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- Sunday win bring a
THE WEATHER
' Unsettled and mild todaj
and Friday, probably rains
today; Max. Temp. Wednes
day - 71, Mln. 40, clear,
south wind, river J3 foot.
character to Statesman read
ers. His ' escapade 'have
won national renown. Yon'll
want to know Fop Eye.
EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR
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FRIARS Gill
THEY ARE HOT
Hope to"; Stop Trouble, get
Candidate Back Upon:
nominees List
New Group Advanced After
Principal Cuts off
Atl but six
Deletions from the list of first
nominations for Salem' high stu
dent body offioes were announced
yesterday by - Principal Fred
Wolf, bnt there was no resultant
bombshell, tor students were well
aware that - the . principal would
make bis" cuts.
Eren before the .list was re
leased, students had submitted
petitions placing In the running
new candidates all or wnom
will be subject to the secret so
ciety clearance of the .principal.
The alleged frat members seemed
to be taking the matter with
fairly good , feeling. . and their
sames were more prominent than
those of "barbarians" on the
many petitions that were circu
lated. V: V
Claim one ftoclety
Member Left on
Students pointed out, how-
approTed list one nominee whom
Wolf declares Is not a frat man
but whom students declare to be
a real good hush-hush club mem
ber. - .
A few students who were In
. the know were laughing at the
jumor that the Friars, supposed
to be one of the oldsst secret
groups at the school but now
blossoming out as a- "town" club,
would get their candidate, John
Bone, basketball player, on the
ticket yet. His name has been
pencilled. Bone Is after Job of
athletic manager.
f . Friars outside of school are
f said to hare approached Mr.
Wolf and asked if Bone might
un tor office . If the Friars
-proTed that theirs Is a town
club and not a high school secret
society. Wolf Is said to hare as
sented. - . -Constitution
has
Bees Changed, Word ' '
It Is . said the Friar constitu
tion wair changed, sometime ago
to make It a town club, and that
both alumni and high school
boys belong. It Is said not to
-mention the words high school.
Members propose, it is said, to
take the document before, a no
tary public and bare him swear
that the organization is not one
of the banned societies. r
Commenting upon the reported
Friar action, one prominent frat
member said: "I guess we might
all do that, too."
The six students left on the
original list, one of them subject
to further investigation, are: Es
ther GIbbard, Tice president;
Margaret Rosebraugh, secretary;
Kenneth Morgan and Earle Relff
wald. Clarion manager; , and
Mark Sachtler and Dan McCar
thy, athletic manager.
More Nominating;
Speeches Today . . .4 . "
Students nominated by petition
are: for president: Dan McCar
thy (who resigned nomination
for athletic manager), Lewis Mel
son, Bob Bishop. Waldo ; Mills,
Jimmle Shepherd. Edgar King.
Don Collins and Fred Wolf; sec
retary, Beth Billings; yell "leader,
Howard Mills and Zollie Vol
chok; song leader, Peggy Wag
staff; Clarion annual . manager,
Robert Johnson, Ingrard Hansen,
Jack Poulln and Paul Hauser;
forensic manager, Bob Good fel
low, Ewald Frange and James
Sehon; sergeant-at-arms. Junior
Lindstrom and Ned Hale. No
Clarion annual and newspaper j
editor, as society members were
said to be the only plausible per
sons for the 'positions. .
Nominating speeches will be
made at. an' assembly today and
elections ylll be held Friday dar
ing the home room period. .
&HIBE CLAIMS f lOO.OOO
PORTLAND, May 20v (AP)
. Salt for payment of a f lOO.
OOO note was filed In circuit
court here today against the
Portland baseball dob and
naming C T. Diamond, P. T.
Alnge and the West Side golf
practice course, an Oregon cor
poration, as co-defendants. -
The suit was filed by Charles
J. Swindells, attorney, on be
' half of Thomas S. 8 hi be, riiila
' delpbia, brother ef John D.
Shi be, reputedly one of the
principal owners of the club.
PRAISES POLICE BILL
EUGENE, May 20. (AP)
(AP) Major-General Smedley D.
Butler. Interviewed upon his ar
rival here tonight, branded oppo
sition to the state police bill -"political
flab-dub."
A state police, Butler said, la
superior to municipal police or
ganizations because it is free from
political corruption. He praised
Governor Meier tor instituting the
-state police system In. Oregon.
I S. SOGIETY
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PEOPLE. .
.Lwho are news
By ALEXANDER HENDERSON
(CopyrUbt, ItSX. By Associated
Press) -
NEW YORK, May 20 (AP)
The world at large thinks of
James A. Farreli. president
of the United States Steel corpora
tion, as a steelmaster, one of the
greatest in the world.
By inheritance, however, he has
a profound Interest in the sea. His
JAMES A. FARRELI
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great grandfather organized the
first line operating regularly be
tween Holyhead and Dublin. His
grandfather continued to operate
the same line. Capt. John O. Far
reli, father of James A., immi
grated to the United States, but
followed the family tradition. Be
fore he was fifteen James A. Far
reli had made two voyages with
bis parent, one of which carried
him around Cape Horn.
WITH that background It is
easy to see why the Interest
of the steelmaster in marl
time affairs has no academic lim
itations. One of the very few re
maining clipper ships, the Tusitala
(Samoan for tale bearer), is oper
ated by James A. Farreli.
Every day on the ton of the
pile of papers and correspondence,
the perusal of which starts the
day's work, Js a message from
the captain of that vessel of 1624
net tons reporting her position at
noon, the previous day and the
progress made since the previous,
report, i
The operation of one ship does
not make a shipping magnate. But
as president of : United States
Steel, Mr. Farreli oversees the op
eration of thirty-one deep sea
steamships as well as the ' com
pany's seventy-six vessels on the
great lakes. No other Farreli is
associated with the steel business,
bat two of his sons- are , shipping
men. - .- : .
MR. FAR ELL hafJ assiduous
interest in a' closely related
. . . I A. J
Buujeci luiei&u 1 r a a v,
which Impelled him to take a
leading part In the organization
of the national foreign trade
council. ! Many years ago when
he was In charge of the New
York office of the Oliver Steel
and Wire company he insisted
that orders from foreign custo
mers should be delivered prompt
ly, an attitude which stood the
company in good stead, for Its
mills continued busy when the do
mestic demand Blackened.
Some fifty years ago his father
started on a voyage and sever
returned. No word was ever
heard of master, shin or crew.
The Farreli family lived then In
New Haven, Conn. - The boy.
James, who was "hot yet fifteen,
had "noticed a sort of stringency"
in his mother's affairs. On the
way to school he stopped at a wire
mill and got a Job grabbing hot
rods with pinchers for twelve
hours a day at 12.50 a week.
At the age of 19 he moved to
Pittsburgh where he became night
foreman over 1,800 men.
He has been an avid reader all
his life and education Is his third
avocation.
PLUMBERS TO MEET
BEND. 'Ore.'. War !0iPi
The annual convention of the Ore
gon state master plumbers asso
ciation win be held in Bend Fri
day and Saturday of this week.
About 150 delegates are expected.
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Portland Ball Club Sued
"Politics" Says Butler
Clatsop j Talking Recall
Baker Record Gives up
i COURT UNDER FIRE
' ASTORIA, May 20. (AP)
Threats of recall were heard to
day when a large group of farm
ers and dairymen called on the
county court and demanded that
R. J. F. Rankin, veterinarian, be
re-instated as county herd Inspec
tor. ' .$ i '-'-'--''
: Dr. Rankin recently was remov
ed by action of the county court,
which eharged he was "out of
step" with 1U program. Subse
quently petitions, signed by a
large majority of farmers in the
county, were' submitted to the
court asking 'Dr.- Rankin's re-ln-statement.
- The court disregarded
the petitions.
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DEBTS TOTAL f20,00O
. BAKER. Ore., May 20. (AP)
The Baker Daily Record,' pub
lished as a morning paper here
since March 20, suspended pub
lication today. . r;
: Announcement was made the
paper would be sold by creditors
at a sheriff's sale. Claims were
said to aggregate about 120.000.
REFERENDUM'S
FRIENDS START
GOITER
DUE
Chris Kowitz Preparing - to
File Friendly Appeal
On Ballot Title f !
Will Counteract a Possible
- Attack After Petition
Cl Names' Gathered r't
PORTLAND, Ore, May 20.
(AP) Sponsors of the proposed
referendum ' on the ' state - police
bill today laid plans to beat op
ponents of the referendum at
their own game. a
. Ed T. AverllL to whom a ref
erendum ballot title was Issued
Monday, said Chris Kowitz, Sa
lem attorney, today was prepar
ing papers necessary, to filing an
appeal with the state supreme
court from the title as prepared
and issued by Attorney-General
Van Winkle. Similar action was
said to have heen planned by J,
J. McDonald, Salem, In an effort
to halt the referendum move
ment. - .
Bring Question to
Head, la Purpose
A verill said such an appeal
would bring the question to a
head immediately and cause the
court to pass on the wording of
the title. . , He .. pointed out any
opponent ' of : the referendum
might take such an appeal ; any
time within 20 days if the spon
sors of the referendum did not
take precautionary action.
The "friendly" appeal probab
ly will be filed Thursday, Averill
said. It may delay circulation
of the petitions for a few days
but the sponsors of the referen
dum regard it as the proper step.
If an appeal were taken by
opponents of the referendum and
so much as a single word were
changed in the . title, all signa
tures that mifht have been af
fixed to the petitions would be
voided, Averill said.
REBEKflH ASSEMBLY
OF OUl ELECTS
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 20.
fAP) Mm Ethel Meldram. Mil-
waukle, was elected president of
the Rebekah ' assembly at its
tnMtrrnr hern todav durine the
Odd Fellows annual grand lodge
session. Mrs. Meldram succeeded
Mrs. Leona Thiel, Astoria.
Mrs. Esther Bond. HalseT. was
elected to the position of warden.
Other officers elected were:
Maude Rodgers, Enterprise, vice
president: Ora L. Cosper, Danas,
secretarv : Eda Jacobs. Portland.
treasurer; Cora Heaton, Hills-
boro, marshal; Grace Taylor,
Mill City, conductor; Alice Tay
inr. Portland., chanlaln: Mabel
Gilbert, Bend, Inside guard; Del-
phlne Lazarus, Burns, . outside
guard; Luciele Harris, Freewa
ter, musician; Leona Thiel, As
toria, renresentatlve . to . the as
sociation of Rebekah assemblies.
War Birds Ready
To Demonstrate
Chicago Def ense
CHICAGO. May 20 (AP)
Hundreds of army warbirds clus
tered about Chicago tonight ready j
to show the city and Its environs
what they could do if the city ;
were threatened by a hostile ar
my. -
More than 65 0 planes new in
from Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio,
today, most of them in formation,
and there' was not a serious mis
hap despite the soggy condition of
several Chicago fields. Precau
tions were takes. In landing, with
the formations breaking up and
filtering slowly to the ground. t
School Building,
Teacher, Pupils
Lost Says Supt.
BEND. Ore.. May 20. (AP)
Lost: One school building, in
cluding teacher, pupils and equip-,
ment.
That was Superintendent S.
W. Agers report to the Bend
school district board toaay. ue
explained that ; the scnooi naa
hn located In a lor zln r camn.
When the camp was moved to
another district recently. me
school was loaded on a flat car
and taken to the new location.
McNamee's Wife
Asks Separation
NEW YORK. May 20. (AP)
Graham McNamee, widely
known radio announcer, said to
day he had been served In a suit
for . separation by his wife, Che
former Josephine Garrett.
Mrs. McNamee tiled the action
several weeks ago, McNamee
said. He added that he did not
know 1 where his wife . was, but
that the separation was not by
mutual consent. 1 ;
vreg
on tteceptioms
. Pleasing to Butler;
; Gets StrdwberHes
Never saw Finer Ones Ke Observes When Meier
Presents Marion County. Product;
His Itinerary Busy one
r was a "dee-lifhted" General Butler who received a bas
ket of Marion county strawberries from Governor Meier
late yesterday afternoon as the two met on the Pacific
hisrhway five miles north of Salem.- The governor was en
routajto his ranch near Portland; the general was" going
south to Eugene, with George Joseph", Jr. Luke May, Seat-
e 1 rains
400 Delegates to Attend;
Entertainment Plans
Are Made Locally
Plans are complete for the
tenth annual convention of the
Oregon Federation - of Business
and Professional Women's clubs
for which Salem will be hostess
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Approximately s400 women
from the 22 clubs of the state
are expected to attend and at
least two national officers will
be present. Miss Julia K. Webster-of
Salem Is chairman. of the
program committee and Miss
Martha Gasch, president of the
state organization will preside.
"Know Your Oregon
Luncheon Feature
A feature of the convention
will be the "Know Your Oregon"
luncheon on Saturday when each
of the clubs will give a short
stunt advertising the resources
of the community in which the
clnb Is located. One of the ma
jor activities .of the Forward
committee of which Miss Dora
Sexton of The Dalles is chairman.
has been the acquainting of club
members with the resources of
Oregon. Miss Sexton will preside
at the luncheon on Saturday
which is planned to be a climax
for the year's activities of her
committee.
The convention will open with
two luncheons on Friday, one
tor members of the .- executive
board" and another tor conven
tion members and delegates. Fol
lowing these the business session
will convene at the Salem cham
ber of commerce rooms and from
then on the program will be a
full one.
The last event will be the Em
blem breakfast at Hazel Green
park on Sunday morning when
the two new clubs, Hood River
and Heppner, will be received
Into the state federation. Dr. W.
C. Kantner of Salem will deliver
the morning address.
Conrad Suffers
Skull Fracture
Result of Crash
Further examination of John
Conrad, 78, who walked Into -the
side of the tire department's
small chemical truck at corner
of State and Winter streets Tues
day evening, revealed the elderly
man was suffering from a bad
skull fracture and a, surgical
operation was performed last
night. At a late hour he was
reported as "doing nicely" but
was not fully out of danger. Dr.
George R- Vehrs, the attending
surgeon, intimated.
Reports of the accident tended
to absolve truck driver from
blame for Conrad's Injury. It
was said the machine was swerv
ed and stopped in attempt to
miss the man but that Conrad
became confused and walked
against the truck before It could
be brought to a complete halt.
Turnesa &Low
By Good Margin
LEEDS, England, May 20
(AP) By equaling the record
round of 09 he shot over the Sand
Moor links yesterday, Joe Turn
esa, American professional head
ed the list of 22 qualifiers today
for the thousand guineas profes
sional golf tournament. -
R. E. Ballantine, British pro
who also shot a 69 today, finish
ed second to Tnrneea's 138 with
a SC-bole total of 141.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., May 20.
(AP) Ira Dern. Salt Lake City
heavyweight, defeated Ted Thye,
I Portland, two falls out of three in
wrestling boot here tonight.
Dem won the first fall In 21
minutes with a "double stepover
toehold, and the third In three
minutes with a cross-body hold.
Thye scored his lone fall In 11
minutes with an arm bar.,
WENATCHEB, Wash., May 20.-
(AP) Bob Kruse, 200, Port
land, threw , Stanislaus Zbyssko,
230, veteran pole, from the ring
In the fifth round of a wrestling
exhibition tonight and Zbyssko
was unable to return. The match
was awarded to Kruse.
CO ffin LOOMS
A ' i IT i ' i
ouev ana- saajor vutton accom
panying him. ,
--T never saw any larger or
better colored strawberries In my
life,' beamed the general, and
nary an expletive did he nse.
Governor Meier also presented
the general of the marines with
an ash tray on which reposed a
miniature frog, official emblem
of the . governor's campaign In
1930. General Butler assured the
chief executive the ash tray
would occupy a prominent place
on his desk at West Chester,
Penn. I. j, . -s
Is Pleased With
Hospitality Here
On the way from the scene of
the presentation to Salem Gen
eral Butler lauded Oregon's hos
pitality, and spoke feelingly of
the reception he had received
earlier In the day in Portland.
"There must have been more
than 800 people at the lunch
eon,". General Butler said, "and
I never spoke before a more ap
preciative crowd." General But
ler was due to arrive, in Eugene
early last night where he had a
dinner engagement. He wiU
speak at a breakfast at Eugene
today, and then will go to Cor
vallls where he will be honor
guest at a luncheon at noon.
General Butler expressed a desire
to return to Portland early this
afternoon, where he has a num
ber of appointments.
A part of Friday will be de
voted to a trip down the Colum
bia river in Governor Meier's
launch. : This win be followed by
a conference at Governor Meier's
country home near Corbett. Late
Friday or early Saturday, Gen
eral Butler, as a guest of Govern
or Meier, .will leave for Grants
Pass to attend the dedication of
the Rogue . River bridge.
Start Return to
East Saturday
" General Butler will return to
Portland late in the afternoon by
airplane : and leave shortly after
9 o'clock at night for Chicago.
Daring a brief stop in Salem
yesterday General Butler received
a letter from a marine who had
served under him abroad.
"It is letters like this one that
make you happy," General But
ler said as he read it two or
three times.
The letter, while covering only
a few lines, expressed1 apprecia
tion for the general's visit to
Oregon, and wished him God
speed. ,! '' -'-,
"It Is great to have friends,"
continued General Butler. 'Ev
erywhere I go I meet some of
the men who I know personally
or by reputation. My reception
in Oregon has been exceptionally
fine."
Stone Age Cave
Yields Body of
Marine Officer
,TOUr Fance, May 20. (AP)
Ruins of the stone age cavern
in which he perished In a futile
endeavor to save the life of a
peasant woman today gave up the
body of Brigadier General Robert
H. Dunlap, of the United States
marine corps.
After, almost 24 hours of dig
ging, rescue workers headed by
French army engineers came upon
the mangled form of the Ameri
can officer where he was trapped
yesterday by an avalanche which
engulfed the cave near Cinq Mars,
where the . woman and her hus
band made their home.
The body of Denis Brlant, hus
band of the woman, who rushed
with Brigadier General Dunlap ' to
save her as the fall of rock and
stone started, was recovered also.
Mme. Briant was rescued alive bat
badly injured. . -
Certnak Doesn't
Want Butler to
Aid in Chicago
CHICAGO. May 20. (AP)
Major-General Smedley D. Butler
may be interested only In coming
with the Chicago police, but Chi
cago's mayor isn't , interested at
all.- -.j' .-J'.
Mayor Cermak said today he
had received a wire from Port
land, " Ore., which quoted Butler
as saying "The only; police job
that would interest me Is Chicago."-
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"I haven't solicited Mr. But
ler, I don't Intend to answer the
telegram, and I'm not interest
ed," Cermak remarked. .
" TIMBER TRACT SOLD -1
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., May
20 -(AP) J. R. Shaw, president
of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber
company of Klamath Falls, an
nounced today his company had
purchased about 24,000 acres of
timber from the Pickering Lum
ber company.
WET C1PII
Association Against - Prohf
. Seeking to Stop Funds ?
For Enforcement
. " ,. "
Newspaper Dupes In Giving
Liquor Side, Declared
r At Mission Meet
Cautioning r the prohibition
workers of Oregon to be . on
their guard against moves to
wipe the law from the books. Miss
Ada Townsend of Chicago, citi
zenship secretary of the Home
Missionary society of Chicago,
brought the principal message be
fore last , night's session i of the
annual convention, of the Wom
an's Home Missionary society of
the Oregon conference. She spoke
on "Brewers and Billionaires." j
"Perhaps you think Oregon Is
safe, but it Isn't forever; not as
long as the association against
prohibition lasts or as long as it
has any hope left that the prohi
bition law can be nullified," Miss
Townsend declared. . j
Cat Off Support i
Claims Effort to j
She charged the association
against prohibition also, with
working to create a wet congress
in order that appropriations to.
the prohibition unit might be cut
off; with hopingto see In power
a wet supreme court, and also In
some states wet superintendents
of public instruction.
She asserted that Oregon pro
hibitionists should be on the alert
to see that more adequate instruc
tion regarding deleterious effects
of alcohol be incorporated Into
the school books of Oregon. She
said she had checked with an edu
cator In southern Oregon on this
matter, and that textboks are ap
parently lacking In this matter.
Miss Townsend devoted some
time to decrying propaganda
which the wets get into the news
papers and magazines of the
country, and declared that the
newspapers are dupes, conscious
or otherwise, of conspiracy of the
drys. 8he cited the senate invest!-j
gations of a year ago as first fair
revelation of what the anti-prohis j
are doing, and declared in effect
that 1 even this was cushioned by
most of the press.
Devotions last night were con
ducted by Mrs. Matthew Humes of
Portland and the program Includ
ed also demonstrations by mem
bers from the children's,; young
people's and Wesleyan Guild de
partments, all depicting the good.
that Is spread through the W. H.
M. 8.
The convention will come to a
close today, with elections and
reports to be the ; main business
of the morning. Addresses and
Installation of officers will occu
py the afternoon. f
Mrs. Benjamin Young of Port
land Is conference president.
Prises for .missionary education
work were presented yesterday to
Mrs. Durkeimer of Salem and Mrs.
H. Peterson of Portland.
Blast Fatal to I
Noted Inventor
Of Radio Field
PHILADELPHIA, May 20
(AP) Charles Erastus Vawter,
widelr known Inventor of more
than 200 radio and electric de
vices, died today of burns receiv-;
ed in an explosion at his labora
tory In his home in the German
town section of the city. -
The explosion occurred : while
Vawter, a former professor of:
physics at Virginia polytechnic:
institute, was experimenting with
a high-tension Ignition system for
airplanes on Tuesday. His death
followed 24 hours later. ' :
Agriculture Head Opens
Office, L6(lk$ or Aides
Vm Oehlhar. newly appointed
superintendent of the state agri-j
cultural department, nas esiao
Hshnd offices In the state capltoi
mi Knn thn arduous duty of se-t
lectins the subalterns for his de4
partment. Yesterday he announe-r
ed that he had already received.
1C0 applications for men -wno
want jobs In the new department.
He estimates he will receive a to
tal of 200 applications before July
1 when the law becomes effective.;
ThA arrlcnltnral department
win nhsorh the duties of approxi
mately 16 existing state agencies,:
exclusive of having juruKuuuj
over a large numoer m
inspectors. The department win.
inrtiKl fiva divisions. 1 10 do
known as administration, plant in-;
n.trr animal industry, xoouk
and dairies and markets, grades;
mi BtAttflarda. i
The law provides tnav ue si
Ami-n nd food I commissioner
shall be retained at the head ofj
the foods and dairies division.
Gehlhar. under the law, will be"
in charge of the administration
department, and will appoint thei
four directors of the other bu4
reaus. subject to the confirmation
of Governor Meier. Mr. Gehlhar
will receive an annual saiary 01
8 SO 00 a year, while the salaries of
the four directors shall be fixed
by Mr. Gehlhar and the goyenor. 4
Spring Road
Job Outlook
WASHINGTON. May 20 (AP)
r-fReports for April to the labor
department -showed spring road
construction ' absorbing thousands
Of unemployed although curtailed
schedules . continued In . many
establishments. , -
j.-j Meanwhile, the metals trades
department of the American Fed
eration of Labor 'urged local
councils to seek additional mem
bers I "to make nse of collective
action it general wage reductions
are proposed." .
: Atj tne same time Matthew
Wol4 a vice-president of the fed
eration, said In an address before
the National Association of Mu
tual f Savings Banks that "Ameri
can )abor is probably In for the
tight of Its life." '
I "The demand for the cutting of
Wares." he said, "Is a part of a
campaign which is now only be
ginning again and which has been
planned as a part of the program
t$r he International control of
capital, of manufacture, of mar
kets; of prices and of labor, by
those who would master the world
m the Interests of the few."
GLUES 116 Id
truckman Killed in Blast
Leaves two Notes but
Officers Puzzled
rilLLSBORO. Ore., May 20
(TAPl No tangible clue to the
BUDDOsed bomb murder of John
huher, 88-year-old truck driver,
badl been discovered tonight by
polite and sheriff's officers Inves
tigating his death.
I Ifjuber was killed late last night
)n a .trucking company's' garage
her.- One shoulder and his neck
had; been virtually torn away by
the force of the blast. Authori
ties i expressed the opinion the in
juries could not have been self-
inflicted. ,
j A tamlly living across the
'strefet from the garage told auth
orities they had heard the explo
sion but saw no one near . tne
garige.
Leaves Note gating
Police WU1 Know !
Two notes left by Huber.shed
little light on his death. Sheriff
J. W. Cohnell said. One note,
found In Huber's socks, said two
unidentified men- had followed
jhlm; all day and suggested . that
police would know who were re
sponsible vin case anything hap
pened to him. Another note,
found in the garage and written
In German, the sheriff said, read:
f'l hate to do this sort of thing,
but I'm getting lota of money for
Jt." ? .
I Owners of the garage said no
explosives had been kept In the
garage. - .-. .;
Authorities advanced no motive
for h possible attack upon Huber.
Question Youths
As to Activities
Monday Night
Six boys, between ages of 13
and; 16. were before the county
juvenile officers yesterday after
noob to undergo questioning as to
their movements, particularly
Monday night when young Walter
Waterman was seriously burned
when a can of gasoline was acci
dentally Ignited. . - '
The boys are said to be mem
ber! of a , neighborhood gang
working In the south end of town,
and! It Is largely to warn them
against depredations that they
were brought before the officers
yesterday. 1 .
"We want to keep these boys
fro$i getting Into serious trouble,"
commented Mrs. Nona White,
county juvenile officer.
In order that 'there may be the
closest contact between the, de
partment and the practical agri
cultural problems, the law also
created a state board of agricul
ture which shall consist of seven
members to be appointed by Gov
ernor Meier. 1
' Interests to be represented' on
the board Include horticulture,
dallying, animal Industry other
than dairying, poultry Industry
and field crops. The agricultural
marketing agencies shall be re
presented on the board by two
members. - Terms of the board
members will range from two to
six years. Members of the board
wilfnot receive any compensation
forthelr services, bat shall be re
imbursed for actual and necessary
expenses.
I order to eliminate duplica
tion and unnecessary expense,
there shall be the tallest coopera
tion between the Oregon State col
lege and the agricultural depart
ment. The college shall continue
with full authority and responsi
bility for resident Instruction In
all 'branches of agriculture. The
coltego also shall be 1 responsible
for research and experimentation
in ail branches and phases of ag
ricaltare a t forth In the fed
eral and state laws creating,
maintaining and defining the
work of experiment stations.
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MURDER
Veteran Hews man who Cava
Racket Details is S!a5ri
Along With Politician in
; Hollywood Office j
Good Description of Slayer
Available; Safety Deposit
Box may Yield. Clues io
Cause of Attack I
LOS ANGELES, May 20 (AP)1
A gunman believed by police)
on a mission of revenge shot and
killed Herbert i Spencer, j veteran
Los Angeles newspaperman, late
today and mortally wounded
Charles Crawford, real estate ex
ecutive and politician, as they sat
In Crawford's office on Sunset
boulevard In Hollywood.
The gunman entered the office
and after a conversation of about
an hour's duration he shot the
two men and escaped In an auto
mobile. Spencer was killed almost
Instantly and Crawford died three
hours afterward, following an
emergency operation. To the last,
he refused to reveal Identity of
the slayer. j
1 Spencer, for many years a po
lice reporter here and later city
editor of the Los Angeles Evenlag
Express, was editor of a magazine
which had campaigned vigorous
ly against a pang accused by the
publication of vice and .gamblisg
activities. , '
. An hour before he died. Spen
cer left bis office and told an as
sociate "I'm going out to get some
more underworld stuff."
Safety Deposit Box
Slay Yield Clues
. The gun man 1 was ushered Into
Crawford's office after he had
asked Ray J. Iladke, secretary, to
let him see Crawford. Radke said
Crawford, Spencer and the man
talked together for some momenta
and Crawford then came out to
Inquire about some "minor mat
ter." He rejoined the two men
and Radke said a moment later ;
two shots rang out. The door
burst open and the gunman raced
through the office, leaped in tse
automobile and disappeared. An
excellent description of him was
given to police.
. A series of articles recently had
been written by Spencer for the
magazine in which he named a
former police officer as "the Al
Capone of Los Angeles" and" at
tempted to reveal gang activitiee
here. In one article. Spencer said
his life had been threatened and
wrote that It anything happened
there would be found in a safety
deposit box "in a certain bank"
the names of those whom he had
warred against. Police began a "
search for the box in hope that
it might reveal the Identity of the
slayer. i
Davis Cup Play
With Canada is
To Start Today
MONTREAL, May 20 (AP)
The United State and Canada
will' open their Davis cup battle
for the final honors in the North
American zone tomorrow with
two young New Yorkers opposing
a veteran pair of Canadians la
singles. . I
'' Demon S.: Prentice, non-plsy-lng
captain of .the United States
team, selected Frank X. ; Shields
and Sydney B. Wood, Jr., white
Alan C. - Dunlop, who holds the
same position on the Canadian
team, chose Dr. Jack A. Wrirht
of Toronto and Marcel Ralnville
of Montreal. The draw for tomor
row's two matches sends Shields
against Canada's No. 1 player.
Dr. Wright, and Wood ! against
Ralnville. M.I
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Ten Minutes is
All Jury Needs
To Free Beauty
NICE. France, May 20 (AP
A French Jury required only
ten minutes this evening to aa
quit Mrs. Charlotte JNash Nixon
Nlrdllnger, beauty contest win
ner, formerly of SL Louis, of the
Slaying of her husband.
The Jury upheld her contention
that she shot her husband. Fred
O. Nlxon-Nirdllnger. wealthy Phil
adelphia theatre operator, in self
defense, after he had; attacked her
in a Jealous frenzy last March. .
Montreal Ajgain
Crowns Champ
MONTREAL, May 20 (AP)
Pete Sanstol, Norwegian boxer
who makes his home here, won
recognition of the Montreal ath
letic commission as world's ban
tamweight champion by defea ng
Archie Bell of New York In a fast
10-round tight at the Forum to-
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