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.)
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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
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