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FOUNDED 1831
EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 7, 1932
No. 3X
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GRAND JURY IS
lllHiffiTS
Expense, Excessive Parole
List, Calling of Other
judges Among items
Circuit Judge may , Avert
Probe by ! Failing ' to
1 Retain Tribunal
Angered by cutting criticism of
Its 1 work which the- county court
holds is unwarranted, that group
yesterday addressed a letter "to
the county clerk asking that the
Marlon county grand jury be re
quested to conduct a full investi
gation of the circuit court over
whjch Judge L. H. McMahan pre
sides. It was McMahan who pro
voked the court's action inasmuch
as j the Judge had published a
1500-word statement Thursday ac
cusing, members of the court, as
well as the district attorney and
sheriff of the county, and several
staite officials, of gross inefficien
cy in office.
Five specific matters which the
county court wishes Investigated
are outlined in its letter which
late Friday was handed to Secre
tary Allison of the grand Jury. In
addition the court pointed to a
considerable amount of material
It now possesses concerning the
conduct of the circuit court's af
fairs since Judge McMahan as
sumed control of department one
two years ago.
Whether the Judge will move
to j block investigation will be
known today inasmuch as the
grand jury's term expires this aft
ernoon unless Judge McMahan re
news it. He appointed the present
Juify for the April term of court,
expiring today, and unless he con
tinues the jury by his order, it
passes out of existence. Of four
former times he has continued the
same grand jury from a previous
terms of court.
Five Questions for
Probe are Cited
The court's letter to the clerk
and the grand jury includes the
following five questions about
which an investigation is asked
fl. What is wricess In the
cost of the trial of law suits in
Marion county at the present time
and for the last year over the
costs thereof in the same court
under Judge Percy It. Kelly, who
formerly presided therein?
'2. What is the condition of
the circuit court criminal docket
with respect to the number of
paroles and suspended sentences?
'rtf'Z. Why was the case of the
state of Oregon vs. Keller, Adams,
Fetty, Stockman and Coshow re
ferred to you as a grand jury by
thij circuit judge of Marion coun
ty thereby placing upon our tax
payers the obligation of paying
the costs of the trials of these
cases, entailing the expenditure
ofi approximately $3,800 a trial,
when everr other countv In the
state was involved in the matter
. as; much as, or more than, Marion
county?
iM4. Why did Judge McMahan
refuse to try the cases of: State
vaj Manning (murder) ; State vs.
Ripley (murder); , State vs. Er
pejding (murder); State vs. Oiesy
and Schwab (bank frauds); and
State vs. Archerd (warehouse
fraud): and thereby require the
sending in of outside judges to
try the same at extra expense to
the taxpayers and inexcusable de
. lay in the administration of jus
tice?
"5. What do you find to be the
relative degree of efficiency of
department one of the circuit
court for Marion county as it is
now conducted?
j'You are Interested as a grand
jury, in the reduction of, taxes
and the stoppage of leaks of pub
lic funds. Great good can come
from your Investigations in this
respect."
County Court Has
Records on Costs
In making its request for an in
vestigation the county court fort-
lfJeq itself with investigations
concerning Judge McMahan's con
duct of the circuit court here and
the record of his predecessor,
Judge Percy It. Kelly. These in;
vegtigations show: That Judge
Kelly tried 62 cases during the
year 1929 at a total cost of 37,-
890.09, or an average cost of
$127.26 per trial: and 65 cases
In: 1930 from January to Octo
ber at a total cost of 16902.91, or
$125.51 per caae.
During 1931, It Is set - forth.
Judge McMahan tried 50 eases at
a total cost of $7(03.90, or an
average of $152.08 per case, an
average Increase of 3 2 . 6 7 per
. caae over the average cost under
fudge Kelly daring- 1930.
Costs to the county in apprehen
ding and bringing criminals to
trial have also been greatly In
creased ' under the radical parole
policy pursued by Judge McMa
han. it la alleged, the officers
painting out that they hare beea
- kept busy running down, rearrest
tug and retrying. criminal violat
ors who were paroled by Judge
McMahan and who returned im
mediately, in a large number of
Instances, to their criminal pur-
uits. - .
(Behind the county court's crit
icism of Judge McMahan's parole
volley lies a record of 110 crlmln
al eases taken into his court be
tween the time he took office in
j (Turn to pag 2, col. 4)
Alice in New Wonderland
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u sc.i YAxrrffyrfSyy Ainu trtictiLi
The original Alice of Lewis CarrolTa immortal fantasv entered m nw
engaria docked at New York on
bit. Mad Hatter or March Hare,
derland Of towerlnir akTScranern
above th clouds, Mrs. Hargreares, now 80 year a old, was the little girl for whom Lewis Carroll
Alice and her two sisters. But though the sisters were content to hear the story from the lips of
ita creator, little Alice Iiddell, fearful lest she forget a detail. Instated upon-the dreamy professor
of mathematics writing thestorj In a book for her. This Carroll did and that same manuscript, pen-
ned to amuse a child was later sold for $75,000. Mrs. HargreaTes Is here to attend the lOOth anni-
versary celebration of the birth of Lewis Carroll, at Colombia university. She is accompanied by her
nuy hut living son, captain carvi
FIVE CITY THEN
OUTDO SUSH
Three Others on Temporary
Basis due to Illness of
Regular men
Five of the eight city firemen
ordered dismissed from the de
partment as an economy measure
haye left their stations. The other
three are being retained as sub
stitutes for three firemen who
are on the sick list.
Under the new personnel ar
rangement, two shifts of two men
each serve at the three branch
stations and two shifts of 1 2 each
at Central station. Including the
chief, the department now has 37
men. -
Off duty are Captain William
Hunt, wh.o suffered a broken
shoulder at the warehouse fire
by the river last week, Herbert
W. Savage and R. E. Oglesbee,
who are recovering from opera
tions of appendicitis.
Those dismissed from the ser
vice are: "E. rP Chamlee, 1340
North 17th street; I. R. Smith,
1115 North Capitol street; C. E.
Elliott, 1845 Nebraska street;, R.
W. Nash, 42S North Cottage
street and Lbney Barrett. Dis
missal was based on seniority In
service.
The suggestion of the city coun
cil fire committee that a fireman
and his family take up residence
at each of the outside stations has
gone unheeded. With regular
crews at each station, contrary to
first plana, none of the firemen
care to -move in without having
the building to themselves.. The
suggestion was first made when
it was proposed to take all reg
ular crews out of the -branches. -
Poisoning Attempt Case
Heard in
Preliminary hearing In the
state's case . against Mrs. MIna
Foltx, Woodburn nurse charged
with attempt to kill or Injure by
administering poison, started in
justice court early yesterday att
iroon, and when a halt was called
at C o'clock, the state had 10
more witnesses to call.
. - Chief among those oq the stand
yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Donaldson. Mrs. Donaldson la the
alleged near-victim of the sup
posed attempt. 4
According to testimony of both
Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, the al
leged attempt took place a result
of Infatuation of Donaldson with
Mrs. Folts, whom he told the
court had "hypnotized him- and
made him do whatever she want
ed him to do".
All the witnesses called yester
day - the Donaldsons, Dr. . Paul
Pemberton, Marguerite and Beat
rice Donaldson told substantial
ly the same story of the poisoning
episode: f how the- nurse, Mrs,
Foltx. In ministering to Mrs. Don
aldson who was recovering from
an .operation, gave Mrs. Donald
son a mixture of two tablespoons
of Iysol and three of trait Juice,
sad how Mrs. Donaldson Imme
diately spit it outj tailing that
the had - been poisoned. This oc
curred last November.
Fakes ofCiU
her last trip fro m England. Bat
instead. AUr- w ho la mm. aiim
and 'slender snirea that team a
liarer eaves, ox tne scots uuaras.
Voters Frown on
Consolidation of
School Districts
, i
Consolidation of three school
districts Into one in the county
failed, according to an official
canvass of the votes conducted
yesterday by the district boundary
board. The Mountain View, Por
ter and Hullt districts proposed
to consolidate but the proposition
was defeated 41 to 7. , A negative
vote was given in each of the
three districts.
Official returns were:
District SS, Mountain View
Yes 2; No 15.
District 127, Porter Yes 2;
No 19.
District 107, Hullt Yea 2;
No 7.
COUCTOIIS FORM
E
With the object of protecting
themselves from arbitrary wage
demands by labor, a group of Sa
lem contractors last night decided
to organize a building trades con
tractors association, at a meeting
at the chamber of commerce.
While lately they have had no
trouble with organised labor, the
contractors are of the opinion it
would be for their best interests
to become organized.
A. C. Nelson was elected chair
man of a membership committee
which will enlist other contractors
and set a date for the next meet
ing. He will be assisted by H. C.
Hummel and Ed O. Pratt.
Fifty contractors from aD
branches of the building Industry
will be enlisted for the new organ
ization, it was estimated. When
organization Is effected, it is
planned that, the contractors shall
make a wage Agreement with the
labor organizations,
Justice Court
, All testified In one form or an
other that Mrs. Foltx had said
Immediately the dosage was a
mistake, and cross examination
of B. A. Kliks, attorney for Mrs
Folts, Indicated that this in part
will be the defense, Donaldson, on
the stand the longest time, de
clared however' that Mrs. Folts
had told him at one time: "I wish
I had got enough down . to kill
her". -
Both Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson
and their daughters. Marguerite
and Beatrice, told how Mrs. Don
aldson finally -suspected Donald
son of relationship with - Mrs.
Folts, and how .about: 10:30
o'clock the night of March 7, last,
Mrs. ' Donaldson and her children
went to Mrs. Fultx' home In
Woodburn, there to find : Mrs
Folts sitting on Donaldson's lap,
Attorney Kliks attempted to
wring from each of the font wit
nesses statement that - Mrs. - Don
aldson and J her husband had
"made up" and she. had Instruct
ed him to take the scene at the
Folts home. Each witness stout
ly denied this.
Donaldson told of Illicit Tela
tlons with Mrs; Folts, beginning
a tew days after the alleged At
tempt at poisoning, and stretch-
tns for several ' months. He cited
(Turn to page 2, eoi. S)
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at Eighty
sutav Manuscript '
Wonderland when th line Rap.
this time there was no White Rah-
nimnMa. IaaVmi nnm, m. urnn. I
notnt n atlll mnntht land that Km
ana ner sister, mim zuioda TJddell. I
MUSIC WEEK ML
PROGRAM TONIGHT
800 Performers Will Take
Part; Communities to
Be Represented
Salem and surrounding eom-
the armory tonight where about
800 performers will present at
8: IB o'clock the grand program
planned as a finale to Music
week observations in the city and
county.
r.,-- 4 iv-
sented on the program will be
th wi knnvn ciria Nnnrorim
chorus from Mt Anxel and dl-
rected bv A. F. JR. Schlerbaum: I
th Sllverton trnmnet auartet: I
nrwinntn Rtivartn,, hand dl-1
Tected by Hal Campbell: Aums-
villa hlh school mixed chorus,
Mrs. Gladys Burgess, director;
Woodburn girls' quartet. Wood-
burn glee club, Selma Baylor, di
rector,; Woodburn girls' trio, and
an orchestra from Mt. Angel.
From Salem will be a chorus of
between six and seven hundred
grade and Junior high school ehll
dren under the direction of Miss
Gretchen Kreamer. Salem high
..v-i wii nia nnAr nu
- rih.rf rv.i-.nr mrsA hlrh
v-i .v.-,,... win va itniAntiui
SVUUVl KUWtua'oa "... w -
under direction of Lena Belle
Tartar.
Civic
rmnu tn nrospnt music
will be the saiem Maarigai eiuo,
Salem elvle male chorus, and a
mUhnrnii aU under direction
of Prof. E. W. Hobson. The semi -
chorus is new in Its formation
.. .in4a T.titan Rt-att Oladvs
l.r sonranos: altos. Mrs. J. H.
a-vi..v tn riaAtnrA ami Ha-
o;uuwvw
zel Shutt; tenors, Wendell Rob-1
inson and Ronald Craven; bassos,
R. D. Barton, Hertoert uooson ana
Carl Wenger.
Each group has splendid num
bers to nresent and the conclud
ing number should be brilliantly j
spectacular, because It is an en
semble chorus.
Hawley Goes to
Office But Not
Ready For Work
PORTLANDj May . (AP)
A special Washington dispatch to
the Oregonlan .today said Con
gressman W. C Hawley, who was
injured by an . automobile Wed
nesday, was in hia office today
for a short time but was com
pelled to go home again. The dis-
patch Indicated It may be nee-
essary for Hawley
week rest.
to take a
. The dispatch said the White
Hons sent Hawley a basket of
roses on hearing of hia injuries.
Storage Plant
Burns, Altoona
ASTORIA. Ore.; May C. (AP)
The cold storage warehouse and
receiving ; station of the Pacific
Fish company at Altoona, Wash.,
was destroyed today by tire of
undetermined origin.
The plant, owned by the As-1 what Judge coshow has saw. (Edward Diets, jean Anne eo
toria Savings hank, was valued I Newland had originally sab-1 wards. Lois May Gregson, Dick
at about 340.000. Insurance to-1 scribed for 10 shares of Empire I Haynes. Vernon Johnson, Rita Me
taled only about S14.000. ;
STATE G
CLOSE OF CASE
Coshow Defense Will Start
Tuesday, Forecast; he
Will Take Stand
Shambrook Leading Stock
Buyer, Tells Influence
Defendant Exerted
DALLAS. Ore., May 9
eial) Testimony of the state wit
nesses in. the case against Judge
10. P. Coshow will be resumed
Monday morning at 9:45. Bar-
nett Goldstein, special prosecutor.
plans to complete his case Mon
day afternoon. It is pr6bable that
most of the time Monday will be
taken up with the testimony of
R. T. Carstensen, auditor repre
senting the Portland concern
which audited the books of the
Empire Holding corporation.
D. R. Shambrook of Roseburg,
Friday told of his acquaintance
with Judge Coshow and how he
had become interested in the Em
pire stock. Mr. Shambrook was
the first subscriber for Empire
stock and was the only man qual
ified for a place as a director
who had paid for his stock in
uil- He was told by C. L. McKay,
s salesman, that' it required an
llnTestment Of $20,000 for a di-
rectorship in the concern and that
tne exception of a small fee which
mInt be required by Judge Cc
,now for leal duties,
Mr. Shambrook subscribed for
200 shares of Empire stock and
paia xor mis m iuh wim neeuB-
port water bonus ana umpqua
Valley bank stocks amounting to
320,000.
Judge Coshow visited Roseburg
and had a conversation wita Mr.
Shambrook about the Empire con
cern. At this time, according to
Shambrook. Judxe Coshow said
that salaries of officers were lim
ited as the officers were "not go-
Inr to take all the milk from a
little calf and starve it to death.'
Judge Coshow was also quoted as
saying that he was putting in
dollar for' dollar the same as Mr.
Shambrook and the others.
Was Warned Againrt
8nMMrtina Clancy
Thaler in the vear. Mr. Sham-
hrook received a letter from
Jodge Coshow inviting him to at
mnA a mAatittr and Danauei in
Portland and to bring any friends university students attended Wil
along that might be "prosperous." lamette night at the Elsinore the
At this meetina- Judge Coshow tre where concerted May activl-
talk in which he stated
that he believed the Empire stock
to be a souna investment
the Emnlre plan was a good thing
for Oregon. ' .... I
Mr. Bhamoroos: statea mai net
learned ai xne annual iweiuym-
era' meeting in jjecemoer,
that the securities received were
loeing soia ior casn nu 1
aii over 10 me aukie. i
Mr. Goldstein introduced a let-Uppear before the Queen and her
ter from Judge Coshow to Mr. l court and offer their entertaln
nhamhrook. dated November 1, Intent. The faatnra of thin ear'a
1931, which told how Frank Kel-
ler was forced, out oi tne concern
and also was to warn Mr. Sham-
brook against misrepresentations
which were supposed to have been
made hy Dr. ciancy. inw
I "Some of the salesmen who
I hava heen working with Keller
I ar bnav workinc for Dr. ciancy.
1 1 again can your anenuwu,
I .. ... .1
liact tnat UT. (jiaacy uw u "
I to do with putting Keller out or.
inere ion 7yi
tion was aemanaea Dy ur. aubu...
I Mr. Fetty, and Mr. Stockman,
during my absence, and after a
long wrangle, persuaded him to
I asTft to a cancellation oi doiu
"I think you ought to know
I these facts because you have been
I . . .
deceived and misled In i good
many particulars. What Is more,
luave, out wr -.D"""
support or neiier aunng uie iu
six months I verily believe that
we would have had at least one
insurance company organized ana
in operation."
Uncertain About
Exact Statement
Under cross-examination by Mr,
Hayter, the witness was haiy
about whether Coshow had said
that he had put his money in the
corporation or whether he said
he would put it ia. Mr. Goldstein
objected to the method of cross
examination used by Mr. Hayter
several times but was overruled
on each occasion. Mr. Shambrook
said that Judge Coshow hadnot tects. Of the 275 .pupils register
stated definitely how much money ed. 101 1 are edible to receive tte
he had paid to. T ol Health.-
M. J. NewUnd Of ROSeOUrgl
stated that he had been in
nartnonhfn with hia father. J. O.I
Newland. and Mr. Shambrook In
selling Empire stock. He was the
only one of the group who- was a uienit) vernagen. uouia wr,
registered salesman. He stated Laura Jean Bates. Horace Beldln,
that the firm, known as the Em- Bobby Clark, Larry Lnlsh, Lor
pire Real Estate Mortgage com- ella O'Brien. Jimmy Smith, Velma
pany, had received about III 41 Welnstein and Gordon Waller,
la commissions. Second tade-thartne Joaes.
Newland's testimony was tim- Hazel .Wilson,' Robert Barber,
liar to that of - Shambrook? hut Bonnie Benson, David Berger, Joe
varied on a tew points. He said Bowersox. John Carlson, Roy
that Coshow had told them that Gray, Edwin Fitxslnunons, Ralph
he paid tor his stock with money Maker, Donna Marrs and Gordon
ha had aaved while on the bench. Rlngle. - . . -
He also stated that he understood Third grade Carol Cook, Mar
Coshow to ay that no salaries jorie Lepper, Glenn Smith, Dale
were being paid He became eon- BaiesZ Lawrence Barn am. Mar
fused in the cross-examination jorie Bargsvik. Mary Jane .Bra
gad could net state definitely beck. Ronald Birch, Marian Boyle,
' (Turn to page 2, eoL. 1).
BiesiFrom'As
White R
Sympathy
Extended
President Hoover Sends
Of Assassin Recalled; Lindbergh Case
Brought in.Through Paper Found
WASHINGTON, May 6 (AP) The sorrow of France at
the death of President Paul Doumer found a bond of
sympathy tonight in official
President Hoover, who himself sent a message of sym
pathy to President Doumer immediately after hearing of the
attack, kept informed of reports
O
MAY FESTIVITIES
T HEIGHT T
Breakfast.' Coronation and
Dances, Track Meet,
Play Highlights
TODAY'S PROGRAM
7:80 to 0:80 May morning
breakfast at Chresto.
8:30 to 10:80 Tennis Match
(Willamette vs. Linfleld).
11:00 to 1 : OO Dances and
ringing of Victory bell.
Z:0O to 4-'0O Track meet
(Willamette vm. Linfleld).
4:15 Freshman-fiophomore
tug-o'-war.
8:18 Junior play MMinlck
at Senior high andttorium.
The May festivities will be go
ing full swing today with a fun
program starting with a breakfast
this morning and winding up with
the junior class play "Minlck" at
the senior high auditorium to
night.
A largo number of Willamette
ties got under way. A gala atmos
phere was attendant and today's
?' " w.
onui.
The principal event of the day
will be crowning of Queen
uenrnae ai 11 o ciock. Dr. uari
u. uonev. nresiaeni or Willamette
university, will be the master of
ceremonies ana piaceine crown.
uancers ana niavers win tnen
entertainment will be "The Ad-
venture of Robin Hood." The plot
wm be set on the East side of the
campus midst the natural setting
1 0f the forest in the background
and the green sod beneath foot.
Special loud speakers will be
installed in order that all may
hear the dialogue of the players.
During the noon luncheon the
Willamette university band will
.- .
The final gesture of the May
program will be the junior class
play "Minlck" which promises to
be one of the best worked out
productions given by the univer
sity for considerable time.
CHAMBER ELECTS
PORTLAND, Ore., May 6
(AP) Arthur L. Fields, automo
bile dealer, was elected president
of the Portland chamber of com
merce today.
Many at Grant School
Are Heralds of Health
Approximately 40 per cent of
the pupils at Grant grade school
here have observed the rules of
health during the past school year
and are now tree of physical de-
m nerew papua are:
1 . X1 grauo "J -,i r
June uregson, waiter xiiwyoL.
Bernlce MiscWer,. Herbert Ray,
irry shook, io Bnooa. rowi.
ill wain, Louis Ramage, Carey
ussian 1
of World
to France
Message; Strange Acts
circles of Washington.
from the Pans hospital and
tomorrow will express the con
dolences of the people of this
country to the sorrowing populace
of the French republic.
PRAGUE, Czecho Slovakia,
May 8 (AP) Prague newspap
ers today identified Dr. Paul Gor-
gulov, the man who killed Presi
dent Doumer of France, as a Rus
sian emigre who got his doctor's
degree here. He never was in
volved in any violence but his
wild projects frequently alarmed
his friends.
Gorgulov came here in 1923
and was snubbed by the monar
chist Russians whom he sought
out. He tried to organize a Rus
sian Fascist movement, telling
Emigrees he was destined to bring
about a military dictatorship in
Russia to be headed by himself.
PARIS, May ( (AP) -Thd
LdnaDefgn Kidnaping case was
brought Into Investigation into
the shooting of President Paul
Doumer today.
The ministry of interior an
nounced that a document had
been found on Dr. Paul Gorgulov,
the assassin, in which he refer
red to himself as the chief of
terrorist organization bent on tak
ing vengeance in the United
States as well as France. Accord
ing to tne. ministry announce
ment, the document said that the
organization had kidnaped the
Lindbergh baby and that he would
not be returned to his parents.
JUD6HOTEST
Four-H Club Fair to Close
Today; More Winners'
Names are Listed
Scoring 1270 points out of a
possible 100, La Verne White
head and Margaret SchiffeTer of
Turner won first honors in - the
home economics Judging contest
held yesterday in connection with
the annual Marion county 4-H
club fair, which closes late this
afternoon at the chamber of com
merce. LaVerne Whitehead also
held highest Individual score.
Florence Copley and Alice Cun
ningham of route three, placed
second; and another Turnc- team,
EIoIbo Mellis and Mildred Bones,
was third. -
The girls entering the contest
were from either cooking or sew
ing clubs, the winners falling in
the latter project. They were re
quired to score bread, cake, can
ned vegetables and fruit, aprons,
slips, towels and dresses.
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
club members will hold a dress
(Turn to page 2, col. 7)
Snyderr Roland Stewart, Daniel
Verhagen and Allan Welnstein.
Fourth grade Genevieve Ad
ams, Roscoo Anns, juanita Aus
tin, Donald Barnlck. Rosemary
Bell, Margaret Canoy, Mary Ham
mack, George Hochstetler, Burson
Ireland. Lester- Jenes, Nell Koch,
LeRoy Maker, Robert McKee and
Jane Saunders.
Fifth grade Frances Dewey,
Bernlce Elgin, Ralph FJetsing. El-
don MeCulley, Mane Mead, Mar
vin O'Brien, Coe Roberts, Helen
Sebum, Marlowe Simmons, Ma
bel' Stevenson, Yerden Thompson,
Arlynn Thrapp, Velora, Betty
Aaansen, Margaret Barrett, Ar
thur Boyle, Jack Burris. Glean
Hocastettler, Mag LIphart, George
McKinlay, Sammy Orcutt, Vera
Tanner and Donald Turner.
Sixth grade Robert BmshneO.
Eunice Johnson, Mary E. Jones,
Bruee Lepper, Marvin Litwlllcr,
Esther Mapes, Slaryl Austin. Ruth
Anmnsen, Jeanette Bombeek, Mar
garet Chadwick, Carol Clark, Bar
bara Compton, Rath Fargo, Ber
lin Bargin, Richard Jonac, Br
teU Kenyon. Daisy Miaton, Robert
Sfewert, Elmer Scheelar, Perry
Thrapp. - Roy Tick and Myrti
Wheeler.
HER
anaoc mmm
IES
II
AFTER ATTACK
Assailant Says Purpose te
To Cause war Between
France, Soviet
Affairs of State Placed ki
'Uncertain Status by
Leader's Demise
By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY
PARIS, May 7 (Saturday)-
(AP) Paul Doumer, venerable
president of France, died at 4:40
. today (7:40 p.m. Friday, Pa
cific standard time) from two bul
let wounds inflicted by a "white
Russian fanatic who shot him
down yesterday as he was attend
ing a war veterans charity exhi
bition. He was 75 years, old.
The president lingered almoat
exactly 12 hours. Seven physici
ans did their utmost to save him, '
resorting to numerous blood
transfusions and to the use of oxy
gen to assist his tailing heart.
When the end came the entire
French cabinet was assembled in
a room at Beaujon hospital ad
joining the one occupied by M..
Doumer. At the bedside were th
president's wife, one of his daagn
ters and several of his physician.
Mme. Doumer, who gave four
sons to the republic on the battle
fields of the great war, broke
down completely.
Act Designed to
Bring About War
The president was shot by Dr.
Paul Gorgulov, who told polic
that his purpose was to "cans
Franc to declare war on Russia.
Dawn waa breaking as M. Dou
mer died.
The president died Just two
months to the dat after Aristide
Briand, whom he defeated tor tb
presidency of the republic a year
ago. He died on a simple iron
bedstead in the huge, bare hospi
tal, only a stone's throw from
where he waa shot by the assassin.
His last moments wereextreme
ly pathetic In vain he tried to bid
his weeping family farewell, but
he could not utter the words aad
sank back exhausted. He expired
a few moments later.
The entire cabinet, which was
sitting in the- next room, showed
deep emotion when the word was
passed to them that the president
had died. In a group they followed
the body as it was removed from
the hospital to the presidential
palace.
Greeting Veteran
When Attack Made
The old statesman who had giv
en four sons to France was smil
ing a kindly greeting to the veter
ans he loved so dearly when two
bullets from the assassin's auto
matic crashed into hil slender
body.
M. Doumer crumpled to the
floor.
"Impossible!" he murmured.
There was an instant's pause.
then those in the distinguished ,
company nearest their president !
sprang into action.
Claude Farrere, noted author,
dashed for the assassin add grab-
ed the man as a bullet pierced his
6wn arm. .
Paul Gulchard, director of Paris
police, closed in. He too got a
bullet in th arm.
Franclola Pietri, mlnistet of de
fense, lunged forward and knock
ed up the Russian hand. A bullet
crashed Into a case of Limoges
China nearby. A .news photogr
pber caught the assassin on th
cheek with hia camera. Then the
polite got. him.
Bqt th officers were not a mo
ment too soon.
Ther were shouts of "kill the
assassin! and many hands strove
to tear th prisoner away from hia
captors. Th crowd "got his eeat, 1
tor his shirt and mauled hint
badly before the polic could get
ontsld th building of th Roths
child foundation, where the exhi
bition was neia. ,
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