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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ? --
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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
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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)
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"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
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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 .
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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.
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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. . . .
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Most Sensationar Murder
- Case in Recent Court
History of State 1 ,
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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
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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.
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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
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'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
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If! -BIBLICAL LB
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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.
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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
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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;
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