The Oregon statesman., June 16, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

SALEM, OREGONTUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COUrJCIL CONSIDERS
MM OF 'SALEM
YOUNGEST LEGION MAN
ISABELLA POPE IS
CALLED TO STIO
CATHOLICS PLANNING
THREE NEW BUILDINGS
NEER IS EASY WINNER v
FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR
IIXIC1 REPLY IS
SALEM-PICKED PETALS
STREWN FOR FESTIVAL
QUEEN: SUZANNE SHOWERED
WITH LOCAIi PRODUCT,
WIFE'SilEll IS
.CIIGEDTOIOB
IS ENROLLED IN CITY
MEN
M AURICE PACKER, NOW
JOIXH capit'ol POST
1R.
PARRISH HOUSE. SCHOOL AND
CHURCH. MAY RISE
ELECTION RETURNS SHOW
. TIBBITS LOST 3 TO 1
in
SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
nMHEDl
Ordinance Provides for Ap
pointment of Commission
of Seven Members
WILL INSPECT WIRING
Electrical otlt Measure Enlarges
Duties of Hanitary and
Plumbing Inspector;
- Fees IJsted .
A bill introduced and read for
the first time last night by the
city council provides for the cre
ation and appointment of a city
planning , commission ; will - be
acted upon at future meetings of
the coune.il. The ordinance pro
Tides that the mayor, city attor
ney, city engineer and seven mem
bers at large who are appointed
by the mayor are to compose the
committee that is to act upon the
zoning and planning of the city
of Salem. . j
The bill further provides that
there shall , be no compensation
for members of the committee,
which will recommend, make sug
gestions and assist in various
ways in establishing .streets.' cre
ating parks, residence districts and
other activities of civic growth. u
The seven members that are se
lected by the mayor are to erve
terms of varied length on the com
mission, which defines action to
be taken by members .in doing
their work. -; -4 f - '
Another bill was introduced
which will - create j the office of
electrical inspector, and regelates
the -electrical wiring work,! and
provides penalties for Us infrac
tion. The bill merely enlarges
the duties of the sanitary and
plumbing Inspector, giving him
authority to condemn; electrical
wiring. Installation of electrical
'appliances which do not come up
to specifications 'set by the bureau
" of standards. It provides j that
the inspector shall be notified j af
ter the job Is completed, apd to
disconnect any electrical wiring
and arjnlianee-that 4oMatiom-
ply with the specification?;; re
gardless of the time it has
installed.
been
A system of fees has been de
signed which vary In amount ac
cording to the character of the
work to be inspected. The fees
range from 5 cents to 2. 1
A fine of $200 and 30 days in
jail can be given for infraction of
the ordinance. If I
Two bills providing for the as
sessment of dbsts of improving
alleys in blocks 8 and 20, were
read for the third time and passed
last night by the city council,
while an ordinance for assessing
costs of improving alley in block
19 was acted upon.
The sewerage problem of the
property of G. P. Llemlng, Sr.,
was called to attention when the
owner appeared asking for an
opinion of some sort, in order that
he could have some course of
action to pursue. The property
la located on South High,- in the
Tuxedo addition, j
Two sidewalk resolutions were
introduced, while five declarations
of kinds of improvements and
stating specifications were filed
for portions of North Fourth, Sag
inaw, Richmond, Oak and Iiiberty
streets i
A bid from the Road Builders'
Equipment company caused the
council to take a 10-minute re
cess last night to : discuss , the
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GANGSTERS ROUNDED UP
miCAGO FOLICE ARREST 400;
ACTION TAKEN
CHICAGO, June 15. (By The
Associated Press) -Gangland is
on the run, municipal and county
authorities asserted confidently
tonight after a fifty hour cam
paign against the gangster and
his gun. - . ' U
More than 400 suspects lad
teen placed tinder arrest at six
o'clock this evening. At the same
hour. State's Attorney Robert E.
Crowe, after an hour's conference
with Chief of Police Morgan A.
Collins and Sheriff Peter M. Hoff
man, asserted vehemently "we
will not let down In our efforts
for a" single second until we have
sent to jail every gangster, beer
runner, criminal and law breaker
we are able to apprehend."!
A special session of the Cook
county grand jury today Indicted
John Scallse and Albert Ansellno,
members of , the beer running
Genna gang, who were wounded
in Saturday's battle with tha po
lice. Each was charged with mur
der on two counts, one for each
of the police officers slain. The
prisoners were denied ? bail and
efforts will be made to have them
brought to trial Immediately. .
French Orphan Plttced on 162nd
Infantry M ustlrj Roll When
10 Year Old
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Claim to, the
'youngest full-
fledged member
Legion In the
made by Capitol
01 the American
T lilted States Is
Post No. 9 with
. i
the enrollment last! night of Maur
ice Packer, of Woodland. Cal., who
Is! (visiting! Nlc ilcKexle. 2000
South High.: Yduflg Packer also
and is a proflcieptj
now . 18 years ojtl
bugler. He is
and has puat
completed his thii'd year in high
school,; 1,1,
When the
162i
m
Infantry was
in France they . pfjficlally adopted
Maurice, a Frenchj
orphan, and in
order to keep himj
had him regu-
larly enrolled upon the. regimen
tal rosier in uejcemner, 1917. at
the, age of 10 yeirtt
When the troopsj U
and 6 months.
ere In the line
Maurice was placed with French
families back ofj tie lines and
when relieved, wfeffc joined by the
youngster who answered all? roll-
call formations.
Wearing; threie service stripes.
more than worn
by a majority, of
the men j oversaM
Maurice was
the rest of-the
mustered out w
ta
regiment at Camp
Lewis on April
1. 1919, after
being carried on
the army rolls
ifdr nearly a year
and a half. He
5j! entitled to full
membership in
tUe American Le-
gion. : y:i- j j H
i When f irBt tilcen in charge by
the soldiers, Maurice spoke but
little English, j lb the six years
he has been in this
country he has
completed all the grades and the
first three, years! of high . school.
upon being graduated in the
spring he will tome to Salem and
make this city) lib future home
FLOOD TAKES LIFE TOLL
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THREE DIE;- j$ 1250,000 PROP.
ERTY DAMAGE REPORTED
DUBUQUE, kcfwa, June 15.
(By The j Associated . Press).
Three Uvea and property loss esti
mated at $1.2 50 JO 00 was the toll
taken by floods Lhj Dubuque, Dela
ware and j Buchanan counties to
day following torrential rains last
ht- ;! ! !- i 1 : li '
( j Mrs. Anca Ktfssel, 80 years old,
and her j daughter. Mrs. John
Cowan, were drowned late this
afternoon a( Cascade when their
home was carried away, by the
rushing flood ,Waters. ' Neither of
the bodies' had been recovered to
night, i A camp pt Dubuque fire
men were rushed to Cascade to
night equipped j with; grappling
books and a life poat to aid in the
rescue work. : j "! : '
Edward Bell,; a garage mechanic
at Cascade, was drowned when a
boat In . which b attempted to
cross the main street of the town
capsized, 'Bell hid been aiding a
party of workers) in clearing away
flood debris caused by the flow of
the Maquoketa river which swept
through the town.
: The Baptist ch-ircb at Cascade,
a frame structur?. collapsed this
afternoon - and j it was; believed a
dozen homes in 'the flood district
would be swept off their founds
tions.' i j j I
THREEDIE
GAS BLAST
TERRIFIC
REFINING PLANT
EXPLOSION'S i&HAKES CITY
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PUEBLO, Co!b., June 15 (By
The Associated Pfess) Three per
sons were killed instantly at the
refining plant lot j the standard oil
company at Florence, Colo., late
today in a terrific gas explosion
which rocked the, town and threw
sheets of flame jhundreds of feet.
Cause of the blaze is attributed to
too high pressure in a gas still.
K A fireman was seriously burned
in the blaze that ensued.
I Hundreds o townspeople turn
ed out to help jttio fire department
combat the blazfej, which still was
raging early; tonight, but which is
believed to be under control. The
extent of the damage has not yet
been estimated. -ij ' i f '' '
! The bodyjolj one of the victims
was catapulted 500 feet.
JOHNSON TO
BE HONORED
PRESIDENT i COOLIDGE WILL
U GIVE PAPER TO PLATER
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WASHINGTON. June 15. (By
The Associated ress).From the
hands .of President. Coolidge Wal
ter Johnson, feteran Washington
pitcher, will receive an engrossed
diploma -' Thursday ; proclaiming
him the most! Valuable player to
any club in' the (American league
last year. The ceremony will
take place Immediately before the
St. : Louis - Washington game, in
front of the box; to be occupied by
the president ai)d Mrs. Coolidge.
It will be the second game attend
ed by them this; season
Sweetheart of "Billy" Mc
Clintock Tells of Events
Before His Death
SITUATION IS DRAMATIC
Girl Wears Engagement Rlnf on
Stand; Attorneys for Defence?
- 1 Object to Much of the ( j
: i : Testimony.;
CHICAGO, June 15. (By the
Associated Press.) Long awaited
great human interest element in
the Shepherd murder trial was
thrust dr astically into the spot
light lat;- today when Miss Isa
bella Pope, who waited with j a
marrlaie license while; "Billy"
McCliwOck died, took the witness
stand. ; i Mi
Still wearing the diamond en
gagement ring, presentation of
which, the state contends, was the
signal for William D. Shepherd to
perpetuate the final deed in a 16-year-old
! plot to obtain the $1,
000.000 5 McClintock estate, the
fatal administering of ; typhoid
germs to "Billy." the frail, de
mure young woman added her bit
to the mesh of circumstances the
state Is seeking to weave about
the 50-year-old lawyer. j
Much of Miss Pope's array of
accusations against the man; who
prevented her marriage to young
McClintock was kept out by de
tense objections, and her story
was not completed at adjourn
ment.' ' .-' " i '
' The Shepherds were "nice" to
her, testified Miss Pope, until it
became apparent- that - Billy's . in
tentions toward her were serious.
It is the contention of the, prose
cution that Shepherd decided upon
slaying the youth when he real
ized that the marriage would de
prive him and his wife of a luxuri
ous life obtained by the guardian
ship of the boy and also would
break the will he had made upon
becoming 21 years old. which
(Cootlnusd eft 8)
RICKEY DEFEATS SCHOOL
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BUILDING LOSES OUT BY TWO
TO ONE VOTE i M
Plans for building and equip
ping a new two-room school in the
Rickey district were defeated last
night when a vote was taken on
the proposition. The measure lost
by a two to one count, f Specifi
cations called for a building, the
cost of which was not to exceed
$5,000. : Considerable interest was
taken on the issue and an un
usually heavy vote was polled.'
: At the school election George
Edwards was appointed director
and J. I. Caplinger elected clerk.
THE
Plans Are Submitted For Propos
ed Improvements In North
. Part of City
Plans
for. the finest church in
the cHyave been prepared by the
architect and will be submitted to
the Catholics of the. city in the
near future, In addition to the
church a parrlsh school and home
for the parish priest Is included.
All three buildings will be of con
crete construction while the home
will have a stucco finish.
While no action is contemplat
ed at once, the question of new
building is being considered No de
finite word pertaining to the con
struction will be given until the
appointment of a new arch-bishop.
Father Buck said last night. The
Improvements are estimated In
the neighborhood of 1100,000.
The buildings will occupy an en
tire block and will be located in
the northern portion of the city.
Under present plans it is proposed
to extend Capitol north fro
bend in the street to HIg
avenue.
While no official action w
taken until the appointme
announced, it was learned M
that it is planned to rush tb
struction if possible in ord
have the buildings ready for
in the fall. ' .
Erection of a f 45,000 parrlsh
school in Bend, the first of its
kind in eastern Oregon, was; re
cently announced. This building
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TAX REpEIPT ISf LARGE
BIG, SURPLUS OVER EXPENDI
TURE IS NOW expecte6
WASHINGTON, June 15.-4 (By
The Associated Press). Federal
income tax collections for the fis
cal year ending in June may reach
$1,775,000,000, it was predated
today, at the treasury on. the basis
of receipts thus far reportea in
the June installment in ti ire-for
payments of which ezpiredf to
night. I
This forecast of the year's fetal
meant that : the'Teceipts wer'e-ex-pected
to. exceed the" estimate
made prior to the beginning of
thef iscal year, by more than one
hundred million dollars and might
go as high as $115,000,000 above
that amount.
Official reports to the treasury
June 1 were said by Acting Secre
tary Winston today to have shown
that only about $200000.000 in
the June payment would carry .the
year's receipts above the estimate,
and he expected the installment
to range from $320,000,000 to
$330,000,000. This would pro
vide a surplus of receipts over ex
penditures which would materially
exceed the estimated amount upon
which the government could rely
to reduce outstanding indebtedness.
nj the
Eand
I
fl be
if is
Ppday
eicon-
efr to
school
FIRST ROWS OF SUMMER!
Light Vote Cast; Candidates Con
fuse With Advertising - of
Closing Honr -
Frank: E. Neer defeated J. G.
Tibblts better than 3 to 1 in a
light poll in the annual school
election Monday. Neer received
39S ballots while the defeated
candidate polled but 154. There
were only 553 ballots against 1200
at the election in 1924.
Through error both candidates,
in the campaign advertising, an
nounced that the polls would be
open from 2 until 8 o'clock. while
the legal announcement placed the
closing hour at 7 o'clock.
; Many people visited tb$ poles
between 7 and 8 o'clock and were
surprised to learn that they were
too late. There were not enough
of these, if all voted for Tibbits,
to change the final result of the
election.
Last year there was consider
able interest taken in the election
as it was prior to a heavy building
campaign. Mr. Neer was an un
successful candidate against Dr. H.
H. Ollnger, chairman of the board,
w.ho was reseated in a walk-away
contest.
Mr., Neer succeeds Curtis Crftss,
whose term of office expired. He
declined to become a candidate to
succeed himself.
. The issue this year centered
about a redistribution of insur
ance policies, which was advocat
ed by Mr. Tibbits, a real estate
and insurance man. Mr. Neer has
remained non-commital upon the
question and made ' a personal
campaign.
Mr. Neer had nothing to say re
lative to the election other than
to thank his supporters. Mr. Tib
blts could not be reached by. tele
phone. 4 '
McNARY IS IN PORTLAND
SENIOR SENATOR PROM ORE
GON TO ARRIVE SOON
PORTLAND, June 15. -Charles
L McNary, senior United . States
senator ; from Oregon, arrived in
Portland, tonight from Washing
ton en route' to his home at Sa
lem. .
The senaler in an interview de
clared that the government had
not dealt fairly with Clatsop coun
ty residents who had subscribed
$100,060 to acquire property
which was conveyed to the gov
ernment with the understanding
that the navy department would
spend in' excess of $1,000,000 in
jthe development of a submarine
and aviation base. .'
"I was advised by the secretary
of the navy," said Senator Mc
Nary, "that no estimate would be
made during this year for an ap
propriation to continue the de
velopment of a submarine and
aviation base at Tongue Point."
United State's Fails to An
swered Note From Mex
ican Government
SITUATION IS UNUSUAL
Sharply . Worded Communication
From America to Southern
Country Is Expected to
Bring Results
WASHINGTON, June 15. (By
The Associated Press). Sharp
language used by President Calles
of Mexico in his publicreply to
Secretary Kellogg's warning that
continued American support for
his government depended oh the
protection of the lives and rights
of Americans in Mexico failed to
evoke any answer from adminis
tration officials here. It was
made plain, "however, that the
Washington government would
weigh acta rather than words in
determining Its. future course. .
The unusual procedure adopted
by Mr.. Kellogg with the approval
of President Coolidge in resorting
to a blunt public warning that the
situation in Mexico City as to
American interests was unsatis
factory, is now understood to have
been fully, debated before it was
decided upon. It represents the
difficulties encountered by Am
bassador Sheffield in his efforts
through the usual channels of the
diplomatic corps to bring about
satisfactory' settlements in cases
where American owned lands had
been, expropriated or violated by
squatters. i
Many notes and representations
have been directed to the Mexican
foreign offices in regard to these
cases with little evidence that
they were being, heeded, and it
was felt that even a sharply. word
ed direct communication rounding
up matters on the strength of the
ambassador's personal report to
the , .president . and secretary., of
state would have been likely to
share the same fate.
Additional" communications with
respect to pending cases, it is un
derstood, will be dispatched to
Mexico Cityr and will inform the
foreign office of future conversa
tions between embassy officials
and the foreign office there. Con
sidered in the light of Mr. Kel
logg's declaration of policy it is
hoped that they will be more ef
fective . than similar representa
tions already made.
In 6 the 'meantime", Ambassador
Sheffield has gone to New Haven
to receive the collegiate degree
which was his ostensible reason
for coming home. Until he re
turns, to his post, some observers
predict, the actual results of the
unheralded action of the adminis
tration in rebuking the Calles gov
ernment in an official public
statement may not be discernible.
FIRE DESTROYS 2 CARS
i
MORNING BLAZE BREAKS OUT
IN HALKM GARAGE t
Two automobiles were destroy
ed in a fire, that broke out in a
private garage back of the Davla
Service station, 2590 Fairgrounds
road, this morning, at about 2:30
o'clock. The garage in which the
cars were housed was saved. ; The
blaze is believed to have started
from a short circuit in one of the
machines. -
The automobiles were owned by
Fred Nicholson and Davis. It is
not known whether insurance was
carried on them.
The alarm. was turned in by Of
ficer Putnam, and was responded
by two. pumpers. ;
A service station and a dwell
ing close to the garage 1 were
threatened for a time, by the blare
which was quickly put out by the
fire department. ,
HEROIC RESCUE THRJLLS
TWO WpJIEN SAVED FROM
BURNING BUILDING; V
SPOKANE,l:une 15.- Spectacu
lar rescues of two women from
the lifth, floor . of the burning
Eilers building were made by fire
men here late this afternoon.
Both women were assisted from
a window by Captain EJcbenberg
en, who stood on the top rang; of
a swaying extension ladder.
Hundreds of persons who had
crowded the street around the
building sent up prolonged cheers
as the women reached the street.
The fire was confined to a studio
on the fifth floor of the building
but. the- dense- smoke; and . beat
forced the occupants of the build
ing to go down, the fire escape.
Mostly women and children -were
on the top floors of the building.
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Battleship Oregon Docked In Port
land Monday With Fit
ting Ceremonies
Thousands of delicately-tinted
rose petals were strewn above
Queen Suzanne, her court, the
battleship Oregon and thousands
of spectators gathered on . the
banks of the Willamette and on
the Broadway bridge in Portland
Monday noon but the petals
were not Portland petals but came
from Salem.
Through arrangements by Dr.
Charles E. Gill. Salem citizens
spent considerable time Sunday
afternoon gathering the fair petals
from the bushes at the state house
grounds. Seven large sacks were
filled and in turn released from
army airplanes flying above! the
crowd. ,
Without a hitch through' the
efforts of the Battleship Oregon
commission; the famous old fight
ing craft which made a historic
run from the Pacific coast to the
harbor of Santiago in 1898, was
towed from its temporary anchor
age near St. Johns and placed in
its permanent heme at the ' east
end of the Broadway bridge. All
along the line whistles greeted the
arrival of the vessel while work
was practically at a standstill, for
hundreds of employes of the vari
ous industrial plants along the
river crowded to the edge of the
water to see the craft.
Among a large number of Sa
lem people making the trip were
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Clark, 1160
South Commercial. Mr. Clark has
taken an active part - in affairs
which finally led to the vessel be
coming' the permanent property
of the state.
Members of the Battleship Ore
gon commission are Col. , Carle
Abrams, chairman, Lafe Manning,
Cora A. Thompson, Howard Wad
dell and Col. U. G. Worrilow. Gov
ernor Pierce was unable to attend
and was represented by Jefferson
Myers, former state treasurer.
CHINESE TERRORS TOLD
DEATH OF MAN IS DESCRIBED
BY GIRL 'COMPANION'
SHANGHAI June 15. (By Associated-
Press) William W. Mac
Keuzie, an employe of the electric
department of the Shanghai mu
nicipal council killed by Chinese
on the Great Western road last
night, was a British subject, as
is Miss Mary Duncan, who was
slightly wounded at the same
time.
Miss Duncan, telling of the kill
ing of her companion, said: "We
encountered seven Chinese, all
dressed like coolies, who stopped
us near the Great Western road
extension. McKenzIe asked what
they wanted and they laughed, at
the same time turning flashlights
upon us. MacKenzie alighted and
speaking in' both English- and
Chinese, ordered them to leave.
One of the Chinese-then fired and
MacKenzie ran backhand jumped
into the car, starting the engine.
"It seemed then ihat all the
Chlnesafopened fire and suddenly
MacKenzie lurched forward, tell
ing me he had been shot and was
dying. The car had. gained. head
way and as . he fell I took the
wheel, steering while the Chinese
were still firing." ..
It was discovered that" Miss
Duncan, who never before had
driven a car, had guided the -machine
with" the dead body of ; her
escort for more than 1,000 yards
into a settlement, finally coming
to a stop when the car pitched in
to a six-foot - ditch. She then
awakened residents of a nearby
dwelling.
Her wounds, are trivial.
FIRECRACKERS BANNED
PREMATURE CELEBRATION IS
FORBIDDEN BY COUNCIL '
An orhanee prohibiting the
sale of firecrackers and fireworks
was passed- by the city council and
signed by Mayor Giesy last night,
and becomes effective immediately.
An ordinanceralready exists which
Is aimed' to prevent the firing of
firecrackers and fireworks in the
city limits, but merchants In the
outlying stores -have sold their
stocks ahead of- - the regulation
Fourth of July.. v
It was for this reason that the
bill was passed last night- and
made a law by the mayor. This
does not mean, however, that the
kids will be without firecrackers
on the Fourth. Mayor Glesy said
that permission will be given at
the proper time if conditions war
rant. . r
KICK BY HORSE FATAL
SPOKANE, June 15. William
Carder, aged 58, a resident of this
vicinity for 30 years, was instant
ly killed today : when he was
kicked in the head by a runaway
norse. ' He Is survived by . his
widow, ..
Los An&eles Dentist Is De
clared to Have Planned
Crime Carefully
DETAILS RECONSTRUCTED
Btep-on, at Instigation of Offici
als, Destroys Million Dollar
Will Made Out to
; Dentist t
LOS ANGELES, June 13. (As
sociated Press.) Careful plan
ning of a premeditated murder
was charged to Dr. Thomas W.
Young, dentist, in the evidence
produced late today at the cor
oner's inquest on the body of bis
wife, Grace, former widow of Pat
rick. Grogan. olive millionaire.
At the conclusion of the testi
mony the coroner's Jury laid tha
death of his wife at Young's door
naming the means as "administra
tion of lethal ga and strangu
lation." '
.Charles R. Myers, district at
torney's investigator, took the
stand in the investigation into the
death of the woman whose body
was found encased in concrete in
a cistern at the Young cottage in
Beverley Glen, near here, and de
tailed the, high lights of Young's
confessed preparations to cover
his tracks before the killing took
plaee as follows;
The' pair had had frequent quar
rels including one the night Mrs.
Young-disappeared, February 21,
last; in which she slapped her hus
band'jr face, breakings bi3 glasses.
They drove in their car from tha
roadhouse where this occurred -to
his office. There he plied his
wife with liquor until she becama
contused. In this state he induced
her to write a letter and a post
card addressed, to him, which ha
had a friend mail'in the east later
to indicate that she was still alive
after February 21. .
The dentist also had her sign
several blank 'pieces of paper to
use, be said, in obtaining $100,
000 in Liberty bonds which he had
given her a short while before. .
Then Ihey left the offices, but
not before he had pocketed a quan
tity of lethal gas, a cane and tuba
for administering It, and some cot
ton jwadding. .Mrs. Young fell
asleep in he car, and as they
drove towards theJ Beverley Glan.
he placed the rubber tube in her
mouth, adjusted the cone, poured
in the lethal fluid and stopped her
nostrils with the cotton.
When the dentist "pulled up his
car at the cottage door, hla wife
was dead beside him. He got a
wheelborrow and trundled her
body into the house. "'Later he put
it into the cistern and covered it
with tarpaper and a layer of con
crete. Th,ere it was found Satur-v
day night, after he made his first
confession following his detention
by district attorneys' investigat
ors. Dr. A. F. Wagner, county
autopsy surgeon testified, contra
dicting numerous published re-
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DEFENSE TEST REFUSED
STATE OF WASHINGTON NOT
TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENT
OLYMPIA, June 15. (Associat
ed Press.) Pointing out that the
Washington national guard is the
pivot organization around which,
any successful program for a. de
fense test must be built and that
it is now impracticable to use this
organization for - this purpose,
Governor Roland Hartley has tel
egraphed Dwight F. Davis, acting
secretary, of war, that he does not
deem, it advisable for this state to
attempt participation in the na
tional defense day test, July 4.
The' text of the governor's tel
egram in part follows:
"Our guardsmen are now in
camp where they will be held for
annual training and. maneuvers
until June 28. We have no funds
whereby this period of encamp
ment can be extended to July 4.
'"The men are showing elendil
loyalty and interest la their work
and It Is neither fair to them noi
ls it practical to call them back to
colors for the proposed defend
test. ;: ...
"Our adjutant general and eth
er officers of the guard upon
whom we must rely to take initia
tive cannot. assume responsibility
for defense day plans becau?3 cC
stress of their official duties.
" '."While Washington is la eyr. -pathy
with the national defense
policy and our people take pride
in their loyalty to the president
under the. circumstances I do cct
deem it advisable for th!a Etat-. tu
attempt participation in the de
fense test which has been out' se
ized for July 4.
(Signed). "Roland II. Hart'. ,
Governor." -