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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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