rXGE TWO
Elton Watkins Part in
Ballot Theft Discovery
Told by Janitor Daniels
Tha turn ot Btoa Watalns of
Portland, former congressman, and
candidate (or tha Unlud state een
at on tb Democratic ticket, crept
into the testimony at the trial o(
Earl h. Fehl, charged with ballot
theft eonsplrscy. Attorney Watslns
waa attorney for former Slwriri cor
don U Scbermerhorn Id the recount
proceeding.
The testimony of Joe Danlela, on
direct examination, and on croee-es-tmlnaUoa,
Insofar a it oencerna At
torney Watslns, aa furnlahed by the
offlelaj stenographic report, la aa fol
lowa: Direct sm!ntlon by Mr. Moody:
Q. I believe you were given credit
with being the flrat on that dis
covered thla burglary the next morn
inghow did you happen to find
out?
A. We wer talking with the at
torney Juat before B o'clock.
Q. What attorney"'
A. Mr. Desouta and Mr. Watklna.
Q. Blton watklna of Portland?
A. Yea, with Mr. Fischer and myaelf
were all Handing there waiting for
the county clerk to open the vault
ao we could take the pouchea up to
the courtroom and Mr. Watklna earn
he wanted to look around the build
ing, ao we went downstairs and he
uked where th vault wa and we
vent outald of th building.
q. Who led you outt
A. Mr. Watklna.
Q. Where did he lead you?
A. We started along th south aide
towards the eouth of the weat aide
of the building and I waa telling
him where the different placea were
at and the thin; h had asked about
and I believe Mr. Placher and I both
saw the window at the aamo time.
Q. Who waa Mr. Placher?
A. He wa the locksmith that waa
going to open the locks that morn
ing. J. And when you got to the win
dow who we the flrat one that saw
this window broken?
A. I am not really euro Mr. Placher
and I seen It about the same tlm.
Q. Who a topped you there?
A. We were juat walking around
th building. When we aeen that we
topped.
Q. Then what waa said by any one
of you, and who aald It?
A. Mr. watkins
Von Behmalai We object to that
as hearaay.
Court: Objection sustained.
q. After you discovered that the
window was broken, what did you
do? It was already open?
A. Partly open, yes.
q. What did you do?
A. We naturally looked In.
q. Tee what did you find out?
A. We could aee lots of glass over
the floor Inside, but w couldn't see
whether anything was gone or not.
q. Did anyone want you to go In-
Id then?
A. Well, Mr. Watklna asked me to
look In.
q. I dldnt mean to ask you who
I wanted to know, was It a fact
that you refused to go Inside or not?
A. Tea.
Th Court: This evidence Isn't
competent.
q. When did you report. It then?
A. Tea, to th county clerk's of
fice. Cross-exsmlnatlon by A. 0. Ho -jh:
q. Now th next moraine; after
thl affair you aay th flrat Infor
mation you got ot It waa through
Elton Watklna?
A. No. I was with Elton Watklna.
q. Tou were In the corridor ot the
courthoue when Watkins and some
body else cam In?
A. They wer (tending there when
X got ther.
q. They had come through the
front door, had they? Wher had
they where wei they atandlng?
A. At the head ot the atalrs on
the second floor.
q. That'a the floor on which Pehl'a
office and the clerk'a oflce and the
sheriffs onto Is on?
A. Ye.
q. Who was with Bton Watklna?
A. Prank DeSouta and Mr. Placher.
q. Th thre of them were stand
ing ther when you went Into the
hallway or corridor?
A. Tea.
q. How long after that before ther
waa anything aald snout th ballot
theft, and who aald It?
A. There wun't anything said
about It until after ws found th
window broken and went Inside and
found out that they were gone.
q. How did It come you left this
corridor and went around there
who suggested that? .
A. Mr. Watklna.
q. Wher did you go. out of the
east, door, th front door, or the
west door?
A. Out of th weat door.
q. He led the way, didn't hi?
A. Tea,
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q. Down the stairs and through
th weat door?
A. Ts.
q. And thsn rlght.around to where
the window was broken?
A. Yea.
q. He aeemed to know right where
be was going?
A. Wei, I don't know,
q. That'a the way it oemtrred to
you, didn't It?
A. Well, it could have been,
q. He walked right direct there
waan't any healtancy or looking at
any other object waa there?
A. Yes, he stopped and looked at
varloua .parte of Che building. On
the way down I told him where the
different offices wer and different
thing about It.
q. Nothing surp riling about tha
feet h may hav known about th
breaking ot that window from his
aotlona?
A. It might hav bean It seemed
that he merely wantad to look around
q. Who was It called the attention
of tha clerk to th fact th window
wa broken?
A. I did.
q. Did you 'look Into th vault
from th outside?
A. Yea.
' q. Did he?. -
A. Who?
q. Watkins?
A. Tea.
q. And Placher?
A. Yss.
Q. Was tha window open or closed?
A. It was partly open.
q. So all you had to do was to
push It open you could aee In plain
ly then?
A. Yea.
q. I ae Did you go with' the
clerk afterwards after you notified
him, to see what had happened to
that vault?
A. Yee.
q. And wer you present when he
checked up to find out how many
ballot pouches, etc.. were there?
A. I was there through part of t,
yea.
q. Now ther I a photograph here
I wapt to call your attention to,
then I am through. Look at States
Exhibit K do you recognise that u
a repreeentatlon of the Interior of
th clerk a vault?,
A. Tea. .
q. Now these objects like that
looks like a can these two, on on
top of th other, looks like a can
what ar they what does It repre
sent? A. Ballot boxes.
q. These ar larg ballot cans?
A. Tes.
q. Mad out o.' some kind of
metal?
A. Tes.
q. And did you find they had been
disturbed opened?
A. Part of them had, yes.
q. And the content removed?
A. Tes,
Q. However, for moat of th pre
cinct they had pouchea almllar to
thee that r here In evidence?
A. Te.
question by a Juror:
q. May I ask who Is this man Wat
klna? What la his capacity?
Mr. Hough: He la a lawyer from
Portland. .
The Court: Oh, It don't make any
difference. (Speaking to the witness,
Mrs. Ingred Homes: Be sworn.)
Mr. Moody: I think th record In
this case ahowa he la on of th at
torney for Mr. Schermerhorn.
Mr. Hough: In th contest.
The Court: Tea, that'a correct.
Cross-examination of Oordon L.
Schermerhorn by Ralph E. Moody In
the case of State versus Schermer
horn, with reference to th presence
ot Elton Watklna In Pehl'a office on
the evening ot February 30, 1933, be
tween the hours of S and 7 p. m.!
Q. But you didn't get home, as I
underatood your teetlmony, until
some tlm after 7 o'clock.
A. Oh, no-you ar mlataken.
The Court: I think he said be
fore 7.
A. Twenty or SB minute before T.
q. Twenty-flv minute be tor 7?
A. Yea, air.
q. All right and when you left
Pehl'a oftlos, who did you lean
then?
A. Well, some of th men that had
been there, and some had gone I
didn't take notice. Elton Watkins,
the sttorney, was there,
q. He waa?
A. Yes, air; he cam back from the
hotel with me.
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Meteorological Report
August , 1938.
forecasts.
Oregon: Oenerslly fair, but cloudy
la north weat portion on th coast
Normal temperature.
Local Data.
Temparatur a year ago today:
Highest, M; lowest, 64.
Total monthly precipitation, trace.
Deficiency for the month, none.
Total precipitation since September
I. 1933, 148 Inches,
.Deficiency for th season, 2.98
Inches.
Ftalatlv hiimtdlfv at n m Yes
terday, 17 per cent; 3 a. m. today, 73
per cent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise, 3:07 a. m. Sun
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Chicago 84 03 .04 Rain
Eureka 08 32 T Rain
Helena 80 68 P.Cdy.
Los Angeles 78 so Cloudy
MEDPORD 90 80 T Clear
New Orleans . 92 78 Clear
New York 94 78 Clear
Omaha 88 70 .04 Cloudy
Phoenix ..loa 78 Clear
Portland , 83 63 Cloudy
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Salt Lake 02 70 .03 P. Cdy.
San Franclaco 66 68 Cloudy
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q. Then you left Watkins In that
meeting after you left?
A. Watkins was ther standing
talking to Mr. Banka when I left the
office, nd In torn kind of conver
sation. q. And you left Bank there, too?
A. I walked away from Banks.
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Long-Bell Increased th minimum
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Mine mules are taking an active
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reglou. Deputy Sheriff Rockcaln
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TRTT3TTNT!, rEDFOUD,
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ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
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Over 2000 Hear Rules and
Aims of Recovery Plan Ex
plained Resolution of
Support Sent President
Mora than 3000 people, represent
ing the consuming public of the
Rogue River valley, gathered at the
mass meeting cslled by the Chamber
of Commerce In the Medford park
last night, endorsed the National Re
oovery Act program of Prealdent
franklin Delano Roosevelt, and
pledged themselves to support those
merchants who hav compiled with
th President emergency re-employment
agreement, and to patronise no
others.
The enthusiastic gstherlng, char
acterised by that flame of patriotism
not evedlnced sine th World war,
was preceded by a parade through
the city by the American f
drum corps. In uniform; and closed
with community singing of the Star
Spangled Banner, led by James Stev
ens. Resolution to President
Resolution, expiusslng the crowd's
faith In the recovery act and unani
mous support of the Prealdent in hla
program to establish re-employment,
with a promise of compliance, was
prepared by A. P. Johnson, chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce forum
committee, approved by all present,
and forwarded to Washington laat
night.
Support of the manhood and wom
anhood of the nation was urged by
the four apeakera of the evening:
Mr.- Johnson, Frank Jenkins, Mrs. A.
E. Reame and Porter J. Neff.
Dlrectlpg her appeal to the house
wife, who spends the greater part of
the American dollar, Mrs. Reamea,
recently appointed lieutenant-general
of th local campaign, asked ' the
housewives to buy from only those
who hav signed th president's
agreement, "To make that Invest
ment In humanity."
Women's Duty Plain.
"Since the women represent 78 pr
cent of the buying power ot the na
tion, our duty la plain." aha declared.
"It has slways been th patriotism,
the sscrlflce end the untiring efforts
of the women who have made It pos
atbla for the men to win the battles
that have aaved the nation. And
unless the women, of this country
will back up thess patriots who have
algned the President's agreement, the
cause will be lost. So let the house
wives stand as a unit with the Presi
dent and patronize those who sre
serving with him.
"A blue eagle haa been taken as the
emblem to indicate that the product
upon wmcn It is displayed Is put
forth by the. signer of this agree
ment. Let ua all follow the afn ot
ths blue eagl."
Describing the history of tha move
ment. Mrs. Reame further stated
that under the National Recovery
Act, the President has drawn a tem
porary contract, which he aaks all
employera ot labor ,to voluntarily
milder lte a'jarcU
OREGON, WEDNESDAY,
alga and carry out. Th provision
will Incrass th buying power of the
nstlon, "But unless the employers
csn sll 'heir wsres, they cannot suc
ceedhence It Is the patriotic duty
of us all tosslst In thla great work,"
he declared. "Thla la a war-time
measure a battle against poverty."
Medford Leads Move.
Mr. Jenkins, southern Oregon new,
psperman, whose column Is read In
sll sections of th state, compliment
ed Medford upon her advanced work
on th NRA program, atatlag that
people here are ahead of all othera
of th state In observance of the
Preeldent's agreement, and that Med
ford has th best chamber of com
merce In th tat.
"Twelve million men ar unem
ployed. - They must be put back to
work. That's th whol story,'1 Mr.
Jenkins summarized th altustlon.
"Those who don't live up 'to their
agreement will find the whole coun
try organised against them.'' he
warned anyone displaying the NRA
banner, who haa not compiled with
the President's wsge agreement, "if
more men ar not put back to work
at higher wagea, the employers will
find that Washington mean what
It aaya. That's th sole and only
purpose of the coda. When we went
to wer." h added, "we didn't know
where we were going, but we obeyed
orders end followed leader, and we
won the war,"
Condemning vehemently unfair
competition In bustnaa And th
"reign of the chlaeler," Mr. Jenkins
expressed alncere faith that th na
tion la approaching a new period, of
business.
Too Pew With Money.
"During prosperity the big men
hogged (11 the profits. Money went
Into too few pocket. To hav pros
perity for all time in this country
we've got to get the money back Into
the majority pockets," hs stated, In
closing, explaining that through all
the preceding year h haa been a
pronounced conservative, but that to
day he I a alncere believer In the
recovery program of Prealdent Roose
velt. Voicing a patriotic appeal to tha
people to aupport the recovery pro
gram for the welfare of th nation,
Attorney Neff began his address:
"We are stumbling for prosperity end
a leader to bring ua to it. We now
hav that leader. A nation' great
ness ean be measured only in man
hood and womanhood. It la a dis
grace that In a nation which haa
everything, that 12,000,000 men are
unemployed. It I a fact each patri
otic citizen should be ashamed of.
Welfare Involved.
" 'Th peopl have aa If by magic
come Into (he leadership of President
Roosevelt, because they realise that
the welfare of the nation Is again
invoivea. ven as It was In war."
All speakers were Introduced by
Mr. Johnson, who described progress
maoe ny tn cnamber of Commerce
in observance of the recovery act
here, other persons Introduced from
the platform were: W. S. Bolger,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce. Roland Hubbard, vlce-presl-
oent, end a,, a. Roseborough, repre
senting the master barbera. ,
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 2.
(AP) Modified martial law waa de
iiMi tiviav after a aerlea of explo
sion lc th Campo d Mart arsen
al caused eonsiaeraoie oesvrucwu
and Injured four members of the
nsttonal guard- Nona was killed.
About 600 men wer ordered to
Managua from Leon and guards were
stationed at the arsenal. Meanwhile
th government ordered an Inveetlga
tlon. Early reports wer 30 guardsmen
had bean killed or wounded but a
subsequent official statement aald
there had been no fatalities snd the
injured totaled only four.
Many of the 60,000 Inhabitants
were participating In a traditional
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