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' VOIj. XXXIX XO. 4.' Entered tat Portland (Oregon)
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1020
PRICE TEN CENTS
HARDIWGS STAND
POWERS NOT READY
TO ADMIT GERMANY
ELECTION RESULT
HEARTENS FRANCE
STRANGE SEA-SHELL,
ORNAMENTS DUG UP
MARK TWAIN FINALLY
AMONG IMMORTALS
si,
GOVERNMENT TO LET
PRICES SLIDE ALONE
DOWNWARD TREXD WILL JfOT
BE HURRIED, SAYS FIGG.
LOSS OF HUSBAND
IS LAID TO SIREfi
WORK IS ORDERED
MEMIftRSHIP IX LEAGVE SOON"
IS HELD IMPROBABLE.
PLACE IN NEW YORK HALL OF
FAME CONCEDED.
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Speeches Prove. Consist
ent Views'on League.
. LEGENDS THRIVE ON LITTLE
Campaign Stories of Changes
on Issue Proved Untrue.
BORAH ROW EXAGGERATED
President-elect Now as Always
Against Article 10 but for
Proper Association.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evenln Post,
Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. (Special.)
The league of nations question has so
Ions been with us and is so surely
destined to remain with us that the
feeling's of most persons at this tem
porary resting point could probably
be expressed accurately in the tired
but still grood-natured query of the
doughboy song, "Where do we go
from here?"
"Where we shall go from here Is in
the hands of President-elect Harding'
and of the senate. As to what the
newly elected senate feels about the
league of nations and as to what ac
tion it is likely to take I shall say
something later on.
HnrdinK Stand ConalXent,
As to what Senator Harding's posi
tion will be there need be no doubt.
I am well aware that part of the dis
cussion in the recent campaign rested
upon the assumption that Harding's
position is in doubt. Nevertheless I
am very confident that Harding's po
sition Is and always has been the po
sition which he expressed with ' pari
ticular care in his August speech.
That position, by the way, coincides
exactly with a position which he took
In a epeech made while-he was still
In the senate and before he was nomi
nated for the presidency. Senator
Harding has made no change in his'
'position either before the August 28
speech or after it. " I
The argu fWBIUSJ 1 IU - ills' "Effect that
Harding's position on the league of
nations was in doubt rested chiefly on
the allegation that in hie Des Moines
speech on October 7 he made a. change
In the direction of no Jeague that is
to say, in the direction of Senators
Borah and Johnson. from the position
he hadt taken 1 n his August 28 speech.
Speeches Show -No Change.
This belief, .sincerely held by many
persons, had no real foundation, and
the way it. arose and spread like a
legend ie one of the most Interesting
ctorles of the campaign. Of course,
the Des Moines speech and the Aug
ust 28" speech are both on record for
anyone to see and compare. It is
entirely open for anyone who cares
to come to his own conclusions. The
fact is, however, that literally mil
lions of persons come to a conclui
sion on this point without ever having
read the speeches. The legend was
based on newspaper headlines and the
headlines, in turn, were based on de
tached fragments of the Ies Moines
speech.
Of the fact that Harding In his Des
Moines speech did not change his posi
tion from his August 28 speech the
two speeches are themselves the best
evidence. But of the fact that Senator
Harding was not under any pressure
from Borah or Johnson, of the fact
that he had -no intention of Chang
ing his position in the Des Moines
speech, but. on the contrary; the Des
Moines speech to be & reaffirmation
of his August 28 speech, and of the
fact that pro-league partisans who
read the speech previous to its deliv
ery and free from the atmosphere of
the headlines approved it of all that
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With America In," British and
French Opposition Might Be
Overcome, but Not Otherwise.
BY JAMES M. TUOHY.
(Copyright by the New Yook World. Pub
lished by Arrangemeirt)
LONDON. Nov. 6. (Special.)
Despite the statement that Germany,
Austria and Bulgaria are seeking
admission to the league of nations,
there is the best official authority
for again denying this, so far as
Germany is concerned. Even if the
uncertainties of the Russian situation
did not Induce Germany to play for
safety in that direction, her appli
cation for admission .vould be turned
down by Britain and France.
If America were now a member of
the league her proposal that Ger
many be admitted might, probably,
would, overcome British and French
hostility, which no small neutral
cares to venture to face. Were Ger
many invited to join under such cir
cumstances and declined, it would
expose her hand in a fashion calcu
lated, to warrant even the French
view of how the treaty should be
enforced.
At the recent Brussels meeting of
the, league council, Arthur Balfour
seems to have made. It -clear that
England would oppose Germany's
admission. Premier Lloyd George's
policy is to keep Germany out of the
league, but at the same time to do
all the business possible with her.
President Millerand's view seems to
be that Franco is prepared to sacri
fice business relations with Germany
rather than admit her.
The admission of Germany would
be a great stride toward European
and world peace, but America's ab
sence from the league prevents that
stride being taken.
HARRISBURG VOTE.UNIQUE
Ballot Count Discloses Remarkable
'. Coincidence of Ties.
. .ALBANY, . Or.. Nov. 6. (Special.)
Harding and Cox received a tie vote
in each of the two precincts at Harris
burg. This coincidence disclosed in the
canvass of the official vote here yes
terday, while remarkable in that the
two precincts in - which the lie oc
curred are in and near the same city
and adjoin, is the more unusual in that
all of the electors on each ticket re
ceived exactly a tie ' vote with their
opponents.
In South Harrisburg precinct each
of the Harding electors received 74
votes and each of the five Cox electors
received 74. In North Harrisburg pre
cinct the tie was more remarkable.
Three republican electors received 105
votes each and the other two each re
ceived 104 votes. Exactly the same
situation existed as to democratic
electors, three of them receiving 105
votes and the other two 104.
NEGRO DEFEATS WOMAN
a
Taeoma Sends Third Party Candi
date to Legislature.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 6. (Special.)
Concentrated third party action in
the 38th legislative district, Tacoma,
caused the defeat of Mrs. Frances
Haskell, veteran woman legislator at
the state capital. Mrs. Haskell and
George W. Thompson, republicans,
were defeated by J. H.-Ryan, colored,
and Dave Lewis. ' Ryan runs a negro
paper and Lewis has been a leader in
labor circles.
Ryan and Lewis were the only two
farmer-labor candidates successful in
Pierce county. The formef is the
first colored, man ever to represent
the county in the legislature.
FROSTS ARE PREDICTED
Week Will Be Fair and Cool, Says
Weather Man, for Coast.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
Pacific states Generally fair and
cool. Frosts are likely except in cen
tral and southern California.
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions Generally fair and cold.
l HtLP.
Optimism Inspired by Vic
, tory of Republicans.
RELIEF NOW HELD ASSURED
Way Declared Open for
League Satisfactory to U. S.
HARDING FULLY. TRUSTED
Belief. Also Prevails That Special
Anglo --"french - American Pact
Will Be Made Effective.
(Copyright, 1920, by Edward Marshall Syn
dicate, Inc.)
NEW. YORK, Nov. 6. (Special.)
France seems satisfied with the new
American political situation. It ap
parently is the sentiment of the
French political mind that Senator
Harding and a republican congress
are likely to subscribe to. such an
international agreement as at once
will protect France and bring an end
to the chaos which inevitably has
been associated with the long halt
ing negotiations due to non-ratification
of. the "Versailles treaty by the
American senate.
It seems to be the belief in France
that the Anglo-French-A merlcan
agreement which President Wilson
refused to submit to the senate until
the peace treaty had been ratified
now is likely to .be made effective
without delay, thus tremendously re
lieving the whole international situ
ation, fully satisfying France and
giving opportunity for further dis
cussion of the final terms without
that peril of disastrous consequences
which has attended delays under cir
cumstances that have existed.
By Pertinax, Political Editor of IEcho
de Paris.
' PARIS, Nov. 6. (Special.) I can
not in truth refrain from saying that
a wave of relief swept over France
when the republican victory Vas an
nounced; not so much because of any
lack of sympartly'-wft'li the' league of
nations, to which the American senate
has been so opposed, as owing to the
circumstances that it is now under
stood that something can and will be
done by Americans to relieve that
international uncertainty and tension
which could not be removed without
the action of America.
The republican victory caused no
surprise here, having been fully
anticipated in cable dispatches from
Washington to L'Echo de Paris,
whose predictions have not failed in
accuracy from the moment of the be
ginning of the controversy with re
gard to the treaty fn the American
senate. The change in the situation
is welcomed on all sides here as
supplying an opportunity for France
to get into closer touch with
America within the next Bix months.
France Knlly Confident.
The problem, which already has
been discussed and which now is in
every political mind, is how can be
brought about a better co-operation
between the two great nations which
are so closely sympathetic It is
earnestly hoped here that between
now and the end of his term of of
fice President Wilson will not dis
turb the present status quo, which
briefly gives the United States unof
ficial representation in the confer
ence of ambassadors and the com
mission on reparations and provides
for the presence of American troops
on the Rhine side by side with troops
from France, Britain and Belgium.
France earnestly hopes that when
Senator Harding enters the White
House as president of the United
States he will consolidate upon his
own lines, in which France has the
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PEN AND INK IMPRESSIONS BY CARTOONIST PERRY OF SOME RECENT NEWS EVENTS.
. (HEtR OPlTHEYftt
GONNKPNSH THE.
31 ORE RELICS UNCOVERED BY
BIG EDDY" WORKMEN.
Wonderfully Perfect Spear and Ar
row Heads of Stone Not Found
in Oregon Also Discovered.
THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) Sea shells about sx inches
across were uncovered by workers
today at Big Eddy, lying at the heads
of Indian skeletons. They were de
cayed and crumbled when touched.
These shells showed indications of
having been used as ear ornaments.
They are of the species of shell-fish
commonly called 'cohogs" on the At
lantic coast, according to persons who
have observed them, and do not grow
to the size of those found on the
Pacific' coast.
Wonderfully perfect spear and ar
rowheads, made of obsidian, a rock
found no nearer than California, also
were unearthed today. All of the
chipping on the arrow-points found,
appeared to be much finer than later
Indian work, local amateur collectors
declared.
The relics found by highway work
ers at Big Eddy are an accumulation
of centuries, in the opinion of D. L.
Cates, city recorder, who has lived in
and around The Dalles for more than
60 years. He points out that tn the
hills back of Big Eddy trails worn
in the rock may be seen, evidence of
the. activities of Indians who used
these trails for hundreds of years.
Mr. Cates says that at Big Eddy the
Indians find finer salmon fishing
than at any other place along the
river and have been making the trip
to that place annually, probably ever
since salmon began running up the
Columbia.
Workmen continue to find relics of
various kinds, and it is thought that
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
. The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
62 degrees; minimum, 38 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly Winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 10.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 4.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 10.
Music. Section 5, page 2. '
Schools. Section &, page 8.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Automobile news. Section .
Women's Features.
Society. Section 3, page 2. . 1 '
Women's activity. Section 4 page L
Fashions, Section 5, page 4.
Mitts Tingle's column. Section 5, page 5.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 6.
Special Features.
Rock oyster, rarest shellfish, found on Ore
gon coast. Magazine section, page lv
Plans to make Alaskan forests supply pulp
for paper. Magazine section, page 1.
How football coaches are taught. Maga
zine section, page 2.
How our girl swimmers won honors at
Olympics- Magazine section, page 3.
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
zine section; page 4.
Former presidents busy as private citizens.
Magazine section, page 5.
Legs now form part of portrait in photo
graphing women. Magazine section,
page 6. "
Talks with T. R. Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals."
Magazine section, page 8.
Snow flakes, beautiful phenomena of na
ture. Section 4, page 8.
Three-hundred-mile plane declared key to
world power. Section 4, page 9.
Short life of John Reed filled with adven
tures. Section 5, page 1.
A woman's views on the house beautiful.
Section 5, page 7. - -
Ding's cartoons. Section 5, page 9.
"Chu Chin Chow", costumes brilliant. Sec
tion 5, page 10.
Foreign
Assembly of league of nations to consider
blockade provisions of covenant. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Foreigners aiding in relief of Chinese fam
ine sufferers. Section 1. page 20.
France and Britain not yet ready Jo admit
Germany into league. Section 1; page 1.
National.
Government to let prices slide alone. Sec
tion 1. page 1.
Washington will. Insist on open-door policy
In Turkish territory. Section 1, page 18
Politics. Harding's campaign speeches show untruth
of stories that views on league change.
Section 1, page 1.
Nearly complete returns from state show
increase of republican vote. Section 2,
page 20.
Labor of country repudiates Gompers and
his Plumb plan as election Issue. Sec
tion 1, page 3.
Many eye federal jobs. Section 1, page 17.
Idaho election no - surprise. -Section
1, page 7.
Republicans will have membership sf 203
in next house of representatives. Sec
tion, page 20.
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Six Others Similarly Recognized,
but Noah Webster,'' Harris and
Walt Whitman Are Barred.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Following a
custom less formally observed through
all the centuries 6ince the works of
Anaxagoras were relegated to the top
shelf to make room for those of Aesop,
the electors of the New York uni
versity hall of fame- yesterday an
nounced the dedication of a niche to
Mark Twain. Noah Webster, after
consideration, was not admitted.
Along with the great humorist,
whose "Huckleberry Finn," "Innocents
Abroad" and a hundred other light
hearted tales have endeared them
selves to the American reader, five
other famous men and one woman
were accorded places in the colon
cade surmounting University Heights
and overlooking the Hudson river.
They were James Buchanan Eads,
engineer; Patrick Henry, patriot and
statesman; William Thomas Green
Morton, physician; August Saint
Gaudens, sculptor; Roger Williams,
preacher and founder of the state of
Rhode Island, and Alice Freeman
Palmer, teacher.
Mark Twain, who was voted on by
the 1014 electors under his true name,
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and
Morton received more votes than any
of the others,' each being named by
72 electors. In the case of each" of
the seven, 51 votes were necessary
to elect. .'
' The names submitted to the electors
In this, the fifth quinquennial elec
tion, were divided into 15 classes. The
electors are' selected from college
presidents, historians, scientists, au
thors and editors, public officials,
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a Politic.
Townley grip slips In North Dakota. Sec
tion 1, page 18.
Don. e tic.
Mark Twain finally accorded place tn New
York hall of fame. Section 1, page 1.
French hopes for better international rela
tions revived by Harding victory. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Cheering thousands hail Harding train.
Section 1, page 20.
Pacific Northwest. J, p
Two more Indicted for bank failure. Sec
tion 2, page 20.
Government coal miners in Alaska wm
fight for more pay. Section 1, page 4.
Relics of people believed to antedate In
dians found near The - Dalles. Section
1, page 1.
Vancouver woman is stabbed 14 times by
her husband. Section 1, page 6.
BuHiness. handled by state treasurer's pf
fice Increases 10,000.000 in two. years,
says, report. Section page JO.
Governor and party take hike over route
of proposed highway. Section 1, page 9.
Hood River probe of election looms. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Divorced wife, blames siren for los of
husband and fortune. .Section 1, page 1.
Hport.
Stanford outklcks Washington 3 to 0. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Aggies need punter. Section 2, page 2.
Harvard and PYineeton play 14-to-14 tie.
Section 2, page 2. j
Pullman trampled by California 49 to 0.
Section 2, page 2.
New record set for tennis entries at Stan
ford. Section 2, page 4.
Best in terse hoi as tic football games are yet
to come. Section 2. page 3.
Baseball jury makes final report of probe.
Section 2, ' page '3. .
Gonzaga defeats Multnomah club 20 to 0.
Section .2. page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Another reduction in flour announced by
Portland millers.- Section 1, page 23.
Chicago grain market bearish ly affected
by Barnes' statement. Section 1, page 23.
Stocks decline sharply with absence of sup
port. -Section 1, page 23.
Eagle boat en route to Portland station.
Section 1, page 22.
Pallas sets sail for South America. Sec
tion 1, page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Highway commission lets contracts for
$1,028,598 worth of road and bridge
work. Section 1, pag 1.
Portland detectives and federal secret
agents accused In court of shielding
bank robbers. Section 1, page 10.
Portland and other Oregon cities perfect
plans for Armistice day celebration.
Section 1, page 16.
Fifty-one join laundrymen's association.
Section 2. page 20.
Completed home for Albertlna Kerr nur
sery assured by tag sale. Section 1,
page 14...
Broadway - Burnslde property sells for
$;t00,0O0. Section 1, page 16.
City fund dearth halts park plans. Section
1, page 11. . i
Mayor Baker will make no changes in city
departments at beginning of his next
term of office. Section 1, page 21.
Foreign Commerce club opens office. Sec
tion 1, page 17-
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Commission Contracts
23.9 Miles of Paving.
$1,500,000 IN BONDS SOLD
Low Pass Route, Long in
Controversy, Is Decided On.
ERROR MAY RUIN BIDDER
Highway Between Hood River and
The Dalles Will Be Paved Xext
Year, Board Decides.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMIS
SION ACTIVITIES, .
Awarded contracts for 23.9
miles of pavement, of which
13.96 miles are concrete and 9.94
miles are bitulithlc.
Road and bridge work let ag
gregating $1,028,598.50.
Sold $1,500,000 of 4 per cent
road bonds for $1,418,700, which
is substantial improvement over
price received for bonds in Sep
tember. ,
" Engineer instructed to ar
range with contracting firm to
grade ten miles of the Florence
Eugene road, this being the
Summit-Goldson section, long
in controversy in the commis
sion. Decided to pave Columbia
river highway between Hood
River and Mosier next year.
Distance, seven miles.
Will complete 25 of the pro
posed 35 miles of grade of the
. Oregon-Washington highway in
Morrow county and macadamize
eight feet wide.
Long controversy In the state high
way commission over the "high" and
"low" paes on the - Florence-Eugene
roadtwas.,Bid y esterday by an
opinion of the attorney-general that
Commissioners Booth and Kiddlf, as
a majority, have the right to deter
mine the location. Immediately fol
lowing this dpinion the commission
adopted the low pass and instructed
the engineer to arrange with Wash
burn & Hall, contractors, to trrade
the ten miles between Summit and
Goldson at a bid price of approxi
mately $120,000.
The "high" and "low" pass has
been a subject of contention for a
long time- - Commissioner Booth and
Chairman Benson have been unable
to com'; to an agreement. When W.
Ik Thompson was on the commission
he decided with Mr. Booth and Com
missioner Kiddle has agreed with
Mr. Booth. Mr. Benson has fought
he matter step by step, but con
sented a few months ago to abide
by the opinion 'of the attornev
generaL Yesterday this opinion was
received,, and it confirmed the posi
tion of Mr. Booth and Mr. Kiddle.
Mr. Benson announced that he would
make another statement regarainr his
position to the public later.
- Blda Below Katimatra.
A feaure of the highway session
yesterday was the way the bids fell
below the estimates of the engineer
ing department. This was particular
ly true of the West Side highway
paving jobs in Benton and Yamhill
counties, where the bidders on con
crete were not only below the bids
of "black top" pavement, but were
farNunder the estimates of the en
gineers. The sudden drop In the fig
ures submitted for concrete pave
ment caused a mild sensation. . On
another job there was sarcely $200
difrrence between several proposals.
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Results of Policy Declared to Vin
dicate Coarse and Business
Will Xot Be Bothered.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Commodity
prices have indicated such a down
ward trend that, the department of
justice is "largely content to let the
downward trend carry on by its own
momentUM," according to a state
ment tonight by Howard Figg, special
assistant in charge of the work and
who has resigned, 'effective November
15.
"The department feels that its sane
policy of steady pressure Is vindicated
by the results achieved," Mr. Figg
said, "and announces that its action
will continue along the line to get
business to readjust itself In accord
ance, with popular necessity, but
avoiding endangering the underlying
sound prosperity of the nation."
SUGAR DROP IS PREDICTED
C. A. Spreckels Declares Cost Will
Go to Pre-War Level.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Sugar haa
not yet reached the low price level to
which It will fall, Claus A. Spreckles,
sugar refiner, said here today just
before sailing for Europe on the
steamship Olympic.
Government control of sugar, he
said, resulted "in the displacement"
of that foodstuff, some parts of the
country having more and others less
than they needed. .
"Prices must go to normal and by
that I mean to pre-war figures," he
continued. "This fall finds us with a
surplus to be sold of 1,250,000 tons.
Only half of Europe is able to pur
chase anything and the sugar crop
must be used In this' country."
FLOUR PRICES LOWERED
Falling Wheat Market Brings Cost
Revisions Downward.
The falling wheat market Is bring
ing flour prices down. A decline of
40 cents a barrel in Portland flour
quotations, effective Monday, was an
nounced by the millers yesterday. The
wholesale price of the best . family
patents will be $11 a barrel. This
means a drop of $2.75 a barrel from
Ithe extreme high price of the year,
( made last May, and a decline of $1.60
rrom tne opening price of new crop
flour.
Bakers' flour will be listed at $10.50
a barrel. This grade of flour has kept
pace downwards with family flours.
Most of the bakers, however, are still
using old crop flour bought at the
high prices.
CARS ORDERED RELEASED
25,000 Carriers to Be. Taken From
Coal Trarric for Other Cse.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Approxi
mately 25.000 cars will be released
from coal traffic for other commodi
ties under an order issued today by
the interstate commerce commission,
effective Monday. It limits the pref
erential coal order to gondola cars
with sides 42 inches or more in
height, instead of 38.
It is expected that the coal prefer
ence order will be revoked as soon
as coal shortages In scattered sec
tions have been relieved. Modifica
tions have already released 170,000
cars, not including' the 25,000 released
under today's order.
STRIKE NOT CALLED OFF
Musicians and Moving Picture
Company Discuss Settlement.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 6. (Spe
cial.) C. A. Jensen tonight denied
that the musicians' strike prevail'ng
in the Greater Theaters company's
motion picture houses throughout the
Pacific northwest had been called off.
Mr. Jensen met with union musi
cians' representatives tonight and it
was said the settlement of the strike
would depend on the outcome of this
conference.
A statement to th'S effect also was
issued by representatives of the
unions.
Touching Story Told in
Will Contest Suit.
ESTATE OF $100,000 SOUGHT
Hearing in Larabee Case on
at Klamath Falls.
WILD' LIFE IS RECALLED
Yukon Pioneer AVho Made Millions
Said to Have Fallen Victim
to Designing Woman. '
KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Nov. .
(Special.) Plaintiffs will close their
examination of witnesses in the
Larabee will contest Monday after
noon and'the defense will open. The
estate, valued at $100,000, left by
Oscar G. Larabee, contractor and rail
way builder, pioneer of the Yukon,
was all that was left of the millions
that passed through his hands during
his long career of speculation and
building big development enterprises
in the northwest.
With the exception of $5 each to his
children by his first wife, Benjamin
R. Larabee and Mrs. Gladys Kelly,
and $5 to David, infant son of his
second wife, Larabee In his will, made
March 13, 1916, in Portland, left his
entire estate to the second wife,
Anita Laurence Larabee. In the will
he specifically states that he bad
made prior provision for the first
two named children, who In the con
test now under way seek to have
the testament annulled.
The will was witnessed by William
G. Harrington, Mary E. Bodman and
P. C. Wood of Portland.
Held Invalid.
The contention on which the plain-. ,
tiffs rely primarily is that the mar
riage of Larabee to Anita Laurence
was invalid because it took place four
days before the six (months' limit
fixed br the laws,.of Washington for
remarrying after divorce. ' To rein-:
force their case they have introduced
testimony to show that -Anita Lau
rence pursued Larabee from place to
place, from the frozen Yukon to sunny
Italy, from Seattle to London, from
New Tork to Paris, until he finally
yielded and. to escape prosecution
that she threatened under the Mann
act, persuaded his loyal wife to get a
divorce to "save the family from dis
grace." Witnesses called by the plaintiffs
include all walks of life, from United
Slates senators to bellboys. Former
Senator George Turner of Washing
ton told of his Alaskan acquaintance .
with Larabee and how the latter told
him that he feared prosecution by
Anita Laurence under the Mann act
and was thinking of divorcing his
former wife.
Hotel Reeorda Mhowa.
Hotel employes, in person and -by
deposition, from the Savoy in Seattle
to the leading hotels of New York,
Chicago. Paris and London, were in
troduced by the plaintiffs to show
that over a period of years before
Larabee's divorce and remarriage he '
and MIbs Laurence well knew the
night life of two continents; that they
traveled from city to city, stopping
always at the same hotels. The rec
ords of the White Pelican hotel here
In 1915 were Introduced to refute the
testimony of Mrs. Anita Larabee that
she and Larabee occupied rooms on
different floors on the several occa
sions when they stopped there dur
ing that year, prior to their marriage.
They were" married in Portland in
March. 1916.
A dramatic scene took place at the
close of this afternoon's session, when
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