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Iftlly Eighteenth Year.
Weekly Fifty-Third Year.
MEDFOBD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 2G, 1923
NO. 3
;5
BERNHARDT
EXPIRES IN
'SON'S ARMS
Most Famous Actress in His
. tory of World Succumbs at
Age of 78 End Is Peace
ful Extreme Unction With
Patient in Coma Paris
Mourns.
.PARIS, March 28. (By tlio
Associated Press) Sural) Bern
hardt is dead.
Mnw. Bernliardt died at T:59
p. m.. In her 78th year, expiring
In the. arms of her son, Maurice,
' who entered tlio room nt that
moment.
After tho mid-day consultation of
the attending physicians, Dr. Desnos
said Mme. Bernhardt had been kept
alive during the day by hypodermic
injections and that it was doubtful if
she would recover from her coma
like sleep.
"How Very Slotv."
This morning before she went to
sleep under the opiate Bernhardt ex
claimed to the friends and members
of the family, gathered at the bed
side, "how very slow my death is."
Shortly after four -o'clock Madame
Edmond Rostand, widow of the poet
and playwright, arrived at the Bern
hardt home. She entered the house
weeping, supported by her son, Lau
rice. '
"While this scene was going on
workmen were carrying from the
house and loading into a van the
equipment and setting for the last
motion picture film made by Mme.
Bernhardt in which she played the
part of a paralytic.
The patient again lapsed into sleep
lender on opiate given after. .the. .ad
ministration of extreme unction.
Mme. Bernhardt was so weak that
she was unable to open . her eyes
during the granting of extreme unc
tion. Her son, Maurice, her grand
daughter, Lysiane (Mme, Collin du
Bocage) and Mile. Louise Abbema,
sculptress and painter, who is known
as Bernhardt's best friend, remained
at the house.
PARIS. March 26. (3:15 p. m.)
Shortly after three -o'clock a priest
arrived at Mme. Bernhardt's home to
administer extreme unction.
Dr. Prevost said at this hour that
the actress" condition was hopeless
and that she might die any minute.
She was then sleeping under on
opiate.
The prie3t. Father Rlelsor, came
from the church of St. Francois dc
Salles nearby and his entrance into
the Bernhardt home wns taken by
the watchers outside as visible evi
dence of the abandonment of hope.
Hundreds of the actress' friends
were calling nt the house In a steady
stream and the street was sometimes
crowded with the cnrrlngos and auto
mobiles of those coming to pay their
Respects.
The week-end was one of tense
anxiety In Bernhardt's home on the
boulevard Pereire and a flood of
messages bidding her have courage
came from her ninny friends on the
continent and In America.'
Bernhardt this morning still re
tained her mental alertness, aston
ishing those about her with her com
ments, i
Sometimes she caused them much
rdn by speaking of the agony she
was undergoing. At times also she
insisted on talking of her own fu
neral. She was anxious to know yes
terday whether the rosewood coffin
she boueht thirty years ago was still
preserved, saying that she wished to
be buried in it. -
Mme. Bernhardt received extreme
unction during a sudden recovery of
approximate consciousness that be
gnn about 3:10 o'clock. Father Rles-
ler said she was sufficiently con
scious to show by movements of her
hands and otherwise that she '."ndcr
stood the ceremony.
ti. Y. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
NSW YORK, March 26 Complete
abolition of divorce is urged by Su
preme Court Justice Morschauscr,
who presided over the Stillmnn case.
In an article In the April number ot
Columbia, official organ of the
Knights of Columbus, made public
todny.
Declaring that he believed the
abolition of divorce should be
hrniivht nht hv nnirrpiwirnnl legis
lation, he declared "that to a long
way ahead because there are, unfor
tunately, so many mlddleaged and
elderly men and some young ones
6 Hooded Klansmen
Present Bellingham
Charch With Cash
BELLINGHAM, Wn., March
2G. Six robed and hooded
members of the Ku Klux Klan
last night entered the First
Christian church here, stood in
front ot the altar until the
choir had finished singing "On
ward Christian Soldiers," then
saluted the pastor. Rev. W. F.
Reagor and handed him an en
velope containing $100 in cur
rency and a letter signed by
"the Bellingham klan. Knights
of tho Ku Klux Klan," com
mending him for his work la
the city.
The letter also stated that in
the near future a klansman in
full regalia, unmasked, would
mysteriously appear and address
the congregation concerning tho
mission and spiritual side of the
klan.
t,tKIf
IS
BE1
HOUOTIO
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 26.
Further testimony intended to re
fute charges ot Immorality and to
establish that the present suit ts
besed on a conspiracy to mulct the
colony, was offered by the defense
today in the hearing of ' the suit
brought against th8 Israelite House
of David by John Hansell and wife
of Nashville, Tenn. Effort also was
made today to show that Esther Han
pell, a daughter-in-law of the plain
tiffs, sought to enlist the aid of the
Ku Klux Klan against the cult.
Quinto Rosetta, former member of
tho colony, and a brother-in-law ot
Esther. Hansell, swore on the stand
today that she endeavored to per
suade him to Join In a conspiracy to
obtain money from the colony. She
proposed to falsely charge Benjamin
Purnell, head of the colony, with im
moral practices, Rosetta testified.
Rosetta also declared Esther Hansell
vainly tried to induce his wife to per
jure herself in regard to Purnell's
relations with her.
Rosetta declared he had no per
sonal knowledge of tmmiral conduct
on the part of Purnell, and denied
that the cult leader used tobacco or
intoxicating liquor, so far as he knew.
Rosettu's allegation that Esther
Hansell conspired against the colony
was supported by hfs wifo who fol
lowed him on the stand.
S. P. TO SPEND BIG
SUM IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26. Ex
penditure by the Southern Pacific
company In Oregon this year of from
J4, 000, 000 to $3,000,000, exclusive
of what may be laid out on the
Natron cnt off, is planned, accord
ing to announcement here today by
William Sproule, president ot the
company. The money Is to be used
principally in improving trackage and
extension of passing sidings, he said.
Sproulo is here for the inter-state
commerce commission hearing on
railroad consolidation which is to be
gin here Wednesday this week.
Gorman Ijoan Closes.
BERLIN, .Mar. 24. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Subscriptions to Ger
many's $30,000,000 Internal loan closed
today but it was announced at the
Retchsbank that no Information re
garding the results would be available
for four days.
ME
KLAN
ATTACK
FAVORS ABOLITION OF DIVORCE
who for one reason or another, want
new wives.
'But one great practical step which
should be taken Immediately is the
passage of legislation making decrees
obtained in Paris or elsewhere In Eu-
rope invalid. It is all wrong to let
rich men or women run off to Paris
to get divorces. We should not allow
a condition to exist which permits
wealthy, Americans to escape from the
operation of American laws."
j justice Morsennauser would nave
divorce cners inca in me open ue
rauehe soys publicity has a whole
some effect. Ho would permit sepa
rations and annulments,
NEW, WORLD'S
FLYING RECORD
BV U, Si PLANE
i'TTT ' - M
Lieut. WJ R. Maughan Makes
Average of Over 233 Miles
An Hour, Which Breaks
Record Speed Held By Sacfi
Lecointe.
DAYTON, Ohio, March 20. By
flying over tho one kilometer course
today at Wilbur Wright field, Lieu
tenant W. It, Maughan, by making
an average of 233.87 miles an hour,
set a new world's record. He ex
ceeded the world's record of 233.01
mnde by. Sadt Lecointe, French flier
by .80.
In his first trip over the course.
Lieutenant Maughan went through
on schedule time, 9.45, and on the
second trip in 9.71, making his aver
ago H.58. Officials said this estab
lished a speed mark of 233.50, On
his second attempt he made the
course in 9.64 and 9.56, for an aver
age of 9.55. This completed four;
loops and officials said established a
speed mark of 234.24. By adding the
figures and dividing the result by
two, officials said that a new speed
record ot 233.87 had been established.
Lt Maughan was here several weeks
ago accompanied by Lt- W. C. Golds
borough ot Crlssey Field, Presidio,
San Francisco. The two planes land
ed at Barber Field to re-fuel. In land
ing Maughan broke a tail skid. They
remained here for several days and
left tor the northern part ot the state
where they were to make a photogra
phic map ot rivers and harbors tor the
department of commerce. Due to
thick fog near Eugene and to motor
trouble Maughan landed in the Wil
lamette river, smashing his plane but
escaping unharmed.
FLOOD DANGER IN
OWA OVER. BUT A
NEW MENACE SEEN
OMAHA, Neb., Mar. 26. Danger of
property damage to Iowa farm land
from flood waters of the Missouri
river opposite Onawa, Iowa, near
which as ice gorge recently formed,
had passed this morning as the river
cut a channel through the ice on the
Nebraska side, but a new menace took
Its place, as the rapid current was cut
ting the Nebraska banks so rapidly at
Decatur, Neb., that it was necessary
for workmen to begin the task ot re
moving a small number of houses and
abandoned grain elevators to prevent
them from being swept away.
The channel Is very narrow and the
current so rapid that great chunks
of earth are being carried away from
the banks which are about eighteen
feet high at the affected point, it was
reported. The elevation is only about
fifty feet from the bank while the
houses are located approximately 125
feet from the water's edge. The main
imrtion of the town is about two city
blocks back of them.
A drop In the river accompanied the
cutting of the channel, the m$tn
part of the gorge was still holding this
morning, it was said.
ONAWA, Iowa, Mar. 26. Most of
the water which spre-.J. over the low
lands oa the Iowa side of the Missouri
river near here as a result of an tee
pack ten miles long had receded today
as the river cut a channel through
the tee on the Nebraska side.
At 9 a. m. the river had fallen two
feet slnxe 7 a. m. and danger to Iowa
territory In this section was thought
to have passed. .
NCENDIARY FIRE
DENNISON GARAGE
What Is characterized as an incen
diary attempt was made Sunday after
noon on the garage in the rear of the
John Dentson residence at 33S South
Holly. Paper and oil soaked waste
were Ignited Inside and outside the
structure, and were discovered and
extinguished by Ed Webber, an auto
salesman employed by Mr. Dentson,
before the flames had gained head
way. The police and fire department
were called to examine the premises.
and, according to Denlsoa both agreed
It wag a firebug's work. The struc
ture Is used as a garage. Denlson was
away at the time and knows ot no
reason why the lire wu set.
Photograph of Sarah s i
Bernhardt Taken On
Last American Tour
SAJ5AH BERNHARDT
The above photograph shows
tins reason tur ttto'asscrttoa that
at tlio ago of 70 Sui'nii Bernhardt
was still it girl. "iS!i retained-,
her youthful uppenrnnco and her
youthful vitality tip to the very
Inst. Slio will bo burled in a
coffin she, ordered rears ago and
which slio often used as a bed
and her final resting place will
penhabty oa ott a UUta emnlto
Islam! in tho Buy of Biscay,
which she purchased recently for
100 dollars. '
STAY EXECUTION
HEAD CATHOLIC
CHURCH RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Mar. 26. (By Associated
Press). Archbishop Zepliak, head of
the Roman Catholic church in Russia,
and all the sixteen priests on trial
with him charged with opposing
the soviet government, were found
guilty today. Archbishop Zepliak and
Vicar General bnteltkaviteh were sen
tenced to death.
The central executive committee
ordered a stay of execution of the
death sentences.
Five of the prisoners were sen
tenced to ten years imprisonment, the
priests Kavetza, Eistnond, Yunavetch,
Kodavltch and Fedoroff.
Eight others received three year
sentences while two were given a six
months terra, tlio latter including one
choir boy, whoBe sentence was com
muted. NAME VAN DUSER -
in com.
SALEM, Ore., March 26. H. 0.
VanlJusor, of Portland, was ap
pointed as state highway commis
sioner to succeed John B. Yeon, re
signed, today.
Mr. VanDuser is president of the
Inmnn-Poulscn LumlMJr company of
Portland, and served two terms as
president of tho Portland chamber of
commerce.
Mr. Yeon succeeded Simon Benson
as a member of the highway commis
sion and was appointed to office No
vember 22, J820, by Governor Olcott.
Poinon tlrinks to Centa Each,
PHILADELPHIA, March 2.
Five recent deaths from alcoholism
started an Investigation by federat
and city authorities to find the
source of tho polwoned liquor, they
claim la being Bold in tho tenderloin
district nt ten cents a drink or three
drtaka tor a quarter.
I
flit
EX-PRESIDENT
WILSON ENTERS I
SENATE CONTEST
Former Democratic Leader
Asks Governor Sweet of
Colorado Name Old Friend
to Succeed Senator Nichol
son in Senate.
DENVER, Colo., March SS
Woodrow Wilson, former president
of the United States today asked
Governor W. E. Sweet of Colorado to
appoint Huston Thompson, democrat,
to a seat in the United States Benate
to succeed Samuel D, Nicholson, re
publican, who died Saturday night.
Thompson now is a member of the
federal trade commisslson.
Governor Sweet announced he had
received the following telegram from
tho former president: "I trust you
will not think it on unwarranted lib
erty if I express the hope that yon
will select my friend Huston Thomp
son for the vacant sent in the sen
ate."
Thompson Is a graduate ot Pr!nce
ton university. He was one of the
founders of the first Woodrow WH-!
son-tor-prcsident clubs in Colorado, j
At the last democratic convention at
San Francisco, he was credited with
being one ot President WHson's per
sonal representatives. He was an
ardent supporter ot William G. Mc
A doo's eandidaey for the presidential
nomination at San Francisco.
Thompson formerly was assistant
attorney general of Colorado. Before
going to Washington he practiced taw
In Denver. At the governor's office
It was said Thompson was an origin
al "Sweet-for-governor" man.
Governor Sweet said foe did not ex
pect to make a hasty apjtottment. He
thought it would be some time before
a decision was reached. ,
According to Thompson's friendB,
he and - the former"1 president were
closely associated at Princeton,
Thompson is 47 years-old.
DENVER, March 2S. Expressions
ot sorrow at the passing of United
fcfates Senator Samuel D. Nicholson,
continued to pour in today from at!
parts of the country. Funeral ser
vices of the late senator will be held
Thursday afternoon by the Presbyte
rian church here.
EX-SERVICE MAN'S
MIND GOES BLANK
AT YAKIMA DEPOT
YAKIMA, Wash., March
lafetnut Ilea Cross officials ore to
day bending every effort to find the
Identity of tho yotmi? Bervtca man
who late Sunday asked at the Nor
tbern Pacific office for a "ticket to
Porto." under tho delusion that he
was back in his French has hospital
with a ten day leave ahead. The
mim, well dressed, about 25 years old
witn an old skull fracture and opera
tive scar, cannot remember who he
is or where he came from, but be
lieves that his name is 'Pat and
something Irlnh," and that he was a
member of the rlass of 1918, North
wertern, with two years on tho foot
ball team at left halfback. He evi
dently feared a mental attack and
mentions In ait unfinished letter to
his mother, found in" bis pocket, that
"If anything happens to me It wilt
Just be another unknown." Ho had
carefully rentuved all identification
marks, including laundry and tailor
signs.
In a letter he states that he is
going to visit "Uncle Joe" In Spokane
where he expected to arrive tost
night, but al! memory of the man's
last name and address is gone except
that he lives on a ranch aodf the
name U "long snd IrlBh,'", ?M nn
is a stranger in Yakima t6 Whi6 he
came by train
from some unknown
point.
SINES CONFERS'
7.
WITH E. H. GARY
ROME, March 28, (By the- Asso
ciated Press.) Hugj Stinncs, the
German industrial magnate, who is
vtBltlng Italy, ioday interviewed El
bert H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Stool corporation and Fred I.
Kent, vice president of the Bankers'
Trust company of New York. Herr
Stlnnei ts leaving tonight tor Milan
to $ieet Premier Masaollui.
Hold Booze Party in
Jury Roontf Deputy
, Sheriff Quits Job
DENVER, Cola., March 2a.
fr Tom Clarke, deputy sheriff in
charge of Lou Blonger, A. Y
Duff and J. H. French, nation- !
liy known defendants ia the
confidence game cases, when ea
S alleged drinking party was stag-
ed tn the grand jury room here
last Saturday, resigned today.
Ciarke has been prominent in
Denver politics many years.
The party was under invest!-
gallon today by the county
grand Jury.
According to District Attorn-
tiey Philip Van Olse, the party
was held while the defendants '
were waiting for a verdict from
the Jary on the case. Empty
whiskey bottle wore found ill
the Jury room, the diBtriet at-
torney said.
LIGHTED CIGAR
ID MOONSHINE
CAUSE 4 DEATHS
' NEW YORK, Jfarch Si. A Sight
ed cigar believed to have been care
lessly tossed by sr intoxicated man,
started a fire which swept today
through the seven-story Princeton,
apartments in .West &7th street, oc
cupied by theatrical and business
folk, and caused the deaths ot tauc
persons and the serious- injury of
many others.
The dead are; Anna Fries, an ex
hibition r&iier skater, killed, in a
Jump from tho sixth floori Mrs. Mar
garet Lce (S3, and her daughter,
Emily, a stenographer, burned to
death In their apartment on the top
floor; Gaston Mtsaule, aged 4S.
Mrs. Margaret Lee, an actress,
daughter of Margaret Lee, was se
verely taitraed and may not live.
Vr, John -Cafinlsafrtaroped; fi'onf "k
third floor window and fractured
both arms.
Hta wife, suffering: from
pneumonia, was rescued by firemen.
Several firemen . and policemen
were Injured white engaged In
cues.
res-
CHICAOO, March 2S. Forced ta
flee from her home-by flames, Mrs.
Agnog Barber, 79 year old, Jumped
from a third story window early to
day into & policeman's overcoat
used as an emergency life net. The
coat was ribbed apart, but Mrs.
Barber sustained only a broken leg.
Mrs. Marjorta Mitchell, also injured,
jumped from a second story window,
alighting on a sloping porch and
rolled tram there onto three police
men. PIGGLY WiSGLY
CONTRACTS HOLD
, NEW YORK, March 28. The
New York stock exchange in a forma!
statement today replying ta charges
mode against it by Clarence Saund
ers, president of Piggly Wiggly
Stares, Inc., said na member would
be permitted to disavow contracts
made before trading in Plggljr Wiggly
was suspended.
Under the rules, the statement set
forth, deltvery ot stock traded In last
Tuesday must !a made by 2:15 p. m.
today.
1.03 ANGELES, March 28. A sate
tn the Los . Angeles office of the
Piggly Wiggly company was fount!
blown open when the office was op
ened today. About 1,&0& In cash
wos missing.
FORMAL APPLICATION iVIADE FOR
CONSTRUCTION NATRON CUT-OFF
SAM FRANCISCO, March 24.
The work of constructing tho Natron
cut-off "is a big job of about tt
mites between Ktrk an the south and
Oak Hldgo on tho north," President
William Bprouta of tho Bouthern Pa
cific company said today. "The buiid
tng ot tho line Involves a great deal
of heavy work and the cost tor ma
terials, labor and supplies will run
anywaoro tram t&,fl&9,&e& ta ttl,
500.000. .
Utile, If any, work can be dons on
the cutoff ta the winter. The work
Has to be done in tho open season
so I do not Ilka to guess how long
it wilt take. Our engineers estimate
i from two to two and one-halt
years, depending on the weather and
the' prompt arrival ot materials,
mostly steel.
WIFE SURE
HUBBY NOT A
WICKED MAN
Mrs. J. Kearsiey Mitchell Sure
Hus&ami Could Hal Have
Beer UnfaShfui to Her
Leaves for Home to Aid srt
Fight Police Continue In
vestigation of Murder.
PALM BEACH, Fia, Mar. 2t Mrs.
J. Kearsiey Mitcheit, wife of the weal
thy John Kearsiey Mitchell Identified
as the "Mr. Marshals" In the Dorothy
Keenan murder case ta New York, left
here early today aboard a private car
fur Philadelphia to idtn her husband.
She was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Stole&bury ot Philadelphia, her
parents.
In a statement to the Associated
Press last night Mr. Statesbury de
clared his faith in bis a&B-in-law was
not shaken, by his alleged connection
with the Keenan girt.
Mrs. Mitchell asserted that she and
her husband "are the heat ot chums," .
and said she knew that he "eesStt not
have been unfaithful to her."
Blackmailer Known
NSW YORK, Mar. 28. Claiming to
know the Identity of the man who
sought to engineer a blackmail plot
against John Kearsiey Mitchell, son-in-law
of E. C. Stntesaary ot Philadel
phia and the mysterious "Mr. Mar
sha!!" of the Dorothy Keenan murder
mystery, the police today through tha
byways of the underworld, sought for
others believed to have beea implicat
ed in the scheme. . "
They said actios against the as yet
unnamed blackmail principal was be
ing held in abeyance pending efforts:
to- obtatn?-evtdettce to, earport thir
theory that the blackmailer, balked in
( his original phut dosed the model with;
chloroform that he might get SKtcfe
elt'a letters to her, to he used despite
her opposition.
No statement was forthcoming tram.
Mitchell, reputed: to have gives th
model gifts and money aggregating
more than. $t&,&&S and said to ha tho
last known man to have sees the girl
alive. Nor did his confidential attor
ney, John K. Jackson, who was the
Wilson," of the ten day mystery ar
raaadlng the Identity of the two meo,
give out anything for publication.
Ella Bradford, negro maid who
found her mistress' body twelve day
ago, was said to have supplied the
authorities with considerable informa
tion concerning the biaekniaii piot tar
"more than. iaa,fta&," which was be
lieved to have brought death to M!s
Keesaa oa her refusal ta league her
self against her wealthy admirer.
The poHce have been unable to find:
a letter written to Miss Keenan by
Mitchell and mailed from Paim Beach,
Fto. This letter, which Mis Keenan
was said to have received shortly fee
fore her death, it was said, would have
provided blackmailers with a formid
able weapon against their intended
victim.
WACO, Texas, March. SS. Kojr
Mitchell, negro, already sentenced: to
pay the death penalty for the alleged
slaying of W. E. Halt and Halt' com
panion oa an automobile rids, Sirs.
Ethel Benecamp, on January 1.
went to trial today on a. third mur
der indictment. The defendant was
guarded closely by Texas rangers
when he entered the court room to
day to face an Indictment charging
him with shooting to death Grady
gfcipworth, 19. in Cameron Park,
Waco, last November Zlf.
Trod unions have more thaa. SOS,'
08 members ta New York City.
WASHINGTON, March IS. For
mal appilcail&rt for authority to con
struct It mites at Una between Oak
ridge and Kirk, both in Oregon, wa
made today to the inter-stats com
merce commtMirtcin. by the Central Pa
cific railroad. The new iine, desig
nated as the Natron cat-off, 5 ex
pected to cost approximately $19,
69. 999.
The construction will enable tfi
Centrat Pactfto and Southern Paotfta
systems to gain direct access to the
Willamette valley and to Portland,
Ore the application, explained and
will provide an alternative rout tar
inter-mate traffic between Spring
field Junction, in Oregon and wd
in northwn CaHfc-rnia. Th twritory
through which the new- road will ran
has extensive timber resources at
much agricultural lapsS.
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