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I ' ; THE OREGON STATESMAN, SAtrX'OnCGON ' . ' ' . - TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1925 , :; " Vl
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,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
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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-
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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
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ONE NIGHT,
Baturasy
Julj 2S
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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
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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
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Icttr floor 13.34;
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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
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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. Stengel, Portland,
forfeited 110 for failure to appear
to answer to Charges of speeding.
A
LastRay
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Tires and Tubes
Wo Pay CpalJ
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