The Sunday Oregonian., November 13, 1921, Section One, Page 8, Image 8

TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN", PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 13, 1921
F EXPENDITURE
IS HELD IRREGULAR
Printing of Financial Report
Branded Personal Politics.
BOARD OF CONTROL RENT
Otto Teuscher, J. V. Schur. A. J. Hoff
man, G. O. Matter. P. W. Enka, A.
Bailey and W. M. Craig.
Kx-G-ivernor Frank O. Lowden of
llinols waa a guest of honor at the
exercises.
Breach Between State Treasurer
and Governor and Secretary
of State Is Widened.
SATjEM, Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
Printing of 30.000 copies of a- report
dealing: with the financial transac
tions of bis department during; the
two-year period. July 1. 1919. to June
SO. 1921, must be paid for out of the
personal funds of O. P. Hoff. state
treasurer, and not out of public
monies.
This was announced today In a let
ter prepared by Governor Olcott and
Bam A. Kozer, secretary of state, ma
jority members of the state board of
control. The letter was addressed to
Ti. G. Goodin, secretary of the state
board of control, and follows:
Herewith find state treasurer's
voucher for the sum of $:!07.73, for
printing for the treasury department
of the Btate of Oregon during the
quarter ending September 30, 1921.
Chnrice for Reports Kraaed.
"We approve the voucher as to all
the items save and except the Item
of Job No. 15918 for $44.53 and pur-,
porting to be for 15,000 treasurer's!
reports.
The nature of this so-called repor
In nnr nnininn. Is such that it does
not come within the scope of the
authorized business of the treasury
department and therefore should not
be paid for out of the funds appro
priated by the legislature lor aeiray
lng the expense of the printing- for
that department.
"On Inquiry we learn that there
has Just been printed at the state
printing office 15.000 more of these
reports, and price quotations have
been obtained for an additional 30,000,
making 60.0C0 in all. Our attitude on
thBBe, if vouchers for the printing
bills are submitted to the board for
approval, will be the same as herein
Indicated, as such Hems of expense
cannot be approved."
Report Held Political.
Although neither Governor Olcott
nor becretary of State Kozer would
make any official statement for pub
lication as to why the. voucher sub
mitted by the treasury department
was disallowed, friends of the offi
cials declared that the report had
been branded by the majority mem
bers of the board of control as purely
political In character and not essen
tial In advising the taxpayers of Ore
gon of the transactions of the treas
ury department.-
The report o the treasurer, as at
tached to the letter sent to Mr. Good
in by Governor Olcott and Secretary
of State Kozer, set out the amounts
of money In the active and Inactive
state depositories, average dally bal
ances, interest receipts, collections
from estates under the inheritance
tax laws, and reference to a law
enacted at the 1921 session of the
legislature prohibiting the state
treasurer from Investing Its funds In
state warrants or certificate
Breach In Board Widened.
Particular objection was voiced to
the report by the majority members
of the board of control, it was said,
because Mr. Hoff took occasion to
compare the accomplishments of his
administration with those of a pre
vious state treasurer.
Today's letter disallowing Mr
lloff's printing account, preceded by
the state treasurer's recent criticism
of Governor Olcott and Secretary of
State Koser for employing Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Kuwr of Eldora, Iowa, to
take charge of the state training
school for boys, probably will com
bine to cause a breach in the affairs
ot the board that will continue until
there Is a change in the personnel of
the body.
Campaign Row Forecast.
Interest Is added to the break be
tween the members of the board by
i-aion of the fact that both Mr. Hoff
and Mr. Olcott are expected to be
candidates for re-elect. on. Mr. Hoff
SCANDAL TO BE PROBED
Alleged Misdeeds at Benson School
Will Be Investigated.
Investigation by school authorities
of an alleged vice ring in the Benson
Polytechnic school involving many boy
students and three delinquent girls
will be made next week, according to
Superintendent Grout.
"So far the only Information I have
obtained concerning the matter has
come to me indirectly and through the
newspapers," he said. "C. E. Cleve
land, principal of the school, has been
ill for several days and has made no
report, but I Intend to confer with
him next week.'
Mr. Cleveland was' too 111 to an
swer the telephone yesterday. James
Tontz, vice-principal, said he had no
information whatever concerning ac
tivities which had resulted in four ar
rests last week.
Robert Fairman. the first of four
young men arrested and whose story
implicated others, withdrew his plea
of guilty to a charge of contributing
to the delinquency of a minor girl and
entered a plea of not guilty yester
day.
DAIRYMEN CM 01
BOARD TO RESIGN
Washington County Members
Affirm Faith in League.
from the prison today Indicated that
the doctor is in a cheerful mood, and
has hope that the supreme court will
reverse the decision of the lower
court.
Under orders Issued by L. K. Comp
ton. warden of the prison. Mrs. Brum
field Is allowed to visit her husband
twice each week. She passed an hour
with Dr. Brumfield -yesterday.
Dr. Brumfield is under death sen
tence in connection with the slaying
pof Dennis Russell of Dillard, Doug
las county.
CLEAN SLATE DEMANDED
Gross Extravagance in Management
Is Charged, by Official Who
Suggests Way Out.
HILLSBdRO. Or., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Seven hundred Washington
county dairymen in session In Hilla
boro today by a practically unani
mous vote pledged continued alle-
He was to be sentenced, with glance to the dairymen's league arid
BRIDGE CONTEST PLANNED
National Tournament to Be Flayed
November 28.
Bridge devotees in Portland are in
terested In the national par auction
bridge tournaments, which will be
played in cities throughout the coun
try November 28. The play in Port
land will b held at the Benson hotel.
High scores made in each city will
be sent to the national Judges in New
York, who are Milton C. Work, H. H.
Ward and Charles E. Cadley. The deci
sion of this board will be final.
Arrangements for the local bridge
tournament are In the hands of the
following committee: Miss Annie
Blanche Shelby, chairman; Mrs. Jo
seph N, Teal, secretary; Warren E.
Thomas, treasurer, and Mesdames
Thomas D. Honeyman, William Mac-
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DEFIES ACCUSERS
Slayer One of Idaho's Most
Notorious Prisoners.
GROTTO OFFICIALS WHO PARTICIPATE D IN FALL CEREMONIAL YESTERDAY.
Peasley Photo.
LEFT TO RIGHT WILLIAM L. HAY, MONARCH) C. L. BLAKELY, MISTER OF REVELS) I.. M. SSOW, CAPTAIN
OF THE GUARD.
INNOCENCE IS ASSERTED
Edwin Davis and Howard Stephan,
tomorrow by Judge Kanzler -of the
court of domestic relations.
BONUS BRIEF IS FILED
Test Cuse Set by Supremo Court
for November 23.
SALEM. Or., Nov. 12. (Special")
Appellant's brief In the suit brought
by Thomas H. Boyd, commander of
Portland post, American Legion, to
test the legality of the so-called
bonus law enacted at the last session
of the legislature, was filed in the
Oregon supreme court today. Gover
nor Olcott and members of the world
war veterans state aid commission
are npmed as defendants In the action.
Arthur Benson, clerk of the su
preme court, announced today that
the case would be heard on Tuesday.
November 22. An opinion In the case
probably will be handed down by the
court the following week.
As a result of the delay fn filing
the briefs it probably will be neces
sary to postpone the sale of the first
installment of bonds with which to
meet the demands of the ex-service
men. The sale of these bonds, aggre
gating $10,000,000, has been set for
November 31.
CHARITY LISTS WANTED
Donors Should Notify Exchange to
Prevent Duplications.
Charitable persons who plan to
furnish Thanksgiving dinners to poor
folk in Fortlanad should check up
with the confidential exchange
Main 1122 to make certain that
there is no duplication, relief organi
zations announced yesterday.
Families listed with relief bodies
may be on private lists and unles
the plans are known through the me
dium of the confidential exchange
there is likely to be duplication In
many cases and neglect in others.
The aim is not so much to prevent
itlready has announced his candidacy. ' some families from getting two bas-
:t was said here today, while Gov
rrnor Olcott has advised his friends
that he is not adverse to accepting
the gubernatorial honors for another
t.rm.
Jn case of disagreements between
Governor Olcott and State Treasurer
Hoff in matters pertaining to the
joard of control, Sam A. Kozer, third
nifinber of the body, holds the bal
ance of power.
75 ilTEO INTO GROTTO
MASONIC OIlGAMZATlON HAS
BAXQVET VXD (EREMOM-.
C.rowtli of Order in Year Discussed
and Band Concert Follows
Business Sessions.
A cfass of 75 members was Initiated
and business of the order transacted
at the full ceremonial of Gul Reaxee
tlrotto, the play organisation of the
Kiue Lodge Masons, at the municipal
auditorium yesterday.
The affair was participated In by
the Llrotto guards and C. L. Blakely
was master of revels. The Initiation
last night at 9:30 was followed by a
banquet to the new members at 10:30.
The ceremonial began with a busi
ness meeting at t o'clock. The candi
dates gathered at the auditorium at
7 in the evening and at 7:30 there
.was a band concert.
The Grotto now has about 900
members in Portland. 'William K
Hay, monarch. In his proclamation
providing for the fall ceremonial,
called attention to the "unprecedent
rd Interest and activity" of the or
ganization during the year.
Besides Mr. Hay officers of the or
ganization are: G. A. Peaster, chief
Justice: S. W. Stryker. master of
ceremonies; O. E. Minsinger, treas
urer: J. H. Butler, secretary; Harry
A. McRae. acting secretary: W. H.
Galvanl. marshal; Ifc M. Snow, cap
tain of the guard; P. M. Taylor, ora
tor; P. P. Kilbourne, sentinel, and
ltev. W. W. Youngson. chaplain.
Officials of the organisation an
nounced that the Grotto had had one
of the most successful years In Its
history.
Mr. Blakeley's committee consisted
of Charles E. Minsinger. Lee Holden.
S. A. Church, C. J. Pieper. Charles
Pye. F. Halfpeny, A. E. Manner. C. A.
Palm. A. Geiser, Mr. Teaton, Mr. Mar.
' tin. W. SummerfUld. Mr. Sprague,
kets of food as to prevent some from
going hungry.
Last year there were cases In which
some families had as many as eight
turkeys furnished but no fuel in the
house. This is a waste of food and
to prevent it people are asked to
communicate with the exchange with
regard to homes which will be visit
ed. The confidential exchange does
not take or give names of families
which need help, that being left to
the various relief societies.
Forest Brown Fined $150.
SALEM. Or.. Nov. 13. (Special.)
Forrest Brown, arrested here last
night after a running fight with Offi
cer Burchard, was sentenced to pay
two fines in the Justice court today.
Brown was fined $100 on a charge of
resisting an officer and $50 for throw
ing glass in the street. At the time
Brown was arrested he was suspect
ed of having liquor In his possession
A bottle which ha carried In his
pocket was broken on the pavement
before the officer could place him
under arrest.
adopted resolutions calllngfor a meet
ing of state membership at Portland
next Tuesday, at which the resigna
tion of the present board of directors
will be demanded and a new board
elected.
Upon demand of the meeting, K. C.
Eldridge, manager.consented to with
hold the resignation he had proposed
to present at the meeting of the di
rectors Tuesday.
Gross extravagance on the part of
the previous management was said by
Mr. Eldridge to be responsible for
the present condition of the league,
and he as well as N. A. Loucks, league
field man. enumerated Instances in
the purchase of plants, where, as they
charged, great sums bad been paid
for Junk.
A Clean Slate Is Demanded.
In effect, the league manager said
that the league could only be per
petuated by wiping the slate clean
and making a new beginning. To do
this it t would be necessary for the
members to forget the incomplete
pools, although when stock had been
retired, possibly three years hence,
they might pay out. By following
this policy, he believed, all new pools
would be completed within 60 days.
But quick action was necessary to
save the organization, or otherwise
It would fall Into the hands of those
whom he dubbed political tricksters.
Mr. Eldridge spoke bitterly of the
volunteer delegation which attempted
settlement of the Clatsop county dis
pute and by inference asserted that
it was an attempt of dismissed offi
cials and employes to regain con
trol. Sentiment Is for Leafrue.
The meetine from the outset was
plainly pro-league and opposition j
which was In evidence during past
weeks did not develop. At times It
was stormy and the feeling toward
the condenser was bitter. Dairymen
told how they had sold their cows
because they faced bankruptcy, but
they had faith that the league was
their only hope.
One dairyman said that at present
he was milking eight cows and his
net returns were but $40 a month, and
he could not live on It,
The meeting wan called by Hills
boro and Forest Grove business in
terests after the crisis which waa
shown at the meeting to be impend
ing became plain. C. E. Wells, vice
president of the Hillsboro club, pre
sided, and in an address made it
plain that action must be taken by
the dairymen and the business men
would support it. After the vote
indorsing the league had been an
nounced he was asked if that sup
port would be given the league and
replied that It would.
Master, J. D. Honeyman. Morris H
W'hitehouse. W. C. Knighton, Harry
C. Hemminghouse, J. M. Ambrose. Holt
W. Cooklngham, Varnel D. C. Beach.
S. jrank, E. L. Thompson, O. M. Clark
and the Misses Kathryi Hart and
Helen Page.
ARMY 0FFICERSUES WIFE
Captain Charles Knickabocker Asks
Divorce, Alleging Cruelty.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 12.
(Special.) Captain Charles E. Knick
abocker of the United States army
has filed suit for divorce from his
wife alleglag that although she knows
the army requires officers to pay their
bills, to humiliate him. she runs up
big bills in the stores In Vancouver
and Portland. Shortly after the wed
ding, he charged, she assumed an in
different attitude and has made no
attempt to conceal that she has
neither affection nor regard for him.
On numerous occasions she has cursed
him, struck him with her clenched
fists, scratched his face with her
finger nails, and In every way pos
sible has heaped mental and physical
Indignities upon him, he alleged.
They were married November 7,
1917. in Tacoma. Captain Knicka
bocker asked custody of their 3-year-old
child for six months of each year
Appearance of Woman, Convicted
. lor Poisoning Husband, Dis
appoints Interviewer.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov 12. (Speial.)
In a small cell In the women's ward
t the ta.te penitentiary in this city
there is now Incarcerated another no
torious prisoner because of the pe
culiarity of her crime and because
her case attracted nation-wide atten
tion. Lyda Southard, five times mar
ried, accused by the state of poison
ing four of .her husbands, and con
victed of second-degree murder for
the actual poisoning of Edward Mey
ers, her fourth husband, is the pris
oner. She walka under the portals
of the prison, out of the sunlight into
the shadow of ita walla. Just as defi
ant of her accusers as when she first
fell into the meshes of the law. Her
case is as interesting aa that of
Harry Orchard, confessed murderer
of ex-Governpr Steunenberg. who was
featured so strongly in the Western
Federation cases with "Bill" Hay
wood, Pettibone and Moyer.
Poisoning Proved.
The state charged and convinced
a jury that Lyda Southard deliber
ately planned the death of her hus
bands that Bhe might collect on proof
of their death the principal on the
Insurance policies she carried; that
this poison was in the form of arsenic
taken from common fly paper poison
which she extracted in solution form,
and when her four husbands were ill
administered it to them in the medi
cine. In every instance the arsenic
poison was found in large quantities
in the bodies of her alleged victims,
and expert chemists testified the only
way it could have gotten there was
by someone systematically giving it
to the unfortunate men.
Mrs. Southard Small.
Lyda Southard is small and when
she first entered the state peniten
tiary this week she did not appear
to weigh more than 100 pounds; at
least, not over 125. She la of alight
build, well dressed. Her appearance
Is disappointing. She is not what
could bo termed good looking, nor is
she bad looking. Bather, she is more
of the average type. Her eyes are
gray in color, somewhat of a watery
type; eyes that register coldness
and vindictiveness, rather than eyes
which might contain expressions) of
other emotions. Her teeth are not
even and when she talks or smiles
they are quite noticeable. In carry
ing on a conversation the tone Is
light and her grammar will hardly
pass muster.
In conversation with newspaper
men she did not make a favorable im
pression. Pardon Not Wanted.
Just before she entered the state's
penal Institution Mrs. Southard gave
out a statement, or the statement was
credited to her, that she was inno
cent of the crime charged and time
would prove that alleged fact. After
talking with her there would be no
inclination to give her credit for the
words that appeared in the Inter
view. They do not sound like a
statement that she would make.
Mrs. Southard, however, was con
victed on circumstantial evidence,
amd It waa the complete chain of cir
cumstantial evidence the state wove
about her that sent her to prison.
For that reason her statement may
Robber Suspect Gives Bail.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 12.
(Special.) Roy Moore, one of the men
tried on a charge of robbing the Sells
Floto circus here September 26, the
lurr disagreeing, has obtained his
liberty by putting up a bond of $5000.
His bondsmen are J. W. Cook, said to
be worth $t000. and Don Campbell
said to be worth $35,000. Moore is to
he tried a second time in January.
His Hearing -Restored.
The Invisible ear drum invented by
A. O. Leonard, which is a .miniature
megaphone, fitting inside the ear en
tirely out of sight, is restoring the
hearing of hundreds of people In New
orK t-uy. wr. x-eonara iaeniea mis
d'um to relieve himself of deafness
and ht-ad noises, and It does this so
successfully that no one could tell he
is a deaf man. It is effective when
neatness is caused by catarrh or by
perforated, or wholly destroyed nat
ural druma. A request for Informa
tion to A. O. Leonard. Suits 113. 70
Fifth avenue. New York City, will be
given prompt reply. Adv.
KORITE
Makes new shoes comfortable.
Saves Painful Breaking-In.
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BRUMFIELD'S CUTS HEAL
Bandages Are Removed From Neck
of Condemned Ientist.
SALEM, Dr.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
Bandages that have swathed the neck
of Dr. Richard M. Brumfield, Rose-burg-
dentist, clnce he attempted to
commit suicide & few weeks ago.
have been removed by the prison phy
sician. The cuts have practically
healed, and penitentiary officials said t
the wounds had given the prisoner
no pain for svpral days. Reports
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N FINLEY'S MORTUARY is found
fulfilment of the ideals set by the
National Selected Morticians.
This association, composed of leading
members of the funeral directing pro
fession, has set improved standards of
practice, which mean the utmost in
funeral direction service.
As Portland's exclusive member, we
have striven for and succeeded in ful
filling these high ideals.
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v Ufve Three Timet More I'iffht Than 4A-Watt Masda.
Do not consume any more current. Tho cheapest lamp to nse for
homes and STore lighting-. We are exclusive aaents for this m-onderful
lamp in our locality. Accept no substitutes. You can always get them;
also all sizes of Mazda lamps at
EVINRUDE ELECTRIC STORE
WHERE PRICES ARE I0 W K R.
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ail MORHISO, NE4H FIRST. PHONE MARSHALL 1713.
M OPEN' SAl l HUAV M.MTS l .VTIL S (VCUICK.
bear repeating- to be taken for what
it la worth. She said:
"No matter what the verdict of
the Jury may have been; no matter
what public opinion is, my conscience
is clear with my God. I do not want
a pardon. All I want is vindication.
From my earliest recollections I have
been taught to pray; taught to be
lieve In Uod: that he waa my refuge
In time of sorrow. In his own. due
time the world will know that I am
an innocent woman.
"My heart bleeds for my father and
mother in thia, their hour of shame.
In their aged years their heads are
bowed, yet I feel that they - muet
know that I am innocent of the awful
crimes of which I am charged.
"Any talk that I will kill mvsolf Is
foolish. Why should I. an innocent
woman, commit suicide?
"It would be a confession of guilt
In the minds of many, at least. I have
nothing againft Deputy Sheriff Orms
by. He has acted the gentleman at
alt times when he had me in his
charge. It was his sworn duty to do
what he has done.
"I have nothing against Judge Bab
cock. He was fair. I think that when
ever he could he gave me the benefit
of the doubt.
"Public opinion convicted me. in the
minds of many, within 24 hours after
I was arrested at Honolulu; public
opinion in Twin Kails had' convicted
me before I arrived there in charge of
Deputy Sheriff Ormsby; public opinion
had convicted me throughout the na
tion before the first Jurymen were se
lected. "1 pray that 1 may live long enough
to prove, beyond a shadow of doubt,
that public opinion has done me an
Injustice and that the jury was wrong
in its veraict.
"Will you take one message for me
to the world, to those few who have
stood -by me and to the thousands who
have condemned me, even before a
word of testimony was offered In
court T
"I am an innocent woman, the vic
tim of circumstances; all that I want
is time and a chance and 1 will vindi
cate myself of every one of the awful
charges which have been brought
sirnlrst me
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Also with champagne buck inlay.
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to
Vacate
Our lease at 380
Washington street ex
pires November 30th,
The landlord will not
renew it, therefore, we
must dispose of over
10,000 pairs of shoes
in the short time of
three weeks.
500 Pairs
6 Styles $8.50 Values
$..85
3000 Pairs
20 Styles $10.00 Values
$J.85
1500 Pairs
10 Styles $12.50 Values
$85
To make sure of the
immediate sale of these
shoes we have priced
them so attractively
that every woman will
gladly take advantage.
Come in tomorrow and
see the wonderful se
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