VOL. LX- NO. 18,928
Entered at Portland (Oraron)
Poatofftec as geeon 4-Class Vatter. .
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY,- JULY 21, 1921
rititiE FIVE CENTS
STEAMER RUNS WILD;
fPHONE RATE CUT
BIG ELECTRIC UNIT
IS CONTEMPLATED
DAMAGE IN MILLIONS
FROM BIG OIL FIRE
LLNQS
1CTS
STATE'S DEBT HOW
ISS1D7,4DD,593.84
Summary . Compiled" by
Tax Commissioner.
NEGOTIATIONS CLEAR
UP JAPANESE ISSUES
BUIED BODY HELD
TO B EMUS
Coroner's Jury Declares
Laborer Murder Victim."
SINKS IN COLUMBIA
EPF rXGHAM STRIKES ROCKY
B.VXK AT STELIiA, WASH.
XORTHWESTEBX PLANS PLANT
OF 8000-HORSEPOWER.
BLAZE IN MEJkJCQ SEEMIXGIV
BEi'OXD CONTROL.
SURVEY
OF
DISARMAMENT
PROGRESSES.
PROPOSAL
GOVERNOR SMALL
V
Embezzlement of State
Funds Charged.
URGE SUMS ARE INVOLVED
iieutenant - Governor and
Banker Face Trial.
, BONDS FIXED' AT $50,000
Conspiracy and Use of Money for
Investment for Private Gain
Are Alleged.
SPRINGFIELD, " 111.. July 20.
Warrants were Issued tonight for
Governor Small. Lieutenant-Governor
Sterling aad Vernon Curtis,' Grant
Park banker and son of the' late
Senator Curtis, following their In
dictment today on charges of em
bezzlement, conspiracy and operating
a confidence game through the
alleged use of interest on state funds
for their personal gain.
Four indictments were returned.
They covered charges of fraud by
the trio during the terms of Small
and Sterling in the state treasurer's
office between 1917 and 1921.
The first indictment charged the
governor, lieutenant-governor and
Curtis jointly with embezzlement of
$700,000. A separate indictment
against Governor Small charged him
with embezzlement of $500,000, while
Lieutenant-Governor Sterling was
Individually charged with embezzle
ment of $700,000. The fourth indict
ment charges the three with con
spiracy and operation of a confidence
game. Involving $2,000,000 interest on
state funds.
The alleged illegal operations
named in the indictments centered
around deposits of state funds with
the "Grant Park bank," held by the
grand jury to have been a fictitious
Institution since 1908, when It ceased
to function.
Individual bonds on each indict
ment were fixed at $50,000 by Judge
IS. S. Smith.
Governor Small was notified of the
Indictments at his office through his
secretary. George Sutton. Lieutenant-Governor
Sterling and Mr. Curtis
were notified by the sheriffs of their
respective counties.
Ooverno Small will appear In court
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, it
was said, to arrange his bonds.
State Fund, Vsed.
The "Grant Park bank." established
many years ago by Alonso Curtis,
father of Vernon 'Curtis and the late
Senator Curtis, although having
ceased to function saneral years
prior to Small's term as treasurer,
was used by the alleged conspirators
as the agency through which to make
loans of state funds to Armour &
Co., and Swift & Co., Chicago pack
ers, according to the Indictments. Al
though the packers' notes drew 7 and
8 per cent interest, it is charged that
let's than 2 Per cent was turned Into
the state treasury during the Small
and Sterling terms.
Under the law n operation then.)
the state treasurer was requested to j
obtain at least S per cent on state'
funds, but according to Attorney-Gen-1
eral Brundage, who pushed the inves-j
tigatlon, the law did not permit the'
treasurer to use fpr private gain any
interest earnings In excess of 2 i)
cent.
Lavr Violation Reported.
In its report, presented by the fore
man, the jury said:
"From the evidence submitted. It
appears that the treasurer of the
state of Illinois carries large -daily
balances and that during the admin
istration of Fred E. Sterling those
balances have ranged from $22,000,000
to $32,000,000. During the administra
tions of Len Small and Fred E.
Sterling, as treasurers, the law then
In force in ths state required the
slate treasurer to deposit all moneys
received by him on account of the
state within five days after receiving
same In such banks in the cities of
the state as in the pinron-'of the
treasurer were secure and which paid
the highest rate of interest. We find
that both the letter and spirit of that
law were violated. For the purpose
of circumventing those provisions an
ingenious scheme was adhered to.
Twe Funds Are Kept.
"Beginning with the administration
of former Treasurer Small. th riniw
balances were carried on the books!
under two primary funds, one de
nominated as the "vault fund' and the
other as the 'fcaCe fund.' The so-called
safe fund represented loans made to
the so-called 'Grant Park bank,' which
was formerly a private banking insti
tution which absolutely ceased to
function as a bank after 190S. Al
though this purported bank was pur
ported to be owned by a single indi
vidual and not transact any banking
business whatever, and had no de
positor other than the state of Illinois,
yet It was given huge deposits of
public moneys by two former state
treasurers. Small and Sterling. The
average deposits of state moneys car
ried by this purported bank were
$10,000,000.
The evidence shows that money
was taken from the state treasury
generally in lots of $500,000 and de
posited In the so-called Grant Park
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Steering Gear Disabled Rent
Causes Vessel to Sink at Rate
of 4 Feet Every 3 Minutes.
ASTORIA, Or.. July 20. The steam
er Effingham of the European-Pacific
line, which left Portland today
en route to the United Kingdom with
a general cargo, struck the rocky
bank of the Columbia river at Stella,
Wash., at 8:30 o'clock tonight and
sank In a few minutes, according to
radio advices received here from the
wireless operator of the steamer. The
officers and crew were saved.
Disabled steering gear was said to
haye been the cause of the wreck.
When the vessel struck the rocks
the rent in her plates was such that
she sank at the rate of four feet
every three minutes, it was reported.
Despite the rapid sinking, the radio
operator stuck to his post, sending out
S. O. S. calls which were picked up
here.
Surveyors and salvage crews will go
to the scene of the wreck tomorrow to
ascertain what can be done with the
vessel.
The Effingham loaded a part cargo
of wheat and flour here and was
bound for San Francisco and San
Pedro to complete loading.
The steamer was of 6324 gross ton
nage and .4671 net tonnage. She was
402 feet long and 32.1 feet in depth.
She was built in Seattle in 1919. She
carried a crew of 43. .
KISSABLE GIRLS WARNED
Irish-Bohemian Poet Starts Out -on
Singular Conquest.
NEW YORK. July 20. Kissable
young women between here and San
Francisco are hereby warned that
they may be approached soon by a
young Irish-Bohemian poet in a
crushed hat and khaki hiking suit
and asked for a kiss.
The young poets from Greenwich
village made the rounds of New York
city editors early today and exhibited
the champion kisser, who, they de
clared, had wagered he could win
kisses from 1000 girls on a trip across
the continent. This main attraction
of the party, who refused to give
his name, said the young women of
Yonkers would have the first chance
to klsd him today. He will then start
west.
WOMAN HOLDS UP TRAIN
Crew Scurries to Shelter When
Glass Revolver Is Flashed.
BERKELEY, Cal.. July 20. Armed
with a glass revolver filled with
candy, Mrs. Mary Taylor of West
Berkeley today "held up" the South
ern Pacific "cannon ball" freight
train shortly after it had started on
its daily run. Emerging from behind
a shed in the Southern Pacific yards,
Mrs. Taylor brandished her revolver
and the train crew scurried to places
of shelter.
She had stopped the train to
frighten the members of the crew,
who she believed had made advances
to her yesterday.
About the time the police arrived
Mrs. Taylor had discovered that it
was the crew of another train she
wanted to "get even with."
COURT DECIDES FOR BOY
Lad May See Sunday Games Des
pite Mother's Objection.
NEWARK. N. J., July 20. The
right of a 4-year-old boy to attend
Sunday baseball games despite his
mother's objection has been upheld
by Vice-Chancellor Backes. '
The vice-chancellor yesterday re
fused an application of Mrs. Grace
Lines of Morristown for an order
prohibiting her husband, John A.
Lines, from taking their son for Sun
Gay walks, because, she said, she had
discovered Linee took the boy to ball
games. Mrs. Lines, who is suing for
separate maintenance, has custody
of the boy -under a court order, but
the father is permitted to have him
on Sunday afternoons.
POMONA CONTINUES FIGHT
Sunday Closing: Issue to Go to State
Supreme Court.
POMONA. Cal.. July 20. Pomona
will carry the fight for Sunday clos
ing of places of amusement where
admission is charged to the state su
preme court, it was decided today by
the city council.
The council, considering a recent
ruling of Judse Burnell of Los An
geles, which held the city Sunday clos
ing ordinance unconstitutional, voted
to instruct the city attorney to appeal
to the higher court.
Meanwhile Sunday entertainments
will continue under sanction of an in
junction allowing them a stay of op
eration of the ordinance pending legal
decision as to its validity.
PORTLAND BOY DROWNED
Nine-Year-Old Child Is Caught in
Whirlpool at Rainier.
RAINIER, Or.. July 20. (Special.)
Allen Johnston. 9 years old, whose
parents live at S55 East Tenth street
North, Portland, .was drowned In the
Columbia river here late, this after
noon, when ho was caught in a whirl
pool. His body was recovered a few
minutes afterward and pulmotors
were used for two hours in an at
tempt at rescusitation.
The youth came, here on an auto
stage about 5 o'clock this afternoon.
HELD DUE OREGOfJ
Reduction Below Former
Schedule Advocated. '
INDEPENDENT SYSTEM ASKED
Fat Company Should Be Put
on Diet, Says Tomlinson.
VALUATION BASIS IS HIT
Depreciation Costs and Payment of
4 Vi Per Cent to Parent Cor
poration Declared Unfair.
SALEM.. Or., July 20. (Special.)
Telephone rates in Oregon Bhould be
reduced as low. if not lower than they
were prior to March 1, 1921. and such
rates should be retroactive to March
1 of this year according to the argu
ment advanced today by H. M. Tom
linson, assistant, city attorney of
Portland, in his opening statement
before the public service' commission
in the telephone rate rehearing.
The entire rate base on which pres
ent telephone rates 'are computed
should be revised downward and in
addition to this, the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company should be re
quired to eliminate obsolete equip
ment, now In operation, eliminate dup
lication in plant and revamp a top
heavy organization! according to the
speaker.
He advocated that the telephone
company in Oregon be divorced from
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company and operated In this state as
an independent organization. "If not
tied up in red tape and formulas
prepared by officials in New York
and San Francisco, the Oregon com
pany could be placed on a profitable
basis at substantially lower costs,"
he said. '
The Inter-relation pf the telephone
company in Oregon with the Western
Electric cofipany and the American
Telephone tt Telegraph company was
stressed and Mr. Tomlinson stated
that the' city intended to produce
evidence which would show that the
people of Oregon are suffering from
such relations.
Collections by the company for
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 3.)
AND DISARMAMENT CANT BE
EASY BY COMPARISON.
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1 IT IS GOIXG TO BE HARD TO REMOVE ALL THE DIKFICl'LTIES IN THE WAY OF INTERNATIONAL J
4 DISARMAMENT J
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I BIT, AFTER ALL, STOPPING A TWO-TON PROJECTILE WITH VOIR CHIN HAS ITS DIFFICULTIES
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J AXD SENDING SEVEN MILLION BOYS OFF TO WAR IS NOT SO EASY, EITHER.
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$1,000,000 in Stock to Be Issued
to Pay for Construction and
Improvements Proposed.
Faith, In Portland's future and de
sire to aid In the development of tee
surrounding country are ehown In
preliminary work started by ths
Northwestern Electric company look
ing toward the building of another
hydro-electric plant on the White Sal
mon river a short distance below Us
present plant. Engineers are work
ing with a diamond drill to explore
foundations, and if the project is
approved after data are completed,
the new plant will add 8000-horse-power
in electric energy to the pres
ent output of the company. .
Plans are In hand for 'the speedy
completion" of the unit after it Is once
started, and by January 1 It will be
in operation, with the proviso, always,
that the exploratory work now under
way does not discover some hamper
ing feature that would make comple
tion of the plant undesirable.
To finance the new construction, .as
well as pay for other extensions and
additions to the Northwestern prop
erties, the company will offer for
sale cumulative preferred stock bear
ing 7 per cent Interest to the value
of $1,000,000. The stock, whose par
value Is $100, will be sold at $95 a
share, netting 7.37 per cent to the in
vestor. J
A stock sales office to handle the
flotation of the new Issue of securi
ties was established yesterday at
room 22S Pittock building, and active
selling will begin August 1. The
plana contemplate a large participa
tion in the purchase of securities by
employes of the company and its cus
tomers. J.' G. Tavares will be manager
of stock sales.
The construction of Its latest power
unit as contemplated is but the con
tinuance of a policy of expansion that
has marked the conduct ' of North
western Electric affairs since the
company was first formed in July,
1911, and started operating in the
electric power field in April. 191S. It
has grown consistently, until it now
supplies much light and power in the
close-Ut retail district supplied by
underground power lines and fur
nishes the greater part of the same
district with steam from its two city
plants for heating, cooking, etc
From this close-in section' of the
city the service has been spread until
electric energy and light is supplied
from the Seliwood ferry . to the . rn
dcstrlai district north of the Sher
lock addition, on the west aide, and
from Waverley to St. Johns on the
east side, while a distribution system
In Vancouver, Wash., is being built.
Its steam heating system is rated
as the seventh largest in the entire
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MUCH HARDER TO FIGtRE OCT
TAX BLANKS.
Troops' Rushed to Amatlan to
. Keep Flames From Spreading.
Eighty-Five Acres Devastated.
MEXICO CITY, July" 20. (By the
Associated Press.) A . great fire in
the Amatlan oil fields has destroyed
property worth several million dol
lars, and so far as Is known Is still
uncontrolled.
Advices from Tampico say that two
wells are burning and that lot 162 has
been devastated. This lot comprises
approximately 35 hectares, or about
85 acres. . , -
One of the oil companies here has
been Informed that - the fire was
caused by lightning, which Ignited
two wells simultaneously. The con
sensus of opinion among oil men in
Mexico City is that the fire was ac
cidental, whether by lightning or not.
and that there was no deliberate at
tempt at sabotage, 'as had been ru
mored earlier in the day.
. Troops have been rushed to Amat
lan, and workmen from other dis
tricts are aiding In fighting to pre
vent the fire from spreading.
The Amatlan field is one of the
richest In the state of Vera Cruz.
Amatlan lies between Tuxpan and
Tampico, about 35 miles northwest
of the former city and some 70 miles
southwest of Tampico.
. The fire broke out when the Xil
lets company, an, independent con
cern, brought In a well. The flames
spread rapidly to the Mexican Petrol
eum and other nearby properties. .(
PITTSBURG, July 20. Pittsburg oil
companies with properties in the
Tampico district were notified that
the great fire raging In Amatlan
started when two big wells. No.- 1
and Morrison well,'"No. 5, located on
lot 162, "came In yesterday." They
at once caught fire from the boilers.
Oil authorities here were of the
opinion that the greatest difficulty
would be experienced in putting out
the fire, as the oil gushes from the
ground -with a force so great as to
overcome the heaviest steam pressure
that can be brought against it, and
it is by the use of steam that such
fires are usually fought.
FOREST FIRE CONTROLLED
173 Men Required 'to Fight Blaze
. in .Sequoia National Area.
SAN FRANCISCO, July tO.-A fire
in the Sequoia national forest, which
was drawing toward the towns of
Havilah and Bodflsh, in Kern county,
was under control today after a hard
struggle by a fire-fighting force of
175 men.
The fire started two days ago in
the camp ' of a sheep herder. More
than 3000 acres were burned over.
JrUh l)m JL..,rJ P
THAN FORTY MILLION INCOME
COUNTY'S SHARE $31,337,532
Total for Balance of State Re
ported $82,420,293.
CURRY'S DEBT SMALLEST
Compilation, Believed First of Its
Kind, Shows Obligations of
Various Counties.
SALEM, Or., July ' 20. (Special.)
Oregon's Indebtedness, including all
county, city, school, port, irrigation
district and drainage district bonds
and other obligations, aggregate $107.
400.593.S4. according to a report filed
with Governor Olcott today by Frank
Lovell, state tax commissioner.
The survey was made by Mr. Lovell
at the request of Governor Olcott, fol
lowing receipt of an appeal for this
Information from Louis F. Goldsmith
of. Portland, secretary of the State
Taxpayers' league. The report was
said to be complete with the excep
tion of minor obligations contracted
by Gold Hill, Freewater and Stanfleld,
which have not yet been reported to
the tax commission.
The report shows that the combined
obligations of Multnomah county. In
cluding schools, cities, port and drain
age district, aggregate $31,337,532.36,
as against 382,420,293.84 for all other
counties in the state.
Of this total the county Indebted
ness charged against Multnomah Is
S2.225.000. while Its school obligations
aggregate 3843.482.36. . .The city In
debtedness is 326.448,050, port, $1,421,
000, and drainage district, 3400,000.
Clataop County Seeoad.
Clatsop county has the second
largest indebtedness of $8,881,396.80,
while Jackson county is in third place
with obligations aggregating 34,304,
618.35. Curry county, with an Indebt
edness of 3126,596.48, has the smallest
amount of obligations of any county
in the state.
A summary of the obligations fol
lows: State of Oregon--
Rural credit bonds 3 40.000
Irrigation bonds 3UU.OO0
Higuway bonds . S4.140.3UO
Total ,. 124.980,300
State obligations 3 24.980.300 00
County, April 5. 1021 11.355.024.02
School. June 21. 1020 7.118.S08 0S
City. April 5. 1921 48.0Xl.9tll.74
Port, April 5, 1821 8.840.000.00
Irrigation 6.058.100.00
Drainage 5U6.700.0U
Grand total 3107.400.593.84
County 800101017 Given.
In making the survey Mr. Lovell
was able to compile the obligations
of the various counties, municipalties,
ports, drainage districts and irriga
tion districts up to and including
April 5, 1921.
The Indebtedness of the school dis
tricts was brought down to June 21,
1920, the last date of contracting
obligations prior to starting the sur
vey. Including the indebtedness
credited to Gold Hill, Freewater and
Stanfield. but not yet reported. Mr.
Lovell said the grand total as shown
in his report would not be increased
more than a few thousand dollars.
The following summary shows the
obligations by counties, as reported
to the state tax commission:
Baker County indebtedness, $75,000;
school, J316.73U.61; city, 3808,302.14; total'
$1,250,091.75.
Benun County Indebtedness. $211
754.95; school. $140,577.90; city. $349'
BOS.34; total, $701,941.19.
Clackamas County Indebtedness, $359 -63H.62;
school, $347,583.65; city, $1,229
978.55; total, $1,937,207.82.
Clatsop County indebtedness, $705 -890.15;
school, $361,216.51; city, $3 889
284.14; port. $3,925,000; total. $8,881,396.80.
Columbia County indebtedness, $347 -10S.63;
school, $158,402.99; city, $-'8l'-835.15;
drainage, $79,700; total, $867,046 77
Coos County indebtedness, $392,665 91
school. $320,485.17; city, $663,025.22: port."
$940,000. total. $2,316,176.30.
Crook County indebtedness. $334,500
school, $41, 458. 53: city, $385,000; irrtsa.
tlon, $1,350,000; total, $2,130,958.53.
- Curry's Debt Smallest.
Curry County Indebtedness. $94 419 09
school, $32,177.89: total, $126,596.4.
Deschutes County Indebtedness, "0 .
361.25; school. $157,468.78; city, $401000
irri?ation, $113,000; total, $873,830.03.' '
Douglas County indebtedness. $388 500
school. $270,738.62; city, $601,795.66: port'
$200,000. total. $1,461,034.28.
Gilliam County indebtedness. $50 000
school. $13,573.73; city, $140,300; total'
$204,073.73.
Grant County Indebtedness, $58 500
sehool, $29,074.01; city. $19,513.57;' total'
$137,087.58.
Harney County Indebtedness, $63 63 57
school. $97.263 89: total. $100,827 6.'
Hood River County Indebtedness. $7S -00O:
school. $165,401.82; city, $213 000- Ir
rigation. $392,000: total. $847,401.82.
Jackson County indebtedness. 70n non-
school. $349.608 55: city. $1,670,009 HO- ir
rigation. $1,385,000; total. $4,394.618 35
Jefferson County Indebtedness. $100 000
school. S54.707.35; city. $22.l32.5; "lrrU
gatlon. $37,100: total, $233,839.90.
Josephine County indebtedness. $260.-
OOO; scnooi. 3.v.bi; city. $299.634 06
irrigation. $890,000; total, $1,536.726 87
Klamath County Indebtedness. $480
424.87; school. $136,220.07; city. $3-7 793
irrigation. $117,000; total. $1,581,437.94
Lake County Indebtedness, $200 000
school. $129,766.67; city. $12,515.83; total!
$342,282.52.
Lane's Total. 2.OI J5J4. -
Lane County indebtedness, $139,871 19
school. $384,576.89: city. $2,016,576.64: port'
$22.0O0: total. $2,802,524.52. .
Lincoln County Indebtedness. $180 000
school. $92,642.15: city. $180,500: port'
$890,000; total, $1.343.142 15.
L.inn County Indebtedness. $A09 32-?--
school. $201,777.98; city, $412,824.29; to'ta"i.'
$1,223,924 90.
Malheui County Indebtedness. $130-
0O0; school. $110,067.85; city. $401,038.39
irrigation.' $1,823,000; drainage, $37,000: to
tal. $2.523.106 24.
, Marion County Indebtedness. $315,250:
. .Concluded oa l'io i. Column I.)
Washington Expects Tokio to En
ter Conference Fully With Pacific
Problems to Be Included.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 20. (By
the Associated Press.) Negotiations
with Japan relating to the scope of
the disarmament conference apparent
ly were about to enter a more active
phase. Both the state department
and the Japanese embassy "have near
ly completed their preliminary sur
veys and another conference between
Secretary Hughes and Ambassador
Shidehara was considered likely with
in a few days. It was un-derstooda-to
be the intention thus to keep the ex
change of opinions Informal for the
present.
In the view of American officials
the negotiations were not likely to be
of sufficient duration to interfere
with the plan for bringing the con
ference together here by early No
vember. The state department mani
festly continued confident that the
Tokio government would agree to the
proposed broad discussion of far east
ern questions In the conference as
soon as the American views' were
fully understood by Japanese states
men. The Japanese ambassador here was
understood to be fully advised of the
attitude of his government- On the
side of the United States, Secretary
Hughes haa consulted with many
high officials on the subject of the
pending negotiations and late this
afternoon had an extended confer
ence with President Harding.
That Senator Lodge, Massachusetts,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee, will be one of the dele
gates was expected.
LONDON. July 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) It was believed that
the idea of holding a preliminary dis
armament and Pacific conference in
London would be abandoned. The
London conference was supposed also
to have been strongly favored by
Japan. Instead of the proposed pre
liminary conference, there will be
held here a conference between the
British cabinet ministers and the do
minion premiers. This conference
will be devoted, first, to a discussion
of the policy and representations of
the British empire at the Washington
conference, and, second, to the ad
visability of asking the Washington
government to postpone the disarma
ment and Pacific conference to some
date, later than November 11. It was
considered likely here that the Wash
ington conference possibly would not
assemble until spring.
HOUSE OF 460 PROPOSED
Census Committee Reapportions
Membership for States.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 20. Re
apportionment legislation providing
for a house of representatives of 460
members as compared with the pres
ent membership of 435 was agreed
upon tonight by the house census
committee. Washington would gain
one member.
Under the reapportionment legisla
tion two states, Maine and Missouri,
would each lose a member and 16
states' would gain members as fol
lows: California, four; Michigan and Ohio,
three each; New Jersey, New York.
Pennsylvania and Texas, two each,
and Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia,
Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico
North Carolina Oklahoma and Wash
ington one each.
The census committee at the last
session reported out a bill providing
for a house of 483 members, but the
house voted to amend the bill so as to
hold the membership to the present
435. The measure did not pass the
senate.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 72
degrees; lowest. 37; clear.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest
erly winds.
Foreign.
Great Mexican oil wells are afire. Page 1.
Lloyd George plan for Ireland ready for
presentatioa to De Valera. Page 4.
American Intervention reported sought in
Upper Silesian trouble. Page 2.
. National.
Negotiations, rapidly clear away for Japan
to enter disarmament parleys. Page 1.
Sleuthing on miners eenounced. Page 4.
House refuses to place Import tax on
shoes. Page 7.
Domestic.
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' Commercial and Marine.
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Marine engineers authorized to resume
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Pacific Northwest.
State's total debt exceeds .100,000.000, ac
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America's passion pageant to be presented
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Phone rate basis attacked at Salem hear
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Burned body Is declared that of W. Dennis
Russell. Page 1.
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' Seattle 5: at Sacramento B. Vernon 2;
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Defense attorneys Brill Bill Burns for three
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Fight card arranged for next Wednesday
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Extra heats required In two circuit races.
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Northwestern Electric plans 8000-horas-
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Quick revival of auto trade predicted.
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Grand Exalted iRuler Mountain of Elks.
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Steamer Eftingham sinks in Columbia.
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SLAYER IS NOT NAMED
County Court Expected to In
crease Rewards.
MANY WITNESSES HEARD
Charred Remnants Identified by
Some as Russell's and by
V j
Others as Dentist's.
ROSEBURG. Or., July 20. (Spe
cial.) That the body found in the
Brumfield auto wreck was that of
W. Dennis Russell and that he met
his death by gunshot wounds in
flicted by a person unknown, was the
verdict returned by the coroner's
jury, at 8 o'clock following two hours
of deliberation.
The jury was unanimous in Its de
cision, which read:
"We find the deceased is named
W. Dennis Russell, is a native of
Douglas county. Oregon, aged about
44 years, and that he came to his
death on July 13, 1921, at a point on
the Pacific highway .about one-half
mile south of his residence near Dole
in Douglas county, Oregon, by gun
shot wounds, inflicted by an unknown
person."
Bigger Reward Likely.
County judge Qulne and members
of the county court stated that the
court will meet tomorrow and doubt
less will auhorize a much larger re
ward' than has yet been made for
the capture of the murderer.
Two portions of scalp, found at the
wreck, figured principally in the i re
quest. One portion of the scalp was
taken from ths body and the hair
tnoroughly washed, cleaned and pre
served. The other portion was much,
larger andcarried a piece of the scalp
bone, the hair being quite heavy.
Over every point of Identification
there was a dispute. Some witnesses
said that the hair resembled Brum
field's, others stating that It was
identical with that of Russell. The
general build of the two men was
shown to be very nearly the same
Russell's shoulders had a peculiar
shape, some of the witnesses stated,
while others said that the shoulders
were exactly those of Brumfield.
Nails of Both Well Kept.
Those witnesses believing the body
to be that of Dr. Brumfield, made
much of the fact that the nails of the
hands were well kept, being neatly
trimmed and polished. friends of
Dennis Russell, however, stated that
he, too. always kept his finger nails
in good condition.
Mrs. Brumfield and others who
said that the body was that of the
doctor declared that the dentist had
heavy callouses on his feet. This. too.
was said to be true of Russell by
friends and relatives. Physicians who
made the post-mortem examination on
the body stated that the body was In
such a badly mutilated state that
Identification was practically impos
sible. The most convincing bit of the evi
dence, in identifying the body, cen
tered around the feet and particu
larly the toe nails. Friends of
Russell stated that his toe nails were
very crooked and peculiar. This fact
they said was noticed also by them
when they viewed the body,, at the
morgue after it was found beneath
the car. '
Deputy Sheriff Percy Webb, who
was with the coroner at the time the
body was removed from the wreck
and who was among the first to dis
cover the evidence leading to a mur
der theory, followed the coroner on
the stand. He told substantially the
same story regarding the finding of
the body apd the various articles put
in evidence. 1 re stated that a por
tion of the overalls in which the body .
had been clothed was clinging to the
corpse when it was removed from the
wreck.
Doctor Declared Seen.
Floyd C. Gurnee stated they saw Dr.
Brumfield traveling south in his ma
chine about 7:45. At 10:15 the Brum
field car was seen dashing through
the city by Edward Kohlhagen, who
was directing traffic away from a
block in which a- church carnival was
being held. Mr Kohlhagen was un
able to state whether or not Dr. Brum
field was at the wheel, but believed
that it was the doctor driving.
Grant Clayton testified regarding
finding of a large pool of blood on
the pavement of the Pacific high
way, directly . opposite the Booth,
ranch house of Dlllard.-
"The pool of blood was about five
feet long and about two feet wide.-"
he said. "In the center was a thicker
pool, evidently where the head had
been. I found portions of hair and
scalp bone In this place and several
portions of a bullet. Later, after the
blood had been cleaned away, I made
a further ' examination and found a
piece of copper Jacket imbedded in
the pavement. I removed this and
turned it over to the sheriff, together
with the hairs and pieces of bone."
Me was showu this evidence, whicli
had been preserved and readily iden
tified it. The hair, ne said, was
identical with tnat of Dennis Russell.
with whom he had been acquainted
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