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MEDPORIV OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 192r
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WD MABL TRIBUNE
WIFE HELD AS
ACCOMPLICE
OF SHEPHERD
Mrs. Wm. D. Shepherd Flees
When Coroner's Jury Orders
, Her Held As Accessory to
Murder of Boy Millionaire
, Promises to Return Whenj
Bail Is Fixed.
CHICAGO. Mny 6. Mrs. William
D. Shepherd, who went into hiding
after a coroner's jury recommended
yesterday that she be hold as an ac
cessory to the murder of William
McCllntock, the boy millionaire, and
"his mother, Mrs. Emma Nelson Mc
Cllntock, planned to give herself up
in court today, her attorney's an
nounced. They said they anticipat
ed no difficulty in obtaining ball for
her.
Her husband, William D. Shep
herd, wept last night in his celt In
the "county Jail where ho has been
held since March 18 and thrloo was
denied ball after ho was indicted,
charged with the murder of "Billy"
McCllntock.
Mrs. Shepherd was angered by the
finding of the coroner's jury against
her nrwl tht n nnnsn t inna marie nirsiinst:
her by Chief Justice Harry Olson
of the municipal court, whoso late
brother. Dr. Oscar Olson, was the
McCllntock family physician and
whose death the judgo had also quos-
tloned in connection with the deaths
of Mrs. McCllntock, 16 years ago, and
'her son last JJoccmber 4.
; "I hope there will be a fitting
punishment for the fiondisliness of
Judge Olson," Mrs. Shepherd ex
claimed shortly before she fled from
tho beautiful .McCllntock home in
Kenilworth, " a Northshoro. suburb,
where- shoph'eYtl and' his wife had
lived .for several yearn with thqir
foster son. "Billy" McCllntock. The
house, generally known as the Shep-
herd homo, actually belongs to the
estate of young .McCllntock, . whose
death of typhoid fever Is alleged
to have been accomplished by Shep-jthe
herd by tho Inoculation of typhoid
fever germs. Attorneys for Iowa
and California cousins, who nro
helrs-at-Iaw of "Billly" McCllntock,
and who are contesting the will by
which Shepherd was left the bulk of1
the estate, were reported today to
bo preparing to ask the probate
court to tako charge of the Kenll-
worth home to conserve the property
and Its valuable furnishings for the
'estate. I
Tho defense attorneys Indicated
that Mrs. Shepherd would not sur
render until the court had acted on
the ball matter.
State's Attorney Crowe refused to
comment on what position the stato
would take hr to hail for Mrs. Rhen-
herd until her attorneys should go
into court. -
fMrs Shepherd's whereabouts were I
ltiiown only by Attorney Stoll. Tho
latter had a conference with Shepherd
in jail, who ex pros sod himself as feel-.
ing much better since learning that
Mrs. Shepherd had not beeu placed
under arrest.
Concerning testimony at the Inquest
that Shepherd had given Mrs. McClln
tock medicine when ah complained of
headaches nnd that he had carried a
"box of medicine," lie said there was
nothing unusual about that as he was
subject to headaches nnd serried head
ache powder about with him.
OF ST. P.
FAILURE DEMANDED
' WASHINGTON, May 6. (By the
Associated Press) Investigation of
.the recent failure of tho Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Pnnl railroad will I
be demanded by Senator Lenroot. 1
republican Wisconsin, Immediately decided to give the first Wright air
after congress convenes In December. 'plane to a British museum, but he
Senator Lenroot announced today, feels that on the whole Americans
that he would Introduce a resolu- should bo more concerned over the
tlon calling for an inquiry either by latest developments of modern tnven
the senate or by the Interstate Com-j tions than over the disposition of old
merce commission. 1 models.
VINCENT ASTOR S PALATIAL MANSION SOLD
TO POLISH EMIGRANT BOY FOR $3,000,000
NEW YORK. May . (By the As
sociated Press) The palatial man
sion of Vincent Astor at Fifth Ave
nue and 65th street, long known es
one of the social landmnrks of the
country, was the property today of
Benjnmin Winter, who 25 years ago!
was a penniless emigrant boy from,
Poland. The irire wns approxi-,
matelv S3. 000.000. The residence'
will be demolished and a new $10,
000.000 apartment house will be
erected there, Mr. Winter said.
Churchyard Famed in
"Gray's Elegy" Saved
From Land Speculators
LONDO N, Mny 6. Tho
churchyard nt Stoke Poges, im-
mortalized In Cray's Elegy, has
4- been saved by the efforts o a t
number of Englishmen and
Americans from the threat in
the form of a group of building
s)eculators who have long been
aiming to possess the surround-
lng ineadowland.
The land has been purchased
as a national possession and
Viscount (Irey yesterday for-
mally took over, the deeds for
the nation.
DRY BLOCKADE
OF RUM SHIPS
E
Atlantic and Great Lakes
Scene of Armada Opera
tions Coast Guard Cuts
Down Liquor Supply Air
planes Used in Drive.
NEW YORK. May 6. Through
the censorship accompanying Uncle
Sams blockado of the rum ileei
there filtered today news of in
creases to tho greatest dry armada
ever In action. Came, .too, sugges
tions that the Great Lakes, as woll
aH the Atlantic, would be tho scene
of a blockade.
Twenty-one boats have gone from
New York to wateh the liquor fleet,
boat for boat, on a fifty nillo front
an hour's - steaming distance from
shore. .Twenty-five craft from Now
Englaud ports joined those from New
York.,- ' ' .
Twelve more rum chasers are
ready to depart for the scene of
action from their Staten Island baao.
Reports from Detroit say that a
. dry fleet of ten craft Is expected to
bo ready by summer for action in
Great Lakes. Later it will be
supplemented by another fleot, con-
structlon of which also has started
Rums finish Is foroseen already
by I'". T. Merrick, prohibition dl
roctor for New York and New Jersey,
Already the Increased activities of
the coast guard has cut down liquor
importations by 90 per cent, he said,
One prize is already reported. After
a five milo chase that Involved
shooting and bloodshed, a spoedlng
liquor boat was beached at Sea-
bright, N. J. Machine gun bullets
from the Unit of the dry navy, dis
abled tho helmsman of a . 45 foot
craft with two liberty engines of
250 horsepower each. After beach
ing the craft, the men on board
escapod. There were 250 cases of
Hquor aboard and a pool of
blood
was noted In the cockpit.
Although government authorities
would not discuss operations in the
alr against tho rum fleet, seaplanes
were reported co-operating with the
coast guard blockade. A dozen or
more plunes went to sea from tho
narrows today.
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK, May' 6. The closing
was strong. Utah securities soared
nearly 11 points to 120 and General
Electric, United States Cast Iron Pipe,
Montana Power and Chicago and East
ern Illinois IVoferred all sold at least
four points above yesterday's final
quotations.
Lead stock prices moved up briskly
in today's trading under tho leader
ship of the railroad shares. Oils, mo
tors, public utilities and specialties
also were In good demand. Total
sales approximated l.OOfr.OOO shares.
, President Sorry, But
WASHINGTON, May 6. President
Coolldgo Is sorry Orville Wright has
For many years the house was 'the
social center for New York's "400."
The residence contains the Asto
collection, one or the most famous
private art lllectlons in the worla.
The new owner of the mansion
began his career as a house painter.
Hp gradually accumulated a little
(-Hpitsl nnd entered the contracting
business. His real estate operations
began In 1314. He has purchased
$10.000 000 worth of real estate
within the last ten weeks.
NOW UND
RWAY
AIR DASH TO
POLE READY
TO HOP OFF
Amundsen Planes Tuned Up
for Epoch-Making Flight to
Earth's Axis May Reach
Pole v in Eight Hours
American Aviators to Make
Attempt in June-
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. May 6.
(By Associated Press.) The weather
prospects at Spitsbergen are reported
excellent for tho forthcoming attempt
by Captain Raold Amundsen's expe
dition to reach the North Pole by
airplane.
Both tho airplanes will be flown
northward today, following the two
expedition steamers. Pram and Hobby
which yesterday loft for tho intended
hopping off point on Danes Island.
A dispatch from Oslo, Norway, last
night; said tho dash for the pole of
the Amundsen planes might possibly
start this "Wednesday" afternoon nt
four o'clock from Danes Island off
the western coast of Norway,
The first plane will he piloted by
Rielser Larson; with Amundsen as
passenger and tho second by Oscar
Omdal with Linooln Ellsworth, an
American engineer, as navigator.
The planes have a speed of more
than 90 miles an hour, making It
possible, the explorers believe. to
reach the pole in about eight hours.
The distance Is roughly 6S0 miles.
If possible, Captain Amundsen and
his companions -will make- a landing
at the pule and attempt to locate Its
exact position. If this is not- found
practicable the aviators plan to drop
a Norwegian flag in the approximate
vicinity.'-. fj m f '" r- '.
The Oslo dispute!! said .'tho planes
might have to land several times dur
ing the trip ami that for this reason,
they might not return to Spitsbergen
for several days. . "
Tho planes will fly .100 meters
apart at an altitude of BOO meters,
keoplng In touch by wireless through
out the trip. Each passing of new
latitude will be signalled from ono to
the othor. It Is expected they will
take from throe to four hours to
reach the Island.
Tho dash for the pole probably will
bo started early tomorrow.
3 Nntlons to Compete,
NEW YORK, May 6: Roald
Amundsen's Impending dnsh to the
North Pole, by airplane tentatively
set to start from Spltzbergen, Norway,
this afternoon, marks the beginning
of the efforts of three nations to con
quer by air that portion of tho frozen
northern wastes which in 400 years
of exploration by ship and dog sled
has been reached by only one oxpd.
tlon, that of Admiral Peary. 16 years
ago.
Amundsen, discoverer or the soutn
Pole, carrying the flag of Norway,
will bo followed In June by expedi
tions headed by Donald B. MncMlllan,
United Slates and Grettlr Algarsson,
Great Britain, all throe taking to the
air from bases to be established ap
proximately 650 miles by airline from
the pole.
Amundsen, leaving his two snips,
Fram and Hobby, at the northern
most point of Spitzbergen, will at
tempt the flight in two Dornler whal
ers all metal monoplane flying boats
with bottoms shaped like sleds so
they can land on ion. snow or water.
Tho planoB, financed wltn the aid
of Lincoln Ellsworth, New York engi
neer, who will occupy a seat in the
second, plane, were built at Plza,
Italy, each powered by two Rolls
Hoyce engines bo arranged one In
back of the other that oho can be re
paired in flight.
Algarsson's attempt has-been term
ed as daring In the extreme as the
MacMlllan-Unlled States expedition Is
conceded to :bo the most elaborate.
In a blimp, the gas bag capacity of
which Is loss than one twentieth that
of the Shenandoah. Algarsson hopes
to tako off from his ship Liverpool,
anchored somewhere west of Spitz
bergen. Like Amundsen, he will be
content with merely a dash to the
pole and a few days exploration.
MacMillan's Is the only expedition
which hopes to chart definitely that
vast unexplored area on the Siberia
side of the pole. Half of the size of
the United States, this area may be
the unknown continent both Peary
and MacMlllan on their various expe
ditions clalmod they saw but could
not reach.
Because of the thoroughness with
which the MacMlllan-Navy expedi
tion has been planned, It may come to
pass that the Americans will be
called upon to rescue the two other
explorers. Wireless apparatus will be
carrleriby alt three parties.
The Judge Feels Cocky
nmvlvr.iUM. Ala.. May 6. (By
Associated Press.) American business
can successfully compete with any
nation on ear" Is the opinion of
Jlne Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors of tho Unlfd
States Steel Corporation, expressed
here today In a conference with news
papermen. e
Schumann-Heink to Return to Opera
to Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Mme. Ernestine Scliumann-Hcink, world famous oontrnltK will
celebrate the golden anniversary of licr debut as a singer by return
ing next season to the Metropolitan Opera House, scene of many
cf her early triumphs. Now 65, she is the oldest star of her mag
nitude to return to the stage after singing her formal farewell. She
Is shorn as she is today, and (inset), when she wns SO.
VIEW FRANCE AS
MAIN TARGET OF
LONDON TALK
French Observers, However,
Think Hindenburg Election
Basis of Peace Address
Sen. Borah Praises Attitude
Admonition Welcomed.
WASHINGTON, Mny 6. (By As
sociated Press.) Comploto annlysls
of Mr. Houghton's London address, Is
awaiting some comment from Paris,
where press accounts of the spooch
were brief and no Immediate editorial
expression was offered. , ,
The Berlin Lokal Anzelgcr charac
terizes It as "plainly a shot at Krnnce"
while other opinion abroad saw In It
a generalized pronouncement of con
ditions on which American assistance
should be based.
German comment In diplomatic
circles here nlso regarded France as
the speaker's target, while French
observers Inclined to the view that
the ambassador had In mind the elec
tion of Von Hindenburg.
Tho Ambassador's address which
was made. on his own responsibility,
is regarded by president .Coolldgo as a
guide to American opinion on Ihe
continent's economic problems. The
Amcrlcnn helpfulness to which Mr.
Houghton referred Is clearly under
stood to meun expansion of private
loans to lOurope, and In this the
president feels that bankers hore can
not fall to place their Investments
where economic conditions ore most
Inviting.
Unofficial -spokesmen In Berlin
welcomed Mr. Houghton's frank ad
monition to Kuropo to seek tho pnths
of peace and expressed the belief that
his advice will facilitate negotiations
for a security pact.
Italian observers placed themselves
In the position of Interested specta
tors attaching no great Import to the
London address so far as Italy Is con
cerned. Ambassador Houghton's pronounce
ment was "timely and wise" In the
opinion of Sonator Borah of Idaho,
chairman of tho senate foreign rela
tions committee. If It was Intended
as the announcement of a policy he
declared, its importance to Europe
and the United States can hardly be
overestimated."
Want Ilallroad.
WASHINGTON. May . A for
mal application for permission to an
quire control of the St. l-ouis-nomn-western
Ilallroad was filed today
,wlth the nterstate Commerce Com
mission by the Chicago, Itock Island
and Pacific railroad.
WlnneiK-g Wbcnt Knars.
'INNIPK'f. Canada, Ma) 6. Tho
May delivery of wheat bounced up
ward 7 14 cents on the Winnipeg
grain exchnnge today.
FRENCH
FORCES
HARD
PRESSED
BY TRIBESMEN
French Troops in Serious Dif
ficulties, According to 'the
Latest Dispatches Nick
; Longworth's Brother-in-Law
Leading French Defense.
MABAT, French Morocco, May 6.
(By tho Associated Press.) An offi
cial communique today reports a fierce
fight between French and Rlfflan
troops In. which the French repulsed
vlolont counter attacks, killed "many
of tho enemy" and took some pris
oners. Dispatches from Iho Interior re
ceived here nftnr the official com
munique was Issued, said the French
forces bad serious difficulties today
and sustained considerable losses. ,
PARIS, Muv 6. (By tho Associated
Press.) The Temps prints a telegram
from Fez not otherwise verified, giv
ing the French' losses in one. recent
engagement as four ofricnrs and 46
men killed nnd 150 French wounded.
This message says the Rlfflan losses
were ten times as heavy as the French
This casualty list disagrees with the
official announcement.
FEZ, French Morocco, May 6. (By
the Associated Press.) Ahd-el-Krlm
the Moroccan rchol leader, now Is re
ported to have mobilized 20.000 Hlfflan
tribesmen for his attack on the French
zone.
Of these forces, 5000 are on the
border between the Spanish and
French zones, I'ronl which they arc
making raids in the territory occupied
by the French In their advance of lasl
autumn.
The French outposts : which woro
reported Isolated by the . first move'
ment of the Hlfftans from the Spanish
zone, have been relieved by General
Colombat's forces and tho garrisons
supplied with food and water.
Colonol Freydonhurg, in a series of
fiercely contosted engagements, is re
ported to be clearing the central sec
tor, while to the east in the vicinity
of Tazat, General cambayv after driv
ing back the invaders, has success
fully repulsed a series of counter
attacks. . -
Satisfied with the success thus fai
achieved and the preparations tnadi
for further development, the French
governor-general, Marshal Lyautey
has returned to Rabat, tin the coast.
Marshal I.yimtey is keeping In. con
stant touch with Marshal Foi-h at
Paris, acquainting Igm fully with all
aspens oi me siiuaiiuii.
General Count de Chambrnn, brother
in-law of Nicholas Longworth, Is nndei
Marshal Lyantey In general charge o'
the operations.
MKH.IMjA, Spanlhh Morocco, May
S. (By the Associated Press.) The
(Continued on Page Six)
Dutch Parliament
Votes Down Funds
For 1928 Olympics
TIIK HAOl'S. Holland. Mny 6
The lower chamber of parlla-
ment todny rejected a bill guar-
anleelng one million florins for
the 1028 Olympic games at
Amsterdam. (Tho normal valuo
of a florin is nbout 40 cents).
The rejection of tho bill gunr-
anteolng financial support for
the Olympic games at Amster-
dam followed a determined
fight against tho proposal by
the parties of the right. Tho
vote for rejection was 36 to
48 against.
BOMB EXPLOSION
KILLS EIGHT; 6
FIREMEN OEAO
Pittsburg and Atlanta, Ga.,
Visited By Fire Disasters
Mystery Surrounds Explo-1
sion
Grow-
Case Injury Lists
-Polioe Investigate.
I'lTTKUtJUa, May C Plrnmon,
searching tho ruins of throo Swlssvalo j
buildings, destroyed by an oxploslon
shortly aflor last midnight rocovorcd
. , , ,, . , , ,
two additional bodies today, making
the total death list eight. . '
Tho eight victims of the ' explo-
sion woro members of the same fam-.
lly, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Joro
mlah woro the parents of Mrs. Carl
Kuglnr.nnd Mrs. Carl Baldus, all of
whom were killed, together' with
their ' husbands- and son -of' Mr..-
and Mrs. Baldus.' Mrs.,Marlo KohltB
th eighth ' vlttlm,',, was nl sistsr 'of
Mrs. Jeremiah.' ' '
Flrs Marshal Thomns Tfarr said
he believed tho blast was caused by
dvnamito or nitroglycerine, bearing
out the police theory that tho ex-
plosion was the work of "black
handors." '
County detectives were mnklng on
effort to locate Thomas. Pusatura,,
owner of a fruit storo, In which'
the explosion occurred. It was said
that Pusatara had received throat -
enlng letters recently. , '
PITTSBURG, May 6. Six bodies
had been recoverod early 'today from
the ruins of throe buildings In Swiss
vale, a. suburb which were, wrecked
by 'an' explosion shortly after mid
night. Two other persons are missing
and are believed by police und fire
officials to have been burned to death
In the flro that followed the explo
sion. The body of one man was identified
but the others were burned ' beyond
recognition. Several persons wcro in
jured and two children takon to hos
pitals wore bcllovod to have boon
fatally hurt. Several adjoining build
ings were damaged. ,
Fire Marshal Thomas L. Tfarr, ex
pressed tho opinion that the blast had
been Caused by a bomb.
ATLANTA. Oa., May 6. Six fire
men were killed, and several Injured
here early today when the upper floor
of a building in which they , were
fighting flro collapsed, the men be
ing burled beneath balos of cotton
that had been stored on tho second
floor. y
The building was a two story brick
structure used for storing cotton.
The flremon were fighting the blaze
from the ground floor when the roof
and upper floor fell In. sending them
down beneath a weight of .cotton
balos. . .
Captain C. o. Bono and Lieutenant
R. L. Dennard, .were. among those
killed. ' ' 1
Four othor ' firemen, F. F- Wilson,
L: M. Smith. K. S. Konklo and C. C.
King were dead when their bodies
wero taken from the ruins.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. Two
firemen wero Injured fighting a fire
which broke out early today in the
Premlor Mattress. factory hore, .Dam
age was estimated at S50.000. The
cause of the fire was undetormined.
IOWA ORYS SEE SENTIMENT 10 M0D1FIY
T,
. DK8 MOINES, la.. May 6. (By
Associated Press.) The . Iowa Antl-
taluon league in a report today de
clared either the stale and federal
!k(tiur laws mutd be enforced "with
it most rigid lly" or the people of
Iowa "must face posnible modifica
tion" to permit the .manufacture and
Hale of light wine and benr.
K'ultH of a survey made by the
vague' representatives in Iowa, par
Ucularly In the Mississippi river cities
were contained In the report, made
public by 8. V. McXaught. Exh.jt.us-
EUROPE IS
ALARMED BY
BORAH TALK
League of Nations Meeting
Stirred to Action By Idaho
Senator'9 Reference, France
and Force Text of State
ment Requested Article
Printed in Newspaper.
GENEVA, Mny , 6. -(By 'Associated
Prosa.) A " statement printed by
Geneva newspapers quoting- Senator
Borah of lattno us ttuvnttf uee.ai -a-that
only force remained to be em
ployed If France falls to take steps
to pny her war debts, was one of the
chief topics of "conversation today
amontf the delegates to the conference
for the control of traffic in arms. The
statement attributed to Senator
Borah caused so much commont that
It Is understood an effort will be
made to determine officially whether
j1den1edrho 8ona,or WM co,"r":tlr mot
WASHINGTON, May 6. The state
ment by Senator Borah which caused
a commotion in Geneva apparently
was a translation of some general ob
servations made by the senator in the
course of a copyrighted article in the
Washington Sunday Star. -
After discussing the French- debt
and commenting generally on-
pres-
ent conditions and tendencies,"
the
sonaior sum: . . . '
,f th(1 most ,olmR nd blndlng
I obligations are to bo disregarded and
sonator said:
especially upon 'matters of mere ma-
terlal, interests, thoro Is no alternative
m international artairs Dui lorce.
There will olthor be a reign of law or
a rolgn ,df vlolepce. .Of course theso '
reflections ar not for France alone.
mins oisregnra.'
of treaties Is Just .as prevalent as dls-
regard or law. while France debates
I lno question or meeting ner oeot 0011-
gallon tho united states debates
whether sho will live up to her treaty
and century of earnest teachings rela-
tlye to the confiscation of the pro-
perty or roreigners. notn attituaos
( Ore. astounding, a doctrine of -Shame
nnd violence, of repudiation and cop-
flscation, tho creed of communists."
fconator Koran saia tonay mat tnis
was tho only statement he had made
. on the subjoct.
GENEVA, May 6. (By Associated
Pross.) . France made a friendly ges
ture to Germany at the opening of to
day's sosslon of the conference on tho
control of traffic In arms when M.
Paul Boncour. moved that the steering
committee of -the conference bo en
larged from seven to nine members
so that all sections of the world might
be . represented, particularly non
mombers .of .the ' league of Nations.
Germany,' chiefly .as a result of this
motion, now is represented .on '. the
committee. Representative Theodoro
E. Burton, head of the American dole
gallon rocolved tho hlghcBt number of
votes for a place on the committee.
Liquor Informers
to Receive 25 Per
Cent On U. S. Fines
...' - .i
' NEW YORK. Atay . Cltl-
zens who Inform the federal au-.
thorltlea of liquor smuggling
activities leading to the convlc-
tlon of bootloggers undor the
customs law will receive 25 per
cont of the fines Imposed and
of the money obtained through
the salo of seized boats, Edward
Barnes, assistant solicitor to. the
collector of the port announced
today. - , ,
. :,' ;
Canoeist Arrives in Romo.
ROME, May 6. George H. C.
Smythe, Canadian canoeist, paddling
from London . to - Rome, arrived , here
this afternoon and was greeted' by
large and enthusiastic crowds. -
uiutr, iiiinuii, uuvvnpuri mm x ui -llngton.
.
Sentiment for enforcement was
found In Burtingtoi?, deneribed as the
"cleanest of the five." Klsewhere said
tho report "sentiment for modifica
tion to permit light wines and beer
had reached huge proportions."
Should this move for modification
becomo organized, the report believed
"prohibition will face one uf the most
serious menaces yet encountered and
may destroy all the good work thut
alreudy has been done,"