-NO. 13.022.
AT MEOGY OF FOES
I
Secret Report Reviews
Unpreparedness.
MILITARY POLICY LACKING
Force of 450,000 Men Needed
to Protect Coasts.
SUPPLIES NOT AVAILABLE
VOL.
NATION DECLARED
I Coo Id Sot Repel Invasion on
.)llrr Coast Drlrne-s .-rw
Kqalppcd Inadequately.
OHEGONIAN NKWS BfREAV. Wash
ington. Dee. 2--Th. fuU test of the
confidential rer-rl to Congress, pre
pared by the Secretary of War. which
. .h. I'nltrd MlW
prrp.re.1 to re,l lt.ra.lon. has been
secure-! by th. Chicago Tribune. It Is
the rprt which the House refused
t receive In and which was
withdraw, by order of th. President
when this refusal was mad known.
The rprt declares that the reaular
array la deficient In number and de
fective In other enumerated respect.
It says that the organised mllltla also
la d-flr'ent In number.
. . . wMelv scattered, and
otherwise below the mark. The Cost
defenses are deficient In equipment and
ammunition, the report -, -
Infinite Volley Larking,
e Dickinson declares. In
summing up that "no wen
Icy as to the development of the mili
tary resources of the country In rela
tion to the mobile army exists." so far
he Is able to ascertain.
Criticisms; the condition of the reg
ular army, the Secretary uses these
r r.I:
" H i,rVs proper proportions ot
all arms ane certain staff officers.
-tb It lacks reserrrs of field guns,
ammunition, anj supplies necessary to
Its operation In the field, which can
not be readily procured when war
breaks out.
-( it so widely scattered
IhrouKhout the country and Its pos
sessions as to render Impossible that
rapid concentration for war purposes
which Is essential In modern military
operation.
-d It Is not organised Into those
hla-her units, brigades, and divisions
srhlch are essential for purposes of
war and which cannot be created with
the necessary promptitude when war
Is Imminent or has been declared."
Mllltla Falls Msort. Too.
The specifications of the Secretary's
arraignment of the orKanlaed mllltla
dectarea deficiency In the following re
spects: -(al It to lacking In proper propor
tions of cavalry, field artillery, en
gineer, signal corps, and sanitary
troops.
-b It Is not fully or properly or
ganised Into the higher units, brigades,
and divisions. ,
"tc It has no reserve supply of
arms and field equipment to raise Us
units from a pea to a war footing.
-! It la eo widely scattered
throughout the country aa to make Its
prompt concentration Impossible.
-(e) Its personnel Is deficient In
training.
tf It ta to a degree deficient In
physical stamina and bas upon Its rolls
a large number of men who by reason
of their family relations and business
responsibilities cannot be counted upon
for service during any lengthy period
r war."
Military Strength Analysed.
The tola! authorized strength of the
Army. Including the Philippine and
Indian scouts, the Porto Rico regiment
and the hospital corps. Is T officers
and men. Deductions of non-combatants
and men not available leaves approx
imately M.iw American combatant of
ficers and men. of wora 47.0U) are or
ganised Into IS regiments of cavalry. C
regiments of field artillery. regi
ments of Infsntry. 3 battalions of en
gineers and companies of signal troops,
and 1?. are organised Into IT compa
nies of coast artillery.
The total strength of the organised
mllltla is r.S. officers and men. De
ducting the number of men who could
not respond to a call, leaves approxi
mately JB.2l combatant officers and men.
of whom SLOW are organised Into troops
of artillery, cavalry and Infantry, and
4.3W are organised for coast defense.
Coa-t Defense Defective.
The condition of the coast defenses
of the country Is generally satisfactory
ao far as relates to guns, mortars and
emplacements. the report continues.
-The corps of coast artillery of the
Regular Army Is. however, deficient In
lumbers, and the defenses lack certain
Important equipment, such as fire con
trol, searchlights and power plants es
sential to the proper operation of their
armament.
The supply and reserve of ammuni
tion Is deficient and supplies of their
character can not be promptly procured
n the breaking out of r.
"In reply to the secon-l Inquiry of the
iCoacluweti ea faes 2.)
PORTLAND TO GET
FINEST BUILDING
LOS ANGELES TC1WS DOWN
PASADENA MILLIONAIRE.
By S-to-l Vote Hulett C. Merrllt Is
Refuted Tetltlon to Construct
Office Home; Coming North.
IX9 AMBLES. Csl.. Dec. Sfc-!pe-clal.J-Well.
1 gueaa that ends It here.
I shall certainly keep my word and build
the finest office building on the Pacific
Coae at Portland unless they bslk me
there ss the unprogrcsslve people of this
city have done.
The building I put up will be pat
terned partly after the Call building In
Stan Francisco, but will be far more beau
tiful. The plana are all drawn and I
have set my heart on putting up that
nroperty In Port
land well suited to this project and the
building will go there. It win do
drawing card for any elty and Portland
will be b-nented by It-'"
Tlila was) the comment made today by
Hulett C. llerritt. the Pasadena million
aire, when he heard the words In the
City Counril that doomed bis project to
failure here.
The Council by a vote of S to I denied
Ms petition asking for the amendment to
the building ordinance which was essen
tial to the carrying out of the plans.
Py so dolts, tne Council probably fixed
the city's building policy for many yearn
Hereafter, as at present, no building may
be erected having a greater height than
1W feet. 30 feet of which must be a
sloping or mansard roof. The debate on
the mertts of the proposed chance took
up the afternoon session. Msny speakers
were heard on both aides. It was gen
rtiv that the Council was
divided five and four, but no one knew
bow the division stood. When at lenatn
the time came for the rollcall It was a
breathless moment,
Councilman Gregory made several vam
efTorta to avoid a rollcall. urging that
the Council lake the question unde- con
sideration but others Insisted on settling
the mstter without further delay. When
President Luak called for the roll and it
was found lliat Councilman O'Brien was
the only one who favored Increasing tne
h.i.hi or huildinn. the wonder grew
that there had been so much parlia
mentary sparrlne; preceding the rollcall.
DAYTON HUNTER HAS GRIT
Gno.hot Wound Disregarded Vntil
'Nature Fails to Cure.
DATTOV. Wash Dec 19. (Special.)
Carrying a charge of buckshot In his
thigh for a week before he consented
to see a surgeon. Charles Schumann,
a young German farmer living eight
miles west of here, displayed extraor
dinary grit.
Schumann started duck hunting lsst
Tuesday and while carrying hie shot
gun under his arm. It was accidentally
discharged.
Suffering excruciating pain. Schu
mann continued his hunt and worked
about the. farm as usual after fci re
turn. . Nature refused to work a cure, how.
ever, and when gangrene or blood
polaonlng threatened. Schumann came
to Dayton for treatment.
So badly Irritated waa his limb that
a surgeon could not probe for the shot,
TWO LIFE-SAVERS MISSING
Long I-land Crew's New Boat Turns
Turtle In Wrathy Surf.
NEW YORK. Dec. !o. Two members
of the volunteer life saving crew at
Rockaway Beach. Long Island. Bruce
Bond and David Jamison, are missing
and are believed to have perished today
when the new boat they were trying
out with three otter members of the
crew upset In the surf. Wain Cassady
was taken from the water exhausted,
while Kred Vollmer and William Phil
lips made their way to shore.
Despite the heavy sea. the five men
Insisted upon setting out to try the
ii j boat, an JS-foot, slx-oar craft.
The were ZOO yards off the beach when
a heavy squall struck them and the
boat turned turtle. The water waa Icy
cold and it Is supposed the missing men
were seised with cramps and went
down almost at once.
MAY YOHE NOT MARRIED?
Alleged Husband Writes Father
Denying He Is Wed.
KOCH K3TKIC N. T.. Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.! The father of Kred M. Reynolds,
a wealthy resident of Seattle, formerly
of thla city, received a letter from his
son today, In which the latter contra
dicted the report of bla marriage last
week with May Tohe. formerly Lady
Hope.
Reynolds, according to reports, had met
MUs Tohe In San Francisco, where she
for a time recently hss been singing in
concert halls, and that the Infatuation
grew Into kv, and the couple decided
to wed. Reynolds is a young man while
his alleged wife was said to be almost
twice his ace. Ilia message today to
his father, however, said the report that
be had married waa without any founda
tion whatever.
RAT TRAP CATCHES THIEF
Burglar, Groping for Diamond Klug,
Puts Hand la Steel Snare.
TRENTON. N. J.. Dec. 36. While loot
ing the home of Mrs. Julian Voorhees
last n'.gnt. Jsson Mrany, a burglar,
dropped a diamond ring, which rolled
under a stove.
Groplnc In the dsrk. be put his hsnd
Into a rat trap. There was a sudden
snap and three of hl fingers mere
broken. lie msde no attempt to escape
and was captured.
PORTLAND. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910.
WOMAN IS GUILTY
Mrs. Kersh Hears Ver
dict; Then Swoons.
LONE-JUROR HOLDS OUT LONG
D. G. Tomasini Thought Mur
der Accomplice Innocent..
JURY HOLDS TIME RECORD
For Nearly 73 Hours 13 Men Try
lng Case Battle Against One,
Whoso Determination Saves
Woman From Gallows.
Mrs. Carrie Kersh Is guilty of man
slaughter. This was the verdict rearhej last
night by 12 men. It of whom battled for
nearly three days to convince a lone
confrere that the woman waa not Inno
cent of the murder of William A. John
son at the New Grand Central Hotel
last June, but Instead conspired with
Jesse Webb to kill her companion, ram
the body In a trunk and depart from
Portland to spend the crime-earned loot.
For nearly 72 ho'ira one Juror held out
for acquittal. Then the 11, wr.o would
hang the woman, changed their ballot
to find her guilty of second degree mur
der, but the stubborn Juror would not
relent. Again they balloted, this time
adding an appeal for leniency to the sec
ond degree verdict. Still the solitary
member remained obdurate. The It then
descended another rung in the degrees
of murder.
First Verdict of Kind In Years.
The result wss the first verdict of
manslsughter returned against a woman
In Oregon In many years. It was read
before 12 tired, careworn Jurymen last
evening at ( o'clock in Judge Morrow's
department of the State Circuit Court.
The Jurist smiled broadly aa he glanced
at the verdict before handing It to the
clerk to be read.
Whether Mrs. Kersh misunderstood
Judge Morrow's smile to mean that she
was about to be' freed or that another
disagreement waa about to be recorded
could not be read In her upturned face
as she sat In the furthermost seat of the
courtroom, surrounded by guards. Not
until the word msnslaughter was uttered
did she falter. Then she swooned. She
was carried limp by Deputy Snerlffs
Leonard and Bulger to the Jail below.
She will be sentenced January 5.
D. Q. Tomasini, 39 Hancock street. Is
the Juror who believed Mrs. Kersh inno
cent until fellow Jurors lowered their
verdict to within one stage of his. Then
he rose to meet them. On the first
ballot Mr. Tomasini voted to acquit the
woman and at the 100th ballot, almost
three days later, he maintained his be
lief that Mrs. Kersh was not a mur
deress. Throughout the long siege of the
Jurymen when he did not vote to ac
quit the prisoner, he dropped a blank
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Ths Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 30
desreea; minimum.- SI desrees.
TODAY'S Wednesday fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Diss troops trapped In mountain pass by
losurrectos. Pass &
National.
Dickinson's secret report .declares Xstlon
could not rcpei Invader. Pace 1-
Opposltlon to exoneration of lxrimer de
velops Id Senate. Psco 3.
Taft's Insistence will win confirmation of
Judge Hunt for Commerce court. Page S.
insurgent Representatives plan further re
vision of rules Page 4.
Domestic ,
Taaedena millionaire decides to construct
finest office building in Portland. Psge 1.
Baldwin estate attorneys confront contest
ant with damaging' letters. Psge 1.
John D. Rockefeller with final gift of SIO.
000.000. completes aid to University oi
Chicago. Page 1.
Cincinnati has $J,000,000. Are; two Us
lost. Page 1.
Mediation fails and chief of 3.1.000 engi
neers summons advlstory boarU. Page 3.
England. Holland. France and Spain pro
teat against award of Statue cf Liberty
svlatlon prise to Molssant, American.
. .'
Chinese doctor will make charge against
Ambassador from orient. Page --
Sports.
Lawrence Therkelsen plans fins highaay to
64slde. Page 8.
Jem Drlsroll. featherweight chetnplon. loses
fight by fouling opponent. Page o.
Commercial and Marine.
Turkey buyers sre cautious. Pags.1'1.
Covering by shorts advances wnest st Cbl-
csgo. Psge 21.
Western buying of bonds at New York.
Page 21.
Joseph Supple given contract for new dredge
for North bank. road. Page 2U.
Paellle Northwest.
Expert witness declares Paddy Holland Is
shamming Insanity. Page 18.
Dr. W. H. Coo charged with violation of
contract with Inland Irrigation Com
pany. Page 1.
Taroma's street railway adopts new tac
tics toward patrons. Pass 6.
Initiative petition for woman's sufffsgo filed
with Secretary of State. Psge 6.
Evidence In Kirk murder trial mainly cir
cumstantial. Psge ft.
Portland and Vicinity.
Cstalogue given of gift material to Christ
mas comfort of poor and unfortunate
Page 20.
Dubious deal In desert land will be Investi
gated in Federal Court. Taae It.
State Railroad Commission hears evidence
In Medford rate case. Psge 14.
Children lose smsll heritage through loss
sustained by guardian. Page 1.
llolldsr sesson travel grows hoavler with
Borrow and gladness Intermingled. Psge 12
Ellas Keeney. father or Dr. Homer I.
Keenev. dies. Page 12.
Many bills loom before coming Legislature.
Page 13.
Charles Coopey plans factory to manufac
ture uniforms. Page 9.
Cams Kersh convicted of manslaughter.
Page 1.
8treet Hallway's right to abandon streets
argued before the Council committee.
Page IB.
Alice l.loyd having busy time of It In
Portland. Page 1ft.
People's attitude will determine whether
Harrlmaa merger will spend money.
- Page 12.
Brrno and Boltch are denied liquor licenses.
Psge 9. '
A. II. Rawl. Commercial Club guest, ssye
Oregon - Is Ideal f r . dairy farming.
'" Tse I.
BURIAL PLACE OPPOSED
Mrs. Eddy's Sons Will Object to In
terment In Mount Auburn.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20. Heirs of the
late Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy are ex
pected to oppose the burial of Mrs.
Eddy In Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bos
ton, according to ex-Senator Chandler,
who was counsel for them and who to
day received a copy of the will.
Her sons. George W. Glover and Dr.
Foster-Eddy, are determined to have
her burled In the family plot in Tllton,
I. H. The only deterrent to having
the body transferred to Tllton will bo
the finding of a personal request on
her part to be burled elsewhere. No men
tion of a resting place was made in the
will. ,
Mr. Chandler thinks there will be no
fight over the last testament of Mrs.
Eddyv ' ' -
ions END
GIFTS OF JOHN D.
Aid to University of
Chicago Complete
DIRECTION LEFT TO OTHERS
Magnate Finishes Programme
Exactly as He' Planned.
WEST IS" PAID TRIBUTE
Ten Years or Million Dollar Install
ments for School Make Approxi
mately $33,000,000 He Has
Given to Institution.
GIFTS ARE 1138,564,662.
John D. Rockefeller's known ben
efactions aggregate more than S136,
361. Oci rrlnclpal ones are:
General Education Board. I53.OO0.000
University of Chlcsgo 35, 309.662
Rush Medical College e.OOO.OOO
Churches (known) 3,100.000
Missions (known) 2,300,000
Baptist Foreign illaslonsry
Kund 2.000,000
Cure of hookworm disease 1,000.000
Harvard University 1.000.000
Baptist Educational Society 1.O00.OO0
Yale Vnlverslty 1.000.OO0
Juvenile reformatories ... 1.0OC.OOO
Cleveland city parks 1,000.000
Union Theological Semi
nary 1.100.000
Southern Kducatlon Fund. 1.II."..000
Barnard College 1.373,000
Institute for Medical Re-
aearch 2.000,000
Miscellaneous gifts 33,233.000
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. John D. Rockefel
ler has completed the task he set for
himself in founding the University of
Chlragoi Today public announcement
was made of a "single and final" gift of
110.000,000, which includes all the contribu
tions Mr. Rockefeller had planned.
This amm, to be paid in ten annual in
stallments, beginning January I, will
make approximately .i5.000,000 he has do
nated to the university.
Mr. Rockefeller says he now believes
the school should be supported and en
larged by the gifts of many rather than
those of a single donor. This, he be
lieves, will be better accomplished if the
public understands the limit of his con
templated assistance.
Work Left to Others.
The founding of new departments, he
leaves to the trustees, as he says funds
may be furnished by other friends.
Nearly 17,000,000 has been donated to the
university in addition to Mr. Rockefel
ler's gifts.
With the announcement or Mr. Rocke
feller's final donation came the resigna
tion of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., tuid Fred
T. Gates, Mr. Rockefeller's personal rep
resentative' from the university hoard of
trustees. In enclosing these resignations
Mr. Rockefeller explained he was carry
ing out a conviction that the institution
BhoUld be "controlled, conducted and smp
(Concluded on Page 2.)
EXTRA
CINCINNATI HIT
BY $2,000,000 FIRE
FALLING WALLS KILL FIREMAX
AXD SPECTATOR.
Other Dead Thonght to Be in Ruins.
Flames Still Rage In Business
. District at 4 A. M.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 21. The loss en
tailed by a fire which swept the manu
facturing district in the neighborhood
of Ninth and Sycamore streets in this
city today will approximate $2,000,000.
One fireman's body has been recov
ered, an unidentified spectator was
killed by a falling pole, one fireman
fatally Injured and another seriously
injured.
Suddenly the great walls crumpled and
fell, burykig the four firemen under
them.
At 4 o'clock this morning the fire is
still burning fiercely and spreading to
other property.
The fire originated In the building of
the Krippendorf-O'Neil Shoe Company
and- quickly gained such headway that
the entire eight-story establishment
was soon in ruins. The loss on the
building is roughly estimated at $400.
000. The Sycamore-Street Stables Com
pany's building and the building and
plant of the Victor Safe & Lock Com
pany have been almost completely
wiped out.
Tho plant of tho United States Leath
er Goods Company has been badly dam
aged. All of the available fire fighting ap
paratus of the central and downtown
parts of the city were rushed to the fire
sone. but the firemen experienced great
difficulty owing to the extreme cold and
bursting, pipes.
The fire has consumed all but two
buildings in the block 'in which the
conflagration orlg'nated. and one of
these is on fire at 4:2a A. M.
Automobiles valued at $200,000 are in
Immediate peril. Deputy Fire Marshal
Hurley and two . more firement have
been taken to hospitals, seriously in
jured. 290 MINERS ARE ENTOMBED
Explosion in Mine in England May
Be Fatal to Many.
BOLTON, - Eng, Dee. St. fM'ufletln.)
Mn exploaloa la the Little Httltosi
Company colliery thla morning en
tombed 200 miners. -
EMPLOYES SHARE PROFITS
Steel Corporation Distributes Bonus
of $2,700,000.
NEW YORK, Dec 20. The United
States Steel Corporation announced today
Its plan for distributing a bonus to the
officers and employes of the corporation
and -subsidiary corporations In accordance
with Its annual practice.
The eram to be distributed for 1910
amounts to approximately $2,700,000. The
amount Is determined by the annual
earnings.
The bonus will be paid 60 per cent In
common stock at $T0 a share and 40 per
cent in cash. Last year the bonus was
paid 60 per cent in cash and 40 per cent
In preferred stock at $124 a share or
common stock at $S0 a share.
This year the usual opportunity will be
given to subscribe for shares of the
corporation on a basis of $114 a share
for preferred and $70 a ehare for the
common stock.
BLAME PUT ON ENGINEER
Board of Inquiry Into Owyhee Acci
dent Makes Report.
- BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Special.) A.
B. Ball, engineer on tho Oregon Short
Line, is held responsible by the board
of inquiry for the collision at Owyhee
Station, December "16, resulting in the
death of Roadmaster Timothy Donovan.
The board made its findings public to
day. Testimony Introduced at the. hearing
was to the effect that Ball, who was in
charge of the engine of the fast freight,
failed to comply with tho signal of the
brakeman with the result his engine
crashed into the caboose of the local,
killing Donovan.
PAINTING IS WITHHELD
Authorities Believe It Is Famous
Van Dyke Stolen Years Ago.
BOSTON. Dec. 2a Customs officials
today refused to deliver to a local art
dealer an oil painting which is said to
have been purchased abroad for $40, and
is thought to be a famous VanDyke,
stolen from a private gallery in Germany.
The painting was withheld at the re
quest of the Government authorities un
til its ownership bad been fully estab
lished. The missing VanDyke represents a boy
and Is said to have been taken from a
private art gallery in Berlin some years
ago. . -
HURRICANE STILL RAGES
Newfoundland In -Grip of Fiercest
Storm In Many Years.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., Dec. 20. Newfound
land is in the grip of a hurricane said to
be the worst in many years.
' The storm has been raging 4$ hours and
shows no signs of cessation.
Fear Is expressed, that many shipping
disasters will be . recorded before the
storm blows Itself out. :
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LETTERS OF PAST
Baldwin Estate Scores
by Admission.
WITNESS CALM UNDER FIRE
Mrs. Turnbull's Words Bring
'. Blush to Auditors.
LAWYERS ARE MERCILESS
Correspondence Believed to Have
Been Lost in San Francisco Fire
Is Produced by Detective, but
Witness Does Not Flinch.
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 20. More letters
came out of the past today to confront
Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull. tho star
witness In the "Lucky" Baldwin will
contest, but with remarkable fortitude,
ready wit and a wariness that carried
her safely over cleverly-set traps, tho
woman who is fighting for $2,500,000
as her daughtre's share of the late
turfman's estate not only met the at
tacks of the cross-examiner, but fre
quently fought back.
This morning she faced a slashing
onset and was calm, although the ques
tions hurled at her frequently made the
other women In the courtroom blush,
and look down, and then this after
noon, when, apparently by agreement,
the attorneys of the opposing side
treated her with more consideration,
she started to heckle thera in return.
Woman Accuses Detective.
"Yes, I said those letters were for
geries," she declared defiantly, refer
ring to letters concerning her relations
with Colonel Albert Pope, the million
aire Boston manufacturer. "Yes, I said
they were forgeries, emphatically so.
If you ask me why I say so, ask Mr.
James R. Wood, who forged so maty
others."
James R. Wood is the Boston detec
tive who, according to the testimony,
arranged a settlement between Pope
and Mrs. Turnbull in 1894, when Pope
purchased for her a house in Pasadena.
Wood was In the courtroom, and when
Mrs. Turnbull expressed doubt as to the
authenticity of one of her alleged let
ters, Gavin McNab, the cross-examiner,
said he would refresh her memory by
giving her a glimpse of Wood.
Witness Recognizes Sleuth.
"Stand up, Mr. Wood," he said.
Wood arose. He is an elderly man
with a white mustache.
"Yes, that is James R. Wood," quick
ly responded Mrs. Turnbull. "and I wish
to say that Mr. Wood Is the wickedest
man I ever knew."
An explanation of the unexpected ap
pearance in this case of the letters that
played so Important a part In Mrs.
Turnbull's seduction suit against Bald
win in 1896 came late this afternoon.
It had been believed that the letters
were in the court archives of San Fran
cisco, and every one marveled that they
had escaped the fire of 1906 until they
learned that the missives had not been
In the fire at all. but had been returned
years ago to Wood, who brought them
from Boston some weeks ago for use
in the case now on trial.
Letter Recalls Past.
McNab. in his cross-examination,
continued his efforts to show the Jury
that Mrs. Turnbull had not been a
spotless woman until she yielded to
the blandishments of Lucky Baldwin,
as she alleges. In this connection he
introduced a letter which she admitted
she had written to Lewis Leach, presi
dent of the Farmers Bank of Fresno.
Cal.. some time in 1889. In her previous
testimony the witness said that this
letter was one of a series written by
her to various horsemen, and that one
of them addressed ' to Baldwin had
started the correspondence which led
to their meeting in 1S91. The letter
re? i anri raised in Vermont.
-love horses almost to distraction; am
"0 years old, alone in tne wwm ,
own mistress, and have to earn my own
living Saw your name in tha Horse
man in connection with the great in
ternational running race. As I want to
have a horse-loving friend In Califor
nia to secure me a nice position, also
further my interest In various ways,
so that I can go there in the near
future, I have written you. My Eastern
Prince is Wesley P. Balcu. but as I
am going to California to live for a
while, shall need a 'Count on the Pa
cific Coast. Kow. If you are a wiole
souled youth with the 'ducats good
figure and fair-looking face, write ma
and inclose photograph, and on receipt
of same will tell you more about yours
truly. Miss L. A. Ashley, or 'The
Blonde." " .''
Estate Scores Strong Point.
McNab later declared the estate had
scored a tactical advantage by Mrs.
Turnbull's admission of this letter. It
was the only one, he asserted, she re
fused to admit at the trial of her se
duction suit to be genuine. All the
others, which in this case she declared
to be forgeries, she then admitted were
genuine.
In one of these alleged forgeries oc
curred a passage . describing an oath
Mrs. Turnbull took regarding the pa,
tConcludsd on Page 3.)
CONFRONT WOMAN