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VOL. LXI NO. 19,365 Entered at Portland Oregon, t Postofflc as Seeond-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON.'. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1933 28 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS DB IE ACCUSER REQUESTED STATE ROAD WORK IN ASTORIA fiSKEP $3,000,000 U. S. AID WANTED BY ASTORIA TELEGRAM FOR HELP SENT ' PRESIDENT HAKDING. 16 DEGREES ABOVE FORECAST FOR TODAY MOTHER, DERANGED, KILLS TWO CHILDREN WOMAN BELIEVED DYING OF GAS ASPHYXIATION. TO FINANCE DEFENSE BATTLE IS BEGUN IH JU TO WRECKED SHIP WOMAX HELD FOR MURDER PLOT WANTS MOXET. THERMOMETER IS EXPECTED TO PASS YESTERDAY'S 19. 7 Eli II! QUE era SICKS Astoria Hears Music of Hammers and Saws. PEACE SETTLES ON CITY Salesman Get Big Orders From Dealers Who Re i establish Selves. TRAFFIC IS MAIN PROBLEM Re-opening of Main Street Is Planned by Off i cials of City. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) There was music in the air in As toria today. It was neither classical nor jazz, it was the sweeter music created by hammers and saws and crowbars. Tlie ruined area, for four days a place forbidden, was reopened to workmen, property owners and mer chants. The work of reconstruction was started. Complete peace and harmony existed in all circles of the city. Astoria settled down to labor in earnest. City officials laid plans for the re opening of Commercial street, the principal artery of traffic from east to west. The Y. M. C. A. conducted a free employment bureau and brought the jobless into contact with the man who wanted to re build. In that district along Bond end Astor streets, once shunned by respectable people, carpenters were tearing out the fronts of the old dens of Infamy and preparing the Interiors of the ramshackle struc tures for occupancy by business bouses. ( Mushroom Struetnres Rise. Along the edges of the burned rea mushroom structures began to appear knock down houses and ga rages, which will be the tempo rary homea of stores until such time as the newer and greater Astoria If built. Commercial salesmen began filling the town. The representatives of the jobbers, the wholesalers and the manufacturers of building supplies and the dealers who handle build ing material were descending on Astoria in force. Their visits were rot in vain. Astoria wanted sup plies and ordered in large quan , tities. For two days after the fire the fcitizens of this city did little other than gather In groups on the edge of the burned area and gaze mourn fully at-the ruins of their city. To-1 day tliey were changed. There was a bustle and excitement in the air. I busy men were hurrying about, and Officials and committees were func tioning perfectly. Jobless men were going back to work and a general ettack was being made on the debris and wreckage which still litters Borne streets. Beopenins Means Muck. To the average -Astorian, the re opening of Commercial street will jnean much. At present, traffic con ditions in the city are bad. Pedes trialia and vehicles must detour over the hills to the south of the burned area. Few of these streets are paved and the going is hard for ve hicles. But with the reopening of the city's principal thoroughfare a connecting link between the east and west ends of Astoria will be created. To the Y. M. C. A. has been dele gated the duty of bringing the Job less men of the city in contact with the employer. Today scores of calls for help were received and scores of men were put to work. The most oi the jobs were only temporary, but it was thought that, with the general reconstruction already under way, there would be plenty of work. That another fatality might be added to the list resulting from the fire was feared today. John Carr, a saw filer, who had been employed at various logging camps in the lower river district for the last few years, was reported missing. He had a room at the Megler hotel on the night of the fire and no trace of him has been found since he went to his room that night. The opening of the safes in the buildings destroyed by the fire was an important event to many Astoria business men. It meant disappoint ment for a number. Of the 25 safes opened today under the supervision of the naval guards, the contents of the majority were found to be only eshes. The heat had been so in tense that all papers and currency fcad been destroyed. cw Problem Is Faced. As a result of this havoc a new problem faces the merchants of the city. Many have thousands of dol lars in outstanding accounts, but not so much as a scrap of paper to enow the names of their debtors. Jt was pointed out that the com lncrciat rrhnhdilafinn of the rity Husband Asked to Hire Lawyer to Fight for Wife He Charged With Attempt on Life. DETROIT, Dec. 12. A petition by Mrs. May Blenn Ford, that her hus band, Ney J. Ford, be ordered to ad vance $5000 attorneys' fees for her defense on a charge of plotting his death, was taken under advisement by Judge Dirigeman, in circuit court today. Similar action was taken on Mrs. Ford's request for an additional J1000 with which to contest Ford's suit for divorce, which was pending prior to the filing of the attempted murder charge against her. Counsel for Mrs. Ford, formerly a Toledo nurse and masseuse, argued j that Mrs. Ford had been "turned out fend herself," and held it to be a husband's duty to provide funds for his wife's defense on any charge. Judge Dingeman replied that it was a "most unusual procedure," and asked: "Is it part of the husband's duty to put the weapon in the wife's hand?" If Mrs. Ford is found cot guilty of the criminal charge, Judge Dinge man said he would order Ford to pay her money to fight the divorce suit. Mrs. Ford's examination on a charge of plotting with detectives, masquerading as professional gun men, to slay he:- husband, has been set for Friday. She has not jet posted the $15,000 bail required and is held in jail. NEW PAY SCALES LIKELY Navy Yard Wage Boards to Re consider Recommendations. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. Wage boards at the various navy yards and stations throughout the country were instructed today by the navy department to reconsider their recommendations made re cently on wage scales for employes the coming year. The instructions were issued on the recommendation of the general naval board of review after hear ings at which employes' representa tives in most instances asked for approximately a 25 per cent increase in wages. Several boards had rec ommended decreases. BIG DRUG SEIZURE MADE Letters Found Involve Hollywood Motion Picture Actor. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Narcotics valued at $50,000 and the names and addresses of about 1000. persons said by the police to be selling agents and addicts were seized early today by Deputy Police Commissioner Simon and a force of agents. Among the seized letters and cards. Deputy Commissioner Simon said, was one from a well-known motion picture actor in Hollywood, Cat, indicating that the actor acted as a selling agent. California au thorities were notified of the seizure and requested to make an investi gation. MISSION WORKER FREED One American Released by Chi nese, Three Others Held. PEKIN, Dec. 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Anton Lundeen of Newman Grove, Neb., a missionary kidnaped by bandits in Honan prov ince October 13 last, has been re leased, it was announced here to day. Three other Americans are still held captive and the diplomatic cerps here has appointed a commis sion which will start for Honan province Thursday to negotiate their release. ROAD GETS TEN MILLION St. Paul System Borrows From to Pay Uncle Sam. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. A loan of $10,000,000 from the govern ment to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad was authorized to day by the interstate commerce commission. The authorization is for a loan to run until March 1, 1930, and will enable the company to meet maturing indebtedness of a like amount which the government now holds against the road. The company will deposit $14,000, 000 In its own bonds as collateral. SIMMONS IS FOR BONUS North Carolina Democrat Re ' Introduces Vetoed Bill. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12. A bonus to soldiers is as justifiable as "a bonus to ship operators," said Senator Simmons, democrat. North Carolina, today. The senator today reintroduced the soldier bonus bill vetoed by President Harding as an amendment to the administration shipping bill. FAMOUS NOVELIST DEAD Mrs. Irene Osgood Passes Away at English Home. NORTHAMPTON. England, Dec. 12.: Mrs. Irene Osgood, novelist and playwright, died at her home here today after a month's Illness. She was born in the United States and retained her American cltlzea Portland to Help PI . for, Highway Jor LAW. EXCEPTION ISHJSHT Pledges for Special Legisla - tion Desired. STREET IS BIG NEED Relief Fund Raised by Local Chamber Exceeds $40,000; Naval Base Start Wanted. PUBLIC WARNED AGAINST BOG I S RF.LIEF Ft'XD COLLECTORS. Warning against bogus As toria relief fund collectors was issued yesterday by Jay Smith, chairman of the Port land Chamber of Commerce finance committee. Reports were received that one man had been soliciting cash con tributions. No solicitors are being used. Contribution should be sent direct to the . Chamber of Commerce Astoria Relief Fund, room 609, Ore gon building. Checks should be made payable to the relief fund and not to an individual in any case. Portland's ' first important step toward aid in reconstruction of As toria's destroyed Business section will be taken today when Mayor Baker will go before the state high way commission with a special dele gation from Astoria, to urge con struction of a main street through Astoria by the highway commission. Mayor Baker's aid was asked yes terday by the Astoria -committee and he agreed to do all in his power toward .securing the highway com mission's help. The highway commission is pre vented by law from doing any road work within the corporate limits of a city of more than 2500 population without special permission of the legislature. Legal advice obtained yesterday indicates that this ob stacle can be surmounted by obtain ing sufficient pledges from mem bers of the legislature to assure granting of such permission when the legislature convenes. Plaas Are to Be Laid. In the meantime, it is Baid, the highway commission could proceed with the work, secure in the knowl- (Concluded on Page 0. Column 1.) T i I I'll If i l l ' ll tfl I I V Fnless Immediate Assistance Is Given, Government Will Cease to Function. ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) Federal relief for Astoria, in the shapebf a $3,000,000 appropriation for the immediate rebuilding ' of streets, sewers and viaducts was asked today in a telegram sent President Harding and the Oregon congressional delegation by . the general relief committee.- Unless the city receives immediate govern ment aid, it was pointed out,, the city government will cease to func tion and bankruptcy of the people will result. That the situation is critical was the pica-made, in the telegram. In addition to the message sent to official Washington, copies of the telegram were sent to the gov ernors of all western states, the. chambers of commerce of San Fran cisco, Galveston, Seattle, Los An geles, Portland and all other north west cities. The Portland Chamber of Commerce, through its official representative In Astoria, E. N. Weinbaum, promised to assi3t in obtaining the appropriation. Ac cording to the men who are respon sible for' the appeal, San Francisco received $15,000,000 in federal aid following the disastrous fire and earthquake of 1906. Galveston re ceived an appropriation of $5,000,000 to assist in rebuilding after the tidal wave which Swept that city, more than 20 years ago. In the telegram it was pointed out that the disaster which befell Astoria was as great, not counting the loss of life, as those which visited San Francisco and Galveston. The following telegram was dis patched last" night by Mayor Brem ner: "On Friday morning last, the en tire business part of this city was totally destroyed by the most dev astating fire in the history of the north Pacific coast. Streets, water system, sewer system and fire sys tem in the entire devastated dis trict were totally destroyed. More than 5000 citizens suffered the loss of their entire property and have been left without employment or means of subsistence. Business is paralyzed. and the city wholly with out adequate means either to far. nish employment or sustain its citi zens who have so suffered. Con tributions have been obtained from coast cities and from Individuals, but this cannot be employed to re habilitate the devastated district. In order to rebuild, it will be necessary to fill by dredging the entire part of the city destroyed. Practically all of the streets and sewers de stroyed were constructed on and under viaducts and costs assessed against the property. Such assess ments have not been paid, which to gether with the enormous loss sus tained, makes it impossible to re construct. The situation is serious and appalling. Unless the city re ceives immediate government aid it seems that it will cease to function, and bankruptcy of its people, here tofore solvent, will result. The dis aster, not counting loss of life. (Concluded on Page 9. Column 4.) PRETTY TOUGH. Water Pipes and Auto Radiators Freeze in Coldest Weather of 1922 Season. i WAVE OF COLD SWEEPS OVER NORTHWEST. Ashland, 22 inches of snow, in Siskiyous. Hood River', zero weather. Parkdale, 4 below. Wallowa, 20 below zero. Goldendale, 10 below. Chehalis, g above. Roseburg, 31 above. Walla Walla, 10 above. Medford, 31.S above. Astoria, freezing tempera ture. Olympia, 14 above. Vancouver, 15 above. Salem, 20 above. La Grande, 4 below. . Meacham, 32 below. Eugene, 22 above. Hourly temperatures in Port land yesterday were: 1 A. M.. 2 A. M.. 3 A. M.. 4 A. M.. 5 A. M.. 6 A. M. . ..20 ..20 ..20 ..20! ..20 11 A. M .24 12 noon 26 1P.M.. 2 P. M.. 3 P. M.. 4 P. M. . 5 P. M. . .27 .27 .26 .24 .23 .22 .19 7 A. M 1 8 A. M 19i 6 P. M 7 P. M 9 A. M 21 ... .21 10 A. M 231 8 P. M 20 Another day of bitter cold, of bit ing east wind and sunshine, was predicted for today. The mercury will continue to shrink, according to the weather man, until it crawls down to the 16-degree mark, some time between 6 and 8 A. M. There it will have set a record for the season, and equaled, last January's siege of cold. The chill bearing down on an east wind cut through all protection yes terday, reddened noses and ears, froze automobile radiators, water" pipes and fountains. At 6 o'clock in the morning the thermometer bespoke 19 degrees, the coldest thus far this winter. At three in the afternoon comparative warmth at 26 degrees, four below freezing, was registered. But it was only comparative warmth, de spite the blue ant sunny sky above. Home-going shoppers felt to the marrow the sudden drop between 3 a-d 4 o'clock when in a short 60 lutes two degrees of cold set in with a sharpening of the already brisk wind. Throughout Oregon and the entire northwest and much' of the coast similar conditions prevailed as the result of a cold wave spreading in from Canada. At 5 o'clock last night Seattle was three degrees colder than Portland.. Astoria, lately blaz ing, shivered at 24 degrees.. Eastern Oregon and Washington felt the rigors of zero weather and will doubtless suffer even more. Valley regions were about the same as Portland. Yesterday's cold and the drop pre dicted for today compare with last January's weather, when on the 18th, 16 degrees was reached. The coldest day experienced in the few years previous was on December 13, (Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.) Action to Oust Attorney General On. FIRST EVIDENCE SUBMITTED Appointment of W. J. Burns to Office Denounced. DETECTIVE HELD UNFIT Daugherty Held to Have Known of Sleuth's Character When Appointment "Was Made. - BY ARTHUR SEARS HEXNING. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. Sensational charges that William J. Burns, now chief of the burejm of investigation of the department of justice, packed a jury-which sent a man to prison 11 years ago con stitutes the first evidence pre sented to the house judiciary f com mute today in support of the move to impeach Attorney - General Daugherty. ' Mr. Daugherty. it is contended, had full knowledge of the alleged , . . . . , conduct of Burns and therefore demonstrated his unfitness for the ! self ani 12 others charged with office of. attorney-general when j subornation of perjury, he appointed Btirns chief investi-1 Attorney Edge also denied pre gator; according to Representative vjous, testimony by Beatrice Sant Keller, republican,- Minnesota, who j "f". "J4 he Z introduced the Impeachment reso lution. Two letters, one written by Chief Justice Taft when he was president of the United States in 1912, and the other' by George W. Wickersham when he was attorney-general in the same year, bit terly ' condemning the conduct of Burns in the Oregon land fraud cases, were read into the record by Jackson Ralston, attorney for Representative Keller. . Burns' Conduct Denounced. Mr. Taft In his letter branded the conduct of Burns as "the most bare faced and unfair use of the machin ery for selection of a jury that has been disclosed to me in all my ex perience in the 'federal courts." and j proceeded then to grant a pardon to Willard M. Jones, who had been con victed in the Oregon land fraud cases, largely; it was alleged, as a result of Burns' activities: Mr. Wickersham's letter recom mending the pardon of Jones was an amazing narrative of the fixing of juries and the intimidation o witnesses. Investigators of the de partment of justice, sent to Oregon to investigate the charges of jury fixing and intimidation of witnesses, reported widespread evidence of ac tivities by Burns and Francis J. Heney, special prosecutor for the government, in the selection of the jury in the Jones case. Panels of prospective jurors were carefully investigated by Burns or his agents and each man was labeled before being selected, according to the Wickersham letter. 'I Some Labels Recalled. One prospective juror was labled. "Good man . . . 'would convict Christ." Another was indorsed as follows: "Would like to see defend ant hung. ... a fair juror." Oth ers not so . desirable were disap proved in emphatic language. -Burns was also quoted in a telegram to F. Scott Smith, in Washington, as say ing: "We're going to stack the cards against them this time." The prosecution contended that Mr. Daugherty appointed Burns last year with full knowledge of the Taft and Wickersham letters. Guy H. Oyster, confidential secretary to Samuel . Gompers, president of the Ameriean Federation of Labor, was placed on the witness stand to sub stantiate this contention. Mr. Oyster testified that he and Mr. Gompers called upon Mr.' Daugherty a few days before the appointment of Burns and particularly called his attention to the Taft and Wicker sham letters. . . Mr. Ralston asked the committee to require the department of justice to produce further papers" in its files which he said would reveal a letter written by Mr. Daugherty in which the attorney-general admitted he knew all about the charges against Burns when he made the ap pointment but expressed confidence, nevertheless, that Burns would make a good public servant. More Witnesses Asked. Mr. Ralston asked the commfttee to subpena both Chief Justice Taft and Mr. Wickersham, but after some members of the committee objected dropped his request as to Mr. Taft. Mr. Wickersham may appear tomor row, as will also Mr. Gompers. The committee was also asked to sub pena Donald A. Riehberg,. Chicago attorney, who represented the rail road shopmen in the recent- Injunc tion suit,, and other representatives of the railroad brotherhoods,, who will present evidence of Mr. Daugh erty's failure to enforce the safety inspection laws against the rail roads. They probably will be heard Thursday. . . . James A. Finch, pardon attorney in the department of justice, took the stand and : tolo! . the committee that he' personally had written the iCottluded on Page i Column i.) Mrs. George Feles Locks Herself and Babies in House Before Turning on Jets. After locking lierself, her baby daughter and 4-year-old son in the kitchen, Mrs. George Feles, 472 Sum ner street, turned on the gas in a gas stove last night, and when dis covered by the father a short time later both children were dead and the mother was believed to be dy ing. Neighbors told the police that Mrs. Feles had been mentally un balanced since the birth of the in fant daughter a year ago. The mother was lying on a cot unconscious when her husband, a waiter at the Multnomah hotel, re turned home from work about 9:30 o'clock, and the two children were stretched out by the side of the stove, both dead. Desperate efforts to resuscitate the son, James", were made by emergency hospital physi cians. e Finding the door locked the father broke it down after noticing the odor of gas escaping from the kitchen. He immediately called neighbors who notified the emer gency hospital. LAWYER DENIES CHARGE Mr. Edge on Stand in Codd Sub ornation of Perjury Trial. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 12. Denial that either he or George C. Randell, attorney, had "drilled" Beatrice Sant, or Bernadine Collins, in testi mony given by them in the Codd murder trial in Spokane last spring was made in superior court here today by Lester Edge, attorney, on th. witoa ota. .B'M '. she could answer questions put to her by the state in the Codd murder trial. He admitted having given j Mrs- Sant $30 at the close of the Codd trial, but said that he did it because she was in need of funds and had received witness fees for only one day during her trial. PROFESSOR BEFORE JURY Educator . Reported Questioned - Regarding Conspiracy. SAX FRANCISCO, Dee. 12. Pro fessor James Hyde of Stanford uni versity was before the federal grand jury here this afternoon and is re ported to have been questioned re garding an alleged conspiracy to aid the defense of Roy Wilmot, sus pended prohibition agent, while the latter wa3 on trial on charges of bribery and extortion. Wilmot was convicted and is awaiting sentence. The jury, which also is inquiring into a perjury plot revealed during the Wilmot trial, is scheduled to meet again next Friday. SPEEDER CURED, HE SAYS Ralph De Palma, Speedway King, Released From Jail. MADEIRA, Cal., Dec. 12. Ralph De Palma, speedway king and Ma deira county jail inmate durine the past nine days, was ordered re- leased this morning by the Madeira parole board, which cut 24 hours from his ten-day speeder's term for good behavior. De Palma said he was through with speeding on highways. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 28 degrees; minimum, 19 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. Foreign. American consul at Valetta, Malta, shot, supposedly by madman. Page 3. Britain's proposal for debt remission not wholly due to generosity. Page 8. Conference hope dashed by Ismet Pasba. Page 4. Fruits of world war victory surrendered by allies, says Tardieu. Page 23. National. Ship subsidy bill has about even chance to win, says Mark Sullivan. Page 4. Ship subsidy bill may be sidetracked to permit rural credits legislation. - Page 3. - , Action aimed to impeach attorney-general is started in house committee. Page 1. Great Britain leads in junking warships. Pagel. Federal action on packers merger to wait. Page 2. Domestic. Accuser requested to finance defense. Page 1. John Wanamaker, world-famous mer chant, dead at Philadelphia home. Page 2. Captain sticks to wrecked ship. Page 1. Progressives lay campaign plans. Page 8. Pacific coast transportation difficulties subject of conference. Page 16. Northwest. i Aberdeen woman is held for murder. Page &. . Mushroom buildings rise In Astoria. Page 1. , Mayor of Seattle Btirs up big row In vice accusations. Page 7. Astoria - asks $3,000,000 federal aid. Page 1. Sports. Nunes and Kramer fight tonight In the armory. Page 11 Big leaguer denies rowing with Landia. Page 14. - Willard to start north for fight. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Wool growers association contract Is held valid. Page 18. Gains made in all sections of bond list. Page 18. New intercoastal service is to call here. Page 17. Wheat and oats continue bullish. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Sixteen degrees above zero forecast for today. Page 1. Willamette university passes million mark. Page 9- . . , Church ends suit against Dr. Morrison. Page 13. t State to be asked to build highway through Astoria. Page -1. Crater lake and John Day Toad work to - be requested. Page 21. Steamer Orteric Likely to Be Total Loss. 12 OF CREW WITH SKIPPER 54 of Men Are Rescued by Steamer Claremont. SURF POUNDING VESSEL Master and Party Eipected to Stay Until Federal Appraiser Decides Damage. SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The British tramp steamer Orteric, which went on Fish rock, a jagged point on the California coast line, 70 miles north of here, In a dense fog last night, w!as being pounded deeper into her rocky cradle tonight by heavy ground swells and surf, while the steamer Claremont was steaming to San Francisco with 54 members of her crew. Twelve of the crew, including Captain Tincent Harper, remained on board to await an appraisal of the damage to the vessel by government experts on board the coast guard cutter Shaw nee. It Is believed that they will return to San Francisco on the Shawnee. Wireless messages sent out by the Orteric today indicated that she will be a total loss. She lies in an ex posed position, and while the sea has been calm, there is apparently no likelihood that she can be pulled off. In an early wireless message today she said that attempts to tow her or drag her from the rock would be useless. RoekN Puncture Holdn. The rocks punched big holes In Nos. 1, 2 and 6 holds, while at noon today the engine- room began to fill. Up to early this evening her wireless was still working, but It was a question as to how long she could continue this communication. The 7rteric was on her way from San Francisco to Eureka to load lumber for the far east. She was a comparatively riew boat, having been built in England in 1919, and was in excess of 6000 tons net regis ter. Transfer of the Asiatic members of the Orteric's crew to the Cotton plant was completed at 9:30 A. M., but the white members of the crew stood by the ship, according to a radio message received by the ma rine department or the chamber of commerce here. The El Segundo, which had been standing by the Orteric, departed for San Francisco at 9:30 A. M. Captain Harper of the Orteric di rected the rescue work of the crew and is keeping the relief vessels fully informed of the situation on the Orteric. Transfer Is Orderly. The sea 'was calm and the work of rescue proceeded in a satisfactory manner. "The ship is high on the rocks writh her holds filled." one message said. "We are preparing to abandon her as the damage is too serious to attempt a tow." The message was unsigned and was apparently an answer- by the Orteric to radio inquiries from other flS j ships regarding her position and the chances of salvage. The Orteric was en route to Eureka. Cal., to load lumber for the orient. LAW IS HELD DEFECTIVE Bjll Introduced In Behalf of Children of Aliens. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12 t Children of ajiens would be granted citizenship upon the naturalization of either parent under a bill intro duced today by Representative Cable, republican, of Ohio. Mr. Cable said he sought to cor rect a defect in the present law under which citizenship of children born abroad depends on the citizen ship of the father. IRISHMEN IN AUSTRALIA . Forty Members of Black and Tans ? to Settle on Farms. members of the Black and Tans, tho j former" royal Irish -constabulary t auxiliary, have arrived here with V their families to settle on farms. I They were given pensions when" discharged from British service and assisted in settling overseas. OIL OPERATOR INDICTED Texan Held In Connection Witr Father-in-law's Death. FORT WORTH, Tex.. Doc 12. J. Harrison White, prominent Texas and Oklahoma oil operator, was in dicted here by the grand jury today on a charge of murder. He is held in connection with the death of his father-in-law, J. Ji. Tuitie. 1