THE BEND BULLETIN
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VOL. XVI.
TIIK HKNI) lUJU.KTIN, DAILY KDITION, BKND, OREGON, TIIL'KSIMY AFTKKNOON, MAY 21, 1925
NO. 1 12
EXPERTS STATE;
TO FACE TRIAL
Dorothy Ellingson Hap
py At Propect
EARLY DATE ASKED
-irl Who Admitted Shoot
ing Mother May Kndeav-
or to shift Blame
til. P. ItttMd Wlrl.. Ifcf IW..J lulle1lhl
SAN rRANOUCO, May 11 ful.
'h ddtttii POttMNM "III prolnihl) tin
iiMd to )it(i(t itoioth Blllncton
BUt wIh-ii lh Jaf ic 1 r I QM Qfl (rial
for Ulf lUtfftd lattii( of h-r in i t h r
Till and Ihf fuel that thi trial
may In MH for MI. month, with tin
lirl MBlMdlM t hut "Jimmy I At
VUrr' ) t I th. ibootlftl wit (u(hi'n
. 1'luptin ht in Un- PtOpMlS f tti1
7 Vtt.r uhl ilvfvtiilfttil'ii rant
Tin- tiin iii lai SUrr, whom
inn- Oorothy rraiiMll ItrmiKht up
n IllT fnrilliT hi'arlllK hum a frlilli
- f hr iUvn. ihr Klrl .,m land
)h- In .' Ukl 10 hit ill hi k II (
Hw nothtf whi'ti tin' pftfMl uiijiM ti-ii
lo hia itMintloM to Dorotfcj
AttthorttlM huvr DttlAd in oMli
llM mail, alt hi iik h thiy hnhl two
ii'jtPN tiialh'il from St tmU InuirliiK
tiU -ltiii.it un. tu whlih In- aili.ill t.,
ttif MhuutlnK
SAN Klt.Wt 1st O. Ma 21 Dor
t h V BUlBCOOBi Jam v'M tnatrlcld. 1
r""11 ti.ef.i.i n.at ibi
a ill at hint hi it tnl ttlal for MlavtUK h
inol bOf
The 17 year old cafe favorite, who
for the put wekn han I a under
ripper rut Ion In the ntate hoHidtal at
N.ipa has BBlBOd 'he point BB0 rrleri
for BOfOOBHIII of medh a I BptKlol
h(m that Rhe U itol IbOOBOi
Tomorrow morn Inn tfciroihy will
Itn liriinartil li.uk lnt frum llti htm
pltnl and taken lum JadM Harold
l.oiiderhack'n court, when a date will
be art for the murder trial nhe hqi
daniandod from the tlrat.
Ileclnloll of elalll medical expertn
that the Kirl In not lunatic and never
ban been, uan rendered to JiiiIkc
lilldet Inn k late icterda) by lr J
Scani.iud. ittDOflataadanl of th
boapttal.
Thl raadlcal onlnlon wan arerted
i n
eiilbunlantli all) by Dorothy
clad to bear it. nhe nald. I wan
boplni for that rlRbt alOBI It M
had ellftllKll to be collnidered II tntir-
dOfaan wllhonl helnn called a lunatic
at I In- aUna time I will feel better
now when t fate the court."
Poafraapil Hlaylaa
PoaalMHt) that the Klrl Will din
cl iltn all renponnlhlllly for her molh
r'n alayliiK wan hinted todaj She
will altOtl Jlintnv La Mnrr. one of
her Jjatl plmmaten. did the nhiHitillK.
i, ml bBJ prepared a lob niory lo thin
effect, notne claim.
Th, Mate will move to but
Dor
otby'i rnnrdar irtal net for an ,
date, ponalbly within the net
weeka
Dorothy'l MOlbe?, Mm. Anna
'arly
tVVi,
lltiKnoll. wan nhot t
daath January I
IS, The Klrl wan captured two duVH
later lllld III the Utile collfeaned Hie
alaylnn. kiivIiik nhe killed her pnretil
hen nhe obleetad to Dorathy'i wlW
nlghl life
Cloudburst Hits Town,
Leaves Deposit of Mud
MDXINOTOS, Die.. May 21 Lex
ington cltlteni were digging Ihem
elVM out of the Bind today after
yesterday afternoon's flood which
swepl onto the town, demolishing
umall buildings ami fining ths itrdsli
with wnler.
A wall of water from u ololldbtlltl
rtishrod down Ihe narrow Black
Ham. vim i 1 1 1 1 .in .-J damage as
,. ,. , Ul.hxv. ,,,,,1
bridges in the canyon were washed .
out, in Lexington ihs teiephoi
change, postofflcs ami a hsrnsss shop
were washed across thl it" street
one limine had u fool of mud In It
today, An nbnndnnod ItOfS building
eollspssd in from of ihe onrushlng I
wilier.
,., a
Oregon Trunk Surveyors
Work From Fnd oi Kails
Oregon Trunk engineers who nr-
r I ve,i ii, it.. i. i vesierdav morning
have Hlutied work smith from the
, rn in. i mrl a sour which
"' ',"'
has b i lined for side trucking pur
poses. Front Bentl, lhe surveyor
win work smith to Crescent ami
Junction Point, from where plant
call for ii parallel Hue south lo Kluin
iii Ii Falls. Suverul local high school
boy will Join noine of lhe surveying
partial beforo lonu.
Beer Day Is Big Time
For Ontario's Guests
lint 4.4 PerCent Re ally isn't
So Much, Complaint
Haii RJIll V it r 1-1 KU I. Hill Vol
Drunk, Ivor BO 1 1 Men
Reeking llfoww's Itcworil
( uvrlvtil I Ml ly UUM I'nuj
YVINDHOlt, um . May L'l On- '
ttirlu'H hKallxiil -I i wr Mill INMMP
muki 0M fMl "hati ami wati-i
hiKPt0" hul ll itofitii'l rurry imumikIi
"kirk" in inaki DM drunk
'.hut v.uh thi vi'tilh-t of four Ford
ID ploy Ml whu Hiihl tht-y BOUlbfOtOd j
lotliiy'h boor h(Miin-hy ilrltikluK 10
in lu boltlOi uich In ffoftt tit win
3 I no offend hy u hrwir to any 000
who ittoooodod Ifl lotiioi loiosSootod
on 4.4 (mt ci'iit Inter
BolllOJl at '1U Mfltl u hot t ami a
ill tu i Hr KlaitH. h ti til rcln of kKri of
the new h vruKu hail ln-i-n noli) at
noon, ttbOfl OOOlOOOl ' pIckliiK up.
iiii rodloottoni of a tfotnondooj lo
fim of Amorloooj touiKin
Kvi-u Klrl llOIIOCnipbon iHOd tbi
i.i-.t ond whoa thoy ? tin Miitiriii-
Amvrh.in hoiil tlo-y were hIiikiiik III
pfOJOM
COBBOteOOOn frankly huI) 4 4 prr
rent WOQld not fill Ihf hill hut
t h oil K h I H might llf a nleppltlK Htolli'
tu BlBO pOf OOBl bOOf BBd l'Kht hIiicn
OhoukIi lot nl option.
At OOOJB IB0 PriBOO Kilwanl bOtOl
rODOrtOd It hail noli) l000 hotlt'N
ami nine keif of DOOf
Three grB) holrod ABIOrlOBB0i hII
thiK uuohti UNlvely In a QOfBOf of
the I'rluif Bdword botol'l top room,
ton uteri the "et future' with 4 4
DBt 60Bl tola BBd OpOBOd 0BtoHO0
new bOOf '
l)iriTtors of Bend Club
Oppose Bill Referendum
Memliera of the board of din Horn
of the lie nil Commercial club meet-
lai today nooa in ih Plloi iiutir
Inn approved a resolution appoalBf
th,' i i-fercudii ui on bonne hill No 1 1
which In belita Invoked hy bun and
auto truck Interentn of Ihe mate An-
",h"r m""' r ,nk,,n "" ,,v ,h'' '".r"''
torn wan the renoluliotl oT the I'm
Krennlve Huntllenn Men'n club of Port
land, i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 for illaruanloii by com-
nafttaJ elab bodhai rttoitvt to law
Ubaai tailH Tnbl r IntlOB wan approved
To Observe American Legion Endowment Week
Prodimttlon Issued By Mayor R. H. Fox Carl A. John
son Named As Head of Local Soliciting ( omnultees
" A maafpl n I . II l''lwlllVVI11l'lll
May 121 I" 80. accordins to plana
chairman of the endowment fund
port, and .'11101111111; to a proelamal ion issueii uniav oy .Mayor i. nan i in progress m oajs
II ,()X Today Davis and Ills wife are go-
'n.-t'a kai l... , ,,,! iron,,,", I chnirmiin iif tho'ltig hack to their Bourbon county
1 mi re, ,iwiui.-"'ii in,.-,
BoliciUng committees, which will
of the post.
ji Brown, Cbarla
w
Krsklne
laud John Itiinge have been
nantad
on ihe itearlni eontoittlao,
Band! inota Is l.lllll in Hie
1110,000 which Is to be raised in
Kl-IOregon. 160,000 of which will go ftj
maR( ,, ina national endowmani of
sr.. .nun The romalnlni Sfid.i11111
is to be iis-.mI for erection of Ihe
Doernliecher chlldrin's hospital In
Portland The program was ex
plained lii the Mend post recently by
Carl Moser, adjutant of the Oregon
department and chairman of the
irive in Oregon,
Mayor FOX'i proi'lainal loii reads:
"Whereas Hie president of the
United Stales has endorsed Ihe ef
forts of the American Legion to pro
vide homes and education for the
thousand) of dependent ohIMran of
war reterttriii ihe car ami protec
tion of wives ami widows upon char
ily and the care of incompetent and.
diHnliled veterans of Ihe world war.
and
"Whereas
the
governor of the
recognising this
intale of Oregon.
great service to humanity, bus canon
upon every educational, clvtc and re-
llgloui agency oi ibis commonwealth
In aid the American Legion In this
work of brother lore ami good oltt
enshlp, shd has set aside the week of
May 21 lo May It to be devoted lo
the raising of funds for this program
Therefore, I. tt. it fox, mayor of
the ell v of Belld. slate of Oregon
h'lUfllslin tits s-soh bl May n
, May SO "American Legion Bndow
linenl week,' and urgently
recolii -
j iund Hint all citizen and organllB
u...... ef n,i.. .liv mil forth every ef
i f(,r, , attaining thl city's quota of
I ..... cr. an i,l lo currv oil1
line vivyvv, . . .
successfully Ihe American Legions
national ohlld welfare and rehablllta-
Civet. Mil 211 dSy of May In the
, ,. i ,.,! ISIS under mv
hum, ,:,:r" ,.e0se;.1o?5i.:,cHy or
(Continued on pngo 2)
ll APPIOT "PII (VP
, LMULOl llLUl
IS ISSUED TODAY
BY B. H. S. STAFF
Artistic, Literary Stand
ards High
WELL ILLUSTRATED
1925 Hook Ik Dedicated to
Business Men Who
Gave Support
11,'flel lillK atlldetlt life
the
II, -ml hlKh wbool In plctttfi and
ItOfT, thM hi annual I'ltot wan Ih
ailed today hy the atuilent Imdy aaao
rllltlon The hook thin year In (he
laral ami tnoal coinplete of the five
that
have been lnuei. i iinntilerlnic
that It aoMalM ti ailvertli-inK. and kept at the Jail to avert further dla-
lt editorial and artlmic utandard In turliances.
I hlKh an any thai tuU preceded It Frank Noel nave written and oral
The I'llot thin year In dedicated confennlona to offlcern yenterclay In
to the limlll men VkOM financial connection with the murder of W. I.,
aid han made poanlhlv thin puhlica- Mllntead and Kyan Adklnn and aa-
iinl) a naiiitN upon their woman conpnnlonj
Kecutlven of the I'llot nlaff arejln the lant few weeka. In hia con
Marie PMU, editor In chief. Walter feanlon Noel implicated hin brother.
Krlb.rK. aaalatant editor. Kdward l-orenio, In Ihe nlaylnK of Adklnn
Sladler. bualn iiananer. John : Hlh neKroea were Indb led by a
Htyburn, uatsUnl bnalnnai bubm- I fnd Jnry yaaUrdaj Trial of Ftuk
er. and Kred la,unl. aolMtlnj man ' Hoal han been aet for May :'S and
uaer
Aaalnlant edllorn Include Mary lai
Katl. literary. Ilollla BwlBglO, aocie
t. Helen lai I'lant. dramatical Kdtia
Oglo, Kiria' athieticn. Barnard Brink,
boyn' athieticn; Trenna Wvlla. ar
tlat. Alice 1 1 1 in,- humor. Halph
Van I'leave. debate: Kathryn Peril,
aeulor claaa; Krelyn Katey. Junior
rlaaa; Klmer Miickhorn. aophoinore
claaa; Harriet llrowu. freahman
claaa
Kapeclal prOdll for the parfOOUOB
of the Plldl in due to Mra Harriett
ABtlaa, faculty advlnor to the ntaff.
who ban aiiperrlaed the llterury.
typoKTapQhlcal and urtlniic phaaen of
Ihe hook'n compllat Ion and publica
tion. The t!i2f. pilot eonataii of tot
piiKea. which la nol an many aa have
(Continued on Pane 3.)
.
Wl'l'k" Will III" ollSl'IVl'd 111 Hclltl
outlined by Frank K. Prinee,pianaa from tin- spectators when the1
campuiirn foi- Percy A. Stevena
-' -
he named at tonights meeting
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
WORK STARTS SOON
Laborers to be Moved From
Natron Cutoff Line
(U. T. I.r,l Wire to Th BsBl Bulletin 1
PORTLAND, May 21. -The South
ern Pacific will seek to begin work
opening up Its proposed new route
lo Ogden via Kiamath Falls before
the end of this summer, it was said
al the company's railroad offices
here today
It will first he necessary to obtain
aanctlon of the interstate commerce
commission of Ihe move, which In
volves alliances with the Oregon.
California and Eastern railway ami
the Nevada. California oi Oregon
railway
It Is the plan of engineer that as
workmen would be released from the
construction of Ihe Natron cut off
line from F.ugene lo Klamath Falls,
now being built, they could he lent
out on the new line.
Baby Farmer Charged
With Death of Child
III. I'. Lranrii Wire l Tks Betid Bulletin)
NEW YORK, May 11. The fed
eral grand Jury today ordered tho I
Indlclnienl of Mrs. llelene Angitslii
lielscn-Vnlk. "baby farmer." on a
; charge of first degree mini slaughter
in oonniotlon with the death of vn-
lliim Winters, a month old baby who
died nl her Infanlorluin.
Shortly before. Mr. (,elsen- oik
..... n, ,., ,. I, ,,,.
ST ' n
ol baby iubatlUtlon.
MHIlinses w none icm i niuii., iv,i ,
the order for a manslaughter Indict -
iont "ere Cleorgo F. KYum. under-
..He, am, TZZ
Vev. The ualui'e of Ibelr tesliniony
was not made public.
0fficer8 Hold 0ff Mob
Asking Negroes' Lives
o - o
PireKose Aid In Defense of
Dallas Jail
POfM "i 75 to CMItlnilfl ' "i (urn 'I
With k 11 mul Tear GlUi
1 1'. I' U Wir la TM "" Kullrtlnl
DALLAS. TOU, May ll -FIT!
iiiffi wcr' thot. otti wrlniiHly. and
ICOIti Injured In elftah with offirerH
when a inoli enlluiatt'd al l.iutn in.n
ami wnimrii Htormd ili conniy Jail
bCTC f-urly IfHlay in a luille alOMupl
to lyiuli Krunk ami ljrenzo Nwl.
ronft-HHed ncKro nnirierer. IjwIkIii
SK'Warl. It, Hhol in the brtMt, will
ri i,ivi-r, pliyHlrluns Mid.
Th uitark ranit Hhnrtly after 1
a lit. nfler the crowd had heen held
at huy hy firemen who played
Ktreutim of water when the ,-rowd
vnliirl near the hnlldlni:
More than a hundred hIioIh were '
fired ilurltiK th(f brief fray Th
ulejclnic inoh dlaiierned at dawn
'"'
BaVMtv.flva ot!h. : armed with
,!,,, ttlld (ear bonbt, went on
irt y followinK the attack and w ill he
Lorenio for June I
FORMER EXECUTIVE
IS FREED BY JURY
j
Davis Thanks Members Af-1
ter Fourth Uallol
III. P. Issued Win lo Th. HVn.l Bulletin)
TOPKKA. Kan. May 21. Jono
than M Davis nlmid exonerated to
duy of charge that be solicited :
bribe for the BOralfl of Walter Crillt
dy. convlcl.
The former dirt farmer governor'
wan found tint guilty by a Jury late
last night of conspiring with Carl J.
Peterson, former Male bank lotnmia
itOBOTi to sell the parole for IS.atO,
The verdict waa reached on the
fourth ballot, just three hours and
Hi minute after the Jurors bud he
gun their deliberations -
Davis, who was In the court room
Whatl the verdict was returned. '
thanked each Juror personally
"I Just dldn t feel guilty at ull of
.these charges.' he remarked.
mi...... . .h,.r l,,irl r,r an-
rardlcl was announced. The trial
farm
Davis was arrested during the last
few days In office lasl year after an
alleged expose by the Kansas coy
Journal-Post of so culled "pardon
selling."
Friend of the governor believe lie
will not attempt lo reenter politics,
although Davis has intimated thai he
would not throw aside all of his po
litical ambitions because of the
charges against hlni.
Shade Roller Factory
Offered Seven Acres
The tract which the city of Bend
I offering to the Btewatt Hartshorn
Co. for n shade roller plain site, con-
sists of about
veil acres with 1.2011
feet frontage on the Oregon Trunk
tnirks and averaging 400 feet wide.
It was slated today by City F.nglneer
Hubert B. QOUld, under whose super
vision the surveying of the trail litis
Just been completed
fhe proposed site lies east of Third
street and south of the terminus of
the Oregon Trunk tracks.
W. (i. Uoherls-Shaw of Menches
tor. RBglSBdi was In Bend today con
ferring with B, It. Duke of Ihe Slew-
art Hartshorn Co. regarding a ship-
men of roller pickets which his com
puny Is purchasing.
Ruilrnnd OllPrator Is Foundl""'""1 trom Sl JSSPh. Mich., with
Kaiiroaa iiptraior is rounu liif()niiai(oii hui Q ntd rp1s
Bound, (illffKCd linO KODftea WMtj , ,,,, there under the name
' of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Olson of Tope-
(l. P. laswen Wire to Th Bend Bulletin) i kit. Kansas. They have since loft.
SPOKANE), May 21. Three ban-1 their destination unknown,
dlts held up 11. F. Blackwood, night ; Authorities laid they believed litis
Operator of the Chicago. Milwaukee , couple was White and his wife,
and St. Paul railway Station at Plum-j
mer and stole III during the nigni.
The robbery was discovered at 1 j
n. in. by a relief telegrapher, who'
found lllackwood bound and gagged
lllackwood said the bandit wore
; khaki cove
and Biased
ll Z?t
coverall and white, masks.
staged the robbery about 11
Wednesday. ,t is believed tney
caino lo Spokane ami were inning
hunt
Vlf TftPV T A til M
BY MODERNISTS,
ERDMAN CHOSEN
Princeton Man Wins On
Second Ballot
PLURALITY DECIDES
Nominated to "Drive Ec
clesiastical Bolshevism"
Out of Church
tU. P. I . Wir t.iTh. V- . ltulimnl
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 21. Dr.
CfcarlM Krillnan of the Prlmeton
theoloKical emlnary waa elected
moderator of the national aaaambljr
. .1... i i . . I . - .ml m . I, . . ... i
IJI I I "0" ! in ii ' nun ii if i
day.
Thin waa a victory for the modern
lat faction, of which l)r Krdman wan
: leader.
He waa elected on the aecond bal
lot and wan opponed B Dr. laipnley
i A. McAfee. Berkeley. Cat., funda
jmentalhit leader. l)r Harry (' llo(t
! era of Kanaaa I'ily. Mo., and Or.
William L. McKvan. Plttabnrfb, Pa.
Of the 6 votea caat. Dr. Krdman
i received t"0. Dr. McAfee 130. Dr.
j Honern C. and Dr. McKvan 1.
HOW IS l ltlTK l.KII
COH'MBCS. Ohio. May 2. Dr.
Harry (. koiccrn of Kanaaa Cily. Mo.,
waa placed In nomination for mod
erator at the opening of the ufter-
I noon neanlon of the national aaaem-
lly of the Prenbyterlan church.
Nominating ItoRern. Dr. Samuel I).
Harknenn of Kanaaa City declared
lhl ' ,he man le,", lhe 1d.'-
nominaiuin oui 01 ine preneni
ter, un-Chrisi-like controversy he
jtween the modernists and the funda
mentalists. The "reshyierian church is heinjc
l mad
the laughing stock of all the
other denominations hy the modern
' lul f ii tnl -i nia.it I -i I iut rilia,- V I n r It n on H.
clnred
Dr. Herbert Smith of Ixis Angeles
nomlnateri Charles It. Krdman of
Prlnceton university. His candidate,
Smith said, was a constitutional con-
servatlce who would drive "ecclesi
aslical bolshevism" out of the church
Stars Tell Him He's Safe, Says Crippled Killer
pn..l RAoHintr Hnrncnnp
Will Not Be Enforced
, llv Inileil Pre, 1
SALEM. May 21. The very
tH, test of death in the next 20
Arthur Oovell. crippled astroloirer. has read his horoscope
which foretells that he will not
nenitentiarv. as the hiirhest court
SHEPHERD'S JURY
NOT YET SELECTED
100 New Veniremen Called
In Illinois Case
III. r. I.n,.-J Wire to Th UenU Bulletin I
CH1CAOO, May 21. The atmos
phere charged with rumors of plots
and counter plots to bribe and tam
per with jurors and witnesses. 11)0
new veniremen were called today in
attempts to secure u jury to try
I William D. Shepherd on the charge
thai he murdered Billy McCIlntOCk.
The first panel of 100 prospective
jurors n eared exhaustion and still no
juror was permanently accepted, ".'he
second panel was summoned at once
in order lo prevent delay.
Most of the jurors were dismissed
because they bad formed opinions BS
to shepherd's guilt or Innocence
through Ihe wide publicity given to
the case. Many others were exOtaSd
by the siate been use they objected to
gyn the denth penalty
Search for Robert While, mliainn
star fitness for the prosecution, be
came IntOttSB today. Detectives ro-
boats CAP818E, two DROWN
(U. P. Uaneil Wlra to The Benil Bulletin)
SANTA ANA, Cel., May 21. At
least two persons were drowned, two
others are missing and a tlMi Is be -
llevcd dead as the result ot the cup-lout, no serious damage to the Des
slzlns this Afternoon ot two boats ut chute lines were reported. ,t ,s ex
thS entrance ot Newport harbor near - peeled thai the train will be on time
here, j from now on.
New Rain Record Set
a v w m j y ii m w r -v - j -
Tuesday's Precipitation
One of Heaviest Here
I'all Ho Far In llfj.-, Total Mi
ndM BOOM Danmne Done
Hut itinefit Qtaam
A May precipitation mark never
he fore equalled ince the conperutlve
weuther station was estaldlshed In
Henri was set hy the heavy rainfall
of WeriueHriay nijcht and yenierriay.
The total precipitation for the month
up to this afternoon was 2't Inches,
surpassing hy ,01 of an inch the
May, Iftl, precipitation.
Accorrilnfc to riata supplied hy the
cooperative weather ohserver. who
kOOBI a daily record of weather con
ditions In Henri, the rainfall for the
24 hour period enriinK at 6 o'clock
last niKht was 1.01 inches. This is
one of Ihe heaviest precipitations for
a like period t-ver measurHil In Henri, j oner's Jury here this afternoon exon
I in Mentally, the precipitation for'erateri Lucille Wunrtrh. 16 your old
iho mm mi
few days han hroiiKht the !
I
.... . . . .
" -" '
uarv 1 to thin evening, up lo 8.34
, , ,
inchea The normal precipitation
for 12 montha in Rend in 13.60
inchea. With the fall and early win- Although finding that Lucille
ter preclpltaliun yet lo be added to; killed her mother' rival, the Jury
the .3t inchea. It la predicted that : decided the death waa accidental.
Oil will he the wettet year ever The achool girl's teatlmony ut the
recorded here. jinqueat. which laatcd three hour.
With the exception of March, more brought about thia decision,
than one Inch of rain baa been re-j " did not mean to kill her." Lu
corded for every munth of the prea-1 ce tentlfled. "I did not know tho
ent year. The precipitation for the ; gun waa loaded. I only wanted to
various month I an follows: Jan-!care her."
uary. 1 S3; February. I.STi March, Lucille, her, hair In neut fold al
.31; April .1.79. The May preclpl-'the aide of her face, mid her atory
talion lo date exceed that of any of in a quiet, calm voice while Jurymen
the previous months of 1H25.
BOBUfll continuing to come lo
Bend from different part of the
Central Oregon country indicate that
the torm of the past lew day wa., mmh,.r afOBb from a recent conflne
the moat severe known In recent ; m(,nt an,i from a bullet wound In her
yearn lload were washed out In ; foot, inflicted accidentally hy her
many place, and crop were dam-j daughter when Mis Slmneck wn
aged In Crook. Deschutes and Jef -
feraon countie to a amall extent.
Thl damage was offel hy the grow-
Ing rain, which ha revived the grass
01 u'' orouin nunieu nail lauu.s
greatly netieinea me spring crops.
I.ONOV1KW tVOGfJKR KM. I.HI)
LONOVIKW. Wash.. May 21. Ar-
dell Musgrove. 40. workman em-
ployed by the Long-Bell company at
P.yderwood. was killed yesterday
when a tree" blown over by a heavy
wind fell on him.
PrfHirls Hane-inir Mandate
Tomorrow Morning
Wirr I.. Tli Bnd Bullrtin
wisdom of the stars will stand
hours.
hang Friday morninjt at the state
of Oregon has decreed.
Covell slew his sister in law "he-
cause the stars said so." he ifeclared
In a confession months ago. which
he later repudiated. Now the self
same planet repeal lo hint from the
sky that he will not die.
Covell's occult science of the hea
vens may be right after all. liover
BOT Pierce today admitted he is giv-
Ing serious consideration to pleas I tDe shooting In a dying statement by
being received hourly from various jss slmneck.
sources, seeking executive clemency; ju9t before she died, the "other
for Covell and L. W. Peare. another j woman" signed lhe following stale
condemned man sentenced lo die onlment:
the gallows. Among these were Hays Mother Fired
telegrams from the state federation! "I. Agnes Slmneck, hereby wish to
lot labor and the Portland labor coun-1 state that Mrs. Bertha Wttnach was
all.
Governor Pierce declared he would
not cOmmOte the death sentences to
life terms unless shown "B very good
reason for doing so."
Member or hi staff say. how
ever, that he has been impressed
with the wide appeal to save lhe
prisoners.
The condemned men lire both from
Coos county. Covell killed .Mrs
F.hbu Covell of Coqullle and Peare
shot hia wife and James Culver, a
neighbor, during a drinking orgy
The crippled star gazer said on
his col today:
"I do not expect to die. I am in
nocent and the stars have told me
If Governor Pierce decides lo in -
terfere. Covell will say that after all
the stars have proved lo be .ill wise.
Trains Reach Bend Late
Because of Heavy Rains
Slowed down by the heavy rains.
I the O.-W. It. & N. train due In Bend
at 77:30 o'clock last nlghl did not
nrrlvc in nend until ! o'clock.
Likewise, the Oregon Trunk passen
ger due here at 7 o'clock this morn
ing did not arrive until 8:08, A I- j
though creeks were Hooded and i
1 part ot the roadbeds were washed
GIRL IS FREED
AFTER KILLING
MOTHER'S RIVAL
Shooting Accident, Cor
oner's Jury Finds
MEANT TO THREATEN
Sixteen Year Old Admits
Part In Death of Al
leged Home Wrecker
ll. V. twl Wirt to The Henri Bulletin)
RIVBRDALB, III., May 21. A cor-
helle f Kiverdale, for the killltiK of
Aunen Slmneck. 2S. who. It wan nl-
, , ,
.leKed. attempted to break up the
'
v. unncii home.
and attorneys leaned forward to
catch her word.
Father 111 al Kw
A few feet from the girl at her
iahot.
, The father sat near Mra. Wunach,
j the moat nervous member of the trio.
i "Yes." Lucille said, "my father
sept company wiin .miss Mimnec lor
anout tnree years, i was asiiamoo.
Kveryone knew. And I loved my
mother and the rest of her children.
I could not understand why we could
not keep our home in happiness.
"Sometimes I was almost too
ashamed to be seen. And thjs went
j on for months. Finally 1 decided I
jmust protect my mother and suve our
family. I decided to try to scare the
. I ?
! thinkinK it whs not loaded. It went
loff."
KIV Kit DALE. III.. May 51.--Calm,
well poised and satisfied that
she did her duty, beautiful Lucille
"un"h
15 year old high school
girl, was taken before a coroner's
, ui.. i al IS
jury today to tell bow and why sliii
oj
The girl's confession Is expected to
be a repetition of the story she told
police when they arrested her.
"1 did it because it hurt me to
hear the rumors about Agnes and my
father I did it to protect our home."
The coroner's jury must decide,
however, whether to accept the girl's
confession or hold her mother. Mrs.
Bertha Wunsch. who was accused of
the party that shot me."
Lucille insist that she alone Is re
sponsible f,,r the killing. Mrs.
Wunsch simply says. "A shot was
fired."
Mother and daughter
are under
guard in their home
thu town
boasts no jail.
Lucille has a Madonna-like beauty
j and purity ol expression ami Is the
direct antithesis of the Jazz mad Dor
othy Klliugson of San Francisco, who
; killed her mother because she Inter
fered with her hectic night lire. The
motive In Lucille s case also Is A
(direct contrast to Dorothy's case.
Lucille insists she shot "the oilier
woman" to protect her it. oilier and
because she was ashamed of the tales
j going lhe rounds ot Rlverdale about
tne allege cii tore aiiair.
"I didn't mean to kill her." Lti-
cilbj said, palling down a stranii ot
her dark shining hair, nailed In tho
fmiddlo and done "bun fashion" over
her ears "1 jusl wauled to frighten
her so she would leave daddy alone.
"Mother worked hard to help
father oarn what we have, and I fell
it was unfair for mother to have Miss
Slmneck running around with fath
er." I IKK THItKATKMH Vll.LAOKH
( 0. P. Iaaeil Wire to The Bend Bulletin)
LAONA, WIS., May 21. Hcores of
villages in northern Wisconsin wera
threatened with extinction today a
new forest fires blazed their way on
the wings of high winds.