THE OREGON DAILY JOU RNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920.
MEDDLING TACTICS
OF SENATE STIR
RESERVE BOARD
By David Lawrence
' (Copyright. 120, ky The Journal)
. Washington, Dec. 17. The federal
reserve- board is unalterably opposed j
to the measures pending- In congress
which in. any way attempt to .limit
the power of the board 'or federal re
serve banks to regulate the rates of
lcount which those banks may
charge.
Senator Harris of Georgia has pro
posed thst the Tnaxlmum rate jot inter
est which federal reserve banks could
charge member banks should be 5 per
cent. A similar proposal was knocked
out of the Gronna-Norrts resolution the
other day, but It has been revived sep
arately by the senator from Georgia.
The federal reserve board views with
alarm the attempts of some members
of congress to tinker with the credit
machinery of the country and has not
hesitated, therefore, to express its views
so explicitly that the responsibility for
damage done may be easily placed by
the public.
MUST HAVE FREE HAKD
The board insists that it is essential
to the functioning of any central bank
ing system that the banks of discount
shall have complete control over their
rates. This coptrol la regarded as the
most effective means of protecting the
gold reserves of a country against with-
" drawals of foreign account. f
for Instance, the discount rate of the
Bank of England is 7 per cent, and if
America's were fixed at 6 per cent for
eigners would naturally seek to discount
their bills her.e and gold would flow
out Of the United States. The objec
tions to the fixing of any maximum or
minimum rate and the necessity for
' keeping the rates within the discretion
of the' federal reserve system are these :
HOW KATES DON'T WORK
First, if a maximum rate of discount
were . fried the federal reserve . banks
would find it Impossible to protect their
gold reserves.
Second, the federal . reserve system
would in a short time cease being a re
serve system and would become simply
an instrument for the speeding-up of
expansion.
Third, a scramble for funds for the
federal reserve banks would ensue and
the reserve banks would have no alter
native except to lend their funds at
rates below the market rates until their
reserves had been exhausted. Banks
would be obliged to refuse to make fur
ther rediscounts, no matter how meri
torious the claim, and they would be
compelled to start a waiting list until
old loans had been paid back and new
funds obtained ,
Only three states Illinois, Louisiana
and Michigan have a legal rate of in
terest as low as S per cent, and In each
state a higher rate is permissible. In
32 states the- legal rate is 6 per cent,
- and in seven states the legal rate is 7
per cent, while In six other states and
in the district of Columbia, the legal
rate is 8 per cent. Ten states allow a
legal rate of 10 per cent and 10 others'
permit a contract rate of 12 per cent.
Therefore, It is argued "by members of
the federal reserve board, that if the
. discount rate , were fixed at 6 per cent
by law, there -would be a temptaHdn in
deed a reason for member banks to'
tiBe all the rediscount facilities of the
federal reserve system, because with the
money market at S per cent there would
fee a handsome profit of 3 per cent avail
able to member banks in rediscount
transactions. 'Where rates as high as
19 or 12 per cent are permitted by law,
the profit would be even greater.
On the other hand, past experience
indicates that the lowering- of the dis
count rates to fi per cent would not, m
the judgment of the board, bring down
the prevailing market rates, as the latter
are fixed by the laws of supply and
demand.
Should the discount rate be fixed at
'5 per cent it appears to be the federal
reserve board's view that the limit of
credit expansion would be reached Quick
ly and that the $25,000,000,000 of govern
ment obligations available as collateral
would be exhausted; then, it is feared
. by members of the board, a condition of
depression much more widespread and
serious than that which it is sought to
remedy would follow.
Northwest Lumber :
Men Urge Change in
. New Rule on Taxes
- Washington, Dec! 17; (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Pacific Northwest lumbermen, mostly
- from Washington, are here to urge a
. change in the internal revenue bureau
ruling as to the, meaning of "market
value" in computing excess profits taxes,'
. which they allege threatens them with
an outright loss of 110.000.OOCt The rul
ing requires them to figure taxes on a
I basis of the high cost of manufactured
products, they say,- whereas, the present
market value is far below these costs. ;
Hindu Is Hanged
At SanQuentin for
mg Comrades
fSn Quentin Prison, Cal., Dec. 17. (I.
N. S.) Maher Singh, Hindu slayer of
three of his compatriots, was hanged to
day, going to the gallows at 10 :22 a. m.
He was pronounced dead at 10:33. i
Singh was convicted of having killed
three Hindu " laborers in ; Contra Costa
county He had been employed as a
timekeeper and when charged with steal
ing laborers' funds he obtained a gut
and killed three of his accusers.-
100'dozen assorted DOCKET KNIVES, values
$2.00 to $2.50, at
' 9"Ji JL,,, Hatr Clippers . Tootk Brashes
7e sl.75
We Carry Large Line of Manirare Sets, Toilet Sets aad Carving Sets
Wholesale Cutlery Agents Mall Orders Receive Prompt Attention
KEMP CUTLERY CO. 124 '3
Apparently Poor,
Recluse Leaves
Cache to Charity
Chicago, Dec 17. (U. P.) Wealth,
estimated at more than $10,000. was
left by Michael . Heron, 76-year-old
recluse, according to bank officials
here today. . t
For more than a score of years
Heron was pitied by his poor neigh
bors for his apparent pover' v.
. In that time he lived in a single
brick room. Its waits were un
plastered and the floor was cold and
bare. :
He was found dead yesterday,
having been overcome from escaping
gas.-: -
Examination of his effects revealed
a will leaving everything- to the
United Charities.
Police laughed until a search of a
safe deposit box ahjwed that he
held gilt edge securities worth ' over
$10,000.
PRIEST ADVISER TO
Dublin, Dec. 17. (I. N. S.) The
Rev, Father Dominic, personal spirit
ual adviser to. the late Terence Mae-,
Swiney, was arrested here today:
Another Roman Catholic priest was
arrested at the same time but was later
released. ... . .
British troops were active through
out the night and morning. They raided
two monasteries. - It was during a raid
upon a monastery that the Rev. Father
Dominic was arrested.
Soldiers are combing Tipperary county
ln the martial law rone) today for ring
leaders of the armed band which killed
four policemen Thursday. The victims
were members of a party of eight police
men iho were ambushed by a gang of
100 men near Kllcommon.
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION
(Continued From l'af One)
big ranch, - besides several other con
tracts in view.
BEH5KE WAS WELL KNOW5T
Mr. Behnke was' well known on the
Columbia river, where he had been dik
ing and dredging for years. He was
born on Sisson creek in this county and
was about SO years old. He leaves his
wife and three children.
The explosion was great enough to
break windows In . a house 300 yards
away. Coroner Henderson, Sheriff Mc
Donald and the county attorney left
this morning for the scene of the dis
aster. AliLi OF DEAD IN DREDGE
BLAST LIVED IN ASTORIA
Astoria, Or., Dec. 17. All four of
those killed in the expioskm of the
dredge Beaver near South Bend . Thurs
day night -were residents of Astoria.
Frank Behnke was part owner ; of "the
dredge, the principal stockholders being
the Carruthers brothers of the Astoria
Hardware company. Adolphe Jarve and
Eigle - Christensen were employes on
the dredge. Behnke and his daughter
had resided here for several years.
Fred fctch of Ilwaco, who was in
jured, was also an employe.
DEAD GIRXi WAS COOK FOR. ,
CREW OP WRECKED DREDGE
Ilwaco, Wash., Dec. 17. Frank
Behnke, part owner of the dredge Dixie,
who lost his life in the explosion of the
big machine near South Bend, Thursday
night, was a member of the Pacific
Banking company and was 50 years old.
He resided in Astoria. Eigle Chris
tensen was 30 years old, and Adolph
Jarve. about 49. Fred Welch, who was
injured, is about 40 years old and re
sides here. Miss Blanche Behnke was
cook for the dredge crew. The dredge
had a 27-horsepower engine.
Disappearance of
-Boston Girl May
Rival Arnold Case
Boston, Mass., Dec 17. (I. N. S.)
Will the fate of Maud M. Daniels, like
that, of Dorothy Arnold, never be
known?
. Police, ' private detectives, relatives,
friends and the great organization of the
Christian Science ' church, conducting
an- international search for the missing
young woman, had about given up hope
today., - : ". :
Miss Daniels, secretary to Edward A.
Merritt, director of the Christian Science'
church, in good health, well educated
and refined, suddenly .vanished on No
vember 2J. Not the slightest, definite
clue that would lead to her whereabouts
or reveal the reason for her strange dis
appearance has been found.
Employment Agency
License Is Revoked
Salem, Or.. Dec. 17. The employment
agency license or w. F. Cousins. 273i
Burnside street, Portland, was revoked
Friday morning by C H. Gram, state
HUHjr , commissioner. uousnis . was
ehursted with having sold an interest in
his business to an innocent purchaser
without first Informing him of the pro
visions of the state law regulating em
ployment agencies. This Is said to be
Cousins second offense.
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MACSwNEY TAKEN
HRL IS AMONG FOUR
BOARD BUYS UNO
E
TO TEACHERS' LAW
The need for more playground
space in at least eight Portland
schools was brought out In the reg
ular meeting of the school directors
Thursday afternoon, after the board
had voted to acquire additional prop
erty at Rose City "Park, Fernwood
and Ockley Green. Director W. F.
Woodward was abruptly halted in
his enumeration of those schools ur
gently needing more space by " Di
rector F. L. ' Shull, who reminded
him of the limits of the budget
and the danger ' of using all. the
available funds, for property and
leaving none for buildings.
OFFER 18 MADE
A delegatelon of citizens from Rose
City Park presented the dire need of the
children for more space, following which
the board adopted the recommendation
of the building and grounds committee
to offer $5940, the assessed valuation
plus 60 per cent for block 9 in syndicate
addition tn V.aut Portland, lviner rilretlv
east of the school, previous to its pur- j
cnase, investigation will be made to as- ,
certain whether the necessary number t S-
of owners of adjoining property will I
agree to the closing of the street now
running between the school and the pro- j
posed purchase. , ',
Clerk R. H. Thomas was instructed to
proceed with condemnation proceedings
against lots 11 and 12, block 10, Broad
way addition, for the enlargement of
Fernwood school' grounds.
The offer of the Johnson-Dodson com
pany . of seven lots, comprising about
three acres in Principle addition, adjoin
ing Ockley Green school, for $12,540 was
accepted after some- discussion as lo
whether funds were, available.
.SEEDS ABE LISTED
Superintendent D. A. Grout, while ad
mittiiig the meagreness of funds, said
the need of Ockley Green for additional
room was greater even than Fernwood ;
that the school was located away from
paved streets, that the children id no
place to play and that the adjoining va
cant lota were plastered with "no tres
pass signs."
Director Woodward said he had found
playground conditions at many schools
deplorable, mentioning Woodmere, Glen
coe. Couch and Lincoln high. At Lin
coln, he said the boys had recently been
ordered off a vacant lot owned by the
school district itself, by a policeman, be
cause adjoining residents declared they
were a nuisance.
Lack of lighting systems in at least
a dozen of the portables shaded by trees,
buildings or hills was severely criti
cised by the board' and the buildings and
grounds committee was authorized to
remedy this by installing lights wherever
in its Judgment artificial light is neces
sary, drawing upon the emergency fund
for payment.
AMEJfDMEJiT MADE
Amendment was made to the proposed
teachers' tenure bill, providing for the
promotion as well as the demotion of a
teacher by the board when deemed for
the good of the service, abandoning the
proposed probationary period from
March to April in the case of a teacher
to be dismissed and denying the board
the right to base, its action upon any
grounds not included in the written
charges served upon the teacher by the
superintendent.
Section 6 as amended in the first three
sentences reads: "No teacher shall be
elected except on the recommendation
and nomination of the superintendent
and except as provided in section 7
Teachers so employed shall be dismissed
only at the end of the school year. On
or before 'April 1 of each year the super
intendent shall submit to the board a
list of the teachers whose dismissal Is,
in his judgment, necessary for the good
of the service. This shall be accom
panied by a comprehensive report upon
the work of each teacher concerned,
which report shall set forth the grounds
upon which the dismissal is recommend
ed and shall also show that the adminis
trative officers have made suitable ef
forts to assist the teacher to improve
her work."
WOODWARD OPPOSES
Director Newill drew up the amend
ments, which Woodward, the only op
posing director, styled "a feeble attempt
to amend a vicious measure."
Upon protest of Joseph Hill of Hill
Military academy against the exclusion
of that school in interscholastic athletics
and his request for a reconsideration of
the board's previous action, the matter
was referred to the educational affairs
committee for disposal, s
The board voted to establish a do
mestic science course at Glenhaven and
Instructed Grout to assign a teacher for
the work at the beginning of the next
school term.
Upon the recommendation of William
ll. tsoyer, supervisor of music, and of
Superintendent Grout, it was decided to
provide a capable band director for Jef
ferson and Benson Polytechnic schools
at salaries of not more than $40 a month.
NEW SHOW
Last Tiroes
Today
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Mrs. Helen Ekin Starrett
FATALLY WOUNDED
OFFICER 'GETS MAN
New York, Dec. 17. (I. N. S.)
Following a desperate battle with
auto bandits in Upper Broadway
early today in which a police lieu
tenant and at least one of the armed
thugs were killed. Mayor John , F.
Hylan took official cognizance of
the sensational crime wave that has
recently engulfed the metropolis.
He called into conference the com
missioner of policed Richard E. En
right. BULLET H1T8 BA5DIT
, Floyd Horton, police lieutenant, died
bravely.
After jumping onto the running board
of the fleeing taxlcab containing the
armed robbers four men. and one
woman Horton, unable to get the
highwaymen to stop, emptied his re
volver into the limousine, although one
bullet had pierced his chest below the
heart. Still conscious when taken to a
hospital, Horton whispered to a de
tective :
"I'm sure I got two of them. Look
in my pocket."
Then he swooned. In his pocket was
the number of the death car. The body
of one of the robbers, a victim of Hor
ton's revolver, was found" in the hall
way of an apartment house a few blocks
from the scene of the battle.
ARRESTS ARE MADE
It was identified as that of Josepta
Lorensch, 22. an Italian, said by police
to have a criminal record. Michael lic
resch. newspaper delivery van driver,
near whose apartment Joseph was
found, was arrested today, when he
sought lo take from a garage a blood
bespattered car with the number cop
ied by Horton.
The arrest of Nicholas Loresch, an
other brother, and of John Cavanagh
and Emma Brooks, quickly followed.
The woman was wounded, police say, in
the right arm near the elbow. Before
Horton died he said he thought he "got
the woman."
Divorce Is Granted
Kalama, Wash., Dec 17. Gertrude
Peck was granted a divorce here from O.
W. Peck. The divorce suit of Bertha I.
Devers against Lester, R. Devers was
dismissed.
The board voted that physical educa
tion in the schools shall be carried out
without further expense, according to the
requirements of the law.
TOMORROW
SHIRLEY MASON
as
LITTLE WANDERER"
x a! p I k
K V Tomorrow
useful citizen
passes in death
of Mrs. starrett
In the passing of Mrs. Helen Ekin
Starrett, " whose death occurred
Thursday evening at her home. 720
Sherwood drive, Oregon Buffers a
peculiar and distinct loss the 'loss
of a rich and radiating personality
that constituted a cultural and eth
ical asset that was truly priceless.
Mrs. Starrett was a devoted wife and
a wonderful mother, a foremost edu
cator, a contributor to newspapers and
magazines, a writer of prose and verse,
a patron of the arts and all the other
things that go to make the perfectly
rounded life, yet all of these attain
ments and accomplishments were
eclipsed by an intangible something that
was just Mrs. Starrett herself.
RISE WAS RAPID
The rtn-wrtl) of sentlis. the mi lit of raceknest,
1ha gkiry of conms unafraid.
A coiutuit lore, a tendernem for wakn.
Were in her face and In her life displayed
Mrs. Starrett was born In Pennsylva
nia September 9, 1840. At the age of IS
she entered the Pittsburg high school. At
15 years of age she began teaching and
at 17 she was an Instructor in Sewickley
Female academy. At 18 she was princi
pal of a seminary In Georgetown, Ky. In
1864 she was married 'to Rev. William
Aiken Starrett, a Presbyterian minister.
Mrs. Starrett continued the teaching of
music and began contributing to vari
ous newspapers and magazines, later
editing the -paper of which her husband
was editor during his illness.
OPENED SCHOOL
Mrs. Starrett entertained Susan B. An
thony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in
her home and attended the first meeting
of the national woman suffrage organi
sation, this being in 1868. Mrs. Starrett,
who, with Dr. Olympia Brown, were the
only survivors of that convention, at
tended the victory convention in Chicago
i last year.'
Mrs. Starrett's chief public work was
done as principal of the Starrett School
for Girls. Upon the passing of Rev. Mr.
Starrett she went to Chicago and there
opened a school for girls, at first a very
small institution, but it enabled her to
keep her family of seven children to
gether and so she was happy. The school
grew in usefulness, size and importance,
until at the end of 30 years' service as
Its head, Mrs. Starrett retired from its
active principalshlp at the age of 75. at
which time the title of principal emer
itus was conferred upon her.
PRESENTED WITH HOME
Her aoas presented her with her beau
tiful home on Portland Heights, oppo
site the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.
S. Dinwiddle, and it was there that she
had spent her time since.
Mrs. Starrett had been in ill health for
the past several months, having submit
ted to a serious operation several weeks
ago, from which she only partially ral
lied. The Immediate cause of death was
cerebral hemorrhage.
Immediately upon coming to Portland
Mrs. Starrett identified herself with
the religious, social and cultural life of
the community. '- She was the teacher
of one of the largest classes in the First
Presbyterian Sunday school, president
of the Alnsworth Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, a member of numerous organisa
tions And at all times her home was the
gathering place for interesting and dis
tinguished visitors.
WROTE MAST BOOKS
Among her better known writings was
her little book. "The Charm of Fine
Manners," "The Future of Educated
Women," "Letters to Elder Daughters,"
"After College What V "Gypie," "Let
ters to a Little Girl," and a , book of
charming poems, "Crocus and Winter-
green."
Mrs. W. S. Dinwiddle, a daughter, who
now resides In San Francisco, arrived.
from the South about a week ago, and
was with her mother at the end. The
other daughter. Mrs. Katherin. Starrett
Whitten. arrived this morning from Ran
Francisco. There are also three survlv
ing sons, Paul Starrett, president of the
Fuller Construction . company ; Ralph
Starrett, head of the North Carolina
Shipbuilding corporation and William
Starrett, vice president of a construction
company operating in Japan. Two sons,
Theodore and uoldwin, passed away
within the past few years.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday at 1 :30 p. m. at the First Pres
byterian church. Dr. Harold L. Bowman
officiating. Interment win De private
Close personal friends of Mrs. Starrett,
realizing her always dominant trait of
unselfishness and her life-long devotion
to the cause of education, have conceived
a plan for placing a tablet in the Worn
an's building at Eugene in memory of
her and they ask that friends who would
otherwise send flowers, send a contribu
tion to Mrs. Forrest Fisher, treasurer of
the memorial fund.
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Navy Balloon With ; .
Three Officers on ,
Board Is Missing
New York, Dec. 17. (L N. S.) No
word has becjj received at the naval air
station at RocRaway Point early today
of the j missing government balloon
carrying! three naval officers, who
started j from there last Monday for
Canada. Officers at the station con
tinued to express .the belief that the
missing balloon is safe. They said, how
ever, that they are making every effort
possible fto get some trace of the bal
loon.
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Foresti rangers in Northern New York
have been asked to search forthe men.
The three naval .officers. Lieutenants
Stephen j A. Farrell. Waltei; Hlnton and
Louis Aj. Kloor, carried rations suffi
cient foi" a two days' journey, it was
stated. liOrily one of the three carrier
pigeons .taken in the balloon has re
turned to the station. It brought a
note dated Monday forenoon saying the
officers were passing over Brooklyn.
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Independence, Kan., Dec. 17. (I.
N. S.)-f The county, jail, heavily
guarded by armed American Legion
naires, is besieged here today by a
mob of 400 angry citizens following
positivej identification of Noble
Green, fa negro under arrest as the
slayer f R. It. Wharton, prominent
grocer, j It was Whartons murder
which caused the race rioting here
during the night in which one white
man was killed, four whites wounded
and a negro slain.
Whenlnews of the identification leaked
out. crowds hurriedly ' gathered and
marched on . the jail. They were driven
off by the former overseas veterans.
serving as deputy sheriffs. One hundred
extra deputies were immediately sworn
in and an armed cordon stretched around
the jailf
MOB GETS DYNAMITE
Public feeling is at a fever heat. A
storehouse on the edge of Independence
was broken into early today and several
hundred) pounds of dynamite stolen. Au
thorities) fear an attempt will be made
to dynajmite the jail after darkness to
night
In the main fight,' which occurred near
the First Presbyterian church. Lawrence
Clennan, " 13-vear-old white scl.ool boy,
and Arthur Harper, a negro, were
killed, i Serious wounds were suffered
by Fred Kelley, a barber ; Albert Mibeck,
a jeweler, and F. S. Mcllenry, a baker.
STOREKEEPER MURDERED
AH were reported in a dangerous con
dition today. Norman Dickens, the oth
er" wounded person,, received only a
slight scalp wound. All the known
wounded are whites.
Earlyj Thursday morning, when Balph
Mitchell, driver of a bread wagon, en
tered the grocery store of R. R. Wharton,
he Bawt a negro taking money from the
cash register. The negro fled from the
store. .Mitchell found thp lifeless body
of Wiarton behind a counter.
A posse was formed under Mayor
Wadman's direction and it found
Green, a negro, whom Mitchell identified
as the assailant. From then until after
dark, crowds gathered on downtown
streets,! discussing the tragedy. The
crowd finally moved on the jail, but a
short tlk by the . sheriff halted its
action. t '
BLACKS ATTACH WHITES
It bean to disperse when four negroes
appeared, one of them firing a shot at
the whiites. As though by magic guns
were whipped out and the shooting be
came general. The whit js. jammed in
a crowd, made good targets for the
negroes. Six fell before the first round
of shots, five of them whites.
The crowd scattered, taking nelter,
but for two hours they kept up a bteady
exchange of shots. Ammunition was
finally exhausted and the rioters ".hen
entered Into a hand to band fight. The
four negroes who began the trouble
were augmented by scores of their friends
and at' the height of the fighting they
appealed to negroes in Coffeyville, Kan.,
to con- to their rescue.
There Is still pure and unadulterated
love in the-world. Nothing less could
persupde some people tc marry what
they do.
MOB STORMS JAIL
TO GET MURDERER
LAST TIMES TODAY
CARLES RAY
"PEACEFUL VALLEY"
STARTING
SPECIAL XMAS PROLOGUE
Portraying in a wealth, of color
and music the Yuletide spirit of
the season. Truly, the Liberty's
most pretentious p r o logue.
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RCWD
BY LEAGUE: TOTAL
Geneva, Dec 17. (I. N. S.) The
League, of Nations assembly today
unanimously admitted Albania to the
league. This brings the membership
of the league up to 47 nations. The
committee ' on admission of new
members had recommended against
admitting Albania.
(Albania is a wild, desolate, mountain
land in the Balkans bordering the Adri
atic It has no recognised government
it present. It was formerly part of the
old Turkish empire before the first
Balkan war. After Albania was cre
ated into an independent state Prince
William 'of Wied w as selected aa ruler
f the country by the big powers but
his reign collapsed after brief duration.)
The assembly refused to admit Azer
baijan and Ukralnia.
(Aserbaijan is one of the new states
to which the war gave birth. It lies
in Asia on the Russo-Persian border.
Ukrainia was formerly part of the Rus
sian empire. It Is now controlled by
soviet Russia. V
The assembly refused to admit the
principality of Liechtenstein to the
league. With the exception of Monaco
and San Marino it is the smallest state
in Europe. It borders Switzerland.
Desperate Youth
Terrorizes Softool
Leader With Gun
Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 17. (U. P.) Prin
cipal F. H Plumb of the Denny school
was backed Into a corner by Lloyd
Golding, 17, former student, and held
there by a pistol In the band of the boy
when an attempt to arrest the lad was
made late yesterday.
Golding is alleged to have escaped
from the state training school at Che
halis. Earlier in the day the boy was
reported by girl pupils when they found
him in a basement lavatory. He escaped
after a chase by the school authorities
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but returned later to claim two note
books which he bad dropped.
Calling the Janitor to hold Qoidtas
while he summoned the police the prin
cipal turned to the phone.
Sauirmina away from his captor the
boy whipped out a revolver and forced
the two men to stand aside while ne
escaped from the office. ' '
Morton, Wash., Dec. 17. On her r
return home to see about the milk- r
ing Thursday nifcht. Mrs. James Wil- ;
burn found her-husband had carried ;!
out a threat he "had made the day
before and had committed suicide
by taking poison. ..
Wllburo lived but a few minutes af ter
the arrival of physicians.
He is said to have threatened Wed- -.
nesday to kill his wife and to commit V
suicide. Mrs. Wllburn took drugs that r
were in the house and left, but returned t
them Thursday morning, thinking Wil-A,
burn would rorget nis inreau n nma.-,.
made arrangements ito stay Thursday,,,
night with Mrs. C. E. Waste, and.wsa
not home when Wilburn took the poison.
She found Wllburn on the floor in the
front room, unconscious. He died at 10 14
o'clock. Two empty poison bottles were.'
found on. the kitchen! table.
Wllburn had worked on the Morton
branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. ;
Paul railway for lb years, according to
old-timers here. He teamed for some fe
time, later selling his outfit and buy-
operated until his death.' .
The Wilburns were married in Seattle
In October, 1919. He was BO years old.
A baby,, born Thanksgiving, day, also
survives. I
Marriage Licenses
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 17. Marriage
licenses were Issued Thursday to Floyd -Oelbert,
22, Vancouver, and 1 Velma i
Woodruff.. 20. Portland ; R.I gar H. Klg- j
gins. 60, Martins Ferry. Ohio, and Mrs.
Clara Behme, 4, Bowling Oreen, Ohio ; rj
Frank Adams, 66, attd Lucy Lee, legal,
Portland ; Fred Thorsdale, legal, Se- -attle,
and Alyce Mont, legal, Portland. A,
G. A. IL Post to Meet
Vancouver, Wash., .Dec. 17. Ellsworth
post No. 2, O. A. R., will meet Saturday
morning at Library hall.
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