THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, -TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1820.
DOUBLE
in
MYSTERY BARES
ILLICIT ROMANCE
. Chicago, March I. (I, N. S.)
Ths pick of Chicago's detective force
-was engaged today In endeavoring
to solvs the mysterious double ktll-
i ing of Captain Clifford Bleyer, presL
V dent ot a -large advertising- concern
and member of several exclusive
; clubs, and Mrs. Ruth ' Randall, a
' beAutlfuT divorcee, found dead to
t gther In the latters apartment late
1 Monday night, each shot in the right
t temple and with a revolver lying be-
tween tbenu '
JltUVtt THEORY BISCtSSED
" While their deaths appeared to be the
f result of a suicide pact and while this
' ' waa borne out by evidence that Bleyer
had been a visitor at the apartment for
' ft long time, the fact that no powder
marks were discovered led to a theory
that the two may have been murdered.
A "poem of death," written in a
- woman's hand, was found on a desk In
j the room where the bodies were found.
This read :
Sleettl For tny hnd k rare.
Th aoM atMl rtht and pun
8lrikM through tliy heart sod mint,
eheddlnt aur blood Hk win.
' WIFB IS rROSTEATEB
Mrs. Bleyer, the wife of the slain
man, is at home with their two little
daughters, prostrated with grief. She
said that she never had the faintest
, suspicion that her husband was leading
I a' double life,
Mrs. Bleyer' s maiden name was Ait'
dree Oanzeria. She lived with her
father and mother in Paris, France,
X and waa married to Bleyer In that city
: 12 years ago. Bleyer served during the
war as a captain in the armyt
, CITED FOB GOOD WORK
Bleyer was born In Chicago in 1883.
' At the outbreak of the war he joined the
J aviation section of the signal reserve
corps. He was discharged prtl 1, 1918.
Immediately after his discharge Bleyer
- went to France as first lieutenant, ord-
nance department, engineering division,
' motor equipment section.
s On November 8, three days before the
armintio was signed, the Belgian mlnJs
: ter of war, in a special citation, trans
. fnttted by Secretary of War Baker, com
: S mended Bleyer for his aid to Belgium
a and for his help to the Belgian war
: mission.
i ,A few weeks later Secretary Baker
'I promoted Bleyer to a captaincy.
j TJ. of C. Gym Class
' Work to Be Shown
' By Young Women
' University of 6regon, Eugene. Marsh
1. An exhibition by the women's gym-
aaslum department of the university
J WJU be held Thursday evening, March
18. according to MIbs Mabel Cutnmongs,
J director of this work.
The program will consist of floor
Work and military drill by reprenetita-
'. ives from the four freshman classes.
Two sections of the sophomore class
will compete In apparatus work. The
'. ? freshmen will oppose the sophomores
', In games and relay races.
I , The majors will put on an exhibition
Of heavy apparatus work. Knthetic and
i folk dancing classes, under Mis Csth
: f erlne Wlnslow. will contribute to the
t program. -
. v 1 '' '
r Negro Sentenced to
T Jail for Furnishing
; Drug to White Girl
T " "He sold narcotics to a white girl
. Who had JUlt the drug habit." Assistant
: United States Attorney Ktegel told the
, eourt Monday whetf Alfred Ballard
Johnson, colored, pleaded guilty and
, y awaited sentence.
' " Johnson sold 10 grains of "coke" to
v the girl for $10. he admitted, but his
attorney asked leniency because he be-
lieved the girl acting for government
agents trapped the negro Into the sale.
' ' Federal Judge Wolverton sentenced
Johnson to spend 90 days in the county
; jail. This la in addition to (SO days he
.has already spent there awaiting action
, in his ease.
1 JatianrftA Snnieniwd
I ' V. Daldo, "Japanese, thought he had
J te have his sakl. But he doesn't think
( so any more.! Federal Judge Wolverton
administered the cure 30 daye in jail
. and a $100 fine. Daldo made a gallon
: mu in Clatsop county. He pleaded
. guuiy.
Insurance After Death
The Mercantile Trust Company of New YorK chal
lenges the thought of business men by heading a recent'
advertisement with this announcement "I do hereby be
queath to my heirs my business ability."
Thit enterprising and powerful institution is, in its
advertising; "selling an idea."
. , It might have elected to have followed the majority of
: banks and remained coldly inarticulate; or it might have
earned a card, announcing a strong vault, a conserva-
, tive penonntl and t restrained desire for additional de
' posits. .
; All of which would have been commendable, uninterest
ing and without constructive force.
The. profligacy carelessness or credulity of heirs' canl
not be curbed by any trust company, unless the idea of
- appointing such an executor had been previously "sold" to
the testator.
In the campaign of education by this bank, a valuable
and Jar reaching service Is rendered the individual and to
society with proportionate reward to the server,
; Service, like merchandise; may be sold by advertising.
; Butterick- Publisher
, The Delineator
Everybody Magazine
two cellar the year, tack j
Savage Is Elected
To Presidency oi
State Fair Board
Salem. March . W. H. Savage of
CorvalMs will succeed M. L. Jones of
Brooks as president of the State Fair
board when the Hatter's term expires
April 1. Savage was elected president
at a meeting of the board here Mono ay.
. C. Marsters of Bosaburg was elect
ed vice president. Jones, whose term
as) a member of the board expiree April
1, wifl be succeeded on the board by
James Linn of 'Marlon county.
Plans for the improvement of the fair
grounds by the construction of cement
walks and driveways at a cost of be
tween $10,000 and $15,000 and the con
struction of a livestock Judging arena
at a cost of $8000 were approved by
the board. . -
Increases in,, premiums on all classes
of exhibits -amounting to approximately
10 per cent over the list of last year
were approved.
PIPER TO BE CHIEF
SPEAKER AT LEAGUE
At the luncheon to be given Wednes
day noon at the Portland hotel by
the Republican League for' Women
Voters, the principal address will be
delivered by Edgar B. Piper, who has
chosen for his subject The Republi
can Party! and Its Principles." At the i
speakers' table will be several party
officials. Including Thomas H. Tongue,
state chairman; Ralph E. Williams,
national committeeman, and Mrs. Lee
Davenport, chairman of the women's
advisory committee; Mrs. Solomon
Hirsch, member for Oregon of the na
tional advisory committee, and Mrs.
Elliott R. Corbett, Oregon member of
the finance committee of the Repub
lican national committee.
Mrs. George W. McMath. Oregon
member of the women's division of the
Republican national committee, will
preside and discuss the objects for
which the league was founded. A fea
ture of the program will be vocal se
lections contributed by Mrs. Fred la.
Olson.
Arrangements for the luncheon have
been perfected by a special committee
consisting of Mrs. George L. Williams,
Mra "W. U Block. Mrs. E. B. ColwelL
Mrs. Kathryn Cof field, Mrs. C E.
Dentler, Mrs. San field Macdonald. Mra
F. O. Northrup., Mrs. Edith II. Zucher.
Mrs. A. A. Muck and Mra Delia Whit
ing. Reservations for the luncheon
may be made at the league headuuar-
ters, 301 Wilcox building, or by tele
phone. All women interested In hear
ing Republican principles are invited
to attend.
Irate Husband Fires
5 Times in Jealous
Rage; No One Hurt
. ; .
t IOtiis Ooedeck, One Hundred and Ninth
street and Gilbert road, fired a revolver
five tiroes Monday evening at Claude
DaiWf One Hundred and Fifteenth
street and Gilbert road, after he read a
letter his wife had written to Dann.
Dann was not struck by -any of the
bullets.
Monday afternoon Goedeck called jfor
Dann's mail at a club of which both are
members, when he became suspicious
that his wife, visiting in California, was
writing to Dann.
it was as he suspected, he told the
police, so he invited Dann to his house
where the matter could be talked over.
After he emptied. his revolver in the
general direction of Dann, Deputy Sher
iff Beckman. Lieutenant Golta and De
tectives Phillips and Tackeberry arrived.
The nearest. Dann came to being
struck was when a bullet tore through
the shoulder paddina- in his overcoat.
Both men were taken to the station
but were released. The case will be
taken up today.
Narrow Escape for
College Girls; Fire
Destroys Big Hall
South Hadley, Mass., March S
n. N. S.) Several girl students at
Mount Mnl vnk orlle-e ha nnT-rnw ,n.
capes this morning when Stafford hall,
a dormitory, was destroyed by fire. For
a time adjoining buildings " were In
danger. The loss is estimated at $75,-
000.
Miss Margaret I. Clarke t Los
Angeles, a nyamber of the faculty, was
badly burned. Other teachers and stu
dents were taken down fire escapes by
members of the Holyoke fire depart
ment.
0
WOMEN
VOTERS
AMERICAN TAtlKER
IS STILL MISSING;
FEAR ENTERTAINED
New York,: March (U. J".)
The mystery of the disappearance of
the i American . I tanker J, Cubadiat,
which Balled from Havana, February
26, grew today when naval radio sta
tions on the Atlantic4 seaboard eon
tin tied to report so word from the
missing vesseL V; r''H' 'J: '
The Cubedlat, with a crew of 41, was
bound for Baltimore. The last wireless
from her reported her position Febru
ary 2$ at 111 miles south of Diamond
shoals lightship. .
The belief is expressed! that the ship
may "have met disaster In the storm
which swept the Atlantic coast Friday
and Saturday.
After announcing by wireless that she
had an anchor hold 20 miles east of
Sable island, the steamship Lake Elli-
thorpe, which lost her propellers Sunday,
sent a radio that ahe is again adrift
The shipping board vessel Guilford,
which sprung a leak and was. abandoned
and thought to have sunk, has been
found and taken In tow by a coast guard
cutter. The shipping board freighter
Sarcoxle, from Spithead, England, has
sprung a leak 400 miles east of New
York, but is proceeding under her own
power.
a
After losing her propeller, the ship
ping board steamer Wisconsin Bridge,
from Hango, has been taken in tow by
the shipping board steamship East Side,
'.coming from Bordeaux. The shipping
board freighter Buckhannon ran out of
coal while bound for Messina and Is be-
ing towed to Bermuda by the shipping
board vessel Ablanset.
The British steamship Carrigan has
the, steamship Maine in tow. .Aid has
been sent from Halifax for the freighter
Noocalula, which reported fresh water
short and no steam 840 miles east of St.
Johns, New Foundland.
LEAGUE AS IT IS OR
E,WI
(Coatiiraed fna Tut Ota. I
in his judgment the letter would not
change the situation.
BORAH REJOICES '
On the Republican side, the "bitter.
enders" were pleased to note that the
president wanted the issue as clear-cut
as they want it, Borah said. Borah has
maintained that the only way to go to
the people of the country in the cam
paign on the treaty is on an issue of the
treaty as it stands or no treaty at all.
Republican mild reservation lets were
Inclined to be angry at the Wilson de
scription of them, as "mild nullifiers."
The letter may send them back into the
Lodge camp, it Was believed.
Senators Borah and McCormlck, Illi
nois, expect to bring up the letter today
in speeches. It seems likely that one
of its effects will be to lengthen debate
on Article X.
The full text of President Wilson's
letter follows; '
JI.AlV.TO REFLT
My Dear Senator Hitchcock :
I understand one or two of your col
leagues do me the honor of desiring to
know what my yiews are with reference
to Article X of the League of Nations
and the effect upcrtv the league of the
J adoption of certainXproposed reserva-
tlons to that arricl.I welcome the
opportunity to throw any light I can
upon a subject which halk become so
singularly beclouded by misapprehen
sion and misinterpretations of every
kind.
There is no escaping the moral li
gations which are expressed in positive
terms in this article of the covenant
We won a moral victory over Germany
far greater even than the military vu
tory. won on the field Of battle, because
the "opinion of the world swung to our
support and the support of the nations
aesoriatea with us in tne great struggle.
it did so because or our common pro
fession and promise that we meant to
establish "an organization of peace
which should make it certain that the
combined power or free nations would
check every invasion of right and serve
io maae peace ana justice me more se
cure by affording a definite tribunal
of opinion to which all must submit
and by which every international re
adjustment that cannot be amicably
agreed upon by the people directly con
cerned snail oe sanctioned.
OBLIGATION BACKED
This promise and assurance were
written into the preliminaries of the
armistice and into tne preliminaries
I of . the oeace
Itself and constitute one
of the most sacred obligations ever as-
sumed by any nation or body of na
tions. It is unthinkable that America
should set the example of ignoring such
a solemn moral encashment.
I feel that I could not look soldiers
1 of our gallant armies In the fact again
if I did not do everything In my power
to remoye every obstacle m the way
of the adoption of this particular ar
ticle in the covenant, because we made
these pledges to them as well as to the
rest of the world, and it was to this
cause that they deemed themselves de
voted in the spirit of crusaders.
I should be forever unfaithful to
them if I did not do my utmost to ful
fill the high purpoae for which they
tougnt.
I think we can dismiss from our
minds the Idea that it is necessary to
stipulate in connection with. Article X
the constitutional methods we should
use in fulfilling our obligations ' under
it. We gain nothing by such stipula
tions and secure nothing not already
secured, it was understood as a mat
ter Of course at the conference in Paris
that whatever obligations any govern
ment assumed, of whatever duties it
undertook under the treaty, would have
to be fulfilled by its usual ana estab
lished constitutional metnoas or action,
Once or twice in meetings of the con
ference. when the treaty was Under con
sideration, "reservations were made to
that effect by the representatives of in
dividual powers and these "reservations"
were invariably' received in the way in
which men who have met for- business
and not for talk always receive acts of
scrupulous supererogation listened to
with indifferent silence, as auoh men
listen to what la a matter of course and
was not necessary to say.
POWEK IK CONGRESS
There can be no objection to explain
ing again what our constituUonal meth
ods are and that congress alone can
declare war or determine the cause or
occasions for war, and that it alone can
authorise the use or the armed forces of
the United States on land or on the sea.
But to make such a declaration would
certainly be A work at supererogation.
j. am sorry to say that reservations
that have coma under mv notice
almost without exception, not Interpre
tations or me articles to which it is pro
posed to attach them, but la effect vir
tual nullifications of these, article.
Any reservations which seek to de
prive the League of Nations of the force
of Article X cut at the very heart and
uie or me covenant" itscir. Any league
of naUOns which does not guarantee as
a matter .of Incontestable fight the polit
ical independence and integrity Of each
of its members might be hardly more
than a futile scrap of paper, as Ineffec-
n-rp m operation ae the agreement- i
i ween oeigium and uermany Wftlcn tne
uermana violated, in 1914.
OOCTtlSE Of B&OTBCIHOOTJ
. ArUcle X represents, renunciation, by
111
L i HOLDS
Great Britain and Japan, which before
tne .war, naa Begun to una so many- in
tereste in common : In : the Pacific by
France, by Italy, by all the great fight
ing powers of the -world, of the old pre
tensions of political conquest and terri
torial aggrandisement. It is a new
doctrine in the world's affairs and must
be recognised , or .. there is no secure
basis for the peace which the world
so- longingly desires and so desperately
neeas. .,,;-.- .
If Article X is not adopted and acted
upon, he governments which reject it
Will. 1 think, be guilty of bad faith
to their people whom they Induced to
make the infinite sacrifices or the war
by the pledge , that they would., be
fighting to redeem the world from the
old order of force and aggression.
They will be actio also in bad faith
to the opinion of the World; at large
to which
tney appeaiea ror support in
concerted stand against the aggres-
slons and pretensions of Germany. If
we were to reject Article X or so to
weaken it as to take it full force out
of it, it would mark us as desiring to
return to the old world of jealous ri
valry and misunderstandings from
which our gallant soldiers have, res
cued us, and wen Id leave us without
any vision or new conception of justice
and peace. We would have learned no
teason irora me war, dux gained oniy
the regret that It had involved Us in
Its maelstrom of suffering If Amer
ica has awakened: and the rest of the
world has, to the vision of a ,new day
in which tne mistakes or me past are
to be corrected, it will welcome the
opportunity to share the responsibili
ties of Article X.
BEjruyciATioir of wrong
It must not be forerotten. Senator, that
this article constitutes a renunciation
of wrong ambition on the part of pow
erful nations with whom we were as
sociated in the war. It Is by no means
certain that without this article any
such renunciation will take place. Mili
taristic ambitions and imperialistic pol
Icies are by no means dead, even in the
counsels of nations whom we most trust
and with whom we most desire to be
associated in the tasks of peace.
Throughout the sessions of the confer
ence hi Paris it was evident that a mili
taristic party, under the most influen
tial lAaaffiKln u a ...Vin ar tn ..in i o
cendancy in the counsels of France.
They were defeated then, but are in
control now. The chief arguments ad
vanced in Paris in support of the Ital
ian claims on the Adriatic were strate
gic arguments, that Is to say, military
arguments, which had at their back the
thoueht of naval sunremacv in that sea.
For my own part. I am as Intolerant
of imperialistic designs on the part of
other nations as I was of such designs
on the nart. or Germany.
The choice is between two ideals: On
the one hand, the ideal of democracy,
which represents the rights of free peo
pies everywhere to. govern themselves.
and on the other hand, the ideal of im
perialism which seeks to dominate by
force and unjust nower. an ideal which
Is by no means dead and which is earn
estly held In many quarters still. Every
imperialistic influence in Europe was
hostil to the embodiment of Article X
In the covenant and its defeat now
would mark complete -consummation of
their efforts to nullify the treaty.
ESSE5CE OP AMERICANISM
I hold the doctrine of Article X to
be the essence of Americanism. We
cannot repudiate it or weaken it with
out remidlatina our own cruacinlea.
The imperialist wants no league of
nations, but if, in response to the uni
versal cry of the masses everywnere.
there is to be one, he is Interested to
secure one suited to his own purposes.
one that will permit him to continue
the historic game or pawns ana peopi.
the juggling of provinces, the old bal
ances of power and the inevitable wars
attendant upon these things. The
reservation proposed would perpetuate
the old order. Does anyone really want
to Bee the old game played again? Can
anyone? really venture to taKe part in
revivinar the old order? The enemies
f a league, of nations have by every
true instinct centered their efforts
against Article X, for It Is undoubtedly
the foundation of the whole structure.
It is the bulwark, and the only bulwark,'
of the rising democracy of the world
against the forces of Imperialism and
reaction.
Either we should enter the league
fearlessly, accepting the responsibility
and not fearing the role of leadership
which we now enloy, contributing our
efforts toward establishing a just and
permanent peace, or we should retire
as gracefully as. possible from the great
concert of powers by which the world
Was saved. For my part, I am willing
to trust to the counsel of diplomats the
working out of any salvation of the
world from things which it has suffered.
OPPORTUNITY 18- GREAT
I believe that when the full signifi
cance of. this great question has been
generally comprehended obstacles will
seem inslgmxlcant berore tne opportuni
ty, m c-.'M t and rlnriniiii nnnartimttv tn
contribute our overwhelming moral and
material force to the establishment of an
international regime in wnicn our own
ideals of. justice and right may be made
to prevaiKand the nations of the world
be allowed a-peaceful development under
conditions oi sraer ana saiety nnneno
impossible.
I need not sayThat I ha"Ve given a
great deal of thought to the whole mat
ter of reservations proposed in connec
tion with the ratification $t the treaty
and particularly that portion of the
treaty which contains the covenant of
the League of Nations and I have been
struck by the facj that practically
every so-called reservations was in ef
fect a rather sweeping nullification of
the terms of the treaty. I hear of res
ervatlonists and mild reservatlonists.
but i cannot understand the dlf
ference between a nulllfier and a mild
nullifier. Our responsibility as a nation
in this turning point of history is an
overwhelming one, and if I had the op
portunty I would beg everyone con
cerned to consider the matter in the light
of what it is possible to accomplish for
humanity father than In the light of spe
cial national interests.
If I have been truly informed eon
cerning the desire of some of your col
leagues to know my views, I would be
very glad if you should show this' letter
to tnem.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,
CLEAR BY SPECIALIST
(Con tinned Prom Ptaa One)
was Vanderveer who was conducting his
defense." the physician testified. "He
answered: A
" Oh yes, that is Vanderveer ..all
right He said that he waa trymg to
be truthful, but didn't trust anyone
much because everything he said waa
used against him," continued the wit
ness.
In the courtroom. Dr. Ahlman related,
he had observed Roberta, who sat with
his chin cupped tn his hands and with
downcast face, thoughts apparently far
away, but .in reality paying dose at
tention to all of the testimony.
SATS HE IXJrDEBSTOOD
1 asked him," said the witness, "If
he understood what was going on in the
courtroom, and he said that he did."
"In your examination what do you say
as to whether or not at this time he Is
insane? asked Special Prosecutor W.
H. AbeL
'1 don't think he Is insane," responded
the witness. ,
I don't think he Is insane," responded
tte Witness. 5 J
"Do you think that he is Buffering
from dementia praecoxrr
I do not,"
Roberta took Dr. Calhoun, on the first
Interview, to be the prosecuting attorney
of Thurston county, t)r. Ahlman said in
response to questions of Defense At tor
ney Vanderveer on cross examination.
FAKED 0E REAL. .
The physician' also admitted that Rob
erts' delusions ; were, either "faked or
that the man was insane. -lit big first
interview wiyi Roberta, Dr. Ahlman said
on cross examination he bad entertained
ROBERTS
MIND FOUND
grave doubts of the sanity qf the defend
ant ' and he was not satisfied of. his
sanity until after the third interview.
, "Tou don't mean to say that tr j Cal
houn was faking hut testimony, do your
asked Vanderveef. ' I
"I have a very good : epintpa ex Dr.
Calhoun's ability," responded the wit
ness. '
"Roberts Is either a clever actor, or he
is insane. Isn't he, doctor T" questioned
the defense. j
"I admit that .
"Did you ever have a 10 year old log
ger fool you before?" asked Vanderveer.
"Can't say that I have."
COKDUCT KOBMAL '
Two jailers were . called before Dr.
Ahlman took the atand to testify as to
Roberts' actions in the Jail. Ben Cooper
said that Roberts conduct had not been
out of the ordinary. ; He had never men
tioned bearing voices or feeling electric
currents in his bed. ' Nor had he ever
said that he had been "framed" and that
Vanderveer was not the man he claimed
to be. but Colonel Brice P. DLsque of the
spruce production division.
"Has he made any attempts to act
orasyr asked Vanderveer,
.Yes, responded Cooper. "He tried
to pull one stunt, but did not get away
with it"
"Old he say that I was Colonel
Bisque?"
"Yes, In your presence," the witness
replied. "I heard him say that Vande-
veer had made fools out of the state at
torneys." Deputy Sheriff and Head Jailor Roy
Inmon said that Roberts had never; acted
differently from any of the rest of the
defendants." Last Thursday night. When
a Hindu In the county Jail "threw a fit,"
Inmon declared, it waa Roberts- who
summoned the jailers to assist him.
Elsie EL Moore, Centralis, bridge fore
man, and hie son, Arthur, testified to
acquaintanceship with Roberts. Each
had worked with him in the woods and
elsewhere and had noticed nothing pe
culiar about the man.
DEFENSE ALIBIS WEAKENED
BY STATE TS ITS REBUTTAL
By Fred H. McXell
(Over The Journal's Special Leased Wire)
Montesano, Wash., March t. -f-
After hammering away persistently
all day to up end charges that pa
radera in Centralia on Armistice day,
with sinister purpose against the
t. W. W., carried ropes, and that
ex-service men. rushed the hall be
fore shooting began, the prosecution
in the .Centralia murder case con
cluded Its first day pf rebuttal evi
dence with the testimony of Its thir
tieth witness.
WUh a celerity that has not before
occurred in this trial, the examination
of witnesses was carried on. There is
every prospect how that the prosecution
will conclude its rebuttal task by Wed
nesday night ' If this occurs, the case
should be in the hands of the jury by
Saturday night
OTHKBS CORROBORATE Ir-riTEER
After Eugene ("Duch") Pfitser testified
yesterday afternoon for the state to the
effect that he had run at the hall after
a few shots were fired, and attempted to
kick In the door; his name was often
mentioned, for witness after witness was
asked of this occurrence in efforts to
corroborate his statement. And by many
of these, his statement was corroborated,
but not one would say that a rush was
made at the hall before shots were fired,
aa the defense attorney insistently en
deavored to bring out
Just how far will the Judge's Instruc-1
tions to the jury cover on the matter of
verdicts that may be returned? This is
the perplexing question troubling mem
bers of the bar when they think of the
Involved task ahead of tha court. The
charge Is .first degree murdet, and even
1 Judge Wilson admits that the latitude of
tnla charge is quesuonanie. May tne
court instruct the jurors to return second
degree murder charges it that is their
judgment, or a verdict of manslaughter
on some of the defendants?
The charge that Postmaster McCleary
and Rev. II. W. Thompson, both of Cen
tralia, carried ropes in the parade, was
thoroughly thrashed out yesterday aft
ernoon. HOT ETEIf ITT PARADE
McCleary found a piece of rope and
carried it In Jest, he declared, lassoing
brother Elks in the ranks about him.
But Rev. H. W. Thompson denied that
he even participated in fre parade. As
Civil War veteran he sat with com
rades of the O. A. It, honored guests.
in front of a- Centralia furniture store.
and at the conclusion of the procession
accompanied hia associates in a little
parade of their own to the high school
auditorium for the patriotio services
that were to follow.
After the minister concluded came
Ben H. Rhodes, banker and attorney,
of Centralia, who said that he was the
one who found the rope, and carried it
After throwing one end to McCleary,
the rope promptly broke and- McCleary
got a section.
MINISTER QUESTIONED
Thompson said that he had been an
ordained Presbyterian minister for IS
years.
On cross examination the minister
testified that he had been mayor of
Centralia In 1912.
"You have been going around the
country telling the people at large that
an unprovoked assault was made on
ex -Soldiers, haven t you ?" demanded the
attorney.
DENIES HAYING ROPE '
T have." calmly responded the aged
minister. Thompson waa sent out as
lecturer by the American Legion and
other interests to tell Of the shooting.
He was on the road for some weeks.
It has been suggested here that you
carried a rope in the parade," next
Vanderveer.
"It is not so, the minister replied.
When Rhode, came to the stand he
said that the rope had been used by
some small boyl to tie some -tin cans
to the back of an automobile.
Although In a position to see anything
on the sidewalk in rront of the L w. W.
halt by . virtue Of his position ' in the
t-anks, Henry c Bayre. Centralia, tes
tified that no uniformed men were there
before the ' first Shots were fired the
afternoon of Armistice day.
"You don't know that there were any
guns or ropes In the parade, dd you?
asked the defense attorney. .
when we needed them, the worst, " Bayre
responded. I
The firing waa described by George V.
Skiff, Centralia newspaper man, who
was tn the parade.
no WABHiifo orrEjr j
'Tou are connected with the Centra
lia Chronicle, I believer said Vander-
Teg, all4. - j,-
Yo read ttr
"I certainly do."
Toil knew then that raid. aj U
b made on the halt?" I
"1 certainly did not." )-A I
-Dutch" PfiUer ran to the door of
the X. W. W. hall and kicked at it.
Emery Coleman., rancher of Centralia,
testified, after the shooting commenced.
"How long ago did you join the Amer
ican Legion? demanded Vanderveer of
Norman C Hall, the next witness, after
he had concluded testimony as to teeLig
the shooting, for the prosecution.
-sine Armistice day," Hall answered.
cimiAKs to ttsTirr j
; Tos need to Work for TSnr Scalesr
asked Vandenreer, referring to, the Cen-
PROPOSED
RETURN
OF DEATH PENALTY
'Tmpatience and Intolerance on the
part of lately returned soldiers, inured
to the Sight and thought of death, may
bring about the restoration of the capi
tal punishment code in Oregon laws."
He who favors capital punishment
for the crime of murder la a fool su
perficially minded. .
The first statement is that of Mrs.
Millie Trumbull, secretary of the child
welfare commission, and the latter la
the statement of Dr. W. T. McElveen.
pastor ' of the . First Congregational
church. Both expressions marked a
meeting of opponents of the death
measure at Central library Sunday aft
ernoon, at which Dr. McElveen was the
chief speaker.
Speakers outlined arguments which
Will be strenuously used in opposition
to the campaign for the restoration of
the death penalty.
W. G. MacLaren of the Portland
Commons reviewed the scenes of exe
cutions of capital punishment laws In
the past, protesting against the laws
by describing hanging and electrocu
tion.
i Dr. McElveen branded as "super
flcially minded fools" those who favor
capital punishment, asserting that to
replace the law upon the statutes would
do more than any one thing to halt
the world's progress.
I "Every person who votes for cap!
tai punishment laws is, at least in part,
morally and spiritually responsible for
the death of murderers who might
thereafter be -punished for their crimes,
Mra Trumbull declared.
tralia grocer who at one time waa Com
mander of the Legion post there.
: "Didn't he fire you because you didn't
join the Legion r
; The question was not answered over
the prosecutions objection a
: He did not tell Mrs. -Mary McAllister,
defense witness, that at an American
Legion meeting prior to Armistice day,
the members had voted about 60-50 on
the question of whether or not a raid
should be made on the L W. W. hall,
Vernon i Radcliffe of Centralia testi
fied. J
Radcliffe said that he was beside
Pfitxer In ranks and while standing "at
ease" saw the glass in the I-' W. W,
hall windows break.
In cross-examination Vanderveer
startled the courtroom by asking the
witness if he waa not a member of the
Radcliffe family who stuttered.
i Special Prosecutor W. H. Abel pro
tested against Insulting the witness and
Vanderveer. replied that he meant no
Offense to Radcliffe, but had a specific
teason for the question. Just what it
was, however, was not divulged.
: The witness acknowledged enmity
against the L W. W., and expressed the
belief that "something should be 'done
against them, but I don't profess to know
enough of how to run things to say
what that action should be."
i In a heated argument within hearing
of Attorney Elmer Smith's office, the
witness admitted he had made the state
ment that he could line up members of
the I. W. W. who advocated overthrow
of the government and direct action, and
shoot them down with a machine gun.
In command of the sixth platoon of
the Centralia contingent Ansel Francis
poundstone testified that his formation,
was "marking time" when two muffled
shots were heard. No rush wss made
on the hall until afterwards, he declared.
Grimm was at the front of his com
mand at the time, PoundStone claimed.
"Are you sure?" asked Vanderveer.
"Yes, sir." PoundStone answered. "He
had Just passed me, going to the head."
The witness testified to seeing men
rush the hall after the shooting.
Lawrence Stevens of Centralia was
Pfltser's companion . in the -rush on the
hall door, he testified. Stevens told of
hearing three shots and then starting
for the hall. At the curb he was Joined
by "Dutch," Stevens declared, and Just'
as they reached the door, a great num
ber of shots burst through.
DID NOT SEE BICKEQRD
"I turned my face away, hit the dirt
and crawled out of range," he continued.
The order for the paraders to halt
and close up, Stevens said, was given by
Grimm. Frank R. Van Gilder, when- on
the witness stand, said that he himself
had given this order.
When George Stevens was called to tWe
witness stand, he said he would Swear
that Dr. Blckford was not on the side
walk "near the I. W. W. door when the
shooting occurred. , The American Legion
had paid him to be there, Stevens testi
fied, but in connection with clerical work
at the local headquarters. He said that
his arm was broken In Centralia about
six weeks ago, and that he had been
unable to work. Stevens also ran on the
sidewalk toward the hall, but did not ap
proach the door, he stated.
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STARRING BERT LYTELL
Faur be it from us to! criticise Sir Gilbert's works, but
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Afternoons and Evenings
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Matt Vranizaii, Well
Known Contractor, Is
Viotimof iPneumonia
Matt Vraniaan. a resident of Portland
for more than 39 years, died at Good
Samaritan hospital Sunday morning of
Influensa-pneumonia. He was ill less
than 10 days. As contractor foreman,
he was well known here, having been
with the R. J. Sua art company for
many years. He Was a form an on the
work of constructing the Portland hotel,
the old Imperial hotel, the old United
States National Bank building at Third
and Oak streets, and many other prom
inent structures so well known to Port
land.' He organised one of the first car
penters' unions in the city and always
took an active interest ia untui acti
vities.
Bom tn Austria in 1863. he came to
the tJnlted States when a youth of U
years and came direct to Portland. The
family, residence is 640 Clay street He
Is Survived by five sons. James M.. Dom
J George A., Fred W.. Matthew C Jr..
all of Portland, and two dauahtars. Mr.
Charles Turing and Miss Virginia B.
Vraniaan. both of Astoria. Or. His two
older sons, James M. and Dom J.. en
listed in the United States army soon
after war was declared and were in
the 91st division for more than 21
months, and Mr. Vranixan himself took
an active Interest tn all war activities.
Mass was said by Father E. V.
O'Hara at St Marys Cathedral. Fif
teenth and Davis streets, this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and burial was
beside the body of his wife in the fam
ily plot" In Rlverview cemetery.
Vancouver Youth
Crushed to Death
By Freight Car
Vancouver, Wash., March t. At
tempting to cross the North Coast
Power company tracks on Thirty-third
street, between S and T streets, 17-year-old
Kverett Belden, son of Mr. and
Mra William Belden, was instantly
killed by a freight car Monday after
noon. The boy's' mother was . on the
opposite side of the track and a block
away and it is thought the boy started
toward her. His skull was fractured.
Coroner Knapp held an Inquest Monday
night and the Jury found that death
was accidental.
Aged Sara Man Dies
Vancouver. Wash., March . Chris
tian Tann, 81 years of age, died at his
home near (Sara Monday, following a
stroke of paralysis. He had lived there
about 60 years, being one of the oldest
settlers in the district His wife, a
son. Lewis, a daughter, Mrs. Fred Bower,
and 11 grandchildren survive. He Is a
native at Swltsertand. The body Is at
Knapp's parlors.
Persian Ijectnrea to Teachers
Miraa Ahmad Sohrah will give a lec
ture to the teachers and principals of
the Portland schools . today at 4 p. m.
on general education.
In the electric line we are
known as experts. Folks are
told that we made a thor
ough study of electrical
science and that we are
equipped td give proper
service. Our repair depart
ment expeditiously and ef
ficiently attends to your
wants. And we sell standard
brands of electric goods.
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V. J. BRYAN VIGOROUSLY;
OPPOSES CANDIDACY OF!
NEBRASKA SENATOR
Lincoln, Neb., March J. (U. r.') Vig
orous opposition to the candidacy ol
Senator Hitchcock was emphatically ex
pressed todsy In a signed statement by
W. J. Bryan, through his weeklv nublU
cation, The Commoner. -
"Hie nomination would be equlvalentj
to an announcement that the party hag
no desire for success or hope of vic
tory, declares the statement V '
Commenting on the fart that 43 states
have ratified the prohibition amendment
to the "Constitution, Bryan says "it
would be an Insult to these states fof
the Democrats to-put up a man who,
like Senator Hitchcock, voted against
the' submission of the national amend
ment after Nebraska had adopted con
stttutional prohibition by a 29,000 ma
jority."
Bryan criticises Hitchcock's action Iti
voting against the submission of wonian
suffrage after the Nebraska, state legis
lature had asked him to vote in favor of
it. "His refusal to follow the advice
of the state legislature on suffrage came
at. a time when his vote Would have
passed the resolution for submission and
given the Democratic congress the honor,
of having opened the way for that great
reform," Bryan asserts. "Senator
Hitchcock's nomination would, there
fore, be an offense to all women voters."1
. Woman Is Reelected
CaStlerock. Wash., March 9. At the
annual school election held Saturday
Mrs. D. J. Iillle was elected difector fo
the third sucoesslve term. The pro
posed consolidation of Pleasant Hill
school district with Castlerock school
district was defeated.
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