The Oregon statesman., December 29, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, December 29, 1928
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TYHEALTH
BUDGET RAISED
Completion of Five Year
Program is Assured by
Court Action
Crowd Fills Courtroom to
Discuss Issue; General
Fund up $4160
The Marion county child health
demonstration will be enabled to
complete its fire year program un
der the supervision of the Com
monwealth fund, it was deter
mined Friday when the county
court and county budget commit
tee decided to Include in the 1929
budget the item of 98050 asked
as the county's share of support
for the health service. The item
was increased from $1890, an
amount" fixed by the budget com
mittee at its earlier meeting.
The appropriation carries with
it the condition that expenditure
of the $6060 shall be under the
control of the county court, but to
this proviso the Commonwealth
fund will nuke no objection, it
was stated by Dr. Estelle Ford
Warner, superintendent of the
health demonstration.
All other Items of the county
.budget were approved as original
ly estimated, and the-general fund
was Increased by $4160. leaving
the total $346,090.70 as compared
, to $341,930, and the tax levy for
the general fund will be $306,070
instead of $301,910. The health
item comes under the head of
county health officer.
m
Decision to appropriate the
amount requested followed the an-
nual county taxpayers' meeting.
held Friday forenoon in the cir
cuit court room, at which the
health appropriation was the only
item of the budget discussed.
Most of Argument
Proves Favorable
For over two hours taxpayers
from 'all corners of the county de
bated the merits' of the health
service, with a marked preponder
ance of the discussion favorable
to its continuance.
Among the outstanding argu
ments brought up by the support
ers of the health demonstration
was that of Douglas McKay, com
mander of the local American Le
gion post, that any taxpayer in the
room would spend' "his last dime"
if one of his children was sick
and the money was required to
restore health ; that of C. ' A
Swope, representing the Salem
Lions club, that the 13 cents per
capita asked for health service was
email compared to the $3.12 per
capita paid for roads or the 25
cents per capita paid for police
protection; and that of Dr. w. W.
Allen of MM City, that health
education among the children is
the Important part of the work,
the part that must be done by a
public agency.
Other speakers bringing out nu
nierous- arguments in favor of con
tinuing the work included .Mayor
T. A. Llvesley, Mrs. H. O. Over
ton of Woodburn, Mr. Norwood of
Wood burn, Mrs. Charles Moore of
Fairfield, Mr. Dasch of Liberty,
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Scholz Facing
Liquor Charge
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Oswald SenoU was arrested
Friday for possession of a "till,
after officers had investigated his
place near, Aurora since Decem
ber 3. The still, one of nearly 500
gallons capacity, was discovered
by prohibition agents on that day
but they delayed miking the ar
rest until Friday. Scholx, who
leases the place, denies ownership
and possession of the still. His
case will come to trial in justice
court in the near future.
Chamber's Work
To Be Reviewed
Review by George F. Vick, pres
ident during 1128, of the activ
ities of the Salem chamber, of
commerce this year, will be a fea
ture of the chamber's Weekly
luncheon Monday noon, it was an
nounced Friday. An opportunity
will also be given the general
membership to offer suggestions
as to what the chamber should do
next year. ;
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Til
imism Voiced in Issue
Involving Settlement of 1
Paraguay-Bolivia Dispute
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. (AP)
Disquieting official reports from
J 'araguay which reached here to-
lay telling of continued Bolivian
military activities on the disputed
border between the two countries,
failed to disturb the firm belief In
Pan-American conference circles
that the conciliation of the con
troversy through the parley was
well vn -its way.
The conference's delegates held
the ' view that It was highly un
s Ukely that either of the disputing
countries would openly pursue a
warlike poUey after Jiavlngae-r
cepted the good offices of the con
ference and following the receipt
of the parley's draft protocol of
coaciliaUon. v ?y "'
Both nations. - many of the
Latin - American representatives.
Pioneer isMed
Near Mace
By Palling Tree
Accident on Farm Near Sil
verton Fatal to Brady
H. Davis of Salem
SILVERTON, Ore.. Dec. 28.
(Special) Brady H. Davis. 56, of
Salem, known throughout Oregon
as a horse fancier, died Jnst 200
yards from the place of his birth
when a tree, turning unexpectedly
as it fell, crashed, him to 'death
eariy toaay. me accident oc
curred four miles east of this city
on Mr. Davis' farm, which is part
or an old family homestead.
Mr. Davis, who is a retired
farmer, had lived in Salem for
the past eight years. Previous to
taking up his residence in that
city he lived on his farm. His
father, John N. Davis, crossed the
plains In 1852.
Mr. Davis was cutting trees on
mm ptace wnen tne accident oc
curred. He was working with
Joe Davis, a son. who is a student
at Willamette university and who
was spending part of his Christ
mas vacation there.
A tree, measuring about, three
feet in diameter, had been cut
through. As it fell it lodged in
some nearby trees. The older
Davis, thinking It was Jodged
there permanently, approached
the tree and the stump on which
it still rested. As he did so the
tree, suddenly and without warn
ing, twisted off the stump, slipped
out of Its position In the branches
of the tree above, and crashed to
the ground. Davis was caught di
rectly under it. His body was
crushed, and he died Instantly.
He was born May 8, 1872, on
the farm on which he died.
He is survived by his widow,
Linnie Olive Davis, five children
and a brother, John F. Davis of
Salem. The . children are Mrs.
Lewis A. Hall of Silverton- Mrs
Alvin E. Hartley 5f Silverton. J.
Porter Davis of Silverton, Esther
Davis of Salem and Joe Davis of
Salem.
Funeral services are to be held
at Salem at 1:30 p. hi. Monday.
Seventeen Year Old Lad Found
on Road After House is ;
Burned Down
CASTONIA, N. C.. Dec. 28.-
(AP) A seventeen year old boy
was held as a murder suspect to
night pending an inquest into the
deaths of his parents, two sisters
and a younger brother, found
burned to death in the ruins of
their home four miles from this
town.
Jacob Vanderberg, the youth,
was found before daybreak sitting
at the roadside with a shotgun
and a suitcase full of clothes when
officers were attracted early to
day to the Vanderberg farm by
the blaze. He told them that stifl
ing smoke wakened him during
he night and that he went to his
mother's bedside and found her
dead. He called for his father but
receiving no reply he look a few
belongings and fled the house.
Convinced that the Vanderbergs
had been murdered as they slept
and the house fired in an effort
to cover the crime, police arrested
the youth. He continued to pro
test his Innocence under question
ing.
The bodies of J. W. Vanderberg,
S8, his wife, their daughters
Louise. 20 and Pauline, 18, and
the other son Robert, 12, were ly
ing in the kitchen. Officers could
see the bodies through a window
when they arrived but had to wait
until the blase died down before
bringing them out;
May McAvoy Will
Marry Next April
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 28.
(AP) May McAvoy, motion
picture star, announced tonight
that she will me married next
A pail to Maurice Cleary, manager
of the British Dominion - Film
company, which is making pro
ductions here. The announcement
was made at a sower given by
Carmel Myers for Rosa belle Laem-
mle, who Is to be married January
2 to Stanley Bergerman.
felt, were so far committed by the
present status of the conciliation
efforts to a peaceful- solution of
the controversy that a display of
force would constitute a virtual
violation of their acceptance of
the conference's good offices. For
this reason the belief was held
generally, by, the delegates that
the new developments would not
materially hold up the conciliation-
proceedings.
-;The 1 advices from Paraguay
were presented by Joan Ram ires,
the Paraguayan charge d'affaires,
to Secretary of State Kellogg, re
latingthat Bolivian troops had
again occupied Fort Vanguardia,
where the : initial frontier clash
occurred December. I, and also
had advanced i into Paraguayan
territory. -
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SUSPECTED
DF KILLING PARENTS
ijfluBbt
Former Head of Marion
County Child Health Unit
Issues Statement
American Red Cross Send
ing List of Rules to All
Chapters in U. S.
WASHINTON. Dec. 28. (AP)
In an effort to aid in control of
the spread of Influenza, the Am
erica Red Cross forwarded today
to all of Its chapters a statement
by Dr. William DeKleine. the or
ganization's national medical
director, outlining ten simple rules
to be followed by the public In
fighting the disease.
The rules were similar to those
recently formulated by Surgeon
General Cummlng of the public
health service. The chief recom
mendation of Dr. DeKleine was
that "people who have contracted
a severe cold should go to bed and
stay there until they have com
pletely recovered.
Meanwhile the public health
service was keeping a close watch
of the nationwide situation In re-
. iL. jka U '
developments were recorded.
Complete Heat Held
Vital Essential
"A large majority of fatal
cases." Dr. DeKleine declared.
"even in mild epidemics result
from failure to observe the very
simple rule of complete rest In bed
for several days and then a grad
ual return to work and physical
strain."
His further recommendations
were as follows:
Eat a varied diet of vitamine-
rioh foods.
Get plenty of sleep, with win
dows wide open. --'
Keep school rooms, workshops
and offices, preferably at about
68 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wear moderately warm cloth
ing but light clothing indoors.
Wash your hands thoroughly
before eating. - as Influenza is
known as a "hand to mouth" dis.
ease. .
Take plenty of exercise.
Avoid crowds.
Stay away from bouses where
there is influenza.
Avoid: traveling.
Dr. William DeKleine .mention
ed in the dispatch from Washing,
ton as medical director of the
American Red Cross, resigned as
superintendent of the Marion
county child health demonstration
last summer to take the position
at Washington. D. C. He had head.
ed the local health service for
about a year.
ESTABLISHMENT OF
CHURCH IS FOUGHT
LONDON. Dec. 28. (A P)-
The RL Rev. Herbert Henson,
Bishoo of Durham, will become
an open advocate of disestablish
ment as the only way that the
Church of England may maintain
the self-respect. In an article to be
published in the next issue of the
19 th Century Review.
The Bishop ridicules the plea
that those who successfully op
posed revision of the prayerbook
in the House of Commons no
tably Sir William Joynson-Hicks,
home secretary, and Sir Thomas
Inskip, attorney-general w ere
m o re truly representative o f
church feeling than the Bishops
and ecclesiastical assemblies.
"The affection of disaffected In
dividuals to represent the church
of England more truly and author
itatively than its own representa
tive assemblies is equally lmpu
dent and anarchic." He says,
"First, because no government in
the church should be upset by a
discontented minority."
He lists three roots of the pres
ent disorder, naming them as the
spread of an ecclesiastical theory
among a section of the Anglo-
Catholics inconsistent with any
honest recognition of authority:
the Impracticable character of
tbelubrics in the present prayer-
book, and the conscientious repu
diation of the ecclesiastical courts
by a large part or tne Engiisn
clergy. He adds:
''Disestablishment would at least
vindicate authority over the cler
gy and would also remove a for
midable cause of social discord.
$200fi00 Blaze
Hits Hot Springs
Business Section
HOT SPRINGS,' Ark., Dec. 28.
-(AP) Property damage esti
mated at $200,000 was the toU of
a fire which broke oat in a theatre
and raged for three hours In "the
business section on Central avenne
today. -c-;::r-- - ?
Starting early this afternoon In
the projection room of the Lyric
theatre, opposite Bath House row,
during a performance, the flames
swept through and destroyed the
buildings, a three - story -brick
structure containing a rooming
house on the third floor, and sev
eral stores on the ground floor.
All persons In the theatre at tlx
time were led to fasety. . -
Attack Launched
On Public Service
Group in Missive
State Commission Flayed by
Rate Expert Who Charg
es Prejudice
PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (AP)
Kenneth G. Harlan, rate expert
for the city of Portland, suggest
ed in a letter to the city council
today that the council call on the
governor to appoint new members
of the public service commission
on the ground that present mem
bers of the commission are biased
The suggestion was made in
letter setting forth the status of
aim Investigation of Portland Elec
trie Power company's rates in
Portland, a hearing of which will
be held before the public service
commission on January 15.
Harlan declared that members
of the commission are prejudiced
against the city s case and that
fair hearingcan not be had.
The letter provoked' a stormy
session of the council in which
Commissioners Pier and Blgelow
upbraided Harlan.
Mayor Baker issued a state
ment in whclh he asked Harlan to
appear before the council next
Thursday to set forth his facts in
the matter. .
"Not being acquainted with
these facts except in a general way
In this letter," the mayor said, "I
shall ask for them.
"Mr. Harlan evidently has
reached his conclusion after an
analysis of Information, and I be
lieve I. as one member of the
council, am entitled to the com
plete details of the facts before
acting."
The terms of two public service
commissioners expire January 7.,
those of H. H. Corey and Edward
Ostrander.
Sport Briefs
BOSTON, Dec. 28. (AP)
Johnny Risko, Cleveland baker
boy, dropped a few more rungs
in the fistic ladder here tonight
when he lost a close 10-round
decision to Ernie Schaaf, the
rugged Boston ex-sallor heavy
weight. Schaaf led in five
rounds, Risko in four and one
was even.
PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (AP)
The University of Oregon
basketball team trounced the
Portland Checkerboards by a
score of 47 to 34 here tonight.
The Oregon combination worked
smoothly, permitting Ridings,
forward, and Edwards, center,
to score easily.
Edwards was high point man.
of the game with 12. Ridings
was second with 10.
The combination used tonight
included Ridings and McCor
mick, forwards, Edwards, cen
ter, and Epps and Chastain,
guards.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.
(AP) Al Graclo, 145, of
Spokane, knocked out Toung
Harry Wills, 146 San Diego
negro, in the seventh round of
their 10-round bout tonight at
Dreamland auditorium. A hard
left hook to the body dropped
Wills tor the full count, one of
the few times he has ever been
knocked out.
SEATTLE, Dec. 28. (AP)
The Vancouver Lions tightened
their hold on the Pacific coast
hockey league leadership and
the ' Seattle - Eskimos nestled
more securely in the cellar
when the invaders walked away
with a 3 to 1 victory here to
night. TACOMA, Dec. 28. (AP)
The Oregon State college bas
ketball team defeated the Col
lege of Puget Sound? 45 to 27,
here tonight ' The visitors took
the lead in the early period and
increased it as the game pro
gressed Torson center, gath
ered 12 points tor O. 8. C. Gil
llhan collected 18 points for the
Loggers. In a preliminary tilt
the Bremerton High five de
feated Corvallis high school of
Corvallls, Ore., 17 to IS.
EUGENE, Ore., Dec 28.
(AP) Charlie O'Leary, Seattle
lightweight, and young Sam
Langford, San Francisco negro,
battled through 10 fast rounds
to a draw in the main event of
a fight card here tonight.
Terry Kileen, 158 pounds, of
independence, won the referee's
decision over Frankle Warnlke,
152, Portland, in a alow six
round semi-windupt
.. Buzz Landles, Eugene welter
weight, won a decision over Bill
Church, " Portland, in a four
rounder.. -.
Jack Monohone, Portland
middleweight, and Ted O'Reilly,
Eugene, fought to a draw in
another four-rounder.
Storm Warnings
Posted on Coast
ASTORIA; Ore;, Dec ; 2 8.
(AP)-Southeast storm warnings
were posted here tonight when the
existence of- a low pressure area
off- the lower Washington coast
became known. Late this after
noon fresh southeast winds with a
velocity between SO and 25 miles,
whipped this section or the coast,
bringing a drenching rain. : j
UNIVERSE HAS
B0U1MDARYL1IME
SCIENCE AVERS
"Lfmitless Space" Has Lim
its, Telescopic Obser
vations Show
Paper Read at Annual Con
vention Provokes Ani
mated Discussion
By HOWARD W. BLAK ESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. (AP)
A discovery interpreted as mean
ing that limitless space has some
sort of limits was announced to.
day before the American Astron
omical society meeting with the
American association for the ad.
vancement of science.
Light, It was suggested, travels
in a "closed universe" and not on
and on indefinitely. This- new
concept is a development of the
Einstein theory of relativity.
The discovery which brought
out the startling concept was made
with the world's largest telescope,
the 100-Inch reflector on Mount
Wilson observatory In California,
and was announced in a paper
sent in by Dr. Walter S. Adams,
director of the observatory.
A mating Speed
Arouses Suspicion
"A few weeks ago," Dr. Adams
wrote, "A small spiral nebula
near one of the poles of the milky
way was observed with the 100.
Inch reflector on Mt. Wilson. It
Is very faint, and part of one of
the most distant objects within
range of present telescopes. It was
found to be moving away from the
earth at the amazing rate of near
ly 2500 miles per second, nearly
double the velocity of any cos-
mlcal object so far observed."
Dr. Adams was not present. But
when his paper was read the story
of its significance "broke" in
comments by other astronomers
The question they asked was:
Is this speed real, or Is It some
thing else?
'Closed Universe"
Declared Solution
For Dr. Adams figures agreed
with what had been expected of
the "seeming speed" of so distant
an object. If this is not real speed,
but the mysterious "something
else" that has been puzzling as-
tronomers, it is explained as the
closed universe." That is to say,
if a person could start out to
travel, like light, through space.
he would find himself proceeding
much as if on the surface of the
earth, so that he would come back
ultimately to his starting point.
The nature of this light bending
Is not fully understood, but the
discovery is hailed as of great
significance.
Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of
Harvard observatory, explained
this theory by saying:
"The measured velocity of 2500
miles a second is I believe, not a
measure of actual motion, but
more probably a measure of
crumpling of space' A relativity
effect.
Br POLICE OFFICERS
PLACERVILLE, Cal.. Dec. 28
(AP) While armed guards sat
In Placerrllle's two banks and in
the county treasurer's office to
day to prevent an expected raid
on those institutions, a posse of
six arrested J. Holmes, 20, in a
ravine a mile east of here for in
vestigation of his possible connee
tlon with a letter sent T. C. Ap-
wood, banker, demanding $2500
The letter told Apwood to take
the money, in small, unmarked
bills, to Cedar ravine today, or
they would be picking flowers
for him or one of his three sons
Officials believed the letter was a
ruse to get peace officers out of
town so that the banks might be
robbed.
Three guards were placed in
one bank, tour in the other,, and
four in the county treasurer's of
fice. Meanwhile a posse of six
edged around. Cedar ravine. Ap
wood took a bundle of papers cut
to the size of bank notes, and de
posited them at the spot named.
Holmes was arrested Vhen he ar
rived at ' the spot a short time
later.
Former. Oregon
Professor Dies
Taking His Bath
PALO ALTO, Dec 28.(AP)
Walter W. Snyder. 34. a grad
uate student In English at Stan
ford university and a Canadian
war veteran, was electrocuted in
the bathtub of his home here to
day when he attempted to discon
nect an electric heater plug.
He was a former member of
the faculty at the University yof
Oregon and received degrees at
the University of Arizona and Cal
ifornia. During - the war he
served overseas with the Canadian
forces, and was wounded. :'
An: Inquest will be held tomor
row. Snyder is survived by a
widow, Katherine K., also a grad
uate of the University of Oregon.
He is the son of the Rev. and Mrs,
L. Snyder of Cheyenne, Wyo., ( -
now doing
missionary work in
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Queen Mary of England, setting aside her anxiety for the king,
fulfills her promise to perform the nnrefling ceremony for the Mer
cantile Maine War memorial, on
the qneen being protected from
King George Is Resting
Easily After Relapse;
Condition Yet Serious
LONDON, Dec. 28. (AP) A
restful day for King George and
maintenance of a slight overnight
improvement served to allay part
ly the alarm caused by Thursday
night's bulletin from the doctors
attending his majesty. No extra
consultants were called to the pal
ace this evening and this fact also
was considered reassuring.
The brief bulletin issued about
8:30 p. m., and signed by Sir
Stanley Hewett, Lord Dawson of
Penn and Sir Hugh Rigby, said:
"The king had a restful day
the slight improvement noted this
morning is maintained."
The earlier announcement
which was not Issued until nearly
noon, was as follows;
"The king had a fair night with
quieter sleep towards morning
There is less difficulty with tak
ing nourishment and the general
condition has improved durinx
the last 12 hours."
A morning announcement said
that new remedial measures were
being considered by the physi-
Negro Trusty at State Prison
Believed to Have Killed
Man, Daughter
PARCHMAN. Miss., 28. (AP.)
nunareas or men, aiaea by an
airplane and bloodhounds, search.
ed In vain throughout the day to
day for Charley Shepherd, negro
trusty at the state prison farm
here, wanted for the murder of
J. D. Duvall. carpenter-sergeant at
the farm, and for the kidnaping
and possible murder of his 18-
year-old daughter, Ruth.
Duvall, 65 or 60 years old and
the father of eight children, was
found slain on the floor of the
dining room of his home early this
morning. His throat had been
slashed by a butcher knift and his
head beaten with a hammer and
ice pick. The weapons were lying
nearby.
Mrs. Duvall, who discovered the
body, called to her daughter, a
high school student, and receiving
no response, went to her room the
girl's bed had been occupied but
she was missing. There were
bloodstains on the bed.
L. J. Fox, superintendent of the
state prison, believed that Shep
erd, 81 years old. serving a 20
year sentence for manslaughter,
entered the Duvall home to do
violence to Miss Duvall, and that
her father, hearing a noise, in
vestigated and was killed by the
negro. Fox's theory is that Shep
herd then went to the young wo
man's room and carried her away.
The superintendent was of the
opinion she had been murdered,
and a nearby lake was dragged
for her body. An airplane circled
for several hours over the farm
area, but no trace of the negro
or the girl was found.
Cherry Growers
Of Northwest to
Stage Gathering
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec fS.
(AP) A meeting of cherry grow.
ers of Washington. Idaho, - Cali
fornia and Oregon has been call
ed for January t, at Portland, by
R. R. Klpp, manager of the mar
keting department of the Portland
chamber of commerce.',.
One of the matters to be dis
cussed is a higher tariff on cher.
lies, aimed prinlcpally at Impor.
tatlons from southern europe of
maraschino cherries. Other prob
lems of general interest to the in
dustry wi;i be considered.
The meeting has been called at
the request of Max Gehlar, presi
dent of the Oregon Cherry Corn
ers association.
BLOODHOUNDS
ID
PLANE SEEK SLAYER HELDMnN
Bedside for Duty
Tower H11L London. Photo shows
the rain daring the ceremony.
clans. Tonight, however, there
had been no indication of what
:hese would be. It had been made
known that they were necessitat
ed by the king's loss of weight
and strength arising from the dif
ficulty experienced in persuading
him to take nourishment. The
fact that this difficulty had les
sened overnight may have had
something to do with the subse
quent silence on the subject of
the proposed new remedies.
There were other indications,
too, of a -more hopeful feeling at
the palace. After the evening
bulletin the Prince of Wales, who
had dined with Queen Mary, de
cided to adhere to his original In
tention of hunting with the Bel
volr hounds tomorrow.
A mysterious medical package
arrived from the United States to
day, sealed in a foreign office bag.
It was delivered direct to SiJ
Cllve WIgram, one of the king's
equerries.
The Associated Press learned
that the package contained .
preparation known as- Dakin's so
lution. This was used by the al
lied armies during the war for
the sterilization of wounds.
WITH SLAVING WIFE
CANTON, O.. Dec. 28. (AP) -
Wilbur O. Heldman, 27-year old
Lorain furnace salesman, today
was formerly charged with the
murder of his wife, Margaret, 21,
whom he' has named as the slay
er of Vernard B. Fearn, Canton
coal dealer.
After two weeks of investiga
tion of Heldman's story that his
attractive wife committed suicide
after confessing that she killed
Fearn, Stark county Coroner T. O.
McQuate filed an affidavit charg
ing "moral murder" with Justice
of the Peace Donald M. Smyth.
McQuate said he based his
charge against Heldman on a aim
llarity in the conviction of D. C.
Stephensen, of Indianapolis, for
mer Ku Klux Klan leader of the
death of Miss Marge Oberholtzer
in 1925.
The coroner said that by Held-
man's "inhumane course the nlarht
of her death, if nothing more, she
(his wife) was compelled to turn
that gun upon herself." As "Step
henson was sentenced to life im
prisonment ; for second degree
murder upon his conviction of in
human treatment by refusing to
aid Miss Oberholtzer after she
had taken poison, McQuate hopes
to show that Heldman, by his
threats and actions, was "morally
responsible" for the death of his
wife.
Utah's Deputy
CHARGED
Steals Hundred Thousand
To Spend at Horse Races
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec.. 28.
(AP) David J. Pngh, chief dep
uty state treasurer, confessed to
day to' embezzling more than
$100,000 of the state's funds and
gave himself up to Sheriff Clifford
Patten. ,-
The speculations came to light
week before Pugh was, to re
linquish his post in the treasurer's
offlcefMue to a change in admin
istration. . -z -r
Pngh" appeared at the county
Jail . this afternoon after - he had
made a confession to State Treas
urer John Walker in which he de
clared he had used approximately
1109,000 in state fnnds to bet on
horse races. .
Me was taken .to the home of
Sheriff Patten where he made a
statement.
I guess it's all over now but
the firework," Pngh sajd. The
REALTY OlEfl
OF TflUIFTEO
Bondholders and Tenants
Would be Hard Hit by
New Income Levy ,
Scale of Rates and Brackets
Made by Special Legis
lative Group
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dee. 2S
(AP) Tenants and bondholders
would pay, while property owners
would escape taxation if the in
come tax bill drafted today by the
fourth sub-committee" of tfce
property tax relief commission be
comes law. The commission was
authorized by the last legislator
to investigate tax conditions and
make recommendations. The mea
ure is designed to tax a class of
people who are not now contrib
uting directly to the state treas
ury it will be considered by toe
January session of the state legis
lature.
After a day spent in claim delib
eration the committee today adopt
ed a scale of rsj.es and brackets.
with exemptions and a property
offset. The measure' is designed to
raise one million dollars.
Specific Bates
Are Mapped Ont
The rates proposed are three
per cent of net Income not in ex
cess of $6,000; four per cent i
excess of $5,000 and not in exce
of $ ID, 000; five per cent In excess
of $10,000.
Exemption for a single person
is $1,200; for a married person.
$2,000. Exemption of $400 is al
lowed for each dependent under
18 years. A property tax offset of
75 per cent to apply as a credit
against the income tax due the
state is provided.
It is estimated that approxi
mately 23.000 person in Oregon
will be subject to the provisions
of this proposed personal Income
tax.
The property offset was explain
ed as follows: the taxpayer is en
titled to take 75 per cent of nle
total of property taxes and apply
it as a credit on the Income ta
he should pay. It will be found
that in the great majority of
cases, 75 per cent of the property
tax will equal or exceed the in
come tax, so the offset will wipe
out the Income tax e'ntlrely.
Theatrical Example
Illustrates Point
An example: a person after de
ducting his exemption may still
find, that his income is so great
that his income tax is $300. As
sume that he pays a property tax.
of $400 a year. Seventy-five per
cent of $400 is $300. This $90
property tax credit balances the
income tax, so the latter does net
have to be paid.
After the rates had been ad
opted, the committee addressed it
self to the property tax collector,
who sat in an advisory capacity,
declared an offset unsound- in
principle. He was informed Chat
the committee had been directed
to provide an offset.
C. C, Chapman, member of the
commission, but not a member of
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Sewer Line Not
Bit Satisfactory,
Claim Advanced
Charges that the new Trade
street sanitary sewer line is set
satisfactory were voiced freely by ,
residents of that vicinity who de
dared Friday night that their
basements were still flooded slee
pite the fact that repairs had beet -
completed on the sewer.
A 24 Inch centrifugal pump a ad .
a plunger pump were installed at
Trade and 22nd streets to porap
water treat the sanitary sewer in
to the storm sewer, but even this
did not relieve the situation. It wae
charged.. .
"There are 21 basements etrt
here to my knowledge that ; are
flooded now," Newell Williams de
clared. "It certainly looks aa it we
will have to appear before the city
council and have something tfeve
about the situation."
Treasurer ; v
only thing I regret Is that it all
leaked ont before I had a chaace
communicate with state officiate.
I made op my mind last night to
reveal the shortage in 'my ae-'
counts. ; X told a personal friead
and this morning. I called is the
state auditor and asked him to . ,
make an immediate, audit of the
books. . . .. - - - .
i "I don't know the exact amount
of the shortage but an auditor eaa
teU Intlfteen minutes how ranch
money is gone. The money all ,
went -to the ponies. In tat. 1 .
spent a Jot of my own money that '
way. My friends have assured sne
that restitution will be made. I '
fiont know how soon, thougTa,
Treasurer Walker declared that
the. loss Is covered by bond. . Pw-a
was bonded for $50,000. acoer 4
ing to Walker, and the.trc:-.
urer's office as a whole is cover; J
by $$00,000.' v
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