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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1931)
r --ziiug pi r.::: -v: ; 1 " - JT,Jf - - - - -' : : ; insurance . : One dollar per - year is the cost of th Automobile," Traffic and Trarel Accident . Insurance Policy Issued to Statesman Subscribers. , THE WEATHER V Partly, cloudy .today, and Wednesday, moderate tCM-c, perature; Max. Temp, Mon day 69, Xlin. 87, river 1 foot, southeast wind. EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, "Tuesday Morning, Slay 5, 1931 (I .( r ; ! ' . J 1 - - J - I i N 'I !" ELLIS PUeUE lESIGIlS FR Qui GITY GflUnGIL Business Reasons Given as Cause: Successor is r Not yet Chosen Favorable Report Brouqht In on Garbage Offer and it's Adopted ; S. E. PurTine. alderman from th fourth ward tendered his re signation as a member of the city council Monday night. The mat ter of naming a successor was postponed two weeks. ' Mr. Pur Tine in his letter to the council assigned no reason for resigning hut in prirate conrergation indi cated that he felt he should resign to derote his time to his priyate interests. Mr. Purrine has been a member ! since about 1925. He became a member when John Giesy was mayor and ' has , been Tery actlre in council affairs. c I Tbe committee which had been investigating the Incinerator pro ' position of the Umbdenstock. com pany brought in a farorable re ,port which was adopted. Con tracts and ordinances will hare to be drawn up and approved before the deal is completed. This com pany in return for an exclusive contract for collecting and dispos ing of garbage agrees to .operate th eltv incinerator without any charge to the city. In addition they win nav the citr 12.00 per ton of feed which i a product of the operations, guaranteeing a min imum or. SZ500 per annum io me city. nM xllAot YtA nrki at rates no higher man at pres ent and i would give preference In contracting hauling to present op erator!, i New steel, closed gar bage truck bodies would be used in hauling refuse. - The company would expend 125,000 -in struc tures at, the incinerator plant to care fori its own processing plant by which the refuse In reduced to j (Turn to page 2, col. 5) SILVERTON, May 4. Mr. and Mrs. Porter Bankston of San Francisco were seriously hurt here this afternoon when their car went over the bank on the Silverton Hills road and landed in Silver Creek canyon. i - . The accident occurred on the Banner tarn about fire miles out of : Silverton. The Bankston car skidded in loose gravel and went over the bank, turning over three times. Mrs. j Bankston is suffering from severe cuts and bruises and possible L internal- injuries. Mr. Bankston has a sprained back and minor injuries. The couple was brought1o Sil verton In the t Jack and Ekman ambulance and are -both In the local hospital." Mrs. Bankston Is known in Silverton as Wanda Murrey and wltB her husband has been visit ing at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Murrey, for the past three weeks. Mr. and ; M rs. Bankston had " planned to locate in Portland. 1 TAKEX FROM SHOW i j PORTLAND, May 4. (AP) Patrolman R. E. Byrne was sus pended from the Portland police force today for 30 days on charges ! on stealing flowers from a park flower show he had been detailed to protect. He will stand trial for discharge. 1 ; D. A. Bell, another patrolman, reported he had seen Byrne carry ing ! a valuable rhododendron to his car and that the car seat was filled with cut flowers. When Bell asked him what he was doing Byrne told him to "go back and sit down, and refused to return the flowers. Bell reported. ! ; ! MORE MBLOW-OOWNS l( PORTLAND, May 4. (AP) 1 Two more areas of timber that were damaged badly dur ing the recent windstorm were ' discovered today during an aer : ial survey of Bit. Hood national forest. "' '.': : One of the "blow-do wns' is . in the Bull Run reserve, where . : SO to SO per cent ofnho timber is down for a distance of aboat four mile, while the other is an area of aboat 300 acres on the CoUowash fork of the Clack- . amas river, where virtually ev- cry tree was blown down. ! yaooo asserted lost ; OREGON CITT, May 4. (AP) John Novak, acid maker at a local paper mill, lost 13000 in an alleged confidence game here to day. A man who gave .the name of Panl Bozene was arrested in . connection. with the alleged; fraud hut another man, who police said. Ei JUMPS Bill. PI BADLY HURT Here's Picture Showing Butler j : Was There; Daktes It Kawkes Atop Fosa RiviEEe apted. Capture ' Major-General Smedley Darlington Batlcr, spectacular United States . Marine, protests the statement of Dan tea Bellegarde, Haitian min ister to the United States, casting doubt on the existence of Fort Riviera for rapture of which Bntler received his second congression al medal of honor. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, at - that time assistant secretary of navy, recalls incident and asserts " that he petitioned the navy department to honor the marine officer -; for the exploit. ! Butler to Come Here Despite Referendum Meier Hopes Sufficient Names Won't be Signed " i On Petitions; Marine j General Will Confer With Committee j FILING of the preliminary petition for referendum of the 1931 legislative act, creating the state police depart ment, will not interfere with the plans of General Smedley Butler, "fighting marine", who ia scheduled to arrive ; in Oregon May 16 to assist in the organization , of the con stabulary. 1 " J t "I know nothing of the refer-O 1 . endum other than ' what X have read in the press,".. Governor Meier said, "and I cannot see any reason for a change in the present plans. As far as I know General Butler will leave Phila delphia Hay 13, and should ar rive In Salem three days later. General j Butler : will remain in Oregon two weeks and will work with a committee of five, headed "by Brigadier-General White of the Oregon National guard. The committee1 was ' appointed by Governor Meier. General Butler was expected to cover most of the state; by airplane. Head quarters of the state police de partment will be located In the , (Turn, to page 2, col. 2) Officer Held Flower Thief l Timber Damage is Reported Bunco Game Works, Said Burglar Proves Chow-dog was- Paul' Tom ich. Marshfield, Ore., escaped with the money. Novak: said Tomich told a story of an Invalid father in Texas who had set aside part of his money to be given to the poor in Oregon and instructed his son to find honest people to do the work. The test of honesty for the prospective dis tributor was to put up an amount of money equal to that received for distribution. Novak admitted to Tomich he had 13000 and agreed to do hi share of charity work. . Later he handed it over, he claims. COPS GET THRILL PORTLAND, May 4. (AP) Policemen,! their hands resting on their holstered revolvers, listened attentively to the muffled thump ing in a rear room where Mrs. Freda Publoa said she thought a burglar was at work. Then, with a concerted rush, they burst through the door. A Chow dog lay v on the bare floor, Industriously scratching fleas. i Three Fires at ; Labish Center Set, Suspected Belief that that three fires which have visited the Labish and Brooks districts within nearly 24 hours were of incendiary origin was expressed to the sheriff yes terday afternoon by a resident of that district. , , The visitor asked that the sher iff look Into the matter. Despite Bellegarde A) 17 OF TEACHER IS FATAL ATKINSON, 111., May s 4. ' (AP) - Tragedy disrupted a noontime outing by pupils of the Grandview rural school today as the teacher gave her life in a vain effort to save two of, her small pupils after hurling a third to safety from the path of a speeding train, i 1 - The teacher. Helen Scott, and the two children . Buehla Peter son, 7, and June Mason, 8, were killed high on a Rock' Island railroad trestle while the rest of the school . children looked on. . Today was the last day ot school for the Grandview chil dren and also Miss Scott's 26 th birthday. To celebrate the dou ble event, the children organised a party during the noon recess. The party was near' Its close and June- and Buehla and Buehla's sister Edith, 9, s had started across the trestle to join the main group of children across the creek, suddenly - the ' train roared around a curve too close to stop before reaching the tres tle. Miss Soptt rushed for the children, pushed Edith off the trestle and was tngglng frantical ly at the other two children when the train struck them.: "; 1 , Differential is l.h In Court Again - TACOMA, May 4. (AP) The Columbia river grain i rate differential, a hone of contention since 1921 between Puget Sound ports and- Portland, was carried to the courts here today by 1 the state, department .; of public works. - ' ' A petition for : a writs of re view of the Interstate Commerce commission decision was filed in federal district court. Canueryman of Alaska Killed KETCHIKAN. Alaska, May 4- (AP) Falling to gain altitude when taking off from Karta lake, SO miles Inland from here, a moo. oplane piloted by James Dodson crashed last night, killing Steve Sellg, prominent cannery and fish trap man. : and : Injuring Dodson and two other men. ' " , a v j s '-'A i Gen. " ntiniMv.-:'X 1 HEROIC C I JAPANESE ACE BEGINS FLIGHT ACROSS Two Hops Made Monday and Today; now at Nemuro, Edge of Islands Route Beyond Kamchatka is Over Stormy and Foggy I Oceans of North NEMURO. Japan. May (Tuesday) (AP) SeJJi Tosh lhara, bound for the United States in a light Junkers aea plane, landed here at 11:54 a. m.. today (0:S4 yj. m., Mon- . day E. 8. T.) after a 297 mile flight from Jfnmasakl, xoshl hara flew yesterday from To kyo to Numa&akl, taking off "from the latter place at 8:45 a. m., today. NTJMASAKI, Japan. May 4 (AP) Japan's premier blrdman. Seiji YoBhibara. who flew 368 miles to this place from Tokyo to day, expected to resume ' tomor row his 0,2 6 S mile solo flight to San Francisco. His next-hop of the 20 ached uled ' before San Francisco is reached, will be to Nemuro, northwestern edge of, Hokkaido Island, 297 miles, then he plans to soar out along the Kurile Isl ands and with two intermediate landings arrive at Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka peninsula. The route from Kamchatka lies over the stormy and foggy Bering sea and North Pacific ocean, with many halts of the light seaplane in the volcanie Aleutian chain and the rugged Alaskan shore. STREETCAR ISSUE The contention that the creased number of revenue pas sengers necessary under the pro posed Lester 7 -cent fare plan was 1 physftally impossible, - that the 10-cent fare the best possible to be charged, and the demand for relief from the city In elim inating franchise charges if the streetcar system was to continue, were brought out by the Pacific Northwest Public Service com pany In the streetcar rate hear ing Monday before Charles M. Thomas, public utilities commis sioner. E. W. Moreland, statistician for the traction company, was the only witness called by the power company at 'the fourth hearing in the case since the original investigation was or dered in 1929. Tbe hearing end ed here ' last night, after C. R. Lester had been called back to the stand by Thomas, to testify further as to the. number of rev enue passengers necessary under his plan. Lester la engineer for the utilities commissioner. Charles M. Thomas, - commis sioner, stated last - night, he ex pected to have his ruling on the case ready : within a week. The order is expected to be based upon the Lester plan, which In addition to the 7-cent fare pro posal, suggests modernization and additional bus feeder lines. During the hearing Thomas act ed as his own attorney, J Hoover Favors Disarmament as Economic Help WASHINGTON, May 4. (AP) Scrapping of armaments was advocated by President Hoo ver today aa a major means by which the world can encourage business revlvaL . ! The eon gr ess of the Interna tional chamber of - commerce heard from him that nearly , five billion dollars Is spent yearly on arms, 70 per cent ore than he fore the great war. ." ' i Poison Murder Charge is Told LOS ANGELES, May 4.1 (AP) Mrs. Anna Erickson, charged with the murder of August Llnd strom; retired Williams; Aria., lumberman, faced the court calm ly today 'as county chemists tes tified that enough polsdn to kill 10 men. was found in the victim's body. - -. : , Late Sports SEATTLE, Wash., May 4. (AP) John Freberg, 232, Min neapolis, took two out ot three falls from Charley Hanson, 198, Seattle, in a wrestling exhibition here tonight, The match was billed to decide the Swedish heavyweight wrestling champion ship. ; .) i MANCHESTER, N. H.J May 4. (AP) Gas Sonneberg was awarded a match over Bill Denv etraL Greek wrestler, in the main bout tonight and Demetral went to a hospital with an In jured spine. : UNDER DVSEMENT Senate Starts " Attack on Head Of Power Board WASHINGTON. May 4. (AP) The senate today carried' Into' court Its effort to oust George Otis . Smith ; as chairman of the Dower commission. -':"- . acea vua me refusal or presi dent Hoover to permit reconsidr oration of his appointee, who once was given senate approval, spe cial, counsel for-the senate asked the District of Columbia supreme court to hold that Smith holds his office; by usurpation and to oust him, -? : POL ELECT! DATE IS 6 Frank Neer's Place Will be Vacant; no Candidates j Rushing Into Field . ' With the annual school elec tion slightly more than a month away, little interest has been ap parent in who will fill the di rector's post .which will be va cant. 3 Frank Neer, board member for sixf years, holds the directorship -which becomes vacant Monday, June illS, when the election will be held. Whether silence so far Indicates that the populace Is pleased with Neer's . work, or whether it means that possible other : candidates are waiting for Neer to make the first move, is merely guess work. Mr. Neer said last night that he had not decided whether he would seek the school Job for another term, and that he had not given the matter much thought. He said, however, that he would not be adverse to run nlng for the office again It other candidates did not show up. He Indicated that in case someone else Is anxious for the Job he would probably leave the field to him or her. North Section Will Want one Should one or more other can dldates come out, one thing is probably sure: they will be from the north section of town, where Director Neer also lives. - The south section has two members on the board now. Directors Mark McCallister and Mrs. Roy Keene. : Whether or not controversial matters will enter the elections is also hazy as yet, however, it is said there is -possibility that Highland ' and Englewood dis tricts might seek to put in office someone who will be favorable to construction of additions to both schools, located in the north end of town. EIGHTEEN LOGGERS ASTORIA. Ore., May 4 (AP) At least 18 men were Injured, three seriously, when a "mulli gan", car In which 60 men were riding hit a' split: switch and over turned today near tbe Crown- Willamette logging camp, No. 6, on Toungs river. The eighteen men were in hos pitals here tonight and' reports re ceived here said others were brought In. ' All 18 men received cuts and bruises or j broken bones The three most seriously injured are Bob Ugan possible skull frac ture and concussion of the brain; Pete Bobich, head land scalp wounds; George' Sams; head In juries. : ; i Those less seriously Injured kicked out windows of the ear and turned their attention to res cuing the others. Axes were ob tained from the locomotive and holes cut in tbe overturned car to allow the removal jot the in jured men. j A corps, of physicians rushed to the camp when word of the acci dent was received. Formal Motion On New British I Tax is Entered LONDONI May 4. (AP) Philip , Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, presented in the house of commons today the for mal motion proposing 'a penny tax on every five pounds . value ot Great Britain's land. i He thus tired the political shot, which observers believe, will precipitate- a new f war" be tween the lords and j the com mons and between conservatives and laborltes. i y:. : i Council Backs Mayor's Choice Of Light Chief SEATTLE. May 4 (AP) Act ing unexpectedly, the city council today by a five to four vote con firmed Mayor 'Frank Edwards' nomination of W. Chester Morse, city engineer during tbe adminis tration of Mrs.; Bertha Landes. as city light superintendent. -Morse will -fill the place made vacant by the dismissal of J. D. Ross -two mouths : ago, out or which -has grown a movement for the mayora recalL i INJURED IN WREGK I , n 1 .. i STRONG RUM Fleishhacker and . Canfield ; Admit - Negotiations j Are Under way s Financial Circles Report ' Deal Concluded at Around $800,000 PORTLAND, Ore., May 4 r4- lAf j Aunongn - oiliciai comb ination could not be obtained, ap parently authentic reports here to day said the Portland Telegram had been sold to the Portland News, a Scripps-Canfield publica tion. , - ! j . wari n. jjrocanagen, punusner ot the Telegram, could not tie reached for a statement, but Her bert Fleishhacker, San Francisco capitalist, who is said to own rost of the Telegram stock, ad ritted that negotiations were undy way. Reports from 'financial circles said that the deal had been cncluded on a basis of about '8800,000. ! - The Telegram is Portland's old est afternoon paper. It was found ed in 1877 and tor several years was published by the Oregonlan. J. E. and L. R. Wheeler, lumber men, and ' John . F. Carroll, pur chased the paper in 1914. Car roll, who became Its editor, died In 1917 and ten years later the Telegram was sold to Broekhagej and Fleishhacker. One Refused Job To Radyard Klnllng - The Telegram once gained wide publicity as the newspaper that refused to give Rudyard Kipling a Job when he was a young man seeking employment on tho Pacific coast. The Telegram also is said to have been the only Pacific northwest newspaper which main tained its own correspondent in France during the worldwar. SEATTLE, May 4 (AP) R. H. Canfield, chairman of this board of Scripps-Canfield papers, said tonight negotiations for thb purchase of the Portland Tele gram had been under way for several months. He added thajt no definite agreement has been reached. . . -- "It is common knowledge we have been dickering for the news paper, but so far as I know," he said, 'the purchase has not been completed. ' j , BEHLfiAB TO, DELAtf HIS APPOINTMENTS Appointment of the fire depart ment heads under the new state director of agriculture, will not be made until next month, ac cording to announcement made here Monday by Max Gehlhar, the new director j Mr. Gehlhar's appointment as head of the state agricultural de partment was announced here Sat urday by Governor Meier. The law creating tbe department be comes effective July 1. Gehlhar said he would devote virtually all of the next six weeks to organisai tlon plans, i Headquarters will be located in Salem, j The new state agricultural def partment will absorb 13 present state departments,! boards, and commissions and In addition win Include ' supervision over county inspectors and similar agents. The five department heads will be appointed hy Mr. Geninar, sud Ject to confirmation by the gover nor, j. : u . s ! CARDINAL DIES i ROME. May 5. (Tuesday) (AP) Cardinal Basilio Pom- pilj, pastor of the Basilica of St. John Lutheran and vicar general ot Pope Pius, died shortly afteir midnight today. He was 73 years old. ! i . . i War Mothers Honored at Legion Aiixil iary Event Forty War Mothers were guestf of honor at the American Leglo auxiliary program and social hoof held last night in McCornack hall Vnr thm Accaaion a SDecial en- tertainment had been arranged Including welcome from Mrs. King Bartlett of the auxiliary; a Girl (ifnnt tilavJ "The Girls of Glen Willow," presented by Oral Smith; Lorraine ' Russell, Mary uowney Janet Weeks, Muriel Bartruffi m&rrett and Erelvn Melf son of the Keiser troop; select lonsi 'Lore Came Calling" and, ine Gay Gavotte: by -the glee clubi ! Tin came a! reading. "Ma'S Tools." by Jean Bartlett; a selol "In the Wee Little iiome I iove,T by Mrs.. Robert Wyatt, accompanf1 led by Mrs. Walter Zosel; two muf slcal selections, courtesy the Rob erta studio, piano trio, "The Dance of the RosebudsT by Alt Vivian GelL Nancyjean Stricklln i and Carol Clark, and a piano duet, Narcissus ,v by Carol and Corliss Clark: solo,! "Mother Macbreef by R..D. Barton accompanied by Mrs. Kenneth Rich. i Hostensea for the event were Mrs. Robert Burdow, Mrs. George mi llVCIdJM lVllllM lUiVGi Claim Falsity ; J Trust Company Made Defendant : -i I' Alleging that the American Trust company made false repre sentations of Its solvency and standing In Oregon, The Seeck Manufacturing company yesterday filed, suit against tbe trust com pany to have canceled a contract Whereby the defendant was to sell Stock in the Seeck company, man ttracturers and distributors of a geerless differential. H The complaint, filed In circuit court here; also seeks Judgment decreeing the plaintiff owners of 80953.68, money due" on itock sales; and recovery of samples of the differential given; the company to aid promotion of stock sales. SUV OF H Bians Voucher for Initial Payment on That Basis j Here on Monday ! Governor Meier today will re ceive a check of 12268.18 from the secretary of state, covering his ukrf it the rate of 17500 a Tear. for the period January 12, tbe date upon which he was inaugur ated, to May 1. The voucher, fttrned bv Governor Meier, was filed In the state department Mon day. V - ; - . - I Governor Meier, at the time he entered the office of governor. announced that he would not ac cept any compensation until such time as the attorney general ae clded whether, he was entitled to 13500 a rear, as provided by sta tute, or 81500 a year, as provided 14 the state constitution. j i Attorney - General vanwinkie ikM that Governor' Meier was en titled to the compensation as fixed t-ir mtainta ft Another voucher, filed by Heifry Hansen, sUte budget director, m HAtna that h is to receive 86000 a year for hi4 services. This Is the maximum salary authorized in the law creating the state budget department. i - Sam A. Koier. ex-state budget director, recommended several months before he-retired from of fice that this salary be reduced to f4800 a year. No action was tak- tt on tbe recommendation. F SHIPS ARE BANNED WASHINGTON, May 4 (AP) .111 TPnirWi. trl-mntor Ttlanea of he F-10 and f-io-a type built in r hrred temnorarily as passenger carriers on regular" air transport lines today j by the com merce department. : f N They will not be permittea to cirry passengers. Assistant Secre tary Young, in charge of aeronau tics announced, until problems of riiafntenance are worked out. When this is done.; they may be used again. It wass Indicated by Young that maintenance of wings Was thA chief Question Involved. sj Meanwhile, the planes may-be used to carry frelgnr ana mail. The order, growing out of in vestigation of the accident in Which Knute Rockne and seven Others were -killed, affects 35 planes operated by I four com panies. - ' ; Ifaderman, Mrs Ray DeG aire and Hl&n Lois Ohmart Glee club host Bses included Mrs. William Bliv en, Mrs. John RIngwald, Mrs. Wil liam Myers, Mrs. R. f D. , Rarton, ra.! B. Bournier, Mrs, O. E. Pal mateer and Mrs. F. N. Waters. j Short talks were given also by Mrs. Mark, Skiff, president of the itate department, War Mothers, and Mrs. A. A. Lee, local presi dent. ' .-.--j The auxiliary presented, as an added touch to the occasion, a lovely individual corsage to every War Mother present, j Announcement was made that the auxiliary members will meet May 6 with Mrs. Cyril Nad on to make large poppies for the annual ale; on that date also the aux iliary will hold. In recognition of national Music week, a musical at the home of Mrs. W. P. Watkins, :55 Lefelle street, beginning at 8 jtf clock in the evening. The latter event is open to the public. i Members of ' the auxiliary are Urged to make plans to attend the meeting at the Multnomah hotel in Portland May 8, when the na tional president will pay her an- MEIER TO RECEIVE OKKEH TRira Gun one Carries Said ' Similar to That Slayer Used Officers are Inclined to View Car's Finding As Better Clue .. Two new angles developeKye terday in search for the murderer of James Iverson, Silverton night officer who was shot down early Saturday morning, but as the day closed officers still seemed la ell's d to point to. driver of tha T. R. Sims car, stolen here Friday night, as tbe probable murderer. ' Two men, who said they vera Lester II. and S. E. Irvingham of Cove, were arrested yesterday aft ernoon In Salem by State Trafflo Patrolman P. E. Clayton and held for Investigation. The car in which they were traveling, first reported Sunday night to police, from the Liberty district when a service station man there noticed they were armed, had tire treads similar to the marks made by the machine which sped tiray from scene of the .murder. Two pistols were found in the bottom of the car, which officers said had been fired In the -past week.' The Men, brothers, told conflicting storiee as to when each had been fired last. Doubt Growing That Trail Hot . Tbe men are still In custody, one in the city and one In the county Jail, but after long ques tioning last night there was grow in doubt as to their complicity.' With suspicion detaching from the brothers, .unknown driver of the Sims car, found in The Dalles Sunday, .8tlll held the center ef the stage. It is presumed this man, if he Is the murderer, left the car In The Dalles and travel ed Into eastern Oregon. 'Finger prints found on this machine were sent to the Portland police department for Investigation. Officers also received a report today that Iverson, while serving In an official capacity in Iowa prior to locating in Oregon, bad been threatened with death by a man whom he was Instrumental in sending to the state peniten tiary. This man was Quoted as saying that when he got free l.e would get Iverson if It was the last thing ho ever done. Sheriff Bower Is investigating this clew. Parts of the bullet and Jacket. found imbedded In the woodwork of the Club pool hall, have been sent to the Portland officers. . SILVERTON. May 4 Funeral service's for James Iverson Sil verton night watchman who was murdered Friday night, will be held from the Jack and Ekman parlors here Tuesday at 1:15. All business houses will close from one o'clock until 2:30. Rev. Thomas Hardle of McMInnviile, former Silverton pastor, and Dr. W. S. Gordon of Silverton will be the officiating clergymen. The remains, will be sent to the Port land Crematorium. Iverson Is survived by his wife and two children, a daughter Ma rie who is employed at a local hardware store, and a son D. N. Iverson who drives a truck be tween Portland and SHvertos. Mr. Iverson was considered es pecially efficient in his position, which' he has held for the past two years. Honni REBELS WIPE OUT TROOPS TEGUCIGALPA, II o n d u ran. May . 4 (AP) Rebels captured the town of Santa Rosa last week ; and killed all of the 140 gore fo ment troops at the garrison therst' durinr a severe five-hour battle. reports reaching here today said. Only Incomplete details of the battle were received from thoe reaching Tegucigalpa. It was said that more than 200 persons were slain on both sides, including Col onel Garcia, defender of the town and all the soldiers of his com mand, who had promised to fight the invaders to the last man. Civil government officials also were said to have been shot by the Insurgents. Stores and other buildings were looted. Several prominent civilians were report ed killed and others held as hos tages. Government troops have been sent to recover the town from the rebels, led by General Ferrera. It is believed he may volun tarily evacuate Santa Rosa and proceed against other towns in the vicinity. MURDER CASE ON SANDPOINT, Ida., May 4 fAP) Charles SUta, 18, went on trial in district court here today for the murder of Walter Lund. 23. in a feud over rights to' a spring. The Jury was not'complefe- ed at adjoummenL ' . -