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VOL. LiX. NO. 18 911 Entered at Portland (Oreson) J Postofflce ! Second-OlRss Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1021 PRICE FIVE CENTS TUFT APPOINTED OLD FRIARS' CLUB riroTnnurn n nnr PEACE TO BE UP COBB IS ALL READY TO CONDOLE GEORGES WAVE OF FIGHT FANS ENGULFING NEW YORK T $3500 IS REPORTED LOST IN 2 HOLDUPS ULGinUILU DI ri!L TO SPECTACULAR BLAZE CAUSES ABOUT $50 (M) DAMAGE. WRITER ADMIRES' FRENCH MAN FOR WAR RECORD." SPECIAL- TRAINS DEPOSITING QUOTAS IX METROPOLIS. FRED W. VOGLER IS ROBBED OF $1000 DIAMONDS. DNLY CLQUDBU RS mum DENIES HARDING SOON CHIEF JUSTICE Nomination Is Confirmed by Senate, 60 to 4. . SOME OPPOSITION IS NOTED Borah, Johnson, La Follette, Watson Make Fight. HONOR IS GREAT ONE Ex-President Is First Man in His tory to Obtain Highest Judi cial and Executive Posts. WASHINGTON, E. C., June 30. "William Howard Taft. ex-president, W nnmlnatArl tnfa V. if DksiI. 4 dent Harding to be chief justice of Jthe United States and his nomination Was CDnfirmAd hv I h cnota tn btci'ii rtive session. The nomination was not confirmed without opposition, however, and a rollcal was demanded. The opposi tion was voiced by Senators Borah. Idaho; Johnson, California, and La Follette, Wisconsin, all republicans. On the rollcall, however, only four votes were cast against confir mation. These were by Senators Borah, Johnson and La Follette, and Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia. The final vote was 60 to 4. The senate's doors were closed for discussion of the nomination after suggestions that Mr. Taft be con firmed in "open executive" cession, because he is an ex-president and had been rejected by his opponents. Borah and Johnson Lead Fight. Senators Borah and Johnson led. the fight on the floor in opposition to Mr. Taft, while he was defended by about a dozen senators, including Knox of Pennsylvania, Kellogg ot Minnesota and Willis of Ohio, repub licans, and Underwood of Alabama, minority leader; Smith of South Caro lina, Overman of North Carolina and Broussard of Louisiana, d 'mocrats. Senators Borah and Johnson were understood to have centered their tight on Mr. Taft's legal training, ex perience and qualifications. Accord ing to reports filtering out from the senate chamber. Senator Johnson was said to have declared that Mr. Taft's appointment was "purely political." X. similar charge, it was reported, was made by Senator Borah. Experience Held Lacking;. Senator Johnson, it was stated, as sorted that Mr. Taft had not regarded himself as a lawyer, but as a poli tician and had "abandoned" his pro fession after leaving the White House. The Calirornia senator, it was reported, said that he had tried to disregard personal objections to :he nominee and was voicing his op position solely because Mr. Taft had acked, for nearly a generation or more, any legal experience which .vould fit Mm for the highest judicial lost of 'he nation. Reference was made, it was said, by Senator Borah to the "drafting" Torn the supreme bench by the re publican party of Secretary Hughes to become the presidential candidate of the republican party. Drmwrali Lead Defense. In this connection it was declared chat Mr. Borah made the statement that "having taken an able lawyer from the- supreme bench four years ago and made a politician of him, it was now proposed to take a politician a man who has devoted practically his mature life to politics and put him on the supreme bench in the in terests of party politics." The defense of Mr. Taft, it was aid, was led by democrats. Senator Underwood said that Mr. Taft had made himaeli, "beloved by the south," adding that this sentiment was due argely to Mr. Taft's appointment when president, of a southerner, the late Chief Justice White, to the high est judicial position of the country. Similar statements, it was reported, were made by Senator Broussard of Louisiana, the native state of the late chief justice. Learal Learning; Pralaed. Mr. Taft's legal learning was praised, it was said, by Senators Knox and Willis, the latter referring to his experience on the bench in Ohio. Senator Kellogg, it was said, re ferred to the positions of honor held by Mr. Taft in bar and similar asso ciations. Southern senators, it was reported. with the exception of Mr. Watson of ieorgia, were solidly behind the ap pointment. Senator Smith of South Carolina, it was stated, discussed the ace question, commending Mr. Taft. - was said, for refusing to appoint ny but white men to office in South 'arolina. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, -epublican leader and Senator Bran egee, republican of Connecticut, vhera Mr. Taft resides, did not Join n the discussion, it was said. Ex.-President Taft will succeed the 'ate Edward Douglass White, whom re as president appointed to the of fice in 1910. Public Service la Loan;. Mr. Taft Is the first man in the nation's history to be chosen for the highest office In both the executive Power Line at Milwaukie Felled by Flames, Which Also Start Aearby Trees Burning. In a spectacular fire last night the historic old Friars' club building at Milwaukie was destroyed with a loss estimated at $5000. The power line of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, which passes close to the building, was felled by the blaze, causing an additional loss that could not be estimated ac curately. Trees adjacent to the structure also caught fire, sending the flames high into the air and casting a halo over the southern portion of Portland. The huge barn-like two-story frame building was 150 feet long.. It attained considerable notoriety a good many years ago when Ike Grattan. old-time Portland gambler, follow ing the ending of public gambling in Portland, opened It as a gambling resort. His venture was quickly suppressed. Then for several years it figured prominently in the news through the perseverance of Julius Wilbur, who attempted, to make of it a roadhouse. Wilbur many times was arrested for illegal liquor selling, but each time, on some pretense or another, re opened. Finally Oswald West, then governor, called out the state militia and suppressed the place as a public nuisance. Even-after that Wilbur attempted to reopen and operate the club, which he called the Friars" club,' but finally abandoned the venture. The reason for such continued ef forts to operate the Friars' club, first as a gambling resort and then as a roadhouse, was its situation in Clack amas county. Just outside the juris diction of the Multnomah county peace authorities. It was on the bank of the Willamette river and ad jacent to the Portland-Milwaukle-Oregon City carline, a few hundred feet north of the town of Milwaukie. For the last two, or three years the building had been used as a dance hall. The origin of the fire was not determined. INDICTMENT BARES FRAUD Former Montana Postmaster Ac cused of Government Swindle. HELENA, Mont., June 30. C. H. Fortman, former postmaster here, is charged in, an indictment returned by the federal grand jury here today with defrauding the United States government. He is charged in one count with embezzling 22 in war savings stamps and in three others with altering war savings certifi cates. John A. Urbanowiicz, former fiscal agent of the forest service at Mis soula. Mont., is charged with the embezzlement of $116,950 in another indictment returned today. Urbano wicz, who baa entered a plea of guilty to the charge before a United States commissioner at Missoula, was ordered brought here for arraign ment. POOL HELPS GROWERS Loganberry Producers to Get Fair Price for Crops. SALEM, Or., June 30. (Special.) H. S. Gile and W. T. Jenks of the Wil lamette Valley Prune association to day reported widespread interest in the second pool of loganberries an nounced here yesterday. Under the rules governing the second pool "the association will accept evaporated ber ries and handle them under the same conditions as they handle the fruit from the'r own subscribers. One offer involving 40 tons was re ceived by the association yesterday, with other smaller offerings received today. Mr. Gile and Mr.- Jenks said 1hey were of the opinion that grow ers would receive from 4 cents to 5 cents a pound fpr their logans if pooled through the association. ARSON TRIAL IS DEBATED Prosecuting Attorney Says Mrs. Corbin Slay Not Face Jury. SPOKANE, Wash., June 30. Pos sibility that the state may not place Mrs. r. C. Corbin, widow of the late Pacific northwest railroad builder, on trial on a charge of first degree arson in connection with the alleged attempted destruction of her home here last April, was suggested by Prosecuting Attorney Meyer today. SHIP BIDS TO BE ASKED Board Decides to Dispose of 287 Wooden Vessels. WASHINGTON. t. C, June 30. The shipping board has decided to dispose, of the government fleet of 2S7 wooden ships, it was stated to day at the office of Chairman Lasker. Bids on the vessels, most of which are tied up in the James river near Newport News. Va, will be invited and opened on July 30. ANTI-BEER BILL ALTERED Favorable Report Recommended by Senate Sub-Committee. WASHINGTON. D. C. June 30. Recommendations for favorable re port on the Willis-Campbell anti medical beer bill was voted today by a senate Judiciary suS-committee. The act'on was taken after several minor changes had been made in the measure aa it passed the house. Compromise Resolution Adopted by House.' SENATE DUE TO ACT TODAY President Expected to Get Measure at Once. FINAL VOTE IS 263 TO 59 Provision as to Enemy Alien Prop erty Centers Discussion in Both Branches. WASHINGTON, D. C.,- June 30- President Harding tomorrow is ex pected to receive the compromise con gressional resolution ending the state of war with Germany and Austria. By a vote of 263 to 59. the house today adopted the conference draft of the resolution and it was taken up in- the senate a few hours later, but went over after an hour's de bate until tomorrow, with favorable action then said to be assured. Discussion in both senate and house centered mainly on the provision as to enemy alien property and the con troversy over ending the state of war by declaring peace or repealing the war declarations. Country Declared Saved. Representative Flood, Virginia, sen ior democrat of the foreign affairs committee, said the country had been saved from humiliation by decision to declare a state of peace. Senator Knox, republican, Pennsylvania, au thor of the original peace measure, said that either method would ac complish the desired result. That a treaty of peace is to follow the peace resolution was suggested by Senator Knox and others during the senate discussion. Referring to the resolution's provisions for hold ing enemy alien property, Senator Knox said: "It meant nothing but an expression by congress that we do not intend to have claims of the United States (against enemy coun tries) ignored, waived or not re spected." Suggestions Are Made. "This is only a suggestion," Sen ator Knox continued, "to the presi dent when he comes to settle the terms of peace with Germany that these things should be taken care of. The president may ignore the sug gestions. The Btatus of affairs then may be such when we come to nego tiate that treaty that we may be more lenient with Germany, or we might require more drastio terms." Provisions of the resolution for holding enemy alien property were (Concluded on Psge 4. Column 3.) GOOD j . l ( J ;. ; : : : 1 Champion's Youth and Size Arc Betting on Outcome of Dempsey Nevcrtheless Considered to I Carpentier Bout Lizht in Fi- Be Vital Points. BY IRVIN S. COBB. (Copyright by the Central Press Associa tion. Published by Arrangement.) NEW YORK. June 30. (Soecial.) I saw Carpentier once. It was in Paris in the summer of 1918 at a benefit of boxing -natches put on in behalf of wounded French soldiers. He acted as referee of one of the bouts. To me he seemed a handsome, mannerly, kindly, well-set figure of a man and an athlete. His profile made me think of some of our own moving picture heroes with their rubber-set eyelashes and their Hud son seal hair. His shape put me in mind of an illustration for a union suit ad as seen tn one of our popular weekly magazines. ' Seeing him, I did not say to myself: "Here is the young Greek god come upon earth. Here is the inheriter of the grace of the sculptured discus thrower. Here is the reincarnation of the Attic Adonis." I said "I recognize this youth he 13 the model who sits for' the illus trator who makes the pictures for the manufacturer 'who turns out those new turned-down collars back home." What caused me mentally to offer him the tribute of a salute was not the perfection of his outline, which was not to be denied. Nor yet was it the beauty of a finely attuned na ture flashing forth from his eye, for, somehow, I could not behold this lat ter thing. What made me do it was the fact that on his breast he wore a medal which attested his valor as one having risked his life for his country against a foe whose fists were not padded in the upholstery of the mattress-maker, but the foe who came at him with shrapnel, high explosives and poison gases. I did not appra'se him as a profes sional pugilist making his living by mauling his fellow man out of shape for hire. I honored him as a soldier. I still do. He has my best wishes and, I fear me, is going to have my sincere condolences. - "Also, once I saw Dempsey; it was when he clouted the giblets out of that tired business man, Jess Wil lard, at Toledo, two years ago. When .Dempsey scrooged Into the ring he was scared stiff or else I, viewing him from a distance of not more tban 20 feet, was woefully mistaken. I am sure he had been intimidated by a four-card bluff and a bunco buga boo. The same superman stuff which made the German efficiency machine seem potentially so Invincible back in 1914 had. as the saying goes, gar nered his coat in advance of the event But when he found, as he did, in the first 30 seconds of fighting, that he held a pair of aces one ace in either gloved paw against a bust ed flush, he became the proper ring fighter, cruel, relentless, cocksure and superbly competent; a cross be tween a wildcat and a mad bison bull. And something tells me he'll dupli cate in New Jersey what he did in (Concluded on Page Column 1.) LUCK, CHARLEY! VE HOPE YOU nancial District. NEW TORK, June 30. The "fight wave," sweeping thousands of . en thusiasts from distant points, will en gulf Manhattan tomorrow. Several .special trains, numerous special cars and extra sections of virtually every first-class train be tween western points and New Tork will deposit their quotas within the confines of the metropolis by even ing, ready for the concerted advance across the Hudson river to Jersey City early Saturday. Besides a number of special trains and cara on the Pennsylvania, on the New Tork Central, the twentieth cen tury limited will run in three sec tions, the Fifth avenue special in two sections and the lake shore limited in two sections. Special car parties are booked from Los Angeles. San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Fort Worth and other cities. Special cars also will be routed to the bout over the Baltimore & Ohio road. On every other railroad enter ing the metropolitan district, sleep ing car and general passenger serv ice will be greatly augmented. Many of the special trains and cars will leave New York a few hours after the bout, although a few will be held over for Sunday and the holi day on Monday. Several pa. ties have chartered cars only for the inbound trip. Betting on the , outcome of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight in the fi nancial district here was light today. For some reason, presumably for the purpose of shortening the odds on Dempsey, followers of the American withdrew their support almost en tirely. At the same time plenty of Carpentier money was offered. Tie Frenchman's supporters, however, de manded heavy odds. One of the wagers reported during the day was on the proposition that Carpentier would not respond to the call for the sixth round. Money, which was said to come from the Dempsey faction, was freely - offered on this phase of the fight and was accepted in moderate amounts by Carpentier's followers. CITY CAR SYSTEMS HIT Chicago Committee Declares Uni fied Control Is Urgent Need. CHICAGO, June 30. Private owner ship and operation of local transpor tation lines "qualified by public regu lation, have resulted in division of control, confusion and ultimate dis aster," the city council's transporta tion committee said in a report today. The report is the result of a recent tour to investigate transportation conditions. The Seattle experiment in municipal ownership had been unsatisfactory, the report said, while San Francisco had been successful. It was argued that efficient management and eco nomical financing are necessary if fares are to be low and "only by uni fying control and management and by financing with strong securities can these ends be sratnod " WIN. WILL PUT DFF GO Weather Sharps Predict Good Day for Fight. HUGE STANDS TESTED, READY Builders Take Precautions to Prevent Accidents. GLOVES TO BE 8-OUNCE Weight to Make Both Carpentier and Dempsey Faster, as Train ing Mitts Were Heavier. BY ROBERT EDGREN. (Copyright by the Bell Syndicate, Inc. Published by Arrangement.) NEW YORK. June 30. (Special.) A heavy rain storm in New Jersey, starting yesterday and lasting throughout today, h;.s worried holders of fight tickets, but the weather sharps say the downfall was the best thing that could have happened to in sure fair weather on Saturday. For a week the air has been supercharged with moisture and the heat has been terrific. The fighters have had no trouble in getting up the free flow of perspiration supposed to be essential to good condition, and everyone else has lost enough weight to make the huge stands at Boyles 40 acres "safe for democracy." The builders, however, are not counting on a light-weight crowd. They have tested the stands by piling up stacks of empty hogsheads on high points and filling them with water to get a pressure many times the weight of any mass of spectators. Postponement Not Likely. As for the possible effect of rain on the bout, nothing short' of a cloud burst can cause a postponement, and that only if it starts in the morning and continues through the day. In case of impossible weather, the bout would be held Monday, July 4, In stead of Sunday. In case of rain dur ing the bout the ring will be covered by a canopy that won't interfere with the view. This is necessary to pro vide a dry footing for the boxers. Carpentier's fast footwork would be of little use on a slippery ring cover ing, and Dempsey isn't so slow him self that he would get any advantage through having a skiddy floor under him. Speculators who gathered In bunches of seats in hopes of "being able to raise prices are in mourning, for the counterfeit scare has killed their business deader than Rameses. Ring Tales Exaggerated. The tales about Carpentiele Insist ing upon a 24-foot ring have been exaggerated by at least four feet. Carpentier did tell Descamps that he would like t- have 20 feet to cavort about in. but he wasn't very insistent and Descamps looked the ring over and found it satisfactory. Carpentier withdrew any objection. As a mat ter of fact the 24-foot ring is an anachorism. It isn't used any more and hasn't been used for many years. All of the championship bouts pro moted by Tex Rickard have been de cided Mn 18-foot rings and the New Jersey boxing rules provide for a ring not more than 20 nor less than 18 feet in si. e. In the contract both boxers agreed to abide by local regulations should the bout be held .where the local rules conflicted with the original agreement. Suitable Rlag Aasnred. Rickard is sure to have a suitable ring in any case. The new ring plat form, built especially for this bout, is 22 feet from edge to edge,. and the ropes can be adjusted to a safe dis tance from the posts. Several days ago the historic' old ring used in Madison Square Garden ever since John L. Sullivan fought Charlie Mitchell, the' ring that has seen more championship battles than any other, was shipped to Jersey City and stored at the arena to be used if necessary. It will probably be left in storage, but it is there. A point about this championship contest that has been little talked of is the choice of the gloves the men will use. Five-ounce gloves are cus tomary but under Jersey regulations the bigger and softer eight-ounce gloves will be worn. Sol Levlnson of San Francisco, who has made the gloves for nearly all American cham pionship battles during the last 25 years, made, two sets for this fight, six-ounce and eight-ounce. The six ounce gloves will be left at the gar den for use in some other bout. Elgtt-Ouee in General Uae. Eight-ounce gloves are the same as used in nearly all athletic clubs and gymnasiums. Both men will be fairly well accustomed to large gloves. Dempsey has used 14-ounce gloves throughout his training, so has Carpentier. Dropping from 14 to e.ght ounces will make both men faster, although perhaps they may lack a small percentage of the speed given by fighting with five - ounce mittens. The usual thing there is let's danger of a cut or a bruise with the eight-ounce gloves, but the soporific effect will remain about the same. Both Dempsey and Carpentier preferred the lighter mitts, but bowed to the boxing commission's decision. Either Dempsey or Carpentier would (Concluded on Vst 3, Column 1.) M'Minnvllle Autoist Is Said to Have Been Halted and Re lieved of $2500 Cash. . Under somewhat similar circum stances robbers wielded blackjacks on two victims last night, obtaining a total of $3500. One robbery was in Portland, the other presumed to be the work of Portland robbers who followed a resident of McMinnville to a lonely spot about 30 miles south of Tillamook. Fred W. Vogler, 525 Montgomery street, president of the Northwest Auto company, was knocked down by a "sap" in the hands of a thug and robbed of a diamond pin and diamond ring valued at a total of 1000. About 10:40, he told the police, he was preparing to put his car into its garage on Mill street between Seven teenth and Chapman streets, when he was attacked by two men. One of them struck him on the forehead. He went down, and although not uncon scious, he lay still until the men had robbed him and departed. Ten dollars in a trousers pocket was not touched. A good description was given the police, which Mr. Vog ler gleaned while pretending uncon sciousness. They were said to be young men of about 22 years. According to a report from Sheriff Ferguson of Yamhill county, a Mc Minnville man was knocked uncon scious on a lonely mountain road be tween that city and Tillamook. He was said to have left Portland at 6 o'clock last night. When overtaken by three men who were said to have traveled in an ex pensive make of car, he was halted, rendered powerless by a blow on the head and robbed. His car was put out of commission by the assailants and the report was not given the sheriff until the victim had recovered consciousness and walked to a tele phone. It was understood that the men had followed their prey from this city. It was thought that he had drawn the 32500 from a bank here, and that in some manner the trio found that he carried it and decided to follow. SEATTLE BANK SUSPENDS Scandinavian-American Institution in Hands of State Supervisor. 8EATTLE. Wash., July 1. The Scandinavian-American bank here, a large downtown institution, will not open for business this morning, the board of directors announced late last night. The bank, it was explained, has been turned over to the state supervisor of banking. Following the announcement that the bank had closed. John P. Duke, state supervisor of banking. Issued a statement absolving the present man agement frora blame. Decision to suspend business came after a meeting of the board of direc tors which lasted until after mid night. The directors adopted a reso lution that "the Interest of all depos itors of this bank will be best served by the Immediate suspension of busi ness." The current statement of the bank shows the capital and surplus to be 31.250,000. Deposits are placed at S13. 000.000. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAT8 Highest temperature, 72 degree; lowest. -61 : cloudy. TODAY S Fair, westerly winds. Foreign. Decision on Anglo-Japanese treaty held up by adjournment. Page 3. National. House soon will act on McNary exposition resolution. Page 6. Peace resolution expected to go to presi dent today. Page 1. Harding' opposes summary dismissal of en listed men- Page 4. Ex-President Taft is made chief justice. Pace 1. Peace plan la said to hinge on orient. Page 2. v Views conflict on size of new tariff. Page 4. Suit is begun against 19 cement producers. Page 2. Domestic. SUU man denies none of charges made in cross-examination. Page 1. Railway unions to consider wage reduc tions. Page 6. Pacific Korthweat. Increase In express rates denied by com mission. Page 7. Sawmill at Astoria destroyed by fire. Page 5. Dr. J. N. Bell honored for 49 years serv ice in Masonic lodge. Page 7. Fur seal on way into Behring sea. Page 3. State convention of Oregon American Legion opens today in Eugene. Page 4. Sports. Rickard run ragged with worry over fight. Page 14. Wave of fight fans engulfing New Tork. Page 1. Mascott to fight Edwards tonight. Page 15. Cobb is ail ready to condole tieorges. Page 1. Big fight to draw great assemblage of dig nitaries. Page 15. Only a torrent of rain will postpone fight. Page 1. Dempsey to go In seclusion today. Page 14. Big fight forecast aa worst tragedy of ages. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Wheat receipts at Portland break -all rec ords. Page 23. German orders for wheat stiffen Chicago market. Page S3. Foreign oil stocks slump on publication of tariff bill. Page 23. Portland exports reach greatest total !n history of city'a commerce. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Hy Ellers counwl asks for dismissal of einbexzlement charge. Page 12. State highway commission sells $1,500,000 road bonds. Page 13. Foreign consuls meet at luncheon Pags 12. physicians urge light on roes of health at convention here. Page &. Woman killed, two other persons Injured in auto wreck. Page 3. permits on homes XS61.693 monthly. Page 1L Rallroad merger nailed as benefit to Port land. Page 16. M. fcichel to remove store to Selling -Hirach building. Page HOME OF CHARGES Answers in Grilling Are Steadfastly Refused. PARENTHOOD NOT DISCUSSED Silence Kept on Status of Mrs. Leeds' Child. LARGE CROWD BRAVED Xew Tork Banker Goes to Hearing Through Front Door Only Ad mission Is Gifts to Wife. POUGHKEEPSIE. N. T.. June 30. (Special.) Across the life of James A. Stillman, -at least that period which hinges upon the divorce suit, counsel for Mrs. Anne U. Stillman to day spread a question mark. Mr. Stillman. at fhe end of his cross examination tonight, had not supplied the answer. To an array of approxi mately 500 accusations, borne by an ec.ual number of questions, he made no denial. Fornix hours counsel for Mrs. Still man paraded before him their story of Mrs. Florence Leeds and Jay with the unsparing frankness of legal tor mentors. He mumbled his refusals steadily, although frequently his habitual calm deserted him and he ' winced. Illegal Offspring; Charged; They painted him In this story with two contrasted colors. He was, their questions said, both the abandoned lover and the fond father to an illegal offspring. "Did Jay Leeds ever call you 'daddy,'"' they asked, and "Did you and Mrs. Leeds drink cocktails on board thj yacht Modesty at Miami?" This waa not all. They told him he had, while president of the National City bank, posed as "Leeds of the secret service." "Mr. Peck,"- and "Mr. Lawson." Birth Question Asked. Then they asked him if there was not a second offspring ot his romance with Mrs. Leeds still-born. And did he watch over Jay at supper, and. several moments later: "Did you kiss and hug Mrs. Florence Leeds on board the Modesty?" For their charge of the generous cavalier, they produced bills frora Cartiers and Tiffany's. These bills represented, they said, purchases of Jewelry by the banker for Mrs. Leeds, totaling tlSO.000. There was a golden platinum mesh bag.' with the rose diamond Initials of "H. L." There was a pearl valued at J18.000. Mr.. Stillman LiNteas. Mrs. Stillman, listening to the ques- -tions, turned to her counsel then, and whispered: "At Pleasantville he could not even afford a tennis court." She had changed from the black of yesterday to a. rose gown, cream silk stockings, a straw hat, circled with roses. But, as yesterday, she knitted for the most part while she listened. She heard Mr. Stillman asked whether he had carried Jay in bis arms- Did he "from time to time keep the boy up long after bedtime to play with him?" She heard, too, one reference to ' (Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) FOR FIGHT SEWS AND OTHER SPORTS READ THE OREGON I AN. Robert Edgren is the greatest American authority on pugil ists and pugilism. His dis patches from the world's heavy weight quarters are appearing daily in The Oregonian, and his account ot Saturday's battle will appear there. Harry M. Grayson is an ex sporting editor of The Orego t an and is known to every boxing- fan in Portland. His articles from the scene of the great fight are a dally feature in The Oregonian. Harry B. Smith is a real au thority on fighters, and his writings arc known to all read ers of The Oregonian's sporting columns. He is also at the bat tle front and his daily articles are appearing In The Oregonian. The Associated Press will cover the fight, as it is covering its preliminary events, from every angle of Interest. Its dis patches are appearing daily in The Oregonian. The best photographs' coming from the fighters' quarters and from the arena are Under- cod's. The Oregonian alone has Underwood's service In Portland. The Oregonian these days is devoting twice as much space to sport news as any competing newspaper. The Oregonian's sport news is in quality the best, and in volume and variety the greatest. . The Oregonian will cover the fight right. T rc 10.4.O