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The zSakm MacDowell Club Cho Capitol Theater Tonight at 8:15
Itlslmoo rtant That the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., Be Made a.Grotving Concern Quickly, for. Salem's Reputation and Her Growth
I Weather forecast: Unsettled with rain',
! west and enow and ' rain east portion ;
T ". . . t ' X. . .,
normal temperature; iresa wbibwbbi kuu
west winds. Maximum temperature. 4$, ;
minimum 35, river 4.2, rainfall ,48, at- j
mosphere cloudy, . wind south.
mm
OTV W VS W V'.VY
Pittsburgh scientists exhibited the pic
ture "The Gorilla" to an audience of mon
keys and were disappointed because . the
monkeys did not set excited. Why so?
The audience could see all the monkeys It
wanted to at home. ,
-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
s fSAFETY ISLAND
iLiTO LOAD BUSES
ft m PROPOSAL
Zone In Middle of Street
Considered As Means of
Conserving Space
G. A. R. VETERAN
DIES AT AGE 85
EDWARD BRIGttS 31E3IBER OF
SEDGWICK POST 43 YEARS I
POLE REMOVAL FAVORED
(Power Company Agrees to Plan
But States It Will Be Difficult
, With Non-Uniform Alleys
Which Prevail
"Progress In the campaign to In
crease parking space in the down
town section and to make Salem
streets more sightly was maae last
. ! night when the City Planning and
1 Zoning commission aiscussea tne
j possibility f substituting safety
I Isles In the middle of the streets
I Xor the present bus loading zones
f along the sidewalks, and plans for
"removing gasoline curb pumps and
telephone poles from the streets.
Vv Marking off the loading zones
. : i ir the convenience of busses has
t . . . .. .. . , ,.
out neavuy into me parsing space.
It was pointed out, and it mignt
be more desirable to put safety
isle- in the center of the street
Klmilar to those used In the larger
' .fj cities, where people could board
'Si A .1IV ttm 4Vta liniosa wliH-
'tout being endangered by passing
- 1 1 automobiles. ...
I ine space, n -was euu, wuu
j not have to be much longer than
ft the length of the bus. and the
K streets are wide enough to permit
A passage of traffic around tne bus
" U while It stands to discharge or load
h passengers.
' ll No action, on the matter was
J taken by the commission.
Determined to maintain a con-
Isteni-policy on curb pumps, the
f! I conoliJIoners voted to reject the
i j apjftleailon of J. W. Parker for one
f at 255- North Church street, and
II asrreed that, efforts .should be
11 directed toward elimination of all
i l A. l
"I
those"'ow erected, contending
that this use of the streets for bus
iness purposes constitutes an un
fair advantage on commonly
owned property.
rUl&A- communication from W. M.
VHIamtlton. of the Portland Electric
wPower company, was read by
; !Vhairman CampbelL Mr. Hamil
..on stated that the company would
;be giaa to cooperate in ukidi
I poles eft the streets as much as
practical, and expressed the opin
ion that any progressive telephone
or power company would be, will
ing to do the same.
Uniform alleys, however, are re-
quirea to carry tne pian w cum
plete success, he said, and these
Salem does not hare. Some blocks
f contain no alleys, and in others
they do not line up with those in
adjoining blocks, making the prop
osition here 'difficult.
, He urged the commissioners to
Insist that persons plotting new
additions to the city to provide a
proper alley system, and to get in
touch with the power companies
before proceedings.
fSTORES OPPOSED
IN SCHOOL ZONE
1
DOUGHNUTS TOO MUCH TEMP-
I TATION, COMMISSION THINKS
! Application For Permit to Sell
I j Goodies Close to Leslie
.w it
High Denied
'Sre stores near school houses
desirable ? . -
j ' Is it advisable for little tots to
have window displays of dough
nuts, cookies, and candy constant
ly before them while at slay.
.tempting the expenditure of their
r'nickles" and causing tnem to go
home to dinner with jaded appe
tites? ' . : .
The city planning' and soning
commissioners digressed a d u
frnm a technical discussion of son
ing problems last night to settle
matter far themselves and
the answer was "No." w
The discussion arose over a re-
anest bv Mrs." Marr " Ames. 955
i irsjct 88 fitreet. North. Portland.
.SoT permission to operate a dough-
Jnut mtcnen m, or outaia obs w&
Jir f,fdences near lslie Junior
r The. auestion was wneiner rs.
immm. fhmt rirht nnder ttro-
J vision of the ordinanea. covering
. Jj-Ias3 one residence districts. The
'yi'jlssionera decided against the
lt alntiation " -; fX. ,
.'I no; apparent open aenance oi
the soning- ordinance by Mouuon
and Son, . occupying property , of
Rlrh . Relman - north - of -PaTTlsh
f 1u&Ior hlah school was denlored
' Yf the eommisaionera. and r Jt T is
"H iirebable that a- complaint will be
were at a loss as how properly
to proceed In - the matter . last
night.!
Some of the commlsloners will
visit-the property today and de-
1 ciae what action to take, it is saia
I that Moulton and Son built an ad-
j dltion to their store In flotation
' c f the rules governing that zone.
Suffered Privation In Southern
Prisons; Funeral Here
Wednesday
Edward L. Briggs, for 43 years
a member of Sedgwick Post of the
G. A. R., died Sunday evening at
his home, 344 South j 19th street,
at the age 0X8 5. Funeral services
win oe Held Wednesday at z p. m.
at the Terwilliger funeral parlors.
Commander Newmeyer of Sedg
wick Post has asked all comrades
to attend.
Mr. Briggs was a carpenter by
trade, and had a part in the con
struction of many of the buildings
that have been erected In the
course of his long residence here.
He was widely known as a good.
honest, upright citizen.
Enlisting June 1, 1861, in Com
pany I of the Sixth Wisconsin In
fantry, .which was later a part of
the famous Iron Brigade, Mr
Briggs was captured ; by the Con
federate troops and spent a long
period of months in southern prl
sons, first at Ltbby and later at
Anderson-rUle. He suffered great
ly from privation while in prison.
and carried marks of his hardships
there through life. His remark
able native vigor alone made It
possible for him to recover his
health almost completely after the
prison experiences. He was dis
charged from the army May 24,
1865.
Death occurred shortly after,
Mr. Briggs returned to Salem after
spending several months at the
Soldiers' Home at Roseburg. He
had never fully recovered from
the- Injuries received when struck
two years ago by a- hittand-rui
driver while crossing State street.
Edward . Briggs was born ', in
Ohio,-moving to Wisconsin witr
his parents while still a boy. He
was married to Mary Southwlck
62 years ago. They came to Salem
43 years ago. He became a mem
ber of Sedgwick Post September
26. 1882.
Besides his widow, Mr. Brlgg?
Is survived by six children: Mrs.
Ella Kirk of Chemawa, Mrs. Anna
Whlttier and Mrs. Leon a Albert of
Portland, Mrs. Delia Harris of Ho
qalam. Myron Brisgs of Roseburg
and Milton E. Briggs of Salem; 1.1
grandchildren and fire great
grandchildren. The six eons "and
daughters and most of the young
er descendants will be here for the
funeral.
HERRI N SEES SHOOTING
Two Members of Police Force Shot
Down From Automobile
HERRIN. 111.. Dec. 12. (AP)
Bullets from a speeding auto
mobile struck down Elmer Mc
cormick, patrolman and John
8 tarn m. day chief of police, as the
men were standing : in front of
the city hall here tonight. . Mc
Cormick was struck in the breast
and neck and is wounded serious
ly. Stamin was shot through the
shoulder.
The car circled the city hall
block twice, its - occupants firing
with rifles both times. Stamm
was shot when the gunmen made
their second round. , McCormick,
who is a brother of Mayor Mar
shall McCormick, went down on
the first volley.
The motive back of the latest
shooting In this community is not
known. Herrin, noted for spo
radic outbreaks and killings since
the mine riots of 1921, has been
quiet for more than a year. Au
thorities could assign no reason
for the shooting of the two offi
cers.
The automobile from which the
shot were fired sped out of town
in the direction of Murphysboro
and Carbon dale. 1 ; :
HITS FARM TINKERING
Ivan: Stewart' Discusses Agricul
ture at Chamber Truncheon
Tlnkerers with the agricultural
machinery in Marion county have
been responsible for slowing up
disslmlnation of proper - Informa
tion on many phases of j farming,
Ivan Stewart, field Agent f or
Charles- Areherd Implement com
pany, told members of the cham
ber of commerce yesterday, i
The farmer Is constantly inter
ested in tour things, namely, soil,
cropsniTestock. and taachihery,
said Mr. Stewart. How these four
factors can be utilized together
for a maximum of profit is the
problem faced. .
Proper fertilisation, neutraliza
tion, and, drainage of soil were
stressed by Mr. Stewart as essen
tlal. to success" In farming, j Every
farmer that burns bis straw la do
troylng, is effect, dollars and cents
of his own; goodmoney,
COL. MERCER4GETStJ0B
Familiar Figure In' State) Senate
" - Givea Court Position
POKTIiAND," Dec' U.-i-(AP)-
Colonel W, O. D. Mercer, of Eu
gene, a yeteran of the cMl war,
and for the past 18 years chaplain
and sergeant at arms of the state
senate, has been appointed bailiff
far the federal district court here
to take ;the place made racant by
the death of - Colonel John : 21.
Poorman.
SKIRMISH OVER
TAX RATE WON
BY DEMOCRATS
Republicans In House of
Representatives Caught
Off Their Guard
VOTE EXTREMELY CLOSE
Substantial Reduction Effected
On Levies Against Net Cor
poration Incomes of $15
000 or Over
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. (AP)
Catching republicans off guard.
house democrats succeeded today
in amending the revenue bill to
materially reduce the tax rate on
net corporation incomes of $15,
000 or less.
The proposal was sponsored by
Representative Garner of Texas.
senior minority members of the
ways and means committee, which
drafted the measure. It was op
posed by Chairman Green and the
vote, 136 to 132, largely was
along party lines.
Except for this thrust, the dem
ocrats made no concerted effort
to penetrate the cordon of re
publican votes that Mr. Green,
after his unexpected defeat, kept
on the floor to defend provisions
of .the measure.
Throughout the day, however,
some democrats joined with
handful of republicans In taking
sporadic shots at various items in
the bill but these attacks proved
futile.
Green Expects Comeback
Although the democrats scored
one victory. Mr. Green indicated
he would see to nullify it, before
a final vote on the measure,, by
demanding a record vote on the
corporation income amendment.
As republicans have a comfort
able majority In the house. It was
predicted it would-be eliminated
CONCEDE JOB TO SMITH
LOUGHRAN WINS
WORLD TITLE GO
PHDLiADELPHIAN NOW IJGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP
Decision Awarded In 15 Bound
Thriller at Madison Square
Garden . ...... -
Newspaper Publisher States Reed
Would Have Been Better
NEW YORK, Dec 12. (AP)
William Randolph Hearst In an ar
ticle to be published in the World
tomorrow says Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri has the best
chance of being elected of any of
the candidates in the field for the
democratic presidential nomina
tion, but that Governor Alfred E.
Smith of New York has the best
chance to win the nomination..
In his analysis of the democrat
ic outlook, Mr. Hearst names as
the probable nominees Governor
Smith, Senator Reed and Governor
Ritchie of Maryland with the like
lihood of their nomination In or
der of their names. There also is
a possibility that Senator Walsh of
Montana may be nominated, the
publisher says.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
New York, Dec. 12. (AP) The
light heavyweight championship of
the world, a diadem disputed for
months between the representa
tives of the New York state ath
letic commission and the national
boxing association rested tonight
on the curly headed thatch of
Tommy Loughran, sturdy heavy
fisted youngster from Philadel
phia. .
Loughran, recognised in New
York as the king of the 175
pounders won the crown beyond
all dispute by whipping Jimmy
Slattery, rival standard bearer, in
a thrilling 15 round match that
kept 15,000 spectators in the spa
cious arena in a constant uproar.
At the close the crowd roared its
disapproval of the decision, and
cheers for the Buffalo boy and his
game, stand volleyed to the rafters
as the fighters left the ring.
Despite masterly boxing ability
that at times made the speedy
Loughran appear slow by compar
ison, and a willingness to swap
punches with an opponent enjoy
ing an eight pound weight advan
tage, the lithe New York young
ster appeared to have been better
ed in eight of the IS rounds after
winning five and holding Lough
ran even for two.
Loughran cut loost with a two
fisted body attack and Slattery
countered with lefts to the head.
Loughran punched Slattery with
short rights on the ropes but Slat
tery broke away and peppered
Tommy's face at the bell. After
a furious exchange in the second
round Loughran rocked Slattery
with a right under the heart and
forced the Buffalo boy to give
ground. Loughran took the offen
sive in the third session and was
warned on a low blow. Slattery
fought back savagely' and both
were trading swift punches at the
bell. .
Slattery was dazzling fast and
forced Loughran to. miss time and
again In the fourth' Tound. Lough-l
ran cbipped his left to Slattery '
head six - times before be scraDed
bis nose. Slattery rushed1 Lough
ran to the ropes to the closrottfte
session. Loughran led oft with a
solid right to the chin in the fifth
stanza. Slattery took a left and
right hook to the head. The bell
found them in a clinch.
Opening the sixth Loughran
(Coatinn oa psg S.)
McKENZIE PASS CLOSED
Snow Pilee Up Too Rapidly to Per
mlt Clearing Passage
EUGENE, Dec. 12. (AP). -McKenxle
Pass, which road crews
have been battling to keep open
for several weeks, is probably
blocked by snow, It was reported
by telephone here tonight. Snow
is 23 inches deep at the summit
of Deadhorse grade and three feet
deep at upper Alder Creek. Engi
neers believe the report to be true,
but would not state definitely that
the pass Is closed until It is veri
fied Tuesday morning.
RUMANIAN MOB
1 ATTACKS YANK
CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES
SEVERELY INJURED
Students Pay No Attention to Plea
of Victim; Police Permit
Violence !
BUCHAREST, Dec. 12. -(AP)
A double crisis may come from
last week's antl-semltlc disorders.
Not only is damage aggregating
hundreds of millions of lei ! (nom
inally 62100ths cents each) reN-
ported from Oradea Mare and
Clnj, with reparation demands
possible from American, British,
French and Hungarian govern
ments for attacks on their na
tionals, but the cabinet may; be en
dangered in .the charges and coun
tercharges already resulting.
Danger is seen that Foreign
Minister Titulescu may feel compelled-
to resign. Such a step
would endanger much of the prog
ress toward Internal pacifications
accomplished in the last few
weeks.
Districts Involved in the prin
cipal", disorders are described as
having the appearance of war
swept cities. At CluJ, the Nation
al theater, recently remodelled al
great expense, was wrecked.
The government announcd to
day Its Intention to punish all
guilty civilians and all negligent
officers, soldiers and policemen In
the riots. It Is said the prefects
of the Oradea Mare and CluJ dis
tricts as well as scores of military
and civilian officials will be dis
missed. Juliu Mania, head of the nation
al peasants' party, and other op
position leaders continue to charge
the tall guilt of the excesses to the
Rumanian, government itself.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 18.
(AP).-(Tuesday). A self-con
vened session of the Oklahoma
house of representatives assem
bled secretly here soon after 1
o'clock thl morning. About 80
members were represented In the
hseealon.
ORADEA MARE, Rumania, Dec.
12. sf AP) Appeals to Rumanian
military guards by Wilfred N.
Keller, of Lindenhall, Penn., to
save, him from a student mob last
week, were Ignored, a witness of
the scene told the Associated
Press today.
Tie etory of this impartial wit
ness supported by other unbiased
sources, has led the American min
ister, to Rumania to believe the at
tack on Keller during anti-semitic
riots can be expiated only by rep
aratlf na4 apology from the Ku-
JtffoaHMs a;-paf til
BONDHOLDERS TO MEET
Financing of Irrigation Projects to
be Discussed
Bondholders of the Summer
Lake, Ochoco, Warmsprlngs and
Deschutes districts will confer at
San Francisco Thursday tn con
nection with the refinancing of
these projects, according to an
nouncement made here Monday by
Rhea Luper, state engineer. Mr.
Luper left for San Francisco last
night to attend the conference.
The bondholders probably will
be urged . to waive payment of
their securities at maturity, and
give the settlers a longer period
of time in which to meet their ob
ligations. The districts are not in
a serious condition, it was said,
but additional .time is necessary
for the land owners to pay their
debts.
JUST WHAT HE DIDN'T WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
LEGISLATURE
OUSTED FROM
CAPITOL HALL
Oklahoma State Governor
Calls Out National Guard
In Controversy
RIFLES, PISTOLS USED
Henry S. Johnston May Use Troops
to Disperse Meeting Today as
Efforts Made to . Im
peach Him
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Dec.
12. (AP) Striking with the
mailed fist, Governor Henry S.
Johnson today prevented members
of the Oklahoma house of repre
sentatives from meeting In the
state capltol to consider his im
peachment but failed to overcome
their determination to proceed
with their program.
Shortly after national guards
men armed with rifles and pistols
had turned the legislators back at
the doors of the house chamber
this morning a majority of the
members met secretly at a hotel
and agreed to convene again to
morrow ' to receive charges voted
against the executive by an in
vestigating committee.
The scene of tomorrow's session
was not revealed but it will be
some place outside the. capltol.
May Use Troops Again -
Whether Governor Johnston
would attempt to have troops dis
perse the legislators tomorrow
was a matter of speculation to
night. : Hla directions to Adjutant
General Charles F. Barrett were to
suppress "all insurreetlonant
meetings whether held at the cap
ltol or any other place in the
state." f
The scenes today at the capito'
with soldiers in full control re
called the day a little more than
four years ago when Governor
Jack Walton used troops to pre
vent a self summoned assembly of
house members bent on Impeaching-
him. Walton later was re
moved from office when he with
drew the iron hand and formally
called the legislature into session.
Governor Johnston announced
late today troops would remain on
active duty until the courts final
ly settle the question of the le
gality of the legislative session.
(Con tinned oa page 8)
FAST TRAIN LEAVES RAIL
Two Injured in Accident 80 Miles
: East or Seattle
HUGE FINANCIAL
PROGRAM HOAX
VAST DEALS PROVE FIG3IEXT
; OF CRIPPLE'S MIXD
Mlssonrlaa Offers to Purchase Big
Farming and Lumbering
Interests
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SEATTLE, Dec. 12. (A P)
The west bound Olympian, passen
ger train of the Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul, went off the'
tracks 30 miles east of Seattle to
night.; A mail clerk and express
messenger were reported Injured
when the baggage car telescoped
on the .partly overturned locomo
tive.
The accident occurred when the
locomotive struck a rock, railroad
officials here said. The train, en
route from Chicago to Seattle, car
ried 6 6 passengers, none of whom
were reported injured.
Although tbe giant electric lo
comotive was going . 3 5 miles an
hour, tragedy was averted by the
proximity of a bank Into which the
engine plunged. The baggage car
Immediately behind the locomo
tive was reported to have telescop
ed .with resultant injuries to two
of the crew of eight. Their injur
les were said to be slight.
PUTS $5 IN EACH KETTLE
C. II. Connell, of Galena, Mis
souri, wbo visions a future popula
tion In Salem of 500,000, and
wishes to pay half the cost of
dredging out the Willamette river
so that ocean going steamers can
make Salem a port of call, speed
ing the development, has kept real
estate dealers in Oregon, Washing
ton, and California agog for the
past few weeks with his extrava
gant plans.
Connell could not be called mod
est in his hopes for the coast
states which he "has always longed
to make his home." Confidentially
asserting in a recent letter to A.
C. Bohrnstedt, local realtor, that
he planned eventually to invest as
much as! 1350,000.000 in the three1
states, he asked that options be se
cured on 1,706,500 worth of
property In Marion county for
which he promised to send cash
aggregating $725,500 to close the
deals. 1
Among the properties sought by
Connell were six large cherry or
chards, ten large -apple orchards,
four large berry farms, two truck
farms, two poultry and bee farms,
several department stores and gro
ceries, one redwood tract, two oth
er timber tracts, and several auto
mobile establishments.
Among those specifically men
tioned by Connell as ones he wish
ed to purchase were the Bethel
Heights farm, tbe Marion auto
company, the Eugene motor com
pany, and the Roseburg garage.
He asked that the following
people be employed for him pend
ing his arrival In Salem: one
housekeeper, one general manag
er; two civil engineers; two con
struction engineers, one sawmill
superintendent; one logging super
intendent; one secretary; one
stenographer; one chauffeur; and
one architect.
"Besides my own deals, wrote
Mr. connell, "I have a list of
eighty first class Iowa farmers
who wish to rent 300 to 900 acres
each for dairying purposes. A
Chicago banker has written" me
that he has over 600 families
wanting small tracts, and a New
York banker has between 800 and
300 families who wish to come
west."
So plausibly written were the
letters, and so much knowledge of
this section, and farming In gen
eral, was evidenced, that realtors
fell readily Into the scheme, until
mey reached such extravagant
proportions. From all Indications,
the man had had correanondAncA
with prominent firms all over the
coast.
He first came to the attention
of Mr. Bohrnstedt when an inquiry
to the Oregon state chamber o f
commerce was referred to him. At
(Continued en, ps( 8)
CAMPBELL HEAD Z0NERS
All Officers Re-elected by Plan
ning uommljision
Lewis P." Campbell last night
was re-electAi nnniiiant . k A
City Planning and Zoning commis
sion to serve aunng 1938. James
Nicholson was chosen for the vice-
presiaentiai post again, and Miss
Edith Burch will continue as sec
retary.? A unanimous ballot was
cast for the officers.
The eommlMtnn anthnri.
President Camnhell tn nr.t.,
three committees on maps, plats,
and traffic study. The personnel
of the eommlttMi - win vn ...
nounced at the next meeting.
It is planned to undertake a
careful study of traffic conditions.
wjiu me particular laea m mind
of increasing the radii of street
Miicnwcuooi.
Salvation Lassies Treated All
Alike by Generous Donor
Some man with a. penchant for
impartial, kindness walked to the
four Salvation Army kettles in the
down 'town section yesterday and
I in each dropped a 35 roll of dimes.
The reason for his aetioa is unex
plained other than that he wished
to be fair to art of the "lassies."
Salem dtlxens who wish to con
tribute - to the Salvation 'Army
Christmas dinner 'fund axe asked
to do so direct to the Army, head
quarter. - -
GAME BODY HEAD PICKED
Redmond Man Succeeds I. " ,X
FleSscluier in Commission ; Job
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. (AP)
M. "A Lynch, Redmond, was
elected chairman of the Oregon
state game commission today to
succeed ilia. lata I..N, Flalachner,
Lynch' is the 1 oldest member of
the,-? commission In point of ser
vice, C B.-. Miller, Portland,, re
cently appointed to fill the vac?
ancy left by Flelschner's death.
was installed as a member of the
FORM SUGAR INSTITUTE
lOO Executives Act With View to
; Stabilizing Industry
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.(AP)-
formation of an American mrtr
institute for stabilizing the indus
try was decided noon here todav
at a meeting of 100 executives of
sugar companies presided over by
Earl D. Babst, head of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company.
The organisation, which la nn
derstood to hare the approval of
the federal government, will com-:
pile statistics, examine tariffs and
collect-other information of -
eral Interest to the sugar industry.
it win not function. It was pointed
out, as a price fixing body.'
ND1RECT LEW
TO SHIFT LOAD
Income Tax Offered As Sug
gestion At Meeting of
Official Group
WANT PROPERTY RELIEF;
Sub-Committee of Oommlssiom
Gathers at Portland to Take
Up Problems of Oregon's J
v: State Finances
pnnrr.ivn rta 1 I a t
Support of state expenses by indi
rect taxes, and luting tne state
tax off real property was advocat
ed at a meeting of a sub-committee
of the Property Tax Reduction
commission held here today.-
u If, in the sound judgment of
the commission, it la decided that
a state Income tax is the proper
solution, it will be recommended.
The sub-committee does not fa
vor an added tax tn raise mon
money unless study of the state's.
aencii Dy anotner sun-commute
shows such additional revenue a
solutely necessary. .
It Is the sense of this commit
tee that revenue from tnr nvrar
source of taxation that may be aoV '
opted shall be applied for the pur
pose of the reduction and equal
izatlon of taxes on general prop
erty." the keynote resolution
read. , .
Committees Numerous x
The committee has been deals.
nated "on equalization and redis
tribution of indirect taxes to re
lieve real property of state tax
Unofficially, it- is known as ''com
mittee tour."
"Committee." which t tn han
dle local taxation, outlined its
course Saturday,
"Committee one" on reduction
of state taxation, will meet soon,
while "committee three' -which tm
to handle mileage and bond Issues,
already Is working,; Combined'
they are the 36 commissioners au
thorised br the leeialatnr tn ru
over, the tax problems and mak
recommendations to the legisla
ture of 1929.
Data nresented tniliv ilaln
that more than SO per cent of the
revenues or the state now com
from indirect taxation. It was d-
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SUE HARRY THAW
FOR HEART BALM
flOO.000 DEMANDED IJT
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT
Doubt Thrown Upon Allegations of
tfempialnt by Official Court j -
' .Records ' '
A.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 12tAX
Harry K. Thaw, famnm a re
sult of his lengthy and sensational
trial lor the slaying of Stanford
White, was made a defendant in a
S100.000 breach of nrnmi nit
filed here today by Forest Hop
wan. zu, one time film extra.
The suit accuses Thaw of being
Involved In a California love affair
In May, 1923. at a time when court
records show that Thaw was am
Inmate of the -Pennsylvania atat
hospital for the Insane, except for
occasional visits to hWi mother. On
these visits to his mother, news
paper records of the case indicat
ed, he returned promptly to the,
institution. He was released on
April 28, 1924.
Miss Wall filed suit through her
mother and guardian, Mrs. Louis
Wall of Culver City, Cal.
The suits asks the $100,000 as
balm tor a broken heart following
five evenings spent with the man
Miss Wall declares to have been
Harry Thaw at Laguna Beach, Cal.
At that time she was a member of
a motion picture company on lo
cation there. ,
The suit , asserts Thaw , urged
Miss Wall to leave the motion pic
ture profession and gave her $10
to reimburse her for one day's
work which she missed . in order
to remain with the man she says
was Thaw on the Laguna Beach
hotel veranda.
, They separated, the complaint
declares, when the girl returned
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'McDoy
Concert Tonight at Capitol
Theater;ap: 15 VClock
. The MacDowell club is entering upon Its seventh season, and
this la the first, chorus concert of this year, and is the regular
December program. The chorus numbers thirty trained singers
-under the -splendid directorship of our own . Mlnnetta Magers.
This program will include full 'chorus numbers, and solo quar
tettes. - , . ' : - J
.V The guest artist will be Mr. Arthur Johnson, tenor. He 1
thejeading tenor of Portland and la a favorite there; as. he i
also the' leading tenor of the coast, , t
Too mueh'cannet be said for the management of the Caritcl
ln sponsoring this MaeDowell program. Frank Bligh has cpene I
his theater to this splendid local organization.