r 7 7)S.6Y, tJ! ITT-7 P- tiP lilt THE MICHIGAN DA TLY . _ PAGE TIMPT. ~T3imAY, JANUARY 2~, 19M PAGE THTh~1 --- ------- JURY FINDS BOW'S SECRETARY GUILTY ~GRAND LARCENY Convicts Daisy De Boe, Former Employe of Film Star, in Compromise Verdict. JURY DEBATES 2 DAYS Recommend Clemency as Result of Determination of Woman Jurors to Give Lesson.' (By Associaied Press) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24-Convict- ed by the compromise verdict of an exasperated jury which, for hour had been deadlocked 8 to 4 fo acquittal, Daisy de Bo languished in jail today awaiting sentence fo theft from her former employer, Clara Bow of the films. After more than 48 hours of bit- ter wrangling the jury of seven men and five women finally brought in a verdict Friday holding Daisy guilty of one of the 35 counts of grand theft with which she was charged and recommended clemen- cy. There was little or no exultation over the verdict in the Bow house- hold, where the red-haired actress is ill with a cold. Clara Pleads for Clemency. "For Daisy's sake, I hope the court will be lenient," said Clara, who accused Miss de Boe of steal- ing $15,045.35. "She was the best friend I had in the world." The court set next Monday for passing of sentence. Conviction on the one count carries a penalty of 1 to 10 years in San Quentin peni- tentiary. A petition for probation will be prepared immediately and submit- ted to the court, Defense Attorney Nathan Fredman announced. Dep- uty District Attorney David Clark,, who handled the prosecution, said he would not oppose it. Jurors said a terrific struggle preceded the compromise verdict, which they said was arrived at while the jury stood 8 to 4 for ac- quittal. Couldn't Agree on Case. Directed by the court to continue their deliberations after they twice had reported inability to agree, the jury finally picked one of the counts charging the theft of $825 two days befo're Daisy was fired as Clara's secretary, and voted a conviction. One of the women jurors, Mrs. Mary A. Everett, mother of two grown daughters, admitted leading the fight for conviction "as a lesson to other young girls." She said the count on which Daisy was convict- ed was picked "more or less at random." Drawn by the promise of an ex- pose of the private life of the "it" girl, when- Daisy threatened to "tell all" about Clara at the trial's out- set, capacity crowds jammed the courtroom. Then Judge Doran, however, nut a damper on the sensational pro- ceeding by ruling that no more mud-slinging was necessary- to de- termine the guilt or innocence of the frail ex-secretary. Ann Arbor High School Enrollment Tops 1,000 A student body of 1,000, the larg- est in the city's history since 1925, will be enrolled in Ann Arbor High school for the second semester, school officials said yesterday. Ninety-six junior high school students, who will enter in Febru- try, have been classified, bringing the present student body of 904 up to an enrollment of 1,000. WANT ADS PAY! TYPEWRITING - and MIMEOGRAPHING A speciality for twenty years. Prompt service . . . Experienced oper- ators . . . Moderate rates. 0. D. MORILL 314 South State St. Phone 6615 AT TORNEYS UPHOLD FEDERAL JUDGE'S DECISION AGAINST DRY AMENDMENT IN SUPREME COURT CASE A meu=z= =rninu r.. ~PICKS MJII LEAOER 6. - - piow ANN ARBOR NEWS-BRIEFS ... -: ..1 -----.. I +%; .}; e ::2X d':$ 5$? a#' r . fs ' .r; i;' ?A R3 '.33& £=38 & & $ srt-r,.x 1 3 Resignation of Phillip Armour Road Board Meeting III Follows Election to Decide Alleged of T. George Le oce Al .e Oil 'Irregularities' CHICAO, J; n. 24. - The firm " '1'hl first step in the "impartial Armour & Co., packers, today was hcadc-dby T. George Lee, a former investigation" of alleged irregulari- stolncgraSherwhose election to the ties of the board of road commis- presidency was followed almost im- sioners will be taken this week when mediately by the resignation of the special committee, appointed Philip D. Armour III first vice pros- Friday by the board of supervisors, ooet an bera oftecompany'sconfers with A. R. Bailey, deposedj Ths execative con rol of Armour engineer manager of the commis- & Co., whiric for 63 years has had sion. some membor of the famous fam- The meeting will be held at 10:30 ily in an official position, passed o'clock Monday morning, the in- completely into the hands of oth- , vestigating committee said. At that ers. Thc' third Philip is a grandson] time, the supervisors stated, Bailey, of "Old P. D." Armour, the founder. who charges irregularities, will be Armour's withdrawal as an exec- asked to tell the committee the "ir- ulive vas ihe fourth resignation i regularities" alleged to have oc- among members of the Armour cured. family within the past few years. This concluded, the investigating Lester Armour, also a grandson of c tte d the memersip o the founder, resigned as a vice committee, t he membership of president in March of 1929, and whichbincludes Supervisors H. r. Laurance H. Armour resigned Ra a rschbacher, sixth ward, Ann Ar- vice president in 1926. Laurance bor; Emmett Gibb, Superior town- and A. Watson Armour, however, tship, wi m.Staeble rad co remain as directors. . mission the latter part of the week Armour announced his severance either Tuesday or Wednesday.As of nearly 17 years of association in the conference to be held with with the company in a brief state- Bailey, the commission will be ask- ment in which he said that "under) ed to give "voluntary" informa- the circumstances there was no al- to ga ternative," adding that his action U1 was the "greatest disappointment" Details of the conference with of his life. He declined to amplify l Bailey and the road commissioners the statement, but it was learned will be kept secret, the commission- that he bad looked forward to be- ers concluded. Then, at the inves- coming president of the concern tigation scheduled for Feb. 2, the after the death of F. Edson White. findings of the committee will be "This," said Armour, "is my swan made known. song. I haven't anything to add Bailey, ousted several weeks ago to it." by the commission rs, alleges the ®aoci f res P4 o Attorneys who supported the recent decision of Federal Judge William Clark, of New Jersey, holding the eighteenth amendment invalid are shown in Washington w- hen the case went before the supreme court. Scatel, left to r ight: Julius Henry Cohen, Selden Bacon, and George H. Williams. Standing: Leslie G. Tompkins, Kenneth E. Dayton, Daniel F. Cohalan and Frederick P. eParse. Ingham County Seeks to Restoref Depleted Hunting Through 1 Scientific Methods. The School of Forestry and Con- servation and the Geography de- partment have been enlisted in an experiment in Ingham county to find out what can be done to in- crease the amount of game in that area. The hunting industry involves' some three or four hundred thous- and sportsmen in southern Michi- gan who are almost wholly upon farm lands. Many difficulties arise in the present situation, due to trespassing on private lands as a problem of the farmers and the lack of game as the hunters prob- lem. For this reason, Harry S. Harper, presidentof the Isaac Walton league in Michigan, has seen the neces- sity of a real scientific investiga- tion of the situation. Those whom he has called in to assist him on the technical committee include the United States biological survey, the Arms and Ammunition Maniu l I]s 3 BOSTON LADS PEL T VALLEE DURING VAUDEVILLE ACT; FREEDIN COURT Rudy Narrowly Misses Being Hit task for their discourtesy and add- by Gr ut in Act at ed that there might be some in the MetropolitanHousaudience who enjoyed hearing him.I Metropolitan House. He said many had paid admission for that purpose and that those Associated Press dispatches yes- who disliked his singing were not terday told of a very disgraceful compelled to stay."j event in dear old Boston at one Theatre police and ushers took Metropolitan Theatre where Rudy three young men into custody for Valletwan here whirn the grapefruit hurling. They were Vallee was performing. Itaken to Police Station number 4 "It was the final performance of where the desk sergeant read them the opening day of a week's en- the riot act, after which they were gagement and Rudy was in the dismissed, Vallee and the theatrel midst of one of his characteristic management refusing to press l melodies," t h e dispatch states. charges against them. The names "Without warning the fruit came of the three culprits were withheld hurling down from the balcony. but it was thought yesterday that Neither grapefruit struck Rudy but they were Harvard sudents. one did strike the drummer's cym- Perhaps the Princeton-Harvard bals and the other splattered over relations break of 1926 has begun the stage props. The audience all over again-only this time it's gasped, but Rudy kept right on Yale. Ann Arbor branch of the Red Cross, said tha t it he quota is expected to be realized within the next week. Contributions can be made to Normain 1 tmar at the North Uni- versit y avenuc branch of the Ann Arbor Savings & Trust company, and Ernst Wurstor, roll call chair- man of the Red Cross, at the city treasurer's office in the city hall. Students wishing to contribute can do so at the Ann Arbor Sav- ings bank. Changes Contemplated for Dispatch of Mail Schedules in the dispatch of mail may undergo some change within the next week, Postmaster A. C. Pack said yesterday. The contemplated changes will involve only the dispatch of mail to Toledo and Flint, the postmaster added. These changes are neces- sary, he explained, because of two trains recently discontinued on the Ann Arbor railroad. Postmaster Pack also said that a railway rail service investigator has studied the changes, and will make a report within a few days. At the present time, plans are be- ing made for dispatching mail to Toledo and Flint by motorbus. Local Boy Scout Head Gives Report for Year Hackley Butler, for eight years the district president of the Boy Scouts of America, last night pre- sented his report at the annual district meeting of the organization. The district includes the troops in Ann Arbor, Whitmore Lake, Chelsea and Dexter. Just Phone 4298 GEJNERAL CARTAGE AND MOVING ELSIFOR CA R A GE Co. I17 N). Ist St. Phone 4298 i crooning." The story goes that after he had finished his song, Rudy addressed the audience in a mild tone, al- though he had a decisive note in his voice. He "took the hecklers to Dean's Office Urges Autoists to Buy Tags facturer's institute, the state de- Purchase of 1931 auto license partment of conservation, the zoo- plates will be imperative by the end logy .department and soil division of next week, it was announced in of Michigan State college, and the thetoffice of the dean of students state department of agriculture, yesterday, in order to procure Uni- The first work of investigation versity permit tags for the com- has developed detailed maps of the ing year. W. B. Red, assistant to area showing the exact sizes and the dean, stated that those whose locations of fields, crops, swamps, permits have not already been se- I marshes, woods, fence rows, and[cured should do so within the next soils. Work involving several weeks few days to avoid delay in opera- in the field, was carried out by the tion of therm autos after Feb. 1. geography department and by J. O Tags for 1931 must be sent from Veach, of the soils division of the Jackson following application, the state college, process delaying the use of cars by applicants for several days. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-. Regulations regarding use of cars "The Free Voice," a student publi- for the J-Hop will be announced cation recently criticized the ad- either tomorrow or Tuesday, Rea ministration and especially Presi- said. Time and place for securing dent Riglhtmire for toleration of permits will be announced at that campus politics, boring instructors, time. SUDDEN SERVICE * -148i~i W/hat's Going on THEATRES Majestic-Marian Davies in "The Bachelor Father" with R a 1 p h Forbes and C. Audrey Smith. MV i is h i g a n--Joan Crawford in ''Paid "." Wuerth--"Billy the Kid" with Wallace Beery and John Mack Brown. White was killed Jan. 15 when he j fell from the seventh floor window of his home. The action of the board of direc- tors in selecting Lee followed a four-hour session. Newspaper re- porters noticed that Armour left immediately after the vote was tak- en, without waiting with the other officers to offer congratulations to the newly selected president. R Council Will Attempt C HrdWater Problem Ann Arbor's water problem-soft- en ing of water--will come up for consideration at a meeting of mem- bers of the water committee next Wednesday night at the City hall. The problem of softening water has been under fire for some time, a committee having been appoint- ed several months ago to conduct a tudy of the plan. Final recom- n'cndation is expected to be given matter at Wednesday's meet- ing, and the plan sent to council for approval. Another city meeting, that of the financa committee, will be held Thursday aft ernoon. The commit- roe will examine city bills and re- ceive bids on pavement bonds. commission purchased 21 cars of asphalt road oil without first ob- taining bids and specifications. Several other irregularities are also charged by the deposed manager. Police Order Dog Tied After ItBites Youth Police ordered a dog owned by Richard H. Coven, 731 Haven ave- nue, tied for ten days for observa- tion after he had bitten Robert Legg, 711 Haven avenue, Friday. County Drought Relief Quota Being Reached More than $450 of the $1,000 quota of Washtenaw county chap- ter of the American Red Cross for dr ought relief, has been subscribed, it was said yesterday afternoon. Norman Ottmar, treasurer of the Tl,. T.',"., .., .,,,. International)r oFrn i. rancis S. Onderdonk on "How to End Three first-year men and three War;" 3:30, Lane hall. women were placed on probation at Concert--School - of Music trio; Stanford University as a penalty 4:15 o'clock, Lydia Mendelssohn for violation of the honor system. theatre; no admission charge. 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