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    There's an Ae ronautical Achievement for Every Crash, and It's a Safe Bet That Plucky Amelia's Latest Venture Will Prove . No Exception to the Rule.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 45
Ixiwest temperature last night 35
Precipitation for 24 hours .3S
Preclp. 1 1) co firs i or mouth 2.3S
Preclp. from Sept. 1. lUHti 17.08
Deficiency since Sept. 1, mS 8.67
Ocoasional Rain,
BIG EVENTS
World Is full of Important hap
penlMKH these duya, and' the
NKWSKKVIKW glvea prompt
service In heralding them to lid.
readers. Follow Ita reports dally
and you'll he abreast of the
tlmea at all times.
ITOL. XL NO. 278 OF ROSEBURO REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1937.
VOL, XXVI NO. 198 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Theory of - Nitro-Glycerin
, as Cause of Blast Gets
Little Credence as '..
Inquiry Opens.
my the Associated Press)
NEW LONDON, Tex., March
20 Re-checking of death lists
tiooBted the unofficial toll of the
, 1-omlon community school disaster
1 to 456 today while sharply con
trasting theories ranging from a
nltro-glyrerin mine to ignition of
naturally, accumulated gas were
prepared for .presentation to a
milltury court seeking the cause
of the tragedy. .
. -The casualty list, completed af
ter a full night of labor over con
flicting reports, showed 94 injured
and eight ' missing. The list was
Mill subject to revision.
Dr. E. P. Schoch of the Univer
sity of Texas, chemist, held out a
belief that tho explosion was caus
ed by gas forced Into the cells of the
hollow tlie schoolroom walls by
lack of proper vents for gas-fired
individual . radiators.
Mine Thory Discredited
The newest of the alternative
. suggestions was that of the mine.
The Tyler 'Morning TelegYaph 'nndt-.
od Captain X. B. Coombes, member
of the military court, as saying
two oil field workers presented it
to him, along with exhibits which
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PORTLAND, March 20. (API
A man police Identified as Clifton
Leltoy Ucnson, 2S, apparently shot
himself last night as officers closed
in upon hlni after a gun fight from
automobiles roaring through Port
land's streets. .
Detectives M. A. McMeeken and
Roy ThoinpHon said a car driven
by Denson tallied. with the - de
scriptions of one used In a scries
of holdups,
The officers chased the car for
several blockB, firing a number of
shots and then crowding It to the
curb.
Thompson said- ho ordered Ben
son to put down his gun but in
stead the man pointed it at his
own head and pulled the trigger.
The officers Identified him from
his driver's license.
The detectives found $73.25 in
the ilend man's pockets, part of It
spilling Into the car as he slumped
over. The auto was reported stolen
earlier in the evening by Edmund
. S. Tumor, who said a robber held
him up and forced him to drive him
around for about half an hour.
Then the man took . the machine,
Turner Bald.
Within the next hour four serv
ice stations were reported robbed
by a man driving a car similar to
the ono Turner reported stolen.
IMJIIR : APPEAL SAYS TROOPS USED- vT ev m '
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
f"VNE REASON why President
Roosevelt wants to control
the supreme court Is to mako pos
sible another NltA, regardless of
what the constitution says.
(NRA;ou will remember, was
held unconstitutional' by UNANI
MOUS decision of tho supreme
court, nil nine Justices concurring
In tho opinion.)
ET'S -look at this NRA bual
ncss dispassionately for n mo
ment. ,
It was a scheme to enr.ble tho
government to control business,
Including wages, hours and
PniCKS. Tho prlnrlpal argument
for It was that It offered a way to
control CHISELING.
Nolwdy loves a chiseler.
OUT. AFTER all, WHAT IS A
D CHISELER!
If you are to be honcBt with
aSv 1STNEEDE0, BLOODSHED IP j "
DETROIT, March 20. (API
Deputy Sheriff Bernard McOrnth,
accompanied by 75 officers wear
ing bullet-proof vests and armed
with tear gas guns, marched to the
i gates of the Newtqn Packing com
pany piaiu nere touay unu read a
court order demanding that more
than 100 sit-down strikers evacu
ate the premises.
What reply was mode was
drowned by shouts. The officers
broke a hole in a Inrgo glass win
dow and entered tho main build
ing, as others solidly guarded the
gates.
In a short time, a number of
strikers emerged from the building
to be herded In tho street by the
officers.
The company claims 1170,000
worth of meat in the plant Is
spoiling because refrigeration was
turned off, by tho strikers two
weeks ngo.
SEATTLE, Mnrch 20WAP)
Senttlo waterfront employers halt
ed cargo working operations at
noon totlny, in line with their ul
timatum to the International Long
shoremen's association that It fur
nished crews to work two Cana
dian vessels by that Jiour.
SALEMHI6H FIVE
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Astoria Shatters Batch of
Conference Records in '
Downing La Grande. 1
SALEM, 'March' 20. (AP) So
lem high school nosed out the Eu
geue Axemen by a 25 to 23 score
to take fourth place in tho state
basketball tournament which1 was
n earing its close here today. ,
Overcoming a nine-point lead in
the middle of. the final quarter Eu
gene all but relegnted the local
basketeers into obscurity, but the
final gun saved Salem while the
ball was in possession of the
visitors.
In the first game today Astoria
high school smashed five confer
ence records in order to defeat
La Grande 53 to 33 and thus cinch
fifth place in the tournament. La
Grande was given eighth place
while Eueene will take the seventh
position In the first eight contes
tants. The Astoria quintet scored ISO
points in the four games played
which not only beat the previous
five-game mark of 179 by Washing
ton high school of Portland In
1929, but defeated the four-game
mark by 17 points, held by Corval
Its last year.
Other records included the Indi
vidual scoring by Marl Snndness.
Astoria center, who scored 68
points in the fopr games to tnke
honors over Ed Lewis of Washing
ton, who scored 65 In five games
in 1929.
The other record was contribut
ed by La Grande. The high point
made by two teams, 86. tied the
hiffh point of two teams in one
contest In 1936 made by Astoria
and Myrtle Creek.
yourself, you must admit that a
chiseler Is one who sells his goods
or services for loss than you do
or, at least, ono Who OIVKrt MORE
for the money and so takes your
business awny.
Nobody who is ALREADY IN
BUSINESS likes that.
Dt.'T consider this question:
How do NEWCOMERS get In
to business?
Why, by making It more attrac
tive for people to TRADE WITH
THEM. They either give more for
the money than their established
competitors or they give moro In
the way of service.
That, yon see, makes them
CHISELERS,
PORBIDDINO the giving of
MORE for LESS does away
with competition. When competi
tion Is throttled, we hare MON-
r
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U. S. Buying of Surplus for
Relief Urged by Local
' Chamber in Note to
Congressmen.
Picturing prune growing in the
Pacific Northwest as a dying In
dustry unless some steps arc tak
en immediately to secure better
prices, the Roseburg chamber of
commerce today Is forwarding a
letter to the Oregon delegation In
congress urging that the United
States government buy up at least
half the remaining tonnage for dis
tribution through relief agencies.
Prunes remaining on lined, it Is
stated, offer a serious threat to
prices during the coming season,
as It is feared that brokers and
packers will use the surplus .o
keep prices at a low level. '
Pointing out that despite a short
crop last season, growers did not
make enough money in many cases
to pay their growing, picking and
drying costs, the letter states that
orchards are being cut up for fire
wood or are being allowed to be
come Infected with disease, be
cause' growers cannot pay Bpray
Ing costs. . . i :' .'r :
Unless: !3;ellelyl8wa.frferaeil Imme
diatety the prune nci'eage ' in .the
Pacific Northwest, the fetter de
clares, will probably be reduced
more than 60 per cent.
J Growers' Plight Stressed
The letter, written by Secretary
W. C. Harding, upon instructions
from the chamber of commerce di
rectors, is as follows: -
"1 presume that you are already
familiar, to some extent at least,
with the hopeless condition of our
prune industry here in the state
of Oregon and southern Washing
ton. All that the grower today Is
being offered for a fifty prune is
two and one-half cents per pound.
This Is just a trifle over his drying
expense.
"As you will remember, our crop
was quite ' short this last season
and prune growers were rather
hopeful of a living price. The last
four or five years, have been bad
enough, goodness knows, but this
year is simply a tragedy. The or-
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Miss Daphne Hughes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Washington
Hughes of Roseburg, has been ap
pointed a junior faculty member
at Bryn Mnwr, where siie Is a stu
dent In tlie school of social sci
ence, nccordlng to word received
here today.
Because of outstanding scholas
tic standing, Miss Hughes was se
lected for the position of research
assistant in the department of so
cial economy and research, a po
sition which entitles her to free
tuition, board and room, and a
moderate salary.
The appointment will enable
her to confplctc tlie remaining two
years of her work for a degree
of doctor of philosophy, with an
intimated possibility that she niny
become a regular faculty member
nfter attaining her degree, the an
nouncement stated.
CLUB SEEKS FUND TO
AID BLIND SINGER
SALEM, March 20. (AP) Miss
Mnxine Sautter, blind singer nnd
uuiversity graduate of Salem, will
he sent by the Snlem 20-30 club to
the "seeing eye" Hchool nt Morris
town, N. J., If tho necessary funds
can be raised. At the school dogs
nre (rained as the "seeing eyes" for
the blind. The project was launch
ed here lost night when Mrs. Mary
Campbell, executive Becretnry of
the school, spoke to the club.
FAMILY BANKS ARE
THIEPS SPECIALTY
PORTLAND. March 20 IAIM
J Police bunted a burglar with a pen
chant for taking family banks alt
er Hush W. Wallace said one con
talning $5.8t had been taken Irom
his home. It was the alxtb theft
of a family bank since Thursday.
Won't Quit Chrysler Plant
Without Settlement. Is
Warning Issued to
Gov. Murphy.
tBv' the Associated Press) :'
DETROIT. March 20 Repre
sentut'ves of 6.000 sit-down alrlk'
ei's, defying court orders for their
eviction from Chrysler automobile
plants, Informed Gqvernor FrnnR
Murphy today they were using
"tlie only weapon we have" and'
warned that use of state troops to
eject them would "lead to blood
shed and vollence." .' .
The statement came from lend
ers of United Automobile Workers.
of America local unions in eight
Chrysler plants which - striking
workers have held since March 8
in an attempt to enforce demands
for exclusive bargaining rights.
It notified the governor, seeking
a plan for i peaceful evacuation,
that "we don't Intend to lease
these plants without a satisfactory
settlement, v
Arrest of tlie strikers was nrde
cd by Circuit Judge Allan Camp
bell vesterdny. Sheriff Thomas C.
Wilcox, with a force of 120 depu-
tl(tB,Vtias'iiiade no move to enforce j
the order lit the eight automplillefl
plants wnere. zu.imiu umuu hjjiiii
thizers o'n 'Wednesday 'Shouted
support of the strikers.
James I' Dewey, conciliator of
tho United States department of
labor, jollied with Murphy today
for tho second time in attempts to
conciliate a major automobile
strike. Their efforts led to settle
ment of General Motors strike a
month ago. . - ' . .
Only small groups ot pickets
hiirlilli.,1 about snow-covered gates
nt the huge Chrysler fuctorlesH
There was no unusual activity.
Some gates were barricaded, oth
ers were merely chained.
Two Courses Cited -
The chairmen of Chrysler strike
committees today Issued a state
ment addressed to Governor Mur
phv, declaring:
"You can do one of two things.
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OF
NEW YORK, March 20. (AP)
Within a few hours after the dis
covery of the body of a 9-year-old
girl, slurfod in a -blood-soaked bur
lap bag and badly mutilated, po
lice toilny arrested Salvatore Os
sldo, a Brooklyn barber, father of
two children, nnd charged him
with tho crime.
Detective Lieutenant de Martini
said Ossldo bad contessed he at
tacked and killed the child.
The victim, Erna Sporrcr, a
pretty blue-eyed blonde, was found
In a crimson-stained bag slumped
on the front porch of a two-story
brick house on Linden street, a
short distance from the girl's
home. She had been slashed re
peatedly. As Ossldo reenncted the crime
for Commissioner Valentine this
morning, cries of "lynch him!"
nrnsc rrom an angry crowa out
side the barber.
Under the personal supervision
of Commissioner Valentine, detec
tives also questioned Ossldo on the
unsolved slaying of 4-year-old Bar-
hnra Wiles, whose nude, strangled
body was found In the collar of on
apartment bouse in the Bnme vicin
ity, In April, 1S33.
NEW FLOWER SHOP
WILL OPEN HERE
LIIHp'h Flower shop, a now flor
ist bUHlnewH for Knueburg, will be
opened Wednesday of next week
in connection with the Korn Krlb
South Jackson street. Just off
Can street, by Mrs. Lee (Llllle)
Ooodmnn It wa announced to
day. The Korn Krlb Is being re
modeled lo make room fnr the
new business. Mrs. fJoodman. well
known throughout Oowlas conntv.
has been emnloyed fn florist work
for tho pnst four years. She
states she will handle n complete
line of cut and not ted flowers and
will do funeral floral work.
Crash of $80,000
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BY IL DUCE S NOTE
Premier's Purported Wire
to Italian Rebel Aides
Stirs Denunciation.
MADRID, ilarch 20. (AP)
Anti-fascist groups throughout Ma
drid screamed denunciation today
of a purported telegrum from Pre
mier Don i to Mussolini to Italian
"legionnaires" on the insurgent
side In Spain.
I be telegram, which govern
ment commanders Ruld they found
among abundoued insurgent papers
when thoy captured llrihuega,
northeast of Madrid, was address
ed to "General Manclnl." It ap
parently was sent, the government
officers said, from a crnlHer on
which II duca traveled to Libya
last week nnd said, In purt: "I am
certain (hut the impetus and Inli
ne It y of our legionnaires will shot-
tor tho enemy s reHlstance.
MndrilnnoH declared the tele
gram was "conclusive evidence of
Italian Intervention In Rpuln."
Newspapers, which were able to
publish the document, were bitter
On the northeast front govern
ment airmen lashed nt Gen.
Franco's Guadalnjarn rear guard
with bombs nud machine guns,
In their brief comment.
On the northeast front govern
ment nlrmeu lashed nt Gen.
Franco's Guadalajara rear guard
with bombs nnd mnchlne guns.
striving to complele what Gen.
Miaja nlreudy termed the "Implac
able d"feat" of that Madrid-ward
offensive.
Officers said the Insurgent
forces, whom I bey described n
Italian rearanlry. broke In wild
ron f union under, the sudden straf
ing. Romberg and fast pursuit shins
waged the onslaught to facllltute
t two-bended nush liv government
roops Into the Gnndalojiirn prov
'nee lerrllory they lost In the near
ly Iwo-week Insurgent offensive.
CONSCIENCE HITS
STEALER OF TIRES
MATtSUFIFLD, Mnrch 20. fAP)
The rnmtnnnilv chest benefited
when n rnnsclence-strlcken mnn
rtU )R for two auto tires he had
stolen from an nuto wrecking shop
Ojrht venrs nan. Lars Peterson,
nronrlotor. declined pavment. suv
(nv he bod forgotten the Incident,
nnd turned the check over to the
chn.
Th eopselence-bltten one also
bsd branched out Into chicken
Mealing it appeared. Herb Olso,
rnnehor. said the man colled on
him nnd offered to nay for two
chickens he said he had taken nt
about the time of the lire theft.
Reaches 455
Plane Halts Attempt
Disaster today ended the at
tempt of Amelia Earhart (right)
to circle the world by air when
her $80,000 plane, above, crash
ed at Honolulu as she was tak
ing off on the second leg of the
journey. The plane skidded on'
the wet runway and the result
ant tire blow-out caused the ma
chine to tip over and smash the
undercarriage.
- The quick action of Mist Ear
hart, who was at the controls,
in cutting the Ignition switch
prevented the plane from tak- 1
ing fire, -thus probably saving
the lives of herself and two men
companions, Fred Noonan (left),
trans-Pacific pilot Instructor, and
: Captain Harry Manning (Inset In
the plane), navigator and hero
.Yof several daring sea rescues.
J. 1 JTha plane will. be, sent back to
- the factory for repairs, which
; will require about two weeks,
1RY AMELIA BELL
Resident of Roseburg for
Half Century Crossed '
Plains Three Times.
Mary Amelia Hell, 81, resident
of Kuseburg for the post 50 yenrs,
died at the home of her daughter,
Mtnnlo Hell,' Terrace avenue, to
day, following n long period of ill
health.
Horn lu MuHcatlne, Iowa, ' April
20, 8r2, she crossed thu plains
three times. She was two years or
age when her parents, tho late
Godfrey and - Nancy Scbonnover
Itapp. moved to California. Hho re
turned to Iowa In I Mil) and spent u
few yeai-s thero and then moved to
Tuxns, where she was married In
1K72 to Hnmuol William Doll, a
native of Yorkshire, Knglund.
The third crossing of thu plains
was when the family moved lo
Oregon- und settled In Douglas
county.
Surviving are four sons und
daugliteis, Minnie L. Hell, William
D. Hell and Lester L. Hell, all or
Koseburg. and Fred G. Hell of Los
Angeles. A duugbter,' Anna Mlnlta
Hell, died several years ago.
Mrs. Hell wus a life-long mem
ber of the Methodist church.
The body has been removed to
the Roseburg Undertaking com
pany parlors. Funeral arrango
uients liuve not yet been made.
ALERT ENGINEER
SAVES FIVE LIVES
HT. IIKLKNS, March 20, fAP)
Five men owed their lives today
to the alertness of Mitch Tomklns,
engineer of a logging truln, who
sighted a huge timber sticking up
between tho ties of n trestle and
hrought his locomotive to a stop
Just short of the log.
Deputy Sheriff James rullahau
said the train would have plunged
hi to n deep ravine had It Struck
the timber. The officer said (lie
poNltion of the log did not Indicate
It had fallen thero accidentally,
Spring Registers
Its Annual Entry
Relieve it or not, spring Is
here. Kpring officially arrived
at 1:45 p. in. today, according
to I). P. Mnrtlng, of the local
office of the V. H. weather bu
reau. The next full moon will
occur at 3:12 p. m. Saturday,
March 21. This fact becomes
Important from the fact that
faster occurs oh the first Sun
day following the first full moon
after spring begins.
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MEASURE CLOUDED
Omission of Amendments
May Lead to Law Fight
to Test Validity.
8ALI2M, March " 20. (AP)
while sponsors of the Hannah
Martin pin-ball prohibition meas
ure were awaiting an opinion of
the attorney generul todny to set
tie its Hiatus, discrepancies in the
action on the Carney bill outlaw
ing slot machines and providing for
their destruction appeared.
A cloud upon tlie validity of the
signed measure on slot machines
was claimed when the Joiuuut
showed the bill passed the house
after approval by the bo nut e with
houso amendments which were nut
Incorporated lu the measure
Hlgued by the governor.
Tracing the course of the bill,
tho houso journal revealed thai
the senate-approved bill came out
of the house committee with all
amendment providing that money
In machines when confiscated like
wise Hhould bo hold.
Representative Hannah Martin,
apparently Intending to ask unani
mous consent to delete the "house"
amendments, asked, instead, for
consent lo delete "senate" amend
ments. The journal rovcaled that
motion and further that there were
no senate amendments. Tlie bill
passed, with the house amendment
but the enrolling committee did
not Incorporate the provisions.
Tho technical question now Is
whether the signed bill In the sec
rotary of state's office was the
one passed by both houses. If it
Is a correction may be made u
the journal to express the intent
or the parliamentary procedure,
This action may, however, result
lu legal battle over the validity of
the measure.
Attorney General U II. Van
Winkle said he would Issuo bis
opinion later today on the pin-ball
Hiatus, This hill passed both
houses hut the governor vetoed
the emergency clause und sent It
back lo tlie house where It was
laid on the table and still remain'
ed at, adjournment. The question
to settle Is whether the bill was
killed by that action or whether
It would become a law regardless.
IRVINE'S SUCCESSOR
TO BE NAMED LATER
SALK.M, March 20 (AP Onv-
iriinr Marl In iinnnumJetl today lie
would not appoint a successor to
II. K. Irvine on the stalo board of
higher education "for at least a
monlli."
Tho governor saltl Irvine would
serve until his successor waa
nnmod.
SHIP SKIDS
IN ATTEMPT
TO TAKE OFF
Aviatrix, . at Controls,
And Two Men Aides
Unhurt; Craft to
Be Repaired.
Amelia's Quick Action in
Shutting Off Ignition
Prevents Fire and
Probable Death.
lONOLUMT. Mnreh 20 fAP)
Amelin rCnrhart's lilg plane skid
ded and crashod toilav while she
was allemptliiK to tukc off for
Howland : Island, on her world
flight1 iu)t! she and her twro men
companions escaped injiirv.
ihe plane skidded on liie wet'
concrote runway and the right
the hlew oul, wrecking the under
carriage. ' -' ; ' ,
There was a hurst of flame from
the engine and ambulances raced
to tho scone.. . . . ,
Thev arrived' to find Miss Ear.'
lfart, whfte fncod, climbing from
(he wrecked craft. " -
"Something must have gone
wrong," Bhe oxclalined. -
'I lie globe-circliiiK plane, which '
had cnriied the aviatrix safely
from Oakland, Calif., tipped over'
oa It left wing '
rne titer s companions, ('rod ih
Nonunn. and Claptulu Hurry "Ulan-'
nlng.i alio) escaped injury.. '
; '''i'he-iitteinp'teil.-ttikeoffMvnfl made-,
shortly, ufter dawn- for the second1
si ago of tho world flight. It hop'
of 1,632 miles to tiny Howlnnd
isliAid, southwest of here.
The plane was about half way
down tho runway, when the accl-.
dent occurred. - -. ? -'
' Prevents Fire'
The aviatrix, at the controls, a
pnrently cut tile Ignition switches
as the eight, ton piano swerved,,
thereby preventing fire. . . ..
. A scattered crowd of about 7fi
watcher, mostly arihy men,, saw a
burst of-flame spurt from the loft
motor when the plane crashed, and
then the firo. died out. .
Tlie left whool snapped nfr and
was hurled 411 feet front where tho
plane camo to rest. -'
Xloth propellers wore bent, the
left 0110 badly.
' The' crash occurrod ut 8.19 a. m,
Miss Knrhart stood In the cock
pit. to show slui'Was not hurt,, and
shouted lo army officers.
Trip Postponed I
The plane was loaded with 800
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N rcV ALBANY, Intl., March 20
(AP) The dealhs or Albert
1'!. Miller, 75, retired rullroad 'Sec-.
linn worker, und Ills 4S-year-old
former housekeeper, Mrs. Alta
Amy, were labeled "double niiir-.
dor" today by Police' Chiet Kdwuril
Meyers. ..
Meyers' statement was made to
day after more than 24 hours of.
Investigation of I lie shooting. ;
The police chief declined to re
veal the results, however, of par
affin tests made of the bands of
Kenneth Miller. .11. son of the
slain mail, or of a two-hour con
ference wllh young Miller.
Chief Meyers said the son ad
mitted telling nn nlilor brother,
Karl. .17. to hide a shotgun ho
threw nut Ihe window when be dis
covered the tragedy, but explained
be did nut want people to, think:
his fnlhcr had killed himself. Po
lice found the gun. with one shell
illsclmrgcil, lu 11 nearby barn.
drunkf.n driver
fined and Jailed
Crl.RNtlAI.rc, Ore., Mnreh 20.--Convicted
nt 11 trial 111 the justice
court here on a charge of drunken
driving, Klmer lOldern was fined
$11111 11 nil sentenced to 30 days lu
the county Jail at Ttosoburg.
llerl Melionnlil, arrested with Ki
llers, was fined $10 after pleading;
biiIIIv lo a chargo of drunkenness.
It. II. Ilurkwnlters. third member
of tlie trio which was reported to
he riding lu n car which sldeswlp
ed and wrecked a hydrant Thurs
day night, did not appear for ar
raignment and his case was post
poned. Elders entered a plen of
not guilty hut was convicted upon
tho testimony of Dr. A. J. Fawcottu
and Mnrshnl Wlnklemnn.