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PAGE EIGHT Thir OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon) Thnrsday Morning, December 7, 1935 Man Alleged to Have Poured : Oil on Negro's Body. is .'. -Named in Warrant ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. 6. (JP) - A warrant charging first degree . inarder was issued here tonight . for John Zook, a former St. Jo- sepa - policeman .held in connec tion with the lynching last Tues day night of Floyd Warner, 19-year-old negro . who confessed at tacking a young white woman. -.' Zook, according to the charges. Is the "man who poured gasoline on the negro's body after it had been strange up to a tree a short distance from the Buchanan coun- ty Jail, where the mob obtained possession of him after a three- hour battle. Zook will be arraigned in jus tice court tomorrow. A packing plant 'employe since tearing the department several years ago, Zook denied he participated in the .lynching. Officers said, how ever, he had been identified -by witnesses as a mob leader. Walter G art on, 34-year-old World war veteran, is accused of malicious. destruction of property Tor allegedly assisting in tearing a door from the jail and Carl Fisher is awaiting sentence on a charge of illegally possessing a pistol stolen from Sheriff Otto . Theisen during the fight over Warner. Fisher pleaded guilty. Three other persons were re leased late today after lengthy questioning and police pick up 'orders were issued for several more. Word was received tonight that Attorney General Roy McKittrick would come here from Jefferson City to take charge of the-Investigation. JT in SESSION OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 6. (JP) Trouble in the legislative liquor control ranks has flared up ,al erady the third day of the Spe cial session with Representative Waldron (D., Spokane) publicly announcing today that he has re signed as chairman of the new house , liquor committee because the "organization i3 too large and unwieldy. The committee of 33. one-third of the house membership, was no sooner announced than Waldron. former head of the judiciary body, called upon Speaker George F. Yantia (D., Thurston) in the lat ter's office and protested the size of the group. "We never would be able to agree on a liquor control bill with 33 people arguing on the ques tion," Waldron declared. "A com mittee of 15 or possibly 20 would be able to accomplish something." "I have asked Mr. Yantis to ac cept ray resignation as chairman unless the committee is reduced. They might just as well have ap pointed everybody." Speaker Yantis said he did not understand that Waldron had re signed but admitted the Spokane member had protested. HUGO SUPPED 1 DAKOTA CATTLE BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 6 UP) Governor William S. Langer, who. has made repeated efforts to raise farm prices and bring to general attention the plight of farmers, today declared an em bargo on out-state shipment of beef, cattle "intended to be pro cessed ' into human food." At the. same time he lifted for & ten day period a wheat em bargo in effect except for six days, since October 19. This em bargo, thus far Langer said, ac complished "all I could have pos sibly hoped for it without the assistance of other states." Today he ordered sheriffs to enforce the new embargo, design ed to prevent sale of cattle at ''confiscatory prices," by halting loading of cattle for shipment out of the state. As" in the case of wheat em bargo and earlie. proclamation declaring a moratorium on mort gage . foreclosures, he offered sheriffs the aid of national guardsmen in enforcing the cat tle, embargo. This aid was not needed previously, however, and he did not anticipate its necessity now. . The ban on cattle sales will b effective until he lifts it. Prohi Violator At Portland is Frded, 1st Case PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 6. (JP) The first motion for . dismissal - of a federal indictment charging . violation of the national prohibi tion act to be reported in Oregon was filed here today Jby Dellmore Lessard, attorney for Henry My era. : . . ' Myers was charged with, trans porting and possession intoxic&t ins liquors. Lessard Hit forth that the Jlst amendment rene&llne the 18th amendment contains no saving clause and that therefore . in iederal court is without pow er.to try the case. , i EDMONTOX 18 VICTOR SEATTLE, Dec. . (JP) Art Gagne, speedy Edmonton wing man. took a case and slanhcxi in a goal in an overtime' battle to--i sight to beat the Seattle Seahawks I 3 to 2, and lift his team oat of the Northwestern Hockey league cel lar and Into a third-place tie with -tae Seattle outfit. ! . Shipwrecks, : Death Trail (Continued from paa 1) blinded by" the heavy rain and wind, and Thore Hassing, (5, was crushed to death in Grays Harbor county logging camp. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 6 (JP) The death of one man was in directly caused tonight, state po lice said, by a storm that rip ped over western Oregon, dis rupting railroad and automobile traffic and damaging houses and bridges. Robert McBride, 43, of Port land, was fatally Injured when his automobile collided with one drtven by C. ' R. Moen of Wood burn : on the Pacific highway north of Salem. A slide about 20. miles east of Portland delayed the Portland Rose. Union Pacific passenger train, more thaa six hoars today. Another slide near Oregon City delayed a Southern Pacific pas senger train, which was. finally routed south by way of McMlnn- ville. Two Portland streetcar lines, on the west side hills, were blocked for a time by slides. The Columbia river highway and the Lower Columbia river highway were closed temporar ily to traffic when they were covered by slides and high wa ter. The Oregon Coast highway was closed by slides between New port and Waldpoft, and heavy seas held the Waldport ferry in its slip. One summer home in the Mt. Hood district was torn from its foundations and completely wrecked, the supports of two bridges were so weakened the spans were made unsafe for trav el when the Sandy river, fed by heavy rains, raced In a roaring torrent down its channel. LAO GETS CREDIT. OF OREGON CITY, Dec. 6. (JP) On his way to the routine of the classroom, Hubert Bigej, 13, walked smack into unexpected ad venture today and very probably as a result a southbound passen ger train was saved from a tragic plunge into the swollen waters of the Willamette river. Hubert, who lives near New Era, a small station six miles south of here, waited till the Southern Pacific's No. 16 north bound passenger train rumbled past, then followed in its wake along the tracks that curve along the banks of the Willamette to ward Oregon City. Suddenly there was a crash and a roar. Hubert quickened his pace. Ahead of him he saw th roadbed slipping and sliding, saw a great part of it slide with a final hiss into the river. Familiar with the trains that passed over the line, the lad knew that the No. 7 southbound passen ger, train was soon due. He ran at top speed back to New Era, pant ingly told William Dustin, the op erator there, of the slide, and Dus tin hurriedly phoned the news to Canby, it was relayed to Portland, and the southbound train was halted just in time at Oregon City, then was detoured south by way of McMinnville. AT ROSEBURG. Ore., Dec. -6, (JP) An admission that he fatally shot his sister-in-law, Amanda Serder, 31, this morning because she forced him to prepare his own breakfast, refused to let him use milk, that was in the kitchen and ordered him to the barn to milk the cow was made here late today by Kojo Serder, 60, Czecho Slovakian, Sheriff Percy Webb stated. The sheriff quoted Serder as confessing orally that after being ordered to the barn this morning, he brooded oyer the matter a few minutes, then seized a gun and went into the kitchen of their farm home at Sutherlin near here. Serder stated, the sheriff said, that his sister-in-law grabbed a knife land flourished it as he en tered the kitchen. He struck her with the barrel of the gun. Webb said the elderly man admitted, then fired five shots. The woman died with bullet wounds in the temple, chest and wrist. The oth er two shots went wild, Sheriff Webb said. Commission Talks Coast Bridge Plan PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 6. UP) Members of the Oregon state highway commission met infor mally Here tonight preparatory to their open meeting scheduled to start tomorrow at 9 a. m. It was understood that a discussion of the. plans for the five Oregon coast bridges occupied the atten tion of the commissioners during most of tonight's meeting. At the residence, '667 Thomp son street. Wednesday, December , Henry J. Meyers; survived by widow, Hannah Meyers of Salem; two sons, Panl of Valley City, N. Minn.; three danghters, Mrs.' Wil- luwn xvransnaar, san Antonio, TeV.. If a A Unm mA Mmm V . M KUU IMJt 1 O. - V. nirnrtt TTntv - Kw Funeral announcements later by 16 SLAV CONFESSES MURDER I Obituary uiwusa-uamci: company. ' LEV IS HELD TO BE VILE MURDER (Continued from pas 1) Springs, Ga., where he spent a Thanksgiving vacation, the pres ident said the government was seeking the goal the churches look toward and that from "the bottom of my heart I believe that this beloved country is entering upon a time of great gain." "That gain." he said, "can well include a greater material pros perity if we take care that it la a prosperity for a hundred . and twenty- million human beings, and not a prosperity for the top of pyramid alone. : "If I were asked to state the great objective which church and state are both demanding for. the sake of every man and woman and child In the country, I would say that the great objective is 'a more abundant life.' " LOS ANGELES. Dec. 6. (JP) Governor Rolph, who voieed ap proval of the recent San Jose lynchlngs, declined to comment to night on President Roosevelt's Washington speech to a church convention excoriating lynching and inferentlally rebuking the governor, but not by name. The governor indicated he possibly might have some comment later after thinking over the president's statements. MILLER WINS DECISION" CHICAGO, Dec. 6 (JP) Fred die Miller of Cincinnati, feather weight champion of the world, won a decision over Paul Dazzo, of Chicago, in a ten round bat tle tonight at Arcadia arena. Mill er's title was not at etake aa he POLLY AND HER PALS I : I 31 1 Irb (i i i m- vi.j r iii tf i AMU iar x i m -js. MeaBSSw r BhWJi - sr m U m aw ta. an m lisaa I IB 1. MICKEY MOUSE THIMBLE THEATRE 'Stt Vft LATER. OLIVE.. I GOT TO CiO TALU TO MR.UJCRK6-I ALMOST . FORGOT I YAMfc ocrvsoYCO rAO t r - - m v vtr v r i vv rwv-a. H ' ' AIR-ROBBERS fji ?rt''Mf ST KEEP OUT O' M AN' NOW 1 VE,GOTT" MmWi I 6'GHT AN' FOLLOW ltl nix60005 ON rm mMM vm, MeBBe x can M I rrrv- ct Wm-"A I capture -em an- irw i I rr"Tr7 YMwlt , ri rescue dippy J rn?rv " I HOME 1 OKAV. V ipopevey his "W S -aaaaa LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY I AM POSITIVE THBV LITTLB BRAT ROM MfS TUST BECAUSE. THCy ABE RICH, THey THINK THey AR.E ACOVE. THE LAW- SNOOP AROUND-MAKE CEQTAIM ANNIE LIVES I'LL 3H0WEM TOOTS AND CASPER Y COLONEL HOOPER DOta Ht, TOOTS f WM. HIS SALARY IN THE Movies was to be fortv dollars a week FOR TEN WEEKS, AMD MOT $4000.& A WEEK FOR TWO VEARS AS HE TOLD US... HE HAD ME BE LIE VI Nci A v Jems ire I9)i King scaled 126 pounds, a half pound over the featherweight limit, while Dazxo weighed 111 ponnda. Ontario Youth is Killed in Auto Crash Near City - ONTARIO, Ore., Dec. . (JP) George N. Smith, 19, of Ontario, was killed tonight when he .waa thrown from an automobile on the Oregon Trail highway a mile north of the city. The car, driven by his com panion, Stanley Morris, swerved to avoid striking an. oncoming machine, police-said they were Informed, struck the shoulder, skidded and turned over. Morris, also thrown from the car, escap ed with a cut thumb and bruises and shock. Smith, who graduated from On tario high school two years ago, Is survived by his parents, Hr. and Mrs. George Smith of this city, and a brother and a sister. Byrd Welcomed At Wellington; Sails Tuesday WELLINGTON, N. Z., Dec, 6. (JP) New Zealand's officialdom gave a warm welcome today to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who has decided to sail for the south pole next Tuesday. The American explorer received a cordial greeting from Premier G. W. Forbes and members of his cabinet Lord' Bledsoe, governor general of New Zealand, gave a dinner In honors of the admiral and his officers tonight - Starring Popeye VJELL-DOEU.- POPtVe'.'.' rM 6LADT0EE VOO! I 0JM BE6tNHN6 TO THINK THE OLD" BONKUS THE KONXUV POT EL 1 ARB HlOlN&THB THC06 AND THEN Li-;jiv-5. &- rr-a" ( AT WAST I'M ON TH' IP t CAM fl DOESNT EXAiSAERATE MUCH IT UNTIL I JUST 40T THIS LETTER FROM fA FRIEND IN (r ftmmn tjn&tm, lac, C$m Bnma tiglw wawinA 1 ill RECORD OF 41; (Con tinned from Page 1) rubber boots to navigate from stairway to woodpile, power com pany employes were kept busy an swering trouble signals which followed the heavy wind of Tues day night and Wednesday morn ing. Civic buildings were not Im mune from the deluge, with water standing two feet deep in the cel lar of the snpreme court building. What might have been a serious accident was said to have been narrowly averted by the Quick ac tion of Mrs. Julius L. Meier, wife of Governor Meier. Driving to Portland with her chauffeur, Harry Olson. Mrs. Meier noticed that' the Southern Pacific railway trestle near the highway at New Era had been washed out by the storm, and hastened to Oregon City to report to railroad officials there. All mail for New Era and post offices between that small town and Salem was carried by truck from the Salem postoffice yester day at the order of the chief clerk of the railway mail service. Until the washout on the railroad line near New Era Is repaired suffic iently for mail trains to navigate the road, one mall service a day will go by this circuitous route, A E. Gibbard, assistant postmaster here, said last night. MILL CITY, Dec. 6. The worst storm in years hit Mill City and vicinity Tuesday afternoon and night Due to the warm rain, snow In the mountains melted rapidly and mountain streams were soon filled to overflowing. The North Santiam river rose rapidly. During the night and early Ya Can't Pull the Wool Over Carrie's Eyes I Dl DMT. ASK HER TO HOLD Ktf YARN. SHEVOLUmBERHV ALL BY HERSELF-. K-t fZ ' St. - Cm an ngm lartW The Witching Hour "All in the The Bureau Magnified i'm onna phone the COLONEL LONG DISTANCE . AND LET HIM KNOW I'M HE WISE TO HIMf VH IrAOW WrA KILL ME, MR A I 111 i ifcri ' ' I M I I 11 . . .... . ..I. -V I II I 1PV1I IBM w M 1 1 a a I Tm B aaN mm 1 mm L M I f AU 1 WANT IS A y WHAT'5 ) .f CTUST TCLL. Mt if- VOUR A I UTTUt INFORMATION V THE BIG BOSS IS HlOING A. U7TLE I THAT yOU CAN GIVE. ME A IDEA ? I I ORPHAN NAMED Anitmic fCT-j 1-I'M WILLI IMC TO PAYJ 1 DON'T 1?OONCy-ANO lU. SLIP VOO fT OH J) LIMIT? 21 evening, a'constant booming was heard as" big trees in the nearby mountains - were uprooted by the terrific gusts of wind and fell with a crash, mm,- - -The Abiaua river. was said to be out .of its banks near. Mt Ansel while SUrer creek had reached the flood stage yesterday afternoon. At Jefferson the river is rising. UNION, Dec. The heavy rains of Tuesday and Wednesday overflowed the lowlands of Bjatte Creek' considerably. Water was running over the Butte road east of Woodburni even with the run ning boards of cars and was still rising rapidly Wednesday. MONMOUTH, '' Dec. 6. Forty children today enjoyed a holiday not on the calendar for Monmouth schools. 'When the . Little Luckia mute river was baeked up, over flowing the Elklns market road six miles southwest of Monmputh, transportation, including the school bus, was held up. Today's high water was a record for this season, the first December flood to Btop the bus although January floods are not uncommon on that road and once in March the riv er backwash covered It DALLAS,' Dec. 6. Flood con ditions prevailed In Dallas and vicinity this morning when the LaCreole overflowed its banks but the water receded rapidly during the day. The Dallas - Salem high way was under water at several points and. several home along the river bank menaced for a. short time. State police stationed along the highway today were warning motorists of danger. The railroad line to Black Rock and the Willamette Valley Lum ber company camps was damaged in several places by the rain storm bat repairs are expected to be made within a short time. A rain gauge here showed that .08 inches of rain fell in the period from Monday night until IP THEY HADN T KIDNAPED DIPPY. ITb - - - - i sr OH, BE EASY I BUt UNLESS SOIN I RESCUE HIM BEFORE MIDNIGHT IT'LL BE C ! Vhej Wat? Same Boat VOO'RE JWZ ONLV UL)H0 KOHKOS" AND LWEO- VJArVT A STORv ABOOT VOOR DEStHT VJArAOEPir4Ci-AK0 ABOOT THE DEMOtAlANS uJHO TRIED TO otT of Information 100 Times ffl 1 1 COME QUICKLY. DOCTOR! .'I )) Vt0 TWTOO LATE 1 rfm jV5' HlDEOtr n 1 J t -N. Ci.iCE'DCA )Pg3 P W Kirnt fanifw Sncn. In. EVEN SOPHIE SO YOU WERE TO GET 4ooa2? A WEEK. WERE VOU,COLONEL? OH, YEAH? WELL, I ZKJT THE REAL DOPE! YOU WERE TO &ET 4aff PER WEEK IN A BELIEVES HIS SALARY WAS TO BE 4000.-? A WEEK..-ISN'T THE MOB SCENE! VVrUTS THE IDEA OF KIDDING A PALY t1 this morning. For the 24 - hour period from Tueaday morning to Wednesday morning the rainfall wag 1.12." - '' '' ACCOIED MILLER WHITE LAKE. S. D., Dec. . (JP) Full military funeral rites were accorded Verne Miller, slain gangster, at the home of his par ents today by the members-of the Gores post of the American Le gion. Approximately 100 Legion members, the immediate family and friends attended the' short service held this morning at the Miller residence. Final services were held at Huron this after noon. ;' . The Legion's rites Included the color guard, color bearers and full firing squad, with taps sounded at the conclusion of the military honor. , . An armed escort - of Legion naires accompanied the body from the funeral parlors to the home and a second armed escort accom panied the body from White Lako to Huron. Glendale Council Votes Free Water GLENDALE, Ore., Dec. 9. (JP) New members of the city coun cil here agreed recently to take their entire pay in watered stock. One of the first official acts of the new council was to pass an or dinance granting themselves free use of city water for domestic purposes as payment for their services. BOY! THEY RE - . INTO THAT DtWary DwtTpfMtl, C I eWi HSfcBJ 9mMmt "L-v By hmmV MEBBE THAT& j f&mkm'wfXs POPE-HOO) IOOU.O rAEUUSPAPCR ALL. By YOURSELF ANO BE S joj Xhe brazen PREVW8CATOR! HES GUILTY! ITS WRITTEN. ALL OVER HIS FACE MAUilALOA STILL ns cks HIIp, Hawaii, Dec ff (JPy Observers returned from a, flight over Mount Mauna Loa today and reported ' that ' snowers of rocks were being hurled from the Mokuaweoweo crater at the sum mit, while activity of the molten lava within the pit continued un abated. For. the last two nights the volcano has staged an unusually spectacular how, the molten lava illuminating a quarter of the sky. Activity .began in .the crater early Saturday. 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