VOL. LX NO. 18,850 Entered at Portland Oreron Poatofflce m Second-Cla Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE RATIFIES GREEN YEGGS BLAST BANK AT TROUTDALE VAULT BLOWX OPEN, BTJHJIXG DAMAGED, TOWX ROCKED. NEW GASOLINE TAX DOUBLES REVENUES L EXPLOSION CRIPPLES P LOCAL BOX FACTORY HOADS PLEAD POEM NEMESIS fl -L FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IS IiOST $64,377,84 YIELDED TO STATE BLAST IX OVEX FOLLOWED BY BT JOSEPH MOZOROSKY. COFFERS IX MARCH. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. CDLOlViB IA TREATY $25,000,000 Measure SON SELF-SLAIN FOH GUT IN WAGES Bankruptcies Predicted MOTHER V Wins, 69 to 19. PARTY LINES ARE SPLIT .15 Republicans Oppose, 29 Democrats Favor Pact. ACT IS HARDING VICTOR President Wins First Fight in Sen ate OTer Opposition of Pro gressive' Group. WASHING TOX, April 20. The Co lombia treaty was ratified today by the senate. It provides payment by the United States of S25.000.000 to ff the South American republic, but baa yet to be approved by the Colombian assembly. The vote was 69 to 19, 11 more than the necessary two-thirds. Fifteen republicans and four dem ocrats voted against ratification. They were: Republicans Borah, Capper, John son of California, Jones of Massachu setts, Kellogg, Kenyon, La Follette, Lenroot, McXary, Nelson, Norbsck. of South Dakota, Norris. Poindexter, Townsend and Wadsworth. Democrats DieL Reed, Simmons and Watson of Georgia. Barak Amndnnl Lat. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, was defeated, 49 to 39, in an 'attempt to insert a clause declaring provisions of the treaty could not be taken as implying that the United States aided in the Panaman revolt or violated any treaty with Colombia. W ithout rollcalla the senate re jected amendments offered by Senator Ransdeli, democrat, Louisiana. The proposal of Senator Poindexter to reduce the payment to 915,000,000 lost, 68 to 22. , The Harding adminlstration'through the ratification, won its first fight in the senate. The president, in a mes sage March 9. five days after Inaugu ration, recommended ratification as "very helpful in prompting our friend T relationships." Forelgrm Relations Considered. This recommendation was supple mented today by Senator Lodge, re publican leader, who in reply to at tacks of republican senators of the progressive group declared ratifica tion was "part of a great national foreign policy" contemplated by Pres ident Harding. Forty republicans were Joined by 29 democrats in voting for ratification One republican. Page, Vermont, and three democrats. Shields.! Tennessee Owen, Oklahoma, and Walsh,. Mon tana, were paired in Its favor. Two republican senators, Elkins, West Vir ginia, and Newberry, Michigan, were absent. In the rollcalls on Senator Borah's amendment to exculpate this nation and its agents from any wrongdoing ' in acquiring the canal, three demo crats voted with 36 republicans on the first call and with 27 republicans on a second call. These democrats were Kendrick, Wyoming; Reed, Missouri, and Watson, Georgia. Nine republic ans who first voted for the Borah amendment later voted In opposition. These were: Dillingham, Vermont; Fernald. Maine; Keyes, New Hamp shire: Ladd, North Dakota; Lodge, Massachusetts; McKinley, Illinois; Spencer, Missouri; Sterling. South Da kota. and Sutherland. West Virginia. Twenty-two Favor Redaction. A murmur swept the chamber when Senator Lodge changed front on the amendment. A milder demonstration had occurred when he supported It on the first call. The Poindexter amendment to cut the indemnity to Colombia from 26, 600.000 to 915,000,000 was supported by 16 republicans and six democrats Twenty-two republicans and 17 democrats supported the Wadsworth amendment to prohibit Colombian troops and warships from using the canal in a war against a nation with which the United States was at peace. The final vote ended eight days of debate. Opponents, composed largely of what Is known as the progressive republican group, were vigorous in their denunciation of the pact. They declared its acceptance would place a stain on the name of Theodore Roosevelt, would be a useless squan der of public money and would amount to compliance with a "blackmail de mand on the part of Colombia." Democrats Are Silent. Senator Lodge, who with Senators McCumber of North Dakota. Borah of Idaho, Brandegee of Connecticut, and Fall, then a senator from New Mex ico. Joined in an adverse report against the treaty as negotiated in the foreign relations committee in 1917. led the fight for ratification. Supporters of ratification declared that the treaty would improve rela tions of the United States with Latin American republics, would satisfy de mands equitably made by Colombia and would aid the United States in the world ques,. for oil. Democratic senators for the most part refrained from discussion. Vigorous opposition to ratification was voiced by Senator Norris, repub lican, Nebraska. He referred to re publican supporters of the past as (Concluded on Face Z. Column 2.) Circuit Judge Denies Habeas Cor. pas Writ to Evade Payment or Gambling Reparation. Joseph Mozorosky was allowed to remain In the county Jail for failure to pay a Judgment of 11600, when Or cult Judge Stapleton yesterday morn ing denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. An execution against the body was issued Monday, when Sol Swire, judg ment creditor, charged that Mozo rosky had made away with $8000 worth of stock in his Jewelry store, and that a brother, Jake Mozorosky was attaching the residue for a f'c- titious debt. Two alternatives remain for Mozorosky if he hopes to get out of JalL He may pay the Judgment, or, at the end of ten days' servitude, be released on the filing of a pauper's oath. Standing in the way of a pauper's oath, however, are Mozorosky s ad missions under oath in the recent trial that he was worth approximate ly 912.000, that being unincumbered stock in his Jewelry store. The Judgment was obtained In I suit over a gambling debt, Swire al leging that Mozorosky obtained i percentage of 1800 lost at poker in a card room In Mozorosky's establish ment. Double damages, or $1600. were voted by the Jury. Judge Stapleton ruled that the stat ute under which Mozorosky is held is more penal than remedial, and con eluded: "This being a case in which the de fendant could have been arrested at the beginning of the action, he can be arrested after judgment." METEOR SPRAYS - TOWNS Hot Metal Falls From Air After Loud Explosion Is Heard. MACON. Ga, April 20. X meteor passed over middle and southern Georgia about 9 A. M. today, exploding and showering hot metal as heavy as iron. The meteor was seen in Macon. It exploded over Cordele and at Pitts, east of Cordele, and also at Albaay, southwest of here. At Pitts more than a dozen heavy explosions were heard, then there was a sharp crackling in the air for several minutes and red-hot metal, some pieces weighing six pounds, be gan to fall. In the wake of the.fall- ng fragments was a trail of black smoke. ,. The sKy was cloudless. The major of the pieces fell In open fields. WI0R0SC0 TO FACE TRIAL Theater Man Charged "With Violat ing Prohibition Law. NEW YORK, April 20. Charged with having 92 bottles of liquor in his possession in v'olation of the Vol stead act, Oliver Morosco, theatrical producer, today was- held on $1000 ball for trial in federal court in Brooklyn. Mr. Morosco recently applied to Prohibition Director O'Connor for a permit to transfer a quantity of liq uor from his home at Great Neck to Los Angeles. The beverages were put in 40 barrels for transportation, but it was alleged that he had 92 bottles more than were covered in the per mit. These bottles, it was alleged, had been purchased after the Vol stead act became effective. PLANES FORCED TO LAND Clouds and Engine Trouble Cause Delay la Southern Oregon. MEDFORD, Or., April 20. (Special.) Of three government airplanes en route from Mather field, Sacramento, Cat., to Camp Lewis, late this after noon, two piloted by Lieutenant Gard ner and Sergeant Eskerson were forced to remain here over night on account of heavy clouds over the Umpqua divide. The third, piloted by Sergeant Andert, landed 12 miles north of Rogue river, due to engine trouble. The planes, which are to act as tar get practice observers at Camp Lewis, expect to continue their journey to morrow morning. HUSBAND GETS GUARDIAN Appointment Enables 16-Year-OId Wife to Sue for Divorce. C M. Senosky was appointed guar dian ad litem for 16-year-old Homer L. Ross by Circuit Judge Tazwell yea-, terday afternoon to permit continu ance of divorce proceedings insti tute! against the young man by his girl-wife, Lucile Ross, nee Wean, also 16 years of age. Mr. Senosky will be served with divorce papers in behalf of his ward. . Were there no guardian Judge Taz well asserted the legality of the di vorce might be questioned in case the husband, on reaching 21. desired to protest the action. POWDER FALLS LIKE RAIN Substance Resembling Sulphur Pops and Sizzles When Lighted. ABERDEEN. Wash, April 20 (Special.) Reports from Oakvllle, In the east end of Gray Harbor county. state that following the . thunder storm of Sunday afternoon a sprin kling of powder-like substance, close ly resembling sulphur, was noticed on the pavement there. When a match was touched to par ticles of the substance they sizzled and flopped like powder, witnesses said. John P. Cudahy Ends Life With Shotgun. ACT ASCRIBED TO TROUBLE Failure to Negotiate Loan Immediate Cause. DIVORCE ACTION RUMORED Wife Denies Report That Suicide Was Result of Any Recent Domestic Troubles. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April (Special) Driven to desperation. It is believed, because of failure to ne- otiate a loan of 910,000 and despond ent because of financial troubles, John P. (Jack) Cudahy, son of the Xamous packer, Michael Cudahy, com mltted suicide this morning by blow ing the top of his head off with rhotgun in his bedroom at his home at 7269 Hollywood boulevard. His wife, Edna C. Cudahy, was In her own dressing room nearby at the time. Downstairs in the palatial home were his 17-year-old daughter, Anne, and his 14-year-old son, Michael. According to Mrs. Cudahy, ill health. coupled with financial worry, was the cause of his rash act. She denied the Report that there had been any alter cations between her and her husband shortly before Mr. Cudahy took his Ife. Following notification of the suicide to Corner Williams by mem bers of the family, Detective Sergeants Mammalian and Hurt of the Holly wood division Interviewed Mrs. Cud ahy and investigated the shooting, , Loan Refused by Bank. Mrs. Cudahy, they said, told them that about 10:30 A. M. Mr. Cudahy had gone to his bathroom and taken his shotgun, which he used for trap shooting, into bis bedroom. At the time he did not seem to be unusually despondent, she said. At exactly 11:45 A. M.. she said, she heard,a shot and immediately rushed to her hus band's bedroom, where she found that he used the gun to end his life. Further investigation by the de tectives disclosed the fact that early thin mornina- Mr. Cudahy received a letter from the Northern Trust com pany of Chicago, saying "We do not ant to carry a permanent loan and unless your sister can vouch for the loan of $10,000 which you ask for we find it Impossible to grant your re quest." The letter was signed by N. O. Edmonds, vice-president. Late Tuesday evening the police lt arned that .Mr. Cudahy had received (Concluded on Page it. Column 4.1 1 TIME TO PUT UP THE SCREENS. t i " ' i : : 1 I A I - I T I ii i i ill i i m in i h rciMi Cw. umv run ui i T J TTriiitiiiiiiitittiiiinii iiiiiiiiiiiiim r-iinttfiurj-it-Tt - Amateur Cracksmen Bungle Job ' With Too Much X itro-Glycerin and Get Xo Loot. Embryo yeggs rocked the town of Troutdale with a terrific blast about 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning, when they blew open the vault of the Troutdale State bank and nearly wrecked the building. Except for the heavy property damage, there was no loss, as the bank currency, coin and securities were in a manganese steel safe within the vault. Several ounces of nitro-glycerlne must have been used by the amateur cracksmen, who were fortunate in escaping with their lives. They are supposed to have made their escape in an automobile parked several hun dred vardH from the bank. Up to a late hour last night deputy sheriffs and police had no trace of the rob. bers. The sole clue were the marks of new automobile tires in the soft earth at the edge of the highway and some unused shotgun shells. Investla-atlntr autnorities were cer tain that the work was not that of professional yeggs, as there were many marks of the amateur. auc "overdose" of nitro-glycerine savored of experiment, unless too much was spilled accidentally.' The "Job ap parently had been poorly plannea. Those attempting' it" seemingly did not know of the existence of the1 safe inside the vault. To blow the safe, which was of modern, yegg-proof tvne. would have required much time and skill, and the moment the vaun Hoon were blown open the entire town of Troutdale was aroused. The number of men participating in the attempted robbery Is not known, but footprints near the automobile tracks would indicate that there were three. The bank building is of hollow tile chiefly and the walls were cracked by the force of the explosion and jolt ed out of plumb. All' the windows uttered. One chair was the only bit of furniture which escaped untouched. An electric adding ma chine was blown' through the front of the' building half way across the paved highway. Counters were splin tered and debris littered the floor of the bank.. The cracksmen probably never attempted to re-enter mo uuuu ing after noting the results of the blast and the attendant publicity given their attempt, 1 A. D. Kendall, whose home is across the highway from the bank, was awakened by the shock and ran out op V; trout porch with a shotgun In his hand. Seeing an automobile with out lights headed toward Portland a few hundred yards down the highway, he emptied both barrels into the air. He did not fire at the machine, fear ing it might not contain the marau ders. It later, developed that the automobile he had seen was being driven by a neighbor, Milton Fox, a grocer of Troutdale. He was rushing for a telephone to notify the sheriff's office and had doused his lights for self-protection. Deputy Sheriffs Christoffersen, Beckman, Wilson, Lamont, Rexford (Concluded en Pare 4, Column 2.) w : AM V. ' Two Separate Reports on Sales, Computed Under 1919 and 1921, "ow Required . SALEMV Or., April 20. (Special.) The tax of two cents a gallon dn gas oline and one and one-half cents a gallon on distillate, as approved at the recent session of the legislature, returned to the state for the month of March, 1921, a total of $64,377.64. -For the month of March, 1920, when the tax on gasoline was one cent a gallon anil distillate one-half cent a gallon, the revenue to the state from this source aggregated $32,299.65 These figures were made public to day by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, and indicate that the Increased tax on gasoline and distillate will al most double the revenue provided from this source under the 1919 law. Rather than' amend the 1919 act which provided. a tax of one cent gallon on gasoline and one-half cent a gallon on distillate, the legislature, at its last session, passed another law, providing for an additional tax of one cent a gallon on both gaso line and distillate sold in Oregon. As a result of the two laws it now is necessary for each oil corporation op erating in Oregon to file two monthly reports of their sales. with the sec. retary of state. One of these re ports shows the quantity of gasoline and distillate sold, together with the tax, under the 1919 act. The othe'r report is similar, except that the tax must be computed under the 1921 law. Taxes paid by -the several oil cor porations for the month of March, 1921, under both the 1919 and 1921 laws, are as follows: Shell OH company, 1021 law, $1699; 1919 law. I16U9: total, 33U8. Union Oil company, 1921 law, $5873.52; 1919 law.. $5532; total, $11,405.62. Standard Oil company, 1V21 law, u 368.35; Ml 9 law, $17,857.52; total $34, 715.S7. Associated OH company, IS-'l law. $7334.53; 1919 law, $6898.45; total $14,- 232.98. Umatilla bounty farm bureau, 1921 law, $362.97; 1919 law, $261.70; total $024,67. ROOSEVELT REACHES CUBA Air Trip Made From Miami, Fla., In 17. S. Seaplane. HAVANA, April 20. An American navy'seaplane with Theodore Roose velt, assistant seoretary of the navy. passenger, arrived tonight from Miami. Mr. Roosevelt was met by Boaz Long. .American minister., and the commanders of several American war ships anchored in Havana harbor. AMERICAN DEAD HONORED Patriotic Frenchmen Salute Caskets of 2800 Soldiers. CHERBOURG, France, April 20. An impressive ceremony took place here yesterday in honor of 2800 American soldiers whose bodies have been assembled and are waiting transportation to the United States. Patriotic societies saluted the cas kets and a battalion of marines ren dered honors. Before Labor Board. RELIEF DEEMED IMPERATIVE Flood of Evidence Cites De crease in Living Costs. WORKERS CHARGE WASTE Union's .Exhibit Places Useless Railway Expenditures in Ex cess of Billion Dollars. CHICAGO. April 20. More than JO railroads laid their pleas for wage reductions before the railroad labor board today in the fnal day's pre sentation of the carriers' evidence. The board then adjourned until April 28 to allow the employes time to pre pare their reply. Predictions of receiverships and bankruptcies interspersed exhibits in troduced by the roads to show de creases in outside industry wages and the cost of living since the railroad wage scale was made effective. The board was flooded with another mass of figures today from roads in the west, southwest and southeast. Numerous roads said that unless they had relief, they would seen be "on the rocks." The general rules hearing has been indefinitely postpone, so that the board may give attention to the wage controversy. Skilled Pay Reductions Next. Representatives of several roadr. which were applying for reductions for unskilled labor only, in state ments said that they would follow the lead of some of the larger roads by asking for lower pay for skilled workers as soon as the present cases were settled. H. T. Dick, counsel for the Chicago Si Eastern Illinois railroad now in the bands of a receiver. Was the first wit ness to make this announcement. J. H. Dickinson, counsel for the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, said the exhibits regarding unskilled labor presented yesterday by the North. western, the Santa Fe, the Illinois Central and the Union Pacific were applicable to his road. W. H. Comstock, general manager of the Los Angeles and Salt Lak railroad, which operates 1116 miles o fack, said the unemployment sltua tion had never been so acute in Los Angeles since 1907. Scarcity of Fund Asserted. Other roads presenting wage sta tistics similar to those previously of fered were the Denver & Salt Lake, the Kansas City Southern and the Forth Worth & Denver, El Paso & Southwestern, New Mexico & Arizona, Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Texas Midland, Kansas City Terminal and the Louisville & Nashville. W, R. Freeman, receiver for the Denver & Salt Lake railroad, said that road bad no surplus funds "to dissipate In paying higher wages than were necessary." "The road was built by D. H. Mof fat, who never received a cent from It ari did not even leave enough of an estate to erect a modern tomb stone," he said. "It has never paid dividend nor any Interest on its bonds." Labor Charges Waste. R. F. Ray, representing the Denver & Rio Grande, said that his road paid 55 cents an hour to truckers at Salida, Altamoosa and Montrose, where the road changes from standard to nar row gauge. "We have been offered contracts by outside firms to furnish labor for this work at 41 and 37 cents an hour. he said. "That shows that the roads are being forced to pay more than Is necessary." Wastes amounting to a billion dot lars annually were laid to managerial Inefficiency on American railroads in a detailed exhibit placed before the railroad labor board today as part of union labor's fight against a reduc tion of wages. Recoverable wastes were estimated by the employes at $578,500,000 a year and other wastes, impossible of estimation, would equal that amount, it was declared. Co-operative Effort Advocated. The employes point out alleged wastes In the present railroad admin istrations and maintain that if those deficiencies and defaults in manage ment were redressed and repaired, there would remain no reason for at tempting to reduce wages. As a method of correcting wasteful meth ods and increasing the efficiency of employes, the exhibit advocated co operative effort between management and workers and added that this co operation could best be obtained through the medium uniform agree ments reached by collective bar gaining. Recoverable .and easily estimated wastes were divided by the exhibit under nine heads, having to do large ly with construction and care of loco motives and shop machinery, cost ac counting and labor turnover. Advertising; Expense Attacked. The wastes which the unions said could not ie estimated in terms of money Included a variety of subjects ranging from defective train equip-' ICoocludod ob Tags 2, Column 3.) Fireman Burned. Encines De stroyed,' 80 Men Without Work, While Loss Is $25,000. Fire which resulted from the ex plosion of a "dutch oven" at th plant of the North Portland Box com pany at 5:30 o'clock last evening serl ously burned the oven fireman, Les lie Congers, 15 Killingsworth avenue practically destroyed the engines. caused the plant to shut down and throw 85 men out of work, and en tailed a loss of between $20,000 and $25,000, practically covered by Insur ance. A collection of fine dust in th upper portion of the oven was said by Captain Day of the fire marshal's of flee to have ignited. The explosion threw fire into reserves of sawdust, which were intended for fuel, an burned Congers, the fireman. H was sent to St. Vincent's hospital badly seared on the head, face and arms. 'The box company maintained small fire department, but for som reason it proved of little value. To check the flames, engine companies 11 and 30 were called, together with the department from the Swift Pack irur company and a scow manned by H. H. Embree, which carries wate pumps. There was much difficulty in checking the flames, owing to th fact that the oven was on the water side of the plant on a pier. The land apparatus could do little. Mr. Embree was embarrassed by a log boom, bu by stringing 1500 feet of hose ove it he managed to get a stream into the center of the fire. In the meantime engine company 30 managed to get a line into th boiler room, whence the flames had spread. Before the fire was under control, however, the boilers had been overheated and ruined. CANAL SHAKE-UP COMING Weeks Promises Reform In Admin tstration of Zone. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 20. Widespread changes in the methods o administering the Panama canal zone by the war department, particularly as regards the pay, privileges and allowances of tne civil establishment are expected to follow a visit to the zone to be made Boon by Secretary Weeks, he announced today The ad ministration, ha declared is now con ducted extravagantly. , Employes of the canal zone receive much higher pay than governmen employes in the United States proper, he said, and in addition are allowed other privileges not granted workers in this country. MOON TO BEJN ECLIPSE Luna Will Disappear Completely Behind Shadow of Earth. The moon will disappear tonight Into total eclipse. The phenomenon will be the only lunar eclispe visible in the western part of the United States this year. At 8:57 o'clock the moon will begin to enter the outer shadow of the earth, and will pass into the real shadow, or umbra, at 10:03. The eclipse will be total at 11:23, and will remain so until 12:05. At 2:32 A. M. the moon will be entirely out of the penumbra, or outer shadow. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The W atber. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54 decrees; minimum, 43 decree TODAY'S Showers; southerly winds. Foreign. German bankers protest proposed transfer of gold reserve, face 4. Americans beaten by mob In Berlin. Page 6. Nation!. Senate ratifies Colombia pact, 69 to 19. Page 1. Merchant to head new shipping board. Page 2. Par western members of congress orranise to study Japanese problem. Page 3. Farmers to call on Harding today. Page 8. Harding expected to send in nominations today. Page o. Immigration bill bitterly attacked. Page T. Poem nemesis of mother-in-law In Stokes case. Page 1- Domestic. Railroads plead for cut In wages. Page 1, Business men to hold convention at Atlan tic City. Page 14. John P. Cndahy, son of wealthy packer, commits suiciae in l.os Angeles, rag I. Pacific Northwest. Bond broker's widow takes stand for state. Page 4. New gasoline tax In Oregon doubles rev- enuea. Page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: At Portland 3, Salt Lake 1; at Seattle 4, bacramento 7; at Los Angeles, Vernon v. ban Fran cisco 2; at ban Francisco, Oakland li, Los Angeles 2. Page 12. Substitution to be made on fight card to night. Pago 13. Commercial and Marine. Large increase in egg production in all sec tions, rage 1. Chicago wheat advances with bullish crop news from inula, rage -i. lock market sluggish and prices tend law- .f PflffA 21. Freight to Europe cut five to ten shillings Page 20. Four additional steamers chartered for Portland grain ana nour traae. rage iu Portland and Vicinity. Pull development or nortnwest power is goal oi experts, rags v. Amateur cracksmen blow up bank at Troutdale. but get no loot, rage 1. Protest of taxis set for Tuesday. Page 6. enators to distribute land office plums. Page 11. Joseph Mazarasky. Imprisoned aa Judg. ment debtor, loses xigni xor xreeaom. Page 1. Committee named to study terminal pro ject. Page lu. Youthful outlaws tell of escapade. Page 10. William C Jacklin, automobile agent. wanted here, reported in new lorn. Page 6. Exploston puts box factory out of com mission, rage i. Joseph N. Teal welcomed home at Cham ber 01 commerce ainaer. race Stokes Is Pictured as Fondest Father. VIEWS NOW ARE CHANGED Visits to First Wife Cause of One of Quarrels. WITNESSES CALLED LIARS Woman Describes How Mrs. Sloke Attended to Babies Herself, Sel dom Letting Nurses Do II. NRW TOniv. April 20 (Special. 1 W. E. D. Stokes "the fondest, must cherishing father," vs. Helen Elwood Stoke9 "the most devoted mother In the world." From Mrs. Arthur Miller, under cross-examination today, came thi version of the bitterly-fought divorce trial. But .the picture of' domestic felicity, seemingly incongruous 'n the courtroom, vanished with Mrs. Miller's explanation. Once, when the Stokes household was not divided. Mrs. Mil ler wrote a poem to Muriel, youngest of the Stokes children. In that pnem she gave fulsome praise of her stern. silver-haired son-in-luw. That," she shouted today, "wss was poetic license.' Stokea rrodurea Poean. She believes now her daughter threw herself away" when she mar ried Mr. Stokes. Nevertheless, Mr. Stokes produced the poem, the per tinent paragraph of which follows. and a letter in which she styles him "The grandest father In the world." The extract chanting the picture of peace contains references to Mrs. Stokes, her husband and James, their eldest son: Your tender and fair little mother. Whose life is devoted to you; Your stalwart and true manly brother. Your sweetness will bind close to you. The fondest, must cherishing father. And Jlmmla to comfort you, too. The flood of poesy came Immediate ly after a wrangle between the law- yen over the defense's demand for an Increase In allowance. Martin W. Lit tleton for Mrs. Stokes complained of the heavy expense attached to the re futing wholesale charges. Justice Finch promised to take the plea un do consideration. I hope I'll get as much as you." said Mr. Littleton to Herbert Smyth, tor Mr Stokes. "As much as I received?" "No. as much as you'll get." "How do I know what I'll get?" Visits to Flrat Wife Anrr. Tho dialogue ended, Mrs. Miller was summoned for croas-examlnatiyi. Her evidence Bhowed Mr. Stokes' quarrel ling with his young wife over his visits to Mrs. Philip Lydlg, his first wife. Mr. Stokes visited the Lydls home to see his son. V. E. D. Stokes What the present Mrs. Stokes eared, so the evidence went, was that her husband had loved "only ons woman and will never love another." So Mrs. Miller wrote to Mr. Stokes explaining away what tho millionaire escribed as his wife's fits of temper. Witnesses Called Liars. Tom Stokes, brother of William, told the young wife of the monHiea mous quality of the millionaire's af fections. "This little Idea has grown to a great fear, occasionally Into a- olcanlc eruption, ' wrote Mrs. Aimer. What Mrs. Miller did not deny, in the matter of adverso testimony, slie wept aside contemptuously today. She called several witnesses liars and told a contradicting story to prove It. It was in answer to a question that Mrs. Miller styled Mrs. Stokes "the most devoted mother in the world," and In the numerous letters read this phrase Is repeated again and again. "Each baby." she wrote: "la a com posite soul, made up of the atoms of its ancestors." And Muriel's red hair (as her moth er's) was caused by "the gleaming sunset that rested upon the world at her birth." Mr. Littleton grew prosaic In his questioning and demanded details to prove Mrs. Stokes tho neer of mothers. Hope Gleams Occasionally. "Frequently my daughter bathed and undressed the babies, put them to sleep with her, listened to their prayers each night and never left them alone except for a few hours, and only then in the hands of com petent nurses. She never allowed the nurses even to slap their hands, and she discharged a nurse for doing so." Mr. Smyth took her In tow. Did the Stokes match strike her as a happy one? It did not. Always? "Occasionally I'd have a glimmer of hope. When little Jimmie was born, for the first time I saw only a glim mer of hope for happiness." Mr, Smyths produced letters she wrote to Mr. Stokes. In on of them she closed, "affectionately, Emma Miller." He showed her missives sprinkling eulogies on the million aire and his daughter. She Identified the letters as her own, after a strug gle. Vigorously she denied the senti ment expressed was still with her. Once she wrote: "Now I know you. Tou are the grandest father lu the world and my earnest prayer is that you will be spared for many years to come and will take your place in their (Concluded on l'agu 3, Column m.j