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rain ; strong southwesterly winds, i
Minimum temperatures:. .
Portland 42 New Orleans ... 62
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bos Angeles ..,.6U ." St. Paul ,......,! 24
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News in Advertisements-'
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because acquaintances told him the news.
, Most people prefer to read th news, them
selves, hut you will be surprised at the
' real news in The Journal's advertisements.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, .SATURDAY EVENING,
PRICE TWO CENTS
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FURY OF WIND LEVELS PARK TREE
LARGE shade tree in Lownsdale park, opposite Multnomah county court house which was
torn from the earth Friday night as rain laden wind howled over Portland. The crashing
tree spread itself over park walks and benches, but caused only a slight property damage.
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Vancouver, B C, Dec. 11. (U.
P.) That Phil Gevurtz, Vancouver
lumberraan - and former . Portland
furniture and hotel man, offered to
commit : suicide, so that the Mer
chants Bank of Canada here could
be reimbursed with his life insur
ance, was charged in testimony given
at a hearing into the bank's affairs
by J. A. Fraser, superintendent of
; the bank. v -- - .. .
. T"Oevurtsi .when. sent for. him," said
Fraser, "told me he had insurance - pol
icies on his life for $100,000. and If I
: would please leave him alone for a min-
ute, he would make a hasty' exit to an
; other world and leave & substantial bank
i balance behind him. I hated to have my
' office messed upand declined the offer
i of suicide."
j J. S. Bancroft, former manager of the
4 Merchants bank, will be formally com
" mitted for trial next Tuesday in connec
tion with alleged shortages of $57,000.
; . Bancroft, some months afro, it in claimed.
: began lending money , to Gevurts and the
j lumber company with which that broker
j was connected. Bancroft made no de
- nial of , the charges."
Whenever the Gevurts account was in
' a bole, it was stated, Bancroft borrowed
money from, other depositors accounts
to make the Gevurtz balance stand up
and finally is charged with having lifted
i $45,000 worth of Victory bonds from an
' envelope belonging to W. H. Day -and
allowing them to go out of the bank to
, he used as security for a loan to .the
Gevurtz company.
Gevurtz Is charged with conspiracy in
a third charge before the court that
remains unfinished.
Rediscount Bill, on .
Livestock Approved -By
Federal Reserve
Washington. Dec. 11. (I. NV'S.) Vice
Governor Edmund Piatt of the Federal
Reserve board today approved the Young
bill authorizing that $100,000,000' be used
through the . federal land banks in redis
counting notes secured by livestock when
guaranteed by a responsible bank. Piatt
so. informed Representative ' Toung of
North Dakota, father of the bill, in a
letter. The measure would grant relief
to cattle raisers and the livestock indus
try in general.
rin my Judgment," Piatt's letter stat
ed, "the measure is practical and work
able." ' ., . . .
Woman Dupes N. Y. Store
' "Poor Dear Hubby" Trapped
New York, Dec." 11. (I. N. S.) ,
Wise old New York was made to sit
up and take notice today by one oh,
so much .wiser. The heroine, or vil-.
lainess, is a beautiful woman who
got away with. $4500 worth of silks
and satins and other things, from
one of New York's biggest Fifth
avenue department stores. She is
now being hunted by detectives of
the police department, the district
attorney's office, and the Retal Dry
goods Protective- association. They
are likewisei searching for her ac
complice, who, whatever his other
talents may be, is a good chauffeur.
Here is the story: ,
. The "woman in the case" drove up to
the store in a gorgeous limousine.. Tell
ing "James" to wait, she went straight
to one of the department heads. Im
pressed by her beauty and nonchalant
air. he offered to conduct her person'
COFFEE TO
HIT FORMER
LOW PRICE
: ' lfy Ilyman H. Cohen
pOFlUE prices arc dropping
fast and within a few days '
arc expected to reach a point
even lower than that which ruled
just previous to the war.
Further sharp reductions in the
selling price of roasted coffee are
shown In the wholesale trade and
these will become effective in the
retail markets generally, within, a
few days. '.j Already some of the
retailers are cutting their prices.
The drop in coffee is being felt
in roasting circles and unusually
severe losses are being sustained
by wholesalers. The declines will
be felt by the public almost - ex
clusively in the bulk stock. Be
cause of the high price of tin, the
packed stock is showing but little
reduction.
PLANE GOES 385
Cheyenne, Wyo'., Dec. 11. (I. K
S.) Forty-five miles in seven min
utes, or a speed of 385 miles an hour,
is the aeroplane record claimed here
today by Jack Knight, air mail pi
lot. When the De Haviland 4 plane which
he was piloting to Salt Lake with 400
pounds of mail encountered a hurricane
at a low altitude. Knight turned tail in
the wind 45 mile's west of this city
and returned to a point over the local
field in seven minutes.
While 3000 feet In the air here the
wind so exactly counteracted the push
of the 400 horsepower Liberty motor that
the plane bung motionless over the field
tor 20 minutes while consternation pre
vailed in the air maii hangar below.
" Knight'- finally managed to come to
earth through a series of perilous "side
slips" executed with the nose of the ma
chine squarely in the wind, making the
last zoo reet on an even keel, but al
most vertically.
' Knight is a widely known aviator. He
carried botulinus anti-toxin from New
York to Chicago by airplane at the time
or the ripe olive tragedy, ,
ally 'on whatever mission she had come
for. Her mission : was to select 15000
worm pi me most expensive goods.
HAD 0 ACCOCJfT THERE
i Having finished her purchases to the
tune-or rive thousand dollars, the "dis
tingutshed shopper" remarked casually
she had no account at the store, also
that she "happened to have" only $500
with her. . . , ' i -
She then suggested to pay this 1500
on deposit, and "take the things along
In.- my . machine, you know." After a
consultation, it was agreed to let one
of, trie store detectives escort "her and
the $4500 worth of Unpaid-for goods
to her home, which she 1 said, was in
Flushing. Her husband. - she added.
would "settle tne difference." .
"Home, James!" she commanded the
chauffeur. Off whizzed the limousine.
But instead of driving to Flushing, the
car was taken at top speed to Young's
sanitarium, a place Vhere inebriates are
cared for when their condition borders
o ndelirium. I v
"Be back in a moment and settle with
MILES AN
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(Concluded oil Pan Two, Column Six)
KLAMATH PROJECT
ONH UPHELD
Washington, Dec. 11. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Secretary of Interior Payne
has notified Representative Sinnott
that he has decided to allow the
California-Oregon power contract
in connection with the Klamath
project, to stand, with modifications i
suggested in a. recent conference
wji th the Oregon delegation, whereby
the right of the government to prior
use of water for reclamatibn is made
clean ' '" .. -. '"" . 11 .' .-
" The secretary's action is based : on
condemnation of complications which
would result from revoking the contract
in . iHew of expenditures already, made,
in spite of his view that from the stand
point of public policy thcontract should
never have been made. '
Secretary Payne also gave formal ap
proval to the Sinndtt bill which is pend
ing in committee, authorizing the de
partment to declare what lands on up
per Klamath lake are susceptible of
irrigation, the land to be diked under
a district organised by the settlers, with
preference rights to ex-service men.
These are practically the same lands
involved in the proposed Doak and
Brown contract, which was laid on the
shelf last spring. i ..
Burglar 'Beats It,'
Takes $19 m Loot;
Kestaurant Robbed
Walter Thorfipson, 325 East Eightieth
street north, was awakened at 3 o'clock
this morning by a burglar in his bed
room. Thompson called out to the rob
ber and ordered him to "beat it." The
visitor fcilowed -Thompson's instructions
as promptly as possible, taking with htm
J1J. a sold watch - and all of Thomp
son's clothes that were In sight. Later
the clothes were found on the back
porch, where the burglar bad thrown
them after rifling the pockets.
Friday night a roughly dressed, hun
gry man dropped into a chair in Bill
Gorgis" restaurant at 24 North Sixth
street and ordered the biggest meal on
the bill of fare. After leisurely com
pleting his meal the stranger walked
over to the counter, leveien a revolver
at the proprietor and extracted $6 from
the cash drawer. j ; . t
Horace E. Dodge of
Automobile . Fame
Dies at Palm Beach
' (By t'nited Newt)
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 11. Horace E.
Dodge, automobile manufacturer, died
Friday night, at his-Paimi-Beacn, ia
home. :,'-'-.''
Dodge never fully recovered from the
influenza and was close to death when
he and his brother, John ! Dodge, , were
stricken with pneumonia , in New York
last winter. John Dodge died at that
time. .-" . ! Vj-'.N
The Dodge brothers were; pioneers in
the automobile industry. ' ,
Crops Short; Two
Texas Banks Fail
Houston, Texas, Dec. 11. (I. "N. g.)
Two Texas banks were closed today.
Tlie First National ! bank of Hearne,
one of the oldest banking institutions In
the state, blamed crop failures for its
action, while the Farmers fc Merchants
bank of Paducah made no statement.
Miss Thomas Died by
.Accident, Says Paris
t ' Paris, Dec, 11. (U. P. The authori
ties. In closing the Inquiry into the
case of Olive Thomas. American film
star, who died here several months ago,
announced today that accidental death
had been proven.
Gruesome Petails of Slaying Near
. Vale Are Told by : Youth Not
Yet 24; Wrench Used and Body
Thrown Into River; Car Taken.
Vale, 0,r., Dec. 11. A gruesome
murder by a boy of 24 years for an
automobile worth a few hundred
dollars, was definitely made public
late Friday night when George W.
Howard made and signed a confes
sion to the murder of George R.
Sweeney, a traveling clothing sales
man, September 15. The confession
was made in-the county jail at Vale
and acknowledgment was taken by
Acting District Attorney R. D. Lytle.
Howard is an ex-service man of the
transport division of the U. S. navy.
Details of the murder almost parallel
those of the murder of R. C. Goodwin
by D. C. Brlchoux. . between Vale and
Ontario, September 4, 191. Sitting
slumped over a table in the county jail,
Howard acknowledged details of the
confession. He asserted he had negoti
ated with Sweeney for the purchase of a
second hand car and came to Vale from
his father's ranch near ; Watson about
September 14 or 15 to complete -the deal.
"I came down to the garage that
morning," he said, "and was looking over
the car. I stood there and watched them
put the battery in. He says, 'Do you
want to take the car outT I knew Mr.
Sweeney would be down in a minute and
I said, 'Yes, I might as well.' ,
DEATH WAS IXBTANTATIEOTTS
"So they handed me the key that I still
have. They handed me the key and
startad it for me. I drove it around a
little before Mr. Sweeney came down.
He got down around 9 :30 or right
around 9 o'clock."
i Sweeney took the young man. accord
to statement, out to demonstrate the
car, leaving Vale on the Watson road,
Sweeney driving. About a mile from
Vaje Howard said he reached to the
floor of the car, where he had thrown
some new tools, purchased that morning,
picked up a steel wrench and struck
Sweeney on the head twice, killing him
instantly. - When asked if the body fell
out of the car, he said It slumped -dowru
The car was moving slowly at the time
of the murder, he said. Howard placed
the body in the tonneau of the car, cov
ered it with a laprobe, turned the car
around and drove back to Vale, stopping
the car , in front of Alexander's store,
where he purchased a trunk into which
he intended to place the body for further
hiding.- .
SLAYER IS BEMORSEFUL
He threw the trunk in the back of
the car on top of the : body, he said.
Out on the road again he doubled up the
body sufficiently to get.it into the trunk
and drove the car to .Watson, where,
he testified, he let it stand until dark,
when he took the body to the Owyhee
river and threw it into the river above
the waterwheel at Palmer's place.
When asked if the crime had haunted
him, he replied :
"Well,, you can know about how it
has haunted me."
Young Howard is remorseful over his
crime. Sitting in the Jail he was the
picture of dejection. After Biffnine the
confession he broke down and cried.
Picking up the pen to place his signature
upon the document, he said:
"I . guess I cannot do any more harm
than' I have already done."
CAR HELD IK BOISE
Howard told his acquaintances at Wat
son he had purchased the car from
Sweeney and that Sweeney had gone to
Kansas City. He used the car, finally
driving it into Idaho, where he went to
j&o some road work.
A short time later tho car was dam
aged in an accident and he took it to a
garage in Boise, where the car is being
held for the repair bill.
Sweeney was popular in Vale. .He was
(Concluded on Pit Two, Column Two)
Ring Lardner Solves the
Christmas Gift Problem
In The Sunday Journal
"This will give my readers an
idea of how I am going to handle
' the Xmas problem this Tr. and '
they can do the same if they will
Just go through their trunk or
desk and dig out what might be
white elephants to them, but blue
zebras to their kith and kin."
So concludes a letter on the
Christmas gift problem ' written
for tomorrow's Sunday Journal by
Ring W. Lardner In his own lnim-.
itable style. This is one of many
features that Is . bringing The
Sunday Journal into increasing
popularity each succeeding week.
Other features for tomorrow
include:
The superior fun sheet, show
ing the ' most recent antics of
"Maggie and Jiggs" in Paris,
"The Katzen jammer Kids," Xit
tle Jimmie". and "Hooligan and
"Mr. Dubb."
An illustrated magazine which
from its front cover of news
photographs in color to the back
cover of fashions in color is rich
. in- reader interest. '
Amusement J and. automotive
sections that emphasize the
latest happenings in the home
field.
And, of course. The Sunday
Journal prints all the news.
" Eight sections of news, re
views, photographs, features and
fun for 5 cents the copy. ...
"Give Us Locomotives and We'll
Not Rest Till All Brown Men in
Siberia Are Under Ground or
in Sea," They Tell Vanderlip.
New York, Dec. 11. A quiet little
man, modest In appearance and
bearing, walked down the gang
plank of the liner Aquitania onto
American soil this afternoon, bear
ing in a portmanteau documents cov
ering the biggest business deal in
the history of the world. :
He was Washington D. Vanderlip,. 54,
American mining engineer who recent
ly signed with the Russian soviet gov'
ernment a contract covering all com
mercial rights in the vast territory of
Kamchatka, involving about $3,000,000,
000.
In an interview Mr. Vanderlip said :
-In addition to the consession to our
syndicate. I bring the following message
from Russia :
" Tell the American people that we
do not want sympathy. What we want
is American locomotives. Send them to
us and our armies never wiH rest until
every Japanese in Siberia is under the
ground or fn ihe sea.
Mr. VandeSip was surrounded by
group of . reporters in the dining, salon
of.- the Aquitania as the liner came to
ner pier irom quarantine. n smoKea
a big black cigar and from time to time
touched his heavy tortoise shell spec
tacles as he talked.
"I was born in Indiana, 53 years ago
and am a graduate of the university of
adversity," he said.
SHIPWRECKED YEARS AGO
Then he gave a brief resume of his
past, including a graphic description of
being shipwrecked on the coast of Si
beria 20 years ' ago, at which time he
"discovered the vast oil and coal wealth"
of that country, for which he now has a
concession. " '
He also declared he had been a tniner
In Alaska, explored in Nigeria, operated
in Luzon, where he found "the first
coal deposit on the Parascale river."
Asked if he was related to Kranvc a.
Vanderlip, the well known financier, he
replied : . .
"My father and his father were first
cousins." " -
BIBienJED AT FIRST
"I was ridiculed for several, days
after my recent arrival In London from
Russia' . Mr. Vanderlip added. "But
during , the last two days of my ' stay
there I was beseiged by British officials
(Continued on Pue Two, Column One) '
GRAIN ELEVATOR TO
E
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 11. A
large grain elevator and warehouse
will be constructed on the Vancou
ver waterfront by the Wilde Motor
Car company, in connection with
tb.6 municipal dock, according to an
nouncement made ,by George H.
Wilde, president of the company.
According to Wilde, the decision of the
company is based upon the recent action
of the interstate commerce commission
in the Columbia basin rate case. Data
have been secured by the company on
the probable wheat shipments that will
be loaded here on ocean-going vessels.
Both bulk and sack grain will be han
dled, although it, Is believed that the
greater portion of the grain will be
shipped in bulk. .
The elevator will be constructed of
concrete and, it ' is said, will- compare
favorably with any In Portland. Con
struction will begin. Wilde said, as soon
as a suitable location can be secured.
All the money for the building of the
elevator has been raised and. not a cent
of stock will be sold. The only con
dition made by 'the company is that
the work oruthe dock go ahead according
to plans made by the city.
That the. construction of a grain ele
vator and the first unit of the dock
will be of great benefit to Vancouver
in securing: all wished for river im
provements, is the opinion of port of
ficials. Roy Hesseltine, former president of
the' Vancouver Natidnal bank, is as
sociated . with Wilde in the proposed
warehouse construction.
Mrs. W.L. George,
Happiest Wife, Dies
Suddenly at Houston
r United Nw) 1
Houston, Texas. Dec. 11. W. L.
George, the British novelist, instead of
delivering his lecture here on "Love
and Marriage" in which he tells how
he and his wife have solved the 'secret
of happiness, made preparations for her
burial here .Friday.
Mrs. George, who had termed herself
"the happiest wife in the world," died
here following a sudden recurrence of
an old illness. She will be buried in
local cemetery todav. ' :;
Mr. George anounced Friday : be would
cancel : his engagements and return to
England Immediately. " .
Police Halt Plan of
Japanese Socialists
i Tokio. Dec 10. (U. P.) Police today
broke ip a meeting of 200 Socialists be
ing held here to form a national Socialist
federation. Fifteen leaders were ar
rested. " '
RS
IN VANCOUVER
Meeting With- ? President-Elect
to Be Incident of Commoner's
Visit to Marion; Secretary of
State Job May Go to Hughes.
By Jack Royle
Marion, Ohio? Dec. 11.- (I. N. S.)
William Jennings Bryan will con
fer with- President-elect Harding
Friday, December 17, it was-announced
today. Senator Harding
said he had invited Mr. Bryan,
among other Republican and Dem
ocratic leaders selected to confer
with him, and that the date , had
been fixed to coincide .with Mr. Bry
an's presence in Marlon to speak
at the laymen's meeting of the Ma
rion Presbytery. V
Will H. Hays also has been Invited
to addrWs the Presbytery, but has ,not
yet announced whether he"" will be
present, ,
HARDING AT WORK
Senator Harding spent the : greater
part of the day in work at his desk.
He had ''short conferences with Colonel
George Harvey, who is still his guest,
and Klmer Dover of Washington state,
who managed the Harding campaign on
the Pacific coast.- ,
' Did Senator Harding offer to Charles
Evans Hughes the post of secretary of
state? .This is the question which is agi
tating political Marion today. Senator
Harding and former Justice Hughes wete
,in each other's company constantly from
the time Mr. Hughes arrived. until he de
parted. None had the temerity to ask
Mr. Hughes whether he had been ten
dered the post in the presence of the
man who has the disposal of the office.
HUGHES A LI, SMILES
Justice Hughes was all smiles when
he and Senator Harding left for Colum
bus together. ' The senator seemed
equally pleased with the result of the
conference. Harry M. Daugherty, the
Harding pre-convention campaign man
ager, probably knows. He is known to
be close In the councils of the president
elect and he traveled east on the same
train with Justice Hughes, at least as
far as Harrlsburg. Mr. Daugherty, how
ever, when asked earlier in the week
about the cabinet situation, expressed
himself as follows: "
"I don't know, and if I knew I would
not tell without permission from Mr.
Harding." - , ! -
HOOTER CALLS SUS DAT-
Mr. ; Hughes' cryptic statement issued
after his interview is interpreted by
many as indicating an accord has been
reached on the outline of foreign pol
icy and that . Mr. Hughes has been se
lected to carry out Hs provisions. It is
known that he has been under consid
eration for a cabinet post It is not
known whether he wishes or would ac
cept such a post .
Another question which is arousing
interest here is whether Colonel George
Harvey will be present at the confer
ence between Senator , Harding and Her
bert Hoover. Mr. Hoover is expected
Sunday.
DEPOT ISSUE PUT
If Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific railway officials wanted to per
mit the Great Northern and S., P.
& S. railways to use the Union sta
tion they could find a way, in the
opinion of Judge George T. Reid,
assistant to the president of the
Northern Pacific. This opinion is
voiced in. a letter sent to City Attor
ney La Roche Friday afternoon.
"I wish. to say to the city terminal)
committee that the Northern Pacific
Railway cpmpany, which owns 40 per
cent of the terminal property, feels that
it is feasible and for the public interest
to continue the Great Northern and S-
P. & S. railway companies in the present
station." says Reid. .
Orders were issued to the G. K. and S.
P. 9l S. to discontinue use of the Union
station December 31, following a meet'
Ing of the directors of the terminal com
pany Friday morning.
"It is true some additions and changes
will be necessary in order to have the ar
rangement work out smoothly, .con
tlnues Reid's letter, "but we do not feel
that there are any inherent difficulties,
and believe that the parties could nego
tiate a satisfactory solution if they were
disposed to do sb." . "
W. F. Turner, president of the S., P." A
S., announced this morning that, if suf
ficient passenger terminal trackage was
not available for handling the G. N. and
S., P. S. trains at the Union station,
the U. P. could easily convert- for pas
senger 'use: some of the freight, yard
trackage lying parallel to the passenger
trackage, and then if sufficient room for
freight storage was not available, the S.,'
P. It. S. would be glad to allow the U. P.
use of some of its freight storage tragks
a few blocks away:. ..--.-.:"!- :-V-'V
A.O.TownleyNotto
Leave North Dakota,
Ass erts: Associate
' Minneapolis. Dec. If. (I. N. 8.) A. C.
Townley, president of the National
Non-Parti san league, has made no
change in his plans for the state of
North Takota, despite reports In morn
ing newspapers that' he was withdraw
ing "for other fields." Oliver Morris, ed
itor of the Non-Partlsan Leader, - de
clared' in a statement today.
Washington, Dec. 11 (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OFjTHE JOUR
NAL.) -Commissioner Joseph N.
Teal , was placed on several of the
most important divisions of shipping
board organization under the as
signment of duties announced today.
With Commissioners Rowell, Thomp
son and Goff he will have supervis
ion over the general comptroller's
office, which will deal with clearing
up faults in the afccounjting system
which have been so much criticised
in connection with the Walsh com
mittee investigation. Related to this
is the committee on treasurer and
disbursing offices, on which Teal
will serve with Thompson.
The committee on operations is con
sidered vitally important. This consists
of Donald, Rowell and TeaL '
OX IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
A committee On conference with the
interstate commerce commission con
cerning rate matters in' which Joint
duties, are involved is one particularly in
line with Teal's special training. In thi
work he is associated with Commission
ers Thompson and Rowell. Teal is also
on the committee to formulate regula
tions, .with Thompson, Sutter and Chair
man Benson as other members.
In connection with the shipping board
decision that section 28 of the Jones act
shall remain suspended until further
action. Chairman Benson explained this
section -will be 'applied at any port or
on any route without notice Just as soon
as the board finds, as a matter of fact,
that adequate American shlDDing exists
at such ports or on , such route.
BE5SON CITES ADVICE ,
"The only way for an exporter to be
perfectly safe," he said, "is to arrange
to ship his goods in American bottoms.
Careful investigation to give the board
ample knowledge so it can be sure of
its ground will be started at once. Chair
man Benson said, and it is possible that
even by January section 28 will be
applied at certain places.
A resolution 'adopted by board says
Every effort will be made to hasten
the providing of , American shipping
facilities so that the provisions of sec
tion 28 will be made operative at the
earliest practicable date."
AUfO: TV0 HURT
Canyonville, Qr., Dec. ll. During
the heavy rain and windstorm of
Friday night a large tree was blown
down, falling across a car containing
Clyde- Gazley and Herman Bollen
baugh, severely injuring Gazley, an
ex-eoldler, and Bollenbaugh slightly.
The car was wrecked. '
. Umbrella dealers grinned as they bent
their heads against the wind blasts and
slanting- rains this morning and specu
lated whether to order an extra stock of
parasols.
For the next day It rained and the
next day it blew, and while all the rest
of the, citizens of Portland 'were gasping
for breath on various downtown corners
and breathing a silent opinion of the
weather, the umbrella dealer alone had
reason to be optimistic.
8TOBX KI5G BAGES
Friday was a gala day for the storm
king. He celebrated the anniversary, of
the surprise snow storm of one year ago.
By midnight Friday he seemed satisfied
with his work. The stars twinkled and
the sun-dodgers unwisely predicted a
beautiful day for today as; they turned
their key In their front doors.
But the monarch of the weather sud
denly remembered that his storm last
year was just as, bad on the second
day as on the first, so he turned In
with a vim early this morning to con
tinue his celebration.
Continued strong southwest winds and
rains today, and Sunday was the pre
diction of, E. L. Wells, weather fore
caster,' at the Portland office this morn
ing. He advised continued ' display of
southwest storm warnings all along the
coast from Point Reyes to Tatoosh.
WIXD TO C05TI5UE
"This storm Is centering In Northern
British Columbia,"' said Wells, "and
(Concluded on rut Two, Column Four)
TREE FALLS ON
Death Warning on
Cloudy
A By Ward A. Irvine
imony , before the coroner's
jury inquiring into the death of Miss
Maud Ferguson, Jefferson high
school teacher, in an automobile ac
cident .'at'." Forty-first and Glisan
streets Tuesday, revealed two, prob
ably three, fatal' blunders frequently
made by those who travel on Port
land streets. 'Those "who heard the
testimony were convinced that,' had
accident, ;' prevention maxims ; been
heeded,' the & unfortunate collision
would never ' have occurred.
TISIOX IS BLUBBED '
. First and foremost among the causes,
traffic men believe, and the Jury's ver
dicfe Indicates that the venire men came
to the came conclusion, was" the action
of Axelsen, driver of the death car, in
operating a motor "vehicle when his vi
sion was almost blanketed by a coating
of rain on the Windshield. He admit
ted that he could not see through it at
an angle,. but maintained that he could
easily distinguish objects for blocks peer-
Curtis Boylan, One of Drivers,
Is Held Pending Outcome of
What May Prove$eriou$ Hurt
Friday's Accidents Total 44,
Miss Hclma Aho, 468 East Twen
ty-fourth street, la! In it serious con
dition at St. Vincents hospital as a
result of being struck land knocked
down by a machine driven by Curtis .,.
Boylan, 626 East Twenty-sixth
street, at East Twarft-fourth nd
Division streets Friday night. 'Au
thorities report she haa a fractured
SkUll. I ... : r ' "'
Miss Aho was placed; in, a taxlcab
driven by Gus O. Cook, who skidded Into
the curb at the circle In Ladds addition.
At this point Miss Aho was transferred
to a machine driven by Arthur Dillon,
JOS3 feast Grant street. "and taken first
to the Emergency hospital, hut later to ,
St. Vincents. Boylan Is being' held for
Investigation, pending the outcome of the
accident. He told the police that Miss -Aho
stepped from the csrb directly in ,
front of his mschlne and she was thrown
to the ground by hln right front fender.
PnAOOEI) 40 FEKT ; '
Stepping from ; between ' two parked
cars, Mrs. Oiuda K. ; Bennett of the Csr
mellta apartments was struck by a ma
chine driven by John G, iMayer, 1785 111- r
vision street, at Kleverith and Taylor
streets, Friday night. She was .carried
about 40 feet on the bumper of Mayer's;
machine, according to a report mada to .
the, police. Mrs. Bennett was carrying
an umbrella and failed (to see the ma
chine. She was taken-home, where It I ,
reported she received injuries about tho -legs
and hips. Mayer was taken to po
lice headquarters, but released whan It
was found out that Mfs. Bennett's In-
juries wee not serious. .
Leo C "Lambert of Llnnton was" fined
$25 in municipal court this morning and .
Judge Rossman took up his driver's
license on a charge of Ireckless driving
Flday night when he reported that be .
struck Mrs. O. J. Carrall at Third and
Stark , streets. Lambert said he blew
his horn but tbat Mrs.1 Carrall did not
seem to hear him. Rossman will recom
mend the suspension of the license for
Mr days::1-1. - ).-- ':
4-TEAB-OL IXJtRED '
'.. Glandon Kelty, 4-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Kelty. 1081 Kast Wash-
tngton street, was; slightly Injured Fri
day night when his father's machine '
struck a, parked truck at East Seventh
and Morrison streets. i i !
All morning the traffic department
was busy Investigating reported acci
dents and taking down statements from
machine owners who participated In ac
cidents Friday night. ! The wind and
( Concluded oa Pat Two. Column Two)
Ferdinand Chavez, who kidnaped
his 4-year-old son from the home ot
his divorced wife, JG54; Portsmouth
avenue, Wednesday evening. Is on
a vessel bound from Seattle to San
Francisco with the lad, according to
information received si Constable .
Honeyman's office today, He will
be put under 1 arrest when -ths-steamer
' arrives j at San Francisco,
and will be brought back to Port-"
land to face a kidnaping charge.
Reports were current that Chaves had
been seen In the vicinity of Vancouver,
Wash., after the child was taken . and -several
false leads were run down by
deputies from the constable's office. But
Deputy Constable Watkinds visited the
home of a Mrs Templetoii at Ridge
field, near .Vancouver, and found that :
Chaves and bis little son had been there
and left at midnight Wednesday for Se
attle. At the latter city Information was
received that he had taken ship for San
Francisco, and instructions were wired
to arrest hiny there when he 4ands.
Ing straight ahead. I His lights., he
claimed, made it-possible for him to se
clearly straight ahead. Pat Caves, his
companion in - the front seat, declared
that he could see but a very few feet
In any direction because of the rain.
sJn spite of the fact that his vision
was almost cut off, Axelsen piloted his
car down a very slippery street at a
speed, be says, of It miles an hour. At
that speed, about 25 feet are required to
bring a car to a stop on a dry pavement.
COCXDX'T STOP CAB
' Admittedly he could see no pedestrian
In front and slightly to the side of th
machine. He couldn't see and he couldn't
stop for 25 feet- Then, questioned In
terested parties, how could the driver
avoid an accident If any object appeared
in his path within the .23 foot zone.
' The driver of the death car made an
other serious mistake -when he. failed to
report his accident. Although he stopped,
he went on home after the mutilated
body of Miss Ferguson bad been cared
for, and remained there until three po
lio officers came for him. The failure
to report unquestionably worked very
strongly against Axelsen In the minds ot
(Ccectadef oa Put Two. Column Fi
KIDNAPER ON WAY -
TO SAN FRANCISCO
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Windshield
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