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18. 1851.
ot ViSNTy-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 2, 1929
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People Becoming Reconciled
Chicago Administrator
Announced
Respect for Laws Growing
f More Satisfactory, Says
V"-:- E. C. Yellowley '
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. (AP) E
C. Yellowley, prohibition adminis
trator for the Chicago district, to-
day declared that the New Year's
-celebration Indicates the city and
country are becoming reconciled
to prohibition, and. are not find
ing It so very pMnftLj
VA certain few'. he 'said, "per
slated in trying to drink, but they
were in isolated cases. Reports
from my men showed a Tery satis
factory respect for the prohibition
laws." I
Only one raid; was made by the
prohibition officials who turned
-the city New Year's eve and only
three arrests were made. Pro
hibition agents in hotels and cafes
mingled with the guests and con
fiscated or ordered, the manage
ment to confiscate bottles or flasks
openly displayed but made no ar
rests and made no effort to find
hip flasks not on tables.
Hotels Say Night
History's Liveliest
Chicago hotels which enter
tained 14,000 guests and the night
clubs and cafes which entertained
probably as many more, character
ized the celebration as the liveli
est in the city's history.
Mr. Yellowley said fewer ar
rests were made this year than
any previous year and said sev
eral places would be observed fur
ther as a result of evidence ob
tained by bis men last xJsat,--1
..In. bis annual report released
today, Mr. Yellowley observed
that "definite and advanced re
sults, "in enforcement of prohi
bition had been accomplished in
the last year, adding that diver
sion of bonded Manor has been
reduced to a minimum and that
smuggling from Canada is one of
the problems faced by agents now.
However, he said less than two
per cent of the liquor seized in
this district has been found to be
real whiskey.
YANK
PRAISED Br NAT VE
MANAGUA,. Nicaragua, Jan. 1.
(AP) General Jose Marie
Moncada, in his inaugural address
as president of Nicaragua today,
praised American supervision of
the election and said that he fav
ored the construction of an inter
oceanic canal across Nicaragua.
He asked for the establishment of
schools, the construction of high
ways and railroads, and promised
that all poliltcal and civil rights
would be respected.
' . "In the election,", be said, "the
Nlearaguan people responded mag
nificently to the hopes which we
conceived for their welfare and
it Is only Just that we render fer
vent homage to them for the
splendid part which they took in
, the elections.
Z "Jn the same manner we com
plied only with our'dnty in giving
; thanks- to the people of the United
States their overnmentta elector
al .commission beaded by general
Frank McCoy as well as to Admir
al Sellers, General Dogsn Feland,
the United States Marines and the
Niearaguan National guard I for
-having conducted the election in
i the most honorable manner that
fcould possibly be conceived."
Congressional Committee
To Study Prohi Situation
To dinrnroof orl lw TiiilTlf
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. (AP)
WjCJ. Durant today suggested the
appointment of a congressional
committee "to discover and in
form -the country and Mr. Hoover
as to why the 18th amendment
bas not neen satisfactorily eniorc
ed." .
m,n neAatfnn WAS maris In A
-statement in which Mr. Durant dis
closed that his offer of $25,000 for
practical plan for enforcement
of the prohibition amendment wag
prompteWy the taking of an oath
of allegiance" the United States
.on i renewing his passport before
a trip;to Europe last summer. -i
;'; Enroute to Europe, he said, his
thought "reverted to our country's
greatest domestic enemy, the boot-legger"
and he felt that '.'unless
r something were done, the situation
- wenld cret beyond cntrol." He
tafd that while he did not wish to
Hoover To Decide
Upon Owa Cabinet
Mr. Work Insists
Suggestions of Help From
Many Sources Resented
by Party Head
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. (AP)
The growing speculations as to.
possible appointments by Presi-
aeni-eieci Hoover io me cabinet
and other offices caused chairman
work of. the Republican national
committee, to issue a - formal
statement tonight in which he
ucviaicu mat mi. nwici uau
named no one to advise him on
nominations. Mr. Work's state
ment in full read.
"I regret the publicity given to.
conjectures attributed to officials
of the party, that has been given
to probable . presidential appoin
tees of the next admiinstration.
"Those wfe know our next
president best, thoroughly under?
stand because of his eery wide ae
quaintanee and independent mind,
that he needs no referee to advise
on appointments, and that, of a
certainty, no one has been so de
signed, no party official would
publicly express his views or wish
es as to presidential appointments,
and not at all, unless requested to
confidintially do so by j the ap
pointing power. There has been no
basis, at any time for any other
assumption
Since the departure of! Mr. Hoo-
ver on nis L.atin American gooa
will tour1 upwards of a dozen men
and at least one woman have
been mentioned as either selected
or as having- strong backing for
cabinet posts. The woman is Mrs.
Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky. Noth
ing, however, has been forthcom
ing from Mr. Hoover on the sub
ject.
SCIENTISTS' mm
Restrictions PlaceoTdn Tree-1
dom of Teaching Resented
by Professors
By COLEMAN B. JONES
Associated Press Science IMitor
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. (AP)
Action to combat the 'spread
of anti-evolatlon legislation and
other efforts to restrict sthe free
dom of teaching was taken today
by scientists and university pro-1
fesBors in 1 session here.
The American Association oi
University Professors authorized
a special committee to cooperate
with the American Association for
the advancement of science to pre-1
pare a circular iu ,a
such freedom, and the latter was!
Dlaced definitely on record as de
ploring anti-evolution laws and
regulations.
"We are convinced," said the
scientists' resolution, "that any
legislation attempting to limit the
teaching of any widely accepted
scientific doctrine is a profound
mistake, which cannot fail to re
tard the advancement of know
ledge and of human welfare.
Freedom of Thought
And Teaohimr Stressed I
"It is only by the maintenance of
MOULAWS DRAW
freedom of teaching that we can omtcal discovery that goes far to
ereate conditions rnder which ward .confirming the' correctness
truth comes most rapidly to pre- of the concept of the immensity of
vail. Therefore, we wish to make
our most earnest protest against!
all legislation and administrative
interference with the presentation I
of the facts and theories of sci-l
ence." I
Asserting that "what is taught
as, science should be determined
by qualified experts in their that might interfere with the pass
fields rather than by popular age of light. The computations of
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MILK PRICE CUT ;
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 1. -
(AP) Leading dairymen of
Portland tonight announced a one.
cent reduction
price of milk.
in the wholesale
""""BurglaTies Are
pose as a reformer, he submitted
the prize offer "in the hope that
public Interest might be aroused
and a great national movement in
augurated that would to some ex
tent correct the distressing and
dangerous conditions existing."
In suggesting the appointment
of the congressional committee,
Mr. Durant recalled that Presi
dent-elect Hoover, in his
speech I
accepting the republican
nomlna-IHoyt
tlon tor the presidency,-bad. said
that "common sense compels us to
realize that grave abuses have oc-
curred" and that "an organised, while they made a hurried search
searching investigation of fact and for valuables ia the houses -get-causes
can alone -determine, the ting a small amount fo money.
wise method of correcting them. ' The other thefts, were .at the
-Durant said that this-fact-find, Erie Butler home. 37 9 Richmond
Ing committee -'.would gather street,, where food, was- the 4 only
much Information. that the. Presl- thing. taken and at the J H. potts
dent needs and v that the peeple home- 557 Richmond, a small
want.
GIRL'S SLAYER
SOUGHT AFTER
E
Kidnaping and Murder of 12
Year Ofti Rivals Edward
Hickman Crime
a mi;,, 1. 1 cn..u n,,i.
AH Night Search ReSUltS in
Discovery of Body Near
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SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 1.
(AP) An all night search for 12
year old June Nelson was turned
into a hunt for her slayer when
her body wag found teday in a
shallow water course in the edge
of this city. A physician's exam
ination revealed that she had been.
brutally attacked and choked.
Tonight all available police,
detectives and deputy sheriffs had
been called out to search for the
man who abducted her from near
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs.- Charles H, Nelson, about 8
o'clock last night, and then had
thrown her body from a bridge
that crosses a canal in a sparsely
settled part of the eky.
Girl May Have Been
Tossed Into Water Alive
The child had fallen face down
in the water and police thought
there was a possibility that she
had not been dead when she was
left by her assailant. No tracks
were discernible in a light snow
fall that covered the bank of the
stream.
Occupants of the only house
near where two boys, passing by,
found the body told police they
bad heard nothing unusual last
night. Pistol shots reported by
residents of the neighborhood of
the girl's home were not consid
ered as haying any bearing on her
abduction, since such noises were
plentiful during the city's new
year's revelry.
- The gtrl was last seen yesterday
eveaiii when she left her fathers
sandwich stand for her home, a
J . Moci ?u8t,tnt- wn
officers were notified and con
ducted an all night search.
June's B year old sister Betty
told her parents that a man who
she believed had worn a mask ov
er his face, accosted her near her
home. last Friday night and had
fled when she screamed and ran
upon the porch. A woman's foot
prints were found in the snow in
the y-a 0f the Nelson family
p0iiee found a stolen automo.
bile in the vicinity of the spot
where tne DOjy wa8 discovered.
but a pair of child's gloves it con-
talned were not identified as hav
belonged to the dead girl
Neitner djd jt thow any signs of
struggle,
Tne girl's
Bhoes, hat and go
loshes were missing, and her
clothing was disheveled.
LITEST DISCOVERY
STARTLES SCIENCE
-NEW YORK, Jan. 1. (AP)
Announcement of a major astron-
outer snace was made tonight be
fore the closing session of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science,
it was that the vast reaches of
outer space are errecuveiy iree
from meteoric dust, meteors, com
lets, electrons or other substances
the size of space, and the remote
starry objects that , astronomers
have discovered therein recently.
are based, on measuring distance
by use of light. If space contained
substances interfering with light.
these figures
would have to be
revised. -
The announcement was made
by Dr. Harlow Sharpley, director
of Harvard observatory. He said
that this "major discovery" does
not mean that space is known to
be completely empty, but only that
the objects and substances identi
fied in it do not obstruct light.
Numerous Here
New Year's Morn
Three burglaries occurred In
Salem in 1929 before, the' sun
shone on the new year, and one of
them was of the nltra-botd variety.
At the home of B. C. Lieuallen on
street, an junknown number
of burglars is - an automobile
drove up into the family driveway
and left their engine running
I amount of money being stolen.
FOUND
BOTH PARENTS
DRAW ENMITY
OF NORTHCQTT
Alleged Slayer Threatens to
Take "The Old Guy" to
Gallows Too
"She's Crazy; She's a Fool!
Youth Declares Con
cerning Mother
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1. (AP)
County officials and defense at
torneys assembled hurriedly at
the county Jail here tonight after
Gordon Stewart Northcott.
charged with the murder of four
boys, told Captain William Bright
of the sheriff's homicide squad
that he was ready to make a full
confession ;
Northcott was to go to trial at
Riverside tomorrow for the al
leged slaying of three of the boys.
He said tonight, according to Cap
tain Bright that he will plead
guilty in court there tomorrow -
Blight refused to receive a con
fession without the presence of
his attorneys and they, headed by
Horbert' Savay, were immediately
summoned.
The alleged "murder farm" own
er told reporters this afternoon
that he expected to hang and that
he would take several others to
death with him.
Youth Expects To
Hang for Crimes
Northcott, today alternately
raved at his mother and pledged
himself to vindicate her by taking
his father to the gallows with
him, as he awaited here the be
ginning of his trial in Riverside,
Cal., tomorrow.
'When I hang sure they'll
hang me I'm going to take the
old guy that claims to be my fa
ther with me," the 22-year old
Wineville chicken rancher said. "I
want to see him swinging at the
end 01 a rope, that Is all I ask.
Then turning his ranting upon
his mother, who yesterday pleaded
guilty to the murder of Walter
Collins, and today entered San
Quentin prison to serve a life sen
tence, the youth said, "She's
crazy. She is a fool. What did she
want to plead guilty for?"
Mother Takes All
Blame on Self
-t .
. Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northcott
made a valiant attempt in court
yesterday, when she entered an
unexpected plea and asked for
immediate sentence, to shift the
entire blame for The slay in gs upon
herself to protect her son.
Mrs. Christine Collins, mother
01 Walter, for whose death Gor
don Stewart will be tried, today
said that she "did not want to be
lieve" that her hoy was dead, but
hoped "that it was some other boy
mistaken for Walter."
Faulkner Hurt
As Stage Hits
His Automobile
At four o'clock Tuesday after
noon a collision between a north
bound Oregon stage driven' by
Thomas Larkln and a Ford sedan
driven by Charles Faulkner of
Salem occurred near the Intersec
tion of South Commercial and
Mission streets. The front bumper
of the stage was torn off and the
rear axle and rear window of the
ear were broken, but no serious
Injuries were reported.
Both vehicles were headed
north, according to eye-witnesses,
and the small car was traveling
close to the curb and was 30 feet
from the intersection when hlLby
the stage. Members of the Faulk
ner family were taken to their
home on North Cottage street In
the Golden ambulance.
Mr. Faulkner suffered a severe
blow on the back of the head, the
seriousness of which the attend
ing physician could not determine
Tuesday night. His wife and moth
er, the other occupants of the car,
suffered principally from shock.
This State Has
Unusually Dry
Year is Report
PORTLAND. Jan. 1 (AP)
J. Pluvius would do well to mind
his sprinkling can during 1929
for Oregon is In a fair way to
stand a substantial annual loss of
moisture if 1928 is to be taken a
criterion.
The fact Is this: .
There was a shortage of 7.10
Inches of rainfall: in .Oregon for
the calendar year; of 1928. .. Ed
ward L. Wells, meterologlst for
the United States weather bureau
here, is the author of the state
ment.
"The year 1928." Ir. Wells
said in explain ingthe deficiency.!
which had a. cold start and. a.
rather wet . finish, was. on the
whole, a mild, dry year. !
Lost in Grand Canyon
4 etf "1k.
TV - - '"." 4" i " 1 r
No word having been received
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hyde, who set out on a voyage down the treach
erous Colorado river in a scow, are believed lost in the Grand Can
yon, where they may have perished. Their boat has. been located by
an army airplane but no trace has
other than a man's footprint. Photo shows Mrs. Hyde, left,, and Hyde.
MRS
UOTT
MB
Confessed Slayer Tells Details
of Gruesome Crime;
Shields .Youth
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal.,
Jan. 1. (AP) Shielding hereon
to the last and picturing his ac
cuser, Sanford Clark, as a "dirty
rat who ought to get it." Mrs.
Sarah Louisa Northcott entered
San Quentin prison today under
sentence of life for the confessed
murder of young Walter Collins
Less than an hour after she had
been registered and assigned a
cell, she was an appreciative spec
tator at the New Year's vadue
ville show in the women's quar
lieved and welcoming the result
ter of the prison, apparently re
of her unexpected confession yes
terday.
Then as convict No. 46906, the
grey-haired, 61-year-old murdress,
entered noon the : prison routine
which is to be hers for the bal
ance of her life.
Mrs. Northcott reiterated her
belief that the boy she confessed
to killing was not young Collins.
"He was older," she said, "and
he told me he was a New York
bootblack. But, whoever he was.
I killed him."
Then she calmly recited the de
tails of the killing.
The boy, she said, had come to
the Wineville farm and asked for
lodging. The next day he was to
be driven to San Bernardino with
her son but the automobile was
disabled and they didn't leave.
"That night I went to the wood
shed where the boy was sleeping;
and I found him unconscious and
bleeding," she related. "1 knew
he was dying so I picked up an
ax and put him out of his misery."
Gordon, she declared, had
nothing to de with the murder.
"He was in the house fixing the
radio all the time." she asserted.
She refused to discuss her hus
band or talk about a statement
she is said to have made in River
side that Gordon Stewart North
cott is an illegitimate son of an
unnamed British lord.
FOX BREEDERS TO
MEET HERE FRIDAY
The Oregon State Fox Breeders
association will hold Its midwin
ter meeting at the Salem chamber
ef commerce; rooms Friday, with
the sessions opening at 10 a. m.
The association will not hold a
pelt show at this meeting, but the
officers have asked members who
have pelts to exhibit to bring them
for the benefit to be derived from
exchange of ideas . concerning
pelts. .
The program, which will be fol
lowed by a business meeting,. in
cludes:
Mrs. A. J. Bier,. "Aftermath of
the Show," i W. S. Pemberton.
Feeding Foxes to Hold Color In
Fur;" W. L. Churchill. "Mating
of Foxes4" F, W. Newman, "Pelt
ing of a Fox;" C. H. Larson, "Sale
of Breeding Stock - vs. Pelts;"
Eugene Finaly, "Laying Out a
Fox Ranch;" C. M. Anderson.
"Proper Location for Fox Ranch;"
Roy Newport. "Findings on. In
spection Tour," Dr. O. A. Welsh,
"Reporting on -the Show."
Governor Won't
Probe Lynching
! JACKSON.! Miss.. Jan. 1.
(AP) -Unless the courts take a
hand., the curtatn has been rsng
down on the crimes of murder.
abduction and lynching . that "have
rocked north . Mississippi 'since
Thursday. Arrlviag here tonight.
Governor Theodore C Bilbo an
nounced that no. Investigation of
the burning at the stake of Char
ley. Shepherd, convict slayer and
abductor, would be made at bie
instigation. "I have neitberthe
time nor the1 money, to investigate
two thousand people' he said.
from them for more than a month.
been found M the missing couple
SAID LARGEST EVER
Ducks Win Hoop Game From
Indian School Quintet;
Program Held
The dargest crowd in the his
torv of the annual New Year's
open house of the Salem Y. M.
C. A., filled the building almost
to capacity Tuesday afternoon
and night for the special programs
staged under the direction of the
Y staff.
The outstanding features were
a basketball game in which the
Y. M. C. A. Ducks defeated the
Chemawa Indian school quintet 27
to 10, and the swimming exhibi
tions by the Boys' division and
high school mermen in the af
ternoon and by a group of 30 girls
under the direction of Mrs. Harold
Rowley in the evening. The latter
was a pageant depicting the his
tory of swimming.
The day s events ciosea wJtn a.
program in the lobby, at which
speakers we're Roy R. Hewitt, rep
resenting the Y. M. C. A. board
of directors, and C. A. Kells, gen
eral secretary of the Y. Col. Carle
Abrams presided.
Mr. Hewitt described the last
year's work at the Y. as the most
successful in its history here.
Musical numbers in the lobby
program Included a vocal solo by
Miss Lillian Scott, "Sylvia." two
solos by Ronald Craven, "The
Green Eyed Dragon" and "The
Little Hills Are Calling," and a
duet by Mtss Scott and Mr. Cra
ven, "In the Garden of Tomor
row." , In the volleyball matches, Paul
Acton's picked team defeated a
team captained by Dr. L. E. Bar
rick, three games oMt of four, and
the Kay Woolen Mills and state-
house teams tied, two games each.
A tumbling team of exceptional
ability coached by J. Harris, cir
cus acrobat who is a temporary
resident of Salem, presented an
interesting exhibition.
The Benner family furnished
the afternoon musical program.
The Ducks' victory over the In
dian school team Was an ' upset,
and an indication that last year's
Y. M. C. A. champions will have
an even stronger team this year
than in the past.
Summary:
Chemawa Ducks
George (4) F (10) Batchelor
Prettyman (2) ..Fe3 Schwabbauer
Leaske C (10) Flake
Spencer G 1. Schaeffer
Peratrovich (4) G (2) Gamble
Vivette .: S (2) Hagemanu
Meachem S '
Braveagle 1 ."5
Referee, Satchwell.
Scientist Head
Reiutes Barnes
NEW YORK. Jan. 1. (AP)
Henry Fairfield Osburn.. pres
ident of the America association
for the Advancement of Science,
tonight characterized i as an "un
warranted intrusion" of the scien
tific meeting the paper suggesting
a revision of the concept of God
which was read before a sectional
meeting last Saturday by Dr. Har
ry E. Barnes of Smith college:
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 1.
(AP) The Montana State col
lege Bobcats defeated Whitman
college, 45 to-4 2. in a spetacular
basketball game here tonight.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 1.
(AP) Babe Morrison, who
started at forward on the Port
' land '.hockey .team this season.,
'was sold to: the Seattle Eski
. mos of the Pacific Coast hockey
league' today. The . announced
menf was made by Bobby Rowe.
manager of the -Portland Back-,
aroos. Rowe said tie Portland
club would receive $1,000 for
Morrison, who came to Portland
from Detroit at ths" start of the
season . . " ' - ,v
n HOUSE EM
Sport Briefs
Women
ur normal 3c
Killed by Flames
Six Others Escape Death Only by Leaping to Safely
From Second Story of Rooming House; Indepen
dence Trucks Rush to Help of Local Department
irv Fighting Blaze Started by Illumina
tion on Christmas Tree
MONMOUTH. Ore., Jan. 1. (Special) Three women -students
of the Oregon Normal school, Evelyn Ohman or"-
Portland, Florence. Graham of Newport and Margaret Hem- K
mers of Gresham, were trapped and burned to death here to
night in a blaze which destroyed the student boarding how ,
owned by Mrs. Minnie Mack on Jackson street.
Two of the girls, Miss Ohman and Miss Graham, were
burned to death in their beds at the rear of the second floor.
Miss Hemmers apparently attempted to escape but was suf-
Cops Rush To See
Body Io Car; Find
Corpse In Hearse
Salem Bookkeeper Injured in
Nose and Legs as. Result
of Accident
PORTLAND, Jan. 1. (AP)
Approximately 100 persons who
took the advent of the new year
lightly Imbibed too freely of
whoopee extract, will face city
court Judges tomorrow. Seven Qf
the group have been charged with
driving while Intoxicated. One
was arrested In. 1928 and the
others in 192. One stole a taxi
cab and went tor a very Bhort
ride. Another drove a block .be
fore he was arrested after strik
ing another car. Athlrd was
forcibly escorted to headquarters
by the driver of the machine he
bumped.
A case is on tile of an unnamed
celebrant who told police that a
body lay in an automobile, in the
street at a Broadway address. Po
lice piled into a patrol wagon, an
emergency physician swung out
the drive in a fast car and both
machines streaked for the ad
dress. They found a hearse stand
ing there. Inside the hearse was
a corpse. -
Frank B. Willis celebrated the
New Year by making a standing
dive for a lamp post. He hit the
post squarely and was sent'to a
hospital where a severe scalp
wound was dressed. He was
charged with being drunk.
Although many traffic crashes
resulted from New Year'seve and
New Year's day motoring, no seri
ous accidents had occurred up to
a late hour tonight.
Pedestrians were reported In-
4 J . . , J I .1 1
jurea io minor degrees wuen nvy
were struck by automobiles.
Katherine- Schlitt, 20, Salem
bookkeeper, was sent to a hos
pital for treatment of Injuries to
her nose and legs received when
be automobile in which she was
riding collided with another car.
Salemite Hurt
In Auto Smash
H. T. Fleetwood, 849 Market
street, received injuries to his hip
and a young woman riding with
him received bruises whear another
car struck his as he drove onto
Court street from Waverly, s
short street near the Capitol. The
Fleetwood "machine -was . badly
damaged. Mr. Fleetwood was
taken to his home by the Golden
ambulance.
Rabbi Herman Beck Quits
As National Chaplain of ;
Veterans' Organization
POTTSV1LLE. Pa.. Jan. ..'1
(AP) The Poltsville "morning
paper" will tomorrow carry an an
nouncement by. Rabbi Herman
Beck of the local Obeb Zedek re.
formed congregation that he has
tendered his resignation as na
tional chaplain of the American
Legion to vice national comman
der Edward S. White.
, Rabbi j Beck, who was elected
national chaplain at the American
Legion convention in Ban Antonio
last September; said he had ask
ed Wbite.to place bis resignation
before; September, said be bad
asked White to place bis; resigna
tion before the executive commit
tee of the Legion when It meets In
Indianapolis .on Jan.-14.. ;V
-"When commander White hap
pened to be in Potfsville last Son
day," the Rabbi's .announcement
reads, "be visited ma at my borne
and I took advantage of the opH
portunity to present my t resigna
tion to h lor. - ' V t ,,T r4
; "Without seking asy ( of fiee I
Student
1 1
tlOOl
rocatea.
Sis "others escaped by Junipinc
down over a blazing stair ;j
from the second floor,; Gladys Mo-
Cumsey, Wllma 'Baker, Benlan
Thomas, Alice Wallace, lrne
Stevens and Lillian Ribneck.
It was feared at first that oth
er students might have been
caught and burned to death, am
no one knew how many of the ten
ants had returned today to re
sume their studies; but a thor
ough search of the ruins lata to
night revealed only the Mirrw
bodies.
Christmas Trte
Candle to Blame
The fire spread from a ligh-Hjd
candle on a Christmas "tree. lit
Ignited the tree, which had w4n
in the house for two weeks and
was dry; Mrs. Mack, alone Jn the
room, attempted to drag tbejie
outdoors and was badly burned t
doing so. From the tree the fnr
nishings in the room qukkiy
caught fire and in an almost in
credibly short time the entire
house, old and dry as tinder. we
a mass of flames.
Dr. F. B. Bewersox, a near
neighbor, turned in n alarm and
Professor H. C. Stansbauph of tfco
normal school, who saw' the ft
first, sent one in about the nesne
time, after running several bssofan
to a telephone. Calls tor nek to
nearby towns were delayed? by tne
demoralized condition of
phone service following the i
enow storm. The Independence
firemen came quickly to th;M
of local volunteers, but the
ing house was doomed from
first, and the firemen had a
fight to prevent spread of thefJf
to adjoining buildings. 1
Qne of Victims I
Seen at Window
C. W. White, one of the fioac
men to arrive on the scene, jsnw
a girl standing in one of thenec
ond story, windows; he called u
her to Jump, 'then saw ber ,
back, apparently overcome by
smoke. This was" believed to tsave
been Miss Hemmers.
Why It was that the girls 4 id,
not become aware of the fir fa '
time to escape could not be 1
ed tonight definitely, but
rooming house was large and Mi
been built years ago; it had mm
fire escape. The three who wee
burned were In the back part -mt'
the house, far from the stairway
The six girls .who escaped '
all on the verge of hysteria
night, and their house mother '
bade their being questioned.
The building was a total loan,
together with the belongings, cf
all of its tenants. '
King's Condition
Is Mending Again
LONDON, Jan. 1 (AP) A e
of hopefulness sounded by Queans
Mary in a New, Year s ' messssne
which she sent to the lord maj
of London, - today received
firmation tonight.
have successfully been post
lain, state chaplain and nat
chaplain of the American
This work makes many heavy
mands upon me and my health I
for some time not been of the
Though my congregation bas mt
erously granted me many psv
leges in connection wltb : Ibene
positions I feel that this Is an
portunlty to .relieve mysell
some of these arduous duties.
' "I have been' assured that y
successor -will . be , another Jew Jefc j ...
Rabbi and therefore the recognts
tion given by the 'American J-anH '
Ion -to the many-valiant -eoldleve r
of Hebrew faith who fought 1 ta ,.
world war will not be lessenesl 4y r
my resignation. "I appreciate
honoT' of my election and1 rc
that my health will not permit i
to Vive the fullness -01
which ths office carries with-
Rabbi Beck came to tMs caw
try from Russia as a cmw siaw
tadled for-a time at the ;
Isaac Elchmanan semmavy i
Yrtr.
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