Section One
Pages 1 to 16
82 Pages
Eight Sections.
vol. xl xo. 33
Entered at Portland (Oreron)
Poatof f as Second-Cle.es Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRUMFIELD GIVES
FARMER KILLED BY
ROBBERS IN AUTO GET 'nflMiminil CTftTIIC
CHARGE OF BUCKSHOT
HITS ROBBER SUSPECT
DR. EQUI RELEASED
FROM FEDERAL JAIL
WOJIAX CONVICTED l'DER ES
PIONAGE ACT FREE.
TUCKER IS IN LINE
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
PAYROLL OF $114,000 UUIU "! U"
FOR STATE BENCH
HOUSE IS COMPLETELY DE-
P-AIR IS TRAPPED BY POSSE
OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
BAXK CASHIER STRUCK CO."
HEAD WITH REVOLVER.
MOLISHED AXD SCATTERED.
ALLIES MAY LIFT
LID ON RH1NELAND
WAY UNDER SM I
Trembling Prisoner Can
Scarcely Stand Up.
EXTRADITION IS WAIVED
Nerves Breaking; Early Con
fession Is Possible.
NIGHT IS SLEEPLESS ONE
IDoctor Called In to Treat Roseburg
Dentist; Discussion of Mur
der Charge Is Refused.
CALGARY, Alberta. Aug. IS. (Spe
cial.) Dr. R. M. Brumfleld, wanted
at Roseburg, Or., on a charge of the
n.urder of Dennis Rusaell on July 13,
was on the verge of a complete ner
vous collapse today when he signed a
waiver of extradition.
A double guard was placed over the
Roseburg dentist in his cell tonight
because the police feared that he
might attempt to take his own life.
The police declared that they would
not be surprised If Brumfleld were to
confess the crime before he is taken
from this city by Sheriff Starmer of
Roseburg, who, with .his deputies, is
now on his way here.
Woman Involved In Caie.
That Brumfleld had laid plans to
ercape to Australia with a woman
not his wife was revealed tonight,
when the police obtained a letter
written by the Roseburg dentist to
a Mrs. Killam at Lake Louise, Al
berta. This woman, quite evidently,
bad no connection with the crime,
but was met by Brumfield when he
was stopping at Lake Louise after his
flight from Roseburg.
In the letter, which Brumfield
wrote while he was at the Vader
farm, and which he gave to a farm
hand to mail. Brumfield expressed
treat affection for Mrs. Killam, said
that he hoped to get away to Aus
tralia Boon, and that he would take
her along if she cared to go.
Letter la Not Marked.
The letter was never mailed. For
some reason or other, the fellow farm
laborer to whom Brumfield had en
trusted the letter failed to carry out
the instructions and when he learned
of Brumfield's arrest on the charge
of murder, he turned the letter over
to the police.
After a sleepless night, it was very
evident that the prisoner's nerve was
breaking. Once during the day and
again tonight. City Health Officer
Hood was called In to give Brumfield
medical attention. The doctor was
summoned in response to Brumfield's
pleas for relief.
The calm with which Brumfield ac
cepted his arrest had vanished when
lie appeared in the courtroom and he
was haggard and wan. He tottered
on his feet when he waa informed by
the magistrate that he had been
arraigned on a charge of the murder
of Russell.
"Do you understand the circum
stances of the case for which you are
being held?" asked the magistrate.
"Yes, sir," said Brumfield in an al
Xnost inaudible voice.
Extradition Waiver Signed.
After that Brumfield was led into
the chief's office, where he signed the
waiver of extradition proceedings. It
was while he was there that he asked
to see a doctor. His condition was
ritifuL He was twitching and Jerk
ing, and his lips were dry as if from
fever, for he kept wetting them with
his tongue.
When he spoke he merely mumbled
the words. He kept closing his eyes
at intervals as though seeking rest
for his nerve-racked brain.' His head
drooped as one anxious to gain relief
from the strain.
In the chiefs office the proceed
ings did not take long. The chief
read to the Roseburg dentist the
(Concluded on Fairs 0, Column 1.)
Hvc,
r
Son of Man Killed Sustains Shock,
but Is "ot Seriously Hurt;
Metal Chimney Blamed. '
SHERIDAN, Or.. Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) -Johnson Parks, 66 'years old
and for many years a resident of this
vicinity, was killed instantly and his
son Robert was struck down, but not
seriously injured, when a bolt of
lightning struck their house on Mill
creek, two miles 'southwest of here.
at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The
house was totally destroyed.
The two men had finished hauling
grain for a neighbor and had put
their team in the .barn. They retired
to the house, which was a four-room,
square-type structure. A metal chim
ney in the center of the house and
four gables, each covered with tin.
apparently formed a perfect conduc
tor for the current. The older man
had half reclined on a couch near
one side of the house. Young Parks
remarked to his father that the
thunder, coming so soon after the
flashes, indicated that the lightning
was very close.
The young man stepped Into an
adjacent room and Just then the light
ning stroke hit. He was knocked
down. As soon as he could rise he
hurried to his father. The latter was
dead, the bolt having struck in the
rear of his head, fracturing h's skull.
By a strange stroke of fate the
house was not burned, though it was
completely demolished, fragments
from the building being thrown into
fields about the house. This morning's
electric storm was one of unusual
violence. It started here about 4 A. II.
and continued until 10 o'clock.
STRIKE BALLOTS GO OUT
200,000 Brotherhood Men to Vote
on Wage Reduction.
CINCINNATI. O., Aug. 13. More
than 200,000 strike ballots have been
sent out from international head
quarters of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex
press and Station Employes on which
the membership and those unaffili
ated employes who care to do so will
vote whether they are In favor of
accepting the wage reduction ordered
by the railroad labor board In a re
cent decision.
All ballots are returnable by Sep
tember 30, through general chairmen
of system boards- of adjustment.
DALLAS BANKER MARRIED
Jennie E. Dahl, Portland, Becomes
Bride of W. G. Vassall.
DALLAS, Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.)
W. G. Vassall, Vice-president of the
Dallas City bank,-the oldest banking
Institution in this city, married Jen
nie E. Dahl of Portland Wednesday
at Seattle, Wash., according to an
nouncements received here today.
Mr. Vassall left the first of the
week for a vacation trip through
Washington and British Columbia and
did not confide in his friends nor
business associates that he would
have a companion on his trip. .
PASSENGER'S THROAT CUT
Los Angeles Man found in Critical
Plight on Train.
SAN JOSE, Cal.. Aug. 13. J. C.
Connelly of Los Angeles was found
with his throat cut here today aboard
a Southern Pacific train from Los
Angeles to San Francisco, and was
removed to a San Jose hospital, where
little hope was held out for his re
covery. Connelly fought people who tried
to help him. according to the train
conductor, who found, him in the
smoking car.
TRIAL DELAYED 29 .YEARS
Texas Man in Court on Charge
Preferred in 1892.
EAGLE PASS, Tex.. Aug. 13.
Twenty-nine years after the alleged
commission of the crime, Esteban
Tovar went to trial 'in district court
here today on a charge of wife mur
der.
A quarrel between Tovar and some
of his associates recently brought to
light the old case, which had been
forgotten.
NAYUS Vo THE.
VlcortAv! I
End to Economics Barrier
Put Up to Germany.
REPARATIONS PAY IS FACTOR
System to Be Removed on
Sept. 15, If Debt Is Met.
FINAL SESSION IS HELD
Question of Occupation, of Right
Bank of Rhine to Come Up
Again at Xext Meeting.
PARIS, Aug. 13. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The lifting of the eco
nomic barrier of the Rhlneland on
September 15, providing 'Germany
pays up the amount she undertook to
pay under the London ultimatum and
agrees to remove the boycott against
French goods, was decided upon at
the final session of the allied, supreme
council today.
It was decided, however, to main
tain the occupation of Ruhrort, Duis
turg and Dusseldorf until the next
meeting of the council, which it was
understood will be held previous to
the Washington disarmament con
ference.
At that time Premier Briand con
sented that the question of the occu
pation of the right bank of the Rhine
should be reconsidered.
Briand Annm Attacks.
The decisions were reached after
M. Briand. as president of the coun
cil, replied to cttacks made by Lord
Curzon, the British foreign secretary,
and Sir Robert Stevenson Home,
chancellor of the British exchequer,
against what was termed the present
expensive system of administering
the treaty, especially as concerning
occupation ol the R:.l-r region.
This, Lord Curzon said, "is very
costly also irritating to Germany na
tional sentiment and pride."
The chancellor of the British ex
chequer argued that continuance -of
the present system impoverished
everyone of the interested powers and
that means ought to be examined for
reducing the cost, as the high expense
meant less reparations
Harvey's Part More Active.
Ambassador Harvey took a more
active part in the three hours', meet
ing of the council this morning than
at any session since the deliberations
were started, being asked for his
opinion or taking part in the discus
sion of practically every question
brought up, as America was directly
interested, especially in the Russian
and Austrian situations.
At this session the council decided
upon the makeup of the international
famine relief commission, which will
deal with the famine situation in Rus
sia. This commission will not be
merely lnter-allied, but Sweden, Den
mark, Norway and other neutral coun
tries will be asked to join. The nu
cleus will be formed by the entente
countries and the United States, each
to appoint three delegates.
Relief to Be Unofficial.
Concerning the diplomatic situation
created by the undertaking to feed
famine-stricken Russia, it was agreed
the commission will have absolutely
an unofficial character and that such
conversations as are engaged in with
the Soviets must be limited to hu
manitarian questions. The manner
in which contact with the soviet gov
ernment Is to be made was not de
cided. Financial aid for Austria was con
sidered next. In this connection a
resolution was adopted urging the
American congress to hasten passage
of legislation, which, It was stated,
would enable the Austrian financial
relief plan to be put into operation.
CommUilon to Be Created.
It waa agreed to create an inter
allied commission of financial experts
on which the United States would be
(Concluded, on Pu.ee 3, Column 1.)
CARTOONIST
CF.HG TYMNGS ABOUND rAY. HOOO
George Decker and T. H. Brown
Arrested Following Battle, In
. Which Former Is Wounded.
George Decker, Oswego road ban
dit suspect, and his pal, T. H. Brown,
were captured about 10:30 last night
by a posse of deputy sheriffs on Riv
erside drive, a short distance from
the Dunthorpe school. The encounter
was marked by an exchange of shots
in which Decker was wounded by 13
buckshot between his waist and knees.
He was shot from the rear.
The sheriff's office expected the
Oswego robbers to operate last night
and sent three automobiles carrying
Deputies Christofferson. Schirmer,
Beeman, Beckman, Wilson, Mollen
hour, Lamont and Kendall to the
road.
The three cars were parked in
tho district, a machine containing
Rodney Hurlburt, son of the sheriff,
and Deputies Lamont, Mollenhour and
Kendall being in the center. The
other machines were some distance
on either side.
In preparation for the expected
visitation of robbers, Mollenhour and
Kendall, armed with sawed-off auto
matic, shotguns borrowed from the
police bureau, planted themselves in
the brush near the car, while Hurl
burt and Lamont remained in the
seat. When Decker and Brown ap
proached the shotguns were in readi
ness and the pair were permitted to
proceed until their mission was ascer
tained. I
"What are you doing there? Come
(Concluded on Page 9. Column 2.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 68
degrees; lowest, &ti; cloudy.
TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3. page 6.
Dramatic. Section 4. page 3.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section
a, page S.
Music. Section 4, page 6.
Churches. Section 6. page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Chess and checkers. Section 5, page 6.
Women's Features
Society- Section 3, page 2.
Women's activities. Section 4. page 6.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Madame Richet's column. Section 5, page 5.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page 7.
Special Features. '
Thirty minutes to vacation land. Maga
zine section, page 1.
Wanted--A Kiss censor. - 'Magazine section
page 2.
Death that lures in the fang of a serpent.
Magazine section, page 3.
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
zine section, page 4.
"A Daughter of Pan fiction feature.
Magazine section, page 3.
In Niagara's maelstrom and escapes alive.
Magazine section, page 6.
Fountains of fire in newest national park.
Magazine section, page I.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals."
Magazine section, page 8.
James X Montague feature. Section 4.
page 8.
George Ade fable. Section 4r page 8,
News of resorts. Section 4, page 4.
Seed selection important In pansy produc
tion. Section 4, page 7.
Bend is progressive city. Section 4, page &
The citizen veteran. Section 4, page 8.
Isolated Bolivia is rich. Section 5, page 5.
Home construction. Section 5. page 6.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the' day.
Section 5, page 7.
Portland's worst fire recalled. Section 5.
page 8.
Old negative shows Columbia slough. Sec
tion 5, page 8.
Foreign.
Rum runners ply trade In Michigan. Sec
tion 1, page 2.
Shingle men happy over prospects of hav
ing duty eliminated. Section 1, page 8.
Maximilian Harflen counsels help for
Russia. Section I, page 3.
Erstwhile peppery Colonel Harvey strange
ly silent at supreme council. Section
1, page 4.
Allies may lift economic barrier on Rhine
land. Section 1, page 1.
Dominion status offered Ireland. Section
1 page 1.
National.
Senate in state of baffled Indecision on
tariff, says Mark Sullivan. Section 1,
page 6.
President Wilson and other officials of
past administration to be disbarred.
' Section 1. page 8.
House committee finishes tax bill. Section
1. page 2.
Domestic. '
William A. Hlghtower charged with mur
der of Rev. Patrick E. Heslln. Section
1, page 3.
Labor and farmers take Initiative to re
lievo industrial depression. Section 1,
page 6.
Gold carried to New York hy big liners
handled .nonchalantly by longshoremen.
Section 1, page 6.
PERRY ILLUSTRATES
... . . r
n e? NOW !
Outlaws Grab Packages Contain
ing Money Sento Mine Work
ers; Officer Drops Weapons.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Aug. 13. Four
outlaws in an automobile held up- a
deputy sheriff and mine officer of
the Peabody mining Interests at Kin
cald this afternoon and escaped with
a payroll of $114,000.
The payroll waa for workers In
three mines in the vicinity of Kin
caid, a mining town near Taylorvllle.
southeast of Springfield.
F. M. Jones, cashier of the Kincaid
Trust & Savings bank, was struck on
the head with a revolver by one of
the robbers who grabbed the payroll.
Jerome Lockhart, the deputy who ac
companied him, was armed with two
revolvers, but was compelled to drot
his weapons. Jones and Lockhart
were on their way from the railroad
station to the bank with the pack
ages containing the money, which ar
rived on an Illinois Midland train.
After obtaining the money the out
laws jumped into an automobile and
drove In t!e direction of Springfield.
The robbers are believed to be the
ones who robbed F: M. Cornthwalte
of Decatur of his automobile on the
highway 10 miles north of here.
Highwaymen at me point of revolv
ers bound Cornthwalte hand and foot
and gagged him, leaving him con
cealed in a cornfield. They then
drove away with the automobile. He
managed to release himself and noti
fied the countryside.
The robbers had not been captured
late tonight.
Sheriff Dunbar of Taylorville. with
CConcluded on Pas 2, Column 2.)
Domestic
Robbers get $114,000 mine payroll. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Brumfield gives way under nervous strain.
Section 1, page 1.
Judge Tucker suggested for supreme
bench. Section 1, page 1.
John M. Parks of Mill creek district
killed by bolt of lightning. Section 1,
page 1.
Idaho board of equalization has hard task
to cut down tax levy. Section 1. page 7
State fair to give $2000 In prizes to clubs
Section 1, page 7.
Body of missing hermit found In well, with
skull crushed. Section 1, page 4.
Receipts of Oregon industrial accident
commission for seven years total nearly
S13.000.000. Section 1, page 4.
Couple believed to have aided Mahoney
may be arrested soon. Section X, page 8.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3,
4, Sacramento 5, 5: Salt Lake. 2. 1.
Seattle 3. 8; Los Angeles 5, San Fran
cisco 8; Vernon 4, Oakland 1. Section
2, page o.
Leadership of Interstate league at .stake
in important game. Section 2, page 3.
Annual state golf championship to be de
emed nere in be pt ember. Section 2,
page 3.
Park playgrounds have busy season. Sec
tion 2, page 5.
Casting tourney opens next Friday. Sec
tion page 4.
Oregon eleven has four big games eched
uled and will take trip to Hawaii. Sec
tion z, page 1,
Fifty-ninth U. S. infantry Is athletic out
fit. Section 2, page 6.
Benefit card for September 2 ts real top
notcher. Section 2, page 2.
Ruth In fair way to surpass record. Sec
tion 2, page 6.
Aggies sign two-year football contract
with Stanford. Section 2, page 1.
Duke Kahanamoku Improves with age.
Section z, page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Farmers. In Pacific northwest not pressing
wheat sales. Section 1, page 15.
Frost reports stiffen Chicago wheat mar
ket. Section 1, page 15.
Bond market steady and stocks close
easier. Section 1, page IS.
Ocean Transport company to send more
Japanese steamers here. Section 1,
page 14.
Federal reserve banks declared never bo
strongly situated as now. Section 1,
page 14.
Crew of Alaska not to blame for wreck,
says member. Section 1, page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
AH Oregon asked to help celebrate signing
of fair resolution. Section 1, page 13.
Phone rehearing to be switched back to
Salem tomorrow. Section 1, page 11.
Editor of London Times says shorthand is
great need of American newspapermen.
Section 1, page 10.
State politicians begin planning for next
legislature. Section 1, page 12.
Oregon appointments to federal Jobs still
in air. Section 1, page 12.
Famed Italian general to be visitor here
Wednesday and Thursday. Section 1,
page 10.
Steam feed pipe Is like great snake. Sec
tion 2, page 22.
County rock pile at Kelly Butte held eco
nomic asset to community. Section 2,
page 22.
Dr. Marie Equl released from federal JalL
Section 1, page 1.
Mocks bottom sits laid out for 1925 expo
sltlon. Section 3, page 8.
Statutory charge unfolds strange story.
Section 1, page 9.
Charge of buckshot hits robber suspect.
Section 1. page 1.
SOME RECENT TOPICS
OFFERED IRELAND
Ulster Stands Out for
Separate Rule.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS OFFICIAL
Letter From General Smuts
Describes Situation.
SINN FEIN REPLY SECRET
British Cabinet Debates Matter or
Meeting With Gaelic Offi
cials in London.
LONDON', Aug. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Official light on the
status of the Irish negotiations was
given by the government for the first
time today in the form of a letter
written by General Jan C. Smuts, the
South African premier, to Eamonn de
Valera, the Irish republican leader.
This letter, which was dated August
4, revealed that Premier Lloyd George
offered 26 Sinn Fein counties com
plete dominion status, subject to cer
tain strategic safeguards. It was also
known by the text of the letter that
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
has refused to negotiate with Mr. de
Valera, and that Ulster is standing
firm for retaining her present gov
ernment. General Smuts, however, urged the
republican leader to accept dominion
statua and. leave Ulster to join the
south in her. own time, as he believed
that "through the successful running
of the Irish state and the pull of eco
nomic and peaceful forces," Ulster
eventually would be brought into
line. Mr. Lloyd George's secretary
gave the letter to the newspapers this
afternoon after a long cabinet meet
ing. Letter la Fubll.hed.
'General Srauta, in the course of his
letter, said:
"I believe it is In the interests of
Ulster to come in, and that the force
of the community of interest will over
a period of years become so great and
compelling that Ulster will, herself,
decide to join tho Irish state. Not
only will she not consent now to come
in, but even if she does, the Irish
Mate will, I fear, start under such a
handicap of internal friction and dis
cordance that the result may well be
a failure once more.
"The humble acceptance of facts is
often the only way of finally over
coming them. It proved so in the
case of South Africa, where ultimate
unity was only realized through sev
eral stages and the process of years,
and where the republic as an ideal
for which we made unheard-of sacri
fices had ultimately to give way to
another form of freedom. My belief
Is that" Ireland is traveling the same
painful road as South Africa, and with
wisdom and moderation in leadership,
is destined to achieve no less suc
cess. Separation Declared Barred.
"You say the republic is the true
expression of national self-determination,
but it Is not the only expres
s'on, and it means your final and
irreparable severance from the Brit
ish league. To this the parliament
and people of this country will not
agree. The prime minister has made
you the offer of another form of
lreedom, of dominion status, which
Is working with complete success in
all parts of the British league.
"What Is good enough for these
nations surely ought to be good
enough for Ireland too. For Irish
men to say to the world that they
cannot be satisfied with the status of
the great British dominions would be
to alienate all that sympathy which
has so far been the main support of
the Irish' cause. Such an offer by
the British prime minister, who, un
like his predecessors. Is in a position
to deliver the goods, is an event of
unique Importance. It Is far more
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.)
IN THE NEWS.
Portland "Woman First Has Sen
tence Commuted by President,
Gets Conduct Allowance.
Dr. Marie Equl. Portland woman
convicted last year under the espion
age act, was released from San Quen
tin prison Tuesday, according to
news received in Portland yesterday.
It was said that she planned to visit
in San Francisco for two weeks be
fore returning to this city.
Dr. Equi was sentenced to serve
three years in the federal prison and
fined J500 by the federal court of
the district of Oregon on October 15
of last year. By order of President
Wilson, however, her sentence was
commuted to one year and a day.
She was committed to prison on
October 19. Her release last week
was due to her getting full allow
ance for good behavior.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Marie Equl, who was re
leased from San Quentin Thursday
after serving an 11 months' sentence
fcr violating the espionage act, will
make her home In San Francisco for
some time, at least, in order to revisit
the penitentiary, where she has be
come vitally Interested In many of
the prisoners. Her release was marked
by an unusual demonstration of
cheering and good will from the other
prisoners.
Dr. Equi is living at 58 Macondray
street, and will devote herself to
prison work.
GIRLS MUST WEAR MORE
Chicago Department Store Serves
Xotice on Employes.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. A large de
partment store here today posted this
notice for the benefit of Its employes:
"We find numerous instances of
employes wearing dresses with short
sleeves, low-cut necks and extremely
short skirts, sometimes with rolled-
down stockings. Rouge should not
be used, nor powder in excess, and
extreme styles in hair-dressing should
be avoided. Dresses trimmed with
spangles, or having embroidered
parts, also are noticed.
"Employes are expected to co-oper
ate with us in keeping the style in
dress refined and businesslike."
ERSTWHILE INVALID QUEEN
Watseka, IIJ., Girl Attains Unusual
. .' Distinction.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. A victim of
infantile paralysis in childhood and
for years confined to a wheel chair.
Miss Emma Laux is the queen of
Watseka, 111. In her soverelgil ca
pacity she visited Chicago's pageant
of progress yesterday with other
queens representing the towns on the
Dixie highway.
Miss Laux, who is now able to walk
with the aid of crutohes, is Watseka's
telephone operator.
"She is not only our most beauti
ful girl, but also the most typical,"
one of the judges said. "We want
other cities to judge us by her."
CHITA REGIME IS UPSET
Anti-Bolshevik Forces Overthrow
Eastern Siberian Republic.
VLADIVOSTOK. Aug. 13. (By the
Associated Press.) The eastern Si
berian republic, with headquarters at
Chita, has been overthrown by anti
bolshevik forces, according to uncon
firmed reports from foreign sources
received here.
These reports declared the military
stores of the Chita government had
been fired and that the government
had fled.
FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED
Weekly Forecast for Pacific States
Gives Normal Temperature.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 13.
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday are:
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions Generally fair, except for scat
tered showers; moderate tempera
tures. Pacific states Generally fair; nor
mal temperature.
Walter H. Evans Also Is
Due for Promotion.
PROSECUTOR TO BE JUDGE
Advances Depend on Justice
John's Resignation.
OLCOTT PICKS NOMINEES
Stanley Myers Suggested to Suc
ceed District Attorney If
Places Are Vacated.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Judge Robert Tucker of department
No. 3 of the circuit court of Multno
mah county will be appointed to suc
ceed Charles A. Johns as justice of tho
Oregon supreme court In the event the
latter resigns to accept the office of
associate justice of the supreme court
of the Philippine islands. This was
announced by Governor Olcott today.
Walter H. Evans, present district
attorney of Multnomah county, will be
appointed to succeed Judge Tucker,
and Captain Stanley Myers, present
deputy city attorney for Portland, will
be appointed district attorney for
Multnomah county to succeed. Mr.
Evans.
Career Connected With Law.
Judge Tucker was born in Mill
wood, Knox county, O., 54 years ago.
His father was a carpenter and Judge
Tucker worked with him at that trade
until entering college. He taught
country school during intervals to
pay his expenses at college. He was
graduated in 1S91 from Buchtel col
lege. Akron, O. Thereafter he entered
the law department of the University
of Cincinnati, earning his way by act
ing as a librarian of the law school.
After graduating from the law
school Judge Tucker entered the law
offices of Swayne, Swayne & Hays at
Toledo. O. The Swayne brothers were
Bons of Noah H. Swayne, an associate
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, and Birchard A. Hayes
was a son of Rutherford A. Hayes,
president of the United States. Judge
Tucker remained with this law firm
for five years, when he was appointed
assistant United States attorney for
the northern district of Ohio by Pres
ident McKinley and served in this ca
pacity for five years.
nine tn Oregon Rapid.
Judge Tucker came to Oregon IS
years ago and engaged in the general
practice of law. He was admitted to
the Oregon bar in 1909. He was ap
pointed assistant United States attor
ney for Oregon and served in that ca
pacity until the appointment of John
McCourt, when he resigned to take up
private practice. He became a circuit
judge in Multnomah county in. 1917.
He served as president of the Oregon
Humane society for several years.
Walter H. Evans came to Oregon in
1903, after being graduated from the
Northern Indiana normal school and
attending the Northe-n Indiana law
school. After coming here he entered
the University of Oregon, studying
law in that university and being grad
uated in 1905, and was admitted to
the bar in the same year. He served
a clerkship in the war department and
was appointed assistant United States
district attorney for Oregon in 1903.
He became district attorney for Mult
nomah county in 1912, in which ca
pacity ho has served since.
Myers Has War Record.
Captain Myers, who was named for
appointment as district attorney for
Multnomah county, has been deputy
city attorney for some time and has
practiced law in Portland for several
years. He received a commission of
captain In the world war and has been
active in the American Legion since
returning from the service. He was
one of the principal participants in
the campaign for the soldiers' bonus
(Concluded on Pure 8, Column 1.)