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v - ; , - V ' v ' '. . CIRCULATION 1 i , - 11 ' Js.- " 1 ' ' sLr 1 I (Vyiy 1 1 HL : vr y 1 0 7c ft) I iQj T(l l 1 and.r ,iy so j vJt O I AO' vJSJIA , Ay AM I Ar Ulv ' . ' : , " " Mmlmmmm is Tins citt or saxeu and UwhM ia Ifftrloa and Polk CmstlM . Nearly aTarybody rda The Oregon Statesman THE HOME NEWSPAPER I t a SECRETIEHIT IE llTGDIEPIOil ucpuiuiicm ui JUSUCe UB- teCIl VG RPVP.aift Thinnc uone at communist Ses sion in Sand Dunes. TRIAL JUDGE'S RllLIMft IS HANDICAP TO STAtE More Than Hundred Docu- i ments -Seized in Raid Iden- ;tified by; Officer. I fTttr Ttipt AnnrwlAtoA Tra 1 I communist - convention held m I the cand dunes near hete last I Anruat were remled today m ?tircnlt coort wnenr K-97, depart - ment of justice agent who tended the meeting aa a dele-S rat tnnV 1th a atand an the 1 state's star witne's against W.il Ham Z. Foster, charged With I K-97- T . f w V W J m iVi n filial of the government -et-" is Frincis Morrow of JJamden, I T' Among ue ummttu- he "was known, as Ashworth. and at tee-- conw, wnere an ae- nrateit i nsed assumed names, he was called Day. ' ' t r Detective ia Delegate Morrow fdentifled the delegate list t' ' convention, tne clations ot tile grounds commit-1 tee which' directed It, of the 1 stewards who policed it and in dent of the Salem. Arts league, program, ' agenda, - convention who save a brief story of the ac ' call, progTam and cohstltutTott tivltlea of ,the league, and tspe- r jno ananDer 01 omr nw xhiblts.. '' '.I He told how he "was chosen - delegate . from the! Communists i party in : Philatfelphia and ,how he left Philadelphia . with Alext i " anderlBalir and John Grelslnger. two other delegates, ' " ; ; I The convention, the i witness! said, was opened by Jay LOve-1 sf!one of Ne- Torkr. soon after which Ben Gitlow, alias Lowe, of New York, who Is now n Sini? fin nrison fcerrlne a sen- tence .under 'the syndicalism laws of New York, was elected chairman. f ; 1 '" JndffVs Ruling Strict ; C. L. Smith, asslitant attor ney keneral of Michisan. tried twice to, Introduce In evidence the program and constitntion of the Communist party, which the -witness "had Identified; but eac time Judge Charles White sns- tAlned , objections by TTank : P. Walsh, chief of counsel for Fos ter, that- the document naa n yet been properly-' identified, r;1 J.The j witness "described the con- ventlon In detail. Sessions, r he said, were held In a deep -ravine j between two lofty ' sand dunes. the delegate sitting around on planks placed on ce ment . blocks to form a half clr- Morris Wolfe, another justice department agent who preceded! Morrow on the sUnd, Identified more than a: hundred documents X as among those seized m tne i raid. v f Fedet-al Agent Accused. n ,.u,miTi atin. TLtr. I : Woiflh atfAmntAii tv eW ttiAt I "Wolfe had x appeared with Max Burger,, another . federal agent who now is attached to the Michigan attorney " general's of tice as special assistant prosecu tor In the Foster case, before the y Berrin county board of su pervisors and told the board the trial would not cost ; the county one cent1 because money would be ..obtained . from an outside source I to ' defray .the expenses. Mr.' Walsh specifically, asked If Wolfe had made the statement before the board that he was not at liberty to say where the money was coming from . but that ? It -would be furnished, "as . It- has been in other cases.' Wolfe Xlatly denied - making the statement, although admit ting he wai present at the -meet- (Continued on Page 8) THE WEATHER OREGON: Tuesday generaUy fair. LOCAL WEATHER ; ( Monday f -Maximum temperature, 54, Minimum temperature, 44, River, 8.6 feetj falling. Rainfall, none. Atmosphere,' partly cloudy. 'Wind, west. WHILE SALEM MEN ARE DIGGING I FOR LIVELIHOOD, WOMEN MAKE BID FOR FAME IN LITERATURE Maids and Matrons of Capital City Scoot Among the Dizzy Steeps of Poesy and Shimmy Down the Moonbeams ; . j With Laurels on Their Brows. Bv CHARLES J. LISLE While the mere men of Salem have been ! erubbl ne awav at the brush and the grareJ. digging sew ers and s handling mouldy green money and plucking a, precarious living out of the soil and other re ceptacles where money 13, the wo men of Salem have been soaring away In the clouds of literature and establishing a cultural atmos phere that fairly palpitates with sentiment and romance. Paw and Friend Husband may be old curmudgeons, each a reas on amy good meai ticset and a good foot-warmer of a cold night, but H's the women of Salem who have actually 'arrived In litera- 11 M I I mmlnnM Iiam Than Tual " 7 than local I prominence were the gnests pf the Salem Chamber of vumuiereB j Monuaj noon. iney "7; t-lMiss Mlna Harding of Willamette university, i . The dinner tables were crowded. There wasn't a vacant seat, and the crowd dined "i",,v"fB1J,- O" r uieuiug oU9 isieas. genuine snrimp salad such - o wnen, ne wanted , toe very best there was. and baked apples and nipped cream thijk enongh t0 8tand up 1ke a brick wall. It was one of the dinners that .Jupiter and his demigods , died because they couldn't eat enough, of it. But the real attraction was the array . of . talented .. women who were presented in turn by the gra- Teg-Jclous.toastmistress, Hiss Harding. ghe WM presented to the endfence by Mrs. John W. Harbison presl- ciany oi. tne writers- section, to which taost of the women gnests belong. Tkey have brought a number Of i gifted literary people to Salem at different .times; among these being Kawin Maritnam and lVachel Lindsay. r. teagnera Work Explained Miss Harding told of the work of the writers section. Its mem bers meet twice a month, each one to present I some of the author's ojrn work for reading and for gen- erat criticism. She spoke of the gratifying enthusiasm that has de veloped since Oregon writers have come to be so nationally recog nized! as writers of worth. All of the gnests were present VISITS D AT C I wsm TJTilWPORT fOINT. Oue.. March 19. Henri Tremblay and Vila unfo to arfnllv ioA their three children to bed last nighti . ff , anrrAllnHprI - hnm fnnerfll KT" "VrT' i . 0 tU . ? T-T bier ignited a curtain and the up like tinder. ' .il '- Trioi fiamps nnrpflri ttn nnikiv tnat two OI me Imiureu tiroA fiitTTio9 f aoafli hmffvra thbir - nAMlA TcaVG the nOUSe. I The third, three weeks old, wa3 killed when the mother, herself perhaps fatally injured, tried to save it by 'jumping from a -nrtn-or t.-r' , ..'"v i-.',:.v - v.t- --: J .' i DM is : -worms OONS lill ' NEW YQ&K, March 19. trying that . she was "marked for death' and that her circumstances were similar to those of Dorothy Keenan, slain artist's model; Mrs. Caroline Taylor, a fashionably dressed young woman, fainted today in VVe3t Side court. " , r . ' ! Mrs. Taylor was arraigned upon complaint of Romeo For Hni, who described a "night of terror" in the apartment of Mrs. Taylor. He said he had given her jewels' and other things since he first met her in September. On March 13, Forlini testified, he visited. Mrs. Taylor's apartment and was forcibly held there after he had announced he was going home. He fcaid Mrs. Taylor threw, acid on himi cut his cloth ing and held him through the night. . : ' Addressing the magistrate, Mrs. Taylor said: ' "I am like Dorothy Keenan. If thi3 man doesn't kill me, some friend of his will- - " : r " : ; : . . ' ' - " She swooned and fell to the floor, was carried to a bench and revived. ;The case wa3 postponed until tomorrow. ed In turn. Mrs. Ruth Fargo was introduced as the pioneer of Sa- Ijfem writers. "She has sold more than 300 manuscripts since 1919, lo a long list of prominent Ameri tan periodicals. Mrs. Blanche Jones, who was for -10 years a de partment editor of the Pacific Homestead, and for three years head of the Oregon ' Teachers' Monthly, was introduced as now going deeply Into original liter ary fields, with notable success. She has written much of a po etic-nature. Mrs. F. S. Barton. one of the guests, first started In literature- In tlye Syracuse uni versity press, and one of her lyrics was eagerly sought by Gilbert Sprouss, the famous composer. Likened to Tom Sawyer Mrs. Molly Brunk, another guest, has sold to Sunset and a number of other publications,' and her "boy stories," which Miss Harding likened to - the Tom Sawyer masterpieces of ;Mark Twain, have been . well . received. Miss Edna Garfield , was intro duced as Salem's prize limerick writer." She has a real talent for this form of literary -expres sion, and ' has won some .notable recognition . for her contributions to r this lghtniing-edged poetry. She has also had years of experi ence with the shorthand depart ments of - national , mazaglnes. Three of her latest crop of ilmer Icfca were read, to the vast satis faction of ; the crowd. ; , ?, , .Mrs. bde'U Sayage-Ohling, " an other of tbe guests, established a national reputation, with' her drama, "Jon. produced while she was In Wellesley -college. It found its way to Broadway with marked success. , j Miss Aodred Bunch ' of Willamette university has had her lyrics published in a nnmber of national magazines, and she ' Is hailed as tie of the real literary finds of the past few years. Miss Harding said - In. her introduction that she had sold her first poem an eight-liner, for f t vhen she was 15 year's Wd. ! Miss Harding read some beautiful -- selections from her published worka. ? f Writes iPriose nn Verse Mrs.' Gertrude Roblsotf Boss has had several poems published In The Nation, two of them receiv ing honorable mention out of a field of -4000 - manuscripts .sub mitted. ; One story was i?5cently published In "True Confessions," under the "title "Phoebe Baxter's (Continued on Page 8) hv Whdlea'lhe bbdv bf their feprviVeA had been held during F T r s ro tlfhe dead child's r TTVl . V rv,i0 wqh small house at Chandler blazed . ' WAIL; TRAGEDY-: i lurfl 1715 mm II 11 (JLl I II If II II " n li . II II II 1 II - f , i. : ! SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY WU TEAM WINS AT ST. PET ST. PETERS, Minn., Marih 19(Special to The States man) Willamette university debating team of Salem; Oi- p:on, won in a deDate nere to night with Gustavus Adolphus college, m a close but decisive forensic battle. Joseph D. Menchhofer, coach of , St. Olaf 's college, was the ' critic judge, i arid he, gave, the deci sion to Willamette on both ar gument and - delivery The question was, "Resolved, that the United States should enter the League of Nations," with Tir:n ii. t l j: ai """";c,','?.J""Jul"ii v"c firmatlVe Side. - l m ine. yvuiameue speaKersi2o and 21. according to the de- were Rodney Alden, RODert Notson and Robert LLlttle, with Clarence Anderson, Carl Dahlin and Carl Carlson! speaking for the local team The Willamette team was to have met the North Dakota university team at Grand Fo'rkS, Saturday night, , but tney , were aeiayea f in -me mountains by a showsude that necessitated cancelling the Grand Forks engagement. DEGREE f RDICT L. W. Peare Found-Guilty at Marshtielcf-lnsanity Plea Falls. . MARSHFIELD, Or., March 19- -L. W. Peare, a rancher, was i?lnJ RUl1 ng of his wife and James Cul ver, a neignbor. The jury re timed its verdict after deliber ating two and a half hours. The trial had occupied seven days Peare's defense was one; of in sanity. He admitted on " the stand that he had slain Culver, butt said he did not remember whether he had kllle his wife or not. ; lie charged that , too friendly, relations had existed be tween the two. , :.. iTERIES CLUES ARE Hi Arrest Expected Last Night; I . Wnmcin ihrmuc Mnro II UMIUM I IIIVIIU L ITiVIV Light on Case. ; . NEW YORK, March 19. New clues and new mysteries were un earthed by the police today in their Investigation of the , murder Of Dorothy Keenan. model, who was found slain in her apartment last Thursday.' But the new lines of Inquiry only served to make the case more baffling, It had been announced arrest of a man who had not heretofore been mentioned might be expect ed but tonight there was no report of snch ah arrest. The latest, development 'came when a woman, whose name was nor made public but who was said to live in the apartment directly below the one formerly occupied by Miss j keenan, told the police that about midnight last Wed nee day she heard footsteps in tbe apartment . above her . and., ; that some one paced. the floor rapidly, as if extremely.' nervous.; When she went to her window which Is oh an air shaft, she "snielled a pungent, odor, apparently that o' chloroform This Information was interpret ed by sdme officials as establish ing a new time Tor the murder. It was pointed Out that 'the myster ious "Mr. Marshall who has ad mitted . showering gifts of money and Jewelry upon the pretty model and - who was absolved' from all blame In connection with the crime by Assistant District Attor ney Pecora. had said he did not leave Miss Keenan s apartment until after midnight; and - when he left "Dot appeared in good spirits." , .. I1AXK CIX)SED miop-, juano. aiarcn is. me I J?ii2i ,Nltl0n ank rNampd .ui r. wuua 'uaiuiucr was I d- ported In charge. II MORNING, MARCH 20, 1923 Secibcus CDIirJG MONTH Dates for Biggest Cherringo Yet Staged Set for Apri TST-20-21, Is Decision of uommiuee. ANNUAL CARNIVAL TO BE STAGED IN ARMORY All Past Events to Be Cast fn Shade, Is Assertion of Officials. Salem Cherrians are to hold th!r annual iTh-rHnen Anrll 19 cision : reached last night by the I conimlttee, Frank Wagar, E. I Cooke Patton and Carl Gabrieison They have contracted with w. F. Browning, well known Oregon ehow man. of Salem and elsewhere to put on a one-ring old fashioned "circus," as the main attraction of the week. It will be staged in- doors, as" heretofore, at the arm- ory, and from the brief. outline it (looks- like a regular John Robin- f son and Barnum circus all rolled into one. The Cherrians have put on some record-breaking shows in the past. butt.they say this one will put the others all in the shade. If It does It wlll .be good enough to chalk up on the walls as . the high-water mark of Cherrlan endeavor. City Council Honors Halvor- oir ncdii luiiny .ru- ing is Proposed. The most important and out- Standing plece.of business accom plished by the city council at its meeting last night was the pas sage of a resolution before any business had been transacted. which concluded: i - "Be it! resolved by the common council of the city of Salem, Ore., That In the death of George E. Halversen the city of Salem and the state ot Oregon have lost a loyal and distinguished citizen of surpassing influence, whose exam ple is an inspiration to all. Be it further resolved that this resolu tion be spread upon , the records oi tne city or saiem and that a copy be sent to the bereaved iiamuj. i . I Heads Are Bowed. The: resolution ' was ,read by Mayor John B. Giesy, Its origin ator., At the conclusion of the reading, in recognition of its pass age, every member of the council arose and tood for several sec onds with bowed head. Business in the main last night consisted of the temporary tabling of the parking ordinance and a measure providing for the paving of Portland road near the fair grounds, the passage of the ordin ance providing for the regulation of licensed food establishments, the preparation of bidding speci fications for gravel and sand, and the caUing of a special session for the consideration of the park ing ordinance. The only spirited fight of the evening developed over the resolu tlon providing for the receiving of bids on 600 yards of concrete grater and 6000 yards of sand. The original measure provided for separate Cartage of the sand and gravel. Alderman Van Patton in a spirited address pointed out the irresponsibility or small hauling companies, wnicn could not De tied., down to the signing of a bond for any , respectable amount. A recess of five minutes was taken and in its revised form the meas ure adopted provided, that the ' gravel; and sand companies -sub- mittlng the successful bids should An ITia Kaftlfn'or 1 fitila A ka . . I vv v u , uuv mici viuau sfa ii a p. m. i Special Meeting Called. So Important was the " parking ordinance considered that it was decided to hold a special meeting next Monday night at 7:30. for its consideration. The ordinance, in troduced by Alderman Van Pat . A , J .. . . r . - , . v-n v .t-.j a .v.. t white marks elghTfeet apart (Continued on page 8) FOOD MEASURE GETS THROUGH TOLD I -OF ACTOR I ED BV KU KLUX Ml First Christian Church Falls for, Propaganda of Night Gowned Outfit. YAKIMA, Wash., March 19. Yakima's Inltlonal first hand ac quaintance with the citizens of the Invisible empire, composed of the hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan, will come on Thursday eve ning when a public meeting will be held in' the First Christian Church here. Rev. C. C. Curtis, pastor of the Christian church at Bancouver, Wash., and now tour ing the state as lecturing kleagle of the klan; will be the ; speaker at the rally. ; T. A. Rogers ot Wa- pato is the official organizer of the klan in this district will be oh the rostrum also. . T TO BE B Mayor Giesy Makes State ment Relative to Recent Police Affair. The case of Charles R. Parreht ex-city patrolman who was recent ly asked to resign by Chief Walter Blrtchet, in connection with charges of improper conduct to ward girl inmates of the city Jail during the , month of February, has been definitely dropped, ac cording to advice received last night from Mayor John B. Giesy, resolution which was tendered to the city council last night, was accepted by that body. , In connection with the case. In order to dear any doubts which may exist as to Mr. Parrent's re lations, the following statement was prepared by Mayor Giesy for publication: "In order to correct any false impression In the minds of the public concerning former Patrol man Charles R. Parrent, If Is suf ficient to say that the chief of po lice had made a rule that no of ficer should go into the woman's department of the city jail unat tended and that' no cigarettes should be given to women prison ers. Chief of Police Blrtchet Claims that Mr. Parrent violated these ' two rule8 and in -order to enforce discipline in the police de partment it was necessary In the Judgment' .pf. the chief to demand JVIr. Parrent's star. . This explan ation is made in Justice both to Mr. Parrent and to the chief of police. Portland High School Boys Lost in Mountains PORTLAND, Or., March 19. Parties went out from Portland and from Ulultnomah Falls to night to search the slopes of Larch Mountain1 for Richard Wright and Merrill Bintner, sen iors of Lincoln high school, who were thought to be lost there. The pair, both 18 years of age, strayed away some time yesterday from a party of other, Lincoln youths and late today had not been found. The party of boys, eight in all. left Portland Satur day night) for . an , over-Sunday climb of the mountain, located 40 miles east of here. i Dancer and Mother Plead; Not ' Guilty to Charges NEW YORK, March .19.- Evan Burrowes Fontaine, Orien tal dancer and her, mother, Mrs. Florence E. "Fontaine today pleaded not guilty . and were freed on $5,000 bail each for trial on perjury charges growing out of the dancer's million dol lar .- breach oi promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. STUDIOS BURX PORTLAND, Or., Hare h 19. Studios of the LIfeograph com pany, motion picture producers, were, destroyed in a spectacular fire . tonight. The loss was esti mated lit $50,000. . n CS DRQPPE TALffiK! -COO li ii Ji '... . " r - t . icstimony Becomes 100 bf Gotham Newsmongers, and They Are UxhcrcJ G. ' side While Detective " Tells Story Spaghetti c: Kisses Are Midnight Delectation. NEW YORK, March 19. Lou Tellegen, actor, who ia L -ing sued for divorce by Geraldine Farrar, former Metrope" tan opera star, was described today as a "Don Juan" of t! stage, a seashore and ghetto, by witnesses testifying for tl. .: diva before Referee Thomas H. Mahoney. v These witnesses named two "strikingly beautiful" your. : women as co-respondents. One was Miss Lorna Ambler, n:: Australian actress. The other was referred to a3 a -"Miss L." an American actress who played in the sarnie company wif.. Tellegenin 1921. A third woman; said to be known in San Francisco c Besse Clifford, was named Jr the complaint, but no menti::: was made of her today. . ; Two of the witnesses W. F. Beers and Louis Malthar. r, owners Of bungalows in a colony on Long Beach, describe ! . "month of bliss" spent in July 1921 by Tellegen and Hi i Ambler in a cottage facing the sea. , Beers said he rented one of his bungalows to a man nam I Rankin, said to be Tellegen's secretary. Malthaner and h; wife spent several days in the the other young woman arrived. Beers said he did not p; much attention to the occupants of the house, but that'l l knew they lived there together. Several times he saw ther : on the beach, - .... , V ' ' ST. LOUIS Mo.a March 19. Lou. Tellegen, who i3 apps: r. ing at a local theatre tonight, declared he does not intend t defend himself against the - sensational charges mada j witnesses testifying for Geraldine Farrar in her divorce hearing in New York today. One Reappointed and Four New, Mernbers Named; Will Meet March 31. Roy F. Davis of Medf ord was yesterday appointed by Governor Fierce as state game commission er to succeed L. E. Bean of Eu gene. V He has -lived in Med ford for 12 years. He is federal com missioner and circuit court re porter at Jacksonville. Prior to locating in Medford he lived in Pendleton. He Is a Democrat. Prison Army Corps Gives Present to Marcussen Col. Emll Marcussen, a north west officer of the Salvation Army, was presented. with a paper knife by the members of the state prison army corps. ; Colonel Marcussen spoke, at the penitentiary at 9 o clock Sunday and the prison or chestra , played for the assembly. He has visited .nearly1: every state prison in the United States and all of the federal prisons, and said that the spirit in the Oregon fnstl tution was the best he had timet. Fifteen men expressed a desire to be Christians. He held meetings later at both the boys training school and the girls' industrial school which .were satisfactory In" every way, accord ing to the Army men In charge Staff Captain Helsinger, of the Or egon district! accompanied Colonel Marcussen to the meetings. A successful meeting was held in the evening at the Salvation Army hall on State street. Ten men expressed a desire to be Chris tians at this meeting. . ' Silverton Church Packed j at McColIough Funeral . ... :. A SILVERTON. Or., March 19. (Special to The Statesman.) - About 500 people, it is said were turned away from . the Methodist church Sunday at the fuceral of Russell McColIough. The church was packed with friends of the young man and of his relatives The funeral was In charge of the Epworth- League of which he had been a member. - , Russell died t Wednesday after noon of last week from injuries re- reived at the portable lumber mill operated by Dr. P. L. Loar of Sil verton. The accident occurred on Monday morning. HEALTH LS GOOD MOSCOW, March 19. (By-The Associated Press.) The general health of Premier Nikolai Lenine was reported by the attending physician today as ' good.-'-,' ;. . DAVIS IS KB 1 GAME BOARD PRICE FIVE CENT: AFEECTIi ii ! m m n n . f. r .i. e naw icr lenaer ccr.c..... bungalow before Tellegen cn i Malthaner declared he di.l r ;. know who Tellegen was, even l' ter , he had been told - his csr , but that he talked and hob-nob t. I with him on occasions. ' 6he Totes the Load Once Malthaner testified he t -helping repair a motor at a nef" -bor shack and Tellegen h3pp-r : by. While he was there the i I with a heavy sack "of grocfri r, over her shoulder came up t: path. ' "- -"'v- '": ; "Oh, Lou," she said, accord! ' to Malthaner, "this is so Lev. I don't think I can carry it t::; further." "Oh, yes, babe; you. can carr it all right: Ran along, r.o . There's some .chops In the tcs. Fix them for supper. I'll be ov:f shortly.", " Been and Malthaner Identifil a photograph of Tellegen. acd V. 3 girl as the couple who spent a month at the Long Island resort and departed after Tellegen h-i received a letter from his wife'a lawyers. They said the girl h&i a broad affected English accent pleading to the ear and that Elia was a woman of culture. Sherlocks Watch IHm Malthaner is a clerk in the of fice of the diva's counsel. IT 3 testified he did not know any thing about the divorce action un til after, it was filed. When Tellegen returned to N : v. York, testimony showed, he wsn trailed night and day by dt-.-tives. In August "Miss. Ambler went to.. live with friends in a studio apartment on the top ficcr of a house -on west 37th street. Norman ; FItzsimmons, private C 3 tectlve, said he followed Tellieea to this house on numerous occa sions and that the actor met tl 3 girl in thl vestibule. . Invariably, he said, they embraced in tta shadows and then went for Ions; walks, winding in and out side streets and often into the ghetto on the lower East Side, where they stopped In Italian restau rants for midnight suppers of spaghetti. ; "They seemed very much taken with each other,"he testified. Spaghetti, Then Good Night 1 After these spaghetti feasts the detective said they would return to the 37th street house and psrt in. the vestibule after a prolong: 1 farewell. Then Tellegen would 'speed away in a taxi to his suita in the Hits Carlton hotel. In September, after the openir- of "Don Juan" with Tellesen ia the title rob3r the actor began di viding his attentions between J.I'. s Ambler and Miss 'L, according to FItzsimmons. Immediately after the perform ances " he would hall a taxi a r,. take-Miss "L." to her home ca Riverside Drive, spend a mome-t or two with her .In the hallway and then go down town to meet M?ss Ambler. Too. I taw for the Hoys At this point the referee atkej newspapermen to depart, as Cari- uel Untermyer, counsel for ?,'! Farrar, thought the testimony tr come would be "unfit for the'r ears." After FItzsimmons had left the stand, reporters returned. , The last witness for the plain- tiff was Josephus Branit, a r-;:ro (Continued on Pas a S), i ,