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SECTIONS 111 DUEL
Valley and City Each
Sure Other Prospers.
TESTIMONY. IS IN CONFLICT
Upper Willamette Mills Seek
to Retain Differential.
BOTH SIDES PESSIMISTIC
irnrl of Soathrm rcilar tn llullJ
tp UHUmHir talk-v .Mill
by t.nln lUir am Laanba-r
Ctvar:rJ la Traatsuoat.
I 0,-eher ruaineaa ! r't'ruf I "4
tev th t. I laonelta :ley rittltmen
I itmbe? kull'M li In WMUffi'lU
y ia ""' ! e fortiaad m tit-
n.
T ronrtwrti tne rneny
at ! t IK. -rlr.aT bafor l;tm.
hf :ti. f th lateral! Com
n erca I'Dnbtion. yea'arday ahn th
(crpUlnl of Portland m.r imt
ta Houf tr pwclnc fir rra.ntatr.tnz a
el ferntit ef I et In faer cf th-
ley mi'la ea C lfrrnw ku) tot
lU.-n a.d attine ! d"":ll !"
rueliea la the ether f:;o territory
le aTeal. wht each readily concede
that bu neae at boma l d-eidedly bad.
TntlMf la .
Th rrlUs. mitt contended Ihal
ti.r market baa ba rtrKtd la
4riii.t T it Ial four or
yara. tat. tha nea i'!itnrnt4 rate
b.ta restrict. It further, and Cat
tr.ir ffn'j. Ho and rit ha dt
r .n.hef in d re. t proportion alts
th;? Icae cf rnarkt.a.
M the no lttir. the fort and a it
aere f."y to rirl ruf,"""T!at
7' 4RT Hew mil hV been, bUilt.lu th
lvi:!4n'i er al'hlrt I" Ul dr.
'i. Ih I") cAP-lty of lit;rts
t h hn intr'-! ihi lh
J.l .r iM lit tk narlll Ol t
' r 'r''' irr4f.
4 r rrir hn4 tri rtir ma
r.frrr' mtiif to thlr own lrk anS
;- rf huln.w, h whilo polnllrc to
tlo lmtifuitr.nl In th UKaoIlon la
(a t:wl ( AsJ( Rain.
I'rvn iMi.. rnnrui-ttr( mo of lata
fnny th .'ommiiofi M tptl to
1---iJ t:. ra.onrttan. of ciiaUntf
rt on4 i;jt th rt iFutiof) b--w.n
fort nl CUfnrni and b-
ta tb tt Hl.m'lu Wltrr and '!!
fornix arcordmctjr.
la cinfflinn with th h'arlnc d
pruobtf fpr th firac timo, lh
ki.tory of td r"t dnra of lh!
r'jthrn fiat-ific to r.tabUh rat for
tr. Wiilmtt allcjr mil in an
iftr to buiM up tfto lumb' buain.
f tlt t-rrltor.
A. C. tion. s'firl mnjr of th
r..ioi.Klly l.umbr C-'rr'pinx. loM
. :ott lhr yr tit rail-
t"i aoni a mimr of tn ! lor
IKrottft tn ;icy to lncrlar tit
ni l ma) oa th aabjrl of ahrlakin
timber h ipia(i Tno n t'arn4.
tJ Mr. t'non. that tho V:;y mi.U
ee-raio ondT oeroBC como'lttion from
II aid': that thr ir at a batara.
al: ladvant Pr4 tb'jr cannot ahlp
HT. and that tb rat' In trrrl
fy rrcnd it-'lmurlr by rail lll
r.( prmii th.m t rrniroe rffcctl!
tb :! in I'urtiand.
Mairo4 AM rwdat-
f'nt'nwina th of tba bnn.
riin''l fr Iirtn. offi--aia rt tha
2-ithrn r-ctftc incLi4ln Hlit:am
.vru'. prj.rt. and i. W. trfra.
rr'.iH rafi- manasar. mad a lur
ti" tri. Va I'jr. ala tlaitinar ark
o4 mill. a-l lumlKf raaiy.
"llf. rol i!d uj, add4. "that
ni!r4l wantrd to htp but:d u
O'.r country; that It dandd upn
rur buina. for tra rarain In lrCun.
f ifj told that th'X aouM do om-
tninar ta li p our mtii... TTia r.uta.
I iic(K'. ara lh fruit of that
.Mi' t'uea J!ila. tba onl.t..n of
ta lumber ta iuatry la ta i;iami!
a 1T. Il p-jint.. out f.rat tb.t taa
hum n that i.rrttnry w unabio Iv
a', ? at all by o.lar aod fsr that ntiga
a' ahut out of tba n "ram-i-a mar
act, tnt l'o'tUn4 baa an adaan'ca
ii tu trrittry rirj 041 rf l.o. An
M- . aa O'tl aa Irt ! that lb Val
1 , hua aa advrao d.fTrnt.a of i',
t'm;t in MaV and tl cnt In hpoaaua
Y.rrtnrv. Tb-y art abut out of tbc
t.r.i .Northern. Nortr Tai-ifl--. Bar
I if'.nil and it lattlM trrrttory by th
V ta ila mill". b coot-nuad
Daar WHka Uw. la tataaa.
"ta t Ul fno yaara." ha aaid.
t ia artiv faeit.tira of tho nil! In
j alloy malrrially da-road-
tta ha rebuilt our plant at fprina
f ii. It la trua. but IHat a t rcflaca
l.ia ona aatroyd kf fira.
yif. Pnaa tben taamrralH namar
t it rai'la a aarloua part of tbc Valiay
t.iat aro c!oad antiraly or rpralin
00 ah rt tirnr. du t la h of irarkot.
-i lb o'hr band." ta aaaartcd. "at
Ira.t Ibr.o I'ortland mint ara lanalnl
p t and day and 0'br baa Im
frTii th'ir piaat an I enlarged Ib.lr
a aavlty.-
croaa aiamination by Jamca tl.
V iIjoa. attorney for tha fvrt'and mills.
t'lton ad-ni'ted that tba llorarra.
14 rtan'lard. tha . lirtfoa and
at i(r Tortlant m.'.la baa auaparadad
ritrt'lntt arithla lha laat four Jeart.
,.. u-U i aaa vooiisa it I
AT LUMBER HEARING
TZ 7Z7ZZ vnitTI.AXI). OKEUO.N. SATUKDA Y,
MAN, 80, IS KILLED
! BY MOTOR VEHICLE
J. . AI.I.J.N ICTIM OF AUTO
Dt-LlaMlV THICK.
Drlrr of Maw liloc Arc Ilclraacd
WUcn tld. Wortniain &. Kin; Of
ficial O-arantrca) .raaraooc.
J . Alletv i. fell In frorl of
automobil tru. a, at Hiilcanth and Mar
.hall atraeta early laat niahl and
a,a;-d almoat Inatantly. Tha truck r-I,.n.-r4
la t'lia. Wcrlman A Kin, and
at erupted br faul UMar and W.
I.u-aa. err.ployta of tho company.
tr. Allen att oln from tha offu-ra
cf ISa I'ortland Cordas Companr.
hero ha a employed, to h i horna at
t:a haronj atreeL llo atepped off tha
urb behind a iw When h a
tha ma. hlna twarlna; d- n on Mm he
appeared to tt'omi confuted. UrP,1
and fell.
Tha left front hae of tha truck,
paxed or hla cbeat. Tha drlcar
atoVpcd tha car Immediately. tr. It. ?
Aaftby. Zil't North Mataenlh atreet.
pi.-a.ed up tho lo)ura4 man and car
ried him to tha flood Samaritan lloa
rltaL Mr Allen died beforo ha raaw'bed
tha hoepital.
reputy I'oranrr htnilK took chartra of
ha bly. Motorrycla Tatrolman Tully
and Morrta ajuaallonad tha tvoya In
'harca of tho marhire. and then r
leaaed tham In car of tha auperlotend
ent of ld. Wortman as Kln.
Mr Alien ta Mrlc4 hy a lfa and
two .h'ldren. d and year. Mra.
Allen kid not bn InforVncd of her
hu.band deata at a lata hour laat
niaht. La.Mar a aa held on a cnare
cf Inaoluntarr man.lauthler.
9 HOURS PASSED IN WELL
Workrr at llntrrprl-f rinncd la
Olbblns alfrr o InJ-ry.
.NTrr.rr.t.-li r. No. I (5po
rtat After belraaT hurled for tin
bouro under a pila of debrla In th
bottom of at alL fharie . Cl(att
a fe- ud at I A. t- Wdnedy
lib only a fr ar bruiar t-y hor for
h r tparuara.
t'oifala tt worklrwr aln at th
bottom of th ell. on tha John T
Travror farm M milea north of Ko
rpne. akm tha rrlbhlnrf b'ltn to
mov and llraally pinned him In. hil
tha dirt fell a ''out him but did not
rj'jit roter h I ni up.
Nelhbr who h'ard hl cnr tel.
rhoned to town, a'wl trire auto load
of -ruila reapondad-
IRVIf.GTON PROPERTY TO GO
fity lr n Drcfuihcr S3 Tract
lor Amount of ,i"nrnl.
rmst"n proparty dalintucnt to tha
extant of IIVO In tha aaamenta for
th frinton altatrlrt aearcr con
atrurt'd nine yar act III be awld
by tha city pemhr 21. acrordlnaT to
annminrtntot jcatarday of City Treas
urer Adama. Th properly will no for
th amount- of araamenl (tandtnc
aramat It.
fa! of about li-'O aaorth of aaae.a
menla In other part of th city 111
Uk pla- on Non her 2C Out of l
piccaa cf property adtertiacd for !
at that lime atxul half hare paid up
in and thereby taed ofl th sal.
BUS HITS JITNEY DRIVER
llaslt ralrrwr. at llo-pltal. IVIiecil
lo llae t rat-larrd Skull.
Iluch Talraer. a JUncy drier. al
atruca by a Jitney bua at fnlon aeenua
and Phaer trei early Uat mihl and
ai aa taken to lha Oood Pamartlan lloe
pltal unonalou. It fearad hi
tkatl tl frartured.
I'almer aaa rroa'airc th itrct when
tba Jitney etopped l pi-k up paaaen
Cara. ISatph flprm. th drirar. darted
alot. Palmer tru-k from be
hirvd a"d throan lo lha pavement. Me
a.tained h' mjuiy hen hla head
atruk on th pavement. Tha Ambu
lance ierl'-e fompany took Talmer 10
th hoerutal.
FAIRY GODFATHER FOUND
l. Illarrt Will l"ay relelt 00 Ircc
nahblta for Wortwn.
Th ' aomen aho are on lha city
ernploment bureau lie! of dv orh
era. are ta hae hmre Jai-krahblta for
Thark.ilnal M. finrn. of 111 Water
at reel, yeatarday ared arltrt Mra . M.
l:neraon. a ho haa chare of tha em
ploy merit bureau, lo pa tha pre. on
! raMItt hfrt h been offered
free by a P'n Ijudtaw. r.
Tba rabbita alll ahlpped to fort
land and distributed at the 111 Mall.
POSTOFFICE WILL CLOSE
Mr. Itarbr-aatrt d.ranl Permit to Men
I .aern" to deo to t'tanlhall d.amo.
i:r;i:M. nr.. vn. 1. ipcciai )
roetmter.i;enral tlurle.on lock auf
farienl Intere.t tn th" Oreajon-Oreon
Acc t"r. to bn played her tomor
row, to telecraph tb" einploya of the
I'udrna poatofTic a part holiday that
they may attend tha same tomorrow.
Mart than "l will attend. I'arlne
only a auffl'-lenl force to keep th
atamp a Ind" w open.
.NodrcJ Indian t hief t'ylns.
rillA'. Nov. I "eatl! Klra. a
nurd Indian chief and a aurvlvor of
fuater' lt fieht. la reported today
n ba dylnc here at the horn of hi
friend. Chief !.Ht: Pear.
Chief carallala Fir ia 7 yeara old.
Tor pear y yeara h ha haen e
h.bited tnrouhnut tha country aa an
attraction In rirruee and moaeuma.
lit home la OB a rcacrtalloo la Idibo. 1
TRUNK MURDER IS
MYSTERY OF RIVER
Body of Unidentified
Man Is Found.
CRIME IS APPARENTLY RECENT
Buggy Tracks to Edge of Wa
ter Furnish Sole Clew.
VICTIM'S GARB REMOVED
Drrd llatiman find Trunk l loatlnj
In Willamette Inldc I ct,
but Itcllcf I Bo. W'aa la
Water Only Kcvr Jloura.
An old trunk picked up In lh Wtl
lametta River at tha -fool of Klandar
treat laat nlhl a hen opened revealed
tha body of a man who had been prac
tically rtripped of hi clothe.
Tho trunk a discovered by Fred
IUrlir.an. 211 ' Flrat treet. at
o'clock, when ha brnucht to moorln a
roavboat which ha had had out durlnij
tha afternoon.
The Identity of lha man had not been
e.tahllahed at mldmcht. Th body
turned faro downward In th trunk.
Mia hat and coal and a few other ef
fect had been carefully Uld on tha lilt
of lh trunk.
The police bellev It I a cler caae
of murder, and detective acre Imme
diately put to work. x
Dadiy Track Sale leva.
Bussy trark leading to and from
tha .-cn were the only clew tho au
Ihorltlea had lo work on up to mld
n'ht. Whin lha body waa taken from the
trunk by tha Coroner. It aa discov
ered lha man had a deep a"h in hi
head, eipoalna the brain. Around hi
neck were welta a If from a cord or
rope.
There acre tvldence that lh man
had been dead rverl days, but had
only recently ben placed In tb trunk.
Tha truuk a aa a el inald. all hough th
p.. lice believe tho trunk could have
been In the river only a ehort time
when, found. They believe lh trunk
would hav tank within a few houra
a Lrtlaa W rapped la Old lalbre.
Th body carefully aaathrd In
old ctothea althoueh the man wore only
an underahlrt.
The victim appeared lo bo tibout 40
yeara old Me aai allchdv bald head
ed and the mml pronounced marklna
about him aaa a deep car on hi
lip.
Mr Martman. who made the discov
ery and notified the police. aid he had
conr to hla boat moortr c early In the
afternoon lo lake hla boat to Ciulld
l.ak. Me aaa away aeveral hours, re
turning at ( o'clock, lie had not no
ticed the trunk In the afternoon. W'heu
ha returned In the evening ho bumped
into th trunk a he was tleinj up
the bat.
Traaak haarety Larked.
Th trunk waa heavy and after tur.
a"in at It In vain for a time he went
1 no. lu'l'U on I'aae . Column Z 1
THERE'S A BUZZIN
j-
v '
TURKEYS THIS YEAR
TEND TO COSTLESS
dkalkks irxrtcT . St rrLY AS
LM'bK AJ KVKR.
Top Irlct for Bct IMrd at I'ctaU
Is rrcdiclcd at 23 Cents Ore
gon Crop About Average-
Thankslvin turkey rrices'in Tort
land will be no hiehcr than last year,
and way be cneaper. Poultry dealer
look for a supply as large a a year
ago. and they do not believe the de
mand will be any heivler. Therefor,
they predict that IS cents Will be the
top price for the best bird at retail.
Ijit year thbulk of the turkeys
sold In the Portland tores at th cents,
only, a few dealcra askins, and
20 cents.
Other kinds of poultry, chickens
especially, are lower in price than
uaual. and Ibis will also tend to hold
down turkey prices to a reasonable
level.
The turkey crop In Oreton this year
Is about of average alxe. The supply
In Idaho is lea, shippers up there esti
mating It at only about 40 per cent
of laat year. Nvada. however, baa
a large production, and that state will
take c:ye of the tan Francisco mar
ket this year, therefora the Southern
Oregon turkeys that are usually ship
ped to California 111 have to ba mar
keted In thla city.
Fveral tons of Oregon turkeys were
ent to San Francisco soma time ago.
there to be forwarded by Army trans
port to Manila, where they will arrive
before Thanksgiving.
WIFE TRIES RESCUE IN FIRE
Mrs. Ian Moran fights Tollc to
Kave llur-band. Who Is Safe.
T- reacua her husband, who. she
thousht. was upntalr In a burning
houe al 221 Thirteenth street, Mrs.
Pan Moran. a pretty young woman,
foucht with the firemen and police laet
night and tried to enter tho building,
rihe fainted when she found that her
lui.-band was not In the building. Mr.
Moran was downtown.
The fire etarted In the basement.
Mrs. Moran and Mis Carolyn Simpson,
a-ho were .asleep In Miss Slmp50n's
room on the first floor, were awakened
by the amoke. Their screams aroused
tho other realdenta. '
RACING BICYCLIST KILLED
loula Kurhl Hldca to Death to
Avoid Hitting Opponent.
CHIOAOO. Nov. IS. In the first heat
of the amateur handicap at the opening
of the al-dy bicycle races tonisht.
Ixtil Kifehl wsa killed instantly on
hla third lap a-hen he flew over the
rail on the north turn and tumbled SO
fc-l to the concrete floor below.
Merman Hoffman, who was leading,
started to slip, and Kucht swung high
to avoid htm. skidding over the rail.
ARMY OF "TURKS' COMING
Caldwell ships 10,000 Pounds to
Portland and ieatllc .MarWelt.
CAI.DWF.I.U Idaho, Nov. .19. (impe
rial.) Forty thousand pounds of
dressed turkeys were expressed from
nere today consigned to Portland and
Seattle dealers.
The average price paid waa 20 cents
a pound.
IN THE AIR; YOU CAN HEAR
"NOVEMBER 20. 1915.
CASES STILL PEND
Effort To Dismiss In-
dictments Fails.
TWO J'LrontfUSE TO ACT
A. L. Clark and D. B. Culhane,
of Precinct 37, Still Held.
BAD BLOOD IS ENGENDERED
Two Trials Held, Third Ordered and
Dintrk-t Attorney Fears There
Would lie Little Chance of
Procuring Conviction Sow.
Deputy District Attorney John A. Col
lier tried to write the last chapter in
the famous Precinct 37 election fraud
case yesterday, but did not succeed.
Judge Oantenbein and Judge Gatens
both declined to sign an order dismiss
ing tha indictments against Albin L.
Clark and Daniel B. Culhane. after Mr.
Collier had decided to drop the canes,
and had prepared an order which set
out his reasons.
And there the matter rests. In spite
of vigorous efforts on tho part of Dis
trict Attorney Evans and his deputies;
In splta of the widespread protest
against the wholesale ballot frauds, no
body has been brought to Justice for
tho crime. Alolon U Clark was con
victed once, but Judge Uatens granted
him a new trial. It would have been
his third one.
late nadly Tangled.
It is a tangled moss, the authorities
concede. Briefly, this is Its history:
Precinct 37 Is that territory on the
West Side bounded by Tenth. Washing
ton. Sixteenth and Burnsidc streets,
forming r triangle. Albion L. Clark
was chairman of the day election
honrd at the election November 3. 1314.
Daniel B. Culhane was an election
Judge. James S. Una was a Domo-
crallu watcher, hired by a. man '.(no
waa a deputy sheriff under lom au
ci-orfi. Tha night election board dis
carded about O ballots, which clearly
showed erasures In the shrievalty coi
..,., Vote, in favor o Thomas M.
Hurlburt had been changed to favor
Tom M. Word. A brief investigation
resulted In the ballots being thrown
out- .
Contest F.sposea Frauds.
' Mr. Jlurlhurt was elected Sheriff by
171 votes tn the entire county. Mr.
Word, incumbent, filed a contest suit
in Circuit Court. The trial and re
count was a big affair. When precinct
17 was reached, it waa found that the
day election board had passed over a
lot of ballots bearing erasures similar
to those discarded by the night board.
After several days of sensational
driving Into the precinct 37 scandal.
Mr. Word dropped his contest. Mr.
Hurlburt had gained scores of votes
over the official results. The grand
Jury then started to investigate. After
several months Clark. Culhane and Linn
i-onrl'ided on rag ?. Column 2.)
IT EVERYWHERE!
a
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111 ELECTION FRAUDS
CITY TO PUT ON
AIR OF FESTIVITY
CEDAK GARLANDS W ILL. GRACE
BUSINESS DISTRICT.
Extra Lighting Promised and
Band Concerts Will Be Given
Down Town Each Evening.
The City of Portland appropriated
air.O yesterday to assist the retail mer
chants" bureau' of the Chamber of
Commerce in its plan to decorate the
entire business section for the holiday
season, and the preliminary work has
been begun. The decorations will be
completed by November 29, and will re
main until after New Year's day.
There will be eight miles of cedar
garlands stretching from pole to pole
through the business section in a zone
lyirktT between Morrison and Oak streets
and between Third and Tenth streets.
On Washington street the decorations
will run from Second to Fif teeriti
streets'.
Arrangements will be made to have
the circuit patrolled twice each day and
all necessary repairs made to keep the
decorations in good condition.
Besides the garlands there will be
two eight-foot Christmas trees at each
post along the entire circuit, and addi
tional electrical features will be
worked out, with festoons of lights at
every street intersection.
The first week after the decorations
go up will be Prosperity Week." and
there will be special band concerts
downtown each evening.
The city is arranging to have the
lights kept on all the bridges during
the time the decorations are up, and
will bear a portion, of the expense of
tho downtown lighting.
TINA LERNER AGAIN WEDS
Pianij-t, Direct From Ucno With De
cree, Marries Girlhood Suitor.
SAN' rKANCISCO, Nov. 1!. (Special.)
Tina Lerner, world-famous pianist,
arrived from Reno at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon. Tucked away in one of her
grips was a decree of divorce presented
by a Nevada judge a day or two ao
giving her the right to drop "Bachner"
from her name.
At 5 o'clock in the San Francisco
City Hall, still attired in her traveling
dress, the noted artist took the hand
of Vladimir Shavitch, a sweetheart of
her girlhood, and they were pronounced
man and wife by a Justice of the Peace.
POOR TO SEE FAIR FREE
Hendmtec Vignres Pass 1 7.000,000
Mark With 16 Days to Go.
SAN FRANCESCO. Nov. 19. The at
tendance figures for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition passed the 17.000,000
mark today. There remain practically
16 days in which the exposition may
reach the 1R.000.000 mark set for it by
officials some time ago.
Every person in San Francisco too
poor to afford to buy a ticket to the
exposition will be admitted frco on a
day set apart. Patrolmen on every
beat today began taking the names of
such as have not seen the exposition.
POLICEMEN MAKE PROTEST
Five Men to Be Dropped December 1
Charge Unfair Treatment.
Appearing before the Council at the
City Hall yesterday in a body. live po
licemen . who are scheduled to be
dropped from tlie service December 1
by reason of the cutting of the force
entered their protest.
They declare that they were only ap
pointed recently and were put to the
expense of about $150 each for uni
forms and equipment. They contend it
is unfair to force them out at this time.
INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS
The Weatber.
TESTER PAT'S Maximum temperature. 43
degrees; minimum, 4." degreea.
TODAY'S Unaettled with occasional rains;
winds niortly southerly.
National.
Al'les ask China to Join port. Pag 4.
Department of Justice to have charse of
investigation of war plots. Page 2.
Speaker Clark trim Wtleon he favors Na
tional defense. Page i.-
American contraband protest to so to all
belligerent nations. Fage 2.
Domestic.
Mak.'r of Affidavit in Ifillstrom ca.e be
lieved tool of I. W. W. Paga 6.
McCormlck hints many Moose will vote for
Wilson If Republicans nominate Boot.
S.
Jury of physicians finds no evidence baby
was mentally defective, but does not
criticTso physician, rage 1.
Storm sweeping over Eastern states. Page -.
Sport.
Oregon and'Asgica play at Eugene today,
raga 12.
Odds ahorten. on Harvard. Page 12.
Oregon men nervous on eve of . battle.
Page 13.
Aggiea praying for dry field. Tase 12.
racifle Northweat.
Washington mine disaater necessitates extra
compensation assessment. Page 6.
Governor Lister will hear women's report
on itoas case tuudj. " --
Commercial and Marine.
Lighter buying of wheat In Northwest, but
nnrr remain firm. - Face 17.
Difficulties in shipping to Mediterranean
inwer wheat at Chicago. Faga 17.
Coming of Yesan Mani believed to work
resumption of Royal Mai! service. Page 1
Wall street stock decline with lack of de
mand, rage 1 1.
Further prognsis in trade and Industry more
active. raga .
Tortland and Vicinity.
Body of unidentified man' found in trunk in
river. Page I.
take on no'.idav asnect. Pace 1.
Turkeys this year tend to cost less, rage 1.
Bishop Earl Cranston la rortlana visitor.
William 8. Newbury. ex-Mayor of Portland.
ia dead. Page 13.
J W. Allen. SO. is killed by automobile
truck. I'age i.
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Pit I CI FIVE CENTS.
NO MENTAL DEFECT
Doctors on Coroner's
Jury Find Verdict. .
PHYSICIAN IS NOT CRITICISED
Consulation Urged, However,
in Doubtful Cases.
DUTY HELD TO SAVE LIFE
Morally and Ethically, Official
Findings Declare, Surgeon Is
Fully Within nights in lie- ;
fusing Operation. '
CHICAGO. Nov. 19. Six physicians
comprising a Coroner's jury, today held
that Dr. H. J. Haisclden, who permitted
an infant, Allan John Bollinger, to die
when an operation might have saved
him to a life of unhappir.ess as a de
fective, was morally and ethically jus
tified in refusing to perform the oper
ation which his conience did not sanc
tion. An implied disapproval of a course
wherein a physician might determine
whether it was or was not desirable
for a patient to live was contained n
the concluding paragraph of the ver
dict: ' t ,
"Wc believe that the physicians
highest duty is to relieve suffering and
to save or prolong life."
jury composed of rbslclans.
Tiie jury was composed of the fol
lowing physicians: John V. Golden.
Mercy Hospital; Arthur Rankin, pro
fessor of anatomy. Loyala University:
Howard Chislctt. dean of Hahnemann
College; D. A. K. Steel, dean of tho
Physicians and Surgeons College of
the University of Illinois; Henry K
Iwis. professor of obstetrics. Cook
County Hospital; Ludwig Hektoen. pro
fessor of pathology. Rush Medical Col
lege, of tne University of Chicago.
Dr. Haiselden in )iis testimony s.utd
he did not reach his final decision not
to operate until lie had consulted U
practicing physician, 14 of whom ap
proved his course of letting the little
life expire, he said. The mother of
the child, wife of a well-to-do work
man, mother of three other children,
all physically and mentally normal,
also agreed that the baby would b
better off dead, ho declared.
Advice Not Vrged on Parents.
"1 did not operate, first, because of
the deformity of the child, and second
ly, because of the seriousness of the
case," he declared. "1 did not urge
the parents to follow my advice. I
simply gave my opinion as a consult
ing surgeon. 1 was morally certain
the child would be a defective."
On what did you base your opin
ion?" asked Dr. Chislett.
On the actions of the child."
"Was the brain normal?"
"No it was not."
Was the child blind?" f
"Well, it I could not exactly say.
Its eyes' would not respond to light."
Child's Hearing; In Doubt.
Was the child deaf?"
"One of the ears was gone and I
could not determine whether there was
an auditory nerve."
Dr. Haiselden showed several X-ray
pictures of the child's anatomy.
tr John Dill Robertson. City Health
Commissioner, who testified that there
was no evidence that the child would
have been mentally defective, issued a
statement, in part as fo.lows.
"A question of tremendous impor
tance is at once raised as to whether
the right of any child to live should
rest wholly on the judgment of any
phvsician. I do not want to be under
stood as questioning the right of any
phvsician to act as his conscience or
judgment in any particular caso would
die-tat", and to operate or not to op
crate in accordance therewith.
Safeguard la Demanded.
"At the same time the life of every
child should be safeguarded by the
community that it would not have to
depend upon the judgment of any one
or two physicians.
If we arc going to depart from the
recognised duty of the physician to
save life regardless of what that life
shall be afterward, then the state must
provide some tribunal similar to that
of ancient Sparta which questioned the
right of every child to live until it
had been passed upon by this tribunal."
The verdict read in part as follows:
'We find no evidence from the physi
cal defects in the child that it would
have become me: tally or morally de
fective. Several of the physical de
fects might have been improved by
plastic operations.
"We believe that morally and ethi
cally, a surgeon is fully within his
right's in refusing to perform any oper-
ation which his conscience will not
sanction. We find no reason to believe
that the parents of John Bollinger
were deprived of the privilege of con
sultation. We recommend strongly that in all
doubtful cases of this character, a con
sultation of two or more surgeons of
known reputation for skill, ethical
standing and broad expevience should
be held to decide upon the advisability
or inadvisability of operative meas
ures. ,
"We believe thai the physician's
highest duty is to relieve suffering and
to save or prolons lit"
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