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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1023 o . PURDY IS ABSOLVED FfcOll f RAUD CHARGES DECISION op judge bixgham VPH F.LSt TOSDAY John I,. White Appellant in Real ty Kxrhange ltoal; Opinion I Rendered ' KM In an opinion handed down by tho supreme court Tuesday and written by Justice Harry Belt, Will E. I'urdyj Salem, president of the Oregon Realty Exchange In vestment. 1 absolved from any In tent to defraud in a property iracte. Te decision upholds the late JudEe George G. Bingham, 61 the Marion county court. John i U White was the appellant. The suit waa to rescind a contract of exchange of. property. The su preme court held that both parties , 'i had placed an inflated value upon ifu uutuiiiga, uui luui iiiiuu was absent from the transaction. Al bert II. Tanner appeared before the supreme court for Mr, Purdy. Other opinions handed down Tuosiday were: . Kdith W. Stnobs vs. -Wl H. Able, t a 1. defendants and appellants, and Rfrhard C. Williams, et al, defendants and respondents; an peal from Multnomah county; pe tition for rehearing of partition suit. Involving construction of will of Richard W Williams, deceased Opinion by Justice Brown; peti tion for rehearing denied. In the matter of the claim of John W. Bratt, before state acci dent commission. John W. Bratt vs. State Industrial Accident eom- 7.jtnIssioa. appellant; appeal from Klamath county. Opinion by'Jus tice vcoshow; J-udge A. L. Leavitt reversed and ease remanded. C.fD. Wilson ra. Maude "Wheeler appellant; appeal from Klamath county; motion to dismiss and af- firm granted ; in, opinion by the court. --, i In the matter of the application of J. L. Smith for writ of habeas corpus. T. M. Hurlburt, sheriff of Multnomah county vs. J. L. Smith, appellant; motion to dismiss ap- K.y peal overruled In opinion by the OBITUARY Charlotte 1 Ann " Williams" was born in New York city October M 2, 1825. Died j near Salem. Oregon, May 22, 1925. at the age of 8S years, ? months and 10 days. J- During her girlhood days the family moved to Locknort. I1L. where, on December 1, 1857, she was united in marriage to Harvey James Sehlen, who passed away many years ago. Mrs. Selden was the mother -of one son who- died in Infancy, fand one daughter, Marie., who Is so well aiuS "favor ably known in -this community Mrs. Marie Flint McCall. - Mrs. Selden was one of a fam ily f jiine; children. She, is sur vived by one sister, " Mrs. M. M. Cusick of Salem, one brother,-" J. L. W?illiams of "Portland, and sev eral nieces and nephews. " . In 1872 Mrs. Selden and her daughter came to Oregon, spend ing one year at Cervais, In Janu- ' 'A it X 4? . t .':.--. .- 0 21 DidShese. A rctic Wastes ConquerAmundsen? jepurt. f E. P. Kerschner vs. J. X. Smith, appellant; appeal from "Multno mah county; motion to dismiss ap peal overruled in opinion by Chief Justice McBride. The late Mrs. If. J. Selden . t;. . " I :i I -1". "' ary, 1874, they moved 'to Rose- burg where 1 they lived together 45 years. , They came to Salem in 1919 and made theirhome for three years with-the sister. Mrs. Cusick. Mrs. i Seldeh spent the last three years of her life with her son-in-law and daughter., Mr, and Mrs. William McCall, on their farm in Polk county. - It- is worthy -of note thatartnc me entire life of Mrs. McCall this Is her first separation from her FINE PROGRAM OFFERED mother with .th. Ulll-IVKi ,IOr..n I 9 v,.v,v,,.i- aiMiu axu.KO caslonal briet vislUr In iew of 0 KR TO STUDENTS " this -fact Mrs. McCall -is assured The Klwanis turned their Tesni-lynpathy ln4 aer great bereave lar Tuesday noon meeting over to J ent. and "thesister and brother Miss Ruth 3loss, Willamette nni- and other bereaved relatives have versity senior, "who presented a I the sincere sympathy ot a hotof varied and Interesting program. , warm hearts. Mrs. Selden was First there ts a readinsr by I most assaredlxat devpied. niAtr Sadie Jo Read, which wa3 heavily jan affectionate sister and a loyal applauded. MissTa?e SDaaldlne. I mend petite and pretty sfager, appeared in a solo number. "Dutch Ixnte,? presented by Al deane Smith ami Triesta Wenger maae a hit oi-the day. in thti- i ..--Afrf of rough, desolate stretches -within the Arctic Circle, a few hundred miks from theNorth Pole, In j tut sacb a section the Amundsen airplaneexpediUon may have come to grief. h' ' i ... . i . RELIEF EXPEDITION TO AID EXPLORERS (Continued from page 1) tion It in Europe.; i But then we will never be entirely convinced, until we near from! Amundsen, or some other explorer, that Peary was the fitst discoverer. "The majority ofj people do not stop to consider ; the size J of the project Amundsen is attempting," said captain Roder; "nor do .they stop to think of the stakes. "If Amundsen is not successful in this undertaking lit -will practic ally spell doom for him. He has gone bankrupt before and now he must either make a, go of toe proposition or Jose the nrestiee he nas gained. With that before him, what man is going to rush through and take chances Vk consisting of Mr.and Mrs. Geddes, urcon and Lyman Spencer, with Mrs. Hinelein at the ntann There -were beautiful flowers in abundance, brought by the old friends of Mrs -more and lovelierUhan usual breathing thoughts of love and de votion. The pan bearers i were If on A . C. Marsters, J. H. Booth. Reuben Marsters, Fremont Barker, Alva Bellows and Charles Hadley. rtre, body 'was interred in the Odd Fellow's -cemetery east of Rose burg. t , A mature esdowdd Mrs. Selden with a good tnfad rwhich remained alert to the last. She wa3 fond of reading, and had streng con- . I - -.t.Hua I,,.."..? .l.Qey pui across questions, which .she was ready to a ku mat new tne attention of, defend when occasion nd but not in a manner to be offens Ive to those who differed from her. But first ef all Mrs. Selden was a Christian, true to her God and her conception of duty. In early life Rhe Joined the Methodist ehureh. the club members. Helen Se3i, joniorat Willam ette presented a violin solo, Mil dred Grant was her$ accompanist. wno also; - accompanied 'Faye fcpark at the piano In ia vocal number. Virginia Van Hern waa aDd always was loyal to it and her " - UbVU U V skit. DENNIS' TAX BILL! HIT AT MEETING OF GRANGES j I M (ConthiDrd from pace 1) for 13 years, Mr. Palmiter said "Some people seem to think that this bill Is a joke, but I want to assure you that it Is a serious matter, and - unless the . people thoroughly Arouse themselves and go to the polls and vote right, it may be carried , by -those who fa vor it and are willing to put up hundreds of thousands of dollars to see it made a law. I feel the thing to do is to organize a tax equalization league or something of that nature and invite all organ izations and those Interested in securing an income tax for" Ore gon to be a part of the organiza tion,! and in this way secure finan cial backing; then initiate a good Income tax measure to go on the ballot the same time as the Dennis resolution. , t Then we-ill have to remember how to vote,. for first of all we will. have to kill the Dennis resolution,' and second, vote for the income measure." HIGHWAY IS OFFERED TO STATE BY COURTS : iCortinnf from page 1) way,' after the counties had made 'the expense of building the high ways, the state would have charge of repairs, and would ultimately bu 114 u new brid ge-across the -Willamette.- This will be necessitated when travel becomes heavier. The present bridge is said to be in need of repair and was never intended to standi the traffic it is being sub jected , to. . The proposition of maintaining a free ferry. at Wheatland was not acted on definitely at the confer ence, and was subjected to some critftism :by the "Yamhill delega tion. v. ... -.. MANAGER SAID SUICIDE YArUXA June 2. Perry S. j Summers;1 manager of a shoe store iiere was found dead here in the office of the store late this after noon. 'Police said indications are that Summers shot himself with' a revolver which was on the floor near the chair in which the body uas found. pastors a great Inspiration to them , and their -work. -Iler nlace Vas never vacant at the nrearhine services, class meetings or prayer meetings iulefs it were unreason able for her to be present. For many years . the sang in church choirs and was always very fond of music. j For 33 years Mrs. Selden taught the primary class jn the Row burg M. E. Sunday school. When some of these boys and girls had child ren of their own they counted it a privilege to send them to this Sun day school teacher ;who had exert ed such a helpful influence over their Jives In early childhood. And all through these years she has been receiving letters of love and appreciation from members of this class whom , she shad taught so faithfully. She loved people-iand they responded to her affectionj On Sunday, May 3, Mrs., Selden attended the j morning service at Leslie Methodist church, of which he was a member, and in the af ternoon, in company ; with her daughter and son-in-law, attended a community prayer meeting. which was her last public service. Some of the neighbors who were present speak of the wonderful in-, spiration of her prayer. ; During the. last week of her ill ness those at her bedside could hear this dear old saint whimper ing promises from God's NTord. The funeral was held at the Les lie to. E. church of Salem on San- dav-ftf ternoon. May 2 rr-Rer A.- S. f Mulligan delivered the-funeral ser mon. ,: ' ' . The music was furnished by' the Leslie M. E. church chojr, and the pallbearers were Honv Jeorge H. Burnett,' Hon. George- M. Brown, Hon. O. P. Coshow,? Mr. "Horace Marsters, Mr.- Knaffle Pickens and! Mr. Amos Vass. V t v"i" . The services at Roseburg were held at the' M.-E,chnreb North next, day, Monday, May 25th, Rev, Joe Knott and Rev. S. E. Meminger -officiating;? quartet choir furnished the sweet mnsic; four;jurorsre taken KIIEPHKRD POISON CASE. VE "NIKE -SEAR COMPLETION' apparently suffering ennui and from a bad cold. . Fixed opinions were the causes of the majority of disqualifica tions today of a number of the veniremen examined and excused in three weeks, amounting to. 32C. ' ' - ' EIGHT DIE; MANYt ARE; INJURED IN WIND STORM 'tCoutlnaeJ from page I) were killed, several injured and extensive 'damage was dome to property an crops by two small tornados and an electrical storm which struck, northeastern Ne braska ancY western ' Iowa this aft ernoon. Crippled wire communi cations made details meager. :. - The greatest, force of the torna dos centered in the vicinity of Glenwood, : Iowa, and Madisen, Neb. . . : .-' - On the Robert Sheer farm, sev en and a half miles southwest of Madison,, the tornado smashed the buildings to kindling and killr ed Mrs: Sheer and her cousin, Loj Ware,. 23,. andt the Rev. Henr Benetker, Methodist pastor of North Bend, Neb. Two children of Mrs. Scheer were slightly injured. . Rev. Ben etker was killed while seeking ref uge at the Scheer home. The fourth known fatality occur red "at Orchard, Neb., in Antelope county, where Lloyd Hansen, .23. was . instantly killed by a bolt of lightning. CHICAGO, June '2, The Jury to try William P. Shepherd for the murder of William N. HcClintock, his foster son, was In sight tonight At adjournment fonr Jurors were actually sworn and two veniremen who had proven tentatively accept able, were In the jury box today. The second panel of four men was tendered thrice today and disqual ified each time. Shepherd sat witbj head lowered and eyes closed much of the day; CHICAGO. June 2. (By Asso ciated Press) North central states from 'the Rockies east to the Great Lakes region were drenched today by general rains that took two lines, broke the crest of a heat wave and took violent turns with freak results. The United States reather fore cast for the entire area tomorrow was more rain and "probably lo cal thunderstorms." High winds in adjacent portions of Iowa and Nebraska late today caused at least two deaths and se- rious property loss. The' storm", was accompanied by hail and a 2 inch rainfall in 30 minutes. A similar, outbreak in the vicinity of Sioux j City, Iowa, -. yesterday caused damage of more than $100,000. ; : 4 . Reports from over-Iowa listed five deaths, from -electrical and windstorms there yesterday and lat night. f nErraii rsmsj were general over Kansas fcand .Missouri today, dis patches said.' Fort -Soott, Kan sas,waa swamped by .3.73 inches of rain. A small tornado at Mc- Pherson, ; Kansas, caused $GO,000 damage. ' . ' " '" ' At Kansas City, Mo., the down pour was credited wiih extin guishing the burning fuse'. of j bomb intended for the destruction of a building under construction. while at Cedar Rapids, Iowa lightning struck an automatic sprinkler; system -in a department store, flooding five floors for j JlOa.000 loss. , , j Salt Lake City reported a max imum temperature of 60 degrees for northern Utah yesterday along with ' cold rains that retarded - the strawberry crop, at the same time Illinois and neighboring states ex perienced local storms. Though an additional heat prostration was recorded today in Chicago, the city welcomed a, 10 degree drop In its maximum temperature com pared with yesterday. j LIQUOR SQUAD REDUCED SPOKANE, June 2. The police dry squad was cut from seven to five men today, the second of the administration of Charles Hedger as commissioner of public safety. "The dry squad is not being de creased because we are going to loosen the strings on the liquor traffic, but betause we cannot spare seven men from patrol duty," Chief of Police Wesley Tur ner explained. . ; , KIDNAP CHARGE PROBED I vaaU?i .e3ted ;a trT receniiy .iut. waa piacea in jan CASE' 14 DECLARED 'FRAMKUP RV THREE ARRESTED MEN here but . has disappeared. Ife was there " Sunday, but - not, M'on- luay.when the sheriff sought him for arraignment. . i" Fellow "prison- FlTtE ENDANGERS CITV WINCHESTER, Idaho, June 2. Fire at an early hour this morning destroyed four buildings in the business district resulting in a loss of about $55,000 with in surance in the ampunt of $30,000. The cause of the fire is uinknown. r:::s:hsth? spills ' f -nci't, -JL far M r i-fcTtF ' rUA pot mm D . Li a That Fred M. Powell Motor Cars stand behind their NEWED cars the same as a new car. ".'I i RE- Lookers? are just as welcome here as buvers. Few have 'the heart to leave empty-handed. v- ; f If you can resist these values, .you are immune from all tempta- UOn. -VI -':".-.?' i -3- - .t- ' ' '-1 ? So here is a list of values that has made our reputation as 'Head quarters" j in Salem for super-valuation in quality. fl923 VELIE TOURING, two spotlights, bumpers, side wings' and many other extras .for . $900 1924 FORD TUDOR SEDAN, cord tires and lots of-extras, price ............... ..... $525 THIRD SERIES TWIN SIX PACKARD SEDAN, new motor and new paint, for . $1500 1925 ESSEX COACH, run only 2000 miles, new 'car warranty l...:.... $1000 LOS ANGEL.ES, June 2. (By The Associated Press. ) The Los Angele.3 county grand Jury is 1 to be given the opportunity to inves tigate the arrest of three" men charged with plotting to kidnap Mary Pickford, Tihn star, to ascer tain whether Ithere in ground for trying them or whether the whole affair was a frameup,' without ba sis in fact, by police department informers as charged by atttorneys for the trio, t Complaints ; agafnFt the? men. C. Z. Stephens, ! Claude A. Iloleomb and Adrian J. Wood were issued by the district attorney's office late today asj a means of holding them until a special fcession of the grand jury can be summoned Fri day. Bail was set at $50,000 tach. : !."' :-" - 1 ' District Attorney Keyes an nounced that he would turn the whole matter over to the grand jury for it to determine whether there was any evidence of a plot or any evidence of a '"frameup" where no plot existed. 'I T personals; T - -i . Bessie Criber was in the city from Icdepeadencevyesterday. A. Jeson, ;a resident of Amity, transacted (business in the city yesterday. . . i Clarke Moi eland, who resides at Albany, was (n Salem Tuesday afternoon. ' ; Mrs. J. V, Butler of 'Indepen dence was in the jity yesterday. . Judge R. II. Bunnell of Klam ath Falls was a visitor in the city Tuesday. ' j. Wade Ellis who is one of sec retary of state's force, fepent the week-end jst Newport a guest of Judge Marsters and family. J. A. Churchill, state; superin tendent of public "instruction, ia' spending a few days in Ashland. -BURGLAR, HAS VANISHED CHEHAH3, Wash.. June -2. John Tuel, alleged to be Tacoma's mysterious school burglar, has S era profess to know -nothing of hi- whereabouts no break in the Jail can be' found and the Jailer-ar.J. deputies are at a loss to explain, how tre man .who is wanted for a score of robberies vanished. THEATRE TUESDAY, JUWE 9 The World's Transcend ettt Szr- j .la the Alt-SurprUinj TrinmjvJi ef jhr"Ttr;Tljnt Crsri . ROIVJEO and JULI El with ROLLO PETERS nI th Entir Oriirinml 'rompnnjr ht praBtc4 ' tk Immor(l Rominct ! Ona Hundred nd tivmty 'Tour Timet ia Net Vrk LIL ORDKRS .NOW REIXO RECEniTI , - PRICES: $1.10, $2.20, $2.75, $3.50 i 1 . IM-ludlng Tax . i Include with remittance self -add reMMd stamped envelope NEW TODAY 1 RICHARD "MEN AND Wim" IHE star of MThe Ten Commandments" in a' tense "drama of 'marriage and ' money. . r Revelation o a Woman's Xovep t V ''''' "' " vV.v- .v. . X y i: CAST INCLUDES Claire Adam; Neil Hamilton- Robert Edeson and mm i i i y Today Thursday : -y . . L . t v . . ':': - ' . ' . ' . . .': .:' r : J- . ' j i i ' ' ) 1 I'i 1 f 7 : Z XejV Comedy' j FLORA FINCH A Brand 'New. Picture LIBERTY '.-: - . -a. M t ivy New Today 1 11 , - LIBERAL TERMS TILDES ACCEPTED M. PG17ILL r 3OT0R CARS ;'; " ; ' :' -' 690 Ferry Street Phone 2126 it ' Kit' .A . 1 it OREfiOfif- ll WED. r i Appeals 'by its -hominess, its faithful depiction of folks . you know Tin events enacted in real life. Absorbing romance, 4-alarm thrUIs. it ii in spicy comedy, A Lavishly Illustrated Edition of i . , BOOTH :.:';!!:A":: MNGTON'S ' PRIZE WINNER ,;' r-jV- : - "THE TVIAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS" I v:ed. ii TlfjJ. : 11 ....... . . . . , . 4 1 1 III II CULLEN 'LANDIS BEN ALEXAN DERALICE CALHOUN ALLAN FORREST .1 0 n mwm :-Ccn:cdy News
