YOL. LX NO. 18,984
En r red At Parti in 4 fOrtffnn)
Pot"fftr fvnr1.CIMi Matter
Portland, Oregon, Saturday, September
1921
PRICK FIVE CENTS
ARBUCKLE GUEST
DESCRIBES PARTY
NAMES OF 3 OREGON
a
GIRL SHOT BY PAL;
ALL NATION TO HONOR
UNKNOWN WAR DEAD
D ?' !N IS DOUBTFUL
'.OUT PEACE ISSUE
LO WEST SHOW
EUGENIST FORECASTS
HUMAN EXTINCTION
MEN SENT TO SENATE
F
DELIGHTS 17,
CONFIRMATION OF NOMINA
TIONS EXPECTED OCTOBER 1.
HALT OF
2 MINUTES ASKF ,
-GOTIATIONS
SEEM TO BE
SCIENCE AND. LOVE DECLARED
IN HARMONY.
ON ARMISTICE DAY.
NEAR
BREAKING " POINT.
O
24,
MAHONEY SHRINKS
AT GHASTLY SCENE
SUICIDE
OLOWS
Pajama Dance by Murder
Plaintiff Related.
MISS DELMONT IS PICTURED
Injury of Miss Rappe Related
by Her Manager.
DEFENDANT IS NERVOUS
15 u Iky Film Actor Clasps and Un
clasps Hands and Hubs Check
During Hearing.
8A.Y FRANCISCO, Kept. S3. Alfred
Semnacher'. version of the drinking
party In Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle's
hotel suite here which preceded the
death of Miss Virginia Rappe, was
heard today In the police court ex
amination of Arbuckle on a murder
chare. His testimony will be re
turned tomorrow.
Semnacher waa manager of Misa
Rappe In- her moving- picture days,
and drove her and Mrs. Bambina Del
moot, the complaining; witness, In an
automobile to San Francisco from Los
Angeles Just before the affair oc
curred. His story was of a party at the
Hotel St. Francis in which nearly a
dosen men and women participated,
where Arbuckle and Lowell Sherman,
another moving; picture actor, were
garbed In pajamas, bath robes and
slippers, while Mrs. Delmont danced
about the room In pajamas.
Victim Put la Itathtab.
During the course, of the afternoon,
he said, two of the women entered
one of the rooms of the suite adjoining-
that where the drinking; and
dancing was going on and returned
In excitement with the newa that
Miss Ttappe was ill.
"I am dying-, I am dying." were the
words Eemnacher said he heard Miss
Rappe utter as the group found her
on a bed unclothed, moaning and
tossing from side to side.
Various means of restoring the girl
to consciousness were- suggested, ac
cording to the witness, ana of the
women suggesting Ice, but the men
retired from the room and three of
the women put her In a bathtub. A
glass or mater given Misa Rappe
caused her to become sick at the
stomach, Semnacher said.
Mm. Delmoae Oaly Ahatalner.
All of the party, except Mrs. Del
mont. he said, were eating, while
some were drinking liquor, which he
defined as orange Julre "that could
have contained gin or anything else."
8emnarher testified that he stayed
perhaps an hour, having something
to eat and coffee to drink.
Then he took Alice Blake out for
a rehearsal at a cafe, but learning
tha rehearsal had been postponed,
they returned In about half an hour,
he said, finding a Miss Clark and a
Miss Campbell had Joined the party.
Ha declared he could not remember
If anyone had left the aulte.
Passible Mistake Admitted.
Arbuckle's eyes moved sloivly from
Jh witness to Isadora Golden, the
assistant district attorney who con
ducted the questioning, and back
again.
"Do you remember the testimony
you gave before the coroner'i Jury?"
asked Golden.
"I'll never forget It." repl'ed Sem
nacher. Golden then read the inquest tes
timony of Semnacher that "all were
having drinks."
The witness asserted first the
shorthand reporter must have been
wrong, because all were eating as a
matter of rct, but he added later
that he himself might have been mis
taken. Llejaor la Pram Battles.
"The liquor on the table at the
party came out of bottle," Semnacher
testified regarding the appearance or
the room on his return.
"Some of the labels said whisky,
others gin and mineral water, and
some unlabeled contained orange
Juice."
"The people were walking around
the room and Miss Blake and Miss
Trevoat danced together, and I be
lieve Arbuckle and Sherman danced
with the ladles." he added. Pressed
further, he said his memory about
Arbuckle waa "vague." "
lit fore Semnacher's second depart
ure, half an hour later. Fischbach also
left the room, Semnacher said.
Departure la Related.
Semnacher said he went out with
Jra Fortlouls, returning 'about 4
o'clock, finding the party still drink
ing, dancing and enjoying phonograph
music. Arbuckle was present, ac
cording to Semnacher, but he was not
aura about Mrs. Delmont and Miss
Jtappe.
He paid no attention to further
movements In the room and aoon left
to buy cigarettes, coming back again
Jn about half an hour. The party was
till In progress, the witness contin
ued, but about ten minutes later two
of the women went Into room 1213
(where 'Mist Rappe was later found).
"My best recollection is that on my
return the door to room 121 was
shut," he testified.
The door closed behind the two
tCoucluued oa l'at , Column 3.)
Federal Appointments of George
V. riper, Clyde G. Huntley and
E. N. Wlicclcr Submitted.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 2J. Oregon's
three most Important federal appoint
ments were made today when resi
dent Harding sent the following nom
inations to the senate:
George U. Fiper of Portland, for
collector of customs; Clyde U. Hunt
Icy of Oregon City, for collector of
Internal revenue, and K. N. Wheeler
of Portland, for appraiser of mer
chandise. In the regular course It may bo ex
pected that these nomlnafons will
be confirmed about October 1. Ger
trude H. Ashley waa nominated for
postmaster at Bay City, and Henry
W. Tohl for postmaster at Nthalem.
Confirmation of the Oregon men is
expected without delay. Senator Stan
field, who left for the eas'. laat night,
said there are no objections against
any of the appointees so far aa he hal
been informed. The senatj customar
ily confirms the appointments unless
rbjection '8 raised by ono of the two
senators of the state for which the
appointment is made. As both Sen
ator McNary and Senator Stanfieid
have Joined in the recommendation of
Messrs. Huntley, Piper and Wheeler,
no other member of the senate la
1'kely to Interpose a remonstrance,
for senators from other states are
r.ot concerned with appointment
trlctly within Oregon.
According to Senator Stanfieid, he
nd his colleague have agreed to rec
ommend Wes W. Caviness of Vale for
appointment to the post of surveyor
general of Oregon.
SALEM. Or. Sept. 23. (Special.)
With the departure of Senator C. L.
McNary for Washington speculation Is
rife here as to who will pluck the
local postmastershlp. During the sen.
ator'a visit In Salem he was besieged
ry a number of candidates, all of
whom were told that this ppo'ntment
was In the hands of the federal civil
service commission and not In the
discietlon of Oregon's delegation in
congress.
Included among the ac'lve candi
dates for the postmastershlp here are
Walter Tooxe. A. A. Lea. Dr. T. C.
Smith. "W. I. Staley, John H. Farrar,
A.. E. Clbbard and Leroy Htwlett.
TEACHERS TAKEN TO TASK
Oatli of Allegiance N'ecessta ry Cn-
der New Contract.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 23. (Special.)
Directors In charge of private or
parochial schools who permit teachers
to enter their employ without first
taking the oath of allegiance to the
United States, will be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and upon conviction, will
be subject to a fine.of not more than
$100.
This announcement was made here
today, following receipt of Informa
tion that a number of teachers now
employed in different schools of the
state had not complied with the law.
The law provides that as a part
of a teacher's contract he or she must
teach respect for the flag, reverence
for law and allegiance to the gov
ernment. STORM WARNINGS SENT
Weather Bureau Dispatches Notice
for Shipping Interests.
RAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23 Warn
ing of an approaching storm off the
Oregon and Washington coasts was
sent out from the United States
weather bureau here tonight. The
warning message read: ' 0
"Tou are advised of a severe storm
In the north Pacific moving aouth
westward which will probably reach
the Washington coast Saturday night
or Sunday, causing strong southerly
gobies. Notify shipping interests."
GENERAL PERSHING .GUEST
American Army Chief Received by
President of France..
PARIS. Sept. 21. General Pershing
was received by President Mlllerand
In the Klysee palace today. Ambas
sador Herrlck accompanied the gen
eral. The conversation with Presi
dent Mlllerand was described as most
friendly and lasted ten minutes.
General Pershing will be the guest
of War Minister Uarthou at luncheon
In the ministry of war. The function
will be attended by many of the most
prominent military men of France.
NUDE CLAN- PLANS MOVE
Member of Doiiklirtoor Colony Will
Try to Cross Canadian Border.
MARCUS. Wash., Sept. 23. Approx
imately 100 members of the Doukho
bor colony near Brilliant. B. C, men,
women and children, more or less
rude, are preparing for another at
tempt to cross the international boun
dary from Canada, north of here.
This word was received today by I.
M. Persons, United States Immigra
tion Inapector here, from Canadian
Immigration officials at Brilliant.
"
Woman Elected to Commons.
LONDON, Sept. 23 (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Mrs. Margaret Wlnt
rlngham. Liberal, haa beea elected to
the house of eommons from the Louth
division of Lincolnshire in succession
to her late husband. Tom Wlntrlng
ham. She will be the second woman
to take a seat In the commons. Lady
Astor having been tne first.
High-Life Tragedy Enact
ed in Brooklyn.
MOTIVE MYSTIFIES POLICE
Jealousy, Some Say, Tempo
rary Insanity, Others. -
MAN CONCERNED IN CASE
"Pace Is Too Fast and Liquor Has
Driven Me Crazy," Says Let
ter Loft by Young Woman. '
NEW TORK. Sept. 23. Shot and
wounded three times by her former
chum, who then ended ker own life
with a bullet. Miss Mildred E. Hanan,
daughter of the late Alfred P. Hanan.
shoe manufacturer, tonight hovered
between life and death in a Brooklyn
hospital. With the outcome of the
girl's Injuries still lu doubt, police
took up a back trail from the scene
or the nocturnal tragedy Into the
world of "high life." blamed by Miss
Hanan's assailant. Mrs. Grace Lawes,
for the accumulated misery and heart
ache which impelled her to take her
friend's life.
"The pace Is 'too fast and liquor
has driven me craxy." she had writ
ten in a letter addressed to her
mother.
Still another possible motive for
the deed, that of Jealous rage over
the attentions of a man who was
with Miss Hanan when the shooting
occurred, is being acrutinixed by de
tectives. For more than three hours this man.
John S. Borland, Importer and ex
porter, was questioned regarding de
tails of the affair, as well as the cir
cumstances of his acquaintance with
the two women.
Case Farther Complicated.
A further complication developed
when San Francisco newspapermen
reported they had located and ques
tioned Mrs. M. E. Dittmar, to whom,
calling her "mother darling." Mrs.
Lawes had addressed a letter found
among her effects.
.Mrs. Dittmar at first denied any re
lationship and then aid she was a
sister or the dead woman and volun
teered the information that Jealousy
was not the motive of the killing. '-
Tbia Information was at variance
with the salutation of the "mother
darling" letter and the contents of
another, addressed to Miss Birdie .Wil
liams, a former nurse in the Hanan
household, of which Mrs. Lewis had
also been a member for four years.
"Make it easy for my darling
mother," Mrs. Lawes had written in
the second letter, which began with a
request that her body be sent home to
California to be cremated.
The stories of the tragedy and the
(Concluded on Pans ". Column i.)
JON MiW StyDy'HrXriD
3- Vv Y.Vi A
v'o
4
Body Brought Back From
. to Be Escorted to Ccmctc.
by Mourning Tart)-. -
WASHINGTON, -D. C. Sept. 23.
The nation will pause for two min
utes on jVrmlstice day to honor the
unknown dead of the great war.
Detailed plant for the ceremony at
Arlington national cemetery on that
day when the body brought back
from France is to be buried were
made public by the war department
today, and include a proclamation
by President Harding calling for the
two-minute halt at noon throughout
the nation to be devoted to prayer
and reverent memories for the dead-
The- body returned from France
on the cruiser Olympia will reach
Washington after nightfall Novem
ber. 9 and will lie In state in the
capltol until 9 o'clock Armistice day,
November 11. It will then be es
corted by in official mourning party
to Arlington cemetery, the line of
march being guarded by troops.
The mourning party will include
all Jiving holders of the congres
sional medal of honor who desire to
come, one war veteran out of every
10,000 who served from each state
in the great war; and an officer and
an enlisted man from each unit, of
the army and naf and representa
tives of the American Legion and
other veterans' organisations and
patriotic societies.
From American military posts
throughout the world minute' guns
of mourning will sound from sunrise
until after the burial ceremonies in
Washington.
Plans for the ceremony' were made
public by Major-General Harbord.
acting secretary of war, and chief of
staff, today in the absence of Sec
retary Weeks and General Pershing.
They were drawn up under General
Harbord s supervision.
MRS. SWANTON AT VALE
Manager of Oregon Humane to Or
ganize Malheur Branch.
VALE, Or.. Sept. 23. (Special.)
Mrs. Frank W. Swanton, manager of
the Oregon Humane society, arrived
in Vale last night to organise a branch
society for Malheur county. She spoke
in the city schools yesterday after
l oon. calling a meeting to be held to
day for the purnose or organising.
Mra. Swanton reoorta success in her
interior trip through the stock coun
try she has Just visited. .. She declares
that, aha does not find etock men an
tagonistic to the Idea or reeding their
stock from the bountiful supply of
hay and grain Just harvested in this
cart of the state. The humane officer
expects to be In Pendleton for one day
or the Round-up.
HOUSE CATS' FUR SOLD
Large Qnantities Purchased for Ex
port to Germany.
NEW TORK, Sept. 23. Common,
ordinary house cat pelts were pur
chased in large quantities for export
to Germany at the annual fall fur
auction yesterday.
The skins sold for nearly $1 less
than the record price or 1 1.24 ob
tained In the winter or 1920.
COLLEGE DAYS ARE HOPING DAYS.
0H-Ly fASVyH.VU fSS. H.
t.WTOH
Aw&i3cttHs vommsY Wove: vs
Fearing Emergency, Sinn Fein Is
V'rglng Preparedness Upon
Irish Republican Army.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub
llahed by Arrancement.)
DUBLIN. Sept. 23. (Special cable.)
At Sinn Fein headquarter! Igno
rance equal to that or the average
man In the streets Is professed as to
the. future of the negotiations be
tween Premier Lloyd George and
Katauonn de Valera.
Although there is a continuous com
ing and going of Dall Eireann minis
ters, there has been no definite sitting
of the cabinet and apparently no newa
Is arriving from England. The feel
ing is strong outside as well as Inside
Sinn Fein circles that the negotia
tions will reach the breaking point
upon receipt of Mr. Lloyd George's
communication.
A renewal of police activities
amounting. It is alleged, to virtual
abandonment of the truce conditions
In Dublin today gives a gloomier
tinge to the prevailing pessimism. At
the Kingstown and North Wall quays
uniformed auxiliary police searched
all men passengers and luggage on
the Incoming morning passenger
boats. The search lasted more than
an hour, and though no explanation
was offered, the object apparently
was' the location of concealed arma.
Foreign ships arriving in Dublin to
day also were boarded and searched.
Viceroy Fitzalan arrived at Kings
town on a British destroyer this
morning. His consultations with the
British ministers at Gairloch were
principally concerned with arrange
ments ror establishing a crown colony
government in Dublin should the
peace negotiations' failure necessi
tate it.
Meanwhile preparedness Is bilng
urged on all units of the Irish repub
lican army from headquarters. The
official Journal of the organization
says: -
"The work of training and organi
zation must be pushed with all pos
sible energy and all necessary provi
sion made for an emergency. If the
Irish army is called to tako the field
it must be able to give as good ac
count of Itself as formerly and over
come obstacles more formidable '.nan
those previously surmounted. That it
will not fail when wanted and hat
the nation will give whoie-hearted
support is one certainty of the present
situation."
KING SUFFERS RELAPSE
Return of Alexander vf ugo-Sla-via
to Be Delayed.
PARIS, Sept. 23. (Ey the A'-oclat-ed
Press.) King Alexander of Jugo
slavia, who recently suffered a severe
illness here, has had a relapse and his
return to Jugo-SIavia will be delayed.
He will be confined to his room in
Versailles for some days.
Dry Law Violation Suspected.
HONOLULU. T. H.. Sept. 13. (Spe
cial.) Something in the nature of a
bombshell dropped Into the prohibi
tion headquarters here when in a let
ter to the governor tne Japanese com
mittee for the enforcement of prohl
bition Intimated that some of the
revenue officers are engaged to pro
tect the Illegal traffic in moonshine
liquor.
Ideal Weather Favors Pen
dleton Round-Up.
COWBOYS AND INDIANS PLAY
War Dance and Race Afford
Amusement to Crowd.
BUCKING CONTESTS BEGUN
Stage Coach Event Is Taken by
Gilbert Minthorn After Close
Run Around Arena.
PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 23. (Spe
cial.) Indians and cowboys delighted
another large crowd at Pendleton's
twelfth Round-up today. The events
moved more rapidly this afternoon
than yesterday, and the exhibition as
a whole was more exciting, and took
a firmer grip on the visitors. Local
newspaper men said 17,000 people
were present. The figures were ob
tained from Round-up officials.
Twenty thousand were present on the
second day last year.
Weather conditions were Ideal. A
gentle breeze blowing down the Uma
tilla fanned the cheeks of the visitors
and caressed the flags and bunting la
stands and staffs. A bright sun Idled
its way across the azure sky. The
purple haze common to eastern Ore
gon autumn was absent today, but
the coloring lost none or Its bril
liancy by reason of the atmospheric
conditions. In the foreground the
gay trimming of the buckaroos was
blended with the costumes or the
Indians and in the background the
preen foliage of the cottonwoods on
the river was interspersed with the
white canvas of the Indian tepees.
War Dance Feature.
The day's events were featured by
the Indian war dance. Contrary to
the usual custom, the Umatillas and
their -visitors from other tribes chant
ed their war song in rhythm with the
tom-toms while keeping time to the
throb of the drums. Costumes worn,
this year by the Indians were more
beautiful than ever and mutely told
of long hours of labor expended by
the squaws In preparing for the tribal
ceremonials.
Before the ceremonial dances the
Indians rode with Miss Helen Thomp
son, queen or the Round-up, and her
attendants, directors or the show,
buckaroos. cowgirls and trick riders
in the daily parade. Led by the cor
ral bosses, after the track had been
circled, the long column swung into
line and swept across the Infield in a
cloud of dust in a frontal attack. It
was the bit of color, the touch of
realism that lifted the wild west car
nival out of the ordinary and sets It
apart from the ordinary Round-up.
War Bare Raa.
Afterward a group of ull-blood
Indians rode a war bonnet race. Some
were naked from the waist up. Sev
eral appeared with faces and backs
painted. All rode Indian mustangs.
The time was not fast, but the crowd
enjoyed the event. In watching the
docile aborigines, the whites from the
effete east saw the Umatillas at their
best. The war Bonnets flowed down
the riders' bucks and floated In the
wind, and the young bucks, happy in
their opportunity to ride as their fore
fathers rode, made the most of their
chance to play at war In the wild west
drama which was unfolded for the
benefit of the visitors.
The wild borse race the final event
of the day, was'the most exciting and
the most laughable number on a long
card. Ten buckaroos started, but all
did not finish. Turned loose before
the grandstand after being saddled in
the presence of the crowd, the cayuses
were mounted and headed up the
track.
. Geatler Paay Wins.
Snorting, rearing, pitching and
bucking, they carried their riders
across the infield, much to the amuse
ment of the spectators. One of the
riders approached to within 75 yards
of the wire, when his horse did an
about face and went snorting off in
the opposite direction from the
money. A slow-moving cayuse, gen
tler than the others, led the string
past the Judges' stand.
The cowboys' pony race, complete
today, was won by Darrell Cannon.
Time H seconds. Dave Hum was sec
ond. This race carried a cash prize of
S25 to the winner each "afternoon.
Cannon took this race y-sterdy as
well. Evidence of the public's inter
est in running races was manifested.
"Jim" Roach, winner of Thursday's
stage race, lost today to Gilbert Min
thorn. This Is a finished race every
day. Pulled by teams of fours, the
coaches were hauled around the
arena three timesJn each race. To
day Colonel Charles Wellington Fur
long clung to the rear of the Min
thorn coach, while the driver lashed
the tour bay cayuses Into breakneck
speed.
Mabel Mrlrkland Wins.
Mabel Strickland, riding ror the Mc-
Carty-Landrum string, made the best
time again today in the cowgirls' race.
Her pony nosed out by several lengths
the horse ridden by Lorena Trlckey.
Kittle Canutt was third. The three
women occupied the same position
after Thursday's heat. This race car-
(Concluded oa Pat '. Column i.;
Son of Charles Darwin Says Young
Sometimes Are Led Astray
for Wealthy Matches.
NEW TORK. Sept. 23. True lovers
need not shy off at mention of the
word "eugenics." Hugenists do not
desire to abolish loe as a guide to
the selection of mates in marriage,
but only wish to purify U of all harm
ful effects.
This was the reassuring message
brought to American young men and
women by Major Leonard Darwin, one
of England's leading eugenlsts and
son of Charles Darwin, originator of
the Darwinian theory of evolution,
who spoke before the second interna
tional congress of eugenics which
opened last night.
"lr young people were always al
lowed to Tollow their natural inclina
tion." he declared, "their mating usu
ally would be wise rrom the stand
point or eugenics. But many mar
riages which are made ror wealth or
social position do not tend to better
the human race."
Dr. Charles B. Davenport, director
of the department of genetics at Cold
Springs harbor. New York, predicting
ultimate extinction of tha human
race, declared the application of
eugenic principles would stave off
the end for many centuries.
I '
SOVIET ASKS SURRENDER
Demand Made on Roumanla to Give
I'p General Makno.
RIGA. Letvia, Sept. 23. (By the As
sociated Press.) A note demanding
that Roumanla aurrendeer General
Makno, anti-bolshevik leader in the
Ukraine, together with his rollowers
as "common criminals," has been dis
patched to Roumanla by the soviet
authorities, it was announced in a
wireless message rrom Moscow today.
The forces of General Makno. anti
bolshevik leader in the Ukraine, have
been defeated by soviet cavalry, the
wireless reported. MoBt of General
Makno's men were killed, the message
asserted, adding that General Makno
himself, with SO or (0 of his follow
ers escaped and crossed the frontier
lnta Bessarabia, where they were dis
armed. RATE SUSPENSION HIT
Officials Enjoined From Enforcing
Order on Columbia Busin Tariffs.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Sept. 23 L. L.
Thompson, attorney - general, and
members of the department of public
works were served today with a
temporary injunction restraining the
state from enforcing suspension or
ders on new tariffs filed by the Great
Northern and Oregon-Washington
railroads In the Columbia basin rate
case.
The order was signed by Federal
Judge Neterer and set for a hearing
o.n the matter for December 29 In
Seattle.
EX-BROKER SURRENDERS
Man Charged With $180,000 Theft
Gives I'p to Police.
MONTREAL. Sept. 23. Collin Ogil
vie Cameron, former manager of
Thornton. Davidson & Co, Montreal
stock brokers, today surrendered to
the police.
He was sought on a warrant charg
ing him with stealing from his firm
1180.000 in cash and securities.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 60
drjrret-n; minimum, fit detres.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Sinn Fein doubtful about pence lue and
ursine preparednes. i'sse 1.
Tarl not ta (ay, says Charlie Chaplin.
f.C 7.
Katlona.
Names of Oreron men for federal Jobs
sent to senate, fas 1.
All nation to honor unknown war dead.
rage 1.
Senate committee reports three treaties
favorably, rage 2.
Two natlona ak explanation of our arma
Topic, rage 3.
I)ineatl.
Now Tork trnmin ahoota former compan
ion then kllla heraelf. ' rage 1.
Arbuckle guet relatca wild party. Pago t.
Scientist forecasts human extinction.
I'age 1.
North Dakota prenarea for crucial polit
ical struggle, t'age 8.
New Tork police aeek 40 crime cara at
bottom of Kant river. Page 4.
Taelfle Northwest.
Wild went show delights li.noft. Tags 1.
Brumfleld attacks offlrs. rage .
Mahoney ahrlnka at ghastly exhibit In
oourt. rage 1.
Many veterana want cah bonus. Pag 7.
hporta.
Ruth's bat beats Indiana, 4 to 3. Paga 14.
Chirk Bvana loaea golf championship.
Page 14.
Pacific coaat league results: At Portland
, Fan Francisco S; at Seal tie 6-0,
l.oa Angeles 7-4: at San Francli.cn.
Oak'land 4. Sacramento 0: at lo
Angelea, Salt Lake O, Vernon
rage 14.
West leads in eatt-wet tennis tourney,
rage 15.
Johnny Buff defeata Herman and wins
bantamweight title. rag 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Farmers adviacd br federation bureau to
hold wheat. Page 21.
Chicago wheat market higher with better
export demand. Page VI.
Italia lead advance In atrong stock mar
ket. rg -I- ,
Japanese veeel rush to Portland. Pag 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Paving nearly done on Pacific highway In
Oregon. Pago S.
Mr. Stanfieid goea eaut to resume aeat In
congress, rag .
Caxr I Identified by murder witness.
Pago 0.
Waxen apple", highly prlxed for Jelly, ap
pear on market. fag
Council hear charge thnt traffic law vio
lators at allowed t eaeape. i'ase IX ,
Clothes Found With Body
of Wife Displayed.
PROSECUTION WEAVES NET
Hand and Foot Identified as
Those of Bride.
DRAMATIC EVENTS MANY
Murder Defendant Turns Pale and
Gasjis for Brcuth, but l lnully
Controls "Verve.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 23 (Spe
cial.) "It was the hand I'm sure of
It."
That statement, uttered In tha
querulous treble of a little old lady,
marked the high point in today's ses
sion of the trial of James K. Mahoney,
charged with the murder of his elderly
and wealthy bride.
"You have said you thought it was
Mrs. Mahoncy's hand," Lee Johnston,
defense attorney, had thundered a
moment before. "Was it or was it
not?"
Mrs. Hcrmlne Papincau clutched at
her shriveled throat, glanced to right
and left as if for moral support, and
then
"It was the hand." she replied de
fiantly. Mrs. Mnbnney Known 17 Years.
Mrs. Papincau, proprietress of a
store beneath the Mahoney apartment,
had known Mrs. Mahoney for 17
years. She hud been recalled to the
stand to testify about a vi.iit sha
made to the morgue to Identify Mrs.
Mahoney's body and some of her
clothing.
This was only one of a dosen dra
matic Incidents which figured In the
day's proceedings, a day which left
the prosecution as triumphant as the
defense had been at the close of tha
previous day's session.
Not only had witness after witness
corroborated details or Prosecuting
Attorney Douglas' circumstantial
story or the murder and withstood
the most grilling cross-examinations
without weakening, but Mahoney
hiniseir showed the first real sign
of weakening.
Mahoney Tarn. White.
' He blanched as If he had seen a
ghost when the clothing that had
been found in the murder trunk with
the body that Is supposed to be Mrs
Mahoney's was brought Into the court
room to be Identified by Deputy Cor
oner Frank Koepfll.
He leaned far hark in n!g chair, as
If to get as far as posnibl from tha
(rrewsome exhibit, and twisted his
mouth wryly, like a man who has lust
taken a dose or raw quinine.
He thrust his thumbs Into the arm
holes of his waistcoat, and stuck his
fingers Into his cheeks, nervously
pushing them In and out, and gasped
for breath.
It was several minutes before he
regained his composure.
Hold aa Nerve. Obtained.
He finally got a firm hold on h's
r.erves, however, and he showed nj
visible signs of distress when Mrs.
Papincau and Mrs. Madeline A. Klcttn,
another neighbor or the Mahonrys'
were called upon to Identify clothing;
found in the trunk as the dead
woman's.
The women's testimony, however,
was far more dramat Ic than Koepfli's.
The deputy coroner had merely mads
a dry, official statement as to the
contents of the murder trunk when
It was turned over to him. The wom
en, both Intimate friends of the dead
woman, told tragically human stories
that brought tears to the tycs of a
dosen spectators who had known Mrs.
Mahoney.
Foot Aim Identified.
"She had such a pretty, well
groomed foot, a foot that would hnva
looked well on a young girl," Mrs.
Klette told the Judge Impulsively, in
Identifying both the hand andfnot of
the dead woman. "But her hand was
different. It was the hand of a work
ing woman, gnarled and crooked, liks
this" she Illustrated .with her own
well-gloved hand.
"Could you." Attorney Johnson
asked her Impressively, "say that to
the best or your knowledge and be
lief the hand and feet you saw la
the morgue were Mrs. Mahoney's?"
."I could." declared Mrs. Klette.
Mahoney showed a grewsome Inter
est In the .expert testimony of Dr. F.
S. Bourns, physician and toxleologlst,
who was called In to explain the
pathological effects of morphine,
after Dr. William Drhn. professor of
organic chemistry at thu University
of Washington, had testified to find
ing 20 grains of morphine in tha
stomach of the dead woman.
Driver Identifies Trunk.
Alvin A. Jorgenson, sn express
driver. Identified the trunk taken
from Lake Union here August 8, and
which contained the body, as one he
drove from Mahoney's apartment ts
the shore of Lake Union on the night
of April IS. last.
The prisoner. Jorgenson testified,
rode with him on the trip rrom the
apartment to the lake. At the lake,
Jorgenson said, Mahoney directed him
to place the trunk In a small vkitf, .
saying he would row It to the rront
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