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THE SUNDAY OTSEGO "ST AN". PORTLAND. MABCIl" 27, 1921
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CHILDREN'S PARADE
POi,'DERED BYBDARD
Opinions Differ, on Holding
Festival Pageant.
.'PARENTS' WISHES RULE
i - 'eieision in tt
... J titude of the
'... 'jward such
' .'( W. V. Woodw
Expression of Desires Will Be
i Sought From School Patrons
Before Final Decision.
Shall there he a parade of school
! children this year as a featore of
. ..;th Rose Festival? The answer to
-this question Probably will be given
by parents of the city, for the school
directors of Portland are marking
time with apparent desire to hear
- -from them before giving approval or
disapproval of the idea.
: Opposition of Frank L. Shull. direc
tor, prevented the matter from com
,' -mi? to a vote at the meeting of the
- nirectors last Thursday, though it
' -may come up again at the next meet-
rnjr. or as soon as School Superintend
ent Grout is ready with a report eiv
i rug the attitude of teachers and
principals. f
' Parents Will Decide.
.. i "The factor which lll control our
decision in the matter will be the at-
parents of children to-
a parade. commented
ward, director, yesterday,
Though I think the majority of the
board clearly favors the holding of
school children's parade In connec
tion with the festival, there would
' fee no desire to compel the youngsters
i';to participate in such a march in
(opposition to the wishes of parents."
' That the parades of past years have
jTroved very detrimental to the
, physical well-being of the children
' land have disorganized school work
renerally is the belief of Director
Shull.
"Always there are some children
who cannot stand the strain of three
to four hours on their feet, some-
, Jttmes during inclement weather, with
-!the result that numbers every year
4 that parades have been held have
' leollapsed, and in several cases have
' ,ben si'k for months following," de-.
'dared Mr. Shull yesterday.
',' ' "I do not believe that parents gen
erally approve of such a parade, and
' -'I do not think it is part of the school
" (work. From three to four weeks
V preceding the event 'there are drills
'to be held, ' always during school
; hours, for no child desires to stay
:after school for such a purpose. This
. Interferes greatly with thoir -studies
and initial enthusiasm soon droopa
."so that it Is difficult to keep up their
. interest In the affair."
i Kant Side Auks TValur.
' J Slllton R. Klepper. Wilson Benefiel
Iand others have been before the
". 'school board to urge the holding of
'.:the parade on the east side, prefer
ably on Grand avenue, between Haw
, jthnrne and Hollauay avenues,
I "Personally, I do not believe that
' lit would be too much of a strain."
laverred Mr. Woodward yesterday, "if
jit Is not too comprehensive. There
Mare 40,000 school children In Fort-
I land. Not more than 6000 Should
'participate in the parade. Those who
;ire wpak physically should not be
' permitted in the line. If it rains, or
;;evEn threatens to rain, tho parade
-'; should be called off immediately. It
Is-essentially a sunshine parade, and
would be a miserable, cruel farce if
held In the rain.
"I think tho physical instruction
In preparation for the parade is very
useful. The school district la paying
Professor Robert Krohn $3900. a year
-jto handle the physical drills in the
schools, and this would Only bo a
part of his instruction, and 'should
not interfere with studies. The chil-
- 'dren usually enter into the plans
' with much zest."
, I Other directors are said to favor
. the parade in the belief that It aids
.'. to inculcate civic pride In the young.
(Special.) Funeral services for the
late Mrs. Anna M. Post, wife of Frank
Post of Alfalfa, were held in this city
on Wednesday. Interment was in the
Prineville cemetery. Mrs. Post, who
is survived by her husband and four
children, was born in JDufort, Ger
many, In 1879, and came to America
in 1808.
Andrew Robertson. Sellwood gro
ceryman, died Thursday, March 24, at
Phoenix, Ariz., following an nines?
of several months, caused by perni
cious aenemia. Mr, Robertson was
born In Aberdeen. Scotland, 4 years
ago and came to Oregon City 26 years
ago, where he conducted a grocery
store for 15 years, later coming to
Sellwood, where he has owned a gro
cery store for the past 11 years. Mrs.
Obituary.
' I NEWPORT, Or., March 28. Spe'-
'.' ,cial.) Mrs. Joshua Mason, 71 years
.' '.cld, died yesterday, following eeveral
- ." months' illness, from heart trouble.
.' " Mrs. Mason was a pioneer, having
. '. come to Oregon In 1852 from. Marion,
- ' rlowa, where she was born. She was
'-.a resident of Corvallis for many
..years and belonged to the Methodist
i i' church and Rebekah lodge. Her hus-
band died 15 years ago. Two eons,
'Chester O. Mason of Portland, and
-. " I,. Wayman Mason of Long Beach,
'.'.'CaL: two brothers, Amos and William
. Kisor of Newport, and one sister, Mrs.
, ; . C G. Copeland of Newport, survive.
. -' Funeral services will be conducted by
: '. .-Newport Rebekah lodge tomorrow af
. '-. ." ternoon. Interment following in Eure-
; " s i ka cemetery, Newport. j
"' ' . MEDFORD, Or., March 2. (Spe
" 'eial.) George Clement Culy, who died
:hero March 24, aged 68 years, was
, .. 'born in Ann Arbor, Mich., had been a
.V. v resident of Jackson county for the
' ' "t 'Paaf 37 years, and had resided in late
' .. years on hie farm on the ffacifia high-
Vway between Medford and Phoenix.
Ho leaves five eons and three daugh
ters who are George A. Culy of Rose
burg. Clement N. Culy and Mrs. Nel-
1 lie Long of Grants Pass, Miss Mildred
Culy of Ashland, Cary W. Culy of
Jacksonville, Frank O. Culy of San
Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Laura Owen and
Allen B. Culy of Medford. Interment
was in Mountain View cemetery, Ash
land. PRINEVILLE, Or., March .26.
(Special.) R. M. Powell of this city
was buried last Sunday in the local
cemetery. Mr. Powell was born in
Polk county, Oregon, in 1871, and
' i, came to Crook county in 1873, where
he had since resided. He is survived
- '' 'i by two daughters, Mrs. Ida Mattson
March 26.-
and Miss I la Powell.
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PORTLAND ATTORHET IS
DEAD,
PURSE OF MISSING
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Find Made on River Bank in
Spokane.
POLICE PROBE FETT CASE
I, J. Gordon.
I. J. Gordon, 632 Vista ave
nue, well-known local attorney,
died at St. Vincent's hospital
following an operation on March
24. Mr. Gordon was born in
Kingston, N. Y., 46 years ago.
He came to Portland in 1911
and had practiced law in this
city since that time.
Mr. Gordon is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Ruth Gordon; a
son, Richard, and daughter,
Doria; his father. Joseph Gor
don of New York, and three
brothers. Bam Gordon, Port
land; Mace Gordon, New TfOrk,
and John Gordon, Philippine
Islands, and one sister, Mrs.
Jennie Watklns, New York.
Funeral services were held at
the crematorium in charge of
the Masonic lodge at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Robertson and their son Edward were
with Mr. Robertson at the time of his
death. They will bring the body back
to Portland and will arrive Monday
night.. Funeral services will be held
at C. W. Kenworthy's chapel, 15a2
East Thirteenth street, Sellwood. and
Interment made in Mount Scott ceme
tery. Rev. W. S. McCullagh will con
duct tho services. Surviving Mr. Rob
ertson is his widow and daughter
Lillian, a teacher at Stephens school,
and son Kdward.
CRIPPLES TO GIVE PLAY
Club Women to Sell Tickets for
4 "The Douglibojs Follies."
Rehearsals for the comedy feature,
"The Doughboy's Follies," which will
be given at the Heilig theater April
7, ,8 and 9 under the auspices of the
Portland Disabled Veterans, have
been going forward rapidly, and Billy
Foy, manager, promised that the pro
duction will prove one of the features
of the spring theatrical season in
Portland,
The scene of the production Is laid
in France. The audience will be
given a chance to get some glimpses
of soldier life as It was "over there"
at the time of and immediately fol
lowing the armistice. Leading roles
in the production are taken by pro
fessional actors, and for that reason
a finished production is promised.
The eale of tickets has been taken
over by the federation of women's
organisations, and Mrs. Alexander
Thompson has appointed Mrs. George
L. Williams chairman of the commit
tee in charge of the sale.
BRIDGE REPAIR SPEEDED
Oarnside Structure Slay Be Opened
for Traffic Tuesday Morning.
If workmen can finish the task of
repairing the Burnside bridge In time.
It will be opened for traffic on Tues
day morning, it was reported last
night.
JT. present the Rose City and Beau
jnont cars are routed over the Morri
son street bridge, but with resump
tion of traffic over the Burnside
structure, the Portland Railway.
Lisht & Power company will re
sume the old schedule on those lines.
Conduct of Husband, Who Killed
Himself Following Wife's Dis
appearance, Investigated.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 26. (Special.)-
A purse, identified as the prop
erty of Mrs. Charles Fett and contain
ing a key which unlocked the Fett
residence, was found on the bank of
the Spokane river near the Howard-
street bridge nere today by searchers
for Mrs. Fett's body..
A watohman at a nearby mill told
the police that he saw Charles Fett
stop his automobile on tne Dnqge
at an early hour Thursday morning
and after peering for a while into
the water, drive on. Fett committed
suicide yesterday when police called
at h.:s home to question him concern
ing his wife's disappearance Wednes
day night.
The fact that Fett's clothing after
his suicide was found, according to
thj police, to be soaking wet, gave
rise to a theory that he had visited
thfl river shortly before.
Police officers in charge or the
case were investigating today a state
ment of Miss Louise Gendreau, whom
they reported as having told them
that she had kept company, for some
time with Fett, who had declared he
was a divorced man. tihe had agreed
to marry him, she was declared to
have said, if he was able to produce
proofs of his divorce.
Woman Drops From Sight.
Fett reDorted to the police Thurs
day that his wife had disappeared the
previous night. He said he naa taaen
their 10-year-old daughter in an auto
mobile to church for an Easter serv
ice rehearsal, leaving Mrs. lett at
home to take a street car later to tho
home of her mother on the opposite
side of town. Mrs. Fett did not visit
her mother's home, and has not been
seen by relatives since, the police
were informed.
Fett had been working with the
police Thursday in their search for his
wife, and shot himseir wnen iney
knocked on his door yesterday to take
him to the police station tor lurtner
questioning.
Philias P. Gendreau and Miss Jose
phine Gendreau. father and sister of
Miss Louise Gendreau. expressed only
approval of Fett's conduct while at
t' e Genireau home.
"There was nothing wrong, so far
am I roulH km." declared Mr. Gendreau.
r Hfltnh.H htm' hpniitiRB it was my I
girl in whom he was interested.
"1 went to see his mother, to learn
what 1 could of him. She did not
know who I was and she told me that
he had been baptized. He said he was
not sure he had been baptized, but
was trying to learn definitely. If he
had been baptized lie could not marry
my daughter, because we could not go
against the law of the church.
Divorce Question .Raised.
"I learned that he was not divorced
in Spokane." Mr. Gendreau asserted,
"but he told me three months ago
that he was divorced in ' Portland
seven or eight years ago. I said he
A'ould have to prove it and he was
going to Portland today to get the
papers.
"He told us that he had lived in
the same house with his wife, but
that they were not living as man and
wife. That was some time ago."
"He certainly was a gentleman
while at our home," said Miss Jo
sephine Gendreau, the sister. "He
could not have been more of a gen
tleman. We were surprised when we
heard of the suicide we were bhocked.
"One thing is certain," she declared,
"if he were baptized Louise would
never have married him. She would
not have gone against the church or
father's wishes."
"We know that Mary did not get
along well with Fett," said Mr.
Luecken, brother of the missing
woman, in speaking of Mrs. Fett. "He
seldom furnished her with money and
she did considerable sewing. Not lik
ing Charlie, we did not have any
more to do with him than we had to."
ENGINEERS COMING SOON
Settlement ot Deschutes Contro
versy Expected Sborlly.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, March 26. Direct
or Davis of the reclamation service
notified Representative Sinriott today
that there would be little further de
lay In naming the board of engineers
which is to visit tho Deschutes irri
gation project and settle numerous
controversies now clamoring for
hearing.
This Information was given in an
swer to a petition from residents of
the south unit of the project, who
urge that - their unit be taken up
first
NAVY IS STILL HOPEFUL
Balloon is ts 3Iay Have Been Picked
Cp by Fishermen, Say Officers.
PENSACOLA, Fla., March 26. Al
though four days have passed since
Chief Quartermaster George K. Wil
kenson and four companions left the
naval air station nere in a free bat
loon, officials ac the station still were
hopeful tonight of the safety of the
five men.
Search of the entire area to which
the wind might have blown the craft
has been made by dirigibles, seaplanes
and eagle boats without success.
Failure to find any traces of the bal
loon was taken by station officials as
Indicating that the craft either drifted
to some unfrequented spot or that the
men were' picked up by some fishing
boats. As the duration of the aver
age fishing cruise is thre? weeks, of
ficials said they would not abandon
hope until the end of such a period.
Strawberry Carnival Planned.
ROSEBURG. Or., March 26. (Spe
cial.) The committee arranging for
the 10th annual strawberry carnival
held its first meeting today-and made
thp preliminary arrangements for the
yearly festival held in this city. A
public mass meeting was set for Mon
day night at which time further
plans-are to be made. Early interest
in the carnival assures its success
this year.
WAR HERO IS FREED
KID1P
E
Millionaire's Son Said to Have
Suggested Abduction.
Nine Autoists Arrested.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 26
(Special.) Nine autolsts were arrest
ed in this city last night for operat
ing automobiles without tail Qghts.
All were fined $2 apiece by Judge
Kelly of the city court. One man was
arrested for turning his machine at
tho Intersection of Seventh and Main
streets in violation of a city ordinance.
NEED OF MONEY MOTIVE
Every large city has one newspaper
which, by universal consent, is the
Want-Ad medium of the community.
In Portland It's The Oregonian.
Hugh Van Amburgh Is Exonerated
by Jury at Tacoma After Be
ing Out Four Hours.
TACOMA, Wash., March 26. A ver
dict of not guilty was returned here
tonight by the jury hearing the trial
of Hugh. C. Van Amburgh, Tacoma
ex-service man charged with the kid
naping of Arthur Kurt. 20-year-old
son of W. R. Rust, Tacoma million
aire mining man and capitalist.
The jury was out only four hours.
a portion of that time being for lunch.
Van Amburgh was accused of at
tempting to obtain a (25,000 ransom
to secure young Rust's release but In
his defense accused young Rust him
self as an accomplice. ,
Amburgh, hero of seven major
battles in the world war and deco
rated twice for bravery by both the
United States and French armies, de
clared on the witness stand today
that Arthur Rust plotted his own
kidnaping here February 1 in order
to obtain money from Ills father.
Van Amburgh Is on trial in superior
court -charged with the kidnaping, to
which he confessed following his ar
rest a few weeks ago. Several hun
dred persons were unable to crowd
into the packed courtroom today.
Arthur Rust told me ho needed
money," Van Amburgh said. "He de
clared he was loath to ask his father
for the sum-required, and asked If I
would like to make a big sum easily.
I told him 'Yes.' He then said his
father was afraid' of kidnapers, and
he sirgsested a kidnaping plot.
"I told him it was a dirty trick. He
answered that all ttte Rust wealth
would be his some day and that tret
ting a little in advance made no dif
ference." ArtTiur Rust Is the only son of
W. R. Rust, millionaire mining and
smelting man, banker and real estate
owner.
The prosecution rested its case late
yesterday after Arthur Rust and
W. R. Rust had testified. Chief of
Police Smith told the jury of the con
fession of Van Amburgh when he was
taken to the police station and
charged with the" crime. W. R. Rust
told of receiving a note from the
kidnaper demanding $25,000. He said
he immediately went to a bank, drew
out the' money and took it to the
place designated in the note.
"I could not find the place de
scribed or I would have left the
money," Mr. Rust said. "1 wanted my
boy. I returned to my office with the
money and there learned that Arthur
was free."
Judge W. D. Askren ruled that evi
dence of Van Amburgh's war record
and his decorations was admissible,
since they were official government
records. The state argued against
this evidence. Attorneys for Van
Amburgh then presented his citations
Land ' showed he had taken part in
seven major engagements in the world
war. Articles mentioning Van Am
burgh printed In two magazines of
national circulation were introduced.
The defense, before court adjourned
last night, attempted to show by two
witnesses that Arthur Rust and Van
Amburgh were well acquainted. Ar
thur denied that he knew his alleged
kidnaper and also declared he had
never read about his war exploits pre
vious to the kidnaping.
CITY GETS JLC. WILLARD
Temporary Engineer Aainctl to
Help in Fight on Plionc Rise.
E. C. Willard yesterday was named
by City Attorney Grant as temporary
engineer to aid the--city attorney's of
fico In preparing the city's petition to
the pnblic service commission for a
rehearing on the telephone case.
Frank 3. Batllie, chief engineer for
the Grant Smith company, will serve
as consulting engineer.
Fourteen of the largest of munici
palities in Oregon Ilave written to
City Attorney Grant signifying in
tention to join 'Portland in the fir.ht
for a rehearing of the telephone rate
case.
FAIR PLUHS DEVELOPING
WHIRLWIND START OX PROJ
ECT EXPECTED SOOX.
Portland Men Attending Xutional
Gatherings Are Preparing to
Talk "Oregon 125."
Although plans for Oregon's 1925
exposition are held temporarily in
abeyance till after completion of the
community chest drive, affairs are
shaping for a whirlwind start on the
exposition project, once other matters
are disposed of. A temporary office
has been opened In Room 1136, North
western Bank building, where John
E. Gratke, assistant to President
Meier, is in charge.
The territory of Alaska stands
ready to aid Oregon, according to a
letter received yesterday by Mr.
Meier from Governor Riggs. The mat
ter will be presented to the legislature
ot the territory at its next session.
Portland men attending national
gatherings are preparing to talk
"Oregon, 1925," and present features
of the exposition to delegates from
all parts of the country. At present
E. C. Sammons is on an eastern trip
and will appear before the national
lumbermen's convention In New Or
leans. He will likewise have a
chance to boost the movement in Chi
cago. Kric V. Hauser is contemplating a
trip to Canada soon. In addition to
talking for the exposition wherever
he goes he will present Oregon's
claim for recognition to the Ottawa
government.
Civic, social and Industrial clubs In
the city are discussing the exposition
project and preparing to Instruct
delegates and representatives to carry
Oregon's call wherever they may go
in the interests of their organizations.
Read The Oregonian classifled ads.
WIDOW SUES FOR $60,000
Atftlon Result of Mis-hop in Rail
road Yards In January,
El wood M. Goodrich was beneath a
loaded flatcar adjusting a defective
brake when a signal to move the car
backward was given by an Alblna
yard foreman January 21, 1921. it Is
asserted in a $60,000 damage suit filed
against the Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation company in the
circuit court yesterday by Mrs. Cora
L. Goodrich, widow and administra
trix of the estate of her deceased hus
band. Injuries were received which
necessitated amputation of both legs
and Goodrich died 14 hours later, it
is said
The accident occurred at 6:10 A. M.
and It was dark in the yards, where
Goodrich was using a lantern under
the car. In addition to the widow he
left three children. Leetha. aged 9;
Elwood J., 4. and Wiley C. 2.
UNPAID TAXES RECORD
More Than Flv Millions In First
Half Tolls Uncollected.
All precedents In Multnomah county
are broken in the amount of taxes
due at this time of the year. With
only eight days remaining for the
payment without interest of the first
Installments, there is due the sum of
5, 526. 607. 73. That remaining unpaid
after April E will begin to accumu
late interest at the rate of 12 per
cent a year.
The total tax roll this year is
J14.697.707.12, of which only $1,822,
245.83 has been paid. Last year at
this time there remained only approx
imately $3,000,000 of the first-half
taxes to be collected. The average
collection daily until April 6, to clear
up the monev due, must be approxi
mately $690,000.
IRISH CIVIC LEAGUE TOPIC
Colonel JoYin Leader Airs Views
on Troubles of llrin.
The principle trouble with Ireland
at the present time is that the people
there do not know what they want,
according to Colonel John Leader, who
gave an address at the luncheon of
the civic leaguo,at the Benson hotel
yesterday noon.
Colonel Leader likened the Irish
question to the sitory of 60 Protestants
and 69 Catholics who were ship
wrecked on an Island. At the end of
ten years 90 of the 100 were Catholics,
but the ten Protestants had possession
of the Island.
The speaker paid a tribute to Ore
gon as the only real home be had
ever had and to the Oregon people as
his only real friends.
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