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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, -
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