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Section One Pages 1 to 20 1Q2 Pages Nine Sections PRICE FIVE CENTS PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1922 VOL. XLI XO. 35 Entered U Portland (Oreon Postofflce aa Second -class Matter. INDUSTRY FACES N0RTHCLIFFE WILLS ATTACKED IN COURT TWO DOCUMENTS BELIEVED MAYFIELD SEEMS VICTOR IN TEXAS HOT SPELL PASSING; EMBEZZLER GETS FIRE HITS SHIPYARD; 'DAMAGE IS $30,000 TIMBER AND WAYS OF OliD COAST PliAXT GUTTED- BEER MAJOR ISSUE , IN NEW YORK STATE FAIR DAY PROMISED 5YEAR SENTENCE WET AND DRY FIGHT DUE IJf FAIili ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY'S MAXIMUM IS TO DIFFER MATJiatlALiiij:. v 8 6 DEGREES. MOVIE MURDER HAS QUEER Mil HUN FORD t Klansmen's Lead Over. ex-Governor 60,443. CAMPAIGN NEARLY COMEDY Blanton Distances Callaway for Representative. VOTERS FACE REAL TASK Problem Apparently Is to Pick Xiess Undesirable of Two Demo crats for Senate Nomination. ABILENE. Tex.. Aug. 26. Incom plete returns from 14 counties of the 19 composing the seventeenth con gressional district give Thomas L. Blanton, representative in congress, a vote of 23.388 and his opponent, Oscar Callaway, 14,763 In the demo cratic run-off election. DALLAS, Tex.. Aug. 26. Incom plete returns from ISO of 245 coun ties voting in 'today's democratic primary indicated the nomination of Earl B. Mayfield for United States senator over James E. Ferguson. The figures compiled by the Texas election bureau were: Mayfield, 218,223; Ferguson, 157,78-0. The re ports were from all sections of the state, and Mayfield led consistently. BYMARIt SULLIVAN. ' (Copyright by the New York Evening Post. Publis-hed by Arrsnicemervt. ) WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 26. (Special.) If you could ignore the aspect of it that makes you feel a little somber, the spectacle of the democratic party in Texas trying to determine which is the less un i desirable of two candidates for United States senator, the. situa tion which makes it almost certain that the next Texas senator will be either an impeached ex-governor, or the favorite of the Ku Klux Klan If you could forget all that and keep your mind on the ' spectacular j and humorous aspects of it look at j it purely as human comedy in that case you might get a good deal of fun out of this Texas contest which comes to an end today. 11 Of the two men. decidedly the more picturesque, the one with the more forceful personality, is the Impeached ex-Governor Ferguson. Ferguson, according to a persona letter from a local observer. Is "one of those sweaty, smelly fellows who live right down on the ground with the common folks and know how to speak their language." Ferguson no Isjnoramus. This characterization was not meant to be complete and is, in fact, far short of complete, because it conveys no limit of the smartness that Ferguson lias among his qual ities. Ferguson, is no simple-minded son of toil. Far from it. He is as sophisticated as they make them. It i true that Ferguson started from very close to the ground. .The gameness of his fight upward i one of his political assets. Tears ago he worked on a railroad con struction gang, was one of those migratory hoppickers in California and later a bellhop in a Denver hotel. But el nee that time he has been a rancher on a very large scale, a bank president and the pos sessor, at one time, of probably lit tle short of half a million dollars. The semblance he is able . to achieve in the present campaign of being a fellow who "'lives right down on the ground" is largely a pose accurately remembered from his youth and faithfully and effec tively reproduced for the purposes of the present campaign. As for his language, the thing you notice when you read his speeches is that he is illiterate only when he delib erately wants to be. . When he Is deeply moved his language is as good as that of any educated man. In fact, it has an eloquent richness and forcefulness that few educated men can equal. Chorea Eves Takes Note. As Ferguson has been using it the past few weeks his language has some qualities that few educated men, or uneducated ones either, for that matter, would care to try to equal. For, even if you should ac cept the accuracy of the characteri zation quoted above, you would still prefer to hope that the language in which Ferguson is conducting most of his campaign is not identical with the language habitually used by the "common folks" of Texas. Certain portions of Ferguson's vocabulary. comprise1, in fact, one of the minor issues" of the campaign. Some of the church people have taken more or less official notice of it. Ferguson's opponent. Earle May field, is running on a dry platform, and a good deal of the burden of Ferguson's charges consists of elo quent and Ingenious variations of the allegation that while his op ponent may be a public prohibition ist, he is not a "private prohibition ist." Allegations about participa tion in a poker game also figure in all of Ferguson's speeches; and he has a long story about an oc casion of which the pertinence to a candidacy for the United States senate is not wholly aoparent tt the reader distant from the scene Coaoluded on Fm 7. Column 1.) Heavy Thunder Storms, With Bril liant Display of Lightning, Hits The Dalles Section. The maximum temperature yes terday was reached about 4 o'clock In the afternoon, according to the weather bureau, when the mercury went to 86 degrees. The lowest tem perature was shortly after 5 In the morning, the indicator at that time pointing to 63. The prediction for today is fair weather for Portland and . unsettled conditions elsewhere in the state. THE DALLES. Or.. Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) A heavy thunder storm, . ac companied by a brilliant display of lightning, visited The Dalles this afternoon, putting an end to the sultry weather of the last few days. Altogether .1 of an Inch of precipi tation was recorded as the result of the showers. Lightning was said to have struck several times, but with out damage. T. O. Spencer reported that lightning struck a pile of rocke near his home and that every elec tric globe in his house was on for almost a minute as a result of the bolt. The rain was generally wel comed. HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 26. (Sneciall Following: a thunder bombardment just before noon to day, a heavy downpour of rain came, but lasted less than a minute. The rain prevailed during brilliant sunshine. While the maximum tern- Derature today was 87, eight de grees under that-of yesterday, the unusual humidity made it the mosti disagreeably hot day of the season. FRUIT MAY GO UNPICKED Valley Apple Market Demoralized by Rail Strike. SALEM Or. Aug. 26. (Special.) Thousands of bushels of Willamette valley apples which in previous years have found a ready market in the east may not be picked this season, growers announced today. Several buyers reported that the railroad strike had practically demoralized the apple market, and that few if any Willamette valley apples would be exported this season. As a result of the situation it was said that the Oregon Growers' Co operative association had released a number of the smaller, producers from their contracts and will allow them to sell their apples in the open market. MILLIONS INL00T FOUND Jewels Stolen From Famous Iberian Chapel Recovered. MOSCOW. Aug. 26. Valuable jewels stripped from the. historic icon of the Iberian Virgin by rob bers, who broke into the famous Iberian chapel at the gates o,f the Red Square on April 7, have been recovered by the Moscow police. Thirty members of the gang of robbers, who looted many churches, chapels and convents before and during the government requisition of church treasures, have been ar rested and loot valued at many bil lions of dollars has been recov ered. The jewels from the Iberian icon alone were estimated to be worth nearly J3. 000,000. VETERANS GET LIQUOR Activities of Bootleggers Arouse American Legion. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Bpotleggers are dis posing of their wares among the patients of the United States vet erans' hospital here despite efforts to prevent it, according to. Major Judkins. officer In charge. Major Judkins stated that, though he has taken the matter up with both city and county authorities, .the vending of liquor has not been stopped. Members of the American Legion at their meeting. last night decided to present the matter at the coming state convention In Wenatchee Au gust 31, September 1 and 2. BOLTS, START 37 FIRES Electrical Storm Attacks Klamath y Indian Reservation. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 26. (Specia.l.) Thirty-seven fires caused by lightning, occurred with in two weeks on the Klamath In dian reservation during the recent period of electrical- storms. Forester Howard, who has supervision of fire "protection on the reservation, was able to keep the flames from spread ing. The number of fires each year is generally between 50 and 6t). accord ing to Hal Ogle, one of the Klam ath Forest Protective association. DEATH LAID TO HUNTJER George Hurst, Held by Jury to Be Careless, to Get Hearing. BANDON, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) The coroner's jury at the inquest over the body of Royal Ostrander, wh'o died as the result of a gun shot wound at the hands of George Hurst while hunting in Curry county Sunday, found that death was due to carelessness on the part of Hurst. Hurst is held and will be given a preliminary bearing in Curry county next week. The funeral of Mr. Ostrander was held here this afternoon and was largely attended. John Guild, Irerng, Says "I'm G ,y." LOSS MAY TlT- $1,000,000 Hard Labor Court's Answer to Plea for Leniency. CHARITY ACTS RECALLED Convicted Man, Broken, Starts to Prison Five Days After Short age Is ' Discovered. HONOLULU. Aug. 26. (By the Associated Press.) Broken and trembling, unable to stand without help of his friends, John Guild cov ered his face with his hands and wept as sentence of not less than five years nor more than 10 years at hard labor on each of two charges was passed upon him in a crowded courtroom today. He pleaded guilty to both charges. One accused him of embezzlement of 137,500 from Alexander & Baldwin, sugar factors and shippers. Directors of the com pany stated that Guild's peculations as secretary may total 11,000,000. A second charge was embezzlement of $29,000 of funds entrusted to him as treasurer of the Protestant Episco pal church corporation of Hawaii. The sentences are to run concur rently. Guild was started prison ward as soon as sentence was passed, less than five days after directors of the company announced the short ages had been discovered. Guild shaded his eyes with his hand as the indictments were read to him. "I'm Guilty" Is Reply. "I'm guilty," he replied in a trem bling voice to the charge of misuse of church funds. "I'm guilty," he repeated, stressing "guilty" in. reply to the charge of embezzling his firm's money.- - , - Judge E. Watson, counsel for Guild, pleaded for leniency for hi& client. "This defendant was a friend to every man, woman and child in this community," he said. "I am in formed that any sentence you may CConcluded on Page 2, Column 2.) THE FAMILY TH KT TOOK KTERTTHIXG AlOSG EXCEPT THE FURNACE. BUT PACKING AND UNPACKING TAKES THEM SO LONG THAT THEY ARE NOW 861 MIKES BEHIND SCHEDULE. THE PARTY THAT PASSED EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRAN CISCO AND THE ONLY TIME THEY SAW THE LANDSCAPE WAS WHEN 1 THEY HAD TO STOP FOR A PUNCTURE. THE INVENTIVE GENIUS WHO BUILT IN ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES. THE ONLY THING HE FORGOT WAS TO ALLOW FOR PASSING OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. eV X tV. yi I KtMMtu. with pa THE FAMILY PARTY WHICH MADE A TOUR OF THE PLACE OF HISTORIC INTEREST FOR THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN. ....... - 1 Boats and Land Engines Respond to Call, but Firemen Are Han dicapped by Poor Light. A spectacular fire which was seen all over Portland and vicinity and cajused general excitement and the swamping OI teiepuuiie broke out Just before 9 o'clock last night in the plant of the Columbia Drydocking & Shipbuilding com mnv. widelv known during war days as the Coast Shipbuilding company. Before the recall was sounded, about -9:30. damage esti mated at about J30.OO0- had been done. Drv timber, the old shipbuilding ways and 100 feet or so of one- story frame buildings were badly burned. Most of the loss will con sist of what, is believed to be ex tensive damage to high-priced ma chinery installed ' during 'the war davs and which cost - complete $50,000. The heat from the flames, which were fanned by a brisk fcreeze on th river was intense, and firemen expressed the opinion that it would be found that much of the machinery was ruined. The slant during the war turned out wooden ships on a small scale. Of late it has. been operating under its new name, under management of J. H. Price. t i - , v, frt fitfii-fcAri was not de termined. The watchman said he first saw it in the center of the plant. Fire boats and land apparatus re sponded first , to a still alarm and later to box calls. The firemen were handicapped somewhat by in adequate light. There was a tre mendous traffic jam. People from all narts of the city, beholding the light from the flames at far dis tance. hoDDed Into automobiles or streetcars and went to the scene. Thousands of telephone calls from every part of the city literally swamped the stations, and it was impossible for a time to get service n business. $50,000 SOON RECOVERED Stolen Bonds Found by Police Be fore Owner Cnows of Ijoss. VENICE, Cal.. Aug. 26. Detective Tom Heffron and Officer Kline, crossing a vacant lot, noticed two suitcases in the weeds. They opened them and found bonds valued, at $50,000 together with the name of the owner, E. Williams of Venice. They went to Williams' home, awoke him from a nap, informed him his home had been visited by burglars and returned the bonds. "This is the first I knew about it," said Williams. TOURISTS WE HAVE MET. OM TWtf SPOT WICM ASS MCM( STAMlllNC. . I ...... l7 YFSS C0 - Anti-Saloon Ueague and Oppo- nertts to Have? Tickets Out for Lower House. BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. (By Chicaeo Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK. Aug. 26. The move ment to restore beer and. light wines through modification of the Vol stead act is becoming a, major issue in the congressional election in New York. ' It will not figure prominently in the- contest over the senatorship, for Senator Calder,slated for renomina tion by the republicans, has voted "wet" generally in the senate and presumably a "wet" candidate will be nominated by the democrats. There will be no wet plank in the republican platform, however, ac cording to republican leaders, and there is considerable doubt that one will" be adopted by the democratic state convention, though there is a strong democratic movement for a declaration in favor of beer and light wines When it comes to representatives in congress, however, there will be dry and wet candidates In a ma jority, of the districts and sharp flerhtinsr between the anti-saloon league forces and the new associa tion against the prohibition amend ment, which Is working for immedi ate liberalization of the Volstead act and eventual repeal 'of the- 18th amendment. The association be lieves that the replacement - of 50 dry representatives with wets in the approaching election will swing the house to legislation restoring beer and wine. C0QUILLE HUNTER SHOT W. J. Ferbrach Is Reported Being Carried to Wagon Road. MARSHFIELD, . On, Aug. 26. (Special) Reports reaching here this afternoon said W. J. Ferbrach, a barber of Coqullle, was shot while hunting in the Tiago country, 20 miles' from the nearest highway. He was being carried to Brewster valley, where the party will strike the Coos Bay wagon road. The" seriousness of Ferbrach's injury was not learned. The shot struck him in the leg. - - WEATHER JHJTL00K FAIR Normal. Temperatures Predicted .' for Pacific Coast Region. WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 26. The .weather outlook for the week beginning Monday Is as follows: Pacific states, generally fair with normal temperatures. Wreck Declared Ahead if Strikes Go On. PLANT SHUTDOWN ORDERED 105,000 Men to Be Jobless After September 16. WALL STREET IS BLAMED Capitalist Barons Held Responsi - ble for Present Industrial Chaos in America. DETROIT, Aug. 26. Industry, the country over, must "throw up it-s hands in surrender." within a few weeks, if the rail and coal strikes continue, Henry Ford declared to day in announcing the decision of the Ford Motor company to close its plants here and in many other cities September 16, because of the fuel situation. ; Mr. Ford held financial interests responsible for the industrial tie-up, declaring the "money barons" were manipulating the labor unions and that public officials were impotent in the crisis. The strikes would end, he con tinued, "when the majority of the people are cold and hungry enough to resort to drastic action." "Continuance of these disturb ances to the economic life of the nation is due simply to the greed and avarice 'of Wall street," Mr. Ford asserted, adding that these in terests dominated the railroads, coal mines and public utilities of the country. Railroad Plot Charged. The deadlock in strike negotia tions indicated, he declared, the ex istence of "a plot to unload the de moralized and rundown railroads on the government at their own price and to mulct the people through excessive coal prices," One hundred .and five- thousand employes of the Ford Motor com pany throughout the country will' be without Jobs after September 16. In addition, several thousand other workers employed in industries fur nishing materials for the Ford plants will be affected. The announcement was the most severe blow that industrial Detroit has sustained since the industrial depression of two years ago. It means, according to Mr. Ford, that 75,000 men employed In the Highland Park, River Rouge and Dearborn plants of the company here will be without work. Thirty thousand oth- j ers now working in the various assembling plants scattered through out' the country will be thrown out of employment. Fuel Suppty- Impossible. How long the machinery in the Ford plants is to be stilled will depend entirely upon the coal supply of the future, the Detroit manufac turer said. The statement issued by Mr. Ford announcing the pro posed shutdown was the story of his losing fight during the last few months to insure a fuel supply suf ficient to keep his workers at their machines. ' Mr. Ford declared he had not "the remotest idea" when the plant could be reopened. It was announced that the normal daily consumption of coal in the Ford Industries was 3800 tons and, although declining to Btate the amount oh hand at. this time, officials said it would be impossible to do more "than keep the furnaces and ovens warm." A comparatively small number of the employes of the Ford plants will be retained in service during' the shutdown, it was announced. Crews sufficient to keep the fur naces warm will be held, however. Ford Makes Statement. Mr. Ford's statement follows: "The coal situation, has become impossible. For several weeks we have seen a situation approaching that we feared would force us to close. We greatly regret having to take that step. Edsel (Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor company) and I returned from our eastern trip night before last, with all possible data and Information bearing on the subject before us, we strove until daylight trying to find some way out without closing down. "Every way we turned we were confronted by the situation that under the present handling of coal there never would be a time when we would have enough coal to op erate the several departments of the plant simultaneously. "We, therefore, decided that of necessity we must close down sooner or. later. We wish to keep , enough coal on hand to keep our' furnaces and coke ovens warm; to! let them get Ald would cause us a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the rate we are getting coal now. September 16 will mark the time when we will have only enough coal .left to keep our fur naces and ovens warm. Rfirrrc Stork Waninr. I "Our reserve stock by that time will have . been completely ex h a tinted. We. therefore, will close down the entire plant September 16. ( , (Concluded on Face 2, Column a.). Contention Made That Testator Was of Unsound Mind When One Was Executed. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire. Copy right, 1922, by New York Times.) LONDON, Aug. 26. There is to be a fight over Lord Northcliffe's will and three caveats have been entered against its probate, Lord Rlddell's News of the World: announces to night. ' One of the caveats is entered by Henry Preuss Arnholz and Sir George Sutton, who are executors and trustees of the will dated March 22, 1919, and four codicils, dated June 13. 1919; June 23, 1920; October S. 1921, and April 27. 1922. Arnhola Is the- solicitor and an old acquaint ance of Northcliffe. Sir George Sut ton Is chairman of the Amalgamated Press and one of Northcliffe's old est friends and colleagues. It appears, says the News of the World, that shortly before Lord Northllffe's death he executed an other will of which Lady North cliffe Is the sole executrix. No in formation vhas been published con cerning the contents of these var ious documents, but it is rumored that Lady Northcliffe is the chief beneficiary under then all. Pre sumably the two sets of testament ary dispositions differ in other re spects. A writ of summons has, been issued, thus commencing a suit to determine which of these testa mentary papers shall be admitted to probate. ' The first will codjcil is being put forward .on the ground that the testator was of unsound mind at the time the second will was executed and this will be the question that will have to be decided by the-court, should the case proceed. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 5 DIE Machine Is Demolished at Street Crossing In Haubstadt, Ind. PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 26. Five persons were killed and one seri ously injured today when a Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger train demolished an automobile at a street crossing in Haubstadt, Ind., ten miles south of here. The dead are William Burris, 28; James L. Burris. his son, 7; Mrs. Burris' 2-year-old daughter: Mrs. C. C. Sellers, 30, sis ter of Mr. Burris, and Evangeline Sellers, 5-year-old daughter of Mrs Sellers. Mrs. Elnora Burris, wife of William Burris, suffered crushing of both legs and internal injuries. The party was returning to Hen derson, Ky., their home, from St Louis, Mo. GRIGSBY FUNERAL HELD Wife of Former Attorney-General of Alaska ; Burled. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. The funeral was held here today of Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Grigsby, wife of George B. Grigsby. formerly attorney-general of the territory of Alaska and later Alaskan delegate to congress. She died August 23. Mrs. Grigsby, whose wedding took place in Nome )n 1904, was well known all over Alaska, having re sided in Nome, Juneau and other cities in the territory. For the last three years she made her home in San Francisco. Besides her hus band, four young children and a sister. Miss Alice Chapman, survive. YOUTH LOSES BOTH LEGS Special Train Ordered to Carry Boy to Hospital. TRACY, Cal., Aug. 26. George E. Gaylord, superintendent of the Southern Pacific railroad, last night ordered" a special train to convey Clifford Landrey, 17 years old, of Newton, Mass., to the emergency hospital at Stockton. 20 miles away, when the boy fell from a freight car and both his legs were cut off. It was said today that Landrey probab ly would recover. Landrey, with two companions, was "beating his way." In walking along the top of the train he fell between two cars. EXPLORER IS RETURNING Baffin Iiand Expedition Begins Homeward Journey FREEPORT, Me., Aug. 26. The Baffin Land expedition in command of Donald B. Macmlllan, which left Boston a year ago on the schooner Bowdolir, is on its way home, ac cording to a radio message from the explorer received here today by his sister. The message, sent by way of Fogo island near the northeastern end of Newfoundland, said: "On our way home. Fine trip. All well." HEARST BUYS PAPER Post-Enquirer of Oakland, Cal., Is Taken Over. OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 26. The Post-Enquirer, one of the two eve ning papers here, became the prop erty of th& -)tar Holding corpora tion of New York, which ,1s owned and controlled by William Randolph Hearst. "Charles S. Young will be presi dent of the Post-Enquirer Publish ing company and the publisher In active, charge of the Post-Enquirer. Slayer and Victim Both Expecting Death. KILLER TELLS NEW STORY Authorities Believe Case Is Fully Cleared Up. WIDOW APPROVES CRIME Mrs. John Bergen Says Husband Deserved Death at Hands of George Cline. (By Chicago Tribune Leaurd Wire.) HACKENSACK, N. J., Aug. 26. Strange features crept today into the story of the slaying of John Bergen, "daredevil" of the films and Btunt double for Eugene O'Brien, moving picture star, by George A. Cline, motion picture director, whose real name is George Watz. In a grilling that lasted ail night in H-ackensack jail and was continued until 2 o'clock this afternoon, Cline completely changed his first story o- the circumstances under which he shot to death his actor friend for an alleged attack upon his wife, a moving picture actress of small roles. And county officials found in the pockets of the Blain actor two notes that threw a new and startling light on the whole narrative. The slain actor's widow entered the case ton'ght. She said Bergen had deserted her and their daughter, now 4 years old. Commenting on her husband's fate, she said: "He deserved to be shot." Slayer Chnra-ed With Murder. Cline or Watz was held in Hack ensack jail upon the chargeof r.ur der In the first degree, pending action of the grand Jury, which con venes September 8. County Prose- cutor Hart announced the evidence so far found did not point to con spiracy, and"""thal "no other arrest was contemplated. "There seems to have been a sort of mutual agreement that Bergen had been called to the Cline house to clear up things," he said, "but there does not seem to be any proof that they invited him there to shoot him." Hart believed the last statement made by Cline tells the virtual facts of the slaying and events leading up to it. It is a story of duel to the death planned to be fought in the dark in, a second-floor bedroom of the Cline home in Edgewater, but which changed in a twinkling Into a scuffle for a pistol ending in the shooting of one of the principals. Slayer Fears Death. But, unexplained as yet, are these facts: Cline went to Edgewater police headquarters at 3 P. M. yesterday and told Chief of Police O'Brien and Captain Dlnan that he was to "be bumped off." He sld, "If I'm bumped off look for John Bergen." The officials took no action on this unusual statement, even failing to question Cline. Bergen expected to be killed, and wrote and pocketed a note in which he told who would kill him and de- ' scribed the weapon he thought his , assailant would use. This and a second note saying Cline had killed him were centers of interest in the Investigation tonight. The first said: "If, by chance, I am shot in the next few weeks, it will be done by George Cline, alias George Wats of Edgewater, N. J., for a reason un known to me. ' He Is threatening me. No doubt a German Luger of 25 caliber will be used, as it is the favorite of his many guns. "I am John Bergen of 214 East 115th street. New York." The second note, which bore stains of blood, said simply: "George Cline killed me." Bergen Called to House. Both Cline and his wife telephoned to Bergen yesterday asking him to come to the house and have an understanding as to the actor's re lations with Mrs. Cline, it was es tablished today. Formal statements made today by Mrs. Cline, a thin, unattractive wo man, and her brothers. Lawrence and Thomas Scullion, who were present in the house when. Bergen was slain, corroborated the prison er's story the main points of which were as follows: Mrs. Cline Is easily Inclined to drink. Two weeks ago at St. Regis hotel, Lake Saranac, while Cline was on location at Standish, 40 miles away, Bergen plied her with cham pagne and forced her to have im proper relations with him. Then she confessed to her husband only yesterday morning. Bergen at the Cline home last night admitted the charge and said "AH women are traitorous." Challenge Is Issued. Cline demanded they fight It out and see which was the better man. Bergen started to leave. Thomni Scullion, who had gone upstairs for weapons, handed Cline an auto matic, which Cline pointed at Ber gen and compelled htm to come back " (Concluded on Fags 2, Column 2.)