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SectionOne
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VOL. XXXIX NO. 37
Entered at Portland ( Orejron )
Poftofflce Ai Second-Clans Matter
PORTLAND, .OREGON, SUNDAY MQRNING, . SEPTE3IBEK 12, 1920
PRICE TEN CENTS
PROHIBITION DEAD
ISSUE, SAYS COX
Great Silent Topic
Emerges in Campaign.
COX DUE TO ARRIVE
IN PORTLAND TODAY
LETTER OF WETS
POET LAUREATE NOW
LABORS WITH ONIONS
OREGON WILL RECEIVE
$1,576,152 FOR ROADS
IS
DALY TRUST FUND
WILL BE $700,000
SCM WILL BE USED TO EDU
CATE LAKE COUNTY PUPILS.
COX
CAMPAIGN
RON
JBET FULL PARDONS
COMMITTEE OP 5 0 TO GREET
DEMOCRATIC XOMIXEE.
VERBAL ARTISTRY GIVEN" UP
TO KEEP VTOLF FROM DOOR.
FIX AD ALLOTMENT OF FEDER
AL FUNDS IS MADE.
DAMAGING TO CDX
FAILURETHUS FAR
Work More Than Half
IUCT" itciir. CinCCTCDDCn
iili iooul oiucoicrrcu
Liquor Question Held an Af
fair of Yesterday.
TWO RECORDS COMPARED
Sponsor for Governor at Seattle
, Meeting Holds Him Far Drier
t Than Mr. Harding.
SEATTLE, Wash.. ' Sept. 11. Pro
hibition. the great silent topic of the
campaign, came openly into the presl
dential crusade here tonight at the
democratic presidential candidate.
The governor, after introduction to
a large audience here at the arena in
which his sponsor, George F. Cot
terill, democratic candidate for United
States senator, denounced 'assertions
that the candidate was a "wet," made
the following declaration:
"As a progressive in government, 1
know when an event has passed, by
aid become a part of yesterday. The
Reactionary rarely does. The friends
of world peace and the friends of
progress will win this election and
any attempt to divide them on any
q jotion not at issue will be unavail
ing." Hot Controversy EipMlfd.
It "was Governor Cox's first direct
reference to the liquor question. That
It would open the doors of the cam
paign to further and probably heated
controversy over prohibition enforce
ment was predicted.'
In introducing Governor Cox Mr.
Cotterill charged that Senator Hard
In g, the republican nominee, had for
SO years "been a brewer, owning
stock in a brewery at Marion, C, and
also had voted 30 times on the 'wet
side." "
Mr. Cotterill also declared that
Governor Cox's record in Ohio In
cluded a Sunday saloon closing law
and general moral leadership. The
"wet" charges against the governor,
ba said, were partisan politics.
War Paved for Statement. .
The brief statement In tonight's
speech by the governor, who has
been charged frequently with being
a "wet" or "damp" candidate, was
determined upon during conference
with Mr. Cotterill and others on his
train today after a day of bombard
ment upon him in newspapers, tele
grams and letters demanding a state
ment from him on the subject.
The way wis paved for Governor
Cox's declaration by Mr. Cotterill in
Introducing the Ohloan to his arena
audience. Mr. Cotterill referred spe
cifically to an attack made upon
Governor Cox today by the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, a republican pa
per, which branded Governor Cox as
a "wet" and demanded that the gov
ernor declare himself and not "dodge"
the question. The newspaper printed
the alleged letter of George F. Car
roll, president of the New Jersey
liquor dealers' association dated July
12., which stated that Governor Cox
was a pronounced "wet" and de
clared his nomination "a big victory
for .our lnterejts." '
Two Records Compared.
. The Carroll letter also called for
aid and funds from the liquor dealers
in behalf of Governor Cox. Mr. Cot
terill praised the record of Governor
Cox on prohibition and other moral
issues In Ohio, declaring that he se
cured in advance of national prohibi
tion the saloon Sunday closing law.
Besides charging that Senator Hard
ing owned brewery stock, Mr. Cot
terill said the republican candidate
had voted 30 times "on the wet side
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.)
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Tonight Trip Will Be Made to Sa
lem to Make Address; Speaks
Here Tomorrow.
COX'S PROGRAMME
WHILE
IN OREGON.
7:20 A. M. today Will arrive
at Union station.
8 P. M. Will go to Salem to
pass night.
9 A- M. Monday Will speak
in armory. at Salem.
10 A. M.-t-Will return to Port
land. 11 A. M. Will attend church.
12 M. Will speak In Eortland
municipal auditorium.
3:30 P. M.Awill speak again
in the auditorium. Speech par
ticularly for wVmen,
5 P. M. WJ11 leave for Idaho.
Governor Cox of Ohio, democratic
candidate for president, will arrive
in Portland this morning at 7:20
o'clock from Puget sound. He will
leave Portland for the east tomorrow
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
As no political meetings are held
on Sunday, Governor Cox will devote
the day to rest and. If the opportunity
affords, of attending church services
this morning. His secretary has no
tified Dr. C. J. Smith, democratic
state chairman, not to make appoint
ments of any nature for today.
To receive the nominee a commit
tee of 50 has been appointed with
instructions to be at the union station
when the Cox special arrives. The
committee will escort the visitor to
the Multnomah hotel, which will be
his headquarters while in- Portland.
Tonight at 8 o'clock Governor Cox
will go to Salem In his car attached
to the regular train. He will remain
oyer night at the Marion hotel. From
8 to 9 o'clock Monday . morning Gov
ernor Cox will hold an Informal re
ception for the business men of Salem
in the lobby of the Marion hotel. At
9 o'clock the candidate will speak at
the armory, closing his talk at 10
o'clock.
Immediately following the armory
address Governor Cox will come to
Portland by automobile, arriving in
time for his noon meeting at the mu
nicipal auditorium. There will be no
stops between Salem and Portland for
all the time will be required to cover
the distance and get the candidate to
the auditorium at the appointed hour.
The noon meeting at the auditorium
tomorrow is the big event of Governor
Cox's tour in Oregon. Owing to the
arrangement of his itinerary it is im
possible to hold a night meeting, much
as the local committee desired. The
only alternative Is the noon meeting
and a second meeting at 3:30 o'clock,
also at the auditorium, especially for
women.
No Seats to Be Reserved.
At Salem Governor Cox will be in
troduced by B. F. Irvine. At the audi
torium noon meeting State Chairman
Smith will preside, while the candi
date will be introduced by Senator
Chamberlain. At the meeting lor
women the . introduction will be by
Mr. Irvine. There will be no reserva
tion of seats at the. meetings at the
auditorium.
The committee appointed to receive
Governor Cox at the depot consists of
Oswald West. C. S. Jackson, Will
Moore, Milton A. Miller, F. G. Worth.
B. E. Haney, Lester.. W. Humphreys,
G. F. Alexander. John D. Mann.'R- iW.
Montague, B. F. Irvine, Ira BJggs.
W. W. Brown, W. D. .Wheelwright,
Elton Watkins, John Manning, Sena
tor Chamberlain, Drake C. O'Reilly, F.
W. Vogler, Dr. E.' T. Hedlund, J. N.
Teal, George A. Lovejoy. W. H.
Holmes, John Montag, John Veatch,
Barnett Goldstein. E. R. Rankin, C
M. Barbee, John H. Stevenson, W. T,
Slater, W. D. Bennett, A. F. Flegel.
John M. Gearin, Frederick V. Holman,
R. W. Hagood. Dr. J. W. Morrow, John
Littell,- G. Y. Harry, Frank Stelblg,
Walter B. Gleason, C. I McKenna,
Julius L. Meier. Max Hauser, Eric
Hauser, Ed Boyce, I. .N. Llpman, L
A. Adcox, Dr. Joseph F. Wood. N. A.
Leach, John G. Barrett, John Mears,
J. P. Averill, R, G. Duncan, H. C,
.Walter. J. B. Wright. John D. Wilcox.
Concluded on Pane 4. Column 5.)
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Democrats Fail to Dis
prove Hays' Evidence.
LIQUOR MEN TO.RJJSE FUND
Interests Everywhere Called
On to Make Last Fight.
LIGHT WINES WANTED
Charges of Slush '"Fund Fail '
Divert Public Mind From
Facts Inquiry Produces.
to
That the liquor interests of the
nation are behind the candidacy of
James M. Cox, governor of Ohio, and
that the "wets" are raising funds to
elect the democratic nominee for
president, was exposed by Will H.
Hays, republican national chairman.
Tv the United States senate investi
gating committee, Chairman Hays
submitted a letter signed by George
T. Carroll, in which Mr. Carroll, as
president of the New Jersey Federa
tion of Liquor interests, makes an
appeal to liquor dealers. In this com
munication Mr. Carroll gave assur
ance mat viovernor cox is a pro
nounced "wet" and that he can be
relied upon to approve an amend
ment to, the Volstead act. '
Letter Proves Bombshell.
This unrefuted letter proved a
bombshell in . the democratic camp
and the subsequent charges of Gov
ernor Cox that a "slush" fund was
being raised by the republicans to
buy the presidency have failed to
divert public attention from the Car
roll letter. The document introduced
by Chairman Hays, facsimile of
which is, given in another column, is
considered conclusive - evidence that
Governor .Cox is-receiving the moral
and financial support of the liquor
interests of the country." Following
is a. copy of the letter:
"July 22. 1920.
"Cabain Bros Dear Sir and Brother:
The organized "liquor" trarde ""of New
Jersey has set out- to do Its part to
ward the election of James M. Cox as
the next president of the United States
and it becomes my duty to call upon
you to help. More than that we are go
ing to fight as we never fought be
fore to keep the hirelings of the Anti
Saloon league out of office; to elect
congressmen, in the 12 congressional
districts of the state who will vote
to amend the Volstead act so as to
permit the sale of light wine and
beer; to elect assemblymen and state
senators who will keep New Jersey
from ratifying the 18th amendment
and prevent the passage of any law
concurring in the Vi.lstead act in lis
present form.
Cox Nomination Held Victory.
"The nomination of Governor Cox
of Ohio for the presidency by the
democrats is a big victory for our
interests and it can be attributed to
a great degree to the activity of our
trade organizations here In New Jer
sey and throughout the nation. Gov
ernor Cox is a pronounced 'wet' and
be can be relied upon to approve an
amendment to the Volstead . act as
suggested above. It is now up to our
trade organizations to stand unitedly
behind the ticket of Cox and Roose
velt and roll up such majority as
will, show convincingly that the pub
lic will is in our favor. Are you go
ing to help? Of course you are.
"This is going to be. the greatest
political fight in the' history of the
United States. Your liberty and mine
has been taken from us. Our business
has been unjustly confiscated. The
rights of the people have been seized
and they are lined up with us in the
mighty struggle that Is soon to be
decided by the battle of the ballot.
"The recent "decision of the United
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PICTORIAL INTERPRETATIONS BY CARTOONIST
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INC wk.
Montenegrin Who Regaled Royalty
"With Heart Throbs Retains
Self-Respect Despite Jump.
WASHINGTON,- Sept. 11 From
spring poetry to spring onions may
be a long Jump, yat Tomo Joshov Vu
kichevlch.. who used to regale hte
royal family of Montenegro with
heart throbs, took It without losing
his eelf-respect. Not long ago Tomo,
who was the poet laureate of the lit
tle kingdom, lost his job, and, like
many "budding poets, who find it in
creasingly difficult in these high
price times to- keep the wolf from the
hallroom door, decided to go to work.
It' seemed to Tomo that all the Jobs
had been filled, but somebody sug
gested that he consult the Red Cross,
which has a station at Podgorltza,
and after looking him over they de
cided he would do in the onion patch.
So he went to work and the onions,
responding to his delicate touch,
thrived like lilies in the field.
. Red Cross advices today from Pod
goritza indicated that Tomo was
using his spare time writing an epic
in Serbian blank verse, extolling
American relief in Montenegro and
incidentally pointing the . way to
struggling poets anxious to eat.
GOLD BARS TRANSFERRED
New Assay Office Receives Precious
Metal Worth $900,000,000.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11. Nearly $900,
000,000 in gold bars, said to be the
largest amount of gold in any one
place in the world today, is being
transferred from the aub-treasury
building to the new assay building
next door. Most of the gold was
melted from English sovereigns and
French 20-franc pieces.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTBRDAVS Maximum temperature, 70
degrees; minimum, 61 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 8, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4. page 1.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 8.
Music. Section 4. page 4.
Churches. Section 5. page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 6.
Garden chats. Section 5. page 8.
Automobile news. Section 6.
Women's Features.
Society. Section 8, page 2.
Women's activities. Section 4, page T.
Fashions. Section B, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section G, page 8.
Auction,, bridge. Section 5, page 4.
Special Features.
Portland's opportunity as a rose-growing
center. 'Magasine eertlon, page 1.
Short skirts shock federal investigators.
Magazine section, page 2.
Touthful authors and poets startle literary
world. Magazine section, page 3.
World news by camera. Magazine section.
- page 4.
Patch posters' sre art sensation In New
- Tork. Magazine section, page 5.
Science probes mrtfves for "love murders."
Magazine section, page 6.
The woman lawyer Invades supreme court.
Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons. "Among Us Mortals."
Magazine section, page 8.
Close acquaintance needed to win British
trade. Section 4, page 6.
Sermon by Dr. W. B. Hlnson. Section 5.
page 2.
Party managers battle for control of sen
ate. Section 5. page 8.
Credit Is weapon of new class of crooks.
Section 5, page 3.
Oregon waterways series by Addison Ben
nett. Section a. page a.
"Builders of Highways," poem by Anthony
Euwer; Section 5. page 6.
The spirit of the day In cartoons by Dar
ling. Section 5, page 8.
National.
Poet laureate is now laborer in an onion
patch. Section 1, page 1.
Pershing's battle map is exhibit. Section
1, page 3.
Oregon will receive federal moneys for
roads. Section 1, page 1.
rolitlea.
Democratic nominee waging uphill, dis
couraging fight. Section 1, page 1.
Letter of wets damages Cox. Section 1,
page 1.
Nominee of drys has no illusions. Section
1, page 19.
Prohibition Issue an affair of yesterday,
declares Governor Cox. Section
page 1. ...
Ct'X's tactics prove of Immense beneit to
republicans. Section 1, page 10.
Senator Kenyon of probe committee re
fuses to call Cox. Section 1. page 6.
Idaho political campaign of three parties
well under way. Section 1. page 8.
Lodge raps Wilson's idea of government.
Section 1, psge 19.
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TODAY
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Money to Be Available During Next
Two Years, Provided State Pats
- Vp Equal Amount.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Sept. 11. Oregon under
the final allotment of federal road
funds announced today by tha secre
tary of agriculture, will receive $1.
576,152 from the federal treasury for
use during the next two years in road
building, provided the state puts up
an. equal or greater' amount to be
spent along with the federal contri
butions. The final allotment to Washington
is $1,444,628 and to Idaho is $1,226,050.
Each of the states must match the
federal allotment before July 1, 1922,
or its allotment will revert to the
treasury and be redistributed among
the states which co-operate under the
federal roads act. '
The amounts named above are the
aggregate of allotments under the
road acts of 1916 and 1919, and un
less congress, within the next year,
extends the provisions of those, acts
or enacta a new federal road law
federal co-operation with the states
will come to an end with the expendi
ture of moneys Just alloted, and the
whole burden of road construction
will thereafter have to be borne by
the states and counties.
Allotments just announced are larg
er than any previously made out of
the federal treasury, as the law con
templated, and the states in conse
quence' are called upon to appropriate
more liberally for roads than ever
before in order to receive benefits
under this allotment, but the depart
ment reports that to date no state
has failed to meet, if not surpass,
the federal allotment, and in conse
quence no state allotment of past
years has ever been forfeited.
Politics.
McArthur asks Cox to answer question.
"Why did your newspaper defend t,usi
tania's sinking?" Suction 1. page 4.'
Prohibition crisis here, says D. Leigh
Coivin. Section 1, page 19.'
Sober business era promised by Harding.
bection 1, page 5.
Pacific Northwest.
Jury Interference charged and trial of al
leged I. W. W, called off. Section 1.
page 10.
Queen Wilms I will fly from her Camas
home to rule over Prunarlans at Van
couver. Section 1. page 12.
State Institutions nearly all short of funds.
Section 1. page 12.
Governor gets letter telling how California
protects Its scenery. Section 1. page 7. .
Highway commission to spend no more
money on doubtful routes. Section 1,
page 16.
Motor vehicle law causes storm of protests.
Section' 1, page 8.
Losses of Jackson county In defunct bank
are revealed. Section I. page 6.
Governor pardons Pender and Branson.
Section 1, page 1.
Registered voters In Seattle 109,871. Sec-
t non i, page 14.
Sport.
Chick Bvans wins United States amateur
golf title. Section 2. page 1.
The starts duties as wrestling coach 'at
Multnomah club. Section 2. page 4.
Irvlngton Tennis club championship con
test staged this week. Section 2. page 4.
Field trials to be- held at Lebanon next
week. Section 2. page a.
Good card of bouts - due at Milwaukie.
Section 2. page 8.
Activities of Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club start tomorrow. Section 2, page 2
Oregon Agricultural college grldironers
eager for workout season, which opens
Wednesday. -.Section 2. page 2.
Coast league results: Los Angeles 10-4,
fortland 4-3: Oakland 2-4. Seattle 5-2
Salt Lake 0-6., San Francisco 12-3; Sac
ramento 7. Vernon 2. Section 2, page
Commercial and Marine. '
Opening prices on Oregon prunes are an
nounced. Section 1. page 21.
Wheat firm, at Chicago on heavy buying
or December, section 1. page 21.
Stocks under pressure owing to weakness
of exchange. Section 1, page 21
Million-dollar Issue of port bonds to help
transportation is thought to be illegal.
Section 2, page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Famous gasoline case decided againat
county commissioners. Section 1, page
18.
Cox due to arrive in Portland today. Sec
tion 1, page 1
1 Will of Dr. Daly leaves 1700.000 to edu
cate pupils of Lake county. Section 1,
I - page 1.
First fall meeting of Federation of Wom
en's Organisations well attended. Sec
tion 1. page 16.
City Commissioner A. L. Barbur seeks re
election. Section 1, page 11.
Call out for Portland singers to assist in
production of "The Mandarin." Section
1, page 18.
Mother greets Pender as he srrlves fresh
from prison. . Section 1. page 20.
PERRY OF SOME RECENT NEWS HAPPENINGS.
- V rwe- Core !
Over Without Result.
SCANDAL CRY DIES OUT
Three Real Issues Yet Remain
for Democrats.
"WEfS" STILL HAVE HOPE
Return Front West Awaited by
Those Who Clinched Nomination, .
With Faith Vet Unwavering.'
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
Copyright by the New York Evening Post.
Inc., Published by Arrangement.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (Special.) It
is now exactly 66 days since the nomi
nations ended with the naming of Cox
at San Francisco. From now until the
election is 63 days. Of these not more
than 50 days are left for effective
campaigning. We are therefore well
past the middle of the campaign, and
it Is an appropriate time to sum up
what has been done, as well as what
is likely to happen.
Cox has done most. He has been
the source of the greatest activity.
It was expected he would be. Every
body knew the campagln would shape
Itself with the republicans in the more
favorable position, with Cox trying to
take it away from them. Cox accepted
this role of the offensive; he had no
choice but to accept it. In this role
he has come up to expectation. I
think the picture the public has of
him is that of a game young light
weight prize fighter dancing about
nd delivering the best punches he
knows how against an opponent w-ho
is more heavy and solid, but less ac
tive an opponent who, let us also
say, has a more dignified conception
of the proprieties of the game.
Rrpnblicana Put oax Defensive.
In this role Cox did not make any
impression to speak of until almost
exactly the, middle of the campaign.
The first time he succeeded In making
the republicans take notice of him
was when he made his speech at Pitts
burg on campaign funds. That was
the first "real excitement of the cam
paign.' Cox made the republicans
notice him; put them on the defensive;
started them to talking back.
During the two weeks that have in
tervened we have got close to the
bottom of that subject. It has occu
pied the headlines almost every day.
The newspapers, both nartisan and
independent, have been at more than
usual pains to print large Quantities
of the testimony.
Poor Tactics Shown.
If Cox really thought there was a
conspiracy to "buy the presidency,"
if he thought the republicans had, or
were going to have fl5.000.000, as he
first put it, or even the $8,000,000 as
he last put it if he really felt sure
of that, it would have been poor tac
tics to deliver that particular blow at
this time. As good a politician as he
is would have held it back until the
last ten days of the campaign. If he
had hoped that this campaign fund
scandal was going to be as deadly to
Harding as the pre-conventlon cam
paign fund scandal was to Lowden.
he would have arranged it to break
at the same relative time that the
Lowden scandal broke; that is to say,
about ten days before the election.
I think it is more likely that all COx
hoped for was to get in some kind
of a punch and make his adversary
take notice. He wanted to overcome,
if only for a little while, the tremen
dous ground swell which everybody
knew was running against the demo
cratic party. He wanted to change
the psychology which was fatally ad
verse to him. If he has sncceded in
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.)
j$Y HOT ttftNE. AUTOTRUCKS
ANO SrWE "TWO Ol
Board at Organization Meeting Es
timates Amount on Hand to
Carry On Work:.
Young men and women of Lake
county, who desire the advantages of
higher education in state institutions
in Oregon, may go to college for many
years to come at no expense to them
selves, according to the provisions of
the will of the late Dr. Bernard Daly,
an old-time citizen of Lake county..
The board of trustees of the fund
left by Dr. Daly met and organized
yesterday and found that more than
8700,000 is left by the -will to be
used to educate the young men and
women of the county, which is very
sparsely populated. Probably not
more than 15 persons will be avail
able to take advantage of this offer
yearly, it is thought.
The board of trustees comprises the
president of the University of Oregon,
the president of the Oregon Agricul
tural college and the board of direc
tors of the Bank of Lakeview.
The attorney-general of Oregon
has ruled that an Inheritance tax of
about $180,000 must be paid from the
fund, but this matter is being con
tested by the trustees. The federal
government is also asking for a tax
of about $30,000. Until these questions
are settled, it will be impossible to
have any of the money available for
students and so the fund cannot be
used this year.
The board will hold an annual
meeting in June after the high school
sessions are over to receive nd con
sider the applications of students
who desire to make use of the fund.
INFANTRY SENT TO TEXAS
Battalions at Vancouver Barracks
Ordered to Camp Travis. '
OnEGOXIA.V NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 11. The 1st United
States infantry, which has two bat
talions at ' Vancouver basracks and
one battalion at Fort Lawton, Wash
ington, nas been ordered by the war
department to Camp Travis, Texas,
to become part of the 2d division.
The regiment only recently wae
moved from amp Lewis to make
way for the incoming 4th division.
The 1st infantry will be assigned
to the 2d division brigade, in which
the two- marine regiments served in
France, the marines having been de
tached from the army.
It is stated at the war department
that another infantry regiment, prob
ably the 20th, from Utah, also will
be assigned to this brigade.
SHOWERS ARE FORECAST
Northern Coast States Will Have
Rain but Normal Temperature.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday include:
Northern Rocky mountain and Pla
teau regions Local rains first half.
latter half generally fair and cooler,
with a probability of frosts.
Pacific states Frequent showers
over northern and fair over southern
portions of this district; normal tem
peratures. DEATH INQUIRY ORDERED
Autopsy to Be Performed on Body
of Olive Thomas.
PARIS, Sept. 11. An autopsy will
be performed Monday on the body of
Olive Thomas, the American motion
picture actress, who died Friday in
the American hospital at Neuilly, it
was announced tonight.
The autopsy will be under the direc
tion of the police.
STRIKE TO CUT RATIONS
English Food Controller Threatens
to Halve Sugar.
' LONDON, Sept. 11. Announcement
is made by the food controller that in
the event of the coal miners striking
the weekly sugar ration will be re
duced from 12 to 6 ounces per head.
HE. VAfvVED CfVv
Governor Frees Two in
Prison for Murder.
BOTH MODEL PRISONERS
Mr. Olcott Says Plans to Re
lease Men Made Long Ago,
INJUSTICE HELD DONE
Executive Says Desire to Right
"Wrong Had to Be Delayed Be
cause of Tavern Murder.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Governor Olcott, following hv return
here tonight from Cannon beach.
granted unconditional pardons to John
Arthur Pender and William Branson,
each of whom had been sentenced to
and had partially served a life term
n the Oregon state penitentiary.
Branson was received at the prison
from Yamhill county March 3. 1917,
on a charge of having killed William
Booth, a Yamhill county rancher, near
Willamina. Or.. October 8, 1915, while
render was received from Columbia
county November 19, 1914, on charge
of slaying Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and
her child in their cabin home near
Scappoose, in September, 1911.
Pender at one time was sentenced
to be executed, but his punishment
later was commuted to life imprison
ment by Governor West. Fender has
been a trusty practically ever since
he was received at the penitentiary
and has been a model prisoner. Bran
son s prison record compares favor
ably with that of Pender.
Prison Scene Affecting.
Immediately upon signing the par
dons Governor Olcott and Don E. Up
john, private secretary to the execu
tive, went to the penitentiary. There
they were Joined by Louis Compton.
warden of the prison; Percy Varney.
parole officer; James Lewis, deputy
warden, J. O. Murray, bookkeeper, and
E. C. Hawley, principal keeper. Pen
der was called into the office of tha
prison.
"I want to discuss some circum
stances of your case," said Governor
Olcott, as Pender entered the room
and occupied a chair. Then, taking
an envelope from his pocket, the gov
ernor handed it to Pender 'and asked
that he read its contents. As Pender
read the words "Unconditional Par
don" his voice choked and his eyes
filled with tears.
"I appreciate your kindness," said
Pender to Governor Olcott, "and I
want to say that you never will regret
your action."
Time and again during the conver
sation that followed Pender men
tioned his mother, whom he said he
would strive to repay for her many
years of mental suffering.
Branson Not Surprised.
Branson was apprised of his par
don much in the same way as Pender.
"I had expected leniency some day,"
said Branson, "for the truth will come
out.. I had nothing to do with the
murder of William Booth, and I will
return to the home of my parents to
start life anew."
Before leaving the prison both men
expressed appreciation for the kind
treatment accorded them by the pen
itentiary officials and said they would
go out into the world with the one
aim of making good.'
Both Dr. R. Lee Stelner, superin
tendent of the state hospital, and
Louis Compton, warden of the peni
tentiary, have long Insisted that
Pender and Branson were innocent,
and their names were attached to the
parole board recommendations asking
for the pardons.
Cases Long Considered!.
"When I first entered the executive
office as governor the cases of John
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