CITY EDITION
Unvarnished Facts
Portland and Oregon's accomplishment
the past year will be reviewed In The
'Journal magazine next Sunday. The facts
will be stripped of needless verbiage they
will be told in Just the way to convince
your friend In the east.
CITY EDITION
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THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday
fair; westerly winds. t
Minimum temperatures Sunday: "
Portland 39 New Orleans.,.. 50
Helena ..: 14 New York....,., 24;
Los Angeles;.... 48 SU Paul......... 08
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Oregon Public Service Commis
sion Requests National Body to
Take Action to Keep G. N. and
S., P. & S. in Union Depot.
The Oregon , public" service com
mission this morning officially re
quested the interstate commerce
commission, to issue a preliminary
order restraining the Northern Pa
cific Terminal company from ousting
the Great Northern and Spokane,
Portland & Seattle railroads from
us of the facilities of the terminal
company at the Union station in
Portland. ' ".
WAATS ACTI05 DELATED
, The complaint set forth by the Ore
i con commission asks that the national
TERMNA
. body order the present status to be con-
Ainued until a hearing may te naa De
fore the interstate commerce commission
and reasons set forth why the present
arrangement should not be made per
manent. -; .
" in the complaint, the public service
commission, in aanswer . to the ter
minal company's declaration that there
is not sufficient room at the terminal
for all roads, alleges that traffic was
heavier at the Union station during the
war than at this time, and that the
congestion was not sufficient then to
- force the Hill lines from the yards.
OFFER TO PAY
Why. then, with lighter traffic, should
they be compelled to enter this city at
the Hoyt street station now? the com
mission inquires.
The document also carries affidavits
from officials of the Hill lines, deciar
ing that they are ready to pay any rea
sonahie sum and meet all just require-
ments if they are - permitted continued
use of the terminal company facilities.
The public service .. commission also
charges that . the terminal company vio
lated the original agreement between the
companies for use of the terminal by
bringing negotiations to an abrupt end
Ine without submitting differences to
arbitration. i
Ttfe agreement called for arbitration
by three arbiters, one setected by each
party to the controversy and the .third
' selected by the first two arbiters.' ' -5EG0TIAT10JCS
ABATfDOSED
The. terminal company did not submit
differences . to arbitration, the public
service ; commission maintains, but sum
marily i abandoned negotiations on De
cember 10 and ordered the Hill lines to
cease use of the union station Decem
ber 31. -
The Hill lines have been using the
facilities of the terminal eompany since
July, 1918. For three days in March,
, 1920. they were diverted to the Hoyt
street station by order of the terminal
officials. The order was. rescinded,
however, and negotiations undertaken
i for -further use of the property by the
. Great Northern and.S., P. S.
MAT ORDER MEETING
The end" came, however. In December
when the Southern Pacific, the public
service commission declares, threw the
voting power of its 20 per cent stock
against the Hill lines and thereby caused
eviction.
If the request of the service commis
sion is granted, the Interstate Commerce
commission will announce a date for
hearing of the case, a" which time the
service commission , and the terminal
company will present evidence to sub
stantiate their claims.
CALIFORNIA BODY SEEKS
TERMINAL DATA HERE
Salem. Or., Dec 20. That Portland is
not alone tn its terminal troubles is in
dicated in a request received by the pub
lic service commission here this morning
from the California railroad commission
asking for maps and data relative to the
railroad terminal facilities at Portland.
This Information, it is explained, will be
used in connection with an lnvestiga-
tion which the California commission
has Instituted into the desirability of
continuing the point terminal used by
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rail
roads of the latter'a Oakland pier.
Dallas Or., Dec, 20. George F.
West, aged about 65, shot and in
stantly killed his wife at the home
of John G. Brown, ' a widower, in
North Dallas, shortly before - noon
Monday. then swallowed poison
but is expected to recover.
- West arrived Sunday from fellows,"
Cal., and located his wife, who was
keeping house for Brown, but did not
disclose his presence ih town to her.
.Monday he drove to the Brown house in
a taxicab. entered the house and imme
diately shot the woman twice, one bul
let piercing her heart and another pass
ing through her head. Mrs. West is sur
vived by one daughter, H years old. who
was in school in Dallas when, the tragedy
occurred. 1 ' . .
County May Sue City
If Drive Is Damaged
Complaint was made to the county
commissioners today that Thursday
night -of last week a city fire engine
traversed the full length of the green
pavement on Montgomery drive, onward
to Fulton Heights. The roadmaster was
asked to investigate, for the purpose of
determining . whether -the roadway has
been damaged, and if so the city will be
billed for the costs. -
MAN KILLS WIFE;
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Second flaw Mattel
Portland. Oregon
TO SIMPLIFY INTERSTATE MOTORING
FOUR secretaries of state meet in Portland at the call of Sam Kozer of Oregon to discuss
uniform traffic laws for Northwestern states. From left Charles T. Stewart, Montana;
J. Grant H inkle, Washington; Robert O. Jones, Idaho, and Sam Kozer. Officials dis
cussed automobile thefts this morning, with mutual arrangements for listing theft records.
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UNIFORM TRAFFIC
LAWS DISCUSSED
Uniform - traffic regulations for
four Northwestern states was dis
cussed today, at a meeting of secre
taries of state for Oregon. "Washing
ton, Idaho and Montana, called by
Sam Kozer of Oregon at the Imperi
al hotel. They would eliminate con
fusion in interstate .. motor vehicle
traffic and s promote the factor of
safety on highways in the North
west. A representative from Cali
fornia was invited to the conference,
but had, not arrived at. a late hour
today. v
Uniformity in city traffic laws and
rules of the road was the theme of the
meeting, which probably will continue
until late tonight, with additional con
ferences Tuesday. State representa
tives were enthusiastic over the plan
calling for parallel legislation to be
enacted by the four states, admitting
the Inadequacy of -present laws In each
state and deploring the habitual con
fusion attendant upon stranger travel
from one state to another. . . ,
Reciprocal i provisions covering non
residents, including . both pleasure, and
for-hire vehicles, lighting" equipment
and lighting laws, width and breadth
of load,-vehicle capacity, t parking and
signals were 'discussed in detail. It Is
possible that as a result of the confer
ence uniform 'sets of laws will be drawn
up in the four states and passed : upon
at a second conference- later, this year
or early in 1921. .
Sam Kozer presided at the meeting,
which was attended by Charles T. Stew
art, secretary of state for Montana; J.
Grant Hinkle. secretary of state for
Washington-; Robert O. Jones, secretary
of state for Idaho; A- C Conrad, super
intendent of the Washington motor ve
hicle department: T. A. Raffety. chief
Inspector, Oregon automotive depart
ment; Jay Saltsman, inspector ' for the
eastern division, Oregon: L. "V. Jen
kins, chief of Police, Portland; Captain
H. E. Lewis. Portland police, traffic de
partment ; H. P. Coffin, public safety
commission, Portland, and (. Lieutenant
Carr, chief of traffic for the Seattle po
lice department. ''
Conrad led discussion of automobile
thefts and Introduced a resolution that
the secretaries of state publish lists of
stolen cars which they shall exchange,
thus giving an interstate check on such
thefts. :
Soldiers Suspected
Of Theft of Auto
Three soldiers said to be from "Van
couver barracks were arrested on Port
land heights Sunday night by Patrol
man Payor for the alleged . theft of an
automobile. The accused. Foster - C.
Cheney, Harmon Jones and James West,
were in the machine when they were
stopped at Montgomery drive and Jack
son street. The machine is said to have
been stolen in Vancouver. West is
charged with being armed with a dan
gerous weapon ur addition to the lar
ceny charge.
Treasurer of Big
Co. Held for Theft
Wilmington DeL, Dec. 20. (L N. S.)
Charles F. Eastman,: assistant treasurer
of th Hercules Powder company,, was
a'rrested today on the charge of stealing
S3S.00O from the company.: He was ar
raigned at once and bail was fixed at
$50,000. Eastman is a cousin of William
Bush, who was arrested Friday on the
charge , of stealing $200,000 from the
Wilmington savings fund. The author!
ties declare there has been an epidemic
of theft and that other arrests will be
made shortly.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING,
Hubby Objects
To 'Zaza'; Prima
Donia Leaves
i Chicago,;. -Dec- 20. (I.'.N.S.P-J'
Postponement ' of- the .'premiere of
"Zaza" -by the Chicago Opera com
pany, -which was to have taken place
tomorrow-night, and the sudden de
parture for New Tork of Mme.
Ganna, Walska, the world's most
wealthy prima donna," who was to
have sung the title role, gave rise
today to a flood of conflicting ru--mors.
' '
Announcement was made by officials
of the opera company that the postpone
ment was due to inability of the com
pany to do the vast amount of pre
paratory work necessary to . the. success
ful production of the opera. It was said
that Mme. Walska had gone to New
York for the holidays.
Mme. Walska is the wife of Alexander
Smith Cochran of New York, whose
reputed fortune of $80,000,000 caused
him to be known as the "world's richest
bachelor." It has been : declared that
Cochran objected to the prima donna
appearing in the rather daring role of
Zaza: Cochran spent several days in
Chicago, but returned to New' York a
day before the singer did. '
Mme. Walska is reported to have said
that "if .my husband should object to
my singing well, not .for long would
he be my husband."
KOREAN REBELS
SLAY JAPANESE
Peking. Dec. 20. (I. N. S.) Ko
rean insurgents at Cnlen Tao at
tacked detachments of Japanese
troops, killing 18 and wounding 35,
said a dispatch from Harbin today.
Great Northern to
Cut HillyardTorce
Spokane, Wash., Dec. l2 The Great
Northern railroad forces i in Hillyard
will be reduced 200 men Wednesday.
according to an announcement by of
ficials "of the railroad, . .This reduction
makes a total ,cut in the working force
of approximately 25 per cent. The
majority of the men to be laid off are
working in the car department'
Charges Prisoners
Beaten to Death
Houston, Texas, Dec. 20. (U. P.)
Charges that prisoners in Texas prison
camps are beaten to death, killed tor
minor offenses and mistreated were
made here today by "George W. Dixon,
widely-known magazine wrKer of Hous
ton, in an open letter said to have been
mailed broadcast to newspapers through
out the state.
Bill Aiding Farmers
. Now Goes to Wilson
Washington. Dec. 20. fl. N. S.) The
senate late today ' concurred ln the
house amendments to the resolution re
viving the war finance corporation to
extend aid to the. agricultural interests.
The resolution now goes to the president
for his action. - (
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DEMOCRATS FAVOR
TRADE WITH RUSSIA
Washington, Dec. 20. (I. N. S.)
There should be a complete and
eariy -resumption of tradCT3etWfe"ett
this ' country" and f Russia,'' as one
means of relieving, the agricultural
overproduction from .which Ameri
can farmers are suffering, accord
ing' to; the consensus of opinion of
Democratic leaders attending a cau
cus today of the Democratic steer
ing committee of the senate.
This announcement was coupled with
one that the steering committee had de
cided to oppose any move to rush
through the senate the omnibus tariff
bill the Republicans propose as "emer
gency legislation" to relieve the "ftnan
clal and economic distress" confronting
the ; farmers.
. The house ways and means committee
this afternoon reported out favorably s
bill providing for a temporary tariff on
agricultural products.
The bill as reported out was prac
tically as agreed upon by the committee
on Saturday.
Frozen beef was eliminated from the
bill today, and the following new tariff
rates were agreed upon :
Three cents per pound for" peanuts, 28
cents per pound for peanut oil, 1
cents per pound for lemons, 30 cents per
pound for ' combed wool, 45 cents per
pound ' for scoured wool, 15 cents per
pound for wool in the grease, 45 cents
per pound for. woolen goods.
The bill will be called up in the house
on ' Wednesday.
Ernest Mitchell Is .
Badly Crushed by
I Elevator at Sandy's
Caught between the -shafting a.id the
elevator, Ernest Mitchell of 204 Car
menita street was badly t crushed at
Sandy's kodak, shop. 829 ' Washington
street, this morning at 11:15. .
Mitchell ..had .been employed for the
Christmas: rush and assigned to work
in the basement stockroom. Starting
the lift from the basement to the street
level on" the freight elevator; and being
unable to operate it, he was caught
between the side of the shaft and the
elevator platform'. Prompt ? action on
the part' of Sam Henderson, stockman,
in reversing the elevator prevented more
serious injury.
When the elevator 'was - lowered
Mitchell's clothing caught on a pro
jection in the shafting and he was
dropped to the platform at the . base-1
ment level When the hold was loosened.
He was sent to St. Vincents hospital,
where it was found that bis back was
badly . wrenched and internal hurts are
suspected.
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Deputy F.M.Dempsey
Resigns His Position
Frederick M. Dempsey, deputy district
attorney, has sent in his resignation to
take effect January 1.
Dempsey began as deputy back in
1913, and has been connected' with that
office ever since. He will leave shortly
to; visit relatives in California, return
ing In early February, at which time he
will, open up private law offices.
Yeggmen Loot Bank '
Of $6000 to $15,000
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 20. U., P.)
Yeggmen looted the '.vault of the Indi
ana National bank of between $6000 and
115,000, It became known today- when
the bank doors wers opened.
DECEMBER
20,
CLARAHAMON pBLING IN
RETURNING TO f WHEAT EVIL,
FACE JURORS! SAYS REPORT
Relates to Newspaper ReporterfMuch of Future Trading Is Mere
How Bullet That Killed Oil!
King Was Fired; Describes J
Quarrel Preceding Shootingjp
By Sam Blair
8taf Correspondent CniTeisal Sctriee
'(Oopyright, 1920. by I'niTersal Serrice)
(Copyright, 1920. Chicago Herald and Examiner)
(Copyright. 1930, by Sam Blair)
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 19. (I. N.RJbe stormed bv cnnerrerainnal ree-nln.-
S.) Clara Smith Hamon is on.hergtion, the federal trade commission
way back to Ardmore, Okla., to faceSwrote President Wilson today,
a jury on a charge of slaying Jack5f The commission's communication' con
L. Hamon, multi-millionaire oiljj!8tituted its report in reply to the presi-
. ,.vu . .iS5dent'8 request for a study of the causes
"'s"alc 1";l'uu'"""' -"""Sof falling wheat prices. The commission
committeeman from Oklahoma. fiadvised the president he has no power
ov,. ii. ,- - .., ,v,Jjto prevent importation of foreign' wheat
storv she told me last nleht In the nubllci". demanded by farmers hit by falling
nark at fhihna Vina. Mpxicn
, it SB
xne story ruenea 10 a cunyx wun "tiat government selling machinery be
account of the last meeting of HamonSset up to? dea, witn centralized Wheat
and Clara. in the Ardmore hospital aftetftbuyins arencles now! maintained In the
vne snooting, it ciosea wun a oeneu; -
uon on ine soui oi ine-wan inai I,'"fto
B"""B m ic i"h;i, hi " "-'posslble price manipulation by these
now seeme in ine neart me '"''cigencies
. . ,j.,M Seven factors combined to1 reduce
"He wm always cruel and snarl mgwheat prjces ln the United Slate9f the
im me one ."x.
gers to her hair so that I might feel thei
rurrowea scar resuu oi one oi nis nuuiyja
blows, she said. Then she cried :
"That bullet which killed blm 'Bhouldjtovemment buying in one commission
have been fired 10 years ago. 1 was
vised to kill mm yes. ry several oi in$iaier reduced its demands; (J) unprece
biggest men in ,Oklahoma.
"But I loved him. I still love him.
He made his peace with .God. He?chanse : (4) the record breaking yield
tnirt m that mnminc- in tHe hosDltaf -
after he had said he was dying and thaS
I should go away and he would tell thK"' l"J I,?ur ln,s la" '
world he had shot himself. He's . madfc3 (6 general decline of all commodity
his peace with God and God and I fprJ
gave mm on uiai uaj. wiu mo
would meet me in heaven and I'll meej
him there
DECIDED TO.PAKX
But. oh, if I only had shown to thwl
Ardmore people the black, marks of hirj
thumbs on my throat, the torn skin ofc3
i.i 0onclU8cle4 on Page. Two. Column Three)
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Seattle. Dec. 20. (L N. S.) How
he worked for 1,4 years to perfecj
a process by ' which he could dia
solve or penetrate the wax shell ira
which the germ of tuberculosis live
and in that way obtain a cure fqs
this, dread - disease, was explainej
here by Dr. Benjamin' S. Paschall Ar-
this city, who after three years lah
oratory work in New Tork has 3uja
returned. JJr. I'ascnaii is now conjg
vincea ne nas a cure ior ine aisea
in the synthetic . drug known
him
mycoleum."
"Because someone in the world jumtjq
to conclusions," he said, "and 'announej;'-.
prematurely a cure for tuberculosis,
deliberately sat down' with full knowfej
edge of our discovery way back In 19I"?
and treated hundreds of patients ai
waited 13 years to be perfectly sure
"Mycoleum" is a wax that is inject
into the muscles and wages an indir
warfare against the deadly ' tuberculin
baccilli. ; , t
Dr. Pasehall la one of tfie best kno-d
physicians and chemists in the : We:
After he had exhausted a fortune-.
$300,000 of Mrs. Paschall' s in an cptt
aeavor lo aim-over & cure ior luoerc
men as H. F. Alexander, president r.
the Pacific Steamship company ; W. if
Boeing, president of the Boeing AlrplarfK
company, and John C. Eden, presided
of the Superior Portland Cement coikE;
pany. Through the assistance of thejp;
men thedoctor was able to pursue
experiments until now, he announces
the world that he has found a cure.
"Dr. Paschall' s cure is, I fear, visions
ary," said Dr. E. A. Pierce, head of ttv
Pierce sanitarium and specialist On pi?,
monary diseases, "and so far the med;
nol nmfMuInn Imnvi ti nt i in cr , it TtL
were what he claims, the proper way
bring it to the fore would be to lnt:
duce it before the medical societies a
journals, who. being only too glad to
cept any proved method of combati:
tuberculosis, would give it. a tborou
test, instead of trying to get newspapt
notoriety like so many of the ,'ctirra
.nlv Ka oilitraa " ? .:
Dr. Calvin S. White, ven asked aboi
the cure, said, , "It sounds like - ar
humbuggery.' f .
Proai i pti t Cnn hi fl p.rs $
unnsimas raraon
For IT. S. Prisoner!
Washington, Dec 20. (L N. S.) iti
President Wilson is today conslderlf
UmBimu parouiis lur luwiy, iaun
in federal prisons, it was announced
the White House.
Most urgent and general pleas for
don which the nresi?"t is considering
that- of Eugene V Jbbs, the Soclalis
leader imprisoned for . violation of t'g
espionage act The president is 'also con
sidering requests for general amnefvjr
for all so-called political ' prisoners. '
Secretary Tumulty announced e
would discuss the matter-of parddfiS
with the president today, but there wgji
no intimation whether the president
preparing to grant any sizeable numf
of Christmas pardons. :
PHYSICIAN CLAIMS
TUBERCULOSIS CURi
1920. EIGHTEEN PAGES
Speculation, Commission Tells
President; Price Decline Found
Due Mainly to Natural Causes.
'& Washington, Dec. 20. (U. P.)
pA. "large volume" of future trading
Hin wheat "is mere gambling," involv-
ang great economic waste, and should
SPrlces - ? -
. The Commission also recommended
Urilted statc8 by toreign governments
protect the American farmer against
commission reported.;
T factors wer iven ..
fn A wirIj .h,, ,!,,
flin 191S: r.r,f..i
ad-gwhich bought heavily in the spring, but
gdented importations from Canada this
:SE,rall, coupled with a dlxcount rate of
1 corn ana wnicn neipea to ae
Pres wheat prices;: (S) slackening of
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column Two)
TRAIL OF SLAYERS
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RAND
- Los Angeles, Cal.,'C)ec. 20. (U
P.) Detectives investigating the
murder of Mrs. Fay Sudow, eccen
trie middle-aged business woman,
today set out on a hunt for two more
men. They indicated Portland, Or.,
was a center in the search.
Discovery of new information and
the finding of Mrs. Sudow's slashed and
blood-stained clothjhg spurred the police
to redouble their efforts to arrest the
person who hacked her to death and
buried her nude body tn the Edendale
hills, where it was found a week ago.
- One of the men sought is described
as short and stocky, shabbily clothed
and rough appearing. This man, whose
hair is streaked with gray, was seen
on several occasions quarreling vio
lently with Mrs. Sudow on downtown
streets, presumably over money matters.
The other is a roan whose home Mrs.
Sudow is said to haye visited frequently.
The house, police were told, is close to
the end of the Kdendale carline.
Juries Sought for
Trial for Alleged
Murder, Robbery
Juries were being1 selected in the' cir
cuit court this morning for the trials of
Husted A. Walters, charged with the
murder of Patrolman Jerome Palmer,
and of Thomas Cullen, charged Jointly
with Robert Campbell with the robbery
of Ding Wing November 20.
Circuit Judge Tucked will try the mur
der case, with District Attorney Walter
A. Evans conducting the prosecution
and B. F. Mulkey the defense.
The i obbery case is being tried ; by
'Circuit Judge Morrow, with Deputy Dis
trict Attorneys Hammeraley and Mowry
conducting the prosecution and . Tom
Garland and Williams & Williams the
defense, ping Wing's safe was stolen
bodijy from his place of business, J1805
being the loss. Later the safe was
found and $700 was recovered. Cullen
and Campbell demanded separate trials
although they were Indicted in the same
true bllL
Liquor Charge May
Be Made Twice, Is
Wolverton's Ruling
Prosecution in the municipal court on
a. liquor charge does not bar federal .at
torneys from filing an additional charge
of the same nature in the federal court.
according to a decision given this morn
tag by federal Judge Charles Wolver
ton. - , : ... . i
He cited this opinion while overruling
the motion of Adelia - Sullivan, who
pleaded former Jeopardy to a grand
Jury indictment charging v violation of
the national prohibition law. - She
pleaded . guilty in the municipal court
and was given a I suspended sentence.
The ' courts .-decision . does not Include
prosecution in the state courts. i
Oil Prospects Near
Lewiston Held Good
Lewistoiv Idaho, Dec. 20. Patrick
Gibbon, mining engineer and geologist,
asserts that oil exists in the Lewlston
Clarkston ; valley. , Gibbon baa been
making tests since October. - and with
his associates Has leased 6000 acres. .
PRICE TWO CENTS
Rush at P. O.
Biggest Ever
Known, Gifts
Load All Mails
Portlanders avalanched the post-
office with Christmas packages this
morning.
'The Christmas rush is the worst we"
have ever known," declared Postmaster
John M. Jones. "Within the last half
hour the crowd has been three times as
large as it was any time last year," he
added. r '
That was in the new- postoffice, where
the long linej extended the width of the
corrider and then doubled back again,
where two of the cashier's windows
were opened to help handle the traffic,
and where ln the center of the lobby,
one man stood, weighing and rating the
parcels so that the employes behind the
stamp windows need do nothing but sell
stamps.
' In the old postoffice one could scarcely
get inside the door. Equal congestion
was reported at all the sub-stations.
And the' rush has by no means
reached its peak. The incoming mail is
just beginning to come in. Sunday
night it was reported that seven car
loads of mail came in on one train.
Even so, it is sot expected the greater
bulk of incoming gifts will arrive be
fore the middle or end of the week.
The greatest Jam in the Christmas rush
is expected the middle of the week,
when the outgoing and incoming will
both be heavy.
Postmaster Jones has already em
ployed 114 extra men to help handle
the rush.
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VALE TAILOR FOUND
Vale,- Or.. Dec. 20. The body of
George R. Sweeney was unearthed
late Sunday in a garden on the Ar
thur Palmer place at Watson, where
George Howard, self-confessed
murderer, finally admitted to Sheriff
Noe he had, buried it. The body
was brought to this city and an in
quest will be held before Coroner
Payne today.
Persistent questioning by Sheriff Noe
and .Acting District Attorney t-ytle
finally drew the whole truth from the
boy murderer, .which "led toithe recovery
it -the body. '
Howard . said he became - frighlened
that: the body would rise to the surface
of the river and reveal his crime, so he
deoided to remove it from its first hid
ing place and bury it A whole night
was taken for the' gruesome work.
Wading into the river, Howard said he
picked up the body , and carried it to
the bank, where he wrapped it in a
blanket and began his tiresome task of
half carrying, half dragging the dead
weight to the garden.
He would become exhausted, he said,
and lay the body down, and, while he
was resting, go to the garden and dig
the f rve-foot grave, in which he finally
covered it from sight, as he thought.
forever. -
Howard drew a diagram to show the
exact location of the body, but it was
only after- hard search ln the frozen
ground that the posse of deputy sheriffs
finally located it.
George Howard killed . George R.
Sweeney.: Vale tailor, on September 14,
fdr possession of an old automobile
which Howard coveted and did not have
the money to buy. His crime was un
discovered for nearly two months, until
the long, absence , of Sweeney alarmed
friends and officials of Malheur county
and Sheriff Noe unraveled the disap
pearance and obtained a confession
from Howard.
Collapse of Bridge
Dumps Wagon Into
Creek; One Injured
Drain, Dec 20. A section of Jh Pass
Creek bridge at the foot of 'First street
collapsed Sunday morning, carrying
down Roy J. Spalding, 32, with - his
wagon and team and two other oc
cupants, Ivan Barker, 17, and David
Coons, 13. Barker suffered a severe
scalp wound. The others and the team
were not injured.- A trapshootlng outfit
was being taken to a point out of town,
and live turkeys were a part load.
These were drowned when I the wagon
overturned into the edge, of the creek.
This is the second accident of identical
character that Spalding has figured ln
within a year, the first occurring last
spring, when a bridge span across the
same creek at another point went down
with himself, his wagon and team and
another occupant Spalding suffered
severe bruises at tnat time, but the
other person and the team were not
injured? .
Snow Blanket Covers
Eastern Oregon; Fall
Is Heaviest at Condon
Snow which started to fall all over
Eastern Oregon and Washington Sunday
continued to blanket the country east of
the Cascade mountains t this morning.
according to reports received by the
local offices of railroads serving that
territory. Reports indicate that this
storm is the first general one of the
-winter. . ' '
' The heaviest fall was reported at Con
don, with 11 Inches. Kamela reported 10
Inches and Heppner and Baker each six
inches. In the higher districts even
heavier falls have been experienced, ac
cording to the reports, v
Portland will hardly be affected by the
general snowfall east of the mountains.
according to Weather Forecaster wens.
Weather - conditions are variable, but
Wells predicts fair weather for tonight
and Tuesday with westerly winds. Some
rain is far) ing at coast points, but Wells
does not think this will extend inland
to Portland. .,.. - -
BODY 0 MURD
ED
On TRAINS MO KIWI
STANDS riVI CENTS
PURCHASERS
TO BE HELD
Drinkers to Be Treated as Parties
to Violation of Dry Law in Cru
sade on Soft Drink Parlors,
Declares Acting Mayor Bigelow
Acting Mayor Bigelow announced
this morning, preceding the council's
hearings on revocation ; of licenses
of soft drink dealers who are
charged with selling strong drink in
violation of the prohibition laws,',
that hereafter purchasers of liquor
will be held in jail as witnesses
against proprietors. . j
' Bigelow said be had discovered that
the .police have no been holding in
toxicated persons save on charges of
drunkenness on the theory that they
would falsify rather than divulge the
source of their liquor supplies and their
testimony against proprietors would be
futile.
To work out! plans for more rigid
enforcement of the law, Bigelow called'
a conference between city and district'
attorneys and the chief of polios, fie
declared witnesses can be held in jail
until they, are willing" to give truthful
testimony.
"Knowledge that a term in jail Is
awaiting them may make these people
less eager to patronise places where
hard liquors are sold under the guise
of soft drinks." Bigelow contended. "K
patron is a party to the crime, because
If it were not for him the establishments
now under' fire would 'not sell illicit
liquor." ( -
1CT
KILLED BY POSSE
Astoria, Dec. 20. Frank Wagner, '
known as "Dutch" Frank, the notori-"
ous safe cracker. Who escaped from
the state penitentiary, was killed at
Columbia Beach, near Warrentori, ,
shortly after noon Sunday by . a
posse, led by' Warden j Compton of
the penitentiary, while attempting
the capture of the escaped convict.
' . . i
The shooting occurred at the Ev Eng
lish place, when the posse came upon
Wagner in a little blacksmith - shop
where he was forging safe cracking
tools. The officers surrounded the build,
ing and then called for Wagner to come
out "Wagner answered the challenge
by stepping to the door and firing two
shots In the direction of the posse. ''
Instantly the officers replied with a
volley and Wagner dropped in the door-,
way. It was found that Wagner had
been struck by two of the bullets. One
entered ahe left side, of: his abdomen,
ranged upward and came out below the
right arm. The other bulletstruck him
ln the right cheek.: passed through his
head and emerged Just above the right
( Concluded on Pacs Two, Column Four)
Dr. E. A, Rumely arid
His Colleagues Are
Sentenced to 1 Year
New Tork. Dec 20. -(I. N S.) Dr.
lid ward A. Rumely, Norvln Llndheim
and S. Walter Kaufmann were each sen
tenced to one year and a day in the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, pa., this after
noon. They were convicted by a jury
Saturday on the charge of conspiracy in
connection with concealing from the gov
ernment, the alleised German ownership
of the New Tork Evening Mall. The sen
tence was the maximum possible under
the law. .1 v , -
BUNGALOW
WRECKED BY
EXPLOSION
TJAKER, Or., Dec. 20V A pres
sure tank,- which furnished
power for a water and lighting
system, located In the basement
under the dining room of the Dan
W. Jones home In Richland, ex
ploded? wrecking the new bunga
low.. Members of tlie family had
been eating their noonday meal In
the dining room a few moments
before, bat were in the kitchen
when the explosion occurred. A
baby was sleeping ln a bedroom
adjoining. No one was injured.
Only two windows) In. the bun
galow were left Intact. Doors
were torn from their hinges, the
double floor and furniture were
splintered, the piano was turned
completely around, but not dam
aged, and the heavy plate glass in
tbe front door was blown out
without break, while the wood
en portion of the door was splin
tered and rafters and beams were
rut where parts of the exploding
boiler tore through. The -auc
of the accident is unaccountable.
Jones estimated his lot at about
$3000. : '' ' " ' i - '
FUGITIVE ON
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