The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 27, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textion Wilh Be Buoy -Keeping Ahcctl cv I jwLiwi.wwU- tiuiTiwir iu tiJiLunamg oo nupiaiy nat itnu tuning oommiu j -j. g - .. - ' - r : -: . -.;; - - -; Is : ; ..tV'. ' 4 ;4WEATHER FORECAST; Generally fair; temperatures,' above and, humidity some what below normal. Maximum temperature yesterday 86; mntmum. 62; river, 1.2; atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest.' . - " . j . i . , 1 Remember the good tftS Cayi "when yoa used' to giggle behind . your spelling book ; ' . eery time the teacher's beau came to visit 1 Uhachooi?;;'; . T'TV . . t -. - v , . v. . Ka '-"sit.. . ... -' " i -... -j .-?' r-' " ,--' . ,!-...;..---.. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR ' SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY, 27, 1927 PRICE F,KE. CENTS mm ill hi 11 -7" i Pa a- nnifiii.TPn nfiiiim r iiiiiivi'i i - 1 1 it i n i in Unibi II CHIffi STILL Mrs. J. R. Trindle Returns After 25 Years as Educa tor in Shanghai, TELLS OF EXPERIENCES Wit BELIEF 'l i t n. ' i J c ?? Opposition to Mfoslonartai Princi pally Caused by Soviet Iirfln. ; encf, Declared; Stirring : s ' Evetf Witnessed The dawn of a - better day for - China does not yet seemed, to hare appeared, - declared , Mrs, J. R. Trindle, who returned , last, week to Salem 4 after spending most of " the time since 1902 teaching school in Shanghai, t Her husband, J. R, Trindle. who Is a cousin of William Trin dle,. local attorney remained In Shanghai, and probably will re torn to the United States within another year. Mrs. Trindle brought their two youngest children, Mary Theodora, aged, 15, and Joseph Warren, aged 8. with her on her, return. Another daughter is married, and is living ; in'Sbanghaiv T-'-r'' -: .' Hopes Prove Empty .Those interested In the fate of China looked with hope upon the activities of the movement start ing recently. In .southern China, known asUhV Kwo tog -Tarig or -People's: Nationalist, movement, Mrs. Trindle told a .Statesman, re porter Tuesday, Tbey.weredoom- ' td to disappointment, however r for there seems to be no leader strong enough to control-the movement. And back- of it f all can plainly: be seen the, hand of soviet x Russia, Much of. the opposition.: which has ariaen against. misslonaxies In 'htaa Is dne to the Hussian In ifrluence, Mrs. ? Trindle believes. , In the recent Nankin massacre Rioting was tarried on by outeld ers while the missionaries and their families were protected as long as possible by the local Chin ese. These also . gave money and food and clothing for the. desti tute foreigners t after the rioting ceased. ; t. , ' Concessions Guarded , ' Shanghai was the scene of much (PoaUnae o',P' 'J, MRS. STILLMAN t THROWS DISHES I ' . , . e 2XCITING INCIDENT, LIVENS NORTH WOQDS WEDDJNQ Princeton Gradote Wed Lena "Wilson In Imprefwive Cere mony Tuesday 'GRANtJIJ ANSEr, Quebeci July 2,i (AP) Lena Wilson, gradu t nt th north woods, celebrated her 18th birthday today by marry-j ns ATii&tf Rtlllman.: Jr.. PriSceM The i marriage, 'solemniied , on the, lawn of the beautiful Stillman lodge in the wooded Canadian hills along the St. Maurice river, pro ceeded without incident, "although a feature not on the program was contributed after the ceremony, by: Mrs. James A. Stillman, mother of. the bridegroom, who , threw crockery at some motion picture and news cameramen while the guests were, assembling for re- freshmen ts. ,; ' On the .wide sward, with, lta set ting of pines, In , which the Still tnan summer camp Is situated, a temporary altar had been ejected and by S p. m., the. hour of the ceremony, the country people for miles around, bush workers, ytiVt i ...n .nil roinnlnta from the out ' lying farms, were mingling witb the, hundreds of guests wnose wr. xnal attire ' presented ' a " striking 1 contrast to the home spans of the , northern settlers. Newspapermen; banned yester day from theJ camp, were permit it to ba nresent. Th- throng gathered on , the lsrrn and first appeared Father -'irian Lamy, accompamea oy "Cithers Normand 1 and Desilets. Then "came the brioe, sweeuy i ': traMlvH .In her immaculate wed ding gown, then the bridegroom and relatives oj me iwu wrth dne solemnity I the cere vlth the Titea of the Roman Cath olic church. ; Prayers; in. Engmn 'trprn intoned bv Father Normand. ' The marriage over, the register t-. (Oostlattd s j 9.)'' STATE DEFEATED IN: REFUND CASE HAS NO KlUHT TO MONKY RETLTtNfeD TO COUNTIES Proceeding Involving $1300,000 Throughout State Decided Locally Provided that the opinion of Circuit, Judge L. H. McMahan handed down here Tuesday Is sus tained by the supreme court, the 18 , counties which participated in the Oregon & California land grant refund wlH.not.be. required to., turn, over any of. the. amounts they received to the state. Judge McMat&n held that the state had neither a legal nor a moral right tp any part of the money refund The state will appeal the case to the supreme court.' The opinion of Judge McMahan sustained a demurrer to the com plaint in the suit brought by the secretary of state to recover from Marion county approximately 124,000 of its total refund of 1119,000. The demurrer alleged that the circuit court for Marion county was without jurisdiction In the suit and? that the facts con tained in the complaint did not constitute a cause of action, i The opinion of Judge McMahan, if affirmed by the state supreme court, will . result in a saving of approximately 51,300.000 to the 18 Bp-called land grant counties in Oregon. The state alleged that U was entitled to this amount of the total tax. refund which ex ceeded $7,000,000, The state contended that the tax refund act, provided that all monies paid to the county should be apportioned, prorated and paid by the county to the state, county road, districts, school districts-and other, civil subdivisions, of j the county, in the ,sanxe. proportion as the . taxes . for; each. . of f the, years covered by the, statute were appor tioned, and; paid ?r : . Attorneys for Marion county al leged,, that - under- the refund law the state, had already received from the. .county, all the money it could legally ..exact and therefore, was not entitled to participate in the. tax refund. ' The, cost . of defending the suit ts being, defrayed by the 18 coun ties which participated in the tax refund. ; LACKS LICENSE, FINED Tax Exempt Tags Found Not Valid on Special Agent's Car C. D. Putnam yesterday paid a fine of $25 In Justice court after being found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without a . proper license. Putnam was arrested recently on the road between Salem and Dallas with. tax. exempt license on his car, and exhibited a special agent's commission from the gov ernor of the Btate, He claimed to have been formerly a deputy sher iff, in Coos county. ,,Tbe,. commission which., he held was found to be authentic, but in asmuch as such jSpecial agents are pot entitled to & tax exempt li eense, the fine 'was assessed by Justice of the Peace Brazier Small. GERVAI S VETERA N Fl NED jfcO Penalty Follows Verdict of V Guilty la Assault Case Carl Crawford, ex-service man of Gervais, who was arrested on June 22 on a charge of assault and battery filed . against him by Joe. Welt.?.?, of,, that city, was fined $50. by Justice Brazier Small yes terday, after having been found guilty of the charge. - Crawford,' who was badly dis abled while in the service, and has spent much time in rehabilitation hospitals, is said "to" .have" at lacked Welter and. beaten him badly dur ing, an altercation, - Justice Small ordered the re lease. Qf. Crawford, after receiving bis fine, and securing from him a promise to leave - the connty at p.Qcer : . : SCENARIO . WRITER DIES June Mathla Cries Out in Theater, "" v "Causee Neay Panic . NEW YORK. July 26 (AP)- June Mathis, motion picture scen ario writer, died as a result oi a heart attack while sitting with her mother in. an orchestra seat of a theater tonight. a; few minutes before"? the". '.'final curtain I Miss Mathis suddenly screamed: "Moth er I'm dying! I'm dyingl' V ;f Many persons 'rose in the tense, almost nanie ! stricken r audience. Two. trained- nurses and a - physi cian. who were witnessing the play hurried to Miss Mathis ana carnea her. outside to a courtyard where the physician pronounced her dead. lAllON BOOl rJATIQHAL TASK SAYS CDQLIDGE Hopes Every City May Soon Have Airport. Under Its t. Own Initiative MAY HONOR CHAMBERLIN President Receive Delegation from Highway Association; Iowa Editor Opposes Mc-Nary-Hangen Program RAPID CITY, S. D., July 2fi. (AP) Cities and towns are ex pected by President Cool id ge to take the r Initiative ! in building their own'alrports while' the gov ernment devotes Its s attention to the development" of aviation itself It is the hope" of the' president that every municipality will be able In the near future to estab lish an air base. With aviation .going ahead as it is, he believes the airports will be a necessity. He is ready to permit the use of the army and navy flying fields In Washington for an airport there but he thinks the capital city should have an airbase of its own and in this respect he Is ready to cooperate. Lands Chamberlin Giving some attention to avia tion today. Mr. Coolidge made it clear he would like to give Clar ence D. Chamberlin. New York to Germany flyer, the distinguished f lying cross, highest aviation award of the government, if it were possible under the law. He was of the,- opinion that Chamberlin belonged to a reserve corps of the army or navy but re- ( Continued on page 8.) STATE RETIRES BONDS Payments August 1 and October 1 Will Total 9723,366.44, The state treasurer on August 1 will retire state highway bonds in the amount of $100,000. The in terest payment is $14,000. On October 1 another group of high way bonds aggregating 5800,000 will be retired. Interest payments to be met by the state October 1 tptal $809,366.44. With the retirement of these bonds the state highway debt will be reduced to approximately 35, 000,000. PREMIERi NOT tt kku fi.Jfer , r . rA v! ' ,1 . in ' ' i ' T .!-. '. f f " ' ' ' i- "vx 'r St mmmmm a 9 .T7 ' ' &i I r i l ; V- " I'M- 'V 1 'I l-'r ' 1' ( - ' 'if -' - A i : y ' ": JLi ; 't M 1 . x if v . v Since the ending ot the.'colorruKand turbulent career" of King. Ferdinand of Roumania by-death, It has become evident that the real ruling power of the land is not, of course, the five-year-old grandson of the kiag who succeeded to the throne as JKing Michael It or any. other member of the eyal. family, but Premier Ion Bratlano. Above are pictures of the chief actors In this, unusual royal drama which the world has been observing with intense interest. At the very top, the artist has sketched high spots of Ferdinand's reign. He was the lone Hohenxollern to stand ?wlth the Allies in thet.World War. In the center la Michael, boy king, whose ; mother Is jPrlncess Helen,' eldest daughter of the late King .Conatani tine of Greece." To his left, the last portrait of the late King Ferdinand before his last lingering fittal illness. To the right Is Premier Bratlano. Below,. left to 'Tight, are: Queen Marie, whom Americans know first-hand; Prince Carolfather of Michael --who renounced the throne to go his own way in Parts: Princess Ileana. and Prince Nicholas, aunt . and -uncle of the new monarch, the prince also being oaaei the three regents named to protect the interests ot the throne. .. MARINES AGAIN ROUTSANDINOS ONE U. - S. SERVICE MAN IS WOUNDED, SEVERAL NATIVES Insurgent Attempt to Ambush Troops, But Good Hand ling Prevents MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 26 ( AP) United States marines and Nicaraguan constabulary have again come under the fire of the irregular forces of General Sandino. One marine and several of the constabulary were wound ed. - The skirmish occurred yester day near San Fernando, about 20 miles from Ocotal. the little town where only, a few days ago a handful of marines and constabu lary aided by bombing planes, killed 300 of Sandino's men. An attempt was made by Sandi no to ambush Major FLoyd's troops and nearly succeeded, but good handling of Floyd's troops prevented' -this and enabled him speedily, to rout the attacking forces, who lost several killed and a score wounded. Efforts - will be made to run down the Sandino band and it is understood, that airplanes will par ticipate in an action which Is ex pected to occur soon. W. C. HAWLEY TO ATTEND Will Represent Lower House at Cruinpacker Funeral Congressman W, C. Hawleyhas been notified by the sergeant at arms of the house of representa tives, that he has been appointed to attend the funeral of Congress man Maurice E. Crumpacker as the official representative of the lower house of congress. The funeral services for the Oregon congressman will be held in Portland at 2 p. m. Friday. BANK EXAMINERS NAMED O. A. Carlson, Portland, and E. T. Way, Albany, Appointed The state banking board Tues day approved the employment jof Oscar A. Carlson of Portland and Edmund T. Way of Albany as state bank examiners. They were recommended by Frank; Bramwell, state superintendent of banks. Mr. Carlson formerly was in the employ of the federal reserve bank while Mr. Way was until recently associated with the Albany , state bank. . No mention was .made by mem bers of the board at Tuesday's meeting with relation to reports that Mr. Bramwell was to resign and that ex-Governor Ben W. Ol- cott would be appointed as his successor. BOY KING, RULES JURY TO PROBE LOCKWOODCASE WOMAN BOUND OVER; f7500 BOND FURNISHED Defense Fails to Present Case at Preliminary Hearing in Justice Court Mrs. Ruth W. Lock wood. against whom a charge of invol untary manslaughter was filed following the death of Maynard Sawyer, Salem druggist, a week ago last night, was bound oyer to the Marion county grand jury, as the result of the preliminary bear ing held yesterday morning before Justice of the Peace Brazier C. Small. . : Bail was set agjjtin at $7500, which has already been supplied by friends of Mrs. Lockwood. Mrs. Lockwood appeared in court with her attorneys, James Heltzel pf Salem and John A. Col Her of Portland. Opportunity to make a statement in her own be" half was waived by her attorneys, Witnesses called bv' the state told of the accident, and of the injuries received by Sawyer, when he was struck at the intersection of State and Church by. a can said to have been driven by Mrs. Lock wood. Dr. Carlton Smith, Saleni physi cian, testified that he examined the body of Sawyer immediately after the accident, and described the extent of the injuries, several of which were alone sufficient to kill him. Eye-witnesses of the accident who testified were Miss Gladys Collins, employee of the, telephone company, and Wallace . Sears. 16 year old West Salem youth. The latter narrowly escaped being struck by the death car himself, and witnessed . the accident front close at hand. Identifying the car as a Franklin roadster, and the driver as a woman. City Traffic Officer Edwards told of the arrest of Mrs. Lock- wood after a chase out- State street, and of the discovery of two (Continued on page .5.) BRIDGE BLOWUP AVERTED Employe Uncovers Dynamite Bur- - ieo: rtear uoacrete paa , , PASADENA, Cal, July 26. (AP)- An apparent, attempt to blow up the concrete Colorado street bridge was uncovered today by, a street department employe who struck his pick, into a nest of 22 sticks of dynamite which had fuses and wiring attached. I No .explosion resulted, although the pick, cut one stick of explosive in halves. The blasting charge was buried near the western end of the. span. 4 IN ROU MANIA CflBlfJET LABORS TO SitIOOTH OUT GENEVA TANGLE Chamberlain to Make Ex planatory Statement to Pariiament This Week FINANCES; CONSIDERED Churchill Anxious to Avoid Neces sity of Huge Expenditure for Cruisers; U. S. Delegates Send Note LONDON. July 26. (AP) -An other cabinet council was held to day; Sir Austen Chamberlain pre siding, to discuss further the, dif f erences t between. Great Britain and the United SUtesVs to naval requirements, and how far they were , reconcilable. The cabinet also desired to prpyide Viscount Cecil and W. C. Bridgeman. the Geneva delegates, with such well aennea instructions as It was hoped might help: set the Geneva conference going again. The council was held in the pre mier's room In, the house of com mons, those attending Including the . Earl , of Balfour, Winston' qhurchill, Lord Cecil and Mr. Prldgeman, A, draft, was agreed upon for. the guidance of Foreign Secretary Chamberlain in his promised statement to parliament tomorrow or Thursday. Will Explain Moves This statement will be devoted to explaining the British position and removing, it possible, any mis understandings .which have arisen at the Geneva tripartite parleys. (Continued on pagra 8.) FORGERY, SUSPECTS HELD Marion County Officers Leave for Nbraska to Take Custody Deputy Sheriff S. O. Burkhart and Wallace Carson will leave this morning, tor- Lincoln, Nebraska. with, extradition papers for the. re turn of Glen Winters and Roy C. Kohl, wanted In this county on forgery charges. - Winters and Kohl were appre hended at Sidney, Nebraska, ft was learned, and are being held by Sidney authorities. The Stay ton Bank suffered most heavily from their operations' in this county. It is said, although their activities were not confined to this, district LocaV au.thbrWes claim that checks .they hare forged wJH amount to about $700. APPOINTMENTS FAVORED CongrcsHiuan Hawley Makes Poet- ' master Recommendations .Congressman W. SCX f tlawiey TUaymipendedVttow flSg persons fqr appointment as postmasters in pregonr --.i;, f Thomay'R. 'McMillan, at Leban on, Linn county. Mrs. Jean W. Gould at Leland, .Tmenhlna pnimt f A. H. Haxelton at Agate Beachrl I Lincoln county. V John J. : Ransern at Shiiburn, Linn county. ' : - Mrs. Theresa Wllh'elms at Bar View, Tlllamooilijbunty ' :i . 1 w FRY JO ADDRESS CLUB Sltlem Rotary's Represf ntatlve, at Ostend to. Give Report, ' Description of, the Rotary Inter national conference at Ostend, Belgium, by the' Salem club's first representative ,to return, will fea ture the Rotary luncheon at noon today. ; The speaker will be Daniel I Fry, Sr., who attended the"cbn ference -while on his tour of the world, . Other ; m embers- ot ithe Salem, club who attended, Dr. M. d Flndley and; Walter T.: Jenks, are still la Europe. ' MURDER JURY COMPLETE Baker Brothers Trial For Slaying. J? 5 . - Sheriff Wood ppen. . , VANCOUVER. Wash., July 2ftV (AP) The Jury la the trial of Luther. Ellia . . and ' Ted Baker, charged. with the murder, of Sher iff Wood, ' was completed today ana preliminary testimony opened. Eleven men and one woman, will heartne'ease. y-f i'V x- AK The - Bakers are J, charged with iavla - ambushed and shot the sheriff when; he and "deputies were- approaching a ' still saij to haye been operated y the d ' nd- i, ' ' : - m dlaniMa iiiaaaaaafT i ai an mmmmmdtm- START ADVISED i ON PRUNE PLAN DELAY WILL CAUSE FAILURE, PAUL V. MARIS WARNS Statement Clarifies College's Posi tion in Reported Agreement . - .' Tangle . ' ' ' '. ' COHVALLIS July -1 26. (AP Immediate organization to nanaie this year s prune - crop along the. lines approved by , the convention of 100" was advocated here by Paul V. Maris, director of extension, in a statement olarlfy Ing the position of the college in the Involved ' situation ; brought about by the halting of plans for organization this year because of a reported breach of agreement on the part of one packer. 1 v Impossibility: of arriving at a new or more acceptable plan this year was pointed, out by Director Marls who added that postpone mnt will jeopardize if It does not wholly defeat the possibility ."of uniting the growers and packers fort selling purposes. Whether the full plan can be put into o it eration this season may be ques tionable, as reported: Maris states. bat all possible activity should be continued at once, he believes." "The college can act only in an advisory capacity," Mr. Marls said. We, strongly urge immediate or ganization, to handle this year's crop, but if that is now whollv impossiDie. . as reported . agree ments should be comnleted before January binding the Industry to a definite organization for, aeZiiag next year's crop.". . SAN JOSE. CaU. July 26. (AP) The maenitndA nt tMa city's dependence ' upon the new (Continued oa pmg 5.) PLANE CRASH REPORTED Fate Unknown; Search Party Or- ,a . w escporc ASTORIA. July 2 6. fAPi Reports from WfestDort. 25 mi Ion up the Columbia fiver, tonight said mat an tinidentified airplane took a nose dive. Into the forest covered hills south, of ; that" place at 6 ; 4 5 p ttv tonight. -- r The plane was said to be headed down the rlver.r " It was said that the Diane's en gine was observed to be missing fire abd that suddenly, a puff of black smoke , appeared, followina- whlch the. plane dived . suddenly. disappearing behind the hills.' The.reglon in which the plane Is thought; to have fallen la ex tremely rough and practically un inhabited. A searching warty was Imme diately organised at Westport but up to a late hour had not. re ported. ;'' .'. - ' , STEALS; DRIVES; KILLED Boy.of 17JDlef After Being pinned Bepeatn Wrfccked Car PORTLAND. JTnlw 2R fAP1-i a' Joy ride In a stolen automobile ended In the death of one youth and serious ' injuries ; , to another near, here, today.' Marshall Frank?-; Hn,; 17 was killed, and his, com panion, Oscar Hoover, 17, suffered aoyere lacerations on head ; and body, when the. speeding automo bile, left the Powell . Valley road and skidded 175 feet into a tree. The car.' had been reported stolen from Robert . K. Keller while it was" parked-at a golf club house. - There were no witnesses to the accident Franklin niet death when I he . was pinned under ' the overturned ' car. Hoover was hurled through the! r windshield. HOover Is said . by 'police to have admitted stealing vthe car, saying ho 'and Franklin took the ma chine "for a pleasure ride. CfjlLD SXRUCKBYUTp Injuries Reamlt . Prom : ; Sudden 5 Dash After' Bali, lteportea Orvllle Grochow, 7-year-old oj Hvihg on N. 1 8th street, received bruises of the leg 'yesterday aft ernoon, when . he, was struck by a machine drlvenby Fred" S. Crow ley,: ; 11 5 2 N. 17 tit streets while playing with companions ; in '- the street near bis home, '-"-s'zK V. According to Crowley,; several boy were playing with a rubber baKi In the street. V As ho drove up; the boys; separated to let him pass, when ? young - G roc how : sud denly ran back, and was struck by the I right .fender. being- knocked down and run f over by f the. fronl wheels ; i'--V? ;.:" VV ' tH - Crowley assisted the boy to his home; and i'offered to takeC tlm to, a doctor, he says, but the boy'l mother- thought it unnecessary. The Injuries received were bruises a'-out the knee Crowley reported. imimm Permits Issued Call jfor S79 J 300 Expenditure; Three Business Blocks r - WORK STARTED BY VAN PATTEN Excavation Under Way for ; Structure on Court GARAGE PLANNED Concrete. Building on: Center y. to House Goff Blolor Co.; I Construction - Started cn Marion Market,' , 1r , Same Block fAr, Salem btliMfnar ntl.lMnl I decided Jump yesterday, with the Issuing of. building., permits total ing i 179,300. ; including . three downtown, concrete buildings and three dwellings;'-".- . , ; . ': Excavators started, yesterday to dig the basement for. one o these, a S2$,000 business block which Is being built by Cuyler Van Pat ten at 555-559 and 563 Court street, just east of the alley be tween High and Church streets. , facing' south.,-J i ' Will Rush Work ; ' r This Property was acquired by Van Patten about T three months ago, when tentative plans were announced for the. development of the- property, Yesterday the hbuse occupying tho property was afarted- on a journey to ;t 7th and B treett, and. , excavators were free to start work. ' on the new building. . . ' - i Plans, for the building call for its cofnpletlpn by October first. It is to be a two: story concrete structure, of the best and latest stvle of construction,' and will house In one .of the main floor, sections the offices of the Amer ican Express company, The oc cupant of the other main floor section has yet not been announc ed. ' r r"r " . On ; the second floor Afr. Van. Patten plans to have 12 bachelor apartments, equipped with every' nfodern convenience. ' " ' j Garago Permit Issued -Another down town building to rise soon "win be the one story concrete building to be occupied by the I Goff "Motor company, dis tributors . of Hudson and Essex cars. at..335-345 Oenter: gtreet. tiear. th corner '6f. Center and 1 3, , , , i i Hi , v -i 4 .' ' J , . i IQoatiaaad.. mm' t)t-... iS;;. SHOTS ENLlYri KKK GONVENTIOII ...... v r -. . - KLAN REPORTED IXVOLT:n IX BULLET EXCHANGE - i i : Investigation Conductetl by Po- lire; Governor Al Smith .'Attacked . ; DES MOINES, Iowa, July. 26. '(APjReports of an exchange of. shots by Kn Klux Klansmen and unidentified assailants enlivened the opening here today of a state meeting of the klan.., , i The, police, department is Inves tigating the. report of the shoot ing and officers pf the Klan also were conducting an inquiry. Information had not -revealed the identity of the persona report ed ;to .have fired upon a group of klan campers , at the state, fair grounds last night. Approximately 2S shots were fired, klan officials said, while a hundred klansmen were, meeting to discuss business to come before the state meeting.. Guards .poftetj about . the meeting returned the flre..No one was reported la Ju r ed. ' , . . - t The state meeting was callc 1 to outline a program for the err irJ zatlon tor. the coming year. i:;rn Evans, Imperial . wizard, indicatf ! that politics might, receive f-""" attention from. the kiansnen. i Individuals av least,-, when he ! sued 'a statement' attach In rr C:v ernorAl Smith "of New York. He declared i Governor 'C:!;h, "Is seeking to nullify tha lllh amendment, to foster the I ' "3 cf Tammany, 1311 and, to Lrtnj - re ligion Into -politics.-. .