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Martin J, Durkinj. 6,, jklbr-
ious Slayer? Is Captured
.,, ' '' iff St, Louis-.
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J? THREE DEATHS:. CHARGED
"PHnce Charming"
Of,
Bandit
World Taken afc Last After
Untiring Effort of N
t ion's lol.ce
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 201 (By As
sociated Press.) Trailed three
months ,by 'depirtment of justice
agents, one of whose
numbep
he
2.
had -Blain. Martin JJ.! parkin
notorious,. Chicago crlmlnaL
was
captured here today.
The1! ranch sought
slayer,
de-
. scribed! in: pblic circulars a'fery
dangeroos, quick J to
In td a trap 4 prepared
draw:
feU
by,,46piart-
I ment; agents, city deteciivtjs jand
; raurona employes anq waoer
powered in .the drawing" room of a
Frisco' Katy train!; npoaY arrival
' from San' Ahtohlo at' Webster
Groves,a subttrh. A feToler an
automatic pistol and;, a belt? , of
cartridges were lying
on a card
table in the drawing room.
"I would, have shot jit out with
you if you - had . given ;me a
chance," Durkin told his csptprs.
"You got me too quici;" . I
f With Durkin was: ait: attractive
woman, his bride, since December
r'They'Wierer married; In'EjastjSt.
Louis.-' HLe-satd-slre-wks-fornCrlr
Miss Irma Sullivan, 21 j of Cpraell,
111., and had no idea her husbihd
,was wantssd by the police.! She
did not become suspicious, (she
said, until her husband abandoned
an r automobile atSan jAntflolo.
'Durkin, who gave his namei as
James Durkie of St, Lbnis iin (ap
plying for the marriage- license
has been variously j called Jthe
"sheik robber, ' and "Prince
Charming.' He cohtinued to
smile after his arrest and non
chalantly admitted this dnperiate
escapades. It was noticed he had
shaved his Vtlay moustache slace
t earing Chicago. ' i j -:
The couple waUed extradition
and 'Durkin was taken Kin3er
heavy guard on a Chicago & Alt-
on train leaving ; late;
today
for
Chicago.
, Durkin is charged:
with
the
murder of Edward C
Shanahan,
department of , Justice operative
who was shot to deathi
at Chicago
last October 11; when he atteiapt-
ed'to arrest Durkin for antomo
I bile theft. HeUl 1bo" charged
with murder of Police Sergeant
' Iiarry Orya, who' jras fatally
(: wounded October 29, When be (en
countered Durkin in a Chicago
house, only to have Durkin j shoot
his way out. V
I Lloyd Austin, a civilian, as
Lilied in the exchange of bullets.'
tThe capture of DUfkin was ac
complished neatly. Durkin and
his! bride had been trailed by gov
ernment agents through aniaato
nobile license from East SLtLdnis
to Los Angeles and then to-' San
Anionio, where he yesterday, (en
gaged a drawing room on the train
for St. luis, intending to bh tain
employment here. ,i ,-,-, 1
' Three ' traps were arranged! in
and around St. Louls including
the one at Webster Grove. L.
Scott, James J. McLaughlin and
Edward Dowd of the department
of justice and 15 city detectives,
crack shots of the lPrtment,
vent to the outlying station
As the train pulled in at )1 If 05
a.; m., four detectives i took posi-
boarded the coaches" i' . j ..
, Dowd knocked on." the drawing
room door. . It- swung open - and
Durkin stood bef orb tnem. ' .
. Detective Sergeant Leonard; Is
sln:, a wrestler and eipert jinl jiu
Jitsu sprang at the fugitive and
clamped a wristlbck on his flight
MINISTER ENDS ACTIOM
REV. MILLKI7. - HAS ! DECIDED
? ! not TO'rmsss case j .
MEDFORD,5 Or.. Jan. 2QJ jBy
Associated Press.) Hising jin the
urt room this afternoon;, t Rev.
Bi C. Miller, defendant; in a nl
for control of property.bf thje Ash
land Baptist church, i announced
that he had decided to jconi&k the
case no further ahd that bej viuld
aire over the church to thd regu-
lar; Baptist organiiation. Fol
i lowing his statement. Iter. jMiJlef:
A led' in prayer. - i: kWTr-S
.The 'suit was brought by -the
Ashland Baptist cfaufch ; igainst
i th First Baptist church, Incf of
' Ashland.: The latter organisation
hal possession of ' tho . pfoprty
which was claimed by an elenient
which" withdrew, from thflucburch.
objecting to the doctrtnei' followed
by-Rev, UllteT
A'SKEtf BY RAIL WORKERS
RAISE WOULD RANGE FROM
! 6' TO 10 CENTS AX" HOUR
l
Clerks, Freight Handlers and
Station Employes Would
! Be Effected-
CINCINATI. Ohio,- Jan. 20
(By4 Associated Press.) Railroads
will be asked to graht wage "in
creases rangrnir 1 from six 'to ten
cents an hour for 250,009 railway
derksV freight ahdj station eta
plbyes. It was announced . tonight
at -a meeting" of general chairmen
of the Brotherhood of Railway
and- Steamship' Clerks, Freight
Handlers, Express and Station"
Employees. f
; Approximately 100 railroads
would ' be" affected. j
i Voting of the wage requests fol
lowed., the refusal today of the
grand" executive council of the
brotherhood to comply .with the
ultimatum -of the American Fed
eration of Labor ordering the
express drivers in its membership
to be surrendered to the Interna
tional Teamsters Union. j
i; The proposal for higher wages
is based, the general chairman
said, on increased cost fo living in
different-' sections oXaahe country.
; The general chairman also de
cided to ask the American Railway
Express ' company to increase the
wages of their employes, repre
sented-in-the brotherhood, II72J
cents and 1 z cents an hour. !
; The ' highest proposed increase
will be ten cents an hour in the
eastern region. The .demands are
scaled down for employes in the
southland middlewest and the
minimum increase of . six cents
Will be asked of roads in the west
ern ..region, j
. j Decision. of the executive coun
sel to retain express drivers in the
brotherhood membership may re
sult in the Aemerican Federation
revoking the charter of the organ
ization. The council declared jit
acted -soley for the welfare of the
4;000 express drivers involved and
that it hoped the; federation would
not impose the penalty of suspen
sion a provided for failure to
obey orders. ..."
EXC0NViCT IS ARRESTED
I RED ! SPRINGER, ; THOUGIIT
I DEAD TO BE RETURNED !
- ; Fred Springer, .ex-convict, who
was reported, to have, been killed
while staging a holdup in Canada
a! few months ago, yesterday wis
arrested at McAllister, Oklahoma,
according to aelegram received
at the Oregon ' sUte penitentiary
yesterday. : t A. prison guard will
leave here today for Oklahoma in
quest of the prisoner. j
I Springer was received at the
state penitentiary here from Bak
er county In the year 1915 to serve
a; term of from 10 years to life
for assault and . robbery while
armed with a dangerous weapon,
lie was. pardoned from the prison
in 1919 with the ; understanding
Uhat he; would, not leave the state.
f Reports received at the peni
t(ntiary indicated that he later
was married and -divorced. , !
CONDITION UNIMPROVED
CARDINAL MERCIER DISPLAYS
UNUSUAL RESISTANCE
r BRUSSELS, Jan. 20. (By As
soeiated Press.) Though his re
covery is deemed well nigh hope
less, Cardinal Mercier continues
to display unusual resistance ;ito
the ravages of disease, surprising
even the i attending physicians by
the manner In which he hasf with
stood pain, lack of j nourishment
and recurring heart attacks. I
AUTO CRASH KILLS
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4 1 WALLA WALLA, Wash:, - Jan.
20.--(By, . Associated Press. )i
Walter S. Barhett, 6 f, prominent
farmer ; was instantly, killed . to
night, about four miles west of
Walla Walla on the state highway
when the' automobile iif which" he
was riding alone; skidded In the
soft dirt ' alongside of the pave-
Diniil anri want Intn lha HJfh ! -"
DRINKING INVESTidATED
I KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 20.f
( By Associated Press. ) - Charged
with investigating reports of wide
spread drinking among Kansas
City bbys and girls of high school
age, thej Jackson county grand
Jury met here today and organ
ized" for the inquiry. - . '". ; -
WILL IEW RUDDER FIELD '
SEATTLE, Jan. 20. Harvey, S.
Firestone Jr.,' arrived hero today
en route to Inspect rubber devcl
onments 1 at .Singapore, ' in the
Straits Settlements.
APPORTION SCHOOL FUNDS
OLYMPIA. Jan. 20. The Janu
ary apportionment of state school
fundsamounta,to. JU3.S37,. lof
which nis.soo represents' hih
school bonuses, "t - ;
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TrusteesVote to Move the
School of Theology From
Salem to" Seattle:
TO OPEN FOR 192? TERM
Change Will be Made in Time to
Permit Institution to 'Open
in Seattle by Septf mbcr
of Next Year
PORTLAND, Jan. 2 (By As
sociated Press.) Kimball School
of Theology,- for many years lo
cated on the campus of Willam
ette " university . at- Salem wjll be
moved to Seattle as? a result of
action taken at a meeting of the
board trustees of the school
here today. The action taken was
in accord with recommendations
made at previous meetings' of mih
icters and laymen of the Oregon
conference and by a similar group
in Seattle.
The move will be made ,so that
the school can be opened in the
Seattle location in September,
1927, it was decided. " .
Aetion was taken providing for
the appointment of a number of
committees to work out various
details of the proposed move and
the future policy. Dr. E. C. Hick
man, president of the school, was
authorized to leave next Wednes
day for Chicago where he will
confer with the Methodist Episco
pal board of education with ref
erence' to the " proposed change.
That board is expected ; to assist
in financing the new program.
According to the plan the budg
et required to carry out the work
will be 125,000, of which $6,000
is to be furnished by the board
of education, $6,000, by the Puget
Sound conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and $5,000 from
the Oregon conference of the same
church, and the balance ; from
various sources.
The school at its new location
fir -Seattle will bo housed' la the
new educational ! structure to be
butlt by the University Methodist
Episcopal church of Seattle.
TWO BURIED ALIVE
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (By As
sociated Press.) Two workmen
were killed and two were injured
today when a huge hopper col
apsed and buried them under tons
of sand and gravel in the base
ment of a north side building un
der construction.
SEATTLE BANKER DIES
SEATTLE-, Jan.- 20. News of
the death of George o. White, for
mer member of the Seattle oranch
of the Bank of California, was re
ceived here today in a cablegram
sent by 'his brother from Madras,
India.
SALEM; OREGON, THURSDAY
DAWES OFFERS APOLOGY
FOR RADIO STATEMENTS
ANGER j OF TWO .SENATORS IS
AROUSED BY ADDRESS
Reed and Copleland' Take Excep
tion td Charges By Vice
President
WASHINGTON. Jan- 20. (By
Associated Press.) Vice Presi
dent Dawes in his campaign for
a change of the senate rules,
found himself in a position1, today
where he felt it necessary to is
sue n public apology.
Taken to task iu the senate by
Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
for his radio j speech last- night
criticizing senate' procedure, the
vice president disclaimed any in
tention of assailing the Missouri
senator explaining that his refer
ence had been to be "senator from
New York." j
This aroused the ire of Senator
Copeland, democrat. New York,
who declared the reference in the
radio speech about the reading of
a magazine article in senate rec
ord was "inaccurate," as applied
to hfrn. : He pointed out that sev
eral newspapeij clippings offered
by him for tho record yesterday
had been accepted-wUhani'. read
ing; j
Later1 the vice president, ex
plained privately that he meant
another senator and then issued
a public apology to Senator Cope
land. Since Senator Reed in his ad
dress against the world court yes
terday had caused the senate clerk
to read a long magazine article
written by Andrew Carnegie 33
years ago he assumed the vice
president' was referring to him in
his radio address about dilatory
tactics in the world court debate.
Declaring "every man . had his
own code of honor," he told the
senate when it convened that, al
though Mr. Dawes had attacked
him on the air when he had no
opportunity to reply, he would not
attack the vice president on the
senate floor where that official
had no opportunity to reply.
It was then that Mr. Dawes in
terrupted to say that he not re
ferred to Senator Reed but to the
aenator from New York."
Senator Copeland was absent
from the chamber, but upon, his
return shortly afterward, he told
the senate that he had "no" dis
position to debate here my rights
and duties as a United States sena
tor," but did "resent the inac
curate statement made by the vjee
president this morning In his reply
to the senator from Missouri."
TICKET WINDOW ROBBED
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20.
(By Associated Press.) -A rob
ber reached through. the opening
in the ticket window of the USA
theatre here tonight, grasped a
pile of currency believed to con
tain around $200, and made his
escape after being pursued two
blocks by John :P. Kiggins, owner
of the theatre who Wa3 attracted
by the. cashier's screams. ;
HUBBER TIRED!
MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1926
OFFICERS INSTALLED BY
MARION COUNTY GRANGE
ALL-DAY PROGRAM ENJOYED
' BY MANY MEMBERS
Governor Walter M. Pierce and
Fred J. Tooze. Address
Meeting
Marion county Pomona Grange
met all day yesterday in Union
hall, Salem. Officers installed
Were W. A. Jones of Macleay, mas
ter; W. H. Stevens of North How
ell, overseer; H. C. Batam of Sa
lem, lecturer; Mrs. W. A. Jones,
secretary; L. S, Lambert of Stay
ton, steward; Mr. Townsend of
Turner, assistant steward; Mrs.
Townsend, lady assistant steward;
Mr. Farin, chaplin; Mrs. Simpson,
Ceres, and Mrs. Van Trump, Flora:
After a sumptuous dinner serv
ed by the ladies of the grange.
Governor Walter M. Pierce gave
a brief resume of the tax situa
tion, noting the reduction in the
amount of state taxes during his
administration!
He favored the income tax as a
means of further reducing the tax
burden on real property. After
an excellent program, seven new
members were initiated into the
degree Pomona.
Fred J. . Tooze, candidate for
the republican nomination of state
school superintendent, delivered
an address to the members of the
grange. In it he emphasized con
ditions educational, and urged
that the schools be retained at the
present high standard of effici
ency. - He urged at the same time that
conditions of thrift be empha
sized. He also discussed the pres
ent conditions regarding taxation,
and urged that the federal govern
ment surrender to the state of
Oregon her rights in matters of
her natural resources. He stated
that 53 per cent of land in Oregon
is now owned by the federal gov
ernment, and pays no taxes.
Mr. Tooze expressed the belief
that there should be work for the
inmates of the state penitentiary
and reformatories. Boys and girls
in the reformatories, he stated,
should be given the opportunity
to learn productive work that will
bte of use to them when they are
let out into the world to shift for
themselves. Prisoners at the pen
lentlary should be taught how to
support themselves amply and
honestly.
Seymour Jones, who has been
mentioned as candidate for the re
publican nomination for governor,
told of the progress made by the
(Continued on page 6.)
ACCEPT NORMAL BUDGET
REGENTS OF STATE TEACH
ERS fSCHOOLS HOLD MEET
Members of the board .of re
gents of the Oregon state normal
schools held a conference here
yesterday and approved the budg
et of the Ashland normal school,
which will open in June of this
year.
The plant of the Ashland nor
mal' school is now under construction.
DDIS REBUKE
Kellogg Takes Direct Issue
With Statement From
Foreign Minister
LAND LAWS DRAW FIRE
New Statutes Declared to Be
Plainly Retroactive and Con
fiscatory; Secret Agreement
inent Denied
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (By
Associated Press) Secretary Kel
logg took direct issue today with
the statement Issued to the press
yesterday by Mexican foreign min
ister Aaron Saenz, reiterating the
position of the Washington gov
ernment that the new Mexican
land and petroleum laws "are
plainly retroactive and confisca
tory." Mr. Kellogg used 156 words to
answer the 4000 word public dec
laration of the foreign minister,
dismissing the Mexican statement
as containing "no facts or argu
ments which have not been fully
dealt with" in official changes.
The secretary's statements Is
sued before the Mexican govern
ment replied late today to the for
mal representations made by the
United States against retroactive
features of the two laws.
The Mexican note handed to
Ambassador Sheffield in Mexico
City late today did not reach the
state department tonight nor had
the department been advised of
its delivery to Mr. Sheffield. It
was said to the department no
agreement to withhold the two
notes from publication had been
made with the Mexican City gov
ernment which would apply after
the Mexican rejoinder had been re
ceived. The department also announced
that it had transmitted in reply to
the resolution offered in the sen
ate by Senator La Follette, repub
lican, Wisconsin, all the informa
tion it had bearing on agreements
which preceded the diplomatic
recognition of Mexico and also on
the negotiations for the refund
ing of Mexican external debt.
This information is contained
in the minutes of the Joint Mexican-American
commissisn which
met in 1923 in Mexico City, so far
as recognition is concerned. The
debt refunding negotiations were
conducted by an , international
banking group, which had no con
nection with the Washington gov
ernment, and of the 1923 commis
sion have alreday been published
in full.
Secretary Kellogg reiterated
that there were no agreements or
inderstandings of any. kind per
taining to the recognition of Mex
ican government that were not in
cluded in the published minutes
ot the 'commission. The La-Follette
resolution was framed to in
cuire as to secret understandings
in this respect. .
TO STUDY FLAXs PLANTS
QUINLAND LEAVES ON - IN
SPECTION TRIP TO CANADA
. J. J. "QuInland, engineer at the
Oregon state penitentiary, left
here last night for points in East
ern Canada where he will invest!-'
gate a new system of retting and
drying flax. In event the- system
in use there is found to be satis
factory it may be adopted in con
nection with the operation of the
state flax plant here.
Mr. Quinland also will go to
Stillwater, Minn., where he ; will
inspect the Jute mill operated in
connection with ' the Minnesota
state penitentiary. The flax plant
owned- and operated, by .Henry
Ford near Detroit, Mich;; also will
be inspected hy Mr. Quinland prior
to hi return 6 SaVsnu . v ,
Expenses incurred by Mr Quin
land in -making' the trip will bp
made out of tbevpenitentiary flax
funds. r : .. . ": ' 1 ;
PLAN I HUGE : MEMORIAL
SHRINK TO AMERICANMOTHER
MS TO' BE ERECTED v
: CHICAGO, aJn. 20. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Selection of Al
buquergue, N. M., as the site of a
$37,000,000 memorial to the "ser
vices, sacrifices and patriotism of
the American mother," .4was rati
fied today by the legislativecom
mittee of the War Mothers mem
orial association. : The project,
which provides for, a; hospital' of
48 nits and combined capacity' for
4,800 patients; " is backed by 'a
score of service, men's and other
patriotic, ofgarilsarions. Thou ho
pit'al wiir'caro for tubercular de
pendents and dependent descend
ants of former nervice men. It is
to bo financed by veterans icont
tdbutlonj, - . . r.
CUSTODY OF INFANT IS '
DETERMINED BY MOVIES
J UDGE HAS PICTURES TAKEN
( 4 ft . . , li . . . .
Woman Who Cared for Child
Awarded Custody Instead
of Natural Mother
DETROIT, Jan. 20. (By As
sociated Press.)- Moving pictures
today delivered a four-year child
to its mother when Judge Viacent
Brennan in circuit court awarded
custody of little Mabel Irene to
Mrs. Irene Goosen. In doing. so
he denied the habeas corpus pe
tition of the child's natural moth
er, Mrs. Julia Przybyia.
The chiM has been under Mrs.
Goosen's charge since a. few weeks
after birth. In an effort to ar&re
at a just decision on the petition
of the natural mother for the re
turn of her child Judga Brennan
had the two women and the child
stand before him last Saturday
when he announced that the child
was to be sent to an institution.
Concealed moving picture ma
chines showed the reaction of the
two women to this decision.
Judge Brennan and several
psychologists yesterday viewed the
film. He said today he was giv
ing custody of the child to Mrs.
Goosen because- the film showed
a much more biological emotional
reaction on her part, and also be
cause of the willingness of the
real mother to permit the child to
be sent to an institution.
MAY ADD TO GAS TOLL
ADDITIONAL CENT FOR COUN
TY ROADS IS PROPOSED
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (By As
sociated Press) Automobile own
ers of the state will be assessed
another tax of one cent per gal
lon on gasoline for county road
purposes if action at today's an
nual meeting of the state county
judges and commissioners' asso
ciation should become effective.
Sentiment was in favor of such
a tax on the ground that the pres
ent state gasoline tax of three
cents a gallon reverts to the state,
and that the counties, as such,
derive no direct benefit therefrom.
Discussion ended with adoption
of a motion, to refer the question
to the association's committee on
roads, report from which will
probably be submitted at tomor
row's meeting. j
The county udges and commis
sioners adopted unanimously' a
resolution looking to congression
al reimbursement of Oregon-California
land grant countes for taxes
lost by withdrawal of such lands
from the tax rolls by the govern
ment. GLEE SINGERS ON TOUR
WILLAMETTE CLUB TO LEAVE
FEBRUARY 1 ON TRIP
Willamette university glee club
put on their first outside perform
ance of the year last night- in the
Stay ton high school before a large
audience. v The" duet and quartet
numbers proved the most popu
lar. Don Heath and Willis Hath
away sang the: duet numbers. The
quartet was composed of Heath,
Hathaway. Daa Schreiber and Ho
bart Kelly. , Negro spirituals,
classical and semi-classical num
bers were offered. i...
The glee club will leave this af
ternoon for Vancouver, Wash.,
where they will be heard this evening-in
the high school auditorium
in that city. On February 1 the
party will start on its annual tour,
touching many Oregon and Wash
ington , points. The glee , club,
composed of 22 members, will be
gone three weeks. Mt. -Vernon,
Wash.', will be the most northern
point at which they .will appear. .-
VETERANS AID; BONDS UP
,3,000,000 WILL BE SOLD HERB
' OJf FEBRUARY 3 ;
World War veterans state aid
bonds aggregating 12,0 00,0 00 wiil
be sold there on, February 3,' ao
cording, to., announcement , made
yesterday by the state bond com'
mission. Approximately 221,000,-
000 of these bonds previously were
sold by the state. . . . j
- The money derived from the
sale of the 'bonds will be loaned
to ex-service men and .women un
der the provisions of the so-called
state relief act.
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EUGENE MAN; IS KILLED
HARRY THIEXES ACCIDENTLY
- SHOT BY BROTHER
- EUGENE. Or., Jan. 20. (By
Associated Press.) His intestines
punctured in 12 places by. the ac
cidental discharge of a rifle In the
hands -of -his- brother" Earl, 'proved
f atal to Iiarry Thienes, 25 when
the latter died at a local hospital
today. : The accident occurred dur
ing a hunting . trip .Tuf sl ay netir
here. ; Tbiens I- Vvrt'irrd "by a
widow nml a jm.U-uld chiM. '
pRICE pJve CENTS
unfriiirnnr
VU I L ILLLb L
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Holds Fred A. Wflliams Was
Not . Legally Elected as
City Attorney
REFUSES TO VACATE JOB
Takes ' Position Thit Member of
a Body Cannof Take an
Office Conf errjed Upon
Him by That Body
Chris J, Kowitx will not vacate
the office of Salem; city attorney
and turn over the records of the
office to Fred A. tvilliams. who
was elected to th4t position by
the city council a the Monday
evening meeting.
! Mr. Kowitx hold4 that Mr. Wil
liams was not legally elected; that
a member of such k body cannot
take an office conferred upon him
by the body itself.
The remedy at aw : would be
quo warranto proceedings to com
pel, the giving up of the records.
But this might take a long time,
clear up to the supreme court;
and in the meantime Mr. Kowitx
would insist upon performing the
duties of the office, and in drawing
his salary. j
j It is not likely, however, that
there will be any such delay in
this case. .Mr. Williams resigned
his. .seat in the countcil immediate
ly after his election to the office
of city attorney. f
So he is not now a member, and
the council will likely elect him
to the position at its next meet
ing. Then there could be no ques
tion about the legality of his elec
tion. I
Problem of selecting a city at
torney has kept the council in a
quandry for weeks! First vote
was taken on January 4. when Mr.
Kowitz and . Mr. ,Williams ran
neck and neck, despite tjje oc
casional appearance . of other
names, through four distinct bal
lots,- ending in. deadlock. . - -
be transacted, choifce of attorney
was postponed untilthe next meet
ing on January 18.?
I Again the first ballot was in
decisive, but. the second, showed
Williams receiving 7 votes and
Kowitz 4, giving Williams the ma
jority necessary to sleet,
j City council thought the ques
tion settled at last! Just before
adjournment. Alderman Williams
submitted to the mjayor'and com
mon .council his resignation as al
derman. It was ccepted. Mr,
Williams- then descended to the
office of City Recorder M. Poulsen
and was sworn intof office.
That waa Mnnrtnir nfirTif 'Wo-
nesday Chris Kowitx refused to
relinquish: his office on grounds
that the election was illegal. Now
city council faces the question of
who is . city 'attorney, and why.
! City, council will meet next on
HEARING CONTINUED
time was' consumed; In hearing ar
guments today by the- state' high-"
VV A WliUUlOHUU.
IS LIQUOR I SATANIC?
TWO JARS OF ImoONSHINE
GROW PAIRS OF HORNS
WASHINGTON : Jan. 20.
(By. Associated PTess.) There
may be something, after all, in
this notion that liquor is a con
coction of the devil
' Two half gallon jars ot
moonshine, bein held as evi
dence . in the prohibition lab
oratory here, have grow'n pairs
of horns. -
.; The chemists who analyzed
the firewater attempted no ex
planation. Theyjf merely point
out on the zinc it-over of each
Jar, a perfect little pair of
horns, just the same as used to
adorn the head ff , Beelzebubb
In the woodcuts in' the old fam
ily bible, i .. . s
i They think this liquor -; was
highly acid, became volatile ;
that: the fumes lite, their way
through the tin tops and as
they passed off into 4 the air
formed - the Utile crystaline
horns by a combination of the
metal and the acid.
- However, thef chemists are
not surprised by any of the
magic tricks of bootleg.
The other day a pint of it ate
a wliite, ragged scar in a con
crete floor. 1
i There may be falso some rea
son why a consumer of liquor
sometimes ; sees tnakes. . In a
Jar of ' cont".: ted Chinese
whiskey, tho cuimists found a
pickled' lizard. Tlte jar is sai l
to have been captured from a
pickled lounge -