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There are 75.000 people within the trading area of Salem." Theee .people come 4o Salem to do good part of their trading and most all of the are renders of the Statesman and look to ta adrertisements to guide thera in their purchases. Ke Weather Fair, frosU in the morning in the interior; moderate vari able winds. Wednesdays-Max. 55; Min.22; River 3.2. falling; Rainfall .01; Atmosphere clear; Wind north. ; , ; - - . . . ' . zv , ; w i . - - -," - - SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR JAZZ GIRL IS II COLLAPSE; SPIRIT FAILS I- !-.-. t Dorothy EUihgson j Faints Tyvics During I Court ; Pro- i ceedure; ' General Break down Is Feared . 'I t-r- PITIFUL SCENE WITH ! FATHER IS WITNESSED Once Flippant Victim of Night Life, Now on Border of Hysterics SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. It was no flippant denizen of the night life who faced a crowded court room here today in 16-year-old Dorothy EUingson, who killed her mother rather than obey a parental edict to stay away from Jttst ' one more party, The girl, who sat at the bar of Justice, struggled all day on the border line of hysterics. Once, walking unsupported, she fainted in a cor ridor outside the court, falling flat to the marble floor. .. Father Shows Emotion Unconscious, she was carried in to an ante-room where her father deprived of his wife by her act, but. reconciled to her; in her ex tremity nursed her tenderly back to life, kissing her pallid face and her unseeing eyes.' She was taken to the prison hospital where she spent the: noon hour. She sat through the afternoon session stol idly. But the Jazx girl, who lt January told the police defiantly, "yes, I shot mother- she wouldn't let me go out when I wanted to go," this ; girl seemed to have gone forever. In her place was an expressionless girl, mature be yond her years; who, Bat with downcast eyes and exhausted her nervousness ' by playing- with a vanity case. It didn't seem that she ever could smile again.: ' v ' : I Procedure Slow The third day of the murder trial dragged to a close . with in dications that a jury might be, se lected some time tomorrow. The state and the defense each had' eight peremptory challenges left, nut the stated had shown a willing ness' to accept the jury at any stage, anii there were intimations , thnt tha riafAnsA mlfht BAt use every challenge left it. Repeatedly the prosecution pass ed its challenge.: The defense had excused 12 persons : at adjourn ment. "i ; . Women Are Excused - The girl's attorneys , gradually eliminated all the younger men in the jury box and all but two of the women who had been pass ed for cause. The last jto be. ex cused was Mrs. Alice li Gordon, an elderly, motherly woman with a grown daughter As the jury stood at the close of court it consisted" -of ten men of mature years, several of them elderly., and two women of middle age, each the mother of several children. . ' ; " At the close of court this eve ning the defendant left the room leaning on a policewoman and supported by two bailiffs. She showed no indication of swooning, but the court attaches were tak ing no chance of a repetition of her fall at noon. The prison phy sician examined the girl and said she had suffered no Injuries .from her collapse on the stone corridor. HELD 0 Two Men Declared to Have Murdered Launch Captain and Son in Fight VICTORIA, B. C. March. 2 5. Owen B. Baker and Harry F. Sowash, charged with murdering Captain William G. Gillis and .his 8on in a hijacking on the Gilllses gasoline launch Beryl G. Septem ber 15. appeared at a preliminary hearing in provincial 'police court here today unrepresented by coun sel. Baker said that he could not obtain a lawyer but would under take his own defense. When Baker joined Sowash in court he ignored the existence of his fellow prisoner. , Marinof f, of Tacoma, cne or the star, witnesses of the crown, told cL acti?itles-of-.jrux-runners -op- Investigation pi CultV, Is Demanded-Followirig Death of Brand Victim OROVIL.LE. Cal., March , 25. Herman R. Sharlow, victim of cult branding here, offered himself as a ."sacrifice to the Holy Ghost,? although he did not expect to pay with his life, according to a con fession announced here today by District Attorney Edgar Rothe as having been obtained from Mrs. Anna Rhodes as she lay on a sick bed in her home, which she calls the "ark of the; covenant." Rothe announced that he would ask 1 for 1 an insanity warrant against Mrs. Rhodes and convene the grand jury for a thorough in quiry into the practices of the re ligious body to j which the woman and her relatives are alleged to belong. This organization .is said to be known as the "assembly of God," which has been meeting at Grldley and ; which its members accepted as claiming is on out growth of the Pentecostal church. The branding, according ,, to Rothe's statement of Mrs. Rhodes' confession, .occurred in, the early hours of March 1 . Her brother, Sharlowj she Is reported to ,have admitted, volunteered to have the holy ghost burned into him. In LlifflLAiT PRltll r - - t- ... -t Canadian Manufacturer En deavoringrto LocatcrMills" in Oregon in Future ... ... "Working men and women of the United i States l and Canada must produce a little more for the wages they are receiving, in order that ' the scale; of today -may be retained' declared Dv M. Sanson, internationally j noted flax expert and linen mannfactareir of Toron to, Canada, before the Rotary club yesterday at their regalar lunch eon.. : ' ' j H -; t '.r.-' "The post-war adjustments ire bringing abdnt that result. The countries of Europe and in China and Japan are using their muscles and their minds In producing goods. Consequently,' it i necear sary for the Canadian: workersjto compete against foreign ; workers on an unequal economical' basis. "The United States Is fortunate In having the protective tariffs and it has a tendency to drain the population and the Industries of Canada-and It wiircoroe to pass that this country -will pu up some bars to the immigrants from Can ada. ' j :- : : . . , I;,; '-, In speaking about the proposed linen, manufacturing plant for this part of the United States, Mr. San son stated that he was endeavor ing to put a plant' in Oregon, which would ultimately be one of five or six plants to be establish ed In the United States. 4 , f-- "The national feeling which Is dominant in the United State is helping in this period of read justment following . the World war," he said. "It has helped the development off the Oregon fac- (Continued M pg 'I GUEST OF LlOuS Obligation to Reduce Gas Tax ls"Taken;. Splendid: , Program Furnished Governor Walter M. Pierce was made an honorary charter mem ber, of the Lions clut at a charter night and banquet held in Cor vallis last night. The meeting was the largest ever- held 4nthe state and delegations .from Portland, Salem, Springfield. Eugene, Long View. , Wash.,;' Toledo,, Cottage Grove. Independence and Leban on were present. 7 " Entertainment was provided by each delegation.' Besides the ov- ernor, other prominent "people at . j i . . . leuumg were Juage ana Airs. vie-, tor P, Moses, Mayor and Mrs. G. W. Denman, Mr, and Mrs. Lou N, Travor, Mr. and Mrs. F. Thordar son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gets, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.s Walter, Mr. and Mrs.-A. A. Hull, and Mr. and Mrs. W; A. Reid.- - ! . : ;r - Governor Pierce's obllgatlofl fol lows: "-,r- :';: ;- "I here solemnly slate that, as a member of the Corvallis Lions eluo -1 shall - attend " all - weekly (Costinae pa $ i) BQVER lEIlGE . ; SALEMi OREGON. .THURSDAY.-MORNINGMARCHSJ 1925 -'-.l. : ' ' ' ' rwyatnu, jthe presence of her husband, Kd- ward, she as the "roaring lion of the tribe," first . passed j the white hot iron' over her Hps to purify it and then applied it to the soles , ot Sharlow's feet and his head," making the "sign of 'the cross" form . with ' it. Papers meanwhile were burned in 'the corners of the room.' . In 'an, adjoining room,'' it is claimed, were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rhodes, brother and sister, sister-in-law of Rhodes. ; Two hours later, the. purported confession continues, according to Rothe, Ithe family staged a "gar den of Eden" scene, entirely nude, This was participated in. it is al leged, "by the two Rhodes couples and the two' children of; Mrs. Anna Rhodes. It was said by Mrs. Rhodes to .have been interrupted by , Mrs. Olive Humphreys .of San Francisco, an . evangelist of 1 the Pentecostal church, .who protested against such practices. Sharlow died last-Thursday and the investigation i Inaugurated shortly afterward .Intimated that he had been a victim of the cult burning. ? t "Z. Stupendous- Battier Line Is " ThrownlntorActionas Dreadnaughts Fire i ABOARD USS CONCORD OFF SAN PEDRO, CaL, March 25 (By The 'Associated Press.) The in I g h t y voice of the main ; naval : battle power of the nation roared ; out over the Pacific, ocean 70 miles off shore today in xhe greatest gunnery fire ever, witnessed af "sea." For six minutes 11 dreadnaughts - loosed moi than 600 tons of steel against a cataclysmic belching of fire and Inferno of noise in an nual force practice. t ? ! ; Annihilation of the enemy fleet represented by targets was com--plete according to observers, while the spitting barrage of 808 shrap nel shells from the. 44 anti-aircraft rifles of., the dreadnaughts failed to find a mark in the sleeve targets by eight airships. The battle line was' twisted and disrupted eeveral times by the flock of torpedoes loosed by 19 destroyers, simulating the .enemy and one of the dreadnaughts was forced "to turn around completely to evade this submarine weapon that the floating fortresses fear most.:.r 1. ,.r.; ,.?; i:A l All real conditions of battle were simulated to a . degree that was stunningly realistic aboard the dreadnaughts, save that airplanes did not stimulate attack with bombs. More than -40 aircraft participated- with the 11 battle- "ontlan4 a M S) s ' iilrailTE., . Wilt BECOlflUEO Answers Given to Question ot rreignx nates; Hate i . Expert is .Heard PORTLAND, v March 25. Two answers were given today to the question of what hecomea of the economic saving effected in a re duced rate at the -hearing on the proposed- combination t rail and water rate on wool from Pacific northwest points to Boston, before Commissioner Campbell ot the in terstate commerce commission. Proponents of, those declared it went Immediately "to the pockets of the wool grower since the price he " receives for -hls wool is paid him; less the cost to get it to mar-ket.- ; : - r-- , - i H. W. Prickett of Salt Lake City, rate expert representing the na tlofiai 'wool growers'i association and also the Utah and Idaho asso ciations who favor the proposed new rate- structure, chief witness for lower rates today testified that as a matter of course the grower would be the chief beneficiary. ; "Wool is usually purchased in the Pacific northwest1 at the Bos ton, market less the cost of trans portation," he said. "With cost of transportation less, the producer Is certain to profit "Something has been said here MIGHTY VOICE OF GUIS ROAR CHARGES CROi A51ITBES it RELATE TALES - -: " " ' I Impeachment - of , Federal Judge English to Be De termined at Congressional Investigation TYRANNY AND GRAFT IS LAID TO HIGH OFFICER Division ; of , - Money. Detailed j Lucrative Appointments Are Charged : ST. LOUIS, . Mo., March 25. (By the Associated -Press); The congressional investigation to de termine whether a recommenda tion ' from impeachment shall be made ; against Federal ,-Ju d g George. Washington English today pr o d u ced additional testimony that tyranny and oppression mark ed his presence 1 upon the" bench ' and the first allegations thai he divided money with C. B Thomas, whom he appointed to lucrative positions, . as. well as a heated clash between members of investi gating committee, 'i . :: ; y, -; Mrs.. Grace Thayer, former stenographer in Thomas' : office, gave the first testimony as to the alleged division of money. - p----Wltnes Rapped - She proved such a reluctant wit ness that Representative Earl Michener of Michigan termed her one "of the most hostile and un willing witnesses I have : ever seen.''" f. i""' .. " ; His. remark --brought, a, 'repri mand! from Representative Wil liam p. Boies of Iowa, chairman of the-eemmittee. ?"".;; v "Speaking as chairman, of this committee, I want to sayr.,I wish you would reaerve-your argument until we get on the floor of the house," Boies shot at Michener. They continued with the examina tion of Mrs. Thayer, however, without i marked results. It was only after Mrs. Thayer had 'left the witness stand that she remem bered an ' alleged money - division between Judge English and Thom as and sought permission to return and tell about it. Money Displayed . ' - , Once while she was employed in the Thomas office, ' she said, two men she said she previously had seen confer privately several times with Thomas, entered the office and handed Thomas a large roll of bills. The money, she said, Thomas Immediately divided with Judge English. . . Further examination revolved about whether the men were not bootleggers who were facing crim inal action in Judge , English's court and Mrs. Thayer said that was her understanding. Mrs. Thayer, the first woman witness, disappeared for several days after she learned that -she was to be a witness and at the opening of the hearing it was said threats had caused her to leave St. Louis where she now is employed at the chamber of commerce. She was obviously nervous to day and told the committee that she had informed her employer that she was afraid to testify. Asked if someone had not told her she would be "bumped off" if she testified she replied that such information had reached her. Upon her first appearance in the witness chair Mrs. Thayer testified that frequently Thomas would telephone Judge English and that (Contlnood ra pC S) Faithful Vigil Is Kept by Litllo Do Waiting for Master WhoFaiUb Come Diligent Patrol of Lake Shore Ner FraiikHh-'Tallp Farm Is Maintained By Canine for Last. Two Weeks Along the shore. of a secluded little lake, a mile from Salem, on the Wallace' road, near the Frank lin tulip farm, a small black and white dog has worn a plainly dis cernible path. For more than! two weeks he has patroled faith fully and diligently a short stretch of this lake shore. Neither the pangs of hunger nor the pestering of the curious have driven him, for even a moment, from his vigil. No one knows what it is that the little dog expects to find there, and he, being only a dog. can not tell. ,: Those, however, who have seen him pacing slowly up and down along the bank, day after day, each day becoming a little thinner, and each day whining a little more wistfully as he sits on hia 'haunches and scans anxiously the muddy depths of the laketf eel sure jhe little dog is waiting at DEFENSE OPEK ARGIiill Brilliant Display of' Counsel for Sinclair Is Dominating Feature of Government Oil Case C DEFENSE ATTORNEY INI v THAW TRIAL IS HEARD Martin W. Littleton ' Holds Center of Stage in Sum-. maiy Arguments CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 25 ( By . the ' Associated ' Press) . The defense in the Teapot Dome annul ment suit closed its case in fed eral, court here today , with argu ments by Martin W. Littleton, the attorney who won fame as the de fender of Harry. Thaw and Tru man W. Newberry. . ; ?'-.-.; J As the chief of counsel Mr. Lit tleton attacked contentions of the government that fraud was used In connection with the turning of the, Teapot Dome oil lease. over to Harry Fi Sinclair and ; the . Mam moth Oil company by 'Albert B. Fall when he was secretary of the interior. The : government seeks cancellation of the lease. - -1 Coartesics Extended , The court room--was crowded. The noted defense attorney start ed by thanking - United States Judge T. Blake Kennedy for his considerate umpiring of the suit He complimented counsel for the government. Owen. J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, for "making the most of. the government's case." He then launched into a refutation Of the government's . contention thai the terms of the Teapot Dome lease ; werelncompatlble . with the law under, which it was permitted. Mr., Littleton talked for an hour and 30 minutes, some times grow ing eloquent. ' ;;rrv ' Two ; Points Argued The defense attorney's argument centered on two points in the case. The first was on the contention ot the government that it the ' terms of the lease' were enforced in the matter of exchanging crude oil for fuel in storage tanks it would be illegal because it would have sub verted the power of Congress in its right to make appropriations for the navy... He further attacked the government's argument that the exchange of crude oil by the navy for fuel oil constituted a sale and that therefore the proceeds of such (CotttbMMd n pif 1) . 11 1 WILUtMEHE LOSES Salem Debaters Defeated By Southern University; Negative Upheld REDLANDS, Cal., March 25. Redlands university defeated Wil lamette university of Salem, Or., in a debate. here tonight. on the subject: "Resolved, That . con gress be .empowered., by. a two thirds vote to re-enact laws de clared unconstitutional by the su preme courtvf The visitors upheld the nega- that particular spot for his mas ter. There, more than two weeks ago, in some unaccountable man- ner, the master" and little 86g be came separated, and. there the lit tle dog Ja waiting. and will wait probably indefinitely for his mas ter's ireturnvt . v i r'-T r Where is his master? Conjec ture on that point is rife. Perhaps he lies at the bottom of that little lake; perhaps he "waits safely at home, and is at a loss to know what has become ot his dog. That again is something that no one knows.- Interested parties have fished the bed of the lake at this point with hooks. andrwil& no suc cess other than a gunny sack full ot dead cats. -Who knows- but that a more thorough searth will dis clc zi eomethin more Interesting and perhaps more gruesome? Dogs often times know more than they are given credit for knowing. BSE Saleirt HigK Quintette Lefes Mk! Afternbon for Natidrial Tourney The entire student abody,-facul ty, and a host of well-wishers will gather jat the Oregon Electric station to seethe state champion ship high school basketball team Btart'its trip to Chicago to partic ipate, in the national tournament beginning March 31. ' Coach Hollis "Huntington and eight ' players will make the trip. Regulars winning the I right : to play lif the-national contest are Heenan and Ellis, forwardar J. Drager, center; R. Drager and Aebby, guards. Substitutes will be Nashr Duffey and Hansen.. Because of an illness, dinger will be forc ed to miss the trip, his place be ing taken by Nash The -'.train leaves here at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with . the team, arriving at Chicago. via the Great Northern Sunday night. This gives' them two days at least in which to restup and work out on the University of Chicago floor before the elimination contests starts TuesdaymornIngr Because of the long distance that the team will have traveled, the greatest of any quintet playing, .it is hoped J SETJATECLASH Action of: Presidehf in Ap pomting Woodloclc Expect ed to Cause Fight WASHINGTON, March 25 De spite the senate's failure to con firm ? his nbzalhatlon, President Coolidge toaay appointed Thomas F. Woodlocs: or ew,Xork;.to4 suc ceed Mark W. Potter, resigned, as a member of the interstate .com merce commission. ;, -:-;,4l ' Immediately there-were indica tions' of a determined fight in the next session of congress to prey en' confirmation. Senators Harris ot Georgia and .Fletcher of Florida who with : other r democrats have insisted that the, south is entitled to representation on the commis sion, announced ;they would op pose favorable action and predict ed there would.be a formidable array against Mr Woodlock. r . The ' situation offers a . strong probability of a clash between, the president and the senate similar at least in some respects to the fight - over the f. nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be attorney general. ; Twice -Mr. Woodlock'8 nomination was sent to the senate only to be pigeon holed in committee while in the Warren case the senate twice re jected the nomination ., and . the president offered him a reces3 ap pointment before, appointing At torney General Sargent. ; . : -, , Some of the, president's advis ers have .: expressed the opinion that while there is strong' opposi tion to Mr. Woodlock, chiefly on geographical grounds, administra tion forces would be able to get favorable committee action when the nomination is resubmitted pav ing the way for confirmation. MELD NECESSARY Principles Adhered to . By Athlete Are Also- Held Important to Soul ; - "Ple and cake' must be tabooed by the athlete who is in training to win.. A man seeking health is compelled, to deny himself, if he finds the thing he seeks for, You get nowhere, you accomplish noth ing without self-denial." With these, words the Rev. Charles Pol ing introduced, the , second install ment . of his . 8ermonr on the, ques Uon, ."What,; Must I Do to be Saed?V last night at the First Presbyterian Church.;,, , ;" .. Toung people.'. Jfk you are go ing with Jesus Christ it will cost you genuine , self-denial. If you can't win on the athletic field. If you can't be physically strong un less, you pay. dearly for It in de nying yourself things that are sweet to you, you can .rest assur; ed that you will never win for esus" 'Christ and" eternity ; unless you deny yourself the sweet things that dissipa'te the energies of your souls. C'WhaC must, ..lido" to ; be saved? ,1 must At least deny, my self.for the Master said I can't follow him it I 'don't. Power ! Power I This is . the SELF-DBJIAL IS that the first -match will not be played until Wednesday afternoon. On the return' to Salem the team will leave Chicago Sunday morning. April 5, at 10:30 o'clock, returning over the Northern Paci fic railroad .arriving in Salem late Tuesday - night . or Wednesday morning. -' Sufficient funds to- make : the trip and to provide for any emer gency have been obtained. A final check yesterday showed $1778.97 on hand, with another $100 and a 1 little ' over that had mot been turned In. Of this amount $305.30 was netted by the dance Tuesday night, the greatest expense being the rrent of the halL The hih scnooi orcnesira coninouiea iu t asnrlAaa1 fn tTia affair i To ttiin I amount is yet to be added the do nation of the Lions club.' Just how much this will be " is ; not known, but whatever the amount, it will be turned' over to the team at the last moment' to provide them " with extra money while on the train, both going to Chicago and on the return. FA SECOND PARLEY Limitations Conference Ad : vocated By Foreign Com mittee Chairman ; WASHINGTON, March 25. Chairman Borah o the senate for-, eign relations committee,7 declared today , after a . conference with President Coolidge that he favored calling a ' Second arms ; limitation conference but doubted it would be 'successful, '";,. -'..'. ' HcT said- he - tnought it .was a good' plan .to - make . a movement toward disarmament -although in his opinion disarmament could not be" obtained except by organized public opinion which he did not believe now. existed : in " Europe. Russia holds the key to world dis armament, he asserted, and Rus sia could not be expected to enter Into an arms limitation agreement without diplomatic recognition by this country; France also consti tutes a stumbling block to satis factory disarmament, he declared, and will continue to do so as long as she insists on her "security." ; He said he would support Pres ident Coolidge In his efforts to get the foreign; powers , interested in the conference which, as contem plated would take place some time in the fall and would be limited to' consideration of naval arma ments. It is -B. fine thing, lie ad ded,' to keep the subject of disar mament alive . and there is a chance that a conference might accomplish some , results. The same nations .'that participated in the last conference are expected to be invited to. be represented. GOAT CAUSES DIVORCE SPOKANE, Wash.March'25 Fondness for goats led Clayton C. Hlggins of Spokane to milk one at the breakfast table directly into his cup of coffee. Eugenia V. mar gins testified in the trial of her divorce suit in superior court here today. Mrs. Hlggins also testified that her . husband-, insisted - upon keeping one of their two goats in the house. HieBBOilS . r SOLD WEDuESDW State-- Receives $11,700 rremium on oliUUUjUUU ' of Refunding. Issue : The state board of control Wed nesday sold $1,000,000 of 4 tA nor cent highway . bonds to Halsey aiuart i5orapany,: Chicago, and A. u. waseneia. Portland, for $101 17, or a nremlum of !ii.?on nn a 'basis Of 4.14 ner rent Th bonds. were issued to refund short term bonds due April l.Th original, bonds were sold - April 1921, and were 5 W percent bonrti Fifteen bids were received, by the ooard "j of t control. . r, : It.DLCALS LOSE KEATS .SEATTLE. March 2o.-rSixdel-esates, charged with : being xneia bsrs ot the workers' party lost xeir .seats in the Seattle Central tAoor council - .tonight ...when committee report recoramendic cxpulsloa was adopted 71 t Sr BORAH ORS SHEPHERD DDI RED HlLQ WIIHUU1 Uiif Release From Jail Is Denied Man -Charged With 'Ad ministering Typhoid Fever Germs to Stepson SPEEDY TRIAL PROr.'.ICED: v DEFEfiDANT BY JUSTICE Ruling Declared Made OrJy - on Question of : Presiin:?- ... tion of Guilt CHICAGO, March 25. (By the Associated Press), Release from jail on ball today was denied William . D. Shepherd, charged with the murder "by typhoid . of William N. 'McClintock. his foster son,' to gain the boy's million dol lar estate. . . '!The most, I can hold out for this defendant." said Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins of the .criminal court in rendering the decision. " "is a speedy trial if he wishes It.M The judge made It clear he was , ruling only on the question of fact ' as to whether, proor of guilt was evident or presumption great Judge Presents Case ; ; "If Faiman's testimony is true, said Judge Hopkins, referring to the statements' by C. C. Falmaa also under Indictment in connec tion with the death of Billy Mc- Clintock, "the defendant and Fai- man entered into a conspiracy diabolically conceived and cruelly executed."-, -.:,v ';. v . ' - , !ir Faiman's testimony Is un-' true.'f h continued, "the defend ant, is the victim v of a monstrous injustice;; enmeshed J in a net of coincidences . and circumstances that are unprecedented and pain ful to.contemplatev'? ; Judf Hop kins conceded that Faiman's 'cra-- dibllity was material,- but. indicat ed that he believed that was for the Jury. to decide. .. Testimony Summed Up "'"This is either a murder case or It is nothing," said the Judge. "By no process could it degenerate into; a manslaughter case. It would ba the duty of the trial court to set aside a ; verdict . of ' manslaughter as not inconsonant with the evi , dence, as the evidence now shows itself to be. "The question befora the court; is a question of fact. The only thing, for.. this court to decide is whether or not proof is evident or presumption is great." r f Decision Prompt-, i The judge delivered his decision within a few minutes after W. SJ Stewart for the defense had closed a reply to what he termed a "dan-j gerous argument" of state's attor ney, Robert E. Crowe. ; . "It would be more dangerous,": said Mr. Stewart, "if it were ad dressed to a Jury." A case," Mr. Crowe bad said, (ConUauad on paa S) WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON Luther C. White of Massachu-; setts was appointed superintend ent of federal prisons. -The navy announced the air ship Los Angeles will make trips to Bermuda and Porto Rico or. Cuba. ., :. - " ..' I... Thomas F. Woodlock of New York-was given a recess appoint ment as a member ot the inter state commerce commission. -....,,, t . f : ' . . v - The Baltimore conference cf the Methodist Episcopal church south, voted against the unification with the northern church. . Charges " of "atrocities" by Chileans in - Tacna-Arlca' wera made in dispatches raads putlla by the Peruvian etata;;f. Immigrant - experts bo,-an a, study to determine the effect c the law on ImmlsrEtiou of Cout! Afnericans of Indian ftlcoi." " President Coolidge &r.i C'.i:.--man Borah cf the sezata f r " i regulations committc a C; : the project ot a new anr.3 ference. - ' Sixteen senators elcj t' r. eral trade comniLrs'.c.n fcr 1: -; :. atlon as to trade combInatiyi..i L-j-ing formed abroad ty Araericaa iuteresU,.' . 'Anerican-.dljlorz-t-S re: -t. atlves were asked for c . r traffic: la- arn which r'" ; helpful ia tha fcrtl '