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V VOL.. L NO. 15,40G. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 13, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LAFDLLETTE MAKES BAY STATE TAB GET HOUSEWIFERY IS NOT OCCUPATION FLIGHT IN AIR IS MADE BY ACCIDENT PINGHOT SMILES, T.B. GIVES PBHISE DIVORCE DECREE LATE, HALTS BRIDE MRS. GRACE GOODYEAR. 1K PEYV'S FIANCEE TIED VET. WEZLER'S TRACKS LIKE LABYRINTH IN - BEAUTY'S FAGE CEXSrS RUL. ',OUSES IRE OF THOSE HOLDING AEROPLANE LET GO, Ii. B. EIT FXIES. CHICAGv MES. fill THROWS ACID 0 V. Railway Merger Called Morgan Deal. BLAME PUT ON W1CKEBSHAM Action Ill-Advised in Discon tinuing Roosevelt Suit. TAFT'S BILL CRITICISED TTnder It Provisions, Wisconsin Senator Declares, Attorney-General Would Have Become Par ty to Deal With Morgan. WHIh.'GTO.V, April 12. Senator La Follette delivered a sensational arraign ment of Attorney General Wlokersham and made an attack upon Massachusetts In the Senate today in the course of the discussion of the Administration railroad bill. The Wisconsin Senator accused the Attorney-General of approving the merger of the New Haven & Boston & Maine merger without good reason, and declared that the Massachusetts. Legislature had permitted the merger bill to be "steam rollered' through that body. Senator Lodge took up the cudgel for Massachusetts and for its Governor and Legislature and declared that Senator La Follette's outline of the case was not accurate, 'fie deprecated the "agitation" of the subject by one not familiar with the situation. La Follette's speech, which was aimed directly at the merger provision of the administration bill, took up almost the entire day's session. Merger Is Attacked. La Follette presented the transaction by which the merger of the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Boston A Maine Railroads was accomplished in great deal to Illustrate -the possible ef fect of the enactment into law of the merger provision of the pending railroad bill. Tie traced the consolidation from the beginning but gave especial atten tion to the Massachusetts legislation under which the consolidation was made effective. It was practically charged by the Senator that this enactment had been completed at the dictation of President Mellen, of the Now Haven road, who, he intimated, represented the Morgan Rockefeller Interests. He quoted from a member of the Massachusetts Legisla ture a statement that Governor Draper had responded to an ultimatum from the New Haven interests. Reason Declared Inadequate. He undertook to show that tha. Fed eral merger suit. Instituted in the Roose velt administration, had been dismissed at the dictation of Attorney -General Wlckersharo under the Taft administra tion for the inadequate reason that the Massachusetts legislature had passed the holding bill under which the consoli dation was effected. The argument covered a wide Tange of accusation, but aside, from the speaker's desire to hold aloft the merger as a bad example, the evident purpose was to con trast the Taft administration with the Roosevelt administration to the disad vantage o the former. LnFollette's criticism of Attorney-General Wlokersham was especially pointed. The responses by Lodge and Gallinger were Just as positive in his defense. Both the New England Senators defended the Attorney-General as a lawyer and as a nan. It was towards the clone of his speech that Mr. LaFolIette made his sharpest reference to Wiokersliam. He had prac tically concluded his exposition of the New Kngland merger and was devoting himself to condemnation of the pending bill, when, rising to his tip toes, he ex claimed: "Is this the "B-iso legislation, embody ing no sudden impulse, but matured views expressed in party council,' which the Attorney-General In his recent speech at Chicago said, Is pressed for enact ment?' Is it for legislation such as this that the Attorney -G-eneral commands all who would r.ot be read out of the Re publican party to get in line?" LaFolIette took up the Masaehusetts State legislation authorizing the acquisi tion of the Boston & Maine stock by a holding company, but failed 'to find in this legislation anything like the Im portance attached to it by Wlckersham. He asserted that Wlckensham had per mitted plate legislation to supersede Fed eral legislation, where interstate com merce was largely concerned. People- Caught. Napping. He declared that the people of Ma9 saohusetts had been taken off their ;ruard by the authorization to the hold ing company and approvingly quoted the statement of the chairman of the Mas sachusetts' House committee orr Tailroads in which lie said Governor Draper had been compelled to accept Mr. Mellen's ultlmatum- Qulckly following; this announcement came the passage of the holding bill by the Massachusetts Legislature. LaFol Iette declared It had been "steam rol lered" through that body. It was passed June 18, and on the 36th the Federal merger suit was discontinued. "Think of It.'" shouted La. Follette. "This great case Involving the transpor- - &vaUnuaa en Case A , Order to Enumerators ' ,A d Slur, Scores to Support Protfc "o rs. Zimmerman Active. CHICAGO, April 12. (Special.) If old Undo Samuel 0 oars did not burn today It was because the unchivalrous, seltlih old bachelor for Chicago women agreed 1 he roust be all of thia has a soul so dead that he has no sense of shame. It was the general order to census takers that they include housewives In the classification of those "having- no oc cupation which aroused the women of Chicago, and hundreds of them of some prominence signified their willingness to support any protest that might be made agctinst the "uncalled-for slur et the place of home-keeping In the general social scheme.'" Mrs. C. K. Zimmerman who yesterday made Professor Frederick S. Iefbler back down In confusion from his position that women no longer engaged in productive occupations, had some emphatic opin ions to express on this latest c-lur from the men on woman's usefulness. "It is true that men have taken away t!ie old-time occupations of women, such as sewing and spinning and producing other necessities of life," ehe said, "but it Is the women who are rearing the Na tion of the future and providing the home, which is the greatest of all neces sities for a wholesome and happy Na tional life." CLAIMANT IS IMPOSTOR Alleged Heir of Russell Estate Branded as Criminal by Court. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. April 12. Judge George F. Lawton. in the Probate Court here today, branded as an impostor the Dickinson N. D.) claimant to half the estate of Daniel Russell, of Melrose, and dismissed three petitions alleged to have been brought by Daniel Blake Russell after a record-breaking trial of 194 days. The reading of Judge Law ton's decision occupied an hour and a half. The decision was greeted with murmurs of dissent, which caused the officers to clear the courtroom. '"After all these months of teking evi dence," said the Judge, "I conclude this vast conspiracy which was alleged to have been arranged and which embraced the stealing of postoffice stamps, forging of letters, subornation of perjury and other similar crimes, to be without foun dation and it vanishes' In thin air. "I And that none of the three petitions now before the court was brought by Daniel Blake Russell, but bu one who at tempted to impersonate him, and defraud the Russell estate. The pttitions are therefore dismissed." Meanwhile it Is expected the claimant from Fresno, Cal., will rile his petition In the Probate Court and it is possible it may reach a hearing at the end of cut months. ACTRESS WOULD BE FREE Judge Reserves Decision In Mary Manncring's Case. NEW YORK. April 12. (Special.) William R. Wilder, counsel for Miss Mary Mannering. in private life wife ot James K. Hackett. actor, today made a motion before Judge Fitzgerald In the Supremo Court for a final decree In the actress' suit for absolute divorce from her husband. Judge Fitzgerald reserved decision. Miss Mannering was granted an inter locutory decree some time ago on the report of Maurice Delches, referee In the caf?e. The final decree asked for, if granted by the court, will permit Mies Manner ing to have the custody of the couple's one child and will also permit Miss Mannering towed again if she so chooses, while denying Mr. Hackett that privilege. Clifford W. Hartridge Is counsel for the actor. DAUGHTER SUES FOR WAGE Caw fwes by Default, Iespite Jus tice Court Judgment BtTTTH, Mont.. .April 11 (Special.) An unusual suit of a daughter for pay ment for servicea as housekeeper from her father went by default and was dis missed by District Judge Lynch today, despite the girl having: previously been given judgment for $125 in the Justice Court. The District Court' action hingpd on a letter written by the young "woman to her brother that she would not appear to press the caw. She. Is Miss Andrea Groeux, of IJvlnpt on, while her father Is Lawrence Groeux. In the complaint she allied that ehe performed her household duties faithfully for wvcral months without remuneration. VOTER IS 104 YEARS OLD NatiTe of Scotland and Veteran of J Three Wars Register. DENVER. April 12. "On May SO I will be 104 years old." said William Taylor today to the registration clerk for the ap proaching city election. Born in Scotland and a veteran of the Crimean. Mexican and Civil Wars. Mr. Taylor is a ' disciple of Weston and a familiar fisure to the daily colony of pedestrians on Capitol HiU. He came to Denver from I.a Crosse. Wis., six years ago and boasts that he does not require glasses to read the fin est print. Mayor to Dine ex-Pncsideiit. SOCTHAMPTOX, April IS. The Mayor of the Corporation of Southampton has sent, through American Consul Swalm, an invitation to Mr. Roosevelt to attend a public luncheon to be given in his honor on June 10, the day on which the former, President expects to sail for borne, - Schoolgirl Blinded by Brute's Act ASSAILANT MAKES ESCAPE Unknown "Student" Attacks Maid in Broad Daylight. FLUID BURNS; DISFIGURES San Francisco Business Man's Daughter, Noted for Pretty Face, Believed Assailed by Adorer. x Attentions Objectionable. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Suddenly attacked In broad daylight by an un known man who dashed a quantity of sulphuric acid Into her face, Miss Ruth Frances Wilson, 18 years old, daughter of Joseph A. Wilson, general deputy of the National Union for the district of California lies in a local hospital suf fering terrible agony from the burns on her face and neck. The sight of her left eye is destroyed and the doctors say tt is hardly- prob able that the Tight sye will ba saved. She probably will be ollud as a result of her experience. Assailant Makes Escape. Her assailant escaped and the detec tives have been unable to find any trace of him. The girl is not able to give a coherent account of the assault. The police are making an effort to locate a student whose attentions were objection able to the girl. Mlas Wilson was walking alone on Sut ter street opposite the Cosmos Olub and only a short distance from her home when someone called her. The summons came from behind a signboard fence bordering one eide' of a vacant lot. The girl turned and could see no one. In another Instant a stream of burning fluid- struck her full in the face. Tt ate its way into her eyes and filled her mouth, corroding frightful furrows down her neck and, shoulders. She fell to the sidewalk screaming. f Passersby rushed to her aid and car ried her to a doctor's office nearby. Girl Known for Beauty. Miss Wilson was a student at the Lowell High School until recently and was known for her beauty. About one year ago ehe was annoyed by the attentions of a young man who confessed In the letters written by him and signed "Vancamp Redfern" that he had become enamored of the girl upon seeing her pass his residence on her way to and from school. He carried . his suit into the school room, and by becoming a student at the same school, so that he might be near Miss Wilson. Steps were taken that caused him to leave for Los Angeles. From that city he wrote many poems expressing his adoration of the girl. Two months ago, at the funeral of Miss Wilson's brother, Redfern was a caller at the home. He expressed his regrets and left. Since then he had not been seen. Amateur Aviator, Toying With M'emme't Biplane at Twelve-Mile House, Has Exciting Ttnic. One moment seated in an aeroplane on the ground without thought of try ing to fly and the next to be shooting through the air at the rate of 85 miles an hour when the men holding It -down suddenly- let go, was the sensation ex perienced by L. B. Ely, a local automo bile man, at the Twelve-Mile House on the Base Line road yesterday morning. The machine was the Curtiss biplane owned by E. Henry Wemme. It was recently taken to the Twelve-Mile House where Walter E. Donnelly, the amateur aviator, was to practice with It. Ely, with a party of motorists, in cluding Mr. Wemme. went out yester day to Inspect the air craft. The en gine was started and Ely, who is in terested In heavier-tlian-air flying, seated himself at the steering-wheel of the machine. The thln-bladed pro peller was soon making 1200 revolu tions a minute and the machine quiv ered from the vibrations and strained to be free. Suddenly, whether as a Joke or by accident, those holding It stepped back. Ely had Just elevated the altitude rud der and In less than 10 seconds the aeroplane was 30 feet in the air. Ely was able to bring It to the ground easily and gracefully after fly ing about 200 yards. It was the first time Ely had ever even sat In the seat of an aeroplane. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS t Forf-ign. ' Ex-President Roosevelt promise Pinchot to speak at Conservation Congress. Page ! Iomct)tic Bridegroom Interlocutory decree of divorce at San Francisco tardy; wedding is post poned until tomorrow. Page 1. . Pittsburg graft Investigation take breath ing spell until Monday. Pago 9. Comet seen, minus tail. Page 0. Census rule barring housewifery from list of occupations, Chicago women protest. Page 1. Another venire of prospective Hyde Jurors ordered, 25 secured now. Page . Ellensburg farmer Is victim of bunko game in San Francisco, losing $10,000. ' Page 3. Pacific Coast Shriners sending large delega tion to .New Orleans meeting. Page 6. Paclflo Northwest. Oil Inspector Clark, of Washington, removed from otfice toy Governor Hay. Page 7. Aberdeen launches plan to establish steamer line to ply between Grays Harbor, Port land end, Ban Francisco. Pago 7. Lewis ton' a municipal row result in Mayor ousting 'J;lef of Police, '.rouble ahead. Page 9. Supreme Court upholds Fish Board in keep ing rivers closed until May 1. Page 7. Sport. Pacific Coast Ieague result: Portland 3. Sacramento Io Angeles 4, Oakland 3; Vernon 6 Saa Francisco 3. Page &. Berirer "'kids' Jeffries about "forgetting how to fight," and wishes he hadn't after three-round go. Page 8. . Idaho team objects to decision and leaves field at Eugene, forfeiting game to Or egon. Page Si Portland and Vicinity. W. H. Moore to turn state's evidence. Page 12. . Portland may be obliged to wage fight to get reduced Pullman rates allowed Se attle. Page 20. Census two days away, enumerators inspect districts to facilitate count. Page 13. Local capitalist buys old Wellj-Fargo site at Fourth and Yamhill; six-story steel building projected. Page 15. Council will ote today on proposed exten sion of Morrison street. Page 22. City Council Is divided on complete ban - of fireworks for Fourth of July celebra tion. Page 15. mysterious stranger's identity yet unsolved, as la disappearance of $5000 from bank vault. Page 12- Question has arisen as to who first called Judge Williams "Grand Old Man." Page 11. L. B- Ely makes accidental flight in aeroplane THE MAN OF THE HOUR AFTER TOMORROW Ex-President to Speak on Conservation. ATTEND COMING CONVENTION Dismissed Forester Secures Roosevelt's Pledge. PACT IS -NOT SIGNIFICANT Roosevelt Says He Would Save At tended Regardless of Recent Events Prowling Italian Xot to Be Anarchist. PORTO MAURIZIO, Italy, Apjril 12. After spending: a second day with Mr. Roosevelt, the afternoon being occupied in another long tramp Into the mountains, Glffordj Pinchot left for Zurich tonight, seemingly in a happy frame of mind. He still declined to make an statement with reference to his conference with the ex President, but Ma beaming countenance was as eloquent bs words. "Will you say whether yoi are satis fied with the result of your visit?" was asked,- but Mr. Pinchot only smiled broadly. Mr. Rooseve'.t evidently Is not greatly exercised over the conclusions that may be drawn in the United States from the announcement made today that he had accepted an Invitation from the ex-Chief Forester to address the National Conser vation Congress this Summer. . "My actions axe frequently misunder stood," he eaid, speaking of the mat ter tills evening. Mr. Roosevelt then explained, that very naturally his interest In the conserva tion movement had In no wise been damened by the trouble that has oc curred in the department. He said he would have attended the Congress re gardless of what had happened and that he would not necessarily speak of the pasrt. but of the. future. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt dined alone with Miss Carew at the Carew villa and spent a quiet evening. Kermit, with sev eral friends, took a motor trip along the coast, extending the Journey beyond the French frontier to Monte Carlo, where he dined and passed the evening. The police investigation shows the man Ma&aeno, who last night was found prowling about the villa with a letter in his pocket addressed to Mr. Roose velt asking for a position as valet, is a harmless1 vagabond, having no connection with the anarchists. ' ' Ex-Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, who was expected to visit the ex-President today, failed to put In an appear ance. The business men of Porto Maurizio have seized the occasion of Mr. Roose velt's presence and the honorary citizen ship conferred upon him to launch a boom for the town, which they hope will soon become the resort of the Italian Riviera and attract foreign visitors, espe cially Americans. This afternoon they inaugurated a scheme to transform the little harbor into a great port to be rechristened "Porto Umberto." They . have also planned extensive Improvements In the town. San . Francisco Court's Delay in Signing Decree Prevents Wed ding In Colorado. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., April 13. After "waiting at the church" figura tively for 86 hours for the bridegroom's divorce learee to be signed in San Francisco, It was announced tonight that Mrs. Grace Goodyear Depew and Captain Ash ton Potter will be married tomorrow, when it is expected the Cali fornia courts will have formally de clared Captain Potter free to wed. Both Mrs. Depew and (Japtain Pot ter are divorcees. Mrs. Depew having secured a divorce from Ganson Depew, of Buffalo. N. Y., In January, 1909. Mrs. Depew Is the daughter of the late Robert Goodyear, a millionaire manufacturer and railroad magnate of Buffalo. Her former husband Is a nephew of Senator Chauncey M. Depew, of New York. Captain Potter Is the nephew of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York. His former wife was Miss Mary Louise McNutt, daughter of Dr. W. F. McNutt, prominent in San Francisco so ciety. Mrs. Potter secured a preliminary de cree of divorce from her husband in San Francisco, April 11, 1909. Although Judge Graham signed the decree on that date, the clerks It seems did not put It on record until April 12. San Francisco advices say the granting of the decree probably will be the first work of, the divorce court tomorrow morning. Mrs. Potter was a famous San Fran cisco beauty at the time of her mar riage. November 24, 1900. In her di vorce suit a year ago, she test! fled that her husband had deserted her In Europe. WOMAN'S DEATH PUZZLES AVealtliy Widow Dies in Trunk, Rel atives Think it Murder. HANNIBAL. Mo., April 12. Although a Coroner's-Jury this afternoon re turned a verdict of suicide or acci dental death In the case of Mrs. Gert rude Maxwell, a wealthy widow who was found dead In a truck at her home near Palmyra today, relatives are not convinced she ended her own life. They declare they will conduct a thorough investigation. County Treasurer Wauo Maweii. a son, declares his mother was mur dered, and is working on this theory. Friends of the woman scout the sui cide theory and believe her death was accidental. She was of a timid dispo sition, they say, and in their belief became frightened and hid herself in the trunk, dying of suffocation. IGNORANCE OF LAW EXCUSE Rural Offender Let. Off; Did Xot Know He Should Not Steal. VANCOUVER, B. C. April 13. (Spe cial.) Because Dan- Mclsaacs, a Nova Scot Ian. had been off of a farm only twice in his life and appeared absolutely ignorant of the code of ethica connected with other people's property, he was let off by the police magistrate today on a charge of stealing. Mclsaacs had. taken some goods from a counter of a drygoods store and told the court that he was Ignorant of any wrongdoing, which a police Inspector cor roborated. Upon returning the articles and promising to abstain from such theft again, Mclsaacs was dismissed. RUPTURE IN AERO CLUB Enemies of President Now Want Vice-President to Quit. ' NEW YORK. April 12. Those mem bers of the Aero Club of America who were opposed to Cortland F. Bishop, the president!! broadened the scope of their attack tonight to include a de mand for the retirement of Charles H. Heitman, secretary of the organiza tion. Bishop's resignation already has been demanded. OFFICERS KEEP MOB BACK Five Hundred People 'After Oiiio Man Charged With Murder. ZAXESVILLE, O.. April 12. A mob of son people is tonight held at bay by officers pro'.ecting Harry Wallace, charged with the murder of Sam Rosenbery at Bremen tonight- Steamer Georgia Runs on Reef. SKAGWAY, Alaska, April 12. The steamer Georgia, of the Juneau Steam ship Company, en route from Juneau to Sitka, struck a reef in Icy Straits last night and stove several big holes in her hull. The Georgia was beached not far from where the Yucatan was run ashore. The wrecking steamer Santa Cruz, which is raising the Yucatan, went to the rescue of the Georgia, and got her off the rocks with her bottom badly torn. The passengers and mail of the Georgia were transferred to the steam ship City of Seattle and taken to Juneau. It Is not thought the damage to the Georgia Is serious. She has a net tonnage of 173 tons. Secretary Knox and Son Not Friends NEWPORT, R. I.. April 12. "I regret to say -the report my parents are recon ciled to my marriage Is not true. Would to gracious it was." said Philander C. Knox. Jr., yesterday. "I love my father and mother, but I love my wife and I am happy with her. My going to New York to meet my brother Reed started the false report. I am selling automo biles and earning big wages. Ask my boss. If X &ja sot & et&r employe."- Tacoma Sheriff Says Suicide Improbable. SALESMEN SEE HIM ON BOAT Three Positive Alleged Mur derer Boarded Steamer. EX-WIFE'S HOME GUARDED Farmer Reports Hearing Shot Mon day He and Three Women Saw Stranger Leave Scene Trace Is Lost at Wharf. TACOMA, Wash., April 12. (Special.) Sheriff Morris, who is conducting the search for Charles J. Wezler, wanted on a warrant charging him with the murder of Mrs. Henry Schulz, does r.ot believe Wezler has committed suicide, despite Wezler's threat In Portland that he would "never ba taken alive." "Our evidence," said Sheriff Morris, "shows Wezler laid bis plans very carefully,, especially the get-away part of them, and his methods were not those of a man who contemplated sui- clde after slaying his victim. "We have had the Schuln home un der careful guard to forestall any at tempt on Wezler's part to wreak his threatened vengeance upon Emma Schulz or upon her sister, Mrs. Wezler. his divorced wife. I am satisfied, how ever, that after he had slain Mrs. Schulz, Wezler sought only to get away from the scene at once, and as far away as possible. If we ever do get him 1 think he will fight ever inch of the way to save his neck." Farmer Hears Shot. In tracing Wezler's movements the day Mrs. Schulz was killed, the au thorities foday learned that Fred Wag ner, a rancher living about 250 yards from the spot where Mrs. Schulz' body was found, saw Mrs. Schulz as she walked by his place about 10:S0 A. M. April 4, on her way to the Haberecht's home. Wagner says that a few moments after he heard a shot but paid no attention to it as such things are not uncommon in the woods. Not long afterward Wagner saw a tall man wearing a light overcoat and carrying a little square satchel hurry down the road in the direction of the boat landing. Three traveling salesmen were found today who are positive Wezler was in the smokingroom on the steamer Crest with them on her first trip the morning of April 4. when Mrs. Schulz was also a passenger. Trace Lost at Steamer. No one can be found who saw Wezler going from the steamer landing towards the Haberecht home following Mrs. Schulz and the authorities believe he took another road which he could have done. Besides Wagner, Mrs. R. Sorenson, Mrs. John Atkinson and' Mrs. W. C. Ballard all saw the stranger as he went from the scene of the killing, the little satchel he carried and his evident haste attracting their attention to him. The Coroner impaneled a Jury which viewed the remains and an Inquest will be held Thursday. Mrs. Schulz's funeral will be held at 3 P. M. tomorrow under the auspices of the Daughters of Her man. W. H. Benton, a civil engineer with offices in the Chamber of Commerce, had his attention drawn to Wezler and his troubles1 in the lobby of the Postoffice about six weeks ago by Nightwatchman Seaton. Wezler told Mr. Benton that his wife had sued him for a divorce and had taken his children away from him. Mr. Benton attempted to draw the man away from his morbid thoughts, turning the conversation whenever Wezler de rided his wife or mother-in-law. Wezler was persistent, however, and his actions finally became distasteful to the engineer, who told him that he rwanted nothing more to do with him. This occurred either the Friday or Saturday previous to the murder. ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE FA III Seattle Couple, Neighbors, Tried to Bring Wezlers Together. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 12. At tempts to reconcile Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wezler both before and after their sep aration were made by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mason, of 1707 Terry avenue, friends and neighbors of the couple. Accord ing to their statement. Wezler was very much In love with his wife, who treated him very coldly. He believed that his wife secured a divorce in order to se cure their home, which was in her name. They never heard him speak of her in a threatening way. He never threatened his mother-in-law In their presence, but had acted as though he felt her responsible for the -trouble be tween him and his wife. Mason and his wife called on the pair several times when Mrs. Wezler was contem plating separation, and while Wezler was willing to do anything to avoid divorce, his wife declared that she would never live with him again under any condition. At Wezler's request Mason induced Mrs. Wezler to meet Wezler in the Hotel Butler during the week before Christmas, with a view to a reconrill- i atlon. There was no reference to Mrs, XCoaclude4 on. Pass, J