The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 19

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES The following rates for foreign exchange wert quoted in this city yesterday: England 4.851'. Denmark .28.67 Greece 1.30 Franca 3.9011-16 Belgium India 36.42 5.23'4 Spain 16.55 Japan 45.98 Sweden ..26.77 8wis 19.25',; Hongkong. 49.75 Norway ..26.67 Holland Shanghai .46.05 mmtp fttoxrarth mVxts 1 M.W.t.FAT. err. 1 WEDNESDAY SAN FRANCISCO.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1928 CC WEDNESDAY Permanent Timber Supply Aim of Industry COURT experts ha DECLARE SLAYER SANE fVERO 3 I D. MERRILL pLACERVILLE, Sept. James Danaher, the general manager, had just taken our party through the new plant of the Michigan-California Lumber Companyan amazing plant, white and Hope Hampton, Film Star, to Sing in Opera EXHUMATION VERDICT UP i- i i BY WF TODAY TO CHEMIS FOR STRANGLING ciean as a nos-pital, where overhead cranes pick up whole lumberpiles at the touch of a man's finger on a switch, and rough boards feed themselves into machines that turn them out both sawn and rfaced, jjy while a single operator moves a new stack into place with one-hand pressure on a system of gravity rollers. Someone dropped the remark that this new plant had cost a mil Erna Janoschek Smiles as She Hears Heart-Broken Father of Victim Tell Crime Story ALL four experts appointed by the court pronounced Erna Janoschek sane yesterday. Their decision, closing a day of of sensations, came as a crushing blow to the defense.

The 17-year-old high school girl, accused of slaying a year-old baby, had staked everything on her plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. She even went so far as to take the stand yesterday in her own defense. Calmly, without a trace of emo tion, she faced the courtroom of Superior Judge Fred V. Wood at Oakland, where the trial is being held, and told the story of the crime to the minutest detail. The courtroom was packed to the doors, lion dollars.

"You must expect to stay the lumber business long enough to get that million dollars back," I hazarded. "We do," said Percy McNie, assistant manager. This company is only cutting its timber as fast as Nature replaces it," "Where Was God?" Asks Girl While Penning Amazing and Terrible Story of Strangling Out of the'Alameia County Jail came an Amazing and terrible human document yesterday. From the irmer consciousness of ll-year-old Ema Janosche the girl rho jlcu) a one-year-old child entrusted to her care emanated this revelation in psychology a sarlinf disclosure of the cumulative effect of trivial happenings, of peculiar mental reactions, of events insignificant in themselves and that might happen in any household, yet in their totality driving this strange girl to murder. Just as she set it down in her cell, this account of xvhal toent on in Erna Janoschek's mind, and v)hy, is herewith published.

It displays an unexpected facility in the English language, reverting, occasionally, to expected colloquialism. Here, precisely as she wrote (f, even editing of misspelled words, is the story of Erna Janoschck, now on trial for her life: by ERNA JANOSCHEK It was not until Sunday evening, June 24, that I frankly told myself that 1 was growing dissatisfied with my work. Doctor Liliencrantz and wife, were over to dinner that night and, as is often the case when there are guests, the meal was delayed to a late hour. It was fully 8:30 before the table was entirely deserted. 1 emitted a sigh as I regarded the endless stacks of dirty dishes and greasy pots and pans.

The fntire day had been a strenuous one; beginning with the baby's cry to be dressed at 5 o'clock a. m. to the prodigious task awaiting me. I I Opera Simply Bored Wealthy S. Clubman, Hillsborough Matron Charges in Complaint REDWOOD CITT.

Sert. Opera simply bored Ralph D. Merrill, wealthy San Francisco business man, bon vlvant and club member. He wouldn't accompany his wife to theaters or dinner dances. He eschewed all social obligations and repulsed wifely efforts to further his comfort He repeatedly told his spouse he was tired of her and said he would be happier alone.

This, at least, Is what Mrs. Ann Merrill, Hillsborough society matron, charges In a divorce complaint filed in Superior Court here today. Mrs. Merrill, prominent for many years In San Francisco and peninsula social circles, asks no alimony from her rich husband. The complaint makes no mention of property settlement The wife, charging mental cruelty, does, however, ask the court to award to her custody of the couple's two children, Ralph, 14, and Mary, 12.

The complaint accuses the husband of a "surly attitude' during the last year and recites his alleged refusal to Interest himself In household problems. The Merrills were married In Salinas November 26, 1910, and separated September 15, this year. Mrs. Merrill formerly was Miss Ann Meherln of San Francisco. Merrill is a son of the late John F.

Merrill. His mother, who left a large estate at the time of her death several years ago, was well known in San Francisco and peninsula communities as a philanthropist. Mer-tH is a brother of Harold Merrill of Atherton and of Mrs. Harry Bates and Mrs. William G.

Deve-reaux. all prominent In peninsula society. Inquest Instigated by Official of Insurance Company Continued Until Analysis Made After a session that lasted practically all day, the coroner's Inquest to determine the cause of death of Mrs. Anna Stein, whose body was exhumed from Mt. Olivet Cemetery at the Instigation of an Insurance company Investigation, was continued late yesterday.

The inquest will be resumed, probably within the next few days, wheal a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach has been completed. While there was every Indication at the Inquest that the woman who died March 9 at 149 Broad street, expired as a result of natural causes, the analysis, according to Coroner T. W. B. Leland, will definitely settle the matter.

Witnesses included F. W. Bro-kaw, insurance, investigator from Oklahoma City, who was responsible for the investigation here and the exhumation of the body; Mrs. Elsie Girls, 149 Broad street, Mrs. Stein's daughter; Dr.

J. M. Stowell. who signed the, death certificate; Mrs. Anna Webber, another daughter, and Dr.

Adolphus Berger, one of the autopsy surgeons. Dr. Berger declared that, while there was no conclusive evidence that the woman died from a cerebral hemorrhage, his examination indicated that death resulted from natural causes. The death certificate, according to evidence brought out at the Inquest, held that death came from a cerebral hemorrhage. The autopsy was performed last Thursday, a few hours after the body had been exhumed.

The case was brought to tha attention of the District Attorney's office when Bro. knw charged that circumstances surrounding' Mrs. Stein's death here last March were peculiar. Carmel Artist Fined'. SAN MATEO, Sept.

B. 3. Segal, member of the artist colony at Carmel, paid $15 fine today when he appeared before Police Judge George Kertell of this city on a speeding charge. HERE was something just as modern as the plant. And it Smiles on Stand helped to explain the plant I pried in for more information.

What I learned was this: The Her mother and elder sister sat at the counsel table during the fear-i ful recital at times in tears, at times shrinking In horror. But the girl with the smiling blue eyes and lumber industry, or at least part of it, has ceased to laugh at the vision of a permanent timber supply for themselves and the United States. It no longer scorns the "imprac tical idealism" of scientific forestry 5 a meiouious vuicc. nuiius uau twisted a towel around a sleeping baby's neck, never for an instant lost her composure. At times she smiled pleasantly la anwer to her attorney's questions.

Even when Dr. Eric Liliencrantz, young father of tha slain baby, waa called to the witness stand, the girl, who had resumed her place at the counsel table, did not deign to drop her eyes, but regarded him complacently as he talked from a broken heart. which has been telling the lumbermen, for years, that it would pay them to sustain their timber yields HOrK HAMPTON Dreamt Kriliird. instead of "mining the forests." And here was one company, a HURT HER FINGERS It i Verdict Likely Today good sized concern at that, which had accepted the new scientific ideal so completely that it had built a new million dollar plant against (he background of a not-too-good lumber market; figuring, simply, that it would be in business when shorter NEW YORK, Sept Associated Press.) Hope Hanipton'3 dream has come tr je. She -la to sing Ijj grand opera, "Motion pictures never really thrilled me," she explains.

She will make hr debut November 23 ns Mimi for Philadelphia Grand Opera. State Makes 606 Narcotic Arrests Of course, 1 would have to jagg my finger a couple of times on the new carving knife. Although neither of the cuts were at all serious, it took at least ten minutes time from my work to stop the blood. As a culminating hindrance and annoyance, I discovered that the stove tray was thickly laden with burnt strawberry jam. Mrs.

Liliencrantz, I now recall, had made some preserves late that afternoon, and, apparently, it had escaped her attention once or twice and boiled over. Well, I scoured and scraped with all diligence for at least a quarter of an hour before the stuff yielded to my efforts. So much for detail, but I might relate that It sighted competitors had cut down all their trees and quit. Erna Janoschek. 55 Ex-Soldiers Go East Over Bus Line An unusual feature In transcontinental transportation was the departure yesterday from San Francisco of a party of fifty-five discharged American army soldiers for Atlantic seaboard points by motor stage.

The former army men had been assigned to duty In the Philippine and Hawaiian islands and had served their terms of enlistment. Transportation for the ex-soldlers Whatever the effect on the jury of eight men and four women today will probably tell the tale. With the alienists and psychiatrists deciding against her, last hope of winning an insanity verdict reposes In the final argument of her attorney Public Defender Wil lard Shea. The case Is expected to go to the jury this afternoon. Both sides rested yesterday with the expert testimony, which was Impartially given by the commission of four doctors selected by tha court.

Charles Wehr. Assistant District Attorney, will open the argument for the prosecution. Shea will say the last word for the defense and District Attorney Earl Warren will close for the people. TT7HAT has characterized the whole lumber business, in Courtesy Medal For Today Goes To J. J.

Handley ES years past, has been the spirit of teniporariness. Cut down the trees and quit! GOD HUSBANDS SAY WW EXAMINER BUREAU, SACRAMENTO, Sept. 18. Arrests of 600 narcotic law violators have been made by State, city and county officers In the California campaign against the "dope" traffic since the first of this year, State Narcotic Director Frank H. Benson announced today.

Most of those apprehended have received jail sentences, Benson said, and sixty of them have been given terms in the State In that spirit, the Great Lakes forests have gone, and the Alle- BROUGHT ws supplied by W. Kempton, gen- 1 eral passenger apent In San Fran- I Cisco for the Yelloway Pioneer System, Inc. According to Kempton, i this was the largest single move- was fully 10:30 before the kitchen was In order and the stove tray could boast complete cleanliness. The Sunday morning paper was awaiting me on the stairs when I retired to my room that Sunday night Intending to scan the paper over, I threw myself on the bed, but the first page was never turned. It was 2:30 before the glare of the electric light interferred with my sound slumbers and aroused me to consciousness.

I recovered from my somnolence sufficiently to switch off the light, undress, and get into bed Instead of on top. Then in another Instance insensibility had caught me again. ghanies denuded, and huge swaths of ruined "cut-over" left in the Cascades and Sierras. Asylum or Prison? ment of transcontinental passengers I by stage on record. Three coaches Pancin' the blues away Homesick Mues, lonesome blues, any old blues, are bound to go Science has protested; first of all, 1 wnc iirtrrsBHl sneakln' out the window when you California's redwood industry saw the light and started artificial tree planting.

But the pine and fir end dance Crazy Rhythm Pickin' Cotton, The Campus Drag, Ecitacy Glide). of the lumber business has been Grocer Wins Alimony Cut A ndNewHa Loses Kimono Baby Wakes, Coos Take your pick. They're the new less flexible to new influences. dances you'll be doing this winter Here was a case that heralded a Albert H. Ludwig, Rose Moore, Marlon Belle White, San Francisco new day.

THE EXAMINER recommends for today's courtesy medal Superintendent J. J. Handley, Postoffice Station (Townsend). Mrs. C.

Ene, 428 Brannan street, tells that she registered a letter at the Townsend station and in her haste forgot to wait for her receipt. This, she says, made her "heartsick as I am old and lame and felt unable to return for it. But when I reached home there was my receipt in my mail box, and I learned from my carrier that it was given to him by Superintendent Handley, and I cannot express in words my gratitude for his kind act." Send in any courteous act vou may witness to Examiner Courtesy Editor. delegates to the California Associa Danaher produced the figures on If 600 San Francisco husbands were served Sabayon for dessert at dinner last night, they can thank Joseph Meyer and The Examiner. That was only one of the fihe dishes, however, the making of which was taught at yesterday's Examiner Cooking Matinee which filled the auditorium of The Emporium with women anxious to learn additional culinary secrets.

Meyer, who is Chef de Cuisine at the Hotel Mark Hopkins, also prepared Crab Salad Gourmet, Fillet of Sole Bercy and Lamb Bou-langere. Autographed recipe cards for these dishes were given to the women who attended the matinee. A prize drawing also was held, with the food prepared by Meyer as the prizes. The customary musical program was provided by Eugene Fulton, tenor, accompanied at the piano by Ruth Meredith. tlon, Teachers of Dancing, brought back the latent steps from the re If the jury reaches a verdict that the girl is sane, she is liable to life imprisonment in San Quentin, or a shorter penitentiary sentence depending on the degree of murder determined by the court.

If found insane, there follows commitment to an asylum, with the possibility of liberty after a few years treatment. Naturally the defense will fight to the last for the verdict of insanity. Dr. G. R.

Chamberlain, one of the four experts, threw the first bombshell into the defense camp wham he testified that the girl had confessed prior impulse to kill. "She told me," he said, "that long before the present crime she was standing in the basement of her school one day looking out upon the playground, when the thought (Continued on Page 20, Col. 4.) which his company's policy is cent Los Angeles convention. based. San Francisco dancing; teachers Across the American River can gathered yesterday in Ludwlg's stu dio, 532 Geary street, to see the new yon, at the other end of the spider web of cable, the Michigan-Califor steps demonstrated.

With Miss Vir Little Tee Tee (Thas Dlnnne), was as regular as the clock In her awakening. By a. m. she was cooing, by 5:30 she was crying and by 5:45 1 was dressing her. Tretty little puss! Who could resist her smiles? Whatever resentment I might have held toward that early bird as I dragged my sleepy person down the stairs was dissolved immediately as I responded to the little outstretched arms.

The assurance that "my baby" loved me was hartenlng. Francora awakened next. Attentive to both, I soon had them In the kitchen dressed, washed and ready for their breakfast. All was Continued on Pg 20, Col. 1.) glnia Humphreys, Ludwig stepped There was a lot of talk about the high cost of living, the low return from grocery sales, a stolen felt hat and missing silk kimono in Superior Judge Thomas F.

Graham's court yesterday. And when it was over, George Serkolan, grocer of 701 Hayes street, possessed two court orders one reducing his alimony payments to his divorced wife, Isabella, by $5 a month, and the other directing her to return to him his Sunday hat. Serkolan had Mrs. Serkolan In court yesterday and told Judge Graham that business was so poor he couldn't pay her $35 a month any more. The Judge obligingly whacked off 15 a month.

The grocer then Informed the court at great length and with many fiery gesticulations that when his wife left she took his nice, new felt hat and a silken kimono. "Well, I order Mrs. Serkolan to return your hat," said the court, "but In the Interest of seeing you fashionably attired, I would suggest that the kimono might be more fitting for your wife than for you. She may keep that." them off. nia concern has 78,000 acres, principally sugar pine.

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