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' A . ' St. n . x .:r CIRCULATION ' THE WEATHER Fair today ajftd Thursday, bo mnrh change la tnpr ature; Max. Temp. Tuesday 84, Mia. 54. river -2.6, northerly winds. Average Distribution June, jat 7038 I'M. : r - H Set paid, dally, Sunday 0710 ur.mita a. m. o. EiUUTY-WRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning-, July 22, 1931 Vr.iA. UY k lrf x J Mill? M A I IXVIfllll'' I I f I I I - I X BUM SCHOOL CHIEF DUSTED, G Holman Finds Institution Mot rProper!y f.!anaged ' Under J. W. Howard . Washington man ;Se!ected l -and -all Employes are. : Asked to Resign V " . J. Wv Howard w'a removed as superintendent . of tbe ' Oregon lUte school for the blind and Walter C. Dry appointed in his plaee Tuesday by unanimous rote of the state board of control. Mr. Dry has been for several years on the staff of the Washington sUte instituUon for the blind at "Van courer. ; ; : The resolution asking; for Mr. Howard's removal was presented by Rufus C Holman, state treasurer,-and carried a request for the resignation of all state employes of the blind school effective Aug ust 15. Mr. Dry will receive an annual salary ot 11500 and found. Mrs. Dry will serve as matron of the Institution. Finds School No ' Conducted Properly Mr. Holman declared that he had conducted an investigation of the blind school.- and had found that -the Institution was not be ing operated In the best Interests of the pupils. "It la my opinion," Holman said, "that the school has been conducted along Institutional rather than educational lines. I also Tound that the children la the sehool were not properly clothed In cold weather, and that there were other delinquencies. The school apparently has gone to seed and we need some new blood in the Institution If the best re sults are to be obtained.! Holman declared that Mr. and Mrs. Dry had been recommended highly for the position of super intendent and matron. Hoes Objects .to Going Ostalde State L Hal E. Hoes, secretary of state, said that while he was convinced that the management of the blind school was weak. he. did not be lieve it was necessary to' go' out side ot Oregon for Mr..-Howard's successor. Holman replied that- he had made a thorough canvass of the situation and had not been able to find any person In Oregon capable of handling j the position ot superintendent. I ' Hoss then Informed other mem bers! ot the board of control that the employment of i institutional (Tarn to page 2. col. 7) 1 i "I , SPRINGFIELD. Tenn., July 21 (AP) Pushing their way with bayonets. National guardsmen to night advanced through a crowd estimated by them at 6000 and started for Nashville with Everett Holoway, whom they were called to protect after his arrest yester- day for seriously wounding Sher iff J. Mart Murphy. Holloway was removed in a ear with five guardsmen folowed by another car of troops, shortly after 40 guardsmen had arrived to reinforce 13 who had guarded the Jail since early afternoon. Major C. C. Robinson said the crowds Jammed the sidewalks near the Jal as Holloway was brought out and that the troops cleared a path to the waiting cars with their bayonets. The situation became tense this afternoon when the 12 guards men under the command of Major Robinson were deterred from tak ing Holloway out of the county by James Murphy, brother ot the wounded, sheriff. H JS ; . DESEItTIOX GROUNDS OREGON CITY. Ore.. July 21 (AP) Mrs. Ruth Belden Tooxe -was granted a divorce In circuit court here today from Walter L. Toose, I Jr., Portland attorney The complaint alleged desertion. Mrs. 'Tooze was awarded cus tody of a minor child, Suzanne. 5, except during the months ot July and August each tyear when the girl is ito stay with her father. Mrs. Tooze also, was awarded $75 a month alimony and S25 a month for the care of the girl. ' 80O MEN FIGHTING .' MEDFORD, Ore.. Jaly 21 (AP) Three hundred, men to night were trying to gain con trol of the Applegate valley fire which has horned over about 40O0 acre of brash and scatter. cl timber In the Crater national ' forest. The fire, which forest of fl ' rials believed incendiary, was ' dlscorered fionday. Report here said the- blase ' threatened several farm -home DRY ETSJO ems used to. PROTECT PRIMER r 7 Tf .a He Will Direct New" Linen Mill i 'i F. JT. jGUbraith, leader la the r ' gawlvanon. of the Salem Linen Mills; already in operation- at the plant formerly ran by the Oregon Linen Mul company Gilbraith; goes east Friday to nay new, modern looms for tne xnlU.;! He expects 10O people will employed at the plant mmb rt la in rail operation. GREeorir to veto GARBAGE PROPOSAL : . J i " Exclusive Feature Illegal In his; Opinion; Sees .'. . Other Objections - Mayor P. M. Gregory had his red-ink; bottle ready yesterday to put his taboo on the exclusive grange I franchise ordinance pass ed Monday night at the city coun cil meeting. : "I certainly shall veto the mea sure . Just as soon as It reaches me," the mayor said. The ordin ance is; at the city recorder's of fice and the mayor's- veto is ex pected the first time he steps into the office to go over the work of the council last night. . A two- thirds Vote of the 14 . aldermen will be needed to override the veto.-Only eight affirmative rotes were given j to the measure Mon day Bight. !''."?: -. ' -Gregory said yesterday that he thought the exclusive feature of the ordinance entirely illegal considering there was a provision in the! city's charter preventing the granting of the ; exclusive franchises.. He said lawyers had raised grave doubts In his mind concerning the legality of , the ex clusive 3 franchise granted the Southern Pacific company for its bus. lines when the citlsens roted on tb matter May is. 1S30. Gregory -admitted ! there was a distinction .between a ; franchise granted by t a general vote and one granted by the Council. He. Said the also opposed the from citizens the freedom pf gaf fro xncitizens the freedom ot gar bage disposal at any time they saw fit. Under the franchise en acted with 1 the Salem Sanitary Service: company, citlsens could dispose, of garbage only on Satur days. Gregory said he thought this inconvenient and unfair, es pecially: to people "whose religious views prohibited the use of Sat urday for such work. Stores Join in Bargain Offer? For Dollar Day Merchants today have prepared unusual bargains for shoppers In Salem's first city-wide dollar day. More than a score of stores are cooperating In the event. Records In low: prices, for goods of high value will ; be established, local merchants say., Prevailing low prices have been reduced to make especial attrac tions for the event. Salem is fol lowing the lead of other cities which have conducted successful dollar days at regular intervals. Tooze Divorce Awards) Klamath has big Blaze PprtRtnn Tner9 V.rA Fire Destroys Factory and crops today. Some pasture land was burned over. 1 :,--!);- . , , " ' VETS ARE HOPEFCIi LA GRANDE, Ore.r July 21 (AP) Judge Edward S. Matthi as, national commander of the or ganization, told the Oregon state encampment of Spanish-American war veterans here today that he believed a pension Increase bill would he passed by the next con gress, jj - ; t . . Judge Matthias said the house committee on pensions had told him such a bill would be passed. He said more than 2500 veterans now require help. Officers will be elected tomor row. DAMAGE IS $75,000 . PORTLAND, Ore., July 21 (AF)-t-nre or undetermined orl gln ratted the California Ba.gr c Metal company's building here to- nlghf."; AjRosenfeld, owner, es timated the damage at about $75, ooe. --s - The! building was partly Insur ed, Xtosenfeld said. .i '.It -: . -. - SHOOS FILES LIBEL CHARGES Commander of Legion Post At SHverton and two Others Accused t. J Question-About Finances of Last Year's Team is Factor in Case r . Another angle to the difficul ties attendant upon American Le glon . Junior baseball la Marlon county was revealed on Tuesday when Dr. A. W. Simmons of SH verton tiled a charge ot criminal libel against Charles J. Johnson. commander of Delbert Reevea Post number 7 of. 811 vert on and E. L. Starr and George Manolls, manager and assistant manager respectively of the SHverton Jun ior team. -'",-! -i : The complaint is based on an article in the July 17 issue of the "Post Bulletin", official publica tion of Delbert Reeves Post, en titled MA resume of the Junior Legion Baseball Situation in Marion County, and signed , by Starr and Manolls. - The charge ot criminal libel is based on the following paragraph: "Dr. Simmons who again man aged the team made no financial report for 1930 but the records show $130 spent for equipment. 12 local games played and a purse of $500 furnished by the townspeople. There was on hand at the end of the season three bats, two balls, one catcher's mlt, one pair of leg guards, one chest protector and no cash balance Refers to Northwest Championship Team The team which Dr. Simmons managed is the one which was sent to Colorado Springs to com pete for the championship ot the western United States, after win ning the Oregon and Pacific Northwest championships.- ' Dr. Simmons appears as pri vate prosecutor in the ease with John Carson as district attorney, handling the prosecution. The ease will come up for pre liminary hearing before Justice of. the Peace Miller B. Hayden as soon as a date can be arranged by the two attorneys and ' the court. " ' i It is known here that strained' relations have existed between Dr. Simmons, who. is district chairman ot Junior baseball 1 in this part) of the state, and lead ers ot the SHverton post, since the recent county series, when Simmons ruled that a Sllverton player was .ineligible at the same time that he found all of the other teams in , the county had erred likewise. ' Aviator Esqapes ! Serious Hurt as Plane Overturns -1 ' ASTORIA. Ore., July 21. (AP) Charles B. .Arthur, Port land aviator, escaped with minor scratches and bruises ' when his plane overturned., near , Long Beach, Wash., this afternoon. . Arthur was on his way to Cran- betrry Station, near Long Beach, to visit his father. J. M. Arthur. Unaware of the Washington state law which prohibits airplanes landing on the beach. Arthur tried to find a place to land. - : The beach was crowded -with automobiles but Arthur finally found an open spot and dropped toward it. As he was about to land an automobile drove in front of his plane, and to avoid hitting it Arthur . swerved the plane sharply, overturning it. Smith on Stand 11 In Own Defense In Murder Case KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July 21. (AP) Nicholas T. Smith took-the witness stand in his own defense here today to tell of the death of his wife, Lenna Smith, who was shot to death at their Fort Klamath home last May. He." is charged with murdering her. Corroborating in detail his or iginal statement given to officers the day Mrs. Smith died. Smith told of the tragedy. His voice was steady but he nearly broke down as he related the circumstances attending the discharge of the shotgun. - ; ; '. . Man Attempting To Board Tram Crushed, Killed LA GRANDE. Ore., July 21. (AP) Cecil Gidney, 23, of Port land, was killed today when -he fell from a freight train while at tempting to board It at a siding near Durkee. He grabbed the ladder and was thrown ' against the side of the ear. He lost his grip and fell to th jrroand. His skull was frac tured. : - v Gidner lived In La Grande be fore f Qlng to Portland three years ago. He Is survived by bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gidney of Portland, who are expected here. If BALL r IUP Senator Visits S Colleague Here JAMES COUZENS DEL2EU WATCIIII May run Again but Decision Awaits Events; Boom In Politics Seen i William E. Delzell paused in a stroll about the city long enough yesterday to admit to a States man representative that he was a tentative candidate" for demo cratic favor at the congressional primaries next may. I will not say definitely that 111 run but of course I'm Interested Delzell commented. "After the race in 1930,whea people saw what was done, they quit saying 'it eouldn't be done' and now the woods are full of po tential congressional candidates. both democratic and republican, Delzell laughingly admitted. He said his decision on the race would depend quite largely on the amount of support he could ob tain from national democratic headquarters. "It takes money to ran a campaign but I'm confident the democrats will feel like invest ing more In Oregon in It 32 after feeing what was done on a little money in 1930. Hott 8 Is Being Talked j There waa a bit ot political talk going about the city yesterday on possible successors to James W. Mott as a representative In. the legislature from Marlon county. Mott resigned -when he- became corporation commissioner. Iran F. Martin and Otto K. Paulus. both' runnero-uB In the 1930 race for the house, were both mentioned. Mark A. Poulsen of Sllverton, who came fifth in the race for i four representatives, has removed to California and la not a candidate. Martin led Paulus by seven votes, Paulus .running fourth In Salem. Govenor Meier has made no statement of his views on a suc cessor to Mott in this county should a special session be called. It was pointed out yesterday that Paulus was chairman of a state conference some years ago when a lower license plan, later adopt ed, was suggested for autos. ac companied by a one-cent raise in the tax on gasoline. Haircut Prices For Youngsters To be-Jleduced A group of master barbers. meeting in a downtown barber shop last night, decided to lower the price of children's haircuts and gave as their reason the hardships which the depression is working on the laboring man's pocket book. The result Is that is shops will advertise today the fact that they will cut children's hair-for 25 cents instead ot the previous 50 cent charge. With certain exceptions other shop services, .including shares and adult's haircuts, will be sold at the usual prices. f Although all the master barbers in the city were invited to the meeting, it is reported, not all ot them attended. As a result the men at the meeting stated they supposed there would be consider able objection to their move, but they declared they were not seek ing to stir tip trouble. Boise Stews at 102 Temperature . BOISE, Idaho. July 21.'(AP) Boise stewed again in eenturv- plus temperatures today and heard reports of raging forest fires in the southern Idaho tim ber areas, all spurred on by low humidity and light winds. " The ' official temperature In Boise reached 102 degrees, al though the street temperature was unofficially ree-rded six to 10 de grees higher. r Fliers Plan to j Start Thursday SEATTLE, "juiy 21. -(AP) Ready for a second try at a non stop refueling- flight from Seattle to Tokyo. B I. Robbins and lh 8. Joaes, the two flyine; Tex anaf announced todir they hops to take off at :8e a. m. Thurs day morning in their plane, the Fort Worth. O S TU T SiIere 00 brief visit Doubts if Moratorium Will Benefit United States; Talks With McHary Silent on Railroad Rates 'Question;. Hopes Liquor I Won't be Vote Issue -Senator James Cousena .: , of Michigan epeat a busy tea min utes in Salem-last night chatting with Senator and Mrs. Charles L. .McNary. - The senator with his family and party were in their special ear attached to the snasta and were ea their way north from a visit to Tosemlte National park. The MeNarya pre sented the party with flowers from their own gardens and said they invited the -Michigan sen ator and his party to visit them at their home sear Salem later in the week, it possible. couzens said be had been In Oregon on numerous occasions before when he established state agencies and sub-ageneies for the Ford Motor company. He express ed himself as favorably impressed with the country. Doubts If Hoover Plan WHI Benefit " Senator Cousena doubta the United States will reap any bene fit from President Hoover's debt moratorium proposal, be . told newspapermen last night. 5 The psychological effect of the debt moratorium proposal largely has been lost through the subsequent negotiations, the senator said upon his arrival here en route to the Canadian Rockies. 'It will depend largely on tne outcome of the London eonierenee as to whether any benefit will accrue to the United States. It Is my Judgment there won't be any benefit." Senator Couzens, who is chair man of the senate interstate com merce committee, refused to dis cuss the railroad's petition for a 15 per cent freight rate increase. - Ira - refraining from saving anything oa - that he said. -I criticised President Hoover for bntUnr la, so l'm" keeping-quiet myself .,. Prohibition Should Not Be Issue, Saya couzens was tasked if he thought prohibition -would be an Issue at , the next presidential election. "It is my Judgement It ought (Turn to page 2, col. 6) METHODISTS ATTEND CHAMPOEG lyiEiTine Three .hundred Methodists from many communities In western Oregon attended the annual sum mer meeting at Champoeg park yesterday. Bishop Titus Lowe was the principal speaker choos ing as bis topic, "The Pioneer Spirit." From Salem went - Mrs. B. L. Steeves, who spoke on "The Mis sion Rose" and Dr. Robert MouV- ton Gatke of Willamette unlver sity. Dr. Gatke spoke on the dif ficulty of disentangling the facts about Jason Lee and about Champoeg- from the historical myths which have arisen' since the early days In Oregon. Other Oregon speakers includ ed Dr. John Parsons of Portland who discussed "Early Education al Institutions in Oregon" and Dr. F. G. Dubaeh of Oregon State college who spoke on "The Spir it' of Champoeg." At noon a picnic dinner was enjoyed. ; . Hitler's Party Attacks Moves To Help Nation BERLIN, July 21 (AP- A strongly worded resolution adopt ed bv the Nationalist Reiehstaf party meeting today condemns! German efforts, at London to solve the economic crisis, tor which Chancellor Bruening's gov ernment is held solely respon sible. : ' " Alfred Hugeaberg. the party's chalrsnan read av. telegram from Adolf HlUer and other party leaders to - Chancellor Bruening. warning that the nationalist oppo sition will not . consider Itself bound by "any further conditions entered into with France." No Complaints About Weather In This Region While other parts of the state reported continued heat Salem worked along comfortably yester day with a maximum temperature of 84 degrees and a minimum of S4 . A - cool breeze from the northwest mitigated - tbe sun's beat and those who sweltered In Sandij's 101 degreei tad no complaint to make on Tuesday. Continued warm weather la In prospect tor the next few days. Wdshingt American Gain Full Proposal as Outlined- ty Castle Provides for 'v.- World ,.- Bankers ; Maintaining:' Present c ; Volume of Credits in Germany ; V TTTASHINGTON, July 2t-(AP) A hopeful attitude that f f the London txmferencej of ministers would conclude successfully within a few days its work for economic relief to Germany waa expressed tonight by a high administration authority , --.V ' -' .- :. -'- ' ' :. Actino; Secretary Castle of the state department made public today . the American- pro-v poaal to provide financial . xeuex to the- Reich. - The plan, waa first talked . over with Secretaries SUmson and Mellon by trans-Atlantic telephone last Friday, Mr. Castle said. The two secretaries spoke to the French and German officials about It Saturday, he said, adding that Mr. Stlmson had discussed it In the ministers' meeting early today In London. In simple language, the Amer ican proposal was: , That world bankers should maintain the present volume of 1 1.20 0.000,0 00 in credits to Ger many; That the German government should strictly enforce complete control of foreign exchange to prevent preferential or arbitrary withdrawals; That a committee selected by the bank for international set tlements or another authority consult with bankers' for renewal of outstanding credits. Inquire into Germany's Immediate needs for further credit and plan the conversion of short team credits Into long term credits during the next six or eight months. ' America's share in the credit volume la I 00. 000.000. France's share is about J 40.000,000. Eugene Ball Team Out of Semi-Finals Roy 8. Keene, state chairman of Junior baseball tor the American Legion-, announced Tuesday night that he had upheld a protest rued br the Medford Legion post against thevEugene team, which Is therefore eliminated from fur ther competition in the state this season. Through the elimination of Eu gene, the Medford team becomes bv default, champion of districts three and four, and will meet the Marlon county team in a semi-' final game at Medford Sunday af ternoon at 1:20 o'clock, according to present plans. Medford s contention, upheld hi Keene after a conference with in terested parties In Eugene Tues day, was that the Eugene post had failed .to file with the state cnair man a complete certificate of eli gibility ot players, prior to the game between Medford and Eu gene last Friday, which Eugene; won. It has since developed that the Eugene players were under age and could have been qualified had; the action been taken in time. Owner Finds He . Still Has Lot; House is Gone SEATTLE. July 21. AP) ! Anyway Thomas Houser still has; the lot. ! Acting on the suggestion of the; Seattle tire department Houser came from California to put newj locks on a house he owned here "to save the plumbing fixtures.! But the tire room cottage waa gone, right down to the founda-4 tion. he told police, adding "Any- way. X saved the locks and the movers left the lot . ! ' I TWO FTRES REMAIN v CHEYENNE. Wyo July 21.H CAP) Two fires vhich have: caused widespread damage to tor-i ests still burned in Wyoming to night. Two others were brought, under controL j State Fair Will be Open Eight Days, The 1931 Oregon state fair will open on Saturday noon, continue eight days and through two 6un4 days, according to a decision reached at a . conference here Tuesday attended by Governor Meier, members of the state fair; advisory board i Max Gehlhar, dtj rector of the state agricultural de-e partment. and Mrs. Ella Shultt Wilson, secretary of the eld state fair board. ' School children will be admltt-j ed to the grounds free on the op- enlng day of the fair, while the fee for adults will be fixed at 25 cents. It was argued that ,an eight days fair would make It pos sible to wipe out the financial d? licit created last year, and provide money for additional Improve ntents. In previous year the state fair opened on Monday and clos ed Saturday nlrht. Under the dj cislon reached here Tuesday the fair will open September zs Governor Meier stressed the ae- Qti Hopeful matt Will REPORT IS FILED Dividends Paid to Various Classes of Depositors;? More Assets Held Collections together with quick assets available when the Hub bard State bank closed February 10. 1930, totaled 244,140 by June 30 in the commercial department, a report filed yesterday in circuit court here showed. For the same period, collection and moneys on hand in the. savings department amounted to $20,052. Distribution to preferred de- posltors in the commercial depart ment totaled $15,763 by June 30 and a 25 per cent dividend paid to commercial depositors amount ed to $20,532. A 25 per cent divi dend granted to savings deposi tors - in the period amounted to $12,618.- The report shows that outstand ing claims of depositors in .the commercial department. amounted to $61,848 on June 30. To meet these claims notes due and pay able to the amount oZ $47,414 are still held by the bank, warrants and bonds of the estimated value of $8294 are held by the bank and furniture and fixtures are carried on the books of the bank at $7100.. Real estate owned by the bank is listed at $4721.' There is more than S5000 cash on hand- In the savings department. $7091 in cash is on hand and notes valued at $20,816 are held for depositors benefit as well as S13.6S2 In bonds and warrants. Outstanding claims due depositors amount to $37,510. How nearly the bank will be able to nay its depositors In full la entirely problematical, depend ing on the value of the notes ana mortgage bonds held by the bank. Included In the list of notes held as assets are a number of those issued by Foshay Farms, Inc. r Blaze Destroys House on Farm Near SHverton SILVERTON. July 21 Fire completely destroyed the - Alios Wet-el farm home near here late this afternoon. Mrs. Wetzel was at home alone at the time the fire broke out. She became excited and saved nothing, running a mile to the nearest neighbor to call for help. By the time the lo cal fire department . arrived, the house was nearly consumed. After a hard battle the firemen saved a chicken house and barn. The place is known as the old Fred Eisenhart farm, located about four miles east of here on the Abiqua river. " A defective flue caused the fire. . The loss Is estimated at $3,.000. District Game Warden Named PORTLAND, Ore, July 21- (AP) Announcement from the office of the Oregon state game commission here today said J. Harry Price, deputy game warden at Newport, had taken over the office ot game warden for district No. 1. The district Includes all counties west ot the Cascades from the Washington line to the Douglas-Lane county line. v Board Rules !o-- eeaslty of featuring Oregon made products at this year s state fair. These exhibits will be arranged on the lower floor of the grand stand, and " exhibitors - will be charged a rate somewhat lower than assessed against commercial displays. .. '. t The recommendation of the ad visory committee that the appro priation for advertising and pub licity be fixed at $5000, was ap proved by Governor Meier and Mr. Gehlhar. . Approximately $3500 ot this amount will be spent for newspaper advertising, banners and bumper signs. An artificial lake will be in stalled In the vacant space direct ly south of the main entrance. This lake -will be landscaped, and boats wUl be available at a small charge. The lake also will be used for tire protection purposes. Mrs. Wilson reported that there has been brisk demand for eon- cession space. Approval 0 0 Bffil iREEMTOD GEOi!- ISSl'E BELlElirE Unconfirmed Report SzyS Decision is Reached By Finance Heads Hoover's Proposal Brirci Hope Though no Vcrd " " . Given Officially, LONDON. July 21 (AP) Thai seven-power conference faced av delicate situation tonight as the eyes of the participants were tarn ed upon tomorrow's sessions a$ which developments were expect ed of the greatest importance la the process of the attempt to sera -Germany from financial and eco nomic collapse. The outstanding work of tod&y Was a prolonged session ef the finance ministers of the variece nations who met for several boar?, but did not report the result ot their deliberations. The committee of ministers had been given the task of devising a plan for solving Germany's pros, lem. During the evening it was unofficially reported the finan ciers had reached a decision, baf . no confirmation was obtainable. An official communique was is sued in which If was said that the results would be communicated ta the plenary session of the powers tomorrow. ' . -1 Hoover Proposal ; News is Watched " . Press reports cabled from Washington of new proposals made by President Hoover were eagerly read by delegates of va rious nations. Both the French, and German delegates said, tow ever, that they had not been offi cially appraised of the proposals. - In all conference circles It was Insisted that a new American plan had not been jsubmit ted, but it was) assumed that one would be sub mitted tomorrow. POUKGS IN CRASH, UEIITIV Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Poling, ill North Summer street, narrowly escaped receiving serious injuries yesterday afternoon when their sedan was struck by a heavier ear,' driven against the curb and overturned, at the intersection of North Summer and E streets. Mrs. Poling was badly ' shaken but waa able to walk away from the scene of the accident. James Reed, driver of the other machine and Dr. Poling, 1975 North Fifth street, were both uninjured. Dr. Poling, who is pastor of the First Evangelical church, report ed to the police that he believed the brakes of Reed's car were de ficient and that Reed did not have the right ot way, since the Polls g machine was in the center of the intersection when it was hit. Damages to both machines were slight tor the nature of the ac cident. The windows of the Pol ing ear were not broken by tbe upset. The radiator of Reed's se dan was bent and the erankcaee cracked. France Opposes Plan to Reduce Its Armaments i - , PARIS, July 21 (AP) . French armaments have been re duced to the lowest possible point. the government- declared In a memorandum -on disarmament la sued today in answer to the re quest of the League of Nations counsel for Information prelimin ary to the 1932 world disarma ment conference at Geneva. - France, taking the position dis armament Is a political, rather than a technical question, says it has reached the low limit in dis arming in the present state of Europe and the world and resists any suggestion disarmament can be based either en population aloe or In relation to the strictly limited armament imposed upon the central powers at the end of the World war. . i ' , - ; Davenport Not To be Captain K1T.VERTON JiiIt 21 Rot Davenport, who last week was unanimously elected . captain of Company I, local national guard unit, succeeding the late Captain TTftnrv TTnttftn ban fpn1frrl bia reairnation to federal officials, it was learned here today. Davea- port, wno nas been a lieutenant In the mirdi. bas been a member of the local comnanv for the cast six years. No reason is given for tne resignation. COME TO FARLEY BEND, Ore, July 21--(AP) TC rnrah. secretary of the Bend chamber of commerce, and N. R. Gibert and C. I Mann- helaer. Bend businessmen, left today for Salem to attend the business conference called by Governor Meier.