VOL. LIX NO. 18,G1G Entered at Portland f Oregon) Postoffice as Second-Clan Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS RESOLUTE VICTOR; LIPTON, LOSING TWICE IN ROW, UNDAUNTED SIR THOMAS STILL CONFIDENT OF WIXXIXG SERIES. COX-WILSON PACT PRESAGES STORM OTTOMAN ROYALISTS 2 DEAD, SCORE HURT IN CANADIAN CYCLONE SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN SWEPT BY TERRIFIC STORM. lUIICDAMn CI AVC UICC- BABY BEATER GETS iiujunnu ounio vvuu, VISITS BODY DAILY SUBMIT TO POWERS !E SERIES TIED F 6 NTHS SIGNING OP PEACE TREATY IS FORMALLY APPROVED. POLICE LED TO HIDING PLACE IN VANCOUVER, B. C, PARK. REDS APPROACHING Ml ROM ER MO I Shamrock Loses Fourth, Boat for Boat. FINAL CONTEST TO BE TODAY Fog Blanket at Sea Makes Encounter Picturesque. BETS FAVOR U. S. YACHT Time Mad-c In Competition Is Fast est So Far Lipton's Craft Out-Maneuvered. SANDY HOOK, N. J., July 23. De- ender Resolute tossed her six min utes and 40 seconds handicap over board today and defeated the British challenger Shamrock IV, boat for boat. In the fourth race of the 1920 regatta for the America's cup. The series now stands a tie and the deciding race will be run tomorrow. Shamrock won the first race last week when an accident to Resolute's rig ping forced her out. while far in the lead. Shamrock IV scored the second vic tory last Tuesday. Resolute came back on Wednesday, running a dead heat with the chal lenger and winning by her handicap of seven minutes and one second. Res olute will enter tomorrow's race favorite in the wagering, her two vic tories being more convincing than Shamrock's. Race Fastest of Series. Today's race was the fastest so far, 'Resolute completing the 30-mile tri angular course in 3 hours 37 minutes S3 seconds. . Shamrock IV followed three minutes 41 seconds later, but the actual dif ference in sailing time was only three minutes and 18 seconds. Resolute hav ing led across the starting line by 23 seconds. Although it lacked the thrilling Deck and neck finish that put Rea olute's victory Wednesday in a class by itself, today's encounter had a pic turesqucness all Its own- A. heavy blanket of fog hung over the sea at Ambrose channel lightship until with in a few minutes of the start, totally blotting out the excursion fleet and the tall-masted rivals that were com ing out from their haven behind San dy Hook. Breeze Strengthens Suddenly. But suddenly the breeze strength ened and the fog began sweeping out to sea. As- the pall lifted, Shamrock with her sails set loomed through and bore down on the mark like a huge gray ghost. Resolute followed hard on her stern and after a bit of jock eying about the lightship they were off down the Jersey coast. Resolute was at her old tricks. She pointed high into the breeze. When they swung about for the first mark, Rcsolute's work into the weather had gained her an advantage of more than a quarter mile. Again Captain Charles Francis Adams H held Resolute well up against the wind with the result that he was able to make the mark without a tack. Sham rock headed off more and was com pelled to tack, which brought her around the mark nearly two minuted behind Resolute. Gain Made on Second Leg. The challenger gained on the sec end leg, but was still far behind when Skipper Adams straightened Resolute out on the home stretch. Shamrock was closing up the gap when a freaky bit of weather blew up that fooled even the seasoned Jersey skipper Captain William P. Burton had on the challenger as an adviser and robbed Shamrock IV of whatever chance she had of taking the lead and winning. The (sloops were running fast in a 15-knot breeze when signs of a ter rific squall became apparent. Sham rock hastily took down her club top sail and her large jib topsail and pre pared for rough weather. Resolute ploughed ahead under full sail for the time, apparently bent on getting in all the fast sailing she could be fore the squall broke. And the squall didn't strike at least not with the Intensity Shamrock IV's skipper obviously had expected.' There was a brisk blow for a few minutes and a short torrent of rain. wnicn xtesoiuie weatnereu. wunouij taking in any sail save her jib top sail. Prlef Calm Intervenes." A brief calm intervened and then i Resolute Wonderful Bout In All Points and Crew Very Good, Declares Englishman. ON BOARD STEAM YACHT VICTO RIA, July 23. The loss of two yacht races in succession, with the com manding lead of being within one race of lifting the cup, has not discouraged Sir Thomis Upton, owner of the chal lenging craft. Neither has he lost confidence In his boat or the men who man her, and the conclusion of today's race saw him optimistic of the final result. Of the winner. Sir Thomas said: j "Resolute is a wonderful boat in all points of sailing. The crew is a very good class of men. very smart. efficient and certainly well trained." Of his own boat and her men, he said: "I am positive that my crew has done the very best it could under the exacting circumstances. You know my boat had but little training. We only sailed three trials." Of the officials of the regatta com mittee and of all who had In hand the policing of the course and the management of the race he had only nits ingaesi praise. Asked if in the event tfcat tomor row's race goes against him he would rechallenge. Sir Thomas replied It would first be necessary to consult with the Royal Ulster Yacht club. He ntimated, however, that he had such a thought in mind. At a conference with reporters fol lowing the race Lord Dewar, who is one of Sir Thomas' guests, joined his host in a tribute to American fairness and sportsmanship. "There Is another thing," Lord De- war added, "the sporting instinct of the American woman. That she would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning day after day and travel down here for the convenience of being tossed about in the swell aboard the boats is wonderful. It is more than I can y about the English women. They would not do it. The loyalty of Amer lean women to contests of sport arouses my astonishment." White House Conference "Accord" Protested. DEMOCRACY SCENTS DANGER Governor's White House-Imposed Burden Appals. SHOWDOWN IS DEMANDED MiUtant Boss Croup Who Tliought They Had Unloaded Wilsonlsm Also Are Gasping. Nationalists Repudiate ETfort to Make Action Appear to Have" - Popular Support. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 22. (By the Associated Press.) The crown council of 55 members today approved the signing of the peace treaty with the allied powers. The sultan per sonally presided over the meeting. held in the Yildiz palace. It was de signed to show popular support for the signing of the treaty, but the na tionalists repudiate the effort to make the action appear representative of public opinion. Three Imperial princes. Buhran Edine Effendi, son of Abdul Hamid: Osman Fouad Effendi and Selim Ef fendi, have sent a letter to the sultan urging his abdication. The letter says the signing of the treaty makes Turkey's condition worse and de clares that the sultan should empha size Turkey's wrongs by leaving the caliphate empty, thus arousing the Moslem world. These princes are all young nationalist sympathizers. The sultan shows no disposition to abdicate. U. S. TEAM WINS AT TRAPS Frank M. Troeh of Vancouver Leads Americans in Scores. ANTWERP, July 23. The American team won the final of the Olympic team trapshooting competition here today.' The Americans broke 47 out of a possible 600 clay . targets. . The other scores were: Belgium 503', Sweden BOO, Great Brit ain 488,' and Canada 474. The individual American scores out of a possible 100 were: Frank M. Troeh. Vancouver, Wash. 94; Mark Airie, Champaign, 111., 94 Horace Bonser, Cincinnati, 93; For est W. McNier, Houston, Tex., 93; Frank S. Wright, Buffalo, 89; Jay Clark Jr., Worcester, Mass., 84; total. 547. Troeh shot the last 30 targets with a severely cut trigger finger. NEW STEAMERS PROMISED Two S1,000;000 Boats to Be Built for Pacific Service. SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. Two $4,000,000 23-knot passenger boats are to be built for service between San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Victoria, the Pacific Steamship company announced here today. The plans and specifications have been drawn and the boats will be in operation within 18 months, it was said. The two steamer's will be electrical ly driven, will accommodate 590 pas sengers each and will make the trip from here to Seattle in 36 hours, a run that now requires 50 to 60 hours. ihe new vessels will be equipped with gyroscopic stabilizers, a contri vance to keep vessels on an even keel in rough weather, it was stated. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, July 23. Senator Hard ing's frank statement of his position relative to the Wilson scheme of a league of nations is causing some un easiness in democratic circles. Lead ers of the democracy feel that some way should be found to dig their can didate, James Middleton Cox. out from under the burden of the pact made with President Wilson last Sunday. The White House conference, re suiting in the dual statement by the president and Governor Cox to the effect that they were "as one" on the league question, and that what Pres ident Wilson had promised Governor Cox would endeavor to fulfill, has raised a storm of protest. Democratic frotesfs Come. Democrats returning from the con ference. where former Representative White, an alleged "dry," was selected as chairman of the campaign commit tee In place of E. H. Moore because the latter as too "wet," say the re action against the results of the fa mous White House conference has not been favorable. Protests have come from democrats who believed a new deal had been secured in the democratic party; that a new leader had been found.' and that the burden of continued leader ship by the president had been lifted. The shock resultant from the re ports of the conference, which showed that Governor Cox had swal lowed the Wilson, league In its en tirety, was accordingly severe. Showdown Kw Demanded. Those democratic senators who voted for ratification and who were regarded as proscribed by the presi dent's letter to the Oregon democrats, are reported to be up in arms. They are calling for a showdown and de manding explanations. That other group of militant demo crats, represented by the combination of Messrs. Murphy, Taggart, Nugent, Brennan, Lynch and Wilbur Marsh of Iowa, who thought they had un loaded Wilson and Wilsonism when they defeated Mr. McAdoo and place 1 FAMILY OF 3 VANISHES Walter De Longs Disappear and Foul Play Is Suspected. . SEATTLE, Wash., July 23. (Spe cial.) Matt Starwich, deputy sheriff, was notified at the sheriffs office shortly after noon today that the entire family of Walter DeLong, In eluding father, mother and 6-months- old baby, has disappeared from their home near Bitter Lake. Neighbors of the DeLongs informed Starwich that on July 17 the Delong, home was found with doors wide open, furniture all in its proper place automobile standing in the dooryard and stock and poultry" in their pens, but the family missing. Nothing has been seen of them since, it was reported, though the locality has been searched, and they were daily expected to return. Fear was expressed of foul play. Neighbors have been feeding stock and poultry and asked today that the humane so ciety take charge, while the sheriffs men continue the hunt for the vanished DeLongs. AUTO STANDS ABOLISHED (Concluded on Paste 2, Column 1.)' Seattle Controversy Brought to -End by Board -of Works. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 23. (Spe cial.) All automobile for-hire stands In the city were abolished this morn ing by the board of public works and seven central stands were created, subject to change later if the plan fails to work out satisfactorily. The action of the board brings to ar end the long-drawn-out debates and conferences of several weeks that followed the original announcement of the plan , The only downtown stands allowed ty the board are in front of New Washington hotel, a four-car stand, two cars north of the entrance and two cars south, with 60 feet between and a one-car stand in front of the Stevens hotel. Country for Miles Littered With Farm Implements, Household Utensils and Clothing. REGINA, Sask., July 23. Two per sons were killed, a score injured and property damaged to the extent of J200.000 in a cyclone which swept the southern part of Saskatchewan Thursday afternoon. The full extent of the damage to the crops and the complete casualty list is not known. The greatest property damage was caused at Alameda, southwest of here, where the cyclone cut a swath two miles Wide. The village of Frobisher suffered extensive damage. The country road for miles is littered with farm Im plements, timber, household utensils and clothing. The body of Mrs. Guy Holmes was found a half mile from her home and her four-day-old infant, who was with its nurse, is missing. The nurse was carried 75 yards from the house by the terrific wind. Sixteen horses in the barn of David King were stripped of their hair. At Kronau, nine miles southwest of the city, there was a washout and trains were held up for some time. At Moosejaw, city power service and telegraphic services were tied up for two or three hours. FARGO, N. D., July 23. Two known dead, a dozen Injured, three prob ably fatally, and extensive property damage was the toll of a terrific storm which swept over parts of Mc Henry and Ward counties in North Dakota last night. Many farm buildings in McHenry county were destroyed and much live stock was killed. 3 WESTERN STATES LEAD 20,380,000 Have Money on Deposit in United States Banks. WASHINGTON, July 23 Three western states, Wyoming. Montana and Idaho, led all others on May 4 in the number of bank depositors, per 1000 population, according . to figures compiled today by the con troller of the currency. Wyoming heads the list with 394 depositors for each 1000 persons In the state, Montana ranking second with 349 and Idaho third with 293. Ratios of other states per thousand Included: California 248, Alaska and Hawaii ranked lowest with 30 and 24 depositors respectively for 1000 in habitants. The average for all states was 190 per 1000 or one deposit for every five and one-half persons in the country. The total number of deposi tors on May 4 was 20.380.000. Of this number 8,065,000 were time or savings Russian Cavalry Within 10 Miles of Border. AUGUSTOVO TAKEN BY TROOPS Poland Sends Peace posals to Soviet. Pro- NEW CABINET IS FORMED Premiership of M. Wltos Has Sup port of Socialists Counter Attack Made on Russians. accounts. FLIGHT NORTH RETARDED St. Broken Gear Keeps Planes in Paul Over Night. ST. PAUL. July 23. A broken land ing gear in plane No. 2 kept the four army airplanes flying from Mineola to Alaska from hopping off from Speedway field. Fort Snelllng, to Fargo, N. D., this afternoon. The flight probably will be at tempted tomorrow. ITS RATHER EMBARRASSING TO HAVE YOUR BARROOM FRIENDS AROUND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON THE MINISTER. HAIL AGAIN VISITS ASOTIN Farmers ou Myers Ridge Suffer Additional 10 Per Cent Loss. j LEWISTON. Idaho, July 23. (Spe cial.) Another hail storm visited the country west of Asotin, Wash., yester day, according to reports received here this morning. Farmers on Myers ridge, which was visited by a particularly destructive storm on July 13, declared they have sustained an additional 10 per cent loss. Hail fell with considerable force for 20 minutes, much of it still on the ground this morning. Wheat heads were beaten out and Doultrv I killed. This is the third hail ttorm in the country surrounding Lewiston within ten days, all having been unusually destructive. the wind picked up again. Sham- rocK caught It first and crawled I ALBANY, C0RVALLIS GAIN lowly up until she was nearly, if not fully, abeam of Resolute. But when tne defender caught the wind she forged qui. lily ahead with her superior rig. breaking out a balloon Jib topsail to aid her progress. Shamrock IV pilei canvas on then, breaking out both ballooner and spin naker, but the finish was close at hand and she was unable to close the gap. The steam yacht Victoria, carrying Sir Thomas Llpton, led the chorus of screaming whistles that acclaimed the victor. A few minutes later a tiny tug Was under the bow of the Vic toria, Its crowd of yachting enthusi asts giving three cheers and "who's all right? Lipton!" for the British sportsman. Sir Thomas could be seen on the (Concluded on Pace 8. Column 1.) Increases in Population Shown in Census Report. WASHINGTON. July 23. Census figures announced today were: Albany, Or., 4840, increase 565, or 14.2 per cent. Corvallis, Or., 5752, increase 1200, or 26.4 per cent. pocateno, ldano, lt.soi, increase 5851, or 64.2 per cent. Brawley, Cal., 5392, increase 4511 or 512 per cent. Calexlco, Cal., 6223, increase 5426, or 680.8 per cent. El Centro, Cal., 5464, increase 3854, or 239.4 per cent. Monterey, Cal., 5479, increase 556, or 11.3 per cent. Kocnesier, Minn., 13.7ZZ, increase 5878 or 74.9 per cent. , - - , i i . j : ho j 3 I .. - J BERLIN, July 23. Russian cavalry has reached Augustovo, south of Su walkl, and 10 miles from the German frontier, according to newspaper reports. In no circumstances will Russian troops cross the German frontier, Vic tor Kopp, soviet representative in Berlin, said today to a representative of the Tageblatt. He added that Rus sia desired direct economic inter course with Germany and must there fore live in peace with her. Poland, he said, rnust no longer, as heretofore, be an obstacle to such intercourse with Germany, but must "form a bridge and at peace negotiations the Polish corridor question must be set tled." ZURICH. Switzerland, July 23. Po land has asked the soviet govern ment for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the dispatch of a soviet military detachment to meet the Poles in order to arrange an armistice, ac cording to a wireless dispatch from Moscow received here today. The place of the meeting was sug gested as the Warsaw-Moscow road between Baranovitch and Brest-Lit-ovsk. The text of the Polish proposal follows: "In conformity with a note sent by the Polish government to the soviet government today, July 22, the Polish government proposes the immediate cessation of hostilities on the whole of the front and the dispatch of mili tary delegates to arrange an armistice. "We will await your answer until 3 P. M., July 25, and believe the best spot for the meeting will be on the Warsaw-Moscow high road between Baranovitch and Brest-Litovsk, where the fronts cross. "GENERAL ROZWADOWSKI. "Chief of the Polish General Staff." WARSAW. July 22. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Poland has sent armis tice proposals direct to the soviet government at Moscow. After these proposals had been dis patched by wireless at 2 o'clock this afternoon by the national council of defense, a new coalition cabinet was formed under the premiership of M. Witos. The new cabinet has the support of the socialist party. M. Datzenskl. the head of the socialists organization, is the vice premier. Aside from the two changes, the cabinet remains the same. The Polish message was short and i ig ine point, xnere was some aeiay f j in dispatching it owing chiefly to j hitches in the organization of a I coalition cabinet. , f The Poles have counter-attacked in Ing to the official communique an nounced today. The statement added that the bolshevik advance against the Polish extreme left apparently had been checked, but that to the east, near Slonim (72 miles southeast of Grodno), the reds had progressed in a southwesterly direction. The Polish forces were resisting all along the Loma line where the bol shevikl crossed the St. Chara river, according to the communique, but the extreme right held by the Ukrainians had been shaken by bolshevik troops who had forced the river Zbrucz near Kamcnets Podolsk. Fighting was reported on all the southern front. While Woman Lay Dying, Spool ing Is Discussed and Suicide Artifice Is Abandoned. VANCOUVER. B. C, July 23. W. G. Robbins. a longshoreman, confessed he shot and killed his wife in a park here Monday night and then made daily visits to the spot, placing flowers upon the body, police offi cials declared. Robbins gave him self up yesterday and led the police to the scene of the shooting. Mrs. Robbins was a daughter of F. L Yorke of Victoria, B. C. and a niece of Father Yorkc, a Catholic priest, of San Francisco, Cal. While his wife lay dying, Robbins was alleged to have said, they dis cussed the shooting arrd at first de cided to make It appear that Mrs. Robbins had committed suicide. "For the sake of the children," according to the alleged confession, they re jected this plan and "decided that Mrs. Robbins should be killed." Robbins then 6hot Mrs. Robbins three times through the head, and concealed the body in the underbrush, he was said to have told the officers. Wednesday afternoon Robbins visit ed the body with the intention of committing suicide, but "lost hia nerve." he 'declared. Court Imposes Limit for Abusing Tots. MRS. MATHUS TO APPEAL Defendant Becomes Confused in Denying Charges. JURY OUT 20 MINUTES HUNTER'S MISTAKE FATAL Alaskan Commissioner, Shot When Mistaken for Bear, Dies. DAWSON. Y. T July 23. Preston J. Hilliard, United States commis sioner at Eagle, Alaska, died at Eagle early today from wounds received yestdrday when he was shot by Joseph B. Howard, a contractor, who, it was said, mistook him for a bear. In a statement made just before he died Hilliard exonerated Howard, and declared the shooting to have been accidental. Hilliard, who was 46, was born in Yosemitc, Ca!., and had lived at Eagle 21 years. In an effort to save Hil liard's life. Dr. C. C. Chlpman of Daw son made an all-night launch trip ac companied by two nurses, but arrived too late. CHINESE ARMY BREAKING Forces on Sector of Tien Tsin Rail way Disintegrating. PEKIN, July 22. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The armies on the Feng-Tai, Lang Fang sector of the Tien Tsin railway line of General Shu Cheng, former resident commis sioner of inner Mongolia and one of the Anfu leaders, are reported to be disintegrating like the forces to the southward of the capital. Ten thousand of his men, compris ing the 3d division under General Sung Tze Yang, have advised the gov ernment that they are ready to obey the orders of the war ministry. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS : UNITED STATES GETS APPEAL Poland Socks Moral Support iu Or der to Strengthen Troops. WASHINGTON, July 23. (By the Associated Press.) Poland, sorely be set by the Russian bolshevik armies, called upon the United States today for moral support In her desperate battle with the soviet forces. Through Its legation here the new republic not only asks for an expres sion from the state department, but also from President Wilson, declar ing that such public statements would go a long way toward strengthening the morale of Its soldiersand people. Poland's request was given serious consideration at the state department, and It was expected that a decision would not be long delayed. Whatever the ultimate decision, however, there were Indications of their sympathy with Poland. It was recalled that the American government had steadfastly refused to recognize the soviet regime and that less than two years ago the state department requested the allied and neutral nations to join in declar ing the bolshevikl international out laws. Argument that the legation pre sented set forth the incongruity of the United States abandoning the re (Concluded on Faze S, Column 3.J The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 78 degrees; lowest, 56 degrees; part cloudy. TODAY'S Fair, westerly winds. Foreign. Turkish crown council approves signing of peace treaty with a.Iiea powers, Page 1. Marconi experts report hearing- volcej across the Atlantic, rase 10. Red cavalry approaches German frontier. Page l. Husband slays wife and places flowers on body daily, face 1. Looting and shooting resumed In many parts of riot-torn Belfast. Face l.i National. Cox-Wilson pact on league of nations pre sages storm In party. Page 1. Government agencies act to relievo coal shortage. Page -I. . Domestic. Resolute defeats Shamrock and evens se ries. Page 1. Governor Cox goes to Trail's End to pre pare speech ol acceptance. Page 3. Harding's speech of acceptance all bunk declares Christensen. Page 2. Sixty-four railroad officers and union leaders subpenaed for strike probe. Page 7. Senator Johnson declares Harding's speech assures republican victory. Page Fight agalnat grain brokers planned by farm bureau federation. Page 1. Body of nude woman found in trunk. Page -. Llpton. after two defeats In succession. 1s still confident of winning series. Page 1. Senator Harding gets cheering messages from republicans everywhere. Page 3. Resolute's victory Is convincing and con- elusive. Pago 8. Negro confesses to seven murders. Page 7. Ole Hanson led out of Chicago court after controversy. Page 4. Storm In Saskatchewan kills two persons and Injures score. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Elks choose Marshfield as state conven tion city for 1921. Page 4. Pope grants title to Albany priest. Paga 14. Sports. Naval academy team wins eight-oar shell intermediate cham-plonship. Page 12. Pacffic Coast league revolts: Portland 6 Sacramento 1 : Seattle i, oait LK o: Los Angeles O. Vernon 1; Oakland 12, San Francisco 3. Paga 12. Four boxing bouts at Salem end In draws. Page 12. Ray can't explain why go'.fers slice. Page 13. Commercial and Marine. Eastern movement la wool reported. Pag 19. Stock selling is heavy in New York. Page 19. Three motorshlps are to load lumber here for west coast of South America. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Parole svstem in Oregon scored by Judge Stapleton. Pago 11. Portland declared to be state dumping ground for persons with contagious dis eases. Page Baby beater Is sentenced to six months in Jail. Page 1. Distributor denies methods of handling milk ars wasteful. Page 13. Auto wreck victim Is Mrs. Ednah Imhoff. page 13. James John high school building held dangerous and may be condemned. Page 10. Company of players features programme at Gladstone Chautauqua. Page 10. Little Evidence. Submitted to Re fute Charges of Neighbors Who Tell of Baby Cries. Mrs. Edward F. Mathus. operator of a children's nursery at 1S5 Mont gomery street, was found guilty of a brutal and vicious assault on three- ear-old Edna Romansky by a municipal court jury yesterday. A moment later Judge Rossman sen- enced the woman to six months" im prisonment in the city jail. The jury returned its verdict within 0 minutes from the time it had filed from the jury box. Once, ten minutes after it had first left the courtroom, it returned for further Instructions. Judge Rossman Increased the bail bond from 1500 to $1000 pending an appeal to the circuit court. Counsel for Mrs. Mathus announced an ap peal would be taken. Defense Makra Little Effort. The municipal courtroom was packed with several hundred specta tors, mostly women, who had been drawn to the trial by the stories of bitter cruelty which had been told by witnesses for the prosecution the day before. But the case yesterday was devoid of the sensational. The expected defense for Mrs. Mathus failed to materialize. Except for herself and busband and a lodger, who admitted he did not know of conditions in the Mathus household, she had no evi dence to offer to refute the mass of testimony given Thursday by neigh bors who asserted they had on many occasions seen Mrs. Mathus admin ister cruel and inhuman punishment to the little Romansky child. During a particularly searching cross-examination by Special Prose cutor Kramer, Mrs. Mathus became so confused that one minute she would deny statements she bad made the moment before. Witness Becomes Confssed. She at first admitted she had told Mrs. Jane McNamar that the little Romansky child had sustained black and blue eyes by a fall down stairs. "But this fall happened at least two weeks before she got these black and blue marks," testified Mrs. Mathus. "It was at that time that I talked to Mrs. McNamar." "But the evidence yesterday showed that Mrs. McNamar did not move into the house next door until the day before these children were taken away from you," corrected Mr. Kramer. "Well, she is mistaken then." asserted the witness. "Well, let me think; no, I have never talked to Mrs. McNamar about Edna at any time." "Then you were mistaken a mo ment ago when you told this jury that you had talked to Mrs. McNamar about Edna's eyes?" asked Mr. Kramer. Hnsband Sees No Bearings. Yes." she replied as she moved about uneasily in the witness chair. "Come to think about it, I never did talk to her." Much of her other testimony on cross-examination was of a similar character. She would deny repeated ly assertions she had made under direct examination. Edward F. Mathus, her husband, testified he had never seen his wife abuse the "farmed-out" children, and so far as he knew they were getting good treatment. He said he went to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and returned at 5:30 o'clock In the eve ning. He admitted anything might happen at the home during his absence. C. H. Wilkins, a lodger at the -Mathus home, testified on direct ex amination that he had never heard Edna or any of the other children crying as if in pain during the morn ings. He said he had never seen Mrs. Mathus strike the children. Braises Shews By Pictures. On cross-examination he said he slept each morning until 8 o'clock or later and would not be awakened by the cries of the children before that hour. He said he had seen the Romansky child not more than two or three times within the past two weeks. Photographs showing the mass of bruises and scars on the body of the Romansky child were introduced and shown to Mrs. Mathus. She denied the bruises and scars had existed and insisted that the photographs were not true ones. Mrs. F. W. Swanton, in rebuttal, said she was present when the photographs were taken at the courthouse the day the Romansky child and the other maimed- and bruised little tots were taken from the -Mathus home. "The maximum penalty provided by law Is six months' imprisonment in i the city jail and a fine of $300." said (Concluded on Page 2, Column a.)