I
OXBCOXATXOM
Averts fr February, 1923 :
" IS THS C1TT OF SALE it
and eliewhera ia
ICartoa and. Polk Ooaatiea
Kaarly rrarybody raada
The Oregon Statesman
THE HOMB JTEWSPAPER
Baaday only
.6003
-5420
Dily nd Sunday
Avarars lor tlx moatka ending January
A, 19ZS:
ndT only P"ff
Pailyand Banday:,
SEVENTYECONP'WJAB
i
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
.1 t ,
i
PLOTTED
Communists Planned t o
Send Workers Into Legion.
Navy and Klan Jo Under
mine Country j
RECENT FUNCTIONING
OF GROUP IS PROVEN
Committee Said Appointed to
Furnish Arms and Poison
Literature I
ST. JOSEPH, Mich.. March 26.
(By The Associated Press.)
The communist party of America
f was meeting And functioning a3
a party organizationand discus
sing 'illegal activities as late as
a week ago yesterday, according
to evidenced produced by the state
today tn the trial of William Z.
Foster, charged J. with -violating
the criminal syndicalism' law ot
Michigan. -' ; ; .
, Attacking the claim of Charles
E. -Ruthenberg. a defense witness
and co-defendant with Foster,
-Jthat the communist party had
passed out o( existence last Jan
uary, merging its "Identity with
the legal f workers party,, the
; prosecution on ' cross , examination,
won an admission that Mr Ruth
enberg had attended a commun
ist gathering in ew jTork on
Sunday, March 18.
Ruthenberg admitted that he
and another member of the Cen
tral JSxecutive committee of the
' workers party, were present and
that another ; member " delivered
a speech in German which, Ruth
enberg translated. He admitted
that the speaker stated the reas
ons why) the communist j Interna
tionale of Moscow had ordered
the" communists in -this, country
to come - !but :into -' ihe . open" and
that one . reason . advanced was
because the political. -situation
has changed, since the election
of men classed as liberals to im
portant offices, . including con
gress. ' .1'; ' . : !'-;" A'
' The report ot the- unnamed
government - agent who attended
the meeting said the speech was
followed by a general discussion
in which Ruthenberg answered
questions. "He stated as follows,"
the department of justice agent's
report continued. j
"The apparatus of the Com
munist -party of America will
consist of a. Tery confidential
committee which will ' direct Il
legal work,' such as sending men
Into the American Legion the
Ku Klux Klan the army and
nary and' in case of an uprising
this j committee will take care of
getting arms'and distributing
them, also to get , people to dis
tribute illegal literature and do
.the general work of the party
. Ruthenberg denied that the
j statement; represented what : he
had actually! said. V 'U !
t The state) tried today to bar
Ruthenberg's testimony entirely
tinder a Michigan ruling that a
co-defendant Is not a competent
witness for his fellow defendant.
Judge White held, however, that
the state wa- Coo late in rais
ing the objection.
Silverton OAC Club Is
" ' Host to Senior Class
v : SILVERTON, Or., Mrch 2 6.
(Special to. i The Statesman.);
, The Silverton QAC club honored
. the seniorclass of the Silverton
I high school at'a successful affair
I Saturday night.. A banquet open
ed the evening at 7 o'clock. Al
vln Hobart acted N as toastmaster
tor the occasion. Dr. , Dubach of
Oregon Agricultural college gave
an address.. ; piareftc Sebo was
spokesman for the albmni and
Miss Dorothy llubbs, a sopho
more at ealege. represented the
students. Donald Hutton respond
ed for the senior class. Dancing
began at 9 o'clock. v ? 1
The affair was -held at' the
Knights oU Pythias hall which
was decorated in the orange and
black college colors which are al
' so the ' colors " ot the, local high
: school. v
THE WEATHER
OREGON: - Tuesday, fair and
.continued warm. :
LOCAL WEATHER
(Monday) -Maxim
am temperature, 9. j
Minimum temperature 3 4.
River. 3.6 feet; falling.
Rainfall, none .
Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, northeast. .
GROCETERIA HEAD
TO SUE HCHANGE
N FOR" CONSPIRACY
MEMPHIS,- Term., March 26. (By Associated Press.)
Clarence SaunUers tonight announced that he will enter suit
"against each of the brokers who was in default" and "in ad
dition thereto, I will sue the New York Stock Exchange for
conspiracy," as a result of failure to delivery class "A" com
mon stock of the Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., within the cus
tomary 24 hours after trades were made during the stormy
trading in Piggly Wiggly on the stock exchange last Saturday.
IDE
L GETS
MANY GIFTS
One Said to Have Spent Be
tween $60,000 and $70,
000 on Murdered Girl .t
NEW YORK, , March 26. A
91000 Liberty bond and a valu
able, jade bracelet, gifts of John
Kearsley (Mitchell, wealthy Phila
delphia i club man to Dorothy
Keenan, slain model, set detec
tives on a new trail and Voffered
a new clew to the slayer tonight.
The bond and bracelet, as well as
several hundred dollars in cash
were given the model by Mitchell
on his visit to her apartment on
March 14,-but were missing when
her body was found the next day,
authorities said. , - '
Detectives were concentrating
their efforts in tracing the bond
which Miss Keenan was known to
have had the night she was mur
dered. Her jewels, valued at sev
eral thousand dollars, also, were
taken by the slayer. '
Plot Revealed
Details of a plot to "shake
down" Mitchell for $5000 as the
price for silence concerning his
relations with Miss Keenan were
revealed by Assistant District At
torney Peeora Miss Keenan, he
said, had been approached a few
days before her murder and an
attempt was made to enlist her
aid in the conspiracy!.' .
TThe plotter, who Was said to
hare had .confederates, sought to
obtain the letters Mitchell had
written the model,, Mr. Pecora
said. ; : ; j :
The possibility, was advanced
that the model had demanded too
large a share of the "hush mon
ey." ; : IA-. S :
One Spends Fortune J .
'-..Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Pecora con
tinued, knew but little of Miss
Keenan's mode of living, and did
not know until her murder of Al
bert E. Guimares, the "man in the
fur. coat.; ; ; : V.' -!v'- ' 4
Although : police concentrated
thefr ef forts in trailing the black
mailers, ;Mr. Pecora said the
theory that Miss Keenan had been
slain . by robbers had riot been
dropped. 1
Frederick E. Goldsmith, attor
ney for Guimares, today said Gui
mares had spent "three times
more on Miss Keenan last year
than had Mitchell." He said his
client had, lavished between $60,
000 and $70,000" on the model
and Was now practically destitute.
Guimares,! he continued, did not
know of Mitchell's existence un
til after the mnrder and had never
seen him in the guise of Marshall
or otherwise. . 'I r,
MIST
Secretary of State Urges
, Pan-American Confer
ence to Seek Cures
'WiBHIKGTCN;.:';Mareli V A
plea that' nations set themselves
forcibly to the task of removing
every remnant of suspicion, dis
trust and' hatred and earnestly
seek the cures for their Ills which
Is found only in friendship and
good faith, was made today- by
Secretary f Hughes In a message
to the fifth Pan-American con
ference in Santiago. Chile, deliv
ered by ! Ambassador Henry P.
Fletcher, head ot the delegation
from the United States. Mere
formal arrangements between na
tions, the message eaid. are futile
In the absence of good will.
The" assertion was made that
the conference should "buttress
the foundations of amity! and
take "full advantage of its oppor
tunities" in that direction. The
real value ' of the conference was
declared to rest in the fact that
it "generated powerful ' currents
of mutual misunderstanding and
friendly, interest. - "supplying the
motive power by which injurious
Influences might bs grercomg.' '
s
GO SAYS HUGHES
Air. s&aunaerg announced this as
his next move in the controversy
over the Piggly Wiggly trading
which put the stock exchange in
an uproar Tuesday and resulted in
tbe elimination of . that stock
from the "big board," and a stock
exchange order to extend until to
day the time for delivery of stock
sold "short" on the exchange
March 20.
Saunders read reports from his
New York representatives and
conferred with his. associates
until late in the evening and when
he left his office gave as a part
ing shot that "the fight had just
began." "
Xo Compromise.
"And I don't intend to compro
mise this matter by settling sec
retly behind closed doors, mere
ly for a money consideration as
the New York stock exchange no
doubt thinks I would love to do,
doubt thinks, I would love to do,
as money Vis the second consider
ition to this fight of mine,"
which, he said, had tome to "ex
posing and putting to public view
the inside doings," or i what he
termed "the most notorious and
outrageously domineering crowd"
that "ever lorded a country of
either slaves , or free men." .V
Mr, Saunders, as in previous
statements, scored Wall Street and
the stock exchange severely. ' Let
no one fool himself that I need
money , worse than Wall Street,
for with them money is all, and
with , me and others outside Wall
Street wq have honor and hon
CStv an well " wait annlhpr "nuirv'
in tonight's statement.- . ,
NEW: YORK, if arch 26. All
deliveries of , class "A"; common
Piggly Wiggly, Stores, Inc., under
contracts executed on the last day
thestock vas on the "big board"
of the New York stock exchange
were completed this afternoon, of
ficers of the exchange announced
tonight.
The total . amount - handled
through the stock clearing associ
ation, was 11,200 shares, includ
ing both long and short interests.
.Exchange directors . declared
there was no basis for a statement
by -Clarence Saunders, president
of the corporation .that there was
a short interest ot 25,000 shares.
Mr. Saunders has received- all
stock at prices he contracted io
be paid for it and is In exactly the
same position in all respects as
though the stock bad been de
livered to him on March 21. the
statement of exchange officials
continues.
.It is asserted that suspension
of I trading in the stock on the
"big board" was in strict accord
ance !with the constitution of the
exchange and "resulted in sub
stantial justice to all parties.
WOMAN ACCEPTS
' POLITICAL JOB
Town of 25,000 in Five
Years Is. Campaign Slo
gan ot Mrs. Barrett
WARRENTON, Or., March 26.
Mrs. R. E. Barrett. Seaside,
Or.I business woman, tonight fil
ed her formal acceptance with
the city commissioners of the of.
f ice of Warrenton city man
ager. ; ? ' '.j: : ! . "
The first woman to hold such
an office, Mrs. Barrett will begin
her duties as city manager here
April, 15. i
News of Mrs. Barrett's accept
ance ofjlhe position was received
by Warren ton's 8,00 citizens with
rejoicing. Mrs. Barrett .announc
ed that: her campaign slogan for
the upbuilding of this town
would' be "make 'Warrenton a
metropolis of 25,000 in' five
years. j - : I : i
In accepting the position oU
city manager Mrs: Barrett saia:
"I am entering office on April
IS determined to do all in my
power to make Warrenton grow.
Cities are not made over night,
and I expect to accomplish no
miracles. I am only an ordinary
woman, endowed with ordinary
ability, and with the aid of cit-jchance . for concealment, bo that
izens and the natural advantages hope was expressed tHat the out
of . the port, (we ought to add laws would be caught when forc
rapldly to our population and ed from their hiding place in
Industries." ; ; . Juniper capygnt t -' ;: -' - -yy
HOLLAND MAY
FOLLOW U. S.
AND GO DRY
Member of Dutch Government
Sees End of Gin and Sch
napps for Netherlands
NEW YORK, March 26.
Hol-
land, famous for its
gin and
fchnanps. is preparing to follow
the United States in banishing in
toxicating liquors, N. A. Devrieg,
member of the Dutch government,
said today after visiting Fedem!
Prohibition headquarters.
"My impression of the pecple
of. this country is that v.'ry f o
rrailv know anything lbout the
prohibition onesi!;;r. ho ' shM.
"Only those respons'.tila for its ?n
avimcnt and enf.j. cement un-ler-3Ja.-
n, while the r:-ar hrc no time
to study the situation or are in
different." FRAUD CASE
IS CONTINUED
Eleven of Twelve Jurors Se
lected to Try Victor Innes
Mail Defrauder
ATLANTA, Ga., Marh 26.-
With eleven Jurors selected, the
trial of Victor E. Inac3, was. con
tinued late today until tomorrow
moniiiig. A new panel of venire
men has beep summoned to se
cure the twelfth juror. S
The charge against Mrs. Ada
May Innes, indicted jointly with
her husband, was postponed to
day pending the receip of an af
fidavit from Portland, Or., physi
cians as to her condition.
Tlhc charge against Innes
grows out ot the Nelms case, it
being charged specifically that be
used the mails to tdefrauj -'Mrs,
EIoi8 Nelms Dennis, securing
large sums of money from her on
the pretext of making certain In
vestments for her benefit, but in
stead appropriating the money or
his own use. Both Innes and his
wife were tried several years . ago
in Texas on ' the charge of . mur
der of Beatrice Nelms and Elois
Ielms Dennis, sisters, whose mys
terious disappearance, never has
been solved. The law of corpus
delicti intervened at the trial whn
the prosecution failed to produce
the bodies. '
DEPUTIES BATTLE
Bullets Fly as Sheriff and
District Attorney Pursue
Law Violators
HEPPNER, Or., March 26.
Tom Chidsey, deputy sheriff and
S. E. Notson, district attorney
of. Morrow county battled today
with a band of moonshiners in
the wilds of Juniper Canyon, 20
miles north' of Lexington but
were driven back by the out
laws according to word received
here. AVhetheri there were any
casualties is not known here.
Appeal for reinforcements was
sent here by the two officials
who had gone into the fastness
of Juniper canyon to raid the
still which private information
led them to believe was located
there. -The
two officers reported that
they had been forced to beat a
retreat under fire ot the sus
pected moonshiners when their
ammunition became exhausted
and because they were outnum
bered. i
Responding to the call tot
help, city Marshal Devin and
Walter Cason left at once for tne,
scene of the tight. They car
ried a large amount of ammu
nition and were prepared for" a
long, pursuit. . .... , '
The district surrounding , Juni
per canyon ts known as tne
"sand 'country" and offers little
PATIENT IS
CONSCIOUS AS
BRAIN OPENED
Man Talks Freely to Doctors
arid Nurses While They
Operate for Tumor
NEW YORK, March 26. An
operation for brain tumor during
which the patient, Henry A.
Brown, 39, of Newark, N. J., un
der local anasthesia only, discuss
ed his feelings with doctors and
nurses was described by the staff
of Beth Israel hospital today.
The operation was performed
February 27. The patient has re
covered sufficiently to return to
his home
Dr. K. Win field May performed
the operation, pausing only when
the patient asked for more anaes
thetic. 'The skull was trephined,
the brain covering removed and
a tumor two by four inches and
three-quarters of an inch was re
vealed. Governor . Appoints Portland
Lumberman to Succeed
John B. Yeon
Henry B. Van Duzer, manager
of the inman-Poulsen Lumber
company of Portland apd former
president of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce, was named by
Governor Pierce v yesterday as
highway commissioner from Mult
nomah county to succeed John B.
Yeon.
Van Duzer is a Democrat. He
was at one time chairman of the
Democratic, -central committete
from Multnomah county. During
the war he was appointed by the
Wilson administration as a mem
ber of a board to supervise fir
production for the use of the gov
ernment, one of the few' efficient
boards of this kind. :
v Is Leading Snortfcnian
. He has been one of the leaders
in angling activities in the state
and was instrumental in secur
ing; legislation that 'separated the
game and commercial fishing de
partments. Van Duzer was also
one of the leaders in the protec
tion of game fish on the Rogue
river. '
As president of the Chamber ot
Commence Van Duzer rnade a
thorough study of road matters
and is well informed on this
work, as well as Oregon's scenic
resources, and has -.championed
ther development and tlw fcip
building of the tourist assets of
the state. U
Mr. Yeon and the other two
(Continued on page 6)
PIERCE TO TALK
Salem "Heights Prepares
Good Program for Com
munity Representatives
Governor Walter M. Pierce is
to be the principal speaker to
night at the Marion County Com
munity Federation meeting at Sa
lem Heights. The locals have
planned to make this one 'ot the
star sessions in the three year his
tory of the federation. They have
sent out a number of personal
messages to the delegates and to
Others who should be interested,
and they expect a record attend
ance. They are suspected of In
tending to make it a record
breaking lunch, also; which is an
inviting lure.
During the afternoon the pro
gram committee for the fedcra-J
tion will be in session at the
Chamber of Commerce. They will
outline the general . work for the
coming year. The committee
chairmen are: Ways and means,
L. A. Beck man, of Woodburn;
legislation, J. C. Perry, Salem;
roads and highways, George W.
Hubbs, Silverton, agriCjUlture, A.
F. Hobart, Silverton; organiza
tion, George L. Griffith.
The communities affiliated with
the federation, all of whom are ex
pected to be present this , after
noon, and again at the jSalem
Heights meeting tonight are:
Auburn. Mt. Angel,' Silverton,
Turner, Stayton. West Stayton,
Scotts I Mills. Salem. . Jefferson.
Mill City, Aumsville, Aurora, Hub
bard, St. Paul, Pratum, Rosedale,
Woodburn, Donald, Monitor, Ger
vais, Salem Heights, Liberty. Mar
lon; Brooks, Sunnyslde, Fruit
land. Llvesley. Auburn i the
"baby" of the lot, their applica
tion having just been filed for
action Ihla meeting. .
VI DUZER ON
ROAD BOARD
- : ;
FEDERATION
WITNESSES III
OIK SUIT
i : ; h
Counsel for Plaintiffs Holds
i Cult leaders Attempt to
Influence Testifiers on
Stand
SECRET SIGNALS ARE
CAUGHT, BY ATTORNEY
One Defense Witness Carries
Strange Slips of Paper
in Purse
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Mar.
26. Jcharges in open court by
counsel for the plaintiffs that an
effort was being made by leaders
of the Israelite House of David to
coach defense, witnesses in the
$80,000 suit of John Hansell and
his wife against Benjamin Pur
nell. head of the Benton Harbor
cult, enlivened this afternoon's
session of the case before Federal
Judge John E. Sater.
I Following accusations by At
torney Walter M. Nelson, repre
senting the Hansells, that a rep
resentative of the cult was signal
ing to a witness on the stand,
Judge Sater announced that if
there appeared to be proof of the
charges he would conduct con
tempt proceedings against the ac
cused after expiration of the
prcsent case. -
, --" Papers Secluded .
The charge?, ere made during
the cross examination of Carl
Turk of South Bend, a defense
witness.. 'Attorney Nelson charg
ed Ada Ross, a girl from the Ben
ton .Harbor colony, sitting with
attorneys for the defense,1 was
signaling to the witness. The
witness, the girl and the attor
neys for Purnell denied the im
putations. Nelson declared -i he
could prove his assertions if per
mitted to call spectators as wit
nesses, and the judge announced
his willingness to institute con
tempt proceedings if "reasonable
proof" were offered that coach
had been' resorted to.
The charges of Attorney Nelson
were the thiM similar accusation
he had made during the day.
Previously he had called atten
tion of the court to the fact that
Mrs. Amanda . Keenan. another
defense witness had in her purse
several slips of paper to which
she referred occasionally. The
papers, submitted to the court,
bore the words:. "A -wise guy('
and "ask Esther what she knows
about it." 1
Witness Leaves Room
No r effort was made in open
court to learn the meaning of
the writing, but Esther Hansell,
daughter-in-law of the plaintiffs.
(Continued on pare
FLORENCE MACBETH CHARMS
HER AUDIENCE; CLEAR VOICE
AND CHARMING PERSONALITY
L.ike an " old-fashioned girl,
stepping out of a quaint old pic
ture frame In hoop skirt and
basque, Florence Macbeth smil
ed and sang for Salem folk last
night. Her crystal voice with
that charming lovable dramatic
quality, no less than her smile
and herself won- her many
new friends Tn addition to the
ones she had already claimed.
Macbeth's ability to make the
song a part of herself and her
self an impersonation of the
song, her almost perfect enun
ciation, leave! little question as
to the reason I why this charming
girl from the Main Street iown
of Mankato, Minn., has sung
herself into the hearts of Grand
Opera patrons. i
While singing across, many va
cant seats,1 one could not notice
that this made any difference in
the joy she seemed to experience
in just pleasing and surely no
audience iould have given her
a greater tribute of hushed -si
lence as she sang, as a finale,
that old favorite "The Last Rose
of Summer."
She sang the "Shadow Song"
from - Dinorah with a haunting
charm which brought immediate'
approval from the audience. She
responded with "Saper, Vorreste?
from The Masked Ball, which
was just as much a favorite.
''The Vesper j. Hymn" and the
Russian folk song. "Kalinka"
wete charming bits of stng'ng
which showed the range of her
ability as a dramatic singer.
MI38 Macbeth sang the "Coou-
koo Clock" and "Animal Crack-
ers'V 5j encoreg (or thgEecond
ONE DOES NOT
MOURN DEATH
OF BERNHARDT
Aged Half-Brother Bitter Be
cause Famous Actress
Does Nothinj for Him
McALESTER, Okla., March 2 6.
(By the Associated Press) While
the world mourned the passing of
the "Divinie Sarah" tonight', an
aged Frenchman sat In a little
furniture repair shop in McAles
ter, -his heart still filled with bit
terness. He was Joseph Bernhardt, 73
years old, who claims that Mme.
Bernhardt' was his half sister.
Only a solitary tear fell from
the eyes of the bent old man when
he was informed of the death of
the famous actress.
"I have no pity, no sorrow." he
said. ."No friendship has existed
between us for. many years. When
Sarah could have done much for
me, she did nothing."
Officer's Horse Shot From
Under Him by Indian
Sought by Officials
BL.ANDING. Utah, ' March 26.
United States Marshal J. Ray
Ward's horse was shot from un
der him today as he and his
party were riding into the Allen
canyon district to capture .Old
Posey, renegade Piute Indian.
The shot came from long dis
tance" as Indicated by the fact
that , the report was not heard
till after the horse fell. Marshal
Ward was uninjured. . ;
The marshal la seeking to ef
fect a. meeting with Old: Posey
and bring him into Blandlng
peacefully if possible.- He. took
with him one of Old Posey's
sons r and another Piute : named
Mike.' ' ; ..:,'"-.' ' . -..,'
Three posses besides the mar
shal's party are seeking tbe fugi
tives, going toward his supposed
hiding place in three directions.
WASHINGTON. March 26.
Secretary Work of the interior de
partment In a telegram sent late
to Superintendent McKjean of
th9 Consolidated Ute agency
Blanding, Utah, declared mem
bers of Old Posey's band of ren
egade . Indians "should be dealt
with by the local . courts with
out prejudice and with complete
justice." i . .
The message was sent .In re
ply to one from McKeah in which
the opinon was expressed that it
would be .inadvisable to return
those captured . to ; their reserva
tions as has been the custom in
the past after "insurrections."
group ot songs. She graolously
sang again "Pieraot" and i gave
"In My Garden" as an encore
following the last group closing
with "The Last Rose of ; Sum
mer." -: . . ; . '
George Roberts played the ac
companiments for Miss Macbeth
and not a little of the finished
quality of the songs was due
to his ability as an accompanist.
He played . a group of -iano
numbers and graciously respond
ed with an encore. '
The Woman's club chorus un
der the direction of Paul Petri,
sang two groups of songs.' This
is the first time since last, tall
that the group has been heard
in concert. Included In the cho
rus are many of the younger
vocalists interested in chorus
worki The "Louisiana Lullaby,"
(Branscombe) was one of , the
most ! appreciated of the songs
sung. They also feang the "Vik
ing Song" "Dear Lad o'Mine,"
"From the Land of the Sky Blue
Water" and, "The Moon Drops
Low., Miss Dorothy Pearce
played the accompaniments for
the chorus. ' ; ."
The: members of the chorus
are: .
Mrs. L. B. . Gilbertson, Mrs.
Ada Miller Harris, Mrs. Don
ald Wayne Riddel. Mrs. -Grant
Bonnell. Mrs. Alice Thompson,
Mrs. C M. Panunzlo, Mrs.. Susan
Varty, Mrs. William Prunk. Miss
Hilda Amsler, Mrs. -E. V. Mc
Meacham, Mrs. Martin' Fe'reshe-
t lan. Mrs. Harry Styles. Mrs. C.
B. , Webb, Miss NeNllIe Schwab.
Miss Marie Schwab, Miss Frances
(Continued, oa 8fa iL"r
MARSHAL IS
' NEAR II GTIIUI
DEATH TAKES,
S Ti
OFFOflTLIEIITS
Sarah Bernhardt, Singer,
Poet, Painter, Beloved by
Nations, Called Away by
Grim Reaper
WORLD EXPRESSES
GRIEF AT PASSING
Wonderful - Voice Se
Willi
Never to Tire Undaunt
ed By Loss of Leg
PARIS, March 27. (By the As
sociated Press) Sarah Bernhardt
died peacefully in the arms of her
son; Maurice, at one minute be
fore eight o'clock - tonight. In
life she had an amazing power of
emotion, ot marvelous realism ar I
pathos in her acting of death
scenes. At' the end of her days
she quietly drifted away into eter
nity, tired after her long . fight
against death, which she did net
wish, but never feared. '
Hope for the "life ofthe great
actress had long since been aban
doned, and half an , hour befora
she passed away, those In attend
ance found her sinking beyond re
covery, though knowing her re
cuperative powers, it was thougit
she might live throughout ti.3
night. 1 '
- '"-
Rallies Astonish
Mme. Bernhardt died In a larss
room on the second, floor of her
home with windows wide open cz
the Boulevard Perelre,; the nci
of trucks and the railroad keeping
up a low roar to which she was
long accustomed. Death was dci
to a renewed, attack of uraemia
poisoning which began - Friday.
The actress astonished her phy
sicians by her repeated rallies as4
her will to lie, just fa 3 "she dii
last December when hope had sev
eral times been abandoned. A
priest was summoned hurriedly i
the middle of the afternoon tvhe;
symptoms of the. gravest nature
supervened, but Bernhardt ralliej
and regained lucidity.. The priest
administered extreme unction,
which she acknowledged wit
faint movements of the hand 3 ani
head, too weak to speak.
The widow of Edmond Rostand
whose fame is linked' with that cf
Bernhardt, and the poet'a son,
Maurice Rostand, were at the bed
idV , "' . j
Many Friends j Call
Many hundreds or friends, per
sons prominent in all walks of life
and others, . little known but
quite as dear to. Bernhardt, callci
during the three days of her laat
illness, but few of them were per
mitted to see her. Aside from
the members of the h'ouehold
and family, and her closest .inti
mates, only Dr. Marot and the
other physicians visited the 'sick
room. . : ,
Messages of , sympathy' carae
from all over the world and from
all parts of France. Friends jour
neyed to Paris so they might coma
personally to the house to make
Inquiries and leave an expressio'3
of their affection. Carriages as I
automobiles filed past ' the en
trance from morning until uight;
the whole i world seemed to ba
watching with the group of six
doctors,1 hoping for recovery but
regretfully realizing that a great
career was ending. ; ,
Acthjties Varied
.Three score .and one years on
the stage did not fill her life; she
found time to be poet," novelist,
painter and ! sculptor, yet seem
ed never too busy. to, see her many
friends and always seeking' some
thing more to do. . l . " .
, The loss of her., right .leg at
the beginning of the war caused
her to limit her movements on
the stage, but did not hinder her
appearances. She took her mis
fortune bravely," played for the
soldiers and used to the utmost
her wonderful voice, which seem
ed never to tire; Wly ot late ycar3
had If begun to lose something of
its marvelous quality. Her in
ability to walk well and the in
creasing disabilities ot age of lata
greatly restricted her stage roles
and latterly she has appeared only
seated.
SOLDIER JONES LOSES
LONDON, March 26. "Sol
dier" Jones,- heavyweight cham
pion of Canada was defeated at
the National Sporting club -
night in t6e fifth round b; T .
Bloomfield, the English
heavyweight boxer. The
were fighting for , the f
r '
Cruiser,
All