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An Independent Newspaper, Published for
the Beet Interests of the People
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
Day's News
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929.
VOL. XX NO. 107 OF THE EVENING NEWS
OL. XXIX NO. 336 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ity FRANK JENKINS
CrAlUCE Al" Cupone,
prob
ably the best known of Chi
cago's underworld citizens, is sent
to prison for a year fur carrying
a loaded pistol.
Poor old Scanace! He used rot
ten judgment. lie .should have mur
dered a dozen rival gangsters and
possibly a few innocent bystanders,
vl(h a machine gun.
Then the police of the great city
of Chicago would have been "baf
fled." There would have been a
week of thrilling scarehecds In the
Chicago papers and after that the
excitement would have died until
the next outrage. But Scarfuce tot
ed a pistol, so he has to go to jail.
Great Is Chicago, und amazing is
Chicago's brand of law enforce
merit! IT Is assorted by a few cynics that
Scarface rushed into the arms of
the police and sought sanctuary In
jail in order to save himself from
rival gangsters. This is hotly de
nied by the police, who maintain
that Cupone was "treated just like
any other criminal."
Probably he was. That, as a mat
ter of fact. Is what is wrong with
Chicago. Capone's major crimes go
unpunished, but he is slapped
ostentatiously on the wrist for a
minor offense.
Under such circumstances, it is
no wonder that law enforcement is
a joke In Chicago.
lJEWSPAPERS over the country
' arc publishing k syndicated
photograph ot Miss Henriette Han
sen, of Eugene, who teaches school
at Eden, Oregon, which -is located
in the near vicinity of Coquille.
Under the photograph appears this
statement:
"Teaching school In Eden, Oro.,
Is no paradise, for Miss Henriette
Hansen, twenty, of Eugene. Ore.,
who herds her six pupils iuto a
one-room school house surrounded
by a high fence to keep out bears
and cougars. Eden is situated in
Eden Valley and is said to be the
most isolated section remaining in
the United States."
"A high fence tn keep out bears
nd cougars!" The correspondent
who sent that out knew his onions.
A statement such as that is enough
In sell stories and pictures all over
the East, where the idea of having
to fence the varmints out of coun
try schools is regarded as thrilling
and romantic.
npiIE East's ideas of the West
amusing, and wc out here never
tire of laughing at Iheni.
There Is the stock question, for
example, which Westerners from
the north Pacific coast are regit
larly asked when back East: "So
you live in Seattle. (Assuming that
yon are from Seattle.) Let's see. I
have a friend named So-and-So In
I.ns Angeles. Do you know him?"
To the typical Easterner, it ap
pears altogether likely that resi
dents of Seattle and Los Angeles
borrow sugar and coffee back and
forth over their line fences.
The East's Ignorance of
West Is something abysmal.
the
TVT let us not be too much like
- the PhnrtseP In our criticisms
of the Fast. We have a few pet no-
lions of our own out here that are
t titiIIv about as ridiculous as some
of the ideas of us that are held by
Kasterners.
One of these ideas, to which we
cling with a death grip, is that all
New Yorkers are gay and reckless
merrymakers who spend all their
time on the Great White Way and
who sow money up and iliwn that
thoroughfare with both hands.
npIIK simple truth is that average
New Yorkers, like the average
citizens of other cities' of the popu
lous Fust, are about the same sort
of people one would meet anywhere
else in Ihe Cnit'-d States.
They work hard, go to be 1 rea
sonably early, and because they
have to ride to work on crowded
trains and subway cars they arise
at an hour that would appall most
of us out here in the comfortabl
West.
'TMIIS is a vast country. Its ex
tremes are separated by tre
mendous distances. It Is not sur
prising that the people of one sec
tion should not understand fully
the people of other remote sections
What IS surprising is that" the
people of this vat country are
really welded as clorely together as
they an
WIDOW SUES
GENETUNNEY
TOR BIG SUM
Divorcee Seeks Heart
Balm of $500,000.
Ex-Boxing Champion Broke
Vow to Marry Her, Says
Mrs. K. K. Fogarty.
PROPERTY ATTACHED
Acquaintance of Pugilist
Made in 1925, Recites
Complaint, Filed in
Connecticut.
(Awotatwt Prowl Leaned Wire)
NEW HAVEN. Conn., May
2 I . Announcement was made
here today that papers in a
suit for alleged breach of prom
ise of marriage with $500,000
claimed damages, brought by
Mrs. Katherine King rogarty,
30, of New York City, against
James (Gene) Tunney, retired
heavyweight boxing champion,
had been sent to Bridgeport to
be entered in the superior civil
court of Fairchild county.
It was stated at the office of
Colonel Lewis L. Field, who
signed the writ as commission
er of the superior court, that
attention was being given de
tails of garnisheeing all banks
in Stamford and Greenwich in
which there was a possibility
that Tunney had a bank ac
count. It was stated that attach
ment had been entered against
Tunney s estate, bought about
a year ago in Stamford for a
country home and which is as
sessed for $14,000.
Plaintiff Is Divorcee
Mrs. Fogarty formerly lived In
Fort Worth, Tex., where she se
cured a divorce. Colonel Field said
she is now in Connecticut, but de
clined io say where she was stay
ing. Re said that at the present
time there would be no further in
formaiion about the ca.se. other
than contained in the papers which
would he on file in the superior
court at Uridgeport.
Mrs. Fogarty, it is understood,
met Tunney at Hot Springs, Ark.,
in the early part of 1!(2F. She ob
tained her divorce from John rog
arty, it is understood, on May 29
(Continued on page. 7)
SENATE AND HOUSE
DEADLOCK ON FARM
BILL IS UNBROKEN
f A.viat-1 I'n-M Iawl Wire)
WASHINGTON. May 21. The
farm relief conference committee
broke up again today without
reaching an agreement after house
conferees flatly declined to ask
the house to vote directly on the
disputed export debenture plan.
Senate conferees Insisted a house
vote on the debenture proposition
would enable them to report back
to the senate with more hope of
having a compromise agreement
approved. This the house mem
bers refused to do.
The house group said the farm
bill passed at their side of the
capitol had the approval of Presi
dent Hoover mid that he would
veto any measure containing the
debenture section. They argued
it was useless to continue any ne
gotiations so long as the debenture
plan was not side tracked.
FORMER KLAMATH
MINISTER FACES
BIGAMY CHARGE
f A'rint-t IT (-a-l Wir-)
KLAMATH FALLS. Oie., May
21. A deputy sheriff was today on
his way to Spokane here he wilt
take into custody I. J. Good, alias
K. J. Goodrich, charged here with
bigamy. Good will be returned to
Klamath Falls for trial.
Good left here several weeks ago
after a warrant charging him with
hieamy had been sworn In. He Is
alleged to have married a prorji
nent. Klamath woman while still
married to a woman in Indiana
Good was at one time a minister
but sold automobiles and real es
tate in Klamath Falls.
The Rev. Frank L. V. emett, pas
tor of the Methodist church, and
the Rev. P. V. Haicht, pastor of lh
Presbyterian church, are th com
plaining witnesses.
STAFF PHYSICIAN
125TH TO DIE FROM
CLINIC HOLOCAUST
(AtiaocIitMl Pre Leawd Wirt)
CLKVKLA N II, M ay 21. Dr.
George W. llelcher, staff physician
of the Cleveland clinic, succumbed
today to the effects of poisonous
gas which filled the building af
ter two explosions last Wednesday.
He was the 12"th victim of the dis
aster. He was the seventh physician at
the clinic to die of the fumes, gen
erated by burning X-Ray films in a
basement store room. He was a
specialist in diseases of the blad
der and was a leader In research
in his field.
Four others were in a critical
condition from the noxious poison
today. Henry V. Lustlg. a patient
In the clinic at the time of the ex
plosions, was not expected to live.
E
BY PRESIDENT
Two Ex-Cabinet Officers
and Notables in Legal
Profession Among
the Personnel.
Work May Take at Least 2
Years Time; Wets and
Drys Preparing to
Wage Battle.
BY JAMES L. WEST
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. May 21. Presi
dent Hoover today invited l tie
eleven members of his newly ap-
nointed law enforcement commis
sion to meet with him at the
White House Tor luncheon May 28.
Ten lawyers and a woman
educator, will comprise the mem
bership of the commission.
George W. Wicket-sham, attor
ney general In the Taft admini
stration and president of the
American Law institute, who will
head the commission, will have
another former cabinet officer,
Newton I). Haker. of Cleveland war
secretary in the Wilson administra
tion, sitting at his tight as rank
ing member of the commission.
The others will be three federal
judges. William S. Kenyon of
Iowa, William 1. Grubb of Ala
bama, and Paul J. McCormlck of
California; four eminent attor
neys, Itoscoe Pound of the Har
vard law school; Henry W. Ander
son of Richmond. Virginia, Monte
M. Lemann of New Orleans, presi
dent of the Louisiana Itar asso
ciation, and Frank J. Loesch. vice
president of the Chicago crime
commission; a former jurist. Ken
neth It. Mackintosh of Washington
state, and one educator. Miss Ada
L. Comstock, president of Had
cilfe college, Cambridge, Massa
chusetts.
The commission is expected
get at its work within a short lime
and conceded ly has before it the
; most stupeixluous undertaking of
any similar body In the history of
the country. Guesses as to the
length of time it will require tor
the completion of the job vary, but
even the most optimistic agree that
final report Is not to be ex- !
pected within a year and a half
or two years.
Comments Favorable
While the official White House
announcement of the personnel
designated the body as the national
law enforcement commission, its
chief function appears to be asso
ciated in the popular mind with
prohibition enforcement. This
trend of thought is clearly reflect
ed In the comments on the selec
tions made by leading members
of congress.
Generally speaking these com
ments were fa vol able, with some
of the drys as well as the wets
rather enthusiastic and decidedly
hopeful of some concrete results
so far as the whole prohibition
question is concerned.
One man prominent among the
anti-prohibitionists. Senator Edge
of New Jersey, railed on the ex
tremists on both sides of the con
troversy to let the commission
function and read its conclusions
without interference from them In
the way of a campaign to shape
the outcome of the inquiry.
Foes Ready to Testify
Another wet, Reprifntatlve La
guardta of New York, announced
that he would have "some startl
ing information" to give the In
vestigators. Robert H. Curran. president of
the association against the prohi
bition amendment, said his oiganj
zatlon would present the case
against prohibition, having already
obtained the promise from the
White House that It would he given
full opportunity to be heard not
only against the Volstead act, but
(Continued on page S)
LEVEN NAMED
ON CREIvtE BOARD
OREGON STATE
BAPTISTS MEET
I'l CONVENTION
Annual Session of Church
Is Being Held in This
City, Continuing
Over Friday.
Ministers and Women Hold
ing Devotional and Busi- '
ness Meetings; Lay
men Tonight.
The Oregon State Baptist con
vention opened here last night
with a brief devotional service.
The morning and afternoon pro
grams today were given over to
conferences of the ministers and to
a meeting of women, with the
main convention scheduled to open
tonight,
Pelegates from the various
churches of the state were arriving
throughout the day. and It is esti
mated that there will be nearly
200 ministers and laymen present
tonfgiit I
The convention will continue In
session until Friday noon, and wiil
b? featured each day by addresses
by prominent religious leaders of
the Baptist church.
Arthur W. Harris, president of
the Northern Baptist convent la'.i,
national head of the church organi
zation, and W. G. Boyle, head of
the Laymen's league, both from
New York City, will be present
Thursday and will address the ban
quet to he held on that evening.
The program held at the church
last night was devotional In char
acter, being featured by an ad
dress on "The Holy Spirit" a sub
ject that Dr. C. M. Cllne of Port
land is presenting, continuing the
study at this morning's meeting.
Women in Session
While the ministers met In a
conference this morning In the re
cently constructed annex to the
church, the Woman's State society
convened In the church auditorium
with Mrs. E. J. Dunphy of Portland
presiding.
Talks were made by Mrs. A. Tes
ter, the state secretary; Mrs. C. I).
Hageman, treasurer; Mrs. H. E.
('lose of the slate association, and
by sectional directors Mrs. O. H.
Neptune, Albany; Mrs. W. C. Lea
vitt. Redmond; Mrs. J. W. Hoat
son, Grande Ronde; Mrs. Effle
Daily, Medford; Mrs. F. P. Oswald.
Helix; Mrs. K. T. Smith. Eugene;
Mrs. Peane Howersox, Monmouth,
and Mrs. H. M. Sherwood, Port
land. The afternoon was given over lo
a business session and group con
( Continued on page '.i)
FIRST SUBMARINE
RAISED FROM THE
BOTTOM OF SEA
I Ax iati'il Vti-m Ia-hwcI Wire)
COLON, Canal one, May 21. A
United Slates submarine and Its
crew were raised from (he; bottom
of the sea for the first time In navy
history on May 17, In Panama Bay
The S-U, which went down to a
depth of S7 Teet, was found by the
submarines S-12 and S-20 and was
raised by the rescue ship Mallard a
few hours later.
Naval officers here were so Im
pressed with the demonstration
that they said no disaster such as
followed the sinking" of the S-fil or
the S-4 was now possible.
The crew of the S-1I stayed In
the compartments not sup.Kised to
be flooded during the entire test
and did not experience any dis
comfort. They received food by
means of the submarine signal
ejector which was operated from
inside the craft. The sea was
choppy while the test was in prog
ress.
WORLD'S LARGEST
M. E. CONFERENCE
MADE BY MERGER
rAiwittH IrM liH WirO
TACOMA, Wash., May 21. A
merger of the Columbia river and
Puget sound conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal church was
consummated in Seattle Monday,
according to Or. Edward H. Todd,
president of the College of Paget
Sound and active In the prelimin
ary negotiations. Th action of
the merger commission at its meet
itig climaxed negotiations extend
ing over the past year. The joint
conference, embracing most of the
Pacific northwest in said to be the
largest Methodist conference In Ihe
world.
Biahop Titus Low of Portland
Is president of the new conference.
Robert Hartley of Aberdeen is sec
retary and Dr. R. L. fiprflrue of
Taroma was elected treasurer. The
conference will hold it first ses
sion September 17 in Spokane.
Birthplace of
G.O.P.ToHold
Jubilee June 8
(Afucciated Frew I-enwil Wire)
RIPON. Wis., May 21. Up here,
come June 8, the folks are going
to celebrate the diamond jubilee
of the republican party, much to
the disgust of Jackson, Mich.
Michigan histories say Jackson
was without doubt the birthplace
of republicanism. Wisconsin his
tories say Ripon was without
doubt the birthplace of republican
ism. To settle the argument. Ri
pon decided to hold a celebration.
None of which has anything to
do with Herbert, the $25.0(11) ele
phant engaged to march in the par
ade here. He will be the symbol
of the party's might or its thick
skinnedness, depending upon
whether one is looking through
republican or democratic glasses.
Herbert was named at least
chronologically after the presi
dent of the United Stntes. His re
gular boarding house is the Lincoln
Park Zoo, Chicago, but his man
agers consented to let him parti
cipate here with the understanding
that he lead the parade. There
also was the matter of posting
$30,000 bond to insure Herbert's
safe return.
The present arrangement Is for
the pachyderm to travel from Chi
cago to Ripon on the special train
of James W. Good, secretary of
war, to whom this muy be news.
E
Of SCHOOL BOY
Walter Finke Kills Rival,
Herbert Beem, 18, Then
Fires Bullet Into
His Own Body.
Jefferson High, Portland,
Tragedy Scene; Slayer
on Verge of Death
in Hospital.
(AmucIhIih Prom Leum'il Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 21.
Barely conscious, his mind para
lyzed by shock, Walter Finke, lti-yuar-old
slayer of his schoolboy ri
val for the affect ions of a girl,
rested on a hospital cot today
while around him went on a buttle
to save his life.
. Three bullet from Finke's pistol
tore three innnal wounds in the
body of Herbert Deem, IS, when
r hike accosted him in the cur
rldor of Jefferson high school here
late yesterday. As Ueeni crumpl
ed to the floor within touch of a
hundred hoys and girls gathered in
the corridor, Finke pressed ihu
muzzle or his pistol to his own
breast and pressed the trigger. A
.bullet, It ore through his chest,
above the heart.
Two Alternatives
Today he hovered between life
and death. A surgeon said this
morning: "If a hemorrhage doe:
not occurr within the next few
hours, the boy will have u chance
to live."
From the district attorney's or
flee the word:
"If Finke lives he will be charg
ed with first degree murder."
When he learned that Finke wan
but Hi years old, the district at
torney said a formal charge of
murder would be tiled against Ihe
boy and that his case would be
remanded to the court of domestic
relations.
With that court will lie the re
sponHibllity of either reluming the
case to circuit court or sentencing
Finke to the slate reform school
until he is 21 years old.
If the case goes back to circuit
court the boy will he treated as an
adult, if convicted of first degree
murder, may be hanged or sent
enced to life, the district attorney
said.
Today, barely conscious, Finke
was unable to sneak. Hospital at
tendants said lie apparently real
izes little of Him tragedy lie pro
voked. Kill Threats Told
Police today questioned Mildred
Knott. Hi year old high school
girl, whose attentions were sought
by both Finke and Iteem. she said
that "a half dozen times at least"
Finke had threatened to kill her
if she did not stop going with
Beeni.
"He threatened to kill Herbert,
who he had never seen." the girl
continued. "Then he told me he
didn't mean It. But every time I
saw hir he started quarrelling
about my friendship for Herbert.
I told him that if he left that way
I never wanted to nee him again."
Yesterday afternoo Finke went
to Jfferson nigh sen! and talk
(Conllnued on page 2)
PI OVER GIRL
CAUSES MURDER
COUNGIL
1 -V."' ....ts"
dUt!
U
SHARP REPLY TO
Purchase of Street Roller
Held Regular and Upon
Recommendation of
Budget Board.
Criticism of Transaction Is
Declared Motivated by
Executive's "Rule
or Ruin" Idea.
A direct answer to the criticism
of Mayor Hoover regarding the pur
chase of a roller for street repair
work was presented In a statement
by the city council at the regu
lar meeting last night. The state
ment declares that the mayor Is
endeavoring to put the council
"In a hole" by a "rule or ruin"
method and also points out that the
responsibility for street mainten
ance is placed In the council and
not witli the mayor, who Is an ad
visory officer only In that re
spect. The council points out that be
fore the roller was ordered that a
careful Investigation was made and
Ihe action taken In accordance with
desire to do efficient and econ-
uomlcal work In making the repairs
deemed to he absolutely necessary
It is further stated that the money
for the equipment was authorized
by the budget committee, which
also saw the need for a largo ex
penditure on street repairs this
year, feeling that it is better to
keen the streets in repair than al
low them lo go entirely to pieces
and then replace the entire pave
ment.
The complete statement present
ed was as follows:
With reference to the road
roller proposed to bo purchased
for the city which Is referred to
in the message of the mayor pre
scutcd May 6. 1929, the council
feels that It has been placed In an
improper Ifuht by (his message
When this matter came before Ihe
council on April lf, 1!2!L the
mayor, Instead of referring the
matter lo the council as a whole
for investigation, ordered the
port filed.
Repairs Needed
At Ihe meeting. City Engineer
Eppsteiu and Mr. Frew, after hav
ing checked over the paved streets
of the city at ihe request of the
council, submitted a report show
ing that the following repairs were
required during the summer ol
1!)2!: pavement lo be replaced by
new material Court street twenty
live square yards, Kane street ten
squan; yards, Douglas street twelve
square yards, Main street fifty
. square yards, Mosher street twenty
square yards, I-ullerton street ten
square yards. Lane street ten
square yards, Washington street
twenty five square yards. Pine
street forty square yards. Mill
street twenty square yards. Oak
street one hundred square yards,
Stephens street badly broken over
entire length, requiring extensive
(Continued on page 6)
FAMINE-STRICKEN
CHINESE SUBSIST
BY CANNIBALISM
MNMH-uffil In- f.-ji.w. Win-)
PKK1NC, May 21. Cannibalism
In the famine-slrlcken province of
Kansu was shown to be a common
prnetirp in the report of V. An
drew, an Investluator. to the China
International reii.-f commission.
Andrew said he bad specialty
Investigated inatiy reports of can
nlbalism. Near Chine-Nine h
found that 3-r bandits had been
killed and devoured by the raven
ous Inhabitants.
Andrew look statements from
people who witnessed this and
other cases. In some places, be
Haid, the inhabitants were starving
because they hail no money to buy
the little existing food, and in
others because there was no food
however much they were willing to
pay.
STUDENT DROWNED
IN PAJAMA RUSH
(Awiald pri-mi hannl Wire)
NKW HItl'NSWICK. N. J May
21. The annual pajama rush, last
ff the year's Inler-Hass hattleH al
Rutgers university, ended tragi
cally in the drowning of a free
man in the JiHawure and Itnrltan
canal.
William L. Farrier, 19 years old.
of Jersey City, sank in the muddy
waters ttl the ranal uhen with a
half doen other freshmen he leap
ed into the stream to escape pur
suing sophomore last night.
He was pulled out unconscious
five minutes later by clast-mates
and died without regaining con
, sclousness.
MAYOR HOOVER
LAST OF NOTED
VICTORIANS IS
DEATH VICTIM
( ' a!
V" V V
LORD ROSEBE(?Y
(AuMU'lutwl l'niw LoumiI Wire)
KI'SOM. Knir., My 21. The
Earl of ltosi'bpry, 82, former Lib
eral prime minister nml one ot the
lust of I'lnBlHtHlH greatest Victori
ans, died today at ills home near
here, after a brief Illness.
Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth
Karl of Uosebery, who became
prime minister ot England ut the
request ot tjneen Victoria upon
the retirement of Wllllum tilud
stone lu 1S!4, was n man of many
parts, and few huve equaled him
In the versatility of his genius.
Karly In life lie predicted that he
would do three things win Ihe
derby, marry an hell-ess, und he
come premier of England ull of
which lie did. In fact he was three
times winner of the derby.
He ninrrled Hannah, only daugh
ter of Huron de Kothschlld, thus
becoming one of the richest men
In the empire, anil In ISM ha cap
tured both Ihe derby and premier
ship. When Chaiinc.ey leiew heard
of. these two favors from the hand
of fortune, ho sent the famous
cable lo ItoHebery:
"Jlcaven alone Is left to ho won
T
SUBJECT OF PLOT
Writer Threatens to Steal
Youngest Daughter of
Father of Lindy's
Future Bride.
(AKHfifluP'il Vrwm 1.1'hwiI Win-)
IIOSTON, May 21. The llonlon
Post In a copyiighled story tw.a)
says hwlght W. Morrow, ambassa-!
dor to Mexico ami father of Anne i
Morrow, fiancee of Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh, has been made sub
Ject of a $f0.Mii extortion plot. The
money, the Post asserts, was de
manded under penalty of torture
and death or IiIh youngest daugh
ter, lfi-year-old Conmance Morrow,
a student at Milton academy.
The newspaper says it has learn
ed that Ihe receipt by the girl of
two threatening letters was di
rect ly i esponsihle for last Satur
day's secret flight by Lindbergh
and members of the Morrow fam
ily from the Morrow home at
Knglewood, N. J., to their summer
place at North Haven, Me.
It was also responsible for the
detective guard which has since
stood vigil over the Island retreat
of Ihe Morrows in Maine and for
the Impersonation of Constance
by another girl at the Milton aca
demy while Constance was being
spirited away to join the airplane
flight.
Writer Doesn't Appear
The l ost declines it has learn
ed that when Mtss Morrow re
ceived the first letter she show
ed it lo school authorities. Her
family was notified ami a guard
assigned to her. When Ihe sec
ond demand was made It gave de
(filled instructions how and where
the money was to be placed and
named last Saturday afternoon as
the time.
At ibis juncture Mr. Morrow's
former partners In the firm of .1.
P. Morgan and Company were ap
pealed to ami the services of fed
eral operatives were enlisted, but
although Miss Morrow's Imperson
ator adhered strictly to the instruc
tions no one appeared to claim the
package.
In ihe meantime, the Post as
serts, the fjuick ttip to M;'.lne was
planned and Miss Morrow's arrival
in New York wan timed for Colonel
Lindbergh's hopoff. The aviator
ditl not use his regular field In a
further attempt to throw the would
be kidnapers off the trait.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth LaVloletfe
of King Hull, Idaho, are visiting for
a fortnight or longer with Mrs.
LaVlolette's mother. Mrs. R. A.
llercher ot Dillard, w
FREW KEPT
ON JOB AFTER
TORRID TILT
Council Reappoints On
Own Responsibility.
Street Head Employee, Not
an Officer, Contention
in Resolution. . .
PAYMENTS LEGALIZED
Mayor and Attorney Stage
Wordy Combat; Martin
Ousted as Special
Policeman. ,
One of the most heated
meetings of the city council
since the new administration
took office, occurred last night,
when the council and mayor
went to the mat on the matter
of street commissioner or street
superintendent, with the coun
cil taking the first fall. Declar
ing George Frew to be an em
ployee and not an officer, and
basing its action on the position
that all employees are hired by
the council and not appointed
by the mayor, the council
adopted a resolution retaining
Mr. Frew as street superintend
ent, fixing his salary and legal
izing payments already madfet
him. The action followed a
heated argument between May
or Hoover and Attorney Carl
Wimberly, who appeared on
behalf of Mr. Frew. The mayor
objected to the presentation of
Frew's case but Attorney Wim
berly contended that he could
not be prevented from offering
his position in open meeting,
and insisted on going ahead'
with his statement, which was
frequently interrupted by the
mnyor. A heated exchange oc
curred in which the attorney
challenged the authority of the
mayor to act in the case.
The council also took occas
ion to present a statement re
warding its position in the pur
chase of street equipment, and
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MELLON QUOTES
BEN FRANKLIN IN
DENYING REPORTS
(Ai(-iji(il rn-wi Wfro)
W A H 1 1 1 N( i TON, M ay 2 1 Th 0
office of Secretary Melton In mak
ing public a statement today by
the treasury department head, an
nounced that the secretary had not
resigned and had no intention of
doing so.
The statement or Mr. Mellon is
sued at his office said:
"My altitude as to the question
of resignation is the same as lien
jamtn Franklin's was under sim
ilar circumstances, when he said:
am deficient, I am afraid, in the
Christian virtue of resignation."
Jteceritly reports have persisted
l hat Mc. Mellon was about to re
tire from the cabinet. They have
been denied at his office and to
lay the secretary took cognizance
of the reports by issuing a state
ment. MOCK WAR OF AIR
FLEETS TAKES 2ND
AVIATOR'S LIFE
f Awxrf-liitt-H I'rrwi !. wi Wire)
YKLLOW SPItlNt.S. Ohio.. May
2L- Killed on a flight of friendly
greeting between rival airmen in
the raited States army air and
ground war game In Ohio, Second
Lieut. Klorin W. Shade today was
the second victim of the maneu
vers. He was killed in a plane
crash near hero late yesterday.
Second Lieut. Ktlwnrd Meadow lost
bis life in a head on collision witb
another plane Saturday.
Ho was flying at about 200 feet
altitude when the engine stopped,
according to P. A. iKmley, near
whose home the plane fell. Shade
was dead when taken fimn the
wreckage. U was said that his
switches were closed and that the
safety belt was loosed, indicating
that the officer kuew he was to
crash.
The plane was a single seater of
the pursuit type. Shade was re
garded as one of the crack pilots
ut his unit.
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