VOL. LIX XO. 18,771
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffic an Seond-Clafs Matter
POKTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SOUS HEAR CITY
APPEAL ON-PORT
Portlanders Go to Salem
WOMEN FLIERS, 55-66,
HARDING QUITS FRONT
PORCH FOR 4 YEARS
LORD MAYOR ASKED
TO CANCEL PAROLE
E
SHIPYARD WORKERS
AGREE TO PAY CUT
SULLEN SENATORS
ALE NO
RMIUP
1R BRIDE'S FIGHT
FOR LIFE PICTURED
Lotisso Sneers at Wit
ness for State.
TAKE ELECTORAL VOTE
THREATEN FIGHT
NEBRASKAXS PLEASED WITH
FIRST AERIAL TRIP.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HEAR
LAST TALK, ELKS IXITLYTE.
O'CALLAGHAX TO SURRENDER
TO IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR.
SEVEN OF EIGHT CRAFTS AT
to Urge Six Bills.
MULKEY AVERSE TO VOTE
Warren Fears Loss of Trade
if Measures Are Defeated.
BAKER SIGHTS DISASTER
3Iayor Says Development 19 Neces
sary for State to Keep Shipping
Sow Entering Harbor.
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Or Jan. 10.
. (Special.) Representative b u s 1
ness men of Portland appeared be
fore the Multnomah delegation and
the senate judiciary committee to-
light, before whom the six port bills
now rest, urging favorable action
upon the bills.
Senator Mulkey. chairman of the
chamber of commerce committee of 12,
held that acquisition of Swan island,
as contemplated by the Port of Port
land commission was agreed to by the
members of his committee, although
opposition developed to the plan of
acquiring Mock's bottom and Guild's
lake districts for industrial develop
merit centers.
Senator Mulkey said he believed
that to require the Port of Portland
to go before the voters for authority
to purchase property for channel im
provement would prove disastrous.
However, he contended that the is
suance of bonds without authority
by the people should never be done
except in dire emergencies.
City Would Lose Trade.
Frank M. Warren, president of the
Port of Portland, informed the leg
islators that failure of passage of
the emergency measure authorizing a
short-term bond issue of 11,000,000
would mean that vessels would be
unable to come into Portland sev
eral months in the year following
the freshet and it would be impos
sible to handle the products of the
state during this period.
Argument arose between Mr. War
ren and Senator Joseph, "Who ques
tioned the right of the port commls
. sion to acquire Swan island without
authority from the voters of the port
district.
Mr. Warren contended that Swan
Island was necessary in order that
the west channel of the river might
le opened and a proper depth and
width of the river maintained to ac
commodate ships desiring to enter
Portland harbor.
.nunc, v I'Hrrp neia unry. y
Maintenance of the channel at proj- 1
set depth, Mr. Warren said, was a
duty which the port district owed to
the state of Oregon. Mr. Warren made
it plain, however, that he did not
favor the acquisition of lands on the
mainland adjacent to the island with
out a favorable vote of the people of
the district.
One of the six bills now before the
senate, he explained, provided for the
assessment of damages and benefits
and, under this bill, the port could
assess property for benefits accruing
through the deposit of spoils of dredg
ing on the mainlands.
Mayor Baker informed the legisla
tors that unless the Port of Portland
was developed, Portland and Oregon
would lose the shipping now entering
this harbor, a calamity which he held
would be equally as disastrous to the
kstate at large as to Portland itself.
Baker Lands Committee.
Work of the committee of 15, ap
pointed by the mayor to investigate
harbor and industrial development.
was lauded by Mayor Baker.
In urging that the bills presented
to the legislature relating to the Port
of Portland be passed, Mayor Baker
called attention to the public state
ment made by Rear-Admiral McKean.
an eminent harbor engineer of the
United States navy, who on his recent
visit in Portland stated that Swan
island must be removed from Port-
land's harbor and the west channel
opened if Portland is to develop its
maritime trade.
The fate of the port bills, accord
ing to the mayor, now rests with the
Multnomah legislative delegation, to
the end that Portland will not-only
retain its present shipping business.
but also gain additional shipping,
which will redound to the benefit of
Portland and the entire state.
J. B. Kerr Explains Bills.
J. B. Kerr, one of the attorneys who
aided in the drafting of the bills now
before the legislature, explained the
various bills and the purpose for
which they were drawn. A. A- Aya
again presented the plea of North
Portland harbor industries for devel
opment of Oregon Slough to a 35
foot depth.
Senator Joseph, who is fighting the
port bills, has drawn up a new set
of bills 'which he plans to introduce
in the senate tomorrow. These bills
require reference to the voters, ap
pointment of a commission of seven
port commissioners by the governor,
and a favorable vote of the resi
dents of the port district before any
property may be purchased by the
port commission. ,
Any bond issue desired must be re
ferred to the voters under this act,
and the proposed acts also require
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Nebraska's Count Being- Carried to
Washington Stop lor XigUt
Wade at Des Moines.
DES MOINES, Jan. 20. Mrs. H. H.
Wheeler, aged 5 of Lincoln, Neb.
and Mrs. Draper Smith, aged 65 of
Omaha, going from Lincoln, Neb., to
Washington with Nebraska's elec
toral votes, by airplane, landed here
at 4:30 P. M. Tbey will remain here
all night.
Mrs. Wheeler carried the dispatch
case containing the ballots for
Harding and Coolidge strapped to
the belt of her flying costume. The
planes made the trip from Omaha in
one hour ana 40 minutes. The
women electors do not think much
of aviation fashions.
"They are all right in the plane."
Mrs. Wheeler said, but she wanted
her big fur coat off as soon, as she
stepped on the ground.
Both like to travel by the air
route. '
"It didn't seem queer at all," said
Mrs. Smith.
"Doesn't the ground look neat from
uo there?" Mrs. Wheeler asked the
pilot before descending.
FEDERAL JOBS IN DEMAND
Selective Draft Not
Fill Offices in
Necessary
Oregon.
to
THE OR EOONI AN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Jan. 20. Applications
for federal positions coming in daily
from Oregon indicate that Uncle Sam
is not going to be compelled to re
sort to the selective draft in picking
his aides during the next administra
tion. The anme of F. S. Bramwell of
Portland has been added to the long
list of candidates for United States
marshal for Oregon, and J. A. Mears,
also of Portland, is indorsed by the
Portland Central Labor council for
solicitor of the department of labor.
Roy Hewlett has filed a petition for
his appointment as postmaster at Sa
lem. A. Ransom Or me, candidate for
postmaster of Vale, must contest for
the place with Elma Raymond, who
has filed her application here.
WOMAN SENT TO PRISON
Murderer of Husband Gets 10
Tears to Life Sentence.
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 20. Mrs. Vir
ginia P. Clark was sentenced today to
prison for ten years to life for the
murder. of her husband last August.
Except to protest that an "injustice
had been done her which demanded
correction," she evinced no emotion
when sentence was passed.
Mrs. Clark shot her husband in bed
at 5 A. M., August 15. She offered a
defense of insanity and alleged that
indecencies on her husband's part had
suddenly turned her mind and led to
the shooting. Notice of appeal was
filed by ber counsel. Her trial lasted
62 days.
WOMAN WALKS IN SLEEP
Somnambulist Trudges Through
Cold and Snow In Night Dress.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 20.
Clad only in ber night dress, a woman
said to be a teacher in the local
schools, walked down town In her
sleep through the heaviest snow
etorm of the season Wednesday night
about 11.30 o'clock.
Two- men stopped her and one
touched ber on the arm. She awak
ened Immediately, and, with a scream,
fell in a faint. She was carried into
a hotel, where she was cared for un
til she was able to go home.
It is estimated that she walked
more than seven blocks through the
cold and snow.
OLD CIGAR GONE, PERHAPS
Return to Five-Cent Smoke Held
Cp to Tariff Franiers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The old
time five-cent cigar, once hailed by
Vice-President Marshall as the na
tion's crying need, in its' return to
normalcy is gone unless tariff and
tax levies on tobacco drop, manufac
turers and importers told the house
tariff framers today. The gloomy
forecast emerged from a smoke screen
arising from samples brought by the
tobacco men.
Witnesses asked for a reduction of
the 2a per cent ad valorem duty on
Sumatra wrappers in order that cigar
prices might go down in keeping with
the trend of the times.
JAIL NO LONGER NEEDED
Wisconsin County. Bastile Used for
30 Years Sold for $30.
WAUSAUKEE, Wis.. Jan. 20. The
Jail in Wausaukee, Marinette county,
has been sold to Joseph Jejois for $30.
Under prohibition the jail, which
has been in service for 30 years, has
been idle. The new owner will use
it for a woodshed.
UTAH POSTMASTER HELD
Embezzlement of $29,841.83
Government Funds Charged.
SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 20. Em
bezzlement of $29,841.83 of govern
ment funds while postmaster at Clear
Creek, Utah, is charged to Parley E.
Ney, 32 years old, who was brought
from Clear Creek to Salt Lake last
night.
A complaint against him was issued
today and he was placed under arrest.
State Secretary Dicker
Roils Belligerents.
LOOK AT WILSON, WARNING
Hardina Can Win if He
- -
Wishes, Says Sullivan-
DEMAND IS FOR ROOT
Hughes Believed Too Unyielding
and Likely to Run Department
Deaf to Solon's Instructions.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright by the New York Evening Post.
Inc., Published by Arrangement.)
WAKWTlWfSTON. D. C. Jan. 20.
fSnedal.) It is ouite true that
Harding starting south leaves a sul
len senate behind him; some of them
are more than sullen, .they are
threatening among themselves. They
occasionally say and would like to
have the newspapers say publicly
what they themselves are not bold
enough to say publicly, namely that
they have "broken the back of one
president and can break the, back of
another."
But viewed in calm Judgment, they
aren't really as belligerent as that.
If there be a fight between Harding
and the senate, Harding can win 11
he wishes to; in fact the very posi
tion the senators take just now
marks the measure of the subjection
to which Harding has already brought
them. The senators say they aon 1
want Hughes for secretary of state.
They say they want Root, but when
they say they want Root, they have
already progressed a long distance
in, Harding's direction.
Root Barred Two Months Ago,
Two months ago the senators
flouted the name of Root and threat
ened rebellion if Harding should con
sider him. The senates first choice
for secretary of state was Lodge.
Whether Lodge wanted It himself is
fact whose only home is within
that self-contained senators (Kill.
Some of the other senators say Lodge
did want it and many of them say
Lodge wanted at least the honor of
being invited. Lodge has just finished
a hard two years of fighting within
the field of foreign relations and
that the office of secretary of state
should have been offered to one who
had no part in that fighting Is a
bitter disappointment to the senators.
Next to Lodge, practically all the
strongly irreconciliable senators and
some of the others as well wanted
Knox, next to Knox they wanted a
P
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Pay Stricken Pastor's Salary
Rest of Life Leaks Out.
MARION, O., Jan. 20. In quitting
Marion for a vacation In Florida, Pres
ident-elect Harding today vacated the
residence which was the mecca of the
front-porch-campaign pilgrimage and
closed up the little office next door
where many of the nation's notables
have given their advice on current
problems.
Leaving at midnight, the president
elect's train will reach St. Augustine,
Fla., Sunday. Mr. Harding expects to
make no rear-platform speeches. A
St. Augustine hotel will be his Florida
headquarters, but he will get away
from his cares in a two week's fish
ing trip.
The president-elect's departure
really meant severing most' of the ties
that have bound him to his home com
munity, and he spent the day bidding
farewell to neighbors. He made a
short farewell talk to high school
pupils and was honor guest at a meet
ing of the Elks' fraternity. He will
return here before he goes to Wash
ington, but only for a few hours.
Mr. Harding's talk was delivered at
the Harding high school, recently re
named in his honor, and he was intro
duced by his sister. Miss . Abigail
Harding, who is a teacher. He asked
for the moral support of the people
of his home community during the
next four years.
'In a short time," he said, "I am
going to assume great responsibility.
It is not to be mine alone, however.
because the president is only the in
strument through which the popular
will is evoked.
"For 30 years . have been listening
to public sentiment and every public
servant who listens to the call on the
soul of America is sure to get along.
firmly believe the soul of America
is right. I firmly believe in the des
tiny of America and I am going to
my tasks with full confidence."
At the Elks a special group of can
didates to be known as the "Harding
class" was initiated with a ceremony
In which the president-elect played a
leading role.
The party accompanying Mr. Hard-
ng south is the smallest with which
he has traveled since his nomination.
It c-nsists only of the president-elect,
his secretary, G. B. Christian Jr.;
Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus, two
stenographers and a dozen secret
service men and newspaper corre
spondents. Mrs. Harding is to go to
Florida after a shopping trip in the
east.
The headquarters building at Mar
lon is to be kept Qpen until shortly
before March 4. James Sloan, former
secret service man, who acted as as
sistant secretary to Mr. Harding dur
ing the .campaign, will be in charge.
A story of Mr. Harding's devotion
to one of his fellow townsmen came
to light, tonight after it had been
kept a secret for several weeks. It
Involved a financial guarantee by the
president-elect to enable his church
to continue the salary of a pastor who
has been incapacitated since July.
The minister is Dr. Thomas H. Mc
Afee of the Trinity Baptist church,
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 6.)
Cork Official Is Expected to Be
Treated as 'Seaman' With Reas
onable Time to Reship.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 20. Lord
Mayor O'Callaghan of , Cork, was
notified today by his counsel. Judge
J. T. Lawless, to report here as quick
ly as possible to cancel the parole
under which he was released after
his arrival at Newport News as a
stowaway. He is ,now in New York
and is expected within the next two
days when he will be surrendered to
J. J. Hurley, special immigration in
spector. O'Callaghan will not be summarily
deported, Mr. Hurley declared, but
will be treated In the same manner
as any other seaman. It was con
tended by his counsel that inasmuch
as he worked part of his passage, the
lord mayor is a seaman and as such
will be recognized by Mr. Hurley,
who will grant him an identification
card which entitles him to "reship
foreign."
Being a "seaman" without vised
passports. O'Callaghan, it was said,
will receive a reasonable time to
"reship."
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Lord Mayor
O'Callaghan of Cork, said tonight
that he would leave tomorrow for
Norfolk to cancel the parole under
which he has been at liberty. He said
he had received a message from his
counsel at Norfolk' requesting him to
appear there immediately to sur
render himself to the immigration
authorities.
EUROPEAN EXCHANGE UP
Vigorous Rise Laid to Progress of
Claims Against Germany.
' NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Exchange on
European countries rose vigorously
here today, the advance being ascribed
by international bankers to reported
progress in connection with the claims
of allies against Germany.
Demand bills on London were quoted
at $3.77, the highest since late in
July, and at noon a further advance
to 3.78 was reported.
The French rate on Paris demand
bills sold at 6.60, a gain of 14 points
over yesterdays final price and a new
high for the current movement
Marks or German remittances sold
at 1.64, a slight gain over yesterday.
TRI-STATE MEETING SET
Lawmakers to Confer Here
on
Automobile License Fees.'
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 20. Tele
grams have been sent by E. H. Guie,
speaker of the lower house of the
Washington legislature, asking that
joint road and bridge sub-committees
of the Oregon and Idaho legislatures
meet with a similar committee of the
Washington legislature at Portland,
Or., to discuss automobile license fees
and other subjects pertaining to mo
tor vehicle legislation.
Mr. Guie announced this today. The
meeting has been set for next Satur
day, Mr. Guie said.
KILLED OFF WAS MISTAKEN. J
SETTLED BY BOARD
Woman Principal, if Qual
ified, to Get Lift.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS DIVIDED
Status Equal to Girls' Poly
technic Head Promised.
PAY ALSO TO BE SAME
First Vacancy in Portland to Be
Given Educator Demoted by
Superintendent Alderman,
The first vacancy in Portland
schools, which in salary and status is
equal to the principalship of the
Girls' Polytechnic high school, will be
open to Mrs. Alevla Alexander, pro
viding she is qualified for it, decided
the school board yesterday.
This action was finally taken on i
resolution presented by W. F. Wood
ward, which caused a hot discussion
between members of the board. Three
i votea tor it ana two against.
The discussion caused a review or
the "Alexander case." Mrs. Alexander
was demoted by Superintendent Al
derman from her position as principal
of the Girls' Polytechnic high school
three years ago and later discharged
on the ground of irregularity in ac
counts. The case was taken to the
supreme court and the school board
made settlement by paying her $3800
and making her principal of the
Woodmere school. This position she
holds at the present time.
All Obligations Fulfilled.
The present educational affairs
committee, to whom the matter was
referred, reported at the meeting that
"the school board has fulfilled all ob
ligations to Mrs. Alexander as em
bodied in educational affairs com
mittee report of July 3, 1918."
This report recommended "that Mrs.
Alexander be reinstated to a prin
cipalship at such, time and place as
may be hereafter decided upon by the
board." To this she acquiesced after
being assigned to the principalship at
Woodmere In September, 1918. The
report of the committee was made by
A. C. Newill, chairman, and Frank L
Shull.
Mr. Woodward then objected to the
report. He presented a resolution
which read:
"This report of the educational
committee as to Mrs. Alexander ia op
posed, first, because it is a denial of
justice.
Agreement Is Recalled. ,
"By agreement with the board of
education, through George B. Thomas,
director, it was understood though
not incorporated in the minutes, that
the salary settlement, considerably
less than contemplated by the court,
but accepted by her, should be suc
ceeded in time by a restoration to
her previous position or status as a
teacher. The latter has not been done
and after a lapse of years, during
which time she has performed her
tasks in a manner acceptable to the
pupils, parents and super'ntendent,
she seeks fulfillment of this under
standing or agreement.
"It is manifest Mrs. Alexander can
not be reinstated at this time in the
position from which she was re
moved. The present, principal cannot
be discharged legally, and even so it
would be unfair to remove her in
order to make a place for Mrs.
Alexander.
"The first vacancy, however, in our
schools, which in salary and status
meets the conditions of this under
standing, and subject to the approval
of the superintendent as to qualifica
tion, should be open to Mrs. Alex
ander and the board should so indi
cate."
Newill Remains Unshaken.
"I will never vote for such a reso
lution," said Mr. Newill. "Of course,
the position is open to Mrs. Alexander
or Mrs. Jones or any one else. If it
is intended as a recommendation
from this board to the superinten
dent, I am opposed to it as going
against the programme of progress
adopted by this board."
'The only square thing to do is to
restore her to her former position,"
said George M. Orton. "Why was she
held out of the school? Because
Superintendent Alderman didn't want
her in. I think we should make room
for her."
"I believe that the matter was
closed when a settlement was made
with her," said Mr. Shull. "I shall
vote against the resolution, because
it doesn't mean anything but a vote
of confidence in her. I think the
proper thing to do is to table the
whole matter."
Thomas Quotes Settlement Powers.
"You lose sight of the fact that I
was delegated to make a settlement
with Mrs. Alexander with power to
act," repl'ed George B. Thomas, chaiir
man of the board. Mr. Thomas then
gave the details of the board's action
in a conference meeting, referred to
in Mr. Woodward 9 resolution.
Chairman Thomas voted with Di
rectors Orton and Woodward against
Directors Shull and Newill.
The site for the new James John
high school was not selected, al
though much time was given to dis
cussion. The board stated that final
action would be taken at the meeting
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
STANDIFER YARDS ACCEPT.
Blacksmiths Reported to Be Only
Employes Who Vote Against
Reduction at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Seven of the eight crafts
employed at the G. M. Standifer Con
struction company's yards here to
night are reported to have voted in
favor of accepting the company's pro
posal of a reduction in pay rather
than have the number of workers at
the yards reduced. Only the black
smiths, it was understood, held out
against the acceptance of the lower
pay scale. '
Under the new scale, the helpers
will receive 6 cents an hour less and
the journeymen 8 cents an hour less.
The scales go into effect February
1 and will continue in force for six
months. About 2500 men in the com
pany's yards will be affected.
The Metal Trades council, repre
senting all of the crafts at the con
struction company's yards, held its
meeting tonight to determine what ac
tion the employes would take on the
suggestion of the company that either j
the pay of all employes must be re
duced or some of the workers dis
charged. The vote in some of the
unions was declared to have been
close, but the machinists were re
ported to have voted 134 for to 11
against the pay reduction.
SHERMAN BACKS PACKERS
Senator Attacks Bill Intended to
Regulate Industry.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Pending
legislation for regulation of the meat
industry was attacked in the senate
today by Senator Sherman (rep.) of
Illinois, who said the agriculture com
mittee substitute for the Kenyonr
Kendrick bill would wreck the pack
ing industry. The senate will vote on
the bill Monday.
'If the packers have grown to large
proportions, it is no more than any
other industry has done wiien they
have operated on a scale profitable
to themselves and to the country,"
Senator Sherman said in. reply to mo
nopolistic charges against the pack
ers. 'Our British cousins, who have
come io think commercially that the
world is theirs, have led in these
attacks, "the senator said, "because
of the position of Jamaica, a British
possession, in the banana producing
field."
'REACHER, JAILED, FREED
Evangelist Charged With Contempt
Signs Desired Statement.
CANYON, Tex.. Jan. 20. After sign-
ng a statement, xtev. Morgan L,e
Starke, evangelist of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
was released from county Jail today.
He was remanded to Jail yesterday
charged with contempt following his
refusal to explain statements attrib
uted to him in a sermon concerning
alleged gambling.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 45
degrees; minimum, 32 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
Foreign.
Disarming' Germany is Briand ministry's
first policy. Page 3.
More houses in Cork razed by Britain's or
ders. Page 5.
National.
Organized labor pleads for resumption of
trade with Russia. Page 2.
Sullen senators threatening war. Page 1.
Secretary Wilson defends Post's deportation
policy. Page 7.
Borah disarmament resolution approved
Page 2.
British domination of American merchant
marine charged. Page 4.
Domestic.
Exchange on European countries has vigor
ous rise. Page 1.
Balloonist is unable to recall fist fight.
Page 2.
Lenine concede that capital thus far has
fought bolshevlsm to a draw. Page
Ha r dings leave home lor four years.
Page 1.
Schwab mentioned in irregular shipping
deal. Page 4.
Women fliers, 55 and 66, carry electoral
vote. Page 1.
Lord mayor of Cork asked to cancel parole.
Pa9 . , ,
Legislature.
CMl administrative code measure passed
In lower house of Washington state leg
islature. Page 9.
Portland business men appear before Ore
gon senate to urge, favorable action on
port Dill .rage i.
Joint resolution aims at housing problem.
Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
American Legion charges Washington state
reclamation board with Ignoring ex
service men. Page 7.
Magpie gives clew that farmer has been
missing two weeks. Page 15.
Sandifer shipyard employes accept cut.
Page 1. .
Sports.
Rickard proposes to make Dempsey-Car-
pentier bout sure. Pago 14.
East vermis west football ia defended.
Page 14.
St. Paul stars to fight at Milwaukee.
Page 14.
Legion revives boxing In San Francisco.
Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Southern buyers In potato market take only
best stock. Page 21.
Bears control Chicago wheat market and
last prices sharply lower. Page SI.
Firmer money rates wipe out gains in
speculative stocks. Page 21.
North Atlantic & Western Steamship sail
ings to east coast may be increased.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Threat against witness causes arrest.
Page 12.
Father tries hanging; son, 12. to rescue.
Page 22.
War bride's fight for lire pictured 'hil
Lotisso sneers. Page 1.
Interstate bridge pays Multnomah 1534,621
since 1017. Page 22.
Tolstoy sax red regime: Is nearing the
end. Page 6.
Mrs. Alevla Alexander to get first schoo!
vacancy equal to principalship of girls'
polytechnic high school. Page 1.
Caiaese gamblers baffle police. F It,
PROSECUTION RESTS CASE
Defense of Wife Murderer
Will Begin Today.
SCREAMS WAKEN WOMEN
Nearby Residents Testify In Direct
Contradiction to Taxi Driver's
Assertion.
Eyewitnesses to the slaying of pret
ty Tessie Lotisso, 19-year-old English
war bride, occupied the stand In the
court of Circuit Judge Tucker
throughout yesterday, completing the
case of the prosecution in the trial of
Thomas Lotisso for first-degree mur
der. The attempt of the defense to
remove the noose from the neck of
Lotisso will open this morning.
In direct contradiction to the tes
timony of Ed Goneau, automobile
driver, who piloted the machine hired
by Lotisso the night of the killing
and who Insisted on the stand that
there had been no screaming or un
usual noise until the shots and no
struggle between husband and wife
in or near the machine, two witnesses
testified to being awakened by the
sobs or screams of Mrs. LotlEso some
time before the shooting.
Women Are Aroused.
One said she had been awakened
by the woman's cries when the auto
mobile was more than a block away
and that she could see a man pursu
ing a woman around thev car and try
ing to force her into the machine as
the automobile slowly traversed a
city block.
Mrs. Alma Veach, a white-haired
woman who occupies rooms at 474
Alder street, from the windows of
which she can see as far as Sixteenth
street, said that she was roused from
sleep In the early morning of No
vember 30, 1920, by a woman's
screams. She thought she distin
guished the words, "Help! help!" and
"Let me go!"
Anto's Approach Seen.
"Looking out my window, I saw an
automobile nearing Fifteenth street
from Sixteenth," she said, "and the
cries seemed to come from there. I
thought I could see two persons
struggling about the car, as though
one was trying to put the other in
the machine. As the car came under
the lights from the garage I could
see that it was a man struggling
with a woman.
"The machine would move a little
way, then stop. Sometimes both per
sons were on one side of the car and
sometimes they ran around behind
the car. They squabbled around and,
though they seemed right against the
machines at times, the man did not
seem to be able to get her in the
car."
The witness went on to relate that
the woman finally broke from the
man and ran south on Fourteenth
street. She said the woman, later
discovered to be Mrs. Lotisso, had
been screaming and crying until she
reached the corner, when she stopped
I and apparently devoted her efforts to
running, with the man pursuing ner.
Mrs. Veach said she thought she
heard Lotisso call "Halt, or I'll
shoot," Immediately afterward firing.
Cries Awaken Sleeper. ,
James B. Pratt, automobile me?
chanlc rooming at 474 Alder street,
was a star witness for the state. He
Concluded on 1'ago 5, Column l.
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