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Supplemental Audit not to
Be Released to Anyone
Secretary Asserts : '
Understood to Confirm one
Made by Buelt; Meier ' :
May Order Probe
Release of a supplemental au
dit of affair in the buildings de
partment of Oregon State college
was refused here Tnursaay auer
noon . by Hal E. Hoss, secretary
of 'state.
The last audit, which was filed
with Hoss In August. 1933, by
Otto Kubln, chief auditor, is In
refutation to contentions set up
by Oregon State college officials
in their 57-page statement made
March If, If IS. . .--tvV'".
Hoss said the latest report eon
slated of two pages, neither of
which he had read. He said he
had sent no copies of the report
to any members of the boatd of
education or to Dr. W. J, Kerr,
chancellor of the higher educa
tional system. Hoss averred that
he would not release the report
in the future, either to the Pub
lic or to the board. :
Kubin Reveals He
Made New Report -
Knowledge that such & report
existed was revealed late Wednes
day when Kubln said he -made
such a report in -August. .That I
such a supplemental audit t ar
fairs at Oregon State college was
to be made was learned "through
the complete audit of higher edu
cational affairs submitted to. the
board at Its June mseUpjr. Jn4M
formal audit, Kubln mentions the
original r e p or! made by S.-D.
Buell on February 10, 1933. Ku
bin cites the answer of the state
college filed March 18,-1933; with
the secretary of state.
"There are certain statements
contained. in the above mentioned
answer which will be the subject
of a separate report in order'that
we may he on record and reiter
ate that our position In this mat
ter is fully justified' Kubin
states in his main report. The spe
cial report followed in August.
Other Papers Now
Public Property
The present status of the audits
and report on state higher educa
tion and affairs at Oregon State
college is this:
Audit for fiscal year, ending
June 30, 1932, filed April 28 with
secretary of state and duly re
leased to all members of board of
higher education and to the gov
ernor, .as prescribed by law.
Special report and preliminary
audit filed February 10, 1933. re
leased Wednesday, September 13,
by Dr. W. J. Kerr to tard and
public from Corvallis office. Audit
previously reeasod to Kerr, C. L.
Starr, board chairman. No copies
released to governor or to mem
bers of board of higher education
other than Starr. : -; 4 -
Reply of Oregon State college
to special audit, dated March-18,
1933, released to public Tuesday,
September 12, by Hal E. 'Hoss.
Released also Wtdnesday, Septem
ber IS, by, officials at Oregon
State college.-No previous release
to board of hlrher education, v
Sneclal sunnliimental ; audit of
Otto Kubin replying to state col
lege unit, filed August, 1933, with
secretary of state. No copies re
leased to board, or chancellor or
public Hoss says report lll not
be released. Kubin reiterates in
latest report "our position in mat
ter (of Oregon State- Irregulari
ties) J fully justified"
Ths latest development In the
controversy Is am Intimation that
Governor Meier may take a hand
In the affair in the hope of deter
mining just what the facta axe. He
Is known to hare ordered copies
of the various reports, and . the
. Oregonian asserts this morning
that ho la expected to make an
Independent investigation.
. PORTLAND, Ore,, Sept. 14
(AP) A member of C. L. Starr's
famllr told press represenUtlres
that Mr; Starr, president of the
Oregon board of higher education,
was unable to talk over the tele
phone tonight, when they called
htm In an attempt to secure his
version of the suppression of the
special audit, released at Oregon
State college last night.
Blow From Bat
Fatal to Youth
' ' 'Y 'V TT'.'Vr V
WALLACE, Idaho., Sept 14
(AP) Struck on the head with
a baseball -bat during recess . at
school, Joseph . Durick, 10, died
at his home hero late last night.
Although his condition was not
considered to bo, serious when he
retired,' his father, Michael Dur-
" Ick, found him dead about mid
BlxhL i
''MissAmerica"; Receives Beauty
Crown ;rW ester ti GirLRunriet-JJp
SUsa Marion Bergeron of West Haven, Conn., is shown here In the
act of being crowned MMtss America at the close of the beauty
pageant in Atlantic City. Bliss Blanche McDonald of Hollywood,
"Misa California, and "Miss New York look on.
TUDErJT OFFICERS
TO FEEL CLUB
Not Over 200 Salem High
Youths are in Societies,
.But Many Leaders
Probability that the banning of
secret society 4 members from
classes at Salem high school, will
have a disintegrating effect upon
the present student body organ
ization was expressed at the high
school office yesterday. While
Principal Fred Wolf is of the
opinion that members of the ille
gal organizations will not make
such a material difference with
the enrollment as some persons
deem possible, with probably far
less than 200 refused entrance
during the first week or two of
the school year, he was pretty
sure that a very 'noticeable per
centage ot student body and
class officers will be in that
group.
In past years societies have
gone in for politics In a big way
and, although their numbers hare
never amounted to a - majority,
they havo quite often succeeded
In putting in a full ticket of af
filliated officers because of their
organization. High school "barbs
unlike their older brothers of the
college campus have seldom or
ganized here for political pur
poses.
Talk about town yesterday in
dicated that the move barring so
ciety members from classes and
activities trill be felt more on the
football field than In the class
room. While no definite checkup
was .available to any of the con-
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APPLICATIONS VIEWED -PORTLAND.
Sept. 14. (AP)
A program providing for the
disposition of public works pro
jects throughout Oregon based on
unemployment, - was aaoptea ana
sent to Washington, D. C today
following a meeting of C. C. Hock
ley, state engineer, Bert E. uaney
and Dr. James Gilbert, members
of the state advisory board.
The -meeting marked the first
time finished applications for allo
cation of funds were In position
to bo submitted to the board and
certain of these were approved
and forwarded to Washington.,
! Members ot the advisory board
and. Mr. Hockley also discussed
present' unemployment and state
estimates thereof, types of labor,
the necessity ot Immediate .em
nlovment and the statirs of appli
cations now pending or about to
bo submitted to the- administra
tion. t ? -:--v-
Robert N. Stanfleld, member of
the board, was not present due to
absence ' fromthe state. 'v v,v
tnLTftAJfSTER 10
H03EBURG, Sept. 14. (AP)
The first tuot of veteran to
occupy- the new northwest nation
al soldiers' home will enter the
institution "h ere Monday, Septem
ber 18, when 130 veterans now
housed in the former state build
ings here wIU be transferred.
A largo crew of men has been
at work slnee September 9 com
pleting final arrangements tor en-
trance ot the. first occupants of
the 0 1.2 50.0 0 0 home. An' order
M
received on that 4ate asked that
the men be movvd ias aoon as
possIMevvV:-Yjo;
POUTS RELIEF
IS
Highway Work Here in Peril
If Multnomah Gets all
It Requests, Held
When the stzte highway com'
mission meets in Portland tomor
row to award road contracts ag
gregating 8100,000 It will be met
by a. delegation from Multnomah
county which will urge the allo
cation of 84 per cent of the 36,-
000,000 federal relief funds for
road work in Oregon to Multno
mah county. It was reported that
representatives of more than 200
organizations met yesterday to
plan the attack to be used tomor
row. , . : . '-
Sn oyi 1 d Multnomah's move
prove successful, some of the im
mediate results would be the ab
andonment of North Santaim
highway work the widening of
Capitol street, and other pieces
of relief work scattered over the
whole state, which it was thought
had been definitely provided for
under the distribution of the fed
eral funds.
The 86.000,000 ' allocation to
Oregon was made on the basis ot
population, area covered by roads,
and mileage of rjad projects,
Multnomah county will make its
heavy claim -en the basis of its
population. If it had received its
share on the basis of population
alone, it would have had approxl
mately halt of the total sum.
Steps were on foot -yesterday
to organize a Marlon county del
egation to oppose the Multnomah
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OPPOSED
Public Works Plan Sent .
' Murder Possibility Eyed
Veterans to Enter Home
t Poison .Attempt Failure
Public inspection ' of the build
ings will be held the afternoon of
September 18.
. WOMAN. HELD SLAIN
ASTORIA, Sept 14. (AP)
The possibility of murder in the
case of the woman's body washed
up by the Columbia river, near
here, was strengthened today, by a
cranial post-mortem performed on
the order of District Attorney
West..-:"- - - --..i.
A verdict that the direct cause
of death was "fracture of he base
of the skull and laceration of the
middle meningeal artery, causing
hemorrhage, resulted from the
post-mortem. .
WOMAN IS IX COMA
ASTORIA. Sept, 14. (AP)
Mrs. Edith May Coffin of Seaside
was . brought to a hospital here
late today In an apparent coma
after what police said was an at
tempt to take the life of her three-
year-old daughter, Edith May. and
that ot a son Melnn, aged six.
Police reported, that Mrs. Cof
fin bad poured. a poisonous solu
tion ' down the throat ot her
daughter and then taken some
Serself after her son, refusing to
rink the potion, she offered, ran
from the house and called neigh
bora. ' .' . jx . --
The girl's condition was report
ed very grave tonight by attend
ing physicians while Mrs. Coffin
though apparently in a coma has
a normal pulse and physicians can
find no trace of poison, hospital
attendants said. Galen Coffin, St
husband ot Mrs. Coffin, told police
they had : been : separated , about
two weeks. ru--
SPEEDED
TO
President Demands Action,
Apparently Gains it; . .
15 Hurt in Riots
Credit to Enable Business
Firms to Comply With -NRA
is Arranged
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-(AP)
In a significant White House
conference President Roosevelt to
night demanded action from the
bituminous coal Industry upon an
NRA code and apparently got it
He announced a few minutes
after the representatives of mine
operators and miners had left his
oval study, the long-controverted
charter for the troubled soft: coal
fields probably would be nego
tiated by tomorrow night.
Removal ot this obstacle from
the path of the recovery program
was plotted as Chairman Jones
of the reconstruction corporation
made public a broad plan tor help
ing Industries which are attempt
ing to carry on under the NRA
with federal loans through banks.
and trust and mortgage com
panies. The conference called by the
chief executive to end the empasse
In ' the coal industry was brief.
Mr. Roosevelt outlined to the as
sembled spokesmen of operators
and miners the need for speed to
prevent more serious trouble in
the coal regions where shootings
broke out today. He told them a
code could be delayed no longer.
The reconstruction . corporation
chairman said the new credit to
stimulate the recovery program
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LOWER LIGHT COST
IS SHOALS SCHEME
WASHINGTON, .Sept 14
(AP) As a part of the federal
experiment to see whether the
light bills could be cut tor Am
erican households, the Tennessee
valley authority today outlined
a list of rates for Muscle Shoals
power that were just a little
more than halt of the average
power rate for the nation last
year.
The authority, the first of the
governmental agencies by which
President Roosevelt proposed
that power costs be measured,
set rates that called for a re
sale maximum of three cents a
kilowatt hour.
"For the typical general con
sumer, this is., an -average of
about two cents a kilowatt hour,
said David Llllenthal, a member
of the authority, "and for a fully
electrified home which is our
objective the rate would aver
age seven 'mills per kilowatt
hour. '
The average August utility
rate for the country was just
under 6 eents a kilowatt hour
for domestic users. It compared
with an average ot around S
cents charged consumers by the
Ontario i hydro - electric power
commission, a Canadian govern
ment owned concern.
Minister Seeks
New Peace Pact
With Neighbors
TOKYO. Sept. 14(AP) A
report that he will work to es
tablish a new basis ot under
standing with the United Stotes
was published today as Japan's
new foreign minister, - Koki Hi-
rota, expressed belief the future
Is bright for friendly ' relations
with that country's three strong
est, neighbors. . , -
These three nations are . the
united States, China and Russia.
The newspaper NIchI NIchi
said Hirot intends to seek the
negotiation of a new" treaty with
the United States embracing el-
ter ot wWreMion or
ot arbitration.
UghtmngKills '
. Goll Champion
CINCINNATI. Sept 14 (AP)
Lightning struck and killed Ir
win O.- Ball. II, ot Wilkinsburr.
Pa-, as he was playing golt at
the HydePark country club this
afternoon.' ' -.-.-i::,, ,? v-s-
The youth, who-was Junior
city golf champion here in 1932,
was rushed to a hospital and
given emergency treatment, "bat
to' ao'aTail.-:. .--,.- w.vi ,
E
NEWEST
Issue of Highway Bonds is
Also Suggested When ...
Committee Meets
Majority Report of Group
Considering Amount
May be Rejected
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept, 14
(AP) The addition of a sever
ance tax and a provisional Issue
of highway bonds to 'Its list of
suggested revenue sources to be
reported back to Governor
Meier's relief committee, a sub
committee, assigned to the task
of ascertaining the means avail
able for revenue needed in state
unemployment relief, today gave
Indications that a majority re
port of the other sub-committee
may be disregarded.
The other committee, desig
nated the task of determining
the amount ot funds to be need
ed until the end of 1934, saw
three of its members agree on a
total of 117.704,372 earlier in
the week, while the remaining
two members favored an amount
lower by several million dollars.
No estimate was given of the
amount that might he obtainable
through a severance tax, which
would be applied against pro
ducts of the forests, mines, quar
ries and oil and gas wells, if
any.
Ray W. Gill proposed the bond
Issue and it was supported by the
remaining members of the com
mittee In the event that other
means . ot revenue , fall short of
returning the amounts estimated
they ; will br in g. v. i
Bert E. Haney and John F.
Logan, members of the means for
revenue group, were particular
ly outspoken in their opinion
that the majority of the funds
group estimate was far too high
and practically Impossible due
to present economic conditions.
Haney was of the opinion that
if 13.000,000 was obtained from
revenue and the sum was match
ed by federal funds the total
would be sufficient for a relief
program. This would be to pro
vide a program until Mar 1.
1934, when the people could en
act any further relief measures
they deemed necessary.
Salem merchants and industrial
firms eligible to display the blue
eagle are invited to participate in
the NRA street parade to take
place next Tuesday, the night of
Fall Opening..
The Salem Ad club, sponsors of
the event, will furnish 2 banners
to each participating merchant,
the banner to be displayed on both
sides of the ear or float en
tered in the parade. Business
firms wishing to enter cars
should get in touch Immediately
with Vern Suko in the New Bligh
building, so that the banners may
be prepared.
The NRA parade, annual show
ing ot tall fashions in downtown
store windows, flower show in the
Oregon building by the Salem "Gar
den club, "Why I Should Buy
Now contest, and the official Ad
club dance at the Balem Armory
featuring Kenneth Allen, nation
ally known radio entertainer, and
Cole McKlroy's Greater Oregon-
lans, are features of this year's
ran opening. , . t
boh nop
iSBBHlEO
Reports were current here re-
terday that J.-E. Roman,' form
erly of v the Astoria Bank - ot
Commerce, was under considera
tion a manager of the Salem
fimtrii Af Vint . KaMAiial
nrj o portend. Keith PowelL
conservator of the bank, would
not confirm ; the - report,-' nor
would Roman when Interviewed
by the Associated Press in Fort-
land.
Tentative approval ot the pur
chase of 70 per cent of the as
sets ot the First National. here.
now restricted, by the First Na
tional of Portland, was said to
have been obtained in Washing
ton Some details remain; to be
Ironed . out - between, buyer and
seller; It was said. i
Local directors ot the hank ex
pressed themselves ; yesterday, as
hopeful that the deal' could be
consummated before September
M P1DE Ml
FOB FULL OPENING
ended, ... , ;-, -:.-. ": ' ?
lean
lfinn
ing
Reported in Fields
Strikes Spread to -Some Yards, Growers say
At Others That Pickers are Satisfied;
Some Agree to Small Increases
INCIPIENT labor troubles were reported here Thursday
night in several Marion and Palk county hop-yards with
labor leaders predicting more walkouts and strikes Friday
if hop pickers had not been raised above their present rate
of fl for each one hundred pounds of hops.
Meanwhile a number of growers in the territory adja-
pcent to Salem declared that all
on ni l
IS CALLED BEYOND
Prof. J. B. Horner Dies at
Corvallis; on College
Staff for 42 Years
CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept 14
(AP) Dr. John B. Horner, Ore
gon historian, author, lecturer
and member of the college staff
for 42 years died at his home
here early this morning, from a
sudden heart attack. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the Federat
ed church here Saturday after
noon. Dr. Horner, who celebrated his
77th birthday last month, had
appeared In rugged health, and
had just completed moving and
reorganizing the college museum,
his ' chief Interest since his re
tirement from active teaching a
year ago.
Considered one of the fore
most authorities on Oregon his
tory, Dr. Horner was the author
of several books on that and re
lated subjects and of numerous
articles on historic and prehis
toric events of the Oregon coun
try. Dr. Horner was born In La-
Gran ce, Tex., Aug. 4, 18S6, eon
of the late Rev. E. R. Horner,
pioneer circuit rider who brought
his family to Walla Walla,
Wash., in 1842. There J. B. Hor
ner went to school, graduating
from Whitman college. He also
was a graduate ot Philomath
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Claim Nazi May
Have Set Blaze,
Not Communists
LONDON. Sept. 14. (AP)
The suggestion that naxls them
selves might "have set the fire In
the German Reichstag building
last March was placed today be
fore an International legal com
mission Investigating the affair.
The commission, ot which Ar
thur Garfield Hays of the United
States is a member, is considering
evidence In an attempt to deter
mine whether the nasii are re
sponsible rather than the com
munists accused by German au
thorities.
Boys ' Dreams
TA4XWA, Wash, 8epL 14V
(AP) Every bor cream came;
true! ' ' . . -v-
X golden stream ot money, ten
and 'twenty dollar v bills, blowing
around - like dried leaves; sodas
and suckers; footballs and auto
mobiles, all to be purchased me
rely by peeling from the big rou.
'- This supreme thrill came to 4
Puyallup .boys when they found
a gunny sack under a Puyallup
house containing over $6000 la
money. Last sight their dream
was shattered when police Inves
tigated and began- the difficult
task of recapturing the money tor
the probable owner; -? - -1-
A rabbit that started It all Is
contentedly nibbling lettuce ; in
his pen, but the wave of Juvenile
prosperity w h 1 e h he caused to
sweep ; Puyallup and wash over
into Tacoma in the past few days
Taaa at last been explained and
stopped. -' The results: v I '
Four. Puyanup boys are la the
Pierce county detention home, be
ing held for Investigation.
The Puyallup police "station
looks more like a bank, with sold
But Finally
currency and , yberty bond am-
Demands
Situations
was peaceful in their yards with
hop pickers content with the $1
a hundred rate prevailing. Not
all of the owners could be reach
ed for an interview but the ma
jority declared they were adverse
to raising the picking rate. Sev
eral ot the growers expressed
themselves as sanguine that no
labor troubles would occnr in
their yards. Most of the growers
were at the.,. yards yesterday
throughout the picking time.
From Independence last night
came reports of varying situa
tions in the yards adjacent to
that city. A strike was reported
at the Catlln yard Thursday
morning but the management
could not be reached by tele
phone, v
The Horst yard reported Us
pickers were satisfied and that
there was no trouble. The man
agement, however, had seen fit to
grant an increase in rate, the pay
now being 1.25. a hundred
pounds. The Wood's yard was pay
ing 11.20, with two days ot pick
ing left.
Dean Walker at the Hanna yard
stated that he thought a picking
bonus was Inevitable. O r o w e r s
there organised Thursday night
and demanded an agreement on
fl.20 by noon today.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (AP)
Chairman Harrison of the sen
ate finance committee, in a talk
with newspapermen today, strong
ly Indicated the -administration
was contemplating some monetary
Inflation at an early date to help
raise commodity prices.
The Mlssisslpplan, who has been
urging such a step in conferences
the last two days with President
Roosevelt, Budget Director Lewis
Douglas and Governor Eugene
Black of the federal reserve
board, refused to predict what spe
cific steps the administration had
In mind.
"My belief, from those confer
ences I have had. Is that some
thing will be done and is being
done," he said. They might decide
to go ahead and try to get results
without notifying the world what
they are doing, but I have- faith
they are going to utilise every
agency to do more than open mar
ket operating to get higher com
modity prices."
Cornel rue
waken
ounting to about $4,300 : In the
afe and the officers atiil trr.
ing to recover about $2000 more.
Eight Puyallup bora are back
la their homes, breathing a little
easier alter their grilling at the
pouce station last night: still
elated by a spending: orgy they'll
never forget, r -
- Spending among the youth of
the town is at a comnarativelv
low; ebb, but the merchants con
tinue to wonder at the Taat num
hers of -sodas. candy bars, pea
nuts, moving picture tickets,
hamburgers, -full, meals not to
mention two automobiles,'. Clothes
and a - watch which - haver been
sold to youngsters during the
past weeav
Aslonlsehd by ' the reports of
large sums ot money being spent
by boys between 13 and If years
oldr - Frank Chadwlck. puyallup
chief of police, shrewdly gare
them time to display more , ox the
gold pieces and , bills which
ranged In denomination from $1
to $100. : Wednesday afternoon
he and his aides rounded up 10
boys. Four were held and taken
to the detention home in .Tacoma.
INFLATION LOOMINB
HARRISON ASSERTS
7 hey A
May
by
idSSo
$1.50 a Hundred Pounds h
Agreed to by Lachmund
To end Difficulty
Cites Agreement Made by
Growers; Bonus Given
By Others Cited
INDEPENDENCE, Sept. 14
(Special to The Statesman)
Striking hop pickers won a sig
nal victory here at 2:30 p.m. te
day when Loots Lachmund a!
Salem, owner and proprietor ef
the McLaughlin hop yard, ab
ruptly changed front on their de
mands and announced to 1J00
assembled strikers that he weald
pay 11.50 a hundred for the
picking of his hops for the rest
of the season. The strikers had
sought $2 a hundred neanda
when they walked out at lo aJn.
Wednesday but the Laebasnd
offer appeared to meet their de-
uisuus rtBQDaDir wen ana the
bulk of . the . pickers were work"
ing when rain forced a stop late
this afternoon.
To show you that I'm nnt
such a bad fellow, I am going
to set a mark for others to fol
low," Lachmund declared. I am
going these growers who have
been paying 20 cents a huadred
bonus. 30 cents better, I offer
you $1.50 a hundred for pick-
The breakun of the strike a
the McLaughlin yard came after
a day filled with tense drama.
Two of the leaders in the strike
movement, Ray Germer and Wil
liam Mackie, were arrested by
deputy sheriffs , ' from DaDaa.
Striking hop pickers jeered Lach
mund and his superintendent. F.
B. Gwinn and refused to return
to the yards. An organisation '
committee which had previously
presented . seven "demands" te.
Lachmund, continued its work.
It was then that the tide tuned,
that Lachmund upped the pay.
ment rate, and the back of the
labor disturbance, the largest ia
the valley this summer, was
broken. ' r
The strike hadUbeen on for ?
hours when the turn came. Early '
Thursday morning, aided by a
neavy rain which kent all nicki Y
ers from the yards, organisation
of the strike continued
Germer, . a' I dark v complexloned
young man, in dirty cord treas
on, took the lead in the organi
zation more, addressing 1200
pickers from - the amusement
grounds platform. He advised -
the crowd that It could wia its
demands If it stood tast. -y,
As Germer was sneakinr. Offi
cer Tho mason of the state polite
orove into the yard.' Germer re
marked that -the supervisors had
their ( watch dogs out."
A, clash was Imminent. Thorn-
ason walked to the platform and
demanded an apology from the
speaker and. ad vised that the po
lice department be left out, say V.
ing ; the ' state police were there
only to see that order waa kept 1
and Intended to take no part la
the strike. Germer apologised.
At urneri suggestkm a
strike committee was organised .
with W. T. Birdwell named chair V
man. In ten minutes the com
mittee returned with these de-
mands: .Tvv:-, ... .. . a -
Full pay left In the tild Wed
nesday when the strike started.
' 2. Two cents a pound for pHk- .
fug fairly clean hops,
' $. Better sanitary conditions.
4. No pay tor time out daring ;
strike. ..
C S. No discrimination by grow ,
ers against leaders in the strike. 1
- The committee will prevent "
'any act of violence on. the part
of strikers J.-. --y-r-y-. - -; v.'.'
T. iThe company to recogaize
the committee officially. " . - -
It was la the aftemooa that J
Lachmund and Gwinn met t h e
strikers. Officers arrested Bird
well on r the charge at trespasa
and disturbing, the peace. At
once William Mackie assumed
leadership and later he was ar
rested on similar charges.
The arrest angered the- wick
er who refused to start tor the r ?
yards and booed. Lachmund. j
yA conference l between Ladi
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