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TIIE STJTDAT OltEGQXIAN, POItTL AND , AUGUST 21, 1921
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TO EAT WITH SPOON
Use of Knife and Fork Is De
nied Prisoner.
ALLEGED SLAYER MOODY
Old Theory tpset and Accused Xow
Must Prove His Innocence,
Says Supposed Murderer.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. Will
lam A. Hightower at the Redwood
City Jail, where he la awaiting trial
charged with murder In connection
with the death of Rev. Patrick Heslin,
Colma priest, henceforth will eat his
meals with a spoon only. James Cole
man. Jailer, today ordered that no
knife or fork be riven Hightower.
'In explanation Colman said High
tower had been in low spirits since
he learned yesterday that Doris Shir
ley, his former companion, was mar
ried a week ago to Lee Putnam, cafe
entertainer, and the order was In
tended to remove any danger of per
sonal violence.
In a statement to the press today
Hlghtower once more disclaimed any
part in the murder of Rev. Mr. Hes
lin. "The commission of a crime like
this is so foreign to my nature that
It is hard to realize that I am actually
accused of it," he said.
While Dolly Mason, who Hlghtower
declared gave him the clew to the
location of the priest's grave, has
been branded as a myth by the po
lice, letters purporting to be from
Dolly Mason are reaching the au
thorities from widely different
aources.
Dolly Masons Namnoua,
A message came through the mail
today to a San Francisco news
paper declaring the writer was Do'ly
Mason and that she was held
prisoner in Chinatown. Another, t
District Attorney Swart of San Ma
teo county, was under a Denver,
Colo., postmark. "I am Dolly Ma
son," it said. No importance was
given to either by the police.
American shoulders, European analy
ses of the world's military and eco
nomic situation are inclined to, the
belief that America alone can solve
the problem of the land forces.
"Not trade, but restraint of trade,
provokes wars," to quote an eminent
authority, 'and so It is the view of
Europeans that the sooner artificial
barriers are removed the sooner the
world can get back to normal, but
forward to a new normalcy quite dif
ferent from the war-clouded trade
rivalries of 1414. '
It seems rather rough on America
for Europe to pass all these ques
tions across the Atlantic- Many will
feel that Europe ought to settle her
cwn difficulties. But to do so would
require a degree of European unity
practicaMy unrecognisable. The latest
sessions of the allied supreme coun
cil showed how far away such a
unity Is and how sorely a decisive
arbitrator is needed.
IDAHO TAX LEVY REDUCED
VAItTATIOX OF STATE PROP
ERTY RAISED $4,500,000.
Xcw Import of 5.5 7 Mills Lowest
to lie- Enjoyed by Taxpayers
In Several Years.
BELFAST IS UPSET i
BY BOYCOTT RUMOR
Economic Pressure Said to
Be Sinn Fein Plan.
PESSIMISM IS EXPRESSED
REDWOOD CITY. Cal., Aug.- 20.
Public and press have upset the
theories that a man Is innocent until
he is proved guilty, and it now rests
"with the accused to prove his inno
cence, William A. Hlghtower, ac
cused of the murder of Father Pat
rick E. Heslin, said today in a state
ment to the press. The statement
was issued from the San Mateo coun
ty jail here, through District At
torney Bwart. Hightower continued:
"An accused man might also be par
doned for asking if justice is hitting
on all its cylinder when he is con
fined to one little cell, where he is
not only unable to do anything for
himself, but also unable to find out
what others are trying to do for him,
while anyone sceeking to undermine
his interest can have as wide range
of action as a Oerman howltser.
Accused Feels Handicapped.
"Unfriendly interests were never
known to have union hours or to be
ever fair in their methods.
"I just wonder if the good dame
with the bandaged eyes can always
'make the grade' when the accused
man. perhaps with a mind that was
never overbright. muddled as never
before in all his life, facing conditions
In which he never had experience,
la compelled to match his confused,
untrained mind against the keenest
minds of a great city.
"Under these conditions, with the
icy hand of fear resting on his heart,
should he take counsel of folly and
like a scared rabbit run In the wrong
direction and make inconsistent
statements, would such statements
necessarily be conclusive proof of his
guilt?"
Hightower reiterated past declara
tions that he would be willing to be
tried by a jury of Catholic priests,
with the one condition that no one on
the Jury be less than 40 years old.
"The- earnestness of purpose and
calmness of judgment" of priests of
this age "would easily overcome their
prejudice against me," he said.
Pleasant Thought Noted.
"The one pleasant thought in oon
nection wtih this unpleasant affair.'
he said, "is the part that I played in
getting the murdered man out of the
hole, in v-hich his murderea or mur-
derors had tumbled him as though he
had been an animal, and securing for
him the interment to -which his life
and calling rightfully entitled him."
Hightower said he had not been
mistreated and "although somewhat
inclined to question the methods used.
I have not had the slightest cause to
question anyone's intentions."
He concluded by saying "the mes
sage I shall send back to the world
from which I am at present shut away
Is 'not guilty.
"In my defense not one penny has
been spent, not one witness has been
called and only one friend has had the
courage to come forward, and until
now nothing has been said about the
proffer of assistance by this friend, a
prominent business man of Bakers
field," Hightower said.
'There has been no discrimination
against me personally, for this is
doubtless the usual state of things in
cases of this kind," he said, and added
"in justice to the men who have been
doing their duty as it is prescribed bv
law, I wish to say that not one rude
hand has been laid on me nor a single
narsn word spoken to me by those
wno nave oeen trying to arrive at a
olution of this puzzling case."
BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 20. (Special.)
Following the policy established two
years ago the state board or equali
zation again reduced the tax levy for
state purposes at its meeting tonight,
fixing it at 6.E7 mill as against 7.50
for 1919, and 6. 60, for 1820.
This levy will raise approximately
$2,777,000 to meet state expense. It
takes care of the ed valorem levy the
legislature called for, together with
second, third and fourth state high
way redemption bonds, general inter
est! and sinking fund, public buildings
and sinking fund. The levy is the
lowest the state has enjoyed for some
years.
Approximately $4,500,000 more than
the equalized valuation of 1920. or
J500.000.000, was the increase author
ized bv the board. The increase over
the reported valuation of the state f
was estimated at $10,000,000. Increases
in the valuation made by the board
were made in agricultural and irri
gated lands, business lots, business
blocks, residences and city' or county
improvements. The increase in per
centage on these in the various coun
ties follow:
Agricultural and Irrigated lands
Bear Lake, Benewah, Lincoln and
Madison, 10 per cent; Franklin, Fre
mont, Kootenai and Latah, -15 per
cent; Caesia and Twin Falls, 20 per
cent; Gooding and Minidoka, 40 per
cent
Business lot and business block im
provements Cassia, Canyon and
Oneida, 10 per cent; Caribou, Jerome
and Franklin, 15 per cent; Twin Falls,
20 per cent; Madison, 25 per cent;
Gooding and Minidoka, 40 per cent.
Residence and city or county im
provements Cassia, Canyon and
Oneida, 10 per cent; Caribou, Jerome
and Franklin, 15 per cent; Twin Falls,
20 per cent; Madison, 25 per cent;
Goodingand Minidoka, 40 per cent.
The total valuation of the North
ern. Pacific railroad in Idaho as re
ported by the assessors was reduced
$135,560 to the assessed valuation
of $11,273,380. A reduction of $28,000
was also made in the valuation of
the' Eastern Railway & Power com
pany, bringing their taxable valua
tion down to $190,240. The Washing
ton, Idaho & Montana road was given
a decrease of $46,000 bringing their
figures down to $552,480.
The present valuation of the Boise
Street Car company was reduced to
$442,950 on a showing by the com
pany that they were not making op
erating expenses. Their cut wae
Republicans Accuse. Lloyd George
Of Rattling Saber 'in Speech
Before House of Commons.
BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 20. (By
the Associated Press.) Interviews
printed here, attributed to Alderman
Macdonagh of Dublin of. the Dail
Eireann labor department, declared
the economic pressure against Ulster,
designed to bring northern Ireland
peaceably to what the Sinn Fein
would regard as a more reasonable
attitude, will result in the complete
shutting off shortly of the movement
of goods from Belfast to southern
Ireland.
"The boycott -will grow more rigid
every day, and very eoon we may
look forward to the complete stop
page of all goods out of Belfast and
the tainted area," Alderman Mac
donagh was quoted as saying. "This
will give Belfast a kind of partition
It does not want."
16000 while that on the valuation of
the McDermott stub, the city belt
line and the Cole school line was cut
$16,500 for the Boise Valley Traction
company.
BONUS BOARD TO MEET
Organization for Administration of
Law Will Be Effected.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 20 (Special.)
Members of the soldiers oonus com
mission will meet in Salem Tuesday,
when final action will be taken with
relation to adopting rules and regula
tions covering the administration of
the bonus act. It was said that the
Commission also would take up ap
plications for - positions of attorneys
and appraisers at this session.
More than 100 attorneys have ap
plied for positions under the bonus
act, while nearly twice this number
of applications have been received
from prospective appraisers. Under
the bonus law the attorneys will re
ceive not to exceed $10 for eaoh ab
stract examined, while the appraisers
will be paid o for each transaction
referred to their attention.
Both the attorneys and appraisers
will be paid by the applicants, and not
out of the state appropriation of $30
000 authorized for administration of
the law.
Government Iand Sold.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 20.
(Special.) Two pieces of government
land were sold by the federal land of
fice today. Christian F. McEwen
bought 120 acres in section 33, town
ship 4, range 13, east of the Willam
ette meridian at a price of $2.10 per
acre. The other tract comprised 40
acres, in section 12. township 6 north
range 19, east of the Willamette
meridian, and was sold to John Juris,
a Klickitat farmer for $3.50 per acre.
DUBLIN, Aug. 20. Leaders of the
Irish republican parliament were ex
pected to confer with Eamonn de
Valera today at Black Rock, where
he is spending the week-end at the
home of Professor - John McNeil,
speaker.
Tension Is Growing.
There has been a growing tension
here during the last couple of days,
and Dublin Castle authorities have
given expression to their fear that
fighting might possibly be precipi
tated by extremists on either side.
Only incidents of a minor nature have
occurred, however,- and it is hoped
that a violation of the truce estab
lished last month may be averted.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Dispatches from
Dublin to London newspapers appear
to reflect pessimism over the Irish
situation in view of latest develop
ments. Henry W. Nevinson, war cor
respondent and author, telegraphing
the Daily Herald, said the situation
is "undoubtedly very serious." and
that he is "unable to see hope as
brightly as some do." He admitted.
however, that hope still exists.
If the Irish republican leaders,
(Continued From Flryt Paxe.)
his dispatch continued, "frame the
reply to Great Britain's terms and
submit it to the Dail Eireann for
approval, rather than for discussion.
it almost, certainly will be accepted
with minor alterations. The danger
to further negotiations and a subse
quent peace comes from the influence
of theorists and doctrines acting
upon the spirit of militarism."
In discussing the prospect If nego
tiations -fail, Mr. Kavinson declared:
it the truce De oroKen, war in its
most terrible form will sweep through
Ireland. Civil war will be added to
national war, and all who refuse to
support the republican army will be
driven from the country or shot."
The Dublin correspondent of the
Daily News said Prime Minister Lloyd
George is being charged with "rat
tling the saber in his address yes
terday in the house of commons. He
said the speech may do infinite, harm.
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SEASIDE AGOG OVER FETE
Parade of Bathing Girls Today
Draws Crowds to Resort.
SEASIDE. Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
All seaeme awaits with eager an
ticipation the annual bathing girls
parade, which- is to be tomorrow.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the occasion.
Astoria, as well as Seaside, has
showed its Interest by the long list
of entries which it has contributed.
Many outside visitors are expected to
throng to the city over the week-end
and to participate in the general jol
lification which will accompany the
contest.
"This bathing girls' parade is to be
an elaboration of any similar event
of its kind which ever has been
given," said Miss Neah Leas k a, who
personally is directing the contest.
FINANCES HIT UNARMING
(Cnntlnaed From Flnrt Pjra.
to begin restoring trade conditions.
This is because of high potential pro
ductivity of American industries al
though that productivity is now
quiescent on account of the tariff
barrier. And Europeans point out
ttat any tariff wall is Just as effect
ive againet exports as imports.
Thus, after placing responsibility
for naval disarmament squarely on
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