The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 16, 1921, Section One, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textj; w-EGON STATE UUZAZl Section One TagesTtoH 98 Pages Eight Sections F VOL. XL NO. 42 EntrMl at Portland fOreron) pntftfe an Scond-ClaM Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1921 TRICE FIVE CENTS WAD TIEUP 0GT.MDE1 500,000 Men to Go Out on First Day. IGET READY TO WALK, TO ROUTE FOR ASCENT OF EVEREST FOUND CHICAGO LIBEL SUIT FOR $10,000,000 LOST ACTION AGAINST TRIBUNE IS THROWN OUT OF COURT.. HENRY L BENSON DIES i AT: HOME IN SALEM IS ADVICE TO PUBLIC ABSOLUTE TIE-CP OF ALL RAILROADS PREDICTED. STRIKE T HIS BROTHER SAYS CLIMB BEGUN BCT TERRIFIC GALE DRIVES PARTY BACK- CSTICE OP SUPREME COURT SUCCUMBS EARLY TODAY. WAY PREVENT 1922 TAX IS SURE TP BE UNDER 1921 Supervisors Next to Use Ax on Budgets. HELD QUEER IS SOUGH 1,900,000 UN FOLLOW Complete Paralysis of All ! Lines in Country Planned, k by Unions. FIVE BROTHERHOODS ACT Mail Trains Are Specifically Included in Instructions Issued on Walkout. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (By the As sociated Press.) More than half m million American railroad men to day were ordered to initiate a 6trike October 30, while other unions whose membership brings the total to about 2,000,000 an nounced officially that they were preparing tonight to follow suit and make the walkout general on the same date. Under this programme the tieup would be complete, according to union predictions, by November 2. The hour was fixed for 6 A. M. October 30, except for one Texas line, whose trainmen were author ised to go out October 22. Many States Involved. Railroads listed in the first group on which the strike is to become ef fective touch 42 of the 48 states, with a trackage of 73,000 miles out cf the total of approximately 200, 000 miles. - ,-. The New England states comprise I the group that is virtually un touched in the first walkout. The strike orders were issued to the big five brotherhoods, oldest and most powerful of the railway unions, and they specifically included mail trains. Their provisions instructed strikers to keep away from railroad property with a -warning that violence of any nature will not be tolerated by the organizations." Vote Is Overwhelming. The strike was announced follow ing an overwhelming vote, said to be upwards of 90 per cent, favoring a strike because of a 12 per cent wage reduction authorized by the railroad labor board of July 1 and after it was declared by the Association of Railway Executives in session yes terday that a further reduction would be sought by the railroads. It was said that the strike decision was made before the- announcement of this further intended cut. Printed instructions as to conduct of the strike, issued in Chicago, were dated yesterday, October 14. "I fear it will be one of the most serious strikes in American trans portation history," said W. G. Lee, president of the railroad trainmen, who, during recent weeks, has sent circulars to bis men warning them cf the critical nature of the steps they contemplated. The country was divided into four gToups, in which the men were au- (Concluded on Pas 2, Column 1.) AKE. C.cxxv.'VO WVJfcCU SUUfcrVf fi, VA,fcVt yOU KNOW JCN . THIS C0JN"UY Got? SOON SO TO-UN Vovm. rvghy-Nt VNE.itv'tW reTHe NrtrVr CHMRCM tie vmc -1 szx Only Minimum Force to Be Left in Shops and Depots to Pro tect Properties. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. (Br the Asso ciated Press.) Cessation of train serv ice with a minimum fores only suf ficient to sruard ag-alnst firs and damage to railroad property on duty In shops and depots, was Indicated by the drastlo regulations Issued by the railroad brotherhoods In connection with their strike call today. The brotherhoods' Instructions to members did not specify what skele ton service. If any, was to remain In operation. Under the list of "duties of members" No. 2 says: "All men on strike will keep away from the company's property, except sudh men as are designated for certain duties to be performed by authority of the organisations." The extent to which shop crafts' unions and others of the remaining organizations will walk out has not been decided. According to B. M. Jewell, president of the railway em ployes of the American Federation of Labor, that Is to be determined at the shop crafts meetings to complete their plans tomorrow. "I do not understand that the train service instructions allow for the op eration of a single train," he said. "The public had better get Its walking shoes on. It looks like an absolute tieup of all trains." he said. SENATOR KNOX IS BURIED Congressional Delegation - Joins Cortege to Valley Forge Chapel. VALLEY FORGE. Pa., Oct. IS. Senator Philander C. Knox was laid to rest In Valley Forjre Memorial cem etery today. The body of the senator, vho died In Washington Wednesday night, lay In the boukroom of bis residence here this- morning, where nany friends paid their last respects. Shortly after 2:30 P. M., when sim ple services had been held at he house, the casket was conveyed to the cem etery. As the cortege passed Valley Forge Memorial chapel It was Jolaed by the congressional delegation from Washington, headed by Senator Lodge. Iu the funeral, party also were all members of the Pennsylvania delega tions, Senator Penrose and Governor SprouL Services at the grave were brief and were conducted by Rev. W. Herbert Burk. rector of the chapel. WATER BILL INTRODUCED Measure Seeks $35,000,000 for Pacific Northwest Projects. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C, Oct. 15. Repre sentataire Smith of Idaho introduced a bill In the house today appropriat ing (20,000,000 for immediate con struction work on western reclama tion projects as recommended by the reclamation service to the president's unemployment conference. Of this amount 17,800,050 would go to projects in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. STORM WARNINGS GIVEN Pacific Coast North of Point Reyes Is Within Arc Affected. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15. Warn ings of a southeast storm are dis played tonight from Point Reyes. Cal., north along the Pacific coast, according to the United States weather bureau. The storm is cen tral off Vancouver island. - . Rain fell today from the Siskiyou mountains northward over Washing ton and Oregon. Only a trace of rain fall was reported today In California. PREACHER WOULD APPEAL Churchman Convicted of Drowning Wife Files Application. LAKE PORT. Cal., Oct. 15. Appli cation (or appeal from the sentence of life Imprisonment of John A Spencer was filed with the superior court to day. Spencer, a former clergyman, was convicted of drowning his wife In Clear lake. Woax Uoo.S OCXYCtt j HI bs. IK WS Ut-f J c wo Tries Hour's Conference Held at Harding's Call. WHOLE SITUATION DISCUSSED Public Representatives on Labor Board Take Part. STATEMENT IS ISSUED No Specific Mention Made, How ever, of Orders to Tie Up Lines of Country October 30. . WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 15. The put He group of the railroad labor board and the full membership of the Interstate commerce commission, by personal direction of President Hard ing, Joined today in an effort to avert the threatened serious railroad labor complications. Summoned here by the president, the three members representing the public on the. railroad labor board were escorted by Mr. Harding to a conference with members of the .In terstate commerce commission, which was unfinished and left open to re sumption Monday. Silence was maintained even in the face of the strike call issued late today at Chicago, but the purpose of the meeting was said in an an nouncement to be consideration of "the possibility of an early adjust ment of railroad rates and wages." Others Declared Partlaam. The statement explained that Chair man Barton of the board, G. Wallace Hanger and Ben W. Hooper, the two other public members, alone were called In because the labor and rail road members were in the "nature of things partisan." Chairman McChord and the full in terstate commerce commission re ceived President Harding with the board members and participated in a morning session after the president had departed. The chairman and Commissioners Each, Parker. Lewis and Eastman resumed the conference with the board group In the afternoon and will meet with them again Mon day. After today's conference, Mr. Hoop er remarked "we've been hearing 'that railroad strike now for a year and a half and nobody has seen the strike." "The purpose of the meeting," said the White House statement, "was a broad consideration of the possibility of an early adjustment of railroad rates and wages, in the expectation that it would contribute to the in dustrial revival." Strike Is Not Meatlonea. No specific mention of the threat ened strike was made in the state ment, although it was indicated that the situation precipitated by the vir tual .decision of the employes' unions had brought Mr. Harding's plan to & head. It was assumed that the strike proposal formed the principal topic of discussion at the conference. The statement Issued at the White House outlined the president's belief that the public group of the wage board and the members of the com mission could do most for the public welfare if they worked in co-operation. It also emphasised the opinion held In administration quarters that a readjustment of the whole rail sit uation would be of the greatest pos sible aid toward a general industrial la Made Knows. After setting forth the purpose of today's conference, the statement said: "The railway labor board, created by the Cummins-Esch act. comprises nine members in three groups of three each. The public group is named by the president; the labor group Is named from a list nominated by the railway labos organisations. (Concluded on Pan 2, Column S. ) CARTOONIST PERRY SETS mm Height of 23,000 Feet Attained : and Scientists Say Weather Is Explorers' Only Nemesis. BT COLONEL HOWARD BURT. Leader of the Mount Everest Expedition. (Copyrighted by the Mount Everest - Com mittee. Published by arrangement.) KHARTA VALLEY, Tibet, Septem ber, via Pharl and Simla, India. Oct. 10. (Special Cable.) The route to the summit of Mount Everest by the northwest-arrete has been found prac ticable. On September 22 six members of the expedition with tS coolies arrived at the col (depression or pass between two mountains) at the head of the Kharta valley, camping at 22,500 feet. The following day Messrs. Mallory, Bullock and Wheeler encamped on the glacier below the north col. On September 24 they ascended the north col, connecting Mount Everest with the north peak, to 23,000 feet, finding tlte northwest approach quite possible, but they were driven back by a furious northwesterly gale last ing four days, with Intense cold, making all climbing Impossible. All of the party are in good health. The reconnaissance of Mount Everest has been completed. (Copyright by Public Ledcer Company.) LONDON, Oct. 10. (Special Cable.) Mount Everest will be conquered. In the opinion of British scientists, who today read Colonel Bury's brief dispatch. It seems to Indicate that all preventing the expedition reach ing the summit is gales and Intense cold. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 60 degrees; minimum. SI degrees. TO DAT S Rain. Departments. Churches Section 6, page 3. Books. Sectlou S, page Schools. Section 9. page 8. Automobiles. Section 6. Editorial. Section S, page 8. Dramatic. Section 4, page L Moving picture news. Section 4. page 4. Real estate and building newa Section 4, page 6. Music Section 4. page 5. Chess and checkers. Section S, page 11. Women's Features. Fashions. Section 5, page 4. Mia Tingle's column. Section 8. page I. Madame Rlehet's column. . Bectlon . page . Child welfare column. Section S, page s, Society. Section S, page 1. Women's activities. Section 4. page S. Auction bridge. Section 4. pas S. Special Feature. Bandtt'r dream of empire shattered. Maca- slne section, page 1. Rediscovering Israel's lost tribes in China. Magailne section, page 2. Miss Lulu Bett, serial. Magaslne section, page 8. News of world as seen by camera. Maga slne section, page 4. Train dispatchers cannot make mistake. Magaslne section, page 5. Road closed, detoor. fiction feature. Mag aslne section, page . Hills cartoons. "Among tJs Mortals. Magazine section, page 8. - Wholesome food Important In building beauty. Section 5. page 1. Cooper's cartoons on topics of the day. Section 5, page 7. Home construction and arrangement. Sec tion 5. page 8. Flickers are Interesting birds. Section 8. Oregon educators wander far In pursuit of knowledge. Section 3. page 7. jfew Willamette professor was once immi grant. Section 3. page 10. The Cltlxen Veteran. Section 8. pase 10. New singers In Portland Opera association. Section 4, page 2. George Ade fable. Section 4. page 2. Mabel Garrison to appear In concert here. Section 4. page 3. Famous women and what they are doing. Section 4, page . Foreign. . German royalists warned by Harden. Sec tion 1, page 10. France not yet convinced of moral refor mation of Germans. Section 1. page 8. Explorers ascend Mount Everest 23,000 feet Section 1, page 1. British and French agreed on Silesia- Sees tion 1. page 18. Sir James Craig mar attend peace par ley. Section 1. page t National. Brland's strength to be tested. Section 1, page 8. Emergency tax only hope In 1921. Section 1. page 6. Court action to cancel citizenship papers of Joseph Woerndle ordered. Section 1. page More wage cuts resisted by labor. Section 1, page 4. Way to prevent rail strike Is sought by President Harding. Section 1, page 1. Armament social season Inaugurated at Washington. Section 1, page 17. 'DOWN PIS IMPRESSIONS OF SOME RECENT jVttO ONCFlwHV ftKES 1D103.0 fl I Judge Declares Suit to Restrict Press, Is Not In Harmony With, ' American Institutions. . CHICAGO, Oct. 15. Judge Fisher today sustained the demurreer of the Chicago Tribune to the ilO.000,000 liebel . suit brought by the city of Chicago. He declared the city had no cause for action, and denied it the right to amend its petition. The city brought Identical suits against the Tribune and Chicago Dally News, claiming the papers had printed false statements regarding Chicago's financial standing and thereby injured the city's credit Judge Fisher declared the portions of English common law and statutes which restricted the liberty of the press had not been Inherited by this country. "This action," he said, "is not in harmony with the genius, spirit and objects of our institutions." The decision was of fir-reaching importance to newspapers, as the suit was the first on record in which a municipality sought to restrict the right to criticise its corporate acts. Pershing to Go to England. PARIS, Oct 15. General Pershing will leave Sunday to participate in the ceremony of presenting the con gressional medal of honor to Great Britain's "unknown warrior." He will be accompanied by only one aide and an orderly He will return from England Tuesday. Domestic Chicago loses Its 10.000.000 libel suit against Tribune. Section 1. page X. Gavin McN'ab Joins ArDuckle defense. Sec tion 1, page 3. Philadelphia housewives organise to get better servants for monsy paid. Section 1-. page 9. t ISO, 000 estate left by MO week clerk. Sec tion 1, page 4. Children toy be studied to determine way to overcome city handicaps. Section 1, page 9. National railroad strike ordered for Oc tober 80. section 1, page 1. Public advised to get on walking shoes. Section 1, page 1. Pacific Northwest. Justice Henry U Benson dies at Salem. Section 1, page 1. Brumfleld witnesses testify insanity In family. Section 1, page t. Washington grange gets Injunction against Bouck forces. Section 1. page 11. Normal students study rural life. Section 1, page 10. State protection Increases spawn of'ehinook salmon in Washington. Section 1. page 11. Sport.. Oregon Agricultural college defeats Wll- - lamette. Section 2. page 1. Nivy defeats Princeton. Section 2, page 2. Sergeant Smith to meet Ed Martin. Section 2, page 3. Great water polo contest forecast. Section 2. page . Oregon ana Idaho play T to T tie game. Section 2. page 1. Dr. O. F. Willing wins state golf title. Sec tion 2. page 4. Cap Anson victim of practical joke. Section 2, page- 8. , Canadian veterans to play Macleaya today. Section 2, page 5. Princeton picked to beat Chicago. Section 2, page 2. Scholastic football games near crucial point. Section 2. page 3. Injuries weaken California eleven. Sec tion 2, page fi. Commercial and Marine. Domestic hide markets stronger with ac tive buying. Section 1. page 20. Chicago grain market unsettled by un official report on farm reserves. Sec tion 1. page 21. Rati stocks weakened by developments In railroad situation, section 1, page 21. Portland foreign trade healthiest on coast. Section 1, page 10. America Is building 8 per cent of world's ships. Section 1. page 20. Portland, and Vicinity. Big parade planned for ArmunMce day. Sec tion 1, page l. Veterans win fight for 1-cent rate to convention. Section 1, page 14. Auctioneer sells Laurelhurst lots. Section 2, page 7. Reports show tourists are coming to north west in greater numbers, section 1, page 18. 1922 property tax sure to be less than In 1921. Section 1, page 1. Boy Scout leaders to convene here tomor row. Section 2. page -4. Louie E. Bean planning to enter race for governor. Section 1, page 14. Europe works bard to build up trade, says Abe aaeier, noma iroro. lour, section 1. page 10. Symphony orchestra becomes community asset. Section 1. page 12. Autos In Portland kill 10 in month. Sec tion 1. page 18. Mute girl clerks visit Helen Keller. Section 1. page 12. Strike problem up to railroad labor board, says William Sproule. Section 1, page 15. SOME -TA ?OtA Tfe- ASA 5C00. "Ve.ACHEl IN At tAONYH! VHt COSAfWlNtTY CntSY UU6HV "TO s TAX ROLL ALSO IS LOWER Requests So Far $1 0,524,672 Against $11,203,016. COUNTY BODY TO , ACT Many Departments to Be Forced to Operate on Less Money Than Received Last Year. With budget estimates from every tax levying body in Multnomah county filed with the tax supervision and conservation commission. It is certain that the property In Portland will pay a lower tax In 1922 than in 1921. Requests made by all tax-levying bodies on property within Portland, with the exception of the state, a $10,624,672. as against 11. 203,01. 23 this year. Inasmuch as the tax com mission has power to reduce all bud sets with the exception of the Port of Portland budget, there Is ample reason to believe that the requests 3s now fUeft will be sliced further. The tax roll for property In the city will be about S15.000.000 lower for 1921 than It was In , 1920. The taxes levied and collected for 1922 are based on the 1921 roll. Hill Is to Raise Less Money. It is estimated by the county asses sor that the tax roll will be in the neighborhood of 1300.000.000, com pared with S314.127.56S. Because of this reduction, a mill of taxes levied for 1922 will raise less money than a mill levied for; the taxes this year. Thus tax levying; bodies, which un der the law receive the right to levy a fixed sum each year, will be forced to conduct affairs on less money next year, while the levy will remain the same as In the past. The largest reduction made in re quests comes from the directors of school district No. 1. In the school budget the total amount to be raised by taxation is 12.080,000 as compared with $3,111,686.73 this year. This re ductlon comes about through the de feat last June of the proposed 3-mill tax for new school buildings.. This tax was voted the year previous, and levied, but when it came up for rat'fl cation last June the voters declined "o grant the authority. Comparative Showing Good. The school board also estimated that a total of S635.500 would be car rled over to next year and this en abled them to make an excellent com parative showing. Portland will ask the taxpayers for less money next year than was raised this year, even as the city budgets now stand. And. as In the case of all of the budgets, the amounts decided upon by the city commissioners may be trimmed by the tax commissioners. .The city has asked $3,962,993 for 1922, while this year the city raised $4,127,636.20. The principal reduc tions were in supplies and material and despite the decrease, the city has planned on making some necessary repairs to bridges, not Included in the budget for the present year as well as purchase necessary fire equip ment considerably in excess of the amount purchased during the last 12 months. The budget of the county comml sioners is lower for 1S22 than it was for the present year. Total requests for county purposes alone amount to $1,732,607.62, as compared with $1, 864.163.43 this year. Decision to cur tail considerable road work during the coming year accounted for the major portion of the cuts in the county commissioners' budget. The Port of Portland commission Is (Concluded on Page 6. Column 2.) EVENTS IN THE NEWS. ' Disttlngulshed Jurist, on Oregon Supreme Bench Since 111, 111 for Last Two Years. I SALEM, Or.. Oct 16 .(Special.) Henry L. Benson. 7, justice of the Oregon supreme court since 1914, died at his home here at 12:25 o'clock this morning. He had been in poor health for ahout two years, although until a few months ago he kept up his active duties on the bench. After he became too weak for active work he spent much of his time in Portland and California. He returned home a short time ago. It was declared here tonight that Governor Olcott probably would not name Justice Benson's successor until after the funeral. Justice Benson Is survived by his widow, three sons, Arthur S.. clerk of the supreme court here; Ray of Port land, and Harry G., of Pendleton: two daughters. Mrs. N. C. Briggs of Holl ister, Cal., and Mrs. R. H. Robertson of this city; two brothers, W. W. Ben son of Dryad, Wash., and F. T. Benson of San Jose, Cal., and three sisters, Mrs. W. G. Perkins of Portland; Mrs. George Carpy of La Grande and Mrs. William Tonkin of San Jose, Cal. He was a brother of the late Frank W. Benson, formerly governor of Oregon. Henry L. Benson was born at Stockton. Cal., July 6, 1854. and was a son of Henry Clark and Matilda M. (Williamson) Benson. He was married to Susie B. Daugherty in 1876. Mn.h of luilia Benson's boyhood was spent in Portland and his early education was receivea in me Portland academy. In 1873 he was graduated from the University of the o.oifi. . San Jose. Cal- with the degree of bachelor of arts, later re ceiving from the same institution a master's degree and a degree In law. He read law in the offices of George it nif. of Ran Francisco and Judge w.rrinirtnn of San Jose. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar in California and began the practice of law In partnership wih W. G. Lorlgan of San Jose, and this firm continued until Mr. Benson came to Oregon in . sen Judge Benson became principal of the Drain Normal school in uuug.o. and later of the public and of Grants Pass. He ..... .miti.4 tn the OreEon bar at Salem In 1888 and began to practice In . n. ..Ol this state at urants J" ' The' folio-wing year, and from then uc h wan elected district at torney of the district then comprising Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties. In 189S he was eied.u - v..- r th Ore iron legislature and served as speaker of the house at the i e 1 fi Q 7 Mr. Benson was elected circuit Judge of his district of four counties In 1898 and was re-elected In 1904. In 1908 he resigned to enter Into a law partnership witn u. r. Dw.. . Klamath Falls, but In 1910 was again a candidate for circuit Judse and was elected. At the time of his election to the state supreme court In 1914 he was serving his 14th year on the cir cuit bench. For the supreme bench he defeated Judge Charles L. McNary by one vote, and in 1920 was re el e c t e dtw 1 1 h o utonposition. POSTAL LOOT $200,000 Most or Touch's Packages Believed to Be' Insured. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. (Spe cial.) More than $200,000 was the total face value, as disclosed by checking today, of the registered mail stolen by four unmasked robbers last night from the Rlalto postofflce sta tion at New Montgomery and Mission streets. The actual loss, however, was much lower, because the bulk of the known shipments Involved was of a non nrgotlable nature. The net profit to the robbers, as partially determined this afternoon, was $30,000. This, like the larger non -negotiable proportion, was fully covered by In surance. Federal rewards aggregating $20. 000 were posted today for the rob bers $5000 on each head. "CW. WAY. SOtAE. OF mm t I I Sleep-Walking and Other Frailties Recalled. INSANITY FOUND IN FAMILY Blows on Head in Youth Said to Have Affected Mind. EYES SAID TO TROUBLE Eastern Dentist Tells of Boyhood of Man on Trial for Life and Goes Into Family History. BT DON SKENE. ROSEBURG. Or., Oct. 15. (Special.) A defense of insanity was built up around Dr. Richard M. Brumfleld to day through evidence featured by the) testimony of Dr. John A. Brumfleld. Ir.dtana dentist, who testified that four members of the Brumfleld fam ily have been affected with Insanity and who told a graphic story of the boyhood and young manhood of his younger brother, who Is on trial for his life as the alleged brutal slayer of Dennis Russell. The appearance tf the older Brum fleld on the witness stand was one of the most dramatic moments in this celebrated case. The Inscrutable face of the accused man betrayed no emo tion at the sight of his brother John.' another brother, Victor, and seven other witnesses who took their turn In testifying to strange actions they had observed In the defendant which might be considered the basis for a plea of Insanity. Mrs. Brumfleld May Testify. The defense announced that It will call two more witnesses to support Its contention of Insanity. It waa re ported from a reliable source that one of these witnesses will be Mrs. Brum tield, wife of the defendant. There was much talk today around the courtroom as the result of rumors that Dr. Brumfleld, the sphinx and enigma, will take the Hand In his own behalf. Dr. John Brumfiold testified that the defendant was the eighth child In a family of six boys and six girls. "My brother, as a youth, was a nerv ous type, subject to delirious spells and not strong In health," he said. "He suffered from severe high tem perature caused by indigestion and other Illnesses. "He was a sleep-walker, and once our mother stopped him from jumping; out of a window. He had no recollec tion the next day about bis somnam bulism. "There has been a good deal of In sanity iu the Brumfleld family. My grandfather's brother had two sons who were confined to an insane asy lum. One of my older brothers was insane for a period of about a week, and an uncle, William Brumfleld, often would disappear from home suddenly for long periods, once for nearly a year. He never seemed able to ac count for these disappearances and never told where he had been." Mind Thought Affected. The witness described two acci dents in which Dr. Brumfield had been knocked unconscious a a uniall boy. and which might have affected his mental condition. At the age of 5 the defendant was rendered uncon scious from a blow on the head from a board hurled at him by accident in play, the witness said. Five years later Dr. Brumfield was unconscious for nearly an hour after being struck over the right temple by a baseball bat. My brother carries a noticeable scar from that blow." said the witness. At this remark Mrs. Brumfleld turned suddenly toward her husband and stared anxiously at the spot v. here the scar was said to be. "He was always very studious and a great reader," continued the wit ness. "He often complained of dixisl (Coneluded on Pag 3. Column 1.) r t 4