. i ,t 1 .i 1 ' i, '.V i .. .x. - t ' ' r-.i , - i - .-
jL-nvre as u wisip iu inv,siiuiF& o ine. paiem i mu; nuagei musv ne itqisea or userui Acmvizies uizr
. ' t : h - - . !.;
; A man liTe only' bnce, at least In thS3
world, and If we were in G If ford Plnchot's
place we beliere we'd make a desperate effort
to get Uncle Andrew Mellon off our mind t
and get what, fun J we could outlot our re-f
maining years. )hio Stat Journal, S
Weather forecast: Cloudy; moderate tem
perature; moderate southeast winds. Maxi
mum temperature yesterday 55, minimum
4, river minus .3, rainfall .3, atmosphere
cloudy, -wind northeast.
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY: MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1927
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JURY SELEGTE
If! PRIEST CIS
State Seems To Prefer Mid
dle Aged or Elderly
Men With Farpilies
TESTIMONY OPENS TODAY
Dcfrniie Kxpcctetl to Rly Upoii
Story of Slayer's Vif-t Yhlch
May Include Details of At
tempted Intiniiiicy
DALLAS. Ore.. Oct. 124. (srec
lah The battle tolsave ''Irving' Bl
Priest ?rom thelgailows began in
circuit court here today. ';
Priest la charged with the fata
shooting of George ' M.' Werlfncf
wealthy Independence j hop grow4
er, during" aa argument; eonee'nM
Ing the affection of' Mra.' Priest
the' defendantW? youthfal vwifeli
The tragic aftf air occurred August!
3 A at the Wefline hop yard, j
It waaT necpsary to call'aspec-l
ial venire of four men before the
Jury was -compiaiea inn aiier-
noon. .The' regular venire was ex
hausted at three o'clock when at
torneys, failed to agree on the
twelfth member.
KiSIight 4eUy Caused
Judge Arlie Walker then in
structed the i clerk , to j draw 'four
names from. the. box and asked
Skerlff Ti D. Hooker to bring-: the
persons in as qaickly as possible.
A reces1 bff Indefinite' length' was
declared, for , the purpose.
. .Sheriff Hooker retiirnedt with
th pTpsp'ectiVe" tutors' at f cmr- J
thirty o'clock and W. L. Soehern.
superintendent, of the -water com
pany at. Dallas, was chosen from
f. amoirgthe; JjfrJtomeUwelfli
Jurors; AH Married'
fThe completed Juf yf conslste bt
ten 'farmers, one plumber, and Mr.
Soehern. All are middle aged or
elderly men and have j families.
v They are W. F. Scott. Mon
mouth, plumber; J. Ray i Fawk,
Rlckeralt; J. p. Rhodes, Sheridan;
Ray Slater, Dallas; Homer, Dash-
lell, Dallas; Taylor A Dunn, Dali
las? James Itioss, Dallas; J. W.
, Bush. Airlie: E. L. Baker.i Suver:
W. U. Newbtlll. Willamlna: G. W.
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COLORADO MINE
STRIKE! SPREADS
I. V. W. FORCES CRADIALLY
GAIN IXG FIRMER HOLI)
h i : " - A.r .
Seven More 1Mh4 Foreed Hhih
Dyu n in Ia, AniuiasOouiity
Ye.icrdy ' 'T
i; DENVER,', Oct. a 2 4.-r ( AP
The t.? W.-V. stjrike, inc'the Coiorai
do cdal fields, assume large rpr
portions today.. Seven additional
mines were forced to close in Las
Animas county : in the southern
part of the state and the Ro(tt
county mines in the northwestern
part of the state were affected for
the first time. The northern Col
orado field was still paralyzed but
2J out of 38 mines in Huerfano
county, in the southern field were
C fgt tTclOHed. The remainder of Huer
'anofcouny mines were working
y with reduced fortes, . . . j
p. -Trouble: was narrowly averted
several times today and authori
ties' stale that the situation is
growing more-'difficult to cope
with In the southern part of the
etate. - " j -
' Krlsten STannm.iI.1 W. -W. or
ganizer and one of the" leaders gr
the strike was arrested at Trlnl
dad today and heldj for Inciting
picketing. . Sheriff John Marty of
Ia Animas county, who made the
arresl.'s eald he had hsen '' em
powered to employ additional de
ration to handle- the strike situa
tion. " .- .. 'i;
,. At the- Tobasco mine tt toe C,
F; I. in Las Animas f eonuty a
troop of strikers and sympathizers
4tX'-)-nr rioit andiTtrwniMarJ
TZik Riders.:"; 61 1' Bfirwlndy was
1?.JUH?y 'fcandled; I'. ttfis tThirged
' t'.t the leader of, the roup ther
.WAS tRahla RahmK1 tm ' I rAm n
V picket. and i was t taketf ; to' Jail at
, Trinidad with S ' other : persons.
Jail at. -Trinidad; Is rapidly
; becoming congested. f-V'-Vi;
t The Wlsenbtrgi Jail also fa over-
CrOWded With .llne4 nl.Vsl. 1 CI.
4 lly-three were : formally charged
rmnn picketing hr Depwty District
punier at- waiBennerg.
MRS; LOCKWOOD
fRJAL STARTED
DKFKXSE SEEKS TO SHOW
SAWYER "JAYWALKING"
Select ion of Jury and lVelimlnar
ies Occupy First Way; Takes
Two More
With three witnesses appearing
and testifying in behalf of the
prosecution late in the afternoon,
the state of Oregon's case against
Mrs. Ruth Lockwood, wealthy
Turner widSw charged with In
voluntary manslaughter in con
nection with the death of Maynard
Sawyer on July 19, began to get
under way yesterday. The state is
expected to put on the remainder
of its case today, with defense tes
timony and closing arguments
completed some time tomorrow,
after which the defendant's fate
will rest with the jury.
Most of yesterday was consumed
in selection of the jury, which
consists of eight men and four
women.
The opening statement in behalf
of the prosecution was made by
Lyle J.1 Page, who is associated
in the case with District Attorney
JohA Carson;-' Page told' the' jury
that the state will endeavor to
prove" that Mrs. Lockwood came
to Salem' on, the evening of July
19 at about 7:?uo'cl6clc anfl visit-;
e,d with two men" by the names of
Van Cortland and Gillis. After
naving';din'n4r'lihtbeni.r in the1
course o .which liquor was con-
jsume'd, Mrs. Lockwood left thie
Maridn hotel at about 9 p. m..
Page" asserted.
Other contentions outlined by
Page included the statement that'
Mrs. Lockwood , leaving. the hotel,
drove her car east on State street:
in the. direction of Turner; that
ln'the vicinity of Church' and State
she "swerved" her car to the left
hand side of the' street in: trying
to pass another car going in the
same'"' direction' and'" narrowly
missed meeting ah oncoming, car
neaa-pn, that she was driving at
an excessive rate of speed and was
under the' influence of liquor at
the time." ' ' ' '
i Opening statement for the de
fense was made before the' jury bjr
Barl' Bernard' of Portland who,
;wun John Collier of Portland and
James G. Heltsel of Salem has
been retained by Mrs. Lockwood.
Bernard declared" the defenso
would show that Mrs. Lockwood,
on the evening In question, had
been called from Turner by a Mr.
JVan Cortland who after some per
suasion obtained her consent toi
ome to -Salem on business. After
conferring with Mr. Van Cortland
(Continued on pafa 8.)
BLIND PUPILS MENACED
Some .Mntori.HtN Fail t Use Cau
tion, Says School Head
Careless autoists whotake no
heed- of pupils of the state school
a. ' t,
iur me Diina ; wnen they pss
across State and Con rt streets on
their way vt6 Sunday school Sun
day morhtng have i become : a
serious nienace, H was' declared
last night byi J. W. Howard, superintendent'-'
of , the school, -f !
j Steps will be -taken' to protect
t!he pupils'from" motorists, who 1n
some easel' have 'been wilfuly care
less, Howard declared; adding that
"most of them" have 'been" fine."
S Last Sunday as some 30 mem
bers iof the school' were passing!
ajcross Court street under the dir
ection of three teachers, a mtor
l$t deliberately drove full speed
into the middle of the line, barely
missing several, children and com
ing so close to one teacher as to
swing her coat around. The num
ber of the car was taken, but a
check-up t showed that it had not
been taken accurately.
MISSING YOUTH TRACED
Bloodtfoandsi on Trail of Earl
. Pierce, 13 Year OM Boy
EUGENE. Oct! 24 (APV A
new hope arose over the hill .land
near Swisshome tonight twhenlt
was learned that Earl Pierce, 13
year olfi boy,' who has been mis!
Ing" - since last Thursday may; b
alive and sound In a little canyon
wfcictt has not yet been' explored.
M ore than 160 men combed the
woods - . and. hills' In the area
throoghout the day under the di
T'etlon ot Ray Conway, leader of
many similar searches during the
paM year. - - ""
Bloodhounds have' been put on
the boy's trait and- their actions
have' led sekrehers to believe that
the 'boy i In San Antone canyon
only a short distance away where
he . eafinot hear' the- signals of
those who are looking for him.
. First trace of the boy was found
this" morning when his compass,
watch ' fob and r' Notebook were
picked tip half & "mile from where
was last seejj,
LLOrD GEORGE
MENAGE
Peace of World Thwarted,
Former British; Premier
Says in Address
HELD BREACH OF FAITH
1'ngli.sli Stntesman flakes Siioerh
Before Metlng Arranged tiyr
Lcasue of Nations: "
Crowds Iiiiiiienso
LONDON. Oce. 24 (AP.) The
existence of great armaments al
ways will thwart the League of
Nations, former Premier Lloyd
George declared tonight in a
speech on disarmament.
The present size of armaments
in Europe," he said, 'is a breach
of faith on the part of the nations
who entered the war largely to
uphold the sanctity of treaties."
Mr.' Lloyd-George was the chief
speaker at a meeting arranged (by
the League of Nations union. The
vast crowds were far beyond the
capacity of Queens hall, and a
overflow meeting accordingly was
held in Philharmonic hall. ;
Peace Held Threatened
"Are there any dangers which
threaten the peace of Europe?"
the magnetic little Welshman
asked. "Yes, many. The conti
nental newspapers ring with dis
putes and outstanding differences.
Hence the growing zeal for arbi
tration, which led to such a re
markable demonstration by tha
smaller nations at the recent as
sembly of the ; league. They are
genuinely frightened by the, snarl
ing sounds which disturb the
neryea of Europe"
Mr. TLoyd-George poinfe'd " out
that when peace was framed In
1919, it was recognized that ad
justments would be required later.
'Continued on pa re S.)
McNARY STARTS ON EAST
Fnited States Senator 'Goe on to
Washington Yesterday -
PORTLAND, Oct. 24. (AP)
Senator Charles L. McNary, ac
companied by Mrs.r McNary, left
here tonight for the east on the
Oriental limited over the ; Great
Northern line. He will stop over
in St. Paul Thursday for a confer
ence on farm relief problems.
FALL SHOWS STRAIN OF VARIOUS
b Y
vr
d
1
' - ' . - J5UKXTTa HIS TRIAL"
; Albert B, FaD, former ; secretary f the Interiort U 4m trla?. In Washington -wiai Jtziry'T:ti
clair on charges of consplrisj agaiftst the government in the matter of the Teapot Dome oil urenertle.
If In poor health. .A the.trial progresses, he nt slomped down in his chair, looking Iisaui tnd -dejecte.
Friend whe knew hia when he was senator and when le heU office imder Preaidenfc Eai.
,ScS"-.f,,lSf,?0or cf ;t--X-Iolicay't!4a ecnd:(cw viti.
NOJRRIS NAMEUP
FOR PRESIDENCY
IXEPE3i DEXT " SENATORS
SIDETRACK FARM RELIEF
Grdup Await Arrival of McNary
From Tills City Now On
Way to Washington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (AP)
The presidential candidacy of
Senator Norris of Nebraska was
brought to the foreground again
today hy the group of western
republican -independent senators'
which side-tracked at its confer
ence a decision1 on details of a
farm relief program. !
Senator Borah of Idaho, one of
the six members attending Jthe
parley today, reiterated his sup
port for Norris and put the issue
up to Nebraska - by asking Gov
ernor MeMullen of that state,
whether he (preferred Frank O.
Low-den' or Norris. '
Governor MeMullen, declared
fn'a statement, yesterday that ef
forts of . the independent repub
lican senators to get together on
a farm relief fprogram acceptable
to Borah, an opponent of the ve
toed McNary-Haugen farm ibill,
would endanger agricultural leg
islation and srplit support for
Lowden.
"Do I understand by your
statement," Senator Borah wired
MeMullen after the conference of
the western senators, "that you
are opposed to sending an in
structed delegation froms Nebras
ka to the national convention for
Senator Norris for president. The
friends of Senator Norris in Ne
braska have insisting on -putting
him in the primary and I have de
clared my support of him. Do I
understand that you prefer Low-
( Continued oa Par 8
MOTOR GROUP TO MEET
Slogan "Know Your Oregon1
Taken Up Tonight's Gathering
"Know Your Oregon" a ajtvl
gan that will be emphasized by
the Oregon State Motor associa
tion at the special meeting to
which the general public is invited
tonight at 8 o'clock at the Salem
chamber of commerce rooms.
Phil Eiker. local director of the
association, is in charge.
Motion- pictures in color show
ing scenes around Salem, Crater
Lake, and other interesting bits
of Oregon scenery, including some
views taken '-on Mt. Hood during
the search for Jackie Strong and
Brownlee White, have been pro
duced recently by the state asso
ciation, and these will be shown
tonight.
No admission charge
made, Eiker announces.
will be
- 1919
i' J.WUUtlU.-
.
FALL CONDUCTS
DEAL IN PERSON
GO VERM KXT COUNSEL DEVEL
OPS OIL SWINDLE CASE f
Details Entered Into Regarding
31ethod Used Making Teapot
Dome Lease
WASHINGTON, Oct. .24. (AP)
Moving swiftly to one of the
more important elements of their
casei special government oil coun
sel, developed today before a jury
in the District of Columbia su
preme court that Albert B. Fall as
interior secretary took personal
direction over the drafting of the
lease which'Uirry F. Sinclair ob
tained for the exploitation of Tea
pot! Dome, the navy's oil reserve
in Wyoming.
Three present or former em
ployes of the interior department
were called in the oil conspiracy
trial " and j from them counsel
elicited a connected story of
events preceding the , signing of
the lease; a story which had these
as its essential details: ,
Report Asked
' That during the Christmas hol
idays of 1921 when Sinclair wae
visiting Fall at Three, Rlvers.yN.
M., Charles JW. Stafford, adminis
trative ' asisstant to the ' secretary,
called for-a report, as to claims to
property in Teapot "Dome.
"""This report was prepared joint--ly
by Roy W. Tallman, a special
agent of the . interior department
and Herbert W. MacFarren, a
mineral examiner, and set forth
that none of the claims was wor
thy of consideration and that from
a "geological and operating point
0f view, it eems impreative not
to open up the Teapot Dome In
any manner'
Subsequently Fall, ;who had' re
turned to Washington, called for
a second report, which he received
on March 10, 1922. less than a
month before the Sinclair lease
was signed. This report dealt
primarily with the claims of ' the.
pioneer oil and gas company.
Claims Closed Out
Tallman said that both he and
Continued on page 3.)
FISH LEAVE OLD HAUNTS
St rati ge Ieep Sea Creatures-Come
' to Surface of Ocean
HONOLULU, Oct. 24. (AP)
No disturbance had been noted in
the vicinity of Honolulu at 1 p. m.
but dispatches said that Japanese
fishermen when told of a quake
disturbance rushed their sanpaps
into the outer harbor where they
spread their nets and brought up
boat loads of strange deep fish.
The fishermen expressed the be
lief that undersea disturbances
caused the fish to seek higher
and cooler waters.
PROSECUTIONS
"WKET SEKASE'
INVESTIGATED TEA,"
; - ill t s v
" .-i
JfllilTIil
OHItllElE
TO BE FAVORED
Senator McNary Announces
Program Before Leaving
. For Washington
DATA COLLECTED HERE
Farm Relief and Portland's Chan-
nel Demand OUier Matters
to Receive Senator's
"Attention
.Improvement of the Willamette
river (between Salem and Port
land, farm,, relief legislation, and.
Portland's demand for a 35 foot
channel, are the . three outstand-
( ; - '
Chas. L. McNary
ing issues to receive consideration
by Senator C. L. McNary following
his arrival in Washington. ,
The senator has been collecting
datal upon the probable tonnage
that the Willamette will carry if
still water program' is desirable
ad practicable. t ,
Plans Farm Relief ;
Senator McNary "left here Mon
day for Washington after passing
the summer at his country home
(Continued oa pace 6.
OREGON DIVORCES FEWER
Rut Marion ami Polk Cuuntles
Gain,. Figures Reveal
There were 20 fewer , divorce
proceedings ' filed i in the . etate of
Oregon in the period of, October 1,
1326 to September 30 1327, than
In the period October 1, 2923,' to
September; 34, 1926. ' ' ? '' ' :
:. Butthedecrease was not aided
hr Marlon'df' Pblkcounty. 'Marion
showed an increase -from 131 . to
140 cases filed, and "Polk from "l 4
to' 20. ' . 'I
This was disclosed In a report
prepared, by ", the .state treasurer
here Monday showing receipts
under a law enacted in 1925 pro
viding that the county clerks shall
collect a fee of $5 in each divorce
proceeding to cove'r the appear
ance of the district attorney in
the suit. :
Fees, received under the opera
tion of this law are-credited to the
general fnnd of the state and are
used for paying a part of the sal
aries of the district attorneys.
The report .of the state treas
urer showed that a total of $ 4 3 ,
695 has been collected under this
law. Of this amount S 19,6 30 was
received during 'the period' Sep
temb.er. 20, 192 6 t September 30 ,
1927. The amount of 319,530
was received, during the period Oc
tober 1, 192S to September 30,
1926.
ANCIENT HOUSE GUTTED
Fire of ' Undertermined
. CauHes Damage
Origin
F4rQ " of 'undetermined origin
did considerable damage to an old
unoccupied house at the corner of
Third and,. Liberty ; streets; last
night! The ; fife;' was discovered
byj neighbors about i i 3 0. The fire
department responded ' promptly
and extlngnUhed ' the flames; but
not before the place had been
badiy gutted, No information
could .-'be secured , last night re-j
gardiaarthe ownership or whether
il WS5; cqiSjgg EX iSSgjgn;
V':-' J
uidt?o Tr
SCOUT COUNCIL
GREATER AGO VITTk' JLAi?CNEI
! j IX COMING MONTHS
Portland Executlvp Points Out
Valuable Results of Scout
Training
i
Re-of ganization of the Cascade
council. Boy Scouts ot . America,
was effected last night" at the
chamber of commerce rooms
when about twenty-five Salem
business men, interested . in scout
work, met at the call of President
Li P. Campbell. . -j
CWarles Wiper -was elected
president of "the council, follow
ing a protracted discussion on the
merits of whether or not officers
should be chose fa at the meeting
or the , election, postponed. He
immediately called another meet
ing of the council for Tueday ev
ening, November 1, at which time
plans for the financial drive are
to be considered
George Vick, local automobile
dealer, will head the finance com
mittee end start immediately to
organize for the drive.
The - re-organization followed a
stirring address by G. H. Ober-
teuffer, Portland scout council
executive, in which was pointed
oift the great progress. Scoutdom
has made in the past' 17 years of
its history, and how much greater
the interest of men has. become
in furthering the work.
There are now almost a mil
lion boys enrolled In the scout or
ganization, 400,000, of whom
spent some time last summer -in
scout camps. 40,000 scouts learn
ed to swim last summer he said.
jForty per cent of the going to
college were former scouts,' and
while only one grade school ; boy
out of. eight Is a scout, in colleges
nearly one out of two were scouts
at one time, showing, he said, that
the organization Has developed
leadership among boys or thatthe
movement- is appealing 'to boys
who' have capacity for leadership.
,"The scout movement ; popular
izes fine, high-minded activities,
(Coatiaucd oa pate S.)
TAX UP IF LICENSE CUT
Report by Commissioner Shows
Results to be Expected
.-' Approval by; the voters of the
proposed initiative measure re
ducing automobile license fees in
Oregon to $3 a year, would not
only wreck the road building pro
gTamiflthls state but; would in
crease materially the - tax now
paid by the farmer, home owner,
and business man.
This was stressed in' a" report
prepared here Monday" by Earl
Fisher, state tax, commissioner, at
the; request of Robert W. Sawyer
of Bend, a member of the state
highway commission. '
Mr. Fisher's report showed that
in" reducing the automobile li
cense fees to $3 a year, approxi
mately" $52,970,000 now being
paid by the motorists would have
to be'' raised by direct' taxation.
Most of this additional tax would
fall 'on real property. , .V
" For the year 1927 alone "the
added tax , would aggregate more
than' J3.300.000. . ' -
'CANNED HEAT' IMBIBED
Ed 1 Luron of Eugene Partakes
Too Freely; Passes' Away ' v
EUGENE, Oct. , 24.-(AP)
Ten jeans of alcoholic fuel taken
internally for its splrltons content
proved fatal for Ed. Larson, Eu
gene resident, today. Larson died
on the way to the hospital in an
ambulance which .was called by
police when they found him un
conscious In his joom. T , ' C..
Ten empty cans were found In
the room and one can had a spoon
in it. indicating that Larson had
eaten the preparation.1 police said,
Larson was : formerly a convict at
the j Oregon state penitentiary at
Salem.
ENGLISH RACE ON WANE
Canadian Club Hears Countryman
j Discuss Major Thompson .
TORONTO, Oct. 24 (AP)
Thei anti-British action, of ..Mayor
William Hale Thompson of; Chi
cagd which Is "ludicrous enough
and j humiliating enough to Amer
ican; friends," Is an evidence that
the iAnglo-Saxon race Is- rapidly
dwindling, Dr. Adam Shortt, ar
chivist, economlcist and. publicist,
told; the Canadian club here to
day. '. - .
, ' "Canadians had only, to look at
ital sUtlsUcs of the Anglo-Saxon
element In this country as well as
in the United States to see that It
was! 'so nnmerieallv on tha rfown
j Krade that It was" fast becoming a
jaigiyt" Dr. horU said.
PRICE : FIVE ';'CENT3
FLUKE OILERS
SHARE li! COS':
BFHBRIDiiL
Call for Bids Due Within Fev.
Days on South Ccm
mercial Street Span !
NfJ CHANGE IN COURSE
Difference In Cost to be- Dorm
By. Companies Interested In j
; Flow, Understood; 'Cause
of Long Delay
- A -special -meeting of the city
council may be called by Major
Ldvesley early next week to . ar
range for a call for bids on con
struction of the South Commer
cial etree t bri dgf.j- . , . '' j
This - became:1.' known f yesterday,
following a ' meeting of the city,
'council bridge committee with
Mayor Llvesley and representa-'
tives of the Salem Water company,
the Oregon Pulp and Paper com-'
pany, and Thomas Kay Woolen5
mills, joint owners of tl'e flume
running under South Lihcr,ty au
South Commercial streets ad
carrying - water for power pur
poses. . '" '' '-.-'
WUI Not Alter Flow ,
j It .was decided to leave the
flume In Its present location, when
representatives of the owners
agreed to share with the city in
the cost of the span. ' It had been
estimated " that 17500 could be
saved by building a" steel flume
making possible a' shorter brJdee.
Although no definite figures wre
given out; it is presumed tint
owners of the- flume - will con
tribute thisvahioUnt toward con
struction of, the bridge."
P Shonld;theioancil hold 'a'epo
cial session next Monday, it would
still be necessary to advertls the
bids two weeks ' before, the con-,
tract could be awarded. The sub
sequent delay of the contractor in
assembling bis workmen and oolt .
Will ' pwbably preclude any ex-j
tensive work on the span thU
wmier. - --.:, - v . . f -. -:
' ;v Cnsel Ioug Delay
The ' matter Of the flnme
been a source of grievance , for
some time. -The state highway
: (OonlinQl oa tZ 6.) "
RALLY TO SAVE
CHICAGO BOOKS
RIO ; BILL THOMPSON ATn
TACKED BY ATTORNEYS i j
v-.
Injection, Sought .jT ReMyala
Mayor From. -Burning ,-
S
'RritisU" Volumes
1-
CHICAGO, Oct 2.(AP) - i
The frigate In which William Hale
Thompson, mayor ot Chlca'gd, baa"
been sailing a steady and smooth
course to within "firing 'distahe'e' j
of pro-English books In the Cl-J
cago public library today struck1
an uncharted reef . .
; The mayor's thTeat to" seek out
and burn in .a huge lake front
bonfire every book In the library
found to have any passage savor
ing of pro-British propaganda, ran
afoul two petitions for injunctions.
One was filed by Edward J. Bohac,
an attorney, who alleged th
threatened, destruction was with-'
out parallel except in ancient Alex
andria, Constantinople, and oth r
places ' where Irreparable injury
and damage to" civilization was
wrought. ' ".'.' ' " ' :
The other was filed by J. Kent- I
ner Elliott, also an attorney, who 'i
charged that Mayor Thompson i? j
attempting to bejome a censor of j
the, literature which citizens an! ?
taxpayers, should read. s ; .'
! The Bohsc petition also asserted
that V. G. ; "Sport" Hermann. ;
theater owner and library com
missioner, former bill poster and
stage hand,' was wholly Income-,
tent .and' .'was'' without . sufficient r
knowledge to determine the char
acter of books. - Herm ann w z.
called ; upon by Mayor Thomptoa
to sort out the distasteful ones.
,The books were public property,
paid for by taxation and their d
stmctlon'wbuld'deprlve him of ob taining.-the
different vfc-wpain
on' historical and o? her Via fa, Bo
hac petitioned; and. since : the
books have been in lb o library f r
a: long tlmo.'-no .rnhr'tinfljil iiji .
would be don hy enjoining :
struct Ion of thiin.
Chief of .the library, Carl r..
Roden today expressed a wish tLa
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