THE OREGON WEEKLY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, UZX
RAZED OMAN
KIL1S SELF AND
The passionate love of Mrs. Jennie
Posner, 1 years Id, for her two
little grandsons, and fear lest she be
separated from them, brought triple
tragedy Into the home of Ed B. Kra
mer, fish dealer residing at 493 East
Seventeenth street north, in Irving
ton, Tuesday night, when he found
the three asphyxiated in the grandmother's-.
room.-- : ;V . :""W : ;
Mrs, Posner left a; note in," wmcdi she
explained "she could L not stand to see
the babies brought up by servants. The
affair shocked the entire Irvlngton dis
trict, for the wife. Mrs. Ruth Kramer,
died of influenza last February and the
juvenile victims,. Sam, i aged . and Fred,
4 years old, were Kramer's only children.
WOStAlT MKSfTAlXY BEBAHGED '
" Mrs. JPosner, who was Kramer's busl
" ness associate in a store at 354 Morrison
street. Is believed to have become men
tally 'deranged from the death of her
daughter and the fact that she was to
leave the children for a period while
making an extended visit In the East.
t The double murder and suicide Is be
. lleved to have taken place early Tues
day morning, but it was not discovered
'until Kramer returned home about 7
o'clock In the evening. : j ' - -
t. Finding all doors of the t dwelling
. locked, . he procured a ladder from a
neighbor and entered the house by a
rear window. Near-by residents heard
the father cry out in anguish. Presently
he rushed from the house, half erased,
, after turning off the. gas heater from
.which the. deadly fumes were pouring.
FOtJHD DEAD IX BED,
Kramer had found the woman and his
" sons dead In bed. Tney-Vrere 'In their
. night clothing and had apparently died
without a struggle. The bodies of the
little! boys were on either side of that
1 of their destroyer and gave little evi
. dence that the children were in their
. last sleep.
Immediately after the discovery of the
. tragedy the father was so overcome that
friends who rushed Into the house went
-. to his assistance and medical attendance
was given. ,
. ' Search of the apartment by Coroner
Smith and Police Inspector Mallett and
Patrolmen Abbott and Lelsy quickly re
. vealed the cause of the act. Mrs. Pos
ner, after writing a farewell note to
Sarah Gellert. a married daughter, had
taken precaution to prevent any of the
gas fumes from escaping. - -
WIWDOWS WEEE BOWir )
Windows were down and a coverlet
had been placed at the bottom of the
, bedroom, door.
Beside the bed were the clothing Of the
,boye and their" grandmother. The tots'
- little shoes were arranged together in an
orderly manner.
At the time of the arrival of the father
( It was apparent that the victims had
been dead several hours. Kramer last
. saw his children alive the night previous.
, When he left home about 7 o'clock Tues
day morning, the boys and Mrs. Posner
' were jln bed.'
The note, written with pen and Ink In
an uncertain hand, read aa follows :
"Sara-tl loved the precious boys . too
. much to leave servants to bring them
, up. Kumi naoies were too a ear to me ;
. I could not leave my angel babies, and I
could not stand It longer. I era grief-
BiricRon wiin ne&rt irouDies. au a want
is my engagement ring alone. God bless
you and your children. Tou were good
: to me when I needed vou."
.BROODS OVEB DAUGHTER'S DEATH?
- - The note was found In a handbag
hanging on a closet door. -
- According to Kramer Mrs. Posner had
, been making her home with him . for
some nine years. Following the-death
of his wife, the grandmother had fre
quently expressed the great Joss she felt i
over the demise of her daughter, and
: had intimated that life wss no longer at
tractive to her. Realising her state of
mind Kramer had sought to Induce her
. ' to take a trip Bast, and had made ar
J, rangements to move Into a new home
he had recently purchased. -Mrs. Posner
. t brooded over the prospect of being sep
;;sTated from the children whom she loved
dearly. . -
: Ed Kramer Is a brother of R. Kramer,
"who runs a store at 458 Jefferson street,
and Sam Kramer, formerly instructor at
the Portland Riding Academy. : ,
After the coroner's Investigation, the
- bodies were removed to the Holman un
dertaking establishment, and the funeral
will probably be held late this afternoon.
'There will be no inquest. Coroner Smith
,' said. ,
CHAMBERLAIN OR
STANF1ELD FOR SEAT
. (Coathied From Pic' On.)
dent, important only aa it may affect
the final result. His nomination would,
of course, mean the defeat of Chamber
lain. Chamberlain's defeat in the pri
.mariee means the election of Stanfleld
(ln November. That Is the issue In the
senatorial campaign, and it is plain to
. everyone who has made even a careless
study ot political conditions In this state.
.REAL MOTIVES CONFESSED
. -The Stanfleld camp, from candidate
i and manager down to the humblest camp
. follower, knows this to be a fact. They,
, all of them, are pulling for Starkweather
from absent treatment to active effort.
', They want Starkweather to be nominated
on Friday because that , would mean
.Stanfleld' election. .u
, They are frank about it, those of them
who. In their uncautious1 enthusiasm, tell
what they hope. '-.:,
"Starkweather," they say, "Is our best
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TV0 GRANDSONS
VICTIMS OF GAS TRAGEDY
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titrk. Jennie Posner and little Freddie and Sanamie Kramer, her grand
children, who perished when woman, demented, turned on gas and
smothered all. in bed, , r:- : ' . ' : ' ' ' . : ,
bet If he wins,' Stanfleld wlna Myers,
Hamaker they are our; fighting men in
the first line offensive; The Hamaker
telegram was hot stuff for ' Stanfleld.
If we can see Starkweather nominated
it's all over tut the counting." ,
CHAMEBRLAIX. 18 CHOICE
And then you go. outside among the
rank and file, among those who have no
private venom to eject and no official
or personal or political revenge to wreak
and you ask them what they hear about
the senatorial ' situation you ask them
what they t hear about Stanfleld and
about Chamberlain, and many times out
of 10 they will answer: ; ?
"There lsno man i In Oregon who can
beat Chamberlain for election."
Tou ask them. "What about Stanfleld
and Starkweather V and there Is but
one answer, - so unanimous everywhere
that It is needless to repeat it. t
This condition of things is crearly ap
parent to thinking voters throughout the
state, who are intending to cast their
ballots for or against Senator Chamber
lain on Friday. - ,
They know the Issue.' They know that
a vote for Starkweather Is, Indirectly per-
napa nut m ract nevertheless, a vote
registered in favor of Stanfield'e election
in November-.-' ' . - .. -. .. - j- i
So the Issue clear, is whether Oregon
should be" represented in . the United
States senate by Chamberlain or by Stan-
neia. ii is wnetner tne people of Ore
gon desire to retire a man so long and
so faithful -in the service, one who oc
cupies so commanding a position 4n the
councils of the senate, whose place by
ability, by long- influence, by acquaint
ance and by the rules of seniority make
him a power in Washington, and substi
tute in his place a man unknown and yn
tried. - - . ; r j
And the issue Is broader than that.
Senator Chamberlain has always stood
for those progressive and forward-looking
principles .to which Oregon has been
committed by the outspoken verdict of
its people. ; : - :j ,
His record In that regard was written
while in the governor's chair and It has
been . supplemented and complemented
during his -long service In the United
! State senate. What! h stands fori In
; nown to nd PPved by the
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great majority of the people of Oregon.
The question faces the voters, then;
whether they wish to trade Chamberlain
and the things to which be stands com
mitted for Stanfleld, concerning whom
the voters spoke two years ago. , ,
And there la another question that will
confront the voters who' cast their bal
lots for or against Senator Chamberlain
on Friday next. The attack upon him Is
a personal attack, bred of resentment
because he would not prostitute the high
office to which the people of all Oregon
elected him in return for promised sup,
port or in prevention of promised battle.
President Wilson had taken the Port
land postoffice out' of " politics by his
executive order of March 11. 1917. Frank
S Myers had been ordered by the post
master general' In 192Q to resign the of
fice because two sets of postal Inspec
tor had found conditions existing in the
administration of the office that im
pelled that demand for the good of the
service.
Myers demanded of Chamberlain that
the senator use the power of his office,
first to save him from discharge,' then
to secure his reinstatement. - His demand
was coupled with promise of support if
acceded to. with opposition in the prim
aries if not granted., It was a demand
Impossible of performance, even had
Senator Chamblain been minded to use
his influence and hti official position to
pndo the mandate of the president's ex
ecutive order and hurl the postal serv
ice back Into the maelstrom of partisan
politics and petty manipulation. , '
' He upheld the dignjty of his senatorial
position and he ordered Myers put of his
cfflce In Washington. That is the funda
mental reason for . the Starkweather-Hamaker-Myers
.campaign against him.
These are the propositions incidental
to the Myers-Hamaker-Starkweather at
tack ! Shall Chamberlain be punished for
refusing to attempt interference with the
President's order taking the postal serv
ice out of politics? Shall Chamberlain
be United States senator1 from-Oregon,
or shall Stanfleld be .sent to Washing
ton?. - , ,
Michigan Democrats Back Wilson
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Democratic i convention here today to
elect 30 delegates to attend the national
convention at San Francisco in June was
"stand by the administration and adopt
a League of Nations."
V. 8. ASLEEP TO OPENINGS
IN MEXICO, SAYS FLOWER
CorvaJlis, May. 19. At the noon lunch
eon of the Corvallis Commercial club
Tuesday, - Montaville Flower spoke on
Mexico, asserting that while the United
States Is asleep to the great opportuni
ties of acquiring control of the great
natural wealth of Mexico, three : great
nations, Germany, Japan and Great
Britain, are rapidly acquiring vast hold
ings to that country whereby they will,
in time, dominate the republic political
ly. In the evening Flower spoke to a
large gathering in support of the candi
dacy of General Wood for Gte, presi
dency. i ' . -
REMAItKABIiY LIGHT VOTE IS
CAST IN VERMONT PRIMARY
Burlington. Vt., May . T NV &)-
Returns today from the presidential pri
maries yesterday Indicate that less than
7 per cent of tha.'Voters used their bal
lot. Major General Wood, whose sup-,
porters conducted an active campaign.
led the Republican voting. Wood's name ,
and that of" William Grant weDster,
New York attorney, were the only ones
on the ballot. The names of Hoover,
Coolidge, Johnson, Hughes and others
were written in. : In the Democratic pri
maries . no names were on the ballots,
but the names of Clark, Wilson, McAdoo
and Bryan were written in.
SHARP FACTIONAL FIGHTING
IN PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARIES
Philadelphia, Pa., May 19. -I. N. S.)-
Returns from the state wide primary
election in Pennsylvania were coming
in slowly today because 'of the large
number of candidates of the several
party ballots, coupled with, bitter fac
tional fighting.
- Mayor J. Hampton Moore wag run
ning slightly ahead of Governor Sproule,
W.- Freeland Kendrick " and Senator
Penrose when 477 districts of the 711
districts in the state were reported early
today on the vote for delegates at large.
Boles Penrose waa renominated for
his fifth term in the United States sen
ate without a contest. ; v - '
The Democratic state headquarters at
Harrisburg early today claimed that the
entire delegation of 7 will be for Attor
ney General Palmer for the presidency
and also claimed that the entire state
ticket placed In the field will be nom
inated. .. -v
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS SPLIT?
AND ELECT 2 DELEGATIONS
Atlanta. Ga., May - 19. U. P.)
Georgia will send two delegations to the
Democratic national convention at San
Francisco. .
- Administrative forces who gave At
torney General Palmer a plurality in the
April primaries were defeated in con
vention here last night, but in rump
session early today named additional
candidates to the caucus to contest for
seats. , ' Jt-?-
Supporters of Senator Hoke Smith and
Thomas K. Watson, anti-administration
candidates, defeated in the primaries,
united and instructed their delegation to
vote for any candidates for president
who opposed the administration. ; : ,
nOOVEB IS STILL IN RACE,
SAYS COOS BAY CLUB
, Marshfield, May 19. At a meeting of
the Coos Bay Hoover club the members
were given assurance that' Hoover had
not withdrawn from the race In Oregon,
J. E. Montgomery, the chairman, ex
hibited correspondence to show Hoover
cfcl Merit Only'"
Friends of Myers
Organize Club to
FightfChambertain
The Jefferson club, 'composed of
enemies, personal and political, 1 of
United States Senator Chamberlain,
has been formed in Portland for cam
paign purposes.
The president of the new organiza
tion is Robert Miller, staunch friend
and coworker of Frank S. Myers,
Hamaker, Starkweather and the
other front pieces ot the Chamberlain
opposition. '
' Mrs. Alexander Thompson, who Is
bitter in her hostility to .the senator,
is Its first vice president. ,
The purpose of the organisation,
as stated by Miller, la to "stand by
Wilson.. Its major and immediate
chore is the nomination of Stark
weather for United States senator.
Its ultimate" effect, should it wield
its hoped for Influence in the pri
mary election, is the election of B tan
field in November. ' -
Mrs. Thompson, vice president of
the Jefferson club, is also a member
of the executive committee of the
"Starkweather for Senator club, and
maintains her camaalgn headquar
ters in the Starkweather . office in
the Broadway building.
was still an Oregon candidate. .
The members decided to continue their
support of Hoover and make a campaign
for him and went on record as favoring
the adoption of the treaty and League of
Nations' with the Republican reserva
tions as passed by the senate. The fight
of the club will be made on this Issue.
It was said reports that Hoover was out
of the race came from supporters ot other
candidates. . c ,.x
DEMOCRATS INSTRUCT BRYAN
TO VOTE FOR HITCHCOCK
Omaha, Neb May 19. L N. 8,)
William .Jennings Bryan, delegate to the
national Democratic convention, was In
structed by the Democratic- state con
vention held here yesterday to follow the
Instructions of the primaries and cast
his vote tor Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cock for president at the. San Francisco
convention. ."
While the platform adopted contains
no -reference to the liquor Issue, it does
say that "we favor the greatest, degree
of : individual . liberty consistent 1 with
good Judgment and Jaw enforcement
About 50 women delegates were in the
convention.
OFFICIAL VOTE GIVES ."WOOD
- 1224 LEAD IN NEW JERSEY
Trenton, N. J., May19 (L N. S.)
Official figures on New Jersey's preferential--
primary, ' announced - - today,
showed that Major General Wood de
feated Senator Hiram Johnso by 1224
votes. Wood received 62,909 votes and
Johnson 51,685. - -
Of New Jersey's 28 delegates- to the
Chicago convention Wood will have 16
and Johnson 12.
- The Democratic delegation Is solid for
Governor Edwards. ,
. Contest Three Cornered
Ontario. Mav 19. As the day of the
primary draws near, interest Is increasr
lng in the three-cornerea KepuDiican
fie-ht for the nomination ofj senator in
the Twenty-second district " between
Julien Hurleyof Vale, present incumb
ent, G M. CrandaU ot Vale and C. W.
Ellis of Burns. - - .
House and Bakery
Visited by Early
Morning Burglars
' The early morning burglar was again
in evidence today, when about 1 :30
o'clock he broke Into the home of Daniel
Jennings, 19 Eighth street north. He
entered through a pantry window and
passed through the kitchen, where he
was heard by Miss Jennings, who called
to know who was there. The burglar
entered the room of the young woman,
turned his .flashlight; on her and de
manded money, - She screamed. The
man grabbed up a handbag - and es
caped, but he stopped in the back yard
long enough to investigate the contents
of the bag and turn It inside out. -
About half an hour later the office ot
the U. S. Bakery at Eleventh and Flan
ders was entered, but no loss has been
discovered. - The bakers were at work
in the building and . when an electric
lamp burned out one of them went to
the office to renew it and there discov
ered the intruder, who made hia escape
over the roof of the bakery.
Bombay. Teacher Visits
Newport. Or- May 19. Miss Bernice
Elliott, from Bombay, India, is a guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Richmond. Miss
Elliott has spent five years in Bombay
In school work and is on a year's leave
of absence, - Her home is in Michigan.
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Seaside, May lf-Rev. B, O. Eldridge,
pastor ; of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died at his residence on Fourth
avenue Wednesday, tie came to Sea
side from the Mount Tabor church In
Portland aboutr-nl months ago. He was
a member ot Dawson lodge, A. F. and
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Hot Lake. Majj 19. Arrivals at Hot
lAke sanitorium Sunday were: Roy n.
Enberg, La Gran9e; 1L IL Wilson, On
tario ; Mr. and Mrs. E. McGinley. Coun
cil. Idaho; Wesley Govdge, Pendleton;
Dan K. Ploner, pewiston, Idaho; Mrs.
Maggie M. Braewell, Siicott. Wash, ;
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Will vote for the people's choice for President and Vice-President rf
the United States. AS INDICATED BY THE RESULT OF THE PFMMAHY
ELECTION N THIS STATE.
Favor a Republican platform indorsing- the LEAGUE OF NATIONS WITH
RESERVATIONS SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN POLICIES AND TI '
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Mr. and Mrs, L. BcWIer, Hot Lake; Mr.
and Mrs. O. I. IIsm Union; Mrs. H. K.
Woods, Duncan ; S. Knox. Clf.ix.AVaMh.
Obtains Dollar Judgment
An amount approximating 11300 was
claimed by K. V. D. Paul In a suit for
breach of contract brought against W. R.
Drummond, L. E. Jones and A. J.
Churchill. A Jury in Circuit Judse
Campbell's court has lust found for the
plaintiff, giving him Judgment for 1.
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In June SUNSET strn the rwr Ad7.
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