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f i v i li UOTi JUDGE I i illOLVEDI :gi;:g case ilia FIrct Witness fc'r State Tes 1 t;fic3 ; T.w o Prominent Jp:!(scn County Men Par- , r t: Released; amid , ;: 1 FUSILLADE OF SHOTS l-C IS' Yc;k told by I.!ac!:cd f.!en to "Cult Running Around " With Higgcr." , M2DF0RD, Or., March : 14. ? The; first , sensation . In the sec orl night ridlas .trial came, in circuit court .today at , Jackson ville,. that,.of J, Alexander Norrts er. i ,Ttona3 E.Goodia. .pa, the C. rrjef Izlzz participants In U ? ,r: sked aad w hooded t hand wich . I j , alle jecl; to , hare ..Vhang ci" Kerry Jchnsoix near, Medford; , last April, when -'Johnson, . who wa the first witness for the ntxia Implicated .two. "prominent Jjtksoa county men.. , ' -Hi testified that among the rr,i":',:cl men that night whom he . p?-! lively recognized by their vc!ccs were County Judge George A. Gardner, and Frank I. Ton , t!ef ex-county judge. TonTille , was the candidate for secretary rf state at the last election on lis Democratic state ticket. Hcl.!sip Csid Frameup' . -Beth Johnson and 'the latteri r-utrcr corr.ar.icr., George A. Vrk, who -en the night of the I a:" r:d crime was lectured y tha rs asked hand, testifed today. . '. ,A ftat'Jtre cf the opening argu nezt-ta thai jury by the state w:,s that It - expected to show I ,U :.tl Norris and Goodie ''aided, f- ' ted and cooperated. with, the r-?s!:Bd men" and "that, the V t ;;;:: was, a frair.eup.".. . . Aneir this afternoon's devel opr-tats at the. trial-was the real'.ag of a dejosltlon from W. A. ; Elshop, .. owner of the truck. . which, it is claimed, Norrla. and . Caodie borrowed . to take the tr '. ? . to Ashland, . . , f rom which Jc.hsson and York were taken by t'.:s masked men. Bishop ,1s too HI in a Medford hospital to ap- af and testify In person. Johnson and York- both testi fied today as witnesses, for the state and the latter story cor roborated In the main the testl nnnr of Johnson, who is the state's star witness. Denies AResatlons . ' Their stories agreed as to their living been asked by. Norris and Goodie to accompany the latter two on the automobile truck to Ashland to, load a. gas oline tank that Goodie, was to use In his garage at Jackson- Mile. On the return,, they tes- titled, they twere rear the out skiits of Medford v "1 a tour izs car which had been folIow Ing them passed beyond... them a Ad about the same . time , the tuick came to a stop. They tes tified a :band of six ?r eight masked men took charge of them , Tork said he was led., to pne.side tsd' given a lecture and -told to ' "puit running around with that ni'ger." In the meantime, it: was tes tified th another masked man rtndcuf'ed Johnson- and put pe around his neck and con . tin beneath -a tree, to c:e side. Johnson said he was e-!:ed - questions as, to. his con- d;ict by the hooded men. lie t f A3, that he denied all the alle- ritlons. ; Doth men testified, that their ciptors'wore pasks and gowns . t! at reached to the heels. Fin ";87 the witnesses said,, the in c! lent closed when they were ai ' lowd to go amid a fusillade of ShOtS. ' ' ' . . V. - - C1X5CTI3 OltDEIUSD TO::iO,'?Tarc!i 14 The electric t lreia. WIU, lasfall electric clocks at rarious street car stors .here t. Uh a Tlew of teaching people the l ibit of obserrias tine. , THE WEATHER OftEGON: 'Thursday, fair. LOCAL WTJATIIER (V.rednesday) ?Taxinum teraperature, 52. THrlmun temperature, 30. rtirr, 6.9 fort; rising. Ha.;afan, nor. 3. Atmosphere, clsar. "VI-1. west. - VIDOVERTOF ACTRESS GETS , AUBASSADORSHIP TO SPAIN in Mi t i K TiL Vjv 1.. Alexander P. Moore, Pittsburgh publisher, was nominated Ambassador to Spain to succeed Ambassador Woods, . Mr. loore, who recently retired from the publishing business, is 56 years old and has' been a close friend of President .Hard ing' for many years. His wife, who was Lillian Russell, went abroad,, just before her death on a special mission for the president to, investigate immigration problems. , . .... PtCGE ill LuiiiKET liGEIJT Master, of. Statp Grange, Re- .cctYes; Appointment to.;.. fiew Department. C. E. Spence ' of Oregon City. master of the State Grange, was yesterdty appointed by. Governor Pierce as state market agent, un der a law enacted by the recent legislature, Mr. Spence will as sume the duties of the office April 1. His salary will be $250 a month, or $3000 a year, fixed by the gOTemor. The law allows a salary up to $4000 a year. , , Mr: Spence Is a native of On tario. Canada, but has lived in Oregon since 1891 .with the ex ception of two years. He Is serv- ng his 13th year as master ot the State Grange., ; Other Offices Held By virtue ot hrs position as master of the grange he is a mem ber of the board of regents of Ore gon Agricultural college and a member of the state board of for e&try. Governor Pierce said there were about 20 applicants for the po sition of market agent, but that Spence rwasl ; not an applicant. Spence v was 'formerly a Repubu- can, but, said that tor some years he "has registered as an Indepen dent. Office Self-Sustaining ' "Whether his new of fice will necessitate his resigning as mas ter of the State Grange has sot yet been determined, and will be taken up at a ..convention - of the (Continued on page 2) r.iaoBiiir:Ens get , Eugene Couple Fined $3,000 and Sentenced fo Long Terms in Jail. EUGENE, Or., March .14. Bill kilsudskl and his wife, Fran ces, farmers living . near Eugene, pleaded guilty In the local Justice court today to the charge of.hav lng a moonshine still in their pos session. Under the new, law passed at the recent session of the Oregon legislature, Kilsudskl was fined $2,000 and sentenced to the county jail for six months and his wife was sentenced fo pay a flue of SI. 000 and serve three months. They were arrested .last night during a. raid on their residence where the deputy sheriffs say they found the still In complete operation and found a quantity of corn mash and .finished . moon- shine. : r i it n It t r' I II I 1 Ub political Conferences 0c . cur ahd President Revels in Golf Round. MIAMI BEACH.' Fla.,' March 14 President ; Harding slipped quietly into Miami today and had a round of golf, was entertained at luncheon by Carl G. Fisher, formerly of Indianapolis, but one of Miami's -leading citizens, and spent the ' later afternoon and night aboard the houseboat Pio neer anchored oft the Flamingo hotel dock. .': ' Thus what had been expected (Continued on page 4) POT IS lilliOllIE HIS PEiiCEFULDfiY . IP .HilP.'Jl.M TO MM Because of evidence that that persons.. from outside the state penitentiary havq aided trusty cdnvicts to escape, and that influences are now at work.to aid others to escape, .Warden Johnson, S. Smith said ve.sterdaSrthat .he will ask the s I:4-:. rru iiu .uivttKviuiu session yeseraay, - M , r IwO OI tne receni escapes nave uvea lruwi we pi isvn wuuu fomn wriere. flfpnrdincr to the warden. Hauor was recently . ... 1 i5J " pianiea ny ouisiae persuiis convicts. Not all the trusties scheme nn a nuanLiiv oi uuuur it ia saiu. was tunieu in loi the prison authorities. BUSESSffilTO ;i 111 mora Mayor Xsks Stores to Sus pend Business Five Min- r . utes at Funeral Hour. f Salem business men .have been asked by Mayor John p. Gelsy to suspend business and draw cur tains for five 'minutes at 2:30 this afternoon in i memory ; of George E llalvorsen, former mayor of Salem, World war vet eran and prominent business man. The mill whistle will blow at, 2:30 the time when the funeral services will begin at Webb &. dough's parlors.,. v " " ". i The body will lie, In state at the Webb fc Clough parlors from 11 o'clock this morning until 2 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY. PARDONED. BY:, RITNER, WOMAN AGAIN CAUGHT. Grand Jury Indicts Bertha Reed, Alias Bertha Edwards, on Forgery Charge. - l -. PORTLAND; March 14. Ber tha . Reed,- alias . Bertha: Edwards, paroled last December during Che administration of . State Senator Roy Ritner as : acting : "governor when 78 convicts were granted pa roles pardons and commutations of sentence, was indicted by the grand Jury on a charge of forgery. , The offense. Is alleged? to have been . committed February ; 1 - and the charge Is that the, defendant passed a worthless check on the Northwestern National bank for $56.76. t city mm up FOR SILHTOPJ Bond-Election Likely io ; Be uanea, soon Architect HasPlans. . SILVERTON, Or.. Mar 14 (Special to The .-Statesman.) SUverton is ' contemplating . the building of a city : hall which is io. cost, about ; $4 0,00 0 Prelim inary plans ..are already on tile and .the' matter wUl probably be brought to a bond vote within 0. days- .. i . . . . The preliminary - plans Irom I rhich , the . estimates s were . taken were made C by -. F;H.r Morrison j of ..Dallas,, r These- plans show. a building ;; which ;, will house . the I city fire t department, the. 'city I jall, r the . ;ilbrary and the court I and council rooms.' The plans hare heen, discussed with several I est toning, led ,tbe latter to enter business - men . and -so, far , the 1 an. exception' to " he judge's re council ; hs met with no opposi-1 xark In the, presence of the pros- i vi.. . ... i ThecounciL has . several, sis I ?n via Kilt' tfiA final .Alulln I ot iocauon.wui-.De ieit io tne iwupie on io . xommiiiee. or c- Jen., ine. arcniiect ior e rompleted plans has-not yet been MERCK .TO 8 PEAK Governor ,Piece will speak, be- fpre. Willamette, University stu-1 dents at. chapel this morning at 11: 25., o'clock.,., .The subject .has riot been, announced' Th winks K. nnoii fni tjtr. ThA addr exoected to be short. has 'come into his .possession Marion county grand jury for i,,-, M0i 1, In Mm,Ur j j "r w " , r 1 ' - - , . 1 J4. . . . 1 J 1 f..J 1 iUA wiiere uwumu ue iuuuu uy uic however,' would enter into the! .The trusties. wnn'rMntiv or - caped. were George Kemp. James Hanford and Frank Payne. Kemo got away from .near.: the prison in one of the prison automobiles and got as far as New Era before he was captured,- 4 ; !.r " V. Two still at Larew wiTen returned "to .'the. rpVison Kemp was under the Influence of liquor and Is said to have made a confesston . Implicating a . former prison official. Hanford and Payne youths, of 20 years," escaped from the. wood camp near Marion where they were employed as trusties. They have not yet been; appre hended. The , assumption- is that' the al-1 leeed outside . InfiuencM arc. at work for the purpose of discredit ing the new prison administra tion. ' - v. 'r;::-;: . ' : Employe Discharged - Another, development.;' in' ad dition to the suspicion' directed against, oytside persons, was the recent discharge of one ". of the prison employes wno was suspect 1 . - 1 . ' . f . . . t' - . ed of having a band .in alding'es - capes.- ,Tbts employe, stoutly de- nled this when informed that he waj under sufplctoa. AtlSiSEB . . . J.-,. .. .. ..a a . L. .-I - I .1 1 IAN hVI . YLhSS ty. Li iilOJMl riLiU MORNING,, MARCH 15, 1923.: SELECTION OF FOSTER JURY UOIPLETED State Twice Approves Panel; Defense Will Dismiss An ' other by Peremptory Challenge. -" T RIGHT TO PREACH REVOLUTION ASSERTED Declaration of Independence f and Constitution Much ; - Different. - . , :,... ST. JOSEPH, Mich.; March" 14. (By The Associated Press) -Selection of a. jury to try William Z Foster, charged .with violating the. Michigan, law against crlmi oal syndicalism, was still uncom pleted tonighV although twice to day, the state had approved a com pleted panel. ., ?. .. ;. '.' L At adjournment tonight Frank P. Walsh, chief- counsel for, Fos ter, announced - he would ' premp torily challenge . tomorrow, one of )he 12 tendered by the-, prosecu tion: -ti .Today's session was marked by long abstruse arguments orer highly technical questions of po litical economy and inherent mor al rights,'' which- frequently . were not only over ; the Juror's, heads but left attorneys, floundering In deep water. Judge Charles White, presiding in the J case, and - Mr. .-. Walsh clashed over the legal right of In dividiials to preach the inherent right of a neoole to stase a vlo- lent revolution. The Court's crlt- Hcism of Mr. Walsh's line of foectlve Jurors, as bAinr urelnd cial tp,the Interests of his client -' . . . : ' ' .. ' . . Th . arenniBnt . hvr th rleht tn revolt w&s tnAA onltr rhpn hi inror beinr imMtlnncfl. I.nis Reber, a toraer school teacher, thing on the high school curricu lum except domestic science,, stat- fed his own position bo clearly that Mr-"Walsh Promptly used a pre- yyJ wwui w.umiMlnus. .The defense attorney declared . f vr anX UUfl tiso i.au the . Privilege to point out. to Am- I erlcans that they had a right, ?te? declaration or inde- lieuueuve ,iu . revuii. ii. xuauiuona under their form of government became , Intolerable, ; s He argued that; the Michigan .. syndicalist .. or any other .statute .was not; vlolat ed unless the advocate ot revolu tion in - the abstract , actually ad vised the resort to arms. Judge i White declared, no, right to preach revolution -existed.and George .Bookwalter, assistant pro secuting attorney of Berrien coun said Mr. "Walsh was confusing the Declaration : of Independence which .is not a law with the constitution of the United States --the basic law'of the nation. I ? ' cites French Revolt Mr. Walsh insisted the inherent right of a people ? of revolt could ao nili 7 the constitution Vl MmD1f w peuuon congress to re- dress wrongs did not J-ny way J mit the right tedo away i tne , enure systern of government I even bv'force: i the mainritv f I U . .( a ... "p viwyio i muuu u uusaiisiac- tryA , JL. , , r , - j,u. Jnror Reber lntVnmt?. "I Hnn'f 1 see now' such a. situation as you hav outlined when a, violent rev- 1 .olu"?n wouia oe rtgnt. . .could ! arl.in this . country. I believe &0801utei3" in the rule of the ma- Nory- J . He t,h8n. excused. I 4 ne Kame Question came up n a.!ain'..r-W.alsh .nt ing out to each juror his assertion that the citizens of a country had VK -lu "e' "De"7 """ UB , pur8BIl 01 nappiness which not evem . the constitution could limit. He cited the French revolutions as an example of arm ed revolt against intolerable op pression and i let u red the French army , In the rtwent World war as the descendants of the peasants who overthrew the Bourbons to wrest the land , from the royalty, nobility and clergy. ToinErt .nouGirr . IDAHO -.FALLS. Idaho, March 14 A", "company representing Montana capital-has completed a I -1 . n , , .l l . as mm tn AAA r .... - Le aTUi w"w vi I etanding. .timber,' In . the Island rark .country, . .according- to an announcement by W. II. Smead of jIssoqla. , , . ' -. j MUSICIANS GET INTO FISTIC ROW Lack of Patriotism Is Charjc Made Against Blocchi by Pietro Mascagni. ROME, March 14. (By the As sociated Press ) Pietro Mascagni, the composer, and Walter Mocchi, who was : his impressario during Mascagni's , -late, tour of Brazil, came to blows today at a music congress held in the Lyric theater. Mascagni during , the session re newed a previous accusation of lack of patriotism against Mocchi, saying Mocchi promoted German music in South America with Aus trian orchestras. Mocchi retorted and proposed that the congress form a jury of honor to deal with the dispute between himself and Mascagni. - ' ' - f ' Mascagni i and. Mocchi, coming face to face at the end of the con gress, exchanged- blows until sep arated by mutual friends. Rudolph Valentino and Wini fred: Hudnut Joined in Indiana by Justice. CHICAGO, , March; 14. Ru dolph' Valentino, ' moving picture Star ahd "Winifred Hudnut, whom h,e. married, .j In 'Mexico last year, we're remarried today by a justice of the neace at Crown Point. In diana 'to comply with the Califor nia. law regarding to remarriage of .divorced persons. Valentino was" divorced front" his first-wife The ceremony was performed by Howard 'Kemp, . justice ' of ' the peace,' after Valentino and his bride had motored 'from Chicago to Crown Point. "They were' ae companied by Mr. 'and Mrs.-.J.-C. Graham of New York. Miehael Ro mano of Chicago and Mrs. ' R. E. DeWolfe of - Salt Lake City, an aunt of the bride ; x ' AvdCd PubUclty In the marriage license . Miss Hudnut gave her name - as Wini fred De Wolf e.v her age as 26 and her address as Hollywood, Cal She gave her occupation as an art director;- Valentino gave his name as Rodolpho Guglielmo, his age as 27, his address as Los Angeles; Cal., and his occupation as a mo tion picture player.' - Expressing a ; desire to avoid publicity, the party on arriving in Crown Point hurried to the court house where a license was ob tained from Miss Frances Ginner and then immediately motored to the home of Justice Kemp where the ceremony was performed. The bride and bridegroom then re turned to Chicago .where they ap peared tonight in a dancing act at a local cabaret; , F IXOTJ is WED Ruth's Attorney EniployVpe- tectives to hollow uareer i of Accuser. NEW YORK, March 14. Miss Dolores Dixon's $50,000 suit against . Babe Ruth, Yankee home run slugger, based on alleged at tacks made - during automobile trips on Long Island, remained unfiled today Y., v. George Feinberg, the girl's at torney, said.the, ..complaint prob ably would be filed .tomorrow He denied Ruth's charge that the ac tion was a blackmail plot.. ' Papers in the county clerk's of fice at Brooklyn - show ' that an order was signed .appoiMing Bar bara V. Escoe, guardian ad litem for the girl to permit the bring ing of an action for damages against "Herman C. Ruth." Babe's name is George Herman Ruth. Mr. Fein berg said,, however, that the babe was the defendant. He declared he would disprove Ruth's. claim that he .did 'not know the girl. Hyman Bushel, Ruth's attorney has employed de tectives to trace her history. - LADIES' DAY INTERRUPTED PHILADELPHIA, March 14. Ladles day in a Turkish bath house was rudely interrupted by 1 0 ; prohibition agents here today when the officers .raided the es tablishment In search ot moon shine. A still. In operation, and 40 gallons of alleged moonshine whiskey were found and 50 worn eA ei?i fcancrlss f?rf. cover. fJDVIE STAB RE-iiRlllES UlSTORf 0 S0BI3IT Ml.Vh. LONDON, March 14. (By many is aDout to maKe a aeciarauon uiat.suB u Xl'V . ready to produce a plan for the final settlement cf t : -arations question, provided she can rely on the pl-n r. . . : ........ . . . . .. .t ir tne- attention ana consiaerauou ux; mc mutu i,-"'" says the Daily Telegraph's diplomatic corrcspcr:;.--.., i whose -information the Daily Telegraph in an cd.lcr;-.l l ya the fullest reliance may be placed. . ; Pill I D . Iffll DUE Today Last Day to. Fay Tax on Last Years Income; - Citizens Varhed. NEW YORK.; March, i 4 With torforrow. jthe .last .day - on which federal taxes may be paid .on last year's income, the government to day, began packing , up citizens al leged, to nave ianea io report their ' entire receipts in other, years.;- -.u,' While .last minute returns for 1922 . were pouring into internal revenue offices this afternoon a federal , grand: Jury. In .Brooklyn Indicted ; Frank Cziesllk, a real estate operator and stock promo ter,, for : alleged .failure to report his entire-Income .in 1920. . , Czleslik paid a. tax which; ' in vestigators considered, top ' small. The case was passed . along to Washington and ..orders , were re celved to make a more extensive investigation. as a .result of which it was alleged that the promoter Owed the government $1,952,000 Jjn .taxes .and '.penalties on .an in come of about $3,000,000. ; - Six Years Behind Collector Rafferty ia Brooklyn, Casting his eye on contributions to . churches and charitable insti tutions . which are exempt from tax, 'said that It these Institutions bad received all the gifts credited to them by taxpayers, they woald need . no .more funds this year at leasts - " - '; - ' -,. : - - i .Meanwhile .announcement, was made that the government was six years, behind tin; auditing returns and that expert accountants were urgently . needed. '- Government agents' Jtaid.. that they were now completing their ' audit for 191? and-thatl 3 0 Q,nQ 0,0 0 O-additlonal in. taxes due the government al ready had been uncovered. RALPH EIB HO Salem Boy Is First on Fresh man1 Debating Team at Northwestern. Ralph Emmons, i graduate ot Salem high school in June 1921, and now a freshman at- North western T university at " Chicago, has won a place on the freshman debating squad from " among a group of 28 competitors. He was given first place' by the judges. The freshman team will debate the University of Ilinois, April 13. While in Salem high school Emmons was for. two years a member of the high school de bating team .. and . was a member of the state ' championship team which brought the "trophy cup into the permanent possession' of Salem high school in 1921. The Salem team of which he was member last vsr H?5 wat de- " He plans to major In journal ism and has been elected' assist ant manager of the Northwest ern, Dally, an .. honor seldom giv en a freshman. He was editor of the Salem high school Clar ion during the senior year and was reporter and proof reader cn the-Statesman, for some time. He ' has -been ple'dged to Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at North western. Miss Marion Emmons, a . sis ter, and well known as a violin ist n Salem, 1s studying now in Chicago - and has received a number of special honors an a rtudent which have helped her iff the work. Their mother, Mrs. W. " W. Emmons, will leave early In Aprfl for Chicago where she will visit for a time with Raljh and ITI?'j llrlcn. GIVEt L 17 i Jne Associated Prc).-C - jit-KLiirs, iiarca n. vv -B Associated Press.) Th C.ra-a association of errr'.-yc 3 t a meeting today J adoytei a "re vo lution that "there can La co russlon nor nesotiatioa ovtr t-J separation or the "Rh'nelar. I r- the. Ruhr from the rest c C.r many, the isolation of t'-'s '' of. German-econ . --is ' . c. -- fubjectlca to fcrclrn ciz:z.. and. power.. ""Irt prosperity " cr.i the resolution - cor-tin. , - Gorman, employers utz 1 . ' : with the Rhlneland a I plialia and their fate." According io ine ct-riti.- the plan which Involves a r,:i'.:r- Ia.1 guarantee by the G?rrn in dustrialists, will not te C:,.zl: .1 until the German governiv. t is. assured that it vill' ct 1 j brushed aside- with 3 . t f examination, as hapreaud" to Karl - Bergmann's prof rtU-r.3 ii London in DecemSS au J in rr is' in ; JanuarW; " . v , ;Unoff:clal 'jiv seml-ofMc:3l voysfrom Turlin, says c r- respondent, (recently cav i' Cliries to be-maia of lis Irt ish Cabinet nhether "-' -would!''j;5nUe ths 1;-' L. gesting thay'a ccncrct.1 from Germany woul I "be v--" ed in London, tut ti.at t' . Ish statesmen v;re r;!::. z : commit themselves. , This attitude of ri :r,- ;J the.' letter,. dbsrr-'.rVi r t c '. the German. .feiTernrr.. :t, other governments. "1- 1 'Men looking to Cr. it L:i gathers t that Germany is prepared to accept f.r-r: measures of InUrc-ticr l t; of her flnances and to f-.rt;: iu some international .r. ir; -i i' 3 to France respectlug Fra treaty frontier. According 'to a dispatch to Dally Mail .from Berlin, rirca Von Rosenburg. minister of for eign affairs, intends, to frea'. ii the 1 reichstag Tuesday, vui some of the people expect a pro nouncement showing that Ger many has a constructive rciley on reparations which' would l:ai to a settlement of the Ruhr uation. -v n 1 in nrnirr'ft ttUu- litulbi.i 0. OTJ1DC.L Secretary of PubFc Scrvlc; uommission is vaiven New Position. William P '.rlH . vhrt mf--' June 30, 1920,. has been sfcrct:; yesterday resigned to accent a ; sit ion as special-assistant !t: -ney general to .have char.; 3 legal matters connected "with 1' service commission. Ei? :.rd C retary to the commission. h2? 1 appointed to succeed EIII. 1. cbange is effective imrseilat-'T. . Mr. .Ellis entered the r rsl of the commission in August 1S1 as. assistant reporter. Later ? became official reporter arl i a time was examiner. V.'trn l Wright of La Grande re::"".:l r J ceeded him. ElIW has serve I t - . . . secretary In June. 19 zo, I,.: .1 ,aer. every commissioner c :i c who has ever been a Bv:..;r c the railroad or public service cc. . mission. : Mr. Ellis was admlttei to t Oregon bar in July, 131S,"hi. teen .gradited from -? cell of law ot Willanel4 v-Av: r At the present U:-e he is c.r. I. lug important litigation 'ir t commission. ." Mr. OstrandT first h-- t r nected with the conc!:.i-: I cember 31, 1912, a? an V and was' en?a?cd In t ; : ; tion of considerable dsti vcz. cd with railroad rs',5 c----. became Fecrelary cf the c slon In June, 1916, uccr I" II. Corey, who wai tlrt- I riLsioncr. Hp Fervei r tary until "?Tt"rT 1, when he '::! f co-suilat!:a vc:Ic '. ' PRICE FIY