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EIGHTIETH YEAR
Sales, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 3, 1930
WEATHER
Unsettled today and Sun
day; , Occasional thowrnt.
Max. temperature Friday
54; Min. 44; River 2.6;
Rain .07; Cloudy.
No. 32
ON CONF
IP5
OMURD
EK
NSTALLAT ON
OF
QUEEN
SLATED TO
Coronation of Katherine I
To Be Held in College
Gymnasium
President Doney to Act as
Master of Ceremonies
At Crowning
Student Killed In
Auto Accident On
Highway At Eola
Clara Morgan Dies Instantly When Auto Over
turns Into Ditch; Three Passengers Not
Seriously Injured in Mishap
Katherine I, the 23 rd queen to
reign over the May Day festivities
at Willamette, will receive her
crown In an impressive coronation
ceremony presided over by Dr.
Carl Gregg Doney in the gymna
sium at 11 o'clock this morning.
Gay dances after the fashion of
Peter Pan and Wendy will form
a festive background for the
event.
Dr. Doney will act as master
of ceremonies and will place the
crown. The queen's procession
will be led by the heralds, Ronald
Craven, Wendell Robinson, Walt
er Kaufman and John Crakovicb,
who will sing "The Queen Comes."
Following the heralds will be the
maids of honor, Lillian Scott and
Margaret Bolt, and the flower
girls, Sally Ann Barr and Beverly
Boydston.
Queen to Be. Followed
15y Crown Bearer
Queen Katherine will then en
ter, followed by the crown bearer,
Jimmy Tryou, and train bearers,
Norman Stone and Richard Page.
Fenior girlg as the queen's court
will then take their places and
Dr. Doney will- give an address of
welcome to students and guests.
A vocal solo by Lucille Cummings
will be followed by the May danc
es under the direction of Alida
Gale Curry, woman's physical edu
cation Instructor.
The dance program and those
taking part are: -
1. Peter Pan Colo. Mary Allan.
Wendy, Lois Jean Rasch. The
Children, Lulu Allen, Virginia
Holt. Nanna, the big dog, Joe
Bilver.
2. Boys' Dance. Alvis Love,
leader; Harriet Adams, Elizabeth
Clement, Pauline Livesay, Olive
and Olivia Jones. Florence Mar
shall, Mary Riddell, Clair Wells
and Edna Vannice. ?
3. Redskins' Dance, Murriel
White, leader; Harriet Arnold,
Erma Baker, Doris Clarke, JJeena
Hart, Florence Decker, Mildred
Miller, Ermal Sanders, Gretchea
Mehl, and Helen Simon.
Pirate's Dance, Nellie Badley,
leader; Amy Fox, Dorothy Rose,
Erenda Savage, Sarah Dark., Nao
mi Fleet, Marjorie Moser, Hazel
Irons, Marie Ledbetter, Marcelie
Demytt, Eileen Cochrane, Esther
Girod, Rosetta Smith, Lucille
Brown, Lucille Fisher, Louisa Sid-
well, Hannah Haselton,6ylvIa Du
Boise, and Beulah Cramer.
5. Pirate Trio Nellie Badley,
Captain Hood; Lillian Beecher,
Edith Moranee. Trusties.
6. Wendy Arrives, ols . Jean
Rasch.
7. Tinker Bell Rejoices, Mil
dred Wampler.
Scarf Dance, Mildred Pugh Em
mons, leader,, Dora McClain, Ber
nice Rlckman, Gertrude Oehler.
Mermaid Dance: Dorothy East
ridge, leader, Muriel Armitage
Estel Chaney, Viola Crozer
(Turn to page 2, col. 8)
MISS CLARA MORGAN, 22 year old Oregon Normal
school student from Jordan Valley, was killed instantly
Lfriday afternoon about 3:30"oclock at Eola when the auto
mobile in which she was riding with three other Monmouth
students turned over in the ditch.
The driver, Miss Opal Clester of Eagle Creek, was un
hurt and her two sisters, twins, Nola and Vola Clester, the
other occupants of the car, suffered only minor injuries.
The four girls were on theirs
way to Salem to make som
1 T 1 1 1 1
iuu
purchases in connection with
the May day exercises at the
normal school. At the top of the
hill Just sout hot Eola a car ap
proached from behind; Miss Cles
ter pulled out to let .this machine
pass and had difficulty in steer- j
bagckW0hnTo 8the Tlli Vi Vancouver, Washington, Ep.
TU STILL HELD
MUSTEK
result the car swayed from side
to side, then went into the ditch
and turned over.
Independence Ambulance
nst Behind Wm-kjed Car
Irvin Baun, proprietor of the
Independence ' ambulance, was
driving just behind the machine
which was wrecked, he being on
his way home from Portland with
the ambulance after taking a pa
tient there. He stopped "the am
bulance and rushed to the scene
of the wreck.
He found the driven pinned be
neath the machine and the three
other girls lying in the ditch, Miss
Morgan already apparently dead.
Although she was not beneath the
car it had evidently crushed her
(Turn to page 2, col.,A)
isode May Prove Similar
To Lawson Case
ROD MURDOCH
PLANT STARTS
CANNING HERE
Machinery and Equipment at
New Concern Revelation
In Completeness
Packing of Rhubarb Will Be
Followed Soon by Work .
On Gooseberries
Prisoners Again Riot at Ohio Prison
IMS
OFFICIALS
HEADS F1TH
Mrs Brazier Small was reelect
ed president of the Marion coun
ty Public Health association at
the annual meeting of that body
held last night at the Gray Belle.
Other officers are Mrs. John H.
Ballantyne of Silverton. vice-president;
and George H. Bell of Stay
ton, treasurer. Selection of a sec
retary was left in the hands of the
president, who has named Mrs.
John Elliott of Salem.
Reports from all standing and
clinic committees were given, par
ticularly outstanding of these be
ing Mrs. Ballantyne's report on
the May Day link up with health
work in Silverton. Dr. Estella
Ford Warner spoke on "What the
Demonstration Proved," and Dr.
Vernon A. Douglas, county health
officer, talked on "Future Pro
gram," asserting that three things
must and will be stressed this
year; control of venereal diseases.
sanitation and tuberculosis.
Mrs. Glendora Blakely of the
nursing division of the state
board of health and Mrs. Grace
Holmes of the tuberculosis divi
sion of the board, both of Port
land, were present at the meeting.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 2
(AP) Theories of accidental
death or a suicide pact in connec
tion with the death of Benjamin
Northrup, 65, Clark county far
mer, and his wife, Mrs. Louise
Northrup, 51, wfiose bodies were
Mown to bits in a mystery dyna
mite blast Wednesday night were
discredited by authorities today
as they sifted every clue.
The blast, which reduced their
modest farm borne near Heisson,
Wash., to splinters, was witnessed
only by Clifford Campbell, 16,
chore boy, who was held by Ju
venile authorities until a thor
ough investigation had been held.
Despite severe grilllngs. Camp
bell today maintained the story
he first told of rising late at
night to round up loose cattle was
true. Previous the youth told of
ficials that Just as he left the
house and started down the road
toward the cattle, the blast splin
tered the house and knocked him
down.
Sheriff R. E. McCrite, Clark
county, said that although the
youth told a straight forward
story, he wished to clear
several statements which the
sheriff said apparently conflict
ed. The sheriff said that the
youth told him be left the house
in his fare feet but the authority
said an examination of the boy's
feet failed to reveal any cuts or
bruises which he probably would
have suffered on the stony
ground.
Meanwhile neighbors of the
Northrups said they knew of no
thing which might lead anyone
to place dynamite nnder the cou
ple's bedroom and fire It with In
tent to murder.
On Thursday, May 1, the great
cannerv of Reid Murdoch & Co.
started operations, with 40 to 50
women and the regular quota oi
man power, packing rhubarb.
Their slant is the completely
rebuilt Institution of the Kings
company that was purchased by
the Reid Murdoch concern last
year, at Front and Market streets.
This plant was originally built and
operated as a dehydration ouuu
but had been Idle for two years,
excepting as a warehouse for vari
ous concerns. It was operated as a
cannery for a couple of seasons by
the Paulus Bros, concern, before
the latters ecured its new site and
fitted it up as a cannery at High
and Trade streets.
Operations Begun in
tsS SSSi cTonce b-iLack of Organization Laid
gan operations in Salem with the JQ TfoOSe m CharOe 0T
son aa lessee of the West Salem UI110 rnSUM
cannery. The heads of the concern
having decided upon baiem as a COLUMBUS, May 2. (AP)
permanent location tor ineir oper- Negijgence wa3 blamed for the
ation3 in the Oregon field, the 0nlo penitentiary fire which took
Kings plant was purchased from 320 convicts' lives April 21, in a
the original owners, who had Deen rep0rt which was submitted today
In litigation for several years. to Gov Cooner bv his inauiry
That was near the close of. the board, while at the same time a
pacKing season oi last year. report submitted by the state fire
Immediately plans were laid for marshal exoressed belief the ori-
tne complete reDunamg ana re- ein of tne tire vas incendiary.
conditioning of the big plant. Con- Negligence considered in the al-
cessions were maae Dy me cuy ieged failure of prison officials to
o
Lad Says
He Killed
Purposely
Full Details of Cold
Blooded Crime Are
Told Sheriff
Youth SignsvName to
Statement Describ
ing Slaying
NEGLIGENCE HELD
T
ALLEGED SOVIETS'
DOCUMENTS
i
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STOCK PRICES SEE
DEADLONG
I
Hoover's Speech and Cut In
Rediscount Rate Have no
Favorable Effect
designate some one to take com
mand of the situation arising from
the fire inside the prison walls.
the inauiry board's report said
Negligence caused the delay in
opening cell doors behind which
the doomed convicts were locked
while there was also serious delay
in sending in the fire alarm, the
report said, despite the prison had
no fire apparatus
Giving three possible causes for
the fire as defective wiring, In
cendiarism and spontaneous com
bustion, the report said strong cir
cumstantial evidence Indicated the
fire was started by the temporary
wiring in the I and K cell blocks
The temporary wiring, while
dangerous, was found to be in
working order, the marshal's re-
By CLAUDE A. JAGGER
Asociated Press Financial Editor
NEW YORK, May 2 (AP)
Stock prices went into a head
long decline today, the most pre- nart Bald strpKRinir the incendiar
eipitant since early December, as lgm ldea he pointed out that oil
fcAovlino -wm available to cn-
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Dale Lavrson. Just 1hsi ).it
15th birthday, at 5 o'clock Friday
night confessed to Inspector R H.
Craddock and Sheriff J. L. link
er in the Pallas county jail thst
he shot and killed Mrs. Georpt- A.
Dickinson at hr farm hom1 tne
miles from Indap?ndonce Wrdnsj
day mornine.
It was Ju.-t 21 h.uirs hi'icv a
coroners Jury !n Indcpemh m e
had rpfused to pl.ic any blame on
Lawson and tli had irturnr-fl
to his father's lmnie in Ponlawd.
l!ut fate liMvol rapidly. TbB
Dickinson family, renirninc frrw
tho Inaucst. dt-ctvorpd tell-tale
powdpr marks on the door lPsdinR
from the livine room of the bowie
into tlie front lull. Autliont
were called. The result was a war-
rant charging I.awson with frt
degree murder and his i!r-.-t.
early Friday mornine at hi fa
ther's hom in Portland.
Youth Kinds His Story
Won't Fit C'imi intnccs
. Lawson Friday was hurrm!
back to th f?ne of the rrimr.
Every detail of his tory wa r
enact.ed. It was only then, when facts
failed to tally that Lawson f.hv
he wag cornered, turned an about
face and told Inspector Craddock
and Sheriff Hooker hl story. Law
son's signed confppsJon foilow:
"I was working in the garden.
While . I was working my wind
got to wandering. I thought 1
would like to go some place in a
car. I kept thinking about It eml
finally I though I would go, 1
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favorable developments as the re
duction from 3 to S per cent In
the federal reserve rediscount
victs within the prison walls. The
marshal withheld other evidence
which he said was important as
not make it public until after fur
ther investigation.
MORE FUNDS ASKED
FO
BOULDER
1
Airplane Is Forced Down
Poisoned Grain Scattered
Fire Origin Investigated i
Bread, Water Given Wife
FILTERS MAKE LANDING
ROSEBURG. Ore., May 2 '
(AP) An airplane carrying Lleu-1
tenant Earl Wllkins and three
passengers from Oakland. Cal., to
Portland, where Wilklns' mother
is ill, was forced down on the
emergency landing field at Myrtle
Creek, Ore., near here, today.
Because of unusually adverse
flying condition throughout
southern Oregon, a West Coast
Air transport plane from San
Francisco to Portland landed here
late today.
Fof failed to rise and It was
believed both planes would be
forced to remain here overnight.
- WAR WAGED ON RATS
BEND. Ore., May 2 (AP)
The United tSates biological sur
vey today completed scattering
poison grain over 8,000 acres of
age rat infested grazing land in
the upper Deschutes country.
More than 1,000 pounds -of pols
ned wheat was used la controll
ing the infestation of rodents on
the Laplne and Davis meadows.
L Unnumbered thousands of rata
were killed last yeari bat this
year's poisoning eclipsed any oth
er undertaking In the state.
. FIRE'S ORIGIN MYSTERY
PRINEVILLE, Ore., May J
(AP) Central Oregon authori
ties today Investigated the origin
of a fire which last night destroy
ed the Ed Parker residence on
Bear Creek, near hereand caused
the death of Ralph Dana. 50, Mll
llcan. Ore. .. "
Sheriff H. L. Ayers, who went
to IsTettlg&ta tie fire, aald he had
been told Dunn stopped at the
Parker Home for the night. No
one else was injured in the blase.
NEW YORK, May 2 (AP)
Police Commissioner Grover Wha-
len today made public documents.
variously described as authentic
and as forgeries, purporting to
give .evidence that the communist
international of Moscow was fi
nancing riots and strikes in the
United States, fomented by emis
saries sent, here for the purpose
of soviet officials.
Photostatic copies of the docu
ments, which were seized by New
York police, were furnished news-
fb SLn ? F.l rke ' d commissioner with a statement
iney escapea. th,m ,1Kn. v
" Mid fCU W Ilsll
shown statements by two prom-
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar 2 ",ent Russians in this country who
(AP) Mrs. Katherine Snell. were mentioned ln the papers he
Portland, among other things, replied only that the documents
stated today in her divorce com- were very definite and complete
plaint that she was forced to live nd he was "afraid they most
on bread and water while her bus- speak for themselves."
band. John, furnished himself One of the documents was a
with cream and other delicacies, letter on the stationery of Am tar z
In addition to this system of I Trading corporation, official pur-
starration, Mrs. Snell said her chasing agent for the soviet which
husband had been ejected from a l has done millions of dotiara
church here because of miscon- I worth of business in this country
duct with women of the neighbor- and was signed with the name of
hood.
G. Grafpen, an Amtorg official.
Consolidation of
Districts Vetoed
DAMAGE DEMANDED
PORTLAND, Ore., May 2
(AP) Robert gtickney, San
Francisco, stilt dancer for a Paci
fic coast vaudeville corner, filed
suit today against the Oregon
Hippodrome company, operators
of a theatre here, for $6S,240 The Oregon conference of the
damages. Stlekney alleged he 1 First Evangelical church, ln year
was Injured seriously when seme jlr session at Vernonla this week
steps at the theatre on which he I end, voted heavily against consol
waa donning hia stilts collapsed, ldating the eastern Washington
He allegel prior to the accident land Oreron Kvanrelfeal emito.
his salary yas $300 a week and ences. according to word phoned
that since then he had been un
able to work.
PROM QUEEN CHOSEN
EUGENE. Ore., Mar 2 (AP)
Dorothy Teepe, junior in ro
mance languages from Portland,
has been selected queen of the
i hero yesterday morning by J, T.
Ulrieh, local man and member of
the state board who is in attend
ance at the conference. The vote
was' 49 against and If for merg
ing.
Ulrieh also reported that the
junior prom to bo held at tho Unl- conference will meet in Salem
r.f. r.r rtrernn ui io. ha next year. Rev. and Mrs. A. P
was selected from a field of is Layton of Ealem are also attoad-
candidates. ing we meeuag.
Renewed disorders at the Ohio state penitentiary are reported In
the latest press reports despite the most drastic efforts to stamp out
the prison insurrection. In the tciepnoto picture above, national
guardsmen are shown with guns trained on the prison walls as the
convicts attempted a break. Shots from machine guns were fired over
the prisoner's heads and only two were wounded. lie low, telephoto
shows national guardsmen attempting to put emergency fire hose
Lines into White City cell block. Convicts showered firemen with
glass ln attempting break.
rate and President Hoover's to the cauge of tne blaze He could
statement mat me worst oi m
business depression is over, bad
failed to bolster the market.
Selling was In enormous vol
ume in the last hour, boosting
total sales on the New York
stock exchange to approximately
6,000,000 shares, the largest
day's turnover since Nov. 13 when
the autumn crash touched bot
tom with sales of 7,761,450 shares
ln a three hour trading period.
Mnrn than 2.000.000 shares were
dnmned ln the last hour today. 1 WASHINGTON, May 2. (AP)
More than two-score issues, in I The initial outlay for construc
cludlnr most of the recent popu- tion work on the $165,000,000
lar trading favorites, closed i4 uouiaer canyon aam unaertaaing
to $16 a share lower. A few lead- on the Colorado river was re
ins industrials were bid up at t quesiea or congress today in a
the opening, but a heavy selling j supplemental estimate of $10,-
movement soon developed, row- sbu.uvu submitted by president
erf ul suDDortinr orders appear- Hoover.
ed to have checked the decline by I In order that work may begin
early afternoon, and many shares I on the project ln the early fall.
rebonnder moderately, but tne house appropriations commit
the market turned dull on the I tee prepared to Include the item
rise, and several large profes- I in the second deficiency bill to be
slonal traders, finding themselves formulated late this month.
unable to bid stocks np, launched Secretary Wilbur has advised
the president be has negotiated
contracts for disposal of power
and water which be believes will
provide revenue adequate to re
imburse the government within
50 years for Its Investment as re
quired by the act authorising the
construction
Commissioner Elwood Meal of
the reclamation bureau, who will
K n rhitn nt tl.,rn.tni.ttmi
Chinese pheasants curiosity mrTmtm t-pII minors Arv tA hrin
about scientific and general know- on tne dtnif power plant Md all
ledge Is threatening to become a American, canal under the project,
serious problem in Salem. Sev- wUblm m few weeks after the ap-
erai weeaa ago a pbw " propriation la provided.
on experimenting witn eiectncuy. SecreUry Wilbur will advertise
flew Into a hick tension wire and I n- km. nr. Mn.t..inn
plunged the entire north, end of work. In Tlew of the magnitude
the city into aaritness. I of the project, considerable time"
raaay nigni mwnw nrohabiv win tu .iinw tnr n.
committed suicide in a quest for A .Rt h to.a t i.
. e.j ITU VIJ I J ykwv
legal KnowieaKe- expected it will require eight
tnrougn a piaus iw years to complete construction.
tne stuay oi wuuim r, au, iv
cal attorney, at his home at 875
Cross street. It dropped dead, I NIGHT GAME PLAYED
but Mr. EUls was In doubt, de- DES MOINES. Mar 2 (AP)
solte his comprehensive legal I Des Moines tonight won ' the
tralnmg, as to wnetner ne mignt nrst regaiariy scheduled night
safely make a meal of the pheas-1 baseball game In a class A league
ant. 1 defeating Wichita in the inaugur
al contest of the Western league
season here 13 to .
"She Scolded Me," Youth
Says Explaining Murder
a powerful attack on short, sell
ing.
Pheasants Get
Habit oi Real
Curiosity Here
MARRIAGE FAILURE
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2.
(AP) The two months marriage
of Dr. Jfyron B. Fractman ot San
MAN LEAPS TO DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2
(AP) John Vucasovlch. 3$, So-
Francisco, tnd Helen Dean, screen nora, Tuolumne county merchant,
actress, came to an end today i leaped 460 feet to his deatn near
when Superior Judge John J. Van the municipal airport at Mills
Nostrand granted Dr. rractman i neia today in a piaae ne aaa nir
an tnnnjment. ' ' ' led for a "Joy ride. .
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
He lay in the rough bunk of the
Polk county Jail, this stem, yet
smiling-faced,boy of 15 years, and
while his Hps quivered a bit as he
answered a flood of questions,
there was poise and calm plainly
manifest by Dale Lawson Friday
night as he told the incidents of
his early life and the details of a
tragic episode which only Wed
nesday swept him Into swift ha
tred, then startling vengeance and
brought him stark into the hands
of the law which may Inflict life
time imprisonment or death.
Up the winding steps of the
new Jail we had gone to meet this
lad. The sheriff, the deputy, the
newspapermen. What kind of a
boy was this, the murderer of the
woman' who befriended him? A
fiend? A pervert? A social mon
strosity, product ot a divided
home and ten years of life with
out the sympathetic band of a mo
ther? One s mind beat a ques-
tionalre as we sought our audi
ence, the first granted by this
murderer, the youngest ln the
west If not in the nation.
As he lay In that bunk appear
ance denied be was a murderer.
For his hair was light brown and
waved slightly. His eyes were
clear, and bright. His face was
white, but color came back as we
talked. Sensitive Hps he had,
Hps which quivered a bit. "per
haps because it's cold in this jail
but more so because it was only
four hours before that the defense
of two days had been pried loose
and the sordid story of anger and
death had been told.
Next to the bunk as Dale talked.
lay bis clothes, not the rough gar
ments of a murder as we are wont
to think of those 'who take life,
They were school boy's clothes.
The white corduroys of an Inde
pendence high freshman. A white,
striped shirt, with colored arm
bands.
His face was clean even though
pressed again the grimy pillow of
a Dallas Jail.
Back to eastern Washington
went Dale to start the story of
his llf e which so quickly Wednes
day morning had brought him
face to face with the grimmest
of tragedies. Quick In his an
swers dear in his replies, he an-
HI
III!
swered every question placed be
fore him.
"I cannot tell yon why I killed
Mrs. Dickinson" he replied. I
know I could not do such a thing
again. I wasn't myself. I don't
know who I was or what I was
doing."
Lawson continued: "I remem
ber now that the morning of
Wednesday I was working in the
garden. I went into the house to
talk to Mrs. Dickinson. We had
Just recently planted the garden
and Mrs. Dickinson scolded me
and was cross because she said
two rows were crooked."
Lawson admitted as he lay in
the bunk and the memory of the
deed was fresh before him that
he became angry.
"No. I do not have a habit of
losing my temper. You can check
with my school teachers on this.
But. I went back to the garden
and thought the thing over. I
thought of the gun in the house.
Then it was that the plan of the
shooting came to mind."
Didn't Know I Killed
Her, Youth Declares
Earlier ln the day Lawson in
his confession toHSnow he enter
ed the house, took the gun, left
the house, re-entered by the front
door, paused momentarily in the
hall and then through the partly
open door, shot Mrs. Dickinson.
"No. I didn't know I had killed
her," Lawson said in continuing
bis story ln the Jail Friday night.
"I did see the body crumple up. I
was scared." .
Lawson went on to tell how he
went from the hallway through
the bathroom, where be left the
gun, then went up&Jalrs to his
room where he hastily changed
clothes. Downstairs he came and
out the kitchen door to the gar
age he went where the Dickinson
car stood.
This Lawson took and with 71
cents which was all the money be
nad he started for poruana.
"I figured I was taking the car,
yes, I guess you'd call it steal
ing it. but I knew I had to get
going, he said. "It took 25 cents
of my money after leaving the car
at Oregon City, bought a street
car ticket to oPrtland and then
rode ln. going to my father's
home." .- t
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T
YOUNGEST SIB
Dale Lawson. mho Fridav nisbt
confessed tbe intentional killing
oi mrs. ueorge Dickinson near In
dependence Wednesday morniny,
may be the younyest slayer In
Oregon's history, an inquiry that
night Indicated. Penitentiary of
ficials here could recall but one
possible rival for this doubtful
honor; Rex Meade who is now in
the penitientiary for murder.
Young Meade whose case if,
similar to that of Lawson in that
he killed a man In whose home he
had been living, was 15 years old
at the time he was convicted in
Portland. Lawson is also 15, to
that the difference is one of
months only.
An Inquiry as to whether in
view of his extreme youth Law
son can be sent to the penitenti
ary, provided he Is convicted of
murder, was answered by a local
attorney who is familiar with
criminal law. in the affirmative.
Lawson's case is primarily on
for the Juvenile court, and if it re
mains there the penalty" could be
no more severe than commitment
to tbe state training school.. That
would mean release at the age of
21. However the Judge ot the Ju
venile court has authority toMurn
the case over to the circuit court
in which case his youth would
be no protection, insofar as tb
law is concerned, from any penal
ty the court might impose on an
adult for a similar crime.
Observance for
Memorial Day in
City Mapped Out
Mrs. Robert P. Budrow of
the American Legion A ax
illary cemetery committee la
isswing a call to relatives of
deceased World War veter
ans to cooperate in carrying
out the usual Memorial Day
veterans observances lOO
per cent by notifying the
committee of all new veter
ans' graves ln the local rem
eteries this year or of graves
that have been overlook tm
past years. .
It is the desire of the
patriotic organizations
decorate the grave of every
veteran anly only throng
cooperation of relatives cft
those in- charge be sure of
reaching all graves.
The committee reports
farther that government
headstones ordered owk
time ago win be here prob
ably before Jnly 1, and that
aay relative of any war vet
eran wishing to apply for
one of these should get taj
toaca, with th committee-