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CITY EDITION If AH Here and We All True THE JOURNALS DRAMATIC NEWS The theatrical man looks to The Journal Dally and Sunday for bis local theatri cal news. What better source of news is there than the acknowledged theatrical authority? PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1821. TWENTY-TWO PAGES VOL at Second Class Matter PRICE TWO CENTS 2? Postof fie, Portland. Oiaaaa ITMM 9 I V I OKaTTl XX. NO. 123. S" COLUMBIA RATE CASE AFFIRMED Unanimous Decision of Interstate Commerce Commission Ends Quibbling by Rival Ports; In creases Differential to 11 Cts. Washington, D. C, July 29 .-r- ( WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Ob struction and quibble over the application of the Columbia basin rate case decision was ended by order of the interstate commerce commission today, which requires that the rail roads shall not later than Sep tember 28 put into effect the differential in favor of Portland and Vancouver as against Puget bound.' The differential established in the orig Inal decision at 10 per cent is increased to 11 per cent by today's supplemental opinion. ; The earlier decision suggested a 5 per cent decrease to Portland which was accomplished by voluntary action of the railroads, effective Jnly t. The rates In effect July 1 are declared reasonable and the full differential will be produced by the increase to Puget Sound, which was in part temporarily defeated by the suspension order of. the Washington state board of public works. opinio is TNAjmiocs The report contains litUe that is new In reference to the principles of the case. It is a reaffirmation of the former deci sion with a brief statement that Intra state rates in Washington were sus pended by that state's action and that upon further consideration of the rec ord . the commission has determined to order removal of existing discrimina tions, as intended by the original opin ion. The commission's opinion is unan imous, but Commissioners Aitehison of Oregon and Campbell Of Washington did not participate. The opinion is by .Com missioner Eastman, who penned the. orig inal decision. "The commission, after stating the is- sues as summarised In the first opinion, says : TKXT OF OPINIO "The complaints clearly alleged that the rates between the Columbia River basin described on page 823 of the or iginal report, and Portland, Or., and Van couver, Wash., whether interstate or in trastate, were unduly prejudicial to Portland and Vancouver ; and also that tte rates between said Columbia River ' (Concluded on Pace Three, Column ThTee) Klan Is Organizing In Hood River; Some Opposition Is Seen Hood River. Or., July 29. Organisers of the . Ku Klu.x Klan have been active here for several days and report "pros pects of securing enough names to war rant issuance of a charter. At the same Ume considerable opposition to the pro posed organisation is developing among influential citizens, who argue that local conditions do not warrant such a secret organization. The local labor unions see in the move ment an effort to break down their solidarity and are' expressing opposition. Present indications are that, even if a local charter is issuirl. representative citizens here will want to know much more than they do at present of the methods and objects of the Klan before they will be willing to Join. Shipboard Still Unable to Get $125,000,000 Washington. July 29. 1. N. S.) The request for an appropriation of J125. OtrO.OOO for the shipping board made by Chairman Lasher on the house appropri ations committee probably wilt not be granted, it' was learned this afternoon. It . v -as stated authoritatively that, thus far. Chairman Laaker has been un able .a convince the committee of needs i'cr not more than $67,000,000. Journal Plane Coast Service Today's Trip Pilot Jack Clemencc Seagull left Portland . . .2:20 p. m. Thursday's Trip Pilot Archie Roth Seagull left Portland. . .1:30 p. m. Arrived Astoria ...... .3:00 p. m. 'Arrived Hwartdr . . . . S:3& p. m. Left Seaside 3:35 p.m. Arrived back In Astoria 4:13 p. m. Picked up passenger. Left Astoria 4:13 p.m. Arrived Portland 3:3 p.m. LORDS IN A ROW BRITISH politics which have been bubbling since the peace conference have boiled over as a result of Lord Northcliff e's visit to America. The three chief participants are Lord North cliffe, publisher, shown at the top; David Lloyd George, premier of Great Britain, center; Lord Curzon, foreign secretary, bottom. J LORD NORTHCLIFFE LAMPOONS CURZON By Catted New) London. July 29. The battle of the Northcliffe press against Lloyd George and Lord Curzon has not been without Its humor. Far from betraying a spirit of anger, the Evening News, for in stance, lampoons the dignified British foreign minister in recalling "the fa mous jesting rhyme written about him In his university days: "My ume is Ceorje N'thn Canoa. "I to t most superior person: My hair sleek, sad smooth sty cheek ; I dm at Blenheim twice "He is a very fine orator." the News continues, with a richness of imagery, and the defect of this quality is a certain orientalism, something that suggests the habit of mind of. an eastern emperor, in dealing with persons." The Times' original editorial which lad to the censure, called Cursoa "pom pous and pretentious." Two Aviators Killed In Crashing Plane Pawnee. OUa.. July 29. Eugene Rob erts of Seattle. Wash-, and Harry Myers of the city "stunt" aviators were killed yesterday when their plane crashed to earth from an altitude of 290 feet while coming out of a nose dive. Young Myers had climbed to the topmost wing and became entangled in the guy wires. It is believed Roberts lost control of the machine, which burst into flames on striking the ground. Heat Kills 6 in 24 Hours in New York New Tors, July 29. (I. N. S.--No hope for immediate relief from the with ering heat wave which has settled upon the Atlantic seaboard is held out by. the weather bureau today. Six deaths have been reported in New York during the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock this morning. N0RTHCL1FFE SAYS CURZON SNUBBED HIM "It's a Lie," He Declares When Shown Statement Dsaying British Foreign Office Can celled Invitation by Embassy. By H. K. Reynolds Washington. July 29. (L N. &) "It's a Iter That was the short and explosive com ment of Lord Korthciiffe today when he read an International News Service dis patch from London stating that the British foreign office has issued a statement denying that Lord Curzon had anything to do with the cancellation of the invitation to Lord Northcliff e to be the guest at the British embassy here. REPUDIATES INTERVIEW Lord Northcliff e today repudiated the interview in which he was 'reported as having quoted King George as informing Lloyd George "You must stop killing my subjects." After reading the statement read by Lloyd George in the house of commons today. Lord Northcliffe sent Wick ham Steed, his editor, to meet the press and make this statement : "Lord Northcliffe denies having made such a statement." Northcliffe, fresh from his morning bath and with perspiration streaming down his face, strode across the room with his bathrobe flapping around his legs as the reporter was admitted. The publisher beckoned him into an adjoin ing room and remained standing. CALLS IT "UK" "Be brief, young man," he snapped. "I- want to get out of this heat. I can't stand it" The London dispatch, containing the denial of the British foreign office of .Concluded on Pa Eighteen, Column Two) IS. STONE TELLS Banff. Alta.. July 29.--U. P. WsJfc Stone, tying in a fly tent on the Si)3e of Mount "Eton, told the United Press correspondent of the tragedy which befell her husband, the president of Pur due university, as they were climbing that unsealed peak in the Canadian Rockies south of here. Mrs. Stone is being ministered to in the tent while a raft is built on which she can float down the Spray river to Banff. She will recover. "We were on our way to the peak in the afternoon of July 15," Mrs. Stone said. "The doctor was scaling a steep precipice. A, projecting rock gave way. either under his foot or at the pressure of his hand, and he was hurled tnto the crevasse below. He was slightly in ad vance of me and I looked up just as he fell. The piece of rock which gave way accompanied his body to the bot tom of the abyss. "I saw the body turn over and over in the air until it was lost to sight in the depths below. Immediately I began to descend in the hope of finding hla body, if not to save his life." Mrs. Stone described to guides the exact spot where Dr. Stone's body fell. She was unable to reach It. and rescuers wUl have great difficulty in getting It out of the abyss, if they are able to get it out at all, it was said at the camp. In her efforts to get to her husband's body. Mrs. Stone said, she found herself on a narrow ledge, unable to progress or return. She had nothing to eat for eight days, and drank only the drippings from the rocks where a spring seeped through. She slept only one or two hours during the eight days, but was in good physical condition. The Stones started out Sunday. July 10, from the Alpine club house at Banff to walk to Mount Assiniboine. a dis tance of 44 miles. Girl Bathers, Panic Stricken, Flee From School of Jellyfish (By United News) Hull. Mass., July 29. Hundreds of bathers were subjected to agonising pain and) thousands more were driven panic-stricken from the waters at apd adjacent to Nantasket Beach Thursday afternoon by schools of poisonous rod. jellyfish. There were several narrow escapes from drowning when girls tainted in the water and had to be carried ashore. Scores of others who were touched by the poisonous tentacles of the jellyfish ran from the water screaming hysteri cally. All bathing between Allerton and Kenberma and inside the bay came to an immediate stop.- More than 150 bathers were infected. Schaef f er Named For Linnton P. 0, Washington. July 99. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The president today seat to the senate the nomination of John B. Schaef fer as postmaster at Linnton. John B. ' Schaeffer has been acting postmaster at Linnton. which, although a part of Portland, has a separate of fice, for several months. He ta promi nent in Linnton political affairs and Is one of the backers of the proposed rail road between Linnton and Pni Head, projected to replace the United Railways tine: long inactive. HOW DOCTOR DIED Contracts , For Roads Are Placed On reconsideration the state highway commission today awarded the contract for paving the Shedd-Halsey section of the Pacific highway, in Linn county, to A. D. Kern, whose bid war 1237.131 for a five-inch bituminous pavement on a seven-inch rock base. It was stipulated that when the time came to pave north of Shedd the contractor would agree to provide rock at a price of $2.50 per cubic yard. Reconsideration was also given to the bids for paving in the city of Oakland. In which the city Is to cooperate, and the contract awarded to the United Con tr acting company for $12,078. Other contracts awarded were grading 10.S miles in Lincoln county between Chitwood and Toledo, A. Giebisch, $83,411. Grading and macadamising 2.7 miles in Wheeler county between Fossil and Cummings hill. D. F. Murphy a; $35,132. BRIDGE CONTRACT LET Co. On the agreement of the Union Bridge company to take Union county bonds at par in partial payment, the company was awarded the contract to build the Perry bridge on its bid of $26,900 ten dered last month. The bridge company also offered to build the two Catherine bridges on the same terms at a cost of $11,418. It was decided, however, to of fer the contract to the lowest bidder on the same conditions before definitely ac cepting the offer. A resolution was passed by the com mission which has an important bearing on the construction of stats roads through municipalities of less than 2000 population. Under the law the state can only stand one half of the expense. The commis sion has decided to put into effect a slid ing scale under which towns of 250 pop ulation or leas will only be required to contribute 5 per cent. For each 200 of additional population the price will in crease at the rate of 5 per cent up to 2000 population, where the rate will be 50 per cent. STATE WILL AID In accordance with an agreement by the town of Union to help the county In financing the cost of paving through the city the calling of bids was ordered for the next meeting of the commission. The state will pay one third of the cost of a 16-foot strip through the city. The city and county the remainder. It was also ordered that bids would be received at the next meeting for pav ing through the city of Cottage Grove when conditions were satisfactory. The improvement of the John Day highway through Condon Will also be advertised in conformity with an agreement where by the county and city are to pay third of the teeing the a roent advanced to the advertising stags was a two mile stretch in Wheeler coun ty, between the national forest line and Mitchell on the Ochoco highway. BIDS CALLED FOR The calling of bids was also author ised for improving the Vale-Bore U and Jamison-Brogan sections In Malheur county. On the Mount Hood Loop highway bids will be called at the August meeting for graveling the new sections of grade which will be ready this fall. George Detwtler of Summer Lake ap peared before the commission and asked that the matter of locating the Lake-vlew-Bend highway through Summer lake valley be definitely msde as soon as possible. A reason, for urgency was the establishment of an irrigation dis trict. The commission said that It was quite anxious to make the final loca tion but had been waiting on the county court to acquire right of way, The next regular meeting of the com mission will be August 30. Visiting K. of C. Are Quests at Luncheon At Latourell Falls A party of about 10 Knights of Colum bus were given lunch at Latourell fails by the local committee Thursday at noon. James A. Flaherty of Connecticut, su preme knight of the order, accompanied by many of the supreme officers, made up a contingent of the party. The train to San Francisco left Port land at 4 p. m. amid a chorus of over 250 singing knights and ladles, the car of President Flaherty decked inside and out with Portland roses. The commit tee of welcome was Patrick Bacon, J. N. Casey. F. J. Lone rg an. A. C. Greenwood, P. J. Hanley. A. B. Cain. D. J. Coman. J. J. Burke. R, J. O'Neill. J. F. Slnnott A. A. Murphy. K. P. McBride. That Portland has more than a look In for the 1925 convention was admitted by all the visitors, and the session in San Francisco to open Monday will have among Its delegates many friends of Portland. Q. 0. P. Whip Cracks In House to Bush Its Program Along By David M. Chares Washington, July 29. (1. N. 8.) The Republican whip cracked in the house today aa a drive was started to com plete the legislative work of that body by August -, in accordance with an agreement reached between President Harding and house leaders st a White House dinner last night. The Republican leadership of the house today sent out telegrams to all absentee members ordering their re turn to Washington in an effort to wipe the legislative slate clean. HOW IS THE ROAD Are you planning a week-end motor trip? It so. you will find the latest' information concerning the most used routes out of Portland on page t today. For further information call The Journal Travel and Informa tion Bureau. oest. the county rtinrin 1 iur wi HIGH PHONE RATE RAPPED One Manager Testifies at Re hearing That Increase Has Boosted His Bill More Than 82 Per Cent; Many Are Present Salem. July 29. Increases in telephone rates ranging from 50 per cent to mors than 100 per cent with no correspond ing improvement in service rendered fdrm the basis for complaints registered by Oregon howelmen who are appearing before the public service commission to day in the interest of a downward re vision of its rate schedule of last Feb ruary. The hotelmmn's delegation Is repre sen ted by Lawrence A. McNary. Port land attorney, and includes F. W. Beach of the Northwest Hotel News; H. M Branson, Morris and Madras hotels ; E C. Cornell, Alexandria Court hotel Mrs. E. J. Campbell, Campbell-Hill ho tel; E. Robe, Hotel Hoyt; O. Hlte Washington hotel ; C, I. Van Duyn. Carlton hotel ; A. H. Meyers, Oregon ho tel. INCREASES EXPENSES E. C. Cornell, 'manager of the Al exandria Court hotel, the first witnes to take the stand, testified that the re cent rate order had increased hla tele phone expense by 82.46 per cent, which he declared to be unreasonable. On cross examination Attorney Shaw for the Telephone company brought out the fact that the hotels had entirety es caped the rate increase of December 1919, and had bean only lightly touched by the order of May, 1919. Cornell declared that a hotel should be permitted to make at least 3 per cent on Its investment, but thought 6 enough for a corporation the sise of the Telephone company. Hs admitted, though, that the corporation was enti tled to a return on its Investment. HOTEL GROWTH REVIEWED The growth of the tale phase systems in hotels from its small beginning of a few years ago- was reviewed by Shaw, who pointed oat that now a telephone la every room is regarded as s necessary convenience in every modern hotel. This siinasiiif itition to Us natrons. Shaw In sisted, should be paid for by the hotels over outer patrons ox BnTui lite 7rexTWT hotel of Portland, told the commission that bis telLpDiBl bill had been in- (CooeMsd oa Pes Two. Cehuea that) SLAYER REPRIEVED AT GALLOWS' EDGE Chicago. July 29 L N. S ) Carl Wanderer's song in the county Jail took on a new lilt today as he moved from the shadow of the gallows back tnto the cell where night has never fallen for htm. The former army lieutenant who la accused of murdering his wife, her unborn child and a "ragged stranger" was to have been hanged this morning, but was granted a 90-day reprieve. Wanderer waa In the death cell .when the news of the reprieve reached htm. He was takes hack to the cell where btg "daylight lamps" perpetually keep out the shadows of night. During the 90-day reprieve granted Wanderer by Governor Small, a group of alienists for the state will inquire Into his sanity. If he is found sane be will hang on September 29. It found insane he faces life imprisonment. The reprieve, was granted at the instigation of William R. McCauley. state com mander of the American Legion. Police Sergeant Shoots Attorney, Attempts Suicide Chicago. July 99. (L N. 8.) Police Sergeant Harry D. Kellogg shot and probably fatally wounded Lemuel Hack- ley, an attorney, and then shot himself Just before noon today la the courtroom of Judge C. A. McDonald tn the County building here. Ackley died a few min utes later. Kellogg is only slightly wounded. Judge McDonald, who had just sen tenced Kellogg to Jail for It days for contempt of court, declared Kellogg fired at him and hit Attorney Ackley Instead. One of the six shots fired by Kellogg, ripped Into the Jurist's bench. The courtroom was thrown into wild confusion. Several women fainted. Spectators fought in their scramble to get Into the corridor. Auto Gentle, but It Can't Stand at Curb 'Without Hitchin' ' Vancouver. Wash . July 99. Pro T. P. Clark is the only Vancouver man who at one time owned an automobile that required hitching. At the time he brought the first car to Vancouver the salary ofsthe city clerk, who also acted as police judge, was dependent on fees. There wss an ordinance that prohibited leaving a vehicle unhitched en the streets, and when Clark stopped tnto the postofflce. lea i tog hla ear unhitched, he wss arrested, taken to the police station and fined. Thereafter when he enter ad forth he carried a toad stoker attached to a fish line, which wss fastened. to the car. and when he stopped hs care fully laid the sinker on ths sidewalk to serve as a hitching weight BY HOTELMEN FORESTRY IS DISCUSSED BY LUMBERMEN Committee of U. S. Chamber of Commerce Meets Representa tives of Northwest Timber Owners in Short Conference. Problems of vital Interest to the lum bar Industry of Oregon are being inves tigated today at a conference hold In the green room of the Chamber of Commerce between the committee on forestry policy of the United States Chamber of Com merce and representative lumber opera tors and timberland owners of the state. The conference opened at 10 a. m. and will continue till noon Saturday. SEEKS INFORM ATI OX The purpose of the committee is to get first hand information on the forestry question as a basis for a report on a proposed national forestry policy to be submitted for referendum vote to the 1409 business organisations composing the United States Chamber of Com merce. The lumber activities committee of the Portland chamber sent invitations to everyone interested in forestry prob lems in Oregon and more than 100 lum berraen and timber owners were present at the opening session. DISCUSS TREE PLANTING Planting of young forest trees at so average of 2,000.009 acres per year for the next 75 years hi a part of the pro gram of forest conservation outlined by the national forest policy committee of the United 8U tes Chamber of Commerce. according to Dr. Hugh P. Baker of New York, secretary of the American Paper 3 Pulp association. Dr. Baker was one (CoBUansd es Pass. Two, Onhnan .Use) JULY EXPORTS OF . GRAIN SET RECORD July records for exports of grain for eign,: are again smashes snd the first month for the new fiscal year eves Saps the record set In 1929 by more than half a mlkJIpa bushel. . With ths fSMdttsg to day of the Japanese steamships Seine Msru sad the Ryufuku Maru. carrying 599.99 bushels of wheat for the United Kingdom, another day to go and an other outbound cargo in sight the record for the month just closing wilt set s mark that wUl be hard to surpass. Full cargo lota in off shore steamships were arr carried in Japanese bottoms. This totaled 1.537.777 bushels valued at 91.921.409. Adding to this the parcel lot shipments. Including flour, the total runs well above 2.060.000 bushels with s valu ation of 12.(71.019. Complete totals for July. 1920, the rec ord month until that Ume. as compiled by the Merchants Exchange, show 1.497. 798 bushels, with a valuation of 94.159. 94S. While the volume of business for the present month Is more than half a million in excess of anything set afloat from Portland, ths valuation is less, sa the wheat market In July. 1920, wsa well up In the air and the break did not come until October and November shipments ware ready to move. August, second month of the cereal year, will show up big. as there it s large amount of tonnage listed for Port land loading. Included in this list are four Japanese steamships, each with Capacity of more than 300,000 bushels. There is more British tonnage on the en route list, but exporters are reticent about giving out the charters. Grown Forces Chief May Be Arrested Dublin. Jury 29. (I. N. S.) A sensa tion was caused here today when the president of the supreme court issued s writ against General Sir Nevil McReady. commander-in-chief of the crown forces. General Cameron and General Strickland in an action which may Involve their arrest. The action developed from an order for a writ of habeas corpus Issued recently and calling for the production of two Irish republicans who had been sentenced to death by a British court martial. The men were not produced. The Judge who issued the writ today described the action of the military au thorities as an attempt to resist the courts by force of arms. Baseball Results NATIONAL r h r. . . . see see see set . . see sis os i 9 s Ah St. Jkd Taylor: Pteftcr aad At B H. K 2S2 sea MS S 9 1 see iss ois t 9 9 Tors. Martin. At Clai laaarl New Tint fliiilasae1 ( At tNactausttt (second aasae) R H K Saw Tart 2 OS SSS SOS IS IS 3 41S OOl SSs 0 I 14 t Sanaa aad smith, asndar: ceary Haisntve. At AMERICA 5 Tarts St. Lasts-New At New Tort At Bastca B H B rwwalaad SSS SOS SOS 9 f s sis see see see s 9 s Bastarssa Mimas aad 0"NtS: Taaiwihlia. Oast. Satan aad Baal. ItoaeMri'!,..V.'. . . 930 SS4 19S I?" ll Pj-f V's .. -.919 SSg SS9 9 9 9 ansa. Wage aad rsttsa. Suits. ' '' Fire Patrol Halted; Gas Supply Gone Eugene. Or.. July 29. Pending the ar rival of a supply of Mgh test govern ment gasoline from San Francisco, or some other army headquarters, the army airplane patrol of the forests of Ore gon is to be discontinued, accord ing to announcements made today by the 91st aero squadron headquarters. Titers are no p tsars on the patrol today, and none will fly until the new supply For the last weak or mora. It Is an nounced, gasoline belonging to the states of Oregon and Washington has been used, but that supply has also run out. It is not known whether the Washington patrol will function. There are two sob- stations In that state Vancouver and Camp Lewis. It is known that there is no gasoline at Vancouver. Medford, July 29. Word has been re ceived at the Medford sub-base of the airplane forest patrol service to the effect that that service, beginning with today, will be suspended for sever days in Oregon and Washington. The reason for this temporary discontinu ance Is not known. Despite the official orders received here last week for the discontinuance of the Medford base of the service, except as a gas and oil station, and the removal of the men and planes to the Eugene base, no orders have yet been received as to the time for the removal, probably due to Influ ence at work with the Oregon senators to have the sub-base here continued. BILLION IS WASTED New York. July 29. (I. N. S.) A billion dollars a year Is lost In the metal trades industry owing to idle men and machinery, according to a report of the Hoover committee oa elimination of waste in industry of the American En glneering council, issued today. This estimate does not include ths value of materials that would be util ized If the productivity of labor were increased. The metal trades badge tij Is operating i a whole at only about 90 per cent of normal output, the report states. It is the largest manufacturing Industry hi the United States aad gives employ ment to two million workers. The value of Increased possible product Km. even In asl in si tlssss. would be mare ts9saa,osa. Instability of labor em ploy men t tty nsssagemsm are given as the ma r causes of waste sad non-production Ths average J sartjr waste d ne to a vo Id - abbs labor ruraotom is ntmt TV 009. according to the committee. "We find an aggregate of two miM9bsi elsewhere." says the report. The metal trades investigation, which Is part of a general report, of a com mittee on Its national assay of industrial wastes, was is charge Of Fred J. Miller of New York, former president of the American Society of Mechanical En gineers, and William P Ferguson of Philadelphia. The committee found that the major cause of waste was "unemployment of valuable labor and equipment due. to general business conditions which effect other Industries. President's Relief Plan for Railroads Embodied in Bills Washington. July 29. (I. N. 8.) A bill to carry out the president's plan far funding the railroad debt to the gov ernment and extending assistance to the railroads through the war finance cor poration to the amount of 99o9.0O0.00S wrnm Introduced In the senate oday by wnsior iwwnsena tv. sai ca. ) a sim ilar bill was Introduced In die house to day by Representative Winslow (R, Mass), chairman of the house interstate commerce committee. Kills Herself for Sailor Sweetheart Seattle. Wash.. July 29. (L N. .8.) Because her sailor sweetheart left her about two weeks' ago and did not write, Myri Dixon. 29 years old. committed sui cide last night by drinking poison. El- pon Strickland, the sailor, went to Texas, and his failure to write to her led the girl to become despondent, according to a note Miss Dixon left addressed to her mother. THROUGH IDLENESS I ' aj I A EE DEFENSE FOCUSES ON MYSTERY MAN Witness Sees Unidentified Man Hastening From Murder Scene When Screams of Accused Are Heard; Pedestrian Runs to Car, WHO SCORED TODAY? Mrs. Bertha Gegne For defense ? Mrs. Ages was grief stricken sat wanted to go to her husband. Was prevented. For stats Light was- tit in Ages house when she reached street. Thomas Jewell For defense: Sil ver watch waa in Agee's trouser pock et on foot of bed few minutes after murder and bracelet lay on floor. Ar ticles were later found under dining room window outside. Turned on ail tights in bouse, except those In parlor. Disturbed back side of Agee's bed by moving pillow before officers arrived. Did not remember whether It waa sshssed up before. For state Light burning in house, probably parlor when he. arrived. Gordon E. Colgan For defense: Ssw man wearing dark overcoat nlng from Agee house. A star chamber session Thursday in Circuit Judge Morrow's private cham bers, to which newspaper men were not admitted, and of which little could be learned this afternoon, came, to light about 2. JO o'clock today, when District Attorney Walter Evans made the fol lowing statement : ' Yesterday Chief Deputy District At torney Joseph Hammersley told me that a motion for a directed verdict made by John Comer, dsfenss attorney for Mrs. Ana Louise Agge. had been denied, fol lowing the dosing of the state's case. Evans asked newspaper men if they bad been advised of the transaction, which apparently was being kept quiet by Judge Morrow and Collier. Judge Morrow is said to have said that he did net want to hear any argument on a mo tion for s directed verdict tn open court, but to have allowed the argument In his chambers behind dossd doors, No announcement waa made of this session Thursday. When Judge Morrow Was interviewed by newspapermen this afternoon he re fused to commit himself, savins : "You sill hsv to consult ths record." Re porters were unable to elicit any further 1 statement from him. While direction eTUfe ?res home" Off the morning of June 11 a man wearing a black overcoat and carrying his hat In his hand, walked rapidly up Willis bou levard, frequently looking behind him. then turned south on Portsmouth and broke tnto a run. This man; whom the a Iter nays for Mrs. Ann Louise Agee chstm was Agee's murderer, was seen by Gordon K- C4 gan. fireman, who waa ohsttiag sal Us a (C chaise a Pes Ibrae, Ct One) GIRL IS MISSING; CASE MYSTERIOUS Weird and mysterious circumstances) that surrounded the disappearance of Khyllla Burns, 19, of 194 North Seven teenth street, op Monday, dssain to day as the search for the girt Is son tinued under the direction of the muss's protective division of the po lios department. The girl's mother reports that her daughter left home Sunday In company with Jack Clifford, 19, of 749 Pottygiove street. and that she wss sway until Mon day noon. At that time the girl ap peared at the house in a stupor that could only have been Induced by nar cotics or intoxicants, it is said. Suddenly the mother discovered the gtri lifting a bottle of poison to her lips. The mother dashed the potion from the girl's hand and upbraided her. A shaft time later Phyllis slipped out Of the house and clambered Into aa automo bile with four men. She has not been seen since. The Clifford lad is at home, his mother declares, and was not with ths gtri. she says.