The Oregon daily journal., March 23, 1921, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,
JURY SH EDS TEARS
ASBOUGHETTELLS
OF DESIRE TO DIE
The Jury ta tbs trial of Dr. Nor
man Bouchet for the murder of Mrs.
ttuta V. Richards, wm expected to
receive ita instruction and retire late
this afternoon, the opening pleas to
the Jury having been completed by
Deputy District Attorney Hammersly
And Defense Attorney Mafuire when
Circuit Judge StapJeton's court ad
journed at noon. :. ...
Hammenly claimed Bouchet's posses
sion end use of the gun in Mr. Rich
er ds apartment on August 7 wh evi
dence of malice, and that the youthful
Acntlat was capable of knowing he was
committing crime or he would not
have been able to direct the muzzle of
the gun toward his heart when he at
tempted suicide.
MELANCHOLIA TICTIM
Magaire. In his plea, went over again
the mental and physical condition of the
defendant that led up to a condition
described by physicians as acute melan
cholia, in the clutches of which the
victim was incapable of knowing what
lie was doing or the consequences of his
acts. ' w"
Bouchet could not live apart from the
woman he loved, and yet, broken in
)alth and ambition as be was, his con
. fidence would net allow him to ask her
to wait for him to recover, so he went to
lK-r apartment, fully Intending to kill
I imself at her feet.
Kven the Jurymen in Judge Stapleton's
circuit court wept sllsndfc Tuesday aft
rruoon as Dr. Bouchet told for the first
time the story of his love for Mrs. Ruth
V. Richards, of its return by her and of
its tragic end. Hardly an eye ia the
crowded courtroom was dry. :
M'BIXO WITHOUT, GLOOM WITHIir
A small young man with gentle face
and tousled hair, he limped to the stand
one leg la artificial as a result of. an
Hccident i years ago and slumped
down ia his scat and sobbed.
Robert Magulre and John F. Logan,
(crense attorneys, adroitly drew out his
story between the frequent breakdowns.
Or. Bouchet said he did not remember
whether he shot his fiance twice in the
breast and himself twice in the breast.
Me pulled out the gun as he was stand
ing in her sitting room, he said, and
turned the muzzle against his own heart.
As he did so Mrs. Richards reached for
ward, grasping the gun and his hand In
hr hands and. trying to push the gun
nK!e. There was a' crack and the bullet
. entered his left arm, seeming to para
lyse H. Dr. Bouchet said he had the
Mnsatlon of falling forward and he re
members no more.
"I had given up all hope of ever get
ling well again." said Dr. Bouchet in ex
plaining why he had brought the gun
with him. A few days previous, while in
- Eastern Wsshlngton attempting to re
cover from tuberculosis, he had suffered
a sunstroke and on his return to Port-
land his physician had ordered him to
the hospital. On the day of the tragedy
he had received word that- a room had
been secured for him at the Good Ka
, tr.aritan. and it was while home packing
lii-s things to take to the hospital that
the Impulse had come over him to take
out his gun.
At first he had intended to kill himself
sin his room, but for some reason did not
lo so. rr. William House, specialist In
"OUR faults attract more atten
tion than our virtues."
"Handi
capped!" Unknowingly
TO per cent of us are handi
capped - by infective vision
We "think" our eyes are right
when, as a matter of fact, our
"falling down" in business
and elsewhere is due to an
unknown visual defect. Know
that your eyes are as efficient
as they can be. Be fair to
them and to yourself. Have
them examined. You may not
need glasses. Then you may,
in which case we can fit you
accurately and comfortably
with a pair of smartly styled,
long-wearing Shur-ons eith
er spectacles or glasses.
More Than SI Ttari' Experleics
Dr.WHEAT
EYESIGHT
Xj SPECIALIST
207 Morgan Building
lesson No,
v-vrr
Volume of business has been sacrificed
tor quality. All life insurance companies
were severely tested by the "flu" epi
, demic. Durinr this period our mortality
was less than 78 of the tables on which
tne rates of legal reserve life insurance -companies
are based and during 1920 it
was only 39.3 - Instead of suffering a '
decrease of surplus -durinf the epidemic
period, our surplus increased as always
and instead of havinr to reduce, dividends,
w,e,werf nibled materially to increase our ,
dividend refunds to . holders of participat
lnje policies. ;
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Send for Our 15 th Annual Report i'
kSoXtM.,. lVec: spec. "
Home Office coJfiUA82ll Portland, Oregon
Support of Gbmmunity Chest ,
Is Obligation of Citizenship
By Mayor George I. Baker . ; '
Socletv, which has as a fundamental principle the protection of the weak
In this life, recognises as one of Its binding obligations the cere of those who
through circumstances r misfortune are unable to care for themselves. It is
. . .m, ,,v..k1, an obligation not of the few but of society as e whole. It is
land, but it is not new tn some otner cities, it is an laea. wmcn meets immedi
ate approval when its purpose is known. The causes represented by the Com
munity Chest are those of needy or suffering humanity in Portland.
The work of the organizations represented in the Community Chest is an
absolutely necessary work, and must be done In some way. The chest system is
the best mesne of providing the required funds, at the same time protecting
the donor and the recipient from unnecessary overhead expense In collecting
the funds and protecting the donor against organizations that are not absolutely
worthy.-;;:, .vili? ' t'P'1 ': ..-i-y-!'-.:'tr; f
brain troubles, later testified that this
1 ..UIS SSL SI : An vmntom of acutft
melancholia, a form of Insanity. Bouchet
went from his nome w ari,
. I v. itirrln. where he told
her that there was little chance of hl
ever recovering Irom nts sicaneas. oo
had best give him back his ring and take
her freedom, he told her. :
PIC5IO PLA55ED
' tM, ifil m that thev would
remain as they were and "things would
come out all rignt." men nanes ur
iv . frinA nf mm Richards and also
of Bouchet. called to make arrangements
for a picnic "is nexi uaj . t.m
with both end finally Mrs. Richards
went out to see Mrs. Garlock,' who was
la an automobile in the street.
A few minutes later Mrs. tucnaraa re-
. h. klth,n -hcr Bouchet
mriicu vv. mw "'"-
was waiting, and the two continued the
talk about their engagement, ooucnw.
insisted that he must not be a burden on
her any longer. Finally she went into
the sitting room to get tne ring -my
.in," Ttnu.it na.ld and the
invuivi ' - -ww-w j
young man followed her. When she got
the ring ne gave it dw m r, oui,
"Keep it as a souvenir.
i Then, Bouchet says, he reached In his
pocket for the gun. . ;
Even Chief Deputy District Attorney
Hammersly. who is handling the case for
the state, was kindly toward the defend
ant and quickly excused bim from the
stand.
Service Commission
Scored for 'Butting'
Into City's Affairs
"The public - service commission of
Oregon ought not to be butting Into
the affairs of Portland when it has no
authority.. It ought to be called down
and asked why it gives rights to use
Portland's streets , to concerns that ere
not i-v.Mic utilities.". -
City Commissioner Bigelow so urged
the council this morning when the re
port of City Attorney .Grant was be-.
fore it regarding action or the service
commission in granting a permit for a
spur track in Sherlock avenue to the
Willamette Iron & Steel works. The
report was adopted. 'y .;. '
In his communication to. the council.
Grant declared ' that the public' ?ervice
commission of Oregon has no jurisdic
tion over the Willamette Iron & Steel
works, aa it is not a public utility with
in the sense or meaning of the laws
of -Oregon.' ; ? T-:-t ----- - f " 4 -
.'The Willamette Iron & Steel works
should be notified, said Grant, "that
any permit that may be issued by the
public service commission of Oregon is
nulj and -Void, and that It should apply
to the city of Portland for such permit"
POLK STREET BIDS TO BE
OPENED X'P ON MARCH SO
Bids for the Improvement of Polk
street, from Hudson to Fessenden, will
be opened In the city auditor's office,
March 30. Kotice has also been issued of
the proposed assessment for a sewer in
Polk street, from 75 feet north of Central
avenue to Fessenden street, the total cost
of which is estimated at $4198.15.
Notice, is also being published of the
assessment for the Improvement of Ker
by street, from Portland ; boulevard to
Dekum avenue, the cost of which Is $11,
917.45. The assessment is now due and
payable. - '
ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENTS
TO LAPSE AFTER MARCH 27
The assessment for the improvement of
a district of East Ride streets, including
portions of East Morrison, Alder, Wash
ington. Stark. Oak. Sixth. Seventh.
Kighth and -Ninth, has been placed 'at
$20,039.01. and City Auditor Funk Is
publishing notice of the statement of the
assessment being entered upon the docket
of city liens. Payments will become de
linquent and bear interest if not paid by
March 27, and if not paid before April IS
notice Is given that. proceedings will be
taken to collect by sale of the property.
CITY POTJIiTRY RAISERS TO . J
FACK-UMIT ON IXOCKS
Chicken raisers and property owners
whose peace of mind is disturbed by the
crowing of cocks In adjacent pens were
both well represented before the city
council today, when Commissioner Bar-
f Insnrance; Coopany
Oldest la Paelfle Xortkwett
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3 "Success
a, duty of every person able to aa so to eoninDuie lo ia
cause of those leas fortunate who are dependent for
survival on the charity of others. t
In casting about for the best means of meeting this
obligation and eliminating wasted energy and the expense
of duplicated effort, the Community Chest idea has been
devised. This is a general organization which acts as a
clearing house for charity. By means of this organisation
the needs of charitable organisations and institutions
which are not maintained by direct taxation are fully
analysed, investigated and determined. , These needs are
all grouped -into one, and Instead of a separate campaign
for - each organization one general campaign is put oa
covering all. This eliminates the duplication of effort
on the part of the Individual charities, reduces expense ef
campaigning to a minimum and assures the needs of the
organization being -met In a proper and reliable way.
The organization is in charge ef the city's 'best business
people, and a maximum amount of the money collected
reaches the purpose for which it Is donated. j
' The Community Chest is a new undertakina in Port
bur recommended that the city attorney
prepare an ordinance prohibiting more
than 25 chickens on a city lot without
special permission.; s
"Wm have legislation nn the number of
fowl and the number of horses that may
be kept on e city lot," said aBrbur, "and
I believe it is proper to provide similar
laws regarding chickens." - i ;
The report of Commissioner Barbur
was finally referred back to himself for
further consideration. He said the pro
posed ordinance would be drafted and
might be presented at the next meeting.
Speakers Boost for
Community Chest j
Drive at Meeting
- "I'll help George do if i
Cards bearing this .catchy Inscription
are being sent out by Henry W. Kent,
executive secretary of the Portland Serv
ice league, to every officer end member
of the league.. In sm effort to secure co
operation in "putting over' the Commun
ity Chest campaign, the Georsre alluded
to being Mayor Baker, who is heeding
the general campaign committee. Kent
and his organization have undertaken
the solicitation for funds in the residence
section and In so doing are making a big
point In backing up the mayor In the
biggest undertaking since mar times. .
The value of the Community Chest and
of the Portland Service league were elo
quently discussed at a citlsens' mass
meeting held Tuesday evening at The
Auditorium. . . ; - :- i .
Mayor Baker said: ; "Portland has
never failed In anything which she has
ever undertaken to do and we are not
going to fail in this drive. If necessary
I will order out every member of the po
lice and fire departments and set them
ringing the doorbells of every house in
the city in order to bring the message of
the' Community Chest fund to their
ears." . ---. ' -i -
. B. K. Irvine, editor of The Journal, ap
pealed to the citizens of Portland to get
oenina tne coming campaign, for human
itarian reasons, and to help the big con
structlve program of civic betterment.
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise- described In de
tail Ills experience with the federaliza
tion of the various Jewish relief organi
sations Into a similar community pro-i
gram. - - ..' " . ...
Dr. -W.-T, McElveen and Rev. George
i iiompson, aiso spone. , i ;
Recall Petitions
WiU Be Circulated
Saturday Morning
n 1 '- " 1 1 . f
Itccall petitions against Public Service
Commissioner Fred Williams will be
iui in circuwuon in fortiana Saturday
mornine. according te Rnlwrt rm
can's announcement, made this after
noon. :. :. - : t ;
The legal form of the petition has been
approved by the secretary of state's of
fice end the copy for the printed peti
tions has beep sent to the printer by
Duncan. The work of circulating the
Petitions Will be dirnotoit frnm ,r.
Lumbermen's building; the headquarters
" ui jruoiic eervice txecell . ommittee,
Inc. of which Duncan is chairman. :
.Duncan announces that the vninniun
who h.ave offered to circulate petitions
in x-oriiana win do outfitted . Saturday
morninfr at the headouartra imi
out after signatures. At the same-time
petitions will be mailed to various sec-
iioob ot me suiie, wnere individuals and
organizations have offered to circulate
them. . -
Hough Released on. Bonds,
. Mrs. Martin Neagle, who shot herself
Monday In the head et her apartment,
734 Kast Madison street, after she had
willed her personal belongings to a
friend., writing the will on the back of
an envelope, was sinking slowly at St.
Vincent's hospital today. , Authorities
state they have no hope foe recovery, i
LOOK ON
FOR THE ,
Stout-Lyons
. TRIP THROUQH THE -
STUDEBAKER
FACTORT IN MOTION PICTURES
EVERT .CVENma UNTIL
, WAR. g7, U 7:80 P.M.
W. C. GARDE, fcc.
AT BROAD WAV AND BURNSIDE.
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F1EE
ItUDEEIl PROPOSES
SAVING OF Mi
; County Commissioner Rudeeh told
the board at ita meeting this morning
that he thought $700 a month could
be saved on the courthouse janitor
bill by letting a contract for the work
to one ' man instead of letting out
each particular job. -
Rudeen presented a letter from Frank
Sandquist, offering to do all the janitor
work In the courthouse, 'including win
dow washing, for 1600 a month. The
present cost, it was pointed out, is 12351
and a 'saving of S9015 a year could be
made. ' Sandquist would be ready to
undertake the contract by April 1.
Sandquist will go into the details: of
the contract with Rudeen, In whose
hands the matter has been placed by
the commission, and if he still insists; he
can effect this saving it was indicated
that he would 'get the-Job. i
Express Driver Accused
George Ch arch alas, 922 Kast Sixteenth
street north, express wagon driver, was
stopped by deputy sheriffs as -he was
coming toward Portland on tho Capital
highway Tuesday night and 20 gallons
of moonshine were taken from his
wagon. Deputies Chrlstof fersen, Schir
mer and Kendall then went to Char
chalas. home where they found two
more gallons. The defendant Is to come
up for hearing in district court late to
day. Warren Bid Recommended
The roadmaster was authorized, if he
sees fit. to accept the Warren Construc
tion company's bid of $6.S5 per thousand
pound batch for bltulithic paving for
the Ltnnton road, where it needs repair
ln near the Standard OH plant. Ac
cording to the bid accepted by the county
commissioners, repairs would be done on
a cost plus 10 per cent plan.
Servants Are Blamed
Carelessness , of - servants at the
Campbell hotel is blamed by Kuth Burke
for the loss of bonds worth $866. in a
complaint filed in circuit court against
Mrs. E. J. Campbell in which recovery
of that amount is asked.., -
To. Fight Kx tradition
Sam 'Segel. wanted in California . In
cotfnectlon with alleged handling of bad
checks, was picked up at the North Port
land stockyards ; by Deputy Sheriff
Schirmer and taken to the county jail.
where he- said he would fight extradi
tion, t Segal is a butcher by trade4
. Plumbing Bid SabmiUed
Plumbing will be installed in the new
county hospital by Sturgess & Sturgess
at a cost of $41,993, acocrding to the
hid Accepted by - the county commis
sioners this-, morning. "
EUGENE DEBS' CASE
(Costimicd ftam Par One) "
But he is mistake it about his facts.
Every arrangement ' has been made to
picket the Whit House. - When my pro
test was printed it was sent to Kugene
Debs and he himself. ' telegraphed and
asked to have the picketing called off, in
order to give the new administration a
fair chance to show whether It had
learned anything from the mistake of
Palmer, and Wilson in applying tsarlsm
to opinion. y-.-. i
It is a terrible thing, Isn't It, to seek
methods of forcing attention to the fact
that JS0 men or so are' still rottinctn
Jail because their-opinions do not agree
with those of the editor of the Ledger.
If that editor or owner wants to press
his views on the administration he can
go down to Washington and have : a
pleasant, nourishing meal with the attor
ney general or the president, or he can
hire people to write creeds, it Is awful
that poor devils who have no chance to
eat with those ia power should seek at
tention in other ways, after the bitter
Tuovmnvnt
Deep Carve Lsaie
Are ssiter
(Tndsaurk Rasistmdi
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ABOUT "LOW BE0W8" i i
The Ledger does me the honor to head
Its editorial' The Real Menace' and it
concludes thus: j- j
' The real menace lurks in the admon
itions of those who, with plausible words,
Stir the low browed to action and to
violence.'' Of course everyone who
works with his hands Is a "low brow."
What about the real menace ef complete
mendacity, since no violence of any kind
is contemplated. What about the real
menace of those fat t and well placed
souls whose heavy threat and pompous
satire are ever at the service of those who
need no help, end ever denied to the
outcast and the downtrodden?
The movement for Debs' release is not
in the hands of th extremists. Extrem
ists thrive on persecution, t One labor
leader after another has consulted me
on this case, and everyone of them has
been self contained and manly, patient,
reasonable, a refreshing contrast to the
caponlined bourbons who make all of
our social problems : almost impossible
of solution. It is true that these people
did not believe In the war, and it is
true that I, with many reservations, did.
Need I. therefore, persecute them for
ever to show how right I was? As I
look at what our side . is doing in Ger
many and along th borders of Russia,
in Ireland, or in the ranks closing to
crush the power of labor in this country
I am not so proud that I care to keep on
indefinitely prosecuting those of another
faith. i
PBOFITS IMMENSE "I
Big capital did not suffer, from ' the
war. The special profits made by big
interests stagger the Imagination Sup
pose that instead of paying! for the war
by borrowing and by inflated prices we
had levied on capital? -
We levied on human life.' we took the
boys and sent them over to give lives,
and I also favored conscription. But
if we had conscripted capital at the same
time would papers like the Philadelphia
Ledger have sat around and barked
about ' their patriotism while they sup
ported every measure designed to cast
as heavy a part aa possible : for the cost
of life on those least able to bear it.
The tiypocrisy of -: the .. comfortable !
There are In this country a few men
ing your day
v.aixy
iuro tne iugxic vviii
soon wear jou out
; ilany a good night's
sleep is broken up
"by affee-dfiasLking.
IFyoxx find! coffee keeps
you awake nights, change to
POSTUM
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I coffee-like flavor,bnt free
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"Theres a Reason" or Postum
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' Battle Creek, Michigan.
Note: Of all the good pictures shown at the Colum
bia so far, we think this is the best. Knowles,
' . with the Picture Players, has also produced his
best musical interpretation. .
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fill 1 1 vv l . z - J ill
Portland Ad Club
Behind Community
Chest 100 Per Cent
''Portland Ad club 100 per cent for
the Community Chest ' "
; Thus one organisation committed it
self after a ; meeting dedicated at . the
Benson hotel : this . afternoon to Port
land's great experiment In philanthropy..
Into the room at an unexpected mo
ment was brought a replica of the Chest
From the chest, , when opened, arose
little Tiny, the crippled tot who will
grow in strength because of the help
ing hand of charity. Her face appears
on Community 'Chest: posters under the
slogan,; "Have a Heart" .
Tears were In the eyes of Mayor
Baker as he pleaded that Portland's
generosity extend to ell in need. James P.
Staple ton told the meaning of the chest
and the i Royal Rosarian quartet sang
chest songs to the big audience of Ad
clubbers and their wives.
of wealth, very few who have a concep
tion of the lives and the thoughts of the
ordinary man and women. -All honor
to these few! .
Most of the wealthy : and powerful
would rather loll about and be pleased
with : themselves for the dull insistence
with which they express the Insolence of
power. -
It is very bad advice. Indeed, that the
Ledger is giving to the administration
"by implication," believe me. the war is
over, and the more fully that fact Is
realised and acted on by Warren O.
Harding the better for this country and
for his name In history.. For all I know
there may hang over the desk of the
concoctor of the Ledger editorial writer
a picture of Abraham Lincoln. If there
does," what pitiful contrast, what Irony
in the number who 3b homage conven
tionally to the name of Lincoln and have
never a glimpse into his heart . -
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Woman Near Death f .
' Spokane, Wash., March S3. Jay E.
Hough, facing " three charges of first
degree forgery, in connection with the
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- MEN'S TAILOR
'313J Washington Street Upstairs at Sixth
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New Models Arriving by
Express Daily ,
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Satin, Black, Brown and
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i for ' Men and Women
FOURTH AT
Mail Orders Filled
Millholland & -Hough embezzlement
approximately $400,000 from. James K,
Callahan, was released under botidj
totaling $45,000. -
. io City
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