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The WEATHER OUR CDlCULATtON OVX2 4,20 dD AND IS STILL CKOWINO Highest Yesterday . , 57 42 Loweit Last Night . Fair tonight and Wednesday, froit tonight. . Consolidation of Tho Evtnlng Newt and Tha Ronburg Rtvlaw An Independent Navrapapor, Publlshad for tha Baat Inttraata of tha Paopla ROSEBURG, NEWS-REVIEW, TUESDAY. MARCH 17. 1925. VOL. XXVII. NO. c EBURG REVIEW VOL. XIII NO. 2 Or THE EVENINQ NEWS Io) W mvm mi: 0 I XllV.lllIb' U III 11 UlfPfq)fUlfP xulslonlls I BACTERIOLOGIST GAVE SHEPHERD TYPHOID GERMSTO KiLLWEALTHY ORPHAN: WAS TO RECEIVE BIG SUM C. C Faiman Points Accusing Finger at William Shepherd and Says He Knew of Death Plans and Instructed Man How to s Inoculate the Youth. . (AtKcUted Frees baaed Wire.) CHICAGO. Mar. 17. True bills charging both William D. Shep herd and C. C. Faiman. proprietor of a achool of bacteriology, with having caused the death of ' Wil liam Nelson McClintock by typhoid fever are confidently expected this afternoon, said Robert' E. Crowe,' states attorney upon reaching his office after an all night investiga tion of the case. Faiman probably will sign an Im munity waiver and testify before the grand jury this afternoon said Mr. Crowe. Faiman early today In formed the statea attorney that upon Shepherd's promising him $100,000 from the H.0O0.OOQ estate of young McClintock, willed to - Shepherd he provided the typhoid bacilli which Shepherd, he alleged administered to the youth with fa tal results. Mr. Crowe said he expected in dictments to be returned tomorrow before Jacob H. Hopkins, chief justice of the criminal court. Mrs. Shepherd will not be taken before the grand Jury, said Mr. Crowe. The witnesses this after noon will Include Faiman, Harry Olson, Chief Justice of the munici pal court and several doctors and nurses. CHICAGO, Mar. 17 Typhoid fever germs which killed William Nelson McClintock, 'millionaire or phan" were given William Darling Shepherd, foster father and chief heir, upon hia promise to pay $100,000 after settlement of the es tate, C. C- Foiamn, head of the school of bacteriology, told Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney today. The amount was decided .upon, Faiman said, after he first had de manded a quarter of a million dol lars, reduced the amount to $C00, 000 and finally compromised upon a promise of $100,000. after numer ous conferences with Shepherd. Faiman sard that he advised the ' method of administering the germs and advised Shepherd as to fur ther steps as to assure the death ef the rich youth. Approximately a dozen confer ences were recounted In Faiman's statement and brought his associa tion with Shepherd up to a time after- McClintock's death when, Faiman said, Shepherd said he was going away for a short rest to re . turn soon. Faiman's statement did not in '9 Je-1 lllsJIsMaajii , ' F" U v- . ' """1 L3 gr yy '-zi " if" M . ii Without making any specific charges, tha State's Attorney s office) Id Chicago has ordered a warrant for ties arrest of William D Shepherd, chief figure in the Investlgatioa Into tot death of his millionaire foster son, William Nelsoa McClintock, whose fortune ba Inherited. Mil Isabella Pops, tha dead boy's fiancee. Is aiding is tha laraaticaUom. v criminate Shepherd in the actual manner of administering the germs but said the school head bad coached Shepherd along that line Informing him bacilli best could be given in cold water. Faiman's statement as announc ed by the state's attorney said Shepherd kept alive the germs In three test tubes he reeelvd orig inally for 4 or 6 months trans, ferrlng them twice The announced statement con tained a question by Joseph Sav age, assistant state's attorney, as to whether Faiman realized the criminal - aspect from hia own standpoint and his reply was that he did. Innocnlatlon of yuong McClin tock with tuberculosis germs was discussed but abandoned. Faiman said, because, the disease would de velop too slowly. Diphtheria Inndculatlon was abandoned, Faiman said, because it perhaps would not work suffic iently in an adult. After typhoid fever was well de veloped In young IMcClintock, Fai man said, Shepherd was anxious because a doctor had been called, however. Faiman said. he reassur ed Shepherd by telling him that should the phvslcian adminlstor vaccine it would not conteract the bacrlll if the case were fairly well developed. Faiman said that he told Shep herd about the course tvnhnid fe ver took In different patients. Tnd von d'scuss the boys sus ceptibility?" Faiman was asked. "yes," was his reply. At a meeting In a hotel In Sep tember. 19!. Faiman's statement sard, "we dlscnssed esnecinllv the methods of sdmtntstertng tyDhold cultures. We also talked about Billy and Shepherd said ' It was about time he made his will and also about time to disnose of him. He said It was no to him entirely as to how the will was to be made arrd that $1,000,000 was Involved. "I arked him about his cul tures, and he said they were all right. ' I told him to be careful not to Infect himself." Shepherd said he would take care of Miss Isabelle Pope, the youth's fiancee, asserted Faiman. "because he just thought It would be best." "Did he ever mention how the 'Continued on page SI v k chronological history of the McClintock case (aemcteted Prea Ieard WHO.) j CHICAGO, Mar. 17. William Nelson McClintock, known as the "millionaire orphan' die at the home of his faster parents, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Shepherd, last December 4, while his fiancee Miss Isabelle Pope, waited with a mar riage license to wed bin). . By the terms of a will brought forth by Shepherd and drawn up by him shortly after young McClin tock reached bis twenty-first birth day nearly a year ago, hia entire estate, valued at upward of $1,500, 000 was left to Shepherd except for an annuity of $8,000 which the will directed to be given to (Miss Pope, although no provision for the an nuity was made. Three weeks after McClintock's death. Judge Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court and a life-long friend of the McClintock family, asked that the young mil lionaire's body be .exhumed and an Inquest held. Judge Olson expressed the belief that McClintock had not died a na tural death and that he had been the victim of typhoid inocculatlon or of poison. A chemical analysis of the bodv showed that death was due to typhoid fever, although the coroner's chemists did not venture an opinion as to how the fever was contracted and admitted that cer tain poisons might not show In a chemical analysis after death. When the Investigation was launched. Shepherd and his wife, the latter a ct-guardlan of the. youth until he become of are, were in Albuquerque, N. M. Shepherd returned here but after the chem ical analysis announced that the flndinga had completely exonerat ed him and he went back to New Mexico. In the meantime several cousins and other relatives of young Mc Clintock had indicated an Inten tion of trying to break the will and Shepherd charged repeatedly that the investigation was simply a ruse to prejudice public opinion against him In the will contest. An inquest - Into the youth's death was continued from time to time and' Is now scheduled to be resumed March 23, while a hearing on the will was scheduled for March 17. During the Inquest Judge Olson ehaiwed that the death of his brother. Dr. Oscar Olson, the Mc Clintock family physician occurred under mvsterlous circumstances shortly after he had been visited hv Rhenherd and asked that his brother's body also be exhumed and examined. This has not been done. Judge Olson also declared there -were mysterious circumstances In the deaiji of young McClintock s -mother that should be Investigated. It was not until Information was rriven that Shepherd had made a study of bacteriology and had made many Inquiries about bacteria Inoculation that the state's attorney's office began an active Investigation. Charles Falmman, president of a scientific achool specializing In bacteriological courses, gave the Information which implicated Shepherd directly In the case when he said that Shepherd had gone to his school, had taken a course there and inquired about typhoid bacilli inoculation, declaring that he as an attorney, might be called on to defend a client accused of causing the death of a person by germ inoculation. Faiman said he advised that the only way such inoculation could be carried out without dt-tection was to give the germs In food. Short ly after the appearance of Shep herd at the school, three tubes of baccllli, one of them containing ty phoid germs, disappeared, accord ing to Faiman's story. He also declared that Shepherd went to his office shortly after Mc Clintock's death and took a letter written by Shepherd and Inquiring about courses at the achool. Possession of the McClintock millions for years has been follow ed by 111 luck. Mnintivk'a father was killed in an into accident. Later thee mother died after asking the Shep herds to rear her son. BCEN09 AlREfl. March 17. The Santiago correspondent of La Naclon reporta that Mayor of Tae na has sent an official communi cation to the Chilean foreign of f're aaylng that on March 13 a group ofPeruvians thrice attacked a detachment of Challan carabln ers at Tlcalaco, being repulsed by the Chileans. Mr. Thompson wss here today attending to business matters and: visiting. Mr. Thompson resides at Camaa Valley. I I i PERUVIANS IKE . THREE ATTftCKS FREIGHT RATES OF RAILROADS TO RE PROBEdjl Interstate Commerce Com-! mission Orders Investiga tion of Rates. ' " ' PLAN, COOLJDGE'S Connection of Rate Struc ture With Prosperity of Farmers Cause of j Action. (AamHabd Pre. Lrd Wire.) '. WASHINGTON, Mar. . 17. In conflrmlty with - the resolution adopted at the last session of con - gresa the Interstate commerce commission today ordered an In - vestlaation into the existing freight rate structure of all thoi railroads In tha country. -I The action Is designed to bring! out particularly the bearing of railroad rates upon the agricultur- al industry. In proceedings of recent years It has been claimed that railroad rates on finished goods. President Coolidge ln a message to congress a year ago last December" dwelt up on tha connection of the rate struc ture with the prosperity of farmers n-enerally. The notice today salt)' the commission would consider this phase of the subject and seek as well to find and remove dis criminations which may exist be tween geographical areas and in dustries. "In discharge of this duty." it ad ed, "the commission will not enter at once upon extensive hearings. It Intends to conduct the Investi gation in a manner conducive to full and orderly development of material facts and with as little delav and exnense to shippers., carriers end the government and as little disturbing effect unon pro duction, distribution and the free flow of commerce as may be found practicable. "Necessary or appropriate deci sions and orders may be made In the proirress of the Investigation, the commission Is required to ef fect with tho least practicable de lay sii"h lawful changes in the nfe structure of the country as will promote the freedom of move ment by common carrier' of the products of agriculture affected hv the existing depression declared In senate resolutions Including live stock at the lowest possible law ful rates comnatlhle wtth the main tenance of adequate transportation service." I While the resolution used the words "common cancers" In di recting the Investigation of the commission said It was not. the in tention to take tin the rates of pine l'ne, exnress. telegraph, telephone r -r steering car companies ln the present proceeding whlrh would onlv Include rail snd water car riers. The scon will embrace "the condition whtrh prevail In the several Industries of the coun try" th" enoral snd comparative levels In market values of various commid'tles and a "natural and nroper development of the- roiin trr as a whole Insofsr as then matters affect the ,f!x'ng of fnlr rail road rates. Notice was given that represent atives of sll carriers, state, federal and loal enfhortttoe. and shippers or organlzatlona of shippers mlr-ht file briefs, or atatementa aa to the procedure to he foltowVid or com plaints or affidavits of discrimina tion. These will be received until Msv 15 and answers to them. In ease answers are necessary, until June IS. RINErJAUr RESIGNS . ( Anflatmt PrM Owmf Wlr.) RALEM. Ore.. Mar. 17. The resignation of T. A. Rlnehart, as seoretsry of the stste tax commis sion was received hyethe commis sion today, effective April 1. Ralph Wlrth, who la now In the 'employ of the department was elected In his plsce. Part of the duties of the new secretary will be to assist In as sembling data accumulating In ,a proposed Investigation of assess ment 4netbods In the various coun ties of the ajate. q GLORIA COMING HOME, PARIS, Mar. 17. Gloria Swan- on. film star, and bcr husband, Marquis Henri De La Faiaiae, are booked to sail on the liner Paris tor New York tomorrow. ST. PATBICK'S day - (Aanehtfd hM LHrd Wire.) DUBLIN, Mar. 17. Armor- ed cars, artillery, airplanes and several thousand free state troops with their bands Is) took part In today's military . I display here In honor of St. i ! Patrick's Day. After mass the troor paraded the prin- r iimu .umii Willi airfiaii(-a -w maneuvered over the city. At College Green, President Cosgrove with the members of his government and the ar- my chiefs took the salute as the soldiers marched past. Tne d" wa observed quiet- e ly 85 a general rule, more as a religious festival than a secular holiday. ST. PATRICK'S DAY LACKS THE CHEER (Aanrlated fnm Uteri Wire.) e SALEM. Ore., Mar. 17. ! Whether a St. Patrick's Day will be a merry one In Ore- gon is In question for today 1 William S. Levens. new state I prohibition commissioner Is 1 to take office. livens filed nis Dona witb the secretary of state yesterday and an- nounced that he will continue !ne 'f,,ce .of ne d.eEartment 1 ln f o.r' a"d wne. " h" .bwn ? maintained by George Cleav- er. Leven's predecessor. Lev- ens said yesrorday that he 4 has not yet appointed any of his aides. VETERAN IS MURDERED ' (AMorlatpd Ptpm Lrnicd Wlr.) SEATTLE, Mar. 17. Police are searching for two companions of John Russell, 50, a Spanish War veteran, who was found dead, fully clothed In his room ln a hotel here today, Frank Burns, occupant1 of the hotel, told authorities that there had been a wild party fn Russell's room and that shortly aftor mid night the noise suddenly quieted. Deputy Johnson said that Russell had apparently been atruck on the head with auch force as to cause skull fracture. . , , BURGLAR SENTENCED rtmlitM IM Uued Wire.) PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 17. Ten years In the penitentiary was the sentence Imposed today by Circuit Judge Tucker upon Joaeph B. Ferrargo who was convicted of attacking J. A. Johnson, manager of the Pantages Theatre here re cently In an attempt to rob him $6,000 of the theatre's money. Fer raro claimed to be a San Francisco pugilist, veteran of 250 ring bat tles. In a plea for Clemency Fer- jraro produced letters to show that ;he never had been in trouble be fore and that he aided San Fran cisco officers ln enforcing the law. Judge Hamilton ' today s handed down a decision In s the case of the Guardian Life Insurance Company against oy A. A. D' Atitremont and Dorothy M. Wlberg, cancel- e ling the Insurance policies taken out by D'Autremont. A settlement waa made wllh Miss Wlberg In the sum of $7.r.0. D'Autremont took out J number of insurance policies M'ss Wlberg being made ben- eflclary in two of them to the amount of $3,000. Whenthe young man be- came charged with the hold- iniSUHAIVCE POLICY fiDKDITIIlIT WELLED TODAYi Ing up and robbery of an 8. The health and police commit- P. train, and the mi:i'der of t(H reported that the fences t)ur member of the train sronnd the city reservoirs are In crew at Siskiyou, the Insur- rooj condition, and that their ance company brought eult j investigation of sanitary condl- to cancel the .policies, claim- s,tlnna at Deer Creek resulted ln a Ing that at the time D'Autre- I finding that there are a number mont procured the llcles nn-lrhllr places, but that thera that he was Intending to em- is nothing of an unsanitary na- w bark upon a career or crime, w Miss Wlberg answered the complaint and contested the case brought by the Insur- ance company, but a settle- mont was reached between them icm. The company served notice ion wVAutremnnt to appear. e upon vAutremnnt to appear. hut as he Is a fualtlve from e justice bis case went by de- fault m WILL INSTALL nRE hydrants City Council to Give Better Fire Protection to Outly ing Parts of Town. SURVEY IS ORDERED Condemnation of Property to Permit Paving Asked . by Residents Re ports Received. The city council held a busy session last night, taking up a number of important matters. There were quite a number of persons present at the meeting with requests Q recommenda tions, so that tha meeting was very interesting. O. V. Wlmberly informed tne council that over a year ago he. made a request for a fire hydrant at the head of East Lane street. Nothing was done about the mat ter by the old . council, and at 'the fire a few nights ago the firemen were forced to pump the water through 1600 feet of hose. Ha asked that there be some action taken to place a hydrant at tha head of the street, suggesting that a main be laid from the reserv-. oirs east of town, so that there would be less friction loss. He was advised that the council had already recognized this need and was preparing to take some steps to aemedy the condition. The fire and water committee was In structed to determine the best course In this particular case, and also to make a tour of Inspection of the city to find out whether or not there are other unprotect ed areas, where fire hydrants should be Installed. A petition from residents of Parrott street asking for paving on that street was referred to the street committee. A petition for grading and gravelling of Spring atreet, In Terrace Park addltjon, was also referred to the street committee. The residents of Benson and McClellan streets presented a petition asking for tho condem- I nation of a small strip of land i vi.ii .. ,i ,k , t, n, th-t when the street was dedicated that there was a five-foot strip lying along one side of each street, title to which is vested in W. L. Cohb. The resi dents of the street desire to pave, but can do nothing because of this moll alrtn rt lnnrt TtlAV HAV ..It fn. rntMomnetlnn en lht thev can proceed with the Improve ment desired. The matter was referred to the city attorney. 'The Coen Lumber company asked for Installation of drainage pipes to take care of surface wa ter which now flows off Pine and Mill streets on to their property, and also for two fire hydrants to give added fire protection for their mill property. The matter was referred to the health and pTjIlce and the fire and water com mittees. Acting upon the report of the street committee, that the coun- j en nas no rigiu io permit garages to be built In streets, the mar shal was ordered to have two garages removed from East 4 th street. It was reported that the grad ing of the city's share of the Mt. Nelio road has been completed, mnA IV.& .mt lilll va innrtff1 'being $1,277.35. I In regard to the petition of the residents of South Mill street for the grading snd gravelling of tha ronrt there, the petition was con tinued until the residents can bring In an agreement to pay tha ,,, nf the Improvement. i ture. The report of the committee on electric lights rersrdlng a light on Pnrnce and DnuHss streets, wse laid on lb" table was relm- D. R. Shnmhroc.k ! hurs-d In tho sum of $1 1.2! for p,id on the surveying of 'Commercial Avenue. Several years ago the residents petitioned for the paving of the street and ' $. .!. sMftavai fr.Sk nrn. posed Improvement and drew up pans $.) (Continued on 1 WHERE NEEDED I i I To Get Millions William A. Clara, Jr., founder of the Philharmonic Symphony, Or chestra of Los Angeles and son of tha lata ex-Seuaior William A. Clark, who died recently In New York, will probably bo tha richest man In California when ha receives his share of his fnther's $100 000.000 estate. Young Clark's fortune was estimated at $40,000,000 before bis taiher'a death. CONSCIENCE FUND GETS A DONATION I? .. ...r-r . 9 (AMnriaiea i n ijaura nuv.r i w SALEM. Mar. 17. The state of Oregon now has the e heeinnlnv of a conscience e ! fun,i Yesterday Secretary of 8lut0 Koier received a check from Charles J. Sbelton who e, .. . ronreentatlva in the s Tecent legislature from Baker v county for $18.00, Shelton ex- ph,1n(nc th8t the amount rep- resented 1 an overpayment from th ,tate at the end of tne 1(,Mon- He said the sec- r(,tary of ,ute na(J compUted his mileage from Salem to Halfway, Ore., when It should have been computed only to Baker. IT (Aem-Utnl Vnm Ueead Wire.) SALEM, Ore., March 18. The following opinions were handed down by the supreme court today: ' "" r'""l '"; ton F. Lansing appeal from Marion 1 'oxinty; petition for rehearing de- nied In opinion iby Justice Brown. State ot Oregon, appelant, vs. George Chandler; appeal - from Lake county; appeal from order of court sustaining demurrer and , nJ' relative to dlstribu- IlllllUII'l.'llb im.ii.a ) "On Of Water. Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge J. M. Ilatchelder reversed and caae remanded. M. P. Vandernool, appelant, vs. E. Ilurkltt; appeal from Multno mah county; appeal from order sustaining motion to set aside judgment. Opinion by Justice ! JJud8 Jol,n P' Cavenaugh affirmed. Robert L. Collls, appelant, vs. P. A. Sntherlin; appeal from Multnomah county; suit to collect money; opinion by Justice Belt. Judge Oustave Anderson reversed and case remanded. Petition for rehearing denied ln Kesterson vs. Oregon-California Power Company, et al. 0 r- J. E. Edwards, of tho Vogan Csndy company, Is here from Eu gene today and tomorrow attending to business matters. (AaoHated Praa hnmi Wire.) LOS ANGELES, Mar. 17. "Kid" McCoy, ex-pueillat, recently sen tenced to Han t)uentln for the slaying of Mrs. Threes Mors here last August today faced the prospect of having 3H years of Im prisonment added to his term for manslaughter. Ho waa convicted In superior court yesterday on three counts of assault growing out ot l no pistol on. which raved In Mrs. Mors 1 antique shop the morning after she died of a bullot wound In the apart - ment she and McCoy had beon oc cupylng. . inm Mimt nf assault with a l''Mr weapon, carrying a Penalty, irOHl 1 IU 1U VfBrn IINUI ini i u ii i, concerned the wounding i I Ross, who attempted Io of W. J. escape KID M CDY WAY GET 38 YEftRS ADDED TO HIS SENTENCE JOHH SARGENT AS ATTORfe-GEU. Coolidge Sends . Name of Vermont Man to Senate for Ratification. IS APPROVED TODAY Quick Action on Nominee Taken Warren Re fuses to Take Recess Appointment. . SENATE CONFIRMS, . (. . : - f) rAjeaetsM Prae Vmmd Wink) ) WASHINGTON, March 17. A favorable report on the nomination of John Q. Bar- gent to be Attorney-General, e was voted unanimously to- day by the senate judiciary committee. The committee e took less than three quarters of an hour to arrive at Its decision. Mr. Sargent ts a former Attorney-General of tha state and characterised by bis friends as "tha beat lawyer In New England," ha la sixty four years, old. - - Co-Incident with the send- Ing of Mr. Sargent'r name io the senate, the Whits House made public an exchange of correspondence between the - president and Mr. Warren In . which both made reference to the fight against the lat- ter's confirmation aa 'politl- cal controversy." Mr. Cool- ldge's letter renewed his of- fer of a recess appointment and Mr. Warren's decllna- tion on the gronnd that hl acceptance would prolong the s e controversy to the possible annoyance of the admlnlatra- tloa. Mr. Sargent received his education at Tufts college and was admitted to tha bar In 1890. (AwnHetMl PrMi Lead Wire.) . WASHINGTON, Mar. 17. John P. Sargent, of Vermont, was nomi nated today by President Coolidge to be attorney-general. , The name of Mr. Sargent waa aent to the capltol after Charlea B. Warren, twice rejected by the senate, had declined to take a re cess appointment to the attorney generalship and after senate lead- i era had assured the White House . there was a fair prospect o quick approval ot tne new nominee. WASHINGTON. March 17. President Coolidge Is expected to send to the senate today a new nomination for the Attorney Generalship. - At the same time the White House made public letters ex changed by the president and Mr, Warren, In which the chief exe cutive referred to the senate fight against confirmation as "a politi cal controversy" and declared the plan to give Mr. Warren a reccsa appointment was duo to "un shaken confidence" In him. Advised by Charles B. Warren of Detroit that he does not de sire a recess appointment after having been twice rejected by tha senate, Mr. Coolidge conferred r Continued on pnge stx) from the antique shop after Mo Coy had staggered In, drunk and disheveled, looking for, Albert A. Mors, Mrs. Mors divorced . hus band. The other two counts, charging assault with Intent to murder and calling for penalties of from one to 14 years esch. cover ed the wounding ot Mr. snd Mrs. Sam Schapp In the same affray. -McCoy will be sentenced Friday, at which time. It Judge Crall sees 1 fit to assess the penalties consecu- 1 tlveiy. tne former giooe-irwups; prue rignter w no ourcienea wi.n a possible additional term of $S years. The M"J'' acquitted McCoy on four other uwui v. v - counts charging robbery. NOMINATED