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. FAIR TOMORROW Consolidation of Th Evening Nw and Th Rotsburg Review L . -,f.4ii V DOUGt'AS COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published far th Bst Interest of th People. Toy,gTOUttoJw4ao6 And Still Crowlif VOL. XXVI1 NO. 180 OF ROSEBURiq 'Cft ROSEBCJRG. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 19, 1925. VOL. XIII NO. 81 OF THE EVENING NEWS SINCLAIR WINS OIL DECISION Teapot Dome Case Decided Against Government By Federal Judge. V!X5. uttotV n for ft. A vKSTIVAf,. V 'o (AenclalT V. ' Vln.) PORLAN ..une 19. Portland' ,e Festival turned to mlrv and frivolity today with the Merrybanna. a burlesque parade amusing hundreds of thousands of per- sons along the four-mile route. Perfect weather, that has marked Hose Festival week, prevailed. The last performance of the nuge spec- tasle pageant "Rosaria" will be given tonight. FIGHTING 'S BODY RETURNED WILL FILE APPEAL U. S. Special Prosecutors Will Ask That Suit Be Taken to Supreme Court of Appeals. ' DEPUTIES FA VOIt PAIXLKVK POLICY. PARIS, June 19. Thw Chamber of Deputies today voted confidence In the Pain- leve government by a ballot, of R26 to 32. The vote or confidence was given on Premier P:.lnleve's demand for an indefinite postponement of th Inter- pell.it Ion on the Moroccoan situation by M. Drlt, the com- munist deputy. I HUME sum La Follette Funeral Will Be Held Next Monday In Madison, Wis. HIGH TRIBUTE PAID Friends and Political Ene mies Alike Pay Tribute to Veteran Politician In Condolences. 'AMncUlrd Proa Louts Wirr.) CHEYENNE, Wyo.. June 19. The decision today of Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy in hold-l lug the legality of the leasing of Toapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Company will be ap pealed to the United States Circuit Court nf Armenia AlHer-t n U'.lJ ton. United Slates District Attoi-. ': tradition on nev said definitelr this afternnnn ! governor CHEYENNE. Wyo., June 19. TV.O laaain Af T Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil rh'lh!!WZmi I fn,nanu u.,o Hnknu .!.... v... 1 Kllbonrn. Joseoh Pollock and I (AwrUtrd Pttm Uim If In 1 WASHINGTON, Juno 19. The body of Senator Robert M. Iji Poli GOVERNOR GRANTS ''?" ' late today to TYTP AniTinM FOR j Wisconsin to rest for a time In E.A 1 KADi 1 1UN rUK ithe capital of the state he repres WASHINGTON MAN ""'"d congresa during seven ; terms. (A-noUtd Vrrm wir.) j A heart attack yesterday, com- SAI.EM. Ore.. June 19 Gov-lng after similar assaults llnnn Ilia ernor Pierce todav granted an ex-j vitality over a period of 10 years. i in-iu.uuM '" in nis seventieth year, the Of Washlpgtn for career nf l.'l,rhtlnr tk' the remval of Alvah R. Kilhournjthe outstanding figures In Amert from Portland to King county, lean politics and last year an lnde Washlngton. to be tiled for the, pendent candidate for president. In a special car. the hrulv will 1 Genree .lone, rohlied the hank on i """'-B'"" i a o ciock tnis voim-iik cops cut A LITTI.K MIXKIi OV I'KIMK HK1IMTIOXS. (AuntUtM Prva Uurd Win.) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 19. The tra- ditional termology of law haa has been badly shattered by a group of applicants for the police department here. HI- gamy was construed as an assault on one or more mem- bersof one's family in one of the answers in the civil ser- ' vice examination for the posts. The petty larceny was de- fined as the act of Inducing a young girl to leave her home, while grand larceny was termed a lie in court. s Arson, a prospective "cop" said, was the act of stealing anothers man's wife, and a misdemeanor la to hit some- one on the Bead with a club or blunt instrument Only three out of IS appli- cants passed the examination. DA !!! BAUD CONCERT SEASON BEGINS Evolution Law's Dad "Too Poor" to Attend Trial NEXT THURSDAY Local Organization To Give Weekly Programs Dur ing Summer BENCHES BEING MADE Comfort of Audience Being Considered By Musicians In Arranging for "the Summer Season The annual concert season of the Douglas County t'pneert Hand will open on next Thursday, June 25, and weekly concerts will be given through the summer months. The band has been delaying lis season until the weather became settled, but it is now believed that the evenlugi will be sufficiently T. ,, . ... !warm to allow the listeners to The funeral service, of the late; remuln comforlaUle wulle 8tatcd Mrs. O. P. Coshow will be held on ' out of ,joor. Sunday and Monday. Services will I . . . '. , , M conducted In Salem at the Rig- " ba,n,(! ' "IE1" for don mortuary on Sunday morning c"m,'r,bl:Vea',n ,helrud,ence at 9:30 o'clock, after which the' Lhls ) ear. Heretofore nothing has I I I t ' . ''jy 1 jf y 1 AMUNDSEN REACHES V1TIIK1 150 MILES OF NORTH POLE; RETURN HAILED OVER WORLD Trip Made to Kings Bay After Abandoning One Plant) Frozen in Ice Party Safe After Long Battle With Snow MacMillan Expedition Free "' to Proceed on Arctic Trip. . :' John W. Butler, the farmer legislator who fathered Tennes ,see't anti-evolution law, wants to attend the Scopes trial but can't afford it, be says. He lives near Lafayette, Tenn., 100 miles from Dayton, scene of the trial. (Aaorhtrd Pms Lnml wii.) leap. Tou will recall that we all LONDON, June 19 Roald Am- thought Amundsen would go to the undsen haa once more come out I018 ,,na continue on to Alaska. of the merciless grip of the Arc tic. An abandoned seaplane, frosen In the Ice some 150 miles from the North Polo remains as his "farth est north" marker, but the great Norwegian explorer and his five intrepid companions are enjoying the comfort of bunks and warm meals after 28 days of untold hard ships during which they pried the other machine out of the Ice and flew It back to Spitsbergen. Amundsen failed to realise his dream of reaching the Pole by a but the failure was magnificent But doing what he has done leave the United States with a great op portunity to discover new lands If they lie In this area". -, . Yesterday, with the ail-American expedition under Donald McMllllan already on Its way north, planning to look for Amundsen around Cape Columbia, Greenland, word waa flashed from Spitsbergen that the, explorers bad returned. The details since received her have been meagre, but dispatches from Oslo, the Norwegian capital, say all six men are safe. They ar rived at Spitsbergen In their re- eral Judge T. Make Kennedy, whoi" """ ,"ee7:7ro for Chicago. There the rendered his decision in the annul-i" "Ir.M ' J J funeral car and another coach car- iof the robberv Pollock and Jones were both killed and Kilboiirn wn wnnnripri In hnth arms. Hp "The allegations of fraud in the j maie hi, way tn Portland, where ment suit brought by the govern ment. bill have not been sustained," Judge Kennedy ruled. The secretary of the navy was fully within his rights In acting as he did .having been authorized by the act of June 4, 1920, to "develop, conserve, use and operate", the naval oil reserve. Judge Kennedy held. He ruled that the phrase "In his discretion" embodied in the law placed no restrictions on the man ner in which the reserves were to be handled. he was arrested and is now con fined In St. Vincent's Hospital. IDAHO CONVICT IS ARRESTED IN BEND funeral car and another coach car rying members of the family and close friends will be made Into a special train for" tho trip to Macll-' son. The Wisconsin capital will be reached Saturday afternoon and on Sunday the body will lie in state! in the capital where Mr. La Kol lette served three terms as goveri nor. Funeral services will hn held there Monday. rAnnrUtM Vr UtM wire.) I His passing brought from many PF.NF. Ore.. June 19. ' Ptifr .other leaders who had stood both Conyers, wanted In f'ascde. Ha, wMth and against him in his polltl wa arrested todav bv f heriff R. cal battles, sincere expressions of v. pnbe-la in Ce"d on re-iuest of i sorrow and tribute. Among them Sheriff Fred L. Diggs of Cascade, jwns President Coolldge, who told Ida. Convers Is rhareed with 1 Mrs. La Follette in a note that her .tumping his bond by the Idaho husband had left a "great con- hn.1. will Ka V. . . T I... , 1, i ci : crowd other than rough benches tor burial on Monday. The Salem -i.l..., . . . h.;,.! P ?:: teeters and kept them dirty and lll'..?"-Jhl "npme court:of, rough, so that they were not fit ii iL . 7 . lor use. The band this year is II be represented at Roseburg by , mklnK flrty park benrnea havln(t Justice George M. Brown. The bur- .nl:h bHrkg lo ,na, , ,,e .... n, inr i.t.c uu muir t con, rortu hie and uy niorning at IV o ciock at tne Ttn fnrthor hnit "full ntithmttv tn use. store, exchange and sell", the officers, Recording to Sheriff Ro- .course of friends who would com' TheVeather "Been hot. hasn't It?" "Yes, wlltri) the collars Id my bureau draw." mule oil royalties. JuiIrc Kennedy beret's information. held, denyini? the government's contentfon that the secretary's ac tion la dealing In commodities fur the government was a usurpation of congressional authority for ap propriating money for such deal inps. The act of June 4, 1920, was a special net and authorized the building of storgae tanks at Pearl Harbor, Portsmouth and other places as designated under supple mental contracts between the gov ernment and Sinclair and Doheny, the ruling said. Judge Kennedv struck from th record all exhibits and records of Fall's bank accounts and financial dealings with the Continential Trading Company in sustaining a defense motion. The government's bttl of com plaint was dismissed, every major contention In It having been deni ed In the decision. Former Secretary of the Interior Fall's neglect to get an opinion from the attorney-general on the leenlity of the lease was "no more than an error In Judgment 1n sel ecting attorneys. Judge Kennedy held, pointing out that Assistant Secretary Finney passed on the question. The dec'slon absolved Tlear-Ad-miral J. K. Robinson, rhjef of navy engineering: F. O. Finney, assis tant secretary of the Interior; If. Foster Bain, director of the bureau of mlns: former assistant Secre tary Roosevelt of the Navy and several subordinates . Involved in the leasing negotiations, of all b'nme . "The defendant Mammoth Oil rnntinnv wa the creature of Sin rIVr and should he h1d responsl bio fo 11 his sets. the decision said. The executive ordr of Pres ident Hard'ng transferrin.? Juris diction of the reserve was held to he legal. The decision assumed that the o'l trnaetlons Involving the Continental Trading Company, A. K Hti"ihrpvs. Tess oil onera tnr the Sinf'sl 'rtte-ests anil the Mid-et Oil Company have been bonnflde. Th government's contention thftt Slnrta-r was mlltv of fraud, because bond ef the Continental Trading Comnnnr m-ere found In the possession of a relative of Fall's, cannot be imheld from the pv'itowce offered, the decision as sert ed. ThTe 1 no substantial evidence to show that unnecessary secrecy was shown bv Fall In negotiating th lea, the fudre mVd. The fact thst conrress was not r"n''ted by Fall and Penhv Is not slrn'f'fsnt. he declared. Fall was pnheH in keening the Pn a ser t nAp'n eon mm t (on of the per Hsrhor o'l atorare lee -ith fe I. Doheny Interests. Th decision reviews ttimonv rln how Sin"'air psld about f l.ooo aoo to the Pioneer and nelgo (Continue on Page :.) Masonic cemetery. Rev. Caldwell, pator of the local Baptist church, of which the deceased waa a mem ber for the greater part of her life, will officiate. TRIAL OF DENTIST IS SET AUGUST 17 'fort her, but my own experience tells me that nothing that mortal can do will be of very much help to you." Senator Burton K. Wheeler of j Montana, who compaigned last i I year with the Wisconsin senator as ' I vice-presidential candidate, declarl 'ed the fight for the principles ad-1 Highest temp. 'vocated by Mr. La Follette would' yesterday 82 carried on by the people with j .the same courage shown by hlrm ! , . . ; Ijl Follette dead, he said, will ba ' Lowest temp. eveI1 oowprf,,! than Ij. Fnl! (AanrlalM Pmrn LrurJ Win.) LOS ANOELES, Juno 19.- sighlly. They will be placed In front of tho band stand, and will provide seating place for two hundred or more people. The band has undertak ing this proposition believing that they will ba given sufficient fin ancial support to pay the cost of these henchea. A plan is being worked out to raise the money necessary and It Is horrert that the proper cooperation will be given ' by those approached to aid In the effort which the band Is putting i forth to provide comfort for those who attend the concerts. An interesting concert season j is anticipated this year. The band unner ine inreciinn or Mr. pule Strange Is pluylntr some excellent T SPREADS TO BIG and Is almost entirely lost sight !m"lnln PUn? n. J of here in the great popular wave of relief at the news of his return and admiration at his heroic ac complishment. Amundsen's two planes, one com manded by himself and the other by his American fellow adventurer and financial backer, Lincoln Ells-; worth, disappeared over the north ern horlion from Kings Bay, Spits bergen on May 21. The other members of the party were Hlalmar Riiser Larsen. Nor- 'weglan and Lief Lletrlchsen, Nor wegian, the pilots', Oskar Omdahh) Norwegian and Karl Feucht, Ger man, the mechanicians. The planes carried no wireless ' ' I iks f llur col it rn riAnna hanan tn 1IONO KONG, June 19. Cllln-'f.l Ih.t even Amnndin. wllh all ese unrest spread to Hong Kong hia Arctic lore, could survive In today, when native seamen left the event of an accident to bis ma slilps, while land disturbances were chine. characterised by..contlpued student. As the hopes faded, preparation strikes. were under way for relief" expedl- To counteract a campaign of lntl-!,lon "Ithough it was realised that nidation carrieil on by the strikers looking for a small party of men to make a walkout more effective, ln ,h" Teat northern waste of lee armed police today were guarding nd water waa an almost hopeless public service plants. Brlt-,tn",c- .... Ish steamers running on the Can-! wth h? mcn. themselves (eiuier lo liy duck or ires, oy luui by a fishing boat to King's Bay. The newspapers ln Oslo bavinC contract with the Aero Club post ed a bulletin ot the filers' safety, but withheld the details tor their morning editions. The word however was enough to start joyful celebrations, and the government forthwith dispatchetl the nation's congratulation to the returned adventurer. "The government", read It message, "sends you and yonr brave companions hearty greeting and congratalations on your won derful Journey. Welcome home." In London, where Amunasen is - well known and where his great . adventure haa been watched with eagerness and latterly with anxle ty, great gratification was express, ed and the newspapers display their dispatches prominently. The Times, commenting editori ally, saya; - . . "If they failed ln their primary 1 . object of reaching the Pole, they have at least added to the checker ed story ot Polar exploration an other chapter of gallant endeavor In the face of difficulties and dan gers that to ordinary men would, be Insurmountable. the i nomas voung. cairn ami quiet to- , m s.c. wnicn wwiioui question nr Vrlka move. "t Cche 0r rt,'POt 0f u'Plle Da day, pleaded not guilty to a char- j will be prc.illy enjoyed by all who jth proposed general strike move- (n(,r0 Bwajt their rescue' iiiiuiier ill cuiiliecilUD Willi i um-im iiif y i I'K I II ui(i. last night 51 lette living. Many others Including Senator Kellogg. Senator Borah and Sec., retary Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, paid trlbuta to the fallen man and sent mesi sages of condolence to Mrs. La Fol-1 letie. wno Bravely received the shock of the death of her husband.' State Rests Case Against Shepherd It is also the death of his wife. Crare Gro-! planned to Intersperse special mu gan Young, former widow of I lie i sical numbers throughout the con olive millionaire, Patrick Grogan. j certs, giving a change from the Superior J nil ire Hahn overruled j strnleht band music, a demurrer by defense attorney's t The Roseburg band Is recngnlz to quash the Indictment on the .ed as one of the leading musical ground that there was no official . organisations of the state, being reporter In the grand Jury room during the proceedings and that representative of the district at-1 The band Is plnylng this year for torney s office were illegally pre- the Fourth of July Celebration at sent during the voting of the In-; Oakland, and has l een selected diet ment. ! also as the official state hand The district attorney's office j lo play for the stnte fair In Sep had a confession from Dr. Young j tetnber. Other out-ida engage that he administered lethal gas ; mcts ere aim pending, to his wlrs February 21 last, and j It Is the custom of th organl thfs confession led to the recov-1 xatlon each year to provide week ery of the body last Saturday j ly concerts for the people of Hose night from beneath a false con-1 burg, playing every Thursday Inn fliop h,va .anmllul .alllm.. tfhinA.a .t.,.iun. VAtui , mAnA and folding boat on the slender and i "Their happy escape - from . .nn,n,m.. i c.nin. i. ,. the emergency rations to the near- craver fate will be hailed with ad. iliiritiiun auu reuei uiiuufijiuu civilised world." ment Late today orders were issued to members of the volunteer corps to stand by pending possible mobi lization In case of emergency. Armed police were guarding in- today at the safe return of Simmons today, the services or Amundsen-Ellsworth North wnicn are essential 10 tne puDiic, Bernon S. Prentice, brother-in. llaw of Lincoln Ellsworth, one of (AmocUiM Ptm, Lctwd Wlr..) NEW YORK, June 19. Explor- the explorers, expressed gratiflcar era and scientists rejoiced wlth.tion of the American Advisory laymen In all parts of the world ' committee, over the flight When the anxiety tor Amundsen a safety Pole was widespread, several weeks ago. airlal expedition. It was Prentice, as head of the m greai o rnano lor ouisioe cee-iTne measure was taken as a pre- The return to Kings Bay. Spits-.committee, that headed off organ isations and special occasions. , ranllonarv one tn nrevent Intiml.w... -.. . .,i. J. ITZT.!" ... -i... ... uauuu. ui ruiiuuyea. latter hopping oft. was greeted wun The Norwegian government, I many expressions of "I told you which on June 4, sent two relief SHANGHAI, June 19. Accord- ,o". but the words came nrlnclo- Ini.ne. to Klnra Bav. cabled con crete floor in a cistern under the Young summer bungalow In lle verly Glen Canyon near hei'i. fAMncliilml Vrtm IsmtA Wlr..) CHICAGO. June 19. The stale rested Its case In the William I). Shepherd murder trial today after nine days of testimony upon which It bases Its plea for the death pen ally for the middle-aged lawyer charged with using typhoid germs to slay his voting foster son. the millionaire "Billy" McCllntock. I The defense began presenting Its case In en effort to counteract rnv unfavorable Imnresslcn left by the state", last witness. I The state's last witness, the man nnon whom It depended for estab lishing the necessary "corpus del icti, tne Met thst a fr'rne had reen committed, was Charles C. Fs'msn. proprietor of a sm.lj school known as the Vtlonal t'nl .versitv of Sc'ences. Ills accusa tion of Shenherd as the man whr rot from him three test tubes of tvphold bscclil ant Ir-formet'nn how to use them In ellmlnatln vonr McCllntock before he could nnlllfr a will he had made In Shenherd's favor, was attacked v'c lonslr hr the defense, b'lt In lis es.entlal points wss not denied by Fsrnsn upon cross-evamlnntlon. I Felman admitted that h could nM av that the Chicago benlth de prtm"t rave him (h germs, nor when, but contended that he pass ed hem en Shepherd. ' The defense snnrht to repeal Ftmn as tiavlns rfd'rulons flfnnr and s betnr rose nnworthv of belief. William Scott, chief ef defense ronnsel, souehf at the end of his rross-evamlnet'on to show Ihst Fsiman had nsed his school jsnd hospital as depot for selling alcohol and the law. 'dope" In defiance of The first two witnesses called 'by the defense were Miss Eva Pet erson, now stenographer for Stoll and Shepherd, the law firm of .which the defendant Is a member. and Miss Isabel Anderson, who formerly held that position. I Miss Peterson testified that she never had seen In tne firm's suite ;of offices John P. Marrhand, who testified that he went there as a 'salesman for Falman's school after Shepherd wrote a letter Inquiring ; about a course in bacteriology. It was Miss Peterson who tvped i McCllntock's will from notes which she testified, previously were sent I Shepherd by the youth while he was a student at Dartmouth Col lege at Hanover. N. II. Miss Anderson testified that she never had seen any stationery bearing the firm name, such as the letter Marrhand and Faiman des cribed as said to have been written on. j Arthur E. Conwav of Chicago was called as the first witness In I the defense's attack on Falman's chsracterr He testified that he once waa convicted for violating the anti-narcotic law, thst he knew Fsiman very well and that Fal man's reputation for truth and rer. ac'tv was verv bad. 1 The word "germ" was not men tioned by M's Isshelle Pope, fian cee of yonng McCllntock. in her coroner's Inmost testimony, testi fied Will 1. Mitchell, court report, er, who took part of her statement. I (Continued on page ) FAMOUS CANOEIST I MAKES LONG TRIP NAPLES, Italy. June 19. The, Canadian canoeist, Lieutenant! George H. C. Smythe. arrived here : today after paddling from Rome ; In less than fl-ve days, thereby , winning a wngvr of 10.000 lira! Mess than 1400 at change.) He rocen;iy paddled and Dorothy from London to Itome. Jreek. night at tlri bandstand at tho courthouse grounds. These con certs are grently appreciated as evidenced by the groat, number of people who attend. Particularly valuable are they from th stand point of entertainment for the visitors In this city, for largo crowds of tourists from the auto camp grounds are always present, and very appreciative listeners. Ing to reports from Chung-Kiang. ally from explorers and scientists Immininni in Amundsen. strikers there are beyong control, who knew Amundsen's courage and i Ear Rossman, explorer and tig. and the many foreigners have tak- Ingenuity ln coping with hazards 'game hunter, who Just returned to en refuge aboanl the foreign gun- of the Polar regions. Xeir York from two years In -the boats. Two Japanese gunboat! Though the expedition fell ISO Arctic, told how Eskimo said they have left Ichang for Chung Klang. miles short of landing at the Pole would wait for Amundsen and Rlls- and waa compelled to return part- worth at the former'a aupply depot Canton, June 19. A general ly ln one plane and partly by fish-j at Walnwrlght, Alaska. Rossniaa strike and boycott of British, Japa- lng schooqers, scientists expect to met Amundsen at Nome in 19tS, nese and American goods were de- glean much valuable knowledge he said, and It waa then the et cided upon at a meeting of stu- from the flight. plorer's Intention to fly over the dents, workmen and other Chinese Donald II. McMillan, who sails p0le to Alaska. It was ln an at citizens at Kwangtun University tomorrow from Wiscasset, Maine, tempt to fulfill the second great yesterday. The date on which the at the head of the ail-American dream of his life that Amundsen strike shall begin was not made Arctic expedition, admitted that a organized the North Pole flight, public, but It la expected tomor- big burden had been lifted off bis Having discovered the South Pole, row or Munday. mind. Amundsen's safe return, be the Northwest Passage and the It la feared that anfl forelgn out- "a'rt- woul11 "ble hlin to devote North Magnetic Pols, he wanted toj h..k. ..in n ....i ....i.i. all his energies to science Instesd add the North Pole to his con. A mrriu. Heen. h.. he,.n i.. ii... nf Mh.meen ' it., tiriii.h (. of frt hunting for the Amundsen miests. Flnsnslng the expedition nresent ex- ued to Ernest Rrunk. of Salem, tlement. have token the necessary Par.,r- ... : try'" tk until Ellsworth II. iJavla, of Myrtle atepa to cope witn poaslble emer- Igenclea. Shepherd Hears "Germ" Prosecution Testimony Calmly MSSgs-. id V fciye ymmm.m..,m., ,. jr-.- ' w,W- J i-J He also altered his plans so that advanced a sum reported to hare the airplane base of the expedition been 15,00. about two-thirds of will now be established at Caps tho total cost. Thomas Hubbard instead of Cape j The flight haa aroused ' dls Columbia. 'cusslon as to the effectiveness of "I slways thought they would airplanes in the Polar regions, come back", said Vllhjalmur Stef- John 11. Burnham, explorer and an.nn mild mnlnrar " ant ev- hunt.. anlH t La ntifrim nf thfl jceedlngly glad of the outcome, and flight convinced him that Stefans. It Is another feather In Amundsen s (Continue.) on pnre m Step-father Admits Beating Young Woman to Death; Says Crime Was a "Command of the Lord" in Confession WillUm D. -Shepherd (indicated bj arrow), alleged "germ murderer" of William McClintock t! millionaire ward, it shown listening calmly to prosecution testimony In tho courtroom in Chi 'cajr' The Jury, chosen after week of effort, is seen in the background. LOS ANGELES. June 19 Tho mas Gilchrist admitted early to day to th police and a represent ative of th i district attorney's of- ' fie fhnf "tmilr enmmanri of the i,ord", he sdmlniitered the wounds from which his 19-year old step-daughter, Mrs. Olive Morris, had died a few hours ear lier at the receiving hospital. The young woman had been brought to the hospital during the niuht wllh her throat rut. her rkiill fractured and her body slashed and battered after neigh bors had round bar In a seml ennsciouserondition ln a vscant lot across the street from tire Gil christ home. A few words th officers were able to obtain from her before she died, led to the arrest of Gilchrist when h ap- ared at his home an hour after the discovery ot the crime. . In a bedroom of the house of. fleers found overturned furniture, blood-epattered clothing and other evidences nf a desperate struggle. Just outside the door lay a ham mer with a blood marked handle. Mervtlle Morris, husband of tho slain woman, said his wife hsd gone to the Gilchrist home to help her stvpfuther with his house work in the absence of her mo ther who is visiting In Texas. Gil christ at first Insisted he had not seen his step daughter, explain ing he had been away from home all evening. Hours of grilling farted to shake his story snd he hsd been placed In a cell when he called the offi cers bark with the statement that he wished to make a confession. "The Lord ordered nre to do It", the officers quoted him. He then offered to accompany the police to his home to re-enact the crime, - 9
