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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1921)
TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 31. 1021 ' J 310,000 POLICY PLEA TO SOUT Li ID Wife, Alleged Slayer, Said to Have Urged Insurance. APPLICATION SENT BACK cputj Sheriff Inquires Into Ac tivities of Woman, Charged With ilurdering Fourth Husband. HONOLULU. May 30. Paul V. Southard, whose wife Lyda is under arrest here on a charge she murdered her fourth husband. Edward Mayer, in Idaho, applied during April for JiO.OuO of insurance in one of the larger American companies, accord ing to V. H. Ormsby. deputy sheriff from Twin Kails county. Idaho, who is here to take Mrs. Southard back to stand trial. Ormsby said today his investiga tions had disclosed that when South rrt who is a naval petty officer. applied for this amount the insurance agent informed him that owing to the size of his salary the company would not permit him to take a pol icy for more than J3000. Southard asked the agent to ex plain this to Mrs. Southard, for he said she had asked him to take a policy for $10,000, Ormsby declared. The agent did this according to Ormsby. and Mrs. Southard said Bhe believed "a. man should have plenty of insurance." She asked the agent II nis company paid claims promptly and said friends of hers in Idaho had a claim which was not paid, Ormsby said. Snntharri took a Dhvsical examina tion and on April 11 filed his appli cation for 13000. but on" May 11 Mrs. Southard was arrested and on May 14, according to Ormsby's investiga tions. Southard asked for the return of his application, which he received on paying the doctor's examination lees. . , A letter was written by Southard to the Bank of Hawaii asking for a loan of J500 and stating he had a 15000 life insurance policy as secur ity, Ormsby stated. Later he called at the bank and asked for the return of the letter and also sought an affidavit that the bank had advised him to take out this insurance as security for. the loan. Ormsby said his investigation revealed, but the bank did not return the letter or make the affidavit. Sworn statements have been ob tained covering these details, Ormsby said, and he will -attempt to intro- duce them as evidence at the trial of Mrs. Southard. was recovered from the Willamette river yesterday near the Supple. & Martin dock by attaches of the coro ner's office. The report was made by Patrolman Burri. About three weeks ago a pile i clothing, consisting of a derby hat, brown coat, flannel shirt and striped trousers, - was found on the dock near the Northwestern Engineering works. At the time it was thought suicide had been committed. Th name Thbmas Bdyle. with the date "4-19-"15-' was found in the coat and furnished the sole clew to the ident ity of the owner. As the body, which had apparently been in the water for two or three weeks, was clad only In underclothing police believe the clothing belonged to the man found yesterday. Members of the harbor patrol are watching the river for two more bodies, which they think will be brought to the surface by the warm weather. -One is that of a watchman, drowned from the steamer Diamond O, near St. Johns, and the second is that of a man who dived from ih"Broad- way bridge late in January. II. C. HUNTINGTON DIES VMO.X COCXTY PIOXEER SUC CUMBS AT Ll GRANDE, Leader in Many Lines of Activity Will Bo Missed When Set tlers Meet This Month. LA GHANDE, Or.. May 30. (Spe cial.) When the Union county pio neers meet next month, A. C. Hunt ingion, one of the oest known men of eastern Oregon, will be among the missing. Mr. Huntington died at his home here Friday at the age of 89 Born in Maine, Mr. Huntington re ceived his education in the public schools, remaining at horn until he Young Scientist, Separated From Chemicals, Vanishes-. Experiments With Deadly Explo sives Stopped by Terrified Parent. If ' "I ii t - J ' I I ' "11 iyi- Jjt'l :: it " ' PROBLEMS I E AS AT Iand c it is League and Financial Situ ation Linked, Says Sullivan. IRONIC COMMENT HEARD Republicans Declared to Be Slowly Turning and Getting Keady to Follow Wilson's . Trail. credits in America. They know I to Americas interest to sen goods and credits to Europe. In fact, they know that we can't begin a new cycle of rising prosperity until we begin to ship goods to Europe. They know this would come sooner if the United States would join the league of nations, or if any other way could be found to help to guarantee the stability of the new and old polit ical entities of Europe. They know that if we insist on a policy of isolation, the date of stabil-ity-for Europe and consequent pros perity for us may be much longer postponed than if we were willing to take a hand in guaranteeing the stability of Europe. But however great the economic motive - may be toward going in. the political motive for staving out is the greater. tiof . lafd MR. AND MRS. H. F. KALSE. 1330 Burrage street, have an idea of the worries and cares of the cxar and cxarina in the days when amateur bomb-makers considered explosives a ruitable valentine for royalty. Her bert, 15-year-old son of tne house hold, developed an insatiable taste for the study of chemistry dealing with dynamite, gunpowder and nitro- e lvfrerln. For three months the young scien tist kept his parents in a state of continual anxiety by his experiments with deadlv mixtures. Sunday morn- Ir.s:. Mr. Kalse. took all the boy's chemicals and consigned them to the rubbish heal). The thwarted young Maxim declared that life without his lnath-riealintr mixtures would De un bearable and left home on a self n'nrnd exile to Russia, or some other land where his talents would be rprosntzed. When the boy did not return home Sunday night his parents sougnt tne aid of the police ana lnsuinea frantic Dersonal search of the city. Young Kalse left home attired in a blue coat, khaki trousers and white ,hiw. His father says that the clothing bears the marks of acids and holes made by destructive chemicals. The boy has blue eyes and light hair nd is large tor nts age. BR0WNELL RITES TODAY Two Services Planned for Lte Ore. gon City Attorney. ftBEr.nv CITY. Or May 30. (Spe cial.) Arrangements for the funeral service of the late George C Brownell have been completed by Judge J. U. r-.nholK circuit court judge, who w formerly a law partner of Mr. trownell. Th services will be held at the Tllta' temple at 2 o'clock tomorrow with Rev. Melville T. Wire, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, of ficiating, and at 4 o'clock a private nervice for the family and a few of the most intimate friends will be held at the Portland crematorium. Rev. Harold Bowman, pastor of the Pres- bvterian church of Portland will officiate at this service. BODY F0UND IN RIVER Kemains of Thomas Boyle Believed to Have Been Recovered. A body, thought to be that of Thomas Boyle, about 40 years old, Conmrvativ Cusuraiarw HE L-0 -W. FOUBTH is. WASHINGTON 6TS. " Conservative Custodian Cliafs S A VI SCSI ACCOIXTS The acrrat advantage f a mvIoikh account Is that noirf m a t fee accumulated in a mall amounts, and la alwaya available no anntina; a pur chaser, as for bonds, or aellina; at m discount. aaMCMoisnj avrinan) A. C. Huntington, pioneer, who died at la tirande Friday, was 21 years of age. In 1S54 he cams to California, going by way of New York and the Isthmus of Panama. In California he engaged in mining, and in 1861 went to Walla Walla. In the fall of 1863 he came to La Grande. Realizing the pioneer families' need of furniture, he started the man ufacture of furniture in . rather a crude way, but built substantial arti cles for the homes of the valley, many pieces of which are still in existence. Mn Huntington also opened a furni ture store and later a music house here, which business he followed until 1894. In 1686 one of the most sub stantial business blocks in the city was built by Mr. Huntington, the block still bearing his name. Interested in church, lodge, city and state affairs, Mr. Huntington was a loyal member of the Methodist church and for a number of years was a member of the city council. Mr. Huntington received his 55 veteran's Jewel from the Oddfellows last year, and this lodge had charge of the funeral services held here this after noon. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. George H. Curry of this city, and three grandchildren, George and Albert of Baker and Mrs. E. R. Farley of Pendleton. Irish Meeting Expected. LONDON, May 30. Another meeting between Sir James Craig, Ulster pre mier-designate, and Eamonn de Valera, republican leader, soon is expected in government quarters, according to the London Times. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Poet, inc. fuonsnea Dy Amnjnent. WASHINGTON, D. C, May -30. A good deal of the spice that goes with Washington conversation nowadays consists of remarks quoted from ex President Wilson or attributed to him. The burden of many of these remarks, authentic or alleged, is ironic comment on how the Repub lican party, having marched violently down the hill from where Mr. Wilson took the world, is now turning slowly around and getting ready to march up again. it would be unfair to Wilson to imply that any of his humorous irony, if he has indulged in it. has been in any degree touched with malice or the satisfaction of "I told you so. The fact is quite the contrary. Wilson has been helpful to the present ad ministration in the untangling of our foreign relations in every way that he could help, or that the adminis tration has wanted his help. Also it would be a most incorrect Inference to suppose that any Republican lead er has the faintest notion of going as far up the hill as President Wil son once was. Other Qaertlons Inferior, Nevertheless It is the clearest fact n Washington that every other ques tion has now taken a position Inferior to our international relations. At the beginning of the administration three months ago, emphasis was chiefly on our. domestic programme on tariff and taxation and on the re organization of the government. So far as emphasis was laid on our for- ign relations at all, that emphasis was In the direction of making Europe understand that we wanted to have the least possible to do with er, in a political sense, at least. From the time of Harding's inaugu ral approach on March 4 until Am bassador Harvey's speech two -eeks go, the process was one of telling Europe, in louder and louder tones. that we would have nothing to do with the league of nations. The gen eral impression seems to be that Am bassador Harvey's effort was suffi ciently high-pitched to be unmis takable. League's Doom la Sealed. And yet the fact is that today the body of questions which are included in the league of nations Is precisely the body of questions to which our government is giving: most concern. and which, incidentally, is giving most concern to our government. There is no inconsistency in this, and it is probably entirely according to schedule. Harding undoubtedly regarded it as his first business to get it clearly into the understanding of Europe that the verdict of our people on the league of nations had been such that his administration must stay out of it, and that Europe must adjust her self to this condition before Har ding's administration could make any progress with Europe toward a dif ferent sort of understanding. Anyone who wishes a shortcut to understanding of the administration's position can get it, in 'a way, by re membering the distinction between what is political and what is economic. Politically, we will have nothing to do with Europe. Economically, nil our concern la with Europe. Politi cally, we will take no hand in the stabilization of Europe or in the maintaining of any of the political entities of Europe. ' Economically all our concern is in the direction that Europe -shall be stabilized as quickly as possible and that the various na tions of Europe shall arrive as soon as possible at the state where the world feels secure about their per manence. The Europeans know this well and frankly admit that our economic pros perity is dependent on the stability oi curope. They know that practically every European countrvwants to buy goods MURDER CLEWS FOUND Arrest Is Declared Likely In Killing of Wood burn Garage Man. SALEM, Or., May 30. (Special.) Despite the fact mat the 'murderer of Simon Yoder. Woodburn garage op erator, left no tangible clew on which to base an effective eearch, officers said today that they recently picked up a couple of leads which eventually may result in the apprehension of the person responsible for the slaying. Although Sheriff Bower would not divulge any specific information re garding his latest clews, he eaid they were, being investigated and that something definite regarding the identification of the murderer might materialize. Mr. Yoder was killed on the Pacific highway some distance from .wood burn a few months ago after he had been engaged to drive an unidentified man from that city to Salem. Sheep Assessments Lower.. CONDON. Or., May 30. (Special.) Elfie E. Campbell, county assessor, has completed her work in Condon. The biggest change in valuation this year is on sheep. Last year yearlings were assessed at $10. wethers. $11. and ewes $12. and now they are valued at $3. $4 and $5. Non-tillable land is assessed at $5. Last year the pasture land was assessed at $4 on one side of the base line and 16 on the other. Other values are nearly the same and the basio values on tillable land re main the same. 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Gastritis, etc If vou are troubled by any of these stomach disturbers call un your nearest aruggisi ana asK mm to send you a package of Bl-nmia tablets, the little "Cops" that clean up all troubles in the "stomach pre cinct' in five minutes. Try it today. Let Bl-neaia enforce law and order in our stomach, and eat what you want hvii you want it. Adv. lll)Tv4k ,orover 75 years has J V' I I 14 relied upon Gounmrf'. I u It Oriental Cream to keep the skin and complex ion in perfect condition through the stress of the season's activities. Send 15 c for Trial Ste T. HOPKINS A now i or city $25 a Day Off Until Sold 1910 Apperaon Fonr-Pa Meager. Driven bnt Miles. Rejnilar price 92975 Siovr down to.. 2625 COVEY MOTOR CAR COMPANY Powers Enlarged Luggage Store Offers Special Inducements to the Traveler When you take a trip this summer on your vacation, your honeymoon, or for business you will want your luggage to reflect character and to be built to give the best service. Every piece of luggage in our large department devoted to this merchandise has been chosen with these very points in mind. This week's specials on luggage will interest those with a new bag, suitcase, or trunk to buy. The prices have been materially reduced and the items are of guaranteed grade. Boston Bags $3.95 These bags are of real leather finished in brown and sold from $6.50 to ?7.50. Leather Handbags $16.85 Genuine leather ladies' hand bags, 16-inch size, silk-lined, regular value $24.50. Suitcases $17.25 Our regular $25.00 styles in genuine leather finished tan or mahogany. $16.00 three-ply veneer trunks, metal covered, with P"j O QK angle iron binding, heavy knockers and re-enforced DAiIt $42.00 trunks and bound, nks, built of three-ply veneer, fiber covered GfOO , cedar lined, extra heavy quality, this 6ale DOO $60 Genuine Leather Gladstone Cases $43.50 Portland Agents for the Famous Taylor Trunks Probably no trunk' in the world has the grateful recommendation of so many experienced travelers as the Taylor Tnunk. Ninety per cent of the stage stars trust their valuable wardrobes only to Taylor Trunks. Through years of hard daily travel, the Taylor Trunk has proved itself the most durable made. Prices Range From $92 to $225 $25 Genuine Leather 18-Inch Bags $17.25 The Finest Range Built The A-B Gas Range tSmSmmJSmaMmmuWmuVmfmmummwnm . w .-, ., jig Take a Victrola With You on Your Outing This Summer This Victrola IV g Is, Only Probably no other gas range is so well known to Portland women as the A-B Sanitary, for there are over five thousand now in daily use. The new 1921. models are the finest that have ever been produced by the A-B factory, there being many added conveniences in construction and many new de signs. The new models are now ready for your inspection the best we have ever shown. The new reduced prices will please you for their fairness, and there is a size for every want. See the new A-B,Rapges first, then you will know how superior they are to all others. $1 Cash, $1 Week Without Interest Why not make your outing this summer a real one and take a Victrola with you? This $25.00 model is easy to carry and will furnish you with all the music you want. And the terma too, are so easy that anyone can afford to make this Victrola a part of their equipment. Come in and select yours now. Have it laid aside if necessary, and we will deliver it when you need it. Remember we charge no interst on phonographs of any grade. Note the Special Prices on These New Curtains r Scrim curtains a new shipment fin ished with lace edge, hemstitched, with a motif corner at, pair $2.65 and $2.45 Marquisette curtains in both ruffled edges and insertions, special Marquisette curtains in both ruffled and hemstitched edges special t Children's Rockers $2.95 Two Patterns in Chinese Reed Values Up to $7.25 Just fifty rockers to sell at this special price. Two excellent patterns in imported Chinese reed, strongly made, in natural finish. These rockers are well-made and nicely designed, and are far below the price of the most ordinary styles in wood. Figured Scrims Fancy figured scrims and marquisettes in a large variety of patterns, some of the best numbers we have ever shown, at, 49c to 79c Yard New Cretonnes A very attractive showing of the new cretonnes in all the latest designs and colorings. Prices range from 45c to $1.75 Yard 41 This 4-Piece Ivory Suite -j Is Extreme Value at . . t9 . $13.00 Down $2.00 a Week You who have been waiting for furniture prices to reach the lowest level, will recognize real value in this pretty period suite. Not for years have we been able to offer such fine pieces at so low a price. You will find it a suite exactly as illustrated all pieces matching perfectly, and the design far superior to any suite you have seen at a similar price. If the complete .suite is not needed, you may choose individual pieces at these prices: The Bed for The Dresser for ...$34.75 ...$39.75 The Chiffonier for ....$35.00 The Dressing table for $32.00 Don't Overlook These Special Pieces for the Porch Right at the time when porch furniture is wanted most, we offer five big specials. Each item is priced at less than pres ent wholesale cost, so we say "Come early." Solid oak porch arm rockers and chairs on sale at ....$3.05 Four-foot oak rocker-settees on sale at $" Folding maple frame, canvas seat steamer chairs at.. $2.05 Splint seat and back, hickory side chairs at $4.15 All-metal folding stools with duck seat at $1-15 Use Your Credit m We Charge No Interest M I