Morning Oregonian., October 13, 1921, Page 9, Image 9

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
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DIVORCEE ACCUSES
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
C. V. Crumley Is Held on Com
plaint of Addle Ritter.
WIDOW ATTACKED, CHARGE
Head of Local 'ttuslness College
Locked In County Jail in
Lieu of $2 500 Ball.
C. V. Crumley, head of the Crumley
Business . college of Portland and
the Columbia Business school of Ta
coma, was arrested last night and
locked In the county Jail In lieu of
12500 ball, charged with a felonious
attack on a woman In his apart
ments at Fourteenth and Columbia
streets last Sunday night. He has
been connected with school work in
Tecoma for many years and has a
wife in that city.
The story of an assault in which
her clothes were stripped from her,
and her hips and arms bruised, was
told in the office of District Attorney
Myers yesterday by Addle I Ritter,
aged 27 years, divorced wife of Mor
ris Ross of Tacoma. She was accom
panied by her father, Charles A. Rit
ter of Tacoma, employe of the F. S.
Harmon Furniture company of that
city, and brother, Frank Ritter, sales
nan for a local' real estate firm.
Relatives Restrain Ire.
In the course of her story, which
the brother was hearing In detail for
the first time, both men restrained
their anger with difficulty. "When
the girl concluded and exhibited some
of the marks on her body, her brother
rushed from the office, muttering,
"I'm going to kill that !" John
Mowry, special agent for the district
attorney's office. Intercepted the
young man In the hallway and
brought him back. The father swore
to the complaint, charging assault
with attempt to commit a crime.
"It's a frameup to get money out
of me!" was the comment of Crum
ley after he had been lodged in jail.
He admitted the young woman had
spent Sunday night In his apartments,
but said she went there willingly and
that he had not attacked her, though
admitting a "playful struggle." No
one had attempted to extort money
from him as a price for not bringing
the criminal action, he conceded, but
reiterated his assertion that the af
fair was a badger game.
Old Acquaintance Claimed.
Miss Ritter said that she had known
Crumley since 1913, when she was a
student In one of his commercial
classes in the Lincoln high school at
Tacoma. Crumley declared last night
that his acquaintance with the young
woman dated back only about six
weeks. He admitted that her younger
sister, Sophia, is attending his bsl
aess college in Tacoma at present.
The story of the woman began with
a chance meeting with Crumley on
the train en route from Tacoma to
Portland Sunday afternoon. There
was casual conversation and Crumley
Invited her into the dining car, he
said. After arriving in Portland she
told him she was going to stay here
with an aunt on the east side, Mrs
V. P. Ritter.
Divorcee Tells Story.
' Her story to Special Agent Mowry,
who prepared the" complaint, was as
follows from then on: Crumley sug
gested that he take her to his aunt's
home, saying that he would take her
in a taxicab to his apartments at
Fourteenth and Columbia streets, that
he would get the key to his machine
there and drive her across the river.
She consented. Arriving at the
apartment house, he took her bag and
dismissed the taxi. Rather than al
low her to stand alone on the street
it was then dark he suggested
that she go to his apartment while
he found the keys.
Knowing Crumley for years, realiz
ing that he was 10 or 15 years her
senior, and with further assurance
from the fact that nothing approach
ing the improper had been said or
done by him, she accompanied him.
He put a record on' the phonograph
and said something about, 'tidying
up" the apartment. He spilled some
sugar on the kitchen floor, swept it
up, fussed with pillows and rugs, as
she became nervous. She asked sev
sral times if he was not ready to go.
Tin a moment," was the assurance,
struggle Is Described.
Finally angry at the delay, she rose
And said she was going.
You're going to stay right here
the door is locked," was the reply.
There followed a struggle. They
wrestled for hours, It seemed to her.
She screamed and fought. No one
came to assist her. She fainted.
When she woke she was lying half
across the, foot of the bed, nude ex
cept for a silk chemise. Crumley was
trying to put her clothes back on.
When he saw she was conscious, he
xpressed contrition. He was "aw
fully sorry" and pleaded with her not
to tell any one of the night's events.
She said she certainly Intended to tell
He said she would not leave the room
until she promised to keep it a secret.
Finally, to gain her freedom, she
promised. She was released at 6 30
o'clock Monday morning, hysterical,
unnerved and weak.
Nothing Told Aunt.
She went to the home of her aunt
For family reasons she told her noth
ing. She was burning to communicate
her experience to her father In Ta
coma. She went to the station in the
afternoon to inquire about trains.
She was too late for the o'clock
train and left on the owl. Tuesday
morning she saw her father and told
the story.
The father reported to the prose
cuting attorney of Tierce county, who
Informed him that any prosecution
against Crumley would have to. be
brought in Portland. He telephoned
his son In Portland.
Frank Ritter called on Special
Agent Mowrey Tuesday, but was told
that nothing could be done unless the
divorcee would come to Portland and
repeat her story. The young man
left.
Doctor Examines Woman.
Before the district attorney's office
was opened yesterday morning the
rother, father and daughter were
halting at the door. The story was
lM Hi Aerall. Before Issuing a com
plaint, Mowry Insisted that a physi
cian examine the woman. Ir. H. B
Flcckenstein conducted the examina
tion and reported that there were
bruises on the thighs and arms of
the girl and that her breasts were
badly Inflamed. The complaint was
ifsued.
Crumley's version of the affair tal
lies with that of his accusers in some
particulars. Ho said he met her on
the train and that she told him her
folks thought that she had left Ta
coma the day before, but that Instead
of doing so she had stayed all night
with her cx-husband, Ross. If her
father knew it he would make them
remarry at once, and they did not
want to remarry before January, she
explained, according to Crumley.
. The school head said that the young
woman had been drinking home brew
prior to getting on the train, and was
somewhat dizzy when she arrived in
Portland and did not want to go to
the home of her aunt just then. He
asserted that she suggested that they
go to his apartment and have a cup
of coffee, after which she would go
to her aunt's home. He assented.
After arriving at the apartment
Miss Ritter refused to leave, declared
Crumley. About midnight he tried to
persuade her to go, but she would not,
he said, so he agreed that Bhe might
stay. She occupied the bed and he lay
down on the davenport in the apart
ment, he declared.
Later, he conceded,, he went to the
bed, but said he did not stay there
long. When, after a "playful strug
gle," she got angry, he remained In
the bed and she spent the rest of the
night on the davenport, declared
Crumley. In the morning she left.
He denied absolutely that he had at
tacked her, saying that he had acted
"better than sorile men would under
the circumstances."
Prisoner Head of School.
Crumley Is conducting the local
business college in partnership with
Charles F. Walker. The school was
known formerly as the Holmes Busi
ness college.
Before the complaint was Issued,
Special Agent Mowry warned Ritter
Sr.: "You understand that If this is
filed it means a prosecution and not a
chance for settlement tor .money.'
"If he'd offer me a million I
wouldn't dismiss this complaint." was
the reply of the father.
PUPILS WILL GIVE PLAY
Couch School Children to Repre
sent Fire Hazard.
Punll nf the Couch school will give
a playlet tomorrow afternoon as a
part of the fire prevention ween pru
gramme. The children will be dressed
to represent various fire hazards.
They have been rehearsing for some
time under the direction of L. A.
w n v nrinfinni. Oda of the fea
tures will be a mock trial, in which
causes of fire will be cross-examineu
by a district attorney.
Included in the cast are: Homer
Wcfo-ht lr..nn' Dunlnn Tavlor.
cigarette; Muriel Walther, matches;
Jans Friedlander, electricity; Edwin
Mills, rubbish; Florence Horn, gas;
Marjorle Warren, defective chimney;
Marion Look, gasoline; Billy Henry,
lightning; Fay Howe, bonfire; Ruth
Wllhelm, spontaneous combustion;
Joe Frledenthal, carelessness. The
court personnel will include Jack
Rice. Judge; Rodney Banks, district
attorney; Roy Hotop, attorney for
defense; Jack Davis, clerk, and Ed
ward Sewell. jury foreman.
WHEAT SALES ARE SLOW
Xumber Ono Club Quoted at 90
Cents, Walla Walla, AVash.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 12.
(Special.) The last ten days, has seen
300.000 bushels of wheat change
hands, according to dealers. Prices
have ranged from 85 to 90 cents. No.
1 club wheat was quoted today at 90
cents, Walla Walla. Dealers esti
mate that to date 3,000,000 bushels, or
about half the crop, has boen sold.
Early sales were, around 1 a bushel.
Lots sold within the last few aays
have been mostly small ones, the
largest being W. F. Lusk. 21,000 bush
els; Fred Hofer Sr., 23,000 bushels;
James Stephens, 8300 bushels; A. J.
Keith, 11,000 bushels.
All warehouses of the county are
filled with wheat awaiting sale.
Practically all the wheat is being
shipped to Portland this year because
of the differential to Seattle.
MISSION SOCIETY MEETS
150 Women Delegates at Session of
Presbyterians In Spokane.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 12. More
than 150 delegates from all parts of
the state of Washington were in at
tendance Tuesday at the annual meet
ing of the women's synodical home
and foreign missionary society of
Washington, which Is In session at
the First Presbyterian church.
Miss Lucy Dawson of New Tork,
general secretary, spoke on the work
of the women's board of home mis
sions. Mrs. E. L. McCartney, presi
dent, spoke in behalf of a memorial
for Mrs. J. A. Hays. Mrs. Adelaide
YVoodard, a recently returned mis
sionary from India, gave an illustrated
talk on Indian missions.
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Hatchery Plans Announced.
HOQVIAM, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) The state fisheries department
will take out silversides but no chum
salmon for propagation purposes at
the Satsop river hatchery, E. A. Sea
borg of that department, said in a
letter received here today. The
Stevens creek hatchery will not be
operated. Larry Kice, member of the
field crew of the department, came
down yesterday to remova the traps
from the river so the fish can go up
to the spawning grounds. Harbor
business men donated more than $800
last year to supply new troughs for
the hatcheries here, and the fish were
all taken out of the pounty. This
year the troughs are not being used
at all.
Episcopalians Close Session.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) Episcopalians of Grays Harbor
district last night closed a two days'
institute conducted by Miss Emily
Tillotson of New York. The sessions
were well attended. Rev. and Mrs.
George Ware had charge of arrange
ments and the women of the church
here served luncheons both days. Miss
Tillotson loft today for Portland to
discuss plans for the general Episco
palian convention in the Rose City
next year.
rtesd The Oresronlan classified ads.
Indications Are Trouble Will Be
Spread and Involve Several
Hundred Workers.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) War between the Seattle ca
terers' association and the three local
unions of the culinary crafts was pre
cipitated today, when cooks, kitchen
helpers and waitresses refused to ac
cept a wage cut declared by tne as
sociation and quit work in six res
taurants operated by the Chauncey
Wright Restaurants company, and in
a number of smaller establishments.
Statements made by representa
tives of the unions and of the cater
ers' association Indicated that the
trouble probably would be spread to
a majority of the larger downtown
restaurants and Involve several hun
dred workers. About 25 cooks and
kitchen men and between 125 and
150 waitresses were employed in the
Wright restaurants.
Paul Jensen, secretary of the ca
tereres' association, declared that the
association was seeking merely to re
establish the wage scale that pre
vailed up to May 1 of the present
year, and was hopeful that the unions
could be brought to realize the neces
sity of a wage cut in view of the
precarious condition of the restau
rants. The caterers' association Is propos
ing a graded scale of $1, 14.50 and J5
a day for cooks; 12.50 for kitchen
helpers; S3 for waiters, and S2.50 for
waitresses. The scale the unions are
standing pat to retain Is S6 and $7
for cooks: $3.50 for kitchen helpers;
$1 for waiters and $3 for waitresses.
SMALL COLLEGE INDORSED
Portland Presbytery Tells of Value
of Christian Education.
The importance of Christian edu
cation and the valuable services per
formed by the small college were
discussed yesterday at the closing
session of the Portland presbytery.
"It Is the growing sentiment among
the leading thinkers of our land that
there is real value in Christian educa
tion, and a real danger In an educa
tion lacking positive religious
grounds," stated the report of the
committee on Christian education,
which was unanimously adopted. "We
are most profoundly thankful for the
growing appreciation of the Christian
college and for the returning tide of
candidates for the Christian ministry.
"With 5000 pulpits reported vacant
and the growing tendency .of our
vonnr men to seek secular callfnes.
It behooves us to look well to the
interest of the small college where
the strength of the church always has
been. In view of the Increasing de
mand for Christian workers and so
cial workers of various kinds, the
ministers of our churches should be
most Insistent in their call for our
young people to give their lives in
full-time Christian service."
The presbytery voted to ordain
Fred W. Davis, who has been In mis
sionary work In logging camps for
the last 18 years. J. M. Paxton. who
has been supply pastor of the Anabel
church, was licensed as a local evangelist.
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HOTELS TO BOOST SHOW
Managers and Grceters Pledge Aid
to Livestock Event.
Hotel managers and clerks through
out the state, numbering several hifh
dred, will Join in the campaign to
obtain an attendance of 200,000 or
more at the Pacific International
Livestock exposition, during stock
show week, November 6-12.
At the Invitation of Educational
Secretary Childs of the Hotel Mult
nomah. Manager Plummer of the stock
show organization addressed the reg
ular weekly meeting of the Oregon
Greeters" association at the Hotel
Benson Tuesday night. He explained
the various features of the stock
show and how each greeter indi
vidually can aid in Increasing the
stock show attendance by calling the
attention of hotel patrons to the at
tractions of the event, including the
night horse shows, rabbit and poultry
shos, dairy products and land prod
ucts divisions and other features.
The assembled Greeters pledged
their enthusiastic help and the aid of
members not present was guaranteed
by T. O. Madison, chairman, and Al
Holcomb, president, who will send
out a round robin to all members.
Auto Camp Big Success.
MEDFORD, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.)
The money expended by the city
council on the city auto camp grounds
this year was well spent, according
to the record of the tourists and cars
stopping overnight at the grounds.
From May 9, when the season opened,
to September 30 there were 6247 tour
ists and 2026 cars. The expense of
the Improvements at the grounds this
year, together with the salary of the
caretaker up to October L was 11117.
The camp is still open and enjoying
a large patronage of tourists daily.
School Enrollment Increases.
NEWBERG. Or., Oct. 12. (Special.)
The total enrollment at the New-
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berg high and the grammar schools
has been considerably increased this
year through late listings. The en
rollment at the high school now totals
225 and at -the grammar school there
are. 615 pupils. This Is a large in
crease over last year. It has been
found necessary to put on an addi
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In from the district Just west of town,
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SEATTLE. ; Wash., Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) With the co-operation of the
Seattle chamber of commerce several
representative Wenatchee apple grow
ers Tuesday discussed with officials
of the Seattle port commission the
feasibility of finding space In the port
terminals for the storage of several
thousand carloads of Wenatchee
apples that aro Imperiled by the
railroad refrigerator car shortage.
No definite conclusions were reached,
but it was said unofficially that
prospects were good for some relief.
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