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82 Pages
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Section One
Pages 1 to 18
VOT,. XL NO. 32
Kntered at Portland Oreon)
Postoffli-e as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNING, AUGUST 7, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
131 PASSENGERS ON
WRECKED STEAMER
SPRUCE
PARLIAMENT CALL
FREES REPUBLICANS
HARDING AND PARTY -END
VACATION TRIP
DIVORCEE IS HELD
IN MURDER CASE
BOY DROWNS IN SIGHT
PACKAGE SHIPPED
OF FRANTIC MOTHER
15 SOLD
F
125 OF THEM BOOKED IX
CAB IX IvlST.
IRISH PRISOXEBS ARE TO BE
PERMITTED TO ATTEXD.
140 MILES COVERED IX AUTO
TO BOARD YACHT.
YOUTH, SEIZED BY CRAMPS,
RESCUED BY WORKMAN".
ALASKA IS SUHK;
MANY LIVES LOST
YADU1NA
RAILROAD
ON DAY
MURDER
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Steamer Hits Blunt's
Reef in Fog.
131 PASSENGERS ABOARD
Some Survivors Are Saved
by Vessels Close to
Scene of Disaster.
PORTLANDERS ON GRAFT
Radio Calls for Help Stop
in Less Than Hour After
Wreck Is Reported.
SEATTLE, With, Aos. . The
steamship Alaska sank in IS minute.
with the loss of ninny liven, accord
ing to a radio message picked up by
tfce harbor department here at 11:53
P. M.
The message said the vessel Hated
to atarboard and began sinking Im
mediately after striking the rocks.
The harbor department aald the
flash came from the steamer Anyox.
The message added that the Anyox
had picked up the second boatload
from the Alaska.
SAX FRANCISCO, Ang. . A radio
message from the steamer Anyox re
ceived here shortly before midnight
said the Alaska, which struck on
Blunts reef tonight, had listed to
starboard, overturned and aunk in 13
minutes with the loss of many lives.
The Anyox reported she was standing
by, picking up survivors from the
water and from the boata of the
Alaska.
NORTH HEAD, Wash., Aug. 6.
( Special.) -One boat load of passen
gers from the Alaska was picked up
by the ateamer Anyox, according to
a wireless message from that vessel
at 11:20 tonight.
The passenger steamer Alaska, of
the San Francisco & Portland Steam
ship company, conceded to be the
finest vessel operating in the coast
wise trade out of Portland, struck
on Blunts reef shortly after 9 o'clock
last night and was believed to have
gone down, according to radio mes
sages from the Alaska picked up by
North Head and other wireless sta
tions. All tjhe passengers were re
ported to have been transferred to
small boats, and several steamers,
close to the scene of the wreck, were
speeding to the rescue of the pas
sengers. The accident occurred dur
ing thick, foggy weather.
Some Passengers Saved.
A message received here from
Eureka stated that the steamer
Anyox was proceeding to the Alas
ka's assistance and was only five
miles from the scene of the wreck.
A few minutes later another mes
sage came through saying that the
Anyox had picked up one boat.
According to a message from Se
attle, the tank steamer El Segundo
had caught the Alaska's distress sig
nal at 9:43 P. M. and was proceed
ing to the scerie, though she was 120
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OUV5
Only Eight Carried in Steerage of
Doomed Vessel Complete Lilst
of Names Is Given.
The list of passengers on board the
Alaska follows:
Cabin List.
H. Steele.
C. F. Menke.
F. C. German.
Carl Berch.
H. O. Laughlin.
B. Herlow.
N. Bass.
W. H. Dyer and wife.
Frona Erker.
Emma Tlander.
Ida Tlander.
E. Horner.
R. Davis.
K. Erickson.
A. Livingston.
Mrs. A. A. Northrup.
Joan Fitzgerald.
J. R. Clark.
E. Feingold.
A. N. Hutchinson.
W, L. Johnson and wife.
Miss V. Viger.
Ed Ostiff.
Mrs. Ostiff.
Mrs. R. S. White.
Fred White.
F. J. Richards.
C. A. Ru&s Jr.
Miss B. Cole.
Mr. Gustav.
M. P. Nisonwandle.
H. M. Jensen.
Amanda Wentrom. ,
Miss Ruth Hart.
Mrs. Mae Wright.
Mrs. R. Whiteford.
Mrs. J. Somnercamp.
W. A. Sags.
E. Fickan.
Evelyn Shippley.
Florence O'Brien.
Katherine Jenkins, off at Astoria.
Mayme Baker.
Mrs. A. M. Rost.
Alma Averill.
'Belle Sellers.
L X. Waggoner and wife.
A. L. Scheane and wife.
Mrs. L. M. Blestine.
George Goodall and wife.
L. Horswitz.
T. V. Manley.
Josephine Karstens.
Frances Maphis.
G. W. Owen.
George W. Buswell.
Margaret Xichols.
Mrs. J. E. Nichols.
Ida Carlson.
Miss II. Landberg. -Frances
Eckalson.
H. F. Bonnerville.
Clara Beckwith.
Helen E. Curlin.
M. H. Springstead.
Mrs. Springstead.
Martha Kumtovd.
Dorothy Anderson.
George Blenn.
John Jakevoy.
Mrs. E. Jakevoy.
Mrs.. S. Jakevoy.
G. Phillips and wife.
J. W. Skoglund and wife.
J. H. Moss.
C. L. Velin.
A. Kumth and wife.
J. Oliver and wife.
C Wright and wife.
E. Bohm and Freda Bohm.
A. J. Franklin.
George Edwards.
Miss H. B. McFarland.
Miss G. B. Smith.
Miss J. Stone.
Miss M. J. Albers.
Carrie C. Louga.
H. Scansbrick.
F. C. German.
J. A. Morse.
Miss V. Walden.
Miss M. Seiden.
J. Nyzansky and wife.
Thomas Johnson and wife.
C. Cunningham.
E. White.
A. E. Welch and wife.
Owen Terlin and wife.
H. W. Comm.
G. W.'Putnam.
Flora Winn.
Ellen Bradley.
A. Bailey.
C. Bailey.
W. O. Ross.
Minnie Kan.
Steerage C. H. Olten, G. S. For
rest, B. J. Doherty. John Nelson,
Charles Magunson, Joseph Nagy, O.
Kumazawa, H. W. Erickson.
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Multnomah . Lumber &
Box Co. Closes Deal.
EARLY OPERATIONS PLANNED
Spruce Logs to Be Hauled to
Portland Sawmill.
PURCHASE PRICE $400,000
Government Line Built During: War
Insures Concern Outlet for 3 0
Years' Timber Supply.
Purchase of the Taquina Northern
railroad, extending from a connection
with the Southern Pacific line at Ta
quina, Lincoln county, 11 miles north,
through the city limits of Newport
and to Agate beach, with an addi
tional two miles north upon which
no steel is laid, was completed yes
terday by the Multnomah Lumber &
Box company of Portland, from the
United States spruce corporation, for
a price of $400,000. .
Negotiations had been under way
for several months and the deal has
the approval of the secretary of war.
The purchase was completed in all
save minor details last month.
The line was built by the govern
ment during the war to tap a large
tract of high-grade spruce in the Si
letz reservation territory of Lincoln
county, and it is one of the finest
pieces of railroad of standard equip
ment in the west.
Original Cost 1,271,506.
Cost to the spruce division of the
United States army in building the
line was $1,271,606 and the spruce
forest it enters is declared to be the
largest remaining in the United
States and aggregates from 3.000.
000,000 to 5.000.000,000 feet, board
measure.
At the present time it is said it
wduld cost.-ij 00, U-Q4.J.Q. duplicate- the
construction o"f the road and it would
require one or two years. There are
no tunnels on the line, clearances are
very wide, with a maximum curva
ture of 1$ degrees. There is a max
imum 2.5 per cent grade against
loads, while the maximum against
empties is 3.7 per cent. There are
complete engine housing, fuel oil
and water facilties, log dumps and
booming grounds and the purchase
Includes a small sawmill at Otter
rock which was built to cut ties
for the railroad.
Early Operations Planned.
It is said only one other large body
of spruce now available exists west
of the coast mountains in the United
i States that on the Olympic peninsula.
Washington, and it is not nearly so
accessible as the Siletz spruce. The
latter tract is 50 per cent spruce, an
unusually high percentage, the re
mainder of the trees being fir, cedar
and hemlock, all of which ultimately
will be logged off and milled by the
purchasing company.
Plans of F. A. Douty, president and
general manager of the Multnomah
Lumber & Box company, are to begin
almost Immediate operation In cutting
the spruce timber reached by the
newly-acquired line, as that concern
already owns much timber in that
section and no further purchases are
contemplated.
Approximately 250,000,000 feet of
timber, board measure, is at once
made available by the line for op
eration and short logging roads of
temporary construction will make
available almost immediately 440
000,000 feet additional. Unproductive
portions of the line have been com
pleted already and lurther extension
will be Into the heart of fine timber.
Logs to Be Hauled Here.
From the northern end of the line,
an extension is planned for a later
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Dublin Castle Slakes Official An
nouncement of Step as Aid
la Promoting Peace.
DUBLIN, Aug. 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) All members of the
Irish republican parliament now in
custody will be released, with one
exception, in anticipation of the meet
ing of the parliament called for Au
gust 16. Official announcement that
the prisoners would be freed was
made today. The exception is John
J. McKeown, convicted of the mur
der of District Inspector McGrath.
Dublin castle's statement which
made the announcement read:
"In keeping with the public un
dertaking given by the prime min
ister that his majesty's government
would facilitate the steps being
taken to promote peace in . Ireland,
it has been decided to release forth
with and without condition all mem
bers of the Dail Eireann who are in
terned or are undergoing sentences
of penal servitude or imprisonment
to enable them to attend the meeting
ot the Dail Eireann the 16th.
"It has been decided that one mem
ber, Mr. McKeown, who has been
convicted of murder, cannot be re
leased." STOP PUT TO SPOONING
Billing and Cooing in Walla Walla
federal Building Ended.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 6
(Special.) Spooning in the federal
building at night is to stop.
An order was issued tonight,
effective- immediately, closing the
building from 10 P. M. to 6 A. M.,
daily.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 85
degrees; lowest. 63: clear.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 6.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 3.
Moving picture newi. Section 4. page "2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 8.
Music. Section 3, page 8.
Churches. Section 6, page 2.
Books. Section B. page 3.
Automobiles. Section 6.
"Women's Features.
Society. Section 3, page 2.
Women's activities. Section 3, page 8.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 9.
Madame Richet's column. Section 5,
page 4.
Anrtlnn brfdze. ' Section 5. page 4.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page 6.
Special Features.
The passing of a well-known Portland
playground. Magazine section, page 1.
Forecasting traits of children. Magazine
section, page 2.
The Infernal machine. fiction feature.
Magazine section, page 3.
News of world, as seen by camera. Maga
zine section, page 4.
Boy who sings highest note ever sung.
Magazine section, page S.
Sacrificing riches to embrace Bahaism.
Magazine section, page 6.
Charles E. Sawyer, president's physician.
Magazine section, page 7.
Hills cartoons. "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Railroad to link oceans in South America.
Section 3, Page 10.
Raising skunks profitable. Section 3.
page 10.
News of resorts. Section 4, page 4.
The citizen veteran. Section 4. page 7.
George Ade fable. Section 5. page S.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 5, page 6.
Foreign.
Economic outlook for Russia dark. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Supreme council faces big issues. Section
1, page 6.
Political waste bane of wor'.d. Section 1,
page 3.
Irish republicans to be released to attend
parliament. Section 1, page 1.
National.
McCombs' pen pictures of great at capital
held unfriendly and unfair. Section 1,
- page 4.
Harding and party end vacation trip in
mountains. Section 1.- page 1.
Domestic.
Broiling New York bit by crime wave.
Section 1, page 6.
Slayer declares she's glad of deed. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Husband's suit fake, says counsel for Ger-
aldlne Farrar Tellegen. Section 1,
page 10.
Divorcee held as witness In murder case.
Section 1. page 1. .
Pacific Northwest. "
Lingerie shipped by Dr. Brumfleld on day
of murder. Section 1, page 1.
Rich ores found In Baker county mines
Section 1, page 7.
Idaho urges Senator Borah for arms con
ference. Section 1, page 0.
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President Visits Disabled "War Vet
erans and Asks Many Ques
tions About Needs.
TnTJTT.A.-T- vr in? s. Presi
dent Harding ended' his vacation visit
to the White mountains oi
Hampshire today and crossed Maine
to board the yacht Mayflower here
to return to wasningion.
Anrnm rka n 1 Art V "NfrH TTardiniT and
other members of the party, the pres
ident made the 140-mile cross-country
tiip by automobile, starting early
in the day from Lancaster,
where he has been guest of Secre
tary Weeks since Tuesday.
He went out of his way to visit a
MlHlrV sanitarium at Oxford. Me..
stopped at Poland Spring fo- lunch
and a game of golf and acceptea an
invitation to Day a brief call and
make a speech at Westbrook. just
outside of Portland, in the early eve
ning.' The party boarded the May
flower at midnight and is expected to
arrive at the capital Tuesday noon.
The stop at Westbrook was ar
ranged at the request of Senator Hale
of this state. Several thousand gath
ered to hear the president's speech,
reiterating his prediction that Araer-
Ira ainiiM find It rjossible tO as
sume the leadership for world peace
at the coming disarmament corner
ence.
Before he said goodbye today to
the mountain lodge near Lancaster.
Mr. Harding played a round of golf.
It was the final match of a tourna
ment for the championship of the
party, and although Mr. Harding
made a low score the title went to
Senator Hale.
During the stop at Oxford, both
Mr. and Mrs. Harding assured the
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Pacific Northwest.
Roald Amundsen to equip schooner with
wireless for next trip. Section 1.
page 8.
Japanese btiying keeps up lumber market
Section 1, page 7.
Stefansson party to sail Thursday. Section
1, page 10.
Fire in Washington menaces two counties.
Section 1, page 1.
Clackamas roads near completion. Section
1. page 10.
Bonus bonds to be sold late in fall. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Sports.
Swimmers propose to run own sport. Sec
tion 2, page 6. -
Pacific northwest golfers to compete for
national championship. Section 2.
page 2. .
Boxing season to. open with benefit . for
commission at armory September 2.
Section 2, page 2.
Gridiron warriors lining up for the fall
iray. section 2, page 2.
Gearhart tournament to draw many coast
stars. Section 2, page 3.
Inter-playground track meet to be held
August 27 at Peninsula park. Section 2,
page 6. .
Portland casters will practice today. Sec
tion 2, page 4.
Leading teams in major leagues compared.
Section 2, page 5.
Numbering of football players urged. Sec
tion 2. page 4.
Thrills furnished by daring motorcyclists.
Section 2, page 1.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 12-7.
Salt Lake Los Angeles 7. Oakland
o: Seattle .7. Sacramento 2; San Kran
Cisco 3-2, Vernon 4-10. Section 2,
page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Bids for wheat raised at close of week.
Section 1, page 17.
Crop damage reports steady wheat mar
ket at Chicago. Section 1, page 16.
Stocks sell lower with lack of support.
Section 1. page 17.-
New steamer line to make Portland. Sec
tion 1. page 16.
Immediate tie-up of all shipping board
vessels urged by A. F. Haines. Section
1. page ltt.
Confidence on part of producers essential
to prosperity, says "West. Section 1.
page 16.
Columbia river wheat cargoes show big
increase. Section 1, page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Big irrigation project expected to develop
in central Oregon soon. Section 1.
i page 15. .
Traffic guide discs ready to be placed in
Portland streets under new code. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Buyers' week builds big business for Port
land. Section 1. page 12.
Telephone rehearing will be resumed to
morrow morning. Section 1, page 14.
Multnomah Lumber & Box company buys
Yaquina spruce railroad. Section 1,
page 1.
Candy factories cut prices in half. Sec
tion 1. page 14.
Six hundred families more or less depend
ent on county face serious situation.
Section 1, page 12.
Gladstone boy drowns in sisht of frantic
mother. Section 1. page 1.
Two men wounded in shooting scrape. Sec
tion 1. page 11.
.A rCAta OFCAiNE.
ULUNS HI rA OOV O.F"
"THE HOUE.
Love for Man She Saw
Killed Is Asserted.
WOMAN KEPT AS WITNESS
Fantastic Clews May Solve
Baffling Mystery.
AFFAIR COVERS YEARS
Insurance Broker and Reputed Ft
a nee Shot Dead Two Men
in Brush Are Accused.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6. Special.)
Mrs. Madelynne Obenchain, young
divorcee, was held in the county jai
here as a material witness in connec
tion with the slaying of her reputed
fiance, John B. Kennedy, insurance
broker, while detectives perused let
ters she wrote Kennedy In the hope
of finding something to shed light
upon the killing.
At the Los Angeles county sheriff's
office tonight It was announced that
a definite clew had been obtained in
dicating that Kennedy, shot on the
steps of his summer cottage in Bev
erly Glen before the eyes of Mrs.
Obenchain, was murdered by a man
who recently came to Los Angeles
from Illinois.
This man, it was said, knew Mrs.
Obenchain intimately and also her
husband. It was reported that he
took a room near Mrs. Obenchain and
watched her while here. A search
has been started for the suspect.
Solution of a crime so shrouded in
intricate mystery as to be almost
without parallel seems to be immi
nent. Deputies from Sheriff Treag
er's office are believed to be closing
around the slayer.
Fantastic Clews Followed.
Darting In a dozen directions, depu
ties tonight were following clews,
seme bo fantastic as to smack of ro
mance. : ' '
Yet out of the cloudy maze they ex
pect to avenge the death of Kennedy
before dawn. The case is even more
sensational than the murder of Jacob
Charles Denton here recently.
Here are the facts:
J. Bolton Kennedy, 28. was a
wealthy insurance broker of Los Ang
eles. He lived with his parents at
1S59 Francis avenue. He was associ
ated with his father, John D. Kennedy,
in business.
Shortly after 9 o'clock last night
two shots were fired at or near his
summer cottage in the Beverly Glen
canyon.
"" Victim Found Shot Dead.
Within a few minutes George Deer-
ing. Southern Pacific yardmaster, was
stopped by Mrs. Obertchain as he was
driving past the cottage. He found
Kennedy dead on the steps of the
cottage with a gaping buckshot wound
In his head.
Subsequently Mrs. Obenchain told
Deering and officers that Kennedy
had been shot from ambush. Two men.
"wearing caps and dressed, roughly"
ran from the underbrush after two
shots were fired.
Other neighbors said an automobile
had roared down the canyon road just
before Deering arrived. .
That. In concrete form, is the story.
Woman Admits Her Love.
Mrs. Obenchain asserted, and her
story has been substantiated, that
she had known Kennedy six years.
She knew him before she married
Ralph B. Obenchain. Chicago attor
ney. She loved .him. That is her state
ment. She had loved him before she
married Obenchain. during the- short
years of her married life, after her
divorce and she loves him now, in
death. They had always corresponded.
She denied vigorously that she had
hated him or that there had been a
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Death of Errol Sharp in Clacka
mas River Attributed by Coro
net; to Heart Attack.
Errol Sharp of Gladstone, 16-year-ol-
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sharp,
was drowned In the Clackamas river
about 4:40 yesterday afternoon near
the bridge, about a mile and a half
from Oregon City. He was paddling
about in 15 feet of water when cramps
seized him.
The report was brought to Portland
by C. Wiles, state traffic inspector,
who reached the scene as the body
was taken from the water. WTiles and
others spent two hours in a vain ef
fort at resuscitation. F. P. Murphy,
a workman, was about to take
swim when companions of Sharp
called to him that the boy was drown
ing. Murphy dived to the bottom and
returned with the body, -t was said
that after the boy first sank he did
not come to the surface.
Both father and mother were on the
river bank during the rescue and the
attempt to revive him. The frantic
mother said that she had warned him
against going into the water, as he
was unable to swim; but he was fond
of the sport and believed that he could
swim well enough to take care of him
self. He was a husky youth, but an
inch or two short of six feet.
The drowning occurred In what is
known as "the big eddy." The coroner
at Oregon City attributed the death
to a heart attack.
DRIVERLESS AUTO STARTS
Machine Hits Boy and fracture o
Leg Results.
Struck by a driverless automobile
that started after being parked on th
slope of South Broadway street. 14
year-old Louis Levitt. 443 Broadway,
sustained a fractured leg and other
injuries less serious at 7:45 o'clock
last night.
The boy was playing ball with
friends in the street when the auto
mobile started and struck him be
fore he could escape. There was no
one in the machine at the time and
It is believed that the brakes were
defective. The boy was taken to the
Good Samaritan hospital.
COAL PRICE WAR STARTED
Drop of $2 Ton on Heating Grades
Already Reported.
A coal war was started locally when
the Pacific Coast Coal company re
duced the price arbitrarily the other
day from $16.50 to 315 a ton without
consulting the other dealers.
The Andrews-Conover company
decided to go one better and so an
nounced yesterday a price of $14 a
ton, delivered at the curb, and $14.60
a ton delivered in the basement.
The reduction in each case was on
the common grades of Utah and Wy
oming lump coal customarily used
for heating purposes.
$500 OFFERED FOR BODY
Posting of Reward Spurs Search
for Idaho Man.
OGDEX, Utah. Aug. 6. Spurred on
by the offer of a $300 reward, scores
today were searching for the body
of Roland R. Mason. Idaho Kails in
surance man, whose wrecked automo
bile was found late Tuesday night
in Weber river below a 30-foot em
bankment. The search has been extended to
a deep and swift irrigation canal near
the scene of the wreck, some be
lieving that if Mason was murdered
his body was thrown into that canal.
FAIR WEATHER FORECAST
Normal Temperature Predicted for
Paciric Coast States.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 6.
Weather predictions for the week
beginning Monday are:
Northern Rocky mountain and
plateau regions Moderate tempera
tures and generally fair.
Pacific states Generally fair and
normal temperatures.
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Dr. Brumfield's Action Is
Believed Ruse.
BOX IS SENT TO SEATTLE
Women's Silk Underwear Is
Bought by Dentist.
SHIPMENT IS RETURNED
Sheriff Starmer Gets Bundle of
Odds and Ends That Was Sent I
From Myrtle Creek.
ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 6. (Special.)
A package shipped by Dr. R. M.
Brumfield from Myrtle Creek, to
Seattle, on the afternoon of the day
on which Dennis Russell was mur
dered, was returned today to Sheriff
Starmer and upon its arrival was
found to contain a number of articles
of women's wearing apparel and a
number of small articles, including a
hymn book,- several candlestick
holders, used to hold candles on
Christmas trees, remnants of cloth
and other miscellaneous articles.
That the box was mailed out mere
ly as a ruse to mislead the officers
was the belief expressed today by
c."icials. This opinion was strength
ened by the fact that there was no
complete outfit in the box. There
were several pieces of pink silk
undergarments, a plntc silk shirt, two
khaki blouses, an old black satin
skirt and a great deal of rubbish, bt
ncthing wnich would constitute"' a
ccmplete costume.
The box was obtained at Burchard's
store on the morning of July 13. Dr.
Brumfield appeared at about 10
o'clock in the morning and asked for
a packing box. As this was a com
mon request and one frequently
asked by customers, the clerk, who
was quite busy, directed him to the
rear part of the building, where there
Is a storeroom where such article?
are kept.
Purchases Made by Doctor.
Mr. Burchard, ' proprietor of the
store, only a few days previously
had cleaned out this room and had
destroyed all of the boxes with the
exception of one large box which was
used as a depository for semi-valuable
articles. In this box had been
dumped several books, including a
leather-bound volume of Shakespeare,
a few small classics, a textbook used
for the instruction, of a Sunday school
class, a hymn book, several remnants .
of silk cloth, a few spools of slightly
ilt niaged darning cotton, some small
candle holders, a large number of old
dress patterns and many other things
ot this nature.
Some of the articles of clothing con
tained in the package were procured
at Burchard's store, but as Dr. Brum
field was a regular customer at the
store and frequently made purchases
there for his wife, nothing was
thought of his buying the garments.
Box Taken to Myrtle Creek.
Dr. Brumfield, upon receiving the
desired permission, went to the store
room and took the large box, together
with its contents. Into it he dumped
the articles of clothing mentioned and
took the package to Myrtle Creek
where it was expressed to Seattle at
1:4S o'clock on the afternoon of
July 13.
H. A. Tibbils, station agent at Myr
tle Creek, declared that Dr. Brum
field appeared there shortly after -i
o'clock. The station agent was not
acquainted with the dentist and ac
cepted the latter's statement when he
said he was a tourist. Dr. Brumfield
gave the name of Mr. Norman Whit
ney and said that he wished to ship
this box to Mrs. Norman Whitney at
a point in Canada.
When informed that he could not
ship the package to Canada from that
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