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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL." PORTLAND, ? OREGON'
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921.
BLOOD TEST IS NOW
DECLARED CERTAIN
BEYOND MISTAKE
San Francisco. Feb. 17. tf. P.)
- "Blood will tell," was the comment
today of Attorney Stanley Nolan on
the action of Superior Judge Qra
ham 'yesterday m legally approving
. the "osclllophore" as a 'means of
establishing a child's parentage.
"NO longer will the legat profession
have to scour the earth to gather an
array of witnesses' to prove the. parent
age of a child denied by the father."
' Nolan won the first case in Ameri
can courts where the "osclllophore" has
proved to a legal certainty the parent
age of a' child and its racial origin by
means of the "electronic reaction of
AbramV aiscovered by!. Dr. Albert
Abrams of Ban Francisco.1 "; ' v: i ,
ALL DOUBT ELIMINATED
"Verbal ' testimony, with many of its
contraditions, will soon be eliminated
in cases where doubt has clouded the
question of a child's parents." Nolan
predicted. "Dr. Abrams Is now work
ing on a system by which ho will be
able to make an 'electronlcgraph' of
every individual, which will be a per
manent record of the electronic vibra
tions of his blood. Many men will find J
in is system can Defused to safeguard
their family Interests. .-
In cases where large family estates
have been tied up by years of litiga
tion through introduction of so-called
heirs, and the claims of children which
are brought forth at the last moment as
illegitimate children, this .will be pro
tection. -
"In many states laws give Illegiti
mate children all the rights of legiti
mate heirs. This family electronic
trraph will, when compared with so
called heirs, give the lie to spurious
claimants.
SPURIOUS CLAIMANTS SHOWN
"Dr. Abrams 'osclllophore' has
brought to the legal profession the ab
solute proof, and the process la Inex
pensive. The test case of the Vittorl
baby yesterday was bo clear that the
presiding Judge who decided it never
hesitated to accept '; the conclusions of
Dr. Abrams," concluded Nolan.
Nolan represented Mrs. Paul Vittorl,
mother, of the babe denied by Paul
Vittorl, the father. He was responsi
ble for bringing Dr. Abrams into the
case, with the result that, the court ap
proved Abrams' findings that the child
was that of Vittorl and ordered Vittori
to pay $23 a month for the baby's sup
port or go to Jail.' -
Attorney Stanley Nolan is a brother
of Webster K. Nolan of Portland,
Northwest manager of the International
News Service and a Multnomah club
man. . '
MANIAC'S VICTIM HAS
SLIGHT LIVING CHANCE
Smuggled Opium
"n j . cia. j n
j r fill nil : rM.HWH.rn m
Ship Tinder Arrest
f Efforts of a waiter on the steamshtn
Si Montague, which arrived here from the
Orient Tuesday, to evade the customs
- has resulted In the discovery; today of
- 29 smuggled cans of cooked opium in a
North End - hotel and the arrest of
j homai Martin, steward. Just how many
of the 40 members of the erew are
connected with the smuggling plot. As
sistant United States Attorney Magulre
would not state. " The waiter's name was
. also withheld.
Clad in "high water" trousers, silk
' socks, silk shirt and other showy rai
ment, the purveyor of "salt horse"
stowed away a piece of uncut jade in
, one or nis stockings. It stuck out like
a carbuncle, and no his descent from
the deck attracted the attention of the
Inspector on watch. The, waiter is now
' minus his jade and subject to federal
"investigation" because It is alleged
other members of the crew succeeded
" in carrying out their nla, nf smnnriini
opium ashore while the inspector was
busy digging out the jade, which had
practically no value.- a
Magutreald he had not "earned what
method Martin is believed to have used
in smuggling the' opium off the boat.
It was found underneath the mattress
in his hotel room. ' ,
According to evidence In the hands of
Magulre. a member of the crew assisted
1n smuggling two bottles of liquor in
the laundry bag, and then overtook the
laundry driver and removed the liquor.
H"s then said to have proceeded to the
North End and rented a room for
jwarun. Atter getting the room Martin
Is said to have carried out his smug
gling plan.
Martin is to have' a preliminary hear
ing this afternoon before United States
Commissioner Fraser. In default of bail
he is held in the county JaiL
Railroad Companies
- Must Pay Mbife on
Steel Bridge Bill
The city engineering department has
completed the reassessment of the steel
bridge approach Improvements, so that
a fair proportion of the cost will be paid
by the railroad companies profiting by
the improvement. The remainder of the
rrwf will Ha totflVm
area, from Glisan east to Davis and
Everett, from Third street to Broadway,
from Third and Glisan to the union sta
tion, and from Third on both sides of
Glisan to Sixteenth street.
The improvement proposes a widening
of the approach to the double bridge at
that point.
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Abovo Motorcycleman M. E. Nolan,
shot by Frank Dury (below) in
hallucination that murderers were
breaking In.
MAD MAN'S.SHOT
MAY PROVE f ATAL
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finally cornered and captured by Stev
ens and Patrolman C F. Parker.
Mrs. Nolan, who had been ill for some
time, was taken from her home at 5134
Sixty-seventh streei, to the bedside of
her husband Wednesday nihl. Nolan
has been a policeman for two years. Un
til recently he was on the second night
relief, but when the -ast side station was
established he was tnnffrred there as
an emergency rr.otorcycle rider.
FKABED niS JTEHfH BOILS
Dur told the police he was frightened
and thought his. neighbors had designs
on his life. He said he thougWhe heard
them talking the partition between the
barber shop and the home of the Stev
ens and Ciper family Is thin and plan
ning to kill him.- The police say it Is
evident Dury was suffering from pecu
liar hallucinations.
When he heard the' men battering
down his door, Dury was wildly excited
and. said he thought they had come to
kill him. Deputy .City Attorney Stadter
said when Dury was in his office several
days ago he noticed that the man was
acting strange and apparently not well
balanced.
ACTIONS ABE PECULIAR
Neighbors told the police that Dury's
actions for some time had been peculiar
and ' unnatural. He was released' from
the asylum about two months ago, the
police say. Dury admitted to the police
that he had been' sent to Salem because
he was "ill." He said he was a resi
dent of Troutdale at the time.
Dury has a pronounced limp, which
he says is a result of an attack of in
fantile paralysis ; in early boyhood.
An X-ray picture of Nolan's wound
was taken Wednesday night. Authori
ties announced bat an operation would
probably be performed today In -an ef
fort to remove the bullet.
. Dury told the police he was married
and had a 7-year-old daughter who
lived with her mother In Troutdale. He
said be bought his barber shop in Octo
ber. When he fired, Dury claims he
did not know that the men entering his
room were i officers ;
This morning Dury talked rationally
about what he had done, seeming fully
to realize the enormity of his crime. .
Hansen was taken to the emergency
hospital where a flesh wound in the
arm was dressed. Stevens' injury- was
superficial and did not require medical
attention. . s
Just Received
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Contain 10,000 shots. Tbn renew for 0c.
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PUCCINI. FAMOUS r
COMPOSER; DYING
Rome,1 f eb. - 17. I. SN. 8. ) G iacomo
Puccini, famous Italian musical com
poser, is dangerously ill and today the
doctors hold out no hope for his re
covery. Sign or Puccini, was born in
1858. Some of bis beet known operas
are "Madame Butterfly," "! Boheme"
and "X Tosca. ,
Coincldently.'two of Puccini's famous
operas are being sung in Portland this
week. "Madame Butterfly" was given
Tuesday night at The Auditorium by
the San Carlo Opera company. Sat
urday afternoon ""La Tosca" will be
presented. 'The Girl of the Golden
West," a i distinctly American opera. Is
another of Puccinfs compositions.
BIG HIGHWAY BILLS
SLEEP MID ORATORY
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tractor, fishing boat and industrial fuel
generally could secure rebates. How to
provtde the administrative machinery for
handling these rebates is the big ques
tion now puzzling the draftsmen.
It 1s freely predicted that a flat tax
of 1 cent additional on gasoline could not
pass the senate, and probably would fail
in the house. On the other band it is
feared that any rebate . system would
prove so cumbersome and uncertain in
administration that It would eat itself
up in overhead and result in but little
additional revenue. '
And there is the Roosevelt highway bill
again in the senate. It will not pass
without a fight, and it is not sure of
passing either the senate or the house.
The highway commissioners are not en
thusiastic over it, though they are not
taking any open or positive stand in the
matter. Their position all along has
been that they will glvd. counsel and ad
vice when asked, but that1 they will, in
the end, take whatever, is handed to them
by the legislature to do, without at
tempting overly to Influence the legisla
ture.
The highway ' districting bill, practi
cally a companion bill of the Roosevelt
higHway measure, is also pending in
the senate and is portentious of trouble.
KOAIIS BIG CHOKE
Altogether, the highway program
alone is a big chore for them and
worthy of two or three days' considera
tion, if not by each house, at least by
both combined. . .
Then there Is the quarrel between
Polk county and the highway commis
sion, once fought out on the floor of
the house to the victory of the com
mission aijd the. defeat of Polk county,
but due to be revived today on recon
sideration. And, stlU more, the big
drive of the highway contractors to
force through the Dennis bills, giving
them the right to sue the commission
for claims repudiated by it, to extend
the life of claims from two v to four
years, and the reduction of the amount
of the face of a contract, which can be
retained by the commission, from IS
per cent to 3.
TENCBE BILL FACTOR
The tenure bill, to which the senate
is to fall heir, Is held In the house on
notice of attempted reconsideration, a
movement" which probably will be futile
but which will take time for its disposal.
Senator - Norblad's purse seine bill,
changed around by the committee to
eliminate purse seines In one year and
trollerg iff two. is due to come out onto
the floor of the house with a majority
and minority report, a circumstance
which will add to the gaiety of things,
including oratory.
Altogether there Is a pretty jam ahead,
so tight locked that it would not be at
all surprising to see the legislature,
sleepyeyed and weary, take a day off on
Sunday next to recuperate so that it
could come back on Monday next with
time enough to finish what it has com
menced with something of considerate
workmanship, rather than to go into his
tory as a legislative slaughterhouse dur
ing its closing hours.
CHAIYIB
ERLA1N
UR
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OF POST, SAYS REPORT
(Con turned From Pc One)
berlain, could possibly be considered as
a possibility. (
The refusal of Senator Chamberlain
to accept a position on the board be
cause of Teal, caused Teal to go to the
senator personally and request him to
announce his willingness to serve if ap
pointed. -
Upon advice that Chamberlain had
agreed to take the position if offered,
the Chamber of Commerce, state cham
ber, all ' civic organizations and posts
of the American Legion showered mes
sages upon Senator C. L. McNary, ask
ing him to urge the appointment of
Senator Chamberlain to Harding.
The president-elect and Senator Cham
berlain as senators worked side by side
for many years and are personal friends.
$1,750,000 IS URGED
FOR CHANNEL WORK
; (Continued From Pica One)
Severe Quizzing Is -Administered
Those
Seeking Citizenship
Ex-service men alone escaped the re
lentless quizzing of Federal Judge
Charles EI Wolverton and Examiner V.
W. Tomlinson in the federal court this
morning when applications for citizen
ship were heard.
All others were , obliged to prove
knowledge beyond ' the mere . routine
which the laws prescribe. "Real intel
ligence" was the evident criterion.
Twenty-five new citizens , were created
out of the morning's ordeal 13 former
service men and 12 civilians from other
lands.
Those who passed were : f
Service men Sam Chiaramonte, Italy ;
Harry Sherman, Russia; Gaeta.no Fal
sette. Italy: GiuseDDi Felice. Italy:
Louie Reil, Italy ; John Apostoles.
Greece ; Michele Ventrella, Italy ; Pete
Rippas, Greece ; Basilios Karamanos,
Greece ; David Bruce, Great Britain ;
Christian Jansen, Denmark ; Harry Pa
pantonlan. - Turkey, and Georglos Con
taxis, Greece.
Civilians Kamiel Feys, Belgium;
George Schoessler, Russia; Zerhne Ball,
Germany : Domenlco Matter!. Italy :
Aren Severtson Hegg, Norway : Gerrett
rierDert van . wyngaraen, Hoiiana ;
rteginaia canon cranaon. Great Brit
ain : Alna Augusta Swanson. Sweden :
Howard Mitchell Colborne. Canada ;
Michael Colby, Austria; Arthur Blade
Heathcote, England, and Pietra Barti,
Italy. '
Plans Perfected for
Entertainment of
1500 Delegates
Portland will be host to 100 mining
men from all sections of the Pacific
coast, from the northernmost tip of
Alaska to the Mexican line, during the
five days, April 5 to 9 inclusive, the
event being the, third annual Interna
tional mining convention.
Arrangements for financing the con
vention and entertaining the delegates
and their friends were perfected at a
meeting of business men at noon today
In the ladies' room of the Chamber of
Commerce. Henry M. Parks, manager of
the Oregon bureau of mines and geology,
presided and explained the importance of
the convention to the city and H. B.
Van Duzer, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, pledged the support of that
organization to the enterprise.
The 1500 delegates expected at the
convention represent an annual output
of $400,000,000 in minerals and an annual
consumption of $150,000,000 in supplies
and materials. Parks statedA The bulk
of this business now is handled through
Seattle, Spokane and San Francisco, he
said, while Portland sits idly by and
makes no effort to take her rightful
share.
The basement of The . Auditorium has
been obtained for a mining exposition in
connection with the convention and John
E. Miller of Denver will be in charge.
Funeral Services
For A. J. Smithson
Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for" Andrew J. Smith-
son, well-known realty operator, who
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
F. H. Ireland, 1229 East Ash street,
Tuesday, were held in the Holm an
chapel this afterngon at 2 o'clock.' In
terment was in Riverview cemetery.
Smithson, who was born In Virginia
in 145, served with the Confederate
army during the Civil war. He came
to Portland in 1869 and was active in
the development of Albina, especially
when it was a separate corporation.
For many years he was the owner of
the, Smithson block, on lower Russell
street.
Two sons, Forrest C. Smithson, well-
known athlete, and Ensign Noton A.
Smithson of the United States navy,
and one daughter, Mrs. F. H. Ireland,
of Portland, survive him.
Thomas P. Welch
The funeral services of Thomas P.
Welch, who died at his home In Aloha,
Or., Tuesday, were held this afternoon
at the Zellar parlors at 1 :30. The in
terment was made In Rose City ceme
tery.
Welch had been a resident of Oregon
for 40 years and had lived in Salem,
The - Dalles and Portland. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Louisa Welch,
and seven daughters, Mrs. Ella Cooper
of Salem, Mrs. Minnie Hiner of Los
Angeles, Mrs. Alice Watenpaugh of Ore
gon City, Mrs. Ada Alkire of Salem,
Mrs. Bess Peret, Mrs. Anna Massman,
Mrs. Lottie Thompson, all of Portland,
and three sons, W. F. Welch and Elgar
Welch, both of Portland, and Lee Welch
of Condon. His grandchildren number
22.
Prune Week Program
Prune week will be duly observed by
the Women's Advertising club at the
luncheon at the Hotel Benson Friday.
E. A. Clark will address the club on the
"Patronage of Oregon Industries."
.. afcjn jadHif.L
mendatlon before the appropriation com-
mitteea in the next congress.
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The report of the United States en
gineers is In substantial conformity with
the understanding reached between the
engineers, port officials and business
men at the time of the inspection by the
federal engineer board here last summer.
The constant maintenance of a minimum
20-foot channel at what is called zero
or low water, is equivalent to a 33-foot
channel virtually throughout the year. It
was hoped by local Interests that a pro
gram permitting the gradual widening of
the channel until It has reached 600. feet
would be adapted, but the recommenda
tion in its present form assures a more
dependable channel for greater use be
tween Portland and the sea than has
before been possible. The port has al
ready engaged to do its part la the work
and recent authority for special appro
priation granted by the legislature will
enlarge Its powers. ;
Montreal Locked; in i
By Severe Blizzard
Montreal. Que Feb. 17. (I. N. S.
The blizzard vfiieh has been prevailing
over Central Canada struck this city to
day. The railways, both east and west
of Winnipeg, are blocked with snow.
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2 TEACHERS ARE
. BEATEN, KILLED
Cleveland. Ohio. Feb- IT. (U. P.)
Two school teachers we're found
beaten to death on Bean road, about
three miles from here, according: to
reports to Cleveland police. A fence
rail was used as a club.
The victims were Miss Mabel Foot. 24.
and Miss Louise Wolf, 38. They were
teachers in the Parma Center high
school.
A 14-year-old boy on the way to school
discovered the bodies, local police were
told. The j-eport stated that the heads
of the women had been crushed. A
blood-stained club was found near the
bodies.
The victims were last seen yesterday
afternoon when they left the school for
their homes. .
Miss Gladys Green, who resides a
short distance from the scene of the
slaying, said she saw two bareheaded
mes, walking rapidly along Ridge road,
which Intersects Bean road a few hun
dred feet from the spot where the bodies
were found. A wrist watch worn by
Miss Foote was found about 150 feet
from the body. Robbery was not the
motive, police believe, as several valu
able diamond rings were left undisturbed
on both bodies.
J. L. Foote, father of Miss Foote, said
he believed tramps did the killing.
STORMY EXIT BEING
FACED BYDEMOCRATS
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Some idea of the general mess in which
everything in Europe was in in the pe
riod immediately following the war is
given in the amazing statements to the
French deputies about the theft of war
supplies "by Americans."
HAD NO THOUGHT
Anybody who was in France in the
months immediately following the ar
mistice can testify to the utter careless
ness of the French authorities in han
dling war supplies. The writer made a
tour of the war areas within a fort
night after hostilities were ended and
millions of dollars' worth of property lay
unguarded. -
So absorbed was everybody in the de
mobilization of troops and so much
property had been distributed without
regard to whether it wdb owned by the
Americans or French or British or
Italians, that the task of protecting it
was almost entirely neglected.
If property was stolen by individual
Americans or anyone else, the fault lay
entirely with the French authorities
who were given to understand about the
time of the armistice, if not before that,
it would be too expensive to transport
much of the supplies back to the United
States and that probably the French
government would be given the oppor
tunity to -retain much of the material.
MUCH MONET SPEJfT .
Indeed, to have shipped the property
back to the United States would have
meant an interference, with the use of
ships for other purpose, namely, the
bringing back of an army of 2,000.000
men, all erf whom were clamoring to re
turn home.
The whole thing merely proves that
war-making as well as peace-making
is no ordinary piece of business in which
the leisurely methods of legislative in
quiry can be pursued.
When the war was on, money was
spent recklessly to win it. When peace
was being negotiated, money ' was
spent, of course a relatively small sum,
at that to get . authentic information
and preserve American interests in the
international conference, When the
armistice was signed, all "minds were
bent on the dash homeward and prop
erty was neglected.
SQUABBLE ITEAB E5D
Investigations will always have their
status as Tessons for the future, but the
earthquake of war will always leave
behind a disregard of these lessons, gen
eral confusion . and an enormous debt
on the backs of the masses.
There's only one consolation and that
la the expectation of a new era after
March i, when the Defnocratks .adminis
tration will have passed: oat of. power
and the public mind will be turned en
thusiastically toward Republican
achievement instead of inquisition.
Gift -Presented t6
Macdonald Potts by '
Journal Employes
The members of the mechanical de
partments of The Journal have present
ed Macdonald Potts with a smoking set
in recognition of their long association
with him as business manager of The
Journal.
Potts resigned his connection with The
Journal several weeks ago after nearly
19 Vears of service. . He had been associ
ated with the paper Since its establish
ment in MarcbV 1902.
Congressman Senses
War With Japanese
Washington. Feb. . J7.-(U. P.) Ulti
mately there will .be war with Japan
unless cool heads instead of demagogues
nd drunkards control them, warned Rep
resentative Miller, Washington, in the
house today, urging increased fortifica
tions for Puget Sound and the Pacific
coast.
Landis Impeaohment
To Be Heard Tuesday
Washington. Feb. 17. U. p.) The
first hearing on the impeachment pro
ceedings started by Representative
Welty of Ohio against Judge K. M.
Landis of Chicago will be held by the
judiciary committee next Tuesday,
Chairman Volstead said today.
Gonvicted Union
Leader Has Bond
Of $2000 Ready
Pittsburg. Kan.. Feb. 17. (U. P.)
Alexander Howat, district president of
the United Mine Workers, today will file
S2000 bond pending appeal to the state
supreme court from the sentence given
him yesterday of one year in JalU, Howat
and five aides were convicted of con
tempt of court growing out oKhe call
ing of a mine strike in violation of an
injunction. Whether Howat's support
ers would walk out of the mines as a
protest was problematical.
This makes Howat's i third sentence
for contempt of court.
Marriage Licenses
Vancouver, Wash. Feb. 17. Marriage
licenses were issued Wednesday to John
Ray, 25, and Minnie F. Dyment, 21.
Portland; George D. Williamson, 23, and
Emma Josse. -18. Portland.
LOWOEN DECLINES
SEAT IN CABINET
. By riayznond Clappfcr
St. Augustine. Fla., Feb. 17. (U.
P.) Ex-Governor Lowden of Illi
nois, has definitely declined to ac
cept a cabinet post. President-elect
Harding said today.
Raid ard Game) KlU Two Men
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 17. (U. P.)
Bandits, holding up a card game at the
Lennox hotel here, kitted George Alex
ander Goodrich, Atlanta, engineer, and
Walter M. Burden, wealthy, retired busi
ness man of Tatcho, N. Y.. police were
informed today. ,' " !
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