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blanket hike IN RAIL RATES TURNEDDOWN Commission Offers Plan as Substitute to Help Raise Revenue. WAGE CUTS AVERTED Higher Tariffs on Lumber, Coal, Oil and Ore Will Be Allowed. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-A plan for stabilizing the critical railroad situation without recourse to wage cuts has been advanced as another of the efforts by the government to revive basic industries and restore confidence to .American business. The interstate commerce commission proposed the plan Tuesday in rejecting the carriers’ petition for a blanket 15 per cent rate increase. It contemplates a huge pool of millions of dollars, accrued through widely spread but small rate increases for the benefit of roads in financial distress. The increases would have scarcely any effect upon the average citizen. Asa companion effort to the $500,000,000 national credit corporation, and proposed improvements in the real estate and home-building situations, the railroad plan would marshal from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000 for another industry weakened by adverse business conditions and vitiated credit. Averts Wage Cuts By making its counter proposal, the commission was believed to have averted, for a time, at least, any further speculation regarding w r age reductions for rail workers, such as a flat denial probably would have occasioned. As the plan was studied today, the attitude of the majority of rail executives was in doubt. It was learned by the United Press that President Hoover, working independently to Improve the rail situation, had suggested a pooling arrangement, but had encountered opposition from those consulted. To take advantage of the commission’s offer to permit increased rates on coal, lumber, ores and oil, the railroads must present their agreement on or before Dec. 1. The increases would be temporary, extending only to March 31, 1933. While the. increases would in effect cost every man, woman and child in the United States about sl, the ordinary citizen probably would notice no difference to his pocketbook. Coal Rate Up For Instance, an increase of $3 a car would be authorized for coal and lumber. A car contains about 50 tons of coal, so the increase, even if passed along entirely to the consumer, would amount to only 6 cents a ton. A man could build a house with less than $lO additional cost chargeable to Increase freight charges. Most agricultural products escaped, so that the housewife need not be afraid her grocer will blame higher freight rates for increased food prices. Meats will not be affected. The commission recognized the plight of the farmer, saying that “the present prostration of a large part of agriculture seldom, if ever, has been equaled in the history of the country.” Describing how it reached its decision, the commission said: “The distrust of railroad securities rapidly is gaining such elements of panic that a slight charge on the traffic of the industries of the country best able to stand it justifiably jpay be imposed, through freight rates, to increase confidence and avert developments which further might disturb an already tremendously shaken financial situation and to avoid impairment of an adequte system of transports. Fortunate, Says La Follette Capitol comment on the decision was, for the most part general in nature. Chairman James Couzens of the senate interstate commerce committee asked to be excused until today, so that he migh study the report. Senator La Follette (Rep., Wis.) also wanted to read the decision, but said the denial of the 15 per cent increase was ‘’fortunate” Senator Brookhart (Rep., la.) rejoiced that farm rates ware not increased. The report was a scholarly treatise on the entire railroad situation. There was only one dissent, that of white-haired Commissioner Tate, who fought against illness all summer to follow’ the case. Tate was opposed to the pooling plan and favored a flat rejection, with relief through legislation. SHUN NAME OF CIDER Women Drys Take Away Curse; They’ll Call it Apple Juice. By United Press HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 2.—Mrs. James M. Doran, wife of the former national prohibition director, urged Connecticut hostesses to refrain from serving alcoholic beverages, in an address before the state W. C. T. U. convention today. “The hostess of today owes something to her country rhat she never did before,” declared Mrs. Doran. She urged substitution of fruit drinks ior alcoholic beverages. During a question period which followed, a delegate suggested cider be referred to hereafter as “apple juice.” The suggestion was adopted informally. hourly temperatures 6 a. m 53 10 a. m..,...65 7a. m..... 53 11 a. m 70 Ba. m 57 12 noon ..,.73 lan 62 Ip. m. 75

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THOMAS A. EDISON GOES TO HIS REST WITH SIMPLE RITES

10-Ton Error By I nitrd Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—A ten-ton marble slab for the tomb of the Unknown Soldier has been rejected because of one tiny flaw, discernible only with a magnifying glass. Brigadier-General Bash, assistant quartermaster-general of the army, said that because of Its unique purpose, the slab should be perfect. The Colorado firm that supplied the stone, he said, has shipped a new slab. The slab will be used as a base for a fifty-ton carved block of marble. This block is ready to be set up as soon as the base is accepted.

JURY INDICTS 5 IN WILL CASE Forgery Charged in Probe of Brooks Estate. Climaxing months of legal warfare over three wills and the $250,000 estate of the late Bartholomew Brooks, west side business man, indictments against five persons charging them with conspiracy to commit forgery were returned today by the Marion county grand jury. Those indicted are: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dickison, who formerly lived with Mr. Brooks in Monrovia; Robert A. Hackney, 3750 North Capitol avenue, former business associate of Mr. Brooks; William M. Davis, 537 West Thirtieth street, and Lee Geisendorf, 2801 North Sherman drive. They will be arraigned early in November. A jury in probate court recently upheld a Brooks will, written in 1920, which left the estate to charitable institutions. An alleged will, dated 1924, in which Hackney was named the chief beneficiary, was branded a fraud in probate court as was a document, dated 1930, which was founo shortly after the death of Mr. Brooks. Davis testified he was offered $2,000 by Hackney a year after the Brooks death if he would sign a will supposed to be that of Mr. Brooks. Geisendorf is said to have admitted his signature on the 1924 will was a forgery. Mrs. Dickison found the alleged fraudulent 1924 will, and sought to have the probate court jury’s verdict on validity of the 1920 will set asjde.

$224,698 IN CHEST Special Gifts Board Gets $56,530 Additional. At their third meeting in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Friday, workers in the special gifts division of the Indianapolis Community Fund campaign reported additional subscriptions to bring their total to $224,698, or 33 per cent of their quota. New donations urere $56,530. Os the campaign goal of $1,043,686, the special gifts division is expected to raise $682,186. It is soliciting-in advance of the general drive which opens Friday and closes Nov. 2. Workers in districts 5, 9 and 10 will meet tonight in the Severin to complete their plans for solicitation. Special gift division workers will hold report meetings in the athletic club at noon today, Thursday and Friday. J. K. Lilly heads the group. Paul O. Ferrel. vice-president and general sales manager of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills; David Liggett, executive director of the Community Fund, and Samuel Mueller, chairman of the individual gifts division in the campaign, spoke at a meeting of 125 workers in the Severin Tuesday night. $9,000 BANK RAID .00T Four Bandits Hold Two Officials Prisoners All Night. By United Press MAQUON, 111., Oct. 21.—The Maquon State bank was robbed of $9,000 and bonds of undetermined value today by four bandits, who held two bank officials prisoners during the night.

JAPAN is on the march in Asia and nothing under the sun can stop her, save a superior force of one sort or another. The present quarrel may be smoothed over, or it may smear the Far East with blood, but Nippon will emerge more solidly Intrenched In Manchuria than ever, else as a conquered nation. To understand this, you must look at the map and the background. For 2.000 years Japan has been trying to gain a foothold on the Asiatic mainland. She and China have scrapped again and again over this ambition. Instinctively she has seemed to sense, all along, that one day she would want to expand. First, Japan aimed only at Korea, 122 miles across from the strait from her main island. Next she aspired to Manchuria, then to Mongolia, Formosa, Saghalien island, and the smiling province of Shantung.

Great Inventor’s Grave Is in Shadow of Giant Oak Near Home. BY DELOS SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 21. With the old-fashioned simplicity that marked the pattern of his life, Thomas Alva Edison went to his rest -this afternoon in a sunshineflooded cemetery overlooking his beloved rolling countryside in the Oranges. In the subdued atmosphere of Llewellyn Park, at the comfortable old mansion that has been the Edison home for years, and later in the shadows ot a great oak that stood by the graveside, the presence of notable Americans who came not as officials, but as friends, to say farewell to him, seemed unmarked and unnoticed. Even the presence of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, representing the President of the United States, reflected no measure of official display at a ceremonial which was as homely as it was brief. Alcove Massed with Flowers The guests, all friends of the great inventor, and many of them treasuring the memory and thought of having shared with him his early achievements, began arriving at the pillared mansion at 1:30 p. m., an hour before the ceremony. They entered the home through wide double doors of heavily carved oak and were met in a plainly furnished reception room, the dark paneling of which gave forth a shadowy -reflection from dimmed lamps. A smiling portrait of Edison looked down upon them. From this hall, they passed to the drawing room—Edison insisted in calling it a parlor, “just an oldfashioned parlor”—and in a square alcove beyond rested the bier. The alcove was massed with flowers. Through its windows the guests could look out upon the broad green lawns, and forest of the park, gorgeous in their autumn colorings. Old Ballad Played As the guests took their seats, the strains of “I’ll Take You Back Again, Kathleen,” followed by the sentimental modern ballard, “Little Gray Home in the West,” sounded through the house, coming from an organ and violin in the reception room. When the last notes of these two simple songs died away, a trio of piano, violin and ’cello, -from behind potted palms in che dining room, played four numbers. Silence' for a moment and the Rev. J. Herbin read sections from the testament. Then the pastor prayed briefly, before the body was borne to its resting place. The nation will be plunged into* darkness tonight as a final tribute to Mr. Edison. Hoover Asks Tribute At President's Hoover’s suggestion lights will be turner out for sixty seconds at 9 p. m. (central time), when the entire country is depending on the filament bulb developed by Edison. Closing of the thousands of dynamos supplying electrical power—another product of Edison’s genius —was regarded as impractical, because such action might cause death. “This demonstration of the dependence of the country upon electrical current for its life and health is In itself a monument to Mr. Edison’s genius,” the President said in his statement. WAGE CUTTERS FLAILED Senator Janies J. Davis Brands Action as ‘Criminal Wrong.’ By United Press PITTSBURGH. Oct. 21. Wage cuts as a way “back to prosperity” were condemned by Senator James J. Davis in a speech here before the Sheardon Board of Trade. "Low wages are not the solution of the problems before us,” Davis said. "No nation ever has prospered on the low wage theory. The employer who uses labor-saving machinery and depression as excuses to reduce wages to an unreasonably low standard is doing a criminal wrong.” Change Court for King Vidor LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.—King Vidor, motion picture director, refused because of a heart ailment to ride an elevator to the fifteenth floor to appear in court against a building contractor, so court was adjourned to the third floor of another building.

The Cockpit of Asia —No. 1 JAPAN IS ON THE MARCH, WITH MANCHURIAN CONQUEST AS HER GOAL By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

To date, at the cost of two bloody wars in less than forty years, she has succeeded in putting over a goodly part of her scheme. Korea is hers. So is the island of Formosa, half of Saghalien, and the southern portion of the billowy, Kansas-like Manchuria. m m * AND still she is reaching out for more. Tomorrow—in five years, or ten, or twenty—she sees hersell mistress over the entire area, including, likely as not, the maritime province of Siberia, which, pinched from China by czarist Russia some seventy years ago, now belongs to Russia the red. That, of course, may mean another war. But, having fought two in recent decades for dominance in that region, Japan certainly will not shrink from one or two more, if necessary to hang on and expand. Nr*

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1931

BUDGET SLASH AIDS UTILITIES IN RATEGOUGE City Crippled in Fight to Protect Citizens From Exorbitant Costs. SCHOOLS ALSO SUFFER Many Civic Employes to Lose Jobs as Result of Action. Members of the state tax board have made a major contribution to Indianapolis unemployment and to thwarting of the people’s fight against utility slashes, by reducing the city budget levy 2 cents. At the same time, they took charge of refinancing of the city’s schools and cut the school city budget 6 cents. The new city rate is $1.06 and the school rate sl.Ol. Both may be appealed to the courts in an effort to curb state dictation and re-estab-lish local government control. Slashes were made late Tuesday at the behest of the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association, of which Harry Miesse is secretary, and by whom a son of Chairman James E. Showalter of the state tax board is employed. Hamper Utility Fight Other members of the state board who dictated the new local budgets are Philip Zoercher and Pliny Wolfard. They cut $15,000 from Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan’s contingency fund of $25,000, which was to be used in the city administration’s fight to reduce utility rates. In addition, they made pay roll cuts totaling $95,000, which city officials say will necessitate throwing more men out of work and adding to the unemployment and poor relief problem here. These cuts were SIO,OOO from the salary appropriation in the office of the city civil engineer, $25,000 from temporary salaries in the street department, and $60,000 from the park department pay rolL Other Departments Cut The 2-cent city levy reduction comprises total cuts of $70,000 from the park department levy and $68,000 from other branches of municipal government. Mayor Sullivan contends that the slashes seriously will handicap hope for utility rate reductions, increase unemployment, and force neglect of city park properties. Five cents of the 6-cent reduction in the school city levy was made in the sinking fund, which will force refunding of outstanding bond issues in line with the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association ideas. The association receives support from railroads, Miesse being a tax agent for the New York Central, where this form of refinancing prevails. The remaining 1 cent was cut from the sevhool budget by slicing $71,195 from the various appropriations. Proves Board’s Contention President Russell Willson of the school board pointed out that the fact that only a 1-cent cut could be made in all budget items proved the board’s contention that its budget had been cut to the bone. He doubts if the law provides for cutting the sinking fund, and expected to confer today with attorneys and other board members. Mayor Sullivan also has scheduled a conference, contemplating the matter of appeal, with the city legal department. As local rates now stand the city is $1.06; school, 95 cents; county. 29 cents; state, 29 cents; Wayne township, $2,798; Warren, $2,674; Washington, $2,685; Perry, $2,855 and Center, $2.72. Perry and Wayne township rates are pending on appeal. WELLS GETS HIS TEA Author Stipulates a Nip When He Visits Laemmle, By United Prejs NEW YORK. Oct. 21.—Carl Laemmle, film producer, invited H. G. Wells to visit him in his office. Wells accepted for 4:30 p. m. “If you will pander to my English vice of tea drinking at that time.” So a requisition went through the picture corporation accounting department for "a quarter pound of tea and a pot of marmalade.”

To her, the sea of Japan merely is a Japanese lake. Manchuria and the country thereabouts is regarded as her back yard. There is another side to the story, of course—China’s side, which I shall tell—but any government at Tokio that did not take the backyard view of things would not last a.week. An irresistible pressure, both economic and political, the Japanese claim, is pushing them irresistibly on. Politically, Japan regarded Korea as a “pistol at her head,” so she went to war with China in 1895 to remove that pistol. Next, Manchuria was seen as the menace. Any strong power in possession there, it was claimed, would put the empire in peril. Thus, when Russia was moving to grab it in 1904, Japan again resorted to war, licked Russia and removed that menace.

Holds His Faith By United Press DARLINGTON, Ind., Oct. 21. —A 72-year-old Free Methodist minister, the Rev. H. J. McKinnell, retained his faith today in the daughter w-hom he raised “to be a good girl” and who now is accused of committing one of the most grewsome murders in west coast history. "According to the papers, the circumstantial evidence against her is strong,” admitted McKinnell in reference to charges that his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Judd, killed Mrs. Agnes Ann Leroi and Miss Helvig Samuelson in Phoenix, Ariz. “But,” added the minister, “I’m confident there’s been some mistake, possibly in identity. I know my girl couldn’t have done what they say she "did.”

HOPE DWINDLES FOR DEPOSITORS City Trust Is Unlikely to Pay Off Soon, Indications that depositors of the defunct City Trust Company will not receive any part of their money in the near future were contained in a report to Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin today by Curtis H. Rottger, receiver. Rottger stated that $372,174 in assets have been liquidated since the bank was closed, Oct. 23, 1930. This money was applied toward payment of receivership costs and preferred claims, the report disclosed. A major part of the bank’s holdings now consist of real estate, “most difficult to dispose of at this time,” Rottger said. Rottger reported that since the bank closed, real estate assets have increased greatly in volume because of foreclosures of mortgages held by the bank. Cost of administering the receivership was listed at $55,310, but net income to cover administration costs totaled only $41,704, he reported. Administration cost included $19,709 pay roll, $10,107 for property management and $5,316 attorney’s fees. When the bank closed, total assets were $2,356,891, with $18,256 cash on hand. Book value of assets has decreased $15,600 since the closing, the report said. Rottger stated that a total of $183,949 is owing to two Indianapolis and one Chicago bank. SPURLOCKS GUILTY Feudists Smile at Verdict of Manslaughter. By United Press BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Oct. 21. John and Pleas Spurlock, charged with the murder of Patton Gibson, 69, their feudal enemy, were found guilty on a charge of manslaughter by a Jackson county jury today. The jury deliberated approximately twelve hours. Judge John C. Branaman said sentence would be withheld pending filing of a motion for retrial *y counsel for the defense. The penalty for conviction on manslaughter charges is two to fourteen years in the Indiana state prison. John, 36, and Pleas, 30, smiled when the verdict was read. PHILANTHROPIST BURIED Hoover in Tribute to Ohio Man Who Gave $8,000,000 to Charity. By United Press CLEVELAND, Oct. 21.—Funeral services were to be held this afternoon from Trinity Episcopal cathedral for Samuel Mather, 80, industrialist and philanthropist who died Sunday. The serveies were to be private and simple in keeping with his request. Pallbearers were Newton D. Baker, Major John D. Marshall, Arthur D. Baldwin, Charles E. Adams, John L. Severance, Dr. Robert E. Vinson, James A. Campbell and Jerome Zerbe. The generosity of Mather, who in the course of his life gave nearly $8,000,000 to charity, was praised by President Hoover in a message of condolence to the Mather family. 150 Drown in India Floods CALCUTTA, India, Oct. 21.—One hundred fifty persons were drowned by floods in the Vizianagram area of Madras today and thousands were reported homeless and in need of food.

npODAY her horizon still is expanding. As she views the map of Asia, she must extend her influence over much vaster regions, to make the empire safe. Economically, the Japanese claim, the pressure is even greater. The

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BY SAMUEL DASHIELL United Press Staff Correspondent GENEVA, Oct. 21.—League of Nations quarters became outwardly impatient today at the delay in approaching a solution of the Manchurian dispute. Adjournment of the league council was discussed. It was admitted that the situation was growing worse, despite hopes aroused through President Aristide Briand’s private conversations with Chinese and Japanese delegates. The situation was aggravated by unconfirmed reports that Secretary of State Stimson, who in September opposed sending a league commission of inquiry into Manchuria, which Japan also opposed, now was supporting the Japanese demand for no fixed date for withdrawal of troops from Manchuria. Council members who demanded a solution of the question this week believed it impossible and suggested immediate adjournment, with a meeting in two or three weeks at Paris. League leaders maintained that Japan had made the issue between the league and Japan, and not between China and Japan. For this reason, the reported American support of an imnamed date for withdrawal of Japanese troops was unwelcome. The Japanese delegation, at 12:30 p. m. today, insisted that its chief, Kenkichi Yoshizawa, had not received instructions from Tokio on WET PLANKS TABOO Senator Watson Says Parties Will Avoid Stand. By United Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., Oct. 21. Political parties will avoid wet platforms next year, Senator James E. Watson predicted in a speech here Tuesday night. “Every one should be happy over the prohibition question,” he said. “The wets have their booze and the drys have their law. So, why not?” He also said it would be at least five years before the eighteenth amendment can be repealed.

present population of Japan is 63,000,000, most of whom live on the main island, which is about the size of New York and Pennsylvania And every hour 240 more babies are born than people die. Soon, they say, it will be a case of “standing room only.” There is not enough home-grown food to go round. Much must be imported, albeit the precipitous slopes of mountains and volcanoes are cultivated, and water is pumped up from valleys to grow rice. They are beginning to talk of birth control, but years of eduation must elapse before birth and death rates can be made to balance that way. Raw materials also are lacking. Like England, Japan is becoming more and more dependent upon converting raw materials into finished products for sale at home and abroad.

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Briand's request to clarify Japanese demands for security and recognition of treaty rights in Manchuria and fixing the basis of future SinoJapanese relations. Japan insists these must precede the withdawal of troops from the South Manchurian railway zone. Washington Optimistic By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—American officials expressed confidence today that the prospect of a peaceful solution of the Japanese-Chinese dispute in Manchuria had improved measureably. They held this view despite contrary reports from Geneva. At the same time, the state department described as erroneous reports from Geneva that Secretary Stimson had taken a sympathetic stand toward Japan’s objection to naming a date by which its troops must be drawn back into the Manchurian railway zone. TEACHERS MAY~GET PAY Complicated Plan Worked Out to Raise in Chicago. By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—The hopes of 14,000 Chicago school teachers who have not been paid their salaries since last April, were revived today with announcement that the school board probably will be able to raise almost $7,000,000 for salaries within the next ten days. The money-raising plan, a complicated one involving transfers of funds and issuance of tax anticipation warrants, was worked out at a meeting of teachers, attorneys, city officials and school trustees. EDGE LEAVES FOR U. S. U. S. Ambasador Departs From Paris on Boat Train. By United Press PARIS, Oct. 21.—United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge and Mrs. Edge left on the Aquitania boat train today for New York. Ambassador Edge would not comment on the possibility of his succeeding the late Dwight W. Morrow as senator from New Jersey.

Cotton, coal, iron, oil, minerals of all kinds, timber and other essentials must be brought in from the outside to prevent industrial stagnation, unemployment and economic ruin. That is the picture the Japanese paint. With them it has become an obsession. Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Saghalien, Formosa and perhaps part of Siberia, eventually, are seen as the way out. They mean food, raw materials and national security, from the Japanese point of view, so. rightly or wrongly, they are grimly on the move in that direction. That is why, today, the game rooster of Nippon is whetting his spurs and crowing defiantly in the cock-pit of Asia. Next—A Russian pirate, with a price on his head, builds an empire for Japan to knock down.

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Former Indiana Woman Is Sought in Vain as Slayer of Two. WILD PARTIES BARED Relatives of Trio Veiled in Mystery; Hint That Men Are Involved. BY GEORGE H. BEALE t/'nited Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21. Jealousy was believed by authorities today to have been the motive in the slaying of Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Ann Leroi, whose bodies were shipped here in trunks from Phoenix, Ariz. And with a zeal almost equal to the search for William Edward Hickman, the hunt for Mrs. Ruth Judd, 27, Indiana min iter’s daughter, accused of the strange “trunk slayings,” spread through southern California and Arizona. As in the case of Hickman, who eventually was captured in Oregon, the slight blonde woman was reported seen a dozen times in as many different places, but as the day wore on each of these clews appeared groundless. Some officials were of the opinion that the fugitive would not be found alive. Relatives Predict Suicide This theory was shared by her husband. Dr. William Judd, and her brother, B, J. McKinnell, both of whom said they believed Mrs. Judd would take her own life rather than face capture. County Attorney Lloyd Andrews of Phoenix and Detective Inspector David Davidson of Los Angeles agreed as to the possible motive. Andrews also said that “the investigation shows that drugs may have had some part in the affair.” The Arizona attorney brought warrants here for the arrest of Mrs. Judd and two “John Doe” companions who, he said, possibly aided in the murders. Suspicion Is Aroused Suspicions of a Southern Pacific baggage-master, who thought two trunks shipped from Phoenix contained contraband deer, led to discovery of the bullet-marked bodies, one dismembered, and the subsequent search for Mrs. Judd. Through the license number of the car in which a man and woman visited the station and asked for the trunks, from which blood was oezing, Burton J. McKinnell, brother of Mrs. Judd, was located. He admitted he had taken his sister, wife of Dr. William Judd, Santa Monica physician, to the station to claim the trunks. After the baggage-master refused to release the trunks until they were opened, McKinnell said he took Mrs. Judd downtown, and had not seen or heard from her since. McKinnell, held as material witness for twenty-four hours, was released today. He refused to comment on the jealousy theory. Jealousy Is Believed Motive Detectives said, however, they learned that the women were jealous of attentions paid each other. Mrs. Anna Evans, 50-year-old nurse, who first introduced Mrs. Judd to the victims, enlarged this theory. “From the time they were introduced,” Mrs. Evans said. “Mrs. Judd and Miss Samuelson seemed to be greatly attached to each other. “Three W’eeks ago, Mrs. Leroi returned from Portland. It was my understanding then that all three women were to live in the same apartment.” Detective Lieutenants Frank Ryan and R. B. McCreadie said they believed that the three women found it impossible to live together and that jealousy eventually led to the slayings. Dr. William C. Judd, the hunted womans husband, married to her seven years ago, was asked if she was subject to spells of melancholia (Turn to Page 1, Second Section) INDICT COP’S ATTACKER Mexican Is Accused of Attempting to Shoot Officer. Tom Almeda, Mexican, was indicted today by the county grand jury on a charge of attempting to shoot Patrolman John O’Brien, Sept. 17. Almeda was one of seventeen persons named in indictments returned in criminal court. O’Brien stopped Almeda on a west side street to question him when the euspect shot at the officer and attempted to escape. He was captured shortly after the shooting. WALES’ RANCH BURNS Ten Prize Cattle Are Killed in Twelve-Hour Blaze. By United Prts EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 21. A twelve-hour blaze on the ranch owned by the prince of Wales near High River, Alberta, burned to death ten prize cattle. The fire which started from spontaneous combustion Monday night killed the SI,OOO champion cow, Balcairn Lavatera; the S6OO champion heifei*. Princeton Lily; the S6OO yearling heifer, Princeton Jessie, and seven young bulls. Dr. W. L. Carlyle, manager of the ranch, used all ranch hands to fight the blaze.

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