TODAY'S CIRCULATION OVU
4,2 0 0
AND STILL GROWING
Th. WEATHER
ffl
Highest Yesterday SO
Lowest Last Night , 32
Cloudy, rain late tonight or
Friday, warmer tonight.
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beet Interests of the People
ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 26. 1925.
VOL. XXVII. NO.
VOL. XIII NO. 10 OP THE EVENING. NEWS
Ml
L
IS
Alleged Typhoid Murderer
of McCIintock I Denied
Bail Privilege.
WILL EXHUME BODIES
Coroner Orders Bodies of
Mother and Doctor Re
moved to Find Cause
for Their Death.
f AmwUtcd Twm Lu4 Win.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 20. Coroner Os
car Wolff announced today he
would issue an order for the ex
humation of the bodies of Mrs.
Emma Nelson McCIintock, mother
of the dead orphan millionaire,
William N. McCIintock and Dr. Os
car Olson.
The coroner's decision, after a
conference with a representative
of the state's attorney, came short
ly after counsel for William D.
Shepherd, charged with the mur
der of McCIintock, had announced
he would fight on In an attempt
to free Shepherd on ball which had
been denied yesterday by Judge
Jacob Hopkins, chief Justice of the
criminal court -Mrs. McCIintock
died 18 years afro and Dr. Olson
died three years ago.
CHICAGO, Mar. 26 William D.
Shepherd, charged with the murder
by. tvphoid germs of William N.
REMAIN
GOURT EDICT
M.cC1tfCk- hf, toateJ'oa- to f'Vfalenowski, veteran of three
the boys million dollar estate nf ., rPT(lw re ,.
must remain In jail without ball ,t , h, n
pending trial. Chief Justice Jacob. K
Hopkins of the criminal court nil-! Af,pr tne review, the twentv-sec-ed
late vesterdav. ' ond infantry, his "outfit will en-
The fight for his release will he'tertaln w"n dinner In honor of
carried to the sunreme court wllh Sergeant Malenowskl who Is re-
a petition for a writ of habeas cor-,
pus, William C. Stewart, his attor
ney, said.
Meanwhile prosecution attorneys
and Stewart cannot agr-e on a
date for arraignment of Shepherd.
Assurance of a speedy trial if Shep
herd wishes It was held out for
him In Judge Hopkins' d"clalon piano score by Richard Wagner of
rendered after three days of tesli- the funeral music which he com
mony and argument. I posed for Carl Maria Von Weber
The whole question In the hail has been put on sale here. The
hearing, the decision said, rested manuscript Is dated November 15.
on the testimony of Charles C. 1844, and covers eight octavo
Falman head of a science school pages. It has not yet found a pur-
and Jointly indicted With Shepherd rhnaer the ontlnila rinsler dls-
to whom he said he gave typhoid paying It is holding out for a stiff today were C. W. Martyn. assistant
fever germs, knowing they were prce. j superintendent, D. M. MrLauchian,
to he used on McCIintock. master mechanic. H. A. Hampton,
If Faiman is telling the truth.! 17DC.CT rDC rATUTO i division engineer: Frank Cavendar,
there was a conspiracy to mir- WKtSILtKS U A I HfcK ' master car builder, and W. H. Me
der this boy." said the rulinir. "If, FOR MI JSf!I F TOI IRNF.Y Bean, assistant superintendent: E.
Falman Is not, this defendant has
been the subject of a monstrous
Injustice. He has been enmeshed
in a net of circumstances unpre
cedented and painful to contem
plate. Hut It Is not for the court
HM. Ir. . haorln. iKI.
turfk
The decision came a few minutes
after Stewart had closed a replv
to the argument of Robert E.
Crowe, state's attorney. The prose-
cutor likened Joung McCIintock
to a lamb being fattened for the
slaughter, with Shepherd In a po -
sitlon to take his life and profit
by It. Defense counsel said Crowe's
argument was "a dangerous one"
and pictured Shepherd as "a lov
ing foster father, Incapable of slay
ing a boy he loved."
INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 26 "The
spirits" have revealed to Mrs. Mar-
tha Shepherd Hayden, mother of
William D. Shepherd, charged with
the murder of William McCIintock
In Chicago, that her son Is Inno-
cent, she said late yesterday. Mrs.
Hayden who Is 88 years old has
been a spiritual medium here for
years.
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HIGHWAY COMMISSION
nnri.o n . . nine
UrtJNO rAVlINLs DlLO
rwHatM Prm Lrsswi ww.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 26
The state highway commission be-
gsn Its March meeting here this
afternoon, bids were orened str
15.1 miles of paving. B2 8 miles of
grading and surfacing and for one
overhead railroad crossing at Jef-
ferson approximately 5on.fton la
Involved In contracts to be let. A
number of delegations from var-
Inus counties are here to urge
work In their localities.
The commission Is expected to
try to outline Its program for the
year at this meeting.
GIRL THOUGHT
DEAD IN STORM
ItKTl HNS HOME.
I
(AoeUt4l Ptm rMH Wire.)
WEST FRANK I-'OHT, 111.,
March 2fi One Wvst Frank
fort family was reunited to
day, the two year old dauth-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Sullivan, who last Monday
had buried another child as
their own, was back with her
parents again.
The child was missing; af-
ter the tornado a weik ago
and was mourned as dead. In
the ruins of the Sullivan
home the body of a child
was found. Mr. and Mrs.
Sullivan supposed it their
own and as such It was burl-
ed. The little Sullivan girl
was found alive and well at
the home of a neighbor yes-
terday.
The body of the child burled
probably will be disinterred
for identification.
SEATTLE ROTARY WINS.
f AnoclatM Prm Lnanl Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore., March
26. The Seattle Rotary Coif
team today has the Gardner
trophy, having won It yester
day In the annual Rotary
conference tournament, de
feating Portland, which had
the cup two years. Three
victories are necessary to re-
tain permanent possession of
the cup. In the 18 ho'io
qualifying round Seattle led
Portland by one stroke. In
the final matches Seattle
.won by three points.
RETIRING OFFICER
Tft nrprun? UAVnn !
1 J IU.V.UVI. IlUllUlX, dents. Railroading for many years
I was listed as one of the most haz-
(AMTx-uted rrtm Lturd win.) I ardous of occupations, but as a re
ATLAWTA. Ga.,.- Mar. 26. An : suit of the campaign waged by the
awkward private, who enlisted at I Southern Pacific company to ellmi
Fort Mcpherson thirty years ago, ! nate accidents the number of men
tomorrow will witness the maneuv- Injured has been reduced to a very
ers of malors and colonels, can- , low minimum, and fatalities are
tains and lieutenants through a
parade In his honor.
,. ,,.. o . .,..,'
tiring from the service.
WAGNER MANUSCRIPT
IS PLACED ON SALE
RERUN. Mar. 26. The original
f AmHMtml rnwi Lnwl Wl.l
STILL WATER, Okla.. Mar. 26.
More than sixty athletes were
ready for the opening today of
national A. A. V. Wrestling tOUTO-
' ament at the Oklahoma A. A. and
M college. Individual champions
e,rht wights as well as team
champions will be named. Finals
wl" 08 held tomorrow night,
The entries include wrestlers
. rom the Oregon Aggies and the
Los Angeles Athletic Club,
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I VETERAN WINS FIRST
CLASH WITH BUREAU
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. C.
Clarence Llklns today won the
first clash In his battle against the
Veterans' Bureau when Judge
Wolverton overruled the govern-
ment's motion for a directed ver-
diet, In his suit to place him on
a permanent disability rating.
The court further declared he
believes Llklns to be totally dls-
ahled and that In his opinion this
disability Is permanent.
The government will present
medical testimony. It Is said, to
proTe tn,t Llklns' Injuries are not
permanent and that they might
have been received when he fell
after a run down Portland Heights
0r In a fall down an elevator shaft,
both sustained before the war.
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FREAK CHICK HATCHED
j iArMr4 rn lt wii.i
MEDFORD. Ore.. Mar. 26 A
three-legged Plymouth Hock chick.
which can bop higher and farther
than any of its fellows. Is the
proud possession nf Mrs. George A.
Seely of this city According to her
report today. The strange fr'fc
was batchedQyetterdav.
WW
liS.P.SAFET
Y AND
FUEL MEETINGS
ARE HELD TODAY
Employees Discuss Safety
and Efficiency Methods
at City Hall.
OFFICIALS IN THE CITY
Division Department Heads
Attend Session Devoted
to Discussion of
Safety Methods.
Safely and fuel oil savings meet-'
Ings were held at the City Hall to-1
day by Southern Pacific employes, I
with a large number of the em-;
ployees of all departments present
These meetings are held at fre-'
qucnt Intervals in all terminal
ponts for tne purpose of securing
suggestions and recommendations
from employes to increase efficien
cy and give the greatest possible
degree of safety.
The safety meetings as conduct
ed by the Southern Pacific com
pany, have resulted In that com
pany taking first place In the na-1
" elimination ot acci-
very rare, and much less than In
practically any other Industry
wnere an equal nummr oi persons
are employed.
Standing committees are main
i tained In each department, and
these committees, consisting of em
ployes, work out recommendations
and suggestions which they think
will give greater safety to em-i
ployes. In many instances protect
ing devices have been suggested
ctilft. ha.. ollmlnnFafl mwst .ton.
gers and have resulted in saving
many lives.
The meetings also result In keep
ing the thought of accident elimi
nation constantly before employes,
so that preventable accidents are
reduced to a low minimum.
The safety meeting was held
this morning, starting at 9:30
o'clock. There was a great deal of
interest taken, representatives
from every department being pres
ent. Among the officials present
Stroud. trainmaster at Eugene; O,
L. Flint road foreman of engines:
and C. J. Pearce, assistant division,
storekeeper.
At 1 :30 p. m. the fuel oil meeting
was held. This meeting took up the
matter of elimination of waste of
fuel oil. and a discussion of meth
ods of obtaining the greatest pos
sible efficiency from a minimum of
fuel. The meeting was conducted
by J. N. Clark, of San Francisco,
head of the fuel oil bureau.
STORM CENTERS AT
WORK REBUILDING
r Anwvl.rH Prm LmI WlrO
CHICAGO. Mar. 26. Reconstruc
toln and replacement were the ob
jects of activity today In the storm
wept areas of five states where
a week ago ruin and death were
left In the wake of the previous
day's tornado.
The American Red Cross went
on ansce with IU plans In replace
and refurnish homes, clothing and
all necessities of victims to restab-
iisn Tnem as neariv on a prt-niis-ter
bssis as possible. Local com
munity and county commlttles be
gan work of co-operating wllh the
Red Cross and adjusting claims.
A few more days will end the
emergency relief period fled i by
Red Cros officials as the time for
temporary efforts and work will
start at onre on surveys to ascer
tain permanent needs of storm suf.
, ferers. Iter provision will be
made for vocational training and
trust fnnd assistance In cases
where the chief rnesm of snpnort
cf a famllv was cut off by the dls-
aster. The total deaths In the
storm area tods'- stood at S3ft. the
figure set In T Associated Press
lists of the killed on tha night ot
.the tornado.
M1YAS
PRAIRIE FIRES THREATEN LIFE
AND DESTROY PROPERTY AS THEY
1
Grass Fires Cover Large Areas in Widely Separated
Parts of North and South Dakota Casualties
Reported People Flee Towns Before Un
controlled Demon Call for Help.
FIRES IN TWO STATES
Whipped along by a brisk wind, prairie ires last
night and today swept over two widely separated sections
of North arid South Dakota, causing extensive property
loss and giving rise to unconfirmed reports of fatalities.
One fire zone centered on the North and South
Dakota boundary south of Bismark, N. D., while the
other area affected is straight south on the South Dakota
Nebraska state line, embracing part of the Rosebud In
dian reservation and extending toward Valentine, Neb.
In each zone several distinct separate tires were
reported, all traveling in a south and slightly east direc
tion. Reports that a man bad perished near Waller, S.
D., and a woman and two children had lost their lives at
Tuthill, S. D., had not been confirmed.
(Awc-lated hw Lraivd Win.)
MANDAN, N. D., Mar. 26. At
least five farm homes near Self
ridge two hundred sheep and an un
estlmated amount of hay have been
destroyed by a prairie fire which
was sweeping toward the Black
Hills before a stiff wind at noon' to
day. Homesteaders and farmers, strag
gling Into the towns of Sioux coun
ty where the fires are raging, told
of the damage. One man is report
ed to have lost his life In fighting
the fire near Walker but the report
has not been verified.
The blaze starting near the In
dian sug-agency at Porcupine, N.
D., took a southeasterly onurse
across the county and to the North
Dakota-South Dakota line, burning
over grane territory where home
steaders' shacks dotted the pralr-'i
lea.
The fire spread out and arouad
Selfrldge, N. I)., but did not dam
age that town materially,
OMAHA, Mar. 26. A special dis
patch to the Omaha World Herald
this afternoon said that the entire
town of Gregory, S. D., about 30
miles east of the Rosebud reserva
tion was threatened with the prair
ie fires today and that the flames
were turned away only after almost
every citizen of the town organized
a bucket and dirt brigade.
VALENTINE, Neb.. Mar. 26. !
Three separate prairie fires of j
huge proportions are devastating i
the Rosebud Indian reservation In j
the South Central part of South,
Dakota and have already burned
over hundreds of thousands of
acres In adjoining Nebraska land. I
The fire Is now about seven The Teapot Dome lease annull
mlles from Valentine, a town of ment Bl,t CHnie to a fiery climax
about 1,600. one hundred miles an ended In the space of a few
northwest of O'Nell. minutes today.
Lrgeni cans ior neip nave ueen
received here from ranchmen of
the threatened districts. One call
rt-ai.ii.-u iimi ' '
children had already been burned
to death In the small Inland town
of Tuthill. S. D. Tuthill is In Il-n-nett
county. This town, advices
said, had been completely destroy
ed. Reports from the burned over
ares are very meager, but It Is
known that one large ranch hai
been completely burned out. The
sky to the north was red with the government naa not caiiea an me
reflection of the flames. witnesses It could have summoned
The wind last night attained a In order to make an equitable pres
velocity of 40 miles an hour and entatlon of the caso. He was re
fill forenoon today has been blow ferrlng to the failure of the gov
Ing a 27 mile an hour gale. Small ernment to use the testimony of
success has so far been obtained Rear-Admiral J. K. Roblson, chief
In checking the flames, advices of the navy engineering and H.
said. Backfires have been slart' d Foster Bain.
and are proving to be the most ef-1 o
fectlve method In fighting the KICHTKK I-TXEKAL TODAY,
flames. No moisture has fallen In :
this region for several weeks, aj The funeral or the late Bernard
condition that Is aiding the pro- j R. nichter. of Camas Valley, who
gross nf the fires. i passed away suddenly In this city,
The front of the fire last night Is Monday night of heart trouble,
known to have extended from , was hwld afternoon at 2:30 o'
Whlte River, 8. D.. to Merrlnian. i clock at the lloselinrg I'ndertak
Neb., a distance of approximately nK 'arlor. ltev. Stewart O llell
50 miles. Extensive precautions are officiated and Interment was held
now being taken to keep the sparks at the Masonic cemetery. There
away from Valentine, although a were many beauMful floral offer
lake fortunately is in the path of Ings, token of sorrow from his
the names. many friends.
MILES CITY. Mont, Mar. 26 ;To Hold Cllnle
The entire population of Wakrsla Mrs. Florence Orandy and frs.
has deserted the town to fight th" Ellen Post, county health nurses,
'wo big fires that are raging near spent the day at Sntherlln attend-
here, according to Information re- ng a community health meeting
eelved here by Milwaukee rslls-' and arranging for a baby ellnlc to
officials. The fire Is on the Stand- be held at some future date.
PPED BY STRONG WINDS
Ing Rock Indian reservation and Is
raging only a short distance from j
Yates where the body of Sitting
Bull, famous Indian warrior Is
buried.
' Jhe fire started last night, north
west of Wakpala and burned over a
stretch of 20 miles long and sev
eral miles wide. A second fire
started this morning near Grand
River and is still raging. It Is the
second fire that the population of
Wakpala Is fighting. The fire Is In
the Port Yates district and the
call for help last night came from
Fort Yates.
ABERDEEN. S. D., Mar. 26.
Telephone advices today from
Wakpala, on tho main line of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway said that two prairie fires
are raging near there and that a
third Is gaining headway northwont
of Trail City.
KADOKA, S. D., Mar. 26. Resi
dents of six southwestern South
Dakota counties rallied late today
for an effort to check two disas
trous prairie fires which have been
ravaging the Indian reservation, a
county south of here, for more
than thirty hours.
TEAPOT DOME SUIT
fAMQcUtf-d Vnm LtMed Wire.)
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Mar. 26.
The climax was a high pressure
verbal exchange between Owen J.
Roberts of government counsel and
attorneys for the dffense, who con-
,.,, ',,,, , ,.,' . ,h.
tended that In referring lo the
testimony of Edwin Denby former
Secretary of the Navy before a sen
ate committee, Mr. Roberts bail
gone outside the court record In
the closing argument.
The exchange started when Mr.
Roberts began answering the
charge by the defense that the
Managers Talk Match Between
Gibbons and Tunney on June 12;
Bout With Wills Not to Interfere
(AnocUttd Tnm Uued Win.)
CHICAGO. March 26. A fifteen-round
bout to decision be
tween Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul
and Gene Tunney, American light
heavyweight champion, to be held
In the Polo Grounds In New York,
June 12, was the objective of a
meeting here today between Jim
my De Forest, matchmaker of the
Polo Athletic Club of New Yoik
and Eddie Kane, manager of Gtt
bona. Gibbons has been offered
30 per cent of the receipts Kane
said, and Tunney has reached au
understanding with De Foret,
New York dispatches Indicate, but
no contracts have been signed.
Kane will sign for the conleat
at once, he Bald, If De Forest's
Engagement Figures in Suit of
Movie Man Against Lillian Gish;
Attorney Says Took It for Granted
f At oUld mm Uutd win.)
NEW YORK. Mar. 26. Testi
mony Intended to establish wheth
er there was an engagement to
marry between Lilian Gish and
Charles H. Duell, president of the
motion picture company, for which
she formerly worked, has assum
ed Importance In the trial of
Duell's suit in the federal court
here to compel her to make pic
tures only for his company.
Statements made on behalf 'of
Mr. Duell when he started the suit
referred to an engagement which
Miss Gish denied.
George W. Newgass, who was
attorney for Miss Gish In 1923
when she made a will naming
Duell as executor, was questioned
iiicui i jreaieruay a session or
-Max Steuer, Miss Gish's counsel.
Newgass said he understood at
the time that the couple were en.
gaged. Confronted with evidence
tending to show that he had ad
GOVERNMENT OFFICE
OFFERED FOR SALE
(Amdsud Ptms Lari Wtn.)
WASHINGTON, March 26.
The red flag waved today from
the department of Justice but
not the red flag of Soviet Rus
sia. It bore the name of an auc
tioneer who will sell the building
under an orrtvr or tne court to
satisfy a mortgage.
The sale will not disturb the
activities of the department,
whose long term lease from the
private owner of the building will
be a condition of the sale.
JOHN C00LIDGE VISITS
(Axnrbted PreM toad Tlr,)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. John
Coolidge, son of the president re
turned to the White House today
from Amherst college to spend the
spring vacation. It Is the first real
visit he has had with his parents
since Christmas, his return on In
auguratlon day having been only
for a few hours.
ACCEPTS TEMPORARY POST
(A-nciatcd Prta UtH Win.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. Wild
er H. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan.,
who does not desire the post of
commissioner of pensions for
which the senate has confirmed
him, has consented to accept II
temporarily and then resign, so
President Coolidge can make a re
cess -appolnlnrent.
MELLON PLANS VACATION
(AMOFlftf-d PreM Lraafd Win.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. Sec
retary Mellon plans to leave for
Bermuda Saturday for a brief vaca
tion, accompanied by hla son,
Paul, and several of Paul's school
friends, who are attending an
academy In Walllngford, Conn.
PORTLAND MERCHANT OIES
(Aanrlattd Pma U4 Win.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26.
John P. Plagemann, 61, president
of the Portland firm -of Llebes and
company, died at his home here
last night, following a long period
of 111 health. Five years ago he
waa stricken wllh sleeping sick
ness which left complications
from which he never fully recover
ed. MIKE YOKEL WI.NS
(Anorlaled Pnn Lmrd Wm.)
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26.
Mike Yokel, light heavyweight
wrestler, won a finish match here
last night with Hilly Edwards,
Kansas City, taking two of three
falls. Yokel won the first fall In
fifty two minutt-s and the third
in .IS minutes. Edwards took the
seeond In 36 minutes.
MEMORIAL PROCEEDS
I WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 l.e
board of trustees of the Harding
Memorial Association decided to
day to proceed Immediately with
erection ot ISOO.O'i memorial to
Warren G. lIsrdlniTon a site al
ready selecteddpnAtha outskirt of
Marlon, Ohio. w
terms are satisfactory without
waiting for further moves in the
proposed match between Qlbbono.
and Harry Wills, negro heavy
weight challenger, for the milk
fund show in New York May 28.
The 8t. Paul boxer's manager
also has under consideration a
$50,000 offer for a ten-round Olb-bons-Tunney
no-dectslon content
In St. Paul arly In June, made
by Jack Reddy, St. Paul promo
ter. Gibbons will be an Interested
ringside spectator at the bout 1" rl
day night In St. Paul between
Tunney and Harry Greb, world's
middleweight champion and for
mer light heavyweight tltllst, from
whom Tunney won his crown.
vised the screen star to waive
$60,000 In percentages on one ot
her -pictures and that he permit
ted the actress to allow Duell, as
trustee, to draw her salary, he
said:
"I thought that was all right be
cause of the engagement between
them. It was all over town."
Newgass said that Duell had told
him while they were playing golf
last August that he and Miss Qlsh
had been engaged.
"Then he never revealed this
great Joy to you until after there
waa no engagement," Mr. Steuer
commented. Miss Gish laughed
Mis Gish has abandoned the
the practice of eating raw carrots
ne practice or eaung raw carru-
n court She munched them at the
first day of the trial, both for her
complexion and nervousness, she
explained. Yesterday she made
sketches with a pencil and tore
them up without showing them to
anybody
INDIANS SOUGHT
IN MURDER CASE
(Aaodstad H Vrtm Wtn.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mar.
26. Two Indians who escaped
from the county Jail early Monday,
Silas Barclay and Louis Knight
are being hunted in connection I
with the possible murder of Fred
die Jackson, drunken redskin who an order to stay home from a par- -met
death on the streets of Chile- ty. was nervous all morning. When
quln 8unday, March 16, following . rt adjourned for the noon Te
a wild ride on hla horse. fainted, but In the arms of
., . . ... .u attendants, who prevented a rep
It was first believed that Jack- , , , ,h f yMterd,
son sustained a skull fracture in, continued on oaae sight)
the fall from a horse, but Acting I . (Continued ou paeelgnt)
District Attorney Myers said today
he has Information which indicates
Jackson might have sustained a
fractured skull In a fight and then
place astride his horse for bis last
ride, unconscious, through ' the
streets of Chlloquln.
According to Information, the
acting district attorney says,
Jackson Is said to have been drink
ing In an old barn with Knight and
Barclay. They are alleged to have
had a fight of some kind.
The acting district attorney kept
all his suspicions and evidence to
himself, not even notifying Sheriff '
Hawkins of his suspicions and In
vestigation. As a result, the sheriff
did not put extra guard about the
a ' pitted flimsy county jail and
u4 a result It was an easy matter
for Barclay and Knight to make
their escane.
I No trace of the missing Indians working under Instructions and
has yet been found and it Is not blamed methods employed In. the
known what angle the probe police department for the affair,
will lake. Dr. W. S. Roger, reset- I -' "" '
vatlon physician, today scouted
the murder theory and said be was
confident the death waa due to the
fall from the horse. Jackson did
not die for five hours after the
ride and he was examined by Dr.
Rogers that afternoon.
POLISH COUPLES
SEEKING DIVORCE
(Amx-talnl Prm LmwS W-n.)
WARSAW. Msr. 26. The dis
covery that 20.000 Polish cathollo
couples have obtained divorces by
Joining the Hussion Orthodox
church Is causing concern to the
Polish government which Is con
sidering measures to restrict the
'movement.
i The Russian church shares the
-Polish objections to the practice
and has instructed all the church
authorities to handle divorce cases
with the greatest care refusing to
consider any case If the parties
have belonged to the church less
than a year.
DECISION OF U. S.
COURT IS AFFIRMED
,,
(A-H.il Pr Lnnd win.)
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 26. The
United States circuit court pr ap- i
Deals today affirmed the decision
of the federal district court of
Delaware In dismissing the govern
nwnt suit for the recovery of the
smzed German dye patents from
the Chemlcr Foundation. Inc.,
which purrh a) d them from the
alien property custodian during
.the Wilson administration.
MATRICIDE MAY
PLEAD DIDN'T
SHOOT MOTHER
Attorney Hints That Claim
to Guilt Was Done to -Shield
Someone. '
JAZZ GIRL FAINTS
Defense Intimates That
Actual Confessed Shoot
ing of Mother Will." ,
Be Denied.
(Aaocbtod Ptmi I Mi Wb.)
8 AN FRANCISCO. Mar. 26.
Whether Dorothy Elllngson. 16
year old girl of the Jul lite, on
trial for murder, actually shot and
killed her mother, aa she admitted
so freely last Januaiy may be put
at Issue by the defense. It was In
dicated today. . , ,'
Walten McOovern of defense
counsel opening new line ot ques
tioning, prepared by Indication
to attack both the state's proof
that the girl Shot her mother and
girl's confession that she did - it
He asked several prospective Jur-
iors whether If the testimony
d)(J
her mother, but confer
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they would hesitate te acquit. He
wanted to know further whether, It
the court Instructed that confes
sions obtained by fraud or duresa,
threats or promises were to be dis
regarded and if they believed the
confession In this case to be ot
that sort, they would reject It
This waa the first Intimation
that the defense Intended to con
test the actual shooting. That the
further defense of Insanity Is not
to he abandoned, however, was In
dicated by the repetition of ques
tions touching on this.
The girl, who with bravado told
the police last January that she
shot her mother rather than obey
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OFFICER PROTESTS
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PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. Pa
trolman Edgar Blanchard, dismis
sed by Mayor George L. Baker, af
ter he admitted that he had enter
ed the home of David Foulkes Sat-
unlay without a search warrant,
has retained Attorney Milton B.
I Klepper to defend him against
charges developing from
the at-
fair.
Blanchard admitted that a search
warrant was secured after the raid
on Foulkes' home for a place near
by where liquor was found. - -The
Foulkes home was entered by mis
take. Attorney Klepper In a statement
today said Blanchard had been
CAL RIDES HOBBY
HORSE FOR REST
(AnocUtnl Pna Lnml Win.)
NEW YORK, Mar. 26. Mrs.
Frank Stearns, wife ot the presi
dent's close friend and adviser, be
lieves President Coolidge Is just as
erlnna In the saddle aa he la In the
.wivei chair.
With her husband Mrs. Stearns
j has been a frequent guest at tha
' White House during the Collldge
Incumbency. Today they sailed for
a trip to Italy.
! "Yes, I hare seen the president
' on his hobby horse," she said. "It
1 la in his private chamber- an eleo
: trical horse, you know, that waa
: given to him by a New York
friend who thought Mr. Coolidge
' was not getting enoug'i exercise.
"I don't think the hobby horse
will make the president any more
cheerful. He takes his exercise
very seriously Just as seriously as
be does bis work."
WOILD INOItEABB FEUS.
(Iwlitsl Fmi Ueanl Win.) -SAN
PRANr.lSCO March 23.
The state fish and game commis-
Islon Is seeking te Increase hunt-
Ing and fishing license fees In
' Callforn'a, now the lowest of any
paciric coast state.
SUFFRAGE BILL PASSED
rAMnciiM i-tm LmV e-tn.)
TOKIO. Mar. 26 The House of
Peeu today passed the manhood
sufmige bill. The measure pre
viously passed by the lower house,
flxea the voting age at 25 and
abolishes property qualifications.