Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Poitofflce as Second-Clam Matter
PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1921
I'KICE FIVE CENTS
COURT RELEASES
ATTEMPT TO DICTATE
TO JUROR ALLEGED
SINN FEIN REJECT
OFFERS BY BRITISH
REED COLLEGE MAN RAILWAY CONDITIONS
WINS RHODES AWARD IMPROVE STEADILY,
CONGRESS OPENS
SESSIONS TODAY
POLICEMAN, WOUNDED,
DISARMS ASSAILANT
VOL. LX NO. 19.045
SON SHOT; FATHER
THEM KILLS SELF
Ellis Bingham Wounded,
Probably Fatally.
ARB UGKLE JURY;-
I O.MAX SAYS Hl'SliAX'D'S RUIN
TOM BROCKWAY CHOICE OF
OREGON COMMITTEE.
LABOR BOARD OFFICIAL DE
CLARES RATE CUTS HELP.
OFFICER CAPTURES PRISONER
AND THEN COLLAPSES.
WAS THHEATKNED.
Verdict Impossible After
41 Hours' Debate.
TWO STAND FOR CONVICTION
Woman, From, Start, Refuses
to Consider Evidence.
OTHER SWITCHES OFTEN
Voir-. Tor Df-Tcnsc and Then Prose
cution Arc Interspersed
With Hlank Ballots.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. The Jury
In the manslaughter case of Roecoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle was discharged at
noon today when It was unable to
agree after deliberating more than
41 hours. The final ballot stood 10
to 2, according to an announcement to
the court by the Jury foreman, but he
did not then indicate whether it fa
vored conviction or acquittal. The
case was set for retrial January 9.
i
i
August Fritze. the Jury foreman. Is-
sued a signed statement tonight, sev
eral hours after the Jury was dis
charged, saying that one of the wom
an Jurors who was In the minority re
fused to consider the evidence from
the beginning and declared that "she
would cast her ballot and would not
change It until hell froze over."
Two Vote for Conviction.
There were two Jurors who voted
for conviction, according to Fritze
His statement In full follows:
"I make this statement as a duty
to the public.
"There was a tacit understanding
that the members of the Jury would
not make individual statements. 1
have learned since, however, that a
number of the Jury have done so, and
I believe, as foreman, that it is well
for those interested in the administra
tion of Justice that the citizens of San
Francisco should have facts.
One Ignore Evidence.
"The ten members of the jury who
voted on the last ballot for acquittal
felt that they voted on the evidence
fully considering it all. One of the
two minority refused to consider the
evidence from the beginning and said
at the opening of the procedings that
she would cast her ballot and would
not change it 'until hell froze over.'
The other was fluctuating, sometimes
casting a blank ballot sometimes
voting for the defense and sometimes
voting for the prosecution,
"Considering all the evidence, it
seemed to us that the prosecution's
case was an insult to the intelligence
of the Jury. It asked us to substitute
conjecture for facts without showing
what had been done and asked us to
guess what might have been done and
to guess only one way.
Kvidence Declared Necessary.
v "Human liberty and American rights
should depend not upon guesses of
anybody, but upon evidence."
In a statement following the jury's
return, Arbuckle declared one of the
five women jurors had prevented his
acquittal "because she refused to al
low her fellow jurors to discuss th
evidence or reason with her and would
not give any reason for her attitude."
He did not name the juror.
District Attorney Brady said that
Arbuckle had been given a "fair and
honest trial'' and complimented the
jurors who held out for conviction as
having "courage and determination."
He was not in court when the Jury
reported.
"I had hoped the jury would reacb
an agreement," he said. "I confi
dently expected a verdict of guilty
up6n the evidence presented. In my
opinion the disagreement does not
vindicate Koscoe Arbuckle. A vin
dication could come only after a
quick unanimous verdict. It was my
duty to present the facts to a Jury.
This I have done, though opposed by
wealth, power and influence.
Itvtrlul Set for January 0.
The court has set January 9 as
the date for a retrial and I will be
ready at that time to proceed."
The members of the Jury looked
haggard and worn when they filed
into the little courtroom, over which
a deep hush had settled and took
their seats.
The foreman, August Fritze, In
formed the court "it Is physically and
morally impossible for us to reach a
verdict." At the request of the court
he announced the final ballot di
vision. Superior Judge Louderback. who
tried the case, then told the Jury that
be wanted to determine if further
deliberation might result in a ver
dict. "It is not my desire to force
any unnecessary hardship on you,"
he said, "but this case has taken three
weeks to try and has been conducted
at great expense. If you can come
to a verdict conscientiously I desire
you to do so."
Statements Are Refused.
He then asked each Juror for an
opinion on the matter of continued
balloting and each answered em
phatically that It would be impossible
to reach a verdict.
iuc iiieuivciB ui tue jury reiuseoi
to make statements of any kind be
fore leaving the building. After re
porting to the court they were es
ctirted to a side street bv danmv
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Charges or Intimidation to Be Laid
Before Grand Jury as Kesult
of Arbuckle Trial.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4. Charges
that attempts were made to intimi
date Mrs. Helen M. Hubbard, juror in
the Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter
trial, will be laid before the grand
jury tomorrow night, it was an
nounced late tonight by Milton U'Ren,
assistant district attorney.
U'Ren said that Mrs. Hubbard told
him, the bailiff who had charge of
the Jury and a number of reporters,
that Gus Oliva, a commission mer
chant and G. J. Irwin, a friend of
Oliva approached her husband. T. W.
Hubbard, with a view to having him
use his influence to have her change
her vote.
Mrs. Hubbard let it be known that
she had been voting for a verdict of
guilty on the manslaughter charge
whereof the motion picture comedian
was accused. She declared that Irwin
informed her husband that Oliva
would ruin him if he did not instruct
her to vote for acquittal.
Hubbard, U'Ren declared, had told
him Oliva approached him last night
by telephone, asking that he send
his wife a note urging that she
change her vote from "guilty" to "not
guilty."
Hubbard said he asked how such
a note could be sent to a member of
a jury, and said Oliva replied: "Just
give the note to a member of the
sheriff's office."
This morning, Hubbard's state
ment continued, Irwin notified him
that if he did not urge Mrs. Hubbard
to vote for Arbuckle's acquittal
Oliva would ruin him. Hubbard is
an attorney. How Oliva was to carry
out the alleged threat was not made
clear.
MR. MORSE COMING HOME
Shipbuilder Says He Will Leave
for America Today.
HAVRE. Dec. 4. (By the Associ
ated Press.) "Well, that settles it.
1 will sail tomorrow for home."
Thus spoke Charles W. Morse today
when shown a dispatch printed in
the newspapers saying that Attorney-General
Daugherty desired him
to take passage on the first boat.
Mr. Morse said he had received no
reply to his request to the attorney
general for permission to remain in
France until January 6, either from
h Daugherty or through the Amer
ican embassy in Paris.
He added that as soon as matters
were settled satisfactorily in Wash
ington he would return to Europe, as
he must see Professor Machiafava
Italian specialist, regarding his Ill
ness. YACHT EXPLODES: 1 DEAD
One Miming, Two Seriously Hurt
in Accident to Glendovecr.
PENSACOI.A. Fla., Dec. 4. One
man is dead, one missing and two se
riously injured as a result of an ex
plosion last night on board the yacht
Glendoveer of New Orleans, according
to advices received here.
The explosion occurred when t-he
boat was off St. Andrews, the injured
being taken to Panama City. The
Glendoveer was burned to the water's
edge.
The names of the crew were not
available here. Dispatches attributed
the accident to carelessness by one
of the crew.
The Glendoveer was a fast cruiser
yacht valued by its builder at $250,000.
It was in government service during
the war. It sailed from that port
three weeks ago for a trip along the
Florida coast.
IDLE TO SWARM CAPITAL
White House to Be Picketed in
Appeal for Aid.
DETROIT, Dec. 4. Organization of
a national committee on unemployed
that will meet In Washington within
three days to picket the White House
and capitol in an effort to .obtain aid
for persons out of work was com
pleted today at the closing session of
a conference of unemployed.
Members of the committee were in
structed "to travel in freight cars of
ride the rods to the capital." They
also were instructed to place on ban
ners they will display, appeals for
government aid for unemloyed, pen
sions for aged working men and
women, a reduction In freight rateB
and nationalization of some basic in
dustry, with consequent apportion
ment of work.
WATER DAMAGE SLIGHT
Streams in Gruys Harbor County
Reported Receding.
MONTESANO, Wash., Dec 4. (Spe
cial. ) Grays Harbor county streams
fell slowly yesterday with the cessa
tion of the downpour that has contin
ued almost unbroken for the past ten
days. Schafer Brothers' mill, Monte
aano's principal industry, is closed,
with the water up to the fireboxes in
the boiler room. The South Elma,
South Montesano and Oakvllle roads
are still under water in places, while
practically all highway traffic west of
Hoquiam is at a standstill.
All of tne lowland between Monte
. .iy and South Montesano is a vast
lake, with a few Isolated farmhouses
entirely surrounded by water. Aside
from serious slides on the North River
road, the high water has done very
little material damage.
Dail Eireann Finely
posals Unaccept
FUTURE HELD UF RISING
No Way Is Found to Recon
cile Differences.
CONFEREES MEET TODAY
Ulster Premier to Declare Negoti
ations Ended Unless Overture
Is Presented by Tomorrow.
LONDON. Dec. 4. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Premier Lloyd George
today received the report of the repre
sentatives of the Dail Eireann on the
government's latest proposals on the
Irish settlement. In a conference be
tween the British ministers and the
Sinn Fein delegates, the premier and
his colleagues were Informed that the
proposals were not acceptable. They
had been given full consideration by
the Dail Eireann at Dublin, but no
way had been found to reconcile dif
ferences which had arisen.
Future Not Promialnic.
The future is not considered prom
ising. Members of the special com
mittee of the British government who
took part in the original conference
are to meet tomorrow for the purpose,
it is believed, of taking some defi
nite action. Unless an agreement la
reached by tomorrow, it is understood
that the government will not submit
Its proposals to Sir James Craig. The
Ulster premier will speak at Belfast
Tuesday and If no proposals have
reached him then, will announce the
negotiations ended.
Sacrifice Needed, Says De Valera.
Eamonn de Valera, who was present
during the consideration of the Brit
ish proposals at Dublin, spoke signifi
cantly at Galway today, declaring
"freedom was never won without sac
rifice; the country must be as pre
pared to face sacrifices mw as it has
been in the past."
The Sinn Fein representatives are
still in London and Mr. Lloyd George
has on many previous occasions shown
himself capable of overcoming what
appeared to be an almost insurmount
able barrier. No official word has yet
been given out that an end has come
to the negotiations.
Premier Lloyd George's difficulty,
it was said, is that he cannot ask
Ulster to agree to any terms which
British opinion would not indorse. He
is firm In the stand that the alle
giance question cannot be abandoned
or camouflaged.
Old Status Expected.
The proposal that the king might
be recognized as head of a British
federation of free states but not as a
king of Ireland was objected to by
the British ministers.
The crux of partition was almost
equally serious. The Sinn Fein re
gards Irish unity as fundamental and
was firm that no proposal aimed at
securing Ulster's assent should prove
a possible permanent bar.
The net result, in the opinion of the
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32 Scholars in America Selected
Out of 506 Candidates; Sti
pend 350 Pounds" Yearly.
Tom P. Brockway, Reed graduate
or 1921, Saturday was chosen from a
group of 11 candidates by the com
mittee of selection as the Rhodes
scholar of Oregon. The committee
of selection was in session from 9
o'clock Saturday morning until mid
night, when the final report had to
be sent the American secretary at
Swarthmore college.
Brockway is an instructor in the
English department at Oregon Agri
cultural college. At Reed he was one
of the most popular students grad
uated. His scholastic record shows
that his standing was above that of
the average. In his last year he was
president of the Btudent body, presi
dent of the athletic association, editor
of the college publication, and for
three years a newspaper correspond
ent. In athletics he was on football,
basketball and tennis teams. In 1918,
before the signing of the armistice,
he was sent to the reserve officers'
training camp at Fort McArthur, Tex.
ft members composing the Ore
gon committee of selection are Prince
L Campbell, president University of
Oregon, chairman; A. C. NeWill, Port
land board of education; Professor
J. B. Harrison. University of Wash
ington; Professor W. C. Barnes, Uni
versity of Oregon, and Richard F.
Scholz, president of Reed college.
The committee recommended Nor
man T. Byrne of the University of
Oregon as a candidate at large.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4. Result
of the Rhodes scholarship elections
held yesterday in 32 states were an
nounced tonight. There were 506 can
didates for the 32 appointments.
The appointees will enter Oxford
university In October, 1922. on a
three-year. scholarship with a stipend
of 350 a year.
The partial list of scholars chosen
subject to confirmation by the Rhodes
trustees, together with their present
address, where known, and the state
and college or university which he
represents Includes:
California Richard H. Barker, Le
land Stanford Jr. university, Palo
Alto. Cal.
Washington P. T. Ellsworth, Uni
versity of Washington. Seattle.
SPANISH RIOT NOT SERIOUS
Di'iiiotiMrutlon in Mellila Is Re
ported Only Momentary.
MADRID, Dec. 4. Details of Thurs
day's disturbances in Mellila in con
nection with a demonstration in favor
of efforts to release Spanish prisoners
indicate the trouble was momentary
and not serious.
A group of rioters proceeded to the
native market, where they sacked
tents and huts, throwing eatables and
liquors Into the gutters and setting
fire to clothing and materials.
Later the demonstrators tried to
prevent the departure of several
steamships, stoning the vessels. Po
lice dispersed the rioters and orders
were then issued forbidding groups
forming or parading.
7000 COTTON BALES BURN
$750,000 Loss Sustained in Ware
house at Greenwood, Ml
GREENWOOD. Miss., Dec. 4. More
than 7000 bales of long staple cotton
were destroyed by a fire of unde
termined origin in the warehouse of
the Oreenwood Compress & Storage
company here tonight.
The loss was estimated at 1750,000.
WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING SAUSAGE OF HIM.
Absence of Any Serious General
Labor Disturbance Also Is
Considered Good Omen.
CHICAGO. Dec. 4. Reports to the
railroad labor board show steadily
improving conditions among the rail
roads, B. W. Hooper, vice-chairman
of the board, said in a statement to
night. He pointed out that the
board's decision not to consider wage,
reductions for any class of employes
until working rules for the class had
been disposed of, had not delayed
consideration of wage disputes on any
railroad or for any class of employes
His statement said:
"The railroad situation Is more con
ducive to optimism than it has been
for many months. Absence of any
serious general labor disturbance,
combined with the disposition of the
carriers to make voluntary reduc
tions in freight rates will both con
tribute to the restoration of sound
business conditions.
"The labor board receives evidence
every day of the more cordial co
operation of the carriers and the em
ployes in carrying out the transpor
tation act. Another gratifying fea
ture is that the public is manifesting
an awakened interest in the work of
the board.
"Misleading statements that have
been fed to the public in regard to
the alleged methods employed to
avert the recently threatened strike
have been refuted by the subsequent
work of the board. It has been
amazingly reiterated that the board
or some of Its members promised that
there should be no consideration of
wages for a year, or until next July.
As a matter of fact, the board merely
said it would not take up any read
justment of wages for any class of
employes until rules and working
conditions for that particular class of
employes had been decided. It did
not involve the promise of a delay
of one year, one month, or one min
ute in the consideration of the wage
question."
SIX IN AUTO DROWNED
Two Men, Two Women and Two
Babies Lose Lives in River.
TOLEDO, O., Dec. 4. Six parsons
two men, two women and two babies
were drowned today when the auto
mobile in which they were driving
toward Toledo went over a high em
bankment on the river road, two
miles beyond Watervilre, eight miles
from this city, and dropped into the
Erie canal.
The victims were found by a
farmer.
The victims were Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Roskuski and their 5-year-old daugh
ter and Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Laver and
their daughter, aged 4.
The bodies were found Inside the
car.
SCHOLARSHIP IS AWARDED
Memorial in Honor of Princeton
War Dead Given Away.
PRINCETON. N. J., Dec. 4. Award
of the first war memorial prize
scholarships in memory of the 120
Princeton men who died in the war
and who were as yet not otherwise
commemorated were announced today
by Lansing Colllna, secretary of
Princeton university.
Thirty of these scholarships, which
are to be awarded every year to com
peting freshmen, are worth (200 each
a year for four years.
j
Legislators Return Aware
of Criticism.
HARDING HIGHLY COMMENDED
First Regular Meeting Under
New Administration Ready.
UNITY TO BE STRESSED
Element! Which Acquired Oli-iiin -tionist
Habit Under WllSOd
Find Change Difficult.
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.
(Copyright. 1U21, by The Oregonlan.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) Congress comes back tomor
row to the unfinished tasks of the
extra session and to the added re
sponsibilities of the first regular ses
sion of the Harding administration.
So brief has been the interval since
the adjournment on November 23,
and so completely had the dying extra
session been submerged by the pomp
and circumstance of the arms confer
ence. It is difficult for Washington to
realise that congress has been away.
But the near-by dwellers have had
an opportunity to go home for a few
days, and they are returning to
Washington with the somewhat acute
knowledge that there has been country-wide
criticism of the congress
for the legislation which congress It
self has admitted, has been of the
makeshift variety.
President Im Commended.
Senators and representatives are
bringing back word that every con
aemnation of congress Is accompa
nied by the warmest commendation
of President Harding. The execu
tive leaders, therefore, are sitting up
nights trying to figure how they can
bring themselves within the reflected
radiance of legislative popularity.
For one thing they already are ask
ing the president to take a more im
portant part in the direction of con
gress. The men responsible for con
gress want to go into closer partner
ship with the White House. They
have a dual purpose In this. The
first, of course. Is the hope to get
more accomplished through public
opinion which will be aroused by the
president's activity. The second is
to improve the standing of congress
with the people by stressing the fact
that It is working In the closest pos
sible co-operation with the president.
Obatrnctloniata Are Hindrance.
The difference with this programme
Is that the obstructionist elements In
both the senate and house are so
"set" in their ways that It is doubtful
If even the president can Iron out the
wrinkles sufficiently to bring about
a smoothly running machine. Some
elements oi tne republican party,
having acquired the obstructionist
habit under the Wilson administra
tion, are finding it difficult now to
change their ways.
President Harding, who hesitated,
heretofore, about taking the lead in
congress because he thoroughly be
lieves In the functional form of gov
ernment and a division of responsi
bility among the three branches. Is
certain to accede to the request of
the congress leaders for more and
more active assistance in putting
through an administrative pro-
Lgramme.
Representatives generally realize
that the coming regular session is not
likely to add greatly to their popu
larity, for no matter what excellent
legislation mav be enacted In other
directions, there Is no possibility of
meeting the demands of the people
for heavier cuts In their .ax bills.
There Is also the necessity of mak
ing appropriations which In the end
will run very close to $4,000,000,000.
The appropriations will be made un
der the new budget system. It Is true,
and there is no doubt that the budget
commission has been able to shave
away many of the departmental esti
mates, but the saving of two or three
hundred million dollars In a total
budget of nearly $4,000,000,000 is not
easily recognized by the harassed
taxpayer.
Cats Appear Small.
The cuts in taxes made in the rev
enue bill approved by the president
a few days ago, while amounting to
a considerable sum in the aggregate,
appear somewhat meager when dis
tributed among the millions of tax
payers. As a matter of fact, the cuts
will scarcely be felt at all during the
next year. And It is next year that
all of the members of the house of
representatives come up for re-elec
tion. The one ray of hope left the
members is their promise to the coun
try that the new tax bill Is only a
temporary one, and that it will .be
changed from time to time In an ef
fort to Improve It.
And so with the tax law In an ad
mittedly unsatisfactory condition,
congress will soon begin to thresh
out a tariff law. And it is admitted
already that the new tariff law, like
the revenue law, will be but a tem
porary affair. There is hope to get
the tariff bill out of the senate
finance committee Just before con
gress adjourns for the Christmas hol
idays. There may be a hitch even
In this programme, and so at best
ICoacluded oa Fags s, Culuuia Li
Logger, Reputed to Have Annoyed
Wife, Is Haiidcurfcd and Taken
to Jail by Salem Patrolman.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 4 (Special.)
Although he had been wounded se
riously In the hip. W W. Burchett.
patrolman, today grappled with his
assailant. William Rogers, and suc
ceeded in disarming and handcuffing
the man, and finally taking him to
Jail. The policeman practically col
lapsed after his prisoner was locked
up.
Patrolman Burchett had been called
to the home of Mrs. Millie Lee, 960
Highland avenue, where Rogers. Mrs
Lee's son-in-law, was said to have
been annoying his wife. Mrs. Rogers
had left her husband at Sllverton and
had gone home -to her mother.
The policeman entered the house
and ordered Rogers to come with h'm.
Rogers, who, it was said, had been
drinking, rose up from a chair, drew
an automatic, and fired at the po
liceman. The first bullet went wild. He fired
again, hitting the policeman In the
fleshy part of the hip. Then the pis
tol jammed, and although Rogers was
said to have tried to fire again, he
was unable to do so. After Burchett
had handcuffed the prisoner h? hailed
a passing automobile and took the
man to Jail.
Rogers was a logger at Sllverton.
Mrs. Rogers said he had been drink
ing, and because of that she took
their son and left her husband. Rog
ers was locked up on an open charge,
but probably will be arraigned in the
justice court here tomorrow.
AIR DAREDEVIL KILLED
Ex-Service Man, Performing From
Puruclttite, Lo-.cs t.rlp.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4. Robert
Hastings, 30. a Fresno ex-service
man, jvas killed here today when he
fell from the trapeze of a parachute
several hundred feet above the
ground. Hastings was giving an ex
hibition of stunts at an air circus at
the Marina. He had descended from
an aircraft and was clinging with one
hand to a wrist strap on the trapeze
when in an attempt to reach the other
strap he plunged downward.
His fall was witnessed by 3000
persons.
In the war Hastings was wtlh a
flying unit at the North Island sta
tion. San Diego. He had a "dare
devil" flying record and came here
from Chicago.
FLOOD DESTROYS FALLS
High Waters of Hock Creek Tear
Out Scenic Adornment.
STEVENSON, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Spe
cial.) The beautiful lower falls of
Rock creek, which flows into the Co
lumbia river near here, were de
stroyed by last week's flood. The
stream cut a new channel to the
north of the old one, and the bank of
the stream for a distance of several
hundred feet above the falls was torn
out.
The dam, headgate and flume which
supplied power for the electric light
plant were washed away.
Rock creek falls had been one of
the best scenic adornments In Ska
mania county.
SNOW-CLAD PEAK ACTIVE
Tunguragua Is Reported Showing!
Unusual Life.
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador. Dec. 4 I
Messages from Ambata, about 15S I
miles northeast of here, say the vol- I
cano of Tunguragua Is showing un
usual activity.
The snow-clad volcano of Tungu
ragua is among the highest active
volcanoes of the world. Its height Is
estimated at more than IS. 000 feet.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41
degrees; minimum. 81 degree!.
TODAY'S Fair; eaaterly wlnda.
Foreign.
Sinn Feiners reject British proposals.
Page l
Imprisonment of alayer of husband pro
tested by Frenchwoman. Page 6.
National.
Illness of Wilson at Paris recalled. Page B.
Arms parley recess to continue until
Wedneaday. Page S.
Congreaa opens sessions today. Page 1.
Washington tlrea French delegates. Page 3.
Japanese propoae exteualon of Chlneae
consortium. Page 4.
Congreaa to take up lta task again today.
Page 4.
Claim of Japanese backed by figures.
Page 4.
notneatle.
Arbuckle Jury diacharged after 41 hours'
debate. Page 1.
Steady Improvement of railway conditions
announcea. rage a,
Forty-five thouand meat workers to walk
out today. Page L
Aporta.
Jefferson high victor In Tillamook game.
Page 10.
Williams has job as shoe aalesman. Page
10.
Commercial and Marine.
Bankera criticlae Vanderllp'a schema for
world bank. Page 17.
Four veaaela come for cargoea. Page 12.
Salem policeman, wounded, dlaarma aasalt-
ant. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Father wounds on. probablx fatally, and
then kllla self. Page 1.
Columbia highway viaduct to be braced.
Page 18.
nmwork needed for home Industry, aaya
Max S. Hlrach. Page 17.
Study of orchard methods begun at Cor-
vallla. Page IS.
Unity of churches aeen by minister. Page
18.
Reed college man wlna Rhodaa acholarahlp
award. Page 1.
Grain Is expected to die this winter.
Pace 18.
CHARGE FIRED AT WOMAN
Daughter -in -Law of Irate
Parent Escapes Injury.
MOVING CAUSES QUARREL
Prank V. Rlngliuiu Is Dead as Re
sult of Affruy at Miluaukie.
Family in Oregon Vcar.
Frank F. Bingham, 68-year-old la
borer. While crazed with anger, shol
and probably fatally wounded his son.
Kills S. Bingham. In their home In
Mllwaukle at 9:15 A. M. yesterday,
and then ended his own life after he
had rushed Into the garden. He shot
himself through the head with a
heavy charge of buckshot. The
father's body was taken to Oregon
City by Clackamas county authorities
and the son Vas dying in the Sell
wood hospital.
The Blnghams came to Oregon from
Wisconsin a year ago. They estab
lished a home at Mllwaukle and both
were laborers. According to Mrs.
Emma Bingham, wife of the wounded
man. the father and the son could not
agree and quarreled constantly.
"It became almost Impossible for
us to live In the same house with
Ellis' father and we decided to mov
and had rented a home in Portland."
declared Mrs. Bingham to Detectives
Leonard and Hyde, at the Sellwood
hospital.
Shot Fired at Womnn.
"We had started to move this morn
lng and the old man became very
angry. He did not want us to leave
him. I quarreled with him and hs
took the shotgun and fired at me.
He did not bit me.
"Ellis then rushed up and attempted
to take the gun from his father. Its
was shot In the back when he did so."
After he had been shot the younger
Bingham grappled with his father
and took the gun from him. He then
rushed out of the' house to the home
of a neighbor. Al Kalunkl, who called
an expressman and took the wounded
man with his wife to the hospital.
.Neighbors Are Attracted.
At this time three shots already had
been fired and the attention of the
neighbors had been attracted. It had
hern necessary for the son. In reach
ing the Kalunkl home, to run across
the street. He collapsed In the back
yard and all of those who had heard
the shots ran to his aid, and tha
father waa left by himself.
Those rendering assistance to the
wounded man then heard two shots
and rushed over to the Bingham
home, where they found the body of
Frank Bingham. Investigation by
Coroner Page of Oregon City showed
that the first of the two shots had
missed but in firing the second Bing
ham had plated the butt of the gun
on the ground resting the top of his
head against the end of the barrel.
Trlaser Puxard With Mirk.
He pushed the trigger with the aid
of a broom stick. Death was, ot
course. Instantaneous. A call was
Immediately sent to the deputy sher
iff at Mllwaukle and the body was
taken to the coroner's office In Ore
gon City. Coroner Page will make
more complete Investigation Into th
shooting this morning.
"Father shot me with a shotgun."
Bingham told the officers when they
saw him In the hospital. "We were
moving and he did not want us to
leave him. After he had shot me, I
grabbed him by the arms and made
him drop the gun."
At the Sellwood hospital. It was re
ported that there was little chancs
for Ellis Bingham to recover. Th
charge of heavy shot, fired from close
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OREGONIAN NEW YEAR'S
ANNUAL EDITION TO
FEATURE 1925
EXPOSITION.
Following its custom of
many years, The Oregonian
will issue a New Year's an
nual edition, the date of pub
lication this time being Mon
day, January 2. The chief fea
ture, to which an entire section
will be devoted, will be Ore
gon's 1925 exposition.
The exposition section will
be a thing of beauty, the art
work being exceptionally fine,
set off in colors by the latest
process of engraving and press
execution. Various phases of
the state's huge project will
be covered in text, elaborately
illustrated.
Other sections will carry the
story of progress along other
lines throughout the state dur
ing 1921, comprehensive re
views of the chief industries
and their outlook being given
in text and picture.