Oft
it,
The Weather
Prediction Ran
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Today's minimum 32
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Weather Year Ago
Precipitation
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linimum 22
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Weekly I'ifty-BoconU year.
. MEDFORD, OUEGOX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1.), 192H
NO. 250
M
WHITE ROBED
GANG BRAND
IAD!, CLAIM
Tillamook, Ore., Woman, Ac
cused of Bootlegging, Tor
tured Month Ago Texas
Widow Whipped and Hair
Cut By Mob Disguised As
ms and Women Lash
'. JTtLLAMO
LAMOOK.VOre., Jan. 13. Jleii
robed in white entered the homo of
Mrs. Nevada Standish hero ami
branded her on tho breast with a red
hot metal cross, according to reports
which District Attorney T. H. Goyne
admitted today that he had been in
formally investigating. No formal
charge has been made, said Coyne, but
he was willing to order a grand Jury
investigation if Mrs. Standish should
ask it.
According to the reports reaching
Goyne, tho alleged attack occurred
about a month ago. He said he had!
spoken to persons who said thev saw !
the scar of the cross on the woman's
breast. Mrs. Standish had been twice
tried on a charge of being Implicated
in moonhine operations in this county
and was acquitted after taking an ap
peal, according to Goyne.
Two masked men appeared at the
door of Mrs. Standish s home shortly
after midnight on November 21, ac-
cording to a account she gave her
attorney,
iiu.nics, repcuieu
today to
Holmes.
the Associated
Press by
"Mrs. Standish was at home alone 'observer, was present at the meeting,
with her three and a half year oldjwhlcl, lasted a halt holr stepB wer0
son, hr husband being 111 in a hos--taken to notify the German govern
pital at Portland," said Holmes. "AImcnt ot t)e deiay
neighbor woman :had .been-.-visitlngj In reparations circles it . was inti
hcr in tho evening, and left about l,nato(1 that Krance was hoping ti,at
31:30. Mrs. Standish retired about , iiln moratorium wnnhi it,,iiihiiiih.
midnight and shortly afterward
heard a knock at tho door. On open
ing it she saw two men masked,
with whito hoods tied about their
head so that sho could not recognize
them.
They both sprang in and one of
the pair, largo and powerful, seized
her, placing his hand over her
mouth. The other took from his
pocket a small cross about one and
n half Inches in the perpendicular
direction by three-quarters of an inch
in a horizontal direction.
"Holding this by a nair of pliers,
he heated it with matches which he
lighted and when it was hot the men
applied it to Mrs. StandiBh's breast.
"One of the men said 'You have
been wanting a cross, and we will
give you a d fiery one.'
"Tho men then- told her lo say
nothing alrrjnt It and left the house.
"Owing to tho fact that .Mrs.
Standish had been Indicted with oth
er persons on a chargo of moonshln
Ing, in which rase I defended her.
and In which she was finally acquitt
ed, she was afraid to report tho mat
ter to the, authorities and nothing
'ai done about it. , ;
"Tho first Hme I saw the brand it
was , soared over, , but -.the . scab has
new .linen, removed ,itd when I. snwj 0 tomorrow as the "Sunday ot niourn
Mrs. : Standish, 'yesterdays the : brand ing", over the occupation of the Ruhr,
was marked' ln"wblte lines r inj the the actual establishment of the French
, flesh.'' i - ,'' ' ' ' "" ' ' and Belgian garrisons continued to bo
"I understand. that another woman extended and the occupying authori
Wns treated in the same manor at tCS at Essen and Duesseldorf were
Bay City on the same night," added making further Bteps toward control
Holmes,' but he could give no partial- Qf the big Industries.
Jars regarding this report.
t BERLIN. Jan. 13. The miners union
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 13. Seven i,as issued an appeal to the Ruhr
year old Bonnie Leo Hn nitron is said
lo have seen a crowd of fifteen or,
more disguised men drag her mother;
from home, cut off her Inns liir and
whip her. and authorities expected
today to come out in the open with
their Investigation. j
The alleged whipping was admin
istered lo Mrs. It. H. Harrison. 30, n
widow, the night of January 5. flic
ndniittcd to officers, but hud been s,e of Essen, the French ting, hoisted
kept secret until Fridny. Besides the D . t,0 occupying troops was torn
willow, a man said to have been II. A!,lnwn nn(i destroyed, sayu a dispatch
(Continued on Page six 1
VERY FEW UN FITTED FOR OFFICE,
NEED MORE EDUCATION IN POLITICS
NEW YORK, Jun. 13. "There are
v-"y few women who. by training
and opportunity, havo become fitted
for any nubile office," Miss Alice
Robertson of Oklahoma, member of
congress, dVclnred in a lecture at
Town Hall last night, "and there Is
none who Is qualified to be governor
of a state or a member of the cabinet."
Find Woolen Garment
What Not Mentioned,
3000 Years of tAge
LONDON. Jun. 13. Lcuding
European archaeloglsts express
II10 opinion that a woolen gar
's- ment discovered by peat cut-
tors in Uerum Ken, near Sliara,
Sweden, Is 0110 of the oldest
ever found In Kurope. It lay
only a few feet under tho sur-
face of tho peat, but the pre-
servinc qualities of the fen
water kept it Intact, scientists
believe, for about 3,000 years.
EXTEND III OF
Next Monday Pay Day, But
France Desires to Outline
Reparation Policy to Powers
Germans to Mourn To
morrow Over Ruhr.
p.n,, T.,n .,
Ji'!,' . 13 T",e rc"aratlons.
" m PBT'
1 In " , , L?1, "'I 500'-
nort Monday.
France, Italy and Rclgum voted for
. delay. Sir John Ilradbury. the British
' Mlnllllini' ,1M nn( n linlln,
Thero'.WBS no dlscu83ion :of th,s
brlet moratorlum on its merits. The
F,.,,i, ,.,,, ,,. , ,
)avnlent ln 01.der tlmt lhey miBht fjn.
. rei,aration of their new morn.
torium plan.
I Roland Rovden. tlm Aliipric.m
situation to take definite shape, mak
ing evident the extent of the "passive
resistance" policy which Wllhelm
strasse seems to have planned.
There was also a reixirt that France
might endeavor to arrange a meeting
with Germany to discus a settlement
in view of the. fact that the French
are now In the Ruhr. Great Britain,
Italy, llelglum and possibly the United
Slates, it was said, might be asked to
attend.
ln the event a plan for direct dis
cussion failed, it was suggested u two
year moratorium, with certain condi
tions soon would bo granted Greniany.
Theso conditions, according to a
forecast of what France is ready to
grant, would include tho maintenance
of tho economic commission already In
the Ruhr and the occupation of that
entire region in the ovent Germany
did not immediately accept the mora
torium provisions. The German gov
ernment would also agreo to float in
ternal loans of gold and paper marks
to balance the budget, and to permit a
committee of guarantees to assume
control ot German Internal finances.
ESSEN, Jan. 13. (Fly the Associ
ated Press.) While Germany goner-
ally: was preparing for the observance
miners urging the mto commit no ox
cesses against tho occupying troops.
The statement adds the union expects
the French to keep their promise re
garding maintenance ot tho eight hour
day.
BERLIN, Jan. 13. (By the Assoc!-
atc,i press.) At Steele, two miles 0111-
' to Vorwaerts today.
Sho asserted lhat women of this
rlllllK
ithat they don't know what any one
ot theso organizations Is doing.
Tho mnnev that Is being spent on the
u-mnBn'n congressional lobbey, sho
said, could better be devoted to edu
cating citizens, Including women, to
a better understanding of govern
ment and poltrs'
1 iirT niuimriiT
j. .ni lchib 1 . in nil ill hi
VIEWS VARY
OPERATION
RUM FLEET
Dry Enfofrcement Heads Say
Report Exaggerated and
Custom Officer Is Much
Amused By Denial Ask
United States Navy to Take
Action.
!',!!, l;lii!.
vt AniiiftjiTU..- Jar.. . 13. ' rc&
dispatches' describing the landing 61 i
large quantities of illlct beverages
by a flet of rum runners on the New
Jersey coast were declared to be
"absolutely erroneous," in an official
report received today by Federal
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
from tho New Jersey dry headquar
ters. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. William R.
Sanders, chief of the inspection di
vision of the United. States customs
service here, which Thursday night
captured four rum runners off the
Jersey ooast, today characterized as
"Laughable" the denial of prohibi
tion enforcement agents that there
wre rum running activities of large
proportions off Sandy Hook.
Mr. Sanders suited his action to
his words, laughing heartily as he
said: f
"Our capture of four heavily la
den rum runners Is all the support 1
need to offer. The next day or two
will tell Just how great the activi
ties have been." .
WASHINGTON,. Jan. 13. Federal
prohibition authorities had taken no
further steps today to ascertain the
faots as to tho reported landing of
large quantities of liquor on the
New Jersey coast beyond the routine
letter, already, sent to "William B.
Moss, acting' director tor New Jer
sey, asking for a report. I
The federal authorities who evinc
ed only mild interest in the press re
ports of a rum running fleet off Am
brose channel lightship and the oper
ations or a landing fleet, in the let
ter to Moss merely called his atten
tion to the reports, ot which they
said they received no confirmation
from their representatives in New
Jersey or New York.
'H. C. Stuart, acting collector of the
port nnd Mr. Sanders' chief, yester
day received a report made to him
by Sanders on the previous night's
raids and then dispatched the two
coast guard cutters, the Manhattan
nnd the Calumet. Mr. Stuart did not
attend the conference which whs
hastily called after the report on the
activities of tho rum runners.
Mt. Ktunrt declined to bo drawn
into any. discussion as to the extent
of tho rum running operations, de
claring he was no 111010 Interested In
the subject of liquor smuggling than
he was 111 the smuggling of scores of
other articles with which his force
is eonstantlv obning.
When the Hansen, formerly flag
ship of tho dry navy, was transferred
to Baltimore, and the New York dry
navv was left with only a. few
Inunches. rum runners immediately
became active and on Thursday the
associated Press learned' that a Inrgle
fleet had' nnchored off Sandy Hook
nnd was being lightered' by a great
Lschool or shore craft. .
Tho dry navy's boats' were then fur
ther out nt sea. 'v- ' . .
Dispatches ' received today by the
Associated Press from Its correspon
dent at Highlands indicated that the
rum fleet had dwindled slightly but
that two steamers and tun schooners
sill were visible off shore. Yesterday
three stenmers and 19 schooners were
reported by the bootlegger scouts to
have sold their cargo and departed
Warning to "lay low until after
the squall" was reported nt a meet
lug of the bottle fishermen In a wills
key packed, hoathouse at Highlands,
N. .1., Inst night. The decision ap
pnrently expressed the sentiments of
nil the bootleggers in the community
for Hie rumble of trucks through
Highlands streets ceased nnd repre
sentative citizens declared the little
town w-ns quieter than It had been
for a month. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. A sug
gestlon that the navy be called 011 to
fight Atlantic coast rum runners was
made in a letter to Presldont Hard
ing today from the legislative do
purtment ot the National Congress of
Mothers.
British Liquor Declines
LONDON. Jan. 13. The excise du
tics on beer and spirits for the last
nine months of 1022 dropped 28,582,
000 over tlje corresponding period for
1921. Prohibition advocates in Eng
land express gratification over the
drop which government departments
attribute to the abnormally high prices
and to unemployment.
riNEHUP.ST. N. rC. John C
Rumhnugh won the tnld-wlntor han
dicap trap shooting trophy.
SIT-
DOWN
UPON
PLAN 10 LIGHTEN
WAR DEBT PAYING
President and G. 0. P. Leaders
Decide Present Not Time to
Liberalize Foreign Loans
Secrecy Policy in Meetings
Upheld By Sen- Smoot.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. President
Harding and republican house leaders
aftor a thorough canvass of the situ-
thb UnHtelllStntes.
The "British debt negotiations wore
discussed again today in the senate
and Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
a member of the American commls-
slon, said ho believed proposed modi-
flcations of the funding luw would In-
elude enlargement ot the commission
to itprmit nnnontment of three demo-
crats as members.-
t-attiimt- ainKnunt f nh fvrnT inn-
nessee again charged that' the negoband which kidnapped him from lias
tiations were being conducted with un- trap a week before Richard and
due secrecy. He asked Senator Smoot Daniel disappeared.
whether it would not be better to per
mit greater publicity.
No," replied Senator Smoot, "I
don't believe it would bo possible to
get anywhere, either so far as this
country or others are concerned, if
everything said in the negotiations is
made public." ' "
The burn of Henry C. Klrby. throe
miles west of Talent, was totally de
stroyed by fire Friday night, and, ac
cording to reports, brought back, clr
cumatuuecs lndicntiilg incendiarism,
mark the bluzo. No one had been in
tho barn, which was one of the
largest in the county, all day, and
lis contents were nil dry.
The loss, estimated nt between
$7500 nnd $10,000, purtially insured,
includes the barn, estimated at $3000
two head of slock, two farm wagons
and 100 tons of liny and CHulpment
of a minor nature. Most of the stock
was taken out of the barn -shortly
after the fire was discovered, nnd
which burned rapidly. '
Tho glare from, tho flro could be
seen In this city.
: A short time ngo, unknown hands
turned the stock out ot tho barn into
Ihe granary.
An alarm was turned in to tho Mod
ford flro department about ton
o'clock and the fire was reported as
on South King street. Tho flro truck
dravo to tbo cud of north Oakdalo
and turned around and camo back
when it waB seen that the fire was
several miles distant. They were
not Informed of the location ot the
fire oven this forenoon. :. : .
FIAMFIIH
I II IllVbf Wllb
REFUSED TO TALK
NEW YORK. Jan. 13. Harold
Vamittiein, member of n vaudeville
team, who shot and killed Miss Mur
lon MacLaren of a musical troupe,
wounded her brother, Hugh, nnd then
shot himself In a restaurant here last
night, told police today he killed the
girl because she hud broken their en
gagement to lie married und refused
eve"n to talk with him.
He was under arrest in llellevue
hospital on u homicide charge. His
self-lnflliied wound was not serious,
physicians said. Hugh Miuijiren.
brother of the deud musician, was
hurt slightly.
F
8ALKM, Ore., Jan. 13. The Oregon
public service commission yesterday
ordered, on Its own motion, an Investi
gation into lntra-state, local and joint
freight rates on farm commodities on
a number of railroads operating In
Oregon. The Investigation, was re
quested by a number ot farm organ
izations, Individuals and commercial
cjnbs.
SUSPECT LOSS IN
TALENT DISTRICT
FIREBUG S WORK
UP HIS OWN
5
Witness Charges Sympathy
Move Threatening Letters
Scouted Capt' Skipworth
Would Whip All Anti-Klan
Admitted Knight Tells of
, Efforts, to. QuiqtMer Rouge
"BASTROP. La.,
Jan. 13. (By the
Associated Press.) Walter Campbell,
marshal of Mor Rouge, testified in the
open hearing investigation into
masked band operations in Morehouse
and the kidnaping and slaying ot Watt
llnniol and Thomas Richard, that
Ulehnril toll! him lip. hml rccnirnlznil
two men Jim Tisdale and A. D. Camp-
nnn no mam tar. ir a mti.r hnnrmi
"Is Campbell any relative of yours?"
was asked.
"Yes, my brother," the witness re
plied. Campbell was one of several Mer
Rouge citizens said to have been desig
nated by Captain J. K. Skipwith.
leader of tho Morehouse parish branch
of the Ku Klux Klan, as undesirable.
Campbell sulci lie was vouched for by
another citizen, offored to put up
$1,000 to prove that he was Innocent
of any charges that might bo preferred
against him and he was allowed to
remain.
Campbell said. he. had learned that
ho had been charged with plotting to
kill Dr. B. M. McKotn, former mayor
ot Mer Rouge.
. BASTROP. Jji.. -Jan. lS.T-Willinm
fl. Sluckcy, Mer Rouge lawyer and a
former member of the Louisiana leg
islature, testifying today In the
state's open hearing Inquiry Into
masked and hooded band nctlvlties
In Morehouse parish declared the
theory had been advanced In Mer
Rouge, In connection with an alleged
attempt to kill Dr. TJ. M. McKoln.
former mayor of Mer Rouge, that Dr.
McKoln shot up his own car to gain
tho support of members of the Ku
Klux Klan.
Mr. Ktuekey described himself as
an opponent of tho klan. He also de
clared Mr. McKoln had incurred the
enmity of many persons in and about
Mer Rouge oecause of what he term
ed "bull In the Chlnu shop" methods
of McKoin, while he was mayor.
Tho name of Cnptaln J. K, Skip
worth, parish klan leader, was
brought to tho fore again today with
tlui ussertlon ot Mr. Stuckey that he
had heard the captain remark that
"every man in Morehouse who did
not quit talking about the klan would
bo whipped."
Previous testimony was that at the
time of tho kidnaping of Watt Dan
iel and Thomas Richard, victims of
a black hooded band, tho men taken
prisoner were questioned as to the
shooting at Dr. McKoln.
A. L. Smith, another witness told
of efforts undertaken by certain fac
Hons which developed as a result of
the attack on Dr. McKoln and the
kidnaping.' nnd disappearance
Richard .and Daniel. . . , .
of
,,".Wo ,wantol to provide ways nnd
means to cope with tho trouble with.
'out outside assistance," said Mr
Smith. "Martial law was threatened
and the governor' wns reported to
have sent detectives here. We want
ed to call tho governor off and
handle the situation ourselves."
Applause from tho galleries greet
ed Mr. Smith's declaration he "wus
a klansman and proud of Jt."
Judge Kred L. Odom, before whom
tho Inquiry Is being held, warned the
spectators against a repetition of
such u demonstration.
Mr. Smith declared that while it
was "common talk" that the kidnap
ing of Daniel and Richard was done
by masked men, "there was differ
ence of opinion as to whethur It was
the work of the klan or Just friends
of Dr. McKoln."
"However," Mr. Smith continued.
"the majority was of the opinion that
tho kidnnplng was tho work ot the
klan."
Mr. Smith said that while nnnny'
mous letters received by Dr. McKoln
were discussed at the conference,
held to restore pence In Morehouse,
they were not given much credence.
"Was Mr. Mckoln asked ubout
this," Hillilll was asked.
"The only thing Dr. McKoln said
at this conference was that ho had
left Mer Rouge becuuso of his one'
mles nnd had 'burned his bridges be
hind film." "
BASTROP, La.. Jun. 13. The con
forenee botwecn Attorney General A.
V. Coco and Captain J. K. Skipwith
exalted cyclops of tho Morehouse
parish Ku Klux Klan has been called
off Indefinitely, according to an an
nouncement made by Captain Skip
with early thin afternoon.
"There will be no conference be
(Continued on Page six.)
AUTO
CAM
Hungry Eat. and
Have Checks Sent
Up to City Hall
VANCOl.'VKR, 11. C., Jan. 13.
Small groups of unemployed
men who yesterday were denied
the hospitality of tho city jail
by Chief of Police Anderson last
night wcro tho uninvited guests
of several restaurants, where
they quietly told the cashiers to
"charge It, and collect It at tho
city hall In tho morning."
I'reo bods wcro also demand-
at a number of downtown hotels.
Pollco investigated complaints
of restaurant proprietors, but
t- tho men had disappeared before
tho arrival of tho officers. Ono
group dined at the expense of
a largo cafe numbered 17.
LAMER
Miss Skarin Also Weeps
Defense Counsel Glad of
Murder, Suggests Purse -for
Fair Defendant Dead Man
and His Attorney Flayed.
SEATTLE, Jan. 17. Finn! argu
ments by defense and prosecution
counsel got undor way today In the
trial of Clara Skarin, charged with
the murder of Ferdinand Hochbrunn
and court attaches expressed tho op
inion that tho case would bo In the
hands oH,. tho jury late this after
noon. Defense counsel John F. Dole
occupied nearly the entire morning
session Of court in', his ' argument.
Deputy Prosocuting Attorney John
D. Curmody was to summarize the
slate's caso Immediately after tho
noon recess.
Scathing denunciation of Edward
Von Tobol, nttornoy and life long
friend of the slnln man and accused
by the dofenso of being an accessory
after the fact in the killing, was the
note that colored Mr. Dore's argu
ment throughout.
"Clara Skarin," ho shouted, "did
not crucify Edward Von Tobol. He
crucified himself upon a cross of
gold Hochbrunirs gold. Ho had tho
gold, ho admits it, hut ho tries to
oxplaln that It was tho estato ot an
alien. Ho was holding the gold for
an alien when this country wns de
manding all the gold It could gut to
save tho lives ot tho boys in Franco."
Von Tohnl on tho witness stand,
had admitted undor cross examina
tion that in March, 1922, seven
months after llochhrunu's death, he
had taken a largo sum of gold coin
from a snfo deposit box and depos
ited it In a bank.' Tho gold had been
accumulated In connection with Iho
sottlomont ot an Austrian estate,' he
said.
Miss Skarin, tired nnd pnlo from
(he ordeal through which she has
gone the past four days, frequently
burled her hoad 'in 'her hands' and
wept softly as her' attorney recited
iilif'doniinclntlort of Von "Tober.
Whon.l ttirnlng' from the 'lawyer, he
described Hochbrunn as "that beast,
that devil," sho burst open into tours.
The detail of police which hns been
constantly on duty since the trial
began last Tuesday lltorally had to
fight would-be spectators from the
door so great was the crowd.
Mr. Doro appealed to the jury to
"acquit Clara or give her life lin:
prlsoninent, "hut do not return a
verdict of second degree murder.
"Tho ton years that sho would
have to serve as a minimum, under
such a verdict, would end her life,"
ho said. '
At times during Ihe argumont the
four women members of tho Jury
E
SPOKANE, Jan. 1.1. Doinands for
an Investigation of the conduct of the
Jury that acquitted flvo defendants
in the subornation of perjury case
concluded In superior court here this
week and reported Itself unable to
agreo in the case of eight others were
made of Special Proseutor W. 8. Ful
ton of Seattle and Prosecuting At
torney Charles Lcavy by u scoro of
persons describing themselves as tax
pavers who called nt the court house
today.
The spokesman, F. C, Hennoborg.
who was chairman of a committee of
cltlscns which conducted iin Investi
wiPHS
CRY AS LAWYER
INCOME TAK
HELD JUST
E
Oppose Oregon Acting Before
Other Coast States Kind
Words for Railroads Pierce
Asks Two Olcott Supporters
to Stay On Jobs Legisla-
'; SALK.V, Oil!.'. Jaiu'ipr-r-i Statu In-,
come tax Is declared ' Jusl, but tho
question whether It would be wise for
Oregon to adopt the plan beforo
neighboring states do the same, Is
raised by the state tax commission In
Its biennial report, published today.
The commission urged the legislature
to trim appropriations as much as
possible.
Concerning railroads, the report .
says that during the last three years
the large railroad compmn-les have
been showing greatly decreasing ope
rating Income and cannot be, and
r.hould not be, assessed as they wero
In previous years.
The report admits that taxos aro
high in Oregon, but ndds that "wo
are simply paying for what wo are
demanding." 1
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 13. Tho legis
lature upon convening in Snlcm Mon
day, will bo confronted with recom
mendations for appropriations for
the biennlum 1023 nnd 1924 aggre
gating (6,41(1.830.23, according to
figures set out in tho budget for the
two years which wns completed here
last night. Tho statement contain
ing the recommendations was pre
pared by the stnto budget commis
sion, which wus created by an act of
the 1921 legislature.
Tho total estimated requirements
for tho two years, 1SI23, and '1924, by
state activities supported by fixed
levies or ,'oon?nujng ' appropriations
is $l3,38tf.Gt.78, while tho money
nee'deil to meet the requirements 6f
the self-supporting departments,
commissions and boards, based upon
tho receipts nnd disbursements for
the pnst two years will aggregate
$27,303,800.23.,
SAI.EM, Ore.. Jan. 13. Two mem
bers of the ex-servieo men's state aid
commission who supported former
flovcrnor Ben W. Olcott In the re
cent campaign, havo been urged by
(lovernor Walter M. Pierce to retain
their, posts, "bocnuse I think, they
aro tho kind of men we need on that
commission,' according to n statement
by the governor today. Tho men nre
Arthur C. Spencer of Portland, who
submitted his resignation, and - Ly
man Rico of Pcndluton.
The Noted Dead
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Represen
tative Montoya ot Now Mexico died
suddenly at his homo hero toddy. Ho
was stricken while shaving umBlicd
wlthlu a short time. -
Corn Kxports Increase-.'
WASHINGTON. Jnn. IS. Exports
of corn from the United States dur
lng'the cereal year 'indlng November
f, 192E; were1 40 per dent greater" than
for the 'twelvo!imcmtlM'rco4lnK.
cording tc rturns to tho department
of, commerce. , Shipment! to. ,iiurope
wero greater than- for any: twelvo
months since 1900.
wept. Mr. Dore urged that the Jury
bring Its verdict quickly.
"Hurry with that verdict," he said.
"Don't take more than five minutes.
Don't tnko the timo to read the long
lottors that have been given you as
evidence and that have no bearing on
tho case. Acquit thin girl."
"I'm glad she killed that devil,
Hochbrunn,'' ho concluded. "You
have heard from witnesses ln this
court what he wns. Why you should
turn her free In a moment and glvo
her a purse for tho good she has
done."
T
gation of the ncqulttal of Muurlco
Codd of a charge of murder hero lost
spring which proceeded culling or a
grand Jury und bringing of the per
jury uctton, expressed the belief that
the Jury In the perjury case "had
been tampered with."
Retrial of the cases of the eight
defendants concerning whose guilt
the Jury was unable to agree, ulso
was demanded by tho committee to
day. The prosecutors promised to
consider tho statement o tho com
mittee. No decision as to a new trial
had been reached at noon, It was announced.
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