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: ;;( -jV OUR ANNUAL : Watch for the announce ment of our Annual Edition. A Bigger and Better Annual than ever before. Someone Needs What You Have You Need What Some one Else Has Get Together Through The Classified Ad Page of The Statesman. 9 SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1924 PRICE FIYE CENTS 11 JOINS JLiEYTOlS SMOKING CIGARETTES AND DANCING CAUSE IN SURVEY GIRL TO KILL SELF FQUR-CDUNTY SCOIIMRGER IS PERFECTED STATE FAIR DATES FIXED SEPT. 22-27 'Albany and Salem Business Men Agree to Cooperate Governor Harding of Federal Reserve Bank in Investigation ot Clear Tells What Led His Daughter to Take Her Own LifeFather's Revolver Used Notes Left Addressed to Parent and Friends. Lake Site Oscar Hayter of Dallas Elect ed President at Meeting ot Representatives Here Last Night Schedules Fully Arranged at Meeting of Board in Se attle Ricing up Today REGIONAL EXECUTIVE FROM SPOKANE HERE KAY, ALBERT, STOLTZ t FAVOR MOUNTAIN WATER HUSTON, Jan. 28. VV, r. G. Harding, governor ot the federal reserve bank of Boston, in a statement tonight, ad-! Man Whn QiipvpvpH Wntpr netted his daughter, Margaret Eliot, who was found dead at cl J? ui i :! cw their home las Saturday, committed suicide by shooting her- oncu lyi nui uiiic tA- seif with his revolver. ' plains Possibilities Earlier in the day the medical examiner had reported that Miss Hardimr committed suicide but the immediate cause of death was not made known. Representative business men ot Miss Harding, her father said, left notes addressed to ",al orsauuanon i -me Salem meeting with some 2,0 ot him, to relatives and to friends. In the note to her father, county merger t tn., t.oy m-oim the prominent business men ot Al-the young woman asked forgiveness tor what she had done bany. last night agreed . to "look ana was aoout o ao. Each County Council Com. prises Sixteen Men and Four Committees council was completed here last night ly representatives from Al-1 lit IJli i. 1 1 f 1 f 1 I. .... .it.. krtmrinv I 1 fuuiua L swim iuc aiiv luiiKU, wns urn; hiihsu ui me I ban v. i.'orva is. i-cnaiion, nanus.! water to the Willamette valley note, Mr, Harding Said. He said his daughters act was due 1 independence and Turner. Dr. J. from Clear Lake, which is located to "her love for social life, dancing every night and smoking 116 miles from Salem and 78 cigarettes. inlles from Eugene. SEATTLE. Jan. 2S. Dales Tor northwestern fairs were decided Ul the-opening meeting here today o 75 delegates representing the North Pacific Fair association. Rating programs to be held at the fairs will be decided at the concluding meeting tomorrow. The dates for the fairs this year as announced today follow: Gresham, Ore., August 4 to 9; Vancouver, B. C. August & to 16; Skagit county fair, at Burlington. August 18 to 23; (Centralia-Che- 4halis) southwest Washington fair. August 25 to 30; Spokane, Klnia and Victoria fairs September 1 to 6; New Westminster, R. C, Coos and Curry counties and Medford, Ore.. September 8 to 13; Wash ington state fair, Yakima, Albany and Eugene, Ore., September 15 to 20; Salem. Ore., hjkI Northwest Washington fair at Lyndon, Sep tember 22 to 27; Western Wash ington fair, Puyallup and Van couver. Wash., fair, September 29 to October ; ; Snohomish county fair, Everett, October G to 11. GUILTY PLEA IS MADE BY 3 DENBY RISIGMT10N ASKED BY DEMOCRAT I SENATE MEASURE Montana University Youths n. Admit Robbing Postoffice Ouster of Other Officials of Navy Department of $25,000 Capture Is Connected with Leasine of Oil Reserves De manded in Robinson Resolution Action by Senate Deferred Until Later. STUDENTS , Without a dissenting voice, prominent Salem business men agreed that Salem could not af- ford to overlook an opportunity to have Clear Lake water "II it did. not cost too much" to convey It from Us fountalnhead. , Better Than Hull Run Clear Lake Water is ranked as "better than Bull Run water" ac- ' cording to Captain Edmundstone . of Portland, who spent three years surveying the water shed for the ' H1U railroad lines when It was LEWIS TO BUILD FINE GAMP SITE Salem Man Purchases 39 Acres in West Salem From Portland Bank W. B. Lewis of Salem yesterday f planned to utilize the power for I purchased Irom tue Northwestern ; electrifying a road south. me National bank of Portland 39 iflllll lines later released the claim acreg of property in West Salem, j to the water right and within re- jast acrosg the inter-county bridge, ' cent weeks the water right, has and announces his intention to - been Wed on by Waldo Anderson, COnvert it into a camp groud for (prominent ... Albany automobile the uSe of viaitors arriving here dealer, with the idea of utilizing &UTlng the tourist season and any : the water and power by ciues 01 others who wish to avail them the Willamette valley, selves of camping privileges. "The Hill ' lines damned them- t. Lewis says he will equip f selves for not putting Jt-in saiaithe grounds with all modern, con Panlatn i ndmnniitons lust nlcht. I aa onTT olon nhnrits 51 rhil f ? "The cost at that time, ISiS.ldrens dip in connection with the I would have been, about three mil-J gr0und3. His general purpose, he . L lion and now the cost is rougnry say8 ls to give Salem 4 estimated at 2.17 times wai imount." r Estimates Vary Figures were quoted from a pamphlet Issued by the state board of health,, giving the cost Mr. Harding said that Stanley llawkes, head of the information bureau of the state department t Washington arrived in Boston today in response to a letter writ ten by Miss Harding before her death. Mr. Hawkes engagement to a young woman in Washington was announced recently. "Today was the first time I ever heard my aaugnier 3 name linked with that of Hawkes," Mr. Harding said. "I told this fel low to go back to Washington; that there was nothing he couia do here." In his statement regarding his daughter's death Mr. Harding, who appeared broken and ill, said: "She shot herself with my re volver which I left hidden in my own room and which she must have found. Several letters whlcfc she had written and which were found 011 the desk in her room con firmed the suicide. The revol ver was lying nearby. Only one shot ' had been - fJrvd, the""oul entering her left breast. ' of the project, piping the water from the farm. a better camp ground than it has at pres ent The property is known as the old Pinckney farm. Mr. Lewis U alBO owner of the Riverside ser vice station just across the street to Salem. Thefost was based up on 1913 costs and varied with the tvne of conduit used from J3.900,- 900 to more than $4,000,000 for other types of conduit. II. S. Rogers, hydraulic engin eer from Oregon Agricultural col lege, spoke on the problems of supply a city wittt water and the provision which should bo maae for a growth in the city popula tion. R. H. Dearborn, electrical engineer at Oregon Agricultural college spoke of the possibilities of power development with the water from the lake. . 1 SUtc Offers Aid ' M.' K. Cameron, professor of economics at the University of Oreeon. spoke of tho ways in The deal was handled directly FIRST SLICE OF TiX CUT SEFJI Ways and Means Committee Adopts Mellon Proposal for Reduction H. ltobinett. of Albany, presided. The meeting was held at the pub lic library. Oscar Hayter, of Uailas, was elected president. Other officers elected were Klnio S. White, Sa lem, first vice president and head of the business administration de partment; Rev. Marten Fereshi i- ian, second vice president and chairman of the educational de partment; C. ('. Hall. Albany third vice president and head ol the camping division. H. !l. Scii!-U-n, of Corv:illis, was elected scout commissioner; Archie Metzuer, Al bany, secretary and Mr. Burks: iff, af Albany, treasurer. C. K. Warren, of Spokane, re gional scout executive, explained ;he departmental organization, which was adopted. The business administration department was $iven authority to make up the budget and present this at the next meeting of the council. The coun cil will also be represented at the SERVICE MEN a 1 Nearly Three Hundred Fron Marion and Polk Coun ties Assemble CIRCUIT RIDER STAT UE IRIS Equestrian Figure Being Set ntai grouping in M.- n-jl ;Url aat'e up of 1. men. on reutJbidi r vumw Until April 19 4 WASHINGTON', Jan. 2S. In come tax payers got their first slice of the nronosed tax relief to- which the Project might be Ilnanc- day when the i,ouso ways and ed and controlled, bringing oui means committee adopted the rec ways in which a cooperative or- ommemation of Secretary Mellon Sanitation might be formed and tQ ailow a Bpeciai 23 per cent re- bo controlled, and the cities inter- ductjoa jn the tax on incomes csted. which are "earned." Rhea Luper, state engineer, A taxable incomes under proffered the services of the state 5000 were defined as earned Tor engineer's department in the mak- purposC3 0j this reduction, while ing ot a survey, and pledged his $20,000 was set as the maximum cooperation In the undertaking of amount of incomes on which the such preliminary work. reduction could be taken. The cities ot the Willamette val- - Treasury estimates show that ley need water in sufficient quan- &bout 13.WOO.000 taxpayers have tlty to take care ot possiblo fu- income8 of less than $3000, and tu re needs, according. to Waldo antomatically could deduct from Anderson, who outlined the plans thelr tax wnen computed 25 per Of Albany. cent of its total. Thus, a married Albany Drinking MHo age." man with two children who now ' Albany citizens hope to secure -uya a tax of $2S on an income of the cooperation of Corvallls which 400o WOuId pay only $21, this i is lust how making a survey oi tignro not taking into account any possible sources of water, and Eu-1 normal income tax reductions a , gene in addition to galom. Albany prop0gition still before the com Is drinking rsewagc treated with mitteo. i chemicals," according ,to 1). O. Disposition of the section of the Wood worth. Albany druggist. Sa- bill cleared the way. with the ex- lem has had under, consideration ccption of some odds and ends to r tor several months possible means be taken up tomorrow for consid- of bringing water from the North I cratiou by the committee of in X Fork of tho Santiam for use in the c0mo rates themselves, including the surtaxes, the main point at is The equestrian statue "The Cir cuit Itider," donated to the state by It. A. Booth of Eugene, arrived here yesterday and is being placed on the pedestal in the state grounds near the capitol. It will remain veiled until April 10. the date fixed for the dedication. Mr. booth was present yesterday while the statue was being uncrated. The statue is tho work of A. Theniister rroctor. noted Ameri can sculptor. The dedication date was first set for February 2Z. but so many protests came in from all narts of the state that tne prooa- ble inclement weather ot mat uaie ould prevent many persons from attending, that the committee in harge changed the date to April 9. Mr. Ilooth said yesterday that nearly 200 poems have been sub mitted in the competition for the 100 prize to be awarded for the best poem written for the occasion. (Continued on page 2) THE WEATHER OREGON: naln west, cloudy , east portion Tuesday; fresh southeasterly winds. V , LOCAlWEATIlEli r I (Monday) ' Maximum temperature, 56. . Minimum temperature, 39. : River, 2.8; stationary, ; : Jtainfall.'.si. - -Atmosphere, cloudy Wind, southwest. i suo In the tax revision program. Majority members of the com niittee met late today to discuss a program of procedure, bu agreed only to meet in full com mlttce tomorrow. 0 WOODMKX rnNVKNE PKNDLETON'. Ore.. Jan. 2S. With approximately 200 sheep man of Oregon, forest' officials and visitors from other states in attendance, the 20th annual con ntln not, the Oregon Wool Growers! got under way in Pendle ton today. ; House of David Colony Loses Son of its Leader KENTON IIARCOH, Mich . Jan. 28. Members ot llie nouse ' David colony, taught that there is no death for those who follow its cachings, went through their daily tasks today apparently unmoveu while at a downtown undertaking establishment lay the body of Coy I'urncll. 40-year-old son of IJan- jamin. fugitive "king" of tnc sect. Coy Purnell's death Sunday was revealed today. Pneumonia, com ing as a climax to a lingering dis ease from which Purnell has1 long been a sufferer, caused his death. Tho predicted return of "king" Ueniamin who some of his fol lowers believed would give himself up to answer statuatory charges against him. in order to be at the bedside of his dying son. failed to materialize. Benjamin Purnell is wanted by the Btate of Michigan to face charges of Improper con duct toward young girls in con nection with rites at Shiioh house, his colony headquarters. nnuaf meeting oi reional execu live committee men, to be held in Seattle, February r. The e'Hica- .lonal department was asked to de velop a program and campaign and to report upon this before the N'a Jonal Boy Scout week, feuruaiy 1 to 14 inclusive. For each of the four rrunties of Marion, I'olk, Linn and Benton .he organization is similar to that or the entire four. The depart each to be and these to :te divided into four committees f four members each. The com mittees are financial and business administration, fiMd work, camp inc activities and education. Kach county has its president. Klmo White was recent! v chosen for this office in Marion county and It. J Va'uon, secretary. With a name each yet to be added to the educational and camp ir.g committees the Marion county committees have the following per son.iel Financial and business a-.lmiuis tration Klmo i?. White, chair man; Fritz Slade, (5. T. Wads worth, Frank Ncer. Educational Kev. M. Fcrcslrjt ian, chairman; J. L. Brady, Itev II. 1). Chambers Camping F. A. Elliott, chair man, H. J. Valituu, 1. E. Thoma ton. Field department Mayor Oiesy, liairman; M. E. Meyers, Dr. E. E. Fisher, Ilev. II. W. John son. The Salem Ministerial associa tion yesterday, following address es by Howard Zinser and Elmo a While, i-lected Itev. Hairy V. Johnson as. its representative on the Marion county council. io w Easy 'ackage of Money Hidden in Tool Box Found With Seal Unbroken EXPERIMENT IN CRIME PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL m m m w w w w w w w w w WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A resolution expressing the sense of the senate that President Coolidge should call for the ? resignation of Secretary Denby in connection with the lease I of naval oil reserves was offered tonight by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader. It went over under the rules. The resolution also proposes that the president call ior the resignations of other "officials and officers' of the navy I department "whose relations with the oil reserve leases mai lt. A. Heller, 21, Boston; Bernard cate misfeasance and malfeasance in office. Quesnrl. 21, Kalisnell. and Robort Text Of the resolution IOlIOWSI Ackier, j?t, Butte, three i niver- "In view of the revelations and testimony developed In sity of Montana students, who the Teapot Dome investigations be it .i ......I.. .W:.. I Resolved: VIL' 'II I t'hiril Vtfl iy I ii, VI 11 lilt, I . . . . , . , , M1 . senate that tne president oi tne united otaies immeuiateijr MISSOl'EA, Mont., .Jan. 2S. That it is the sense of the United States : . t : . ; u il. . MnKUn-.r rP , co.uecuou wu . t. - resignation of Edwin Denby and all other offi tl.o Missoula posioiiire oi a reg-i . , UQ or Jonnrtmwf whnsp rnnnpet. on with the leasing of the oil reserves of the government indi cate misfeasance or malfeasance in office. A whirlwind of developments today advanced mcasureably the government's plan to rid itself of the Fall oil leases. Debate IjRflts All Day A resolution urging the presi dent to institute TroceedlngH for annulment of botn the Sinclair Nearly ::m ex-service men Marion and Polk counties packed McCornack hall last night as the upsts of Voiture 153, EaSociete de 40 Iiommes et S Chevaux. Fol ng at!ne program the men e served a Johnny Jones feed, ack Hessey, of the Hickman-' Bessey Stock company, gave a monologue, having as the subject of his address "Prohibition." He fle a decided hit with the aud ience, following if with a vocal so lo. Chief Justice Thomas A. Mc- Hride gave a short talk, telling the ex-service men that while this nation may be a commercial one, it is not commercialized and be lieves in justice above all. He predicted that the men who sacri ficed their time and lives would be dealt with justly just when and how he did not know. He was enthusiastically applauded. Vocal solos were rendered by Miss Virginia Stanton, of the Hick- man-Bessey company, and Mrs. Dr. W. Carlton Smith. Mrs. Mur iel Woods, of Sau Francisco, re cently returned from a concert tour of South. America, delighted the gathering with her violin solos and was forced to respond to re peated demands for encores. Alias Stanton was the accompanist for all musical numbers. In appre ciation of their generosity, the 10-8 presented eachof the" ladies with a lovely bouquet. Colonel Witworth, of Portland spoke on 'Why We Should Keep Together." E. Cooke Patton con tributed IT. minutes or sleight of lyand performance. Cuy Hickman and Miss Stanton -'followed with a specialty number that pleased all. George P. (Jriffitlt, state vice com mander, made a few introductory remarks at the opening of the pro gram. Robin day, chef la gare of the 40-S and Carl 1). (Julirie !son commander of Capital post No. 'J each spoke briefly. islered mail pouch containing $25,000 consigned to one of the Missoula banks, appeared this af ternoon before Cnited States Com missioner Wallace P. Smith and entered oleas of guilty. Their bonds were set at $2500 each, but had not been furnished tonight Just an Experiment "We just wanted to sec wheth er we could get away with it, was the statement of" the boys after thev had made their confession "We did not need the money.' The charges against the youths are entering the postoffice. as saulting a mail clerk, stealing reg- ictorori mail and eonsDiracy. Their case will probably comechanee up in federal court at tho session to open at Great Falls on rebru ary 15. Robbery Planned Heller, who has been acting as ... . .-i , a sunstitute posiair ciei k, buuiu- ing to the confession made ; to the police, secured information con cerning the presence of the bax in the postoffice safe and told the pther two. his room mates. They got to discussing the laxity in which the money was handled, and finally to speculating on the pos sibility of a successful holdup. It was then, the boys state, that they began to lay plans for the execu tion of the robbery. Heller, who was " not working last night, went to the postoffice and gained admittance on the plea that he was expecting an import ant letter. wnne ne m.n- MONDAY IN WASHINGTON President Coolidge decided to . : t 1 1 I a J.L.i - call a conierence io consmer me ana uoneny coniracis was ueuai- northwestern agricultural situa- cd all day in tho senate wltn ln- tion. dications pointing to an adoption - tomorrow. The supreme court dismissed Another resolution, requesting the government's case against the the president to call for the reslg- New York Sugar and Coffee Ex- nation of Secretary Denby because The senate agriculture commit tee approved in principle the Nor beck-Burtness farm aid hill carry ing $75,000,000, he. other two, armed wmr revoi- ers. appeared at thedoor of the wailing room, bound uener ana the regular clerk, got the money and escaped. They concealed the bac iii a tool box used hy uitc.n ,ii!.rru rinwn bv the rivor and i v - went home to bed. Capture Easily Made Suspecting that it was an in side iob. the police nem youus Heller uiilil they could inquire rnneeminc him. and discoveren that he had two room mates Quesnel and Ackier within an hour were taken to the station ana finally the truth was brought to nht The seal on the hag nan not been broken when the author ities went to the tool box after it Mine Death List Totals 36 With 12 Men Saved (By Tba 'Associated Fren) SHANKTOWN. Pa., Jan. 1'X. With the removal today of five bodies from the workings all the men wh wero in the Lancashire mine here of the Barnes and Tucker Coal company at the time of the explosion Saturday after noon were accounted for. The death list totals oG. Twelve men were saved. No date has been set for an in vestigation by state mining auth orities, coal company officers said but it is expected to begin within a day or two. Mine inspectors and company officers today entered the mine to ascertain if it was safe enough for an immediate investigation by a hemtd of inquiry. Of the 36 victims, 31 were mar rieU ana tho children made lather. Io total 110. '-"vy7Tl Salem High School Wins During Last Half Minute Hrager of Salem high school won the basketball game lor Sa lem last night when he shot a field goal during the last half minute of play. The game ended lit to 18 for the local quintet. McMinn- ville had been ahead until the lucky shot for . the. Salem, five, by Drager. The game was played at McMinnville, the local boys return ing early th:s morning from that place. ot his part in the leasing program was introduced by Senator Rob inson, Arkansas, the Democratic. leader, but its consideration was deferred. Coolidge Seeks Counsel ; President Coolidge, who already The house voted to appropriate Kag announced his purpose to pros-' $300,000 to defray the cost of lecnte. communicated with several' prosecuting the naval oil lease 0f those he hag In mind as spe- canccllation cases. I rjai counsel but tonight was un able to announce definitely wno The house ways and means com-had been selected. niittee voted to allow a special re-j The house, however, passed a duction of 25 per cent in the tax resolution appropriating $100,000 incomes up to $20,000. I f0r prosecution of annulment pro ceedings. But a single rote was Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon- raRt against it. tana, presented his case in the The whole situation was talked senate against Albert B. Fall and I over aj a white house conference. Secretary Denby. and called for I durine the evening between the Denby s resignation before sun- president, chairman Lenroot ot tne down. ennate oil committee and Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and Cur- rresident coolidge. Attorney ti3 of Kansas, the republican leaa- General Daugherty and Albert FIR! I DEU BY EXPLOSION luminatms Gas and Dyna mite Cause Traccdy in Rhode Island Town I FINAL FLASHES ; i HOr.STON. Texas. Jan. Z. E. J. Cox and K. O. Clenu were lound suilty of fraud by a jury in federal court at .": 4 n. m. here today. MEXICO CITY. Jan. 'S. (By the Assoriiteil Press). (By radio via Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Senator Miguel Ortc;o, spokesman for the majority "bloc in the upper house announced tonight that an agreement had been reached with the minority which, is expected to result in speedy ratification of the United States-Mexico general claims convention. PAWTl CKI7T. K. I.. Jnn. S. An explosion which shook the countryside ior lio miles around, wrecked a two-family honsO at Cumberland bill. Manville today rnd in the ruins were found 1& bodies. Many of the victims in the epinion of the, medical examiner were asphyxiated before the ex plosion which resulted from the igniting cu illuminating gas anu was made more severe hy the det onation of some dynamite store in the cellar. One entire family, the head of another family and a young wo man H.oarder were killed. They were Adelaide Hamel. his wife and their six sous and five daughters ranging in age from two to 21 vnars. Michael Conway aud Miss Anpoline Dancour: Hamel was a wood chopper and the dynamite in the cellar was lor his use in the woods. Miss Dan- cour had gone to the Hamel home as a boarder Fall were attacked by Democrats in the house in an all day debate on the naval oil leases. Action on the nomination of CJcorge B. Christian, Jr., to be a member of the federal trade com mission was postponed by the sen ate interstate commerce commit tee. The nomination of Frederick h Thompson, William S. Hill aud Pert K. Ilaiiey to be members of the shipping board were confirm ed by the senate. . Senator Ileflin, Democrat, Ala bama, introduced a resolution charging that 11. 15. Creagcr. Re publican national committeeman from Texas had exercised political influence with the postmaster gen eral and attorney general to stifle an inquiry into laud frauds. . A resolution was introduced by- Senator Hobinson, Democrat, Ar kansas, asking the president to re- uuest the resignation of Secretary Denby and other officials of' the navy department "whose umnec tiou with the leasing of the oil re serves of the government indicate misfeasance or malfeasance in of fiee." National hanks under the fed eral b-inking act are prohibited from establishing branches, the supreme court held in , a cas3 brought from St. I.ouj?, unless Ihey come within certain excep tions which were' pointed out b the court. ers. Vausherty Attacked From the sick bed of Former ' (Continued on page 2) IDTOiraSE BE ii ASKED Committee Appointed By Governor Framing Pro posed Legislation Fair Association Is Meeting in Seattle SEATTLE. Jan. 2S. To ar range dates and racing programs, the North Pacific Fair and Racing association met here today. An attendance of 75 represented fairs at Medford. Myrtle Point, Al bany, Salem, Eugene and Gresh- am in Oregon; El ma, Chchalis. Ev erett. Ilurlington, Spokane. Yaki ma. Walla Walla and Puyallup in Washington, and Vancouver, Vic toria and New Westminster in Brt tish-Columbia. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 28. The first of a series of hearings was held here today by a special com- , niittee appointed by Governor. Walter M. Pierce to consider re-" vision of laws governing the li censing and operation of motor vehicles. The meeting resolved itself into a general discussion or what the various speakers consid ered evils In need of correction Some of the proposals taken into consideration by the .committee which may have a bearing on the revision they will recommend to the 19 25 legislature follow: Abolishment of tho chauffeur's ' licenses and entire readjustment v of the mode of licensing opera- - tore, so there would be three classes of operators' licenses; the. first for private "drivers, the sec ond for chauffeurs and the third for bus drivers and each with more stringent requiremnets than the other. " .. . Reduction ot the license fee up on the farm truck was frowned upon. Committeemen and those in attendance seemed to be unanl- . mously of the opinion that the , farmer should pay tho same basic .. license as any other truck driver. . Branding all public carriers as -is done in Washington and Cali fornia. "; " ' -., , ,' Truckman present declared that -only from 5 to 10 per cent of truck .. owners had complied' with laws regulating public carrying and, with regulations of the public 8er vice commission! ' - y