- THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON :
THREE OF SLEEPING
MICHIGAN
FAMILY
CLUBBED TO DEATH
retained conadauaneM In the hospital I
today. Attempt were mad to qnea-
tton ber. She Mid no thins but "Mam
ma, dear, what happened V
Solution of tha dime will never come
from AnJlth, It was believed, aa doc
tora eay that although tha little girt
may live, she will never regain her
rlfht mind.
OUCH! POLITICAL
PIE HUNGERS
Dowactac, Mlch Sept XL (U. P.
Tha only clew today to tha fiendish mur
der of three members ot a family was
a bloody finger print and a nail-studded
club,
"William Monroe. 45; his wife Vary.
42, and their daughter Teva, IT. were
found In bed with their skulls crushed.
: Ardith, IX another daughter, was
found terribly injured. Her face had
been beaten beyond recognition and ber
skull fractured.
Grace McKee, daughter of a neigh
bor and playmate of the Monroe chil
dren, made tha gruesome discovery,
She had not seen her playmates since
Baturday and. believing they were ill,
knocked at the Monroe cottage. There
was no response and she entered the un
locked door.
"Mamma, Mamma," mumbled Ardith,
" who was lying on the floor with her
arras clasped tightly about a table leg.
The McKee child, horrified at the mis
ery ot her blood covered chum, ran from
. from the house screaming.
Ralph Gillette, brother of Mrs. Mon
roe, rushed Into the house.
WIFE'S HA5D RAISED
i In the main bedroom he found Mon
; roe and his wife dead In their bed. their
faces crushed. Monroe had evidently been
killed instantly while aaleep, as his hands
were still hanging down by his side.
The wife, it was believed, bad been
LOtaTICS ESCAPE, X EITHER
TIOIE5T, ASSERTS DOCTOR
Kalamazoo, Mich- Sept. 2L-(U. P.)-
Two Inmates of the' state hospital for
the Insane escaped about a week ago-,
Dr. George Fin eh said early today.
The superintendent said, however, he
did not believe cither would commit mur
der.
AGAIN
DITCHED
ARBUCKLE
CONF
SSED
E
GRAND JURY IS TOLD
(CooUsoad From Ftse One)
Passing strange fcourh ft may seem
to the anxious horde of Pie Boya. who
have been sitting at (ha empty counter
dangling their useless fork 'for the
past two weeks or more, United States
Senator Bob Stanfield showed up in
Portland ttils mornUij and became visi
ble to the naked eye Jus HtUe while
after Senator Charles X MeNary rolled
out of the Union station eastward bound
lor wasningion. iuo wmww,
therefore, la all off in a thousand
nlae mftpi nr less.
at course it was senator aianneio
"party." Ha framed It, and forgot k
or was unavoidably detained. When he
came home, that is to Welser, be au-
torney Brady would request that Bern
nacher proceed at once to San Francisco
and that he might he used at Arbuckle's
preliminary hearing, scheduled for to-1 grated to Senator MeNary, who was con.
morrow In that el5y.
CATJ8ES EXCITEME3CT
Repeated efforts by Brady to get in
touch with Seronacher yesterday and to
day indicated that he had some inkling
that important disclosures - might be
tng later, that they meet at tne junior
umtnr'i Idaho aeaoauartera ana ow
cuss remaining patronage pu isles.
COSFEEEJTCES IBW
Up to that Ume the liacussions. or
-conferences." as they are cauea n u-
made if Semnacher could be persuaded cil life, had bee and far between
. .tw .w I ..in. la tha fact that Stanfield baa not
, . . . - , , . v. ti-,.
It was reported at Bemnacbert home been at wMquwn '""A Y A
.a.n in .ho. v. .t... kori I k tiu VtMii acootinir hither ana yon m
prepared to go to San Francisco. Ap- the Interest of the livestock pool organ
n.,M v.. . , Jltiiin a-vwsv. Senator MeNary wired him
vum v. m ihuvh iiui v a. a I - - -
h v uaA .mii.,.j thin fi. s.in..iA. artian ha would be in wetser, nq u
er decided to unbosom himself to Ztoran. I Junior senator bopped the ,-'0fJ
When the news of what Semnacher he receive me teiegrmro, ot
had told the Los Angeles county grand came to Port ano. c iary "Tv
Jury spread quickly there was great ax-1 his flight at we wano
r tam.nt In tha ranka of tha Arhupk at. I came on in lo rerimuu. - "
semblln tha broad acres of hla aheep
ranges. , . '
-Incidentally, David XOrtng, wno reaiu
I ,: aurveyor; and civil engineer, has
com into the limelight as a candidate
for 1 anrvev-ar eeseral ln tha last tew
days .'and his candidacy la being urged by
mann friends, who look apoa nun not
only as having qualifications but as a
possible dark horse who might do aoie
to run away with tha Job and settle the
quarrel that has sprung up about it.
-Stanfield is planning to start ror
Washlnrton Saturday next and the
various candidates whose ahibitions are
hanging on the hook awaiting confirma
tion by the senate are walking around
now with, bated breath waiting for some
thing to Jar loose In the cenata ana start
their commissions out west. They are
hoping now that, the long delayed "con.
farenca" wuJ t held wnen eianneiu
finally gets back to Washington and
that the plums, like the leaves of th
autumn, will begin to fall.
BANK MERGER TO BE
Tl
(Cob tinned Frect Fit One)
COMPLETED
moon
tioaaa president ef tha bank and K. T.
GruwaQ. president of the People's bank,
will become -vice president oi the re
organised concaro.
The State Bank ot Portland waa or
ganised In the spring of 1917 for tha
purpose ef taking over the business oi
toe - Scandinavian-American nana, lo
cated at Park and Morrison streets. A
year later the bank moved to its present
quarters.- According to a statement Is
sued September a. tha resources ot the
State bank. amounted to 2,50Mo. ana
it held deposits amounting to ix,ezs.-
S28.75.
Officers of tha State bank are: LeKoy
D. Walker, president ; An than Dckern,
Conrad P. Olson and 8. J. Graham, vice
presidents; Maynard Redmond, cashier;
H. a Vogct, assistant cashier ; A. a.
Herndobler. auditor. Additional direct
ors are : W. H. Balr. U. A- Brandes, A.
E. Clark. C E. Cochran, H. G. Coiton,
Henry Ilarkaon, A, F. Pole and W. B
Wiggins.
PEOPI.ES BAKK STATEMENT
The ' Peoples bank was organized
April tX 19J0. with a capitalizaUon of
$100,000. Permission was granted the
bank recently to Increase tta capitalisa
tion to 1100,000, but none of the new
stock has been issued, according to
Conrad Olson.' A statement at tha bank,
dated Jane to, shows total resource
amounting to S70f.2M.Si, and deposits
amounting to SC11.lla.t0. Tha bank haa
about TtOO depositors and mora man
100 Portland people are stockholders in
the concern.
Officers ot tha Peoples bank are: E.
T. Qruwall, president; W. Q. Buffing
ton, vice president : Hugh. C GruweU.
cashier: Conrad P. Olson. George A.
Lovejoy. F. W. Vogler, A. E. Peaks, R.
It. Bodey. W. E. Kimaey. W. H. McCon-
neU 'and Clifford T. Bald, director
Tha directorate of tha consolidated bank
will ooaaist of all the directors of the
two merging institutions.
Combined resources of the two banks
amount to $3.14.COS and combined de
posits total $3,114,497. Both banks are
sound financially and their consolida
tion win result In a atraog and ably
managed Institution.
purpose, W. 7. Woodward, director ot
tha Portland school district, wants Gov
ernor Olcott to Include in his- call tha
necessity for an amendment te the school
laws ot the state removing tha Inhibition
against non-taxpayers voting npoa school
questions. Woodward, m a Utter re
ceived by tha governor this morning,
deplores tha situation which prevents any
registered voter from participating In a
school election. This situation, he de
clares, haa made It impossible for Port
land properly to boose its school chil
dren throngh the defeat by the taxpayers
f the proposed tnree mm levy lor new
school buildings.
Change in Tax Law
-For Schools Urged
Salem. Sept XL If a special session
of the legislature is to be called for any
sos-srrroaT charged
iC a Hadlaoo, Jack Hammond and
Casey OobVe were arreeted Tuesday
evening by drputy constables on war
rants charging them wtta non-support
of their wt
Die's bank in the Gordon building at
Fourth and Stark will be closed and the
letse offered tor gala. ,
WALKER BEMATJTS PRESIDENT
The business of tha two banks win be
handled -in tha quarters of tha 8tate
Bank, ot Portland without tha necessity I
nr takln additional door snaca and
without material increase In overhead
exoensel aecordlns to LeBoy D. Walker,
president. Walker will retain hla posl-
In the corner of the room occunled
by Neva was found a nalltudded club
-a long 2x1 with a score of heavy spikes
la It It bad been thrown against the
wall with fury, Judging from the hole
that was knocked In the plaster. On
the white bedspread was found the
other clew a bloody finger print
LAST SEE HATVRDAY
The Monroe family was last seen Set
urdsy night They were beard by
neignnors, talking and laughing,
Neva had gone to a movie with a boy
classmate she was a Junior in the high
school here.
On none of the bodies had the club
been used elsewhere than the face. Au
thorities. Judging from this, advance
.the theory that the murders were com
roltted by some one who was- bitter
against the Monroes, or by a maniac.
Soma neighbors have reported that
Monroe bad accumulated a large sum
of money and that hla daughters had
told other children "they were going to
move into a large bouse soon.
90 TRACE Or ROBBERT
Investigation, however, shows no trace
er robbery, although that theory is be
ug run aown.
Coroner S. E. Bryant has imnsn'eled
a Jury today to sift what little evidence
there is in the esse. A finger print
aper was oraerea rrorn Cbicsra.
Ardith Monroe, battered and bruised.
149-151 Fourth Street
ACTOR WANTED llf ARBUCKLE
CASE DISAPPEARS AG AJ5
New York. Sept tl. (I N. S.) Lowell
Sherman, film actor, who is wanted by
District Attorney Brady in San Fran
cisco as a witness in the case against
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. charged with
the murder of Virginia Rappe, today
successfully eluded the attempt of the
local authorities to locate him. v
A detective and a representative of the
district attorney's office met the sec
ond section of the Twentieth Century
limited on which Sherman was supposed
to be a passenger, when it arrived at
Grand Central terminal today. But
Sherman was not aboard. He had left
the train at Harmon, the last stop be
fore New York.
Sherman was greeted at Harmon by
an auburn-haired young woman, who
was waiting in an automobile. The u-
pie embraced, according to the FuUdlan
conductor on the train, and departed
in the machine.
awakened by the Impact of the club on n " .T-V w dlnlnr that evening with
her husband's head, is she had one arm torn'yf w' rumored, accompanied by ator. t ml-
,j . ., w much telephoning about the city and pre- W. I Thompson, Bene a , .
raised as If in an effort to defend her- tlOMI't0 what u ger t the Union station to pwW
aeic f. , t . . , , vavinr fcen ealled away from
In another room the lifeless 17-vear-1 v.. ,ni.i v. . I iv-, -w.iMr meetinc and to convey the
old daughter was found, her face also tne mm-de, charge against Arbuckle to-1 hope that Senator -MeNary could come
crushed. morrow. I to Portland later.
BOYS FOOLED AGAIK
He did, but the day he got in, or just
before. Senator Stanfield flew eastward
to listen to the bleating of hia lambs
drown out the blatting of the .boys who
wanted Jobs. .
So Senator MeNary saw them, was in
Portland two or three times, and finally.
called back to appear before the senate
finance committee on Monday next, left
this morning tor his post of duty. As he
went out, Stanfield came in, undoubtedly
ready for the conference. As a conse
quence the Pie Boys are cussing more or
less and wondering why it seems in
spite of the existence of the bruited har
mony between the "colleagues" Impos
sible for them both to bo in tha same
- In tha meantime George U. Piper has
been busy keeping up ma jences aroui
the collectOTship or cusioro T, I
Huntley has been visiting in Portland
now and then, looking pleasant and sat.
Isfled and kidding Colonel Milton . A.
Miller about the exact time when he will
begin to pack his official trunk.
TOOMEY 18 BUSY
Frank Toomey, who has not given up
H-ru. r holne- aooointed surveyor gen-
- -, , v.. ....I..
eral, has been losing Bieep um. c....-,
no efforts to advance his political stock
PROWLER USES PASS KEY
Using a pass key prowlers entered the
apartment of N. P. Hansen. 935 East
Ankeny street early Tuesday morning.
Several articles of jewelry were taken.
Mrs. P. Guasoo. 662 Cvnreaa 'afreet, r..
nortad tha loan of 2l in . I .v f "W Oavlness. the septus
.large quanUty ot clothing .and Jewelry I genarian choice of " Senator Stanfield,
stolen, from her house early Tuesday I whose land locator he used to be m tne
mornina:. . -. I ) nubr wheni.Btaniieiu w
OKrfl
GREENFIELD PURCHASES
BUILDING FOR $147,500
George U Greenfield, shoe merchant
yesterday completed the purchase from
the Pelton estate of the class A five
story building on the west side ot
Fourth street. Just south of the Honey
man Hardware company's store. Tha
building occupies (0 by 100 feet of
ground and the consideration paid was
$147,600. The two lower floors are used
by the Goodyear Shoe Company and
the Oregon Bag & Suitcase company,
but as soon aa the leasea expire the
new owners will remodel tha building
for other purposes. From Oregon
Journal. Sunday, September 18.
Next to Honeyman Hardware..
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aire. Q. K. Gilbert. Ill Benton vtrert.
reported to tha police that burglars en
tered ber houe Tnesdsy night and atote
several artldea at Jewelry. A Jimmied
floor gave, access te tha house.
r T"T C1JL5TED SZTOKCZS
Oregon City. Sept. IL Carrie Law
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1. lAwreoce Tuesday. X divorce wan
o granted Irene Frier from Robert
Frier, with enatodjr of a child. .
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