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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 193!.
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La Grande's Ex-Treasurer
Admits, However, Funds
Needed to Balance.
fAMnclatifl I'ri'M Lcawd Wire)
TiAKKrt, Ore., March 20. With
tlx possibility the case will be In
the Jury's hands tomorrow, the de
fense continued todiiv to attempt to
prove Mrs. Emma Fowler, 50, for
mer La Grande city treasurer, did
not appropriate to her own use
$112,000 of mlsslnir city funds.
Mis. Fowler, city treasurer for
more than ten years, is charged
with larceny of public, funds.
Mrs. Fowler, on the stand In her
own- defense, admitted yesterday
under cross-examination that $112,
202.02 must be produced by some
one to make her bonks balance.
After the state had introduced in
evidence a memorandum which the
woman admitted having written,
and which said that warrants,
bonds, coupons, and other credits
amounting to the sum of the miss
ing funds, were "to come." Mrs.
Fowler said the note was "merely
a working slip and didn't signify a
thing."
1 tho late afternoon session
Mrs. ' Fowler admitted that she
"probably" told Sherwood Williams
nfter her arrest that she had the
money in a Portland bank, with
which to straighten out the alleged
shortage.
Although she now insists she has
no money or bonds belonging to
the city, the former treasurer ad
mitted she "might have said" to
Commissioner Melville, after her
arrest, that the money was In the
United States. National . bank in
Portland.
On ro-dlrect examination she
said she had no money belonging
to the city, and had less limn $400
of personal cash on Feb. 3 when
she left office.
LECTURERS' MEET
A lecturers' convention of all of
the .Douglas county granges was
held Wednesday evening at the
Evergreen grange lutll with a large
attendance from . the various
granges. Dr. C. II. flalley presided
at the meeting. Mrs. Fred Cloff
rend a paper on "A Well Balanced
Program," and Mrs. Ethel Dusen
barlt read a paper on "Hound
Table Discussions." An amtiHlng
event of the evening was the
Kitchen Climbers' orchestra, led by
Mrs. Ooff. . Mrs. It. 11. Bpacknuin
gave a review of the lectures de
livered ut the school at Corvallls
last February. Mrs. Arthur Drown
had charge of the singing, surprise
numbers and of the decorations.
Mrs.. Spackman pleased tho large
crowd with her dramatic reading
of 'The Marriage of Pocohontas:"
Fred Uoff'B talk on "Agriculture"
was. also appreciated.
STORY 2
(Continued from Page 1.)
board, (he personnel of which In
eludes several of my friends."
Once Pershing's Aldo
The soldiers' home will be a
great boon to ItOBoburg and will
incun rapid and continuous pro-
gross and development, Major
Martin believes.
Major Martin was a classmate
of (ionerul John J. Pershing at
West. Point and was assistant
chief of staff under him In Wash
ington in 1022-aC. Hemwns then
sent to the Panama in command
of American forces (bore, follow
ing .which be retired, In 1927, from
active service and settled in Port
land, Ills retlicmcnt followed 42
year) of service In the army.
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Increases Profits of
Washington Dairymen
(AflBnclnted Prpwi Lcawd Wire)
SEATTLE, March 20 Success
ful progress of a newspaper adver
tising campaign begun last fall by
60,000 ..Washington dairy men
through the Washington dairy
products bureau was related to
2,000 persons, representing dairy
Interests and their families, In the
civio auditorium last night.
The bureau was organized last
yenr and a fund "of 560,000 raised
to advertise dairy products. Tile
campaign has been under way six
months and Dr. Robert Prior,
president of the bureau, asserted
"already noticeable results are ap
parent in increased consumption
of dairy products."
Dr. Prior declared "newspaper
advertising has been the backbone
of the entire campaign and papers
or the state nf Washington have
cooperated in this- movement and
should be extended considerable
credit for the success of this cam
paign." Ho said the dull" industry In
the stale owns nnlmals worth
:M,(!!)0,000 and last year dairy
farmers produced 1,708,026.403
pounds of milk, valued at $'17,
U0,21!). New Arkansas Divorce
Act Makes Hot Springs
Rival of Reno, Nav.
HOT SPU1NQS, Ark., March 10
Ammica'R oldest national park
has "irone Keno.
On June 12 u H0-day divorce law
Kooh Into effect In Arkansas, and
Hot Springs plans to make the
most of It.
Famed for a century for Its hot
waters, thin resort, In the wortlH
nf Its bachelor mayor, Leo P. Mc
Laughlin, would separate Keno,
Nov., from its title ot "tho divorce
center of America."
Keno may cut down Its residence
requirement from 00 days to six
weeks, or even less, but Mayor Mc
Laughlin and others who directed
the fight for tho new Arkansas law
say it cannot, successfully meet
the competition of Hot Springs.
McLaughlin points out that ;i0rt
000 persons come annually to Hot
Springs because of Its nulil wluti i
climate and Its waters.
"Now they can kill two Whir
with one stone," he said. "They
can come for the climate and baths
and get n divorce at the same
tinie.'
"Hero they can find things to
make them Torget their marital tin
happiness golf, mountain climb
ing and horseback riding on the
paths that wind around the hills."
And for those who crave more
excite;"i"ii, thiTp are fashionable
night clubs.
The divorce court Judge hero Is
Chancellor W. Tt. Imffy, a widower,
who has been homing matrimonial
troubles for years. The new law
makes no changes concerning
grot'iids for divorce, which are vir
tually the same In Arkansas as In
Nevada. Titev include desertion,
eniHtv, Infidelity and general In
dicnitit'S. Ii permits non-residents to insti
tute divorce proceedings after (i0
days' residence in the state, but
a decree cannot he issued until 30
days thereafter. The law requires
the 00 days' residence ho alleged,
not proved.
STORY 1
(Continued rem page 1.)
ter C. Cole, national president of
Ihe reserve association, in which
he voiced his wishes for the suc
cess of the convention hero today.
Women Fight Prohibition
HEI.SlNC.FOItS Loading wo
men's organizations hsve handed
together here in an antl-prohlhltlon
crusade. The women are directing
a campaign to secure 100,000 sis
natures to a petition asking Ihe
present prohlhllion laws ho nhn!
Ished and a system ot restricting
IN
Escapes "Love Ring" in California
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Abovo pliolo ahowH Mrs. Oltfu tovuns, of Oakland. California, who
told n dmnmllu utory of lior suiiHatlomil esca'po from nasidlt'd agent h ol
the Lou AnRolea "love bazaar." "I was doped and kidnaped by men work
ing for thy 'love mart' and Uny were tutting me to Los Augelos aa a
'alavo' when I eacapod," she declared.
Scotch Panties
Kvery time the clock ticks a new
schetno la horn in the fertile brains
of people whose one aim In life, is
to heat the prohibition law. Above
picture shows one of the latest
wheezes fr smuggling the forbidden
liquid over the1 border. Just n pair
of lady's panties with specially
built pockets to accommodate a
couple of quarts, They were seized
by customs agents at hot roil, Mich.
distribution of alcoholic spirits
substituted.
Boy "Double Jeopardy"
WAIM'INUKK KALLS, X. Y.
A boy walking along the Hamburg
road proved "double jeopardy" to
William Hay. In swerving to avoid
striking the boy Hay lost control
of bis automobile sod struck a
tree. He was knocked unconscious.
When he recovered he found he
had been robhed of $27.
Airports numbering 1.113 In the
United States at the beginning of
the year, for commercial and mu
nicipal purposes, were found In a
federal survey to represent a capi
tal investment of $115,068,500.
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At the End of Her Rope
VAS, BUT PAWS A V
SLEEPWALKER THE
POOR PRUNE'S LIABLE
T'HIT THE HIGHWAY
HIS NIGHTIE
Poor Kid!
Sixteen years old and making
only $7,(00 a week. 'Tis a pity!
Jackie Coogau lias sought court
approval of his new movie conlraci
that colls for that amount. This is
Jackie's latest picture and shows
hlni quite grownup.
First Five Billion
The huslnoss fnuuded hy Alexan
der Cirnhom Hell, more than half a
century ago. has hecome Ihe first
$5,000,000,000 business In history.
This wan revealed in the report of
Walter S. Olfford (above) president
of the American Telephone nnd
Telegraph company, who also show
ed that business depression had
foiled to check the company's
r;7 t
!i id
growth.
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SPEED G: I WORK
(.Kftorhtwl I'rt-M Ijpiwl Wire)
POUTLAXD, Ore., March 20
The interatate commerce conimia
sion ruling authorizing the Great
Northern railway to re-locate Its
new line in Klamath, Modoc and
Lassen counties means, according
to Kalph Imdd, president of the
line, that the railroad may be ope
rating trains into California by the
late summer of 1932.
The re-location was sought, Iludd
said today, In order to offer less
interference to drainage and irri
gation systems and to provide bet
ter serving.facilltles for the region.
Hndd said the Western Pacific,
building northward from its main
line in California, to the Great
Northern extension, is about three
months ahead of schedule.
It will take the Great Northern
from six to eight months to finish
its part of the job, the president
said, adding, "Wo should see a
complete line of rail by this time
next year, or early in April of
1932. A bit more work and the
completed line will be ready for
traffic."
H. Y. IUUYDR MAY
(Associated Pross Leaned Wire)
NEW YORK. March 21 .-Newspapers
today indicated there was
belief In various quarters that Gov
ernor Roosevelt would not have
JVfayor Walker's official acts inves
tigated. .
The New York American said it
had learned on unimpeachable au
thority that the governor would not
order an investigation because he
did not consider the accusations of
nonfeasance made by the city af
fairs committee explicit enough or
supported sufficiently hy specifica
tions. . The governor will sift the evi
dence over the weekend at his Tiome
in Hyde Park, the paper said, and
announce his decision early next
weok. possibly Monday.
The New York Herald Tribune
published a dispatch from its staff
correspondent at Palm Springs,
Calif., to the effect that Mayor
Walker feels be has nothing to fear
and that the governor will have no
recourse hut lo vindicate him.
f Walker is of the opinion, the
City departments attacked by the
Committee are fundamentally
sound. The police department par
ticularly, he feels, is honorable in
the rank and file. ;
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RAISES DEFICIT
(ABWirintrri Pri-iw Tnncil Wlrp)
. WASHINGTON. March 21. The
handwriting of millions of taxpay
ers -warned treasury officials to
day that the government income
for this year would he louml want
ing. '
Income lax payments shrank far
below the totals for (he same per
iod of last year. Despite the Inflow
of collections, the tronsury de
ficit remained above the ?600,000,
000 mark.
The total collections for the
month have been ?23l),123.8!)l. For
the same period last year they
were f38,SG3.42t!. The treasury
deficit for lost Thursday, the same
day for which the collections were
reported, Blood at Jli28,702.1?2. On
the same day last year, the treas
ury had a surplus of $22,270,7116.
Two paths have been indicated
by financial students as courses
which would be necessary to lead
the government away from the de
rlclt side of the .ledger.
The one calls for a reduction In
the rate ot retirement or Ihe pub
lic debt. President Hoover has
said "the administration is oppos
ed to any encroachment upon the
statutory provisions of retirement
of the public debt."
The other course was Indicated
by tho president in bis last mess
age lo congress. He warned:
"Most rigid economy is neces
sary lo nvoid Increase In taxes."
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"LOVING" HUSBAND
COMMITS SUICIDE
(Associated Preu lawnl Wir
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 21
The body of Kalph M. Benjamin,)
zy, lay in the county morgue toaay.
A note addressed to bio wile,
Ethel, and to five-year-old Jackie,
began, "I love you."
"There Is no insurance," it said.
"It lapsed long ago. The stock was
sold to a loan shark and a China
man lottery got my last checks."
He inhaled gas at his home.
OFFICER WALKS IN
ON TWO CRACKSMEN
SALEM, March 21 L. E. Park
ins, about 2(1, and Lawrence Reed,
about 28, were in the Marlon coun
ty jail today awaiting grand jury
action following their arrest single-handed
early yesterday morn
ing at Silverton bl Night Officer
Iverson, of Silverton, who caught
them as hey were about to crack
open a safe in a pool hall.
The officer, who carried R key
to the place, found the two men
hiding behind the safe when he
went into the building to get a
drink of water. A quantity of
tools were scattered about.
Darkins, or Dorkens, Is said to
have been a former inmate of San
Quentin penitentiary, in California.
HOMESTEADS GIVEN
TO 24 WAR VETERANS
(Associated Prem Leased Wire)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., March
21 The announcement was made
here last night of the allotment of
24 homesteads on Tule lake In
northern California to World war
veterans.
About 60 more romesteads will
be open for entry in the same sec
tion this fall. B. E. Hayten, sup
erintendent of the Klamath recla
mation service, said.
The homesteads average 65
acres. About 16,000 acres remain
to be opened to entry on this re
claimed lake land.
Oddities Gleaned
From Day's News
BONUS MONEY THROWN
AWAY IN BRIEff "WHOOPEE"
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21
Frank Lowthcr, 33, war veteran,
who yesterday received $779 as a
bonus loan and started out to put
it Into circulation, had $70 of it
left today and It was in escrow as
ball for himself aud six friends at
city prison.
Lowther attracted attention
when he got a bunch of his money
changed into quarters and started
to give It away to jobless men in
Chinatown. Later it was alleged he
was joined by six persons who
went rilling. It is alleged they lat
er dashed about town "Yoo-hoo-
lng" policemen. They were arrest
ed and must explain In municipal
court... ......
WIVES OF POLICEMEN LOSE
COIN, WRAPS DURING PARTY
BERKELEY, Cal., March 21
Six wives of Berkeley policemen
demanded the police do something
todav as a result of a robbery at
a bridge party attended by the
wives yesterday.
During a party at the home of
Policeman Lawrence Laird some
COMPARATIVE
WEATHER DATA
tl. S. WEATHRU IIUIIRAU
Obsprvit1rnn taken at 5 a.
120th Meridian.
THE WEATHER
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tlS'k.-r clenr -HI 00 -101 0
11, ils, clear -(6 02 ! 0
llostnn Pt.clily -It 42 AS 0
Chicago ''My -1" 5
ncliv.'i- clenr 3f, lit 311 .(111
Kiirekji ehly r, (12 Wl 0
UifVeKton clenr Ml 72 fill 0
Helena cldV 44 Till 40 0
Knnsnn Cltv clly :l(i 4 1 34 .14
I,iik AuKelcB ...clear 72 SSI CS 0
Mnrtiiifieiii . ...ctiiy r,2 cm r.2
New York .....clear 611 7016 1 .21
New York clear 3K 44 36 0
North Head clay SO r.2 60 .44
Phoenix clenr 68 8(1 64 (I
I'oentello elily 44 6SI 42 0
Portland . ...Pt.clily 62 641 62 .28
liosehuiK r"ln RJ 701 IKtl .10
Sju-rnmento . ..clear 64 781 64 0
St. Louis elily 40 461 401 0
Salt Lake clenr 44 601 421 0
San Francisco .clear 64 72 64 0
San IMcko clear 60 R4 fiO 0
Seattle clenr 6,1 6l 601 0
Spokane rain 60 6S 4S .10
WnshlnKton .Pt.eldy 34 4li SOI 0
Winnipeg . ..Pt.eldy IS 3HI 18 .01
Yakima Pt.clily 62 641 601 0
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