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VOL. LXI NO. 19,291
Entered at Portland (Orcoa)
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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1922
DIRIGIBLE C-2 ENDS C
TRIP'S LONGEST LAP "
MYHWA IS VAST
TOMB OF ASHES
MRS. HARDING WILL
STAY IN WHITE HOUSE
BISHOP AS PIONEER 'PCCpilCPC
RECALLED BY BABYiIIL,JUULI,d
CROSS IS CONFERRED 01 AIM
'S
UN Dionur OUIVIMLR
SAX AXTOXTO, TEX., REACHED I
PHYSICIANS GUARD AGAINST
DANGER OF SETBACK.
CHILD'S GREAT-GRAXDPAR-EN'TS
WED 52 YEARS AGO..
PATRIARCH OF JERISALEM
AWARDS HIGH HONOR.
AlTEIt STORMY TRIP.
MINISTER
TURKS THREATEN
DRIVE ON STRAIT
r J E A R
ENTOMBED
MEN
DOW
QUIZZED
Constantinople Menaced
by Invader.
BRITISH TROOPS RUSHED !
Kemalist Advance on Dar
danelles and Bosphorus
Zones Impending.
FORCES READY TO ATTACK
Bands of Irregulars Organ
ized to Await Orders to
Loot and Slay Greeks.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 17
.(By the Associated Press.) The
Angora government has informed
the allies that if the remainder of
the Greek army in Asia Minor at
tempts to retreat across the neutral
zones of the Dardanelles, the Kem
alists will disregard the neutrality
of the straits and pursue the
Greeks in international territory.
The Greek military mission has
left Constantinople.
BT JOHN CLAYTON. '
(Copyright. 1822, by the Chicago Tribune.)
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 17.
i With the British rushing every
available troop unit to the Dar
danelles and Constantinople, the
military situation here is critical.
"Allied authorities here have de
cided that Mustapha Kemal Pasha
was not bluffing when he said
that military forces of occupation
must go. , - ' :
Settlement Hopes Vanish.
Hopes of a conference that would
6olve the situation have vanished.
Kemal is in the position of a dic
tator unless the allies are willing
to fight. Early this morning a
transport from Malta debarked
troops at Chanak for the defense
of the straits. Another transport
arrived this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Kemal is moving the
' bulk of his army, which is still in
excellent shape despite the rapid
advance toward Smyrna and on the
northward is threatening the neu
tral zones of both the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus.
70,000 Troops in Reserve.
Kemal is able to throw close to
70,000 troops into any battle that
. may develop. But his chief card is
the instigation of riots and revolu-.
tion in Thrace and Constantinople.
Already, disguised Turkish regu
lar army officers have made their
appearance in Stamboul and are
organizing bands of irregulars sim
ilar to those effective units that
harrassed the Greek retreat and
who will be ready to loot and slay
when the word is given. ,
Order Held Impossible.
With - the present number of
troops garrisoning the city, all of
whom are required at the Ismidt
front, it will be impossible to main
tain order in the city if even a mob
or an organized band of irregulars'
breaks loose. Riots and mob dis-j
turbances when they celebrated the
Turkish capture of Smyrna gave
Pera a foretaste of what will come j
if the same mob is bent on making
real trouble, led by regular officers.
The terrors of Smyrna will be as
nothing compared with what is in
store for the foreign quarters of
Constantinople unless the allies
- throw sufficient troops into the
city to handle the situation.
OCCUPATION IS COMPLETED
Turk Forces Enter Villages East
of Dardanelles.
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.
Copyright. 1SI22. by the Chicago Tribune.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 16.
(Delayed.) An Anatolian agen
cy predicts that the Angora an
swer to the straits question ad
mits the principle of freedom, sub
ject to the arrangement of details
- by all interested powers.
The Kemalist treaties of the last
three years with the Ukraine, Mos
cow, Georgia, Armenia and Azer
baijan all contain clauses that con
trol of the straits be administered
by a mixed commission of all the
Riparian powers. This is a clever The potato dealer refused to prose
concluded trn Pase 2. Column 3.. pute suci a, "lucky guy,"1.
Error of Altitude on Map Almost
Causes Disaster In Cross
ing Ozark Peaks.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 17.
After completing the longest leg of
Its tra ncnn nn t a 1 fHerhf am c M
cessfuUy combatting the roughest
y field September 14, the
States army dirigible C-2
landed at Brooks field here at 1:45
o'clock this afternoon, having cov
ered 850 miles from St. Louis in lfi
hours and 20 minutes.
An error altitude on the map used
for the. flight in respect to one of
the peaks of the Ozark mountains.
came near causing disaster last
night, according to Major H. A
Strauss, commander of the C-2. The
peak was higher than indicated and
the C-2, speeding through the dark
ness, was almost up on It before it
was sighted. A sharp upward tilt
of the dirigible cleared the peak.
As the six officers and men who
compr.se the C-2s crew climbed out
of its car at Brooks field this after
noon, their faces somewhat drawn
and haggard, they expressed a feel
ing of relief that the longest stretch
of their transcontinental Journey
had been finished without accident.
The C-2 will remain here at least
21 hours for thorough inspection.
OREGON CITY HAS FIRE
$2 000 Blaze Believed of Incen
diary Origin.
OREGON CTTY. Or., Sept. 17.
(Special.) Fire believed of Incen
diary origin at 1:05 A. M. threatened
the frame building at Eighth and
Main streets In which the Banner
Courier printing orrice and the EplsJ
copal hall are located.
The building was saved. The
damage was 200u.
The blase started in -the small
court on the south side of the build
ing next to the Straight & Salisbury
plumbing shop. The fire originated
alongside . the building, burned
through the outside and . ran up
through the wall to the upper story,
where it burned into the dance hall.
Conditions, the officials said,
pointed to incendlartem. Investiga
tion after the fire was quenched")
disclosed no other probable cause.
GOMPERS TO TAKESTUMP
tabor Leader to Ask Impeach
ment of Daugherty, Wilkerson.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 17.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor to
night announced he will stump the
country in the fall election cam
paign on behalf of candidates favor
able to organized labor.
President Gompers said he ex
pected to set forth, before the
American public the reason why
Attorney-General Daugherty and
Federal Judge Wilkerson of Chi
cago should be immediately im
peached. He said he expected to
have the opportunity to appear be
fore the house Judiciary committee
at Washington and give his testi
mony. RAIL LABOR BILL RISES
1921 Salaries and Wages 16.9
Cents of Operating Dollar.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 17.
Compilations completed by the bu
reau of railway economics show that
out of every dollar of gross operat
ing revenue in 1921 the railroads
paid out 46.9 cents for salaries and
wages as against 55.4 cents in 1920,
51.4 cents in 1919, 49.8 cents in 1918,
40.3 cents in 1917, and 38 cents in
1916.
The analysis made from the bu
reau shows a steady increase in the
labor bill from 1916 when the total
compensation "was $1,365,776,046 to
1920, when it reached the peak of
$3,424,076,109. It dropped to $2,585,
329,497 in 1921. .
WHITE ROBIN PAYS VISIT
Bird of Rare Hue Is Followed
by Whole Flock. '".
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Sept. 17
(Special.) A beautiful white robin
in company with a small flock of
robins made its appearance here
Friday and honored the city with
its presence over the week end. So i
far as known it is the first white
robin ever seen in Linn county.
The society of this "rara avis"
seemed to be much sought after by
the robins of the ordinary hue, and j
it was noted by citizens here that j
wherever the white bird went the ,
rest of the flock was ure to fol
low. It is hoped that the snowy
white robin will elect to stay in
this community. ,
THIEF LEAPS 5 STORIES
Clothesline- Breaks Fall and Pur
sued Man Little Hurt.
(By Chicago Tribune Ieased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Sam Cou
ritz, on his way home after a party,
stole a 150-pound sack of potatoes,
which he carried away on his back.
The owner pursued him and Sam
fled to the roof of a five-story
house, from which he leaped. A
clothesline broke his fall, and Sam
escaped with only a fractured wrist
Ruins Still Smouldering
Like Spent Volcano.
j QEAD, DYING LIE UNNOTICED
Shattered Walls of Homes
Tell Story of Destruction.
JACK TARS DEFY TURKS
450 Orplianed Boys Are Snatched
From Fire While Attention
of Guards Is Engaged.
SMYRNA, Sept. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Smyrna, which the
Turks have called the. eye of Asia,
is a vast sepulchre, of ashes. Only
the shattered walls of 25,00 homes
and the charred bodies of countless
victims remain to tell a story of
death and destruction unexampled
in modern history.
The ruins are still smoldering
like a volcano which has spent its
fury. No effort has been made by
the Turks to remove the dead and
dying. The streets are full of the
bodies of those who sought to es
cape,, for the most part women and
children.
Every building in the Armenian
quarter has been burned, with the
dead lying about. The bay, which
covers an area of 50 acres, still car
ries on. its surface the remnant of
those who were massacred or
sought to escape the ruthlessness of
the foe.
' Survivor Cronch, In Fear.
On the water front crouch thou
sands of survivors who fear death
in another fcTrrri at the hands of the
soldiery; there are no boats to take
them off.
One ship captain declined to take
any of the wretched euffereas, but
in contrast, to his indifference Cap
tain Walters of the American steam
er Winona- rescued 1800 and took
them to Piraeus. ': American ' sailors
of the destroyer Litchfield snatched
450 orphaned boys from the fire and
carried them safely to Constantino
ple. The Jack tars slept on the iron
decks or under torpedo tubes while
the youngsters occupied their bunks.
In all the acts of gallantry by the
Americans at Smyrna there was
none more inspiring than this.
While the orphans were being
loaded on the Litchfield H. C. Jac
quith, director of near, east relief,
who came here recently from Con
stantinople, diverted the attention
of the Turkish guards, giving them
cigarettes and talking to them in
their native tongue. These guards
are under strictest orders not to
permit the escape of any of the
Greek or Armenian refugees and on
several occasions have shot to death
fugitives endeavoring to reach Out
lying vessels by swimming.
Out of 300,000 Christians crowd
ing the city prior to the descent of
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.
ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME WE WERE MAKING AN EFFORT TO HELP HIM?
President Is Declared Definitely
to Have Given Up Plans
for Vacation.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 17.
Mrs. Harding, now safely on the
road to complete recovery from her I
recent serious illness, probably will
spend the entire recuperative period
at the White House, It was said to
day. .
Authoritative information is that
the White House physicians have
decided there would be less danger
of a setback if the patient was kept
here for some time to come.
President Harding also was said
to have given up definitely his
plans for a vacation this year. Early
in the year preparations were made
for the president and Mrs. Harding
to make an extended tour through
the west and then to Alaska.
ARMY PLANE IS BURNED
Grass Fire on Landing Field at
Roseburg Destroys Machine.
ROSEBURG. Or., Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) The army . airplane which
was wrecked here Friday was
burned yesterday when the aviation
field at this city caught fire.
The ship, piloted by Lieutenant
Morgan, broke an axle in landing a
short time later, making four planes
which have been damaged on the
local field this year.
. Lieutenant Morgan, in taking off
on the forest patrol plane yesterday,
set fire to the grass on the field and
the fire caught and burned the
plane which was upset Friday af
ternoon by Lieutenant Kelly. The
instruments were saved from the
wrecked ship but the engine and
body were completely destroyed.
When Lieutenant Morgan landed an
hour and a half later the axle on
his machine broke and damaged his
landing' gear.
MR. HALL DENIES RUMOR
Candidate Says He Has No In
tention of Withdrawing.
. Rumors, that Charles Hall, in
dependent candidate for governor, is
to withdraw were set-at rest yes
terday by Mr. Hall himself, who
denied that he had any such inten
tion, and who expressed himself. as
well satisfied .with his -political
situation. ' v
"No,"' said Mr. Hall, I have not
thought of withdrawing, nor can 1
imagine where such a siory origin
ated. Certainly there is nothing in
it. J shall carry on Just as I have
said I would."
ANGLER MEETS DEATH
Fall Down 100-Foot Cliff Proves
Fatal to Sparta Resident.
BAKER. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
A fishing trip culminated in the
death of Lee Sisson, 40, resident of
Sparta, 50 miles east of Baker yes
terday, when he fell down' a 100-foot
cliff near Mormon basin and his
skull was fractured.
Sisson,, with three companions,
was returning heme when loose
shale on the edge of the cliff gave
away. He died two hours later. Sis
son was unmarried. His parents live
at Medical Springs, near Baker.
Flvc-Months-OId Girl Baptized
Into Church on Anniversary
of Wedding in Idaho. -
Fifty-two years ago, to the hour
and minute, yesterday the Right
Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, a
young missionary bishop of the
Episcopal church, celebrated a mar
riage in the wild and somewhat
woolly town of Taylor's Ferry, Ida
ho. The contracting parties were
Charles May, leaaer of the. town
band, and Elizabeth Ann Williams.
Yesterday the rtlght Rev. Daniel
Sylvester Tuttle performed a bap
tismal service, initiating Into the
church the 5-months-old great'
granddaughter of the couple he had
niairifld u half century a .
The grandchild is little Rose
Jeanette Bruce, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Eugene S. Bruce of 704
East Burnside street. The ceremony
was performed in the drawing room
of the home, with a full attendance
of church people, relatives and
friends.
The ceremony brought back mem
ories, to the mind of the venerable
man who now heads the Protestant
Episcopal church. After he had
performed the service, he spoke at
length on the couple whom he had
married, and with voice filled with
emotion, lamented the . fact th
thev had passed from this world
years ago.
Yesterday's ceremony also brought
back to the venerable prelate, in
material . forms, the west that has
passed. In the possession of Mrs
Rose May Bruce, the mother of the
parents of the child, is the mar
riage certificate issued by Bishop
Tuttle to her parents. Marriage cer
tiflcates, in those days of the pio
neer west, were riot handsomely
embossed and engraved. "Instead.
they were simple unruled sheets of
paper, on which the clergyman
wrote notice that he had. with due
ceremony, united certain persons in
matrimony. This certificate was
brought out by the grandmother of
the baby for'exhibition.
A photograph of a tall and well-
proportioned young man, with a
long black beard was another me
mento which Mrs. Bruce exhibited.
"Yes, that's me,' commented the
venerable bishop after he had in
spected the ancleTit photograph.
Yesterday's baptism was celebrat
ed immediately after Bishop Tuttle
ud laid the cornerstone of the new
St. Michael and All Angels church.
Following the ceremony Bishop
Tuttle and Rev. F. L. Gratiot, his
personal . chaplain, were driven to
the Bruce residence.
The ceremony was timed for 4:30
P. M., making It 52 years, to the
minute, from the time that the
bishop had performed the marriage
of the baby's great-grandparents.
NORTHCLIFFE PAPERS UP
Confirmation of Sale Will Be
Asked Tuesday.
(Chicaso Tribune .Foreign News Service.
Copyright, la22, by the Chicago Tribune.)
LONDON, Sept. 17. Lord Riddell's
News of the World announces that
Tuesday next application will be
made to the courts to confirm the
sale to Lord Rothermere of Lord
Northcliffe's interest in the Daily
Mail, Evening News and Weekly
Dispatch.
Miners to Be Reached
About 1A.M.
INSIDE OF SHAFT MYSTERY
Flame, Gas or Water LiabJe
to Greet Invaders.
EXTREME CARE ORDERED
Relatives of Lost 4 7 Asked
Remain at Home Vntll
Argonaut Is Entered. .
to
JACKSON, Cal.. Sept. 17. (By the
Associated Press.) An official pre
diction that the rescue workers
would break through from the Ken
nedy to the Argonaut mine, where
47 miners have been entombed for
three weeks, before 1 to'clock to
morrow morning, was made by gov
ernment, state and mining company
officials tonight.
Water Found 1m Racks.
It was officially announced that
less than 10 feet separated the two
mines when the 7 o'clock night shift
went down. The report also stated
that water was seeping through and
that this and the cracked condition
of the rock proved the rescue work
erg were within a short distance of
their goal.
The last blast was shot at 10
o'clock, reducing the footage be
tween rescuers and the Argonaut
workings to between four and five
feet, according to officials who are
keeping in close touch with every
move on the 3600-foot level. The men
tackled the last few feet with picks
as another blast, . it was feared,
would kill any men who might be
alive in the Argonaut.
Officials stated that the tunne
from the Kennedy mine to the Argo
naut, which has been dug through
about 80 feet of virgin rock, would
end directly under tbe 4200-foot
level of the latter shaft.. The final
footage is a straight raise.
From the condition of the rock,
officials stated, they believed a per
feet connection would be made be
tween the 3600-foot level of the
Kennedy mine and the 4200-foot
level of the Argonaut mine
When the miners went down they
were given specific instructions to
observe the rule of "safety first.'
Nobody knows what will be found
on the other side, officials stated,
when the final blow connects the
o mines. There may be a rush
of gas, a burst of flame, or even a
flood of water, officials stated
Relatives Seat Home.
Arrangements were made by mine
officials tonight for the wives and
children of the entombed men to re
main at their homes. As word of
the miners reaches the surface
message will be turned over to the
Red Cross, which will dispatch tid
ings to those who are waiting for
the final word of hope or sorrow.
High hopes that the rock barrier
would be pierced today and the
truth learned as to whether 47 min
ers imprisoned three weeks ago to
night are alive or not were dashed
by the discovery today of an error
n surveying which indicated that
there was more rock to be cut
through than had been expected.
Even after entering the 4200-foot
level of tbe Argonaut from the
3600-foot level of the Kennedy mine
there may be further delays, it was
pointed out, since there may be
cave-ins in the Argonaut requiring
further excavation.
Crew Clears It Feet.
The crew which came off shift at
P. M. from the 3600-foot level
cleared out 11 feet in six hours. On
the 3900-foot level five feet were
drilled through in the same shift.
leaving 56 feet to go there.
It is possible, officials stated, that
instead of blasting the last round of
five feet before entering the Argo
naut this amount of rock will be
dug through with picks to prevent
the possible blasting of timbering
in the 4200-foot Argonaut level,
which would probably cause a cave
in and result in long delay.
W. E. Downs, underground en
gineer and official, surveyor for the
Kennedy mine, is working under
ground with the crews. After every
few rounds of rock have been blast
ed, he surveys the line on which
the men are working In order that
the new tunnel through virgin rock,
which runs on an angle of 45 de
grees. 20 minutes, will connect ex
actly with the narrow opening of
the 4200 Argonaut level.
Traffic Rales la Kffect.
For the first time in Jackson's
history, in all probability, rigid
traffic rules were put Into effect
and the wide main street of the
town bordered with buildings dat
ing back to the gold rush of '49, j
was decorated with white lines to
direct motorists where to drive, j
Every indoor accommodation In
Jackson is filled and outdoor sleep
ing opportunities as well are highly
prized.
Jackson was beselged all last
night and today by hundreds of tele
grams and long distance calls ask
ing if there was truth in the re-
nor t that some 37 men had been .
j rescued alive from the burning
mine ,
Cablegram Announces Decoration
of Holy Sepulchre for
Aid Given Shrine.
Bishop Walter T. Sumner is one of
the five bishops, to have conferred
upon him the Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of His Holiness, Da mis -nos,
patriarch of Jerusalem, accord
ing to cab'le dispatches received In
Portland yesterday. Others simi
larly honored are the presiding
bishop of the Episcopal church. Rev.
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle; Bishop
James H. Darlington of Harrlsburg.
Bishop William Tf Manning of New
York and Bishop Charles P. Ander
son of Chicago.
The cable dispatch to Bishop
Sumner reads: "Jerusalem. Sept. 16.
His Grace, Bishop Oregon, Sum
ner, Portland. Or.: Rewarding
strengthening interest your grace
toward church Zion, confer on you
cross holy Sepulchre. Signed Daml
anos. Patriarch Jerusalem.".
Confirmation of the honor, g'ven
to these bishops who have been con
spicuous in efforts tn promote af
filiation between the Episcopal
church and the eastern orthodox
communions was given by Arch
bishop Pantalemlon, representative
of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who
Is here in attendance upon the gen
eral convention. The Cross of the
Holy Sepulchre is a decoration con
ferred by the Patriarch of Jerusa
lem in recognition of aid given or
encouragement offered In the build
ing and maintenance of the shrine
erected in the Holy Sepulchre. The
order carries with it membership In
the Brotherhood of the Holy Se
pulchre. MISSING MAN APPEARS
Night Officer Returns to Town
Just Before Search Is Begun.
ST. HELENS, Or.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) Considerable excitement pre
vailed in St. Helens this morning
when It was known that Louts Kest
ner, deputy marshal and traffic of
ficer, was missing. He was seen at
1 o'clock this morning. Usually
Kestner goes home at 4 o'clock in
the morning and when he did not
return Ms wife became anxious and
informed Marshal Hooper. Sheriff
Wellington was notified and be and
Deputy Hadfleld took up tbe search,
going out in the country, where
Kestner had relatives. Marshal
Hooper was making preparations to
drag the river when Kestner .re
turned to town.
Early in the morning he had ac
cepted an invitation from Ben Cope
land, well known hunter, to go deer
hunting. No deer was located and
the pair stayed in the hills longer
than was expected.
AUTO'S PLUNGE IS FATAL
Joe Greer Is Killed and Lawrent-e
Du Prcc Is Craaed.
STEVENSON, Wash.. Sept. K-
(Special.) Joe Greer lost his life
this afternoon when an auto In
which he was riding plunged over
a bank near Carson, Wash., and
Lawrence DuPree is in a padded cell
In the county Jail a raving maniac
from Injuries received, and from
moonshine whiskey. The driver
escaped Injury. The three were
coming to Stevenson in an automo
bile. In turning a curve at a high
rate of speed the car went over
bank. Ureer was hurled against
rock and his skull was crushed. He
died instantly. All the men lived
at Carson. Both Greer and DuPree
were drunk when the accident oc
curred. It is said.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'8 Highest temperature, 72
degrees; lowest. 62 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
French-British break threatened. Psg 2.
Smyrna is vast tomb of ashes. Page 1.
Turks threaten drive on straits. Page 1.
Ctemenceau -to visit America and rem!
nisoe wits woodrow Wilson. Page a.
National.
Rail agent slain: strikers blamed. Page 3.
Mrs. Harding to recuperate in Whits
House. Page 1.
Railroad freight movement now phenom
enal and steadily growing. 1'age 11.
Domestic.
Slain minister's widow Is quizzed. Pag 1.
Miners likely ts bs reached today. Pag 1.
Dirigible C-2 ends longeat lap of trans
continental trip, fag i. -
Pacific Northwest. .
Doctors organize health
campaign.
Pag 18.
flports.
Browns trounoe Tankees. S to 1. Pag 10.
Harlea burned to death In race. Pag la
Pacific Coast league results: At Port
land Ban sranciaco o-s; at Los
Angeles, Sacramento 2-1. Vernon 8-B;
at Oakland 4-2. Halt Lake 8-1; at
Seattle 0-4, Lo Angeles 5-1. Pag 10.
Record golf crowd at Kastmoreland.
Page 11.
Commercial and Marine,
nig bond offerings featur week. Page 17.
Bears run wheat to new low level.
Page 14.
New York market shows hesitation.
Tag 17.
Hrittah steamer coming for grain.
Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Five days ahead of Episcopal conven
tion. Page 5.
Authors party welcomed to Portland.
Page .
Bishop Tuttle lays cornerstone of new
church. Page 6.
Lumber demsnd at peak. Page 1.
T M- C. A. officers snd leaders confer at
Columbia City. Pag IS.
Bishop Tuttje as pioneer In Idaho re
called in oapusm si osoy.
Page 1.
n.t,i.n,h t jni.m confers mmm ...
I Bishop guinner. Page. 1.
'puijiond thief suspect arrested. Fag C
Story Solves Identity of
"Mystery Woman."
CRIME LAID TO JEALOUSY
Heiress to Million Declared
Expert. Transhooter.
MURDER CLEWS TRACED
Widower of Pastor's Sweetheart
Says That He Was In Bed at
Time of Shooting.
(By Chicago Trtmin leased Wire.)
NEW YORK. Sop. 17. On mys
tery in connection with th double
murder of Rev. Bdwurd T. Hail and
his rhoir leader, Mr. Eleanor Mills,
of New Brunswick. N. J cleared up
late today only to result In givlnc
fresh grounds fur speculation.
Mrs. Frances Stevens 1111.
wealthy widow of the slain parson,
admitted to the authorities that she
was the "mystery woman" seen en
tering the palatial Hull residence at
about i A. M. Friday. She explained
that she had become alarmed by the
absence of her mlnlsteT-httsband
slmce early Thursday nlnlit and had
gone out seeking him.
Mrs. Hall's return home was In a
period several hours sfter th sup
posed time at which h.r husband
and Mrs. Mill were shot dead and
their bodies left In a field across
the Karltan river from New Bruns
wick. Psstor's Wife Unlssed.
Mrs. Hall, who recently inherited
approximately $1.00U,0(m from :i
relative, was questioned for slmofl
two hours by authorities of Somer
set county, led by th prosecutor,
Axarlah Beekman.
According to the prosecutor, lirn.
Hall gave but llltla Information ut
value in solving the doubts slaying.
except to relieve th county detec
tives of tbe necessity of hunting any
"mystery woman" seen about tho
Hall horns early Friday morning.
Mrs. Hall unhesitatingly Identified
herself with the exVunat Ion (hat
she had gone to ih chunh rectory
in the hope of finding her hushsnd.
who had left her the night befois
with the remark that he was "going
over to some services." fhe said
her brother, William Stevens, ac
companied her, but they got no trscs
of her husband, and sh returned
home.
Stevens, the brother, declined lo
answer questions put to hlin by De
tective Totten, but hi session with
the prosecutor will corns later.
Asked by Totten if he went out lale
Thursday night or early Friday
morning with his sister, h replied:
"I am tied by my slhter'a honor
and that of my family. They srs
not going to question roo."
Uobii'i Morrsiesla Traced.
Miss Agnes Storey, organist at the
(church, told newspaper men that a
servant in the Hall borne told her
that Mrs. Hall left th house much
agitated over her huoliand'g failure
to come home about t o'clock Fri
day morutng.
According to Mis Storey, the ser
vant said that Mr. Hall said be
fore leaving the house:
"He must be dead."
Mrs. Hall is well known In Bruns
wick as an expert trapahootcr. De
tective Totten told reporters.
Still unable to settle upon a mo
tive for the dual killing, the in
vestigating authorities turned thtlr
chief attention upon Mr. Hall's ad
mission and the possibilities It of
fers. So far the detectives have
been unable to find no basis foi
the murder except Jealousy.
James Mills again was qutinrl.
He reiterated that he had Iinpll'- t
faith In his wife, that he knew she
went on frequent errands of in r y
with the pastor, and that somo go,
sips had been busy concerning Ihelr
(associations, but he had paid no
heed.
Mr. Mills la lied.
Mills, never suspecting his wlf
was going to "keep a tryst with lit i
pastor, went to bed about t V. M ,
leaving his daughter Charlotte, an I
bis son Dan In the dinning room.
It is the Intention of the authori
ties to question the daughter Char
lotte and see what light she can
throw upon her father's movement!
Thursday night, although the prose
cutor does not expect to ui-vi 10(1
anything tangible along this line
Aa autopsy was performed today
on Mrs. Mills' body by County l'h
slcian William H. Long of Somers. I
county. He found death was du to
a single bullet wound through tli
center of the forehead, fired appar
ently at close range. The bullet,
passed out back of the rlRhl cur
and was fired from In front, lie salt!.
Instead of from the rear, us was at
first supposed.
Hector Shot Twice.
Mr. Hall was shot twice. U.oo-1
coagulation indicated he im shot
first in the back of the r-rk an-l
then above the rignt car. turn
empty shell f.om a .S2-clilier re
volver was near th bodies, but no
revolver was found. The absence f
the weapon, the arrangement of t
bodies snd the nature of the bullet
tCuutluUtd vtt 1 atfv 'd, Cvlutuu