G THE MORNING OREGONTAN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923 BEKD JURY BLAMES s.nnnirjrnniin iriin urntii run AiLLiiko Mrs. I. A. Nichols Held to Grand Jury. LAYER KEPT OFF STAND Attorney Refuses to Let Client Tell of Shooting Robert Greer, Jloonshiner... BEND. Or., Dec 5. (Special.) That Robert Greer came to his death as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by Mrs. L A. Nichols was the verdict returned by the coroner's jury, which held the inquest over Greer's body at Crescent this after noon. The findings of the jury were filed at 4:30 o'clock. Following the inquest Mrs. Nichols, who had gone to Crescent this morning, accom panied byjier husband, Sheriff Rob erts of Deschutes county, and her attorney, W. P. Myers, was remand ed to the custody of the sheriff of Klamath county to be taken on to Klamath Falls, where a warrant awaits her n.nd where the grand jury is now in session. Nichols, Roberts and Myers are on their way back to Bend. Greer's brother, J. M. Greer, and his brother-in-law, Howard Holmes, attended the inquest. Preliminary Hearing Waived. By long distance telephone it was learned that the defense has decided to waive preliminary examination, allowing Mrs. Nichols' case to be in vestigated at once by the Klamath county grand jury immediately on her arrival in Klamath Falls. Myers expected that in case of an Indict ment, the case would go to trial early in January. Mrs. Nichols was not permitted by her attorney to go on the Btand at the inquest. Greer's body, after traveling 190 miles, will be Interred here tomor row in Pilot Butte cemetery, Rev. F. R. Sibley of the Methodist church conducting the services. Arrange ments for the funeral were, made this morning by J. M. Greer. Sun day night' the body was brought 50 miles from the Summit stage station to Bend. Yesterday it was taken to Crescent. 70 miles, for the inquest, and tonight it is being brought back to Bend. Mrs. Nichols, completely recovered from her nervous breakdown suf fered after her ordeal Saturday, when the shooting of Greer, the long drive to Bend, and the confession to tiie sheriff had all been crammed into five brief hours, smiled as she left the hospital this morning for the drive to Crescent, and seemed confident that the outcome of the caee would be a happy one. Couple Like Newlyweds. From their behavior to each other, she and Nichols, separated since six weeks ago when Mrs. Nichols left their Ellensburg home with Greer, might have been picked as a typical newly wedded pair. Mrs. Nichols af fectionately addressed her husband as 'Daddy" as they talked together. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nichols said that she was forced to leave at the point of a pistol. M il iED TRACTS OF JjAXD ' ARE BE QUEATHED IX WILL. Angeline B. Richardson Also Do nates Property to E. Henry Wemme EnSowment Fund. By the will of Angeline B. Rich, ardson, who died in Portland No vember 12, tracts of land are given to the Waverly babjj home and the E. Henry Wemme endowment fund. A tract of considerable size in Sulli van's addition is willed to the baby home and lots 6, 7 and 8 ;n block 11 of Lydia Buckman's addition are bequeathed to the endowment fund, which is administered by the Chris tian Science churches of Portland. No values are assigned to these gifts. According to the filings in circuit court yesterday the estate has a value of ?88.000. Real estate is ap praised at $46,000, personal property comprising the remainder. The resi due of the estate, after the public bequests have been made effective, is to be equally distributed among seven heirs, two of whom are sis ters and five nieces of the decedent. Melvin H. Carter, son-in-law. is nominated as executor, by term3 of tne wui. The heirs are Lydia A. Carter and Sarah J. Buckman, sisters and the following nieces; WiUda Buckman. Elma Buckman, Cora B. Condit, Eva I Roane and Mattie T. Carson. Minnie Hill, who died November 29 in Portland, left an estate ap praised at $25,400. all but $1900 of wnicn represents realty holdings, according to the petition for letters of administration filed yesterday. Tne sole neirs are two daughters. Agnes H. Chapman and Beatrice L. Moreland, both of Portland. Cir cuit Judge Tazwell signed the order appointing the two daughters as adintnlstratlces. MULTNOMAH MAN FREED Clarence Jones Gets Conditional Pardon From Mr. Ritner. SALEM, Or., Dec. 5. (Special.) inree paraons nave been granted in two days by Acting Governor Ritner, who is occupying the execu tive chair here pending the return of Governor Olcott from West V irginia. Clarence Jones of Multnomah county received a conditional par don from Mr. Ritner today, follow ing receipt of recommendations from Stanley Myers, district attor ney of Multnomah cjunty. and Judge W. N. Gatens, who presided at the time Jones was convicted. Jones was convicted of attempted robbery and was sentenced to a term ot two years. Salem Lets Pumper Job. The city of Salem yesterday warded a contract to A. G. Long & Co. of Portland for one American LaFrance triple combination pumper at a cost of $10,500. Bids of $10,300 were made by the Seagrave company ana tna suits ire Apparatus com pany, but Salem officials decided In favor of the LaFrance, despite the increased cost. Phone your want ads to The Ore gronlan. All its readers are inter ested ia the classified columns, 1 WOMAN WHO CONFESSED TO KILLING ROBERT GREER, MOONSHINER, NEAR BEND. Km;mmm.mm:i;;:ii " ' v -"7 " 'j i mm t; 'Kir itbi'JxO TIGEfi'SPLMl BUT COLDLY DEFIED Goyernment Clings to "Out of Europe" Policy. EX-PREMIER RESPECTED among republicans but among demo crats as well. Probably this statement of facts as"" they are ought, not to be made without adding that there are men, few in number, but strong in exper ience and judgment, who are calmly confident that soon or later events will force America to take such a hand as this in saving Europe from further destitution. These men say that our present stubbornness in an "out of Europe" policy is ke our equally determined effort to remain neutral during the early days, of the world war. But, speaking for -the present, it is clearly necessary to say that ex Premier Clemenceau's visit has worked not the faintest modification in America's foreign policy. OQTLEG INSURAflCE OUT DRIVE ON MOOXSHIXERS IS CAUSE OF NEW PLAN. MRS. I. A. NICHOLS. ISHLfil TP Hfi,B RILEY SOUTHERN OREGON INVITES LECTURER TO SPEAK. Booster to Tell of Descriptive Ad dresses Made to People of Eastern States. Southern Oregon chambers of commerce and other organizations have combined in an invitation to Frank Branch Riley to spend sev eral days in that section and ad dress mass meetings already ar ranged in Ashland, Klamath Falls, Medford and other cities. Mr. Riley will leave tomorrow to keep his series of engagements. Southern Oregon has been clam oring for Mr. Riley to tell them of his experiences on his lecture trip east last spring, and this is the first opportunity that could be arranged for the visit. On his tour the lec turer visited the chief centers of the east and gave wonderfully ef fective descriptive - addresses that carried the fame of Oregon and the northwest very far, much farther, indeed, than it had gone before. "The Evangel of Oregon" was the title given him on his tour, and the reaction to his presentation of Ore gon's charms has been very1 marked, as inquiries and letters of apprecia tion received here have testified. Mr. Riley will appear in Ashland on the night of December 8 as the closing attraction of Ashland's Win ter Fair week, under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. He will speak in Klamath Falls the night' of December 11 under the combined auspices of the Klamath county chamber of commerce, the Rotary club and. othe,r groups. He will be entertained by the Med ford "Craters," an organization of younger business men, on the night of December 12, and will lecture the following evening at- a Medford theater' under the auspices of the "Craters."? testant. The custody of the five-year-old child has not been decided. The trial brought a large crowd of relatives, most of whom were wit nesses in the case. RAIL DIVORCE OPPOSED Grants Pass Commerce Chamber Votes 110 to S. GRANTS PASS, Or., Dee. 5. (Spe cial.) Grants Pass chamber of com merce last night at an open meet ing and with a very large member ship present reaffirmed the action of the board of directors which placed that organization definitely against the unmerging of the Cen tral Pacific-Southern Pacific system. The meeting was called on account of an unofficial vote at the forum luncheon November 27. The vote of the chamber last night was 110 to 3 in iavor of the Southern Pacific re maining as it is and was taken after the Southern Pacific side of the case had been presented by H. D. Norton and T. P. Cramer had urged for a neutral stand. POSTMASTER IS. SUICIDE FARM WORK IS INDORSED Live Wires Favor Appropriation for Clackamas Connty Agent. , OREGON CITY, Or., Deo. 5. (Special.) Indorsement of the in clusion of an appropriation in the county budget for the support of the county agent and the agricultural work in the country was given by the live wires of the local commer cial club at their session this noon. H. H. Chindgren and Martin Stauber, representing the Clackamas: county farm bureau federation, appeared be fore tile meeting and asked the in dorsement of the wires for the ap propriation for both ' the county agent and an assistant. A committee composed of L. A. Henderson, O. D. Eby and L. E. Jones was appointed to determine the arrangements in course of com pletion for the finishing of the pav ing in - Seventh street, under the new bridge approach, and for equip ping of the rest rooms in the piers. Personal Impression of Best Sort Made at Capital, but Gnaran- . . tee for France Unlikely. . BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Post. Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, P. C., Dec. 5. (Special.) Georges Clemenceau is in Washington. He makes his speech here on Friday. This Washington speech, in his original plans, was to be his only one, at least his principal one. It may yet turn out that the "Tiger" has some especially con vincing appeal to make at the seat of the government he hopes to move. The natural probability, however, is that his Washington speech will not stand out from those he has made elsewhere, or from the one he is to make In Chicago next week before he sails back for France Tuesday. With his appeal to Americans now fairly well known, it is possible to sum up the effects pf it on the gov ernment here at Washington. Any such summary would say that M, Clemenceau has made a personal im- r n. v . (I, bOQlUU VJ 1. HIO UCSk BUI l UUU that combines charm and rugged strength. There is the kindliest feeling and even marked enthusiasm for him practicaily . everywhere. Further, there is a sympathetic un derstanding of the plea he makes and the way he makes it. V. S. Policy Unchanged. When you pass from the personal impression into the question of how much he has affected our public opinion on the subjects he dis cusses, it is believed that he has made a measurable change in the American point of view on the charge, that France is militaristic. It is believed that he has, to some extent, succeeded in Justifying, be fore American eyes, the size of the army which France feels obliged to maintain, and her determination to keep herself secure. But when you consider whether M. Clemenceau's visit has worked any change in the policy of the present administration or of the present senate toward Europe, the answer Is "no." . Any recorder of facts as they are is obliged to set it down clearly that the policy of aostaining from Euro pean affairs is a little more strongly held by our government today than at any previous time, Clemenceau's visit has not affected it. As to the specific plea on which Clemenceau lays emphasis, the appeal for a guarantee to France against future German aggression, there is not in sight the faintest suggestion of a probability that America will con sent to be a party to such a guar antee. Change Later Possible. That Clemenceau, and France, should wish for such a guarantee is understood and conceded. But that America should rive it is regarded as utterly unlikely. This statement is made on the basis of contact with many shades of thought, not only SUITORS BATTLE II Ci MELEE IN SELLWOOD OWI, OVER GIRL SANGUINARY. Portland Man Made Baker Chief. BAKER, Or., Dec. 5. (Special.) Charles W. Palmer, who this morn ing became mayor of the city of Baker, appointed Ed Rand of Port land chief of police and Fr: nk Mc Culloeh, city attorney. No changes in the 'personnel of other city de partments or of the police staff were announced. Mr. Rand former ly was sheriff of Taker county and a federal marshal. Mr. McCulloch is an ex-service man and has prac ticed law in this city for several years. ' Bend Voters Indorse Budget. BEND, Or., Dec 5. (Special,) By a vote of 64 to 4, Bend yesterday in dorsed an $85,590 budget for 1923. This will mean a tax levy of $77,790. Oscar Kendall Shoots Self In Of fice at Richland, Or. BAKER, Or.. Dec. 5. (Special.) Oscar Kendall, 62 years old, and postmaster of Richland, Or., Baker county, for many years postmaster of that town, comm-ittei suicide in his office this morning by shooting himself in the right temple with a revolver. He was alone at the time. Coroner West of Baker decided not to hold an inquest. Despondency over prolonged ill health was be lieved to have cau-sed the act. A widow and three children, Mrs. Ma rie Chandler. Lulj Kendall and Joe Kendall, survive. The funeral will be held Thursday at Richland. Today Until Friday Fritzi BRUNETT tjudge Grants Divorce Plea. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dee. B. I (Special.) An all-day trial of the t divorce suit of Esther Olson against i Nels W. Olson in superior court to- ( day resulted in a divorce decree be ing granted by Judge Simpson, but the decree was given to neither con- A Wife's Awakening 7 Varieties 7 10c Children Always 10c One Rival Sent to Hospital and Other to Jail, While Woman Is Held as Witness. Jealousy which had smouldered for hours in the hearts of Jay Well man, 40, living at the Oregon hotel, and V. C. Leonetti, 35, of the Lin quist hotelflared up in a Sellwood owl car early yesterday morning and was not appeased until blood was drawn. The result was that Well man was taken to .the emergency hospital and Leonetti to jail, both with charges of disorderly conduct lodged against them, and Miss Velma Atkinson, 741 Linn avenue, was locked up as a witness. Eoth men had called on the At kinson girl during the evening and had spent a frigid two hours to gether. Then Wellman, evidently realizing that his case was. lost, got up and left. He hardly had closed the door behind him when Leonetti and the girl set out fpr downtown. On the street car the trio met. Leontti stopped to pay the fare for himself and his companion. The girl walked on in ahead and sat down. Wellman moved up beside her. Leonetti, unable longer to curb his feelings, made a dash for him. When Patrolman Lathrop arrived at the behest of S. H. Lacey, motor man of the car, Wellman was hang ing through a window, his head badly cut by broken glass. Both men hact, been drinking, Lathrop said. Wellman was still in the hos pital last night. Leonetti was re leased on $50 bail. The trouble will be aired in mu nicipal court on Friday. Auto Company Officer Explains Procedure Used to Gnard Against Liquor Libel. "Bootleg Insurance," by which automobile dealers protect their in terest in installment-plan machines. was explained on the witness stand in the federal court yesterday by L. A. Bass, cashier of the local Howard 'Automobile company. If a person is suspected of dealing in liquors he cannot purchase a car on the installment plan, Mr. Bass explained, and even if his record is good the dealer protects himself against the loss of th car through what Is officially known as a con fiscation bond." Last August federal prohibition authorities announced their inten tion of applying the screws of the Volstead act and of confiscating every car in which liquor was found, As a result of this campaign more then a score of automobiles have been taken in Portland in the past few months and a number have al ready been sold at auction by United States Marshal Hotchkiss. The appearance of the automobile man was due to the government's action in confiscating a machine driven by Albert Pelton, in which a shipment of high-grade liquor was seized November 7. Pelton pleaded guilty and was fined $500. The car was libeled by the government. Yesterday Attorney Veatch, rep resenting the Howard company, ap peared to enter & claim for part in terest In the machine. The car, rec ords showed, had been sold to Mrs. Alice J. Pelton on the installment p an and that $500 was still due on it. After hearing the claim of the auto dealer Judge Wolverton or dered that the car be sold and that after the costs of court had been extracted the company be paid its $500 and the remainder turned into the federal treasury. Oregon Packing company here but was recently laid off. Jakes has a wife living at Sixteenth and Harney streets. SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS Ed Jakes Prevented From Jump ing Off Interstate Bridge. VANCOUVER, Wash., " Dec 5. (Special.) Several drinks cf lilac perfume inspired Ed Jakes, E0, with a desire to Jump off the interstate bridge into tlia Columbia river shortly after noon today. Jakes had climbed the bridge railing and was preparing to let go when he was seized by Dennis Campbell, bridge superintendent. Jakes is in the Clarke county jail on a charge dt attempted suicide. The police be- lieve Jakes was intoxicated with the lilac water. - He told Patrolman Raffetry that he wanted to "knick off." He has been working at the plant of the JUDGE IS IN SMASHUP Mr. Ebwald Doesn't Have Time to See Which Driver Is to Blame. Traffic offenders appearing in mu nicipal court yesterday were recipi ents of hard looks from Municipal Judge Ekwall. He had found out at first hand the consequences of ill advised driving. He was brought downtown yester day morning by E. M. Morton, 684 East Fifty-third street North. At Grand avenue and East Davis streets Morton crashed into a small truck owned by the American Can com pany and driven by R. R. Brennan. The judge clutched the seat as the car was thrown violently into the curb. Little damage was done .and the blame was not fixed for the judge had no time to see the details. Ed Williams Not Injured. Ed Williams of Hillsboro, a brake man for the Southern Pacific, re ported killed in an automobile acci dent at Hillsboro Sunday night in a report from Hillsboro, entirely escaped injury, his brother, Kenneth Williams of Portland, announced last night. Williams was the driver of the automobile in which George F. Hermann of Portland was riding just prior to the freak accident In which Hermann wa.s killed. SCHOOL CHANGES SOUGHT Washington Association to Take Measures to Legislature. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 5. (Special.) Two measures one de signed to take the county and state school superintendents' offices out of politics and the other to abolish school districts and make the county the unit of school organization- will be presented to the next ses sion of the Washington legislature, Arthur Marsh, secretary of the Washington State Education asso ciation, declared today in an address to the Clarke county- Teachers' in stitute. He said the school district system was unwieldy and that the county unit plan would be much more efficient financially. Ralph Roberts, principal of the Minnehaha school was elected presi dent of the Clarke County Teachers' association today. - Lewis Williams of Ridgefield was chosen vice-president. The secretary-treasurer will be chosen by the executive board, which is yet to be selected ,PJ ONLY j f - MORE DAYS P ' y J THEN GONE! i k If'A i X v iff 4 iSv v T f f l g -aJ-J " STECHEIE'S t . , BL.I.B MOUSE t V" ? I , i i ORCHESTRA I f 1 i g 3' Harry G. M11U if t . l ' rw mPK 0rsantat PACKED WITH ROMANCE, ACTION 1 1 DRAMA THAT'S . f A Dashing American Girl A Royal Prince A Queen's Jjocket Brave Knights Regal Ladies The Clash of Swords Intriguing Diplomats Three Kingdoms ia Turmoil and Love Behind a Throne All Entwined ' in a Romantic Production of Trans cending Beauty. WITH ETHEL CLAYTON Mats. (Week Days) . . 250 , Eve's (and Sundays). 50e BiFlESEXZ H H L M A" COHES UTU1DM PORTLAND'S ONLY INDEPENDENT FIRST RUN THEATRE Kecords ill A rich mine of musical gems is this December Karle, Barclay. Rea. Lennox. Harris. 1 II - i n : ecember ON SALE TODAY A rich mine of mnsical gems is this December list. The great Strauss, playing with sym phony orchestra, and new pianoforte studies by Codowsky. World-famed singers, with new tongs Dux, Karle, Barclay, Rea, Lennox, Harris. And dance music by these famous dance or chestras Isham Jones Oriole Terrace Carl Fenton Arnold Johnson Joseph C Smith Bennie Kraeger For your convenience "Z "cX CP tns L.a,un ii i,i ,Mn in , A.iJo-. M.vJ-at s-, maBBvmmmi BRUNSWICK RECORDS PLAY ON ANY PHONOGRAPH 3? ARTIST POPULAR DANCE HITS SELECTION Isham Jones Orchestra... Oriole Terrace Orchestra.... Carl Fenton's Orchestra... Arnold Johnson and His Orchestra Bennie Krueger's Orchestra.. Joseph C Smith and His Orchestra ..... . . j, ... Carl Fenton's Orchestra . ... Claire Dux (Soprano). Theo Karle (Tenor) Japanese Moon Fox Trot In the Land of Smiling Waters Fox Trot .... Carolina in the Morning Fox Trot... Chicago Fox Trot Homesick Fox Trot iJi-Ji-Boo Fox Trot To-morrow Fox Trot I Wish I Knew Fox Trot Mr. Gallagher and Mr." Shean -' Fox Trot .mt... Boardwalk Bines Fox Trot Where Is the Man of My Dreams Fox Trot Introducing "Cinderelatives" from "George White's Scandals" Just as Long as You Have Me Fox Trot Introducing "The Twinkle in Your Eye" from "The Gingham Girl" Why Should I Cry Over You Fox Trot. Gee! But I Hate To Go Home Alone . Fox Trot - ARTIST SONGS CONCERT AND BALLAD SELECTION Moreen (Tomorrow) (Strauss) Violm 1 Ubbhgato by trednc ! radian; in firrmnn : Mondnacht (Moonlight) (Schumann) in German Elijah ( With All Your Hearts) (Mendelssohn) j Elijah (Then Shall the Righteous Shine itorthl (Mendelssohn).... S Friend O' Mine ( Weatherly-Sanderson) 1 1 Love a Little Cottage(Stott-O'Hara) Lo, Here the Gentle Lark (Shakes peare-Bishop) Flute Obbugato by Marshall Lufsky LLass With the Delicate Air fArne')... fRine Out. Wild Bells f Tennyson- Elizabeth Lennox C Contralto -i -Gounod) and Chorus)....1, . i. Birthday of a King (Keidlinger)....M J No. SUte Price 2323 10 9 -75 2324 10 .75 2325 10 2326 10 .75 i .75 2327 10 JS 2328 10 .75 2335 10 .75 John Barclay (Baritone). Virginia Rea (Soprano).. John Barclay (Baritone).. "I j- 15027 10 1.50 I 1 13055 10, 125 5173 10 LOO 5172 10 1.00 5174 10 1.00 ARTIST INSTRUMENTAL SELECTION Richard Strauss and Symphony Orchestra .... Leopold Godowsky (Pianist). Elshuco Trio (Instrumental Trio).... . Brunswick Concert Orchestra Brunswick Concert Orchestra Bell Orchestra...... Brass Choir with Bell Orclu. Der Burger als Edelmann (Mennett Des Lully) (Strauss) Der Burger als Edelmann Inter mezzo (Introduction to Act II) (Strauss)... Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Rachma ninoff) Black Keys Study (.Op. 10, No. S) Fol lowed by "Butterfly Study" (Op. 25, No. 9) (Chopin) f ... Extase (Ecstasy) (Ganne) Violin-'Cello-Piano Spanish Dance (Moszkowski) Violin-'Cello-Piano fPoet and Peasant Orerture Part I (von Suppe) Poet and Peasant Overture Part II (von Suooe) March of the Toys From "Babes m Toyland" (Herbert) Naughty Marietta Intermezzo (A Dream Melody) (Herbert). Collection of Hymns No. U Chimes. Collection of Hymns No. 2 Chimes. h 50017 12 2.00 15026 10 L50 13056 10 L2S 20005 12 125 ARTIST POPULAR SONGS SELECTION Marion Harris (Comedienne) Brox Sisters (Vocal Trio) with Bennie Krueger's Orchestra Irene Audrey and Charles Hart (Soprano and Tenor). Wtnte Way Male (juartet.... Billy Jones and Ernest Hare (lenor and Baritone) Irene Audrey and Chas. Hart (Soprano and Tenor) Irene Audrey and Emily Earle (Soprano and Contralto). Ernest Hare (Baritone)... Steve Porter (Baritone)..-.... Homesick ................. .......... Carolina in the Morning..... .... Do I? T (Early in the Morning Blues.......... J While the Years Roll By. ,....... No Wonder I'm Lonesome........... If You Don't Think So You're Crazv All Over Nothing At All fi Found a Four-Leaf Clover From "George White's Scandals" Two Little Ruby Rings From "Daffy-Dill" 20005 2334 2329 2330 2331 2332 2336 Santa Claus Hides in the Phonograph Christmas Morning at Clancey's (Irish Comedy), 2333 10 ,75 10 JS 10 JS 10 JS 10 ,75 ' 10 ,75 10 .75 JTHE BRUNSWI CK-B ALKE-COLLENDER CO. Mannfirfarera Established 1845 - CHICAGO NEW YORK CINCINNATI