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VOL. XX. NO. 121.
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ALBERS DIES;
END CHEATS
NEW HEARING
' Former Mitier, Facing Retrial
in Famous Sedition Case, Suc
cumbs to Multitude of His;
Loneliness, Solitude, Take Toll
Henry Albers, center of the most im
portant espionage case of the North
west's war history, died at his home at
Mtlwaukie, at 10 o'clock this morning
from a complication of ills that had
come upon him through recent months
Of physical aqd mental trial.
Laving in virtual seclusion since his
conviction and sentence to three years in
federal prison and a Jio.uoo fine, Albers
health rapidly failed. His true condi
tion was officially revealed at the re
quest of United States Attorney Lester
W. Humphreys early this week by Dr.
Joseph I Wood. -
ALBERS HELPLESS
Dr. Wood proclaimed Albers hopeless
ly afflicted and physically helpless. The
former prominent miller suffered from
hardening of the arteries, had a recent
attack of cerebral hemorrhage, was
completely paralyzed on the left side,
and an intercranial disease gave him
great trouble, with constant pains in the
head that may have been responsible for
his frequent delirious and mentally de
ranged condition. Frequent doses of
morphine have been necessary, accord
ing to Dr. Wood.
Death had been imminent for some
days, it is said, and although the news
of Albers' death was not unexpected, It
came as a surprise to the many who
had been following his case sine the
time of his conviction in federal court
here for seditious, utterances against his
adopted country.
CASE IS RECALLED
Albers, a native of Germany, was re
leased from the sentence hanging over
him when Solicitor General Frierson con
fessed error on April 27, before the
United States supreme court, in the
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MAYBE APPEALED
Possibility of an appeal for a rehear
ing of the Pittock will ease before the
Oregon supreme court at Salem was an
nounced today by Cake & Cake, attor
neys for Fred Lead better and other heirs
of Henry L Pittock, who contested his
disposition of an $8,000,000 estate.
The supreme court sustained the de
cision of Judge Taswell of the Multno
mah county court in an opinion written
by Chief Justice Burnett and. handed
down with' the unanimous approval of
the higher court Tuesday.
H. M. Cake stated today that the atti
tude of the attorneys for the contestants
toward an appeal for a rehearing would
depend upon the result of a close study
of the opinion of the supreme court.
Twenty days is allowed in which to file
a petition for a rehearing.
No appeal may be had to the supreme
court of the United States in a case of
this character. Cake said, and if the 20
days is allowed to lapse without peti
tioning for a rehearing the opinion of the
supreme court of Oregon becomes final.
Jacksonville Line
Owner Guts Fare
To Five-Cent Basis
Medfosd, Or., July 27. The fare on
the streetcar line between Medford and
Jacksonville has been cut to 5 cents by
J. T. Gagnon, owner of the railroad, to
stimulate travel between this city and
the county seat, in an effort to induce
Medford residents to look over big im
provements recently made at Jacksonville
and to meet jitney competition.
Gagnon, who also owns sawmills in the
two cities, hag decided to manufacture
his own electric power to operate the
railroad and mills and. will install a
boiler and electric generator in this city,
using sawdust and kindling refuse from
the mills as fuel.
Baseball Results
KATIONAL
At Chicago HUE.
Brooklyn .... 013 250 000 10 IS X
Chicago 002 000 000 2 9 3
Batteries Pnetber and Miller; Ponder.
Jones and Wirt.
At PitUbnre R. H. E.
New York 200 000 011 ( 0
Pittsburg 000 000 100 1 7 1
Batteries Nehf and Snyder; Cooper and
Schaudu
At Cincinnati First gme R. H E
Boston ... v 000 000 OOO ft 4 O
Cincinnati ., 100 010 Oft 2 7 0
Batteries Fillingim. Wateon, Oeac&fer and
uvwsr, vr .ui; iuque ana Harcrare.
At Cincinnati Second came R. H. E.
Boston . . i, 0O0 101 10ft S 14 ft
Cincinnati ........ 11 si a nn i in i
MSBn- Oeadw
w yuwuj, y .-e-u, junpun ana v ulso,
AMERICAN
At Biluu R H E
CteteUnd ; 000 010 800 8 2
Beaten .., 10ft 181 30' 3 11 ft
Batteries Sotboron. Thle, Morton aad
O'Neill. Nonamilrwi Bash and Rucl.
At Philadelphia B. B. X.
gS 105 OOO ftio 1 8 ft
Philadelphia ...... 10ft OOO 004 1 8 Tt
Batteries Danss and Busier; Sartor aad
retains.
At New Tork R H. E
ft. 000 021 013 7 13 4
New Tort. .... 020 010 0O2 3 T 1
QuSTart j"
At WaaUasloa B. H. K.
S?ao ......... ft2 820 OOO 1 ft 0
Wfashintton 005 OOO Oft 5 7 o
natter Kerr aad SckaUt; Mosridse.
, oaeouaweas aw tJ S.a8XJ.
DECISION ON WILL
HouseActs
In Favor of
1925 Fair
Washington. July 27. (L N. R) The
house today pawed a senate resolution
authorizing President Harding to invite
foreign governments to participate in an
exposition to be held at Portland, Or.,
in 1925.
TWO BLACK SOX
DEFENDANTS FREED
Chicago, July 27. The state's case in
the "Black Sox" baseball scandal partly
collapsed this afternoon when Judge
Hugo M. Friend had the cases of two
of the defendants stricken off, and de
dared that-if verdicts of guilty were
brought in against two others the chances
are he would not allow them to stand.
The cases against Ben and Louis Levi
alleged gamblers of Des Moines, Iowa.
were nolle prossed by the state after
the court had granted the motion of the
defense to dismiss them.
There has bee so little evidence pre
sented against these two men that it is
doubtful if 'I would allow a verdict of
guilty tp stand if the jury brought it in.
But as some ev'-ice has been presented
against them, I will not grant the mo
tion of dismissal unless the state indl
eates it will nolle prosse."
The state made no indication that it
would.
The motion for dismissal was made
after the state had closed its case, with
the testimony of William ("Billy") Ma-
harg.
The judge's action leaves as defend
ants, besides Felach and Weaver, "Eddie"
Cicotte, "Joe" . -ickson. "Lefty" Will
iams, "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullen and
"Swede" Risberg, all "Black Sox," and
Carl Zork and David Zelser, alleged
gamblers, in the "throwing of the ceries.
Motions to dismiss the cases of Jack
son, Harry Redmon and Carl Zork" also
were made, but denied.
"Billy" Maharg came back today aad
pointed an accusing finger at the seven
"Black Sox" who are being tried for al
leged throwing of the 1919 world series.
Maharg, who screamed from the sport
big pages a decade ago as a lightweight
fighter, battled again today to knock out
crooked 'baseball.
FIGHTER GITES TESTIMONY
The "mystery" witness mu the "good
man Friday" to Bill Burns, confessed
baseball renegade, who turned state's
evidence against his alleged fellow con
spirators. Maharg said be met Burns in New
TOrk before the series.
"I was in conference with Burns. Ci
cotte and Gandil." said Maharg.
"We discussed throwing the series at
the Ansonia hotel in Ne-r York.
"Cicotte said hi would throw the se
ries in any order the gamblers named.
"I went to Philadelphia to raise $100,
000 to buy the players. I couldn't raise
it"
Q. What conversation did you have
with Burns at the Ansonia after Cicotte
and Gandil left?
A. Burns told me these boys had
agreed to sell the series for 9100,000 so
gamblers would make a cleaning. Burns
asked if I could raise the money. I
told him I would try.
The defense opened late this after
noon, when David Zelser, first witness
for the defense, took the stand and made
a sweeping denial of all the charges
made against him by the state, contra
dicting in entirety the testimony of
"Bill" Burns, the state's star witness ;
William Maharg and others.
Kellogg .Bill Net
To End Activities
Of Livestock Pool
Washington. July 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator Stanfield says that while Sen
ator Kellogg's substitute bill for agri
cultural End livestock credits, which is
expected to pass under administrative
backing, will provide additional relief.
it will not end the activities of the
bankers' $50,000,000 livestock pool, which
he was recently active in organising.
"I understand the terms of govern-
ment credit will be practically the same
as those granted by the pool." said the
senator. "Fifty million dollars Is not
enough, so this government measure will
give additional and adequate funds. I
have just been advised from Chicago that
14,000,000 in loans have been approved
under the pool.
"Under the Kellogg bill, money will be
advanced up to two years on notes of
livestock men secured by mortgage or
bills of acceptance by bankers and trust
companies. This is virtually the Same
relief provided in the hill some time ago.
'Big Tim' Murphy's
Attorney Threatened
Chicago, July 27. (L N. S.) A start
ling plot to murder State Senator James
J. Barbour unless he paid $5800 to the
conspirators was revealed by the sen
ator today while he was Is the Fed
eral building arranging bail for "Big
Tim" Murphy, indicted in the Dearborn
street mail pouch robbery. Senator Bar
bour, who Is counsel tor "Big Tim."
said the plot was made known a week
ago to Mrs. Barbour, his wife, and that
she is now in a serious condition la
Canada, where he took her to get her
away from the plotters. '
Passenger Meeting
Calls Portlanders
William MeMurray. general
agent of the O-W. R. A N.
accompanied by A. C Martin, left Tues
day night for Yakima, Wash., to join
other railway officials on their way to a
conference of the North Pacific Coast
Passenger association at Seattle. Other
Portland terminal Uses will ahw be rep
resented at the Seattle meeting.
CITY'S DATA
AROUSE IRE
Attorney for Corporation Says
Expert Overlooked Some Facts
in Showing Why Rates Should
Be Reduced in Oregon Territory
Salem. July 27. That E. C. Willard.
industrial engineer, used only such facts
and figures as would best suit his pur
pose In showing that patrons of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph company in
Oregon pay too much for the service,
was the contention of James T. Shaw,
attorney for the telephone company, in
renewing his cross-examination of Wil
lard before the public service commission
this morning.
Willard, one of the principal witnesses
for the city of Portland, in the re-hearing
of the telephone rate case. Tuesday
presented a number of exhibits showing
reasons why patrons of the telephone
company in Oregon are entitled to a re
duction in their rates at this time. The
exhibits, according to Shaw, are incom
plete, fail to take into consideration im
portant factors related thereto and are,
therefore, entirely misleading both to the
commission and to the general public.
PLEADS LACK OF TIME
Willard admitted that lack of time had
precluded the possibility of assembling
as much data as could have been other
wise presented, but insisted that there
was no desire on his part to mislead any
one and declared that the exhibits were
presented merely for their face value
and as suggestions upon which the com
mission could build in compiling their
rate making structure.
Under the direction of Attorney Shaw,
the Pocific Telephone & Telegraph com-
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AUTO TAKES FLOP;
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OCCUPANTS HURT
Evidence ef the recent presence of in
toxicating liquor was found by Patrol
man Persinger at Btarrton and Delay
streets at 1 o'clock this morning when
he was called to view the wreckage of a
roadster automobile which was driven
Into a double somersault by W. B Tay
lor. 32, of the Blackstone hotel.
Four passengers in the small car were
hurled to the street after the car had
smashed against the curb and then
veered into the- center of the gtreet and
turned over twice. Taylor is being held
today on reckless driving charges. An
Injured hand was treated. V. V. Davis,
19, 1704 Second street, and Bill Ruhl.
797 East- Fourteenth street north, were
cut and bruised. Leo Owens, fourth oc
cupant of the one-seated machine
uninjured.
McNary Guest at
President's Dinner,
Stanfield at Hays'
Washington, Jury 27. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator McNary was one of a party of
leading senators entertained at the
White House dinner last night at which
legislative plans were discussed. He and
Senator Capper of Kansas were regarded
as particular representatives of agri
cultural interests .in the parley which
covered agricultural relief, tariff
revenue and other plans for the session.
Senator Stanfield. with other mem
bers of state and house committees on
postoffices, were guests of Postmaster
General Hays at another dinner at which
Secretary Mellon, Attorney General
Daugherty, Governor Harding of the fed
eral reserve board, and Eugene Meyer of
the ' war finance corporation were
present.
Hays' plan for extension of the postal
savings system was discussed. Sentl-
ment is said to favor increasing the in-
terest rate on deposits to 3 per cent, to
increase the deposit limit to $5000 and in
crease the number of postal savings
banks.
Heat Doom Facing
World, Says Voliva-
Zion City Overseer
(By CniTersal Serrice)
Chicago, July 27. Hot, sure. But
listen to what Wilber Glenn Voliva,
overseer of Zion City, told his flock to
day :
"This summer is a little. shadow of the
heat that's coming. There is nothing
ahead but universal chaos and anarchy.
Society is doomed. There will be a heat
wave that will destroy two thirds of the
inhabitants of the world and the dead
will lie from one end of the earth to the
other."
Next January but watt; that's an
other story.
Portland Tenth on
Postal Savings List
Portland was tenth in the volume of
postal savings deposits during the month
of June, according to the report of the
federal reserve system, when deposits
here totaled 1.22. 242. T acorn, which
was ninth in the list, was one of the
two cities in which the postal savings
deposits sHbwed an increase in eves
of $10,000. Pocatello. Idaho, made a sub
stantial gain in deposits daring the
month and was one of 133 deposits rise
In the $100,000 class. The total deposits
ins Mi all ov
d llalMl 1,000.
over the -country
OF PHONE 0
Journal Is
Whisked to
Picnic in Air
Exactly at 12 :35 o'clock this afternoon
a giant Seagull hydroplane, carrying
copies of the first afternoon edition of
The Journal, lifted from the river at the
foot of Yamhill street and headed to
ward Bonneville, scene of the annual pic
nic of Oregon grocers, whose festivities
there are filling a day with many de
lights. The big plane carries to the picnic
grounds not only last minute news from
the marts of the wide world, but an ex
clusive story on the death this morning
or Henry Albers. once prominent miller,
whose vast business enterprises the
guests of the picnic did so much to build
up in recent years through their trade.
PILOTED BY YERNOV
Piloted by Victor Vernon, general
manager of the Oregon. Washington
Idaho Airplane company. The Journal
delivery plane will be an Interesting ad
dition to a program of features in con
nection with the picnic
Forgetting all of the. worries and care
of business, members of the Grocers'
and Merchants association of Portland,
Vancouver, Oregon City and Hood River
locked their shop doors and started for
Bonneville early today.
MANY 8TUHTS PLANNED
Three-legged races, a tug-of-war be
tween the grocers of Oregon City and
Vancouver, fat grocers' race and all sorts
of stunts are on the program of the
day. The nearest reversion to dally
work will be a "spud" race, but other
wise from 4he arrival until the last dance
this evening the order of the day will
be fun and frolic.
Two special trains left the Union sta
tion loaded to the guards with pro
's and their mends and many
of them made the trip up the Columbia
river highway by motor. More than
5000 are expected to take part in the
day's program. "
ROCKS AHEAD FOR
HARDING POLICY
By J. Bart Campbell
Washington, July 17. (I. N. S.) Op
position was renewed today by the
senatorial "agricultural bloc to the ad
ministration's substitution to the Norris
bill to create a $100,000,000 finance cor?
po rati on for financing agricultural ex
ports.
Members of the senate agricultural
committee, headed by Senator Norrts
OR., Neb.), met the senate, reconvened
to fcarihai amend the Harris hill hn an
effort to meet some of the administra
tion's objections to It. It was agreed to
eliminate the substitute legislation which
would have the federal government en
gage in the buying and selling of farm
products for export and to cut the pro
posed $1,000,000,000 bond issue to $500,
000,000. WILL TEST SINCERITY
By changing the bill to make it con
form more with the administration
viewpoint, the "agricultural bloc"
planned to offer a substitute of Its own
for the Non-U plan and to thereby
the administration's measure.
Senators identified - with the
declared it was their purpose to teat the
sincerity of the administration's opposi
tion to the Norris bill, bat even they
admitted that the administration bill
would probably prevail in the end.
They insisted, however, that but for
the strong support the Norris bill had
mustered, the administration would not
have put forth any plan for a farther
extension of credits to the farmers, even
through the war finance corporation, and
they expressed themselves as not alto
gether dissatisfied with the latest devel
opments in the situation.
Until the rumpus over the agricul
tural legislation has subsided and the
administration s Din is either pannofl or
rejected no action is contemplated by
ine senate leaders on the president's pro
posal for assisting the railroads through
ine war 1 1 nance corporation.
HAS MOSET O:. HA3D
ine war finance corporation is In a
position financially to carry oat Presi
dent Harding's plan for rejuvenation of
the railroads should authority for such
action be granted by congress, it wai
indicated today when the corporation an
nounced that it had on hand with the
treasury a cash credit of $403,227,771.29
and outstanding loans totalling $5J,KU.
S39.39.
The credit requirement for the rail
road betterments and improvements un
der the plan of the director-general of
railroads and presented to congress by
tne president has been estimated at
$500,000,000.
Two U. S. Aviators
Killed at Coblenz
Coblenx, July 27. U. 1
ant Carl Gunther and Corporal L O.
Rogers of the American army of
pa tion were killed near here today
their airplane crashed. Ounther's
was at Frankfort. Ind., . and
lived in Hillsboro, Texas.
Acceptance of Ford
Offer Recommended
Washington. July 27. (I. N. 8.) Ma
jor General Lansing D. rteerh. corps of
engineers and the war department's chief
adviser in the disposition of the Muscle
Shoals (Alabama) nitrate plant today
recommended to Secretary of War
Weeks, that the offer of Henry Ford to
take over the property be accepted.
Portland Man Dies
As Accident Result
Dallas, July 27.
Portland, injured whan his auto
was struck by a locomotive
died in the hospital hers today. Has-)
brother. George Magers. jumped to
safety. The dead man was absent as
years, old
OR. STONE IS
KILLED TRYING
TO SAVE WIFE
Purdue University President
Plunges to Death in Crevice
of Canadian Rockies Mrs.
Stone Had Fallen From Slope.
Banff, Alta.. July 27. (U. P.) In a
temporary camp on an almost Inaaoss
sible pony trail 5 miles from here, Mrs.
W. K. Stone struggled to retain her rea
son today after harrowing experiences
that Would have long ago killed a less
hardy woman.
Mrs. Stone lay helpless from July IT
to July 26 in a deep crevice In the wild
mountain region. The body of her hus
band, president of Purdue university.
who had slipped and fallen to his death
when he tried to rescue her from a ra
vine, lay within a few feet of where she
was lying Injured.
"She may recover from her physical
Injuries, but she never will recover from
tier mental torture." Dr. W. c. Bell, a
Winnipeg physician, who reached Mrs.
Stone two hours after she was found
stated In a message to the United Press.
received here by courier.
TOO WEAK TO TALK
Too weak to talk and harassed by the
terror of endless hours of suffering In
the mountain trap, Mrs. Stone was an
object of concern to the entire Canadian
Rockies district today.
Officers of the Royal Northwest
Canadian mounted police sent offers of
aid and assistance.
Indian guides and Alpine climbers who
were In the camp of mountain climbers
of which Dr. and Mrs. Stone were mem
bers, started bringing the body of Pro
fessor Stone back along the perilous
mountain trail today.
The lure of the Canadian Rockies
claimed the life of Dr. Stone, who was
one of the country's leading educators.
The body of Dr. Stone was found
Jammed between two sharp Jottings of
rock at the base of Mount Aenon. He
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WOMAN IS TAKEN
A a awns
IN MURDER CASE
Astoria. Or., July 27. Dolly Adean.
alleged drug addict, is in the county Jail
today, the third suspect in the mystery
surrounding the murder of Murphy
Chung, aged Chinese dope peddler. Dep
uty Sheriff Vlnce Bakotlch believes she
will be implicated in the plot to lure the
Celestial to the basement of a barber
shop and kill him for his store of nar
cotics
The woman is known to have been In
the bootblack parlor, whence Shung
was directed to the basement, where he
was slain, three hours before the ktlllnr
Shortly after the murder took place she
appeared at her rooming house. A con
sldersble quantity of morphia and a by
podennic syringe were found on her
person.
Interest In the mysterious murder Is
running high again as a result of the
arrest in Portland of Fred Taylor, al
leged drug addict. Taylor Is known to
have had dealings with Chung, and was
seen with him on the day the Chinaman
was beaten to death. As a result of the
arrest of Taylor the hearing of Douglas
Roberts, negro bootblack, who directed
Chung to the basement, where he was
slain, has been postponed.
Obregon Considers
Free Mexican Ports
San Antonio, July 27. (L N. S.)
President ' Obregon has taken under ad
visa ment the matter of free ports for
Mexico, according to word received by
the chamber of commerce here today
A special committee from the Mexican
congress will study conditions and re
port on the feasibility of the plan to
establish free porta, it was stated.
Girl Nearly Stabbed
To Death by Father
New Brunswick. N. J.. July 27 (L N.
a) Marguerite Sarah.-19. is in a crit
ical condition st the Rah way hospital
from 10 stab wounds Inflicted by her
father, Isber Sarah, a Syrian. The girl
may have to pay with her Ufa for her
refusal to live at his home.
Journal Plane
Coast Service
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Tweed.,'. Trip
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Arrived ficastdn 3:10 p.m.
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DR. WINTHROP E. STONE, president of Purdue univer
sity, who was killed while trying to rescue his wife alter a
fall en Mt. Aenon, near Mt. Assiniboine, in the Canadian
Rockies. The Stones were attempting to scale the peak, which
has never been climbed. The large picture shows Dr. Stone at
the summit of Mt. Baker, Washington, when he and his wife
made the climb with the Maiamas in 1909. The two vignettes
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BROTHER'S DEATH
CAUSES FATALITY
Sandy, Or July 27. Illness caused by
the shock of the death of his brother.
John Affolter Jr.. In a motorcycle acci
dent Monday morning, caused the death
at 11 o'clock this morning of Albert Af
folter, 20, at the home of his father.
John Affolter. six miles southeast of
Sandy.
The funeral of John Affolter Jr.. set
for this afternoon, was postponed as a
result of the brother's death and a
double service will be held later.
John Affolter Jr. was killed in the Til
lamook country, his father blaming the
early rooming fog. which, he said, caused
the son to fear he was approaching a
bluff and to turn suddenly back toward
the road. The machine overturned,
throwing the driver on his head. A
eo In. Fred Affolter of Neskowin, and
the letter's wife, were in the sidecar.
Mrs. Affolter was seriously injured, the
father said, but the cousin escaped.
Albert Affolter had accompanied hi
brother to the Tillamook country, but re
mained in Tillamook while the brother
went to visit the cousin.
Marshal Foch May
Head henchmen to
U. S. Conference
New Tork. July 27. L X. 8.) Mar
shal Foch may head France's delegation
to the Washington disarmament confer
once. It was intimated here today by the
French ambassador. Just before sailing
lor home.
M. Jtasseraad disclaimed any official
knowledge of who would head the dele
gation, hat he charactefised Marshal
Foch as 'The best Informed man la the
San Miguel Volcano
Belches Fire, Smoke
San Antonio. Texas. July 27. (L N
S) For the first time in, 75 years, the
volcano of San Miguel was sslrhl
smoke and nre tooay, accoratag to a
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rvpon rvon v vu iwi v in vuic&iao wm
the town of San Miguel, aaai
City, aad the disturbance has been In
pi ogress for two weeks, gaining 1
lease dally. During the last iruailoa ta
1S44 two towns wore destroyed
DIPHTHERIA TAKES
LIFE IN BOY CAMP
Norman Arena, 14-year-old son of
Theodore and Cecilia Arens of 422 East
Twenty-fifth street north, died Wednes
day morning as a result of diphtheria
contracted at the boys camp at 8S4rtt
Lake, Wash. His Is the first fatal case
In the epidemic which broke out st the
camp a few weeks ago.
He was a pupO at the Jefferson hlga
school and was one of the moot promis
ing of the younger tennis players of
Portland. He won the boys singles
championship of the Rose City two years
ago and only last month competed for
his school In the annual Portland inter-
scholastic league tournament.
Norman also represented the Multno
mah Amateur Athletic club as a wrestler
and be took a prominent pert In the
affairs of the Intermediates of the
Winged "M" Institution.
Fourteen cases of diphtheria developed
t the Spirit Lake camp, but all the
others are reported by the city health
bureau as recovering.
The bureau has not been able to de
nalne definitely the source of the epi
demic There were 47 boys at the camp,
which was operated by the Y. M. C. A.
as a summer vacation tnttrprlss. Two
theories have been advanced as to the
cause one that one of the boys st the
camp came from a Portland family
miliar quarantine for diphtheria The
other was that a track driver who de
livered supplies st the camp wsa found
to yield a diphtheria culture aad may
have been a carrier.
Federal Grant to
Benson Polytechnic
Will Be Rejected
Washington. July 77. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE! JOURNAL. )
The attorney of thv federal vocational
hoard, to which the question of granting
I2S.004 for the Benson Potyteehate school
was recently referred, has not yet ren
dered a formal mdnlaa. That win rale
that too hoard la under so legal oh4J
gaitin to pay the claim presented by
George B Thorns s, director of the Port
land school dtotrirt.
TWe as bolived to forecast final
Joctioa of the efssss for which
rot es to mobilised toe
IB
AGEE DEFENSE
IS BRACED BY
STATE WITNESS
Testifier for Prosecution Says Ht
Was Awakened bf Cry, "Some
one Is Killing Harry'; Woman
Unmoved by Sight of Razor.
The rasor with which the state claims
Urn. Ann Louise Agee killed her bias
band, Harry Agee. and the Jewelry and
silverware which she as sUagoa to haws
planted under the south window of lbs
; dining room of the Ages
in Druid
avenue, were introduced in evidence
Just before noon today in Circuit Judgn
Morrow's court.
The defense claims Agee was not
killed with the rasor and counsel has
Intimated that the placing of the Til tiles
under the window was part of a frameup
to aid is the escape of the real murderer.
Mrs. Ages was unmoved by (he sight ef
the rasor. She wept gently at times UMs
morning, however.
Patrolman M. T. Fleming, who arrived
at the aeons at IX :si the morning of
June 11. 15 minutes after the murder.
Identified the arUcJea. He and Edward
C. Densmore, a neighbor, found the rasor
in the street about 4 o'clock. Offieer
Gallagher and he discovered the articles
under the south window a little later.
DBESSEB DEAWEK8 OPB3T
The articles consisted of Agee's watch.
Mrs. Agee's bracelet, a carving set and
a set of spoons In the bedroom Flasu
mlng found the dresser drawers pulled
open, a pocketbook and handbag on the
floor. The pillow on the back side of the
bed seemed undisturbed, he said.
Densmore. on the stand., told of being
awakened by the screams of "Someone
Is killing Harry." The black-handled
rasor which he and Flemmmg found la
the street, he said, at that time had a
number of spots of dry. dark red sub
stance on it. It was wet with dew. The
court would not allow the witness to ,
he believed It was blood on the blade
handle.
The "mysterious stranger'' referred to
by Densmore in his testimony at the
coroner's inquest was brought up again.
ob Pace Two.
Ob)
DEAD MAN MAY BE
FRANK LAMBERT
Tacoma. July 27. (U. P.) One man
was killed and another seriously ens
ed in the local Northern Pacific ravUroad
yards today by Ralph Hubbard, special
agent for the company. The shooting
occurred when te two men, believed by
police to be yeggmen, resisted arrest and
ought to disarm Hubbard.
Frank Lambert, 20, ta thought to bo
the deed man. John Mack. 44, his com
panion, is In the county hospital with
three bullet wounds in his body.
Hubbard was patrolling the yards
early today when he saw two figures
skulking among the freight cars He
questioned them concerning the contents
of a bundle one was carrying.
Hubbard placed the two under street
and was putting the handcuffs on Mack's
hands when Lambert est upon him aad
grabbed for the officer's gun. Hubbard
opened fire sad both men dropped.
A deposit slip for 2400 on the Bank
of California in Portland, bearing the
name of "Frank Lambert," was found
on the dead man. A check for a suitcase
left to San Francisco was also found to
Lambert's pocket.
Promoter Eickard
Gets Fine of $10(
New Tork. July 27 L N.
Richard, promoter of the Dempsey -Car-pen
tier fight, was fined $1000 today by
Federal Judge Sbenpard for bringing
films of the fight from Nov Jersey to
New Tork to violation of too federal
statute which prohibits Interstate traf
fic to prtseflght films. F. C. Q nimby, a
picture producer, was similarly fined.
Both jlisisi guilty.
Spaniards Restoring
Order in Morocco
Madrid. July 27. (L N.
fighting continues along some parts of
the Moroccan battlefront. but the
tarda are gaming toe uppt
the rebellious natives sad are
order as quickly as possible, scoordkfsf
to advices to the war ministry.
New Facts About
A New Land
East Siberia adjoins America
on Its Alaskan border.
It la a land of surprises, in ex
tent. In roaotaTces. to climate, etc,
tt challenges belief.
Frederick McCormick. who has
returned to this region, wttat
which ho is thoroughly familiar
through previous visits, is writ
ing for The Sunday Journal a se
rfes of illustrated articles cos
corning East Stborta.
The first article, which will bo
published next Sunday, has to do
with the climate of this land It
to rich to information, and written
to fesriastlng style.
NEXT SUNDAY