THE OREGON SUNDAY JPURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8. 1920
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RALPH BRADY IS
1BLAMED FOR DEATH
IOF ROY CONNER
! Coroner's Jury Investigates Au
l tomobile Accident of Tuesday;
: No Warning Was Sounded.
J Roy Conner came to his death as
, i a remit of careless and reckless driv-
Ins of an automobile by Ralph
J Brady. The grand Jury should in
J vestigate the case.! t
That In the verdict of the coroner's
Jury rendered Saturday night after
hearing testimony .regarding the auto
: I mobile acoitnt at Broadway and Stark
: f' streets Tuesday in which Conner aus-
Z talned Injuries from which he later died.
Brady was the .driver of the car that
. ? struck htm. - '.
' 5 Testimony Indicated That Brady came
Into the intersection from ' Broadway at
20 miles an hour, that he failed to sound
: any warning, that his machine leaned
' J to one' side from the speed as he
v swerved, around the corner into Stark,
and that he skidded 10 feet before and
20 after the collision. Conner . was
crossing Stark street and witnesses told
. how his , arms had gone into the air
J when he was struck, how he' was knocked
i several feet, and later dragged from
beneath the car, not able to speak for
a minute, but pleading with his hands
to be left alone.
i James Carroll, W. K. Smith. C. A.
J Bennett, Ed Goneau, Everett Stafford
and Albert Kelly, witnesses, agreed that
there had been no warning sounded, that
their attention was drawn to the earthy
its speed as it whirled around the cor
J ner, and that" Tt" skidded 20 feet follow
lng the accident. i . ---;::.;
J Matfrew Fitzlramona. w, E. Meaney
and . A. Shellhorn, companions of Brady,
2 all told the same story. v They insisted the
k car was going only 10 miles an hour
and that Conner jJQad hesitated as he
fi wiuvi across in? 'street. :
f DR.J BOUCflET KILLS
! WOMAN; SHOOTS SELF
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ing just above the heart. He was taken
to St. Vincents hospital.
Bouchet' fell partially over her body
and was found lying with his head
Against the door! of an adjoining room.
J "The gun was lying near his left hand. It
was a .22 caliber automatic pistol. Four
discharged shells and one loaded cart'
ridge were found on the floor. . ; ,
James Kegas, Greek proprietor of a
restaurant at Fifth and Burnside streets,
Is declared by-the police to have been
, the cause of the : tragedy: i Late Satur-
day night Inspector McCUllough located
Regas, who- said he had driven Mrs.
J J. O. Richards, mother of the dead
woauwa's former husband,! and Dannie,
J the little boy, to the station during the
afternoon. They were - going to Seaside.
J KKGAS HAD APPOINTMENT
h Regas also told the police ; that he
f had made an appointment! to take Mrs.
Kirharrtn for an : automohlla rtda Satur-
day night. She 1s said fcxfhave been
J. keeping company with the restaurant
proprietor, for some time.l- .; '., - r
J k Bouchet Is said to have objected to
5 Mrs Richards' attentions to Regas.
Ad Oarlock, manager of a boxing club
t at Eleventh and Alder streets, and Mike
- Rockl, a boxer, were in the automobile
that stopped In front of the apartmenf
a few minutes before 'the shooting oc
Jcurred, the police say. . I
Rocki is aald to have been accompanied
by a girl. Mrs. Richards,1 witnesses de-
clara, went to the automobile, talked
with the Inmates for a moment, theft re-
turned to the house, secured what ap-
peared' to be some bedding, and then
entered the automobile. i -
. Apparently she was only driven around
the block, reentering her house by the
back; door, for less than 10 minutes af-
terwarda the shooting took place.
DR. BOUCHET IN KITCHEN
. Further Information received by . the
5 police late Saturday indicated that when
Mrs. Richads came!; hack to the house
2 she found i- her :, slayer awaiting - in ' tha
kitchen. Arguments and' the shooting
J quickly transpired.' "
Dr. Bouchet and his brother, Herman,
also a dentist, have been living for
.i, . .v.- i j t,
time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben f
J F. Bar-.ch. 48i Hwtghts terr.e .Noi'uinnf
uivin -,i,t. - ..ki.
Danforth Ellery. a neighbor.' said he
nas ortenseen the young men-pass the
TT TAKES only 0 hours to reach! San FVfcn
a ' citoo by on of our- safe and eomfortabl
Cartiss planes. This Bieana a saving o( 24
hours over the fastest train,' and 41 hour less'
tim than by boat. , ; -
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I As a propretsive business man, you'll appre
ciate just what this time saving means to you.'
Come out to Lewis and Clark Field today -and
let us demonstrate how inexpensive it is to own
and operate a plane- and haw asy they are to
.Btlct.'' .' -fH- HH .1
:.: Oyer 30 Curtiss planes now In,, stock, some
sIling j as low as $20OO others at $2500,
930C0 and up to $10,000. - - ' ' -i
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r Tarts and repairs, instruction to owner and
-students, complete airplane service. ' ,'
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Portland,
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED
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Roy Connor
house,: although not acquainted -with
them. He described both, as being bright
and handsome fellows. Dr. Earle R.
Abbett, who has a dental office" In, the
Selling building near the. Bouchet of
fices, gald he ' personally knew both and
was in the habit of exchanging the usual
professional courtesies;;" Bouchet: had
bought out the practice and ' equipment
of Dr. A. E. Mann when the latter re
tired temporarily for the benefit of his
health, about Xwo years ago; .
. Residents of the - house were terrified
at the sudden: fusillade of shots, . the
f irst shot being preceded by, scream
from Mrs.- Richards,; while , another
scream followed the, second shot. .Her
body was heard to fall , as the third shot
was fired. ,. ;l 'l'r:x ,; :'t;yi
TENANTS , FEAB INSANE MAN
Believing that Mrs. Richards was '. the
victim of an insane man, other tenants
of the house refused to open the room.
Patrolman Sinnott- happened to 'be in
the vicinity and was lnf'the- room within
a- few minutes ; after , the shooting oc
curred, i He 1 found Bouchet . nearly
and the i woman dead.-)
Residents Cf the house knew little of
the beginnings of the affair which cul
minated Jn shooting. They had seen
Dr. Boucna-eTiiy a lew tunes, accora-
ing to information gathered by Lieu
tenant "of Inspectors John Oolta and
Inspector- McCullough. I , , ,
According to M. E. Evans, a tenant
residing In the basement, about 10 min
vies 'before the shooting occurred .an
automobfle - carrying . two men and a
woman stopped in frdht , of the house.
Evans was sitting on the front -porch.
Mrs. Richards went to the front
and talked for a moment with the oc
cupants of ' the machine. She was fol
lowed into the house by a man, sup
posed to have, been Dr. Bouchet, who
reappeared a moment later with a bun
dle resembling bed clothes. Alt entered
the machine and it was driven away.
A few minutes later Evans heard the
shots, t Other J tenants i say - that Mrs.
Richards and Dr. Bouchet entered the
house by the back door
BOY SfcESPnt TAtXINO
. i Eddie's Evans, ; 11-year-old son of M.
E. Evan's, told the police that he en
tered the kitchen on the first floor a
few minutes prior to the shooting and
found "the doctor" and Mrs. Richards
sitting there talking, r
The lad said he bad often heard Mrs.
Richard refer to the man as "the doc
tor" on previous visits. A hat and a
small paper-wrapped bundle which con
tained shaving articles and other toilet
equipment and a suit of underwear
were found on the kitchen table Just
outslda the door of i Mrs. Richards'
room: ; : '" i ' r
r Mrs. Richards' was said to have been
planning a ' camping ; trip for several
days and they were Supposed to have
started Saturday. H ,
MANT IETTEE8 FOUND ;
1 Deputy Coroner Leo Goetsch. who took
charge of Mrs. Richard's body, found
a large number- of letters addressed to
"Dear rRutU"J and signed "Norman,"
which wwe of endearing nature.
Or of these, written July 28 from
Berrian, i wash., not far from Pendle
ton, was from Dr. Bouchet thanking
uirtim'1 n?,uu
she had . sent him. :
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Other letters indicated that Dr. Bou
chet had been in Eastern Washington
to benefit his health.
FtOWERS JtST RECEIVED
Anions
letters iwas one from
d.W.&IlAu-p!aneeo.
tCWIS & CLARK FIELD
29th. tn.4 Linn'ton Rod
Phone Eroadway 33.1
Oregon
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Bridal VelL addressed to Mrs.' Richards
and saluting her as "Dear Sister.' but
It was unsigned. Other relatives are
said to live at Gold Beach and In Clack
amas county.
Pn a table In, the room near the dead
Door or airs., iticnara was lounu a
vas containing a large bunch of freshly
cut carnations. ' evidently placed ! there
only aahort tiane before. On the table
was a small envelope from a floral
shop addressed to "Mrs. Richards and on
the card -within was scrawled the een-
tenec'Remembranc of our friendship.
This card was signed "Norman."
Dr. Bouchet s MentlflcaUon card case
was found on the floor of ' the- room
after he had been taken to the hospital.
In t were card showing him to be a
member ot thei Portland Golf club. He
also had cards f pf. Herman Bouchet,
his brother, who i aald to he aaaociatea
with him In dental pracuca. ;
a ' now fish In ar license. Issued last
week to Bouchet,. was also found in the
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NEW JEWELBT FOUND ;
Some of the Jewelry found seattered
over the floort and dresser apparently
was new. especially a dlamona ring ana
a diamond sunburst. A neck chain with
a two and one half dollar gold piece at
tached. together with a large Jade ring
and some smaller articles . of Jewelry.
were found on the dresser. , v I
Mrs. Richards had lived; at the Sixth
street address about a year, according
to Mrs. Sue MInnard. a tenant who -re
sided in an. apartment Just .beneath tha
room where the shooting took placet She
was housekeeper and manager when the
place was maintained by . a Japanese,
who is said To be known as Tokohoma.
Recently the Japanese, sold oat, and Mrs.
Richards was" continued In ' her position.
Mrs. MInnard said she-had ' never seen
Dr. Bouchet In the house, and knew of
no compllcaUohs'fn Mrs, Richards' life- to
cause the' tragedy. Mrs. Richards' father
is said to have. died In Portland last fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Koontz were eating din
ner In their apartment on the second
floor of the next house when they heard
high 'pitched voices in the ; Richards'
room. . as - tney looKea ' a scream waa
heard, then came -shots . and mere
screams. They saw the flash of the re
volver and saw Mrs. Richards, who had
stood only a few feet from the window.
la.ll, the body of the man dropping " a
tew seconds later:,, ..;!-. i i ---
Mrs. 'Richards' known relatives are:
Brothers, rnest s Gillman, Woods, " Or. ;
E. C. Gillman. Bridal "Veil., Or.-: Charles
A. Gillman,, Wlllaralna, . Or. ; Mra. Macil
uu Dert. near . Bandon. J. G. Richards,
450 Rodney avenue. Is the father of
MTs. Richards' former husband. :
BOUCHET WAS ILL ;
The Bouchet brothers had been room
ing at the Bartch home for some time.
Gorman took up his residence there!
Apru s, 1819, and Herman came there to
resme on May 17.
"Dr.i Norman was seriouslv ill with
Influenza in January," said Bartsch' Sat
urday night, "and he went I from -this
place to the hospital, where he waa for
some time. : ?his spring be went away
for awhile to 'Shepherd's Springs., and
since his return he seemed to be grad
ually regaining his strength, although
he told us that his physician advised him
that he was unable to stand regular
work at his profession.
Ve understood that his brother, who
had recently been graduated as a den
tist, was to take over his office in the
Selling building on the first of Septem
ber, as Norman's physician told him he
would not. be In condition to do steady
work for at least six months.
"We talked with the young man dur
ing the forenoon and Friday night he
and his sister were In our rooms visit
ing. He appeared very cheerful and
gave no indication that there was any
trouble on his mind." ,
NOT IN RIGHT MIND f -! .
. A sister. Miss "Eugenia BrAichet,
sides In Portland Heights r and ia a
teacher in one of the city schools. She
has been a frequent visitor to her
brothers at the Bartch home. The family
originally came from Canada, but re
sided In Southern Oregon for some time
before coming to Portland. Besides the
sister, there are two other brothers
engaged In the grocery and meat mar
ket business on Salmon street, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,- who
live here.
Dr. Charles .8. Folsom, who has been
occupying Dr. Bouchet s office . In the
selling building, stated Saturday night
that Dr. Bouchet had been In the office
Saturday and appeared in good spirits.
"Bouchet was ordinarily a cool indi
vidual!" he said, "and if he has been
Look Ahead!
Get the ycting men and youths ready for school and college.
- Big savings made on each garment by buying now at our
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Sale of
Fall Suits and Overcoats
Two Big Lots to Choose
From, Including
Kuppenheimer
and Lion Special Brands
$35, $40, $45
Suits and
Overcoats
On Sale
$50, $55, $60, $65
Fall Suits and a
Overcoats on T
Sale at. ... 1 . .
Ask about your
S. & H. Green
Trading Samps
TRUNK MURDERER AND GIRL
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involved in a shooting affair - he1 lost
his head, as a result of his illness. I
had met Mrs. Richards ' and knew that
she frequently called on Dr. Bouchet."
ALIEN LAND IS GOAL
Statewide Call Issued in Califor
nia for Conference oh the
Japanese Problem.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. Call was
Issued today for a state-wide con
ference to be .held here on Septem
ber 2 to consolidate all of the or
ganizations of California Interested
in the 'passage of the alien land law
and to' carry on a national' cam
paign to achieve the final settlement
on the Japanese immigration prob
lem.. "M
The announcement was ; made as the
outcome of a conference held today at
which". U." ."8. Senator James T. Fhelan-preslded,-
to formulate a plan of" action
relative to the land law initiative cam
paign for the general election In No
vember. The call for the conference went out
in the name of ' the American .Legion,
the Native Sons and Daughters of the
Golden West, the State Federation of
Labor, the State Building ; Trades Coun
cil and various other organizations. -
Stabbed Twenty Times
New York, Aug. 7. (L ; N. S.) Sam
plage La'.Couchu. Filipino, after being at
tacked by bandits and stabbed 20 times,
walked five miles to his home in Brook
lyn and collapsed. He died later in a
Brooklyn .hospital. A Chilean sailor was
arrested charged with the: crime.
Ail sizes all
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Exclusive Kuppenheimer House in Portland
FOURTH AND MORRISON
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silk
Above Kntherine Jnekson Leroy,
i the girl whose body waa staffed
, into a trunk in Petrol t and shipped
j to , New Yor. -, Below . is Eugene
Leroy, alias O. J. Fernandez, alias
1 O. J. Wood, who is being sought
; as the murderer of Mrs. Leroy as
j well as of Cecil E. Landon, Port
-! land soldier who was murdered in
j, j the McAJpia,. hotel, New " York, ,a
fiyear $go&, ',..4. w K-'
Miss Ruth Woods
Weds Roy Shayne
Chicago, Aug. 7. Miss Ruth Woods
and Roy Shayne were married at Wau
kegan, ,Wls., tonight. The girl had
gained much publicity in connection with
the death of Samuel T. A. Lof tls, mil
lionaire and . diamond merchant. Mr.
Shayne was also an important witness
at the inquest. Miss Woods' was the last
girl Loftis entertained at his Oriental
apartments, where he had lured more
than 50 women in six mentis.
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See Them! In Onr Window!
colors -all models are
ahead and tat;
RATS EXPENSIVE
AND DANGEROUS:
IN DEPREDATIONS
Rodents Destroy Vast Amount of
: Property , and Are Carriers of
the Dreaded Bubonic Plague.
- As carriers Of the dread Tbubonia
plague rats are a menace, but that
is only one form of their costly and
dangerous depredations,, says a i bul
letin from Washington headquarters
of the National Geographic society:
'flats are practically omnivorous "and
their depredations cover a wide range,"
writes Edward W. Nelson in a com
munication to the society. '""They! feed
indifferently upon all kinds -of vege
table and animal matter. '
. "TTbey dls up newly planted grain,
destroy it while growing and also when
in 'the shock, stack, rib, granary.! mill,
elevator, warehouse, wharf and ship's
hold, as well as in the bin and feed
trough. They -- eats fruits, vegetables
and meats in the market, destroying at
me same time by pollution far ' more
than -is consumed.. .? ...-:: : ..: 1. --.
TThey destroy 'enormous numbers of
eggs and poultry, as well as the eggs
and young of j song and game birds.: In
aouiuon, mey invade stores and ware.
houses and destroy groceries of
description as well as furs, laces,
carpets . and leather goods. '
CAUSE SISASTBOUS : FIBES "
every
silks.
' They cause many disastrous fires by
gnawing matches, by gnawing through
lead , pipe near gas meters or by cut
Ung" the insulation from electric : wires
in order to - secure material for nests,
and by. gathering oil-apaked rags and
other. Inflammable material ' in i their
nests ; flood houses by gnawing-through
lead water pipes, ruin artificial ponds
and embankments by burrowing, and
damage foundations, floors, doors and
furnishings of dwellings.
"As 'disease-carriers they also' cause
enormous commercial losses, especially
through J the introduction of bubonic
plague and the resulting suspension of
commerce. .With the introduction, of
plague they I become directly respon
sible - ior business ' disaster as well as
for an appallirpr mortality."
j "Much . the greater part of
from these pests is in foodstuffs.
losses
which.
as already indicated, are destroyed at
every stage from the time the seed is
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STAMPS
Woodlark Baildlag
Alder at West Jfark
h,m" r-'ii-fin n r 1 f J- j U r 'I V "' J
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HOW TO TRAVEL
WELL
"3Likly?,i
$85.00 English Kit
boarded cowhide;
Special
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$75.00 English Kit
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planted until , they are ready for human
consumption. j
UOSSKS FOOT TO StN,NMM
I "Investigations Some years ago In
dicated thatv the direct annual losses
sustained in the United States were
about $200,000,000. with a great addi
tional rum in indirect losses, includ
ing the effect 6h the public: health and
commerce from the diseases carried by
rats and the necessary expenditures in
combating - them. Assuming, roughly
peaking, that, as estimated, the rat
population in the United States is 50.
000.000 for the cities and 150.000.000 for
the rural districts, it will i require the
destruction of property -by each rat
of only a little more than Si of a eent
a day to make the aggregate great sum
estimated as destroyed by j these pests
yearly In this country. i
i "A more definite idea of the losses
from rats may be gained by consider
ing what it means in human effort.
t "Taking the average yearly returns
on a man's labor in agriculture, as
shown . by the census of 1919, it re
quires the continuous work of about
150,000 men, with f arms, 1 agricultural
implements and -other equipment, to
supply the foodstuffs destroyed annu
ally by rats in the United States. : In
addition, rats destroy other property,
mainly of agricultural origin, the pro
duction of which requires the work of
about 60.000 men. " . i
, "This ; gives a total of. 200.0Q0 men.
with their equipment, in this country,
whose economic output, is devoted sole
ly to feeding and otherwise providing
for : rats. - if : a small fraction or this
army and the money involved could be
concentrated in a continuous national
campaign .against these pests, a vast
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Wealth in Jewels
Avails Little When
Stranded in Belgrade
Belgrade. Serbia, Aug. 7. ! N. S.)
Baron Paul Orloff and his: mother, the
Baroness Orloff. are In Belgrade, desti
tute, even though they possess a Jewel
worth $600,000. It's the old story of the
starving man with a-$10,000' bill that no
body wanted to change. The Orloffs
have among other jewels the famous Or
loff emerald. On the present Jewel mar
ket it is worth conservatively $500,000.
It is bigger than a fat English walnut
and yet nobody in Belgrade has even
considered buying it in Serb dinars. It
Would take more than 150,000,000 of them
io equal the $500,000 in American money.
I Meanwhile the baroness is doing house
work to make enough money .to support
herself. Her "on, a youngster wearing
his uniform of a Russian officer, was
hired at a nominal salary 6s an" inter
preter. : 'i j '
i Orloff is now In. Pirot hefclng delouse
&!s, fellow countrymen an they arrive in
this town near the Serb frontier.
WOODARD, CLARKE
S.
Wardrobe
Trunks
Special
$72.00 Wardrobe
Trunk $65.00
$55.00 Wardrobe
Jrunk $49.00
-"Traveling Bags
Bag;' heavy soft hand-
jblack and tan; j20-inch.
76.00
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Bag; black, 20-inc
1. Spe-
. $63.75
J-d Bags;
$48:00 Oxfo
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$40.00 Oxfo: d Bags; black, 18-inch. Spe
. cial . . $30.00
$30.00 Oxfprd Bags; black and tari, 18
inches; Special. . . . . ... . . . . .$21.50
$10.00 Rochester Vacation Bag; genuine
' cowhide, alfus grained, black, 18-inch,
fabric lined . . . .$7.50
CHICAGO FAMILIES
FIND SOLUTION OF
LANDLORD PROBLEM
Homes Are Purchased on City's
Outskirts on Small Deposit and
: Monthly Rental of $35.
Chicago, Aug. - 7. One hundred
anl seventy-five Chicago families
have Just completed an arrangement
w.hereby they can look with con-"
tempt on all landlords.
Through the Chicago Housing asso
ciation, a non-profit making organl-
Won formed by philanthropic citizens,
they have purchased $75(70 homes on
the city's outskirts, "sold to them at
$4500. and which they are paying; for by
a small deposit and a monthly rental of
$35. . :
The houses were designed by some
of the best architects in the city and
are substantial two-story dwellings of
brick, concrete and tila. : '
The community is called "Garden
Homes," and is located at Eighty
seventh street. K&ch house has a farpe
lot and plenty of garden upace, the
streets are paved and community flower
gardens are to be planted. '. j
The project was brought to success
by a number of business men, consider
ing plans for homes for employes. They
bought a large tract of land, sold enough
lots- to cover the original cost and built
the houses, actually worth $7500, for
$4500. figuring the lot-
Then, in selecting buyers for the
homes, the owners required that each
be an American citizen, and men with
large families were given the call over
those with none.
This enterprise is to be the first of
a series of such colonies, the associa
tion announced. The first 175 houses
were sold before they were constructed.
3 British Warships
Off to Turk Capital
Malta. Aug. 7. (IT. P.) Three British
warships started fof Constantinople to
day. It was reported they had been
ordered there to participate in a block
ade of. Russian ports In the Black sea.
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LUGGAGE NEEDS
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