Police Matron tymito $otIiibw -VJSiy iGcod-Woihen' dnd. EM 'Lien1: Both: Make It'Mar&toMelp Wayigzrd. Gzi
-..f-i- -if-',
rl rl . .
Weather fereat: Local ruins, moderate
teasparacure: fresn. wt ' becoming- south
wtads "Maxim am Mmpento TMtcrdar (I,
mtnXmum 48. river mlnae .1. rainfall 2A, m&
sashre cloudy. wtndjrest. y ,---:. -
- The Italian government has assumed t
soluta- control, over tlje lire. -The rort ra
in ent that can unu absolute control ct, r
the liar is tli government that la going t3
make, t cood la . a bis , way.-JIoutoa J'cr -DiapatcAr
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! SEVEinY!SEVmi7IlWl
SALE1I, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, " OCTOBER 29, 1927
PBICE FIVE CE2T3
hail omciiis
PRDBIfJE GAUSE
Hearing To : Be Held Today
At Dallas; Two Men Dead,
.Woman Has Chance
UT0, GAS CAR COLLIDE
Bi tweeter ad All Decker CMiKt
WnUa Ow, Fonner ' Wife
I Tbrown Clear; Still
Unconscious
Jin attempt to fix rsponsiIUty
for ta accident -whlch resulted In
tna kflllnx of Sylvester - pecker,
30,1 of Huso, J osephlaa county,
aad " Allan Decker, 1 8, of McCoy,
and the possibly fatal injliry of
Mrs. SylresteV Decker, -will be
made tn Dallsa today by Sontbern
Pacific officials. Tbe public aerr
Ice commission WO! be repre
sented. 4 , t :; . ,
n accident ocenrred .at Ns-
initb crossing yestertay' mornln
aboat S:S5 o'c3ock"when an anto-
mobUa occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Decker and the ' former's brother
was strvck by a Southern Pacific
sasollne car. " k '
Woman Unconsdoos
Tbe two men died shortly after
the collision. Mrs. Decker w
mn to a Dallas hospital. At a
Iste hour last nlsht ah was re
ported as still unconscious with a
60-50 chance to lire.1 . - -
N'esmltb erosslnff Is located In
Polk county on the west side Pa
cific highway, aboat three-fourths
of a znOe south of Rlckreall. It
been the scene of several ac-
r "Indents, despite the fact that the
T.w ox the1 railroad traek rrom
the hlfhway'la practically unob-.
six ue ted on both sides- .
Not rrarcUnc Fast
Witnesses of th accident stated
that both the automobile , and the
rasollne car were going at a com
p&ratfrely low rate of speed.
Mrs. Decker was thrown clear
of the -automobile, but the two
men were caught Inside.
The gasoline car ww In charge
cf Condactor R. T. Berkleau and
Motorman F. A. Richardson. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Sylrester Decker
were rlstttng at! the; home of
Decker! father, T. M. Decker, of
McOoy. Allan Decker was neeom
panytnr them back to their borne.
Bodies of tbe two men wee
taken to tbe ntnkle mortuary at
DaDas. and relatives notified.
N ATIONAII GUARD
MAY BE CALLED
CXXXRAD6 strikers face
: CONFLICT WITH TROOPS
Csvfraor Makes' Military Gesture
by Sending State' Airplanes
to Scenes" .
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 28, (AP)
-With deHrery by-Charles Roach.
deputy attorney general.; to Gov
ernor William H. Adams of an or
der to mobilise the Colorado na
tional guard and - declare, martial
law . in the affected coaI mining
areas of the state'.. ninitary action
on the part of tbe .state tonight
awaited on signature of the nr-
1 11
- ' der 1y -B' governor" l
It ! customary la Colorado for
the office of tbe attorney general
to make up Bach orders In order
to make perfect their legality. .
NoB-eommlttsI as to his intend
. T ed action', GoTernor Adanw , met
. an siies about guardl mohnization
" with negatives, parrying questions
which had to deal with the obvi
ous preparation going. on iu the
millUry division. Tt was consid
ered unlikely that ' the governor
would sign the mobilization order
before Saturday ' morning If .he
decides to "sir a.-If, . , t.
JENVER. Colo.. Oct. t.
(AP)-i-Tbe first military gesture
. m a a sm a . A . a W
oi vne state or townao m mo
strike of eoaf miners called by tbe
" Industrial Workers of, the World
, came today when Goveracrdama
1 ; 'derpatcbed three national - guard
airplanes to tbe southern Colorado
coal fields. i. The planes were un
armed but Governor Adams decid
ed they would have a salutary ef-
In nrnriintltir a.nv rvnaible
f -; disorders in the -coal fields.
... -In the. meantime,: the-national
gusrd was preparing for mobilisa-
-tics ia cas9 condition in the coal
' fields became too. serious for. the
county authorities to handle.
-.- " 5las?es 'Cathertn'
. ' The situjitica areared tia cost
trriouain Huerfaso county, where
. ' " ra.l bund re 1 etriklcg" miners
WHY DO WOMEN
J NOT AID ERRING
LESS CHARXTABLB TO ' tTN-
rORTCXATE OF OWN SEX
At i'-'iVeaat. So Sara Police Matron
Proportion at Least
: 80 to One -
Why do women take less help
ful Interest in wayward girls than
men take In erring boys f Do you
know? Can you answer that age
old Question ? ' , Why should they?
Is there Justice in the attitude of
women as , compared unfavorably
with the attitude of men?
This Is not an Interview.
It Is the result of a chance con
versation -by the reporter with
Mrs.- Myra L. Shank. She is the
head of the trouble department of
the city government , as It Is re
lated to the erring youta of this
section; more espeo'ally the un
fortunate and sinning or sinned
against girls and young women.
She Is the police matron. And
she Is a busy woman. She has
her waking hours filled with the
various duties connected V with
her , worrisome ulbe't sometimes
Interesting tasks. For there are
some compensations, even for. a
conscientious police ' matron.
There are days when she may look
back upon deeds of mercy with a
cheerful heart, through the trou
bled skein of sorrow acid sin and
suffering of. parents and kin and
kind.1 I -
. But as to the query In the first
sentence. , - - " :
- Mrs. Shank' says the proportion
is at least 31 to 1 in favor of the
boys and men. That is, she finds
30 or more men willing to come
to the, rescue of boys in trouble
where she finds one woman.
Oh. she could cite cases by the
hundreds, by the thousands.- But
she cannot name names. Her
memories are a sealed book to the
public Must be.'
She bad a case lately that was
different. ; The finding of this
case through the interposition of
a friendly tip by, a sympathetic
friend,, and the ; discovery of - a
good woman; or two good women.
willing' to help an unfortunate
girl, were both lh the nature .of
accidents. 1 Ther came from the
(Contiaoad pC -)
BOXER HAS NEW HURDLEl
Obstacle Put-In Way of Spanlsli
Fighter's Aspirations
NEW YORK. Oct. 28. (AP)
Entanglements with the New York
state athletic commission that
have risen to hamper Paollno
Uscudun's attempts to fight bis
way Into a title match -with Gene
Tunney multiplied today with the
decision that the Spanish heavy
weight must fight Phil Scott of
England before escaping the sus
pension that now bangs over him.
Paoltnoj was "set down" two
weeks ago for refusal to - go
through with the match, scheduled
sled for November 4. at Madison
Square Garden. - He pleaded a
sprained back . and : arm at that
time . but 1 the chairman " of the
LSpaniard's : managerial board; 'Al
Mayer; told the commission today
that Paollno refused to fight Scott
because of contract -differences
with Tex Rickatd. Knute Dane,
wa substitute, for Paollno sev
er -days ago.
BAYES WINS; KNOCKOUT
Salens Boy Pats Emphatic QnJetus
On R amors -
ALBANY, Ocu: 28. (Special)
Possibly with a little extra sting
in-his glores because of insinua
tions that the! fight was to be a
brother net,' Phil Bayes of Sal
em tonight pounded Jack Nash of
Portland to ; helplessness I In three
rounds, winning by a knockout.
Nash kissed the canvas repeat
edly; once in ; the first ; round,
twice In - tho. second,7 and t twice
more In the third. goieg down per
manently the last time. .
Eddie Graham of Salem, took a
four round decision, from "rYoung
Farmer .of Eugene, and Art Smith
made it a clean sweep of Salem
vkstoriea by. defeating. Johnson of
Albany in 1 another four ''round
event, - -'. f
HERO LOSES HIGH CASTE
Salt Lane City Man Found to Ilavei
- Keg In Basement
SALE LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct.
28. (AP)-J." B- Whttehlll, pur-i
chasing agent for a large corpora
tion, was a hero last night, Today
he'a a defendant in city court and
possibly may , be hailed into the
federal- court, , and , there Is J a
chance that he will lose his' home
through confiscation proeeeding3
to the government. : .
When he returned homo- last
night two men . were f ounj In the
basement of his home r His -eon
said v ther. J had been , there two
hours. . WhitehlU took thejci to the
police, station.
After he returned home the po-
II; a -nlvc3 with a search gal i ii
ure wsxrs.nt In the tarccrt tlry
fc-ani a tZ r-IIo-a k.es .allseed' to
OFFICEHS HIT
Slayer Pardoned By Ben 01
. cbtti: Taken Trying To
Slay Portlander
OTHER CASES REOPENED
Sospldon Thrown Vpon John A.
Pender For Other ' Fiendish
Crimes Committed Daring :
Past Few Years
PORTLAND, Oct 18 (AP)
In a lair of brush and scrubby
pine, with his gnarled : fingers
throttling , the , throat of ,his In
tended victim. John A. Pender,
pardoned murderer of a mother
and her . child, was captured by
police here in a" perfectly-tfmed.
perfectly-executed trap With one
hand pressing the life from the
young girl, the other raised, hold
ing a hammer, ready to drop on
his victim's head, police seized the
man as the girl screamed and fell
unconscious from his grip.
Tonight he was held Incom
municado and without bail in the
city jail charged with attempt to
consummate a hideous . crime
against a 15 year old girl.
Old Offender 1 '
Time was when Pender faced
death on gallows for slaying Mrs.
Daisy Wehrman and her son, Har
old, aged 3, in a tiny: cabin near
Scappoose . in September.. 1911.
Then was a hatchet used to end
two llres.
Today he carried a machinist's
ball-end hanimer," a knife and an
Imitation gun. c ' .
- With his arrest, police ordered
Immediate reopening, of investiga
tion of the murder of Martha
Gratke, 15-year-old girl fiendishly
beaten and stabbed to death on
April 22, 1924. t
The murderer of Martha. Gratke
used a heavy joker and a knife.
Pardoned By Olcort
All other unsolred cases of as
sault upon women occurring since
(Catiav4 en psf 6.)
RAIN SLOWS UP PAVING
Ten Blocks Remain; Crew Now on
t .-r North 19th Street
Heavy rain-during the past few
days has slowed up paving opera
tions, and It may be necessary , to
discontinue for the season. Street
Commissioner Low said yesterday.
While the amount of paving done
this year far exceeds that of last
year:, at least ten blocks' remain
on the quota set last spring. 3 '
The. bis paver is neuron- North
19th street where there I are ' five
blocks to pave. - Jefferson street is
next on - the list if the ' weather!
clears sufficiently.
- ; . , ; Tty3 M770A0ffT3 Oft. RSSJSyS-tXM ft
m & km mm&m&$
PARIS TURNS OUTt
FOR RUTH ELDER
YAKKEBt GIRL FLYER AltRXV-j
ES DISTEf ATIO.V AT LAST
Brcatka Speed Kecord TjaveMnsl By
Air From BayonneTto Bonrget
PARIS, Oct. 2tv (AP) Ruth
Elder, IS days out of Nflw York,
completed her trans-Atlantic jour
ney as - she r began 'It by air-
when she landed at Le Bourget air
field at 3 : 47 o'clock this after
noon. " " -' " ' ' - :' : '
In finally .reaching Paris, Ruth
and her ' flying companion, Cap-i
tain George W. Haldeman, broke
another record. They set a speed
mark from Bayonne to Bourget.
. Miss Elder alighted at the fam
ous French airdrome to tbe plau
dits of a multitude which at once
gare her an affectionate title,
"The Smiling American Mldinette
on Holiday. r
SmQe Makes Hit
The charming smile and cheer
ful mien of tbe American, girl In
stantly , made a hit with the , en
thusiastic French crowd, while
Haldeman's saturnine appearance
and blase demeanor caused the
spectators to ponder.
French officials greeted, the
ocean-rescued pair In solemn, of
ficial style, but the real warmth
of the reception came from the
French people who In the. 1927
season hare never tired of wel
coming American aviators, suc
cessful, unsuccessful or spectac
ular." 'Y- - .' t
Basing their forecast on pre
viqus air records from Bayonne
to Le Bourget, thousands had set
tled, down to await the .arrival of
Miss Elder and Captain Haldeman
about 5 o'clock when suddenly
out of the, southern sky, heavily
veiled with . fog, a plane shot out.
Arrives Unexpectedly " Y
"It can't be them." ungrammat
ically said pilots, but swooping
down 'gracefully over tho ' field
Haldeman brought his airplane to
a standstill a few feet from the
cement boardwalk, used by the
Continued on page a.?1""
MARION COUNTY SECOND
Will
Receive Part of
Money Back
Bus Tax
The state treasurer Friday an
nounced his semi-annual distribu
tion of funds received under the
so-called motor transportation act.
or bus law, enacted at the 1925
session of the Oregon state legis
lature. Y
The total apportionment, . after
deducting administration expenses
of approximately $60,000, - was
$ 6 .4 72.28. Of this amount H.
854.21 was apportioned to the
state highway department and
IK.gl8.07 to the counties. The
apportionment, is made on 75
and 25 per cent basis. . , Y
The "apportionment for Marlon
county was $4284.80, of which the
county ;wIH receive $1071.20. and
the highway fund $1213.80. This
was tho. largest apportionment in
the state outside, of Multnomah
county. .'' -- " -' - '
THE GREAT HUMAN PUZZLE
EYE WITNESSES!
8TORY OF DISASTER RELATED!
, : i "FOa"lRST T1M13 ; V
Some BMMUt T1m Sharks
AUackiag and Devooriag
- Terrified VlcUma
RIO JANEIRO. Oct. 2S (AP)
The ocean' toll from the ill
fated Italian llnsr Princlpessa Ma
f aids tonight Wa placed tentative
ly at 299 dead and missing as res
cue ships in port completed dis
charging their Unexpected passen
gers. . - ' "
The actual story of the disaster
also' began to take definite, form
as the accounts of survivors were
pieced together. .
Terror gave those- rescued al
most as maby views of the tragic
soeno as there were survivors, but
many points stand out as agreed
upon by many or all of those who
lived to tell the tale.
Of the 1.268 persona said by
the Italian embassy to have been
aboard the vessel, 968 were . ac
counted for tonight. The French
liner Mosella took 52 survivors In
to Bahia last night
The French steamer Formosa.
first rescue ship on the scene,
brought SBS survivors hero today
and! the Dutch vessel Alhena
brought 831. Twenty-seven more
have been reported enroute to
Peruambnco aboard tho Italian
steamer Roiettl. The total on
these ships is 963, and it is not
believed here 'that there are any
survivors on any of the three or
four smaller vessels that answered
the Maf aide's distress 'call.
The survivors are almost all
agreed that dancing, laughter and
festivities on a beautiful , tropic
afternoon were suddenly turned
to gloom by the crash of a break
ing propeller -shaft and the sound
of watar rushing Into the vessel's
stern. From this point on ac
counts), diverge as to details.
Many claim that there was an
explosion!' and that the .ahlp's
flooded boilers tore open the ship's
hull gs .they buret. Others deny
there was an . explosion. Some
claim-Captain, Simon Gull calmed
the passengers by telling them the
accident was not B&rloua, and that
festivities were resumed. They
maintained that time was lost be
cause of this with resultant loss
of life In the haste when the ship's
boats finally were launched.
Some told of shark devouring
terrified victims as (hey struggled
(Con tinned n para 4.)
FOSSIL BANK CRACKED
Total of S30O In Currency Taken
by Amateur Robbers
FOSSIL, Ore., Oct. 28. (AP)
-Piling man sacks around ' the
sate In tho postotfice to deaden
the noise, cracksmen last night
blasted open the safe and escaped
with $300 in currency. The rob
bery was discovered by the post
master today. - -
.No registered mail or other mat
ter wan taken. In the opinion of
local officers the ; robbery ; ' was
committed by amateurs.
cnni
Disintegration ;: Genera!
Among Numerous Con
flicting Army Forces
HALF f.TILLION IN FIELD
Cbaos ; Spreading Over Entire
Country as Various Fighting .
Fronts Continue to Lose
All Identity "
PEKING, Oct. 28. (AP).
Never in recent years has China
beea in more chaotic condition
than now. Fighting is . in pro
gress in at least six different war
areas and a widespread winter of
suffering andhardship appears In
evitable. Y - I
The number of independent con
tending factions , appears " larger
than ever and the- only combina
tion . enjoying comparative stabil
ity appears to bo the Manchnrlan-Shantung-Chlhli
alliance, usually
known as ; the northern alliance
which has its center in Peking.
Here conditions are compartiv ely
serene, although even here artil
lery and rifle fire is frequently
audible from recurring guerilla
conflicts, to the north and west.
Half Million Fighting -
It is authoritatively estimated
that 500,000 soldiers now are ac
tually In the field. Disintegration
among the soldiery Is so marked
that It is virtually Impossible to
Indicate any broad -political align
ment or to mark out the "fronts'
accurately. : yy " - ' ':
Momentarily attention centers
on the conflict of the "former al
lies Pat Hankow and Nanking on
the Yangtse river. .botb,formr aJUj
lies at Hankow and Nanking on
the Yangtse river, both of whom
are claiming local successes. The
position of Tang Senchl, the Han
kow leader with reference to i Pe
king Is obscure, while the lineup
of the Nanking group likewise is
vague since the allegiance of t tbe
ruling generals In Kiang-Si, Che-
kiang and Canton is uncertain;
Fighting In North . :
North of the Yangtse four cam
paigns are in progress. The most
vital Is that east of Chengchow
Junction In Honan, where the
Shantung-Chlhll army Is proceed
ing westward . and has reached
Chungmowhsian after a desperate
(Oeatia&od ea par .)
DIES OF HEART DISEASE
PortlanWl YooBier Passes Away
. On Seventh Birthday., f
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (AP)
Albert Re Ike was to have a birth
day cake tonight with seven can
dles . on I L He was a happy 'boy;
but tonight , he is dead of heart
ii, - -. wt.lthe l,r,ce' ,eTel of -domestic wool
Albert waa playing a game lth -m.mM. .k , ,
class mates at his school today. It
. m a a a . . . m . a
was a ,ame oi mamg inings in
the room. He was "it.
- "All right,- come ln1 bis class
mates shouted to Albert who was
hiding In another room. But their
shouts were vain. One of the boys
went to the door.
"Teacher, he gasped, frlghten-
ed,,. Albert -won't come In. He is
lying on the floor." ';
A doctor was. summoned Imme
diately from , a nearby hospital
but Albert had died before he ar
rived. tYv -;PLW C ':YC-:YrY:
BAKER HAS FIRST CASE
Infantile Paralysis YVIctim R-
: v ported tn ISast Oregon City Y-
, .BAKER, Ore." Oct, 28. (AP)
Infantile paralysis, the first case
in Baker since the outbreak; of
the disease in the state several
weeks, ago, waT reported to the
city health officer today." .
- .The : child, , Geraldino ' Jones,
lives with, her grandfather, .8. S. !
Wright, a Janitor in a local school
bunding. Tho structure will be
fumigated, but the schooLwIlI not
bo dosed. Dr. J. W. Huff announ
ced. uJ Y L- Y ' Y- .-: -!
YEAR WAfiinG, REMINDER
lppIcation ; Claaka ' For 19-3
- Licensee Arrive -"i :t?
T ' None . too welcome but neces
sary, is the eminderr receive i ty
local people today tht the year
in waning; the first application
blanks for 1828- motor veMJt
. license. The motor vehlcla 11-
cez.zi divisica la ttsrtlzx its ; :
ilIcU "ort Lx tedata rtcla to
Est ticfr IIcstis
s early
SINCLAIR LINKED
WITH OIL DEALS
-(--
C23(MSOO IN LIBERTY ; BONDS
" TRACED BY. WITNESSES
hart Permitted to Re-
main Silent When Grilled by
" rroaoctttlon ; .
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. (AP)
Harry F.. Sinclair' was linked
directly v today by government
witnesses with the operation -of
the Continental Trading company.
Ltd., which at one time had pos
session of the $230,500 in Liberty
bonds which eventually found
their way into the hands of M. T.
Everhart, son-in-law of Albert B.
Fall, shortly after the lease ot the'
Teapot. DoxneY Y -
The sovernment failed, howev
er, in its effort to force Everhart
to tell from whom he received the
bonds, Justice- Siddens upholding
his contention that he had constitutional-
immunity because for
him to reveal this information
might tend to Incriminate him. , .
-This ruling ws a-distincf dis
appointment to special counsel,
but after recalling-Everhart and
putting ' hint on record as refus
ing to answer several other ques
tions on the same grounds and in
tho presence of the Jurors, they
set out on the winding trail of
the bonds . and their coupons. --
As this trail was explored, . the
Jury was taken rapidly from New
York to Pueblo, Colo.; to El Paso,
Texas; to Cafrisozo, New Mexico;
to Denver and finally to Washing
ton, where the cancelled coupons
were safely locked away in ' the
federal treasury and from which
the oil counsel obtained them; .
The day's testimony was : that
by direction of H. S. Osier of
ontb, Ont., president of Continent
al, company, who refused to-give
a deposition for use in the civil
trial of the Teapot Dome case at
Cheynne, the New York agency of
the -: Dominion ? Bank of Canada,
purchased $300,000 In: Liberty
bonds .through three New York
(Coatiaa4 on para 4.)
RUSS SEEK TO BUY WOOL
Negotiations Opened in Portland
For International Deal '
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (AP)
Tbe Soviet government having in
vested heavily ; in - Oregon high
grade sheep. Is now . negotiating
for the purchase of three million
pounds of fine wool from the Pac
ific .Co-operative Wool Growers.,
M, A. Deitch, vice president of
the Russian Sheep Breeders Cor
poration and the Worsted Corpor
ation of Moscow, accompanied by
J. G. Ohsol, vice president of the
Amtorg Trading " corporation of
New York, visited the headquar
ters of the cooperative association
in this city and presented .their
plans to R. A. Ward, general man
ager of. tho association. y "t.
Credit arrangements for trans
actions, in this country? were said
to ' have . been ; arranged by the
Russians through New ; York
banks. -V-vyj;- 1. Y- '
-; During the course I of negotia
tion's It was pointed out by Ward
that the exportation of .-domestic
wool front America to foreign
countries was almost an unheard
of thing, because the tariff raised
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1 -.J 'n , - aaanaa MaMaiaaaaa mmmm -.--.;-
SMITH ELUDES PAYMENT!
Files i- Involnntary Y ? Raakrnptcy
i I'euuon in Federal Court
PORTLAND, Oct. 28 ( AP-
3. Russel Smith, former northwest
amateur golf champion, and de
fendant last; week in a breach of
promise suit filed by Mri Adeline
MJ Gates, ; Portland widow, who
was awarded $17,500, today fil
ed a petition of voluntary bank
ruptcy with the federal court.
The petition only was filed.
Smith taking ten days in which
to submit his schedule of liabili
ties and.as8ets. Y Y - ;
Immediate ? Judiciation bn 1 the
bankruptcy petition was secured
by attorneys for Smith today. The
suit, brought by Mrs. Gates f or
damages of I$60,eot;;was, of a
highly sensational nature?. . .
UVE WIRESKILt YOUTH
1 Year' Old' Portland. Student
Killed Instantaaeonsly .Ct-i -
PORTLAND," Oct 28. (AP)
Raymond Wilson, II year, eld stu
dent, was burned to death here
tonight when he came in contact
with two high power electric lines.
Death was instantaneous. - ,
'Short circuiting of (the r.ower
from tho lines through tha ley's
body tLrew a sjaare r-'T cf tv
northern part cf Tort. :i Yto
coarlcts darkness -foir-t jixly &a
Lour. " , . -,
- The youth was attracted ty t
iarkllns of .the two ll.c:o v !'
l--ci as - ttcy--. writhed - oa tit
L'Ousi wr.ere tz.ey tsa rauen ear
I!:r ia the nlsht.- Ltsemea were at
.i-kiiiijtjL.
KIMJK5
Manslaughter Ver;t
Brought By Jury In Sen
. sational Dallas TriaJ
OVER 10 YEARS
RECOMMENDED
Judge Disregards Request As
Presented Into Court
OUT FOR 23 HOUrjb
Final Result Believed Con
promise Between Two Pac
tions, One of Which Favored
Second ; Degree Murder. .
DALLAH, Oct. ' il.-UD-
Irving B. Iriest, 87, was convicted
of manslaughter by a Jury here to
day as a result of the shooting to
death of George M. Werline, Inde
pendence rancher. The Jury ree-
otnmsaded that Imprisonmeut it
not less than tea years be Imposed
by - the court. Y Sentence will l-e
pronounced by Judge "Walker ca '
Thursday, November 2. :
The Jury had dsliberated on the
ease for 28 hours.
Judge Walker ..hecltaUd after
reading tho verdict bsforu adopt
ing it and handing It to tho clerSt
of the court to be read aloud.
Ha . finally declared ho .would
receive the Verdict but dincbarged
tho reoommondation. saying ho
felf that, except In first" desreo
murder verdicts, the Jury had ta
right to bring in a Teconmenda
tion. . : :: ; .
" Defendant Hears Yer!lct
Priest and-the wife he had. en
his own admission.' offered to sell
to Werline for $8,000, were pres
ent fn tho courtroom but were not
together. Neither expressed emo
tion when the verdict was read.'
It was believed by courtroom at
taches that the verdict at the i
of the 28 hour period came after
a eonpromiso between one group
holding out for second degree
murder and another demanding a
verdict of manslaughter.
It was believed the relativeTy
severe recommendation was n
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WOMAN VAT4PS
CAROL'S VALET
CLEVER - PLOT WORKED 6CC
CESSFULLY BY STRANG LEIt
Papers Obtained Containing Lists
of Supporters of Ontcast
Royalty ' ,,
-PARIS, Oct. 28 (AP) A w
man who vamped the valet rf
Prince' Carol of Rumania, kert
him away from the prince's hme
U night and sent him home with a
headache 'was Ybe.'ng sought t"
night in connection with the th?t
of -a package of .papers, contain
Ins varloqs letters from Ca'
villa ; at Neuiny. The pricce i
coming back to Paris tomorrnv
from his country retreat to la-
vestiate the theft. - ' -
Wh'le awaiting his arriv&I to
determine Just what has bpn
stolen since, he" went away,J'.tve
police were engaged !n the elS.
old "job of "cherr hes U feir?n "
It flrft was reiortpd that it
was. a maid who had stayed a's-y
from the deserted bouse all c'r' t
in company wltU a woman she
on the. street 'in-front of. tnot'-n
picture house, but it develop to
night that the. deserter wa V
valet,-who was left alone to r ""
the villa while Prince Carol
In the country. The theft w-i
committed during the valet's r l -sence
from the villa. Tapers r
letters were -pilfered, b u t rn . '
and Jewels were left, untouch' !.
' The valet told police that a -raan-engaged
him in conver- "
and bought- hlar sufper. - -
.. "She must have put a clr---iay
wins,', ts sai. "f-r I - :
remember anyth'ns after t;t -cept
that I swole the r.--i r.
Ir!5,and . went' home w!.U a I
h-aiacheV srhere--1 for::..! t :
ter l-x raided.- Ar.-.cr V
I"? I tiers Is ono frcn - :'
c.s cf the maids la r -
-i-yr meatfor.!ntc r.s 1 Y
-lass vrho are t:',: -
--'vtr r J trc'l ti a i:.t c I :
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