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Our New Number For iasslfied.dlsplay ad-J vertlslng. .. aubscri ptlonit news Information, dial r .' T': 9101 " -r '. : TIIE WEATHER Generally fair today and " Wednesday, ' warmer Wed- " t esday; Wax. Temp. Monday : BO, Mia. 41; rain .11, rrver southwest wind. i : i FOUNJDOD IS5I EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 14,; 1931 No. 15 r.. n n i 8Mm o ! ewe BIHL(3' . !" 5 iS ,TF- I I I l i II v I II I I I 7. i I I II I . V 77 : 77T 77 i ...... a -...,... i&&me mmov : 77 ReinMiemen'!!:, Try - n 2 FIRE DEFENSE IEDHSII Trindle Will Rule Funds in ". Two-Mill Levy ; Usable . For Equipment Only Suggests Charter Election To Permit Operation of -Auxiliary Stations -Entire readjustment In the fi nances of Salem's fire department will be made lmperatlTe under-an opinion expected this week from City Attorney Trindle. His office was not ready to release its find ings yesterday but Indicated that It would hold the special two-mill levy for tire equipment author ized by Salem voters In 1927 can be used solely for fire equipment outlay and cannot ho used to pay fire department wages. - Trindle said yesterday that he found section 84 of the city chap ter provided explicitly that mon eys raised under the continuing two-mill lery could go only for (1) new fire equipment, (2) the construction of the North, East and South Salem auxiliary sta tions and (3) installation of a 50 box fire alarm station. The char ter amendment specifically pro Tides that funds cannot be used for other purposes. 31ust Close Down -Or Change Charter if Mayor P. M. Gregory imme diately puts this opinion Into ef fect it means that the north and east Salem stations now operat ing with funds provided with the special two-mill income, will have to be closed down as the regular 1931 budget levy of ?3,60 fcr wages and salaries for firemen" la only sufficient to cover the main downtown station and provides nothing for operation , of auxil iary stations. Trindle Indicated yesterday that he would suggest a means out of the dilemma without cur tailing fire protection. It will be submitting to voters at a special election an amendment to section 84 of the charter providing that in the future funds derived from the two-mill levy can be used for fire department maintenance and wages. In the meanwhile the city attorney suggests that the fire department be allowed to borrow from the two-mill fund sufficient funds to tide the two auxiliary stations and the South Salem sta tion, about to be opened, over the period from the time of his deci sion until the charter can be amended. No Other Method Seen at Present If the charter is not amended at the election, then all fire de partment maintenance would be thrown into the general budget and would be subject to the six per cent tax limitation. Since the city of Salem has raised virtually th- maximum legal tax each year,, it would be difficult, say mem bers of the fire department com mittee on the council, to provide sufficient additional moneys from the general budget to carry on the new fire stations mainten ance. " ' ' j The history, of the local fire de partment shows that .the two-mill .ecial levy was 1 approved by (Turn to page. 2, col. 4) PRESIDENT KILLED EUGENE, Ore., April 13. CAP) W. D. Pearson, 3, presi lent of the Cascade Utilities com pany, died -t Oakridge tonight af ter injuries received when an elec tric shock threw him from a pow er pole on which he was working to the ground 25 feet below.. His chest was crushed. The accident happened at 5:30 o'clock this evening and Pearson died at 7 o'clock. A special train was being prepared to take him to Eugene for treatment. Pearson Is survived by his wid ow; two brothers. Bill Pearson and William O. Pearson, both of Portland, and by bis parents at St. Helens. His body will be sent to Portland for ouriaL Pearson was one of the men who escaped from the Willamette river at Westfir two weeks ago when a boat capsized in the swol len stream and two men drowned. Speed Record is Set by Nichols - DETROIT, April 12. (AT) Ttuth Nichols arose before dawn today and before the sun was ' wall n-rttT th horizon had set' a sew speed record for women of 210.S -miles an nonr yet ane termed her ieat "tne most nor "mal thing In the world." - UTILITIES FIRM S Fishes Early But Officers pon'trry Time on 'end h fiaho tn 'nSrr a nlhK! n-A -j , " - v wtVfituocr officers looked on; not because the swish, swish of passing people ingnienea tne sea creatures.. But. because his fishinr nond was the courthouse lawn. - It's ' so. Unable to" await the opening of the fishing season, one devoted Waltonian fitted up reel and rod and hied him to the court house grounds yesterday, after noon. Persistently, unmindful of mirth or envy of passersby, the colored man! cast and recast the hook and line." ' " -Even reporters bothered him no,, but one may infer that yes terday's lawn fisher will be out early Wednesday morning pulling fine ones from some angler's para dise. , : i . ..-:' TO GATHER TONIGHT 48th Annual State Confab Will Bring 100 Here; Last Rest of Week . The opening session of the 48th annual conference of the Evan gelical church in Oregon will be held at the First Evangelical church's new building on Summer and Marion streets tonight, begin ning at 7:39 o'clock. Fully 100 delegates are expected to be in attendance, with registrations for nearly 90 having been received before the end of the week. The conference will continue through Sunday, April 19, when the day's program will be given over to dedication of the fine new church edifice, the new pipe or gan and to ' reading of appoint ments. . " ! if-"'" ; . The first meeting tonight will be presided over, by; Bishop G. XL Epp of the northwestern area, who will be here for all the ses sions. Rev. J. H. Baurenfelnd. su perintendent of the Deaconess hos pital in Chicago, will deliver the opening address. Examiners Will Meet Wednesday The board of examiners will meet Wedesnesday morning with Carl Heinmlller of Seattle presid ing and that afternoon the con ference missionary society and the Stadent Aid society will meet, with Dr. D. R. Kauffman presid ing at the former and G. P. Lein lng In charge of the Student Aid group. i . (Turn to page 2, col. 1) TEN THOUSAND OUT nnlte threatening weather in the morning and rain in the aft ernoon more than lo.ooo peopie enjoyed Salem s nospiiaiiry ior the annual Blossom Day . excur sion on Sunday. ; ' . The blooms were at their best and all who made the trip of ap proximately 12 miles felt repaid for bra vine the "Oregon Mist" to enjoy the flowers. Traffic waa handiea oy state officers assisted by Boy Scouts and Cherrians. Althoueh traffic was unusually heavy not one ser ious accident was reportea. Penitentiary officials round u TeMn tn rafusa admittance to the buildings but the grounds were open. All otner state insula tions and , buildings weri open to visitors.- -i. ' :; Undercover He -Hauled PORTLAND, Ore., April 13. (AP) Jack Grant, undercover agent for. the federal prohibition department,1 who admitted his true "name was Albert Ferguson and that he nad, served a inree month Jail term at Albuquerque, N. M., was the government's principal witness at today's ses sion ot ' tne Tooze-urown uquor conspiracy trial here. Grant said that he and Earl Moon, federal prohibition agent, delivered llqaor In wholesale lots tor : more than a ; month while gathering evidence against an alleged gigantic liquor ring. They received 50 cents a gallon for their deliveries, he testified. Thirty-six alleged members of the reputed ring were Indicted. Eighteen of them are on trial, ten have pleaded guilty and eight are fugitives. Grant testified that he had de livered liquor to apartment hous es, hotels and garages In Port land and had made several large deliveries to Astoria. He said he and Moon continued their work until May -5, 1930, when EVI8ELIC1L GROUP FOR BLOSSOM DAY ifjy DEAD IN GREATTUllEL FIRE. CHICAGO Seven Known Victims, and 18 Firemen Missing, I Along With Others ! Flames and Smoke Fatal to - Undetermined - Number; ; Rescue is Rushed . CHICAGO, April 14. (AP) Ten men were known to be dead as a result of fire, and smoke In the. sanitary district twinel blaze, wfelch trapped an undetermined number of others. Officials expressed belief that at least lO others, tome of them firemen, were dead in ; the tnnneL CHICAGO, April 13. (AP) Fire and smoke in a sanitary dis trict tunnel 60 feet below the ground killed at least seven men tonight. Eighteen firemen sent down for rescue work were be lieved by their superiors to be dead. An undetermined number of laborers were missing, and 33 rescue workers and laborers were carried unconscious to hospitals. The disaster, one of the worst of Its kind in Chicago, almost par alelled a mine blast as the chok ing smoke and gases felled both workers and firemen detailed to save them. ; (Turn to page 2, col. 8) HlLD STRIKE IB WORTH IS RICH JUNEAU, Alaska, April lit. (AP) Adviees received today from Skagway said gold quarts of high value has been struck about 40 miles northwest of Car macks in the Ynkon. About 100 claims have been staked, most of them on the snow. As soon as the snow disappears the ground will be proved. Because of the unemployment situation in the district no one is allowed to en ter unless he has $500 or more cash in bis possession. Representing the Treadwell Gold company, Livingstone Wer necke has taken options on six claims. A. Warner West, Los Gatos, CaL, writer and lecturer, reacb ing Seattle Saturday on the steamship Yukon from the north, reported ore assaying gold val ued from $3 to $320 a ton had been found northwest of Car macks. ; i ,. Shouse Invades Home State oi Hoover, Attacks LOS ANGELES, April 13. (AP) Speaking In President Hoover's adopted state. Chair man Shouse of the Democratic National Executive committee to night urged California to aid In turning the present occupant out of the Whltehouse in 1S32. Addressing a ; Jefferson Day dinner under auspices of the Democratic State committee of California and the Los Angeles county ' democratic committee, Shouse predicted his party would win the presidency next year but said "that strenuous, unremitting effort" would be required. Agent Ring's Liquor they were arrested by Portland police while about to. deliver li quor to Jack Kelley, one of the defendants. T Grant said he was hired by Joe Brown, alleged leader of the liquor ring. He alleged Victor Scholx, another defendant, was the collection agent for the ring. Grant also identified eight or nine other of the defendants. - i Walter L. Toose, Portland at torney, Indicted aa one ot the conspirators, was mentioned only occasionally by Grant. He saia Scholx had told him to call Tooce If ha cot "knocked oyer." He testified further that once while waiting for instructions to deliver liquor to Paul Maras. a defendant, Joe Brown and Toose drove up in an automobile ana remained in the vicinity until he ha A mala his daliverr. Dan Kerfoot, custodian of evl if Anra for the federal prohibition department, was another govern ment witness, tie nrougui w the courtroom a quantity of 11 Anor which alleredlr had been seised from some of the , defen dants. - - - - . Says Six Bicycles Stolen From Scouts Here Six' boys, attending a Boy Scout troop meeting In the Les lie " Junior high school building, found grief on their hands when the session was at an end last night. .' Their -bicycles, six of them, were gone. Whether prank or villainry and there was no evidence to In dicate the former the ' boys weren't appreciating the situa tion some time after the meeting was over. Police were notified of the theft. But in the meantime, the Scouts had their own theories of what had happened, for a number of boys were known to be prowling around the school grounds while the meeting was going on, and it Is presumed they were responsible for the wholesale disappearance. Former Protector of Both Hoover 'and Curtis in Oklahoma Mourned PAWHUSKA, Okla., April 13. ( AP) President H o o v e r 's Uncle Laban, Maj. L. J. Miles, Is dead. Major Miles, 87, former Indian agent who opened his home to the fatherless Herbert Hoover here 43 years ago, succumbed Sunday. Both the president and Vice- President Charles Curtis were "his boy." Mr. Hoover, following the death of his father In West Branch, la., spent a year in the big stone residence from which the Osage Indians were ruled. Mr. Curtis, on the rolls of the Kaw tribe aa a youth was under the guardianship of Major Miles. Major Laban J. Miles was a brother of B. C. Miles of Salem, who received a telegram Sunday night telling of his passing. Maj. Miles, who was a native ot Ohio, waa 21 years older than his Sa lem relative, who was born after the family removed to Iowa. The brothers visited each other at in tervals, their, last visit being three years ago when B. C. Miles was on an eastern trip. The lat ter will not go for the funeral which has been set for today In Oklahoma. Maj. Mile's wife was an aunt of President Herbert Hoover. FREED I APPEAL SAN FRANCISCO. CaL. April 13 (AP) Levying taxes on sa loons in northern Idaho did not constitute conspiracy by officials to violate the national prohibition law, the United States circuit court of appeals heald today In reversing convictions of an Idaho mayor and a sheriff and 16 others. . The decision held such taxa tion legal because "the power to tax involves the power to destroy and - if pressed far enough will accomplish that result." Herman J. Rossi, mayor of Wallace, Idaho; R. E. Wenlger, former sheriff of Shoshone coun ty, and the 16 others were grant ed a new trial In a decision writ ten by Judge Frank II. Rudkln, with Judge William Sawtelle concurring. Judge Curtis D. Wil bur dissented. Governor Kills Illinois Liquor Repeal Measure SPRINGFIELD, HL, April 13 (AP) The -bill to repeal Illin ois' prohibition enforcement acts was vetoed today by Governor Louis L. Emmerson. Late Sports W1UGLEV, FIELD, Loe An geles. April 18 (AP) Ed "Strangler" Lewis, twice wrest ling champion, won what right Ed "Doa" George, late of Mich igan wnlverstty, had to the world grappling crown at an open air show here tonight in straight falls. He downed the younger man In one hour, 10 minutes,, six second for the first fall with a headlock, and in 7 minntea, 43 seconds for the winning fall with a ham merlock. WICHITA, Kans April. 13 (AP) Everett Marshall, ot La Junta. Colo., defeated Charles Strack. Stillwater, Okla.. in the main matcn or a wresuing can here tonight. - MAJOR MILES DIES; BROTHER 1 SAIEM 1LU OFFICERS ROBBER SLAIN. OTHER SOUGHT Drug Store Clerk's Shot is Fatal to J. R. Albright, Former Farmhand Suspect Arrested at Talent To be Questioned; ond Civilian Wounded ASHLAND, Ore., April 13. (AP) While a sheriff's posse combed the Siskiyou foothills for his accomplice, a bank robber who was killed following the holdup of the Ashland State bank here today was ' identified tonight as J. R. Albright, former farmhand of this vicinity. Albright was Identified by T. J. Hollis, manager of a gas company here, who said the dead man was a distant relative of his wife's. Eric Warren, postoffice em ploye, the only man wounded In the gun battle as the robbers at tempted to escape, was recovering from a bullet wound in his shoul der. Fugitire Is Not Found In Canyon . Meanwhile, the only clue to the fugitive found by the sheriff's pos se late tonight, was an abandoned coupe registered to Albright. The encine waa still warm, member of the posse said, indicating It had been driven recently. In the car was found a vest which matched the suit Albright wore. Police at first believed the sec (Turn to page 2, col. 6) TO 'H TODAY (Copyright -1931 by The Asso ciated Press.) ' MADRID, April 13. (AP) Count de Romanoes, minister of state, announced tonight that the entire Spanish cabinet will resign tomorrow morning as the result of republican victories- in yesterday municipal elections and that Juan de la Cierva, present minister of public works, will attempt to form a new con servative monarchist cabinet. The announcement followed upon a long debate among mem bers jof Premier Aznar's cabinet as to the advisability of remain ing in office. Count de Roman oes said the new cabinet would not Include representation of lib eral monarchist elements. Three members of the cabinet, Including the count, gave King Alfonso their resignations today. - News of the impending cabinet resignations got quickly about and late tonight the wildly cheer ing crowds . became so unruly that police unlimbered their rifles and fired their revolvers Into the air. " 'Windows in buildings down town . were barred by those In side as a precautionary measure. ESTELLE ASSERTS RENO, Nev., April 13.- (AP) Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight champion pugilist, la In Reno tor divorce. He is not here of his own volition but at the re Quest of his wife, he and his sec retary, Leonard Sachs, admitted today. ; Dempsey completely reversed his former statements in which he asserted that he and his wife, Es tell Taylor of . films, were still very much In lore with each oth er and that he did not contem plate any divorce proceedings. . Today he concluded negotia tions for lease of a large home in the fashionable residential dis trict - . : LOS ANGELES, April IS. - ( AP) Estelle Taylor, film ac tress wife of Jack Dempsey, for mer heavyweight champion of the world, today announced she would resist any attempt on Dempsey's part to divorce her and declared the ex-champion had "no grounds upon which to get a dlrorce. . Belgian Prince Here to Study BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 13. (AP) Always happier In the ' blue - denim of - mechanics overalls than In the royal purple ot court attire, Prince Charles of the Belgians has gone to America tn tiAt tha methods 'of Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford and oth er Industrial geniuses of tne new world. SPANISH CIBIIL JACK CANT DOIT Prominent L; A. Evangelist-is Former Resident of Woodburn " r i ( ESSIE BINKLEY LOCY Aimee McPher son's Rival is Recalled Takes 500 of Angelus Report; one Sister Still Lives Near Woodburn; was Trumpeter WOODBUl&J, April 13. ; Woodburn residents have been much interested in reports o the activities of Mrs. Essie Locy who is reported to have formed a new church in Los Angeles and taken some 600 members of Aimee Mc Pherson's Angeles Temple congregation with her. Mrs. Locy is remembered in Woodburn as Essie Bink ' ley. Her father owned a dry- OP HOLDS HIS STAND VINDICATED WASHINGTON, Aprn 1 (AP) President Hoover today pointed to the .work ot the Red Cross as vindicating his stand against . federal donations . tor drought relief. ' , Welcoming delegates to the Red Cross annual convention,, Mr. Hoover said the organization had saved more than 2,000,000 per sons in drought areas from "in finite suffering" and had Pre served the ideal ot voluntary as sistance by refusing to take a "step on the pathway of govern ment doles." "You have proved yourselves not only a practical Instrument of mercy and relief," he said, "but you have renewed and invigorated the spiritual life of the nation." He raids ot Heal th in Th is County to Set new Record More heralds of health buttons than ever before presented la this county will go to Marlon county school boys and girls tor their health work this year. County Sua perintendent Mary L. Fulkerson said yesterday. 8he has already received word that 2704 children will be entitled to the badges, as compared to the less than 2300 that were distributed last year. : The raise Is general through out the county, with Salem schools sending In order for 200 more and the rest of the Increase being In rural schools. - Mrs. Fulkerson manifested evi dent delight In the situation, tor this year no press-agent stress has been placed on health studies, teachers out ot Salem simply be ing requested at the beginning of the year to carry out the health T 5 ;:. f f ' i ::v . , - : 4 ... . j i 4 V ' r ) f ir ' i. " ' 1 ' i ' ? ' " 't ; in Jo Temple Congregation is gooas store in tne, Masonic buna ing and the family lived in the residence now occupied by Dr. Thomas SImms. There were three girls In the Binkley fam ily, Nellie, Essie and Gladys. The latter is Mrs. Rex Coleman and lives near Woodburn at the pres ent time. Mrs. Locy has been 'a trumpet player, in the Angelus temple or chestra for some time. Wood burn residents who visited Ta- coma last August recall that she waa appearing there and was ad vertised as the "Trumpeting Evangelist. Associated Press reports of her recent activities in Los Angeles carried the first news to local residents regarding , Mrs. Locy's church organizing activities. TO PROBE CHARGES SEATTLE. April 13 (AP) The city council today, after a stormy session, appointed a pre liminary committee to investigat ing charges filed against Mayor Frank Edwards by forces seeking his recall. T program as outlined or the rural and city schools. No central health day event will be held, as was the thing a few yean ago, but every school will form Its own plans and observ ances in honor of , the health badge. Some will combine the event with May day. as will be the ease in all the Salem schools. Some ot the rural schools will have pro grams; some will hare picnics; some, as. for Instance Silverton, will invite smaller schools from adjacent territories to come in for a Joint observance. Aurora and Butteville will combine for a program.- .. The heralds ot health parade at the state fair, an event of the past two seasons, will not be held this year, Mrs Fulkerson says. : IK OFFICE TO SALEM WOn IS ED Jen Year Conservation Plan To Cost Five Millions Adopted by Board No Discussion of Filling Any of Vacant Posts; Miller may Head . Decision to ask resignations from 124 employes comprising the entire employed personnel of the Oregon state game commission, was made at the first meeting of the .new members of the commis sion held at the capltol Monday afternoon. It was ordered that the resignations be filed in the of fices of the state commission within the next 15 days. Includ ed in the men affected are Tl. L. Moreland. acting state game ward- ' en; Matt Ryckman. superinten dent of hatcheries, and Gene M. Simpson, superintendent of state game farms. Explaining the action. Marshall Dana, chairman of the commis sion, declared that many of the employes would be considered tor reinstatement along with other applicants for the positions. Ne action was taken at the meeting toward filling any of the vacan cies. Removal to Salem Under Consideration The commission gave careful consideration td the proposed removal of the officers from their present location in the Oregoa building In Portland to Saie-ra. Matt Corrigan of McMInnville, newly seated commission mem ber, was appointed chairman of a committee to consider the feasi bility of establishing the officrs here. Hsl E. Hoss, secretary of state, informed the new commis sion that he would provide quart ers for the working staff on the third floor of the statehouse. ' Adoption of a 10 year outdoor program, at a cost estimated at $5,000,000. for the purpose of perpetuating and Improving wild life in the state of Oregon, was announced at one of the innova tions of the commlftslon. A survey proposed by the cbra m"sion would include stream mileage. feeding advantages. stream pollution and obstruction. and the effect of sewage, mm waste, power and irrigation dams upon fish life and propagation. "There should be a "careful study of warden serrlce with the thought that it is of little effect . to guard streams and fields unless there is something to guard. read a statement prepared In connection with the outdoor Pro gram. "The fun4 tor this purpose should be allocated for personal service between scientific and patrol work." - A careful analysis of hatcher ies as to their Investment, over head, output, water supply, and necessity, also was urged. "With swift transportation there should be a centralisation of hatcheries and a corresponding reduction in the costs of operation. continued the statement. (Stress Necessity For Budgeting In conducting the survey mem bers of the commission stressed the Importance or budgeting the funds necessary for the work, and distributing the' employment throughout the state. Announcement was made that (Turn to page 2, col. 1) 15 TO An amendment to the city char ter authorizing the formation of Improvement districts will be submitted to Salem citizens at the next regular or special election, Lars R. Kergsvlk. attorney for the High street Improvement as sociation, announced yesterday. The specific object of the amend ment would be to mako possible one or more downtown districts for , securing ornamental street lighting. Two years ago a group on High street started the move for better lighting but gave It up temporar ily when it was found the Salem city charter contained no author ity for a special lighting district. The majority of .cities on the coast provide that such districts may be formed. The proposed amendment would, make possible district Im provements when 51 per fcent ot the property holders of adjoining or abutting property agreed to bond the district fer the capital outlay. The bonds would be Is sued through the city but would not be. general obligations of the municipality and interest up them as well as their prUripal would be paid from district taxes. CONSIDER ppnposAL NINE Hi CHARTER