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5 TIIE MOTIVING OHEGOXTAX. SATUHDAT. ATOIL 6. 1912. MAN CONFESSES SHE KILLED GIRL Stepmother of Child Found Dead in Torrid Attic Will Go to Prison. COMPROMISE IS REACHED ritlful Cm of Tot Bound. ck Itrolrn, In Grr- I Endd Wln r n form widow fiioi Brother to Cell. OROVILLE. Cal- April i Mr. F.m ma Rumbail entered a plea of aullty u a charr of manslaughter In con lectlon with the death of her 11-year-c:A stepdaughter. Hflu Rumbail. ani wa sentenced to two years in San (juntln Penitentiary. Mn. r.umball P trial on a char- or murder was about to have b-en begun, when a compromise waa effected and the churie reduced to manslaughter. Mm. liuroball had been in Jail await ing trtal alnce last July. Child Dead. Helen Kumball was found dead July J I not by physician, who had been summoned on the statement of .Mrs. r:umball that her stepdaughter was 111. An autopsy disclosed that her neck was broken In two placea and that she hart been ded some time. Mrs. l:umba!l confessed that she had hound the artrl hand and foot to posta In the attic, where the thermometer waa ahown to have atood at 139 de gree. nraii aaa Mm Arreatea. Mr. Kumball and her brother. Ar thur Lewis, were arrested. Kxpert fstlfie.l that the girl did not die of a llocation and that her neck could not hire been broken In the manner re vealed In the autopsy by hang-Ins;. Witnesses testified that Lewis, a powerful man. had boasted of hla abil ity to break the neck of a steer In Just tne manner that Helen RumbaU's neck had brtti broken. Lewis recelred a la-year eentenca on a compromise ver dict of xnanslane-hter. SCOUTS OFFICER DROPPED Orn L. Uoucr Must Quit Philip pine Sen Hcfauer or Cruelly. WASHINGTON-. April S First Ueu trnant orra U llouscr. Philippine Scouts, tiaa been dismissed from the service un the recommendation of n.urt-marttal. which was appruved to iler he f 'resident Taft. rhara.es a;atnl the officer alleged Trunkennes tying members of his command to slakes without fooil and water; tying on man to a tree on the e.lse of a stream. mt that the. aoldler waa compelled to stand with on foot In the water, and that he struck others ith the handle of a whip. FLOOD'S AREA IS GROWING i rtM"iH f-rrm fit.1 Pas. exhausted. Thera is littla suffering from hunger. CAIRO I CCT OFT. BIT IRY :ffect or 1'looU in factory Suburbs or City Appalling. CAIRO. 111.. April . Cairo. sur rounded for two days by water, re mained dry tonight and la believed to be secure from flood. The leveea stood firm and the men patrolling them reported there waa no sitrn of anv weakening1. The citizens recovered quickly from the acar they received this morning' when it waa reported that the Tenth street levee had given way. Investi gation showed that bck water rroro the drainage pump had risen more than usual but that there waa no danger. The breaking of the Government levee, at Hickman. Ky will relieve tha strain on the levees at Cairo and other points ' north of Hickman. Tlie scene at the drainage district, immediately north or Cairo, is appall ing. Houses which were partly sub merged by the breaking of the dis trict lereea yesterday were torn from their foundations today and tonight are on their skies or upside down. A big church is on Its side. Factories were submerged to their roofs and In some places the flood entirely covered building. Not one pile of lumber In the great mills section la standing. Families driven from t'rbana and Factory City have remained the greater part of the time on the top of the levee protecting Cairo. They have not wanted for food. the city Is entirely cut off from rail road connection. Many persons went on tugs to Mound City and from there took a train north. Long distance tele phone service to the north had been discontinued and only on telegraph company la working directly to Cairo. WHOLE BAMX IS THREATENED Hirer Rises Five Inches an Hour at CaruthersTtlle. -Mx. CARCTHERSVIIXE. Mo.. April 5. Despite the efforts of an army of men, the flood situation here growa more serioua each hour. The river tonight continued to rise at the rate of five Inches every 24 hours and the stage hal passed that of 1903 by I.S Inches. Kvery store In the cty waa closed today and 1090 men employed In them tolne'd the already large force of flood ishtcrit No water is In the streets of Caruth ernille. but the flood from the Pleas nt Point Gap Is fast filling up the Little Klver Basin, several miles back of the city. Tbe levee In Carotharsvtlle Is the key to the flood situation of the en tiro St. Francis Valley. Shonld a break occur, the entire basin, filled with t:mkly settled towns, would be swept water. Several horses floated, down tMe St. Francis River today. I.EVEK HREAKS WITH ROAR I'lslilcr or ITood Run ror Llrei When Crash Comes. It.-'-KMAN. Ky. April 5. With a rtr that could be heard for miles, the tti-...-sippi River flood burst through tte tlovernnient levee five miles west of Ilnl-.nian lata today and tonight la ra Ing over th Reelfuot Lake dls'rlct. By tomorrow ISO square mile of frming Isnda w-lll be an Inland ea. tirave aprehenslon Is felt for the safety or farms In remote sections of the sparsely settled country. The water tore a gap 0 fet w id in the levee i and the swirling current, is mat u ..... to the breach. The Reelfoot levee, as It Is generally known, has been regarded as a danger point for a week and strenuous efforts had been made to hold the flood. When the collapse came the workers were compelled to rnn for their lives, a number making their way to Hickman af.Ht. while others, beyond the break, were rescued in gasoline launches. The Reelfoot basin la made up of small farming communities. A number of tesldents had abandoned their homes, . . . A atn f Ka4 r laflltll. T f - DUI DUifri rniwiiTU' --- i fort were mad to coromunlrite with i the rttred lllaire by telephone, but t .! little ! -f-w- -... Inn In the) TOW fl Of Ht ck- man Is about the aam tonight as 1 siliTht asl CAIRO VIM. BE RELIEVED Break In I-evre Near Hickman Ex pected to Pecreae Danger. WASHINGTON. April 5. The Weath er Bureau Issued tonight this special river bulletin: "Th flood situation In the Ohio and Mississippi rivers continues as pre- onr.r.ox citt r.LK inst. NEW OFFIC KR.t AT EX TERTAIN'MENT. r.. ; . Grand Fished Ruler fleery O'Malley. OBKOON" CITT. Or.. April 5. (Special.) More then a .score of Portland Elks who are dell(hted over the arrangement made ha the Ore son City Lodge to entertain vlsltlne Elks during th big reunion, attend ed th initiation of officers and bn quet In this cltr tonlstit. J. U. "amptxll mi toa master and toasts were re.ponded to by Dr. Clyde Mount, past eialled' ruler; Henry O'Malley. enaltsd rulsr; Oal 8. Hill, district deputy grand exalted ruler; Orant R Dlmk'k. O. I). Ehr. Joseph K. Kedcrs. P. T. McBaln and Ous Moeer. past exalted ruler of Port lsnd Lodf No. J2: W. Carlton Koilth. past deputy (rand exalted i-ulr; James II. Carey. W. A. Ilm Irk. Th following officers wer In stalled: ;rnd exalted ruler. Henry oMsl ley: esteemed leading knight. Theo dore Oimund; esteemed loyal knlxht. Frederick llumphrys: esteemed 'lec turing knight. James H. Care : sec rotary. It. O. Toung: troasurer. W. R Ho!l. tiler. J. H. Oamtson; trus tee (to sert thre years). T. P. Ran dall, representative to giand ledge. rr. C1d Sloeat. vlously Indicated and no additional forecasts have been Issued, except for Evansville. Ind.. where there will be another rise of 1.5 or I feet in four or five days from the flood wave now In th Cincinnati district." The bulletin says the break In the levee at Hickman will flood a territory 4$ to 60 miles long and five to 30 miles wide. The bresk will relieve the situ ation at Cairo and New Madrid before morning. The situation w-ltfiTn Cairo proper is considered safe, as It Is believed the levees w-111 hold. Memphis will reach about 45 feet within 48 hours unless a break occurs In 'some part of the Ar kansas levee. Helena will reach.' 62 feet In two days. CONGRESS IS READY TO ACT DeHnite Move Awaits Exact Infor mation as to Needs. WASHINGTON. April 5. Representa tive Fitzgerald, chairman of the House appropriations committee, after a con ference today with President Taft and officers of the Red Cross, regarding the flood situation, said the President had Instructed the Secretary of War to utilise Army supplies for flood suffer ferers. but that reports Indicated there were supplies sufficient in the flood districts to meet all demands. Congress. It was made clear, stood ready to provide for. relief as soon at some definite Idea of the needs of the sufferers was forthcoming. FUNK'S WORD AWAITED DOCTOR SAID HE WOCID 6 END BACK MESSAGE. Late .Scholar Said to Hare Arranged Secret Code With Friend to peak From Beyond. NEW TORK. April 5. Members or the American Society for Psychical Re search hope to obtain an authoritative communication from the other world through tbe death of Dr. Isaac K. Funk yesterday. Dr. Funk, who was a noted Investigator of psychic phenomena and publlshea three books on the subject of spiritualism, made elaborate ar rangements some time ago to establish communication with a living person on earth following his death. Funk's plans were announced to his frlrnds shortly arter the death of rro fessor William James, tbs Harvard psy chologist -We hare determined on a certain code of signals which no one on earth knows but the person to whom I will communicate and myself." said Dr. Funk at that time. ."If he receives one of these signals after my death, he will be absolutely certain by It that I have reached him. He will then estab lish communication with me. either through a designated medium or by soma means which I may discover in th next world." While Ir. Funk did not Indicate the Identity of the person he proiKed to reach from the spirit world, it Is be lieved that he la Dr. James H. llyslop. editor of the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, and I"r. Fiink'e closest friend and co-worker in spiritualistic Investigations. t. - t '.1. ' r USE OF STUDENTS FUNDS IS ALLEGED Principal Kirk, of Salem Higb School, Laughs at and Denies Charge. REPORT, READY,' WITHHELD Pupils Desirous or Avoidlns Pub licity Professor bajs Rumors Groundless and He Welcomes Thorough Investigation. SALEM. Or., April 5. (Special.) Discord was observed 'at a student body meeting- of the Salem High School today, when it was rumored in advance that Professor Otorge L. Schrelber, art instructor, and an investigating com mittee would charge Principal Kirk, of the High School, with Inconsistent and improper use of.some of the funds of the student body. An Investigating commtitee had been named and the word had gone out that a report would be made at a meeting todav. The meeting of the committee was ' crowded . with High School stu dents. The sudden advent of three newspapermen, who had heard of the prospective report and -were sware of some of Its substance, caused one of the students to move for a postpone ment. Schrelber said the report was not quite ready and intimated that It would be preferable for all concerned to have a future meeting sans pub licity. Meeting Is Postponed. This was acquiesced In. It is rumored thst the report w-lll call on Principal Kirk tp ask why he spent" funds of the student body In an unauthorised man ner. It is known that some of the in vestigation has been carried out on the supposition that some of tlie stu-dent-bodv money was used by Princi pal Kirk In aiding In the construction of a house that he haa Just completed. Principal Kirk laughs at the sup posed charges and states he can show documents which will cover the whole situation fully and to his credit. The fight Is the outcome of an Im broglio of long standing. Lined up on one side are City Superintendent Pow ers. Professor Fargo and Professor Schrelber, and on the other Is Kirk. He has gone as far as to the board of di rectors. Some declare It will result In the ax falling on Powers. Fargo and Schrelber. Others ssy Kirk will go. Some say that all will be dismissed to secure harmony. The board Is divided and Its future action problematical. I.oasber for Home Issue. "I learned several days ago that an Investigating committee of the student body had made Inquiries as to purchase of lumber which I had made for my new horn." said Principal Kirk. -The Investigation In one lnatance. I know, led to a local lumber concern. This concern was asked If I had lumber sent to my home and had the same charged to th student body. I m advised that the report, when It Is msde to the student' body executive committee, will either contain allegations along this line or will ask In relation to student body funds. "To me the whole situation In laugh able and there Is absolutely not one penny of student-body money that can not be accounted for. I pay my dues to the organization like any other mem ber of the student body, and that Is about as far as my connection goes." "I am not fully aware of the con tents of the proposed report, but I know that Investigation haa been made along the lines that have been men tioned, and I wish to welcome the fullest and most complete publicity of the entire matter. Rwmers la Clrculatloa. "The reports hsve even gone so far that a woman approached me recently stating that the rumor la abroad that I have taken my family to a confec tionery store, made purchases for them, and had the list of the purchases charged to the student body fund. I will be more than pleased when I ran show documents which I have which will show how these reports are un founded." Harold Roger, prominent in the af fairs of the student body, says that the students desire to have Principal Kirk account for the expenditure of some money which Kirk, Hager alleges, was iot authorized to spend. While details of the statement which the investigating committee Is prepar ing are larking, they will be made public at the adjourned meeting of the executive committee, which the chair man is authorised to call. FARMERS ACCUSE ROBERTS (CentlnuM from First PxrO man wrto had been seen In the vicinity of the crime on various occasions be tween March 17 and the day before the crime. Owing to the fact that this Investigation is not complete, the namea of those who Identified Roberts have been withheld from the public by the officers. He had been seen on the Whltehouse road and on Palatine Hill and on a road between the Whltehouse road and the Wolfolk farm by various persons. The many secrets of Roberts' wan derings up to within a few hours of the crime, which have been uncovered by the officers, were revealed to Rob erta only In part yesterday. The per formance will be continued today where it was left off. The suspected man will be shown today by the offi cers where he went after the crime un to the time he arrived at the home of his mother, about 15 miles southeast of Oregon City. It Is understood that he wss seen by many persons. Mass of Rrtdeaee Held. The officers working on the case have revealed a remarkable amourt of evidence, apparently having a'most every movement of Roberts on the Fri day of th crime. Sheriff Stevens re fuses to tell how he has uncovered all the Information, but It probably has been due to the unceasing efforts of those working on the case. Sheriff Stevens said last night that there Is absolutely no doubt In his mind about the guilt of Roberts. "We have evidence which he cannot get around." sald the Sheriff. "In most cases of circumstantial evidence there are unusual circumstauces which leave room for doubt. In this case there sre none such. The evidence Is practically conclusive. Roberts' actions are as good as a confession." Deputy Sheriff Leonard, who has worked night and day on the case for a week, holds the same view, as do also all others who have talked to Roberts. On of the sig-nificsnt facts in the case, according to Deputy Sheriff Leonard, is the mask. "Roberts w-as seen with a piece of black cloth the afternoon prior to the murder," said Mr. Leonard last night. "In addition to this he had many other pieces of rag and things which lie carried In a Jungle kit.' which Is the term applied to the outfit of a tramp. Kverything he possessed was found at his home when lie was arrested. The black cloth waa not there. There is no doubt in my mind that that cloth was the mask found at the scene of the crime, which probably wss dropped during the ex citement. If it was not. Roberts should be willing to tell us what became of the cloth. This he refuses to do. The secret of "his esse Is keeping quiet. In doing this he admits his guilt. I be lieve. If be were innocent he at least would be willing to do something to establish an alibi. He could tell us where that cloth Is and he could tell us where he was on the night of the crime. He also could tell us where he vent after leaving the Wolfolk home. It would be very easy for him to prove an alibi if he had one. to prove. I am confident be Is guilty, and in his cir cumstances he considers that . to re main silent Is his only hope. "His silence is one of his character istics. He has been under arrest be fore and each time he played the same game. He undoubtedly gets this from a long prison career. He has served terms In Walla Walla. Salem and vari ous city and county Jails." ALLEN OUTLAWS SEEN MOUNTAINEER SAYS PAIR BEGGED FOOD FROM HIM. Bud Smith Fears to Tell Detectives Until Many Hours Have Elapsed. Governor's Warning Posted. HILLSVILLTC, Vi, April 5. Accord ing to Bud Smith, who lives near Mount Airy, toward the Carolina line, Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, the Courthouse assassins, came to his cabin last night and begged for food. Allen came to his door. Smith said, and Edwards stood guard. Allen said neither had taken food that day. They obtained some from Smith and took it to the mountains. Smith feared to tell the detectives until midnight and it was morning when a posse took up the trail. Sheriff Haines, of Mount Airy, took the blood hounds but they refused to scent the trail and the posse went away on Smith's directions. The posses are posting copies of Governor Mann's proclamation calling upon all citizens to withhold aid from the outlaws. TRUST ISSUE CRIIICAL HARVESTER CASE MAY FAIL IX NEGOTIATION STAGE. VlcWersham Also Hold Conferences on Snbject of Steel and Beer. Outcome Not Reached. WASHINGTON. April 5. Attorney General Wlckersham held conferences today regarding the relations of the Sherman anti-trust law to three of the most important Industries in the coun try, harvester, steel and beef. ; The negotiations between the Gov ernment and the International Har vester Company for a friendly dissolu tion, it Is reported, have reached a critical stage, where It is Impossible to foretell the outcome. Counsel for the company submitted today to the Government certain persons. They dis cussed the corporation's three-company dissolution plan with Amos A.. Fowler, assistant to the Attorney-General. Com missioner Herbert Knox Smith and Dr. Francis Wslker. of the Bureau of Cor poration. '.'he Government. It was intimated, wr uld prefer a disintegration into a gi eater number of companies than two, a though there has yet been no rejea tj on of the two company idea. ' Mr. Wlckersham talked over the Oovernment's plans In the steel trust suit with Jacob M. Dickinson and J. E. 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