VOL. LX XO. 19.028
Entered at Portland fOrejron)
Pntofficg aa Second-nays Vntter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVE3IBER 15, -1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SCRAPPING TO COST
s
S
ROY, WASH., BANK
ROBBED OF $4200
CASHIER AXT WOMAN BOOK
ARMS TALK FORCES
WAR SHARES DOWN
STEEIi DECLINES BUT COTTON
JUMPS $4 A BALE.
HUGHES' PROPOSAL
WOUNDED BOY HUNTER
IS REPORTED SUICIDE
AMERICA $500,000,000
.. ,
TO BE
SECRET
AMOUNT EXCLUSIVE OP ANY
ROY WARD IS SAID TO HAVE
SALVAGE FROM SHIPS.
KEEPER LOCKED IX VAULT.
ENDED LIFE.
GREAT BUI
ACCEPTS I!! PART
ARM
Did
MAWS TRAILED
I BI LOWE IMi
MEANS
Approval of Japan in
, Principle Forecast,
ENGLAND WANTS CHANGES
Elastic Replacement Pro
gramme for Navies Is
Said to Be Desired.
SUBMARINE OFFER LOOMS
Mr. Balfour May Propose
Abolition of Undersea Craft.
Plan Still in Dark.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 14.
By the Associated Press.) Great
Britain today announced its accept
ance In principle of the American
proposals for limitation of naval
armament. The acceptance, as It
wlli be laid before the conference
tomorrow, will be based on what are
described as "certain definite mod
ifications." Japan's acceptance, "in principle"
at least, has been forecast by state
ments by Baron Admiral Kato and
others of the Japanese delegation.
Great Britain's stand contemplates
an alteration of the plan In several
Important details.
Balfour to Present Views.
The British acceptance will be pre
sented at tomorrow's plenary session
of the conference by A. J. Balfour,
head of the mission. Japan's ac
ceptance "in principle," although
forecast by. the statement of Baron
Admiral Kato, may be delayed, as
the Japanese mission must confer
with Tokio.
Mr. Balfour may not outline de
tails of Great Britain's reservations,
but they are substantially described
this way:
Instead of a flat ten-year holiday,
Great Britain wants the replacement
programme to be an elastic one
spread over a period of years.
Great Britain would like to see
the submarine outlawed from naval
warfare. Failing: this, she wants to
see their tonnage, and equipment dis
tinctly limited. She feels that the
submersible fleets allowed by the
American programme are too great.
She has never had so large a sub
marine fleet as the proposals would
allow her.
Disadvantages Ileld Possible.
The United States, Great Britain
feels, would have her at a disad
vantage in airplane carrying ships,
under the American proposals, be
cause, while Great Britain has an
equipment of these craft, the United
States would have to build new the
number allotted. They would be of
later design and of superior im
provements, while British ships
would be obsolete.
Great Britain wants the replace
ment programme spread over a
period of years, because, British na
val experts argue, the programme
could be carried on with a small
equipment of building plant at a
mall scale, probably a ship at a
time. If a flat ten-year holiday
were to be declared, they soy, fa
cilities for making a wholesale re
placement after ten years would
have to be kept in organization, and,
although great fleets of warships
might be consigned to the Junk pile,
facilities for replacing them still
would exist.
Replacement Change Wanted.
Such a programme, the .British
nuval experts say, does not go to the
root of the question. Therefore they
will propose that, for instance, - a
one-ship production equipment be
left to each nation to fit in with a
replacement programme extending
over a period of years, and that the
immense properties, equipment,
technical staffs and other organiza
tion which would have to be kept in
readiness to take up a replacement
programme in ten years be dispensed
with. '
CHINA IS TO OFFER PLAX
Settlement of Far East Questions
Is to Be Proposed.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 14.
(By the Associated Press.) China's
armament delegation will present
proposals looking to the settlement
of the far eastern problems as far
as China is concerned, Dr. Welling
ton Koo, ambassador to Great Brit
ain and a member of the delegation.
(Coaciudch on I'&c. 4. Column 1.)
Government Will Not Stop Work
on War Vessels Until Agree
ment Is Reached.
WASHINGTON. r. C. Not. 14. (By
the Associated Press.) Actual east to
the United States for the scrapping of
the present naval building programme,
naval officials estimated today, would
be between J400, 000,1)00 and 1500,000,
000, exclusive of an salvage plan. In
his statement to the conference Sec
retary Hughes said that the work al
ready done had cost X330.000.000, but
these figures do not Include costs in
cident to abandonment of the ships
flnder construction.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt today
said that the American programme
would save the government about
I200.4JJO.000 In naval expenditures. The
figure is the difference between the
total cost of completion of the ships,
about 1600,000,000, and what scrap
ping would cost. Included in the
scrapping costs are allowances for re
imbursement of contractors for work
they have been compelled to do in
their yards in preparation for build
ing the huge craft.
There is no Intention by the gov
ernment to stop work on the new
ships until an agreement actually is
reached by the conference and ratified
by the governments.
That was made plain today. Con
struction on the great majority of
the vessels Is proceeding slowly, how
ever, the division of available build
ing funds averaging about $2,000,000
a year each capital ship Involved.
The only ships on which work has
been halted, pending developments,
are the two at New York navy-yard.
Stoppage there. It was said, does not
Involve probability of damage suits
for breach of contract.
In any case it was added, expen
ditures in progress on ships that may
be ordered scrapped, are of such a
nature that they could not be saved.
The bulk of the $2,000,000 a year
tor each ship is for materials ordered
and which would have to le paid for
in any case. Only in one or two cases
is there a large labor force at work
on actual building.
One phase of the programme naval
officers have been struck with. Is its
probable effect on the three great
ship-building plants doing most of
the new ship construction. Those
plants, it was said, were engaged al
most entirely on government work
and on those ships which would be
scrapped under the plan. All three.
It was predated, would In all prob
ability be XQsced to close. They are
the plants of the New York Shipbuild
ing company, the Fore River (Mass.)
company, and the Newport News com
pany.
It was evident that naval officers
quite generally expected Mr. HugnVs'
programme to be accepted with only
minor modifications. There was some
surprise Indicated that the British
delegation had not announced ac
ceptance immediately when the plan
was presented, leaving until latei
such adjustment of details as might
seem desirable. The modifications
which Mr. Balfour, heading the Brit
ish group, will submit tomorrow, it
was said, apparently could have been
worked out afterward, as well as be
fore a general agreement.
CURB MARKET IS OUSTED
Court Action Ends Business That
Bus Run 150 Years.
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. The last ves
tiges of New York's curb market Just
below the stock exchange were
ordered off the streets today as an
"unmitigated nuisance," in a tempo
rary Injunction granted by Supreme
Court Justice Lydon. The decision,
unless set aside, will end a business
that has flourished in Broad street
for 150 years.
The Justice declared that if the
police did their duty it would not be
necessary to apply to the courts for
an Injunction. .
The New York curb Market associ
ation left Broad street several months
ago and went Indoors, but other
brokers organised as the Curb Stock
tc Bond Market of New York, Inc..
and continued in the street. It was
against the latter organization that
the decision was directed.
$7,000,000 LOAN PASSED
Oregon to Get $248,000 to Help
Livestock Men and Farmers,
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 14. Ap
proval of advances for agricultural
and livestock purposes and to finance
sugar-beet growing aggregating more
than $7,000,000 was announced today
by the war finance corporation. Of
this total $4,150,000 will be advanced
at once in the Utah and Idaho sugar
beet growing districts.
The agricultural and livestock ad
vances were distributed as follows:
Oregon $248,000. Montana $120,000.
New Mexico $112,000, Wisconsin $25,
000, Missouri $272,000, Illinois $100,
000, Iowa $728,000, Minnesota $94,000.
South Dakota J2S0.000. North Dakota
$50,000, Nebraska $20,000, Texas $70,
000, Georgia $47,000. Louisiana $34,000,
Florida $25,OUO and - North Carolina
$50,000.
HUGHES HOLDS RECEPTION
Arms Delegates and Diplomats
Are Entertained by Secretary.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 14. Sec
retary and Mrs. Hughes were hosts
tonight at a reception In honor of the
armament delegates. Other guests
were t orn the diplomatic list and of
ficial circles.
The reception n held in the Pan
Amertcaa Union building.
Only Reports of Decisions
'to Be Public.
COMMITTEES TO DO WORK
9 Nations to Act on Far East.
Five on Disarming.
ITALY AND FRANCE UNITE
Agreement Made for Harmonious
Action on All Questions to
Go Before Conference.
WASHINGTON. D. (X. Nov. 14.
(By the Associated Press Real
work of the armament negotiations
was transferred today from the open
conference to the more secluded' pre
cincts of the committee room.
After a debate which developed sep
arated views on the advisability of
giving publicity to. the negotiations,
the big five, comprising chief dele
gates of the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan, set
tled on the committee plan as the
only acceptable solution.
To one committee, whose member
ship would be identical with that of
the full conference, was assigned the
task of working out a solution for
far-eastern questions. Another, com
posed of the delegates of the five
great powers, was created to take
over negotiations on the main topic
of armament limitation. Since onjy
delegates of the five powers are qual
ified to act on armament limitation
in the conference, the result in each
case will be- to resolve the delegates
Into a "committee of the whole."
No Prediction Is Made.
Although no official would make a
prediction prior to the assembling of
the "new committees," the presump
tion everywhere tonight was that the
meeting would be held behind closed
doors and that the public would get a
glimpse of the proceedings only when,
in their capacity as committeemen,
the delegates have an Important deci
sion to report to the conference.
The committee plan was said to
have been agreed to as the most di
rect method of attack on the prob
lems before the conference since it
would permit greater liberty of con
fidential expression between repre
sntatives of the various governments
and would obviate much of the pro
cedure that would be necessary,
should the sessions continue in the
open.
Another argument used by those
who favored the proposal was that
it would facilitate such modifications
of the programme as might become
necessary through changes in the
personnel of the various delegations
and In the diplomatic situation gen
erally confronting the conference.
One result of the decision may be
to make tomorrow's open session of
(Concluded on Pane 3, Column 1.)
THE NEWS
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Bandits Thought to Be on Way to
Portland in New Touring Car
suad Officers Are on Watch.
ROT. Wash", Nov. 14. Three
masked bandits, one of them said to
be a youth under 20, held up the
Roy State bank here at closing time
and five minutes later sped away
with $4200 In cash, leaving E. S.
Emlgh. the cashier, and Mrs. May
Crowley, bookkeeper, locked in the
bank vault.
Ten minutes later Mr. Emlgh lib
erated himself and gave the alarm,
but no signs of the holdups had been
reported tonight by the deputy sher
iffs now scouring the country. The
trio made their escape in a new tour
ing car and were believed to have
,cut across the Camp Lewis reserva
tion and thence to the Pacific high
way leading to Portland, Or
As Mr. Emlgh was preparing to
close the doors, a man stepped into
the bank, covered him with an auto
matic and ordered him to pull up the
curtain behind him.
A second man followed and cov
ered Mrs. Crowley, while a third
closed and locked the door, pulling
up the shades on the other side of
the building.
Mr. Ermlgix was ordered to one cor
ner of the bank, where he was forced
to stand facing the wall, his hands
elevated, while one man pressed a
revolver against the aide of his head.
He was assured that Mrs. Crowley,
his sister, would not bs injured or
molested. Another bandit, a boy, ap
parently under 20 years old, watched
Mrs. Crowley, who was allowed to re-,
main seated at her desk. The third
scooped up $1500 in the cashier's cage,
including 700 silver dollars, and $2704
in the vault, which he dropped into
a canvas sack.
Mrs. Crowley and Mr. Emlgh were
escorted into the vault. As one ban
dit was closing the door, another
strode across the office and picked
up a chair, which be handed to Mr.
Emlgh, saying, "Here is a seat for
the lady."
They are then believed to have
walked out the back door and cut
through Mr. Emigh's back yard to
their car, parked close by.
No one saw the car leave, but
tracks in the dirt indicated that it
crossed the Northern Pacific railroad,
which runs through the town, and
headed toward Hillhursty. six miles
distant.' As one bandit was collecting
the coin, the man guarding Mrs.
Crowley grasped her hand and at
tempted to remove herdianpid en
gagement ring. She burst into tears.
"Please let me keep it," she sobbed
"It is of little value to you and means
a lot to me."
'All right, girlie, you can have it,"
he replied. These were the only
words he spoke during the brief pil
laging of the bank.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 14.
(Special.) Sheriff Thompson and sev
eral deputies went to the Woodland
bridge tonight to lie in wait for the
robbers who held up the bank at
Roy, Wash., this afternoon. It was
reported that the robbers were headed
in this direction and several at
tempts to stop them had proved
futile. The men will have to cross
the Woodland bridge if they come
this way and can be stopped there.
FROM THE ARMAMENT CONFERENCE.
Armor Plate Stocks Feel Little De
mand as Direct Result of
Disarmament Conference.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The propos
als of the United States government
for an immediate reduction of arma
ment caused moderate selling of so
cailed war shares at the opening of
today's stock market.
Bethlehem Steel, one of the largest
armor plate producers, reacted 2
points in the first hour. Crucible Steel
losing 1 points and United States
Steel and kindred Issues registering
sympathetic declines of fractions to
1 point.
The general list was not affected.
Better feeling. Inspired by the ar
mament conference In Washington,
caused the cotton market to jump
about $4 a bale today. There was
heavy speculative buying.
LONDON, Nov. 14. Armament
shares on the stock exchange in to
day's trading showed effects attrib
uted to the proposals of Secretary of
State Hughes at the armaments con
ference In Washington. The whole
list of such shares was marked down
In anticipation of selling, which, how
ever, had not appeared in any force
up to the noon hour.
The Vlckers1 shares, which were
most affected, were quoted ten shil
lings and six pence as against 11 shil
lings and nine pence last Friday. Oth
er recessions ranged from six pence
to one shilling.
SINGER SCORES IN COURT
Farrar Separation Suit to Be Tried
In New York.
WHITE PLAINS. N. T.. Nov. 14.
The marital differences of Geraldlne
Farrar, Metropolitan opera star, and
Lou Tellegen, actor, will be threshed
out In the courts of New York city,
in accordance with the wish of the
diva, who today won her fight for a
change of venue in her husband's
suit for separation.
Mr. Tellegen's action and the one
for divorce begun by Miss Farrar, it
was said, will be tried simultaneously.
ARMY TRANSPORT RAIDED
Customs Officials Gather in 134
Bottles of Liquor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. A .cus
toms raid on an army transport was
made today for the first time in the
history of the port, according to cus
toms officials, who gathered in 134
bottles of liquor concealed in doubled
walls of the engineers' quarters on
the transport Logan on its arrival to
day from the far east.
Seizures on the Logan and v two
Standard Oil company tankers netted
more than $11,000 worth of liquor,
customs officials said.
FRAUD CONVICTION STANDS
Carlos I-.. Byron and Edward M.
Coinyrs Lose Appeal.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 14. The
conviction of Carlos L. Byron and
Edward M. Corny re, In the United
States courts of Washington state,
of using the mafls to defraud Emma
V. Christensen and others, will stand.
The supreme court today refused to
review the case.
Move Held Step Toward
Full Disarmament.
ENGLAND HAS OPPORTUNITY
Britain Might. Easily Go Sec
retary One Better.
NAVAL EXPERTS WORRIED
They Will See, Says Sullivan, That
All Their Minute War Calcu
lations Are Futile.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
tCopyrtsht. 1P21. by the New Tork Eventns
Post. Inc. Publl.hed by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 14.
(Special.) It must be taken for
granted that there are future impli
cations In the Hughes disarmament
proposal not revealed In the text. In
some respects these implications are
fully as Important as the proposed
step itself.
In fact, it is not too much to say.
among other things, that the future
effect of the Hughes plan would be
practically the same as universal and
complete disarmament.
It is these future Implications
which the militarists of some of the
nations, not great in number but
high in power, foresee more quickly
t'aan the general public does and ar
made uncomfortable thereby. Already,
in the great note of public approval,
we are hearing little mouse-like
squeaks about labor thrown out of
employment by the closing of ship
yards, about professional naval morale
destroyed, about national pride hurt
by the scrapping of great historic
ships and the like and about the
"loss" a grotesque idea involved in
scrapping a battleship on which a
million pounds already has been spent.
Farther Reduction Likely.
In the situation as It stands at this
hour, the aspect of the Hughes plan
which has the most important bear
ing on the future Is that for the
next ten years or more It establishes
a relativity of armament among the
three powers concerned. It is out
of this fixing of relativity that the
most hopeful results for the future
are to be expected after the Hughes
proposal, or any modification of it.
is in effect. It will be quickly
realized that there will not be much
use for any of the great powers to
maintain even as much armament as
this arrangement leaves their..
Just as soon as each of the nations
realizes that it is on a secure defen
sive basis, and that no one of the
others is In a position to conduct a
war against it, at the same moment
it will be realized that there is no
use of maintaining even as much
armament as the Hughes arrange
ment accords to each nation. Certain
ly the United States will be quick to
realize this. If the present programme
is adopted l is to be expected that
within six months the United States
would tie up in the docks fully halt
of the vessels permitted to us and
would man them with only skeleton
crews. It is almost equally certain
that the other nations would do the
same.
War ta Be Impossible.
In the case of the United States
this can be the more certainly pre
dicted because the money saving
achieved by the United States in the
Hughes plan will not really be so
great as has been commonly taken
tor granted in the hurried figuring
of the last two or three days. To save
as much money as the people of this
country are going to insist on saving
when they no longer need to fear
war it will be necessary to take ad
vantage of the safety provision which
is the real heart of the Hughes pro
gramme and reduce naval expenditure
to a much smaller limit than the plan
permits. In effect, complete disarm
ament. This future result of the adoption
of the Hughes plan would be likely
to go the whole length in the direc
tion of disarmament. As soon as one
realizes that his rope Is so short that
he cannot reach the other fellow
anyhow he loses his objections to
making it even shorter. The great
outstanding thing about the Hughes
proposal Is that it makes war Im
possible with the existing armament
that any nation will have.
Full Disarmament Vlsloned.
- The psychological effect of this
would be exactly the same as that of
complete disarmament. Ultimately
the Hughes plan would be moet like
ly to reduce the armaments of the
world not merely to a defensive
basis, but to the minimum of the
purely police basis necessary for
keeping pirates off the seas and that
kind of thing. t
The naval experts have been hec
tically busy with their pencils and
logarithms ever since 11:30 Saturday
morning. But as soon as they get
an opportunity for a little sleep they
will realise what the thoughtful
already know, namely, that the
Hughes proposal means the ending of
war as a contest between forces pre
pared in advance apd that atf their
minute calculations as to the rela
tion of cruiser to seaplanes and the
like are futile and beside the point
This is the view -hlch. I think,
CCoacluded ga Pis I. Column 4.J M
Companion Declares He Went for
Doctor and Returned to Find
Friend's Body in Woods.
TILLAMOOK. Or.. Nov. 14. (Spe
ciaL) Roy Ward. 19. committed sul
cide yesterday after he had been shot
accidentally by a hunting companion.
Walter Winter, 16, while the two
were on Slab creek and after Win
ters had gone for a doctor, according
to word brought here by Winters
today.
The two boys were hunting on a
hillside, when Winters said he saw
the brush move. After a moment he
fired. Ward screamed and fell. Win
ters rushed to his assistance and
found that the boy had been shot in
the stomach.- He announced that ne
would run for a doctor and removed
Ward's rifle about 75 feet from where
the young man lay. When he re
turned, he says, he found that Ward's
body was about 75 feet from where
he fell and that there was a bullet
wound In the temple. The rifle was
across his body, It was said. Win
ters said that his companion prob
ably fired the shot to end his agony
Ward came here from Talbot, Can
ada, two weeks ago to visit an uncle.
The boys left Neskowln Friday aft
ernoon and camped at the old school
house on Slab creek, where they
hunted Saturday and Sunday. At
noon Sunday they separated and the
accident happened shortly afterwards.
Winter's father was killed about
five years ago a few miles from
the scene of the accident yesterday.
The coroner's Jury Investigated the
case today.
ACTRESS WANTS DIVORCE
Alice Brady Will Accuse Husband
of Misconduct, Says Attorney.
NEW TORK, Nov. 14 M'ss Alice
Brady, stage and film star and daugh
ter of William A. Brady, producer,
will file tomorrow, through counsel,
papers In an action for divorce from
her actor husband, James L, Crane,
it was announced tonight by Nathan
Vldaver, her attorney.
Miss Brady's complaint, Mr. Vldaver
said, would charge misconduct by her
husband. Mr. Crane Is a son of Dr.
Frank Crane, preacher and writer.
He married Miss Brady In May, 1919.
A general denial of his wife's
eharges'Will be made in the answer
to har action by Mr. Crane, his attor
ney said.
LOGGER KILLED IN WRECK
Companion Seriously Hurt When
Automobile Overturns.
TACOMA. Wash., Nov. H. Jesse
Peterson, 22, a logger, was killed and
Earl McGilvrey, 32. was badly in
jured in an automobile wreck near
Eatonvllle last night. This morning
a party of seachers started out after
the missing men. Their overturned
car was found near a creek, with the
body of Peterson pinned underneath.
McGilvrey was found several hundred
yards up the creek In a dazed condi
tion and standing in water up to his
knees. He has concussion of the
brain and Is suffering from exposure.
. The accident is believed to have
happened early last night.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64
degrees; minimum. 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Clearing weather.
DLsarmament Conference.
Disarmament talk forces war shares down.
Pace 1. '
Hughes proposal means eventual full dis
armament, says Sullivan. Page 1.
Scrapping of navy to cost United States
00,000,000. Page 1.
Japan la pleased with disarmament plan.
Page 2,
Britain and Japan accept U. 8. proposal
"In principle," Page 1.
Arms discussions to be In secret. Page 1.
Navies for defense alone Is fundamental
motive of proposal. Page X.
Ships left afloat, not those scrapped, count,
says Admiral Kato. Page 8.
London officials approve of Mr. Hughes
move. Page 2.
Hughes proposals lies, say Germans. Page 6.
National.
Counsel of others always welcomed by
WUson, says Tumuny. rage .
Peace between United States and Germany
proclaimed by president. Page 4.
Domestic.
"Fatty" Arbuckle trial opened. Page 13,
Buying power of farmers In Georgia email.
Page 6.
Cotton rates fight beard. Page 17.
Pacific Northwest.
Portland chosen for 1122 convention of Pa
cific slates region ot vocational educa
tion. Page 7.
Farmers try to clear debts. Page 22.
Roy, Wash., b an k la ro b be d of 14 200
Page 1.
Boy victim of hunting accident 1 suicide
Page 1.
Sports,
Pheasant shooting In Oregon la ended.
Page 14.
Harry Willi U Dempsey's) lone rivaL
Page 14.
Ohio seems star eleven of east. Pag 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat Wdi 2 to 4 cents lower In local
market, rage ze.
Weakness In Chicago wheat due to ef
forts of foreigners to resell. Page 23.
Disarmament proposals cause slump In
steel stocKS. raje -a.
Shipping board hears of local port's future.
Page vz.
Brit ish steamer Pilar de Larringer due
today to laae grain, rage za.
Portland and Vicinity.
Two more Benson school students are sus
oended. rage io.
Orange delegates flock to Portland.
Page la.
Woman trails two outlaws, causing capture
of one. rage i.
Noise celebration over exposition to be
held tomorrow, rage 10.
Fate of Joseph Woerndle's Citizenship pa
pers now resis ilu juage jsean.
Page 8.
Pi pence tells chamber of commerce
forum state unity will be worth fair
tax levy. Page 13.
Arguments aralnst exposition tax levy
met by promoters. Page 8.
gale of Morris sets argued la federal
court. Page 16.
Pair Arrested; Both Make
Break; One Caught.
AUTO ROBBERIES CONFESSED
Mrs. H. Yi Freedman on Car
When Men Are Seen.
PURSUIT' IS TAKEN UP
Victim Identifies Prisoner Who
Later Confesses $1350 Holdup
as Well as Others.
Rare presence of mind dlsplnyed by
Mrs. H. T. Freedman. coupled with
prompt action by Frank Ervtn, police
lieutenant, resulted yesterday after
noon In the capture of Joseph L.
Cooper, alias William M. Crosby, 21
years old, one of the two armed rob
bers, who, Sunday night, held up and
robbed Mr. and Mrs. Freedman of
$1350 In diamonds and money.
After a grilling at police headquar
ters by Detective Maloney, Cooper
finally admitted being one of the pair
of auto robbers who operated on Port
land streets 8unday night. He like
wise was Identified as the outlaw
who, Saturday night, held up and
robbed M. Wasserman at Thirty-first
and Thurman streets, and A. L. Llnd
gren near Park and Jefferson streets.
Valuables taken from both these men
were found li his possession after
his arrest.
Another Ilold-np Admitted.
Cooper admitted having held up
E. B. Gay, 268 Fourteenth street, and
MiS Marie L Graham near Thir
teenth and Market streets Sunday
night. A diamond ring tsken from
Miss Graham was Included In the loot
he had at the time of his arrest.
Cooper's arrest yesterday was a
masterpiece, rivaled only by hectlo
Hollywood scenarios.
Mrs. Freedman. who resides at the
Tudor Arms apartments, was aboard
a Twenty-third-street street car, en
route to police headquarters, where
she had been called to inspect pic
tures In the rogue's gallery to see If
she might be able to Identify the sus
pects by the photographs ot criminals
on file at detective headquarters.
Man Seen oa Street,
Her woman's intuition caused her
to keep her eyes glued to the street
In the fleeting hope she might see
1-er assailants walking by, "There's
Just a possibility that I might soi
them," she mused as she speeded to
ward the police station.
Near the corner of Eleventh and
Washington streets she spied two
men walking east. She thought she
recognized one of them as one of
the highwaymen who had robbed her
of her diamond engagement ring and
diamond-studded wedding ring.
Jumping up from her seat she ran
toward the rear of the car and
shouted to the conductor to stop It.
"1 Just saw two men who robbed
me last night," sh shouted at the
startled car operator.
By that time the car had proceeded
a block In advance of the two men,
and Mrs. Freedman then started walk
ing back on Washington street to get
a good view of the suspects. She at
once recognized both of them, and
was positive in her identification.
Search Made for Policeman.
Walking at a rapid gait, and again
getting ahead of the two suspected
pedestrians, Mrs. Freedman looked In
vain for a policeman. She accosted
several men on the street as she
passed by and begged them to call an
officer for her. But each man in
turn looked at her In wonderment
and passed by.
"They must have thought I was
crazy," she said later, in relating her
thrilling chase.
Near Broadway and Washington
sbe met Edward Daly, a close friend
of Mr. Freedman, and told him her
story. Mr. Daly then approached the
traffic officer, Patrolman Cooper, at
that Intersection, and told hlin tu
capture the two suspects, who were
then at the corner of Broadway and
Washington street.
The policeman approached the sus
pects and grabbed each by the shoul
der. "Yes, they're the fellows," vouch
safed Mrs. Freedman as she ran up
to where the officer had the men In
charge.
Tots SnNpects Make Break. '
As the words left her lips, the two
suspects pulled away and ran in op
posite, directions.
"Stop, thief!" cried Mrs. Freedman,
as she renewed the chase, and fol
lowed the suspect. Cooper, down
Washington street.
Police Lieutenant Ervln was eating
lunch at a dairy lunch near the cor
ner. He heard the woman's cries for
help and rushed from the eating place.
Before half a block had been trav
ersed, lieutenant Ervln had over
taken Cooper and held him a pris
oner. As Cooper broke away from the
traffic officer and started to run, he
was seen to reach Into his pocket ami
throw something to the curb. Everet
Service of Silverton, Or., witnessed
this act and picked up three pieces of
Jewelry and turned them over to
.Lieutenant Krvln. They proved to
(CuucluUod ou I'.tfd S, Culun.n 2.)