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THE MORNING OltEGONIAX, SATURDAY, 3IARCII 25, 1922' ROOMS OF RICHARD LIQUOR STOREHOU SE Explanation Made by Counsel in Promoter's Defense. PERFECT ALIBI OUTLINED Attorney Makes Opening Statement In Alleged Assault Case of 15-Year-Old Girl. NEW YORK, March 24. In opening the defense of Tex Rickaxd, charged with criminally attacking 15-year-old Sara Schoenfeld, counsel for the sport prompter today told the jury that a perfect alibi would be proved for November 12. 1921. the day of the alleged offense. Max Steuer, chief defense counsel, . also set forth that the two apartments on West Forty-seventh street, men tioned in connection with the case, had been rented by Rickard while he was arranging the Dempsey-Willard fight in Toledo to store his liquor, because he saw prohibition coming. Rickard, Steuer said, never had been in the suites in his life, and had gone to the apartment houses themselves only twice to ascertain from the jani tor that hi3 cellars were O. K. Day No Ordinary One. Steuer said his client knew nothing cf the two girls except that fearan Ibad once come to Madison Square Garden with her mother to enlist his aid in obtaining the release of her brother, imprisoned in Milwaukee. Outlining the defense, Steuer said that the prosecution would have to prove the offense took place on the night of November 12, iszi. Detween 7:30 and 10 o'clock, according to the Btory told by the girls. Althpugh Rickard never kept a diary, Steuer said, he could always recall the past by looking at the record of events that had taken place at the Garden and with a glance at these records to refresh his memory, the promoter recalled that November J2 was ordinary day in his life. Steuer said he would show that in the morning Rickard went to the Garden: that at 1:30 o'clock he went to the Polo grounds to watch the Dartmouth - Pennsylvania football game, accompanied by his secretary and publicity manager, and that there Be had exchanged comments with a newspaper sporting writer and "Big Bill" Edwarda, ex-Princeton gridiron star, and that he had returned to the Garden to prepare for a dance to take place there that night. That he had returned home for dinner with Mrs. Rickard, as would be proved by the testimony of a young woman who had been the llickarda' week-end guest. Mrs. Rickard III. That Mrs. Rickard had been taken 111 and a physician summoned. That later he had taken his. guest and another woman to the dance at the Garden, and then returned home. Steuer advanced an explanation for the testimony piven yesterday by Herman Gerch, Janitor at the 47th street apartment house, who asserted that he had been told by Rickard, after the latter's arrest, to keep quiet. This exhortation, according to Steuer., concerned the liquor cached at the apartments, which were occupied by Walter Fields. The janitor, the law yer said, had been summoned by Rickard solely for questioning con cerning the safety of the liquor after a visit paid by detectives working on the assault cause. The janitor assured him it had been untouched, and then Steuer said, Rickard added his caution. Rickard's counsel denied that the promoter ever had gone motoring with either Sarah or 12-year-old Nellie Gasko, the corroborating wit ness for the prosecution. I.lfe Is Sketched. Steuer began his address to the Jury with a sketch of the promoter's life. He said as a boy Rickard had gone with his parents from his home in Kansas City to west Texas and as a youth had been a cowboy. When the Klondike gold rush was on, he related, Rickard joined the stampede to Alaska. There he con ducted a saloon and gambling house and later was elected a councilman when a local government was estab lished at Nome. Willard Mcintosh, superintendent of the Madison-avenue apartment house where Rickard resides, was the first defense witness. He testified the telephone switchboard in the building was not visible from the stoop, contradicting testimony offered yesterday by Nellie Gasko that she had seen the switchboard from the entrance. Girls Crowd About Promoter. Frank Coultry, the promoter's sec retary, testified that he and Rickard were together in their offices during the forenoon of last November 12; that in the afternoon they drove to the Polo grounds and witnessed the Penn-Dartmouth game, and that they then returned to the Garden. Rickard remaining there until 6 o'clock. Coultry admitted that children of 12 years were allowed in the Garden without guardians, "if they paid the fee," and said he often had seen Rickard surrounded by groups - of little girls. He said he never had seen Rickard give money to them. "Do you know why the girls crowded around Rickard?" he was asked by the prosecution. "No, but I could guess." said the witness. He was told his guesses were not wanted. throwers." this being a name for those senators who having discovered that opposition was futile, sought to delay the vote by harassing amend ments. Amendments Are Offered. Senator Robinson, of Arizona, of fered several amendments after con ferences with Senator Borah, Tom Heflin. Tom Watson and Gilbert Hitchcock. As an amendment was of fered one opposition senator might be seen winking at another and there was little or no attempt to ascertain what any amendment meant. ' Tom Watson of Georcia. bitter en emy of the treaty, buzzed about the senate like a flapper, but managed to keep a smile on his countenance, which sometimes changed to a scowl as he glanced toward any one of the pro-treaty democrats, so loyally fol lowing the Underwood leadership Dtrormi la Splendid. The treaty democrats had to be given credit for their splendid deco rum. Senators John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, Dial of South Carolina, Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana, Myers of Montana, Pomerene of Ohio and Fletcher and Trammell of Flor ida kept their own counsel and never left their seats" between votes. There was evidence in their demeanor that they felt the shadow of scorn that was being cast over, them by their party colleagues for following their leader on a course marked out by a republican president. Knute Nelson, aged senator from Minnesota and a statesman who has record of never Having dodged a vote on any question, stuck to his seat to the last minute, chewing his tobacco with a nimbleness of jaws that-made one forget his age. Once during the last two hours which were taken up by the offering of farce comedy amendments by Johnson of California, La Follette of Wisconsin, Robinson of Arkansas, Hitchcock of Nebraska and Pittman of Nevada "Uncle Knute" manifested his disgust by expectorating with a piercing sound that could be heard far up in the galleries. Hearst Keeps Up Attack. William Randolph Hearst kept up his attack on the treaty in his Wash ington paper to the last minute. threatening dire things for those sen ators who dared support toe pact. In the last two days Mr. Hearst was aided by all of his subsidiaries, which include those persons who went to bed with severe headaches on Novera ber 11, 1918. So-called "all-America" committees, purely Hearst institutions; were or ganized in the last few days to bom bard the treaty advocates with the hope of shaking their judgment and their votes. : The vote by which the treaty was ratified, exceeded by two the most optimistic expectations because, be sides the 67 supporting the pact, the two absentees. Crow of Pennsylvania and Jones of New Mexico, were for it MOiTER-HUNTERS ARE WELL PREPARED Rifles, Explosives and Even Gasoline Motor Taken. TAXIDERMIST WITH PARTY Lake to Be Mined in Case Modest Plesiosaurus Refuses to Come Out and Be Captured. WEEK'S FATALITIES TWO 384 Industrial Accidents Reported to State Commission. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) There were two fatalities in Ore' gon due to industrial accidents dur ing the week ending March 23, ac cording to a report prepared here to day by the state industrial accident commission. The victims were John Smith, bucker, of-Boring, and L. W, Gillahan, logger, of Portland. Of the total of i84 accidents re ported for the week, 354"were sub ject to benefits under mie workmen 8 compensation law, 17 were from firma and corporations.-that have rejected the act, and 13 were from public utility corporations not subject to the provisions of the law. HONOR STUDENT CHOSEN Arthur .Montgomery Leads Salem High Seniors in Scholarship. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) Arthur-Montgomery, 21 years old, has had the highest scholastic stand ing during the last two years of any member of the senior class of the Salem high school and as a result will be honor student to appear on the commencement programme to be held June 16. This was announced today by J. C. Nelson, principal of the Salem high school. Young Montgomery has made his way through school, acting as editor the Clarion, the school publica tion, and handling other jobs for which he received small compensation. RATIFICATION IS WON ff rtntinuptl Prom First Pace, Malcolm JenningH, t;ho was a Hard ing secretary at Marion during the campaign last year; Mrs. Frank B. Willis, wife of the Ohio senator, and Miss Laura Harlan, social secretary. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Mrs. Atlee Pomerene. wife of the Ohio senator, occupied seats in the front row of the senator's family gal lery, and senators' wives were numer ous, including Mrs. William E. Borah and Mrs. Frank R. Gooding of Idaho, Mrs. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Mrs. .Colt of Rhode Island. Mrs. Ashurst of Arizona. Mrs. Kellogg of Minnesota. Mrs. Harreld of Oklahoma and Mrs. Oddie of .Nevada. Rerord Vote Is Forced. Senator Poindexter of Washington asserted himself early in the voting by forcing a record vote on one of the Robinson amendments which its' author sought to withdraw. Poin dexter demanded the regular order, which compelled a vote that gave the fir,st exposure of the weakness of the opposition. So rc.ustomed is Senator Jim Reed, of Missouri, to being against almost everything that he inadvertently voted "no" on one of the amendments offered from his side of the house. Some amusement was caused by his exhibition of discomfiture as he changed his vote. There were fre quent conferences of the ."wrench CHILD AGAIN IS HAPPY Button Restricting Breathing for Four Months Removed. PHILADELPHIA, March 24. Three year - old - Louise Nettles of Potts town, Pa., who for four months had been able to breathe only through the four small holes in a button lodged in her throat, today was well and happy as a result of an operation yesterday by Philadelphia surgeons. The child had swallowed the button while playing last November and it lodged ia her windpipe. Slain Prisoner Cremated. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) The body of James Ogle, who was shot and killed in the state penitentiary Tuesday, was cremated today. Al though his father was notified by telegraph of his son's death he made no reply to the message. Ogle was killed by John Davison, one of the most trusted guards at the prison. Ogle was serving a life term for the murder of J. N. Burgess and George Peringer of Pendleton. Seventh Abatement Suit Filed, w SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. The seventh abatement suit under the prohibition enforcement law this weelc was filed here today against Peter and Thomas McDonough, to close for a year the Elko cafe, a resort oper ated by them on the old Barbary coast. The McDonough brothers con duct a bail bond brokerage business here. Cashier Position Taken. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) E. S. Parr, who recently graduated from the University of Oregon, has accepted a position as cashier in the offices of the state treasurer. He will succeed C. K. Knickerbocker, who re signed recently to accept employment in a bank at Mc.Minnville. Mr. Parr is an . ex-service man and has made his home in Eugene for several years. Banker Visions Money Fight. CHICAGO, March 24. David R. For gan, president of the National City Bank of Chicago, in an address 'to day said concerning recent currency reform discussion that he expected to see a "second money fight" In a few years. He predicted Henry "Ford would be the leader. Rediscount Kate Reduced. CHICAGO, March 24. The federal reserve b"nk of Chicago today an nounced to the member banks of district No. 7 that the rediscount rate will be reduced1 to 4 per cent, effective tomorrow. The rate has been 5 per cent. v Best grades of coal, well screened. Diamond Coal Co., Bdwy. 3037. Adv. BUENOS AIRES, March 24.-r-f.By the Associated Press) Elaborate arrange ments for the capture or destruction of the anachronistic creature reported to have been seen in an Andean lake have been made by the expedition which left Thursday for Patagonia under the auspices of the - Buenos Aires zoological garden. The members of the party are aii well armed, carrying elephant rifles and lassoes. Explosives are also be ing taken, with which to mine the lake and thus scare the monster be it Dlesiosaurus. glyptedon or megathe- riiim.ss variously reported. The zoo'3 taxidermist is taking along embalming materials 'for use In case the beast is killed. Another item of the outfit is a gasoline motor with which to propel the boat to be con s.triictei on the shores of the lake. ProfessDr Onelli. director of the zoo, who organized the expedition has directed tnat, if it fails to find the animal after six weeks search, the party shail proceed to other parts of Pa-tagonia. He said to the corre spondent: "I am laughed at, but I am con vinced that some large, strange ani-. mals exist in Patagonia. When Theo dore Roosevelt visited Argentina he was presented with a fragment of hide picked up in Patagonia with lone- hair still attached to it. The hide was half an inch thick and curi ouslv reinforced beneath the sur face with tinv rods of bone. It must have belonged to some huge animal recently alive. What was it? RELIC CONSIDERED NO CLEW New York Scientist Believes Hide In Museum of Little Import. NEW YORK. March 24. (By the Associated Press.) The hide. the bone and the hank of hair, upon the existence of which Soutn American scientists party base their belief that a prehistoric monster still frolics in a Patagonian lake, now repose in the American Museum or national xii tory. Professor ?. A. Lucas stated today. The biological fragment was presented to the late Theodore Roose- rtiiriner his South American ex nloration. undertaken alter ne ten the White House. Professor Lucas declines to share the optimism of Froressor unein, who heads the expedition dispatched by the Ruenos Aires zoological gardens, to capture a weird monster reported to have been seen in the fastnesses of Patagonia. If the expedition in tends to use the Roosevelt relicr as a clew to the present habitat of the monster, it is doomed to aisaiiusion- ment, he believes. . - The relic in Professor Lucas" care is a small piece of; wrinkled hide about a half inch thick, with a sub structure of closely woven, bony car tilage and thin lot of hair clinging to it. It is Professor Onelli's theory that the animal to whom this hide belonged must have been quite re cently deceased. We have definitely established, the New York scientist explains, that the relic was a part of the an atomy of the brybobacrius, a huge land animal of fantastic proportions, which primitive man kept as a pet." According to Professor Lucas, the brybobacrius had nothing in common with the animal reported seen in Patagonia, which disports itself about an unexplored lake, wags a tail a score of feet long, has the jaws of the crocodile, the nostrils of a pachyderm and wings like a Chinese dragon. To the contrary, the brybobacrius was strictly a non-carnivorous land animal of the pleistocene period," Professor Lucas asserts. "The piece we have was given to Mr? Roosevelt by a South American collector, who found it in a cave near Last Hope inlet one of the caves which shel tered primitive man of nearly 20,000 years ago. In fact, the presence of the re mains of the brybobacrius in one of these human habitations leads us to believe that primitive man tamed the hideous monster and shared his home with it." R. W. G. Vail, superintendent of the Roosevelt Memorial association. believes the fomer president him self failed to attach much signifi cance to the bit of hide he brought with him from South America. A thorough search of the Roosevelt memoirs of the expedition does not reveal a single mention oj it. j $11,000,000 WORK MAPPED (Continued From First Pugg. Gilliam county side. The county has no funds to purchase the right of way on the first location or constructing between Rhea and the Columbia river -highway. If the proposed new route is adopted the county will be handled as a market road and there will be co-operation on a 50-50 basis. For this year 816,000 of market road funds will be available. At this time there is no way of knowing what the new section would cost. The com mission are of the opinion, in view of the finances of Gilliam county, that it is a matter of from Rhea to the John Day highway or no road. In addition to work already under contract and advertised on .the John Day highway in Gilliam county; the i commission has decided to advertise for grading and rocking the seven mile section between Arlington and Shutler, for the next meeting. Highway Opening Wanted. .Desiring to open up the John Day valley this year, the commission hopes to advertise work between Valades ranch and a point east of John Day town, on the John Day highway. This work may be advertised for letting at the next meeting. This work probably will be the last that the state can do in the county until there are further finances. As the county has an agreement with the forest people, it is probable that the highway will be opened by that means next year so that traffic from the val ley can get out to Vale in the oppo site direction. The 2.5 miles between Junction City and Lancaster, in Lane county, a. section of the Pacific highway, has been ordered advertised for grading and rocking for the next meeting. This leaves 1 miles between Lan caster and the Harrisburg ferry un finished. If Lane county can see its way clear to provide the money, the advertisement will be for ,the stretch from Junction City to Harrisburg. Salem Route Is Adopted. Route of the Pacific highway through Salem was adopted as follows: Com ing in from the south on Commercial street, to Court street, to North Capi tal street and north on that thor oughfare. The route follows the fair grounds road and there is to be an overhead crossing near the fair grounds. ' A cash offer at par of the $350,000 road bonds, bearing 5 per cent, au thorized by Jafckson county, was re ceived by County Judge Gardner yes terday. He informed the commission, which is holding the bonds, and tele graphed to Chicago that he would ac cept the terms. Today the commission will conclude its hearing at the courthouse, start ing at 10:30 A. M. MR. BONE COMING WEST to Governor of Alaska Expects Start North April 5. WASHINGTON. D. C, March 24. Scott C. Bone, governor of Alaska, will go to New York tomorrow night to visit his sons and then leave for Seattle, where he will sail April 5 for Alaska, he said' today on leaving the White House after a conference with President Harding. The Alaskan gov ernor said he hoped President Hard ing would be able . to make his con templated visit to that territory this summer, and indicated that the presi dent expected to do so if congress adjourned by July 15. President Harding has already indi cated that he desired- to make a per sonal inspection of the Alaskan situa tion before" taking any steps looking to the .consolidation of federal au thority over the territory under one government head. FLIRTATION BADGES USED Menace to Morality Seeu In Organ ization of Flappers. "". NEW YORK, March . 24. "Flirta tion badges," inviting advances from young folk of the opposite sex, are part of the bait used by the Society of Shifters in its membership campaign among working girls, Miss Gertrude Robinson-Smith of the Vacation as sociation, discovered today. She denounced the apparently head less flapper organization yesterday because its fee collections were pre venting working girls from laying aside money for vacation trips. Her discoveries of today, however, caused her to redouble her efforts against the "shifters" on the ground that it was a menace to morality. OPIUM PRICE GOES UP - San Francisco , Chinese Can Now Understand Shanghai Chinese. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Chin ese of San Francisco cannot under stand the language as spoken in Shanghai and so opium prices in the devious channels through which it finds an illicit market have jumped from 46 to $150 a tin in the last four weeks. The advanced prices are due, indirectly, to the strike of Chin ese sailors in Hongkong. , J. W. Smith, federal narcotic agent, said that the strike in Hongkong had necessitated obtaining Chinese from Shanghai to man the ships. They speak a different variety of Chinese. The liaison between sailors and their countrymen in San Francisco has been demolished. So opium Is up. Oregon City, on the south, a difficult matter.. As the commission is deter mined to finish the Pacific highway this year, action must soon be taken. Ten days delay was granted by the commission to enable, the Portland Railway, Light & Power company to see if it cannot find -other contributors. The Dalles-Dufur section of The Dalles-California highway was located yesterday. The "Eight Mile creek, route was taken, which is 3.2 per cent grade. The road will connect with the Columbia highway about Seuferts. Advertisements were ordered for grading, the 11-mile section, the con tract to be let at the next regular meeting .of the commission. This is a co-operative job. Rhea Siding; Survey Ordered. Survey has been ordered from Rhea siding, on the Oregon-Washington highway, to a point about two miles south of Arlington, on -the John Day highway. The original route con tinued from Rhea siding to Heppner Junction, down Willow creek, on the OFFICIAL DEMOLAYPINS AT FRIEDLANDERS 310 Washington St. Full Stock on Hand Three Autos Smashed. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 24. -(Special.) Three automobiles were An Announcement of Importance to the Women Who Shop in Portland THE H. BLACK COMPANY CLEVELAND, OHIO in its endeavor to present the women of Portland with the most comprehensive showing of their new styles for Spring and Summer and the 1 , ' seasons to follow has selected as the Portland Agents in Future for X' . J. Tailor-mades and Knockabouts This is in keeping with .The H. Black Company's policy to choose as the retail firm to present " Wooltex" garments to the women of any city that organization whose standards of service are high, and whose judgment of styles and values is beyond question. It is with pleasure and satisfaction, there fore, that The H. Black Company announces its association with Lipman, Wolfe & Co., who have already demonstrated to the women of Portland the desire and ability to be of real service. The "Wooltex" Garments for Spring Are Now on Display at Lipman, Wolfe's on the Third Floor i badly smashed in a tangle on the Col lege Place road -late last night, but none of the occupants, was hurt. Oral Harbaugh, driving into Walla Walla from College Place, smashed into a truck standing at right angles on the road,- the driver, H. L. Clark, having stopped tofix a tire. At almost the same instffnt Raymond Hatnes. in a new roadster, rammed the truck. The roadster was ruined, the Harbaugh car lost a wheel and the truck was damaged badly. Drivers of the other two cars said Clark had no lights. LOGGING CONCERN FILES Manary Company Incorporated With Capital of $200,000. SALEM, Or., March 24. (Special.) The Ianary Logging company, with headquarters in Portland and a capi tal stock of $200,000, has been incor porated by Jamef Manary, Roland Mariary and Gordon J. Manary. Ar ticles for the concern were filed in the state corporation department here today. " The Twin-Two Motor company has been incorporated by T.. H. Steels. Fred NX Bock and OWver B. Huston. Headquarters will be in Portland. The capital stock is S10.000. The Greenbrier Poultry farm, with headauarters in Portland, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $4000... The incorporators are Ralph H. King. W. A. Illidge and W. Lair Thompson. Opium Found on Men. CALEXICO, Cal., March 24. Fifty cans of opium were found today, in the possession of, two men who re fused to give their names, when they were arrested by a customs inspector upon their arrival here from El Paso, Tex. The value of the drug at retail quotation in Mexico is $6000, but it could have been disposed of in the interior of the United States for $50, 000, the inspector said. School Excavation Begun. -v VANCOUVER, Wash., March 24. (Special.) E. M. Mumford, a mem ber of the Vancouver school board who lives in East Vancouver, was eiven the honor of turning the first spade of dirt for the excavation of the new Harney school, contract for fMRNMMW r -a -- --- nvi mtt shoes today with your It improves sohal appearance saves, leather. per-and the building of which was let last week. A short programme was held, in which members of the East Van couver Improvement association took part. The building will be a two story brick with full basement. Governors to Itegulate Speed. NEW YORK, March 24. The com mittee on public thoroughfares of the board of aldermen this afternoon voted in favor of a proposed ordi nance requiring installation of gov ernors on all commercial motorcars to keep the speed to 1 miles an hour. OH In the Candy Store -r-On the First Floor 1000 Two-Pound Boxes of Delicious Cherry Marshmallows Very Special for Saturday Only Two-Pound Boxes for 75c I i j j l X I hese marshmallows are made with pure fruit cherries I (not artificially flavored) f they're the most delicious lnirsh- mallows we have ever'dffered in such quantity and in such X special selling. I Candy Section rtrat Klonr. I In the Bakery: Saturday Only Pies 35c r Today, the LAST DAY i ' Of the Special f Demonstration of Stylish Stout' Corsets By Miss M. J. Crandal at Lipman, Wolfe's. Apple Peach Pumpkin Lemon Cream Huckclberry Raspberry For Black, White, Tan, Brown and Ox-bloocl Shoes F. F. Dalley Company of New York, Inc. Buffalo, N. Y. And many other delicious pies from our own bakery. o Why spend time baking when c you can get Lipman, Wolfe pies that are just . like home made pies and specially priced today at 35 c. On the Eighth Floor. SuptnanWcUe, & (Sot cTJianUndw T J Mrtt Only" The prestige of Oregonlan Want Ada has been attained not merely by The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact that all its readers are interested in Oregonian Want-Ads. Miss M. J. Crandal, repre- sentative of the "Siylish Stout" corset manufacturers of New York, will end her visit in Port- 5 land today; she will not re- I turn until next autumn, so it is " advisable that all women desir- A ing "Stylish Stout" corsets and wishing to avail themselves of 1 expert advice as regards proper I corseting should call and see 3 Miss Crandal at Lipman, 1 Wolfe's today. 5 Miss Crandal will gladly (show any woman the unusual, superior, famous merits of 2 "Stylish , Stout" corsets and I she, herself, will see to the per 9 feet fitting of whatever "Stylish I Stout" corset is selected. C On the Fourth Flnnr. SjiprnarYCHlc & (Ecv iTJWUniM T c Mar Only" i