PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. LXI NO. 19,272
Entered at Portland fOresron)
yntofflc a Second-c!ajs Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922
) LOW SHOES DOOMED;
PLOT TO MURDER
POINCARE REVEALED
12 LOCAL WOMEN
35 KLANSMEN FREED
BY RAID CASE JURY
MERCURY. CLIMBS 30
DEGREES TO 90 MARK
MAXIMUM LIFT , YESiTEHDAY
KKACHKD AT 4 P. M.
LINES AND LABOR
E
FAT ANKLES FEARED
DIE IN AUTO SPILL
FIGHT TO F
MKMDKI! OF NOTORIOUS GER
MAN' "tOXSlL- IV iAHIS.
ALL DEFEXDAXTS AT LOS
AXGELES ACQUITTED.
MILADY TO KEEP HER FEET
TO STl'XXIXG PROPORTIONS.
I
EMR1CK INDICTED
ON . FIVE- COUNTS
MOVI
DIRECTOR
N
Corrupt Practices
Election Charged.
in
DEFENDANT IS ARRESTED
Liberty Obtained on $2500
, Bail After Three Hours.
"FRAME-UP" IS DEFENSE
Chairman of Counting Board In
Precinct 201 Accuses
Enemies of Plot.
William H. Emrick, chairman of
the counting board in precinct 201.
was indicted on five distinct counts
by the Multnomah county grand
jury yesterday' as a result of the
probe into irregularities In that
district ordered by District Attorney
Myers when startling discrepancies
between the votes cast and the bal
lots credited to candidates were
discovered in the course of the Hall
Olcott recount. ,
The grand jurors found that
votes legally cast -were not counted
for at least five candidates at the
primaries, but, in effect, exoner
ated all members of the election
board in this precinct from criminal . UQUSE PINS MAN DOWN
liability except the chairman. who""wv"- ' mnm WVSHMV
read off the purported .votes from
the majority of ballots cast.
Frame Vp la Chircrd.
"Frame-up!" was the comment of
Emrick when he was lodged in Jthe
county jail. He expressed confi
dence in his ability to prove that
there had been a conspiracy to "get"
him and that the ballots had been
tampered with since sealed and de
livered to the county clerk. Emrick
declined to make an extended state
ment in the absence of his attorney,
Chester A. Sheppard, who was In
Seattle.
Emrick was released on J5500
bond shortly before $ o'clock last
night after he had been In the
county jail for about three hours.
An entirely unexpected bombshell
was contained in the indictment
growing out of the miscount in "the
contest of William A'. "Dalziel and
C. H. Gram for the republican nomi
nation for labor cbtrimTs's'ioner. In
stead of the "willful neglect"
charged against 'Emrick' In' "certify
ing false results rti the case of the
Vote tor Governor" Olcott. for ' John
B. Coffey and in the Buchtel-Wtll-irms
recall, . the' precinct chairman
was accused of "corrupt practice"
in this instance.
(nmd Tx Charged.''
Emrick was secretary, q? th.e Pa.1.-
j-'el club, and was charged with
fraudulently reporting the vote in
the Dalziel-Gram race "to acquire
and ether personal advantages to
ximintrii, an'J promote nis own per
sonal and selfish interests." In pre
cinct 201, Dalziel actually . received
73 votes, but the tally sheets, showed
100 votes cast in his favor, . the
crand jury investigation disclosed. '
Gram was officially credited in thls!Baker of Chicago was quoted by the
precinct with 22 votes when he ' Evening News today as saying she
really received 48. - " would finally go to the altar with
Though indictments were forth-1 Allister McCormick "some time be
coming in the case of only five con- I tore the end of tne month" and
tests for office, it was current . "somewhere in London."
rumf.r about the courthouse yester- Their repeatedly postponed mar
day that similar discrepancies to I riae nas caused considerable com
those announced' ' were found all meat,
down the line when the grand jurors j '
reTrdsiooVrdict was reached 'TAMPIC0 SWEPT BY FIRE
by tne grand jury Wednesday, but
the time since then has been taken
up with preparing the reports.
Indictment Is Complicated.
The indictments are the longest
and most complicated ever drawn In
Multnomah county, out to the in
definite quality of the election
laws, according to District Attorney
Myers, who personally conducted
the probe, assisted by George Mowry
and Jay Stockman, deputies in his
office, your consume 4 legal size
' pages, single-spaced on the type
writer, and the one in the Dalziel
case. 64 pages.
The indictments outline the du-.ies
of election officials, review the
operation of election boards, and
detail the manner in wh'ch discrepancies-
were permitted to-be re
corded on the tally sheets.,
Illustrative of three others was
the indictment growing out of "the r
miscount for Olcott. - As in ail.-the
summary of the .charge is merely
"for violation of section 3991, Ore
gon laws." The indictment goes on
to state that Emrick is accused of
willful neglect of his duty as an
election official in that, although he
knew that 49" votes had been cast
for Olcott, he "failed and neglected
to cause to be set opposite the name
of Olcott on the tally sheets the
number '49,' instead recording there!
the number "31."'
Duty n Outlined.
The indictment goes on to point
out that it was s-Emrick's duty as
chairman of the night board which
counted all the ballots to certify on
the tally sheet the true and correct
total number of votes received by
Olcott. It was his duty, it charges,
to certify that Olcott received 49
Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
French Secret Service Discovers
Plot Against Premier, Who
Is CloselyGuardcd.
PAUIS. Aug. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The government se
cret service, it was learned today,
has been informed that a member of
! the notorious German organization
'"Consul" had arrived in Paris to kill
Premier Poincare. The premier now
is guarded more strictly than ever
to prevent possible assassination.
The German was said to be known
as Guenther in consular circles, but
to be traveling under a false name
" "
scrued as 30 years old and dressed
j in. the height of fashion. He has
tH;e eyes, chestnut brown hair and
speaks French like a native t rench- '
man. He now Is supposed to be hid
ing In one of the . fashionable sub
urbs of Paris, awaiting- the chance
to execute his mission.
EX - KAISER BETROTHED
Hcport Says German Exile Will
Wed Widow of Aristocrat.
LONDON', Aug. 25. Ex-Emperor
William is bethrothed to the widow
of a German aristocrat, according
to a report received by the Times.
The woman is said to be almost of
royal rank and the mother of three
children. She and the children re
cently visited the ex-emperor at
Doom, Holland. It is said the mar
riage will take place during the
coming winter.
The report adds that this is not
the woman to whom the one-tihie
emperor was reported some time
ago to be betrothed.
Structure Kaiscd to Itele-ase Vic
tim Seriously Hurt.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Aug. 25.
(Special.) A near-fatal accident oc
curred yesterday afternoon in the i
Logan district when a house that
F. L. Morrill was helping to move
slipped off the "jacks" while Mr.
Morrill was underneath it. He was
caught across the hips by a heavy
timber and pinned to the ground. .
It was necessary, to raise 4hc house,
again before the injured man could
be extricated. He was taken to a
local hospital, where it was said his
injuries were serious.
SIX .REPORTED KILLED
Two Men, Two Women and Two
Children Said to Be Victims.
MARSHFIELD, Or Aug. ' Y5'.
(Special.) A story came here to
night without definite ' information
saying that in the vicinity of
Crescent City, turkey buzzards
directed a passerby to a ciiff beside
the highway where he discovered
an overturned automobile with "two
Women and two men beneath it arid
two children a few feet awj(i all
dead.. . ' T
One version of the . story, said t'lt
bodies were found on. the Crescent
City-Grants Pass highway.
MARRIAGE ISHELD SURE
Miss Baker Says She'll Wed
- McCormick This Mouth.
LONDON. Aug. 25. (By the Asso-
dated Press.) Miss Mary .Landon
Three Persons Known to Be Dead,
12 Seriously Injured.
TAMPICO, Mex., Aug. 25. (By the
Associated Press.) The business
district here was1 swept by fire this
morning. Three, persons are known
to be dead and 12 persons were seri
ously injured. Property damage es
timated at more than $5,000,000 pesos
was caused.
The origin of the fire is not
known.
SUICIDE STAGED IN STORE
Clerks and Customers See Man
Slash Himself With Knife.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 25. A
man, believed from the contents of I
his pockets to be Michael M. Dow- j
ney. of Fasaqena, walked into a
grocery store in the downtown dis
trict here today, picked up a butcher
knife from the counter, cut his
throat and stabbed himself.
' He died Instantly before the eyes
of several. clerks and customers.
22 HURT IN CAR WRECK
Trolley In Syracuse Runs Away
in Electrical Storm.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Aug. 25. A
crowded trolley car ran wild down
Walnut avenue hill In the course of
a terrific rain and electrical storm
here tonight, jumped the - tracks
after speeding three city blocks.
and was wrecked against concrete
and metal lighting poles on a cor-1
ner.
Twenty-.two or the passengers I
were removed to hospitals.
Mrs. E. E. Townsend and
, Mother Victims.
L. 6. JORDAN IS INJURED
Car Bound for California Is
Upset Near Eugene.
LIQUOR FOUND IN WRECK
Accident Happens When Speeding
Machine Attempts to Pass
Northbound Driver.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 25. (Special.)
Mrs. .Beatrice E. Townsend, IS
East Seventy-second street, Port
land, and her mother, Mrs. L. L.
Smith, were killed and Lloyd
G. Jordan, also cf Portland, was
taken to the Eugene hospital as the
result of injuries suffered when, the
car in which they were touring to
California plunged from the road
when attempting to pass a north
bound machine ten miles north of
here shortly before 6 o'clock this
afternoon.
Both women wera mangled when
the car plunged along the pavemen,t
for a distance of 100 feet, overturn
ing and righting again after throw
ing the women clear cf the road.
A search of the machine revealed
a bottle partly filled with moon
shine liquor. Details of the crash
are meager, as tne only statement
Jordan has made was to the effect
that he and his fiancee, Mrs. Town-
send. . accompanied by her mother.
were on a motor tour to California,
and that at the time of the accident
Mrs. Townsend was driving. Wit
nesses who passed the machine a
few minutes before the fatal crash
stated to the sheriff .that the car
was traveling Ht a terrific speed,
some estimating the pace at 60 miles,
an hour, and from the marks where
the car had ploughed a furrow by
the .highway officials decided, that
the car was beyond control at the
time the- passing. of the other ma
chine was attempted. . . '
.Mr. Jordan at a late hour tonight
was. still dazed as a result of the
accident, .although hospital authori-jU,
ties said mat nis injuries were ot a
minor- character.. He said that at
th time of the wreck the ma
chine was not going at an. excessive
speed and that something must have
happened to the steering gear, caus
ing the car to run from the road.
He still insisted that Mrs. Town
send was at the wheel when the car
overturned. . .
'- ""Shasta' ' Springs by Saturday
morning 100 miles" was the -slogan
witl which the ill-fated party
(Concluded on 3. Column 2.)
THE MONEY THEY LOSE
WHV CuS'T
BOV EM YOURSELVES
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I II
Whole Five Points In Indictment
Are Covered by Action of
Trial Body.
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Aug. 25.
The 35 alleged members of the Ku
KIux Klan tried on felony charges
growing out of the Inglewood raid
April 22 last were acquitted to
night by a jury in the superior
court.
The acquittal covered . all five
points in the indictment returned
against them by the Los Angeles
county grand jury. . . j
Paul -Barkdale d'Orr, defense at
torney, this morning completed his
argument, and Deputy District At
torney Keyes ended the argument
for the prosecution later in the day.
Both arguments centered about
the question of whether the raid on
the Elduayen home at Inglewood
was conducted by officers of the
law or by the Ku Klux Klan.
SHRINERS TO BE GUESTS
Vancouver Club to Attend Dinner
at Imperial Tonight.
Vancouver, Wash., Shrine club,
affiliated with Afifi temple of Ta
coma, will be dinner guests tonight
at the Imperial hotel and later will
visit the regular montnly meeting of
Al Kader temple. The visit is in
the interest of the race meet to ba
held under auwpices of Afifi temple
and the Army Relief society at the
Clarke county fair grounds Septem
ber 2, 3 and 4.
The Vancouver Shriners had an
nounced they would br'ng over tlje
Fifty-ninth infantry band from
Vancouver barracks for a concert
on Portland streets, but late jester
day permission was refused by the
Portland Musicians' union and the
soldier band -must remain in Van
couver as a result.
MISKE FLOORS FULTON
t
Minneapolis Heavy. Knocked Out
in First Round.
ST. ' PAUL, Aug. 25. Billy Miske,
St., Paul heavyweight, knocked out
Fred Fulton of Minneapolis in the
first round of their scheduled ten
round bout here tonight.
Miske was the aggressor from
the start and after slightly more
than a minute of mixing, floored
Fulton for a count of seven, using
a right hook. When Fulton got to
h's feet; Miske charged him' again
and knocked him. out wfth a left
hook. ' :. "-
S. SOLDIER IS SLAIN
Private on Guard at Coblenz Is
Found In Pool of Blood.
C6BLE.Z. Aug. .25. (By the As
sociated Press.)-Prlvate Lester
Irons of Toms River, N. J., a mem
ber of a provisional military police
comJSany was found today in a pool
of blood with part of his head shot
away outside the garage, of Major
General Henry T. Allen, in command
of the forces on the Rhine.
ON A FEW STRIKES WOULD GO
YOU
LVES.
' Beginning at 60 at 5 A. M., Kise
of Thermometer Is Steady
Until Heat Hits Crest.
t
Four o'clock P. M. was the warm- ;
l-est hour of the day yesterday, the .
thermometer at that time registering j
90 degrees. Starting at 60 degrees
at 5 o'clock In the morning the mer
cury rose steadily until 4 in the aft-
ernoon, when It began to decline.!
This record was an improvement
over that of the day previous, which
was 92 degrees'
The prediction for today is for
fair and warm weather.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 25.
(Special.) The mid-Columbia swel
tered today with the temperature at
1)5 the hottest since early ia Juiy,
when a record of 101 was set. With
a calm prevailing, it was feared that
damage might result from sun
burned apples. Growers, however,
report that burning of fruit was
negligible.
NEWPORT. OrTT Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.) At 8 o'clock last night New
port visitors were treated with the
f Irf ,T."i't T-i,--i 1 stnpni rtt th sa.
son. The lightning flashes came , NEW, f ' TJ ?y , T
from the west and everyone ex Associated Press. )-The rail strike
... , . I today developed Into a fight to the
pected to see a downpour of-rain, ". .. .. .,
k j, a hiIflnlsh when peace negotiations
;? , , '
1I 11 ill lug U3Uuy tl I t7 ! M 1 MJ v. tu UJ u.
heavy rain, and the indications were
that a heavy storm was raging at
sea. The weather today has been
ideal, with the temperature stand
ing at 70; the best day of the sea
son for surf bathing. Indications
are that the week-end visitors will
have ideal weather, with scarcely
any wind.
RAIL W0RKIS RESUMED
Tracks to Be Laid on Strahorn
Road in Few Days.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 25.
(Special.) Active resumption . of
construction on the Strahorn. rail
road has begun and it is expected
that by September 6 the line will be
in operation to Hildebrand, six miles
beyond. Dairy, the present terminus.
The grade for this distance' is ready
and a track-lay.ing crew wHl have
the tracks down in a few days.
This Is according to a statement
of W. , E. Bond, superintendent of
the road. Contracts are to be let for
two and a half miles' of grading be
yond Hildebrand.
DIAMOND RINGS VANISH
Gems Valued at 510,000 Missing
Mysteriously From Store.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug. 25. Twelve
diamond rings, valued at approxi
mately $10,000, disappeared in a
mysterious manner from a leading
jewelry establishment here some
time yesterday, the police were no
tified this morning, when the gems
wre-misslng on the taking of stock.
') A." O. 'Warner, the proprietor, was
recalled yesterday from Oakland im
mediately, after the theft was dis
covered by. Conrad Warner, his son.
A LONG WAY TOWARD IT.
1
All Peace Negotiations'
Blown Sky-High.
ALL CONFEREES GO HOME
Last Overture for Peace Is
Rejected.
UNIONS SEE VICTORY
Condition of Equipment Will
. Prove Roads Can Xot Run,
Declares B. M'. Jewell.
were blown sky-high.
! Heads of - the big five railroad
brotherhoods, dealing- as mediators
between executives and striking
shopmen in a final effort to effect
separate settlement with individual
roads after the association .of rail
way executives as a whole had re
jected the running trades' 'first
peace overtures, reported to the rep
resentatives of 75 roads at the Yale
club this morning that the shop
crafts had turned down a proposi
tion made to them yesterday by ths,
carriers.' Negotiations then were
sharply, broken off and executives,
strike leaders and - brotherhood
chiefs packed their bags and began
leaving town prepared for a test of
endurance.
Fight to Be Continued.
Before he departed for his head
quarters in Chicago, Bert M. Jewell,
official spokesman of the strikers,
asserted that he believed the execu
tives who had lingered for the par
ley on Individual settlements soon
would be enabled "to bring home to
their . hard-shelled colleagues the
railroad situation in its grim
reality."-
"We sliall bo content to let the
condition of equipment prove that
the railroads cannot operate with
unskilled strikebreakers," declared
Mr. Jewell, adding later that "we
can and -we will f:ght for our terms
and for a nation-wide settlement."
Labor leaders then dispatched tel
egrams to all parts of the country
calling upon strikers to renew the
struggle with redoubled vigor.
Seniority Stumbling Block. - t
The latest peace proposal, center
ing; as was the case with all the
1 others, on the question of seniority.,
was briefly that the roads , inter
ested .in individual settlements would
pledge themselves to find- employ
ment for all strikers not oonvicted
of acts of violence, would hot cur
tail pension rights, "or other privi
leges," and would agree to submit
to a commission of 10 brotherhood
leaders and executives all disputes
which. could not be settled by direct
conference. - -.
The strikers who have maintained
that they had not authorized the
big five to si'ggest individual settle
ments, rejected this proposal with
the explanation that it did not guar
antee -seniority to the men who
might return on one-third of the
country's roads and at the same time
would destroy the effectiveness of
the strike being carried on onto the
other two-thirds.
Statement In Issued.
Then, from the mediating brother
hoods came the statement that they
had reluctantly notified all con-
I cerned that they considered further
peace eriorts lutiie and had nothing
more to suggest.
I The roads set forth that if any un
j settled disputed points could not be
i settled by direct conference they
were" willing to submit these points
! to. a commission of ten comprising
the heads of the big five and five
executives. The lines, however, said
they were willing to enter upon such
a. plan in a spirit of conciliation.
The executives said they regretted
l that the representatives of the strik
ers, "although definitely assured the
substance of all they asked for,"
were unwilling to agree to settle
under the conditions proposed. The
roads' . statement' added that the
j lines were willing to pledge them
J selves to find jobs for all strikers
in the same places of employment
at the rate of pay fixed by the rail
road labor board.
... Seniority la Demanded.
"The conference has shown that
the group of roads which has been
conferring will at present make no
concessions," Mr. Jewell said. "They
stand firm on the position of the
association of railway executives
which refuses seniority rights. This
refusal of seniority rights to union
men. It is now clear, is not for the
purpose of keeping promises to
strikebreakers., but solely for the
purpose of disciplining their men
for a legal and justified strike.
"This is a position which the men
cannot compromise. To go back
under such terms would mean de
feat, when as a, matter of fact we
are victorious. .The breakdown oi
equipment and the shortage of cars
and locomotives are now shown by
government statistics. It will b
obvious to .every shipper and farmer
during the next few weeks. Wo
.(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.)
Xew Footwear to Go I'p to Where
somc vown and Be
varnisiiea n tverjuuiig.
I (ChKaio Tribune Foreign News Service.)
I PARIS, Aug. 25. Chic Parlsiennes
will wear high s-hoes this- autumn
and winter in order to preserve their
small ankles. It i said that neat
ankles are fast disappearing.
The new shoes will go up as far
as the skirts come down, but they
will be different from any high
Shoe that has ever been. The best
will be of varnished box calf with
fancy openings on the side to show
the silk stockings. A new device
will allow the shoes to be laced in
a few seconds.
.'This decree of the great Paris
couturiers has already been accept
ed at Deauville and other fashion
able watering places along the chan
nel, where they are even being worn
on the cool days now.
The reason for the complete
change in style is that many French
women have found that their ankles
Increased noticeably in size from
"wearing low shoes during the last
year, and they immediately demand
ed shoes which would hold their
anklet to a stunning diameter. '
Many French physicians remarked
approvingly regarding feminine an
kles encased in low shoes, but the
women did not like it a bit.
LABOR SHORTAGE FELT
Union and Wallowa Want More
Farmhands and Builders.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Aug. 25. (Spe
cial.) Although strikes have caused
many men to be apparently out of
work in this section of the state,
farmers are complaining bitterly
about lack of men for harvest work.
Both in Union and Wallowa counties
threshing crews are hard to fill and
every morning ranchers invade the
different towns endeavoring to pick
up men.
The building trades in La Grande
find it almost impossible to get men.
Cement contractors, plumbers, heat
ers and carpenters say it is almost
as hard to get men now as It was
during the war period.
AGE-OLD RELICS FOUND
Adze Heads of Polynesian Origin
' Discovered on Island.
- HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 25. Stone
relics of a past age believed to be
of Polynesian origin have been
found on Fanning island. British
cable station atoll in the Pacific.
. Two scientists from the Bishop
museum here, Professor S. C. Ball
and C. H. Edmondson. found In an-'
clent ruins on the Island fish hooks
and adx heads similar to those used
by the ancient Hawaiians.
DELAVAN SMITH IS DEAD
Publisher of Indianapolis News
Succumbs at Summer Home.
LAKE FOREST. III.. Aug. 25.
Delavan Smith, publisher of the
Indianapolis News, who has been
critically ill at his summer home
here, died tonight at 8:31) o'clock.
After apparently gaining' during
the day, he suffered a sudden re
lapse tonight and died a few min
utes later.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YKSTERDAT'S Maxlmrm temperature,
00 degrees; minimum. 60 degrees.
TODAY Kair; north winds.
Korelg-n.
Chinese students scarce in England.
Page S.
Plot to murder Poincare revealed. Page 1.
National.
President sure to veto bonus, senate is
told. Page 20.
Petro'l price cut predicted . In senate.
Page 2.
Domestic.
Seventeen reds prepare to fight case.
Page 2.
Thirty-three arrents made tor swindle
aggregating M.A00.000. Page 3.
John Bergen, movie actor, Klain by George
Klein, film director. Page I.
Northwest.
Three persons killed when Northern Pa
, .;ific train la wrecked by boulder.
Page IS.
Tacoma street car riders like weekly
pass system. Page 4.
Two Portland women die in auto wreck.
- Page 1.
Democrats ot Jackson county denounce
proposed third . party movement.
Page 0.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: At Sacra
mento 1, Los Angeles 0; at Salt Lake
7, San Francisco 14; at Los Angeles,
- Portland 3. Vernon 6; at Oakland 8.
Seattle 4. Page 12.
Browns and Yanks each win one.
Page 12.
Brady's first desire finally realized.
Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Failure of Industrial conference held re-
sponsible for reaction In stock market.
: Page 21.
Wheat scores slight gain while corn de
clines In Chicago market. Page 20.
Prosperous year for wheat growers' as-
sedations promised. Page 20.
Small changes In wheat market at Chi
cago. Page 21.
French government and municipal bonds
wttk. Page. 21.
Fair play tor Portland urged In message
to LlBSner. Page 14.
Interca.astal business of United - States
nearly doubles in year. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Emrick indicted on five counts. Page 1.
iWst side block bought by Southern Pa
cific for $400,000. Pago 13.
Mercury reacties maximum of 00 degrees
In Portland. Page 1.
Convention of Northwest Photo-Engravers'
'association concludes today.
Pago 11.
Merchants urge housewives to can peaches
now. Page 10.
Weather report data and forecast
, Page 20.
Portland business men get reception at
Astoria. Page 1.'
Most wonderful circus ever thrills thou
sands, fage .
KILLS Fill STAR
John Bergen Shot Down
by George Cline.
SLAYER'S WIFE IN TRIANGLE
Woman Witnesses Shooting
in Her Own Home.
ASSASSIN UNDER ARREST
Mun Who Did Killing Declares
Insult to Mrs. Cllno. Led to
Quarrel and Tragedy. -
IBy Chicago Tribune Leaaed Wire.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 25. A domestic
triangle in the motion picture world
ended tonight in the slaying of John
Bergen, a young moving picture
star. Bergen was shot and killed
by George U. Cllne, director for Fox
films, in the latter's home in Edge
water, N. J., near the Fort Lee pic
ture studios, while Mrs. Cline looked
on.
Cllne, who was arrested Immedi
ately on the charge of murder, told
Nathan Allyn. county detective, a
remarkable story. He said that
Bergen had insulted Mrs. Cline sev
eral weeks ago while all three were
working on a picture for the Fox
film corporation at Salt Lake City,
and that he and Bergen quarreled
over Mrs. Cline when Bergen went
to Edgewater today.
C'line'a Story Contradictory.
According to Cline, he brought out
two revolvers, gave one to Bergen
and called upon him to engage In a
duel in the presence of Mrs. Cline.
For some reason, not explained In
Cline's statement, the pistol battle
was called off and he took the re
volver away from Bergen. Later,
however. Cline said. Bergen at
tacked him with a blackjack and he
shot Bergen in self-defense.
The story told by Cline had it
that Bergen ran out of the house
and fell dead In the street about a
block away. A. C. Hart, prosecutor
of GergeR. county. In announcing
that he Mould have ('line held for
murder, pointed out that thin part
of -Clint's slory disagreed with the
statements made by lhe lSrlgewater
police, who s;iiil they had found
Bergen tn the sidewalk in front
of Cline's liom. According to the
police Bergen was still alive, al
though unconscious, and did not
dl-j until he was taken to the police
station.
Director Arretted ut Home.
Cline was arrested in his home in
I'ndercliff avenue, Edgewater, near
the Fox pturlio. He was tuken to
the l'Jdgewater police station, to-
gi-ther wimi Mrs. Cllne and ner two
brothers, Ixiwrence and Thomas
Scullion, of 190 I'ndercliff avenue,
Kdgewatt r. Owen I.angdoii, an
Edgewater taxicub driver, also was
questioned as a witness.
In a pocket of Bergen's coat the
police found a bit of bloud-stalned
paper upon which was written.
"George Cline shot me." Whether
Bergen went to the house, fiurlnqr
that he would be hot, and wrote
that paper before the event, or
whether he had strength to write it
just, before he cither stuRgered or
was carried from the house, the
police were unable to decide. It
was that clew, however, tiiat tie-'
termined the police to arrest Cllne.
CLIXK TKLLS OI-' SHOOTING
Slayer Says He Offered to I-'iglit
Duel, but Was Attacked.
(By Chicago Tribune Lenir.i Wire.)
LEONIA. N. J., Aug. 25. Tonight
John Bergen came from his home in
New York across the Fort Lee ferry
and called at th George Clinn hon-.s
in Undercllffe avenue, Edgewater.
He was expected and Cline had
asked his wife's brothers to be pres
ent. Cllne confronted Bergen with
his wife, according to Cline's tory
to the police, which was corrobo
rated by Mrs. Cllne and her brothers'.
and accused him of having made
love to Mrs. Cline.
"Ye. It's true," Bergen is said to
have replied. "What of it?" adding
a scurrilous remark about Mrs.
Cline, according to her husband.
Being prepared for the situation.
Cline produced two .38-calibro re.
volvers and said to Bergen:
"There's only one way to settle
this, and we'll settle it right now.
There's an empty room upstairs.
Take this gun and follow me. We'll
have It out up there, as man to
man."
Cllne'a intention, he says, was to
give Bergen "a square chance for
his life," and he preceded Bergen
upstairs, having first handed Bergen
one of the guns.
But on the way upstairs, Clino de
clared, he glanced and saw Bergen
suddenly level the pistol at him.
Cllne turned and grappled with Ber
gen, who, Cline says, dropped the.
weapon and drew a blackjack from
his pocket. In self-defense. Clino In
sists, he fired his revolver.
The bullet struck Bergen Just be
low the heart. The actor slumped to
the foot of the stairs with a groan.
Mrs. Cline, sobbing, and hi-r brothers
(Concluded on race 3, Cuiwmu 2.)