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' THE LEATHER
. Tair today jaid i Wednes
day, no change in tempera
ture; Max. j Temp. Monday
2, Min. 41, cfear, northerly
wind,- ri ret .
aress.
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ElHTYnitST YEAR " ' - Salem, Oregon Tnesday Moinfag September 1. 19 jl '' i !. , - i - , '
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TROOPS PATROL
iODSIBT
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FIREBUG PERILS
Idaho Officials Fear,, men
Released Will Plan to
Create new 'Jobs'
Encouraging Reports A Come
; From Placerviile ;and;
McCali Fire Areas .
BOISE, Ida.; Atig. 31 (AP)
Fire rifle units, machine ; gun
company and ;two medical units
ot the Idaho nationaPxuard were
in the field today to enforce the
edict of martial . law pronounced
i by GoTernor C. Ben Ross a a pro
" tectlre measure against incendiar
i ism. r-v:L'':'." 1 .'-'-:. . '::r
Wbile the trpops were being
distributed to rvarloiis control
points on the highways," reports
: from two main southern Idaho
. fire fronts said L large number of
men would be released , ts .fire
' fighters andLfseprted out of tfcw
.restricted area. - " T -
The martial law proclamation
' was issued, GoTernor Ross stated,
at the behest I ot forest officials
i who feared that "firebugs"
i among the men . being released
would quickly spread into : the
; forests and start a new series of
fires which would give them work
but at the same time cause far
ther loss In the timber areas.
Machine Gunners
iAre Ordered Ont
i .The "Weiser machine gun troop
of the 116th caralry was oraerea
out today to patrol w.estern Idaho
which heretofore has been with
out troops.
Guy B. Malns, supervisor of
the Boise national forest, who is
directing the fight against the
Placerviile fire, said the blaze was
rirtually under control tonight,
hemmed in on its main front by a
wide trench and back fire, and on
the other by areas over which It
has already burned. '
Similarly encouraging - reports
were received from McCali. The
forest office there said all forest
fires were under controT'althougb
one of them burned to within
three miles of the town Of War
ren. 1 : ' .; . t
Hundred Thousand
Acres Burned Over, .
Altogether aboutjlOO.000 acres
' burned over In the !two main fire
areas." v--. '' ."J.: : h'-
' Two men were in hospitals as a
result of accidents in the , fire
area. C. Borgman of Weiser was
in a serious condition In a McCali
hospital, crushed Saturday under
a falling tree while he was at
the fire lines north of that city.
Chase Lee, said to be of Em
mett, broke a leg early today
near Placerviile in a fall i in
Grimes creek while he was doing
the night patrol around the fire.
Jenkins Will Go
On Paris Jaunt
PORTTAND, Ore., I Aug. 31
(AP) Chief of Police Leon V.
Jenkins of Portland will read a
paper on police organisation be-;
fore the International police con-;
ference In Paris September 11.
The city council today1 gave him
permission to "go at no expense
to the city. He is a member xt the
conference executive board.
- TEAR'S VAUU aia
Portland, ore., aus. 8i.-r-
(AP) Portland has been shorted
10 20 inches since Beptember 1,
1930,' Edward Ii. Wells, gorern
ment meteorologi 9 '-. reported to
night at the close of the weather
year. Rainfall tar the yea totaled.
31.4S inches, while normal pre
cipitation Is 41.2. t h v
With 21.48 nehee since, Jan
uary 1, Portland ia short only 2.
22 inches-for that period, Wella
aid. V . V: h . . -v
March bad 8rl2 inches of rain,
4.21 above normal. June's total
was 5.1 J, which exceeded normal
hy 1.61.
ALIi beukved set
KUGKSE, Ore., Anjf- 31
(AP) Four fires, all beUered
incendiary ; were burning in
Row river. Fall creek. Cedar
Flat and .Comstock districts la
eastern Ine county today. , f
State Forest Supervisor King
was expected here to ; discus
means of preventing further
outbreaks. v "
A complaint , charging P. A.
Mansfield with burning forest
debris without a permit waa
filed in Justice court here to
day by Arthur Com, state fire
warden. .The fire cited . In the
action . burned over about OO
acres near MarcoUjSaturday. f ?
UIUflD JUKI
BEND, Ore., AugT 1(AP)
In default of 91009 hail, R. B.
Parsons, ex-Bend city 'attorney,
was lodged in the Deschutes coun
ty Jail today to wait grand Jury
action on & charge of larceny of
publle funds.'
-. Until he- was hound, orer to the
grand Jury today, far sons had
Buyiqi-JSome Move
Held I nc
; By . Local Builders
Nails Bought , by Board
' German; is Protest ; ''Congress is
: r To Urge .Winter Construction
JNCONSISTENCY of Governor Meier's t'buy at home
program and of. the state
trie United States to purchase
vigorpus " discussion at the meeting: of .the
congress board of directors last night. A
board reported that, the kegs
amusement center' at the state
B s. A LA L1UU ua, a,uv . . w jm. j mmmm M
fair ! grounds bear the .legend
f'Made In Germany
Last night's session was given
over to general discussion of ways
and i means to encourage winter
construction work in . Salem. The
representatives of .the various
building? trades and supply firms
were unanimous in declaring that
winter construction has been pror
en successful In) the mild Oregon
climate. It was ' pointed out that
the damp weather is superior to
the dry summer season for pour
ing of concrete and further that
better lumber is obtainable in tne
fall because it has had a chance
tn A-rv nut riiiiMna' th mimmer.
In line with their program or
urging people to start construction
now. while materials are cheap
and" men out of work, the direct
ors decided to invite representa
tives of the Salem banks to meet
with them at a special meeting
next Tuesday night to discuss the
possibilities of financing building
operations during the fall and
winter months. .
WEATHER VARIETY
FEATURES
Only Traces of Rain Noted
i But Mercury has Many
Ups and Downs
Aurust weather " presented
somewhat of a dlTersity, despite
absence of more than a trace of
rain. The thermometer 4 ran as
high as 101 degrees late last week
to equal. the heat record of the
year, reacnea July zo. ine low
est maximum of the month fell
the, 19 th, when 74 degrees were
recorded. .
The highest maximum, 59 de-
grees,. waa cnecaea August, x
several 57. minimum a were re
corded. The lowest minimum fell
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Permanent Wave
Should at Least
i Last Into Court
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PORTLAND, Ore., AuV 31
fAPl Cafted upon today in
small claims court to determine
whether a permanent ware was
permanent. District Judge Wood
ley ruled thus:
. "A permanent ware can't merit
the name nor command the price
If it doesn't last long enough for
the witness to reach this court."
Failing to detect a ware in the
hair of Mr. L. C. Barnes and Pa
tricia Patterson, the court gave
them a judgment of 5.50 against
The Beauty Box.
AUGUST
Rain Ten Inches Short
Lane County Has Fires
Parsons Goes to Jail
i Judge Crawford Sworn
been at liberty on bis oira recog-
nlzance since Friday when he was
arrested. While authorities were
Iseeking him : in southern Cali
fornia, he unexpectedly returned
here.
Parsons Is charged with retain
ing money given him to pay an
attorney called In to assist the
city of Bend In a suit.
! SUCCEEDS MORROW
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 31
(AP) James W. Crawford, Port
land attorney, waa sworn in as
circuit judge here today by presid
ing Judge W. A. EkwalU
The new Judge fills the vacancy
left i by the death of Robert G.
Morrow. He is vice-president of
the i State Bar association and . a
past president of the Multnomah
bar : - - ' .r'I
J -if CARFARE CASE GS J$
V BO RTLAND, Ore.7Aug. 31
(AP After a week's respite, the
suit of the Pacific Northwest Pub
lic. Service company, to set aside
Publie Utilities t Commissioner C.
M. Thomas 7-eent carfare order
will ho resumed at 10 a. m.. to
morrow. Before Oliver P. Coshow,
ex-state supreme, justice sitting as
special master in federal district
court. ...
. City Engineer O. Laurgaard Is
expected to be first - witness.
Thomas will be kept away by Ill
ness, It was said here today, ,
? PArVTEH SUICIDES ,
: PORTLAND, . Ore. Aug. SI.
(AP) Peter Anderson, about 55,
unemployed painter, committed
suicide here today by leaping from
the Ford street viaduct, to Canyon
road, about 150 feet below. His
body, was found by a mfltorisV
oils i stent
of Control Come From
board of contro
's going outside I
supplies was the impetus for a
Salem .Building!
member of tnej
of nails' being used in the cor
'
ITEDIIEIST
. . OF
Was ..Wealthiest Writer in
World According to
Some Authorities
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man. Aug. 31
(AP) Sir Hall Caine. noted
British Novelist, died tonight at
Breeba Castle, his home here,
where he had been seriously ill for
some Hme I TTa 9i 78 nan nlri
hi BMfA, Tjw raini nnri bfa
two sons. Ralnh Hall Caine. and
Dewent Hall Caine, were at. his
bedside at the end. as also were
his phyBician, Dr. Marshall, a
lifelong friend, and Attorney Gen
eral Moore of the Isle of Man.
juore inan .aw years ago xih.ii
. ... .....
was laughed at. and derided, was
declared by the manager of the
Lyceum theatre, London, to be the
wealthiest novelist in the world.
An orphan, he spent his boy
hood in poverty with relatives on
the Isle of Man, studied architec
ture but never practiced It, tried
Journalism in Liverpool and tin
ally became"" secretary and com
panion to , the poet-painter, Dante
Gabriel Bossetti.
He produced novels and plays
for neatly &o yearr. A numoer
of his later novels were produced
in motion pictures and shown on
te screen in tne unuea scaies.
Daring the wa. he devoted him-
self almost exclusively tq British
propaganda in the United States.
Major Earns
License Fee;
Gets (His Pay
Major,! nine-year old collie dog
belonging to Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Fulkerson, believes in being self-
reliant.
For three years he has "made
his own license money. Yesterday
he came into County Clerk Boy-
er s of nee at tne courtnouse
brineinr sufficient - aonher and
greydigger scalps which he had!
taken to pay in advance for his
1932 license fee of 32.00. After
BRITAIN
DIES
ope with the scalps on the clerk's Dempsey, standing in the center toi& Moynihan was re-elected sec
desk and received his warrant, he of the rinir. Two Bovd punches retary-treasurer and Ray De-
had 30 cents over to spend on
Cigars, candy and shows or sirloin
steak whatever! a good dog re-
wards himself with after doing a I
good bit ot work.
In nrevious rears Maior has I
told the clerk exactly what he I
wanted and given a good growl
when the warrant was not Im-1
mediately forthcoming. Tester-
day County Clerk Boyer remem
bered ' Majors ' i- insistence on
prompt treatment and; paid at
once. ' ....
Major's method is to start out
early In the year in quest of the
elaslTe rodents. If by tny chance
the squirrel makes for a woodpile.
Major sets np a. ehori of yelps
wbich brings Fulkerson to his
help and assures another scalp tor
the license fund, j ,
Phoebe Oinlie Is
Derby Winner on
Handicap Rating
CLEVELAND, jAng. 31(AP)
Mrs. Phoebe Omlle of Memphis.
renn., tonignt waa officially an
nounced as the winntr : ot : the
transcontinental handicap air der
by from SanRs Monies, Cal., after
she had taken a; large share of
the honors at the - national air
races today, r
The contest commltttee an
nounced that Mrs. Omlle had won
the handicap race, In which SO
women and men competed, with a
rating ot 109.19 points. She won
the - grand prize as well as the
prise for the women's division. D.
C Warren, of Alameda, Calif.,
won the men's division of the
race with 103-5 points. , "
Marine Winner
In Rifle Match
CAMP PERRY, Ohio. Aug. 31
(AP) The Leech eup match,
first of i two ; weeks - series of
national rifle matches,: here, was I
won today by : Corporal ; W. A. I
Easterling, United States; marine I
corps, Quantico, iVa. He scored
104 out of possible 105 points on
tne suo. vv ana iwvv ysra ranges
to areat iso miutary and civil-1
Jan. competltoraJ
1R VETS TO
'lilflOLO
ArlministpatnF Hinpc MnPcl
w i4ws fliw vr ww
; Plea for Letup in
Relief Demands
1 V. F. W- Chief Asserts Plan
Is to ask Certificate
, Payment in Full
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 'SI (AP)
Spokesmen of the Hoover- ad
ministration urged a i letup - by
former service men in their de
mands for additional' federal ap
propriations in addresses today at
the annual encampment ot the
Veterans- of Foreign "Wars, but
found the organization's comman
der-in-chief pressing for action by
congress on new legislation..
Frank Tv Hines, administrator
of veterans affairs, and Ernest
Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary
of the navy, presented pleas for
a delay in committing the gov
ernment to further expenditures
for war veterans and their jdepen-, I
dents.
Paul Wolmant of Baltimore, V.
F. W. commander-in-chief, ; told
the delegates that i existing Nlegis-
lation wa not adequate, and out-
lined what he said was the pro-
Eram tho orgamaiuon nopea io
have enacted by j congress.
Hines Pleads for
Letup in Demands
i Hinei urcea ia icieihu,
i , . ,
Ithev hare determined by a careful
they have determined by
(Turn to page Z, col. I)
Jack Raises
His Ante and
naj'uesruui
RPOKANE. Aue 31 AP) h
j.i.k Timnser. : former heavy-
weirht boxlnr champion, knocked
out four blundering heavies and
(clowned two rounds with a nnn
I tonight la the fourth stage or
what he describes as. a comeback
attempt, i . r
Elgin Taylor. Spokane negro
-ras the first victim. He stepped
out with a scowl that matcnea
the former champion's, but he hit
tire canvas; in 35 seconds, before,
some fans were sure, Dempsey
had landed a blow. I
Dee Richmond. Chewlah, Wash.
went put! next. ,He surveyed the
situation and sat flat on the can
vas. Struggling to his feet he en
countered another left that didn't
travel very far; and he was car
ried out. Alt this lasted 33 sec
onds.
Big Bill Neering, Couer, d'Alene,
Idaho, lumberjack, known here-
abouts as a slugger, came next. He
i landed two solid ieits. one oi
I which made Demnsev shake his
head, but crashed to the canvas
I as the mauler got inside.
Tony Talerlco, Walla Walia,
and a rap to the chin later and
he was prone In the same spot.
Cyclonei Thompson, wenatchee,
Wash., started with a whirl ot
speed that sent Dempsey into a
clowning act that lasted two
rounds and pleased the. Crowd,
1Ut w
UUKCi HKJk & Ulcxy
r
Visit Portland
For Next Meet
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 31
(AP)-Goy. George H. Dern of
Utah today addressed a letter to I
! tne chief executive ox tne other IO I
western states inKcestliir that J
the western governor's conference!
be held at Portland, on October
27 which has been designed as I
1 governor's day at the PaclflcIn-I
ternatlonal Livestock exposition.'
Governor JuuufL. .Meier - of
Oregon has invited the governors
to meet in - Portland on that day.
The Utah executive requested
in his letter advice as to whether
the date and place are agreeable
and asked for suggestions a to
what subjects
should
be J dis-I
cussed.
Hirsch Funeral
SeiiorT6da;
Philanthropist
PORTLAND. Ore,. Aug. 31
CAP) Private funeral services
for Miss Mai Hirsch, member of
a pioneer family, who died here
Sunday, will be held at the Hirsch
home tomorrow : morning, i
Miss Hirsch was a daughter of
Solomon Hirsch, - one-time minis
ter to Turkey and Invited by. Pre
sident McKinley to go to Belgium
as ambassador. One of her grand
fathers was Jacob L. Marer. : a
founder ot Flelschnerr Mayer and
company, r - I -
She was known for her civic
land philanthropic work.
AGED ACTOR DIES
; SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 31
(AP) Ferris Hartmen. theatri-
cal star of generaUon ago, died
here tonight on the eve of a bene-
uc scneauiea on nis hensif. The I
actor succumbed to an Illness he I
i offered from going hungry.
Nary a
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SAol started yesterday morning
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r , , " wd jr-n.i ciiilu Knuien, wno win
hext spring; little Norman Ashland: says he got the biggest tablet
dinners; center, the 8 boys and girls enrolled; bottom from the
gle and Mrs. Gibson, teachers; and what these boards are fort
f1
The Lad With Stri
. . - 5n - j. Tin i r r .
tri'utrs -willingly ,
Shakespeare Had
nn nil nnnncnmip iu
unuivi uunra nuno
LEADERS FOR TRIP
he three men who will guide
the destinv of the drums corns of
Cal,ital pOBt 0t 9 American Le-
gion,- were chosen last night at
th4 annual election meeting. Hob-
lart E. Shade was the choice for
-riAnt r,H mftnVftr. xr nit
I Guire selected for the quarter-
mastership. They take office Im
mediately. .
The solicitation for 32,500
funds to finance the corps trip to
Detroit for the natidnai conven
tion competition is progressing
satisfactorily, the Legion execu
tive committeei reported. To assist
thj Salem post in its drive tor
money, the Staytpn legion, post
h.aa offered the drum corps the
use of its paviiuon for a oenem
dance to . be staged there Satur
day, September 12. The only ex
pense to. the Balem organisation
will be remuneration for the or-
chestra members. The drum corps
decided to parade on the Stayton
streets before the dance.
' The' : following Wednesday
night, September 18, the corpi
will entrain, on the' Oregon Le-
rton convention special, leaving
Portland at 11 . m. The Salem
party will have three cars, a Pull
man, baggage and a "stripped"
dfner. On this j diner the corps
members will hire their own
cooks, and. do their own waiting
oft table and washing dishes. By
dbing-this they will sate npwards
of 1 100 and, some of the men
aver, get more rood , than j they
would on a standard diner, with
the contract for but two meals. a
day. This latter proposition was
suggested by railway officials. -
'tudnicka Comes
Home Following ,
TRoundup Victory
Frank E. Studnicka, who was
crowned : champion ' of bucking
horse riders at the Pendleton
roundup last week, arrived in Sa
lem Monday on. his way to Stay
ton, where he has made his home
for several" years. - i
."Midnight," the animal con
duered by Studnicka, waa said to
be .the most vicious bucking
horse at.thls year's roundup, and
never to have been ridden suc
cessfully before. - -
Studnicka baa agreed to par
ticipate in the wild west parade.
1 which will precede the opening ot
jthe 1931 Oregon state fair. Pre
vious to the state fair Studnicka
will participate in rounds events
at Prairie City and Lakevlewj
Frown as School Starts
d
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iVc i.V
out at the Union district, and here
i
lung
to
mon District is S First to Resume Classes
For Fall Term; Pupils and Teachers
Face New Tasks
By 'GENEVIEVE MORGAN II
D1
INGdong, donigr! v :
Unreasonable aa it mar
day sent forth its first peal
the Union district, east; of
answered the plea of the old
many rural schools in Marion
1TI-B0AT FISHING
s
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. Si:
(AP) There will be no boat fish
ing on the upper MeKencie river.
nor will there be any more: oft!
claj argument over the closing of
poruons of the Deschutes and
Umpqua rivers to boat anglers un
less the United States i supreme
conn is cauea into tne case. '
Federal District Judre Fee to
day upheld the legislative act
closing the McKentle to J boat
fiahina; abor Blae .rtvor! and dis
missed s snlt tor s.n inlnnrtlAn
against the act. . The' opinion was
written la the case ot Dayton C.
Tnomson. mho Thomson
and Car
ey i Thomson, partners inj
the bus
iness known as Thornton's retort,!
against tne members or j the .Ore
gon state game commission and
Charles ; McClees, as state game
warden. ' U 'v
The legislature tends not to
violate ' but rather to maintain
that! equality of right and Drly
liege which is the obligation of the
state,' the opinion said, j t ,
i "ii iiui at wiser aiatri-
bntlon of the food fish ot the Me-
Kenzie might be obtained under
this statute was entitled to weight,
soTj that private individuals might
not benefit, to the detriment of
tne citizens of the state at larre.
The classification was reasonable,
the Turpose of the legislation was
protection, and the Jaw should be
upheld."
Oswego Man is i
Seriously Hurt
As Auto Upsets
PORTLAND. Ore. Aug.
f AP) When their; automobile
Uldded in loose 1 gravel and turn
ed over near McMlnnvUIe, on the
Sheridan highway tonight, i Wil
liam T. BIckner, Oswegoj was fa
tally injured and Mrs. Bickner
and their daughter, Asa,! 17, suf
fered minor injuries. p - ; f
v: Bickner died in an ambnlanee
on the way to McMInnville. The
mother and daughter were treat
ed' in McMlnnvUIe and then taken
to an firegon City hospitals .i "
not
-.i
i v.. wf
)Xy7,
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are some bf the smllinir faces Oie
say gool-bjir'ta rural scnool days
he could find; and here're the five
left; Union district school: Sirs,
. - it , . .
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School;
it
With Pleasure
in
r .' s .'" ;"."V
sound, the schnol hll
of the 1931-32 terms.- Out in
Woodburn,' 381 "boys and irirls
belL The school is one of the
countyj v ; ,V
v ua uieysioos: sorrv thaf
school was starting? They did
not. Romping J in the hay stacks
playing in, the ; big barns, scam
pering about the large farm home
yards ys, eriij even aneaking
down to the ol' swimming hole
all paled j a bit yesterday with the
return to the square whiles two
room school building. . .
Of course, r restless days will
come; but now Is now and those
38 youngsters were full of pep
and sparkle for tablets and books
No less enthusiastic were the
two teachers, . Mary F. Gibson,
who started her: seventh year as
principal of the school, "and Mrs.
Mae Engle, who will guide the
primary room. ; children through
'rlthmetlic aad rcadln.
The teachers had a double rea-
aon for ! thlr nlen spirits. Tor
tht year; th X7aton school dsssss
will b conducted aloDs the Indl-
Tiduallxed and : socialized (lines
which were experimented with to
successfully at. Falrview and Mc
Keo schools last : year. Both are
loosing forward to the. new basis
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Wrong
Landlord Shoots
In
Argument Over Rent
PORTLAND, Ore,, Aug!. 31
(AP) In an argument over $2.50
room rent, John ' Carter, 45, Ore
gon City, was shot and critically
wounded here today. Carl Beck
er,' 1, proprietor of the lodging
house, was held on an open
charge. $ -MM " i;-'-
Police, piecing- witness stories
together, said Becker last sight
had demanded payment of -rent
tor the r6om which Carter occu
pied with his wife and daughter,
Olive. Carter Bald he could not
pay and asked more time, j i- -
Today the demand for, payment
war repeated tad, when Carter
again asked, more time, Becker
locked the Carters In their room,
police said. Olive said the second
demand was made at gun point.
Carter! opened a window : and
began throwing'! suitcases .out.
Then .police said, Becker ran to
the front of the house and fired
two shots, one ballet striking Car
ter. ' ptfU-;.;' i Hf'."
Becker; submitted 'Quietly to ar
rest. . r i i ra - i ' ,-.. -
From :Mrs.- Mary Herbert. . llv-
ins; aeross the street , from ihe
luED FORCES
League himtk?
Direct I Genera Ficht -
s ; Upon Aggressors
Would j $plve Parity 'issues'.
Coming up at February
Up Parley, Contended
(Copyrigbtjj 1931, by the Assoct-
; j ated Frees) '
PARIS, !Aug. 31. (AP) Jo
seph Paul4Boncour, foreign af
fairs chairman .of the chamber of
deputies,! in a statement to the
Asoclated Press proposed that the
armed, forces of every nation be
placed! at j the disposal of the,
League frf Nations to put dow a
.wars" ofkggression. :
r M. Paul-iBoncour, who will b
one of France's principal dele
gates to fthjs. Geneva disarmament
conference jlin. February, declared
France was ready to take that
momentous step.
i- "Are jotter nations, like um.
feadrV M asked. "Are they wiu
Jlng to feuf their permanent air,
t.aval arid land forces under the
Control and at the disposition of
the League of Nations? By thia
gesture ith problem of parity
might be solved.".
League iWbuld Ilbld 1
World "Wqrfgage" .
His statement was Issued after
careful preparation and painstak
ing examination lasting days.
Under his plan, the League of
Nations f council would exercise
"an interiiational mortgage'' on ,
the forces of the nations in the
event of, ajwar bf agression. This
"mortgage! would be exercised
under article XVIof the League
covenant. Which provides for ts '
severance $f all trade or, finanelU
relations' by members of tsS)
league kith a state which has
committed j the act of aggression.
The artCcle also authorizes the
league council to recommend te
the governments what effective,
military naval or air forces they
should contribute. to put down an
srgres8ton This provision has for
years been the basis of many ora
tions and debates at Geneva. It
finally wis Interpreted in the
sepse that it is the parliaments
of the various nations which must
decide Whether and to what ex
tent their countries shall contrib
ute armed forces. , j
The Paul-Boncour proposal re
vives this Sentire probem for the
Geneva disarmament conference. ,
The French socialist forecast that
France would support bis idea.
a In his statement M. Paul-Boa-cour
attempted to refute the Ger
man and Italian idea that it is
feasible to bring about absolute
equalityi ot armaments among na
tions.' Ifo defied anybody to prove
that mathematical parity is work
able or bossible and characterized
as duplicity anv effort tn MtL
llsh it. j - . -
child wmmi
TWO CARS COLUDE
ROSBljRO, Ore.. Aug. 31.
(AP) A 3-year-old bov was kill
ed andjtwp persons were injured
tonight f lnji an automobile crash
at Coos-Junction, six miles south
of here; oh the Pacific "highway,
i The Moyj.was Jack Red barn, son
of Mrs4 Martha Redbarn, Rose
burg. Lou:jse Jennie, Ten Mile,
and Chfester King. Bridge. Ore..
were Injured, the former.-suffering
serious cuts about the face
and neck.J-1 . . !-
The jRedbarn car, driven by
Mrs. Ridbarn and with Jack t
passenger,!) was re-entering the
ttltt hwj .from m. fruit stand vbm '
struck tyi a machine- driven toy
Lincoln! Rose.; officers said. i
The Impact threw the Redbaru .
car Into, the a!r and the other ma
chine, passed under It. witnesses
told officers. Both cars wero de-
molished.
Miss Jennie and King
iwere inithi Rose car.
Tenant
lodging fhopse. officers elaborated
the story bf the affair.
She sildllshe first heard Beckar
and CarterjjuarrelLng- in the hall
Way. Becker, standing- with hi
back tof the .door of the Carter
room, saidji according to her
story:; r l . .r ,
"Yon ican't go in there until you
pay me khat you owe me.' . I
Cartejr swore at him but ia no
way threatened him, Mrs. IIerber
continued. l,
After Carter Lad thrown the
suitcases out the - window and
climbed lout of the Window. Beck..
er confronted him again, Mrs.
Herbert ftold the of fleers.
Wiaror I'll o shoot you."
she quoted ! Becker. The two men
began scuffling. Mrs. Herbert
said Betker had a gun in his
hand. II :. , i
They were standing about two'
feet apart jwhen Carter said, "Go
ahead arid ihoot," the witness con
tinued. I -jl .; ; j
After the shooting Carter walk
ed to the suitcases, removed his
coat and; laid It down. .
I'm shot, someone send for an
.1
ambalanoe, he aald, .
i1 .