TIIE MOKXTXG: OltEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY. SEPTE3IHER 28, 1921
L
E
Alderson advised her to tee Captain
Tennant and the prosecuting attor
ney. Immediately an investigation
was begun.
Body la Ideattflea. '
"When I in Jim after hia return
from St. Paul ho said I was to fro
back east with him to meet my
aunt." the said "Ha advised me not
to go to the American Express com
pany for travelers' checks for this
proposed Journey, as their checks
were very hard to cash."
Mr. Patterson asked: "Did you ex
amine the body In the morgue 7"
"I did." she replied.
"And you saw the left hand?" he
52 DIG FOR FACTS
son hotel. Mr. Holloway said that
there are many cases where the boys
are ambitious and worthy but where
owing to the death of their father or
other circumstances are placed where
they, need someone to furnish them
employment or advice.
Mr. Holloway said that there had
been .a larger demand this fall for
free text books than at any time for
a number of years owing to unem
ployment. Harry Ewlagwas chairman of the
day.
The club authorized the appoint
ment of a committee to takecare of
the formation of an athletic league
in the city composed of the various
city organizations and operating un
der the auspices of the Toung Men's
Christian association. It '.was an
nounced that a series of volleyball
contests and swimming races and
track meets were planned.
IN HMie M
NOW PLAYING
Accused Is Said to Have Ex
pected Conviction.
Ten Days Likely to Elapse
' Before Action Is Taken.
queried.
"My aunt's."
STATE'S CASE NEAR END
HOOVER HOPE OF NEEDY
y
DISC
OSURES MAD
ONUNEM M
Court Adjourns to Permit Judge
to Itule on Admissibility of
Iiiiportaut Evidence.
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) The closing hours of the
tutu's case against James K. Ma
honey was marked this afternoon by
unusual disclosures.
With Captain Tennant. nemesis of
" the defendant, on the stand, court
was adjourned until tomorrow to per
mit Judge ltonald to rule on the ad
missibility of an alleged statement
by Mahoney on August that he ex
pected to pay with his life for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Kate Ma
honey. Attorney Johnston, for the defense,
requested the court, to take the case
from the hands of the Jury on the
(.'round That the state had Introduced
testimony "so prejudicial to the de
fendnnt that he cannot get a fair
trial." The motion was denied. Mr.
Johnston previously had sought vain
ly to prevent the Introduction of Cap
tain Tennant's conversation with Ma
honey at police headquarter on
May 22.
1 Story Left Vaflnlsaed.
When Assistant Prosecuting Attor
ney Patterson Introduced a letter in
tended to show that Mahoney, while
Jn St. Paul, was philandering with
another woman instead of remaining
with his wife, as he had declared,
Mr. Johnston again sought to pre
vent the Jury from considering the-l
exhibit. T.he letter was ,iowta djt
the court.
Captain Tennant left the stand
wl'.hout completing hl story of the
discovery of the trunk which the
Mate alleges contained Mrs. Ma
honey's body. He tnld of the steps
taken to forge the links of evidence
ground Mahoney. He will b the-last
witness for the state.
, The Jury, at the court's direction,
jeft the room when Mr. Johnston ar
gued against admission of the de
tective captain's testimony concern
ing his conversation with Mahoney
the day following the discovery of
the trunk. Prosecuting Attorney
Douglas took advantage of the op
portunity to request Judge Konald
to require an opening statement
today before the defense begins Its
case.
Defense Show !
"The state is entitled to know In
advance how the defense proposes to
proceed." Mr. Douglas said.
"Better prepare to make some state
ment." the court advised Johnston.
The state's implication that Maho
ney had made the acquaintance of a
Minneapolis woman and paid atten
tion to her was contained in a letter
addressed to a "Mr. O. P. Callahan,
Washington Fertilizer Company, Seat
tle." The letter was mailed, In M.
Paul and dated April 2.
Mr. Patterson Introduced business
cards of Callahan, which were found
among Mahoney's effects when he
was arrested. Callahan himself took
the stand In the morning session and
said he hud had business relations
with the defendant and Mrs. Mahoney.
and had at one time agreed to employ
Mahoney as a solicitor.
Callahan said he had not been In
Bt. Paul in 13 years. He received
tiie letter introduced as evidence, al
though he did snot know the woman
whose name was signed to it. He
turned 11 over to the state.
Woman's Letter Read.
f The letter Is signed by a Mine
Lucille Ernster and In the upper left
hand corner of the envelope Is the
return address, 2438 First avenue
JSouth. Minneapolis. She wrote In
part:
"I suppose you wonder what the
llg Idea is of me writing to you so
aoon. Well, I'm anxious to know how
you are getting along and why you
left town so aoon 1 called you at the
Kt. Francis hotel and they said you
had left. Well, I sure was mad. You
said you were going 'to call me up.
You were Just kidding me along,
wasn't you?"
: The letter concludes, "Vith love."
and the postscript "write as soon as
you get this."
Mr. Patterson Introduced-a "paper,
which Captain Tennant found among
Mahoney's effects, which bore the fol
lowing message addressed to Miss
Lucille Ernster at Minneapolis: "Sorry
I left St. Francis at Bt. Paul before
seeing you. I shall be In St. Paul
again about June 3 on my way to
fcew York. Write or wire me, 401
Denny Way, Seattle, your present af
dress." ' i
i It was signed "James E. Mahoney."
Captain Tennant testified that he
questioned Mahoney about this mes
sage. The reply, according to the
witness, was that Mahoney and bis
wife had met Miss Ernster through"
acquaintances they met on the train,
and that they had taken the girl "to
a show" in St. Paul.
"He said the note was Intended to
lie sent to Miss Ernster as a tele
gram," said Captain Tennant. ' '
r The anticipated testimony of Cap
tain Tennant to which the defense ob
jected concerned a conversation with
Mahoney In Tennant's office at
which Mr. Douglas and Mr. Patterson
were present. The state revealed the
-character of this alleged conversa
tion In Mr. Douglas' opening state
ment to the Jury. According to this
statement Mahoney Is purported to
have said: "Well, I guess they can't
lo any more than send me over to
.Walla Walla and hang me."
t When confronted by the detective
captain, both Immediately following
ills arrest and later, after the dis
covery of the trunk, Mahoney refused
to give any more than vague answers
to questions regarding the where
abouts of his wife, according to Ten
nant'a testimony. Mahoney last
"hear from her, he told Tennant.
when she wrote from Havana on the
stationery of the "Grand Casino.",
Minnesota Postmark Keted.
1 Tennant said: "He refused to say
when he arrived In St. Paul; when
tie left; when he arrived In Seattle."
, A letter which Mahoney said was
sent to him from Chicago by his wife
cn her way to Havana bore a Min
nesota postmark, said Tennant. The
envelope was Introduced as evidence.
Detective Lieutenant Justus and De
tective Ballard told of the arrest of
Mahoney In front of the apartment
at 409 Denny way.
- Policeman Davey Identified Jewelry
found on the defendant when he was
booked at headquarters. Introduced
by the state as Mrs. Mahoney's prop
erty. Auditors In the courtroom listened
eagerly to the testimony of Kate
Stewart of North Vancouver, B. C.
Mrs. Mahoney's niece. Mrs. Stewart
told of her disquieting fears con
cerning her aunt and of her visit ti
a Seattle attorney, Tom Alderson.
CITY FOrXClIi TO START COX-
BIDEKATIOX OF EXPENSES.
Auditor's Office Now Compiling
Kstlniotes Which Must Reach
Tax Commission October IS.
Consideration of the budget of ex
pendltures by municipal departments
will begin Monday morning, when the
city council will meet as the budget
committee.
Employes in City Auditor Funk's
office are compiling the various es
timates. This work will be completed
by the last of this week,, it was an
nounced. -
The members of the budget commit
tee will devote about six days, and
several evenings if necessary. In go
ing over the estimates. That a large
amount of pruning will result Is in
evitable. Particular pains will be
taken by all members of the council
in the hope that when the final esti
mates are made they will meet with
the approval of the tax Vonservation
anrt supervision commission.
The city budget must be filed with
the tax commission by October 15.
The engineers of this commission
then will examine and prepare com
parative data for the use of the com
mission. When thla Is completed the
members of the commission will take
Item by Item, it is understood, and
either approve the amounts recom
mended or slash them.
The tax commission has the' final
word.
PACIHC FLEET SHIFTED
DIIEADXOIGIIT CALIFORNIA
TO BECOME FLAGSHIP.
Reorganization Perfected and New
Assignments Given to Vari
ous War Vessels.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 27. Re
organization of the Pacific fleet was
announced today from the fiagshlp
New Mexico, superseding previous
announcements.
The new dreadnought California
will .'become the fleet flagship and
tt.e New Mexico the squadrbn flag
ship, the latter also being- assigned
lo division eight for gunnery . exer
cises. ,
The Pennsylvania, ex-flagshlp of
the Atlantic fleet, due to Join the
fleet today at Los Angeles- harbor,
will be reserved for a tactical flag
ship. Ships will be assigned to divisions
as follows:
Division eight New Mexico, Idaho,
Tennessee.
Division seven Arlaona, Nevada,
Mississippi, Pennsylvania.
Division lx New York, Texas, Ok
lahoma. When the Maryland arrives, the
Idaho will he assigned to division
seven and the Nevada to divlslonslx,
while the Maryland will relieve the
Pennsylvania as tactical flagship and
be assigned to division eight.
INFANT HURTJN SMASH
Motorist of Iloseburjr Arrested
Following Accident.
ROSEBUrtO. Or.. Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) J. N. Telford of Looking Ulass
was arrested today following an auto
mobile accident in which the 8-weeka-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edlger of
Dallas was badly Injured.
The accident happened at about 7:15
this morning when the car driven by
Mr. Telford collided with the machine
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. it. Fry
and Mrs. and Mrs. Ediger and the
children of the two families The
Ediger baby was thrown out of the
machine and dashed to the pavement.
Its head and one arm being badly
hurt. Telford was charged with, a
violation of the traffic ordinance, It
being claimed that be was cutting
the corner.
FRESHMEN TO BE TESTED
College Men to Vndergo Physical
Efficiency Examination. .
OREOO.V 'AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallls, Sept. 27. (Special.)
All freshmen' of. Oregon Agricul
tural college will be required to take
a physical efficiency test before be
ing assigned to class work.
The new test was devised by Physi
cal Director Rutherford and Bob
Hager, assistant, after a study of
similar' methods used in California.
- The test Includes scaling a 12-foot
wall, diving over obstacles, vaulting
fences, running, dribbling and throw
ing basketballs, catching and throw
ing baseballs, playing football,
wrestling and boxing.
PERUVIAN FACTIONS MEET
Federal Troops and Revolutionists
Clash; Many Killed.
LIMA, Peru, Sept. 27. Federal
troops clashed with revolutionists
Sunday near Moyobamba, in the de
partment of Loreto, where the gov
ernment last month closed the port
of Iqultos and other harbors because
of revolts, according to meager ad
vices received here today.
Twenty-three federal soldiers were
killed or wounded and the bodies of
ii insurrectionists were found after
the clash.
Narcotics Sales Suspected.
Shake S. Walker was arrested at
195 Flanders street last night by Pa
trolmen Burdtck, Shaffer, Fair and
Jackson after an investigation which
has gone on for a period of several
weeks. The arrest was made when
three sales of narcotics were traced
to Walker, say the police. Two ad
dicts arrested yesterday and sen
tenced in municipal court are thought
to have purchased their cocaine and
morphine from him. Walker will be
held for the government on a charge
of violation, of the narcotic laws.
Phone us for prices on your winter
coaL Diamond Coal Co, Bdwy. 3037.
Adv.
Orpheum matinee today, lS-!5-K0-Ad.
Orpheum matinee today, lS-26-SO-Ad. 1
Chairman of Vital Conference
Chooses Intelligent Men to
1 Work Out Problems.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evening
fgit, mo. - ruouanea oy Arraieuui.f
WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. 27.
(Special.) Whatever concrete thing
la to come out of the employment
conference is notyet in sight. It is
possible that one or more of the 62
members may have a definite plan
or plans In their minds. vIf so, those
plans will have to pass an Intent
scrutiny by various committees be
fore they are submitted to the con
ference itself. It is likely that the
public will not hear anything defi
nite about plana for a week or ten
days.
The public hearings being held this
week deal mainly with the facts of
unemployment. It is the apparent In
tention later on to give wider lati
tude to the hearings, and out of such
latitude we are likely to hear, not
from the official members of the
conference, but from volunteer wit
nesses, a good many remedial sug
gestions. It is already clear that advantage
of the opportunity to testify at pub
lic hearings will be. taken by a good
many of those persons, who, either
as dreamers, or charlatans, always
turn up in such periods as this, and
tend to dramatize unemployment In
a way to bring them personal pub
licity. Every crisis has its Coxey.
This time the number of Coxeya
promises to be rather large.
Conferees Are Iaelllet.
But any one who studies the coun
tenances of the members of the con
ference at any of their official meet
ings is reassured by their Intelligence
and common sense. It is. In act, an
impressive gathering. To look at It
for half an hour and then to' go to
the other end of Pennsylvania ave
nue and look at the lower house of
congress for half an hour furnishes
a comparison which the unemploy
ment conference does not need to
fear. ,
Mr. Hoover, as the presiding offi
cer, causes a spectator to recall how
accurate a portrait Mr. Keynes
painted in four words when he said
that Hoover at the Tarts peace con
ference gave the impression of "a
slightly weary Titan." . .
In his opening address, and in such
other public contacts as Mr. Hoover
has had with the conference, he has
restrained himself strictly to the ex
pression of fundamental principles
If he has any definite plan in hia
mind he has as yet given no hint of
It.' The larger probability is that he
has no plan, but rests his hope wholly
on a distillation o what is know.i
it thought or proposed by the ti men
whom he has selected as the best
representatives of the United States
far the purpose in hand.
Hoover's ability does not lie neces
sarily In any novelty of Inventive
ness. It lies rather in unusual capac
ity for sheer work in the collection
of facts and something approaching
genius in making sure generalization
from those facts, together with ex
traordinary personal ability In put
ting plans into effect. He epitomized
the present problem when be said:
Kconomlc Failure Epitomised.
"There is no economic failure ao
terrible In its import as that of a
country possessing a surplus of every
necessity of life. In which numbers
willing and anxious to work are de
prived of these necessities. What our
people wish is the-opportunity to
earn their dally bread and surely in
a country with its warehouses burst
ing with surpluses of food and clo
thing, with its mines capable of in
definite production of fuel, with suf
ficient housing for comfort and
health, we possess the intelligence to
find a solution."
It is apparent that the course of
the conference will shape Itself like
:hls: There will be an agreement on
the facts of unemployment, not
merely as to its quantity., but what
Is more vital, in seeking a cure. In
what trades and what parts of the
country unemployment is most prev
alent. After arriving at the official
statement of facts the situation will
be treated as an emergency calling
for voluntary co-operation. On this
point Mr. Hoover gave a hint of a
plan when he said:
"The administration lias leit mat a
large degree of solution could be ex
pected through the mobilization of
the fine co-operative action or our
manufacturers, employers, public bod
ies and local authorities."
Obviously Mr. Hoover must have in
mind something like his war-time
management of food, which was
based 0n widespread and well direct
ed voluntary co-operation.
After treating the emergency as an
emergency, the conference will then,
and not until then, take up considera
tion of plans, first for reviving gen
eral business, and second, for pre
venting unemployment In the future.
FILTERING SYSTEM URGED
Solution of Ashland's Water Prob-
lem Believed Found.
ASHLAND, Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.)
Installation of a filtering system.
having a capacity of e, 000,000 gallons
of water daily and costing approxi
mately $45,000, in Ashland canyon is
the solution of Ashland's water prob
lem according to opinions expressed
by members of the city council at a
special session yesterday.
Tha stand was taken following a
talk by Kenneth Shlbley, San Fran
cisco engineer, who emphasized rec
ommendations that Ashland curtail
needless waste of water by the Instal
lation of meters throughout the sys
tem. The $100,000 dam -project voted
more than a year ago was condemned
by Mr. Shlbley as a needless expendi
ture. "Why build a reservoir," asked Mr.
Shlbley, "when you have twice the
water you need? Conserve your water
by cutting out the waste. Meter
your system and install filters."
AID FOR BOYS BESOUGHT
Money Lacking for Youths Forced
by Law to Attend School.
The need for help for boys of the
city who are compelled by law to
continue their school work but who
have not the money for the necessary
food and clothing was emphasized by
C It. Holloway, head of the attend
ance department of the public schools.
In an address at the Rotary club
luncheon yesterday noon at the Ben-1
INSURANCE RATES RAISED
BURGLARY POLICIES JVMP 10
PER CENT IX SEW YORK.
Underwriters Association Declares
Action Was Made Necessary
by Huge Losses.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. (Special.)
The crime wave which has gripped
New York City for the last several
months has caused such a. tremendous
Increase in the number of robberies
of homes that the insurance compa
nies will Increase burglary Insurance
rates 10 per cent.
They also will discontinue blanket
forms of policy, so that the house
holder will have to pay a separate
premium for each class of property.
The new rates will represent an in
crease of 10 per cent in burglary in
surance premiums in the last five
years.
The decision to raise the rates again
was reached at a meeting of the bur
glary insurance underwriters' asso
ciation at the Hotel Pennsylvania. It
was said that In the last six months
the robberies of homes have increased
about 40 per cent, losses feave in
creased from 98 to 100 per cent, and
that less than one-half of 1 per cent
of the valuables taken by burglars
are being recovered by the police.
The Increased activity of the bur
glars has created a situation which
the burglary Insurance companies
chararterize as desperate, so much so
that the new rates will make burglary
Insurance cost eight times as much
as fire Insurance. It was admitted at
the meeting that burglary insurance
rates soon would become- prohibitive
if any more increases are found nec
essary, but the heads of many of the
companies said they must raise pre
miums or go to the wall.
One of the aignlficant things about
the new rates and the new policies is
that they w)U exclude wines and
liquors unless at the high rate of I7S
a thousand. So much liquor has been
Btolen that the insurance companies
do not consider this property a paying
risk.
LV
TO
ILLINOIS MURDERER LOSES IX
FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Convicted Slayer of Wife Too Busy
"Communing With Spirits"
to Discuss His Case.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. Sept. 27. Carl
Wanderer, convicted slayer of his
wife, her unborn babe and a "ragged
stranger," will go to the gallows Fri
day, according to announcement from
the governor's office tonight.
Wanderer lost his last fight for
commutation of sentence to life im
prisonment or another reprieve when
the division of pardons and paroles
recommended to Governor Small that
Wanderer's petitions be denied.
CHICAGO, Sept. 27. Carl Wanderer
refused to discuss his case when told
tonight that he must hang Friday,
saying he was too busy communing
with spirits.
Wanderer was pacing his cell when
newspapermen arrived, and when they
told him. that his reprieve had been
denied he said: '
"What of it? I didn't send anyone
to Springfield and I miwin't be
bothered now. I don't like to be In
terrupted when talking with spirits."
AYRSHIRES T0BE SHOWN
Cross-Continent Journey to Be
- Made for Exposition Here.
News that a show-herd of.SJ pure
bred Ayrshire cattle from the Alto
Crest farms at Spencer, Mass., will
cross the continent to compete for
high honors and cash premiums at
the Pacific International Livestock
exposition, November 6-12, has been
received by General Manager Plum
mer, through a telegram from Arthur
H. Sagendorf, one of the proprietors
of the nationally 'famous Alta Crest
farms.
According to the telegram, formal
entries, together with entry fees for
the Massachusetts blue-ribbon Ayr
shires, are now in the mall, and the
dairy cattle will start on their Jour
ney of more than 3000 miles within
the next few days.
CREDITORS MEET TODAY
Sale of Morris Brothers' Assets to
Be Considered. ' .
Judge Bronaugh. truestee for the
bankrupt bond house of Morris Broth
ers, will submit to creditors of the
defunct institution this morning at
10 o'clock the question of transfer
ring the assets of the concern to a
new company formed by tha reor
ganization committee.
The reorganisation committee has
offered the creditors of the bond
house a minimum of 31.000.000, which
represents 90 per cent of the ap-
lonoi
SOME OF OUR SPECIALS
Ham or Dim vrlth Oaa El 2.1e
Ham er Bates Twe Essi SOe
Yt aff Ira or Hot Cakes, with
Mr rap. Butter and Caffee 15
Waffles sr Hot Cakes with year
eholee of Ham. Haeoa or
Sasutace 25e
ICS,
i
ATMOSPHERIC
PROLOGUE
praised value of the assets.
The hearing will be held before
A. M. Canpon, referee In bankruptcy,
In the federal courtroom.
Jfewberg Schools Open.
NEWBERQ, Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.)
Both the public and grammar
schools opened in Newberg on Mon
day with fully 10 per cent more en
rolled on the opening day than ever
before. Additional rooms have been
fitted up in the basement of the
grammar school building, but in spite
of this there will be a shortage of
room at the school building, and it
will be necessary to utilise the Car
negie library for some classes. At the
high school similar conditions exist.
Cottage Grove Hearing Oct. 7.
' SALEM, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.)
Members of the Oregon public service
commission will conduct a public
hearing at Cottage Grove. Or., Octo
ber 7, to consider the application for
an Increase in the rates of the elec
trio light company of that city. On
November 2 the commission will sit
In Portland to consider an application
of the Nehalem Boom company for a
franchise covering Willamette slough.
Auto Hits Coaster; Boy Hurt.
Ralph Flint. 12 years old. 130 Flan
ders street, was struck by an automo-
I0C30I
lonoi
A Sure Hit
Come here for breakfast at
any hour.
Wholesome Food and Prompt
Service.
LUNCH
Sixth and Stark
Charles
A
A dive into mystery with a rubber-heel salesman who starts
bargain sales in a hick town and nearly gets more than
he bargains for. Bank bandits try to trap him. Ghosts can't
scare him and the fun and thrills are too good to miss.
TOONERVILLE
COMEDY
LIBERTY
NEWS REEL
bile at Sixteenth and Flanders streets
last night and severely lacerated
about the head. He was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital. The accl-
TODAY
Cecil B. DeMille's
THE AFFAIRS
OF ANAT0L
Cast includes . Wallace Re id,
Gloria Swanson, Agnes Ay res,
Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels,
Wanda Hawley, Monte Blue,
Theodore Roberts and others.-
. LAST TIMES
TODAY THURSDAY-
.AND FRIDAY
Ray
IN
MIDNIGHT BELL
ALWAYS KEATES
AND OUR GIANT ORGAN
dent occurred when the boy was
coasting in a small wagon and ran In
front of a msohlne driven by Edwin
J. Seller. F54 Davis street.
A DOUBLE BILL
JAMES
OLIVER
CURWOOD'S
The Northern Trail
The Mistress
of Shenstone
Also
KINO GRAMS
and
Mutt and Jeff Cartoon
' XJL ..1
and