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her father on the evening of the date given. the subject of their altercation being de- sire on her part to see her grandfather, who, words spoken in the heat of anger, she said, had no special significance beyond their pur- port as violent outburst at having been opposed in the performance of what she con- sdered a sacred duty. After the quarrel she had left the house to join her uncle and go with him to the bedside of her grand father as prearranged. She returned to get her handbag and sudden impulse had caused her to go once more to her fathers study and beseech him to sanction the step she was about to take. He had proved ob- durate and she had carried out her inten- befallen her in Cincinnati was substantially the same as that related to Bristow in the Grand Hotel.
 When she left the stand another days court session had ended, and the next day Vignolos was called.
 He corroborated much of the testimony introduced by the defense, particularly that portion relating to the Crimson Circle He was firm and adamant under crossfire and the defense began to hope. This optimism, however, was somewhat dampened a little later when the points regarding the brooch and the lost poniard were brought into con- sideration.
 When court adjourned that day there
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and divuge enough to at least simplify the defense"
 The course that Bristow and VignoIos took homeward showed clearly the violence of the storm which had torn it's way through the winter night. The streets were filled from curb to curb with rushing water which provided outlets had been inadequate to carry away Blinds had been blown from homes and business places, billboards lay prostrate and, here and there, tree was stretched prone across the thoroughrare Over all the skies were still dark with clouds omnous of continued rains. And suddenly Bristow glanced downward, following the course of Vignolos eyes,
 There across the sidewalk fay iamp post felled by the fury of the storm Be- meath the heavy, ornamental iron structure was silent. hideous thing crushed and dead. It was the scar-faced man, removed
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remained the arguments of the opposing counsel and the giving of the case to the jury. Bristow wisely had left out all ref erence to the affair at the wrightson cor- tage.
 Everything seemed to initiate against the acquittal of the accused. Nerissa showed the effects of the long ordeal in many ways Manifestly, though she had won the sym pathy of large part of the public. Yet Bristow felt that the tide was turning slowly against the girl he loved, that her convic- tion was a certainty unless something mirac- ulous happened before the passage of many days more.
 As he left the courthouse that evening like one in the maze of hideous dream, he woman was clad in fashionable motoring suit and at the curb rested stylish electric runabout. This she had acquired s,nce coming into possession of the Selden estate
 She did not speak as Bristow lifted his hat with muttered apology, but there was curiously triumphant light in her eyes that made him grind his teeth in rage as he IHOuSHI HOW iIluCH Sfle Knew that would ac- quit Nerissa, yet withheld it. And he was powerless to make her speak!
 The woman swept to the curb and, enter- ing the runabout, whirled away up the street in an eddying cloud of dust. Bristow followed her with his eyes until she rounded a corner far up the thoroughfare. Then he turned his steps toward the office, his heart heavy with pain as his utter mpotency dawned upon him.
 The monotone of twilight was falling, but he did not pause for dinner Food, he felt, would choke him. He went to his private office and sat down to a consideration of the slender possibilities still held out in the case They seemed hopee1sly insufficient. , rssl is
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at length upon the atrocity of the patricidal crime, stated that, while no eye had wit messed the murder of Dr. Drake Selden, the motive for the deed was so evident and the chain of circumstantial evidence so com plete, so plausible and so convincing that the calling of witnesses became almost a for mality.
 The prosecution first proceeded to prove its theory of motive, introducing the testi- mony of Anna Wrightson. It was essen tially the same as that given at the inquest.
 At it's conclusion the jury looked grave. It was clear that the 12 men had been impressed by the straightforward story re- lated by the witness. That this impression was strengthened was evident after the housekeeper had withstood half an hour of grueling cross examination at the hands of Senator Lysle. The never varied in single detail from her original tale. When she left the stand it looked as though there was no hope for the prisoner.
 Dr. Craig next testified. His evidence paralleled that given on the former occa- sion. Under cross-examination he declared that Dr. Selden always appeared to him to be in constant fear of death at the hands of some foe.
 Bristow was called. His testimony was direct and convincing, and the jury wavered as, under the skilled handling of Senator Lysle, he brought out point after point in the girls favor.
 After the examination of other wit
  days, Nerissa Selden took the stand. After the first flutter of excitement the most 1n- finitesimal sound could have been heard, so utterly was the silence that ensued.
 The girl admitted having quarreled with
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by the providential forces of nature in her had chosen in their battle for the life of an innocent girl.
 Just ,12 weeks after Dr. Drake SelGen had been laid to rest his daughter was brought to trial in the Laurens County Court on the charge of having murdered him.
 On the opening day of the life fight the peculiar heinousness of the crime, the pro- fessional prominence of its victim, the beauty, intellectual attainments and social position of the accused, the romantic at mosphere of the case and the widespread notoriety given it through the medium of the daily press crowded the courtroom 70 overflowing.
 At the time of her arrest the newspapers had much to say concerning Nerissa Selden's beauty, but it is improbable that she ever made more striking picture than when she entered the court that day on the arm of her senior counsel.
 The accused girl sat at table to the left of the jury. Near her were Senator LysIe and Gordon Bristow, her attorneys.
 Bristow was pale and careworn. The terrible weeks had lined his face heavily and aged him perceptibly. They had been, it seemed to him, cons of toll and heart racking torture. Now, as he sat with his client about to open the case, he saw few rays of hope ahead. But his indomitable spirit forbade his desertion of the cause to which he had consecrated himself.
 Vignolos also was there, close to his sister. He, too, showed the effects of worry and disappointment in his quest for evidence to free the girl from the charge which hung over her head.
 Senator Lysle was calm and judicial look ing, but deep in his heart he shared the junior counseI's fears for the outcome of the cese. No suggestion of doubt or lack of con-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-06-14
GREAT DAY AMONG sEmIMoLEs
Florida Indians Made Holiday Of %
easlon When Whole Tribe Turned
Out to Shoot Fish.

In the old days before statehood.
fishing was q great holiday with the
Seminoles IA Florida. A chief fisher
man was selected. He appointed the
various committees looking towards the
fishing; some to gather the devils
sshoestring," some to do the shooting
and some to beat the root after 1t was
tied In bundles.
The devils shOestring" grew In
abundance In the sand hills Of Semi
mole county. The Seminoles dug down
deep into the sand until they could get
a firm hold on the root and then pulled
until 1t came forth. These roots were
then tied into bundles Of IL or more,
according to the size Of the water
stream. A board or log was then erect
ed In the pool and the sh0estring beat
en- with little mallets. 1t gave on q
milky kind Of col0ring into the water
and when this had thoroughly perms-
ated the stream, the fish became In
toxicated and would jump out Of the
water or skim along on their sides.
The shooters would then begin their
work with the bow and arrow, and -
the larger fish came to the surface
they would shoot them with arrows
and the younger Indians would pick
them out Of the stream.
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1t has been cOntended that the queen
ant has not had justice done TO her by
naturalists. AS compared with the ia
nous queen bee. she is regarded by
some as far more admirable creature.
In fact, they are. in many respects,
diametrical opposites. The queen bee
is a degenerate creature, unable to
nourish either herself or her young, to
visit flowers, to build combs, or to store
them with honey. With the queen ant
quite the reverse is true. She is per-
feet example and embodiment of her
species and the worker ants suffer
from incomplete and retarded develop
ment. The queen ant IL very indus
trious and Intelligent worker and it is
pointed out that she forms an exceed
ingly interesting subject for study. and
has not hitherto been well understood.
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day for Seattle to make their home.
Mrs. r. w. Richmond accompanied
them going on to Tacoma to visit for
week. Miss May Howard is the
telephone central while Mrs. Rich
mond is away.
Mrs. M. j. Carter attended the
bridge luncheon given by Mrs. F. r.
Jeffrey, Mrs. Geo. Peters and Mrs. l..
f. johnson at Mrs. Johnson's home
Saturday.
Mrs. S. M. Banco and baby joined
her husband here Sunday to make
their home.
Mr.. Ballou of Albany arrived Sat-
urday and spent Sunday with Mrs.
Ballou's parents, Rev. and Mrs. S.
Beer in Benton City. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ballou and Miss Cora Beers drove to
Portland Sunday to visit friends.
Irl, Stanley and Chas. Roe accom-
panied by Miss Grace Roe Of Yakima
spent the week end the guests of Mrs.
Gertrude Howard.
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GIANT SPECIES OF cEHTlPEDE|
Reptiles Found in Trinidad Secrete .
Poison Which Enables Them to
Paralyxe Their Prey.

Trinidad centipedes have been pre-
scented to the London zoo, an exchange
says. They are more than foot long.
and at the broadcast part nearly half
an inch across. They are dark brown,
with rings on the long feelers and on
the legs, pair Of which projects from
each fattened segment Of the body.
These tropical centipedes live In shady
places, hidden under bark, stones or
dead leaves, moving chiefly at night.
They run quickly and can climb verd-
cal surfaces If there is any fo0tbold
for their claws. They are entirely
carnivorOus, living on insects, gruDs.
small birds or mammals, which they
kill with their venom.
It has been shown that the whole OF
the body of these centipedes secretes
volatile venom, so that even the
wounds made by the sharp claws are
extremely painful. The under surface
Of the head carries q formidable pair
Of poison fangs, the venom OF which
escapes by a pore in the claw, being
formed by large glands at the base OF
the claws. The venom Is an acid
opalescent liquid, hardly miscible with
water When injected into the veins
Of rabbits 1t produces instantaneous
paralysis, with cOagulation Of the
blood; when injected under the skin
enormous assesses are rapidly
formed. The bite is very painful to
human beings. but has not been known
to be fatal, although 1t causes In
somnia, local swelling and occasion
ally ulcers.
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Inventors have gone long way to-
wards producing to order whatever
man and his Industries require. But
invention Is not yet an exact science
and never Is likely to be. Artisans
and experimenters continue to STUN
BILE upon useful discoveries. So with
Roentgen Of X-ray fame. While work
ing over his vacuum tubes he was un-
expectedly called out Of the room. He
lett a bulb still glowing on the book
no had been reading. and In the book
was large, antique key used as a
b0okmark, while beneath the volume
there happened to be Photographic
plateholder he had ready for an out
ing that afternoon. When developing
some plates later. there upon one Of
them he found the shadow Of the key.
He sought an explanation Of the curl
Gus phenomenon by replacing the
properties" and energizing the tube
az before There was the shadow
again on the plate. The X-ray was
found.
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BENTON CITY

Miss Gertrude Gates, county CLUB
leader. was a visitor in Benton City
Monday looking after the club work
in th;s district which has been prac-
t;caIIv abandoned since Miss Greene's
Jan.rt,,re. Elizabeth Drenkhahn and
ethel Kelso have been chosen as the
delegates to go to Pullman next week
to tbe annual club extension work
Of w. S. C. Mrs. Carter will act as
club leader this year to enable the
g;rIs TO 90 to Spokane in September
to the tri-state contest Betty ana
Ethel won the state canning contest
in Yakima last fall and Flora BROOKS
in state champion in bread making
All three girls are planning to go
tn Spokane. The people of the dis
tr;ct have reason to feel consider
able pride in their club work as we
have had the prize winners at the
state fair for two years.
The Epworth League held an ice
cream social at the community church
last Wednesday night. A large crowd
attended and all had an enjoyable
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Carter drove
to Seattle last week. Mrs. Carter
was called on account of the serious
illness of her sister Mrs. E. r.. Cute.
DR.. and Mrs. Hedger drove to Wal
la Walla Thursday to attend the pa
geant and make visit on DIR. He'd
gers brother Fred.
Kathryn Brand is visiting her aunt
Mrs. Calvin Leinkamper at Yakima
for a few weeks.
f. j. Brand spent the week end in
Seattle looking after business inter
ests.
Geo. Gibson and M. j. Carter were
business visitors in Seattle last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garlic DeVoe of
Grandview were dinner guests at the
E. ]. Brand home Wednesday.
E. X. Mcneil of Spokane was a
business visitor in Benton City Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Baker of Sc
attic spent Sunday at the Hotel Ben
ton.
E. L. Blaine and son of Seattle
stopped at the Benton Hotel Satur-
day night.
Mrs. A. F. Pray of Bremerton and
party of friends motoring from
Walla Walla called at Justamere Or
chard on Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Brew
ster Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Eakal of Wen
atchee were gueets of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. l. Evett Wednesday night
Mrs. Milo Chapman and mother
Mrs. Barr, of Yakima spent Tuesday
and Wednesday the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Mclean.
Freeman Gibson returned home on
Sunday from Pullman where he has
been attending college the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Stocks left Fri
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End Of cromaonon Aoe.

About 1900 years ago the Cromag-
non age in Europe came to an abrupt
end. There developed a sudden mild
ness to the climate, accompanied by
cool rains. Heavy forests sprang up
on,what had been the open grass lands
of wild reindeer, wild horses, and wild
bison. Glaciers pulled back up their
Alpine slopes; the ice fields that were
over what is now Norway and Sweden
melted away. The Pleistocene age was
over and the modern era was at hand
CromagnOn people all but vanished
from western Europe; Cromagnon art
was no more. Whether these wild
chestnut-haired hunters followed the
Ice into what is now Russia, or wheth-
er they became extinct, no one knows
Certain 1t is their former lands were
deserted when the next race Of man
appeared.
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Horses Pedom.t.r.

The "horls Of hair on the coats :,
horses and other animals may be cs,,o y
animal pedcmeters, because thew ra,.,N
ter the locomotive activities % $50 -
creatures on whose bodies they sr o
found. The best examples and tho o
greatest number Of these hairy wborl.
and crests are found on the domas.,s
horse. A notable instance Is the orooO
full feathering that extends alone -.
hollow Of the flank, dividing ouarts,. ~
There are also crests and whorls -
the horses chest and other mart. !.
Its body. -. VI
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Mrs. Portly-Riche-It must be dreaa
full to be as hard up as the Bronsors
They never give anything to charItv
Mrs. Portly-Riche-Well, for tbs
matter of that. no more do we =.
dear.
Mrs. Portly-Riche-No, but ths,
can't say we haven't got II 10 v,vs
though.-London Mail.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
S74,O)O ALLOTTED
FORPOTOMAC WORK
Dredging to Be Resumed as
War Department Assigns
Funds for River.

Out of the general appropriations
of s57,00O.0O0 for rivers and harbors.
Secretary Weeks has allotted the sum
Of $4,000 for the Improvement of the
Potomac river at Washington.
That allotment was made as result
of a conference at the War Depart
ment yesterday afternoon between
the Secretary of War and Maj. Gen.
Beach, chief Of engineers and Gen.
Taylor, his chief assistant.
The local allotment is designed
navigation of the Virginia channel to
Georgetown. The present controlling
depth of that channel is about eight
cen feet, indicating gradual shoaling
to the extent of nearly six feet. 1t is
planned to resume dredging at once
to obtain controlling depth of twen-
ty-four feet, which is regarded as suf-
cation in these waters.
According to Maj. Tyler, the engi-
neer officer in charge Of the river
improvement. the allotment of $4,000
ing Virginia channel. $4,000; main
tenance of levee around Columbia
Island, $1,s00; operation and mainte-
nance of tidal gates. $4,000; repairs
and maintenance of government plant
and property, $4,000. and engineering,
clerical and contingencies, $4,000.
Immediate improvement of the Vir-
ginia channel and Columbia Island.
opposite the Arlington reservation. is
one. of the preliminary steps in the
project for the construction of the
monumental memorial bridge, de-
signed to connect the Lincoln Me-
mortal in Potomac Park and the Ar
lington national cemetery. That
bridge will cross Columbia Island and
will connect with roads in the ceme-
terry grounds and with proposed bou-
levards to the north and south of
that reSerYatioR
Evening star., 1923-04-25
Caught in Swamp,
Child Is Rescued
ByDog's s DeUotion

BY the Associated Press
NORTH BROOKFIELD. Mass,
April 25.-The life of little Flor
ence Codrice. was credited today to
the devotion Of her shepherd dog
King.
Seeking May flowers in the woods
north OF here yesterday. the child
was caught in quagmire. She
began to sink and grasped the
dog. As Florence went deeper into
the swamp King stood firm to his
task. All night child and dog re
mained there too exhausted to
make a sound.
Today a brother of the twelve
year-old girl. continuing his search
after a large posse had gone to
rest from night-long hunt,
found some of the flowers which
she had dropped and then discover
ed little Florence still holding on
to King The child was in the
swamp up to her arm pits. The
dogs legs were deep in the mire.
Florence was exhausted and
speechless for several hours. hut 1t
is believed she sustained no per-
manent i'll effects. The dog re-
sponded readily to treatment and
frisked about his little mistress
today.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
GERMAN LEADERS
FACING DILEMMA
Should Nation Offer Repara-
tions Figure in View of
Finances, Is Question.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 25.-Whether Ger
many is warranted in now coming
forward with a reparations offer. in
view of her internal financial situa-
tion, is one of the questions that are
perplexing Chancellor Cuno and his
cabinet. according to we'll informed
political circles
The government is represented as
desiring to show an accommodating
attitude in response to Lord Curzon's
recent appeal to Germany to make
the first move for the settlement. II
his opinion and that OF the cabinet
members and reichstag leaders, would
actively promote objective discussions
with the entente, political circles be-
lfeve that 1t will be largely in defer
ence to the psychological atmos-
phere" created by Lord Curzon's re-
marks in the house of lords.
Views of Hughes.
Both the chancellor and Foreign
Minister Won Rosenberg are still said
to believe that the shortest road to a
solution of the whole reparations
tangle has been suggested by Secre-
tary Hughes. The officials are known
to be of the opinion that the verdict
perts would also contribute rneasur-
ably to stimulating confidence in any
reparations loan that might be based
on the findings of such jury.
The chancellor and his foreign
minister do not lack counsel. in the
situation created by Lord Curzon's
address. AS reflected in the press
this voluntary advice may be summed
up in the words: Go slowly; don't
get nervous"
Among the reichstag parties-not-
ably in the ranks of the united
socialists-there is evidence Of a
strong determination to force the
question of Germany's frontiers to an
ultimate settlement; and there is also
desire that Germany's position in
this respect be fixed quite as in
delibly as that Of her ultimate repara-
tions obligations. This phase of the
present situation Is being stressed as
representing an imperative require
ment for the future recognition of
Germany's territorial sovereignty and
as an indispensable condition to
the maintenance of coordination in
her internal financial and political
affairs.
Foreign Loan Prospects.
Financial quarters are chiefly con-
cerned with contemplating the pros
poets for noatlng foreign loan, and
with the methods of underwriting it.
In the opinion of leading bankers
this is palpably the crux of the final
reparations agreement, as 1t will in
stantly determine the amount of
ready cash available for France and
Belgium.
Considerable curiosity is therefore
being manifested as to whether Ger
many offers an attractive financial
risk to any foreign banking syndicate
EXPECT GERMAN OFFER.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
Real Stuff Impossible to Get,
Bootleggers Now Make Own,
Survey Reveals.
STUDIED TO PREVENT
DEATH WAVE In SHRINE WEEK
Alcoholic Deaths Much Larger Than
Figures Indicate, City Officials
Point Out.

Nnetynine per of the liquor sold by bootleggers
Washington today is unfit for human consumption
Dr. T. M. Price, District chemist has found sample
genuine Scotch whisky rye whisky gin in the liquor submit
ted to him for analysis within the past six months.
Many Of the deaths in Washington which appear the
ords due gars endo myocardi other causes
direct result of drinking the bad whisky which Washington
eggers selling much larger percentage of deaths
actually caused by alcoholic poisoning than shown by records
of the health office Ganger Municipal Hospital officials
Unable obtain real whisky bootleggers "doctong"
their poisonous products today
whisky is mixed in the mash with ye age quick
Its will stomach if does immediate
The only real whisky obtainabe in Washington today