ft Ala 12. ItlU The OREGON STATESMAN, Salera. Orejrtm, Tuesday Morning, October 13, 1931 MBIT TO T T T Refund of $894,458 to be Mads Since tax is Ruled Illegal (Continued from page 1) -' aeld that the lav vu an unrea sonable classification la that it ! applied to individuals and not to , corporations. The law also was ; held to b In violation of the ' Fourteenth Amendment to the : federal constitution. t Petition for rehearing then wu filed in the-. st at supreme i court, hut this was denied in an ! opinion handed down on January i 2, 1931, during the last aession ! of the Oregon legislature. ! Attention of the legislature" i was then called to the- litigation, with the result that it was ! agreed that appeaLLot the case I should be taken to the United f States supreme court. At the i same time the legislature enacted ! a law providing that in event the i United States supreme courtup I held the opinion of the state su ! preme court, the payments made i uhder' the unconstitutional tax i law, would be refunded, with in 1 terest at the rate of, six per cent, T dating from January 29, 1931. ', ' Officials said that while the i refund of tax"' payments under j the unconstitutional intangibles j- tax law would not In any way af- f feet the tax structure' of the ; state. It would deplete the gen j eral fund. 'and make it necessary I for the state treasurer to borrow approximately one million dollars to meet the obligation. This money can be borrowed tinder present ' conditions at a rate of Interest not In excess 6J four per" cent. I I WASHINGTON, D. C Oct. 12 j--(AP) The United States su i prome court today refused to re- i view a case brought by the Ore-; I r- I l . . igoa iu Eouiuiissiun in ec mio . i ai decision by the Oregon su i preme court holding lnralid the ;stat intangibles tax act of 1929 i as applied to individuals. 1 By refusing to assume juris . .diction the supreme court upheld t be Oregon snpreme court, which ""declared thai intangibles tax In valid, "j- i ' s Thus, under the 1911 act of the Oregon state legislature, the money paid in ior mo iz in tangibles taxes must be refunded to the persons who paid it. EXPOSITION DISCLOSES MANY NEW IIWENTIONS X r i 1 .V P&V W. . . V, I ) I Spray t J " 1 - llf v.. j !; -'4 ! v,.T W . i I I . -:.-: :--.v. :: w-: .-.s-l.:... . .. . Foot Batii red at tke tenth un laat the dprMin bold no terrors for tho Amicu uua 'mrmm IcMelnaivolv aran anal Exposition of Wonm'i ArU aad Industries in New York City. Net only have woaten dorolopod. ftotde fermerlr opeaed te them, bat they have ventared iate new oao. Mrs. Frederick Fax is ess ef the out- Staadiag pioneers with her minkery, where she raises minks for breeding purposes. One small visiter at DEMANDED Oil IVATEH ISSUES , iCeatlnued from pux 1) ! tide- lias turned. We must impress Upon the people that the oppor tunity to Improre their homes and buildings now is one that comes .only every 20 or 30 years. Build ings and. houses can now be built st a much lower cost than for many years past." , ! Oregonians were a censed of be ta g knockers when they bare no reasoa to be by C. C. Weiderman. executlre secretary of the Port land chapter of the congress. ''Oregon is too easy a place to make a living." he said. "We hare hone of the extreme competition as in the eastern states. Like Los Angeles, we need to . get people here the building will follow." Milling Orders v Are Apportioned ! -r Over Northwest iT PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12 ;f AP) Orders to manufacture 200.000 barrels of flour for de livery to the Chinese government ere apportioned today among northwest millers by the grain stabilization corporation.. The wheat will be drawn: from the U5t000,000 bushels sold by the farm board to. the Chinese gOT jernraent, -. - . . ; ; . 'J The distribution of the orders "by a committee representing the iNorth Pacific Millers' association was announced by Edgar W. Smith, assistant manager of the Pacific coast division of the grain corporation. Smith said author ity to place the orders had come from the farmers national grain corporation. Chicago, which Is handling the farm board con tracts, r the exposition seemed to bo delighted with ene of the table provides an onaaainc FerrU wheel amanaiaal far is not a throw-back to the Puritan stocks, but another new radio artist, finds rest f el after a baty day. inventions, a play tray, that besides being- a jthe child's teys. This odd-looking; motel bee: invention, a feet spray that Crmiaa Callaway. YOUNG LIFE SAVING I CORPS V FORMED The new Junior Red Cross life saving corps organized last week by the Black Dragons, the senior group, now has 21 members and ill meet at regular periods each week, according to R. R. Board man, Y. M. C A. physical di rector. The 10 girls will meet tomorrow i afternoon at! 5:40 o'clock and the 11 boys on Fri day at 4: 0 o'clock. Tho members, who range In ages from 16 to 17, are as fol lows:. . j . Richard Johannsen. 110 West Lincoln street Charles B. Perry, 16 West Washington street: El- wooa Raymond, 1170 North 14th street; Richard HIday, 1253 Stat gtreet: Wilmer McDowell. 311 North Cottage street: Julien ne juccartny, route 7; Donald Chaple. 857 Nrth 15th titret- WUliam Soften, 1546 North Sum mer street: Lawrence Orwir. 570 North 18tk street: Orvilla varty, 6B d street, and Harry wyxant. zi 6ontH 23rd street jean Anunsen. 1110 Korth Capitol street: Doris Hid a v. lssa State street; Vera Jackson, 1010 North Cottage street; Roberta jonnson, 3f8 East Meyer street; arancia Jirak. 12 Sooth 14th treetr Wilma Godsev. 12st North Winter street; Margaret iinnei, .75 North 12th street; awis Aiarston. 555 North 14th eireei: rxaaine Conway, route 7, uu. w a n a a foreland, 1690 worm uotuge street. FlllEffli WILLIE SlJTa CW mil The Cm Boar By OLIVE 3L r 1 Komonen Takes Marathon Race ;S By Good Margin : - ! - --' , - i j , i PORT CHESTER, N. TV,' Oct. il (AP)-DaTe Komonen of the Monarch A. C., Toronto, today .won tho seventh annual 28-mile taarathon race from New York to Port Chester, leading a crack field of 88 runners which includ ed James p. iiennigan of the Medford, Mass.. A. C. and Clar ence Do Mar, last year's winner. His time was 2 hours, l mla ;ntes, 27 seconds. . Hennlgaa crossed the finish Uae 28 seconds behind Komonen to win second place. Third place ent to Albert "Whiter" Michel son of Mnirose A. C, New York, niku U9 aiar xonrth. 1 Rifle Team is , . Planned by Y. " Looking forward to the organ isation of a Y. M, a A. boys' ri fle team, the junior hoard of di rectors, meeting last night, ap pointed Parry Mosher as chair man of ' a riflg. club committee. The first meeting of tha newelub will be held on October 28. All oys interested are invited to at- 'tend. .: . STEUSLOFF MARKET TAKES FIRST PRIZE si . first prise award with Its window the greatest v.. vregon-maae pro ducts. Col. : Carle Abrams an nounced yesterday at the cham- t Ul commerce when he pre ented the award to the market. Leo-W. Qleason. chairman o" """"es committee of riV-. tt " "r"cn or the Womefl'a ":"Kon .association, at- l,:? v m-ens nd fur- ""w vne awards Abrams made 1 rPVler wln.doW9 t& awards Hn..r,' vc"niwt Twctt con week war. D! Btat faI' Mw 1 r . 'Tirnnure com thf' ?oond Pe. and The Spa. third pUce. KirAn Prices far th'inVi . tiAh . . "Zl ecora- gaff gs. Female Bandit I Comes Here to Serve SO Years for partlclpauon In the trWret tA tra,n rie telrTf fL v 9 Oregon state pen!- would recommend h . " tion at tho end of eTghtyerr.W There are- now 2S vrm.. oners In thai Or'eernn Nlne of these are federal prlson- wnica tae state of Oregon receives 240 ner month their housing and food, t I WARXER BROS. ELSIXORE Today Will Rogers! in "As Wednesday Gloria Swanson in "Indiscreet." I Friday Laurel and Hardy In t "Pardon Us." WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Richard Barthelmess in 'The Last Flight." Wednesday Claudette Col bert in "Secrets of a Sec-; retary. i . Friday "Doug" Fairbanks and Bebe Daniels In who could "walk faster in red shoes." John Mack Brown, David Manners, Walter Byron and Elli ott Nugent play tha four buddies of tho hero. ' William Dleterle, directed. 'Reaching: for tho Moon." HOLLYWOOD Today Clara Kimball Young In ' Mother and Son. Wednesday Norma; Shearer in "A Free Soul."; Friday Lloyd Hughes In "Ship of Hate." THE GRAND Today -- Spencer , Tracy In "Goldie." ; r Wednesday Dorothy Lee in "Laugh and Get Rich." Friday Will Rogers In "Connecticut Yankee." If you have not seen Will Rog4 ers in "As Young as You Feel't then be euro you do for ho is at his best, In fact It Is my imprest sion mat no Is jetter than he has ever been In any other picture. He plays the part of a father! rich and old fashioned, who has two sons that are very spoiled anq useless. By a flip of circumstneed the father suddenly takes unt and thei himself a "new life" the fun is on. It Is always good Soort in picture as well as in life to see an innocent character suddenly ' fool those who have been j trying tOi fool him, thus proving himself I very capable of taking -care of himself in any and all circum stances. That Is what Rogers does ana in 6ucn a manner as to ha un usually amusing and .tlever. He ana Fin Dorsay are the whole show but no one minds for the rest of the characters ! slide into oblivion in comparison to these two.. .. j Although Richard Barthelmeaa has been continuously I in motion pictures since the days of "Way Down East" he has neter had so unusual a role as the one ho plays In "The Last Flight."! the First national production now at War ner Bros. Capitol.; j j. This story, adanted tm-m viv ki and Her War Birdsf' by John Monk Sanndecs. deals with tho ex periences of four war-torn ari- aiors, wno drift about! from bar to bar in Paris, finstiv lotntn with a lonesome and lovely lady, whoso mysterious nasi inriM them as much as her knvsteHona present.-: - V. ..-.!. Barthelmess. as the lenAa fn. i . . . j : - nappy-so-incaT band, por- young man who cannot get over the reitmn v wartime experiences, but is for er seeking thrills to take Its place. It Is the exact situation that thousands of war veterans found themselves orrnDrinr m. of the World war. and Barthoi. mes portrayal of this, character role the comedy and romance are suffused with the right under tone of tragedy. j Chandler plays the girl SUPPORT OF POLICE T BY (Continued from pace X) old toys to make new, . they can do nothing. . Salem people, who love to see children happy will begin at once rummaging In cupboards, closets and attics -lor old toys to supply tho Santa Clans firemen, with "raw" materials. Any old thing that once went by the name of 1 "toy, can bo used, wheelless wagons,- wagonless wheels, headless dolls, dressless dolls, wreck-scarred "choa choos". Last year be fore Christmas, five truckloads of good-as-new toys were hauled away from: the "assembly line" and distributed to Salem children by the Elks club. Picture 4 ragged child on the night before Christmas. It U a gloomy time, n Joy... Papa cannot buy him any toys when often he I wiuiot ouy enougu iooa lo tep his little tummy from aching with hunger. . Then picture that child, eyes brimming with tears of Joy, when tho Elks man suddenly ap pears and holds out to him that so much desiaed toy, from ' the firemen's Santa Clans factory. As C. V. Faulkner, Salem fireman who started the plan three years ago, says,, that alone is enough pay for any amount' of work, in fixing toys, -i Money, could not i equal It.- ;-. --v . - - - Tho depression Is still here. Ev eryone says so. This year far more than last or the one before that. children will be toyless, joyless at Christmas time unless Salem peo ple flood the East Salem lire house from cellar to garret with toys to b rebuilt- For the past three years the fire boys have at -East .Salem and other stations, .performed this Yule tim Berrice, with the hear ty support of Salem people. They are hoping for the sake of hun dreds of boys and girls that the response to their pleas for old toys will be even greater this year than ever before. Take all the old toys you can to the East Salem station, 18 th and State streets, which is head quarters for the work, or tele phon. 4635 and a fireman off doty will call at your house for them. XJdClcf? ttlO 1 0ftTat and Cosr!? XTISIT0R3 constituted the pon-i'the entire day. V julation. at the state capltol building yesterday, at least there appeared more of them than stato officials. Coming : on a Monday. Columbus Day proved opportune for many to leave Sat urday noon for other parts with no need to . return until today. All offices were officially closed cooperation with Salem mer chants. It was decided t the Monday night meeting that the association would meet from now on but once a month, this to bo tho first Mon day In each month at the chamber Of commerce rooms. : Announcement was also made that 4009 new memberships were taken out in the association through tho booth conducted at tho state fair. Announcement of new members from Salem will fol low at a later date. JSJKS LEAVES: ; : PRISON ON PAROLE . Tho state penitentiary- y terday received m queen .1 Queen of Train Hobbers. Her ; rlgn would exiond over a per , lod of 50 years, unless provl - dence took . a j hand, , had not thel Jndge who sentenced her Indicated! willingness to cor sider probation after ! ellit years. Tho queen was greeted by 525 women at Iter new- pal ace; sort of ladies in waiting waiting for their terms to end. ...'-...K-.-- 1 ...-!:-. i Oregon prosperity wasi brought a ', little .closer perhaps, by the federal court's refusal to review the 19291 Intangibles tax case, This ; outs out about a million dollars, most of which will no doubt . gol i back Into circulation. Nineteen I thousand people will share in the rebate, or on an average of S4J.25 each. That at leastj would hold bff the wolf for a ;iew aays. ;- . Oct. 12- 19, 14 8 G HOOVER i WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (AP) A call to the public to rally behind its police forces was sounded today by President Hoo ter in an effort to better the rep utation of some American cities, j Standing in the austere cabi net room of the White House, he Sent this plea by radio to the Jpening session of the 28th an ual convention of the Interna tional association of chiefs of po lice at St. Petersburg. Fla. i Ho also -advocated divesting tho criminal of his cloak of pop ular heroism and transferring his Public glorification to the police man. I The chief executive, compli mented, by letter, the preventive work dona by the national safety : council, gathered in Chicago, but said he could not "complacently i Contemplate." the total of 99.000 ' accidental deaths a year. There remains, ho added, a "tremen-! dous field still tor organised ef fort to promote accident preven- In his address to tho police chiefs, the president pictured theirs as an. unending task. . He described it as ranging; from an incessant war against criminals to tho "mothering of tho children la our streets and In tho good humored dissolution of traffic Jams." COLONEL Bill IN RUSSIA. REPORT SAN FRANCISCO. (AP) Starting life over again 'at the age of 54, Asa Keyes, former Los Angeles district attorney, left ban tjuentln prison today with $80 in his pocket. Keyes entered the prison months aro to serve a one to year term for bribery in connec tion with his prosecution of the Julian Petroleum fraud cases. His time was fixed at five years and because, of good behavior he bad to serve less than half of it. He will be on parole for It months He bad served 12 months In the Los Angeles county jail pending appeal of his case.. The former prosecutor left the prison in better physical condition than when . ho. entered. Regular hours, plain food, exercise and no liquor were credited with the phy sical improvement. WJien Mr. Keyes departed he had exactly S0. Ten of this was given him by the prison as jthe law provides. Fifty he had on 'de posit. . , l : Keyes will sell automobiles i in Los Angeles but he can not drive them. Under tha law he may hot arive a car. marry, get a divorce, change his address, negotiate any legal aocument, or drink, with out permission of the parole ficer. And now BIooneys friends are advocating'! nation-wide boycott against California sintil ;' Tom' Mooney la freed. This- ap ' pears even a better boycott than was suggested when pri soners In some! eastern ' peni tentiary j ranted a riot because .they couldn't hear Amos and Andy. It has been suggested that all ! prisoners start, a boy cott against the "Ainos and Andy" toothpaste). , : : And still Tuskoj remains at the state fairgrounds. News writers are a little cautious now in giv ing the possible reason for Tus- ko's Ions I residence in Salem, but nevertheless he is there. , It costs about 150a week to feed the giant elephant, and 4ie may get ambitious! too sometime and start moving through his chains. But as was said befor with us. I L -Tusko is still ! News dispatches Indicate that Portland Is proud , of hav ing a whale in its harbor, or some place near there. But Salem still has Its Tusko. Ala Portland; will cease to bras about having whales were, some firm to turn ft Into a whaling station. After about the ! second whale brought la, residents! within a ten mile ra dios . would soon j start wailing to have them taken away. 8 Colonel W. B. Bartrans has arv rived in RnsRta. nnd im fn ntlv negotiations for the sale of flax Tntlir " h sr -c3 Mivvtj v vaa? dv v a3 v government, according to word received hero from Ralph W. Barnes, New York Herald-Tribune correspondent at Moscow. Barnes had an r informal Interview with LBartram shortly after the latter's arrival. , r Baftram left for Europe last summer, as a representative of an Oregon company he had formed to handle patents and manufac ture of a flax puller ho used In this valley when he was in charge ot the state flax industry. Bartram was in charge of the flax Industry for the stato from 1924 until ho was removed, last spring by action of the board of control. of- There axe just 59 commissions. board and departments in the state of JDregon in. addition to the; supreme court and six elec tive officers. Of Itheso 69 com- a : . - missions, tne governor is a mem ber of 12. most of which he is chairman, i The secretary of state is required by lawj to sit on 'nine Given Thought. A JPtmn trails? 1 ot e bords and commissions, it EtVangeilCai while tho state treasurer is listed e ii AUTHORS WORK IS SE1 An Illustrated lecture by H. A. Goode, assistant commlsslonerl of the utilities department of Port? land, will be given at the Evan gelical church tonight at T;4( o'clock. Pictures will be shown! ot the development of tho Bull Run water system, showing its derel opment in the construction of the Bull Ran and .Bear Creek dams. Statistics will be given ot cost and material nsed in its construction, t The lecture will be given In the main auditorium of the church. under the auspices of the Albright Brotherhood. Tho orchestra of tha church will provide the music for tho occasion. All who desire to be entertained And profited are in vlted. for six. The commissions of which the governor Is chairman, and oat meet of which the secrctarv or; treasurer or both are also snemoersj include tna - state boards of control. land. bank. ing, education, forwrtrv. It. Printina:, vocational and commissions including advlsonr wnng, recLamatfen, bond, bo mas and a trust fund commls- mo Dome list i ana no an. points members of most of the others. 1- B mil LOSES 666 LlUUin nil Tim rrmr ? ,? BBit. 'Vks a Cold the Relieves a Headache or Xeoralgla nwt day, aad checks Malaria la three days. - . .. i. . . t66 Salve for Baby's Cold, BUT KEEPS TITLE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 - (AP) Roger Barnard, of Flint. Mich., iron a ten-round decision from Bat Battalino. Hartford. -Conn., ; featherweight champion ot the world tonight. The title was not at stake. . - - Barnard, almost unknown. stepped away to an early lead with a ateady barrare ot riehts to ; the head and body and ammassed enough points to over come Baft late rally. In the eighth Battalino was knocked from his feet with a hard right. Tinea Dundee, of Newark, In his first appearance since a Euro pean tour, scored a decision over Johnny Peppa, of Philadelphia in ft fast semi-final. Peppe suffered ft cut eye and Up early In the fight but carried the battle most ot tha way, nevertheless. The crowd cheered both fighters. Miss Harriett Long, state librar ian, m an enlightening talk before the Greater Oregon association meeting In the chamber ot com merce rooms Monday night, im are out. for tha team which will consist or six or seven members ThejrSenior high school swlm- uung- sqwa neia its iirsi practice - V T W ft A --1 . .I.Ll pressed the fact that ft part of the Under tha direction of Pnnoii nAh. work of the association should bejert Needham. Fifteen candidates to Dring to ia lore ins won 01 Oregon authors. Miss Long told her hearers that books of note were being written by Oregon authors, printed on pa per made in Oregon and printed and bound by Oregon -publishers. She mentioned especially 'The En chanted Lake." written by 8. C. Lapwham,; printed by the States man Publishing company, ' and bound by the Capitol City bindery as an example of the work of writ ing: and publishing being done in Oregon. Awards were announced for the window displays of Oregon prod ucts, a contest carried on during state fair week and sponsored by the Greater Oregon association in In addition there are It ataf institutions, five higher educa tional institutions, five statn afd, ed sboletles and It state-wide ia- sutuuons. This fist gives a sur isce jiaea or tne magnitude of state business. . and' infnrmttrin Cn-. I- 1 r "u OILlIiem ar contained otart Practice na tn? new Bia p just being t. TTf OT lB secretary of state. Autsung a studv of thi, wv wuma do a aooa v tn i , . .-..w tj our uregon." H. S. Swimmers Mlliioaa Have) Athlete's Foot ..Whr auffer from the queer akin disease causing severs Itching ot i'ifl nd cracking, peeling skin, blisters. Binarworm. Tnnok ia Hand Itch, when you can avoid tn- iclclr fasaj your ikli on the famous Smrlish Hosnltai far. inula, discovered by a leading Lon don akin soeciallst. rr Nimn7, oderm acta with amailnir nMw S?a-?ll814. for this particular akin disease. . Nlaoderm is naran Ued. It must atop Itch and quickly heal your skin or the small cost wlU be refunded, Perry's Drug Store 11S 8. Cfe&unercial IH0LLYV00D; Home of 25c Talkies : A HOME-OWMO) THEATRE LAST TEHES TODAY ' The Incomparable Clara Kim ball Young in the snpreme role of her brilliant career CrtAlDltRSAUp TODAT 03O.T ASTCXWCF (Ml I Si Also Charley Chase Comedy Xews and Review I I COJnXQ WEDXESDAT THUKSDAT AND Wednesdaj-Thrrrsdaw ' Ecba r.Iay Oliver DorolLy Let ia BafC&- ncnrrki MEATUS? i Love-Iire-Laash I and Jearn a steno's I 1 ; secrets I STAB' TS TOMORROW J I M t mjumm listening ia on a prirate wire yoa se and bear ex- etunar ttungs. 1 IU 15 FIGHT U1VG K FlSi It took a J5-minute fight for : Joe Herman to land a S 5-pound Chinook salmon In the Nestucca river near CloTerdtle but he got the fish with the aid of II. B. Tronson who . manned the gaff hook. The catch was the largest Herman ever made and the larg est by far of any fish taken la the Nestucca last weekend. The day before Herman, who runs the Marlon hotel as a vocation and catches big fish as an avocation, had a larger fish on the line than his Sunday catch, but after a ten-minute fight the big fellow got away. Fishing 'was light on the river Sunday,- he reported, but nimrods reported a good catch Saturday. Herman used a little spinner and' a 60-pound tested line' on tha Chinook. Tho fish which got away broke the 60-pound line. General Tom Rllea, back last week from a vacation at Agnea on the Rogue above ort Orford reported the . fish running fine there with many dandy catches being made. He predicted the fishing . would continue to be good until the fall rains came. Anniversary ; Columbus Noted Columbus day. mai-king the 439th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus on the shores of the North American con tinent, passed uneventfully in Sa lem, little interruption being no ticed in downtown trade, t Banks and .the state capltol offices were ciosea mrougnout u e aay.; spe cial exercises were held in ther grade schools and downtown firms put out flags for the occa sion. Columbus day is a leeal hol lday In Oregon. O'BRIEN MOVES UP ! MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Oct. IS (AP) Prankle O'Brien, of Hart ford, Conn., scored ft technical knockout over 'Angel Clivelle. Porto Rlcan champion, in the ninth round of the main event of tonight's card in the National Boxing association middleweight elimination tournament to deter mine a successor to Mickey Walk er. ;.. i : . . I DOTTG : '. juvenilis . : - I DAW STARTING NOW Under the direction of Prof. McLoughlfn ' NO CHARGES ' -BiU Brazeau'g New Music Shoo aSS N. High St. Dial SOOO Now -e Last Day Starts Tomorrow u Jfidbmrn Jr with . I WSh i ! ; BEN LYON AKTHUR LAKE New lore haunted by phantoms of the past. ...The tolly of a mad moment, the stumb ling block la the ro mance of a courag- wi moaarn airL "Screen Soarei xcaedy News" ewsj 1 - 4 i . ).:!. : -.