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and somewhat unsettled; moderate temper
ature.' northwest winds. Maximum temoer-
First Section-j Pages T to 6 i
ature yesterday, 77; Minimum. 55; river,
.8; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, west.
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-1 IS! SEVEimr-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
State Slated
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REVISED CHART
FOR iiERII
HOUSES
New Dwellings Already Be
i ing Assigned" Numbers
1 Under This System
NOTIFICATION PLANNED
Representatives Of City, Post office
And Other, Interested Insti
tutions To Meet Again
Soon, Hinted
Revision of house numbers in
the residence district of Salem, to
secure uniformity and also con
formity to street numbers, is to
be begun in the near future as the
result of the completion and the
approval by local postoffice offi
cials, of the chart which has been
in process of. preparation for a
number of months. Newly con
structed houses are already being
assigned the nnmbers according to
this chart.
The I making of this chart has
- involved a great amount of work
and study upon the part of City
Recorder Mark Poulsen, a repre
sentative of the .chamber of com
merce aW Assistant Postmaster
A..E. Gitbard. ;
Chart Already Approved
i In the): early' part of the plan
ning, representatives of the city
' council, the Salem Realty associa
tion, the telephone company, the
Portland Electric Power company
and the newspapers held sessions
over a period of monhs. The plan
was first proposed by the chamber
of; commerce. '
There Is still some work to be
done. Recorder Poulsen aiplained
Saturday, but the chart has been
if ''rapleted to a point at which It
f ji-aa possible to submit it for ap
proval, and this has been jriven.
. Plan Notification
Within a short time, another
meeting of representatives of the
various institutions most vitally
Interested, will be held fa deter
mine 'just how home owners are
to be notified of the correct num
bers. This will be the problem
of J:he city administration primari
ly, although the postoffice officials
have signified their willingness to
cooperate. '
The revised numbering does not
affect the business section, and no
changes will be necessary for a
number of blocks adjacent to the
downtown area; furthermore, the
revision was planned with the aim
in;-view that the smallest number
of changes would be nece?ary.
Confusion Caused
The matter was brought up for
the reason that the utmost con-
(Oontimwwt on p)t s.
PRESIDENT PLANS
BIG CELEBRATION
WILL ATTEXn "WILD WEST
' ' AT BELLE FOVRCIIE
Coolidg. And Party Will Go To
' Round Up In Special Train
From Camp
V RAPID CITY, S. D., July 2.
(AP): The greatest thrills the
"wild west" has to offer, will be
President Coolidge's next Tues
day, when he attends the annual
re-staging Belle Fourche roundup,
r Unruly horses, unbroken to the
' saddle, bucking bronchos insistent
' on carrying no man on their backs,
steers, which have roamed the
ranges undistnrbed and Buffalo as
primitive as they were in the days
when the only humans around
these, parts were Indians, will be
pitted against the skill of cow
boys and cowgirls, who Intend to
, BMbdue them. , ' '
President and Mrs. Cool idge,
- And their party, will make the
trip from Rapid City in a special
train.' Tn plans call for the
president's attendance for several
houra,'. during which he will- view
the spectacle from a private stand
U"";-led In front of the regular
t vndstand, which seats upwards
rl0l 25,000.
The program Tuesday-will start,
with, a parade of 100 Indians In
war. paint and feathers, the. per-;
if . forming cowboys , anas i cowgirls,
trkk riders, steer wrestlers, trick
ropers.,' cowboy clowns and so on
Just before the broncho basting,
Kteer roping and wild horse racing
' begins, a band of Sioux' Indian
f will rush Into the arena for a' war
dance. - 1
: The feature of the day will bf
; . wild horse racing In trhlch horses
never before ridden.' or ' halter
broken, ara used.;
NEW INSTITUTION
MAKES ADVANCE
EMPLOYMENT WORK FOR
BLIND COSTS LESS
Col. Carle Abrams Makes Report
on Turning Over Reins to
New Head
(One of the newer state institu
tions is the Oregon Employment
Institution for the Blind, of which
the public has heard but little, but
which performs very important
functions in providing industrial
training for those who are depriv
ed of their sight. The institution
is located in Portland, Col. Carle
Abrams, in hjs capacity as secre
tary of the state board of control,
has perforce been serving as act
ing superintendent of the institu
tion. A' new superintendent and
matron have just been appointed,
and this was the occasion of a re
port to the state board of control
of his stewardship by Col. Abrams
yesterday. A number of para
graphs and excerpts from this re
port will be of interest, as fol-
fows::)
"A new superintendent haying
been selected by the board to as
sume! his duties en July 15, 1927,
this will, no doubt, be my last
monthly report to. the board as
acting superintendent of the Ore
gon Employment Institution for
the Blind.
"Superintendent Clark haying
been stricken with paralysis on
June 9, 1926, I assumed active
duty" on that date, and I am now
completing 13 months of such
management. I regret exceeding
ly the cause of the event that made
this necessary.
"It has been a trying and diffi
cult position, due partly to condi
tions as I found them, and the
temperament of the inmates, and
the fact that I was necessarily ab
sent the greater portion of the
time, and a considerable portion
of the business has been transact
ed by long distance' phone.
I met the conditions to the best
of my ability forfeited my vaca
tion last summer, and have given
to thfe institution my Sundays, hol
idays and evenings, in tact every
moment that could be spared from
my active duties as secretary of
the board, which duties were in
no wise diminished during "this
period.
However, it has been an unusu
ally interesting experience. The
associations were pleasant, the co-
(Continued on page 4.)
DOCTOR TUCKER PASSES
Physician Was One of First Medi
cal Men at University
PORTLAND, 0re., July 2.
(AP) Dr. Ernest F. Tucker, 65,
prominent among Oregon physi
cians loi nearly two score years,
died here today following an ill
ness which had its inception last
February. Funeral services will
be held Tuesday morning.
Dr. Tucker was one of the first
members of the faculty of the
University of Oregon medical
school, where he held the chair
of gynecology until his retirement
as professor emeritus, several
years ago.
WALSH REVERSES PLEA
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Wrestler Charged With Attempt
Blackmail Against Dealer
KLAMATH FALLS, July 2. -
(AP) Harry Walsh, ex-wrestler.
charged with attempting to black
mail! Edward Dunham, automo
bile dealer of this city, brought
his .rial to a surprising termina
tion, here, tonight, by reversing
his former1 plea to one of guilty.
LADY REPORTER ARRIVES
First Transcontinental Air Pas
senger Reaches San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.
(AP) Miss Jane Eads; Chicago
newspaper reporter, the first pas
senger to fly over the trans-con
tinental air mall route; between
Chicago and San Francisco since
the iservice was taken over by the
Boeing Air Transport, landed at
Crissy field here at 7:20 p. m.
SOLDIERS EAT POISON
London ? Paper State SO Men to
I Die From Tainted "Meat
I LONDON. July 3 AP)-Tbe
Sunday Pictorial publishes a dis
patch from Warsaw that S0O sol
diers near "Ppsen have partaken of
p'oison meat. and. that 300 are not
expected 'to- recover?.::?. if, '" J"" 1
' None of :tbe other. London pa
pers carries this story,' and' there
is ' no confirmation, from i other
sources. - 1 " -
BRITISH DESIRE
FDR FAST SHIPS
Exorbitant Number of Cruis
ers Asked Believes Japan
and America
MAY START ARMS RACE
Adoption of English Plan Would
Involve Expenditures of $100,
000,000 Yearly if Parity
Kept By V. S.
GENEVA, Switzerland. July 2.
(AP) Great uneasiness exists
tonight in American and Japanese,
circles concerning the prospects
of success of the tri-partite naval
conference. This is, due to f urin
es information which appears to
be confirmed relative to Great
Britain's demand for increased
cruiser strength.
Great Britain, it seenfs, wants
the right to maintain a fleet of
fifteen 10,000-ton cruisers, and no
fewer than sixty cruisers of 7,500
tons each. This would make the
total tonnage 600,000, or 300,000
more than the maximum con
tained in the American proposal.
AVonld Prove Deception
Among Americans and Jap
anese, there is no attempt to con
ceal the conviction that the adop
tion of the reported British proj
ect would not only prove a great
deception on the public opinion of
their countries, but also put a pre
mium on a new and more feverish
armament race in this type of war-
craft.
According to one estimate, the
adoption of the British plan would
(Continued on jage 2.)
SLIM SEES PLANE CRASH
Tragedy Marks Lindbergh's Visit
to Canadian Province
OTTAWA, Out., July 2. (AP)
An aerial tragedy marred
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's
arrival here today, to attend the
celebration of Canada's diamond
jubilee of confederation. Lieuten
ant J. Thad Johnson, American
army flier, met death when his
plane, one of 12 which escorted
the trans-Atlantic hero from Sel
fridge field, Detroit, crashed with
in view of the Hunt club landing
field, six miles from Ottawa.
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'AMERICA HONORS THESE MEN
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This historic photograph, depicting oneof the proudest 'moments ; In -.-the history ,of the United
States, shows the "Committee on Declaration. headed by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, presenting the
completed draft of. the Declaration of Independence, before the Continental Congress'ln Philadelphia
on July 4th, 1776, Left. to right, the men standing, before the table rith , their leader tas Jefferson
i lays the document before John nancock are John Adams, Roger; Sherman, Robert.' R. Livingston,
'Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin. The tall'mtn at Hancock's right Is Charles Thompson. Be
low, a section of thDecUraUon, showing the sign at ares of the algners. .. - - v v''
NOISE AND FLYING FIRE PREVAIL
THOUGH FOURTH NOT YET HERE
Bang! Boom! Pop! S-s-s-sizzle! Boom!
Noise and flying fire filled the air Saturday night throughout
the downtown district and in many parts of the residence sec
tion, even though Independence day was still 24 hours away; and
the racket kept up until well into Sunday morning, defying the
efforts of peace-loving citizens to sleep.
Persons who were downtown, aside from those youthful and
active ones who were the joyous cause of all this uproar, had
difficulty in steering a safe course amidst the explosions, and
this applied both to pedestrians and motorists.
I'p to a late hour, there had been no serious accidents or
fires reported, but the prospect was not pleasant, even for those
who are young enoughfto enjoy a reasonable amount of celebra
tion activity.
And by looking at the calendar, one could safely predict that
peace and quiet would not reign again for at least two days.
City officials, when interviewed, admitted that the uncon-
trolled and unsupervised fireworks displays were a nuisance,
but there seemed to be no legal way to prevent it. The control,
... e 1 . i A j. m ... m
i oi civilian use ni iirewoms is aucmpiea oniy inrougn resiric
J'ytion of sale, and in Salem the restriction is confined to the time
4 if year and the size of explosives. Unless someone is Injured
I and a complaint filed, nothing
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MANY TOURISTS
LOCATING HERE
EFFECTIVE AOVERTIKIXfT BE
ING lOXE AT CAMP
N'umlx'i Remaining Breaks Ail
Previous Records, Manager
Reports
A very effective piece of Salem
advertising is being done daily at
the municipal camp ground, where
from 40 to 75 parties are staying
nightly, with the number increas
ing rapidly. s
Never before have there been
so many people coming into the
camp who, after seeing the coun
try, decide to stay in the vicinity
of Salem, declared H. S. Poisal,
manager of the camp ground, yes
terday, Mr. Poisal has an opportunity
to talk to many of the tourists in
the camp, and because of his
knowledge of the country is able
to advise them when they ask
questions, which they do fre
quently. m
One man from Baker City, la.,
who came to the camp with his
family, spent several days there,
and then decided to stay for some
time at least, retaining an apart
ment in the city.
Cars were at the campground
last night from many states, in
cluding Nebraska, Arizona, Wyom
ing, California, Montana and In
diana. G. L. Wilkey, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
( ( ontinupfi on pajrp 3.)
Nil? ft
f
r
can be done.
LICENSE RECORD
TIED YESTERDAY
TEN COUPLES
PERMISSION
APPLY FOR
TO MARRY
Murk for Days Business Set Year
Ago Equalled; July
Leads June
County Clerk Boyer almost went
out on the street yesterday to in
veigle some couple into taking out
a marriage license so that a coun
ty record would be broken.
As it was. ten couples auDlied
during the day for permission to
marry, tieing the previous high
mark in licenses issued for one
day, established something like a
year ago.
If the march of lovelorn swains
to the court house continues, July
will have it all over June as a
matrimonial month. In two days
already 15 licenses have been
issued.
The licenses issued yesterday
were to: Roy E. Brous, Portland,
and Lucille Brown. Rafhier; Paul
R. Samuel and Mary E. Bowen,
both of VVoodburn; Archie J. El
liot and Hazel L. Pierce, both of
Salem; John Lee Tate and Lillian,
H. Robb, both of Dallas; Albert R
Shields and Elaine Hortness, both
of Silverton; Forest M. Elliott and
Clara Gaither, both of Salem.
John -L. Anderson, Silverton,
and Mrs. Ragnelda Culverton,
Stanhope, Iowa; Darwin F. Lau
rence and Florence Sopoff, both
(Continued on page 2.)
ON JULY 4TH
ft"
REST ORDERED
FOR AIR HERO
America's Crew in Exhaust
ed Condition; Acosta's
Clavicle Broken
PARIS
DEMONSTRATIVE
'Long Live Byrd" Shouted by
Thousands When Fliers Reach
City; Commander Too Tired
to Show Appreciation
PARIS. July 2. (AP) After
undergoing the violent shock of
French joy that succeeded a night
of anguish as to their fate, Com
mander Byrd, and his comrades of
the trans-Atlantic plane America,
began taking stock this afternopn.
It was found that the victory over
adverse elements had not been
gaineu wunoui consiueraoie uaui-
age i c...
Bert Acosta had suffered a
broken collar bone, which was set
at the American hospital, while
Commander Byrd, after a careful
examination by Dr. Gros, head of
the surgical staff, was ordered to
take a complete rest. The only
exception the doctor would allow,
was the attendance at the recep
tion by President Doumergue, this
afternoon.
Talks to Newspapermen
The commander, h o w e v e r,
stretched this in favor of the
French and American newspaper
men, to whom he talked of the
flight and his future plans a few
minutes after he returned to his
hotel.
It is probable that Acosta's col-
lar bone was fractured when, the
American landed in the water at
Ver-Sur-Mer but he cannot vouch
tor it. a. ne proiesses. io nave oeen
unaware of this unfil the surgeon
discovered the injury this after
noon. It is quit$ possible that
some of the damage might have
been done at the -St. Lazarre sta
tion today, when a crowd of 10,
000 persons risked crushing Byrd
(Continued a Pas 3.)
BYRD PROGRAM FIXED
Commander Will, Lay Wreath on
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
PARIS, July 2. (AP) The
program, -as it present arranged for
the Byrd expedition for next week
comprises the laying of a wreath
on the tomb of the Unknown Sold-
ier; a- luncheon with veteran
Louis Bleriot; a reception by the
Areo club; Fourth of July dinner
of the American chamber of com-
merce; a luncheon with the min-
ister of marine Tuesday; luncheon
with the Anglo-American Press as-1
soclation Wednesday, and a ball
by the International League of
Aviators.
FISH BOATS IN DISTRESS
Gnard Cutter Seneca Sent to Aid
Craft Buffeted By Sea
'RW YORK. JhI (AP)
Four fishing boats, with about 18
persons on board, were in dis
tress, about sixty miles southeast
of Ambrose lightship, coast guard
headquarters, here, was informed.
late this afternoon. The
coast
guard cutter Seneca was sent to
their aid.
Wll I niTPAPT WPYT WFFIf
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University of Oregon Head to At -
tend Honolulu Institute
EUGENE. July 2. (AP) Dr.
Arnold Bennett Hall, president of
the University of Oregon, will
leave early next week for Honolu
lu to attend the Institute of Pa
cific relations,' July 15 to 30, it
was announced at the admin istra
tion office of the university today.
He will work on a social research
committee. i .
PRisori
SENTENCE 'ASKED
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Law, Demands One to Three Years
M for Dorothy Mackaye
. LOS ANGELES,' July 2.A pri
son septenCe of 'from one to three
years was demanded by the law
today, of Dorothy Mackaye. dra-
""7 ' actress or tne stage,' m ex-
r pari in an alleged
wu,i,..K7 to conceal xacts - snr -
rounoinr the death of her song
and dance husband, Ray Ray-
mono, last April,. v" y. ---Vj.
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RECORD POSTAL.
RECEIPTS INDEX
BUSINESS AT POSTOFFICE
718.93 ABOVE YEAR AGO
Quarterly Report of Postmaster
Farrar Shows Total of
$358,624.29 .
One of the unfailing Indices of
the growth of a community is to
be found in the record of postal
receipts from year to year. The
continued growth of Salem is at
tested by an increase of $8718.93
In rha huatnooa ct t i . nnat.
office for the quarter ending June
30, over the corresponding quar
ter of last year.
These figures were made pub
lic yesterday in the quarterly, re
port issued by Postmaster John
Farrar, showing total receipts for
the three-month period to be $58,
bZ4.z. Business for the corre
sponding period of last year was
$49,905.36.
The sale of stamps was the
largest item in this total, the re-
Port showed, with $50,074.93 re
Ceived from that source. The next
largest, item was
$6,270.24 for
third and fourth
class -matter.
Vnich lnciudeg ad vertisi ng matter
ad parcel8
Other rereinta fr.r tlio tWo.
month period include $5767.95 for
second class matter, $500.55 for
box rent, $6.02 for excess in the
sale of stamped envelopes and
$4.60 for waste paper sold.
Receipts for the last month
were unusually large, stated Mr
Farrar, due to the election mate
rial mailed out during that time
WATER, SURVEY PLANNED
District Manager of New Owners
of Local System Here
Needed improvements and ex
tensions of the Salem water sys
tem will be made as soon as they
can be determined by means of a
studv nf the nteda nf thn mntmnn:
ityt and the pro8pects 0f future
development, yesterday declared
t w Hi-f.i, ,t,i... " .
of uhe Oregon Washington Water
Seryice corpotion, which has
taken over the plant of the Salem
Water company beginning July 1
Plans for the management of
the local water service have hot
yet been made, Mr. Helwick de
clared, and the former manager,
Charles A. Park, has been asked
to continue in his position for an
other 30 days, at least.
TO SUPERVISE ELECTION
General Frank McCoy Designated
to Watch N i car agnans
RAPID CITY, S. D.,- July 2.
(AP) In conference with the ;NI-
carwaguan peace, agreements ne-
gotiated by Henry L. Stimson,
I General Frank R. McCoy was nom-
inated today' by president Cool
idge as chairman of a commission
to supervise the presidential elec
itonj in Nicaragua in 1928.
General McCoy, a close friend
I of Mr. Stimson, who was the pres
Ideht s personal envoy in the re-
cent Nicaraguan difficulties, will
visit the Central. American coun
try to make a study of conditions
and to make recommendations to
the commission. He probably will
leave in August.
I FIRPPRAP.k'PR. Vll I C I An
Explosion Also Causes, Berious In-
Jury; to Companion '
MENOMINEE, Wis., July' 2.
(AP) A firecracker today caused
I the death of Arnold Ford, 8 years
I old, at Tramway, near here, and
serloun injury to Harold Bheling,
I Playmate.
' The Ford boy stuck the Hehted
I flrecracer lnt0 the open end of
an empiy gasoime storage tank.
The gasoline fumes became ig
I u.ing in an explosion whlcn blew
oa both ends of the tank.
POLICE CHIEF KILLED
Patrolmaa - In Turn Shoots Blur-
derer of His Superior
ELLENSBURG,; Wash.. July 2.
-(AP) Chief of Police t Alva
Tucker j was ' shot, and killed here
late today, while attempting to ar
rest John Emerson, , and the lat
ter was shot by the chief and a pa
trolman, , dying- - almost . immedi
ately. .. V - '
AGED EDITOR PASSES
John V; Riley, 0, Editor of Rock
" fowl Morning-"Htar, Dies
l ROCKFORD, JUL."" Jaly . 2.
(AP)Johtt V. Riley, 0. editor
of the Rockford Morning; Star,
'died tonight ofpneumenU,
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KILLS BOY. IB.
Mitt
Charles! Tower, Local High
School Senior, Found r
Dead by Sister
FAMILY AWAY AT COAST
Youth Had Recently. Returned
From National Guard Camp;
and Popular Student : : ' JJ '
Charles Tower, 16-year-old, son!
of Gordon E. Tower, head orch
ardist tot the Oregon state :hos-r
pital farm, accidentally shot and
killed himself at their farm home)
about seven miles south of Salem,
yesterday afternoon someti me be
tween 1:30 and 6:30. : j k
The parents of the boy, 1 wltbi
three of his brothers and sisters.
had left the farm at 1:30 to go
to the coast for the holiday week-'
end, and at a late hour last night
had not ! yet been found. They
were thought to have gone toj
Newport.!
I
i Sister Discovers I
Another sister, Ellen, who live
in Salem, went' to the farm' ab
6:30 last evening with Alfred;'
Tallon. a friend of the family, and.
found, the body. on the floor In a
small bunk house near themaia
residence.
Officials were notified imme
diately, iiud the body was-taken
to a local undertaking parlor. :
where it was viewed by the
coroner, j - . r. : - . .' ' . :
Since there-were"no witnesses to
the accident, the details are ' not
known. Indications were, how-
ever, mat young rower, wno naa
rtceuny reiurneu irom x on aie
vens, where he had been In camp)'
as a member of Salem beadquar
icis cuiupaujr ui lus cuui ariu
lery, had been seated,' loading hia
rifle, a 25-35, when in some way
it was discharged, the bullet pass-
ing through the lower jaw and up
ward through the head. ' j
Time Not Learned j
The sound of the shot was not
heard byj neighbors, who live some)
distance away, so the exact time olj
the tragedy has not been deter
mined, j , ;
YOung Tower would have grad-
uated next winter, being a lovfl
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TRAGEDY STALKS 1
DEMPSEY CAMI1
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PX-CHAMP'S BROTHER SHOOTf
WIFE" AND' kmJ? '
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That's j Life Isnt It" Says Jacbf
,.? as xears stream Down ills - t
Cheeks
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WHITE SULPHUR: SPRINGS
Saratoga Lake, N. ,Y., . July 2.-
(AP) Tragedy struck the campl
of Jack Pempsey today, and halted!
the former world - title- holder's)
training , for, his .comeback wltbf
Uaek Sharkey. July 21., i
Dempsey had Just returned front
two strenuous hours on the roadj
this-morning; when word came tof
the camp that John Dempsey, hisj
WVfcAAC&, IJlUb uJun
self to death In Schenectady, atter
killing his 21-year-old wife, Ednaf
Carlo w j Dempsey, in their apart
tnent there. ; z f..;..
v The fighter raced by automo
bile with his business adviser, Lee
P. Flynn. to Schenectady, where hef
Identified the bodies and mad
arrangements for their shlpmen
to Salt Lake City, Utah, and Greer!
' Tears streamed - down Jack's!
ctoeeks as he sat in the car out
side the morgue. "It'is terrible,
he. saiiL'but that's .life, isn't itr
s John, several years older thai
Jack, always had been the favorite
of the husky younger man, friend
said, and. had been cared for; al-
most entirely by the former title!
holder during a recent protracted!
illness. v- Tr"!; ,r
: John, met his wife ontsfde th4
home this morning, after a violent!
argument In the' presence of the!
landUdy. who said 1 Mr. Dempseyt
appeared to have r been drinking
heavily. John .entered the houst
and was followed shortly by Mrs
Dempsey. '' ' . f
A Almost at once, the landlad;
said, three shots sounded. , Dem;
sey dfed Immediately from a- b .14
let through the right temple. 3lra
Dempsey, wounded in the hpatj
and - side, was ? alive "when " p&licef
arrived, but died heftm medica
aid could be summoned. : j