THE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, MARCII 10, 19J
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PROPAGANDA CLASH
BEFORE BOARD HOT
Railroads and Labor Ex
-' change Broadsides.
DATA MASS OFFERED
Eastern Lines Ask Lower Wages
lor Crafts Employes Hidden
Power . Is Alleged.
CHICAGO, March 9. Charges of
hidden power in railroad labor or
ganizations and counter charges of
influencing public opinion by propa
ganda enlivened today's presentation
of statistics by eastern railroads in
the wage hearings before the federal
railroad labor board.
John G. Walber. appearing for the
eastern roads, offered a mass -f data
In support of the roads' requests ior
lower wages for shop crafts employes,
asking a graduated scale within
limita tn ho. fixed bv the board, the
carriers to pay wages prevailing in
each locality for shop labor. Men
tioning the standard country scale
acked by B. M. Jewell, head of the
shoo unions. Mr. Walber remarked
that agreements could have been
reached on several roads "if the men
fead been free to express their
Wishes."
Challenge Is Taken l"p.
Mr. Jewell immediately took up the
challenge, asking Mr. Walber to
came any instance in local negotia
tions where the men were not free
to act.
To do so would endanger the union
representative, Mr. Walber replied,
but declared he would name an in
stance where "only his size saved
a union negotiator from trouble be
cause he desired to come to an agree
ment with the carrier.
"There was the Elk"hart dispute,'
Mr. Walber added, "where they not
only threatened to throw him out, but
to have a lynching bee.
Further attempts by Mr. Jewell to
draw specific instances out of inabil
ity to come to a local agreement only
bi ought heated assertions by the
railroad representative that union
leaders could "camouflage their power
any way they wanted to," but it was
felt in union locals just the same.
Charge Is Thrown Back.
President Jewell threw back the
Charge that the association of rail
ways also wielded a power to lower
wages simultaneously and to in
fluence the public with appeals for
lower wages, giving' savings which
the roads promised should be trans
lated into lower freight and passen
ger rates. Mr. Walber then spent 15
minutes carefully explaining that the
railroads' association did not act
ccncertedly.
J, A. Franklin, president of the
boilermakers, then jumped into the
fray.
"But you create public sentiment
by your propaganda from the railway
association," he declared.
"I wouldn't insult the public by ad
mitting that it was necessary to put
the thoughts into thei.- heads," an
swered Mr. Walber. "As for propa
ganda, you can beat the railways
seven ways from Sunday on spreading
propaganda."
Both Mr. Walber and J. W. Hig
gins, representing the western roads,
denied there was any collusion in
presenting the requests for lower
wages by the eastern and western
roads, the argument continuing until
Vice-Chairman Hooper stopped the
dispute by adjourning the session.
The southeastern roads will put
representatives on the stand tomor
row to present their pleas for wage
reductions.
STORY OF MURDER TOLD
(Continued From First Page.)
when I knew it was Belton 1 hung up
the phone. If I could die tonight.
B. is false," was the entry in her diary
as a result of this occasion, she said.
While, in Los Angeles at this time,
the witness said, she corresponded
with Burch and received two letters
from him. The witness said that
Burch wrote her he intended coming
to California for two weeks in the
summer of 1921.
Mrs. Obenchain testified that Burch
arrived in Los Angeles July 24 and.
having received a telegram from him
telling her he was coming, she met
him at the depot.
"As he got off the train I noticed
the only baggage he carried was a
large suitcase and a book."
Hotel Suggested by Woman.
Tt was Mrs. Obenchain who sug
gested the hotel across from Ken
nedy's office to Burch, according to
her testimony. It is the prosecu
tion's theory that Burch deliberately
went to this hotel to keep a death
watch" on Kennedy.
"I told Mr. Burch of my love for
Belton and that there was no chance
of my marrying him because of the
objections of his people," she said.
"I told him that Belton was very in
sistent on the marriage. I told Mr.
Burch that I wanted him here to see
if he couldn't reason with Belton. It
was something I could not handle.
Mr. Burch said, 'I would be very glad
to.' "
During the latter part of July, Mrs.
Obenchain testified, she went riding
on several occasions with Burch.
Questioned whether she had ever
taken him to Beverly Glen, where
Kennedy was later slain, or had ever
suggested the glen . to him, she
answered, "No."
Kennedy Irjjedvto Meet Bureli.
When shettalked to Kennedy about
Burch, she testified that he refused
to believe there was anyone by the
name of Burch, being under the im
pression that she was trying to hide
the fact from him that her ex-husband,
Ralph It. Obenchain, was in
Los Angeles. She testified she told
Kennedy such was not the case, but
that Burch really was here and stop
ping in the hotel across the street
from Kennedy's office.
When she urged Kennedy to meet
Burch at her hotel, she testified, he
suggested that she first go across
the street to Burch's room in the
hotel and wave her handkerchief
from his window and he would then
meet her at the hotel entrance and
go with her to meet Burch. She
Testified that she went across to
the hotel, obtained the key to Burch's
room, went upstairs and waived her
handkerchief to Kennedy, who was in
his office across the street. She then
went downstairs, she said, and met
Kennedy cn the street. Kennedy
refused, however, to go with her to
her hotel and meet Burch, who was
waiting for tiera.
Meeting in Hotel Related.
Mrs. Obenchain related her meeting
. with Kennedy at her hotel the night
of July 31. Kennedy called her and
asked if he might come up.
"He came to my room and we talked
for some time," she testified. "He
finally said: 'I don't believe you want
'mind that if you won't marry me
neither you nor 1 will leave this room
alive.' He had a gun in his hand and
was very much excited and angry. I
grabbed his wrist and threatened to
call the house detective."
She testified that Kennedy tele
phoned her frequently during the
next few days.
On August E, the day on which
Kennedy was killed, she testified
that he called her early in the morn
ing and asked her to drive to the
beach with him.
Afternoon Call Related.
As her counsel's questions led her
over every event of that day. she
told of Burch calling on her in the
afternoon. During their conserva
tion, she testified that Burch told
her he was planning to go east th
next morning and as he would be
leaving early he would say goodbye
then. That was the last time she
saw .Burch, she said.
Kennedy called for her about 4
o'clock that afternoon, Mrs. Oben-
cnain said, and at his suggestion
they drove to the beach.
"I tried to keep the conversation
away from personal affairs," she
said, "but he was continually refer
ring to them. He kept asking me if
I loved him and once when I answered
by changing the subject he said: 'Jf
your lips won't tell that you love
me, your eyes do.' "
She testified that on their way to
town tor dinner they came to a road
that led to Beverly Glen, where
Kennedy's cottage was located.
Luck Penny Is Hunted.
He asked me if I would like to
run up the glen a little way. As we
came to his cottage, he recalled the
fact that I had hidden a lucky penny
under a rock near the house, and
said:. "Let's look for it.' I assented,
but it was then quite dark. When
we got up the stairs leading to the
cottage I was unable to locate the
exact rock. Belton said he would
return to the car for matches, but
I told him no, I was afraid to be left
alone. 'Oh, I'll talk to you all the
way going down,' he said."
Mrs. Obenchain's voice broke here
and tears came to her eyes, but she
continued.
"Belton started down the steps,
talking to me as he went. It was
very dark. I then heard a voice not
Belton's. Then a shot. I tried to
scream. Belton,. what are you doing?
Belton, please speak to me," I called.
I tried to move, but was shaking so I
couldn't. Then I heard him cry.
Goodnight, Mazzlyn, " He had no
more than said the last word when
another shot was fired. Then I heard
something move beside me where
stood at the top of the steps.
turned and saw two men runnin
through the brush."
Approaching Auto Stopped.
She then started down the steps
she said, and when she came to Ken
nedy's body, she called: "Belton, dar
ling, please speak to me!'
I touched Belton's hand and It was
so limp I knew he was seriously hurt,
she said.
She then testified that she ran out
to. the roadway and stopped an ap
proaching automobile, later learning
that the driver was George Deering,
who had been called as a witness by
the prosecution. She told of re
turning to Kenedy's body with Mr.
Deering and of Deering's telling her
that Kennedy was dead.
Her counsel then asked her if sh
loved Kennedy and whether he loved
her. She replied: "I did love Belton
and I believe he loved me."
"Did you have any agreement with
Burch by which you were to bring
about Kennedy's death?
"Certainly not," was her answer.
Court adjourned after Mrs. Oben
chain's direct examination. The
prosecution will cross-examine to
morrow.
The letter which brought tears to
Mrs. Obenchain when it was read by
her attorney, follows:
Dear Talapsha How beautifully
you have remembered me, dear Mada
lynne. Everything you have ever
done for me will always be cherished.
Do not think me cold, ungrateful.
Ah,. no, 'tis only that I wander in the
dark and oh, Madalynne. I cannot
see the light. I know it lives, but
the darkness is smothering, smother
ing me. If only I can lift the black
mantle away and up from my
shoulders and step out Into the
glorious days.
"Oh, my Madalynne! Do not jud
harshly. Can you not hear the wild
cries far, far out on the desert's
yellow sands where the blood-red
sun is dipping now to sleep?
"God bless you, Talapsha.
"Talapshone."
BONUS CERTIFICATE
LOAN IS OPPOSED
Controller Says He Will Ad
vise Banks Against Plan.
SECURITY HELD POOR
Paper Would Be Non-Negotiable,
Mr. Crissinger Explains in
Outlining Attitude.
SHIP SALE INQUIRY BEGUN
Denby Asked to Tell Tacts Kegard
ing Disposition of Great Northern.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9.
Secretary Denby was asked today by
the house naval committee to appear
before it next Tuesday tx give any
information he might have regard
ing the recent sale by the shipping
board of the steamship Great North
ern, until several weeks ago the
flagship Columbia of the Atlantic
fleet, to the Pacific Steamship com
pany.
The request was made after Rep
resentative McClintic, democrat. Ok
lahoma, who yesterday raised the
question of possible irregularity
the sale, presented a letter from an
unnamed naval officer aboard ship
when she was in the naval service,
which quoted F. A. Alexander, presi
dent of the Pacific Steamship com
pany, as saying that he had forced
the sale of the vessel and that he
was a bigger man than Denby.
"Inasmuch as the sale is reported
to have been made five days before
the date set for opening bids, it is
calculated to arouse suspicion and
this committee ought to have the
factSr" Mr. McClintic declared, add-
ng that it cost the navy 1538.000 to
refit the ship which was sold for
11,250,000.
EX-BANKER IS IN MEXICO
(Continued From First Pajse.)
band's insurance," she continued.
'The deposition of one man told of
Seeing me in California with my hus
band, following his disappearance on
the Goble-Kalama ferry on the night
of March 17 last year. This was un
true, because on the date specified
was in Portland."
Mrs. Stewart declared that her
husband carried insurance to the ex
tent of $86,000. Of this sum $50,000
was made payable to her, $25,000 was
less than a year old and not payable.
and the remaining $11,000 was made
payable to Mr. Stewart's estate.
Never from the time of Mr. Stew
art's disappearance have I expected
to see him again. No man could have
lived in the Columbia river the night
he disappeared from the ferry. He
was dressed in heavy clothing, heavy
shoes and besides the river was
swift. He most assuredly was
drowned and the insurance companies
surely must realize it."
Mrs. Stewart has been in Idaho for
some time and arrived in Portland
last night. She declares that wher
ever she has been since her husband's
disappearance she has been watched
constantly. She declares that the
statement that Mr. Stewart's hat and
coat were found is untrue.
She said she would continue her
suits against the three insurance
companies involved in the federal
court at Tacoma.
You Need Not Have a Cold
I It you will take Laxative BROMO Orrt-
to mafry me. But I have made up my symptom of a Cold coming on. Adv.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 9.
Controller of the Currency Crissinger
announced today that in the event of
the enactment of soldiers bonus
legislation providing for payment by
adjusted service certificates, he would
advise national banks to decline to
accept the certificates as security foi
loans.
Mr. Crissinger described the pro
posed plan of issuing adjusted serv
ice certif-icates for use by the soldiers,
if desired, as collateral for loans to
80 Der cent of their face value as
"the worst kind of frozen credit,1
and declared while he would be with
out authority to order national banks
to refuse to accept them as security,
ho would strongly advise against
their acceptance.
Paper 3Von-3fegrolable.
"The certificates would be non
negotiable paper," Mr. Crissinger ex
plained, "and loai.s upon them woiild
load the banks up for the three-year
term which they cover, with an un
movable mass of security. '
The certificates would be similar
to real estate loans, which are not
rediscountable at federal reserve
banks," he said, "and far from the
liquid security best for the banks."
While the announcement by tne
controller created a stir among mem
bers of congress, leaders regarded it
as unlikely that his stand wouia
swerve a majority of the4 ways and
means committee members from their
determination to report the measure
to the house.
Much Talk: In Lobbies.
With opponents of the legislation
conceding that the bill would have
enough friends in the committee to
reach the house with a recommenda
tion that it be passed, speculation
centered on the attitude of the cur
rency controller, and its probable
effect.
There was considerable talk among
members in the lobbies, most of the
representatives taking the position
that it would be best to proceed with
the bill as drafted by republicans on
the ways and means committee, but
members of the committee were re
luctant to express their views.
Republican leaders, however, in
dicated there v. ould be no change in
.he plans for consideration of the
bill by the ways and means com
mittee Saturday with the expectation
that it will be reported at that time,
and for a vote on the meabure under
suspension of rules a week from
Monday.
Bonus Twice In Debate.
Twice during the day the bonus
question broke into the debate on
the floor of the house once when
Representative Knight, republican.
Ohio, denounced the bill as "inde
fensible from either the economic or
patriotic standpoint," and again when
-.epresentativ Luce, republican,
Massachusetts, protested against the
plan to take the measure up under
suspension of rules which would
limit debate to 40 minutes under
ordinary procedure and would shut
off amendments f om the floor.
Mr. Luce declared it was proposed
that the house, after spending hours
in desultory Jsbr.te on questions of
little importance, devote only 40 min
utes to discussion of "one of the
greatest questions this congress has
had to deal with. He contended it
would be not only to the best inter
est.; of the republican party, but of
the house if tin were afforded for
members to discuss the bonus ques
tion freely and fully."
Another development in the situa
tion was the announcement by Repre
sentative Mills, republican. New
York, selected as a member of the
ways and means committee to suc
ceed former Representative Hough
ton, resigned, that he was opposed
to the bonus bill. He indicated that
he would vote against a favorable re
port of the measure.
cial.) At its annual meeting held! OH
Tuesday night, the Enterprise cnam- i
ber of commerce elected the following j
vice-presidents, J. F.' Farrell and
M. Pace; treasurer, A. K. Parker; sec
retary, C. M. Lockwood, and gover
nors, W. E". Savage and C. C. Gold
berry. The chamber has entered it
third year with about 150 active mem.
bers, all of whom are enthusiastical
ly supporting the main project of the
year, the building of the Grand
river gap in the Enterprise-Clark
ston-Lewiston interstate highway.
This gap of about 25 miles betwee
Paradise, Or., and Anatone, Wash.
when completed, will connect, at their
eastern borders, the highway system
of the two states.
SELF-DEFENSE IS CUM
LESTER HIXON DESCRIBES
HOW SHOOTING OCCURRED,
Arthur Haniaker, Rancher of Ely,
Is Said to Have Grabbed Pitch
fork and Struck at Man.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or March 9.
(Special.) Self-defense has been
claimed by Lester Hixon, 28, who shot
and seriously wounded Arthur Ha
maker, rancher, at Bly yeBterday.
Hixon was lodged in jail here today.
He said a number of Bly residents
threatened to lynch him because of
alleged horse rustling and had offered
$1000 reward to any one who "would
leave him out oir the range." He came
to Bly yesterday, he said, and wen
to see Hamaker, supposing him to be
a friend. "Who are these fellows
who want to lynch me?" he asked.
He said Hamaker retorted I am one
of them," and struck at him with
pitchfork, whereupon Hixon drew an
automatic pistol and fired. The bullet
struck below Hamaker's left shoul
der, penetrating the lung.
Hixon declared Bly ranchers two
weeks ago strung up Anderson Allen,
his pal, to a barn rafter. Allen was
hoisted from the ground three times,
he said, but released when he prom
ised to leave the country.
FREE SEEDS WIN AGAIN
House Puts Back $3 60,000 Item
in Agricultural Appropriation.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 9.
The house today put back in the agri
culture appropriation bill the $360,000
item for free seed, which was cut
out by the committee in framing the
measure.
Friends of free seed, satisfied they
could win again, as they had for 20
years, carried on like a crowd at a
carnival during the brief contest,
which they won by a vote of 145 to 65.
When the amendment was offered
by Representative Langley, repub
lican, Kentucky, Chairman Anderson,
in charge of the bill, promptly made
a point to order against it. I
Representative Hicks, republican.
New York, who' was presiding, held
the amendment in order, while a
great shout went up from both sides
of the chamber.
Declaring that seed prices had
dropped from the old high mark, Mr.
Anderson sought to reduce the
amount to $240,000, but his proposal
was howled down.
The 66 members voting against the
gift let loose such a bellow that the
chair was in doubt. Representatives
Mondell and Garrett, the party lead
ers, stood up to be counted with the
winners.
HOMEOPATHIC GIFT VOID
Court, in Ruling, Holds Teachings
Contrary to Scientific Facts.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 9. The
state supreme court in a decision
declaring void a beque.si. by Dr. S. G.
Hill, a Seattle dentist, of the residue
of his $112,994 estate, for the found-
ng of a school of homeopathic medi
cine. In his will Dr. Hill bequeathed
the residue of his estate to pay for
the service of competent homeopathic
physicians to instruct medical stu
dents in the use of homeopathic
remedies for the treatment of chronio
diseases. The textbooks to be used
were specified in the bequest.
The King county court held that the
theory and nature of the science to
be taught was contrary to estab
lished scientific facts, and if followed
would lead to sickness and possible
death of those undergoing treatment.
MEXICANS HELP RUSSIANS
Five Shiploads of Grain on Way to
Famine Districts.
NEW YORK. March 9. The first of
five shiploads of grain given by the
people of Mexico is on its way to the
famine areas of Russia, the Russian
Red Cross announced today it had
een informed in a telegram from
President Obregon. . The grain was
hipped from Ensenada, Lower Cali
fornia, March 2, the announcement
said.
The grain in the first ship was the
gift of Russian Molokons, a religious
sect living in Lower California.
DANTE IS UNWED FATHER
Archives Yield Document Telling
of Illegitimate Son.
ROME, March 9. That DafJte had
an illegitimate son is the announce
ment made public by Professor Cor
rado Ricci, a noted Dante scholar, in
publishing a document discovered by
Professor Francesco Luiso In the state
archives at Lucca and dated October
21, 1308.
The document is witnessed by "Gio
vanni, eon of Dante Alighieri of Flor
ence." Inasmuch as no other Dante
Alighieri was known to exist then
and as the poet's children were called
Pietro, Jacopo, Antonia and Beatrice,
Ricci concludes that Giovanni must
have been the illegitimate son of
Dante. This was not an unusual cir
cumstance in Dante's day.
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would be in Nome.
What with the elegance their fabrics possess, the beauty their colors
show, and the superb character that is in their every fold and line, the
new "Pellard" wraps charm with a splendor illustrating the thorough
reasonableness of that profound feminine love for the luxurious.
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Commerce Body Elects Officers.
ENTERPRTSE. Or.. March 9. (Spe-
Spring IY.edic.ne
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Indicted Offenders Plead Guilty.
TILLAMOOK, Or., March 9. (Spe
cial.) The grand jury returned- in
dictments against George Childers
statutory offense; Robert H. Getchell,
failure to support child; Grace Chil
ders, contributing to the delinquency
of a minor; William B. Johnson, for
gery, on three indictment; Lauren
Whitney, statutory offense; Wesley
Raney and Grace Childers, statutory
offense. When arraigned, all pleaded
guilty. Judge Bagley passing sen
tences and inflicting fines and then
paroling the prisoners on payment
of smaller fines. There was another
indictment charging William Seder
berg with second-degree murder, and
the case will be tried next week,
Sederberg shot his father-in-law at
Rockaway, who later died from the
effects of his arm being amputated.
Payment to Cliinese Asked.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9.
President Harding today gent a mes
sage to congress recommending pay
ments of about $6000 in claims "as
an act of grace and without regard to
legal liabilities" to families of three
Chinese killed in China by members
of the American naval forces.
Ecuador Minister Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 9.
The nomination of Gerhard A. Badin
of Wisconsin to be minister to Ecua-
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Mr. Lee Speaks at Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK, Or., March 8. (Spe
cial.) J. D. Lee of Portland ad
dressed a public meeting at the city
hall last evening, arranged by the
Boy Scouts, who contemplate erect
ing a monument to Chief Kelchls, an
Indian chief friendly to the first
white settlers in this county.
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