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THE .MOBBING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917. 7 NURSES TESTIFY 111 FALING WILL CASE Mrs. Charlotte Reed Recalls Acts Indicating That Wom an Was Insane. RAMBLING TALK NOTICED Mrs. Geraldine Ridley Tells of Con versation With Mrs. Etna Chat ten - Fuller Regarding Signing ol Will. ttra. Luella Wain and Mrs. Geraldine Ridley, two trained nurses, and Miss Charlotte Reed, a teacher in the Ste vens School, all three of whom knew Mrs. Xarlfa J. Faling more or- less Intimately at different periods of her life, testified before County Judge Taz well yesterday that Mrs. Faling was hopelessly Insane from the Summer of 1911 until her death in July, 1917. The three witnesses in question are the first in a series of 100 or more which Attorneys Coy Burnett and E. E. Heck be rt will call in an effort to break a will which leaves the bulk of a $600,000 estate to C. Lewis Mead and Thomas N. Strong. They are appearing as witnesses for Dr. W. Tyler Smith, of Sheridan, Or., who asserts he is the nearest of Mrs. Faling's surviving kin. Miss Reed's acquaintance with Mrs. Faling began in 1908, testified Miss leed, and continued almost uninter rupted until Mrs. Faling's death. Peculiar Acta Related. "It was during a call I made on her et a cottage in Irvington that I first noticed her mind was becoming unbal anced." said Miss Reed. "She insisted upon coming back to the city with me to my apartments at the Sargent Hotel. I telephoned several of her friends, Mr. Strong being among the number, and told them she was there and Insisted upon staying. They told me to let her remain there If she Insisted. "When I proposed to-Mrs. Faling that she allow me to Yeturn with her to her Irvington cottage, she said she wouldn't listen to the suggestion, as the place was too dangerous for either of us. She seemed possessed of the hallucination that the basement' of the house was full of subterranean pas sages and that these were the abode of multitudes of murderous Chinamen and rats. Another form of her delusion was that everybody. t particularly trained nurses, were morphine fiends and opium eaters." Mind Grom Weaker. "Was there any change in Mrs. Fal tng's mental condition after 1917," esked Mr. Burnett. "Yes, there was a steady change for the worse. Every time I saw her, which was frequent, her mind seemed to have become weaker. Her hallucinations be gan to take many different forms. She would talk lucidly to me for a moment or two, and then suddenly and without warning, her conversation would be disconnected and rambling. At times she believed her mouth was full of thread or hairs and these she would continually attempt to spit out. At cthor times phe would pn'eak earnestly of black-and-blue marks over her eyes and on her ankles, but these were purely Imaginary." Mrs. Wain and Mrs. Ridley con firmed the testimony given by Miss Reed. They said that at no time dur ing their acquaintanceship with Mrs. Faling, embracing a period both'ante dating and following the making of the will under con-test, was her mind ever clear enough to recognize callers or enable her to express her simplest wants. , Signing of Will Told. Nerve-wracking visions which had no basis in fact tormented her nights and days, testified the nurses. Frequently would the patient scream at the top of her voice at some distorted and un real figure conjured up by her fancy. Mrs. Ridley is the first witness to epeak directly of the supposed part Mrs. Etna Chattin-Fuller, another trained nurse, had in the signing of the disputed will. "I came back from Alaska in March, and Miss Chattintold me the will had been made and that she had been given $3000 by it. I asked how in the world Mrs. .Falling had been able to sign the document." " '1 guided her hand while she held the pen.' is the reply she made," added Mrs. Ridley. 34 STUDENTS ENLIST RECORD NUMBER RESIGN FROM CLASSES AT EUGENE. Five In Aviation Cor, Foar In Hmrrj. Four In Marine, Tkree In Medical Corps, 17 In Other Branches. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Dec 13. (Special.) Thirty-four uni versity students, among them several prominent in athletics and other stu dent body activities, have withdrawn from classes during the past two weeks o enlist In one branch or another of the Army and Navy, and several have left to Join the colors without making formal application to withdraw. Ex cept for the first few weeks after the United States severed relations with Germany, the number of students leav ing college to enlist alnce December 1 Is far greater than during any similar period since the beginning of the war. Following are the names of the men and the branch of the service In which they enlisted: Aviation Claire Holdrldge, Jax Fox, Alex Pearson, Jr., Earl Powell and Wil fred Stroud. Navy Lee Waldron, Walter Banks, Carl Knudson and Ernest Boylen. Marines G. F. Tschanzj George Cook. Lewis Griffith and Vincent Patterson. Medical Corps A. C. Shelton, Harold Tregilgas and Glen Macy. Ordnance Corps .Mike Harris, James Howell. Lynn McCready and Harold Wells. Other branches Wllford Jenkins, William Skldmore, Kenneth Shetterly, Jav Fisher. Nswlon Pentiir. M" v.. Wil son, Walter Doyns, Oliver Gyllenberg, K.elth Leslie, Paul Robinson, James Gurney, Adelbert Hays, Nell McEach ern and Roy Samuels. Subscriptions Must Be Indorsed. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 18. (Spe cial.) Subscriptions for public chari ties and war relief hereafter will have to have the Indorsement of committees of the County Council of Defense be fore they will meet with success here. Citizens have been informed that they need not feel It their patriotic duty to contribute to funds which do not have this indorsement. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A 609. REFUSE TO BE SALVAGED Conservation to Govern Operation of City Incinerator. As a part of the conservation cam paign new rules have been Issued at the city incinerator for 'handling garb age by householders and garbage col lectors. The rules require the separa tlon of various classes of garbage so as to facilitate its handling and to en able the salvage of refuse suitable for food for animals. The rules follow: The owner or occupant of each household or business concern is required by ordinance to provide separate and proper receptacles to Horn Kama e, ashes and rubbish. See City Ordinance No. 38419. Place in garbage can all refuse or gar bage or any rood value, table and kitchen craps, vegetables and parings. Place in ash can all ashes, tin cans one gallon or over, dirty or filthy glass, bottles, broken dishes. Place in other receptacle all combustible material, including rags, sweepings, egg ahella, tea or coffee grounds, oyster, clam, lobster and crab shells, paper, onion tops, corn, husks, breken boxes and pasteboard. It is the duty of all scavengers operating In this city to see the above rules are en forced and to report all violations to the engineer In charge of the incinerator. CARL EVEREST, 27, DIES Ex-Washington- High Football Star. Succumbs to Injury In, Shipyard Carl Everest, Washington High School football star during the season 1907-8, died Monday at his residence, as a result of an accident at one of the local shipyards. Mr. Everest was a prominent figure In local amateur football circles a few years ago, and was a member of the East Side eleven which won the lnde pendent football championship in 4907 He played halfback and was considered one of the mainstays of the East Side team. He later played' halfback with the Holladay eleven. Mr. Everest Is survived by a widow and infant daughter. He was 27 years of age. The funeral will be held to day. EXCESSIVE RATES ALLEGED Rubber Heels and Salt Baals of Hearing Here Yesterday. Railroad rates en rubber heels and alt were .probed yesterday before Ex aminer Geary, of the Interstate Com merce Commission, in the postoffloe building. The Portland Rubber Mills brought the complaint as regards rates charged on rubber heels from Portland east, contending for a lower tariff, and M. E. Reed, secretary of the company. was Its representative at the hearing. The railroads were represented by H. C Bush and R. W. Fyfe, of the West ern classification committee, Chicago. The Portland Transportation and Traffic Association contends rates now in effect on salt favor unduly shippers of this commodity from the Salt Lake City country, in direct opposition to the Interests of salt shippers In this terri tory. A showing along this line was made yesterday afternoon, while the Utah shippers were represented by I. A. Clayton, Jr., of the Inland SaltCom pany, and H. W. Prickett. secretary of the Traffic Bureau of Utah, both of Salt Lake City. This morning a claim for reparation to the amount of $230 on a shipment of logging engines from Portland, to Van couver, B. C, will be considered. It be- ng alleged that excessive rates were chargedk The hearings are expected to be concluded today. HartSchaffner6?Marx overcoats iri all styles for all occasions You'll enjoy this exceptional overcoat exhibit of ours. You'll not see the equal of it anywhere in the city, not only for va riety, but for fine values and quality. Here are Raglans, Balmacaans, motor coats, double-breasted overcoats, dress overcoats, and Chesterfield overcoats. You'll be pleased with whatever coat you buy here. You've got to be ; we stand back of the goods, and Hart Schaffner & Marx stand back of us. You can't beat that combination. - These Overcoats Are ' Priced $20 and Up to $50 Here's a Big List of Acceptable Gifts for Men Neckwear, 50c to $3J0. Silk Shirts, $3.95 to $12j00. Fine Lisle and Silk Hosiery, 25c to $1 Pr. Arrow and Manhattan Shirts, $10 Up. Leather Collar Bags, $125, $1J50, $2 Up. Suspenders, 50c and $1J)0. Belts All Style Buckles 50c and Up. Gloves Silk, Cape, Etc.$1 to $7 Pair. And everything else you may want to se led for him. Make this man's store your headquarters. You'll like our merchan dise and economical prices. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's store for Quality and Service. Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder. rl N V Clothe. y $ 1" if : s - ? 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