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Salt Lake Telegram from Salt Lake City, Utah • 1

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0 i I WEATHERVEATHER I fl SP 7 1 1 rA I 1 i ed tofu tonight 11 and ald tomor tomor- tomor A THOUGHT lr ably rain Our sins like Jike to our shadows shadow um 41 51 a when our da day is in its glory Yr 5 ot 01 scarce appeared toward our 1 rJ 7 33 a a evenin evening how great rest and monstrous I the they are are Suckling NO Ill SALT LAKE LAKE CITY UTAH MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 29 19201923 71 PRICE FIVE lVE CENTS AND SUICIDE BARED IN INLOVE LOVE PACT OF TWO Lo GIRLS Cyanide Caused Death Of Pair Autopsy A Shows I I- A Poison Was Obtained at Store Where Mis Drake Worked Officers Believe Finding of Thermos BottlePoints to Theory Th That at Deadly Potion Was Disguised in in Soft i Drink and Given to Miss Lundstedt 1 q- AnAn autopsy performed Monday afternoon on the bodies ofRuth Drakeand Sarah Lundstedt by Dr J. J. Galligan assisted by Dr Beesley indicated that the girls came to their death by cyanide of potassium poisoning poisoning The autopsy waswes performed at the S. M. Taylor und undertaking undertaking under under- r- taking establishment in the presence of Herman Harms the state chemist Thestomachs livers and kidneys ofthe girls were taken by Mr Harms for analysis Fromthe condition oftheDrake girls girl's stomachit was evident that only a small amount of the poison had been taken according to Mr HarmsHer stomach was empty and only slightly discolored by the chemical The Lundstedt Lundstedt Lundstedt Lund Lund- girl had swallowed a much larger quantity of the poison as the stomach was badly discolored and contained particles of food There was no no distortion of the features of either girl which indicated according to the physicians that they died quickly and painlessly LOS ANGELES Cal Nov 29AP AP Mr and Mrs Reuben Lunstedt whose daughter Sarah and a girl friend RuthDrake were found dead in Salt Lake City last night under circumstances indicating suicide prepared to leave here at 5 o'clock tonight forthe Utah city An aunt of the dead girl who declined to give her name said the parents and sisters of Miss Lunstedt could ascribe noreason for suicide A letter received recently said she planned to abandon her employment in Salt Lake about December 15 and come to Los Angeles On receipt or of ofa of a telegram that their daughter was as deadLunstedt wi with his family left theirhome here apparently seeking further detailsof the tragedy Murder and suicide This is the theoryexpressed by the police Monday in the strange case of Miss Sarah Lundstedt 22 of 19 West Seventh South street and Miss Ruth Drake 23 of Second avenue whose bodies were discovered beside an an automobile near BecksBeck's Hot Springs Sund Sunday night GOT POISON AT STORE The officers believe that Miss Drake secured the poisonpolson cyanide of ot potassium from the Daynes Jewelry store south Main street where she worked asa quantity quantity quantity quan quan- of ot It was kept there that she se administeredit to Miss Lundstedt disguised in some other liquid and and she then drank of thothe deadly dose Letters exchanged between the pair pal disclosed yesterday the strange attachment they held for tor each other an attachment so strong that ac according according ao- ao cording to the beliefof ot theofficers Miss Drake preferred thedeath of both ratherthanface a possible separation The letters revealed a a- i phase of ot their liveswhich even even- I i their relatives anddearest friends I could could not suspect I An analysis of the crystals found In a a broken bottle close to the scenescena of ot the tragedy by Herman Harms state chemist almost at once disclosed dis- dis closed that they were cyanide oTt or potassium a poisonpolson which causes al almost instant death Close to the scene a Telegram re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter discovered a thermos bottle which had evidently contained some soft drink and clinging to Its interior interior inte inte- were crystals resembling those found in the brokenbottle beside the girls Between and 9 o'clock Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sunday night Officer Tom Kelly on his way from with a heavily laden truck saw two girls stand standing In by an automobile near the scene of or Continued on page Ii 5 lUSt IS 13 FIRED It TRAGEDY of Wall Caves in 19 Father ig-Father father Holding nd Gasoline Can Caen EVED INSANE I and arid Babe Seen on g.

Bed Skulls of Boys Crushed Okla Nov Nay 29 9 AP AP- AP a ly Iy of ot five fhe was killed Am mlni PS north of at hereher- er and their bodies 1 edin In a fire Ire that de- de Id- in home e. The coroner 1 showed that J. E. 11 of at the family corncom ed d. w- ws to have been taken taken- aa sty yesterday for an an- fo an- ss fo determine whether se He was believed to Hoed Fined of ot the impend impend- in n.

ces for the family eld today 1 J. E. Seymour 41 Ce fe e. Carnie Camie 3 37 Grat Gra- Gra all 11 11 and Melvin 8 as is a prosperous discovered at W. M.

A didn sfa- sfa Amore A more more than a mile tidied Ladled a horse and and- Orne ime Orne of the two other I they all went to the the- the- to the- to to fight the fire hey arrived the south fouse ouse ouse fet fe revealing a a- the set the tragedy The The- tt her baby cradled cnen sas as lying on a flaming clutching a large large- fiEn one hand and a ar ar ed shotgun in the the- nn I adjoining room A As Ase se at his side The 1 two older boys Gran Gra- Gra noall all were In the same same- ss heir father Their Crushed rR CAMPAIGN PROBED lov ov 29 AP AP AP 1 ne Republican state com- com during the ig lilE In which Senator Butler lButler was vas defeated by h. will come under Ih pe United States sen- a sen- sen a fig committee Ass As- As has been received ri James A A. A Reed by by- keroker ker general coun- coun Iberal Civic league the senator re legardi- legard- legard ar I rid 's is which he described I ng Ti es Story Leer fer eer Kills Self e- I Exas I Fexas exas Nov 29 29 9 rAP AP- el AP i itel el I room strewn wi with th I ww was Inscribed a a- ii the body of ec inert pert nert Sr of San Der- I Ber- I Ber- Ber I vas asfound early to- i to- on to- to on i held that the head Ii aused death had been I- hi welder v-welder had come Tn nix Ariz and had room room Wednesday regis regis- he name Harry Sted Sted- had been dead sd ritten as he lotten related elated to domestic Pdnd financial TIlle 7 Dp ERF dD PATENT OFF CE 1 HOW FAR NERE IDs 7 i i- II 4 I- I Parting artin Ways aYsH l' 4 i a Here are Mr and Mrs William Vanderbilt II II Mrs Vanderbilt Vander Vander- biltbut recently denied in LondonLondon- aa report from Rome that she had th the Vatican to annul hgr marriage in in 1899 Coercion forced her into the union she is said to have claimed MillS HAll a DEFENSE RESTS Long Trial to End With States State's RebuttalTotal of Witnesses Called COURTHOUSE Somerville N. J. Nov 29 AP Alexander AP-Alexander Alexander Simpson special prosecutor in the Hall Mills case announced tonight that he was getting material together on which to base a request for a mistrial in- the in in- the in- thethe present proceedings against Mrs Mi i i Stevens Steven Hall Hal and her brothers Willie and Henry Stevens charged with the murder in 1922 of Mrs Eleanor R.

Mills tHUs He maderhade the announcement when questioned concerning a letter which he delivered today in open court to Supreme Court Justice Charles Parker and County Judge 1 P. J. Cleary The letter was reported to contain contain contain con contain allegations about abot the jury I. I SOMERVILLE SO N. N.

J. Nov 29 AP The AP-The The defense in the Mills Hall murder trial rested at pp. m. today after spending slightly less than seven da days day's 's In presenting its testimony The state had required thirteen dayt days day with rebuttal to follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low the deb closing The rho de defense defense defense de- de intro introduced urea elgh two eighty two y-two witnesses witnesses witnesses wit witnesses while the state ate used eighty- eighty fourfoul COURTHOUSE Somerville N. Nov 20 AP AP Mrs Frances Stevens Stevens Stevens Stev Stevens Hall left the witness stand at 12 1220 20 after testifying for four hours during which she denied any knowledge knowledge knowl knowledge of ot the toe slaying of her husband and Mrs Eleanor R.

Mills On redirect examination Mrs Hall Hallwas Hallwas Hall- waswas again asked as to her views as of todaytollay regarding her husbandshusband's relations with Mrs 1 Mills She was not permitted by the courturt to say what her attitude i is id hutbut was vas asked if it her views have chan changed e- dNot ed Not in regard to It Hi affection for for- me for- me for- meme she replied But in regard to hisrelations with Mrs Mills 1 yes Ys Court recessed for lunch as Mrs Hall left eft the stand The defense will rest its case during during during dur during the afternoon Two sisters of ot the slain minister Mrs Paul Bonner of New York and will be Mrs 11 Frances among the last witnesses put forward forward for tor- ward rd by the defense FACTORY BURNS LOSS LO 1 TAUNTON TAL Mass Nov 29 AP Fire Fire wiped out the Park Pall theatre and the H. O. nog Rogers rs silver ilver company company company com company factory here today causing damage estimated at SENATE CONTROL TO DE Df DECIDED IN MAINE ELECTION Successor to Fernald to to- Be to- Be to- BeBe Named Today in Special B- Ba Bal a I lot i i HOT CAMPAIGN ENDS 1 Excessive Expenditures and Klan Alignments Charges Are Hurled PORTLAND Me Nov 29 AP AP- AP Control of ot the senate in the new congress was at stake today in MainesMaine's special ele election tion to determine determine determine deter determine minea a a successor to Senator Bert M. Fernald who died in office A sensational campaign involving charges of ot excessive expenditures and the Ku Klux Klan has had possibilities possibilities pos pos- of an aftermath in an In Inquiry inquiry inquiry in- in by a senatorial committee The party alignment of the new senate as determined by the regular regular regular regu regular election early in the month Is Republican 47 Democrat 47 Labor Farmer 1 l. Arthur R.

Gould Republican nominee whip Vh who has been the subject of ot charges within as well as without without without with without his party part and who was repudI- ated repudiated repudiated by Governor Ralph O. Brewster Brew- Brew ster Republican butsupported by Senator Hale and the party machine machine machine ma machine was opposed at the polls to today today today to- to day by Fulton J. Redman Democrat Democrat Demo Democrat Gould was was cleared at a public hearing before Secretary of State Continue Continue on pa payee ree 5 5 SJ I WilSONS WilSON'S IDEAS ON MEXICO AIRED Wartime President Wanted Want Wanted Socialism Established Excelsior Editorial Says MEXICO CITY Nov 29 AP AP- AP President Wilson not only expressed a desire to come to Mexicoto es establish establish establish es- es Mexican socialism constitutionally Excelsior declares today but he can be considered the real author of ot article 27 of ot the Mexican constitution against which the American state department has made representations These declarations are made in in- an in- an inn an editorial replying to Washington dispatches saying that the state department records contained no statement by Mr Wilson that he wished to see a socialist republic in Mexico as asserted by bv the Excelsior Excelsior Excelsior Excel Excel- In an editorial Saturday On May 244 1914 Excelsior says the Saturday Evening Post printed an interviewwith Mr Ill WilsonVilson in which hemade several statements Continued on tin on page 5 5 i I SIX KILLED IN FIGHT AT RANCH RAl BROW BROWNSVILLE Tex Now Nov 29 AP AP Six Six Mexicans ns were vere killed at at- Las at- Las at- LasLas Rucias ranch four north rth of of a 1 Bv Matamoros tam 0 Me earlytoday todar when when agrarians ns attempted to seize the acre ranch of the J. P. Fernandez estate an American-American owned property Three of ot the agrarians were killed and three ranch employee including the assistantforeman of ot the property i I a i DAYS LL TA TALL 5 1 5 VI- i wr uw 0 i- i a a- ItIt isn't whatwhal you give but its it's The thought therein you know cant can't a thing However Howe you give a Unless you jou save some dough PROOf HARDING REGIME IS Supreme Court Refuses to Review Belgrade Case on Elk Hills Reserve DOHENY STORY READ Doheny's Story of Loan as Told to Inquiry Inquiry Inquiry In- In Read Into Record WASHINGTON Nov 29 AP APA APA AP- AP A federal government petition which would have Involved a sweep- Ing sweep- Ing sweeping sweep- sweep Ing inquiry into the legality of all the oilall leases granted under President President Presi- dentdent HardingsHarding's celebrated executive order was rejected today by the su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme court The court refused to review the Belgrade Oil company case se In which the crucial issue was whether the president had authority to transfer the naval oil reserves from the custody of ot the navy department to that of ot the Interior department The Belgrade leases like that given iven Edward L.

Doheny was on on- land on- land on- landland in the Elk Ek Hills reserve in California Cali California The government charged the lease had been made without re requesting requesting requesting re- re questing proposals without advertising advertising adver- adver and without competitive bidding bidding bidding bid bidding by direction of Albert B. Fall while secretary of the Interior The lower court decided against the government Story of Loan Told Court WASHINGTON Nov 29 APT APT- Af The story of or the little bla black and Its cargo of sheaf cap-sheaf of the senates senate's oil inquiry of ot five years ears ago at last was told to a Jury today in the supreme court of the District of ot Columbia As heard by the jurJurymen men the story was vas in the words of ot Edward Edi Edward- L. Doheny the oil magnate Jointly or trial with former Interior Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secretary Albert B. Fall ll to whom whom- he sent the cash before the Doheny interests were awarded the lease to the Elk Hills oil reserve Overruling a long succession of objections by the defense Justice Hoehlingpermitted the government to present in support of Its charge of Ot conspiracy between the two men Doheny's own statement of ot the rash cash transaction as he told it to the senate senate senate sen senate committee JURY HEARS It was read In open court by Owen J. Roberts of ot government counsel in the presence Of a Jury which had been excluded fromthe courtroom for tor five days while lawyers argued and the court deliberated Justice Hoehling's decision was Continued on page 5 Gillette Is sue Sued For Damage Action Based on I Alleged Auto Collision in Los Angeles LOS ANG ANGELES LES Cal Nov 29 9 United Press Press King King C.

Gillette millionaire razor manufacturer was defendant hereheie today in a asuit suit for damages filed by Mrs Lillian Lillian Lil Lillian W. for injuries Mrs 1 claims to have received In Inan in- an in- anan automobileaccident on October 3 last Codefendants with Gillette In the action are Walter Valter Arnold and Joe Joe- P. Sullivan According to 11 1 Mis II complaint she received her injuries when automobiles driven by ArnoldArnod and Sullivan collided at at- a at- a at- aa boulevard Intersection Arnold was driving as the agent of ot the razor king at the time ofthe crash Mrs Irs said Five Men Killed in Boiler Explosion QUEBEC Nov 29 AP News AP-News News of the death of ot five men in an exp ex- exp ex- ex oslon of or a steam boiler at nt Doucet 1360 miles from Quebec has reached here The dead are John Carpenter Carpen- Carpen ter ler foreman of Doucet Arthur Lepage Lepage pl pipe titter fitter of Levis Que Leopold Lepage assistant pipe fitter fitter tIt- ter fit tIt ter of Levis Que Leopold Blis Beals bridgeman of Ont Clement Cantinworkman of ot Quebec POISON DEATH VICTIMS a. a 3 ae SARAH LUNDSTEDT Prof Ao A. to La SeeleyBeeley Gives Causes of I 9 Homosexuality TheresThere's a zone at the dividing line between the sexes in which are found Individuals of ot characteristics and and reactions I re I ef tK th bp i reason eason or or another they fallfail to at attract attract attract at- at tract physically those of at the oPPo- site opposite site sex or are not attracted to them and as a consequence seek to fill their want by association with sosomeone of at their sex Their position being abnormal is pitiful the the same as mental deficiency is pitiful In so-called so homosexuality homosexual ity there Is not necessarily any degeneracy degeneracy degeneracy de de- to be found foun the condition is not bestialand viciousness is not necessarily a part of ot homosexual friendships The above is the substance of at comments made Monday to The Telegram by ProfessorArthur L.

Beeley of the University or Utah Dr Beeley Beele declined to comment upon the case of the two girls whose bodiesoodles were discovered inih North Salt Lake Lale Sunday night making it Continued on page 7 7 Two Wo Pathetic at silo Songs FoundPound in Ride Last-Ride CarOar Two pathetic songs were found in in the car used by Miss Drake and Miss Mess Lundstedt turned open as though the girls had been singing together The music bore MISS Lundstedt's name and it is is believed that she brought them along on what she planned was to be theirlast ride together before she de departed de- de parted for California in honor- of honor honor- ofof their parting Remember The songs were and Forgotten 7 NF 1 ro 5 4 A A- oo Ai RUTHDRAKE Ardent Letters Of Love Between en Girls Are Found Letters exchanged between Miss Sarah Lundstedt and Miss Ruth Drake reflect an unusual a attach attach- et J. cs I ff to local physicians and ps psychologists ch which would seem to indicate an which has been in existence existence exist existence as long as the human race In regard to what certain victims have termed Inverted in instinct instinct in- in Dr Joseph Collins physician and famous neurologist says It tt seems impossible to make the average average aver average American believe that this is Is' Is s- hothot not necessarily a vice It may bebo a vice and the possessor posses possessor of it may be immoral or un unmoral When genuine it is not a a- vice a- vice a- vicevice It Is an endowment Three human beings or thereabouts out of every hundred are born that way My 3 1 experience does not agree I with that of ot Forel Fore and other European European European Euro Euro- psychiatrists that such love Is Is- I pathological in nature and that all I Continued on page G. 6 Budget Questions Talked a at Meeting ting WASHINGTON ASHI Nov 29 AP AP- AP Legislative and budget questions were discussed at a White House breakfast conference today attended at attended attended at- at tended by President Coolidge and 11 sena senators tors I Senator the Farmer Farmer- Labor member from Minnesota was one of those present The others all Republicans were Curtis and Capper Kansas Dale Vermont Bingham Connecticut Goff West Vest Virginia California Gooding Idaho Couzens Michigan I Sackett Kentucky and Stewart Iowa Divorce Decree 9 on Nonsupport Gives Given Sarah inhi 1925 A decree of divorce found among the Intimate effects of Sarah by Detectives Lester Wire Vire and M. D. McGinnis on Monday morning brought to light for the first time the definite information that Sarah had been man marriedled The decree was clat dated April 1 1925 and was given in Judge Chris Mathson's court Sarah was married to Robert DoyleDoyla in Salt Lake Lale on January 27 1923 the county clerksclerk's records show strow She filed suit for tor divorce on November 1 of 1924 alleging that Doyle had not noe supported her from the day of their marriage Her maiden name of Sarah Lundsted Lund Lundsted was restored to her by the court A sentimental nature was revealed re revealed revealed re- re In the decoration of the walls wall of Sarah's room in the Corliss Corliss Cor Cor- lisshas home Copies of sentimental poems The Rosary The Per per- feet Day and others were hung on the walls as were a number of family pictures LETTER TO SWEETHEART On her dresser resser was a large picture picture pic pic- tureturc of ot a handsome young man who was Identified as her California California California Califor California sweetheart Clarence F.

Bow Bowers Bowers Bow ers erB while an unfinished lettletter to to him dated November 13 and addressed addressed addressed ad addressed to 2014 Santa Fe avenue Los Angeles lay on the top of ot a a- bobobox of ot personal correspondence No hint of anything save her anticipated anticipated anticipated antici antici- trip to the coast to Join her whoriveslives at 1 1616 Maltman Maltman Malt Maltman avenue Los Angeles was contained in the letter Clarence dear it read If It my fountain pen continues to function you may recci receive ve ven in an answer to your letter Your plans for New Years Year's are Continued on papage 7 Tris ris Speaker its Diamond CLEVELAND 0 O. Nov Nv 29 29 United Press Tris Speaker manager man ager agel of the Cleveland Indians baseball baseball baseball base baseball club resigned toda today Speaker made the announcement here himself following his return from Chicago today The gray haired veteran of the diamond declared heho was leaving the gamet for good I will go into business here in Cleveland Speaker said Speaker refused to say specifi- callycally what business he would adopt but It Js is gene generally ally understood he will Join th the Geometric Geometric Stamping company of which hisclosest st friend Dave ve It Jones is president I Western Deserts May a Yield Huge Fortunes in jn Gold LOS ANGELES Nov 29 9 AP- An AP AP- An AP- AP An exploration of Death valley alley and parts of Nevada to test his theory that huge fortunes in the form of gold oxide can be ve extracted from the desert wastes is soon to be made by Dr Herschel C. Parker Parke noted scientisthe announced today Gold oxide has been made in laboratories for a hundred years ars he points out but was never neier thought by scientists to exist In nature However he became convinced Ion eon vinced that it docsdoes He lie made the discovery disCover he says during a course of experiments made over a year ego Hgo at Mona lake while attempting to extract gold fromirons gold carrying waters by means of electrolysis Dr Parker believes th that enormous enormous enormous enor enor- quantities of gold oxide oxide which he terms aurite lie on t- and the th arid and bottoms of Death valle valley Ind tow the wastelands can be made to yield hundreds of millions of ot dollars dol- dol larslais In gold Dr Parker was professor proCessor of physics at Columbia university for twenty venty ears pars and at one time was associated with D' Robert Millikan Mill Mill- kan head of the California Institute Institute of Technology He will be Joined in- the in- the in the explore tion by bv Harry Harl Wolf Walt Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chicago manufacturer who will act as manager of the expedition 1 by Clifford L. Webb and Ernest Lynn a love- ry love Th rea story sto tomorrow rywith a thrill starts in The Th Telegram i Vb e. jL- jL I Flapper Fanny Says I I- 0 I 0 sr IY Nu NEA me Girls dont don't have to watch their step nowadays Fellows do it fo folfoi them i.

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