V,mm STATE LIErUitf
MAR 2 3 1322
VOL. XL.I NO. 19,136
Entered at Portland Oreoir
-gtoffioe am Sfeond-clayg Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPRING IS HERALDED
BY VERNAL EQUINOX
PHEXOMEXON IS SCHEDULED
FOR ABOUT NOOX. : '
PROTEST ON PETTING
AROUSES STUDENTS
BANK IS HELD UP;
L TAX
ALL U. S. SOLDIERS
TO LEAVE GERMANY
CHILD ACCIDENTALLY
' KILLED BY GRANDPA
REPUBLICAN WINS
STATE" HOME TAX
REPEAL PROPOSED
3
T
i
VENGEANCE IS VOWED ON MAN
' WHO NEVER TASTES KISS.
JULY 1 IS DATE SET IX WAR
DEPARTMENT ORDERS.
PISTOL IS SEIZED TO MAKE
" GAME EXCITING.
REDUCERS
SCHDD
LAW
IN MAINE ELEGTIO
BANDITS CAUCH
' Bitter -Fight Waged All
. Day Oveplndorsemerit."
LEVY-CUjjNG IS IGNORED
No Pr :!aHFor Cower Taxes
1st
dered Even.
SESSION IS IN CONFUSION
Several Try o Speak at Once and
Parliamentary Practices Are
Thrown to the Winds. -
Indorsement of a state Income tax
was the single accomplishment of the
tax reduction league convention at Us
meeting In the central library yester
day. When the . convention resumes
at 9 o'clock this morning, however,
the legislative and reduction com
mittees, are expected to have some
thing interesting to report.
Not without opposition was the
principle of an income tax carried
and it precipitated a debate which
waged back and forth all afternoon
while parliamentary procedure, was
thrown to the winds. The final vote
stood 67 for the income tax and 20
against, but when the vote was taken!
scores of delegates had left the hall.
Effort t Sidetrack Fails.
Before even the committee on order
of business reported, C. E. Spence,
master of the state grange, intro
duced a resolution that the tax reduc
tion league approve the income tax
principle end appoint a committee of
three to co-operate with the legisla
tive committee of the grange in pre
paring such a measure to be initiated
in November. For hours the income
tax was battled over and it was
shunted around by opponents, but
each time a drive was made, to side
track the measure its friends rallied
and kept it alive.
P. H, D'Arey charged that . the
purpose" for which the convention had
been called was being subordinated
and, in fact, that no attention was
being directed to the main subject
for which t lie delegates were
assembled tax reduction. Judge
D'Arcy advised that the state grange
could go ahead and handle the In
come tax as it saw fit while the
convention should attend to its. sole
purpose, which is for reduction of
taxes. In ConclusionSie reminded the
convention that the delegates were
here to reduce taxes and not to raise
more, as would be the mission of an
income tax.
Tax Redaction Ignored.
This suggestion was unheeded.
Not a single proposal for tax reduc
tion "got to first base" at yesterday's
session. The closest approach was
when a dozen or more resolutions
were read during a ten-minute Inter
val before the noon recess and
nothing happened to these resolu
tions, for there wasn't even a reso
lution committee to which they could
bo referred. However, the sugges
tions for reductions and economies
will probably be reflected in
repofts ot the legislative and reduc -
tion committees this morning.
Injection of the income tax resolu-
tion caused a rent in the convention!
and created a feeling of dissatisftc- .
tion, breaking up the unity of purpose
with which delegates had originally
come to Portland. It was contended
by opponents of the income tax that
this plan was foreign to the conven
tion. In ,the hours which followed
about every argument for and against
an Income tax was aired, freely and
fluently, and with, on occasion, three
or four speakers on the floor simul
taneously. Order was maintained
'with difficulty and now and- then
speakers indulged in personalities.
Salem Speaker Attacks. :.
First of the onslaughts on the
resolution of Mr.' Spence came from
E. Hofer of Salem, and the measure
was next championed by L. B. Gibson,
school superintendent of Hood River.
Then George Mansfield of the farm
bureau announced he would stand
shoulder to shoulder with the i,..ster
of the state grange and said that Mr.
Hofer's interest was along the line of
the man who wants to pay no tax.
Following this a. Grant county dele
gate informed the convention that
"there is a billion dollars' worth of
property in Multnomah county which is
exempt" and that if all property were
assessed at 100 per cent, and paid
taxes, no income tax would be neces
. sary.
In mid-afternoon an opponent of
the Income tax called attention
to the fact that the convention was
not yet permanently organized. For a
while the Income tax resolution, was
sidetracked, but after permanent or
ganization was effected, with J. C.
Cooper of McMinnville, chairman, and
Thomas Hayes of Portland as secre
tary, the resolution bobbed up again
following a general mix-up on parlia
mentary practice.
Promise Declared Futile
Seymour Jones elicited from Mr.
Spence the Information that the legis
lative committee of the grange is
working , on its income tax measure
and intends specifying that every dol
lar from income shall show a dollar
reduction from other sources. W. H.
IConcluded on Face S, Column 1.)
Bend Recognizes Passing of Win
ter When Mercury Goes to
, 65, Highest of Tear. '
Spring is here.
At least it will be here, officially
and astronomically, about noon today,
when the vernal equinox will be at
hand.
The vernal equinox will not affect
Portland residents any more than a
cancelled postage stamp or an Eskimo
blubber party. So far as the effects
of the equinox are concerned, today
will be the same as yesterday and to
morrow, except to a few scientists
and astronomers. The equinox is
merely one of the phenomena in the
annual business routine of the sun. i
However, for those who demand
lams ana aeiaiis.x tne louowmg ae
scription of the vernal equinox, culled
from the works of the late Noah WtV
ster, widely-known author of one of
the six best sellers and at one time
of Hartford, Con., is presented:
"The time when the sun's center, in
crossing the equator, coincides with
either of the equinoctial points, that
Is, about March 21 and September 22.
The former is called the vernal equi
nox and the latter the autumnal equi
nox. The vernal equinox signs, in
which the sun appears between the
vernal equinox and summer solstice,
are Aries, Taurus and Gemini. At
each equinox, day and night are
everywhere of equal length."
BEND, Or., March 20. (Special.)
Bend recognized the ending of winter
today when the mercury rose to. 65
degrees, the highest of the year.
Flocks of geese, northward bound,
heralded the coming of spring.
CONTEMPT CASE HALTED
Court Says La Grande Concern Is
Summoned Too Hastily.
Somewhat too much haste, believed
Judge Bean in federal court yester
day, had been used in summonnlng
the- Pacific Co-operative League
Stores company of La Grande before
him toshow cause why that concern
should not be adjudged guilty of con
tempt of court. He directed that ten
days be granted in which the defense
might have time to make a showing
in its own behalf.
When the contempt order, was ar
gued yesterday it was alleged by
counsel for K. L. Sabin, named re
ceiver for' the La Grande store, that
the property had been withheld from
the receiver,, although there was a
court order that the store be turned
over to him. When attempt was made
to take possession, it waj said the
property had been sola to anotner.
AMMUNITION IS SEIZED
Shipment Declared Intended lor
Use in Mexican Revolution.
EL PASO, Tex., March 20. The
seizure of 5000 rounds of rifle am
munition, shipped from El Paso to
Marfa and consigned to a fictitious
name, was reported at the local de
partment of justice office today. The
ammunition was intended for use in
the revolution alleged to have been
planned to break out in the state of
Coahuila, operatives' of the depart
ment said.
Complaint was filed here today be
fore the United States commissioner
against Alberto Itojas and Evaristo
Talamantes, charging conspiracy to
start a revolution against Mexico.
These men were arrested in a truck
tnejnear here March 15. It is alleged
tney conspired with General Irenio
Villareal and Jose Riojas of Presidio
county, who are under arrest here,
. .
OlIfCCT UHKAC LI A O Cninuf
VJIRL-L.I IIWITIL. OIUH
Blanket Is One Inch Deep "Flu"
Cases Numerous.
SWEET HOME, Or.. March 20.
(Special.) One inch of snow in Sweet
Home and four Inches in he moun
tains near here fell last Thursday,
forming a thick blanket. While the
storm raged Influenza cases were are
ported In many homes here.
At Shea, where the snow was four
inches deep, traffic 'on the highway
was handicapped greatly. Hay and
feed for starving cattle were hauled
from Foster. Many horses, cattle,
sheep, lambs and hogs have died from
cold and disease during the last few
weeks. Movements of feed for the
stock are impeded by bad roads.
TEN BUILDINGS TO RISE
$10,000,000 Project on Market
Street Is Announced.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. An
nouncement that ten buildings to cost
110,800,000 ' would be erected near
'Eighth and Market streets was made
today by. Arthur F. Rousseau, real
estate operator, following the pur
chase by him of the McCreery estate
property at a cost of 11,500,000.
By this deal Mr. Rousseau became
the largest holder of' Market-street
frontage. The property he bought
has a Market-street frontage of' 275
feet.
HUNTERS AFTER MONSTER
Expedition' Organized in South to
Run Down Plesiosaur.
. BUENOS AIRES, March 20. The ex
pedition which is to search for the
plesiosaurian monster reported to
have been seen in an Andean lake is
to start for Patagonia Thursday.
A number of newspaper ' corre
spondents will accompany the party.
Limitation of 6.5 Mills
Declared Disastrous.
BOARD TO ASK MILLIONS
Buildings and Equipment Are
Needed for Education.
COURSES TO BE STRICKEN
Directors Will Submit Proposal
Embodying Vital Reforms to
Electorate for Approval.
The 6.5-mill tax limitation law
should be repealed because It "seri
ously cripples the progress and ef
ficiency of Portland schools," and the
attention of the public should be
called to this fact.
The electorate will be asked to
authorize the sale of $3,000,000 of
serial bonds of the district at the
regular school election, June 17, to
meet building and equipment needs
of the schools.
At each of the regular school elec
tions in 1922, 1923 and 1924 the elec
torate will be asked to authorize a
tax levy of $1,000,000 for the support,
operation and maintenance of schools.
Eleven school courses and activities,
which cost the district $164,000 an
nually, will be eliminated at the end
of the present school term closing in
June, subject to such modifications as
the board deems advisable, and
teachers affected by the eliminations
will be notified before April 15.
Director Adopt Programme.
This was the programme adopted
by the school board by unanimous
vote at a special meeting last night,
when the report of the committee on
education, . embodying the above
recommendations, was adopted.
The report of the committee, com
posed' of Director Shull, chairman
and Director Clark, stated that the
6,5-mill tax limitation - law handi
capped efficiency of the schools be
cause under Its provisions "a decrease
in assessed valuation means a de
crease in income in" the face of in
creasing attendance."
The report points out that assessed
valuations in 1920 for 1921 amounted
to. $317,519,055, making the possible
levy $2,063, 873.86. In 1921 valuations
were $303,623,190 and possible levy
was $1,973,550.74. The estimate for
the present year is $290,000,000, mak
ing the possible levy $1,885,000.
Levy Seriously Restricted.
"If the district could have operated
under the 6 per cent tax limitation
amendment to the constitution," states
the report, "it could have levied for
1922 $204,490 more than it did, and
for 1923 $422,874.40 more than it can,
which would have made possible a
levy for 1923 of $2,807,874.40; whereas,
under the 6.5-mill tax limitation
statute the levy is restricted by
shrinkage in assessed values to
(Concluded on Page Column 1.) .
NOT GOING
About 2000 Officers and Men Are
Affected -Announced Policy '
Is Carried Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 20.
All American troops will be out of
Germany by July 1, under orders Is
sued by Secretary Weeks today by
direction of President Harding.
About 2000 officers and men are di
rectly affected, as the remainder of
Major-General Allen's ' command in
the Coblenz bridgehead zone on the
Rhine already were -. under home
orders.
The announcement of the decision
for complete American evacuation of
occupied territory in Germany was
made by Secretary Weeks as his first
act on his return to the war depart
ment from a three weeks' vacation
in Florida. He added that the step
was ordered in compliance with the
policy previously announced of with
drawing the Rhine forces as quickly
as possible.
It had no relation, he said, to the
wrangle in congress over further re
duction of the size of the army, nor
did it result from the correspondence
between the state department and
the allied commissioners over, the
American demand for a share in Ger
man reparations payments on ac
count of the maintenance of troops
in Germany.
It was admitted at the war depart
meat that the action of the United
States in completely abandoning the
Rhineland position might have some
effect on the negotiations resulting
from Secretary Hughes' action in
submitting', a request that the United
States receive a share in German rep
arations payments already made to
cover maintenance of the armies of
the Rhine. - '
It was insisted, however, that the
step was not a direct result of those
negotiations, since complete with
drawal was forecast before the note
calling attention to the American bill
in excess of $241,000,000 on this ac
count was transmitted.
KING TO MARRY PRINCESS
Alexander of Jugo-SIavia to Wed
Roumanian Girl.
BELGRADE, March 20. (By ? the
Associated Press.) The wedding of
King Alexander of Jugo-SIavia and
Princess Marie of Roumania will take
place the middle of July,- it was
learned today. ,
The Jugo-SIavs 4ix e immensely
pleased with the match, whicrris con
sidered a step ,in the direction of
peace in the Balkans.
The royal couple will probably spend
their honeymoon on the Dalmatian
coast.
LIEUTENANT WOOD TO WED
Son of Governor-General to Marry
Delaware Girl. '
WILMINGTON, Del., March 20. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry B. Thompson today
announced the engagement of their
daughter Katherlne . to Lieutenant
Osborn Wood, son of General and Mrs.
Leonard Wood. Miss Thompson is at
Manila, Philippine Islands, on a visit
to Miss Louise Wood, sister of Lieu
tenant 'Wood.
Miss Thompson is a granddaughter
of Brigadier-General James Harrison
Wilson, United States army, retired,
of this city.
TO LET HIM CARRY IT ANY
X(Efrl-Ic YOUR
oNG TO KEEP tICYtti
1 "BEvVTElW TW W
Little Girl, Dressed Like Gypsy, Is
Found Dead in Arms of
Dazed Old Man.
NEW YORK, March 20. Six-year-old
Emma Bauer was all' dressed up
as a gypsy to "s'prise Grandpa," when
he came home from work tonight.
As she heard his ' footsteps in the
hall she scrambled under the dining
room table while daddy, grandma and
Uncle Richard sat watching for the
nightly game to be enacted.
"Where's my little sweetheart?" in
quired Grandpa Ernest Fuchs as he
entered the dining room,
"You'll have to find her," smiled
Grandma Fuchs.
A giggle gave grandpa the clew
and he started toward the table, but
drew- back in mock alarm as the
"gypsy" emerged.
To make the play more exciting he
seized a pistol from the sideboard
drawer and pointed It at , Emma.
There was an explosion and she fell
with a bullet through her heart.
Ambulance surgeons found the old
man sitting in a daze with the limp
form of the little "gypsy" in his arms.
She had died instantly, they said
SHIPS DRUG ON MARKET
All Bids Received by Shipping
.Board Rejected.
WASHINGTON, D. C. .March 20.
The shipping board today rejected all
bids received for the v 1490 shipping
board vessels recently announced for
sale.
In making this announcement,
Chairman Lasker said that bids were
received for about 100 ships- and
"there was not a serious bid in the
whol'elot." They were what might
be termed "fictitious bids."
Chairman Lasker said he was con
vinced there was no market for ships
at this time in the United States and
that there probably would not be a
market itmtil congress decided one
way or another on the subsidy ques
tion before it in the form of a bill.
TRIP TO HOSPITAL HARD
25 Men Required to Bring Patient
to Grants Pass.
, GRANTS PASS. Or.. March 20.
(Special.) In order to bring a patient
to the city for treatment, Dr. E. J.
Billick, local physician, was forced
to obtain 25 men to assist him. The
patient was a miner, John Apple, who
was injured while blasting with, six-
inch fuses on Althouse creek, one of
which exploded prematurely.
The men carried the injured man 'on
combination sled and stretcher
more than 12 miles, the greater por
tion of the way being impassable for
horse and covered with eight feet
of snow- Amputation' of Apple's left
leg above the knee was found nec
essary. MISSING CO-ED IS FOUND
Miss Edna Taylor Is Questioned by
Chicago Police.
CHICAGO, March 20. Miss Edna
Taylor, University of Chicago stu
dent, who has been mysteriously
missing since last Thursday, was
found by the police late today, it was
reported.
She was taken to the Hyde Park
police station to be questioned.
LONGER.
Congressional Contest Is
First Test of Strength:
MAJORITY OF 6000 IS HELD
'Harding's Splendid Work"
Is Held Indorsed.
1920 MARGIN REDUCED
5 6 Small Towns and Plantations
Still to Be Tabulated Vote
Half That Cast in 1020.
AUGUSTA, Me., March 20. The re
publicans retained control of the 3d
Maine congressional district in a spe
cial election today to fill the unex
pired term of John A. Peters, but by a
margin greatly reduced from that re
ceived by Mr. Peters in 1920. John
E. Nelson, republican, was elected
over, Ernest L. McLean, democrat, by
a majority,' with 66 small towns and
plantations missing, of 6294.
Tho total vote, today was slightly
more than half of that cast in 1920
when women voted for the first time
in Maine.
' Mr. Peters Becomes Judge.
Mr. Peters, who resigned early this
year to become federal district judge
for Maine, was elected in 1920 by
majority of -19,257. The missing towns
cast 3300 votes in 1920, of which more
than two-thirds went to the repub
lican nominee. . -
Both Mr. Nelson and Mr. McLean
are attorneys. '
Today's election was the first test
of strength between republicans and
democrats in the congressional con
tests ol this year. This district was
once the stronghold of James G.
Blaine. '
The district comprises five counties,
and always has been strongly repub
lican, but this year the democrats
waged a strong campaign in an effort
to swing the district for Mr. McLean.
Election Held Important.
In a pre-election statement issued
yesterday, Mr. Nelson declared that
the election was one of the most im
portant in the history of the state,
and said that if he should be elected
it would be construed throughout the
nation as an "indorsement of the
splendid work of President Harding
and his co-workers."
Success of the democrats in cutting
down the usual republican majority,
ne added, would give great encour.
agement to the democratic compaign-
ers for the fall election."
In his" pre-election .statements Mr.
McLean asserted that there was
general feeling of dissatisfaction
with congress, which, he declared,
had "done nothing to relieve the
farmer, the laboring man or the mer
chant."
SUGAR DECLINE FORECAST
Recent Advances Mere Flash
in
Pan, Says Mr. Sprecklcs.
NEW YORK, March 20. Claus A.
Spreckles, president of the Federal
Sugar Refining company, who has
just returned from Europe, tonight
predicted an early drop In sugar
prices.
The recent price advance in raw
sugar, he said, stimulated further
sugar production In Europe, with the
result that prices in America will
decrease with falling off of the
European demand. ,
"I look at the recent advance as a
flash in the pan," Mr. Spreckles 'said.
"A reaction is inevitable. All the
'European countries will be self
supporting as regards sugar within
a few months and the demand for
export sugar from the western hemi
sphere will decrease."
STOLEN BONDS RETURNED
$175,000 in Liberty issue's Re
covered and Another Arrested. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C, March -20.
Recovery of all the Liberty bonds,
amounting to $175,000, stolen from
the branch office of the treasury de
partment Saturday night was an
nounced today by the secret service.
U. O. Wamsley, formerly of Wash
ington, was arrested by secret serv
ice operatives in Charlottesville, Va.,
and charged with complicity with
Charles A. Clevenger, an employe of
the bond department of the treasury,
already in custody in connection with
the robbery, secret service officials
said.
GIRL KIDNAPED, WHIPPED
Women Who Inflicted Punishment
Not to Be Prosecuted.
ARDMORE, Okla.i March 20. Two
women ook Miss Brocksie Griffin,
waitress, to a lonely spot several miles
from here several nights ago and
there whipped her with switches.
This became known today with the
announcement by James H. Mathers,
county attorney, that there would be
no prosecution.
Co-ed Houses Declared to Be Re
treats for Snuggle Parties,
. ) Which Are Condemned.
.'ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 20.
Students at the University of Michi
gan are waging an Intensive "gum
shoe" campaign- in an effort to locate
one of their number who, In a letter
in the I ; Michigan Daily, the student
publication, over the signature "The
Man Who Has Never Been Kissed,"
severely criticises the "promiscuous
loving" in which he declares the male
students and co-eds indulge.
The students are vowing vengeance
on the writer. -
Some of the co-eds indicate their
belief the missive was prompted by
a case of "sour grapes." but assert
any "pettihg" is the exception rather
than the rule. The Michigan Dally
is withholding the Identity of the
writer. r . .
The writer says the protest is the
result of an editorial appearing in the
Daily, which he construes as condon
ing "so-called 'snuggfc pupping." "
Taking the publication to task for
not "striking a well-needed blow at
an immoral practice that is disgust
ingly and shamelessly evident on our
campus," the "man who has never
been kissed" asserts also that "al
most every place where co-eds are
housed on the campus has become an
established retreat for 'petting.' '
Joseph A. Bursley, dean, doubts the
widespread existence of such prac
tices as those of which the writer
complains, explaining while there
might be some instances in such a
large student body, "the hope of this
university lies in the large number
of right-minded men and women who
are disgusted with such vulgar prac
tices and heartily and actively dis
approve of them."
LUCILE HELD BANKRUPT
-
Involuntary Petition Filed Against
Prominent Dressmakers.
NEW YORK, March 20. An Invol
untary bankruptcy petition against
Lucile, Limited, dressmakers of. New
York and Parrs, was filed here today,
listing liabilities at $175,000 and as
sets at 175,000. '
Federal Judge Knox : appointed
James K. Cuddy and G. H. Tolman
joint receivers under $20,000 bond.
The house for years has been one
of the most prominent in the creation
of fashionable gowns and other wear
ing apparel for women.
Lady Duff Gordon of Paris is both
the financial and creative head of the
business. Lucile, Limited, Is still doing
business, the firm said in a statement.
INCOME TAXES DEPOSITED
March J 5 Payments in Federal Re
serve Banks $310,000,000
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 20.
Further reports of payments of the
March 15 installment of income and
profits taxes received today by
the
treasury showed i310.ouo.umu on
de
posit so far with federal
banks.
reserve
Collections during March of last
year aggregated $727,000,000.
INDEX OF TODAY'S. NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, fit
degrees; minimum, ov orgiee
TODAY'S Rain; southeast winds.
Foreign. .
vrim-e'i Intention to pay la avowed
Page 13.
Battle impends on Ulster border. Page 7.
Near east conference at Paris doubtful of
success. Fage 4. (
National.
Bonus supporters continue fight In house.
Faaa A.
Senate's bitterness increases In treaty ae-
batc. Fage 2.
All V. S. soldiers ordered out or Germany
Page 1.
President firm for sales tax lor soiuiers
bonus. Fage .
domestic.
Hollywood declared only pretty, alald aub-
nri instead of city sacrea to rues or
sin. Fage 3.
Prejudice charged to Aroucm juror.
Pari S.
Grain men to open big convention. Pago 2.
Kidnaping -charge being Investigated.
Page 5.
Rlckard I" ordered locked up in loraos.
Pare 15.
Republican wins in Maine election. Page 1.
Michigan stnilenta aroused over protest
against petting. r x.
Dodge, out or Ja". goes 10 ivaiamaaoo o
rare another trial, Page 4.
Child accidentally killed by grandpa. Page 1.
Psciiie Northwest.
HstonvUle bank held up. but bandits arc
caugh?. Pase 1. '
Moratore ' declares voice Is Improved.
Page 4.
Three iustlces to seek re-election. 1'age .
K torts.
Frank Troeh, world s champion trapshoot-
er. gives exhibition snoot, fage n.
Bruggy Is sure erfough holdout. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
-Wheat In northwerr in atrong nanas.
Page 22.
Buying by Germany rallies Chicago wheat
market. Page 23.
Bonds average higher In New York mar
ket. Page 23.
Oregon bank resources drop $64,532,964.
Fage 23.
Business recovery slow in Oklahoma
Fags 22. ,
Stock market surprises friends by manner
in which it, resists pressure. Page 22.
Representative of Long-Bell Lumber com
pany inspects St. Johns terminal.
- Page 16. -Portland
and Viclnitjv
txtensive-repairs to street car tracks will
be made this summer. Page 8.
Tax reducers indorse state income tax.
Page 1.
Commissioners told to repair hospital or
go to Jail. "Page 13.
Spring Is heralded by vernal equinox.
Page . 1.
School board approves Issues to be sub
mitted to electorate. Page 1.
Approval ot Insurance report held up.
rage 6. - ,
Trio Overhauled by Posse
When Car Breaks Down.
ROBBERY IS AT EATONVILLE
Cashier, Assistant and Cus
tomer Ordered Into Vault.
ALARM SOUNDED QUICKLY
AVithin Minute After Holdup Leave
Citizens Are In Pursuit.
$3136.50 Recovered.
EATONVILLE, Wash., March 20.
(Special.) Le,ss than an hour after
bandits had robbed the Katonvilla
State bank this afternoon of $1400
three were caught by a posse and
brought back to Zatonvllle.
A fourth member of the gang, said
to be the ringleader, who was driving
the car in which the men made their
getaway, was still at large tonight.
All but $103.54 of the money stolen
was found on the bandit at the time
of their capture. The"1 remainder is
believed to have been lost in the chase
or to be on the fourth member of
the quartet.
Two Believed to Be ri-Oosvlela.
The three prisoners are said to
have confessed and given their names
as Michael Kelly, 28, clerk: J. H.
Scott, 30, laborer, and John O'Kecfe.
21. laborer, all of Seattle.
None of tho trio would divulge the
name of the fourth man or comment
on their previous history. Two of
them are believed to be ex-convicts.
The men were headed for Tacoma
when their car broke down about
three miles from Katonvllle. They
then stole Krnest Jacobsen's ear, but
had proceeded only a short distance
when they were overhauled by Fred
Johnson and K, H. Jackson, who were
scouting ahead of the main pots.
The bank was held up by the tr'o
five minutes before closing time. Ail
three men are known here, havln
been engaged in state highway con
struction near here.
Three Pat In Vault.
Two of the men entered the bank
at first while the third remained out
side a minute or two and then fol
lowed the others. They covered the
cashier, J. G. Raley, and the book
keeper, Mrs. Roseburg. A customer
entered the bank about that time and
all three were ordered into the vault.
The robbers gathered up the money,
walked out jo their car and drove
away. They did not lock tho vault
door and within a minute Mr. Raley
had sounded the alarm. A poxso,
heavily armed, at once took up the
chase.
When Jackson and Johnson came
upon the trio Johnson asked them
who they were and where they were
going. They said they had been work
ing on the road and were en route to
facoma and that their car had broken'
down. When Johnson, who
Katonvllle blacksmith, spoke ot the
bank robbery the trio wanted to Join
tho man hunt, but Johnson said they
did not look good to him and that he
ordered them to stay -where they
were. All this time Jackson had them
covered with a rifle.
When the full posse arrived the
trio offered no resistance. After their
first car had broken down the rob
bers held up Frank Krones, a farmer
living west of liatonville, who was
en route to Katonvjl!, One stuck a
gun
In Krones stomach and ordered
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CIRCULATION FIGURES.
A Seattle newspaper, the
Post-Intelligencer, owned by $
William Randolp'i Hearst, an-
nounces in alargbanner line
across thfAfront page of its
Sundaytfue,, thatit has the
"Largest'' circulation west of
'Xlin'hesota and nprth of Cali- ,
tHornia." This statement takes J
in.a wine rriLorv. unu nctes .
: sarily includes Portland and
"Oregon. For the benefit of
the Post-Intelligencer, and for
Whatever other benefit itmay
,ve' to the public, The Ore
glAjan will say that the claim
ol Post-Intelligencer is not
correct. The. circulation of The
Oregonian for the past three
publication dates of the Sun
day issue ris been as follows:
Circulation;.
Sunday, March 19, 12S. . 1 IS.42I
Sunday. Mrflreh IS, Wt. .1 ytH
Sunday. March S, 1I1'3. :tl4,eiT
These figures exceed the
largest claim so far made by
the Post-Intelligencer or any
j other paper published "west of
Minnesota ana nortn ol Cali
fornia." The Posl-Intelligencer
for Sunday March 12, 1922,
claimed 107,522.