VOL.. LX-0. 18,92G
Entered at Portland Oregon)
Postoffjee ny Secnnf?-Cla.ss Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
iBRUMFIELD DEAD,
BOMBS RAIN ALL DAY
AND CRUISER SINKS
ULSTER PREMIER .
DECLINES PARLEY
SLAVES OF FASHION
HELD WORST WIVES
PASTOR ADVISES MEX XOT TO
WED MOODY GIRLS.
$380,000,000 IS LOSS
OF SHIPPING BOARD
DEFICIEXCY FAR EXCEEDS
PREVIOUS ESTIMATE.
GOVERNOR URGED
TO SLAP CRITICS
CONVICTS RIOT, FIRE
BUILDINGS; 8 INJURED
HAVDC IS CHARGED
HIS WIFE INSISTS
Husband Held Murdered,
Not Murderer.
ARMY AX D .NAVY FLAXES IX
COMBINED ATTACKS.
4 STRUCTURES AT PITTSBURG
PRISOX DESTROYED.
V.
TO PHONE MUTES
Lack of Improvement in
Service Is Asserted.
EPHr-IR MR IIR V.hy- V-US.
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Farmers Get First Chance to
Testify at Salem.
"EXCHANGE TOLLS ARE HIT
Attempt to Prevent Session
Ground That Service Comniis
fcion Lacked Power Fails.
FALEM, Or., July IS. (Special.)
Increased telephone rates without im
provement in telephone service and
discrimination against certain towns
hrough the establishment of toll ex
change rates which did not ex'Bt prior
to March 1, 1921, are playing havoc
with business enterprises of these
cities, according to testimony offered
"before the public service commission
el the rehearing of the telephone rate
caee, which opened today.
The entire morning session of the
lieariang was occupied by an effort of
John H. McNary, representing the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, to prevent the holding of the
rehearing of the rate case on the
grounds that the public service com-
m'.ssion lacked statutory right to
Krant a rehearing after its decision
Jiad become effective.
Move to Block Hearing: Fail.
Assistant City Attorney Tomlinson.
representing the city of Portland at
the hearing, produced sections of the
public utility act to show that the
commission Is empowered to modify,
rescind or amend any of its orders, if
lroper notice is given to the public
utility affected and a hearing is held.
Chairman Williams of the commis
sion announced, following noon ad
journment, that the commission would
r.ot pass upon the legal question
raised by counsel of the telephone
company at that time, but would pro
ceed with the hearing. He announced
also that Salem had been selected as
the place for the hearing because of
the desire of many farmers to testify
and that, inasmuch as Salem ie a cen
tral point. It would be more conven
ient for them to come to Salem than
to travel to Portland.
Farmer Get First Chance.
"The members of this commission
have no desire to block anyone from
giving testimony. AVe feel that the
farmers, who are In the height of a
lusy season, should be given first
consideration. Therefore, unless there
Is serious objection, we will first hear
the testimony of the farmers and
telephone subscribers throughout the
Mate, then the evidence to be pre
sented by the city of Portland, and
then the testimony which the repre
sentatives of the Oregon Hotel Men's
association wish to present."
"When this testimony is in, we will
consider the question of an adjourned
session in Portland."
The rates contested in this hearing
were established by the commission
Jn an order issued on February 28 and
dated on March 1. The application
for the increased rates was filed by
H
the telephone company on November
13. 1920, and the first hearing was
onducted in Portland on December
21. 1920. This hearing was adjourned
until February 1.
Validity of Hate Attacked.
The validity of the rates established
In the order of the commission was
attacked by Edward M. Cousin, ap
pearing as attorney for the Oregon
Telephone Federation. Mr. Cousin ar
gued that the public utility act re
quired a ten-day lapse between the
time of the order and the time in
which the rates are placed into ef
fect. He produced the tariff of the
telephone company dated March 4, In
which the new rates, effective March
1, were cited to substantiate his'
claims.
Increase in the telephone rates of
the Warrenton Lumber company from
5-1 and $30 a month to $50 and JKij
a month was made through the toll
rates established between Astoria and
"V arrenton, according to the testi
mony of F. S. S, Hill of Warrenton.
l'rior to the order the telephone sub
scribers in Warrenton were permitted
device to Astoria without charge, but
under the order, he testified, they are
obliged to pay 10 cents for connection
ith a number or 20 cents with a
particular party connection.
fluftlnes Havoc Charged.'
"This toll rate has practically
ruined my business," Mr. Hill testi
fied. "It has made it impossible for
the Warnton Lumber company and
the F. G. Kelly Lumber company to
compete with lumber concerns on the
east side of the river, such as the
Hammond Lumber company favored
with Astoria rates, although the mill
Is outside the corporate limits of As
toria." "Would you consider it fair, Mr.
Hill, to require the telephone users
in Astoria to pay higher rates in or-
der to adjust the competitive basis of
kjfour millsr' asked James T. Shaw,
attorney for the telephone company.
"No, answered the witness. "But
neither do we think it is fair to
penalize our Institutions by adding a
rrste that is not charged our competi-
Ex-German Warship Survives for
Many Hours and Missile That
Misses Sends it Down.
OX BOARD THE DESTROYER
LEART, en route to Norfolk. Va.,
July 18. tBy the Associated Press.)
Bombing aircraft destroyed the ex-
j German light cruiser Frankfurt late
today 60 miles cast of Virginia capes
after an all-day attack, which both
navy and army air officers had begun
to fear would be unsuccessful. A bomb
which failed to hit the target, but ex
ploded in the water close by the
starboard side near the bow, sent the
cruiser down.
Up to the time this bomb, a 600
pounder, was launched at 4:22 Pr M.
by an army Martin plane from Lang
ley field. Virginia, the Frankfurt had
withstood 11 direct hits, five of them
"duds," without beingr vitally dam
aged and preparations for a gunfire
attack on her by five destroyers had
been put under way.
As the bomb left its carriage under
the great wings of the Martin plane
from an altitude of about 1600 feet, it
appeared as though it would strike
on the forecastle deck. It missed by
a scant few feet and in striking the
water exploded with terrific force.
The Frankfurt literally was forced
up several feet by the concussion and
vpon settling down after rocking and
rolling for a minute or two she be
gan to go down gradually by the
head.
Another army Martin plane put two
other 600-pound bombs close to the
port bow and these were believed
to have hastened the end. The cruis
er's bow filled slowly and in 20 min
utes her forecastle deck began going
under. Twenty-eight minutes after
it began to settle, the battered and
twisted hulk disappeared.
In all 7S bombs. 57 of 250 and 300
pounds and 21 of 520 and 600 pounds,
were launched at the Frankfurt by
naval and army aircraft which came
S5 miles from Hampton Roada and
Langley field.
LIFE-SAVERS RESCUE TWO
Speedy Work Done by Barview
Crew Xear Rockaway.
BAItVIEW, Or.. July 18. (Special.)
Fast work by the Barview life
saving crew this afternoon saved the
lives of two young men. J. L. Conley
and Christie Lovely, whose canoe was
upset by waves near Rockaway.
The two had ventured four miles
from Barview Jn a 16-foot canoe, and
had crossed the Tillamook bar when
struck by waves. The canoe cap
sized but the young men clung to it.
The accident was witnessed by sev
eral persons, who telephoned the life
saving station at Barview.
The speed boat of the guard reached
the canoeists within 30 minutes.
Lovely, who was unconscious, was
resuscitated by the use of a pulmoter.
BIG FOREST FIRE SPOTTED
Area of "00 Acres Southeast of As
toria Reported Ablaze.
EUGENE, Or.. July 18. A big for
est fire near Vesper, 25 miles south
east of Astoria, has spread until it
covers an area of 700 to 800 acres.
according to the observer of the
north patrol of the 91-st aero squad
ron, now on duty on fire patrol, upon
his return to the base here this after
noon. The observer said the fire was
burning in green timber.
A 15-acre fire was spotted 15 miles
east of Roseburg by the south patrol.
This fire was started in slashings
and has spread to the timber, it is
reported.
YOUTH DROPS OVER FALLS
Plunge of Co Feet Is Caused by
Breaking of Bush.
ASTORIA. Or., July 18. (Special.)
Glen Jurgens, aged 19, of Delena,
Or., had a narrow escape from in
stant death yesterday when a bush to
which he was clinging snapped off
and he plunged over the brink of
Beaver Creek falls, landing; on the
rocks about 65 feet below. He struck
on his feet at the edge of a deep
pool into which he slid.
When rescued his feet were swol
len to an enormous size and he was
suffering intensely from the shock.
but no bones were broken.
CHURCH TO HAVE AD MAN I
New York Organization Recognizes
Value of Publicity.
NEW YORK, July 18. Advertising
! columns of daily newspapers are to
be used for general church advertis
ing as well as for evangelistic pur
poses, it was announced today by of
ficials of the Protestant Episcopal I
church.
The publicity department of the
church has been instructed to add a
Competent advertising writer to its
staff. The extent of the new venture
in church publicity
nounced.
FRISKY LAMB IS COSTLY
Flock of 109 -Sheep Stampeded
Into River and Drowned.
YAKIMA, Wash! July 18. One
rplobi' la m W o ncrl a ctu ln narla tha f I
drowned 109 sheep in the Peshashtin
river, with a. loss of $800 and the cost
of recovering and burning the bodies.
according to A. D. Dunn, who told the I
story here today.
The sheep belonged to Everett But
ler and William Knox of this city
and were part ut a band to be shipped '
to ta.cago.
Sir James Craig Dashes
Hopes of Irish Peace.
NORTH STANDS FOR PARTITION
Protestant Leader Departs
Suddenly for Belfast. .
VALERA CLEARS GROUND
Peace of Island Declared to Rest
With Sinn Fein and 'Govern
ment on Separation Basis.
LONDON. July IS. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Irish negotiations
took an unexpected development late
tonight. Sir James Craig, the Ulster
premier, on leaving for Belfast made
an important statement, which ap
peared to forbid any hope of assem
bling a conference such as Premier
Lloyd George proposed between him
self, Mr. de Valera and the Ulster
premier.
The Ulster leader maintained that
the Sinn Feiners, by contesting the
ejections for the northern parliament
on a platform of "no partition," in
which they were defeated, had rec
ognized Ulster's claim to self-determination,
and he seemed to wash hie
hands of further participation in
peace negotiations.
De Valera Clear Ground.
Sir James said: "I return home well
satisfied with the efforts being made
toward peace. Mr. de Valera has
broken his silence and cleared the
ground by his statement to the presa
that he proposes to found his claim
on recognition of the right of self
determination." He contended that the people of
northern Ireland in the recent elec
tions "determined" their own parlia
ment by an overwhelming majority.
"No partition. ' was the only issue
placed before the electorate, said Sir
James, and it was rejected by the
largest majority ever secured in any
general election.
Northern Ireland Unaffected.
"Such being the facts," he con
tinued, "it now only remains for Mr.
de Valera and the British people to
come to terms regarding the area out
side of that of which I am premier.
The people of northern Ireland make
no claim to 'determine' the terms of
settlement which Great Britain shall
make with southern Ireland.
"When this is accomplished, I can
promise cordial co-operation on equal
terms with southern Ireland in any
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOME BLAMED THING TO
I g5gT3l u-'' a
t . . . . . . . a
Woman Who Smokes Is Xot Worth
While and Painted One Is
Spoiled, Says Minister.
NEW . YORK, July 18. (Special.)
Girls ought to dress as well as they
can afford, and in good taste, but
modestly, in the opinion of Rev.
Frank MacDonald, of the First Bap
tist church, Paterson, who discussed
feminine smoking and face decora
tion and gave tips to the parents and
to young men picking out wives, in
his sermon yesterday.
"If all girls would make or help
to make their own dresses and use
what they save by such work to buy
better grades of material for their
frocks they would be practicing real
economy," he said.
"I shall never ask any girl to re
peat in the marriage ceremony the
word 'obey That is not a woman's
first duty. She should be tender and
true, devoted, faithful and a staunch
and clear-headed partner In the do
mestic firm, not merely an obedient
subordinate.
"Women were not put on this earth
to be mere doll babies or playthings.
They should not be slaves to their
husbands any more than slaves to
fashion or the so-called 'smart' prac
tices of their day and hour. The
smoking girl does not really belong
in any ideal of young womanhood
that is worth while.
"Girls, don't marry for a home.
Don't marry for a young man's
money or his other possessions,
though it is necessary that the man
should be able properly to support
his wife before he takes one.
"Pick out a man whom you are
certain you can trust, one you can
depend on for true love and devo
tion in good times and bad, in health
and in sickness, In sorrow and in
Joy. and you will never need to smoke
or paint your face or dress better
than you can afford, to have a happy
home and a life of peace and joy.
"Most of the girls who smear their
faces with complexion paints and are
slaves- to fashions are spoiled chil
dren of foolish parents, particularly
of foolish mothers. They are not the
sort who make contented husbands
or happy wives.
"Girls, when you marry keep out
of debt. Do not be extravagant. Try
to be wives on a fifty-fifty basis.
Just as if you were partners with
your husband in a commercial enter
prise. He is entitled to it and so
are you.
"Young men will find that the
tender, modest, sane girl Is the most
promising for a good wife. Don't
marry a moody girl. Get a girl with
a happy disposition, but don't expect
her to be bright and cheerful every
morning of her life. That isn't hu
man." Police Officer Resigns.
SALEM. Or., July 18. (Special.)
William Porter, for more than two
years a member of the local police
force, has resigned his position. He
will engage in business.
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Chairman Laskcr Makes Announce
ment After Examination of
All Fleet Accounts.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 18.
Operations of the shipping board's
fleet for the fiscal year Just ended
resulted in a loss of approximately
$380,000,000. Chairman Lasker of the
board announced today. This deficit
was greater by approximately $280,
000,000 than previous estimates from
official sources and was made fol
lowing an examination of all board
accounts.
The government's venture in the
merchant marine business last year
involved a total expenditure of $680,
000,000 so far as could be ascertained
from the board's books, which Mr.
Lasker declared are in bad shape
The new chairman estimated that it
would cost the government $300,000,
000 to carry on operation of the fleet
this year.
A deficiency appropriation of $150.
000,000 for the shipping board will be
asked in a few days. Chairman Jones
of the senate commerce committee
today informed the senate.
"The situation there is critical."
said Senator Jones, adding that the
proposed appropriation was designed
to save several hundreds of millions.
The appropriation, he said, was an
obligation taken over from the last
administration.
In stating that an examination of
the books showed that $380,000,000
had been expended from the puulic
funds of the shipping board last year.
Mr. Lasker eaid this "revealed an as
tounding case of deception to the
country and congress."
"The president, waa astonished and
dismayed that such a condition could
exist when I laid these figure before
him this afternoon, but he wanted me
to give the public the facts," he
added. '
Total expenditures over receipts ap
peared to be approximately $380 000.
000, Mr. Lasker said, instead of $99.
618,567.11, as previously shown by the
board's books.
A commercial concern operating on
a eimil-ar basis would have been In
the hands of a receiver some time
ago, the chairman asserted, stating
also that h knew this state of af
fairs was not the fault of Admiral
Benson, ex-chalrmar. of the board, nor
of Controller Tweedale. He said that
it was due to the system started dur
ing the war. and continued until re
cently. The money which Is unac
counted for was said by the chair
man to have been disbursed by oper
ators of government-owned boats for
which a full accounting has not been
made.
The chairman further asserted that
of 9000 voyages made only 3000 had
been accounted for and that 200 aud
itors were now working on the books
of these operators to find out what
happened. i
A balance sheet of the Shipping
board's books classified receipts from
operation of ships. $300,000,000; from
appropriation, $100,000,000; from bal
ance on hand July 1, 1920. $80,000,000;
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 4.)
DELAY A PICNIC
t
Hart Is Told Attacks Have
Reached Limit.
POLITICS THOUGHT MOTIVE
Small Group Declared to Be
Back of Ouster Move.
FRIENDS ARE NOT PLACED
Seattle Angry Because University
Regents Are Xot Discharged
and Women Are Aroused.
BY H. B. FULTZ.
OLTMPIA, Wash. July 18. (Spe
cial.) Criticism of the administra
tion of Governor Hart, reached a
point today where the chief execu-j
tive undoubtedly will have to take
note of it. and make some manner of
reply. For many week, although he
has served but a little more than a
half year of his term as governor,
he has been- subjected to scathing
criticism, mostly of a petty and minor
sort, without any distinct reason
being found for the attacks.
The first of the attacks appeared
when the governor affixed his signa- i
. . . . ,, . . ,,, . I
ture to the poll tax bill, which was
very unpopular with the great mass
of the people of the state, and the
second attack through the press came
when he vetoed some of the bills left
over by the legislature at the ad
journment. Vetoes Aroaae Women.
Among these were appropriations
for the Orthopedic hospital at Seattle
and the Woman's Industrial Home
and Clinic at Medical Lake. These
two vetoes brought down upon his
head the wrath of the club women
of the state. Next there appeared
attacks by the commander of the
American Legion on the state- audi
tor, but indirectly on the entire ad
ministration because of the slowness
In which the soldiers' compensation
act was being administered.
Then there came a serios of arti
cles in a Seattle republican paper on
the personal expense of the governor.
In relation to Christmas cards, which
were alleged to have been purchased
for his own use, another story about
a pair of boots charged to some state
fund, and still another story about his
limousine and the placing of insur
ance with the firm of Jones & Hart
of Tacoma, of which he was said still
to be a member.
Tax Conference Called.
All this time there was a constant
agitation going on in nearly every
paper of any size in the state for the
reduction of taxes and finally Gov
ernor Hart called at Olympia a tax
conference of the tax-spending bodies.
The attendance was fair and the gov
ernor seemed to show that the de
mand for lower taxation was being
met by the state administration.
Criticism continued, however, main
ly along the lines of taxation and the
administrative code and the personal
.. . . . . .... .
attacks had apparently died out. Then
State Chairman Charles Heb-berd of
I the republican central committee sent
out a call for all the republican edi-1
tors in the state to meet at Olympia I
and to go into the workings of the
I administrative code. ;
Two men in the state who had been
I particularly bitter Jn their denuncia- J
tlon of the administration are said t.
have written letters to the other edi
tors and advised them to stay away
from the meeting. These two men
were Frank Sefirt, editor and owner
of the Belllngham Reveille and J. C
Kaynor, of the Ellensburg Daily Cap
ital. However, a few days after the
meeting had been held in Olympia,
Wash., Sefirt, who is the president of
the Washington State Press associa
tion, sent out a call for the meeting
to be held at Paradise Inn, on Mount
Rainier. The call was signed by two
other men, one of whom was Kaynor.
DtMcvsslon Is Cat Off.
An attempt was made to Inject
I into the meeting of the state press
association the question of the policy
I of the state administration, but this
was not successful and the printed
reports that would seem to signify
an "editorial uprising" emanate main
ly from the statements of Sefirt made
to reporters of big city dailies in at
tendance at the meeting. What the
press association really did was to cut
off discussion of a topic which it felt
had no place in tne state association
by a motion to adjourn. This waa
done and another meeting of the as
sociation Is to be held by call, If the
I republican state committee cares to
meet with them.
Governor Hart has remained quiet
throughout all the attacks that have
been made on him. The statement of
the governor to his friends has been
I that he did not care to enter Into a
controversy through the papers of the
-state over a matter of his personal ex
penditures; that they were provided
by law and that he had taken no
liberties to which he was not entitled.
Governor Urjced to Reply.
The advisers of Governor Hart and
the men who have been prominent
in the republican party are now urg
ing him to make known the real
facts which lie behind the attempt to
force him from office. They say that
(.Concluded oil p& 3, Column L)
Deputy Shcrirfs, Policemen and
Armed Citizens Help Get Out
break Under Control.
PITTSBURG, July 18. Prisoners in I
the western penitentiary here today I
fired four buildings and for a time !
kept the institution in an uproar,
while prison guards, deputy sheriffs
and policemen, reinforced by armed
citizens, fought to put down the dis
order. Six convicts were shot and
two others cut. Prison officials said
three or four of the wounded would
likely die.
The outbreak, timed to start with
the ringing of the first fire gong, be
gan in the d'ning room. Some 600 pris
oners had Just taken their seats in
the dining room when one of them
sent a soup bowl careening down one
of the long tables. Instantly the room
was in an uproar. At the same mo
ment the fire gong sounded an alarm
from the construction shop, the linen
shop, the kitchen and the chapel.
The guards in the dining room tried
to quell the outbreak, but the mad
dened prisoners pelted them with ta
ble ware, all the time shrieking and
howling. The city firemen were called,
while riot calls were sent in. for the
police.
The dining room guards regained.
in part, their control and forced some
of the men back to their cells, but
200 or more dashed for the prison
yard and, when faced by other guards,
backed into a building and ran for the
top of a tier of cells. They pelted the
guards, now reinforced by every
available man in the prison, with
bricks torn from the wall. Deputy
sheriffs and police from every pre-
cinct arrived and the prisoners were
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driven to their cells. They signalized
their reincarceration by breaking win
dows, shrieking and howling.
Within two hours the fire was un
der control, but not until a number of
buildings had been destroyed, with an
estimated loss of $50,000.
John M. Egan, parole officer, said
the outbreak was the result of a pe
riod of discontent among the 1135
prisoners confined in the institution.
About S00 of these, he eaid. were
long-term men. many of them desper
ate criminals.
First tangible evidence of unrest
appeared two weeks ago, when tw
prisoners and i puard were hurt dur
trie- a fight in the dining room. Yes
terday one prisoner sandbagged an
other while the prisoners were at drill
in the enclosure, in the hope, he said,
that the guards would be confused
and a break for liberty would be suc
cessful. The guards, however, kept
their heads. The fires today, Mr. Egan
added, were evidently of incendiary
origin, and the signal which the pris
oners in the dining room did not over
look was arranged.
So many cell locks were broken
that tonight picked men from the
Pittsburg police were put on guard in
the corridors, while outside the streets
were heavily patrolled.
LINKS SMELL TO HEAVEN
John D. Rockefeller's Golf Course
Acquires Awful Handicap.
TARRYTOWN. N. Y., July 18.
John D. Rockefeller's private golf
course acquired a handicap today
which made playing more difficult
than any of the bunkers, traps or
natural hazards. A small wild animal
of powerful personality invaded the
licks, permeating the atmosphere to
I . .
, I such an extent that only the most
ardent golfer would go around with
out a gas mask.
A watchman on the Rockefeller
estato saw the Interloper at a dis-
tance and seized a rifle. But he was
so dazed on close approach that he
accidentally shot himself in the leg
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 75
degrees; lowest, 54; clear.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Sir James Craig", Ulster premier, dashes
hopes of Irish peace by leaving London.
Page 1.
National.
Houne puts oil on the FOrdney bill free
list. Fag 2.
Anti-beer oratory falla on deaf ears In
senate. Page 5.
Japan' hesitancy justified by Mark Sulli
van. Page 4.
Wilson's letter to Lloyd George refuses to
cancel allied debts. Page 3.
Japan's participation In disarmament con
ference counted certain. Page 3.
3S0,000,000 lost on United States shipping
during fiscal year. Page 1.
Domestic.
Minister declares slaves of fashion make
worst wives. Page 1.
Convicts riot and wet buildings afire; eight
are wounded. Page 1.
Cruiser Is sunk after all day attack by
planes. . Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Spokane woman facing arson charge Is
declared Insane. Page 5.
Dr. Brumfield dead, hla wife Inalsts.
. Page 1.
Phone rehearing opens at Salem. Pare 1.
Presbyterian synod explains Dr. White in-
cilent. Page T. v
Governor Hart urged to reply to critics.
Page 1.
Sports.
Municipal golf links be in outgrown.
Page 12.
Tom Gibbons and Carpentler matched.
Page
Ex-"Wnite Sox trial in full swing-. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Dairy produce market In northwest on
firm basis. Page 19.
Large receipt and cooler weather prospects
break wneai at mvigu. rage is.
Oil shares weak feature of stock market
Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland entertains West Virginia Elk.
Page 8-
Lower Broadway parking problem studied
by mayor and coramisMoners. Page 1 1.
u-hirinool wrecks film expedition. Pate 7.
Fifty million-aoiiar inwocn pool reported
fitf biulne5i- Paea lO.
Commu8ioner Attention m ano unable
' im frlende. Page 10.
to !
MONEY PINCH IS DENIED
Mother Said to Have Cash
Ready to Lend.
NO MOTIVE IS SHOWN
Russell Declared to Be. Probable
Slayer to Get Money on
Dentist's Person.
LAPIE REPORTS FICITIVE
PASSES THRO I till THERE.
LAriXE. Or.. July 18. (Spe
cial.) A man believed by local
authorities to be Dr. Brumfie-ld.
the Roseburg dentist who is
wanted for the murder of Den
nis Russell, passed through La
pine today en route to Silver
Lake from Bend. Telephones
were kept busy in an attempt
to trace the man who had his
car repaired and purchased gas
oline at Lapine this morning.
REDMOND. Or.. July IS.
(Special.) Dr. Brumfield was
reported to have been seen on
: t
the streets of Redmond yester
day. C. A. Adams, deputy sher
iff, today started out on The
Dalles-California highway In
pursuit of the man whom he
declared to be the Roseburg
murder suspect.
SPOKANE. Wash., July 18.
The finding of a touring car,
evidently abandoned, at Down
River Park, below the golf
liuks, here tonlsht "ted authorr- "
ties to believe that it may be
connected with the alleged
flight of Dr. R. M. Brumfield,
missing dentist of Roseburg,
Or. Police said they found part
of a soldier's uniform, an auto
matic shotgun and a 38-caliber
rifle in the car. Residents said
the car had been standing there
for two days. The machine bore
an Oregon license and records
were said to show that it be
longed to Byron F. Scott of Al
goma, Klamath county. Or.
"
ROSEBURG, Or.. July IS. (Special.)
In an interview, Mrs. Brumfield
this afternoon persisted in the state
ment of her belief that the decapitated
body found In tne wreck of her hus
band's automobile was that of Dr.
Brumfield and not that of Dennis
Russell, as Is maintained by the of
ficers. Mrs. Brumfield refused to believe
the murder theory and expressed con
fidence that the whole affair was only
an accident and would so prove when
the mystery finally is cleared.
Mrs. Brumfield's father. Dr. J. B.
Beresford of Owensville, Ind., and Dr.
Brumfield's brother. Dr. J. A- Brum
field of Fort Branch, will arrive
Thursday. They are expected to is
sue a reward for Dennis Russell on
the theory that if a murder was com
mitted Russell murdered Dr. Brum
field for the money on his person.
Identification la Poult I ve.
"Of course, 1 am positive that it is
the doctor's body," she answered to a
question regarding- the Identity of the
body at the morgue. "Through years
of association one becomes absolutely
familiar with the contour, with every
curve. I know the body by the cut
of the hair, the shape of the fingers
and nails, by the callous made by his
ring and by the peculiar corn on his
foot. It is ridiculous to think that it
is not his body.
"Why should the officers believe
that the doctor has committed this
crime? Isn't ne theory that Dennis
Russell committed a lrJurder for rob
bery just as plausible? What motive
would the doctor have for such a
crime?
Money Pre us a re Denied,
"I knew his financial condition. He
was not pressed for money. He had
debts, of course, but he had prop
erty enough to cover all bis indebted
ness, and even if he didn't, my fika
had enough to tide us over. My
mother fell heir to $50,000 last fall,
and if he had needed money he could
have borrowed all he needed.
"It was 'his policy to take out in
surance to cover his debts. When he
was 18 years old he borrowed money
to gro school. He took out insur
ance to protect his creditors, and since
then he has always followed that
policy."
Part of his insurance was made out
to her as beneficiary and part to his
creditors, Mrs. Brumfield said.
Note at Bank; Not Paid.
"I know he had about $1000," she
said. He had a note standing at the
bank and he told me he was groins
to draw out money to pay the note
He also drew another check for $500.
The note was not paid, so he must
have had the money on him when he
j was killed.
None of the
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