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V;'.-- P-" 7P . - j'T"T . . ; ' " T. - ...... -.-.;.'.. : I ' ; THE OREGON STATESMAN, SAtrX'OnCGON ' . ' ' . - TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1925 , :; " Vl si are ,Men Fight Revolver Duel to Death; Winner Agrees to Commit. Suicide Third Man Held for Questioning By Officials; Cause of En mity Xot Itnown; bodies- FonL - (BRAWJJSY, Cal., July 20. (By Associated PreBs.)- Mystery, and deadly hatred founded on a feud thjat has extended over six years, culminated Sunday and this morn ing in a weird; duel which ended the life of II. Kirk of Imperial, this county, and in the suicide of John Truden of Imperial and San ; Diego.! . --v . . I An unidentified stranger who, police believe, holds the solution t the problem of the. deaths, is under arrest. . fie refuses to give nt naae or reply to any Ques tions. The story, pieced jtogether Iron, a letter , left by Truden and mm rociaenta recauea. oy ac quaintances of both bristles with drama. .Truden came to Imperial about six months ago, 'from-' where no person seems to, know He wae well dressed, appeared to hare plenty of money'and put vp at the best notel tL.r&f Nerer theless, he took aio&drfting an ice waon. ; pePWriMCdtirtrobm Not Enough for Crowds 1 Centrml Pre tkot The courtroom in Dsyton, Term., scene of the Scopes evolution trial, is a spacious .one but not large;eneagh- to-acwwnmodale even a small part of the thousands gathered to listen to the battle be tween the state-and John T. Scope, charged witb.teacbing evolution in the Dayton schools. Photo ahQwa.the couruoom. bigger and stronger men la a. mat ter of conjecflon. ' IIrrard weak In backftekV says the hendllne over aa early football story. -Why dlscoM one of the minor weaknesses at this early date? The trouble with Harvard's football team the last! few years has beeis its football team. . . " ... ' a -Help often comes from nnex petted sources la basabaJT as la other things. Take the Cleveland Indians, far instance. Manager Speaker lias been trying for many weeks to get his. team working smoothly. His pitching has bees erratic and weak, and- hi Utters have had. stigmatlsm or some thing. - , v . Now his team . has apparently started to climb and two of the men- aiding it are: Garland Buckeye, youngr pUcher and the- biggest man. in baseball And Cliff. Lee, a caatotf Irom other dabs. - Garland recently won. his third j straight victory la eight days for the ball club. Lee's batting, and p laying in. tna outfield have play- STOCK DISEASES PROSED TETEIUNAItT BOARDS DISCUSS CONTROL OP KFIDKiaCS work of the men in charge of the eradlcatiea- that oot TO i ranch es en which eases of ' lntectloa were reported 'during the eplsoot le last summer, only twe Instances pf reinfected hare occurred he said. , v. . . PORTLAND, Or., July 20. Moves to harmonise livestock disease control and Quarantine regnlatlona of the states west of V'OMAN GETS SENTENCE tne Mississippi river were lniuat- ed at the session el the Western States Livestock sanitary asoocia- tioa here today. The meetings were attended, by representatives of -the veterinary boards of prac ticalur every; western, state and Hawaii. r . - Special consideration was given to the toot and mbutn disease and TEN YKAltS TO LIFE 3ICST BE .SEKYED Br SLATER HARFORD. Cal.. July 20. (By Associated Press. ) Mrs. Jennie Laura Brown. John ft. Tipton and Fred Mills, principal Uv sensa tional trial for the murder ef Lee of from 10 -years to life toy, -after havinr been found gnlltr CJ, a second degree murder,' carXa.' Motions fora new trial for each ef the defendants on the ground that their conviction waa brought about by "publis clamor- were denied, but Superior Judge Van "Zanta. the trial Jude. signed an order permitting the defendants to ro main in the county'jall untij their appeal is disponed ef. " ' ' Mrs. Brown heard the sentence while sobbing la the arwis of. her nephew, Robert McCamish. the only one of the defendants who , , was acquitted!- i Camp, well to do young rancher fowl plague both. oC which hareltm the ranch of Mrs. Brown near caused widespread damage to stock, and chickens during the paat year. " Dn John R. Mohler, chief of the United States bureau of an- imat industry of Washington, D, C. outlined the methods employed in combatting all sorts of stock diseases and declared- that the bu reaa's plan for rigid . quarantine has - been successful la keeping American stock comparatively free : from- tna ecoarages which visit the eteck of 'Etfropeax , and Asiatic here, were given prison sentences Patronize the Statesman adver tiser. And when you do. par chase Oregon made product. j ed important parts in, the offense-! countries. The fowfc plague would rather leave tnib life for a future ia' a cooler -.place, even though -1 am headed for a much hotter one, according to William Jennings Bryan." j Truden's body was found up right against a " large stone, : a pullet hole In the temple. Kirk's body could not be found at the designated spot, - although ' I -, i I ft aisturDea pue or leave - and A month after Trudefea arrivM. blood stains seemed to indicate Kirk landed in Imperial, making; guarded - Inquiries," for : a "man named- Truden.' '. ; Kirk also put up at the' best ho .tel, dressed well-and seemed to be well supplied - with, funds. Yet, he took a Job- too,. His work was driving- a track for the highway commission. ! Several times, the two met in the hotel and almost invariably they came to blows and had to be separated. About ten days ago, Harry Sid die, an acquaintance of both men, brought Truden back from Mexi can, Mexico, drunk.1 In his caps, Truden told. Riddle, the latter says, hat "the object of my life, tor the past six years,, is about to be satisfied. It probably .will mean GAS STATION " REMAINS my aeatn, out. it, also will mean that it had lain there. A further searoa .revealed it ? not fat away. a bullet hole in the abdomen and through the backbone, the pistol with three exploded shells in the man's dead. hand. '. '' : . ' t v Before the news, of the affair had become public property a stranger entered the office bf the coroner and asked to see Kirk's body. The coroner asked him how he knew that Kirk wag dead. Iever mind," said the strang er, as he started for the door. He was arrested, and lodged in jail. but he refuses o gtre his name or j reply to any . questions. -' Bomebody else's death. The following day, Riddle said, Truden came to him and asked him not to repeat 'what Truden had told, "no matter; what Jian- - .-1 .j pous w me or any ot your xuner friends." This morning,, Truden's .body was found propped against a rock near the Jacumba' bathing pool There whs a. bullet wound in the hip'and a bullet hole in the tem ple, In the pocket of the coat were two letters, i One, addressed to Vincent Truden of Forest HIils, Mich., was a brief , notice of John Truden's death. . The other mis sive was addressed to the chief of police of amperial, Cal. It told a strange story as follows : r - Trnden. and Kirk had been enemies for six years (no, reason for this enmity was given). Last Saturday morning, they met on the highway between Braw- ley and Imperial and came to blows. - Ranch . hands separated them. ?. gully off the main road and there came to an agreement to fight a duel with pistols, both pledging their word that the survivor would commit suicide within three . days i They were to standi back to ' back, mach 12 paeeway vfrom each other count threa'aJoud and SFOSTS ME BROWN A few weeks ago I wrote rath er enthusiastically or a lltUe brown fighter, Jete Sarmientoi I had just, seen;, him.'; daffle) the cle ver, cunning little ring, general, Carl Tremaine for . 12 rounds when the betting was 10 to 1 that Tremaine would ,d'r op, him. in!he first couple of rounds. . Sarmieoto'S' ability to block punches, shak? 'em oft and other wise render them null and void, appealed to me. Not only that, but he had a boring-ln style that was pleaslna. i ; - j ' The otfier night he met Charley- Phil 1 Rosenberg, newly crowned bantam-weight champion of the world, .And stocky - little-. Iete bore out . my expectations when he gave the so-called champion a box. ing lesson tor 12 rounds, j He made Rosenberg Jook like the ' cheeslest of champions outboxed j and out-gamed him throughout the mill, f -l:: .. ' ' j , , He j proved, two things concin sively in that battle. V Pirate that he Is really a great a i a. a a as a a a- I . Second, that Rosenberg .is no better: than the average run of fairly clever bantams and, has lit r ' tie license tor carry the title dace -A petition asking that the city snorted bv men 'like Georae Dixon BWMJBSHmHlS UCltVU ill YUUUg JOUntty 1 -AW IQll., to allow the building of a filling station on the corner of Court and Capitol, presented by the proper tyholders' adjacent to the pro posed filling station, failed to have the, desired "effect upon the mem bers of the council last night and the aldermen-refused' to reconsid er former action'. ; 4 . - E. ;M; Page attorney for the property holders, stated that his clients asked only a fair chance to present their case and claimed that they had hot had that chance at the meeting at which the coun cil; had voted to permit the erec tion of the station. '. r . Mr. Page further stated that if stipulations of the) petition of fered were not granted by the council ' the case would be taken to the courts and tried on -the with the -white man's evils" and keep himself in perfect physical condition this lad from the Phil ippines will land some place in the fistic sun. , , . . . -Having-captured the ; Pacific coast championship as usual, little Bill i Johnston " and Miss ' Helen Wills are now 'ready to do their stuff in the eastern tennis tourna- meats. And their showing in the western meet gave the aforesaid easterners little cause for Joy. Miss Wills may sini be said to be approaching the enith of her career. Wonderful tennis can be expected of her for many years if she chooses to continue in "com petition; Little Bill is a vet. How long he will retain the dashing speed that' has helped him . beat COUNCIL REFUSES TO RESCIND EARLIEH ACTION Sarmiento today has more idea of defense'fighting than 99 out of 100 - fighters. -He takes punches on his shoulders, arms and! the side, of his head with no damage to himself. He takes them while going in and keeps ; on going In He worries his opponent from gong to gong by his failure . to step out of range ' or clinch to avoid punishment and then com ing. out of a sally unscatchedL If he has : the desire and the will power to refrain from, flirting and defense, a Clark Griffith, not usually a howling optimist, has, come out with the flat assertion that his team will win the pennant. Griffith, right sow, has mighty good reasons far so thinking. His team is stronger than it was last year. He is better fortified with pitchers, for one thing. But Connie Mack bega Clark's pardon for being' obstinate and asks that the schedule be played out, just for the fun of it, for the gate receipts and to see what may happen LIQUOR OWNER FINED A. F. Cherry was. fined J 60 In police1 court yesterday when- he was found guilty of . the. charges of ' drunkenness and possession of intoxicating liquor. ' was brought to tht country by scien tists who desired to study lt and for that reason the bursas will in sist that hereafter such 'studies be carried on where the disease ex lata, he said Dr nodoipa . Snyder, who was the federal Inspector la charge of the Lght . against the " foot and mouth disease In California, told the meeting .that there has not b6en,-a- case reported", among the domestic ivestock of 'the state for six months although a tew isolat ed cases among the deer "had been discovered. . So. thorough was the Th Extreme . " .. of the Year! UMMER COLDS r lingering and annoyi ' The wt fatst niibtaecl-r V VAR 0 ITMUlkm Ji RUD GRAND ONE NIGHT, Baturasy Julj 2S 2 : n (ffr ' 7 leaver- Superlative Event of the Dramatic Season The Famoms AU-Star Company, Oamprlsms; In Richard Brtnsley Sheridan's Immortal English Comedy Kst Tespsray Edef Bet CORE PILES or other Redtal or Colon - .1 . 1 1 j 1 t aumeno snoiua nuc do expert- aaentedwittu. 1 hey itvouia anacsabe permanently CURED by my nonurgi 1 cal method. Send today for mv FREE BOOK con- tainifig scores 01 voluntary tesdmonlais Mrs. Fislce Chauncey Olcott Thomas A. yise James T. Powers Lotus. Robb-. AND OTHER STARS . "THE RIVALS" ' Appearing Under the JIanagement of George C. Tyler and Hugh Ford from patients, some of whom had uf- ered 20 vears and had tried ererv kind of drug and treatment; Kead it and you wiu better understand why lean give a Written Guor amtee to CURE vour Piles or refund ydux fee. Ordar ay UJfOW4a caek r mear rter 1 iiiiii Icttr floor 13.34; and. ulf-AiLdreaMd '.uiDtl inrdoiA ir Floor- S3.30: BmleMT Sa.75 and $2.79: Bon $1.20? GUry (not rMrrd) S1.10, la. tadbia wm xt . m j. WITM ADOLPHC MCNJOU. UUIAff RICH, AllXEN PR1NGU Without a doubt the funniest comedy-drama that has yet hit Salem! A solid laugh from the very start to , the finishing part the "merriest marital mlx-up In ' many moons! ' COMEDY - - -- NEWS Ma?ec iHt mr? 175 'tH) M 33c Erenins; 35c sot UEAT4.MU.lnc CORTtANO Oi t CS SEATTLE OrflCtS: Dr DVin Bu(l3inq SA9-SU u)dw ATHMNtMiAlN BTfl AMD flt C inen iney went to a QuietiBtation wouM be a blIc nuIsance MINER KILLED BY BLAST WALLACE. Idaho, July 20. W.iL.' Fraaer; df Kellogg, Idaho. was killed oh the 700-foot level xf the.Ambefgria mine at Burke Sun day night by . a premature explo- Truden'a letter said .thatKirk, sipni mine officials reported today. while another escaped injury. ' when:lt came to the crucial mo ment, "cheated" and fired t the count of two, wounding the other in the hip Truden then fired. and missed. Kirk 'fired again and also missed. Truden fired a second time and killed Kirk. " ; . : : ' ... Truden said that Kirk fired only, two shots but there were three exploded shells Jn the "pistol clutched in Kirk's hand when his body was found today.' After Kirk died Truden said In a short memorandum included in his letter, he dragged the body out of the sun. he drew a rude .map to guide searchers to the spot. " Then he went. up into the hills early this morning. Hia' letter con- eludes with a grim Jest. After explaining that - he had agreed to take hia own life if he survived the duel, he continued: "I will do this a soon as I leave the irailey. , It is so hot that SPEEDERS ARE FIXED Walter. Martin, H. ChetUek and H. Eliner were fined 15 each In police court -yesterday -for', speed ing.. Martin A. 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