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EICHTY.FIRST YEAR, ' Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, J.n 8, 1932 . -. j
KILL SIX
Six Officers are Killed, one
Wounded in Farmhouse
, Battle Near Springfield;
.Ex-Con is Leader
Murder Suspect and Con-J
federates use a Machine
Gun; Governor Calls out
Guard
. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan.
2 (AP) Six peace officers
were slain and three others
wounded at a farmhouse near
here this afternoon when they
attempted to arrest a band of
desperadoes.
The slayers, believed to be
three in number, escaped to
the hills after an hour's battle
with a posse.
The dead:
Sheriff Marcell Hendrli.
Chief of Detectives Tony Oliver.
Detective Ollie Crosswhite.
Detective Sidney Meadows.
Deputy Sheriff Wiley Mash-
burn.
Charles Houser, police patrol
driver.
, The wounded:
' Detective Virgil Johnson.
Detective Oren Brown.
Officer Frank Pike.
The fugitives are Harry Young
25, ex-convict wanted for the
slaying of Marshal Mark Noe of
Republic, Mo., and his two broth
ers, Paul and Jennings Young,
Thousand Men
Scour Ozarks
A posse including hastily dep
utized citizens and members of
the Springfield unit of the Mis
souri national guard nearly 1
000 in all was scouring the
Ozark countryside in' search of
the killers.
Detective Johnson, who report
ed the first of the killings to po
lice headquarters and was himself
wounded in the encounter at the
farmhouse, said at least three
inen were in the building when
the first attempt to enter it was
made.
Harry Young, Johnson said.
snot Masnburn at close range
with ft sawed-off shotgun as the
latter kicked down the door ot
the house. Another man shot the
sheriff with a similar weapon
while a third shot Oliver as John
son drove away.
Reporters
Find Bodies
Frank Rhoades, a reporter for
the Springfield Leader and one ot
the first members of the "posse
" to approach the house after the
killings, gave the following ac
count of the discovery of the bod
les:
"We stopped a little way from
the house. It was dark by now
and the moon was coming up,
walked about 15 feet and stum
bled over something. It was the
body of Oliver. 6
i a iew yaras iartner we came
epon Houser and Meadows, dead
By that time Lon Scott, a public
ity man and former reporter
came up. It was he who found
Mashburn unconscious.
We shouted for an ambulance
and one came, with about 200
men behind it. Many of them were
armed with pistols, shotguns and
. rifles which they had snatched up
at home.
"Some of the others. found
Croeswhite's body. He was behind
ft storm cellar, where apparently.
lie had barricaded himself. He
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To Ti ace Cosmic Rays
From Mountain Heights
CHICAGO, Jan. - 2 (AP)
Mountain ranges the world over
will be scaled this year for a so
lution to one of the puzzles that
bothers science Just what Is a
cosmic ray and from where does
It come? ;
Physicists seeking more definite
knowledge on- this relatively new
subject have selected 18 widely
scattered sites on five continents
to make their electrometer read
ings. . ' .-T . :
Dr. Arthur H. Compton, profes
sor of physics at the University of
Chicago, will direct the measure
ment of the., cosmic rays which
were discovered ten years ago and,
. are the most penetrating rays
known at 18 ot the .chosen
- sites this spring and summer. .
Plans were announced .today
for parties of scientists to climb
mountains, ranging, .from 7,000
to 28,000 feet'lialtifude, during
1932 In PanamarPero, New Zea
land, -Australia, 'Hawaii, Alaska,
the Argentine, : Chile,.. Kashmir,.
Ceylon, Singapore, Java and South
' Africa. Expenses will ft borne by
Wilson May
Lose Position as
Manag
Clash With Director Gehlhar Develops Over
Question of Deficit; Meier Must Decide
If Secretary Stays
By C. A. SPRAGUE
"IT THEN Governor Meier sits
f f this week one of the early
la wuewier i.virs. ii.ua, ocnuitz wiison win continue io noia ner
job as secretary of the state fair. Her contract expires Jan
uary 15th and she is slated to go through' the intention of Di
rector Max Gehlhar not to continue her in charee of the af
fair, a position she has held since 1924. While Gehlhar has
made no public announcement
pretty well known, and the trouble between him and Mrs.
wusun wno is a noiaover irora
iw uwu couuug out mio.ine
-O
TO
. EXPENSES
District 1 ' Attorney Probes
Campaign Expenditures
For Smith in '28
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (AP)
The expeditures of the New
York headquarters of the demo
cratic national committee in the
1928 Smith-Hoover presidential
campaign are under investigation
by the office of federal district at
torney in New York.
Charges by Representative
Wood of Indiana, chairman of the
republican national congressional
committee, that the democrats
concealed some of their expendi
tures are the basis of the Inquiry.
The Indianan said the national
committee violated the federal
corrupt practices law.
Assistant District Attorney Ja
cob J. Rosenblum of New York
is conducting the inquiry. He ar
rived today and immediately be
gan to go over the reports filed
with the house clerk by James W.
Gerard, treasurer, of the demo
cratic national committee.
Rosenblum said he also would
scrutinize quarterly reports of the
committee filed since the 1928
campaign. The report shows the
contributions .received and the
expenditures made by political or
ganizations. The corrupt practices
law requires they be filed with
the clerk of the " house.
United States District Attorney
Medalie lu New York, ordered the
inquiry.
Gerard answered Wood's first
charges with the statement that
the committee employed the same
firm of accountants to prepare the
1928 reports the republican na
tional committee had to compile
its 1924 reports.
The Indianan retorted with the
statement that Gerald and the
democratic committee was at
tempting to "pass the buck" to the
accounts and the action "contri
buted very materially tb the Jus
tice and accuracy of the assump
tion that the suppression of the
payroll roster of the democratic
natidnal headquarters In New
York City In 1928 was Intention
al."
Al Smith Waits
To State Plans
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (AP)
Indications are that Alfred E.
Smith will wait several months
before announcing whether he
will seek the democratic presiden
tial nomination, or whom he fa
vors If he Is not an aspirant.
The 1928 standard bearer per
sistently refused to discuss for
publication his own political fu
ture, although it is known repeat
ed efforts are being made to have
him become a candidate, or at
least to say he is willing to accept
the honor.
the Carnegie foundation and the
University of Chicago.
Dr. Compton wants to deter
mine whether the cosmic rays are
protons," like light and x-rays.
or electrons, which live rays to
the earth's aurora.
"The cosmic rays," he explalnd,
ere a type of - radiation that
strikes the earth from above.
they are detected by means Of
sensitive electrical equipment de
signed to measure the electrical
conductivity of air. At high alti
tudes the air Is a better conductor
than at low altitudes,, since the
rays are more intense at the high
altitudes. ,., ' :
eorles-on atomic structures
and the release of energy may be
confirmed or disproved by more
definite knowledge about cosmic
rays. If they are generated as
Prof. R. A. Mllllkan, of the Cali
fornia institute of technology has
suggested, through the union ef
simple atoms In the dark regions
between galaxies of stars. It would
snpport his theory that the unl-
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KTGTE
DEI
er of Fair
down behind his shiny desk
problems he will have to face
on the subject, his nosition is
me iormer state lair board,
open in recent weeKS.
Ever since the fair closed there
has been persistent sniping at The 1500,000,000 reconstruc
Mrs. Wilson and her administra- tlon finance corporation asked by
tlon. This Is attributed to Jim President Hoover gets the call In
Preble, former publicity agent for
the fair, who is credited with as-
pirations to succeed Mrs. Wilson,
and who is reputed to be getting
material for the attacks from I
Gehlhar' s office. The charee
against Mrs. Wilson is "lack of
cooperation" and failure to econ-
omlze. Director Gehlhar Is prone
to attribute the deficit from this !
year's operations to the opera-1
tlons of the old state fair board,
and says there will be no deficit I
from July 1st to July 1st, which
represents the year of his man-
agement. Meantime however bills
running Into thousands of dollars
go unpaid and bonds which ma-
tured on the grand stand bond is-
sue have gone unpaid. Mrs. Wil- J
son filed an itemized report with I
tne secretary of state. The debits ers and harbors plans,
and credits In this show heavy The democratic policies on the
losses due to the novelties Intro- tariff and taxes will be formulat
duced by Director Gehlhar and ed at meetings of the party lead
Publicist Preble, namely the ro- ers. The democratic controlled
deo and Monkey Island. Gehlhar house Is prepared to drive through
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ITS
AS JAPS ENTER CITY!
Chinchow Falls Without
Shot Fired; Honjo Asks
For Usual Business
CHINCHOW, China, Jan. 2
(AP) Soldiers of Japan marched
into -Chinchow today and were I
greeted by crowds of Chinese citi
zens, who lined the streets to
cheer them.
The Chinese waved flags that
looked as though they had been
hastily sewed together during the
night by townspeople who wanted
to receive their conquerors diplo
matically.
Chinchow . fell without a shot
being fired. The first column
swung Into town at 1 p. m. and
found the evacuation of Chinese
troops already completed. Sev
eral hours earlier the last train
load of Chinese soldiers had de
parted down the Pelpiag-Mukden
railway, bound for stations inside
the great wall of China.
With the occupation of Chin-
chow Japan became master of the
entire province of Manchuria.
be"6Jed so?e
would be sent down the railway
w u, u u
liaison with the Japanese garrison I
at Shanhaikwan, the gateway to
the province.
The building housing the Chi
nese civil government In Chin
chow was taken over by the Jap
anese, who Issued a proclamation
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Install McKay
As Chamber Head
Tomorrow Noon
The old and new will be con
sidered Monday neon at the cham
ber ot commerce luncheon Besslon,
when Henry R. Crawford, retiring
president, outlines the work of
II
the past year; and Douglas Mc I Members of the Salem Congre
Kay, new chief, will tell some of gational church are mourUng the
the things he has In mind for the death In Portland yesterday morn
year he will serve. ing of Mrs. Mabel Barbur Harri
McKay will be installed Mon-
day, and will Introduce the new
board, members.
Sacketts Will
X?'Z7m JLf
MJC itUilAC MJLUUUCiy
-
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon P. Sack-
ett, whose wedding was a sur -
prise event of Thursday night, (AP) Three University of Ore
will return to Salem' Monday gon debaters will be welcomed by
from their honeymoon trip to the the Portland hospitality eommlt-
beaches. Mrs. Sackett, nee Bea-
trice Walton, will continue as ex -
ecutive secretary to Governor
Meier, it was stated in (be offices
Saturday. She had submitted her
resignation to the governor, who
has not announced whether he
would accept It or not.
' ; .4 in "
' PACIFIC LOSES AGAIN
-EUGENE, Ore,, ' Jan. 2 (AP)
The University of Oregon bas
ketball team won its second suc
cessive game over Pacific univer
sity here tonight, 68 to 12. The
Webfoots won, SO to
14, last
night:
Pacific scored only two
field
goals In the entire game.
UUlMGRESS HAS; 1 Scientists Hear Creation Broadcast' I FI6HTS DEVELOP
BIG PROBLEMS
IN LEGISLATION
Must -get Down to Business
As Session Resumes
On Monday
Economic Measures due tb
Receive First Considera
tion in law Making
By FRANCIS M STEPHENSON
Washington, Jan. a- (ap
p7ompt SSdJSffi: "of ImVrica'.
most important peace time eco-
inomic legislation upon me re-
mPon or session Monday.
the senate next week while the
house gets started on the vital
tariff and tax Increase meassures.
Almost every congressional
committee will go to work during
the next six days with the whole
gamut of federal legislature pos-
slbilltles up for discussion
Hearings will be begun in the
senate on the controversial next
six days with the whole gamut of
federal legislative possibilities up
for discussion.
Senate Plans
Many Hearings
Hearings will be begun in the
senate on the controversial naval
program and prohibition. Studies
of foreign bond flotations will be
resumed. House committees will
take up agriculture relief and rlv-
the party's tariff , proposal before
the end of the week. It will then
get to taxes.
The senate banking committee
holds the burden of the more
pressing economic problems and
Chairman Norbeck has called It to
get to work again on Tuesday.
To Increase
Land Bank Capital
Sub-committees'" have reached
decisions on the reconstruction
corporation and on the measure to
increase the capitalization of the
federal land banks by 8100,000.
000. Prompt reports ot these two
aieantic nroDOsltions were nrom-
ised todav hv Senator Norbeck.
strong bi-nartisan suDnort for
each la In nrosnect.
Norbeck said he expected the
banking committee to give prece
dence to the reconstruction corpo
ration by which President Hoover
hopes to aid the railroads and sup
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F
ACCEPT AWARD
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 2
(AP) Portland milk producers
anil riiatrilint nra tnriav IcallAri
Lfatomanf ,, vnu
tne new wholesale price
schedule announced Friday by
Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz, arbl-
ter. Both groups, however, ex-
pressed misgivings of the sched-
lA
Berkowits established the new
price on the basis of the Los An
geles butter print price, plus 22
cents a pound, with a maximum
price of. 82.25 and a minimum of
82.10 a hundred pounds of "milk.
Based on the December SI print
prices in Los Angeles, the mini
mum price was in effect today,
the first business day under the
new schedule. Had a minimum not
been set, the price today woujd
raTe benjndj,ounds
Portland Matron
Was Known Here
son. wife of Rev. C. H. Harrison.
state superintendent of the de-
nomination. Mrs. Harrison's pass
ing followed a two-day's llless
from spinal meningitis.
The body will be- shipped to
New Brunswick, N. S., her home
city for interment.
WELCOME OREGON DEBATERS
l PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. I
tee ad the East Side Commercial
1 club when they arrive here Sun-
(day morning aboard the Steamer
I Admiral Far ra gut.
I Kenneth Miller, David Wilson,
and Roger Pf aft are returning
I from a 35.000-mlle debating toar
of the Pacific basin.
Arrangements have been made
for a brief program of. welcome
at the landing place.
MULTNOMAH HOLDS LEAD
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2 -
(AP) The , Multnomah club bas-
1 ketball team defeated Linfleld col
lege, 45 to 28, here tonight. Mult-
I nomah took an early lead
and
were never headed.
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Sounds made by atoms when they
norus me rvnn tier mace ana evrn oeiore iu c ratlon Have been caught and made audible by the
latest miracles of science. Pr. Robert MiUikan, of the California Institute of Technology, whose work
In investigating the mysterious cosmic rays baa brought him world fame, demonstrated the latest
scientific marvel at the annual meeting of the As soclation for the Advancement nt RriencA at Xw
Orleans, La. The sounds of atomic formation are brought to earth,
ing io irr. jnuuaan, are ine very nrsi sounds made at beginning of creation. The device whereby they
re picked up and made audible is known aa a "G relger counter," and was devised by the physics de
partment of the Wee Institute at Houston, Texa s. It consists of' a container, filled with electrified
gas through which the cosmic rays plunge, act tin g ud an electric imnulse which in turn in translated
into clicks by a powerful loud speaker. As each In dividual ray makes
semuies uie urning or a ciock.
f rrnon is
DEMOCRATS FLASH
HEW TARIFF BILL
Hearings to Start on Tariff
And Taxation Before
House Committees .
By CECIL B. DICKSON
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 (AP)
Definite plans to expedite house
action on troublesome tariff and
tax raising legislation were made
today by democratic congression
al leaders.
The party's tariff bill is expect
ed to flash through the house and
to the door of the senate by the
end of next week. Tax legislation
will be rushed with a view to pas
sage by February 1.
Speaker Garner summoned the
oint policy committee to meet
with him Monday morning to ap
prove the tariff bill drafted dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
Chairman Collier announced
hearings on thetariff measure
would begin before the house
ways and means committee Tues
day. He expects it to be reported
favorably Wednesday so that ft
may be submitted to the house
for consideration 'Thursday.
Secretary Mellon and Under
Secretary Mills of the treasury
are to open hearings before the
ways and means committee on
the tax bill Thursday, Collier
said. After the treasury officials
have submitted the administra
tion's tax program, Collier plans
to make public a calendar for wit
nesses opposing and advocating
certain taxes. The Mississipian
made public a list of witnesses
representing various Industries,
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Pola Negri Out
After Operation
Three Weeks Ago
SANTA MONICA. Cal.. Jan.
(AP) Pale but "glad to get
outdoors again," Pola Negri,
dark-haired Polish film star, left
the' Santa Monica hospital today,
nearly three weeks after she had
undergone an operation for re
moval ot an intestinal obstruc
tion.
"Oh, so glad to be going Into
the fresh air of the "outdoors
again," she smiled to a battery
of photographers who met her at
the doorway of the hospital. "Ton
have no Idea what it means to one
who has been lighting death."
She posed for pictures and
then, in Company of her nurse.
left for a hotel here, where, she
will rest several days and then go
to Palm Springs to regain her
health. She expects to be in New
York by February 1 to fulfill
radio contract and then will re
turn to Hollywood to resume her
film work.
French Veteran
Dies iri Paris
PARIS, Jan. .2 (AP) Gener
al Paul Gerald Pan, French vet
eran ot two wars, died here, today
at tile age ot 83.
A commander In the World war,
General Pan afterward devoted
himself to looking after wounded
veterans and was president of
the French Red Cross. .
He himself had lost an arm In
the Franco-Prussian war of 1870
on the battlefield in Alsaee where,
after nearly half a century, he
returned in command of France s
troops .against the same foe.
GlSMIC VaLLEVS
wdre born millions of vears uo.
ut. AiuiiKan lntl mated that this
nn going on some wnere, aitnough
Still Explodes,
Three Lose Lives
In Skagit County
MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Jan.
(AP) The death tonight of
Dewey Silcox 22, brought to three.
the number who were fatally
burned In the explosion of a still
yesterday on a small farm, be
tween Burlington and Sedro
Wobley. The dead are two children,
Grace Clifton, 8, who died in the
wreckage, and Richard Wright, 3,
who died today at a Burlington
hospital, and Silcox.
One other man, Frank Wright,
47, was given little hope ot re
covery, while two others, Harry
Clifton, the girl's father, and Ef
tef Pyette. 21, were less seriously
burned.
During the day today, the cor
oner ordered an inquest to be Held
on Monday.
An investigation by Skagit
county officers today revealed
that the girl was carrying water
to the shed where the still was
located, they said, when the ex
plosion occurred from some un
known cause.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2 (AP)
Speaker John N. Garner of the
house wa3 lauded as "another
Champ Clark" tonight by William
Randolph Hearst in an address in
which the publisher asked "Who
will be the next president "
Terming Clark s defeat, for the
democratic presidential rumina
tion by Woodrow Wilson In 1912
America's greatest misfortune,
Hearst called on the nation to
"think carefully and act firmly
regarding the political situation
of this eventful year."
The publisher's address, deliv
ered by radio, also advanced an
explanation of President Hoover's
"unprecedented unpopularity" in
the assertion "he has always been
a Wilsonlte."
He said Champ Clark was the
natural candidate ot the democrat
ic party in 1912.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (AP)
Final rites for Richard V. Ou-
lahan of the New York Times.
dean ot Washington newspaper
men, were held today with the
President and Mrs. Hoover and a
host of notables present.
S
SPEAKER
GARNER
Meiei Reaches -Portland,
Will be in Salem Monday
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. S :
(AP) -Governor Julius L. Meier
returned today from an extended
vacation trip to California.
"I'm glad to be back." said the
governor. The best feature of ev
ery Journey is getting back home."
The chief executive said he
planned to go to his offices in Sa
lem Monday.
Governor Meier gave news
paperman a prepared statement in
which, he said he had nothing to
say because, in . his opinion, al
ready there has been "too mock
said, too much written and not
enough -done.'
"What we need," he added, ls
more action constructive action
springing ot trust and courage.
Thus we shall have results, posi
tive results, favorable results."
The governor saldt he had en-
of'ttARS.
and which hv Wn trmvllnv uL
by the eoemic rays and, accord
its own click, the succession re-
activity of the cosmic rajs proves
perbapa outside our universe.
Peace Negotiations Fail; Arr
rest of Gandhi is
Expected
By JAMES A. MILLS
BOMBAY. India. Jan. 3 (Sun
day) (AP) Negotiations for
peace in India broke down today
and the arrest ot Mahatma Gandhi
was momentarily expected.
Viceroy Lord Wlllingdon re
jected the Mahatmas' terms for
settlement and Informed the na
tionalist leader that he and the
all-India national congress would
be held responsible for any action
they might take.
The government will be ready,
the viceroy said In a telegram to
Gandhi, to meet any activity on
the part of the nationalists.
The Mahatma smiled as he read
the message. He expected,' he re
marked, to be arrested under a
law of 1818 which empowered the
government to arrest or deport
any agitator without trial.
The Mahatma had told the vice
roy he would withhold plunging
India Into the turmoil ot another
civil disobedience campaign If the
viceroy agreed to an Interview
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FOUR TRUE DILLS
Four true bills, one not true
bill and two secret indictments
were returned by the Marlon
county grand Jury, which yester
day afternoon reported to Judge
Gale S. Hill, sitting for Judge
L. H. McMahan of department
one.
The true bills were: Paul Krl-
er, Kermlt Barkhurst and Rich
ard Hyland, charged with 'bur
glary of property of Robert
Down; Arthur Lacy, non-support:
Glenn Garrison, assault and bat
tery; Vance L. Satherlin, non
support.
The not true bill was returned
for Roy Teynolds and Lyle Pag
enkopf, charged Jointly with at
tempted burglary.
No Indication as to what the
secret indicements might be was
in the air at the courthouse, how'
ever, it is' supposed they are of
a minor nature.
Joyed more sunshine since coming
back Into Oregon than at any oth
er time during his trip. He was
gone 27 days and It rained abont
25 days, he said. ' ' -
Governor Meier: said he would
try to enlist the Oregon taxpayers
equalization and conservation
league in snpport of a tax legisla
tion program. His .urogram would
Include, he said, legislation vest
ing In the state tax commission
Jurisdiction over local bond Issued
and tax levies: legislation provid
lng tor central county purchasing
agencies; legislation providing for
a uniform system of accounts In
counties and their various polit
ical subdivisions: and legislation
providing for an annual audit ot
local expenditures..
The tax problem Is the "para
mount issue before the people ot
Oregon today," the governor said.
SEEING
Illl IS
READY TO STRUGGLE
GRAND FINDS
IN PICKING MEN
FOR
COT POSTS
Aldermen Want Places on
Police, Utilities Commit
tees; Changes few
Trindle Faces Contest; may
Merge Engineering and
Street Departments
Saturday afternoon the thri
members of the councilmanic com
mittee on committees met at the
office of Chris J. Wowits to com
plete Its slate of recommendations
on committees for year. An
nouncement of selections was not
given out, members preferring to
noia me caras concealed until the
Monday night meeting of the city
council. However It Is not antic
ipated there will be very much
change In the heads of commit
tees. The three charged with the
Job of satisfying their comrades on
me council, jf possible are Alder
men O'para, Kowits and Dancy.
There 5 has been considerable
agitation over important commit
tees. The big fight has been over
police and utilities committees. Al
derman Olson has long been am
bitious to head the committee on
police. Last year V. E. Kuhn in.
named, though not after some
contest. This rear nresanm in ni
son's behalf has again been exert
ed, but the Indication last night
was that no change would be '
made In the chairmanship. Police
matters have gone forward
smoothly the past year so It was
reported to the committee.
The utilities committee is at
tracting many because of the op
portunity to help spend 32,500,
000 of the people's money on a
water system. If, when and as
the bonds are validated and sold.
Kowitx Is now chairman of the
committee and will undoubtedly
be continued. The other places are
held by Olson and Patton.
Dancy ia expected to head the
fire committee again, O'Hara,
ways and means and Hughes the
street committee.
Four Seek
Attorney Job
a reai ngnt is developing orer
the city attorneyship. W. H. Trin
dle has served the past two years.
Three persons are beinr minl
tioned to replace him: Lars Bergs
vik. Brazier Small, and Clifford
Moynihan. While there may be
enough opposition to Trindle in
opening ballots, it will be difficult
to get the council to agree on any
one man. This has been tha his
tory of filling this office in the
past, men holding over because of
divided opposition. Moynihan is
rated as one friendly to the public
ownership venture; Bergsvik gets
the opposition, of this group be
cause he. off iced with the attor
neys for fhe water .company;
Small .has always had American
Legion support but created some
Hostility to himself when he was
Justice of the peace.
May Combine
Departments
In making appointments to ad
ministrative positions the only
change which is In sight Is the
consolidation of the engineering
department and the street com
missioner's office. This wa a
late development which gained
support. It was pointed out by
friends of the merger that engi
neering work will be at a low ebb
this year, that street repairs will
do neia to a minimum, so the de
partments might be consolidated
with greater efficiency and lower
costs.
Another item on Monday
docket will be the proposed ordi
nance to sell 820.000 in water
bonds to finance Baar and Cun
ningham in reappraisal ot the
water plant, and other expenses in
connection with carrying out the
last mandate of the people.
Log Chain Strikes
Wm. Fitzpatrick
William Fitzpatrick. 105 River
street, waa taken to Salem Gen
eral hospital yesterday afternoon
surrering from a badly cut hand.
He received the injury when a
chain which he was uslna- to haul
logs from the river at Academy
ana Kiver streets broke and
struck him. At first, it was be
lieved his back was broken.
Last night hospital attendants
reported that his condition was
good.
DOGS KILL 14 SHEEP
ALBANY, Ore.. Jan. 1 fAP
Local authorities were Inform-
ea aogs killed 14 sheep in two
flocks near Taigent early today.
N. A. Lfnd, who made the re
port, said an but two sheep In a
Hock ot 11 owned by William
Ludell were killed. Fire were kill-
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Aubrey,
OREGON CITY. Ore., Jan. 2
(AP)-7Sherlff Mass anounced to
day three married women, whose
husbands are employed, have
been relieved of their duties in
the county . tax department. One
ot the women is the sheriffs
daughter.
Unemployed men will fill the
"I vacant positions. :