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flumors Circulated Without
Facts and No Effort Made
to Verify Them, He Tells
Oil Committee i
JEN DAY RECESS WILL
BE TAKEN BY PROBERS
Senator Walsh Called Away;
Roberts Nominated Fore
man Denies Checks
WASIILNMUTON, Feb. 15. The
senate oil committee took a 10
day 'recess tonight after receiving
information which descredited two
of the most sensational rumors
which recently hava come before
1U :. , '
' Frank A. Vanderlip, whose pub
lic references to the sale of Presi
dent Harding's Marion Star had
shocked the country, told the com.
mittee he himself did not believe
the 'rumors to which he gave cir
culation; had no facts to support
him, and had made no efforts at
verification.
'T Iteccss Called , !
Otto.H. Kahn and B. F. Poak
nm, who had been depended upon
as principal witnesses regarding
the story of a $1,000,000 oil slush
futicj, notified the committee they
had 'no knowledge whatever about
It and were ready to say so on
the witness stand.
The 10-day recess was coinci
dent 'with a sharp reaction In the
New York stock market after re
ports were circulated that a prom
inent Wall street trader had turn
ed bearish In the belief that the
oil 'disclosures were undermining
public confidence. "i
The adjustment announced
after an, executive session at the
end of the day. It.was explained
that Senator Walsh, democrat,
Montana, the dominant figure! In
the pressing of the Inquiry, found
it necessar to be absent , from
'Washington for Borne days,
j Nominate Counsel
At this executive sessloa the
committee approved without a re
cord vote the nominations of spe
cial government counsel In the oil
casesA tlee Pomercn-of Canton,
Ohio, and Owen J. Roberts of Phil
adelphia. The nomination of Rob
erts was sent to the senato today
by President Coolidge to take the
place of that of Silas II. Strawn
of Chicago, which was withdrawn
yesterday. . '
The fight, on Mr. Pomerene,
which has been waged In the com
mittee for several days, will be
taken to the senate floor. Sena
tor Dill, democrat. Washington,
who Initiated it, said he would
ask for consideration of the nom
ination In open executive session
and had assurances that his re
quest 'would be granted. j
Puprr Men Ignored ' .
After it had finished with Mr.
VanilerliD. the I committee receiv
ed a statement from Louis II.
"Srush, one of the purchasers of
the Marlon Star, that he ana uoy
D. Moore alono had bought the
paper? and that every! cent that
went Into the purchase was their
own" money. The committee did
not' even think it necessary to
question him. t
Ueorge K. Thomas., secretary of
the Pioneer Oil company, testified
that ho had been advised a month
beforehand that Harry F. Sinclair
would get the lease ;of Teapot
Dome and that it was On the ba
sis of , this Information that Sin-
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JHE WEATHER,
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OREGON: Unsettled and occa
sionally threatcningfSaturday
with rain near the coast, gen
tle variable winds.
v LOCAL WEATHEli ;
, (Friday) ! : r , .
ilatximuni temperature, Si.
Miaimum! temperature, 40.
Rainfall, trace. )
"Rlveri i4.8, falling. , t .
Atmosphere, cloudy,
AVlnii. southwest.
NEWBERGAUTO
TAKfeS PLUNGE
AT CORVALLIS
A. E. i Wescott Is Believed
Drowned When Machine
Lands in Willamette
CORVALLIS, Or., Feb. 15.
The automobile of A. E. Westcott
of Newberg, Or., was found in the
Willamette river near here today.
Mr. Westcott.. a member of the
house in the last legislature ac
cording to . reports received here
from Newberg, left his hpme yes
terday for Corvallis.
Tracks indicated that the ma
chine had plunged from the high
way into the river and it is feared
Mr. Westcott perished. Oliver
Westcott, a son arrived here today
to Institution a search in the river
for his father's body.
An official list of the members
of the last Oregon legislature does
not show a member named West
cott. The two Yamhill county
members were lid Cary and Arthur
McPhillips.
MBS. MB 15
Birth of Baby Boy Pcoves
That Convict Was Al-
lowed to Visit Home
Conclusive proof that Harrison
Mowery, a convict at the state pen
itentiary, doing time for a grave
statutory offense, was allowed to
visit his home each week-end by
former Warden Johnson Smith,
came to light yesterday when Mrs.
Mowery gave birth to a child.
Mowery was sentenced more than
a year ago.
Mowery was sentenced from
Marion' county, his case attracting
much attention in local circles.
One of the charges made against
former Warden Smith was that he
allowed Mowery to leave the pris
on and visit his home each week
end. He is said to have admitted
that he did so, and Mrs. Mowery
yesterday confirmed this also. The
Mowery family now lives at 1960
Frederick street and la a county
charge.
The new baby is a boy and
weighed nine pounds at birth. Mrs.
Mowery is the mother of a large
family of children.
The attending physician's rec
ord shows that Mrs. Mowery has
borne 14 children. Seven are liv
ing. Two died after birth and five
Lwere stillborn. Mrs. Mowery is
41 years old.
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RENEE CHEMET PRINCESS WITH
VIOLIN; MAUD POWELL'S OWN
INSTRUMENT USED IN CONCERT
By AUDRED BUNCH
Jlenee Cbemet was a princess at
her instrument. A receptive audi
ence waited in the auditorium.
From the first faint tuning behind
the scenes to the last minor lilt
of the Kreisler encore she was her
self, and wonderful. She kept the
moods of her chosen composers
admirably. " Handel and Chopin
brought out her fullest sympathy.
Madame Cbemet, violinist, with
Waldemar . Liachowsky, pianist,
gave, on Friday night at the First
Christian church, under the pre
sentation of the Civic Music club
one of Salem's very choicest mus
ical treats. Madame Chcmet, who
among violinists, is one of two red
seal victor artists in the world,
proved without question her dis-
Unction. There was perfect con
cord between her, her instrument
and her accompanist. Such strik
ing sympathy came out well in the
first number of her four-part pro
gram which in outline presents the
composers:
Handel.... ..Sonata iu A major
Andante '
Allegro
Adagio
v Allegretto
Sammartinl (a) ..Canto amorosa
Beethoven (b). ....... .Rondino
Moffat (arr.) (c) Bourrce
Lalo ...... Concerto in F minor
Chopin (a) . Nocturne in E flat
Dvorak-Krclsler (b ).........
. .;. . Slavonic Dance In.O minor.
Sarasato (c) .Zapatcado
Placing Maud rowell'a own vio
ITER SYSTEM
IS PROJECTED
f COMMITTEE
Willamette Valley .Towns
Send Representatives to
Confer at Albany; No Ac
tion Is Yet Taken
ORGANIZATION WILL
INVESTIGATE PLANS
Survey of Proposed System
Would Cost $8000; Name
Being Sought
At (he call of Waldo Anderson,
president of the Pure Water. De
velopment league of Albany, dele
gates appointed by tne chambers
of commerce at Eugene, Albany,
Corvallis, Salem, Lebanon, Junc
tion City Springfield. Brownsville
and Jefferson, mot yesterday noon
at the Albany hotel in Albany to
form a permanent organization to
discuss the possibilities of building
a water system that would serve
all the cities in the Willamette val
ley. Following the luncheon at the
Albany hotel, E. M. Reagan, edi
tor of the Albany Herald, stated
that the meeting had been called
in order that a temporary organi
zation could be formed for the
purpose of raising funds to make
a preliminary Burvey from Clear
lake through the Willamette val
ley cities to Salem, a distance of
155 miles. Also to determine
whether such a water system was
feasible and whether there would
be a revenue received that would
justify the -expenditure of several
million dollars,.
Committees Xanacd
Waldo Anderson of Albany was
elected chairman of the organiza
tion and as vice chairmen the fol
lowing: Sam P. Dolan of Corval
lis, Frank Chambers of Eugene,
M. D. Shank of Lebanon, A. II.
Hammer of Albany and William
Gahlsdorf of Salem.
To serve on the executive com
mittee of the proposed organiza-1
tion to secure water for the Wil
lamette valley, the following were
named: '
Corvallis, James E. Stewart and
Claude E. Ingalls; Eugene, Carl
Washburn and J. W. McArthur;
Salem. Fred A. Williams and J. C.
Perry;. Albany. W. II. Pfeiffer and
(Continued on page 6)
lin, Renee Chemet, second In her
artistry only to Kreisler, started
her bow with great fluency. The
number was the Handel sonata.
Completing her first group, she
had her audience won. A great
basket of pink and white carna
tions was the first tribute.. The
artist had all the charm of her art,
and rewarded her audience with
an encore before the second group.
She chose Mosart's German Dance.
The audience responded with in
creasing applause. Canto Amoro
sa, an intense love-song of Sam
martini proved In her the techni
que of Hoifetz with the soul of
Kreisler. AH through the pro
graiite Madame Cheinct's stage
poise was charming. Her techni
que was a part or her, and left
her unimpeded.
The outstanding number on (he
program was a composition by the
modern Lalo, the Concerto in F
minor. The audience was extreme
in its appreciation of this difficult
number. Madame Chemet Is ac
cepted of all violinists to be the
only real master of this piece. She
calls It her "war-horse." And af
ter the program when asked her
own favorite composition among
the group she answered with low
French accents that it was with
out exception her Lalo number.
Her Chopin number was a rev
elation. She played the Nocturne
in E flat. She continued the group
with .Slavonic ' Dace. O minor.
' iConjinucd on pago.2.i
COUNTERFEIT
$1000 NOTES
PLOT NIPPED
Two Men Arrested; Others
are Expected to Be Landed
Within Next 48 Hours
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. A na
tionwide conspiracy to make and
distribute counterfeit treasury
notes of $1,000 denomination has
been nipped in the bud, according
to secret service operatives,
through the arrest of James H.
Houghton, employe of the bureau
of engraving and printing and
Curt Jacobson of New York.
Jacobson and Houghton, both
charged with conspiracy to coun
terfeit were arraigned before Unit
ed States Commissioner McDonald
today and held for the grand jury.
Houghton furnished bond of
$5,000 and was released, but Ja
cobson tonight had failed to ob
tain: his surety, fixed at $10.00.
A number of arrests in other cities
in connection with the alleged con
spiracy were predicted within the
next 48 hours.
A photographic plate of $1,000
treasury note and several plates
described as nearly complete and
almost perfect reproductions of
of thoso used in the bureau of en
graving and printing were seized.
An effort by one of the men arrest
ed to destroy the photographic
copy, the agents alleged, was
frustrated. .
Republicans Ask Rate of 35
Per Cent Instead of Mel
lon Rate of 25 '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Re
publican house leaders definitely
agreed today to make a stand for
a, maximum surtax rate of 35 per
cent instead of the Mellon rate of
25 per cent reported by the ways
and means committee. At the
same time they laid plans for a
fight to the finish on the maxi
mum surtax rate of 44 per cent
as well as the normal income
rates proposde by the democrats.
While the public was spending
another day discussing the 'reve
nue bill, Representative Long
worth, republican leader, held a
conference with about ten other.1-:
directing the party's campaign.
Afterwards it was announced that
no attempt would be made to ob
tain a vote on the 25 per ceut
surtax maximum when a show
down comes next week on the
income tax schedule. Instead,
the republicans, in making a
stand for a 35 pre cent rate as a
compromise, will endeavor to
thape the situation so that a vote
on such a proposal will come be
fore the democrats can force a
roll call on their recommenda
tion that surtaxes range upward
(o 41 per cent.
Elizabeth Fail child and Ber
nice Mulvey Victorious
Team Here
Salem's liih school debating
team won a 3 to 0 decision over
Rtayton here last night. Salem
upheld the negative side of the
question, 'Resolved. That a sev
erance tax is a desirable feature
of a system of stale and local
taxation." Judges for the debate
were Prof. J. B. V. Rutler, Dr. T.
H. Schutte and Trof. C. J. S.
Bowling. George Rhoten presid
ed as chairman. The debate wa3
attended by a good crowd.
Fred Fery, of Stayton, lead off
for the affirmative, followed by
Elizabeth Fairchild, of Salem,
who was the first negative speak
er. These were followed by Poarl
Miller, of Stayton. and Ilcrnice
Mulvey, of Salem. Rebuttal was
givtn by Elizabeth Fairchild and
Fred Fery. '
Benoit McCroskcy and, Edgar
Tlbbits represented Salem at
Stayton. - Tho result -there could
'nqt
not be ascertained last night, . :
LEADERS STAND Oill
MU1 SURTAX
SALE M
DEBATERS
T Ml
SlEO
Preparations for Trip North
By "Shenandoah" Must
Wait for Approval From
Congress
OFFICIALS DOUBTFUL'
OF FLIGHT THIS YEAR
Even Sanction, Owing to De
lay, Might Cause Suspen-
sion ot nans
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Pres
ident Coolidge today ordered prep
arations for the naval north pole
expedition suspended. By direc
tion of tho president, Secretary
Denby sent out orders bringing all
preparations for the flight of tho
Shenandoah to an abrupt stop,
pending some form of congres
sional approval of the project.
A public spokesman intimated
that if such approval was forth
coming, preparations would be re
sumed' immediately. Naval offic
ials were1 frankly doubtful, how
ever, that they could obtain con
gressionallsanction In time to carry
out the flight this year.
Approval Needed
The decision of the president
was announced in a statement is-
snr-rl hv Fprrptarv Tlenhv.
Mr. Denby would not amplify
the statement. At the White
house, however, it was said that
the president, in view of oppo
sition to the flight that had de
veloped in congress, believed it
wise to await action by that body
to show its approval of the expen
ditures necessary to carry out the
plans.
The White House explanation
suggested that a request had been
submitted for, authority to spend
$100,000 on the polar expedition.
The pending naval bill, now in
the house contains no indication
of this character, however, nor
was it clear to what specific auth
orization the White House spokes
man had had reference.
Otlter Funds Available
The naval bill to cover expendi
tures for the fiscal year 1925 was
v6ted out by committee with a
report attached saying that the
committee had discussed the polar
flight plan with Secretary Denby
find naval officers but would not
interfere with it In any way in
the supply measures sirico expen
ditures for the flight were to be
made from funds already available
and not from those provided in
the 1923 supply measure.
There have ' been instances of
opposition to the flight being
voiced in ! the senate and house,
hut no definite movement has been
apparent "in either house. Repre
sentative Longworih of Ohio, re
publican leader in the house, said
today he had heard of no such
movement.
Xot I'p to Congress
Chairman Madden of the house
appropriations committee is un
derstood to tfc in favor of the
flight, but opposed to any con
gressional action in connection
with it. lie said today that b
took the position that operation
of tho naval air forces was as
much a mattor of departmental
discretion as operation of the sur
face ships and that congress
should not interfere.
Representative French, -republican,
Idahb. chairman of the naval
sub-committee, of the appropria
tions committee, was at first in
clined to be dubious as to the wis
dom of the attempt to reach the
polo by air. A resolution by Rep
resentative Taylor, democrat, West
Virginia, calling on Secretary Den
by for Information on the project,
resulted in the committee taking
It up with naval officers. After
hearing Mr. Denb.v, Rear Admiral
Mofrett, chief or the naval' air ser
vice, and": Commander Bartlett,
Arctic explorer and reserve offi
cer, called to active service (to par
ticipute in tho flight; tho commit
ter dropped this inquiry. . Jlepre
sentativs French, said today that
the' naval officials had mado out
a very good case lor their plana, :
EDITORS BACK
GIFT PROGRAM
OF UNIVERSITY
Special Week to Be Set Aside
By Gathering of News;
papermen at Eugene
EUGENE, Or,, Feb. 15. The
editorial association of Oregon will
set aside a week in which to ex
ploit the "ten million in ten years"
gift campaign of the University of
Oregon, it was decided by a unani
mous vote here tonight at the an
nual banquet of Xhe organization.
Paul Kelty,iews editor of the Ore-
goe.ian, inaue ine proposal -and a
committee will decide upon tho
time and method of procedure to
morrow.
Over 125 citizens of Eugene, in
addition to 75 members of the
press of the state, were in attend
ance at the affair,; and speakers
urged that a spirit of cooperation
be broadcasted throughout the
stte. The banquet was a leading
feature of the Oregon newspaper
conference in session here toda,y
and tomorrow.
WILLAMETTE IS
Altered Decision Makes De
bate at Corvallis Victory. N
for Locals
, Through an altered decision
which gave to the 'Willamette uni
versity women's varsity a 2 to 1
victory over tho debaters of Ore
gon Agricultural collage, Willa
mette now holds second place In
the Inter-scholastic state cham
pionship race for women which
was lought on three platforms
Thursday night.
At the Corvallis debate in which
the Willamette negative team met
the Aggie affirmative, the "deci
sion was announced as 2 to ,1 In
favor of OAC. In receiving .the
decisions, the leader of-the Wil
lamette team noticed an irregu
larity, in the decision of one judge
which led her to believe that it
was the intention of that judge to
vote for tho negative although
the ,votc was announced as favor
ing the affirmative. Acting on
this opinion the Willamette man
ager accompanying the team pro
tested the decision requesting
that the vote in question be at
rirracd, by the judge. It was then
found that the judse had left and
was on his way hoine to Portland
making, the trip by auto. Yester
day morning the! judge was called
by "long distance telephone at his
home and from there declared his
intention was to 'vote for the
negative.
With this decision giving Wil
lamette victory in one debato the
scores for the triangular contest
were Oregon 5, Willamette 2, and
OAC 2. Although the last two in
stitutions tied in poiuts, Willa
mette won a debate and conse
quently wifl be awarded second
place.
Reports from the Corvallis de
bate are loud with praise for the
representatives of the local uni
versity. Miss Elaine Oberg led
the victorious team, with Miss
Esther Moyer as colleague.
OSWALD WEST WILL
Eiftlit Members Will Repre
sent Oregon McAdoo Club
at Chicago Meet
CHICAGO, Feb. 15 William
G. McAdoo plans to attend Mon
day's conference of funds and sup
porters of tho McAdoo presidential
candidacy, David L. Rockwell, na
tional campaign manager, an
nounced today. ;.
Telegrams fronr Democratic
leaders in all sections of the coun
try declaring their Intention to
attend have been received, during,
the last few days itockwell said)
"Oregon will be represented by
a delegation of eights' -headed by
Oswald West ht Portland, presi
dent of the McAdoo club of Ore
gon:? - .'-v -
. Washington state will Bend six
representatives Including National
Committeeman George F. Chrls-
" A.r i
one coin
I E T ill
BULLET
IN BATTLE
POLICE, LIQU0K3E j
Senator Greene WounHed Wnile Wallans Wila
Wife Near Capitol Last Nignt; Attempted
to Shield Mate Witly Body; Bootleggers
Make Escape.,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Frank L. Greene, senior sena
tor from Vermont, was shot and seriously 'wounded here late
tonight during a pistol duel between prohibition agents and
bootleggers. T ; ""- ,iv-''1 '.VA' '
' . The bullet struck him over the left eyebrow and surgeons
at the hospital, to which he was taken irninediateijr, were tin
able to determine whether it had lodged fn the braiii.! ' Sena
tor Greene was conscious, however, and this was viewed as a
good sign. - ; . - ;
- t Senator Greene and Mrs. Greene
THURSDAY IN
WASHINGTON
The house agreed to take up the
income tax rates in the revenue
bill next Tuesday.
Charles B. Warren of Detroit, it
was indicated, probably will ac
cept the ambassadorship to Mexico
City. ;
.
The north pole flight of the
Shenandoah was ordered held up
by President Coolidge pending in
formation, as to tne attitude 'or
congress on the plans. , . ,
President Codlidge was said to
have received preliminary figures
on the tariff commission's wheat
investigation as Indicating the
wheat duties should be Increased.
The house immigration commis
sion postponed until next week
further consideration of Secretary
Hughes protest of features of the
pending immigration bill.
Representative Raker, Demo
crat,. California", asked the house
irrigation committee to investigate
charges that power interests were
trying to block the Boulder dam
project. '
Favorable reports were voted by
the senate foreign relations com
mittee on the rum treaty with
Groat Britain; the isle of Pines
treaty with Cuba and two treaties
with -France dealing with Ameri
can rights under French mandates.
i
The senate oil committee heard
Frank. Vanderlip disavow any act
ual .knowledge in the Marion Star
story; received denials of the
"slush" fund rumor from two
sources; approved appointment of
Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob
erts as oil counsel and adjourned
for ten days.
Mrs. Minnie Patterson
Passes Away Suddenly
i .
Mrs. Minnie Patterson, well
known Salem woman, died sud
denly at her home, 221 Superior,
about 2:30 o'clock Friday morn
ing after a severe attack of heart
failure. Mrs. Patterson had en
tertained cbmDany until 10:30
o'clock of the night she died and
had been down town during the
afternoon, fehe ia survived by two
sons, James Patterson, of Salem
and William Patterson, f San
Francisco.
Mrs. Tattcrson was born July
15, 1861. and had made her home
In the city for the last 33 years.
Prior to moving to Salem sho lived
on a small fruit ranch near here.
Sho was a member of the Degree
of Honor.
Fnneralr services will be held
from the Terwilliger home, Wod
nesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock,
with Rev. H. D. Chambers officiat
ing. Intemjpnt will be In City
View cemetery.
LAROIt IIKA1) DEAD
DENVER,; Colo.. Fb.: H5r
Herbert George, 7ft. ' nationally
known - figure" In struggles ..be
tween employers and organized
labor, died suddenly- at, his home
her tonight ;frbm a 'stroke of
apoplexy. He was at the dinner
table .with his family; when the
ftroko occurred,- . . .
1TERC1SI,
111110,
t - j.
- V O.-:?
were walking west on Pennsylvan
ia avenue, hear the capitol when,
tho gun battle started. More than
a dozen shots were exchanged but
no one else was injured. The sen
ator was wounded while trying to
shield Mrs,' Greene in tho hail of
ballets. v " -
Bystanders told .the, , police
the ; shooting had barely '. be-'
gun before Senator Greene fell.
They rnshed to .his aid and placed
him In an automobile which hur
ried, to a. .hospital.- jThe; bpoteg
gerV wh"b were In. an automobile
escaped, but the police held O. E.
Fisher, a prohibition agent, who
said he had fired four shots.'""
The buller : struck ; Senator
Greene In the frontal bone oyer
the left eye and has not yet. been
located. The attending surgeon
said Mr. Green was conscious but
that his condition was "now oncer-
tain." : -
The shooting -; occurred
: about
10:130 o'clock within a few block
of the capitol. The surgeons said
the uncertainty of Mr. Green's con
dition lay In the fact that they had
been nnable to determine whether
the bullet had entered the brain or
lodged Just behind the frontal
bone. -
'The police said the senator and .
Mrs. Greene were passing the en
trance to ah alley when Mr.
Greene V was .' shot - down." Mrs.
Greene summoned assistance and
her'husband was rnshed to a hos
pital where the doctors at a late
hour had hot determined upon an
operation. ' t '-t Jr" d- ' '
Police said later Senator Greeno
was shot in a street Ight between
internal revenue agents and "boot
leggers." "j'..i'"'...!.:.. J.l
Senator" Greene" is , serving" his
first term in the senate but before
his election to that body he .saw
10 years service In the house: lie
Is 54 years old, having been born
at St. Albans, Vermont, on Feb
ruary 10, 1870. Mr. Greene isa 1
former newspaperman and a vet
eran of the Spanish-American war
serving with the Vermont Tolun-"
tecrs as captain of Company B,
first infantry. , - j -
Patrolman Is Killed in
Salt Lake Gun Battle
. . ; ;
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 16.
Patrolman M. H. Huntsman in
dead and Patrolman B." lI.'Mahon
ey and a man and ' woman ban
dit, Willim Lee and Beatrice Hun
ter, are probably fatally wounded
as -a result of a gun battle In front
5f the New Grand hotel here last
night. The ehootlnp followed a
holdup of a downtown cafe. -
Lee. after killing and wounding
tho policeman; shot his compan
ion . in the face and then turned
the gun into his owa abdomen
,1
Aberdeen Motorman ,Set t :
Free From; Murder Case
MONT&SANO, Wash., Feb 15.
Wilbur--Hollingsworth, Aber
deen street , car motorman .and
special prohibition . officer . .who ;
was tried -here on a . charge ot
second degree murder in connec
tion with tho - slaying of Mike.
Dzniarla. Sonth . Aberdeen,; pool
hall r proprietor, ) durln g a ''raid
January 10, was acquitted by a
jury hero tonight " The rerdict
was announced by jth 'foreman of
the jury at 9:50 pV m. The deci
sion was reached on the fifth
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