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, SE&mmJV : r SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1925 - PRICE FIVE CENTS
, GOUHTYSHABE
Ei
;e
FEES
OVER 564,090
Dfstribution of Motor Vehicle
f t Receipts compteteri By
1 - Secretary of State Thurs-
uay
flEW RECORD IS SET
; FOR 6-MONTH PERIOD
Counties Receive One-Fourtn
trf ; Total $3,981,377.59;
State Gels 'Remainder
Marion bounty will receive $64;
928.41 as its share In the distri
bution ot receipts from motor ve
hicle .licenses for 1925, according
to a statement Issued Thursday by
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state.
The county turned Into the state
a total of 1 1269,303.86 between
September 16, 1924 and March 14.
.1925. Of this amount $194,785.
21 goes to the state highway fund.
Refunds amounted to $207.75
while the county's share of ad
ministration expenses amounted to
$9,382.46.
Distributions of the receipts
t - j . - - -
JA AA ........ .J t.. A- il. .
Distributions for 1923 -are $3,
981.377.69 against $3,574,929.41
.for 1924. - . i
Highways Are Aided
. The money Is apportioned to the
36 counties of the state according
to the registration from each coun
ty, one-fourth of the net receipts
going back to the county and the
remaining three-fourths to the
i state highway fund. This latter
amount 14 available as other mon-
eys credited to such fund, that is,
for the payment of the principal
and ' interest on highway bonds,,
for upkeep and maintenance of
-the- highways and f Or new high
way construction. V ' V
Of the total of 12,981,377.59
net receipts to be distributed, re
funds amounting to $2,890.63
were made and estimated admin
istrative , expenses amounting . to
3143,831.87 deducted. The bal
ance, amounting to $2,995,344.40
was apportioned to the counties
and the , remaining three-fourths
amounting to $2,986,033.19 to the
state
Huge mount Received
On September 15 a distribution
will be made of the moneys re
ceived from motor vehicle licenses
up to that time. I rsince 'January
1, 1920, $19,665,765.10 has been
received from xriotoT Vehicle licen
ses and apportioned on the basis
of one-fourth to the counties and
three-fourths to the state highway
fund. , -:- -: - (
During the "period the conn, ties
received $4,916,441.29 and "the
etate highway fund credited with
$14,749,324.81, The total receipts
from motor vehicle ' licenses 'tVlif
Ing 1924 amounted to $4,766,453.
90. It Is estimated that the re
ceipts from the, licenses during
1925 will aggregate between! $5
300,000 and $5,400,000. '
TPCtimftnv lntrnrlnarl ir
u viij lllll VUUVVU ' III
Wool Rate Hearing Says
Commerce Will Suffer
PORTLAND, Ore.; March 26.
Pacif ic coast commerce will suffer,
whether rail or marine, industrial
expansion will be , retarded and
railroads will "be adversely affect
ed if the 'application 1 of Boston
wool interests : for, joiht thrpugh
rail andVater .rates, is granted by
the interstate commerce commis
sion, according to testimony: by
witnesses today la .the hearing be
fore Commissioner J J. B. Camp-
oeii, or wasmngtcnw d. c. ;?
- ,H. R. Brashes r, traffic mana
ger of the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce and J. E. Davis", as
sistant general freight agent of
the Unfon Pacific ystefn, testified
that the issues involved . are , of
far greater scope than the ? one
qhestioa'of wool rates.t -t "J
Steamsmp lines serving Facinc
coast ports operate, to an extent,
on a space selling basis, Mr. Bra
shear said, saying that certain
space is alloted to Seattle, Port
land. Los Angeles and San Fran
Cisco-and that trrteTs taicn for,
(Continued a p;a S)
Si IN DANGER
Prairie Fires Raging
in West; One Hundred
I Thousand Afcres Burn
VALENTINE, Neb., March 26.
(By The Associated Press.)
Prairie, fires raging along the
South; Dakota-Nebraska border
since late yesterday, tonight re
mained uncontrolled after devas
tating an area estimated at 100,
.000 acres lying largely in the
Rosebud Indian reservation In
Tripp county. South Dakota, and
was moving eastward along the
Niobrara river, fanned by a strong
northwest wind with an estimated
velocity of 40 to 50cmJ!es an hour.
The fire started jiortheast of
Cody, Neb.,1 nad soon gained such
headway with the aid of the gale
like .wind that women and chil
dren at. Cody and Nenzel were
routed out! of bed and all male
citizens of the towns went to com
bat the flames which for a time
threatened destruction of - both
places..
Tonight practically every man
In Valentine was tut fighting men
TAX FRAUD IS
INVESTIGATED
Former Empto'yes of Rev
enue Bureau Said to Have
"Sold Influence"
, WASHINGTON, March 26.
Arrests made in Connecticut and
here are believed by internal rev
enue officials to have "broken up'
a group ' of former employes of
the bureau' of internal revenue
engaged in an alleged attempt to
"sell influence' . among taxpayers
on the claim that it could have
tax assessments reduced. .
With the arrest of John F. Mc
Carreu an dJ. M. Clifford in New
Haven the bureau gave out., de
tails of. an alleged effort of those
two and Fredrick Sutherland ap
rehended here to collect fees from
the .New York New Hayen and
Hartford ' railroad company " for
"reducing" a fake -assessment of
more than $1,000,000.
Sutherland, until a few days
ago an auditor fa the lntrome tax
unit was accused ty the bureau of
drafting the fake assessment, let
ter,' .. . .
Officials of the. railroad called
the matter I to ; the attention pt
treaWry Officials as soon as they
were approached on it and the in
vestigation that followed resulted
in the arrests. Bureau officials
who were quick to see the danger
of 'other swindling 'attenVpts of
similar character in yiew of the
large number of Tormer employes
who 'are well acquainted with the
routine in the bureau and 'could.
If so Inclined, make f convfaVing
representations Of 'taflu'ehce."
DiSBARRED LfiWYEfl
TO FIGHT ISIS
Elmer S. Smith, o'f Centralfa,
Declares Supreme Court
Is in Error
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 26.
Elmer S. Smih, Centralla attorney
disbarred by the . state supreme
COurt February. . 24 son charges
that he advocated I. W. W. prin
ciples in violation of hte oath: as
:an attoVaey todaV fll4d a pe'tftlon
for rehearing. Five judges must
concurof a rehearing is I to be
granted, as) disbarment proceed
ings are heard by taeTtrourt' erf
nine judges. In his petition for
rehearing. Smith, charged that the
supreme court violated 'six amend
ments to the U. S. constitution in
disbarring him and based their ar
guments for disbarmenton, evi
dence Which the state board of law
examiners had rejected.
The . amendments stated by
Smith were articles 5, 9, 7,
arid 14 including thei right 'of Tree
speech, the right of freedom from
search without a warrant, right to
speedy public trial before an im
partial jury and the right to life,
liberty, afid ? property. . Quotations
from .purported I. W.. w. I litera
ture, I Included; In the supreme
court decision were.fro& publica
tions iottirculatdd - after 1917,
Smith alleged in his petition and
the literature itself was seized, he
claimed, in an illegal manner
without a search warrant. He was
entitled to a jury trial he claimed
under articles . 6.. and,. 7 of.., the
amendments to the United States
constitution.
acing flames and volunteers were
being rushed, from , all towns : in
this part of the state to aid in
the attempt to extinguish the blaze
which has done an unestimated
amount of damage in southern
south Dakota and northern Neb
raska. ; .:; s , - ..yi : i h
Reports as to the extent of the
conflagration could 1 not be ' con
ffrmed owing to .the fact that all
telephone lines in the district are
down. One report had it that the
devastated area running . through
the Rosebud reservation was 100
miles long and nearly as . wide.
WHITE RIVER, S. D., March
26. -Three prairie fires were rag
ing in the Rosebud reservation to
night, while ranchers and Indians
were fighting desperately to check
the flames.' ; w- r ; : .:-..
: Three Inland villages had: been
turned to ruins by blazes and one
. . , (Continued on paga, 8) i
Governor Asks Churches,
Schools to Observe Revo
lutionary Anniversary ;
. Observance of the 150th anni
versary of the battle of Lexington
and Concord, the first real strug
gle of the Revolutionary war, will
be made in Oregon in every church
on April 19, the anniversary date,
and in the public schools the fol
lowing day. -f ' ; J I
In'view of the coming anniver
sary, ; Governor Walter M. Pierce
Thursday issued ' the following
proclamation:, , ; i
, "The 19th day of-. Aprils J15 25.
will he the One Hundred and Fif
tieth anniversary ot the battle of
Lexington and Concord, the ' first
real battle In the first war in the
history of mankind where the Is
sue was human rights. The Am
erican ' revolution established : a
new era in human affairs. Plain,
ordinary people dared to take
down their old t lint-lock muBkets
from above the fireplace and go
Oht and bravely face in bloody
conflict the men t who wore the
British uniform, because they re
presented 'a ; government which
was seeTrftrg to kfU independence
and freedom born across the At
lantic hut nurtured and matured
on the stormy. Inhospitable shores
Of New 'England. ;:''''! . ' U '
. "For - eight long. weary years
tiie war that commenced at Lex
ington conrinu'ed, between I the
greatest nation on-earth, and the
hraye, though badly organized,
American colonies. When the
fates gave their -finkl decree to the
Stars and Stripes at Vorktown," a
new nation came forth in the af
fairs of the world, built on the
rock of Wdivlclnal rights of than,
with, its chief cornerstone ''equal
right's to all 'and "special privileges
to none.' i The American Revolu
tion free'd not only America from
the "oppression "of the privileged
few, I but, reiactfng upon Europe
and the world has, finally broken
CwnufltiM oa s)
nun nr rt-pi
VIIILL 0L fllDDCI
Mandates for Resentencing
, of CoveH and Pea re Is
r sued Thursday
j.Mamaktes were lssdVd Thursday
by Ar'th'tir S. Benson, clerk of the
stipreme court,., in the cases Of
'State vs f, Covell and ; Peare, - both
of whom are under death sentence,
Covell for the. murder of his sis-ter-in-law
Mrs. bba Covell arid
Peare for the killing of Jim Cul
ver, a laborer. Both crimes were
committed in Coos county. "Sen
tence Vni prbTisbly be passed next
week upon the return to Coos
county of Judge Kendall, who is
sitting in Portland this week. :
Covell is a; paralytic and has
Teen confined to a cot in the hos
pital ward of the state prison since
being received. Peare Is an elder
ly man, while Covell 4s past mid
dle age. The crimes r were ' com
mitted about two yean ago. v
Both men appealed their cases
to, the , supreme .courts which up
held the verdict and sentence "of
the lower court.
PIERCE GIVES
PI10CL1H
MM SEMIS
SINCLAIR GAS
S TO EH;
s
Die Is TJast in. Famous Tea
pot Dome Oil Lease Con
troversy; Cbses in Fiery
Burst of Argument
FILING OF BRIEFS IS
YET TO BE COMPLETED
distinguished Counsel Clash
in Bitter Rebuttal as
Case Ends"
CHEYENNE. Wyo., March 2 6
(By the AP.) The die of un
known shape which will mold the
Teapot-Dome controversy. into Its
final form is .case. : The case "end
ed shortly before noon here today
in United ,. States , dls'trict court
and Federal Judge T. Blake Ken
nedy will await the filing of;
briefs both hy the government and
the ' defense before he decides
whether Harry F. Sinclair or the
ifnited States shall possess the big
Wyoming naval oil reserve. ' , '
End Is Fiery
i.-The case came to an end in a
fiery spurt of argument between
Owen J. Roberts, government at
torney, and counsel for the de
fense, the Mammoth Oil com
pany. After 13 days of tranquil
ity, in which "about 1,500,000
words "were put into the record of
the case, the high tension verbal
exchange marked the 14th day as
the only exciting one in the trial.
Counsel Clash i'
Argument between counsel start
ed when Mr. Roberts in his final
argument accused Martin W. Lit
tleton of defense counsel of going
outside the record in the , case
when he addressed the court yes
terday and declared 'that govern
ment counsel 'had put the mus
tard plaster of silence across the
mouths of Sinclair and Albert B.
Fall," former secretary of the in
terior, who executed the lease to
the oil company in speaking ot
indictments against them in Wash
ington. .: i .
; Questions Unanswered
Mr. Llttfe'ton objected and theft
called attention of the court to
the testimony of M. T. Everhart.N
son-ln-iaw and partner of Fall,
who was called to the stand by
the 'goveTntrment ajnd partly sus
tained "by Judge Kennedy in re
fusing to hhsVer 'questions on the
ground that he might incriminate
himself. . ,
Mr. Roberts apologized to Mr.
Littleton then a and went bn with
his argument; 'flaying' the defense
for its failure tb call to the stand
Edwin Denby, former secretary of
the navy. .. ' "
-Mr. Littleton then protested
that Mr. Roberts himself had gohe
outside the Vecord in the case in
referring 'to :a remark -tn which
Mr. RobeTta -made reference to
QDI
,11
I'M
Over 1 40 Wiles of Road to
; Be Built in Central and
Southern . Parts
; SPOKANE, - March 2 6. An
nouncetneht. that an application
has been filed. with the, interstate
commerce cbmmlssion for a cer
tificate 'Of ''public convenience and
necessity for the construction ot
14$ miles of new railroad in cen
tral and - southern Oegon was
made here tonight 1y Robert E.
Strahorh, president b'f the Oregon,
California & Eastern j railway.
Mr. Strahor'n -.' announced that
application for the extension of
the lines othe yailrbad was made
on March 39, following a meeting
of the board ''of directors of the
railway neld n Pbrtland. He said
the estlhiaf ed cost of the construc
tion will n'e approximately $4,
500,000. , Application was made for the
construction of the following rail
lines: From the Sprague river
terminus of the road in a general
northerly direction to Silver Lake,
Or., a distance of 63 miles.. This
is a part of the main line from
Klamath Falls to Bend, Or.
From mile post No. 43, on the
same line in a northeasterly direc
tion -to appoint on the Williamson
river, a distance Tof 1 5 mJTesr i -
(Co&Uantd ea sag ' S)
COME
OEF
EREST
ILROADS
LLDEEXTE
OTHER OEA
TBS
lEiDMD
ER1
Exhumation of -Bodies of
Mi. i Emma wlcClintock
and Dri Oscar Olson Is De
manded By Crowe
OEAtns. Declared to s
HAVE BEEN MYSTERIOUS
Opening 'of Graves to Be
Started: Intmediately;
Results in Doubt
y CHICAGO, March 26. The
graves of Mrs. Emtaa Nelson Mc
Clintock and Dr. Oscar Olson will
be opened and the bodies examin
ed for 'evidence 'of poison or other
unnatural cause of death, under
an order signed late today hy Cor
oner Occur WoYff. Exhumation
will be "sfarted Friday afternoon.
Mrs. . McClihtock was the mother
of the Billy who died ' last De
cember of 'typhoid fever which the
state'charges was caused by germs
fed hrm by William D. Shepherd,
his foster Vf a ther. "Dr. ' Olson,
brofherlof Jthe chief justice of the
Chicago "municipal court was the
McClintock family physician and
also died under mysterious cir
cumstances., according to his
brother. .: . ; : t
Shepherd in Bull . Pen
Shepherd, who was refused re
lease on, bail yesterday by Chief
Justice Hopkins of the criminal
court, was paraded in the bull pen
of murderers' .row today and a
man who looked at the eight pris
oners in the pen said he believed
Shepherd "looked : like" the man
who purchased a microscope from
his firm;-;- '
' The state charges Shepherd ob
tained the typhoid germs from a
biological (chool here ' and gave
them to young McClintock whose
will lef the bulk of his $1,000,000
estate to Shepherd. - .
Demands Farther Probe
. At several stages of the inves
tigation Judge Harry Olson has
demanded that the bodies of his
brother jand "Billy's" mother be
exhumed but that matter has been
"delayed on the ground that it will
be difficult , to trace poisons in
bodies so long burled. . Mtb. Mc
Clintock died 16 years ago and
Dr. Olson, three years ago. Bat
with the Indictment of Shepherd
for murder and the confession of
Charles C. Falman that Shepherd
and he plotted to kill young Mc
Clintock with typhoid germs, in
timated ; the. manner -in which Dr.
Olson and Mrs. McClintock came
to their deaths, again took a prom
inent place in the investigation.
. Too coroner said that State's
Attorney CroWe had requested the
exhumations. -. . ,
When the first investigation In
to the tfeath of young McClintock
was started Judge Olson' asserted
the circumstances of Mra. McCIin
tock's death .Were) spurious and
he was confident hi8 "brother did
not die from natural caasesj' :
I Dr. Olson died a short time af
ter Shepherd visited him in his
sick room, according to Jodge Ol
son. , Following the deatlr of Mc
Clrntock, the , physician was
"Billy's" constant friend arid ad
visor and was always distrustful
of Shepherd, the jndge said.
PJI1
OF P0L1 T1LK
Brayeiy of Old Testament
Character Is Discussed -By
Evangelist
"A man who didn't-know trow
to run up a white flagwho-never
was prepared to cry 'comrade to
the enemythis was Jonathan of
the -sods of Saul, Th the Old Tes
tament. - Jonathan- Wa -n'na fWa
moat brave and noble ionls lh the
history; of ancient. IsreaL" r :i
These ? were the words with
which the Rev. . Charles i Poling
Introduced Jonathan as the sub
ject of his sermon last- night at
the First Presbyterian church., .
"A buck privarte hsrd? a -great
deal to' doTJith Jonathan's suc
cess. Jonathan was a prince, fend
. glorious one at. that. But his
armor bearer was a - nfokt I'fmpor t
ant factor In the glory Vn'd suc
cess of this prince. What the. world
(COAti&Qtd OB m r I
TO SHEPH
fJTflPIC
CTATR RASKF.TRALL CHAMPS
Vi i rJj t : " u i ' ' " ,AJJ
Front Row RDrager, lleenan, J. Draper, dinger. Back Row
Duffey. Ashby, Ellis, Coach Huntington. Olinger was unable to make
the trip, his place being taken by Nash. Hansen is also -making the
trip east. y
TV .TO CHICAGO!"
With this cry to bp heard
students gathered "at the Oregon Electric station Thursday afternoon
to bid goodbye, to Salem high school's championship basketball team
which left at 4 -o'clock to uphold the west in the national inter
scbolSstic tournament at Chicago, beginning March 31.- -,
School was dismissed early and
long before ' the . train arrived
standingroom was at a premium
in the vicinity of the station;
Students filled the platform and
the street between the station and
the train. , Cheers were given and
the team, given a'rpusing send-off
by citizens.
When the team left yesterday
they had with "them a total of
t2Hl.l7. including a contribution
of $115.17 by the Lions club. This
fund was tomed over to. Coach
Huntington, who will pro-rata it
among the players as daily spend
ing money.
Personal donations amounted to
$1100; Salem high school organi
zations contributed $250; the tag
day sale netted $275 more; the
dance an additional $275; the
Snikpoh -Dramatic -society $50,
and about $25 in miscellaneous
contributions) -' 1
, Before cleaving Salem Coach
Huntington and the memhers of
the team said that while they did
not know how far they might pro
ceed in the tournament, each
game would be entered in the
spirit that it Was the last and de
termining game of the tourna
ment and that they would do their
best.' :
The team Is expected back in
Salem April 5 and will stay for
the entire tournament, no matter
If eliminated, according to plans.
BRIDGE
COMCT !S LET
Portland Firm to Construct
Crossing Between Marion
and Jefferson
Pearson & Company of Port
land with an offer of $9902.50,
was awarded a contract for the
construction of an overhead cros3
ing in connection with road chang
es on the Marion-Jefferson high
way at a meeting of the state
highway commission in Portland
Thursday. County . Judge Hunt
and Raodmaster Culver attended
the meeting.. , , . ,
The overhead crossing is to be
combleted within 70 or. 80. days
and will serve to shorten the dis
tance between the two towns and
eliminate a dangerous railroad
crossing." :rt- s
Of the totol amount necessary
to ' "build the overhead crossing,
the Southern Pacific win pay
$12,500. according to "a propor
tionment made by. the public ser
vice commission.
Woman Senator 1s Named i
On OAC Board of Regents
Senator W. S. Kinney, the only
woman, member of the 1925 ses
sion of the Oregon legislature,
representing. Clatsop county, was
Thursday named a member, of the
board df regents of Oregon Agri
cuIturalVoliege by Governor Wal
ter: M. Pierce. Mrs. Kinney , was
appointed to succeed M. S. Wood
cock of Corvallis, who died a week
or twd ago. ' a
HIGHEST BkliXJK 11A'XEp
'-PORTLAND, March 25. The
state highway commission, meet
ing ; here today, awarded a con
tract for a highway bridge across
Crooked: -Finger la Jefferson coun
iy. ' The! bridge' when completed
will be . the highest in America,
It was said, for it will be 340 feet
above the river. . -
H
ED
s V t :
GIVEN ROUSING SEND-OFl
-Ufronun fhoto
for blocks, hundreds of high" school
LINEN EXPERT
Sansori WHIihg jo JP.ut5(),
OddJnto Valley. Mill; Meet
ing Is Called Tonight
A meeting of . all . who, may pe
interested In the erection of a lin
en mill in Salem has been called
by T- M,, Hicks, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. v
The meeting will De held at the
Chamber of Commerce beginning
at S o'clock tonight. D. M. San
son, who- is .now. operating , three
linen mills in Canada and one at
Lockport, N. Y., willj speak, telling
why he Is interested in the erec
tion of a lineh mill in the Willam
ette valley. .
Mr. Sanson, who has been man
ufacturing linens for the past,- 2 5
years, is greatly impressed with
the 4uality of flax grown in the
valley. He believes in time there
will be several linen mills in the
district. . -
So confident is Mr. Sanson that
fine linens can be made from Ore
gon flax, that he has offered to
put $50,000 into a mill. to be erect
ed in , the Willamette valley.
The meeting has been called in
order that citizens may hear the
deinite proposition of Mr. Sanson.
Also to learn whether the people
are interested in having the pro
posed linen mill located In Salem.
(Ii CASE
ilESS'IJI
Pair, Charged With 'Murder
of Captain and Son, Seen
Near Island
VICTORIA, B. C, March 26.-4-Thorston
Paulson, formerly a farm
hand on South Pender island, near
where William G. Glllis and his
son, WilHam.-were -killed aboard
their rum runner, - Beryl G,. Sept
15, today testified at a prelimin
ary hearing of Owen B. Baker and
Harry So wash, charged with the
murders, that he saw the defend
ants on - the .island several times
and said he sold them sacks to re
sack a liquor cargo. ,
Paulson testifled -thaOAlbert
Clausen of Seattle,, purported own
er of the rum running boat Dolph
in, who -said yesterday on the wit
ness stand that: Baker admitted
Jo -hrm -of having hijacked - Cap
tain Glllis iiqaor cargo, was with
Baker, and Sowash on several "oc
casions 1 and- that Clausen's boat
was at the island during the re
sacking -process. , - ,
Mrs. Hazel Fea'zey of Victoria
asserted that Baker and Sowash
were at her home September 14
and 15 and said she. heard talk of
Houor running; and . something
about "getting a load to the other
side." - v .
TICKET OFFICE HELD UP
SEATTL33, March ' 26 . A lone
maEd man jheld "up "tne'Seattle
Everett " fnterurban railwsyrtlcket
offfce at Everett and escaped with
$20 0.- A number or people 'were
in a waiting room a few feet from
the ticket office at the time. .
MET
G01PLETED Ii!
iUBBEil THI.iL
Oorothy Ellihgson, Faints
' Twipe During ,Proceedure
of Empaneling Superior
Cour Jury
GIRL IS SAID TO BE-iU
HIGHLY NERVOUS STATE
Venire,Exhausted in AH, Day
. Exarhination; Eleven Are
"Accepted
:f SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.
While the machinery of the law
shaped a ory, hi superior court
here today to try her on a charge
of murder, Dorothy Elllngson, who
at the age of 16 shot her mother
rather than stay at home and
away fromi thej night life " of San
Francisco, sat -through the- proceedings-
tremblingly twisting, the
handle of her handbag. Twice
she fainted, both times outside. the.
court "room -after the crowd had,
cleared out" and she was. on 'her
way back to jail.
. j tJirl Is Guarded
The first .time, was at the noon'
recess, the last timejqsfafter ad
journment of . the ' afternoon pes
slon which' Judge Harold Louder
hack prolonged -until- 6 o'clock "ln
a vain effort to complete the Jury.
On each occasion . attendants
caught her before she fell and car
ried her away. .
- The police woman in attendance
seated within a few feet of Doro
thy's place at counsel's table, car
ried a bag filled with-restoratives.
The girl had fainted - so many,
times since the trial began Mon
day the police and attaches had
come to take it. as a : matter ot
cprfrse,' they were prepared for her
to sit through the sessions stolid
ly and then, as the tension relaxed,
to crumple, chalk, white in tho
arms of whoever accompanied her,
Venire Is Exhausted . )
The jury Venire was exhausted'
shortly before 6 o'clock with ljl
Jurors, nine men and two women
seated permanently with the prob
lem of selecting the twelfth Juror
and a possible alternate left lor
tomorrow when two veniremen
report. :
- For the girl the hours of plod
ding examination in the close
room seemed to pass like days.,
(Continued ea pg Z)
CULT LEADED HELD
Ml
Bail Is Fixed at $5,000;
Crimiial Charges Are Pre
ferred By State
OROVlLtE. Cil.. March 2 6.
Mrs. Anna . Rhodes and , her hus
band, Edward Rhodes were arrest
ed- in their home at East Briggs,
near here today on a crinlinal
charge In connection with the in
vestigation - being . made into the
death of - Herman R. . Schalow,
brother of Mrs. - Rhodes, so-called
"brand victim'. -.
The warrants served on Rhodes
and Mrs. Rhodes hcarge a criminal
of tense; assault upon -the -person
of Schalow with instruments can-
able fof causing great bodily harri.
The couple Were placed in the
county , Jail here and 'at a late
hour were endeavoring to obtain
the $5, 000 cash ball or bonds f li
ed by ; justice of peace - Harry S.
Hill. . . ,
Schalow -died, in a local hospital
recently -presumably Worn a cere
bral infection. After his death, a
series of severe burn; scars were
found on his body.:' Investigation
na established, that the burns
Inflicted on Schalow two ' week3
before4 nls ' death ? during a cere
monial -held th East Biggs by .wh at
isv'described as a - 'fanatical re
ligious cult.' y - t
,v -THURSDAY
INWASHmGTOIJ
Charles I. Kagey, resigned t i
American minister to Finland.
" Impending resignations in tLa
Shipping Board "were Indicated.
v., ...... : '.. . . .
SecrVtarjiJardlae ouUJ-: I s
Viewa bn the needs of the farm r
Wnae'rs 'Sfetcaif 'of 'iCzz.s. u.,,
eented to accept the post of c
mlssioner pt per.i;:r. j te-: -
FOB 1U