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AIKDFOIW, OltMJOV, I'iniiAV. I'KHIf ITARY 21, 1WJ
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Dick Croker Foils
Grim Reaper, Enters
Fight for Treaty
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Nervous Collapse Followed By
Severe Attack of Flu, Makes
Film Star's Condition Criti
cal Some Improvement
Today Parents Arrive
From East.
t,i i ANn:i,i:i, ivi., Mi-
Mlbi'l Nm mini. I. . M.)(.il tell'ill- I'
ll) tttlh lnftiru t h r ti iiitim -ik
MlriM In Altii'ti-lm. m'd ''
HiiriihiK "'l'i. Hi-r 'it lu v t'd.l
li!.Hln i that while Mi'- S' luiii'l
n. loii.lv I!!, 11 in llmniitil ihivi
her recovery U ulno-M "liiiln. '
mum- Information was ctv. u nut !
rtt- i.iiK i.r tin' niiKtt" by hiii eh-
ti i I., i li . I.... I -. , II' ! .
.lti Norm. net, who u tlii! l;ii
fu.ii.l .t Wmmm I 'n:.m. Tiil.il,
nun t 1 1 I , . In the l.iiiir l f
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I... ilt UK'.. ll'IK l -ll HI eVIl Mil."
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tin. Tnt lr tn.iin-n! .mil .ip I'n hi Hi''
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l.i irni. n fi. l imit mnl. un til 'l h, f
1. III.H tl-lt.t if tit" cu- t" Hi'' lifllilltl"
tmllCll Willi till' iliUKH!li.u,
Mil. Nl.l'lllAMlt 1 i-illllltN Hill. .-I
fim their iiibIiiii hum,, ii t.-tt ilmi
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TRUE STORY 1
FIINI CRIME
COMING OUT
Kills Ilusband Because He Bootlegs
lil'HI.IN, I'i-Ii i I I Jty tin' A.H..
ilnlinl i'n-HH I liiilianl t'rr.hiT. lll(
fi rnii'ir Tiinnnaiiy !.-:u!-r. who lint JniU
ITI-V..... m lit 11 hl-r!lltll llllll'SH ft--
i l.ii. .1 In mi Ititi-i vlw in thi I'ri'i'-
Hutu Imiritjil Hull if n-r ciiu nf lh
: h-iiii- in MiiiM i.-.i mi" tit tiivor n in
lrili tii-iiiv. Hi. lunm.'ir iii'li-'i'ii
tli.it ltil,iiii! Iiiut K-ilii'-.l ri tli-iilly j
vol u hint! tinu-ltt tnr in t- mi .
Tale of Detroit Prisoner Being
Corroborated in Many De
tailsDrug Ring Believed
at Bottom of Plot Sheriff
Declares Conspiracy Details
Very Plausible.
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Zey Prevost, Missing
Witness in Ar buckle
Case, Found at Last
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IUTHOIT, l i h, 21 niiitinii
iliinri iKtn'Ni lni iiiiiUh IiIkIi
In fln imfiio.iiiii u uh inn- of tin
tmr MTinm ln ilntul tin"
innrili r if William IH-Kmotitl
'lnvlur, rtlnt ilirci-Uir, iM-f.nllilit
tit lliv nIi it) n Hurry M. I li lil.
umli-r nrnt lii-rt-, slu-rirt irvliiK
.1. ('irflii of Viiii riiiint), n
ii. .nm lit I, id' tiMlny. 1 In" hlH'riff
vlililiilil tin- u iiii'm lili-iutiy,
-mi -q
tl-Ul'l,
ROOMING HQUS
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IS RAIDED By
DRY SLEUTHS
liKTUOIT, r'"li. -'I- I'l'ftsh il.'liilU
t.f Din alli-Ki'il iiniHiUiicy which
liroiiht about tin- ktllluK if William
1'i tiiiniilfl Tayh r uh ftlvi-it today hy
Hurry M. I'Ii-IiIh, a (ot'Ki'iy prlHoin-r In
tlii- rniinty jiill were ilcilarcd hy
Kln-riff Coffin lei he "viiy iluusil)l "
Mik. Julia John-.ii.rtf ftnjj hi r tmiihur. Mr,, Kili n , Kn hiiuls in. Mrst,
.lolmntiini; i oil ttml In U Angflcti on rhaisi'ij of kfltiiiK her bisshaml.
Slto flnlmti that ln-r lnil.utiit wn ,; l.'xiCiyfrlne anil bad a still In the- cellar of
yu-ir li'iiiic I'M! ik tin- moial flff't on their young ditnshtor, Mrs. John
Mtnnn ii.!ili'(l it!i ln-r huihitni to quit hi unlawful busim1.
GIRL KILLS
SAN' FHANf'n.'O, fV?). 21.
Zny I'revont, ili'iw Kirl ami ond (
of th iirinf-lpu! priwiii iiUott wit-
nomiMi In the k;;i riHiaimh'.'1!- can !
(! Umi-.m C, i Fatty) Arbiicklc, .
had Imi'ti loralni In Nw Orl'iaitB !
after havinn 'ltaartl threfi i
weeks aKO, a forilini? in a tele- .
15 ram rectWd by Chief of I'ollrn i ,
Hamuel O'iirieu today from '.
chinf of roii-c ;ny Maif ney of vVaco. Texas, Miss, 17 Years
the nouthem city. )'lirln con- ;
SEDUCER IN
OPEN COURT
ferret! lamr with liintrict At- ,
forney Brady regarding thn
measure to !! taken to brlni? !
Minn I'revont baek to this city '
for Arbuckle'H third trial which ,
in m hcflulinl to'ftiarl March 13. j
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ENURE FAMILY
Old, Fires Three Shots Into
Body of J. S. Crosslin From
Witness Stand Victim In
stantly Killed Charge of
Murder Filed at Once. .
SANTA BARBARA
Mrs. Flora Manning
$500 and George Miller
Gets 20 Days in Jail and
$250 Fine After Pleading
Guilty.
M.il i l ul liliin.l.
Si!"
i all-
uwii iiii.l J.-Iih it tn r nt Ali.iil.'iiii.
Iiml In en ileiniiiK Iteim if to nil
cm. It wan .Mllcil. In 111"- Inil'i' tlmt
unlet iiml fticii.iti wwiilil hiiti'ii In r
n-Hirn In henlih
otiitiili.il ( rltii iil.
I. IS A Si i:i.i :H. Feb. 2 1. The
Kiiiillili.it of Mnhcl Niirnuinil. film
ni tii MK, icimitcil critically lil hy in r
l.hywii Inn hint nlsht, i-enuilni'il iin
cIiiiiikiiI thin nini'tilnif. ticciinlinx u
Jin. tniiHt reliuliin lnfi.miitlnn .ilitnln-
cil here. !
MImh Nni tiinnil, who tu'i Itnlcil liet -Midf
unnic time ntfii In il venhleni-c In
All.i.li'im, n Biilinrli nf I'liHiiitenn, i
hiiIiI In be mil forltiit fiinii mi "ukkiii-
Vllteil l.'li.c l,f lllt'lllcnuil," She II'
tniiveil to the A Uilili im I'cHlilriice ,
iihntily lifter the fnncitil licic nf W I - '
ll.ini liiiniinnil Tnylof, motion iilituic
illi'ccliir, who wan Hluln In IiIm ninil
nicniM un the evening ef Fchrimry 1.
Alihi.nnli her ciimllHuii hint iiIkI''
wiik 1'i'KHi'ileil iih hcIIiiih her iiIi.vhIi
tit it Hit lil he Iiml "hopes nhe would re
cover." Ncrvoiw ColhtiM'.
MImm N'ormnn milfmcil n uervonw
culliipHii, neCnrillllK In her iihyMiclnn.
thn rcHiilt of cnntlniteil ilepieMNion
liver the tiiiedy In which ultc Iiml
played nmi nf thn ItiadliiK iiiIch.
AlihniiKh - MImm. ,iiniiiinir phynlc
lun refund! to ho quoted other than uh
miyliiK that, JlUmt Nol'nintnl wuh e
ilniiHly ill with' innneti.ii, frlendH of
tlm niH'CHH wi!W mild tirhiivn tlci-hired
thnl. fin' a iii rtoil of 'la hniirii yeKler
'dity tit" Hc.ti'eHii MiiflVi'i'il iHiflinl lone
(t'otillniinil on I'ftRa Blx.)
Mi, t-'l.ii.i Munnlin;. iiii.prletni.il
nt the Vitrk ltoouix. nml HnHKe Miller
i.n emplove of Mil. MrmnlnK. piiilitcl
j it t i t v itili nu'iifiiia in .iimiice i.t-
ilur'H I mil l til l IlilljJ.'K HI puwseKSilli;
illiiiMi iitll.K li.llor.' V'liel' "'
liui.-.-.l tu in it.iv t the i-ouiity Jail
unit nun tine.t ;'.'". Mr", Mfinn'lnx
'AHH lint UlM-n i, J.lU nellleticl', lull
imiih lined ff.nn. whi. Il l the niaM
nilim for tlm Hint i.ll.-liM'. The court
'nfiintcit Sim, Munninu until Monday
ito Hectiru the uiiitiey.
li AiiKelei. Police Mc.licl
l.OA ANtiKIJvS, Keh, 2 1. IM1m
Ih f In tin Htury of the murder ;f
William iH-nntund Taylor related In
Hetrolt within the Ia1 threo day by
Harry M. r leldn In ctutmly there, wan
eircHeil early today hy l.on AiiKelen
.f ! ic'4 'm InventiKat iim the caste.
They pointed out two chiiitKe
Field made In hi original story,
tn.. w.-jj tlm reduction of a $1,000
li to a $iiu hill in collection with
Mr tHiitement that he wan paid $St0
FinCdi1'1" 'suv'n'; driven a Chliii-no, a man
'and a wh!t wiuuin in th .Taylor
ni-iirtiiieiitn. The other was hits
chatntlntt the location where lie said
the plntol with which TuyU:r wai
(hot would be found. The officers
Htiid they found It at neither place he
named.
A bank teller was fi ititd here, how
ever, who told nf a mint onterinK a
bunk and acting "suHplcloualy" with
a tl.tmo bill a he tit the time Taylor
wan slain.
In addition Tlu inas tlreen, deputy
Fliiled States attorney here was
((noted as having stated u mail he
MOO FAVORS CORPORATIONS
HIGH STANDARD GET EXTENSION
IN LAW CIRCLES1 ON INCOME TAX
WASHINUTOX. Feb. 24 . The na
tional conference of liar associations
today adopted rea .lotions recently ap
proved by the American liar hsk x ia
tion rerotnmpnilirm that in the future
two yearn cottage training shall bo re
quire'.! of i.l! I a w-m '-., mI graduates be
fore aiimihstun to the liar.
The vote was practically unanimous
and came after a ntlrrinK address by
Klihtl Hoot, who when Ktront; opposl
WASIlfcVGTOX, Feb. 2 1. A gen
eral extension of time for the filing of
income tax returns wan granted cor
porations yesterday by Internal Rev
enue Commissioner lilair.
Corporations are Riven up to .Tune
1 9 c.nder a new ti-eBC-itry decision for
completing returns of income for the
calendar year 1 12 1 . the fiscal year
ended January 31
HIM GAS
Mr- and Mrs. Paul Gray, Two
Children and Nurse Lose
Lives From Fumes of Coil
Gas, Water Heater in the
Kitchen of Their Home.
SANTA BARBARA. Cat.. Feb. 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Cray, their
two children, a boy of six and a girl
of three, besides a nurse, Miss Lil
lian Spencer, were killed today by
inhaling carbon monoxide gas which
filled the Gray home here from a
gas water heater.
The family had been ill with in-
PitoM ;(.a, ,.,,ding February 2. 1922.
;koi s Th pv.ni,i,n -g conditions
1921, and the fig-! fluenza hut were recovering. When
tion appcaren. monnten me apea-i Thp ext(ini!km ig conditioned upon
ftunil ami appetuel tor tne satvnueii ,.,.Iml-!lt)l,Ils tsuna tentative returns
bv March 13. April 15 and May 13.
of the American bar frmt the black
mailer and crmik who is creeping iuta
the legal ninks under present conditions."
The ih-ii.uil.inin were hi rested MHI
Hhilit u the rcmnll- of tlm diwwery of
B. en tinttlcH of imioitHhlne w lilMkey
In the I'ark lloohllnt;, lmute by a
nari ttinit party headed by special
li.;i.it Matidef.-r. Mill, cm brut her Wiih
also taken Into rimt.i.ly nt the time
1,1 iho ii-aicli and Hiient hint lilKht in
Die county .lull with the rest of the
party, Xn coioiilalnt v:i filed iiKitinst
bliii, however, io bin brut her claimed
the owuertdiln of the luiuor,
Tin- I'ark rooiiilnc linu.e, at the
...li.ee .,f Main llll.l HnllV HtH., llllH
been under olinervnil,in hy proliihl-
1 ton otfliliilK Hlnce Deceuiber nml
nut nnlil Heveral ilay ntso wiih nut-
flelettt evhlene.. necureil to allow the
iHHiiuiieti of n Mcnrch warrant.
I'ntrolnicu Cave, l.cgKitl and
AdiiniH. Hepnty KlierllT Focnerook
nn. I Htiecltil Agent Hatidefer look pint
In the Henrcll.
believed waa Taylor, had sought hisj
aid a year ago in stamping out the
drug traffic.
tliink Idoniified
Th'd latter was pointed to as pos
sible lirtlal proof tf Fields' Btttte.-
tneiit l hut the film director was kill
ed because of his alleged Interfer-
nce with the drug traffic.
The officers learned also that a
( hlnem' named Wong I.oc the mime
Fields nulil was hi rite by the Chinese
in the alleged murder putty hud
left I.ts Angeles Chinatown three
days aKo when it was first Intimated
Fields might have Important Informa
tion concerning the Chinese. The
police, said however they hud nothing
to connect Wong lae with the Tay
lor murder and recalled that Fields
had said the Chinese ill this party
went east with him.
The officers said they wore nimble
to learn anything of the white woman
and .white, mint win m Fields named
us .letttiie Moero and Johnny Clark,
cr any persons who knew anything of
them.
Mexican Hanged.
SAN Ul'KN'TlN. Cab, Feb. 21
I, mils (lullleu, u Mexican, was hanged
tit the state prison hern today for the
murder of two deputy sheriffs In
Klvorsldn county last November. The
tritp was iln ppcd at 10:10 a. in.
As the humming bird moth work
fit night, it In rtirnly seen.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 Lawyers
who have won distinction and a !WA
place at the bar through native ability
and Industry and who have not had a
college education, may lie expected
naturally to offer with a certain mea
sure of hesitancy their approval of the
"exacting standard which the Amer
ican liar seeks to Impose" upon future
members of the profession. William G.
McAdoo of New York declared t wia
before the national conference of liar
associations.
The former secretary of the- trea
sury said he hud been unable l.i go to
a law school but was obliged at the
age of IS in get out in the world and
make his own living, hut that the rec
ommendation of the Mar association
that future members of the profession
be obliged not only tn take a three
years' course in a law school aud. in
addition have nt least two years cnl
lege training was worthy of support by
all those iniercsled in (lie improve
ment of legal standards.
Mr. McAdoo declared the value of
highest moral and ethical standards
could not he over-estimated when the
responsibility of the lawyer was so
grave and the function he performs is
so vital to the interest of the client.
Such responsibilities, he added, make
it necessary that professional educa
tion he the highest standard.
SKATTl.K, Feb. 21. llnrry X
Holds, under arrest In Detroit In
ctttnection wit It the slaying- of Wll
Hum lVsmond Taylor, formerly cou-
duoMHl a. laundry ft ml dye business
according to the yearly basis
t:sed. accompanied with cue-fourth
if the estimated amount of the tax.
The extension was granted, offi
cials said, because of the delay in the
preparation of new treasury regula
tions covering income and profit
taxes under the new revenue law.
which are expected to be ready about
March 1.
SOCIETY BLACKMA
WASHINGTON, Feb, 21. The sys
tem by which a young man learned law
in a law office has been (lend for de
cades, despite the Illusion which still
exists, William Uraper Lewis, former
IL
SUSPECT ARRESTED
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 4. George
E. Long, 4 0, an employe of the bit
reatt of insular affairs in the war de
partment was arrested today and
held for investigation by department
of justice agents in connection with
the sending during the last few
weeks of letters to prominent Wash
Ingtouians demanding large sums of
money. Threats of death were tnadV
in case the money was not forthcom-ir.-i.
Long denied "authorship of the let
ters. Chief William -1. lturns of the
depavtmeut of justice said the writer
of t ho letters had been traced by a
peculiarity in the handwriting and by
a watermark used in war depart
ment stationery.
Dr. H. L. Schumeier, the attending
physician, called at the home today
and received no response to his
knock at the door, he summoned po
lice and had the door opened. A
cloud of gas swept out as the door
was ODened.
I Rushinc in. hp found Mrs C.rav anil
her little daughter dead in one room
and Gray and his little son dead in
another room and the nurse uncon
scious, seated in a Chair, in the liv
ing rooni. The latter was hurriedly
carried to the outside, but died with
it! a few minutes.
In the kitchen a coil gas water
heater was burning, and from this
the deadly fumes were pouring.
WACO. Texas., Feb. 24. Miss
Marcine Matthews, 1 7 years Old, shot
end killed J. S. Crosslin today during
proceedings in the district court hern
i today. He was charged with crimin
ally attacking the girl two years ato.
Crosslin was tried, convicted nd ,
sentenced to nine years in the peni
tentiary, but the case was reversed on
an error in the admission of testi
mony and remanded for trial.
The preliminaries had been com
pleted and Miss Matthews had been
called to the witness stand.
"He disgraced me, ruined my health
and deprived me of school privileges'
she stated after the killing. "But h
will never ruin another girl."
Miss Matthews walked to the wit
ness chair then turned with a pistol
In hand fired straight at Crosslin,
who sat In a chair beside hit attor
neys, fifteen feet away. She took two
or three steps ' forward and , fired
again. Advancing to, within three
feet Of the man,- who had collapsed
in his chair, she shot a third time, the
bullet penetrating Crosslin's side.
W. II. Forester, counsel for Cross
lin, seized the girl just after the third
shot was fired and almo.it at the
same time Officer Burton reached her
and taking her in his arms carried
her from the courtroom. ' He took
the weapon from her and locked her
in a room in the sheriff's office.:
Complaint has been filed charging
Miss Matthews with murder. ; o
OREGON LEG ON
TEST BONUS LAV
SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 24- Another
friendly suit to settle certain ques
tions which have arisen in the ad-
iiiit tinn ul,.u u.l,ll.. t,n ....
.xamination of the Grays and their ,,....,, flIl)(, ,,v tup Am,..,. T..
children showed they had been dead;gion ac-cordlng to information today
some hours.
Boy Who Eloped With
Stepmother Refused
Admission to U. S. A.
ST. JOHN, .N. B.. Feb. 20.
Frederick Brooks, 20. w ho clop-
ed with his stepmother from
from the state bonus commission.
Court ruling is wanted on the ques
tion as to whether bonus loans must
lie limited to building, improvement
or buying of homes and furms;
whether or not non-residents are cn
titled to the bonus and whether rela
tives of dead jx-service men are en
titld to receive state loans. Pay
ments under the bonus act in cases
where no such questions have arisen
will not be delayed by this litigation,
it was anntiuneeil.
here and has a divorced wife and dean of the I niVersitv of l'ennsvlvania
two children still living here, accord- school of law, declared today In nn
lug to iK'tectlvo Harry M. Barton of address before the conference of Bar
Iho Seattle police force, who claims associations. The illiislou," ho added,
to know Fields well. Burton said Is one of those things that impeiio
today ho had recently received a let- legal educational progress.-
WITH EVIL EYE, MUST SERVE SENTENCE
YAKIMA, WiihIi,, Feb. 21. Judge
(!. B, Hidden fit led that Iho Ynklmn
Indians tiro "not a tribe nor even iv
band hul nothing moro nor loss tlitiii
u remnant ot u bund, and linnco limy
urn nmonublo to Iho laws of the Htnto
t.t Washington." The derision wiih
inudu In I'VOi-riitlng the. ohJocUc-n of
11. J, Hnlvcly, uttonioy for Jacob Yoh
yowtin, Yaklfnu Indlnii, who we boon
. convicted in Btiptu'lof colt rt of murder
In tho Htitioud degree. Thn convic
tion covers the murder of Yohownn's
iiited mother, who was Itlllod because
the son feared she would cast "Hie
evil eye" tipoti him mid cause him to
"wither uwny uh many ot tuy relatives
whom sho did not. like luivo done,"
uccoctliiiK to Btatmiients miide nt the
t 1 when Jacob declared ho had no
recollection of 1 ho murder ImtUhal
ho might, huvo done It.
'Snlvely contended that the superior
court hud no Jurisdiction, In lll'J ('llm'
where cvlnuw wort) rt iumiltod by In
tlluns oil the 1-onorvnl.loii nnd Hint. the
ciiHO should hnvo boon tried in the
'federal court. ,
tor from Fields stating his intention
to go to Petrolt.
Fields first cumo to tho attention
of tlio police hero when ho whs ar
rested in a raid on n resort frequent
ed hy drug addicts tit September,
1!M4, police said.
To sit in n lawyer's office and read
a law book, or to act ns his 'stenogra
pher. Mr. Lewis said, "is nut to gtt
through a law office In tho old sense
of the word." The uncalled office stu
dent of today, lie declared, learns his
law not in the office, but in the after-
According to authorities hero he noon or evening law school.
was arrested in April of the following
year on a charge of first degree forg
ery, released on hull, Jumped bis
bond and wus arrested lutor tn Oma
ha, hrought to Seattle nnd sentenced
from six months to twenty years at
tho Monroe reformatory. After his
release, ho was said to have gone to
California,
Mr. Lewis offered the following sug
gestions which; he said If adopted
would go u long way toward remedy
Ing the present situation:
"First, state or local courts of state
or local liur associations, us may best
suit particular conditions to appoint
legal educational committees.
"Second, no person of whoso moral
diameter tho committee Is not reason-
ably assured to be allowed to register
or continue to bo registered us a law
or
Til LIVE SNAKE
FLOOR JAP DIET MOTHER OF FIVE DEAD CHILDREN
TOKIO, Kebj 24. (By the Asso
ciated -Press.) An attempt to fix
the blame for the throwing of a live
snake on the floor of the diet yester
day resulted in an uproar in the low
er houto today, causing a temporary
suspension of the session shortly at'-
,ter the, resumption ot debate on the
universal suffrage bill.
Prisoner at Eugene
Commits Suicide
F.CGENIS, Ore., Feb. 2 4. lien F,
Famous lawyer ltics. ,,i,i m,,i i, ,,ii,..,i ... ,idi Chambers, aged . 33, - indicted on
LOS AN-OKLMS, Feb. 23,-Katl' , 'eontlnuo to b ,-,.elst,.e,l lnw "tatutory ehare, shot hunscU to
liniri.ru nm. linovvii ,.u .r .i,l ... , , ; .. . ... I dentil Willi -a liuuet through tne nena
,,t i ,t " ... . ; u,u,nl- or 10 1,0 Km'n 1,10 r,B,u 10 fit Ms homo hero today, according t.
-""'..' ')" wt-Bc, ! tftko a lluiil examination tor udminston me police. ' Chambers,- a railroad
hrulieimui, was -arrested Tuesday at
dropped dead yesterday In a hotel o, tm, ml.
room. The body wits found, by n , , .
biislilesa (iBHoclittti, I (Continued ou Puge. six.)
Corvaltls
bull. : , '
and was released on $2000
Bangor, Maine to McAdum, N.
B.. has brought his bride to St.
John. She is mote than twice
his age. After the elopement
they tried to return to Bangor
but were refused admission to
the Fnited States by the immi
gration authorities.
The bride had been divorced
from her present husband's
father.
New Billiard Record
Made in California:
ALAMEDA, Cal Feb. 24. A balk
litre billiard record ot 902 wag set up
last night by Marl Catton of Alameda,
nationally known blUlardist, in a
regular contest. The. former record
was held by George Sutton it 79'J.
Cutton is the son of W. II. Catton,
termer national three cushion champion.
EXONERATED BY CORONER S JURY
CHKHAL1S, Wash, Feb. 24. The
coroner's Jury that heard the in
quest into the death ot five children
in the family of Ed Rhodes of Klaber
today made public an official state
ment exonerating .Mrs. Rhodes from
all blame. The children died short
ly after their mother gave them
salts in a glass of water. The state-
the county, Including the manager on
the wholesale grocery company lit
which the epsom salts were packed.
and haying hud ample opportunity tif
observe tho couduct and demeanor of
Mrs. Bessie Rhodes, the mother, and
to hear her testimony In full, do here
hy express our opinion that there h
not the slightest ground or basis fo
ment, supplementary to tho verdict . suspicion of her, and that any Itate4
of the jury which placed no definite 1 menta to the contrary are very um
blame for the deaths but found the! just." ,
children died from poisoning, reads j Tho statement is signed by the nil
as follows: 'jurors, all residents of this town.
"We ' the undersigned Jurymen, j County Attorney Allen said todai
he ham muilu no additional progress it!
soIvln the case and he may ask th(
'county coin iiiIhsIc. tiers to hire dtecj
having listened the greater part of
a day to the testimony of tho purents,
the grandparents, neighbors and
friends of the children recently pois
oned in Lewis county and other wit
nesses recently culled from outside
't
Uvea to attempt to trace down thi
sourco of the poison that caused thl
tragedy of February tl. j