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SERVICE . ran wdatiie;: Fair today ami, ?Tom!ay , becoming; unsettled 7Ion lay; Msx. temperature Knturday 52, MIn. rain .3, river 3 feet, clouiy. ' -We guarantee our carrier service. If yowr paper doe . not arrire by :SO caU and a "copy will be delivered promptly. -. v y V' v FOUNDED IB51 EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR ' ' - ; , f - - CglAm frtrrtn Cnnil-iv Ifntninx Kf.v.k 1041 , " ? " -v . 4 rmfm m mr mmm ibs vkuu --------- w iniii a I & i i - . iiiai I ii .x. . ni I .' i . . - N MITER DEAL IS Details ' of vipntract Eyed Closely by.City .and Company Officials r: Question of Guarantee - on Filter's . Efficacy , is ; Raised at PIey j Conferees on the tentative con tract for the city of Salem's par-, chase of the Oregon-Washington Service company " plant here, spent hours la conference yester day without -reaching any finl agreement ' on several i mooted points on which the contract hinges. - ' lite In the day City Attorney Trindle. J. C. Baar, engineer for the city - ia .the water company deal, and Walter E. Key es and James D. Adams; attorneys . for the company, were still ; going over the proposed contract which binds the city to drop its pending sppeal of May 1, 1930, charter amendment to the state supreme court. The agreement also obli gates the water company to com plete its filter plant is Vd the city to take it over at ini .tment cost 6lnce February 1, 18 $I.The val uation for the water company property as "of. thatVvaie .ts 1, 100,000. " :-:ri View SltnaUoa - -If Filter Falla The representatives of the city and the water company discussed at length yesterda. . the situation of the municipality under the pro posed contract if the filter plant when completed, would , not fur nish satisfactory water. Officials of the water company pointed out that the contract binds the com pany to furnish pure, potable wat er at a cost estimated not to ex ceed 1150,000 beyond the present Investment. E. C. Elliott, presi dent of the company, said he was not prepared because of the limit ed cost figures at hand, to set an outside, figure on the exact cost of completing the filter plant. - Engineer Baar urged that some definite guarantee on an outside limit of operation costs' -be placed in the contract. Wttier. -company representatives demurred on this proposal, saying the , city could not expect to purchase a plant with the operation cost guaran teed. It was suggested, however, that an estimate of filter plant operation could be made with a fair degree of accuracy;- -Object to 10-Year j . - Contract Clause Some objection was raised to the 10-year clause in the contract which provides that! the city can exercise the pending: option con tract at any time within ten years. Water company officials (Turn to page, If, col. 1)' niT o;i n SEAS IS CMROED SAN FRANCISCO, -.March's 8 ( AP) A charge of r assault on the high seas was filed before a federal commissioner 'here today against Robert Farley1, Francis, Seattle roadhouse keeper, who was brought into San Francisco in custody of the liner,' Sierra. The complaint, filed by depart ment of justice agents, charges Francis with assaulting his wife, Lola, while the ship was en route from Honolulu. Bail was set at 12.500. i : Francis Is held In city prison. The row is said to have started over thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and cash, which Is now impounded on a writ of attach ment. . j .. ' - :. .'. WORK OPENS SOOX- MEDFORD. Ore; March 28. (AP) John R. Sargent, resident engineer tor the federal public roads bureau, with headquarters In Portland, announced here to day construction work on the first unit of the " new Diamond Lake road would start within a month. -H . ' - Construction pf the road, he said, will take out three years and will cost -?0. .., MOTTVia LVd.??f : ASTORIA,?. 3 (-) ' , Henry B Siru.! ,sf " cf i renton, borrowed ti Va j volver last nlpht and sh. tfer . self through the head, lie x insUntly.. . No motive, has been learned. STOCK IS rADUCEJEEXT PORTLAND, Ore., March 28. (AP) , Wesley Vandercook, E resident and secretary of the ongriew Columbia river bridge company, said here today holders t first tnertgagtt bonds cf-. the company tare tssa esied to de ter cashing interest coupons.. A ' circular letter sent to the bondholders, Yandercook said, Jffered them two stares of pre xerred stock cf the company for ach flOQQ.bond as a bonus for YET HI OFFli-G Siamese Monarch ' I Ui S,; Much ' AMOINTING QUSEN i KAMBAl At LOMNATinM i ! TH& ROVAI His Slajesty King Frajadipok of S!am will exchange official amenities ' . with President Hoover as Washington within few months. Pra ' Jadlpok la the seventh ruler of! a dynasty which came into power ISO years ago. His country combines in interesting fashion the old and the new in civilisation, as the picture reveals. Qneen Rambal will accompany the kins on his trip through the United States., : iiFiinn in ia uuiui a Si PEACE PERIL Briand Criticizes .lethiods Of Germany, Austria,1 -In Accord Plans PARIS. March 28(AP) Foreign Minister Aristlde Briand said in an . address today that France's prompt action in protest ing the proposed AustrorGerman customs union ; and in notifying other powers to do likewise to ward off a real peril to the peace of Europe, j : - Speaking before the French senate in his best oratorical form, he admitted that the projected accord constituted a setback in Franco-German relations and cri ticized the manner in which both Austria and Germany sought to attain their ends. Disapproved Even In Germany, Claim , He niaintalnedr however, that the accord awoke no sympathy (Turn to page If, eoL 7) Mrs. Trumbull Resigns Child Welfare Post PORnlAND, Ore., March J8. (AP) Mrs. Millie R. Trum bull, secretary of- the board of inspectors of child labor and the industrial , welfare commission, resigned today, effective March 31. She had held the- position with' the labor board since 1903, and the welfare commission since 1917. .;.: .:. ' 1 The recent! legislature failed to provide salary and expenses for the office held by Mrs. Trum bull." v; )t ? -- m rvrnnin bUDIUI: Start Diamond I-ake Road ' Borrows' gun ; Ends, life Friend Claims LiquQr his Seek to Defer Payments deferring Interest collections. ' Telegraphic advices from New York i today i said reports the Bethlehem steel company was to take over - the Longview bridge were groundless. ; : , . - T.lKEf. AT HIS WORD - SEASIDE, Ore., March 28: (AP) Ted Muhlhoff was arrest ed yesterday for possession and transportation of liquor. - Harvey Willis did the friendly act and went ' to the police sta tion and claimed the liquor was hi. ' r : The police Judge took him at his word - and fined ' him and Muhloff !each 1150. TTtrrrcrtowERS meet MEDFCiRD,' Orew March ZSL . (AP) r .Fruitgrowers and. shippers from the Hood River, lledf ord, Weaatchee Yakima and Spokane districts will . meet ' tnK' Portland Monday for A preliminary diseussioa of " proposed .r- changes , tn fruit .packing ad grading rules for Any recommendations made by the Towers and shippers -will be considered by the Ore gxm . staUi torti cultural board at ft - mostly to be held la Portland April 13, . "-T to Visit in . ' " II Interest Evinced I. - i ON THE- of SlAM : fl TAKES LIFE TOLL Jweive Dead; 20 Children '- and Teacher Rescued After Long Vigil By the 'Associated Press ' The spring billiard in Rocky Mountain and plains states be gan today to permit its story of death, suffering and damage to be told. , Twelve were ' dead, including five children found- frozen to death In a stalled school bus near Towner, Colo. Four were miss ing and believed to have perished. Scores were In a serious condition from frost bite and exposure. The dead included, beside the children, Levi Doty, 58, sheepher der near Rlverton, - Wyo.; Fred Snyder. 44, who died in a tourist . (Turn to .page 16, col.' 1) TO "Crime and Criminals" will be the subject of the address given by James U.. Campbell, associate justice of the Oregon . supreme court, at the weekly, luncheon of the Salem chamber of commerce Monday.' Henry J. -Bean, chief justice of the supreme court will introduce Justice Campbell. Justice Campbell, according to a brief biography in this week's issue of the chamber of commerce bulletin, was admitted to the bar in 1893. He served id the Oregon legislature from 1907 : to 1909 and was appointed circuit judge of -the fifth judicial district May 1, 1909 and served until January 3, 1931. Last fall he was elected a member of the Oregon supreme court. v High Officials j - Gather to Honor Brother Dutton HONOLULU, March 28 (AP) Those highest In -official, mili tary and civic life gathered today fi honor Ira r Datton, . Brother Joseph of the Catholic . church, who died : Thursday after minis tering to the lepers of Molokal is land 45 -years. ? i Services -at the cathedral end ed, a notable company escorted the body of the simple, kindly lay brother to the cemetery where it will lie In a vault two weeks be fore being taken to Its final rest ing place on Molokal. Explains Wine Possession Old f Serbian Custom 1 i - HAMMOND, Ind., March 28. (AP) El Rogula, East Chicago, charged with possessing 70 gal lons of wine, explained - It this Tay: ' ; "Ton see. Judge, t take it each Sunday to the cemetery and put a little on the graves of my old people ao they will have - some thing to drink, an old Serbian custom. The Judge continued the case. AS A . I JUSTICE CAMPBELL SPEAK urn' ASSETS 10 GASH Ofil fl Ol'ER FIUOL Local ; fnstituUonsnbvyyh Strong Position fcut : Down Loan Total : Combined , Amount In Three Is $3,022,895; Time; il;'; Deposits Heaf; 8alema three banks 'are in an exceptionally strong cash -position and deposits' have been compara tively UttleV affected by prevail ing economic depression, the con solidated statement of the three institutions, as issued March 25, reveals.---' - Cash assets as of the date of call totaled 3 3, 02 2.89 S la the First National, United States Na tional and Ladd. b. Bush banks. This marked an Increase bt slight ly more than 31.000.000 over the combined cash assets of March 27, 1930, when the total stood at 32,-012.912.-' ' Deposits, time. and, demand, 'as of March 25. totalled. 310,557, 301 In comparison to $11,241,794 on March 27, 1930. v This made a reduction of six per cent over the preceeding year, accounted for largely " by decreased commodity prices. The decrease from the to tal deposits of December 31, 1930, was only three per cent, the total at that time standing at $10,842. 202. : , Cash resources have mounted heavily since the first of the year In the three banks. On December 31, 1330, cash on hand in the lo cal hanks amounted to $2,345, 844 and in the last three months this sum has climbed to the present mark of $3,022,895. Deposits run very heavily to wards time and savings, with $51,151,814, or virtually 50 per cent of the deposits, being of this nature. , - Marked reductions In the total of outstanding loans is shown in the consolidated , statements. There is little change in the totals of United States and other bonds held by the banks, the bulk of the reduction In demand loans being held in additional cash on hand. - HinUHG ISSUES STRENUOUS DECREE BERLIN, March 28. (AP) Millions of German citizens to night were studying. In their eve ning newspapers, one of the most far-reaching decrees ever promul gated in the young German re public. It was "Father Hindenburg's ukase for squelching disorder. Those who , read radical papers didn't know but that this might be the last Issue of their paper for some time, for amid the drastic provisions of the decree is one em powering the authorities to sup press dallies for as long as eight consecutive weeks. If it were found necessary. . Those who belonged to such or ganisations as Adolf Hitler's Brown Shirts or the eommunfst Red Fronts did not know wheth er they cculd meet with their brethren again, for under the new decree their organisations' may be dispersed with the stroke of a pen. II RECALL CAMPAIGN SEATTLE, March 28 (AP)-i The recall campaign against May or Frank Edwards will bo "press ed with vigor,, F. Fv Fltts, secre tary of the citizens, municipal utilities protective league, said here today after orporatlon Coun sel A. C. Van Soelen held two charges of the recall petition were "legally snffieient.'r ; ; ; , - The recall movement : against the mayor was the aftermath ' of his dismissal of J. D. Ross as su perintendent of city light and his refusal to reinstate ' Ross, The city council, has refused to con firm two appointments of the mayor for the position. , Extra Copies of 8Qlh ARsdverssryr Edition Avalahle . AUDI I TED number of copies of the Oth 'An niversary 'Edition of The Oregon Stateftman' are available at the 6ffic at 213 South Commercial street. AT written or telephone request that these be sent to friends outside the city will be promptfy -complied with and payment, at IS cents a copy, can be made to your States; man carrier. ' There will be no extra charge for postage within the limits . of the United States. : Becaase of the historic merit of the issue the de mand for copies has - been heavy and subscribers are urged to place their orders at once to insure that they can be filled. . . . WILL MURK i 77 J ' V fl " .--' -sr. - " .rf Most Sensationar Murder - Case in Recent Court History of State 1 , 1 " m Discrepancies . in Accounts . , 0 Death First Drew v f Public Suspicion HILLSBORO. Ore., March 28 (AP) The Bowles murder case a young millionaire accused Jointly with his former secretary of the murder f his young, at tractive r and socially prominent wife was one of the most sensa tional in recent court history In Oregon. ' Nelson C. - Bowles, 34, possess ing great means, left his palatial home high on the hills surround ing Portland, for the apartment of his former secretary. Miss Irma Loucks, 28-year-old divorcee. It was in this apartment that Mrs. Leone Bowles, 33, met her death on November 12, last, with the blade of a serrated breadknlf e in her heart. "Murder said county officials, in spite of the pleas of Bowles and Miss Loucks, the two persons with her when she died, that she took her own life. Accuse Bowles and Girl of Murder The state said the woman was slain by Bowles and the girl be cause she stood in the way of their continued association. ' The defense contended she drove the blade to her own heart in anger and despair because of her , husband's unfaithfulness, leaving her two small children motherless. - A number of mysterious and (Turn to page 2, col. 1) B UG DAMAGES PORTLAND, Ore., March 28. (AP) Robert Gordon Duncan, candidate for republican nomina tion to congress in the last Ore gon primary election, asked $500,000 damages for alleged defamation of character In an ac tion filed In circuit court here today against the Portland Bet ter Business. Bureau, Inc. He also asked $5475 special damages-. " , ' - Duncan, who gained 'wide at tention as the "Oregon wildcat," charged ' in . his complaint that literature, , addressed to mer chants, was circulated in Multno mah county (Portland) last April and that his anti-chain store activities were described as "extortion" and blackmail. He further states he was mak ing a salary of $10,000 a year and had prospects of making $25,000 as an editor and radio speaker and that his business has- been damaged to the extent of : $500,000. The special dam ages are asked to reimburse him for costs he claims he incurred in defending himself from crim inal prosecution. . ; Sleeping Malady Brings Death to Suverton Youth - SILVERTON. - March : 2 8 Frank Timothy Lamb, aged 22; died hers, late Friday .night, from sleeping sickness. Funeral' ser Tlcea: will, be held Sunday, ar rangements being in charge of Larson and son. i-- - Lamb is survived by his widow, Louise Lamb, -and : Jhelr four months " old daughter, Jeanne Louise; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb, and the following sisters:. Mrs. E, T. Cone. George Lamb and Helen Lamb of silver top, and Mrs. Charles Hedges of Hhe Phillipine Islands, and ..one irother Harold Lamb. ' . , Natural Gas is i; Struck at. Farm : On Pitgei Sound BELLIKGHAM, Wash.", March 28 (AP), A flow, of natural gas. estimated at approximately 5.000,000 cable feet for 24 houfs, was struck on the William Lange farm 10 miles north of here late today, A. L. McDanlel, driller and general manager of tie U. and II. Oil and Gas company, announced. 'The gas was accompanied with what is believed by McDanlel to be a high gravity, oil. This he es timated at two .barrels an hour. The gas was'tarpAd at 1180 feet. Pa Bli on WT . ; 9 "" nV-s GKrpnoIogy of ByJthe'Associated Press; November 12 Mrs.- Leone - c Bowles, 88; wifo of -Nelson' C. Bowles, died in a Portland apart ment leased by Irma G. Loucks, former secretary to Bowles, from k thread .knife wound ' in her Iheart Death terminated a con versation 10 -tor lyvuueui ftmuuz Bowles., his wife and Miss Loucks. Bpwles and Miss Loucks. advance suicide theory, which was accept ed by coroner. V , v ' : Norember 13 Police refuse to express- opinion : whether ; death was murder or. suicide. ,- -r ;; November 14 pr. Paul 1 Bi Cooper, called to attend Mrs, Bowles, makes statement to .'po lice. .: Bowles and Miss Loucks make second statement to police and relatives of Mrs. Bowles ask district attorney to make .Investi gation. : : -: .. November 15 Morals', charge lodged against Bowles and Miss Loucks by police. Defendants re leased on bail. "" - November 17 Inquest post poned. . . . November 18 Police continue investigation and ' criticize . Dr. , CAMP FIRE GIRLS hold cirm Many Awards Made at 4th Annual Event Staged By Local Groups A solemn circle of girls In the ceremonial leather gowns of the Camp Fire and in the service uni form of white middy blouse and blue skirt sat on the floor of the T. M. C. A. gymnasium Saturday night and completed the fourth annual council fire celebrating the 19th birthday of the Camp Fire organization. At this time awards were also made for honors won during the year by a large num ber of members, -1 - - . - , Miss Lillian Black of Chemawa was in charge of . the program, which included musical numbers by the Scotch band, piano and violin numbers by Joy Turner Moses and Lois Newman, invoca tion by Rev. Howe, and a talk by Mayor P. M. Gregory. In addition to this there were the picturesque ceremonial "ob servances given by the Camp Fire members and guardians. Large Number of Awards Listed ::-;.;"tv 1 "'"-"j -Awards were. made as follows: Wood gatherers: Delma Bnnn. Marjorie Van de . Walker, Helen Wilson ' Aleen Douglas, Marion Rydo, Loraine Vick, Geraldine Pe terson, Nan Smith,- Marlon Mc Klnzie, - Helen Claypool, Eleanor Markistrum, Agnes Scott, Iola Gil ham; Valentine ' Howard, Thessa . (Turn to page If, coL 4) : COfflESS PASSES APPROVAL OH PACT KARACHI, India, March 28 (AP) A resolution approving the. Delhi pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin was passed by the all-India congress committee today, Insuring com plete victory for the aged leader. This resolution and. others framed by the working committee of the congress and , adopted by the all-India ' committee " are cer tain to be automatically passed by all the delegates tomorrow. Ranking as the most important before the convention, it makes it clear the nationalists still ' Insist on India's complete indepen dence; control of ; the army, fi nances, fiscal policy and foreign a'fairs;' examination of India's debt by an unbiased tribunal and the right of either India or Great Britain to abrogate the alliance at will. v-v. ;C l - : rBiis Stalls;: 15 in Peril LAMAR, Colo., March 28 (AP) Fifteen children ; .were fighting for their lives tonight In a small, privately-owned hospital while a corps of physicians and nurses wbrked over them, -i- ' , Five - et their companions, ranging In age from 7 to 14 years, lay In morgues,' victims of Thurs day's vicious storm - that howled over the prairie country of west ern Kansas and eastern Colorado to pile -drifts high and make travel Impossible. " : - - Rescued by airplane and auto mobile, the survivors of a har rowing 36 hours spent In a scfaoil bus stalled r by mountainous drifts were brought to Lamar tor treatment by Samaritans who ar rived almost too late for : the eleventh hour effort to save their lives. - . , . :' - ' " The heroism of a lone boy, 13 years old, who stood guard over his companions and Induced them i r OV i y.K 'Bovles : Case Cooper for removing body before notifying authorities. -'ry -'- November 19 Dr. Cooper makes second statement, allegedly admitting major errors in his first statement.- As revolt .first degree murder charges filed against Miss Loucks', and Bowles. - , November. 20 Miss Loucks to St.' Vincent's hospital on "verge of nervous breakdown. r v: : i l. " November 2 1 Dr. Cooper " and W. ; II. : Cullers,. Bowles' business associate.' placed under $25,000 bond each as material witnesses. November 24 Miss Loucks re turned to JalL " Bowles in police emergency hospital. , . , -' November' 25 District : attor ney'and police question more wit nesses and take fingerprints. . November 28 Coroner's In quest ordered for-December 2. -, December 1 Mrs. II. W.. How ard, state's witness, reports alleg ed attack and death threats. December 2 Inquest opens and Df. Cooper -reiterates first statement. -' v ' ." ..:'" December 5 " Coroner .returns murder verdict that Mrs. Bowles (Turn to page 2, col. 1) II fl If! -BIBLICAL LB ' .1 Worshipers Gather in far Away Palestine Today; Services Numerous JERUSALEM, . March 29 (Sunday) (AP) -.Just "before the morning sun rose over Pales tine, the noly Land began its holiest week today. '-" - Palm Sunday came to this an cient land, scarred by . religious conflicts these many centuries, seven hours before it ' did in America, overshadowing today's squabbles; between the Jsw and the Arab. ' . 1 ' Dim in the false dawn's laven der dust, little groups from the Anglican community friends and neighbors gathered in the field behind, the village of Bethany. Perhaps 200 In all were there, speaking low and making ' shuf fling, padded noises in the gloom as westerners do on solemn occa sions. , T -., . Darkness cloaked their muf fled footsteps as they followed the path which tradition says Christ took nineteen centuries ago on his triumphal entry into Jerusa lem. Now It Is a modern asphalt highway. --v... f- -: Dignity Added - . To Services Now Skirting the Mount of . Olives the party arrivea at the - spot where the Holy, City suddenly came into view.. Then down into . .: (Turn to page. Iff; col. f) MlilG TO ESCAPE WALLACE. Idaho; March 28. (AP) With a loaded pistol and hack saw blades, two prison ers were ready to flee the Sho shone county Jail when caught today. Sheriff Walter Hendrick son said. . , ' - Pat O'Malley and Roy Evans, awaiting 'transportation- to the state penitentiary for subordina tion of perjury In a calf stealing case, had filed away-their cell bars and prepared to "shoot it out- if '. discovered, he - stated. They were disarmed quickly.. ' O'Malley was - under ' sentence of one to 14 years, and Evans was to be sentenced Monday. A pen itentiary guard was expected here today. '-.V '. ' - ' - V Tho 'sheriff , said he believed they Induced a woman friend . to smuggle a 10-shot automatic pis tol and hacksaw to tl)em. He for bade further visiting. : to fight the cold that sifted Into the" bu hour after hour jwhlle help that was hoped tor failed to arrive, . gave way . to the method ical and painstaking efforts of the nurses : and doctors to undo the harm the cold had done. - v -Will the children live Mrs. Marie M. Wad ham, owner of the hoepltal, was asked. "We don't know," she replied. "All of them are very sick very sick. Their hands and' feet have been frozen. They were suffering terribly, from the exposure. We with we" knew whether they would live The , ' doctors them selves wont say. They cant say." Late -in the afternoon a sixth victim of the etcrm was found Carl Miller, driver V:a bus who tried to brave the storm and bring help to the youngsters hud dled in the marooned school bus Miller's small daughter. Mary. 7, was among those who died. S PS CAUGHT 9 Li - - v tese :ll ; UEHD1GTS n Jurors File: in Ci!"n3 cii. v Prospect of Frccina : Two Defendants Applause Breaks out When Judge Reads; kin cf. ' Accused in Tears HILLSBORO, Ore., March 2 8 (AP) Nelson C. Bowles and Iriia G. Loucks walked from 'the Wash-" ' lngton county courthouse hereto- night, a free man and woman. Only 63 minutes were required . by the jury of 12 men to acquit . the Portland millionaire and his former, secretary, of the murder of Bowles wife, Mrs. Leone Bowles. Through four long weeks the defendants .bad listened to testi mony and arguments to prove or disprove that they stabbed the young Portland society matron with fatal results In Miss Loucks Portland apartment last Novem ber 12. - Four times daily they had crossed the little "bridge of sighs" mat separates the courthouse from the county Jail where they bad been behind bars when they were not in the. courtroom. Juror Smile On . , ? . ' j - Evidently pleased that they had been able to free the two young defendants from the shadows of prison bars and from the hanc- man's noose. . the ten rugged farmers, one lather and one train dispatcher, came into the court room .and took their seats in the Jury box, their faces wreathed In happy smiles. 'V1";- The foreman handed the writ ten verdict to Circuit (Judge George R. Bagley, presiding, lie (Turn to page 2, coL 5) TEST LEGALITY OF STREET KITE Commencement of a friendly suit tn circuit court to test the city's recent vacation of a portion or Trade street, to the Oregon 1 Pulp and Paper company will be begun this week, Walter E. Keyes, , attorney for the company, an nounced , yesterday. All Dronertv nvnom nn thtk '. four blocks adjacent to the com pany's holdings will be made par ties .defendant in the action, as eight objectors to the vacation who made written protest to the council last summer when the matter -was before IL Keyes will seek to establish In court that the vacation of the steeet is without damage t the adjacent property owners and that the council's action in releasing a portion of the street was legal. In his letter Issued last week - to the adjacent property holders. Keyes declares that th company expects "to erect a substantia! and much needed building upon the premises" vacated on Trade street. Heavy Damages Sought, Result Of' Auto Crush Two . damage ' suits totaling "315,000 were filed yesterday against E. T. Pierce and wif by Mrs. Cora Darcy and James Dar cy. The suits result from an auto mobile accident which occurred May 11, 1929. at the Intersection of North . - Church and Unioa streets here. . Mrs. Darcy Is plaintiff in one suit and -James Darcy brought the other suit.- Both complaints charge Mrs. Pierce was careless and negligent in operation of the car she was driving and both al lege that Injuries sustained hy th plaintiff will be compensated for ' the 17,500 general damages. Arkansas Wins - Battle Honors WASHINGTON, : farch 21 (AP) The battleship, Arkansas, for tfce second euccc: '.ve year, has wen f!rst honors in sLort range rattle practice for capital ships, thus retaining the Atrerl ean defense cu.p and the Epoka.no cup. ' .Mrs- I?f STATR ; ST.- LOl in. March 28 (AD The to!y c f Bryaa T : . . ". i Johnson, founder cf the A: .::!." league and iu prcsii -nt far 2 7 years. lay In tstate here tc. ' " t. preparatory to its reraovil Epencer, Ind., v?' :r fr . -'. vle will be fell We; t- r- t