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CIRCULATION
THE WEATHER
- .'Cloudy today and ; Wed-,
- jiesday, possibly rain, 'mild J .
Max. temperature Monday
54, Mln. 42, rain .11, rlrer
10.4, south wind. . . r
Average -Distribution
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March, Sti.;
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EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 7, 1931
No. 9
7144
RUSHIOG SHIPS
TOIERPOIEB
SLffiD REVO
Funchal, Madeira, Scene of
Turmoil Between Rebels
; - and Loyalists; Jv
Portugal 'President Saddles
: Responsibility on Po--:
: liticat. Deportees ; ? : :
LISBON. Portugal. April 6.
(AP) - Erery seaworthy ship la
the Portuguese nary Is being hur
ried to Funehal. Madeira., with
troops to put down the military
rerolt which broke oat Saturday
night. : The first detachment of
coldiers went out today In a de
atrayer and cruUer. -
The Fifth Light Cavalry ref tre
ed to embark for aerrice In Ma
deira today and their officers or
dered the men on back to bar
racks and the Seventh regiment
took their place. :
While the Portngnese gorern
ment was rushing soldiers, light
artillery and airplanes to combat
the revolt, official circles-today
were studying reports of fighting
on the Island between rebels and
loyalists. Although official re
ports were lacking, it was believed
both sides had suffered casualties.
One account was that the loy
alists had been defeated In the
first dash and their leader cap
tured. . ;
Meanwhile, the central govern
ment has declared martial law
throughout Madeira, although for
eign diplomats In Lisbon were
wondering how this could be en
forced at present. -"
President Carmona's govern
ment in a statement Issued tonight
definitely saddled the responsibil
ity for revolt In Funehal on po
litical deportees who. had been
permitted to take , up residence
there.
The cabinet has been In extra
ordinary session eince Saturday
when troops at Funehal mutinied,
hut tonight's statement was the
first official comment.
The government," the state
ment said, ' "has received tele
grams from officers at the Fun
chal rrrl?oq saying -they were
obliged to discharge special dele
gates and other officials and were
(Turn to page 2, coll 1)
Dempsey Ordered
To Take it Easy
i For Two Months
COLUMBUS, Ohio. April .
(AP) Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion of the
world, here to referee a boxing
boat between Bushey Gramah
and Johnny , Farr. announced to
night, that after tomorrow night
he was going into absolute re
tirement from public life for at
least two months on the order of
.his physicians at the Mayo clinic
la Rochester, Minn.
Dempsey's decision necessi
tates the cancelling of more than
9 5 engagements to referee box
ing bouts in all sections - of the
country. He will retire after a
bout Tuesday at Wheeling, W.
Va. - .
BLOOD IS ANIMAL'S
HOOD RIVER, Ore., AprU 6
(AP) Hood River'a "murder"
mystery apparently has been
solved, , District Attorney John
Baker said today. '
Analysis in Portland of a sam
ple taken from a large pool of
blood found recently in a cabin
on the Edmund Gehrig ranch in
the summit district near here re
vealed it was animal blood, Ba
ker said. ' . - -
Beside the ' blood pool was
found a hat and a grubax smear
ed, with blood and hair. r, ;
AID 19 PLEDGED
EUGENE. Ore., April
(AP) University of Oregon
faculty members at a meeting
here today assured Dr. .A. - B.
Hall, president, of their hearty
co-operatioa in his efforts to
help solve the problems con
! fronting the university and the
; state board of higher . educa
tion. - '
McNARY ADMINISTERS
PORTLAND, Ore., April
(AP) James Alger Fee, Pendle
ton was sworn in today by Judge
John H. McNary as judge of the
United States court for the dis
trict of Oregon. -
The ceremony was held In the
federal building here in the pres
ence of 300 attorneys, members
of the state circuit bench, mem
bers of Judge Fee's' family and
his friends. -
Jam eg A. Fee, formers circuit
judge in eastern Oregon and fa
ther of tbe new federal jurist,
was present. -'
GOAL IS $200,000
PORTLAND, Ore., April
(AP) With, an objective of
$100.00 to be expended during
the coming year for national ad
vertising of the state, On-to-Ore-
gon. Inc., will start taking sub-
LT
Wife of Marine -l
Of ficer Killed
Mrs. . Lillian B. Murray, wife of
Major Joseph ' D. Murray, of
s Concord. Maas second la rem
wuuad ot the American forces in
Nicaragua, was killed la tbm
earthguake which devastated
Managua, She is survived tnra
seven-year-old daughter. -.iT!
PLANS TO REBUILD
i ' '" - - i -" 1 , - : - '
Losses, Eyed; . Insurance Is
Moot Point as Quake
Clauses Noted
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April .
(AP) With the most pressing
relief work out of the way, busi
ness men of Managua took stock
today of their material losses from
earthquake and fire. tl
Francisco Bange, German con
sul, said ! many . merchants had
been alarmed by a reported cable
to one Insurance representative 'to
the ef fecit Insurance "On' damage
from the quake would not be paid.
' Some business - men expressed
the opinion insurance policies
without earthquake clauses and
without clauses covering fire re
sulting from - earthquakes might
partly be paid in accordance with
what they said the procedure was
after the Tokyo disaster.
The agent of one British in
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'Perfect Match?
Lasts Not Long
i " n." . . ' ' ".!..
RENO, jNev.. April 6. (AP)
Florence Rice Smith, daughter
of Grantland Rice, sports' writer,
has arrived in Reno and taken
apartments at the Riverside ho
tel for a; six weeks stay. She
became the bride only las June
of Sidney j Smith, ' socially promi
nent New; York broker. AV the
time the affair was termed a
"perfect love match," but" the
couple separated last October. ;
'Murder" Mystery SolVed
U. O. Faculty to Cooperate
Fee Sworn in, U. S. Judge
. . On-to-Oregon Seeks Funds
scriptlons here tomorrow. -
Displays financed by the first
year's fund of 196.500 have
brought more than 7400 inquir
ies, Raymond B. Wilcox, former
president of the Portland cham
ber of commerce, told the cam
paign body at its organization
meeting tonight. Only about half
of the advertising has appeared
so far.J". , j ; V"
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
SHERIDAN, Ore April 8
(AP) Gua Leno and Ralph La
Chance pleaded guilty here today
to a charge of operating a still.
Judge Walker sentenced them to
18 months in the penitentiary.
ATHLETE INJURED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April
6 (AP) Walter Wakeman. 25.
former high school athlete, was
critically injured yesterday when
his automobile struck a mile post
on the Ashland-Klamath Falls
highway and rolled . over three
times. He suffered a fractured
skull and: several broken bones,
but his condition today seemed
to have I improved. Wakeman
played on the Wakeman Broth
ers basketball team, composed of
five brothers.
PISTOL EXPLODES
PORTLAND, Ore-, April 0
(AP) Pre d KennwelL 11,
Portland suffered a serious leg
wound today when ja ,44-call-bre
pistol exploded.
The boy was playing with
the pistol and was hammering
It oa his knee. Physicians fear- '
ed amputatloa of the leg might
be neceaaary. ,.
' ATTEMPTS SUICTDB
OREGON CITY, Ore April t.
(AP) George Wesley Shep
herd. 2, was recovering in a hot
pital here tonight after an alleg-
ed attempt at suicide.
STRICKEN MANA6UA
Kir
VOTE IS IBOlIf
Chicago Mayoralty Ballot
To - be Peaceful, ? say
Commissioners '
Cermak Claims he Will win
By 150,000, Thompson V
Counts on 50,000
. CHICAGO. A.prll . 6 (AP)
Seething oratory that boiled and
bubbled far into the night In a
final bid for ballots, closed Chica
go's 1931 mayoralty campaign.
Tomorrow an estimated 1,160,
000 rotes will be case to select the
next head of America's second
city Anton J. Cermak. the immi
grant miner who rose to command
Chicago's v- democracy,-? ; or . "Big
Bill," Thompson, thrice "mayor
and seeking a fourth term. 1
The battle of a million ballots
raged until midnight.
Strong confidence accompanied
the claims of victory. :
"By 150.000" came the 1 cry
from Cermak camps. ". ' r
- - Thompson's margin was placed
by Bertha Baur, republican ' na
tional committee woman and gold
coast social leader, at 50,000 or
more.- . . J - s
Little Violence
Is Anticipated
. Election commissioners expect
ed little violence, but police
guards in . wards heretofore
troublesome, have been doubled.
Assistant state's attorneys will ac
company all police patrols. :
Master showman ot ' politics.
Thompson, fighting his last fight
with' serious mien an without his
traditional circus and sideshow,,
has announced ' he would never
again seek office. ? "
E. J. Davis, superintendent of
the non-partisan better ; govern
ment association, always one - of
Thompson's bitterest foes, said:
"I'm voting for Thompson as the
lesser of two evils." .,-. , ' ;.
Cermak 'cried : "Elect me. and
free Chicago from four, more
years of Thompsonism." '
Thompson shouted: ; "What
could be more ' disastrous than
placing all political power Into
tho hands of onemanrMa3faXm he riiera snnn ,,!., fnXefciEiMfl I
f erred to Cermak's
control" " f
Cook county.
IS
WASHINGTON, April C.
(AP) Discord within the demo
cratic party on prohibition broke
out afresh today over the letter
from Chairman Raskob polling
members of the national commit
tee on their views toward his
plan to modify the 18th amend
ment. - v - : .
A number of southern party
leaders Immediately renewed
their demands . for subordinating
prohibition to economic issues in
the 1932 campaign and went for
ward with their plans to block
adoption of the Raskob platform.
They- said they regarded ; the
1 letter, made public yesterday, as
an anempi 10 commit me i na
tional "organization before Its
meeting next winter.
"Economic problems must
have first place in any democrat
ic program," said Senator Hull
of Tennessee, a former chairman
of the national committee.
Hull .-: characterized RaskoVs
letter as "a strenuous attempt
to make prohibition a partisan
Issue, which automatically would,
for an Indefinite ; number ,. of
years, exclude serious on deliber
ate consideration of all other
Issues and problems." .. ' r '
FittsWillTry
l Pantages Again
Now Announced
LOS ANGELES. Cal., AprU .
(AP) ' The sensational trial
nearly two years ago of Alexander
Pantages. theatrical magnate, on
charges of criminally - attacking
Eunice Prlngle, co-ed dancer, will
be repeated. r " i S i -
District Attorney Buron Fitts,
whose conduct at the trial was
criticised last week by the state
supreme court in awarding Pan
tages another opportunity to clear
his name, said today after a re
view ot the decision, that he in
tended to .prosecute him again. -;
James Dooliggle
Now to Receive
; . Harmon Trophy
CLEVELAND, April (AP)
Major James H. Doollggle,
popularly know aa Daring Jim for
doing' such things as making a
power dive from 000 " feet and
Hying blind with all vision T ob
structed, will receive one of avi
ation's foremost honors here to
morrow. ; -v " '
Fifty-eight airplanes will circle
and stunt over the city, while
in the presence of 1000 officials,
aviators, business and professional
men from over the nation, he will
receiye the Harmon trophy ef the
Ligue t International Des , Ari
ateurs. ...
BI
MOUSED
61
She Has Beauty
Biit Isn't Dumb
Here is a collegiate queen who
: lays claim to brains as well as
beauty. , She is Miss Evelyn
Carter, of Parsons, Kansas.
Selected by the student body ef
Baker university, Baldwin City,
Kansas, as the most talented,
the most popular and the most
beautiful on the campus.
CITY TO PROCEED
IU MKT PUNS
Not Halted by Word Private
Interests to Build;
Gray Addresses
Despite recent announcement
of plans for a privately owned
farmers' market in Salem, the
city . council' committee consider
ing the public market 'problem
will continue to function in co
operation with a grange commit
tee and others, it was stated by
nlvtit . A Tiii1!o mark ft mrt I
Interested committees.
. ill ' - W
E. L. Gray, who has been act
ive In planning for the privately
owned market, appeared before
the council and outlined the plan,
asking that the council give it a
chance to prove that it will "fill
the bill" before lending support
to any rival plan. A Liberty street
site is contemplated and the mar
ket will have 20 stalls for farm
ersJ In response to questions Mr.
Gray said stalls would rent at
18.35 a month for two days ten
ancy each week. This, he admit
ted, is more than the charge in
Portland or in Eugene, but ex
plained that the stalls are larger
and the farmers renting them
will be given additional service
which will make up the differ
ence. . . '
- The council granted to the
Southern Pacific company a fran
chise for a; bracket signal to be
installed on 12th street In front
of the Kay Woolen mills. The
franchise ordinance was passed
under suspension of the rules.
Gandhi Plans
To Visit This
Country Soon
NEW DELHI, India, April 6.
(AP) Mahatma Gandhi. Indian
national leader, Is considering car
rying out his long-cherished de
sire to visit the United States,
where he expects to find a sym
pathetic response to his fight for
independence in India.
It became known today the ma
hatma may go to America either
before or after the second round
table conference In London, which
he will attend. . He would make
the trip as a private citizen. '
. It is considered unlikely : the
British government will look with
favor on the proposed trip. The
mahatma believes India a inde
pendence movement will Increase
its support throughout the -world
if he visits the country which 150
years ago faced a problem some
what similar to that which con
fronts India today.
- The principal message India's
"holy man" would take to Ameri
ca would be his favorite doctrines
of non-violence, passive resistance,
equal rights tor women, prohibi
tion disarmament, uplift of back
ward races and removal ot racial
prejudices with a view to, attain
ing universal peace.:
Czecho Premier
-Attacks German
Customs Union
" .. - . . -
PRAGUE. Cseeho Slovakia,
April C (AP) Vigorous oppo
sition to the professed Austro
Gennan customs union was ex
pressed tonight by Eduard Ben
esch, Chechoslovakian foreign
minister, in aa address before the
national socialist party congress.
Beneech declared the eustoms
union waa step toward the An
schluss"..;: (political , union) and
struck a definite blow-at the In-
terests of Czechoslovakia.
coracToiis
in Lira
BIG PROJECT
Progressive Remo deling
: Stunt for Entire City to
Be Sponsored
Portland Guests Give Talks
' Upon Changes in Build-
Ing Statutes .
; A city-wide progressive remod
eling campaign will be launched
shortly, , it was announced - last
night at a banquet of the Salem
General Contractors' association,
at which members of the Salem
Material Dealers' group were
guests. -
. Leaders of the contractors as
sociation .have been working on
plans for a . remodeling .and city
home beautificatlon program for
some time, and when the matter
met general approval las night,
President Fred Erixon was auth
orized to go ahead and appoint a
committee to develop plans. The
committee will . be " announced
later. . , -
No Reason Why
Success Not Certain
"We hope to make this project
an entire success, and know it
can he done, for what an eastern
city of Salem's size has done, we
can do," the president declared.
continuing:
' The object is to get people In
terested in remodeling and bet
tering appearances of obsolete
buildings, especially residences.
It will be a wonderful thing for
the city in these quiet times. It Is
our plan to invite loan men and
architects in to help us in devis
ing a thorough program that will
be helpful not only to the city but
to the individual."
Portland Builders
Give Views
At the banquet, held at the
Gray Belle, George B. Herring-
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LEGGE IS KET UP
IT
' mm m
CHICAGO, April (AP)
Alexander Legge, having read his
obituary" In the papers ever
since he resigned as chairman of
the federal farm board, is "mad
clear through."
Hunching his angular frame
forward and drumming on the
glass top of his desk at the Inter
national , Harvester Co. offices,
Legge inveighed against editorial
implications that he "got out
while the getting out was good."
Usually reporter shy, for once
he was glad to see a newspaper
man and get this "off my chest";
Congress was right in passing
the agricultural marketing act.
and the federal farm board Is go
ing strong."
"Since leaving the farm board
I've seen my obituaries In many
newspapers." Legge said In the
first interview since his resigna
tion.
"Most of them hare been
friendly to me personally, but
some of them suggest I am In the
position of a rat deserting a sink
ing ship. In the first place I re
sent the implication that I would
desert the ship If It were sinking
and In the second place this boat
is not sinking it la not eTen in
distress! '
Opinion Sought
Upon Status of
Two-Mill Levy
The question as tor. whether
money raised by the two-mill levy
for fire department Improvements
may be used tor current expenses
of the suburban fire stations, de
cided once by an opinion by Fred
A. Williams who was at the time
city attorney, was brought up
again Monday night when Alder
man Townsend objected to sev
eral items in the monthly list ot
bills against the city.
As a result City Attorney Trin-
dle was asked, to draft an opinion.
He had informally stated to May
or Gregory that such bills should
not be paid ont ot the special lire
protection fund, but that money
from that fund would first have
to be transferred to the general
fund. -
Mother Claims
Lor en Tallman
Tossed in Sea
OAKLAND, Cat; April C. '
(AP) A new version of the mys
terious disappearance ot William
Loren- Tallman, radio : operator.
Indicted tor the. murder ot Mrs.
Virginia Patty, his Los Angeles
sweetheart, two years ago, - was
given police today by Mrs. Laura
Tallman, the missing man's moth
er. ':; -i v. ' "
Mrs. Tallman said she was con
vinced her son was tossed over
board from the steamship Admiral
Benson by men who broke into
Tallman's stateroom and murder-
ed him.
nom xqco
UU 1UH LU
Prohib
In
Downtown
urainance
Proposal First Included Entire City; Aldermen
'. 'Make Compromise; Vote to Intervene
In The Dalles tax Case
SALEM'S downtown streets will not reverberate with the
roar of cannon crackers tossed blithely into automo
biles, and under pedestrians', heels for several days before
and after July 4 this year, the city council decreed Monday
ju: t --r ' - v.. ;-';. .
The council passed the ordinance prohibiting- the shoot-
' i" ' .1 - i o ln&" of fireworks of any kind, ex
EDITH SCHRYVER
I
Club Calls for Entries at
Local Show; to Exhibit
'' In Portland Show
Miss Edith Schryver was named
president of the Salem-Garden
dab at the election of officers
held Monday night in the cham
ber of commerce rooms. Dr. H. J.
Clements was elected vice-president,'
and officers reelected were
Miss Myrpah Blair, secretary, and
Chester Cox, treasurer. Miss Alice
Palmer was elected auditor for
the year.
It was voted to send exhibits
from the Salem Garden club to
the Laurelhurst Garden club show
to be held in Portland May 21-22,
and also, to send exhibits to the
Portland rose show, which will be
held some time in June.
All growers ot flowers were
urged to bring In exhibits for the
first early spring flower show to
be sponsored on a large scale by
the Salem Garden .club April IS
IS, In the Valley Motor company
showrooms. Exhibitors need not
be members of the Garden club,
but they must be the growers of
flowers exhibited. -
The Monday night meeting
closed with a delightful resume
of her recent trip abroad given
by Mrs W. W Rosebraugh. Mrs
Rosebroagh compared in charm
ing manner the likenesses between
the foreign countries visited and
the United ' States'; and also
brought out interesting contrasts.
ARE POI ESCAPEES
PORTLAND. Ore.. AprU e.
(AP) More than nine million
flngerllng salmon escaped from
hatchery ponds in Oregon during
the floods of last week, Hugh C.
Mitchell, director of fash culture
for the state fish commission, said
today.
Most of the fish were to have
been released within a few weeks,
however, Mitchell said, and he
did not consider the loss serious.
At Bonneville 2,500.000 Chin
ook escaped and 3.700,000 spring
Chinook escaped from the San-
tlam hatchery. One million were
liberated by flood waters at the
Trask hatchery, 600,000 from the
Nehalem hatchery. 600,000 from
the Alsea hatchery and 1,000,000
fro mthe Taquina hatchery.
Mitchell said that in each case
the water overflowed the ponds
and Scattered the fish probably
more efficiently than the commis
sion could have done It.
Mitchell will leave tomorrow
for an inspection trip to the South
Coos. Coqullle, North Umpqua and
McKenzie hatcheries.
Seattle Light
Deadlock Holds
SEATTLE, April 6. (AP)
The deadlock between Mayor
Frank Edwards and the city coun
cil remained unbroken today when
the council rejected Edward A.
Duffy, electrical engineer, for city
light superintendent by a vote of
8 .to 1.
IS 1
HE Mil FISH
Farmers Voice Defense
Ot Experiment Station
T-armcn and taxnavers of Clat
sop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Columbia
and Western Lane counties, num
bering over 100, appeared beiore
Governor Meier here Monday and
protested against charges made
recently by L K- wuson ana a
number of other persons that the
ronntr eonrt of : Clatsop county
nad gone rampant with relation
to the expenaiture or puouc iuuu,
and there was no legitimate need
for a eontlnnance of the Astor
experiment station near Astoria or
the county agent service. .
Mr, Wilson and Ills delegation
appeared before Governor. Meier
last week. Members of the group
charged that the county court of
Clatsop county was under the in
financA of a nolltical ring, that the
county expenditures had been ex
travagant and untimely, and that
the farmers had been refused a
voice In important tax matters.
Protest also was made by Wilson
against the possible consideration
of A- E. Engbretson, in charge of
the Astor - experimental station,
tor director of the new state agri
it Fir eiv orks
Salem
Amended
cept under certain responsible
auspices, , bat 'before adopting it
went - into committee of the
whole and amended It so that
the prohibition would extend
only to fire zone No. 1, as It Is
now or may be defined in the
future. This was done at the
recommendation of the commit
tee to which the bill had . been
referred., :- :,- .: : "
The council renewed the city
attorney's authority to intervene
In the case in which the city of
The Dalles Is seeking Xo avoid
payment of taxes into the county
road fund. Salem Is Interested
because It has a similar charter
provision. The Dalles won in
the lower court and the matter
la coming before the supreme
court in May.
FALL'S MICTION
WASHINGTON, April (AP)
The appeal of Albert B. Fall,
former interior secretary, from a
sentence of a year in jail and a
9100,000 fine, for accepting an
oil bribe, was denied today by
the District of Columbia court of
appeals.
At the same time the court af
firmed the conviction of Henry
M. Blackmer, - former official of
the Midwest Refining company,
who was fined $80,000 for con
tempt of court in refusing to re
turn from "France to testify for
the government in the celebrated
oil trials ot Fall and. Harry F.
Sinclair, wealthy oil man.
The court of appeals has IS
days to Invoke the mandate
which might send Fall to the pen
itentiary. Should a writ of eer
tlorarri be sought from the su
preme., court for which three
months Is allowed steps might
be taken to keep the former in
terior secretary out of prison
pending the highest court's deci
sion. .
THREE RIVERS, N. M., April
C (AP) Albert B. Fall, for
mer secretary of the interior said
tonight it was "remotely possi
ble, but not probable" he would
appeal to the supreme court from
today's decision of the. District of
Columbia court of appeals affirm
ing his conviction of accepting a
bribe.
HELP OF TAMMANY
n?!W YORK. Anril fAP
Mayor James J. Walker sat In his
office in a bower of lilies today.
banred a bronzed fist on the table
and exclaimed:
"I shall answer the charges
against me with the help of my
own nf flea and tha heads Of the
departments concerned. The an
swer I shall make will be mine
and nobody else's." i
Th MTcIamition was in an
swer to a reporter who wanted to
know whether the mayor would
seek the aid of. Tammany hall's
"legal board of strategy" in de
fending himself against charges of
incompetency and inaction tiled
with Governor Roosevelt bv the
city affairs committee.
The mayor, who returned yes
terday, from, several weeks rest
in California, was grim and grave
as he left his home in the May
fair house at 10 a.m. tor city hall.
cultural department. Wilson, and
his group also are residents of
Clatsop county. .
Few Farms Now
Tax Delinquents
County Judge Boynton of Clat
sop county, in addressing Gover
nor Meier Mondaydeclared that
the charges made by Wilson and
his group were selfish, and did not
express the sentiment of -the
large majority of . farmers and
tax payers in the coast counties.
Judge Boynton submitted figures
to show that the indebtedness of
Clatsop county had been reduced
approximately 1300,000 during
the past few years, and that only
SI farms had been listed as delin
quent because of non payment of
taxes. - - - -
Judge Boynton declared that he
favored retention of both the' ex
periment station and the county
agent service. !
County Judge Belts of Tilla
mook county presented figures
showing that the warrant Indebt
edness of that county had been re
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AFFIRMED
Y COURT
WALKED
DECLINES
ITER DEM. IS
CALLED OFF B.
IE
Will now Await Decision on
Appeal of Bond Issue
Amendment, Ruled
Change in Outlook on River
Supply is Chief Factor
In Change of Front ;
Results . ef recent . negotiation .
between the city of Salem and-
the Oregon-Washington Water
Service company . died, almost
unsung, at the city council meet
ing iasi nigni. wunout a word ol
debate, the council adopted the
utilities ' committee's renolution
withdrawing the offer of $1,100
000 for the water system, and de
ferring all further negotiation
until arter the city's appeal ot
the water bond issue case is de
cided by the supreme court.
This reversal of position was
forecast late last week, and was
due, the resolution stated, to the
altered situation with respect to
water supply which rendered con
struction of a filter plant less es
sential at this time. -Contract
Is Not ,
Quite Satisfactory 1
There was a second "whereas"
stating that the commute had
found certain stipulations la the
contract as submitted by the wat
er company likely to result In
complications.
The resolution was passed un
animously without a record vote.
The "water company's formal
acceptance of the city's offer was
read and placed on file, also with
out comment, the resolution hav
ing? disposed of the matter.
The only other mention of wat
er at the council meeting was a
statement from II. L. Clark, local '
merchant, reporting on the re
sults of Inquiries he had made as
to .the cost of the water system at
Spokane, which is served by
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HH LOCAL HELP
'l''!' i
In consideration of the fact
that four Salem Infanta are in
mates of the Waverly baby home
at Portland, and that this city
makes - no contribution toward
their support, the city 'council
Monday night voted a contribu
tion of $200 out of Its emergency
fund toward the 1100,000 build
ing program of the Institution,
doubling the amount that W. A
Sellwood, representative of the
home, had asked.
Marion county is one of onl)
two In the state, the other being
Tillamook, that have not eon-
trlbuted to this fund, Mr. Sell
wood said. ' He still hopes for r
aid from, these counties. Marion
county has eight babies In the
home and has been asked for
1500.
The -1931 legislature voted
$40,000 for the baby home's con
struction over the late Governor
Patterson's pocket veto In 1929,
but Governor Meier pruned this
to $25,000. Between state and
other funds the home now has
$97,000 and a promise of the
last $1000. .The present heme
was declared two years ago to be -a
"flretrap."
Alderman Paul Hendricks who
moved for the city's contribution,
first suggested $500, in view of
grave doubts that the county
would gl7e any aid. .
DEATH PFJALTY 10
1 OPPOSED
DETROIT, April 7. (Tues
day) (AP) By a majority
that is expected to exceed 50,009
Michigan yesterday turned
thumbs down on a propoHal that
capital punishment for first de
gree murder again be written in
to its basic law. .
Returns from 11,51 of the
state's 3,407 precincts tabulated
early today showed the negative
majority 23,024. The figures
were: Yes 116,639: No 139.763.
As Is usual in Michigan elec
tions, republican candidates for
elective state offices Justices ot
the . supreme court, regents of
the university, superintendent ef
public Instruction, members of
the state board ot education and
for the state board ot agriculture
piled up overwhelming majori
ties. Buckley Called
To Observatory
SANTA CLARA, Cal. April 6.
. ( API Tha Rev. Raymond
Buckley has been called from bos
ton by the provincial general ot
tha Jeaaits in California to take
charge of the Ricard observatory
at the universty of Santa ciara.
He will relieve the Rev. Jamei
Bernard Henry, who is serlenslj
ill, at San Jose. -a
mEIY HOME IS
MICIIIGAI
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