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Newspaper Page TextNisws-JReview OS Weather THE NEWS-REVIEW Goes Into Over- ' 420 0 Homes Every Day Highest temperature yesterday 73 Lowest temperature last night .45 Forecast for interior southwest Oregon: Unsettled with rain to night and Tuesday; x v to night. ( DOUGLACOUNTY Consolidation of Th Evening Newt and The Roaeburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published foe, the BMt Internets of the People ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER I. 1 928. VOL XXIX NO. 139 OF ROSEBURv T- VOL. XIX NO. 210 OF THE EVENING NEWS ROSEBUltesi 7) . WORLD SERIES CRIPPLED TEAM m , . 'J Will Enter Fray With Ad- J. . , A vantage on Point, .V.'. V.7 VVrr.jLV CARD Tony Lazzeri, Hurt, May Be Out of Game Combs May Be Able to Play Despite Injury. WORLD SERIES " VITAL STATISTICS (Aoriated I'rtu I-eued Wire) Contenders New York Yankees of American league ami St. Louis Cardinals of na- lioiml league. Manager Miller Huggins, Yankees, and Bill McKenzie, Cardinals. How decided Best four out of seven games. Game schedule First two games at Yankee stadium. Thursday and Friday; third, fourth and filth games at St. Louis, Sunday. Monday and I Tuesday; sixth and seventh i games at Yankee stadium, Thursday, October 11, and Friday. October 12. Postponements In event 0 of postponements, teams will remain In whatever city they chance to be until games , scheduled for that city have been played. Dates of follow- tng games will be shifted ac- cordlngly. Time of games New York games will start at 1:30 p. m.. eastern standard time; In St. Louis at 1:30 p. in. central standard time. Uy WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN (Associated Press Sports Writer) XKW YORK, Oct. 1 The Yank ees enter the world series with a paper offensive thirteen batting points greater than that of the Cardinals, but with much of this theoretical advantage offset by In juries to star players who helped compile It. The announcement today that Karl Combs had suffered only a sprain and not a fracture of his right wrist in Detroit last Thurs day and will be able to play bol stered Yankee 4iuies as his .310 bat did much to help the American league champions along to their team average of .215. Hm h Ruth. Mark Koenle and I AREHITTERS I Tony Lazzeri, who outhit their re-ne claims to have been a Btudent spectlve Ca.dmil rivals by gener- at th Btate college. He is 12 f ous margins, ure handicapped by 1 J of age and a . resident of injuries of one degree or another. 1 La Review. and the loss of any one of them I Brown was seen In Yoncalla would more than ea. up any bat-1 Friday morning, and his unusual , ting margin which may be left to'cftnn attracted attention and , tlu Yankees, AUim was felt par- ticularly over the condition of laz fcjzerl but the Signor gamed his way through the last three weeks of the American league season when the Yanks had to have him. Per haps he can rep at in the title series, ine trauiuon 01 nuung nas re-1 highway. He had altered thfr li mained about the Cardinals ever cense numbers on his machine since lf20 when Hornsby first j covering gaps In Ihe figures with scaled Ihe heights. The fans at , black friction tape, so that the 9 large have looked ujkmi the SI. wag changed to'an 8, the 5 to a Louiaan as uncommonly danger-. 3 an(j the 2 to a 8. nifl with the wiuow regaruiess 1 of the actual averages. The new I champions are by no means poor bau-ra'-n. b,l th..y fall far fhort of .it-inr uie iiMni ni bhiibiiiuuo hi S , " 7 ..:.,i..il. ,k fif.h i .h- m ;.0't"" ,T virat. U.e Ulan!., the Ti ankeea , (rontlnud on l.agejh- M 1 i HENRV FORD NOMI. NATEO FOR PRESIDENT tal-l Pm. Umt W ir.) SPKINGFIKLD, Mass., Sept. 30 In the almost com- plete silence of a private room. Henry Ford and Kl- ward A. Kilene were nnmlnat- ed for president and vice president, respectively, by the "national convention" of the American Home Progressive party here yesterday. Today the two delegates who com- prised the "convention" were awaiting acceptance by the e) candidates. The "convention" will be resumed Tuesday and i mav nominate other randi- dates if those now on the ticket rifu?e. The party is helng spofi- e ror'd by Conrad Reno of this city, who waa chairman, dele- 4 gate and general spokesman at yesterday's sessloo. f?vetfeffefvevvee I Aloft For a William S. Brock (right) and E. F. Sehlee, world flyers, who hopped off from Rockwell Field, San Diego, Saturday in an attempt to break the world's endurance flight record. Their specially built Bellanca monoplane has been streamlined in new fashion to reduce wind resist ance and even the wheels of the ship are enclosed. They must stay up 66 hours to break the present record and carried enough gas to remain aloft 84 hours. ijFIREBUG H A D WORLD FLYERS ilPLAN' ROB BANKjSTILL IN AIR IfAT'YON CALLA'AT LATE HOUR Fire Started to Draw Man'BrOCk aild Scfllee Say Cashier Away from Building. GIRL LOCKED DOORS; Young Corvallit Student Admits Crime Will Make Plea Insanity, It Is Expected. 1 . Jespe E. Brown, whd was ar rested at Yoncalla last Friday su spected of starting two Incendiary fires there, confessed la Sheriff Percy Webb and Deputy Stale Fire Marshals Malehorn and Warren yesterday that lie bad set the fires with the intention or rob bing the Yoncalla bank. J He also admitted passing worth- ' cnecks at torvauis, wnere suspicion. In the afternoon firo was discovered in a large vacant dwelling i-ar the center of town. About an hour later another fire was found in a nearby barn. Brown was suspected of setting th- fir. a.wi no. 1,... . i,..,, as he was drivinir ftmith mi Him This action showed his evident i ..Vsire to escaite the officers antl I he waa subjected to a tfmr- i ouch fie freely ad mitted passing worthless checks, i ?na wl"'n "nce of nMttlnit Hi.-1 "res broUKht asalnut him, al- , co,tR.ll ,, crimr a Ul, wrltlen confesBlon ln ,he pr,.. eQC of tne offlcera. He ttlt-d (iiut lit. iiwdpfi money "ni conwlvt'd th Mca of robbliiK ,h" Yoncalla bank, ile raw that theij was only one man In the bank, and so planned to start a fire that would draw the man away from the bank so that he could hold up the girl assistant cashier and secure the bank 'd1- His plot failed, however, when the girl locked the door of the oans aner me cannier departed. i lie ,onng man claims mat mis was nis nrst attempt at crime, and says that he Is mentally un- balanced. His statements Indicate that hi- will endeavor to plead in- ' o ' 'Theatre Man and Wife Here (renege A Hunt, theatre man nf -nemorii. ana .Mrs. Hunt we.-.. an.org me Sntlinern Oregon golf prnysrs n-re ror me gsme at the Hoseburg Country .ciob .Mr. Hunt while in the city was looking aft- ir Du,'n',, "!" In regard to the 'w himuvi oi ine cnain. New Record nifln0 WnrLc pjno Have.tnough Gas . San Dieeo, CaI.,vOct. 1. William P. Brock and Ed ward Schlee, round the world fliers were still in the air at 1:30 p. m. today in their attempt to establish a new world's duration flight record. At that time the airmen had been in the air approxi mately 54 and one half hours. In o-der to establish a new record it will bn neces sary for them to remain aloft until 1:15 o'clock to morrow morning. SAN DIKGO. Calif., (let. 1 William P. liroek and Kriwarri Srhlff. attempting to break the world's record for unstained flight, were aloft in their 4Mb hour at 5:311 o'clock this morning. At 11 o'cIim k this mnrning Tlrock and Schlep were still In the , . air and were continuing their flight over the Coronado-interna-tional border course. The airmen were emitting at a speed of about 60 mllea an hour. The engine of their pellanca plane waa taid to be functioning perfectly and was said to be using slightly more than five gallons of gasoline an hour. clip IwcrD UAITC TRAIN, COLLAPSES ATLANTA. OL 1.- A .iory of the hernium nf nn engineer who hy sheer irnr triuniiihed nt-rtr anilden t!lnes long enough to insure the safety of his passengers before Ian. Ine Into unconsciousness was told bv passengers arriving here Yesterday aboard the Crescent Limited. j It was while pllotlnr the Smith- lern Hallwav s fast train ye.terdsv morning between Monroe. Vs., and Sulisbury, K C. his regulnr run, thil Joe M. Stedman. engineer suffered an acute sttark of I ml I- Ketion near Danville. Va. He f-lt Insensibility rapldlv clns-1 ! over him from the stsbbinir pains In his stomach, but by ai- most superhuman effort managed to nnply the brakes. The train roll- ,., to steady stop Just as he cril- gn,d P..ni,Bor. m.. nr. . ne-.. nf jut for Stedman. who was report-"them ed bv rosd officials todsr to b well on the way to recovery, H is 'expected to rewiu.e his rerular post In a few day. INITIATION AT rniTrnniTW ifv rtlAltilNIIT lb FATAL TO YOUTH Dt. v r ! c. & : elta Kappa t-psilon Munt, Causes Sudden Death of Athlete. j ' - . ,M TOUCHED LIVE WIRE1 M .1 . ! Death May Have Been Caused by Fright Stu . dents Say .Others Took Ceremony. AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 1. Nolle McLlroy. 19vear-old I nlversity o(4 si It un luintr driven ttwav Texas Btudent and athlete of Hous- autJ theu flr,.d A buU,it weIlt lizens, paBHed away at this home in ton. Texas, was dead today, the' 4 through a side curtain, grazed (this city this morning at the age victim ot a mock Ieta Kappa K-! mihs nutwood's neck and of 79 years, alter an illness that silon fraternity Initiation which atruck Litch. Asher said he has extended over a period of sev turned from a bit of student horse- j wa8 hootinB at . the tires. ernl years. Falling health caused play tragedy. 1 Friends renorted that no his retirement from the hi-iIvh McKlroy died last night a few minutes after being shocked by light wires, connected by a rheo stat to two sets of bed springs through which he crawled as part of the traditional fraternity ritual for neophytes. Two physicians who examined the body declined to say whether fright or the electricity itself caus ed death. Strength nf the electrical charge which entered his body was not determined. District Attorney Moore, who In structed an immediate invest Iga tlon by questioning upper cluss-1 men who participated lu the Initia tion, early today had not announc ed an inquest. No arersts had been made. The fraternity if sued a statement sayinn the youth fiifn' ed during the shuo, through which, it was asserted five olher students had preceded him, and to which 1H Other students had been sub jected during toe local chapter's history. Fraternity -members expressed the opinion that the youth prob ably toadied an exposed lire wire leading to the springs. He fell screaming to the floor, and lapsed into uncousciouf ness. Ills frater nity brothers attempted to revive him, but when their efforts proved futile, carried hi 111 bodily to Si-ton Infirmary, a block dixinnt where physicians worked over him In vain for 30 minutes with a mil- motor. 1 McKlroy was said to have been! fed a raw oyster, saturated mlth ' casior oil as another part of the mock Initiation preceding the bed springs stunt. The youth, who was a member of the university foothal tteam, was a sophomore. His father, W. A. McKlroy. is president of the Mc Klroy bond and brokerage cor poration of Houston. An older brother was graduated from the university recently. The district attorney In an nouncing lhat there would be no inquest Indicated the fraternity members would be called before ri, .t i the grand iry for queationlngi mi rely as a formality Dean V. 1. Moore of the unl Versity said there probably would be no action by tiie authorities. FOOTBAJLL STAR GETS BAD BREAK 1 AwciitH fT'-m Win-) SOUTH HKNI). Illd. Oct 1. The breaks of football have been decidedly against Kred Colllus, crashing Notre Dame fullback. Two yiars ago he had Jut. reached great form when his Jaw was broken In the Minnesota game and he was out for the on. siuiinny ne was in me game with Loyola I'nlversily ot New Orleans only a few nilnutts hen nroKe his lett wrist In altenipt-l Ing to break up a forward pass play. He will be out of the game at least ll.lee Hecka lAiel possiuiy for the season. JUDGE LINDSEY HAS NEW SCHEME! , IKNVK. Colo, Oct. I Kstab llshment of houses of human wel fare which would give dlmw.Mnft.-d couples a "c hanee to change their i minds Instead of their mates, was urged by Judge Hen l.lndsev here as a means to combat divorces "The aim of the Institution I would Is- to furnish a place where iiiMirieil ctruiilfii mlKhi find refuge in times of domnstic strife." he nRld In riddresHir) the congrega-, tlon of the f.rBce Methodlut H.'-Icopnl rhurrh. Many divorces, the nmjorlty of In fact, could be the pr'icipsls ' were averted if proper chanc. Th hou!e of bu - man inr, would give them that" nis qwnxion oaca to tns lo- chance" city cop kills OPIW PtlliTI.ANI). Ore., Oct. 1. William l.ltch, 2f, who was w B,Iot Hl r.'eririse Katurilay w hen F. H. Ashr, nmrghai of Knierprise attempted to search his automobile for liquor, died at tiood Sarnarl- tan hospital here yesterday. District Attorney Sylvester H. Burleigh, of Wallowa coun- t.-. told the Portland Tele- gram by telephone today he would file involuntary maq- slaughter charges against 4 A 8 her. 4 The marshal, according to reports from F-nterprise, de- 4 clared he saw liquor being 4 placed in Lit eh 'a car. in which I. IMi, MiRrf I, eon a (hetwood j and a Becdml mun were rid- ing. A A ah or trloil in fllmh nn tht A running board of Lltch s car liquor was found In Llteh's car. Litch was ruliied to Fort- land for treatment. Asher waB reported in custody of the sheriff at Enterprise. Litch was a son of a promt- nent stock ralier of Enter- prise. ' Meeting Held in Yoncalla Saturday to Outline Program. REPORTS RECEIVED Subordinate Granges of County in Good Finan cial Condition and Show Growth. The Ttouglas , County Pomona. Grange met for an all day session jwith iMain grange at the Odd rel I Iowa' hall at Yoncalla last. Satur day. Nearly every grange in the I 'nm n I v ml an rttireHente.l ami rn- poitH from the subordinate units i . ....... , . tsnowiu inat a were in gooa 11- ... .,.. ..... POilAGUCE pi amok I LIJIBU i.uimi Ulli HUNT thfin making a growth in mem-jRrv lhb l rrt Vancouver, he re berslilp. .(limed home, and worked on the Alter considerable dlseusion afu,m April 1S73. when he was motion was adopted instructing appointed by J'reideni tirunt, re- the I'oiuona master to ai t as a chairman of a committee compos- ed of tle masters of IhH various subordinate granges of the coun ty. Thi3 coinndttee Is to meet one evening i-v.-r' month to carry out tht work of the order. -A resolution that was unani mously adopted was that request ing ihe master of the state grsnge to Invite the national grange to hold its I'J'i'.l session In the statu of Washington, while another re - solution favored niacin In Ihe sea-irounty midget ihe sum of I7f for! the purpose of paying the penses or a half time home ile- ; monslratlon agent for Douglas rounlv. The balance of the time , of me demonstrator would be spent In Coos and Curry counties, A prize or .. u w as ottered to the local granite In tie coun'y giving the best drill at the next Pomona meeting, which will be i (held in Hosebuig at the K. P hall, i if tin,! lisll la avulluhle lW.n,lu.r 9 The qt'!,tion of all the granges uniting to hold a joint installa- j tlon some time in January was left with the local units lu de- cide, the granges to report to the i Pomona Kerrefurv not later iliwii I November 1. After the delicious dinner nerv ed by the ladles, and at which W (-. liHMiing and U S. Nichols were giH'Hin, tiie fieMsion at re- j sumed in the hall upstairs, I Imring lh dinner hour Mr. IlardlnK Invited the members of : t,l grnngf to meet with fh imeriibi - rs of the I'resbyliirlan 'buret, for a Joint church service i October 21. and whil the Po- . given in'""" ir.inis m iui iHTi'i t,on. It was thought bettr to re- J K ontfLued on pae HON. JAMES C.i FULLERTDN IS DEAD, AGED 79 Pioneer Resident of State Passes Away After Long Illness. HELD HIGH OFFICES Served as State Senator, Circuit Judge and Re ceiver of U. S. Land 1 Office. Hon. James C. Fullerton, one of ' nnHMhltrif'u nwiMl fliHlintMiUhsHl --It. practice of law over five yearn !ago. and he gradually became jweaker until his death occurred this morning. ! Judge Fuller ton was representa- jtive of those pioneer men who jwere Influential in developing and advancing the industrial and bust- ness prosperity of southern Oregon unit me social me or tlia com munity. Endowed with the sterling! qualities that made him a leader among men he had an active and useful career and won to a marked extent the esteem and regard of his fellow-men. A son of John and Jane Tlnlf Kullertou, he was born December 16, 1K4. near Hamilton, lluller county, Ohfo. . 1 jonu runt'i-ion, mo rattier or )Judge Kiillei'tiiD, was a natlvK of (Ohio, where he followed the trade of wagon maker, engaging for a 'time in business in Uutler county. having a factory near Hamilton. In company with J. F. Gazley, who became a pioneer lawyer of Ore gon, Mr. Fullerton started to the nold flel.u .,1 f.nrr..i. in i v r. i Helm, f.n-e.t in nun i...... I lor the arrival of a steamer, he worked for a short time on ' the on t he .." '' iit-l lllllllllK ill (alltornla without any great, auc-1 cess he and Mr. (lazley came to I Oregon In lsr,2 and both took 'up ! donation claims near CanyonvUle. In Is 53 Mr. (iazley returned to Oliln nn.l l,rnuht .. l.la Hy and Mr. Kullerton'a wife and son. 'ihij elder Mr. Kullerton r- tired to Hoseburg In lxus and died' I two years later at the age of 76 1 years, ile served two terms as sheriff. James C. Fullerton was one of! the six children In the family and following his arrival with his nioth-i er In Oregon assisted at Ihe farm! of his father and attended the dis trict school. Knllstlng in lx(ir. In Company A. rirst oregon t avairy. he served for onft 'r. statloncl most of the I ifllli nl L'orl t." I. i. . ... n'"i'ii. jerfiviiiK hln hnnnr-nhi ... .wver of ine I nlted Hlales latid orfiie at Hone burg, to uecred lllug Hermann, iieing subse- quelltly . - . .. n, itru III lllin IKistlon, first by President Hayes and aguln by President Artliur, Judge F'ullcrlmi served continu ously from April 1X73 until June. IKS5, hen he retired owing to a cliungp In Ihe ndmililslratlou. Hav ing frevlously studied law, and being admitted to the bar in IX7U, .Mr. Kullertou was engaged In the . practice of his nroro.Mlim in li,.Hu. burg lioui lsr. iinill ihhh. wli-n he ex-'was elecl.-d slate senator on the 1 republican ticket, receiving a large majority of (lie votes cast, while a Inietnber of ihe h ...i , lu electing tv,o I'nited States sens. j tors, Senator Isilph In lssfi, and j I Continued nn page I ) ' o CMITM'? PIP A D TAKEN BY ADMIRER ( IllCAOf 1. Oct. I. Not i very man can smoke a presidential can ditlates clear, and there la only one on record who has procured one after the fashion of an aged man with nn IrUh arcenl, who was among tho-e welcoming Cov. Al fred K. Smith laft night When (iov Smith appwircd on the rear platform of his rpciHl train h e cm r r led an ntillfchted r 1- gar. fhiring (he brief weboming he panned In bis hnndt haUng long enough to light tt, and the man man with the Itfnb accent asked for It. "W www', said Governor Smith. you re kidding." Never a bit tin !, th man rfr ponded, renbing for the cigar, between puffs be declared us not every man mat ran j nmoke an A1. Smith rtgar. ' InNorthcottCase I ft-" : s .-TE"-fli null KPT - - .... -v,f , f ' - 'r 1 ft ' i 1 I a : Walter Owing, assistant super- Intendent of the provincial police I- Met rackeii ranch. They located a of British Columbia, (top), wholHud of sheep which nppan ntly took a leading part in the search i were being kept hidden, and and capture of Gordon 8tuart camped near them overnight, re Northcott, suspected of murdering mafni'.ig there until early morn- four boys on a ranch near River, side, Calif. Below la Frank Lyons, criminal lawyer of Vancouver, B. C, who has been retained to defend Northcott in the extradition pro- iccedlngs. Northcott, it la said, has asked Lyons to get permission to defend him in California if the ex- trariltinn Hraii,Sinn, nn anain.t I Z ' " " " T Six Major Accidents Occur in Three Eastern States. ONE IN CANADA Long Island Electric Crashes Into Car Killing Four Girls and Man, Injur ing Two Others. . (AuririiM Pi-cm t.oqar.) Wir- N K VI' YOIIK. 0t. 1 -Nltieteeu persona were killed and four criti cally liijurt'd yesteritay by sii giade crossing aulonnddle aeci d'ttts in three eastern Stales. One su h accident in Canada caused three deaths. Four girls and a man were killed and three giils and a young man i . , ..uan Long Inland rallrond elei trie train plouKhi'd through tlidr sutonio-1 bib at MaMsaiieijua. The dt ad are Oeoige Schwsrt7v 2. the driver; Mad line Itoeltel, 11.', Mddted Stenholni. IH; Di.irniai St nhiilm, in. and KN iinor Kohling, ! 17, all (.f Ileuipste;id, L. I. The in -1 jured are Alice. Doellel. U, 11 Is , cilia Doeltel, 7. and Yalttorg 8len- holm. Is. all of llenipstt 'id, and KaMnond Miller. It, of Ilr"okIyn. are in : MIhn Stenholm and Mille j strloiis condition, j V. II, Colkitt ami flaylord Nelt li;imtir, 1miIi of Kerle. I'a.. ami 1'hnmas Zimmerman of Sampson j Crossing, were killed when a, Pennsylvania rill toad passenger ' j train drmolihcd th automobile driven by Colklit near Krle Lawrence A. liobert. 21, and Kmlly Hatch. 1!, Both of Staru- ford. Conn, were killed when Koh- j erts drov his aulomohile In froqt i of a New Haven railroad express (Continued on page. 8.) CROSS 0 TOLL NINETEEN DEAD AND 00 0 SHEEP THIEVES vARE ARRESTED NEAR YONGALLA Three Men Admit Stealing Animals From Young and Garrison. WAIVE INDICTMENT Still Is Found in Barn of of One of the Suspects Thefts Have Been Numerous. Kd McCracken. Arthur Pack ami Gary Thornton, residents of .shoe. string Valey. near Yoncalla, were arrested Sunday charged Willi sheep stealing. Thornton is also charged with possession of a still. The three men, according to the officers, have entered pleas of guilty, and are willing to waive grand Jury Investigation and are eected to go before Judge Ham illon this afternoou to receive their sentences. There lias been a great d.al of sheep stealing In the county dur ing the past few years, and par ticularly during the last few months. Kecently suspicion of some of the sheep owners waa ill. r.ected towards the three men, and Young and Harrison, of Oakland, who huve lost heavily, enlisted the aid or flie sherllf's office lu apprehending the thieves. Saturday evening Sheriff Webb with Deputies limbh, Dranluua and McCabe, accompanied by Kd lonng of Oakland, went to the Ing. As soon as sufficient light was available Mr. Young eva mined the sheep and identified them as bis f own. I he brands had been altered but the earmarks had not been changed, making identification easy. v The officers went to the Mc Cracken and I'ack homea and ar rested the two men who, when confronted with the evidence brought against them hy (he of flctrs, admitted the theft a. accord ing to Ihe report given by (Sheriff Webb. Lloyd Wise, of Yoncalla, who had also been missing sheep, then went with Deputy Sheriff C. II. Daugherty to the ranch of Gary Thornton, who Is a brother In law or Mr. Mccracken, suspecting that some of his sheep had been re moved to the Thornton place. I'pon nt arlug the ranch the officer Hii.'lhd ihe odor of mash and fol low. .:g this scent wus ltd to ihe Thornton b:irn. - He directed the owner to open the barn, whirh Mr. Thornton did, and the officer round a If. gallon still, a barrel of mash, a barrel of empty bottles and five gallons of moonshine, according lo bis - rur port. Thornton was Immediately ar rested and admitted ownership ut the still. He also admitted, under flUfslloning, the officers report, that l.j was Implicated wilh the other two men In the theft of ihe sheep. Sheep Bte.-ilhiK has not been con fined alone to the Oakland and Yonralla districts, but has hwii quite prevalent over the entire county. It is believed that some of Ihe thefts have been committed locally and lhat others have been commltttd by a gang working on state wide scale. The officers have been working1 for many months in an effoit to apprehend some of these thlevex, but the arrests made Sundav were Ihe firHt to remili. Visitor From Dillard Mrs (1. V Hover rtuhb-nt of !!llaid. wan In tnin city Saturday vetting and trading OFFICERS "NOT GUILTY 4 f -(tr.t Pri Ix-a-eM Wir. ) (II A NTS I ASS, Ore., Oct. 1-11. W. Ilowatd and Ti. R IMtieliart, of the state traffic department, were found not 4 guilty lute Saturday on a ) charce of shooting deer after n ght with ue of butomoldle ! hendlirhtn. The two traffic offti era were ihe ones dls- milled by Traffic Chief T. A Itnffertv last we-k for the si- leged offense, A. M. Kranse enteral "n plci of guilty to the charire, rxoferattng the t'o traffic officers fn his confession. t 0 was fined IlIKV The rae wan hoard before he Gold I f tt ins- i tlce of the pwe.