VOL. LXI NO. 19,203 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
' Postoffire as Second-class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, TUESDAY, JUNE G, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
T WENS
PRESIDENT'S ENVOY
TO BRING GREETING
HALL SPENDS 1030.
CONCERT OF ARTISTS
FOR RADIO IS FINE
MARKED IMPROVEMENT DIS
PLAYED IN BROADCASTING.
DEATH OF WOOD
HELD ACCIDENTAL
LILLIAN RUSSELL
tMES IN PITTSBURG
AND 0LC0TT NOTHING
EARLY 101
USD
EXECUTIVE WRITES LETTER
EXALTING ROSE FETE.
G. E. WATERS EXPENDS
NOTED STAGE BEAUTY ILL
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
$1847.54 FOR GOVERNOR."
BRQOKHAR
EVACUATE
PORTLAND MAJQR
Nearest Opponent Left
Two to One Behind.
SIX CANDIDATES IN RACE
35 Per Cent of Cast Vote
for President Needed.
RATIO IS WINNING ONE
It Leader Is Able to Maintain Po
sition, Convention Will Not
Get Chance to Choose.
DBS MOINES, June 5-ifBy the
Associated Press) Smith W. Brook
hart of Washington, Iowa, was lead
ing his closest opponent, Charles L.
Pickett, of Waterloo, by more than
two to on, in a field of six jandi
datea for the republican nomination
Tor United States senator from
Iowa, in the first "736. precincts out
of 2348 in the state to report re
turns of the primary election held
today.
Brookhart has received ,38 per
cent of the vote cast so far.! A per
centage of 35 is necessary to ob
tain a nomination by primary.
The vote in the 736 precincts fol
lows: Smith W. Brookhart, 43.548. '
Charles E. Pickett, 20.283.
Clifford Thorne, 17,707.
Leslie E. Francis, 15,398.
Burton E. Sweet, 10,636.
Claude M. Stanley, 4795.
Unexpected Strength Found.
The returns indicated that Brok
hart ran relatively as well in
the cities, where he had been ex
pected to be less strong, as he did
in the rural districts.
Reports from all parts of the stat
tonight indicated that the hottest
campaign battle in years had drawn
only a small vote.
Balloting was reported to have
been light throughout' the--state..
The fact was attributed mainly
to the doubt among politicians as to
whether the primaries would result
in any nomination for the senator
ship. It is not thought that more
than 300,000 votes were cast.
Winner Needs 35 Per Cent.
The winning candidate must poll
3t per cent of the vote cast for
president at the last general elec
tion; otherwise the primary will be
in vain and the candidate must go
before the republican state conven
tion to be held in Des Moines in
August.
Tile bars for this remarkable
statsf of affairs were let down last
February when Senator Kenyon of
Kort Dodge resigned as senator to
accept the appointment from Presi
dent Harding as judge of the
United Staffs court of appeals, suc
ceeding the late Judge Walter I.
Smith. Appointment of a successor
fell to the lot of Governor Kendall.
He appointed Charles A. Rawson of
Des Moines, who was. at that time
chairman of the 'republican .state
committee and a life-long party!
worker.
AH Get Free Huge,
Governor Kendall explained at
the time of the appointment of
Senator Rawson that it was made
to give all concerned free range in
the coming primary, since Mr.
Rawson had pledged himself to
serve only until' his successor was
elected in November. When the
decision was made by Iowa's gover-
nor party leaders appeared to be
reconciled to the safe . maneuver.
The apparent deadlock caused by
the entrance of s,ix candidates into
the race was not then looming, nor
was it believed that the party vote
would be divided in such a way as
to render an election choice im
probable. Brookhart Has Lead.
Nearly all of the candidates have
expressed the opinion that they
would have the inside track at the
convention if no nomination should
be' made at the primary. Political
observers express the opinion, how
ever, that there is nothing to pre
vent friends of Senator Rawson
from taking the reins and booming
him as the party's choice to oppose
Mr. Herring in the general election.
Ten representatives are candi
dates for re-election. They are W.
F. Kopp of Mount Pleasant, first
district; Harry E. Hull of Williams
burg, second district; Gilbert N.
lliugen of Northwood. fourth dis
trict; Cyrenus Cole of Cedar Rapids.
fifth district? C. W. Ramseyer of
Bloomfield, sixth district; Cassius
C. Dowel! of Des Moines, seventh
district; H. M. Towner of Corning,
eighth district; William R. Green of
Council Bluffs, ninth district: L. J.
Dickinson of Algona. loth district,
nd William D. Boies of Sheldon,
eleventh district.
Representatives Haugen, Cole,
Dickinson and Boies are .the only
present members of the lower house
of congress from Iowa who are op
posed for the republican nomination.
Three for Third District Race.
In the third district, where Rep
resentative Sweet is a senatorial
candidate, three republicans are
seeking the nomination. They are
(CuQuludtd on Page C, Column 1.)
Miss Robertson, Representative
of Mr. Harding, Receives Xote
to Carry to Portland.
.THE: OREGONIAN NEWS BU
REAU, Washing-ton, D. C, June 5.
(Special.) when Miss Alice Rob
ertson of Oklahoma, only woman
representative in congress, goes to
the Rose Festival, to be held at
Portland, June 20-23, she will carry
the greeting of President Harding
to the people of Portland and the
Pacific northwest.
A letter received by Miss Robert
son from the president today reads:
My Dear Miss Robertson I learn from
Senator McNary that you are to attend
the Rose Festival at Portland June 2
to L'3. It had been my hopes that events
might so shape as to make my presence
at that time possible,' but in this I am
disappointed.
I will be glad if you will express to
the ma-nagers at the festival, and through
them to the people of Portland and the
Pacific northwest my interests in the
beautiful celebration they are holding
and slncereat ' good wishes. Very sin
cerely. WARRiEV G. HARDING.
MR. McARTHUR GREETED
Colleagues Congratulate Member
for Success in Primary.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BU
REAU, Washington D. C, June 5.
(Special.) Representative Mo
Arthur was warmly congratulated
on his recent renomination in the
Oregon primaries when he re-appeared
in the house today. The first
to shake his hand was Speaker Gil
lett and in the course of the recep
tion which followed probably 150 of
Mr. McArthur's colleagues, both re
publicans and democrats, felicitated
the member on his success,
Mr. McArthur presented to
Speaker Gillett later a gavel and
pounding block made of Oregon
myrtle which was a gift from A. H.
Powers of Marshfleld'. The new
gavel was placed, in action imme
diately on the speaker's desk.
MRS. HAWLEY CASE SET
Annulment Suit Brought by
Young Husband Up Tomorrow.
Marjorle Fraker Hawley Luell
witz, having shown no disposition to
fight the annulment proceedings be
gun by her young husband, M. H.
LuellwiU, on his return to Portland
after their recent marriage in Cali
fornia,, the case was set for hearing
on the default calendar yesterday.
The date fixed ' was tomorrow,
June 7.
In his complaint the husband
avers that when he married the
pretty divorcee he was under the
impression that the legal interim of
six months following -her divorce
from Willard P. Hawley Jr. had ex
pired. It had not and he seeks an
nulment of the match. His parents
are said to approve of his .action.
OLD BAPTISTRY REVIVED
Cradle or Catholicism, Abandoned
20 Years, Again Used.
YAKIMA, Wash.. June 5. After a
lapse of 20 years a baptismal serv
ice was held Sunday at old St. Jo
seph's mission, in the Ahtanum, )
which is the cradle of Catholicism in
central Washington and which was
founded 75 years ago. The rite was
administered to Elizabeth Louise
Lynch, whose father, John J. Lynch,
was baptized at the mission 36 years
ago.
About 200C worshipers attended
the special mass celebrated at the
log-constructed church by Father
Armstrong of Yakima.
MESSAGE SENT SHRINERS
Captain Rickenbacker Is to Take
Word From President.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5.
Captain Edward Rickenbacker, pre
mier American flying ace in the
world war, called on President
Harding today, accompanied by
Senator Townsend, republican,
Michigan, and got a personal mes
sage from the president to the an
nual convocation or Shrlners to be
held in San Francisco this month.
Captain Rickenbacker will leave
New York by airplane tomorrow for
a trans-continental flight and will
deliver the message on his arrival
on the Pacific coast. .
DAILY QUAKES REPORTED
Taupo Region, In Central Part of
North Island, Shaken.
WELLINGTON, N. Z., June 5.
Reports received here from the
Taupo region say earthquake shocks
have been felt there daily sine
May 9.
The Taupo region is in the central
part of North island, midway be
tween Wellington and Auckland.
HIGH- COURT ADJOURNS
Supreme Body to Begin New
Term October 2.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 5.
The supreme court adjourned for the
term. .
It will not meet again until Oc
tober 2, when it will convene to pay
its respects to tne president and
meet the day for motions and the
real beginning of tne new term.
BEELEEK SECTOR
Republican Army With
drawing Gradually.
PETTIGOE SALIENT QUIET
Military Holds 'Territory
Northwest of Town.
NO NEW MOVE MADE
Further Details of Occupation of
Village by British Are Re
vealed Day Alter.
ENNISKILLEN, Ireland, June 5.
(By the Associated Press,) The re
publicans are gradually evacuating
the Beeleek sector. The military
have made no further move toward
Beeleek. The Pettigoe salient has
been quiet throughout the day.
There is considerable interest over
the statement-in the official report
of the trouble announcing that the
military are holding, in addition to
Pettigoe, the stretch of country
northeast and west of the town for
a distance of about a mile in Free
State territory.
Hill Positions Needed.
It was said that it was imperative
that the hills should be occupied by
the military in- order to prevent the
republicans from harassing the
troops in the town of Pettigoe.
BELFAST, June 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) Authentic details
of the recapture of Pettigoe show
that a British staff officer entered
the village at noon yesterday and
gave the republicans holding the
town 15 minutes to leave. Some im
mediately departdd, but about 100
decided to oppose the military.
At the expiration of the time limit,
the .British crossed the bridge lead
ing into the village and were re
ceived with machine gun. and rifle
fire. . . ; . ..
Artillery Goes Into Action.
Then the British artillery came
into action and when tho first shell
landed on a hill behind the' town
some of the more timid of the de
tenders dashed for safety. Four
more shells followed in quick suc
cession, and one, striking in the
middle of a party of the-retreating
Sinn Feiners, Inflicted several cas
ualties.
Troops which had been landed se
cretly from Boa island In Lough
Erne during the night took the re
publicans in the rear, but some es
caped through superior knowledge
( of the country. .
When the occupation of the village
was complete soldiers were detailed
to bury the dead, and all the Sinn
Feiners were interred in a field near
by. The prisoners were removed to
Enniskillen last night.
Republicans Hold Out.
Republicans stationed in vantage
points, with machine guns held out.
frequently firing at the troops, who
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 6.)
TEACHER IS
--'--'-. '.'-'.'II mt3. U.I.I ll SJ.S 'JU-XJ-JL--.l-I.ejL.t-.JX-.. --- --- ..
Clnb Treasurer Reports $1646.33
Paid Out to Aid Campaign of
Candidate of lUan.
SALEM. Or., June 5. (Special.)
Charles Hall, candidate for the re
publican nomination for governor at
the recent primaries spent $1030.05
and R. R. Coster, treasurer of the
Hall fof Governor club,' spent
$1646.33 in Hall's behalf during the
campaign prior to the election, ac
cording to their statements filed j
with the secretary of state today.
Ben W. Olcott, governor, spent
nothing in his campaign, but George
E. Waters spent $1847.54 in his be
half, according to the statement!
filed. - !
Other expenses were listed as fol
lows:
George A. White, renuhlirnn. pnvprtinr
of the state of Oregon, $408.70; W. C.
Hawley, republican, representative in
congress, first district, $1124.38; N. J.
Sinnott, republican, congressman, second
district, S54.76; Fred A. Williams, com
missioner public service commisslo'n, $54;
J. N. Hart, republican, circuit judge,
fourth district, department No. 6, $485.86;
Fannie Kay Bishop, republican, repre
sentative, first district, $76.35; E. M.
Hulden, republican, representative. 22rf
district, $07.90; John B. Bell, remihll-
can, state senator, third rilsfrtnt. sin-
W. J. Kaerth. secretary-treasurer Mar
ion county branch of American Patriotic
Societies, Inc., in behalf of candidates
indorsed bv the societies. S153.15: s. o.
Reed, republican, representative. 20th dis
trict, sao.ou; a. k. Hunter, democrat,
representative, 25th district, $26.40;
Joseph M. Rteg,- republican, representa
tive, 18th district, $50.16; Edward H.
Belknap, republican, state senator, ninth
district, $54; Karl E. Fisher, republican,
congressman, first congressional district,
$244.98. Marshall W. Malorie, democrat,
representative, 18th district, $13.39; J.
Perry Conder, republican, representative,
22d district, $48.15; Perry O. Powell, re
publican, representative, 11th district,
$18.60: Elbert Bede, republican, repre
sentative, third district. $37.60; A. E.
Clawson, republican, district attorney,
Wallowa county. $37.45; F. J. Toose,
state senator, 13th district, republican
$52.60: James W. Mott, republican, rep
resentative, 19th district, $92.27; Treve
Jones, republican, state senator, 13th dis
trict, to fill vacancy in term ending Jan.
uary 5, 1925, $38.53; J. M. Ezell, repub
lican, representative, 21st district, $21.50;
Joseph R. Jeffrey, republican, represen
tative. 19th district, $96.20; J. A. Eakin,
republican, circuit judge, 20th judicial
district, $228.43: Alfred J. Smith, repub
lican, representative, 22d district. $98.25.
WHIP USED ON CONVICT
Fellow Workers Punish Prisoner
' for Insulting Woman.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 5.
ueorge zenavre, a convict, was
given 40 lashes with a whip-by
order of 180 fellow convict workers
at Big Bar, Cal.-, after a woman had
accused Zenavre of insulting her,
according to a dispatch to the Bee
today. The convicts held an Im
promptu court and declared Zenavre
guilty.
Zenavre afterward ran away, but
was captured and - placed in the
county jail at Weaverville.
3 BRIDES' ARE MINORS
Girls 15, 16 and 18 Years Old
Wedded; 3 Grooms Are 19.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 5.
(Special.) June weather and per
haps tradition is having its effect
on young folk.
The following minors were mar
ried today: Ernest D. Brennan, 19,
Portland, and Gladys M. Hodges, 18,'
Portland; Benjamin Philip Sheets,
27, Turner, Or., and Eva Melvina
Carden, 16, Salem, Or.; Gilbert A.
Kirk, 19, and Russa Mae Wright,
13, both negroes, Portland. ,
GETTING OUT OF PATIENCE
? VfcOE.SNV SET
THAT Ne.WCUAMT
ViARXUE. VROBLtm wonuet
HES. 6oT,To S.TtV ATT-VXi
StrtOOV. TH fT& ALL.'.
Mrs. Fred L. Olson, Ella C. Jesse,
Tosca Berger, Gordon Onstad .
and Ethel Rand Take Part.
Marked improvement in results of
The Oregonian . radio broadcasting
was reported last night during and
after the concert given by Mrs. Fred
L. Olson, soprano; Ella Connell
Jesse, oianist; Tosca Berger, violin--
ist, and Gordon Onstad, tenor, who
was accompanied by Miss Ethel
Rand. -
Radio listeners by the score tele
phoned to The Oregonian to say
that the music was heard better than
ever before. At the outset some
trouble was experienced with un
Iocated interference, which brought
many complaints, but suddenly quit.
After that the broadcasting was
said to have been as near perfect
as the station had ever done.
The concert was excellent from
start to finish, all four of the con
tributing artists receiving generous
applause .by telephone front listen
ers. It consisted of soprano, tenor,
violin and piano solos and three
numbers by a trio. .
The soprano voice of Mrs. Fred
L. Olson,is widely-known in Port
land and many listeners were at
sets especially to hear her. Her
work in the trios was splenlid and
her solos' were carried through the
air clearly and distinctly. Both of
the solo numbers were great favor
ites. They were Then' You'll Re
member Mc," from "The Bohemian
Girl" and "Swanee River."
Tosca Berger, a young violinist ot
much promise, . made her debut to
radio during the concert and her
playing was a triumph in every way.
Her assistance in the trio numbers
helped largely to make them the
great successes that they we're and
her solos were appreciated and ap
plauded. Miss Berger played
"Ca'
price Viennois" (Kreisler),
TTnnirroises" (Tanini) and
"Danses
"Words
From the Heart" (Massart). .
The piano solos played by Ella
Connell Jesse were acclaimed the
best ever sent from The Oregonian
tower, due both to the actual play
ing and to the condition of the
broadcasting set Mrs. Jesse, besides
playing the solos, also rendered the
accompaniment to all the other
numbers but two. Her solo selec
tions were "Octave Etude" (.camp
bell Tipton) and "Valse" (Brahms);
, two exceedingly beautiful numbers.
-. Gordon Onstad, tenor, was another
new artist to radio and be likewise
charmed the vast army of listtnera
to the concert. Mr. Onstad is pos
sessed of a remarkably strong and
toneful voice, well adapted to radio
singing. He ws assisted at the
piano by Miss Ethel Rand, and his
two numbers were "I Know a Hill"
and "I Hear a Thrush at Eve."
While all the solos were excellent,
the work of the trio was one of the
chief beauties of the concert. This
trio was made up of Mrs. Fred L,
Olsen, soprano; Tosca Berger, violin
ist, and Ella Connell Jesse, pian
ist. The two numbers which were
given at the beginning of the con
cert were "The Rose That Charmed
the Nightingale" (Rimsky-Korsak-off
) and "The Rosary." The conclud
ing number was' "Ave Maria"
(Gounod). -
The next concert to be broadcast
from The Oregonian tower will be
on Wednesday evening between 8
and 10 o'clock and will be given by
Miss Helen Stover, Miss Constance
Piper, Pauline Miller-Chapman. May
Concluded on Page 2, Column 6.)
AT LAST.
Jury Returns Verdict
Following Inquest.
SECRECY ATTEMPT SCORED
Legislation Urged to Un
cover Shooting Affrays.
BOY'S TRAGIC END TOLD
How Not to Conduct "Party"
With Bootleg Flask as In
spiration Is Revealed.
How not to conduct a "party,"
with a bootleg flask as its Inspira
tion, was revealed last- night before
Earle C. Smith, coroner, in an in
quest respecting the tragic death of
John Wood, 19, whose shooting early
Sunday morning in the Chetopa
apartments was the sequel to such
conviviality.- Witneses addicted to
"parties," and now both saddened
and dismayed by the conclusion of
their last, told the story quite
graphically to the jury..
Weighing the testimony, after
some deliberation, the jury returned
a verdict of accidental death rea
soning that the infatuated youth,
in dramatic bravado before Mrs.
Barbara Whitney, his sweetheart,
had unwittingly pulled the trigger
of his automatic pistol and made
realism of his feint at suicidal in
tent. But the verdict went further
in that it criticised the endeavors
of interested persons to keep
cret the tragedy, and recommended
legislation to compel prompt reports
in cases of the sorU
Secrecy Is) Scored.
'.. That Wood "came to his death
as the result of a gunshot wound
through the abdomen, which we be
lieve was self-inflicted and acci
dental," . was the finding of the
jurors. "We recommend," ran tlte
supplementary report, "that the leg-r
islature of the state pass a law re
quiring that suspicious happenings
of this nature be reported to the
proper ' officers immediately when
they come 'to the attention of any
person, particularly practicing phy
sicians and surgeons."
Mrs. Barbara Whitney, who does
not live with her husband, and for
whose love young Wood became
despondent, told of the casual se
quence of events that culminated
in a midnight pistol shot and the
death of her lover. The prettily
thin face of the witness, pale be
neath her scarlet hat and with its
rouged lips accentuating the pal
lor, was grief -stricken as she re
lated how Wood inflicted the fatal
wound, in the bathroom of her
apartment, after she had struggled
in vain to wrench the weapon away,
Nightly Visits Related.
He came to see her almost every
night she said, and frequently had
been drinking. She had known Mm
almost a year, and had often been
with him when he purchased the
liquor, "some place out towards the
ball park." He had spoken of sui
cide at least once the Thursday
prior to the tragedy, when he had
shown her an automatic pistol and
vowed that he would kill both her
' and himself. -
"You're married, are you not'
asked Coroner Smith.
"Yes, sir."
"Separated?"
" "Yes, sir."
Liquor Is Purchased.
Early Saturday evening, the wit
ness testified. Wood called at the
Chetopa. With her were Miss Nell
Lindley, her roommate, and Miss
Nell He'nrich, a friend who had
come to spend the night. He had
purchased a pint bottle' of liquor.
and before midnight bad consumed
most of it. She had taken a drink.
They went for an automobile ride,
the other two girls asleep on the
lounge. Wood insisted upon visit
ing the bootlegger's house and buy
ing another before they returned
She attempted to dissuade h'm. With
the second pint they again entered
the apartment.
"He had acted strange, unusual,
all evening. He was quiet and had
,little to say. When he went into
the bathroom I followed him., 1
asked him where the flask was, and
reached for his inside coat pocket,
The gun was there."
"Yes," prompted the deputy dis
trict attorney, as Mrs. Whitney fal
tered. "What then?"
Fingers Cut on Gun.
"Well, he looked me squarely in
the eye and never - said sfi word.
What does this mean, Jack?"
asked him. He stepped away from
me and thrust the pistol inside his
shirt, where it was torn. I tried to
get it from him; my hand was some
where on the pistol. But he pulled
away from me and shot. He gave
me no warning whatever.'
"How did you. hurt your fingers.
Mrs. Whitney?"
"I had my hand over the gun,
some way, I don't know how or
where, but my fingers were cut on
it as he wrenched it away.
She bent above the huddled form
on the floor, the witness related. He
mumbled that she must get a doc
tor and summon his mother, but
made -no , other statement. It was
then that Mrs, Whitney ran out to
iCencludesi ca Page 9. Column 1.1.
Wife of Alexander P. Moore, Pub
lisher of Leader, Suffers Re
lapse and Succumbs.
PITTSBURG, June 6. Mrs. Lillian
Russell Moore, wife of Alexander
P. Moore, publisher of the Pittsburg
Leader, and noted stage beauty of
score and more years past, died
her home at 2:20 o'clock this
morning after, an illness of several
days.
At the bedside at the end were
her daughters, Mrs, Dorothy Calbit,
Mr. Moore, her niece, Mildred A.
Martin, and Dr. C. B. Schilldecker.
Following a crisis in Mrs. Moore's
condition Saturday night, her physi
cians had expressed belief that she
would rally, but late last night it
became evident that she had suf.
fefed a relapse. While it was rec
ognized that the situation was
grave, members of the household
nevertheless had made known late
in the evening that no alarm was
felt.
Lillian Russell, "the queen of
American opera," in private life
Mrs. Alexander P. Moore, wife of
the editor and publisher of the
Pittsburg Leader, for more than 30
years starred in various operatic
roles in the United States and Eng
land. She. was one of the most
popular singing actresses on the
American stage. Still famed for
youthfulness and beauty after she
retired from the stage, she toured
her native land with a lecture on
'How to Live a Hundred Years."
During the war Miss Russell was
active in Red Cross and liberty loan
campaigns, giving freely . of her
voice and dramatic talent to both
those causes. She was born in Clin
ton, la December 4, 1861, the daugh
ter of Charles and Cynthia Leonard,
and removed to Chicago with her
parents' when 4 years of age, her
father becoming a member of a
printing firm. Educated at the
convent of the Sacred Heart, Chi
cago, she studied vocal and violin
music and sang in a church choir.
AVIATORS REACH BRAZIL
Portuguese Naval Fliers Complete
Trans-Atlantic Flight.
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, June 6.
(By the Associated Press,) Te
Portuguese naval aviators, Captains
Sacadurs and Coutinho, arrived
here shortly after noon today, hav
ing flown in their hydro-airplane
from Fernando Noronha, thus com
pleting their trans-Atlantic flight
from Lisbon.
The aviators started from the
Island of Fernando Noronha, off the
Brazilian coast, for Pernambuco, at
1 :45 o'clock this morning.
VALUED PAINTING STOLEN
Rembrandt's "St. Paul in Prison"
Valued at 5 Million Marks.
STUTTGART, Germany, June 5.
fRv the Associated Press.) Rem
brandt's well-known painting, St.
Paul in Prison," executed in 1267
and valued at 5,000,000 marks, has
been stolen from the government
art museum here.
A reward of 60,000 marks has been
offered for identification of the
thief and the return of the painting.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
. The Weather. -.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
70 degrees; minimum, 01 aegrees.
TODAY'S Partly cloudy; northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Dead persons said to have kept prom
ises. Page z.
Irish evacuate Beeleek sector. Fags 1.
National.
President writes letter exalting Rose fes
tival at ortiana, ur. rage x.
Labor union held liable under Sherman
anti-trust law. page .
Domestic. .
Evidence at Small trial shows bank
fraud Intent, rage o.
Iowa's hot battle araws amau vote.
Page i- . . ..
Court dismisses Valentino c n a r g e.
Page 6.
Fair plans give Oregon great publicity.
Page A.
Lillian Russell dies. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Rail spends $1030.05 and Olcott nothing.
Page 1.
Angry brother Breaks up weaamg.
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Oregon agricultural college graduates
415. Page 7.
Marion county republicans demand party
convention system.- page 4.
Linfield college of McMlnnville awards
diplomas. Page 4.
8 porta.
Local horsedom stirred by dispute.
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Dr. Welling leads qualifying round.
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Hartford club- after Thorpe. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Union men load three ship board vessels.
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Welsh Prince pilot goes on trial today.
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Market prices unsettled but trading is
fair. Page zu.
Wheat crop prospects in Palouse country
discouraging, page a.
Ideal weather reports depress Chicago
wheat marKec mgo -v.
I liberty bonds steady ana otner- aomes-
IIC iBouco . - " "
Steel output larger since coal strike.
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Portland and Vicinity.
104 novices tread hot sands into sbrlne.
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Artists' concert for radio fine one.
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Portland major loses seniority In court
martial. Page 1. .. .
Portland ministerial association de
' Clares war on sale of suggestive lit
erature. Page .
Walter Weir kills his mother to put her
out of misery. Page 11.
Visiting realtor predicts great business
growth for Portland. Page 4.
Sixty-eight aspire to be Legion delegates
to state convention. Page 6.
School efficiency lower, says Mr. Grout.
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Vocational meet opens. Page S.
Death of Wood held , accidental. Page It
LOSES SENIORITY
Malcolm Nicholson Is
Guilty on One Count.
ALL SERIOUS CHARGES FAIL
Row Over "Prussianism" in
Army Is Cause.
FRIENDS CLAIM VICTORY
Officer as Punishment Is Put
Back In Line of Promotion Be
hind 50 Other Majors.
CAMP DIX, N. J Jun B. (Spe
cial) Major Malcolm Wheeler
Nicholson of Portland, Or., tonight
was found guilty by a court-martial
here on a charge of having vio
lated the 96th. article of wax. In
having written and, sent to Presi
dent Harding a letter charging;
that Prussianism. existed in the reg
ular army.
On all the more serious charges
involving his discipline and integ
rity. Major Wheeler was acquitted.
The major earlier in the day had
acknowledged fully his indorsement
to the president's letter so that the
findings of the court were hailed by
his friends in the service as a signal ,
victory for him.
Major's Seniority Is Reduced.
As a penalty for violation of the
96th article of war in writing and
publishing the president's letbar,
Major Nicholson was sentenced by
the court to a fine of "60 files."
This means that he is put back in
the line of promotion behind B0
other majors whom he now ranks.
The decision of the court was an
nounced early tonight, within an
hcur after the court was closed to
discuss the case. The case finally
reached the - ti!fal . l?il tttfliU
legal skirmishes between counsel.
Much of the credit for the acquittal
on the serious charges was due to
the skillful handling of the accused
major's case by Major Godfrey R.
Fcwler of the 26th infantry, his
military counsel. The suggestion
that certain influential personages
in the war department might hold
against his counsel for defending
him was injected into the case yes
terday by Major Nicholson, who de
clared a previous counsel had been
dismissed from the service.
Closing Argument Hade.
Waiting until he had made the
closing argument for his client, Ma
jor Fowler addressed the court or
this issue tonight, declaring he had ,
no fears of reprisals for "having
done his duty."
"I was ordered to represent the
accused and undertook the task over
my protest, my regiment having
been moved to another camp," said
Major Fowler. "I do not believe
any officer of the American army
has anything to fear from doing his
duty, and even if there were some
thing to fear, he would go ahead
and follow orders and let the re
suits take care of themselves."
The name of ex-Fresident Roose
velt was injected Into the closing
argument by his counsel to prove
that Major Nicholson was not with
out precedent in going over the
heads of immediate superiors in
making an appeal to the war depart
ment and to the president.
It was recalled that Colonel
Roosevelt, commanding his regi
ment in Cuba, had attached his sig
nature of the famous Round Robin
protesting against keeping Ameri
can troops in fever-swept Cuban
camps, under miserable conditions.
Roosevelt s Trial Killed.
"And the courtmartial charges
against Colonel Roosevelt on this
issue were never brought to trial,"
said Major Fowler.
In. a brilliant closing argument
for the prosecution Lieutenant
Colonel Allen J. Greer, trial judga
advocate, said the whole case of
Major Nicholson could be summed
up in the title of the song, "Every
body Out of Step but Jim." He
declared the statement in the letter
to the president and the major's
subsequent utterances showed amaz
ing recklessness.
"According to Major Nicholson's
idea, any attempt to restrain him
has been tyranny, any orders apply
ing to him which he does not like,
has showed "Prussianism,' whatever
that may mean. . The service at
large apparently has meant nothing
to him. He magnifies continually
his own importance," the lieutenant-colonel
said.
'The accused has not been badly
treated. Any delay in bringing this
case to trial has been due .not to any
action of the war department but to
physical condition of the prisoner
and his other affair's."
Colonel Greer declared every offi
cer recognized that the army system
is not perfect, but he declared that
Major Nicholson in his charges of
inefficiency had not offejed a single
constructive suggestion.
. "The army is not rotten," he de
clared. "It proved it in the war. , All
criticism must fall in the face of
what that army accomplished in its
given task of breaking the back
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