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he Matter of a Building Code for Salem Is One Which Should Not Be Allotted- to Drop; It Will Be Increasingly -Important e Salem Rod and Gun Club at Its Annual Meeting Last Night Elected C. B- 'Phillips President;' Plans for Active, Useful Year Tn ft VpUwt forecast: Fair; no change in temperature; gentle to moderate east and southeast wind. Maximum temperature yesterday 45. minimum 2. riTer 5.8, rain fall none, atmosphere clear, wind west. mm The new saltan of Morocco has got rid of all except one of his father's 300 wires. If' he'd been an American he'd hare traded them in on sew models. Cottage Grove Sentinel. . - SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR j SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS lliOf. HOPE C nmrn nnrill y umtti btitvj Experienced Seamen bay "Not a Chance" uespue . Feverish Efforts - DEATH CERTAIN, BELIEF Nothing Short of a Silracle? Can Save Six Victims Xow, Com wander of First Naval Dis trict Avers ttiAniT.TON. Dec 20. (AP) I ti,. w.athor bureau tonight pre- r a . . . L.i, that the strong winas ana tough seas which hare forced a kirtual suspension oi tk. roocne of the men trappea hn the sunken submarine S-4 al Wnootnirn. Mass.. would con tinue throughout the night and to- 'morrow. 7 PnnvixCETOWN. Mass.. uec. 20. lAP) Veteran divers, some of whom had worked in the S-51 operations, said frankly late today that there was "not a chance" for it he six men left on the S-4. Even if it wre possible to lower oxygen and food to the vessel, the result would be merely to prolong the agony of the Imprisoned men, they taid. A thermometer sent down to the ICO foot depth at which the S-4 lies registered 34 degrees, it was believed that the temperature within the unheated hull of the ariae would be as low. , TrmTlVfTTA!l'V lilBj Tl O T AP) The stillness of the nave reigned tonight v in the depths of Provincetown harbor where lies the shattered Tiulk of thel L'SS S-4 and her crew of two score. Not since an hour before noon Lad the rescue fleet above, grim ly holding at anchor against a fceerniasly Interminable gale, been able to catch the faintest echo of the tapping which for sixty hours signalled the pathetic watch of six men trapped In the forward tor- PHILLIPS HEADS ROD & GUN CLUB SPORTSMEN - FLAX ACTIVITY FOR COMING YEAR ; 1 City Incinerator Site May Interfere With Fish Pond, Members '- Fear - Continued on paga 2) DEBATERS HERE SEEKING HONORS FOUR OX SQUAD AT SALEM HIGH; WORKING HARD Iocl School Recognized As Train ing Groaod For College Speakers C. D. Phillips was elected pres ident of the Salem Rod and Gun club for the year - 1928: at the meeting held Tuesday evening. He succeeds ," Romeo . Gouley. , Cliff Parker. was; chosen as sec retary, succeeding Morris Race George Palmer, and Carl Bahlberg were re-elected vice president and treasurer, respectively. , New directors elected were Ted Shelton. Chris Kowitx and and W. F. Breitzke. "An amendment to "the" club's constitution was proposed,' calling tor a system of annual dues, the purpose being to limit the mem bership to' active sportsmen. A committee ot three was ap pointed to .arrange for the annual banquet, the members being Chris Kowitx, Cliff Brans and Clarence Bowne. It is planned to have Ed Poseskl, of Dallas, president of the state sportsmen's organization, as a speaker at th'a banquet. It was mentioned at the meet ing that the North Salem location proposed for the incinerator is close to the club's well stocked fish pond. While not wishing to hand icap the city council in finding a location for the burner, the thought was expressed that locat ing it there might Interfere with the uee of the fish pond. The next meeting of the club will be the first Tuesday in Janu ary. , The resolutions adopted Indicate a rigorous, constructive program for the association during the next year. The selection of Mr. Phillips who is also secretary of the Ore gon (Tame Protective association, assures, the cooperation, of that body. The local club owns several thousand dollars' worth of prop erty and comprises among Its 400 members many' of Oregon's out standing sportsmen. - ! ; To Meet Monthly K 'On the first Tuesday in Janu ary the club will hold a hearing to determine its recommendation on the closing of Marion ' county streams to fishing. In the future there win d a meeting every month, on the first Tuesday, in the chamber of com merce rooms. Any owner of a hunting or fishing license la eligi ble to membership. ROADS I RIVAL SEEKING ROUTE RUIN COUNTY Rail Line Expected To Open ; Up Large Willamette Valley District ; ASK TO CHANGE HIGHWAY Representatives Appear Before State Commission Asking Right of Way be Adjusted . for Convenience ARMY RECEIVING FUNDS Bat More Needed; Kettles Will Remain Out Until Saturday The four Salem high school de baters are busily at work under Coach Ralph Bailey, in nrenara- tion foT the state competition Vch commences sometime the first part of February. Members of the negative team will be Isa bel Childs, the only veteran on the quad, and Jack Routh. On the affirmative side will be Milo Ross and Annabel Toozc. Because' of the fact that no ln- terclass contests were held last year three members of the squad are practically without experience m publle speaking;- bat they are rapidly learning the principles of expression and argument. , Among the schools with which PaJera must compete in this dis- rfl are Dallas. W'oodbnrn, SU-L Jiu rtumsTlue, KfOttS Mills. aaa stayton. Triangular debates are held to establish the district dinner after which triangular de bates with .other district winners are arranged. - Th- schedule -has not yet been prepared by the -committee com rosed ot State .-Superintendent Howard; CornelIa..UrTln. state librarian, and. pan Clark, assist ant secretary of the Oregon exten sion service. This committee al- m-r- "o hucbuob 10 dv usea. r-Sem ft!b school has become yenovu as the preparing ground r .iege debaters, and Its teams liave been markedly successful Several state championships bavo been won. Bome of th onatami- Jag debater graduated from the The Salvation Army in Salem Is receiving generous response to its annual Christmas appeal this year, as usual, but much more will be needed if all the demands are to be met, ' The kettles will remain out until next Saturday and do nations will also be received at army, headquarters, 421 State street. . - i h ' ' The following is a list of donors who were early in sending in their annual contributions: I T. J3. Mc Clean, Mr. King, Capital Ice and Storage," F. A. Elliott, W. ML Ham ilton, Mrs. Russell Catlln, H. W Myers, Miss Helen Ingrey, Mrs. A. S. Eppley. R. P. Bo'lse, Mrs; A.; W. Cross, I. H. Van Winkle," f Frank Meredith, Dr. M. ,C. Findley, Mayor Livesley, W. (c ; Dyer, Sil ver J3ell Circle, Dan J.f Fry, Mrs, Geo. J. Pearce,-Major W.; Lewis Rose; Walter plant. U. G. Shipley Co., Sweet Briar ; Club. Painters Union No. 724, and J. R. Car ruthe'rs.' ' . :L- ' : j. - . -- .wu (lie IJ1 are Ralph Bailey, the pres- -v-w vve,VM( Robert XJttlef. assoclat . coach at Stanford university Rob n Notson, Journalist with the Portland Oregonlan; Ward Sottth- Tery TBonpioa and Ben lot MeCroskey, ea-the wOTld de bate tour from Unirersltrejr Ore- Rodney AMen ; ; Thomas CWWs now at O. A. C.r and Edgar All four wemberg of ti year's Tad are competing r for sehel mc bonort in the te class tn .fld'tln. A. ..... . . ... ties. JOE PARENTE CAPTURED Famous Rom Runner Reported Arrested in British Columbia SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 20. (AP) Capture of Joe Parente convicted rum runner, in Vancou ver, B. C i was reported to, offi cials of the intelligence unit, de partment of Justice here. Tele grams receired from British Co lumbia, indicated that Parente will be expelled from there as an, on- desirable citizen, because . of bis prison record, and that he. would be picked up by federal authorities from. Seattle when brought across the line. ..v , j ' ;-.t :: KNUTE R0CKNE COMING Fourth Annual Football School to Be1 HeM at.CorrallU PORTLAND, Dec. 20. (AP) Two rival .railroads, ostensibly logging roads, represented by en gineers who refused to disclose the Identity of their principals, today asked the Oregon State Highway commission to change the location of the Santlam highway at a con trol point, or strategic section One company was represented by R. A. Biggs, and the other by H P. Byer. The commercial organlations of Albany and Lebanon favored the Biggs proposal. Practically all of the time of the highway commission today was consumed In listening " to argu ments on this matter, and by eve ning the commission proposed this: Both engineers have until to morrow at 2 p. m., at Salem, to present a certified check for $10, 000 and give a bond, as assurance of good faith. Cost Estimated $25,000 It would cost about $25,000 for the commission to move its high way further up the bill at "the narrows" on the Santiam, and this change the commission is willing to make,' so that a railroad or rail- DRAMA SCHOOL PLANNED Miss Wanda Dean, Experienced Instructor, Opens Studio Increased activity in dramatic circles in Salem is promised through the establishment here of a dramatic studio in the auditor ium of. the new Nelson building. Miss Wanda Dean, graduate of the Sargent School of Drama In New York City, will be in. charge. Miss - Dean, who comes - here from Canada, Is experienced in teaching the principles of drama and in promoting the "little the ater" idea. She plans to take an interest in civic drama, pageantry and club plays, and will conduct professional acting classes. JURY ACQUITS 4 GEORGE REMUS DiSAXITY PLEA A SOLE BAS IS OF VERDICT BROUGHT Booties Kins Now Held For San ity Test; Jubilee Held by Friends In Jail Cell CINCINNATI Dec 20. (AP) George Remus, who forsook a legal practice in Chicago to be come the operator ot one of the most extensive bootlegging busi nesses in the United States, late today was found not guilty by a jury here of the murder of his es tranged wife, Imogene Holmes Re mus. The verdict was based sole ly on the ground of insanity. Nineteen minutes of delibera tion sufficed for the two women and ten men of the Jtfry to do all they possibly could towards free ing; the former "king of bootleg gers," two ' days less than eleven weeks after he shot and killed his wife, while she was enroute to court to dirorce him. - Under the charge as ' given to the jury by Judge Chester R. Shook, Remus was denied a ver dict of outright acquittal and his case: automatically was certified to the probate court for a sanity hearing. . Retained in Cell Meanwhile Remus was forced to remain in jail because the law permitted no bail for a person held for a. sanity test and also be ceause he was under a conviction for contempt of court for an out burst In which he - verbally at tacked the prosecutor's staff in the closing days of his five weeks and two days long trial. In his jail quarters, however, Remus was a host to a merry ante Christmas party. There rushed at (Continued Irm psf 2.) THRIFT WEEK DISCUSSED Committee Outlines Educative and Advertising Program To discuss plans for observing National Thrift week from Janu ary 17 to 24. the committee in charge held a" lufrcheon meeting yesterday at the Spa. David Eyre acted as chairman. Members present were- Joseph Albert, of Ladd and Bush; Otto Hillman, Lions club; E. A. Brown. Ad - club and Capital Journal; Ralph 'Kletzing. Statesman; C. A Kells, Y. M. C. A.; Elizabeth Baker, Y. W. C. A. and Girls Re serve; Mrs. George Vehrs, wo men's clubs; A. A. Lee, building loans; C. E. Wilson, chamber of commerce; L. E. Oberer, realtors; Frank Sherwin and G.-E. Mcafee. Salem business men's league; Wil liam Hamilton, Rotary club; R. W. Tavennor, public schools. Gv.E. McAfee. Otto Hillman. and L. E.' Oberer were named on the publicity committee; and William Hamilton, C. E. Wilson, and Mr. Tarennor will"; constitute the speakers committee. BUILDING CODE MATTER URGED EARLY APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMITTEE ASKED . Resignation of Watson Townsend - Puts Program Back to Its Beginning The resignation of . Alderman Watson Townsend as chairman of the building code committee, an nounced Monday night at the city council meeting, has placed the matter of a code back where it was a year ago. Only some minor work has been done, it is said, and the planning and soning commis sion will urge Mayor Ltvesley to appoint a new committee and in struct the members to begin func tioning immediately, so that the code can be available before next summer. - - Alderman Townsend gave stress of other duties as his reason for dropping the work. Townsend was the prime mover of the plan a year ago. last summer, and intro duced the resolution in councH nolntment ot the committee. He was chosen chairman. The com-: mittee held, a couple of meetings, interest declined, and practically nothing has been done since. It is understood that Alderman Dancy also will resign from the committee making necessary ap pointment of almost a complete new personnel. POLICE ON WATCH HERE Description of Edward Hickman Received, In Salem Salem police are among the thousands- of officers throughout all the western states who . are keeping close watch for persons answering to the description of Edward Hickman, who has been definitely connected with the bru tal murder of Marian Parker, the crime which - shocked the entire nation Saturday night. ' A description of Hickman was wired to the Salem police Tues day morning, and they have now seen pictures ot him, thanks to the f act that these " were"aTready on file in Portland on account of Hickman's former difficulties with the law. HICKMAN HE WHIZED. AT ATROCITIES Old Friends Find It Difficult To Believe Youth Per petrated Crime MOTHER YET CONFIDENT Boy Graduated From High School in Kansas City With High Honors in 1926; Attended Sunday School KANSAS CITY, Dec 20. (AP) A little gray haired mother to night stood firm In her belief and meeting which brought about aprWrast in 'her son. William Edward SEVEN BURIED IN MINE Men Entombed in Illinois Near Johnston City, Explosion MARION, 111., Dec. 20. (AP) Seven men were reported en tombed In a mine at Stiritz, near Johnston City, 111., following an explosion between 8 and 9 o'clock tonight. The mine rescue team from Herrin, 111., was sent to the scene of the explosion. SThe mine at Stiritiz is owned by the Cosgrove-Meehan Coal company. The men were said to be in the portion of the workings in which the explosion occurred. OKLAHOMA'S HOUSE INSURGENTS IN SECRET SESSION I i "'''v ,1 CORVALLIS, Jec. 2 (AP ' The fourth annnal summer foot ball school, Jed by Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, will , be Jield at Oregon State Agricultural college June I to 30, Dean M. EJIwood Smith, director et the - ummer passion, made the announcement today. ;iC4sV!-"-r- . Word from the east that Reefcne has cancelled all coaching schools to heed an turepeaa tour et the Olympic games, was eerreeted by Reckae recently in "letter to Coach Paul J, Schlsalev here, ' Pi . av -- - -i'r t - -i - ' 1- Leaders of the impeachment-bent, house 'of re meeting at 4 o'clock in the morning, in an Oklabo "Henry B,' Johnston, Fred p. Branson, chief yustlc president of the state board of agriculture. The m pocket is Tom MeCombs, floor leader, On the lef view of spectators assembled in tne loony or tne si at Goyernor Johnston's order, to prevent, the legls Mrs. O. O, Hammonds, the goTernor's xhief. aid, a General Charles F, Barrett, commanding the atat ' whose Impeachment la sought. presentatives' of Oklahoma snapped at .a . secret ma City hotel, to Tote charges against" Governor e of .the state supreme court, and Harry B. Cordell, an with the white handkerchief in" his upper coat t above is Governor Johnston, 'In the center is a ate capltol after, armed guardsmen. ook possession Iature from meeting, Below " are, - left to right, nd one of the causes of Impeachment proceedings! e guardsmen, and Harry B, Cordell, farm head, I Hickman, who' was graduated with honors from high school here in 1926, and who is sought as the year old Marian Parker in Los An fiend who mutilated and slew 12 geles. The mother, Mrs. Eva Hickman, who has three other sons and a daughter, seemed bewildered and dazed by the charge against her son. "I know my boy could not be guilty of such an unspeakable thing," cobbed Mrs. Hickman. High school officials and friends, like the mother, expressed amazement and unbelief that such a crime could be laid to the door of Hickman. " The mother said she could only believe it from her boy's own lips. "Bm if he should tell me sr himself," said Mrs. Hickman, mak ing an effort to hold back her tears, "I would disown him. Record ExccUent "This was the act of a fiend. My boy was a good, clean boy. There is a mistake somewhere." " The mother referred with pride to the record ef her son in Cen tral high school, where he" was vice president of the senior class, president of several clubs, literary editor of the Centralian, the school annual, and business manager of the student newspaper. Under his picture in the annual of 1926 were the words: "An excellent .scholastic stand ingy an unequalled record of ex tracurriCular activities and a high standard of ideals will fix his memory in the annals of Central. Ottn F. Dubach. principal of Central high school, was shocked. He and other faculty members joined in praising Hickman's rec ord at the school and declared be REPORT SHOWS EASIER DEATH GIRL KILLED BEFORE FIRST RANSOM DEMAND MADE Late Information- Indicates Mar- ;lan Parker Done Away With -; Before Last Friday LOS ANGELES. Den. 2fl r API Information given the police late today indicated that . 12 year old Marian Parker was dead and mutilated on Friday when her kidnapper and slayer made his first Appointment to meet her tamer ana collect the demanded $1500. It was not until the next night that the torso of the child was left in a gutter after the father. Perry M. Parker, had paid over the ran som money. Information indicating the child was dead Friday was laid, before Detectives Lloyd and McCarron by a janitor in the apartment house where William Edward Hickman, the murder suspect lived under the same of Evans, the police say. The janitor's story was that he saw "Evans" carry several pack ages to his automobilA Frfriav night and that on Saturday morn ing at iu o'clock he saw the man clean out his automobile. He es pecially noticed the man wine the front seat of the car with a wet rag. The janitor's storv differs from the report of the autopsy surgeon who expressed the opinion the child had been dead only a few hours when the dismembered body was delivered to 'her father.. LINDBERGH LIKES MEXICO POU CM EUNGOII FOR KIMS Clues Run Down In Search For Fiend Who Slew Los Angeles Girl. CAR GOES EAST ONE RUMOR SAYS Famous Yankee Flying Ace Plans - Another Hop, Word ( Continue on pC CLUES KEEP PILING UP Apartment Proprietress Identifies Hickman From Pictures LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (AP) -Mrs. Charlotte Shirk Ie, pro prietress of the Belle vue - -Arms apartments, who rented quarters NOT. 23 to a "Donald Evans" to day looked at police photographs and said that "Evans" and Wil liam E. Hickman, fugitive In the Marian Parker case, , were the same person. . : : Hickman,' alias Evans, vacated his apartment-last Sunday, leav ing behind him a number of claes which the police declare link him; with the abduction and murder, j Mrs. Shirkie," reviewing Hick man's aplication for a "room and bath" "reported him as -saying: "I want a room away from ev- everybody. X am studying the cor net so I have to practice a great deal, and I don't want to disturb anyone." ' .. .', : -; -?v.- v . -He got his "room away ' from everybody." and today police found blood fouled ' bathroom which they believe was the dis secting room where Marian par ker's body was dismembered. 4 OREGON MEN AT MEET Four Educators From This State to " " Attend Conference CORVALLIS "Dec. 20 (AP) Four Oregon' educators, two from the University of Oregon, and two from Oregon State, will take part in the program of the Pacific col legiate economic .and commercial conference at ' the , University of British Columbia en December 2 8 and 29. The conference is spon sored by twenty institutions of the Paelfle association of collegiate schools ' and departments of eco nomics..- fj ' Sr.; V - E. Tolta andXyle C. Kelley of tbe University ef Oregon, and Pr.-M. N. N!onT and pr,- Alfred Q, ScpmltV State college repre sen tat Ives, will make the trip. Dr. Sehmitt 1 secretary ef . the con ferenea. - - . '. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 20. (AP) Charles A. Lindbergh likes Mex ico so well that he plans to make another flight here. After an eventful day in which be took up presfdent Calles, form er President Obregon. Ambassador Morrow, and a dozen, others at the Valbuena air field, he ;to?d, 500 cadets at the Mexican' military academy "my flight from Wash ington to Mexico City will not be my last, as I intend to come back in a year or two." The flier was inspecting the academy in company with General Alvarez, chief of the presidential staff, and General Juan Jose Rios, commandant of the academy. . In a brief address to the cadets thanking them for the courtesies showered upon him, he said, "I tuank you very much for "this homage from the Mexican army. I appreciate it as I have appre ciated all the receptions accorded me since I arrived in Mexico." He then, forecast his return in anoth er flight. Redlands Yields Report of Fugitive In Auto' : 7 PLOT UNCOVERED Diabolical Details Laid Bare; Milton Jakowsky Arrested As Suspect, Later Released As Innocent U. S. ENGINEER KIDNAPED Lyman - Fay Barber, Los Angeles -tuning Expert, Captured LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (AP The ; kidnaping of Lyman Fay Barber, Los Angeles mining engi neer, in Mexico Sunday by bandits, who held him for $5,000 ransom, was , told in - telegrams received here today by Barber's mother, Mrs. Mamie A. Barber. The telegrams came from Bar ber's bride of-a year, Mrs. Esther sneaerd vBarber,- daughter of a Whittier, Cal.. family. She told of a trip over the mountains to Mexico City from the Monte Carlo mine - near Cacultan .and the nar row escape of, herself and her in fant daughter from capture. - , An appeal has been made- bv an attorney for tbe Barber famiiv tn United . States Senators Hiram Johnson and Samuel Shortridsr and to . Ambassador - Morrow in Mexico City for their aid in : ob taining Barber'e release. FIRE TAKES MONASTERY Institution In Arkansas Barns With MiUlon Dollar Loss SUBIACO, Ark:, Dec 20. tAP) Subiaco abbey. Catholic monastery - and college conducted by the Benedictine Fathers - here was destroyed by fire tonight Losses will exceed $1,000,000 it was announced. ': ' -The fire originated la the base ment under the wing comprising the monastic enclosure, and gained such headway that fire fljchtine apparatns rushed from Fort Smith, 50 miles away, waa of no avalL The mohastery was located on a mountain, and since Uwas Ttr tuaHy isolated, the . water , -supply was not sufficient for fighting the ruunes;.;.i,.--;i-:.:.:.w Students vere conducted to safety and then organized to tight the'flre.: . : : . ivv '..' , '-,. Only a small portion of the li brary which Included manuscripts dating to the fifth century wai saTed, ,i. " LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (P) What was thought to have been a hot lead in the search for William E. Hickman, accused of having killed and dismembered 12 year old Marian Parker, and which resulted in a dosra ins- organized In Redlands, turned out io,De but a youthful escape from the detention hvjme In San Ber nardino, near tLere. . Marion Bussy. 13. utola an au tomobile from the detention home. arove it to Redlands, wreckad It. ana men . :, stole another car in which ho continued his flight to ' .a . capaion, is, miles east of Kan. ntng, where he was captured. For a while it was thought that mo iiau wuo wrecaea ue car hern and fled, was. Hickman; and the posse was Quickly organ lied -.and took up the pursuit. . --As late as Monday ' morning. viiucri er combing Los-Angeles and the vi cinity for thellayefof the school girl, the police learned - tonight, Hickman was riding the county roads with no effort at conceal ment. . . . ' " ' . It was 36 hours after he Is -ac- cusea or having given Marians dismembered body back to her father in exchange for 1500 that lilPJtman hAllad a mntn,o.T. w uVWA.JW,o Aft ent in Culver City, a suburb and told him he would call the next day to buy a machine. - The youth was well known ta the motorcycle dealer, having pur chased a motorcycle from him last summer, using for the mimosa hi gains from check forgeries. He- failed to meet the appointment to day, for In the meantime nolica had pinned the murder on film hv means or nncernrlnts. . The posse was auickir orran li ed and took up the pursuit. Lack of telephone and telegraph com munlcatlon at the late hour of the night made It doubtful whether the fleeing man-would be .headed SAN LOUIS OBISPO. CaL Dec 4v iarj-:iteporu that an auto-, mobile had gone through this city late today carrying a man who woiea uxe William Edward Hick man, identified as the kidnaper of iz-year-oid Marion Parker, who was murdered in Los Aneeles. Started offleiala nn a nw tinn tn. night.. : - In the machine were two men. one described as middle aged. Several reports to police said both acted In a peculiar manner. Official hail tMinln,! trace of the automobile. tonight. Car and Youth Vanish LOS .ANGELES, Dec. 20 - (AP) A boy worth more than $100,000 dead or alive to the au- uons big automobile late - today apparently had vanished from tho face of the earth. William E. Hickman, accused abductor and slayer - of Marian Parker, driving alone in his car. believed to have been stolen, dashed through the heart of the city In early morning darkness and since then has successful! y defied every. effort of more than 7.000 police officers and hundreds of thousands of civilian eyes, fam iliar "with his published and pla carded photographs. - A motorcycle reported streak ing through the southeast end cf the city before noon and carrying a youth resembling. Hickman Is 1 to the despatch of numerous fa? , cars and motorcycles toward Lea Beach."' The trail, however, lei nowhere 'and was abandoned. Of ficers, scouted the Idea that tt. i fugitive may have escaped the city In this fashion elnce hundreds c patrolmen guarded every avenua (Contlniin! na par 3.)