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VOL. LX NO. 18,92S
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1921
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FROM SLIPPERY ROCK.
PORTLAND PARTY CLIMBS TO
PEAK WITHOUT MISHAP.
SPECTATORS GASP.
JAPAN IS DIVIDED
ON ARMS AND EMIT
WOMAN. TWO MEN -:
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Dr. Brumfield Traveled
North, Says Crew.
MAN IS DRESSED AS HOBO
Jawbones and Teeth of Vic
tim Are Sought.
WARNING IS SENT OUT
Police of Xorthwest XotiHed to
Be on Ixokout for Suspect
Posing as "Woman.
ROSEBURG, Or.. July 17. (Spe
cial.) That Dr. R. M. Brumfield,
wanted here on a charge of murder
ing: Dennis Russell, escaped from
Roseburg on northbound Southern Pa
cific train No. 16, Wednesday night,
was established by new evidence
brought to light here this afternoon,
according to Sheriff Starmer.
This, added to the report that he
was seen in Portland, gave the of
ficers a new trail to follow.
According to reports of the crew
on train No. 16, a man answering Dr.
Brumfield's description was seen
lurking in the north end of the yards
when No. 16 pulled in Wednesday
night.
Ticket Reported Purchased.
As the burning wreck had been dis
covered only a short time previous
to the arrival of the train, nothing
was thought of this occurrence, as It
was supposed the man was a hobo.
At Oakland he was found to be
riding the blind baggage and was
ordered off the train by the conduc
tor. He was told to pay his fare if
he wanted to ride, and he immedi
ately went to the Oakland depot and
purchased a ticket to Eugene.
At that time he was seen to be
wearing overalls. Opon boarding the
train, he went immediately to the
lavatory and appeared a few minutes
later wearing a brown suit, which
was apparently new and of good
quality. He rode in the coach as far
as Kugene and then got . off and
bought a ticket to Junction City.
Portland ViHlt Reported.
Instead or going back into the
coach he went up ahead and again
climbed aboard the blind baggage.
Here,. JJie conductor discovered him
again and ordered him oft the train.
He was last seen going toward the
river.
The same man. It was believed,
when next seen was in Portland with
a young man in soldier's clothes. He
asked about the roads up the Co
lumbia river. He was traveling in a
light automobile, evidently the prop
erty of his companion. From this the
officers here have deducted that he
was picked up at Junction City by a
tourist and was carried into Portland.
Ureas) mm Woman Suspected.
Warnings were sent out by Sheriff
Starmer late today to all officers
throughout the northwest that Dr.
Brumfield will probably be wearing
woman's clothing and adopt this dis
guise to elude capture.
Information received by the offi
cers here has made them positive
that he will attempt to assume the
pulse of a woman and will try to
escape detection by that means. He
will doubtless change to the disguise
at the earliest possible moment, the
officers declared, and they were en
deavoring to get some information
that would give them a clew in re
gard to the garments which he might
be wearing.
This, however, is very hard to do,
as there is such a broad field to be
covered.
It was considered quite probable
that the disguise. If used, will be ef
fected in Portland.
Prepared for a." gruesome search,
which may lead to the disclosure of
some of the most important evidence
in the murder mystery, that of the
jaw bones and teeth of the decapi
tated body lying in the morgue in
this city. Sheriff Starmer today vis
ited several sections south of Rose
burg, where it was believed the bones
from the face and jaw were removed
from the head.
Koae of Jawbone Found.
From all findings at the scene of
.he auto wreck, west of the city, it
a-us plainly evidcr.t that there were
no teeth, or jawbones at the time th
dynamite tore away all vestige of the
head. No portion of the jawbone was
found. In spite of a most careful
search, there was not a single human
tooth located.
That the top of the head was there
was easily proved. Portions of scalp
bone, some of them quite large, were
found, while particles of brains and
scatp were touna scattered over a
wide area. 4
The theory that the head had been
cut off and thrown in the river -was
exploded early. Some held that the
blood stains on the rocks between the
wreck and the river were caused by
the carrying of the severed head to
the water. A careful examination dis
closed the fact, however, that these
blood spots, and portions of brains
and flesh, were thrown out from the
wreck by the explosion of the dyna
mite. Portions Found on Leaves.
Similar portions were found on
leaves high up on the trees and
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Letter to Corps Area and Depart
mental Commanders Says Pol
icy Takes Effect at Once.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17.
General 'Pershing's policy for welding
the regular army, national guard and
the organized reserves into one whole
force, readyto meet any emergency.
was set forth today in a letter written j
Dy him to corps area and depart
mental commanders. The policy will
be inaugurated immediately.
."Under the general terms of the
law," the letter said, "the corps area
commanders are responsible within
the limits of their respective com
mands for the success of this great
national undertaking, and the most
important mission of general army of
ficers in time of peace, next after as
suring a highly efficient and well-
trained regular army, is the develop
ment of the national guard and the
organized reserves.
"All citizen soldiers who are free
to meet the special requirements im
posed on members of the national
guard should be encouraged to enter
that force," the letter continued. "All
young men after their voluntary mili
tary training in the reserve officers'
training corps or training camps
should be encouraged to join a unit
either of the national guard or the
organized reserves. There should be
no rivalry between the two forces, but
rather an interchange of service be
tween them.
"It is my desire that the officers
detailed for service in the organiza
tion and training of the national
guard and the reserves should be se
lected from the most efficient officers
in our army. The corps area com
mander and all officers of his organi
zation will be expected to take an
active interest in these forces and
establish toward them the most cor
dial attitude .of sympathy and help
fulness to the end that the army of
the United States may be welded into
an harmonious and efficient whole
ready to meet any emergency that
may call for its services."
TEACHER COLLECTS CLASS
Principal Is Required to Pilot
Launch on Siuslaw.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gne. July 17. (Special.) In addition
to his duties as schoolmaster, the
principal of Mapleton high school
must operate the gasoline launch
that carries the students to and from
their homes, according -to Alfred
Powers, assistant director of the ex
tension division of the university,
who has just returned from deliver
ing the commencement address at
Mapleton.
Mapleton is situated on the Siuslaw
river and the most favored means of
transportation is by water. The fam
ilies are scattered all along the riv
ers' bank and to et the children to
school as easily as possible, the dis
trict operates a motor boat to carry
them. The teacher is asked to live
at the far end of the route. Each
morning he takes command of the
little craft and starts for the school
house, seven miles down the river.
Th children, who number about 30,
are picked up at the various way
landing's and carried to the seat of
learning.
ONE INJURED IN CRASH
Auto Driver in Collision Arrested
on intoxication marge.
One man, whose name was not
learned, was slightly injured last
night in a head-on collision between
an automobile driven by M. T. Se- j
bert, route 4, Vancouver, wasn., ana
a machine driven by Harold Shipman,
who was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Mollenhour on a charge of driving
while intoxicated.
The injured man was one of four
in Shipman's party. He was thrown
through the windshield of the ma
chine by the collision. The Ship
man car, coming toward Portland,
was said to have been on the wrong
side of the west approach to the
Interstate bridge, where the crash
occurred. The Sebert machine was
returning to Vancouver.
Multnomah authorities were noti
fied of the accident and made an
investigation.
DAHLIAS GROWN AS HOBBY
Hood' River Newspaper Employe,
Has Exhibit In Bank. '
HOOD RIVER. Or, July 17. (Spe
cial.) Judson G. Ruggles, foreman of
the composing room of a local news
paper, raises dahlias as a hobby. He
has 100 varieties of the beautiful
species of flower. Seventy new and
gorgeous varieties have beenplanted
in his gardens.
Mr. Ruggles' has arranged with a
local bank to display daily a bouquet
of a different variety. Already he
has begun his displays and a differ
ent color daily, from now on until
frost, will appear on the bank desk.
The large flowers are creating a great
interest.
OWEN MOORE AGAIN WEDS
Movie Star, Divorced by Mary Pick
ford, Marries Leading Woman.
NEW YORK, July 17. The mar
riage of Owen Moore, motion picture
actor, to Miss Kathryn Perry, his
leading woman in several pictures,
was announced today. Mr. Moore re
cently was divorced by Mary Pick
ford, who later married Douglas
, Fairbanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore were married
la Greenwich, Codi Saturday
Bureaucrats Fear Anglo
Saxon Domination.
LIBERALS FAVOR CONFERENCE
Battle for Rights at World
Session Is Favored.
CRISIS DECLARED FACED
Both Camps Agree That Tact and
Breadth or Vision Are Now
Xeeded by Nation.
TOKIO, July 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Japan today seemed
to be an empire divided on the great
issues created by the summons of
President Harding to a conference
or: disarmament and far eastern
problems. On one side, largely in the
ranks of the bureaucrats, there was
fear expressed that the proposed con
ference would be dominated by the
Anglo-Saxons, and might result in
strangling Japan's political and eco
nomic development Is Asia.
On the other side there . was ar
rayed a powerful liberal group which
was demanding that Japan enter into
the deliberations fearlessly, submit
ting her wants resolutely, combating
for them with confidence and not op
posing just claims. Haggling aryi
bickering, they ipsisted, would ruin
the cause of Japan.
Crisis Declnred Faced.
Both camps agrteed that Japan was
facing a crisis, requiring tact and
breadth of vision. Many members of
the privy council, according to the
well-informed , newspaper Chugal
Shogyo Shimpo, were pessimistic
about the conference; they contended
that the proposal to discuss prob
lems and policies of the far east in
dicated co-operation between the
United States and Great Britain in
an attempt to settle international
questions favorably for them, an in
dication of which was to be seen in
the attitude of the English toward
the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
The invitation to China to join in
the conference, it was further urged
was additional evidence in support
of the theory of a secret purpose on
the part of the Anglo-Saxon nations
in calling .the conference.
They argued that China doubtless
will strive, with the support of Eng-
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THERE ARE TIMES WHEN NATURE SEEMS PARTICULARLY UNFAIR IN HER DISTRIBUTION
OP BLESSINGS.
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At Close-np, Flesh-Colored Suit
Doesn't Conceal or Diminish
Dimple in Chin.
NEW YORK. July 17 (Special.)
It cost Venus J25 today to rise from
the sea at Long Beach and it almost
cost many of the 300.000 who visited
that resort their sight.
The attempt of the bold goddess
to do a come-back in these days of
Volstead acts, blue laws and beach
censors was staged at the height of
the bathing hour. The reincarnation
of Aphrodite was Miss Edna Wheaton.
She went, into the water wrapped in
a cloak-like garment, tossed it to
a companion and dived. Up to this
point no one had paid any attention
to her. ' .
In a few minutes no one was pay
ing attention to anything else. Miss
W treat on waded in out of the deep
water and only those close to her
realized she was wearing .anything
at all. At a distance of SO feet and
more the apparition appeared to be
a young woman becomingly attired
in nothing.
It appeared thus to Patrolman
Monahan, who was about 100 yards
away, and he scattered gasping wom
en and pop-eyed men out of his way
as he dashed to the water's edge. A
cloBe-up revealed that the bather was
wearing a one-piece, flesh-colored
bathing suit that did not do a thing
to conceal or diminish the dimple in
her chin. The policeman stood in
front of- her making ' ineffectual
sounds in his throat while she posed
gracefully, waiting to see what would
happen next.
When he recovered his speech, the
policeman informed the bather that
she was under arrest for Indecent
exposure, disorderly conduct. Imper
sonating a fish, obstructing traffic
and about every other crime he could
think of. She laughed, donned the
discarded cloak, went to a 'bath house,
dressed and then walked to the of
fice of Justice of the Peace Neu,
where she cheerfully paid a fine of
25 for her short, but exciting ap
pearance. .
VOLUNTEERS FIGHT FIRE
Two Blazes at Once More Than
3Iedford Force Can Handle.
MEDPORD, Or., July 17. (Special.)
To combat two fires, occurring at
the same time in different residence
districts at 1 A. M. today, the city fire
department had to call out volunteers
to, help. Chief Lawton and the volun
teers remained at the first fire, which
destroyed a vacant dwelling belong
ing to the city, and the rest of the
department worked on the dwelling
of Fred Whitham, which also was de
stroyed. Incendiarism was said to have
caused the destruction of the city
building and defective wiring started
the Whitham residence fire.
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Louis A. Shub Loses LiTe While
Fishing in Eagle Creek; Body
Carried 4 Miles to Auto.
Louis A. Shub, 48 years old, met a
tragic death In the waters of Eagle
creek yesterday, morning " when he
was swept over an 18-foot falls about
four miles above the Eagle Creek
campground and was drowned before
a rescue could . be effected. '
In company with George Turnbull.
47 Lucretia street, Mr. Shub was
whipping the stream for .trout at
about 7 o'clock in the morning when
he fell on, a slippery rock and
plunged headlong into the creek. The
fall stunned him and his body was
carried down stream by the swift
current unseen by Mr. Turnbull. Mr.
Turnbull at the time was about 400
feet ahead of Mr. Shub.
As soon as he noticed the plight of
bis companion, Mr. Turnbull rushed
down stream, but arrived too late to
intercept the unconscious form of Mr
Shub before it was hurtled over the,
falls. Ir. Turnbull then climbed
down the mountainside, and with as
sistance, which was rushed from the
campground, took the body from the
water. There was no response to
frantic attempts at resuscitation.
The coroner was notified and
brought the body to the morgue last
night. It was necessary to carry the
lifeless form for more than four miles
down a mountain trail to reach the
waiting automobile on the highway.
. In company with Mr.' and Mrs.
Turnbull, Mr. Shub and wife had
gone to Eagle 'creek Saturday for a
week-end outing.
Mr. Shub was owner of a pawn
shop at 62 Third street. He lived at
the Multnomah hotel. Besides his
widow he is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Leo Simon, of San Francisco.
William Cameron, 654 Brazee
street, was fishing in -the creek about
100 yards away when Shub went over
the falls and was called immediately
to the scene, where he helped a half
dozen other men to recover the body
from the pool below the falls. This
was a difficult Job and was not ac
complished until the body came near
a riffle.
PAVING TO BE PATCHED
Stretch Between Junction City and
Eugene to Be Repaired.
EUGENE, Or., July 17. (Special.)
The Clark & Henery Construction
company, which laid the pavement
on the Pacific highway between
Eugene and Junction C'ty in 1919 and
1920, has sent a man here to begin
the work of patching all holes that
have developed since then. This work
will be done finder .the contract with
the highway commission for main
tenance. This stretch of pavement Is said by
motorists to be one of the best in the
state, and but few holes and worn
places have thus far developed.
i
Explorers Press On as
Through Gas Attack.
QUICKSAND IS TREACHEROUS
Course Is Blotted Out by Vio
lent Disturbance.
ONE MEMBER SENT BACK
First Europeans Ever Seen by Ti
betans Royally Entertained on
March to Conquer Peak,
BY COLONEL HOWARD BURT.
Leader of the Mount Everest Expedition.
(Copyrighted ana Supplied by the Mount
Everest Committee.)
TINGRI DZONG, June 23. via Simla.
July 12. (Special Cable.) From
Kampa Dzong we started Into an un
known country. We left Kampa
Dzong on June 8. Harold Raeburn.
unfortunately, still is seedy and un
able to pick up strength in these alti
tudes, so we decided the best thing
for him was to send him down to
Lachem. in Sikhim. where he could
properly be looked after in the mis
sion until he recovers strength, and
then later he could rejoin us. Dr. A.
F. R- Wollaston, Gyaltzen and Kazi
accompanied him to Lachen. They
will rejoin us as soon as they can
catch up, probably not before we
reach Tlngrl Dzong.
The route from Kampa Dzong led
across a great plain for 16 miles to
Lingga, the first halt on our way,
where we had quite a clear but dis
tant view of Mount Everest. To the
south rose the snowy tops of the
Himalayas, whose northern slopes, as
a rule, are much gentler than the
southern faces. The midges here were
very troublesome, surrounding us in
clouds. We were very grateful when
the wind started. We now are travel
ing down the valley of the Yaru,
tributary of the Arum, which passes
through Nepal to the east of Mount
Everest. .
From Lingga we marched another
13 miles In clouds of midges across a
plain sometimes sandy and sometimes
marshy to Tinki Dzong, a picturesque
old fort on the banks of a large pond,
which was swarming with bareheaded
geese, gulls and brahminy ducks, all
so tame they allowed us to approach
within five yards, not attempting to
move The inhabitants flocked around
us, as they never had seen a Euro
pean before, and were most interested.
Jongpen Proves Hospitable.
The Jongpen of the district rode
out to meet us with a few followers
and then escorted us to where our
camp was . to be. " Already he had
pitched several tents for us. He had
tea and chang, brewed from barley,
ready. He was a most obliging and
courteous host, presenting us after
ward with 200 eggs and four sheep.
Several prosperous villages and
large monasteries were In the neigh
borhood. The valley is covered with
barley fields, which, although grown
in an altitude of more than 14,000
feet, ripens perfectly. There , also Is
quite a good grove of willows be
longing to the monastery. The fol
lowing day we returned the Jong
pen's call and were given tea and an
excellent meal of macaroni seasoned
with chili sauce. This is eaten with
chopsticks, and was a somewhat dif
ficult undertaking.
Transport WraigIIng Haifa Start.
On "June 11 we left Tinkl Dzong.
There was the usual wrangling about
loa-da before' we started, as there
were some 45 different families' sup
plies to be transported and? the ani
mals for transport only consisted of
86. Each person naturally wanted
the lightest load.
Eventually the headman took the
garters from every family and mixed
them all up. He then laid down the
garters on various loads and the
persons to whom the garters belonged
had to carry the load on his animals
without further argument. This hap
pened every morning, and prevented
us from making an early start.
The day's march led over the Tinki
pass, 17.000 feet high, but qu)te easy,
with fine views to the east. ' We
descended again into the broad val
ley of the Yaru, which here is car
peted with gcrse bushes and covered
wKh yellow flowers. Our camp was
pitched at Chusher Kan go under a
fine old ruined town looking toward
Nila pass, leading into Nepal. Our
start the following morning was de
layed by the wildness of the animals
forming the transport and the plain
soon was strewn with fallen loads.
the yaks andi duuocks careening mad
ly in every direction. We had to ford
the Taru. which here is about 80
yards wide and three feet deep.
Jongpen Serves Hearty Meal.
After crossing, a marshy plain we
arrived at the home of our friend,
Phari Jongpen. His brother, acting
as agent for him, rode out to meet
us and escorted us to his house. It
is a fine, solid, stone building, doml
natlng all the smaller bouses. Its
walls are covered with gorse and
Juniper, giving it quite a festive ap
pearance. Tents were pitched for us in a
grass paddock close to a grove of
willows. Indoors a meal of Tibetan
dumplings with soup and chill sauce
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Vanguard Leaves Timber Line
Camp at 3 A. M.; Hot Tea and.
Soup Are Served at Summit.
Mount Hood was scaled yesterday
by 160 mountain climbers from Fort
land under the auspices of the Ma
zamas. The party included 170. The
ascent was made without mishap and
all but ten who left the tlmberline
reached the top. More than half the
number were women.
The day was exceptional with an at
mosphere that provided a clear view.
The vanguard of the expedition left
the timbtrlino camp at 3 A. M. and
reached the summit at 10.15 A. M.
They found that A. T. Maas, mountain
lookout, bad hot tea and soup waiting
for them when they arrived.
All but ten of the climbers had
reached government camp and de
parted for Portland by 7:30 P. M. last
night. All "were enthusiastic over the
trip.
The party spent the night at the
tlmberline Saturday night. A small
group made the ascent early in the
evening and burned red fire at the
summit about 10 P. M. E. H. Dowling
was in charge of the main party of
mountain climbers.
When the party started the ascent
of the snow trail above the timberllne
yesterday morning a government for
est patrol plane hovered above them
taking pictures of the climbers.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 17. (Spe
cial.) Observers from Cloud Cap inn
reported that the season's record
number for those ascending Mount
Hood in- any one day was made today.
Several parties were seen reaching
the summit from the north side and
the watchers, using glasses, saw the
Mazamas, who climbed the mountain
from the south side.
The recreation parties, according to
the reports from the inn, were in no
way marred by accidents.
FAMINE GRIPS 20,000,000
Russians Eat Grass and Bark as
Wells and Rivers Dry Cp.
X BERLIN, July 17. Twenty million
persons are on the verge of starva
tion in the drought-stricken sections
of Russia, subsisting mainly on moss,
grass and the bark of trees, accord
ing to the Vossische Zeitung, quoting
information from "reliable Russian
sources."
Refugees are reported to be pour
ing into Moscow and Petrograd by
thousands and to be fleeing hopeless
ly in every direction.
The parched earth, it is asserted, ii
opening up great crevices and wells
and rivers are drying up. Many vil
lages are reported on fire. All cat
tle in the stricken districts have been
slaughtered.
RIGA. July 17. A plague of locusts
Is adding to the famine in Russia, ac
cording to a dispatch received here
from Moscow. A swarm of the in
sects has greatly damaged crops in
the Kubana and Black! sea govern
ments, where part of the army has
been mobilized to destroy the pests.
ROSENBLUTH IS SORRY
Failnre to Win Exoneration by
Department Is Regretted.
NEW YORK, July 17. (Special.)
"I am sorry that the department of
Justice has not seen fit to exonerate
me," said Robert Rosenbluth, when the
statement of the department was
shown to bim today at the office of
his attorney, Jonah J. Goldstein.
"If the published reports are true,
they are simply getting rid of an un
welcome case by passing it to the lo
cal prosecutor in Tacoma. It will be
dropped there, of course."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80
degrees: minimum. 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; wanner; northwesterly
wind.
Foreign.
Everest climbers hit by sand storm.
Page 1.
Frenchmen hold order In Russia prerequi
site to land disarmament. Page 3.
Harden says voice of America can save
Europe. Page 2.
Irish peace discussions to resume today.
Page 4.
National.
Disarmament plan not intended as rival
for league of nations. Page 3.
Republicans rap navy war record. Page 1.
Pershing outlines one big army plan.
Page 1.
Domestic
Tar and feathers daubed on woman. Page .1
Venus in bathing eyeful for spectators.
aS Pacific Northwest.
Alleged Rosburg slayer reported seea on
northbound train. Page 1.
Plant specialists to meet at Hood River.
Page 9.
, Sports.
Pacific Coast league results:. At Los An
geles. Portland 4-B. Vernon 1-9; at San
Francisco. Oakland 2-4, Seattle 0-3; at
Bait Lake 2-8. Los Angeles 3-15; at
Sacramento 0-6, San Francisco ,6-14.
Page 8.
Ingraham first person to take Oregon
tennis title east. Page 8.
Composite veterans' nlno defeats Wood
lawn. Page 8.
Deal for sale of Portland club reported.
Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Anrler Is drowned when swept over falls
in Eagle creek. Page 1.
Ten thousand attend opening of Columbia
beach. Page 14.
Telepnone bearing opens in Salem today.
Page 14.
Higher educational merger in Oregon, advo
. cated. Page 7.
Business conditions steadily Improve, bank
digest snows. Page 13.
One hundred and sixty Mazamas reach
top of Mount Hood. . Page X.
Guernsey breeders hold Jollification.
Page 9.
First of Elks delegations due in Portland
today. Page 4.
jlr. Neuhausen declares Oregon patronage
tut la nearly ready, Pag 6,
Coats of Feathers Also
Applied by Bands, j
ARCHDEACON ONE VICTIM
All Punitive Parties Weafl
Garb Like Ku Klux Klan. ,
ONE FARMER IS WHIPPED
Retired Agriculturist of Missouri
Is Ordered by Three Masked: ,
Men to Leave Town, '
SUMMARY OP DAY'S TAR
AND FEATHER INCI
DENTS. Woman stripped, tarred and
feathered by band at Teneha,
Texas.
White archdeacon whipped,
tarred and feathered by mob
at Miami.
Deweyville, Texas, man tarred
and feathered and dumped on
downtown street.
Missouri retired farmer taken
out and whipped by three
masked men.
SHREVEPORT, La., July 17. Mrs.
Buelah Johnson was taken from her
quarters at a hotel at Teneha. Ten,
stripped, tarred and feathered, accord
ing to advices reaching here today.
The attack on Mrs. Johnson, which
took place last night, was said to bava
been 'made by masked men wearing
white uniforms. They were said to
have driven up to the hotel in three
automobiles, into one of which the)
young woman was hurried and driven
out of town. After the administering
of tar and feathers she was brought
back to the hotel.
Mrs. Johnson said she was employed
at the hotel as maid and cook. She
said that she did not know any of the
men.
It was understood that Mrs. John
son had been arrested on a charge of
bigamy and placed in Jail at Center,
Tex.
CENTER, Texas, July 17. Mrs.
Beulah Johnson, who was tarred) and
feathered andi whose hair was par
tially clipped by masked men at
Tenaha, JTexas, Saturday night, was
brought to Jail here today, and was
being held to the next grand Jury
on a charge of bigamy. Mrs. John
son was out on, bond andi was sur
rendered by bondsmen, following tha
tarring.
Sheriff Smith of Shelby county
said the woman told) him that the
masked) men, gave her no instructions
when she was freed on the streets
of Tenaha, but asked her about a man
she knew.
Mrs. Johnson was said to have been,
thrice married, '
KIT KXTJX KLAN" SCSPECTED
Movement for "Moral Cleanup'
Seen In Southern. Tarrings.
DALLAS, Texas, July 17. Tha
tarring of Mrs. Beulah Johnson, re- ,
ported at Tenaha, Texas, tonight, is
the latest of a series of tarrlngs
that have developed in the south
western states within the past month;
or two.
This is the first time, however,
that a woman was chosen as the)
victim.
The specific reason for the chas
tisement has usually Been withheld,
in these attacks, but the similarity
in the garb of the perpetrators. &
white cap or uniform like ahat worn
by the Ku Klux Klan in reconstruc
tion days, gives rise to the belief
that a concerted movement for a
community "moral cleanup" is under
way in southwestern states. No def
inite connection between the events
has been .established, however, and
that those behind them are the re
constructed Ku Klux Klan is merely
conjecture.
No effort to ' avoid publicity baa
marked the conduct of several of the
tarrings.' On a similar occasion in
Oklahoma recently two men wera
seized on a public thoroughfare and
a newspaper reporter was taken along
as a witness while the two wera
whipped. The reporter returned with
a story of an alleged confession by
the victims involving a woman.
None of the "cleanup" cases here
tofore have resulted in action by tha
authorities, whether state, county or.
city.
ARCHDEACON" IS TARRED
Masked Men Seize and Punish
Worker Among Xcgrocs, -
MIAMI. Fla July 17. , Eight
masked men waylaid Rev. Phillip S.
Irwin, white, archdeacon of the Eng
lish Episcopal church and head of
the work of that church among south,
Florida negroes, at tha close of his
services here tonight, carried him
into the woods andi whipped! him and
then applied) a coat of tar and f eath-
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