a ' ' C WAGE TW& WEDNESDAY', MAY Z7,~ t93~ NEWS (From The Associated Press) Other Developments In Black Legion Case LIMA, 0., May 26. - (/P)-William Smith, 55-year-old farmer of near Waynesfield, 15 miles south of Lima, told authorities tonight that he had been beaten, imprisoned and had his life threatened by the Black Legion when he rebelled during the initiation ceremony. Smith said he suffered the beating and a night of terror last September when he was led unsuspectingly by friends to seek membership in the organization. "I was asked to join," Smith said, "without being very clear on what sort of outfit it was. Some friends took me one dark rainy night to a big barn some distance from my home. "There were armed guards posted all around, all masked, and inside, there were 12 other candidates and about 200 men, all masked, with a robed, hooded leader. They had guns." The farmer said he became appre- hensive and sought in vain to find his friends in the throng. The leader began calling the roll, and all the new men answered except Smith. "They then asked if I was there," Smith told Sheriff W. E. Kelley of Auglaize county and a group of news- papermen. "Z said I was but wanted to know what sort of group° this was before I joined. "'Outlaws," the leader replied. "I said I did not want to join, and would like to go home. They all cursed and threatened me and the leader drew his gun and threatened1 to hit me.t "I broke and ran outside into the rain, but the guards caught me and beat me up." Then, he said, he was imprisoned1 in a nearby corncrib until nearly day-. light, and was taken home with a warning that if he mentioned the oc-t currence he would "be killed within 24 hours." He said he told Sheriff Kelley 1 something of the incident afterwardx but that an investigation apparently< brought no results. Smith told thet sheriff today, however, that he was5 certain the group was the Black Le-. gion, as the robes and masks weret similar to those pictured as belongingt to a group in Detroit questioned there. Demolish Cemetery Gates For Denwcratic ConmVe~nti --Assuciated Press P'hoto. Century-old portals of Wo-odlands cemetery in Philadelphia came tumbling t& the gond to make wasysfor a new road that will lead to the Philadelphia municipal auditorium where the Democratic convention will be held. A steel cable wound arouud the 40-foot granite colunns and pulled by a winch on a truck did the job. e.vtal Incre--e Mntal DifferencesInrease Vocational Guidance Difficulty < . i High School Sophomores Ha ve Setal A verageOf 1 6-Year-Olds The difference in mentality among college students was shown to be only a continuation of the difference to a lesser degree among high school stu- dents, =in a survey of 12,878 high school sophomores in 176 Michigan institutions. The mental test scores in the re- turns of the survey administered to the high school students ranged from 10 to 230 points. This difference in mentality, according to reports of the study which was sponsored by the Michigan High School Principals' Association, throws into sharp relief the most difficult task educators face, that of guiding students into courses where they may make the best use of their capacities. The survey, begun in 1935 and di- rected by Prof. Clifford Woody, head of the University Bureau of Educa- tional Reference and Research, in- volved giving to each sophomore a mental test and a questionnaire. In the latter the student answered ques- tions concerning his activities in and out of school and his plans for a fu- ture career. The object of the study was to help the principals in advising students as to their vocations by discovering some general truths about student abilities and hopes, Professor Woody said. As a side issue the survey dis- I covered that there are more high school girl sophomores than boys but that the boys seem to be slightly su- perior in mentality, although their scores also covered a wider range in mental ability than do those made by the girls. Even though the survey showed white persons were more able than those of colored races, Professor Woody emphasized that the coim- paratively small number of represen- Officials Plan To Overthrow .; l Y I e e) Govern~or StaAks St Heeal To TDismi:ss Einployes inke.d With Viglantes tcontinued from Page 1) blaze which destroyed Father Charles E. Goughlin's original Shrinie of the Little Flower on March 17, was on the list of unexplainedi fires his in- vestigators are checking for a possible connection with Black Legion terror- 'There werezrumoars ini Royal Oak that investigation of the explosion of a black powder bomb in the base- mnent of Father Coughlin's home sev- eral years ago also would be reopened. Another batch of warrants were sworn out at Jackson against reputed members of the secret terrorist or- ganizatian. 'They numbered 25 and charged kidnzaping and assault. They were followed immediately by the arrest of five men accused of being ringleaders of a mob of night riders who stripped and flogged Harley Smith, Norvell, who county off'icers said was a member of the order seek- ing to withdraw. The men arrested at Jackson were Ray Ernecst, a guard at the State pen- itentiary, and described by county officers as a "brigadier general" in the Blaick_ Legionz; Allen Basom, Norvell, Clar nce and Glenn Ernest, brothers of' i~ay, and Dice H-awley, another pr i