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1 The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Sroday Morning. December 15, 1929 PAGE FIFTEEN i BE TJX SLICE New Revenue Sources Allow Reduction Despite More ;, Money is Spent . ;fj (Continued from Page 1.) The tabulation of the state tax commission shows that the 1970 etate tax on property to be paid into the state treasury is 14. 633,067.68, as Against $5,648. 682. G4 in 1929. The elementary rohool tax levy in 1930 is $2,249.- 977.38 as compared with $2,244,- 664.86 in 1929. 1 The following summary shows tho total state levy on property. Including the elementary school tat, for the years 1929 and 1930, ai segregated by counties Haker Krnton . . Clackamas Clatsop . . Columbia . Coos Crook .... Curry . . . . Joschutes I)ouglas .. Gilliam . Crant .... Harney .. Ifood River Jackson . . Jefferson Josephine , , K'amath. . Lake ... l.nne .... Lincoln .. J. inn .... Jlulheur ., Marion . ... Marrow ., 1929 . 160.114 115.209 364,083 178,900 123,371 187.109 38290 30,736 88,917 219,519 68.181 51.258 60.572 69.768 215.635 36.758 54,116 23C.087 fi0,3f9 371,645 60,359 233,221 85,752 352,480 77,172 f Multnomah RI75273 n roik . ..;.-m$o?909 Sherman Tillamook Vraatllla Vnion ... Wallowa . Wasco . . . Washington Wheeler. . .Yamhill .. 69.607 152,742 327.135 139,363 72.775 127,531 249,063 32,063 163,911 1930 I 139,794 99,62$ 313,660 147.269 104,787 159,445 27.222 27.222 81,495 191,926 59,971 45,104 53.288 60.288 190.646 31.847 47,582 326,930 52.737 326,930 52,737 . 202.320 74,591 318,822 60.593 mi U71 131,672 285.522 125,064 59.448 110.555 214,104 30,010 141.474 i HONEYMOONING EXPLORERS i ' 't : V - w 7 yl Jf ..- 4 4- 1, v y 1 rtZ Total I .$7,893,247 $6,883,045 1B E RESUMED Ilfl I the (Continued from Pace 1.) employe had handled matter. The examination of Mannlx was r"3umed Saturday morning. Evan Keames for the prosecution con linued to presj Mannix as to his questionable actions in the va rious phases of the extended Wemme litigation. The chief P .int of the inquiry was the in clusion of the name of the EL Henry Wemme company In cer tain actions without authorization by the board of directors or the e lion property custodian. Asked about a telegram sent by Dow Walker to the custodian at Wash ington, Mannlx' memory was very hazy as to the sending of the tele gram or the receipt of a reply. Frank Lonergan, defense at torney, made only a brief cross examination and Manix retired from the stand at 10:30, subject to recall. Additional -charges which re main to be taken np are addi tional bad check complaints, and the Condlt-McBrido liquor cliarges. J. ' EBJKgB Oregon Labor Commission er Urges Senator to Push Rail Projects iw y-v X vr' : - Senator UcNary was urged to ap pear before tne Interstate com merce commission and request the speeding up of hearings on various railroad construction ap plication now pending before the ooay, in a telegram prepared here ! Saturday by C. H. Gram, etate labor commissioner. 'While Oregon has no ereater degree of unemployment than a year ago," read Gram's telegram, "it seems that there is more dis tress aa the result of a somewhat slower summer season. Work was not sufficient during the summer to permit our working people amassing a surplus against the winter slack period. 'There 6eems to be a nersonal desire to support President Hoov er's plans of providing emDlov- ment. and along this line we would suggest that there are a number of projects which can be started here. We find that re quests have been made to the in terstate commerce commission for permits for new railroad con struction. Projects enumerated In Gram's telgram follow: , Application of Oregon Electric Railway company tor certificate of convenience and necessity au thorizing construction by It of a line of railroad extending from a connection with its present line at, a poiAt between. Albany and Coa ser, in a general southeasterly direction to 'a point at or near Cascadia, a distance of 40.60 miles with- tare branch - lines therefrom, all in flirti county. Application of Great Northern Railway company to construct a lino of railroad in Klamath coun ty. Oregon, and In Siskiyou and Modoc counties, Calif. Application of Western Pacific Railroad- company for certificate to construct a line of railroad in Plumas, Lassen and Modoc conn ties. Joint--application of the Great Northern 'Railway company and Western Pacific Railroad com pany for certificate to construct a line of railroad between Lookout and Hambone, Calif. "It is our understanding,'! con tinued Gram's telegram, "that the Interstate commerce commission has held hearings for and against all of these projects. May we not hope for immediate and favorable action on your part as we can as sure you that such action will meet with hearty approval of the people of the state or Oregon' Two great daily newspapers, The Oregon Statesman and The Portland Telegram; 60 cents per month. SENDS LI E 36 Communists are Released From Jail on Request' Of President (Continued from Page L) ter, when police followed them. Police had advance information of the proposed parade and as signed a detail to prevent disor der. Department of justice agents after hearing a report that the federal building was being bomb ed, also rushed to the scene to guard the building, which is near the city hall. Carrying placards bearing the inscriptions "workers' children hail the revolt of the Haitien workers and their children." and "Hoover declares war on work ers." the communists marched toward the city hall singing "In ternationale." When orders to disperse went unheeded, mounted police charged the parade. The enraged crowd then made a dash for the city hall, sweeping through a line of policemen standing guard on the steps. Police stationed Inside the building stemmed the rush, and after the first ten of their num ber entering the city hall had been placed under arrest, the ethers turned and fled. Four Jailed For Resisting Officers Four were arrested when they resisted efforts ot the police to wrest banners from their- com rades. Patrolman Earl Gpnyou suffered a broken shoulder and Patralpian John Hennessy receiv ed a severe beating when they Were set upon by the crowd Mounted police had just clear ed City Hall park when a call for reserves came into police head quarters from Union square. This demonstration was brief, however, for - the communists rushed into the Communist Party of America headquarters situated on the square when they heard sirens heralding the approach of the emergency squads. MEM SENDS BOMBS If! Ill LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (AP) Francis Cadwell, 26, ec centric Inventor, was confined 1o the psychopathic ward tonight after he had confessed to police he had mailed a bomb to Clark Scott, of Townsend, November 5. and planned to manufacture a dozen similar devices for distri bution throughout the United States. Cadwell said the bomb he sent to Scott was a experiment to test j of Seattle the advisability of using the mail , in bomb distribution.. Scott, he: said, was a friend he made while j living in Townsend. Scott n wrapped an innocent looking package postmarked from - Los Angeles at his om on November 29, and tras seriously injured in an explosion which followed. Three bystanders were wounded. Half an hpur after the bomb had exploded scott received a tele gram warning him not to .open a package from Los Angeles. The message was signed "Dementia." Police said they arrested Cad well after tracing the telegram to him. Postmarks on the package enclosing the bomb also were used in the search. Former Salem Resident Dies At Age of 82 James K. Sears, a former resi dent of Salem and father of Mrs. Maude Gorsllne of Salem died Sat urday at Hillsboro. He was 82 years old. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 o'clock at the Rigdon rrfortuary, with inter ment to follow in the Zena ceme tery. Besides Mrs. Gorsline, he is survived by the following chil dren, W. E. Sears of Portland. Mrs. Dora Kinman of Colton. Calif.; Mrs. Winnette Wolker of Hillsboro and Mrs. Bernice Smuck rhis exclusive Uctureftakes yoVi witi Colonel and Mrs. LiAdberefc to the heart ef lb! Indian cliffs they visitetj during thelr.honeyinoea.aod to the canyons they saw from air and explored afoot. (Above) They explore cne of the upper rooms in cliff dwellings ox Canyon de Chelly. International Nvwmrmi HI VET TALKED O il T IS KliSB SLOWLY (Continued from Page 1.) town Saturday evening, she ob- WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (AP) Members of the so-called young guard republicans and the western independents are in line for positions of the key commit tees in the forthcoming majority reorganization in the senate. The principal competition cen ters on the foreign relations, fi nance and commercial committee vacancies. These committees will be charged with the formulation of much of the Hoover adminis tration program during the ses sion. Particular interest was evident tonight in the makeup of the for eign relations committee, which soon will have before it the con troversial world court Issue and possibly a treaty from the forth coming London naval arms con ference. Chairman Borah of the Foreign Relationscommittee. and the two ranking republicans on the com mittee Senators Johnson, of Cal ifornia, and Moses, of New Hamp shire are foes of the revised world court protocol which Pres ident Hoover recent'y signed. Senator McNary, of Oregon, lookod upon as leader of tho young guard, is tho popular choice for the assistant leadership of the republicans succeeding Sen ator Jones, of Washington, who bc-omes chairman of the appro priations committee. two other persons have declared was mutilated and burned to death last March 9, by night rid ers, have failed s'o far. Some re sidents of this mountain seetion are positive he is the missing youth and others just as positive he Is not. The men under murder indict ments who go on trial in thi lit tle stone courthouse here Monday are Alex Fluks, 4$ year old father of five children, Herman Green- way, Joe White, Hubert Hester and Bill Younger, all natives of Stone county. esssjlV ItfuTD ISM mm ifw . '7 I mil die? A Huge Circus for the Kiddies and almost as much fun for the grownups! There are games and balls and jumping-jacks and animals of . all kinds and colors, as well as mechanical toys dolls and doll furniture. Santa Claus will fill his bag for Salem children very large ly this year from Hamilton's Toyland, the toys are so moderately priced. I X CUT VOLCANOES ACTIVE 1 MM J SEATTLE, Volcanoes Dec. 14- reported (AP) spouting Rf.rved three nonriir rtrpprf -hii.Tllame and lava several hundred dren standing before a beautiful- fect ,n th,e aIr nd &t fluent in lv rtwnmtrt inHAV mntoini.. tervals along the southern eoaafc !i monn f i ,- of the Alaska peninsula, showes rtnlN. ad a. he came narr hir signs of becoming violent as long practiced eye observed something quite unusual in the attitude of tho young girl. Instead of look ing into the window her head was hanging down. Mrs. Williams ap proached the group and asked what the difficulty was "Was the little girl crying?" And as she looked down upon the poor rag ged children the little child raised her sightless sockets to wards Mrs. Williams. HER EYES WERE GONE, AND SHE COULD KOT SEE THE WONDERFUL ARRAY OF TOYS AND DOLLS. Further inquiry on the part of Mrs. Williams brought forth the fact that Santa Claus had forgot ten them last Christmas. (Think of it! A poor blind girl forgot ten at Christmas time! ) And their father had purchased a second hand phonograph for the entire family after Christmas. There are several other children in this family. And thus another name goes down on The Army's list for in vestigation early this coming .weok. It is just ten days, including two Sundays, before hungry, poor ly rind and lightly sheltered un fortunates will be looking anx iously for the Christmas cheer promised by The Salvation Army. Will you dk ppolnt such dear children as this little blind girl? Only ten days to go and just a little over one-fourth of the 2, 000.00 Christmas budget raised. Whose name may we add to the list of donors Tuesday morning? RYRD TO BE PROMOTED WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. JW. (AP) The Worcester Telo gram will say tomorrow morning that Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, U. 8. N. reUred, who at present Is on an exploration trip la the Antarctic will probably he promoted to the rank: of Rear Ad miral on the navy retired list by act of congress shortly after his return to this country. E WILL BE PASSED I K WASHINGTON; Dec. 14. I Jl4 av) a siasn or. iidu,uvv,uvv in next year's dues of individual and corporation income taxpayers was assured today with the adop tion by the senate of the house tax resolution by a 63 to 14 vote. Republican and democratic lead era joined in support of the pro posal and repeated attempts to amend or substitute the tax cut were overwhelmed throughout a long day of debate. Western republican 1 indepen dents assailed the reduction as a gift to the rich but democratic spokesmen supported the conten tion of administration leaders that it had buoyed up a delicate economic situation and was vital in the revival of good conditions throughout the country. Eleven western republican in dependents and three democrats were the only ones voting against the resolution on a roll call reach ed late in the day. The resolution still must be signed by President .Hoover and it goes to the White House on Monday. Juct Arrived Big shipment of Import ed Toys. Extra Low Prices. Felt Dolls, Teddy Bears, Trombones, Sax ophones, Wooly. Dogs (Pomeranians) . TOY PIANOS Fire Engines $fl and Dp TABLES Shop at the $1.00 Table, Values to $2.50. Anything on the table $1.00. Mechanical Trains, com plete with track, $1.00. ago as October. Lieutenant R. R. Lukens, of the United ' States coast and geodetic survey, reveal ed here today. His statement led to the be lief that the seven volcanoes which the crew of the steamer Starr signed and reported yester day as showing unusual activity may have been spouting off for soma time. They are located northwest of Kodiak and in a re gion where there are only a few Indian settlements. Lieutenant Lukens. master of the U. S. S. Surveyor, who re turned here recently after bis twelfth annual cruise of Alaskan waters, said Katmal and Mageik. two of the seven volcanoes report ed erupting, were spreading dense clouds of sulphur steam before his return. Katmal showered Ko diak island and the mainland where it is located with volvanic ash in 1912. V PROSECUTION FOR MURDER COOTIES MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark.. Dec. 14--(AP With the identity of a man claiming to be Connie Franklin for whose alleged mutil ation, torture and murder, five men are under indictment, still a Question, the case tonight was ready for presentation la court Monday for settlement. Two brothers who will oppose each other in the trial, High Wil liamson, the prosecuting attcrney and Ben Williamson, chief of de fense counsel, today completed their preparations to present to a Jury for decision the" question of the identity of -a man who the state claims ts dead. Efforts of defense to establish the man's identity as Franklin, whose sweetheart Tiller Rumln er, II year old mountain lass and Crash in Stock Market Is Given i New Explanation WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (AP) A new explanation of the re cent stock market disturbance was given in the senate today by Sen ator Thomas, democrat, Okla homa. "The stock market crash," he said, "was caused by a riot break ing out in the Wall street stadium in a post season speculative game between the old Coolidge bulls and young Hoover bears. "As in the case in most contests between youth and age," he add ed, "The Hoover Bears came out victorious." Pageant Given By Y.W.CA. Is Well Received The pageant, "Through a Christmas " Window", presented last night at the Y. W. C. A. by the Junior high school Girl Reserves of th eclty received hearty applause from the inter ested relatives and friends who gathered in the Y. W. lobby to witness it. The pageant given the previous evening by the grade school girls drew a larger erowd. Both were under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Gallaher, who directs the Girl Reserve activities in the city. Joe Geisler was placed in the city Jail late Saturday night, charged with the sale of three pints of liquor. He was arrested by state prohibition officers. Ar thur Harlow was arrested by the police on a charge of drunkenness. WASHINGTON. Dae. 14.- (AP) Norman Baxter, managing editor of the Washington Post tot day was chosen president of the National Press lub at tha annual I election. K SgS aid Up arojNswicR, Junior Playmate (Pocket Billiard Tab DUMP TRUCKS Nil AM If 'A ,. k ' " ' , j at r "yTJ"i"' f 26-inch Dump Truck, Special $3.45 Four-room Doll House CAn full of Furniture - - - Out DOLLS The most beautiful dolls in Heliocopter - that really lies SQC Salem. Reasonable prices. Electric TRAINS $4.95 to $42.65. Ask to see them run. "T " W 26-inch Aluminum Color Airplane. Propellor revolves. Special 79c 5 I J KINKY V DOLLS A jointed Darky DolL ) Special g Aluminum A $2.00 value. While they last $1.50 Climbing Tractor - - - jyj 01 . S10 Cosrt ntrcci'rt---'-" II