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DOCTORS in:
Death of Girl Cult Member
Investigated in California
DEATH LIST
MEDFORP m TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OrtEfiQy. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1929.
MYSTERY IN
QUEER CULT
Mother of Inmate Feeble
Minded School' Charges
V Criminal Negligence
Found Girl With Frac
tured Skull and Teeth
Knocked Out, Is Claim
Made, in Affidavit.
ttALRM, Oro., Oct. 9. -P) Mrs.
Isabel Keif, of Uugone, uppeured
bftforo the Maiion county grand
Jury Tuesday to offer testimony
In support of her demand for an
Investigation Into the admanistra
tlon of the Oregon state school for
iho feeble minded.
Mrs. Keif in sworn affidavits,
charges Dr. J. N. Smith, superin
tendent of the school; Mrs. J.
Smith, Matron and Dr. J. O. Mat
this, s'chool physician, with crimi
nal negligence In connection with
iho death of her daughter, Geor
v gia Marshall. In a Eugene hospital
4"" September 5. j
I.os Anodes authmitios are srokhifr to determine If the life of
Wllln Jthomls (tvii'ei) I O-yejir-nM girl, wus Kaei-il'lred tut ihii of a
ritual or a "divine" order. Her body was found hurled under the1
home of her foster uireiits. Sir. and Mrs. V. I, ltliouds (lielmv)
haviiitr Ihh'ii iiiescrvetl on lee fr n year. Aliove. Mrs. .May OfN
ticorgia Aiai-snan men as me hr , (i:lllh,rr Mrs. uili XVii.i nrnwt.xi nn tin
result of unexplained injuries su- the ,MW rrjinluleiuU- roiiwuti KO.OOU.
tained a an inmate of the school,! ::-- -;, ---:.-n.-.r-i -- ,
from which she was removed Sep
tember 1 for "proper care, Mrs.
She said: 'The doctor is mak- J
ing his rounds and I cannot get!
him.' !
"Seeing how overcome I was she'
I said voluntarily: '.Mrs. Keif 11
want you to know my conscience j
is clear. I have never hurt Oeor-
gia.' She kept repeating that and
also said. 'I believe she Is heavily
Keif alleges.
Tho Marshall girl had suffered
from epileptic attacks since she
was C years old and for the past
10 years had been a patient at the
state school here for varying pe
riods of time, being taken in and
Hon warranted. In January of RS ,f
., , i . . ., t..i Supporting the testimony of Mrs.
this year Mrs. Reif took the girl, 11 " I
, lien iwiuir mi- Kiiiiiii Jiu ttivi
Ml M IMIA J&lf
Officers Investigating Re
ported Deaths Four Ad
ditional Women Members
of Santa Susanna Sect
Girl's Body Was Not Pre
served Two Years, Is New
Theory.
out of the school to accompany
her on a trip to California, and
who accompanied Mrs. Keif on her
visit to her daughter in the school
and who assisted In taking the girl
to Eugene, and Dr. C. I. Neal, of
Eugene, who attended the girl in
that city up to the time of her
i Mrs. Eva Dix Page, of Eugene.
returned her to the school ini .... . . . ; . . ,1
June. I
Airs, Reif charges that she wasj
called to the school on July 24
last, and was informed by an at-
T 1 ' "MH T death.
. , , . - . ,, ' (.overnor Kntterson declined to ,
her arrival she found the eirlj . ,.m, tua t-nn i..rv
i Investigation, except to say:
"If there is anything wrong nt
any state Institution, the state
I board of control wants to know
about it and wants u very thor-
ough Investigation.' . i
Secretary of Stale 'rlloss ex-'
the skull, and her chin bandaged
from a cut to the bone, and blood
oozing from her ears and mouth.'
The blood in her, mouth, Mrs.
Relf alleges, "came from her gums
where four teeth had been cut
uui ui uvi j,w. ' ,., Mmiwlf lmi1iirlv
Tho mother deehties -that. w hen i .
she sought to find out what caused
the injuries the school officials
would tell her nothing beyond say
ing that the ghi had fallen.
Nuys Doctors Brutal.
Mrs, Reif accuses Dr. Matthis
and other attendants and officials
Leatrice Joy
at Isis Tonight
One of the most popular of
nf ih inHtitntlnn with brutality American screen stars, I,eamce
In their sneech both to her and Joy will be seen lit the isis tne-,7:;;o to 8 p. m. Stromberg-Carl
son program. .Mcmioissonu s
National liiouricnstiiig Co,
C:30 to 7:30 Palmollve ' hour. In
ternational In Its musical char
acter, the weekly Palmolive hour
program will go on the air to
night. "In Monte Curio," an or
chestral number scheduled to bo
conducted . by Gustave Haens
chen. Is the first selection to
suggest a foreign land. The
Revelers will return to America
for their inspiration as they fol
low with "My Ohio Home."
Olive Palmer, soprano, contrib
utes Rimsky-Korsakoff's Rus
sian melody, "Hymn to the Sun"
from his opera ."Pantomime"
"Le Cori D'Or." The tenor solo-
r, 1st Paul --oil veiv-r nooses a ler-
man song, "Auf Wiedersehen,"
for his first number. A tango,
' "l,a Seduction," and "my Scan
dinavian Ghi" are two other
selections which enhance the
foreign atmosphere of the hour.
Rroadcnst through KHQ, KOW,
KOMO.KGO. KPO and KFI.
to her daughter, with negligence atre tonight in "ihe J.iue uan
and unconcern reirardinir care of ubc." This is said to afford Miss
her daughter, doclares that she' Joy one of the finest churaetcrl
whs denied tho use of the Instltu- zatlons in which she has been
inn i(.Uihnn in nlncn n lnniriseen since her great success in
distance call to. Eugene for help,
and says she was refused help In
getting the girl from her bed into
an automobile when she decided
to take the girl to Eugene.
In another part of her affidavit
Mrs. Keif alleges, that during the
last night she stayed with her
daughter In the institution, about
.1 o'clock In the morning, "-he
beenme cyanpsed-like and her fin
ger nails turned blue. I called
the night attendant, a Miss Wil
liams, telling her to call a doctor
thnt my daughter was dying.
'Manslaughter." Joseph Sehild-
k ra u t a nd Nils Ast her a re fen -tured
In her support.
Marguerite, a village belle on
the Danube is loved by Erich,
a young nobleman, and his rival
is Kudwlg, a hunchback. He tore
Erich is able to marry the girl
of his choice, he is swaltowed up
in the vortex or war. Ludwig
meanwhile -has poisoned Marguer
ite's mind agninst Erich and on
the very day when the nobleman
returns to the Danube, Kudwig
weds Marguerite.
"They work while you sleep"
Do yon have (lays when you
foci sluggish when everything
seems an effort and you have no
appetite? Take a candy Cascaret
before yon go to bed I This gen
tle, harmless aid to the bowels is
often all that is needed to clear
up a sick headache and cause any
other symptom of sluggishness to
vanish.
Cascarcts can't harm you for
cascara is a favored laxative with
medical authorities. It docs a per
fect job of cleansing without vio
lence and without forming the
laxative habit. Cascarets are pleas
ant to take, for they are sweetened
with pure cane sugar and flavored
with real licorice children love
them.
A candy Cascaret or two will
usually clear up a bilious, constU
pated condition between night and
morning. Their action is so gen
tle there is no discomfort from
them or danger in their frequent
use. They are a pure vegetable
product. 1 hey do not weaken tne
system. In fact, the cascara ac
tually strengthens bowel muscles.
Remember this when you have a
coated tongue, bad breath, when
the head feels dull or there is any
sign of poor elimination.
overture for tho fantnlU! Hhalte
bpeareiin opera "Midsummer
NiKht'H Dreum" has been chonen
an the opening selection for
Klrfntf instruments, 't'nnnonettn,"
written liy Hihelius, follows,
while an organ, violin, vlolin
eello and harp will augment the
orchestra diirinK the rendition
of "Adoration." , Ouy V r a e r
Harrison directs tho instrumen
talists. CNyde Morse, pianist, will be
heard in a soln. Itroadcast
through KIIQ, KOMO, KOW,
KCiO. KPO and' KFI.
to 8:30 p. 111. "Jtoads to Ro
manre." Astoria, Ore., tho first
American city to be founded
west of the Hoeky mountains,
will be visited tonlBht hy Jack
and Hthyl. Dramatization of the
precarious Journey overland to
Astoria In 1SI1 will provide a
hiKh spot In the. broadcast,
which tiring to tho radio au
dience another important epi
node In tho history of tho early
west. ICn route to Astoria,, the
Motor Mates will describe briefly
tho nicturcsiiue Columbia Hlver
hlKhway, the Oregon state fish
hatchery at Young Ttiver Kails
and the canning of the. cele
brated Itoyal Chinook salmon,
llroadcast through KHQ, KOMO,
KOW, KCO, Kl'O nnd KKI.
S::ifl to 9 p.'m. The Hill Hilly
Hoys. The weekly proKram de
voted to melodies of by-gone
days. Interspersed with occn
sional modern numbers, will be
presented by a group of artists,
including Chnrles Marshall, lien
McUiughlln. Elmer Crowhurst,
Johnny O'lirien nnd Johnny
Toffoll. llroadcast through KIIO.
10 to 11 p. m. Cotton Hlossom
Minstrels. The old-time onx
and the humorous banter of the
Interlocutor nnd the "end men"
will be heard as Clarence Hayes,
Harold I'eary, the southern Har
mony. Kour, Captain William
' IVnyle Jac k Curtis. Kylvnno Dale
and mher minstrels contribute
their share of the entertain
ment. Harry Hopkins as the
Interlocutor, will complete the,
cast. Itroadcast throuah KHQ.
KFI ond KMT..
II to 11 inldnittht-rMuslcul M"
ketoerf. Walter Ikban, one-time
orchestra lender In' tho world's
luiKest dance hall nt Hydney,
Australia, directs the Musketeers
In their capricious syncopations.
Specialty numbers complete tho
lioiir, which will be broadcast
through KHQ. KOMO and Kl'O.
I.OS ANC.1CI.1CS, Oct. (I. (fF)
Los Angeles illy anil county au
thorities today were endeavoring
to discover if four members of n
religious cult, "Tho Divine Order
of the Itoyal Arm of the Clreat
Seal," reported missing were deadt
and If so, what caused their
deaths and what disposal had been
made of their bodies.
The body of HS-year-old WIMa
Rhoads, described as a priestess of
tho sect, was found last Sunday
in a casket under the flooring
of a house occupied by her foster
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Ithoads. cult members.
Members of a colony maintained
by the religious order In the Santa
Susanna hills north of here, were
being questioned regarding the re
ported deaths of Frances Turner.
llarlcne Sartorts, Katherine Itolz
and Kddie McOuffin. Investigators
said they had evidence to indi
cate the women were dead, nnd
were bending their efforts to
learn In what manner they hnd
died und where they were burled,
leaders lit Jail.
Mrs. Otis Wackhurn. head of
tho cult, her daughter, Mrs. Ituth
Angellne Wellnnd-ltizzfo, and Mr.
and Mrs. Rhoads were held in the
Los Angeles county jail pending
completion of the investigation
of the reported deaths, the burial
of Wllln Rhoads, and charges of
fraud preferred by Clifford Dab
ney, Long Beach, Calif., oil, man
and other cult members, against
Mrs. JJlackburn and Mrs. Weiland
ltizzio. The charges against Mrs. Black
burn nnd her daughter, the latter
Identified as a cult priestess, re
cite that they obtained SSO.OOfl
from Dabney and others through
representations that a book they
wera.to. wrlto by. divine - order
would reveul, 'by use of lost meaS'
urements, the whereabouts of all
mineral wealth remaining In the
earth.
Mrs. Rhoads told police that her
foster daughter would be resur
rected when the book, "Tho Blxth
Seal," was completed, and she ob
jected hysterically to removal of
tho girl's body, from beneuth tho
Rhoads homo In Venice, Cnl. She
said the young woman's body had
not been burled for more than
two years after her death on New
Year's eve. H2!j, from diphtheria.
but was preserved with ice, and
that when finally hurled. It was
embalmed witli spices as in an
cient times, in belief that such
treatment would least interfere
with her expected resurrection. '
ciicmLMs Harriett.
rollce chemists, were baffled by
the embalming process used, If the
data of tho girl's death was cor
rect. They described the body as
In a remarkable stato of preserva
tion. Discovery of a druggist
who remembered concocting an
embalming fluid from a formula
brought him by Mrs. Rhoads three
months ago, gave rise to a theory
that Wllla's death may not have
occurred until recently.
Mrs. Blackburn told pollen site
wns responsible for the unrecorded
burial of the girl, slating that the
Archangels Michael and Oahriel
had revealed to lu-r that the young
woman wns to arise.
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Mrs. W. J. Ijichner, llaker, Ore.,
reported to police today that a
pickpocket stole her purse con
taining 15. il) and a railroad ticket
while she was shopping on a down
town street.
Condon. ; Dunn's brick build
ing' being remodeled.
It is hard to find a child or nn
adult who does not enjoy delicious
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We went to the California Fruit
Growers, knowing that they are
authorities on fruits. We asked
them for their most popular recipe
for fruit punch. The following is
what they gave us:
Juice from 2 oranges, 2 cups of
water, juice from 2 lemons or 1
grapefruit, sugar to taste. For
variation, add 1 cup of other fruit
juice, such as grape juice, logan
berry juice, pineapple Juice, cider,
or tho juice from any canned
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Every married woman recognises
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same time tasteful and appetising.
The secret of sugar as a seasoning
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Use a dash of sugar in cooking each
vegetable and fruit. In milk drinks
and desserts. In meats and meat
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cookies and candies are good for
dessert. A bit of sweet makes the
ineal complete. Tbt Sugar Instituyt.
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