MSIISSlitt'
COiiMIOil OPEff'S
3 KILLED; MANY jpYING;
LIGHTNING HITSlSCHQOL
REFUGEES FLEEING
ARMORY IS THRONGED
I JO HEAR GRADUATION
HUGE LIQUOR RING SAID
UNCOVERED BY OFFICERS
DRAINAGE SURVEY IS
URGED BY ENGINEER
SEOF DEATH l!
BYUSGOHH
ARGUED GOUkSEL
CROWDED BUILDING TARGET
OF THUNDER STORM
BrELL,' JAMES AND CHILDS
ARE PRIZE WINNERS
m o
Fffi.iCflllEMS
PAPERS BELONGING TO JAKE
f WOITT SAID IMPORTANT
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RHEA LITER TO; SEGREGATE
LOW AND HIGHLANDS
Registration . and Introduc
tion of Visitors Occupies
Ail First Day
PRESIDENT IS ABSENT
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Miss Blargaret Fleming Give Ad
dress of Welcome; Election
of Officers Will Form
Today's Program
The first day of the fourth state
convention of the Oregon Federa
tion of Business and Professional
"Women -was a success from the
time tne registration booth was
opened until the closing number
last; night at the Chamber of Com
merce auditorium. '
Registration and introduction of
the visiting delegates occupied the
greater' portion of the afternoon
session, while the eyening was de
voted to addresses of welcome and
a general get-together. From the
enthusiasm and interest shown,
this is considered one of the best
state conventions the organization
has held. J ... , ,..'..,; 1 ;
Miss Margaret Fleming, Port
land, first vice president, officiat
ed in lieu of Mrs. Alice Maloney
of Marshfleld, president, who was
called to California by the illness
of her father. Miss Fleming made
the address of welcome.
During the evening's entertain
ment a piano number was offered
by Robert Alexander; vocal num
bers by Susan Varty and Grace
IE. Smith i followed an informal
meeting, at which members be
came acquainted. Refreshments
were served.
A total of. 41 delegates - were
present from clubs' situated In dif
ferent parts of the state. Others
are expected to arrive in the city
this morning. '
Today's session will be featured
by the main address of th& occa
sion by Mrs. Shloe-Miller Mac
Reynolds, who Is recording secre
tary of the national organization.
She made the trip. to Oregon from
North Carolina to attend the Ore-
gon state convention. An election
of officers and the business session
will also be held. -
Vera Mackay, Vivian Mackay,
Ellen Ruduas and Alice Cox. all of
Marshfleld; Wrs. R. E. McClellan,
Louise M. Hacker, Margaret A.
Fleming and Alice Hutchinson, all
of Portland; Dorothy Povey, M.
D. Roseburg, Ethel T. Webb, of
Roseburg, and Miss Martha Gosch
Portland, are among those regis
tered at the Marion hotel for the
convention. :
AIR CHALLENGE REFUSED
i
WRIGHT DECLINES TO ACCEPT
! LANGLEY PLANE TEST
DAYTON, Ohio, June 12 (By
The Associated Press) An an
swer to the challenge of Charles
M. jdanley, former pilot of the
Langley aerodrome during exper
iments In 1903, in which he
sought to make further flying ev
periments with the original Lang
ley plane now in the Smithsonian
Institution was made here late to
day by Orville Wright. Manley
asked that tests be made at Long
Island in August.
Mr. Wright's answer said:
."The evident purpose of the
challenge which Mr. Manley has
announced is to draw attention
from the real issues of the contro
versy between Dr. Walcott and
myself. These issues are the
charges which I have made that
the Smithsonian institution Is not
a safe repository historic rel
ics. " '
"The Issues of this controversy
do not relate to events of the fu
ture, but to events of the past. 2
therefore see no reason for intro
ducing a discussion of future ex
periments into a discussion which
has to do only with experiments
of the past. This proposal to do
so can only be taken as an ad-
; mission of the truth of my charg
: es as to the fraudulent nature of
so-called tests of the Langley ma
chine at Hammondsport, In 1914."
SUICIDE PACT CONFESSED
BOY, 19, CONFESSES TO PART
IN DEATH AGREEMENT?
WELLESLEY FARMS, Mass,,
June 12 (By Associated Press.)
Sterling Mills, 18 year old hign
school student, admitted to the au
thorities tonight that he and Prts
cilla Ajnidon, his school girl
sweetheart, had made a suicide
pact. Mills shot himself at the
same time and is in a hospital in
Newton. The girl is dead.
.- TOURIST KILLS YOUTH
FRESNO, CaL, June 12. J. W.
Denton, 38, itinerant automobile
tourist, killed an unidentified
youth near here today.
I if teen Others Injured by Boh;
" Heveral More Expected
to Die
BRECKENRIDGEj Tjexas. June
12.- (By The Associated Press),
At " least three ij persons weni
killed and a number o others in
jured when lightning! struck a
school house nearj heife tonight.
The building was saifl to have
been crowded with persons attend
ing. a mass meeting to discuss an
irrigation project.
! The dead are": CacI Lebetter,
9. A boy 11, and a giijl 13, of the
Broils family. j (
Fifteen others j wefe Injured,
five or six; of them probably fatal
ly. A xt year old sister of the
two young Broils victims was
taken from the schoolhouse in a
dying condition, while the chil
dren's mother was stricken un
conscious. " i , I
Clyde Perry, 12 year old boy
living near, Cisco4 is expected to
die. Darkness andj the storm
from which the fatal bolt Issued
prevented relief workers from de
termining the extent; of the vic
tims' injuries. Evej-y physician
and nurse in Breeklenridge was
called into service ashe wounded
were brought to locajj hospitals.
Among the victims was C. M.
Caldwell, wealthy oilfman of Abi
line. who was rendWed uncon
scious, j '
TERRIFIC STORAl SWEEPS
THROUGH EASTERN STATE
ONE DEAD, SO INJCttED; PROP
-ERTY DAMAGE f & HIGH
1?500,C
Loss Estimated at $500,000 in
" Southern Minnesota; Wires
; All Dom
ST. PAUL, Mlnn., June 12.
One dead, 20 injured and property
damage estimated - at 1500,000
was the toll taken by the storm
which -.swept through southern
Minnesota last, night, reports from
the storm area Indicated tonight.
'At Rochester and Vicinity dam
age from cloudburst?, hail and
rainstorms was centered about
that city yesterday and today, will
probably total $200,000, it was
indicated tonight as I gradual re
storation of crippled telephone
and teleeraDh service brought in
news of'addltional losses through
out the. countryside. Three per
sons were injured lnfthat section.
Thousands of acres of valuable
farm lands were inundated south
and west of Rochester! by the over
flow front the Zambto river. In
.the lowlands borderihg the river
crops are reported to have been
totally destroyed. I
Additional reports Reaching Al-
A. T - J 1 .
Deri L,ea dj courier late loaay ana
tonight showed the sform In that
section was more.eeere than at
first indicated. ' Whole fields were
under water, large Darns which
bad been blown away were scat
tered over the countryside and
bodies of chickens, ckttle, horses
and other stock was Strewn about
the wreckage. Pat Kelly and his
son, farmers near lAlbert Lea,
Were pinned underneath a barn
vhlch collapsed durinjg the storm,
killing several head ojf horses and
cattle. The men escaped, how
ever, with only painffrl injuries.
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PASSENGER ' IS ! INJURED
MRS. W. H. SOUTH! HIT BY A
. j ROCK THROWN AT TRAIN
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A rock hurled through the win
dow of a south bound Oregon
Electric train last njight caused
Mrs. W. H. South of Orville to be
taken to the New Salem hotel suf
fering from injuries $to her head
and eyes, caused by flying glass.
"I can feel some glass in my
eyes now," she! said last night
over the telephone. I "I - guess it
will be taken out in the moraine.
I don't know how It happened,
for I was sitting on the left side
of the train and thef thing came
through the windowJ They told
me !t was a rock. 2aybe it was
just meanness in ' some one to
throw it at me. If it Was for spite
I wish they had selected the right
person." i i
; The accident occurred near the
Schindler ranch, so&ti of the city,
while the train 5 was- slowing up
for" the switch, to pais .the- north
bound train. 5 j ; 1
INT03IBED MA? ALIVE
GRASS VALLEY, ?al., June 12
-".(By Associated press.) The
sound . of tapping, communicated
along the metal rails bn which the
ore cars run, at 7 olock tonight
Indicated - tht R,obrt Hill, im
prisoned by a cavein $0 hours pre
viously, was still alive, work by
the rescue crews was; slow- as tim
bering had to be placed as fast as
the sliding rock wasj removed.
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Anti-Japanese Strikes Break
Out in Some Cities; Mis
sionaries Leave
SHIPPING IS TIED UP
Diplomatic Corps in Peking Called
in; Anti-foreign Agitation
la Felt in Many
: Sections .:
SAN FRANCISCO. June 12.
(By The Associated Press).- Both
from Hankow, the great river city
of 1 China, where British volun
teers yesterday fired on a mob of
strikers who were threatening the
concessior fetid Cant6n, the south
ern river city, where Yunnanese
and Kwangtung troops, have been
engaged in a long. range battle for
nearly a fortnight, refugees, Chi
nese and f 0reign,(. are leaving for
the ports where they can find pro
tection under the guns of foreign
warships. Missionaries, too, have
been ordered from 'Hupeh prov
ince In which Hankow is situated.
the presumption being that anti-
foreign agitation is being felt in
the interior. TThe foreigners of
Canton, who have their separate
concession on Shameen island,
have not yet been disturbed toy
the fighting, dispatches say.
In Shangnat, as a resut of the
disturbances at Hankow, there has
been a recrudescense of strikes in
the cotton mills and some anti
Japanese disturbances in the for
eign settlement. River and coast
al shipping is practically tied up
by the strike of seamen and en
gine room crews. j '
The displomatic corps at Peking
has suggested to the, Chinese au
thorities that a discussion on the
spot would be the best means of
settling the trouble at Shanghai
and has instructed its representa
tives there to consider with the
foreign consuls and Chinese au
thorities the best remedy for the
present state of affairs.
NEW YORK, June 12. (By the
Associated Press.) Grave con-
( Continued opra 2) .
TEACHER SETS RECORD
WOMAN TEACHES SCHOOL
FOB 57 YEARS
SEATTLE, June 12 After 57
years as a sclrciol teacher, Miss
Leota Lowest, who' has been
teaching at the Camano island
school this year, has retired. For
mer pupils, many of whom have
grandchildren are to honor her at
a picnic at the home of a friend
here Sunday.
Miss West began :' teaching
school when 17 years old in 1868
She plans to move to Spokane in
a few weeks. .
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Governor Pierce Delivers Main
Address; Dr. OUnger Pre
sents Diplomas
One of the most successful and
outstanding classes in the history
of the Salem high school was grad
uated last night , at the Armory.
The building was crowded, with
practically . every available space
used. The 23G members of the
senior class marched into their
seats, directly in front of the plat
form and with the audience.
Those receiving prizes were
Nathan Buell, Frank James, aad
Thomas W. Chllds. Buell received
the Albert prize, awarded upon
general scholarship and character;
James secured the second prize.
which was a gold watch, awarded
by Dr. W. B. Moore-to the best
student in industrial arts. The
third one went to Thomas Childs,
which was presented by the Salem
Greater OAC committee to the stu
dent possessing the greatest char
acteristics, fitting him for leader
skip as: a freshman at OAC next
year.
The principal address to the
class wis made by Governor Wal
ter M. Pierce," who used "A Look
Into the Future" as hi3 subject.
He' stressed the development Of op
portunities that are within the
grasp of the individual. He also
stressed developing the faculties
that made for manliness and wom
anliness in the members of the
class.
I Thomas Childs, holding Tirst
honors in scholarship and class
representative, delivered an ora
tion on "The Power of Human
Life." He brought out the fact
that honesty and 'truthfulness
should characterize all the endeav
ors of the memoers of the class,
and their objective in life should
be in service to others.
; Avery Thompson, who was elect
ed class orator, presented his ideas
on The Receding Frontier." de
veloping' the thought of farewelU
' The invocation was delivered by
Rev. George Koehler, -and the
benediction by Rev. F. W. Launer.
j Lucile Anderson, elected by ta4
faculty, presented a piano solo,
while the high school orchestra
furnished the music.
: The . presentation address was
made by Dr. H. H. Olinger, pre
ceding the individual presentation
of the diplomas. The members of
the graduating class marched up
to the platform a section at a time,
and as the diplomas were received,
Principal J. C. Nelson gave the
name of the student. -
il BILLIARD CHAMP DIES
CHICAGO, June 12 (By Asso
ciated Press.) Calvin Demarest,
world's amateur champion 18.2
balkline billiardist in 1907, died
here today. He wa sholder of the
professional title in 1909. He was
39 years old.
THE STAGE DIRECTOR!
Federal Authorities Discover False
Clearance Papers for Rum
Running Ships s.'
SAN FRANCISCO. June 12.
(By the Associated Press.) Act
ing on a search warrant issued by
United States Commissioner Hay
den, federal agents today opened
the safety deposit box of Jake
Woitt, asserted operator of large
run runners, and seized papers
which are said to reveal valuable
information concerning the oper
ations of the bootleg ring of the
Pacific coast.
Woitt is under indictment at
Seattle for violation of the pro
hibition act, but has not been ap
prehended, j
Federal authorities declare that
Woitt, alias Jask. White, is. the
United States agent for the North
western lirokers, Ltd., of Vancou
ver. B. C, said to be the owners
of Stadaconia, suspected rum run
ner. . - '! ' '
While the precise nature of the
papers taken from Woitt's deposit
box was not disclosed it is Relieved
that the most ; important are a
number of false clearance pipers
for the Stadaconia, nowbelieved
to be in southern California wat
ers under another .name. ;
The warrant for the seizure of
papers was issued on application
of the internal revenue depart
ment. Woitt. who is believed to
be in Bermuda, also is wanted on
a charge that he is more than 1 30,
000 in arrears in his payments of
income tax., 1 .
COMMON LAW FAVORED
SOVIET ANNOUNCES RECOGNI
TION OF MARRIAGES
MOSCOW, June 12. (By Asso
ciated press.) Under the terms of
an agreement under discussion by
soviet "officials, common law inar
riages hereafter will be recognized
as legal and binding - by " soviet
courts. Men and women wil not
need to go through either a civil
or religious ceremony or even reg
ister themselves to be considerd
husband and wif and enjoy the
protection of the soviet law, but
the period of their living together
under the proposed decree, must
be a "reasonably long one," if the
couple desires that the union be
legalized by the courts.
DRY WORK SAID NEEDED
SEATTLE, June 12. Express
ing the observation that there ap
peared to be a great field for the
anti-saloon league in Washington,
Bernard N. Hicks, newly appro
priated state superintendent of
dry organization arrived in Seattle
today. 4Any man has a right to
his own opinions about prohibi
tion, but it is his duty as a citizen
to obey enacted laws. Hicks de
Confiscation of Property of
Americans Must Stop,
Kellogg Declares '
SITUATION SAID GRAVE
Mexico on Trial Before World;
Note States; Restoration of
Property and Indemnity
Sought
WASHINGTON. June 12. (As
sociated Press.) Blunt warning
to the Mexican government that
the United States cannot counten
ance violation by Mexico of her In
ternational obligations or failure
to protect American citizens, was
served by Secretary Kellogg today
in a formal statement.
The strong language employed
by the secretary came as a sur
prise, although it had been Indi
cated he would make a public dec
laration as a result of recent con
versations with Ambassador Shef
field, who appears to have return
ed from his post on tleave chiefly
to- discuss the grave' situation in
Mexico with the president and Mr.
Kellogg.
The secretary's statement de
clared while relations with the
Mexican government were friend
ly, "conditions are not entirely
satisfactory and we are looking to
and expect the Mexican govern
ment to restore properties illegali
ty taken and to indemnify Ameri
can citizens."
"It should be made clear that
this government will continue to
support the government in Mexico
only so long as it protects Ameri
can lives and American rights and
complies with its international en
gagements and obligations," Mr.
Kellogg said. "The government
of Mexico is- now on trial before
the world." '
Additional significance attaches
to Mr. Kellogg's statement because
it was Issued after White House
conferences. : -. .. '
Ambassador Sheffield has been
the president's guest since he ar
rived in Washington and Senator
Borah, chairman of the foreign re
lations committee also was a din
ner guest there last night.
Ambassador Tellez at the Mex
ican ambassy expressed "surprise"
at the nature of the Kellogg state
ment. He said he had no previous
knowledge that it was to be made
and that he knew -of no question
pending between the two govern
ments nor of any condition in
Mexico which could have prompt
ed the statement.
"I fully concur In the belief ex
pressed by Secretary Kellogg, in
the case of Mexico, however that
is more than a desire; It is a fixed
determination and policy." 1
The ambassador insisted? there
had been no new outrages against
American citizens in Mexico and
that all pending cases inviting in
demnification of Americans had
arisen out of the Mexican revolu
tion. , .
The present Mexican govern
ment, Ambassador Tellez asserted,
Is a "strong" government because
President Calles was elected by the
vote of workers and small farm
ers. DEFENSE CLOSES CASE
REBUTTAL TO OPEN IN LIBEL
' TRIAL OF PUBLISHER
YUMA. Ariz., June 12 (By
Associated Press.) The defense of
George W. Linn, publisher, who is
on trial of a charge of criminal
libel preferred' by E. F. Sangui
neus a wealthy business man and
land owner, closed today. The
day . was devoted largely to testi
mony regarding milk sold by the
dairy which the defense contends
poisoned a Chinese baby. The
The article which provoked the
present action referred to pre
servatives in milk sold by Sangui
neus -
Upon instructions from the
court, the state's attorneys pre
pared to call the first of their re
buttal witnesses at a night session
onlght. Judge E. Elma Bollinger
said the night sessions, would con
tinue until the trial Is ended, the
Jury having expressed a desire for
greater speed.
f The testimony concerning the
death of the Chinese baby, which
occurred in January, 1923, was
given by Mrs. Mary Cyphert. ; a
practical nurse, who said that it
was in her care and that .the milk
which caused its death was pur
chased from Frank Gardenshire
who was convicted In 1923 of sell
ing milk containing a' preservative.
The defense contended - that Gar-denshire-
nd Bangaiaetti were
partners in the milk business. -
Blueprints Showing Results Will
be Presented to Marion
County Court
In a conference held with mem
bers of the county court relative
to the establishment of drainage
districts southeast' of the city,
Rhea Luper, state engineer, de
cided to undertake a survey of the
land, to segregate the high sec
tions from the lowlands, - and to
present to the couuty court a blue
print of the results, together with
a report.
The county court has had the
drainage project under advisement
for mauy months but have as yet
reached no workable solution of
thes problem. It is believe!, how
ever, that with the purvey com
pleted and working plans drawn
up a speedy adjustment of the dif
ficulties will be made. .
The state engineer will run lines
as near as possible to ttije point
where the high water covers the
lands, and will make a report of
the territory which is unaffected
by floods. It Is said that owners
of property which would not be
benefited by drainage will not be
taxed, and those owning land, part
of which is high and part low, will
be taxed in proportion to the
amount of land which is covered
now by high water.
Members of the county court de
clare that this is the only solution
to the drainage question in that
district, and they are working in
an effort to have the work com
pleted as soon as possible.
HEAD OF BROKER FIRM
IS DECLAREDi SUICIDE
PROMINENT MONTANA FlNANi
CIER FOUND DEAD IN BED
Geoffry , A. Lauzier Sakl fo, Have
Killed Self Braiding Over
Money Troubles
BUTE, Mont., June 12i Geoffry
A. Lauzier, 57, head of the broker
age firm of Lauzier, Wolcott &
Co., which closed its offices last
week, was found dead in his apart
ments this morning with a . glass'
containing deadly poison on the
dresser near the bed where n lay,
apparently asleep. The house,
with its main office here and with
branches in Spokane, Walla Walla,
Missoula and .Billings, failed to
open its doors June ,4, a notice
stating that it .was unable fo meet
its financial obligations.
- The death of Mr. Lauzier was
discovered w"hen a friend called
at the house this morning to con
sult him. His housekeeper said
he had not yet arisen for break
fast, and when the two went to
call him and secured no response,
they entered the room and found
the body lifeless.
Several friends had been with
Mr. Lauzier at his home until mid
night last night. He had' tele
phoned for information as - to
whether a life insurance policy for
$75,000 In favor of the firm was
in good standing, and had been as
sured that it was. ' , .
WARREN S- STONE DIES
NATIONAL' LABOR LEADER
WAS H EAD OP ENGINEERS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 2.
(By The Associated Press) War
ren Stanford Stone, ffsj- labor
leader and labor financier, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers and all its allied
activities, died. In a hospital here
late today from an acute attack of
Bright's disease. Funeral Services
and burial will be held here Mon
day- afternoon.: " ',: '!.; " j f ! "
Mr, Stone's wife was at home
here when his death occurred.
They had no children. ; I . :
Next Monday, June 15, Oberlin
college, Oberlin, Ohio, was to con
fer the degree of master of arts
upon Mr. Stone at the . annual
commencement exercises. ! j
Telegrams of condolence ' were
pouring into the brotherhood of
fices tonight. I -.- i
Mr. Stone was taken ill in New
York last April,-' his first serious
illness. He returned from a busi
ness trip a week ago yesterday
and was at work until late Tues
day of this week when he was
taken from his office to a hospital
suffering from an attack of urae
mlc poisoning. He, was only semi
conscious from that time nntil his
death.- :. ,
TRAPPER FOUND DEAD
FORT WILLIAM, Ont.. June
12. With a rich' catch of furs
laced ready for the long trek south
tv , civilization outside - the , door,
two trapperft found the bodies of
n.n aged man and a dog in a cabin
beside Cat lake, north of! here,
they related today. No signs of
foul play were discovered, i
Shepherd Defense Attorneys;
Declare State Must Prove
. ' Boy Murdered .
THREE DOCTORS CALLED
Attending Ibyticl.tnii Declare Me.
dintock Boy May Have
; Hted After Eating Soma
, . Tainted. Oysters '""
CHICAGOv June 12. (By the
Associated Press.) The prosecu
tion'today was upheld in its meth
od of presenting its murder case
against William Darling Shepherd,
Chicago lawyer, charged with slay
ing William Nelson McCllntock,
but the defense turned in its own
favor medical testimony of threa
state witnesses.
Attorneys late today entered In
to prolonged debate on the defense
contention Judge Thomas J. Lynch
should force the prosecution forth
with to establish -the "corpus de
licti" or forfeit its case.
The defense contended it bad
not been proved "Billy" McClin
tock died through criminal means.
The state successfully contended
the introduction of "each witness"
was a step in establishing the
"corpus delicti" which could only
be fixed only by circumstantial
evidence.
"The fair and orderly way to
try this' case is to prove the cor
pus delicti' first before poisoning
the minds of this jury with testU
mohy of motive," contended Wil
liam. Scott" Stewart, 'chief of de
fense counsel, "and they jcannot
prove IC' i ;
"If they ddnV I'll throw tha
case ' into the street, no matter
how big It is, said Judge Lynch
In finality. ;
Doctors Rufus Stolp and J. IleT
ricki who attended Billy McClin--tock
in his" last illness, under cross
examination admitted the young
man sickened and died during an
epidemic of typhoid -fever, attrib
uted to eating tainted oysters.
Dr.. Stolpr: called first to treat
the youth, said ft faulty diagnosis
had been made, and It was not nn
til twa or three Cays later that
the correct diagnosis had 1een"
made. " ' '
. Typhoid fever alone caused tha
rich youth's death, testified Dr.
William b. McNally, coroner
chemist. He asserted no medical
science in. the world could tell
whether it was caused in a norma!
manner or by the alleged innocu
lation by Shepherd. No trace of
poison was found, testified Dr. Mc
Nally, thereby dismissing a halt
dozen counts In the Indictment
against Shepherd.
Estelle Gehling, trained nurse
and the "sunshine girl" of tho
case, a witness today, was a rival
for aLhrief time of Mrs. Julie Shep
herd. ; ,T '
; Miss Gehiing -was asked only to
identify a letter Shepherd had
written. to her. She Identified a
passage in which Shepherd said
he was a nobody going nowhere,
and . their- friendship must end.
Shepherd and abe met while be
was a hospital patient.
' Others of thft eight witnesses
heard today Included F. T. Breldi
gan. Grand Rapids, Mich., bac
teriologist, who testified Shepherd
visited his laboratory In Chicago
with Dr Oscar Olson and Mrs. W.
H. Grandsen of Tulsa. Okla., who
swore she heard Shepherd 18
years ago denounce Alexander F.
Reichmann, . co-guardian of Billy
McCllntock and principal witness
today, She said Shepherd attrib
uted to Reich man n the- remark
that the co-guardian intended to
get a slice of the estate. .
FILM ACTOR IS DROWNED
SHOOTINO RAPIDS IN CANOE
AT JIARSHFIELD FATAL
MARSHFIELD, Ore., June 12.
R. D. Jones of Hollywood, rid
ing in a canoe ahead of an expect
ed log drive "today, was drowned
m the middle fork of the Coquille
river. . ' , - .
Jynes was - Bent througa the
Sugar Leaf canyon, a dangerous
narrowing of the river, With rap
id and rocks, r His canoe struck
first one rock then another and
overturned. The man swam 10 0
yards' and disappeared beneath the
prater. Jones was advance mart
and doubling for an actor that U
expected later." -'
The Famous Players-La sky filrri
company has been shooting pic
tures for several days past end
Jones had etarted his work to lay.
1 A crew of searchers was organ
ized at Myrtle Point to search tha
river f Or the "body. .
QTAKD ' REGISTERniH
: LOS "ANGELES, June 12. X
light earthquake frem which r.o
damage was reported was felt 1. r
today shortly after 2 p.m.