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XV K SectionOne Pages 1 to 22 9Q Pages Eight Sections VOL. XXXIX NO. 37 Entered at Portland ( Orejron ) Poftofflce Ai Second-Clans Matter PORTLAND, .OREGON, SUNDAY MQRNING, . SEPTE3IBEK 12, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS PROHIBITION DEAD ISSUE, SAYS COX Great Silent Topic Emerges in Campaign. COX DUE TO ARRIVE IN PORTLAND TODAY LETTER OF WETS POET LAUREATE NOW LABORS WITH ONIONS OREGON WILL RECEIVE $1,576,152 FOR ROADS IS DALY TRUST FUND WILL BE $700,000 SCM WILL BE USED TO EDU CATE LAKE COUNTY PUPILS. COX CAMPAIGN RON JBET FULL PARDONS COMMITTEE OP 5 0 TO GREET DEMOCRATIC XOMIXEE. VERBAL ARTISTRY GIVEN" UP TO KEEP VTOLF FROM DOOR. FIX AD ALLOTMENT OF FEDER AL FUNDS IS MADE. DAMAGING TO CDX FAILURETHUS FAR Work More Than Half IUCT" itciir. CinCCTCDDCn iili iooul oiucoicrrcu Liquor Question Held an Af fair of Yesterday. TWO RECORDS COMPARED Sponsor for Governor at Seattle , Meeting Holds Him Far Drier t Than Mr. Harding. SEATTLE, Wash.. ' Sept. 11. Pro hibition. the great silent topic of the campaign, came openly into the presl dential crusade here tonight at the democratic presidential candidate. The governor, after introduction to a large audience here at the arena in which his sponsor, George F. Cot terill, democratic candidate for United States senator, denounced 'assertions that the candidate was a "wet," made the following declaration: "As a progressive in government, 1 know when an event has passed, by aid become a part of yesterday. The Reactionary rarely does. The friends of world peace and the friends of progress will win this election and any attempt to divide them on any q jotion not at issue will be unavail ing." Hot Controversy EipMlfd. It "was Governor Cox's first direct reference to the liquor question. That It would open the doors of the cam paign to further and probably heated controversy over prohibition enforce ment was predicted.' In introducing Governor Cox Mr. Cotterill charged that Senator Hard In g, the republican nominee, had for SO years "been a brewer, owning stock in a brewery at Marion, C, and also had voted 30 times on the 'wet side." " Mr. Cotterill also declared that Governor Cox's record in Ohio In cluded a Sunday saloon closing law and general moral leadership. The "wet" charges against the governor, ba said, were partisan politics. War Paved for Statement. . The brief statement In tonight's speech by the governor, who has been charged frequently with being a "wet" or "damp" candidate, was determined upon during conference with Mr. Cotterill and others on his train today after a day of bombard ment upon him in newspapers, tele grams and letters demanding a state ment from him on the subject. The way wis paved for Governor Cox's declaration by Mr. Cotterill in Introducing the Ohloan to his arena audience. Mr. Cotterill referred spe cifically to an attack made upon Governor Cox today by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a republican pa per, which branded Governor Cox as a "wet" and demanded that the gov ernor declare himself and not "dodge" the question. The newspaper printed the alleged letter of George F. Car roll, president of the New Jersey liquor dealers' association dated July 12., which stated that Governor Cox was a pronounced "wet" and de clared his nomination "a big victory for .our lnterejts." ' Two Records Compared. . The Carroll letter also called for aid and funds from the liquor dealers in behalf of Governor Cox. Mr. Cot terill praised the record of Governor Cox on prohibition and other moral issues In Ohio, declaring that he se cured in advance of national prohibi tion the saloon Sunday closing law. Besides charging that Senator Hard ing owned brewery stock, Mr. Cot terill said the republican candidate had voted 30 times "on the wet side (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) ryjCYT JO GEOVIT 1 YxCOfxCiS N 1 1 Tonight Trip Will Be Made to Sa lem to Make Address; Speaks Here Tomorrow. COX'S PROGRAMME WHILE IN OREGON. 7:20 A. M. today Will arrive at Union station. 8 P. M. Will go to Salem to pass night. 9 A- M. Monday Will speak in armory. at Salem. 10 A. M.-t-Will return to Port land. 11 A. M. Will attend church. 12 M. Will speak In Eortland municipal auditorium. 3:30 P. M.Awill speak again in the auditorium. Speech par ticularly for wVmen, 5 P. M. WJ11 leave for Idaho. Governor Cox of Ohio, democratic candidate for president, will arrive in Portland this morning at 7:20 o'clock from Puget sound. He will leave Portland for the east tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. As no political meetings are held on Sunday, Governor Cox will devote the day to rest and. If the opportunity affords, of attending church services this morning. His secretary has no tified Dr. C. J. Smith, democratic state chairman, not to make appoint ments of any nature for today. To receive the nominee a commit tee of 50 has been appointed with instructions to be at the union station when the Cox special arrives. The committee will escort the visitor to the Multnomah hotel, which will be his headquarters while in- Portland. Tonight at 8 o'clock Governor Cox will go to Salem In his car attached to the regular train. He will remain oyer night at the Marion hotel. From 8 to 9 o'clock Monday . morning Gov ernor Cox will hold an Informal re ception for the business men of Salem in the lobby of the Marion hotel. At 9 o'clock the candidate will speak at the armory, closing his talk at 10 o'clock. Immediately following the armory address Governor Cox will come to Portland by automobile, arriving in time for his noon meeting at the mu nicipal auditorium. There will be no stops between Salem and Portland for all the time will be required to cover the distance and get the candidate to the auditorium at the appointed hour. The noon meeting at the auditorium tomorrow is the big event of Governor Cox's tour in Oregon. Owing to the arrangement of his itinerary it is im possible to hold a night meeting, much as the local committee desired. The only alternative Is the noon meeting and a second meeting at 3:30 o'clock, also at the auditorium, especially for women. No Seats to Be Reserved. At Salem Governor Cox will be in troduced by B. F. Irvine. At the audi torium noon meeting State Chairman Smith will preside, while the candi date will be introduced by Senator Chamberlain. At the meeting lor women the . introduction will be by Mr. Irvine. There will be no reserva tion of seats at the. meetings at the auditorium. The committee appointed to receive Governor Cox at the depot consists of Oswald West. C. S. Jackson, Will Moore, Milton A. Miller, F. G. Worth. B. E. Haney, Lester.. W. Humphreys, G. F. Alexander. John D. Mann.'R- iW. Montague, B. F. Irvine, Ira BJggs. W. W. Brown, W. D. .Wheelwright, Elton Watkins, John Manning, Sena tor Chamberlain, Drake C. O'Reilly, F. W. Vogler, Dr. E.' T. Hedlund, J. N. Teal, George A. Lovejoy. W. H. Holmes, John Montag, John Veatch, Barnett Goldstein. E. R. Rankin, C M. Barbee, John H. Stevenson, W. T, Slater, W. D. Bennett, A. F. Flegel. John M. Gearin, Frederick V. Holman, R. W. Hagood. Dr. J. W. Morrow, John Littell,- G. Y. Harry, Frank Stelblg, Walter B. Gleason, C. I McKenna, Julius L. Meier. Max Hauser, Eric Hauser, Ed Boyce, I. .N. Llpman, L A. Adcox, Dr. Joseph F. Wood. N. A. Leach, John G. Barrett, John Mears, J. P. Averill, R, G. Duncan, H. C, .Walter. J. B. Wright. John D. Wilcox. Concluded on Pane 4. Column 5.) DONt 3X THOSE ri . fVf jA ' I J Democrats Fail to Dis prove Hays' Evidence. LIQUOR MEN TO.RJJSE FUND Interests Everywhere Called On to Make Last Fight. LIGHT WINES WANTED Charges of Slush '"Fund Fail ' Divert Public Mind From Facts Inquiry Produces. to That the liquor interests of the nation are behind the candidacy of James M. Cox, governor of Ohio, and that the "wets" are raising funds to elect the democratic nominee for president, was exposed by Will H. Hays, republican national chairman. Tv the United States senate investi gating committee, Chairman Hays submitted a letter signed by George T. Carroll, in which Mr. Carroll, as president of the New Jersey Federa tion of Liquor interests, makes an appeal to liquor dealers. In this com munication Mr. Carroll gave assur ance mat viovernor cox is a pro nounced "wet" and that he can be relied upon to approve an amend ment to, the Volstead act. ' Letter Proves Bombshell. This unrefuted letter proved a bombshell in . the democratic camp and the subsequent charges of Gov ernor Cox that a "slush" fund was being raised by the republicans to buy the presidency have failed to divert public attention from the Car roll letter. The document introduced by Chairman Hays, facsimile of which is, given in another column, is considered conclusive - evidence that Governor .Cox is-receiving the moral and financial support of the liquor interests of the country." Following is a. copy of the letter: "July 22. 1920. "Cabain Bros Dear Sir and Brother: The organized "liquor" trarde ""of New Jersey has set out- to do Its part to ward the election of James M. Cox as the next president of the United States and it becomes my duty to call upon you to help. More than that we are go ing to fight as we never fought be fore to keep the hirelings of the Anti Saloon league out of office; to elect congressmen, in the 12 congressional districts of the state who will vote to amend the Volstead act so as to permit the sale of light wine and beer; to elect assemblymen and state senators who will keep New Jersey from ratifying the 18th amendment and prevent the passage of any law concurring in the Vi.lstead act in lis present form. Cox Nomination Held Victory. "The nomination of Governor Cox of Ohio for the presidency by the democrats is a big victory for our interests and it can be attributed to a great degree to the activity of our trade organizations here In New Jer sey and throughout the nation. Gov ernor Cox is a pronounced 'wet' and be can be relied upon to approve an amendment to the Volstead . act as suggested above. It is now up to our trade organizations to stand unitedly behind the ticket of Cox and Roose velt and roll up such majority as will, show convincingly that the pub lic will is in our favor. Are you go ing to help? Of course you are. "This is going to be. the greatest political fight in the' history of the United States. Your liberty and mine has been taken from us. Our business has been unjustly confiscated. The rights of the people have been seized and they are lined up with us in the mighty struggle that Is soon to be decided by the battle of the ballot. "The recent "decision of the United (Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.) PICTORIAL INTERPRETATIONS BY CARTOONIST V Ml -T VjHCV-'EL SfW YVf INC wk. Montenegrin Who Regaled Royalty "With Heart Throbs Retains Self-Respect Despite Jump. WASHINGTON,- Sept. 11 From spring poetry to spring onions may be a long Jump, yat Tomo Joshov Vu kichevlch.. who used to regale hte royal family of Montenegro with heart throbs, took It without losing his eelf-respect. Not long ago Tomo, who was the poet laureate of the lit tle kingdom, lost his job, and, like many "budding poets, who find it in creasingly difficult in these high price times to- keep the wolf from the hallroom door, decided to go to work. It' seemed to Tomo that all the Jobs had been filled, but somebody sug gested that he consult the Red Cross, which has a station at Podgorltza, and after looking him over they de cided he would do in the onion patch. So he went to work and the onions, responding to his delicate touch, thrived like lilies in the field. . Red Cross advices today from Pod goritza indicated that Tomo was using his spare time writing an epic in Serbian blank verse, extolling American relief in Montenegro and incidentally pointing the . way to struggling poets anxious to eat. GOLD BARS TRANSFERRED New Assay Office Receives Precious Metal Worth $900,000,000. NEW YORK. Sept. 11. Nearly $900, 000,000 in gold bars, said to be the largest amount of gold in any one place in the world today, is being transferred from the aub-treasury building to the new assay building next door. Most of the gold was melted from English sovereigns and French 20-franc pieces. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTBRDAVS Maximum temperature, 70 degrees; minimum, 61 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. Departments. Editorial. Section 8, page 8. Dramatic. Section 4. page 1. Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2. Real estate and building news. Section 4, page 8. Music. Section 4. page 4. Churches. Section 5. page 2. Books. Section 5, page 6. Garden chats. Section 5. page 8. Automobile news. Section 6. Women's Features. Society. Section 8, page 2. Women's activities. Section 4, page T. Fashions. Section B, page 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section G, page 8. Auction,, bridge. Section 5, page 4. Special Features. Portland's opportunity as a rose-growing center. 'Magasine eertlon, page 1. Short skirts shock federal investigators. Magazine section, page 2. Touthful authors and poets startle literary world. Magazine section, page 3. World news by camera. Magazine section. - page 4. Patch posters' sre art sensation In New - Tork. Magazine section, page 5. Science probes mrtfves for "love murders." Magazine section, page 6. The woman lawyer Invades supreme court. Magazine section, page 7. Hill's cartoons. "Among Us Mortals." Magazine section, page 8. Close acquaintance needed to win British trade. Section 4, page 6. Sermon by Dr. W. B. Hlnson. Section 5. page 2. Party managers battle for control of sen ate. Section 5. page 8. Credit Is weapon of new class of crooks. Section 5, page 3. Oregon waterways series by Addison Ben nett. Section a. page a. "Builders of Highways," poem by Anthony Euwer; Section 5. page 6. The spirit of the day In cartoons by Dar ling. Section 5, page 8. National. Poet laureate is now laborer in an onion patch. Section 1, page 1. Pershing's battle map is exhibit. Section 1, page 3. Oregon will receive federal moneys for roads. Section 1, page 1. rolitlea. Democratic nominee waging uphill, dis couraging fight. Section 1, page 1. Letter of wets damages Cox. Section 1, page 1. Nominee of drys has no illusions. Section 1, page 19. Prohibition Issue an affair of yesterday, declares Governor Cox. Section page 1. ... Ct'X's tactics prove of Immense beneit to republicans. Section 1, page 10. Senator Kenyon of probe committee re fuses to call Cox. Section 1. page 6. Idaho political campaign of three parties well under way. Section 1. page 8. Lodge raps Wilson's idea of government. Section 1, psge 19. G TODAY m 1 Money to Be Available During Next Two Years, Provided State Pats - Vp Equal Amount. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Sept. 11. Oregon under the final allotment of federal road funds announced today by tha secre tary of agriculture, will receive $1. 576,152 from the federal treasury for use during the next two years in road building, provided the state puts up an. equal or greater' amount to be spent along with the federal contri butions. The final allotment to Washington is $1,444,628 and to Idaho is $1,226,050. Each of the states must match the federal allotment before July 1, 1922, or its allotment will revert to the treasury and be redistributed among the states which co-operate under the federal roads act. ' The amounts named above are the aggregate of allotments under the road acts of 1916 and 1919, and un less congress, within the next year, extends the provisions of those, acts or enacta a new federal road law federal co-operation with the states will come to an end with the expendi ture of moneys Just alloted, and the whole burden of road construction will thereafter have to be borne by the states and counties. Allotments just announced are larg er than any previously made out of the federal treasury, as the law con templated, and the states in conse quence' are called upon to appropriate more liberally for roads than ever before in order to receive benefits under this allotment, but the depart ment reports that to date no state has failed to meet, if not surpass, the federal allotment, and in conse quence no state allotment of past years has ever been forfeited. Politics. McArthur asks Cox to answer question. "Why did your newspaper defend t,usi tania's sinking?" Suction 1. page 4.' Prohibition crisis here, says D. Leigh Coivin. Section 1, page 19.' Sober business era promised by Harding. bection 1, page 5. Pacific Northwest. Jury Interference charged and trial of al leged I. W. W, called off. Section 1. page 10. Queen Wilms I will fly from her Camas home to rule over Prunarlans at Van couver. Section 1. page 12. State Institutions nearly all short of funds. Section 1. page 12. Governor gets letter telling how California protects Its scenery. Section 1. page 7. . Highway commission to spend no more money on doubtful routes. Section 1, page 16. Motor vehicle law causes storm of protests. Section' 1, page 8. Losses of Jackson county In defunct bank are revealed. Section I. page 6. Governor pardons Pender and Branson. Section 1, page 1. Registered voters In Seattle 109,871. Sec- t non i, page 14. Sport. Chick Bvans wins United States amateur golf title. Section 2. page 1. The starts duties as wrestling coach 'at Multnomah club. Section 2. page 4. Irvlngton Tennis club championship con test staged this week. Section 2. page 4. Field trials to be- held at Lebanon next week. Section 2. page a. Good card of bouts - due at Milwaukie. Section 2. page 8. Activities of Multnomah Amateur Athletic club start tomorrow. Section 2, page 2 Oregon Agricultural college grldironers eager for workout season, which opens Wednesday. -.Section 2. page 2. Coast league results: Los Angeles 10-4, fortland 4-3: Oakland 2-4. Seattle 5-2 Salt Lake 0-6., San Francisco 12-3; Sac ramento 7. Vernon 2. Section 2, page Commercial and Marine. ' Opening prices on Oregon prunes are an nounced. Section 1. page 21. Wheat firm, at Chicago on heavy buying or December, section 1. page 21. Stocks under pressure owing to weakness of exchange. Section 1, page 21 Million-dollar Issue of port bonds to help transportation is thought to be illegal. Section 2, page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Famous gasoline case decided againat county commissioners. Section 1, page 18. Cox due to arrive in Portland today. Sec tion 1, page 1 1 Will of Dr. Daly leaves 1700.000 to edu cate pupils of Lake county. Section 1, I - page 1. First fall meeting of Federation of Wom en's Organisations well attended. Sec tion 1. page 16. City Commissioner A. L. Barbur seeks re election. Section 1, page 11. Call out for Portland singers to assist in production of "The Mandarin." Section 1, page 18. Mother greets Pender as he srrlves fresh from prison. . Section 1. page 20. PERRY OF SOME RECENT NEWS HAPPENINGS. - V rwe- Core ! Over Without Result. SCANDAL CRY DIES OUT Three Real Issues Yet Remain for Democrats. "WEfS" STILL HAVE HOPE Return Front West Awaited by Those Who Clinched Nomination, . With Faith Vet Unwavering.' BT MARK SULLIVAN. Copyright by the New York Evening Post. Inc., Published by Arrangement. CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (Special.) It is now exactly 66 days since the nomi nations ended with the naming of Cox at San Francisco. From now until the election is 63 days. Of these not more than 50 days are left for effective campaigning. We are therefore well past the middle of the campaign, and it Is an appropriate time to sum up what has been done, as well as what is likely to happen. Cox has done most. He has been the source of the greatest activity. It was expected he would be. Every body knew the campagln would shape Itself with the republicans in the more favorable position, with Cox trying to take it away from them. Cox accepted this role of the offensive; he had no choice but to accept it. In this role he has come up to expectation. I think the picture the public has of him is that of a game young light weight prize fighter dancing about nd delivering the best punches he knows how against an opponent w-ho is more heavy and solid, but less ac tive an opponent who, let us also say, has a more dignified conception of the proprieties of the game. Rrpnblicana Put oax Defensive. In this role Cox did not make any impression to speak of until almost exactly the, middle of the campaign. The first time he succeeded In making the republicans take notice of him was when he made his speech at Pitts burg on campaign funds. That was the first "real excitement of the cam paign.' Cox made the republicans notice him; put them on the defensive; started them to talking back. During the two weeks that have in tervened we have got close to the bottom of that subject. It has occu pied the headlines almost every day. The newspapers, both nartisan and independent, have been at more than usual pains to print large Quantities of the testimony. Poor Tactics Shown. If Cox really thought there was a conspiracy to "buy the presidency," if he thought the republicans had, or were going to have fl5.000.000, as he first put it, or even the $8,000,000 as he last put it if he really felt sure of that, it would have been poor tac tics to deliver that particular blow at this time. As good a politician as he is would have held it back until the last ten days of the campaign. If he had hoped that this campaign fund scandal was going to be as deadly to Harding as the pre-conventlon cam paign fund scandal was to Lowden. he would have arranged it to break at the same relative time that the Lowden scandal broke; that is to say, about ten days before the election. I think it is more likely that all COx hoped for was to get in some kind of a punch and make his adversary take notice. He wanted to overcome, if only for a little while, the tremen dous ground swell which everybody knew was running against the demo cratic party. He wanted to change the psychology which was fatally ad verse to him. If he has sncceded in (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) j$Y HOT ttftNE. AUTOTRUCKS ANO SrWE "TWO Ol Board at Organization Meeting Es timates Amount on Hand to Carry On Work:. Young men and women of Lake county, who desire the advantages of higher education in state institutions in Oregon, may go to college for many years to come at no expense to them selves, according to the provisions of the will of the late Dr. Bernard Daly, an old-time citizen of Lake county.. The board of trustees of the fund left by Dr. Daly met and organized yesterday and found that more than 8700,000 is left by the -will to be used to educate the young men and women of the county, which is very sparsely populated. Probably not more than 15 persons will be avail able to take advantage of this offer yearly, it is thought. The board of trustees comprises the president of the University of Oregon, the president of the Oregon Agricul tural college and the board of direc tors of the Bank of Lakeview. The attorney-general of Oregon has ruled that an Inheritance tax of about $180,000 must be paid from the fund, but this matter is being con tested by the trustees. The federal government is also asking for a tax of about $30,000. Until these questions are settled, it will be impossible to have any of the money available for students and so the fund cannot be used this year. The board will hold an annual meeting in June after the high school sessions are over to receive nd con sider the applications of students who desire to make use of the fund. INFANTRY SENT TO TEXAS Battalions at Vancouver Barracks Ordered to Camp Travis. ' OnEGOXIA.V NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 11. The 1st United States infantry, which has two bat talions at ' Vancouver basracks and one battalion at Fort Lawton, Wash ington, nas been ordered by the war department to Camp Travis, Texas, to become part of the 2d division. The regiment only recently wae moved from amp Lewis to make way for the incoming 4th division. The 1st infantry will be assigned to the 2d division brigade, in which the two- marine regiments served in France, the marines having been de tached from the army. It is stated at the war department that another infantry regiment, prob ably the 20th, from Utah, also will be assigned to this brigade. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST Northern Coast States Will Have Rain but Normal Temperature. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday include: Northern Rocky mountain and Pla teau regions Local rains first half. latter half generally fair and cooler, with a probability of frosts. Pacific states Frequent showers over northern and fair over southern portions of this district; normal tem peratures. DEATH INQUIRY ORDERED Autopsy to Be Performed on Body of Olive Thomas. PARIS, Sept. 11. An autopsy will be performed Monday on the body of Olive Thomas, the American motion picture actress, who died Friday in the American hospital at Neuilly, it was announced tonight. The autopsy will be under the direc tion of the police. STRIKE TO CUT RATIONS English Food Controller Threatens to Halve Sugar. ' LONDON, Sept. 11. Announcement is made by the food controller that in the event of the coal miners striking the weekly sugar ration will be re duced from 12 to 6 ounces per head. HE. VAfvVED CfVv Governor Frees Two in Prison for Murder. BOTH MODEL PRISONERS Mr. Olcott Says Plans to Re lease Men Made Long Ago, INJUSTICE HELD DONE Executive Says Desire to Right "Wrong Had to Be Delayed Be cause of Tavern Murder. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) Governor Olcott, following hv return here tonight from Cannon beach. granted unconditional pardons to John Arthur Pender and William Branson, each of whom had been sentenced to and had partially served a life term n the Oregon state penitentiary. Branson was received at the prison from Yamhill county March 3. 1917, on a charge of having killed William Booth, a Yamhill county rancher, near Willamina. Or.. October 8, 1915, while render was received from Columbia county November 19, 1914, on charge of slaying Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her child in their cabin home near Scappoose, in September, 1911. Pender at one time was sentenced to be executed, but his punishment later was commuted to life imprison ment by Governor West. Fender has been a trusty practically ever since he was received at the penitentiary and has been a model prisoner. Bran son s prison record compares favor ably with that of Pender. Prison Scene Affecting. Immediately upon signing the par dons Governor Olcott and Don E. Up john, private secretary to the execu tive, went to the penitentiary. There they were Joined by Louis Compton. warden of the prison; Percy Varney. parole officer; James Lewis, deputy warden, J. O. Murray, bookkeeper, and E. C. Hawley, principal keeper. Pen der was called into the office of tha prison. "I want to discuss some circum stances of your case," said Governor Olcott, as Pender entered the room and occupied a chair. Then, taking an envelope from his pocket, the gov ernor handed it to Pender 'and asked that he read its contents. As Pender read the words "Unconditional Par don" his voice choked and his eyes filled with tears. "I appreciate your kindness," said Pender to Governor Olcott, "and I want to say that you never will regret your action." Time and again during the conver sation that followed Pender men tioned his mother, whom he said he would strive to repay for her many years of mental suffering. Branson Not Surprised. Branson was apprised of his par don much in the same way as Pender. "I had expected leniency some day," said Branson, "for the truth will come out.. I had nothing to do with the murder of William Booth, and I will return to the home of my parents to start life anew." Before leaving the prison both men expressed appreciation for the kind treatment accorded them by the pen itentiary officials and said they would go out into the world with the one aim of making good.' Both Dr. R. Lee Stelner, superin tendent of the state hospital, and Louis Compton, warden of the peni tentiary, have long Insisted that Pender and Branson were innocent, and their names were attached to the parole board recommendations asking for the pardons. Cases Long Considered!. "When I first entered the executive office as governor the cases of John (Conctuded on. Page 20, Column 3.) VHOHT TtVC QVmCO