VOL. XVIII. NO. 281
entered M SeeoBdrChas Matter
Portoffice.. Portland. Oresoa
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1920.-EIGHTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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TREASURES OF
WEST OPEN TO
PROSPECTORS
Congress Passes Bill Releasing
Public Domain to Seekers After
Oil and Other Rich Minerals
Lands Are Located in Wyoming;
Powerful Interests Are Beaten
by Congressman Sinnott.
Washington. Feb. 11. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL) Legislation opening the pub
lic domain of the West to prospect
ors for oil, oil shale and other valu
able , minerals passed congress final
ly today and will go to the president.
The senate agreed to the conference
report orl the oil land leasing bill, which
permits $the liuniance of permits for the
development of government oil lands.
The report passed rhe house yesterday.
For six years western members of con
gress have endeavored to have thia bill
passed.
INTEREST AT WORK
If the story of conferences on the oil
and coal land leasing bills, which have
Just been passed by congress, could be
adequately written it would be an In
teresting; chronicle, and it would show
that for weeks an agreement has been
' delayed tht eh the demands of power
ful oil cor atlons for recognition of
their claims to a greater acreage than
Is permitted under the general terms of
the bill
It would be shown, also, that the
main figure in sustaining; the Importu
nities of the oil companies was Sena
tor Reed Smoot of Utah anf that the
thorn in his way was Representative
N. J. Sinnott of Oregon, who during a
large part of the discussion held out
"alone against what amounted to a prac
tical donation of millions of dollars to a
Y' few large oil Interests.
LIMIT IS PLACED .
Under the terms of' the bill It was
provided that no individual lease of oil
land in a known geologic structure, that
is, where discovery has been made and
the ground in most cases Is highly valu
able, shall be for more than 3200 acres;'
September 1 was fixed originally as the
date when the purchase of any acreage
in excess of thia area should not. be
recognized.
' In spite of this limitation, however,
another part of the bill cleverly pro
vided that "all leases hereunder shall
Inure to the benefit of the claimant and
all persona claiming through or under
him by lease, contract or otherwise, as
their interests may appear." As the
summer wore away it became apparent
that certain oil companies were fully
aware of the loophole thus given, and
were. acquiring;, tracts In excess of S200
acres, depending upon the final action
of the conferees to protect them.
"GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT
If the lands were declared excess,
under the terms a the bill they would
not be retained by the claimants, but
would be put up for competitive leasing"
to those offering; the greatest bonus and
royalty. If retained by the companies
which had hastily acquired them, the
government would derive only the usual,
royalties provided for by the legislation.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
matter is gained from the fact that one
tract of 80 acres was known to be con
tracted for at $250,000, and another tract
.of 160 acres at $500,000. How much
land had been taken in excess is not
(Concluded on Page Tiro, Column Three)
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Ciro Sepe Victim of Accident;
Car Ahead Obstructs Driver's
View at Fatal Moment.
Ciro S, Sep, Italian. 590 East
Seventeenth street, died at St. Vin
cents hospital this morning a short
'.lme after he was struck and run
over by aji automobile truck driven
by L. R. Dupre, 164 Russell street,
at the intersection of Broadway and
Williams avenue.
Sepe, a cup greaser for the P. R. L. 4
P. company, was working at the frog in
the track at the intersection when he was
hit. A front wheel of the heavily laden
truck passed over his body, but stopped
within five feet after hitting Sepe. Dupre
declares a touring; car cut in ahead of
him and stepped, obstructing' his view
so that he could not see Sepe until the
Italian had been struck. Witnesses are
said to have praised Dupre ' for the
way in which he handled his truck. The
driver will not be held by the police, but
Coroner Earl Smith is arranging for an
inquest.
Deputies are searching for Sepe's fam
ily. The fatally injured man was about
45 years old. William Baker, 27 West
Skidmore street was riding with Dupre
on the truck.
. For three months " lacking 11 days,
Portland had no fatal automobile acci
dent on Its records. On November 1,
Gustave Johnson was killed, and since
that time no accident has had fatal con
sequences until that which occurred at
Broadway and Williams avenue this
morning and cost the life of Ciro Sepe.
Italian.
S'ot in years' has such a record of im
munity from fatalUiee been maintained.
Positive records dating back to 1918
show no period of similar length where
in there was not a, fatal accident in
: solving an automobile.. The death of
Sepe Tnarfcs the first la 1S20, Involving
an automobile : "
HIT BY AUTO TRUCK
SECOND CACHE OF HUMAN BODY DISCOVERED
ABOVE, morbid crowd gathered around clump of trees where two packages containing sec
tions of the body of a man were found Tuesday afternoon. This lot is at the corner 'of
Brandon and McClellan streets, Kenton. . The packages were not more than 30 feet from
the sidewalk. Below, is Charles Moxley and the dog whose peculiar actions resulted in. the
discovery that the packages contained human flesh. Inserted is a new picture of Ernest Des
camps, wealthy Frenchman, who has mysteriously disappeared and who may have been the victim.
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WHOLESALE HUNT
FOR CLUES ASKED
City-Wide Search by People Is
Sought to Find Missing Parts
of Slain Man.
Every boy and man in Portland
is asked by Lieutenant of Inspectors
Goltz to turn detective and seek
more parts of the body of a mur
dered man, supposed to be that of
Ernest Descamps, wealthy member
of the French colony here.
"Search brush, vacant lots, grulleys
and any other place where parts of a
man's body may be hidden," Goltz asks.
He confesses that until discovery of
more parts df the body, sections of
which have been found fh two widely
separated "districts in Portland, it will
be impossible to identify the ubdy as
that of Descamps.
GRAVEL PARTICLES FOtJiD
Minute inspection of the sawdust In
which the sections found last Saturday
were packed today revealed small sand
and gravel particles mixed In. The de
tectives believe these may have been
sweepings on a basement floor on which
the sawdust was scattered.
Every vacant place or thicket be
tween the Grand avenue viaduct and
Kenton will be searched today for
other portions ' of the murdered
body of which various pieces have
been discovered since the gruesome
find in Sullivan's gulch Saturday
afternoon.
Sloughs throughout the length of the
peninsula will be dragged in hope of
finding the head, by which certain iden
tification can be established. , -All avail
able deputies in-the office of Sheriff
Hurlburt have been assigned to the
search under Deputy Chrlatofferson.
The theory is that packages of human
flesh and bones were dropped here and
there along a route leading out Grand
avenue to Kenton and that the head may
hae been secreted in a Columbia slough.
OTHER PARTS FOC5D
Other parts of a body, .possibly that
of Descamps. who disappeared Thurs
day, were found on Tuesday near Bran
don and McClellan streets in the vicin
ity of Kenton station. ,
The portions were neatly wrapped In
a copy of flie Journal of a week ago
Saturday and an'OregonLan of the pre
vtous - Sunday and were bound tightly
(With string of the same kind that en
circled the- packages found in Sulli
van's gulch Saturday.
The parts of the body, cut from Just
above the hips comprised the contents
of the packages. The coroner says the
skin was of the same texture, age and
eolor as that of the dismembered legs
found In the gulch.
HT8TEHT DEEPEK8
Finding: the torso remains did nothing
to solve the mystery, but rather made
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OPEN RESERVATION
Washington, Feb. 11. WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
XAX) Senator McXary today In
troduced in the senate a bill to open
the Klamath Indian ' reservation
Identical with the measure which
Representative Sinnott introduced In
the house.
Wilson Will Name
Editor in New York
Italian Ambasasdor
Washington, Feb. 11. (I. X. S.l
President Wilson will send the nomina
tion of Robert Underwood Johnson. New
York editor, to be ambassador to Italy,
tp the senate within a few days, it was
learned at the White House today.
Johnson is one of the leaders of the
League to Enforce Peace and has been
closely connected with Italian affairs
for many years, having been decorated
with the Cavaliere of the crown of
Italy. He will succeed Thomas Nelson
Page, resigned.
Lincoln's Birthday
To Be Celebrated
Lincoln's birthday will be observed
Thursday afternoon in the large hall of
the Central library. Tenth and Yamhill
streets, at 2:20 o'clock. The public is
asked to attend. A program has been
arranged asd many distinguished and
invited guests will occupy seats on the
platform, The committee suggests that
people display the American flag from
their homes.
Action on the Zoning
Ordinance Postponed
The much postponed and delayed son
lng ordinance was again postponed for
first reading until next Wednesday by
action of the city council this morning.
Commissioner Barbur, In urging the
postponement of the ordinance, asserted
Mayor Baker should be present before
a definite date for public hearing was
settled on.
Council of League
Of Nations Convenes
London. Feb. 11. (V. P.) The coun
cil of the League of Nations waa con
vened at noon today by Sir Eric Drum
mond. 'secretary general. Greece was
represented, by Dr. Caclamanoa. ln place
of Premier Venlselos. Ambassador Da
vis of th . United States wUl not at-
tmtd. ,
OFFENDER ESCAPES
AS EVIDENCE FAILS
Smashup Took Place All Right,
but Policemen Came Into
Court Unprepared.
Three automobiles were badly
smashed on East Burnside near Sev
enth last Sunday afternoon. One
was going east on Burnside, two
were parked on the right side of the
street, a few feet apart. The car
bound east smashed Into one parked
machine, then the other, and in turn
ncn r ennry was m ine macuixiv ui
was moving east on Burnside. No one
has been found who admits being In the
car with him. Witnesses declare that
he was intoxicated.
Police arrived on the scenes Fenney
was arrested and charged with driving
while intoxicated.
CHARGE IS DISMISSED
The case came to trial Monday morn
ing. No witnesses were there except
the two policemen. ;No one was there
to testify that Fenney was driving the
automobile. The charge was dismissed.
Offenders continue to escape punish
ment through collapse of one or another
unit of law enforcement departments.
Lack of evidence is one of the great
causes of the failure of justice in traffic
cases.
Policemen either intentionally or acci
dentally comjp in with half-baked cases.
They apparently forget the evidence in
their hurry to make the arrest. Had
officers in the Fenney case made an
acequate investigation, they would no
doubt have had lrttie difficulty provjrg
that Fenney was the driver of the
wrecking car.
MIST HAVE WITNESSES
Under present procedure at the police
station, the policeman making the arrest
is expected to present his witnesses when
the case comes to trial ; otherwise, it
is sent through without evidence and the
offender goes free. The case should not
go to trial unless the witnesses are pres
ent, and the patrolman who fails to
present his witnesses should be held to
account. ,
Tampering with witnesses Is another
practice that loses many cases for the
city. Police court attorneys locate those
who are expected to testify for the pros
ecution, and in many instances the wit
ness changes his mind. He comes to
court, asks to be excused, forgets, or
actually perjures his testimony.
FAIL TO TESTIFY
Those who have suffered damages in
accidents fail to testify after the dam
ages have been paid.
Under present conditions, police court
attorneys administer the law in a great
many cases. They of course represent
the defendants, and through one means
or another they usually free their cli
ents.
Often the offender never rets to
court and, if he does, the evide
doesn't
How long is the police department to
be maintained to provide fees for police
court lawyers? That will be one of its
great functions until the evidence is
gathered In all cases and fully presented
to the court
Newberry Expended
$800,000 in Election
Fight, Says Witness
Grand Rapids. Mich.. Feb. 11. "Half a
million hell. Newberry spent $800,000
and I know what I am talking about."
This was the declaration 1 of Richard
Fletcher, state labor commissioner, on
March It. 1919, Frank M. Sparks, asso
ciate editor of the Grand Rapids Herald
this afternoon told the Jury regarding
the Newberry case.
The Newberry forces not only fostered
the Democratic candidacy of James W.
Helme for senator ln 1918, but secured
fraudulent signatures to his nomination
petitions, witnesses declared today.
Five witnesses repudiated their signa
tures on Helme petitions as not being
genuine.
This was the first effort by the gov
ernment - to prove the fraud charges in
(he indictments under which Senator
Newberry and 134 other are standing
trial. . - .
RESERVATIONS
Mve Leads Irreconcilable Re
publicans to Fear Peace Pact
Will Be Ultimately Passed.
Lodge Declared Anxious to Keep
Treaty Out of Campaign and
-Will Offer Mild Compromise.
By L. C. Martin
Washington, Feb. 11. (U. P.)
Senator Lodge offered in the senate
nine amendments to the Lodge res
ervations to the peace treaty today.
WORKED OUT IK COSFEKESCE
The amendments are those worked out
In the bi-partisan treaty conference re
cently held in Lodge's office. They af
fect the preamble, withdrawal, domestic
questions. Shantung, naming of Amer
ican representatives to the league ; pay
ment of the United States' share of
lei.gue expense, disarmament, status of
foreign nationals under article 16 and
voting power.
Lodge did not submit an amendment
oo Article 10 or the Monroe doctrine.
The amendment to the reservation on
voting power is the only one of those
submitted by' Lodge on which virtual
agreement had not been reached In the
bi-partisan conference.
Lodge's action today mad the bi
partisan agreement the "official pro
grm" of the Lodge forces in the Benate.
Irreconcilable Republican senators are
about to concede that the senate will
ratify the treaty as a result of the dis
cussion which will begin next Monday,
it was indicated today.
A canvass of the senate has shown
the "bitter enders.' Uiey said, any loop
hole which can be squeezed through
will be used by some senators in 'chang
ing front on the resolutions and ratifica
tion. Willing to agbee
The "IrreconcUables" are convinced
that Senator Lodge and his supporters
do- not want the treaty In the presiden
tial campaign. One of the. "IrreconcU
ables" said today that the supporters
of the Lodge reservations are willing to
agree to any reservation on Article X
which wUl.avyU3ir faces. They have
eliangdpralSeswftff the TTnocrats in
this respect he declared, and are visibly
weakening since President Wilson's let
ter to Senator Hitchcock became public
The plan of the Lodge program sup
porters, this senator said, is to offer
proposals for compromise on Article X.
so mild that if the Democrats reject
them the responsibllty for failure of the
treaty will clearly be upon the Demo
crats. In that case, if the treaty does
become a campaign issue. Lodge can
stuw by the record that he did all he
could without actually surrendering to
agree with the Wilson forces, this sen
ator said.
Lodge is understood to have a thor
ough knowledge of the situation among
tha Democrats, and to know, in a gen
eral way at least. Just how far they will
go next week or later In meeting him 00
Article X.
Persistent Traffic
Violator Fined $100
And Jailed 24 Hours
A fine of $100 and a 24-hour sojourn
In jail were awarded by Judge Ross
man of the municipal court this morn
ing to L. Bittman, convicted traffic
violator.
Bittman, who lives at 712 Mississippi
avehue, knocked over an old man at
FOurth and Morrison streets, and thn
proceeded without stnnnini? nr lar
bothering to report the incident to the
police.
V
Bittman has been the principal in three
collisions : twice he has been appre
hended for speeding, and once for fall
ing to give right of way, police records
show.
Carl H. Jackson, who witnessed the
latest traffic episode of Blttman's, ap
peared against him this morning.
A total of $324.50 was netted for the
ciy from the 22 traffic violators ar
raigned this morning.
Mackays Resume
Charge of North
- Pacific Lumber Co.
Donald and W. B. Mackay, owners.
Tuesday resumed charge of the North
Pacific Lumber company. North Port
land, upon its release from the lease of
Charles F. Swigert and his associates,
extending over the past two years. Or
ganized ln 1882, the North Pacific com-
pany is 6aia to, oe one or the largest
and best established in the Northwest,
cuiung iw.wi ieei or umoer per eignt ; are confident of securing Portland's
hurs- ; $73,200 share of the national fund raised
With the restoration of the Mackays to 8nd food to the 800,000 starving peo
the retirement of Donald Mackay. pres- ple of Armenia and the other war rav-
laii ui irie company umii 11 was leasea
to Swigert. is announced. W. B. Mackay,
secretary -manager under the former
management, has become president. As
sociated in the management will be H.
B.r Pennell. who, during the war, was
head of the Coast Shipbuilding com
pany of Portland.
Plebiscite Votes
, Schleswig to Danes
Copenhagen, Feb. 11. (I. N.
plebiscite in Schleswig to .determine!
wl tether the province shall be returned
to' Denmark or remain German has 're
sulted in a victory for the1 Danes, ac
cording to Information received here to
day. The returns at hand now show
85.000 votes for a return to Denmark
against 11.000 for Germany.
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HANDS OFF IN
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CASE
SEEMS VIEW
Senator Townsend, Chairman of
Postoffice Committee, Hesi
tates to Question Dismissal.
Chamberlain Denies Myers' Al
leged Claim Senator Was Op
posing Hearing in Portland Case
Washington, Feb. 11. -t (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NALi Senator Townsend, chairman
of the senate committee on postof-
ficea and postroada, when asked to-
i... i. . . ,
day relative to requests for a hear-
ing on the Portland postoffice case
said to have been sent by Frank S
-, , '
Mers and others, said he did not
see what his committee would have
to do with a case of removal.
Until further informed by The Jour
nal representative. Senator Townsend
had been under the impression that
telegrams lie received related to pro
tests against appointment of a new
postmaster. He said the practice of
the committee is to give a hearing on
such complaints if the complainants ap
pear promptly.
TOWXSE.ND IS CAUTIOUS
When advised that the Portland case
is one of removal by executive order,
iownsena shook his head and said: "I
had not understood that I do not see
then what we would have to do with It
I would hesitate myself to take It up."
Besides Chairman Townsend, other
members of the committee are said to
have received a request for some sort
of a hearing from Portland, Including
one from u. E. Hamaker. chairman of
the Multnomah county Democratic cen
tral committee, declaring that "Mvers
has been deprived of constitutional
rights." and that the community sym
pathizes with him.
Senator Chamberlain's attention was
called to a statement by Myers alleg
ing that the senator seeks to deny him
a hearing. "I will say nothing con
cerning what Myers says about me," he
said.
CIIAMBERLAIT IS WILLIjra
tK3&aUilHPLi -opposed his having a
hearing and I have no objection to any
hearing he wants before any official of
the government the senate or any other
tribunal What I said was that I know
of no procedure or precedent for hear
ings in cases of executive removal of
postmasters." ,
Information that Frank a Mvers Is
circulating a petition among the busl-
"ess mn of the clty " Postmaster of
i Portland has fanned public Interest
(Concluded on Pace Three. Column FWe)
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TO BE CIRCULATED
Movement Afoot to Put Food Ad
ministrator's Name in Dem
ocratic Primaries.
Inltiative petitions to place the
name of Herbert Hoover on the
preferential presidential ballot at
the Democratic primaries of May 21,
are being prepared and will be put
! In
circulation as soon as they are
received from the printers.
The work of preparing the petitions
an putting them in the hands of cir
culators lias been undertaken by Oswald
West and II. B. Van Duzer. president of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
It is announced by Mr. West that the
printed petitions will be ready for dis
tribution within a day or so, and that
they may be obtained at his office by
those who desire to circulate them for
signatures among their friends. Those
who desire to sign the'petitions but who
do not have the time to take them for
circulation may also sign by calling at
Mr. West's office.
Armenian Campaign
Drive Is Continued
With New Support
While th results of the first day's
Near East relief drive Tuesday were in
complete today. Chairman S. C. Lan
caster said this momiw that the cam-
I naim leaders are satisfied with the
trend of the fragmentary reports. They
,.-! n(1 -Witnf countries
Augmented by many additional can
vassers, the campaign forces are out
again today, energetically canvassing
their respective territories. More work
ers ln nearly every district are needed.
that the drive may be completed quick
ly and all who wish to assist may call
up Main 6853. 685,4, 685S or 6856, or to
call personally at headquarters in the
Unitarian church.
AH funds received are turned over im
mediately to H. C. Anderson, auditor,
who checks all "turn-ins" and banks
the accumulating funds. All adminis-
hoov
R PETITIONS
S.) The'trative expenses of the drive are paid
from a special fund contributed for
that purpose in advance of the cam
paign, so that all money given will go
directly, on a 100 per cent basis, for the
relief of th famine stricken people wbo
are depending upon the continued sup
ply ef food from America for their tx
fstenc -
14 Wise Men and
True, WHp Sit on
Fate of 11 Reds,
Relish Nonsense
Solemnity of DayjOver, I. W. W.
Jurors Make Mprry in Their
Own Little "Cell."
By Fred IT. McXeU
(Orer The Journal a Lcwtd Win)
Montesano. Waijh., Feb. 10.
Bump! Crash! Thump!
Resounding Jars shake the granite
walls of the Grays Harbor court
house to its foundations.
Bellowing laughter rolls away
until It seems to echo from the log
ged off hills that surround this little
city in the forest.
Such are some of the strange sounds
hat make the old time residents resid
ing near the courthouse and who re-
tre Tl? 8tart ,n thelr leP and tben
gaze curiously at the bright lights that
laze folh from mlrd ,tory wmdows
that overlook the roof of the jail.
i ln th shrouded darkness of their cells.
,the 11 defendants on trial-in the Cen-
murder trial doubtless hear these
; sounds and wonder, too.
4 MEN, TO HO HO
The dtsturbersi of silence In this
usually quiet neighborhood are none
other than the 14 men in whose hands
will ultimately lie the fate of the ac
cused "wobblles."
For Jurors are human, and in the off
hours, when the mantle .of silence and
cold disregard for human sentimentality
are thrown off, the lid comes off also.
and it comes with a vengeance.
Sitting all day In the uncomfortable
seats of the Jury box, action is. the word
'at night even for the elderly E. E. Tor
pen. who confesses 60 years and then
some. Prisoners almost as much as the
men whom they are trying. In that they
are incommunicado with the outside
j world, and where one goes, the rest
must also follow, they make merry ln
he limited space they have. 4
'feCRlBES ARE BARRED
Even the reporters are barred from
ooklng ln on the''festlvitles. but no one
s barred from listening. And so, while
t Is hearsay. It Is whispered about the
ourthouse that there is some friendly
(CoDoluded on Pice Three, Colump Three)
F
AHEAD OF WOOD
Hoover Receives More Republican
Support Than Wood and John
son Combined, in Straw Vote.
Senator Johnson Is gradually tak
ing a strong lead. over General Wood
in the presidential straw vote.
Thirty-three votes went to him in
thia morning's count against only
seven for Wood. Johnson now has
more than double the vote for Wood.
More Republicans have voted for Hoo
ver so far than for Johnson and Wood
combined.
One envelope brought in lo votes or
which 1 were for Hoover and one for
McAdoo. The party affiliations of the
14 Hoover votes were as follows: Re
publicans four. Democrates five. Indepen
dents five. In a few Instances, the reg
istration of the voter is not on the ballot.
It should be there, not for publication.
but In order to give the source and other
phases of the sentiment reflected by the
vote. In no case will names or party
affiliations be made public.
A conspicuous feature of the voting
is the heavy support thrown McAdoo
not only by Democrala. but by Repub
licans. A letter bringing several votes
for him is signed by the president of a
railroad employes' organization nd
says: "I am a Republican. W. Q. Mc
Adoo will win hands down if. nominated
for president, as he will get 95 per cent
of the labor vote, regardless bf whether
they are Democrats or Jiepublicane
that is if the labor people do not lose
their heads and nominate a labor can
didate. We should throw our Influence
to McAdoo and save the day. He Is
Just to all. There could be no better."
A Portlander writes : "Hoover Is my
choice for president. I should vote for
him running cn a Republican. Demo
cratic, third party or independent
ticket. My second choice is. Governor
C'oolidge of Massachusetts. ' Under no"
circumstances would I vote for I'otn
dexter or Hiram Johnson. Thirty years
ago when Hoover was a poor boy
struggling to educate himself he worked
for me. He is number one from the
ground up. He is an. American, he is
a man. he is true blue, he Is above
party, he Is for the good-of all "
An 1 Independence woman casts her
vote fot Johnson, but says she thinks
both McAdoo and Bryan are great men.
Today's totals follow:
Gerard IS: Palmer t
Harding Pershlng 11
Hoover SOtjPolndexter .... 2
Johnson S7 Pomerene ...... 69
Ixiwden lsproui 3
McAdoo SSllWood
41
Owen 2
Names Changed of ,
Seven Streets rori
Portland Heights
V', .V
Names of seven streets in.upper Port
land Heights and 'Council Crest were
changed this morning by tire city-coun
cil on recommendation t Cllgr Engineer
O. Laurgaard. K ' ' r -
Alpen circle was changed to Marquam
place. Lucerne, terrace to McDonnell
Terrace. Chlllon circle to- VUIar4 Place,
Naefel drive to Bnard drive. Cham
oson place to Patrick place, Tyraleae
way to Donner way sJsdC Eleanor street
t Berth aveatMt .?.'. -"- E, '.'
JOHNSON
on
BION
OF
Court Reporter Declares He Took
First of One of Defendants'
Statements Admitting Guilt
Session of Montesano Trial De
voted to Legal Argument In
volving "Confessor's" Sanity,
By Fred II. McNeil
(Orer Tbe Journal'! Special Leued win.)
lontesano, Wash., Feb. 11. Dr
argument on the legal phases of thej
admission of testimony from a man
whose sanity is questioned occupied
this morning's session of the Cen
tralia murder trial while a packed
gallery of spectators, thirsting for
details of the confession of ono of
the defendants. Ioren Roberts,
twiddled their thumbs, kicked th
benches, coughed. ' whispered loudly
and otherwise manifested their gen
eral impatience with the whole pro
ceedlng.
Roberts was examined fn the county
jail this morning by an alienist. Dr.
Arthur B. Calhoun of Seattle, who was
appointed by the court Tuesday. Just
what his findings are, or when they will
be put before the court is not known.
STATEMENT TO BE FREP
But when court finally opened at
10 :30, tha prosecution made known its
Intention to Introduce at once the Rob
erts' statement or statements. A. C
Baker, deputy clerk and court reporter
of Thurston county, who Is head of the
record making staff ef five or six
stenographers on duty here, was called
as a witness.
Baker testified to recording the first
statement, taken on November 17, Ira
the sheriff's office at Olympla.
When Roberts' statement waa taken.
Baker said. F. P. Chrlstenson of tha
attorney general's office : Herman Al
len, prosecutor of Lewtn county : C. D.
Cunningham, special prosecutor of Cen
tral la: Sheriff J. H. Olfford of Thurs
ton county. Deputy Sheriff Hong ant
several others. Including Assistant
Prosecutor J. H. Jancke of Lewis coun
ty, were present.
ACT 18 TOLl'STAEI
The statement waa freely and volun
tarily made by the defendant. Baker
said, and no threats or promises of re
ward were tendered by the officers pres
ent. Baker checked his notes thre
times, then wrote the statement, the
defendant was given a copy, personally
(Concluded on Pare Two, Viuun Four)
Cars Jump Track;
8 Slightly Injured
Laclede, Idaho. Pb. 11. V. P.)
Four cars of the Oreat Northern's Orl
ental Limited left the track a mile east
of here yesterday, spilling passengers
from their berths, slightly injuring
eight. A defective rail was the cause
of the wreck. Marry Baron, Minneap
olis, cook, and Alba G. Fuller, tit. Paul.
vinn.. cook, were seriously . scalded
when the diner went over the bank.
,
President Allows
Fletcher to Quit
Washington. Feb. 11 V. P.) Presi
dent Wilson has accepted the resigna
tion of Henry P. Fletcher. American
ambassador to Mexico, it was announced
at the White Mouse today. The fact
that Fletcher had resigned was made,
known several weeks sgo.
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