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PAGIT TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Safan. Oregon, Saturday Morning. October 25 1930 CITIES LEAGUE SEEKS CHflrJGE Street Vacation Issue Here Indirectly Topic for Recommendation (ContinW from pat 1) All municipalities. Employment of a full time sec retary of the league, with the alary of the official to be paid by the Unirersity of Oregon, also Iras -Approved. It was argued that full-time secretary would be valuable for the reason that he could riait the radons municipal ities, inreUgate their problems. ad give advice when required. Codification of all municipal law aiso vh favored by the lea gue. . Fred Williams, farmer 3alm city attorney, submitted the legishttire report in which he tressed sewerage and garbage disposal. He declared hknself in faver of a research bureau, and I said he saw no reason why the cities should not receive finan cial assistance from the state in maintaining state highways through municipalities. The proposed uniform ac counting system for municipali ties, as approved by the 1929 legislature, was discussed by Sal E. Hos8, secretary of state. said all research work had beefe completed and that copies of the forms, together with other detailed information, would be placett In the hands of municipal officials within the next few vreaks. Hoss urged the municipal officials to enforce strictly the laws regulating the operation of motor yehJcles at stop streets. Harbor, -Portland Is New President A. L. Barbur, Portland city commissioner, was elected pres ident of the league. J. W. Mcln turff of Marshfield was elected vice-president, and J. L. Franzen of Oregon City, secretary. "Professor H. S. Rogers of Ore gon State college, in reporting on the stream pollution problem in Oregon, declared that there is at present no need for state legisla tion on this subject. "There certainly is no need," be said, "for drastic legislation which would compel cities to spend a large amount of money In sewerage disposal work." He aaid correction of ha-bards re sulting from stream pollution are matters for the attention of the cities rather than the state. Rogers declared that there is a pressing need, however, for a scientific study of stream life which furnished a basis for de termining the sanitary condition of streams. It was pointed out by Rogers that a recent surrey of the Wil 'lamette river by college experts showed that between Cot taste Gi'vve and Salem there Is really no- sanitary problem. Addresses of welcome were given by Governor Norblad, on. behalf . of tne state, and Mayor Liresley, bn behalf of the city. Ai address by Chris Schubel of Oregon City, president of the lea gue, was one of the outstanding events on the morning program. The report of the secretary showed that 51 Oregon munici palities are represented In t h,e league. Id erads en MEMS (Continued from ptge 1) This afternoon, on Sweetland field, at 2 o'clock, the Bearcat football squad plays the College of Puget Soand. A special train from the north will bring between 300 and 300 rooters from that college. Willamette students plan s peppy welcome to these people Between halves, the freshmen i and the sophomores of Willam-1 . - i ti it, 1 i a . I cup uuirersnjf win noia a Dag rush on the gridiron. A picked ! team from each class will repre sent their side. Challenge and acceptance took place this week. This event promises to be inter esting because of the amount of ram mat has soaked the sod on the field and because it will take ' place after the football teams ; have had a chance to plow up the ' field and make it resemble a ser- fe of mudholes. Tonight, at 8:15. at the l.ieh school auditorium, will be pre sented the homecoming play, ?Tb'e Queen's Husband," by Ro bert Emmet Sherwood. This is the product of a cast of over a dozen of the best actors in Wil lamette university personnel. Re hearsals have been taking place for several weeks. Some work has been done to make the scene of the drama represenj the interior of a palace. The scene of this three art com edy is in a small kingdom in Europe. A hen-pecked hnSband. an. egotistical dictator, and a rev olution combine to make the plot hold the listeners attentions. In tVldition, the marriage of the princess-heroine to her lover, the king's secretary, in opposition to certain diplomatic wishes con cerning the prince of a neighbor ing monarchy, adds greatly to the Interests of play-goers. Tickets for the play will Jbe on S9le at the game this afternoon and before the play, tonight. Miss Helen Stiles manages the play. The entire arrangement for the homecoming program has been under the direction of the man ager, Jim Allison. He has been assisted by special under-mana-'ers, the Cuba, the Blue Key fra ternity, a cleanup and bonfire squad made up of freshmen and sophomores, and many of the stu dent body, faculty and alumni, JLestle sparks, graduate manager, has been an able co-worker. AThe only new coach la Montana eojlegiata football circles Is Ro land Deimeier, gradoat of Carle ton college, coaching; at Inter Bputaia Union college t Helena, FL1F! AE TELLS HOW FARMERS MAY Georre Edward Russell, better In own utter bis pseudonym "AE," is -a f Mtww poet, bat be is here shown discussing pros- rs to I hi LAST SALUTE Early la .tbe mornint of the third 4ay followe the wreck f tk R-ltl Bear Beswvais, France, its 49 victims came sonsGU SHANGHAI, Oct. 24 (AP) Missionaries who arrived here today-from devastated areas said anti-American and anti-British Red armies were swarming over three provinces of China, killing thousands of natives. They were robbing and burn ing foreign as well as Chinese property in s declared campaign against Christianity and capital ism, "said to be inspired by Rus sian influences. Many missionaries hare fled to places of concealment to save their lives. Others, their mis sions destroyed, are held for mil lions of dollars ransom. The whole south half of China, said the missionaries, was in dan ger of going Red unless the gov ernment hurled at least 200,000 seasoned troops against bandits aud communists who have de spoiled the country for many months. Angels Come Back to win From Stars LOS AXGELES, Oct. 24. (AP) Wild rallies in the seventh and eighth innings en abled Los Angeles to overcome Hollywood's 10 to 2 lead in the third game of the Pacific coast league championship series here today and gave the Angels' their first victory of the playoff 11 to 10. Three home runs were the feature blows of the ball wallop ing struggle which for base hits matched the first and second games which the, Stars won. The circuit clouts raised the total to 16 in tha 9x nn.'n played so far for the pennant .... now held by Hollywood. SCIK WITNESS WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. (AP) Science came into court today to aid the government in its effort to convict Herbert M. Campbell of murdering Mary Baker, a navy department clerk. Calvin Goddard. Chicago crim inologist, testified that elaborate tests made by him in his crime detection laboratory showed' that bullets found in Miss Baker's body were fired from Campbell's .32 calibre revolver. Goddard offered to take the bullets fired from a number of revolvers selected at random and then identify the guns from which they came. Charles H. Smith, chief of defense counsel, quickly accepted his challenge. The tests will be made in the presence of th9 jury, probably some time next week. The ver dict may hinge upon the result. Calland npt Downcast on Battle's eve EUGENE. Ore.pct. J4.-r.(AP) Leo Calland andTils Idaho Van dals arrived in Eugene today for the "Dad's Day" game with the University of Oregon here Satur day. The game will start at 2:1S P. ra-. Coach Calland said his athletes wera in excellent naval rl Mnii Lion and he expected them to give uregon a nara battle. The Vandals have hit their stride, Calland said, and the team has Improved greatly in the past week. ' "I expect my team to make a 1 -ilijf ID 1IEH Til Seere- f- s. 2fce I t with hs b. tary i Amcniture Hjwe. Irish visitor has brought mm irom Ireland hat lenu of agriculture witb Seen. AS HEROIC DEAD COME HOME home to England. The above photo shows the coffins being transferred from the train to the tenders for conveyance to i The Call Board . By OLIVE M. DOAK HOLLYWOOD Today Joan Crawford in "Our Blushing Brides." . GRifXD Today Lupe Valei In "Tiger Rose." BLIGH'S CAPITOL Today Joan Bannett in "Maybe It's Lore." THE ELSINORE Today Grant Withers in "The Second Floor Mys- tery"; and Fanchon and ' Marco in " "American Beauty' Idea. It is still a man's world in the opinion of Mr. Sips unless he mis-spoke himself In his first sip for Friday. good showing against Oregon," he said. We hare a good backfield which, with the exception of John Kitzmiller, I believe is fully as strong as Oregon's." BT 1IIIS TO EAST SPEED IIP CHICAGO. Oct. 24 (AP) Faster schedules to the northwest Pacific coast were announced to day by two railroads. In St. Paul and Seattle, the Great Northern announced the running time of the Empire Builder had been reduced three hours eastbound and one hour westbound, the new schedule calls fo.a 58-hour run from Portland, and Seattle to Chicago, and 59 hours 45 minutes westward. The eastbound schedule has been cut ten hours in little more than a year. " Shortly after the Great North ern announcement, William B. Dixon, general passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee. St. Paul and Pacific, announced the schedule of the road's Olympian had been cut to the running time of the Empire Builder. Officials of the Union Pacific would not divulge whether they intended to slash the time of their trains between Chicago and the northwest. ED DENVER, Oct. 24 (AP) The drama of the O'LoughlJn murder mysters tonight had shifted from police headquarters to the court room. Tomorrow morning Mrs. Pearl O'Loughlln will go before the bar of justiee to answer a charge of first degree murder in connec tion with the death of her-ten year old stepdaughter, L e o n a. whose body was found in Berke ley Park Lake October 17. At the same time Frank O'Loughlln, uncle of the slain child, 'will oe called upon to ans wer a murder charge. Separate Informations on the man and woman were filed today in District Judge Henley A. Cal vert's eourt. Lev O'Loughlln, a. city detective and father of Leo na. Indorsed information against his brother, although expressing belief, la his innocence. O'Lough lln's name also was written on tha Information filed against bis wife. Not a member of tha West Point football team this season chose No 12 Jersey, tho nameral made famous by "Red" Cagle, the great back. - , 1 CHARGED 0' K N o I BE HELPED T1 llre the sJ bardal - ts ba a f xfM of the etosomio hardship, of; the farmer. thei? temporary restinr place in London while the entire na tion mourns. PROBE EKPEtSE OF PHD BILL fPI Complaint filed by the Oregon state grange that public utilities were- charging against operating expense large amounts of money being used In the campaign to de feat the so-called hydroelectric district utility bill at the Novem ber election, is to be investigated by the public service commission. This was announced here Friday by H. H. Corey, veteran member of the commission. Corey declared that the utilities were not charging their campaign expenditures against operating ex penses to be -reflected in higher rates. Such practice would be con traryto law, Corey said,' and would not be allowed by the public serv ice commission. Corey indicated that copies of the complaint would he filed against the untilities within the next few days, and that a public hearing would follow. Coyotes by Late Rally Beat Irish CALDWELL. Idaho, Oct. 24. (AP) The College of Idaho football team broke down the Etubborn defense presented by Columbia unirersity here tonight and pushed across two touch downs in the last few minutes of play for a 20 to 6 rictory. Each team swept across Its opponents' goal line in the' first half. Neither converted and the half ended S to 6. The teams played each other to a standstill in the third quar ter but in the final period the Idahoans began mixing passes with their power plays and marched over the Irishmen for two touchdowns. Minister Code To be Stricter OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 24 (AP) High officials of the Seventh Day Adrentlst church today cre ated a committee to draw up a more rigid code to gorern conduct of its ministers. Montana unirersity,' Pacific Coast conference member, will j have a lighting system f of foot- Dan games next fall. ' -' - " 3lighsCapit0lTheatre LAST TIMES TODAY Sound News Selected Subjects I CitlLLIj Law Does not Give Equality To all, is Ruling of Supreme Court (Continued from page L) substitute an excise tax not based npon the value of the property of the exempted indi viduals. Similar Treatment Of all Demanded "In the Standard Lumber company vs. Pierce, supra, this court declared that classification must 'rest upon some ground having a fair -and substantial re lation to the object of the legis lation so that all persons similar, ly circumstances shall be treated alike'. "It must be evident that the Intangibles tax Law is tevalM unless other circumstances net yet considered by ns, come to Its support. The ' attorney gen eral believes that the act can be sustained by disregarding the corporate entity, and comparing the situation of a group of indi viduals engaged in the invest ment banking business, as a partnership, with another group engaged in the same business who have incorporated their as sociation. He argued that the first group would be taxed only under the intangible tax while the second group would be tax ed twice, once by reason of the excise tax and a second time when the profits of the enter prise are passed from the cor poration to the stockholder in the form of dividends. "In comparing conditions of the two groups we must disre gard the tax imposed by the ex cise tax law because that is a sum taken from the second group on account of a special corpor ate privilege which it enjoys, and which the first group evi dently felt It could not afford. Doesn't Operate Equally For All "But let us now determine whether the intangibles tax law will "operate equally upon both groups. If it were evident that the corporation would distribute to the associates all of its prof its like a partnership is bound to do then every dollar of corporate profits would be taxed, and the groups would be brought into an equal condition. But, it is com mon knowledge that all of the profits of a corporation are rare ly distributed to the stockhold ers. In fact, under the spur of modern taxation laws, only the inescapable minimum Is thus distributed In cash. "In financial corporations, of the type that are in competition with the plaintiffs, reserves, sur pluses and individual profits are constantly augmented 'from an nual net earlnss. These earn ings, retained in the corpora tions possession, and distributed from time to time by means, oth er than cash dividends, would en tirely escape taxation under the intangibles tax law. For instance sections I, subdivision F, 'exempts stock dividends from inclusion in compiling individual net income. Hence the tax On dividends would fail as a practical matter from bringing the two groups into sub stantially the same condition. The burden of taxation borne by the stockholders would be sub stantially less than that borne bv the individual. "The attorney general argued that the tax assessed by the in tangibles act Is in lieu of the per sonal property tax and Is there fore valid. Disposing of this con tention it is our opinion that chapter 317, laws of 1927, ex empted intangibles from the per sonal property' tax only when their owner has been subjected to an income tax, and had refer ence to the income tax statute before this court in the Stan dard Lumber company vs Pierce, which Is no longer a law at thi3 time. Conflipts With 14th Amendment "It is our opinion that the in tangibles tax law Is invalid due to its conflict with the provi sions of the 14th amendment to1 the federal constitution which guarantees the equal protection of the laws. We have not discuss ed In the opinion all of the nu- r BlighsCapitol Theatre D SUN. - MON. - TUES. JOAN O- ALLEGED SLAYER AND VICTIM I o - ft) ,- .4 , vi-i Jl? -T - - i feS' First picfure of George W. Perry with Mrs. Cora Belle Hmkett, the "want ad" bride, whose body waa found in a lonely Wisconsin road. Perry is soaglit by the police, wtio believe he killed Mrs. Hackett during the honeymoon. The discovery of her body has re vealed the many marriages of this modern Bln4eard. merous authorities cited by coun sel on both sides although we hare read them carefully. "The briefs in this case, as well as in the two companion cases display both industry and skill. Due- to the necessity of giving a prompt opinion we have lacked the op portunity of preparing this deci sion with the care which we Would liked to hare bestowed upon It. The matter is one of great Importance and although the preparation of the decision has been somewhat hurried we have given an abundance of time to the study of the case itself. "The cause will be remanded to the circuit court with instruc trons to enter a decree in har mony with the prayer of the com plaint." The intangibles tax law was one of the three revenue bills approred at the 1929 legislature. The others included the excise tax law, and the state income tax law. The latter measure has been referred to the roters at the No vember election. Golden Bear And Husky Clash Today SEATTLE, Oct. 24. (AP) For the 17th time since 1904 the University of California and Uni versity or Washington football teams will tangle tomorrow after noon. The game will bo played on the new turf field in the Washington stadium with the California Bears reiging a favorite. In the 16 previous contests Washington has the best rpmrd. The Huskies have won eight, lost six and tied two. California, how ever, captured the last two tilts by one touchdown margins and was said to be a 1ft to 6 favorite in tomorrow's battle. Unsettled weather was nredlct- ed for Saturday but a large canvas cover has been protecting the field from a hard ratn anrl tho teams were assured of at least a dry gridiron to start on. . The Huskies are In better con dition for the game than at any time since their first tilt with Whitman early in the season. Three or four players are still nursing aches and pains but they will be able to do their bit against the Bears. J The ELSINORE MON. TUES. WED He's the who rings the belles ! MAURICE CHEVALIER "Playboy 6t Paris' Q tyoanaat QktiPt with Frances Dec O. P. Heggie Stuart Erwin A waiter by day! Million aire playboy at night! Maurice leads doable life which leads to a doable dael! PJstols versus lore! beanl XI o Cooper Gets Lead in Open At Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 24. (AP) Harry Cooper,diminutive professional of Los Angeles, gain ed a two-stroke lead over a classy field of "money golfers'' in the opening round of the first annual Salt Lake City fa.Odfl open golf tournament here today by bagging a par shattering 70 over the rug ged Salt Lake Country club. Trailing Cooper by two strokes were C. E. Foley. Utah state ama teur champion: The Espinosa brothers, Abe and Al of Chicago and Craig Wood, the long driving Bloomfield, N. J., pro. each with par 72s for the first 18 holes. Foley's low score was made pos sible by a hole in one, his tee shot finding the cup on the short sec ond hole. He went out in a bril liant 3 2, two under p , but falt ered on the home nine and fin ished the round even par. Wood shot two 36 cards while Al Espi nosa clicked off a 37 going out and came home two under par. Abe Espinosa shot a 3 4 and a 3 8 for his par. VAN DIVE DIVORCED RENO, New, Oct. 24. P) Katherln Boynton Wright was granted a divorce at Min den. Nev., late today from Wil lard Huntington Wright, author of detective stories under the name of S. S. Van Dine. "QUEEN'S HUSBAND" 3-Act Comedy presented by THETA ALPHA PHI Nat. Dramatic Frat. W. U. HOMECOMING See It Tonight H. S. Auditorium 8:15 SOc all seats reserved 50c I IT'S A RIOT ! ! 1 1 The ELSINORE TODAY and SUNDAY FANCHON & MARCO'S "AEaeoeaitii MeauZy" Idea Featuring MISS. UNIVERSE and EIGHT OTHER BEAUTY WINNERS Vith EDDIE HANLEY and the ' Personality Boys HUFF and HUFF TOOTS NOVELLE ' SUNKIST. BEAUTIES . Khtinore Orchestra Featuring MYo Are The Melodjr ON THE -r H.B. WARNER Grant Withers - Loretta Young - . In SE(5B)NIi3) !7IL5)IIi Soand News - ras REDUCE DEBTS ILLY (Contimoed from pr 1) strnction of the St. John's bridge. The treasury department rec ords show a satisfactory reduction in county road and general fund warrant indebtedness during the past two years. On July 1, 1930, the counties had approximately 1493.000 in road warrants out standing as compared with $602,- 00 on July 1, 1928. In July of this year the net general fund warrant indebtedness of the conn t!?s was approximately $524,000 as compared with $954,000 on July l, 192S. The figures of the state treas urer reflect a policy of conserra tl(w on the part of the county eouvta and a desire to liquidate. The debt ratio, including funding bonds issued oy some oi the coun ties pursuant to constitutional amendments, in virtually all cases, are far below the six per cent limitation on county indebt edness prescribed by the state con stitution. State Treasurer Kay said the con-nties hare an exceptionally clean record in respect to paying promptly the interest and princi pal on their bonds. He also said it was apparent that the county courts desired to reduce taxes rather than issue more bonds for public improvements. Stayton Wins Over Dallas By 6-0 Score DALLAS. Oct. 24. (Special ) Dallas high school football team was defeated here this afternoon by Stayton high, 6 to 0. The only touchdown of the game was made by the Stat yt on men in the second period when they completed a 30 yard pass on a dead-man play, landing on the 10-yard line, then an end run to the one-foot line and over through center. Try for point through Dallas failed. Dallas lineup was: Ends, Pern berton, Kliener; tackles, Quick. Morrison; guards, Hayter, Fisher; center, McCann; quarter, Moaer: halfbacks, Frack, Watson; full back, Fully. Dean Cagle substitut ed at half and Hinamon at guard. Stout of Oregon State college was referee. 4JaRtiR &R0S WW! HOLLYWOOD 25c Home of Talkies LAST TIMES TODAY Mickey Mouse Matinee Today 1:30 P. M. k BltJSLlErwG BPJDEi with Robert Montgomery. Anita Page Dorothy Sebas tian, Raymond Ilatkett Also Clump Talking Comedy "The Blimp Mystery" Fables Comedy and News COMIXd SUNDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY SCREEN Silly Symphony W III Aw7S. i