45 P.-.M., instead of 12:30 A. M and
will arrive at 8:10 instead of 9:10
A. M.
No stations will be eliminated, the
company announced.
SERMONS TO CARRY FAR
Amplifiers to Make Fastor Heard
Slx Blocks Away.
Dr. W. T. McElveen'a eermone dur-
ng the Rose Festival will be heard
by residents within six blocks of the
First Congregational church at Park
nd Madison streets, according to an
announcement by the church.
Electric transmitters have been
installed in Dr. McElveen's pulpit,
and voice amplifiers have been con
structed in the church tower. The
arrangement is similar to that in
stalled at the capitol when President
Harding made his inaugural speech.
The amplifiers also will dissemi
nate the notes sung by the choir. It
was said that the new contrivance
will make words spoken in an ordi
nary tone audible for six blocks.
JURIST'S WILL BRIEF ONE
All Disposed Or by Late Chief Jus
, tice in 51 Words.
WASHINGTON, D. C May 26. The
w ill of Edward Douglass White, for
mer chief justice of the United States,
was filed for probate. It was exe
cuted June 26, 1915, and contains two
sentences, 51 words in all. It reads:
"This is my last will. I give, be
queath and devise to my wife, Leita
M. White, in complete and perfect
ownership, all my rights and prop
erty of every kind and nature, wheth
er leal, cciaudKl v. iuiacu. "m i n ti .
situated, appointing her executrix of I
my estate without bond, and giving j
her seisin thereof.''
President Confers With
Financial Minds.
DINNER QUIETLY ARRANGED
Big Factors in American Bus-
iness Entertained.
CREDIT ABROAD IS URGED
Executive Seeks Judgment of Ex
perts on Specific Problems Af
fecting Financial World.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26. A
"meeting of best financial minds" has
been inaugurated by President Hard
ing and his advisers to consider the
nation's industrial outlook, with par
ticular reference to extending further
loans of American capital to foreign
governments. Some of the most prom
inent figures in American finance and
industry already have given the pres
ident the benefit of their Judgment
on specific problems affecting the
financial world, and others are to be
called to consult on ways and means
to stabilize conditions and hasten "the
return to 'normalcy."
The foundation for discussiwns on
these subjects was laid at a White
House dinner last night, the sig
nificance and details of which first
became known today.
With Secretaries Mellon and Hoover,
the president bad as his guests J. P.
Morgan, Paul WarDurg ana nan a
dozen other financiers.
Credit Extensions Urged.
Whether to encourage further loans
of private American capital to for
eign governments was one question
seriously considered, with most of the
financiers arguing that such exten
sions of credit presented the most
practicable means to place foreign
finances on a sound baais and thus
Improve. American trade.
Several visiting - bankers. It was
said, expressed concern over the pos
sibility of funds raised in this coun
try by foreign bond issues being used
to buy the products of other foreign
countries. The belief was advanced
that such use of American money
would result unfavorably to domestic
Industry, especially farming.
On the other hand, it was pointed
out in some administration quarters
today that purq"ase of Argentine
wheat by foreign buyere with money
borrowed here, for example, would
assist that country's business and the
money eventually would find its wav
back into the United States i trade.
Some Reports Discounted. . .
Administration officials, however.
discounted reports that American
money was to be used to any extent
n foreign markets by foreign bor
rowers. Most or, tne tunas to ne
raised here, it was asserted, would oe
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Doctor In Machine When Two Col
lide All Victims in Other
" Car Xone Badly Hurt.
A colliison of automobiles at East
Madison and Thirty-ninth streets
about 8 o'clock last night resulted in
the injury of Mrs. Harry W. Sitton,
341 East Fifty-seventh street, arm
broken and severe bruises; 3-year-old
Bobby Greer, shock and bruises; L L.
Losey, 1193 Mixter street, bruises and
fractured pelvis..
L. R. Mills, 58 Lucretia court, while
visiting friends at East Madison and
Forty-first street, received a tele
phone call from Mrs. Mills Informing
him that their small son had fallen
from a tree. Accompanied by Dr.
Louis A. Shane, he was racing for
home when his machine was evidently
struck near the leff center by the
automobile of Harry W. Sitton, which
contained all of those injured. The
Sitton car overturned, while the Mills
. il
ea r swerved onto me v biuc .
knocking steps from a house and
careening back to the street.
Following the accident Mills con
tinued to his home with the physician,
returning later to police headquar
ters, wheri h was charged with reck
less driving and held under 1100 bail.
Mrs. Sitton and the Greer boy were
taken to the Good Samaritan hospi
tal, while Losey was treated at St.
Vincent's. None of the victims were
considered seriously injured.
TURKS SENTENCED TO DIE
Uncle of. Envcr Pasha and Others
Are Condemned.
ANGORA, May 26. (By the Associ
ate Press.) Halil Pasha, uncle of
Er.vcr Pasha, former Turkish war
minister, with two bolshevik agents.
were condemned to death today by
courtmartial for conspiring to over
throw the nationalist government
headed by Mustapha, Kemal Pasha-
Three others implicated in the con
spiracy escaped.
The nationalist assembly has sent
a mission to Teheran to sign a treaty
with the new soviet Persian govern
ment. '
PACIFIC CABLE PROPOSED
Bill for Federal Enterprise Gets
Prompt Action in Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 26. A
bill by Senator Jones, republican.
Washington, for federal construction
of a Pacific cable to Asiatic ports, in
cluding Manila, was referred by the
senate commerce committee today to
a sub-committee composed of Senators
Jones, Fernald, Maine and Edge, New
Jersey, republicans, and Fletcher,
Florida, and Ransdell, Louisiana,
democrats.
DENBY PLANS COAST TRIF
Secretary Expects to Sjiend Several
Weeks In West.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26. Sec
retary Denby is planning to make a
tour of inspection of the naval estab
lishments of the Pacific coast this
summer, he said today. He expects
to leave Washington late In July and
spend several weeks in the west
If time permits he will inspect the
Pacific fleet and also go to Honolulu.
THERE'S AN URGENT CASE WAITING.
Amnesia Victim, With Clothes Put
On Over Xlghtie, Awaits Identi
fication to Continue Trip.
Someone's, mother her mind a
blank, ill and penniless, was placed
in the care of the matron at police
headquarters last night, awaiting
identification to enable her to pro
ceed to the end of her journey. The
woman appeared to be about 50 years
old. She was taken from the Califor
nia express upon its arrival from San
Francisco by an 'ambulance which
answered a telegram from the con
ductor. . '
Where the elderly woman boarded
the train could not be learned, al
though Inspector Cahill and Matron
Patterson questioned her intensively
in an effort to obtain some clew
which might lead to a solution of her
identity. In answer to questions she
replied:
"I am confused; I cannot remem
ber." She thought her name was Milly
Black, and that she was on her way
from Centralia to Prineville to visit
a sister, Mrs. Harry Davis; but as
she was taken from a northbound
train police believed that she was
mistaken In the location and placed
little confidence in the names she
gave. Her physical condition was an
exact parallel to her mental. She
seemed to have lost control of all
muscles, although the emergency
physician could not diagnose the case
as one of paralysis.
The theory was indulged that she
might have been placed on the train
while in her present condition by
someone' who desired to be rid of her.
Police, after an examination of her
luggage, said that the usual effects
of a traveler were, not present
Matron Patterson found that her
clothing had been donned over a
nightdress. Whether she had made a
long journey or had been placed on
the train at some point farther north
than San Francisco could not be de
termined. The possibility that she
might have suffered a lapse of mem
ory after boarding the train of her
own volition was weakened by the
fact that no normal woman would
undertake a Journey of even 24 hours
without more preparation, according
to Inspector Cahill.
EXPORT' DUTY RATIFIED
IT. S. Goods Entering China to Take
5 Per Cent Ad Valorem Rate.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,.May 26. The
senate today ratified the treaty be
tween the United States and China
confirming the application of a 5 per
cent ad valorem rate of duty on im
portations of American goods into
China.
The treaty was negotiated last Oc
tober by Secretary Colby and Dr.
Wellington Koo, Chinese minister to
the United States. The 5 per cent ad
valorem rate permitted replaces the
present specific rates averaging about
3 per cent on American importations
China initiated the negotiations on
the ground that the present tariff did
not provide sufficient revenues.
The senate also ratified abrogation
of the sanitary convention of J903
which. Bad been superseded by the
sanitary convention of 1912.
I
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Possible Motive to Kill
Aged Woman Bared.
HUSBAND IS STILL HELD
Seattle Dentist Says Missing
Spouse Carried Jewels.
NOTARY ADDS NEW CLEW
Person Who Delegated Power of
Attorney to James Mahoncy De
clarcd Xot to Be Wife.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 26. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Kate Mahoney, aged bride
of James E. Mahoney, was carrying
$25,000 worth of jewelry with her
when she was last seen in Seattle.
This was the information unearthed
today by the police, furnishing the
first definite clew to the possible
murder of the wealthy woman.
The informant, a local dentist, had
been shown' the gems by the woman
when she called at his office on the
afternoon of either April 18 or 21,
and she had told him that, in addi
tion, she had a $5000 necklace, which
she had left In her safe deposit box.
Possible Motive Bared.
This Information gave the police
one of their first "real leads" in their
investigation into the mysterious dis
appearance of the woman, and a mo-,
tive 930,000 of jewelry.
The dentist toW the police that the
woman, accompanied by her husband,
the ex-convlct who has been lodged
in the city jail on 'a forgery charge,
had called on him professionally, an
nouncing that she was leaving for
St. Paul. She said that her recently
acquired husband would go cast with
her.
Later, the dentist declared, Mrs.
Mahoney asked' her husband to leave
the room, and, as soon as he had
withdrawn, she showed the prac
titioner the jewelry, which she was
carrying in a Email leather bag. Ac
cording to the dentist, the bag con
tained a valuable assortment of
gems, and, in addition, tne woman
wore two valuable brooches under
her coat.
One Brooch Star-shaped.
One of the brooches was star-shaped
and set with 15 diamonds, and the
other was in the shape of a crown,
with about the same number of large
stones. Each was about the size of a
half dollar:
The dentist remembers one plaintive
remark that his aged patient made In
regard to her comparatively youthful
husband.
Jim is a gool toy and treats me
kindly," she told the dentist.
Before leaving the office she made
ar. appointment witn tne aentist to
call at li is office when she returned
from the east, and then she disap
peared. As far as all investigators
have been able to learn, no human
eve except her husband's has seen her
since she left the dentist's office.
Startling Angle Hrvealed.
Another startling angle of the mys
tery came to light today with the
statement of a responsible man tnati
E. J. Brandt, a notary in the Lumber
Exchange building, had declared that
the woman who came to his office to
grant a power of attorney to Mahoney
was not the Iat'.ers wife at alL
This information came from
source of Indisputable reliability, and
the police viewed It as an indication
that there had been a deep-laid plot
with a woman accomplice to get the
ag"d woman's money away from her.
Brandt was said to have known
Mrs. Mahoney for a number of years
as Mrs. Kate Mooers, and he was a
leged to have declared today that the
woman who signed the power of at
torney was not the same person, at
all. He did not connect the names,
he said, until he read of Mrs. Maho
ney's disappearance.
Hoi. boat Declared Rrntrd,
Still another disclosure made in the
case today was that Mra Jessie
Barnes,- widow of George Barnes,
Denver millionaire, has been missing
ever since Mra Mahoney was last
seen. Mrs. Barnes was brought into
the case by reason of the fact that
she was a friend of A. J.' Mooris, who
told the police Wednesday of an al
leged plot to "do away with the old
woman" (Mrs. Mahoney).
What looked like another promising
lead in the case was brought out
when A. E. Howard of 1435 East
Northlake avenue positively identi
fied Mahoney as the man who rented
a rowboat on April 15 and took a
mysterious trunk out on the lake.
This fact lost most of its significance,
however, by reason of the discovery
that Mrs. Mahoney had been seen at
least three days later and possibly
six, by the dentist whom she visited.
Boat Rented for Week.
Nevertheless the identification sets
a positive check on some of Mahoney's
movements, as Howard picked out the
man from among a group of four
walking along the shore of Lake
Union. Previously, he had recog
nised the man in the offices of Cap
tain of Detectives Tennant. The
identification was also made by Ham
ilton Howard, who had been with his
father when the boat was rented.
Following the Identification, Cap
tain Tennant announced that the
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Body of One Victim Anchored in
Tillamook Bay, Bout Grounds
on Mud Flats.
-TILLAMOOK, Or.. May 26. (Spe
cial.) The bodies of Lee DeRock and
G. B. Lougheed. each about 40, were
found near the mud flats of Tilla
mook bay today near the charred
remnants of their gasoline launch, the
Dorothy May, which had gone ashore
and burned to the water's edge.
The men had 20 gallons of gasoline
on board the launch, and it was be
lieved that this exploded, setting the
launch afire.
The men left this city Monday la
the launch, having in tow a scow with
lumber for Bayocean. Before leaving
they took on board the 20 gallons of
gasoline. They arrived at Bayocean
that night and left later on their re
turn trip. As nothing waa heard of
the men and the launch, an investiga
tion was begun yesterday, and this
morning the launch was found be
tween Bayocean and Dicks Point on
the mud flats, burned to the waters
edge. The bodies were found near
the launch.
It was generally supposed that an
explosion occurred on the launch and
set it on fire, for a fire was seen
burning in that dlrectlun from Bay
ocean. It !s thought that the explo
sion killed DeRock, and Lougheed
threw the body overboard, for an an
chor was tied to the body and a pike
pole indicated the. location. This was
about 3000 feet from the shore, and
It Is surmised that Lougheed tried
to swim to shore, but failed to do
so and was drowned.
Both were married and had fami
lies. DeRock operated the ferry be
tween Bayocean and Bay City for a
number of years. Lougheed was a
logger. Both men's watches had
stopped at 3:20. No Inquest will be
held.
GEVURTZ GETS 4 YEARS
Lumber Dealer Is Sentenced
for
Fraud Conspiracy.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 26. J. S
Bancroft, ex-manager of a branch of
the Merchants' Bank of Canada here,
and Phil Gevurtz. lumber dealer, were
found guilty in the assize court here
today on a chargo of conspiracy to
defraud, the bank. Bancroft, already
under sentence of four years on an
other charge in the same connection,
was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary, the sentences to run
concurrently, and GevurU was given
four years.
Bancroft was charged with trans
ferring a credit of 145.000 from the
account of a bank customer to Gc
vurtz's account.
WELL DRIVERS FIND GAS
Indications of Oil Also Discovered
ar Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK. Or., May 26. (Spe
cial.) While boring for artesian
water at the Whitney sawmill al
Garibaldi and In the boiler room
where a fire recently occurred, work
ers encountered gas and Indications
of oil.
At the depth of 100 feet there was
a flow of salt water, while 300 feel
down gas appeared.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TBS THROAT'S Maximum temperature, 90
degrees; minimum,' 4 degrees.
TODAY'H Fair and warmer; northwester
ly winds.
Foreign.
Irish unionists w in almost 40 seats, rage S.
National.
President confers with financial minds at
White House dinner. Page. 1.
High protective tariff demanded by farm
ers of west. Page 2.
Proposed amendments to federal reserve
act viewed with suspicion. Page 4.
Railroads efficiently operated, says presi
dent of Kt. Paul system. Page i.
Permanent pcacs Is Harding's hope.
I'age 4.
Domeatlr.
Shipping board wins over marine union
pickets. I'age 2.
Klckenbacker narrowly rapes death
when plane craahea. Tage 1.
Presbyterians quote Bible for snd against
women as deacons. I'age 4.
PacUle Korthweat. '
I2VOOO in gema seen on aged, missliig
bride whose murder is suspected.
Page 1.
No referendum filed on any of recently
rnaulrd Oregon measures. I'age 1.1.
Launch is burned; two men found dtaoY
Page 1.
Hporta.
Pacific Toast league results: At Salt I.aka
S. Portland S. at San Francisco 7. Oak
land 5: at Lna Angelea, Vernon A. Se
attle 2: at Sacramento Los Angeles S.
Tage 12.
High school trials run off promptly.
I'age l-
Last of American golfers succumbs.
Page 12.
Carpentlcr adds to his diet of work
I'age 12.
Commercial and Marine.
IGiiglfoh Hop Merchants' ajwoclatlon says
hops must be clean picked. Page 21.
Wheat breaks at Chicago, with lieaty re
ceipt in prospect, i'age 21.
Port measure on ballot declared mislead
ing. Page 2ii.
Royal motorahlp brings cargo here.
Page 2U.
Port bodies take first merger step. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Opal Whlteley said to be descendant of
French royal houaa of Bourbon. Paga
10.
Progressive Business Men's club denounces
action ot German societies. Page 11.
Crazed negro jhot and captured after four
hour gun fight. Page 1.
Civil service board takes up appeals. Pngt
10.
East side left out of floral parade. Page .
Mount Hood loop contract held up pending
action of Multnomah county coinnila-
sloners. Paga 1.
Willamette gauge ahows 22 feet. Tags 7.
Deputy bound over on larceny charge.
Page 14.
School board cuts off funds for dental
clinic. Page .
Man, woman and child injured In auto
crash. Page 1.
Spellbinders of Jackson club predict demo
cratic walkaway In 1024. Page 6.
Someone's mother, mind blank, III and
penniless, is taken from train, rags L
Multnomah County Com
missioners Blamed.
TIME TO ACT ENDS TODAY
$407,124 of Road Work and
Bridges Is Awarded.
ALSEA SURVEY ORDERED
Bids on $1,000,000 Bonds and
Many Road Projects Arc to
Be Opened Today.
DOINGS OF STATU HIGH WAV
OMMISSION.
Contracts are awarded for
40.31 miles of grading and sur
facing. Contract let for 1407,124 of
road work and bridges.
Proposal for 21.28 miles of
grading and surfacing and also
for two bridges referred to en
gineer for action.
Survey is ordered to deter
mine route for Lakeview con
nection with. The Dalles-California
or central Oregon high
way. Decision made to advertise In
the fall Dead Man's Tass sec
tion In Umatilla county.
Survey of Alsea road project
is ordered for the fall.
Mount Hood loop work may
be delayed unless Multnomah
county acts.
Commission will open bids this
morning on $1,000,000 of bonds
und many road projects.
Unless the Multnomah county com
missioners are heard from within a
few hours, contracts for building the
Mount Hood loop will not be awarded
today, as the state highway commis
sion had intended.
Responsibility for further delay is
now plai-ed wnn tno mummm...
county officials by the. highway body,
and unless contracts are awarded to
day another month or more will be
lost In Martina the project and noth
ing may be done this season.
Bids have been called on the 22
mile section between tho Multnomah
county line and Zigzag, to be opened
at 10 o'clock this morning. Award!
are not usually made until late In
the afternoon, so unlrrs the Multno
mah county officials aro heard from
before that time the'loop project will
be in the air.
Mr. Iloiman Oat f Ciy.
The highway communion has
planned to push the loop Job the rntlr
dlstanco of 22 miles and has offered
to advance from slate funds Multno
mah county's proportion, with the
understanding that it be repaid later.
The Multnomah county commissioner
have written to thu highway board
offering $S3.noo to be repaid from the
1922 budget. This sum Is insuffi
cient nd the highway commission
wants a similar promise to cover
1!23. as the county officers were,
recommended to do by a mass meet
ing of taxpayers several months ago.
Kfforts yesterday to rind n.emDcrs
of the Multnomah county commission
wero futile when adxocatcs of the
loop and scents of the htphway com
mission sought them. The chairman
of the county commission, Mr. Hol
man, was supposed to be on a ranch
. . . i . i ...(. ami
somewnere in (.minii .u...,
there was a report that the- county
pa roll was taken to hlin In the coun
try ytsterday for hlin to sign.
Blda to Be llerrlvrd.
At this morning's session the com
mission will re.elve bids on 11,000.000
of road bonds and on a number of road
Jobs, which It Is desired to put u,ndr
contract as rjjirkly as possible.
At yesterday's session approat
mately 50 miles of road work wag
awarded. Bidding was very close on
io-n tohs. the low bidder In one in
stance being only $4 below the next
man and on another large contract
the difference only 147. Ore
gon's road work attracted bidders
yesterday from Washington and Idaho
as well as from many sections of
Oregon.
One point which has not yet been
determined is where the road from
Lakeview should connect to get to
Bend. There Is a desire on the part
of Lakeview for an all-winter road,
and the opinion In Lakeview is that
this can be had by going north from
about Fremont to Mllllgan, on the
central Oregon highway, and thence
to Bend. The alternate route la north
westerly to a connection with Tne
Dalles-California highway south of
Laplnc.
This route goes through a pine
forest and a snowbelt and Is nut a
winter road. The commission has or
dered the engineering department to
prepare estimates on the two possible
routes at the earliest moment. The
decision as to the location will affect
Improvement of the centrnl Oregon
highway east of Mllllgan, In th
Horse ridge section.
The commission took under com
deration a gUKgestion of County
Judge Sawyer of Deschutes, relative
(Concluded uu l'aga 2, Column 1.)