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Newspaper Page TextT It Will Soon be Time to Assemble Tackle for the Annual Run of Chinook; Also to Bring Forth the Family Fly Swatter WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 45 Lowest temperature last night 33 Precipitation 24 hours 19 Total precip. lor mouth 2.15 Precip. siuce Sept. 1, 1929 :i5.52 VOL. XXXI NO. 32 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1930. VOL. XX NO. 271 OrS THE EVENING NEWS fMl JUXJ . WEATHER FORECAST "T ftf(H tMi Roaelmne: Forecast for south- i- j;'- J fgjAj yTE DoTiGLAS COUNTY DAILY ! : ! -- "' -' Fugitive Slain By Benton County BULLETFIRED AT LEGS HI S Deputy Sheriff Scliloeman Uses Gun When Alleged Forger Attempts to Outrun Posse. Slain Man Geo. Thomas Of Portland His Voman Companion Placed Under Arrest. (Agsorlntcd Preni Loawrt Wire) mnVAl.LIS. Ore., Feb. 21. Ocorite Thomas, 2G. of Portland, was killed, and his companion. Mrs. Maurine Brown was captured last night after Thomas had threatened the lives of a group of cltlzans who pursued them after the pair had heen accused of pass ing bad checks. Thomas was killed by a bullet from the revolv-' er of Deputy Sheriff Carl Schloe nian. The deputy was called by a rhllomath store which had ac cepted one of Thomas checks. The call said Thomas and Mrs. Brown, dressed in man's clothing, had been cornered and would be held until the deputy arrived. When Sehloeman reached Philo math he found that Thomas and Mrs. Brown had broken away from their captors and had run out of town. A group of citizens pursued !he pair and surrounded them a mile out of the village. Fired at- Less Ah the pursuers closed in Thom is picked up a club and threatened In kill anyone who approached. The pair then started to run across a field. Sehloeman fired one shot In the air but Thomas did not turn. The pursued man started to rlimb a fence and the deputy fired at his legs. Just as Sehloeman fired Thomas dropped down on the other side and the bullet went through his chest. He dieil In a few minutes. An Inquest will he held Monday. The sheriff's office said the pair had operated In Stayton February 11. and had passed bad checks in other nearby communities. Thev visited Corvallls and Philomath several times in the past, and In 1927 passed several hundred dol lars' worth cf bad checks in those two towns. The same names were used on all cherks. . Cn'-t Prh'nrn"'!. the deputy naturd in the f''nve iltanntch. is a son of Mr. and Mrs. August Sehloe man and a brother of Mrs. Elmer MrKean of Roseburg. He was born nt the former family home at Oak Creek, ca-t of this city. He has been a deputy sheriff of Benton county for about ten years past. v MEMBERS OF TAFT FAMILY SUMMONED (AseoolntM Prcsi Loawd Wire) W A SHI NG TON. Feb. 2 1 . Fat 1 ure of William Howard Taft to rain ground during the last week today prompted those who are at his hedside to summon members of the family who are out of the city to come to Washington. While there was nothing to indi cate bis condition had taken a sud den turn for the wo"sc. It was said those carina for the former presi dent and chief justice felt some npprehension over a lack of Im provement. i o ROTARY HEARS TALK ON GEO. WASHINGTON Delivering a masterful address on George Washington, Rev. Chas. Edwards told the Rotary club yes terday of the life and work of the famous patriot whose birthday is celebrated this week. A quartet composed of Bill Whipple, Hamlll A. Canaday, A. J. Oeddeg and Le roy Watt, accompanied by Mrs. C. S. Heinline, sang a group of pa triotic songs. The next meeting of the club will be the annual banquet to the teachers of the Itoseburg school and will be held next Thursday evening at the Umoqua hotel. President Charles Lockwood called the attention of the members to the fact that next Wednesday is the 25th anniversary of the foun dm Ion of Rotary. Walter Carter of Vancouver. Washington, and E. C. Corn of ' Medford were visiting Rotarians. MAN IN CHEST MILES LINEN MILL AT SALEM BOUGHT BY BARBOUR BROS. (Associated Pres Leased Wire) SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21 The Bar bour Brothers company of New York City, among the. largest linen thread and twine manufacturers In the world, has purchased the out standing treasury stock In the Miles Linen mill of Salem amount ing to 150,000. Prediction Is made of an early doubling of the $200, OpO capital stock of the mill. In ad dition It Is predicted that the pres ent capacity of the mill will be doubled in the near future, probab ly during the coming summer. .Invasion of the Oregon thread and twine field by eastern capital interested in flax development to the magnitude of the Barbour company is the consummation of a dream of 65 years. The first flax for linen purposes In the valley was grown near Jefferson in this county by Charles Miller in -1875 and captured an award at the cen tennial celebration at Philadelphia in 1876. T One mile of grading on the Ore gon coast highway, which will cost too .000 in Douglas county, was au thorized) by the Btatft highway com mission yesterday at a special ses sion held In Portland. The unit will be north of Gardiner, and will be financed on a 'cooperative basis. The commission received assur-; ances that Douglas county will con tribute $20,000; the road district at Gardiner will contribute $5000. and as those offerings are on a 25 per cent basis. It will mean n $100,000 job. The construction at that point is extremely heavy, as most of the road will have to be blasted out of solid rock. Bids for this nroject will be advertised for the March meet ing, so that the work should be un der way early In summer. UNEMPLOYED MOB IN CHICAGO STAGES FIGHT WITH POLICE f AMorlalrd Ttch I-onwri Win) CHICAGO. ' Feb. 21.--SeveraI hundred men and women milled about the city hall today In pro test against unemployment. Squads of mounted police charged the throng, using bllies to keep the lenders from haranguing the mob that quickly gathered. Seven per sons suffered bruised heads, and several were arrested. The boldest of the marchers was young girl who bobbed up on rostrum every time she was pulled down by the police. She was one of the dozen or more herded into natrol and taken awav. Handbills urslng the unemnloved , to "join the International demon- stratlon atminst Thursday, March I about. unemployment were tossed BOSTON, Feb. 21. Approxi mately 20 striking earment work ers todav Invaded the work room of the Imperial Dress company and attacked employes. One man was slashed across the neck with a sharp instrument and about 20 other men and women were pum melled. 25 YEARS FOR WIFE WHO SLEW HUSBAND fAortHntM T'row. ia-M Wlrr) KIVr.SVILLE. Tex.. Feb. 21. (Charles Hackney, wanted at. Pen Vn. Maude Lone was'convlcted of ! dleton. Oreeon. on foreery charg- noisoning her hnbind. .Tim Long, hv n jury here todav aM her pun thmeni wa fixed at 25 years In th penitentiary. Mrs. Lone was accused by the "tnte of having rid herself of her huband. p winter. In order to car ry on an illicit love affair with Pat Smith, a 14 year-old boy. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC ' IN MISSOURI AREA COLI'MRIA. Mo.. Feh. 21 All students of the University of Mis souri, two ffifls' colleges bere and the loral ebnnls nr being vac Hnntrf rtt RpiRllnnT as a r ult of an outbreak of the disease in the county. Nine new cne all of tbm neeroes. were repor'ed 1 i fn health pmhn--Me -rctprnJv. t There ure more than thirty cases in the county. s. PENALTY MURDER First of Sex to Be Hanged in Arizona Six Other Women on Scaffold as Witnesses. Meets Fate Calmly, Makes No Confession; Killed Employer to Get ' His Estate. fAiwnriatml I'rost IomhI Wire) FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb. 21. The name of Eva Dugan, mother of two children, today was written on the pages of Arizona history as the first of her sex to be legally exe cuted in the name of the sovereign state. The 52-year-old housekeeper, con victed of the Blaylng in 1927 'of A. J. Mathis, her employer, on his ranch near Tucson, shortly before dawn calmly walked up the 13 steps leading to the gallows and smiled as she stood on the trap while pris on officials adjusted the black hood about her head. No Weakness Shown y Unshaken In her resolve to "show the world I can take my medicine," she went to her death without making a last minute state ment. Surveying the crowd of spec tators and prison wilnesaes, she clasped the hand of Warden Lor enzo Wright and said "Good-bye, Daddy Wright." A few seconds la ter tlie trap was sprung and Eva Dugan's account with justice was marked "paid In full." Mrs. Dugan was the first woman to receive the death sentence in Arizonn. It also was the first time in the history of the state that members of her sex were permitted to Bland on the scaffold as wit nesses to an execution. Six women, five of them invited to witness the hanging, Blood with heads bowed as the noose was fitted about the neck of the condemned woman, and shuddered as the steel trap clanged to plunge the body Into eternity. The Bix'h woman, a prison matron, accompanied Mrs. D'1,Tin on her trip to the gai'ows and it was her last wisli that the matron stay with her until the end. Story of Her Crime Mrs. Dugan was convicted of the murder In Januarv. 1927. of Mathis. aged Tucson rancher-recluse, in or der to gain possession of his prop erty. The body of Mathis was not found until a vear later, when Rearchers found it buried In a shal low quick-lime filled grave, at a lonely spot on his desert ranch. Meanwhile Mrs. Dugan drove arrosa country in Mathis' automo- bile and later was arrested in White Plains. N. Y., on an auto theft charge. She was roturned to Tucson where she Inid authorities I that Mathis hid given her the tomoblle just before he left the ranch on a long trip. She emphati cally denied knowledge of Mathis' whereabouts, and authorities were unable to connect her with the rancher's disappearance. With the finding of the body, however, a formal murder charge was placed against the woman. Unknown Boy Blamed She testified at her trial that a 19-year-old youth known to her ony as "Jack" had committed the Continued on page 6, Story PRISONER BREAKS JAIL IN ONE DAY TWIN FALLS. Idaho. Feb. 21. hrnke through the bars on his window and eocopd from the Je rome county jail last nieht. Five other nrisoners In the same cell refused to take advantage of the opportunity t o escane. Hackney bad "ent onlv about 24 hours In the jail. MABFL WILLF.BR ANDT SPEEDS, FINED $10 Mwwfalwl Prp Tarfl Wirl WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. MabM Vi;er Willehrandt. former as sistant attorney general in chare of prohibition enforcement, plead ed fiintv tmlav In nolle rout to char "f speeding and paid a fir.n of nn I Mr" Willehrandt was arrest "d t FHdv bv a nolifenan who 1 he wsi driving er entomo- vi at hour. a sped of 38 miles an Persecution of Christians By Soviet Government Scathingly Denounced By British Officiate (Associated Press Leased Wire) LONDON. Feb. 2 1 . While the spokesman for the labor government admonished them not to get "hysterical, ' conserva tive peers in the house of lords last night bitterly attacked the soviet government for alleged persecution of christians- in Rus sia and for spreading communist propaganda abroad. The archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, declared he proposed to make a most exhaustive inquiry into the charges of religious persecution in Russia. "I have received much in formation which greatly increases both the gravity and difficulty of the subject." he said. The archbishop added he would raise the whole matter in parlia ment when the church investiga tion was complete. Lord Mirkenhead. former secre tary of state for India, had initiat ed the discussion. He asked what understanding the government had reached with Russia before the re sumption of diplomatic relations. The soviet regime was the "most unworthy and perhaps the most criminal In the history of the world," he added. . As regards the undertaking by the Soviet to refrain from propa ganda, Lord Birkenhead said the IT A. A. 'Smith, arrested in Port land In connection with the swindl ing of 30 painters, who paid $190 upon the offer or work at burns. Oregon. Is not the man knoVn here as W. O; Hall, alias. Perry, wanted on a charge of kidnapping, pacing worthless cnecks, and larceny. Sheriff Jackson stated this morn ing. Snuln, who was arrested by Portland police and later released, was thotVbt later in Portland to bi the man wanted in Roue bur,;, but an exchange ol description thin morning. Sheriff Jackson ritan d, revealed that Smith Is not tin mitn wanted here. Hall, Sbeiltf Jackson statj.i re sided with ih wife and two chil dren In K'verslde for abou. lour months, ami Vft here a few days ii;o with Helen Nefr, 16 year of afie. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. S. Neff. Hall's wife, Ins offi cers slattj lias apparently dlsan peared, and they are endeavoring to determine il she met with loul Ilcy Hall, who Is reported to b.ive come from s''i.lh Carolina, is claim ed to havv passed a check for fKiti on a commj.'U'y grocery uto.-, re ceiving $S0 lu cash, the rest cf tiu: amount being represented by his account. He nad also purchased a used car upon which he had made a down payment and It was In this car that he was last seen. He was seen about 20 miles south of Itoseburg and staled at that time he was going to Glen dale where he had secured a job herding sheep. Inquiry In that vi cinity, however, reveals that he never was there. Sheriff Jackson stntes. Parents of the girl have Issued a complaint ngalnst Hall, cbarKint; him with kidnapping, while charges of passing a worthless check and larceny of the auto will also prob ably be brought against him if he Is arrested. Circulars have been sent out to officers all over the state, giving his description and asking for his arrest. PLANE DOWNED ON FIRST MAIL TRIP NKW YORK. Feb. 21. Officials of the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires line today said the Kin Ih Janlero, flagship of the line, whir-h started from Buenos Aires for llf Pnlted Slates Inaugurating the ri"w east coast mall anil passenger line was down at Florlnapolis. Brazil. disabled, according to their est Information. lat - WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-Two marine corps aviators were killed yestidav In what was . believed to have been a mid air crash over Quantlco. Va. Thev ere Lieu tenant Joseph L. Wolfe of the marine corp nnd Second Lieuten ant William R. Ostertag of the mar ine corps reserve. intensity of communist propagan da in India had increased in the last 12 mouths. Lord Newton compared the bol shevists to "unattractive animals like boa 'constrictors and alligat ors, who accept food and show their gratitude by Bwallowing their keepers". Lord Cushendun. a former undersecretary for foreiitn affairs, said Russia was a "wasps nest". Lord Parmoor, lord president of the council, in reply declared that thanks to the resumption of nor mal and friendly relations, the so viet would eventually cooperate with the general life and outlook of Europe. Lord Ponsonby, anoth er member of the labor ministry, asked bis opponents not to gel hysterical; not to use "every snip pet put in the newspapers aa a stick to heat the labor government with". BF U. OF 0. (AnwiclitttHl ITi'iw Win.') . PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. Headed for Fugeue and, ho hopes, the Pacific coast Conference cham pionship. Dr. Clarence W. Spears, new football coach at the Univers ity of Oregon, arrived In Portland from ills home in Minnesota today. A large group of civic and slate officials, led .by Mayor Baker ami Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the university, greeted the grid mentor as he stepped from the train. A large crowd of alumni and Oregon students also were Includ ed lu the reception committee. Several new ideas In praclice will be Introducer! at. Oregon. Dr. Spears said. Including the play ing of regular games in the spring practicing session. This plan met with great sti-ess at Minnesota for the past two years, .the couch said, and not only stimulated In terest In football but served to de velop a great d'-al of material. Pr. Spears said his offensive at tack would depend entirely on ma terial and weather conditions. If a ralnv season greets the new coach In bis Oregon debut, be Intimated that the speed v own pbiv for which his Dart month and Minne sota tenms were noted, would be discarded In favor of wh;t he lauchtngly described ns "power plays." S. P. ENGINES HIT, INJURING 2 MEN ( .Uw I'rriw PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 21. Two Sou I hern Pacific railroad switch engines sides wiped each other in the north bank railroad yards to day and J. T. Koch. 'Mi. Vancouver. Wash., and It. A. Myles. 41. Port land, suffered burns and other In juries. They were members of each engine's crew. Koch was burned when the Im pact of (be two engines severed a boiler pipe and a geyser of scald ing steam enveloned him. Myles, on his seat in the other engine, was Inirb-d to the floor and suffer ed a fractured, leg and contusions. --o - TIDAL WAVE TAKES LIFE AND PROPERTY f A ltHl Pom I Win) ST. JOHN'S', N. Y., Feb. 21. Southern New found lurid fishing ports. swpt ibrec months ago bv an earthquake . tidal wave w hir-h i Iann " z nei, were lasri'-'i aain Mtimiav ny a lerrnic souim-asi. cale. Three men perished at Iji- Mallne and hundreds of thousands! of dollar' damage was done. j Property loss at Burgeo, one of Newfoundland's importiuit fishing ports, was eni Irnaied at Jl uo.iioO. Bav I-argent Llitle Bav and ' Fast Harbor, all sirhatcd at the foot of Fortune bay, reported heavy property damage. Officer 2 SINGLE RULE Control of Chief Northern Lines to Be Merged by Interstate Board's Authorization. Burlington Route Divorced From Group Purchase of S. P. & S. Part of the Permit. (AworiutH IVi-m !iiK(l Wirc WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 Acqui sition by the Great Northern Pa cific; Railway company of control of the Great Northern railway and the Northern Pacific railway wus approved today by the Interstate commerce commission. Under the ' order the Chicago. Burlington aud Qulncy railroad. now owned Jointly by the two mads hut assigned by the Inter state commerce commission on its consolidation plan as bead of trunk line system of its own. would be divorced from the unifi cation of the two northwest sys terns. Permits Stock Issue Control of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific by the newly formed Groat Northern Pa ell'Ic compun'y would ho obtained by lease aud stock ownership. Tlx1 new company was authorized by the commission to issue Its com men capital slock for the purpose of acuuiripg Ihe two roada. The Great Northern Pacific com pany also was authorized to ac quire (he Spokane. Portland and Seattle railway1! In ordering the roads" to divorce themselves from ownership of Ihe Burlington, the commission held that question had been disposed of by Ihe consolidation plan. In awarding the Spokane, Port land and Seattle to (he unified system. (! commission said suit able assurance must he given that and Pacific railroad will have ac-' cess from Spokane to Poiiland over this short Jlne. Air-Rail Agreement PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. H. A. Burgesi:, assistant to Harris M. UauHbue, president of the West Coast Air Transport, Western Air Kxpress ami Fokker Aircraft cor poration, announced today (hat air-rail agreements between I lie West Coast Air transport and four major railroads had been consum mated. The railroads concerned are (he Canadian National, Canadian Pa cific Great Norlhcrn and North ern Pacific. Burgess said the Canadian roads would offer the air service to pass engers desirous of reaching points in Ihe northwest and southwest. The agreement, 'ho said, alo af fords an oullel (r: these points for not! hern railiouds wllb termina tion at Seattle. The Great North ern and Ihe Northern Pacific will be able to offer passengers ser vice enabling them lo slight from one of their trains at Portland and board a Wci Coast Air transport for San Francisco, connecting there with planes for Los Angeles and points in the southeast and WfMt. HOOVER MARKED FOR MURDER BY MEXICAN "REDS" MF.XICO CITY. Pteiisa dispatch Potosl today stall Alcorta, a forme Feb. 21. -A La from San Luis d thai Nicholas student there who Is wanted in Mexico In con nection with the shooting of Presi dent Ortiz. Ruhio, has b" u aret ed in St. 1-ou's, Missouri. Alcorta Ih alleged to ha'e sent a letter to a friend in San Luis Po losl conuratiilating him on the at tempt against the president's life and savin : pliin were vlrtuail f-nmplefc for a similar attack on President Hoover. The palter sid Alcorta would he returned lo San Luis Potosl. T A M P Iff) M ex Ico, Feb. 21. The general workers federation l;iKt nleM g;ve atmroval to a gen eral strike In protest at arrewt of several labor lenders In connection with Ihe recent attempt against the tfe of President Pasr-ual Oiitz Ruhio. Date of the. strike was not fixed. PLACED UNDER DR. CHASE NAMED IIJJNOIS U. HEAD I. ' ' DR. HARRY W. CHASE (AM-iutrl 1'ivm I.smm1 wire) URBANA. 111., Feb. 21. Dr. Har ry Wood burn Chase, head of the University of North Carolina for the last ten years, was elected president of the University of Illi nois yesderday. succeeding Dr. David Kinley. 6S, retired. Born In Grove'aml, Mass., 47 years hko, Dr. Chase was gradu ated wllh the bachelor'B decree from Dartmouth In UW1 and re ceived his mas'ier's decree, from there In 1!M)S. In lltlO, he was giv en the degree of doctor of philoso phy from Clark university. Since I hen, he hns received the degree of doctor of laws from ' Darlinuth, the University of Georgia, Lake Forest college- and luoir-RU) no college. During the past, year, Dr. Chase served as president of the national association of state universities and had previously heen the asso ciation's secrelary-treasurer aluee lt22. Nearly four years ago he de clined the presidency of Unlversl ty of Oregon. ANOTHER DEHH rW-ltit-. Com l.i-nw.1 Wire) LONDON, Feh. 21. Ills mind harried by tboimhts of the PI"m- olis' curse and the recent death of. his sou, 7Syear-o)d Lord West bury, today fell or threw himself to deal It from his bathroom window on Ihe seventh floor of St. James court. i His body crashed through a Klass veranda celling 1 imi feet be low, and knocked over a woman there. She was so badly cut. by broken class and so affected by shock that It was necessary lo take her to a hospital. Lord West bury was dead when be was picked up. Lord Went bury for months bad worried over the si ran en circum stances of the death of his son, Richard Bethel!, 411, who was sec relary to Howard Carter, whos1 investigations In Kgypt disclosed thV treasures of ancient Tut-Aukh-Ahmei.. Bethell's death, while, apparent ly from natural causes, revived discussion of the superstitions of a curse resting upon meddlers with the tombs of Ihe Pharaohs. Ills was the tenth death aiming those concerned with the ex pi ora tion of Tut -Ankh Amen's senulchre. Csrtei, chief disturber of the tomb. Is mill alive. In the very flat from which Lord Went bury presumably jumped were several important and ex quisite works of Knyptlan art from the Kgypllan valley of kings which Bet del I. who v. as his heir, bad given bis parents. HUSBAND SLAYS WIFE AND LOVER LOS ANGKLKS. Feb. :M -Mrs. Vera M. Ghmeil, :tfi. iictress, and Sifruril H jot-neb v, musician, earlj' Unlay wen nhot and killed in a downtown him rt merit house bv Au intus Gingell. :t. Glendiile. Calif.. merchant and estranged husband t of Ihe dead woman. Gin?c walked from lire apartment and sur rendered to a policeman. Ghigel) nnid his wife left him be en use he had been dr Ink Inc. He said ttiat v, hen he entered the apartment he intended to commit u Ide after kilting the couple. but "hmt mv nerve The Glmrells were married In Portlaud, Ore, In 1010. JURY FILES VERDICT FIVE HOURS Unanimous Decision Is Reached After 8-4 Reported Vote at Outset. Oakland Institution Held Justified in Refusing to Honor Check of Rodeo Head. After about five hours of deli beration, ihe circuit court jury, be fore which ihe case of "..odoe. Johnnie" Farleigh, rodeo promoter, against the K. G. Young and Corn- puny bank of Oakland, was tried, turned a unanimous verdict In fa vor of the bunk, holding, fn a spe cial form of verdict in accordance to the general verdict, Unit Far teigh hail no funds on deposit at the time his dishonored check wan presented for payment. The jury took only a few ballots, before reaching its verdict, tho flrsi ballot standing 8 to 4 for tho bank, according lo reports. Tho verdict was returned into court shortly after 9 o'clock lust night, itlie case going to Ihe jury about 'I p. m. Wbethoi or not an appear will be taken has not yet been an nounced. Deposits Moot Point The chief issue of the case wan with regard to certificates, which Kailelgh claimed were deposit slips. The hank held that only two were actual deposit slips, and tho others were memorandums of receipts for funds held by tho Gobblers, anil were not represent ing actual deposits In the bank, an It was claimed that the hank car tied an account only to cover money advanced upon the personal guarantee ijf the Gobblers. The case Invovled many technl cailtles of, law. and raised several issm s concerning banking law not heretofore tiled lu Oregon courts. , Judge James T. Brand, before whom the case was tried, gave a. great deal of study to the technl cal quest Ions and submitted very explicit and easily understood lu structions to the Jury regarding the basis upon which their findings must he made. Rodeo Fiasco Sequel The suit followed Ihe presenta tion or a rodeo lu Oakland during August of last year. Tho rodeo hit the financial rocks on Sunday, aft er the celebration had been in pro (; " ror three ifciys, and because of lack of funds the program scheduled for Monday was not given. A near not developed when unpaid performers started clamoring for their money, and ad diilonal police protection was re quested by Mayor Bridges of Oak land, local deputy sheriffs being sent to Oakland to preserve order. A hearing was later held In the justice court, followl" "'arleigh's arrest for pasKlng vorthless check. Farb igb. hovov:-r. was re leased when il was found that he Issued the check with Ihe belief that, he hail money In pay th claim, as the law provides that a penally can only be Imposed when tho defendant Issues n check know ing thai he has no balance. Reputation At Issue Suit was later Instituted by Far Iclgb against the bank, seeking Continued on pane 6, Story 2 TWO NEAR DEATH AFTER KEING HIT BY MOTORCYCLE f Um i'llM I'r.'.. l-d Win-) POCGHKI'lKPt-'IK. N. Y.. Feb. 21 - A railmad ofi'lcia! and a Van sar student were near death hero todnv of Injuries received last night wbr-n a motorcycle plunged into n rup of students and oth er! In front of Vassar college. Kfve others. Including two stir dents, were less serloush Inhirrd. The nnerntor of the motorevclo was held on n charge of assault. Mnrrav K"!Pv:tn. "f Sa't I ko Ctv, ron em! rn!Mta:er of the Salt Lake City and Utah railroad, who was here visiting his dautrhlor. a "Indent, suffered a frnrtM'ed skill'. frneiitred left leg. left nelvls and rnllar hope, and internal Injuries. The diMtv'iter. Nancv Adair Sulli van, also in the croup, escaped In jury, Marian Jav Vnrtz. Fn ;;ie wood. N. J. a lunior. uffered a ftaetnred rkull. Her condition was described as crlileal. Cime of the accident, which oc curred at a noint where the rnid "nv 1 trafi?ht. was unknown. Vitftird T-'rrelt the onnrator. told "oHee. he was driving 2" miles an hour.