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Mi . If vyc,u "kwant to know -what f is V -going n In Salem; if you are in-' terested in this city; it you want to know what the merchants of I Salem are doing Read the ads. TEN PAGES TODAY seventy-third year 58 SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS " . - V , . i ' "MMM'''M'"M,M'M',M''M,'l,M''""-SS"SSS""SSSSSSSSSSSSSS J , . . ..- ..i! '-.!'!.. ',--!. . . : .. I I A A. .1 k A OF POSITION Names of Haney and Thomp son of Mobile Likely to Be Returned With Palmer as Chairman PRESIDENT'S CHOICE h NOT TET DISCLOSED Cooiidge Meets With Alaba ma Man and Trusted s i arupping Advisors r iaer progress was made todav hv I - ' vuv"u6c in nis enaeav- viuiuie . ueniuie mercii aat marine policy, and Indications tHreloped that he rirtually had de cided upon a shipping board chair man to carry out this policy. U TVhite Hjuse officials declined to dUcusi the president's choice. out everytmng: continued to point to the selection of Lelrh C. Palm er of Missouri, former chief of the nary department's bureau of nav igation. ; ... . . ;. . The president tbdaar had t hl third conference Vith Mr. Palmer within a week and nresent at the same meeting which was held at the White. House it, hku were; Chalnnau, Jones ot the sen- ate commerce,. committee and Mat thew C: Brush head of the Ameri can International corporation and 5ft traited adflsor of Mr. Cooiidge on shipping matters. ( Mr. Coolidse's Tlrtual selection r a new chairman is understood i T names of Frederick 'I. Thompson of Mobile, Ala., and Bert E. Haney of i Portland, Or., as members of the board. ,- -' ; Their nqmtnatlons were Jwitb- f T ; drawn when the senate commerce 1 1 committees ruled that Edward ; P. Farley of Chicago was disqualified, 1 geographically, under the mef ch ant" marine act, to - continue as chairman T1k ' Mm " will send a messaK to the senate to morrow withdrawing Mr." Farley's name, as the latter has requested. ' i , - Farley Retiring a j J. . ' Arrangements; bare, been made by Chairman' Jones for expeditious action by the commerce commit tee on a nomination for a board member to be chairman so that the new - chairman may take up his duties upon the retirement within a few days of Mr. Farley. The . study by the president of a policy Is proceeding on the basis r of the Jones recommendation for dlTorcement of the operation of the government-owned merchant ships from the shipping board and 'pJaclng -of it In the hands of the emergency fleet corporation!; ex tension of coastwise shipping;: laws to the Philippines; adoption of, a tonnage replacement program, and coordination of railroad and ocean ehlpplng. Grand Jury Meets Today, Fourteen Gases Slated 'Fourteen cases will be invest! gated' by" the grand Jury when it convenes for the January grind at 10 o'clock today.- Members of the grand lurv are 1 E. M. Crolsan. Rodney Mckee, Harry P. Chase, F, B. r Simpson,,' August Neuge bauer. Edward Punnlgan, Jr.. -and George W Wilton. Cases ; that will be considered sire those of state vs Jung Chang, larceny: ; Elvis LIndsey, fdrgery; Mrs. i Carrie Hitter, Woddburn, contributing to tho delinquency of a minor; George Vail, assault! and - battery; Carl Zimmerman, Silverton. aUtutory; Elroy Haines, Newberg, statutory; Paul Robin son, larceny; James porter, forg ery; Holland Crites, Newberg, statutory;" Carstensen, not jsutfl - dent funds!; JJunean William alias General Gaines Locklcar, techni cal charge of assault and battery; Harry Eisaman. non-support, -and N. Ro5enbaum, pointing- a gun at another person. THE WEATHER ; OREGON: - Rain or snow and ' warmer .-.'Thursday; Afresh " noiithwWterlv sales. I r , LOCAIlWEATHEIl I Wednesday) . ; Maiimuin temperature, 281 Mlalnium temperature, 17 i Set traoeratuTc; 28, - : i Precipitation, .55 inch.. I Hirer, 7, feet. , . , : -Athjosphere,!' cjoudy,? '' Wind: northwests f ' t BIG GROWTH MADE I BUSINESS DONE AT THE POSTOFFICE ; ' Salem postal receipts for 1923 totaled $168,485.24, it was announced Wednesday by John H. Farrar, postmaster. Re ceipts for 1922 were $165,013.49. The receipts this year arid last were about $25,000 higher than the two proceeding years, with. $144,192.37 for 1920 and $144,560i33 for 1922. Receipts for the last quarter of the year were $50,033.8, nearly $10,000 in excess of any of the three other quarters. These were divided $39,809.24 for stamps ; $8289.56 for third and fourth class matter, constituting permit mail, such as automobile license plates, etc.; $1525.42 for second class mat ter, newspapers, magazines, etc.; and $398.45 from box rent. Air excess of $11.16 was also included. This latter amount represented the profit on sales quantities, cnieny one or two to By quarters, receipts were $4JS,7b.U4; second quarter, $43,033.05; third quarter, $32, 1aoirtf a eVtAW a train Fnrrny said TVia ia An& Dvtr IP WTinn nonnHt! E TheatreMan Goes to. Los Angeles State Employe Succeeds Him eiler reusnea his Po- :ir ",!?'aVr 01 !e ' L,berty lUMioi iieuuesuajr ana expects to IeaTe next week for Los Angtles He will be succeeded by J. D Bebee, director of the Grand theater orchestra, and who has been connected with the public " "7 "T8 ,0" r le jthree years. In addition to his years. managerial work. Mr. Felker has had charge of exploitation and scenery rfor all of the Guthrie owned theaters.. Before coming to Salem eight months ago' Mr. Felker "was head of the Scenic Art service, furnish ing displays for all but two of the Portland theaters. Before locat ing in Portland about three years ago, Mr. Felker was engaged in n neafer lt;ating besides his magazine and design Ing work. Close application nearly ruined his eyesight , and he was forced to abandon this line .of work. Mr. Felker said yesterday that he greatly regretted leaving Sa lem, and if the opportunity pre sented itself he would like to re turn. Mrs. Felker will remain in Salem with her daughter until the end of the school year. Friends of Mr. Felker greatly regret his leaving Salem, for al though his stay here has not been long, he has been active In local Affairs, directing the Cherrian show and participating in other events. National Guard Organiza tions Banquet and Have Athletic Program Company F and headquarters company of the coast artillery corps held their annual banquet and athletic program at the arm ory last night with most of the members of both companies pres- I ent. Speeches were made by Capt Paul Hendricks of Company F Captain Irwin of headquarters company, and Private First Class Craig. j Corporal Puxdy of Company won the drill down, bergeants Rlngle and Blankenship of Com-r pany F won the wheelbarrow race, an event in which they defeated all the other company teams of the 1 Oregon national guard at Camp Lewis last summer. Ranson and Haines of the artillery corps won the three-legged race and Scrgts. Ringle and Mason of Company V tied in the equipment race. 4 Needs of German Children Will Be Discussed Tonight t--! ; ;y - . " Needs of German children and what Salem can do to relieve ex isting conditiens, will be explained by Robert A. Strong of Portland, head of the relief committed or ganized to assist German children. today.1 Mr. Strong" will arrive in Salem this afternoon and Is anx ious for all those interested to meet with him at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium at 7: SO ! o'clock tonight; It is expected that nlana for a Ideal campaign will FEUD "EH POSITIHR MifflllES 110 1 0 1 EVENTS of stamped envelopes in small a customer. as follows : First quarter, avarv aafnrA raav Pncfmoofav moif hrAocfl A,,,-, WHO RELEASED met Birtchet JWants to Kpow, and Says He Is 4 Going to Find Out Why an automobile was re leased after its owner had pleaded guilty to charges of possession 6f liquor and transportation of li quor, instead of being turned over to the sheriff's office Is the ques tion perplexing Chief of Police Walter Birtchet, who is making every effort to place the blame upon the person responsible. The release was effected while he wa3 recovering from a recent opera tion for appendicitis. u8SBv Eyerly was arrested ober iu and his automobile seized: He riaid a SI 00 fine on of the charges and a part of the Mother fine, for a similar amount After Chief Birtchet re turned V duty he discovered that the macmneV&ffci been restored to Eyerly. - Sergeant George White told Chief Birtchet that he had re leased the machine upon verbal order of Marten Poulsen, police Judge. Poulsen disclaims issuing the order. The attorney for Eyer- y said yesterday that he under stood Poulsen had ordered the re lease. Determined to sift the trouble and place the release order upon the proper person. Chief Birtchet is. not sparing himself and is dig ging deep in a mass of complica tions. When Eyerly drove to Salem New Year's . day Chief Birtchet again seized 4iis automobile and ordered it held at the Marion gar age, where it is at present. And though the case stands without any direct evidence point ing to any one person, some in terestlng developments are ex pected in the next day or two. As a result of the complication, Chief Birtchet has issued instruc tions for all future orders to be put in writing and filed on record 3 OEY OF AUTO CONTEST Mrs. G. N. Thompson ing in Great Race for Magnificent Automobile (By the Contest Editor) There are only three days left in The Oregon Statesman's great automobile contest which closes on Saturday night at 11:30 p. m.. and as the contestants are warm ing up for the grand finale Mrs. C. N. Thompson of route S, Sa lem, is leading in the great race and so close to the finish that the time is now counted by hours. Mrs. Thompson has been a con sistent worker from the beginning and her manyy friends have co operated with her and sincerely wish her every success 1n the con test. he is well known in Salem and the surrounding districts, hav ing been a resident of this com munity for 11 years. She was born and! raised, at Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. She engaged in the school teaching profession and taught school for -16 terms, and:. was so '.Well i&2St gl & lejrft ihjti tjej. CURIOUS RACK IS REMOVED FROM SHRINE Tut's Gold and Black Cata- falque Taken Down By Carter's Workers (Br The Associated Press) LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 2. Tut- enkhamun's great black and gold catafalque the curious rack sup porting the linen pall oyer the second shrine in 'the mortuary chamber-i was taken down by Howard Carter and his co-workers today. The four pillars and five cross pieces were swathed in ban dages and removed "to the ante- chamber of the tomb. Removal of the rack and pall completely disengages the second sbfine, which, with Its black and gDld checkerboard roof and dull gold sides, stands disclosed in all its massive majesty. The next step, one of the most ticklish of the lot, will be to take apart the sixteen component sections of the walls and cornice of the outer shrine. The excavators are anxious to see whether the sections of the sidesvand cornices ot the shrine can be got out of the tomb at all as the sections of the root ot the great wooden canopy are too large to be takeu out without cutting down two or three of the last steps of the flight leading into the tomb. , uver 5yuuu uouectea in Fines; 805 Persons Sleep in Uity Jail Some idea of the activities of I the police department during the last 12 months is given in the an-1 nuai report of Chief of Police Birtchet. Officers effected arrests J that brought a total of $9,171 Inl fines during the year, in compart son with approximately 17,000 collected In fines during each of the two previous years. Com- plaints and reports on the police POLICEMEN HAV BUSi 12 MOUTHS blotter totaled 4017, with 1116111800 a year. Marion county arrests. Of the 62 automobiles stolen in Salem, all were recov- ered. v Accidients headed the list with the greater number of :. entries, a total of 1223 being recorded. There were 482 speeders arrested. 67 arrests made for larceny and burglary. 92 for drunkenness and 44 for possession of intoxicating liquor. In addition to the fines, jail sentences -totaled 165 days during the year. During the 12 months ending December 31 there were 805 peo ple given be'ds in the city Jail. Of the 160 bicycles reported stolen, 99 were recovered and returned to their owners. Ninety-nine peo ple reported the loss of automobile accessories, with 91 reports of burglaries and 72 ot petit larceny Special reports made by officers numbered 148. Because the system in compiling an annual report was not main tained by Chief Birtchet's prede cessor, it is impossible to obtain an accurate comparison with the figures this year, with the excep tion of the amount of. fines, which aggregated a little over $7,000. of Route 8, Salem, Lead- elected her president of the Iowa School Teachers' association in that . state. When she came to Oregon she and her husband set tled on a fruit farm in the Kelzer district. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the First Evangelical church of Salem, and since being in Salem has been superintendent of two different Sunday schools, one at Clear Lake and the other in Salem. She is also a member of the Woman's Relief corps and is very popular, not only in her own community, but is well and favor ably known by a great many peo ple In the city of Salem. 1. The contest will close at 11:30 p. ,m. Saturday evening. January 5. ,i The . closing hour will not be extended even one tain ute after ,11:30 p. m. under any circumstances. r 2.- No money -will be accepted .(Continued. g page 6). DAYS LEFT DRIVER SEINE WEARS FLOOD PARIS WORRIED City Recovers From New Year Frolic to Discover Water Near Danger Mark ' (Sy The Associate Pnss) PARIS, Jan. 2. Paris and its suburbs, recovering from the ef fects of the New Year's frolic awoke this morning to realize that something serious was going on in the River Seine. : The heayy rainfall of the past fortnight had swollen the river to snch an extent that officials at the foreign office-found water was Beeping into the basement of: the building, where important ar chives are stored. Fear was ex pressed that the rise in the river might 'bring about such a situa tion as prevailed in 1910 when the diplomatic staff of the foreign office had to go to their posts in boats. The suburbs immediately east and west of Paris are largely un der water. The great truck gar den area lying along the river re sembles a vast lake. Only here and there is there any vegetation showing above the murky waters. Nearfy 2000-More Here Than in Lane County) Official Records Show Lane county may hare more school districts than Marion coun ty, as claimed by E. J. Moore, superintendent of schools for Lane county, and published in The Statesman yesterday, but Marion county has nearly 2,000 more school population than Lane. Mar- ion county's school nouulation also exceeds that of Clackamas county which -has 10 more dis- trlcts than Marion countv but not a many teachers. , i According: tothe official school directory for egba: for "the year 1923-24, Lane county has 193 school districts, 430 teachers and a Bchool population of 7,587, and the county superintendent gets with only 133 districts (active) has 403 teachers who care for the education of 9.502 school nomi- lation and the county school sup- erintendent of schools in Marion gets only $1500- a year. " Clackamas county has ''more districts than Marion county, or 142, but it has only 319 teachers and a school population' of only 6650. Douglas county, according to the directory, has only 128 dis tricts and 234 teachers. The difference In the number of teachers and pupils as com pared with the number of districts comes about because of the fact that Marion county has -such a high proportion ot two-room school houses. Leroy Hewlett to Build Four New Residences Building permits totaling $16,- 350 were issued" Wednesday by Marten Poulsen, city recorder, on the first business day of the new year. Four residences wiyi a total valuation of $12,850 will be built by. Leroy Hewlett, local con tractor. Three of these will cost $3000 each and will be built at 1240-30 and 60 Market. The other dwelling will cost $,38a0 and will be erected at 1070 North Fifth. ' In addition to the permits is sued to Mr. Hewlett, a residence to cost $3500 Will be built by S. P. McCraekeh 830 North Com mercial, i HuntcKf nffi' Licenses Total $9963 Hunters and anglers licenses to the amount of $9,963 were issued in Marion county during 1923, ac cording to the report of the coun ty clerk's office. Eight states were represented in the home ad dresses of those to whom nbn-resi dent' licenses were issued. Wash ington had six representatives and California and Missouri two each Auglers licenses : for tho year totaled 1381; j hunters' Jiccnses S69, and combination hunting and angling licenses 583. County anglers licenses "numbered 36 and county hunters' licenses 57. Johnson Wilt Announce , His Platform Tonigh WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. The platform of -Senator Hiram John son of California in his fight for the Republican 1 nomination for president, will be ofnlined tomorrow-night in. an address he will deliver at Cleveland, Ohio, open ing his campaign. .1 Ho. left .lor CJeveJani tonight, -.t CDS LEADS SfiN SOU tn Wester IV UaieS from- KPfi for Todav -Back, bone of Storm ; Believed I Now Broken TOAtCIPirftWTHtirtWC" . Mini I.IM .UVIlUIIIWUvJ I UWltWnAI M I NU tUtU I iitirM-nrn I More Moderate Weather pre vails Over Oregon Than for Last Two Years v itn southwesterly , gales pre dicted by the northwest weather observer as the prevailing wind, it is believed that the backbone of the cold snap ih broken. Rain is predicted. Visions of 'a Chinook were -en tertained late Wednesday after noon when after a . slight drop in temperature, it again became warmer and a fine rain began to fall. Nearly four Inches ot snow, fell yesterday between 10 o'clock In the morning and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Merchants were ac tive In removing this from roofs and walks in the business Bection were cleared as rapidly as possible Accompanying the fall ot snow I was a subsequent rise in tempera ture luntil a maximum- of 28; de- greesl was recorded. The mial- I mum: temperature was greea. I Cobing on top of nearly .five Incheb of snow that tell early in IbP, weelr and whlrh ftBrt beonmri I frozen when the1 murcurv drooned to 5 degrees above zero. This madei traction extremelv wreear-1 tnn. Mmy Salem motorists chose to WalkS nr. takA the street ear vm- terday rather -than ilriTe a.':ntltr1p''wm-f'made lo-811vrtbi.-.oetlBtto:;llj tefeVfwto'aoC i-; mobile through the snow. Though the streets were narticnlarlv slin- pery Ithere were no serious acci-1 dentsl and only a few minor acc!- dents; reported to the. police partly because of the decreased traffic and partly because those, who I were driving exercised greater precautions. btreet car, railroad and ; stage traffic were maintained as usual and though some difficulties were reported by the telephone com pany,; the service aid not cause! much! inconvenience. The snow was general through out the Willamette valley.! f Weather Moderate PORTLAND, Jan. ' 2. More moderate temperatures prevailed over Oregon late today than; for two pays past. iney .were siui below freezing point, SnowlfVl in western Oregon throughout; the greater part of the day, but the fall Was not heavy. The predict tion for tomorrow by the weather bureau was for snow, turning to rain. SEATTLE. ;Jan. 2. Seattle'e second snow or the winter leason and -the first this year Dtarted falling at 5 o'clock this afternoon When it stopped at T:30 p. m.; the grouiid was barely covered. The temperature is now. near the 30 above mark, :lh :odicatiohs ac cording to the weather bureau, of remaining there for several days.; FINAL FLASHES 1 By the Associated Press )-Rus- sel JJ Cockburn, charged with de frauding the city ofDes Moines of sums approximating $86,000 by manipulation of payrolls while a clerk: in the streets department was brought back to Des Moines tonight from a veterans' hospital at St, Louis to face trial. LUS ANGELES. Jn. 2. Slight earth shocks ,were folt in various sections of Los Angeles o'clock tonight j ! at 7;50 TOKIO.i Jan. 3. (By the As sociated ' Press) Viscount Kiego Kiyoura. summoned Tuesday by Prince Regent Hirohito to form a cabinet to succeed that om Pre mier Yamamoto, today announced his inability to complete a minis try. ; MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2.f-(By the Associated Press)- The .pres ent week willmark renewed activ ities against the- rebels, according to the war department, important battles out. both, fronts? bcingf ex pected bvfprg tJs cjd of the week. TRAIN WRECK- STOPS HAYES ON WAY WEST Representative of Motion Pic ture Industry Hastens to Scene of Scandal CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Will Hayes, representative of the motion Pic ture industry, who left his home at SnlHvnn Tnd.. todav for the Pacific coast o Investigate - the shooting of Courtland S. Dines by JJT11,!7 5? hv i frliiSi wreck several miles east of Chi cago tonight. Over the telephone he told re- Porters that he had no statement , K Ifcat t.. .tmytAd to investigate the Incidents sur rounding the shooting. He said. however, that his departure for i the coast had not been hastened j by the affair. County Judges and UOmmiS- sioners to Visit btate Institutions Four ot the state institutions will entertain the county Judges and county commissioners when their state lassoclation meets Salem January 10. I "in cSehiiiii The girls' industrial acnooi wuiieneo 0f her companion,-Mrs. Edith have the members for luncheon Thursday and Governor- Pierce and Sam Koier, members ot the board I ol- control, -;win.-be speakers fol-. J lowing the luncheon. Dinner mat i i t ae.,sii w km training acnooi wun taiKs oy cnes- ter A. Lyon of the .Big -Brother Farm, for Boys , at Lebanon, and Snnerintenaent 1. M. UllDen. i Dinner Friday ' night will be served at the penitentiary with tire srisoners. Governor Pierce and I u. v. .iii 'h. an,n mnA i music r will be furnished rby. the nfionit r hand v ilTrldav moraine I the county road. x pome, ; ine anaae were, urawns iLnnrW R.inrH will he! the room -wa dark;-Miss Normand nerved t the state hnanltal. Gar, ernor Pierce and Dr. Stelner will be speakers following the luneh- eon a banquet will be served at the ttaIoI uirtnn RatnHav nipht visited the association members At each of the state institutions equipment and -will hold, part ot the regular sessions scheduled at the different institutions'. The other meetings of the conn be held in the ty officials will Chamber of Commerce rooms and the capretnrv has srratipari for automobiles to show the officers around the city atyarious times when convenient for them to take trips Seymour Jones of Marlon coun- ty wtlI giVe the addresa of weI come at the first sression Thurs- day morning and the response win be made by cnarles S. Rudeert or rortiam?. vice president or thea fricna while'on location during association, nev. .- j.- Kvans oi oaiem wju give me luvocaiion ana Mrs. Hallie Parrish Hinges will smg. Detroit Man Declines To Serve on Commission DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 2 Charles Beecher Warren, former American ambassador to Japan and later high commissioner to Mexico, today sent a cable to the council of the League 'of Nations at Geneva declining to serve on a neutral commission of three to in - vestigate the : dispute between Lithuania and Poland over lae Baltic port of Memel. U. S.' Supreme Court Takes Up Work After Recess WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. After a three weeks" recess, the supreme court reconvened "today with all of Its members in attendance but no decisions were handed down and no orders were issued in any or the motions which it had un der consideration during the recess. BEDDING AND CLOTHING NEEDED I. Both the Associated Charities-arid theSaivaticav Arrnyi are . in need of bedding for the assistance of poor folk who are suffering with the cold of the.present winterypqll, according to officers of the two organizations and-these articles will -be -very welcome donations from -those who have them to spare. ' I - :y - Ensign Holbrook of the Salvation. Army says that the Army has a pretty, good supply of food stuffs on hand but that betiding is a very much-needed article just now among Salem's poor. . , . -t-' ;;;('"'-""--: --'iik'-- The Associated Charities wants,' in 'aadition to t)ed 4ing, clothing, and shoes for children; old rugs' arid .a kitchen range or cook stove- ' fit'i s in on Mable . Normand. . Whose Chauffeur Shot C. S. Dines, Tells Story Directly Contradicting Servant 1 1 SAYS GUN sWAS HER TO SHOOT BOTTLES Companion Also Denies Ac cused Man's Account of What -Happened j LOS ANGELES, ;j'aiD 2.AflM ? Mabel Normand. motion . picture actress whose chauffeur last feitbV. shot' and seriously . 'wounded -Courtland S. Dines, oil operator mt Denver, tonight gave . her. version 0r the shooting, a version directly contradictlBg that of Horace -A, Greer, alia Joe Kelly, under .Ar rest for. the alleged , attack n Dines. . '.": .,- .v v";' Miss Normand told toer story of the New Year party Jn Dines apartment, which . ended , in the shooting of the Denver man, sur- rounded ' by -u newspapermen " and nolice detectives and in the Dres- Burns, for whom police tad been searching all Jday. , "We'll begin at the bezianlng.1 said, the screen actress by way of a introduction. Many Sek Actrean f She had received fher interro- gator v home, ritung in a og vfsmuuau vsMn uw aw trim . black VTevet -dreis.Door bells -and telephone bells dinned anceaatogly. Reporters "wero aeK- mt .i mierviews. f cuauiiearB were looking torjKall7, job and friends v Wntea tO sPOak ?WOrat cner spoke in a, whisper. 'I didn't- sleep -all night,. 1 shs said, "worrylnga-bout thla thing,; this dreadful thing. . -Toa; ten them, Edith," she exclaimed, turn- in to Mrs. Burns; 'tell .them wba . we did. during the ,enti iW Burns Talk . ; Mrs. Burns then related how " Miss Normand toad .arisen, at Ut. o'clock yesterday morning; 'd- lbed ' ",e '?21. things wnicn occuyiou lawmm until noon ; told then how J oa !5l!y. WM busied "taking ths Christmas tree - trimming v up stairs." :r. It must have . been . then, r that he got the, piatoUT.. ahe aald; , "I know of, no other . opportunity ; ne could, have had to" get it." '.', ;rt Miss Normand, .explained sna had owned'the weapon for four year8. that It Xras "given to'her by th- nroduction of one of her film plays. - - c ' "It was given to me to, snoot bottles with," she .said, fi uaea it all the time .for shooting bot tles, but only on ;iocauon; . i least I shot, at, the bottles, i a shoot .over here and blab I'd hit the mountain some place else,! Reaches Point . . "Well," she continued, arriving a t the poin t in her i narrative where the chauffeur Horace ; Greer, or Joe Kelly,- entered Dines I apartment, while . she and. Miss I Edna Purviance, another motion picture actress, were chatting with n,. nonv mm. . - "Well, Joe fame m and he had , this package. I noticed nothing unusual about him and I left the - room. ' ' ' - ; "I went -into the room where. Edna was. She ."had on her: even ing gown, t but it wasn't: booked up. I didn't .want this chauffeur to see Edna with her dress un hooked, so I went In and eaid to ( Edna: . 'Say, Where's your pow der puff? ; ' ' "Then all of a sudden' I heard (Continued on: page 5) y..;:;V'4 a a a iiiiisVU'iis s4S4 8a vo s "3 - : i " 1 r 1 - i . i.