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Dalle Cljtomclc THE FORECAST tHE WEATHER Minimum 40 Fair VOLUME LXI. THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1921. No. 112. I rah mi KtTAfUSHCD I! n ik. iss i E PAYS $500 FINE FOR CONTEMPT LONG INVOLVED LEGAL BATTLE BY DENVER JURI6T IS ENDED. REFUSED TO TESTIFY FRIEND OF CHILDREN WOULD NOT BETRAY CONFIDENCES OF 16 YEAR OLD BOY. By United PresB DENVER, May 12 Juvenile Judgo Ben Lindsey today paid a fine of $500 and costs, imposed for con tempt of court, thus ending the five year fight from the state criminal court to the United States supreme court. The fine and costs amounted to $531. "I have no regrets," Lindsey said, after paying the fine. "I believe that I have been absolutely right, and what is more, I do not think (hat I will be asked again to betray u child's confidence. I can say posi tively that I will never do that." The contempt charge grew out of LinJiey'o refusal to tell what Neal Wright, lo' ears old, had confided to him about the killing of his fath er in a family .altercation. POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF ROBBERY, FREED NINE YEAR OLD CHARGE DIS MISSED; CHIEF JENKINS FIRES COP. ' By United Press PORTLAND, May 12. Motorcycle ' Patrolman H. R. Levinson, arrested here yesterday on a charge of rifling registered mail sack3 while a railway mail clerk in Kansas in 1911, was freed today on an alleged technicality, cality. Chief of Police Jenkins summarily dismissed Levinson, whose real name is said to be William KerCoot, from the" Portland force. Levinson was turned loose when Postoffice Inspector Linebauglr receiv ed telegraphic notification that the March panel of the federal grand jury in Kansas had dismissed the indict ment under the statute of limitations. It had failed to notify postoffice of ficials, however, who had been contin uing the search begun nine years ago. iLinebaugh said he received this in formation only after notifying federal authorities in Kansas City of Levin- son's arrest. C.i'ASTER SWATSMEN CONTINUE TO SLUG By United Press DETROIT, May 12 Babe Ruth to day slammed out his 10th homer of the season, in the first inning of gamo with Detroit. NEW YORK, May 12 George Kel ly of tho Giants today knocked his eighth home run of tho season in the -first inning of today's game with St. Louis. The bases were full CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM TEXAS PRISON GUARDS REPORTED SHOT; MAKE BREAK; POSSES IN PURSUIT. 30 By United Press HOUSTON, Texas, May 12. Mutiny la the state penitentiary at Hunts vllle, in which 30 convicts escaped, after shooting several guards, was re ported today. Sheriff Biaford assem bled deputies to go to Huatsvllle. Many of the convicts obtained guns, '. It was said. They fled 'f rem Huatstllle toward Phelps railroad Jaactiott, a few sailM frosa .the prtsea. IE SY ENGLAND CONDEMNS POLES' ACTION IN . SILESIA GERMANS ASSURED OF FAVOR- 1 ABLE ACTION IN PLEBI. SCITE VIOLATION. By -A. E. Johnson. (United News Staff Correspondent) LONDON, May 12 Great Britain will use all her diplomatic rower to crush attemrt by other members of the entente to interfere with the movement of Germans in Silesia against the Polish invasion. The government feels that 'Poland has overstepped the limits of allied indulgencse in the Pilsudski-Zollg-owski-Korfanty coup and from au thoritative sources I learn that Great Britain has already expressed in no uncertain terms its displeasure at the 'present situation. Germany has been assured, it is understood, that favorable action re garding Silesia may be' expected as a reward for her signature to the ultimatum, u she makes an honest endeavor to live up to the allied demands. The foreign office characterizes the Silesian situation as serious, but is waiting advices from Warsaw be fore taking any drastic action. It is consistently reported here that the French are aiding and abet ting Korfanty's forces, ami British officials view the outcome of this with anything but satisfaction. A special session of the supremo coun cil, to 'deal entirely with the Siles ian situation, will be 'called within a short time. The division of 1 the disputed territory in accordance with the terms governing the ple biscites will be made at that time. It is becoming apparent, there-. fore, that at this coming confer-: -111 Tin llnn.l 1111 ence, Great Britain will be lined up in absolute opposition to France and Belgium. British diplomatics frank ly declaro that Poland is rising to a fall and condemn general policies since the armistice. The Wars.w government is re garded as little more than a tool in the hands of France, and is ag gravating the unrest throughout mid dle Europe, Sixty thousand entente troops are necessary, it is estimated, if the revolt is to be put down and it is understood that the plebiscite com mission and the insurgents are al ready conducting certain negotia tions which may result in "conces (CojiUnued onPaBe6.) PRIEST ACCUSED IN BIG MAIL ROBBERY POSTAL INSPECTOR DECLARES $60,000 IN LIBERTY BONDS WERE FOUND IN SHED. By United Press CHICAGO May 12 Tho Rev. An thony Gorrick today confessed to cashing coup'ons of bonds, stolen in the $1,000,000 Toledo robbery, to pay debts of his little parish. Tho con fession implicated Wanda Urbatia. Tho girl was immediately arrested. CHICAGO, May2 Rev. Anthony Gorrick, priest of Now Chicago, lnd was today arrested and charged with having in his possession JfJO.OOO worth of liberty bonds, stolen in Toledo million dollar mail robbery. Captain Porter, postal Inspector said that the bonds were found secreted in the priest's coal shed. The priest was first suspected when it was learned that lie had sent an agent to Chicago and Gary banks to cash bond coupons. The priest 'will ha arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Mason. Gorrick told federal officers that ho had been duped into accept ing the bonds. Fifty persons have been arrested to date for alleged participation or connection with the big malt theft, which occurred in February. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS MEET. By United Prsaa CLEVELAND, May 12. The trien nial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opened here yesterday. Warrea E. Stoae, grand chief, presided. SOtflNS BEGIN PLUGGING LOOPHOLES SUPPLEMENT TO VOLSTEAD LAW PROPOSED BY FATHER OF ORIGINAL BILL. TO KNOCK OUT RULING PALMER'S BEER DECISION AIMED AT; RESTRICT MEDICAL USES OF ALCOHOL. By Herbert W. Walker (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, May 12. Congress today started the work of plugging un the leaks in the enforcement of na tional prohibition. The "plugs" are found in a supple ment to the Volstead law, proposed by Representative Volstead, Minnesota, which has the united backing of the Anti-Saloon league and most of the drys in congress. Hearings on the sup plement were commenced today before the house judiciary committee, of which Volstead is chairman. The primary object of the drys in demanding legislation in addition to the Volstead law is to administer a knockout blow to the ruling of former Attorney-General Palmer that beer is a medicine and may be prescribed in unlimited quantities. The drys want to make sure the new prohibition com missioner will not put the ruling into effect. ' The, action today marks the first sten toward the amendment of the Volstead law since it was enacted in uctoucr, 1919. The main provTsIonsof thp Volstead supplement are: i . Absolute prohibition against the prescribing of beer as medicine. An embargo on the manufacture and importation of liquor until "the amount of such liquor in distilleries or (Continued on Pngo G() F. S. MYERS MAY FILE CLAIM FOR BACK PAY (Chronicle's Washington Bureau.) ' WASHINGTON, May 12. Former Postmaster Myers of Portland, who has been refused a hearing by tho postal officials, has decided to remain a while longer in Washington pend ing his final decision to file with tho court of claims a demand for salary and emoluments for tho period be tween his removal and the date of ex piration of his commission. ED AUTO THIEVES PORTLAND CONCERN CLOSED; SEARCH MADE FOR ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL ROBBERS. liy United Press PORTLAND, May 12 Tho Inde pendent Motor Sales company here is closed by federal officials today, and telegraphic orders to arrest its lour missing promoters, said to be leaders of a gang of international automobile thieves, have been Hash ed to all points on the Pacific coast. The gang is said to have oper ated in Everett, Seattle, Los An geles and other cities. Officials claim that at least $10,000 worth or cars are in transit at the present time. The local motor sales com pany is said to have been the cen tral clearing house for the stolen machines. Early collapse of the company here was brought about by the ar rest of Nick Sullivan, one of the promoters, on a warrant from Los Angeles charging him with perjury in bankruptcy proceedings. Sullivan was temporarily released here on $1500 ball. He immediately disap peared, as did his partners in the motor sales organization, .laves UgatloB of the coaetm dis- 1 YC W 0 Uaaei m race ft.) HEM LOSSES TIED BY POLE INVADERS NEW ATTACK ON SILESIAN CITY REPULSED WITH 500 CAS UALTIES. GERMANS IN BATTLE ITALIANS COMMAND TEUTONIC ' RESISTANCE; INSURGENTS SEEK ARMISTICE. By Carl D. Groat (United Press' Staff Correspondent) BERLIN, May 12. Polish insur gents suffered heavy losses in an at tempt to take the Upper Silesia citv of Kosel' from irregulars and Italian soldiers, according to dispatches here today. The Poles were said to have lost 500 in killed and wounded. Tho fighting at Kosel was severe. Both "armies" Were equipped with light artillery, with which they did much damage. Officered by member of the Italian detachment," the Ger mans cut great holes in the insurgent ranks with accurate artillery fire. Tin Poles were le3s successful. Dispatches here said Polish officials aro anxious for an armistice which would leave the insurgents in pos session of the territory they have seized. , German mine owners, returning from a trip into Upper Silesia, declar ed tho Poles have secreted explosives in the mines, threatening to blow them up if the insurgents are com pelled to retire. BANDITS SLAY DEPUTY By United Press PAWIIUSKA, Okla., May 12. Sam uol Shelley, deputy sheriff of Osage county and city marshal of Pershing, Okla., was today shot and instantly killed by two 'bandits whom lie at templed to arrest. MAXWELL MOTORS SOLD TO WILLYS FOR $11,000,000 By United Press DETROIT, May 12. The properly of tho Maxwell motor company was today purchased by 'Waltor Chrysler, representing the Willys Interests and Harrv Ilrnnnon. elinirinim nf the old Maxwell organization. The purchase price is understood to he around $11, 000.000. LOCAL LEAVES CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION MYS TIFIED OVER RESIGNATION OF REV. C. C. WALKER. The local Christian church will bo without a pastor Sunday, unless enter goncy measures now being Invoked bv officers of tho church organization bring results. For church officers hnvo sent out a hurry-up call for a new pas tor to take the place of The Rev. Carl C. Walker, suddenly resigned. According to Grant Morgan, treas urer of tho church, Mr. Walker left tho city last Friday, without giving any explanation as to whore he was going or when he was coining back. Last Sunday's services came, nnd lin hud not returned. At this time, Mrs. Walker, who had remulned In Tho Dalles, presonted a briof written res ignation to tho church officers with out explaining why tho pastor hud left. (Mr. Walker was hired to preach in The Dalles upon a verbal agreement It is said, In which it was stipulated that he was to give the church 30 days notice before leaving. Local church members are at loss to know why he left so suddenly. No trouble of any kind had occurred in the church to cause the pastor to leave, members of the congregation eipialn, ' . ss MNISTER SUDDENLY PROSPERITY BRINGS DISSENSION INTO RANCH HOME DIVORCE COMPLAINT TELLS OF DOMESTIC TRAGEDY TO THE CONKLINS. A note of sadness and hurt, as If caused by intruding memories of by gone days of love and hope', today il luminated the usually sordid grist turned out by thn local divorce- mill In the language of the courts, the complaint was simply that of Mattie Conklln, plaintiff, vs. B. E. Conklin, defendant. But (behind the cold, legal phraseology the story of a tragedy of home life nnd unrequited love. Mattie Conklin and B. E. Conklin were married in 1905, tho complaint explains. They were very poor anil tho wife struggled hard to establish a comfortable homo and help her hus band In the farm work on their Wasco county' ranch. Often' she did a man's work in the field. Being poor, they 'shared their work and play, joy and sorrow and life together, and wore happy. The complaint goes on: "The plain tiff never suffered nny neglect or ill treatment until thoy began to grow a little prosperous, and then the defend ant began to ignore and disregard his marriage, vows and obligations. "Tho defendant .would froquentlv. leave their homo in tho country nnd como to Tho Dalles, and would re main nway for .days at a timo, loavlns the plaintiff to look after tho affairs of tho ranch, attend to tho stock, keep house and cook for thp hired man, IT thoro was any. Said absences from home became more frequent and of longer duration, and upon his return, the defendant would treat tho plain tiff in a cross and unkind way and manner, causing iter grief and annoy ance. "Said conduct continued to grow worse and his absences ironi homo longer oach time, until for I ho year past he lias spent nearly all tho lime iway from homo carousing and asso- elating with other women. "In the fall of 1920, the defendant returned on one occasion, accompan ied in his automobllo by a corliiln woman, who was thon living in 'i'lio Dalles, and wlion the plaintiff express ed soiiio criticism of their conduct, the defendant cursed her and told her that lie did not intend to hnvo (Continued on Pnno C.) E PROPOSED BY U, S, GOVERNMENT WOULD MEET IM PENDING OBLIGATIONS WITH $7,500,000,000 LOAN. By John M. Gleiosner (United N'uwh Stuff CorrcHpondonl) WASHINGTON, May 12. A jirw issuo of government bonds, in tho amount of $7,500,000,000, Is in pros pect. Thu issue is required to iioot ob ligations of tho government matur lrg during tho next two and a half yoars. It Iiuh been decided those obligations will ho refunded, Instead of paid, and fur this purpose bonds will bo issued at a favorable rate of lntorcs, maturing several years hence. The tor.il Indebtedness of tho government will not be Increased by the operation. Its elfect will bo to defer payment until the financial situation of tho government has lm-. proved. Tho short dated debt Includes the victory loan, amounting to $4,110, 727,700; certificates of indebtedness! totalling $2,771,275,160, and war hov-J Ings certificates in the amount of i $593,882,430 a total or $7,014,885,-1 586. ' ) If those debts were paid, it would be necessary to ralso the sum by taxation, and leaders in congress and Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon have concluded this is not prac ticable. The various activities of the' government, leaving thu debt outj of account; will cost $4,000,000,000 1 annually for the Hext two or three years, and it Is considered Impos Bible to levy the addod billions need ed for dobt retirement, ISSU WOMAN FACES ACCUSATION OF SLAYING FIVE WAITRESS ARRESTED IN HONO LULU; SAID TO HAVE POI SONED HUSBANDS. COLLECTED INSURANCE TRAIL LED FROM SMALL MIS SOURI TOWN, THROUGH WEST TO HAWAII. liy United Prtss LOS ANGELES, May 12 Accus- sed of killing five husbands by poi soning with arsenic, Mrs. Lydia Southard, 28, formerly a waitress in a Los Angolcs cafeteria, has been arrested in Honolulu, according to a cablegram received here today. Mrs. Southard is accussed of kill ing two husbands in Missouri, one in Butto and two in Twin Falls. Sho Is said to have collected $10,- 000 insurance as a result of tho murders. Her arrest came at the end of a long, tangled trail, which led froin her home in Lebanon, Mo., to tho Hawaiian islands. Mrs. Southard's arrest is tho re sult of an investigation conducted by Los Angeles officials, working' in conjunction with County Detective V. II. Ormsby of Twin Falls, Idaho. Ormsby camo to Los Angolcs 18 days ago, after tho bodies of two of I Irs. Southard's husbands (Continued on Pniro 6.) ALBERS' CONTENTION 1SUPREME . COURT WILL NOT RULE UNTIL ASSOCIATION PRESENTS MOTION. WASHINGTON, May 12. No man- ditto will be Issued by the United Slates supreme court in tho case of J. IlenryAlbors of Portland until May ' 11, whon tho Orogon Bar association will havo timo to make an appear ance in a motion to reconsider thu case. In I lie meant lino a motion to Htay proceedings will bo filed with tho court in behalf of the bar association. This wuh tho result of a conforenco of Senator Mc.N'ary and tho court to day, following several long telegrams from tho bar association. This action on tho part of the su preme court is taken to mean that tho efforts cf the Oregon Bar association havo been successful and that an' op portunity will ho given the local as sociation to appear before thu court and argue a motion to have the court take hi the Alhcrs case on ilu merit. The promise of the court does not mean, it is bollovod, that the Albers caue will bo reviewed on its merits unless the motion of thu bar associa tion, appearing as amicus curiae is granted. OHIO CITY SUFFERS GREAT FIRE LOSS DAMAGE IN YOUNGSTOWN $1,500, 000; ARSON SUSPECTED BY FIREMEN. Hy United VrvH YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio., May 12. Fire oarly today caused $1,500,000 damage, tied up railroad and traction roads for morn than five hours and made scores homeless. The fire started In tho Parish Broth ers lumbor yards, destroyed that com pany's plant, thu Mahoning Valley Power house, ten houses, a garage and damaged the Smith Brewing com pany's plant acroHB the street. ' IFIremen say oil or gasoline had bees poured over Inniber In the Par ish company yards. II OREGON BAR I 4