The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 21, 1931, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textpa nn two - .- ' i . ' - : v v v - -' ; At -"r - ; ; iGlEf: DENIES BEFEKHI No Basis fop Directed Ver dict, Judge in Bowles Trial Declares (Continued trom page 1) proper proof. then the motion -, tor a, directed verdict should be granted in the first place. "Ordinarily the court is not permitted to Invade the province of the Jury and so far In th'a case the question is the proof xt corpus delecti. I firmly .believe '-, that as the case stands at pres ent It should go to the jury, but win farther consider this motion and . if,, as JJie esse progresses, i Become vm-- that It should be taken out of the hands of lh Jury, I will set without further argument-" - Claim bo EtWbc8 , Show Guilt Counsel for Bowles and Miss Loucka contended the prosecu tion introduced no eTldence to . show the pair conspired to kill or did kill Mrs.. Leone Bowles, who died in Miss Loucks apart ment with a knife blade in her heart. " i, , The state, in arguing against r the directed verdict, declared It . was within the prorince of the Jury, and the Jury alone, to de cide whether concluslve proof or the murder had .been offered. George Mowry. prosecutor, con tended he had not only demon strated the opportunity but had established the motive. The Jury was excused during the argument. Word was brought Into the courtroom during the debate that one of the; Jurors, Peter Norgren, had been; sent to bed with a severe cold. It was expected, however, he would be able to continue his duties when the trial is resumed. . - Save for a few deviations Mowry stuck doggedly to the law ,a mu m address in- strlk- lng contrast to that of Wallace McCamant for the defense, an orator of the old school, who took most of the morning- ses sion, with his speech. -Claim Motive Is Only Thins Shown McCamant argued that while "however legally" the state may hare established that motircand opportunity for the murder did .exist, these points are not perti nent unless the state can prore, .which he contends it can not, or had not, that the Portland cap italist and his 'ormer secretary actually killed Mrs. Bowles. : He reviewed the defense con tention that the woman commit mitted suicide when she- learned ,of her , husband's unfaithfulness. Mowry replied that he did not believe that Brs. Bowles, "if she Intended to commit suicide, would have done It In the apart ment of the woman her husband was living with." "She was the mother of two little children.; the prosecutor said. "It would reflect en them and she certainly wouldn't want her remains found . In that . place." . rai iraiiisTei RESIGiiS POSITI (Continued from pas 1) rlghta for Us manufacture. Mc Allister said last sight that the rights to the new machine would be sold nationally. - McCallister was appointed state -corporation commissioner Novem ber 28. If ZT by Governor Patter son. He succeeded Commission er Davis who "died In office. .Mc Callister " had ' served in the de partment since 19 IS. He is a graduate of Oregon State college and t the Willamette University law school. He has served sever al years as president of the Ore gon state college alnmnl assorls Uon.. - .; i McCalllster's resignation was thought to be the forerunner of several Impending shakeups in Meier's official family. It Is gen erally concede that the state in dustrial accident commission per sonnel Is to be changed while the post of insurance commissioner, now held by Clare A. Lee. Is sup , posed to be subject to a new ap pointment. " , v !1 in fl VAfJCED A STEP Continued from page 1) , confident they will be able to ef fect the new concern's omolu tloa If the -old company retiresj its aeoi ana secures 61 per cent of the stock outstanding for the transfer. . Officials of the ' Oreson TJnn mill were Interviewed yesterday and indicated that there haT been - some progress made on . funding of the outstanding debt through sale of bonds and trans fer of bonds to -unsecured credit ors of the mill. No Official m willing to state how near the 3.vue ceht was to liquidation. It was indicated - that Portland capitalists were expected to take a considerable block of Oregon Linen mill bonds which would wipe up the old debt and yet keen the eomsanV within ih $150,000 bonded debt limit placed UDOn it when the mnemn was organized. Nearly SsO.OOt of oonas are. outstanding against me mui ana are a senior obllga tion to current debts. THEODORE 'IEISEH SUPS LEWIS' FACE - . ; - (Continued from psgs 1 Cantry,' stood talking with Drei ser, brod-shouldered and bulky. Dili PUDS t " STOCKADE WHERE EL EVEN CONVICTS DIED f i i ii 1 " . ' '- ' - . ' . . . . The charred ruin of the prison stockade near Xenansvffle, N. T Ct where eleven, convict per- I Reiio Now 'Old Siffiiinff of New Gamblin 1 Bill; Games RENOj Nev,, March 20 (AP) Reno, along with the rest of Nevada went "old west" Friday in the flash of wide open gam bling, the. new 42 day divorce law was virtually forgotten. At 10 o'clock in the morning the principal gambling hall in the heart of ' the city was thronged by hundreds who played or mill ed about the roulette wheels faro tables, mechanical dice throwing and ' other gambling games. The hum and hubbub of gam bling, the cllcky-clack" of ma chines, and the clatter of poker chips was partly drowned by the staccato noise of a compressed air drill operated by a construc tion crew - engaged in cutting through massive stone, brick and mortar walls to enlarge the gam bling room. ; While waiting for the printers to turn out gambling' license forms the mere formality of offi cial permission i was , dispensed with, hence no ' statistics were available regarding the number of permits which will be- Issued or Suddenly. - apparently to the surprise of the others, the open palm of Dreiser s hand swung out, striking Lewis sharply on the cheek. Then he struck again. "I didn't strike back," Lewis s a I d. "because- unfortunately someone ; standing behind me grabbed my arm." ? Other guests Jumped ..between the two end the disturbance was over. Both remained at the Met ropolitan club, where the dinner war given, and were among the LOU HOOP Mil US OVER BEIiSOii . Cntlnua from paca 1) . . - ket accounted for most of Sa lem's scores, . though Foreman contributed his share snd ths passing of Kitchen, almost entire ly vecovered from his illness bat stHi weak, was an important fac tor. S :- 5 , , The speedy McLean was Ben son's outstanding player again. Several footraces between him and Kitchen,-who engaged la good natures a net, featured the con test. . .' Summary: Salem (231 FO FT PF Kitchen. F ....... 1 X 1 Bone, F . ........ 0 0 O Oraber. C ....... 4. ' 0 ' 0 Foreman, 0 ...... 2 0 1 Sanford, a ....... 6 1 Sschtler, 8 ...... . O 3 Totals i. 12 . 1 T Bnm (i8) y " - IV McLean. F.....,J " 0 1 Wiese, F 1 0 1 Woldt, C U. ...... X ; 4 1 Helser, G 1. ....... ,0 0 1 Coutney, G . ..... 1. . . 0. . . . 2 Totals I.. ...... 7 4 - Referee, Coleman;- umpire, French.?, l '.r! BUS BE OF GOUUCHGEO . The county will continue to al low 240 per pupil for transporta tion of school children In Marion county, the district " boundary ooara aeciaea at a meeting held yesterday) morning. - The board has paid this sum since the trans portation act went into effect, and finds it entirely satisfactory, de spite the fact that a few claims pat in on the mileage basis would hare run the cost to 278 per pup il in a few districts. . The boundary board was in formed that a few districts would like to have districts own and op erate their own ing was, done about the matter at rvsieraay a session. Salem school district, which has th fleet of busses, does not own. the busses, bat lets another operate 'iJ'v -TUDAY r i- -- - ' '"';' -i Tomorrow Tfce A C yr ' l&hed, trapped In their cells, as flames destroyed the entire . structure. . Fortv other orison i WestWith or in Full Swing the extent to which the city, county and state will profit In revenues. The signing of the new gambling- bill yesterday by Governor Fred Balzar was the signal for augmented patronage of the gam-, bling resorts rather than the In auguration of hew ones, for the new statute merely,-makes legal what has . been going on under nominal cover for years. - - Throughout -the night there was In progress in a single down town establishment three ' faro games, three "21" games, two crap games, and a well patron ized "chuckaluck" table. ' Paper currency of both : large and small denominations, huge stacks of silver dollars and halves and columns of red, white and blue poker chips littered the ta bles. .. . , : .Viewing, the ; operation of one of the crowded games. Mayor EL E. Roberts, plcturesuqe survivor of the old days divested himself of fils Ideas of how a city should be run. '-. , ',:,-.!'-; them for the 240 per student al lowed. - r Bids Denied n For Work on Postoffice All bids submitted recently on Interior painting for the Salem postoffice have been rejected by the federal department. Postmas ter John H. Farrar was advised yesterday. New proposals will be drawn and bids , called' for . again shortly. ; - - , c. 5 v , .. i- The bids, which, had a range of 24000 between the highest and lowest,' were all turned down af ter Mr. , Fa-Tar, on information from a local contractor who bid, reported to the federal headquar ters that cherry stains on the oak woodwork In the lobby and Inter ior are not easily removed, there by adding to the cost of the Job. Tne stain ; ess be removed, bat not sufficiently to satisfy the gov ernment specifications as set out In the first proposals, it was stated.: v - : ' $ Inasmuch as the low bidders in the east did not know of this dif ficulty, it was deei ed advisable to call for new bids. Roseburg Man ; Chosen to Head New Power Unit Members of ths newly crested hydro-electric commission held their first meeting . here Friday for the purpose of organisation. Senator B, L. Eddy' of Roseburg was elected chairman. While E. F. .'Slade, Salem banker, was elected vice-chairman. Eddy and Slade will serve without compen sation." ;. ' : Policies' of r the . commission, were discussed briefly, . but no definite action was taken. A. E. Clark, . Portland attorney, who prepared the hydro-electric comw mission bill, attended the confer ence. - r - - . Program Given For Irish Group InY.tVLobby Irish people of Salem were en tertained with a special program at the Y. M, C A. lobby Friday night. William McGUchrist. Sr was chairman. The . telephone company gave a demonstration of the operation of their .-new dial system. - Soloists on the program were Robert Hutcheon. " Mrs. ; Gordon McGUchrist. William Blackley. Mrs. G. Mielke, T. S. Mackenzie, Mrs. W. J. Llnfoot, and WllUam McGUchrist, Sr. . DuetisU were Teddy Gordon and Beverly McGU christ. Mrs. a Bowes and Mrs. Ted Gordon accompanied on the violin and piano. GRAND ONLY OREGON STATESIAN. Salary Oregon, gatnrday Heroin", ers were rescued from the flam tag building by guards and XeV low convicts. , PlfJ SPECL'i my Achievement Exposition .to Be Held April 9, Word To 4-H Club Leader t 'Thursday, April 9, wUl be a big day in 4-H club circles for Mt. Angel. County Club leader Wi W. Fox reports, for the clubs there have set that date for their an nual Achievement Day. In addi tion, the clubs will extend an in vitation to all club leaders in the county . to attend ths all-day ob servance. . ;;.-. Miss Theresa Dealer is In gen eral charge of the event, for which the 24 S 4-H'ers and r 17 club leader in Mt. Angel will be hosts. 1 . - ' : - I . Mr. Fox, Mrs. Mary L. Fulker son. county school superintendent and H. C. Seymour, state club leader, are-among-those who have been Invited to appear on the program. : : ; ' ". : :. f ' . , :;t ' . Achievement Day marks the completion of 4-H projects : car ried to date and articles -made In them will be on display, j The Mt. Aagel -leaders are ar ranging a tour of interesting places' in the city, including, the Mt. Angel Cooperative creamery, the milk dryer, cooperative can nery, LIbby, McNeil and Libby pickle factory, . flax plant, Mt. Angel academy, Mt. Angel col lege, the banks and the Benedict ine Press. : A lunch will be held at 1:00 o'clock that evening, when a pro gram will be given. Route 3 Granted New Extension . Extension of Salem rural route 2 for ninertenths of a mile has been granted XJr the federal post' office . department.: . Postmaster John H. Farrar wss notified yes terday. Petition for the extension was filed iom time ago by T. M. Erlckson and others. .The new territory makes Route - 2, .which serves district south of town. 42.2 miles la length. Lyman i McDon ald la the carrier. HOLLYWOOD Home of aJC Talkies Continnoos Performance Today 9 toil P. M. '2 Alickej Blons Matins, Today 1:30 P. IL j ' First Bhowiag im Salesa -V. The .Comedy Team of The Cohen4 s and EeDrg ' - Charlie MURRAY' George' ; SI-DNEt? Also Fables, Comedy. 'The Indians are Coming v News and Comedy nous Coming Sunday j , j. UC1R00 OUIilTET Wilis Jefferson, City Champions, . Beaten 39 to 15 In v Upset Contest; (Continued from page 1) canto and holding the . Portland giants to only one field goal.. - Pendleton Popular' With Crowd Here : The crowd went wild as the Buekarooa began to give Jeffer son a tough game, but itwas al most half time before the audi ence or the Jeff players realized that - Pendleton would march on into the- finals. One hand shoot ing.: long shots., short shots, fol low-ups; all were working and the Bucks had their eyes on the bask et with every try. , Finger-tip con trol of the ball made them capa ble of putting it anywhere desir ed. ... r .... : ' ; ' A determined rally was at tempted by the- Democrats at the start of the second half, bat It was short UTfvj, and though they tried hard, tw played as though some great' . weight rested on their shoulders. Hill slipped: in snd out, now following up and now making an awkward appearing pass to a team. mate. 1 This eellsh player wormed his way through the Democrat, de fense to score five field goals, mostly with one handed' shots. Kidder also, figured strongly In the Buck's attack, getting the Jump on Folen and Tichenor and following up under both baskets. Clausen gained seven points for Jefferson, . taking- scoring honors for his team.. Brown was about the only Jeff, man who looked close to natural and his passes were frequently Intercepted. . The crowd was not so noisy in the second half, but continued to mar vel at the spectacular shooting and guarding of . the . Pendleton quintet. When the Buckaroos came out on the floor, to warm up, all of the players were on their toes and stepping high to such an extent as to give rise to some comment. They continued to-play on their toes all the game and danced high with each of the regulars getting at least three field goals. . , Many are now picking the Buckaroos to win tonight's cham pionship game. Discerning spec tators and coaches agree that the Pendleton team is well drilled and plays a wonderful passing garner Scoring: Jefferson (15) I FQ FT PF Clausen F ....... ...2 1 Sjulander F ........ .2 9 0. I LL I THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLDjTOWN TONIGHT! ."nanenicnnnPTnn General AdsuLsslon : t AdoUs 40e : : With - 1 BEN LYON f LILA IE? White Girl Jungle Terrors ! NOAHBEERY ALICE GENTLE LUPINO LANE "ywik A MICKEY MOUSE CLUB r MEETS AT-10:45 A. M. TIarca 21, 1S31 ' TlieGall By OLIVE IL DOAK e WARNER'S CAPITOL . Today Walter Woolf and Vlvienne Segal In "Golden -j : Dawn.-' z;i ;y , ; WARNER'S ELSINORB - Today Douglas Fairbanks, i . Jr., la. "Outwsrd Bound." r '1 HOLLYWOOD '' & Today Charlie Murray lh , : "Caught Cheating.'. - .; "-'ii, GRAND :'1 ::r-yi:"r: Today -i. Edmund Lowe In , ' 4 "Scotland Yard' r' " Tichenor C ?0 0 2 Penn O .... . ....... 0 . 0 I Brown G ......... ..1. 0 9 Hergert S ....... .1 0 1 Wood S ............ 0 1 Folen .... ... . ". .0 0 0 Totala ...r. 7 1 ; S Pendletom &9) : ; Erwln F 2 ,- 0.9 HIU F . ............ S 2 2 Kidder C ....... 29 r' 9 R. Terjesen O ...... 4 ' Stroble G ..2 0 9 Wltherall 3 ....f...9 9 - 9 Haydea j. ..9 . 9 1 - Totals 12 2 4 Referee, Coleman; Umpire, French. . Board Approves Starting of Work On Penitentiary The state board of control, at a meeting here Friday authorized Henry Meyers, superintendent of the Oregon state penitentiary, to proceed .with '. certain Improve ments spproved at the recent leg islative session. The legislature appropriated 1149.009 t or these improvements. The proposed improvements in clude a new cell block, combina tion dining room and auditorium, and elimination of fire hazards. A new pump and water tans; will be installed' at the penitentiary annex.": - Too Late to Classify MUST BH SOLD AT ONCE New clew gsnral grocery stock in excellent down town location with very reasonable rent. See us at . SOCOLOFSKT 80N . oard IflilES." I , .- ... ; Braved Voodoo Rites - - llys- -tie Chants - - Beat of torn ' Toms ' Weird Jungle Music - - Blend in . This Tremendous Technicolor Spectacle . WHAT A CAST t VIENNE SEGAL WALTER WOOLF LEE MORAN VI PLUS r mm In i i 7 e on wm m llTEi! IS STILL SOUGH Association, not Giving up Despite Adverse Re 'Y: port Announced : (Continued from page 1) the river to Eugene, failed to take. Into account more than a fraction of the lumber 'tonnage alone, said Steele. lie declared that in representing the case at Washington , f ar more details would be seeded on transporta tion possible ,,oa an Improved river," . :;' ; Newell Williams, president, of the Salem Llons'club, told the as sociation that he regretted that Salem was not represented by- a larger delegation. His elub, Wil liams said, was making river Im provement oneof its .objectives. He - declared the organization could count on the Lions' support of the river development. William's asked if thev develop ment ! of the river from Oregon City, to Salem would not he wor thy objective for the association, with the view that the comple tion of this phase of river deep ning would prepare for extension of work up the river. ' Larger Project Is Said More Popular Klpp and Jenkins replied that a larger project was more appeal ing at Washington than a small one. Klpp said an association for river development in. Mississippi had promised to support Oregon's project in congress in return for support of its development pro gram,; but only if Oregon asked for. ai sufficiently large appropri ation ! to merit the tight in con gressi : .. . ' - r Several other speakers from cities up and down the valley ex pressed their interest in river de velopment work and pledged themselves to continue their ef forts.! A vote of appreciation for Senator McNary'a work at Wash- - . eMRT. I wsusWiiiiisii su 1 W"'sii r ip utNIIIV2AN6 FATE Ut.ulU im .,.,,,.,...1 He Lived Kisses he feasted nichtly on the blood of. the Iivinij, and re turned at dawn to his fjrave! The Weirdest Character Picture That is the Last TlirilU! Thrill! STARTS TODAY The Gold Medal Warner. Bros, : lngton snd his pledge of contin ued effort, was spproved unan imously. !...,' - The next meeting of the asso ciation is to be held in Portland April 20, Jenkins announced. ywtmww i BisaQing logo mere Ttty river steamer; if plans can be worked out, thus affording val uable publicity to the river pro gram, Jenkins ..Indicated that a fund for a more complete study of river tonnage! would be need ed before the hearing before the army engineers . Is held In in Washington this fall. HOPE 1'IB FOR ; ill LOST D ICE '(Continued from psg 1) Penrod, who-went north to take sound pictures, .f The belief grew that 27 perish- ed when1 the ship exploded and burned. Tracks on the ice led to the fear the other missing man probably drowned; Friends of Frlssel and the oth ers pinned hopes on an uncon firmed radio message picked up bv a Naugatuck, Conn., amateur ra dio operator. Yesterday the op erator heard vague signals with the signature "Father J. Kerwan, Harbor . Britain (N. F.) station VPSJ.T Today he succeeded in raisinr what was apparently the same station and was Informed: I told you yesterday Penrod and two ' Americans were O. K." A Halifax message said ! the sta tion is 400 miles cross-country from Horse island. . Father Kerwan, however, later denied he sent the message at tributed to him. In a message re ceived here, h said "Deny report. Have no such information." Harry Sargent, the third Ameri can on the Viking, already has been reported rescued. Late today Captain Abram Kean of ihe Viking and seven oth er, men were still on bleak Horse Island.- They were so weak they must be carried off on stretchers.. Doctors were attending them. Food and supplies .have been landed on the island. ! Acclaimed as Ms SUNDAY ; . . ' ; ; with . Louis IVolheim AXITA PAGE - JOHN 11IIJAN GEO. COOPER-MARIE PREVOST Also Slim Summerville in "Sarjle's Playmate On The of Youth! in Fiction in a Hcticn Yord in Thrills! with Bela Lcsosi, . David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Ed r ward Van Sloan Herbert Bunston, Frances Dade, c Charles Gerrard. : . :. , ' ' - -I AND j LAUREL and HARDY Ia ' I "Chickens Come nome Thriller of the Year!