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VOL. XVII. NO. gO V CITY EDITION t :
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, .1920.
PRICE" fIVE CENTS
STAGE TENSE
AS P CASE
Partisanship Runs High; Feeling
is Bitter; Sheriff Gets Reports
I on Meetings of the I. W. W.
Sanguinary Encounters Are Said
V to Have Taken Place in Camps
Regarding Justice of Trial.
By Fred 1L McNeil
Ovn; The Journal's Special Lowxd Wire
T JHfanteBarto, Wash., March 6. In
terest In the Centralia Armistice day
case Was Intense whan the two sides
closed their direct testimony today.
Each faction Is prepared tor a great
battle In rebuttal and sur-rebuttal.
Scores of witnesses jtre summoned
for this ultimate engagement. The
state claims it has laid the ground
work for Impeachment of some de
'fense witnesses.
Many persons see in the tenseness a
situation which they believe to be al
most critical. Partisanship for one side
or another Is bitter and verbal exchanges
of hat temper are daily incidents.
; On top of this, Sheriff Bartells has
received numerous requests to do some
thing; to stop purported gatherings of
L W. W, throughout the county: He
has not considered these demands serious
enough to take action.
At one camp below. Aberdeen. Friday
it .was' reported a number of members
of the organisation held a meeting to
.protest against the proceedings at Monie
s' no on a basis of accounts given in
publications that have been friendly to
the defense.
MO El! AARESTS EXPECTED
: That sanguinary encounters have oc
curred in the logging camps this week
was also reported.. Secret service agents
of the government reached Montes&no
this week- and have been Investigating
a nuraoer vi persons wno are saia to oe
radical representatives from .the East.
That arrest of eorn Lof these may, fol
low- In the next few days Is a persistant
Tumor. j-r. ;:
J, About the only persons who do not
keen to be agitated are the soldiers, the
coming of Whom set up the biggest issue
that . has arisen between tbe - factions
outside of the Ones In the court room.
- ' Although two guard tents for the sol
diers are in a lot adjoining the court
house, not -one of the detachment has
yet set foot! in the court, house. Officers
and I non-commissioned officers are on
guard eadt' night In the Jail, but there
are no sentries. The-.guards sleep with
their loaded arms In the guard tents, but
they are so Inconspicuous that the aver
age visitor to the city would not know
that a considerable number of troops
-are -quartered here.
EESESTME NT DISAPPEARS
' Resentment against the soldiers, at
( Concluded on Pace Four. Column Tbrea)
Twin Is Accused
: By Twin of Guilt
Li Moonshine Case
L. A- Dusterhoff, accusedr of moon-j
shining, has been ordered held under
9100 bail pending investigations by the
grand Jury, according to announcement
Saturday. He asserts he is Innocent,
alleging that It was his twin brother
Who ran the distillery,
f The twin brother, Ed. Dusterhoff, in
the past has been arrested several times
on f similar charges, but has succeeded
In evading conviction by laying the blame
on fthe other twin. Ttie brothers are
said te resemble each: other so closely
ttuut their nearest associates are unable
to distinguish one from the other.
Ed. Dusterhoff Is presumed to be in
hiding at Seattle.
Endless Duplication
Of Costs Would End
With Consolidation
By Ward A. Irvine
' Petitions to place a measure for consolidation of the city and county
governments in, Multnomah county on the ballot at the November election
are being drawn by the city attorney's office and will be ready for clrcula
tion at an early date. It is the second attempt to enact legislation en
abling the voters of -the county to establish a single government to do
away with unnecessary duplication of expense and duties, and Inefficiency
incident to the maintenance of a dual government.
Politicians put the plan to rout In
the last regular session of the legisla
ture. Although the measure providing
for consolidation passed the senate with
a substantial majority, those who Baw
patronage waning through; elimination
of many fat Jobs in Multnomah county
succeeded in murdering the proposal in
the house. .
But even before the attempted pas
sage of legislation In 1919, consolidation
,was' espoused by those in favor of sound
government in this county. InlflJ. the
advisory board to the county commis
sion on the budget ' and tax levy for
1914, consisting of i J. N. TeaU Henry
K. Reed. A: H. AverlU and Carl Kelty.
recommended that two governmental
todies be merged into one.
KXPEJf&ES.QCAIVBCPXED
""One Ahing which greatly , impressed
your 004,'' they reported to the com
misalon, "is the duplication, triplication
and even quadrupl ication of expense for
hkh legislation is responsible. JTor
Str. Astorian
Hits Snag in
Lower River
Fast Passenger Boat Damages
Propeller; 150 Persons Taken
'Off by Fishing Boats.
Rescued by tiny Columbia- river
fishing boats when the steamer As
torian, en route to Portland from
Astoria, smashed her propeller near
Cathlamet, 150 passengers completed
their trip to Portland-aboard the
night train from Astoria.
The Astorian caught on a snag and
the smash that resulted completely de
stroyed the propeller, according to the
report telephoned to the Olympla-Ta-coma
Navigation company Saturday
night by Captain Turner. In charge of
the craft.
Excited passengers were taken off the
Astorian by fishing boats that responded
to the distress signal heard at Cathlamet,
They were landed at Westport and there
awaited the train. The fishing craft
were keeping the boat steady while
calls were sent out for a tow to bring
the Astorian to Portland.
The Astorian, formerly the steamer
Nidflually, had been on the Portland
Astoria daily run only about a week.
Sh left Portland at 7 :10 a. m. Saturday
and on the return left Astoria at 2 p.
m. She Is a screw boat of 250 passen
ger capacity. No service between Port
land and Astoria will be given to
day, but the company has been offered
the river steamer Olympian for the
service Monday.
News Index
Today's Sundj Journal 1 Complete in 8 Section!
Editorial
Section 2, Fare 4
Fralen
Children in liuui Section 2. Ta( 8.
Jngo-Slan and Italian Beetlon 2. Pag S.
Hungary Refnaaa to Sign Section 2, Pace 3.
Palace to Become Muum Section 2, Page 3.
National
Freer Report in Hoom Section 1, Page 1.
Borah Coup to Beat Lodge Section 1, Page 1.
Daniele Wants More oets Section 1. Page 2.
Domettlfl
Mary Plckford Not to Wed BecUoa 1, Page 8.
Tombstone Trial Section 1, Page 4.
Democrat to Open Headquartera Section 1,
Page 2.
Ton AlTenaleben peleased Section 1,, Pag 11.
Northwest
Red Case Near End Section lrPec 1
Staamer Astorian Hits na Section 1, Page 1.
Hood Rirar Man Die Section J, Fast 1
Oregon Method Ppied--aotios 1, page
Ores on . First to Make Surrey Section 1,
Page 12.
Camot Plan Adopted 8otion 1, Page 13.
Pritate : Owners to Be Ourted Section '1,
Pace 12.
Portland
Piece of Body ' Poliiid Section 1, Page 1.
Hoff Makes Statement Section 1. Page 1.
"Wisconsin" Dick Killed Section 1, Page 1.
Miracle Man Section 1, Page 3. -Tax
Payments Section 1. Page 4.
Reception for Shrine r Section 1. Page 4.
. Bualnee Newt
Real Estate and Building Section 3, Page 1,
Market Section 3, Page IS.
Finance Section 3, Page 14.
Marine Section 8. Page 14.
porta
Section 2, Page 6-7.
Automotive
Section , Paces 1-8.
On the Finer SWe
The Week in Societj-8ection 4. Page 2, 8. 4.
Woman's Club Affair Section 4, Page 8.
Fraternal Section 4, Pag S.
National Guard Section 4, Page 6.
Drama and Photoplay -8ectlon 8, Pages 1-4.
The Realm of Music Section 5,. Page 5.
Feature
Ring Lardner's Letter Section 5, Pag 7.
For the Gardener Section 4, Page 8.
In Early Oregon Section 2, Page 8.
For Boy and Girl Section 8, Page 7.
,'" Magazine .
On the Upper Willamette Section 7. Page 1
How 8he Escaped the Bolsheriki SecUoa 7
Page 2.
Romance That drew From Qnsntia RooeeTelt'e
GrT Section 7. Page 8.
A Dangerous Way to Win a Hatband Section
7. Page 4.
Where Unrest Leada Section 7. Page 6.
A Bad Man, by AUce E, Duffy Section 7
Pag S.
Health, Beauty and the Home Section 7, Page 7.
re o'clock Gown Section T. Page 8.
Cemlo
Section 8, Page 1-4.
example,, we have a state board of
health, a county board of health, a city
health department and a public school
health department It aeems to your
board that the functions of these dif
ferent branches of government could be
combined under one head without anv
loss of efficiency and with much saving
of money. . There would appear to be
no reasonable justification for four
neaitn departments where one would
answer. If four health deoartmenta am
maintained the result cannot be other
wise than unnecessary waste of public
tunas as me state, county, city and
school district extend their several
spheres of action at cross purposes with
eacn otner,"
SYSTEM" HEEDS OVERHATIJKG
ana situation would Decorae worse.
added waste and multiplied Inefficiency
wmutt uecome mora , apparent unless
(Concluded on Pag Four, Catalan Two)
HOFFliS
State Treasurer Is Accused of
Imprudence and Favoritism in
His Purchases of Securities.
Official Declares He Courts In
vestigation Into His Conduct
of State's Financial Affairs.
The records of my office are pub
lic records and I have endeavored
to encourage inspection thereof by
any person desiring1 to gain knowl
edge therefrom; and I court any in
vestigation which may be made con
cerning the conduct of the office.
O. P. Uoff, state treasurer.
That the state treasurer's office of
Oregon has been Imprudent in the
investment of certain state funds in
Onegon municipal bonds,
That Warrentdn city bonds bought
by the treasurer with state funds
would not bring in the open market
the price paid for them.
That the security behind the War
ren ton issue of $285,000 is not ample
to sustain that issue along .with a
$150,000 former Warrenton issue.
That an iBsue of $100,000 of the
city bonds of Reedsport, Coos coun
ty, were bought by the treasurer at
a price exceeding that which they
would now bring in the open market.
HOFF ISSUES STATEMENT
That all these bonds were bought by
the state treasurer from Morris Brothers,
bonddealers, Portland, and that Morris
Brothers unduly profiled from the trans
actions.
That the treasurer's office actually
paid 'for the bonds before they were
even voted on In some cases and that
state money was actually used by Mor
rls Brothers in taking them over.
Such Is the tenor of discussions cut
rent in Portland following publication
newspaper articles : aJlaeijgtAJtfiuL
Treasurer won.
- State Treasurer Hoff issued a public
statement Saturday in which he de
clares that ail records and naoers in
hla of fffe' are open to Inspection; that
he welcomes investigation and that he
bought bonds m larger amounts from,
Morris Brothers only because mora Ore
gon bonds could be obtained from Mor
rls Brother! than from all other brokers
combined.
EXPLAJTATIOX GIVES
In the treasurers statement there is
also further explanation of why it hap
pened that so many bonds were bought
of Morris Brothera .He says that at
the time he entered office, he adopted
the policy of trying to secure bonds at
a price that would give state funds
(Concluded on Page Ten. Column Three)
M. J. Reisner Is Assessed $100 in
District Court Following
, His Plea of Guilty.
A fine of $100 was Imposed upon
M. J. Reisner late Saturday after
noon when he pleaded guilty before
District Judge Hawkins to the state
charge of driving a machine while
intoxicated.
In the morning Reisner, who Is a
contractor, had driven his machine to
the corner of Fifth and Salmon streets,
tipped over a bakery automobile,
smashed the front end of a car owned
by Deputy Sheriff Boty, and came to
stop literally at the doors of tbe
county jail.
"The defendant appeared before me
personally this morning," stated Judge
Hawkins in Imposing sentepce, "and
the court had an opportunity to ob
serve his condition. In my opinion
there is no doubt but what he was In
toxicated, or to speak more plainly,
drunk at the time. This Is a very seri
ous offense and it Is extremely lucky
no one was injured.
"Use common sense, your honor,"
Reisner declared when haled before the
judge In the morning. "Use common
sense. I want to go home, I'll admit
I had a couple of drinks of moonshine,
but that bakery fellow was going 40
miles an hour."
President Masaryk
Of Jugo-Slavia Is
.Greeted by Wilson
Washington. March . (U. P.) Presi
dent Wilson today sent the following
message of congratulation to President
Masaryk of Cxecho-Slovakla on the oc
casion of Masaryk's seventieth birthday
anniversary tomorrow : . ;
"On this anniversary of your birth I
offer to you my warm felicitations and
best wishes, at the same time congratu
lating the people of Czecho-Slovakia on
the good fortune that has placed the ad
ministration of their affairs in the bands
of one whose broad minded tolerance and
scm piously fair treatment of minorities
are contributing so largely to the weld
ing . of Czecho-Slovakia - Into a stable
nation." - t , , - , , -
FINED FOR DRIVING
WHILE 1 MTOXICATED
St
for campaign
Aircraft Investigation Ends on
Floor of House Without Rec
ommendations of Any Kind.
Chairman and Mascee Roast
.Spruce Production and Lea, Mi
nority, Trips Up Their Figures.
Washington, March 6. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) This was Frear field day in
the house of representatives. The
Frear report on the investigation of
aircraft matters was brought on the
floor tinder a special rule for four
hours debate, but with no provision
for voting on any question whatever.
Thus the entire stir made by Frear
is to end In words, so far as congress
Is concerned, the report having failed
to recommend anything on which
the Republican majority chose to
make an issue. The rule also pro
vided for debate in committee on
the whole where only 100 members
make a quorum. The whole pro
cedure bears the stamp of exploit
ing Representative Frear's report for
campaign use, with no action in
tended or ordered.
The house met one hour earlier
than usual to give vent to oratory.
which was opened by Magee of New
York for the majority, followed by
Lea of California for the minority.
Magee occupied 60 minutes, each
side having two hours.
The Republican side applauded Ma
gee and the Democrats frequently gave
like approval to Lea, whose address,
lasting over one and one half hours,
made an unusually good impression,
being careful In Its analysis, searching
in us indictment or extravagant state
ments in the Frear report, earnest but
temperate da Jts tone. Lea was warmly
congratulated by his colleagues when
he concluded.
MAJOEITT HEPOBT 8COBED
-America s ai reran enort was not a
failure. Mistakes ware triad, disap
pointments were frequent, but too much
was accomplished for intelligent fair
judgment to call it failure."
Representative .Lea of California, ml-
( Concluded on Pace Two, Coin mo One)
f I.
Treasurer of Mine
Says American Gold
Policy Is Ruinous
Washington, March 6. (L N. S.)
'While the United States is maintain
ing a wide open gold market, Great
Britain is maintaining only a theoreti
cal one," Joseph P. Thomas, treasurer
of the Cornucopia Mines company of
Oregon, today told members of congress
in a letter from his New , York office.
"The situation Is ruining whole' com
munities of Americans," Thomas de
clared. "This arrangement Is not only
helping the British gold reserve, but is
helping the British miner to exist The
American miner is prevented by his own
government from taking advantage of
the premium which would exist if other
countries could not purchase gold from
the United States treasury at a fixed
rate."
Thomas said the mining community
which he represents Is about to be aban
doned because of the condition.
Newsprint Saving Urged
at n st t n te a. s.'e
Telegram Boasts Waste
The directors and paper commit
tee of the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' association, assembled in
New York Saturday, adopted a reso
lution urging the publishers of all
classes of newspapers,- daily and
weekly, to make immediately a re
duction of 10. per cent In consump
tion of newsprint.
Recently a five-party agreement was
entered Into by the New Tork Times,
Tribune, Evening Sun, Sun-Herald and
the Evening Telegram for the- elimina
tion of certain reading matter and Illus
trations that an estimated weekly sav
ing of 325 tons of newsprint might
be effected.
Discussion of the newsprint situation
especially covering the price of 10 cents
La pound' paid to brokers for white
paper featured a two-day meeting of
the Inland Daft y Press association, an
organization of smaller publishers, in
Chicago in mid-February.!
JOURNAL ACTED I MONTHS AGO
Three months ago The -OregorK Journal
anticipated the nation-wide paper short
age, which since has developed, Into a
famine, by making a curtailment of IS
per cent In the volume of all daily edi
tions and 11.5 per cent in Sunday edi
tions, a much greater reduction even
than the American ; Newspaper Pub
lishers association now. recommends. .
On Sunday, . December 7, 1915, The
Journal announced that because of lim
ited newsprint and a growing circulation,
this reduction In volume would be made.
Journal readers were told- that the sac
rifice would be met for the most part In
the , advertisiiig. columns. Reader - In-
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Breakfast in
Tacoma;Dimier
In San Diego
Major Smith Who "Hopped Off"
at Camp Lfwis it Daylight,
Ends Journey at 8:55 P. M.
San Diego, Cal., March . (U, P.)
Flying almost three hours in dark-
nesa. Major a. d. smith arm, ' avi-
ntnr. landed hnrtk tontrht. establish- I
ingr a Pacific coast record, one-day
flight from Camp Lewis, Washing-
ion, 10 san uego.
Descending at S :55 p. m., Smith landed
on Rockwell field without mishap, com
on Kocxweil neia without misnap, com-
pietmg the 1150 air line flight froml
Damn Lewis.
Smith hopped off at dawn, but misfor
tune early threatened to force abandon
ment of his attempt. First he became
lost temporarily in a heavy fog, losing
much time, and later was forced to
land at Albany, Or., for fuel.
The aviator landed in San Francisco
shortly before 3 o'clock, jumping off
quickly for the last dash, after express
lng doubt that he would be able to reach
his destination.
Supreme Council Accedes to Re
quest From Greece for
Strong Intervention.
Paris, March 6. (U. P,)--Special
dispatches to French papers from
London today said that after most
alarming reports from Constantlno-
pie the supreme council has acceded I
to the request of Premier Venizelos
of Greece for strong allied interven
tion. '
The British forces in the vicinity
of Constantinople have been ordered
to intervene, according to the ad
vices. Boy Doomed to Be
Hanged Is Denied
Eight of New TriaJ
Everett, Wash... March 6. (U. P.)--Judge
.Ralph C, Bell of the Snohomish
couty superior cOurt today denied the j
motion of Senator Josenh Smith for - a 1
new trial for. 19-year-old Isom White, the
first murderer to be sentenced to hang
In this state under the new capitol
punishment law.
White and Joseph " Darwin Morton,
aged 15, killed Lee Linton, an Everett
taxi driver, on a lonely road near here
last November." Morton Is now in the
Walla Walla penitentiary serving a life
sentence.
Eoper May Be Head
Of McAdoo Campaign
Washington, March 6. (U. P.) Re-
nnrta that Daniel C. Rnnr la leavlne
the post of internal revenue commis-
sioner to manage the presidential cam
paign of William Q. McAdoo are given
color, it was believed here, by the
phraseology of a letter - from President
Wilson accepting Roper's resignation.
made public tonight at the White
House. "I know something of the per-
sonal reasons which influenced' you to
tender your resignation and I see no
other course than to accept ltato take
effect as you request at the close of
business upon March 3L 1920," the presi
dent wrote in reply to Roper's letter
sent to him yesterday.
terest would receive first consideration,
it was stated.
This policy has been in effect sine
that time. Through careful writing and
editing of news matter and close atten
tion to pictorial display and makeup,
The Journal presents its readers with
all of the news and ' a variety of well
selected features arranged In a con
venient form.
TELEGBAM BOASTS WASTE
In striking contrast to the policy of
newsprint conservation, which seems
assured general observance, is the delib
erate and extravagant use of white pa
per by the Portland Telegram and its
repeated boasts about It Saturday the
Telegram Indulged in Its weekly brag
by . declaring that from March 1 to S
inclusive it published 67.89 more columns
of read tog matter and illustration than
did The Journal. As a matter of fact
The Telegram published 10S more col
umns. ' '
From Monday to Friday, Inclusive The
Telegram published six more pages than
The Journal. The Telegram published
104 pages or 822 columns ; The Journal,
S8 pages or 784 columns, v
It its 832 columns The Telegram car
ried 416 columns of advertising, leaving
a balance of 417 columns, for reading
matter, and illustration. .
i In its 784 columns The' Journal carried
47S columns of advertising SO columns
more than The Telegram leaving a bal
ance of 109 columns for "reading matter
and Illustration. fl v ; -.
More than six tons of newsprint were
required to print the 108 additional col
umns of reading matter, and illustration
carried by The-Telegram. . Six tons of
newsprint would supply many a small
to wn publisher la Oregon Jor many days,
TURKISH
SITUATION
ALARMING TO ALLIES
D
M
BEAT LODGE
Republican "Bitter Enders" and
Democrats Will Call for Imme-
jOn On Article X.
rUrwv.-:., P.. tt J Tt;..
uemocratic oenators Hold I rung
to Do Is to Support Reserva
tion of Bi-Partisan Meeting.
By L. E. Martin
Washington. March t. ,(U. P.)-
Republlcan "bitter enders" in the
senate will try next week to force a
qulck climax in the treaty fight by
moving for Immediate consideration
of the reservation on Article X. Sen
lator Borah, leader of the "bitter
enders," gave notice of this today
after It became apparent that the
deadlock was not likely to be broken
by any modification of President
Wilson's position on reservations.
Borah will make "the motion today.
he announced. It will be opposed by
Senator Lodge and his group of Re
publicans, but the Democrats may join
with the "bitter-enders" to pass the
motion. Senator Hitchcock Is ready.
he aaid, to aupport Borah. ,
LODGE OPPOSES BORAH
Lodge is against the Borah plan. In
asmuch as the senate has once voted
to put on consideration of Article X
until the i last. Lodge contends this
precluded taking It up now.
Democratic senators are rainy inor-
oughly convinced, they said today, that
the thing i for them to do is to support
the reservation on Article X. worked
out in the bipartisan conference, or a
modification of it They believed Presi
dent Wilson would not oppose ratifica
tion which Included this reservation.
though be would do so unwillingly.
They said Senator Ulasa in reporting
on his conversation of two weeks ago
I with the president, satd he believed the
president would accept that reservation.
The president did not tell uiass he
would accept U, but neither did he say
he would; not. .
SEMOCBATt SEE. WAT
Democrats got the Impression from
that the president would
find the reservation unsatisfactory,, but
would take it if be could get nothing
better. " . '
It was for this reason. Democrats satd,
that 40 oi them agreed to support that
reservation.
The bi-partisan reservation provides
that the United States assumes "no obli
gation to employ its military or naval
forces or the economic boycott" to pre
serve tbe territorial independence of
any other nation.
The Kellogg proposition,' which is the
one Senator Simmons was to have taken
to the president bad he been given an
audience added financial resources to
the list of means the United States would
not employ. President Wilson tonight
had not replied to Senator Hitchcock's
letter asking him to receive Simmons,
who was to lay this proposal before him
and get his sanction on it At the White
House It was learned the president's po
sition was unchanged and that he would
not agree in advance to accept any com'
promise.
BE8EBVATI05 ADOPTED
The senate today debated reservations
at great length nd finally adopted, by
a vote of 46 to 25, the ninth reservation.
providing that the United States assumes
no obligation to pay any portion of the
League of Nations expenses until con
gross appropriates for that purpose. One
j exception Is made of the office expenses
and salary of secretariat
That means that the United States
acknowledges a moral obligation to help
pay office .expenses, but nothing beyond
that
One Red Convicted;
17 Alleged Radicals
Acquitted by Jury
Sand Point Idaho, March . (U. P.)
The jury trying the case of 18 I. W.
W. charged with criminal syndicalism,
after deliberating less than four hours,
returned a verdict of guilty against one
of the defendants and not guilty against
the other 17. The case went to' the
Jury ths morning about 10 -.30 o'clock
and reported shortly before 3 o clock.
This was the second trial of the ac
cused men, the jury disagreeing in the
first case.
The case was submitted to the jury
this morning without argument from
either side.
Girl Escapes Prom
Moving Tram Going
To State School
Santa Barbara, Cal., March S. (t N
S. Martha Wood, 18-year-old girl be-
iftg taken to the state girls' school at
Ventura, jumped from a moving train
near here late today and made her es-
j cape from Miss Catherine Plunkitt, to
whose care she had been placed.
She was. ordered to the school from
san jose.
- The train was stopped, but she could
not be louna.
Weather Man .Would
i Inflict More Snow
Washington, March . TJ. P.
Weekly- forecast: Pacific states r Qen.
: orally fair, except in Washington or
Oregon and extreme northwestern Cali
fornia, where occasional rains are prob-
able, possibly snow over Interior d in
J trlcts. , Nearly normal temperatures.
Wisconsin Dick
Shot Dead in
Love Triangle
Ralph Bruno Slays 1 Notorious
Yegg Who Stole HisjWifeY ;
Affections.
Richard Troy, who as ; "Wisconsin
Dick." a notorious safe cracker, la
known to detectives in : all Pacific
coast states, was almost instantly
killed about 6 o'clock Saturday night
at Third and Harrison; streets by
revolver shots fired by Ralph Bruno;
former proprietor of a pool hall at
First and Clay streets. Bruno con
fessed following his arrest. -,V
Bruno told the police that Troy was
responsible for his wife's securing a
divorce last December. Bruno- said he
had been informed that Try had been
vfsiUng bis former -wife since their
divorce. ; 1 j
Saturday evening Bruno said he met
Troy by chance. He demanded that he
stay away from Mrs. Bruno's home at
440 Third street. A lively argument
followed. In which Troy Is! said to have
defied Bruno to do him any harm.
Bruno then took the gun from nls
pocket and fired according to his con
fession. One shot entered Troy's left
lung and the other the right temple
Troy ran Into the grocery: store of Old
T. Mills at 400 Third street and dropped
over dead.
Bruno then took- a street car for the
business district. When Motorcycle
Policemen Forken ana" Himklns arrived
they found 15-year-old William Ott. who
said he knew Bruno. They put him on
their motorcycle and caught the street
car at Third and Salmon streets, where
Bruno was arrested. He offered no
resistance.
Troy has used the aliases of Joseph
Conroy and Clay. Records at the polio
station show he was sentenced to serve
16 years In Folnom penitentiary on No
vember 26, 1899. He waa born in Illi
nois. He was 45 yeara of age and
shoemaker by trade. Portland police
say he was the leader of the gang that
had been ' blowing safes recently in
Willamette valley towns. ;
Witnesses of the shooting were : Rus
sell Fox, 402 Third street: Gertrude
and Ora Spencer, 388 Third street, and
H. McCabe, 405 Third street.
Rev. Owen F.Jones i
May Enter Race
Against $innott
Baker. March S. Friends of Rev, Owen
V Jones, recor of Sthelens Episcopal
church at Baker, announced today that
Jones ' will probaMy- oapeae Congress
man N. J. . Slnnott In the4cepubllcan
primaries for nomination as representa
tive from the second congressional dis
trict i
Jones has been a resident of Balder
for nearly eight years. He Is a mem
ber of the Farmers' union, is a high
official in Scottish Rite Masonry, and
la a member of the Elks. ' Knights tof
Pythias. I. O. O. F W. O. W. and
Moose lodges.
Simultaneous with this announce
ment came the declaration- of James
Graham, local realty dealer, that he
will seek the Democratic nomination as
candidate for the same office. Graham
ran in the primaries for congressman
from the second district in 190, 1912
and f91. He Is secretary of the Fed
eral Farm Loan association of Baker,
Is a Mason, an Elk, an Odd Fellow and
a member of the Knights of Pythiaa
"J. L Dodson, for three years county
commissioner, today announced bis
candidacy for the Republican nomina
tion for the office of county Judge.
Hoover Declines to
Permit Democrats:
Use of His Name
Sarr Francisco, March S. Herbert
Hoover has declined to permit his name
to appear on the Democratic ballot ; at
the approaching primary, according ! to
telegram received from Hoover to
day by the California Democratic state
committee.
This announcement was Issued late
today- during the progress of a session
ty a state central committee.
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Utility Whole PubHc Is
Not Taxed to Support
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The Portland Railway. Lignt & Power company la the onfy concern
in Portland operated tn the general public interest and for the benefit, of
the public as a whole that is maintained almost In its entirety by one Class. ,
The cost of the port commission j established to further water transporta
tion, is borne by the whole public." The bills of the dock commission1 are
paid through general taxation. .(Even, the power supplied by the Pprtland
Hallway, Light & Power.'company for street lighting is charged to ths
wtiole public. I "
That is to say, the light department
of the corporation. Insofar as it serves
the public is maintained by the public,
and the railway department, although
serving the whole public Is paid for
by only one part of. the public."
A transportation system is as es
sential to 'modern city life, to Industry,
to business, to property values, as a
police department The police depart
ment Is not maintained by a class, bat
by the whole public. The bills of the
transportation system are collected
from only those who ride the ears. : I
- The rapid transit ;syswmt durepe
thousands of customers at the doors of
local business hpusea s ievery day. Ml
carries to work the tollers tn those
businesses and tn industry.. It makes
possible the successful operation "of big
business enterprises in a comparatively
small area. The railway company is
the feeder. -The large 'enterprises pay
nothing for tbe feeder. That cost is
paid by the toilers and customers.
Municipal growth is dependent upon
DISMEMBERED
Other Parts of Butchered Human
Frame Found on East Eighty
First Street Are Identified
Police Believe Foul , Mtlrder
Accounts for Mysterious Disap
pearance of Ex-Liquor Dealer
The almost inexplicable mystery
surrounding the disappearance on
February 6 of Ernest Descamps, ex
liquor dealer, prominent in th
French colohy and of reputed wealth, j , ;
was believed to have been solved
Saturday afternoon. 4 ij "
The right arm and the left thigh of '-
a human body believed to be that of
Descamps by Hector. Moumal. a per- j-1
aonal friend, were found bidden In a '; '
hole. SO feet from the sidewalk at Cast r
Eighty-first and Falling streets.. The K"
arm In particular, because of Its thick , .
growth of hair, made Moumal positive " ;
the dismembered unit was that of Dee-
camps. - I
The Saturday discoveries are said to j '
correspond normally with two previous r
finds unearthed In widely scattered sec J -tlons
of Portland. . .'
Detectives who had maintained that f
Descamps might have gone away for s
some reason ,. now admit that he may 1
have been the victim of a foul murder. ;
GIRLS MAKE FISI v --
Virginia and Beatrice Wlnchell, Ki
East Eightieth street north, went for ,': ,
a stroll through the haselnut brush near -
their home. A few minutes later they '
discovered two partly opened packages '
In a hole about aix feet In diameter,
and which formerly had been used as
a tin can dump, . v ,
Frightened, the girls ran home and
announced their discovery. Their fath -
er, George C. WincbeU,, notified the
police, . : , -'
Acordlng to police Inspector Bcnui
plus arid Deputy Coroner Goetsctv the
parts had been wrapped In a morning
Uregonlan of February I, which data) -
tallies with those of newspapers whicn i
Mtmm.3W& to wrap parts -previously i
found. ;, t; . -ji
PJiETl 1KB CA TTEtt t .
The first-three the r' t rav
ages containing parts of .human r"v;
were found In Sullivan's gulch on Fu
ruary T..' The hips, right thigh. left
and right Calf were found : there. , Ovr
February 10 two more packages were .
found In Kenton. They contained the) . r
lower ribs and the abdomen; ' t ' ' "
Hector Moumal declares he la pOaltlve
the arm found Saturday ie that ' of :
Descamps. '
"I have seen that poor raaA, many, '
many limes, ne saia. ' I s "
Parts of another body, believeaj;
to belong to the decomposed head of s , '
(Ooneladed re Page Three, Column Four.) ,
Ledge of Rich Ore ;
Pound, in Vicinity;
Of Blue Ledge Mine;
Med ford, March (.An lmportaiistrlke ',,
was mads in the Blue Ledge mining - ',
district it became known here today when
John Sullivan, pioneer mining man of;
that district vlaited Medford with asm- I
pies of the foot wide ledge, of high grade -copper
grace ore, carrying gold, silver ,
and copper and assaying $70 a ton. Ill f
of which Is In gold - and the rest la
silver and copper,
He uncovered the ledge on the Oregon
side, of the Siskiyou mountains naer
Squaw creek, eight miles north of the
Blue Ledge mine and In practically
undeveloped part of that distract It la
the highest grade of that character ever
found in the Blue Ledge -district end
entirely different from the ore hither
tofora found there.
.
transportation. When property -owners
tn the early life of PortlarwerV plan ting
the city, securing property lis large .
amounts and . developing for sale as
residential sites, one of the first things
they, did was to ask for a street car
flne 'to Up the districts In which i they .
owned tracts. A line to the city t was
a prerequisite to commercial valde. of
the land. The city could net -expand
Without transportation, and so long as
the, city could not expand property lval
ues were at an ebb. When, a line mas)
sent Into a district land values doubled
tn many instances and the property
became salable. f - i
- But tbe property owner paid nothing
for the Increase in commercial value of
hia tracts,; 'He didn't pay for laying
tracks, purchase of care and equipment
nor salaries of platform men. Those
charges were inherited by the car rider,
sad in Addition charges for crossing the
(Concluded oa Pace four, Colttian On.