VOL. LXI XO. 19,224
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postof fife as Second-c!a. Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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U.S. ACTION FAILS;
FLAPPERS LOOK GOOD
TO EX-SENATOR, 100
CORNELIUS COLE VISITS NEW
YORK AFTER 40 TEARS.
TRAINS TO OPERATE
IN SPITE OF STRIKE
WIRELESS AUDIENCE
HEARS DANCE MUSIC
WHEAT EXPORTS
McCUMBER'S FRIENDS
CONCEDE HIS DEFEAT
i STRIKE DUE TODAY
SMASH RECORDS
FOUND l RIVER
MEN QUITTING HAVE NOTH
ING TO DO WITH RUNNING.
RADIO LISTENERS DEMAND
MANY ENCORES.
BELATED ELECTION RETURNS
PUT FRAZIER AHEAD.
HECKER
ADMITS
MURDER
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KiLLING BUWKER
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7 Union Chiefs Refuse to
Attend Parley.
LABOR BOARD GIVES UP
No Further Effort to Halt
Walkout Planned.
t ONE GROUP STAYS IN
Orders for Maintenance of Way
Men to Strike Held Up
Temporarily.
TABLE INDICATES NUMBER
OF MEN IN EACH CRAFT
" TO STRIKE TODAY.
International association of
machinists, 60,000.
International brotherhood of
boilermakers, iron shipbuild
ers and helpers of America,
18,000.
Amalgamated sheet metal
.workers international al
liance, 11,000.
International brotherhood of
blacksmiths, drop forgers and
helpers of America, 10,000.
International brotherhood of
electrical workers, 12,000.
Brotherhood of railway car
men of America, 160,000.
Repairmen, not included in
above, 110,000.
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CHICAGO, June 30. (By the .As
sociated Press.) Federal interven
tion by the United Spates Railroad
Labor board today failed to halt
the strike of 400,000 railway shop
men called for 10 o'clock tomor
row morning. . -
Flouting, according to Chairman
Hooper, the board's efforts to af
fect a settlement of the shopmen's
grievances before the walkout took
place, B. M. Jewell.head of the shop
crafts' unions, and the six interna
tional union heads, refused to ap
pear for an official investigation of
the strike by the board.
No further attempt to forestall
the strike will be made, Chairman
Hooper announced in adjournins
the federal body's inquiry.
Strike of 400,04)0 Held Up.
A- threatened strike of 400.000
railway maintenance of way em
ployes was at least postponed how
ever, by the board's intervention.
The strike of this group, wh:ch had
been expected to parallel thar. of the
shopmen, will not be announced at
present but will await the outcome
of the! conference of officers of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Ways Employes and Railway
Shop Laborers in Chicago, July 3.
This was announced in a telegram
sent to the general headquarters of
the' organization here late tonight
over the signature of E. F. Grable,
grand president.
Completion of the shopmen's
strike vote tonight showed 96 per
cent of the ballots in favor of the
walkout, it wag announced by John
Scott, secretary of the shopcrafts
unions.
"Nothing can avert the walkout
except a change in the attitude of
the railway managements over
night," said Mr. Scott.
Vote on Three Issues Averaged.
The 98 per cent vote was the aver
age of the ballots onall three of the
questions on which the shop work
ers voted. Mr. Scott said he declined
to give out any actual figures be
cause the ballots, although marked
returnable by today, are not all in.
The Pullman shops vote especially,
he said, was still coming in, a large
consignment of the pink, blue and
white slips arriving today.
"There is absolutely no doubt
about the result that the meriwill
be out tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock," he said. "The" roads have
made no overtures which would
justify a suspension of the strike
call. They have taken a defiant at
titude and our men are just as de
. fiant." ,
President Jewell's failure to at
tend the peace conference brought
severe condemnat'on from the
chairman of the board, who, in clos
ing the inquiry, declared the ral
union ch'ef's blood was "on his own
head."
Tribunal Held Flouted.
"Mr. Jewell has flouted a govern
ment tribunal," concluded Chairman
Hooper, "charged with the duty ana
responsibility to investigate this
matter, not only In the Interests of
the public, but in the interests of
b's own organization, the interests of
of the carriers and the railway
transportation system of this coun
tiy. "He has shoudlered the respons,'-
b'lHy of his own volition and the
board desires to pursue the matter
no further.
Neither Mr. Jewell nor any of the
shop crafts . heads answered the
board's summons. Instead thev sent
a letter maintaining the r'ght of
tne snopmen io strike and express
ing the belief that the board's hear
ing would but result "in a confused
and d'sorderly strike movement,
lacking authoritative control and
animal uevitamy resulting m a
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Ruddy - Faced, Twinkling - Eyed
Old Gentleman Approves of
All Changes in Big City.
NEW YORK, June 30. Cornelius
Cole, ex-United States senator, who
will be 100 years old September 17,
has looked New York over after an
absence of 40 years and approved
the changes and developments made
during his absence.
The ruddy-faced, twinkling-eyed
old gentleman who first took his
place in congress in 1851 has in
spected Riverside drive, the sub
ways, skyscrapers, flappers and mo
tion picture places and found them
all good to look upon, he said.
"On the whole," he" chuckled, "I
find the east keeping up pretty well
with California."
Mr. Cole, who looks 40 years
younger than his age, considers,
next to the abolition of slavery for
which he voted, his work for a
transcontinental railroad as the most
important of his career.
"When I first went to congress,"
he said, "we had to travel on land
by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
The first move for a coast-to-coast
railroad was made in 1861, when a
group of prominent Californians, in
cluding Huntington, Crocker, Hop
kins and some others of whom I was
one, formed a company for the pur
pose of building a railroad across
the Sierra Nevada mountains and on
across the country to the east. I
was a member of congress when the
Pacific railroad was agitated and
was the California member of the
committee from the house."
The ex-senator, who has seen
world events written large across
the pages of history, does not think
much of feminine politics and on
prohibition, too, he has decided
views.
"We used to make pretty good
wine in California and. I can't see
that it did me any harm," he said.
"I favor restriction of the sale of
strong drinks, but I cannot see any
harmin mild drinking: Our Cali
fornia wines were harmless, I'm
sure."
Mr. Cole has refused present in
vitations to make a flying inspec
tion of New York. He has promised
his granddaughter. Miss Cornelia
Beekman McLoughlin, who holds a
pilot's license, that he will fly with
her up-n his 100th birthday.
WHISKY PROVES DEADLY
Widower With Nine Children Dies'
After Drinking Moonshine.
McMINNVILLE, Or., June 30.
rSDecial.l Sheriff Ferguson and
fnrnnpr Macv. of this county, were
called to Grand Ronde Thursday be
cause of the death of Andrew Hof
fer 49. a widower with nine chil
dren, who had d'ed at his home two
miles north of Grand Ronde as &
result of drinking moonshine whisky
civen him by Leonard Armstrong,
ii, and Sam Countryman, 17.
The boys said they bought the
liquor from James Sullivan. -
Thev have turned state's evidence
and . are in the city Jail here and
Sullivan Is in the couny jail. Hoffer
was .paralyzed by the liquor and
never regained consciousness.
PRICE OF MILK TO RISE
Distribntors Announce Advance
of Cent on Quart.
An advance of 1 cent a quart In
milk prices was announced yester
day by the principal milk distribu
tors, to take effect today. According
to the distributors, the increase, is
due to increased cost of production.
The , dealers declared that milk
production has fallen off materially
during the dry weather, prevalent in
the entire northwest section.
he dry weather, they said, has
caused pastures to dry up, and has
worked a serious handicap on herds.
As a result, the dairymen said, had
been forced to feed hay to cattle,
with a consequent increase in pro
duction costs.
WINDOW ENTRANCE RISKY
Woman Breaks Leg In Attempt to
Enter House.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 30.
(Special.) Mrs. Coovert, wife of Dr.
M. L. Coovert, went into the yard
at their country home this morning
to pick some flowers. The wind
closed the door and locked her out.
As no one else was at home she
tried to crawl into the house through
a window, but slipped back and
broke one leg at the ankle. .
Unable to make herself heard there,
she crept around to the front of the
house and called. Mrs. S. C. Mc
Cready. next door neighbor. Dr.
Lieser was summoned and she was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital.
NEGROES HAIL MIRACLE
9-Year-Old Boy's Prayers Said
to Have Cured Rheumatism.
NEWBURGH, N. Y., June 30.
(Special.) Paul Perkins, a 9-year-old
negro whose home is in Chicago,
but who has been conducting revival
services here, has occasioned much
talk among negroes, by reason of
a remarkable cure attributed to
him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts of 292
Washington street has been crippled
with rheumatism for five years, and
was unable to walk without crutches.
After the boy had prayed over her,
he told her to walk without the
crutches. .
Today she has been doing so freely.
The boy goes to New York city tomorrow.
Shot Fired in Self-De
fense, Says Youth.
GREWSOME STORY IS TOLD
Gun Alleged to Have Been
Bowker's Is Produced.
CASE TO JURY TODAY
Arguments of Attorneys Are Lim
ited by Judge to Two Hours
on Each Side.
OREGON CITY. Or., June 50.
(Special.) Russell Hecker, on the
witness stand today, admitted kill
ing Frank Bowker. Portland mu
sician. In a heated argument,
Bowker had threatened to kill him,
Hecker told the jury, and he was
forced to shoot in self-defense, after
Bowker had drawn his own gun and
shot at Hecker.
Hecker said he had later, thrown
Bowker's gun away, and in at
tempted substantiation of this state
ment the accused man's father and
brother testified later that they had
found it. A gun was introduced in
evidence which they said was the'
one they had recovered from a spot
near the' road along which young
Hecker had driven after the murder.
One chamber of this gun was empty.
Asked if this was the gun Bowker
had fired at him. Hecker testified
that it' looked like the one. Mrs.
Katherine Cox, who had been Bow
ker's housekeeper, testified " that
the gun produced looked like one
Bowker had."
Testimony Is Completed.
Taking of testimony was com
pleted at 4 o'clock. Hecker, his
father and brother and three other
witnesses appeared for the defense.
Thirty-two witnesses appeared for
the prosecution. Arguments of the
attorneys te.mor.yow, hav been limr
ited by Judge Campbell to "twp hours
on each side and the case will gd to
the jury some time in the afternoon.
Hecker was replaced on the stand
at 9 o'clock, this morning, and his
testimony, including cross-examination,
continued for four hours. The
story of the killing was told on Al
rect examination shortly after the
opening of court. .
Gnu ProwesH Boaat Recalled.
Leaving Portland with Bowker,
Hecker said, the musician to whom
he was going to sell the liquor con
tinually kept exhibiting a .38 re
volver. He told, the accused said,
of his prowess with a gun, and re
peatedly said what "he would do to
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'Big, Four" Brotherhoods Are to
' Continue Work Shop Men
to Go Out Today.-
CHICAGO. June 30. (By the As
sociated Press.) "The trains will
continue to run, strike or no strike,"
railway executives united In declar
ing tonight after the. efforts of the
United States rail labor' ; board to
halt' a strike of 400,000 shopmen set
for tomorrow 'had met with appar
ent failure. .,
Neither the maintenance of way
employes, who also have been tak
inng a strike vote but who have
decided not to walk out tomorrow,
nor the shop crafts mechanics, who
are scheduled to throw down their
tools at 10 o'clock tomorrow, have
anything to do with the actual op
eration of the trains, the railway
managers explained.
That work is carried out by the
"big four" brotherhoods, whose in
ternational presidents issued orders
yesterday that their . members
should continue to carry out their
actual duties, irrespective of any
strike action on the part of other
unions. The maintenance of way
men comprise the track . repair
gangs and other semi-skilled labor.
The shop crafts workers, who are
more vital to the efficiency opera
tion of a road, make repairs on
rolling stock.
Railway managers said1, however,
that their present equipment would
be adequate for several months and
that emergency repairs might be
made in outside shops. They esti
mated that it would be at least
three months before a walkout ot
shopcraft employes would seriously
impair the efficiency of either pas
senger or freight transportation.
"The traveling public and ship
pers will not know there is a strike
except by reading about- it in the
newspapers," declared one ; execu
tive. SOVIET NOTE ANSWERED
Nations Say Russia Must Take
First Step to Limit Arms.
LONDON, June 30. Replying to
the soviet government's recent note
proposing limitation of armaments,
Vhe Polish, Finnish and Letvian
governments -. have declared an
agreement . to reduce arms cannot
be made until Russia, fulfills her
obligations entered into by peace
treaties with those "countriegj i ? vi '
This information is contained' in
a Central News dispatch from Riga
today.-
PUBLISHER IS TARRED
Winter Park, Fla., Newspaper
Man Advised to Leave Town.
ORLANDO, Fla., June 30. J. H.
Wendler, publisher of the Florida
Post, at Winter Park, a few miles
from here,..was taken from, his home
at that place tonight by a band of
unmasked men, flogged, tarred and
feathered.
He also was advised to leave town
within a week.
THE LATEST AERIAL DISASTER.
Gruen, New York Pianist, and
. Del Porter, Saxophonist, De
light With Selections.
The second concert of popular
dance music played for The Orego
nian radio last mgnt by Herman
Renin's Portland hotel orchestra
brought in enough requests for
extra numbers to have filled twice
as much time as was allotted the
station for broadcasting. . Toward
the end of the programme a steady
stream of telephone calls was re
ceived, asking for special selections.
Preceding the concert of dance
music the radio audience received a
rare treat of piano music in the two
solos played by Rudolph Gruen,
celebrated New York pianist, who is,
stopping ii, Portland, en route to
New. Zealand and Australia for a
concert tour. The broadcasting set
was in perfect working order to
afford clear transmission for the
solos and they went over the air in
splendid fashion. Mr. Gruen played
"B Flat Minor Scherzo" (Chopin)
and "Jube Dance" (Dett).
Many stations reported to The
Oregonian radio tower during the
concert that they had never heard
orchestra music come in so clearly
and with such volume. The usual
large Friday night audience was
listening in and it showed itself ex
traordinarily enthusiastic and ap
preciative. Among the numbers was a saxo
phone solo played by Del Porter
that came near being the hit of the
evening. Mr. Porter played "Carib
bean Sea."
Of the many requests received for
extra numbers, only three could be
played on account of the time limi
tation. The complete programme,
in .the order played by the orchestra,
follows: "Don't Bring Me Posies,"
"After the Rain," "Three o'clock in
the Morning," "Sing-Song Man,"
"Some Sunny Day," "Sweet Indiana
Home," "Some Day, Sweetheart," "I'm
Nobody's Baby," "The Sheik," "Stum
bling," and "Leave Me With a
Smile."
The next regular concert to be
broadcast from The Oregonian tower
will be Sunday evening. L'Allegra
quartet and several vocal and in
strumental soloists will contribute
to it. , -
SOLOS COMPOSE PROGRAMME
Violin and Vocal Artists Will Fa
vor Hawley Audiences.
Violin and vocal solos bv local
artists will be broadcast from tne
Willard P. Hawley radiophone sta
tion KYQ, in Jrvington, tonight,
beginning at 8 o'clock. The enter
tainers will be Blanche Cohen, so
prano; Loris Gratke, violinist; Vina
M. Crogh, piano accompanist. In
addition to the musical entertain
ment. Miss Mary Elizabeth Godwin
will tell a story for children. The
programme follows:
Violin solo (a) "Canebrake" (Gard
ner), (b) "Walts Sentimentate" (Schu
bert-Franco), Miss Loris ttratke: so
prano solo, "Roses in June" (German),
Miss Blanche Cohen: vioiin solo, "Tam
bourine Chanofs" (Krelsler). Miser Loris
Gratke: soprano solos (a)' "Twilight"
(Glen), (b) "A Love Son" (Liddle), Miss
Blanche Cohen.
Gain Over Last Year Is
10,669,981 Bushels.
NEW BUILDING MARK SET
$12,790,735 Permits Are
Issued in Six Months.
BANK CLEARINGS MORE
Total Value of All Shipments
From Port Is Placed at 1
$61,192,339.
INCREASED PROSPERITY IN
PORTLAND SHOWN.
Exports of 35,727,877 bush
els of wheat break records,
with gain of 10,669,981 bush
els for year.
Lumber exports for seasonal
year total 271,151,623.
Imports' show increase of
$100,009.
Building records broken,
with $12,790,735 permits in six
months.
Batik clearings of $740,216,
178 show gain. v
. Total value of exports is
$61,192,339.
Collector of customs takes
in $670,279.
Clearing of 4,403,528 bushels of
wheat for the month ending yester
day credited the 12 months of the
1921-22 cereal season with a new
mark in exports of that class ap
proximately 35,727,877 bushels. Cus
toms house records show the 1920
21 exports were 25,057,896 bushels.
Flour exports declined somewhat,
being 1,295,597 barrels compared
with 1,182,329 barrels for, the 1920?
21 season.! June lumber ...exports
were 23,778,020 feet and for the yeat
271,151,623 feet.
In June, 1921, wheat exports were
3.458,660 bushels, valued at $4,678,
916, the valuation last month being
$5,363,060. A year ago last month
flour exports reached 116,747. bar
rels at $706,419 as against 41,432
barrels at $289,912 last' month and
lumber exported totalled 12,701.509
feet worth $307,562 while the value
of that floated last month was
$462,478.
Active Pnce Maintained.
, Added to the three principal com
modities originating here for export
are all kinds of general cargo. Tabu
lations are expected to show the
value of all foreign shipments to
exceed $61,192,339.
The European movement has
maintained an active pace, gauged
by the tonnage moved during th
year, and that market has drawn on
the Oregon district for varied
stocks.
As regards the trans-Pacific ave
nues, there was a falling off due
to financial setbacks in Japan and
that was having a strong effect
about the time steamship operators
began cutting rates.
Record Crop Credited.
The exceptional showing In wheat
exports was made possible by the
record crop. It having been around
80,000,000 bushels, which a liberal
estimate places at 20,000,000 bush
els in excess of normal years. It
is questioned whether the same
volume of cereal business will be
handled during the 1922-23 season,
but in the movement of other than
cereals the outlook in a shipping
way is encouraging. s .
Added to the export business has
been a rapidly increasing movement
of commodities to the Atlantic coast
and a detailed check on that prom
ises to indicate a flattering com
parison with the preceding year's
trade.
Import Valuations at Portland for
the first ten months of the fiscal
year, figures not being complete for
that part of the port's business, in
dicate an increase of more than
$100,000 over the 1920-21 showing.
BUILDING RECORDS BROKEN
Bank Clearings Far Ahead of
Same Period Last Year.
With all records for building
activity broken during the first six
months of the present year, and
with bank clearings exceeding those
for the same period last year by a
good margin, Portland is apparently
coming back strong after the era
of business readjustment. Export
activity from the port also hung
up new records of achievement, and
George U. Piper, United States col
lector of customs, reported the
greatest year since 1913.
Reports of the city building de
partment for the six months' period
closing yesterday showed a total
of 7240 permits issued for a total
value of $12,790,735. This may be
compared with 6634 permits valued
at $8,335,150 for the corresponding
period of last year, a gain for fnis
year of more than 53 per cent as far
as cash value is concerned.
I That Portland will hang up a new
I record for building activity this
' year became still more apparent
I . Concluded on Face 3. Column 1.)
Count Seems to Bear Out Early
Indications That Non-Partisan
Is Victorious.
FARGO, N. D., June 30. (By the
Associated Press.) Belated reports
that trickled in today from Wednes
day's state-wide primary election in
North Dakota seemed to bear out
early indications that Lynn J. Fra
zier, non-partisan, had captured the
republican senatorial nomination by
a majority of less than 10,000 votes.
While Porter J. McCumber, the
state's senior senator, dropped be
hind Frazier in returns tabulated
today, reports from a number of the
scattering precincts favorable to
McCumber tonight cut down to less
than 2000 the margin that separated
them.
Friends of McCumber here, con
ceding his , defeat, admitted that
most of the missing precincts un
doubtedly would be favorable to
Frazier. s
Meanwhile Governor Nestos, in
dependent, had a lead of 16,000 over
B. F. Baker, non-partisan, in the
republican gubernatorial contest
and independent headquarters de
clared tonight there seemed no rea
son to alter its prediction of a 10,000
plurality for Nestos.
DARE RESULTS IN DEATH
Boy Touches High-Tension Wire
in Setting Pace for Fellows.,
PORTCHESTER, N. Y., June 30.
(Special.) "I did it because I didn't
want the fellows to think me yel
low?' Fourteen-year-old Thomas Mur
ray smiled bravely as he uttered
these words Just before he died ol
ghastly burns. He was speaking to
his father, seated beside the hospi
tal cot. Wednesday night the boy
was playing "stump the leader."
The leader climbed a steel signal
tower on the New Haven tracks.
Murray followed half way and then
stopped.
"Come on. Don't be yellow," cried
the leader.
Stung by the -' aunt the boy
climbed up to the platform. "Do
this if you can," he called to his fel
lows and bent over the edge, of -the
platform. Accidentally he touched
a high tension electric wire, was
hurled back, onto the platform and
his clothes set afire. For two days
he. lay unconscious in the hospital.
Then c. moment of clear thought,
his explanation to his father, and
the end.
HOUSE TAKES LAY-OFF
Adjournment Until August 15 to
Permit Watching of Campaigns.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 30.
The house of representatives ad
journed tonight at 9:49 o'clock until
August 15.
This gives members an opportu
nity to return home to look after
their campaigns, while the senate
still is at work on the tariff.
Democrats opposing adjournment
almost solidly, forced a rollcall. The
vote to quit was 171 to 43 with two
voting "present."
"The democrats, having voted
with their fingers crossed, I move
that the house be adjourned," said
Representative Mondell, the repub
lican leader.
There was a shout and a wild race
to taxicabs waiting outside to rush
members to outgoing trains.
In opposing adjournment demo
crats insisted the house ought to
stay in session and act on Henry
Ford's otfer for lease on Muscle
Shoals.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
83 degrees; minimum, 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; Rorthwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Russians decide on private deals. Page 2.
Rebel stronghold in Dublin seized.
Page 2.
National.
"White House firm in backing labor
board. V age e.
Domestic.
United States intervention fails to pre
vent strike set for today. Page 1.
Disabled veterans elect C. H. Cook,
Page 3. . "
Amundsen leaves Nome for far north.
Page 3.
Trains to operate in spite of strike.
Page 1.
Flappers look good to ex-senator, 100,
who visits new York. Page 1.
MoCumber's friends concede his defeat
by Frazier. Page 1.
Ancestors of man trailed in desert.
Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Hecker admits killing Bowker. Page 1
Five-cent car fare is asked. Page 4.
Man found murdered on highway. Page I.
Sports.
Giants beat Phillies, 6 to 4. Page 12.
Pacific Coast league results: At Port
land 4, Los Angeles 0; at Seattle 4
San Francisco 5; at Los Angeles. Ver
non 2, Salt Lake 5; at Oakland 2, Sac
ramento 3 (11 innings). Page 12.
Landis is defied, by Clark Griffith.
Page lz.
Evans and Von Elm are western amateur
tlnallsts. l-age is.
Commercial and Marine.
Exoorts of wheat set new record. Page 1.
Extreme dullness marks day's session on
New lorK siock exuujuiise. .rage 21.
Chief topics of discussion on corporate
- consolidations, mite x. .
Cereal receipts break record. Page 20.
Visit of battleship for festival may mean
others, .rage m.
Portland and Vicinity.
pine assortment ot fruits on market.
i'age a .
Jury In case of teacher accused of bat
t., fuilH to aeree. Page 22.
Police Judge Ekwalf tolls Lions' club of
status ot narcotics evil, rage lu.
Deportees caught in Vancouver. B. C.
Page (.
3000 rail employes in Oregon expected to
walk out loaay. rage o.
Radio dance music is broadcast. Page -1,
Weather report, data and forecast,
Page zu.
Unidentified Body Taken
From Columbia.
ROCK TIED ON WITH WIRE
Slayer Is Believed to Have
Stolen Dead Man's Clothes.
AUTO TRACKS ARE CLEW
Fingerprints Also Discovered at
Spot Where Killer Threw
Evidence From Highway.
THE DALLES, Or., June 30. (Spe-
cial.) The unidentified pody of a
man who had been murdered some
where on the Columbia River high
way last night was found in the Co--
lumbia river this afternoon at the
highway tunnel between The Dalits
and the Deschutes river.
The track of a mysterious automo- .
bile led to the point opposite where
the body had been dragged to the
river's edge and the trail of the
slayer was made easily discernible
by, the splotches of blood that led
from the east entrance cf the tun
nel across the railroad tracks and
to the- edge of the Columbia, into
which the murdered man apparently
had been hastily tossed.
Body Weighted With Itoi-k.
The man had been hit 12 times
on the back of the head with some
dull, heavy instrument, F. W. Mor
gan, deputy coroner, said. One of
the blows had crushed the skull ,
completely.
Tne body had been tied in a blan
ket and weighted with a big rock
To add to the mystery which sur-'
rounds the case it appeared as it
the slayer had changed clothes with
the victim, as there was no mark of
any kind on the rough, khaki trous
ers and blue, striped shirt which
might identify the man.
There was no underclothing on.
the body arid the shoes had been
removed. This strengthened the
theory of Levy Chrisman, sheriff,
that the murderer, in order to throw
the forces of the law off the trail.
had put his clothing on the victim
and had taken the dead man's suit.
Plnce of Murder Mystery.
Just where the murder took place
the Bheriff could not say, but he
was of the opinion that it was on
the highway not more than a few
miles from where the body was
found wrapped in a blanket The
blanket covered the head, and
around the neck it was fasteritd
with a wire. ,
Around the waist a wire had been
tied, and to this had been attached a
large rock, apparently in the hope
that the evidence of the criue would
be carried to the bottom ot the river.
But it was there that the slayer
miscalculated in his haste, for, in
stead of sinking, the body caught on
a rock, and there it was seen with
an arm out of the water.
The gruesome discovery was made
by the crew of westbound freight
train No. 153. Instead of stopping
the members of the crew proceeded
to The Dalles ana notified the au
thorities.
Sheriff Rushes to Scene.
The deputy coroner and the sher
iff hastened to the scene and made
an exhaustive investigation, 'ine
body was brought to this city. The
scene of the murder is about one-
quarter of a mile from the Deschutes
river and between that river and
this city. The body had been dumped
into the Columbia where the high
way passes nearest to the river.
It was during this study of the
ground where the slayer labored iiL
the silence of the night at his
bloody task that the sheriff ob
tained clews that may lead to the
capture of the murderer.
The tracks of the automobile,
which, the sheriff said, no doubt
was used to carry the body of the
victim to the scene, were plainly
visible. The machine apparently
had been stopped at the east mouth
of the tunnel. From this the sheriff
judged that the car had been travel
ing west.
Tell-Tale Marks k-f.
From the spot where the death
car had been parked, there led a
trail of blood across the railway
tracks and to the edge of the river.
It was in attempting to get the
body of his victim over the white
wooden guard rail between the
outer edge of the road and the rail
way tracks that the slayer left the
marks that may lead to his capture.
Imprinted squarely on the top of
the rail the sheriff found the com
plete outline of a man's hand. The
lines were particularly plain, as if
the man had been working about the
greasy part of an automobile.
The sheriff made arrangements to
photograph the imprints and these,
together with pictures of the victim,
will be circulated about the country
in an effort both to learn the iden
tity of the murdered man and to
trap the person who caused his
death.
Victim in Front Seat.
The sheriff believes that the man
was riding in the front seat of the
automobile and that he was struck
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