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Weather
- OREGON
Cloudv and un
SALEM The most desirable' home : city Jn' the;
northwest. Business streets 99 feet wide. Roses'
blooming" 10 months In the year. There are many
homes and building sites listed in he classified
columns of this paper. Own. Your Own Homo,
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settled with local rains and moderate tempera-
ireion Bonmeriy winaa Max. ta; Min. 43;
tiTer 2.8. stationary: Rainfall .10: Atmosnhpre
,0
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partially cloudy; Wind southwest.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 31, 1925 -
BALLOTS FAIL
i! CHOICE FOR
First Voting for President
Leaves Situation in Doubt;
P ohtical Significance
'mg -
DR. JARRES FAILS TO
GET COMMANDING VOTE
Attitude of People in Final
Election Cannot be Pre-
determined
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I pERLIX, March 30 Post elec
1 tion mathematicians . reach vary-
I inf conclusions In respect to the
I political significance of Satur
I day's Initial ballotine for a Ger-
n president. i , i
Pf (While' It is erident that partisan
consideration 1 largely influenced
I the conflicting editorial verdicts,
i there is an underlying conviction
that, the composition -of the" vote
J polled by Dr. Karl Jarres, the con
d i t ion of the combined nationalist
aad conservative bourgeois part
ie and the candidates of the three
rijublican parties, affords no se
ffqre basis for- estimating its re
gion to the atitude of the votes
fiftXii'a final election of April 26.
I
Jarres Held Defeated
I Some of the more outspoken
champions of an anti-republican
bloc frankly admit that Dr. Jar
x rs, although he led all other con
testants, failed to measure up to
expectations and they are openly
demandinr his retirement from
k tie final race. , t
j While Minister or defense Gess
f ler is beingproposed as a substi-
: lute, mere is a siruus mueuii;ui
? to bring out the German chancel
16r, Dr. Hans Luther, as the stan
dard bearer for the nationalist
rpnservative-bourgeois bloc. It is
;1jw , realised that in view of the
strong combined jfotes of , socials,
Tlfts, centrists and v democrats,,
chancellor Luther ls-i the only
available man possesed of the
' necessary ability and magnetism
to help the bourgeois bloc to ul
timate victory.
Xot a Desert Post
The objection of Luther to en
ter the race is founded upon the
! conviction that his removal from
' th"klnistry of defense would
acipitate a heated parliament-
liry fight for a succesor In tha
ftlnet post, which it is asserted;
should be held by a democrat.
j Another reason urged in favo
of the elimination of Dr. Jarres is
supplied In the attitude- of the;
camoiic uu n
which notified his campaign com
mittee that it would not suport
him in the coming -election be
cause be U espoused only by the
ingeletical league.
Better to Pass Up Arrest
Than Violate Law Just to
Apprehend, He Says
ry 'Prohibition ta t h e greatest
oney making scheme the Amerl
f people have ever, hit upon,"
ared State Prohibition Com
missioner Levens in a speech be
fore" the Chamber of " Commerce
Monday noon. "The bank presi
lents, railroad operators and oth
ers knew that it was a . paying
latter. Even the old time saloon
eep knew It was a paying thing
nd hired bar-tenders', who were
rr. These early men knew pro-
ibition was coming long before it
;t the pre-Volstead ' days.
I feel that it' is preferable to
t a. man get away who is com-
tting a mlsdemeaor rather than.
violate the' law in order to ap
pend him," declared the Bpeak-
whose-words were greeted with
-avy round of applause.
Respect of the officials of the
imunlty by the ; law abiding
en is absolutely necessary for
enforcement of the laws of the
i 5 n. It Is Just' as much" your
ity to stop . the , violators . of the
v as it is-the duty of the sheritr.
The first duty of, an American
, v.:,. u to otey the law himself;
v econd duty Is to see that the
i obey the law," declared the
;er. lf this was; put ' Into
I practice, ;yoit would- see a
rful change in the very
3 of this country. There
1 .
LfflS SPEAKS
0 PROHIBITS
t 5
Ligl
itning! Hits Prison
and Damages Generator
of Local ' dPowera Plant
At least two bolts of lightning
struck in Salem daring. the severe
storm Monday noon. Nerves of
both guards and Inmates wore set
on edge at the penitentiary white
approximately $500.0 damage is re
ported from the Salem plant of
the Portland Electric Power com-
pany. : !
Striking a tree back; of. the
guards' quarters at the prison, the
bolt tore down a wire net back
stop to the tennis court, and then
Jumped to the main building, trav
eling by a direct line in a north-,
easterly direction. I .
The lightning evidently entered
,the main building by breaking a
winaow in tne, matron's .quarters.
It broke several windows in one
of the cell tiers and entered the
chapel by way,(of the huge iron
lever that locks the cells. ,; ;
Crossing the floor to the chapel.
the bolt followed an iron pipe to
the roof, tearing another hole as
it made its.exjtv. Memory of the
brilliant flash and the; smell of
smoke remained. j
Jumping over the power plant,
the bolt then tore off the corner
of one of the wooden sheds cover
ing the flax. A watcnman is re
ported to have .been 1. knocked
down. " '-' '"-: ; j : ;
. There were no disorders among
the prisoners. The Institution's
0PDR.P0LII
Better to be Scared From
Going Than Not to Es
i cape Hot Place
"The man who serves God simply
and ttonly because he Is afraid of
God's eternal " wrath, .serves God
from an entirely wrong motive,
Evangelists are accused of having
as their trump cardfo 3 scare 3eo-
pie Into the' kingdom of God," said
Rev. Charles Poling last night at
the First Presbyterian ' church as
he Introduced his message on the
subject, "Hell." t v
"Men had better be scared from
going to hell than not td escape at
all from the hell the Bible de
scribes as the inevitable destiny
of the impernitent and unbeliev
ing," further declared Mr. Poling.
"But no man can continue to serve
God on a basis of fear. When a
man comes to know God he can
only love Him ." ' ! !
Mr. Poling's audience was mad!
up chiefly hf Christians. I ' To such
the speaker declared he preferred
to speak on such a serious and
awful theme. If church people
are aware of the serious conse
quences of sin, they will be better
Christians and more earnest soul
winners for Christ, is "the opinion
of Mr. Poling; ?; ' . ": : j L ..' ;'
"God sends no nan to hell!
Every man by his own! volition, if
he rejects Jesus Christ as his own
saviour, consigns himself to the
regions of the lost. On the con
trary God professes so much love
for us that He gave His only be
gotten Son of God that whosoever
belleveth In Him shall not perrlsh.
(CoBtlSMd oa vS S)
PROSPECTS 6001
FOR SUGAR MILL
Seed and Information to be
' Sent to Salem, Railroad
Man Declares
Steps for a sugar mill at Salem
are underway, according to C. A.
Gerkin, traveling: freight agent for
the Great Northern railway. Ar
rangements have been made with
officials' of the sugar refining
plant at Bellingham, - Wash-, to
send seed and; information here
relative to the planting of sugar
beets. - - -' ' "' ,
Through the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce enough
seed to plant 15 to 20 plots have
been promised, and these- will be
distributed to farmers in the var
ious parts' of the valley. -
When the proper ; time comes
officials of the sugar industry are
to send inspectors here to report
on the showing of the- plantings
made. Later a test on the sugar
content, and- other data will be
gathered to be used in the reports
to the officials, of the sugar com
pany, in an-ef fort to get them to
move a mill to this district.
HELL SUBJECT
telephone-service was put out of
commission while the total dam
age to property-was very nominal.
One of the bolts of lightning
struck the , 11, 000 volt line that
runs between the power house at
Mill and Liberty to the substation
on: Highland,- burning out the
windings of a 3500 horsepower
generator. The windings must be
obtained in the east and the gen
erator will be out of commission
for nearly six weeks. Lightning
was also reported to have entered
the Highland substation and an
other on the Turner road.
The generator hit yesterday is
steam driven and maintained pri
marily to furnish service , in case
of accident to the transmission
line from the water power plant
It is regularly used during the day
and early at night to "boost" the
voltage. ; i '
The power company reports that
the accident occurred at the be
ginning of summer and there Is
less liklihood of needing this gen
erator now than at any other time
of the year. y
., It was hot known Monday
whether the lightning did any
damage to the system other than
in Salem. ' "
Hall was reported from several
districts near Salem, though hone
fell in the city. i
BEINGIiSED
Construction of Railways in
Oregon Said to Meet
no Opposition r (
; SPOKANE, March 30. "Good
progress" has been made in rais
ing funds for construction of ex
tensions of Oregon, California and
Eastern railway in central Ore
gon, a permit for which has-been
asked of the Interstate commerce
commission, Robert E. Strahorh,
president of the road, declared in
a newspaper interview here today.
" "Since my road got to Sprague
River I have had no difficulty in
raising any funds I desire to
further my plans," Mr. Strahorn
said. "Sprague River Is the heart
of a beautiful and rich valley. It
is the center of more than 15,
000,000.000 feet of pine timber."
Mr. Strahorn declared :hat he
still owns "every share" Vof his
original stock. ''Whether ' the
Southern Pacific or any other rail
road is buying the outside stock
in the'' Oregon, California v and
Eastern' railway is o no interest
to me except as it may strengthen
my already attractive position,"
he added., Proposed extensions of
the railroad would total 143 miles
and cost $4,500,000, according to
estimates.
PORTLAND YOOTH
Desire to See Girl and Race
Shasta Costs' $50 and
Loss of License
Hearing the call of the roaring
road, and evidently determined to
do something big, Martin L. And
rus, age 17 left Portland; Sunday
morning, with the avowed pur
pose of beating the Shasta Limited
to Salem. He did; but he won't
do it again until next year, when
perhaps, his drivers license will be
returned to him. , 1 ; ;
Although Andrus won against a
strong field, the spoils of victory
were divided between the justice
court and the police court. Braz
ier C. Small, justice of the peace,
collected $30. with the city police
coming a close second, with $20.
Besides the fines. Andrus license
was' revoked for a year. ' " '
With a lead-soled shoe holding
the 1 floor-throttle against, the
board,' Andrus whirled out of
Portland" and" onto; the Pacific
Highway, lit a mad endeavor to
overtake the Shasta at Its next
stop. He had missed a friend, who
had departed on the train, aad" he
ardently desired to hold'a conver-sation-with
: her.-
, A few miles north of Salem,
state officers' endeavored to pull
their car alongside that of Andrus.
The Portland boy gave his car the
last notch- and maintained the
lead. -The 'race: continued; down
the Fairgrounds' road, over North
Capitol and up to the state house;
where- he -was overtaken by- State
Officer Nichols and Houston,
8 FUND
GOINO AST
PERUVIANS TO
I T LI
TO DELEGATES
Southern Government Takes
Advantage of President
Coolidge's Award; Settle
ment Desired
TERMS TOO DRASTIC,
PERU EMBASSY STATES
Tacna-Arica Arbitration Holds
Attention of US Depart
ment WASHINGTON, March 30.
Suggestions the Peruvian govern
ment, may have for amplification
of I safeguards provided under
President Coolidges award to sur
round the Tacna-Arica plebiscite
were being put into final shape to
night for presentation to the arbi
trator through the state depart
ment. It has been indicated that
the communication, described as a
memorandum and a note would be
presented in the course of the day
but it did not materialize at the
department. Instead a formal
statement was issued at the Peru
vian embassy saying that the work
of considering the award had not
been completed.
Modification Wanted
The embassy statement was
prompted by publication of asser
tions that Peru officially had noti
fied the Washington government
that terms of the award were un
acceptable without drastic modifi
cation v ' '
"So -memorial or communica
tion of any kind has been trans
mitted to the president or the
state department respecting ,the
terms of Jhe plebiscite or the
award'in the Tacna-Arica arbitra
tion," the embassy statement said.
"Any such publication on this sub
ject is unauthorized and unauthen
tic.
Work-Xot Completed -;"The
government of Peru, the
Peruvian embassy, the commission
and the counsel still are engaged
in considering the opinion and the
award of the arbitrator and have
not completed the work."
" Ambassador Velarde secluded
himself in the embassy' through
out the day, refusing to see press
representatives who sought in
formation as to the nature of the
contemplated Peruvian- communi
cation. It was said at the em
bassy tonight that he was in con
ference with Colon Polo, head of
the special Peruvian arbitral com
mission and lawyers who - have
aided in the preparation of the
Peruvian case.
Surgeons Say Condition
j !jf of Darling Is Critical
ir -
I DES MOINES, Iowa, -March 20.
A physician's bulletin early to
night said' that the condition- of
J. N.i Darling, the cartoonist, was
"critical." Earlier In the day a
report said Mr. Darling ' suffered
"suchi a relapse over the' week end
that recovery practically has been
abandoned." He submitted to a
minor operation today to relieve a
local Unfection.)
5 The artist, whose "J. N. Bing"
cartoons are known- throughout
the world, was stricken with peri
tonitis March 12. Although some
progress was noted last week, his
condition has, given; physicians
growing concern.
Letter Readies Statesman Office After ' ' k
Beingr Mailed in East -Nine Years 'Ago
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Bulletin Gives Latest Dope on Texas Onion CropDelay Explained
t r by letter Front Washington PostraastCT,--. ey- -fin : -;
t. Even when mail. was. .brought
to the Pacific coast from the east
by ship and around the horn, nine
years was considered an ' except
tidnally long time to make the
trip and much would have elapsed'
between the writing and tb read
ing of the letter. But this time
was consumed In a letter received !
by The Statesman, dated tMay.; ,
1916, containing a bulletin- from
the bureau of crop estimates' and
dealing with the Texas Bermuda,
onion crop. . ; ' '-. : '
- The latest dope upon' the onion
situation is that reports and tele
grama received, by the bureau of
crop estimates indicate: that the
total production of onions in Texas
will be about 650 carloads of
480 bushels each--that iff, the
latest dope nine years ago;
i Explaining the long- delay,- W.
M. Mooney, postmaster-' at J Wash
PROCRAMLAID
OUT FOR II
SIBLEY
Cabinet Members Discuss
Attitude to be Taken by
American Delegation to
Geneva on May 4
MANUFACTURE OF ARMS
TO BE GENERAL TOPIC
Conference Is" Outgrowth of
the Original St. Germain
Treaty L
WASHINGTON, March 30 The
attitude to be taken by the Ameri
can delegation to the forthcoming
international arms conference in
Geneva was discussed today by
Secretary Kellogg at a meeting
with Secretaries Wilbur," Weeks
and Hoover. The cabinet members
met in Mr. Kellogg's office.
' Will Meet in May
The conference will be held May
4 at Geneva under the auspices of
the league of nations and accept
ance by the United States of the
invitation to participate following
extensive correspondence in which
it was pointed out that the Wash
ington government -was; under ceiv
tain constitutional limitations as
to its powers over the manufacture
of arms within its jurisdiction and
could join only in the negotiation
of conventions to restrict arms
traffic.
Program Prepared .
The meeting today was held, in
preparation for the appointment
by the president of the American
delegation after a series- of mior
mal inquiries had been made at
various capitals by the state de
partment to learn what other gov
ernments expected to discuss at
the conference. i-
The arms traffic conference is
an -.outgrowth of the original
treaty, of St. Germain, drawn up in
1&19. under the terms of the treaty
of Versailles. The Washington
government found it impossible to
accept the treaty of St. Germain
because it involved conflicts with
American constitutional provisions
and also because, it would have
prevented the . sale of. arms to
friendly powers. ; j ,
Liauor Aircraft Is Taken
by Coast Guard Officials
NEW YORK, March 30 Coast
guardsmen reported tonight the
seizure atsea near Rum Row of
a liquor J carrying airplane and
crew. Patrol boats were said to
be towing, the plane and! its crew
to the custom house here.
The prisoners have been detain
ed aboard the coast guard de
stroyer Mojave, whose officers
seized tne seaplane and will be
sent . to Jth barge officers tomor.
row morning. - i
The destroyer was believed to
have been cruising in the vicinity
of Fire Island at the- time of the
seizure. .
According to members of the
coast guard seizure, the prisoners
said r they , were in- distress when
nntnrnrf. ! ; ?
TAX-ESTIMATK EXACT
WASHINGTON. March 30.
Federal tax collections . totaled
$423,700,000 at the close of busi
ness Saturday acting? Secretary
Winston announced "today" and' on
the basis of these receipts he pre
dicted that the treasury's estimate
of $430,000,000 for vMarch ' would
De norne oui.
ington, under the date of: March
26, fidvises the news editor of the
Pacific "Homestead as follows: "
"Tie ."enclosed letteiriaddressed
tor'ycxk was found at this office to
day under one of the belt convey
ors," where It had accidentally be
come lodged. The! delay: is re
gretted." -
There Is a great difference in
the; onion situation, according .to
the ! latest report available on
Texas. This is for 1923 and gives
4629: carloads of 500 bushels each
as the total crop for that year.
While the carloads remain , appro
ximately the same, the increase in
thei number of bushels to the car
load Is such as to almost' double
the figures. The bushel produc
tion for, 1916 was 1,339,000 in
comparison with. 2,314,500 tor
1923.- ' -
rJ. G. Schurman Named Ambassador to Germany; .
New Assistant to Hoover and Chief of Militia
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At the left' is shown Dr. Jacob
Gould Schurman, ' Minister to
China, who was nominated and
confirmed by the Senate to suc
ceed Ambassador Houghton, whom
President Coolidge transferred
from Berlin to London. Dr. Schur
man went to China, in June, 1921.
He resigned as president of Cor
nell University when President
Harding asked him to take the
Bodies of Dr. Olson and Mrs.
McClintock Examined
by Chemist
CHICAGO, March 30 Dr.
James P. SLmonda, professor 1 of
pathology at northwestern uni
versity who examined the bodies
of DrOscar Olson' and Mrs. Emi
ly McClintock today said that both
showed- "marked chronic disease
of the heart."
The doctor made, his examina
tion at the request of William D.
Shepherd, foster-father of Wil
liam McClintock, millionaire or
phan. Shepherd is under indict
ment for the murder of McClin
tock and the bodies of the youth's
mother and of Dr. Olson, brother
of Judge Harry Olson, who in
stigated the ' investigation and
asked that the other bodieby ex
humed, are. now, being examined
by a corner's chemist for traces
of poison.
"Both of these bodies," Dr.
Simonds said, "showed marked
chronic disease of the heart. Per
sons suffering from a similar di
sease may live for a considerable
period of time, but It is Just as
(Con tinned on pie 2)
IS FACING DEATH
Notorious Mail Robber and
Highwayman on Trial for
: Killing Policeman '
HARTFORD, Conn., March 30.
(By the Associated Press). Six
of eleven witnesses' who took the
stand for the prosecution today
wove innumerable strands of tes
timony intended to bind' Gerald
Chapman, mail robber and federal
jail breaker, close to the. murder
of Patrolman James Skelly in New
Britain last October 12. "
-One of them. Patrolman Alfred
Ei Atwater of New Britain,-, testi
fied that he had seen Chapman
fire; the death dealing shots. An
other, Walter E. Shean, the
Springfield, Mass., man long since
advertised as the state's principal
witness, told a glib story, putting
the jshooting directly up to the
debonair prisoner, j ,,
: The four remaining witnesses,
residents of New Britain, positive
ly identified Chapman as a' man
they had seen fleeing from - the
scene of the crime a few minutes
after its commission.::; .-...j r
So great was the crowd Who
sought to jam Into the court room
today the judge had to order po
lice; to clear, them away.
I Chapman, In the face of all the
testimony against- him, remained
unperturbed, lounging In his chair
as usual the greater part of- the
time, - "" ' v ..
POIS . .
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Chinese post. At the right' (above),
is Creed C. Hammond of Oregon
who is to be the new chi?fof the
National Malitia Bureau. Ilelow
is former Congressman James H.
Mclifferry of California, -fcho has
been named by President Coolldge
as Assistant Secretary ' of Com
merce. Secretary Hoover person
ally. maAe..ih" selection
JUICE
English -to be Jailed in His
0w Behalf in Impeach
ment Charges
. ST. LOUIS, March 30. (By the
Associated ... Press). Presentation
of evidence on which was based
the plea for impeachment of Fed
eral Judge George Washington
English . ended late today. The
accused judge probably will be the
first witness in his own behalf to
morrow morning.
The congressional commission,
which has spent a week hearing
testimony of tyrannical and op
pressive conduct while on the
bench and irregularities in handl
ing of finance and of bankruptcy
cases, piled up against the judge,
received in finality today the re
port of the department of justice
examiners who investigated C. B.
Thomas, referee in bankruptcy
under Judge English.
In thai report, publication of
parts of which was left to the
committee's later decision, it was
set out that an order dated June
7, 1919, virtually turned the pow
ers of Judge English's court, so
far as they related in bankruptcy,
over to Referee Thomas and gave
him permission to use them as he
pleased. -
Faris English, one ef the judge's
sons who was named as the pilot
followed from bank to bank by
bankruptcy funds and who receiv
ed three per cent Interest On such
funds from one bank, also will be
a witness, said the defense attor
neys, but probably not tomorrow.
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Membership' in League Of
Nations Asked Before'
: Settlement Is'Reached :
PARIS," March' 30 (By Asso
ciated Press. ) -Germany will be
required to join the league of. na
tions without special favors or ex-?
emptions and announce clearly her
Intentions concerning the I ron
tier of ; Poland and- Czeeho-Slova-kia
before the- French government
will sign with the reich a Euro
pean security pianjt This wiu.be'
the substance-of , the renchreply
to the recent security offer.
... Premier Herrlot, after taking
counsel with members of his cabi
net and leaders of parliament to
day gave instructions to the politK
cal department; of the foreign of
fice to draff a note to-that effect.
The document U calculated to
draw fnna the Berlitt'gorernsieht
a reply that? will 'enable the allies
to decide whether the German'of-
fer for a security pact is likely to
ftorm a basis fox useful negotla
tiona. t
I
eiiiGii
PJSiE; TRIAL
TO BE HALTED
Judge Dismisses Present
, Jury; New One Will be Im
panneled to Hear Cason
Insanity Plea
MENTAL CONDITION OF
ELLINGS0NG1RLISL0VY
Jurist Declares Mental Incom
petence Sufficient for
Jury. Trial,
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SAN FRANCISCO. MaTch 30
Judge Harold . Louderback In
superior court here this afternoon
halted the, murder f trial of .Doro
thy 'Ellingson,: the, ls year, old
"child of Jazz" charged with kill
ing her mother in the bedroom' of
their home , last January after a
Quarrel over the daughter's con
duct. V
The court announced that the
jury would be dismissed tomor
row morning and a new. jury im
panelled to determine whether;
the girl is insane at present.
Girjpjs Tens '
The girl foirnd no comfort In
the turn her case had taken. Dur
ing the discussion of her sanity
this morning- and this afternoon,
she sat with a white, drawn face.
As she went out- for the noon re
cess she wept. This evening at
the close of court she staggered
from her seat and fell out of "the
grasp of the matron,' striking-her-shoulders
, sharply against the
clerk's ' desk. Unconscious she
was carried out and revived. It
was one more of the many times'
she has fainted since her trial be
gan a week ago.' ; i " v '.
A motion by the defense to Iff--terrupt
the murder trial until the
meatal jcondiUoit-jaJLJUieirV- had
been ' decided was granted after
the court "had" excluded the jury
and heard the testimony of Dr."
Jau Don" Ball a specialist in-mental
diseases.
Doctor State Cas"
Dr. Ball . pronounced the girl
suffering from a psychosis. Her
form of insanity, he explained,
was '"medical and not legal."
Judge "Louderback held that; the
showing, of mental Incompetence
was sufficient to Justify a jury
trial.
The psychiatrist said his opin
ion was based on an examination
of Dorothy Ellingson yesterday,
taken In conjunction with previous .
visits to the girl and his knowl
edge of" bier history,
i What of this girl's ancestry?"
inquired the. prosecutor.
' There: is' the alcholic father,"
recalled the witness. "A very de
finite trend; There is the mental
conditienof the mothet
;! Iuflunce Suggested
" He explained that there might
have"-been prenatal influence ex
erted by- the reported fact that
Irs.' Ellingson was "out of her
mfnd at- times," shortly before the
birth of Dorothy. ;
"What of her past life?
"Her behavior as a child must
be considered. There are patho-
(Contlnned on page S)
TUESDAY
IN WASHINGTON
r Wilder SJietcaU of Kansas ac
oeptedi commtssionership of pen
sions' about" which he had once de
clined. v ' ". -
Brigadier. General Mitchell, re
tiring assistant-army air chief, was
assigned to duty, at f San Antonio,
Texas. . ' c ' - "'
...i ;:.; .-. -
' The Couxens- secatet committee
investigation of the internal rev
enue, bureau, concluded its hear
ings. .' ' .
Secretary Week's decided to ask
for" bids for- purchase- of hydro
electric ' power' &V Witaon dam,
Muscle- ShoaiAi - , --i
... ,i; ,
SectetaTy-'' Kellogg conferred
with.: Secretaries i iVeeks. Wilbu r
and Hoover on the forthcoming
Geeva-artB traffic conference.
-Postmaster Geeral New restored
tt dutywfth detidtloiiv six postal
officials who had'bcea suspendc I
irf conTJectidn'with'fclforu to pasa
the postal pay bill. y
'fi r .
" 'It. wis Indicated that Theodcro
Brenta!&qrf resiiation to IIuTrarv
would be accepted, but that Albert
If. -Washburn would be retained aa
nsiaister to Austria.