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Newspaper Page TextSUPER-VALUE The Xorth American Acci dent insurance poltejjf Issued by the New OregpnStAte mut gives nuuimiu&j. travel accident insurance vaae on the market for an WEATHER I r. Part cloudy today; Mod. erate temperature. Max. tem perature Thursday Sit; Min. 40; Rain .01; River .; Part cloudy; Wind north. 'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" T rV!t SEVENTY-EIGHTH SfEAR, NO. 284 Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 22, 1929 PRICE FIVE f CENTS ICE Hi SNOW E T Worst Storm This I Winter Sweeps Over Large' Area; East Hard Hit Jlfrplane Sent to Drop Food and Supplies for Stalled Autoists ROCK SPRINGS. Wyo., Feb. tl. (AP) With huge snow drifts blocking Ingress to the Red desert of Wyoming where between 80 and 60 persons hare been ma rooned In a fleet of 23 trucks eince Monday noon, the Boeing lr Transport company this after noon dispatched a plane from Salt J.ake City to, carry provisions to the storm victims. The plane Is scheduled to land here to get its load. , I One thousand- pounds of food and blankets are in the place. The provisions will be dropped to the tranded party from the plane. Three rescue trucks which left here last night and .today to re lieve the party are now believed trapped by the snow In the white wilderness. NEW YORK. Feb. 21 (AP) From Canada to the qarolinas and westward in an almost solid blanket to the Mississippi, snow piled up today in the most wide spread storm of the winter. T n a th A VArci OT APtll i Tl t fl rCA years in New York City and Man hattan's snowfall was far below that in many other places. Ten counties in Pennsylvania reported 17 Inches of snow. New York had seven, Nashville, Tenn.. 14. Charleston, W. Va. 12 and many other towns were nearing the one foot mark. More than 15,000 6hovelers worked all day to keep New York's streets open to their con gested traffic and throughout the snowy band across the '. eastern states the snow removal forces were marshaled in a great offen sive against the drifts that threat ened to paralyze transportation. NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (AP) The long pending Tacna-Arlca boundary dispute , between Chile and Peru was reported definitely settled in dispatches from San tiago today. Advices from Lima, the Peruian capital failed to con firm this. The dispatches from the two capitals "were in agreement on the broad lines of a projected settle ment which would give Tacna to Peru and Arica to Chile, but they differed considerably as to the de gree of finality which the nego eiations have been reached. No confirmation of a final set tlement was received In Washing ton during the "day and pending such word state department offi cial declined to comment. General John J. Pershing, one-time head of the American Plebisitary com mission which went to the disput ed territory, was told in Paris of the reported settlement and ex pressed pleasure that the methods of conciliation apparently had pre vailed. Advices from Santiago late to day reiterated emphatically that a settlement had been reached and that the signing of a protocol would take place shortly. Laer. these advices said, treaties of ar bitration and commerce would es tablish peace definitely between Chile and Pern. The dispatches added that the COVER MID IS SECT ON 1HU1P REPORTED SETTLED iormuia lor me seuiemeni v.a ajtrout will back up to the east en Peruian proposition which Chile had decided to accept. EOF CUEST OF YANKEES LONDON. Feb. 21. (AP) The Prince of Wales. Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton, Stanley Bald win, prime minister, and. other notables ware guests tonight at a cabaret supper given in the Hotel Bax-oy by the association of Amer ican newspaper correspondents in London. The supper is an annual affair on the eve of Washington's birthday. The list of guests included the ambassadors of France, Belgium and Italy; Lord Mayor Kynaston Studd and his lady; Sir William and Lady Joynson-Hicks, Sir Ron ald and Lady Lindsay and Hon Bruce Qgllvie, who came witlj the heir to the throne." At the suggestion of the prince and Mr. Baldwin there were a special arrangement to allow tnem to become acquainted with" the members of the society and ithe latter's wives. The prince and premier were seated with empty chairs on either side of them and these places were occupied in ro tation by the American couples, each having about five minutes conversation with the guests of tenor. PIC WALES New Chinese War Gets Under Way Gunfire is Heard Nationalists and Anti-Nationalists Clash 15 Miles From Chef oo CHEFOO, Feb. 22. (Friday (AP) Nationalist forces clashed Anti-Nationalists this morning 15 miles west of Chefoo, precipitat ing the first battle of the new Shantung uprising. The echoing boom of the heavy gunfire could be heard plainly here. The commander ofy the third division of Nationalist troopSi defending the city was brought here wounded soon after the battle started. The Nation alists are putting forth vigorous efforts to organize their defense. They are receiving additional arms and have commandeered 90.000 bags of flour. MOTORISTS ACCEPT cis nwn i ek Auto Owners Bear Up Well Under Conditions as Com panies Cut Prices Cheat) gasoline was enjoyed by Salem motorists for the third day Thursday when the price of motor fuel dropped one cent to 18 cents a gallon retail at all stations. The price was general throughout the city before noon. Indications late Thursday night were that the price would not go more than two cents lower. As soon as the first 18 cent signs were out Thursday the other companies got in communication with the district offices and re ceived authority to meet the re duction. It Is not evident which company is leading In the war as different ones have been leaders In the cut each day. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. (AP) With minimum retail gas oline prices on the Pacific coast ranging from 10 V4 cents at Los Angeles to 11 cents at Vancouver, Wash., and nine cents in San Francisco, motorists rejoiced to day while students of economics attempted to determine the .cause of the price war of recent weeks. General petroleum corporation started the price cutting, and eventually set the wholesale fig ure at 9H cents in southern Cal ifornia. A suit filed In Portland, Ore. by the General Petroleum com pany, asking that Frank Cornwell, service station operator, be forced to abide by an alleged agreement to sell only General Petroleum gasoline until 1930, was believed by some to furnish a clew to the clause. The suit named the Richfield Oil company as a co-defendant. and asked a restraining order to prevent Cornwell's sale of Rich field products. Portland gaso line dealers believed the suit was filed as a test case, and that nu merous similar actions would be started It the court granted an injunction. Meanwhile, General Petroleum cut the price of gasoline in Port land from 19 H to 16 cents a (Turn to Page 1, Column 4.) Truck Burdened With Fish To Be At State House A truck from the Roaring River fish hatchery containing between 8000 and 9000 Eastern Rrnob trance of the state house at noon today and will remain there through the noon hour so that legislators and others interested rjay look down on this unique dis play of what the game department is doing. About 700,000 Eastern Brook trout are to. be distributed In Ore gon streams and lakes this year, and the waters of Marion county will receive their share. Cliff Ev ans, district game warden reports. The fish on display at the state house today will varyrbetween five and eight inches in length. $250,000 Expenditure in 1929 Plan of P. E. P. Co. New Warehouse Included ' ' Ml N Approximately $250,000 will beat Mill and Liberty streets. 145;- expenaea in improvements and extensions by the Portland Elec tric Power company, in Salem and vicinity, during 1929. The total . estimated expendi tures of the Portland i Electric Power company In its entire ter ritory for the year 1929 is $15 850.000. v The expenditures contemplated in Salem and vicinity are: For bxtension of dlstrbiutlon system. Including pole lines, trans, formers, meters, etc. $90,000. Installation of one 12,500 kilo, watt. 57.000 volt, three phase transformer at the power house 1KB Excise, Intangibles and In come Taxes to be Urged by New Group Fisher Doing Work on Revise of Income Measure for Strong Lobby Following ia; meeting at which the question ;of taxation was con sidered and i declaring among themselves they felt they had been ent to the legislature for the purpose of solving the tax sltua tion and not! passing It up to the people, a group of legislators have agreed ; to support the fol lowing program which they hope to set In motion at the earliest date possible; 1 An excise tax on banks and financial corporations. 2 A tax on intangibles. 3 A personal Income tax. Deficit Can Be Put Out. la Two Year Revenues from , the excise and Intangibles taxes are to be used for reducing the; deficit, which it is estimated can be done In two years, while revenue from the in come tax Is to: reduce the tax on real property! i A' hurried calcu lation projected Thursday after noon estimates: that a personal In come tax will raise 11,400,000. The proposed personal income tax with a property offset, as recommended by the property tax relief commission, is friendless and being ignored. The proposes income tax of .Representative Norton and Senator Hall, does not meet the Ideas of many income tax advocates. Sponsors of the Hall-Norton bill' are willing to withdraw their; measure if a more satisfactory one is devised and re ferred to thes people. Farm, Labor and Grange Together? State Tax Commissioner Fisher is doing the carpenter work on a new income tax ; measure, under direction of a committee selected Thursday morning by members of the farm bloc,1 the labor lobby and the grange lobby. While the three.blll program is favored by the taxation commit tee, there is a difference 'brbpln-j ion as to what should be done about Che personal income tax measure. Some legislators want to refer the income tax to the people, while ; others argue that the legislature should pass it and takd, a chance on the referendum . . - l being invoked against it. Even the grange lobby is divided on the issue, A. R. Shumway, favoring references td the people and George Palmiter state grange master, preferring action by the legislature. Mr. Carkin would, it appears, prefer reference while Mr. Hailett desires action now. E NEW YORK. Feb. 21 (AP) Broadsides were fired from both camps today in the' fight of John D. Rockefeller,; Jr.;, to oust Colonel Robert W. Stewart from the chair manship of Standard Oil company of Indiana. 1 The Rockefeller committee is sued a statement In- the form of a letter to "A midwest manker." who is a stockholder in the Stan dard of Indiana, : asserting that "We can grasp the truth of all of Colonel Stewart's almost Incred ible story and still, on his own admission, we must come to the conclusion that he has lost the right to our confidence in his lead ership." From Colonel Stewart's camp, Albert L. Hopkins. Colonel Stew art's personal attorney, issued a statement that , the Rockefeller committee's document "repudiates the 72 page document issued by Mr. Rockefeller's i brother-in-law, for In it he frankly admits that the effort of Mr. Aldrich to In volve Colonel Stewart with Teapot Dome and Secretary Fall in that document was unwarranted by any facts known to any one. 760. One 10,000 kllb-watt rotary con denser at the power house at Mill and Liberty streets,! $59,000. Two-story and basement con crete. line department office and warehouse building on North Lib erty street at Mill creek, $40,000. Small addition to station build, ings. $2,400. : , Gas mains extension, $1,800. Out door substation in Morning side! addition, $3,500. Underground j construction in Wilson avenue to permit removal M M M WORDS NIK iill OW (Turn te Page a. Column 1.) SENATE BACKS BILL CHEATING Rivalry Between University and College Cited in Talks by Solons Only Five Votes Cast Against Measure Establishing Education Body During consideration by the senate Thursday of a bill intro duced by Senators Bell and Schul merlch creating a state board of higher education, alleged rivalry between the University of Oregon and Oregon State college Influenc es, was brought upon the legisla ture by men connected with these Institutions and the necessity of harmony was stressed. The bill was approved with five senators casting dissenting votes. They Included Senators Bailey of Lane. Billlngsley, Hall. Kiddle and Klepper. All other members of the senate voted for the bill. The board would consist of nine members who would have control of the university agricultural college and the' three normal schools. The executive manage, ment of the Institutions would not be changed and the budgets would. not be disturbed during the cur- rent blennlum. Governor Would Name All Nine Board Menvbers The nine directors would be ap pointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. It was provided in the bill that the directors eh all not be selected from the cities In which the Instl- (Turn to Page 2, Column 1.) G. N. EXTENSION IS DEFENDED BY BtlDD President of Road Issues Statement Explaining Stand on All Issues NEW YORK, Feb. 21. (AP) Ralph Budd. president of the Great Northern railroad, today explained the position pf his com pany in applying to the interstate commerce commission for permis sion to connect Great Northern territory with California and es tablish a new through system in conjunction with the Western Pa cific. . Mr. JJudd said he had not seen a statement by Paul Shoup, vice president of the Southern Pacific. In which Mr. Shoup was quoted as saying that the proposed 200 mile connecting line would dupli cate existing facilities. "Unnecessary duplication Is not essential to the plan," Mr. Budd asserted, "and will not happen un less forced by the Southern Pa cific." "It should be understood," said his statement to the Associated Press, "that the Interstate Com merce commission will decide aft er hearing the Western Pacific Great Northern application for permission to connect Great Northern territory with Califor nia and establish a new through railway system, whether an order permitting such action should be issued. The commission's decision will be made solely in accordance with the public interest as shown at the hearing or hearings to be held by the commission. VETO TO INCREASE Indications point to a veto by Governor Patterson of the bill giv ing Multnomah county two addi tional Judges. This became known today. It is also known that the executive has been willing to grant an Increase of one judge but the bill calls for two judging from sentiment as at present expressed, the bill can be carried over a veto. While lawyers are watching this measure and aspirants for the bench are giving it strict atten tion the.re are two other bills that are involved in the same situation. The measure increasing the sal aries of Judges has passed the sen ate and is on the calendar of the house, but la so far down the list that it will 1 probably not be reached. Another bill Is to make the court of domestic relations a part of the circuit court. This bill is on the calendar for disposition but like the salary bill Is far down on the list. Offices Closed Today;- Holiday All offices in the county court building, Salem banks, the post- office, and downtown branches of the government will be closed to. day in observance of Washington's birthday. The i public. Junior high and senior bigh schools wilt be in session this morning, but will be SHIP mt m dismissed for the day at noon. Training South of City New Structure Solons Celebrate ; February 22 With Halt in Their Pay Washington's birthday is the fortieth day of the see. sion and after today, the pay of all senators and represen tatives automatically stops. ; The pay- for the clerks con tinues, however. While a session is supposed to con slat of 4f days, it simply means that members are paid for that length of time. After tomorrow the lawmak ers will be "on their own." If the session ends by March 2, it will be lucky, legisla tors say. By working nnder forced draught it is said the wind np should be accomplished not later than a week from Saturday. JOLT-THEN PAROLE Tommy Thompson, Bad Check Artist, Must Make Good Says Judge Kelley Tommy Thompson, youthful parachute jumper who doesn't know whether he is 19 or 20 years of age, and who was brought here from Phoenix, Arizona, sev eral weeks ago to face a bad check charge, entered a plea of guilty before Circuit Judge Kelly late Thursday, was sentenced to a maximum of two years in the pen itentiary, and then paroled. "My father says I'm 19 and my mother says I'm 20," the youth told Judge Kelly. "I don't know which is right." Forged Check It was when Thompson was at the state fair here last fall that he got into difficulties. He wrote a veral checks, most of which were overdrafts but one of which was forgery. He also got Into trouble with, a local dealer over the pur chase, oi a motorcycle. One con dttion of his parole was that he reimburse every dealer on whom he passed a bad check and pay the state $240 which was spent in bringing him from Phoenix after his arrest there. This will be paid at the rate of $20 a month. "I'm sure I can get a Job with a Portland airport if fm allowed to go this time," Thompson said. He has been earning his own liv ing since his early teens, he as serted, and has been connected with aviation enterprises of one kind and another most of that time. "I would have had a Job as field (Turn to Page ft. Column I.) MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 21. (AP) President William F. Green, of the American Federation of Labor, wasl authorized today by the exec utive council of the association to begin at an early date an investi gation In several states of an al leged "40 to 45 year dead line" of various employers. The council also went on rec ord as being opposed to any chan ges to increase the quotas of im migrants from any country, and through its president announced that communism held no "serious threat," for organized labor' in the United States. Green was instructed to ask for cooperation of state and city labor federations and also for legisla tive action in the various states through committee inquiries, in the "dead line" survey. Council members were quof as expressing their belief that some employers are using the dead line rand discriminating against married men with dependents in order that costs of liability award insurance may be cut down. lt was pointed out that these practices are not in evidence, as far as Is known. In states where the exclusive' fund plan for liabil ity payments has been - adopted, but that they are in evidence where competitive plans.'' are used. y Oregon Native Dies in Salem Joseph .B. Hardman, a native of Oregon, died Thursday at the family home at 714 South 2 1st street at the age of 57 years. He is survived, besides his widow Pearl, by five children, as follows: Mrs.: C. E. Ewing' of Wenatchee, Wash., Mrs. G. C. Beach, Roland, Rodney and Glen of Salem. Three brothers and a sister also survive. Funeral services will be held Sat urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the CIough-Huston parlors, in terment to follow at the Cityview emetery. 1 GETS WRITES uu Nl in in School Salem Firemen Battle Until Late at Night to Save Nearby Property; Few Boys Left at Institution The main building of the old state training school for boys, southeast of Salem, was destroyed by fire which broke out shortly after 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Adjoining structures were damaged materially the fire, which was fought until late at night by the Salem fire department. L. M. Gilbert, superintendent of the new boys' school at Woodburn, was at the old institution removing some machin ery when the fire started. He said it 1 had been reported to him that a water pipe had broken in the attic, and that he sent T. M. Ramsdell, farmer at the old school, and two boys, to Investigate. The boys returned within a short time and informer Mr. Gilbert that the attic was on fire. A call was sent to Salem and the fire department respond ed. There is no fire protection at the institution, and It was neces sary to station a pumper along a creek some distance from the buildings. Few Boys Quartered At Building Recently Only four boys had been housed at the old school during the past few months. These boys were in charge of Mr. Ramsdell and Mrs. T. T. Geer, matron. The other inmates of the school were moved to Woodburn last September, fol lowing completion of the new bchool. Mrs. Geer lost some valu able articles in the fire. Most of the furnishings had been removed from the builidg when he wards were transferred to the Woodburn Institutions. The old building was erected in 1892 and the value was appraised recently by the state at $51,140 There is now $101,000 in the state restoration fund, which will cover the loss. New Penitentiary Branch Is Planned At a recent meeting of the ways and means committee an appro priation of $35,000 was author ized with which to convert the old old boys school into a branch pen itentiary. It was the plan of Governor Patterson to transfer approximately 75 trusties from the main prison to the branch in stitution and assign them to farm ing operations. Under the gov ernor's plan the branch institu tion would have been taken over by the penitentiary officials. Governor Patterson said a meet ing of the board of control would be held today, when some definite decision will be made in connec tion with the proposal to establish a branch prison. The $51,000 available under the restoration fund and $35,000 appropriated by the ways and means committee probably would be sufficient to erect a new building better suited for the bousing of convicts than the old building after it had un dergone repairs under the $35, 000 appropriation. The fire was plainly visible from Salem, and a large number of people were at tracted to the scene. Traffic of ficers were pressed into Service to keep the crowd back from the fire Durant Settles With His Spouse SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. (AP) R. C. ("Cliff") Durant, automobile manufacturer', and Mrs. Pearl Durant his former wife. have settled the latter's suit for $28,000 unpaid alimony out of court, Theodore J. Roche, attor ney for Durant announced today. Details of the settlement were unknown to him, Roche said. Come on Kids, Let's Go to Statesman-Capitol Picture Showing Tarzan in Action! A visit to the luneles. free of charge, is In store for everv youngster in Salem who clips this coupon, or the one lust like it that will appear in the New Statesman Saturday morning. The whole thine is beinsr ar ranged through the courtesy of the New Statesman and Blieh's Capitol teatre. Just bring the counon to the door-of the Capitol, hand It to the ticket-taker there, walk in and FREE This S Q XIJ IP j&J Will admit any child under 12 years of age to ' see the first chapter of "TARZAN THE MIGHTY" at , 1 ! Bligh's Capitol Theatre, Saturday, , February 23 at 10 a. m. Building Destroyed; ? i uonsia erect Unimproved Gaps in Numer ous Main Roads Pointed Out in Memorial Oregon wants California to get busy and complete the "missing links" in the Pacific Coast high ways system, so that the tourist from Iowa( or Kansas or Connecti cut can gypsy up and down the coast from Canada to Mexico and not return home kicking at the roads. Oregon has done her share. House Joint Memorial 14, introduced in the bouse Thursday says, and mow it remains only for California to finish up the Job by fixing up ;her roads in the north ern part of that state. The memorial recites that there are several unimproved gaps on the California side between the Roosevelt i highway and the Cali fornia Redwood highway; -the Pa cific highway in Oregon and the California, side; the Klamath Falls-Weed highway from the state line; to Weed; The Dalles Californiahlghway, from the Ore gon line to Alturas, Cal., and that the Fremont highway In Oregon Is completed from Lakeview to the California line, with no connec tion with any logical California terminus. . ""The memorial concludes: "While California, we acknow ledge, has; assumed a great debt, nevertheless Oregon has, in pro portion tofh.er resources, assumed a far greater burden. We recog nize that the future of Oregon is closely bound up with the future of the great state of California Expenditures necessary to connect with Oregon's north and south system of. highways, we think justly would pay California abundant dividend, not only in good will among the citizens of the great northwest and Canada, but in increased dollars and cents that would be spent by the people of this great region in California." Washington Will Tighten Dry Law Solons Declare OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 21. (AP) Much heavier penalties for violation of the state prohibi tion law were approved today by the house after a debate featured by a bitter attack against the state anti-saloon league. Two measures were passed by the house.; One would make the manufacture for sale and the transportation of liquor a felony. It was approved 66 to 30. The other provides for state confisca tion of vehicles used in transpor tation of liquor. It passed 64 to 32. :; sit down to see Tarzan in his wild jungle home. Thrilling, hair breadth escapes, terrific clashes with wild animals that only Tar zan knows bow to deal with, and a hundred!; other things to hold the attention and grip the imag ination; these are in store for all the kiddies who can crowd into the huge Capitol auditorium to see the first of the 12 chapters of "Tarzan the Mighty.' FREE CALIFORNIA ASKED TO FINISH HIGHWAY COLLEGE GRADS E ttl University of Oregon Wins $140000 Extension Work Appropriation Plea1 That Schools; Shoufd Share Alike Repeated by Alumnus Solons . i: . "One of those things" whirs, brought about the. effort repre sented In the Bell-Schulmerich bill to combine under one board of re gents the direction of 'Oregon's state institutions of higher learn ing, cropped out again in the joint ways nnu means committee 1 II U IV - day night when a skirmish be tween partisans of the two school resulted In a 9 to S vote which, whether Justified or not.swll) rwt the taxpayers of the state $140. 000. The skirmish resulted in a sig nal victory for the University of Oregon, since Representative An. gell, alumnus of that Institution, succeeded In eliminating from lh budget recommended by Governor Patterson appropriations for Ore gon State college extension activ ities in the amount of $140,000, and substituting a bill which au thorizes an appropriation; of $20. 000 to be divided between the two institutions. The ways aild means committee failed to report the Angell bill out favorably. Oregon State College's share of the $280,000 would include $50.. 000 for the home experiment sta tion, $30,000 for crop pest invest igations, $30,000 for .dairy invest igations. $15,000 for poultry In vestigations and $20,000; for soils investigations. ) Special Research Work Irovlded For The share of the appropriation lr the university would cover $1S. ooo ror business research, $10. Mm) for special research work, $12. 000 for extension work and $1. 000 for University of Oregon re search work. While the amounts originally involved in bills for these activities at the university totalled $165,000. Representative An gelj said hte aggregate had been Jjeduced to $140,000 in his bill. Representative Angell explained that in presenting a bill carrying a joint appropriation of $280.oo for the two institutions, he had in mind using both schools fairly. Senator Elliott objected to the plan proposed by Representative Angell. and urged that the com mittee first approve the budget items of $140,000 for extension activities at the Oregon state col lege, and then report out favor ably a bill carrying appropriations of $140,000 for the unlersity. Sen. ator Reynolds coincided with the (Turn to Pago Z. Column 4.) DALLAS WINS OUT IN FINAL DEBATES Salem high school Ipet the championship of group one of thie district to Dallas by two points in the final of the series of debates in this district of the high school debate league. This eliminates Sa lem from further competition in the league and means that Dallas and Newberg will contest March 7 for district honors In the dual debates Thursday night, the Salem affirmative won a 3 to 0 decision from the Inde pendence negative here and the Salem negative dropped Its eon test in Independence 2 to 1, giv ing Salem a total of five point", counting one for decision. Edith May Jenks and Marin Byers de bated here and Fred Blatchford and Norman Winslow at the Polk county town. Each local team has lost one contest during the season. Dallas, which up to Thursday, was tied with Salem for honors in group one of the district; won 3 to 0 from Lebanon at Dallas and 2 to 1 at Lebanon, according to reports received here last night. This nlves Dallas seven points for the night. N Lid a Hanna and EleanOra Pnr vlne were the Independence de baters who appeared here. All teams have used the question of armed Intervention In the debate series,-, ? . j I $2729 Damages Found Against Owner of Truck niniiAo UTrTTonnev tost another damage action ' in circuit ceurt when the Jury brought in a ver dict ar&inst bim for S2729.66 late Thursday. The action was broogbt hv Rav Smith a nassenger in a car that crashed Into a Salem Ful comnanv .truck near Westifsaieiu several months ago. Louis Husser, driver, of tne car. obtained a , verdict of $HI against MeKenney earlier, In tfee week. A third action, brought fry Anna Husser, has been eonUmaoa.. All three actions were brou at against the defendant as'deisg DUSiness unaer me nrra ; Salem Fuel company." HGL IN COMMITTEE