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CITY EDITION
Real Garden Advice ,
Last Sunday The Journal gave its read
ers omc advice on gardening. Next Hun
day's Journal will have a special article
by Ring Lardner the pastmaster of Gar
deners. Jf your garden is not started,
wait for "Lardner the Gardner."
CITY EDITION
le All Here and It's All True
THR WEATHER Tonight and Kriday.
occasional rain ; southerly winds.
Maximum temperature:
Portland ........ 66 , New Orleans ... 84
Pocatello ; New York ...... 60
Los Angeles .... Jii St. Paul l4
VOL. XX, NO. 8.
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PROSECUTION
IS DROPPED
Court Dismisses Case Against
? Seven Ball Players Indicted in
1919 World's Series Scandal
Others Must Stand Trial.
Chicago, March IT. Prosecution
of the seven Chicago White Sox ball
players in'dlcted In the 1919 world's
series scandal was ended today,, so
far as ' state authorities 'are con
cerned, when State's Attorney Rob
ert E. Crowe appeared in person be-'
for Judge William E. Denver and
asked that the cases be dismissed.
Collapse of the state's case against
the baseball players came as a climax
to the most sensational charges of al
leged fraud ever brought to light in
connection with the national game.- .
TO CO.NTIME FIGHT
Immediately after the world series In
1019 rumors of alleged fraud were
heard. Although followers of the sport
generally favored the White Sox to
win. the big gamblers on the "inside"
wagered huge amounts on Cincinnati.
After the court had given the con
ventional order 'dismissing the cases,
State's Attorney CroWe announced that
he was not yet through with the 1919
baseball scandal: He announced that
his office "- would make every effort to
. reindict the accused : players.
-: Today's session was a heated one.
State's Attorney Crowe "went to bat"
:. before a throng of ardent baseball fana.
He. asked Judge -De ver for an extension
of ' time, stating that his office had
"lost control of the evidence in the
cases." -
CAKES DISMISSED "
Attorney ieorge Barrett, for the
American league, told the court that to
assemble the witnesses would take mora
time than at first anticipated, and that
to get them it would be necessary "to
go from Canada to the Gulf, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific." '
Judge Imver suggested that trial be
put over for- six weeks. ' -
"That -amounts to immediate trial,"
Prosecutor. Crowe shouted. "If the court
insists on that . I J will enter, orders for
the dismissal ot the "cases." ' .-
After 'considerable wrangling between
the prosecutor and the " defense Judge
. ' M'onchifleti on Hvven'fu. Column' Sf-vtmV
FAVOR OF STRIKE
Chicago, March 17. (U. P.)
Packer employes voted practically
unanimously in- favor of a strike,
. union leaders said today.
Official results of the vote probably
will be announced today.
' Union delegates to the conference to
be held in Washington- next Monday
will urge that the Aischuler arbitration
pact, recently canceled by the packers,
he enforced on the ground that it was
still legally in effect:.
Heads of the organizations of packer
workers decided to vest the power to
call a strike in Dennis Lane, secretary
of the meat cutters and butchers" work
ers' union, and Attorney -Redmond S."
Brennan. delegate to the packing house
wage conference.
A further conference of union leaders
will be held in Vy"ashington Sunday, , it
was said. . -
Retired Army Man .
Is Tendered Place
On Shipping Board
- Washington, March 17. (I. 'C. S.)
Brigadier-General Frank Hines, former,
head of the army transportation service
during the war and now identified with
' a New York shipping company, has been
tendered a place on the United States
shipping board.- it .was learned here
today. , It is, learned that General Hines
may be made head" of the board. Gen
eral Hines retired from the army soon
fter the close of the war and went into
the shipping business. His home is In
Salt I-ake City
APARTMENT HOUSE
GARDENING -
RihgW.' lardner that self ap
pointed authority on any subject,
has a flock of ideas concerning
spring gardening which he will
offer his readers in, next Sun
day's Journal. , -,-JrIi 'suggestions
are bound to amuse you. . - .
SUNDAY JOURNAL
COMICS EXCEL
The Sunday Journal comic
features are the prize offerings
of funland. "Bringing Up
Father,", "The Shenanigan Klds.
"Little Jimmy," and "Mr. Dubb."
each in a series of brand new
antics, wilf entertain you next
Sunday. ; '-
FICTION FEATURE
BY SAMUEL MERWIN
The Pragmatifc Sanction," by
Samuel ' Merwin, creator of the
famous Sunbury stories, will be
the. fiction feature of The Sunday
Journal Magazine. -
NEXT SUNDAY
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BRITISH LEADER RETIRES
ANDREW BONAR LAW, government leader in the British
house of commons, whose resignation was announced to
day by Lloyd George. Bonar Law is regarded as. one of
the leading British statesmen and was an important figure in the
coalition government through the latter part of the war.
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DEBS CASE REVIEW
ASKED BY HARDING
Washington; March 17. (I. N. S.)
President Harding has asked - the
attorney ; gen era! to review - the -case
of riugene Vj Petw; Pocialist. leader
now in the Atlanta penitentiary, the
White House announced today. :
Secretary to u the President George
Christian stated. 'that the president will
take no actlort op the: appeals for the
release of Debs until the attorney, gen
eral has made-recommendations.
The White House denied that any
notice had been griVen : to the president
that the White House would be picketed
unless Debs was released by ..the middle
of April.
PICKKTrXG i PL.AX DROPPED - v
AT REQUEST OF DEBS
Atlanta, Ga.; March 17. (I. N. S.)--Plans
of Socialists to picket the White
Hoase on April 13 and 14 In ?tehalf of
Eugene V. Debs have ! been abandoned,
it was. announced here .today by Sam
uel M. Castleton, attorney for Debs, at
the request of the famous prisoner him
self. Word that Debs desired the plana
to he abandoned was taken to Castleton
by Otto Branstetter, national executive
secretary of the Socialist party, who
visited Debs, i Bars against any visitors
for Debs were let down Jong enough
to ' allow a brief conference between
Debs and Branstetter.
Three Additional
Berths Filled by
President Harding
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Washington March i 17. (L N. S.)
President Harding today made the fol
lowing recess ;: appointments : 1 1
To ; be. first t assistant' secretary of the
Interior Edward C. Finney of Kansas.
To be commissioner-general of the land
office William Spry of Utah.
To be assistant attorney general Guy
Gpff of Wisconsin.
Depositary Bonding
Measure Is Vetoed
Olympia. Wash., March 17. -Senate
bill No. 18'j, requiring state depositaries
to file bonds equal' in amount to the
amount of 1 the deposit, was vetoed
Wednesday by Oovernor Louis K.; Hart
on the ground that the act wculd place
an unnecessary burden on cities, coua
tles and the stato not demanded by the
general? public and not necessary - for
the transaction of the state's business.
Attempted Eobbery
Of Talent Bank Fails
Medford, Or.. March 17. Bank robbers,
visiting the Talent State bank at Talent,
eiht miles south of Medford. Wednes
day night, used explosives on the vault
but were unable to gain entrance to the
inner compartment. . t They . left $70 in
pennies in the outer compartment when
they fled. f " i
Pay of Messenger
Boys Cut Down $1
"San Francisco. March 17. (U.- P.)
The Western Union Telegraph company
today reduced the pay of messenger boys
in San Francisco. Motorcycle messen
gers will receive $4.50 Instead of $3.50 a
day. Bicycle boys will get $3.75 instead
of S3.1U. About 150 boys are affected. ,
L
ILLNESS IS CAUSE
? By, Earle C Reeves ' ')
London,: March If. ML-N. S.) A.
BonarLaw, leader pf the house of
commons, has resigned his cabinet
post of lord privy ; seal.' Prem ier
Lloyd George announced in the house
of commons this afternoon.
Ill health -was given, aa r. the reason.
Mr.-Law was formerly chancellor of the
exchequer.," He was one of the most In
fluential leaders of the Unionist? party
and the right-hand : man of Premier
Lloyd George. 4 . J r '
Washington's Blue
Sky , Law Vetoed by
Governor L. F. Hart
Olympia, Wash., March .17. (I. N. S.)
Washington must go at least two years
longer without a "blue sky" law to reg
ulate the sale of securities, as a result of
Governor L. F. Hart vetoing the meas
ure passed by the recent session of the
legislature. His ressonsor vetoing the
measure have not been announced, but
his action is indicated today; by his dis
approval of a $13,500- appropriation to
carry out provisions of the- bill. -
The governor also vetoed an appropri
ation of $10,000 for payment of-premlums
to Washington exhibitors at the Pacific
International Livestock . exposition at
Portland. -
Clemency Is Asked
For Navy Deserter
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Salem. Or., March 17. Friends of Da
vid R. Morton, arrested here Sunday as
a deserter, from Hhe navy, has appealed
to Secretary of the Navy Denby for
clemency.. Morton, who claimed that he
was forced to desert through threats
upon his life by his fellow coal-heavers
on the U. S. collier Jupiter, was married
to a Marion schoolteacher about a month
ago and was purchasing, a farm in this
county when arrested. ;
Eeception to Teal ;
Planned by Chamber
Plana are being made by the Chamber
of Commerce to tender Joseph N. : Teal,
ex-member of the United States shipping
board, a public reception on his return
to Portland from Washington, D. C.
April 1. 'The 'feature of the meeting will
probably be a dinner at the Chamber Of
Commerce. - ... . : -'.
Briand Regime Gets
Vote of Confidence
PAris, March i 17. I. S.) A vote
of confidence was given to the liriand
ministry this afternoon by the . cham
ber . of 'deputies, the -jvote being : In
favor of the government. 491 : against
the government, 60. The vote wat taken
following debate : and interpellations
upon the indemnity issue. .
Water Bond Issue
Lost in The Dalles
. The Dalles'. May 17. The $250,000
water bond issue voted upon here
Wednesday to determine whether or not
the city water plant should be enlarged
was defeated by more than two -to one.
A light vote was cast. . .
BONAR
AW QUITS
MIDGES
WIFE CHARGES
PERSECUTION
She. Says: "Alfred Reese of Tele
U gram Caused Trouble Because
.V My Husband Kept Refusing to
Give Employment to a Woman.','
Stella M. Etheridge, wife of John
L. Etheridge, and Jointly indicted
with her? husband, Fred ; S. Morris
and Forbes B. Pratt. In connection
with the Morris Brothers, Inc., case,
in a ; formal statement issued . this
morning to "The Press of Portland,
alleges that her trouble, and that of
her husband, has come to them be
cause "there is a woman in the case"
and: "behind that woman there Is an
angry man, a man determined upon
revenge upon Jack Etheridge, vowed
to ruin him. . "
The "woman In the case is not named
by Mrs. Etheridge In her statement, but
the "angry man is named Alfred
Reese, financial editor ' of the Portland
Telegram, who, Mrs. Etheridge asserts,
has, since the fall of 1918, "devoted him
self to 'getting Jack Etheridge,' aided b
others w ho had one. reason or 'another to
harm' Jack and his business."
BEESE MAKES REPLY :. u'-l ' : ?
In answer to Mrs. Etheridge's asser
tions. Alfred C. Reese makes the follow
ing Figned statement: - -
"It will take more than what Mrs.
Etheridge's letter sets forth to wreck my
reputation as one who shows undue in
terest in any woman other than his wife.
The Inferences thrown out in Mrs. Ether
idge's letter are not new to fne, having
been circulated by John L. Etheridge
when the grand jury at Salem com
menced investigating his underground
connection with the state treasurer's Of
fice, i - :
"At my request Etheridge did employ
at Liberty Loan headquarters a young
woman and also offered to employ her at
Morris Brothers, Inc. but she declined,
pleading that she was "afraid of him."
1 had . no special interest in the young
woman whom the Kt he ridge "family aeek
to make a factor with me in this ease,
and ' under the circumstances could not
be peeved. The Salem grand jury had
my statement on-' this matter to .show
whether there could have been any un
.worthy motive on my part, and absolved
me. ' ...... v
RECALLS OFFICE INCIDENT
"Etheridge ordered me out of his office
because I refused to color investment
news to his liking. That was my first
experience in Deing ordered out of . a
man s, presence. The Telegram editorial
department knew of all that had hap
pened between me and Etheridge and ot
the threats he had made because of re
fusal to boost his game to put over ques
tionable propositions on the investing
public. - ,;.
"Passing aside the libelous nature of
Mra Etheridge's letter, which is Dart
of the propaganda to win acquittal of
her husband from the numerous crim
inal charges he is now facing, it is
quite i remarkable that I am not ac
cused of being the author of the trans
actions which have involved Etheridge
and brought loss to over 3500 investors
whose confidence in the honesty of the
head of the bankrupt institution was
misplaced. Such a charge would be no
more inconsistent. . . c
"I admit that as a civic duty and to
avert: further losses to investors, I was
active in exposing Etheridge's prison
record In New Jersey before he came to
fortland. ALFRED C. REKSR"
On behalf of Reese, it is stated that
his connection with" the Etheridge case
was in-line with his employment as a
member of the Telegram staff and that
"the woman In the case, referred to by
Mrs. Etheridge, was a young woman for
whom Reese, through kindly motive,
sought employment with Morris Bros,
MKS, ETHERIDGE'S STAEME5T
' Mrs. Etheridge in her statement says:
To the Press of Portland
You gentlemen of the . oress. uoon
whom devolves the task of furnishing
to tne puduc a record of the day s Im
portant events, must know, front your
close contact with all phases of human
affairs, that my indictment bv the Port
land grand jury was a severe blow to
me. It was more than a surprise and
shock,, for neither I nor those in close
touch with Morris Bros.' affairs can
understand 'why I should be stained with
the accusation of a criminal act and
the alleged theft of $100,000 in bonds.
How, couid J. have stolen or aided in
the theft of these bonds, when the
bonds were not taken away by us when
we. left Portland, but in truth and in
fact $75,000 of the bonds were shiDDed
to Fred Morris by Jack Etheridge the
very , day we left Portland. - and the
other $2a,000 of bonds were in the pos
ses ion ot f rea naorrisx . . j r '
The $100,000 in bonds are In the hands
of the trustee now, and have been in the
possession of the receiver and trustee
right along, a long, long time before the
indictment. I cannot comprehend the
reason for this terrible accusation. There
must, indeed, be some strange misunder
standing that is pursuing Jack and me.
It seems like persecution to me.
-Did you read the report of Mr. Whit
comb, which was given out yesterday, in
which he said very plainly; "We desire
to state that all pf the references In thla
report to- Stella M. Etheridge's part in
this transaction, or any Other- transac-
( Concluded on' Iage Three, Column Poor)
Roads Ordered, to
File New Tariffs
On Lumber Rates
Washington. March 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
The Interstate Commerce commission
has authorized carriers, on ; five days
notice, to file tariffs equalizing lumber
rates through . Omaha and gateways
Bouth of Minneapolis on the name basis
as those Of Minneapolis. '
Thla - means the . Union Pacific and
connections can reach Chicago -fronvthe
Pacific Northwest through Omaha at a
73 cent rate, 7 cents under existing
anffs.
3 Americans
Are Killed
In Tampico
Washington, March 17. (U. P.)
Three American citizens have been
murdered In" Tampico, Mexico, the
state department waa advised today
by the American consul at Tampico.
The men killed were Ernest F. Small.
Will Ropier, and S.' Brown. They were
murdered in the night of March 10, ap
parently by robbere, according to the
state department advices.
An urgent request has been made to
the local authorities at Tampico for the
arrest and punishment of the slayers.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Belfast, March 17. (L N. S.)
Rioting broke out here today In con
nection with "i the St. Patrick's day
celebration. The police charged the
crowd with batons, but order waa
not restored until troops were called
out. The troops patrolled the prin
cipal streets in armored cars. Dur
ing the fighting several stores were
looted. '
By Daniel O'Connell
Dublin, March 17. (I. S.) Five
civilians have been killed here within
the past 48 hours during attacks upon
soldiers and Black and Tan police. The
streets are nightly becoming more dan
gerous owing to the increasing number
of Sinn Fein assaults against the mili
tary. . ' .:'
Lorries patrol the streets continuously
and soldiers under 'arms are constantly
fceld in readiness for fighting service.
Of the five persona killed during the
past 48 hours, four of them were not
concerned in the. attacks. There was an
attack against a detachment of soldiers
eany toaay.- Arierwards it was an
nounced at military headquarters that
there had been no casualties, but per
sons who were on the scene aaid that
five were struck by flying bullets. One
of the victims was a boy of 14 who is
said to be in a critical condition;
The London correspondent of the
Freeman's Journal telegraphed that
Premier Lloyd George at a dinner to
night will propose the establishment of
a constituent assembly for the northern
and southern Irish parties for the pur
pose of allowing them to settle their
differences between themselves without
coercion, from the outside.
According to the correspondent the
premier will . outllna the government's
new -plans for -keeping Ireland' In. the
British empire. It is suggested that the
members' of the proposed new . parlla
ment not be required to take oath to
support the British government.-
Oswego Will Hold
Exposition Boost
5 Meeting Friday
To boost for the 1925 electrical expo
sition and urge the location of the fair
grounds in the Oswego Lake park, a
meeting will be held in the city hall at
Oswego Friday night. Ail residents of
Oswego and other parts of Clackamas
county have been invited to attend the
meeting as an organization is to be per
fected to work for the fair. Oregon
City is expected to have a delegation
present. Oswego residents : are advanc
ing the Oswego lake location as ideal
for the event. , The immense acreage,
attractive lake and accessibility to Port
land are pointed out as features in favor
of the location ever others so far pro
posed for the exposition.
St. Patrick Called
Italian; One in Jail,
Other in Hospital
Alamosa, Colo.. March 17. (L N. S.)
J. H. Robinson, contractor, is - in 1 a
local hospital, seriously wounded, and
O. S. Hjalbreagh, rancher, is in cus
tody of the sheriff, after a pistol duel
over the nationality of St Patrick.
The hostilities started during - a
"cracker , barrel",, session of several
townsfolk in the general etore at South
Fork, near here. ... -
"St. Patrick waa an Italian," declared
one of the group gathered around the
cracker barrel, and the ensuing argu
ment resulted in the revolver , duel. Five
shots were fired.
The store was set ' on fire when a
stove was upset, and the village bucket
brigade was called .to extinguish the
flames. . . . -
British Plants Are
Already Busy Making
Products for Russia
By Ed L. Keen
London. March 17. U. P.) British
factories hummed today, turning out
products for Russia. -
. Conclusion of a trade agreement yes
terday : with the Soviets was marked by
Immediate activity! in several industries.
Although warning had been given that
greatly increased trade wilt not be pos
sible i m m e d i at e 1 y, manufacturers
hastened to prepare for the future.
Mineral and oil from the vast Russian
resources were expected to be available
to British capitalists.
Hopgrowers Also Ask
TJ. S. for an Embargo
Washington. M-arch 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
The activity of Western senators in be
half' of the embargo on wool was fol
lowed today by requests for similar ac
tion; by hopgrowers. and Senator Me
Nary has arranged to present their case
to Secretary. Wallace of the agricultural
department and President Harding.
MARKED BY RIOTS
U.S. BUSINESS
FIRMS ARE TO
Harding and : Cabimet to, Rendef
Cooperation in Promotion of
Foreign Tradej Herbert Hoover
to Be Head of Gigantic Plan.
By' Davkt Lawrence
(Onpyrlcht. 1921. Tsy Tb Joarnl)
Washington, March 17. President
Harding .has' approved a course of
action that may mean raoro for th
prosperity of America, its business
revival and. permanent development.
than anything else, that has hap
pened since the close of the Euro
pean war. r
American -business men are to - be
mobilized through their respective trades
and industries. The-United States gov
ernment is again . to render a measure
of cooperation with private business
which made possible during the war the
building up of a huge export trade, but
which since., then has been allowed to
lapse, partly through the dissolution of
war agencies and partly through the
failure of the American government to
proclaim a definite foreign policy
toward Europe
llOOVER AT HEAD
Discussion by President Harding and
his cabinet of plans which will be
largely in the hands of Herbert Hoover,
secretary of commerce, .has led to the
conviction that America must have for
eign markets as the way out of her in
dustrial and agricultural depression and
that the American government must
adopt somewhat the same attitude of
helpfulness .toward-private business as
European governments- are adopting. .
Secretary Hoover will, therefore, call
to Washington the representatives of
all trade and - industrial . bodies. ' The
leather manufacturers, the shoe dealers,
the lumbermen, 'the grain men, indeed,
all who. have anything that can be sold
abroad, will be summoned here in an ef
fort to bring about an - agreement in
each industry so as to benefit the whole
trade. . -
EXPORT BOtSES ABROAD '
The establishment not merely of per
manent ' committees ; to cooperate with
the department of commerce in Wash
ingtonr but something! even more far-reaching'-than
.that" i- (contemplated,
natrely American export houses abroad.
The trouble about the whole question of
I lonelndwl on Pa Two. Column Thrrrt
HARD BY FLOODS
Walla Walla, Wash.,. March 17.
Latest estimates place the damage
done by the floods in the Walla
Walla 'valley at upwards of a half
million dollars. The rains had
stopped this morning and by noon
today the waters were receding. .
It is Impossible accurately to estimate
the damage at this time, owing to the
great amount of destruction done to farm
crops, the total amount of which will
not be known for several days. Roads
all through the southeastern section of
the county are impassable and railroad
connections to the city are greatly im
paired. The washing away of an abut'
ment of an interurban bridge west of the
city has suspended traffic on the Walla
Walla Valley Interurban railway and
the O-W. R, & X. has-reported trouble
at Valley Grove, where the tracks were
washed out. : .. ;...-..
CHICKENS ROOST IX TREES
Damage within the city is continually
being reported. Flocks of chickens were
forced into the trees to escape being
drowned. In one yard an entire coop
full of chickens was flooded with water
and the fowls compelled to roost all day
The paving at fire station No. 2, where
Mill creek went out of Its banks, is seri
ously damaged. The water washed the
ground out from under it.
Lawns were washed out,- department
stores ' compelled to move stock from
their basements and hundreds of 'resi
dents of tl$e city were unable to get into
the.:; homes because of the high water
Several houses and , sheds built on the
banks f Mill creek were washed down
the stream and demolished against the
concrete abutments of bridges at utreet
crossings.'.
BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY
More than three Inches of rain fell at
the city waterworks - Intake, 14 miles
up Mill creek, and 1.19 inches was pre
cipitated during the 24 hour period In
this city. ; Several small bridges in ths
city were washed down, and fire station
No. 2 was abandoned late in the evening
when the waters flooded the first floor
and threatened to wash out the 1 Park
street bridge - nearby, s
Farmers east and south of the city
have reported that the damage will reach
thousands of dollars in their , various
districts. In some places ditches are re
ported to have been washed - through
wheat fields to a depth of six to eight
feet. The grain fields are badly washed
and rutted in all parts of the county and,
the farmers say it- will be impossible for
some time to estimate closely the dam
age done to the 1921 wheat "crop. Many
t-ay their fields are so badly waehed
that it will be necessary to replow and
reseed in order to get a crop that can
be harvested. ,
GARDENS DAMAGED
". The greatest damage that was done to
farm lands la reported south of the city
along the banks of ; Yellowhawk and
Garrison creeks. -These streams over
flowed their banks and spread their wa
ters over vast areas of valuable garden
land already in onions, spinach and
rhubarb crops.
According to city officials, greater
.(Concluded on PSge Three, Colonjn .Three)
wALLAWALLA H T
Battleships
To Be Gassed
In Naval Test
By Ralph II. Turner
Washington. March 17, (U.
The army kr service la preparing to
gas a, battleship.
When the army planes ' sail : over an
obsolete battleship next June to dem
onstrate- that surface craft is helpless
under a shower of bombs, the air serv
ice 'also intends to show that a battle
ship can be forced into virtual submis
sion by the;, use of gas.- ..
This was . revealed today by Brigadier
General William Mitchell, assistant di
rector of the air service, and Colonel A
E. Fries, head of the chemical warfare
section, who Is cooperating' with Mitch
ell in the proposed gas attack.
"Any form of gas," Fries said, "vary
ing from the kind that puts men gently
asleep to the poisonous mustard variety
and the tear gas, can be placed -in explosive-
shells and dropped by airplanes
on an. enemy fleet below. The gas would
permeate a battleship, some kinds con
tinuing their effect for several days.
"The crew of an enemy ship, presum
ably, would don gas masks and rubber
suits, but this would greatly incapaci
tate them for work aboard ship and
some gases are so awful as to defy arti
ficial protection."
Progress I by the United States In
chemical warfare. Fries said, also has
reached the point where floating bombs
can be dropped in the water, creating a
smoke cloud both poisonous" and ob
structive to a ship's visibility.
Riga, March 17. (I. N. S.) Rus
sian soviet forces have captured the
fortress s of Kronstadt from the
counter-revolutionary forces . that
have been holding it, according to a
wireless dispatch here today from
MOSCOW. .-; C V- : ' ' ' '
Recaptured ; Fugitive
Identified as Bridge
Highwayman Suspect
George ; Hughes, . wbo ' escaped from
Kelly Butte June '12 after serving two
months of a year's sentence for stealing
an automobile, was captured a mile and
a half , east of Vancouver, Wash., Wed
nesday night "fey Deputy Sheriffs Chrls
tofferaen. Schirtner and Kendall. He
may face a charge of highway robbery.
r This morning the officers lined him up
with eight other men and brought in
George Jrl. Albright, tender of Jhe Inter
state bridge, to see whether he could pick
out the man who had held him up in Oc
tober and again In November, securing
S3S the first time and $51 the second
time. Albright walked straight tq Hughes
and tapped htm on the shoulder. -.
Indictment on this new charge will be
asked of the grand Jury. . '
Hughes did some honest labor while at
liberty. He worked on Toad construction
gangs "last summer, driving trucks. He
objected i to being - "shanghaied" from
Washington by Oregon of f leers, f .They
offered to hand him over to the - Van
couver sheriff, whereupon he agreed to
come peaceably. -
Thomas Seeks Money
For Portland School
Washington, March 17. (WASHING
TON BURKAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Clerk George B. Thomas of the Portland
school board is - here to enlist Senator
MoNary In an effort to have the federal
vocational board make good on its allot
ment of $25,000 for the Benson Poly
technic school. It appears money was
actually sent to district headquarters at
Seattle one year ago. but was grabbed
by, Seattle, and no part of. it-- leaked
through! to Portland.
U. S. Submarine Is
Grounded Upon Reef
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Westerly, Rhode Island. March 17.
(U. P.) The United States submarine
N-2 grounded on Watch Hill reef to
day. Coast guards sent to her relief
reported that . Lieutenant Claude Far'
mer and his. crew of 12 men will re
main aboard. - .
KRONSTADT TAKEN
FROM ANT -REDS
After Tragedy Comes Jingle
. . ;i t . r K K r. se
Dollars Click in Hamon Case
By Winifred Vanduzer .
- UniteWl Serie Huff Correspondent
(t-'opjfriht 1B21, by rnJwri! He rf tee I
Ardmore. Okla., March 17. "Like
the serpent, crawling,- slimy thing
stealing Into the nest, she went into
their home this woman. Vl V
"She who sings and coos like a dove
and .sells her body for years to come and
sells her children to be she went Into
their home, to take the husband away
from the wife and the father from the
children. '.'-. V'' "V:4;
"They- were happy, : Pioneers, to this
Oklahoma, they, staked their claim and
lived In happiness, the man sand .his
woman. 'And at night they lay'down to
sleep the sleep of the righteous. ,
"Look at her, you geatlemen of the
Jury." j.V -- : ' ;,,
- Thusin substance, was tiie arraign
ment of Clara Smith Hamon, "other
woman" In the triangle. (
LIKE WHITE HOT FLAME
It was the opening argument by Spe
cial Prosecutor H. H. Brown. and his
words were like a white hot flame, burn
ing out last .shreds of Illusion, laying
bare before mortal eyea hearts of the
JAKE WON
IS BRANDED
AS DESPOILER
Cradle Snatcher,1 'Moral Leper,'
Are Terms Hurled at Dead Man
; by Defense; Even Governor Is
Flayed; Case Ready for Jurors.
Ardmore, Okla March 17. (I. X.
S.) -The Ilamon murder trial Jury
retired at 4:27 o'clock to deliberate.
By Mildred Morris
Courthouse, Ardmore, Okla, March
17. (I. N..S.) The veil ot pretense
was stripped from the Clara Smith
Hamon murder trial today.
A dazed courtroom heard the pant of
Jake L, Hamon, dead ell king, dragged
from the grave and disported in terms
of odium and scorn. -
Attorneys James L. Mathers and Joe
B. Champion, for the defense, painted
Hamon as a man of brutal passion
crushing helpless virtue.
They branded him a "cradle snatch r,"
a "seducer" and ar "moral leper."
His widow heard the bitter denuncia
tion without emotion ; the accused
woman cried softly.
The defense attorneys hinted at prr- .
jury, openly-charged bribery and de
scribed one witness as ' blinded by glit
tering Hamon gold." v
SEE "HASP OF GOD"
Hamon, they said, was shot down "by
the hand of Clod."
W. - P. McLean, defence counsel,
opened the afternoon session.
"The hand of God wss lifted when
the seducer of children was killed so
that everyone might know that seducers
of young girls may not escape punish
ment," he said.
McLean then declared the widow de
served the "most sympathy."
In defending the accued woman's no
tions, he shouted, "There never was a
woman . in America who seduced a
man I"
"And you know It." he told the Jury.
: After McLean closed his argument the
court recessed.
FBEEHSU TO CLONE "
Attorney General Froeling began th '
state's clotting argument at 2
O'clock. t
When he concludes the case will go to
the Jury,,.. ...
Freellng defended hia appearance in
the case.
Hs warned men to watch tlielr step "if
women go about armed to the teeth."
but depending on "chivalry."
He termed Hamon a "confidant" of
President Harding.
"Mr. Hamon realised ha was to be a
power, a confidant of the preelrlnnt. Kh
herself (Clara) has said he wanted to be
come a credit to his country and return
to his family. I believe he did do Juxtli e
to her before he discarded her," Freeling
said. -
ADMITS HAMON WAS DR:K
He admitted Hamon was drunk when
shot.
GOVERNOR IS FLA TED
A sensationally bitter attack on Gov
ernor J. B. A. Robertson of Oklahoma
and Attorney General H. Prloe Freellng.
charging them with using political influ
ence to "persecute Clara Smith Hamon,"
waa launched by J. B. Champion, defense
counsel. In opening his arguments to Jhe
Jury. Champion Is a twin brother of the
trial Judge.
.Champion also branded JaVe L.
Hamon, the dead oil king, as a "mrsl
leper." ..
"The attorney general, I will say, is
not responsible for this.
GOVERNOR IS RESPONSIBLE
"The man who Is responsible Is ' the
governor of the state who went out of
hjs way to persecute a girl and to de
fend a moral leper who debauched ' and
stole the virtue of a country girl."
Champion charged.
Champion began his argument right
after court convened this morning. II
branded Hamon as a "seducer" and as
a man who "stole girls out of the
cradle."
"The attorney general has come hern
to uphold the hands of a millionaire de
baueher. "This girl was a country girl In h".t
teens. Jake Hamon wooed, won and se
duced, this girl. Hamon. a man of 4,
seduced her when she was in her teens.
(Concluded 00 !" Two, Column roorl
two women who sat almost side by sld
at the course! table. -
Mrs, Gecrgea Perkins lamnn. widoiv
of Jake L Ilamon, "empire bulMer" to
those who admired his genlux. dropped
her, head and wept under her crepe
edged veil. .
If ever she ktiew bitterness, ever
dreamed of vengeance in long hours of
loneliness, it was here today.
Relentless, cruel as the smile of fate;
truth, if such it were, horrible In stark
nakedness .
CLARA IS I XTOrCHED
But only the woman wept : the girl
stared straight ahead, showing no emotion-,
It was so she remained through
Out. -
- He pointed to the .widow. "Look at
this woman, look at her face-r-you
it as God made it- Then look at this
other face the face of the defendant!"
He declared his Intention of r 'rrins;
to the girl accused of slaying lianr-in
only as "defendant." not as "woman."
He spoke of her. lack of emotion when
she gave witness concerning the nicht.
of tragedy and her lover's death, lie
said: "She cooed" like a dove and you
who heard her cooing and singing ea r
ner painted face, her ailken hoe and
(Concluded on !? Two, Column Doe)
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