The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1927, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1878 WEATHER, FORECAST Cloudy to, partly cloudy tonight » «} and Tuesday tCotder tonight TETANUS GERM HOUSE HAS SHARP ARGUMENT OVER QUESTION OF NEW LAW REGARDING Doctors Believe Suture Ma- terial Improperiy Handled in Eastern Laboratory PRECAUTIONS TAKEN Physicians Make Every Ef- fort to Prevent Spread of Disease ‘ ‘\. (By The Associated Press) Two persons are dead of tetanus here and physicians are making every 'ffort to prevent further spread of the disease, ‘The dead are Mrs. John Gardner Wallace, 34, Bismarck, and } bert Shelby, 47, Kintyre, Saturday evening within a few min- utes of each other despite desperate effort to save them, have the di “ « place 1 bacteriologists cultures of the suture material in an effort to establish definitely the source of the infection. s other than der strict supervision, Germ Hard to Kill The tetanus germ, it is explained, is among the hardest germs to kill and will survive boiling because of the fact that it is contained ~ 1 (CAUSES DEATH OF 2 PERSONS: | i Measure Finally Recommend: , {resentatives of both political parties | | took both sides of the question. i ‘As recommended, the bill provides| , | tila maximum of 50 cents is reached. Each death is believed by attend- ing physicians to be due to infected material used in suturing wounds aft- er an operation. This material, th physicians ‘explained, is pharmaceutical firms under rigid su- pervision and the kind used here is | the same as that used in many lead- | ing hospitals of the country. Anti-Tetanus Serum Used Anti-tetanus serum has been used | in an effort to protect other patients | who may have possibly been subject- | ped to the infection but it was said today. that three other persons may isease. Jt is hoped that no further deaths will occur, however. The situation is similar to those | which ocegsionally occur in isolated { throughout the country. jhave a definite se ltricts, she said, dr {busses get more than the teachers.! | boards | bill is a instrument and all under steam pressure at the hospital. The sutures, howe come in sealed, sterilized tubes an are presumed to be sterile, sipce they are made and packed by experts un- TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS ed For Passage—Bill Re- quiring That Interest and | + Sinking Fund Accounts For; North Dakota Bonds Be Kept Separate Also Recom- mended Enactment of a standard law re- garding the transportation of chi dren attending schools in rural di | tricts was recommended by the house; t | leommittee of the whole Saturday | after a sharp argument in which rep-; | a sliding scale beginning at five! cents a day for transporting chil-, dren living within two miles of, | school and increasing at the rate of three cents for each quarter-mile un- The rates are made applicable to! ifamilios regardless of the number| jof children which may be attending! | school. A separate provision of the| ®| law permits school boards, on de-} {mand of the voters, to arrange trans- | portation for all the children in the} district, | Mra, Craig Favors Bill Favoring passage of the bill, Mrs. jointed out that enormous sums are being spent for schoo! transportation| and contended that it would — save! school boards comid ple trouble to In some dis- rs of school © Aljets, Wells county, said not think the legislature has y right to tell district Ge f bunk,” he and contended that school would have as much trouble unde! id,! its terms as they do now, It would! Sophomore ¢ be impossible in some districts to; him they b hire anyone to transport the chil-j ci: dren because the scale provided inj m the bill is too low, he said. L, L, Twichell, Cass county, maj pay anything for transportation were it not for legislative authorization’ other members of the associatio: Princeton Student school president should pay. “This! tion, today was confined t hospital he ging last night by five masked _m also president of the told ity floor leader, pointed out that of d school boards would he unable to, church of Kansas ¢ Commits Suicide Princeton, N. J., Feb, 14.—() —Martin A, Gerhart of Batavi lowa, 33-year-old student of so- cll science at Princeton graduate college, committed suicide Sun- day in his apartment by inhaling rhart'’s wife has been in & sanitarium near here for several months sufering from a nervous breakdown, The couple had a two-year-old child. Gerhart received the degree of bachelor of science from the Ui versity of lowa in 1922 and the degree of master of arts from the University of Chicago in 1926. He came to, Princeton last fall. He led a sectuded life and little was known of him. 5 MASKED MEN FLOG STUDENT AT DENVER U. 'Minnie D. Craig, Benson county, Ralph Batschelet, Leader in Student Affais, Recover- ing in Hospital Denver, Feb, 1 cl leader i r University and v the Thinkers A - following a ev Batschelet, s, said the me m because t nged a de veen Judge Ben B. L of Denve nwood Bou Potice also were informed that and that. the legislature has the had been threatened. Morris power to change the law as it sees ‘it. - The bill was sponsored by the spore, similar to the shell which sur- | Schoo! Directors’ association, he said, rounds the kernel of a nut. tion with steam under pres- sure wil] kill it, however, local doc- tors say,’ and express that the materi at tions on Mrs, Wallace Sh prepared. two si and Mr row. FUMES FROM COAL STOVE. ~| > KILL WOMAN . * Work, Finds Wife Dead and Two Children Overcome Minneapolis, Feb,14.—U?)—A. mother was killed and her daughters were overcome by coal gas. fumes as they slept in their home here Sunday. Returning at 6:40 a, m. from work as a switchman, Olaf A. dal, was unable to gain entrance and called police who battered down the was found dead in her bed. Two daughters, Eunice, Dorothy, seven years old, were unconscious beside door. Mrs. Swind nine years old, and her. Coal gas fumes from a hard cou! y burner in a bedroom had suffocated the mother and her children as they slept. The children.were then taken to ‘ ‘the General hospital, where they are reported recovering. Boy Steals Own Gun From Depot Planning to Shoot Teacher Jamestown, N. D., Feb, 14.—()— A 15-year-old farm boy of Cleveland is aceused of stealing his own. gun with the avowed intention of shoot- | * ing a teacher who had roused his ire. q The rifle, consigned to the boy, ar- rived by express at the Cleveland ago Saturday and was . * “fitolen when the depot wi bi . into Sunday night. To al cion the boy presented the express delivery card later in yates k but depot a weel investigators of threx < 4 alleged to hai > teacher found sion, The case was continued from justice court here today to juvenile court and will . fey within the before Judge J. A. Cof next two weeks, (7 ue House meets at 1 o'clock; sen- ate still in recess. House to continue effort to clear calendar. Standard scl and is designed to relieve school used in the oper S. was improperly handled at ! i eastern laboratory in which it [the subject better than any Wallace leaves her , 9 and 12 years old. . Shelby leaves her husband, ! two sons and one daughter. Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Wallace here Wednesday and | for Mrs. Shelby at Kintyre tomor- < boards of pressure which often is brought to bear in setting school transportation rates. “No one should be'paid a premium to take his chil-| dren to/school,” Twichell said, and has ever seen affecting the same husband| matter. E. F. Johnson, Foster county, con tended that the bill would penal persons living farther than six cases in his district it is necessary to transport children 12 miles. Another Bill Brings Dehate The -house engaged in a hearty quire interest and sinking fund ac- counts for North Dakota bonds to be kept separate. The purpose of the bond retii ment of the state ind sion, it appears nece: wa A The bond retirement fund is sol- vent now, Cox said, but alleged that after the July interest poyments are made it will show a deficit of $450,- preparations are made now to pa: {the bonds when due, the time will come when heavy taxes must be levied for that purpose. Tlie consti- tution provides that levies to pay interest on bonds may be made re- gardless of the normal tax limita- tion and that the bill would enable the state to take advantage of that fact without imperiling its operat- ing funds at some future date, Another factor, he said, is that the price of North Dakota bonds will suffer if it becomes known in finan- cial circles that the state is not properly keeping up the retirement fund as contemplated by law. Mrs. Craig al that the bill ae its purpose is to take from the state which the Independents fear. never have happened and never will hap- pén, she said, 0. E. Erickson, Kidder county, con- tended that the bill resulted from a dispute between certain offici: at the c: haye certain authority. An: amendment to strike out the passage. Dr. Guthrie Revives " Ritualistic Dance New York, Feb, 14.—(#)—Ritual- suspension of two years. Dr. Guthrie explains he wants to introduce high church can ie he de- the Roman Catholic ritua! clares, “we, being a bi and Dr. Guthrie over the feature. Four girls and six boys. clad in hurch yesterday in A pve jt dramatic pageant with = ty " the de averred that the propoged bill covers , w he! from school and said that in some| said, he walked where he called a physician, doctor said that severcly bruis ly _was suffer fight over the bill which would re-| 00, Twichell pointed out that unless! Judge’ Lindsey to meet him in debate. prominent Kansas City for a time editor of the Post, accepted. tively selected w: itualistie dancing was suspended | eau! at St. Marks after a controversy be-|the new Quain and tween Bishop Willim T. Manning | bui Grupp, attorney, president, and Miss Margaret Farlow, secretary. of the association, told authorities they r ceived a telephone call shortly afte Batschelet was flogged threatening | them with similar punishment unless ate, scheduled for February | 22, was cancelled. Nearly Loses Consciousness Batschelet told’ officers he was seized while en route to the home of | before the house rules committee and his fiancee, He said the men ear-! ried him to an automobile and drove | stitution of the bill as approved and swiftly several minutes. After warn-| amended by the senate for the com-! ng him his punishment was only a/panion measure, now before the: isample of what would follow if the ; sidebate was permitted, he was beaten | until he nea , the youth appare: “Can the _ pre! eee eats ate things Lincoln’s Birthday | Fittingly Observed — anaes By House and Senate |s, p. Rohrer, 74, Early Resi- —— | Members of the house and senate; ident of Bismarck, Passes itol regarding who should} joined Saturday in a ceremony ob-| serving Lincoln's birthday. c Rev. T. F. Gullixson, Minot, deliv- major provisions of the bill, offered] ered the principal address, eulogiz-| by Erickson, was defeated, 44 to 54,| ing Lincoln and pointing out those and the measure recommended for) traits of character which made him reat. To a noble mind and great umility, Lincoln added firmness and a netrating understanding, ev, Gulf Him one of the greatest leaders of men the world has seen and enabled him to save the Republic in time of stress. Musical selections were given b; istic daneing has been revived by|the Bismarck Boys Band, the Rev. D. William Norman Guthrie, at| School girls glee club, the chorus of St. 'Marks-In-The-Bouwerie, after a|the federal Indian sch: Miss Clara Peltier, Indian : vocalist, jixson said, which made Bg Ag tiger ahead and Clinic to Be Open ‘Re to Public Next Week introduc: other ritual we ecause of delay in arrival and an inti @ any r ritual we! B se of ent, the public i ‘PASSAGE Is MeNary-Haugen f: ed today for a fiery ba hours’ debate in the house, prebab! s the last week of its congression- | | A remarkable aerial photo of Canberra lia, is shown here. Like Washington, € s from the Aus fac al life, While final vote on the mersure, passed last Friday by the! is not expected the house | ernment before the end of the wee porters, confident of its pas: pressing which senate, (#)—Ralph student af- its strength, handling of the bill. \ juvenile court and the -| Rev, Dr. Burris A, Jenkins, pastor vard Christian tion of its legislative other barrier, erected by it opponents in an eleventh hour effort for its defe buck to the city| fre The although he was ig mostly from shocl C The Thinkers Association was or- the measure, Gordon Cox, Burleigh] ganized 10 days ago after the Denver county, said, is to make _sure that; University student council voted to i ent fund will betcancel an address by Judge Lindsey before the student body, Young The bill requires the state board|business and _ professional men and of equalization to make a tax levy|women as well as students were in- to pay bond interest if, in the judg-|vited to join. Encouragement rial commis-|free discussion of ideas and theories was the announced purpose of the \ association, Lindsey Issues Debate Challerge Judge Lindsey has appeared several imes recently in debates to clarify his stand on proposed trig] marriages as_a solution to increase in divorce suits. Judge Lindsey explained he did not favor “free love,” _ He said he favored triql marriages in some instances, but only under strict regulations, When ministers and religious or- ganizations in various parts of the; country took exception to his plan, invited any minister Dr. Jenkins, or and as City The subject tenta- both onslaughts tion. erat, Georgi | tis-Crisp bill, it institution of marriage be improved?” Police today were without clues to the identity of the floggers. | was being “badly misrepresented” by’ Batschelet was unable to describe the Independents and alleged that/the men or the automobile. Rohrer remained here until fall when he went, to Norfolk, to| visit his daughter. in the grocery businéss fo- a, num- | ber of years in this city and ‘for a few years prior to his death held | a position with. the H. W. Richholt | grocery store. Mr. Rohrer was born at Canton, Ohio, October 6, 1852. He moved to McLean county in 1883 and operated Ja farm and ranch near Underwood until he came to Bismarck, He is survived by asister, Mrs. Arthur Van Horn of i J. Rohrer of St. Louis; hildren, Wilbur Rohrer and Donald Rohrer of this city and Mrs. Lack of Norfolk, Neb., and | five grandchildren. Services will be ‘held at the Perry mortuary at 10:80 a, m. tomorrow, Rev, W. E. Vater Of the Mc- Cabe Methodist chureh officiating. tahermsony will be in Fairview ery. Hig! ool here and pection of | three ‘Ramstad clinic iz has been postponed until | Ch next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day ree from a members o: clinic wi Filey mantles, | Wnponred (et 188) fore thease tee Meine Tie puening at orieth eur bees games lor OMOFFOW an: nes- how vis- with bate in the House Today Chairman Haugen Considers ' Parliamentary Maneuver to Thwart Opponents Washington, Feb Substitution of by the senate for its panion mearure now before the house was recommended today by house rales committee. Substi- tution of the senate bill, and its Passage without amendment by the house, would make unneces- sary a conference report to the senate and the co ent dan- ger of a filibuster against the Measure there in the closing days of the session. Washington, 14. A) m relief bill thor of the ¢ planning to br a test vote, as an nthe’ parliam These adv nendment its return to the is expected to rt it w present a resolution to authorize sub- | house. Voté Might Come Tuesd: y lost conseciou: Following the three ho’ He was left in a ditch by a higkway | era) debate, which remain forthe near Edge suburb, | measure in the house, Chairman Hau-! As soon us able, Batschelet mmittee, plans to seek the {stitution by unanimous consent. The! substitution motion is debatable for two hours and a vote upon it is ex- pected shortly after the house con- venes tomorrow. If the substitution motion is ap- proved, as appears likely, consider tion of the senate bill, with amend- ments will commence. At this stage the bill’s opponents are expected to} make movements to substitute two | other measures for the bill as a whole, being anticipated | {from authors of other farm legisla- Representative Crisp, Demo- ia, co-author of the Cur-} is expected to advance that measure and Representative As- well, Democrat, Louisiana, the bill bearing his name. Berger Favors Bill Representative Berger, Socialist Wisconsin, in a statement today an- nouncing support for the McNar; Haugen measure, said that the “american ruling class demands” ‘that farmers provide food at pric no higher “than foreign manufactur- Jers and foreign | foreign countries.” “The Haugen bill may not economically sound,” he added, “and it may only help temporarily, \T am for it because it is a measure ;of charity and justice.” PIONEER DIES IN NEBRASKA Away at Home of Daughter S. D. Rohrer, 74, of this city, died | at the home of his daughter, Charles Lack of Norfolk, Neb., S | urda: formation réceived here today. M ebrury 12, according to ii Coming to Bismarck in 1895, city Australia’s New ‘Tailor-made’ Capitol ~ FORECAST | ‘The | tute | h of ‘taree | ital of the Commonw e this future se Ith of Austra- The Duke and Duchess of York are in Aus : laid out on swamp lands. Its plan, prepared by the middle of ready for the government to “move in “CHAS. BOISE NOMINATED REGISTRAR ts sup-| and 60 mii ra e, are| adopted after world competition among YOUNG MATRO OF BISMARGK *. PASSES AWAY, Mrs. John Gardner Wallace, Dies as Result of Complica- ticns After Operation 1 7 buildings will be complete towards this showdown $0! that the bill can be placed ia the! hands of President Coolidge by Sat- | urday. Its supporters, 1 Haugen of the house agr '” Million Dollar ' Blaze at Bangor Bangor, Maine, Feb, 14.—@)— t resulted from a stroyed four buildings and threat- ened the entire business district here before it was brought under control shortiy before one o'clock Iter burning near- house | Prominent Nenpartisan, Named to Suc- cced O. E. Anderson F | ly four hours, ries are ning to burden the measure git Sen- of the Coe buita- nee will be necessitat- There its. senate. enemies hope to bury it so there will be ro oppor- ‘tunity of a conference report before the present. session ends. | Representative Haugen evidently anticipates such a move against his measure and today tempt to thw: tary maneuver, property destroyed was owned by « THIELE TRIAL STARTS HERE. TOMORROW A.M. = Attorneys For Defense and Prosecution Ready—Crowds e result of compli-! : following an operation. Mrs, Wallace, who was well known h a parliame He plans to appear: red and spent most of he ves her husband and two Ww ation | business and noe defini x the nomin. John Gardner no doubt made by Nye of genet T ‘od the office | SEVERE EARTHQUAKE 1 , brother of Mr.{ late | if this resolution is approved by| ecoeded | troit, Michigan, iends from outside T. B. Tracy, Jamestown, and Mr, andi an the prosceution ; case of Arnold TI osed of those interests, nomination came Mrs. Flora Cente Mrs, Will Simpson, M Funcral: Wednesday Funeral services will be 2:30 Wednesday Presbyterian church with Rev. David ing at 10 o'clock. Earl officiating. Pallbearers will be Wi win, Ben Tillotson, Ed Co Simpson, George Helling an | Conklin, most of whom were school taxed, time friends of Mrs, Wallac nee Barnes McG Wallace was known to most | residents of Bismarck for her Ii disposition and charitab! ing been born here January and lived here practically a on involved in the estate for many afternoon at s tomorrow morn: county audi- 22-t% HBIRS DECLARE editor of the *, published at Sher- Interest generated in the case is! { am Cor-/at a high point today and the limited Fred courtroom ight, publishe« . Mrs. the doors will be closed early, people admitted, ¢ board | fforts will be made to accommodate as o_O Weather Weather conditions at North Da- sins i nts for the 24 hours ending , the youth known as “the millionaire recovered at 8 a. m. today. hope of accommodating the crowd ex-} {pected to attend the tr Thiele is still under do She was graduated from the Bis-|, t marck high school and then attended in the Burleigh county Kansas "ow in good health, hav she. from his recent breakdown, according Temperature at a.m. ...... then! to Sheriff Rollin Welch. a conservatory of music at City, Missouri. met her future husband who the Dakotas and they} 1913, going to liv ‘Later they liv-/ nd then came nearly every day for the past two, to Bismarck where they have mad@, weeks to talk with her husband and their home for the last 11 years. Tl Loved’ By All jor gets them in Returning home Highest yesterday st 1; Relatives Here saintaining her faith in him, were married at Detroit, Michigan. ed at Oxford, Mich., but to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. je’s sister has also visited him several times, ! broken his silence to talk with his Mrs. Wallace was very dear to her wife and sister but ref She was loved by| with anyone else. residents for The accused man has ‘or North Dakota: loudy fenignt and Tuesday. Cold- | er tonight, Moderate cold wave north- { s Temperature near ten! the murder of his foster son by ad- Cloudy to part- i uses. to talk {ly ¢! host of trends. is understood many Bismarck healing hands and her willingness to! from help the poor or the afflicted in time] [To of sickness or diktress. Hy Among others, children who play park opposite her homg, trial, er as the friend who often’ these, donated apples and cookies to the from Wilton, three e cause of happy childhood and whose] and Menoken, four from cheerful smile warmed them as it did | each all others with whom she came in| east portion. Rising temperature Tuesday afternoon extreme west portion. the EATHER CONDITIONS : The pressure is low over the Great Lakes region, Mississippi Valley over! Shepherd Prevented Mai ast states while a 1 is centered over up the first day a panel of 48 bei Bismarek, five ach from Regan over the Pacific ‘an high pressure ing, two| northern Alberta, i curred in the ssissippi Valley, Red River Valle er the northern Rocky } Temperatures | are us fol. | are moderate throughout the United | States but colder weather prevails in the western Canadian Provinces. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge. nd Sterling c | Goodrich, Brittin and Driscoll. two women are included The- names of jurors « \Mrs. Wallace will be buried in St. Mary’s cemetery on a hill facing the | east where, in death as in life, she will face the cheerful rays of the ris- | Nels-A. Niemie, Wing; C. Wilton; K, A. Ersland, F. W. Murph: seorge Piepkorn, Wing feorge Lewis, Si George’ W. Little, H.’F. Tiedman, Joseph Clifford, Fred Rasche, Regan; Emanuel Haas,’ Goodrich; F. son, Baldwin: Sam Rerg, Wilton; F. ‘opelin, Arthur Solberg, Spencer BI Washington—Big game animals on, He was engaged States Department of Agriculture have, with the exception of antelope, increased notably during the last ten y Antelope, which killed by predatory animals, now are | A under more careful control and are again on the increase. , Martin G. Hagen, C Moffit, Moffit; Waino Wainio, Wing; 0. W. Backman, Regan; How- ard Brenden, Arena; Dan McCormick, Fareo—Cloudy, 12; roads good. Mankato — Snowing, A Sey Today’s Doings in ion’: i Doehle, Moffit; Gus Hoge, W. B. Fal- Nation’s Capital coner, Bismarck; Ri A. Thorberg, James Rob: y Burman, Harry Smith, "P, J. Meyer, Walter Paul, Roy Small, M tin Bourgois, Charles Olgeirson, Bismarck; M. 0. Martin Tooker, Menoken; Nels Erick: H. A. N. Christianson, {Arena; V. L. Anderson, Wilton, Grand Forks—Cloudy, Cangtess mects at noon. . Senate ‘considers branch bank- Hibbine—Snowing, 20; Devils Lake—Clear, 8; roads fair. Mandan—Clear, 5; roads good. Crookston—Cloudy, 15; roads noor. Winora—Cloudy, 28: roads fair. Duluth—Snowing, 16; roads fair. House debates farm relief bill: Ford tax, recovery suit Cem- son, Wilton; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [Awaen] — BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1927 IN JAPAN TAKES MANY LIVES TEST VOTEON FARM AID MAY COME TURSDAY |McNary-Haugen Measure, Faces Three, Hours of De- ee PRICE FIVE CENTS STRICKEN AREA BURIED UNDER ~ SNOW BLANKET Snow Began Falling a Week Ago and Storm Is Still in Progress Today WORST.-IN FIFTY YEARS Former Soldiers Are Volun- | teering to Take Food, Sup- plies to the Victims | Tokyo, Feb. 14.--()--The toll of | death in the recent storms in the northern part of Hondo island passed the 100 mark today. The home office confirmed that 62 had been killed, 29 were missing, and 113 houses destroyed in Niigata pre- fecture. In Toyama prefecture there were 40 dead, 18 hurt and 78 houses j crushed, Former soldiers are volun- teering to take food supplies to the stricken areas, The district was reported buried under a great blanket of snow, which responsible for the deaths and damage, Snow began falling about a week avo and is still falling. The storm is said to be the worst in that vicinity in half a century. STORMS £FFECT MUCH “,; OF NORTHERN JAPAN Tokyo, Feb. 14, (#)--Ninety-one persons have been killed and 120 houses have been destroyed in Niigata ‘efecture, hy the worst snowstorm in 50 years, suy dispatches to the Jiji np e city of Niigata, capital of the prefecture, ix 150 miles north- west of T Much of northern Japan has suffer- (ed from destructive snowstorms this winter. The death of 46 persons in an avalanche near Takata, 70 miles n Niigata, wus reported sever- h of days ai MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 14.—() — Between 30 and 40 persons are be- lieved to have been killed in tha jone which struck the Cairns dis- trict on the east coast of Queensland ‘ast Wednesday. All communication | way interrupted by the storm, and jthe only news received, by wireless, lis meager, Material damage is known to be extremely heavy, particularly at Ing- ham, where numerous houses were h- e if the nomination | Washed away by swollen streams. pproved, Will succeed O. E, 1, incumbent, who has held the Most of the deaths occurred in this district. The rivers Herbert and Burdekin, near Ingham, rose from 60 to 70 feet above normal. It is believed the sugar crop wax damaged to the extent of 150,000 tons. JIUGO .AVIA FEELS Belgrade, Jugo Sla Feb, 14.—(#) A strong earthquake shock hus used a number of casualties and great damage at Stolac, Herzegovina. isly had two | The tremor was felt over a wide area, he took the| including Belgrade. JS NOT LEGAL, | Eight Cousins of William Me- | Clintock Start Suit Against } Youth’s Foster Father Chicago, Feb. 14.—(#)—Kight cou- of the late William McClintock, orphan” in a suit filed circuit court today charged that the will offered by William D. Shepherd, the youth’s fester father, was not the will of the orphan but was procured by undue influence on the part of | Shepherd whom they also charged with the deaths of “Billy” McClin- tock and his mother, Mrs. Emma Mc- Clintock, The will contest long had been pected. It was first indicated when Shepherd was indicted charged with ministering typhoid germs to the young man. Shepherd who was ac- quitted subsequently, was named as chief beneficiary in the will. . lage The bill of complaint further charged that Shepherd prevented the marriage of McClintock and his fiancee, Miss Isabel Pope, McClin- tock on his death bed was said to have wanted to have a bedside mar- riage and Miss Pope procured a li- cense but no ceremony was held, due, it has been charged, to interference | by Shepherd. Although there are 10 heirs at law, blood relatives of McClintock, only (eight of them are prosecuting the ‘present suit in an attempt to set aside the will now on ffle in the | Temperature and probate court, as invalid and. pre: Road Conditions ——_—___—_—_——* (Mercury readings ; C1 cured by Shepherd by undue influ- ence over Young McClintock. Two relatives, Bertram McClintock Eaton and William Eaton are named as | fendants with Shepherd, as is Miss | Poy and Shepherd’s wife, Ju M. | Shepherd, in order to have the interested parties connected with e suit. roads| «McClintock was between 21 end 22 rs old when he died in December, mestown — Cloudy, night snow,| 1925, at his ‘home in Glencds, a sub- 14: roads poor. lived with the Rochester — Snowing, 28; hid Ag Sg oe Soon go hp he] his mp | ue Olsen of the