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12 Pases
SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 25, 1923.
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DIVINE SAM
TO BE
NEAR DEATH
Physicians Pronounce Star
of Stage. .Critically III
Constitution Much Weak
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POSSIBILITY FOR U
fl ECO VERY NOT GREAT
Relapse First Suffered at
"Play in Paris Given
December 18th V
t PARIS. March 2. -- Madame
Sarah 'Bernhardt is critically ill.
' perhaps dying. Bravely this re
'markable woman who helongs to
the , world as well as to France,
Is fighting, against the ravages of
disease hut her weakened eonsti
' tution 'makes the , odds " much
against her.
" After A a, long consultation' to
night the attending' physicians
issued the following bulletin:
's "The - condition of ; Madame
Bernhardt has become, aggravated
In the last few days and the prog
nosis must be .reserved." , 1 ' ;
t Sinking Spell Sodden
r The guarded , terms -used would
. lead to the belief that the possi
bility of Bernhardt' recovery is
not great. .Bernhardt herself de
clared i ' only recently that she
would continue her work on the
stage to the Very last, and only
this week .she posed at her home
'in a film for an American' com
pany,' thus 1 probably overtaxing
her strength. ? X i
Madame Bernhardt, who ob
served her 77th birthday October
23 last, suffered a collapse at the
rehearsal of a new plhy In I Paris
on December 18. She made lit
tle of the affair at the time,. term
ing; l a mere fainting spell, and
declaring that she would soon be
back before the footlights. She
juffered several relapses, and on
December 24 'was reported to be
dying. She slowly recovered from
this setback, i however, and on
January -loj felt so strong that
'she .insisted upon attending the
theater. . Since y then until the
news today of her sudden sinking
spell, ;her condition' was not con
sidered serldus. f :,
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Information About Boon
Family
Wanted in East
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A letter regarding the where
abouts of John Boon, last heard
. from In,J90, or; of ids descend
ants, was ' received by City Re
corder Marten Poulsen yesterday.
The letter was from, Mrs. Kath
erine Whitman Slayton q 472
Whitney avenue. New Haven,
Conn.; and is as follows:
,"I in anxious to get touch
with any of (he family of one John
Boon," who was last "heard, from
by his mother, now dead. In 1890.
I am enclosing a letter addressed
to any v of ,hls family and shall
greatly appreciate your help If
you know anything of. the fam
ily. - i : ' ? , -
: "Some of the older, 'pedp'le in
Salem may know of them if they
are no longer : there, and I will
glad ly, correspond with anyone of
, the family if you will send me
the names of such."
Valley Packing Company
1 7 Building. at Silyerton
7 SIL.VERTON. Or.. March 24.
(Special to The Statesman.)
SUverton is to have two new brick
buildings, both of which are to
be , used for , meat markets. One
is being built by the Valley Pack
ing company in the location of the
former : Bock Brothers meat mar-
kef, on Main street. The tearing
away of the old building Is al
ready onder way. The other r.ew
building Is to be built by Carver
& Graham, a local meat firm. It
Is understood that this firm pur
chased the Barr & Porter, prop
erty on North Water street, di
rectly across. from the present lo
cation of the Carver & Graham
meat market. - ,u -J
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THE WEATHER I
OREGON: Sunday fair.
LOCAL. WfeATHER
(Saturday) 4 ,
Maximum temperature, 65,
Minimum temperature. 37.
River.i 3.9 inches, falling.
Rainfall ,02 Inch. -Atmofphere,;
clear, ; A
. Wind, west. ,
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SAUNDERS
ACCEPT SHARES
SOLD UNDER OFFER
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 24. (By Associated Press.)
Clarence Saunders, awaiting settlement with "shorts" caught
in the ; jam when trading in Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc., of
which Saunders is the head, was stopped by the New York
stock exchange Tuesday after a day of wild fluctuations, will
decline to accept in settlement "at this late dav.'vanv of the
stock sold "under his $100 a share" of fer of yesterday. Mr.
Saunders in a statement issued late today, held the offer of
yesterday was a "one day" proposal and those still short can
not now make settlement with
ON PICTURE
Photographer Declares Three
Distrinct Ovals Resem
bling Faces Recorded
LOS ; ANGELES, March 24Jt
Photographic prints, from a plate
made yesterday at the funeral ot
Mrs. Mary Fairfield McVicker. as
soclate pastor ot tne central
Spiritualist chuich, showed three
distinct! orals .resembling human
faces, I according to the photo
grapher who made the prints. In
the lower part of the picture there
are 1 also : several other fog-like
smudges that it is said have some
resemblance to faces.
Before her death, Mrs. McVick
er requested a photographer be
at her funeral to take pictures of
her casket, and she would cause
her spirit form to record itself on
the camera plate.
When Mrs. McVieker died, Al-
bert' H. jlletxel, a friend, made ar
rangements for the photographer;
He; secured the services of C,-II.
Monroe of Los Angeles. .
1 One Plate Spoiled
Mrs. j McVicker requested the
pictures ' be made at ' or near 5'
o'clock in the afternoon, as thU
she considered the most favorable
time7 for her spirit fomv to ap
pear. Accordingly, at the Tirst
Spiritualistic church, where the
funeral -was conducted, the photo
grapher made two exposures. A
third exposure was attempted, but
prevented -by the ending of the
serviee. he plates were ' taken
to the Monroe studio and develr
oped. ; ?his process was carried
on very slowly by using a weak
developing solution- in " order ; to
bring out every detail in the pic
ture. One plate was spoiled in
developing. When the "remaining
plate was examined late yesterday
while still wet from the ldevefop-
ing tank, it showed evidence' of
spiritual form, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. McVIcker's
co-religionists. . v
The plate wae allowed to r
and the prints were made late to
day
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Three Persons in Hospital at
Silverton as Result of
i' Accident 5
SILVERTON, Or., March 24.
(Special to The Statesman.)
Mrs. Lou Erickson and two .small
children are in a local hospital
with severe Injuries and several
other persons are less seriously
Injured following a spectacular
automobile accident herei about - 4
o'clock 'p. m. today.' lnwhlch es
cape from death by some of the
persons; Involved" is almost mi
raculous.1
MVs. Merlin Conrad was driv
ing north ph North Water., street
in a coupe and started to turn
across (the bridge over -Silver
creek into Geiser addition. It, is
said she failed, to signal as she
started i to turn, with rthe result
that a j heavier automobile - that
was coming behind and carrying
five persons crashed Into her car.
The coupe was knocked against
a telephone rpole and Mrs. Con
rad and her little girls - who was
with . her were slightly hurt.
The heavier car plunged over
the bank and catapulted into
Silver creek where it landed up
side down.: The persons - in the
big car were a son ot Mrs. Erick
Ron, who was driving, his mother
and her ; ; two '-younger - children.
and a young son of Mr. and Mrs.
John - 'Holman. All 1 are of ' Sil
yerton.' .
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DECLINES
that stock.
Mr. Saunders in making public
his intention to combat any ef
fort, to tender the stock bought"
yesterday, again bitterly de
nounced the action of the stock
exchange in extending the time
of settlement and 'generally the
system of handling the situation
which grew out of ,the flight of
Piggly Wiggly, V
"It's up to the congress of the
United States to enact' proper leg
islation that will make the law of
the land supreme over the doings
and acts of the New 'York stock
exchange," Mr. Saunders said in
his statement. . J" We have law
against' common gambling and lot
tery chances in this country and
certainly need a law that will
penalize the higher form of gam
bling and lottery chances as it is
practiced through the New York
stock exchange."
Today's statement" fixed the
amount still "undelivered" at
more than 23,000. At the expira
tion of the first 20 hours of grace
Wednesday it was estimated thai
the undelivered stock totalled in
excess of 25.000.
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Veteran Criminal Gets Fif
teen Years and Younger
' Man Accorded Ten
Bobbie Burns I and Edgar , L.
Smith, St. Paul bank robbers who"
pleaded guilty when arraigned; in
the circuit court ,Ta few days ago
to a charge of asaault and rob
bery ' with a dangerous weapon,
were " yesterday sentenced to .15
and 10 jrears "respectively in the
state penitentiary by Judge Percy
R. Kelly; J - . (
'" Nonchalant, Burns who is about
39 years old, was first led into
the courtroom for sentence. Be
fore any Imposition ; was made
he made a short statement ad
mitting that he had coaxed yoqng
Smith, who Is 0 years old, into
the bank holdup. ; He asked that
Smith be dealt with as leniently
As possible.- He received nis
sentence coolly.
' Pathos marked the imposition
of sentence upon Smith. He ad
mitted y that he had served .1 0
months' and 10 days in the nen-
Itentiary on a forgery charge put
upon his release bad secured a
position, married and had been
attempting to pay for a home.
He was thrown out of employ
ment, and to meet payments on
the house, he said, had consented
to accompany Burns on the hold
up. , ; ;
Clemency was asked by Smith's
attorney or - a possible parole.
Due to the fact that it was the
youth's second offense, however,
Judge Kelly explained that pa
role was Impossible and that he
would be compelled to follow the
penalty provided by statute. Both
young Smith's wife , and his
mother were in the courtroom
at the time sentence was pro
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Women Debaters Chosen
v ' to. Represent University
EUGENE, Ore.. March 24.
Women debaters to represent . the
University of Oregon In forensic
contests - with the University of
Washington April 2, were picked
today. ' The affirmative and nega
tive teams ! will be chosen from
the following: May Fenno, Mar
garet Woodson, Mildred Bateman,
Eugenia Strickland and Edna Lar
gent. 'The question to be debated
will be "Resolved, that the fed
eral "government should enact a
constitutional amendment giving
congress power to regulate mar
riage and divorce."
NO VERDICT KACHKD
DENVER, Colo., March 24.
The-jury trying 20 alleged mem
bers of-,a nation-wide confidence
ring was locked up at 9:50
o'clock tonight when they had
failed to reach agreement at that
I lme.
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HUBBY SURE
IF GIRL GETS
COVETED DESK
Ina Proctor Seventh Who Has
Held Certain Job to Yield
to Cupid's Arrows
When Miss Ina Proctor was
married here Isaturday afternoon
to Marc Latham of Silverton,; she
was the seventh- young woman
who has presided at a certain desk
In the correspondence department
of the state automobile division
to be, lured from that desk by
Cupid in the last three years. The
other six- were Hazel Downing,
Edna .agers, Vivian Browne, I.ll
lian Olson, Florence . Bell and
Josephine Moon. Carl D. Gabriel
son, superintendent- .of the divi
sion, says there is a delue of ap
plications for the Job.
,Both were students at the Uni
versity of Oregon. Mr. Latham is
a member of the Phi iDelta Delta
They will live in California.
Many Followers of Benjamin
Purnell, Cult Lfeaderr Will
Take Stand
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March
24. Members o! "The Inner
Circle" of . the. Isreallte House or
David , : and other followers of
benjamin Purnell, cult leader, to
the number of i(l are to be call
ed by the df-fense when, the suit
for an accounting brought t by
John W. llansell Is resumed here
Monday, It was learned today.
The list of witnesses ncludes
two sisters of Mrs. Ethern Han
sen, star witness for the plain
tiff and former secretary to pur
nell. as well as several "high
priestesses" of the House of Shl
loh, where it has been testified,
Immoral practices Were Indulged
in. y ,.
Charges Denied
Whether Purnell will take the
witness stands still is , doubtful.
It was previously announced
here that his wife, Ma r y,
would testify but her name does
not appear on k the witness list.
A brief to be - filed, by attor
neys for the plaintiff Monday,
netting forth in detail Hansen's
claim of fraud, in which, he de
clares, he turned over $5000 to
the colony when he became a
member and 'which was denied
him, he alleges, when he was ex
pelled. Hansen asks1 settlement
in the sum of $80,000. The
brief will also deny the charge
that he was the leader in apro
posed "revolt," against Purnell,
the purpose of which was said to
have been the setting up of a
new colony at Nashville, Tenn.
THEN PAROLED
Kronberg, Walker, Liljeblad
and Dietrick all Escape
Prison rWalls
Al Kronberg jand Frank J.
Walker, indicted by the Marion
county grand jury on a charge of
burning their ( property With in
tent to injure the insurer, and
who later pleaded guilty when
arraigned in the circuit court,
were yesterday afternoon, sentenc
ed to three years in the peniten
tiary by Judge -Percy velly. They
were immediately - afterwards
paroled to Sheriff O. D. Bower ou
condition of continued good be
havior. Both Kronberg and Walk
er .were accused of burning ; their
garage at Mt. Angel with Intent
lo collect the insurance thereon.
David Liljeblad, charged with
forgery, pleaded guilty when ar
raigned and yesterday morn
was sentenced to serve two years
in the penitentiary by Judge
Kelly. He was later paroled to
the state parole officer.
Martin Dietrick, charged with
contributing to the delinquency tit
a minor, pleaded guilty and waa
sentenced to serve one' year In
jail. He was later parole to W.
C. Winslow.
SUBSCRIPTIONS ,CIXSK
BERLIN, March 24. Subscrip
tions to Germany's SO-million dol
lar internal loan closed today but
it was announced at the reichs-
bank that no information regard
ing the results will be available
for four days. . - ' '""!"
INNER CIRCLE
TO BE CALLED
SENTENCED
NEWSPAPER
CONFERENCE
IS FINISHED
Publishers to Ask Investiga
tion of Present High
Price of Print Paper
. EUGENE, March 24. The Ore
gon Newspaper conference, which
closed a two-days' session at the
University of Oregon this atter
noon, adopted resolutions con
demning the manufacturers ot
print paper for the present high
price situation and calling on the
federal trade commission for an
investigation. .
George P. Chaney, publisher of
the Enterprise. Record-Chieftain,
was unanimously elected presfdent
at today's session and George
Turnbull, professor of journalism
at the University of Oregon, was
re-elected secretary. Eric W. Al
len, dean 6f the school of journal
ism here, was chosen as chairman
dT the program committee.
Ice Reported to be Melting
Rapidly and River Falls
r Several Feet
, SIOUX CITY, la., March 24.
All flood danger is past unless
very severe and unusual weather
conditions, set in very soon, ac
cording. Uo a statement made to
night by R. J, Anderson, chair
man of the board of supervisors
of Woodbury county, A. B." Erick
son, a)so of the board, and J. C.
McLean, county engineer, who
spent" all day Saturday in the
danger 7.one on both sides of the
Missouri riverj Investigating the
situation. . Their statement de-'
clared that a drop of two : feet
in water stage, at the lower point
of the gorge on the Iowa side,
about three miles south of Ser
geant Bluffs, la., had occurred
in the 24 hours from Friday
night to Saturday night. A re
cession of seven inches was not
ed at Dakota City, Neb., they
said, the fall having occurred
since this morning.
Ice Melting
A well defined and open chan
nel 150 to 175 feet wide has been
opened on the Iowa side accord
ing to the statement and the
water is flowing off freely, thus
relieving the situation.
The ice is melting rapidly so
that numerous open spots, in the
ice sheet have madetheir appear
ance. Members of the delegation from
board of supervisors who view
ed the gorge, in company of the
two engineers, declared tflat tney
did not order Sheriff Paul T
Beardsley to wire war depart
ment officials requesting the as
sistance of a feet of airplanes to
destroy the ice jam, as was stat
ed, in newspaper stories.
BLIGH BUYER OF -THIELSEN
HOUSE
Theatre Man Acquires Build-
mg
Where Apartments
are to be Built
T. G. Bligh yesterday bought at
auction the Thlelsen house at
Court and Capitol, where the new
Capital apartments are to be built.
He has.contracted to remove the
building within two weeks, though
be announces that he will get it
out of the way within 10 days,
and leave the lot free for the new
building operations. It is to be
moved farther north on Capitol
street, where he has property to
hold it. The price paid was $550.
The contract for the new apart
bent house was let March 20 to C.
Van Patton & Son of Salem. it
calls for an expenditure ot approx
imately $200,000, not including
the ; furnishing of the place,
though this does rover the light
ing,, heating .plumbing, built-in
bed, and ' all the permanent' .In
stallation. It has been estimated
that materials and general build
ing 'costs have gone up since the
first of the year. ;
Work Is to be pushed along as
rapidly; as possible. It is under
stood that Contractor Van Patton
will have men at work on the ex-
THOUoffpAST
cavation by the close of this week.frui men of all kinds to famore
PROMINENT
CLUBMAN IS
IMPLICATED
Mysterious "Mr. Marshall
. of Model Murder Case,
Proves to be John Kears
ley Mitchell
SECRETARY PROVES TO
BE EMINENT ATTORNEY
Wife Professes Complete
Surprise When Husband
Named as Defendant
NEW YORK, March 24. As
sistant -District Attorney Pecora
who for nine days has preserved
the incognito of the mysterious
"Mr. Marshall" of the Dorothy
Keenan murder, case, today admit-.
ted reluctantly when faced by a
band of newspapermen that "Mr.
Marshall" was John Kearsley
Mitchell of Philadelphia, capital
ist, clubman and son-in-law of E.
T. Stotesbury of J. P. Morgan
and company. T ;
At the same time Mr. Pecpra
removed the veil ,of secrecy sur
rounding the identity of "Mr.
Wilson, secretary who accom
panied Mitchell to the apartment
of the Broadway hotel the night
before she was slain. "Mr. Wil
son ' said the assistant prosecutor.
was John II. Jackson, New York
lawyer. .
Wife Professes Surprise
After this denouement, Mr.
Pecora held, a conference with
Mitchell and Jackson. The pair,
accompanied by 'ellson Olcott,
another New York lawyer retained
by Mr. Mitchell, stepped Into' Mr.
Pecora's office after it had - been
vacated by "Blllle" Bradford. Miss
Keenan's maid, who also' had been
summoned for further, question
ing. " '--.-.,:.',,:...:;.;..' k - r-
Mr. Mitchell, whose wife, Mrs.
Frances Stotesbury Mitchell, to
day in Palm Beach professed com
plete surprise when informed that
her husband bad been named as
the mysterious "Mr. Marshall" was
called here for questioning as to
whether he had any knowledge o(
a' blackmail plot, which Mr. Pe
cora believed existed but in which
Miss Keenan refused to join. . In
a formal statement Mr. Pecora
reiterated his belief that .Mr.
Mitchell and Jackson had no con
nection with the, crime and that
neither would be arrested.
No Statement Made,
Mr. Mitchell was detained in
the district attorney's pff ice until
nearly 7 o'clock tonight. He re
fused to make any statement as
he left and rushed down the ele
vator to the street.
After the clubman had gone
Mr. Pecora said he was "abso
lutely convinced" that Dorpthy
Keenan was murdered as the re
sult of a blackmail plot directed
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BOOTLEGGING TRADE
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CAR SHORTAGE HERE
California booze grapes and the national craze for bpot
Iegging are responsible for no small part of the fruitmen's
troubles on the Pacific coast this year, according "to a talk
made by B. W. Johnson, of Monroe Saturday at the session of
Oregon apple and pear growers at the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Johnson produces the statistics to show that, where
as a few years ago the California wine grape was hardly
worth mentioning as an article of commerce, last year there
were 200,000 acres of these grapes doing business, and there
were 40,000 carloads of the dried product shipped out of the
state.. This has robbed legitimate fruit business of the Pa
cific car allotment, and the.cars liave gone into an illegitimate
business of helping to violate the national Volstead act.
The association was bo imprest
sed with the showing made by Mr.
Johnson that a. resolution was
passed asking the1 Oregon congre
gational delegation in Washing
ton to Investigate the matter and
see what couldr-be done to remedy
it. There has been an undeniable
shortage of cars for the regular
fruit trade on the roast, and Mr.
Johnson's figures are believed to
have pointed out at least one of
the great. troubles that an illegit
imate business is favored above
a legitimate one.
C. S. Stone, general manager
of the Hood River Apple Growers'
association, was one of the prin
cipal speakers of the day. He
urged the apple growers and . all
JAIL INMATE
ATTEMPTS TO
KILL HIMSELF
Rex Shields, Paroled ' From
Penitentiary," Says He Will
Not go Back Alive
EUGENE. Ore.. March 24 Rex
Shields, paroled convict from. the
Oregon penitentiary, who made a
sensational escape from the cpun
ty jail here yesterday, holding, up
a deputy sheriff with a revolver
and locking the officer in jail, but
afterward returning with a is
mother and giving himself up, at
tempted suicide in jail today by
drinking a quantity of poison dis
infectant fjuid found in the jail.
Shields had said that he would
never go back to the penitentiary
alive. He was in a serious con
dition for a few hours, but the at
tending physicians say he may re
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Attempts to Tamper With
, Communist Jury Said to
Have Been Frustrated
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 24.
,(By the Associated' Press.)---Attempts
to tamper with the jury
trying. .William Z. Foster on
charges , of criminal syndicalism,
have . been frustrated,- and the
trial will proceed, Berrien county
officials stated today. i
First confirmation from an of
ficial source that an apparent ef
fort to -influence the jurors had
been detected came today after1
publication of tho details of Judge
Charles White's hurried confer-!
ence wlfi lawyers for the state
and with the jury after court ad
journed last night.
Two men, one a local . resident
and the other a stranger were, re
ported to . have been ; caught' fol
lowing one or more jurors. They
were searched, questiond and then
released with the warning to,' stay
away. ' ! ; -t
Charles E. Ruthenberg, execu
ti ve , secretary of the Workers'
party, who was on the stand when
court adjourned yesterday, will re
sume Monday his story of the
communist convention held in the
dunes near here last August.
Frank P. Walsh, chief counsel
for Foster, has not decided
whether Foster will take the stand
in bis own behalf. !
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CONSIDER PLANS
WASHINGTON, March 24
Aiemoers ora commission apf
pointed by Secretary Hoover to
investigate 1 agricultural export
problems as authorized by the
last congress at an executive
meeting today considered tpre-
liminary plans laid -down for
them by Dr. Frank M. Surface,
who will be the chief of its
staff. Secretary Hoover acted
as chairman. ;
attention to picking, packing and
grading of fruits. He insisted
that-only the production of qual
ity, fruit, that could be sold again
and again because or Its uniform
quality, would " solre the I apple
problem of the northwest. He
urged also a much closer cooper
ation Instead of cut-throat com
petition that has marked much'of
the fruit business of the coast!
Among the larger growers pres
ent were D. R. ,K. Saunders. C. R.
Thompson. C. S. Stone, The Dalles;
C. A, Canby, Noel Davis, Grants
Pass; W. E. St. John.' Sutherlln:
Roy Yoacnm, B. W, Johnson,
Monroe; . Kenneth Miller, Sheri
dan; Profs. W. S. Brown and A.
B. Cordley, OAC. Corvallls." and
Seymour Jones, Salem,
ScED
DEATH CiMS
ilia
NIGHOLSOi
Cancer of the Liver Held to
be Cause Illness Which
Proves Fatal of Lcro
Duration J
CALLS PHYSICIAN FOR
FIRST TIME IN LIFE
Democrat Will Probably Fill
Vacated Seat in Senate, .
Is Belief
DENVER, Colo. March 24.
Samuel D. Nicholson, United
States senator from Colorado, dl&i
here at 9:15 o'clock tonight.
Carcinoma, or Jcancer of th$
liver, caused bis death. He ha
been ill for nearly a month...
Senator Nicholson was uncoa
scious when he . died. He ha4
Lapsed" into a state of coma
shortly .before the end and he did
not regain consciousness before liq
succumbed.'
The malady which caused; th4
death of Senator Nicholson was
the flrs serious ; illness he ha I
suffered In his lifetime. In tli
first appeal to physicians, medical
science was unable to aid him.
J Nine days before the adjourn
ment of congress, in which 1.3
had been serving , his first terns,
the senator was seized with an ill'
ness which be at first believed to
be la grippe. . For the first lid
In his life Senator Nicholson call: i
a physician. Asa result ot a diag
nosis at the army and navy hos
pital in Washiogton, he was ad
vised 'to consult the Mayo broths
ers at Rochester, Minn. f
Fails Rapidly.
On March 10 Senator Nlcholsoa
Arrived at Rochester and his cu
was disposed of by physicians &t
the Mayo brothers' clinic.
It was decided . that an . opera
tion was inexpedient.- - Failing
rapidly, as the toxic poisons re
sulting from his condition spread,
Senator Nicholson requested that
he be removed to his home In Den
ver, i . f
Throughout the journey to Cc!
rorado the senator rested eaelh'.
but his ' strength, was waning.
Immediately after his arrival hi
was taken to hia home and an
other diagnceis indicated that hi3
condition remained extremely cri
tical. Hope was -virtually aban
doned by physicians who were un
able to cope with the fatal malady;
and death resulted.
May Appoint Democrat.
DENVER, Colo,, March 2C (
The death of Senator Nicholson,
who was a Republican, will send a
Democrat to the United States
senate from Colorado. The ap
pointment &f his successor rests
with Governor W. E, Sweet, Dem
ocrat. Tbe senator's term did not exi
plre until March 3, 1927. Ills
successor mill be, appointed Jto
servo until the general election,
tin 1924, when Colorado, for tho
irst time in history will elect two
In i ted States senators. One will
fill the unexpired term of Senator
Nicholson. The other will suc
ceed Lawrence C. Phipps, Repub
lican, whose term expires March 3.
1925.
Governor Sweet announced to
night that her had not considered
the matter of making a successor
for Senator Nicholson because It
"wanted Senator Nicholson to ret
well." ' -
United YMCA Schools
Offer Excellent Course
One of the most Interesting
and -instructive window displays
seen in Salem recently is the
one in the south window of the
Commercial Book store, which,
was prepared by , Norman Ken
ney local representative of tha
United YMCA schools.
Mr. Kenny states that tha
YMCA Is at the present tim
offering 3Q7 complete courses
covering every subject from
architecture to accountancy. Thlg
is the most comprehensive list
ot courses ever put out by any
school of this type and Is 08
wonderful value to the person,
who finds his time so occupied
that It Is Impossible for him to
attend a regular school.
The YMCA school is absolute
ly non-profit sharing ; and there
are' no dividends to add to tha
expenses of those " carrying t&
work, hence the cheapness f:?
hich such an excellent ccttzz
la. offered, ,