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, EIGHTY YEARS
Place order now for The
' Statesman's 80th Anniver-,-sary
edition, review of,
Salem history.
lie order blank page 2.
j . THE WEATHER
IUIa today nd Tburwlay,
' normal temperature; 5Iax.
temperature Tueadajr CO,"
Mln. 43, rain .08 Inch, river
1 feet, onUv,lnd. ' ,
FOUNLOED 16SI
EIGHTIETH YEAR
' Salem,' Oregon," Wednesday Morning-, March . 11, 1931
No. 2C3
&v i iru u u rw i rci u 1 1 1
BOIES' STORY
OF BIS I'J
Discrepancies "Between ft
: and That of -Loucks ;;
Woman Moted 1 t
Details of . Death - Related
In Explanation TRead
- v Into Trial Record
IirtXSBORO Oje. if arch 1 9.
f AP)--InUmat relations -between
.Nelson C. Bowlea and
Irma O. Loucks were-responstble
for the,, death of - Bowles "wife,
aid a statement made to police
by Bowlea after bis wife's death
which was read Into the -record
of the BowIes-LoHCks first degrree
murder, trial here today. ,
' The statements read, by Ray D.
"Shoemaker, court reporter who
-was on the witness stand nearly
all day,1 quoted Bowles . as say-
ins;: 1 ' . x,-". ;
, -i shouldn't hare permitted
my relations with Hiss Loucks
to exist. It was my fault."
- Bowles and Miss Loaeka are
onder JoJot Indictment for the
knife murder of Mrs. Leone C
Bowles , la - m!bs Loucks apart
men t last NoTember 12 i "
Itaslaess Associate : -Of
Bowles Called -
W. H. Cullers, Bowles busi
ness associate, was another wit
ness called- today.. He told the
jury Bowles had called him ' at
his office and asked him to eome
to a Portland mortuary. - Then,
he said. Dr. Paul B. Cooper, took
the , phone and asked him to come
to the mortuary. Neither Bowles
nor Dr. Cooper - answered his
'question of "What Is. the mat
ter?" he said. V
Cullers said he went to the
mortuary where he learned' of
Mrs. Bowles' death. He! did not
see "Bowles, he testified.
' Aside: frgm identifying ' the
bread knife, with which the state
alleges Bowles and Miss Loucks
killed Mrs. Bowles, as the one
which was shown the defendants
when they made their: state
ments, Shoemaker spent ' all his
time on the stand reading; . their
Statements. : i . , , r!.';..-.-
- . Miss Loucks statement" quoted
her as .saying after the stabbing,
"Mrs. Bowles was choking lit
tle but I don't remember her
saying anything." In a second
statement howerer, she said Mrs.
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DAIRY DRIVERS TO
F
II,
' Discussion of the Capital Dair
ies situation, in which the union
Is trying to get the dairy drivers
organized into a truck drivers'
local,' occupied most of the meet
ing time of the Salem Trades
and Labor council. In session at
Labor temple last night. .
1 This -matter has bees hanging
fire for some time, .during part
of which It has been In the hands
of a board of arbitration. It will
be finally settled at the meeting
March: 23. it ' was agreed . last
night,: -
Plans for the- state .federation
of labor convention to be held
for three or four days, beginning
September. 14, were also di
eussed. --.-::-v -
Announcement was made that
the typographical union members
here will bold a dinner at the
Argola Saturday evening. ' J. E.
Ueenan is secretary of the group.
- , GETS IECMXICAIj K. O. -
- PORTLAND, March 10.
(AP) George Manlcy, 176,
Denver, won sv technical knock
oat victory over Big Boy Peter
son, 100, Minneapolis, lit the,
eighth of 10-round fight here
tonight..---:,: ; .i
Hanley bad panished Peter
Son cruelly ail . the way. He
floored htm with two left hooks
to the chin in the eighth round '
' and Referee Tom Lonittit de
"dded he was wnable to ao on
and awarded the boat to Man-
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POK FARM BOiBD '.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March
10- (AP) W. L. Thompson,
Astoria salmon packer has been
proposed as a candidate for ap
pointment to the federal farm
board. : - ; .
Thompson's name was proposed
by Frank Curl, Pendleton, and E.
P. Marshall,.. Umatilla county
grain grower. Ralph Williams,
vice-chairman of the republican
national committee, also has en
dorsed Thompson.
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" DRAG FOR BODY
: ASTORIA March 10. (AP)
Coast gnard patrol and river
.. boats were drawing the Colura-'.
- bta river off Tongue point here
today ia ma effort to recover
the body of a man said to have
been lost overboard from the
steamer San Pedro, en route
IFE'S
DEATH
READ
1
a
Where Bits of Soot hb Longer Fly ;
To Roost in Each Bystander's Eye
Picture chows the smokes tacks of the Oregon. Palp and Paper com
pany plant here, giving n lde of the . diminished quantity : of
smoke aet forth, smoke entirely devoid of the cinders which
formerly constituted a nnisanco to the public. '
M Phoio by W. C. Conner, tuff pbatograpber
'Cinder Nui
Finally
New "Washer Removes all Soot From Smoke
At Paper Mill; Company Continuing oh
Full Time Production Program -"
i , ::1;, ' . -' ':' -
SALEM'S long decried "cinder nuisance" isapparently at
an end. After nearly a month's operation of the Sturde
vant cinder washer at the plant of the Oregon Pulp and
Paper company here, a marl with; a greylhat can stand.un
der the rery shadow of the mill for an hour and never need
to visit a cleaner. .
We are finding that the new O 1 "" -
equipment, installed at a cost of
116,000, Is doing 'the removal
work in excellent shape," said
Carl Helnlein. manager of the
plant, yesterday. . "All the smoke
which formerly went up the four
large stacks. Is now drawn by a
faa into the cinder washer,
where the cinders are removed
through the use of water and the
. (Turn to page 2, coV 3) I
Bandits Seeking
Ransom Torture
2 Missionaries
J - .-,,.:.;-;
WASHINGTON, March 10.
AP) The torture of Rev. Berth
N. Nelson' of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Rev. Tvedt, a Norwegian, by
bandits In China to force payment
of ransom was reported to the
state department - today by the
Xmerican legation at Pelping.,
The report was based on let
ters received by a Dr. Skinsnes at
Sinyangchow ' from the mission
aries who have been held by Chi
nese brigands since, last October.
"We have just been bound and
whipped and told to make haste
with the ransom money or there
would be worse things to follow.
Nelson's letter said: in part. "
George Slanley Winner - I
, Oregon man Mentioned
Liquor 'war is Halted
Lost 1 Forest Imperiled
from California porta to port
land. !i .
FOUR ARB ARRESTED : '
KLAMATH FALLS. March 10.
(AP) - Climaxing an alleged
liquor war in Klamath county,
complaints charging three broth
ers, Marlon, Louey and Fred
Shaddock, ; and George -Somas
with assault whUe armed with
dangerous weapons were filed in
circuit court here today. A man
who gave only the name "Louis"
was the complainant." lvr
Louis alleged he was a part
ner, of Sumas in operation of a
liquor plant near here. Early last
week, he charged, his partner and
the' Shaddock brothers swooped
down on the still and seized all
available moonshine and 1150
gallons of mash. Officers arrived
at the scene shortly afterward but
found only part of the mash and
traces of the stllL . " .
8nmas was arrested and today
pleased guilty to ' possession of
mash. He,tras fined 500. - .
DUNES EXCROACHLN O
BEND. March 10. (AP) ,
The restless sand disu of the
Lake . county plateoa - threaten
destruction .o .QrcgonTs "lost '
forest," fire-mile square des
" ert tract of pine trees.
' The dunes, creeping upon the '
little forest from : the south- '
-west, already have virtually en
gulfed some of the great trees.
- Some of the dunes are snore
than SO feet high.
1
sance is
at End Here
TEL REUS FOR ;
SPLIT IN BIB TFJI
I CHICAGO, March 1Q,. .(AP)
Amos - Alonzo Stagg, 6 9-year-old
director of athletics at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and Major
John L. Griffith, .athletic commis
sioner of the western conference,
told for the first time today the
reason for the Big Ten severance
of athletic relations with the Uni
versity of Iowa in 1929. :
'. Operation of an alumni loan
fund, v granting of athletic year-,
books concessions to athletes, ex
istence of a merchants' work
fund, and failure of the registrar
to sign eligibility lists which are
sent to other conference ; Institu
tions, were the cardinal charges
upon ' which the University of
Iowa was convicted, Stags and
Major Griffith testified. -
: After evading relation" of the
entire story for more than i 18
months, Stagg and Griffith talk
ed before a special ' Iowa legisla
t u r e Investigating committee,
probing the administrative affairs
of the state university. , i
1 Stagg added that the athletic
situation at Iowa was now healthy
and sound. : . h- -' : i 1 T-
Landslide Vote : J
i Reelects A Case
i hOn Light Issue
i SEJATTLE. March -io. (APJ
In .a "city light landslide, In
the . municipal , election here; to
day, v Otto i A. Case was ' swept
back Into the council, Ralph D.
Nichols, former councilman, was
elected, and V. C. Webster,: run
ning mate ', of Case and - Nichols
placed third. 1 There , were - six
candidates for the three offices
to be filled. President Oliver: T."
Erlckson being defeated ; as was
the - veteran councilman, E. L.
Blaine. - 1 -M -:::-:i . i , .:: -nr-1
The unofficial vote showed a
2,000 majority for , the r charter
amendment giTinf; ' city light
charge of Its - own. engineering
work.-: ! ':; -i
Athletics Beat
I: House oi David
: FT, MYERS. FUu, Mareh 10.
(APh The House of David fell
before the world champion Phila
delphia Athletics by a score of 4
to 2 here today in an exhibition
baseball game In which most of
Connie Mack's regulars . and
rookies took part. Mack used
three Juveniles on the mound, r
- TUTS APPENDIX OUT "
i" ROCHESTER, .Mlnnf March
Ifl. t API Henrr Tattle of
Minneapolis, known in the f ightJ
ring as King Tut. unaerwent an
operation for appendicitis - at
Mayo clinic here today.
HUNT RESUF.1ED
ofsTllgibi
Virginia Brooks' ; Body
is
': Found in Lonely Spot
By Sheci
Left There Within Only few
Hours, Believed f by
AZ A A?:. Officers Qlff Ai
SAN DIEGO, Cat March 10.
(AP) On ;r. a lonely taeaa Ifff teett
miles north of here, a wandering
sheepherder and his Collie dog
stumbled today on the muttlated-J
remains of ten year old Virginia
Brooks, missing . from her home
here since February 1 1 j s V
A fiend, as brutal as the killer
of Marlon Parker In Los Angeles
four years ago,-for whose death
William Edward - Hickman -was
hanged kidnaped, slew: and dis
membered, the school girl and
kept the remains for. more than
three weeks before tossing them
from an autmobile last night.
Only the; barest of clues were
uncovered as police organised
their manhunt. Beside the body
they found in another sack the
books which the little girl car
ried from her home the 'morning
of February 11 as she' left for
school, the last 1 -r friends ever
saw of her alive. tThe books
were turned over to fingerprint
experts.
Fresh: Tracks of - r !
Anto are Found
Near the barley sacks into
which the girl's body had been
stuffed fresh automobile tracks
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SPRING'S
PLANS COMPLETED
, ., , . ; . .
Windows to be Unveiled at
7:30 p. m. on Friday,
::v:;;:;::.Says". Chairni4n--- i
Put your rabbit's foet about
your neck and come ' out for
-spring opening Friday; the thir
teenth la the advice of Ralph
Kletxing, general chairman of the
event which is being sponsored by
the Salem Ad club.
Gorgeous window displays, the
best exhibit -of automobiles ever
to be seen on Salem streets, an
excellently planned program and
following all this exhibition. Cole
McElroy and his 10 Oregonians
furnishing the music for a dance
at Crystal Gardens, will make an
evening for memorable remarks.
There will be between 00 and
70. automobiles In the automobile
display which will take? place on
Liberty street between State and
Commercial streets, and on State
(Turn to page J, cot 7)
T
DIES IN HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, March 10.
(AP) Joseph, Potter Cotton,
who as under secretary of state
for nearly two years gained
reputation for frank ' and direct
diplomatic methods, died late to
day at ' Johns Hopkins I hospital,
where he had , undergone two
major operations In the' last six
weeks. . -
Death came at i:10 o'clock
after the administration of oxy
gen had failed - to prolong his
life. At bis bedside were his
wife and daughter Isabel and his
New i Tork , law partner, " George
S.lFranklinw, - ,,
Earlier In the day Dr. Joel T.
Boone, the. White House physician,-
was a caller and last night
Secretary of State iSJtenry - L.
Stimson,. Informed .his colleague
was dvinr. Yisited him. , -
Mr.. Cotton was 15 years old.
He underwent an Operation for
spinal infection on January 21,
and on February 10 his right eye
was removed.
Actor Who Saw
Lincoln Fall is i
Dead at Age 86
PHILADELPHIA. Match 10
(AP) Charles Francis, Byrne,
if, who. was said to hare been on
the stage of, Ford's theatre the
night Abraham Lincoln was shot,
died at the home of hJsLson here
last night. . - : i i! -
On the night of April il. 18(5,
Byrne was playing the ! role of
"Captain de Boots" In fOur Am
erican Cousin.: . He was! standing
in r the ; wings opposite the presi
dent's box waiting for; his cue
when John Wilkes Booth shot the
president. He saw the president
slump in his chair and saw Booth
leap to the stage and disappear.
. ' COAL MINERS STRIKE :
- CARDIFr, Wales, March 10.
(AP) Five thousand coal miners
In several collieries went; on strike
today In protest against a wage
cut of seven pence a day recently
decided upon by - the joint' con
ciliation board. . I
OB
DIPLOMA
Kirkland Found
Guilty, to Face
Life in Prison
" -
VALPARAISO, Ind., March 10
(AP) Virgil Kirkland was
convicted of murder by a Jury to
nlght ' In connection - with the
death of Arlene "Babe" Draves,
and a sentence of life Imprison
ment was recommended by the
Jurors.
The verdict was returned less
than four hours after the Jurors
bad retired to decide whether an
attack by Kirkland .upon the
young high school graduate caus
ed her death. :. : ; ;; .
It was chosen from seven alter
native, decisions proffered by
Judge Grant Crnmpacker In his
instructions.- - and -represented .. a
compromise between the prosecu
tion's demand for the death pen
alty and the defense's demand tor
aeqnfttaL'T'- s'.L' ;
lilFlCiHIT
PROBLEMS STUDIED
Police School Continues to
Hold Interest; Society
: ' Blamed for Crime ;
: Problems of law enforcement
andfpractlcal means of Increasing
enforcement efficiency, continued
yesterday to occupy the attention
of police officials from over the
northwest. In attendance at the
police school beiag conducted at
the state capltol by the Willam
ette college of law. ; l
- "Much of the advance work
of crime prevention rests on your
shoulders," said Colonel A. E.
Clark In addressing the gather
ing. - "You cannot expect much
progress from the courts which
by nature are rather static and
necessarily conservative, i .The
same Is largely true of the legal
profession. To advance law en
forcement to the status of a well
paid, highly respected profession,
you "men must provide the Im
petus. '
Social Selection
Largely to Blame
Other ; speakers
program included
on the .day's
John Carson,
district attorney of Marlon coun
ty, who) spoke on -"The Law of
arrest,' Luke S. May of Seattle,
"Recognition, Preservation and
Presentation of "Criminal Evi
dence." Martin Ferrey, "The
Psychology of Crime and Crim
inals, Elisabeth Losslng, "Cause
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LONDON, March 10 (AP)
Belated winter continued today
to hold large sections of Europe
In its grip. " -v." ir:':
Austria lay ' under a - thick
white blanket. Snow whirled
across Germany and buried the
Rhine valley and the Black For
est, already heavily covered, with
the deepest fan In years. 1
A snowstorm swirled across
Paris. In Scotland and northern
England many towns and cities
were snowbound.'; and the fall
continued. The roofs of-Londo'n
were crusted with white although
streets had been cleared.
' Several deaths In - Great Brlt-JI
ain were ascribed to" the cold,
which brought temperatures to
sero in many sections.
,The snow which blew in from
the provinces made the flood pre
dicament of Paris more serious
by swelling the Seined already out
of its. bounds In the suburbs.
In - the earthquake zone along
the Jugoslavian, Bulgarian and
Greek frontiers bitter : cold add
ed to the hardships of thousands
Injured or; made, homeless;
STATES ACCEPTING
E
WASHINGTON, i March 10
MAP)' The 48 states and Hawaii
have - taken approximately $45,
000.000 of the 880.000.000 emer
gency fund appropriated by con
gress to speed federal highway
construction this spring. 1
J Arkansas. Massachusetts. Dela
ware and South Carolina have
pledged their entire : apportion
ment, r -
Amounts states have pledged
themselves to take up; to March 1
Include; ' i:t.
' Apportionment Unobligated
Stale: - 880,000.000 Balance
Calif. .3,108,233 2.087.077.3S
Idaho ...1,008,035 883.918.28
Montana ; 1,171,930 49.218.85
Oregon 1 ,3 2 0,2 8 7 5 9 4,2 4 8.1 3
Wash. J.. 1,27 0,83 3 9S.9C8.39
Do You Remember. ,
men
- There were wooden fences
around the state house and
the court hoae, to keep the
tow oat? ' '
..When ".George: Waters
drove the Wells-Fargo ex
press wagon? " r";.- ;:!
. : See the panorama of the
past in the 80th sdudversary
number of The - Oregon
Statesman, out March 28. ,;
OD
COOP
RATION
TENURE UI IS :
If FORCE HERE
: BOARD IS TOLD
in
Teachers After Serving two
- Years may riot be Fired :
for Cause . '
Decision, to buy Xord Wood
-tttestcd;';:
? Program Delayed
v --CV. ' -4 : : " r :
Following the recent census, Sa.
lem falls automatically undAr the
teachers tenure law, which has
been in - force in Portland S" tor
some time, Supt. Hug Informed
the school " board at i Tuesday
night's meeting. This ; law is ef
fective In All cities of 20,000 pop
ulation or over. Howerer, the
else of the school board remains
the same, five members, until the
population of children of school
age creeps beyond the 20,000
mark. . . ,1 l, s . , -
Under, the tenure law, teachers
undergo a probationary period
for the first two years of service,
and following this can be removed
for cause only. Teachers against
whom there Is complaint- during
the- first two years may not be
dismissed without opportunity to
serve under another principal.
Teacher Removed
Entitled to Hearing? ' .
Under the tenure system, teach
ers who survive the probationary
system automatically remain on,
unless discharged upon complaint,
in which case the teacher may se
cure) hearing. Annual elections of
theboard will be virtually Tasse.
starting this spring. Written no
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UHS WILL
LIST ACHIEVEMENT
WASHINGTON, March 10.
(AP)-r-The machinery of the re
publican national committee' will
be thrown Into high gear . In an
effort to acquaint ) the eountry
with, the work1 of the Hoover ad
ministration. Sj ; T;. h -
Plans looking? toward ? 1932
were outlined today by Chairman
Fees, after a ! call at the White
House. , He . said, however, he
would -not go: over the program
with President Hoover until later.
A .little later, James -Francis
Burke, general counsel of the
committee. Issued a statement
saying it would hot meet soon be
cause the country ''is suffering
of an overdose of politics. -.
Meanwhile, democrats and In
dependent republicans : assailed
the announcement last night by.
Robert H. Lucas, executive direc
tor of the republican i national
committee, that an advisory coun
cil for agriculture had been form
ed to tell the farmers what the
administration had done for them.
Senator Fess said the commit
tee's plan for more Intensive pub-'
llclty, the organization of . sub
committees, and the speeding up
of r state republican organisa
tions. - - u ; ; .
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SAN DIEGO,. March 10 (AP)
Jesse H. Shreve, prominent San
Diego business man, j voluntarily
surrendered late today land vras
subsequently released in 825.000
bond in connection with the Los
Angeles rgirl market" case. .
: Two complaints Issued today by
District Attorney Thomas WhelanJ
elted seven ; counts involving
Shreve with Alexander pantages.
vaudeville tuagnat; : John P.
Mills, William Jobelmann and
Olive CI ark Day In alleged o f
fenaes concerning i the "Ioto
mart." . ' . - ' ' - .
" Pantages was at Agua Callente
but said over1 the telephone he
would be glad to come across the
lino if he were wanted. He de-
f nled .any guilt. - :
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B
ARRESTED
UIIHLI
m CE 18 CASE
Old Mystery Recal led
7;. In 'Involved Will Case
-V -
A" case which calls .tb snind
memories of an unsolved tragedy
of 22 years ago In ! this county,
and Involves property valued at
around 370.000 arises In the ad
ministration of the estate j of
George J. Moore, who died in
Clackamas county, October . 18,
1930. : ; - :
Already two wills . have been
filed for. probate dated about a
month apart, - and 1 bequeathing
the whole of the estate to entire
ly different parties. ' Another
case Is ready for filing In which
three nleces-at-law of the deceas
ed claim the balk of the estate by
virtue of an agreement between
Moore and hie wifeRebecca A.
Moore, who. - came to a tragic
death SeptemherMT, "i; " '
. In the case wUweing filed
In Marlon county, Grace Rebecca
Taylor, Clara Holton Lewis, and
Alice Holton Duffy are the plain
tiffs. The defendants are Ennis
D. and Alice B. Walt, as admials-
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fai -Veto;
jobless l Girls
j Drink, Poison, ,
I Jump in River
. BUDAPEST. Hungary. . Mareh
10. (AP) Three sisters, with
out funds and unable to get work,
drank poison and -then plunged
from the Margarethan bridge here
today, irowningfin the Danube.
Freida.' Elisabeth and , Irene
Rosenberg came here from the
Reslanopel several days ago look
ing for Jobs. -This morning they
climbed together to the bridge
railing,1 screamed and Jumped together-
H -.- .
JUI.IOF!
J.i
Four Teams Planned Here;
Other Activities for
Spring Announced
.American" Legion juniors con
testing in' Salem for baseball hon
ors may be divided into four teams
this year If plans told by Oliver
Huston,! chairman of the amuse
ment committee of the American
Legion, i are; worked out. - Huston,
told fegionn aires at their meet
ing Tuesday night about his plans
and said that from :the boys
playing in the four local teams,
he would expect to choose-the
team to . represent Salem In the
state contest Prises would be
awarded locally to the winning
team in Salem. r
Huston also reoried to the le
gion on tentative trap-shoot and
a tennis tournament , for legion
men to be held here this spring
and summer. . The events would
be innovations In legion circles
here although they have been car
(Turn to page 2, col. f) .
UBS HLY
KILL
AHMADABAD. India, March 10
L (AP) Mahatma Gandhi,
home for the first time since his
salt-making march to the sea,
was JoBtled about like an Ameri
can subway passenger today by a
hundred 1 thousand worshipping
Hindus who fought to touch his
garments. . -f
I So great was the crush that he
would i have been seriously in
jured bad not those closest to
him formed a flying wedge and
hutted i a: way to the speaker's
platform In the center of a tre-
endous .crowd. . 1
"If yon love me, he cried.
gain and again, "don't trample
a to i death," but the din was
o great mat no . one neara mm
nd when be spoke from ' the
latform, even loud speakers
could not; carry his voice beyond
Ehe first fringes of his audience,
Tens of thousands ' of white
lad., men, women and children
sat cross-legged, on the Baning
sands bf the drled-up river Sa
barmatl, 'gating upon the wan
land wasted little man who has
led them! closer to freedom than
Indians have ever been .before.
Truck Driver is i
Killed in Fall
i 1.
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. March
0. (AP) Jesse Chaff in.. 48,
truck driver for a local construc
tion
company for the past three
0 was killed Instantly on the
tears,
highway south of here today when
his truck rolled down a four-foot
embankment.
frator and administratrix of the
estate of George J. Moore; John
Edward I Barry, Agnes Davidson
Matlock and C. N. Matlock; and
obert Gordon Moore.
The Waits reside In Salem, and
airy in Portland. Robert Oor-
on Moore is the brother of the
decedent. This, case alleges that
Rebecca: A. - Motre, the aunt of
the plaintiffs, had property worth
some 840,000, and her husband,
George J. Moore property worth
5000; that the husband and wife
ade a contract In which . they
greed that the property of each
hould go to the survivor! for . use
uring his lifetime, and en such
Survivor's death r the property
should go to the three plaintiffs
who were the nieces and only
heirs of Mrs. Moore. This agree
ment was dated March IS. 1908,
and on March 17s Mrs, Moore exe
cuted deeds In favor of her hus
band, which deeds wer filed in
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Precedent for Slash cf
, Appropriatiori ii ;
- ; '-I Questioner!
Meier Said Likely to
v Reduce Amount as !
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Not until today or pos3lbIr
til Thursday, will the fate of the
91.181,000 appropriation bill pro
viding funds for Oregon's fife ed
ucational institutions of higher
education be learned. The mea
sure, approved by the legislature.
Is In Governor Meier's office and
It Is well known at the capltol that
at least the ears and feet of th
measure tnay be trimmed off with
an ax, with some chance that the
governor will take a lusty awing
at the body of the bill. ,
Governor Meier -has indicated'
his attKude towards appropria
tions by vetoes of certain bills
handed, him . by the legislature. ,
outstanding of which' was the cut
ting of the Waverly home appro-
prlatlon from 840,000 to 125,000.
While It! was first thought that
this executive reduction 'of a bill
was unprecedented, it later devel
oped that Governor Walter Pierce
is said tq haTe followed the same
course In! 1923 and again In 1925.
The general practice has been
either to approve an appropriation,
bill as drawn or else! to veto it in
Its entirety. )
Single Item Veto
... j. .
j puer ifispum . . i
Rumors were persistent yestei
day that Governor .Meier is not
satisfied vith the large "lump
sum" appropriation for the high-,
er educational Institutions and de
sires to lop off a considerable part
of the sum alloted. Most off-liand
legal opinions were to the effect
that the governor had no right to
slash the appropriation but mast
confine his action either to ap
proval or to absolute veto.' '
Among the visitors at the ex
ecutive department Tuesday was!
C. L. "Starr; of Portland, president
Of the ktate board of higher edu
cation.' He was closeted with Gev
ernor Meier for nearly an hour..
While, neither Starr nor the gov
ernor would intimate- as to what
developed at the conference, i It
was admitted by other persons
close, to the "throne that the ap
propriation for the higher educa
tional Institutions was discussed.
, Starr; previously appeared be
fore the ways and means commit
tee on several occasions in behalf
of the appropriation, j ; On those,
occasions he made it plain that
the board of higher education had
reduced materially" the budget re-
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SOUTH IS SIM
BY WiriTEil FROSTS
(By i the Associated Press)
Frosty i winter i)it into the
south today, tightened its cold
grip over Europe and $wept the :
Balkan j quake scenes ; with chill
winds. -y I . '.- -I
Snow avalanches descended up
on' rail and telegraph lines in
France. ' ; Ice encrusted - English
roads. Mil ' . i
Ships tossed on high waves
through blinding snow along the
continental, coast.
New England and the middle
west still were digging from un
der drifts. The Black forest aad
Rhine valley of Germany lay bur- ;
led in white. , ;
Battered ! fragments' of boats j
and the pieces of ! an airplane
were remnants of coast gales in
Massachusetts. The boat f ras- ;
ments indicated' five fishermen
were lost. I The airplane pieces
spelled tragic mystery.
Dixie s i frost iwas felt as tar
south as Miami, ;Fla.
I
Sign Contract
For Law Books
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A contract for the dellTeranes
1 i
of 1111 new law books was sign
ed by authorities of WlllamettO)
university early this week. This
Will make tke law library of the
university total over 8,000 vol
umes. ' y I
To each set of these hooks, a
new volume or two will be added
year by year, thus keeping the
sets entirely up to date. -
More shelves will be needed in
the law library In th basement
of Waller hall to take care of the
books. . The management and
staff caring for, the law library
Is different from that of the reg
ular university library. 1
KAYOES CHAMPION
LOS ANGELES, March 10.
(AP) Faollno TJtcudun, Bound
ing Basque,! knocked out Califor
nia's heavyweight champion, Les
Kennedy of Long Deacb. with a"
terrific left Jab to the Jaw in the
fourth round of their 10-romnd
fight Iter tonight.
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