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THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 17, 1D20 WIFE DEAD, PROMINENT MUSICIAN AND SOCIAL FAVORITE TO BE MARRIED ? TO WELL-KNOWN JURIST. WILD FROM DRUGS FOR COST OF LIVING epoblicams for.Stanfield Harding Needs Republican Senate Oregon Needs Protective Tariff Pretty Woman's Love for Ad dict Makes Her Victim. Wilson and Advisers Scored by ex-Senator. WAR SURPLUS LONG HELD WIDOWER LAUGHS, SINGS R Arthur Test, Son ot Well-lo-Do Family, In Jail When All of Efforts to Cure Kail. In a raving condiiton. caused by the excessive use of drugs. Arthur Test, 32. and son of a well-to-do Seattle family, is in the city jail. . Now and then he breaks out into uncontroll able laughter. Or. perhaps, it Is some ribald sons which he attempts to sing at the top of his voice. Cold in death, the body of his pretty young wife lie in the public morgue, a few blocks away. Death came Thursday night. VExcessive use of drugs" was the verdict of the coro ner's physician. In the dismal death of this girl wife of the drug addict, whom Judge Rossman characterized as one of the most beautiful women who ever en tered the court room, the bitter story of a woman's futile attempt to save her husband was revealed. There was just the trace of mist in the eyes of Judge ltossman as he related the story of young Test and his wite. - Wife IMeuds In Vain It was more than two years ago that Test first came to the attention of Judge ltossman because of his ex cessive' use of drugs. At that time he appeared in good health and seemed to be sincere in his desire to get rid of the habit. On each successive visit to the court .Test would bring with him his faithful wife and two youngsters. And on each occasion the wife would plead for leniency. She was trying so hard, she would tell the court, to help Arthur make a man of himself. But her pleas were in vain. When another year had passed she came once more into court to plead again for her husband. On this occasion Judge fiossman noticed that the glow of health was missing from her face. And she was also carelessly dressed. The two youngsters, too, looked wan and underfed. Confident in his own mind that the wife had finally succumbed to the drug habit, Judge Rossman ordered them both held in jail. The children were placed with the juvenile court. Although she at first tearfully denied using the drugs. Mrs. Test, after several days, finally admitted her weakness. Mother Ak Release. When Mrs. Test seemed to be cured, Judge Rossman had her released. With her two children she was per mitted to return to the home of her mother at Bellingham. It was some tim. later that Test's mother wrote a pitiful letter to the lourt on behalf of her son. She wanted him to return home to her in order that she might help him. She sent the money to return him to her and Judge Rossman had him released. A few days later he was found in a north end dive, again saturated with morphine adn cocaine. And he was given up as hopeless. Once or twice. Judge Rossman received let ters from Test's wife at Bellingham. She was completely cured, she- said, and- her children were well and happy. But in each letter there was a plaintive appeal for her husband. Though he was steeped in drugs, her love for him had not died. That was a year ago. And not until yesterday did Judge Rossman learn of the sorrowful sequel. It was when I'olice Inspector Leonard brought Test into court as a drug addict that Judge Rossman learned for the first time that Mrs. Test had died Thurs day night in a Portland lodgiivg house from an overdose of cocaine. Nor had Test heard of his wife's death until the detective Informed him in court. Return to Husband Fatal. As Inspector Leonard told Test that his wife had died Thursday night, the young man broke into a wild fit of laughter. When he had partially recovered his poise. Judge Rossman wrung the iory from him. Less than two weeks ago Mrs. Test had left her home in Bellingham and returned to Portland to Join her hus band. She had wanted to be with him. Drugs were unable to kill that bright spark of love. She found him in a north end ren dezvous of drug fiends. The old desire for drugs came upon her and she suc cumbed to it. Together they used the drugs. The police found Test plying her with drugs one night earlier in the week and drove him from the place. The following night she died. "If they hadn't driven me from the house she would have lived." laughed Test in court yesterday. "They killed her by not giving her enough of the drugs." I Desire for Care Gone - The Tests had been married for nearly 10 years. Mrs. Test was a nurse in a sanitarium where she firBt met him when he went there to be cured of the drug habit. She thought she would be able to reclaim him. The body of Mrs. Test probably will be sent to Bellingham or Seattle for burial. The young couple at one time had a fine home in Seattle until the drug habit forced young Test into life s gutter. Test was sent to the county jail for four months. Judge Rossman has 1 given up all hope of his being cured or the habit. "I don't want to be cured," he told the judge as the jailor led him away. Taxation Charge Refute!. CKNTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial. 1 The statements ' of orators of - the farmer-labor party that the farm ers are paying the greater part of the taxes in Lewis county are re futed In figures compiled by J. H. Leatherwood, county assessor, show ing that only 36 per cent of the total tax is represented by livestock, farm machinery and other items of per sonal property traceable to farmer ownership. Of the total tax paid, timber lands ' represent 37.7 per cent: unimproved lands. 10.4 per cent; im proved lands. 11.6 per cent; town lots, 13 5 per cent, and public service co porattons. 11.7 per cent. f X 1 .A x it" V J y " f " -V -"S ' "C" I ' ; ' " " i MRS. ANNA B. SHILLOCK. Mrs. Anna B. Shillock, prominent in musical and social circles in Port land, has announced her engagement to Judge Gustav Anderson of the eighth judicial district. News of the engagement and of the approaching marriage comes as a decided surprise to the many friends of the couple. I he wedding will be held Wednesday in the home of Mrs. A. E. Doyle sister of the bride-elect. Mrs. Shillock is widely known for her achievements in the musical world. She has been one of the leading soloists of the city and has been with some of the best choirs of the city. Judge Anderson has many friends here and in eastern Oregon, where he resides. The couple will make their home in Baker. VETERANS FOR MR. BAKER SPAXISH-AMERICAN WARRIORS CALLED OX FOR SUPPORT. Exceptional War Record of Mayor and Steadfast Stand for Pure Tmerlcanism Mentioned; Support of Mayor Baker in his cam paign for re-election is requested from all Spanish-American war vet erans in a letter sent to all members of Scout Young camp, signed by H. F. Reed, commander. On October 5 the Spanish-American war veterans adopted resolutions indorsing the mayor. The letter sent to the vet erans is as follows: "This is to advise you that the United - States War Veterans at a meeting held October 5, adopted reso lutions asking the support of all vet erans to the cause of re-electing George L. Baker mayor of Portland at the election November 2. 'This organization is not political any sense and it-is not customary to indorse candidates, but In this par ticular case the issue is much more than political. Mayor Baker repre- ents and leads the 100 per cent Amer icanism in this city and has gone down the line on this issue working hand in hand with our organization and others for the protection of this cause. Everybody knows his remark able war record and his attitude toward those wljo have helped win our wars. "For three and a half years he has met an endless number of emergen cies and problems in a big, broad way that has put Portland on the map lor cyalty and kept the city tree irom the troubles that have beset some other cities. The present and the fu ture will bring forth equally big problems which must be met iii ad vance of disaster, and we feel that we should take no chan5es by experi menting with some other person who has not been tried under fire. We know Mayor Baker and know where he stands and should therefore do everything In our power to retain him in office. "Ton will be counted on to join in this work in every way you can." day night at the age of 79 years. He had been a resident of Yamhill county since 1893. He is survived by a brother at Peoria, 111.; a son, Harry vvambsgan or Alberta, Canada, and two daughters, Mrs. Hibbert of Day ton, and Mrs. Lumm of Portland. Funeral services were held yesterday at i o clock at the Odd Fellows cemetery near Dayton. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Henry Clinton Mcintosh. 67. and for 44 years a resident of Oregon, the last 18 of which were spent in Grants Pass, died here Oct. 13th. while on a visit with his daughter, Mrs. C. A. Bacon. He was born in Mississippi, and is survived by his widow, four t.ns and five daughters. The funeral services and burial were held at Wolf Creek, Or., today. The children are: W. D. Mcintosh of Klamath Falls. Or., O. C- Mcintosh of Pitts burg, Pa., C. R. Mcintosh ol Wolf Creek, Or.. H. H. Mcintosh of Alsea, Or., Mrs. W. Coffman of Wolf Creek, Or., Mrs. C. A. Bacon of Medford. Or., Mrs. Z. C. Brown of Roseberg, Ors, Mrs. R. H. Davis of Wolf Creek, Or., and Miss Mida Mcintosh of Med ford, Or. MEDFORD, Or.. Oct. 16. (Special.) Mrs. William Kahlow of Okano gan, Wash., where she resided for 33 years, died at the home of her brother, Bert Haney, in Medford, while on a visit, on October 13. She was aged 72 years and 11 months The body was forwarded to Okanogan for burial. She leaves her husband, two daugh ters and one son, and two adopted daughetrs, who are Mrs. Alma L. Hansen of Okanogan, Mrs. lone F. Mancini of Oakland, Cal., William Kahlow of Spokane, and Mrs. Blanche Haney and Mrs. Margaret Swing of Medford. ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Margaret McCain Waller. 83, died yesterday at the Aberdeen General hospital. Mrs. Waller was born near Germantown. Ky. She had been a resident ot Aberdeen for the last ten years. She leaves' five chil dren, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral serv ices were held today. Rev. Charles W. Hurd of the First Presbyterian church officiated. REPUBLICANS PLAN MEETS Cliehalis to Hear Speakers for Xext T-wo Weeks. CHEHALIS. Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) The Lewis county republican campaign committee has a well-arranged series of political -meetings booked for the next two weeks. The list of speakers Includes A. H. Kirby, Seattle, and George M. Thomas Pierce county, October 18 to 23, in clusive: W. A. Johnson, Everett,' Oc tober. 21 to 23; T. V. Copeland, one of the Washington State Federation of Labor charter members, and For rest L. Hudson, who recently was a candidate in the primaries for United States senator to succeed Wesley L. Jones. Later dates will be announced for Senator W. L. Jones and for Con gressman Albert Johnson. Political addresses this week by Miss Hosford of Washington. D. C, and by State Land Commissioner Clark V. Savidge attracted good audiences. Obituary. ROSEBURG. Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Jonathan Carmen. 84 years of age, died Thursday at his home in this city. He came 'to Oregon from Il linois in the early days and had long been a resident of this community. Before coming to Roseburg he lived at Silverton, Or., where the body will be taken for burial. He is survived by daughter. Mrs. Mary Ewing of San Pablo, Cal.. and two sons. A T Wurmen of this cltv and Frank """6'""': "" r lerst, " ,. ...onainp, inner MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE Body in Charge of Armistice Day Celebration Selected. Announcement of the personnel of the committee to handle che Armis tice day programme in Portland was made yesterday by Mayor Baker. The committee was formed by the mayor through election of members of various patriotic organizations. The organizations repressnted and the members of the committee are as follows: Grand Army of the Republic: Colonel H. E. Dosch, Commander A. M. Evans and Adjutant General C. A. Williams. American Legion: Wil bur Henderson, G. L. Goodell and James R. Bain. Spanish American War Veterans: James Walsh. Hiram U. Welch and H. V. Reid. Veteran's of Foreign Wars: John W. Jones, Monty C. Walton and James McCarren. United States Navy: Lieutenant Commander L. K. Elder. Chief Gun ner's Mate J. A. Smolik. United States Marine Corps: Captain jS. B. Hammond and Sergeant H. E. Davis. United States Army: Colonel J. W. S. Stevens and Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Hegeman. National Guard of Oregon: Adjutant General George A. White and Major J. Francis Drake. Baker Knights Elect. BAKER. Or.. Oct. 16. (Special.) Baker council No. 849, Knights of Co lumbus, Thursday night elected offi cers for- the coming year. The results were as follows: Leo J. Conlin, grand knight; H. O. Crawley, deputy grand knight; Henry Neault. chancellor: I. B. Bowen Jr., financial secretary; lames j" . riuiBc, treasurer; riayden John- Food and Other Coiimodities With held From People Long: After Armistice Was Signed. High cost of living has been im posed on the American people by the democratic administration of Presi dent 'Wilson and his official family, according to S. H. Piles of Seattle.' former United States senator, who was in Portland last week. "The ad ministration, when it commandeered 4,000.000 men for military purposes, should have commandeered the non- perishable products of the country I and thereby kept them out of the ' hands of speculators and the profi teers.'- said Mr. Piles. " "After the armistice was signed, November 11, 1918. why was it that the cost bf every conceivable commod ity went up instead of down, and who was responsible for the condition.?" he asked. "The government had pur chased for war purposes .40 per cent of the production of the country's commodities and when the war ended i it was the business of the administra- ' tion to restore as rapidly as possible, to the markets all surplus goods it had on hand, in order that scarcity might be relieved and the strangle hold which the profiteer had f n the people broken. March Proposal Ignored. "Twweeks after the armistice it was found that the produce held by the government, not needed for army purposes, amounted in value to- ap proximately 1120,000,000. General March recommended that the surplus be declared and the food products on hand be released and restored to. the market. Secretary of War Baker ab solutely ignored the recommendation of General March, although the peo ple were fairly groaning under the high cost of living. The determination of the administration to keep the products off the market resulted in a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars to the people of the United States. "In July, 1919, a republican bouse of representatives, finding a condi tion that was intolerable to the American people, adopted a resolu tion calling on the secretary of war to reverse his policy of withholding the surplus. Notwithstanding this resolution nothing was done to afford the public relief for "several months' thereafter. Then the secretary under-i took to sell a portion of the surplus to the cities, but few had legal power to purchase goods and dis tribute them to the people. His ef fort in that direction resulted in more delay. Some Explanation Needed. "Why these products were not put on the market in reasonable quan tities and at reasonable prices is one of the most difficult things for the democrats to explain. There is an explanation, for it is a fact that the government had a contract with the National Canners association where by it agreed not to put any of the surplus canned goods on the Amer ican market during the current sea son. "Some time after this contract had been given General Rodgers, who had no knowledge of the agreement, ad vertised for sale about 50 carloads of canned goods, in cars at St. Louis. The president of the canners' asso ciation protested, and General Rod gers was compelled to withdraw the goods from sale. These canned goods were placed on the soldiers' rations, and the soldiers were fed canned veg etables in a green vegetable season. Why should such discrimination be made in favor of the canners' asso ciation? Delay Held Inexcusable. "There was a food shortage and prices were high. There were vast stores of surplus supplies. It was the duty of the administration to do all it possibly could to relieve such a shortage and to break down the un reasonable prices w'hich the people were compelled to pay. The govern ment, for instance, had a contract for 41,000.000 pairs of shoes for less than 4,000,000 men prior to the signing of the armistice. Why were not some of thjese shoes thrown on the market to relieve the situation? Why were not other products of the United States thrown on the market that the peo ple might have relief? Is it not clear that the administration could have curbed profiteering by use of its ex cess supplies instead of withholding them and thereby aiding the profiteers?" 4 s 3 WARREN G. HARDING .f As is generally known, the present republican majority in the United States senate is just one-vote. Republican control of that body is, therefore, in jeopardy. It is the realization of this fact which ; is causing Oregon's republicans to unite in support of the candidacy x of the republican nominee for United States senator, Robert N. Stan field. With a difference of only one vote in the present senate, repub lican voters have awakened to the fact that if they vote for George E. 'Chamberlain they may by that very act be turning control of the senate over to the democrats. On the other hand, by electing Robert N. Stanfield it is possible that this single vote may give the repub licans control of the senate, and thus put that body solidly back of Harding. . Oregon producers are fearful of the effect that the election of Cox and a democratic senate would have upon them. It is quite evident that under democratic rule rival products of foreign origin would offer a serious menace to many Oregon products. If the American standard of living is to be maintained, Oregon farmers, livestock men, fruit growers, lumbermen and wool growers must receive a price' for their products which will enable them to make a reasonable profit over and above the cost of production. They will be unable to obtain such reasonable profit, or any profit at all, unless a republican adminis tration is elected to levy protective tariff duties just high enough to save our producers from the ruinous competition threatened by Cana dian wheat and lumber, New Zealand butter, Australian wool, Argen tine corn and beef, European beet sugar, South American meat and hides and Manchurian beans and peas. To hamper a republican president with a democratic senate flies in the face of the well-accepted principle that governmental manage ment should be centered so that the people can correctly place the responsibility for success or failure. The feeling among Oregon republicans is, therefore, becoming quite general that Harding, if elected, is entitled to the support of a republican senate and that, the re fcfre, Oregon should elect the republican senatorial nominee, Robert N. Stahfield, to help back up Harding. STAXFIEI.D FOR SEKATOK REPCBUCAX CUB. J (Paid Advertisement.) iiai iiuwji r: n. stanfield 20 IN IDAHO PARDONED JOHN FLEMIXG SE.MEXCE1J TO DIE, IS FREED. Slayer, Whose Term Is Cut Down Five Times, Is Finally Re leased From Prison. ' OISE. Idaho. Oct. 16. (Special.) At one time under the shadow of the gallows, John Flemings is today a free man, having this week been lib erated from the state penitentiary by the board of pardons. He is 70 years old and too feeble to work, xne prison officials released him that he may spend the few years left to him outside the walls of the .prison. Fleming was sentencd t the peni tentiary after he had killed a man in Lincoln county in a quarrel over the use of ditch water. Tint was iz years Harney Healtli DoUy Forme BURNS. Or., Oct. 16. (Specif.I.) A Harney County Health association has been formed to direct the work of the community nurse. The follow ing officers were elected: lresdent. Jtobert M. Duncan, Burns: vice-president. Mrs. Kdith Catterson. Lawen; secretary. Miss Augusta Moulden, Burns; treasurer. L. E. Wallace. Crane. The community vice-presidents are: Mrs. W. M. Sutton. Burns; Mrs. A. H. Curry. Crane; I. M. Davis. Drewsey, and Mrs. Dell Defrtibaugh. Denio. . ) Camen of Eugene. HOQCIAM. Wash., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) A full military funeral was given ex-Lieutenant Melville Harding of the United States engineers, who saw service overseas, by legion mem bers of Montesano and Grays Harbor posts, today. Harding died Monday night as a result of injuries received in Schafer Bros." logging camp. Rev. R. L. Shelley of the First Presby terian church of Montesano officiated and interment followed in Wynooche ' cemetery. DAYTON, Or.. Oct. 16. (Special.) - Liouis Wambsgan died here Wednes- guard; William P. Smith, outer guard. W. J. Crawford was elected trustee for three years. Harney Stockmen Cnite. HARNEY, Or.. Oct. 16. (Special.) Harney county stock men organized last week for co-operation in mar keting, purchase of supplies, range preservation and the issuance of a brand book. The temporary officers are: President, J. C. Cecil, Suntex; vice-president. Donald Hotchkiss. Burns; treasurer, P. J. Williams, Sun tex: secretary.- U E. McDaniels, county agent. Burns. SOLDIERS HAVE CEMETERY City Completes Plans to Care for Mt. Scott Park Plot. Arrangements were completed yes terday by Mayor Baker and City Commissioners Mann and Pier for the care of the newly acquired soldiers, sailors and marines plot of five acres at the Mt. Scott park cemetery by the Portland park bureau. Directors of the Mt. Scott Park Cemetery association donated five' acres to the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma rines Cemetery association, which will be used as the final resting ground for American service men who died or were killed during the world war and also for any members of countries allied with the United States during th world war, whose former home was in Portland. The Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Cemetery association is composed ot representatives from the American Legion, the United Spanish War Vet erans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. ago. He was tried, found guilty and was sentenced to be hanged, but the sentence was later commuted to life and on five different occasions the board has cut down the sentence un til time was so short that he had little left to serve. Then the board stepped in and pardoned him. It also gave pardons to 19 - other prisoners under sentence' for minor crimes. They are Paul Cameron, J. M. Coplen, E. C. Davis, Harry Daywalt, William Dwyer. Thomas E. Goddard, Jack Lee, Wallace McFarland, Fred Marlow, J. A. Nicklin, Clarence Rode house, Oliver Schoonover, Raymond Walker, P. A. Whistler end Frank Urbanski. , Body Arrives From France. HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) The body of Earl M- Robert son, who died in France in 1918. ar rived here last night and was met by an escort from the local' post of the American Legion. Funeral serv ices, with full military honors, will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Riverside Community church. Egg Association Grows. CENTRALIA, Wash.', Oct, 16. (Spe cial.) A report of the Winlock branch ot the Washington Egg and Co-operative association for the first four months of its operation, ending October 1. shows that approximately $180,000 was paid to members of the branch during that period. The as sociation was organized with a mem bership of 50, which has been in creased to HI at the present time. 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