THE
.WEATHER
. -Raln" or
mow tonight
COAST TEMPERATURES
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p ..,..;,.. aa
poxane
-'" and; Sunday;
brisk 'easterly
' ' winds. -
, Karehf laid 44
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Portland Oregon, Saturday eving. January 6:fim
VOL. X. NO. 262.
PRICBfTWOCEra
r
ALEXANDER TELLS
OF PECULATIONS
AIMED TODAY
In Statement Issued by,0.-W.
- R. & N. Co, It Is Stated No
One. Assisted Clerk: to Get
- Away With $1 5,000. , t
BLAISDELL'S OFFICE ' -.'
' SOMEWHAT CARELESS
Young Man Allowed to Make
Arrangements for Bail Be-.
fore Being Arrested, v.
, Warrant charging Tempi W. Ate
ander. th O.-W. R & N. clerk, said to
.have -secured $16,000 from the railroad
through forged vouchers, with forgery
and uttering forgery were drawn up and
Igned In District Attorney Cameron'i
orrice thla morning and Alexander will
probably be arreated before evening. -
It was at first Intended to hare the
warrants' prepared and aerved on Alex-
ander laat night, but during a two hour
interview wun Attorney Arthur Spen
cer last evening, Alexander la aald to
have made a complete confession of
peculations that hava boon going on for
two years, In consideration for which
.ha was allowed to go home, arrange hie
family affair and make .what effort
ha could to secure bail. - .
'' SlaisdeXPs Offtoe Careless.
In a statement Issued today by the
O.-W. R.- & N. company. It la aald that
Alexander eon'f ession completely clear
anyone of suspicion of aiding, him In
lioperatlooa,vWhateyerlaroe thr
la, attache to Auditor-BlatsdeH of
fice for carelessness In passing Alexan
der' alleged forgerle.
Alexander, accompanied by "Ma wife,
returned from Salt Lake City last night
A special agent of the railroad company
. was with, them, though Alexander . was
not nominally junder arrest. This man
accompanied the Alexander to the
Wlls-Fargo building, where the young
clerk In the purchasing department waa
closeted with Mr. Spencer until nearly
11 o'clock. When he left, the office
and returned to hi home at S4f North
Twenty-fifth - street he had told th
whole story . of hi ateaUngsi.-.-A--.
' , Tbey extended over two year, and Al
exander himself, utterly unable to tell
'how much ; he had spent en women,
champagne dinner, theatre and auto
mobiles ,. during that period, -had to ask
' Attorney Spencer how much money was
really missing. ' Auditor Blalsdell esti
mates that it ' will be between 18.00
and "flCOOO, though the loss to the rail
roads La slightly under $16,000. A
- ' started Two Tear Ago. -According
to the statement Issued by
the -railroad company-today Alexander
has been In the employ of the company
nearly six years. Ills father Is a bridge
tender for the railroad and his family
own a modest home on the east side.
Alexander became a timber clerk In the
office of the general purchasing agent,
his duties being to receive and check
voueher bills sent in each month' by tie
Inspectors for the railroads. Some of
these Inspectors are on a salary - and
' others receive $2 per thousand for stor
ing and inspecting ties. .
Two years ago Alexander la said to
have started In raising the vouchers,
specifying the number of ties so that
the amount carried out In the bill would
be 10 times as much as the amount of
the atatement issued by the tie In-
. epectors. Later he be (ran adding fig
ures to the .total number of ties In-
, spected. . ' -
For example If the Inspector sent in
a bill for 4000 ties, Alexander would
place a 4 before the total, making It
read 44,000 ties. . At first the amount
thus received would not be very large
. and he would slip In duplicate vouchers
for th actual amount rendered by the
Inspector, and would send these dupli
cates to. the inspector for. his month'
earnings. . ; : .
:. ', Visa Worked Wen.
When Tie found that plan worked ad
mirably and there was not a breath of
suspicion directed against htm, and as
his needs for money grew more urgent,
(Continued on Page Six.)
Commoner Undoubtedly Will Be Cen
tral Figure In National Committee
Meeting Monday at Washington;
. Faction! to Unite Against Taggart.
(Unltl Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, . Jan. . 6. -Hundreds of
' leading , Democrats are either here to
day or due to arrive for ' the national
committee meeting and the Jackson day
banquet on Monday. It la evident that
William J. Bryan 1 again the central
figure, a'nd the big question confronting
; the leaders of the 'untefrifled" ; is,
-What will Bryan.dor . ,v .
Bryan will arrive here Monday. Wood
row Wilson arrives this afternoon. His
adherent are busily laying wires to get
.the Bryan support. ' ., . ;.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana Is the on
ly candidate for the chairmanship of the
national committee. As he' Is an adherent
-of Judson -Harmon of Ohio, It le ex
peoted that the forces of Speaker Clark,
Congressman ; Underwood and Governor
WilBon will unite , to fight hl cajidl
dacy. - . " - -' - ,v'rr-':'-V: AA;;'.--- :
Two hot contest are looming up for
the committee to settle. One la that Of
TU B. Mountraes, of -Tennessee, who Is
contesting the seat of Committeeman
Vertrees and the other 1 the old Penn-nvlvanla'-
fl?ht between' Congressman
Palmer and 'Committee Ouffcy. Both
are expected to precipitate warn fight
WHAT WILL BRYAN 00?
QUESTION WHICH NOW
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KroiLU UUIVIINb MgpllJ l5 iU HUKKI
Weather Man Holds Out . No
Hope 3 for . immediate ,1m
provement of Conditions-
Signals Ordered Out.
Sleet, slush, and sllpperlness . under
foot are to continue, according to the
latest reports from' the weather bureau,
and while some of the oldtlmers pre
dict a silver -thaw such as -visited Port
land about, five years ago,- District
Forecaster E. A. Beals says that this Is
Impossible to tell, as It Is a freak con
dition of the -upper atmosphere and Is
aa Uable to occur as not, 'although such
a, eondJUon Is very Infrequent.
A. Duohamp telephoned to the weather
office from Council Crest this morning
that a silver -thaw waa in progress up
there, and a telephone message from
a woman living at Rose City Park In
formed the district forecaster that sil
ver .thaw conditions .were prevalent . in
that section of the city, and before noon
wires and trees in the heart of the city
were beginning to take on the appear
ance of sliver from the rain and sleet
freezing on them.
Uvex Tkaw reared...
At Council Crest the rain freealng an
the branches of the trees ' was doing
some damage, it was aald, , the weight
of the Ice breaking the branches.
In the silver thaw that occurred nve
years ago about March, an Immense
amount of damage was done, the amount
running up considerably over a hundred
thousand dollars. With the thermome
ter ranging hardly a quarter of a de
gree above or below 20 degrees and a
steady rain and sleet falling' a silver
thaw is looked, for by many tnis year
and predictions hava been .made that
the streetcar service will be , crippled
before the day Is over and. possibly put
out of commission aitogetner ' by tne
Ice on the trolly wires and tracka. When
officials of the streetcar company tele
phoned to Mr.' JBeal thl morning for
his opinion he told them to look . for
anything. -
.ettorm Is Coming.
The storm, which Is of marked ener
gy, now coming in . from the Paclflo
ocean to the .Washington coast is pass
ing directly east, acoordlng to special
observations called for - this forenoon
by Dlstiiat Forecaster Beals. which he
says will cause weather conditions to
remain about the same here this after
noon and tonight. . Warnings for thla
storm were issued at 7:S0 this morn
ing at all seaports In" the district and
It Is expected that high northeast winds
will blow, tonight and tomorrow on the
Washington coast and., high ' southwest
winds on the southern Oregon coasts .
At I o'clock - this onornlng the ther
mometer atood at 4 degree, but at
10:15 it was down to 29 degreea and has
remained practically stationary at that
point elnc then, . The forecast A for
Portland and vicinity is rain, or snow
tonight and Sunday with brisk easterly
winds..-' . "". . ' i ' ,r-- ';:-'. .-'- r
- Chief of Police SloveAthls' morning
issued orders - that there must- be no
snowballing In the streets' and patrol
men were Instructed to put a stop to it.
They were also instructed to watch out
for all horses '. left standing ' In the
streets and sea that they are properly
covered.'
Court Orders Detective Taken
in Custody Following Action
of Bonding Firm; Sleuth
Seeks Habeas Corpus Writ.
(United Press Leased Wire.l
' Indianapolis, Jan. 6. Judge Markey
today ordered Detective William- J.
Burns under arrest; following "the with
drawal of the Federal Surety company
from the f 10,000 bond put up for Burns'
appearanoe in court on the charge of
Kidnaping John J. McNamara and tak
ing him to Los Angeles to face trial
there on the dynamiting charge. Burns
went at once to the federal eourt to se
cure a writ of habeas corpus.
United States Judge Anderson ordered
Detective Burns Immediately released
under the federal court's custody. He
accepted Burns personal bond for $1000
for the appearance : of the deteottve
whenever he should be wanted. Burns
himself, It is reported. , requested the
Federal Surety company to surrender
his bond, wishing, to get himself into
PEACE
T
(United Piesa Lh4 1TW.r A
Fans, Jan. f. To discuss the ques
tion of opening peace negotlaUona be
tween Italy and Turkey, two high per
sonages, one an Italian and the other
a: Turk, are in conference here today.
While positive verification Is not ob
tainable. . It is understood : Him thBV
agreed on the following basis:
First, Turkey to cede absolutely to
Italy, Tripoli tana and Cyrenalca: . sec
ond. Italy to pay to Turkey a war In
demnity, and, third, the sultan aa com
mander of the faithful, to. retain spirit
uU supremacy oVer . the Mohammedan
Inhabitants of the ceded territory. -
' TwelT Die From Cold. '
' 'United Preu' Leased Wlw.t "
Kew York., Jan. . Death toll of the
bllxxard . here today totals U persons,
according to official figures Issued by
the - police department 1 Some of the
victims Were f rosen to death and tithers
met their death-by accidents directly
due to the intense cold. . A
v Hook's Friends Optlmistlo.
- fnnltad Pnu foul ,VMv , -
.Washington! Jan. 6. Friends of Judge
00k or , Kanaas, . are v lnslatlng i today
that President Taft has almoat definite
ly decided to nominate that Jurist for
the supreme bench, despite Protests that
Hook Is friendly to the corporations.
'MMHMHiSMMseAtasaiMssBsjsaasaMiianeai - V
' '. .Whitelairltelda Arrtre."
- (United Press Uut Wire. A
New Tork, Jan- - Ambassador
Whitelaw Bald and Mrsl Held are bare
today, having arrived on the IUBltanlna.
The ambassador ills V bowe for. six
weeks' vacation, : '
NEGOTIATIONS
MAYOP
EN IN EARNES
Advance on Nanking as Coun
ter Attack Said to Be. the
; . Plan to Disconcert Revolu
tionary Forces.
(United Press Leased Wlre.1
Peking, Jan.' 0. Terrified by. reports
that the rebel army from Nanking from
Pukow bad begun Us march on Peking,
the Manchu princes today summoned
Premier Tuan 8hl Kal demanding to
know What preparations had been made
to check the movement.
Tuan' reassured the princes, declar
ing that a force of imperial troop were
making ready to advance upon Nanking,
and declared that with this counter at
tack meanclng them, the revolutionary
chiefs would not dare to detach their
forces from the Vicinity of the capital
of the proclaimed republic.
Little direct Information has been re
ceived here as to whether the reported
rebel advance Is to be a real attack or
Is only a feint designed to force Tuan's
surrender to the .rebel demand. The
last authentto new was that th reb
els, about 10,000 strong and well armed
and provisioned, hat) been ferried across
the river from Nanking to raicow.
Peking in Xgaoranoa.
Whether the advance has really be
gun no one in reiting snows, u is
believed doubtful, .however, that Tuan
Shi Kal has any force of imperial
troops of sufficient strength to serious
ly dispute the rebel movement, ir u ae-
vsIods Into a real attack on Feklng.
Following, the rc6ipt,.or.reporu that
TOO Imnerlallat troopa had been. Killed
in a battle near Hankow, It is believed
here that hard fighting will take place
there today, aa well aa at Hwangpel, a
ahqrt distance norm, uovernmeni troopa
are being rushed to Hankow to reinforce
the command there, it i not Known
how strong the rebels are in that vi
cinity, but their slaughter of 700 Manchu
toldlers Is heuevea to indicate mat
they, have heavy forces in tne upper
Yangtae Klang region. , . v
. XmperaUsts Crush Bavolt. '
Considerable fighting Is reported from
the vicinity Of Lanchow between 1900
imnerlal troops rushed there to put
down a widespread mutiny and the for
mer I soldiers for the emperor, who
rabbiled and declared for the 1 republic
The overwhelming force of the imperial
ists crushed the revolt, buuonly after
sonde hot skirmishing.
The Question of peace -or war ap
parently rests onwhether Dr. Wu Ting
Fang, minister of foreign affairs 'of the
new republic, can induce Yuan Shi Kal
to visit Nanking to discuss peace terms.
Wa; blame Yuan for double dealing In
refusing to support agreements made
by his ; representative. , Tang Shao Yl,
but- the legations nare aeoiare- tnat - ir
war continues ' the , responsibility will
rear on the shoulders of Wu - and his
oolleagues for their refusal to leave
the form of government of the reor
ganised China to be decided on at a na
tional convention. , i , .
'" ' Troops In Readiness. i
Manila. Jan. (.Troops hero are In
readiness for immediate orders to sail
for China: should the war deDartmunt
at Washington order. American soldiers
ti he fax east- to - keep-open-. the -r all-
toad from Peking., to the cuaaC
WSEHIEM
Thermometer at Chicago Goes
to 1 0 Degrees Below Zero.
Following Five Days of Un
usually Severe Weather:
NEW YORK UNABLE TO
SHELTER SUFFERERS
Prairies of Central States En
dure Blizzards With 20 .
Degree Temperatures.
' (United Piwe Leased Wlre.1
Chicago, Jan. t. With the thermo
meter registering 10 degrees below sero
at 5 o'clock this morning, Chicago is
enduring Its sixth day of low tempera
tures, and the weather officials declare
that no relief is yet In sight.
Four deaths, directly due to the Icy
blasts, were reported today at various
police stations. Suffering is Intense,
business Is seriously . hampeVed and
travel is - practically at a standstill.
Not In five years has Chicago experi
enced such chaotic conditions. The con
dition of the- poor is pitiable In the ex
treme. Many of the leading charity so
cieties are without funds and are forced
to turn the poor'away without relief.
Cold Continues.
At t o'clock today the temperature
was sir below, the change belnf hardly
perceptible.
The fire department has been called
-upon--me-duHna,he--T-ast'--f
hours. The firemen are exhausted and
all reserve forces were ordered to re
port for duty today.
"All municipal lodging houses are
Jammed to the doors, and ths regulation
prohibiting the homeless from sleeping
In downtown hallways has been tem
porarily wuspepded.
The Children's Aid society, one or
the largest charitable institutions here,
la pennlleas and waa compelled to cloae
Its offices today, while a long Jin of
freealng' women waited outside.
All trains Into the city are hours be
hind scheduler'
Weather bureau official this after-
Ineon notified northwestern shippers to
I expect ,a drop to. St degree below sera
I within the next 48 hours. Shippers to
the west of her were notified .to expect
SO degrees below those to th south
from 10 to IS and those to the south
west probably 20 below.
Ponr Dead at St. Lonls.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
St Xouls,- Mo.,- Jani-0.-our deaths
and -appalling suf ferine are results of a
terrific bllzxard that- a wept do wn upon
St.' Louis during the early" hours of
today. At S a. m. the 'thermometer reg
istered four degrees below xero, and
it was : growing colder. The ' weather
bureau predicted that i, the mercury
Would tumble to 10 below before night.
At St. Joseph, Mo it was 18 below on
the Kansas prairies.- All trains from
the wast and north are 12 hour behind
their schedules.
Conditions Bad In New York.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Jan 0. Gripped by the
blasts of an icy bllzxard. New York, la
shivering in the coldest day of the win
ter, the thermometer registering eight
degrees above sero. The suffering from
cold and poverty in the crowded sec
tions of the city Is alarming. The mu
nicipal lodging houses are unable to
shelter those clamoring for admission,
and are temporarily caring for hundreds
elsewhere. -
At midnight the department of char
ities ordered the steamers Lowell and
Brennan moVed -alongside a pier and
hundreds of the homeless were sheltered
during the early morning hours In their
cabins.
Fifty Below on Lake Superior.
(United Press Leased Win.)
Winnipeg. Man, Jan. . Fifty de
gress below sero is the record at White
River, on the north shore of Lake Su
perior, , today, and th weather has
played havoo with the Canadian Paciflo
railroad telegraph lines; In many
places engines have gone dead, though
travelers have been taken care of at
section houses. All through the Cana
dian northwest temperature, ranging
down to 40 below are recorded. Winni
peg Is Isolated from eastern Canada, the
alternative telegraph route via Chicago
being blocked also by severe weather.
Thla city is- prepared for cold at any
time during the winter and there is not
much suffering. , .
NEW MEXICO IS GIVEN
OF STATEHOOD:
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nr imrinTimiinwM
IU DC KnOII
President, His Attention Called to
Recent Sweeping Republican Vio
tory, Officially Signs Proclamation
Staking It Foil Fledged State.
1 (United Press Leased Wlre.1 . - 1
Washington, Jan. . The proclama
tion admitting New Mexico to statehood
was -officially-signed tiers this after
noon by President Taft, ' Action was
probably hastened by a visit her of a
committee of New Mexicans who called
upon the president, calling his atten
tion to the recent; sweeping Republican
victory. -' -
New Mexloo. it is oei leved. will Join
the column of states referred to as "re-
actlonary."-1 u- - "' t-r- c -
President. Taft signed the proclama
tion at 1:J8" o'clock In the presence of 4
donatio! of -New Mexicans who. war
beaded by theirl two congressmen-elect
RIGHTS
TO BE FREE TO , HEIISS
Pofconer: and -Victim
Hiss Avis LlnneU and Hew Clarence
, ( V. T.' Rlcheson,; who confesses he
r'- poisoned heri Izj)
Portland Attorney, Strongly; in
Favor of Making .Isthmus
i , Passage Free to Coastwise
' Ships; -Tells of Benefits.; lS
' (Wasbinttoa Baraaa f The' Jeernal.V'' '.
"Washington, ' Jan. ; . Just ' back from
Panama, where he viewed the. canal ' In
the light of its probable influence : on
the commerce of the Paclflo coast, J. N.
Teal declared today that he WM strong
ly in favor of maklnr- the canal free, to
coastwise trade, thereby giving, a- great
Impetus to the extension of commerce
between the different sections of the
country.-- -: - - -v-
. "It la a question of publlo policy,"
said Mr. Teal, ."whether the collection
of -a limited amount from tolls' is -of
more Importance to the country's pro
ducers and consumers than - the expan
sion of commerce, amounting to hun
dreds of millions of dollars annually;;
Question of Arrangement.
"There Is , some question, whether this
proposed concession to American com
merce should be made by -not imposing
any tolls at all, or whether the tolls
should' be refunded or , rebated to the
shippers. That Is of course merely a
matter of administration. . . .i c
- "It must be conceded that the benefi
cial effects of the canal will largely be
determined by ' the i two .factorsfirst,
the charge on commerce passing through
the canal," and second the 'management
"I am convinced tliat .there : should .be
no tolls. ' The canal -was built -more as
a military. necesstxthan for, commerce,
and there seems to . be no reason why
commerce ' should v bear the .burden of
meeting the Interest on the cost of i the
canal and the expense of maintenance,
than It should pay. the cost, of Improv
ing New York harbor or of maintaining
the navy.; Any charges for tolla must
come out - of either the producer, or. the
consumer or both. . Our commerce
should be given -every- opportunity for
expansion, , and all possible beneflolal
effects through the ; upbuilding, of a
merchant' marina' A "-TA ' AAA - iv;'v,A I
, All parts to Crt. BnWts.,.s.x:-:' i
-'-All parts of the country will receive
benefits 'from . this canall Ports like
aalveston. New Orleans, - Mobya and
New York." interior points on the great
waterways ' Ilk the Ohio.;; Mississippi
and the Missouri, and also rail routes
connecting with steamer all will get
benefit' As to the, Paclflo coast, our
fruit lumber, sal mon and other -Important
products .will find markets under
more favorable conditions with a cheap
er freight Tate.'!-vv V.: !.,KvrtJ,
"But the question of tolls la of t re
mendoua importance.' It, might not mat.
ter so much on dry goods, for instance,
but II a ton on green lumber would be
about- $1.66 per j..thousand- feet whico.
might not unlikely prova prohibitive.,
Mr. Teal will leave tonight for Port-r
land. , , , ' i
- .Treated Rudely; (lets $150.' A-
'"t'.v- (United Press Leased Wlrs. ' '
" Los Angeles, . Jan. a. Kdward Flem
ing Is J1D9 richer ' today beonuse a
etreetcar--enduetor apoke grufriy," or
daring him to Vetep. .forward." The
court awarded -damasres.1 dnclarin'sr con
ductors should be polite undur ail vir-cuipstanoea.
IT
fH'lyiAAfe;! f I i:Af
. ku iu u ui n I , iy i r n i
ACCUSED ClilC
;;i
"Conscience and. Manhood,"
Minister Says, ."However
Depraved, Will Not Admit
of Further Wrong."
tUslted Praea taarS Wire.
Boaton, Jan. e-The Kev. C. V. T.
Rlcheson will plead guilty to murder In
the first degree on Monday and will be
sentenced to death by Judge Sanderson
for killing Miss Avis Llnnell. v- , -.
The defense, . It was . also announced,
Will rely on a commutation of 'sentence
to life imprisonment by .Governor Foes.
:: Boston, Jan.- (.Rev, Clarence Virgil
Thompson Rlcheson, " former, paator of
ths ultra fashionable Itnmanuel Baptist
church of Cambridge, confessed today to
having 'murdered hia, former sweetheart
A via Llnnell of Hyannts.
i Rlcheson recently stabbed himself in
the groin with a piece of tin in the 8t
Charles street jail as his ' guards ' were
bein chana-ad. - . .
tto"rjay TTTyiolBssloir?
i Attorneys connected with Rlcheson's
defense admitted this afternoon that the
minister confessed that h - poisoned
XttMM r.lnill In f rM a hr an that
he. might be free, to marry Miss .Violet
t Richeson's confession waa made in
the form of a letter to his attorneys. ' It
was addressed to Attorneys '' John L.
Lee, W. A. Mors and Philip Dunbar. ' I c
reao: - , ----- r -:. , . i
"Gentlemen Deeply i penitent for the
In, and earnestly desiring as fares in.
my power Ilea to - nuake atonement t
berebycdnfess. that XAam guilty of the
pf f ens i:uc.jwlilcAaedldicted.
am moved to "this course by no inauc-
: .; - ;-.,aiei rial Abandoned. , -.- -
"Heinous as is the crlma God has not
fully abandoned me, and my conscience)
and manhood, however depraved, will
tot admit of my still further wronging
ty.a publlo trial her whose pure young
lf I Jiavs destroyed. J. . , -.
ffunaer the gashing or remorse I hava
suffered and am suffering th torture
Of the dataned. . in thla I find a measure
6f .comfort. ... ; . -
park of Goodness XOngera. ;
!
"In my mental anruiah I ' recornlz
there is still by the mercy of the mas
ter, some remnant of : the divine spark
6f goodness still lingering within tne. X
can- wish to live-only' because , within
ome prison wall I might in some small
measure, redeem my sinful past, might
Jielp some other despairing soul, and at
est find favor with God.
: "You are Instructed to deliver this
to the, district attorney or the Judge of
the court V ,, .-,'' r t - ,
('-"Sincerely yours, '
'j 'tTLARETCE V.;T. RiaiESON." -r
The. confession., It was learned this
afternoon, was . handed by Rlcheson to
his attorneys yesterday.. Alt through
the night the attorneys for the self-oon-fessed
murderer pleaded with Distrlot
Attorney Pelletier-f or-lenlency.v -
r. . a .vmwHrw mi,
1 For many hours Pelletler Insisted that
Rlcheson pay the death penalty for his
crime, but shortly after If o'clock this
afternoon he gave In; v . .
i- Since be mutilated himself Rlcheson
has been on the verge of nervous and
rnental collapse. - l Yesterday the elergy-
(Continued on - Page Six.)
German Held for Giving Worthless
Paper In Payment for a Bog of
t Roses ' to Woman Piano Payer
Who Pleased Ills Fancy,
' ' (United Press Leased Wlrs.l '
Los: Angeles, Jan. .-Dementia aa
thetlca. aocordlng to counsel for Count
Fred Von Wetroer, will be his client's
plea' when he appears In th superior
court here to anwer to a charge of
having uttered a worthies check. Von
Welmer, who is said to be of the Ger
man .nobility, recently attended a U
mut club -mualcal at which Miss Mu
sette Spangler gave a planlatlc intitr- .
pretation of a Hungarian rhapsody. He
was deeply touched, and at once aft-r
th concert sent to the artiste a box
of .. rosea, purchased -with a check for
25. '.The oheck later wa questioned.
According to hi attorney,. Von Wi
nter was the victim of an arttntlo de
lirium Induced by Miss Spanglefa ren
dition of the rha psod y-. Iater, a ceo rrt .
ing to the lawyer, he reooveril ant
made efforta to clear up the taneie. li
default of $1300 bail. Von Welmer is I t
custody of the sheriff. .
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