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VOL. LX NO. 19,040
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Potrfflre hh S-oond-r-ln,, Mntter
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVE3IBER 29, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIRST BIG D E G I S 1 0 M roadsII i 33 l'fss
LOST BATTALION
OPENING OF HIGHWAY
is blocked p:; snow
DRIVE AGAINST ARMS
CONFERENCE STARTS
DEFENSE CLOSES
LET WAR DEBT WAIT,
fAfJQTHER IS TAKEN
IS VANDERLIP'S PLEA
IS EXPECTED niDAYI-
E
64,8 7 2 PERSON'S ARE EM
PLOYED, SAYS REPORT.
CIGAXTIO MIST
PUT END TO ' .
jS drifts
iTY WORK.
ONE OF HEARST GROCP OF
SENATORS OPEXS FIRE.
BANKER PROPOSES PLAX FOR
REHABILITATING EUROPE.
HERO SM SI
N AROUCKLE CASE
RUBBER
Japanese Stand Firm; So
Do Americans.
NAVAL EXPERTS TO DECIDE
Full Committee to Take . Up
Ratio Question.
STUDY OF DETAILS ENDS
Consideration of Major Points In
UughcH Proposal Is Com
pleted by Delegates.
WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 28. (By
the Associated Press.) The arms
conference is approaching its first
great decision.
It was announced tonight by Vice-
Admiral Kato, chief Japanese . naval
expert, that Japan seeks a 70 per cent
naval ratio. It also was announced
vlth equal authority that the Ameri-
an delegation stood firmly on Secre
tary Hughes' "5-5-3" ratio proposal
which means a 60 per cent status for
Japan. The conference ultimately
must reconcile these two views or ac-
et one or the other to reach agree
ment.
Vice-Admiral Kato said the 70 per
cent ratio was the minimum neces
sary for Japanese security.
The American view Is that 60 per
cent for Japan is the maximum naval
strength that could be accepted In
view of the American liabilities In
the Pacific.
Tomorrow naval experts of the five
powers will meet. They have con
cluded their lnter-group discussion of
the American plan, so far as Its major
factors are concerned. Developments
today and tonight Indicated that they
would return the matter to the con
ference delegates without recom
mendations for important modifica
tions. I'nitrd States Experts atlxffrd.
The American experts are satisfied
that the oniginal estimates of naval
:trength were correct. Presumably
the British office -s are in accord with
the American view in many respects.
The French and Italian attitude has
not been formally disclosed.
Tet there was some indication tbat
action by the committee of experts
to sustain the American estimate of
naval faots and figures was expected.
Whether Japanese experts would sub
mit minority views was not known.
In any event, it seems likely that
the scene of action will be transferred
this week to the committee room.
Presumably the Japanese group Is
prepared to continue its argument
there for a "10-10-7" fleet ratio In
stead of the American "5-5-3" pro
posal. To what extent Japanese In
sistence may be carried In committee
or later before the conference is still
to be disclosed.
Vice-Admiral Kato In his statement
declared that the 70 per cent ratio
was "the minimum of strength re
quired" for Japan's security. He
added:
Pull Agreement Needed.
"People of all countries must be 'n j
full agreement as to limitation oft
armament. Otherwise, even though!
in agreement may be made. It might
create an unpleasant feeling and da I
feat its purpose." .
"For competent American naval .
opinion it may be said with authority
that the "6-6-3" proposal is viewed as
the absolute maximum of concession
to Japan In view of American Inter
ests and liabilities In the Pacific.
Naval opinion here holds actual secur
ity would require a "10-6" ratio as
ugalnBt Japan, owing to distances.
probable causes of conflict and sim
ilar matters.
For that reason the American
8-6-3" plan is viewed as not only a
written assurance of utter lack of any
American purpose in the Paciflo inim
ical to legitimate Japanese interests,
but as an assumption of a similar
friendly attitude by Japan. On po
ther theory, to naval officers, would
the proposal be warranted, backed as
it is by the offer to scrap or discon
tinue more than twice the amount of
tonnage Japan Is asked to abandon.
Original View Recalled.
Reference by Vice-Admiral Kato to
Japan's limited steel output and ship
building facilities, as warranting her
lesire for a 70 ,per cent fleet status.
recalled the original view taken of
Secretary Hughes' "6-6-S" ratio pro
posal. That ratio, it Is asserted, goes
far beyond any attempt at the almost
impossible task of sotting down In
figures estimates of naval Btrength
relativity. It includes small allow
ance for American shipbuilding re
sources In the estimate of the rela
tive strength at sea, officers say, for
that as well as each battleship now
afloat has its place In fixing a fair
naval proportion not subject to sus
picion, as cloaking hostile designs.
In other words, these officers con
tend, the United States could build
and maintain against Japan on a two-
to-one or even a thre-to-one scale if
It desired. If It Is to abandon that
advantage, they add, to end naval
competition, the sacrifice must be met
to some slight extent, at least, In the
fleet ratio to be fixed.
J'pu la iBulMtent.
In conference discussion of ratio
Japan appears to he adhering to her
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Lowest Pay on Class J Lines la
Placed at $62, While Offi
cials Average $323.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 28.
Class one railroads, comprising those
which have monthly receipts In ex
cess of $1,000,000, employed 1,164.872
persons in July, 1921, at a wage cost
of 1214,339,386, according to a report
published by the interstate commerce
commission today. The report was
the first of a series compiled under
provisions of the transportation act
to show the aggregate number of em
ployes, their . classification, wages,
working hours and other data.
Of the workers listed In today's re
port, 15,155 were classified as execu
tive officials, receiving average
monthly pay of $623. There were ap
proximately 373,000 persons working
on maintenance of way, 450,000 on
maintenance of equipment and 289.
283 on train and engine transporta
tion serlvce. Average rates of pay
for 48 classes of employes, ranging
from messengers to general manag
ers, were found by the commission,
the lowest being 362 a month.
TRAIN WRECK KILLS TWO
Third Man Is Injured When Log
ger Runs Away With Load.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 28. Two
men were killed and a third received
a broken arm and leg and minor in
juries when a logging train on which
they were bringing in nine loaded
cars of logs got out of control at the
Cedar Flat camp of the Mud Bay Log
ging company, ' west of Olympia, to
day, left the track on a curve, spill
ing cars and engine and pinning the
two men killed underneath the en
gine. The dead were: Clellan Cruson,
fireman, Mud Bay, married,
C. W. Bouden, dishwasher at camp.
The Injured man was C. P. Hoff
man, engineer, who jumped after he
realised the train had gotten out of
control.
CONCESSIONS ARE GIVEN
Stundurd Oil Deal In Northern
Persia Is Announced.
LONDON, Nov. 27. A dispatch to
the London Times from Bahara, Asi
atic Turkey, said the Times corre
spondent at Mesopotamia understands
oil concessions In northern Persia
have been granted to the Standard
Oil company for 60 years.
NW YORK, Nov. 28. Officiate Of
the Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey today confirmed reports that ne
gotiations are pending for' the acqui
sition of valuable oil concessions from
the Persian government. The oil
fields, it was explained, are located
in northern Persia, and the conces
sions, if granted, may run many
years.
HOG TENDER IS SCALDED
Jacksonville Man, 60, Falls Into
Vat of Boiling Water.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Nov. 28. (Spe
cial.) Albert Borde, .60, of Jackson
ville, is lying at the point of death
as the result of his failing into a vat
of boiling water Sunday afternoon
while helping a neighbor scald hogs.
Mr. Borde had a rope around the car
cass of a hog and was dragging it
toward the vat when the rope slipped,
causing him to topple over backward
Into the water.
A local physician asserted that
nearly two-thirds of Mr. Borde's body
was badly scalded, and holds little
hope for his recovery. Mr. Borde
has a family.
NEW PLANET DISCOVERED
Heavenly Body Is Located In Con
stellation of Cetus.
BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 28. (By the
Associated Press.) The discovery of.
a new planet in the group of aster
oids which revolve between the orbits
of Jupiter and Mars was announced
today by Dr. Hartmann, director of
the observatory of the University of
La Plata. t
The planet is of the 14th magnitude
and is seen at present from this lati
tude in the constellation of Cetus.
which lies south of the "Great
Square" of Pegasus, now visible In
the evening eky.
VICTORY BONDS HOLD UP
Big Block Sold at Par on New
York Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. One block
of $1,000,000 of victory 4s sold at
par, their previous high record of the
year, on the stock exchange today,
and this was accompanied by other
dealings in the. same Issue, making
1. 500.000 in the final hour. -
Purchases of liberty bonds and vic
tory notes during the day were rough
ly estimated at more than half of the
entire trading, which totaled about
$22,000,000 par value.
WASP NESTS ARE EATEN
Man Xear Death From Starvation
Hunting Food Under Bridge.
TEXARKANA. Ark., Nov. 28. A
man who says he is John'ZInk of St.
Louis was found today eating wasp
nests under a bridge, near death from
starvation. He said he had been un
able to obtain sufficient food by
begging. , '
He was turned over to a charitable
Institution.
Colonel Whittlesey Dis
appears at Sea.
STEAMER REPORTS TRAGEDY
Letters Left by Passenger
Aboard Cuba-Bound Ship.
NOTE POINTS TO SUICIDE
Business Associates .In New York
Unable to Account for Trip
Arranged Secretly.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Lieutenant
Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, hero
of the famous "lost battalion," has
disappeared from the steamship Toloa,
on which he sailed Saturday for
Havana, according to a wireless today.
News of the famous soldier's dis
appearance came in the following
message from the captain of the ship:
'Passenger named C. W. Whittleeey
disappeared. Left several letters." -
Officials of the United Fruit line,
operators of the ship, confirmed the
fact that the passenger was Lieutenant-Colonel
Whittlesey through his
relatives.
Members of Mr. Whittlesey's law
firm here were at a loss to account
for his visit to Cuba. When he left
the offices of the firm Friday he
announced his intention, they said, of
attending the army-navy game Satur
day. Mind Appears Clear.
His business associates declared his
mind was clear and that he was ap
parently In good health otherwise
when last seen. He was cheerful,
they added, and declared they were
unable to explain his seemingly
strange action in going away with
out notifying them of his plans.
C. W. Whittlesey, the soldier's
uncle, said tonight that Colonel Whit
tlesey attended the services for the
unknown soldier at Washington on
armistice day and since had appeared
depressed.
Colonel Whittlesey, who was 36
years old and unmarried, lived in a
bachelor apartment here. When he
appeared at breakfast Saturday he
brought a suitcase from his room.
He did not say where he was going.
J. B. Pruyn, a lawyer to whom mes
sages from Captain Grant of the
Toloa were addressed, stated tonight
he was of the opinion that Colonel
Whittlesey had ended his life. Radio
messages related that Colonel Whit-'
tlesey left a note for ihe captain re
questing him to notify his parents
and then disappeared.
Mr. Pruyn stated that he believed
the tragedy to be the result of the
mental strain to which Colonel Whit-
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I . THINK IT OVER! .
t I i !: 1 V. K H a h rill
V
Roadmaster
but Rep
.el Abandons Job
tj" oome Motorcars
An
,lng Salvaged.
Snow .drifts of such gigantic pro
portions have been met with on the
Columbia river highway at Mist
falls that further efforts to open the
road, closed since the storm of ten
das ago, will be abandoned for the
time, so far as efforts of the county
road department are concerned.
County Roadmaster Eatchel reported
last night. A s a result of work with
a big four-wheel-drive truck, Mr.
Eatchel succeeded In opening the
highway yesterday as far as Mist
falls and cars may now reach that
point with safety, although all those
driving beyond Crown point should
have their machines equipped with
chains.
Drifts 20 to 25 feet deep have been
encountered at Mist falls, which is a
mile west of Multnomah falls, Mr.
Eatchel said, and the task of open
ing the road by hauling away this
tremendous volume of snow is too
great to. be undertaken. Unless the
state highway department takes some
action the road will not be opened
until sufficient snow has melted to
warrant the county in resuming
work.
At least three cars are buried In
the Mist falls snow and-Ice drift, Mr.
Eatchel said, and ow many more are
burled in other drifts along the road
remains to be discovered. Three au
tomobile owners who were on the
highway yesterday to look after their
cars identified the Mist falls drift as
the point where they had left their
machines, although no evidence of the
cars was seen. They are believed to
be buried under 10 or IS feet of snow
and fear was expressed that they
were badly damaged.
To help in getting out the stranded
automobiles the county appropriated
3200, and is aiding owners to rescue
their cars. The four cars at Mult
nomah falls will be taken out today.
It Is planned.
The cars were cleared of snow and
a roadway shoveled to the Union Pa
cific tracks yesterday, and today
they will be put upon freight cars
The Automobiles at Eagle creek and
between there and Bonneville also
will be rescued today or tomorrow.
Automobile owners with stranded
cars, together with employes of the
county, were busy yesterday clear
ing the road from Eagle creek to
Bonneville and today or tomorrow It
la expected the cars can be assembled
at the latter point, where they will
be put on a boat and brought to Port
land. At the present time it seems doubt
ful if anything can be done to rescue
those cars caught in drifts or im
prisoned between drifts and distant
from the railroad track. Roadmaster
Eatchel advises all owners who have
cars so situated to shovel the snow
away from them and cover them with
tarpaulins, if possible, so as to pro
tect them, as he stated it might be
weeks before the highway will be
sufficiently cleared to get the cars
out.
Administration Officials Not at All
Disturbed; Attack on Hughes
Proposal Declared Absurd.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Nov. 28. Real
signs of the drive against the presi
dent's conference on limitation of
armaments began to appear today,
but administration officials were not
in the least disheartened. For sev
eral days a well-known newspaper
syndicate In cautious fashion has
been building a backfire against the
Hughes formula for' decreasing naval
armaments and diminishing the
causes for war.
Evidence that the fight on this
great international peace movement
is beginning to gather some Btrength
was afforded by an interview today
from one of what is known here as
the Hearst group of senators, throw
ing cold water on the Harding and
Hughes efforts to cut down the bur
den of armament and reduce tte
causes of friction between nations.
Simultaneously there came a blast
from the headquarters of the associa
tion for recognition of the independ
ence of Ireland.. It was seen at once
that the carefully laid plans call for
arraying against the Hughes scheme
all of the forces that were mobilised
to defeat the league of nations.
It was declared that the fight will
not be so successful this time, because
of the fact that many of the Irish
now are refusing to- follow the old
leadership. The plan of attack Is to
Implant in' the public mind the idea
that this government is yielding on
practically every point to Mr. Balfour
and his British adviscers, thereby lin
Ing up all those who hate the Ens
lish, as well as those who regard it as
good politics to twist the lion's tall
To observers here the attack is ab-
surd because one fact generally rec
ognized Is that Secretary Hughes has
been the big, outstanding figure of
the conference, always blazing the
way and never following the lead of
anyone else. No one who has attended
a single session of the conference
could ever tolerate a picture of Mr,
Hughes as second fiddler to anyone.
He always leads. The fact that he
leads Is soon to be established in the
announcement that his concrete pro
posal for naval arms limitation has
been accepted without so much as
the small deletion for which the pro
verbial snake editor is famous.
And, what Is more important, 999 of
the letters and Jelegrams out of every
1000 coming to senators and repre
sentaiives In congress from the 48
states are favorable to the disarma
ment plan. Many of the writers maki
it pla'n that they opposed the league
of nations, but they say they like Mr.
Hughes' schemb because it is free of
all of the suspicion and concealment
that marked the proceedings at Paris
and Versailles. They say they like
Mr. Hughes' formula because it is
told in language that everybody can
understand, and not in the fantastic
terms of idealism.
The support given to Harding and
Hughes is quite different from that
which marked much of the campaign
in support of Mr. Wilson's ideal. Many
leading citizens backed Wilson and
his league but the cause was hurt by
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Fatty Denies That He In
jured Miss Rappe.
ONE JUROR SERIOUSLY ILL
Movie Star Says That He
Only Helped Girl to Bed.
PARTY HELD SURPRISE
Witness Declares That Liquor Used
Was Xot His but Was Pro
vided by Roommate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28. The de
fense closed its case at 5:25 P. M. to
day in the manslaughter trial of
Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, after an
unavailing effort to have evidence by
George Glennon. house detective of
the hotel St, Francis, Introduced Into
the record.
Glennon is reported by the defense
to have made a statement tending to
exonerate Arbuckle of any responsi -
bllity lor the fatal injuries to vir-
ginia Rappe. Miss Rappe's death
was made the basis of the charge
against Arbuckle.
The prosecution expected to follow
with two days of rebuttal testimony
after the defense rested.
Juror Reported 111.
Arthur H. Crane, a Juror, was said
by an attending physician to be so
ill that his attendance may not be
possible. In the event he is excused
Stephen E. Hopkins, alternate Juror,
will take his place.
It was regarded as the "big day"
of the trial by the counsel for both
sides, with Arbuckle himself the di
rect center of the day's activities. He
took the stand to testify regarding
his part in the party in his rooms at
the hotel St. Francis." in which Miss
Virginia Rappe, motion picture act
ress is alleged to have been fatally
Injured at his hands.
Due to the failure of the defense to
qualify a witness it had summoned
as an expert, Arbuckle took the stand
before the time set for him to do so.
His direct examination was completed
In 20 minutes, his attorneys leading
him over the ground to be covered in
such a short timelhat it surprised
many in the courtroom.
Voice In Perfect Control.
In a clear, loud voice, and appar
ently In perfect control of his speech
and his actions, Arbuckle denied that
he inflicted the Injuries on Miss Rappe
that have been charged against him
by the prosecution.
When I went into my room during
the party to dress myself for an en
gagement I had with a friend, Mrs.
May Taube, I found Miss Rappe on
the bathroom floor writhing and
moaning," he said. "When I opened
the door of the bathroom it struck
against her.
'I assisted her in the bathroom all
I could. Then I placed her on the bed
in my room and continued to assist
her. She was moaning and writhing
and nothing she said could be under
stood by me."
Where was Mrs. Delmont?" he was
asked by Gavin McNab, his chief
counsel.
Mrs. Bambina Maud Celmont, a
guest at the party, brought the orig
inal charge of murder against Ar
buckle which later was reduced in a
police court hearing to a manslaugh
ter charge on trial.
Knowledge of Party Denied.
Mrs. Delmont appeared while we
were trying to assist Miss Rappe.
She told me to get away from Miss
Rappe and I told her to 'shut up or
I will throw you out of the window." "
Arbuckle said that he did not know
that the party had been planned and
that he did not know that it was
really a fact until Miss Zeh Prevost,
Miss Rappe, Alice Blake, Alfred
Semnacher and other guests arrived.
I wanted to get away," Arbuckle
testified. "I danced for a while with
Miss Blake and others. Virginia
Rappe did not dance although she
ordered the music. She wanted a
piano first, but we brought in a
phonograph."
Arbuckle denied the truth of state
ments reported to have been made by
him following the party that he
placed a piece of ice on Miss Kappe's
body. He had found the ice on the
girl's body, he explained, but was
taken to task by Mrs. Delmont for
picking it up, and put it down again.
Crowd KuMh Courtroom.
When the report that Arbuckle was
on the stand was given general cir
culation hundreds rushed the court
room doors. The court officers, de
fendant and counsel bad great diffi
culty In getting to their places for
the afternoon session and the court
ordered the doors closed as one means
of checking the rush against them.
At the conclusion of Arbuckle'a
testimony, the defense offered the
deposition of Dr. Maurice H. Rosen
berg of Chicago, which said that in
1913 he treated Miss Rappe for a
bladder complaint. Miss Rappe died
as the result of a bladder rupture
said by the, prosecution to have been
caused by external force applied by
Arbuckle. The defense alleges that
the injury was the result of a chronic
condition.
The prooeeutlon resisted the Intro-
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i
Financier Would Have t'nelo Sam
Leave Billions Owed Where
Money Is Most Needed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Recognition
by the allies of their $11,000,000,000
debt to America as a Just debt, agree
ment by this country to easy payments
and the money thus repaid to be used
In rehabilitating Europe, was a plan
proposed tonight by Frank A. Vander
lip. New York banker, for settling
obligations of the war.
Mr. Vanderlip. returned recently
from Europe, where he studied eco
nomic conditions. He said nearly
every nation of Europe admitted in
ability to pay the debt.
The United States would be hurt as
much by the rapid receipt of pay
ments in the form of goods, he said,
as the all I'd debtors would be harmed
In making the payment.
"We need not look further than to
contemplate merely the receipt of
$500,000,000 a year of interest," he
said. "If that came In the form of
goods our industrial situation would
be upset."
As the first postulate in his plan,
he said he would lay down the prin
ciple that the allied debt was a Just
debt.
"I would want America to be both
an intelligent and a lenient creditor."
he added. "Terms of payment ought
to be adapted to the means of our
debtors.
"The crux of my plan would lie In
j the disposition of the payments.
I would have America make a
beau-jeste; a grand gesture In Inter
national relationship. While de
manding that the payment be made, I
would have America say she Is pre
pared for the present to forego re
ceipt of it.
"I would like to see every dollai
that can ever be paid to us by our
uebtors for years to come devoted to
the rehabilitation of European civili
zation. It is only through such re
habllltaton that these debts can ever
conceivably be paid.
"Everything the war has cost," he
added, "everything an unwise peact
is costing, can be recompensed, and
beyond that a great economic margin
created. If eastern Europe can be put
in order, helped and led wisely to
handle Its own problem, if the people
of eastern Europe can be made to
comprehend their economic unity, if
they can be brought to understand
that in the welfare of all nations lies
the highest prosperity of each.
'"For a good many years, I believe,
It would be wise for us to devote all
we receive to such purposes as I have
suggested. It . Is possible, however.
that there would come such economic
restoration that in the end a consid
erable part, conceivably nearly all of
the principal, might be paid to us.
Interest money that we loaned and
reloaned for economic development
would be converted from the original
obligation of the allies to obligations
representing material properties which
we created, and probably backed by
the obligations of the governments of
those countries where this economic
development took place. The time
might come when we would cease to
make these sums revolving credits
for European economic development,
because there really would not be
further need for us to do so. Then
the money would come back to us."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 44
degrees; lowest, 3D; rain.
TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds.
Disarmament Conference.
Family of nation i, tiled by Japan. Pane 2.
ltaltan-1': ench row denied by conference.
Page 2.
Definite steps on r.aval limitation probab.t
today i'age ..
F'rst Jiff declalor. being approached by
conference. Pago 1.
Full postal rights granted to China.
Fage S.
Hardin move declared not to be for
league. Page 3.
Kquality In China held necessary for
Japan. Page 1.
Foreign.
I amine widespread throughout Russia.
Page 17.
Nut tonal.
P.ace between Hlr.denburg and Wilson,
said Lloyd George at critical stage of
war. Fags S.
July wages or bU railroads $214,839,185.
Page J.
Domestic.
Arbuck'e defense is closed. Page 1.
L.eutenant-Colonel Whittlesey, leader of
famoMS "lost battalion," disappears at
sea. I age 1.
Let billlnns owed by Europe save Europe,
says Frank A. Vanderlip. Page 1.
Swindlers dodge payment of fares. Page 17.
laoifie Northwest.
Ex-bank-r on tral on arson charge.
Page 4.
Sports.
Swimming at last gets major rank.
Page 14.
PIrd refuge bill causes queries. Page 15.
Bexrtek and his lions arrive at Seattle.
Page 14.
Live bjxlng card bard nut to crack.
Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat bids averas higher on local board.
Page 23.
Chicago wheat buy'nff stimulated by Aus
tralian estimates. Page 23.
Liberty bonds and victory notes In active
demand and higher. ' Page i'3.
Portland to share with Punet sound In
commerce with Hawaiian Islands.
Page 22.
Business increase in west reported. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
County work of opening Columbia highway
blocked at Mist falls. Page 1.
lortland chamber committee recommends
Wallu a cutoff. Page 7.
Fifth r3bbery suspect In Liberty theater
holdup is arre.ted. Page 1.
Portland charmed by many concerta
Page IS.
Property custodian tells tax commission he
has no real power. Page V.
President Griffith of Portland power com
pany home w'tn details of hydroelectrlo
extension. P&frc. 8.
Temporiiy pension Is denied Policeman
Strain. Pagu 5.
Local option Idea In fair tax Is urged.
Pag 9.
t
Fifth Bandit Suspect Cap
tured in Seattle.
BARNEY ADDS TO STORY
Battle Said to Be llth-Hour
x Plan to Spoil Hold-Up.
FEAR OF DEATH REPORTED
Pluns t'liansrd Hoc-huso of Suspi
cion That Robbers Would Think
He Had Tipped Them Off,
There were four chief developments
yesterday In the investigation fol
lowing the arrest by deputy sheriffs
Sunday of four of six persons involved
in the sensational daylight robbery
in which the Liberty theater was
looted of ,9162.
Leo Seredrkk, alias B. Moroi, one
of the two fugitives, was arrested In
Seattle.
Harry Barney, trusted employe of
Jensen & Von Herberg, but believed
to be the brains of the band which
robbed the firm, confessed to his part
In the crime, but said tne fight he had
put up had been an eleventh-hour at
tempt to frustrate the robbery he had
planned.
Mrs. Paul Ordlechuck, at whose
home In Llnnton the loot was said to
have been divided, and who is sup
posed to have received $200 as "hush
money," was arrested and held in the
county jail as a material witness.
Joha Printer Sounht.
Law officers of Washington and
Oregon were scouring both states
yesterday in a search for John
Printer, the Vancouver man who is
said to have the major portion of the
loot with him and who Is accused by
Barney of defrauding the latter out
of his share in the proceeds. He is
described as 40 years of age, 5 feet
10 or 11 inches tall, weighing ISO
pounds, and clad in a dark brewn
soft hat, gray belted raincoat, blue
trousers, rubber boots or heavy
shoes with rubbers on.
Printer whs last Been Sunday morn
ing going in the direction of Camas,
Wash., with what appeared to be a
loaf of bread under his arm. Mra
Printer, who Is In the county Jail
with her eldest son, Andrew, 17, for
complicity In the crime, said that the
bundle carried by her husband con
tained several thousand dollars In
currency and cash taken In the
robbery.
Formal CharBe Are Filed.
Formal complaints were issued for
the first time yesterday, charging
the group with assault and robbery,
being armed with a dangerous
weapon, and fixing bail at $7500 each.
Those accused are Mrs. Printer and
son. Barney, Joe Watkins. Seredrick
and Printer.
Mayor Baker, Chief of Police Jen
kins and Tolice Captain Moore h" ld a
conference In the office of District
Attorney Myers with Martin L. Pratt,
chief deputy In the office of Sheriff
Hurlburt and S. Chrlstof ferson, chief
criminal deputy, to discover whether
or not the police department had been
asleep when the sheriff's men dis
covered the robbers' trail and fol
lowed it to a rapid conclusion. The
mayor had no criticism of the de
partment to make, he said at the end
of the meeting.
Three of the six children of Mrs.
Printer, who had been allowed to
stay with their mother in the county
Jail over night, were taken to the
boys' and girls' aid society yestpr
day afternoon, to be held temporarily.
They are girls and their names are:
Lillian, aged 2; Violet, aged 4, and
Rose, aged 6. The two youngest were
born In Seattle, the eldest in Russia.
S70O0 Reported on Printer.
The division of loot is supposed to
have been made at the home of I'aul
Ordlechuck, .I.innton, where Watkins
says he received 11300, Seredrick got
his share, and Printer took his share
and also the shares of Barney, Mrs.
Printer, and his son Andrew, He Is
supposed to have in the neighborhood
of $7000 with him. Mrs. Ordlechuck
was given $200 to keep quiet and for
the use of the house during the
"split," say the robbers, but she had
refused to admit that she received
the money or divulge Its whereabouts
and is being held temporarily. The
father was left at home in charge of
their nine children.
Deputy Sheriff Chrlstof ferson left
for Seattle last night to bring back
Seredrick.
Barney's story to District Attorney
Myers yesterday was that of a man
who had withstood temptation once,
but later fell. He said that In Octo
ber, 1920, more than a year before
the actual robbery, Watkins, Printer
and another Russian who has since
returned to his native land, cnnie to
him and tried to persuade him to
frame a holdup. He said that he
managed to discourage them.
Plana Laid .Month Alto.
About a month ago, he met Watkint
for the first time since that date and
the plans were brought up to date,
he said. As had been tentittlvely
agreed unott ;r;e yesr before, a Mon-
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