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TEST GIVEN SPEEDERS
TO DETERMINE SANITY
TRIO OF BANDITS
HOLDS UP-BANK
NEW PERIL SIGHTED WOMAN IS RUN DOWN
SENATE IS ASKED
THICK FOG CAUSES
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IN AIRPLANE RACING
QUICK TURN AT HIGH SPEED
PAST ENDURANCE.
BY NEGROES IN AUTO
MANY AUTO WRECKS
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THREE DETROIT MEN FOUND
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INJURED SERIOUSLY.
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John Bull's Range Five
Miles More Than Gobs'.
SENATE TOLD OF STATUS
England Said to Have Made
Post-War Improvements.
$60,000,000 IS NEEDED
America Also Outclassed In Deck
Armor and Anti-Aircraft
Batteries, Complaint.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20.
(By the Associated Press.) Rela
tive fighting efficiency of British
and American battleships, particu
larly at long range, were understood
today to have been called sharply to
the attention of the senate naval
committee In consideration of the
pending naval appropriation bill.
Naval officers are known to be
greatly concerned on the point, as
the British have virtually completed
post-war modernization of their 15
inch gun ships and no start on sim
ilar work has yet been made In the
American navy.
The effect of the British post-war
improvements, it was said today in
naval circles, was to give the entire
main British fleet a range of 30,000
yards against a maximum of about
20,000 yards for all American bat
tleships but the Tennessee, Cali
fornia, Maryland, Colorado and West
Virginia. In addition, as permitted
under the Washington treaty, the
British ships have been equipped
with "blister" anti-torpedo construc
tion and their decks armored against
airplane bombs and high-angle fire.
1160,000,000 Is deeded.
A rough estimate of the cost of
modernizing American ships in the
same way, so far as increasing gun
elevations and strengthening decks
is concerned, is approximately $60,
000,000. In the British programme
as much as $4,000,000 is said to have
been expended on a single ship.
When naval estimates were under
consideration in the budget bureau
and later before the house appro
priations subcommittee, it was said,
funds were asked by naval officials
for a limited programme beginning
this year on making over battleships
to be retained under the treaty. The
items presented called for conver
sion of coal burning battleships of
the 14-inch gun type to oil burners
and the Installation of five-inch
anti-aircraft batteries to replace all
present three-inch guns on the big
sh'ps. The items went but both
before the budget and in commit
tee, but there are indications that
more urgent representations are
being made to the senate.
Change from coal to oil fuel is
of vital importance in widening the
effective radius of action of the
ships, it was explained by naval
officials, while substitution of five
inch anti-aircraft batteries means
using shells with a 50-yard "burst'
instead of the 25-yard area covered
by three-inch projectiles. In other
words, it was said, a "curtain of
fire" against aircraft with five-inch
Buns would need one-half the num
her of guns in action to make it
effective.
I". S. Gun Inferior.
The most striking point to which
attention is being directed, however.
is mat or lone ranee hie- e-nn fi
Opposed to the modernized British
neet today, navv officers diva slat
ed, the bulk of the American flot
would face the necessity of closing
in rive miles under salvo fire before
they could brine their own (i-i i ti a t n
bear. As the British ships are also
sngnuy faster, it is said, the possi
bility of bringing the entire fleet
into action would be negligible.
Older American battleships, a;
well as the British ships now mod
ernized, were designed and built be
fore the possibilities of aircraft
"spotting" were seen. Their guns
had a range up to the limit of vision
from the spotting tops of the ships,
which is 20,000 yards under most fa
vorable conditions. Tests with air
craft, however, have fully demon
strated, both in American and Brit
ish naval opinion, based on war les
sons, that fire can be made effec
tive against ships entirely out of
sight over the horizon. The British
are said to have acted on this knowl
edge in making the costly changes
necessary to raise the turret guns
to a 30-degree firing elevation as
compared with the old 11 or 12-de-gree
maximum.
4 INSTRUCTORS OUSTED
Making of "Home Brew" at North
Carolina College Condemned.
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 20. Resig
nations of four Instructors at North
Carolina state college of agriculture
and engineering here have been re
quested as a result of charges that
they made "home brew" in their
rooms. i
Dr. W. C. Riddick, president, to
day made this action known.
Psychiatrist Examines Prisoners j
at Judge's Order; Mentally
Sound Go to Jail.
DETROIT, Dec. 20. Twenty-one
persons charged with driving their
automobiles faster than the law al
lows and two others charged with
driving through safety zones, were
examined by Dr. A. L. Jacoby, city
psychiatrist, today to determine
their sanity. The examinations were
ordered by Judge Charles L. Bart
lett in recorder's court and sen
tences were withheld until the court
had received the psychiatrist's re
port.
Three of those examined were
pronounced inferior in intelligence
by Dr. Jacoby. They were ordered
to return in one week for further
examination.
According to the physician's re
port, one man' charged with hav
ing driven his car 32 miles an hour
was found inferior in intelligence,
hard of hearing and possessed of
poor eyesight. Another alleged
speeder was unable to read English
and told Dr. Jacoby he could not
differentiate between the "go" and
stop" signals at street intersec
tions.
Fourteen persons who were pro
nounced mentally sound were given
jail sentences and fined.
NAPOLEON LETTER GONE
Frenchman in Gotham Mourns
Loss e.f Priceless Note.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Joseph M.
Attie, a French broker, today ap
pealed to the police to .assist him In
finding a letter written by Napoleon
Bonaparte in 1805, which was stolen
from him last night by a Broadway
pickpocket.
The letter was one Napoleon
wrote to the Austrian General Mack,
after defeating him at Ulm, con
gratulating General Mack on his
gallantry and presenting him with a
gold clock. M. Attie said he was
especially concerned about the let
ter because without it he could not
prove the authenticity of the clock,
which is In his possession. The let
ter and the clock an ornate affair
mounted with an equestrian figure
of Napoleon cost him 7,000,000 Ger
man marks, he said.
CHIEF SENDS GREETING
"Merry Christmas" Message Goes
to Children of Country. :
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. President
Harding today sent Christmas greet
ings to the children of the United
States in the form of a .telegram to
the Santa Claus association, a na
tional organization which receives
letters written by children to Santa
Claus, and sees that they are suit
ably answered.
"Merry Christmas to the children
of the United States," the presi
dent's message read.
The words were sent by radio to
night to each of the 48 branches of
the Santa Claus association in the
country.
HEIRS GET GRANT RELICS
Grandchildren of General Take
Mementoes by Will.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. A highly
prized enamel medallion containing
a lock of hair o. General U. S. Grant
will become the property of Alger
non Edward Sartoris of England, a
son of the late Nellie Grant Jones,
by her will, which was admitted to
probate today. The instrument dis
poses, of an estate o- $75,000, the
bulk of which goes to her husband,
Frank Hatch Jones.
Other keepsakes were bequeathed
to a daughter, Vivien May Sartoris;
a son, Herbert Grant Sartoris of
Paris, and a brother, Ulysses ii.
Grant of San Diego.
BOY GOES THROUGH ICE
Ten-Ypar-Old Lad Drowned in
Portd at Lacey, Wash.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Albert Bowker, 10, son of
Harold G. Bowker of Lacey, Wash.,
was drowned late this afternoon in
a small pond near the Lacey school.
The boy had left his playmates
after school and gone skating. The
thin ice broke and children in' the
vicinity tried to rescue him, but
failed. Then they ran to call the
boy's parents, who took the body
out of the water an hour later.
VESSELS STUCK IN ICE
Three Lake Steamers and Cargoes
Frozen Fast for Season.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Dec.
20. Three vessels, which, with their
cargoes of grain and coal, are val
ued at more than. $3,000,000, are
stuck in the ice In St. Mary's river
here.
They may remain there for the
season, according to canal officials.
SWINDLER IS SENTENCED
Susan Kraus Sent to Reformatory
for $200,000 Frauds.
POMEROY, O., Dec. 20. Susan
Kraus today received a sentence of
from 1 to 20 years in the reformatory
for women at Marysville.
She was convicted of obtaining In
excess of $200,000 from Pomeroy
persons by questionable financial
.methods), . .
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Man jssed as Woman
Vjnded in Battle.
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Itf IS $5000 IN CASH
Merchants of Indiana City
Open Fire on Outlaws.
CASHIER GIVES ALARM
Official Steps on Bell Installed
Under Counter In Order to
Summon Help.
DYER, Ind., Dec. 20. (By the As
sociated Press.) Three bandits this
afternoon held up the First National
bank of Dyer and escaped with
$5000. One ba.ndit,,who was dressed
as a woman, was shot by John Keil
man, a grocer, and apparently mort
ally wounded. His companions threw
him into their automobile and fled
west on the Lincoln highway.
The bank was robbed a year ago
in the same manner by bandits who
got away with $12,500.
William Gettler, a bookkeeper,
was alone In the bank at 3 P. M. to
day when the man. In woman's
clothes entered and covered him
with a revolver, then signaled to
the other two, who came in and
cleaned out all the money in the
vault.
As the two turned to run to their
automobile, Gettler stepped on a
burglar alarm which had been in
stalled under the counter after the
robbery last year.
In answer to bis signal merchants
along the street armed themselves
and opened fire.'
The bandit in woman's clothes fell
to the street with blood spurting
from a wound in his chest.
The other two paused long
enough to throw the man's body into
the tonneau of their touring car
and then sped west with a quickly-
organized posse in pursuit.
Dyer is ten miles south of Ham
mond, Ind., near the Illinois line.
Word was telephoned . Chicago
Heights on the Lincoln highway in
an effort to head off the robbers
there.
The bandit, dressed in women's
clothes entered the bank alone, ac
cording to the bookkeeper. He wore
a heavy veil.
Approaching the cashier's window,
where Gettler , was standing, the
supposed woman thrust a revolver
through the aperture, ordered the
bookkeeper in a gruff voice not to
move, and signaled the two men
outside to come in. There were no
customers in the bank at the time.
The "woman" continued to guard
Gettler while the other two scooped
$5000 in notes and currency into a
traveling bag.
I
Startling Fact . Brought . Out at
Aeronautic Association Meet;
' Cities Bid' 'for ' Ttace.
BY GRAFTON WILCOX.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON,- D. C, Dec. 20.
Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans.
Omaha, San Francisco, Los Angeles
and Milwaukee, the National Aero
nautic association announced today,
have presented bids for next year's
Pulitzer cup race.
The matter of selection of the
place for the race was brought up at
a special meeting of the contest
committee of the association and de
cision was reached to leave it .to a
sub-committee.
Details of the next race were dis
cussed, however, and a startling
fact was brought out bv Commander
Jerome Hunsa-ker, of the navy's bu- !
reau of aeronautics, who revealed
that in recent tests in England it
had been established that the human
system cannot withstand the strain
of a turn in the air In which the
centrifugal force Is greater than
four times gravity. This, it was ex
plained, is caused by the heart be
ing unable to force blood to the
brain when this great force has been
experienced.
Commander Hunsacker explained
that inasmuch as a violent turn of
90 degrees at a speed of approxi
mately 200 miles an hour, causes a
centrifugal force of approximately
three times gravity, it was felt that
the danger line was being ap
proached to such an extent that a
double pylon turn was essential for
the safety of the pilot. Therefore,
it was decided that the distance and
pylon arrangement of the course for
next year's race should be a total
length of 200 kilometers, with four
laps around a 50-kllometer equi
lateral triangle, using two pylons at
the turns instead of one, assuring a
wide turn.
The maximum landing speed, after
due consideration, was decided upon
at 75 miles an hour limit, being the
same that was used at the 1922 Pu
litzer races last October at Detroit.
However, the minimum high speed
under which a plane could enter the
race was increased to 175 miles an
hour.
In other words, a plane not capa
ble of flying faster than 176 miles
an hour, or nearly three miles a
minute, is not fast enough to main
tain its position in the race.
RECLUSE FOILS ROBBER
Order to Pufr Revolver Away Is
Too Much for Boy's JJerve.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 20.
(Special.) J. B. Hayward, an aged
recluse living near Battle Ground,
went to the door of his cab'n yes
terday afternoon and was greeted
by a command to "Stick up your
hands." The command came from a
youth about 16 years of age who
pointed a revolver at Hayward.
According to Hayward's story he
told the lad to "put down that gun
before -you hurt yourself" and
threatened to call the sheriff where
upon the boy put the gun in his
pocket and disappeared. Hayward
did . not report the holdup to the
sheriff's office and the sheriff did
not learn of it until late last night
from neighbors. An investigation
was made but no clew to the youth
could be found.
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Small Quantity of Moonshine Is
Found in Car After Occu
pants Flee on Foot.
Miss Anna Pilip, 22, domestic, liv
ing at 683 Insley avenue, suffered a
broken nose, a fractured right arm
and possible injuries to' her right
side yesterday at the intersection of
Milwaukie and Insley avenues,, when
she was run down by an automobile,
in which were two negroes, appar
ently drunk. The driver of the
car and his companion made their
escape on foot after the machine
had climbed across the curbing and
crumpled against a telephone pole.
A block up Milwaukie avenue at
Harold avenue, the pair, speeding at
a mad rate, according to witnesses,
struck a small car registered to
Charles Wolf of Milwaukie. In
their evident effort to escape they
sped on at an increased rate of
speed. Miss Pilip, crossing the
street , at Insley avenue, was in
their path and had not even time
to dodge before the big car bore
down upon her and hurled her a
dozen feet out to the pavement.
Veering from the force of the im
pact, the car, out of all control of
its driver, veered to the right and
went over the curbing, coming to
a standstill against the pole. Here
the occupants abandoned the ma
chine. A pint bottle with an inch of
moonshine still remaining in it was
found in the car by J. W. Ferguson,
505 Spalding building, and C. J.
Nochtigall, 1565 East Fifteenth
street
State records showed the car reg
istered to a Chinese, but it was be
lieved that a transfer had been
effected since the records were com
piled. Miss Pilip, according to Mrs. C C.
Murton, 898 Overton street, who
employed her, came from Bremen,
Germany but three months ago and
could speak little English. Hospital
authorities said last night that Miss
Pilip would doubtless recover.
BOOK AGENT IS DOOMED
Sales Association Says "Public
Pest" Must Go.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2i0. The "slick"
bcok agent who is regarded by the
public as a pest must go, the seventh
annual convention of the Interna
tional Sales association, an organi
sation of subscription book publish
ers doing a $50,000,000 business, de
cided today.
In his place the publishers pro
pose a new kind of agent backed by
business ethics so high that the
housewife will be glad to welcome
Him at the door.
BONUS LAW IS ATTACKED
Injunction Proceedings Designed
to Defeat Soldiers' Aid.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Dec. 20. (By
the Associated Press.) A friendly
suit to test the constitutionality and
legality of the Illinois soldiers'
bonus laws was filed in the San
gamon county court today.
The proceedings took the form of
a petition for injunction against
the service recognition board and
State Treasurer Miller to prevent
any further activity in carrying out
provisions of the $55,000,000 soldier
bonus.
INFLUENCE.
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Use of $500,000 Har
bors Balance Urged.
SOLID FOUNDATION WANTED
Channel Dredging and Fill
ing in Site Projected.
REPORT ON SURVEY MADE
Mr. Hawlcy to Introduce Bill in
House Today, Following Es
timate of Engineer.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. Plans
were begun today at the suggestion
of the war department and legisla
tion initiated which are expected to
result in laying a solid earth foun
dation for that part of the burned
city of Astoria, Or., which formerly j
stood on timDer piling. i
A bill was introduced in the sen
ate late this afternoon by Senator
McNary making available from an j
unexpended balance in the rivers
and harborsfund $500,000 for dredg
ing the channel in front of the
burned city and providing that the
earth removed from the channel be
used in filling in ground where once
an important business section stood
on a timber structure. Representa
tive Hawley will Introduce a some
what similar bill in the house to
morrow, following an estimate of
cost which the district -engineer at
Portland was asked by telegraph to
night to furnish.
Procedure Is Diacueaed.
Secretary of War Weeks conferred
at both ends of the capitol this
morning on the Astoria matter, talk
ing first with Representatives Haw
ley and McArthur and later with
Senator McNary. The question of
procedure was discussed in the light
of the report received by the sec
retary of war yesterday from
Colonel T. M. Anderson, who con
ducted the survey at Astoria for the
board of army engineers following
the fire.
As the report indicated that the
sufferers were being taken care of
so far as went their needs for food,
clothing and shelter, Secretary
Weeks suggested that all the gov
ernment could do was to help re
build the burned section of the city
by a method which would serve the
purpose also of improving naviga
tion at that point.
9500,000 Expenditure Sngrgeated.
The quickest and simplest method,
he Bald, was to get an authorization
from congress for him to expend
$500,000 in the rivers and harbors
fund for dredging, building bulk
heads and filling in the city. Sen
ator McNary's bill was based on
this suggestion., Representative
Hawley conferred late today with
General Taylor, acting chief of en
gineers, who said In his opinion the
work would cost less than $500,000.
He said he would request the dis
trict engineer at Portland to fur
nish an estimate at once which will
be used in fixing the amount to be
asked in Mr. Hawley's bill.
Copies of the report submitted by
Colonel Anderson were sent to both
the senate and the house appropria
tions' committees today and another
copy was sent by President Harding
to Senator McNary.
Damage Pot at 20,000,000.
Colonel Anderson reported as fol
lows: "Conflagration of city of Astoria
on December 8 completely destroyed
34 blocks in business section of the
city; area about 40 acres. Estimated
damage about $20,000,000. Number
of people seriously affected 5000.
Relief measures taken by local au
thorities as follows: National guard
field kitchens on ground for. first
meal. All welfare societies in oper
ation at once. People were housed
and fed from he very moment of
crisis by emergency funds and sup
plies and contributions which came
in at once from neighboring cities,
Portland mostly, National Red Cross
and Fort Stevens.
"Restorative measures are beyond
power of municipality and state. The
municipality is absolutely bankrupt
through previous heavy issues of
J bonds for former street, municipal
and port terminals. Guarding of
city now done by detachments from
U. S. S. Yarborough, coast guard
cutter Algonquin, volunteer legion
men, municipal police assisted by
sworn deputies. Presence of regular
troops not necessary. Rations and
quartermaster supplies not required
of army.
Relief Work Outlined.
"Immediate relief work as follows
Is recommended:
"The construction by the United
States government of bulkheads for
streets in th affected district, the
same to be filled by sand dredged
from the harbor along the Astoria
water front which in places is In
need of dredging. The restoration
also of the sewer, water and electric
fine system. This latter work as
stated above cannot be done by this
bankrupt city and is absolutely
Concluded, on Pas 3.. Column 3.it
Winds Expected to Sweep Away
Mist Which Made Traffic
Slow and Dangerous .
Portland yesterday experienced a
day of fog as thick as those which
shroud London. It settled down
over the city Tuesday night, hung
about all day, and last night was so
dense that arc lights were scarcely
visible. A number of automobile
accidents resulted directly from the
fog.
The local atmospheric conditions
resulting from a high pressure area
In Idaho was directly responsible,
according to the weather bureau.
The weather man also predicted
that a drop In the barometer, de
tected iasi mgnt, wuum .
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and allow Portland to view her fa
miliar features once again.
Under the opaque veil yesterday
Portland had some difficulty In get
ting about with the accustomed
speed. Street cars clanged along in
most uncertain fashion.
Twelve automobiles banged into
the curb at East Sixtieth and East
Stark streets yesterday morning,
and each suffered broken wheels,
requiring services of a towing auto,
according to Fred Normandin, gro
ceryman at that point.
The cars came down, one after
another, from Mount Tabor Park
drive, and the driver In each of the
cars attempted to turn in the fog
at East Sixtieth.
COUNTY SEAT TO MOVE
Kelso to Be Capital of Cowlitz
County on Saturday.
KELSO, Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Kelso will be the county seat
of Cowlitz county commencing Sat
urday. The county commissioners
ordered the removal today, after
canvassing the vote which was 2631
for removal to 1563 against.
Temporary quarters will be in a
Kelso school building pending the
construction of a courthouse. A
temporary fire-proof building is to
be built for records.
LIQUOR STEALER LOSES
Conviction for Theft Is Upheld
by Supreme Court.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Possession of liquor may be
unlawful, but it is also unlawful to
steal liquor from one possessing it,
the supreme court held today, af
firming conviction of D. N. Schoo
nover in the superior court of Pierce
county on a charge of grand larceny.
Schoonover was convicted of the
larceny of 165 bottles of intoxicat
ing liquor from Peter Marineoff in
Tacoma.
BERNHARDT IS BETTER
Actress Is Expected to Resume
Theatrical Work Soon.
PARIS, Dec. 20. The condition of
Madame Sarah Bernhardt continued
to show improvement today.
It is expected! that in a few days
she will be able to resume her
theatrical work, interrupted by a
sudden attack of illness Monday.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
38 degrees; minimum, 3S degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly
winds.
Foreign.
Clemenceau, hilarious as ever but tired,
lands on Trench soil. Page 2.
Straits question at Lausanne conference
now practically settled, .page 4.
Entrance of Kemal into Constantinople
awaited with anxiety. Page 1.
Toy soldiers and warships yield to dis
armament. Page 19.
National.
Debate in senate only tightens deadlock
on ship subsidy bin. Page ia.
United States navy behind British in
guns. Page 1.
New danger in aerial racing brought out
at aeronautic conterence. page l.
Domestic.
Detroit speeders forced to undergo sanity
test. Page 1.
Louisiana national guardsmen sent to
lake where two ooaies are located.
Page 8.
Movies reinstate "Patty" Arbuckle.
Page 3.
Victims describe Herrln massacre. Page 3.
Widow of John Brunen acquitted, but
brother convicted ot murder, page l.
Trio of bandits holds up bank. Page 1.
"Dollar Princess" hangs on to late
hubby's coin. Page 2.
Mystery element is favorite of many
suicides. Page -id.
Pacific Northwest.
McNary introduces senate bill 'to use
harbors fund balance on Astoria proj
ect. Page 1.
Washington warned of tax reduction
schemes, rage l.
Job-seekers waylay Pierce at Salem.
Page 13.
Sports.
Corvallis undaunted by Medford protest
over Toledo game, page it.
Wing and Kramer ready to fight to
night. Page 14.
California center of post-season football
interest. Page l.
.Commercial and Marine.
Foreign exchange rates maintain
strength, page zo.
Wheat quotations decline sharply.
Page 24.
Pacific coast gets new cargo carrier.
Page 12.
Federal grain bag ruling protested by
local grain association. Page 24.
Liberty bonds firmer with improved buy
ing. Page 25.
Portland and Vicinity.
Woman Is run down by negroes In auto.
Page 1.
Miss Christina MacConnell is dead.
Page 18.
Telling blows dealt narcotics evil In con
viction of notorious offenders. Page 26.
Grand Jury files three secret indict
ments but is silent as to bonus fraud
charges. Page 18.
D. C. Lewis arouses Mr. Bigelow's ire.
Page 17.
Fog eaiues auto wreck. - Pace X,
Mrs. Brunen's Brother
Guilty of Murder.
LIFE TERM IS SUGGESTED
Jury Deliberates but Three
Hours Over Killing.
REAL SLAYER CONFESSES
Charles 51. Powell Declares He)
Did Work, but Was Hired to
Do So by Defendants,
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire,)
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J- Dec 20.
After eight days of sensational
testimony in which 77 -witnesses
had told their stories. Harry C.
Mohr was found guilty of the mur
der of his brother-in-law, "Honest
John" Brunen, by a jury in the century-old
courthouse here tonight.
Mrs. Doris Brunen, widow of the
murdered carnival king, who was
co-defendant with her brother, was)
acquitted.
Mohr and his sister were charged
with the murder of "Honest John,"
following the confession of Charles
M. Powell, a concessionaire In the
show, who swore that he killed
Brunen as he sat reading at his
kitchen window on the night of
March 10, last. Powell said he was
hired to commit tne murder by Mohr
and Mrs. Brunen.
Jury Out Three Hour.
The case was given to the jury
by Judge Kallsch at 5:35 this after
noon. At 8:20 the verdict was an
nounced by Walter Mills, Southamp
ton, foreman, as follows:
"We find the defendant, Doris
Brunen, not guilty." While the
crowds sat hushed and Mohr
whitened, the foreman continued:
"We find the defendant. Harry C.
Mohr, guilty of murder In the first
degree, with a recommendation to
life imprisonment at hard labor."
Prisoner Wife Weep.
Mohr"s chin dropped on his
clenched fist and he leaned heavily
on the back of the officer's chair
in front of him.
Mrs. Bessie Mohr, wife of the pris
oner, stopped her ears as the poll ot
the Jury was made and each man
repeated "guilty" and sobbed her
grief aloud, twisting her handp and
moaning. "Harry, my darling Harry."
When Justice Kalisch told Mrs.
Brunen she was free, she murmured
"Thank you" and bowed her plumed
head. Mohr stood before the bar and
the court announced that sentence
would be passed January 9.
Mohr's knees weakened and he
would have collapsed but for the
support- of court officers.
Mrs. Bronco Faints.
White as death he sagged between
the deputy sheriffs and state
troopers.
"Good bye, Dottle," he said
huskily.
"I'm going with you." Mrs. Brunen
answered. She took a step forward
and fainted.
When ehe had recovered Mrs.
Brunen went to the prison, where
she gathered up her belongings and
clasped to her bosom her pet cat.
Mrs. Brunen declared she will go
to Florida, and, upon her return.
will open a "Mexican tea room" In
New York or Philadelphia.
SALT WATER HARBORS
Portland is far from be
ing the only harbor south of
Seattle and north of San
Francisco.
This fact, seldom conceded
in the columns of the average
special edition issued in the
vicinity of Portland, is recog
nized in the New Year Ore
gonian, which devotes a two
page "spread" in color to salt
water harbors of Oregon and
Washington and -Columbia
river ports.
Most important are As
toria, where docks and port
equipment were spared by
the great fire, and Grays
Harbor, concerning which
data is given on these pages.
Others shown in photographs
and with less lengthy "write
ups" are Willapa Harbor,
Coos Bay, Tillamook, Ka
lama, St. Helens and Van
couver. With the exception
of Astoria, which handles a
great deal of grain, the chief
shipments from these ports
are of lumber.
The Oregonian annual edi
tion will not be printed with
the Sunday section of De
cember 31 but will be a
special number issued on
- MONDAY,
January 1, 1923.