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TORTLAXD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CEXTS
ClFEIffi FAIL
TO AVERT HE
Labor Board and Rail
Union Chiefs Split.
SESSION BETS NOWHERE
Interview Declared to Be
Beneficial but Without
I, Any Definite Results.
SECRET MEETING HELD UlfER
Proposal Made at Afternoon
Gathering Rejected Wight
Confab Also Futile.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) Efforts by the
railroad labor board to avert the
threatened railroad strike through
conferences with heads of the five
unions which have ordered a walk
out effective October 30 failed when
the meeting adjourned tonight with
the announcement by the board that
"while the discussions were benefi
cial, no definite results were ob
tained." "There has been a. full and frank
discussion of the situation," said a
statement given out by Ben W.
Hooper, vice-chairman of the board.
"The labor board and the brother
hood chiefs exchanged views in a
perfectly pleasant way. The inter
view was beneficial, but we cannot
say any definite results were ob
tained." The-five union presidents departed
for their organization headquarters
tonight with the announcement that
plan3 for the proposed strike would
go right ahead.
Adjournment Is Final.,
"Adjournment is final," Chairman
K. M. Barton of the labor board
announced. "We do not plan any
further conferences with the labor
leaders, nor do we plan, at present,
to call in the railroad presidents.
I cannot say what our next step
might be."
While the board members came
out of the afternoon session smiling
and in a jovial mood, they left the
night meeting with solemn faces
and refused publicly to discuss the
session, aside from the statements
by Chairman Barton and Vice
Chairman Hooper.
Settlement Flan Presented.
The afternoon meeting was started
with the labor, board, which called
the conference, presenting its plans
for settlement of difficulties. These
were understood to be based on the
public group announcement that the
strike could be averted if the roads
reduced rates, temporarily postponed
attempts at further wage decreases
and the unions accepted the recent
12 per cent cut.
The union presidents in the con
ference W. G. Lee of the trainmen,
W. S. Carter of the firemen, L. E.
Sheppard of the conductors, Warren
S. Stone of the engineers and T. C.
Cashen of the switchmen were said
to have told the board that the
unions "were fighting for their
lives" and that any settlement would
luive to be one which would do away
with what they termed the "preva
lent impression among th men that
they were being gypped."
Postponement Is Refused.
They found nothing in the labor
board's proposal, it was said, which
would wnrrant a cancellation of the
strike order and were quoted as
frankly telling the board that the
strike "could not be postponed" and
that only a settlement would keep
it from taking place as scheduled. '
The board, after a two and a half
hours' discussion, requested that the
conference be adjourned until 7
r. M., and immediately dispatched
telegTams to Washington outlining
the discussion. The night session
also was futile, however.
One union president, following a
conference of the five chiefs which
followed the labor board afternoon
meeting, declared: "Two lives are
at stake in the present conference.
"The labor board, according' to
reports in Washington, isfighting
for its life and Its fnture dcptnds
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FOOD TO BE MOVED
IN SPITE OF STRIKE
HOOVER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO
SHIP COMMODITIES.
Department Is Declared Ready to
Co-ordinate Efforts of Governors-of
States and Cities.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 20.
Plans for the movement of essential
commodities In the case of a general
railroad strike have been completed
by the commerce department. Secre
tary Hoover announced today.
Mr. Hoover said his department
was prepared to co-ordinate the ef
forts of governors of states and mu
nicipalities in continuing; the trans
portation of food, fuel and other pri
mary commodities in th'e event of a
tieup Sf the'railroads. Ho indicated
that the use of trucks and water
transportation would be resorted to as
well as the rail carriers.
All of the governors and some of
the municipalities, Mr. Hoover said,
were prepared to handle transporta
tion within their states should such
a situation develop, but it was In con
nection with Interstate transportation
that the aid of the federal govern
ment was needed.
CHILEAN TOWN IS SHAKEN
Violent Shocks Felt at Iquique; No
Damage Reported.
VALPARAISO, Chile, Oct. 20. Vio
lent earth shocks were felt at Iquique
at 1:45 A. M. today. No damage was
done.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20. Pro
nounced earth shocks beginning at
1:13 A. M., and continuing until 3
o'clock were recorded today at the
Georgetown University selsmographi
cal observatory. The center of the
disturbance was estimated at about
4400 miles from Washington.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 20. An
earthquake shock of moderate in
tensity, probably centered at a great
distance southeast of Seattle, was
recorded on the seismograph at the
University of Washington last night.
The shock began at 10:27 P. M., and
continued for more than an hour.
PLANTING T0BE FILMED
Scenes of Roseway Dedication to
Be Shown Throughout World.
The Jlo.ieway dedication exercises
celebrating the planting of three
miles of Sandy boulevard on either
sjde with rose bushes, to be held at
2:30 o'clock next Sunday afternoon at
the Rose City park clubhouse. Is to be
filmed and shown throughout the
world. Governor Olcott will speak at
the exercises. Before the dedication
there will be a parade. In which It Is
expected a large number of motor
cars will take part and in which the
Royal Rosarians will march.
A picturesque feature of the plant
ing ceremony will be the appearance
In na'ivo costume of little girls rep
resenting Austria. Sweden. Denmark.
Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain. Armenia,
Italy, the Netherlands, Great Britain,
Finland, China, Belgium and France.
$60,000 LEFT FOR CATS
Sisters, Not Enthused Over Fussy
Crfntures, Cut Off In Will.
NEW TORK. Oct. 20. Cats all over,
the world will benefit from the"60
000 obtained by the sale of the Ewen
tjomestead here.
Miss Caroline Ewen, who occupied
the property for years with her two
sisters, had a passion for caring for
cats. She devoted her life to estab
lishing sanitariums and relief or
ganizations for stray cats and when
she died left all her estate save 3500
for carrying on the work. She cut
off her two sisters- In her will be
cause they were not sufficiently en
thusiastic about cats.
BABY SMOTHERED IN BED
Davenport Closed While Infant La;
On It "Asleep.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 20. When
I painters started work In the home of
H. Bergquist at Pasadena park, a
suburb, today, they closed a daven
port upon which lay what they
thought was a pile of bedding.
Five minutes later when Mrs. Signe
Swanson of Burke, Idaho, a guest at
the Bergquist home, was unable to
locate her three-months-old daugh
ter, she opened the lounge and found
the-baby wrapped in the bedding. It
had been smotheied to death.'
BRAZILIAN FAIR INDORSED
Senate Passes mil Providing for
U. S. Participation.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 20.
American participation In an expo
sition at Rio de Janeiro next year to
celebrate the centennial of Brasilian
independence was provided In a bill
passed today by the senate, carrying
an appropriation of 31,000,000 for an
American building and exhibit.
An effort by Senator Borah, re
publican. Idaho, to cut the appropria
tion la half was defeated, SO to 22.
GIANT GASSER BLOWN IN
Well In Arkansas Also Reported to
Be Spouting Oil.
LITTLfe ROCK, Ark . Oct 20 The
correspondent of the Arkansas Demo
crat of Stephens, Ark., reported today
that a well fLve miles west of Stephens
In Columbia county had blown In as
a Klant ga?ser.
The well Is spouting some oil as
wU as quantities of mud and water.
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IN EQUAL PftRTS
Division Made Between
Poland and Germany.
BOUNDARY TO FOLLOW ODER
15 Years Allowed for Inaugu
ration of New Regirne.
MARK MONEY STANDARD
Mixed Commission to Constitute
Advisory Agency to Facilitate
Application of Decision.
PARIS, Oct. 20. (By th Associated
Press.) The decision of the council
of the league of nations onthe Upper
Sileslan question, made public here
today, divides the plebiscite area in
almost eiual parts between Poland
and Germany, as to the number of
communes, and provides adrnfolstra-
tlve machinery for the gradual Inau
guration of the new regime over a
period of IS years.
The long awaited boundary line, ac
cording to an official communique,
will follow the Oder river to Nle
betschau. assigning 22 communes in
this southern section to Germany and
19 to Poland. The line Is further
traced in detail by the names of vil
lages, the communique stating that
the more northerly section to Ger
many obtains 20 fcommunas and Po
land 21. North of Lissau, the frontier
will follow the old boundary line to
the point where it joins that already
fixed between Germany and Poland.
Mark Monetary standard.
To Insure continuity of peaceful
economic life In Upper Silesia after
the partition, the council of ambassa
dors is urged to take measures look
ing toward German and Polish co
operation under a general agreement.
The administration of private rail
ways is left unchanged and as for the
German railway system, a system of
common exploitation is to exist for
15 years. "
The German mark Is designated as
the monetary standard for not more
than 15 years.
The customs frontier is to coincide
with the political frontier and a cus
toms tariff Is provided for.
Advisory Aseney Forme.
All Inhabitants of the plebiscite
area are to be allowed to cross the
frontier without formality, until Po
lish legislation has been established
In the area. All Poles living In the
German zone and all Germans living
in the Polish zone are to keep their
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TO OREGON STUDENT
HERBERT HOPKINS ONE OF
KILLED AS TRAIN HITS CAR.
University of Chicago Men Making
. Trlp;to Attend Football Game
.at Urbana, 111.
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DANVILLE. 111., Oct. 20. Herbert
Hopkins of Portland, Or., Stanwood
Johnstone of Minnesota, Thomas
Monilaw of Chicago, and Harold
Skinner of Oak Park, 111., were killed,
and Walter Reckless of Wisconsin
suffered a broken leg and injured
hand when the automobile in which
they were riding was hit-by a Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois freight train
on a crossing one mile north of Mil
ford. 111., at 8 o'clock, tonight.
All members of the party were stu
dents et the University of Chicago,
who were en route -to the University
of Illinois at Urbana, to attend a
football game Saturday.
Louis Roberts of Chicago was the
only uninjured member of the party.
With the aid of autoista who soon
afterward arrived on the scene, he
removed Reckless to the hospital at
Watseka. while the bodies of the
four dead student were removed to
an undertaking'establiehment In Mil
ford. Reckless is quoted as saying
that the car In which they were trav
eling had all curtains drawn and
none of the party appeared to have
seen the approaching train. The au
tomobile was badly wrecked.
Roberts said that the automobile
had slowed down for the crossing,
but was going perhaps 15 miles an
hour when the crash occurred. The
next thing he knew he was lying
beside the track .with a freight train
grinding to a stop a few feet in. front
of him. Beyond a few bruises he
escaped injury.
Johnsfone. Hopkins, Monilaw and
Skinner apparently were killed in
stantly. Directories and inquiries failed to
Identify Herbert Hopkins as a resi
dent of Portland, though it Is con
sidered probable that this city may
have been his home.
BANK RESTRAINT REVOKED
North Dakota Supreme Court Dis
solves Injunction Order.
BISMARCK, N. D.. Oct. 20. The
North Dakota supreme court today
Issued an order dissolving the re
straining order issued at Jamestown
Tuesday ordering the Bank of North
Dakota not to receive further deposits.
TJie order of the supreme court di
rects JiTdge Coffey as plaintiff to
show cause November 1 why the
order of the suprere court should
not be made permanent. '
CAMBRIDGE STILL BALKS
University Again to Bar Women
From Membership.
LONDON, Oct. 20. Cambridge uni
versity today again voted against
granting women membership in the
university by a majority of 214.
It was voted, however, to give
women titular degrees by diploma.
PEACE RESTORATION
TO TAKE PLACE SOON
FORMAL GERMAN - AMERICAN
EXCHANGE SCIfEDVLED,
Re-establishment . of Diplomatic
Relations and Drawing of Com
mercial Treaty to Follow.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20
Formal restoration of peace between
the United States and Germany
awaits the exchange In Berlin of the
ratification 'papers and will take
place some days from now. Official
evidence that the treaty has been
made, aigned by President Harding
and is ready for deposit in German
archives. Is under pieparation.
Re-establishment ot diplomatic re
lations and working out of a supple
mental commercial treaty will follow
exchange of ratifications. It was in
dicated today that the -treaty ap
proved by the senate contains about
all the commercial provisions that
American authorities .had considered
desirable to provide for, reservation
of American right under the treaty
of Versailles being viewed as accom
plishing this result.
There are certain reciprocal agree
ments as to German interests in the
United States which Germany is
anxious to have written Into a com
mercial pact, and It is expected this
wTll be taken up later through the
regular diplomatic channels and at
German Initiative. -
No indication was available today
as to when it might be decided to
withdraw American forces on the
Rhrine, or to reduce the strength of
the command. '
While every suggestion that Ameri
can troops might be recalled has mctl
with opposition up to this time from
the French and British, and from Ger
many, It may be found possible later
to reduce the force. '
It has been generally recognized
that the size of the American force
had little to do' with considerations
that prompted the desire that It re
main on the Rhine, the thing sought
being to keep the American flag fly
ing there for such effect as it might
have in tranquilizing the situation.
In any event, it is regarded as im
probable that the American force will
be withdrawn as a unit. No plans
for mobilization of transports for the
homeward Journey have been consid
ered by the war department. ' On the
contrary, with transports plying
regularly across the Atlantic, there
are accommodations for several hun
dred men each moiitii on homeward
bound vessels and ;t was Intimated
that the force would be brought back
in this way whenever the movement
might be ordered by President Hard
ing. MOSLEMS BADLY BEATEN
Defeat In Battle Lasting Two Days
Officially Announced.
ATHENS, Oct 20. Turkish nation
alist forces have been Afeated In a
sharp battle of two days along the
southern end of the battle front in
Asia Minor. -V
An official statement'to that effect
was Issued today.
IFRENCH REDS PLOT
TO FREE SLAYERS
U. S. Officials Warned in
Case of Deaths.
PARIS POLICE GO ON GUARD
Retaliation on Envoys in Paris
Is Threatened. .
HERRICK BOMB TRACED
Infernal Machine Sent to Ambas
sador's Home? Mailed in
Workmen's District.
PARIS, Oct. 20. (By the Associat
ed Press.) A plot by French com
munists (to take retaliatory measures
against all American officials in
France in the event of the execution
of Sacco and Vanzettl, convicted in
the United States of murder, was re
vealed tonight when It became known
that threats bad been made to blow
up the offices of the American re
parations commission and the pass
port bureau.
Threatening letters, warning of re
prisals in the event of the death of
the two men, were also received to
day by the American consul-general,
A. M.. Thackara, and the American
consols at Marseilles, Bordeaux and
Lyons. As a result, strong forces ot
police began guarding the buildings
occupied by the reparations and pass
port offices, and also the consulate
here. The police in Bordeaux, Lyons
and Marseilles are guarding consul
ates there.
Letters Are Not Signed.
Letters to the passport and repara
tions officials were not signed, but
a letter received by Mr. Thackara to
night was signed by the communist
organization in a small town near
Lille. It was said retaliatory meas
ures would be taken against Ameri
can citizens in France If the men
'were executed.
No arrests had been announced to
night by the French police in con
nection with the explosion of a bomb
In Ambassador Herrick's home, and
police said they had abandoned the
theory of a plot and believed that
the sending of the bomb was the act
of an individual communist.
Source of Package Traced.
Police have discovered the post
effice where the package was mailed.
It Is located in the workmen's quar
ter. Ambassador Herrlck received 46
more letters of protest today, includ
ing one threatening lives of American
officials in France.
The Americans do not accept the
theory of the police; they believe a
widespread plot exists to do serious
harm to Americans. The latest letter
to the ambassador Is signed by the
communist-socialist and young com
munist organizations of Chalons-Sur-Marne,
and Is stamped with the offi
cial seal of these bodies.
Tomorrow is the day generally set
for carrying out these threats and
demonstrations, and the French po
lice began taking precautions to pre
vent gatherings near builUlncs occu
pied by Americans.
Red Paper Cksrgn Trick.
Consul-General Thackara has re
ceived ten letters, but all except one
were couched in mild language.
The Journal du Peuple, communist
organ, speaking for the communists
of Paris, dismissed the attempt on
Ambassador Herrick's life as "purely
and simply a police machination."
It finds too many "Inexplicable co
incidences In the affair," such as "the
extreme astuteness of the valet, un
less he had been forewarned."
"The American government has the
habit of doing these things." It con
tinues. "Such attempts have often In
the last 20 years been fabricated be
yond the Atlantic to give pretext for
the repression of militant anarchists
and revolutionaries."
Experts Examine Letters.
French experts, examining several
hundred letters sent to Mr. Herrlck,
discovered one which they believed
may furnish a strong clew in tracing
the maker of the bomb..
The letter was addressed to the
ambassador personally and was re
ceived by him at the American em-.
bassy October 14. It was said to have
contained a threat to kill him. "by
scientific means, "which the writer
declared he had in his possession.
These experts today believed they
saw a striking similarity between the
handwriting of the letter and that of
the address on the box which con
tained the bomb.
Letter Written In French.
The letter was written in French
and in small, uneven letters. Indicat
ing that the author was an unedu
cated Frenchman. At the top of the
sheet were the words "Sacco and Van
zettl." written in large letters. (These
names evidently referred to Nlcolo
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzettl. two
Italians who were convicted of first
degree murder by a Massachusetts
court last summer.)
Mr. Herrlck went to his office In
the American embassy as usual this
morning, little affected by his narrow
escape yesterday.
At the embassy Mr. Herrlck found
mrrrrm of telegrams and letters of
'congratulation from officials and
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SENATE VOTES TAXES
ON FOREIGN TRADERS
EXEMPTION CLAUSE IN HOUSE
BILL IS ELIMINATED.
Borah and Lafollctte Contend That
Provision Would Encourage
Dodging of Levies,
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WASHINGTON, D. C Oct. 20.
After a two days' fight, the senate
today voted, 3S to 30, to strike from
the tax revision bill house provisions
defining foreign traders and foreign
trade corporations, which under other
sections of the measure yet to be
acted upon would be exempted from
taxation on Income received from
sources outside of the United States.
Senators Borah of Idaho and La
Follette. Wisconsin, were among the
11 "republicans who joined with the
democratic, minority iu defeating the
provisions, originally presented by
the treasury department. , t
Senator La Folletto led the fight
against the provhlons and was sup
ported by Senator Hitchcock, Ne
braska, and other democrats and by
Senator Townsend, republican, Michi
gan. Finance committee. members
contended that the exemptions pro
posed were necessary so that Ameri
can firms might compete In foreign
markets on an equal footing with for
eign concerns, but Senator La Follette
and other opponents contended such
exemptions were not granted by other
countries.
Senators Hitchcock anir Simmons
argued that the effect of the proposals
would be to have c mp.inios organized
to take over foreign trade and for
eign bankiag business in such a way
as to escape taxation on the vast bulk
of their business done abroad.
CORNELL HAS NEW CHIEF
Dr. N. Livingston Farrand Installed
as University President.
ITHACA. N. T., Oct. 20. Cornell
university today iniugurated a new
president. Dr. N. Livingston Farrand.
In addition to installing a new chief
executive in the post made vacant
by the resignation of Dr. Jacob Gould
Schuman, minister to China, the un
iversity had prepared to lay the cor
nerstone of a new chemical labor
atory. Upwards of 125 universities and
colleges sent representatives. Greet
ings from sister Institutions of learn
ing were confided to President A.
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard, for the
colleges of the east; President M. L.
Burton of the University of Michigan,
for those of the middle west, and
by President It. L. Wilbur, spokes
man for colleges of the Pacific slope.
VENIZELOS BRINGS BRIDE
Aged Wartime Premier of Greece
Reaches New York Today.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Ex-Premier
Venizelos of Greece, termed by his
admirers "the modern Ulysses,', will
arrive here tomorrow on the Aqui
tanla. with his bride, for his Ameri
can honeymoon.
The elderly statesman married Miss
Helena Schilizzi, many years his jun
ior. In London, September 14.
BIG CHANDELIER DAMAGED
Ceiling Over President's Room Off
Senate Chamber Falls.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20. The
great gold chandelier In the presi
dent's room off the senate chamber
was badly damaged today when part
of the celling fell and broke gold and
glass globes.
Senators Pomerene of Ohio and
Swanson of Virginia were showered
by debris, but eccaped injury
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tempwrsture, 64
degrees; minimum. 45 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair.
Foreign.
French reds threaten United States offi
cials If two communists trt executed In
America. Page 1.
Upper Silesia Is split up equally. Page 1.
Wlrth government to resign as body.
Page 8.
Ulster problems expected to come up to
day. Page 16.
National. -
Food to be moved In spite of strike, saya
Hoover. Page 1.
Formal restoration of peace between
United States and Germany expected
soon. Page 1-
Senate votes tax on foreign traders
Page 1.
Danger of rail strike Is considered smaller.
Page 4.
Senate calls for Investigation of shipping
board finances. Page Tl.
Bias groups twist words of Harding.
Page 10.
Domestic.
Annual saving ot 140.000.000 In clothing
Industry declared posslbls. Page 3.
Ball labor board's move to avert strike
falls. Page 1.
United States aid Is pledged In fight for
trade. Page 2.
Minister recouitt killing of priest. Page 2.
Houston. Tex., center uf great productive
region. Is prospering. Page 16.
Oregon student killed in auto crash. Pago 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Brumfleld cuts throat In cell at Salem.
Page 1.
State finishes testimony in Southard mur
der case. Page 3.
Row with Washington adjutant-general
may be patched up. Page S.
Pport.
Ohio state makes surprising rally. Page 14.
Aggies after punch In backfleld work.
Page 14.
Franklin defeats Jefferson 27-J4. Page 15.
Steps taken to build model golf course at
speedway site. Page J5.
Commercial and Marine.
Slump In local wheat market is checked.
Page 23.
Short covering rallies wheat at Chicago.
Page 23.
Stocks firm to strong on better Industrial
outlook. Page 23.
Three steamers added to bookings for
orient. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Heavy taxpayer supports port traffle Item
in budget. Page 13.
Federal reserve ratio Is "way np. Tags 23.
Rail labor to lay plans here tonight.
Page .
Merchants oppose traffic plan. Pace 6.
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Convicted Slayer Cuts
Throat in Cell
DENTIST FOUND ON CDT
Condition Is Reported to Be
Uncertain, but Hope for
Recovery Is Held.
INSTRUMENT NOT LOCATED
Sheriff Starmer and Night
Jailer Make Discovery
Upon Noticing Blood.
BY DON SKENE. '
ROSEBURG, Or., Oct 30 (Spe
cial.) Dr. Richard M. Brumfield,
convicted by a jury last nifht for
the murder of Dennis Russell, to
night attempted to commit suicide
.by slashing his throat The prisoner
was found in a semi-conscious con
dition in hif. cell shortly after 9
o'clock. Blood covered the cot ani
had drippes) onto the floor. Dr. A.
S. Sether, Roseburjr physician, who
was summoned" at once, said he be
lieved the dentist's life could be
saved.
Dr. Brumfield's condition was dis
covered after Sheriff Starmer and
Charles Hadley, night jailer, saw a
pool of blood on the floor at the edge
of the cell. As they entered and
turned on a light, they found the
prisoner in his pajamas, his head on
the cot and b.is feet on the floor. The
cot was blood-stained. The dentist
was bleeding badly, blood running
down one arm.
Dull Instrument Used.
The officers found .that the skin
of Dr. Brumfield's throat had been
scratched by a dull instrument, and
expressed the belief the prisoner
might have used particles from his
ye glasses or the crystal of his
watch. No evidence of what instru
ment had been used was founS in a
hurried examination made.
District Attorney Neuner Bnd Dep
uty Attorney Hammersly arrived at
the cell shortly afterward and at
tempted to obtain a confession from
Dr. Brumfield. He was too weak to
make a statement, they said.
Dr. Sether reached the prisoner
about 9:30 and made an examination.
He said the dentist had sustained a
serious injury, and wat weak due to
loss ol blood. The skin had been
pierced near the jugular vein, but the
vein had not been touched, the phy
sician said. Dr. Sether expressed the
opinion that the cut might be healed.
Brumfield Breaks Down.
The iron mask of self-control fell
from Dr. Brumfield this morning.
For more than two weeks he had
sat through the long sessions of his
gruelling trial for life with no sign
of outward emotion. Today he
"broke," and wept in dumb grief as
he faced his loyal wife and his two
brothers in jail.
A gasp of astonishment swept the
courtroom late Wednesday night at
the sight of Dr. Brumfield, serene
and apparently untroubled, march
ing like a soldier from the room
where his wife had just collapsed
at the announcement that her mate
must pay the death penalty on the
gallows as the slayer of Dennis
Russell.
Dr. Brumfield slept quietly last
night, according to his jailers. At
8 P. M. his wife came to the jail to
visit him. He was broken and for
lorn in spirit. It was Mrs. Brum
field who declared: "It isn't over
yet. I am a fighter and we won't
give up."
Brothers' Farewell Silent.
Then came John A. and Victor
Brumfield, brothers of the prisoner,
who had journeyed from Indiana' to
take the witness stand in his behalf.
The brothers met, but no word was
spoken. Their farewell was the
silent, crushing handshake of men
whose hearts are too full for ex
pression in words.
When the jury brought in the ver
dict, Judge Bingham fixed Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock as the time for
Brumfield to appear before him for
sente-nce. Sheriff Starmer had
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