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DEMANDED FOR
DR. BRUMFIELD
Death Penalty Alone Can Expiate
Crime So Fiendish as That of
Murder of Dennis Russell, Is
Hammersley's Plea to Jurors
' By D. D. Mathews
Journal Correspondent
RoBeburg, Or., Oct, 19. A cold, crafty
and egotistical criminal, who planned
and carried out the diabolical murder of
Dennis Russell solely lor the purpose of
defrauding; an insurance company out
of 18,000 euch was the picture drawn
of the Roseburg dentist by Joseph L.
Hammersley, assistant prosecutor, during
his closing argument to the jury in the
Brumfield -murder trial this morning.
Hammersley said nothing but the death
penalty could expiate a crime so fiend
ishly conceived and consummated. He
emphasized this point to the Jury when
he closed his plea with these words:
"AH I ask of you 12 citizens is tb do
your duty to your home. If the defend
untg Hie laiin vit;iun M II1B CI UWl 111
this case Justifies, then take that life
from him.? He will at least owe more
to you in an ne gave to j. tennis itueseu
He wlll owe you time in which to make
peace with his God."
RECALLS BLOODY WIGHT
Hammersley many times referred to
the night of the murder, July 13, as
that bloody night" i
He called-the jurors' attention to the
testimony of Sergeant Waugh of the
Royal Canadian mounted police, who
said that Brumfield turned pale when
(Concluded cm Pas Fomr. Column One)
HIGH COURT POST
Sale,mr Oct, 19. John t Rand of Bak
er wan- named by Governor Olcott Tuea
' day afternoon a an associate justice of
,r- the" Oregon supreme
court to fill the va-
eancy -caused by
the death of Justice
Henry L. Benson
at his nome here
Saturday night.
The. appointment
Is in line with, the
g overnor'a previous
announcement that
the pest should go
to an Eastern Ore
gon man. Justice
Benson came from
east of the Cas
cades. That gives
the eastern half of the state a repre
sentation of two members on the su
preme bench.
BA3D WIDElT-KirOWir ATTOBSEY
The appointee is one of the best-known
attorneys in the state. It is understood
here that he will accept the appoint
ment
Band, was born at Portsmouth,
Nj H., October . 28. 1861. He was edu
cated in the public schools ot Ports
mouth and at Smith's preparatory school.
Portsmouth. He also attended Dart
mouth college, from which Institution
he was graduated in 1883, receiving the
degree of A. B. He was admitted to
the bar at Walla Walla, Wash., In May.
1885. .He came to Oregon In July of
that year and In May, 1886. was ad'
mltted to the bar in this state. He has
been in active- practice ever since at
Baker.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SESATOB
He was elected district attorney of the
sixth judicial district in 1888 and in
1894 and was elected state senator for
Baker, Malheur and Harney counties In
iao2.
Rand has been highly successful
as a practicing attorney and prominent
as a citizen. He is a member of the
board of higher curricula, to which.place
he was appointed by Governor Olcott.
JUDGE WII.1V ACCEPT
j ' . PLACE OX SUPREME BENCH
Baker, Oct 19. John L. Rand an
nounced Tuesday that he wauld accept
the appointment of ' associate justice of
the supreme court tendered-to-him by
Governor Olcott He expressed regret
at leaving Baker, which has been his
- home for many years,
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Japan to Bring Up
Non-Fortification
Of Pacific Islands
i - By A. L. Bradford
1. Washington, Oct 19. (IT. P.) Japan
: will bring- up the question of non-fortification
of certain islands in the Pacific
Strategic in naval warfare, in the
Washington conference on limitation of
armaments, It was learned today.
. Japan la expected to propose an agree
ment tnainly with the United. States not
to, fortify further certain, islands , and
possibly to dismantle, ' to- some extent
existing fortifications. .
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Student Life
Is Too Fast,
Says Harding
By Freak A. Stetsos ,
Williamsburg. W. Va.. Oct 19. (I. N.
S.) The college student of America Is
living too fast. There is not enough of
''plain living and high thinking among
his kind. This was the warning sound
ed today by President Harding, who
spoke here at the inauguration of Dr.
J. A. C. Chandler as president of Wil
liam and Mary college.
President Harding came here from
sTorktown where, earlier in the day, he
delivered an address at the celebration
of the one hundred fortieth anniversary
of the surrender of Cornwallls.
The president also maQe a plea for
more and better teachers In the colleges
and for greater generosity In fixing
their salaries. He said the country was
facing an '"educational crisis,' and
added:
I would lift up a Macedonian call in
behalf of our schools and colleges to
men and women who feel the urge to
pubric usefulness.
LESS LOFTY THINKING
The president said he was not sure
that the young people are living up to
the full estimate of an education's
worth, and continued:
"I rjoubt if there is as much of plain
living and high thinking in academic
shades as there was once or might well
be now. Among the men I have known
who 'worked their way through college,'
the ultimate valuations of their careers
have seemed to warrant impression that
education which comes high to its pos
sessor is worth several times as much
as education that merely comes high
to sacrificing and struggling parents."
He said that If professors "were
brought into contact with more evidence
that their students were making sacri
fices corresponding to their own," it
might be an Incentive to them to con- j
tinue their labors, but that they were I
often discouraged by finding that their
salaries were several times less than
the spending money, of students.
WOULD BETIYE SIMPLICITY
""I cannot prescribe the cure, but much
of the unrest of the world today is
chargeable to living too rapidly and too
extravagantly and colleges have seen
the reflex of it in conditions described
by sentiments above quoted,' he said.
"It would be fine to try to restore sim
plicity." "
Of the smaller college, the president
said it "demoralises the higher educa
tion" and - "brings it within the vision
and means of the average young man
and woman."
The president noted the conditions that
have changed the statue ef education.
It has- come to he not "the . privilege of
the fortunate few. he-said, "but the
obligation and tie due- of society to? the
very largest ;' possible i number of , its
members. 'i '' '---
Turning again to' his -plea for more
generous support of education, he said:
- "our generation has bowed at the altar
of mechanism and industrial organiza
tion and in its devotion has too far for-
gotten-that aftor all, the enduring things
are of a higher ana very different sort
TREATY ADOPTION
Yorktown. Va., Oct 19. (I N. S.) "I
am delighted. I always felt it would
be that way." said President Harding,
commenting on the senate's ratification
of the German peace treaty, when he
landed here this morning from the presi
dentlal yacht Mayflower.
News of the senate's action reached
the Mayflower by wireless late last night
while she was proceeding slowly up the
York river. It was the occasion of
some , rejoicing on the part of the, presi
dent and the four members of his cabi
net who are accompanying him on the
trip Secretary of State Hughes, Secre
tary of War Weeks, Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon and Secretary of Com
merce Hoover.
All members of the presidential party
wore smiles when they came ashore
early today shortly before 10 o'clock.
"Very good news," was Secretary
Hughes comment '
"I am glad," said Hoover.
"It seems to have been a very substan
tlal victory," said Mellon. "I wonder
why there was so much trepidation in
trie aenate over it"
SENATE RATIFIES TREATY OF
PEACE BY TOTE OF TO 2
By John CHeissaer
(United. New Staff Cornspoodent)
wasmngton. ucr is. formal peace
with Germany has at last been estab
lished.
The senate voted Tuesday night 66 to
20, to ratify the treaty negotiated by
ine present administration and a substl-
tute for the treaty of Versailles.
(CoBcr&ded on Pace Sixteen. Column Three)
Stanfield Inherits
Late Senator's Seat
Washington. Oct 19. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator stanfield, who has had a seat in
the "Cherokee atrip on the Democratic
side of the senate, will move to the last
row. Republican side, as a result of a
lottery today. Stanfield is not here, but
McNary acted for him and drew the
lucky number which transfers him to the
vacancy created through the death of
Senator Knox. Ten -other Republican
senators lost out because of McNary's
lucky touch.
PLEASES HARDING
HARD NG PUTS
ASIDE PLAN
OF ISOLATION
There Must Be Mutual .Help and
Cooperation Among Nations,
President Declares in Speech
Made at Yorktown Celebration.
- By Frank A. Stetsoa
Yorktown, Va., Oct 19.- (I. N. S.)-
The time is come when there mast be
recognition of essential cooperation
among nations, devoted, eachof them in
Its own . peculiar national way, 1 to the
common good, the progress, the advance
of all human kind."
President Harding said this here to
day when he made a brief stop on his
way to Williamsburg, to pay his re
pects to those heroic soldiers of Wash
ington, who here turned the tide of the
Revolution in the battle of Yorktown.
, Though declaring for cooperation
among nations, the president warned
against "a world sovereignty."
MUST KEEP NATIONALITY
"One need not picture a world sover
eignty; ruling, over all the varying races,
traditions and national cultures because
it will never be." the president said.
"No program which seeks to' submerge
nationality will succeed. This republic
will never surrender so priceless a herl
tage, will never destroy the soul which
Impelled our gratifying attainments. In
the sober circumspection, retrospection
and Introspection of these crucial times
we believe there is sanity and urgent
need in bringing the best thought of all
great peoples : into understanding and
cooperative endeavor which shuns the
alliances in arms and strengthens the
concords of peace, so that each may
realize its rightful destiny and con
tribute its utmost to human advance
ment and attending human happiness."
President Harding paid high tribute
to the revolutionaries who fought at
Yorktown and declared that "surely a
God-given- destiny must have Inspired
(Cooctoded on Pace Six. Column To)
TIM LIFE
"
By H. K. Reynolds
Washington. Oct 19. (L N. S. The
United States railway labor board
storm center of the wage controversy
which threatens to precipitate the
mightiest transportation 'tie-up in the
country's history is about to go on
trial for its life.
Inability of its members to emerge
victorious from the anti-strike negotia
tions which open in Chicago Thursday
with chiefs of the "Big Four brother
hoods, will mark the launching of a
concerted drive in congress lor the
abolition of the board, according to the
opinion expressed today by Senator
Cummins of Iowa, chairman of the
senate interstate commerce commission
and author of the law which created
the wage fixing body.
SEES NEED OF CHANGE
Open defiance of the labor board and
repudiation of its decisions by both rail
road executives and labor organisations
has led Senator Cummins to the con
elusion that immediate and drastic
changes in ; the board's legal makeup
will be imperative if the Impending con
ferences result In failure.
"If the railroad labor leaders and
executives continue in their refusal to
accept the decisions of the labor board,'
Cummins declared, "it would be futile
for it to continue to function. Nothing
would be " left congress to do but to
abolish the board altogether, or put
teeth in the transportation act"
WOULD ABOLISH BOARD
Abolition of the board, rather than the
enlargment of its powers. Is understood
to be favored, by the majority of the
members of the interstate commerce com
mittee, though governmental regulation
of railway wages and working condi
tions would be perpetuated by the trans
fer of such authority to the interstate
commerce commission along with its
control of . freight rates and passenger
fares. It is pointed out that the con
solidation of these regulatory agencies
would make it easier for the government
to deal with knotty transportation prob
lems than -under the present system.
Wisconsin Governor
Demands Repeal of
Esch-CumminsLaw
Dea Moines, Iowa, Oct 19. (U. P.
Repeal of the Esch-Cummins railroad
law was demanded of congress In a res
olution presented by Governor v John J.
Blaine, Wisconsin, to the conference of
seven mid-West governors, meeting here
to consider ways of relieving unemploy
ment and -freight rate problems.-
The resolution will be taken up at this
afternoon's session, '
LABOR KD Oil
AUTOWITH 5
PLUNGES OFF
OPEN BRIDGE
Yawni ng Draw Across Lewis and
Clark: River Near Astoria Pro
vides Tragic Climax for Wild
Liquor Party; 2 Lost, 3 Saved.
Astoria, Or Oct 19, Toe body of Joe
Corrigan was recovered from the r has
el ef the Lewis and Clark river imme
diately beneath the draw at 11 thl
morning by the boat operated by Cereal
nee E. B. Hashes. The search for the
other man known to have been drowned
Is continuing.
Astoria, Oct 19. A wild Joy ride and
a 'wilder liquor party came to a tragic
climax when an automobile bearing five
passengers three men and two women
plunged through the open draw of a
bridge over the Lewis and Clark river,
three miles, from Astoria, just at dawn
today.' '
The bodies of two men the driver and
another who are believed to have been
held . prisoners by the car when It
hurtled into the river, have not been re
covered, v These men are supposed to
have been Joe Corrigan, a young man of
Warren ton, and George Hlckie, a local
chauffeur. 4 -
Two women and a third man were
rescued by the steamer Coquille, which
was going through the open draw at
the time of the accident,
IDENTITY OF SUBTIYpRS
Harry Ewlng, a former San Francisco
barber, and Peart Hutchinson, care
taker at Flavel tavern, from which the
party started; and Irene Scott 813 Astor
street Astoria, are the survivors. Ewing
and Miss Hutchinson are in a local hos
pital, suffering from severe cuts, bruises
and shock. Their Injuries are not
thought serious. Miss Scott is at her
home here recovering from shock and
the effects of a too bibulous celebration.
The only connected story of the wild
ride - is told by Miss Scott, who says
there had been much liquor drinking
before the plunge into the draw. She
says the party started i out yesterday
afternoon about:) on a "duck shoot'
trip. The women were both dressed in
heavy clothes and trousers. Prinking
was a feature of the evening and night
The Scott woman admitted that the en
tire party was drunk. The drinking
Was all . done. In tM car, eh" declared.!
ALL SIGHT PARTY
The party left the Flavel tavern about
6 this morning, the plunge from- the
bridge occuring about 5:30. . Miss Scott
who was riding with the driver, believed
to have been George Hickle, declared
that he drove recklessly - throughout the
night and that she cautioned htm to no
avail on several occasions. She places
( Concluded on Pu Sixteen. Column Two)
Washington, Oct 19. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. )
Senator McNary today introduced a bill
to make 120,000,000 immediately avail
able for completion and extension of
existing reclamation projects. In ac
cordance with recommendations of re
cent unemployment conference, which
found that this sum could be used to
advantage at once.
"This will neither supplant nor supple
ment the general reclamation measure
introduced by me in the senate and
Representative Smith in the house." said
McNary. "It is an emergency measure,
intended to provide employment and
create values at one of the points
easiest to reach."
Announcement also came today from
the house committee on irrigation that
it is arranging hearings for next Mon
day on the McNary-Smlth bill, at which
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation- of Labor, is expected
to appear and present his view on the
general policy of reclamation.
Oregon Vets to Be
Buried at Arlington
Washington, Oct. 19. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Among soldiers to be buried with mili
tary honors at Arlingtota National cem
etery tomorrow are the following Ore
gon men killed In action overseas::'
Charles L. Walker or Hillsboro, John
laou Casteel of Ukiah and Oolden A.
Collins of Wirtlock, Wash.
Great Salmon Run
Hits Grays Ha-rbor
Aberdeen, Wash., Oct 19. The: silver
sides, have reached Grays Harbor, the
first big rush of saknon for six years.
Fish are so numerous every fishing boat
j on tne harbor is employed in taking care
of them. ; The rush has forced the open
ing of several canneries earlier than
usual. ' . x -
20 MILLION FOR
IRRIGATION ASKED
ARMY ENGINEER STUDYING
ft AjOR-GENERAL LANSING H. BEACH and party on board Port of Fortland steamer
I VI "Portland as they prepared for journey of inspection along channel of WUlamette river.
sea. Party is made up of men
Insert shows close-up of the
congress. ,
MARINE ACTIVITY
GREETS U. S. CHIEF
Portland, has made for herself the
best case possible In her effort to obtain
a deep water channel to the sea,".:
Thir was the declaration of Major-
Genera! Lansing H. Beach at a luncheon
In his tionor at the Jh amber of Com
merce' Be the-summary of a trip the head
of. the- army engineers made over the
harbor curing the, morning.,
Ehe senefrt ',' from -tils station en
Dosra tne rort or Portland tua- "rort-
7twidw a harbor-bustling with activity
a soene of ships and docks, and, -cargoes
loading and unloading. 1 "
Here - was" the ' .Northumberland of
20,004. tons, .requiring 32 feet r Of water
when loaded.' Boxes after . boxes- of Ore
gon apples- and other , products ot the
Oregon 'cpTintry were being liofeted Jnto
her hold. " ' 'Sj " , - :
The . Abercos was another, taking on
the first cargo of hulk grain from the
public terminal. To. complete the pio
ture, the Bolivia, discharging a cargo
of JSnglish ,coke and Belgian glass, and
the Japanese passenger steamer Rakuyo
Maru, giants in ocean transportation.;
They were docked at Part of Portland
terminal No. i. j
General Beach is chief Of the engineer
corps of the- United States army, here
on an official inspection v tour.
tio more convincing argument why the
river harbor should " be dredged - to a
depth of ZZ feet 500 feet wide could be
given than the sight of the giant steam
ships loading and discharging cargo,
and the Portland members of the part)
were highly pleased with the picture
General Beach will take back to Wash
Ington. where, his . recommendation
would .lead - to 'the actual work' of the
necessary dredging. . V - '
Beside General Beach, those who made
the trip were .Colonel J. 3B. Cavanaugh
and Major Mayo of the United States
engineer . corps ; . B. Hegardt, chief
engineer of the -dock 'commission; Cap
tain Speier, harbormaster; James Paul
hem us, superintendent of the , Port '" of
Portland ; Phil Metschan,, port commis
sioner; F. C. Knapp and John H. Bur-
gard, dock commissioners; Peter Kerr,
J. B. Ainsworth, W. C Bristol. H. U
Hudson, traffic manager - of the Port
of Portland; W.vD.- Skinner, traffic
manager of the S.. P. & S. railroad, and
Admiral Mayo, retired, u. S. N.
J. N. Teal Was at .the; luncheon, but
did not make - the terminal trip. -
Under the law. General Beach must in
return have affirmative an but era to these
questions: - - i- .-:"
- Does 'the commerce of the .port, , pres
ent and prospective, warrant a progres
sive scheme of, channel Improvement?
Are ' the , facilities provided, by the
port' in accord with the appeal for
channel of the first class ?
Is the port ready to cooperate sub
stantially in. the deepening and , improve
ment of the channel? ,
Idaho Postmaster
Is Killed and Robbed
Boise, Idaho, Oct. '19 J-
P. Doyle,
70-year-old postmaster and storekeeper
of Regina, Idaho. IS miles southeast of
Boise, was found murdered Tuesday
morning. The murderers evidently en
tered the store as customers .and asked
for oil. As the old man bena to get the
oil he was shot in the back of the head.
His pockets were -emptied and the store
and postoffice thoroughly cleaned of all
available money. - The robbers escaped
without leaving any trace except finger
prints on paper near the safe.
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from port and dock commissions and from Chamber ;-of Commerce.
general, whose recommendation will have great weight with
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V 'W U. S. TRIAL COURT
V dga BIGHT CHALLENGED
' V
TO.PREVENT SWE
ByiCarl Tlctor little
Caited Frees Staff ComBpondeot. '
Chicago, Qct. 19. The United States
railroad labor board met today to carry
out President ' Harding's ' proposals - to
bring peace ; In the railroad labor war.
Chairman R. M. Barton of the board said
President. Harding outlined to him cer
tain .broad ''proposals which. the board
wlU form into a concrete peace propoel
tlon for presentation to. the union heads
tomorrow. ;Tf know, in a certain broad
Way, the will of the administration, and
will talk matters over with, those of the
board representing thexarriers and -the
workers." " .'
The hearing of the Pennsylvania be
fore the board, set. for tomorrow morn
ing, .will proceed, according " to Barton.
The Pennsylvania has been cited before
the 'board to show why it should not be
publicly .rebuked for disobeying the
board, which ordered It to confer with
shop employes tto draw. up a new set of
working agreements. The board in a re
cent rebuke to the Pennsylvania - de
scribed the road's disobedience of orders
as "treasonable." ;
The board members representing the
railroads and the three representing" the
rail employes who are prepared to strike
October 30, met today with the three
public members to whip peace prospects
into shapcu. - v , j, : ;
Chairman K. M. Barton, Secretary G.
W. W. Hangar and Ben Hooper, the
public group, who just returned from
Washington, .carried the - message - of
President Harding to other members.
Out of today's executive session of the
board will come the complete proposition
that the board has. to offer the chiefs of
the four big brotherhoods and ' the
switchmen's union, who were summoned
(Coocladed on Fas Two. Column One)
Japan Sends China
Explanatory Note
ToUo, s Oct. '" 19. Japan today pre
sented to China a new note covering the
Shantung controversy,' The note con
tained no new concessions ut -teas de
signed., to clear up certain points. Which
China had considered vague. American
mediation in -the controversy, between
Japan- and China 'over Shantung had
met opposition from the . conservatives
here and was considered improbable.
HARBOR
Challenging the jurisdiction ot the
federal court as . the tribunal before
which - Mrs.- Alma ouise Wurtsbergar
should be tried Bert E, Haney, counsel
for -the woman charged with battering
out her husband's brains with a hammer
otv the Cbemawa Indian reservation Sep-
tember 4, today served notice that he
would file , a demurrer to the federal
indictment.. ,i i .
Mr. " Wartberg was to liatoe Veen
arraigned! twt a murder-' charge this
morning, bat Judge Bean granted
day's time irr which Haney-might pre
pare the-demurrer. .? ' ; , ' "
It is understood that Haney will con
tend ' that the . Chemawa ' -reservation
not. property over which the federal
court has jurisdiction in criminal mat
ters . when all the parties involved are
Whites.- - y - " . ; !
MraWurtsbergar" appeared in court
eafing a blue sailor ; hat, smartly
tailored green suit and a black veil;
After Clerk. G.,H. Marsh asked her if
her true name' was Mrs, Wurtsbergar
she replied Yes sir" In a-barely audible
Voice and -then1 lowered her head, which
position she maintained until the entire
indictment had 'been, read: : t .
"What is your , plea to this Indictment,
Mrs. Wurtsbergar, guilty or not guilty?"
asked the clerk after reading the docu
ment.
rif your honor please, Interrupted
Haney. we wish to have until tomor
row to file a demurrer."
X have no objections," said United
States Attorney Humphreys. P
Mrs. Wurtsbarger was then led out
of the courtroom and back to the county
jail by Deputy United States Marshal
Howard SwetlandU . '
Adopted Girl May
Ifihent $250,000 of
Estate of -Pather
Wenatchee, wash-: Oct. 19. In re
sponse to n inquiry sent to this city for
VJlen Kormaa, adopted girL whose father
died recently in Seattle leaving her
1250.000. A. B. Norman of route I. Wen
atchee.' reports that v i" girl whom he
adopted seven years ago may be the
heiress.
A.- B. Norman's adopted daughter
named Anna Norma and is 18 years of
age. The Inquiry stated the girl's name
was Ellen Norman, lffc ' Miss Norman
is now attending Wenatchee high school
and! rooms at the W. C. T. U.
The name given to her by her true
parents was Louise, and her last name
was Purner. Her mother died in Aber
deen two weeks ago. She does not re
member her father. Norman said that
father and mother were separated before
he knew Mrs. Purner.
Off eniled Strikers
Start Run on Bank
Bakersfleld, OJ-, OcU, 49. (U. P.)
The Security Trust bank of Bakersneid
today faced a run started by striking
oil workers-,J The strikers started .with
drawing funds because of an alleged de
rogatory remark about the union mads
br an employe of the bank. Eighty-five
thousand dollars to' small accounts, ha
already been- withdrawn, J. A. J astro.
president of the - bank, estimated earTy
today. : -,o -. t .
SEEK GIRL IN
CHINATOWN;;
GUNMAN HELD
Mrs. Grace McClure, 20, 685
Vanderbilt St., Missing Since
Sept. 17 j Lee, Tongman, Who
Taught Her Dope Habit, Held
Chinese dives In Portland are being ,
searched today, by federal ' ' narcotic -
gents in an effort to locate Mrs. Grace
McClure. 20 years old and residing -at
$85 Vanderbilt street. " who has been
missing since September 17.
News of the woman's mysterious dis
appearance, which, her . husband and
parents have been keeping secret, be
came known this afternoon when As
aistant United States -Attorney - Flesrel ; ,
signed complaint against Sam Iuee -
charging him with violation of the nar- '
co tic laws.
The " Chinaman was arrested Tuesday '
as he alighted from a Salem train, a
the culmination of a two weeks search
by the narcotic, agents. .
W. E. Lang, the- girl s father, blames .
Lee for his daughter's disappearance
and for giving her the habit of using
eocalne. , ..
"Killing would be too good for you," '
he shouted at Lee shortly after he saw v
him tn the custody of Patrolman More
lock. "Where's my girl?" he demanded. ,
DISCLAIMS KirOWLEDGI '
Lee disclaimed any knowledge of i tbs
girl. ;
"We didn't know our girl was using
cocaine until she was arrested on Sep
tember t In t raid on the Oak hotel,"
said the father this afternoon. . "She
went down the.re to work as an office
clerk, as the city ordinance requires that
all Chinese hotels must have a whits
person on duty in the office -
This Chinaman hired a. lawyer :to
get her out of the trouble and at a re-
suit she was given a six months' sus
pended sentence by Judge Kossman and;
paroled to : her mother. The Chinaman
pretended to be so sorry because ana 1
had been arrested merely because she .
was in the hoteL . At tne time wedld
not know tie had taught her the habit,
That same night lie called up my, wife
and again v expressed his sorrow over
our girl's trouble. My wife invited him
out to dinner that night, tie came out,
but seemed afraid of tne,.; He Wanted to x.
leave several times, but we urged him
td - stay. J We - gave him flowers and
"A few days later Tie called up again ,
A present-day adapUtion of Captain
John Smith's injunction in tne vwgmia
colony, that those, who .will not worit
. ... . . . in m. 1 1 J a., n..
01111 IIUl f?4 W " ,
land during the Inter by the, agencies
selected to meet whatever unemployment, ;
ttiiatlrm Khali arise. f '
This developed today at a conference
presided over by L Lowengart and ad
dressed by Mayor Baker and others la
consideration of the means of self help ,
to be extended such unfortunate-, folk
as need assisunce as season advances. ;:
Opportunltq for work will be provided
local citizens that will assure a' liveli
hood and the assurance of self respect!
the lot of the undesirable floater and .
the persistent panhandler will . lead to
the rockplle.
By the salvage of paper, garments
and other castoff articles ot the house
hold through the Bed Cross, Salvation
Army and other established agencies, a '
certain measure of employment will be '
provided and means secured to finance
the unemployment campaign. :
The operation of a woodyard at tho
Northwest Steel property, where in rs-.
turn for labor, tokens redeemable etn -,
food and shelter will be forthcoming.' is -another
agency organised to meet the
situation.
Details of the eprogram wherein every
householder can cooperate will be an-.-nounoed
later and to the end that In the
anticipation of a . period of unemploy
ment .the .same scan be minimized. K, .
Hidden Death Trap :
Claims One Life;
Others Are Injured
Los Angeles; Cal'OcL 19. (U. P.)
One man is dead, -a "boy is in the bos--pital
with two fingers amputated and
two others are "recovering from painful
Injuries hers today following their sep
arate encounters last bight with a -weird
hidden "death trap" caused by a live
wire. j
Tbs wire waa a fine copper string with .
which a.n unidentified vounester had
been flying a kite.
With dusk, the boy had tied his kits
to a telephone pole, and gone noma. Tbs
upper end of the string came in contact
with; a lgh tension wire carrying 34.0O0
volts. The other end of the'' wire trailed ;
for hundreds of. feet across lawns . In
the neighborhood, hidden In the grass. "
ND EATS FOR ONES
WHO WONT WORK