VOL. LXI "SO. 19.2245 Entered at Portland (Oreg)rl
Postofflce as Second-class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1933
PRICE FIVE , CENTS
FUEL SET
TWO ARMY OFFICERS
.Accused of fraud
NOR FLAYS
PRL WHITE
STUNT SWIMMER
DROWNS WHILE TIED
PICKF0RD WEDDING
IS SET FOR JULY. 30
neck once broken
now good as;ever
OF
RIGHT OF WAY
CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED IN
SALE OF SUPPLIES.
KNOTS FAIL TO SLIP AND
MAN STAYS UNDER. -
FIANCEE ARRIVES , IX LOS
VETERAN'S RECOVERY .HELD
'ALMOST MIRACULOPS.
ANGELES FOR CEREMONY.' ; ,
- V,
COVER
OLD
FISHERMEN LOSE
III SEINING CASE
PER CM
CHARGED
Emergency Is Declared
East of Mississippi
LABOR BOARD IS BACKED
Cabinet Views Problems for
Nearly Three Hours.
U. S. POLICY ANNOUNCED
Established Authority of Board Is
Supported Railways to
Get Coal First.
WHAT HAPPENED YESTER
DAY I5i STRIKE SITUA
TION. The administration an-,
nounced that it would support
the United States railroad la
bor board as the only agrency
erected by law for handling
the rail strike.
The labor board adhered to
its announced hands-off pol
icy in connection with the
strike, and members said no
action was contemplated.
Baltimore & Ohio railroad
officials and representatives
of shopmen In its employ met
in an attempt to form a sep7
arate agreement.
Executives of southwestern
railways announced that these
roads w'ould not restore se
niority rights to striking
shopmen.
Western executives and the
Pennsylvania system an
nounced that passenger and
freight traffic was normal,
that large numbers of men
are being added to shop forces
and that the general situation
is satisfactory.
Martial law was declared at
Denison, Tex., where infantry
companies are assembling.
WASHINGTON, D. C July 25.
(By the-Associated Press.) Support
of the railroad labor board as the
only agency created by law for
handling the transportation tie-up,
acceleration of coal production un
der federal protection and control
of fuel distribution were given by
administration spokesmen today as
the three fundamentals of the government's-policy
toward the indus
trial crisis involved in the coal and
railroad strikes.
Restatement of the government's
proposition followed the regular
Tuesday meeting of the cabinet,
which, for nearly three hours, de
voted 'its attention to the double
threat against the country's eco
nomic famine in fuel and disruption
of interstate commerce.
First Step Is Taken.
The first step toward control of
depleted transportation facilities
and coal supply came shortly after
wards in a statement from the in
terstate commerce commission de
claring that an emergency existed
in the territory east of the Missis
sippi which required the commls
ion to direct the routing of all es-
sential commodities and to fix pref-T
erence and priority status to con
trol movement of food and fuel.
The priority order was followed
by a "general service order" from
the commission, notifying "all com
mon carriers" that an emergency
existed which required them to dis
regard usual routing practice,
freight rate divisions and traffic ar
rangements so as to obtain the
most expeditious movement of es
sential freights.
Itnilnayg Gel Priority.
Becoming effective tomorrow, the
commission's mandates give rail
roads first priority on fuel require
ments with electric power, light,
gas, water and sewer works, ice
plants serving the public and re
frigeration plants engaged in pres
ervation of food, following in the
order named.
Proposed appointment of a federal
commission to investigate the coal
industry received further suport to
day in a resolution introduced in
the senate by Chairman Borah of
the labor committee. Mr. Borah
suggested the commission be com
posed of three members, appointed
by the president, and that it recom
mend the advisability of necessity of
nationalizing the industry, or of the
initiation of government regula
tions. Labor Board Is Barked.
In outlining the government po
sition in the railroad strike, admin
istration spokesmen said it had been
decided that the railroad labor
board's statutory authority to de
termine wage and working condi
tions for railroad employes must be
recognized and upheld, and that the
attempts to operate mines in spite
of the miners' union strike must be
continued until it is demonstrated
that not enough men are willing to
work under state and federal pro-
tConcluded ou Face 3. Column 2.)
6 Dealers Also Said to Have Been
Involved in Plot to Beat Gov
ernment Out of Cash.
LOS ANGELES, Gal., July 25.
Major Max Alser of the United
States army quartermaster's corps
and Captain Frank Tingley, also of
the United States army, were in
dicted today by the federal grand
jury here, together with six deal
ers in army supplies, charged with
conspiring to -defraud the United
States government by manipulating
sales of such supplies at Camp
Kearney.
The dealers are Daniel, Joe and
Ike Greenberg, Ben Sugarman, Ed
Hirsch and Allan Harris. The in
dictments were returned in the
United States district court and
hench warrants were ordered
issued.
Alser and Tingley, according, to
the United States district attorney's
office, had charge of sales of cast
off supplies at Camp Kearney and
arranged with the other deiendants
to conduct suctions under condi
tions which made it possible for
these dealers to be ffie sole bid
ders and to get the supplies at
prices much lower, it was alleged,
than, would have been the case had
there been general bidding. Dan
Greenberg acted as auctioneer at
these sales, the district attorney
charged, although a business 'Asso
ciate of the other dealers.
GASOLINE PROBE COMING
Senate Body to Start Price In
vestigation Friday.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C., July 25. Investi
gation of gasoline "-prices will be
begun by a senate committee Fri
day. Senator McNary, as chairman
of the committee, will have charge
of the hearings. The proposed in
quiry, which was authorized by a
resolution introduced some time ago
by Senator La Follette, is attracting
wide attention and Senator McNary
is receiving offers of legal assist
ance from many persons desirous
of getting their names in print for
political purposes.
Senator McNary declared today,
however, that . the hearings would
be an investigation and not a
prosecution, as some, of these pub
licity seekers would like to make it.
Mayor Hylan of New York today
proffered the services of one of his
corporation, counsels.
SUNDAY BALL OPPOSED
Eugene City Council Petitioned
to Prohibit Games.
EUGENE, Or., July 25. (Special.)
A petition signed by a large num
ber of persons, protesting against
Sunday baseball games on the Lane
county fair grounds, and ,pn the
municipal aviation field, has been
presented to the city council. Thste
is an ordinance prohibiting the
playing of baseball inside the city
limits. The fair grounds are in
side but the aviation field is. out
side. It is argued by the petitioners
that playing on the latter Is a
violation of the ordinance, as the
grounds are municipally owned.' The
council has taken no action in the
matter.
40-8 SOCIETY TO MEET
American Legion Auxiliary Will
Prelude State Convention.
THE DALLES, Or., July 25. (Spe
cial.) La Societe des 40 Hommes et
8 Cheyaux will gather from all parts
of the state in The Dalles tomorrow.
Convention activities will open at 2
o'clock ire the afternoon in a brief
business session, which will termi
nate at 5 o'clock, after which there
will be a parade and then the ini
tiation, the whole topped off with a
dinner at Hotel Dalles in the small
hours of the morning.
Legionnaires from all parts of the
state will begin arriving tomorrow,
for the big convention, which opens
Thursday,, .Fully 3000 ex-service
men are expected. ' v '
POTENTATE HERE AUG. 2
Head of Mystic Shrine to Be. En
tertained in Portland.
James S. (Sunny Jim) McCandless,
imperial potentate., of the Mystio
Shrine, will visit Portland and Al
Kader temple early next month, ac
cording to word received yesterday
by A. L. Tetu, Illustrious potentate
of Al Kader temple.
The imperial potentate will arrive
in Portland on the Shasta Limited
from San Francisco Wednesday
night, August 2. He will remain in
Portland until Friday, when he goes
to Tacoma. Saturday he will be
entertained in Seattle.
Elaborate plans for the entertain
ment of Potentate McCandles will
be formulated and announced soon.
MAIL SERVICE REDUCED
Special Delivery of Letters to
Close Daily at 11 P. M.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25
Special delivery letters will not be
sent out from any postoffice in the
country after 11 o'clock at night,
under new postal .regulations issued
today.
Such letters not delivered prior to
that hour will be "delivered as soon
as possible'' the .next morning.
Kansas Editor Takes It
All In Good Humor.
FRIEND'S ARREST EXPLAINED
Bill Harmless Except at the
Typewriter, Says Chief.
SALLIES BRING SMILES
Executive Talks So Long He
ifisses Train, But Mr. White
Arranges Transportation.
EMPQRIA, Kan., July 25. (By
the Associated Press.) Governor H.
J. Allen invaded the home town of
William Allen White this morning,
raked the Emporia editor over "the
coals" in a speech at the Kansas
state normal school and returned to
his home in Topeka in time for din
ner. In his speech the governor
explained his action in authorizing
the arrest of Mr. White on charges
of violating . the Kansas industrial
court law for placing a placard In
the window of the Gazette office,
expressing sympathy for the strik
ing railroad men. Mr. White in
troduced the governor, who spoke to
about 3500 students.
Governor Allen's speech, although
friendly to the editor who sat be
hind him, tarried a note of firm
ness and determination.
Praise Is Appreciated.
Principal points in the speech fol
low: White's position as a leader and
his prominence in this 'locality made
necessary his arrest because his ac
tion threw weight on the strikers'
side. Placards must come down in
all Kansas towns and if they are
not removed in Arkansas City, the
governor said he would remove them
himself. White's stand for free
dom of the -press interferes with
freedom of work.
Expressing appreciation of the
praise Mr. White had given him in
his introduction Governor Allen
said:
"When I compare that with some
of my conduct toward Bill during
the past week, it puts him in the
class of a self-sacrificing martyr.
Bill Held Not Dangerous.
"If trouble should arise in Em
poria," Governor Allen said, "Will
White would be a brigadier general
in the posse which would go out to
protect law and order. I've been
with Bill under all conditions and I
know he is not dangerous. He
wouldn't hurt a flea.
"The only time Bill White is dan
gerous is when he sits down before
a double action typewriter at a time
like this and writes out his emo
tlonsA .
"I, Bill or any one else has the
right to put up a card in his win
dow if he wants to. But when
Bill put up that sympathy card
he was joining in the move
ment to break down the efforts of
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YOU MAY GET THIS TOUCHING MELODY OVER YOUR
Philadelphian in Attempt to Dis
play Prowess to Friends
; Loses Life in River.
Bv Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 25. WH
liam Githeris, 40, of West Philadel
phia, "stunt swimmer" who had ex
hibited all -over the country for
years, tonight ' performed jfor the
last time. His body was dragged
from Allegheny river, near the Sixth
street bridge,J5 minutes after he
started to cross the stream with his
hands and feet tied. The knots
failed to slip.
For the last two weeks Githens
had been discussing his feats. Soon
after 10 o'clock last night several
of his companions laughed and ad
vised Jiim to go on the stage. Gith
ens decided to show them he could
do what he said. With J. Semon,
S. Okin and Grant Duff, he went,
to.- a bath house and donned a
bathing suit and ordered his hands
and feet tiedV He was assisted to
a diving board from which he dove
into the river. " Githens failed to
reappear. The bath house men be
gan to worry. Duff dove into the
river to find his friend. The bath
house men notified the police. When
the police arrived Githens' body lay
on the bath house float. Semon and
Okin were arrested. They told the
police Githens ordered them to tie
his hands and feet. Duff was found
two hoursater in bed in the Hotel
George. Semon, Okin and Duff were
held 6n a charge of manslaughter.
DOVER FORMALLY OUT
1 rv
President Accepts Tacoma Man's
Resignation.
WASHINGTON D. C, July 45.
President Harding has accepted the
resignation . of Elmer Dover, Ta
coma, Wash., as' assistant secretary
of the treasury in charge of internal
revenue and , customs, it was an
nounced today at. the White House.
Announcement by the White
Hqpse of the severance of Mr. Do
ver's connection with the treasury
puts an end to a long-drawn-out
controversy between the ex-assistant
and Secretary Mellon and Com
missioner Blair of the Internal reve
nue bureau over -the control of the
administrative policies of the bu
reau. Since his appointment last De
cember Mr: Dover has been at work
on a programme for the reorganiza
tion of the personnel of the bureau,
but successive stages of. its in
tended 'operation met with strong
opposition from Mr. Blair,, backed
by Mr. Mellon. This brought about
a situation, wherein Mr. Dover was
practically not, considered by the
treasury in the administration of
revenue affairs.
POPE BLESSES KNIGHTS
Edward Hearn Back From Rome
With Message for Order.
NEW YORK, July 25. Edward L.
Hearn, European commissioner of
the Knights of Columbus, arrived
today ,on the Majestic, bearing with
him a special blessing from his- holi
ness, Pope Pius XI, for the knights
of the United States and Canada.
Commissioner Hearn also brought
a gavel, made of ancient walnut
wood from an historic altar of, the
pppes in the private chapel of the
Vatican, to be used at the opening
of the convention of the organlza
tion at Atlantic, City. '
"TH OLD EM?TV McKe:r,
HE GRlME. COVrfE.D.'BllCW .
Miss Miller Declines to .Speak
About Billie Burke, Saying
She Respects Old Age.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Svire.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 26.
Marilynn Miller sailed into Los An
geles today, smiling radiant, coming
to her wedding with Jack Pickford".
A crowd of 1000 persons, no less,
waited all afternoon at the Santa Fe
station to see her, waited until
nearly 4 o'clock, for the train was
late. - ,' . ; -i'y
But Marilynn disappointed thera.
Jack and bis mother met her at San
Bernardino, many miles away, kissed
her, welcomed her to California, and
whisked her away in a btg' lim
ousine. ' . r
Miss Miller will become the .bride
of Jack Pickford next Sunday, July
30, instead of on August 1, the date
previously announced.
Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, mother
of the groom, is authority for the
statement, although Jack assured
newspaper men that the date was
August 1. - v .
"Impossible," Mrs. Pickford said.
"We will have to have the wedding
on Sund.ay because Mary and Doug
simply cannot get away from their
work any other day; and . they've
simply got to be at the wedding.''
And there you are.
"I don't think it was fair of Billie
Burke to" say nasty things about
me," Miss Miller said. "I wouldn't
say anything about her. Not a -word
Tou see, I respect bid age. ..' Why
should I say anything, -.anyway?
Everybody in New Yorks knows all
about Billie. t "
"She said lots of things about the
contract, for instance, y. that Fm
automatically out of the cast of
'Sally because of my marrying
Jack. That's ridiculous. I'm to be
the star of the show until it's taken
off. And, besides, Leon Errol, my
co-star, swears he won't go on with
anybody else but me."
EUGENE THEATER LEASED
Calvin Heilig Takes Over House
to Play Big Attractions.
EUGENE, Or., July 25. (Special.)
Calvin Heilig. Portland theater
owner, today - leased the - EugeneJ
lucaicr H um xxeiij y rxuueuuBCK aim
Mrs. Zuda Midgley the owners, for
a period of years- Mr. Heilig an
nounced that be will bring the best
roftd shows- to this city. - Under
the new management all the real
big attractions, many of which have
not been' stopping in Eugene of
late years, will be -seen here, Mr.
Heilig promises.
A resident manager, experienced
in the theatrical business, will be
sent here from Portland to have
charge.
FIRE DESTROYS TANKER
Crew of 30 Men Abandon Vessel
Befdfce it Sinks in Gulf.
NEW YORK, July 25. The oil
tanker Charles Braley, which left
Tampico yesterday for Baltimore)
was destroyed by fire in the gulf
of Mexico early today, according to.
wireless reports received by the
Cuban Distilling company, the ship's
owners. '
' The crew of 30 men abandoned
the vessel before it sank. The
freighter Genesee reported she was
standing by to pick up the crew.
RADIO NEXT WINTER.
Three Federal JudgesSit
En Banc for Hearing.
WASHINGTON LAW UPHELD
Plea That Legislature Went
Beyond Powers Fails.
USE OF TRAPS FORBIDDEN
Purse Seine Apparatus Ordered
Removed From the Columbia
River by Thursday
', .. ' '
; TACOMA, Wash., July 25. (Spe
cial.) Three federal judges sitting
en banc here today upheld tie state
of Washington law forbidding the
use of purse seine apparatus in the
Columbia river, and gave the fisher-f!
men until Thursday to discontinue
using their traps. The order to show
cause accordingly was set aside. ;
r With Judge W. B. Gilbert of the
circuit court of appeals, Judge Ed
ward E. Cushnaan of Tacoma and
Judge Jeremiah J. Neterer of Seattle
on the bench, argument in the case
was beg'un here this morning. '
Attorney Kelly of Tacoma, repre
senting 60 purse seine fishermen
from the Columbia river, attacked
the Washington law on three points.
He declared that it violated the
agreement between Washington and
Oregon which provides, for the con
sent of either state to any fisheries
legislation of.the other; that it dele
gates the legislative powers of the
state to unauthorized persons, and
that it violated the constitution by
discriminating against certain per
sons engaged in a legitimate form
of -Industry.
The suit was brought in the name
cf Michael Katich and 69 other fish
ermen against, the state of Wash
ington as represented by Fred J.
Dibble, director of fisheries, and the
state fish commission. Judge Cush-
man granted a restraining order
July 11 forbidding" "the interference
by the state I authorities with the
fishermen in their operations. The
argument was on the request of the
fishermen for -g permanent injunc
tion against the state.
The law, Kelly declared, gives to
the fisheries board legislative pow
ers which the state legislature had
no right to bestow. .
L. L. Thompson, 'attorney-general
of the state, appeared for the de
fense.
PURSE SE1XIXG HELD ENDED
Fish Wurden Says That Boats
Will Be Forced to Quit.
The death knell of purse seining
in Oregon and Washington Waters
sounded yesterday at Tacoma, when
Federal Judge Cushman dissolved a
temporary injunction , which he had
previously granted against the en
forcement of the Washington purse
seining law and left officials of
tnat state at liberty. to drive seiners
out beyond the three-mile limit.
This action, said Carl Shoemaker,
master fish warden of Oregon, is
the" end of a bitter five-year fight
against the purse seining industry,
which he said 'was ruining fishing
in the Columbia. With Washing
ton officials free f"o eo-operate with
Oregon law enforcing ' agencies in
keeping the purse seiners on the
high seas, the industry will end, as
the seiners 'Cannot make expenses
except in the rivef channel, he said.
Purse seining has taken much of
the time of the legislatures of Ore
gon and Washington, has filled rec
ords in state and federal courts, and
columns of news space in the press
of the two states during the past
five, years. Because these nets
dropped to the bottom of the river
and brought up the immature, as
well as the grown fish, it was prov
ing dangerous to the fishing indus
try of the .Columbia. Fish which
would not be fit for commercial pur
poses for one, two or three years
were destroyed, as well as females,
valuable- for egg-taking purposes at
the hatcheries.
The fight on the purse-seining in
dustry started In the Oregon legis
lature in 1917. Two bills were
passed, one prohibiting purse sein
ing in the Columbia and the other
forbidding the Tossession ,of any
fish caught on the high seas with
purse seines during the closed
season.
Bitter legal battles followed, but
the laws were upheld by the courts.
In 1921, Oregon passed a more strin
gent act, which prohibited the pos
session of fish caught in a purse
seine at any .time or any place.
Washington, at the same time en
acted a law which gave its fish com
mission the authority to make regu
lations governing fishing in the
state. It was the enforcement of
this law that had been temporarily
held up by Judge Cushman.
Purse seiners, by tying up the
Washington law, flocked to the
mouth of the Columbia and com
menced fishing within the three
mile limit. Then, because of the
fact that the entire' channel at the
mouth of the river is in Oregon ter
ritory, Warden Shoemaker. Beveral
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Ex-Soldier AVho Dived Into 11 j
Inches of Water Alive, Well
r and Back on the Job.-; .
- (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, July 25; Two years
ago John F. Fearon's neck was
broken in two places. But today he
is as active as before the accident
and back ori his old job as photo
grapher for the J. G, Waters com
pany of Brooklyn... .
.Ah , ex-service man, Fearon, in
June, 1920,' went 'with two friends
to Seagale for a swim. ,, -Without
trying the water, he' dived" from a
platform, f The water's depth was
only 11 , inches. His . arms only
partly broke ' his plunge and his
head truck bottom- .
An amnuiance-xooK nim to oney
Island . hospital, where an X-ray
disclosed that the fourth and fifth
vertebrae had been broken, but that
the spinal cord 'itself remained in
tact. The only hope he had of re
covery was through lying perfectly
still until nature had rebuilt the
broken bones. "
In a condition so precarious that
the slightest jolt would have result
ed in, his- death Fearon was placed
on -water mattresses suspended on
springs. These responded to every
vibration of his body. Slowly he
mended and physicians from many
parts' of the country visited him to
study his unusual case. .
BOARD WALK TO BE BUILT
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Extension of Concrete Promenade
at Seaside Is Contemplated.
, SEASIDE, Or!, July 25. (Special.)
To keep pace temporarily with the
rapid growth; of building operations
in the northern part of the city, 1000
feet of board walk along the beach
soon will be added as an extension
of the concrete promenade oh the
ocean front.
Bids will be opened August 12 n
the city auditor's office, the work
to be completed by September 1.
The extension will terminate ' 280
feet north of Fifteenth avenue, the
walk to be six feet in" width.
This improvement, in conjunction
with the, concrete promenade, which
extends 8000 feet along the beach,
will give 9000 feet, or approximately
two, miles of promenade frontage.
COYOTE ATTACKS GIRLS
- - A: . ..
One Maid Climbs Tree and Other
Dives Into Wagon to Escape.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 25.
-(Special.) Mildred Thrasher and
Marie Obenchain. returning today
from a vacation on the Frank Oben
chain ranch at Bly, report they were
attacked! by a rabid coyote. One of
the girls climbed a tree, while the
uither sought shelter in. wagon.
f ranK uuciuiitiii), coming iu itieir
rescue, wag chased for some dis
tance by the coyote. , Finally he
swerved suddenly aside and the ani
mal passed on and d'sappeared in
the brush.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 72
degrees; lowest, i; pan ciouay.
TODAY'Sry-Fair; northwesterly winds.
Domestic.
Ex-mayor selling fruit on streets. Page 2.
Two army officers accused ot fraud.
Page I. . -Unionism
terror in Chicago bared.
Page .
Ex-soldier's jieck. .once broken, now de
clared as gooa as ever. rage i.
Kansas governor raps old" pal White.
Page 1.
Persecution of Follies dancer is charged
by mother. Page 1.
Sawyer accused of blocking care for
wounded veterans. Page 4.
Stunt swimmer drowns while lied. Page 1.
Pickford wedding set for July 30. Page 1.
National.
Food and fuel' get right of way on rail
roads. Page 1.
Government seizure of coa! mines to end
strike regarded as possibility. Page 5.
Pucific Northwest.
Governor Oleott files counter suit in pn
kt mary election contest in Oregon.
' Page 7.
Fishermen lose' in-seining case. Page 1.
Fish eggs wasted, say five who say they
will resign. Page 6. -Night
rider , Investigation at Medford
.continues. Page 6. - ' '
. ' ' Sports.
Pacific coast league results: Portland-
Seattle, traveling; at Vernon 0, j?an
; Francisco "5: at Oakland 7, Los An
geles 9; at Salt Lake 10. Sacramento
12. Page 14.: . -The
Giants hold lead by beating Cards.
Page 14. "
Harper-Sacco fight called draw. Page 15.
, ' Commercial and Marine.
Grain men hold world's wheat position
bearish. Page 23. ,
Chicago wheat market closes higher with
export, buying. Page 22.
More high records made by liberty
bonds. Page 23.
Undertone fiTm but prices waver on New
York market. Page 22.
Economic education held vital need" of
both capital and labor. Page 23.
Co-operative marketing In Denmark is
financial success. Page 23.
Minimum basis for wheat bookings to
orient in October to be $5. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Forest fire situation in Oregon reported
improved, Page 2.
Labor in Portland backs rail strike.
Page 3.
Question ot surfacing Mount Hood loop
road up to Commissioner Rudeen.
Page 12. I
Bail shop strikers enjoined by court
Page 3.
Arguments filed on education bill.
Page 13.
Speed cops begin drive on autoists.
Page 0.
Barber, 52,- charged with attacking In
- valid woman, aged 70. Page 8.
Lumbermen from all parts of country
in session here this week. Page 5.
Police raid Chinese gambling dens with
sledges, axes and torches. Page 6.
Weather report, data and forecast.
Page 21.
China is declared United States' oppor
tunity. Page 4.
Even Mail Opened, Says
. Star's Mother.
PRIVACY DECLARED STOLEN
Secret Passage Dug Into
Cellar of Cottage.
RICH YOUTH IS BLAMED
Daughter's Grief After Yielding
to Whitney. Who Grew Cold,
Is Related by Parent.
BY JAMES WHITTAKER.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, July 25. A history
of persecution of Evan Burrows
Fontaine, before and after she had
given birth to the child which she
declares is the son of Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney, was related today
by Mrs. Florence Fontaine, the
young dancer's mother.
The account contains references
j to a secret passage dug by hired in-
j vestigators into the cellar of a lone
ly cottage in the Jersey woods in
which the two women were at one
time in hiding; it alleged an unheard-of
violation of their privacy
when the things they wrote and the
things they said and the things tftey
whispered were recorded for enemy
ear9 by means of dictaphones, brib
ery an4i theft; it affirms that old
friends of the Fontaine family who
had the temerity to support them
at the trying moment when Evan
was a penniless patient in a ma
ternity hospital severed their friend
ships because they lived in a fear
inspired by a campaign of intimida
tion, Confession Made to Mother.
It begins properly at the begin
ning with Mrs. Fontaine sitting to
day on the porch of the home which
Evan maintains at Kew Gardens
L. I., for baby Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney and remembering aloud
the day on which she made the dis
covery that her daughter had yield
ed to "the Whitney charm," as ex
emplified in the youngest male of
the line.
' "Their ronianc had been in prog
ress for three months," she said,
"before I began to suspect. Once
she started to tell, she told me all
and she confessed that she and
"Sonny" Whitney were first alone
together on April 24, 1920.
Girl ! Noticed Crying.
"One day the following August
Evan had roamed .about the house
snatching little 'cries' in corners
when she thought I was not looking.
First I attributed her melancholy
to 'Sonny's' absence he was then
in training Quarters at Gales Ferry,
near New London, Conn., preparing
for the coming boat races between
Harvard and Yale. Of course, 1
knew she was in love with the boy..
"For the first time in my rela
tions with Evan I was deceitful. We
were living in a two-story house in
which the telephone had an upstairs
extension to my room. I announced
a - headache and locked myself in.
And then I waited long minutes at
the extension phone for what was
about to happen.
"I heard a click in the receiver
and Evan's voice called a number
Wheatly Hills 128, the number of
the Whitney summer residence.
"After a pause: 'Is Mr. Sonny
there?"
"A butler answered: 'Who's call
ing?' Heart Break Is Indicated.
"When Evan answered, 'Miss
Brown' I had my first shock for 1
had never known her to engage in
any intrigue such as the use of this
assumed name revealed.
"Apparently 'Sonny' had been able
to break training and come home
over the week end for his voice
sounded. He hailed Evan blithly.
unconcernedly.
"Evan made some complaint in a
voice so low that I did not catch
what she said, but Sonny answered
loudly: 'Tes, I got your letter, but
you know how hard it is to an
swer letters during training.'
"There was pregnant silence at
my end of the wire and Sonny be
gan to protest quarrelsomely: 'You
know Evan, yon could have done
something about this. I can't. 1
saw papa; he absolutely forbids me
to see or write to you during train
ing.' Mother's Mind Embittered.
"I heard the heart break in Evan's
answer: 'You're a fool. Sonny,' and
I found Evan curled up on the floor
near the telephone, crying as if her
heart -were really broken when I
got downstairs. Perhaps it was."
Pretense and silence, one perceived,
have embittered Mrs.) Fontaine. Her
story came from a mind crammed
and irked by secrets.
She wrote a dozen letters begin
ning "Dear Mrs. Whitney" and end
ing all; " " perhaps, a mother
yourself, you will understand."
One she kept, sealed for postage,
for four months. She sent none.
- Story Told to Attorney.
Maurice Rosenthal of 277 Broad
way, an adviser of the Morgan
financial group, was the first attor
ney in whom the two women con-
(Concluded on Page 7, Column 3.)
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