VOL. LXI NO. 19.3G8
Entered at Portland (Oreg-op)
Poatotfice aa Second-class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CROP-LOAN PLAN
BROAD III SCOPE
TRAIN HITS TRUCK;
DRIVER IS INJURED
CHIEF CASTS BALLOT,
THEN GOES SHOPPING
escaped Convict
5'
Irnii iMnoio vcad
piles up fortune
FROM MAN'S MIND
STILL UNBROKEN
MACHINE BEING TOWED IS
DAMAGED ALSO.
PRESIDENT HELPS TO ELECT
RECAPTURE FOLLOWS RE
VICTIM WAKES UP THINKING
' PRESS CLUB HEAD.
TURN TO OLD HOME.
IT IS 1921.
11 17, ADMITS;!
SLAYING HERMIT
ASTORIA
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Committee Hears Jewett
Proposal.
REGIONAL BANKS ARE BASIS
Portland Man Offers Credit
Scheme for Farmers.
FEDERAL CONTROL URGED
Financing and Marketing of All
Froducts of Soil Included in
Comprehensive System.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
"Washington, D. C, Pec. 15. A corn
pitta plan for Icderal credits for
producing and marketing farm com
modities -was presented to the sen
ate committee on banking today by
Gforge C. Jewett of Portland, Or.,
freneral manager of the N.orthweBt
Wheat Growers Associated. 1
He laid particular stress upon the
necessity for loans on growing
crops, a point not touched upon
by other co-operative organization
leaders who have appeared before
the committee, with the exception
of Walter J. Robinson of Spokane,
manager of the Washington-Idaho
Wheat Growers' association, who In
dorsed the plan presented by Mr.
Jewett.
Federal System Advocated.
The wheat growers recommenda
tion advocated a complete federal
system adequate to meet needs of
farmers for producing and market
ing all agricultural, horticultural
and livestock products, under the
control of the federal farm loan
board or an official body of similar
character. There would be estab
lished regional banks similar to the
present farm loan banks, with a
capital of $5,000,000 each, to be fin
anced . and continuously owned by
the government.
These banks would be empowered
to rediscount for country banks ag
ricultural paper with a nine months'
maturity and to- loan directly to
livestock associations on livestock
loan collateral, with a limit of three
years' time.
Market Loans Included.
They also would loan to co-operative
marketing associations on se
curity consisting of the commodity
handled, represented by warehouse
receipts. The plan provides for the
organization of local credit associa
tions of farmers for the purpose of
borrowing directly from the region
al banks.
The board would issue Cebentures,
and loans for production and those
for marketing would be legregated
to show which type of loan sup
ported a particular debenture Issue.
An appropriation of $400,000,000
for the purchase for debenture cer-I
tificates was advocated.
Jewett Plan Sweeping.
Mr. Jowett's plan was more far
reaching that those advocated by
leaders of other commodity market
ing associations now meeting in
conference in "Vashington. It was
in striking contrast with recom
mendations by Aaron Sapiro, co
operative, attorney, whose testimony
preceded that of Mr. Cewett. Mr.
Sapiro advocated tho elaboration
of the federal reserve board and
the placing of farm financing in its
hands, with an independent organi
zation for assistance. He would
make use of exlstic banks for get
tlrg loans to farmers, and he
favored state action instead of na
tional in the provision of .-ans on
growing crops.
Sa'ilro Plan Inadequate.
"We do not object to this plan,
but we are certain it does not go
far enough to be of much benefit to
our western farmeri," said Mr.
Jewett when asked about the Sapiro
proposal by the senate committee.
"In the first place our country
banks need and will welcome fed
eral assistance in financing agri
cultural producers. They are not
in shape in many sections to care
for their patrons without some form
of help.
"And American farmers are In
clined to look with doubt on any
proposal to place the agricultural
credits work in the hands of the
federal reserve board. They feel
that it is a commercial and in
dustrial banking institution, and
that agriculture is an important
and large enough interest to have
its own agency.
Credits Needed at ' Once.
"The plan for state action to pro
vide growing crop credits, of course,
is impractical. We need credits now,
next spring, not ten years from now.
In many states constitutional
amendments would be necessary be
fore auch action could be taken. In
others initiative measures would
have to go before the voter In
' the meantime more and more Ameri
can farmers would be forced from
their lands, until by the time the
etate credit organizations were
ready to function there would be
mighty few farmers for them to ex
tend credit to."
Partly as a result of Mr. Jewott's
(Concluded on Pace 2, Column 4.)
V. S. Jeans, 38, Taken to Hoss
pltal After Collision at En
trance to St. Johns Ferry.
Head and chest injuries were suf
fered by W. S. Jeans, 38, a truck
driver, one auto truck was demol
ished and a second badly damaged
when an inbound Seaside train
struck the ensemble at the west ap
proach to the St. Johns ferry shortly
after 12 o'clock yesterday. Jeans,
who lives at 510 East Polk street,
was taken to St. Vincent's hospital
where it was reported that his hurts
were not serious.
Towing another truck and evi
dently unaware of the train's ap
proach, Jeans drove his truck from
the ferry onto the tracks directly
into- the path of the approaching
engine. Henry Ford, engineer, had
not time in which to bring his train
to a stop, he said. The truck was
struck amidships and wrecked. Its
driver was thrown to the ground
and the machine behind damaged by
the force of the Impact.
According to W. B. Chamberlain,
775 Clackamas street, conductor in
charge of the train, the crossing
fccll was ringing at the time of the
crash.
The ferry crossing has been the
scene of a number of bad accidents
recently.
NEW STAR DISCOVERED
Nova of First Magnitude Appears
Southeast of Vega.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 15. (By
the Associated Press.) Astronomers
have been agog for several days
over the reported discovery of a new
star visible to the naked eye. Har
vard college observatory received
the word of the newcomer in a ca
blegram from the central bureau of
astronomical telegrams in Copen
hagen. It announced the finding on De
cember 1 by Zwierel, a Rumanian
scientist, of "a nova of the first
magnitude,, in right ascension 18
hours 48 minutes declination plus 28
degrees." This position is approx.
Imately 10 degrees southeast of
Vega, a star familiar because of its
brightness.
.VESSEL REGAINS LIQUOR
Whisky Put Back on Craft Cap
tured Outside 3-Mile Limit.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. A band of
stevedores, working under direction
of prohibition enforcement agents,
today placed 1208 cases of whisky
and 20 barrels of miscellaneous
liquors aboard the schooner Marion
Moscher, soon to sail for St. Pierre.
Miquelon.i
The Moscher, which flies the
BrUish flag, recently was captured
by the dry navy, prohibition of
ficials said tonight, but the vessel
had been ordered released because
the capture had been made outside
the three-mile limit.
UNION JACK COMES DOWN
Flag Then Run Up With Stars
and Stripes Above.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15. The
British flag flying alone over Col
lege hall at the University . of
Pennsylvania in honor of the vis't
of Sir Auckland Geddes, British am
bassador, was hauled down by order
of the police yesterday.
The flag was then run up again
with the stars and stripes above it
U. S. CONSUL RECOVERS
Assailant of Mason Mitchell Is
Put in Asylum.
VALETTA, Malta, Dec. 15. Mason
Mitchell of New York, American
consul, who was shot near Baracca
Tuesday, has recovered from the
effects ot the slight flseh wound in
his left side.
His assailant was committed to
an insane asylum. .
IRISH CLOSELY EXAMINED
Virulent Type of Typhus Reported
in Part of Ireland. '
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. All per
sons entering the United States from
Ireland are being subjected to spe
cial examination.
This action followed news of the
outbreak of an epidemic of a viru
lent type of typhus in County Mayo,
it was announced today.
DENTAL ECONOMY COSTLY
Man Who Extracted His Own
Teeth Is Dead.
LANCASTED, Pa., Dec' 15. Ex
tracting his own teeth when they
proved troublesome caused the death
today of Frank Laudenberger of
Columbia.
Blood-poisoning followed the ex-1
traction.
CITY BANS MALE. GOATS
Berkeley -Xets Females Remain;
Xlght Noises Prohibited.
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 15. The
city council passed ordinances today
prohibiting "raucous" noises be
tween 9 P. M. and 7 A. SI., and ban
ishing the male goat from the city.
Tho ...council ruled that female I
goats could remain.
Project Up to MrPilSe
and Legislature,
ESTIMATED COST,0 0,000
'. . .
Work to Be Ordered if Sanc
tion Is Promised.
BURNED AREA SURVEYED
"
Commission Favors Completing
East Approach and Building .
Through Fire District.
Provided the governor-elect and
the legislature guarantee their ac
tion will be legalized, the state high
way commission will take up on
December 29 the building of the
Columbia highway through th
burned area of Astoria. This and
the approach to the city will amount
to about ,250,000.
It now depends on Astoria wheth
er It can obtain from Walter M.
Pierce, .governor-elect, and a ma
jority ot the legislators, promises to
sanction the course of the commis
sion. Without a special law cover
ing this matter, the commission can
not proceed. To expedite the work
of reconstruction in Astoria and
give it a paved thoroughfare through
the devastated area, the commission
has agreed to hold an adjourned
meeting December 29. This gives
two weeks for Astoria to act
Commercial Street Selected.
In the opinion of the highway
commission, the paved way in the
burned district should be 80 feet in
width. The route selected is Com
mercial street.
Pursuant to a petition from Asto
ria representatives, the commission
sent Herbert Nunn, state highway
engineer, to Astoria to study the
situation and make a report. The
report shows that the highway in
the burned district is 2160 feet. To
build retaining walls of concrete and
pave this will cost about 1175,000
The commission is prepared to un
dertake this, if authority is guar
anteed, -and to finish the grade and
pave the highway at the east ap
proach to the city. This will cost
approximately T70,000. If it should
be desired to carry the highway
work from the east approach.
through the destroyed section and
around to Young's bay, the under
taking would . involve, roughly,
$500,000.
CommlsNloa la Waiting.
The commission favors complet
ing the east approach and building
the highway, 80 feet in width,
through the burned area, as the im
mediate step. Having announced its
willingness to proceed, if the proper
assurances are given, the commie
eion now marks time for a fortnight.
Under the present law the commls
sion is inhibited from building and
(Concluded on Page 8. Column 2.)
BY ALL MEANS
Executive, With Slouch Hat Over
Forehead, Is Recognized by
Few on Capital Streets.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 15.
President Harding voted today in"!
the annual election of the National
Press club. He cast his ballot for
the winning candidate for president,
Carter Field, Washington 'corre
spondent of the New York Tribune.
In doing so, however, he showed no
discrimination, for Mr. , Field was
the only candjdate for the office. -
In dropping the cares of office to
go to the club, Mr. Harding took
advantage of a recent resolution of
the organization granting the privi
lege of the ballot to any non-active
member who has been . elevated to
the chief magistracy of the nation.
After being photographed at the
ballot box, the president, accompa
nied by secret service men, started
out oh foot to do some Christmas
shopping. ' It was after 6 o'clock
and most of the etores were closed,
but he Inspected the windows and
then, finding a bookstore open, made
several purchases.
Although the president followed
the principal shopping thorough
fares and was absent a little more
than an hour from the White House,
he was noticed by very few as he
strode briskly along In a black over
coat and brown slouch hat pulled
over his forehead. .
$250,000 FIRE IS FATAL
Fireman and Chief Victims : of
Blaze Threatening Bozeman.
BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 15. One
fireman, Ernest Robertson, was
killed by suffocation, Chief Alexan
der of the fire department . was
overcome by smoke and seriously
but not fatally injured and prop
erty losses estimated at $250,000
were sustained in a fire that for a
time threatened to destroy the busi
ness district of Bozeman today.
Late this afternoon the fire was
extinguished. '
CANARY TITLE SETTLED
"Baby Grand" Is Declared World
Champion Singer.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15. In competi
tion with 1500 other pedigreed ca
naries "Baby Grand," an American
bird, was tonight -adjudged the
greatest warbler in the world at
the first international canary bird
contest ever held. Frank Zager of
Chicago is the owner and breeder
of the feathered vocalist.
Tonight "Baby Grand" sang at a
radio concert and will be taken soon
to San Francisco, where he will
compete In a bird show soon to be
held in that city.
NEEDLE Wl ELDER CAUGHT
9
Frenchman Held In Connection
With Poison Epidemic.
PARIS, Dec. 15. The first arrest
has been made in connection with
the poison needle epidemic.
Martiai Fleury, who said he was
an official in the city hall of the
20tl) ward, was taken into custody
on complaint of one Mrs. Herkowitz,
who said he stuck here in the wrist
with a needle.
KEEP BOLSHEVIKI IDEAS OUT
-w . i VST--,' J
Slayer of Divorced Wife's Friend
Now Is Sentenced to Serve
. Ten Years la Prison.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 13. John
Weaver, two years ago last July,
was found guilty on a charge of
killing W. P. Wilcox, who was at
the home of Weaver's divorced wife,
but when Presiding Judge Howe
sent for the defendant to read the
verdict to him and give him his
sentence, Weaver could not be found.
He was sentenced today after more
than two years ' of freedom and
started serving a ten-year sentence.
Weaver, when he was being tried
more than two years ago, took a
stroll while the jury was deliberat
ing. When the jury was out to J
supper, he went to the jury room
and saw scraps of ballots which
read: "Ten years," "25 years," "40
years," and the like. They didn't
look good to him, so he . went to
Juarez and decided to stay in Mexico
awhile. ,
He made a "stake" in Juarez, then
went : to Matamoros, bought oil
leases and a saloon and made a for
tune.
But he got tired of Mexico and
came back to the United States. He
was caught at Brownsville. Tex., a
few days ago and then brought to
El Paso to be sentenced.
While waiting for his sentence to
day, Weaver told of his escape and
experience as a fugitive and chat
ted with court attaches freely.
As soon as Judge Howe finished
reading the verdict and sentencing
Weaver, Weaver calmly pulled a
card from his vest pocket and hand
ed It to the judge. It read:
"When you steal, steal away from
bad company. When you swear,
swear by your country. When you
drink, drink at John Weaver's bar."
SEVEN DEBATERS PICKED
Women Selected at Tryout to Rep-
; resent University.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, Dec. 15. (Special.) In the
tryouts for the women's varsity de
bating team held today seven women
were named by Clarence D. Thorpe,
debate 'coach, to represent the uni
versity in the debates with the Uni
versity of Washington and' Oregon
Agricultural college to be held next
term. Those chosen are Margaret
Duerner, Hlllsboro; Lurline Coulter,
Cascade, Idaho. May Fenno, Eugene;
Mildred Bateman, Milton; Eugenia
Strickland, Memphis, Tenn.; Edna
Largent, Sllverton, and Frances
Simpson, Portland. Another mem
ber of the team will be chosen later.
The subject to be debated with
the two institutions is "Resolved,
that the United States Should Can
cel the War Debts of France and
Italy."
Kiwanis Club Elects Officers.
THE DALLES; Or., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Election of officers of The
Dalles Kiwanis club for the ensuing
year was held at a meeting last
night. H. S. Rice was chosen presi
dent; F. S. Gannett, vice-president;
J. T. Henry, treasurer: L. Barnum,
district trustee; J. B. Kirk, 1. B. Kil
more, Ben R. Letfin, T. H. West, A
E. Crosby, L. A. Scbanno and John
G. Odell, directors, and Dr. B. C.
Olinger, past president. For the re
lief of Astoria, Kiwanians voted to
give $1 a member, which would
amount to $60. This money will be
sent to the Astoria Kiwanis club for
distribution.
OF THIS COUNTRY.
Chance for Drop Below
20 Today Is Small.
EAST SIOE METER CLOGGED
Part of City Left Without
Water for Time.
CHANGE QUICKLY MADE
Skaters Turn Out in Force on
Laurelhurst Lake; Snow
Holds Own In Suburbs.
WHAT COLD WAVE HAS
DONE TO NORTHWEST.
Boise shivers with mercury
2 above zero.
Eastern Washington relief
is not yet in sight.
Eugene has fog, while some
of snow melts.
Imbler reports packing of
apples checked by storm.
Sllverton school closing is
threatened by diphtheria.
Boardman's pipes and foun
tains freeze, with mercury 10
below zero.
Stevenson's ice-covered fer
ries suspend operation.
Astoria is hit by new snow
flurry.
Pendleton gets some relief
when mercury reaches 20.
Hood River sees promise of
relief in overhead chlnook.
The Dalles has 10""below
zero. Party crosses Columbia
on Ice.
Forest Grove has six Inches
of snow, with mercury 7
above. -.
Hourly temperatures in Port
land yesterday were:
1 P. M. , 2715 P. M 28
2 P. M.
.288 P. M.
.28(7 P. M.
.27
.27
.27
3 P. M.
4 P. M.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
Old Boreas, popularly supposed to
reside next door to the pole, Is still
fraternizing with Oregon folk, nor
is the weather bureau optimistic of
his immediate departure. F; is true
that he has emptied his wallet of
snow,, to the accompaniment of
ripping east wind, but nevertheless
h is loath to depart.
Weatherman Wells, after viewing
the situation over tha northwest and
performing certain scientific incan-
tations above the instruments of the
bureau, Is authority for the predic
tion that today will be generally
fair with little chance of a drop be
low 20 degrees. The well-known
backbone of the cold snap remains
yet to be broken. "
Minor Inconveniences Met. )
To Portland the cold has brought '
a few minor inconveniences, per
haps, but only one of major caliber
the clogging ot an east side, meter
yesterday morning. Choked with
s.ush, the great main supplying a
large area across the river was
forced out of commission. From Al
bina shops to Sellwood and east to
the approximate line of East Twenty-sixth
street the taps refused to
function. A quick transfer of this
territory to another main imme
diately gave a partial supply, and
by mid-afternoon the meter -was
flushed and a normal volume was
again in ciroulatlon.
To live In western Oregon is Xa
took forward with pleasurable an
ticipation to those infrequent sea
sons when the Ice Is thick enough
for the ring and dash of skating.
Th's came to pass yesterday, when
the various ponds and lakes of the
city were given over to the first of
all winter oports. At Laurelhurst
lake the skaters were out in force,
essaying the difficult and dangerous
figure eight and the plain straight
away that sets cheeks to glowing
and blood to racing. There were,
doubtless, a few-impromptu pray
ers wafted last night that the ice
might endure for at least a reason
able length of time.
No Sign of Melting Seen.
In the suburbs, lifted above ;the
level of the downtown district, the
snow held its own with scarcely a
sign of melting, but in the business
center and along the river the sun
attacked it with some degree of
success, nf-eather wiseacres cocked
appraising glances at the. sky and
talked about shifting winds and
that sort of thing.
"It's about right for a chinook,"
said they. '
ii may nave ueen rignr. xor a
chinook, perhaps conditions were
never quite so favorable for that
warm and Rigorous wind that
whisks away" snowfall as by magic,
but at any rate the aforesaid wind
did not materialize. A chinook, be
it know,n, would have unlocked the
land with one- turn of the key, have
set the river to singing, the buds to
swelling, and the shining salmon
trout and steelhead leaping up from
the ocean. In the vernacular such a
gale is "some" wind. It Is a synco
(Concluded on Pago 17, Column 2.)
Physicians at The Dalles Puzzled
Over Case of Henry J. Huls,
Builders' Foreman.
THE DALLES, Or., Dee. 15 (Spe
cial.) When Henry J. Huls, super
intendent of construction for Hedges
& Huls Construction company, fell
from a scaffold-jig yesterday he
clipped a year from his memory. Re
gaining consciousness at The Dalles
hospital last night, he took up his
train of thought at North Bend,
where he had been engaged in work
ing on the new hotel there a 3ear
ago.
Two X-ray photographs taken
failed to reveal any skull or spinal
column injury, and physicians were
puzzled over the strange case. Huls
could remember no events subse
quent to the time he was in North
Bend, and it was with difficulty that
he could be convinced that he was
in The Dalles, and had been here for
nearly a year.
Leon Huls, a brother of the in
jured man, who Is now in North
Bend, has been notified of the acci
dent and is expected in The Dalles
tonight.
EX-KAISER'S COFFIN GAY
Emergency Box Kept in Musty
Closet on Old Flagship.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. An emer
gency coffin for ex-Emperor Will
iam of Germany was found today in
a musty closet aboard bis old flag
ship, the Bremen, now the Con
stantinople.
The ex-kaiser made most of his
long voyages to the German Afri
can provinces and other parts of
the world aboard the Bremen. The
coffin always accompanied him.
Lying in a handsome steel over
all, the coffin has the imperial in
signia on the sides and lid in ba
relief. Tffe interior Is lined with
satin, once white, now spotted with
grease.
Underneath the eatln is an elabo
rate set of box springs which would
have insured an easy ride on tha
bouncing waves - to the fatherland
bad death overtaken William en
voyage.
INDUSTRY FACES RUIN
Greeks and Armenians Desert
Turkish Tobacco Fields.
SAMSUN. Turkey, Dec. 15. Turk
ey's tobacco Industry, which is large
ly supported by Americans, faces
ruin. . -
Thia is a result of the departure
of 'the Greek and Armenian, workers.
HALF-HOLIDAY PROMISED
President Signs Order In Behalf
of Federal Employes.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 15.
Federal employes will have a half
holiday Saturday, December . 23,
under an executive order signed to
day by President Harding.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
US degrees; minimum, 19 degrees.
TODAY'S Generally (air; easterly winds.
Foreign.
Lady Aster's slap makes tories howl in
effort to stop ner speech, page 3.
Parliament adjourns until February 13.
rage o.
National.
President castB ballot at press club, elec
tion and then goes shopping. Page 1.
Ousted representative accuses another of
heading ring to sell patronage. Page 3.
U. S. aid ottered Europe In settling rep
arations.- rage sr.
George C Jewett of Portland, Or., sub
mits sweeplrg rural credits plan to
senate committee on -banking. Page .
Representative Keller Ignores summons
to testify under oath In Daugherty
case. Page 2. .
All branches of government Indorse idea
of co-operative marketing, page 6.
Many varieties of opinion delay en
actment of farm credits bill. Page G.
Pacific Northwest.
Fall knocks v year from man's memory.
Paga 1.
Finance committee slashes estimates in
Washington state Duaget lor Dlennlum
period. Pass 5.
Army board views ruins at Astoria.
Page 7.
Slayer of hermit admits killing. Pags 1.
Pacific trade council to meet In Port
land in ltf-d. fage
Governor-elect Pierce tells how ha pro
poses to lighten farmers' tax burden.
Page 8.
- Domestic.
Herrtn atrocities described In court
Page 2.
Planters in Hawaii like kings, is charge.
Page 8.
Sport.
Tyrrell elected president of Izaak Wal
ton cluo. rage 10.
T. Gibbons trims Miske. Page 16.
Frank Frlsch, Giant, nominated for pres.
ideiit of players' union. Page 18.
Mitchell defeated by Charlie White.
Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Price advances less marked as year draws
to close. Page XJ. . i
Bond market Irregular with larger deal
ings. Page -a.
Steamer Montague in port with lot of
i coprs. irom. muippinea. rage i.
Sterling rises despite Bonar Law's pes
simism. Page 23.
Grain prices move tn lower ranges. Page
22 '
Year's crop values put at $7,572,890,000.
Page 23.
t Portland and Vicinity. i
Gas pipe slayer held undeserving of
pardon. Page 15.
Portland chamber of commerce issues
general appeal tor rehabilitation of
, Astoria. Page 7.
Tbreo big subscriptions help chamber
Mlve. Page 12
New supplies of fruits and vegetables
promised for holiday trade. Page 9.
Old BoreM" grip on city still unbroken.
Page 1.
Train hits truck; driver is Injured.
Page 1.
Highway commission favors Astoria
paving. Pago 1. I
Police clean-up Is fee;un by chief.
Pago 17.
Briwhes between witnesses and attorneys
feature phone rate hearing, i'age 17,
Father Helps Obtain
Lad's Confession.
ROBBERY DECLARED MOTIVE
Frank Vanderzanden Says
He Shot From Ambush." j
NERVE LOST AFTER ACT
Vouth Tells Officers That Sight
of Victim Caused1 Flight
From Neighborhood. ,
HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Frank Vanderzanden, 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Vanderzanden of Cedar Canyon, to
day confessed that he had murdered
Joseph Dahenden. aged recluse of
near Hayward, November 26, with
robbery as the motive. The youth
made a complete confession of the
crime to Sheriff Alexander and Dh--
trict Attorney Bert Tongi s after
admitting his guilt to his father,
who turned him over to the au
thorities. The youthful slayer has been un
der suspicion since Dahenden's bullet-riddled
body was found Thanks
giving day on the floor of his Iso
lated cabin in the wild country be
tween Banks and Manning in Wash
ington county. Sheriff Alexander
said.
Boy Gon Night of MurdeT.
The sheriffs suspicions were
aroused when.his aid was asked in
locating the boy by the father, who
reported that his son had disap
peared the night Dahenden wal
killed. Sheriff Alexander trailed
the youth to Wheeler, Or., and then
to Tillamook, where he eluded his
pursuers. ,
In the meantime, neighbors had
informed the elder Vanderzanden
that his son was suspected of the
murder of Dahenden. The father re
doubled his efforts to find the boy
and when he received a letter from
Frank several days ago saying that
the boy was with relatives on a
ranch near Salem the father left fof
Salem at once.
Crime Denied at First.
Questioned by his father, the boy
denied the crime. The two returned
to HlUsboro today and the sheriff
and district attorney were notified
by the father of their" return. The
boy stoutly denied any connection
with Dahenden's death throughout
a severe grilling by the officials.
Finally he was taken to one side
by his father.
"Frank, if you know anything
about this affair it would be best
to admit it," the father said:
The boy stood silent for a moment,
his eyes downcast. Then he "broke"
and. his voice choked br sobs, told
of committing the crime after
months of planning, believing that
the aged recluse possessed a huge
hoard of gold.
Confession la Signed.
The youth later made a signed
confession at the district attorney's
office. This confession has not yet
been made public
1 It is known, however, that tha
boy told of stealing a .4o-calibcr
revolver a year ago and kept it se
creted on his father's farm in Cedar
canyon, 12 miles northwest of HlUs
boro, after his imagination was
fired by tales of the vast wealth the
aged recluse was supposed to have
secreted in his cabin. Under pre
tense of going on hunting trips, tha
youth thoroughly reconnoitered the
country around Dahenden's cabin.
Attack Made From Ambush.
Then, on the night of
the crime, it Is understood,
he fired on the aged recluse from
ambush as Dahenden stoou in front ,
of the cabin door. The shot falling
to prove fatal, the youth fired twice'
more after Dahenden ran into the
cabin, the third shot piercing Dahen
den's brain.
Horror-stricken, the youth fled
from the cabin without waiting to
carry out his plan of robbery. He
went first to Wheeler, where a dep
uty sheriff took away his revolver
but released him. From there he
went to Tillamook and then to the
farm of relatives near Salem.
Young Vanderzanden said that
when Dahenden fell inside the cabin
he lost -his nerve and fled, walking
all night.
The boy admitted that he fired
three shots at the old man.
When Dahenden fell his body
struck where it was visible to yo'jng
Vanderzanden, who was on the out
side of the cabin, and the sight un
nerved him, he said. He took no
money, as he did not enter the
cabin.
Money Found on Body.
The officials found nearly 30 In
the dead man's purse when the
body was discovered ten days later.
The Vanderzanden family yves
two or three miles from the mur
dered man's cabin. Vanderzanden
was 17 in October, a month before
the murder.
Dahenden was about 8; years old
and had J1000 in war stamps in the
cabin.
The robbery theory entertained
by Sheriff Alexander after his pre
liminary investigation of the crime
(Concluded on Pace S, Column i.)
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