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Newspaper Page TextSite cxBcrnuLTxov vara for October, 1922; 8unUy only 570 Iil mud Soaday 5343 !! (or tiz month admc October 81, 1922; ; i Sunday only J 5874 i Daily and Sua day , , Si9i TH CZTT or ftXXJDf m4 toowaoN ta Xarioa and rslk Koarlr rrbody mil The Oregon Statesman TBS hoks xxmrxiXM SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1922 ; PRICE; FIVE CENTS I Twelve Witnesses Called by I I Special Prosecutor Mott I in Hall-Mills Mystery at 'J 1 Npw RriinsWirlr ? WIDOW OF RECTOR MAY Op ON STAND V Scores of Women Come to x Town for Sight of Sisters l ' lit 11 !f AirflinH III IIIIOIUI lUIIC t , SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 20. --By .The Associated Press) ; The case which Special ProBe v Mtor Wilbur A. Mott has woven out of the mystery surrounding : the murders of Rev., Edward Vi Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills had Us first official air ; In today when 12 persons told ; their stories to the Somerset . county grand jury. 7 ;w t ' Climax Startles 1 I'l a; startling climax to the , first session of the grand Jury ; which delred Into the mass of evl dence surrounding . the murders s of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and , Ws choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor Rlnehardt Mills, detectives "an : Bounced tonight, they had ' dls i covered a new witness, whose testimony might ' overshadow i in importance that of Mrs. Jma hik. ' ion, the "pig woman.". Sipel Star Witness ) Strangely enough." " this new witness, whose name is George Sipel. is knowa to 'his armer , h neighbors in Middlebush as the j "pig man." The particular epi sode of the tragedy which offlc v ials say he witnessed Will put TiUn In thfi TWlRltinn rtf onnAVftntitn. . . m - IVUWIdllU , unwuiuu; ui iue pig worn i an, according to the detectives. ; That Sipel .will be. a star wit ness before the -grind 'Jury has been known tof official in the ; ease for days, .' they declared to night. His name comes up at this time, they, say, as the result of a letter attributed to Sipel' and appearing in Nw Brunswick i aewspapers while, thegrand Jury ; still was In its first session. V.;'-'' letter1 Attacks ! ''The letter constituted an attack on Mm. Gibson for bringing Si pel's name into the case, and stated that the "plr woman" .f sought to enmesh him" as wit ness io suosianuais ner eye-wit- aess atory or tne murder. -events in DeReussay'a lane the J night of the murders, the officials f now. disclose. Bis business is : similar to that of Mrs. Gibson. 'I Mr. Uott Mnpti tn nffer thtt I evidence' of lb or more other ' witnesses tomorrow; Three wo- men are sitting on the grand T v -t, i Jury, Carefully Guarded The proceedings today were I Innrt f din nimllT -arnnrilnil. A ' iquad of - state troopers patroll- I eu me eourinouse ana surrouna ing grounds. 'Wumwiitwiwu Af ' them, "rams sarly. They hung" over the dark : railed, oaicony ... inside - tne .court nouse on tne second iioor, m tne . rain hope that Mrs. Hall, widow &f the slain minister, or Mrs. Jane Gibson, who raises pigs, -vnd has. become the most import ant witness in the case, might appear At the opening session, Mr. Mott; assisted ' by " Azariah M.'Beekman, prosecutor of Som erset county, outlined to the grand jury thej salient features of ,the case. V -1 ; - ; Reporter Tells Story A. J. Cardinal, a New Bruns , wick newspaperman,' was called I -.to .tell how the bodies of .the ? insrdered pair lay when, he first "w them stretched out tinder a I erabapple tree on the lonely Phillips farm. Aa .Cardinal tes tified, his arestarm could be seen through the low . window IDs story was to the 'effect that he - picked up letters and cards about the body and held them until the police arrived. 'Dr. E. 1 D. Lob lfein, a' veterinarian, 1 succeeded him on the stand. THE WEATHER Oregon Tuesday cloudy. LOCAL WEATHER (Monday) Maximum .temperature, "4 S. Minimum temperature, 38. River, I 2 feet ( above normal level. Falling, i Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, partly cloudy. Wind, north. 'p-.'f-'v I ' VET KNl&HT OF KEY TO SEND "30" 1. C. Ward, Who Was Boy hood Friend of Edison, Plans to Quit Job VISALIA, Cal., Nov. 20. "Thirty" soon may be sent over the wires by J. C. Ward, veteran ,telegraph operator. Ward, whose 60 years of tele graphing makes him probably the oiaest operator in point of ser vice in the United States, has had cnarge of an office here 35 years and he wants to retire. Ward started telegraphine back in 1862, working for the Grand Trunk railroad at Mount Clem ens, Mich. During the Civil war. Ward served as a telegraph operator on ueneral Grant's staff. Later he came west for a commercial firm and worked at Sacramento in the pioneer days. Siberia called him and he worked for a , while on construction Jobs there. Thirty-fire years ago he came to VIsalla to set ud reDeatera for he VIsalla telegraph off Icq. -re planned to stay some six month.3 to "get things" in runnine order but he has been here ever since. Once he was elected mayor ot Visalia on the Republican ticket when everything else went Demo cratic five to one. Now Mr. Ward thinks he would like to retire, so the telesrranh company has asked the state rail road commission for authority to close the office. If It Is granted. the veteran will be through. U. DP 0. FOLK ' - WILL ILL! Event to Boo'st Ten-Million-Dollar Fund Arranged for Thursday Night The "firs Marion county re union of all former Oregon uni versity students, graduates. medics, and summer school regis- trants Is to be held Thursday wrn in, as the successor to Sen night at the Gray Belle. beKinnlne atr Watson, and nA i at 6:30. f"68- '"cations tonight wer0 Jtinira T o wfDnA f Uit. ifitnat ana vmiU o 4vu a. using v& the Oregon supreme court is to preside as loasimasier, ana some- where between 100 and 150 guests are expected. Movies to bo Shown Tlmao Tw-r A Jlmit.. 0 -""' &,u UUU.1U1 .vii. the ten-million-dollar endowment campaign, is to be one of the speakers; so, too, will be W. R. Newell, director of the campaign, and former regent of the univer sity. Grace Edgington, alumni secretary, is to speak, and the Emerald quartet, Glen, Morrow, Morris Eben, Roy Bryson and Prof. John Stark Evans, assistant dean of the school of music, will sing as part of the program. A movie reproduction of the 1922 commencement exercises, and many other scenes on the campus, will be presented. Committees Named Superintendent George Hug, of the Salem public schools, and Miss Jeanette Kltetzing, are of the local .committee on - spankers and program. Carey Martin, Walter Winslow. and Grace Bean are the committee1 'on organiza tion and officers. Jack Elliott, Dwight Parr, Ruth Austin and Hollis. Huntington have the saio of tickets, and the decorations are in the hands of Agnes Drls coll, Muriel McKinley and Maur ice Selig. Carl Nelson is th pub licity committee. Workers in All Towns Volunteer committeemen havja operated or will serve in all the towns In Marion county; Lyle Mc Croskey at Stayton, Dr. Keene and Mark Latham at Silverton, and others wherever they happen to be. The. committees are to meet this evening at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 o'clock to perfect their plans. Tickets may be reserved from the committeemen, or at the Gray Belle direct. ' JAPS ARB BARRED VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 20.-A motion ma.A(4 bv the orovlncial government calling upon the do- - . - t.ft.u minion government 10 proaiDu th a immigration of Asiatics Into Canada was unanimously adopted j 'by the British Columbia legisla ture tonignt. MANY PEARS SHIPPED , MEDFORD, Or., Nov. 20. During the pear shipping season just ended here 1326 cars of pears were shipped to tne eastern mar ket from Medford, as against tne crop of 690 cars' shipped last year. Apple shipping from - the valley will continue for several weeks yet. - HARDING WILL IKE TO TO i BOTH HOUSES! . i President Goes Before Con gress Today to Present Wishes in Shippng Bill and Other Legislation. SENATOR MRS. FELTON WILL BE GIVEN TOGA Steering Committee Expect ed to Rearrange Sched ule of Measures WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 The 67th congress formally opened it3 doors today for the third session, but It did little more than actu ally get on the job. Its life as a special session wilt be only two weeks, but in that I time it is the hope of President Harding that substantial progress will be made on the administra tion's merchant marine program and considerable advance work done on the armful of annual sup ply bills which most be handled In the regular session beginning December 4. Dead Mr-mh-rs Honorvd Historic customs of the open ing of a new session were enacted today in both house and senate, and the regular preliminaries were gone through in brief rou tine meetings. Adjournment follows B. Lmark of respect to the late Sena- . .iun oi ueorgla, and the late Representative Nolan of Cali fornia. ' The president has arranged to address a joint session tomorrow in behalf of the shinninr bill tti- fmessage is expected to be deliver- u at iz:30 o'clock. The senate adjournment post poned until tomorrow the effort Of Mrs. W. H. Peltnn r- the first vr UCUlgll woman senator tn ha i in; received as a I ffu11 fledged sitting member aad umze me path for womanhood," as she desires. ine roil calls showed 61 mem bers of the renate and 291 mem- I bers Of fh. . . . i uuac on nana to start th,nfs off. Bill Up Thursday House Diana nrnvUo .1.1 Ing the shipping bill Thursday" put the senate hi. J??f?d n that measure, will Mie us attention to other mat ters. Several new members are to be sworn in the senat . w"i ' row and after that it is scheduled 6 uneaa on tne unfinished bus iness, the admlnlstratiftr, vm granting a credit of $5,000,000 to "uer"1 WI"cn was let over from last session. fwbenT Withdrawal Today The Dyed anti.tvnxhi.. . . - VIII 1UJ- ipws on the senato Trnr.o. v... the Republican steorin . , o VVUIU1H- tee Is expected to arrange a new auueume later. The senate tomorrow i. celve the resignation of Senator -.ijr, jxepuoucan, who fig nrd in the long Michigan contest. mencuncnt Agreed On . Republican member, of merchant marine committee had agreed today to the ship subsidy bill designed to offset losses to American pas senger ships engaged in foreign service by reason of the prohi bition against the sale of liquor. The , amendment nrovidea thnt Uuch ships shall be paid directly aj me government, for carrying mail, instead of turning the amount due into a revolving fund out of which all companies are to receive compensation. Representative Bankh pari Ala bama. Democratic member of the committee, announced he wonM offer an amendment providing that no part of the federal sub sidy should be paid to any ship on which liquor was sold, regard less of any future court rnlin. Lon the right to sell on the high seas. FAMOUS BIG SOLD SILVERTON. Ore., Nov. 20. (Special to The Statesman The "Sibloco bug" built in thn fprm of an engine, which has attracted so much attention in - Oregon and California has been sold to William McKay, a Ford man of Seattle. Wash. The Sil verton Blow Pipe company was the designer and builder ot the bog. MAIL SERVICE EXTENSION IS PLANNED HERE Amount of Postal Matter Re-' ceived in Salem Increases; j Employes Swamped Postoffice Insp3Cton Clements of Portland was in Salem Moftday to look over the matter of an ex- tension of the carrier service for j city mail. The amount of mail! being received in Salem is grow- j ing stjadily, and so rapidly that the carriers are fairly swamped with the flood of mail that pours in upon them It has been impossible to get around on the schedule that was In vogue two years ago. because the quantity of mail to be de livered, and the distance to cover, won't fit on the old force. There has been no increase in the num ber of carriers for a long time, i but it's now up about to the can't-' be-done point. i The changes in the Inside ar-j rangement of the old postoffice j are now being made. The fenced- j in space for the handling of stamps and registered mail has been quadrupled, and there is one more window in the enclosure, making it possible to have three clerks in service there during rush hours. A new and much larger parcels post window has been opened, that will take in the larg2st of the large things that now ko by mail automobile tires and all sorts of bulky things More space is being allotted for the general delivery. Two clerks could work there if necessary. ; Thi office will probably get settled down to a smooth-working business basis in its new arrange ment before the heavy Christmas holiday trade comes on. There isn't any way to make more room in the frpnt lobby for shoppers and shippers, but the clerks will be better able to Laddie the busi ness once it does get Into the of fice. F TO BE ED Second Week in December Designated for Big Agri cultural Event Salejn and Marfan county will have a corn show ihe second week in December that ought to be a revelation to even the best-seasoned Oregonions who believe ev erything will grow to perfection in Oregon. A meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Com merce last night resulted in the appointment of a committee of five to raise the funds for the coming show. It isn't a high priced attraction. It is to cost only about $250 in all for gen eral expenses and cash premiums. The committee men are George Griffith, Dan J. Fry, Charles Archerd. Z. J. Riggs, and P. W. Geiser. They will formulate their plans and get their! money by solicitation or in their own way. Paul Carpenter, Polk county farm agent, who was one of the mam spirits in the Independence Corn show staged Friday and Saturday, made an address at In dependence Saturday ,afternoon, urging all the exhibitors to show their wares at Salem also. A large number of them will do so and they had 349 exhibitors at the Independence show, which was one of the most elaborate af fairs of the kind ever held in the west. Salem ought to have a fine show also, even without the fine stuff from'the other ex position, for the corn crops in this vicinity were said to be the best, in the history of the valley. Ejected from Ball Park' Court Holds Deserved it OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20. The supreme court today upheld the King county superior court in dismissing two actions insti tuted by James L. Finnesey and wife which when Finnesey was ejected from the Seattle baseball park. The court ruled that the proprietor of a baseball park is engaged in private business and man control it as he will in ab sence of any statute. DINNER SERVED SILVERTON, Ore., Nov. 20. (Special to The Statesman) The Trinity Ladies' Aid society gave a chicken dinner Saturday neon and during the afternoon the society held a fancy work sale. The proceeds of the day was some over $225. 1 SHOW PROU JUST THROW ! $4000 OVER I THE TRANSOM That Amount of Money Much Needed for Completion of Episcopal Church If some good friend would only drop about MO 00 into the slot or thove it under the door or throw it over the transom, the new St. Paul's Episcopal church would be ready for services by Christmas time. Lacking the money, it will not be ready. Rev. H. D. Chambers, the archi tect, contractor, janitor and pas tor, has been working away stead ily up to th-s limit of his money, but facing a sure shortage of funds, he is expecting to incur no big bills without the money in c ght to pay. The church is enclosed, and the windows are now being fitted. The stucco work on the outside is an urgent necessity. The two me morialwindows on the east side of the church are not yet ready, but the other windows are being set in tliia week. The radiators are bein.? set, so that the building can bo heated and the interior dried cut ready for finishing. Most or all of tbe furniture is already here, having been bought early. It had been expected that the church would be finished and oc cupied before now. CITY COUNCIL Question of Sawdust Ob struction on Trade Street Considered Important The. question of allowing the P. R. L. & P. Company to pile sawdust or "hog" fuel on a part of Trade street forming an ob struction to traffic on the Bouth side; the legality of accepting city warrants as payment on street as sessments and th question of the cfty's vacation of North Commer cial street were the most import ant matters brought before the city council last night. Manager Speaks In- setting forth his reasons for obstructing the south side of Trade street near Liberty, W. M. Hamilton, division manager, said that in order to convey this cheap est of fuels from the sidetrack on Trade street to the plant it was necessary to build a conveyer and that as the sidetrack was not ad jacent to the company property it was necessary to extend the con veyer out into the street. He pointed out that practically 9d per cent of the vehicle traffic along Trade street between Commercial and High was on the north side of the sidetrack while orfly 1 per cent was on the south side, whereon was located the conveyer. In ad dition, he said, the plant had been constructed at a cost of $ 175,000 and had been Installed solely for the purpose of giving better ser vice to the citizens and industries of Salem After Mr. Hamilton had con cluded his address Alderman L. H. Suter suggested that the (question be deferred until the next meeting so that it would be possible for the street committee as well as the aldermen to investigate the condition before any definite ac tion be taen which might be "re gretted later on." His suggestion was adopted and the communi cation placed on file until the next meeting. City Warrants Discussed The question of allowing a tax payer to pay for street assess ments with city warrants was brought up. Ray L. Smith, city attorney, stated that although it might be possible it was not a reg ular procedure and that if there was not enough in the city fund to pay at the time it would not be at all feasible. Alderman J. B. Qiesy moved that the matter be referred to the city attorney and the ways and means committee The motion was carried. Junk Shops Bothersome A measure for the vacation of North Commercial street by the icty was brought up bu failed to j carry. .Alderman Thompson con- tended that it was dangerous ! business to give city streets away and that it would be very apt to I reflect later on back to this coun i cil. City Attorney Smith was in structed to prepare an ordinance confining the locations of Junk shops- The. city attorney has been making an investigation of junk shop locations for an extend ed period. ' Grading Heidi Possible Sixteen applications for soft drink licenses were read. At the (Continued on page 8) ITT W GOVERNOR IS LOOKING FOR IN TO NAME Groesbeck Does Not Propose to Have Michigan Repres ented in Upper House by Figurehead. DOZEN CITIZENS ARE SPECULATED UPON Charles B. Warren, Ambas sador to Japan, Included Among Possibilities Senatorial qualifications of n0 fewer than a dozen men promi nent in the public life of Michi gan were being scanned today by Governor Alex J. Groesbeck, seeking a successor to Truman H Newberry, who Sunday tend ered his resigns tion as senator from this state. Governor Shooting Square The governor meanwhile said that he intended to withhold a decision until all interested par ties have had an opportunity to be heard and that he did ' not propose to have Michigan re presented in the upper house of congress by a figurehead. In these words the governor took occasion to put at rest reports that he might appoint some one who. could be counted upon not to seek re-election in 1924, so that the chief executive then could make the race for senator ial honors. Leading Men Mentioned Although the governor - declin ed even to intimate who had been under consideration already for Mr. Newberry's seat the names most prominently heard today were those of Charles B. Warren, at present American ambassador to Japan, former Senator William Allen Smith of Grand Rapids. W. W. Potter, state fuel administrated, and John S. Haggerty, Wayne county Republican leader. Later today another name was advanced, that of Marion Leroy Burton, president of the University of Michigan. Mayor James Couzens of Detroit also was drawn into the speculation today. Confession, Says Hull WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Cor dell Hull, chairman of the Demo cratic committee, in a statement today said: "The first fruits of the recent nation-wide Democratic victory at the polls are seen in the resigna tion of Truman H. Newberry, which amounts to a 'confession of moral guilt of the offense charged.' " "If Senator Newberry's resigna tion,' 'he added, "is the result 6r administrative pressure and ad vice, the president has made a good beginning and is to be com plimented therefor. It would be evident that he, at last, under- stands that Newberry and New - berryism were repudiated utterly by the people on November 7 last Harding Censured "In whatever degree, if . any. President Harding is responsible for Nwberry's resignation, the credit is largely nullified by his insistence upon the ship bonus bill. The ship bonus bill and the Fordney-McCumber tariff were as utterly repudiated at the polls November 7, as Newberryism. There is as yet no evidence that the administration has learned this fact or intends to profit by ,it, but there is the possibility and the hope that the assembled mem bers of congress who have Just returned from personal cont with their constituents in the election and will act upln it ac cordingly. Slackerism is no less obnoxious than Newberryism." Doctor Found Guilty of Violating Blue Sky Law SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. Dr. John Eckes, dentist and al leged former kleagle of the Ku ICIiit Klan was found ruiltv of viAiaiinr ih. .tat. Kin w law! by a jury in superior court here .today. Dr. Eckes was charged (with selling stock in a Texts j company without first having ob tained a permit from the state corporation commistioner. , JURY GOES TO MOVIES YAKIMA, Wash.. Nov. 20. The jury hearing the trial of Claude A. Labbee, charged by the state with the murder of L. A. Wright, a rancher, 'went to the movies this afternoon. The trial will be resumed tomorrow morn ing after a day's recess. SCIOASKS -SALEM AID FOR -ROAD Delegation of Business Men From ynn County Waits On Local Organization A delegation of representative business men from Scio attended the board of directors' meeting of 'the Salem Chamber of Commerce Monday night to ask for help in getting a paved road from Green's bridge across the Santlam to Scio. Dr. A. G. Prill, Fred T. Dilyeu, J. D. Densmore. J. S. Sticka. I. V. McAdoo and G. H. Coin were th3 visitors presenting the request. Linn county has graded the road in question a distance ot six miles and it is practically ready for paving. Marion county is planning to grade the two and a half miles from Jefferson ta I Green's bridge. If these two sec. of road, which connect at j the county lire at Green's bridge, were built. Scio would " on a 01, rect paved highway which would open up a splendid section of country for much better develop ment than it has ever known be cause of a lack of good trans portation. What the Scio people ask is that Salem join in an appeal to the state highway department for the building of their six miles in Linn county. With the road al ready graded, they figure that the state as a whole would be greasy benefited, and that the road would be a worth-while state asset. Tbe matter will be taken up through the proper channels at once. M Further Horror is Added to , Disaster "In Gulf of California MEXICALI, Lower California, Nov. 20. AJnew estimate ot 80 lives lost in the disaster to the steamer Topolobampo early yes terday at La Bomba, 60 miles south of Mexican, on the Gulf ot California, was received here to night. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered, it is said. Eleven wc-e of children between 4 and 15 years. Big Families Aboard Official estimates of the nam- ; ber who were drowned when the steanter capsized rose from 60 last night to 80 tonight, and it was declared the disaster was the greatest in the history of the Gulf of California. ' Although only 86 passengers were listed, it was said, it was im probable it ever would be accur ately learned how many persons ; had crowded on the small steam er, as many of the men known to have large families with them had listed only their own names. Most of the families were said to have more than six children. Immediate Burial Needed The passengers wre on the way from Sinaloa and Sonora to the cotton fields of Lower Califor nia. An added horror attending the tragedy, on which only mea ger accounts are received here, is in the fact that the bodies must be buried as rapidly as they are recovered, and in open trenches which Mexican soldiers dug today above the beach line. There are no facilities at La Bomba for the work of the under taker. The dozen people who live at that port are isolated from medical and other aid by the stretch of 60 miles of nearly im passable desert between them and the outposts of land cultivation below Mexicall. Heat Prevents Removal Military authorities who have taken charge of the situation de cide it was "out of the question" to attempt to remove the bodies of the victims because of the deb- ert heat, so the funerals are prompt ana strictly military, as there is no minister nor priest to offer religious rites. A. Libreau, owner of the Topo lobampo, was brought to Mexicall today. He had neither shoes, hat nor coat, having fared no better than the passengers in saving personal belongings. j Arraignment Ordered He and Captain Gomez, of the j steamer, will be arraigned on I chareres of nerli row, according to announcement by officials tonight. Witnesses will Include surviv ors and military guards on duty at La bomba. 80 OEAO IN SHIP WRECK SUBJECTED TO President Harding Says Gov ernment Will Help -Fight Ku Klux if Federal Inter ests Involved. .... : - CONFERENCE HELD WITH LOUISIANA GOVERNOR Southern Executive 'Takes Exception to Washington Post Articles J WASHINGTON, Nov. . 20. As surances wert given Governor Parker of Louisiana today by President. Harding that whera . federal Interests were Involved in the alleged activities pf tha Ku Klux Klan tn that stats th federal authorities were ready to extend full cooperation. This waa the reply to a re quest hy the governor for gov ernment help In cutting oft from the organization in Louisiana th support and encouragement which he asserted it was .receiv ing from the outside. : '; State May Handle Situation At the) White House confer ence between the - president and Mr. Parker, attended also by At torney General Daugherty and, the attorney general of Louis iana. A. V. Coco, it was agreed that the state government would be fully able to take car of the situation. The governor tailed attention to the campaign ha has been conducting against the ktaa ror months and declared In a formal statement issued -On leav ing the White Mouse that "re gardless of cost or consequen ces" a most thorough investiga tion would be made ot reported, outrages. ..,:t iv'TM.' At tha same time, he vigorous ly : denied that there was In Louisiana any such situation- at that described 4a articles writ ten by a staff correspondent of the Washington Post and pub lished over the country. : 1 State Machinery Working ' VI did not see your' correa T pondent," the letter said, "and he made no application for aa Interview. . Most of his state ments would have been dlsprovea had he made even the most su perficial Investigation' The . governor declared there was "absolutely nothing" on which could have been based the statement that "the machinery ot state government has almost' ceased to function," adding that there never had . been "the mot remote idea on tbe part of 'any one in Louiiana of appealing to the federal government 'to go. tn to the state ' of Louisiana and' take over the adminlstratloa pi government.' " Article Hold Damaging; , . Asserting that the article' waf "90 per cent inaccurate,", and; conveyed a totally wrong Im pression," the governor wrote that ."the damage done by It" and the Importance given it by" the display . in the Post would "be made the subject, of con ferences on my return to Louis- decided as to the further action that will be taken." "Masked 'men and Invisible empires have no place in Am erica," the letter continued, "and I have denounced the K. K. as vigorously as I knew how ta its own stronghold. We f)ave only begun to fight this move ment which strikes at funda mentals of orderly government. We will be able to rid . Loalsia- ua ui mis iitiuus ucTciuyuiGuv the more completely if we can have tbe help of other states and of the federal government. We can deal favorably with our Jocal situation if it can be cut off from the support and en couragement it is receiving from the outside." ' , JCDGE DISSOLVES ORDKR OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20. Judge John M. Wilson today dis solved his recent temporary order restraining the . department of public worka from interfereing with interstate v motor stage op erations. An order had been granted upon complaint of A. D. Schmidt, of this city, who op erates between Seattle and Port land. . OT GUILTY PEN3AC0LA. Fla.. Nov. 20.; (By the Associated Press) Sid ney J. Catts, former governor of this state, was found not guilty by a Jury in federal court, hers tonight which tried him on sj charge of peonage. J