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Soviet Carries Out Death Sen
tence On Church HeacJ
World Protest Ignored De
tails Shrouded in Secrecy
Execution Occurred Last
Saturday, Advices State.
MOSCOW, April 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Monslgnor Constan
tino Butchkavltch, vlear general of
the Roman Catholic church In Rus
sia, condemned to death for wilfully
opposing the soviet government has
been executed by a firing squad.
The fate of the prelate, in doubt
Blnce lost Thursday, when his appeal
for clemency was denied, became
known today when It was announced
that the death sentence had been car
ried out last Saturday.
Up to late last night there were
rumors that an exchange might be
arranged. Responsible officials, how
ever, asserted that soviet Justice
must take its course regardless of
protests and attacks abroad.
Details of the prelate's execution
Kprobnbly never will . be revealed.
'.Judging from what has nappenea in
tf previous cases, It Is probable mat
'latter tne executive committee imu
refused to reprieve him he was re-
;movod from the prison in which his
colleagues were confined to the prison
for the condemned and that there.
latter the death sentence had been
jrend; he was executed. .
j This Is the general procedure In
Jthe swift carrying out of the death
(penalty In Russia.
(1 Constantino Butchkavltch, vlcnr
general of the, Roman Catholic
'flchurch In Russia Twos sentenced to
jfdeuth on March 20 nfter he and six
teen other prelates, including Arch
is: bishon Zeplink, had been found
jguilty of opposing the soviet govern-
"'mem. i lie xusitin ukuhwi a'-v.u'-. '
committee, meeting last Thursday
'jf night to consider appeals mude in be
fhalf of the ecclesiastics denied clem-
a scney in the case of Monslgnor Butch
ikavitch, asserting he had "used his
- position as a priest to carry on a dl-
r rect and active stato treason."
ft! The committee at the same time
t commuted to ten years imprisonment
the death sentence imposed on the
archbishop.
News that Monaignor Butchkaviteh
would have to pay the extreme pen
alty created a stir in many lands.
Soviet officials -since last Friday had
professed ignorance as to the final
outcome of the case and last Satur
day nfternoon -Commissar of Justice
Kurski told correspondents that the
death sentence had not yet been car-
rled out.
;j The trial of the prelates began on
.J March 21. They were chargod spe-
jeiflcn!ly as follows:
. First, with opposing the decree
separating the church and state:
second, with opposing sequestration
of church treasures, and third, with
engaging in a campaign of agitation
among the Catholic clergy and pnr
ishioners in the hope that the
churches might be closed, thus in
conveniencing the soviet government
before tho Vatican and impairing the
terms of the Ilign. treaty with Po
land. Foreign Minister Tchltcherln in
formed Poland yesterday that Pre
mier Sikorskl's recent pronounce
ment In regaid to the sentences lm-
nosed on Arrhhlwhon Zmillnk nnrl
I Vicar General Butchkavltch "Is un-
l uuumj nil Utl "iiu
I I manifests -an aggressive policy
I 1 fniDorHii MDcin
Appeals from the outside world,
i which had poured in upon the Bovlet
authorities had no effect In staying
the hand of their executioners. Com-
petent opinion, indeed, is that even
the breaking of diplomatic relations
uy ouisiae governments ot a tnreat
of war would not have moved the
Moscow officials from their course.
Their last word in the case had been
j spoken, it appears, when they co'm-
muted to ten years' Imprisonment the
; death sentence upon Archbishop ZeP-
liak, convicted at the same time as
I Vicar General Butchkavltch.
'! Monslgnor Butchkavltch was the
I futhor superior of the church of St.
(Continued on page eight)
GILBERT GELS BACK HIS STATE JOB
ON VOTE OF HOFF AND GOV. PIERCE
SALEM. Ore., April 3. On motion
of Stale Treasurer Hoff, the state
board of control this morning voted
to remove Mr. and Mrs. W. L, Kuzer,
superintendent nndi matron respec
tively, of the state training school
for boys and elected L. M. Gilbert, of
Balem, former superintendent ot the
Deny Actress Right
To Clear Name In
Perfect Lover Case
NEW YORK, April 3. Stella
Adler, youthful actress known on
the stage as Stella Larrlmore, to-
day was denied a jury trial to
determine the truth of allega-
tions made against her as co-re-
spondent In the divorce suit of
Geraldlne Farrar against her
4 actor husband, Lou Tellegen.
Miss Adler, alleged heroine of
park bench and hallway spooning
episodes with Farrar's one time
"perfoct lover," asked Supreme
Court Justice O'Mulley yesterday
to ordor a Jury trial to give her
an opportunity to clear her name.
The court held that as co-respon-
dent she was "not a party to the
action In the strict sense of the
word, but a qualified party who
must come into the action as she 4
finds it, without a retrial of is-
sues already determined."
MAIN TOPIC OF
President to Visit West May
Be Campaign Issue L. of
N. Not Considered Chief
Executive Goes to Ball
Game and Golfs at Augusta.
AUGUSTA,' Gu.. April 3 American
membership in the international
court of Justice probably will be used
by President Harding as a subject of
one or more speeches to be made on
his proposed western tour, it was
WORLD
GOURT
HARD1NGST0UR
said here today by several mombersjixu iuux Klan ana prevents tne ais-
of the president's vacation party, v Dursement of any money except on
Mr. Harding, shortly before the ad- order, was signed late yesterday
Journment of congress Inst month, y E E Thomas of Fulton,
. , . . ,u . ,h superior coart, it was learned here to-
recommended to the senato that tne
United Stipes accept conditional heare was Bet for ext gatur.
membership in the International jay ,
court. Last night ho talked for some Colonel Simmon's action was filed,
time with Dr. Nicholas Murray But- by his attorney, Ben H. Sullivan,
ler, president of Columbia university against H. W. Evans, imperial
on the subject. wizard; F. L. Savage, chief of staff,
Dr. Butler recommended the pro- Montgomery, H. K. Itam-
posal of membership in the interna- '
tlonal court as an Issue which the re- B Harwood, Tom Alters, T.
publican party could safely carry be- McKinnon and N. M. Imrney,
fore the country. Arguments that members of the wizard's staff. It
such membership would involve the j alleges that Colonel Simmons, as the
United States in the League of Na- omperor of the klan, is its highest au
tions are illogical, ho said. thority and actual executive head and
The confnrencc with Dr. Butler was .hlr... im,-i.i ui,.,rH
the first the president had since his
arrival here early on Sunday for a
week's stay. Charles D. Hlllcs, re
publican national committeeman for
New York, who had been expected to
confer with Mr. Harding, left yester
day. It Is considered unlikely that
any further conferences of Impor
tance will bo held during the week.
The president planned to get In
some more golf today over the Au
gusta country club course and also
had an Invitation to visit an exhi
bition 'baseball game between the De
troit Americans and the Toronto In
ternational league club.
NEW YOltK, April 3. Lord Itoh
crt Cecil, English statesman and
protagonist of the Lengue of Nations,
in his first formal address in Amer
let, told 2000 persons nt a dinner ot
the foreign policy association here
last night that America could not af
ford to stay out of the league. The
league has nlready done meritous
work and will continue to do so he
said.
America should osk herself, he
snidt if she can afford to stand aloof
from tho scheme that promises more
than ony other to prevent the out
break of war.
NEW YORK, April 3. Woodrow
Wilson listened to ,tho nddress of
Lord Robert Cecil on tho League of
Nations hero last night by radio nt
his homo in Washington. When It
was announced that tho former
president wns hearing tho address,
the diners at the hotel Astor rose to
their feet and cheered. Mrs. Wilson,
who was present, smiled happily as
she Joined In tho tribute to her hus-
I bnnd.
Bchool to succeed Mr. Kuzer.
The change of superintendents will
be effective April 16. A new matron' Nisshin Nlsshln, which the soviet
will be elected nt a later date. authorities here threatened last week
fiovcrnor Plerco and Treasurer to blow up becanae of her captain's al-
Hoff voted for the motion to remove ,, (-i.,.i . ,,,
the Kuzer, and the election of Mr.; lcBed ttenlan of wireless mes
flllbert. while Hncretary of State aKe8 ,,,r JlneM merchants, has
Kozer voted In opposition. I sailed for Japan.
Doubt Capture Of Clara Phillips;
Believe
LOS ANGELES. Spoofing the authorities ' I'.iiicn nmv believe Mrs Catherine Uriba, who olaimad
he had Clara Phillips, escaped "hammer murderess" nipiive u, the underworld of Tia Jiuna, Mexico;
was playing a daring game Jor the releuse of "Lit.tlt. Phil" Languin, held by Lo Angeles authorities.
Mrs. Uribe's avnwed purpose in holding thi Phillips -vnman was t exchange her fcx "Little PhiL"
There 19 good reason to believe Mrs Phillips if " ...-...
FOR LEGAL RIGHT
f RULE'
ATLANTA, Ca.,. April 3. An in
junction 'which temporarily places
William Joseph Simmons in complete
authority over the Knights of the
.. ff . h ,,.... wlth )hB
emperor in the operation of the or
der. c.
GETS DELETED
MASON" CITY, Iowa. April 3.
That part of Chaplin's latest screen
play, "Tho .Pilgrim," in which the
comedian, playing the role of a
preacher, makcB sport ot saying
grace at the table, is mlBsing today
from the production at the Palace
theater here.
After a visit by a delegation from
the Protestant Ministers association
and later by a man whd said he was
a representative of the Ku Klux Klan,
Manager Ralph Ravenscroft deleted
almost one-fourth of the film.
L
HUTCHISON, Kas., April 3. Heavy
wind and hall storms struck south
western and central Kansas late yes
torday. A tornado Btmck Patrldge
late yeaterday Injuring two persons
and causing damage estimated at
$50,000. Three buslnesB buildings
were destroyed nnd the roofs of sev
eral other Btores and residences wcro
carried away.
Jag Cruiser Sails
VLADIVOSTOK, April 3. (By As-
soclated Press). The Japanese cruiser
Tale Was Only
KLAN
2 CITY ELECTIONS
Religion Injected Into Chicago
Mayorality Rase East St.
Louis Vote Rests On Chief,
of Police Being Protestant
Texas Citizen' Flogged.
CHICAGO, April 3. The city's
voters today must select their mayor
for the next four years after a cam
paign marked by a lack of mudsllng
lng from tho candidates, Arthur C.
Lueder, republican standard bearer,
and former postmastor; Judge Wil
liam B. Dover, democratic nomineo,.
and William A. Cunnoa, socialist can
didate. ,
The last day's campaign Drought
out the religious Issue, the democrats
connecting the Ku Klux with the re
publican campaign nnd some of Mr.
Lueder's supporters. It was chnrged,
stressing tho fact that Judgo Dover
is a member of tho Homan Catholic
church.
The Into Congressman James R.
Mann's sent In the second Illinois dis
trict also wns filled today. The two
major party candidates were Morton
D. Hull, republican, former state
senator, and Harrett O'Hara, demo
crat, former lieutenant governor.
ST LOUIS, HI.. April 3. (By the
Associated Press) With tho Ku
Klux Klan as an Issue, voters went to
the polls here today to elect a mayor
and four commissioners.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch has
stated In news articles that those
candidates having the endorsement
of the klan have pledged that if elect
ed the chief of police will bo a prot
estant, all the city appointments will
go to klansmen If possible and a klan
commltteo will approve appointments
beforo they are made.
TAYLOR. Texas, April 3. R. W.
Burleson, Weir, Toxns, was in a hos
pital hero today, recovering from a
flogging received Sunday. His head
was gashed and his shoulders were
mutilated.
Representatives of the Ku Klux
Klan here denied any connection with
the whipping.
CHICAGO, April 3. Reports wero
made of minor disturbances at the
polls here.
Complaints of threo slugglngs and
two kidnnpings woro received by the
stale's attorney, but no serious vio
lence wns reported.
Another complaint told of a charge
by a republican of ballot box stuf
fing beforo the polls opened at 8 a. m.
Colorado Kills Boxing
DENVER, April 3. The Colorado
senate yesterday killed by a vote of
17 to 13 a bill proposing to legalize
boxing In the state.
Kansas Outlaw Dead
COFTKYVILLB, Kas. , April 3.
Albert Connor, noted Kansas and
Oklahoma outlaw, died in tho city Jail
here today from bullet wounds receiv
ed in an attempted robbery here
Maroh 24.'
BIGOTRY: TO FORE
Clever Ruse
TO
BERKELEY,.. Cal.y.V April'. S.
Cleorgo Hearst, young son of William
Itnndolph Hearst, the, publisher, nnd
his bride were on their honeymoon
hero today as a sequel to their elope
ment " ' yrday after-
noon
jm-tiiiwiuiu, jumtivtiH uiiu
friends wore recovering from tholr
surprise,
Hearst and his wife, who wns MIbh
Blanche Wilbur, wore married yes
terday afternoon by Father B. S.
Olsen, pastor of St. Catherine's Cnth
ollc church nt Martinez. At the Mar
tinez city hall, where tho license was
obtained, Mr. Henrst gave his age as
2t and Miss Wilbur her's as II). Both
wcro students at tho University of
California. Ho was a sophmoro, and
she a Junior.
Mrs. Hearst's parents nro Mr. nnd
Mra. O. K. Wilbur of Idaho Palis,
Idaho, whore Mr. Wilbur is a mer
chant. Mrs. Wilbur, her daughter and Mr,
Henrst woro playing whist (U Iho
tvllbur homo yesterday afternoon.
when Mr. Henrst and Miss Wilbur
decided to go for a ride. Tho ride In
Mr. Hearst's car ended In tho wed
ding. Lnter In the day they returned
and broke tho news to tho bride's
mother.
Mrs. Wilbur said sho
wns
much surprised, but that her family
uiu not object.
WOMAN'S DEATH
YAKIMA, WaBh., April 3. Yak
ima officials are Btlll holding the
four persons taken in custody follow
ing the shooting of rMs. Carrie Mpd
Ison early Monday morning Incom
municado, but say that important
developments are expected In the
near future. So far all those held
Insist that they know nothing of the
ntfalr until they wore summoned by
a man living in an adjoining housa to
aid the woman, who had fallen In tho
tho alley. It is known that officers
are looking for two othors who are
believed to have been in the house
earlier in the night. A coroner's Jury
Inst night decided the caso was one
of murdor.
TRIO HELD FOR
ETTE THEFT
ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 3. Theft
of 200,000 cigarettes from the Tacoma
grocery company hero in three succes
sive burglaries Is believed solved to
day with nrrest of Ray Olsen and
Walter Pohlman, the alleged robbers
and W. N. Mack, cigar dealer, charged
wllh buying and selling the stolon
cigarettes, according to the police.
The three are held In $1000 ball.
Present Boom in
Business Indicates
Prosperity's Return
WASHINGTON. April 3.
t The country's present business
boom Is on a sound foundation,
Secretary Hoover said today and
t there is good reason to expect a
long continuance of prosperity.
"The business condition is
marked Just now by the fact
that the goods are not accunui-
Uitlng," the secretary said,
"Although production is at a
high point, consumption is
equaling it. floods are moving
continuously through the chan-
nols ot distribution and are not 4
piling up in a way that might
indicate a check to business ac-
tlvlty would be possible
"Likewise, prices are not
showing the runaway tendon-
4- clos that we witnessed during
war time and immediately after.
Although economic forecasting 4
is always hazardous, 1 can see
nothing on the business horizon
which Indicates that business re- t
vorsos are duo." '
WALLA WALLA
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Defeat Gloversville, N. Y.,
36-29 Outweigh Eastern;
Five Losers Make Fast
Spurt in. Middle of Second
'' Half. ' .
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CHICAGO, April 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Walla Walla high
school, champions of the state of
Washington won the Inltlla gamo, 86
to 20, from Gloversvlllo. N. Y., Adl
rondacks champions, of tho national
invitation lntorscholastlo basketball
tournament at the University, of Chi
cago today.
The defeat for Gloversville means
the elimination from tho tourney of
the Now Yorkers who travefed nenrly
1000 miles to compete. Tho tourna
ment brought together forty of the
best high school basketball teams
from 31 states, Including 20 stato
chnmpion toams, nonrly 400 players,
coaches, instructors nnd officials ot
tho schools represented. Tho con
tests are being hold at tho University
gymnasium.
Walla Walla's heavier team every
man on tho Gloversvlllo five, except
tho center, was outwetghod and fnst
I worn ran up a score oi is to lu in
1 n, !,..!
in mo middle ot tne
second half Gloversville spurted in
remarkable fashion and, took , the
lend, 27 to 20, largely through the
stellar work of "Red" Armstrong,
forwnrd, nnd Captain Perls, right
guard, the latter hurllnv seven ban-
WINS FIRST GAM
HOOP TOURNEY
vei"yjkets in tho final half, four of them
quick succession. Gloversville
formations went into tho lead and
won.
Walla Walla's stars were Chancy
and Truant, tho forwards, Chnney
making eight baskots from tho floor
while Trunnt caged four.
For Gloversvlllo Captain Porls
mndo seven goals from the field,
while Armstrong scored throo from
the field and threo on freo throws.
Nantlcoke, Pennsylvania cham
pions, beat Miles City, tho Montana
titleholders, 32 to 22 In the second
clash of tho tournament.
Win $900,000 8ult
' HOUSTON, Texas, April 3. A find
ing in favor ot the defendant in the
suit for accounting by the Old Colony
Trust company of Boston against tho
Sugarland Industries 1b recommended
in the report by the master in chan
cery filed today in tho foderal court
hore. The suit involved about $900,000.
JOHN D.'S MILLIONS
GET INSIDE
NEW YORK, April 3. College wom
en throughout the country have been
asked by the bureau of physical hy
glono, incorporated, founded by J. D.
Itockofollor, Jr., to answer unusually
frank questionnaires concerning love,
It was loarnod today.
Questions put to unmarried women
included:
"How old wore you when you first
began to spoonT"
"What effect, as you estimate It,
now, did spooning have upon the
quality of your character?"
"Will you give the reason why you
bate not married I"
ASK Jl
TERM FOR 1
'RED' BOSS E
American Institutions Demand
Conviction of W. Z. Foster
Church Founder Talks for
Defense American Legion
Issue Case May Go to the
Jury Tonight.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 1. De
fense of American Institutions de
mands the conviction ot William Z.
Foster of Chicago charged with vio
lating the Michigan law against
criminal syndicalism, the state argued
toduy in the closing arguments at
Foster's trial.
Foster was arrested as a result of
attending a secret convention of the '
communist party of America held last -August.
Ho Is the first of 32 arrested
to face trial.
Charles Gore, state's attorney for
Berrlnn county, made a plea for con
viction, which carries a sentence of
ten years in prison or $5000 fine or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Mr. Gore was followed by Humphrey
Gray, Benton Harbor banker, philan
thropist and church founder, repre
senting the defense. .
The closing arguments were to be
made this afternoon by O. L. Smith, ,
assistant attorney general ot Michi
gan and Frank P. Walsh of New ,
York and Washington, chief counsel
for Foster. Judge Charles White
may deliver his Instructions and give
the case to the Jury tonight.- The
state announced today that as soon
as the verdict Is returned It will ask:
that the trial of Charles E. Ruthen
borg ot Cleveland bo sot for Monday.
Mr. Orny charged the prosecution
with trying to prejudice the Jury
wpen,. dtrrtiiftthe tuialj It nikea hath--enborg
who appeared as a witness fo
Foster, whether he believed In the
American Legion.' Tho question,' he
said, had no purpose in the trial ex
cept to create an unfair bias In the .
Jurors' minds.
Frank P. Walsh told the Jury the
case was based entirely upon the in
terpretation placed upon words and
not on an overt act. '
Judge White announced that he
would adjourn court this afternoon at
the conclusion of the arguments and
postpone charging the Jury until to
morrow. FORTH FIRE
HILO, T. H April 3. (By Associ
ated Press). Kilauea volcano Is more
active than It has been for years. The
glow In the sky is visible for miles. ,
With ten acres of fire less than 300
feet from the rim, ten fountains are
spouting an amount ot lava estimated
at 3,000,000 cubic yards weekly. .
The Noted Dead
VLADIVOSTOK, April 3 (By Asso
ciated Press), Frederick 8. Pray,
United States vice consul here, died
today from blood poisoning. He bad
been a resident of Vladivostok for 27
years.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 8
C. L. Whitney, one of the best
known pioneer farmers nnd horticul
turists of the Walla Walla valley,
died this morning at his large subur
ban home here. He wns the first
district horticulturist here and a few
yonra ago was chairman of the re
publican county central , committee.
Ho has long been prominent in lodge,
club, business and political circles in
this section.
TO
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it
"What things are most stimulating
to you!" ,
Married women and widows were:
asked these questions:
"Has your married life been a happy
one? If not, why not?"
"Were you strongly attracted toward
young men?"
"If so how would you describe this
attraction?"
"Did you Indulge with one or mora
young men in the Intimacies usually
embraced In the term spooning?"
, "If so, how far did you go In spoon
ing?" The purpose ot the quostlona la to
aid in solving vexed questions ot edu
cation and hygiene.
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