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NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex., Sept.
10 (AP)rThe Jury which for
nearly 48 hours bed sought to de
termine the guilt or Innocence of
Mrs: Rebecca Bradley Rogers,
tried for bank robbery, wm dis
charged at 5:40 p.m., for failure
to agree. District Attorney Fred
Blusdell had indicated that he did
not Intend to attempt another pro
secution.
The Jury stood t to 3 for ac
quittal. Thna the fourth court ap
pearance of Mrs. Rogers, demure
24 year old former Texas, Unlver
city Student, since she held np the
Buds' Texas, Farmers National
bank in December, 1926, ended in
etalemeate.
It was the first such mistrial
of a felony In this county within
10 years.
Youthful Husband Is
Disappointed at Verdict .
For Otis Rogers, who was 27
years old today, the Jury's fail
ure to agree was disappointing but
he thanked each Juror for the
"earnest deliberation."
He had pleaded that his young
wife, whom he married secretly
while both were students at the
nnlYersity, temporarily was insane
when she took around $1000 from
the bank with her small pistol.
The Terdlct was received on
behalf of the state by County At
torney Prank Voigt District At
torney Blundell already had gone
home to Lockhart, where his wife
was reported seriously ill.
The jury t&bk 40 ballots. In the
first two the county was 8 to 4
for acquittal but one man was
won over and thereafter they reg
istered oxer and over again 9 to
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There was, Just, a trier pf a
smile on "Becky's"' face as the
Terdlct was read but she said
nothing. .
Rogers Takes Wife
Home to Fort Worth
Rogers, assisted In presenting
the defense only by two young
lawyer classmates and friends of
his college days, prepared to take
his young wife back to their home
In Fort Worth immediately. The
next more, he declared, was the
State's. District Attorney Blun
dell's statement of this morning
that if a hung jury resulted, Re
becca should be confined In an in
stitution for treatment, "In Justice
2o her and to the public. drew
CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sept. 20.
(AT) "Mass protest" meet
ing by members of the interna
tional labor defense "locals
throughout the country are
planned by that organisation and
affiliated bodies for tomorrow
Sunday in memory of Mrs. Ella
Mar Wiggins, .National Textile
Workers' union member, who was
slain by a mob near Gastonla a
week ago.
Just what form the meetings
would take was not disclosed In
announcement by local headquar
ters. It was. said, however, that
the "protest", was expected to be
nationwide. :
Representatives of the National
Textile Workers' union and of the
International labor defense con
tinued today to claim that their
organisers and members were be
ing subjected to mob threats. The
latest was a report given out by
J. Louis Engdahl. national secre
tary of the : International labor
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By T. R. GILL
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8 AN DIAGO, Cuba; 8ept, 20
(AP) Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh, flying to South America
smd Caribbean territory, landed in
the gathering dusk here this eve
ning at : 0 2 o'clock. He will rpend
the night here before taking oft
tor San Juan, Porto Rico, tomor
row morning.
, j, The colonel had to swing his
plans In sharply la stopping on
the short field. He was greeted
by military and eivil officials and
f
T thousands of spectators also were
en hand..-,,! . . - ; : -
Warmly demonstrating their de
light at seeing Mrs. Lindbergh, the
reception committee . presented
flowers to her. She has maintained
Intense Interest la every stage of
Lloyd A. Lee's Entrants
Honors at Largest Event of Kind Ever
Held in Pacific Coast Region
By HARRY H. COLLIER
pUIRGROUNDS, Puyallup, Wash., Sept. 20 (Special)
JL7 Lloyd a Lee of Salem, Oregon, made a great win here in
the largest poultry show ever held on the Pacific coast, at
the western Washington fair which opened Monday, Septem
ber 16, and win close Sunday night.
White and black Minorca, Buff Orpingtons and Buff
Leghorns shown by Mr. Lee won every first in these classes
excepting one, all seconds excepting one, and one third place.
Womanis
Witness in
Death Case
WHITE PLAINS, N. T Sept.
20. (AP) A red headed wom
an of easy friendships was taken
out of Jail today to testify that
Earl Peacbx, now on trial for kill
ing his wife, had told her two
months before the killing that he
planned to "get" Mrs. Peacox.
It was a sordid story this wom
an, known both as Frances Mur
ray and Frances Newman, told,
and one that kept the crowded
court room tensely quiet.
When Earl Peacox, 21 year old
radio technician, was left by his
wife he sought consolation in a
New York City dance hall. Here
he met Frances Newman and her
boy friend," spoken of at this
trial as Willie.
Trip to Apartment
Is Told by Woman
Several times the two met and
last March she went to Peacox
apartment In Mount Vernon, the
apartment in which he admittedly
killed his wife in April and from
which he carried her body to a
nearby woods, later to set 'it on
fire.
"That night," Miss Newman
said today, after being brought
to the-courtroom-from the. jail
where she has been held since a
few days after the slaying as a ma
terial witness," I learned for the
first time that Earl was married.'
I asked him if there was any
danger of my getting in trouble
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ASTORIA. Ore., Sept. 20.
(AP) Principals In Astoria
schools are reporting some aglta
tlon by parents over .the circula
tion in the schools of question
nalres, sponsored by the Astoria
ministerial union and seeking in
formation as to religious affllia
tions of their students and their
parents.
The cards were said to bear the
names .of all religious denomlna
tions active in the city and aside
from queries as to church, Sun
day school and religions society
afflclatlons. contain no further
matter dealing with religion. Of
fleers of the ministerial union said
today the purrose of the cards was
to enable churches to ascertain
what homes in the city hare no
religious connections. The cards
are being distributed in the
schools with the consent of the
Astoria school board but no de
mand that they be filled out and
returned was made.
Threats of legal action to pre
vent further distribution of the
cards have been made by parents.
2 KTI.IJEn IN FIGHT
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 21 (AP
Two persons were killed, an
other probably fatally wounded
and three less seriously wounded
here tonight In fighting between
supporters of the presidential can
didatea, Jose Vasconcelos and Pas.
eual Ortls Rabio. Pouce gained
control of the situation after
much disorder.
the Journey, keeping a diary of the
interesting sight viewed front the
clouds as the plane winged south
ward from Florida,
During the ceremonies at - the
field the military band played the
national anthem. Tonight: Colonel
Lindbergh and bis party were to
be guests at a reception given by
Governor Sllva at the palace.
. The "takeoff tomorrow will be
at 1 o'clock, the first stop being
Port aa Prince, Halt, with San
to Domingo as the next halt be
fore reaching San Juan.-- . ' .
. At Havana and Camaguey,
touched during the flight across
Cuba, crowds paid a great ovation
to Lindbergh and his bride." At
Camagney, the daughter of Dr. De
Para, Mayor of the City, presented
Mrs. Lindbergh with nowers.
OVER QUESTUMJA1R
Cany Off Nearly All
Judges are Louis Stahmer,
noted artist and poultry fan
cier, and Louis Weisenborn of
Portland.
Results in the classes in which
Mr. Lee competed were:
Single comb black Minoreas
Lloyd A. Lee, Salem, Ore., "first
and second hen, first and second
cockerel, first and second pullet,
first young pen. Rainbow ranch,
Parkland, Wash., third cockerel,
third pullee.
White Minoreas Lloyd A. LeO
first cockerel, C. A. Durham, Sa
lem, Ore., first and second pullet;
W. R. Edwards, Salem, first and
second hen. These other Salem
entries are in charge of Mr. Lee.
Single comb Buff Leghorns
C. E. Newbill, Salem, first and
second pallet. Rainbow ranch.
Parkland, first cockerel, third
pullet.
Buff Orpingtons Lloyd A. Lee
first cock, first cockerel, first
and third hen, first, second and
third pullet, first young pen. Cy
rus M. Lewis, Portland, third
cock; A. M. Clayton, Puyallup,
second cock, second hen, second,
third and fifth cockerel: Sherman
Ingles, Tacoma, fourth cockerel,
second young pen; 8. J. Lee, Sum
ner, first capon.
BACHELOR DlfJiJER IS
Eleven Friends Help John in
Celebration of Coming
Wedding
PLAINVILLE. Conn., Sept. 20
CAP) Eleven friends of Ma
jor John Coolidge sang the swan-
song to his bachelorhood with
him tonight.
They did this at a quietly-ar
ranged bachelor dinner fn therElm
Tree inn, at Farmtngton, four
miles from here. Unaware that
his friends had prepared this tra
ditional function, Major Coolidge,
who will marry Miss Florence
Trumbull, daughter of Governor
John H. Trumbull of Connecticut,
here Monday afternoon, went with
them to the inn. There the son of
former President Calvin Coolidge
found himself the guest, of honor
at a dinner.
Even the proprietor of the inn
did not know for whom the din
ner had been arranged until he
recognized the frequently photo
graphed face of Major Coolidge
among twelve young men ranged
around a table.
Tomorrow afternoon Major
Coolidge will be here for a re
hearsal of the marriage with his
fiancee and the bridal party. Ev
erything will be done tomorrow as
it will be done Monday. The re
hearsal will begin with the trip
from the Trumbnl home to Plain
view Congregational church and
the entire ceremony win be per.
formed.
State policemen will be on dutyJ
at tue cnuren to guaro me nnaai
party from intruders to assure the
couple the privacy which they de
sire so much on this romantic oc
casion. The public will be barred
from the rehearsal.
l'I TO FiCE TRIAL
BREMERTON, Wash.. Sept 20.
(AP) Mrs. Agnes M. Crees of
San Francisco, wanted there-for
complicity In alleged fraudulent
withdrawals of liquor from' a
government warehouse, left here!
tonight by automobile to catch a
southbound train at Tacoma to
return to California to answer the
charges. She will arrive in Ban
Francisco at 10:20 a. m Sun
day. Mrs. Crees was located here
today at the home of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Robert T. Crees.
federal officials, have been con
ducting a coastwlde search for
Mrs. Crees since Wednesday, when
three men, alleged to hare been
operating through her in with
drawing the liquor, were arrested
and placed under ball of 15001.
ATJTOIST ARRESTED
George Lt Cooro, of St Helena,
was arrested on N. Capitol street
Friday 'might and charged with
speeding., He Is said, to hare been
going 42 miles an hour when given
the siren. Cooro la to appear ta
fouea court today.
HELD FOR COO DGE
1H SUSPECT 0
Body of Marie West, 11, is
. Discovered Under Two
Feet of Water
Officers Find Trail Broken
Through Weeds Leading
From Railroad
KING HILL, Idaho., Sept 20
(AP) The body of 11 year old
Marie West, her throat cut and
showing signs of havsxig been at
tacked, was found in the edge of
the Snake river near here today,
20 hours after she left home to
come to school here.
The body wss found sunk in
two feet of water, weighted down
by a stone bound to the girl's leg
by a wire. Besides the cut on her
throat, her face was - bruised
from blows.
The little girl, adopted from a
Boise orphans' home only a year
ago by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Miesen
sahl, living 3 railed west of
King Hilt along the railroad
tracks left home yesterday morn
ing for school following her usu
al course along the railroad track.
That was the last she was seen.
Trail Through Weeds
Found by Officers
First hind of her fate was dis
covered by officers of a trail brok
en through the weeds and wil
lows leading from the railroad
track to the river, at this point
separated only about 40 feet. Fol
lowing this they came upon a
pool of blood and later saw the
body underneath the water.
A search had been conducted
all night for the child after her
foster mother notified officers
that she was missing. Several
times searching parties had passed
In the dark within a few feet of
the body, blotting out all traces
of the direction the child's assail
ant had taken.
Only one bare clue as to the
Identity of her assailant has been
found, A. A. Stevens, sheriff of
Elmore county said tonight.
Shortly after the child left home,
a man was seen in the vicinity by
a motorist.
, The - child -had evidently .been
selzed-While on the railroad right
of way about 100 feet from the
clump of willows on the edge of
the river near where the body was
found, for at this point her lunch
bucket was found.
1BDEREH PLAYED
BY FEDERAL JUDGE
AMARILLO, Tex., Sept 20.
(AP) Stressing the fact he was
speaking as citizen of the United
States and not In his official ca
pacity as a United States district
Judge, Federal Judge James C.
Wilson today characterized the
slaying at Borger of John A.
Holmes, district attorney of Hut
chinson county, as the most ser
ious crime in Texas during the
past 20 years.
He. discussed the slaying at a
meeting of the American business
club here.
"It la my opinion," the judge
said, "that the hand that fired the
gun was the hand of an official or
had official sanction."
"If the crime was of official
dom, or had the sanction of of
ficialdom, It was straight out un
adulterated anarchy and smacks
of treason.
"I believe the whole thing if a
liquor running and auto running
proposition. But I do not believe
whoever murdered Holmes did so
to protect himself from prosecu
tion. In all my experience In the
practice of law and as a federal
Judge I have not known of a case
cf the criminal or his friends kill
ing a prosecutor before his trial.
Sometimes they do so afterward
out of a spirit of revenge.
"It is my opinion no criminal
under danger of conviction would
adopt such a course unless he had
the sanction of public officials."
Judge Wilson declared the whole
situation was "pitable. since it
would not have come about with
out the acquiescence of the pub
lic, and that the responsibility
for the crime' lies on the citizen
ship of border."
Moslem Sabbath
Day of Unrest in
Hebrew Capital
JERUSALEM. Sept 20. (Jew
ish Telegraphic Agency) The
fifth Friday,, the Moslem Sabbath.
after the outbreak of riots, found
the state of mind of the Palestine
population, both Jewish and Arab,
far from calm. s m t
Wild rumors were enrrent here
hours - before the villagers from
the vicinity were to assemble la
the Mosque - el Oma for . their
weekly prayers. These were that
a well planned attack on the Jews
would be made. . - ;
An Incident yesterday on the
Jaffa road tended, to Increase the
alarm. An Arab youth was re
ported stabbed by am unidentified
assailant. '
Three women and thirteen men strikers of'Gantonla, North Carolina, who have been the central
figure of much of the rioting that has been paramount thronghoat the snfll section lately most again
face trial for the murder of Chief of Police Anderholx, The mistrial caused by one of the Jurors going in
sene precipitated additional disorders which have turned the mill section of North Carolina into an
armed camp with fresh outbreaks between anti-communists and strikers daily.
SEARCH FOR- BOY S
Elmer Miller, 6, Drowns in
Mill Creek West of -Penitentiary
Search maintained throughout
Fridayand until early this morn
ing in Mill creek near South 25th
street, for the body of little Ever
ett Elmer Miller, aged .six, proved
unavailing, and the searchers were
marking time while awaiting the
lowering of the water about 4
o'clock this morning, at which
time It was hoped that the body
of the little boy, drowned there at
10 o'clock Friday morning, would
be found.
The water was turned out of
the mill race at the Intake in the
Santiam river near Stayton, at 5
o'clock Friday afternoon and
turned In again at 7 p. m., and the
bed of the stream is expected to
be almost dry from 4 to ( o'clock
this morning.
Searchers who are familiar with
the stream at this point, believe
that the child's body lodged in the
bushes near the 25th street
bridge, or beneath the bank,
which is hollowed out near this
point. Walter Gerth of West Sa
lem, who Is experienced In the
use of grappling hooks, participat
ed in the search, together with
police, firemen, members of the
swimming Instruction staff at the
T. M. C. A., and other volunteers.
The little boy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Miller, 265 South 26th
street, was playing with two other
small children on the bank of the
stream. He was trailing a piece
of plank by a string. His com
panions did not see him fall, and
did not know' whether he slipped
from the bank or from a plank
which lay across the creek at that
point They saw him struggling
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HEIRESS IS KILLED
BY HIT-RUN DRIVER
OAKLAND, Cel., Sept. 20.
(AP) Mrs. Marie Schneider, 22,
heiress to a 16,000,000 estate
which she was never able xo col
lect was killed late today by a
hit-and-run driver whose car
struck one In which she was rid
lng in Berkeley. Police were told
that the hit-and-run ear sped
away after the crash but collided
with a trolley pole a few blocks
away. Three men Jumped out
and escaped in a cab,- witnesses
reported.
Mrs. Schneider was a passenger
in a car driven by Hugh M. Harris
of Oakland. Harris was injured
seriously while his wife received
minor bruises.
Mrs. Schneider came from Ger
many in 1920 to fight tor her fos
ter mother's estate which consist
ed mainly of a Judgment for $,
000,000, obtained, against Jerry
L. Wilson. Alaska prospector,
who ''struck It rich after being
grubstaked by the woman.
EFFORTS TO RAISE
Si IRE FUTILE
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Sept 20.
(AP) Efforts to raise the fish
ing troller Brownie from her grave
in seven fathoms of water off the
Umpqua river bar near here to
day were frustrated by a broken
cable and heavy seas. Believed to
have been drowned when the ves
sel ' sank, the bodies of John
Brown. Iwaco,; Wash., owner of
the craft and an unidentified aide.
have, not yet been found. .
Fears felt for Charles 8aubert,
who was reported to have been
missing for the past two weeks
in his troller Ethel 8., were dis
pelled today " when Baubert was
located at Eugene. He said the
Ethel S4s manned by his nephew,
George Saubert, and was to report
at Astoria tonight v
BODY IS CONTINUED
Highland Bus Now
Thing Past as
Purchase Closed
The Highland bus line
was out of existence, and the
system operated by Oregon
Stages, Inc., was the only
one operating in the city
Friday, following the latter's
purchase of the independent
line from T. E. McClean.
It was observed that dur
ing the rush hours Friday,
the busses serving the High
land district were heavily
crowded, forecasting a pos
sible necessity for increasing
the frequency of service In
that district at those hours.
Death Toll
Seventeen
In Flames
DETROIT, Sept. 20. (AP
Seventeen dead and 47 Injured to
night was the casualty record of
the flames and smoke that early
this morning swept through the
study club, a cabaret In East
Vernor highway that for a year
has been one of the bright centers
of Detroit night life.
Nine men and eight women
made up the death list. The In
jured were scattered in half a
dozen hospitals, many too serious
ly Injured to tell of their experien
ces.
Six separate Investigations were
under way by stat.e and city de
partments but the cause of the
fire that sent scores of men and
women into two small rooms In
the rear of the second floor din
ing room, there to be trampled,
burned and suffocated, still was
undetermined.
Thirty men and women, batter
ed and bruised, were found piled
in one of the rooms, a dressing
room, was the other trap for
which the panic stricken dancers
and diners dashed when the
flames swept around the dining
room.
The two rooms and the main
stairways furnished the only
means of egress and the stairway
was eurtained with flame. Win
dows of the hall had been sealed
to conform with the scheme of
decoration.
The supposition of Gabriel 8.
Goldwater, tire marshal, was that
carelessly thrown cigarette or
match started the fire and that
the shout of "fire" caused the pan
ic that followed.
HIT BY LMIIIIG
NOG ALES. Ariz., Sept 20.
(AP) One of the strangest
deaths of cattle-country lore was
told here today with finding of
the body of Roy Sorrels, a leading
cattleman of the southwest who
had been missing for 24 hours.
Sorrels was found still mounted
on his fcfirse, his feet in the sad
dle stirrups and tne animai
slumped to the ground, on a cattle
range IK miles northeast of here.
He had been struck by lightning
and the only mark on his body was
a small burn on his neck. The
horse was not scarred and appar
ently received the shock through
its rider.
Sorrels had left his range late
yesterday to drive some cattle
when he observed a storm brew
ing. Apparently the lightning
struck in the heavy downpour. His
body remained nearly upright, in
the saddle.
-PORTLAND GETS MEET
r CHICAGO, Sept 20. (AP)
Portland.. Ore.,' was awarded the
1920 convention of the P. E. O
Sisterhood at the final session of
the organization's annual conven
tion here today.
FLYER KILLED
CINCINNATI. Sept 20. (AP)
Allen Sawyer. 27. Giendale
Ohio, was killed here late today
la an airplane crash,
RDER
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INMS6ES CftSE
Deputy District Attorney iS i
Critical of Defense
Testimony
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20 (AP)
Making the first argument for
the state here today before the
Jury trying Mrs. Lois Pantages
for second degree murder. Deputy
District Attorney Harold Jones
stuck at once at the defense con
tention that Juro Rokumoto died
as the result of an anaesthetic ad
ministered after he was Injured
by Mrs. Pantages' car.
Referring to physicians who
had testified on this angle of the
case for both the state and de
fense, Jones said:
"A half dozen get on the stand
and swear one thing; another six
get on and swear another. I tell
you it takes no experts, it takes
common sense to tell what killed
Rokumoto. If that accident had
not happened Rokumoto would be
alive today. - ... .
"We believe that we have
proved Mrs. Pantages on June 16
was driving while intoxicated on
the streets of Los Angeles. That
while committing that felony, she
ran Into the car of Juro Rokumo
to, Injuring him so badly that he
died as a consequence."
Jones made reference to Max
Steuer, New York criminal attor
ney, in asserting that "this is not
contest between attorneys.
One of he defendant's counsel,"
he continued, "is a nationally
famous lawyer and in Los An
geles there are no two better
known attorneys than her other
two counsel.
Taking of evidence was com
pleted this morning. Court will
be In recess Saturday, with argu
ments continuing Monday and the
case possibly reaching the jury
that night. W. I. Gilbert opened
for the defense this afternoon.
declaring that the testimony of
either Mrs. Bertha Jacobs for the
defense or Harold Leder bring for
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EUGENE, Ore., Sept 20.
(AP) Wildcat Peter, Eugene
grappler, needed only 34 minutes
to dispose of Bobby Samson, Los
Angeles, In the opening card of
the wrestling season here tonight
Four Sonnenburg butts, Samson's
own specialty, were used by Pet
ers to such advantage that the
southerner wss unable to return
for the second fall.
Earl Wars took Del Avery to
the mat for the only fall of the
preliminary in ten minutes with
an arm stretch. Both are Eugene
boys.
Investigation
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WRESTLER
BEATS VI
Determine Possibility of
Junior College in Salem
If there exists m Salem a need
for a junior college, It now rest
with J. C. Nelson, principal emer
itus of the senior high school and
head of the history department to
probe the situation and determine
if such a step should actually be
considered here. Following an ex
tra heavy post graduate registra
tion at the high school, Principal
Wolf Friday asked Mr. Nelson to
undertake a surrey of the situa
tion. - . , ; - .-' -;
Nelson will conduct his survey
with two Ideas la mind:, whether
the high school Is being called
upon to serve a a Junior college,
or whether graduate students are
returning because they hay found
It necessary to do a part of their
school work over. He will spend a
year in making the surrey, the
first of Its kind undertaken here.
Senate Committee Uncovers
Expenditures of $143,
000 at Inquiry
Official Denies Shearer Was
Hired to Scuttle Ge
neva Conference
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.
(AP) Expenditure of 1142,000
by shipbuUders for activities here .
at the time of the Jones-White
merchant marine act was namifcd -a
year ago was discoveredTtoday by
a senate committee in opening its
investigation of William B. Shear
er's services for shipbuilders- at
the 1927 naval parley which col
lapsed In Genera.
Clinton L. Bardo, farm-born
president of the New York skip
building company, told of the
operations of the shipbuilders in
national and International affairs.
He bluntly denied that Shearer
was hired to interfere with the
Geneva negotiations instituted by
President Coolidge.
He said $25,000 was paid Shear
er by the three companies to
learn from Mm "ttiA tran1" if )..
conference. He said he didn't care
auoui me result ana was disap
pointed that the conference failed.-
Huge Amounts Spent
To Obtain Legislation
The committee learned from
Bardo of the 9143.000 expeditures
by the shipping Industry at the
time the Jones-White act vas en
acted. Bardo said the Trans-Oceanic
company, a subsidiary of the
American Brown-Boverl Electric
corporation, spent xioz.ooo in its
drive for legislation at the time It
was projecting a four-day trans
Atlantic service. The New Ship
bunding company also Is a subsidi
ary of the American Brown-Bo-veri.
A list of the expenditures sub
mitted by Bardo showed that 23 O
693 advanced to L. R. Wilder,
president of the Trans-Oceanic
company, and 924,049 for betel
expenses were the largest Items,
another Item showed $6,750 is
.Km T 1 . t)Vtl.li . ..4
ii uc ruuiim vrea.ui-JU.iOB. -
The remainder of the 149.0O
fund was made up as follows:
Newport Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock corporation, 110,000; Beth
lehem Steel corporation. $10,000;
Sun Shipbuilding company, $5.
000; Worthingron Pump and Ma
chine company, $2,500; General -Electric
corporation, $5,000; Bab
cock & Wilcox company, $5,000;
Westlnghouse Electric and Mfg.
company, $4,000.
Officials to Be Asked
To Explain Expenditures
The list of expenditures of
company was headed "out-of-pocket
expenditures for publicity, etc..
AUKIIUIU UClVUUk U1MU1C,
As a result of the disclosures of
the shipbuilders' fund. Senator
(Turn to Pag 2, Column L)
WILL BE EAEGTEI
The City of Salem will proceed
at once to Install the warning
signals near the Market street
crossing of the Southern Pacific
main line, as it was directed to do
in an order issued Thursday by
the public service cvmmlssioav
The signals to be installed by
the city are discs to be erected 39
feet from the crossing. on . tbt
V. A .11. ' A -
ngui usuw. biuq iui uu-m; ap
proaching the tracks, rr -
The railroad company .was dl-,
rected to mark the pavement with :
cross lines, as its part in providing
greater safety, and also to observe
the speed limit provided In a city
ordinance recently passed. This Is .
already being complied with, ac
cording persons living near the
tracks; the trains proceeding .at a
much slower pace after entertiag
the city, than they did previously.
Ordered to ,
and at the end of that time it
should be fairly well erUblUhaA
whether or not the high school .
is in a position to do Junior ceV
lege work. ' - T'-v:,l
Names of students who have
registered so far for postgraduate
ry Skelton, Daryl Wlesner, Emma
Varley, Opal Km ger, Ruth CU--
leiie. urace uay, nuton Tsyior,
Leora Andrews, Ada Clare, Con
stance Smart, Gretchen Thlelsen
and Erma Faxon, all graduates of -the
college preparatory course at
the local high; John Adlard and
at e sm mm e m a -
norviue uiesson wno Tinisnen in
the shop course ; Vivian ; Ham.
commercial graduate; Elva Ams-
1 ler. It 21 graduate la Industrial
arts; Anna Gobat of - Browning,
Mont, Marjorie llcDougal of
Marys ville, .Wash.,", and Gladys
Rayburm of 'Ephratt, Wash. .
wine siGK