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Sefferm Full Leased Wire of the Associated Press rihme FINAL EDITION Full Leased Wire of the United Press I OF OIL SOUGHT II THE JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933 Bill Introduced Carrying Out Pres. Roosevelt's Wishes WOULD GIVE POWER TO SEC. OF INTERIOR Provisions Expected to Be Attached to Works-industry Measure WASHINGTON, May measure lodging wide oil regulating powers in the secretary of interior was introduced today by Representative Marland in advance of the transmission by President Roosevelt of a letter to leaders recommending enactment of such legislation. The administration expects the legislation to be attached to the pending public works-industry measure. The president was expected to send a letter to Speaker Rainey and Vice-President Garner later in the day recommending the legislation.

Marland said in a statement the purpose of the bill is to aid and assist the oil producing states in enforcing "those laws intended to prevent both physical and economic waste." The bill declares it to be the policy of Congress to prevent waste through production in excess of demand. "This bill also declares it unlawful to deliver or receive for transportation in any manner any natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products produced or withdrawn from, storage in excess of the market demand determined by the secretary 16 interior or in violation of any laws of the producing state," Marland said. It also would, forbid importation of petroleum or its products "without a certificate from the secretary of the interior stating that such' crude petroleum or its products are imported in accordance with regulations concerning the market demand, provided that so long as the United States has the capacity to produce sufficient crude petroleum to supply the nation's consumption demands and its export trade, the secretary is directed to limit petroleum imports to the daily average during the last six months of 1932." The secretary of Ulterior, under Marland's bill, would have authority to allocate to oil-producing states "their equitable proportions of the total market demand." "Where any state fails to accept the amount determined as its equitable proportion of the nation's production," Marland said, "the secretary is authorized to appoint an emergency committee, representative of the public interest in such state, to probate equitably the state's production to pools, areas, or common sources of supply, in case such a committee can not agree, the secretary himself may establish these production allowables." bill also would allow the scc- of interior to establish a Minimum price no less than average costs "to prevent the premature abandonment of wells of settled production." It would levy a tax of 50 cents a barrel on all petroleum produced in excess of the market demand figure set by the secretary. A tax of one-fourth of a cent a barrel would be levied on all petroleum produced in accordance with the market demand, this money to be used to meet expenses incurred in enforcement. Marland said: "No dictator is provided in this bill, whose purpose is 'to preserve and protect the correlative rights of the oil-producing states and "to assist them in the proper enforcement of their oil conservation laws' The secretary of the interior is given power to act in- conjunction with state officials in order to protect these correlated rights." MILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE MAY SPAN LAKEJJTTHE OZARKS County Court Takes First Step to Build Structure; to Ask Federal Government for R.

F. C. Loan A Huge Strawberry Crop Is Forecast In the Missouri Ozarks MONETT, May --Heartened by indications of the finest crop since 1903, southwest Missouri growers are preparing to move out their first carlgads of strawberries the first of next week. Recent rains followed by sunshine have given every promise, growers said, the fruit this year will be large and well formed. The first carload shipment Monett is expected to move next Monday and growers reported a total of 100 carloads probably will be shipped from this point this year.

im ra Henry J. Begemann, 73, well-to- do retired Boone county farmer died at 10:30 o'clock last night at his home in Hartsburg after a lingering illness. He had been bedfast for two years suffering from a cancer. Mr. Begemann was born in Germany Sept.

5, 1860, and came to the United States 50 years ago. He first settled in Osage county and engaged in farming there until 1901 when he moved with his family Hartsburg to reside. He had lived in that community since that time. His widow, Caroline, two sons Fritz and Ferdinand Begemann of Hartsburg and three daughters Mrs. Christ Schrader of Arrow and Mrs.

Caroline Boeger. of this city, survive. Four brothers. Gust and William of Jefferson City and Herman and August of Germany, also, survive. Mr.

Begemann was a life-long member of the Evangelical Church and was one of the leading residents of the Hartsburg community Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the family home and at 2-30 o'clock from the Hartsburg Evangelical Church. Rev. N. Lehman will have charge of the services and burial will be in the church cemetery there. PAYROLL GAIN IS NOTED IN KANSAS TOPEKA.

May 1--CAP)--Gains 4,7 per cent in pay rolls and .7 cent in employment in Apr npared with March were re. rted today fay G. E. Elakeloy state labor commissioner, on a basis of returns from 1.023 Kansas business establishments. The possibility of a $1,000,000 bridge to span the Lake of the Ozarks where highway No.

5 was inundated was seen here today. T. H. Cutler, chiet engineer of the State Highway Department announced that the Camden county court has entered into a contract with Sverdrap Purcell, St. Louis bridge engineers, to make studies and draw up plans to be presented to the federal government.

"The highway department will cooperate in such a plan if the location of the bridge Is satisfactory," Cutler said. A bill sponsored in the recent legislature by Senator Henry J. Gunn of Otterville makes it possible for a political sub-division to borrow money to build bridges from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and repay the loan out of tolls. Cutler estimated that such a bridge as planned would cost ap- proximatetly $1,000,000, but that the cost would depend much upon the location. A bridge would also be built over the Niangua River.

Under the Gunn bill, any bridge financed by federal fluids would become toll-free when the loan had been repaid from profits. It is expected the plan being worked out by the engineers for the Camden county court will be submitted to the Missouri relief and Reconstruction Commission, which started a search for public works project which might be financed out of President Roosevelt's $3 300 000 public works program. While the exact provisions of the President's program are not vet 1 known Prof Walter Burr, state unemployment relief director and secretary of the commission, has sent letters to various public official asking them to suggest desirable projects. used on public highways. Canton Government Agrees to Concede to Any Demands SEE USELESSNESS OF FIGHTING NIPPONESE Financier Scheduled to Go on Trial Monday Is Sought POLICE MAY KILL HIMSELF Leaves Institution Where He Had Been Confined Due to Illness NEW YORK, May today broadcast an alarm for Joseph W.

Harriman, former head of tiie Harriman National Bank and Trust Company, who, they said, escaped from an East 61 Street hos- But Chinese People Never Will Bow to Invaders Gov't. Warns CANTON, CHINA, May --The Canton Government declared in a formal statement today that under the pressure of Japanese military' power, negotiations are going on in North china in which the Nanking government is prenarine to i IT permit Japan to exert tri "TS 1S scheduled to go on ence over the affairs or all China fcdcial court next Monday This chai-o-P fh an lndlctm cnt charging that he LUIS chaige was set fovt.h in a caused thirteen false entries to be wntinns th 0 ja ue ma de in the records ot the bank, Nations, the signatories of the involving $1,061,170. The police alarm said it was feared Harriman might commit suicide, and added that he was last seen walking at 61st Street and Lexington Avenue. The missing man was described as G8 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He wore a gray checked suit.

of of nine-power treaty, including the United States, and Soviet Russia. The Nanking Government is preparing, the statement said, to grant virtual recognition to the state of Manchukuo, which was set up Manchuria with the assistance of the Japanese after the Japanese army had driven out the Chinese. The province of Jehol, conquered by the Japanese they had ex- Harriman had been disease and went to ill of heart the federal tiLtur tncy naci ex- t0 i- wvjiiu LU me leuerai tended their control to Manchuria building in an ambulance to will be incliirlnr! nnrW be arraigned on thc trr. recignition, the government's statement said. The declaration, issued by the political council, also charged that the North China negotiations entailed the establishment of a neutral zone the immense area from the Great DIES IN LOP LINCOLN U.

RECITAL TO BE HELD TONIGHT Mrs. Roena Muckclroy Savage, who has appeared in a number of recitals throughout Missouri, will be presented in a recital at Lincoln University this evening at 8'15 o'clock. Mrs. Savage is an artist of ability and offers a program of great interest to lovers of good music. Mrs Savage received her early training at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and has supplemented her training with study under the masters.

She was for four years director of music at Lincoln University and has just recently returned from a years study in the east. This recital is being presented by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as an educational feature of the National May Week Educational program of the sorority. The recital is complimentary to the public and no admission fee will be charged LE PUCE TO LAWRENCE, May 19-CAP)--C. B. Bright, 42, of Denver, was held in the county here today while Jefferson county officers investigated the death of his bride of a few hours in a plunge from his speeding automobile last night.

Bright and Miss Rose Vary, 43 of Topeka, were married hero yesterday. They visited throughout the day with the bride's aunt Mrs Minnie Knight, About midnight as they were driving about four miles northwest of Lawrence, Bright informed officers, his wife suddenly opened the car door and leaped out He reported that the car was traveling forty miles an hour and that Mrs. Bright was killed instantly. He told officers she was in apparently good spirits and that he could not account for her act. Jude Anderson, undersheriff of Jefferson county and George Price a Douglas county deputy sheriff' said witnesses had been found who said they had seen a woman jump from a speeding automobile Bright waited at the scene of the fatal plunge for the arrival of officers.

TO INITIATE PARK INTO SHRINE GROUP Governor Park will leave tonight for St. Joseph where he and Gov Alf M. Landon of Kansas will be initiated into the Royal Order of Jesters, a social order of the Shrine Thc governor, who will make the trip by tram, will meet Governor Landon in Atchison, Kan. ROAD BIDS RECEIVED The state highway department today received 644 bids on 81 sections af a S900.00D letting. Low bidders will be announced tomorrow.

Unsettled, Showers, Is Weather Forecast Missouri: Vnsctttrit oni ht and a probably showers in extreme nor(h- port.on. Coolrr in extreme northwest Salnrda and in rlh Illinois: Partly cloudy tonipht and Saturday, showers probable In nodh and centra portions. Cooler in north and central portions Saturday. Missouri River Slaves Kansas City 6 Waverly 16 1 ri" Boom-ills 2 Ti5C 0 4 17.5 rise 0.7 Un 0 5.7 Jail 7.8 Data for yesterday. County Recorder Henry ixM-ane has been named to handle applications of prospective borrowers under the new farm loan plan passed recently by Congress, according to an announcement today Loans in this locality will be made (direct to farmers through Mr.

Le- jPage and E. J. Bodman. a Missouri I farm loan commissioner, The loans by thc government will not. exceed $5,000 and must not exceed 7o percent of the appraised (value of a farmers property as dei icrmmed by the commissioner.

The i interest will percent, The recorder will have application blanks and be prepared to receive applicants beginning Mondav, Mav 22, he said today. BAN LUCKY GOLD SHARES A cease and desist cr.ler was issued today by Ncal J. Ross, state securities commissioner, against the Lucky Discovery Gold. and Davenport both of Denver. Ross said that the Davenport Coin- cany was offering Lucky'Discovery shares for sale in Missouri, and that neither concern was registered with the securities department.

GLASS-STEAGALL BILL GIVEN RIGHT OF WAY WASHINGTON. May 19--CAP)-The Glass-Steagall Bank Reform bill today had right of way in both senate and house after a senate comnntte had rejected a last minute proposal by Secretary Woodin rvr nmvn.ji fj, Jjjjr aus or of all ba-nk deposits. The southern government condemned the Nanking military faction for participating in alleged negotiations and declared that the Japanese military general staff ly is the "Government of Japan." Japan and the other nations of the earth were warned bv the government that "the Chinese people never will accept any agrceemnt. banking may be coerced into concluding with the Japanese ment in violation of Chinese territorial sovereignty and in contradiction of the terms of thc League of Nations resolution relating to Manchuria and of the nine-power treaty." PEIPING, May reaching here today concurred that a virtual truce exists on all tronts in North China. In the River area, the Chinese reported they had completed concentration at Lutai, while thc spearhead of the Japanese and Manchukuan forces was a few miles to the west of Tangshan, showin- no evidence of a further The main body of the allied troops meamvhUe was said to be at Kining, east of Tangshan.

Unverified Chinese reports stated that bands of irresponsibilcs cast of the Lwan were forming a "renegade army and threatening to advance on Tientsin." This was considered unlikely as the Japanese were between 'the renegades and Tientsin. North of Pciping, the Chinese claimed that their major lines remained at Miyun. 35 miles away and that there had been on fightin'- thereabouts for three days. of the Chinese had withdrawn. (Dispatches to Rengo (Japanese) 11 i win be included under the jurisdic- ii i fa iji ij ujuiu uncut, jtic tion of Manchukuo in this act of ileac not guilty to the indictment mi l-i i 1i io 11 ft .1 and his bail of $25,000 fixed when he was arrested on a warrant before the indictment was returned, was continued, when thc case came up for trial May 8, postponement until May 22 was granted because of Har- rimnn's illness.

The banker had been at liberty under bail since he was first arrested. The police alarm said that he had been a patient at a hospital at 115 East 6st Street. It was pointed out that the police expression '-'escaped" meant that he had left the without permission Federal agents joined the search for the banker after a second police alarm was sent out at 4:10 which the fear of suicide was reiterated. Although it was certain his trial would be set for a later date after his appearance next Monday, police said if Harriman failed to show up his bail would be forfeited. forces had Miyun.) Many- Chinese in Tientsin who departed.

occupied a housing was reported scarce. RAIL PLAN WON'T ENDANGER JOBS BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, May The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today approved the administration's railroad reorganization bill with an amendment prohibiting the dismissal of any employes, but permitting the roads to leave new vacancies unfilled Up to five per cent of their forces. The amendment, described by Chairman Dill as acceptable to President Roosevelt and railroad labor organizations would prohibit both the federal co-ordinator and the three regional railroads committees from laying off employes in their efforts to economize throught consolidation and discontinuance of services. Dill said thc five per cent allowance for natural attrition would give the roads a leeway of oO.OOO men a year whereas Carl Gray, president of thc Union Pacific, had estimated not more than 10 per cent of the employes would be effected by the bill.

British Proposal Is Agreed to as Basis for World Parley FRANCE PREPARES TO STRENGTHEN ARMY Maintenance of Strong Defense Is Paris' Answer to Hitler GENEVA, May 19--(AD--Germany accepted the British disarmament plan today as a basis for an agreement to be reached by the world disarmament conference. Rudolf Madolny Vokolcgatc, informed the conference of the de- of his government. Manifestations of approval Rreet- cd Herr Nadolny when lie said th.it any German suggestions would dovetail with the British a which already hud been accepted by all nations save Germany. "I hope this will be regarded ns new proof of German moderation" the Berlin delegate said. He referred to President ROOSR- velt's disarmament mcssaRR to the world ns "another Ri-eat manifestations of peace." His entire address was conciliatory.

The British disarmament plnn was presented at thr, Geneva conference In March by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonuld. Outstanding among Its proposals was a that a conscript army of 200,000 men be substituted for the German Rcichswehr, which is limited to 100,000 men by the treaty of Versailles. These men an; volunteers and they must serve twelve years. The British plan provided for a domestic army of 200,000 men for Prance, plus a colonial armv of 200,000. Italy would bo allowed a homeland army of 200,000 and an overseas force of 50,000.

A STRONG ARMY IS THE FRENCH ANSWER PARTS, May 19-- (AP)--Mainten ance of strong nrmy was the French reply today to Chancellor Hitler of Germany. Premier Daladicr, categorically rejecting a further cut in war expenses, declared in the Senate that the French army is strong nnd must be kept strong. This firm stand suddenly squelched talk of meeting btwccn the premier am Chancellor Hitler of Germany. The government also officially denied that such a meeting wa contemplated. The premier told the Senate that war economics had been made but that they had not impaired the army's strength.

"I affirm," he said, "that we can have confidence in the nrmy and affirm that our national defense i assured." M. Daiadier said this was in accordance with the judgment of the chiefs of the army, as set forth a recent meeting of the superior war council over which he presided. The Senate immediately exempted the defense budget from a five per cent additional cut. The disarmament conference may achieve something, the premier said but "for the present we would be deluding ourselves if we slackened military preparations. Oniy the future can tell if other peoples arc ready disarm." RECEIVE ONLY $12,000 UTILITY CASE WILL COME UP ON JUNE 2 i Oral I Kojai arguments on the S8.000 of the of tnc City of Sikeston, which" seeks for the American! 10 ous( tn Missouri Utilities Com- show in Kansas will be heard by the Public biennium.t^eryicc Commission June 2.

Notices house" 1 funds state agencies bill for supported by fees! "Under the present condition of amoun excess of the he date for the been set were mailed today to officials and attorneys of the'city and company. The Missouri Utilities Company is competition with the Sikes- tlon Municipal Power Plant. I inc supreme court, in a decision several months ago. refused to oust thc company and said it was for thc public service commission to dctcrm- criiiratinn" u(; ulc ino whctn er there still is a conven- tn 1JTM i not CX CCI lcncc and necessity to be served by i to complete action on thc remaining the company. i bills until next week nui The governor now has signed all of thc appropriation bills except five.

Those not signed include the Green Houseboat Is Sought by Police; Stolen at Boonville Aid of thc Joral department was today by Cooper county authorities in their search for a 20-foot houseboat stolen from it.s anchoring place on tho Missouri River at Boonville last night. The houseboat is painted green iml has a H-foot cabin on it. Members of the day force here were taking turns at thc river today watching for a trace of (He missing boat. Police Chief Bruncr is a ivatcr enthusiast extraordinary; when it comes to fishing, nnd ho was lending every effort to his department today in attempting to recover the -stolen property. PRICE TWO CENTS REEVESGETS TWO YEARS FOR KILLING AT MARION Jury Reaches Decision After Deliberating Case for Approximately Three Hours.

FINAL ARGUMENTS HEARD THIS MORNING IISEDALIJI HUE flEGOVERD HERE Police Find 3,700 of the 5,000 "Stogies" Taken from Warehouse ONE CAPITAL CITY Penalty Is Recommended by Veniremen Who Found Him Guilty of Manslaughter. Charles Reeves was found guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of Edgar Johns at Marion recently "and was sentenced to two 3'cnrs in the state penitentiary by a Jury in the Cole County Circuit Court, this a ernoon. Dcllbnralini? approximately three hours, the jury notified the court 11 had reached an agrecemnt and reported the verdict nt, 2:30 o'clock. After sustaining a demurrer eliminating thc first degree murder charge from the cast-. Nike 0 cvicr hls instruction to thc vcnivemcrt informed them to cither acquit the defendant or fnd him Kiiilty of a charge ranging from second degree murder on down.

The jury look I he caw a hearing the instructions of Judge Scvier the concluding arguments of Proscoitinpr Attorney Elliott Dampf and H. P. Lauf, attorney for the defendant, this morning. J. lie inry wiis Two Pettis County Youths Are I triplicated In Confession Police authorities reported today they had recovered 3,700 cigars of )llly was rcra ol ni 5,000 stolen from a Missouri, Kansas before noon today and John 1 Beck and Texas railroad warehouse in So- foreman, reported they were pro daha last Saturday night and further questioning.

bciug hckl Ior 4 i tviivi i unuill More than half of the cigars were orations at o'clock. found at Jefferson City business firms. -They had been purchased Defense counsel scored a victory last night when Judge Scvier sus- uiicLilili IJL from the alleged thief or thieves and mony boing completed with a sos Police ChieC Brunei-said those buy- sion last night lasting until 10-15 ing them apparently wore aware of o'clock. the fact thc cigars were stolen property nun oevier sus- rhe man boing held Is said to tained a demurrer offered by Laut have (he information re- removing thc first degree murder suiting in the recovery of thc major charge from thc case. Thn decision portion of thc purloined assortment automatically left the defendant of choice" "stogies." He is said to cringed with second degree murder have implicated two Pettis county residents in the burglary.

Arrests hero and at Scdalia in i uviiuniu, i -vj Ul i i the robbery likely will be made late the former's home in Marion I (' i i i i I i 4 i today or tomorrow. pens to be chairman of nonce board, felt the effects of the new police ruling against traffic violators in police court today Councilman Charles E. Graham of the Fourth Ward paid a fine of une or his employes narked a truck owned by Graham on the wiong side of in the 31(1 block on High Street and wa- promptly tagged. a Police Chief John Brunei- has declared there will be no more rec department AS RECEIVER SALARY ST. LOUIS.

May alary of Henry W. Kiel as receiver for the Public Service which operates thc street railway svstcm by Federal Judge C. Thomas E. Francis, counsel for the receiver, will get S15.000. of Samuel WET IS CONVICTED IN KANSAS TEST CASE for local motorists traffic ordinances.

violating the I LAWRENCE, May 19--(AP) J--C. R. Green was convicted by a court jury here today of vi- jelating the state prohibitory law in the defendant described as a case to test state prohibition of the sale of 3.2 per cent beer. ccva' 5roO for t. Grccnnnd Wn I M- refioni 000 a vcir virf 1 $25 general manaLr plcsidcnt anrt general manager.

COUPLE IS MARRIED Ray R. Finlcy of this ciyt and Mrs. Ethel Wyant of Chamois. were married here yesterday afternoon in the office of Recorder Henry LePage by Justice of the Peace W. P.

Smith. TB Did TEL TO PROECT WASHINGTON May 10--fAP)-- President Roosevelt today a Arthur Morgan, president of Antioch College in Ohio, as chairman of the Tennessee valley authority Mr. Roosevelt regards Morgan as exceptionally qualified to carry out the Tennessee valley has planned and directed more than seventy conservation and flood control works, is well acquainted with the south, 'having been in charge of reclamation works such 3.s tho $8,000,000 project for the SI Francis valley in Arkansas. NEW ISSUED AT PRISON New prison money, stamped with the signature of J. M.

Sanders, new warden of the state penitentiary, is in circulation at thc prison. Thc money, stamped out, of and of a different size than "square" money, is in 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent denominations. The entire "mint-! mg" was $14,000. Prisoners exchange silver or currency for the brass money which is the medium of exchange for inmates. Prisoners arc permitted a maximum of $5 a week in spending money if they have the "squpvp" money to cx- 1 change for the brass.

COLIICE1 IS KILLED '5 VETO Governor Park today vetoed House bill 33(i which would have provided aid for junior colleges. Thr bill, introduced by Speaker Willis H. Meredith and Rep. A McCawlcy of Jasper county provided that funds for the support of junior colleges bn appropriated out of the Rcnoi-aJ revenue ftind after one-third of the revenue had brcn appropriated to thc free public schools. The governor vetoed the measure on thc ground that thc funds for junior colleges -should have been apportioned from thc one-third set a- sidc for public schools, nnci not from I he rrmainc'cr of the general revenue fund.

Thn bill would have provided state aid for junior colleges at thc same rate as now is provided for high schools. Governor Park announced his decision to veto the bill before he had completed drafting his message outlining hi.s reasons. JOHN PAYNE DIES AT RUSSELLV1LLE Funeral services for John Payne, veteran retired employe of the Missouri Pacific, who died at his home in Rus.scllville yesterday after a lingering illness, had not been completed today. Mr. Payne was R8 years of He was recently retired by the railroad after working for that company for 41 years.

His widow, two daughters and three sons survive. Among these arc Ed Payne, formerly in thc clothing business hrrc. and Miss Marie Payne, who is employed as a stenographer in the offices of thc State Board of Health in this city. UNUSUALLYLARGE FLOWER IS GROWN Mrs. George Harris, 418 E.

McCarty Street, is rightfully proud of the viburnum shrub in her yard now blooming snowballs. In gathering a bouquet of thc flowers yesterday afternoon Mrs. Harris reports she found one 13 inches in circumference, which she sayp is unusually large for a flower lot this species. towards a verdict. vcrc escorted to; a local lor dinner and resumed their delih- There wera no witnesses called trCs 'of tc'sti- Reeves testified in his own behalf last night and related thc facts leading up to the killing of Johns late thc afternoon of Sunday, April 30, Inst.

The defendant said he acted in self-defense after thc man attacked him and several of his relatives with knife. Hear Damage Suit A second jury in thc Cole Circuit Court today was hearing testimony in thc SlO.nCO suit for damages brought by Fred and Hattic Farmer, man and wife of this citv, against A. M. Shiklcs, county resident of near Dccatur. The suit is thc outgrowth of an automobile wreck occurring two miles south of this city on Highway 51 thc afternoon June 18.

1032, in which Dorothy Fanner. 17-year-old danghtcr of the plaintiffs, was instantly killed. Another county resident, Ed Payne, was also fatally injured in thc accident. Miss Farmer was riding in an automobile driven by Rosic Smith of Enon south on thc highway when it collided with a machine traveling north and operated by thc defendant. Shiklcs.

Payne was riding with Shikles. The plaintiffs allege Shikles was driving on the wrong side of the highway and thc fatal accident was caused by his carelessness and negligence. Members of thc jury hearing this case are Louis Campbell, Stcvii Hcnkc, John Holzhauser, H. R. Fin- ncy.

C. F. Bosch, Ernest Happy, James Moore, Paul Eilcnbcrgcr, K. Boyce, Robert Taggert, C. F.

Raithel and Ralph Taggart. CLEI DEVELOPS il UNJI flOBBEBY Spurred on by a new clue, police authorities today were redoubling their efforts in the investigation of thc robbery of S420 frtim thc Acceptance a loan firm, in thc Jefferson building recently. Police Chief Brunei- reported today he had information an ex-convict's wife deserted three infant children and left the city in company with another woman and two men the night of thn robbery. The youngsters have been turned over to the welfare office. The police officials believe there may be a connection in the case and are bending their efforts to find a (race of the quartet which departed the city in an au- tcmobiic the night of May 11.

last, when thc loan company offices were broken into and burglarized. Gaining entrtance to the building through the old Jefferson Theater and into the Acceptance Company quarters, the yeggs smashed the safe with a crowbar and sledgs hammer and made a clean getaway with the loot. It was the second time within the last year the offices have been burglarized in a similar manner..