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The Wcalher
. Clondy or toggy today
and Wednesday, moderate
temperature; ' Max. ' Temp.
Monday 57, JUn. SO, riTer
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EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
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No. 209
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SeekTacoman
In Slaying of
'. Idaho Officer
Douglas Van-Vlack Flees
After Abducting His
Ex-Wife, Belief
Pair Involved in Fatal
Shooting Near Twin
Falls Hunted
TW1X FALLS, Idaho, Xov.
23,(p)-Suerirt E. P. Prater at
10:3O o'clock tonight expressed
belief the slayer of Fontaine
Cooper, state traffic officer, at
Buhl early this afternoon Is
surrounded by pos semen In the
vicinity of Amsterdam, Idaho,
a small farming community 25
miles southwest of Twin Falls.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Not. 25.
(JP Two officers watching for
Douglas Van Vlack, wanted at Ta
com'a for abducting his former
wife, were shot down by a" flee
ing motorist near here this after
noon. One of them, Fontaine
Cooper, state traffic officer, was
killed. The other, Deputy Sheriff
Henry Givens of Twin Falls coun
ty, was seriously wpunded.
Tonight officers throughout
southern Idaho hunted the gun
man, who was reported to have
continued eastward toward this
city and later was believed seen
at two points further east.
The, alarm was spread for Van
Vlack when Joseph Hook, father
of his former wife, Mildred Hook,
received a telegram from his
daughter reporting their presence
at Boise, Idaho.
Patrolman Cooper and Deputy
S h e r i f f Givens were stationed
near the highway at Buhl, 16
miles west oL-Iwin Falls Early
this afternoon a 1931 coupe,
answering the description of Van
Vlack's car, appeared.
Officers Shot as
They Approach Car
The officers were believed to
have attempted unsuccessfully to
flag It down, to have jumped
into their own machine and to
have overtaken the fleeing car.
Then, evidence at the spot indi
cated, they again left their ma
chine and approached the other.
As they stepped around the rear
of their automobile they met the
deadly fire of the hunted man.
Cooper fell, killed instantly with
a bullet through his right eye.
Givens was shot through the neck
and the arm, and 'the gunman
sped away.
- Within an hour after the shoot
ing Sheriff E. F. Prater was in
formed a man answering the kill
er's description had been seen at
Kimberly, eight miles east of
here, and a short time later he
was reported to have started to
ward Oakley, 3 5 miles southeast.
TACOttA, Nov. 25. - (JF) - Two
Tacoma families waited helplessly
tonight while officers hunted the
barren hills of southern Idaho for
the killer of a state patrolman.
Air. and Mrs. Carl Van Vlack
paced their modest home In fear
--Turn to Page 2, Col. 7)
People Drinking
More, Indicated
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-)-Apparent
evidence that "people
are drinking more'1 was seen to
day in United States public health
etsimates that 3655 persons died
of alcoholism during 1934.
Dr. It. C. Williams, assistant
surgeon general, said the pub
lic health service "is not alarm
edV at an Increase of 258 deaths
from chronic and acute alcohol
ism during the last reported
year.
The death rate from this cause
stood at 2.9 per 100,000 of popu
lation for 1934, an increase from
2.6 in 1933 and 2.5 in the full
pre-repeal year of 1932.
No estimate was made of the
number of deaths from poison li
quor, all alcoholic cases having
been listed together.
Cutten Wins Fight For
Restoration to Trade
Rights in ' Grain Pits
CHICAGO, Nov. 25. -. OP)-Ar
thur w. Cutten, millionaire grain
speculator, today won his fight
against a government order bus
pending him from trading privi
leges in the country's markets for
two years.
The United States circuit court
of appeals reversed a suspension
order issued last March by the
grain futures administration.
Cutten was banned on the
charge of concealing hnge market
deals In order to manipulate
wheat prices.
Sheriff Propounds New Theory
In Closing Strike-Bound Plant
4-
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Scene several days ago as guards at
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berton, O., advanced on striking pickets who stormed the plant in
the face of a tear gas barrage. Yesterday Sheriff Flower took 16
deputies to the plant, removed non-striking workers and closed the
plant. He said be had an opinion from the county attorney that
"Human rights are above property rights
Call For Capitol
Board Is Awaited
Nobodv Knows Who Will
Issue It; Pendleton
Man Last Member
The old, old question of who
will bell the cast in the mod
ern version who will call to
gether the newly appointed state
capitol .commission, was going
the rounds of the statehouse yes
terday with Governor Charles H.
Martin apparently unwilling to
call the new group together and
with no one certain whose duty
it was to issue the call.
Secretary of State Snell, who
was suggested as the proper state
official to call the commission,
passed the question on to the
attorney general with a formal
letter to the latter, asking him
whose duty it was, under the
capitol act to summon the new
commission.
Membership on the commission
(Turn to page 7, col. 8)
AAA Decision Is
Additional Blow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. - (JP)-
A supreme court order temporar
ily enjoining government collec
tion of AAA processing taxes for
eight Louisiana rice millers today
augmented difficulties besetting
the new deal's farm program.
The action of the justices, who
simultaneously agreed to pass
upon the constitutionality of an
AAA amendment forbidding in
junctions to restrain processing
tax collections, directly affected a
comparatively small sum.
Some legal observers, however,
contended the action served to
tighten for the present lower
court orders impounding from
S125.O00.000 to 1150.000,000 of
taxes pending a high court rul
ing on the AAA's constitutional
ity. Government attorneys looked
for the order to prompt new in
junctions suits.
Burns Prove Fatal
EUGENE. Ore.. Nov. 25-UPv-
Myrl Mors of Portland died Sun
day at a hospital here as a result
of burns. His clothing was ignited
when he and a comoanion were
resting near a camp fire above
JUoet Creek ranch on the McKen
zie highway Sunday night, after
they had righted their truck
which had overturned.
Open Other Lumber Markets
To Northwest, McNary Pled
PORTLAND. Nov. 25.-(p)-The
Oregonian's Washington corres
pondent said tonight Secretary of
State Hull had promised to con
sider two suggestions relating to
a proposed modification of the
Canadian trade treaty.
The correspondent said the two
suggestions,! advanced by Sen.
Charles McNary (R-Ore), were:
"First, have Canada make a con
cession by modifying the Ottawa
treaty which will permit Oregon
Washington : (lumber) operators
to re-enter their old markets in
Australia. New Zealand, China
and the British Isles from which
they are now practically excluded
by the preferential enjoyed by
Canada," and
"Second, have British Columbia
lumber destined 'for - American
ports shipped in American and
the Ohio Insulator plant at Bar-
Many Letters to
I Santa Appearing
Mail Box to Be at State
and Commercial Today
: to Receive Missives
Santa has a big job ahead in
sorting his Christmas mail, judg
ing by activity about his special
letter box, set up yesterday at
Court and Commercial. -
: With four more days remain
ing for youngsters to write their
letters, the jovial friend of young
and old takes on a heavy assign
ment Friday night when he makes
his visit to Salem to collect his
mail.
,1; Today youngsters will deposit
their letters at State and Com
mercial.
Stamps are not needed on the
letters, boys and girls who are
planning to write Santa are re
minded, provided the mail is de
posited in Santa's special box.
Put in Different
Location Kaeh Day
' Santa's big green mail box will
be moved to a different location
each day during the week. To
morrow it will be moved to Lib
erty and Court; Thursday to Lib
erty and State; Friday, until 6
o'clock. High and State, when it
will be removed to the courthouse
yard.
ii Eight o'clock Friday night is
the hour when Santa comes down
from the blustery north. His brief
visit, which has been arranged to
coincide -with Christmas opening
night In Salem, will be marked
by considerable fanfare and the
Ad club, sponsors of the event.
wants every boy and girl to plan
to be on hand.
Latourette Scheduled
To Be Governor; Takes
Martin Job Wednesday
Tomorrow Oregon will have a
new governor and Howard La
tourette. speaker of the house,
Will have an entirely new job.
;i The situation comes about
through a trip Governor and Mrs.
Martin will make to Bremerton.
Wash., where they will be guests
for Thanksgiving of their son-in
law and daughter. Lieutenant and
Mrs. Schuyler Pine.
!S Henry L. Corbett, senate presi
dent, will also be out of the state,
so the job of acting governor falls
upon Mr. Latourette.
British registry vessels instead of!
the present practice of using!
tramps." j
j The Oregonian's correspondent
said Senator McNary in his con
ference today with Secretary Hullj
denied the administration's claim
that the treaty will benefit thei
country as a whole and Oregon
proportionately, and suggested a
supplemental treaty to aid the Pa4
cifie northwest's lumber industry
Thinks Situation
Is Not Hopeless
After the conference, the Ore-f
jron senator was quoted as sayings
'I think the situation is not hope-
less."
I; McNary went to Washington
last week after receiving a flood
pf telegrams asking him to Inter
yene in the treaty which reduced
the import tariff on Canadian
lumber.
Oil Issue Has
Peace
Cause. Assert
Will Speed Efforts for
Ending Conflict Say
I Some Diplomats
Ethiopians Claim Couple
Of Major Victories,
! Northern Front
ROME, Nov. 25.-UP)-Diploma-
tic sources said tonight that oil,
by raising the threat of spread
ing ! war, has aided the cause of
peace.
It is & stake for which Pre
mier Mussolini will tight, well In
formed observers stated. Upon It,
they asserted, depends either a
conflict in Europe or a peaceful
division of Ethiopia.
Italy's vital need of "black
gold" was described as the basis
for diplomatic activity which cul
minated today In postponement of
League of Nations' consideration
pf an oil embargo against the fas
cist nation.
Italian officials still were anxi
ous lest tne unuea states,
through a voluntary oil embargo,
set the pace. But most authorita
tive sources expressed doubt that
ithe American government would
itake formal action to keep oil
from Italy.
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 25.-JP)-The
Ethiopian government assert
ed itonight two victories on the
northern front had turned the
tide of the war in that sector in
Ethiopia.
An official announcement said
Dejasmatch Wores, leading a de
tachment of Ras Seyoum's war
riors, had triumphed in two en
gagements within three days.
In one fight, the government
stated, three Italian battalions at
tacked north of Makale lost their
commander and several soldiers
while the rest of the troops were
dispersed.
Semi - official dispatches stated
the Ethiopians in the south bad
regained the fortified town of
Gorrahei, taken by the fascists
early in their advance from Ital
ian Somaliland. The Italians were
said to have suffered heavily.
All Brazil Placed
! In State of Siege
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 25.-(j-President
Getulio Vargas,
with backing of his senate and
chamber, placed the whole of
Brazil in a state of siege tonight
to crush a leftist uprising.
As planes, warships and troops
were pressed into action to quell
a bloody revolt In the north, the
senate, in an emergency session,
approved a 60-day state of siege
by; a vote of 25 to 3 and the presi
dent quickly put the measure in
force.
A few hours earlier the cham
ber of deputies had approved the
drastic resolution, voting 155 to
69.
The declaration divested the na
tion of many- of its constitutional
guarantees for the third time
since Vargas took office five years
ago at the head of the revolution.
Shipments to War Zone
Gain Despite Effort of
! Government to Prevent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-VP-Information
in the hands of the
government tonight showed the
American exports to the Italo
Ethiopian war zone were continu
ing during November despite the
pressure applied to stop them.
There was, however, no indica
tion as to whether the shipments
involved an increase or decline in
sales of essential war supplies
compared with those recorded in
October.
Allen Arrested Upon
False Pretense Count
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 5.-JP)
State police arrested Buford Al
len, 34, today on information he
is! sought for questioning in Ma
rion county in connection with a
case involving the obtaining of
money under false pretenses.
Jolley Funeral Set
I PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. li.(JP
-Final rites for Mrs. Ada Sarvls
Jolley, 67, president of the Ore
gon Women's Temperance anion
tpr the past nine years, will be
held in the Laurelhurst Methodist
church here at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Helped
Jury Ponders
Fiedler Fate;
Lacks Verdict
PORTLAND, Ore Nov.
23 (JP) The circuit court
jury pondering the fate of
George Fiedler, 23, was
locked up for the night
shortly before midnight.
The panel was given the
case at 6:15 p.m. No indica
tion of the trend of the bal
loting was made known.
Fiedler was charged with
the Laying of Deputy Sher
iff Ernest Loll near Port
land Sept. 20. He based his
case on self defense.
The jury is empowered to
declare him Innocent or
hold him guilty of first or
second degree murder first
degree with recommenda
tion of leniency.
School Bond Sale
Set in December
$650,000 Issue Offered;
1934 Block Voted For
Leslie Is Also Up
Sale of $650,000 of school
bonds for construction of a new
high school, a grade school and
improvements at Leslie junior
high school will be made on De4
cember 11 or 12 in accordance
with a resolution adopted by the
Salem school board at a special
meeting last night. ' f
The resolution authorized thai
clerk to advertise the bonds. Un-f
(Turn to Page Z, Col. 6) i
4 Burglary Cases j
Are Being Probed
Pants Pocket Prowler Is
Active Again; Evades
Net of Officers
Two business houses and two
homes were burglarized here over
the weekend with loot taken con
sisting of approximately $4 lit
money, a quantity of rifles, am
munition and other goods. j j
The "pants pocket" prowlei
busied himself again here early
Sunday morning, netted about
from a house near 17th and Mar
ket street, and a scare on North
21st at the east edge of Engle-
wood park. He evaded a net of
officers thrown about the district
after the first case was reported
Nothing was taken by the
burglar who broke two padlocks
to gain entry to the General1 Pe
troleum corporation's main office
at 635 South 15th street Sunday
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) ii
Insulator Plant )
Closed, Sheriff
AKRON, O., Not. 2 5-iP-Sher-if
f James T, Flower took 1 6 arm
ed deputies to the strike-bound
Ohio insulator plant late today.
removed 65 non-strikinr workers.
closed the plant and established a
guard of about 50 armed deputies
around the property. I ii
The sheriff told the workers
they could remain within if they
wished, but that no food would be
permitted to pass through union
picket lines. Plant Superintendent
W. M. Marr was the last man to
leave. ,1
Sheriff Flower said he closed
the plant on the basis of a legal
opinion from the county prosecu
tor's office that "human rights
are above property rights."
Late Sports
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-P)
Primo Camera used a big
weight edge and a hard left jab
tonight to outpoint Ford Smith,
the cowboy giant .killer from
Montana, and set safely past his
second comeback hurdle.
Before 6500 tans at the arena,
the Italian giant came from be
hind in the early rounds to sweep
four of the last five. ;
VANCOUVER, Nov. 25.-(5s-The
Calgary Tigers opened ther
swing around the coast loop of
the northwestern hockey league
with a 9-2 drubbing from the
Vancouver Lions tonight. I
The result put the Lions into a
tie with the Idle Portland Buck
aroos at. the head of the' stand
ings. -.! j
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! ALBANY, Ore., Nov. 25.-(ffJ-Coach
Joe Mack of Albany col
lege said tonight his team would
play Linfield here at 11:30 a.' in.
Thanksgiving day if the -date was
acceptable to the McMinnville
school. He said he had not re
ceived a challenge from Coach
Lever of Linfield but that i lit
would be .accepted immediately
when it arrived.
New Evidence
In Lindbergh
Case Claimed
Wood Matching Ladder Is
Found, Aansom Note
"Writing
Bills Defense Hopes to
Ppove Ransom Money
Likewise Listed
BOSTON, Nov. 26.-(Tuesday)-(jP)-The
Globe, in a copyrighted
story, said investigators, seeking
new evidence in the case of Bru
no Richard Hauptmann, convicted
kidnaper of the Lindbergh baby,
have discovered, in Massachu
setts, wood they believe identical
with that from which the kid
nap ladder was constructed, and
handwriting samples they believe
match the ransom notes.
The Globe copyrighted story
says the investigators also have
discovered bills they hope to
prove as some of the ransom
money. The wood upon which
they plan, in part, to base de
mands for a new trial was dis
covered, the copyrighted story
says, in the little town of Ashby,
five mil3 from Fitchburg.
The details of the handwriting,
the story says, will not be reveal
ed until a later date.
The money, which, the Globe
says, Hauptmann attorneys have
in their possession, is said to
have been passed in Boston by a
man who, it is alleged is now
directly under- suspicion of the
kidnaping.
The Globe copyrighted article
said the investigation has been
going on secretly here for a
month and that the paper learned
that the Hauptmann defense
planned to reveal new evidence
uncovered In Massachusetts be
fore Hauptmann's appeal is
heard by the supreme court.
Wounded Suspect
Says Three Slain
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 25.
(JP) Five missing persons, all
feared slain, were sought
throughout Oklahoma tonight af
ter E. Smith Hester, McClain
county attorney, announced a
critically wounded suspect had
confessed to him the slaying of
three of those missing.
Hester said the captive, Ches
ter Comer, 25 year old Oklahoma
City youth, mumbled to him after
he was shot by a town marshal
near Blanchard:
"I did away with three ....
dumped their bodies in a pile un
der a pipe line ... Allen . . . .
near Ada."
Fears expressed by Mrs. J. R.
Childers, stepmother of Elizabeth
Childers, Comer's first wife and
by Charles Stevens, father of Mrs.
Lucille Stevens Comer, his sec
ond wife, led officers to add
their names to the list of mis
sing. Hester said Comer admitted be
"did away with" Ray "Evans, pro
minent Shawnee civic leader; L.
A. Simpson, Piedmont farmer,
and Simpson's, son. Warren, 14.
Bank of France Pushes
Discount Rate up With
Hope to Stop Gold Flow
PARIS, Nov. 25.-P)-The Bank
of France attempted to stem the
increasing flow of gold from its
vaults today by again raising the
discount rate.
Making the third advance in
the last ten days, the bank chang
ed the rate from 6 to 6 per cent.
Marcel Regater, minister of fin
ance, told the 'finance commit
tee of the senate that 4,238,000,
000 francs (about $276,470,000)
in gold left the bank, during No
vember thus 'far.
Business Ihumbs Down on
Asserted New
WASHINGTON, Not. 25.-(P)-Organized
business as represent
ed by the chamber of commerce
of the United States was on re
cord tonight as strongly disap
proving what were called trends
In new deal legislation.
The national organization made
public the results of its poll of
local chambers and trade associ
ations pn four questions based on
a committee analysis of major
policies said to have been reflect
ed in law. enacted since the
Roosevelt administration took of
fice. '
Spokesmen said the overwhelm
ing vote ranging upward from
9 5 per cent against the
"trends," constituted a mandate
mdermen
May Prove Barrier
(To G e tt
Special Committee
Merit in Suggestion of Minor
Distribution
Sen
iment as to Source Not
v
imong Group;
Reservoir as
iMPLETE REVAMPING
0ost of $733,490 as recommended by the city water
onimission is out of the
vide employment, improve fire protection and prepare for
handling a future new supply, a moderate program of dis
tribution line revisions and additions should be undertaken ,
f ! ysat once. A larger program by
Prjofit Is Earned
By Water System
Amounts to $5999.74 For
hree Months on Top
of Capital Fund
The
Sajem water department
dur ng Its first three months
earned a net profit of $5997.74
per month after $6165.55 a
month had been set aside to meet
bond principal and interest char
ges! Manager Cuyler VanPatten
reported at a meeting of the water
commission with the special city
couhcil water committee, last
night. .
Tjhie j operating report for Aug
ust! September and October shows
154,03.91 earnings and $17,
54504i expenses, leaving a net
profit before debt retirement is
considered amounting to $36,489.
8 7. S The bond sinking fund is set
up with a view to meeting annual
interest payments and having suf
ficient I funds on hand when the
bosds begin to mature five years
frotn nbw.
VanPatten pointed out that
August and September were peak
months from the stadpoint of wa
ter! consumption and resultant
high collections.
The operating expenses were as
follows:
Labor, $7257.98; office and ad
ministrative salaries, $3490.55;
postage. $379.63; automobile ex
pense, j$477.45; supplies, $1672.
75p insurance, $377.19;: power,
$3507.89; printing, $381.60.
Condition of Girl
Believed Critical
Miss; Lulu Brown, pedestrian
who was struck in connection
witii a! two-car collision at 12th
an Hoyt streets early Sunday
morning, continued in a critical
condition at Salem Deaconess hos
pital, early this morning. No
change was noted during the day,
attendants said.
Dr. George W. Ritteman, mem
ber of the Falrview home staff,
wap said by police to have been
driving the automobile which
struck! Miss Brown. There was
some confusion as to when Rltte
man's j machine collided with a
coach driven by John F. Collins,
18 io North Church street, wheth
er jbefbre or after the young wo
man was hit. Collins' machine
was badly damaged and he and
three passengers bruised, he said.
Miss Brown suffered a fractur
ed legf and arm, a severe lacera
tion lti one side, painful bruises
and small cuts and possibly in
ternal injuries. She resides at the
hotne j of Mr. and Mrs. Powell
l Clayton in Mornlngsida.
Deal Trends
to the national chamber to op
pose Jaws embracing policies de
scribed in questions.
Democrats Decline
TO View Seriously
; Secretary Roper declined Im
mediate comment. Some repub
licans: In congress . expressed de
light iwith the referendum's out
come and said it was represents
tlro of both large and small bus-
ed the question were "loaded"
aid i said they did not view the
poll seriously.
(Responses from 14.4 per cent
of the voting strength of the na
tional chamber's member' organ
IzaUons on the four question re
ferendum follow:
(Turn to page 7, col. Tj
Sav Cost
ing Supply
i.i
of Council Finds
Improvement
Definite
Commission Sees
Greater Need
of the Salem water system at
question at present but to pro
its consuming a urge snare ox
the water bonds not yet sold
would Jeopardize construction of
a new" supply system.
That, in brief, summarizes op
inions expressed by the city coun
cil's special water committee at
its conference with the water
commissioners last night. Tbis
committee will meet Friday night
to decide bow much of an ap
propriation from i the water bond
fund should be. suggested to the
council next - Monday night for
this Improvement program.
Source Sentiment
Not ' Yet jCrystalllzed - .
Sentiment as to supply varied
with Alderman ! David O'Hara
holding for the Little North Fork
of the Santiam river, Alderman
H. H. Olinger and Van Wieder
eyeing a suggestion that sufficient
water might be taken from Mill
creek east of the penitentiary and
other committeemen not ready to
voice an opinion on the merits of
any source. The council a week
ago referred the water supply as
well as the Improvement ques
tions to this committee.
Talk of new water mains.
mountain and river water over-
hadowed the commission's re
quest for funds with which to
build ti 10,000,000 gallon reser
voir on Fairmount hill although
Commissioner E. B. Gabriel de
clared the reservoir the most im
portant unit of the program and
Commissioner I. M. Doughton
said it was needed immediately.
The reservoir and a 100,000 gal
lon tower to serve the hill dis
trict are estimated to cost $250,-
000.
Main-Laying Program ' .
Has Some Support
A new minimum main laying
program necessitating expendi
ture of $292,583 gained some
favor at the meeting. It would
improve pressure and serve as a
backbone for later improvements,
it was held, whereas a suggest
ed $100,000 appropriation "would
be useless" as far as increasing
pressure and generally bettering
water service were concerned. En
gineer R. E. Koon declared.
Mayor V. E. Kuhn questioned
the advisability of "building all
at once" before the source of sup
ply is decided upon and Its cost
ascertained, while Alderman Fred
A. Williams wanted to know
"what this is going to cost us in
Increased water rates." Williams
said he would favor "building by
units but not by three-quartert of
a million dollars worth at once."
Santiam Water VU
Ditch, Ope Proposal
"J cant see why the water com
mission - hasn't made- a definite
recommendation on water supply
as well as ' distribution system,"
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 4)
Lindsey Restored
By Colorado Bar
DENVER, Nor. 25. - (JP) - The
Colorado supreme court today re
stored Benjamin Barr Lindsey to
the Colorado- bar, ending one of
the most sensational chapters of a
career that carried him to na
tional fame as a Denver Juvenile
Judge. ' -
"I am vindicated," was the hap
py exclamation of Judge Lindsey
when he heard the decision at Los
Angeles where he. became a su
perior Judge after being disbarred
in Colorado. I
He was accused of accepting
$47,500 from an attorney aad
Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, Colo
rado beauty, after he had aided in
obtaining a settlement reported to
have been $3,000,000 from the es
tate of her husband, W. ' E. D.
Stokes. New York financier, lor
her two children.
Lindsey contended the sum was
a "gift" offered because of bis
friendship with i Mrs.. Stokes. The
grievance committee of the Colo
rado - Bar association claimed it
was misconduct for the Judge to .
accept the money. -