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TOE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1913. FIGHT ON HTC01S PHOTOGRAPHS OF WRECKED AUTOMOBILE AND SCENE OF ACCIDENT WHICH COST LIVES OF FOUR CHILDREN. NAVY NEVER AS FIT AS' HOW DANIELS JARS DEMOCRATS , iiii.ujllJi lli'ilLWlW'.lMIIJJJ'JIJaKajUBIJMlJJM'SIIIU.I I HIWHIIII II I Will Ililll I I TFTIIS tnial 5 . .W' v.--,.v4x-x-. ' "v . v . v.:.' ... far ir-s.vi "is, : -r. ?y. r i Real Trouble Brewing as Re sult of Interference by Wilson's Son-in-Law. BITTERNESS IS GROWING Breach With Tammany Laid to Ad vice of McAdoo, Who Has Presi dent's Ear and Wants What He Wants When He Wants It. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 25. There is real fire behind the smoke that is rising: from the Democratic National committee, and the fight that is under way to get rid of Chairman McCombs promises to cost the Democratic party dearly. Sec retary McAdoo, son-in-law of the President, is the man- who Is trying to remove McCombs and McAdoo's fight Is intensifying- New York Democratic hostility towards the Wilson Admin istration. Ignoring of the New York Democratic organization by the President during the past two years has given rise to much bitterness, and now the fight against McCombs is making matters worse, from the Democratic viewpoint. Trouble Runs Back to lOlS. , The trouble between McCombs and McAdoo dates back to the campaign of 1912. when McCombs was chairman and McAdoo vice-president of the Democratic National committee. Mc Combs. who is not a strong man phys ically, after leading the fight which resulted In Wilson's nomination at Baltimore, became ill, and was forced out of active politics until October. McAdoo, in the meantime, was acting chairman, and was nominally in charge. Both were inexperienced in politics, but McCombs had certain fixed ideas as to how the campaign should be con ducted and he outlined those ideas to his lieutenants, even while he was on a sickbed. McAdoo did not approve of the Mc Combs plans In many respects and Bought to upset them, and had it not been for the check placed on him by McCombs, he would have made several serious political blunders. McCombs, however, got into the campaign during the last month of the struggle and to him went the credit, for conducting the successful Wilson campaign. Itrcak 'With Tammany Conies, McAdoo, however, had been In the fight to such an extent that he was Jealous of the credit bestowed on AJ,c Combs, and when McCombs declined a Cabinet office, and McAdoo was made Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo be gan plotting the undoing of McCombs. In the campaign in New York, Mc Combs. though not a Tammany man, had played the Tammany game, for he believed it good, practical politics to work with the Democratic organiza tion in each state, regardless of what he thought of that organization. Mc Adoo was against the Tammany crowd, and wanted to ignore them in tn cam paign of 1912; he indeed wanted, to cut loose from them, and it was only the superior authority of McCombs that prevented this breach. No sooner was McAdoo in office than he cultivated the President, won his entire confidence, and became his closest adviser. and especially so regarding New York affairs. Straight away McAdoo advised, and the Presi dent ignored the organization in New York . State, and bestowed Federal offices upon anti-Tammany Democrats. McAdoo Wanta His Own Way. It has not become apparent why Secretary McAdoo is insistent upon ousting Chairman McCombs at this time, and his recent activity i3 ascribed largely to his Insatiable desire to have his own way. lie is one of those who "wants what he wants when he wants it." and, having made up his mind to get rid of McCombs, he wants to force a vacancy in the National chairman ship. Having the ear of the President over all others and having been al lowed to do as he pleased with New York patronage and New York politics, so far as the Administration could give him his way. McAdoo does not like to be balked, now that he is de manding McCombs scalp. It so happens that the National chairmanship is not in the gift of the President, nor is It likely the President would be willing to sacrifice McCombs at a time like this, when there is nothing to be gained by the sacrifce, except to gratify another whim of the Secretary of the Treasury. NEW LOGGING CAMP BUSY Murphy Company Cutting 20 Cars a Day for Portland Markets. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 23. (Special.) The Murphy Timber Com pany has been organized by Edward Murphy, who has opened a logging camp at Crawford, 20 miles from Van couver on the Northern Pacific Yacolt branch, and is cutting 20 carloads of logs daily for Portland markets. The company has bought the timber of the Twin Falls Company and already has a contract to cut 5,000.000 feet. A few days ago, piling 80 feet long, for use in the Columbia River Interstate bridge, was cut by this company and hauled to the city on two cars. Fifty men are employed by the concern. Centralia Postmaster Banqueted. CENTRALIA, Wash., April 25. (Spe cial.) Members of Branch No. 30, Na tional Association of Civil Service Em ployes, were hosts Friday night at a banquet tendered in honor of Thomas H. McCleary, new Centralia postmaster, and John Benedict, Jr., ex-postmaster. John Benedict, who took office 17 years ago and was succeeded by his son four years ago, was a special guest. W. M. Grafton acted as toastmaster and toasts were responded to by W. W. Gaylord, George A. Miller, L. S. Rhodes. Miss Clara Bachtell, J. M. Ben edict, Jr.. T. H. McCleary and Colonel .1. M. Benedict. TThere are 13 members in the local branch of the Civil Serv ice, whereas Colonel Benedict pointed out that when he tookoffice there was only one. Idaho Guard Wins Trophies. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, April 25. (Spe cial.) Company D, Idaho National Guard, of this city, last week was pre sented with the National trophy and the Dupont trophy which were won for superiority in target practice. Med als were presented to six exports, 19 sharpshooters and 39 marksmen, which makes a total of 64 out of the total en rollment of 73. Company D has a rec ord of 91.8. which places it first among the National Guard companies of the United -States. lnfur Defeats Maupin. PUFUrt, April 25. fSpocial.) The Tufur baseball team defeated the Mau pin team today at Maupin by a score of 8 to 4. L - I it Til - ' ' - - " : r 4T $ vil atmimiimmm im'mm ' 11 '"f Ir 1 """"" wi,w'wwMag Photographs by Oourley, Eugene. TOP. HOME! OF F. K. SLY, AT CR ES WELL, AJiD FATAL CROSSIXG OF SOl'THERX PACIFIC RAILROAD. CROSS MARKS POINT OF COLLISION. BELOW, WRECKAGE OF AUTOMOBILE AFTER COLLISION. 4 KILLED IN WRECK Auto Run Down at Cresswell by Shasta Limited. DRIVER DANGEROUSLY HURT Car Ran on . Track. In Front ot Approaching Locomotive and Witnesses Assert No Signal Was Given at Crossing. CoTitlnud From First Page. the train was going at full speed be yond Creswell. Mr. Wilkerson's state ments were corroborated by his com panions. Homer Weber, Lloyd Brown and Glen Roblnette. Sla-nal Testimony Conflicting. Several witnesses testified that they had heard no signals either at the pub lic crossings or at the private crossing. The call for the block signal at Cres well, it was said, is omitted on Sunday. IS. L. Howe testified that he heard the train whistle twice, once at the public crossing and once at the Sly crossing. He said he was half a. roilp west of the train at the time, but recognized the crossings by the whis tles. Testimony also showed that Mr. Sly was partially deaf. J. M. Devers, District Attorney, re turned to Eugene lat today, having con tinued the investigation until tomor row, when the Southern Pacific Com pany has agreed to bring the train crew before the Coroner's Jury. SHOCK XOT FEIjT IX EXGIXE Engineer and Firemen Ignorant of Accident When It Occurred. Neither engineer nor fireman of the Shasta Limited that hurled four chil dren to death at Creswell ltnew there had been an accident until the train had slowed down north of Creswell for the repair of a hot box, according to the assertions made by the trainmen upon their arrival in Portland. It was then the bent bars of the cow catcher and shreds of human flesh be spattering one side of the engine were noticed. "We were making better than ' 40 miles an hour when we passed the crossing where the automobile was struck." said William O'Malley, the vet eran engineer who was in charge of the Limited, yesterday. "The machine drove in front of us on the left-hand side. I was on the right side of the cab, of course, and did not see the au tomobile. The shock was not one that would be noticed at the speed we were making." "I had just crossed to the other side of the cab to ask the engineer about a hot box that I thought I could de tect, and knew no more than he did about hitting the automobile," assert ed Frank B. Howe, the fireman. "When we stopped at the other side of Cres well, I went forward on the engine and then noticed for the first time that we had struck something. My first thought. was that it had been an auto mobile." "There would have been no chance of avoiding the collision had I seen the automobile before it was struck," said Engineer O'Malley, "for we were go ing too. fast to make a quick stop, and from what I heard the car did not run upon the track until the train was a few yards away." , That Mr. Sly saw the oncoming train but could not control his automobile is a possibility suggested by Mail Clerk Brown, of the Limited, who was an eyewitness of the accident. "I saw the automobile first when it was about 200 feet from the track," stiid Mr. Brown. "We had whistled for Creswell. The machine cmnc on and I remember wondering where the driver intended to stop. As. it neared the Lift track I noticed the driver wrenching at the steering wheel as if something was wrong." Passengers on the train did not know of the accident at the time, according to several interviewed. I. I. Boak, head consul of the Wood men of the World, who was a passen ger, said it was an hour later that he had heard of the - tragedy, and then from another passenger, who had been informed by a trainman. Shreds of flesh still clung to the left side of the engine upon Its arrival in Portland. The Southern Pacific will hold a board of inquiry on the accident at Creswell this morning. TRAIN' CREW XOT BLAMED Railroad to Reproduce Conditions 1 Governing Accident. EUGENE. Or., April 25. (Special.) Coroner Veatch returned at 8:15 o'clock tonight from Creswell, where he spent the entire day investigating the acci dent. He is convinced that the fire man and engineer were not aware of the accident until the train had pro ceded more than two miles. He says the testimony showed that the fireman was out of his seat at the time and did not see the automobile approach ing, and that testimony from railroad men was that the engineer could not have seen the machine if it had come up quickly from the other side of the track. The Coroner saVs it is his belief that the engineer's first knowledge of the accident was when he stopped two miles north of Creswel lat Camas Swale, and the mail clerk, who, it is said, did see the accident as he opened his door to receive a pouch at Creswell. came forward and toltt him that he had struck the car. The Coroner does not attach blame to the trainmen for the accident. Two persons say they heard the crossing whistle. Physicians tonight made a full in vestigation of the extent of Mr. Sly's injuries, and reported that he has prac tically no chance for recovery. Arrangements to reproduce tomor row morning the circumstances sur rounding today's accident were made tonight by Fred Hanssen. assistant superintendent of the Southern Pa cific. On his return tonight from Cres well he said: "We're going to have the whole train crew back tomorrow morning and we'll have a board of inquiry consisting of representatives of the transportation, the mechanical and the main tenance-of-way departments, and also two dis interested outsiders. These will go into the situation from an expert stand point. It is probable that we'll have a member of the Railroad Commission present. "The Coroner's Jury will complete its Investigation first and then we'll duplicate the conditions surrounding the accident. The Shasta Limited'will come along at 9:30 o'clock, and we hope to show with another machine Just how the accident occurred. I hope that Judgment will be suspended until the evidence is completed. I think that the inquiry tomorrow will determine Just why the train did not stop. The train crew has not been examined yet. We're trying to cover up nothing and seek the widest Investigation possible." W. O'Malley, the engineer, Is said to be one of tne oldest in the service of the company. Kelso School Attendance Improves. KELSO, Wash., April 25. (Special.) That the ' attendance records for the Kelso schools are the best in the his tory of the district is shown by the re port of Superintendent Jones at the conclusion of the seventh month of work Both in total enrollment and the general average of. attendance the present year Is much ahead of preced ing years. There has been notable de crease In the number of cases of tardi ness. Pasco Poultryinen Organize. PASCO, Wash., April 25. (Special.) Local poultry fanciers and fanciers of all kinds of home pets have estab lished an organization to be known as the Franklin County Poultry and Pet Stock Association.' W. T. Ricks, super intendent of Pasco schools, was elected president and C. F. Hoover, a local poultry fancier, was elected secretary. The association plans to hold a poultry and pet stock show next Fall or Winter. 4iir ii it 1 0 TRADE SCHOOL LIKED Editors Indorse Proposed Ac tion by State University. PRACTICAL TRAINING URGED Resolutions Adopted by Valley Asso ciation Approve Addition to Journalistic ' Department to Pit Men for Rural Field. SPRINGFIELD, Or.. April 23. (Spe cial.) Resolutions supporting the course In practical training for the me chanical and lousiness sides of the coun try newspaper, as proposed for the de partment of Journalism of tne Univer sity of Oregon, were adopted unani mously by the Willamette Valley Edi torial Association, in session here yes terday. This action followed a ses sion devoted to informal talks on meth ods of bettering the newspapers in their editorial columns; consideration of the minor troubles of the newspaper man. and a report on House bill 270, by which it was intended to codify the matter of legal advertising of various kinds in the state and establish legal rates for all forms of legal advertis ing. A score of newspaper men were pres ent from all parts of the Valley and were entertained at dinner by the Springfield Development League. . The visitors were taken by automobiles for a view of the immediate vicinity and ir the mills and power plant. Fair Invitation Tendered. At the - business session Al Jones, newly-elected secretary of the State rair Board, presented briefly the pub licity plans of the board, and invited the newspaper men to attend the fair on press day. ' it developed that there is no official list of the newspapers of the state, and E. E. Brodie, of Oregon City, president of the btate Editorial Association, was appointed to take up with Secretary of State Olcott the matter of having such a list included in the forthcom lng issue of the Oregon Blue Book. Elbert Bede, secretary, who was chief clerk of the Senate engrossing committee a.t the legislative session, reported on the fate of House bill 270, providing for the codification of the legal publication laws. J. P. Hurley, of Forest Grove, presi dent, and Mr. Bede, of Cottage Grove, secretary, were continued in office un til a constitution and bylaws, to . be submitted by these onTicials, are pre pared and adopted. The invitation of the Forest Grove Commercial Club to hold the next ses sion there was accepted, the date to be Hied by the officers. Resolution In Adopted. following is the text of the resolu tion regarding provision in the Uni versity School of Journalism for in struction in the mechanical part of country newspaper work: Whereas, rural Jburnalism 1b an occupation worthy of the efforts and ambitions of the best-trained young men the country can pro duce, , and Whereas, when properly conducted, the country newspaper creates for its owner a position of Influence and leadership, with great power to benefit the community ei well as to acquire adequate material reward, and Whereas, it Is to the Interest of every man, woman and child in Oregon that our succes sors in the control of the country press of Oregon shall be cboFen from the best and ablest of the rising; generation, and that they shall be thoroughly trained for this work, be it, therefore. Resolved, That the Willamette Valley Edi torial Association approves of the plan of the Department, of Journalism of the University of Oregon to give such a course of training as not necessarily to drive lis graduate' to the cities for employment, but to equip them so that each may be fully competent to con duct all departments of a country paper, and be it further Resolyed, That this association assures the president and Board of Regents of the University of our unanimous belief in the Importance of toe practical business and me chanical sides of this work, and of our be lief that il ought to bo given adequate la . tUUitts. . i N7 o. i 326 Vessels Available, All Hav ing Munitions; 77 Build ing or Authorized. PERSONNEL UP TO LIMIT Xew Guns Outrank Those of Any Na tion Lessons Taken lYom Vera Cruz ' and European War. Aviation Reing Developed. WASHINGTON", April 23. Secretary Daniels tonight made public a letter he has written to President Garfield of Williams College, detailing the work in the Navy during the past two years. Mr. Daniels wrote in reply to Mr. Garfield's request for material to meet statements that the United States is unprepared for military emergencies. Kxcerpts from tne letter follow: "There are now in active service, fully commissioned, 225 vessels of all characters, which is 36 more than were fully commissioned when I became Sec retary. There are also 101 vessels of various types, in reserve and in ordi nary and uncommissioned, capable of rendering service in war. We have under construction and authorized 77 vessels (nine dreadnoughts. 23 destroy ers. 38 submarines and seven auxil iaries) as compared with 54 vessels (five dreadnoughts, 14 destroyers, 23 submarines, three gunboats and nine auxiliaries) which were under con struction March 1, 1913. "All vessels in active service and in reserve are supplied with munitions of war. Within the last two years the quantity of all has been steadily and greatly increased. For example, ve have increased the number of mines on hand and in process of manufacture by 244 per cent and torpedoes by 90 per cent. By the enlargement of the naval powder factory we shall soon be able almost to double its former capacity and like enlargement of the torpedo works and the equipment oi a plant to construct mines will still further Increase the quantity of such stock, and the possession of these plants in times of emergency will en able the Department to be in a better state of preparedness as regards the supply of ammunition than ever before. "The personnel of the Navy is at nresent composed of 4355 line, staff' and warrant officers and 53,171 enlisted men. Increase In the number of offi cers Is dependent almost entirely upon the output of the rsavai Acaaemy. ad mission to which is restricted by statute. The number of enlisted men is also restricted, and the Navy is to day recruited to the maximum strength allowed. There are now with the colors 58H4 more men an increase or 1-s per cent than there were on March 1, 1914. "For manv years officers have writ ten and talked about the formation of advance base material and the prac tice of exercising landing parties oi seamen and marines, but never until January of last year was the navy thus exercised. Then, under instructions from the department. Admiral Badger carried out a comprehensive exercise. in which the professional advantages gained by officers and men were in estimable. Three months after this extensive practice had been given for the first time in our iavy, tne same fleet, and the same men were called upon to land at Vera Crui. and in the taking of that city the Navy carried out under fire what had been learned at Culebra. "Nobody in the Navy thinks anything like perfection has been reached and constant study and work are pursued, with the aim of continued improve ment. "During the first two years of the Wilson Administration, on my recom mendation. Congress authorized the construction of five dreadnoughts, to cost about 914, 000. 000 each. "Submarines have astonished the world in the present European con flict. The sixty-third Congress adopt ed by recommendation to give us all the money It could for submarines. It ordered the construction of three sea going submarines, the largest ever authorized by any country, and 23 sub marines of the same size and type which have done such fearful execution in the present war. The Board of In spections has adopted stricter tests before accepting submarines from con tractors. "Nobody has, as yet, perfected a sat isfactory engine or satisfactory bat tery for submarines. Upon my invita tion. Mr. Kdison, last year, at the New York Navy-yard, went down into a submarine and closely studied its every feature. He thinks he has a battery that will meet the need. . Our tests at the Brooklyn Navy-yard cause us to believe Mr. Kdlson has the right prin ciple. Without waiting for the com pletion of his battery, an order for two has been given him. Private firms building submarines have not given entire satisfaction. We have equipped the Portsmouth Navy-yard to build submarines and by competition be tween private and Government con struction it is hoped that every obsta cle may be overcome. "We have on hand, or have placed orders for, all the torpedoes the Gen eral Board prescribes. For every 100 torpedoes which the Department had on hand In March. 1913, 96 more are com pleted or in course of manufacture. On my recommendation. Congress has en larged the torpedo plant at Newport, R. I., more than trebling its capacity. "During the last two years unpre cedented progress has been made in the expansion of our mining equip ment. The mining of our harbors is a function of the Army. The extent of the mining operations of the Navy Is confined to the immediate vicinity ot the fleets and such mining as may be necessary on the high seas. The Navy now has three ships the San Francisco and Baltimore, mine-layers and mine depot ships, and the Dubuque, mlne trainlng ship. "A division of sea-going tug3 and a division of torpedo boats have recently been equipped with mine-sweeping gear and the destroyer tender carries mine-sweeping gear for a divsion of destroyers operating with the fleet. Additional gear Is being supplied. The Department has be gun the manufacture of mines and in a short time will have 31 mines for every nine it had two years ago. "The bureau of ordnance has devel oped a 14-inch gun that will shoot farther, shoot stralghter and hit harder than any gun now in use or known to be designed by a foreign country. Based upon former and current prices In contracts for guns and gun forg Ings, we have saved $280,425.33. "On my recommendation. Congress Increased the capacity of the Navy powder factory at Indian Head. When the extension now under way is com pleted, the capacity will be nearly dou .bled. "Radio has at last been successfully Installed on submarines and more than 75 other ships, which either had no radio or whose equipment wns obsolete, have been supplied with modern equip ment. Three entirely new shore sta tions have been added to the chain To the Business Man Have you a Pacific Telephone in your office or place of business? If not, you should have one. It permits communication with practically every other business house in Portland. It Eaves time and energy not to be estimated in dollars and cents. It permits the transaction of business with almost equal facility as a personal call. It works more and at a less cost per day than any other possible assistant. The Pacific Telephone is dependable, easy to handle, rapid in forming connection, and is always on duty. It is necessary to you and your business. i (4.1.56j Pacific Telephones are em- ployed as chief assistants in prac- 1 ticallv all the places of business and f the majority of homes in Portland J The Pacific Telephone Sales Department Balboa (Canal Zone). Great Lakes, Illinois, and Tutuila. Samoa. "The European war has emphasized the value of aircraft. The Navy has lagged behind in this instrument of war. Last year I appointed a board of aviation. It recommended the utili zation of the abandoned navy-yard at Pensacola as a training and repair sta tion for aviation and an aviation bureau in the Department. This has been done. Congress appropriated a million dollars to begin on an elabor ate plan the real development of avia tion in th Navy. It also approved my request to pay aviators- an Increase of 50 per cent and we are organizing a class of capable aviators. To make Immediately effective this feature, three new hydroplanes have Just been purchased, which is but the beginning of the work of aviation. "For the first time in years the en listment is up to the limit prescribed by law and part of the year we have had a waiting list. Since I became Sec retary of the Navy we have increased the enlistment 5824 men, enabling us to commission ' fully 20 submarines, four battleships, four destroyers, six gunboats, one battleship, six cruisers and three monitors, increasing the total number of commissioned vessels by 41. "To what is the Increase of our en listment attributed? The answer is easy. To the establishment of schools, opportunity to see the world, and for promotion afforded enlisted men here tofore denied them. In these two years 13 enlisted men have been appointed as assistant paymasters, five as mid shipmen at Annapolis and 12 as en signs. Every ambitious and aspiring young enlisted man is given special in struction when he desires it. "On my recommendation Congress passed an act which gives all the posi tions of pay clerk to those enlisted men who can qualify. This opens 200 more places to enlisted men. "It is true today as never before that a bov mav enlist In the Navy and by IJIPPf Many . a Desk broods the blighting shadow of the coffee pot. Many men and women with bright prospects find themselves handicapped by the reactionary effects of coffee with its subtle, habit-forming drug, caffeine. Dull headaches, biliousness, heart-flutter, nerv ousness, sleeplessness these are some of the signs of caffeine poisoning that puts a crimp in effi ciency, and spells suffering and often failure for thousands of coffee drinkers. There's a simple, easy way out quit coffee and use the pure food-drink POS This delicious beverage, made from prime wheat roasted with a bit of wholesome molasses, contains only the rich cereal nourishment no caffeine no harmful substance whatever. Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal the original form has to be well boiled, 15c and 2oc pack ages; Instant Postum soluble made instantly in a cup with hot water, adding cream and sugar to taste, 30c and 50c tins. Made according to directions, both kinds are equally delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same. "There's a Reason" for POSTUM sold by Grocers everywhere. and Telegraph Company Main 8800 the display of ability be promoted to the grade of Admiral. Congress gan us the best reserve bill any Nation ever put upon the statute books. "While re-enlistments have increased 'l per cent, deMertions have decreased. 17 per cent. "For years there has been a rb unsuc cessful insistence that Congress should re-establinh the grades of Admiral and Vice-Admiral. 1 earnestly urged the last Congress to create those position. It authorized three of each. Now American naval officers .while abroad, will no longer be outranked by officers of nations with insignificant navies. "These two years have been epoch making in the Navy. The Navy of 1915 is larger, better equipped and In better condition than in any previous year, and the fleet is becoming more efficient with every passing month." Kales on Fruit Are Cut. WEXATCHEE, Wash.. April 'jS. (Special.) The Great Northern Express Company has filed new rates on all soft fruits, with the exception of ber ries, with the Interstate Commerce Commission, to go into t-ffect May 2,"i, I. Waring, superintendent of the com pany, who Is here on an Inspection lour, said yesterday. The new schedule pro poses a rate of 1.75 a 1U0 to Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba. The pre vious rate was t". Centralia I-Ycc From Crime. CENTRALIA. Wash., April 25. (Spe cial.) There has not bi-cii a Mnsrlo criminal cas ; in either the local Police Court or Justice Court Kinco April 1, and with only a few days remaining, indications are that April will be a record month for Centralia in the lark of crime. Justice lioss Issued one war rant during the month, for Janirs O'Neill, on a forgery charge, but the man was never eanirht. i u m