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The Omaha Corning Bee -n™ _ ___ _ ____ , ||M eelo. CITY EDITION Vof ^clyrP'UT " “vvX\ MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1926. * ~” ' TWO CENTS1* ■KKSmE,*“ -' Ellingson Girl Insane, Says Expert No Compromise in Sight. However, I pon Plea of Ouilt \\ liicli Vi ould Halt Trial of Slayer. Attorneys Cannot Agree San Francisco, March 29.—Counsel fur both sides Indicated today thru the trial of 18-year-old Dorothy El i Jingson, charged with the murder of her mother, would proceed tomorrow, though persons In close touch with the case saw u strong possibility that the defense would present a formal motion to end the trial, and em panel a new jury to determine whether the girl is insane at pres ent. Dr. Fred r. Clark, superintendent of the state hospital for the in sane at Stockton, lias issued a state ment saying he Considers the girl now insane, basing his judgment on close observation of her behavior In the court room. It was under stood that other alienists, subpoenaed by the defense, were examining the jg-trl at the county Jail Joday. No Formal Re poll. Sylvester .T. McAtee, of defense counsel, said he had not yet had for mal reports on the girl's condition and could not predict whether the trial would lie Interrupted. He pointed put, however, that the defense in outlining Us case to prospective jur ors all last week, had emphasized a contention that possibly she was in sane at the time of the alleged act. .Her present condition, if it is brought into the case, will Involve a new is •ue, It was explained. Attorneys for both sides said they knew of no further conferences to discuss a compromise, as had been widely rumored since Friday. Must Plead Murder. District Attorney Matthew Brady said the prosecution had gone as far as It could in offering inducements for a plea thqt might, end the spec tacle of a hysterical child going through the ordeal of a public trial. Hut he explained that second degree murder was the least tMe state could accept as a plea of guilty. ' "If she will plead to such a charge," lie added, “we don’t cat^ what is done wlfh her. The judge can send H|er to the penitentiary or commit ier to some curative institution, In his discretion.' And I don't believe any other district attorney would go as far. If such a offer had tieen made in the Heopold-Doeb case the de fense would have jumped at it. Me cannot accept a plea of manslaughter, ip a crime which the Juvenile court has determined was murder. The defense lias shown no inclination to plead to anything mure serious than manslaughter.’' No Compromise in Sight. McAtee said he saw little chance of a compromise between the prosecu tion and the defense. The defense attornev explained that he was not tn a position to say whether Judge l.euderbaok of the trial court would be asked to intervene In some fashion. Dorothy Ellingson, according to a confession the state plans to Intro duce against her. shot and killed her mother in the bedroom of their home last January 3 3, after a quarrel over the girl's night life. A jury of nine men and three tvoinen was sworn in Friday. In the absence of any arresting motion, the actual trial will begin tomorrow with opening statements. WOMAN AND BABY SLAIN WITH GUN Los Angeles, March 29.—Mrs. Irene Conway Hickey, 24. and her 2 year rid son. .Tames, jr., were shot to death here today. Police are holding the h^^voman s husband, Patrolmen James ^*3. Hickey of the Los Angeles police department, on a murder charge. The alleged slayer is suffering from two gunshot wounds, one inflicted by tn officer when Hickey is said to have resisted arrest. Ills condition Is pot serious. Mis version of the tragedy was that the killings grew out. of a domestic quarrel and that his wife did the shooting after he was wounded In a scuffle for the gun. After the shoot ing. Hickey told police, hs tried tn kill himself, but wAe prevented by a defective cartridge. Hiram Johnson an <1 Hi* Family Visit Havana Havana, March 29. I'lilted Statea Senator Hiram Johnson of Psllfornla. accompanied by his wife and their son. arrived here yesterday on the yacht Kemah. They will remain here aevenil days before proceeding for Man Kranclaco by way of Jamaica and the Panama canal. % f- — We Have With Us Today I liarles 1-arew Mead, Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver, Colo. Bishop Mead, who will he the •peaker at the Ad-Sell league meet Ing Monday evening, was made a g^-hlshop In 1920. He was ordained In r the ministry In l*»fi and served at Various churchea In the east. He was •t Trinity church at Denver from UI4 ,[o 1920. The bishop served with the V M. H, A.. In France fo six month* dur ing the world war. He la a Old degree mason and is a member cif the Denier Hong clulfc .. 1 “Pooh. Pooh." Scoffs Col. Dennistoun, as Actress Threatens New Troul*' . _ Lois Meredith. American Beauty, Claims to Ha\e Spicy Lt.\? ters From “Tiger Boy:” He "Knew It Was Coming.” Bj HUBERT J. BREW, I nivereal Service stuff ( orrraponrirnt. London, March 29.—Col. Ian Den ntstoun, through his lawyers, today pooh-poohed the breach of promise suit threatened by Dudley Vield Ma lone on behalf of Lois Meredith, the American actress. That this is the girl, however, from whom the col onel was “expecting trouble" when he decided to contest his former wife's suit, in order, as he expressed It. ''to forestall future blackmail ers,'' now seems thoroughly well established. The colonel flatly declined to dis cuss his new troubles, but apparent ly was unconcerned, even when it was called to his attention that Mr. Malone claimed to have letters in the colonel's handwriting, which not only make professions of love for Miss Meredith, but referred in derisixe terms to countess Carnar von. the colonels present wife. • 'olonel D.nnlstoup's lawyers ad mitted that they knew such devel opments were In the wind, but sai l that no importance should be at tached to then). Mrs. Dorothy Dennistoun, the colonel's former wife, was very must Interested at the new develop ment, which* she apparently expect ed. Hut under advice from her law yers, she declined to make any com ment. though she admitted know ing the new woman In the case. The identity of -Mr, Malone’s client has heen a matter of specu lation throughout London and ad vices from Paris Indicate that it is an item of major social Importance over there. According to Mr. Ma lone's contention. Colonel Dennis toun had promised to marry his American client as soon as he >ould obtain a divorce from Mrs. Dorothy Dennistoun. * This promise, it will he charged, was supported by many reassurances of devotion, both of word and act. During the course of the love suit which has just terminated, the colonel admitted having been in volved with an American woman in Paris, hut the name was never made public. Leaders Predict Stable Business for Rest of Year National Business Surtev Forecasts Lower Priors and Stationary W ages—!So Boom Expected. - | Xew York. March 29.—A. business j survey by the national industrial con ference board made public today states that a "stable, sound and even flow of business" for the rest of the year is forecast in opinions given by industrial leaders and estimated in the light of business conditions dur ing the last five years. During the remainder of 1926, the report says, business will probably be oonsdueted under conditions of rising interest rates for loans, with a tend ency toward lower prices in some industries and generally stationary wages. Steadiness lle-d. "While tliers is no expectation of a boom.” the report soys; “Tills is considered an advantage rather thiin otherwise, a steadier movement of business l>eing ffelt to be conducive to sane and dependable conditions.” Sounder business conditions, the report says, have been brought al>out by tlie following achievements of the last five years; more stable employ ment in relation to changes In pro duction; greater conservatism in ex panding production in relation to price changes; shortening of the line of distribution from manufacturer to consumer, and greater dependability of transportation service. Steel Is Weak. While mod business is predictim for the railroads and in the electrical, automobile, coal and lumber Indus tries, the steel Industry is judged "a little weak." the woolen Industry ha-* experienced a "distinct setback." and ihe agv!' ultural situation is felt to be dangerous. According to the report on# promi nent executive feels that the long sustained depression of farm produce prices Indicates "something funds mentally wrong" which will eventu ally be felt by industry. Industrialists are urged to "take a constructive interest in the situation, because of its possible political as well as econ omic consequences.” HAUGEN’S DOCTORS FEAR OPERATION Washington, March 28.—The com dltlon of Representative Haugen, re publican, Iowa, chairman of the house agriculture committee, who has been a patient at Emergency hospital here for more than a week, ha* shown hut little change In the last few day*, It wa* said today at his office. Mr. Haugen, who Is ill with bladder trouble, Is expected to be operated upon early next week. Physicians had hoped to perform the operation this week, hut decided to postpone It until next week sa they believed by that time his condition will have Im proved. • Aerial Photographers Alay Be l.ost in Everglade* Sabring, Fin., March 29.--Fear that Capt. R. A. Smith and E. P. l.ott, aerial photographers of New l'ork, were lost In the everglade* was ex preased here today when no word had been received from them since they left Saturday morning for one day a trip. The two left for the purpose of making photographs for drainage maps and expected to return Satur day night. Though both men were experienced fliers, serious concern wn* expressed for their ssfety should they be forced to make a landing In the everglades. Preparations Made for Tarna'-Arira Plebiscite T,lma, Parti, March 28.—The d* partment of foreign affaire Untied a I public call today tn nil the native* of I Tarn a A idea to iegNtcr In the de [partment promptly in preparation for j | the proposed plebiwite to determine [the atntea of Tama Arif a, There in no decision yet concerning who would be appoint ad Perm Inn dtleg.Ua on the plebiscite commission { Ruse Employed by Bandits Holding Up Express \gent Present Forced Note to (»ain Admission to Car on Lake Shore Train, Then Fladi (iun*. By I'nlTsrMl Service. ** Chicago, March 29.—No trace had been found today of bandit* who early thia morning robbed a Lake Shore train express messenger of between $50,000 and $100,900. The train. No. 28, Chicago to Buffalo, stopped at Englewood, a Chicago suburb, when two men presented Howard Young, express messenger, with a letter. The letter bore the signature of an affictal of th express company and instructed the messenger to let the two men ride in bis car. They proved to be bandits. It was all very simple, according fo Young. Here is Ids story: Made Selves Agreeable. "A* we pulled in at. the Englewood station 1wo men came to tlig car and, handed me a letter, purporting to have Pern signed by K. M. Hotcbklss. Englewood express agent. X liad no reason to doubt it was not genuine. The letter Instructed tne to let the men ride In my car to J.a Porte, lnd. • I told them to climb aboard and make themselves comfortable. They sat around for a time, making them selves agreeable. IV* had been out of Englewood station but a few min utes and I was standing with my back to thfm when they both yelled: ‘Hands up!' I»ss Lncertain. 'Y turned quickly and found myself looking Into their guns. They tied me and dumped me over ,n a corner. When we reached !.a Por'e they Jumped out The l>andl’s took with them two bags of silver coins, a quantity of currency end other valuables that they bad carefully selected as they rode from Englewood to 1 n Porte. Express officials were unable to say what the loss would be but estimated It at between $50,000 and $100,000. At La Porte, the authorities learn ed, the bandits were met by four men In an automobile. It was believed they returned^ to Chicago. Associated Oil Company Buys Developed Oil Tract Bakersfield, Cal., March 29.—The Associated OH company made public an announcement here today that It had purchased J 60 acres of fully de veloped oil lands near Taft for 1220, 000. In making the purchase the As sociated Oil company obtained not only all the Interests of the owners hut deeds and hills of sale from the companies who had leases on the land. The land was bought from the Pro dueers Oil company of Fresno. it had been operated under lease by London Interests. There are 27 oil wells on the land. Spruce Bud Worm Kill* 40 Per (lent of Maine Trees Amheiit, Mam., March 29. Forty per cant of Maine'* apruce and Hr for eat.*, approximately 20,000,000 cord*. I in a been destroyed by the spruce bud worm aince 1 ft Hi. Henry It. Pierson, forest entomologist of the state, said In a report to the northeastern foreet experiment station here, made public today. The report said that, the loss of timber by flrea during that period was far lea* Ihnn the damage caused by the insert*. Present outbreak of spruce bud worm, the report said, has not l»een checked as .vet, but a control system Is being set up. Italian Deputies Will Take Easter Recent* Rome, March 29.—The chamber of deputies will begin Its Master rei ess nett Hal unity. This was decided to day at a conference between Premier Miisaolinl and Hlgnnr < '.iscrtano, president of the chamber. The ses rlon will be resumed May II ISO Dead in Baltic. Tokio, March 28 IMapatche* hen today from Heoul slated 150 had b**en t illed in • battle between Russian *ol diets and Chinese troops si Tone I I'hlna. The fighting followed nn at leiupi of the Kuaeian* to loot and I'Uia the Chines* town, It was said I in #ad So Far N ^C> ' in Germany Candidates of Socialist. Cler icals and Democrats Offer Stern Resistance to Bonrgeoise. , Ludendorff Far Behind , (Bulletin.) Bj I lie Asaoviated rrem. Berlin, .March 29.—At midnight, with more than 10,000,000 votes count ed In the presidential election, the standing of the candidate* was roughly: Jarres, 4,000.000; Braun, 3,000,000; Marx, 1.000,000: Thealmann. 1,000,000; Hellpaeh, 250,0000; Held. 400.000; Lu dendorff, 150,00. Berlin. March 29.—With the re turns from one fifth of the 68,000 vot ing precincts In hand at 11 tonight, It Is evident that three liberal par ties—the socialists, eenterists or* cler icals and democrats—are offering stern resistance to the national bour geois*, and that Otto Braun, the so cialist candidate, is making a strong run for the office of president In Germany's first popular presidential election. Helipad'll Losing. Thus far the vote of Dr. Hellpaeh, premier of Baden, has failed to come up to he expectations of his campaign managers, and such gains as the lib eral parties are scoring are at pres ent confined wholly to the centrists and socialist*. General Ludendorff is cutting a sorry figure in the returns, while Dr. Held, the Bavarian premier, haB failed to develop in his own state the strength expected of his own can didacy. The returns show Dr. Jarres. can didate of the nationalist and conser vative bourgeois*. and Otto Brautj, socialist, running neck and neck with Dr. Marx, former chancellor and cen trist as runnerup. General Luden dorff is hopelessly behind, even In Munich, where he polled only 7,300 votes as compared with Braun's 36,460-. Jarres, 36,100 , *nd Held. 21,500. Fortner Kaiser Gets Vote. Four and a half million vote* »re divided as follows: Jarre*, 1.60^,000; Rraun, 1,365.000, Marx, <(50,000: Hellpaeh, 366.0^0; Thealmann, 333,000: Held, 200.000; Lu dendorff, 47,000. Th* republican coalition therefore on these figures, has a majority of about three-quarter* of a million over tlu> national bloc. In the small village of Voburg, four votes were cast for former German Kmperor William. POINCARE WARNS AGAINST GERMANY Bar de Duo, France, March IF— Raymond Poincare, former president of Franc*, in a speech here today pictured what he termed yn ths dar. scr of accepting ilermany’* proposed security pact. He spoke at the dedf cation of a monument to the war dead of his native town. He descrihed the horror* of the last Harman Invasion and said Fiance should not lie asked "to relinquish or diminish its own mean* of protection in the face of a Germany that is not disarmed, nor should It be asked to exchange them for the appearances of guarantees or a mirage of s* curlty." M, Poincare said the life of France was at stake. He asked what was the use of having Oermany renew Its slg nature to the agreement not to attack France, which already was In the treaty of A'ersallle*. It would add nothing to France’* position and might. "If It bor* only upon g part of the treaty, be equivalent to dis avowal of the other peace terms." "If It should happen some day that, after apparently guaranteeing our frontiers," M. Poincare continued, "the l-elch, with or without soviet Russia, should renew the splitting up of Poland and then should Incorpor ate Austria with Germany, It would quickly have regained the hegemony of central Europe and It would remain only for It to take the third step and turn finally against France to ao complish, for the second time, the movement that resulted In tearing away our two provinces and the establishment, of a German empire. It Is st the first step that the sllle* ought to stop this march If they do not wisli to prepare for Europe a fu ture as tragic as the past " <thiak<* Recorded at ( apilal lTni\er.ilv Washington, March 2ft. A "sharp" earthquake, estimated by Father Ton dot f of Georgetown university to haw cant •‘rod In tha lower part of Fentrul America, or the northern part of South America. ^\as recorded late to day by the seismograph* of the uni \ amity. The record began at 4:1ft p. m. reached maximum Intenaltv 411 4 .14 began to subtitle at 4 .IK itr*41 ended at a p. m. Father Totulorf reached hie conclusions a* to its center by ealeu latlng its distance from Washington at 2,200 miles in a southerly direction. Body of Idaho Trapper Kountl in Snake River Boise. Idaho. March 31.—For over to years, Frank Wilson. SO. trapped along the treacherous flunks river, near here, living on an Island and | trawling about in all kinds of weath er In a small rowboat. About n month ago hs dIsappared and today his body was found floating in the Snake rlwt \ nt hot It tea arc of the opinion that Id* boat was <np*lsed l»\ .1 'bunk of Ice floating along In the streom Wilson Itsc,| alone in .1 cabin on tha island and little to Known about L UlB IgUUvM. v i Search Den for Rondout Mail Bootv (ia*h Totaling $36,000 Stolen in Illinois Robbery. Sought in Rattlesnake-Infested Cavern l pnn Tip. One Officer Driven Away By I el\er.nl service. San Antonio, Tex., March 29.—Far beneath the earth’s surface in a rat tlesnake infested cavern, $36,000 of, the <2,000,000 Rondout (111.) mail rob bery Is secreted In a cave northwest of San Antonio, Bexar county officers were secretly tipped today. I.ee Johnson, special Investigator out of the district attorney's office, is preparing to go to the hidden cave in the hills, equipped to probe its depths. The expedition will not start before Monday. An attempt was made a few days after the confession In court at the trial In Chicago to locate $40,000 of the mall loot here, when a. witness staled that that amount had been hidden by one of the men, a Texan, along the Fredericksburg road. Several officers went a few miles out of the city and searched but found nothing but another officer, who refused to allow Johnson to tell Ills name, got an Inside tip of a cave many miles further out, and he went to this place, while officers were hunt ing nearer the city. After a long search for the mouth of the cave is almost hidden from view, he came to It. Before entering he looked about. Then suddenly a cold chill ran down his spine, for he saw In the brush, the mouths of Win chesters bristling. He stooped to pick up his pack and with heart beating wildly he saun tered away as if he had seen noth ing. He was not molested and once out came back to San Antonio, say ing nothing of the incident for fear of his life, until the present time. One of the men now In the Illinois penitentiary in connection with -the Rc-ndout mail robbery came to San Francisco after the holdup. He ik said to have brought $40,000 with him, I *4,000 of which was spent. The rest, was reported to have been cached. The mail train was stopped a few miles out of Chicago and the money taken from the express car, after poison gas had been used to render the express messengers unconscious. One of the bandits was shot by a member of his own party by mistake, which eventtally led to the-anest of the gang, Jowse-fsewtoirof J»el Rio, new In the Illinois penitentiary, was arrested near Sun Antonio am] given a hear ing In federal court before being taken to Chicago. ALLEGED SLAYER OF WIFE ACQUITTED Bewfmer. Ala., March 29.—Dr. Ocorga T. Edwards, rnargcd with slaying Ills wife, w-*a acquitted by a jury tn circuit court, her* today after deliberating two hour* and a half. The verdict of not guilty ended a spectacular legal battle thaf rag»tl for nearly four months through two, trial*, the first of which ended in a I mistrial with the jury standing 11 to l for acquittal. Mrs. Annie I.ou Edwards was slain a< she slepi on the morning of 1 >*• comber 2. Dr. Edwards found her lifeless upon her lied after an Intrud er bad awakened arid shot him in a hand-to band encounter. Dr. Edwards was arrested a few hour* afterward following prelimln ary Inquiry by polk« and state offl oera who announced they believed It an "Inside Job.” The physician never at any time deviated In any essential particular from 111* original story to police. The state charged that he mur dered Ills wife and constructed phys leal evidence to divert suspicion. The defense adhered to the pltysl oiau'a original story, claiming that 1 >r. Edwards was the victim of some circumstance* and over realoua neigh bora and officer*. No motive had been proved by the state, the defense held. Tearlier of Law Plans l ong Lecture Tour fhlctgo, March 29.— Dean John If Wigmore, of th# Northsestern uni versity school of Iwvv, known for hi? work on “Evidence,** will deliver aj merles of lecture* in western and j * out Invest *m cities on “The "World's l.#*nU System,** beginning April 2 at] Now Orleans. Facsimile* of tli# world * 'oldest 'Mil, promissory note, and of nuinti *<rlpt* of i ho oldest legal codes ami documents In existern # will 1* shown. Included In hi* Itinerary are Denver, 1 'ulo., l.o* Angeles, San .Francisco, Portland, Or*., Son Hi#, Wash., On hi ha, Neb., ntul Uiatln, Tex. Brakcumii filially Hurt When. Falls Bt •ueatli Truitt j Scoltsblurr, Neb.. Mutch 2« • E. tv Ingles, hraketunn on the Pm Mutton railroad, fell from a box car in the railroad yard* Thursday eienlng and received Injuries from which be died It is thought that a coupling failed I" catch properly and mused the cars to jerk unexpectedly, throwing Iimle> ft cm the top of the last car to the rail#. The car passed over him. crushing and breaking both his arms and lest* 0 IT* was rushed to the West N*e hzrMka hospital, where he died. Submarine Hits Buck Washington. Miu.h "v The ‘ ,• * ttmiine S li i minimi in :t henvv fou. j struck m rock in Nmrtn'.anse: i»n\ I last night, but sustained nnl> db ht datnA«e. according to advices re reived at tht ntvy department to . 1 Chesterton Hits Out at Divorce Scandals Kamil) Disintegrating. Brilliant Critic's Comment on Den nistonn Case—L. Ceorgc Fhids Solace in Spicy Stories of Ancient History. Are the morals of the British upperclasscs degenerating? , Inspired by a succession of scandals which have been dragged through the English courts Robert /. Brew, London staff corre spondent of Universal Service, has asl^ed the opinion of Gilbert K. Chesterton, prominent essayist and critic and of W. L. George, equally famous as a novelist. » Chesterton druws a picture of gloom. I he family is disinte grating, he declares. George on the other hand finds the present situation no more alarming than a number of others recorded in his tory. The present scandals would scarcely have caused a ripple / 00 years ago, he insists. I heir views on the subject follow: By GILBERT K. CHESTERTON. The modern degf neration of morals and disregard of social laws Is due to the increasing dlsintegratlap of the family, mostly. I regret to say, among the upper and middle classes. Pivorc* is not . now a fashion or even a fad. it is a habit—a frivilou*, facile way of evad ing responsibility. r e,o p l e ha\ e broken away from marriage in the sense that tliey no longer see divorce as a precipice but as a gentle slope down which the,' can slide comfort ably without un pleasant Jars to the conscience. The English woman nowadays has eome such formula or excuse a* 'I'm at ranging a divorce with my hus band so 1 can marry a man who will keep me in greater luxury. I am after all. not going as far as that American woman who divorced her husband because he made a noise with his soup.” 1 hate always had vastly more sym pathy with the business of free love than with th, business of divorce. The man who practiced free love at least stood by Ills principles and took the ci nsequences. Die chief thing about divorce is . s snobbishness and cowardice. It is snobbishness of people who w-ant all die conveniences of blackguardism witli all the advantages of respect ability. The dissolution of socikl morals be gan long before,the war in the growth t'f political conniption, for In stance, and the by INK i iey of the Vic torian ng*. Pei'pb forgot that clever ness need in an antisocial cause i* worse, than stupidity. Man began worshipping the snmh. cynical bust ness man or the pure crank—'egc tat-lan, pacifict, prohibitionist and the rest—of which example* are far too numerous. The result is the mural degenera tion which now fills our courts and our newspaper* with Its stench. Men change their family ties a* if they were neckties and women dis card their husbands as they discard their hats. SPEED PLANES FOR RACES ORDERED W feffhfhfftn! March C’ A .>onir nr»r.'-n«vj program for participation In the Pulit'.er und Sohn« Her air Iropl'v Hassles thl* \ear. anoi»uneedl today. iiM-lud®* the proem 'etnent of three speed plane.**, one to he allo cated to the army, one to the navy and the third to l*e held in re«en • for emergency need of etth«r l north la I arrangements ha\* been | made with the (Turtles company. Long Island, N. V., to proceed with Work on the pluwrs. The <Hpnpany *1»“ will partially build a fourth machine, which "111 l*e conatructed Unit for test purpose*. It will Incorporate all essential frame work and other fea tures of the planes which will actually he used in the race*, and tests will he made with it to determine the e\ a»*t capabilities of those to l'* used in the raring etents. The Fullmer races are expected tu take place early in October and the Schneider event. In which the two services will defend the cup they now hold against foreign challengers, dur ing the latter part of that month. The course* for the two meets ha\e not hern selected. Separatist l.oatler of Orman* Hie* at Meta Metz Alsace Lorraine. March -9.— Joseph Sn«eet*. derma n separatist leader, died here In retirement and \v*e .. netly huried Friday with no show of that display which mlgh: have teen had hie plana succeeded. Since! s was shot and seriously wounded at ( ologne on March 1'. 19?3, and Ills secretary was killed. He was long In recovering from this at tack and left i’ologne In the face of continued threats. He lraided here with his wife, a native of Lorraine, and few knew of his Intentions It Is believed Ills death was caused by Infection of the wound*. For several years flnteets was a Strong advocate of secession of the KhUielaml from tiermany. He was described as president of the autono mist party of the Rhtnelnnd. and those behind the movement were l>e lleved to have decided upon Smeets us the lihmeland republic's pro v Islot l president. I i^ltl < onv iris K*mp? Through Prison Roof Ph Is*»l»iiriih. \lrti.h r$ Kight con \ It w the Utvemld# branch of the Woatcrn |>*ntt entiary. Nerving een teni'OP f*'r offinnea ranging from rob hory to ‘f.'timi tlegree murder eecgped through the »o««f of the inutttlltlon' l-i if *«]§»>. on# \va* *hot in the leg M i» guard ami fail in the street outside tht "all, breaking hi# Ankle. Ha wa {•captured. x 'i By \\. L. GEORGE. Tiie future writer of the history of our times will find In the news papers case after case in the law courts where men receive large sums of money from married women and where wives allege trfVy prostituted themselves to assist their husbands In their careers, and where husbands are said to have known this. Me will read stories of women claiming money after the death of men with whom they lived openly. He will hear of divorce by collusion where husbands and wives have been bribed not to defend their cases, lie will perceive that all this hap pens In smart country houses find expensive dwellings In the West End of London in an environment where pass footmen, automobiles and ropes of pearls. He will tell himself that din limes were vile and that people placed on top by birth and money were the worst of all. Personally I think this conclusion1 would lie a mistaken one. X am sure If Athens and Rome had had newspapers and we could look up their files we should find an appall ing story where Mr. Marcus Tullus was charred by* Mrs. Tullus with keeping several establishments on money supplied to him by the middle aged Mrs. Sextus. Recounts Old Scandals. Take London a little over a hun dred years ago. There we find the famous Laxly Hamilton openly main tained by Mr. t'harles Greville. We find Greville passing his mietres* on to his uncle, sir William Hamilton, a! a- to get rid of her and also pre vent his uncle marrying and thus deprive him of the legacy. But Sit V llliini marries I-adv Hamilton and makes her ambassadress of Britain and h little later when they meet Nel son we have the edifying spectacle of the British ambassador with his wife-slid the greatest British admiral living happily together, while the sd iinr.il Is the woman’s lover. Consider also the uncles of Queen Victoria and the case of Mrs. Jordan, the actress. Consider only a little earlier the fact that Prime Minister Walpole accepted money from women and that a prime minister, the Duke Of Grafton, took a courtesan to the theater and surely we can come to the conclusion that things do act change a* much as they seem to and that l?2i is not distinguished for its j smart viieness. Moral Standard Higher. Personally I believe that the mors! I standard of all classes is higher thai l it -• « venturi ago. Scandal* ]■ ■ iv nu.i create » sensation would I ,e ,«-*d vein little surprise .r ilmse day*. Muring the decay of Rome, at Hit loose o ins of the pope* of the Mil die .V«e«. and at the court of Charles the Sc-ond. under the sway of Nell liWynne, we find tills eolncldence of lewd people and foolish people, and yet the stimulus for the arts and tlie taste for beauty was almost uncon scious slid yet so strong that it en d'Jrea today as it did in the house of glory and lil fains which sheltered Aspasia over 2.000 years ago. GANG MUTILATES GIRL’S ATTACKER Norfolk Va., March 79.—A special news dispatch received here from WII son, N i\. say s new s reached that city this afternoon from Willlamston. that Joseph V Needleman, traveling salesman for a tobacco company, held li> the Martin county jail for an al ledged attack on a 17 year-old girl, was taken from the jail early this morning by a mob and carried to a nearby woods, where a serious oper ation was performed upon hint. Needleman was arrested Friday and. pla< ed in jail pending a preliminary hearing Saturday. However, owing to the nervous condition of the a I* legel, victim, the heating was post poned to Monday, The charge against the salesman is said to have grown out if automobile rid* he took wi'h the s>l and the attack was alleged to have occurred at the point of a pistol. Double Taxation Problem oil Program at Brussels Washington, March 79—The proh lem of double taxation Involving the payment of taxes on the same Income in different countries ha* been placed I on the program of the third general j meeting of the international chamber of commerce at Brussel* In June The Ametji-nn we, tlon of the chamber an nounoed tmlay that the subject would i>e given preliminary consideration hy a special committee, headed by Prof. Thomas P. Adams of Tale, which will meet'at Paris in May, I The Weather H iv---> I f 4 b. U ft #’ I : p tn . v * >n tr» 'ii*0 »,v(4 'iuixvl p'wiftl r i i*J stmt J timin' ; ' '• c ? 14 lf|ti|>fr:iHii,« ■ - . « 1 > t> • .. «.*v * o, . . . . I * * W •'. * • » « 5' W * i* n». ..... vj ^ f ,h l <* • m .*r i i> m ... jl * T p m .... iZ nooi mm«m H Counsel for Shepherd to Prove Plot Final Desperate Move in Battle for Bonds Will Be Evidence Supporting Frame-l p Charges. Argument Upon Tuesday By I'nirersal R#rvlr#. Chicago, March 59.—William J> Shepherd, defendant in one of the most baffling poison mysteries Chi cago lias known in a decade, expect* to gain hi* liberty on bond. Tite man who I* under indictment for staying William N. MeClintock, his million aire ward, with typhoid germ*, spent today quietly in jail. He expected it would be his last Sunday there. The defense, directed by William Scott Stewart, will launch it* bic drive Tuesday when a motion for a rehearing of Shepherd's plea for bond will be argued before Chief Jus tice Jacob Hopkins in eriminal court. The preliminary skirmishing opened Saturday when the first documents were submitted to substantiate charges often hurled by the defense that Shepherd is the victim of a dia bolical fratneup. Not Arraigned Vet. Shepherd lias never pleaded on tite 22-count indictment returned against him 10 days ago charging murder in the first degree. The whole fight since tlie indictment was returned has centered on the question of ad mitting tite defendant to bond. Shen berd will not be arraigned on the in dlctment until that question has been settled. If Shepherd and his attorney ate able to show the court that the in dictment was voted on faulty evi dence Judge Hopkln* is expected to grant bail. Dr. C. C. Fainian. John Marc hand and Earl Clark, the state's three sts" witneeses may j* held up by the de fense as the real conspirators. Dr Falman tut. head of the National University of Sciences and Ma -el and and Clark were connected with it in one capacity n- snotl <■ Two Possible Plans. It tnay be shown tl.a- the-e three, learning that Judge Hatty Olson, old time friend of tite MeClintock family, wa* Investigating ‘•Billy’*" depth and knowing that lie believed tite young millionaire might have been a victim of typhoid germs criminally admin istered. undertook to capitalize it. There would have been. In a plan lik# this, fwo possible avenues of plunder. To threaten Shepherd with making a statement that lie g-t germs front the sclg-l. unless lie paid for silence, or with giving "In formation'• to Judge Olson for u price. Tite defense expect* to offer something along this line, it was sa.i today. The defense, up to this time, ha* offered no testimony of any sort. . Shepherd, for the first time in a j sworn statement Saturday, denied he ever had secured any germs from , Taiman and said that he neve- had »e*n either Falman er Map hand p: c iViou* to the investigation. Secretary i« \\ ilues« Mr«. Duel In Rhuebell, who wa.* ft ] it.in's secretary at tie tune Uaim ! »aj s Shepherd attended be - I .end proc 'red the typhoid get os. * expected t<* e a witness for the Of fense. \ttorney Stewart sat « he w I prove by this witness that Sliephetd wa* never at tite school and that Fainian never had any typhoid germs there In fact, the defense hopes to be able to show that Falman is scien tifically Incapable of handling typhoid bacilli and keeping the culture alive for months, a* he claimed he did. There is another important angle that will spring into prominence when Shepherd I* placed on trial. The state will have to show that tite typhoid gernta it claims Shepherd fed MeClintock actually caused Me ('Unlock'* death. In other words it is contended, under the laws of IHj mils, the state will hav, to prove that MeClintock could not have become innoculated with typhoid in any out er wav. This will be difficult, if n t impossible, because at the time Mr Cllntoek was taken ill thers we;s many esse* of typhoid in Chicago, as allown b.v health department rec ords. New Rulings F v|>et ted New decisions, new court rulings and interpretations of the law are e\. pe- ted to grow out of tin* myste-v rase, according to prominent lawyer. Thus far there -tie but two undis puted facts First, that MoTlin tools i« dead and *e \>nd that he died of typhoid (ever. Shepherd, ruminal law vets he'd, ’'tight confess that lie killed McOlin. tork, by feeding him typhoid gerti.s, r.nd yet M. n|te punishment for mur der He foie the state could exact it* penalty it would have to prove that it was those ivarticular germ* that caused McOlintOck'a death—that la could not have contracted typhoid In any Oliver way. ^ alt'# 1# Inot iililt'd Ajrain#t 1'phoitl Kr\t'r B> Vhe V .seriated Tress On Hoard Repulee, March —Ths prince of W ales was greeted today with warm sunny weather snd a smooth se« as the Iwttle cruiser Re pulse ploughed Us vest through tht Kvv of Risen# . headeyl for South Af* rtca. Yesterday shortly after ths cruiser left Portsmouth for the trip to South Africa and >. uli \ri . . v the pr.ii.-c underwent typhoid inocula tion. lie gallantly led a hud of volunteer* who took the ino, .datum on th erev'omhvendatko of the ships Th* prince intend* to enjoy a thorough teat ietriv the arrival of the trll.se i It* el oS Vhs ttj, const ef Africa April fc a