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3 circolation : : iwiit Siatribvtfoa far (k uata sadta rtbrasry St. ItSO 6,619. , ; Average daily aU (.110 WEATHER i - Increaaina: ciowdlnees to 47 and Saturday; Rain 8aturday. Max temperature . Thursday 53; Mia. 8; Riv er 8; Calai; Clear, FOUMDnD 1831 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday llama, March 7, 1930 No.m ft 5 '.1 1 ' DRY STATUTES HELD OF MUCH BE EF T J U. S. Arguments Advanced by Li quor Advocates Refuted By Prohi Backers Great Middle Classes Held Chief Beneficiaries Un ; der Amendment By CECIL B. DICKSON 'Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March C (AP) Upholding prohibition as a boon to society women, benefi cial to tbe farmer, and as saving 100,000 lives in a decade, prohi bitionist! today demanded that the 18th amendment be retained in the constitution. Rounding out two days of tes timony before the house Judiciary committee at hearings on meas ures to repeal the dry laws, the prohibition forces were assured by Chairman Graham of tbe com mittee, they would be granted all the time needed for a full pre sentation of their contentions. The drys devoted today to assail ing arguments advanced y wet advocates, and at the end the bearing was continued until nezt Wednesday. , Railroad Magnate' Testimony Attacked Both Mrs. Buth G K. Straw bridge, Philadelphia society lead er, and Louis J. Taber, master of the national grange, attacked W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Pierre 8. Do Pont, Wilmington, Dela ware, industrialist, for their advo cacy of repeal. Besides these two witnesses, the committee heard Patrick H. Callahan, a Louisville, Ky., man ufacturer, who is general secre tary for the association of Cath olics favoring prohibition, and C. J Connolly, of Kast Orange. NY J. former prosecuting attorney of Hutte, Mont., and magazine wri ter. In addition, Representative Burtness, republican, North Da kota, presented a statement from prominent North Da ko tans, contradicting the charge of Pierce Blewett, a farmer of that state, .-who testified that prohibition had ruined many grain growers. - -Kvaagellne Booth ;ked to Testify During the hearing, Represen tative Celler, democrat. New .York, issued an invitation to Commander Evangeline Booth, of . the Salvation Army, to appear to idiscuss her organization's prob lems with young drinkers. Throughout the hearing the wet members of the committee closely questioned witnesses about their claims of prohibition's benefits to the social classes and the farm ers. Mr. Callahan said he thought the middle classes had benefited from prohibition, while the "dregs and the smart set" had suffered. In the hearing yesterday, dry wit nesses contended the "under priv ileged' class was a great benefi ciary of prohibition. American high society was re presented by Mrs. strawbrldge as considering serving of liquor at (Turn to page 2, col. 3) The organisation meeting of the newly Incorporated Allied Agri cultural Associates, was held yes terday afternoon and directors and' officers were elected to serve until the next annual meeting. The offlcera of the new company in: Charles R. Archerd, president. A. C. Bracken, vice president. H. O. King, secretary-treasurer. These officers with L. C. Mat tfces and Mabel C. Myer consti tute the board ot directors. This waa the only business transacted at the meeting. The Allied Agricultural Aisod ates la a holding company which plans to control companies en gaged In selling farm Implements aA supplies to farmers and buy ing from farmers their grain and other staple produce. The nucleus ot the new organisation will be the Archerd Implement company of Salem and the Archerd-Brear-Gordon company of Pot Hand. 2 Candidates OFFICERS CHOSEN mm ii Not Frat Men; 3rd Mum ' W accord with requests from the principal, two high school tadenta who art seeking to fill tha unexpired term of yell lead er declared before their fellow tadenta yesterday morning tbat they were not members ot secret societies. Tnty wera Carl Col lins and Homer Ooulet A third candidate, boring Drier, farled to mala any assertion on affiliation or non-af filiation, and simply led his schoolmates Is a yell. Collins, the most popular man for tha job If cheering during the : assembly hour yesterday is any t indication, declared he did not oelong to any secret club In the high school,, and Ooulet made a similar statement,: ?rx af Jaat s what ; stains - Grler will take in the election " Principal - Fred ! Wolf would not Indicate yesterday afternoon, bis main an- awer to a reporter's oueatoln be tag that "I doat know whether King of Spain Facing Crisis f i-v. V 'y ' , " 3 1 WKBHKKHtLMtHKKtttKHl -w . JsHaVaHaHHMfA King Alfonso of Spain, whose po sition la regarded as precarious at the present time. The new Bpanioh government fcs report ed to have reverted to a dicta torship similar to that institut ed by Primo de Rivera In a des perate attempt to qnell the ris ing agitation for a republic. SALEM LOSES OUT nnnallk TPAm Rpflts I finale. w : J"" Here 10 laxe unampion ship of District Clear-cut arguments, backed by a good stream of sarcasm, won for Corvallls high school the middle Willamette district debate cham plonship, with the Salem high af- ftrmatlvA itohalri n w i Vi roa straight counts to Corvallls here last night. Vern D. Bain of Wood- burn, district chairman, presided at the contest here, and Willam ette faculty men were Judges. At Corvallls, the Salem nega tive, Norman and Gertrude Win- slow, won a 2 to 1 victory, but this win could not offset the Cor vallls score In the local contest. Result of the debate here, in which Fred Blatchford and Elea nor Henderson participated for Salem, was a distinct surprise to Salem supporters, inasmuch as this team had traveled through the entire season with but one point scored against It. Only one point had been made against the local negative previous to last night. Last night's debate meant tbat the Corvallls high will represent this district In the state elimina tion tournament. Although Salem lost the finals for the district. Norborne Berkeley, who is serv ing his second year as debate coach, has brought his teams through one of the most success ful seasons the local high school has had In several years. Tha Salem Art rink will nnn.no the fifth annual anrlnt onenlnr whieh will be held in sim Thnrarfnv M.rh 97 discussed at the Ad club luncheon . j n-EC7 i . . a , m. .Fffi'St. act as chairman of tbe event. Ad- dltional member, of tbe committee v. t. the club. The annual spring and fall openings nuvu roue 10 ue recog- , 1 w I..J -a WM.l m.A m la 8alem. giving the merchants an opportunity to displsy their goods and the public a chance to get ac-1 quainted with new styles. It. Is hoped to work out some novel features for the opening this year. Direct advertising was discussed by Gardner Knapp, vice president of the club. GALE HURTS FIVE AUSTA. Ark.. March . (AP) Five persons were Injured, two seriously, when the town of Greg- ory, near here, tonight waa struck oy a email tornaao. Say They're there will be any election tomor- row." When pressed for an an- swer on whether or not Grler was asked to make a declaration concerning membership in tbe IN U DEBATES 1 Hi T Mill mooted society. Wolf said Grler I m sight demonstrators. something when he filed a peti- knew of his ruling In the matter, la London a demonstration of tlon with 41 names, setting a re and added that petitions to have I Tower Hill attended by 1,000 per- eord for aldermaale nominating Grler's name on the ballot bad never gone, through his hands. In a discussion ot the 'secret society situation "at the school, wolf made the firm assertion that he had once -declared he would clean the societies out when tbe time was ripe, and that he waa still headed la that direc tion, and would continue to work that way, and that he had 'not the slightest intention to "about face on his policy In this mat ter. - ... ' j. Asked by a reporter If Bruce Cooley did not make a camDalgn speech tor yell leader because his (Turn to page 2, coL I). SIX PREG GTS ADDED TO LIST IN CITY, WORD Present Total of 18 Will Be Increased to 24- Says County Court Previous Congestion Cited As Reason for Reorgan ization Here Coming as a distinct relief for a congested situation that has af fected polling places in at least eight of the 18 precincts within the city limits of Salem, Is the announcement by the county court of the decision to ereate six new precincts. The addition of the newly added precincts will bring Salem's total to 24. De tails were announced by the court Thursday. Changes adopted by the county court provide for division of the following precincts: No. 1, I, I, 11 and 18 to be split Into new sections while No. 7, 8, and 14 will be so divided proportionate ly aa to create another new unit. Based upon the plan of divi sion as carried out by the court, the larger precincts will be ent to about 600 voters whereas as many as 1200 or more voted in One precinct during the general election of 1929. It la estimated tha tsome 3500 voters will be af fected by the new changes. Boundary Lines to Be Determined Sooa County Clerk U. O Boyer de clared Thursday that the bound ary lines for the new precincts have not yet been fully deter mined. A more complete an nouncement win be ready in a few days, it was said. ine aaaiuon or tne six new polling precincts has been a na tural result which comes on the heels of over-population in cer in aections of the cily. Count lng boards during the general election were forced to extend themselves for several shifts In order to compile the deluge of votea which came from precincts with lists of voters numbering from 800 to 1300. 2ES III CITY Floyd Cook, campaign man ager for Harry L. Corbett, spent yesterday in Salem following up the work of his principal who visited Salem the day before. Cook, who Is a veteran in Oregon state politics, la optimistic for vic tory for Corbett. Counting on the big vote which he feels assured of in Multnomah county. Cook be lieves that margin will be suffi cient to guarantee victory for his candidate. Cook waa formerly sec- 1 retary of the republican state committee, resigning some weeks ago that he might be free to take over the campaign management for Mr. Corbett. "We have done a lot of oulct work in organising the state. We expect to have a complete organ ization In Multnomah county and in tne state, i am nere to line up a Marlon county organisation which, will carry on the Corbett MmPa,?n her" ni Mr. Cook. while Mr. Corbett has not made a big noise In his camnaim. ? hM been active, spending long I honra meoHn 7 tha nuVlf r Planning his TamnaTra His drtve P"a rW afternoon I on a hurrlAA rnea trip to towns in tbe ,ouih rt ot the.coun y a. far " lVon- . returned to Port- liana nit nirnr u kin aA.ro ..r I " I WIU1 HI. t.UI URLL IMJIOrB annnitllA- ? n B organlaa- tlon. OffilV i MARCH LONDON, March 6. (AP)- International nnumMnv. ment day" was observed la moat of tbe capitals ot Europe today with parades ot communists and Jobless, many arrests of leaders in clashes with the police but with! very little disorder of importance except In Berlin. "Bed Thursday" proved only a plain pink In the British Isles. In Dublin there wera soma lively la- ciaenis as large number of unem- Ployed attempted to March on Lelnater House where the dall ilta. They were charged by police bo used their batons and arrest- I sons led te some skirmishing with I the police In whieh five demon - strators were Injured. Tour men coin MM on Ell REDS IDE were arrestea uiasgow ana nveier petition-blank, then reported auciNw, ro reports or dis turbances were received from elsewhere in the country. communists and police clashed at municipal employment offices In Berlin, the most serious being at the central office where a mob ot 1.000 Jobless blocked .the streets. At one. place the demon-' strators attacked the police with bricks' and other mlssflee, "-but were dispersed shortly. : Riotous elaahea were reported from Ham burg, Breslau.and Kiev Floods in France StiU Threatemng Inhabitants' Lives BORDEAUX, France, Mar. 6 (AP) The center of the flood area snored tonight front Moataaban to Molasac, where tha river Tarn baa re entered Ira bed, to Tingon, town of 4,000 Inhabitant, aboat 25 miles southeast of Bordeaax. At Barsac, the railroad station en a hillock alone emerged above the tops of the flooded! houses. All the wine cellars, containing thousands of barrels of tbe celebrated white wine of liars ac, were under water. The dropping of the wa ter from flood level at Montauban, left a layer of mod nearly a foot deep in the streets. Eleven bodies have been Identified. The ruins o ft be houses are be ing searched for more. The official count of casu alties in the floods in south western France stood tonight at 201 dead. COM IMS E Collection of Levies Sched uled to Start Today is Announcement The tax rolls for Marlon coun ty total $3,118,003.92 with a de crease of I8.C45.34 shown from the preceding year, it was learned by the rolls for 1929 were turned over to Sheriff Bower by County Assessor Steelhammer Thursday. Collection of taxes Is scheduled to start today under the new roll. The largest Item on the rolls was tne senooi tax which is a usual tendency. County and city taxes were about the same as usu al. The following segregations are listed on the tax rolls for this year: State, $319,450.80: county. $454,975.40; county school and library, $164,565.67; high school tuition fund $114,221.80; county road, $138,645.29; Union nigh school No. 1, $8,524.10; union high school No. 3, $6,656.74; special schools, $432,280.81; spe cial roads, $21,941.76; special cities, $454,601.34; Miller drain age district, 8196.20; forest pa trol. $1,855.12. The city levy for 8alem jumped from 64.2 to 65.6, or and increase of 1.4 mills over the preceding year. The city levy proper for Sa lem went from 19.9 mills to 22.5 or an Increase of 2.6 mills. The valuation of Salem in the new roll Is listed at $17,591,573 with a total tax of $395,810.38. The following are the cities and towns In the county which were listed with their levies on the tax roll: Aumsvllle .0628; Aurora .0424; Donald .0612; GervaJa .0464; Hubbard .0436: Jefferson ..0542; Mt. Angel .0428; Salem .0556; Scotti Mills .0620; SUverton .0649; Stayton .0497; St. I'aul 0.355; Sublimity .0459; Turner .0438; West Wood bum .0296; Woodbum .0583. Sponsors ot the move to refer the national prohibition amend ment to a popular referendum are well nleased with the results which Popular referendum are l they have obtained In Salem and V" 17,. " r.-.rJ 11 OMtj wp"? " ":i.5:r" iwuuuiw ...wvi.nui Vln ..M Ih.r M..,.f f anil I ! mm trnwrn w. ---- .t7. w their petitions thus far this week. He baa a corps of six adults at work getting petitioners and col lecting dimes from each signer for the promotion of the work. Tha local headquarters hare been established In tbe I. O. O. P. building here md fits office will bt the center of a campaign to get signers In both Marlon and Linn counties. It is expected tbat about 20,000 names will be ob tained during the next three months In these two counties. Hughes Files His Petition in Full 8. A. Hubes, candidate tor. tbe cltv council from tbe second ward, la the second aspirant for a elty office to file a completed pe tition. He was preceded by David O'Hara, who seeks reelection la tha fifth ward. I Mr. O'Hara apparently started petitions t for Mr. Haghes, after 1 reading about It. sought on 'the city recorder and obtained anoth- la with names. He la seek ing to succeed Alderman W. W. Rosebraugb, 'WORKERS ACQUITTED CHARLOTTE. N. C. March f j (AP) The five Gastonla tex- tile workers accused of the death of EI!' May Wiggins, Bessemer City union member, were acQuife- tedhby a Jury , in , Mecklenburg county 1 superior-, court tonight. The jury waa out. less than one hour. YEAR OEMS REFERENDUM sins ClilM UNITED STATES RED OUTBREAK IS IT SERIOUS Parades Held in Nearly All Larger Cities of Nation On Thursday Police Use Force to Prevent Serious Demonstrations In Some Places By The Associated Press On historic old Boston common, in the newer Campus Martins of Detroit, on Pennsylvania avenue outside tbe high iron fence that surrounds tbe White House grounds In New York's Union square facing the Tammany wig wam. In the hills of Seattle and in the roaring canyons of Chicago, tens of thousands of Americans gathered on "Red Thursday." Some of them were in Jail to day and some In hospitals. Hun dreds nursed lacerated scalps, black eyes and bruised noses. And tbe rest thousands on thousands bad gone peacefully back to flats and bungalows enjoying the exhiliratlon of having seen "a real show." Many Varieties of Paradera on Hand There were communists among them, communists trying to make more communists by an Interna tional unemployment day, with the jobless marching simultane ously on city balls over all Amer ica and all over the world. There were men without work, too, shab by, ill-fed, despondent, but more than all thaest there were just every days 'Aalerlcans those cur ious ones who will stop traffic any day to watch a man demon strate i 'taUitf raior in a drug store window- And so far Into the night New York police detectives worked to sort out communists from lnno (Turn to page 2, col. 6) fl T VOTE ONPAY ISSUE Concensus of Opinion on New Salary Schedule Will be Requested Salem Echool teachers will be asked to vote within the next week on whether or not the sal ary schedule upon which a com mittee of teachers has been work ing shall be submitted to the city superintendent and school board for their consideration. The schedule prepared by the committee is based on the same total fund that Is now paid teach ers and adjusts the present funds on a 12-month basis, and also calls for division on a basis con sidering preparation and experi ence. Under this schedule salar ies of 49 toachers would be cut, and salaries of 77 teachers in creased. The schedule under considera tion divides teachers into three classifications: those who are normal school graduates, those who have attended college three or four years but not graduated, and those who have a bachelor's degree would be paid an addi tional $50. Under this ararngement, a nor mal school graduate would re ceive I960 for the first year, $1020 for the second; $1080 for the third; $1X40 tor tbe fourth; and $1200 for the fifth year here. Teachers who have attended college three or tour years but have no degree would be paia: 11020 for the first year: ana isu additional each year through the fifth. Instructora witn a bacue lor's degree would receive $1080 the first rear, and $60 addition al each year until the fifth year when the pay check would toiai $1,320. Foot Passenger Takes Stockton Folk Down Line STOCKTON, Cal., March . (AP) W. H. Harblen, who aald na u from North Carolina but more recently from Seattle, dropped in at the court house here today to do aeveral things'. Pint of all he was complaining witness in a hold-up ease. While la court Harblen visited Superior Jadge D. M. Toung In his cham bers and got tne lurist to casa a $11 check. A Uttie later District Attorney , Raymond M. Dunne cashed one for him for lie. on bis wav out he got Detective B H. MeClothen to cash another for Jndae. prosecutor aad detective all alleged later that the checks were worthless and that Harblen could not be found. Candidacy Filed By Justice Belt Justice Harry "Belt"! the state supreme court Tuesday fUer with the secretary of state here his de claration of candidacy tor re-elec tion. : He seeks what is known aa position No. f. "Will continue to administer Justice without tear or favor." ia the slogan adopted by Justice Beit. He is a repuaucasui SALEM'S Ens Royal Romance Officially Ended Between Princess and Betrothed -'Hr - 1 1 v"' - 'v V''v- nJP v'U'v Vr VSu - - t :' ( A A -' tm Princess . Ileana and Count Alexander BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 6. (AP) ThefRumanian court tonight officially announced the rupture of the engagement between Princess Ileana and Count Alexander Von Hochberg. The Court Cham berlain published the following communique: "Princess Ileana, with the consent of Queen Marie and the re gency council has decided no longer to countenance the project of her marriage with Count Alexander Von llorhberg.' News of the rift between the couple whose engagement had been announced by the princeas herself about two months ago, be came public last month when they separated coldly at the station as the count left for a visit to hi mother in France. Hollywood Group Eyes Water Issue Progressive Community Development of Present Plans Looking Toward Purchase of O-W Plant ASSURED that the city council will do everything possible to put the issue of municipal ownership of the water system on the ballot for a test mary election, and for an official vote at the November elec HEART BALM ASKED OF LOS ANT. ELKS. March 6. AP) Martha Marie Gullckson, A, filed suit in superior court to day for $500,000 damages against Albert Fucbs, 65, multi millionaire of Chicago and Santa Monica, Calif., charging breach of promise to marry. Miss Gullckson, described by her attorney is an accomplished business woman and former sec retary to Fuchs, alleged tbat the man proposed to her several times and on February -14 last she received a letter in which he requested her to come from Chi cago and marry him in Santa Monica. The woman aald she arrived in Los Angeles and was met at the train by Fuchs and they went di rectly to the marriage license bu reau, where they filed Intentions to wed on March t, the complaint stated, the marriage license was siued to them. After procuring the license, Miss Gullckson declared, Fuchs persuaded her to go to his Santa Monica home by assuring her they would be chaperoned prop erly. There, she said, he told her he did not wish to marry her but desired tbat she live with blm as his common law wife. The next day. Miss Gulickson's complaint declared, Fuchs flatly declined to marry her. OF ELKS III SALEM Howard Hulaey waa elected to tha position ot exalted ruler of 8alem lodge ISC, Order of Elks, at the election held during the regular session of the organisation at tha Elks temple Thursday night The only other competitive office filled at last night's elec tion tu that of esteemed lectur ing knight, A. warren Jones be ing elected to that chair. Candidates for other offices were unopposed. The following is a complete list ot the new officers: Howard Hulaey, exalted ruler; Harold ' Eakln, - estee led "' loyal knight; A, Warren Jones, esteem ed lecturing knight; BL J. Wled- mer, secretary; Carl Armstrong. treasurer; H. H. Olinger,' trustee; W. H. Paulas, representative to the grand lodge; and Charles R. Archerd, alternate representative. E. O. Amman waa elected tyler. nee Club Votes to Await vote at least in the May pri tion is not sooner, the Holly wood Progressive Commun ity club at its meeting Thurs day night decided to proceed no further for the time being in its (Turn to page 2, eol. 1) HiirtAn Abraham Meier, Pioneer Mer WregOIl chant of Portland, Passes TD-JArc on Anniversary of Election JJllClOee to Presidency of Store MEIKR PASSES ON PORTLAND. Ore.. March 6 (AP) Abraham Meier, 61, died at his home today on the 19th an niversary of his election to the presidency of the Meier Frank company store here. He was one of the pioneer merchants ot this city and the oldest son of Aaron Meier, one of the founders of the i store which bears his name. MAD BOGS FOUND PORTLAND. Ore.. March (AP) A sudden outbreak of rab ies, declared by cattlement to be the worst since 1915 when about 1 1.0 00,0 00 worth of cattle were lost in Oregon, waa reported in Harney county by Elmer Wil liams, assistant predatory animal control leader of the United States biological survey, who re turned here today from a surrey of general conditions in that country. Tbe biological survey imme diately ordered two hunters to Harney county to start killing In fected coyotes and dogs. FEW- REDS MARCH PORTLAND. Ore.. March I (AP) A- band ot SO self-styled communists, surrounded by dou ble th.-g number of police and at least 1500 spectatora, met la the Plato blocks here today, march ed to tbe city hall In orderly man ner and announced through ban ners and speeches their demands for work, shorter hours, higher pay aad soviet form ot govern ment. TOURXEY SLATED CORVALLIS. Ore.. March I (AP) A high school basketball elimination contest to pick the winner! of class B teams of Ben ton, Lincoln. Linn and Lane coun ties wiu be held In Oregon State college's gymnasium Friday and Saturday, nights. Newport, Pleas ant Hill, Scio and Bellfountaln, claaa B. champions of their re spective counties, will compete to select a champion to meet the Eu gene high school. Class A team, the winner of which will Qualify for the state finals at Salem. - - ATTACK1 BOLTED " MARSHFIELD. Ore.. March (AP) Mystery r of the attack on ;T. E. Emmet; "aged ' school teacher ; In ?. the ' Isolated r Eden Ridge YalleyY was believed solved PARIS EH i Five Delegations Will Med At St. James Palace to Resume Talk Session Gets Under Way Af ter Three Weeks Halt; Hope Runs High By PRANK H. KING Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, March 6. (AP) A French delegation returned to tie London naval conference tonight, ready to Join in the strenuous new drive toward disarmament that ia expected to begin tomor row with the reassembling of tf five delegations in St. James' pal ace for the first time in thre weeks. Arthur Hender"n. foreign sec retary, and Malcolm MacDonaM, son of the prime minister, extend ed the British government's wel come. After a general greeting, like a home-coming party, the vet eran Arlstlde Brlaud led his par ty off to re-establish itself at tfce Carlton hotel. Brland came as act ing head of the delegation, si'e Premier Tardieu is studying the flood situation in Franc. Yanks and British Near Agreement An entirely new conference sit uation faces the French as they return from putting their domestic political house in order. Considerable technical work has been accomplished but real pro gress concerns the larger issne. such as the Anglo-American accord wnicn, it was authoritatively learned today, is in sight regard ing not only cruisers but all rate- gorles of warships. The Amerlcau-Japanese naval problem also ha changed materi ally since the French left Lon don. The conversations betwa Senator Reed and Ambassador' Matsudalra m ill -he enlarged Jijt week to include Secretary Ktim aon and Reljlro Wakatsuki. Opin ion In conference circles Is that a general sntiHfactory solution will be produced. The third new element in the conference situation Is that tre French delegation has returned in a so reliable rources says con ciliatory frame of mind, eager make concessions If that will make the conference a real success. The only one of the larger prob lems which seems as far from an answer tonight as it was when the conference opened is the France Italian controversy over parity. The indications are this will , be left alone for a few days In tke hope that time may prove as help ful In the dispute. KEDS FIGHT COPS DETBOIT. March 6. (AP) Downtown Detroit was turned in to a battle ground between poUre and unemployed this afternoon. here late today upon the return. . of Sheriff Henry Hess, w e brought out the injured man to Myrtle roint hospital, and a)a brought with him Mrs. Emmett. so, whom be charged with assault with attempt to kill. SUPERVISORS MEET PORTLAND. Ore.. Marcb S . (AP) Nearly ererr one of Ore gon's 14 federal- forest supervl- sors will assemble at Corvallls to morrow for tbe annual forest u- ' pervlsor's dsy session sponsor- by George W. Peavy, dean of the Oregon state college school of forestry. XORBLAD STILL AT IT PORTLAND. Ore.. March t (AP) Oregon hasn't begun tn sen itself" to the east and mid dle west, but when it does it will eclipse all other Pacific coast states in new settlers and new commercial enterprises. Gover nor A. M. NorMad declared todaw ' rbefore the Progressive Business Men's dub here. The reason Is unite obvious. he aald. 'We have more to sell. All that has to be done is to tell the world hbout it, and I'm of the opinion that we've been wait ing long enough. It's time now for aetion." - . BRAKEMAK KHIED ' PORTLAND. Ore.. March a - - (AP) William A. O'Coanell, I. brakeman for the Spokane, Port land and Seattle railroad waa kill ed today when be fell beneath tbe wheels ot a freight trala nersv O'Coanell was sitting oa a fist ear of the train. Apparently de ciding to Jump he pushed a!n sslf from the car but his, roat aught oa a nail and he vae. swung under the wheels. t GAS PRICE DROPS . PORTLAND. Ore., March 0 (AP) A gradual leveling ,1a tke retail price ot gasoline front 1? i to UK cents a gallon at local service stations, has been noticed in many sections of the city Moa- ' Particularly- was : this true , at stations handling a brand t gas oline being sold, to retallera at a cent less than the standard whole sale price, 1IH cents. Two oth er distributors were said to have met thla price, bat .the drop wa-v not general.