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Children Whose Stockings Are Well Filled Now Will Bettor Fill Their Elders' Shoes Later. If No Kiddies of Your Own, Typify the "Santa" Spirit to Others.
WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 33
Lowest temperature lust nigbt 29
Precipitation for 24 hours 0
Precip. Biiire first of month 3.10
Precip. from Sept. 1. 1935 10. IX
Deficiency since Kept. 1, 1935 1.79
Fair With Valley Fog.
REPRIEVE
That's whaf, Bruno Hauptmann
1h expected to receive from New
Jersey's Kovernor, l.i hope of lur
ing a "full" confession , of the
Lindbergh, baby kiduaplng-mur-der.
Will Bruno "como clean?'
Watch NBWS'KEVIKW reporta
for the anBwer.
THE OOUGLXS COUNTY DALY
OU XXXVIII NO. 202 OF ROSEBURQ alt
ROSEBURG, OREGON, .SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1935.
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By FRANK JENKINS
ItTEWS from across the water con-
' tinues interesting. This para
graph, for exumple, from on Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Lon
don: "Prime Minister Baldwin admit
ted today he hail made an error in
accepting the now-lifeless Franco
British plan for ending the Italo
Ethlopian war and promised a
largely hostile parliament that
'such a position shall not he pos
sible again.'"
That's eating crow, Isn't It?
vrOU'I.L remember, of course.
that French and British DIP
LOMATS proposed to end the war
by giving Mussolini about every
thing he wants. Giving the big fel
low everything he wants Is always
an easy way ;o stop a fight If
those who are doing the stopping
have no consideration whatever for
the little fellow.)
IN THIS case, the league of na
tions kicked up a disturbance.
The league of nations is made up
principally of LITTLE NATIONS.
and these little nations figured, ob
viously enough, that If every time
some BIO FELLOW started a war
he was to he bought off by giving
him the little fellows he was seek
ing to gobble up, it would be a
"Jtretty serious state' of affairs. So
they laid buck their ears ond
bulked.
Common, everyday British peo
ple, to their everlasting credit,
Bided with the little nations anil
compelled the scrapping of the
scheme.
IT IS QUITE plain, even to the
most casual observer, that every
thing isn't sweet and lovely among
the BIG nations of the league.
Witness, for instance, this further
paragraph from the same Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Lon
don: '
"Colonel C. E. Ponsonby arose
(in parliament) to criticize the
French premier, saying: 'M. (M. is
the French abbreviation for Mon-
IConrimied on pact 4.1
The Douglas county relief com
mittee advises all county indigent
cases that surplus commodities
may be obtained at the warehouse
in the Rice building, 439 Jackson
St., Roseburg. On hand at present
is canned beef, canned milk, Ched
dar cheese and prunes. These fed
erul surplus commodities, it is
stated by the committee, are over
and above budgets and are supple
mentary in every case.
All clients obtaining relief from
the committee are advised to as
sure themselves at the relief of
fice that they are eligible for com
modities berore going to the ware
house. The distribution of commo
dities does uot apply to county
pension cast1 8 unless such cases
are enrolled on 'the committee
lists.
Buy
CHRISTMAS
SEALS JS
Shoppinq Days
'ttl Chrittmci
3
ITALY-SHOWS .
DISDAIN FOR
PEACE PLANS
Mussolini Refuses Even to
Reply and Orders Army
to Push Campaign
in Ethiopia.
ny GEORGE JORDAN
Copyright, 1935. by the Associated
Press.
ROME. Doc. 21. Premier Musso
lini showed his disdain for the dis
carded Franco-British proposals
for peace between Italy and Ethio
pia today by refusing even to re
ply to them after ordering the East
African campaign to proceed.
An official spokesman said the
decision of the fascjst grand coun
cil. Issued after a session last night
constituted Italy's only answer to
the peace plan.
This decision referred briefly to
British "repudiation" of the pro
posals and said Italy would go on
to the "goal" designated by U Duce
as the nation's destiny.
In directing confidently that his
armies press on for conquest of
Ethiopia, Mussolini posed his "un-
shakeably united" people against
the "disorganization ond . contra
dictions" of sanctionist nations.
He declared his conviction that
fascism would triumph over both
Ethiopia and league sanctions.
National Unity Cited
The fascist grund council, In
support of its confidence over the
eventual outcome of the crisis.
nounced a declaration by Count
Guiseppe Volpi, grand councillor,
. (Continued on page
fi
EX-
HUNTSVILLK. Tex., Dec. 21.
(API Clyde Cooper, 33, former
inmate of a state insane asylum.
was held today for a crude emascu
lation operation performed on his
35-vear-old brother. Bob Cooper.
Hospital attendants said the vic
tim s condition .was dangerous.
The attack occurred in front of
Bob Cooper's borne. He was knock
ed down and slashed with a long-
handled knife while his screaming
wife and two neighbors stood by
powerless to Intervene, they said.
Sheriff Tom King said lunacy
charges would be brought against
Clyde, who was sent to the
asylum at San Antonio In Decem
ber. 1931. after members of his
family found him attempting self-
mutilation. He was released o
furlough last A'prll.
"Clyde is a religious fanatic,
said Sheriff King. "He told me he
saw a vision shortly before he at
tacked his brother. He said he
thoiiRht It was the right thing
to do."
Both brothers had been working
In a sawmill.
OLGA STECK'S DEATH
ADJUDGED SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21
(AP) Olga Steck's 12-story death
"lunge w'as a closed chapter In po
lice records today.
A coroner's Jurv found the form
er Foliles star came to her death
bv "suicide" and nfflclallv ended
what for a brief time police sus
pected might have been foul nlav.
The Jurv heard testimony from
Thomas L. Matklns. mlddle-Beed
hnnd salesman and once Miss
sterk's husband, and Everett E.
Rue. widower of the one-time
rtnpe beauty, and decided she came
tn her death "by jumping witn
su'cld! intent."
MatV'ns explained he quarreled
with Miss Steck 41, when she as
nertenlv demanded 1250 for a trip
in New York lo tage a comehark.
-nd he refused. The next thing he
knew, he testified. Miss Steck
"wlV' nast him and dived nut
the .window.
BOY CHIDED FOP
THEFT HANGS SELF
PORTAGE. Wis., Tec. 21 (AP)
Hsrold Millard. 13. caught the
Christmas spirit, but he won't buy
an presents for his family.
He vph found dead, bis body
hmt'n In Ihe garage at his home
vA.terdav. hut the reson was not
V"ftn until todav when Coroner
w. F,. Brsuer sid Investleati
disclosed the lad took his own life
i!! he was reprimanded for
sklng 12 from bis fathers coat
to buy Christmas presents for his
family including a shirt for his
dad. The family Is on relief.
Pig Surplus Boon
To Relief Spread
ANN'APOLIS. Md.. Dec. 21.
(AP) Roast pork will grace
the Christmas tables of some
families on relief in Anne Arun
del county because a farmer
raised too many pigs.
The county agent found the
farmer exceeded the agriculture
adjustment administration hog
restriction by nine animals.
Rather than suffer a ptnulty,
the farmer offered to g1 re them
away.
The county welfare board ac
cepted the gift today to distrib
ute to indigent families.
Peggy Paulos, Recipient of
Threats, Preparing to
Go to Relatives.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21 (AP)
Peggy Peterson Paulos, in a secret
hideout in the Cascades because of
threats against her life. Attorney
Ralph A. Horr said totf;y, will re
main secluded until sue is ready
to go to relatives in West Virginia,
her birthplace.
She received several threats dur
ing the trial In which Leo Hall,
whom she accused of committing
the Erland's Point mass slayings,
was convicted and the death pen
alty recommended, Horr said. .
'Peggy ran with a dangerous
mob and now that she Is quitting
them there are underworld char
acters who will stop at nothing to
kill her," he said.
Meanwhile, the qlaimant of the
J500 reward offered .. by . Kitsap
county for the Bolutlon of the case
was undecided. Horr saiu Mrs,
Paulos' confession entitles her to
it. hut that she does not expect
to claim It and that although her
confession was made to him. he
will not claim it either, unless
someone else makes an application.
The Rev. Joseph E. Cornerman
Catholic priest, of Bremerton, vis
ited Hall yesterday in his cell at
Olympia. - '
'He was not nervous and main
tained he was innocent," the priest
said.
The arguments on Hall's motion
for a new trial will be heard Mon
day at Port Orchard by Judge H.
G. Sutton.
o
FINGERPRINTS FAIL
TO PROVE GUILT
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 21 (AP)
Clarence S. Forrlll, chief of
the state division of criminal
Identification. Bald today the fin
gerprints of Ed Myers, arrested In
Santa Cruz yesterday as a suspect
In the slaying of Mary Stammers
of Fresno, were not the same
fingerprints found In the Stammer
home.
Smiles Come With Christmas Season Features
Oddities Presented in Shopping and Economy
By RUTH COWAN
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. (AP) Hey,
Santa Claus, S. C. S.!
How do you wash a live lamb
'snow-white?"
The shopping service depart
ment of a large store had Just such
a problem. A letter came In from
an invalid old lady asking, for her
granddaughter, "a real live little
lamb, snow-white."
The only live merchandise
around the store was tropical fish,
but wishing to be accommodating
the store Bent out to the stockyards
for a live lamb. But since It came
to the smoky city its fleece was
smudge gray.
Advice was sought from tne beau
ty shop before the lamb was sent
on Us way.
'How old did you say your son
Is?" asked the toy clerk of a man
customer.
'One year," replied the customer,
grinning happily as he played with
an elaborate, electric train set.
"I'll take one like this."
"But," suggested the clerk, "don't
you think your son is a bit too
voting for this train?"
"Who said I was buying It for
my son?" replied the purchaser.
"I've always wanted one of these."
"And," said a store Santy to a
little lrl petitioner, "will yon leave
something on the table for me
when I come?"
"Yes." replied the three-year-old
"I'll leave you what mamma al
way leaves for daddy when he's
out late on a cold night."
NO OUTSIDERS
FOR CAPITOL,
Governor Demand Oregon
Architects, Material
in Opposition to
Board's Plans.
SALEM. Dec. 21. (AP) Opposi
tion to employing any outside arch
itects or supervisory architects
from outside Oregon for Oregon's
new capltol was- voiced today by
Governor Martin. The governor
said he not only opposed the capl
tol commission's plan for the draw
ings hut also strongly urged pur
chase of all materials for the build
ing In the state.
"We have adequate materials
and there Is no dearth of Oregon
architects and builders, the gov
ernor said. He stated the specifica
tions for the capltol could he so
written to include only Oregon ma
terials. The trouble with Oregon Is that
we already send too much money
outBide the state," Governor Mar-.
tin n.ln.l "fine u..kitaa '
have been starving for a number
of years and we now have an op
portunity to assist them, it would
be a tragedy for the capltol com
mission to. employ a non-resident
architect.
While I have no control over
the capitol commission, I hope the
people of Oregon will rise up and
protest any move to employ an
architect or builder outside the
state. California confines all its
(Continued on page 6.)
pi t:rrM-iMinorri 1M
AIRLINER'S CRASH
POBT OP SPAIN, Trinidad,
Dec. 21. (AP) An Investigation
Into a crash of the Pan American
Airways' 19-ton Puerto Ricnn clip
per was begun today while 11 in-.
Jured persons were treated In Port
of Spain hospital. '
Making a scheduled stop In Port
of Spain last night on Its regular
trip from Miami to South Amer
ica, the clipper, carrying eight pas
sengers and a crew of seven, nosed
over In shallow water. "
OLD OREGON TRAIL
TO BE RELOCATED
SALEM. Dec. 21. (AP) Relo
cation of the Old Oregon Trail on
East Court street In Pendleton and
construction of an overhead via
duct over the railroad lines were
approved by the public utilities
commissioner in an order issued
today.
The total cost of the overhead
viaduct would be 9250,000, of
which about $180,000 would come
from the bureau of public roads
for elimination of crossings.
"What's that?" asked the curious
St. Nick.
"A whiskey night-cap.
"What are you buying your wife
this ChriBtmas, Harry?" asked one
man of another In the sporting
goods section.
I'm buying It now," replied
Harry a bit grimly as he tested a
fishing rod.
Hut I dldn t know your wire
fished," said his friend.
She doesn t But she bought me
that picture that hangs over the
fireplace for my last birthday.
She'll get Just about as much fun
out of this pole as I do out of that
picture."
'You know icu don't believe In
Santa Claus," said a wise five-year-old.
'No, of course, I don't," replied
wiser five-year-old.
'Then why did you drag your
ma to see Santa Clans so you
could tell him what you want?"
'In this age, daddy says, you ve
got to advertise to get results."
Limit to Sacrifice.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21. (AP)
Hlt-yeor-old Jersey Epstein gave
till It hurt.
He read of the firemen at No.
28 station who repair toys for poor
children and telephoned:
"You can come get my toys and
give m away if you want to."
A fireman came and gathered
up the toys.
Jerry watched, then his lip be
gan to tremble, and he cried;
MARTIN SAYS
Oddities Gleaned
From Day's News
No Exception
ROCKINGHAM, N. C. Dec. 21.
(AP Patrolman Roy Allen receiv
ed orders to try and find thieves
who had drained gasoline from an
entire blockful of uutomoblles.
He started out but stopped
suddenly. His automobile hud beon
parked In the block.
Unethical Competition.
YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 21. (AP)
"There must be some crooks
around here," complained Harvey
Butler and Harold Mansfield, sen
tenced for turglury.
"We hid some of our loot In
Lions purk and somebody stole It.'.'
Maybe Had Rabbit's Foot.
ST. JAMES. Minn., Dec. 21.
(AP) L. C. Smith's car skidded
when he tried to stop 150 feet
from a grade crossing as a train
approached. The auto plunged in
to a ditch, reared buck on the road,
and was struck by the locomotive,
Smith emerged uninjured from
the demolished car. Then he
found his eyeglasses unbroken on
a rear seat.
24,
Nil
Edward DeRoss, 24, of Roseburg,
died at Stockton, California, last
night, as the result of hloodpoison
ing, according to word received
here this morning.
He left Roseburg about two
monthB ago to work In a mine,
where he contracted an infection
which resulted in his death at the
Stnrlf trm hnsnltnl. "
Htr was - born hi Loula'nAlif
10 Hi and came to Roseburg with
his purents, Mr. and Mrs, G. M.
DeRnsH, both of whom are living,
in 192't. '
Besides bis parents, he leaves a
wife and three children, and the
following brothers, Joe, Paul and
Charles, residing in Roseburg, and
Henry, of Eugene.
The body is to be brought to
Roseburg. Funeral arrangements,
which are to ho made by the Rose
burg Undertaking company, huve
not yet been completes.
STRINGER PARDONED
FOR MURDER TRIAL
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 21
(AP) Glenn Stringer, pardoned
by Governor Charles Martin of
Oregon to face more severe
charges In Washington, was in Jail
here today to answer Clark county
charges of slaying H. L. Caples
in a holdjip here March 10, 1934
, Stringer was serving three and
a half years In the Oregon peni
tentiary for burglary. Prosecuting
Attorney Eugene Gushing issued
complaint charging Stringer and
Ralph Tremaine, still at large, with
the slaying.
- "Say, Mr, Fireman, do you sup
pose you could leave me my bike?
I like ft an awful lot:"
Wringing Wrinkles
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 21.
(AP) Midland college art stu
dents merely turned an old fash
ioned wringer into a new style
wrinkle today and began wringing
out the old year greeting cards.
Anna Krelnheder, art Instructor,
ssld the class used the old clothes
wringer, linoleum scraps, knives
and printers ink to turn out their
greeting cards.
"While the result may not pro
duce acceptable examples of cub
ism or expressionism, she sum
"it Is an inexpensive method of
making unusual Christmas cards.
New Deal Yields 'Santa'
LOGAN, O., Dec. 21. (AP)
Conrad Reichley, 7.1. vowed In 1032
he would let his whiskers grow un
til a republican sat again In the
white house.
Now he has a long, billowing
beard.
The I.rf)gan chamber of commerce
said "Reichley Is just the mun to
be our Santa Claus."
The authenticity of his whiskers,
In an ag of cotton-beard depart
ment store Santas, has Impressed
Hocking county youth, the cham
ber of com mere reports, with the
importance of being good.
Reichley lays hla position to the
new deal but adds milltantly:
"I look Ihe part better than any
democrat."
LOCAL TRAFFIC
E
Sherman Moore, Arrested
Here Again, Two-Time
Convict, Officers
Are Informed.
Sherman Moore, recently dis
charged as a member of the vet
ernns facility here, was re-arrest
ed last night for driving an auto
mobile alter his operator s license
had been suspended. He .was re
leased only a week ago from the
county Jail, following conviction on
a charge of drunken driving.
He was taken Into custody De
cember 7 and sentenced to 30
days in Jail and a fine of $100.
The Jail term wus suspended Sat
urday ufter Ihe fine was paid. Of
ficers yesterday apprehended
Moore again driving an uutomoblle,
although his license was suspended
following his arrest on the drunk
en driving charge.
Often Afoul of Law
nronmition received nl the sher
iff's office this morning from the
bureau of Identification shows
more than 28 criminal charges
against Moore In the past 12 years.
The charges principally are for
gery and ficticious checks, al
though accusations of burglary.
drunken driving nnd rape are In
cluded in the various offenses
charged.
Despite the numerous law viola
tions charged against him, accord
ing to the report nt the sheriff's
office, he has served only a brjef
period in prison.
He was convicted December 29.
1924), on a chargo of forgery and
waff sentenced to" "Kolsom prison
for a term of from l,to 14 years.
However, he was paroled February
2(1, 1028, but on January 20, 1029,
was again arrested for forgery and
sentenced to live yenrs, serving
until August 5. VXn.
Nearly all ofthe charges brought
against him were from California
points.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 21
(AP) Frigid winds roared down
the Columbia river gorge again
today, impeding highway and river
traffic and spreading a cold sheet
below bright but useless sunshine.
Gusts of wind as strong as 80
miles an hour ripped loone and
carried away weal nor lustrum-
ments at Crown Point, 20 miles
east of Portland on the Columbia
river highway.
It was at this unprotected prom
ontory yesterday that the boister
ous wind showed lis strength by
overturning two trucks aiid push
ing other vehicles off the roud into
banks at the side.
Weather observers at Crown
Point estimated the average wind
velocity there toduy wub 05 miles
an hour. ,
Ice froze in Portland last night
but the temperature edged up
slightly above freezing today.
The steamer The Dalles with a
barge In tow marked time at Bon
neville awaiting a lull in the winds
that prevented It from continuing
upstream to The Dalles with equip
ment for port const ruction there.
The steamer was four days over
due at The Dalles.
OLD MEN USE FISTS
IN PENSION FUSS
ABERDEEN, Dec. 21 (AP)
Police, called to a downtown cor
ner here by a report of a fist
fight, saw two aged men exchang
ing furious blows. One gave his
age as 74, the other 70.
The elder claimed It was his
llrst fight. RecauM both are "fine
old gentlemen," their names were
withheld. They were released af
ter first aid treatment.
The fight started after an argu
ment over the merits of the Town-
end plan.
YESSAH, MISTAH
JOE LOUIS AM O. K
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (AP) For
Ihe tenth time in three nionlhs, Jo?
Louis, sensational net;ro heavy
weight boxer,. today denied reports
that he had been killed in an auto
mobile accident.
No one was allowed to sen the
"brown bomber,! but a giant ne
gro policeman, slat lotted outside
his door, conferred with him and
then came out to announce that
Joe had Jut eaten a hearty bitak-rast.
Oil
Injured Senator
Reported Better
5 IT?,
Thomas D. Schall
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (AP)
The condition of Thomas 1).
Schall, blind Minnesota senator in
jured Thursday by an automobile
was reported "slightly Improved"
today in a bulletin Issued by Dr
George W. Culver, capltol physi
cian. From Mrs. Hugh K. Rlerimui of
WashiiiKton, sister of Mrs. Schall,
came more encouraging news. She
Bald the senator "moved his left
hand," which Bhe felt tended to
dispel to some extent the possibil
ity his left side was paralyzed by
the injury to his head.
The 58-year-old legislator suf
fered the head injury. Internal
hurts and fractures of the left leg
us he crossed a ljlghway nt Cottage
Clty.rMd. O. XI. VLeen, of his ec
I Cl (IT III I Hi ll II, -
injured,
was less' ' seriously
COLD WAVE DEATH
TOLL IS FflUM
Zero Weather Cuts Swath
in Middle west and East ;
Texas Gets Snow.
CHICAGO. Dec. 21 (AP)
Winter's Icy clutch kept parts or
the nation shivering today.
Zero weather cut a ragged nath
from the Dakolas to New York
and south to Maryland, West Vir
ginia and Kentucky.
Snow flurries fell in Texas as
yesterday's country-wide blanket
of low temperatures shifted east
ward.
Warmer weather was to bring
more snow to the midwest, Ihe
weather bureau said, but tempera
tures would still he considerably
below freezing.
At least fourteen deaths were
attributed directly or Indirectly to
the cold. .r
Icy blasts off the Great Lakes
held the mercury close to zoro
In Chicago.
To the norlhwest. the wenther
was moderating. Devils Lake, N.
D.. which reported 22 below yes
terday, had 6 above today,
Oklahoma City had ItH Tlrst
snowfall of the season. Ctah and
Idaho were fair and cold.
Snow blanketed West Virginia,
and temperatures dropped to zero.
Maryland's hills were deep in
drifts, and Ihe mercury sank to 4
below at Allamoiit. Oakland, Md.,
reported 6 below.
New York state had a variety
of temperatures, ranging from 12
below at Benson mine in the
north to 16 degrees at New Yurk
CHy. Trains from the west were
from two to five Imurt late.
Unusually cold weather and
heavy frost caused extensive dam
age to vegetable crops in Florida
but spared the citrus crop, But the
weather bureau warned of still
colder weather.
Bean, pepper and pea crops In
tho Lako Okeechobee and Broward
county sections of South Florida
were hard hit.
Sub-freezing weather extended
as far smith as tho lower end of
Iike Okeechobee In the ever
glades, the Hello Glade experiment
station reporting a low reading of
27. It was 3. on the coast In Palm
Beach county and Wat Miami,
AGED MAN DIES AS
FIRE RAZES HOME
POItTLA ND. Ore., Dec. 2 1 .
(AP) The charred body ut Peter
NelttUi, about V. was removed
from the nnhtn of bis homo here
tduy. An overheated stt.ro was
blamed for tho fire. Nelson lived
alone.
NE CRASH
PROVES FATHL
TO El
Collier and Umphlette on
Mend, Report; Mishaps
in Lane Kill Two
Other Persons.
KUOENB, Dec. 21, (AP) Mer
rill Kustwood, driver of the truck
that crashed into a slate highway
department automobile here Thurs
day, died In a hospital hero last
night. He was 27 years old. A
few hour previous to his death,
it was reported that he showed
signs of Improvement. He suffer
ed a fractured skull and crushed
chest in the collision, which sent
the occupants of the nuomoblle. K.
A. Collier and B. E. Umphlette,
state highway department em
ployes, to a local hospital. Both
of the injured men are said to
day to be on the mend.
Eastwood's death was one of
three from a series of lane coun
ty accidents, two of which happen
ed last night.
Two Other Tragedies
George Braiuard, 67, mail car
rier of Cottage Grove, was over
tome by smoke and burned ' to
death in a fire which destroyed
the home of Mrs. Edna Dent at
Cottage Grove lust night.
Jacob Willschleger, 75, Creswell,
was killed instantly when he slop
ped In front of a car on the Pa
cific highway in front of his home.
The car was driven by C, S. Kdt
son, Klamath Falls.
Bruinard was aiding others hi
righting the flames ut the Dent
home Friday evening when he up
purently tvus"- overcome by,; snititte -shortly
after the blaze started, tils
charred body was found just inside
the back door of the house, burn
ed beyond recognition. Identifica
tion was established by hla watch.
He was a widower and Is survived
by two daughters, Mrs, Aubrey
Purcell ami Mrs. Oscar Hammer
Icltsen, of Eugene.
W 1 1 1 e chleger apparently be
came confused as he stepped onto
the highway in the path of the on
coming Edison car and'was unable
to get out of the wtfy. Witnesses
said the enr was not traveling nt
an excessive rate of speed and the
driver was not held.
The condition of E. A. Collier
of Roseburg, division highway en
gineer. Injured Thursday in an an-
(Continued on page 6.)
PORTLAND, Deo. 21. (AP)
George Codding of Jackson county
was elected president of the Ore
gon district attorneys as they and
the state sheriffs' organization
wound up their annual meetings
hero today.
In a joint session, the sheriffs
and prosecutors recommend nn
amendment making the sluylng of
a peace officer in the discharge of
his duty a first-degree murder of
fense. This was designed to pre
vent what the group termed
"wishy-washy" second degree mur
der or manslaughter verdicts in
sui-h cases.
Tho group also urged legaliza
tion of the introduction of pictures,
death masks and similar evidence
In homicide trials; repeal of a law
making It necessary to obtain a
doctor's examination in drunken
driving cases; a penalty for unlaw
ful assemblage, and making re-,
fusnl to obey the lawful command
of a peace officer an act of dls- .
orderly conduct.
Tho district attorneys urged re
peal of the law giving county
courts the right to license unrt
games.
They also recommended that
prosecutors be given as many pre
emptory Jury challenges as tho de
fense,, and that prosecutors be per
mitted to comment on the failure
of n defendant to take tho wit
ness stand in his own behalf.
KIDNAP VICTIM
GOES TO MOTHER
WOODSTOCK. N. Y.. Dec. 21.
'AO Caleb Milne. 4th, returned
todav to his mother's homo In
Woodstock.
Pain and limping, young Mllno
was helped out at mi nptomohtle
by G-men .who accompanied him
nn an automobile trip from the
hospital J n Doylestown. Pa. He
showed visibly the effects of his
days in the hands of supposed kidnapers.
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