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-V 4 3 vlTwv i. I a i 4T I V.ZJK I ! The formal "At the Feet WEATHER FORECAST? Pair, except ruin on the north coast, warmer In the in terior; moderate variable winds becoming rresh southerly. Maximum yesterday, 50; minimum, 34; river, 8.1; rainfall, .01; atmosphere, clear; wind, southwest. L " - '1 ' CA) U W VVSv V V'V' OO' Americans mnst pay Uncle Sam, erea If f - ' ' ' " "' " Jr v Europeans don't. Toledo Blade. I rriTTTTT TTTTTT TTfl TT - . . TIERS FOR NEW First Day of Argument on Proposed Bridge Comes to End at Portland FRIENDS, ENEMIES TALK t Delegates Front Hose tend Present Plan City Con IK Not Provide Sufficient Clear ance for Vessels I'OUTLAND. March IS. (AP) The first day of the hearing on ihe merits and demerits of a pro posed private toll bridge across ih? Columbia river between Long view. Wash., and .Rainier, Ore., closed today after proponents and opponents of the bridge plan had been heard. The Portland cham ber of commerce, the port com mission, and othe rinterests of ffied testimony to show that the proposed bridge would prove an obstruction to navigation on the Columbia river and would thus prove a detriment to the Portland harbor. The hearing will continue here tomorrow and will then adjourn, to reopen Thursday at Longview where testimony and arguments in favor of the bridge plans will be presented. The hearing is being conducted before a tribunal of government officials. The point around which most of today's arguments hinged was the question of verticle, clearance of the spans and horizontal clear ance of the channel piers. Port land delegates declared present plans do not provide for sufficient clearance and that this would con stitute a barrier against river traf- Cc. The plans call for a vertical clearance of 1S5 feet above mean low water and a horizontal clear ance of approximately 750 feet between channel piers. Portland's argument that the clearance was inadequate was at tacked by Joseph H. Strauss, bridge engineer of Chicago, who said a greater distance was un necessary and that a bridge con- (Coatinnod en pmce S.) D E CREE IN CASE UPHELD BY COURT BARRETT CONVICTED OX VIO LATING BLUE SKY JjAXV ' Several Additional Opinions Hand ed Down By State Supreme Court The decree in the K. J. Barrett case, which .was rendered by the Multnomah county circuit court, was affirmed by the state supreme court yesterday. In December ''25, Barrett was convicted of offering for sale corporate securi 'its in violation of the Blue Sky laws. In appealing the case to the supreme court the defendant al leged that in making the sale of 'lie stock in question, he was merely selling his own property and therefore that the court erred in overruling his motions for a uir.-ted verdict and in arrest judgment. of "There was sufficient evidence offered to show that the defendant in dealing with this stock was not within the provisos, even though there had been evidence ot his own.tfsMfp of it." read the su preme ,.ourt opinion. His course of dealing with the ptov-k consisted of repeated and -""mining transactions all look ing to thf. saIe and transfer of the tock to the general public. Under the evidence defendant clearly vio lated th? statute and the motions ere properly overruled." The opinion was written by Jus tice Rand. ' Other opinions handed down yesterday follow: Fred Mvera v T tt rr.tiA- x-i I'e Hatler. Charlo. niAtr- ai "cen. appellants; ap peal from Clackamas county. Suit to i qUlet tiUe. Opinion by Justice 'eit. .lllflo-a Yir-H-" tt r : tvi i . firmed lrtha Kergerson vs State In- anstrial accident commission, ap- Pellants- appeal from Multnomah Suit fnr 1 countv- Opinion by Justice Rand. . Judge Jhn H. Stevenson reversed. -Swingle ts Medford Irri- from t &stTl. appellant; appeal from Jackson county. Suit to re- L - XConttatt4 oa.pags 8.) 2 Opening of the Rrst National Bank Quarters in the of Buddha ,SneefmYi.. d.-- NEW RADIO BODY STARTS WORKING ' ' , , OMMIKSIOV EXDS JOB OF ORGANIZING irst nrrter Continues Licenses for Amateurs and Ship Operators WASHINGTON. March 15. fAP.) The new federal radio commission completed its organi zation today and took several steps toward establishing its au thority over communication ,v ether. Its first order settled all im mediate concern which radio users on shinboard or in th field have felt as to how th nm- igime might effect them, by con tinuing all licenses of that char acter hitherto granted by the com merce department for an indefi nite period. A second decision touched upon i no most contested raHin nh-co fnd by it all operators of broad cast stations are notified to apply in the near future for a renewal of permits to operate. In the meantime, beginning on March 29 in Washington, the com mission will hold four days of open hearings to consider what shall be done with radio broad casting. It will prepare and send cut special forms to all holders of permits to broadcast or to trans mit radio from point to point, on which applications for the right O: continue operations may be made. The formal session at which the c remission acted was called by lis chairman, Admiral Bullard, who is now en route to Washing ton from China, and was presided over by the vice chairman, E. O. Sykes of Mississippi. In spite of being handicapped by a failure on the part of congress to appropriate funds, the commission will under take its work, the statement said and does not expect to be too (Continued o 2.) YOUTH LEAVES HIS HOME Parents Seeking Some Informa tion Concerning Thefr Son Jesse A.-Reinoehl, 16, has run away from the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rein oehl of Toledo. He is reported to have left the home on March 7 and no word has been received of him since that time. The boy lias dark brown eyes and black hair. Two of his upper teeth are crooked. He weighs about 150 and is 5 feet 9 inches in height. At times, according to his parents, he has severe attacks of asthma. When he left the home he wore a blue shirt, overalls and a faded gray sweater with black and orange designs. It is thought he carried with him a new brown suit, cap and tan oxfords. He Is without fundsand his parents are worried over his ab sence. Any information concern ing the lad would be greatly ap preciated by them. t RUM VESSEL CAPTURED Flight of I!ritih Vessel Halted by Shots From Cutter CHARLESTON. S. C, March 15. (AP)-r-Seven nfen, the crew of the British. liquor laden schoon er Vinces whose precipitate flight from a coast .guard cutter was halted when the guardsmen sent a shot crashing through her bul warks, were in custody here to night while federal officers sought warrants charging violations of prohibition, customs and mari time laws. In (addition to the charges which will be placed against the crew, the vessel will be libeled and sold. District Attorney Meyer declared. Meanwhile, the Vinces cargo, valued-at more than $100. 000 at current bootleg prices, -remains In the hold pending removal to government storage for de struction. WEATHERSON TRIAL OFF f u . . ' ; Cnsliier of Florence Bank Xot to Appear for Embezzlement EUGENE, Or., March 15. (By AP.) Miss Harriet Weatherson. cc shier of. the Lane County State and Savings . bank at Florence, who had pleaded not guilty a few deys ago to the charge of em bezzlement and making , loans when the bank's reserves was . im paired, and jointly indicted with Henry Bergman, the president, ylll not go to trial, it was stated at; the office of District Attorney Medley today. What - the, nexi slep in the case will be is Dot yet known, aa .no official statement has been made by either the state or defense attorney HI M CHINESE SHOOT AT 0. S. VESSEL: E Destroyer Preble Hit by Sol diers Near Wuhu, on Yangtse River BRIDGE STRUCK TWICE Formal Protest Will he Made to Cantonese "c.'overnnicnt, in disc Nationalists Are Found Responsible SHANGHAI, March IS. (AP.) Investigation has been ordered by the United States authorities of a new international incident which occurred' Sunday when Chin ese soldiers flred on the American destroyer Preble and a Standard Oil launch which the destroyer was protecting rrom Chinese in terference 12 miles from Wuhu, on the Yangtse river. The Preble had placed an armed party aboard the launch and was escorting her out of danger when she wag fired on. The bridge of the destroyer was struck twiVo but there were no casualties and the Americans replied to the Chin ese fire with machine guns. John Van A. MacMurray, Am erican minister at Peking, has in structed Frank P. Lockhart, con sul general at Hankow, to Investi gate the incident, and a formal protest will be made to the Can tonese government, which only recently captured Wuhu, if it is found that nationalists were re sponsible for the attack. Unconfirmed news from the fighting fronts tell of fighting at Ihing, which the Cantonese claim to have occupied, and near Cheng- (Continued on pare 4.) CAMP INSPECTION DUE Patterson and White Go to Gear hart to Look at Property Governor Patterson and Adju tant General George A. White left here last night for Gearhart where they will inspect property secured recently by the federal govern ment for us of the Oregon Nation al Guard. Adjutant General White an nounced that future encampments of the national guard would be held at Gearhart. and that prop erty now under lease near Med ford would be relinquished. Governor Patterson will not re turn to Salem until early next week. ROB HO ' J .' , i . v . - SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MQRNtNG. MARCH 16, PART OF REWARD GOES TO CARSON .l I'll RAY CAITFItKD FOLIIW- IN TRIP OF MUX NORTH t'eiitralia Policeman UHh Half of Sl.OOO Offered for Capture by Convict The reward of $1000 offered by the state of Oregon for the appre hension of Tom Murray, who with Jame'j Willos and Ellsworth Kel ley, jnade a sensational escape from ihe state nenitentiarv horn in August, 1925. will be divided ii'iany oetween Charles D. Pill ing, chief of police of Olympia ana I'liillip Carson of Portland. This was the decision reached by Governor Patterson ystcrday after he bad listened to the statements of Chief of Folic nung, Mr. Carson and a number Oi other oersons iritprtfH ir iistriluition of the reward. Car son originally filed a claim wit.i tho governor for the entire rou. t ut this was protested by Chief of lolie Pilling, ana a number i f Centralia police officers who par ticipated in Murray's capture. Mr. Carson alleged that he n.et Murray in the railroad yards at Vancouver, Wash, and aceompan i."d him as far as Centralia. H? .sa.d he later notified the Centio lia officers that Murray was in a lodging house there. The fugitive subsequently was arrested by Chief of Police Pilling and a num ber of his officers. At the ii..ie of Murray's apprehension Mr. Pi;- ling was in charge of the Cen tralia police department. , , ihe prison break resulteoTiin tl.e claying of Milton Holhnan and John Sweeney, guards, and the wounding of Lute Savage, also an employe of the institution. Kelley and Willos were captur ed in Eastern Oregon after they, had robbed a store and committed other criminal offenses. STATE BOARD CONFERS Discuss Qualifications: Superin tendent To Be .Named Members of the state boarfl Df l"ul nem an informal confer ence in the executive department yesterday and discussed briefly the qualifications of applicants for the office of superintendent of the state penitentiary. The appoint ment probably will not be announ ced until the return of Governor . wuu ien iasi nignt ror Clatsop county. The office of superintendent of the state penitentiary was created under an act of the last legisla ture. Under this law the warden and deputy warden would -be ap pointed by the superintendent, subject to confirmation by the slate board of control. The legislature also transferred the management of the prison from the governor to the board of control. This action was in line with a recommendation contained in Governor Patterson's message. GETTING NOWHERE FAST HAWTHORNE WAY PROPOSED NAME M FETING CAULK I) AT RICK RE ALL TO DISCUSS PLAXS Best Decorated Mail Boxes Along Highway to Be Awarded With Prizes "Hawthorne Highway" will in the near future wind its way for 15 miles between Salem and Dal las, if plans now started by the chambers of commerce of both towns finally mature. "Hawthorne Highway" is the new name proposed for the Salem Dallas . highway, after the pro posed beautification of the road is complete. A meeting has been called for Friday evening at Riek reall, under the auspices of the Salem chamber and Dallas cham ber, at which plans for the beauti fication will be discussed. Residents living along the high- way are specially urged to attend. ine baiem chamber and the Dallas chamber are each offering prizes for the best decorated mail box along the 7.5 miles of road nearest to each one's own town. Each chamber Is offering a $5 first prize and a ?2. 50 second prize. The meeting Fnday evening at Rickreall is th.e first one that has been called to consider the pro posed beautification. SNOOK LEAVES HIS HOME Disappearance of Youth Mysterv to Parents; Word Wanted Richard Snook, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Snook, 1140 Xofth Front 6treet, disappeared from his home shortly after noon Monday, and no trace of him had been reported up to an early hour this morning. The boy wore a gray sweater, blue overalls, laced boots and a light colored cap when last seen. He is five feet six inches tall and fairly heavily built. His disap pearance was not reported to city authorities until Tuesday evening. Richard has not been inclined to waywardness and had no quar rel with his parents, so that his disappearance is a mystery and the family is greatly worried. GAMBLING BILL DELAYED Nevada Measure Sent Back to Lower House for Correction RENO, Nevada, March 15. fAP) After a day spent in par uamentary discussions , of the wide open gambling bill in the senate, it was sent back to the assembly late today for correct ions and then returned to the upper house for probable action tomorrow. A Concerted drive against the bill was beine made by Senators Scott and Henderson 4. New Building Will Be on Next Saturday inore Theater Today and Tomorrow 1927 TO TIE IN LIOEL SUIT Aaron Sapiro Charges Auto mobile Manufacturer In jured Reputation JURORS CHOSEN EASILY Siv Men and Si Women Chosen to Sit on Case; AH Anxious for Duty and Give None of Usual Alibis DETROIT, Mich., March 15. (AP) Henry Ford will take the witness stand Monday in the 11,000,000 libel suit filed against him by Aaron Sapiro of Chicago, organizer of cooperative market ing associations, who claims his reputation was injured by articles appearing in Ford's publication. The Dearborn Independent. This was decided at a confer ence of counsel for both sides to day after a jury had been sworn in before Judge Fred M. Raymond of the United States district court rora win appear as a witness for Sapiro, counsel for the plain tiff who declared they subpoenaed him, have announced. The manu facturer will be in the unique posi tion of testifying against himself but will benefit by the federal court rule which prohibits coun sel impeaching the testimony of its own witnesses. Six women and six men parried with attorneys and the judge in the tiny marble-walled courtroom and succeeded in being chosen to sit as jurors in what promises to be a long drawn out trial. No alibis were forthcoming as to bus iness duties, illnean in tlm famllv or prejudices? It was obvious all T wished to serve. Carefully the white-haired sen ator from Missouri. James A. Reed, appearing for Ford, ques tioned the veniremen to bring out possibilities of prejudice, religion, of unfavorable fraternal alliances. One man was excused after he in formed the court he had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, al though he had neVer been active, and two members of the Jewish race were excused. William Henry Gallagher, at torney for Sapiro, began his open ing plea after the jury had been sworn in. He declared the right of free speech was open to all, but when a publication injured the good character and reputation of an individual it was to be re garded as a menace. It was im portant, he said, to take into con sideration the motives behind an article, whether the heart was in the right place or malice and ill will were involved. The phrase ology and character of the publi cation also should be considered, he said. "Henry Ford has the right to attack the Jewish people as a race without exposing himself to libel," Attorney Gallagher said in his .opening plea, "but when he makes j an individual the target for his I attacks, he makes himself sub (Continatd on paxa 2.) MONEY FLOWING RAPIDLY ireasury Has Perhaps Greatest Turnover Since War Dajs WASHINGTON, March 15. (AP) Money flowed in and out of the treasury today in perhaps the largest volume for any day since the war, the turnover reach ing into the billions. At night Secretary Mellon, still deluged by reports from all sec tions or the country, estimated that holders of at least one third loan bonds had accepted in place of the outstanding second liberty of those securities, which fall due ext year, the latest offering of rive year treasury notes. Likewise, Mr. Mellon was con fident that his estimate of 1 6 00, voy.ooo would be good for the total of income tax collections for the first quarter of the year, which were due today. SCHOOL BUTLDIXG BURNS EUGENE, Or., March 15 (AP) The three-room school building m the River Road district a mile aorth of Eugene, was destroyed by lire today. The loss Is esti mated at 16.000 with 2750 in F STAND MONDAY surance. Pupils will be accom modated in the Eugene schools during the rest of the term, HEROIC WOMAN FIGHTING DEATH MOTHER IX. SERIOUS COXDI- TIOX AFTER FRKEZIXO Little Rest in Store for Mrs. D. W. Amburgey Following Storm Tragedy in Hills LAKEVIRW, Or.. March 15. (A P.) At pitch and toss between life and -death, Mrs. D. W Am burgey tonight sought what little rest was in store for her as she bore up bravely under the after- n.ath of a tragic Odyssey amid the snows ofsnows of Paisley moun tain, when two of her little child ren fell victims of death by freez ing after the party had become lost in the thicket-covered hills. A third child, a tot of two years, was saved by its mother's love when she took her'threadbare coat from her back and wrapped it around the babe. - .. Grave medical men gave little hope as they announced that the woman was m a very serious con dition. They thought that it may lie necessary to amputate a part of her frozen feet. On account of her weakened condition from exposure and the fact that she is t.- become a mother within a short time, this will not be done un less it becomes absolutely nees sjiry. Lost when they went to a neigh boring farm house to obtain food, (Continued on P?e 6.) MOTHER ADMITS MURDER Woman Says Children Died From Poison Meant for Husband SALT LAKE CITY, Utah March 15. (AP) Kenneth Pet erson, 2 7 months and Margaret Bateman. 17 months, died March S of poison administered by the hand of Mrs. Bernard Peterson, of Murray, Utah, as the result of a plot aimed toward tho destruction of the husband and four children. Mrs. Peterson confessed late to day. Mrs. Peterson declared that love for another prompted her jic- The poison used, the confession states, was brought to the Peter son home from Los Angeles, but aumormes oeiieve that the per son who supplied it had no idea of the purpose for which it was intended. H0YT STREET TORN UP Pressure To Bo Brought To Bear , To Have Paving rut In Pressure will be brought to bear on the authorities responsible, to bring about the improvement of the part of Hoyt street that is used as an approach to the City View cemetery, it was decided at Tuesday's luncheon of the Kiwanis club. This street, over which funeral processions are forced to make their way nearly every day, is a disgrace to the city. Rev. E. H. Shanks declared. Because of the slope, it washes out with every rain, and hard surfacing alone will make it passable, it was explained. The difficulty, one of the mem bers said, lies in the fact that this road is half inside and half out side the city limits, and neither the city nor the county will claim it. ' HAITIANS AWAIT KING Public Intends to Welcome TJ. 8 Senator, Deputies Learn ' ; SANTO DOMINGO. Domin&an republic, March 5. (AP) The Haitian public is continuing its preparation to receive United States Senator King of Utah, says a message received here today from. Perclvat Thoby and M Joliobis at Port Au Prince, lead ers of the opposition to President Borno. ihe message .was received - by the two Haitian deputies, Pierre Hudecourt and Pierre Paul, who arrived, here today to await 'the arrival of Senator King, whose criticism of the United States policy in Haiti has led to the de cision of the Haitian government to exclude him from the country. H THOROUGHBREDS DIE Barn of Fancier Destroyed; Blue . liibbon Steeds Destroyed HUNTINGTON, - W. Va March l ap.) -Fourteen thoroueh- nrea horses, many of them being groomed for national shows, were Durnea to death when lire destrov. ed the barns of N. K. Sneed, horse fancier, today. The fire, which Caused $40,000 damage, was be lieved to have- resulted from de fective wiring. Among ihe more valuable ;. horses destroyed were American Maid and Gold Crown, winners of numerous blue rib bons. -. HUE BEELEGTEH SCHOOLS1 HEAD FOR TWO YEARS Twelve Months' Pay System Favored by Teachers While Board Considers SALARIES UNANNOUNCED W. If. Bunrhardt an.: Miss Cow ley Also Elected for Tv.o Year Period; Teachers and Priu-" ciifeils XaiiK-d w Superintendent Gecrge W. Hpg of the Salem public schools was reelected for a period of two years to begin at the termination of his present contract next spring, by the local board of education at' a special meeting Tuesday evening. W. H. Burghardt. clerk of tho board, and Miss Carlotta Crowley, elementary school supervisor were also elected for two years. All of the present principals and teachers were reelected for one year. The salaries agreed upon were not announced, as they have not all been determined. It is probable that not all of the teachers will accept the contracts offered. , The board has not definitely adopted the 12 months pay basis, arrangement which was proposed by Superintendent Hug. This plan was favored y tne Teachers' In'a, meeting held Tuesday afternoon. The list of principals and teach, ers reelected follows: Senior High School J. C. Nelson, principal;, R. 3V, Tavvener, assistant principal. . Ada Ross, head of the English, department; Edith Bragg. Marjor- ie Chrtatenson.-Erien A. FisheV Grace T. Hockett, Dorothy Nich olson, Pauline RIckll, Leah Ross, Constance Small, Naomi .Taylor, English instructors. Beryl Holt, head of the inathe' matics department; Ola L. Clarke Lelia Johnson, Margaret Lucius, mathematics instructors. June Philpott. head Of RctAnKf department; Hulda Guild, Garnet "B"4' Garonne Khubetx, Merle (Continued on oar .) FRANCE, ITALY GIVEN NEW NOTE N ATIONS IN VITED TO PARTICI PATE IV NAVAL PACT ' Assurance Sent to Both Govern. menu That all Questions Are Still Open WASHINGTON. March 1K' (AP.) Invitations to Fran Italy to participate "In some man- re r in the three-no wer ference at Geneva were made pub lic today at the state department. W hile similar in form and also in language in part, they differ that reply was made to arraraent. advanced by each ennntn in w jetting the original nrA-rutvap in ference' invitation. Assurance was given both gov ernments that while the United States had no desire to reopen questions as to naval limitations already settled by treaty, it re garded all other questions as open for discussion and . had no jre conceived ideas as to French or Italian tonnage ratios in the class es of auxiliary Bhios to b with. To the French suggestion that success of the preparatory com mission at Geneva, orranlzei fc the league of nation, might be : ricked by simultaneous treatv . gctiations between the naval pow ers, the American note said: . 'The government of the Unit States Is of the opinion that all appropriate measures taken by th large naval powers cannot bat eon- tribute towards facilitating th task of the commission." ' Italy's assertion of the Inter dependence of every type of arma ment was answered similarly that in the American view limitation. of the naval branch of armament must greatly contribute in advanc ing the solution of the problem as -whole." , . : . Dealing with Italy's suggestion that her geographic position and strategic considerations made It Impossible for her to enter into binding agreements to limit naval armament without grave risks, tho American note said: It is feared there may exist 1CsUsm4 on ?r .) -