Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, December 21, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextgE WEATHER SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LATEST NEWS The Eegaae Fjliter.Qir with fall eight leaee wire eervlee of the Aeeoelated Prat la addltlea te the fall day eervlee brlnge ts yea the very lateat world news aad home new, a eervlee which will ae eeaetaatly luiareved. .HUH- Cloady Sunday and Moa. ' iciilo"1 r,ln or,hw,V "or" w MP ' wrap-". P: .1 wind off nore- Tempera. MiJim Saturday, 30 degrees; f, . 45 degreea. stage or river, ;V"wL Wind, orlhea.t. ' LANE COUNTY'S HOE NEWSPAPER. fill TAX II KNITS COUNCILBRDW nfW .EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1930 1 mrr MwiweMiMiMBMEaMaBaeaaaaMaaaaBiiMa linnP fllllPII mam I 1 1 U I LUIVL1 Fathers Will Study problem at Meet On Monday. BALD LET LAND GO field in Good Spot With Requirement to Pay Just $1 ....rf.nt business la due to come I . .. ,k. Fii.ene city COUDCil Mon- L rjbt at the Iat regular nieet- L J 1)3(1. IB city latnerd ap- ru. .r unwilling to : "take H Eb custom with the holiday but are primed for con- LjHitlOD ' numerous weignty mat- the city of Eugene n.B U wio in regards to the oues- mi r paying "ies on 9 keotikirts of Sprlngtiekl piom L i. k the. most Interesting of E problems to confront the tcun n. The matter of naming a Uisor to the late B. H. "lex" L... ff 13 vcars sunerintundent tut 'city parks, will be another to Uud consideration. Whether or ut council will permit tbe ruiox Lnurklf. a temporary frame trtiire, to continue to stand, la L dae for consideration. Besides L ... .... hptt will ha a Briar. yoinor street improvement jobs H flumssen. r.Aiirt nival Decision ruder the state supreme court ..tn.na. Tncf n-Aolr the fe of Eugene must pay taxes on U property, acquired at a con of I3.IX)0 in the deal which brought L fUtitfim Pnrific terminals to fru. Back taxes due on the tortr to date amount to ua ths city is Douoa to pny or permit me mua to v me Sfcoold the council decide to pay I.Wk (btb It trill trtrn have to lUU wltotriAi- thn. tltv In to eon- ftn paring taxes of uboiit $700 a won property whtcn is iPno: to (Btyot Springtieia lor w Tears tt . .... ITn. .innla 1..11ar it ii Eugene's sole revenue from (property, Springfield has toe use Gti acres ns a nark, the ae of fU ures within the city lim"ts as It lirnnrt artrl f Vi A mmn!nrU trt fen u industrial sites. May Pay Taxes Erjf ene may decide to continue to ' ue taxes in view or possibility hirinE a nrnnertv sreatlv in rated in value when the present expires. It mny decide to let (TURN TO PAGE 7. JiGLABOR GROUPS j f.'AV CONSOLIDATE i i (CLEVELAND. Dee. 20. ran A swoiinpaign was in progress tonight eJufiliate the major railroad labor "W"os with the American Fed Jwn of Labor to enable organized ljrtomeet its future problema with I'JoW front" of 3.500,000 members. lfitions to this end, instituted ij'fulism Green, president of the (tent!... Vlr. :.tAVA4 i . kv F. Wliitnev, president of Brotherhood of Railroad Traln afMn he announced the appoint J1 of a trainmen's committee to JJ.t ith a committee from the srition. tke belirf of many labor lenders, J"Posl affiliation of the broth y and the federation la ono of ' 'it Important nndertnkinBS In oistory of organized labor in this Tstry. S. Diplomat Is Dead at The Hague Tnr ft . t... u 1 'KPni!!. UDKPfl O'HUSB i" to The Netherlands and a member of the bouac of T'MnUtiv.s from Michigan, died "Jtoda. He was 71 years old. "nkema was operated on last . ,vr a siomacu aliment, .""'"r to that time had not masidered serious. Critic Lewis Tells World To Criticize STOCKHOLM. Dec. 20. () As critic, binclair Lewis expects critic ism. Returning here today from Goten burg, the winner of the Nobel for literature commented again on ur. .Henry van Dyke and also bad something to say about former Presi dent Coolidge. 'I have challenged my critics, and as I am a critic myself I don't ex pect any other treatment," Lewis said in discussing American comment on bis recent utterance in Sweden. "But why should I worry about It" he went on. "Henry Van Dyke has swung his sword again and I have aiso read what Coolide said. But 1 repeat should I worry " Lewis paused and then observed: "I wonder what Coolidge would say if I told him I disagreed with his tariff policy. I shall bother with his opin ions just as much as he would bother with mine." Lewis said It would have been "dif ferent if Edith Wharton had come out with her opinion. 1 shall listen to ner criticism." "Candidly," he added, "I admit that in some cases criticism of me has per-1 haps been justified. I am not sur prised that Fanny Hurst published her criticism." He said his reception in Sweden had been of genuine friendship of such warm heartiueKS that be hoped t- come again in the summer and stay some time. PRICE: ON STREETS 8c; ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS 6e. NO. 154 Judge Declares Show Is Among Best Staged in United States Lane county turkey growers made a fine showing at the Northwest Tur key show held at uakiand r nuay ana Saturday, O. 8. Fletcher, county ag ricultural agent, said on hie return Saturday night. The Lane county growera carried uway a large aliare of the awards of fered with 6ome of the finest birds exhibited among the 301 choice tur keys entered for the ahow, Mr. Fletch er stated. A ruling that no grower be awarded more than two out of the first ten places in any division of the show kept a number of additional prizes away from the Lane people, B. O. Branch of Lee'a Summit, Mo., who judged the show, stated the chow to b Murpassed by but two in the Unit ed States. Mrs. Arch Wsssom, Harrlshurg. In southern Linn county, carried away the silver cup offered for the best dis play of bronze turkeys at the Bhow. C. B. Dear of Cottage Grove won the Eugene Clearing House association ,,n for hft h..t dieinlav of dressed yearling tome entered from Lane county and took the Bank of Cottage Grove cup for the best display of dressed turkeya from the Cottage Grove district. A. E. Cameron of route one. bugene, won a prize for the best bronse young hen from Lane county. Prize awards for Lane and southern Linn entries were ae follows: Bronzes: Mrs. Arch Waasom. Har i.i,, fir.t for adult torn, third for adult h'en, first and fourth for young torn, firat and secona tor young uu. (TURN TO PAGE 7) Ex-Newsies to Peddle Papers nnTjTT.AVTV Or... Dec. 20. W) For charity's sake a score or more of rortiana ouicuw prominent citizena will return to their boyhood vocationa Monday For two houra at noon Portland newsboya will give up their favorite corners to these former new.boya who once again will try to raise their voicea above the roar oi The "newsboya" will Include Dis- trier Attorney oiui.:j "''v-' x of Police L. V. Jenkins, City Com missioner btannope rier. Judge W. A. Ekwall, Governor A. Xorblad, and others. CATHERINE ADAMS DIES rrvrTi rw. 20. (Special) Catherine Elvira Adams, 72, died at her home near Venet. thu . a; m tit 6:-15 ociock. nn n.u month. She was horn in fclkharr. iIZ Kent. 25. 1S5S. and married John O. Adam. In Bond-rant J... Spilt 1. J Ml-. In moved to Kalispell, Montana, and In 100S to Oregon. hrpenter Tells Need of University School of Law RTUND. Ore., Dec. 20. OP) cii.l .i.. fiK. - t"uieni oi tne university " "rjJ i ,eacner because P vnvr larger aaiaries, 4 ih.n"t"",,'r' d"1 of ,oe school. oiwL '80 diKtriet attorney'e as a3L. t"'ln- He id ,hat "tiit ""ndnnce at the school fcal.ri 1 " uegon to pay iw.,i. ; "Tiii..i Judgment rolls In "Wi. a"s'', of ,lie fin" printa. and innr. .ii . V"!?!?.'1"'." v" recommended in adopted today by the aa- W;,'"".""' pointed out such a 'ii.,.- , "'""''I "'ake it much easier V iajl ?" "'fender no matter ti. ' ma' be "sing and would f officers' Uaveling lone distances to idcntifv a pn-oner. Another resolution proposed a law bv which eleven jurors would be al lowed to return a verdict in sll crim inal cases, except those where the death penalty i. i""1"0,- . The association decided to appoint a committee to atudy needed prison reforms with especial notice to youth ful end first offenders. The attorneys were virtuallv um-nimoue in the opin ion Oregon needs an institution for young offenders. . The following officers and members of the executive committee were '"'sarauel E. Notson. Heppner. presi dent: Edwin V. Hicks. Canyon City. vfcV-president: Jol.u Baker. Hd Itiver. aecretary. lUwutive cnminit ,e: Fred A. Miller. Oregon I ity: . W. Carriik. Tillamook; eud tarl L. Nott, McMinnvUle, WRECK I, J IIS 47 Lose Lives in One of Worst Disasters In Danish Coast CAPTAIN TELLS STORY Survivors Say Fog Thick Before Crash of 2 Ships HELS1XGFORS, Finland, Dec. 20. W5) The commander of the steam er Arcturus, Captain Ossi Hjelt, to night wirelessed a graphic account of the collision between his vessel and the Oberon, commanded by his brother Erik Hjelt, which resulted in the loss of the latter's ship with possibly forty lives. The message follows: "We have five dead aboard includ ing Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Erik Hjelt. The Oberon sank within three minutes. The captain, from the bridge, immediately closed the water tight bulkheads but it Is not certain that these functioned. Those who were saved floated in the water and were supported by buoys and other objects. "It Is believed that every one who leaped overboard was saved by the Arcturus, but most of the passengers were asleep in their cabins and bad no possibility of escape. "I stood by on the spot where the disaster took place until noon, and am now on my way to Copenhagen." SEARCH GIVEN UP COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20. OP) Rescue vessels that had combed the fog ridden Cattegnt for 24 hours to night virtually abandoned the search for possible additional survivors of one of the worst marine disasters in the history of the Danish coast, the sinking of the Finnish liner Oberon off Laso island. Commanders of the vessels ex pressed belief any further search would be unsuccessful. At least forty persons, and pos sibly more, were believed to have been drowned when the Oberon went down, or to have perished later In a sea of flaming oil that escaped from the ves sel's hold. The Oberon was rammed and sunk late last night in a deuse fog by her sister-ship, the Arcturus, of the same line. Survivors of the disaster who ar rived in Copenhagen said that wnen the crash came the fog was so dense that they could not see two yards. The Arcturus rammed the Oberon amidships on the starboard side. There was a terrific shock and in less than a minute the doomed vessel's quarterdeck was flooded. There was no time to launch boats and passen gers and members of the crew flung themselves into the water, trusting they might be picked up. A lUj ton truck was completely de stroyed, the cabin of another was de molish.! and buildintr Drouertv dam aged to the extent of $o00 in the firo which destroyed the state highway department garage at Blue River early Saturday morning. Tins was tne estimate maae oy Raymond Walsh, resident maintenance engineer, wno went to oiue tuver tiaturday to investigate. L, A. Stites, an employe of the de partment who was burned on the face, hand and wrist, was at the Pacific Christian hospital. He is not seriously injured, it wus reported. The fire broke out at about 8:40 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Walsh said. Stites, the night man in the gar age, bad a fire going in a beuter. A short distance away was a drum of gasoline, fcstites said he saw the gaso line burning and picked up the drum and tried to carry it out. Ue dropped it near the door. Looking bark, be saw the entire bock of the building wrap ped in flames. ... . Explosives stored in the garage ig nited and exploded, smashing the cabin of the second truck, and shat tering the windows io the Sparks bo te) nearby. A small building beside the garage burned also. Woman Killed in Ambulance Crash r-1 1 . i L" I V I,' It.. u IJP) A wa. man waa killed and a man and a wo man were hurt as sn automobile and a motor ambulance carrying three persons Injured in a other automobile wreck collided here tonight. . Un,.. Kanttl.. an nrcunant of the car waa killed outright and L. C. Markham. Hon ano aire, vi . 11. Hnrlow. riding with bcr, were badly cut and iruised. e . They Didn't Say What Kind of Cow JACKSONVILLE, Ha.. Dec. 20. , ti..,..i.. 14 V Unit Ntlll hi Ifl-IUSIIinnici ... - force in times past have solved very . i: t.A .:.l.llai nurarrlinif tllA flp- I ..Mf.issll In ftril livery oi inwi ' fashion, but a miasive ram today tbat nas Tne m "i The address rad: ' "Mr. K. H. IMm5. Who livei next door to Mrs. Jen kin. Vlm ow n a row. "Jicktonulie, Fla.1 AS THE YULETIDE SPIRIT TAKES GRIP ON EUGENE! P " ' - "7i;fWfmffjP''--""-"' -p ps,.i . yp jaj a. !, i imiiiijv.wya $311,000,000 Is Voted Relief as Christmas Gift to Nation These dlverae acenea were anapped aa Eugene welcomed the Yuletlde apirlt which prevail, thle week. Right, above, Mra, Dolllnoer, in oharge of Salvation Army kettle at Broadway and Willamette. And above, left, a trio of little olrla, one of whom, Barbara Ann Kino daughter of Mr, and Mrs. 8. A. King, 1481 Ferry street, la not aura aha likes waiting until Thursday. The girl at Barbara', left la Donna Viola Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. Wallace Gray, 1495 Ferry street, and the other la Carmen Jean Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Campbell, 722 Eaat Broadway. Below, Roy Jorgenaen and L. C. Cozad, Veneta, aelllng Chrlatmaa treee. Right, downtown decoratlona. Carl Baker Photos LUCAS UB FIRE FOR AIDING I.0BRIS O. P. Executive Hears of Doubts Republicanism Chief of WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. OP) A republican demand that Robert H. Lucas, of Kentucky, resign as execu tive director of the republican na tional committee, was made during heated debate In the senate late to day after Lucas' frank admission thst he helped finance the Inst campaign against Senator Norris, republican, in Nebraska. Senstor Howell, Norris colleague, demanded that Lucas resign. Senator Glenn, republican, Illinois, challenged the republicanism of Norris and th latter replied with a denunciation of Lucas. He gave his reasons for sup porting Alfred E. Smith in told the senate he had no apology for op posing Herbert Hoover and would do it again. 'If the republican national commit tee has any respect for its reputation it will ask for Miens resignation im mediately," Howell said Lucas hsd told the senate campaign funds committee earlier in the day be paid more than ?4,000 ont of his own pocket for sntl-Norris literature last October for circulation in Nebraska. He said the national committee had nothing to do with it. but he wanted to P"e Norris defeated because he was a democrat." Ball Will Honor Governor, Wife SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 20. OP) Mar- or Livesley announced today a recep tion and ball would b held here in honor of Mr. and Mrn. Julhi L. Moier Innunry I J. the ntjrht of Meier s in auguration as governor. The event will take place in the state armory. Here's Index Page I General nw. Paga t General newa. Page 3 City briefs. Page 4 Editorial. Page 5 General nws. Page & Theater, Page 7 Grnral news. Page 8 Sport, Page 9 Sport. Pages 10 & II Classified, Page 12 General nwa. Second Section Page I Society. Page 2 Sofity. Page 3 uburhnn. Page 4 Snhrirban. Page 5 Suburban, Page (i Schools. Postoffice Hit by Rush Of Xmas Mail Saturday THE REAL Christmas mall rush at tho Eugene postoffice began Saturday when long lines of men, women and children appeared before the nialliug windows all day lung with outgoing; Chrlatmaa gifts. As a mntter of fact, Poatmnster D. E. Yoran stated, Saturday was probably the biggest day of all for outgoing mall, as nearly everybody has the habit of mailing early and to wait until this week would be too late for the gifts to reach the reclpltents In time In case they live very far from this state. The big rush of Incoming mail will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, said the postmaster. Mailing is usually timed so It wilt reach Its destination a day or two before ChrlBtmas and this Is when the big force at the office Is expected to be kept on the Jump. Ten extra men were employed in the office Saturday and 28 or 80 ex tra will be at work in the different de partments of the office during the firit three working days of this week. Each of the 17 city mail carriers will have a helper as will each parcel currier and each rural carrier. Be sides these there will be three extra men to deliver parcels by truck and a number of extra helpers employed in the office. "We will have enough men to handle every piece of outgoing and In coming mail on time, that is. If they nre properly addressed," said Mr. Yoran. "There will be hundreds and perhaps thousands of pieces of Christ mas mail, including packages, letters and cards, that will have Improper ad dresses and we will not be able to de liver these promptly but we have been cleaning everything up each night and Intend to kcp up this record until sfter Christmas day. Even many of the Improperly addressed pieces of mail will he delivered promptly If we can find the addresses in the direct ory. "ft will he no fault of ours If any body In Eugene fails to get the ex pected Christmas gifts or cards by mail," said the postmaster. CHRISTMAS TREE UP AT COURTHOUSE Santy Claua would feel right at home at the courthouse! In the lobby of the courthouse stands a big Christmas tree, glitter ing with ornamental lights and tinsel. It was put up Huturdny and decorated by the girls who work in the building. The lights in the lobby have sll been turned out and the light from the tree is the only illumination. Down In the basement Is Toyland Two of the largest rooms are filled wlrh toys ready to be distributed to needy children of Lane county by the lied Cross, schools and other agencies. Many of the toys have been wrapped for delivery and others will be wrap ped in a few days. What a time a child would hafe In lhoe rooms! Red wngom. dolls, toy machinery, books and toys of every description are there. Then In one corner are sacks of potatoes snd ap ples which will bring Christmas cheer to many families. . . Tho toys will be distributed Tues day. The Welfare League will have charge of distribution and provide the transportation, according to Mary An nin, executive secretary of the Red Cross. There are about .100 children of the county on the lists for toy distribu tion, Miss Annin said. 4 . Hasn't Santa Claus A Fire Department SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20. OP) Mrs. B. B. McGinnis wants a "little piece in the paper" to tell her friends she can't send them Christmas cards this year because a fire destroyed her borne. Afer her biihband had been carried to safety from his invalid's chair, one book constituted the salvage from tbe ruined home. "There's jut so uueh to do I can't find time h mnH my cards.' Mrs. Mc Ginnis said today. "Mnvbe you d put a little pter in the paper for me so my friends will know we'll like to." les, indfctd, Mrs, UcUuuus. Beaver Hoopsters Beat Chico State C1TICO. Cal., Dec. 20. fP) Ore gon Htste college hoopsters shot their way to a 47 to 21) -win over Chlco State Teachers college In a rough bss ketball game hero tonight. It was the opening tilt of sn Oregon State inva sion of California. Fast passing and exceptionally ac curate shooting gave tbe Invaders an esrly lead which they steadily In creased, ficore st half time wss 25 to 17. Lewis. O. 8. C. center, shot M points to top the Individual scoring list. Frost, ('biro center, was high for tbe losers with 8. Robbers Get Big Haul at Gotham NEW TfRK. Dec. 20 OP) Turee robbers stole $31,t(23 from iu up town bank today fn a holdup that was all over In four minutes. They disarmed a special policeman, men aced a dozen employes and custom ers, scooped the rab and v..nrbed. In fact, they were in mich a hurry Iher overlooked 'jr..isst. Not n shot n fired nl, hi.ngh Mrs. Sophie floldberg. (isirt8tit man ager was halted an she nioivt! to ward a taiepbont with a warning, SENATORS REJECT POSTOFFICE BILL System of Leases Held "Raid on Treasury" By Blaine WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. W) The senate today rejected a confer ence report on the $1,084. 000.00(1 treaaury-pnatofflce appropriation bill after senator Maine, republican. Wis consln, charged It would "perpetuate1 a eyatem of postoffice leases which conatltules an annual "raid on the treasury" of from 110,000,000 to $15, Borne tenatora also voted against tne report because It din not carry the uauai appropriations for salary In crease, to government employee. The bill waa sent back to conference by a vote oi e.j to Blaine, chairman of a senate com mlttee which la investigating postof. fic leases, objected to the report be cause, It had eliminated a provision to require competitive bidding for leaaej on poslornce garages. He charged tho postoffice depart ment with awarding lenses to "fa vorltea" without competitive bidding. limine aaid the government paving exorbitant rentals on BOO buildings and tbe annual rental ranged from 1.1 to 00 per cent of the vnlne or tbe properties with an aver ege or about 2n per rent. Mob Goes After Teacher Murderer BT. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 21. OP) (Sunday) A crowd of approximately lfiO men, most or them aroused clti sens of Maryvllle, Mo., sought en trance early today to the Buchanan countr Jail, where Raymond fiunn nesrro, confessed slayer of .Miss Velma Colter, Maryvllle teacher, was held. Every policeman In the city and the fire department were summoned to the Jail. CDNGRESSM EN 0 TLI FOR HOLIDAY in FARM BOARD FUND O.K. $150,000,000 Appropriation Is Granted as Solons Quit After Midnight WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i.Vn (Sundsy) Clo abends had crept paet midnight when congress quit early to. day for the bolidaya after voting $311,000,000 In emergency relief aa Its Chrlstmaa gift to the nation. It waa a snarling, strife-torn sea. ate that yielded to permit enactment of the emergency legislation, and anx. ious leaders looked ahead with mle. giving, to the proapect of finishing the regular business before March e Senate Stubborn The eenate began Its aesslon at It n. Saturday and made stubborn. halting, hard fought progreas through, out the day and Into the night Thai last action waa the passage of th $150,000,000 farm board appropria tion, which waa fought to completion while house membera, their own wore long since finished, watched the clods, told stories, and yawned. The heralded republican-democratla cooperation movement te apeed left. latlon and to avoid an extra eessio of congress In the spring waa all bill buried nnder th dissension wbiea flared Into both partlee. None of tha regular appropriation bills carrying the funde to meet the! governments expenses dnrlng the next yeer got through the eenate fog final enactment and these must h disposed of before March If tha extra session is to be avoided. Ward SWsa ' Tha substance et tha aecaanpUeaj. mente for the first three weeie ot this eeeslon end moat of It was en acted today in the closing hours et Ue senate Included! Passed $118,000,000 appropriation for immediate ose in publia Improve mental I'sssed authorisation of $43,000,000 for loana to drought atrickea farmer, to put la next year's crops; Passed additional appropriation of $t50,000,000 for farm board, giving It a total ef S400.000.000 of tha $500.. 000,000 fund at It, disposal; Confirmed nominations of five en polnteee to th reorganlied pewet commission. President Hoover signed within ad hour after receiving theiu from con gress todsy the emergency bills for employment and drought relief. The last act ot the eenate waa aa vote the $150,000,000 farm board ap- Eropriatlon and It required three oure to thrash ever lte difference oa board'a policies. ROBBER KILLED BY CLERK AT GROCERY SEATTLE), Dee. 20. M Al Bet; rlcelly, grocery clerk, shot and killed one robber and wounded another here tonight after one of the men had rifled his cash register. Betrlcelly told police, after the roliber ran to his waiting car, he seised bis gun, ran to the sidewalk and fired three times at the fleelug baudita. He eaid one of the mca toppled over In hia seat. A abort time after the holdup, ne llce found two men In their wrecked car In another aectlon of tho city. One occupant waa dead and the other badly Injured. They believed them the aame persons who robbed Berlcelly1. Brothers Arrested On Larceny Charge Two brothers. U II. Beebe, 21, and Ijrry lleebe, IS, were arrested by county officers Saturday evening on the charge of larceny. They were lodged In tbe county Jail while await ing a hearing. They are resldentt ef Coburg. Sheriff Stevens ef Kennewlck, Washington, etopped in Eugene Sat urday night with two prisoners, en route home from California. He lodged a man In the county jail and a woman prisoner In the city Jail. They are charged with embezzlement. Government Challenge to Dry Law Ruling on File WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. OP) The government's challenge of the re cent decision of Judge Clark in New Jersey, holding the prohibition amend ment invalid, was filed todny at the supremo court. Tak kins? direct Issue with the dis trict ludiri. the Eovernment through Solicitor General Tbacher wiU ask the supreme court to bold the lHtb amendment wan legally ratified and that the national prohibition act and other laws enacted under the prohibi tion amendment nre valid. Attorney (icneral Mitchell expects to obtain from counsel for the two men under indictment, W. II. Sprague tod W. J. Uowejr a waiver so th appeal may be presented to the court when it ends its present recess. Tbe supreme conrt one week after the appeal is submitted will announce whether the case will be heard oo its merits. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. OP) Tbe Clark decision holding the 18th amendment Invalid does not mean a thing to the Wlckersbam law en forcement commission Word came from commission cir cles todsv that the pending report would not be held up until the su premo court passed on tho case and that no cognizance would be taken of &t Nrw Jtfity judsa'i wjtfft.