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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tcisday Morning, May 16, 1939 Prka Se; Newsstands 5e No. 43 mtJly liiDidhLctec j? KIM. 1 SSSSMnaBBBaa-" SIiiDBer Right ToClosePort Decision May Break up Deadlock, Reopen Portland, Hope - Weinstein's Resignation Unexpected; " Astoria Handles Traffic PORTLAND, 0re.V May 15-(ff)-West ' Coast Waterfront Arbiter Wayne L. Morse said tonight he would announce a decision at n a.m. Tuesday whether the water fmnt TnnlnTra of Portland' bad the right to suspend relations with Aufr wnrkun. than tleinr no tne port of Portland.without first re- anrttnr to Arbitration. " f v " He said ' that; after rendering this decision he would delve Into emnlorers' charges, made At tn arbitration meeting -tonight, that longshoremen first violated tne contract by refusing, since Hay 1, so work the f reizhter W 1 1 1 1 a m Luckenbaeh. He stated also he would decide whether the L,uc enbach csbo was of coastwise sig niflrance or whether It fell within the Jurisdiction of a port or local Hons vis' exnressed alone the waterfront that the 11 a.m; deci sion would end the closure and that later1 arbitration would be .conducted after the port was op ened. . i . Wetnstein Hits Horse -FVw Takin Jurisdiction . . RutiAen i resignation of Samuel - B. . Weinstein, waterfront arbiter, today complicated effort to settle the five-day-old port oi Jf oruano closure' v - n t- '- ' Welnateln's reiirnatlon care as a reason the ''untenable' position of Wayne L. Morse, arbiter for the west coast waterfront, in assum ing Jurisdiction oyer the union employer dispute here. The resignations-was submitted to . Labor - Morse commented that the res ignation ."complicates- th. emer- gency situation existing in thi nort because there' it still open the question as to whether the Luck- I enbach picketing lssne is a local or I coastwide issue. My preference-f -.. v is that Mr. Weinstein recon sider bis resignation." ' y " : - f Morse ruled employers could present testimony on the tie-up of the Luckenbaeh which was perti nent to the port closure. He made, It clear, however, he would not "ac cept testimony applicable solely to the Luckenbaeh dispute. . In a statement, Welnsteln said "I. was ready and willing to deter mine the issnes between the par ties if all and not a part of the ls- sues were i to be determined. A maneuver which avoids the pri mary principles of arbitration 1 will not countenance." . Meantime, ships with cargo des tined for Portland discharged at Astoria, at the mouth of the Co lumbia river, for transfer here by rail. Astoria - longshoremen" said they would not object to .handling inbound cargo, but outbound ship ments diverted from Portland were considered 'hot.. U .. - - Mine Union Moves jTo. Halt Opening T (By The Associated Press) i i The nation's largest labor un ion, John ,L Lewis' United Mine workers ox America, movea Mon day to prevent reopening of south ern bituminous mines whose own ers shied at the onion shop clause In a ew contract which permitted peaceful resumption of operations elsewhere, v ,v"f- I After Kentucky .mobilised na tional guardsmen around Harlan county mines. Lewis last night re petted" his statement that "Guns and troops will, not . mine coal, and suggested a federal lnvestlga-tlon- of the mobilisation.- ." AffTalnr a national eonven- tion of the United Textile Workers (CIO) in Philadelphia, ha said, ri la art' ohlifktlon On fa trt nf the federal covernm&t - to ascertain what, Happy Chandler (Got. A. B. Chandler)-Is doing with those troops 1 Kentucky"- He accused Chandler of attempt in r venreanee on the CIO because. Lewis ; said, " the - m 1 n e r s voted "against him for the US senate last Periury: Trial of ; ?, ew - sf ' - & I Reynolds Started EUGENE, May ltIVTrial of Hugh i W. Reynoias, xormer iocai . labor I council secretary charged with ; perjury,1', opened in circuit eonrti todaT.V-i-. . '":.rf'; Beynolds,; arrested during ' a state-wide roundup of alleged la bor terrorists a year, ago, .was con victed of complicity In. breaking windows j of non-union barber shops, but the supreme, court re versed the decision and ordered a new . trial.; ,-; f z ' -r " f The perjury charge alleges Rey nolds testified falsely tn his ear lier triaL ;... Selection of the Jury was eom- Decided Today Ty kx 'mUraltexsofin. Roundup ol Suspects , ; Ring. Case, Nearing Con Officials announced : in . Phlladel- phlA Monday that the amailwg "poison ,! ring" round op - was Bearing an end and that prose cations would start soon. ' Up per plctore, Mrs. .Meyer Shenk- man, arrested for UTestlgation of her husband's death, is shown with a detective; below, Mrs. Willie Glarobbe who, after being accused of her husband's poison slaying, twice attempted suicide. Burgtinder Doesn't Say He's Guilty PHOENIX, Aris., May lS.-(fy- Unemotlonal Robert M. Burgun der, Jr.; stood In court today and announced "that's right," when his attorney told a Justice of the peace the 22-year-old college stu dent? was innocent of - murdering two automobile salesmen. ti Burgunder made his first eourt appearance to face charges he killed 7ac': Petersdn, tS, and Ellis Koury, 17, April 19 on the desert. where he had lured them for an automobile demonstration. i Although Conn t y Attorney Richard Harless vsald ; Burgunder confessed 'Shooting Peterson and Koury as they were pound, help lessly, C. E. McKlnney, attorney retained to represent the youth, answered "not guilty" when each; complaint was brought forth f by justice oi tne peace nanr west- ' Preliminary hearing , on . both charges; was set -for .l:19-p.;m, May . 22, Burrunder was" returned to the county Jail without bond.. Valley X)fcningfflorH This Summer , WASHINGTON, May After refusing to reduce -the total, the, house approved and sent to the senate today a bill appropri ating X172.000.08S tor flood con trol, f 9t.000.000 ' for Tiver and harbor work and $37,1SS,514 for other non-military activities of the war department. . "y it " The money will be used in the year beginning .July, J , - f - The house had given the bill an bnt the final "OKtlsst week, but passage was held np by parliamen tary tactics of opponents of the 150,000.000 additional tacked pn the bill for flood control and river and harbor improvements, v. ' .Enactment of .the war department-civil functions approprJa Uons bill, which "now goes to the senate, win be the signal for start ing construction of the Willamette valley project. The house bill in dates I4.7JL2JU for. the 1140 in Poison , All Ringleaders Held now, Claim Bolber Is Blaster Mind if any, Prosecutor Says; ' ' to Speed tip Cases PHILADELPHIA. May 1 K.-(P) -The law's dnre to smash Pblla delphla's astonishing lnsuran o murder racket sped toward whole sale prosecutions today with an nouneement all ringleaders are in custody and the search for a "mas ter mind" orer. sc Assistant District Attorney Vin cent P. McDeritt. seeking murder indictments against half a dozen rersona. said the "crime" corpora- tfonaveiitlTa ven ao "don. ble-c t o s s 1 n g" In their deadly schemes to collect Ufa Insurance that ii fBembef of the J?roup had absolute authority. McDevltt said If tny one could be designated as the ring's boss It was Morris Bolber, 48. self-styled "faith healer" and "psychiatrist, who kept a Brooklyn delicatessen until he surrendered recently to police here. "He's a smart one," McDevltt observed. "One of the top figures . . . natively shrewd and clever has considerable Intelligence. , speaks ten languages. . "If he is not the single, out standing leader, then it appears that there was a group direction of this ring; that it acted under a sort of board of directors a real business organization you could almost say that they voted on bus iness." Reiterating estimates that the total of ring victims may reach 100 and Include deaths In Brook lyn,- New Jersey and Delaware, McDevltt termed the plotters "the most complex, double-dealing, double-crossing gang I've ever met." He moved to obtain Indictments this week against one-fourth of a group of 24 men and women held in connection with at least SO deaths by -poison or other meth ods employed by the syndicate and its "customers" in what a trial Judge called a "mad quest" for in surance money. Get Permit To Set Fire Now The .closed season for burning on forest and adjacent lands be came effective yesterday, the state forestry-department announced. During the closed season it Is unlawful for anyone to set a fire on any forest land or in any grass, grain or stubble . field, either on his own land' or that of another. without first1 procuring a permit from a forest officer or warden. , Logging and milling activities also are affected by the closed fire season ' and must operate under certain restrictions. - - Pbiectlfeirfssured: fiscal year, starting in July, 1939 for this project. Plans and" speci fications will be ready by July 1 army engineers said. - - . ;- Unit appropriations include 11 480.000 - for the Cottage" Grove reservoir, the fun estimated cost; $1,765,000 for the Dorena reser voir, about half of the cost; $1, 459.200 or more than- half the cost of the Fern Ridge reservoir; $500,000 for ' relocation of the Santiani highway around the pro posed Detroit reservoir; open river improvements $350,000; Tualatin river improvements $1(0,250; and for channel work in the Santlam river $60,000, leaving $40,000 to be appropriated later. . . .Congress has authorized $11, 000.000 for the Willamette valley project, so that this year's expect ed appropriation amounts to about half of the totaL The project in volves eventual expenditure over $$0,000,000. J-- Copier EmbezztsiniwmfcWrom Oregon Although Rain Fails to Show Forest , Fires on Coast and in Washington out of Control Thunderstorms Dampen Forests but Start ; 31 Little Fires Cooler weather promised Salem for the weekend showed np yes terday with a trifling ts-aegree maximum compared to the record hrosYinr s and is of Saturday and Sunday. A good breese under cloudy skies fanned tne city ana more of the same weather is fore cast today. PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar 16 tffV- A thunderstorm splashed forest fires and raindrops over southern Oregon today as a blaze went, out of control on Round Top mountain in the Coast range. Temperatures over the state re treated from sizzling levels of Sat ardav and Sunday, but general showers, predicted for western sections, failed to end the si-aay drought. , The Round Ton fire. 23 miles northwest of Forest Grove, was thought controlled yesterday out broke out to menace the Wede burg sawmill. Earlier reports said the mill had been destroyed. The fire covered about 3000 acres of land, burned two million feet of virgin timber, a million feet of logs, $1500 oi equlpmentna tne homes of three loggers. The Jlghtnlng storm started 11 mall flrea In forests of southern Oregon. All were confined to small areas. Accompanying rains were too light to remedy arougnt con ditions. The storm moved inland to central Oregon, giving Bend a trace of rain. Bharn Moisture Rise Checks Southern Fires Sharply rising humidity aided In checking coast fires and a 1000- rm-Mmmm mm tha. Chatcn river In southern Oregon. A trace of rain fell at Newport Sunday. . . . Rising, humidity and -overcast (Turn to page z, cou ij 3000 Berry Jobs Are yet Umilled Crop to Rot in Fields, Fear; few Sign np at Local Office The Salem office of the state employment service can place up to 3000 pickers to the Washing ton county berry flerds if it can get them, Ralph M. Coleman, district manager saia yesteraay. Fewer than 20 signed up over the weekend, when the local orace was kept open to register erry nlckera. As in Multnomah county, the direct relief rolls have been large ly cleared of employables. PORTLAND, May 15 Jobs are going begging around here and there's nothing the state relief commission can do about it Washington county needed 1500 strawberry pickers today and Multnomah . will need many by the end of the week. "There aren't that many em ployables on relief in Multnomah county," said one .relief official. , The , situation .isn't limited to the Portland ; area, administrator Elmer Goudy said. Practically no employable persons are left- on relief roll J in Eastern Oregon and very few other counties have surpluses. . Figures do not Include WPA employment. Goudy; said no figures were available for the state as a whole, but Multnomah county's case load (family, units) num bers in persons would about .tri ple it dropped '.from 731 In March to 0013 In April,' cutting expenditures " from' $120,004 to $100,396. However, the huge de mand for workers ; only began this month. r The, huge Washington county strawberry, crop will rot on the rlnea -unless 'Pickers show up at once, the' state employment ser vice said, workers merely have to sign through, a branch office at Cornelius to go to work r.t once.1- ' Available jobs In other sections -are about filled by relief roll elegibles. - - "Late Sports ?f BALTIMORE May ?? 1 S-- jr Bill ' Boyd of Baltimore, heavy weight protege of Jack Dempsey. scored a technical knockout over Mario Lanl ' of Italy in tha fifth round of , their scheduled 10 round bout tonight. Boyd weighed 186, Lanl 188. 'Boyd formerly fought in Seat tle and Taeoma. - ; - ----. -!' . NEW ORLEANS, May 15 Tony Canzonert, former world. lightweight champion, - now; on the comeback trail, fought to a 10-round . draw tonight with Nl ckle Camarata. Cansoneri weighed 181 and Camarata .IS 4 lb i' . Charge; Bonds Council Votes Agaiiist Funds For Rose Fete $500 for Salem Float in Portland Parade Is Lost Again House Canvassing Ban Introduced Would Hit Solicitors Once more a proposal to allo cate city funds to assist the Cher- rians in placing a float in the Portland Rose r Festival parade was turned down by the city conn- ell, as by an 8 to 5 Tote It last night rejected a resolution, intro duced by Aldermen Frank E. Loose and Ross Goodman, that the special publicity committee be allowed to spend up to 3500 for publicity purposes during the cur rent summer. While the resolution made no mention of the Cherrlans, Alder man Loose explained to the coun cil that the money would be turned over to that organization. Aldermen French, Davison, Per- rine and Laughlin objected to the resolution on premise that there is no budgeted fund from which the money might be drawn, while Alderman Glenn 'Gregg, , said he "couldn't conscientiously vote for the resolution as the citizens of Salem had already turned down a s'milar proposal by ballot., Hop Is Expressed For Publicity Fund f All those voicing opposition ad mitted they would like to see the Cherrlans have adequate funds for Uiefcr float, and were . In . hopes that- by next year an appropriate amount could be budgeted to them for City of Salem publicity pur poses. . , . i Voting against the resolution were Aldermen Perrlne, Laflghlin, Blown, Davison, O'Hara, Gregg. Lear and French, while tor it were Clark,. Goodman, Loose, Marshall and Nicholson. House to house solicitors and salesmen will be virtually out lawed In Salem If a bill for an ordinance, that was Introduced by the ways and means committee and referred to the police com mittee, passes. Known as the "Green River" bill, for its origina tion in Green River, Wyo., it de clares the practice of going onto private property without an In vitation or request to be a nui sance and provides penalties for violations. Bids for the east side fire sta tion, five In number, were opened. read and referred to the fire com mittee, fire chief and building in spector. They were: Charles Gil bert, Jr., $10,693.10 Erwin E. Batterman, $16,550; Carl Bahl burg,. $16,099; Henry G. Carl, $16,835; Vlesko and Hannaman, $15,398. v Mayor W. W. Chadwick ap pointed V Aldermen . Willis Clark and Frank Loose to a. committee to work with the chamber of com merce on future cirle plans for the city, an appointment request ed by the chamber of commerce by letter. Authorised were: IS new chairs, not to exceed $60 in cost, for the city Are department; a pedestrian crosswalk on the east side of 19 th street, across State; a street light at South Liberty and Superior streets: and pavement of the al ley In block 1$, from west line of Church street td east line of High. Far-of f KlaWiatb , Pliuis Power Bid KLAMATH FALLS, May 15-4?) T-Klamath 'county.' grange ' mem bers, j although w all beyond planned terminals for the Bonne lHe dam transmission lines, de cided today to organise a public atttlty district to obtain power from the dam. - The grangers also recommend ed government construction of a commercial fertiliser plant at the dam, charging : that an alleged chlorate monopoly kept prices too high. .:v' . -f K r Another resolution asked the California and Oregon game com missions to appoint Joint commit tees for a study of an -asserted over-population of mule deer and consequent range shortages i in this area. . Ian Sits on Rail' ' I Until'Trairi Hits KLAMATH . FALLS, May 15. WVA. speeding Southern Pacific train killed Henry Acosta Herr era, 1 5-year-old Mexican section hand, north of Chfloquin Satur day. The engineer said tha man sat n the - rails -until- the "train hit him. Ha failed to snova when tha whistle was blown. ? .. iHerrara was laid off from his work several weeks ago i ; - Voluntary Bonds Filed By Treasury Officials Protect County Losses $18,020 Check Received .Cashed Already; Balance .of Shortage Reported now Under Adjustment Surety bonds covering the services of County Treasurer David G. Drager and his former deputy, William York Rich ardson, who were indicted yesterday, will protect the county fully from loss of the $23,520.41 is missing, the county court announced yesterday. The court has already received and cashed aheck for O Hull to Oppose Holman Fir Bill Restriction on Export of Plywood Logs Claimed Anti-Trade Program ' WASHINGTON, May 15-tf)-The senate commerce committee today concluded hearings on a bUl to restrict export of Douglas fir plywood logs with presentation of a letter from Secretary of State Hull opposing the measure. His letter said the measure, by Senator Holman (R, Ore.) would be inconsistent with the admini stration's trade program and like ly to lead to retaliatory measures. The secretary wrote that "un der the reciprocal trade agree ments program, we are making significant progress in the restora- Ltion and expansion of our. foreign trade, which, is of such great im portance to the prosperity f this country. The fundamental Inconsisten cy between this liberal trade pol icy and the proposed export re striction is apparent." F. A. SUcox, the United States chief forester, however, . testified the entire Pacific northwest will face ''want and misery? if it does not change Its lumbering policies and "bridge the gap between ex haustion of the larger timbers and the growth of new trees to saw log size." Silcox said Washington and Oregon cut 9.6 billion board feet of lumber a year and the forests grow but 1.1 billion board feet annually. . , But E. T. Clark, representing the Pacific Northwest Loggers as sociation, said the only result of the bill would be to send foreign buyers to British Columbia com petitors of the Washington and Oregon plywood producers. 'Plying Gas Tank' Hops for Sweden BANGOR. Me., May 15.-VA young Swedish flyer, piloting vthat airport attaches called "a flying gas. tank," took off here today for Newfoundland and the start of what he said would be a non-1 stop flight to his homeland. Carl Baekman, described by U. 8. airways observer J a m s Dinegan as slim, blond and "about 2? years old," had 110 gallons of gasoline, - no radio, a few sand wiches and a bottle of coffee when he hopped from Bangor airport at 7:45 a. m. (EST) in a tiny "monocoupe." ..... it j Drowns in Milk PANORA, Iowa, May 15-(ff-Geraldine Lafluer, 15 months old, drowned today when she fell Into a five-gallon can of skimmed milk at the farm home of her parents. Meter Parking Boosted Along by Council The special traffic committee of tha city council was authorized to Investigate parking meters and to hold . public, hearings concerning them, the city recorder was auth orised' to advertise tor proposals tor installation-of parking meters; and sanction was given tor the ex-? tension of an invitation to Com-f missloner -; Orraond R. Bean . of Portland to advise the city in 're gard to parking meters, by a resfr? lutlon passed by the council last night. . J One dissenting vote, that of Al derman James II. Nicholson; and one Qualified aye, that of Alder man. David CHara, were voiced when the resolution, which car ried the introductory signature of Mayor-W W. Chadwick, Was put to a vote.-- . . . ' Alderman O'Hara Qualified his affirmative vote by saying it was not Tils intention-ta force parking Set at $1500 From Surety Company Is which the grand jury charges $18,020.41 tendered by the Amer ican Surety company, which is- sued the $45,000 bond covering the treasurer. This company has agreed in a letter to the court to make up any further deficiency not otherwise repaid. Drager's company has been giv en credit for $500 additional rep resenting the aggregate of the treasurer's monthly salary checks since December 1, which have been withheld. The county also has $53. a? in salary due Richard son before he was dismissed by Drager last November. The question of who shall pay the $4948.38 balance of the short age is being adjusted between the American Surety company and the Massachusetts Bonding ft Insur ance company. The latter firm is sued a $5000 bond covering Rich ardson. Both men have mortgaged their real estate and mining stock to the two surety companies. . ExcessOvcriiead; ; Charged irjjM Investigators - Are Told Ohio Office Outlays Exceed Law Limit WASHINGTON, May lS.-JPh Testimony that a system set up under authority from Harry L. Hopkins had enabled the WPA in Ohio to spend more for adminis trative expense than the law al lows was received by a house in vestigating committee today.' It came from George J. Shillito, a committee investigator, who said he had been furloughed some time ago from the Investigative di vision of the WPA. He estimated administrative costs of the work relief organiza tion in Ohio amounted to 8 or 9 per cent of total expenditures. Representative Woodrum (D-Va pointed out federal' law limits such outlays to 5 per cent. Shillito testified that, in addi tion to 1,119 persons carried on the rolls as administrative em ployes, there were 1200 assigned to what was known as' tha "state supply fund project," The latter actually Joined in administering general operations of the WPA, he said, although, they did not get annual leave nor sick leave, as did those on the administrative payroll. The investigator produced a state WPA order of last Decern' ber 10, 1S 8, dealing with the supply fund project, which refer red to authority granted by Hop kins on July 11, 1938, and by Da vid K. Niles. another Washington official of the WPA, on July 28 193$. Hopkins, formerly WPA ad minlstrator, is now secretary, of commerce. . ""This is a subterfuge to keep the books from showing that the administrative expense is aa high a it actually la?" asked 'Rep. Ta ber (R-NT. t-r f Shillit's reply wss that the pro ject had had the effect of splitting administrative expensea in two. atwn meters upon . Salem .business men if they did not want them. "We sent up a trial balloon when we passed the - ordinance legalizing parking- meters.' U said . O'Hara, "and we certainly didn't meet with 100 per cent approval.". Because the ' resolution but authorises further Investigation, was given by O'Hara as his reason for voting tor it. " . ' 5 By motion, of Alderman Willis dark the council endorsed tha "Clean-up, Paint-up, 'Build-up Week," to be staged "for the city of Salem the .week of May 22-2T under auspices of the Junior cham ber of commerce, and appropriat ed $25 to assist in defraying , ex penses of the program. Tommy Hoxle appeared , before . tha coun cil as 'a representative of tha Jun ior chamber.; stating it .was the chamber's desire that tha city sup- - (Tarn to page 2, coL 1) --- lhvestig County Neither Makes Statement on . Jury's Charge Amount Allegedly Taken $23,520.41; Defense Plans Reported Arraignment Time lsn'l - Set; Grand Jury Work ; on Case Finished Countv Treasurer David fJ ftra- Ker and William York Richardson, his former deputy, . were secretly indicted by the Marlon cpunry grand jury yesterday afternoon aa a cnarge or larceny oi 123,620.41 of public money, the nrincinal nan ' the secretary of state's division of auaits reported in February as missing. The loint indictment rnmnl.taJ . the grand Jury's task of probing into tne zund discrepancy, which the audit described as a shortage. A bench warrant was lmmedU ately served on Drager in his of- nee ana ne posted 31500 bond. Richardson came to the court house to accept service of the war. rant against him In response to a teiepnone can from the aheriffa office. His bail was set at tha same figure by Circuit Judge L. H. Me Mahan. Both Parties Silent On Jury's Action , Neither man commented on tha crand inrv'a action. At th Him of. the audit report both denied ever naving received any county money otner than tbelr salaries. "The grand lurr is throuah with the case." reported Francis K. Marsh. MeMlnnville attorney .who ; was - appointee; -special - assistant -attorney general to conduct tha probe. Declining further comment. ' ne saia oniy mat ne would retain to try the ease, in accordance with his assignment from the attorney general. No time for arraignment of tha two men was set. It was under stood Custer E. Ross would repre sent Drager and Edwin Keeen would defend Richardson. ' The Indictment s p e e I f I cally charged Drager and Richardsea with embezzlement and fradnlent conversion of county funds in via- -lation of a statute which sets up three possible charges under tho beadinr (if larr.nv nf nnhll mnn ey. It cited their continuous, long time service in the treasurer's ef. f !co and as a date for the offense alleged listed October 31, 1938, the last day covered by the sp& cial audit of their official affairs. Parade of Witnesses Includes 13 Persons Thirteen witnesses appeared be fore the grand Jury Including Drager and Richardson by their own request. Others listed were S. W. Starr, supervisor of the di vision of audits; Floyd Bowers. assistant to Starr; C. C. Bpeara, private investigator; C. C Ward, ! deputy county clerk ; Robert Amos, member of Starr's , staff; John C. Siegmund. connty Judge; -U. G. Boyer, county. clerk; Leroy Hewlett, former, county com mis : sioner; William McKlnney, John Tdchty. W. I. Staley and Uye J. Page, district attorney. The indictment was endorsed aa a true bill by George E. Glover, foreman of . the. grand Jury. Treasurer Digger's bond waa signed by U. S.. Page, abstractor, ' and Gerald Tolk. retired. He re turned to. his office after filing the bond, with tho county derk and remained until closing tlmal aa usual. . ' ,.:;r:' ."7- : First' inkling that accounts f th trauiiM'! nfftoa wam ma m) order was given by the state audi tors in their - general report ns '' county offices for 1987, " which T they filed with the county court last November 14. The report toted a discrepancy of $23,031.11 between cash and fund balances la the treasury. ; -"? f After cor.ducting a special addi tional audit, the auditing dlviaios on February 3 reported a shortagt . amounting to $23,534.23 li thi treasurer's o t f 1 e e .;; Treasam Drager subsequently paid $13.81 out of his pocket to make np a discrepancy of that amount in his trust fund, leaving the $23.(10.41 shortage mentioned in the grand Juir's charge. . ; . ' Richardson was . discharged by Drager following the November audit report. He had been la tho treasurer's office since 1102 as arer in 1915, ahd for a time be fore .that year as treasurer. - Side walk 'Cyclists : J Now Face Arrest : Chief of Police : Frank ? Mlnto last night gave warning that ths bicycle ordinance, prohibiting tha riding - of bicycles on - any city ' sidewalks, will' be strictly; s forced. 1 have given orders to arrest any one riding a bicycle on anx ; city sidewalk," said Chief Mint,,,