CITY EDITION
Women's Features I
Dally The Journal chronicles the various
activities of the women folk. Ia The Sun
day Journal there is a most complete re
view of these and a forecast of events to
come. , Tersely 'told, you get it ell and get i
it at a glance. '
CITY EDITION
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FIRST DEGREE
MURDER LI
TO SOLDIER
Walter Husted May Be Hanged
for, Killing Jailer Palmer; John
Tillman, His Pal, Is Held as
Highwayman; Confesses Holdup
Deputy District Attorney Deich;
said this afternoon it would not bef
' possible to hold the charge of f irsd
degree murder against John Till
man, who was with Walter Husted
when the latter shot and killed Pa
trolman Jerome Palmer. Wednesday
night. The charge of first degree
t murder will be pressed against Hus
- ted, Delch , said, and that against'
Tillman changed to highway rob
bery, the extreme penalty for which
is life imprisonment.
According to statements male by Pa
trolman Thorpe and other police officers
who were in the vicinity of Sixth and
Glisan streets when the shooting oc-
i curred. Tillman- made -no effort to es
cape when ordered to halt by Palmer.
Tillman was unarmed when placed un
der arrest. . j :
TIL1.MA3V GIVES DETAILS
When questioned by the district at
torney, Tillman said he left Camp Lewis
with' Husted Friday afternoon and went
to Olympia. From there they went to
Centralla, Wash., where they remained
two days, arriving here at 3 p. m.
Wednesday. j
When they reached Portland both men
vere armed with army automatics.
. Htisted's gun was Fold at the Pacific
Loan agency. Third and Ash streets,
according to Tillman's statement. , and
the remaining l weapon was -afterward
curried by' Husted.
In describing the three holdups which
preceded tb& murder'oT Palmer, Tillman
said that Husted covered the victims with
his pistol while he went through their
pockets. In the case of Byron Riffe, the
last man robbed. Husted held the gun In
one hand and searched the victim's out
side pockets wjth the other. He then
ordered Tillman to go through the in
side coat pockets.
RIFFE'S WALLET HF.Tl'RXEU .
Tillman' says he found a wallet in Eif-.-
fe's pocket, which he removed and after
ward placed in ; Riffe's overcoat pocket.
Following the robbery, Riffe made a
threatening remark to Husted. and was
struck on the temple with the pistol, the
,,arce . otUsWot diacharging the j
weapon. , j f
Investigations made by the police vert-'
fled Tillman's statement regarding the
sale ofhe automatic at the Pacific Loan
Agency -and. the return of the wallet to
Riffe. , '
Tillman is 17 years old. His mother
and other relatives live at Sandpoint.
Idaho. Husted : is 24 and says that his
people , live at - Denison. Texas. Dis
trict Attorney Deich said that he had
received - a report from Seattle that
Walter Husted and a soldier named
Henry had pulled off two highway rob
beries at Seattle, and that Henry is
now under arrest at Camp Lewis. '
Palmer was shot by Husted at Sixth
and Glisan streets at 10 :30, when the
patrolman and his partner. Patrolman
(Concluded on Pase SeT-ntwn, Column One)
RAW DEAL ALLEGED
By Floyd MacGriff y
New YorkJ Nov. 18. (I. N. S.)
Thirteen hundred government built
'ships are today worth less- than one,
half of what the United States gov
ernment spent to build them.
It cost the government $3,800,000,000 to
produce these vessels, and their value is
today $1,800,000,000, "or less." ;
This revelation was made today by
Martin J. Gillen, former shipping board
official,-when he resumed his testimony
before the congressional investigating
committee here today.
Gillen, who yesterday gave much tes
timony concerning waste, corruption and
Inefficiency, today ' gave fresh sensa
. tional details. : He told of the "cost
plus" system iof shipbuilding contracts,
involving immense "padding" of costs
and revealed j glaring flaws in i the oil
tanker program. - .
"Until liquidation of the shipping
- board's , war effort is completed, a new
balance sheet: struck and new principles
established, the government-built mer
chant marine! wtll' be hopelessly handi
capped," said; the witness. - :
Builders of wooden ships got a "raw
deal" from the governmen Gillen as
serted on the stand. . '
"The government," he said, "induced
contractors' to puU their money into
plants for building wooden chips and
then called off the' program wichout pro
viding for amortization of these special
' plants, which were useless after such
work w as stoprlbd.
r "The wooden shipbuilders were left
high and dry with their less." ;
The witness had high praise for Ad
miral Benson, whom he called "one of
the cleanest,' strongest, most courageous
men I have ever met.",
Paymaster Wounded
And Robbed of $8000
' Patchogue. L. 1., Nov. 18. (I. N. &)
Fifteen minutes after, the Citizens'
Trust company opened for business here
today, two armed bandits shot William
v Brophy. an assistant paymaster of the
Patchogue-Plymouth Sales corporation,
robbed him of $8000 and escaped. Brophy
was Just emerging with the money from
the bank when attacked. Brophy was
seriously wounded.
FO WOODEN SHIPS
HOLDUP MEN AND VICTIM
S OLDIERS absent without leave from Camp Lewis who fig
ured in Wednesday night's shooting of Patrolman Jerome
Palmer. Above, Husted A. Walters, accused of doing the
killing, photographed as he lay on cot in emergency hospital
this morning. Below, at left Patrolman Palmer (photo by An
gehw studio) ; at right, John R. Tillman, second robber, who
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PASSENGER LINER
Sailing pt a 12,000-ton passenger
liner from Portland to Oriental
ports early next spring. is being ar
ranged by officers of the Pacific
Steamship'company, according t6 ad
vice received this mornjng by H. L.
Hudson, traffic manager of the port
of Portland.
Arrangements have been made by the
company to place the Wenatchee, one of
the -new shipping board .535's, construct
ed on the Atlahtic coast, in service be
tween a Pacific coast port and the
Orient and the plan of the company is
to give Portland a trial in maintaining
passenger sailings..
TO SAIL MARCH 1 ",
The vessel is one of. the largest pas
senger liners : constructed Jay the ship
ping board and will have accommoda
tions for 250 first-class passengers.' The
sailing is scheduled for March 1.
This will be the first passenger steam
ship sailing from Portland to the Orient
in the history of shipping through this
port. It will mark a new epoch In the
j rapidly developing commerce of the port.
it is probable that the steamer will also
take aboard passengers at Puget Sound
ports.
Announcement of the proposed sailing
was received this morning by J. Fred
Larson, president of the Foreign Com
merce club. "
PASSENGE.KS SOUGHT
Larson plans, in cooperation with the
State Chamber of Commerce, to arrange
for Portlanders to make a tour of the
Orient on this vessel.
"To my mind the sailing of this vessel
is one of the most important develop
ments in. shipping in Portland's history."
said Larson. "Portland has been ad
vertising heavily in the Orient and
should follow up this advertising by a
personal visit. I already know of sev
eral men who will take advantage of
this opportunity. ,
It Is probable that the vessel will make
Manila and a few other Oriental ports.
ahs at 7Yokohama, Kobt... Shanghai.
Express Rate on
Newspapers Raised
Half Cent a Pound
Washington, Nov. 18. (U. P.) The
interstate commerce commission today
approved - an express rate Increase of
one half cent per pound on short haul
shipments of daily newspapers.
The former rate was one half cent a
pound n ; daily newspapers.. The . new
rate is 1 cent per pound, where the first
class rate does not exceed $4.50 per 100
pounds. I " " -v
This Increased rate does not apply
where wagon delivery and special news
paper trains are used. . - ..
Approval also was given for aa in
crease from 1 cent to 14 cents' in tha
short haul minimum rate on newsDarjers
I other than dailies.
ON ORIENTAL UN
HARD NG
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: By David Xavnronce
(Copyrisht, 1820. bf The Journal)
Washington, Nov. 18. President
elect Harding may be far away from
the politicians and the factions in
side the Republican, party geograph
ically speaking, but there are some
things going on . nevertheless dur
ing his absence which indicate clear
ly" the 'determination of Warren
Harding to keep the party harmoni
ous and to keep himself free from
entanglement in the matter : of cam
paign funds.
In the first place it became known
here today that Elihu Root had been in
vited to come to Marion on December 10
to discuss questions; of foreign policy
and particularly the League of Nations.
The president-elect has also asked
other distinguished Republicans to con
fer with him at Marion,, but the signif
icance of the Root visit is that it re
veals Mr. Harding as anxious to obtain
the advice and counsel of the former
secretary of state.
URGES SMALL COXTRIBUTIOXS
In the second place Senator Harding
has let it be known through his friends
that he does not want the Republican
campaign committee .to accept contribu
tions of extraordinary size in making up
the deficit of $1,600,000 incurred during
the last campaign.
He wants to be absolutely free from
obligations implicit ; or explicit. And
thereby hangs a tale.
It is. no secret that there has been a
serious difference of opinion inside the
Republican party concerning' the man
agement of the last campaign i and par
ticularly with regard to its financing.
Will Hays. Republican national chair-
.-co,, v cmj a urne preserv
ing harmony inside the ranks as the out
side world may have supposed; He has
been the object of considerable criticism
by the original Harding men. who seem
to bear a grudge against him for his
(Concluded on PC Two. Column Thre)
Two Women, Man
Hurt When Street
Car and Auto Meet
of the advertising department - of the
O-Wj R. A N. company: suffered a
fracture of the left wrist and: numerous
bruises on her arms at 11 o'clock this
morning when the automobile in which
she was riding collided with a streetcar
at Fifteenth and Weidler streets.
Chester Vester , Hopkins, the driver,
who lives at 87 West Church street, was
cut above theeye and about the face.
Mrs. V. tl. Smith, another passenger,
655 Weidler street, was cut over the
right-eye. The three were taken to St.
Vincents hospital. The police are in
vestigating the cause of the accident.
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MAIN
ALL LEAGUE
MADE PUBLIC
Lord Robert Cecil Wins in His
Fight for Wilson's Point Re
garding Publicity; Latins Are
Recognized in 4 Appointments.
By A.-E. Johnson
(United News Staff Corrwrpoodnt)
Geneva, Nov. 18. The principle
of "open covenants openly arrived
at" vanquished the secrecy of old
style European diplomacy in a last
minute struggle just before thf as
sembly of the League of Nations
began the session that named presi
dents and vic presidents of the six
commissions. v
THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED
The following statesmen were elected
vice presidents :
Dr. Benes, foreign minister in the gov
ernment of Czecho-Slovakia ; Viscount
Ishii of Japan, Dr. Pueyrredon, foreign
minister of Argentina ; Dr. Karnebeck of
Holland and Sir J. E.- Foster of Canada.
All were elected on the first ballot.
The Japanese statesman received the
largest number of yotes.
Dr. Octavia of Brazil was elected a
vice president on the second ballot.
In three appointments, by tlie way,
was seen evidence of a very strong Latin
bloc in the League of Nations, for nine
of 12 vice presidents are Latins, thre
being from South America and one from
Cuba, r ; j
It was Lord Robert Cecil, represent--ing
South Africa, who finally caused
President Wilson's famous "point" t
be adopted by the assembly. Lord Rob
ert had put up what seemed to be a los
ing' resistance in Tuesday's conference.
But bis renewed opposition to secrecy
finally prevailed and Rene Viviani, for
mer premier of France.,' withdrew his
resolution which would have kept dark
the proceedings in the committees and
prevented 4he. - keeping of a formal
record. : ' t
"NO TIXGEOF SECRECY"
, Viviani "is now willing to permit min
utes of the meetings . to be taken and
their full publication immediately after
each session. I was privileged to listen
to Lorn Robert's argument as be ham
mered home to Vivian! the necessity tor
open pealing. . Tha litest evidence as- to
how convincingly he spoke la the fact
that he ; convinced the Frenchman that
the slightest tinge of secrecy would be
most undesirable.
The committee on world disarmament
began its sessions behind closed doors
this afternoon. A separate secret session
was held by the committee on mandates.
The old lines are again being drawn
as between, those who advocate im
mediate admission of Germany to the
Leagve of Nations and those who would
exclude the defeated nations. As in the
sharp struggle on the matter of "open
diplomacy." which marked -Tuesday's
session of the league assembly. Lord
Robert Cecil, now representing South
(Concluded on Page Two. Column File)
FIND MYSTERY IN
MINISTER'S DEATH
The Dalles, Nov. 18. Although
Franklin 'B. Humiston' a retired
Methodist minister fodtod dead in si
local lodging house Monday, died of
natural causes,-according to a coro
ner's jurj", the, police were requested
to investigate the robbery of the
body.
The body was found practically nude.
The clothes and other possessions of
Humiston had been taken from the
room when the body was discovered.
Humiston was" said to have had a con
siderable sum of- money when last seen
alive. Friends say that over J100 is
missing.
Humiston had been in ill health. No
evidence of foul play was presented to
the coroner's Jury. He was never an
ordained minister, but had charge of
small churches fh a preaching capacity.
In later years h. had been doing out
doors work' for his health.
Local Fopd Prices
Show 5 Per Cent
Decline in Month
Washington, Nov.--.18. (U. P.) Retail
food prices decreased three per - cent
between September 15 and October 15,
the department of labor announced to
day. Wholesale food prices during Cfctober
dropped 8Vi per cent and the prices re
ceived by farmers dropped by a stilt
greater percentage, according, to figures
given out by the labor and agricultural
departments. This showed that the full
effect of price drops Is slew in reaching
the consumer. Prices declined for 30
out of 43 food articles ; listed. Sugar
decreased 24 per cent, potatoes 15 per
cent, onions 11 per cent, rice 9 per cent,
steak and meats 4 per cent, and miscel
laneous from 3 to 1 per cent
Price increases .were: Eggs 14 er
cent, lard 5 percent. bacon, butter and
other articles less than, one-half of 1
'per cent.
The greatest decrease in living costs
was shown at Omaha and St. Paul, which
recorded drops of $ per cent Decrease
of 6 per cent was shown at Portland,
Or.. Seattle, Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
Decreases of 4 per cent were shown at
Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit,
Indianapolis, Memphis, Pittsburg, Port
land. Me., St. Louis. San Francisco and
BDrtntfieldlll. .
Philomath
Must
Pay
Old Note of
Benefactor; Many
Involved
Philomath, Or., Nov. 18. By a
decision of the supreme, court handed
down, Monday a suit that has been;
pending for 10. years and affecting
title to several tracts of land near
this city and also the endowment
funds of Philomath college is ended.
The decision reverses the' decision
made several years ago by Judge
Skipworth -of the circuit court andj
affirms a judgment obtained by J.
W. - Ingle of Corvallis against the
estate of Samuel McClaln, a pioneer
of this community and a lifelong
friend of Philomath college. ,
McClain in 1899 and 1900 deeded two
tracts of land to. Philomath college but;
owing to his wishes the deeds were not
recorded, until 1906. In 1907 McClain
deeded all his remaining land toethe col
lege, consisting of 40 acres near this
city and 40 acres in Lincoln county that
has practically .no value. He died in
1910. - i
J. W. Ingle based his claim against
the land on a note purported to have
been given by McClain in 1904 to secure
a loan of $2500 made by Ingle to James
McClain, nephew of Samuel McClain
This was contested in the courts because
of the fact that McClain had never said
anything about such a note and because
of the proverbial honesty of James Mc
Clain, but the court held that the claim
was vand as against the estate and gave
judgment
ADMINISTRATOR SUED .
In 1914 the administrator of the Mc
Clain estate sued to set-aside the deeds
of McClain to the college, on the ground
that these deeds constituted a fraud
against the creditors. The college con
tested the suit on the grounds that the
first two. deeds were made and delivered
before the note was signed ; that the
third deed was for good and valuable
consideration and was made in good
faith owing, to having no knowledge of
the existence of any note ; that Ingle
slept on his rights in that he did not atr
tempt to collect the note during the life
time of Mr. McClain and not until after
the will had been admitted for probate
and more than three years after the
deed had been recorded. The lower
court gave the decision to the college
but the new decision reverses ' that and
holds that the estate of McClain is liable
for the debt and that in case the judg
ment is satisfied in six months the title
will be confirmed in Philomath college
as per the terms of the McClain will. ,.
FIXE HQME8 INVOLVED M V
?;,33ii is i of- 'Importance to the WhA
community because the land has been
divided up and sold and many beautiful
homes erected' on It. It Is also of in
terest because of the legal points inv
.volved such as the delivery and record
ing of the deeds, the liability of a land
holder to subsequent creditors of the
grantor and the question of laches.
President. L. L. Eplex of the college
said: "Yeu may rest assured the Philo
math college wiH protect all purchasers
of the land involved against loss arid
that while the decision is a great dis
appointment to us owing to the fact that
we have acted in good faith throughout
and the manifest purpose of Mr. McClain
in endowing Philomath college Is in ia
large measure defeated, yet we shall
carry out the -findings of the court in
the matter and no innocent purchaser
need fear any loss as a resp.lt"
ES
PLACE. IS RUMOR
Salem, Or., Nov. 18. It was re
ported here this afternoon that Eric
IJauser. named by Governor Olcovt
to succeed . S.: Benson on the state
highway commission, had declined
to accept, the" apointment. Hauser
is in St. Paul, Minn.
. At the governor's office Secretary Up
john refused either to affirm or deny
the rumor. He said Governor Olcott
had left for Portland and would have
an announcement to make later- in the
day. ' "
Hauser's appointment was given out
Wednesday afternoon by Governor Ol
cott with the announcement that he had
hot yet heard from him.
Governor Olcott said :
"Hauser is a man of big and broad
ideas, ideally equipped to be one of
the men to shape the destines of our Im
mense highway ' program. . For many
years he was a railroad contractor and
has had vast experience in handling of
large and important work along con
structive lines. He has a genius for or
ganization and his experiences and
abilities will fit him splendidly in con
nection wiiti our , road development
work."
Another Sharp Drop
Feature of Market
Titles
1
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New York, Nov. 18. (U. P.) Another
sharp decline struck the stock market
at the 'closing today. Shipping shares
collapsed during the last hour. Gains
in other . pjyts of . the list were obliter
ated.: Marine preferred dropped 11
to 44. Steel common was hammered to
a new low atr 80. Other steels held
above the naofhlng's low. American In
ternational declined 11 to 38.
George Washington's
Des ce n dant to Wed
New York: Nov. 18. Mary Washing
ton Bond Morosini, great-great-grand-niece
of George- Washington, is to be
married January 19' jo Captain William
Lafayette Crabbe of the United States
marine corps, it was announced here
today. Captain Crabbe is the grandson
of former Admiral Crabbe of the United
States navy.
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LAKE YIELDS
TRAIN LOOT
Youths Confess Part They Played
in $3,500,000 Robbery of Mail
Car at Council Bluffs; Crime
Was Planned at San Francisco.
Omaha,. Not. 18. -Recovery of
approximately $2,000,000 of the loot
in a lake and confession by three
youths that they participated In the
crime were the two outstanding de
velopments today in the investiga
tion of the $3,500,000 robbery com
mitted on a BUrlington mail train
at Council Bluffs last Saturday.
Fred Poffenbarger, 18 .years old, one
of the four accused boys under arrest
told the police he was promised $10 by
the bandits for breaking the seal of the
mail car- and throwing the sacks con
taining the valuable bonds to the ground.
He said in his confession he carried out
his part of the agreement, but that the
bandits failed to pay him the paltry $10.
Following the discovery of a part of
the loot in the lake near Council Bluffs,
the police started a systematic drag in
the water' in the hope that the youths
had thrown all the bags taken from the
car into the lake...'
SAYS BROTHEB IJf50CE!?T
One of the' confessions -was- made by
Orville Phillips,'-IT years old, who gave
himself up Wednesday night. He de
clared his brother. Merle Phillips, 20
years old,- previously arrested, did not
figure in the robbery, but confessed to
shield him.- 'The other prisoner is a
young man named Roberts, 21 years
old.
Poffenbarger1 has" given the police a
detailed account,, of how he looted the
car. ,
"I used my gun to break the glaxs of
the door close to the lock." he said.
"Then I stuck myy hand In and turned
the locks open. , Two men worked pn
the train and two others followed the
train in an auto and picked up the mail
sacks which were dropped off."
The youth," who says he came from
Cincinnati, is younger than Merle Phil
lips, who is said to have told authorities
(Concluded oa Pige Three, Column Two)
PROMPT AGTJON
Washington, Nov,, 18 (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Admiral W. H. Benson,
chairman of the shipping board,
states that the question- of further
suspension of section 28 of the ship
ping act will be one Of the first mat
ters to be brought before the new
board when organized.
The board never desired to use this
power as a club, he says, and there is
every indication that future steps will
be cautiously taken with, a view to pre
venting any disturbance which might re
sult from an application of this provision
at ports where American ships are
clearly inadequate. There is the possi
bility that the law wfll be ordered en
forced .at certain ports where no such
situation exists.
PACIFIC COAST WILL, NOT
DROP FIGHT AGAINST SECTION
There is every present indication that
Pacific coast pressure will continue to be
exerted for" indefinite suspension of sec
tion 28 of the shipping act.
If its force is to be applied as an in
tended indirect subsidy of the American
merchant marine, it is said that demand
will be made for a change in the law that
will permit enforcement of its provisions
on the Atlantic gulf coast as well as the
Pacific coast. Under section 28 it is pro
vided that a preferential rate may be
granted export goods handled from
transcontinental points in American bot
toms. The fact of the matter is. It is
pointed out that such rates would apply
only to shipping on the Pacific coast
where the Japanese carriers are dom
inant. The Japanese readily, it is said,
will clear their ships for ports not af
fected by the preferential andhe Pa
cific coast ports will be deprived of im
portant business. A subsidy should be
general in its application, declare oppo
nents of section 28.
"We are having trouble in our cam
paign to increase the commerce of this
port because of. the Impending enforce
ment of section 28." said H. L. Hudson,
traffic manager of the Port of Portland.
"It should not be forgotten that the Jap
anese Interests, which control the ships,
also control the freight." '..
The announcement that the new ship
ping board will be asked to take up the
enforcement of section 28 as one of the
first items of business is important, due
to the fact that it will become an initial
subject presented for the consideration
of Joseph N. Teal, recently appointed by
the president to one of the two commis
sionershlps allotted the Pacific coast on
the shipping board, which is composed of
seven members.
Mr. Teal expects to leave Saturday
afternoon for Washington, D. C, to as
sume his new duties. He will go by way
of San Francisco and Los Angeles. .
Daniels Dismisses
Second Middy Hazer
Washington. Nov. ' 18I-KU. P.)-With
i the dismissal of a -second - midshipman
from . the Annapolis naval academy.
Secretary Daniels today declared his
intention of continuing the war against
hazing until the practice is thoroughly
stamped out.
BENSON
PROMISES
Minister
Hnrfe
Threat; Guilty
Ease Minds by
Coin Offerings
Washington. Nov. J8. Wives in
Washington are watching their hus
bands as never before and the hus
bands are watching themselves more
c'osely as the result of a revival
here. Rev. B. F. McLendon, the
evangelist, has 85 ten dollar bills in
stead of 10 dimes in addition to the
"moral victory." ;
At the closing meeting of the re
vival series McLendon leaned over the
pulpit and said he had an Important an
nouncement to make.
"It has come to my knowledge that
there is a certain man in Washington
who has- not been true to his family or
his religion and who has not been lead
ing an upright life," McLendon said.
"Thiman Is in the congregation to
nlghtW If he will deposit a $10 bill in
the collection plate it will be taken as
a token of his repentance and nothing
further will be said. If he fails to do
this I warn him that I will announce his
name."
When an inventory of the collection
was taken it showed,' it is said. 85 $10
bills and five Aotes asking the minister
to "keep quiet, for God's sake," and
promising to pay the $10 in thenornlng.
PRICES FOR STOCK
Sensational prices expected at the
sale of .prize stock !at the Pacific in
ternational Livestock Exposition did
not come up to expectations in the
auction this morning. The tendency
on the part of the purchasers seemed
to be not to pay more foP prize ani
mals than for ordinary stock .from
the stock j-ards. This is probably
due, the stockmen believe, to lower
ing in prices in general, the dealers
not wanting to stock up with high
priced animals.
U. C. Jock, an Aberdeen-Angus, win
ner of the grand championship for fat
steers over all breeds, sold for 50 cents
a pound. The animal was owned by the
University of California and was pur
chased by the Sterrett Packing company
of Portland. m
STEERS AT It ETS
A carload of Hereford steers, winners
of the second prise, was sold to the
United Feed company for 12 cents a
pound. The grand champion carload of
feeder stock went to the Sterrett Pack
ing company for 9 V&' cents a pound.
The grand champion pen of barrows
brought the price of 21 cents from the
(Continued on Pag Two, Colqmn One!
Banker's Appeal
u In Million-Dollar ',
Robbery Case .Set
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 18. (L N. S.)
The state supreme court today will hear
the appeal' of C. Hunter P.aine, ormer
Memphis bank president, convicted of
larceny, embezzlement and breach of
trust and sentenced to a term of from
one to five years in the penitentiary.
Raine is accused of having stolen i $1,
000,000 in cash. It 'was charged that he
had used the Mercantile bank's money
to gamble in cotton futures and had
lost. He has already served nearly five
years in the federal prison at Atlanta.
Upon his release, new proceedings
against him were started in the state
courts resulting In another conviction.
Raine is over .60 years-of age. At
one time he was considered one of - the
most wealthy men in Memphis. V
ARE DISAPPOINTING
$ 1 5,000 Swindle Explained
r.
.
.
Dead Man's Body Purchased
Mystery of a dead man and an insur
ance swindle involving $15,000. which
created interest all along the Pacific
coast in 1913, Is said to have been clari
fied in a confession of J. C. "Harry"
La France, held at the police statson on
a charge of forgery, to Police Inspector
Swennes Wednesday.
La France told Inspector Swennes that
the body of a dead man that he used
in putting across: his daring swindle
on insurance companies was purchased
frm a small undertaking establishment
for $300. He said that he also paid
two undertakers $1000 each for assist
ing him in taking the body to a lonely
spot on he bank of the Clackamas river
above Estacada.
CHANGED HIS CLOTHES
In 1918 the mysterious disappearance
of La France while pn a fishing trip
near Estacada attracted widespread at
tention. Several moijths later Mrs. La
France applied for Mis personal Insur
ance, which she subsequently received,
amounting to $15,000.
About a year later the appearance of
La Franc In Portland was discovered
by the police. He was arrested and
convicted for his - unusual swindle and
served a term in, the state penitentiary,
but the mystery as to who the dead
man was remained unsolved.
La France told Detective Swennes that
he didn't know who the dead man waa.
He dressed the body In his own clothes,
leaving various , Hems in the - clothing
that would indicate it to be that of La
France.
PRETED OX HIM
La France was arrested Tuesday by
Inspectors Ackerman, Schulpius snd
Mwennes for forgeries which La France
is said to, have admitted. He is said
HARDING NOT
TO PAY VISIT
TO VERA CRUZ
Vessel's Inability to Make Call
Relieves President-Elect, of
Embarrassing Situation; New
; Orleans Host to Harding Party.
By David M. Church
New Orleans, La. Nov, 18. (I. N.
S.) President-elect Harding will
not stop at Vera Cruz, it was of
ficially announced today. The steam
ship company was- unable to make
arrangements to stop the boat at
that port and thus relleved. the sen
ator of the burden bf making a deli
cate decision. Senator Hartling
made no statement regarding the
stop. . ' - '
"Neither our own nor the
world's salvation Is to be worked
out throusjh any patent nostrum,"
President-elect Warren G. Harding
declared in a speech before, tho
Chamber of Commerce here this
afternoon in wlflch: he discussed tha
industrial and economic situation, '
v "One hundred per cent' production,
minimised waste," and "rational read
justment" offer the jremedy for the in
dustrial and economic Ills of the United
States, the president-elect said,
IDEAL BELATIOKSHIPi DESIRED
; After declaring there has been a
"wild contemplation of earnings, wheth
er in wages or dividends," Senator
Harding made an appeal for the "ideal
relationship where men may labor with
a soul in their tasks." and for a realiza
tion of "the dignity of productive labor."
"Concord among Americans, South,
Central and North." j was urged by the
president-elect on the eve of his sailing
for Panama.
"Somehow I feel j that the Western
hemisphere is our special field of In
fluence and trade," Senator Harding
said. "Our trade routes by the sea to
the South ought to be as dependable as
our rail routes at home. Bind our
friendship with ; the i ties of trade and
we shaft- make it indissoluble.
ASSURANCE N PEOPLE
"Our grea.t assurance at horns Hes . lO...
a virile, intelligent, resolute people." th
president-elect said. "In a land un
ravaged by war, at enmity with no peo
ple, envying none,-; coveting nothing.,
seeking -no territory, striving for "no
glories which do not-become a righteous
nation. : ,1 I
"This republic cannot, will not, fall.
If each of us but does his part If w
but work, and use thriftily and seek the
(Concluded on Page Two; Column Seran)
Mexicafijjovernment
Invites voy. Olcott
To Attend Ceremonies
-?alen. Or., Nov. 18. Governor' Olcott
is today in receipt of an invitation from
the Mexican secretary of foreign rela
tions to be the guest of the Republic of
Mexico at the inauguration of General
Atvaro Obregon aa president in the city
of Mexico on November JO. The gov
ernor Is also urged to take his family
with him on the trip. I ' -
Special trains will be -provided to
carry the guests to the Mexican capital,
these trains leaVing from - Laredo on
November 27 and from Kl Paso No
vember 38. All expenses Incident to the
trip will be borne by the Mexican gov
ernment, the invitation! States, adding
that every effort will be made for the.
comfort of the republic's guests on. this
occasion.
to have also admitted : the theft of a
trunk and suitcase from the baggage
room of the Southern Pacific company
Monday.
lie told Inspector Swennes that the
thought of his swindle and the part that
the unknown dead man played in it has
preyed upon his mind so much during
the past seven years that it has almost'
driven him to desperation. He talked
freely of the affair. Inspector Swennes
will make a further Investigation of the,
case in an effort to determine the truth
or falsity of the charges made by La
France. -i. -
For several months following the dis
covery f the body supposed to be La
France. he stayed at a private home in
Aurora, La France told Hwennes. .- ,
WIFE VISITS JAIL
Frequently during his Stay at Aurora
the two men who aided him In taking
the body of the dead man to the woods
called on him for the $1000 each that
he had promised them,' La Franca said.
He had paid the undertaker $500
within a month after his wife had col
lected the first Insurance, which amount
ed to $5000, He alleges tht he paid ths
two men several months later, on their
last visit to Aurora. : This was after
his wife had collected the other $10,000
from insurance , companies,
Thomas O. Ryan, former deputy dis
trict attorney, whose prosecution result
ed in La France's conviction on the swln-'
die affair, j was Wednesday retained by
La France for his defending council
against tha forgery charges he now",
faces. ;.-',
Mrs.; La Franc visited her husband
In the city Jail Wednesday. , She aid
that sha knew nothing about his for
geries or the charges of theft of ths
baggage from the Southern Pacific com-;
pany. .. r . . ' . , -