Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1922)
THE 3IOKNING OEEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER G, 1922 17 RECORD OF VIOLENT DEATHS ADVOCATED Police Want Law Requiring Doctors to Report. PROBE IS SUGGESTED Protection at Present Declared Afforded Some Physicians in Illegal Practices. Public and open investigation of all sudden and violent deaths and the keeping of proper records of such events hy public officers were advocated yesterday by the police as a result of disclosures by Dr. Karl Smith, county coroner, in which he admitted that he had assisted certain physicians in suppressing news of the deaths of patients in their offices. Such practices, officialdom held, migrh t provide protection not only for legitimate physicians who meet with misfortune while operating on patients, but also for doctors whose practices are conined chiefly to illeg-al operations. There is no sug gestion or suspicion on the part of anyone that any crime or suspicious circumstances have been covered up by the coroner, but they believe that the system is wrong and open to abuse. Public Record Advocated. The case of Dr. A. A. Asplund, seven years ago. convicted of per forming a . criminal operation caught simply through the alertness of a city detective who happened to see an ambulance waiting for victim at the doors leading to the man's offices, was cited by the po lice. "Kvery sudden df-ath, no matter whefher attended by criminal or suspicious circumstances, should be a matter of public record," said Chief Jenkins. "I am in favor of some sort of a law that would re- quire a complete and open invest! gation of these cases and the main tenance of records of such deaths. '"Such regulation would assist the police in their work and bring to justice persons who, through the present system, can dispose of the bodies of their victims and evade just ice. Another Demand In Made. The disclosures regarding sup pressing information of such deaths and the habit of surreptitiously re moving the corpses from physicians' offices after nightfall has brought another demand from the police i demand that physicians, as well a hospitals, . be required to report every accidental injury they treat. "Under existing regulations we require hospitals to make immediate reports of the receipt of patients suffering from gunshot or knife . wounds, or victims of industrial or traffic accidents. This often leads to the immediate arrest of the per sons responsible for a crime, said J oil n Moore, chief; inspector. "Physicians are required to make no such report, and many persons injured in braVls, wounded while committing crimes or hurt in cases that should come to our attention are treated by physicians and no report made ro us of the circum stances. Doctors are required to report to the health board con tagious diseases; they should be obliged to report crimes and acci dents to the police.' , Asplund Im Convicted. As a result of Dr. Smith's admis sion, the seven-year-old case of Dr. Asplund became common talk about headquarters yesterday. Asplund. a physician with prac tice confined largely to women, per formed an illegal operation in his offices at Sixth and Washington streets on the afternoon of October 15, 1115. The woman died. An am bulance was called. Detective Royle, walking down the street, saw the ambulance, and, thinking that an accident had hap pened, walked into the doctor's of fice. A glimpse convinced the officer that something was wrong. According to testimony adduced at the trial, Asplund started for the door when Royle began to. question li im. This i n creased the officer's , suspicions. He called other detec- j lives, began an investigation of the office and seized evidence. As a result of this information Asplund was convicted of man slaughter and sentenced to from one 10 fifteen years in the penitentiary. Though he fought the case for years, he was finally held guilty by the supreme court and obliged to serve a portion of his sentence. Open Investigation Urgred. "If one kind of a death occurring in a physician's office can be made a secret, what is there to prevent such cases as these being hushed up. the body sneaked out of the of fice, cremated and all evidence of the crime destroyed?" suggested a police official. "Complete and open investigation of every sudden death is the only thing that will prevent these illegal operations." District Attorney Myers. who made an unofficial inquiry into the ruse, held yesterday that Coroner Smith has violated no law in sup pressing the information of deaths. TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Columbia Cecil B. DeMille's "Manslaughter." Majestic Lon Chaney in "Flesh and Blood." Rivoli Rupert Hughes' "Re membrance." Liberty Mae Murray in "Broadway Rose." Blue Mouse Charles Ray in 'A Tailor-Made Man." Hippodrome Doris May in "Gay and Devilish." Circle Noted French produc tion, "I Accuse.". EVERYBODY'S doing it. Every body, from Maine's rocky, rugged coast to prop boys in the Hollywood studios, is writing scenarios. And a small wonder it is, from the caliber of some of the stories submitted, that scenario editors soon begin to chase butter flies and are seen to laugh fiendish ly when new plots are mentioned. Here, quoted verbatim, ,is a letter received by the scenario department at Universal City from a scenarist aspirant in Trenton. X. J.: "Gentlemen I have a New Stories for sale, for Screen use and I like to know if you would like to try one of my Stories the Stories is named "The Girl Poor in Gold but Rich in Love." and I have nother stories that is named "The King's Slave," it's wonderful stories for Photoplay, it's about a man how he won his Girl for his wife, he most come for her in a chariot drawn by a lion and a wild boar, and when the couple was at the point of death how they become to their lives again. Please answer." Oh, death, where is thy sting? Cheery Word for Writer.. One doesn't have to be a literary steeple-Jack to get a scenario over at Universal City. Ray Schrock, scenario editor, has instructed readers to forget the me chanics of stories and to dig down through the language for a possible idea. "Not all stories are made to order for the screen." he writes. "Often a' smashing good story is passed up because the, writer didn't do a back handspring with the plot and ligit on his feet in exactly 5000 feet." Universal believes that it has a splendid story-picking executive in Ray Schrock. Backed by his long1 experience as an editor and writer Schrock weeds out every possibility from among the hundreds of scripts submitted. Screen Gossip. Rupert Hughes big production, "Remembrance," will be shown for the last times at the Rivoli theater today and this evening. It will be followed by "Burning Sands." in which Milton . Sills is the under scored player. "Remembrance" is an entirely different sort of photo play and well worth seeing. As the writer previously characterized it. it is not merely a gesture of the studio. Literally, it is a slice of life. To the members of the "gold diggers'" fraternity it may not prove very pleasant because it re lentlessly holds up an uncompli mentary mirror before them. But photoplays that start people think ing jn the right direction are always worth while. "The Storm," in which House Peters is featured, and in which he is verv capably supported by Vir ginia Valli and Matt Moore, will be shown at the Circle theater Sunday and Monday. "The Storm" ia one of the season's most unqualified hits. Saturday at the Circle Harold Lloyd s mirthauake-. "Grandma's Boy," will ha-e a special return engagement. TTndoubtedlv many that have seen this hilarious outburst before will witness it again. "The Sin Flood," which is reputed to contain a plot of distinct origin ality, begins its engagement at the Malestic theater tomorrow, follow ing Lon Chaney's excellent produc tion of "Flesh and Blood." which will be shown for the last times to day. At the municipal auditorium this evening and Sunday evening the splendid Bible pictures will not be shown. They will be exhibited at the matinees on those days, how ever. Consequently, the final per formance will be Sunday afternoon. Previous booking arrangements necessitated this change, so far as the Friday and Sunday evenings are concerned. The Bible pictures have been attracting heavy attendance at the auditorium. Aside from their general instructive value, even ad vanced students of the Bible have conceded the highly educational character of the exceptional pictures. FIRE WEEK IS PLANKED CHIEF SETS FORTH RULES FOR PREVENTION. COUNTY SAVES $91,496 Economy Accomplished by Change in Hospital Plans; After submitting the annual bud get to the tax supervising and con servation commission Multnomah county commissioners found ' where they could effect a saving of $91,496 in construction and operating ex penses of the new county hospital. The county commissioners therefore asked that this reduction be made by the supervising body. It was at first contemplated that the new hospital would be occupied during the entire year of 1923. Later it was found that the building will not be actively used until May. For this reason the operating cost will be cut $21,000 and the rest of the saving will be effected by a revi sion of estimates on new construe, tlon. FRAUD TRIAL UNDER WAY Reputed Crooked Financial Oper ators Face Jury at Boise. BOISE. Ida.. Oct. 5. (Special.) The second episode in the exposure c.f the alleged "Ponzi" transactions of Charles F. Pilllard, Dewey O. I'earce and A. B. Ground, is being i;3cted in Boise. Pearce and Ground standing trial on the charge of get ting money under false pretenses. Pilliard is serving seven months' Kentence in the county jail, having pleaded guilty to a similar charge. He also has been indicted by the federal grand jury for using the mails to defraud, More Extensive Observance of Occasion Than Ever Before in Portland. Everything is in readiness for the 12th annual nation-wide fire pre vention week, according to John E. Young, chief of the Portland fire de partment. Portland will see a more extensive observance of the week this vear than has ever been the case before, Chief Young declared. "The people ot Portland are go ing to be made aware oi lire pre vention week this year," declared Chief Young. "It is high time that the people of Portland and every city awoke to what a yearly tire waste of 15.000 lives ana close to a half billion dollars in property, if long continued, will mean to this country. Heedlessness and careless ness are clearly at the bottom oi au but a small fraction or the loss. which means that the large part ot fire loss is needless and inexcusable "Suppose that some foreign power were allowed to levy an annual tribute on us of $500,000,000, what a howl of protest would go up from every real American. Yet, with scarcely a murmur, we surrender a sum just short of this amount to the common enemy,, fire, every 12 months. To me, such complancency the face of life and property de struction unparalleled anywhere in the world is one of our least-com prehensible characteristics." The following are some briet rire- prevention rules, called "Young's 14 Points, that (.met J oung recom- ends to the attention of all Port land residents: Don't use makeshifts instead of pn-oper fuses in your electrical circuits; the fuse is the "sa.fety valve" of the system. Don't leave electric flatirona or other heating- devices "turned on" while at tending to aomethin else. Don't look for a gas leak with an open flame lisrht; you will be sure to fuid It. Use an electric flashlight preferably. Don't use gasoline or other volatile liquids to- remove spots from clothing or for other purposes. Don't throw your lighted matches or smoking material where they can possi bly cause a fire. Don't emoke in bed; perhaps those guilty of this practice aTe too green to burn, but the beds are not. Don't let children play with matches or bonfires. Don't fail to have your defective chim neys and flues mended. Don't forget to have the soot removed from your smokepipe: If not cleaned the pipe may overheat and start a fire when you operate the furnace. Don't neglect to protect walls, ceilings and partitions from the overheating of stoves, furnaces and pipes. Don't put hot aahes into wooden boxes or barrels. Don't fill oil lamps or stoves by open flame light. Don't 3et rubbish accumulate. Dont fail to keep a bucket of water and a bucket of sand in a convenient piace, for use in case of fire; they may save the Uvea of your family as they have those of others. sought by City Commissioner Bige low at the next meeting of the city council. Mr. Bigelow will also seek authority to sell all or a part of the $200,000 incinerator bonds authorized by the voters ten years ago. Four proposals will be given to the biddeis on the incinerator. The first proposal calls for the erection of a 100-ton - unit, in the present plant; proposal No." 2 calls for the erection of . a 100-ton unit at some location other than the present in cineration plant; proposal No. 3 calls for the erection of a 2O0-ton unit in the present plant, and pro posal No. 4 calls for the erection of a 200-ton unit elsewhere than the present plant. The present plant has 150'-ton capacity and has been operated beyond capacity for mote than two years. Ladies Choose and be stylishly shod -AT- To meet the demand for good Shoes at a low price we've gone the limit this fall in assembling a wonderful line of Women's $10 Shoes. The beauty of their styles, coupled with their real quality, justify the wonderful volume of business we are doing on them. The best school shoe that money can buy - We cannot repeat that too often, for we have our own definite standards and are justly proud of our School Shoes. Sizes 11 to 2 $5.00. Downstairs Extra Special Sale Of Women's High and Low Shoes $4.85 $4.85 $4.85 Knight Shoe Co. MORRISON STREET NEAR BROADWAY BOY PASSES NAVY TEST WiHard Leihy to Enter Annapolis ' at Age of 1 6 Years. Word was yesterday by Leihy that 4 DIVORCE SUITS FILED received in Portland Mr. and Mrs. E. G. their son, Willard Leihy, has passed his entrance ex aminations for Annapolis naval academy. The V.;i3t vountr man. who is 16 years of ag:e, received his appointment sev eral months agro and completed his examinations be fore entering: Ore gon agricultural college this fall. He is a freshman iwwaiiiii iwmwmhuw there and is ma joring in engineering. The young man was graduated with honors from Jefferson high school last year, and is said to be one of the youngest boys . in Oregon ever to pass the Annapolis entrance ex aminations. 1 iffVt S s the O. A. C. Alumni association than ever before," says Miss ZeltaFeike, alumni secretary. "One of the cry ing needs is for a live Benton counfy club." School District Blamed for Death. MONTESANO, Wash., Oct. 5. (Special.) Trial of the damage suit of John Jacobsen against the Ab erdeen school district,, the Aberdeen Fuel company and Glee Lovelace was begun Tuesday. This case grew out of the death of Mr. Jacobsen's 6-year-old son, who was struck by a truck while playing in the street hy an Aberdepn school truck last spring. The plaintiff claims care lessness on the part of the truck driver and his principal, the com pany, and Jack of prop'et supervision of the child on the part of the school district. MAN BURNED TO DEATH Assayer's Clothes Take Fire; Son Is Badly Injured. BOISE, Ida.. Oct. 6. (SpecaL E. C. Grioe, one of the best known rportsmen in Idaho, was burned to death In Boise this wppk by a gaso line explosion. His 16-year-old son was burned,--but- he will recover. The accident happened at his horn where Mr. Grice has a laboratory. He was a government assayer con nected with the United States assay office in this city for many years. Ho was operating an assay furnace n the laboratory. This furnace was connected with a high pressure gis oline tank. The connection broke and gasoline was sprayed over the clothes of Mr. Grice and hla son. Their clothes caught fire. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. All its readers are Inter ested in the classified columns. GRADUATES TO GATHER Benton County College Alumni to Hold Banquet October 11. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL LEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 6. (Special.) An organization banquet of Ben ton county alumni is planned ju-st before the Farrar concert October 11. "Old grads" will meet in the college tea room at 6 o'clock, and will go in a group to the concert, where a block of seats has been arranged. Husbands and wives of alumni are invited to this banquet, and ' any other alumni in Corvallis at the time are invited to "sit in" with the Benton county men and women. "More interest is being shown in Dorothy Mary Furness Charges Husband With Neglect. Dorothy Mary Furness in a di vorce suit filed yesterday in circuit court against Earl Peck Furness charged her spouse with gross neglect. Furness is employed in the din ing car service of a railroad com pany and receives $155 a month, read the complaint. The wife asked $34) a month permanent alimony and possession of a Ford coupe, as well as half interest in the Furness residence. Ludwig F. Hafner eaid his wife admitted she was fond of the com panionship of other men and re fused to give up their society when he begged her to do so. He filed suit for a divorce. Juanita Sammts filed suit for a divorce from her . husband, Chester SammiA alleging that she was un justly accused of, being inconstant. Almony of $50 a month was asked. Minnie Happ asked separation from John Happ on a cruelty charge. INCINERATOR BONDS UP Commissioner Bigrelow to Put Matter Before Council. Authority to advertise for bids for construction of a new unit to the municipal' Incinerator will be J? KtflOXAL CREST (Sffee Cu 1 l.aon.000 caps m l.ftOO.OO cups wrr iTvd at the Panama-Pacific Jnt-r na tional i x p o ttion. Phon direct Eat 7034. Alcohol for the For bathing elderly folk end tnraiids nth for bmiiet f J . se f &ffl Alkohot .: :.v:--:.-::".;:.y RrT-s-vv Massage rtrrres vis MS) m r r lor every external use The only way to get alcohol for ex ternal purposes that looks, smells and feels like alcohol and is 95 alcohol, unfitted for internal use by Improving for external purposes, is to insist on genuine Mifflin Alkohol Massage. Every home needs a bottle of this cooling, invigorating, antiseptic rub with so many different uses. A wonderful new comfort for skin and relief for sore muscles. Unlike or dinary alcohol rubs it leaves no sticky film or lasting odor. Mifflin Chemical Corporation Delawakz Avenue and Taskek Stxezt Philadelphia, Pa. P5 Alcohol At All Drugeriflts K! Mother know how mmtsagiug with alcohol relieves acktng muscles ana ttrea feet v - - ,:X','',,' I I - t 1 Z-m --rr -...: - - - 1 WW y g3 y Beatrice Dierke Distinguished Pianist m Cental Multnomah Hotel Ballroom ' SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8TII AT 3 O'CLOCK Because it satisfies her every requirement as can no other, Mrs. Dierke has for years used in her' home and in concerts the supreme PIANO The selection of the Mason & Hamlin by so many of the most exacting artists of America constantly confirms its pre-eminence in all those qualities most vital to artistic attainment. It is impossible to convey in words .an adequate idea of the surpassing tonal quality of the Mason & Hamlin. We invite you to play and hear this finest of all pianos. 148 Fifth St., Near Morrison Are You the Lucky One in Five? Not if your gums bleed easily . Wise are they that heed bleeding gums. They are fighting Pyorrhea, the sinister disease that attacks four persons out of every five past forty and thousands younger, too. Forhan's For the Gums, if used consistently and used in time, will prevent Pyorrhea or check its prog ress. Brush your teeth with it. It will keep them white and clean and your gums firm and healthy. The formula of R. J. Forhan, D.D.S. Pleasant to the taste. At all druggists, 35c and 60c in tubes. SBC" 4- F.fmmU mfK P . fan. P. P 1 Forhan Company, New York j, wn mM mm I rorhea'a, II tow. Ilienri Phone Your Want Ads to The Oreonian. Main 707Uf