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Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, Janmry IS, 1932
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Lengthy Hearing End
With a Decision for
Local Autonomy
Varied Opinions Upon
PoKcy Expressed '
At Meeting
-. We are the servants : of - the
people and we wish to follow your
'advice as long as you are right.
That it a district is now satisfied
with the system of road patrol
men, we shall continue to, appoint
' patrolmen there. It the- district
wants the office of road patrolman
abolished, we shall , do so and
take over the road work for the
county's direct supervision.", v
This statement by County Judge
John C. Sieguvund, coming at the
end of a four hours publie hear
ing here, yesterday,, marked the
decision of the county court on the
question of road patrolmen and
their continuation or abolishment
during 1932, Cfounty Commlssioni
ers Porter and Smith concurred inj
the- Judge's statement.
Reduction League
Plan la Opposed
The public bearing held at the
chamber of commerce rooms here'
was called by the court to ascer
tain prevailing sentiment on the
toad patrolmen question. A strong
position had been made by the
County Tax reduction, league that
road patrolmen be abolished.
Many countering petitions have
been filed with the court within
the last week urging the court to
continue the present system.
More than a hundred represen
tative citisens from the rural
areas of the-county attended the
meeting yesterday. Many of . them
represented community clubs and
granges which had Instructed
them as delegates regarding the
district's views on the rdad patrol
question. " Themeetlng. at first
called for a room at the court
house, was so well attended it was
necessary to move to larger quar?
" ters. -Varied
Opinions
Given on Policy
A. C. Snyder, district one, Au
rora, said 22 petitioners in his.
district had protested against
changing the patolman system.
Grant Jones, district two, said he
felt his district would be satisfied
with the decision of the court. J.
W. Fay of district concurred on
this view. . - 5"
Paved roads, not gravel roads,
were favored by Scott Jones of
Gervais in his talk to the court.
He said he advocated county con
trol. B. N-' Miller of district 8 and J.
A. VanCleave of district 9 both, ex
pressed themselves in favor of
leaving the road patrol system as
it was; also VanCleave said he
thought , . larger power graders
would be more effective In certain
districts.
Pierce Collard of district 18 ex
pressed himself as favoring the
patrolman system but said he was
for heavier road machinery to do
the work.. - ;
Claim Patrolmen 7 v. ..;!
Dominate Meeting
Vigorous protest to the continu
ance of the road patrolman system
was made by S. A. Harris of Ger
vais. "The court Is 'passing the
buck "In this meeting." he said.
"This hearing la a' cut and dried
affair with road patrolmen gener
ally being the speakers. "Harris
' then decried alleged politics in se-
. lection of road patrolmen. Follow
ing his statement Judge Siegmund
denied that the court had. "pick
ed" the men who were appearing
at the hearing.
Ben Claggett followed W. G.
Pearmlne of district 19 in approv
ing the present system of patrol
men. He said they knew the need
in their district and employed wop-
thy" workers. He said more hand
wort was heeded on the roads j
I. W. Lewis said his district ap
proved of its foreman. . -. . f
Henry Stelnkamp of district IS
opposed any . change is the road
district system on the ground that
the poor 'district would be bene
fitted and the district which had
already voted special taxes to im
prove Its roads would be benefit
ted, s- -K r V-r. , .
Roy Porter of district 25 spoke
in favor of the patrolmen system,
He said the use of a power grader
on a six-foot road was Inadvisable;
Claims Patrolmen
Know the Problems .
H. exporter of Aumsville made
a vigorous plea for retaining the
present system. He discounted the
idea that honest men for patrol
men could not be found. He tald
local men understood the needs of
the local districts and that it was
. "penny wise and pound foolish" to
. discharge them. -Nr 1
v For some time his district had
-" flTorM 1 eonntv innortlilnii
road work; , said , C. ; A. Bea?
. .-or Turner..: i-v?;;:
John Fabre of district 27 told
me court ne would favor any
change which would bring better
roads. O. B. Aim said his district
wanted road patrolmen. He closed
a fervid talk by a criticism of
Ilooter.
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issue to
Hearing Starts
On Classifying
Of Timber Land
Hearing on the nronosed elass-
lflcatlon ef 18,187 acres of tim
ber lands in Marion county, for
reforestation purposes, opened
here Tuesday, Lynn F. Cronemil
ler, state forester, called the hear
ing. .
The hearing was called for the
purpose of giving the owners an
opportunity to exnress themselves
relative to the proposed classifi
cation of these lands. The com
plete record of the stale forestry
board, as far as Tuesday's meet
ing a concerned, will be sent to
the state tax commission. The
commission will issta the final
order."
Annual Meetings are Held
By U. S. National and .
First National
No changes in officers or direc
tors of the United States National
bank or the the Firlt National
bank were made here yesterday at
the annual meetings held by both
Institutions, and no changes in the
officers or directors of the Ladd ft
Bush bank are rumored for the
annual meeting of that institution
which will be held Thursday, Jan
uary n.
Officers of the United States
National bank, all of whom were
reelected Tuesday morning, were:
President. D, W. Eyre; vice-presidents,
E.SW. Hazard. R. F. Wat
eonrTashier, L. C. Smith; assist
ant cashier, Lee G. Page; assistant
cashier and trust officer, Karl E.
Wenger; assistant trust officer,
Elton Thompson.
Directors reelected were D. W.
Eyre, E. W. Hazard. U. S. Pasre.
L. C- Smith and Edgar Sensenieh.
At the First National bank's an
nual meeting Tuesday afternoon
E. F. Slade was reelected presi
dent, S. 3. Elliott Tlce-president,
C. W. Paulus cashier, H. IS. Eakln
assistant vice-president and trust
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
ELWELL NEW HEAD
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Leslie A. El well, barber, last
night was elected president - of
the Salem Trades and Labor
council to succeed F. J. A. Boeh-
ringer at the meeting at Labor
hall last night. Another barber,
Clarence Townsend, was elected
vice-president.
Other officers chosen by the
council, were: H. W. Hale, car
penter, secretary-treasurer; John
O. Humphreys, plumber, reading
clerk; George Ferguson, ser-
geant-at-arms; and directors: M.
Clifford Moynlhan, barber and
attorney; Theodore C Amend,
printer, and Frank P. Marshall,
council business representative. -
The members of the council
recommended highly , the attempt
to create, needed employment In
Salem. Decision was made to
seek cooperation of the Women's
Greater Oregon association In
promoting the purchase of Sa-
lem-made bakery produets.
January 29 was set as the
date tor a meeting to hear a
speaker representing the Nation
al Council for the Prevention of
War.
Lloyd H. Mason was proposed
for membership on the county
apprenticeship commission.
Better Fire
NO Cilffi IDE
111 BANK OFFICERS
1
At Schools is Pi oposed
Replacement of 800 feet of old
fire hose in city school buildings
was considered at last night's'
board meeting at the high school
and then referred to the building
committee. Following hearing of
a report by H, C. Sinks and Dr.
C. C Dauer of the county health
department at the last meeting,'
In .which much of the fire hose
was held to be In unusable condi
tion, O. W. Smalley, Jxead janitor;
made tests in the 1 2 schools. --
Referring to statements made
at the last meeting. Chairman H.
H.. dinger declared that he had
no Intention of criticising the Sa
lem fir department. He main
tained, however, that the ' school
district, as well -as the city was
entitled to consideration from the
department - v.- -'H'-Z
In the . matter of a sidewalk
along the north front of Engle
wood school, ;- requested by the
city council, the directors decided
to offer to build the walk, provid
LAVAL CABINET
QUITS; BHIAND
ILLNESS CAUSE
No Setback in Legislative
Vote but Opposition
Of Liberals Seen
Premier may be Requested
To try Again; Former
Precedent Cited -
PARIS. Jan. 12 (AP) Pre
mier Pierre Laval, who headed
the government -of " France for
Just ten days short of a year, pre
sented the resignation of his min
istry to President Doumer at the
Elysee palace tonight
The president, who will start
early tomorrow morning on the
task of selecting a successor,
thanked M. Laval and asked that
the cabinet carry on the govern
ment until a new ministry has
oeen cnosen.
It was the first time In ten
years that a French premier has
resigned voluntarily without be
ing overthrown either in the sen
ate or in the chamber.
Briand Last Leader
To Quit Unbeaten
In January, 1922, Arlstlde Bri
and, hurriedly summoned back
from the Cannes conference by a
resolution or the lower house.
faced the deputies with an elo
quent defense of his policy and
men exclaimed: "That is what
I ve done. It is up to others to do
Better.; With that statement M
Briand trotted out of the room.
Ttte same Briand. foreign mln
ister now, was one of the factors
in M. Laval's decision to resign
The "apostle of peace" has been
ill. .That fact, together with the
death of Minister of. War Andre
Maglnot, made it desirable that
the cabinet be reconstituted, the
premier attempted to obtain the
support of the radical socialists,
out was nnaoie..
IB IE FOUND.
BISCHOFF'S CELLAR
CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 12
(AP) Special Investigators late
today dug up bones from the ear-
tnen floor of the dark, gloomy
tenement bouse cellar where last
month six year old Marian Mc
Lean was assaulted and left to
die by Charles BIschoff, 45. be-
peciaciea ana eccentric cobbler.
"JCJie gruesome find was turned
over to Sheriff Asa V. Rntt.
field, who left Immediately for
Cleveland to submit the bones to
experts to determine if they are
uumio.
, j
-ouniy prosecutor R. N. Gor
man, who ordered the excavation
in Blschoffs cellar, said the dis
covery strengthened his belief
that the shoemaker may be re
sponsible for the unsolved disap
pearance of two children about
12 years ago.
The bones were found less tha'n
an hour after the rrand inr in
dicted Bischoff for the first de
gree murder on two counts, both
of which are punishable by death
sentences.
Japanese Troops
Advancing After
Fresh Reverses
TIENTSIN, China, Jan. 13.
(Wednesday) (A P) Japanese
troop movements were under way
today as fighting with Chinese
forces continued near Chinchow.
Japanese troops left Tientsin
from Shanhaikwan, gateway be
tween Manchuria and China, after
reports came in that Japanese sol
diers between Shanhaikwan and
Suichung, hard pressed by Chin
ese, naa been withdrawn.
It was believed here that part
of the Japanese forces stationed
at Shanhaikwan were moving on
10 untnenow. -
Protection I
ed the city would construct the
connecting walk along the two
blocks of Englewood park. The
area In question recently was
graded for this purpose by theJ
city engineers crew.
..The board accepted the recom
mendation of Principal Fred Wolf
of the high school for purchase of
50 steel armchairs and.SK stee
desks to accommodate the stu
dents who will enter at the open'
ing of the spring term. In order
to make room for these students,
It also was voted to move the Op
portunity school from its present
location In the high school base
ment to the Garfield school. Cot
tage and Marion streets.
- Superintendent George Hug's
request for purchase of dictionar
ies at a cost of $195.10 to replace
worn and out-of-date ones was
granted. ; -: ; - ".
Directors present. were:. Dr. H
H. Olinger, . chairman : Mrs. Roy
I S. Keen and F. IS. Neer. r r.:
Holmes Resigns Due
To Failing Health;
Career is Notable
Oldest Justice Unsuccessful in Effort to Stay
OnBench Until 91st Birthday; Esteem,
Expressed as Hoover Accepts
W 7ASHINGT0N, Jan. lfc
f T Holmes, one of the irreatest ficrures in thA riiatnrv f
the judiciary, surrendered to
piace uu uie supreme court oencn. .
President, Hoover with expressions of great esteem for
me services lie naa rendered,
O
LEGIOrj WILL HELP
1611
Team of 20 Planned; Post
Honors Dr. Smith as
Its First Leader
The Capitol Post No. t, Amer
ican Legion, team for the city
wide employment promotion cam
paign, will comprise at least 20
men, it was announced at last
night's post meeting. Carlo Ab-
rams was appointed captain of the
crew.
In memory of the late Dr. T7.
Carlton Smith, first commander
of Capital Post, Chairman Carl
Gabrlelson presented a framed
picture of the doctor. It will be
hung on the wall of MacCornack
hall, post meeting place.
Paid-up memberships for 1932
reported last night totalled SO 2.
It was decided to wage an active
campaign in line with the nation
al membership drive during the
next two months. The goal Is
over 700, by March 1.
O. D. Adams,, director of the
state board of vocational educa
tion, announced . to the legion
naires the first Salem program in
observance of the George Wash
ington bicentennial. It will be a
public gathering to be held on
February 22.'
An Invitation of the Woodburn
post to attend a dinner and dis
trict conference there on 'Janu
ary 27 was accepted. O. B. Palm
ateer and Herman Brown were
appointed to arrange for a large
number of delegates to attend.
Commander Irl S. McSherry ap
pointed on the highway i safety
committee the following: H. G.
Maison, chairman: J. L. Prang,
Max L. Alford and George W. Ed
wards. 111 01 OREGON
PORTLAND." Jan. 12. ( API-
Snow and lower temperatures
were reported from many sections
of Oregon today.
All arterial highways were re
ported open tonight. Earlier in
the day snowplows were used In
some places and a slide on the
Columbia River highway four
miles east of Hood River blocked
the road for several hours.
The first major snowfall of the
season was reported from Astoria,
corvaiils and Rosebnrg. Roseburg
reported three inches -of snow.
the heaviest fall since January,
1129, when seven inches were
measured:
The Rogue River valley report
ed an Inch of snow and twice as
mueh snow In the hills as a year
ago promises an adequate supply
of water for Irrigation, reports
said.
Snow also was reported from
Marshfield, Rainier, Bend, Klam
ath Falls, Grants Pass and Salem.
Burma Receives
Promise it May
Have Home Rule
LONDON, Jn. 12 f AP )
Burma received a pledge of re
sponsible government by the evo
lutionary process from Prime Min
ister Ramsay MaeDonald at the
concluding session of the Burmese
round table conference today.
If Burma decides at a national
election to separate from India,
Britain will grant her a constitu
tion providing for a legislature
and for a government to be ap
pointed by the British crown' who
win exercise wiae "reserved" pow
ers in dealing with foreign affairs,
defense and finance.
Band of 186th
State Champion
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12
CAP) The 181th infantry band,
directed by. Warrant Officer Leon
Hand silk." won the military band
championship of Oregon here to-.
night.
RANDALL UNCHANGED
' Frank M. Randan, 22. was re
ported resting more easily last
night but his serious condition
still unchanged. He suffered head
Injuries last week when his auto
mobile was struck by a Southern
racinc train.
III JOBS GAMPA
STOK
REPORTED
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(AP) Justice Oliver Wendell
time today by abandoning' his
accepted his resignation.
. The distinguished jurist, bent
with age, had fought valiantly but
unsuccessfully, to remain In active
service until he celebrated his 91st
birthday qn March 18.
Feebleness which approached
gently In the last term of court
made havoc during the summer
recess. The military bearing, alert
step and amaslng vigor had dis
appeared since he returned to
Washington last fall. But he had
been punctual In his attendance at
the sessions.
Mr. Hoover announced the res
ignation shortly after correspond
ents confronted him as he stood
at his desk for the regular Tues
day noon press conference. He
quoted from a letter he had writ
ten telling Mr. Holmes of the
gratitude of the American people
for his whole life "of wonderful
public service, from the time you
were an officer In the civil war to
this dav "
Most of Justice Holmes' physi
cal troubles have of recent years
been attributed to lumbago. He
has been bent almost double for
several months, experiencing great
difficulty in walking.
PH. FIRM
Patton and Others Here are
Listed as Claimants
Filing Petition
PORTLAND,- Ore Jan - 12.
(AP) Claims of $8195 were list
ed in an Involuntary petition In
bankruptcy filed in federal dis
trict court here today against the
Prudential Bancorporation, Port
land, by Hal D. Patton, J. D. Me-
Cully, Eula F. McCully. Russell
A. McCully and Luella M. Charl
ton, of Salem; National Depart
ment Stores, Inc.. dolnir business
in Portland; and O. R. Wayman
and Sophia Wayman of Portland.
The petition alleges an act of
bankruptcy was committed No
vember 12, 1921, when James W
Mott, state corporation commis
sioner, took over- the Prudential
Savings it Loan association, the
union savings ft Loan association.
and the Federal Union Savin rs &
LjO&ti association.
The claims listed covered rent
al on the premises at 344 State
street, Salem, at 2200 a month:
izs sixth street, Portland, at 81,
can a month; and 835 Main
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
WOMAN IS KILLED
AS
ruRTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12
(AP) A woman Identified - bv
ponce as jars. Jbiuisn M. Dumdl,
about 80, was Injured fatally In
a traffic accident here tonirht
She died while being taken to a
nospitai.
s-uuee sua Mrs. Dumui was
struck by an automobile driven
oy B. E. Cumpston, Portland
Tney were told, they said, she
ran from behind two other cars
airecuy into the path of Cump
ton's machine. Cumpston was
arrested on a charge of Involun
tary manslaughter.
S W-v J a .
uumai is survived by &
son and a daughter, both of
wnom live at Carlton, Ore.
.
Meier is Chosen i
Board Chairman
Of Astoria Bank
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 12
(AP) Governor Julius L. Meier
was elected . chairman of tfc
board of directors of the Nation
al Bank; of Commerce here at the
annual stockholders' meeting to
day... J. E. Roman was re-elect-
ea president of. the bank. -,
Gorernor Meier has been in
terested In the bank for several
years. It was said, but until now
nas neid no official position.
Long Bell Firm
Receiver Asked
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12 (AP)
Appointment of a receives for
the -.Long Bell Lumber company,
an 135,000,000 concern, and oth
er Long Bell companies was asked
la a petition filed here today. To
night Phlneas Rosenberg, an at
torney ror the petitioner, said It
was undetermined just when the
matter would be taken before
federal Judge Merrill E. Otis.
BANKRUPTCY
ASKED
n
SUES
WINTER HOLDS
One Killed, Almost ail of
New Hamilton, Miss.,
Residents Hurt
Sub-Zero Weather due Here
While Snow Flies m
- California Again
(By thq Associated Press)
Freak weather bronrht mffer-
lng and inconvenience to various
parts of the country yesterday. A
tornado raked New Hamilton, a
nonneastern Mississippi commun
ity, killing one woman and inlnr-
ing almost every resident. Aber
deen hospitals nearby were filled
to overflowing.
An 80 -mile rale whinned
through Boulder Canyon, wreck
ing several buildings near Las Ve
gas, Nev., and serving notice on
the west and northwest that a se
vere assault of winter may be ex
pected to follow. One man was
missing after the gale passed on.
Eight Inches of snow fell at
Tahoe City, CaL. and the north
west was warned to expect sub
zero weather within a few hours.
Even the plains states were told to
watch for icy blasts.
Flood Conditions
To be Prolonged
Rain and fog covered the lower
Mississippi basin area, prolonging
flood conditions In Mississippi,
and interfering with an election
in Arkansas. A plane bound west
ward with badly needed apparatus
for a Tucson, Arts., pneumonia
victim was forced down at Colum
bus, O., by fog blankets, having
covered only one-fourth of the dis
tance between New York, the
starting point, and Tucson.
About the only scarce element
in the weather program was sun
shine, and a few isolated points,
particularly St. Paul and Buffalo.
had that. The whole mess was
brought about by that mysterious
low pressure area" the weather
man talks about so often. Two
such areas, one In the southwest
and another in the middle west,
apparently joined yesterday, - and
moved eastward.
ROOSEVELT GAINS
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 12 (AP)
-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
had a quick "no comment" for an
answer when Informed tonight
that his name had been entered in
the Oregon presidential primary.
Petitions launching the candi
dacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
governor of New York, for the
democratic .presidential nomina
tion, were tiled in the state de
partment here late Tuesday. The
petitions contained in excess of
11,000 signatures.
The petitions were filed by
George F. Alexander, president of
the Roosevelt tor president league
or Oregon.
It had been proposed to file the
petitions on Roosevelt's birthday.
January 20, but it later was de
cided to file them earlier so that
Oregon might lead the nation in
the launching of his candidacy.
Roosevelt's name will go on the
primary election ballot In Oregon.
Golf Club Will
Elect Officers
The annual meetlnr of th fi.
lem Golf club will be held to
night at 8 o'clock at the club
house. Election of directors and
officers will be one matter of
business brought before the
members.
OREGON
SUPPORT
Supreme Com t Denies
Boloff Case Reheating
A rehearing In the case Involv
ing1 Ben Boloff of Portland, under
a 10-year sentence to the state
penitentiary for violation of the
state criminal syndicalism act. was
denied yesterday by the state su
preme court by a 4 to 2 vote. The
same ratio prevailed when the su
preme court previously affirmed
the decrees of Judge Ekwall of
the Multnomah county circuit
court.
Judge George Rossman wrote
the prevailing opinion and with
him Justice Brown, Campbell and
Kelly concurred. A dissenting
opinion was written by Judge Belt
with Chief Justice Bean and Jus
tice Rand concurring.
Boloff is now in the Multnomah
county JalL It Is expected that a
plea tor a pardon will be present
led by his friends to Governor
Julius I. Meier.
"Defendant's briefs repeatedly
mention the communist party and
Boloff s . membership In It, Jus
tlce Rossman'a opinion, read.
"They seem to believe that he was
convicted because of his faith la
the doctrines of Marx, Engel and
Lenlne. That Is untrue.' His eon
victton was sustained because he
belonged to an organization which
OF OREGON Fffi
Governor Meier Announces Decision Following Study cf
Issues in Dispute With Gehlhar; Finds Nothing to Pre
vent Thorough Cooperation; Offers to Function as Ua
diator in Case of NonrAgreement
Agriculture Department Head Advised to Confer With
Secretary; Feud Involves Relative Merits of old and
New Attractions at Exposition; Assertion of Extrav
agance Made on Both Sides
GOVERNORMEIER announced Tuesday night that Mrs.
iUla S. Wilson would be retained as secretary of the
state fair, following his investigation of the dispute which
had arisen between Mrs. Wilson and Max Gehlhar, superin
tendent of the state department of agriculture, whose du
ties include general supervision of the fair.
ou2d. no V08 of disPute which could not be ad
justed by fair minded cooperation," Governor Meier said.
He declared that the disputed matters were not of suffi
cient importance in his mind to justify a change either in
the department of agriculture or the secretaryship of the
IfLlXa
Governor Meier Tuesday directed a letter to Mr. Gehl-
ADDITIONAL
SNOW
TODAY FORECAST
Flakes Fail to Stay Here
But Nearby Districts
Have White Cover
A brilliant silver of new moon
launched Itself In a cold, blue sky
Tuesday night and by looking
carefully the cheeks of the "Man
in the Moon" seemed to be dusted
with snow and his nose looked
purple. And down below in the
valley of the Willamette pedes
trians felt a cold, ehill atmosphere
licking at ankles and creeping
down coat collars. Over many
parts of the valley snow covered
the ground and traffic was being
hindered.
In Marlon county snow started
to fall Monday at midnight and
continued well into the day. Snow
atop vehicles arriving in town aft
er having spent the night out In
the elements Indicated that winter
has not loosed her grip, but Is
Just getting ready to demonstrate
a bit more of her magic
The weather report for late
Tuesday night Indicated clouds
and light snow tor today; Thurs
( Turn to psge 2, eoL 4)
State Moves to
0
Recover Carcass
Of Slain Whale
PORTLAND 'Jan. 1 i. t API
The state of Oregon today moved
to recover tne carcass ef Ethel
bert, the adventuring whale, or
$1000 as an alternative Judgment
from Edward O. Leasard and Jo
seph T. Lessard, who harpooned
the whale In the Columbia river
slough heie last fall.
A replevin action against the
Les sards was filed In Multnomah
county circuit court here by L H.
Van Winkle, attorney general,
and George 8. Shepherd, Portland
attorney, as attorneys for the
state.
advocated violence and crime as
approved means of effecting
ehanges In government and Indus
try. ...
"It was argued that our crim
inal act is wartime legislation,
and, after having delivered him
self to this assertion, the appellant
urged that this court should some
how rid the statute books of this
law. We possess no power of re
peal or nullification and will ex
ercise none. The statute, when en
acted 10 years ago., received no
dissenting vote.
Justice Belt. In his dissenting
opinion, la part, said:
"Let It be, borne in mind that
the charge in the lndletment Is
predicated solely upon the mere
act of the defendant In Joining
the communist party. Aside from
his membership la this organisa
tion, there is not a scintilla of
evidence that he ever said or did
anything , to teach or advocate
crime or physical violence. - . "
"In' the light of the record It is
utterly, absurd that this ignorant
defendant,, who does not know
what It Is all abouU will, by rea
son of his Ideas, constitute an Im
minent danger to the welfare of
our government ; - "; -
onar auvising him to have asi
eany conierence with Un Wil
son ana arrive at a distinct us
derstandlnr as to fntnr. nu
in cases where It is Impossible to
reaca an agreement
Meier sarcested that
ed points be referred to the ex-'
cvuuve aepartment tnr
men i.
L m?
to cooperate with the state agri
cultural department.
Exprecs Hon
Complete Harmony
governor Meier was said to
have expressed hope in each let
ter that all fntnr. Alff
would be adjusted between tho
persons concerned or through the
arbitration of the executive of-
The so-calIi . i- .....
followed th. imT i!La
when Gehlhar oiumi. -v I'
that Mrs. Wilson hsd refused to
"7v ; n his department
and had been extravagant in her
administration. Gehlhar allege
I?.- V? VisUn' deflcIt' tao
state fair funds was due to lack
of proper management on the
Part of Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Wilson countered with
the charre that .-.
..i,.. . udiun re
sulted from hni.ti .
. . . vi.uvuj utcre-
ilf.b.y Gsnln"" t the 1S31
,l10 "r. sne mention
tlcularly the afternoon rodeo pra
fram. "Monkey Island", an
"Canoe Canal".
Gehlhar Declare "
Innovations paid
Gehlhar renlieA tfc
the losses at tho 1121 fair oc
curred In connection wttw v
night horse show and afternooa
races, both of whirl. .
sored by Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson denied emphatW
cally; that she had refused to co
operate with Gehlhar or ku
pertinent.
Many letters hav V. ...
eeived at the executive depart-
men recently urging that Mrs.
Wilson be retained.
Mrs. Wilson has served aa soa
retary of the state fair abtce
1224. She was previously aa aa-
Blatant secretary ef the fair fee?
nine years.
Widow'Has Lead
In Returns For
Caraway's Post
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Jam. lO
(AP) The election of Mr
Hattle W. Caraway as , United!
States f senator an , honor noves
before accorded a woman - ap
peared assured In early returns
tonight from today's special elec
tion In Arkansas.
Returns from 4T counties
eight complete and several ethc
ers almost complete, gave Mrs.
Caraway 12.722 votes against
211 for Sam D. Carson and 53
for Res' R. Flovd. Her tw on
ponents were listed as lndepea
dents.
Helms? Slayers
To Get Hearing
In Court Today
LaGRANDE, I Ore Jan. 12
(AP)-John Owens, 22, and, XetrK
CrosswhlteV-it, both of Spring
field. Mo., will be given a prelins
inary hearing In circuit court beror
tomorrow on an Indictment ehaxg
big them with the first degrees
murder of Amos Helms, state po
liceman. .. .
The Indictments were retarnedl
by the Union county grand .Jar?
last night, ;
Tho eourt has appointed GoocgeV
T. Cochran to . represent tho at
leged slayers. u