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iO THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JTEDT 29, 1916. FAMILY POISONED EATING MUSHROOMS Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and Three Daughters Stricken After Evening Meal. TWO. IN SERIOUS CONDITION Girl's Hysterical Flight and Leap Over High Bank Is First Warn ing Ambulance Is Wrecked Hushing to Victims. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and throe daughters Leah, aged 14; Pauline, 10. and Annie, 6 Uvng at Whltwood Court, on trhs Llnnton road, were poisoned early last nlgrht, presumably from eat ing a poisonous species of mushrooms or toadstools, served at their home, and are In a serious condition. Physicians who were Immediately called pronounced the condlton of Mr. Miller and of Leah Miller to be critical. All were taken to the Good Samar itan Hospital by the ambulance, Hilda, another daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Miller, aged 7, was the only mem ber of the family not affected. She Is said to have eaten none of the mush rooms. Leah Miller became hysterical short ly after dinner. Neighbor Calls Physician. Members of the Miller family first notified Mrs. A. Boss, a neighbor, of the strange sickness which had suddenly seized them. She immediately tele phoned for a physician. Two other physicians were called, as the condi tion of the different members of the family grew more serious. The first ambulance called to carry the sufferers to the hospital, ran off the grade turning from the Linnton road to run up to the house. The ma chine was put out of commission, but no one was injured. Another ambu lance was obtained immediately. Members of the family gathered the mushrooms in the woods around their home yesterday, Shortly after the evening meal, ail those who had eaten of the vegetable were seized with cramps, and it is believed that they had gathered poisonous plants with the mushrooms. Child's Suffering Is Severe. Leah, especially, was in terrible pain, and ran screaming from her home. Leaping over a bank 15 feet high, she fled to the business section of Whit wood Court, at the foot of the hill. The child was carried into a restau rant, where she was given emetics. , She is believed to be suffering from a hemorrhage of the stomach. Mr. Miller, who is an employe on the county road, became delirious, and two men were required to hold him while a physician attended him. Later he, too, had a hemorrhage of the stomach. ELECTORAL LIST SLIPS UP Vice-President Forgets Signature and Affidavit. HARR1SBURG, July 19. State De partment officials returned to Vice President Marshall for his signature the list of Democratic electors filed for Pennsylvania. The list also lacked the re Qui red affidavit. The State Department, under a rule made some years ago for the protection of all parties concerned, requires an acknowledgment filed with all nomina tions made for the general election, so that in case of withdrawals or substi tutions it is certain that the party withdrawing has that right. The same list was submitted by Pres ident "Wilson, but was not acknowl edged nor returned, for the reason ihat it came a day after the legal limit, which does not affect the list what ever, the law recognizes the Vice-President's list, which can be filed within 60 days, even though the President is required to file his list within 30 days after his nomination. However, the acknowledgement of the list by the Vice-President is what is necessary both for the protection of the candidates and the department. BOTH SIDES WANT PEACE Neither Will lropose It Thinks Maximilian Harden. LONDON. July 12. A Hague dis patch quotes Maximilian Harden, the noted German editor, as writing in Die Zukunft: Our enemies are ready. So are we. Therefore after the exhibition of their strength just given they might with out humiliation make up accounts and look for a straight line toward peace. But we Germans must not believe that they will do that. "Everywhere in Germany we hear that France, being exhausted, prefers humiliation to another Winter cam paign, and whatever hap-pens will sur render before the Winter. This is just ns true as the talk about Germany drumming blind and lame men into the army, while we still have at home at least SO army corps and 600.000 re cruits every year." JERSEY, TOO, SEEKS TAX Effort to Be Made to Collect $5, 600,000 From Green Estate. TRENTON. N. J., July 21. Not to be outdone by New York and Vermont, the State of New Jersey has entered the lists in the National battloSto collect the inheritance tax from the rate Mrs. Hetty Green's estate. William D. Kelly, of the collateral Inheritance department, has begun an investigation by which he hopes to show that Mrs. Green's real residence was at Hoboken rather than at Bellows Falls or New York City. He believes that Mrs. Oreen s estate will be shown to have a value of $ 150,000.000, at which figure New Jersey could collect $5,600. 000 inheritance tax if the Hoboken res idence should be legally established. JEALOUS HUSBAND OBJECTS Wife Officially Ordered to Stop Kiss - ' ins Good-Looking Boarder. POTTSVILLE. Pa.. July 26. The fact that Mrs. Alexander Strangling, of Buckrun. allowed a good-looking boarder to kiss her led to a lawsuit before Alderman P. J. Martin. Alex ander objected to his wife allowing anybody.but himself to kiss her, and chased her out of his house. Alderman Martin decided that Mrs. Stangling must stop kissing boarders; that the good-looking boarder must leave and that Alexander should be have peacefully toward his wife and pay the costs. NOTED METEOROLOGIST AND AUTHORITY ON AVIATION VISITS PORTLAND, WHERE HE COMMENCED HIS CAREER 28 YEARS AGO. STPFWHWrW rm T tMTTTTlif'fi.TTllT-"'n ' -"- ,,nn I II I I Hill II I I I I ill II II II n - i ft DR. FRED A- CARPENTER MR GRAFT IS FOE Dr. Carpenter Tells How It Can Spot Submarine. SCENIC HIGHWAY IS LAUDED Federal Scientist Also Telia of Accomplishment With Wireless Adding to Utility of Craft in War Mr. Beals Praised. No submarine can ever hope to hide from an aeroplane, according to Dr. Ford Ashman Carpenter, officer tn charge of the United States Weather Bureau at Los Angeles, and an expert meteorologist, who has been visiting Henry W. Fries in Portland. Dr. Carpenter, who has achieved fame in his chosen field during recent years, came to Portland 28 years ago to get his first experience at a weather bureau station. From Portland he went to the station at Fort Canby, but has been located at California stations during most of his absence from Port land. His visit in Portland came after delivering his annual lecture course on aviation at the University of California and a special course of instruction at the military training quarters at Mon terey, Cal. Aeroplane Value Explained. "The aeroplane will always be the eye Qf the Army and the Navy," said Dr. Carpenter before departing for Se attle last night after three days' stay here. "The man on the airship can look down into the water at a great depth, far below the maximum depth to which a submarine can submerge It would be impossible for a' submarine to get away from, an aeroplane so far as the matter of vision is concerned. On account of the entire freedom from refraction it Is possible to see an or ange from an altitude of 2000 feet. "As a result of the most recent de velopments in the Southern California field it is now possible for the military aviator to send wireless messages to his base of operations even though it be more than 200 miles distant. He can also receive messages perfectly, an ac complishment that greatly increases the .practical utility of the military aeroplane which now may be said to have been well developed." Mr. Beals Is Praised. Dr. Carpenter also said that Mr. Beals is recognized as one of the most expert weather forecasters in the United States. He explained that Mr. Beals has a most difficult position to fill because the Portland office is lo cated "where nearly all of our weather comes from." Dr. Carpenter has been on continu ous duty in the United States weather service since first commissioned as an assistant observer of the United States Signal Corps in 1SS8 at Portland; he was an executive officer in the explor ing expedition to Lower California and Mexico; he is now a lecturer in the Signal Corps Aviation School near San Diego. He was a delegate to the In ternational Congress of Arts and Sci ences at St. Louis in 1904 and to the eighth International Geological Con gress in Washington, four years later. Dr. Carpenter is the author of numer ous books bearing upon his specialty and 'has taken many prize-winning pic tures in natural color photography. Dr. Carpenter was enthusiastic over the Columbia Highway .after a trip to Crown Point. FARM HOMES AWAIT USERS Development of Jersey Waste Land) Part of State' Work. MEDFORD. N. J.. July 19. New Jer sey's farming opportunities, as recog nized by the new State Board of Agri culture and general plans so far formu lated for the conduct of this depart ratnt, were outlined by Secretary of Agriculture Alva Agee before 2000 farmers and their families at the an nual Held day of the Burlington County agriculturists, at the farm of Herbert L. Coachley. tiear here. The Secretary believes New Jersey s greatness as farming state has only started to de velop and. while he refused to make prophecies, his address indicated that the programme being prepared by his department contemplates some big ac complishments in behalf of the soil tillers. One of the chief aims of the new de partment will be to make productive hundreds of thousands of acres of un used land. "Our state has hundreds of thousands of acres now lying waste that could be brought into profitable alfalfa production and later this land will come into demand for homes by residents of our great cities who want the freedom and opportunities of farm 3 TALKING TO H. W. FRIES life," the Secretary said. "Land not now occupied would make room for tens of thousands of desirable residents who now labor without much hope in con gested districts of cities near by." Farmers who have been deeply inter ested in the reorganization of the state board listened eagerly as the speaker explained the divisions of authority and how every branch of farming will be cared for. Farmers attending the meeting wit nessed an interesting demonstration of work with farm tractoas. At the busi ness session C. Craig Tallman, of Co lumbus, president of the Burlington County Board of Agriculture, lauded the advancement made in agriculture in this county as a result of the work of the farm bureau. Brief addresses of welcome were made by the host, Herbert L. Coachley, and by Everett Haines, president of the Medford Board of Trade. H. W. Jeffers. the "alTalfa king" of New Jersey, led a practical discussion on methods-of growing this crop and H. F. Hall, of the Campbell Soup Com pany, told of prospects of the South Jersey tomato crop-. Revolutionizing changes in the transportation of farm crops to city markets were predicted in an address by Horace Roberts, of Moorestown, operator of the biggest chain of farms in the state. TRADE BOOM IS PREDICTED Buenos Aires. Resident Tells What South America Has to Offer. WASHINGTON, July 24. "Necessa rily trade with South American states will increase more rapidly following the close of the European war than it is increasing now," remarked Alfred Brown, of Buenos Aires, an American who has been many years in business in Argentina, at the Shoreham. "South America produces many raw materials that we must have in our manufac tures. and commerce in these raw ma terials will grow much faster after peace comes. Brazil, for instance, has the largest known deposits in the world of 70 per cent iron ore, practically free from phosphorus. The state of Minas Geraes alone is estimated to have close to 2.000,000,000 tons at about 300 to 400 miles from the seacoast. Our Eastern mills can use this ore to advantage. "Brazil is also the largest producer after India of manganese, and sends almost her entire output to the United States, and plans are under way here to increase greatly the consumption to replace shipments from India interfered with by the war. "Chile has the largest deposits of nitrate of soda in the world. So with tin produced in Bolivia, which now sup plies 18 per cent of the world's output. Copper. silver, rubber, tannin for leather, numerous other articles needed in the United States are produced in South America, and the trade with the United States is sure to grow by leaps and bounds after the war. TEACHER KILLS RATTLERS Woman Dispatches Colony of Rep tiles and Shows Xb Trace of Nerves. NEVADA. Mo., July 25. Miss Joe Sherman, teacher at the Fry School a few miles east of Butler, a few days ago dispatched a colony of rattle snakes in a neat and expeditious man ner and did not show a trace of "nerves" after the act. The snakes were discovered by the children of the school and Miss Sher man was notified. Going to the spot where the reptiles were, she pr.ocured a stout club and began the slaughter. After she had killed them she calmly removed the fangs from their heads and the rattles and buttons from their tails and when the time came to call the children "to books" she resumed her duties as though dispatching dead ly rattlesnakes was a part of her daily work. Miss Sherman's home is In Rich HilL GEM TAKEN FROM TEETH Diamond Worn in Mouth Removed Front Dead Man Before Burial. ALTOONA. Pa., July 24. Caramel Beave. known among his friends as the "Diamond King," who died at the home of a relative here, was buried re cently: but before the funeral the $100 gem which he had set between his two upper front; teeth some years ago was removed bya dentist. It was the intention of his family not to disturb the gem. but friends suggested that grave robbers might attempt to steal it. Beave was a Jew elry salesman and his hobby was dia monds. Brother Pays Farewell ; Dies. KITTANNING. Pa.. July 24. Arriv ing here to bid his brother good-bye, Samuel Burns, 53, of Milliard. Butler County, after talking five minutes with his brother in his office, went to the second floor of the building and drank poison. Returning to the main floor, he resumed the conversation. While speaking, he fell unconscious. A physi cian was summoned, but Burns was dead when he arrived. NEW YORK MOOSE DUBIOUS QUANTITY Total Strength- of 75,000 Is Doubtful and Political Fu ture Not Determined. HUGHES IS MOST IN FAVOR Wilson Xeeds 05,000 More Votes Than He Had Last Year to Carry State, on Face of Figures of Last Flection. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 28. How the Progressives of New York will divide as between Hughes and Wilson cannot be gauged by the recent meeting of the New York Progressive State Committee held at Syracuse That meeting broke up without decisive action of any sort. The Progressive voters In New York may hold the balance of power next November and again they may not. Much depends on how many Progres sives there are and nobody knows that. Four years ago. Roosevelt, as the Progressive candidate for President, polled 890,021 votes in New York. That same year Taft received 455,528 votes and Wilson got 655,475, Wilson carried the state, though the combined ma jority against him was 189,974. Many Return to Fold. That a reat many of the 893,000 Pro gressives who voted for Roosevelt in 1912 have gone back to the Republi can party is conceded! that more went back after Roosevelt declared for Hughes is a certainty. The last re corded strength of the Progressive party in New York was at the Con gressional elections 08 1914, when there were straight-out Progressives for candidates in 30 of the 43 Congressional districts. In the other districts there either was no Progressive candidate, or the Progressives indorsed either the Democratic or the Republican nominee. But- in the 30 districts where Progres sive candidates were nominated a total of 82,392 votes were recorded for the Progressive candidates. These 82.392 Progressives who voted as such two years ago did not represent the full Progressive strength in the state that year, because in 13 dis tricts Progressives voted for candidates of another party, but it also is true that since 1914 many Progressives have gone back to the Republican party. That the Progressive State Committee of New York today represents as many as 75,000 voters is hardly likely. Large Majority Favor Hushes. There was one Interesting feature jf the Syracuse meeting. A Bronx dele gate announced the result of a poll taken among the enrolled Progressive voters of New York City. The returns showed 4478 New York Progressives favoring Hughes and 1406 favoring Wilson. A poll extending over cities outside of New York gave Hughes 72 per cent and Wilson 21 per cent of the votes cast. While polls of this char acter are always misleading in that returns are received from only a small percentage of those whose views are asked, yet the results, as announced, indicate that a greater number of Pro gressives in New York will vote for Hughes than for Wilson. Using the 1912 figures as the basis, Mr. Wilson, to carry New York this Fall, must poll about 95,000 more votes than he received four years ago. As suming that the Progressive vote of New York is 75,000, Mr. Wilson must have that solid vote, and then some, to carry the state over Hughes. All this is on the face of the 1912 figures, which are interesting chiefly as an indication and are not an accurate guide.' Tammany Lacks Enthusiasm. Wilson wants New York and prob ably must have it to be elected. Four years ago he carried the state only be cause Taft and Roosevelt divided the opposition vote and at that he fell nearly 190,000 votes short of a majority. How many Republican votes Wilson re ceived in that election will never be known. He also got some Democratic votes four years ago that he will not get next November. Tammany will not make a strenuous effort to re-elect Wilson, for Tammany has been fed on crumbs that fell from the Administra tion table until recently, and Tammany does not forget. Another handicap under which Mr. Wilson will labor is the fact that he will this year be arrayed against the two biggest New Yorkers, politically. bar none the Republican nominee, Mr. Hughes, and Colonel Roosevelt. THIEVES GET CANDY TREAT Police Chief Unwilling Bven to Scold His Two Prisoners. RICHMOND, Ind.. July 25. Mrs. E. R. Smith reported to police headquar ters that her horse and buggy had been stolen from North Seventh street, where she had left the outfit when on a shopping tour. Two hours later the po lice received a telephone call from the town marshal at Boston, six miles south of Richmond, who informed the police that he had "a couple of horse thieves" in custody and believed the stolen vehicle which they had in their possession might have been taken at Richmond. The police sent two armed men in an automobile to Boston to get the "thieves. Chief Goodwin and other officers were nearly all night awaiting the re turn of the men and the -vdesperate characters." When they arrived the "horse thieves" were found to be Jesse Smelser, age 5, and Jack Smelser, age 3. The tots had climbed into the bug gy after unhitching the horse and with out point of destination in view, Jesse, the older, had driven straight south until Boston was reached, where the Marshal stopped them. Chief Goodwin said the prisoners were too small to be even scolded, so instead he bought them each a bag of candy and turned them over to their parents, who were vainly searching for them. BUDDHA AND THE BICYCLE Odd Visit to Religions Dignitary at Tibet Border. Christian Herald. Nearly 30 miles from Payenjung. Kansu, China, near the bonder of Tibet, stands the home of Ku Rong Fuyeh. Ku Rong Fuyeh is one of the few Tibetan dignitaries who have a liking for foreigners. Most of them are sus picious and distrustful. Ku Rong Fuyeh has learned & good deal of Chris tianity, though he has not. so far, ac cepted it. One fine day in May my companion and I started for his home. Our Jour ney sometimes led us along narrow paths at the verge of precipices ami deep ravines. At one place, had the mule I rode slipped or stumbled, these lines would never have been written. Reaching ths Buddha's residency. which we recognized from a distance by the whitewash on the upper portions of its surrounding walls, we were ush ered by attendant lamas into a nice guestroom. Part of the woodwork of the room is of carved tresco work. Pretty foreign wallpaper covers toe ceiling. Good Chinese pictures are on the wall. The wood floors are nice and clean. The windows are of paper and glass. On a raised platform at one end of the' room were some fine rugs for guests to sit on. There were also some good Chinese chairs. We each, according to Tibetan cus tom, gave a scarf called a "kha-ta" to a lama to take to the Buddha as a present of peace. Soon he sent us a nice tray of food, and shortly after he himself came, bringing us two better scarfs than those we sent to him. ine suadha showed us over almost the entire palace. He has manv foreign things; among them are foreign stoves, a sewing machine, a musical box, an electric battery, a telescope, a camera and a bicycle. No one could ride the bicycle, so he insisted on my riding it. That the pneumatic tires were too oM to contain air made no difference to hlml Quite a crowd gathered, and nxt day some DeoDle came over three miles to see it. One of his men, seeing It to be an apparently easy thing to do. essayed It, but he lonly succeeded in evoking continual roars of laughter from all present, the Buddha included. MAIN ISSUE UNCHANGED 1.1,0 Vr GEORGE OPTIMISTIC OVER IRISH SITUATION. British War Secretary Says Better Of- r Never Has Been Blade by All British Parties Together. LONDON. July 28. "I do not despair bout an eventual solution of the Irlsft iroblem in KnltA rf hA i to reach an agreement between the Nationalist! nnH ik. Tininn if t. David Lloyd George today. . was replying to a request of the Associated P v.:- - the breakdown of the negotiations for mitt nv Kn 1-I..W . . " ' ,,VJ .on uma ruie act into ffect immediately. "We achlAVerl at- In.nt - U : .l.i never had hitherto been accomplished." continued the British War Secretary. un,uBUl. lne representatives of he Irish N"atlnniut. th t-i- Unionists to the point of shaking hands i snaKing lists at each other." In reply to a question as to whether :ne NationallRtA waca i.if;.j i n fusing the nrnrtnsi'H KAlAmAM4- -w- Lloyd George said: . "ST,VTF has a better offer been made by all the British parties together. The me aemana was put forward by the Unionists that Ireland should be represented at Westminster only in nronortin-i t n i-- 1 . i - - - ' fuiiuiauuK, ex- vept when Ihe question f the Irish settlement was under consideration. It had to be conceded." ' a The secretary said the main prin ciples of the settlement remain, namely, the imnredi&ta pruAif parliament, exclusion for the present of ui ireiana wnich is unwilling to participate in the home rule mea sure and consideration of the whole question of the future of the Irish gov ernment by an imperial conference at iiuac vl i n e war.- THOUSANDS ARE STARVING Chicago . Citizen Tells President of Conditions in Poland. WASHINGTON. Julv i ti, ff 5en' women and children are dying ... un,a.. tuana. jonn t Smulski. head of thn Am.rion n 1 1 ..v. t- 1 1 . , - . . - - - iwuci oo- ciety, told the President, when request ...auc iu me cruet executive to rnnkn nAfannol . 1 . . i l . - . - . ci i li. l ii w iicHun or. foreign governments for permission to ship in relief supplies. Mr. Smulski, who is one of Chicago's most prominent citizens, once candidate for Mayor, has been unceasing in his efforts to get Great Britain to raise the embargo against food for Poland. "The world little knows the extent of the suffering in Poland," said Mr. Smulski, at the Raleigh. "No news is permitted to come out of Poland, but occasionally a letter reaches members of the American Relief Society which gives an inkling of the terrible suffer ing there. Actually thousands are dying in Russian Poland, where the Germans are now in occupation. Only recently a letter was received from a town near Warsaw, written by a WOmfln Whlr-rl oonanA . V. ml , ....... v v. mo .ciisur. x no woman inclosed a photograph, and in ,tc' ucr i ciucu tnac conaitions were miny jouo. w nen me pnotograph was examined, however, it was discovered that thpra woo nnAl.Ai- 1 . . - 1 l.Vl 11 lici vjn cealed under the picture, and this told of the true conditions. The writer said that it was impossible to describe the i . iiik. auu uminreq iiiill mousanas strongest were able to survive on the scant rations allowed the people by the Germans." HAIR SAVES GIRL'S LIFE Boy Companions Drag Child From Water by Her Tresses. WILKESBARRE, July 24. Stephania Wanin, 8 years old. fell into a water filled cave hole at Plains and was sink ing when her cries attracted the at tention of Walter Bart, 9 years old. and John Bart, aged 8. The boys ran to her assistance. Walter, clinging to the fence which surrounded the hole, seized the girl by the hair. Hanging to the fence by his legs he managed to keep the girl's face out of the water, while his brother ran to he nearest neighbor for help. For 20 minutes the little fellow re mained in that position until his broth er came back with John Haslop. who lifted the girl from the water and then got the boy to safety. The girl was partially overcome, but revived after receivng medical attention. SNAKE GRABS YOUNG FISH Dead Reptile and 54 Trout Are Preserved in Alcohol. An unusual catch was made by Mc Kinley Reed, in charge of the Eagle Creek feeding pond of the Fish and Game Commission near Barton. Or., re cently, when he killed a common gar ter snake. The snake when opened was found to contain 54 small trout which it had caught in the pond there. The fish were from an inch to an inch and a half in length. The snake and trout were preserved in alcohol by Mr. Reed, and have been added to the collection of the State Fish and Game Commission. When caught the snake was in the feeding pond catching fish, according to Mr. Reed. It would lie with its head out of the water, and would grab when a Hah came within striking distance. Garfield's epbew Rejected. CLEVELAND, O., July 25 James A. Garfield, nephew of the late President Garfield, and whose) recent "war wed ding" to Miss Janet Dodge, a Cleve land society girl, attracted considera ble attention, will not go to the front after all. He has been rejected as a member of Troop A. Cleveland Cavalry, and will have to return home, along with 100 others not measuring up to the Army, standard physically. E AWARDED TO UNWEDDED MOTHER Federal Judge Decides Dispute in Which Canadian Hos pital Is Involved. CROWD CHEERS DECISION Court Bitter In Censure as He Closes Case and Says Where Maternity Is Involved, Real Mother Will Not Stand Mute. CHICAGO, July 28. Margaret Ryan. a Canadian working girl, was today declared by Judge K. M. Landis. of the United States District Court, to be the mother of a year-old child claimed also by Mrs. Anna Dollle Ledgerwood Mat ters, and given the custody of the In fant. The crowd , In the courtroom cheered the decision. Previous to the opening of the final day of the Federal Court hearing suits against Mrs. Matters charging foisting a spurious heir on the Probate Court and perjury were dismissed in the state courts. "Where the question of maternity is involved the real mother will not stand mute." Judge Landis said, in announc ing his decision. Judge Censures Hospital. The decision followed a speech in which the Judge bitterly censured the Mlsericordia Hospital at Ottawa, Ont. the sisters In charge and certain at tendants. It was in this hospital that Mrs. Matters, widow of a banker, said she gave birth to the child. Certain hospital attendants at first supported her assertion, then repudiated their tes timony and In later hearings declared that Margaret Ryan was its mother and that it was taken from her and given to the Chicago widow. Miss Ryan said the child's father was a soldier with the Canadian expedition. Mrs. Matters presented the child to the Probate courts here as a post humous heir to her husband's estate and in the long period of litigation which followed she was acquitted of a charge of conspiracy. Following this verdict Margaret Ryan brought suit in the Federal Court to obtain the child through a writ of habeas corpus. Her testimony had all been submitted when court convened today and Judge Landis asked Mrs. Matters if she wished to testify in spite of the fact that her attorneys an nounced they would not present any evidence. Estate Is Not Affected. Mrs. Matters asserted that she was the mother of the child and told of her reasons for going to Canada. The decision then was rendered turning the baby over to Miss Ryan. The decision of Judge Landis does not affect the estate of Fred Matters, late husband of Mrs. Matters, for Judge Henry Horner, in the Probate Court, had previously held that Irene was not the child of Mrs. Masters. ay an ante-nuptiai agreement Mrs. Matters was to receive $50,000 from the estate of her husband. The law allows the widow a one-third share in her husband's estate and Mrs. Matters re ceived that share recently. The value of the estate at that time' was esti mated at 8200.000. There are 26 heirs to the remainder of the estate. WAR ORDERS ENORMOUS Munition Traffic From Chicago East Totals $3,000,000,000. PHILADELPHIA, July 20 America. from Chicago east, is now on the shady side of $3. "00.000. 000 in all its war or ders, counting blankets, machinery, lo comotives and other products not com ing strictly under the head of muni tions. Twenty-four corporations alone ac count for more than $1,000,000,000 up to February 1. This figure is said to be "highly conservative." Official reports from the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Washington show that, shipments of war munitions up to date have aggre gated $446,000,000. These figures cover munitions in the strictest sense of the word. They do not include locomotives, blankets, rails, machines for gunmak- ing, or other like materials. NOTED FRENCHMAN IS WED '.Peggy" Gillespie, Dangerously 111, Becomes Bride of Rich Man. PARIS, July 27. Margaret Gillespie, formerly of Pittsburg, was married to Henri Letellier, until recently propri etor of Le Journal, one of the rich est men in France and famous as an art connoisseur. The wedding was ar ranged hastily, as the bride is danger ously ill. "Peggy Gillespie, as she was always called, is one of the best known Amer ican women in Europe. She was fa mous in Paris before the war for her fashion creations, many of which were taken up later by the great fashion houses. She was frequently termed the most chic woman in Paris and was the first exponent of the directoire gown, appearing in that style a year before it was adopted as a mode. WOLF RUN DOWN BY AUTO Texas Ranch Owner Shoots Animal From Fast-Running Car. SEALY, Tex.. July 25. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Newcom, with a party of friends, were driving over their ranch in an au tomobile, when they saw a red wolf running across the pasture. Mr. New com was driving the car and gave chase. The wolf had a good start when discovered, but Mr. Newcom gained on him steadily. After a run of about two miles across the prairie he came within shooting distance, and, letting go of bis wheel, took his shotgun from Mrs. Newcom's hand and opened fire, bringing down the animal on the third shot. It weighed 45 pounds. WIFE ACCUSES BEAUTY Wealthy Woman Stole Banker? Love, Says Spouse. PARIS, 11L, July 25. Mrs. Cora Epps Clark, Edgar County's wealthiest wo man, is made defendant in the precipe of a suit filed In the Circuit Court by Mrs. Merlte Smith, wtfe of a Hume, 111., banker, charging that she has alienated Smith's affections. Mrs. Smith asks foO.OuO. Sensational revelations a're exuected when the case comes up for trial in the November term of court. Mrs. BAB Smith's attorney has not filed the bill of declarations. Mrs. Clark has been a leader In many exclusive social functions and is noted for her beauty. She is 3a years old. Mrs. Clark has been married twice. Her second husband the late Colonel Terrance Clark, has been dead less than a year. Owner of an entire section of prairie land, valued at more than $250 an acre, and the receiver of the whole Income from a farm of 1400 acres in the same locality. Mrs, Clark is one of ,the wealthiest women in this part of Illi nois. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Clark are both residents of Metcalf. a small village near here. Mrs, Smith and Mrs. Clark came to Paris to shop on the same train, Mrs, Smith had the papers served on Mrs. Clark before she had a chance to leave the city. When interviewed Mrs, Clark denied the charge vigorously and intimated that she would have her attorney fight the case to the Supreme Court, She said she would spend every cent of her money to win the case, ARMY LIFE TRIES YOUTHS Sore Feet and Muscles Noted In , Camp Neap New London. NEW LONDON, Conn, July 4, The prep school army here for 1200 boys has found army life none too easy. During the first few days the boys have been through heavy marching or der and squad drill. As a result, iev eral of the Junior army have increased the sise of their feet and in some cases sore muscles are evident, The vacation expected by some has not materialised. The instruction corps located at the camp will give a series of lectures on the various departments and phases of army life. The evenings are devoted to these lectures on Mon day, Wednesday and Friday. Music of all sorts is provided at the association buildings. The V, M, C. A, is also arranging to show motion pic tures on the free evenings, ' About 700 of the boys had their first swim in the salt water this morning. This afternoon the boys took part in competitive athletics, A baseball game was played this aft ernoon between teams of Company H and Company G. The various companies in each unit will play preliminary games and then a championship series will be played. This evening the volunteer band of the Coast Artillery Corps, located on the island, gave a concert. After this each company buflt a bonfire, gave school yells and sang. Tomorrow the Sunday services and Bible classes will be conducted toy the Y. M. C, A. secretaries in the morn ing, and in the afternoon organized hikes will be conducted to various parts of the island. The Sunday preacher will be Dr. S. S. Drury, of St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. SERVICE SCHOOL PLANNED $10,000 Campaign to Be Started for Endowment Fund. PHILADELPHIA, July 22. Philadel phia Is to have a school for training social service directors and workers on a par with those in Boston, Chicago and New York, if plans now being made are carried out. A campaign, to raise $10,000 to broaden the curriculum of the Penn sylvania School for t Social Service. Fifteenth and Lombard streets, is to open at the Summer home of Miss Mary Angham. at Elythewood. West School lane near Queen Lane station. Berqard J. Newman, the new di rector of the school: members of the faculty, board of trustees, social work ers and others interested in the school are to be entertained at Miss Ingham's home at dinner, and after that the plan for raising the $10.00J fund will be announced. It is said that $4000 is already in sight. Miss Ingham is chairman of the finance committee of the board. Dogs Bite 14 in 24 Honrs. CHICAGO, July 25. Fourteen per sons were bitten by dogs in the 24 hours ending at noon the other day. according to the reports received at the police bureau of records. The number has increased during the last week, due to the excessive heat. Chief of Police Healy said. Of the 14 persons eight were children. In an attempt at prevention Chief Healey Is preparing' to instruct commanding officers to or- der patrolmen to notify all owners of dogs that they will be prosecuted If they allow their dogs to run at large without muzzles. Tent Meetings Attract Many. Scandinavian tent meetings are now being held at the corner of Mason street and Albina avenue. O. A. John son gave a talk on "The European War." Services will be held every vening at 8 o clock except Monday. Mr. Johnson is a well known educator and has given many lectures on his torical subjects relative to prophecies n the Bible, in Portland and in the East and South. Many are attending the meetings. Boy Bites Golf Ball, Dies. GREENWICH. Conn.. 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