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III III! II k-r'.W- Jr'iil VOL. LX I X O. 19.101 ""TV.1 F ' 1 5 ' o"" PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1922 -jl fSf I I It lS I PRICE FIVE CENTS WORK FOR CONGRESS BRITAIN TO CRUSH DAD PUNCHES NOSE 6 BURNED TO DEATH IN RICHMOND BLAZE SO ARE MISSIXG IX FIRE IX . VIRGINIA CITY. SEX BEFORE BIRTH INDICATED BY NEEDLE ACTRESS' LETTERS REPORTED FOiO MAPPED AT DINNER OF MODERN FLAPPER REPORTED- AFIRE STEERING COMMITTEES' MEM BERS DINE WITH HARDING. DAl'GHTER, 1 8, PCXISHED FOR SEW IXSTRCMEX'T DECLARED TO BE SUCCESS. , PJLTJCKIXG EYEBROWS. j?-" A Tin NORTHERN PACIFIC PEERS ASSEMBLE AMIDGREATPDMP INDIAN UPRISINGS Army Transport Is Aban doned by Crew. FOUR OF MEN ARE-MISSING Radio Calls for Help Are Sent Out by Vessel. MANY GO TO RESCUE Flamed Take Charge of fcrtip That Operated Off Pacific Coast He fore Outbreak of Wiy. NEW YOKK. Feb. 8. The United States transport Northern Pacific was reported burning if the entrance to I e la ware bay, in a wireless dispatch received here today. . The message indicated the ship had been abandoned by her crew, which had been picked up by vessels that hurried to the scene in response to radio calls for assistance. Four men the vessel's personnel, however, had net been accounted for. Campaign of Civil Disobe dience to Be Halted. STERN MEASURES PLANNED Gandhi's Demands Are TJot Even Considered. Official Communication Declares Issue Xo Longer Is as lo Tliis or That Programme. The Northern Pacific is a duplicate of the Creat Northern. She is 525 feet lon. with a deDth of SO feet and a beam of S3 feet. ihe has triple screws, the propellors driven by tur bine engines. She burns oil as fuel and has a battery of 12 boilers. She is capable of 24 knots. She carries a crew of about 20 officers and men and can accommodate 550 first-claps. 2m0 second-class and third-class pas sengers. Her cost was aproximately J2.5OO.0m. Maldea Voyas: April. ISIS. The- maiden voyage of the Northern Pacific from San Francisco to Klavel was made in April of 1S15. the vessel arriving at Klavel April 1. Her ar rival was the occasion of some cere mony. A large crowd was on band from Astoria. Warrenton an nearby points. Tho people of AwTt pri . sented her master w-ith a haiideomc n.arlne clock similar to the one given the steamer Great Northern on her arrival two weeks before. The Northern Pacific was brought to Portland on June 31. 1915. for re pairs and excited the attention of thousands of persons. Hundreds- wait ed their turn to board the vessel, and in 20 minutes lO'.'O persons were aboard. She was moored at mureici pal dock No. 1. The large, roomy cabins and decks of the liner were the objects of great admiration. C ratia firr Phi Paaa. On June It residents of the Co lumbia and Wiliamelte river districts had their first view of the. palatial liner moving seaward. She steamed from municipal dock Xo. 1 to Klavel in six hours. She. w ith her sister ship, the Great North ern, at that time was the fastest merchant veasel under the American flag and had the largest turbines and finest lines. Karly in the war the Northern Pa cific was taken over by the govern ment for transport service and ren dered Invaluable aid in carrying sol diers to France. Treaty Ratification and Passage of Tariff, Bonus, Farm Credit and Marine Bills Planned. WASHINGTON. D. C; Feb. 7. A legislative programme, contemplating ratification of the treaties growing out of the armssconference and pas sage of the tariff. adier bonus, farm credit and merchant marine bills, with adjournment of congress about June It was said to have been agreed upon at a White House dinner con ference tonight with President Hard ing, attended by members of the sen ate and house steering committees It was the understanding that treaties which the nrealdent exDects to submitfto the senate this week or I siiTi rCCMTCC IC as soon a9 the, American delegation f LAWLtoinlCOO IO can report, would be given the right of way in the senate until the tariff bill was reported by the finance com mittee. The plan then -would be to consider the tariff measure and the treaties alternately. It was said that the president had been assured by senators that there would be little if any opposition to the treaties. The president, it was added, gave no indication as to whether he will present the treaties to the senate in person. The bonus bill was said to have been discussed at the conference, but the problem of financing it waa not touched upon. Some, of the presi dent's callers raid they were satis fied to leave this to the majority members of the house ways and means committee and the senate fi nance committee. This waa in line1 with the agreement reached by the president and members of these com mittees yesterday. President Harding left the impres sion that he Intended to subm't his recommendations as .to merchant ma rine legislation within ten days. The farm credit legislation contem plated. It was expla'ned. will be drawn with a View to carrying out recom mendations of the special congres sional commission. In its report the committee emphasized the necessity for adopting existing bank facilities to fill the gap so as to extend long time credits to farmers. It was said that action on the measure of the or ganization of federal government de partments probably would be deferred until the next session. FACED CRAIG REFUSES TO BUDGE PHONE. MERGER IS SOUGHT Pacific System and Northwestern Long Instance in Veal. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 7. The Northwestern Long Distance Tele phone company and the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company applied to the interstate commerce commis sion today for permission to consoli date their lines In Oregon. Washing ton and Idaho. The proposed agreement between the two companies provides for lease of the Northwestern plant to the Pa cific corporation for 15 years at an annual rental of $34,750. If. during the term of the lease, either com pany desires to complete the consoli dation the Pacific company agrees to pay 1250.000 to the Northw stern and to cancel an indebtedness or t-i.90 which it ho!ds against the Northwest ern company. The Northwestern company has been unable to maintain its earnings in a competitive relationship with the Pacific company, the application as rrrts. adding that the consolidation would add to the efficiency of long distance service Lister Premier stands on Letter lo Lhijul Ucorgc. LONDON, Feb. 7. By the Asso ciated Press.) Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, announced tonight that he would hold no further con ferences with the Imperial govern ment but would stand firm on his let ter to Premier Lloyd George yester day. In this letter he said Ulster would insist on the application of the terms of the government of Ire land act of 1920 unless boundary ad justments could be made through mu tual agrtciniuL Sir James, it was learned today, has obtained important concessions whereby a substantial portion of the claims for compensation for malicious Injuries committed in northern Ire land will be met by the Imperial ex chequer, the first payments to be made in May. ' The reassembling of the northern parliament has been postponed unti March 14. OPIUM PARTIES POPULAR Gotham's Rich Contingent bald lo Be Indulging Freely. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. -Opium parties are quite the thing these days among the rich of New Tork, Dr. Carleton Simon, . head of the police narcotic squad, reported today. He said his men had evidence of an alarming In crease in the use of the drug by resi dents of the high-class apartments, who invite in their friends. Runners from the underworld bring the sup- piles. These apartments cannot be broken into like the "hop joints" of old, so the police face greater difficulties than ever in controlling the new fad. Dr. Simon said. STEER RIOTS IN CHICAGO INJURED MAN RECOVERING W. O. Marlar ot Payette, Idaho, Knocked Down by Train. ALBANY, Or, Feb. 7. (Special.) V illiara O. Marlar of Payette. Idaho, who was struck by an Oregon electric train at Verdure station last night, was reiMjrted tonight to be recovering. Mirlar was attempting to flag a Animal KsoaK-s and Leads, Rifle Squad on 2-Mile Chase. CHICAGO. Feb. 7 A terrified Texas steer today led a rifle squad from the detective bureau a chase of two miles through the stockyards district, ran pedestrians Into doorways and charged through a display window in a butcher shop before It was finally shot after automobiles had Joined in the chase. A policeman climbed to the top of a fence to shoot the animal, which charged so precipitately that the offi cer saved himself by falling on the other side of the fence. LONDON, Feb. 7. (By the Associ ated Press.) The Indian office issued an official communication tonight, in dicating it was the intention of the government to adopt stern measures to suppress the campaign of civil dis obfUience in India. It added that no government could discuss the demands contained in the recent manifesto of Mahatma K. Gandhi, the Indian nationalist leader. The civil disobedience as proposed In India must be met with the stern est of severity, the communication de clared. In refuting certain misstate ments" made by Gandhi Ski his mani festo. In asserting that the demands con tained in his manifesto were such that no government could discuss, "much less accept them, the com munication said: "The alternatives that now con front the people of India are such as sophistry can no longer obscure or disguise. Daagera Declared Faced. "The issue no longer Is between this or that programme for political advance, but between lawlessness with all its dangerous consequences on the one hand and on the other is the maintenance of those principles that lie at the root of all civilised civil government. Mass disobedience is fraught with such danger to the ftaie that it 1 i-st 1; met with stern ness , ii-.y. , The government entertafu doubt that in any measures uiey may -have to take for suppression they can count In support and assistance of all law-abiding loyal citizens of his majesty." The communication declared that some of the "misstatements" of Gandhi were so important that the government in India could not allow them to pass unchallenged. Statement Is Repudiated. It emphatically repudiated a state ment of Gandhi that the government has embarked on a policy of lawless repression, and also a suggestion that the campaign of civil disobedience was forced on the non-co-operative party to secure the elementary rights of free association, free speech and a free press. It added that the decision to adopt civil disobedience was finally ac- Judge Fines Girl's Father $3 After Arrest Is Made on Moth er's Complaint. .CHICAGO, Feb. 7. While not of a Puritanical turn of mind, Joseph Miller today explained to Police Judge Triide that he was unable to stand the rolled stockings, bobbed hair, galoshes, plucked eyebrows and painted lips of the modern flapper. He was charged by his wife with "punching the nose" of his daughter, Ethel. 16, m "My daughter wants to be a flap per, he said. "She plucked her eye brows. I made her stop. I won't let her bob her hair. She combs it so it looks like it was bobbed. I hate galoshes, rolled stockings and paint ed lips." The judge reserved decision on the flapper, but fined Miller $5 and costs for striking his daughter. INJURED DRY AGENT DIES John O'Toole Succumbs to Hurts Suffered on Duty. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. ' 7. John O'Toole, federal prohibition agent, who was injured January 26, when he was struck down by a motor truck which he believed t-j be carrying illi cit liquor, died today at the Marine hospital. . ' Henry Hosea and Fred Dowd, the alleged occupants of the truck, were arrested after O'Toole had been in jured and were charged with illegally ! transporting liquor and resisting a federal officer. Flames, Block Exits and Residents Jump From Windows to Avoid Being Cremated. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 7. Six known dead, SO reported missing or unac counted for, and 28 known Injured was the toll of a fire which today started from an undetermined cause in the basement of the Lexington hotel, spread through the four stories of the structure and then spread, to other buildings, sweeping half a city block before it was checked. The property loss was estimated at from $250,000 to J500.000. The known dead are: Hiram S. Austin of Fincastle. Va.; M.: J. Fox, Williamsport. Pa.; C. M. Thomas, sheriff of Albermarle county, Va.; E. T. Cox of Richmond, F. L. Shaw of Richmondand T. D: Pierrer of Yonk ers, N. Y. The bodies of the last three were still in. the ruins tonight, ac cording to the police. The flames quickly cut off all exits and the residents, many witn cioin- inr in flames, jumped from tne win dows, some landing in life nets and others plunging to the pavements. Seventy-two persons were regastt. at the hotel when the fire broke out. Opening of Parliament Gorgeous Spectacle. SILENCE GREETS KING, QUEEN PASSENGER Reduction RATES CUT Same Puts Fares on Level as Before 1920. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. A reduction of approximately 20 per cent in pas senger rates from Chicago to the Pacific coast was announced today by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the' Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads for the summer months. The reduction was said to nlace the fates on the same level as prior to the 1920 increase. The rates will be effective to the usual tourist points. VICTIM IS "DETROUSERED" Chte-'co Knhber Takes Means to ' 'it y T"urolii2 In A rm. CHICAGO. Feb.' 7. A holdup man who "detrousers" his victims before departing has been reported to the police. Herman Kessler. a cigar clerk, was held up tonight. To delay him in turn ing in an alarm the robber forced Kessler to remove his trousers. Cf nclU'letl on i'wgo -. Column L) CABLE KILLS LOGGER Skull of Wallie Marsyla of Win lock Is Crushed. CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) Wallie Marsyla, resident of Winlock, was killed today in the Union logging camp, northeast of Chehalis. Marsyla, a worker in the camp, was struck Dy a cable when it fell 150 feet. His skull was crushed by the impact. PAIR SLIP OVER BORDER -.-... TCiiesian and Klcn Jiriae " T Discovered la Quebec. otTEBEC. Que.. Feb. 7. Anastase Andrevitch Vonsisteskey-Vonsiatsky, 23-year-old employe of the Baldwin Locomotive works, and his 43-year-old heiress - bride, who was Mrs. Marion Ream Stephens of Chicago, were found today honeymooning at the Chateau Frontenac hotel in this city. The couple, who stole a march on New Tork newspaper men by advanc ing their wedding date from last Sat rri v afternoon to Friday night, are registered as "lir4 and 'Mrs. Pringue'M of New Tork. PARSON SCOUTS DRY LAW Time Wasted Enforcing "Freak" Enactments, Says Preaclier. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Feb. 7. Prohibition and th; Utah anti-cigarette law were ridiculed here today before the city commission by Rev. Rimer Goshen." pastor of the First Congregational church. HV aDWsalc-f -lo t mrtree and the commit ioir- - v.f-vete more time to runnins doviti highwaymen and mur derers. ho are menacing tho com munity, instead of spending so much of their effort enforcing such "freak" laws as the prohibition and antf-cig-arette measures. FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAINS General Upward Course Reported in New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. British ex change resumed its upward course to day, London demand bills amounting to $4.34. The movement was marked by only a slight reaction. j Other European exchanges moved forward in sympathy, Italian rates showing greatest strength at a gain of 10 points and Belgian and French bills rising 4 and S points, respec tive - Ceremonial Carried Out With : Measured Solemnity. SIX DUKES DROLL SIGHT Sextet Sitting on Bench Intended for Four and One Is Pick ing His Teeth. 'MIRACLE WOMAN' PASSES Mrs. Mary Jane Fales, Famous Among Indians, Dead. CASPKR. Wyo.. Feb. 7. Mrs. Mary Jane Fales. first cousin of former train that does not stop at that sta- President Rutherford B. Hayes, and tion. lie was not seen until the trainl known as the "miracle- woman" was too close to'come to a full stop. He was standing closer to the track than he realised and was knockeJ down. He suffered several cuts and i bruises. Mr. Marlar had been visiting I In this county and was on his way to .resham to visit Ford Hopkins. among the Indians for her medical ministrations, died at her home here today at the age of St. Mrs. Fales came to Wyoming from the' Black Hills In she early SOs in a wagon train guarded by Buffalo Bill. WHY DO NT YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS AND WHAT SHE'S DOING ? a daughter. Mrs J Johnny Baker and Red Wolf, famous Indian scouts. VS ANO WHAT HO-o HUrv-(v 1 GUESS SHE5 ALU RIGHT I w l : " T j SHESDOING5 -J- I U RIGHY j f BY JAMES M. TUOHY. (Copyright by the New Tork World, Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON, Feb. 6. (Special cable.) The scene in the house of lords when the king and queen open par liament is the most gorgeous spec tacle any court in Europe can show in these democratic days. The house itself is a graceful and- imposing ex ample of imitation Norman gothic ar chitecture, decorated in tones of sub dued splendor. It supplies a majestic setting for the mass of red and- er mine robed peers, beautifully dressed and bejeweled peeresses and daz ziingly clad officers of state and dip lomatists who fill the benches around the twin throne. The ceremonial is carried out with measured solemnity. No acclaim greets the king and queen as they enter, but the whole audience re mains standing until the royal couple are seated. The king who has a fine voice and perfectly clear enunciation, read the exceptionally long speech today so that every word carries everywhere. Princess Merely Spectator. One hears expressions of intense disappointment that Princess Mary was not included in the royal-proces sion. The truth is she has no place under the court ritual in the cere monial except as a spectator. When the lilng opened the last parliament iier experience determined her never to submit herself again to the ordeal of standing beside the ! rone while the royal cortege was approaching the house from the other end of the building, with every eye riveted upon her. Her nervous excitement was painful and she almost fainted. Spread of republicanism in Europe was typified on the right of the throng, where the diplomatic corps was jammed. The American ambas sador no longer enjoys the unique dis tinction of wearing plain evening dress without any decorations at court functions, f He now shares the priv ilege with the Germans, Austrians, Czecho-Siovaks and south Slavs, but Ambassador Harvey's large-sized horn-rimmed spectacles remain a dis tinguishing characteristic. The German ambassador was one of the best looking men in the box, but the most distinguished was Merry del Val, the Spanish ambassador, a stately, stage-like figure, in his mag nificent trappings with the collar of the golden fleece. On the opposite side of the house was the handsome Marchioness of Headfort, Kosie Boote of the Gaiety theater. Queen at Her Best, flueen Mary fs at her best in court costume. It shows her fine carriage and stately figure to the besC Her flashing crown is gracefully borne on her gray hair and a mass of dia monds gleam against her fair skin. ' It is always curious, to note how few of the peers seem to know each other when they foregather in mass like today. Of course they must be careful these days in making new acquaintances in the house of lords, since Lloyd George has flooded its red benches with all varieties of profiteers. You can pick out the up-to-date noblemen by the tell-tale newness of their robes " and their anxiety to get front seats as a show like this, which the real blueblooded ones, remarkably few in reality re gard merely as a recurrent bore. Lord Leverhulme of Sunlight soap and portrait fame was one of the very-first to place himself at a corner of the front bench. In the gallery Mrs. Lloyd George and Mrs. Harvey were intent observers. Experiments With Chickens, Calves and Humans Reported Give Correct Forecasts. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) 0t FORT WILLIAM, Ont., Feb. , 7'. (Special.) The instrument for deter-! mining he sex of a chicken still in the egg, recently described in dis patches, actually can inform expect ant parents whether the little stran ger is going to be a boy or a girl, according' to J. R. Jackson of this city. Mr. Jackson takes An ordinary needle, threads It with fine copper wire, hojds the ends of this wire be tween his thumb and forefinger, and dangles the needle aoove the object egg or animal about the descendant of which he wants to inquire. If the descendant chick, calf or baby is to be male, he contends, the needle will swing back and forth in a straight line, like a clock pendu lum. If it is to be female, the needle will describe a series of circles. "It's going to be a -boy," he told a young woman here who was a pros pective mother. And sure enrfugh a boy it was. He has made hundreds of success ful experiments with eggs and several with animals that have but one off spring at a time. SCHOOL SUIT DROPPED Missing Packet in Taylor ' Murder.Traced. 3 DETECTIVES BACK STORY Miss Normand's Agent De nies Return, However. BUTLER WARRANT ISSUED Arrest or Sands on Charge of Rill ifig Is Orttered by Police. Love Notes Discovered. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7. The letters written to William Desmond Taylor, mutdered film director, by Mabel Normand, screen actress, and for which Miss Normand searched the Taylor apartments In vain last Sun day, have been returned to her, ac cording to three detectives working on the case. A flat denial to this statement was made at Miss Normand's home to- Discharged Columbia Professor to j night by her press representative. According to the police, the Nor mand letters were taken from the ' Get Retirement Pay. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Professor J. M. Cattell'a 12o,000 damage suit against Columbia university begun after his dismissal from the faculty for alleged unpatriotic activities dur ing the war, has been dropped and the full amount of the annual retiring allowance has been voted him in settlement, university officials an nounced today. Professor Cattell was dismissed with Professor Henry W. L. Dana follow ing a report of a trustees committee that "both had- done grave injury to the university by their public agita tion against the conduct of the war." Professor Cattell was dean of the school of psychology and had been a member; of the faculty 25, years. Pro fessor Dana, grandson . of Henry Wads worth Longfellow, had been at Columbia a short time as assistant professor comparative literature. PAPAL DIVORCE IS SOUGHT Former Husband of Galli Cure! Appeals to Koine. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Luigi Curci, di vorced husband of Madame Ameliti Galli-Curcl, the Chicago and Metro politan Opera company star, has pe titioned the papal tribunal at Rome to annul his marriage to thet diva, ac cording to word received here today. Mme. Galli Curci, who divorced her first husband here two years ago, is now the wife of Homer Samuels of Minneapolis, .her pianist. Curci married Miss Tirindelli ot Cincinnati July 2 last year. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 46 degrees; minimum, 42 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; winds mostly southeast Foreign. Parliament meets to discuss Irish issue. Page -5 Britain to crush Indian uprisings. Page 1. Delay in electing pope is proposed. Page 3. Parliament opened amid great pomp. Page 1. National. Diplomatic Austria Page 2T No Oregon Page 6. House committee soon to start work on deficiency bill. ir'age 3. President opposes debt use for bonus. Page 4. Arms treaties begin to operate. Page 1. America's attitude concerning Genoa con ference to be announced soon. Page 6. Senate expected to ratify treaties. Page 2. Portland spurned by. shipping board. page 15. Work for congress mapped at dinner. Page 3. Welling defeats Pinkman in gory battle. Page 14. Domestic. found. representatives to Germany, and Hungary nominated. woman yet is blacksmith. Six Dukes Droll Sight. A droll sight waa that of six dukes, together on a bnch intended for four, with the Duke of Marlborougrh in their midst picking his teeth. These robes give all men, except the ex tremely tall, spare and uprig-ht a i sloppy, hunched appearance, and the absence of visible neck is fatal to dignity of deportment. When the king finished his speech he rose. The house remained standing as the royal procession filed ut. COIN FILCHED FROM DEAD Token of Sympathy to Family Is Taken From Coffin. BROCKTON, Mass., Feb. 7. A thief who stole $15.75 from the casket in which lay the body jof Emma H. Ma cauley was sought by the police to day. . Th rr.nnpv reDresentin a tnkpn nt Z sympathy to the family of Miss Ma t ' cauley from those who worked with T her, was place in an envelope on the 4 casket with floral offerings. Misa Normand's letters repodted Page 1. Father punches nose of IS-year-oId flapper. "age l. Iaushter, screams, prayers" at Taylor fu neral. Page 2. Six burned to death in Richmond (Va.) fire. Page .1. Rail wage hearings to. start March 6. Page 4. Sex before birth indicated by needle. Page X. Pacific Northwest. Political troubles ct Senator Poindexter multiply at home. Page 7. Wife-murder trial opens at ' Chehalis. Page 0. . Superior Judge Ronald declares Seattle city council has exceeded charter in tax levies. Page 7. Sports. Lincoln hoopers defeat Commerce, page 14. combat athletic Impurity. Coaches to Pago 14. Commercial and Alarine. Taylor apartments the morning the murder was discovered and were re turned pnly after the taker had re ceived the suggestion that he might be the subject of a grand Jury investi gation. 0 - The detectives declared they never had been in possession of the letters. A complaint charging Howard F. Sands, alias Edward Fitz Strathmore, missing butler-secretary, with the murder of Taylor, his ex-employer, will be l'ssued, it was declared tonight by Detective Sergeant King of the city police department, who was de tailed to work in the district attor ney's office. The complaint will be based on "new and conclusive" evidence1 un covered today,-according to Sergeant King. i "In my mind," said Sergeant Kin.'' who is working on the case for the district attorney's office, "the case has been .solved." , "There is no doubt left, I believe, that Sands is the man. A murder complaint will be issued against him. Kevr Evidence Discovered. "We have uncovered corroborative evidence of such a nature that the ar- rest of Sands is absolutely necessary in clearing this mystery." Sands, now a fugitive from Justice. as charges or grand larceny ana burglary, preferred against him by Taylor, never have been dismissed, was frankly declared by the police also to be wanted for the murder of the director. Captain of Detectives Adams, and other officers working on the case attended the funeral of Taylor today 'n the hope that possibly a clew would be developed there. They said "tips" as to the murdei of the director in h'S bachelor apart ments at 404 B. South Alvarad street, in the fashionable West Lake district and not far from West Lake park, were arriving in unabated numbers. Handkerchief Is Found. The statement regarding the pos sible issuance of a complaint tomor row followed the revelation that a detective was said to have found a handkerchief, with the letter "S" embroidered on it, near the body of Taylor. Henry Feavey.-Taylor's negro serv ant, said his employer had no such possession, and that he was certain such a handkerchief was not on the floor of the apartment when he left it shortly before the time fixed as that of the murder last Wednesday night. Arthur Keetch, assistant state attorney-general, today turned over to the district attorney a letter in which the writer told of an incident the night Taylor was murdered. 'Writer's IVame Withheld. The writer, whose name was not given out, stated his attention had been attracted to four men in two automobiles at Second street and Bunker Hill avenue. The cars were standing at the corner. One of the men was heard to exclaim: Now that we've got him, we'll have to run like h " The police said it was possible Miss Ethel Daisy Tanner, the dead man's daughter, would arrive here tomor row. In their consideration of blackmail , as a possible element in the murder of Taylor, the police recalled that Mabel Normand was the intended vic tim of an alleged blackmailing plot several years ago. In 1916 Miss Normand caused the arrest here of Dr. Raymond A. Swett, a dentist, now said to be dead. It was charged that Swett had de- 1 manrir? Sfilfl from the actress undff .7t Paie 'M "Sthe alternative tnat he wouia circu- ment to east. Page soiling to realize profits checks wheat ad- 1 vance at Chicago. Page 21. Liberty ana otner uuuu. uier. irage 21. Japanese vessel due for lumber. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. rr. Way son blocks accusers in hearing. Page 8. Oregon farmers benefit from tractor price war. - Page 13. Eight hundred workers asked to aid in chest djfive. Page 8. coiipf in business this year forecast. 1 Page 13. . late stories to her discredit. It was understood Miss Normand dropped the matter upon receipt of a note from Swett, asking leniency because of his wife and children. Friends of Taylor told the police that the director had an intensi hatred for blackmailers. They quoted him as having sajd: "There is only one way to treat a blackmailer. Kill him!" Captain Adams said that while prar- (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2