OIK UltEUUN DAILY JUURNAL, PORTLAND,
OHLGON;
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1C22.
TUSKS C01IIUE
TO BLOCK PEACE
"NEGOTIATIONS
' (Special CaM to Tha Journal and ths Chieao
Dsilr Nw
(CwniU. 1S22)
Lausanne, Dec, 23. Negotiations
have - reached a aerie of deadlock
-with the Turk holding out on nearly
very .question before the conference.
A month of debates has passed with
out the completion of a sinxle Import
ant clause - Nevertheless the delega
tions, lea v for the holidays with the
Impression that reach has been accom
plished In. learning the different points
of view and that peace will be possibles
Marquis unrxon remains i owiixrr
land. M. Barrere a-oes to Paris for
n few day and tha - American - dele
tatti remain ntir Lauunne.
OPPOSE COMMISSION
Tho'stralts negotiations have reached
a stage where the Turks accept a free
passage of ships, but oppose a com
mission to -supervise the ; demilitarized
cones.' . Consideration of Judicial cap
itulations is blocked by the question
a to what kind of Justice foreigners
might 1 expect - from Turkish Judges.
The powers admit that the old system
of capitulations is antiquated, but they
demand its replacement by a system
they ean approve.
The Ottoman debt problem has been
solved by a pro-rata apportionment,
but op to the present Turkey's share
ha not, been fixed. Tha indemnity
question remains tabled pending the
balancing of counter-claims. The ques
tion as to the Greek patriarchate in
Constantinople is being discussed
privately.
PROMISE PROTECTION
The exchange of' populations ques
tion has been shelved temporarily along
with the exchange of hostages and
prisoners. The Turks promise protec
tion under the League of Nations to
the minorities, but refuse a special com
missioner, refuse to arrange a separate
control,-; - : '
. Nothing has been heard of the pro
posed home for the Armenians since
the Turks proposed that a part of
Mesopotamia be apportioned to the
Armenians. ' Frida Rlza Nour Bey pro
tested violently . when the Armenians
aked to be heard before the subcom
mittee on minorities and -when a
Bulgarian delegate wanted to discuss
the status of the Bulgarian minority
in .Jerkey.
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ITAiVnT-rt rlhiia4-Yria a'
If Hi. JLLX lO L1.UJ.U1O
Not in SightpBain
Is Promised Here
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Washington, Dec. 22. (U. P.) Hope
for a "white Christmas" is fading, the
weather bureau stated today. Local
snows are probable in the lake region
and in portions, of the north Atlantic
states, but the rest of the territory
east of the MississloDl will be snowless
'Monday unless an unexpected change
t occurs th , forecaster said. Snow
flurries were forecast for tonight and
' Sunday In portions of New York, Penn-
- i t ,r- nm..
weather outlook for period Dec 23 to
30 Inclusive for the Pacific northwest
is considerable cloudiness, and occa
clonal rains ; normal temperatures.
Mary Berkley Is
I Buried; Chinese
L Mourn Missionary
ri The body of Mary Berkley, for many
, years a Baptist missionary worker
among the Chinese of Portland, was
hurled Friday afternoon In that sec-
tlon; of Rivervlew cemetery reserved
for Chinese. Her"s is the only grave
of a white person In that section of
the cemetery.
Many Chinese attended the funeral
services at the White Temple, and
.v, there waa -hardly a dry eye among
them. There was a great pile of
Wreaths, many inscribed with Oriental
'characters, to lay upon the grave, and
her Chines followers, whether or not
they wr ver won to her belief." in
sist that -they : be allowed to provide
her grave with. a. fitting headstone.
. . Dr. Thomas J. Villers. who con
ducted the services, wa a pupil of
Miss Berkley's in Marietta, Ohio, when
hs was a lad. Later Miss Berkley
moved to -Salt Lake City and taught in
the missionary schools for a time and
later in tne dudiic scnoois. sne nn
t Portland ' to do home missionary'
work 15 years ago. , i
Miss Berkley is survived by James
' IS. Berkley-of Salt Lake Citjv a brotto
er. She died at the aga of 76.
TT T ttntphinsnn
In Line to Be
; Next -Potentate
T a. 1 Tetu, itlustrious potentate of.
Al Kader temple. Mystic Shrine, will
preside at bis final regular business
meeting oi nis regnn wnigm m- n
Auditorium. v when, the annual meet
ing of the temple will be held. . The
: election of officers for 1923 and" the
four representatives to the imperial
council session to be held at Washing
ton, D. C next June will be the priu-
cinal order of business. ?
Unless some unforeseen event, takes
place, Hal - T 5 Hutchlnon-j present
chief rabban, will succeed 'Tote" Tetu
and while nothing definite ' can - be
known until nominations are made,' it
ta freely predicted that few changes.
If any, will b made tn the present
personnel of Al , Kader dtvan. s- The
j meettnsr will be eaHed to order prompt-
ty at o'clock- hecauso of the large
amount of business to be transacted.
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. BrGHTtrFFGtTEX WATCH
Captain A. E. Burghduf f, state game
. warden, will no longer have to depend
UDon an erratic wrist watch, which has
caused him much embarassment in the
past, as employes of the state game
department presented their superior
officer with an engraven open jace
watch today as a Christmas reminder.
The watch was presented by. I. N.
Fleischner; chairman, of the State
game commission. --. J" .
i -XJOtTBLE TKACK EXTEXDEB
Double track Operattoii will, be x-
tended by the a P. S. railway sys
tem between . 15th ; street and the city
limits. effective- at 15:01 a. ra. Monday
moming. according to "announcement
. made today by A. J. Davidson, general
manager of the-S. P. S. Northern
Pacific tracks will- be need for oat
bound traffic. Use of the double track
system will eliminate entrance and de
parture troubles at tha Vnion pas
senger terminal.
Sarah Bernhardt
Says-She Wants to;
Tour U. S. Again
Paris. Dec 13. Sarah Bernhardt
plans another farewell tour of America.
Rising up from her "deathbed" the
famous actress , stated to the repre
sentative of the United News: - -v-
"I thank my dear friends In, Amer
ica for their expressions of sympathy
I havs received durine mv Illness. 111
not send a - message to . the United
States as yoa ask Tn go myself.:
- The Divine Sarah. 78 years old, was
the life of the party which had gath
ered in her suite. . Despite the fact that
there were grave fears several days
sgo that she might not' pull through
from the spell of fainting attacks that
besieged her at the Edward VII the
other night, Mme. Bernhardt' '70uthn
has evidently saved her.
-"All this anxiety about me is un
warranted." she exclaimed from her
couch. Til die when I will and mon
enfant I don't, will yet" , ", '.:
And she emphasised the last .word.
Whereupon one of her large; circle
of friends, who had - made a. flower
garden of hei- boudoir, interrupted by
wishing that she would havs a million
nappy Christmas seasons.
But Sarah had no time for such talk.
Tiirnlnor tn tha rrtrAsunf nt !vj of th
United News, she smiled:
1 ro just like my friend, M. Clemen
eeau, I will make on final visit to
America,"
MOSQUITOES NIP IN
DREAR WINTER TIME
( Continsed : From Pac On. )
house. The house, indeed, in each in
stance, was plumb full of pests who
stung with an - enthusiasm hardly
known" even on a hot summer evening.
Complaints were roared to health of
ficials. They were frankly pusxled.
Oiling swamps and -stagnant pool was
all very well, but what good was a
film of oil superimposed on a film of
ice? It had been too cold these many
weeks for any self respecting mosquito
to venture forth from its winter nest
unlets nature hereabouts had begun
io g-o auogetner topsy-turvy.
The two districts most affected by
the mosquito plague seemed to be
the center part of New York city.
where most of th boarding houses of
th higher class are situated, and
th town of Montclair, with its mil
lionaire estate perched nroudly on the
mountainside.
FIJTD SOTJKCE
Th citixenry alternately - roared
complaints and scratched. In spit of
all the thought brought to -bear on
this painful subject, the mosquitoes
not only declined to disappear, but
actually increased in numbers, Tou
found them everywhere and they
found you.
Today th answer to the riddle came.
The Montclair health department com
municated it to the health department
in New York city. A Montclair resi
dent was pensively contemplating, his
coal bin when he noticed a1 little flock
of huge mosquitoes issuing therefrom.
He investigated further. The coal bin
was filled with coke and the coke was
filled with mosquitoes.
Energetic inquiry revealed that large
quantities of th coke had been stored
for a large part of the summer on the
New Jersey meadows. -
SPBAY COAX, BIXS .
These are in reality salt marshes and
the whole world knows what huge and
hungry mosquitoes these New Jersey
marshes breed. With forethought
commendable from the material mos
quito's viewpoint, the female mosqui
toes had industriously laid billions of
eggs all over the Jersey marshes last
summer, including several billion eggs
carefully deposited amid the coke piles.
As soon as th coke reached the nice
warm Cellars, any intelligent mosquito
knew enough to burst forth from the
egg and fall. upon each and every In
habitant within reach.
Householders now are spraying their
coal bins full of coke with th same
mosquito killer lotions which make
porches redolent in the warm and
murmurous summer : nights.
Alimony-Payers to
Be Turned Loose
For Holiday Period
Chicago, Dec. 23 U. P.) Santa
Claus is to pay a visit to the "Alimony
club." . ":.
Judge Timothy Hurley, acting as
personal agent of St. Kick, declared to
day he will return all husbands who are
members of the club to their wives for
Christmas. -
. "This is the one day in the year when
couples whose difficulties have brought
them into court might make up. I'm
going to turn these fellows loose and
give them chance. he said,
No War Anywhere
On Christmas Day
London. Dec. 23. (L N. S1S.) Mon
day will be the first Christmas in Bin
years when war has not been raced
in some part of the world For four
years the great war raged over Christ
mas time, then the war In Russia
against the Bolshevist and stilt later
tne war between Cireece and Turkey.
Loyal Shop workers
Get Bonus Paycheck
Baltimore, ML, Dec 23. I. N. 8.)
Daniel WSJlard. president of the Balti
more 4V Ohio railroad, today handed
out Christmas presents amounting to
many thousands of dollars to these
men who were working in the shops
and stood loyal to the company last
sumny-r during the shopcraft strike.
To every man who thus helped to keep
the road in operation h .gave -one
extra month's pay as a reward. ' He
nasea this on a full average month.
in gut came as a surprise, -j -v ;
Duke Is Bankrupt;
May Call Off Eace
London, Dec. 21. A bankruptcy -order
against. th lii nf
a creditors', petition is published in
the official gaxette. : T - j a '
iW?rftver not this ""' prevent
Nutting. New York, across th At
lantic in a small yacht next summer
ts not known. The duke is ar pres
ent Inaccessible. He is known as on
of the daring sportsmen of the world.
WOMAN SUES MAN
FOR $100,000 FOR
STEALING A KISS
Washington. . Dec, 23. Mrs, Alms
G., Smythe, well known In. New York,
Chicago and Washington as a member.
of a prominent West Virginia family,
created a sensation when she appeared
In the district, supreme court today :aa
her own attorney and accompanied by
her pet fox terrier It was the first
Urn in the history Of that august tri
bunal that a dog had faced the presid
ing Judge.
Mrs. - Smythe. who is : decidedly
comely, has brought suit for 9100.006
against Leighton Taylor, lormeriy sec
retary of the late Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania, ' alleging a : stolen kiss.
She ; charges the defendant forcibly
kissed her when she called at th late
senator' office In May; 192L ;
Attorney J. A. Taylor. counsel ror
Taylor, moved, that the suit be dis
missed because more than a year has
elapsed between the alleged kiss and
the filing of action. This led Justice
Kits to remark: : : ; '
"Your client kissed a lady and now
wants to plead the statute of limita
tions, does he?" ; ;
Mrs. Smyths Informed the court she
was appearing as her own counsel to
prevent any lawyer who might repre
sent her being "bought off." , She said
she had been 'Tiounded" by department
of Justice agents ever since she filed
the suit against Tsylor. '
, Before appearing before the supreme
edurt Mrs. Smythe prosecuted a charge
of flirting against Charles E. Petty, a
business man of Alexandria, va. Petty
accosted her, she said, and she drew
a revolver and covered him until a
policeman arrived. Petty was fined
$3 after which he swore out a war
rant for Mrs. Smythe on a charge of
carrying a concealed-, weapon. Th
warrant has not yet been served.
LACK OF BODY iS
NO LEGALHANDICAP
" (Continued From Pace Oo)
direct evidence or through circumstan
tial evidence. Direct evidence requires
an eye witness to the crime. It is only
when there has been no eye witness,
or direct evidence, that it Is necessary
to produce through circumstantial evi
dence seme material proof of the
crime. In such a case, where mur
der ts charged, it Is necessary to es
tablish th identity of th victim, or
if th body has been destroyed or dis
posed of, to establish th. method of
disposal. .
BATE EYE WIT5ES8
In the present oas, the police have
the statement . of Mrs. Helen Leary,
who says she saw. the commission of
the alleged crime, and who says she
caaKsi(ively identify the accused aa
th man she saw assatilt the unidenti
fied girl in a houseboat September 2a.
From a legal standpoint, the case Is
exceeding rare, and at th same time
perfect in the points of law. r
The one weakness-in thewase is-th
uncorroborated testimony of the on
eye' wltneea " If the girl remains firm
tn her story, and does not deviate in
any detail from her original1 recitals
the state will be able to present to a
jury a very strong case against the
63-year-old riverfront habitue,
$EES THROUGH K2TQT HOLE
Mrs. Leary told the police she went
to th house boat of Weir on the night
of September 23, (and on approaching
heard the sound of loud voices. She
stood on the deck and looked through
a knot hole.
She told the police she saw Weir
and the girl she had seen and talked
to before.-but whose nam she had
never known, talking and that Weir
was apparently "coaxing her." They
sat on the bed, she said, and the girl's
waist was partly 'torn away. She told
the police of seeing the man attack
the girl, of .seeing Weir's son return
home, of seeing, thorn try to revive her.
of hearing them say she was dead, and
of seeing them wrap the body In blan
kets and take it down the rrver ln a
launch. She told the police Weir aft
erwards confessed the alleged crime
to her. .
A complete opinion from, which this
digest of the point of law involved is
taken will be found in the 4S Oregon,
Stat vs. Williams, wherein the ruling
made by Judge Bradshaw was upheld
oy tne supreme court in an opinion
aeuverea oy justice Sean.
FOREIGN POLICY IS
TAKING FIRM GRIP
(Conetadsd From Fax On)
evolution of Mr, Harding's policy
though naturally Miey say it doesn't
So far enonah. Tbev nru?it f
that the deeper on delves in Kuro
peaa questions the more likely be is
mim a munH to th vi,w (h,. 1.4
1919. but it ia lnterastlnv ta nnt, that
never since 1919 have both parties
been so nearly an accord in what ought
to b don tn world affairs than they
are today they are united In want
ing .Europe ' neipea : tor tne sake
America.
of
Holiday Travel
Reported Heavy
Extra equipment has been added to
all passenger trains to the Portland
district because of an' unusually heavy
holiday travel, which, started Friday.
Passenger T officials report that v the
travel this year Is heavier than at any
time since the war. Student travel
from ' colleges in the Northwest has
been exceptionally heavy... The rail
roads have a special rate of one and
one half the one way . far - for the
round trip during th holiday season.
Hefflin Threatens
Cotton Exposure
Washington, Dec. 22. L N. S.)
Charging that Southern planters are
again . facing ruin because "th gam
blers of Wall street r forcing cotton
out of their hands at a price which
permits th speculators to reap all the
benefits Senator Hefflin, Democrat
of Alabama, served notice In the sea
ate this afternoon he would call for a
a , senatorial . Investigation of cotton
conditions when the senate reconvenes
after the Christmas holidays. ;
Member of Chorus
Under Indictment
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On Polygamy Charge
Eva Noonan of -the Lyric Rosebud
chorus was Indicted by th grand Jury
R-iday . afternoon ' on ' a charge of
polygamy. ' She is accused of marry
ing Thomas Merola, a member of th
Lyrie company. November . 15. when
she was not : legally separated from
Sylvester Noonan. .The girl claims she
thought the divorce had been granted.
Records ; show the paper were filed,
but the ease never beard. , . Bail was
set at 500. .
Other Indictments returned were:
Merrit Lamar, charged with larceny
of an automobile owned by William
O. Parks; Charles Samuels, charged
with larceny of an automobile ' owned
by T. B. Kelly; A. Stockdale. larceny
by - bailee, involving an automobile
owned by the Fields Motor Car com
pany.; A. J. Garden, burglary not In
a dwelling, and Q. W. Mobr and
Mabel Worlck. Indicted jointly on
statutory charges, r
TURKS REVERSE
DRAFT ATTITUDE
(By Coited Newi) .
Lausanne, Deo. 22. Determination
of the Turks to draft Christians into
the Moslem army has caused a dead
lock in the minorities sub' commission
of the Near Eastern, peace conference.
The allies demanded that the Turks
exempt Christians from military duties
upon the payment of a tax, but this
proposal was prom ply rejected by Risa
Nura Bey, Kemalist delegate on the
sub commission,
Great surprise at this was expressed
by Lord Curxon, British foreign min
ister, who pointed out that it was a
reversal of the Turkish attitude as ex
pressed several days ago,1 Curzon re
minded Rixa that he had promised to
exempt both Turks and Christians if
they bought freedom rrom military
service. Rica said be had reached the
conclusion that 1 exemption of either
Christians or Turks from the Moslem
banner would be a violation, of well
established national principles.
- The French delegates offered a com
promise plan whereby the Christians
would be organised into, separate regi
ments, thereby scaping close contact
with the Moslem soldiery.
Risa declared his opposition to the
plan speedily, declaring that the ex
perience of the Balkan war had proved
that Christian soldiers were unreliable,
and that, therefore, it was necessary
to force them to serve in regular Turk
ish units.
Former Premier Veniselos, Greek
delegate, countered by offering to ex
empt Turks In Greece from the Hellenic
army if Christians in Turkey were ex
cused from serving under the crescent,
but this was likewise unacceptable to
Risa.
"Greece may do as she pleases, was
th hot retort of the Turk,' "but Turkey
intends to subject Christians to-, con
scription."
' Th Moslem again showed' their dis
trust of the League of Nations when
they refused to submit the question to
that International body for arbitration
on the grounds that it would , b an
infringement of the sovereignty of Tur
key. . -. - - - " :'
;After much-wrangling Ismet Pasha
accepted h plans of the allies, which
bad been forced upon him, to allow
the League to investigate all charges
of mistreatment of Christian minorities
to .Turkey.
$350,000 in Booze
Is Seized in Raids ;
In San Francisco
San Francisco, Dec 23. L N. 4S.)
The Christmas season In California
was ushered in by a terrific drive to
enforce prohibition. -
Spurred by the sctivity of th police
in. enforcing the new state dry act,
federal agents made two seizures
totaling $3$0,OO0 and searched scores
of automobiles as they entered the
city. ,
Every sort of liquor from whiskey
to champagne was seised in a raid on
the .'home of Louis Parents. Dry
agents estimated its value at J100,
000. - Much of it was Take liquor,
they said, but' some genuine.
On, of tha largest wineries of the
Santa Clara valley with 80,000 gallons
of wine valued at 2250,000 was sealed
and-its proprietor, Harry Kellerman,
directed to report to Prohibition Di
rector Rutter for further action. A
shortage is alleged in the stock of the
winery, '
' Reports of suspected bootleggers
continued to roll into police head
quarters todsy. With many reports
yet to come 1492 alleged bootlegging
Joints had been listed by the police to
day. Father Presented
With Triplets as
Christmas Gift
Wellesley, Mass.. Dec 22. U. P.)
Twas the day before th night before
Christmas.
Frank Fair sst at the telephone at
his house. The other end of the wire
was' In'Newton hospital. - , s
: Frank listened breathlessly.
.'TVs a boy," said a voice over the
wire..;- -'. . , : ; -. -.
Silence for a while.
. The voice again:
-It's twins.' .'- . ;'- . .
; Frank wa overjoyed.
More silence.
Again the. voice spoke up :
'it's triplets Merry Christmas.
. Th same to you," Frank, replied,
feebly, and bung up.
Planer Takes Hand
t : Of Mill President
Forest Grove, Dec 22. F, M. Lock
wood, president of the Forest Grove
Mill Jfc Logging company, lest his right
hand this morning while operating the
planer at the mill here. Attempting
to overcome a hot box ' he -- crawled
under ; tha machine. JIls arm appar
ently was caught in the machinery and
forced against the knives, . being sev
ered above the wrist. His recovery is
expected. No one was near when- the
accident -occurred. " " ,
" 1 ; H OTEL 3fA3T SrEB
Los Ansrelea. Dee. 22. CU. P.) Fred
C Still well, prominent hotel ma.it here,
was today made defendant in a sen
sational suit filed by Donald A. Boyd,
insurance rnani .who asked, $100,000 for
altered alienation f . the affections1 of
his beautiful younar bride.
AHCAN CR1E
RECORDS BLAMED
ON GUN TOTERS
(Br fJaimnat rtet
New York, Dec 23. From the cradle
to tottering age. from skyscraper to
prairie and canyon, fate during the
coming year will pursue some on per
son eut of esch, 13,000 in Jh United
states ana mark him ior rouraerers
bullet or knife thrust. :.:r-l
" Over in England wher' s'.s law's
vengeanc Is more swift an I rtaln
than here, death will eeme to only one
-in each 412.000 by th murdsrer's hand.
Crim flourishes in th United States
because of th uncertainty of punish
ment. Sir Basil Thomsen, K. C B.,
former head of Scotland Yard, told th
nationals Society of United States
Daughters of 1(12 today,
"Certainty of punishment lessens
crimesaid Sir Baal!. "Th length of
tne sentence does tot matter, it ia me
fact that It Is swift and certain.
"Your parole system, and your .Tin
determine sentence, I believe, ' tend
to increase murders and other crimes.
In England w do not have those sys
tems. We do not allow more than, one
appeal and the prisoner must stay in
prison pending the appeal. We can
also amend a faulty indictment during
a trial, which is not possible here.".
Take away the suns from criminals.
as well as policemen, and murders
would decline. Sir Basil said.
-The figures show that the propor
tion of gun murders In the United
States is four to one of any other kind.
The extension of the Sullivan law to
all states and making it a criminal. act
to sell guns would do much to bring
these figures down,
"Our murders were lessened when
we made it a criminal offense to carry
a gun without a license and w gave
few licenses, none at all to private cm
sens. '' s
Sir Basil declared he was at first
amased at th size of th police fore
in New York until he experienced the
traffic Jam in the eity. The number
of persons killed in England in all the
air raids - of the . Germans during the
war was only one pen cent of the total
deaths from traffic accidents in the
United States every year, he declared.
ARREST ORDERED IN
(Continued From.Fss Ob
. Th central figure in the roundup
will be "Lisping Bill' whose Identity
has been received by W. C. Andrews
and "Tot" Davenport, who were beaten
by the night riders shortly before the
alleged killing of Daniels and Rich
ards. He was identified by his speech.
Additional troops converged today
upon Morehouse parish. Another ma
chine gun company 4is en route from
New Orleans and 'two companies ef in
fantry are on th way. They will b
posted in every public building, along
every road and trail, wnn leoerai
agents run down the hooeed terrorists.
- Th governor ordered th i troops
when his investigators Informed him
that tha parish was about equally di
vided,, klan and anti-klan. The fac
tions were at fever heat last night.
Ooea hostilities were reared. f-
The bodies were found in the lake
through what is believed to have been
sn attempt of their slayers to destroy
MILITIA FIRED UP03T
The authorities had announced If
the bodies were- tn the lake as had
been reported, It would be sufficient
evidence to make arrests. -
Divers brought her from St. Louis
had been searching th depths of the
lake for'th bodies, which were -reported
to have beep tied to iron wagon
wheels and thrown into the water after
the murder. -,
Th militia guarding th divers was
fired upon. Last night a terrific ex
plosion was heard. The dynamiters
escaped. Their tools were found on
the shore near the ferry landing this
morning. The ferryboat cables had
been cut.
The bodies floated on the surface
of the water near the landing. Th
authorities believe the slayers hoped
either to blow the remains to pieces
or recover the bodies and hide them
anew.
FA THEB IDENTIFIES BODY
The only possibility of identification
lav in the belts that remained on both
men and, the fragments of a pair of
blue trousers that clung to the body
of one.
J. L. Daniels, the 70-year-old father
of Major Daniels, identified one of the
bodies aa that of his eon after'he had
examined the belt. Ha was grief-
stricken. The identification of Major
Daniel's body left but little doubt thaU
th other body wss mat oi iucnaras.
The authorities hope to establish the
(when they are found the murder mys-
ters will be solved. i ..... 5 . -.
The "bodies, decomposed and headless.
still had wire bound about the limbs,.
confirming the confidentisi reports re
ceived by the governor of how the men
were slain and their bodies disposed of.
Governor Parker sent work to Sheriff
Carpenter to exert more dilligence. It
was charged that the shertix had not
given his full support to tha investiga
tion. Throughout this section citlxens are
arm-d to the teeth. Hip pockets bulge
with revolvers -and rifles are slung
carelessly over th shoulders: -Weapons
can be seen protruding from the seats
of every passing automobile and wagon
along the country roads. Neighbors
are eyeing each other suspiciously.
Arrests in connection with the crim
may result in touching off a feudal
war. according to confidential advices
received by investigators.
But the governor is determined. A
declaration of martial law would mean
the disarming of the citizenry and pos
sibly the taking Into temporary cus
tody of more belligerent individuals.
Federal agents are aiding the state
authorities. : Operatives of the secret
service and department of justice ar
known to have been investigating ac
tivities of 'the Ku Klux Klan her
since Governor Parker went to Wash
ington three weeks ago to obtain -th
aid of the government m nis usnu
BAXD SEIZES YICTHIS ',-.t
The inquest over th remains of th
two bodies found today will be con
ducted at - Bastrop. th Moo rehouse
parish seat. Governor Parker and At
torney cenerai a. v. coca nav neio
lengthy conferences as to th proce
dure. ? -
The governor Is said to be tn posses
sion of almost - every detail of - the
crime, although he has not revealed the
source of his Information. : . :: ? -
Th story of th crime opens on Au
gust 24, when .hooded, robed and
masked band , waylaid J. l. Daniels.
Watt Damela, hi.- son Watt Daven
port. W. C Andrews and T. F. Rich
ards. The hooded hand took the five
victims Into the woods. . There they
were questioned r?rarairj an attempt
that had been ma a a to assassxsaie D
OUISIANA
CASE
B. w. McKoin former mayor ef Mer
Rouge. - ..-'
The doctor bad started to- visit a
pntient when his automobile was rid
dled with bullets. Th mayor had been
tctiv in " fighting bootleggers, moon
shiners and gamblers.
Th hooded, men, . acting as Judg
and jury, held a "kangaroo court" in
the woods. All fiv were -convict."
Ji lt, Daniels, th aged father of Major
Daniels, was : whipped to make htm
confess The son, hearing his father's
groans beneath the lash, cried out:
-This is a hell of a stats' of affairs
for you to whip my old father while
I'm tied and can't do a thing to, help
him.-, , .
The mob snapped lashing th old man
and turned on his son and Richards.
The two wr brought Into th circle
and. questioned. Both declared they
knew nothing of the Dr. McKoln af
fair. Then they were whipped..
Major Daniels struggled and man
aged to free on arm. Hs tor th mask
from one of the ; hooded : men . who
wleided the lash. ? H recognised his
tormentor. Th unmasked knight drew
his pistol and shot Dan Is 1 dead. Rich
ards stood nearby. His face showed be
recognised the man unmasked. He was
shot dead where be stood.
bodies nrx ur lakb
Murder had been far from the In
tent of th masked mob, but new they
stood in the woods with two corpses
on tneir hands. They held counsel.
Three prisoners were- released with
a warning never to tell what they had
seen and heard. Tha bodies, loaded to
an automobile, were takes to Lake La
Feurche. An old negro ferryman ran
for his life at th approach of th whit
rooea figures.
With two wagon wheels the bodies
wer weigh ted and thrown into the
water. Th dynamite last night
orougnt mem to tn surface.- -
Governor Parker has announced he
will use every soldier and svorr dollar
at tn command or th stats of Louisi
ana to push th prosecution. He blames
tn crime en the Ku Klux Klan. ; The
Klan denies responsibility.
II in governor is able to show th
hooded slayers were Ku Klux Klans-
men. demand will be made, it is ex
pectd, that th order be driven from
Louisiana and th other states ef th
union. x , -
POLICE NAB TWO
BANDIT SUSPECTS
One-half hour from th time that
two armed bandits had held up W, B.
Hensley in his grocery store at 94
North Hth street and robbed him of
$150, two men answering th descrip
tion of the thugs were to custody at
the police station.
The men entered th store early In
the evening, and while one covered
Hensley with a pistol, th other rifled
th cash register. As soon as thev
left Hensley telephoned their descrip
tion to police headquarters.
A few minutes later Patrolman For
ken saw two men answering the de
scription at Fourteenth and Everett
streets. The men broke and ran as
bo approached, and one of them tossed
awsy a pistol. The other threw away
some article, which is supposed to
have been money. They stopped only
wnen jroraen drew his gun and
threatened to fir.'
At th station th men gav their
names aa Ray wyli and Lynn-Rapp.
Hensley identified both men. picking
mem out instantly from a crowd of
prisoners. .--
Many in Quarantine ,
To Be Released for
Christmas Holiday
There-will be extra occasion for re
joicing at this Christmas season for
several families in. Portland, for Dr
George Farrish, city health officer, is
making every effort to -releass from
quarantine as many persons as- pos
sible, so they. may. be with their faoi
Hies on this holiday.
Even then, sava Dr. ' Parriah. ahnnt
70 families v. ill have some missing
memoer, Because or quarantine regu
lations imposed through contagious
diseases. At this time last year, how
ever, there were 105 cases of riinhthnria
in quarantine, while there arc only 34
cases loaar. There ar 29 riwi .if
scarlet fever in . quarantine, exactly
tn same number as this day -a year
ago. Smallpox numbers 27 eauai In
quarantine, while a year ago today
tnere were but nine cases.
Christmas Concert
; At TheAMifcorium
To Get Big Crowd
- Th annual Christmas concert at The
Auditorium at o'clock Sunday after
noon gives promise-or drawing a re
markably large attendance,- says Hal
M. White. Auditorium manager. He
states that he baa been receiving In
quiries from not . only "many : Portland
citizens, but from parties from outside
towns who propose to attend. -The
Portland Oratorio, society will
present Handel's ."Messiah with a
chorus of 50 voices and well known
soloists,' under direction of Joseph A.
Flnjey. . Lucin E. Becker .wilt be the
organist.
Grocery Manager
Robbed of $2500
Los Angeles. Dec 22. (I. N. S.)
Four unmasked bandits, . heavily
armed, held up and robbed C W.
CHchlow, manager-of Ralphs grocery
ft tor at Avenue. 26 and Pasadena av
enue, of 22500 tn cash at noon today.
" . G. LOEAT
G. L. Gray, for 22 years a resident
Of Lincoln county and actively iden
tified for years with the lumber In
dustry of the state, died at his home
to Newport on December. 18 at the age
of 72 years. Gray was a nativ of
Ontario, but had been to Oregon sine
1292. -V:;-. ..,
- Gray was an active' Mason and was
a member of Al Kader temple of Port
land. He was a grand lecturer in the
Oregon grand lodge f Masons at on
time. Surviving are Mrs. Gray ; three
sons, C F J. L. and G. 1 Gray Js
all of Portland, and two daughters.
Mrs. A. I Hefeke and Mrs. W. R.
Hamer. "Doth f .. Newport, v Funeral
services were held at the Portland cre
matorium. f
P&ceTonigl!
COTILLI0IJ HALL
8 STREET NAMES
TO BE
L
Provision is mad under on ordi
nance, which .will be. Introduced by
Commissioner .Bar bur at the session
of th city council next - Wednesday.
for th chang to name of eight streets
In Portland. Tha ordinance specifies
that its passage and the changes af
fected shall in no manner affect the
validity of any improvement proceed
ing wnaer , way for any or tnese
streets, but that any such shall be
completed as though the names of th
streets had not been changed or fixed.
Here are th changes: v
Laura street, from Syracuse street
to Central avenue, changed to Hpp
ner street.
Laurel street, running southeast
from . Maybrook avenue, changed to
Harlan avenue.''
Fern street, from - Dekum a vtnu to
East 13th street, changed to Woodlawn
avenue, . '
Miriam avenue, from St. Helens road
to Wilibridg avenue, changed to Pleo
avenue.
Lambert Place, from Marguerite
avenue to East 38th street, chanced
to Russell street. .
Railway avenue, in Capitol lull.
changed to Wltham street.
South street, in Kleinsorg, changes
to Virginia court. ,
Unnamed street between blocks l
and , Fulton Park, to b known her
after as Virginia Court. .
CITY XAXX BBIEFS
The city purchasing agent is asking
tor Dias zor lumisning on cswswuni
marhliu lor th rifv audttor'a offia .
bids to be opened at t o'cck, Dscena
ber 21: for offer for fumlahlng four
Ford cars, taking In exehe thre
used Ford cars, for th dspsrtmeat ef
public works, offers to'b pa4 at 2
o'clock. December 23. and for offers
for furnishing four auwnbiev tak
ing in xehng four used Kords, tm
tn bureau or nann, ma to vyvai
at 2 o'clock. Deesnbr X.
Commissioner Bartrwr will report to
th city eottaetl rcit Wdedy la re
gard to the ptUliern htm ii af A, J.
Diahl ta shajiae tla P.aiiw ef IM
street to State , tix Is
no State strc at rae le Pr'iM&4.
but that a ptitii rpnmtmKm at to
so per eenr ef ore svsevw w t
street mint to fjwMi t& ease
f name wU m Tm&imtMf4dL ,
Santa Clans to
Deliver Adopted
Babies as Gifts
Fiv sxmmw waaw wra rr3ew today
to red and arrests tottk m tie saarveloeMi
scroll srhlcfe Saa&a C&aaw Jcas for de
livery fist, when fee crsc&s Ms whip
and whirls to the say ia a Gstrrr of
Arctic snow.
Judge Kanxler ef the eoort of do
mestic, relations, to collaboration with
Santa Claus, admitted these name to
the list or lucky when he approved
the adoption papers presented, to Mm
for his signature. The five unfortu
nate youngsters war adopted Just to
tlms for Christmas, bringing th total
number of adoptions for th year to
150. Othsr cases pending which prob
ably, will be approved before th end
of the year will bring the total to a
new record of 200.
Judg Kanxler and Santa Claus,
when Interviewed on this matter,
agreed that this was certainly an Indi
cation of an improvement in cltlxsn-
ship and stability in horns lire.
100 'Vigilantes' to
' Distribute Gifts
Santa Claus will' have torn abl
assistants this Christmas tide In th
persons of th -100 "Vigilantes" ap
pointed some months ago as special
police. Their lists are made up from
personal observations to . connection
with their special work on behalf of
the city, and their distributions will
take place at o'clock Sunday after
noon from the But! edge warehouse,
Union avenue and Oregon street. They
will distribute 250 baskets of provis
ions. 10 tons of briquettes and several
cords of wood.
Noted Surgeon
Dies Suddenly
Denver, ; Dec. 28. (L N4 S.) Dr.
Charles A. Powers, internationally
known surgeon, dropped dead at noon
today at the University club. In this
eity from a stroke of apoplexy. Dr.
Powers was to havs been presented
with the' distinguished servlcs medal
ef the United' State at ceremonies
planned for . next Tuesday. H was
awarded the honor recently to recog
nition of his service in Franc during
th World war. whr he won faras for
reconstructing th facial apperanc
of victims of shells and shrapnel. ,
BOT HTJXTKB LOSES ARM
v Hoquiam, Wash Dec 21. Accidental
discharge of a shotgun, caused when
the boat to which he and a companion
ware duck hunting hit a log, cost A 1
vln Sund. lt. of Hoquiam his right
arm. A companion rowed the injured
man three miles to- Hoquiam where the
arm was amputated.
CHANGED
UNDER PROPOSA
Connecticut Radio
Head
300
: $ 3,50
Guaranteed
Sunset Electric &o
1
Ninth and Glisan
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Secret Society of
KlaniCaliber Bobs
.Tip lAmdng British
London. Deo. 28. U. P.) A secret
Society similar to the Ku Klux Klan of
America and the Faselstt of Italy Is ;
springing op in England, th Dally
Nws dclard today. ;"'
. The organisation is called th Order
of Crusaders. .X It was founded, two
years ago and recently launched an in
tensir recruiting campaign. Its toul
strength, however, ia kept secret.
The garb of th order consists of
crimson robes with a large eros en
ue iront or the gown.
Interviewed, th grand 6enchI de
clared h knew a little of the Ku Klux
Klan and the FssclstL-but ssrted l
am not prepared to answer questions
as to our relationship until I consult
our committee." . .
"I think the Fascist I would be a good
thing for England. he said.
Names of -the officers of th Crusad
ers ars not a secret,
HARVEY SAILS
FOR U. S. TODAY
London. Dec. 22. (I. N. A) George
Harvey, American ambassador to Eng
land, who sailed for New Tork today.
wiU bring back to Europe with him
conditions on which th United States
Is willing to participate in a repara
tions settlement These conditions, It
wss lamd In authorltatlv quartera.
wilt reveal th xnt to which the
United States msy.,b willing to inter
vene. Ambassador Harvey Immediately.
upon his srrlval In Washington will
mass a fall report to Secretary of
Stat Hughes and President Harding
upon European conditions.
It wss learned from sources close to
tha United States embassy that Am
tMuwador Harvey himself is in the
dark as t th plans of th Harding
administration, if ther ar any deft
ait plana.
Ford May Put Up
Assembly Plants
In Other Cities
Osicago, Dec 22. r Announcement
dsat Ilsnry Ford had purchased a site
We for aa sutomobll assembly plsnt
was followed by reports that the Ford
Meter company intends te put through
elade a number ef similar plants in
vartes parts the country.
IatitnaUens of such a program have
been mad previously from Detroit
and first unit of th plant to be In op
eration by May 1 is understood te b
the first step.
Ford's Invasion of th eoal mining
and railroad fields taks on a new sig
nificance In view ef th contemplated
expansion. Industrial authorities her
see thst a possibility that Ford may
yet establish th greatest manufact- -urlng
and distribution system of Its
kind ever known.
Whll officials of th Ford company,
both her and to Detroit, have declined
to predict what territory Ford will
next seek to establish himself in. It is
reported that agents or th Detroit
concern hav pn investigating pos-
-I.- , aA.t.rl.H I. .St
Paul, St, Louis and Nw OrUsn.
Eclipse Pictures
Being Tested for
Einstein Theory
Mount Hamilton. Cel.. Dec. 22. (I.
N. s.) Teste ar now under wsy
which will prove or disprove the. cor
rectness of the Einstein theory of rel
ativity. Th scores of hug photographic
plates Uken by th University of Cal
ifornia sxeditlon - to Wollal. Aus
tralia, on th occasion of th total
ctipae of the sun, wer nnpackd at
th observatory today and work at
one ' begun on the minute measure
ments which will dtrmln th tost.
Dr. W W. Campbll, director of th
.i atatad - today that from
thr to four months would b r.
quired for th measurements and in
tricate astronomical calculatlona that
must follow.
Santa Carries His
Umbrella on Tour,
To Escape Wetting
Santa Claus will need a boat and
hi umbrlla to visit Portlsnd this
Christmas, according to th forecast
of th district weather office, which
predicts rain fr the next two days.
Storm conditions conUnue along the
North Pacific coast, and K. u. wens,
district weather forecaster, was of
the opinion that rain conditions would
not clear away by Christmas.
At the mouth of the Columbia river
early todsy th wind gained a maxi
mum velocity of 52 1 mil from th
south. Storm warnings which had
been flying for. hours wer orocrcu
down at l a. m. ' :
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