Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1929, Page 4

PANTAGES TRIAL NEARING CLIMAX Defense Contends Victim’s|he] Death Was Caused by Anesthetic. By the Assoclated Press. 108 ANGELES, September 19.—Trial of Mrs. Lois Pantages on a second-de- gree murder charge lfvwin‘ out of the death of Juro Rokumoto, Japanese, after an automobile accident, repidly ep- proached its climax today as the State to launch an attempt to re- fute defense testimony that man's death was due to other causes. Counsel for Mrs. Pantages brought the defense to a sudden close yester- day with testimony of five physicians that Rokumoto died of asphyxiation after an anesthetic had been adminis- | tered during an operation. Sereral hours of argument preceded admission of the testimony. The defense previous- ly had produced witnesses who swore that the wife of Alexander Pantages, theater magnate, was not intoxicated when her automobile struck Rokumoto’s car at an intersection last June, as the State had contended, and that the operation performed upon the Japanese after the accident was not an emer- gency one. 1,500-Word Question. Alfred E. Gallant, senior ortho- pedlc surgeon at Los Angeles General Hospital, most prominent of the final defense witnesses, gave emphatic an- swer to a 1,500-word hypothetical ques- tion propounded by Max Steuer, chief defense counsel. “In your opinion,” asked Steuer, after the hypothetical question had been read “what was the cause of death?” “Death,” Dr. Gnllunt answered, “was caused by anesthetic.” ‘The four other ph)slcllnl gave virtu- ally the same The sme indicnud the line to be taken in its efforts to knock down the defense barrier built up by Steuer and his associates by quesnon\nx of its first rebuttal witness, placed on the stand Just before adjournment of court. Mrs. Minnie L. Maxwell, who identi- herself as & close friend of Mrs. Catherine Mulcahy, a defense witness who testified that Mrs. Pantages was not intoxicated, dectared that Mrs. Mul- cahy had told her she had seen scores of intoxicated ons and that when she arrived at scene of the accident and began caring for Mrs. Pantages she saw the woman was “just plain Shuler Is Scored. Alleged activities of Rev. Robert P. Shuler in connection with Mrs. Pantages® trial were flenmmoed by Los Angeles County grand jury in a formal state- ment isned after investigation of re- ports that the militant clergyman had mld hl.s ndlo audience that the jury was “hung siready.” The remarks alleged to have been made by Shuler, the mfl Jury state- ment said, were and hearsay, unproven by any slm ot evumu or reasonable indication of evidence. “He uttered suspicions only,” it sald, “which by his own words, were im- parted to him by others. Innicent per- sons, by .innuendo and irresponsible gossip, have be'e'n unjustly suspected mmd De Garmo said coples report were being sent to shlurr to the Federal Radio Com- mission at Washington. Rev. Mr. Shuler’s alleged radio -me- the grand jury announced they were inve.fixntlnz other statements alleged to have been made by Shuler over the ndlo. R The radish is the vegetable which matures most quickly from seed. It is ready for the table in from thi four weeks. PLAN LIFE MEMBERSHIP. 0dd Fellows Near End of Business at Houston Session. HOUSTON, Tex., September 19 A proposal to create a life membe )hn and selection of the 1930 unm- tlon city today rmm: as the only m- business to disposed of b e International Conclave of Odd Pel- before adjournment tomorrow. tio 'mdl ed through & point of n_ was delaye order. It was pnenfly understood that Louisville or some New Hampshire city would be chosen as the place fur nexi year's conclave. LINDBERGHS HOP OFF FOR MIAMI Leave Charleston Navy Yard Airport at 9:35 A.M. After Overnight Stay. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, 8. C., September 19. —Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from the navy yard airport here at 9:35 c'clock this morning for Miami. They declined to say whether or not they would make any stops en Toute. Brenlunx their flight from Washing- ton to Miami, from whcre they will start a 20-day tour of Central and South America, Col. and Mrs. Charles | A. Lindbergh spent last night here &s| guests of Rear Admiral end Mrs. New- g;)n dA McCully of the Charleston Navy | ar Desrlle a statement from Washirgton officials of Pan-American Airways that the announced tour of South Ameriea | had been abandoned, Col. Lindbergh sald his information was there had been no change in the plans and that the trip would be made as originally planned. Mrs. Lindbergh will accom- pany her husband on the cntire trip. Plans call for the couple to fly from Miami, ineugurating an extension of the Pan-American Mail & Passenger Lines, through the West Indles and down the east ccast of South America to Paramarimbo, Dutch . From there the unm)emhs plan to fly over the rorth coast through Centrai Amer- ica and back to Miami. ‘The trip from New York to Charles- ton was ‘uneventful. Col. Lindbergh said there was no necessity for reach- ing Miami before tonight and that he would make a leisurely trip today. =t Roller skating was introduced into Victoria, British Columbia, in the early 60sb ut it did not become a fad on ;‘h‘ee American continent until much ater. THE EVENING STAR, [IHEBKING BOOKS <\ OF MISSING CLERK Police Fail to Find Trace of Olin A. Hornig, Who Dis- appeared September 7. Auditors from the New York cffices of the Continental Baking Co. are at work in the local offices here today checking the leco\mfx o! Olin Andrew Hnrnlg chief clerk of the regional of- fice in this city, who has been missing rom the company's Georlh avenue plant as well as his home at 2211 Monroe street northeast since Sepmn- ber 7. Police have been searching for the man for more than week. 's_disappearance was first Te- ported to police by his 'fle Mrs. Ida Hornig, who lives .t the Monroe street address with her young child, and who is in a highly nervous state as the re- sult of her husband’s mysterious dis- appearance. John D. Green, reglonal manager of the Continental Baking Co.’s offices here, sald this morning no s had been discovered in the accounts of Hornig, but it was the policy m routine procedure of the company to send auditors to inspect the accounts of any employe who had hnn reported missing from & trusted Hornig entered the ln “business when he left high school at thc age of 16 and went to work at the Georgia avenue plant when it was owned and operated by the Corby Baking Co. He remained there when the company was absorbed by the present owners. 23 NOW DEATH TOLL IN GERMAN COAL MINE By the Associated Press. SAABRUECKEN, Germany, Septem- ber 19.—The seriousness of the St. Charles coal mine disaster, reported three days ago, is growing hourly, with a death list of 23 and 25 injured. After three days’ continuous fl(hun‘ against the underground fire the blaze cuntlnues with undiminished serious- ness, and tremors occasionally felt in- dicate further explosions have occurred in the depths of the subterranean gal- leries, which it is impossible to enter to recover bodies of the victims. The neighboring Velsen mine is en- dangered by poisonous fumes emanat- ing from a disused branch of St Charles workings. It is be]leved the only recourse is to completely flood the St. Charles mine. The St. Charles disaster started with explosions, which destroyed all the ventilators and demolished the central’ electric station and boiler house. 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