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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21,' 1020
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Search Made for Man Who
Opened Three Offices.
H MONEY IS POURING IN
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance
Following Passing of Alleged '
Worthless Checks.
Did one Milton C. Lenoir. 42, weigh
ing: 220 pounds and always a wearer
of white socks, set in motion in Port
land a sweeping bunco same, designed
to garner unearned coin from every
state west of the Mississippi river?
Lenoir is not on hand to answer this
question of a staff of detectives and
a group of postal investigators.
If Lenoir can be located by the de
tectives he will first be asked to
make good on two checks he gave
the People's bank, aggregating $450
in amount, and alleged to be worth
less. With this little matter disposed
of there would be some scores of
questions about the opening of three
separate offices, one of which is be
ing flooded with remittances of cash
and money orders, for the now miss
ing man to answer.
Kxplaaatlona Are AVanted.
He will be asked, for Instance, to
explain how he could here conduct a
branch of a collection agency of Chi
cago, whereas no such agency can be
located there. He will also be asked
how he, as an alleged bonding con
cern of this city, could provide legal
bond for a person needing one. He
would further be asked if he were not
the man who undertook to enlist vo
calists for a Concert tour of the coun
try. All these matters he would be
asked to explain, in addition to his
dealings with the bank.
That Lenoir here laid plans' for
sweeping in thousands, of dollars
from half the United States is di
rectly charged by the local office of
the Pinkerton detective agency, which
has been seeking him since November
12. His use of the United States
mails is being thoroughly investi
gated by the postal authorities, who
may also take action. They say they
can see no possible explanation by
the missing man that the remittances
flooding one of his offices represent
ed returns from honorable dealings.
Three Office Opened.
In setting the stage for his enter
prise Lenoir is accused by the de
tectives of having opened three dif
ferent offices in Portland and to have
employed two different names. The
detectives said last night that he
posed as M. C. Lenoir, manager of a
branch of the Continental Adjustment
company, in a' newly opened office in
the McKay building; as Charles Mar
tin, local manager of the Pacific
Fidelity & Surety company, at an of
fice in the Macleay building, and also
rented a muslo studio in the Tilford
building, where he was said to have
been frequently seen with women cli
ents whose voices he said he was
testing, prior to sending them on tour
with a concert company. The de
tectives said there could be no mis
take about the identity of' the enter
prising director of these three enter
prises as one and the same man.
All three of these enterprises were
said last night to be without a man
ager since Lenoir, alias Martin, left
town, ostensibly to go to Astoria, on
November 12. The investigators last
night gave it as their opinion that
Lenoir became frightened because of
the questions put to him by an in
quisitive stenographer of his employ
and fled.
The alleged, story of the caae,-.on
which the detective agency bases its
"accusations, was given last night as
set forth hereafter:
On October 11, Lenoir went to
James Bittner's office, 204 McKay
building, and rented an office there
for two months, paying for 1t with
bills stripped from a plethoric roll.
According .to the stenographers who
worked for him he was in the habit
of frequently and impressively flash
ing this roll. He stated that he rep
resented the Continental Adjusting
company, "head office in Chicago, the
largest firm in the world devoted ex
clusively to collections and adjust
ments." Inquiry by the Pinkerton
office in Chicago failed to locate any
such concern at the address he gave.
Two Stenographers Mired.
On October 12 Lenoir hired two
stenographers, through an agency,
v'- and .sent them to work compiling a
list of all newspapers having more
than 1000 circulation that were pub
lished west of the Mississippi river
and sent them advertisements, which
he ordered run for 10 days, as follows:
"Wanted Several energetic young men to
represent us in this city and vicinity; the
work conRist9 of soliciting, collecting, etc.
Salary JoO weekly; excellent chances for
advancement. For particulars write Con
tinental Adjustment company, dept. 115,
McKay bids., Portland, Oregon.
In the meantime Lenoir had ordered
a. huge stock of letterheads, envelopes
and office stationery. On receiving
a reply he would send a mimeograph
... form, offering tho applicant a posi
y.rf lion at $30 weekly, and a 20 per cent
annual bonus. Should the applicant
' answer the form letter and fill out
. . an application blank, he was then
written a second letter inclosing an
application for bond with the other
Lenoir concern, but a block or so
away, the Pacific Fidelity & Surety
company. .
The bond application purported to
be for $500 and payment was to be
made at the rate of $1 weekly that
Lenoir was to deduct from the new
employe's salary, the only charge
being 'a -"piker"-one- of- 80 cents for
"correspondence and checking refer
ences." Postal A (tents Investigate.
Ited Lenoir asked the applicant for
the $5 bonding fee at once the oper
atives now engaged in investigating
the case say they would not hold any
doubt as to his intentions in this en-
! terprtse, but the 80-cent fees are
coming into the offices by hundreds,
J- there being bushels of letters there
" unopened that are being investigated
by the postal and Pinkerton agents,
I with more arriving by every mal.
Lenoir opened his first bank ac-
count as manager of the adjustment
company and another was said to be
under an alias of Charles Martin for
the bonding concern. Immediately,
the bank reported, he sent two checks
through, the first drawn on the Los
r Angeles Trust company for $260and
" signed by J. T. M. Castro, and the
other on the Omaha National bank for
$190 and signed Clarence B. Goudy,
both of which names were afterwards
found appended to applications for
positions with the supposed collec
tion agency.
In testing out the checks the In
vestigators noticed that both were
made out on a typewriter and bore
certain characteristics. A trial qf one
of the machines in the McKay build
ing proved that both checks had been
made there, according to James Bain,
an attorney who is interested in the
t. case.
One of the stenographers is
understood to have said that she saw
I Lonoir making one of -the checks.
Bom were purported to have come
from distant cities. -i .
The third phase of Lenoir's activi
ties is now being traced. Soon after
the local office was closed letter
can e to Lenoir enclosing a key to
an office in the Tilford building. The
letter was signed by Mrs. Lillian Nel
son Cole of Harrisburg, Or, and in it
she mentioned plans for a concert
tour. The manager of the Tilford
building stated that a man answer
ing Lenoir's description rented an
office. taere October 15 for one month,
stating that he wanted to test some
voices. He was said to have been a
frequent visitor to the studio, often
ir. the company of women.
Busy Month Put In.
Lenoir put in a very busy month
from October 11 to November 12, the
date he dropped out of sight.. On that
date he came to his office in the Mc
Kay building and told the two ste
nographers there that he .would have
to be out of town for a few days, go
ing to Astoria, and that in case he
did not return by the following Mon
day a Mr. Eddy of the Chicago office
would appear and take charge. Mr.
Eddy has never made his appearance.
. The description of Lenoir which has
been prepared states that he was 5
feet 7 inches in height, weighed 225
pounds, had dark hair and eyes, was
smooth shaven, "knock-kneed," wore
a blue serge suit, low cut shoes and
always wore white sox that were
very noticeable. He also had a black
overcoat and a black soft hat. Smould
he have compiled a "boob" list it
would have been one of some magni
tude. Judging from the swarm of let
ters now at hand.
In addition to settlement on the
checks held by the Peoples bank, it
was said that the printing firms from
which he obtained immense quanti
ties of literature want payment - for
the supplies. "Whether or not he sent
payment for the great number of ad
vertisements sent from his office to
hundreds of newspapers west of the
Mississippi has not been checked by
the investigators.
The stenographers told the investi
gators that when a prospect called at
the office Instead of writing, Lenoir
tendered him an application for bond
with the Fidelity & Deposit company
of Maryland, an existent and reput
able concern. They charged, how
ever, that such applications were not
sen to the Maryland company.
VENIZELOS JDLY BEATEN
PREMIER S OPPONENTS ELECT
240 DEPUTIES, IT IS SAID.
People to Vole on Question of Re
turn November 28 Amnesty
Granted Offenders.
GENEVA. Nov. 20. An Athens tel
egram received at Lucerne announces
that definite results of Sunday's elec
tions give the opponents of former
Premier Venizelos 240 deputies and
the Venizelist party 140.
ATHENS. Nov.19. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Enthusiasm over the
prospective return of ex-King Con
stantine seemed to be dying down
today, although the topic of the dy
nasty is virtually the only one dis
cussed. Meanwhile news is awaited as to
the attitude of the French and Brit
ish governments and also as to the
reports that the ex-ruler will attempt
to reach Greece.
M. De Billy, French minister, when
calling on Premier Rhallis, saw in
the reception room a huge, .newly
hung portrait of Constantine. ' He
told the-premier sliarply that it was
a mistake to believe the allies would
permit the former king's return.
The election results have not been
officially announced.
Queen Mother Olga has issued i
message announcing , she was assum
ing the regency in " the absence of
"my well-beloved son Constantine."
The Greek people will vote Novem
ber 28 on the question of the .return
of ex-King Constantine to the throne.
Constantine has cabled to the gov
ernment that he will await the result
of the plebiscite before returning to
Greece.
It is rumored that chief command
of the Greek army will be given to
Prince Andreas, brother of former
King Constantine.
General amnesty has been granted
to about 100 German-trained Greek
army officers who had been interned
on the island of Crete during the war.
A number of persons were killed
and several injured when the elec
tion celebrations were renewed today.
The streets were crowded with
women and children indifferent to
the danger from carousing and dis
orders. MAYOR STILL IS SOUGHT
Son Is Searching for Missing Van
couver Executive.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) Ralph G. Percival, son of G. K
Porclval, Vancouver's missing mayor,
was in Winlock this week looking for
his father, who disappeared Octo
ber 17.
The younger .Percival visited tie
logging camrs in the vicinity of Win
lock following a report that a man
answering his father's description had
been seen in the locality.
WILSON RECEIVES TURKEY
Thanksgiving Bird Sent President
- by Texas Chamber,
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The first
of the Thanksgiving turkeys which
President Wilson receives annually
was- received today at the White
House.
It was a 38-pound one, sent by the
Chamber of Commerce of Cuero, Tex.
WHEAT FLOOD IS RISING
Continued From First Paser)
ber, 1920, occurred in January, 1918,
during the war period, when 7,339,130
bushels came in from Canada. The
largest October importations in that
time amounted to 1,754,797 bushels in
1915. r- , ,
These figures show, on" analysis,
that wheat importations for October
of this year, when the present price
slump began, amounted to five times
that of any other October in the last
seven years.
GREAT, DAY IS COMING
(Continued From First Page.)
for it' is whispered that the news
papers will take photographs, to say
nothing' about the motion pictures
that are being arranged for.
Dogdom. catdom and goatdom are
all a-flutter over the season's most
sensational as well as delightful an
nouncement, and one feature of the
affair is causing the participants-to-be
special curiosity who Is the Lady
Bountiful back of.tfcfe source of sup
plies? Phone your want ads to The Orego-
Irian. -- Main 7070, Automatic 560-95.
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ARE WOpY WOMEN
Mrs. Maxwell, Miss McCor
mick Carry Away Laurels:'
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IDOL
Doris Oxley McCIcave Before 60,
' 000 Clears Bars' at Feet 8
Inches tn High Jump. -
Mrs. Grace Maxwell of Denver,
Colo., and Miss Hilda McCormick of
Pasadena, Cal., shared the honors
with the grand championships as the
final performance of the horse show
that has been the nightly feature of
the Pacific International Livestock
exposition this week. '
Mrs. Maxwell, showing Natt'McDou
gall's Sterling Duke most effectively.
landed him champion three-gaited
saddle horse of the show,, Miss Mc
Cormick, riding as she has never rid
den before in Portland and as few
women can ride, put R. L. English's
Bounder over the jumps in such im
pressive fashion that bis winning the
championship was unquestionable on
performance alone even were he much
less than the great horse he is.
Exhibition Seldom Witnessed.
In the five-gaited saddle champion
ship class Miss McCormick showed
Mr. English s Cochette in marvelous
fashion. Such an exhibition, horse
and rider both considered, is seldom
witnessed in the ring and will never
be forgotten by those who could ap
preciate its perfection. Cochette,
however, could only place as reserve
champion Mrs. Wayne W. Keyes' Hil
dare as champion.
Miss Harriet Leach, soloist last
night with J. D. Farrell's jaunting
car, was charmingly and warmly re
ceived by the crowd of 6500 that just
comfortably filled the building.
15-Year-old Girl Idol.
Fifteen-year-old Doris Oxley Mc
Cleave, idol of the 60,000 visitors at
the night horEe show for the last two
years, repeated last year's surprise
by landing her father's stable winner
of all but one place in the high jump.
With the winner of first place. Blar
ney Stone, she cleared the bars at
6 feet 8 inches, some' 6 inches
better than last year's record, and
considering the tan-bark footing a
very good performance. It, is the
highest jump that has ever been
made in the ring even in practice.
J. D. Farrell's Old Glory, driven by
his owner, 'continued his clean score
of victories for the week by taking
the championship in the heavy har
ness class.
Lord Nelson, owned by Mrs Wayne
W. Keyes of Tacoma. was awarded
the reserve championship.
Sterling Duke, Old Glory, Hildare,
Bounder, Sir Sidney and Flying Fox
have been the sensational performers
of the week.
'lsrht Show Success.
The night horse show has been a
success from every standpoint. The
judging of Walter Palmer of Ottawa,
111., and Major S. Christensen of San
Francisco have been logical - and
clearly understood by those best able
to appreciate all of the things that
must be taken into consideration in
making the awards.
Under the management of A. P.
Fleming, exhibitor and the public
have been cared for efficiently and
courteously ana the attendance has
exceeded that of last year bv several
I thousands. J. D. Farrell, dean of
show horsemen, says "next year they
will be coming from the Atlantic
coast." :
BEOS RESUME ATTACKS
BOLSHEVIK! CAPTURE BORGJA
IX EASTERN" SIBERIA.
Campaign to Destroy Chita Repub
lic Started and Drive' Is Begun.
. Against Semenoff Forces. ..
PEKIN. Nov. 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The bolsheviki have
resumed their attacks against the
anti-bolshevist forces tn eastern Si
beria and have captured Borgia, on
the trans-Siberian railway 225 miles
southeast of Chita.
General Semenoff, anti-bolshevist
Cossack leader, is operating from
Manchuria station, 70 miles southeast
of Borgia and many of his troops
have entered Chinese territory - and
been disarmed. .
The Soviets appear to have openly
taken direction of affairs in the far
east. They have ordered the driving
out of the forces of General Semenoff
and those . commanded by the ' late
General Kappell and overthrow of
the Vladivostok government until the
latter recognizes the soviet authority
centered in Chita.
WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN
Mrs. Ad die Strange Is Run Down
While Crossing- Track.
Mrs. Mary Addle Strange. 44, wife
of Samuel Strance - of Lucerne sta
tion, was instantly killed at 4:10
P. M. yesterday when she was struck
by Spokane, Portland & Seattle pas
senger train No. 28 at Band Spur,
near Ldnnton, Or.
The accident occurred while Mrs.
Strange and a companion were re
turning: from a shingle mill near the
Strange home, where they had gone
to telephone. She tried to cross the
track ahead of the engine, according
to Deputy Coroner Calkins. -
Mr. Strange was . prostrated with
grief after viewing the body of his
wife and was cared for by his chil
dren. Mrs. Strange was their step
mother. Conductor George Baker was
in charge of the train.
INDIA GETS 100 PLANES
Conditional Gift Is Made by Brit
isl Government.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The Brit-j
lsh government has presented to the
government of India 100 De Haviland
and Avro airplanes, according to re-j
port to the department of commerce.!
The only conditions are that the!
machines shall be used for purposes
of demonstration and instruction and
shall not be sold.
CHMESE SON DISLIKED
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Father of White Girl Married to
Oriental Asks Annulment.
'LEWISTON, Idaho. Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) As a sequel to Lewiston's first
intermarriage between a Chinese and ;
white. Amel Olson of Troy filed suit
today in district court seekil.gr to
annul the marriage of his daughter,
Vida, to Willie Pong, Chinese cook at
a. local restaurant. Kong became ao- I
Quainted with the girl while she was ;
a waitress at tne caie wnere ne was
cook, and after an acquaintance of a
month the couple were married last
Tuesday by a justice of the peace.
There is no state law prohibiting
such Intermarriage.- but suit was
brought on grounds of the girl being
only 17 and marrying without con
sent of hT parents. At the time of
the marriage affidavit was made that
the Olson girl was IS.
SENATOR FALL IS BABRED
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ATTITUDE TOWARD MEXICO
REACTS AGAIXST SOLOX.
Member of Upper House of Con
gress Will Xot-,Be Permitted to
Attend Inauguration of Obregon.
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Mexican
consular agents on the border, it was
said today at the Mexican 1 embassy,
have been directed by Roberto V.
Pesqueira, Mexican confidential agent
in the United States, not to vise the
passport .of Senator Fall of New Mex
ico for the senator's proposed visit to
Mexico to attend the inauguration of
President-elect Obregon on Decem
ber 1; -
Information at the embassy was
that Mr. Pesqueira's action was predi
cated upon what was regarded by him
as the intervention attitude of Sena
tor Fall, who is chairman of the. sen
ate sub-committee which for upwards
of a year has been investigating con
ditions in Mexico.
It was denied at the embassy that
Mr. Pesqueira also had ordered the
consular agents not to vise the pass
ports of Governor Hobby of Texas and
Colonel F. A. Chapa of Sam Antonio,
who also planned to attend the in
augural of General Obregon.
PANGINGI PLAYERS TAKEN
Charge of Gambling Is Placed
Against 13 Members or Club. .
Pangingi proved an unlucky game
for 13 members of the London Develr
opment club last night. It landed
them in jail on a charge of gambling.
The club, which occupies a room in
the Buchanan building, was raided by
Sergeant Sherwood and a squad of
patrolmen. Chips and cards were
seized as evidence and the authorities
state that an effort will be made to
8hoY that the players, through a
secret understanding, .cashed in on
the chips outside the. club following
close of play.
Bd A. Brown and Ray Sexton were
charged with conducting a gambling
game, while the others were thought
to be participants only. .
DIAMOND PLOT SCENTED
Gang Suspected of Trying to Smug--)
gle Gems Into America. -
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON. Nov. 20. (Special cable.)
Agents of the United States treasury
abroad are irving. nvith the assist
ance of Scotland Yard and other Euro
pean pol'ce organizations, to trace a
gang suspected of trying to smuggle
Into America diamonds of great value.
Some clews lead to Scandinavia,
especially to - Sweden, which lends
color to the belief that efforts are be
ing made to send large numbers of
diamonds and other precious stones
from soviet Russia to the United
States.
It is believed the gang's Intervenor
is to try to smuggle the gems by
trusted messengers.
HOLD-UP PAIR SOUGHT
C O. Rorkey Robbed; Alleged
Arm; Deserters Arrested.
C. ' O. Rorkey, 20S Union avenue
north, reported to the police last
night that he was held up at 10
o'clock at Union avenue and Holladay
avenue just after lighting' from a
street car. One man covered him with
a revolver while the other robbed him.
Their haul was J1.75.
While searching., for the robbers
Motorcycle Patrolman Wagy took two
suspects to headquarters who are al
leged to be deserters from the army.
They were Harry Wooden, 20, and
Lawrence M. Jones, 19, said to have
been members of battery D, 57th coast
artillery corps. Both were held in
the city jail and officers at Camp
Lewis notified. .
Cauliflower Heads Foot Across.
C. W. Kruse, Tualatin valleyvfarmer,
was exhibiting some cauliflower tn
the city yesterday with heads a foot
across. Mr. Kruse, who specializes in
cabbage and cauliflower, has 20 acres
planted to tho'se two vegetables. He
says that this year's crop is the fin
est he ever raised.
Soviets Defeat Ukrainians.
LONTOX, Nov. 20. Capture of
Proskurov in Podolia, 50 miles north
of Kamenetx-Podolsk, by Russian so
viet troops, operating against the
Ukrainians, is announced in a War
saw wireless dispatch today.
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