DID YPU KfCl7 4iict& on Imrrjcncd SirrsIi 1hl'!jdc?- C
rt rl
WEATHER FORECAST: Rain; mild f
temperature;, southeast gales oh the coast,
Maximum yesterday, 56; minimum, 45
' liver. 15: rainfall, .04; atmosphere, clear;
' wind, northwest.'- v-vi- v-;, .
. It doesa't seem possible, when one looks
at great-erandmother's portrait at eighteen
And then looks at daughter, same age. that
It costs more: to dress 'em now than it did
then. Loa Angeles Times.
5- . 3" -
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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3. J927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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put m lODO
ICIIII1E
r..ove Originated Asking Res-
bluticrrfcr Separate Peace
i ' WiihBivais .'. .
:E not READYTO TALK
ProfMMal Blade- by KepvesentatlTe
. - Homers W'oukl Go Farther Thaa "
. .-4 SecreUry Kellogg' An-
.j , , noancement , .
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
While the Chinese situation again
marked time so far as the Ameri
can roTernment was concened, a
new congressional iron was thrust
into the fire by Representative
Somen, democrat. New York, In
the form of a resolution proposing
to put congress on record as favor
ing negotiations for new treaties
with the rival factions in . China.
Independently of each other if nec
essary.y...;v: yy; -r;-:-r:, yfi,'
The proposal goes considerably
beyond . Secretary , Kellogg's an
nrnnd .proposal of readiness to
' ; negotiate -with a delegation to be
' appointed by agreement between
; ; the Peking and Cantonese lead
ers, and there is no indication1 that
the state department will adopt
the course suggested in it.
f i Dr, Alfred Sze. Cblnese mlnls
' ter in Washington, refused to oom-
" ment until he had an opportunity
to study the Somers resolution. In
a recent statement he urged that
an American treaty . negotiation
delegation be named ? without
awaiting overtnrea from China as
an evidence of a desire to restore
to China diplomatic equality. . -
w' i pending- developments in - con-
ft Section with. American hopes of
u Scniating Chinese nationalistic
I plratlon through treaty discus?
slops, Attention nere; was cenwreu
largely upon the rupttore in British-Cantonese
negotiations at Han
kow. 1 1 s -is' v h'- '
Secretary Kellogg does not re
gard the action of the Cantonese
in breaking off these negotiations
as having much bearing: upon Ain-
ericanChinese relations.
LONDON, Feb. 2. (AP) The
British government tonight cabled
fresh instructions to .Owen O'Mal
ley the British charge at Hankow,
in an effort to break the deadlock
which; developed ; in the Anglo
Chinese negotiations there when
the Cantonese foreign minister,
(CftatiBM oa s .J
1
IRRIGATIONISTS
SEEICLNG RELIEF
Flto3I OCHOCO
DELEGATION
ATTENDS HEARING
Hazlett Bills . Fropose ; Change
J From General Obligation
, Bond Flan "
I.'.- -
' Ifoping to find in bills now be
"fore'j the legislature some." relief
from the critical finandal dlff f
cultles ; under which they, are
struggling for existence, about two
dozen settlers and land owners on
the lOchoco project attended the
j loint &etrin ortn irrigation ana
. houses last nlrht.
iRJepresentatlre James H. Haz
fl lett's two house- bills. Nos. lit
andj 115, which seek . to provide
relief by abolishing the present
; system of general obligation bonds
and: thus preventing the pyramid
ing pf taxes upon settlers who do
manage to make their payments,
and which seeks to reconcile the
' settlers and bond holders to ad
justment of district liabilities,
wen discussed thoroughly.
Some irrigation districts unfor
tuaately are covered with blanket
assessments on Irrigation - lands,
and the landowners who choose to
pay bff the , bonded Indebtedness,
BJ(fr the 'present laws. also" pay
- r Indebtedness against the land
v Vcd by' his neighbor i perhaps,
vl 1 4Sj; is years behind In his pay
4:riug, and who" may never intend
to. pay.
JJ O. Powell of PrlncTille said
) that the people ail wanted to pay
every cent they owed against their
land, and nonef of them felt that
r the state should be asked to pay
- their debts.- He-further said that
' he did not see any reason why the-
bond holders: should ask the state
to pay.thcia either.
Representative Billtnssley of
- Pntario ,madd a 'short -but -effec-
J
FLORENCE BANK
MYSTERY DEEPER
WARRANT ISSUED 'FOR TWO
MISSING. OFFICIALS
Embezzlement Charges Filed by
' , State Banking Officials
After Probe -
EUGENE, Feb. 2. (AP) -A
warrant for the arrest of Henry
Ik Bergman, president and fMiss
Harriett Weatherson, cashier; of
the. Florence State Bank -t ;Flor-i
ence, charging them- with ; em
bezzlement, was issued, here' this
afternoon and the officers are en
deavoring: ' to. jocate them. They
disappeared ; from a . local hotel'
Monday evening " and have not
been ' seen here since. : It. . was
learned today that -Bergman bor
rowed an automobile from -C. -H.
Farris, lumberman operating near
Florence; stating that he wanted
to drive to Portland, and that he
would be! back :Tuesdayafter-
noon. . ; , , i'
Last Thursday afternoon Tilss
Weatherson reported v to the
sheriff over the telephone that the
bank had, been robbed by an un
masked man who had locked her
in the vault and had taken near
ly all thej money in ; the bank.
Bergman was In Portland at the
time and Miss Weatherson also
telephoned. to" . him. . He came
home at once and said he had ob-
. . (Ooatlsved a part 8.)
SCRIPPS CASE IN COURT
Widow Of Newspaper Manager
ue salt Against Brother ;
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2. fAP
SHit for the recovery of $6,000,
000 was filed In federal court here
today by Mrs. James G. Scripps of
San Diego, member of the wealthy
family of newspaper publishers.
The action' was taken against her
brother -.in- law, Robert 'Paine
Scripps - of Cincinnati, executor
and trustee of the estate of the
late E. W. Scripps and -includes a
demand -for -an accounting" nt the
profits of 34 newspapers control-
led by Scripps. ' -' ;
Mrs. Scripps U the widow of the
late James G. Scripps, a brother
of the defendant and at one time
manager of , the newspapers con
trolled by the millionaire publish
er:.;, I '."""f
The suit; isased upon an al
leged agreement between James G.
Scripps and .his lather for a per
centage of ; the Increment in the
value of the properties under . his
management, t .
POST, 661 AFTER HIDE
McMinnvllIe 'ow Holds Famous-
Trophy; Yeta Hold Meeting
, . J ' -
Mustering of new members and
plans for larger quarters occupied
the attention of Marlon Post 6 SI,
-Veterans of-Foreign Wars at the
regulartmeeting at the Armory
last night. r
I Following ttfeir unsuccessful
raid on-: McMinnvllIe Post," two
Weeks ago, te local veterans are
making plans for a determined
crusade for! the - Pacific Coast tro
phy, Tuesday, February 8.
The Veteran's Pacific coast tro
phy, is a ibeafr hide, once the prop
erty ' of the Washington depart
ment but recently seized by th
Oregon department and now held
by McMinnvllIe Post. The trophy
is awarddVto the post having
manpower -enough to seise it and
has been the cause of much rivalry
in veteran circles. J , 4,
YESTERDAY
IN WASHINGTON
Asielatd Ptms i t
: The naval supply bill was sent
to conference; w. ' f'
, Republlcaa prospects for 1928
were . discussed at the White
House.. ' v - ,
-The Fords declined to sell their
stock for $1,000,000,000, the tax'
board was told. '
' - -
The house military committee
temporarily rejected, two Muscle
Shoals lease proposals. j -
Construction - oT-'the Boulder
canyon dam was urged by Recla
mation Commissioner Mead..
, .' ' . ' . .. . -
v Government loans on bonus cer
tificates-were favored by the house
ways and means committee.
The treasury's medicinal liquor
proposal was rejected by the house
ways and means committee. -
FuhJs-to' maintain diplomatic
representatives in Canada and Ire
land were sought by the state de
partment. . : ! ; ' " - ' ." ';
,T'.csenate agreed to act by
FriJay on the democratic tax re
ductiou resolution' and ' milk iru
ruorcnnp
ll.liL
GET 5500,000
$1 50, 000 Appropriated for
Dormitory, at -Southern
. Oregon School
FARM HOME TO GT FUND
Vole ToJteport Out Bill Red act ng
Age- Limit Of Orphans And
-.Foundlings From 17 J
: ; : -To -16 ; Tears f--.
Appropriations for. capital out
lays -occupied the attention of the
ways and means committee . last
night and three state normal
schools came in for' a $500,000
allotment. The new, normal school
to be located at LaGrande came
In for its share of attention and
$1 75,000 was .authorized .for the
construction of a necessary, build
ing and Its equipment. It is on-
derstod that the city of .LaGrande i
pla ns to erect , a dorm Itory for the
school. In addition to the build
ing allowance for the . Eastern
Oregon .school, .the 'committee ap-.
propriated $40,000 to be used in
maintaining the Institution during
the blennium. 1- 1 "'.' '" ;. "V
" For a new j d6rmitorr - at, the
Southern Oregon Normal school at"
Ashland the committee appropria
ted $150,000. The millage tax
for this institution aggregates ap
proximately $33,500. ----
There was appropriated for the
construction- of class rooms l and
library at the Monmouth normal
school $175,000, while the appro
prlatlon for salaries and. operat
ing expenses was Increased from
$90,000 to $121,000. Senator
traye,r aaid that It -was hls opin-
xooiisn program wnen it autnor
foollsh programme when ft author
ized the establishment of two nor
mal schools in addition to the one
located at Monmouth.
"The sensible thing to' have
. ' (Ooaa pmn all
MALARIA HITS MARINES
Detachment in Nicarasnia Has 63
Men Down With Disease ,
MANAGUA, Nicaragua; Feb. 2
(AP) Malaria has stricken 65
of ; the American marines sta
tioned in Nicaragua, the mn be
ing infected while ' on ? duty , at
Rama. A force of 1 00 additional
marines arrived heye from Corinto
today; while the local detachment
from the Galveston, which ,was
used as a legation guard, la being
returned to Corinto. i
" THE
I lillLL tJUl
fell; ill
A TTENTION, PUPILS
- The Statesman will pay ?5 a, week, till further notice, to
.the high school or grade school boy or girl in Marion or ,
Polk county who'submits the best article on the current
week's Slogan subject. See"" subjects on Slogan pages
; Articles must be in by, Tuesday noon of the week of the
, Slogan subject. ,A11 articles submittedvto belong to The
Statesman. The editor. to judge as to the best, in decid
t ing on Abe one to receive the $5. Perhaps other prizes will
be arranged later, 'Let every teacher take notice. This
is a great opportunity to make the growing generation
acquainted with the many and great advantages of this
district. . ' U
MOVIES TO TALK,
IN NEAR FUTURE
!NEW "PHOTOPHOXE SAID TO
BE COMPLETE SUCCESS
General Electric Company Gets Six
Contracts for Speech Invention -Just
Perfected . "
! SCHNECTADY, N. Y., Feb; 2,
(AP) -Talking motion pictures
eoon are 'to be an actuality on. the
silver screens of -theaters. : ;
The General Electric company,
producers of- the new "photo
phoae, are working on a half a
dozen contracts calling for imme
diate production of projection ma
chines and tne only problem, as
the producers view the new .inven
tion, is one of adaptation to a new
and different' method in creative
art." ' ' ' "- ir-l .
At a second demonstration of
the new pictures today." it was ex
plained that directors, find come
difficulty in excluding from the
film extraneous noises not meant
to be in the -talking pictures. Act
ors must be cautioned not to make
unnecessary noise and must be
coached to speak their mparts at
the proper moment as they would
do were they on the stage of the
spoken drama. .
In the experimental pictures to-
MAN MAY BE STRANGLER
Suspect Held at Los Angeles ; Wit
- nesses Being Brought ,
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2 -(AP ?
Several witnesses will be brought
here front Santa r Barbara, police
said today-,. in an attempt to iden
tify SteveKelmas arrested yester
day as I a saspect -in connection
with' the slaying of, eight women
in four Pacific coast cities -during
recent, months. : Kelmas: was. said
to . resemble the "dark., strangler"
accuse4 of the murders. y-
A search of Kelmas' apartment,
police said, resulted in the discov
ery, of a 25 foot cotton rope, simi
lar to that used in the "dark
strangler's" killings, and under -a
pillow, a complete newspaper ac-'
count of the murders.. t. r . I
RETREAT FROM WASHINGTON
r.
NARCOTIC LAWS'
PROBE SOUGHT
TONGUE POINT MEMORIAL HT
NORBLAD MEETS APPROVAL
Unfinished Federal Highways in
: California Are Subject of
r New Measure
The; citizens of Oregon will be
called 1 Upon to decide, whether .all
persons who vote in-the state must
be previously registered or' not.
This is the result of the adoption
in the; senate yesterday of a reso
lution ; introduced - byi Representa
tive Collier on this question. The
resolution had been adopted by
the house some time before.
' Some opposition developed in
the senate to the Collier Tesolu
tion concerning elections and
among; the opposition leaders were
Senators Butler and Strayer, who
alleged .that such -a law would de
prive thousands of permanent resi
dents of the state from exercising
their1 franchise at the polls..
"I can see no demand for this
drastic! legislation," said Senator
Butler, "and I predict, that its
enactment would work to the dis
advantage of many persons . who
otherwise are -qualified -to partici
pate In elections .in .this state."
fi Seaatorr 'ifitrayer- supported -the
views expressed by .Senator Bntler
and added . that the - defects now
apparent in the . registration , laws
could, be .remedied, by, legislation.
He said .that approval .of the .reso
lution would decrease, rather, than
Increase the voting strength.
.Senators . Eddy and ' Joseph .ar-
UUMBER UNION PLANNED
4lr Companies in Northwest In
volved. in Proposed .Union ;
CHICAGO, Feb. 2 (AP)
Plans for tlie .ultimate consolida
tion, of L41 , lumber .companies. rep
resenting, the Douglas fir industry
of Oregon, -Washington and . Brit
ish Columbia, were .made .hers to
day at a conference Lof the. heads.
of, these- concerns, those attending
the- conf erea ce vannounced tonight.
FOOD DEJECTS
THREE OFFERS
DILL1QFJ EACH
Expert in Industrial Securi
ties Discloses Information
in Suit : : '
PLANT JdELD . UNUSUAL
Motos 'Company in 1913 Declared
to Be Equal in Value to United
States Steel or Standard v
' OH Companies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
Wall .Street's reactions to bal
ance ; sheets s of the Ford Motor
company provoked no less than
three distinct offers of 21,000,
000,000 each for the big plant
during the last five years. Each
was summarily turned down by
both Henry and Edsel Ford.
Information -that these -offers
had' actually been made came from
John W. Prentiss of New York,
an. expert in Industrial securities,
who , was the . chief ' witness. Intro
duced today by,-counsel for .appel
lants in the action brought to re
strain the government from col
lecting 1 3 0,0 1) 0,0 00 additional
taxes on the sale to Henry Ford
in 1919 of minority stock in the
Ford Motor company.
Mr. rPrentissstartled spectators
by t he nonchallant ' manner in
which he testified -that the Ford
familyi had coolly -turned down
tore '.distinct ..proposals 'to take'
over the plant for a cash consider
ation of one billion .dollars. The
Ford Motor company began opera
tlons In 1903 with a cash, capital
of 228.000. '
l iUtVlS, HlwniutHuejeiiuEuw
given by Mr., Prentiss that the of-.
fers.fc .were -made indirectly by
Hornblower and. Weeks, New:
York.brokers, whose confidence in
the, further expansion, and earning
capacity .of the Ford , plant' justl
f led the. valuation put .upon it by
New .York bankers. . , ? , .
. "The Fi)Tdv Motor - company Is
the. most remarkable, industrial es
tablishment ever created, in . the
Wstory of the world," Mr.-Prentiss
sald4n the course of testimony af
fecting the. valuation of the stock
as. .predicted, .on its earning capac
ity ?and future ..prospects. ,
As-acredit proposition, it was
the equal: in. 1913 of the United
States Steel corporation or the
(ObBtiansd a psgt 4.) ,
AUTO THEFTS COriTINUE
Police Prepare to .Take- Drastic
Steps to.;Curb Wave ;
' Salem's epidemic of-autopobil
thefts, steadily Increasing in re
cant weeks, reached its climax
-Wednesday night when three ma
chines had been reported stolen
up to midnight, and waa assuming
a seriousness which may cause , the
police department-to take drastic
steps inan effort to;curb it.
: One . of i the cars ; taken was . a
Packard- belonging :to Marshall
Field of Eugene, and was one, of
the- cars ila whlcblthe University
of Oregon- basketball . players had
come to Salem. It Was stolen
from the . Jitreet in front, of the
Willamette university campus
while the basket bail games were
In progress. . , . . .
The others, a Ford Toadster be
longing to J.! D. -Rice fo Salem
with license number, 124-072, and
a, Buick roadster-belonging to C.
Edwards and bearing license num
ber 129-904, . were taken f rom
Church street. The license on the
"Packard was numberedrl48-68.6.
HEINE INJURED IN FALL
3Ian Working . on Fuel Conveyor
4 When Accident Ilappened
I Falling 20 feet and striking
head foremost on , the pavement.
Henry Heine, fireman at the. pa
per .mill here. received a possible
fractured skull. Heine was work
ins on the fuel conveyor at the
mill when the accident occurred.
i He was prying with a crowbar,
it was learned, and-, the crowbar
apparently . slipped, causing Mm
to lose his footing and fall the, 20
feet. ; - ' " : ,s
i Heine was rushed to a local
hospital by the Golden ambulance.
Hoepital officials . reported i last
dsht that he was still partly un
consclons, and that it .was rcry
probable he had a fractured skull.
J The acciieat occurred last rlsht
at 6 o'clock. " ' "
Heine Is a married-man, and
Uvea at 303 Nf?rtU 2 let street.
BILLPORLUXURY
TAX MEETS FATE
NUMBER - S52 ASKS TAX ON
PICTURE THEATERS
Committee, to Await .Action of
Governor on Other Taxa
ation Questions
The. theater, ; tobacco, and. phar
macy representatives appeared at
the meeting . df the committee on
taxation and. re venue last -night
and .with a spendid grouping- of
logical arguments were successful
in persuading the ? committee to
report j. that .bills 213 . and 252 do
not: paesJ These jbtll proposed a
tax on. luxuries and one on-moving
picture theaters. . .
. Geo.; -G, j Guthrie, representing;
the Oregon . Theater association.
was; the principal speaker In oppo
sition .to . bill , number 2 . which
proposes, a .tax on moving picture
theaters. He said that the measure
would work a ' hardship v on ...the
small theater man .and. that. . in
some cases would - put them out of
business completely. This would
epable, the chain theater, to come
in - and . take the business as they
buy tn large 'quantities and - can
get their films: cheaper. According
td.Mr. Guthrie thls'ls not a license
measure but a ;revenue .measure as
it takes. the money and gives .noth
ing iq return. "This tax ; would
probably .throw forty .theaters Into
bankruptcy;"; Mrf " Guthrie 4utfd,
"the tax is. unfair in that it taxes
a theater that runs sixteen hours
a day the same as : one that .runs
three or four." : T ; . ;
Bill 213 by Roberts levying - a
tax on luxuries was ; attacked by
retail, tobacco, men. Oscar Olsen of
Portland, reminded the cbmmitteo
(Continued on psm 3.).
SMITH CAUSE OF, RIFT
Senate .Elections Conamittee Fails
, . to Aj. on Seating . ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AP)
The ' Benateelections committee
f ound'I fself. ln sucfiu complete dis
agreement; today on the case - of
Frank L. Smith, senator-designate
from , Illinois,; that .it :: postponed
further consideration until ..to
morrow: : " ":;. ' :..? :'
For .nearly two hours, senators
making up a. .majority discussed
whether they, should -make nn jm
mediate report recommending the
administration ot the oath,, as re
quested by Smith's counsel, or pro
ceeds with a further inquiry as'to
contributions to Smith's senatorial
primary 'campaign by public n tili
ties ojerators. ;. . . .
Several. members of . the com
mittee , took ; the .position that It
would'be .useless to."make.a .partial
repofrt,- since.the vote .of. the senate
two .weeks ago refusing. Smith -the
oath, injadvan.ee ot an inaniry in
dicated clearly , that it would not
accept such jl xeport. h
BONUS LOANS: APPROVED
Bill - to A uthorize .In trodaccd , in
- House ToUowing Action, ;
WASHINGTON; Feb. 2(AP)
Government loans to war veterans
on bonns certificates rwere a pprov
ed by i the house .ways and means
committee today -.and Chairman
Green later introduced a bill to
authorizn them.' f ' -.
His proposal, which Is expected
to quickly get the formal approval
othe committee, added the Tet
erans' bureau to the 'means al-Teady-aathorlxed
'to make' loans on
certificates at -6" per cent interest.
It: wpuld set up a special S 2 5,00 0 .-000-
'life insurance- fund" from
which; 'the bureau director might
make loana. ;
MEMORIAL STATUE URGED
Ijocation Planned Near. Western
. ".Terminus Of .Highway v
Congress was urged in a mem
orial. Introduced by Senator Upton
to appropriate 4 2 ,0 60 'la. assist; in
the erection of a jme. mortal statue,
in memory of Theodore Rooseyelt,
on Battle-Rock : The site forthe
Btatue ls; pn I ".he Roosevelt high
way, nearits western" terminus, f
' The memorial set our that the
Spanish American -war veterans
have, raised $i.00b of the .350'.
0 6o! that will . be. req uired :to jcom
pletc and Jngta'l the statpe. ' -
ENGINEiKll-LSEnGin EER
Min 'Crushed , to
i fey Ijoco-
; Jnotire .WhcnFwtius islips . -'
.-. - .. v- v--r. -
PaOATCLLO Jduhor Feb. 2-
AP) Edgar C. 7Ca.Tta. n t, loco tn o
tlye foreman rapliycd by thv
Oregon. Short , Cine; . iwas crushed
to clcath 'neatttbli enfrius at
lAm.'llot-- today.,' , Inf onnallan
given; out-at the .reilread.ffie?5
here " said the ' rain spparptstly
missel, His footing. .while. att?-irt-
ing, to boWril th cr,fnV which
was. s wiiclit'?r .c-'"?.' . J-
on TI :
'HIEFl
Favors .Strict Control of Ex
penditures by State Bud-.
; ' " .get Official
MAXIMUM R AT E LOW
Program Calls for Five Per Cenll
Tax on Fees and .licenses
l-1 ;,. as Method of Meeting. ,
i " rjresent Needs " "
: ! At a Jolnt.meetlng of the senate
and house of representatives yes
terday afternoon : Governor J.- It.
Patterson recommended the adop
tion of an .income tax with a
graduated low rate the maximum
J-not to exceed 3 per cent, .as . a
means nf .meeting, the flnancia.1
situations which is facing Oregon
at the .present ,tlme. .
f Realizing that the Income tax,
if, approved by the people, could
not supply funds for the state un
til 1.9 2 S the.governor offered some
suggestions as ' to , meeting the
present financial - need. His pro
gram . calls for , the placing of a
five per cent tax on the fee and
license revenues of state -boards
and commissions, then ;after tho
income tax operates, reduce thin
from five per ce'nt.ta 2. per
cent. . . ---;;,- -, , i ,-'-i
Governor Patterson .also .recom
mended; careful - supervjsian ot
state expenditures by the state
budget official with responsibility
being t placed upon the governor,
i'lla opening his -message at the
Joint session yesterday afternoon.
Governor Patterson dwelt at some
length, upon -various tax "measures
which -had been -proposed to ir.eef
the existing emergency. Ila' called
special attention to:
I An Impost -on the tees and 11
censes -of state boards and ; coo
missions, I i ,
-1 Corporation franchise tax on
what is termed corporate excess.
Tax on xnovln g pictures ,
' :Tax on so-called luxuries, r -'
I Withdrawal of Intangibles from
scope of property tax. and placing
a special levy on them,
P "Use -of, -a market road tax .for
f - (OoUnd A PX T.) :
GLADSTONE ROW
STILL UNABATED
SON OF .FORMFJt u PREMTEH
' WON'T DENY CHARGES .
Shades of : "Gra nd Qld :' Man's"
Contemporaries .Evoked in
Ubel Case
Lit
j' tONDONV Feb. , 2.(AP)--Viscount
Gladstone. 73 year old
son of the late William E. Glad
stone,' England's "grand old man,"
today vigorously; defended tto
moral reputation of, his father,
and bluntly declined to withdraw
his characterlation : of Captain
Peter Wright, who is suing him
fori libel, as a; "liar, coward and
foul fellow." i
'The shades of some of the most
emlnent- of , the elder Gladstone's
contemporaries. Including t Queen
Victoria and Disraeli, were evoked
d urlng ; testimony, although Jus
tice Avory quickly refused to al-
iow the name of the late sovereign
to? be- brought into the case, even
ndlrecyy. :. - : - - .
i Frank .Merrimani counsel for
Captain Wright, whose book con
tained a passage -casting Asper
sions on. the . moral character of
the elder. Gladsone which aroused
the anger- of 4h latter's son, ia
cross examining the defendant,
suggested that -Queen Victoria
had Ally concealed .distrust for
the .elder Gladstone. ' Justice Arm
ory .thereupon quickly interposei :
. "So, no, we must observe here
the 1 same rule as the house cf
commons, -and not brisg la tba
name of the sovereign."
; : Before leaving the stand. Lord
Gladstone eaid of Captain Wrfa' t:
'. 'lie' -made a foul and loath.-'..;
charge against my father. It "
aJdeadly insult to-every mei;-: r
of ; my family. A charge r .:rs
Joathsonae could only have I-:: a
maie by a foul minded man sr.J I
repeat-' that-: because of that l.a
was 'a 'fouMdbr.- That's .11 ciy
ha t word."
Lord GU : " ' -1 r-t a
mere a'mts . ' - - ..' ; -
oi, his ' tiiukt I; . : I. :e . " '. .,
liati Harcourt :: "a r&thsr
c -ntal Chr!.-tli:
warmed up. h
a ' CI.
vever.
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