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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
CLARK ESTATE
TRIAL WILL CO
OVER WEEKEND
fBy Dispatch A. p. wlre)

BUTTE, Mont July 9.--The trial OF
the will contest brought by three
women who claim daughters shares
in the $47,OOO,OOO estate of the late
Senator William Andrews Clark
dragged along today with the read
ing of dispositions and the addl-
tional testimony of witnesses for the
defense.
Former residents of Missouri who
said they knew w. A. Clark, OF
Stewartsville, Mo-, father of the
claimants, testified that there was
no resemblance between the Stewards
Vile Clark and the Montana SEN
ator. as did the depositional testi-
mony of several other witnesses thar
was read into the court record
Indications tonight were that with
the reading of further depositions
scheduled for tomorrow, the trial
would extend we'll into next week
Senator Clark and his bride of six
week, Katherine Suffer Clark, OF
Connellsville, Pa, were en- route from
Corrine, Utah, to Helena, Mont, in a
stage coach on April 25, 1859, the date
of the wedding at Stewartsville, Mo-
of William A. Clark and Tabitha Z.
Brooks, parents of the three women
Mrs. Mary Smith MendenhaIl, SS, and
her son, Harry, 65, testified through
depositions.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
.375 CONVICT
MINERS W IT H
.l6 OFFICER 5
HELD In MINE
Kansas Penitentiary Scene
Of Trouble as Convicts
Revolt.
TIE CAGE IN SHAFT
Warden Says They Will
Come Out When They Be
come Quite Hungry.
lBy Dispatch A. P. wirel

LANSING, Kans.. July 8. - Sixteen
officars and guards and 375 miner
convicts were locked in the coal mines
Of the Kansas penitentiary here to-
night. 73O feet below the surface, 1ol-
lowing a mutiny among the conVlcts'
The miners mutinied today ana plock-
ed the cage in the shaft, making IT
impossible to send help down TO tne
guards, Warden Mackey said tonlght'
The prisoners tied the cage at the
bottom of the shaft and cut the tele-
phone wires in the mine, making COM
municatiou impossible. Prison OFF,
ciaIs. however, expressed no great
concern over the safety of the guards
Thev said they expected the mutineers
would end their resistance and come
out of the mine when they felt the
pangs Of hunger. No calls were MADE
for outside aid.
At the warden's office it was salo
no efforts would be made to send ad-
ditional guards below; in fact, it was
doubtful that those from above couiN
reach the shafts bottom without the
use of the cage in the possession o.
the convicts. No reason was advanced
for the action of the prisoners. OH
GERS said that with communication cu'
off they were unable 20 learn Wha'
caused the mutiny. A group OF prls-
oners tied the cage down several years
ago and refused for time to come
out of the mine, but there was nc
serious trouble.
I. e. McNabb, night captain at th'
prison, said guards would not ALLOW
the miners to come up tonight, ever
iif they signified their Willingness e
do so. 1t was learned that the prls'
oners have been in mutinous mooc
for several days because they did no.
have sheets on their beds. Severa
nights ago scores of the convlctS
STAYED UP all night, ratified doors anC
shouted, keeping the whole prlso1
populace awake as protest agalns'
the sheetless beds, it was said. Per
sons outside the prison attributed the
action of the miner convicts tonlgh'
to this feeling, and declared they be-
llieyed the demonstration was q
"bIoodless" one to protest against th'
sleeping conditions.
Prison officials indicated an at
tempt would be made 20 orng tht
strikers to the top after dayllgh
tomorrow morning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
IunGE HuRRIES TRIAL

CHICAGO, July 8. = The waning
trial of Martin j. Durkin, for mur-
der went into night session this
evening under the decree of Judge
Harry Miller that it must go to the
jury tonight. Darkness was set
Ting over the courtroom before
Eugene L. McGarry Durkin's chief
counsel, concluded his seven hour
plea for. acquittal of his young client
of the charge of numbering Federal
Agent Edwin c. Shanahan.
Twenty minutes later after Levy
Blumenthal of the prosecution had
launched the last of the arguments
which have been in progress since
Wednesday a two hour recess was
taken so the jurors might have their
dinner before returning to hear the
last of the case, now in it's sixth
week.
The final arguments on both sides
dwelt about the right of Shanahan
to arrest Durkin the night last
October IL, when he approached him
in a southside garage where Durkln
was bent over car which the state
alleges was stolen in California and
transported to Chicago. The defense
summed up it's argument with the
assertions that Shanahan was over
jealous because a federal akent was
that Shanahan approached Durkin
without any emblem signifying his
official character, and that neither
private citizen nor an officer
could arrest a man without a war
rant for a misdemeanor not COM
mitted in his presence.
Blumenthal retorted that larceny
ahan was empowered by his COM
mission and the oath he took to make
the arrest, and that the defense had
quoted no law to show that arrests
could not be made by private citizens
for such continuing offenses as
| larceny which were in fact in prog
ress wherever the defendant appear
ed with the motor car
| Despite the generally technical ma
ture of the closing arguments, the
court room was as crowded as at
any time during the trial, with un-
admitted scores standing in the halls.
Court officials doubted that the jury
would begin consideration of the case
tonight deeming it likely that the
remained of BlumenthaIs argument
and the instructions of the court
would bring submission of the case
! to the jury at an hour much later
than that at which the talesmen have
been retiring in the weeks since
June l that they have been confined
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
Heat Wave Takes Toll
OF Dozen Lives In
Midwest; Cooler Today

CHICAGO, July 9.-The heat wave
which. overspread the midwest yes
terday and the storms which fol
lowed today had taken a toll of up
ward of a dozen lives tonight al
though cooler weather was promised
for tomorrow.
To the seven deaths attributed di-
rectly or Indirectly to the heat yes
terday, there were added today two
heaths in Chicago, and four persons
killed and two injured, probably
fatally in heavy windstorm which
swept parts of southern Michigan
The four killed and those injured
were on an island in the st. Joseph
river near Buchanan, Mich.
The wind storm also did heavy
damage in parts of Indiana and at
Michigan City unroofed several houses
and overturned small buildings.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
.GANNETT MAKES
F FIR ST BID ON
THE K. C. S F AR
fBx dispatch A. P. wirel

KANSAS CITY, July 9.--The uni-
versity trustees of the William Nell
son trust, adjourned late tonight
and announced that eight offers had
been received for the purchase OF
the Kansas City Star and Times.
The newspaper must be sold un-
der the terms of Nelson's will to
nrovide an art foundation for Kan
sas City
The names of the prospective pur7
chasers or the amounts offered were
not make public.
The trustees announced they woulQ
re-convene tomorrow morning, pul
indicated no more offers would be
received and that the prospective
purchasers would not be allowed to
revise their offers.
KANSAS. CITY, July g. Frank E
Gannett, publisher of the Rochester,
N. Y, Times Union and six other
newspapers in New York state, sub
mitted the first offer for the Kansas
City Star and Times to the trustees oil
the William Rockhill Nelson trust
late today. The amount of the offer
was not made public. The trustees
j. C. Nichols, William VolkeF and
Herbert v. Jones, all of Kansas City
convened this morning to receive OF
fers for the property, which must De
sold under the terms of Nelson's Will
to provide an art foundation for the
people of Kansas City.
1t had been announced that all Of
fers must be submitted by p. m. But
at that time an extension was grant
ed and Jones announced the trustees
would continue in session until late
tonight He said other prospective
purchasers who conferred with the
trustees today were expected to SUP
nit offers tonight.
Those who held conferences 'WlIl
the trustees today were:
Gannett; Luke Lee, former Unlteo
States senator of Nashville, Tenn.
publisher of the Nashville Tenneesean
Irwin Kirkwood, editor of the Kansas
City Star; w. S. Dickey, owner ano
editor of the Kansas City journal
Post; F. G. Bonfils, publisher or the
Denver Post; and Clyde M. Reed Kan
sas publisher and former chairman o.
the Kansas public utilities commls-
sion.
Lea later submitted bid, the
amount of which was not disclosed
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
TORNADO HIT S
MICHIGAN; 3 DIE,
3 ARE INJURED

BUCHANAN, Mich, July "a lorna
do dipped into the fertile st. Joseph
valley today, devastated little island
in the river, two miles north of here
and snatched three lives away. The
dead:
MRS. BERNARD POWELL 80, Buc-
hanan.
MARY ENGLIS, 8, sister of Mrs. Pow
ell, Mexico City, Ind.
FLORA POWELL, 5-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs Powell The mothers body
was severed by a heavy timber. An
other sister, Grace English, IL, was
critically injured and two other men,
bers of the family, Bernard Powell and
his son, James, 10, suffered painful cuts
and bruises.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
BODIES Of 16
SEANEN TAKEN
FROM U-B0AT
(By Dispasc-i A. P. wire)

NEW YORK, July D.
After nine months at the
bottom Of the sea in their
steel coffin the bodies of
18 sailors Of the United
States submarine S-51 were
reclaimed today.
The submarine torn
asunder and sunk last Sep
tember by the steamer
City Of Rome, was drained
of water for the first time
today and relieved of it's
grim cargo at the Brooklyn
navy yard.
Sailors in black oil skins bore
from the shattered hulk the bodies
of their comrades and from finger
prints, clothing and other marks,
Identification of one after another
was made. The work Of identifica-
ton was suspended until tomorrow
after ten victims had been identi-
fled.
When the eighteenth body was ii1t-
ed to the light, navy officers in
charge of the removal, expressed the
belief that no more remained. Con-
tinued investigation was ordered,
however, to make sure that none
had been overlooked Most of the
bodies taken from the S-51 were
clad only in underclothing, indica-
tion that those so dressed were off
duty when they met death. A pic
ture believed to be that of the
radio mans mother, blurred by sea
water, was found near his instru-
ments and other articles testified
to the many ties which bound the
men to the life from which they
were so suddenly torn.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who
inspected the submarine said that the
S-51 sailors would not be given a
naval funeral their relatives having
made known their plans for private
burial.
One of the bodies recovered was
that of sailor who Investigators
believed had fought for life to the
last second The body was wedged
in some pipes at the top of com
partment and belief was expressed
that as the water rose the sailor
had climbed higher and higher, only
to be drowned when he could climb
no more. AS tho manner of the
death of the sailors as whole
neither Rear Admiral Plunkett nor
Secretary Wilbur would express an
opinion beyond remarking that the
time must have been very short and
that death probably came upon most
of the men almost instantly, catch
ing them wherever they happened
to be.
The naval board of inquiry re-
e opened today and spent the day in
an effort to place the blame for the
grounding of the S-51 in East river
as it was being towed to the navy
yard from the place where. it was
sunk last September with a loss of
33 lives. This question will occupy
the board again tomorrow and after
that the main question of the blame
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
Forest Fire on Badly
Peak Is Under Control,
Says Forest Supervisor
(By Dispatch A. p. wire)

TUCSON, July 9.-The most danger
Gus part of the forest fire that is rag
ing two miles southwest of Badly Peak,
about As miles south of Tucson, was
under control at IL o'clock this morn
ing, according to a message received by
Fred Winn, supervisor of the Coronado
national forest. The message was sent
by c. W. McKenz.e, assistant super
visor, who is out on the scene with
60 men.
= "About 1870 acres have been burned
over already" Winn said. Mckenzie
expects the fire to be under control by
tonight. At II o'clock this morning,
the line around the fire has not been
completed, except around the worst
part
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
DURKIN GUILTY
OF NUMBERING.
u. 5. OFFICER,
JURY DECLARES
After Being Out A Hours,
Verdict Is Reported to
Judge Miller.
VOTING ON PENALTY
Judge Hurried Case to Jun
by Holding Night Session !;
Slayer Faces Death.
(By Dispatch A. T. Nlre)

CHICAGO, July 10.-Martin j. Dur
kin, young Chicago gunman, early to-
day was convicted of the murder of
Edwin Shanahan, a federal agent.
The jury returned verdict of guilty
after a four hour deliberation and then
retired to vote on the penalty.
CHICAGO, July 9.-fWith a. plea for
mercy and a demand for death ring
ing in his ears, the jury which will
decide the fate of Martin J. Durkin,
shiek gunman, accused of Staying Ed
win Shanahan, federal agent, received
the case tonight at IL o'clock.
Judge Harry Miller, in lnstructing
the jury, gave them four verdicts
they might return-guilty of murder
with a sentence of death, guilty with
sentence of life Imprisonment, guilty
with sentence of number of years
in prison, and not guilty.
| The jury retired after heaving
! heard Louis Blumenthal, assistant
states attorney, make plea for a
punishment that will fit the crime
which was murder in cold blood"
| After electing the foreman the
jury took one ballot on Durkln
fate and it was reported that the
|. Jury stood 8 to for conviction
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
Phoenix Man Opens Up
Bottle With Teeth And
Cork Sticks in Throat
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

PHOENIX, JuSy .-."AnOther
argument for prohibition" re-
marked Phoenix doctor today as
he extracted sixeabIe cork from
a mnn's throat. The man said
he opened "a bOttIe'' with his
teeth. md that it's contents drove
the cork into his esOphagus.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
Congressman c. Hayden
First to Officially
File for the Primary
(By Dispatch A. p. wire)

PHOENIX, July 0.-COngressman
Carl Hayden is the first candidate
In the state to officially file his
Intention of becoming candidate
in the PRIMARY election in Septem-
her. Today he filed with the sec
retary of state his nomination pa
uers, declaring that he will be
candidate for the democratic nOmA-
nation for United states senator.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
GERTIE IS GOOD.
(By Dispatch A. p. wire)

CHICAGO, July 9.-Gertie Stewart,
six-year-old Topsy, doing the Charles
ton, must be good, for the manager
today paid a second 500 fine for child
labor law violation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10
POLICE LOOK
At ANOTHER
MEXICO SHACK

The finding Of portions
of a San Francisco Exam
iner, bearing the date May
IL, in a shack which an
swers the general descrip-
tion given by Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson of her as
serted temporary prison
across the Mexican border
held the attendtion OF
Douglas officers Friday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-10

NEW YORK, July 9.-Cop-
per steady; electrolytfc,
spot and futures, ID; bar
silver, 6515.
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Batik Has Been Given
More Important Place

Batik--that crude yet attractive col.
oring which first made Its style ap-
pearance In scarfs-has been given A
more important place In the fashions
this season.
! There Is touch of these blended
colorings splashed on the back Of the
blouse of the crepe silk frock. Tho
design has a studied carelessness OF
detail which makes 1t charming. Be
ginning ut the collar line, the batik
colorings fall with design over the
sleeves and at the back of the blouse,
forming yoke. The sleeves are long
and snugly cuffed at the wrists, add
Ing the touch Of tailored beauty so es-
sential to most two-plece costumes.
BatilS takes another form. This time
It Is used In its more vivid shades and
Is simulated rather than painted or
dyed Angular blocks of felt, in gaN
corors are cut ana lfsterfy
sort OF batik design.
appllqued to the crown "a largo
straw hat Bound with soft velvet,
the brlm affords becoming frame Tor
the features.
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Bertram took her arm and led her
out to the elevator. The reporters
crowded close, filling the car which
stopped for her and Bertram, and
surrounding them on their way to the
street, where Bertram hailed taxi.
Get us awayl' he called to the
driver. "Then I'll tell you where to
CO."
He took Kitty In his arms as the
cab sped off. "Now what is it?" he
asked her.
1.-The bail The cash BALL Some
one put up thirty thousand dollars
cash for mep'
Eyes," said Bertram. YES"
"Mr. KlegsOn won't tell who 1t was.
1t was cash; there's no way to trace
It But he gave me message"
From whom"
Prom the one who put up the bail.
He sent me word: Get out. Go
abroad anywhere you want where
you'll be safe. Never mind the thirty
thousand dollars. Jump the bail. Let
1t go to forfeit And he sent two
thousand dollars, cash, to me with
word that I'll have more when | need
it."
what" cried Bertram He under
stood now why she had known, before
she saw him. that this cash bail could
not be the result of any effort of his
with his friends. Some one with a
tremendous and a vital interest in her
had done this for her who could
Ii he?" he asked her
She drew up in his arms and with
"A little Shudder gazed about did we
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-30

Shadows of the Civ
By EDWIN BALL1ER and GENE MARKEY
CASH BAIL
Copyright By w. G. Chapman)

"What are they doing with him
now?' she asked suddenly. glancine
from Mrs. Fraley to Bertram. Him.
of course. referred to the youth who
had put his own life at stake last
night for the sake of defending her /;
he was Pellen. Eddie, the once I'm
mune"
"The grand jury is In session." Ber
tram replied. Zone of the Tribune
reporters just told me that the states
attorney takes Pellen before the
grand jury at ten O'Clock"
81 must be there with him!" And
Kitty Hewitt arose. trembling.
Young Darand caught her hand and
held her. Don't you see," he told her
gently. that you must stay here? Be.
sides. even If you went to the Grim.
inal courts building. you could do nc
good"
ooh. know It'll" YEARLY she sank
again into her chair. To-day is their
day; they'll indict him-for murder.
There's no use fighting against that
there's no stopping that. suppose"
Mrs. Fraley poured clear brown
coffee from her steaming percolator.
"You must eat something now, my
DEAR" she urged.
But Kitty Hewitt had no appetite.
I'm spelling your breakfast" she
said I'm sorry. II you'll excuse
me, I'll 60 up to my room"
"Of course I'll excuse you" smiled
Mrs. Fraley. Bertram followed Kitty
Hewitt to the stairs and escorted her
up to her room on the second floor,
where a maid met her and he was
dismissed
He started downtown almost i'm
mediately afterward. nr as soon as he
got past the Gordon of reporters he
fore the house Being barely twenty.
seven years vt age. he possessed a
mos, mo,les, Isl of patients; vet II
was long enough 10 provide usually
an ho,li or tive of actual work fOi
him each NOR. ne
Bertram drove on and with
troubled mind took up the routine Of
his work. 1t was one o'clock and he
was on the west side Of the city, fol-
lowing visit to the county hospital,
when the front page Of an early after
noon paper caught his eye. There it
was in bold headlines:
PELLEN INDICTED FOR MURDER
Eddie the Immune Held for Trial
Without Bail
6aGnito aud upIapio I,la ctor, bod
been taken, bringing Pellen nearer to
doom. If Bertram felt it, how much
more would Kitty Hewitt be affected
by it! She had told him that the
bond between Pellen and herself was
not love; at least, not love on her
part, she had said, though 1t was true
Pellen loved her. They had grown up
as girl and boy together, z nd
she; when disaster had met her moth
er, Pellen's mother had taken little
Kitty Hewitt into her own home and
brought her up to the best Of her
ability. Eddie Pellen had been like a
brother to her; and when he went
bad" Kitty had refused to forsake
him. He loved her-above everything
else In the world.
Doctor Darand also was in love
with her. OF course this was far
more recent fact and one to which she
paid little or no heed. 1t was over
Swallowed today by Pellens trouble
Pellen who, protecting her, had put
his life to forfeit. Bertram longed to
telephone to her when the news Of
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had to. SO he snonged and soaked,
losing forever the likeness of the
child's face but revealing another pic
ture below it. Carefully, tremblingly
he softened the old, dried paste and
drew away the ruined picture disclos-
ing mans likeness.
Bertram Darand whistled. Could
it be possible that that man had been
the one cut from the picture?
Ito be Concluded Tuesday,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-30

cannel-cOal fire was swapping and
burning cozily in black iron basket
In the blue-tile hearth: upon the table.
attractively set with breakfast things,
d coffee percolator was steaming with
pleasant aroma Mrs Fraley sat fac
Ing the fire; with her back to 1t sat
Kitty Hewitt and between them Doc
tor Darand.
No one was to disturb them. This
was the order given to the servants
by Mrs. Fraley; and certainly it was
necessary order, If the three in the
breakfast-room were to procure any
Sort Of peace this morning. For the
telephone bell was ringing almost
ceaselessly.
The reason, Of course, was the pres
ence of Kitty Hewitt. This morning
Enthusiastically milllons-of people
wanted to know about her. What was
the truth underlying her amazing stu
ation7
What they already knew was GER
tainly provocative of interest. This
lovely girl. whose dellcacy of feature
and figure and whose natural manner
gave proof of gentle birth and early
upbringing had been discovered to be
a friend OF gunner. The most notori-
Gus youth in Chicago-a handsome
young man of many aliases best
known as Edward Pellen or by the
sobriquet Of Eddie the Immune
had been her friend. She had known
well the members of an underworld
gang who grouped themselves about
a crook known to the police as Crane.
Yet It appeared that she had moi
been actually member Of the gang
In the sense that she lived by its &C
tivities. She had supported herself
recently at least, by teaching NAH
jongg to fashionable people. Further
and more dramatic proof of her sep,
aration from Cranes gang arose from
the fact that a couple Of days age
holding DR.. Bertram Darand in his
bower she had immediately called
the police and brought them In time
TO save Darand
which turned public attention to her
and Immediately II was followed by
Rnother-a more unpleasant affair
when Crane sent guuman one Gerve
; Lazy. to punish Der for informing
the police. Last night, as she sat at
supper In a cafe. Pellen. protecting
her had shot down his GO gangster.
For this act I'ellen now was In
Jail, charged with murder; and Kitty
Hewitt was safe in this big home on
the drive. Ostensibly she was here
as guest of Doctor Darands good
friends. the Fraleys; actually she
was here for protection against the
gang and under sort of informal
parole.
For this, Doctor Darand and his
friends had taken responsibility SC
her physical situation this morning
was comfortable.