f T . i Vis,. Sir-,..-, 557. . r . i . X i T , 'V.-' "HI"" CmCULATlON, Net paid, daily. Sunday R73Q T 11 rin finnTV.frroci vpn A 14IU A . A - oundop ; i63f WEATHER -i X SirtdaV Hoadsy prek.' - bly deady with nims, nod- ;verat toapermtvre; :. Max. f I Temp. &Usrdx 72, Him. S7t " "rlTer &0 lecC, west wind. ' , Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 10, 1932 ; INoJ 328 MM B ATT1E I E&1 THREETRAPPED Dl FEDERAL PROHI teoon KIDWAPERS FAIL h i flKFPJTh FflnirJC I " 1 Til KFFP FAITH MULIIIU 1 MUIIIU IU IILLI IIUIII .-- - r-'M 1 - " ' . -r----' II - - L- -- Vote Taken After Many of Delegate Gone; 35 to ' 32 Ballot Result Resubmission of Amend ment Sought; Congress men Urged to Assist X- Marion county's republicans went back to the "gold 'old days" of political conventions Saturday. They agreed that taxes mast come down, expenses bo eut and Wash lnxton and Hoorer principles car ried on. Then came prohibition. And for one hour the assembly, 130 in number, heard a succession of contrasting arguments on a proposal that a plank favoring a national referendum on prohibi tion be embodied in the county re publican platform. In the end the "wets" prevailed. Br a rote of 35 to 32 they voted down a proposal to strike from the platform a plank favoring a na tional .referendum on the 18th amendment. The platform at adopted contains this section: "As there appears to be a gen eral desire throughout the United States for a re-submission of the 18th amendment to the state leg islatures or through a constitu tional convention, your committee . recommends that our congressmen and senators be Instructed to vote for such a resolution, when pre sented for consideration at our next congress and that candidates who are now seeking office for the- United States senate and con gress be committed to this reso lution." V Father of the plank and leader in the fight on the floor of the convention was Louis Laebmund. Along with Mrs. W. Carlton Smith of Salem and Fred J. Schwab. . Lachmund had voted In the plat form committee for the favorable report on the plank. A minority Platform for. Marion County Republican . Adopted at Political Assembly Held Saturday at Chamber of Commerce Rooms Here: 4PEAEXXG for. tbe Repa&Ucani of Mario county, -we Jeel that la this 200th year after the birth t that great Amer r" lean model of efrll virtaes, George Washington, our party should dedicate ltelf anew to tb principle of it founders IB years ago national unity and honesty and true democracy. . We hold that these faadamentala can be realised only by, practices insuring economy m pwoue arrairs, ana coniming agencies of government to the lowest practicable number: Lbnitlnir salaries ito match services rendered, and In equit able proportion to Incomes In private life, and that will avoid duplications and padded payrolls. Taxation to maintain government on these lines should . be based upon the productive power of property assessed, and the forcing of hidden sources of wealth to reveal tnemseives and bear their share. - Tax burdens can be lightened only- by reducing agencies that consume tax money. . ? We insist that Republican candidates for the legislature nledge themselves to support and vote for measures that will wipe out unnecessary commissions and consolidate others, and also effect substantial reductions m tbe nlgner salaries of state and county officials. We ask for a horizontal reduction averaging at least 25 per cent of the total federal budget. ' We demand that our representatives In congress pledge themselves to work for the elimination of useless bureaus, con stantly Increasing in number and cost, and becoming a menace to representative government. We ask Republicans of Marion county to rote in the pri maries for no candidate who will not publicly subscribe to this 'platform, and 'we pledge our party to support the candidates who make such pledges. We commend the untiring and able labors of President Hoover, Marion coonty boy, in directing through the period of its greatest stress the affairs of our nation in a manner credit able to its place of leadership in world affairs, for which des tiny It was set apart in its beginning times and haa since wor thily maintained in the progress of the race. As there appears to be a general desire throughout the United States for a resubmission of the. 18th amendment to the state legislatures or through a constitutional convention. tout committee recommends that our congressman and sen ators be instructed to vote -for such a resolution when pre sented, for consideration at our next congress and that candi dates who are now seeking office for the United States senate and congress be committed to this resolution. BY FIRE AFTER BIG FJPLOSIOll Another Trio Missing and Firemen Battling to Rescue Victims W. C. T. U. SESS10H iASSASSlNATIDN OF PLANS ANNOUNCED HANS LUTHER TRIED : Plans for the local institute '.of the W. C. T. U. which will be held here Tuesday at the Union report was made by W. W. Rose- hall have been announced, braugh and Henry L. Porter, urr The program Includes devo- ing the convention to reject the tions at 10 o'clock followed by a "wet" plank. , ; talk by the county president, Mrs. Vote Taken After Helen Prescott, on the topic of Some Had Departed Institutes; 10:45, short talks by By the time the raattercame up directors of departments; and lz . y,a. TitMnv Btrenrth of n'lAi1r nAtlnck lancheon. the assembly had been cut down At 1:30 o'clock there will be considerably. A number of the I the dedication of the white rio- BERLIN, April 9. (AP) Dr. Hans Luther, president of the I abrasions Reichsbank, narrowly escaped as sassination tonight while he was pacing the platform of the Pota damer station in Berlin, waiting for a train to take him to Basel, Switzerland. The bullet, fired at close range by one of two men who had been quietly walking up and down the platform, passed through one sleeve ef Dr. Luther's coat and in Five Story Structure is Demolished; Blast is Blamed Upon gas SPRINGFIELD. Mass., Apr. 10 (Sunday) (AP) Three per sona were trapped by walls of flame in an 'explosion here early today. Three other persons were missing. A five story brick store and tenement building was de molished. The building, located on Ferry street in the heart of a congest ed area, was left without a stand ing wall. Nearby buildings were twisted out of shape -and glass from structures for blocks around littered the streets. The blast was supposed to have resulted from an accnmulation of gas. Firemen Struggle j To Reach Captives Mrs. Dahdah, Mrs. Mary Fran geia and a 7-year-old girl named Karon, were the three trapped in the ruins. Firemen were strug gling to penetrate the flames to reach them. The debris was in such confu sion, and the flames had swept so rapidly through it, that there were but a few Isolated spots un touched by fire, and these provid ed no pathway to the bodies. So terrific was the explosion that Patrolman Harry Lawrence, the officer assigned to the. Ferry street beat, fell before the concus sion and had to be rushed to a hospital. It was reported he was suffering from severe .shock. One fireman was overcome and was brought from the ruins on a stretcher. Two women and a boy were suffering from bad cuts "and 71 W FRANK J. KELLER EMPIRE CASE Will SIMTI Ml Frank Keller, Sales Chief Of Company, First to Face Jury Action ASSERT BEAR ID AVERTED R BOB E Trial of the former officers of the Empire Holding corporation begins Monday, morning at 9 o'clock In the circuit court ' at Dallas, Judge Arlle G. Walker presiding. The first man to be tried will be Frank J. Keller. Jr.. sales counsellor of the company. Along with the four other offi cers, Keller Is nnder Indictment for devising a scheme to defraud. The Empire Holding corpora tion was authorised under a per mit Issued from the state corpo ration department In December, 1930, to sell 12,500.000 in stock. To obtain the permit Its officers alleged they had individually paid $20,000 into the treasury- of the company where as the records of the company show no officer paid In more than 13000. Sales of stock of the corpora tlon ran to nearly $1,000,000 be fore the Empire permit was can celled. Cash paid Into the com pany's treasury exceeded $200, 000. The state, represented by Bar Dett H. Goldstein, special prose cutor, and John H. Carson, Mar ion county district attorney, will contend that the officers devised a scheme to defraud. Various lawyers will represent the defen Stay man who Points gun in Belief They are Yeggs, Reports Indicate - Officers in act of Making Arrest of an - Alleged Bootlegging Pair r z.. DALLAS. Tex., April 9 (AP) Two federal prohibition agents were charged with murder today for the slaying of Marion Mc- Glothlln, 60, proprietor of a crossroads gasoline station and grocery. The agents, N. D. Heaton and L. C. Smith, declined to make a statement, saying federal regula tions silenced them. McGlothlin was shot to death last night and his wife wounded in the hand when they pointed firearms at the agents in the be lief they were holdup men. The shooting occurred as the officers were arresting Lester Cox and his wife. Ruby. The Coxes had met the agents at McGlothlin's business place by appointment after the govern ment men had visited Cox's home in an attempt to buy liquor. Mrs. Cox was alleged to have displayed a pistol and to have been disarmed. Thinking a robbery was occur ring, Mrs. McGlothlin seized a pistol from behind a counter and pointed It at one of the agents, he shot the weapon from her hand. The bullet tore off several of her fingers.. McGlothlin obtained a shotgun. The other agent opened fire. McGlothlin tell with three bullet wounds in his body, the shotgun discharging harmlessly as he pitched to the floor. In the excitement Cox escaped. Wen Property Identified, Paid $50,000, Baby -Is Not Returned Numbers on .Currency Told In .Circulars Sent to Banks and Others WILLIAM H. MURRAY : i MURRAY TO SPEAK HEBE WEDNESDAY Oklahoma's Colorful Chief On way West; Meeting In Salem Listed of considerably. A number of the the dedication of tne wnue nu- "7V ,7 t"v"w r'", ? " WASHINGTON Anril 9 (AP) wyers wm represent me aeieu- SefegaUs had left for home while U recruits, followed by Cru- g-J 8b?o hSelbow Siffititloi f"- .JffJfc tnlnr a test vote lm- sade anniversary conducted by tach and a half below his elbow. .....i ordrd bv the outstanding in the legal pro- pending, ducked oat of the cham- Mrs. Helen Prescott: 1:50, w. C ber of commerce rooms wnere me t. u. worx in oou roll call was taken land did not address by Miss Daisy Frederick; east a ballot. ' 3 o'clock, address by ReT. P. J. The roll call was by delegates, Eriksen; 8:30 o'clock, question and not by precincts. Records of box and adjournment ; Chris J. Kowlts, secretary of the o'clock. - There will be special assembly, showed that slightly less I music. than f 0 precincts of tne 79 in me ' county were represented while 130 of a nearby railway porter's boot. The man who fired the shot told police his name was Dr. Max Roosen. He smilingly surrendered momentum today with the formal I . i a trAnA- I oeeu suopoenaea lor us uu A whirlwind of rumors and re- . . Z, " ' hU plsioL Both h; 'and kit eom-lrU rerolred about inanlry. ."ir.V ..r.': sissr or them holders of stock. r""-t o - . Tt7.11 mam Vnt un UtMtta BIT ouuiiuuuv.. county were represented while 130 I TTA dalarates out of tha147 author-1 H flflVPr In attendance. - Cii --r "For 11 years the 18th amend- TT3,W ment has been on trial and It has failed. declared Louis Lachmund in speaking on the majority -report. -Sentiment has changed now, and I believe this conven tion has a right to ask for a rote on resubmission.. When prohlbW n. mimrtmA SS aip Cftnt Of the Pa- " pers in Ihs country were tor it: Margin Wide frB Werner Kertscher. admitted cheer- T Wall streat butperslstently fully, police said, that they plan- J J", day -wUl be used in securing a n -ht Th- Lnthar because gigntlc bear raid climaxing the they disapproved of th. Relch J 7 rlli- " ' bank's deflation policy and want- V""" " " " ed a "controlled inflation." They al.-v-. t. f XVJV1UI1 U ti iuiu yimuvut v the New Tork Exchange was to appear before the committee Mon day. Substantiation of the conten tion that bears had been active in I denied any political motive. More Tourists Visiting State PORTLAND. Ore.. April 9 f API J. E. - Shelton, secretary- wtsm Awtaa, aa11si TtstA 1 si si van K tVisa manarer of the Oregon State Mo- Trk Cy-rC VlfYt lted sponsors of the lnvestlga- tor assodaUon. reported today I O IOreS 1 CI C tlon in the qnlek uvtnrn on the UsOS TisiUng automobiles were market today. The senators were regisierea m -..-w J .1 mm a, A-t . V a iVa Wsasal ftsl Good weather at the elose of aot concerned by later losses. Herbert Hoover, president, re ceived - almost one' halt of the straw r ballot rotes received j by rhm statesman in the' abort poll t. iw ...il.rfiul lir this Weekend la th tV limnrttt nut n mniiilt. now less man i per ceui. i 1 "77 - t. ."II uvuip. I - nAnr nan Ta 1 v v&a il,. Ta mi tnt, I . .v. amonmle advantages ne saw oaioxuay ww.. --- -- wi jraviu.;. v,v.- ii ieS5 Prohibition. : eeived 48 votes. - Franklin D. reported business decidedly more W W. Rwebraugh. speaking Roosevelt, New JorksUU gov bTisk than it has .been" tor ser- for the mlno report on the re- ernor, came next wltb10 rotes eral weeks. . The good weather InbmlasSn plank; declared "This while Newton D. Baker of Cleve- also Bent hnndreds of people into 1. no mi Sd piaee tor such an land, another democrat, ttW their gardens and out on their ine-the ease U not clear and with 11 votes. Will Rogers and frallt yards, mowing lawns, spad- tha issuer cannot be drawn. In Ume Al Smith tied with six votes each. tog t0M hedge8 and doing similar the matter of resubmission may Scattering votes werreceived ,prln, gardening. Some repair mri Di -M It U'ODl VI piaca i oy r - i wvn wmva. j COme U :", fc M . " , m. flnverntiT UnN I ...V, was alaA ray S, Governor Meier X, Jonn . c.tiZA hf W. CL T. TJ. ' r--- I Garner 1, cnanes u. ww t, Oirerea oy w, y .k. i. Ttabart LaFol- Heury L. porter, -iawer-, i wu . - ----- ; . eonvention. declared the plank on lette 1. - ; - - ...nVm(1nn WOUld ."dltidS the first three months of the year, as compared to 7448 registered m the corresponding period f 19U. en LEVEY iii 1116 SCHOOL Governor "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Oklahoma, nationally-known for his firm stand last year In re ducing oil production In -that state, will speak in Salem Wed nesday. April 13 at 4:30 p. m. at Nelson ball. Word of the gover nor's appearance was received Saturday by John S. Marshall of Salem. Marshall is chairman of the county central committee of the democratic party. It Is expected that William Del tell, who formerly knew Murray in Oklahoma where both served in the legislature, will Introduce the visitor who is on a nurriea tour through the various states where his name appears on the. primary ballot. NORTH PLATTE, Neb.," Apr. 9 (AP) Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma made his final presidential campaign speech In Nebraska here this aft ernoon and entrained .tor Port land, Ore. Charging the press had been "bought" against his Interests, the Oklahoman also criticized public utilities, chain organiza tions and dealers In stock. Present conditions are not a Vernon Levey, 19, whose "com plaints against W. H. Baillie, ex niMHntnni!nt of the state train- "-'- . - . I. . . l-J Vl 1 1. Ing school for boys, caused an in- i oppression, ne wsenwi, out uau- vestlgatlon of the institution sev- i ruptcy. era! months ago. Is again an in mate of the school. Levey was received at the Institution Friday night from Muitnoman county, where he recently stole an auto mobile. The investigation of the boys' school was conducted by the state child welfare commission, alter Levey alleged that he had suffered NEW TORK. April 9 (AP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has paid a ransom of $50,000 tor his kidnaped son. but the baby has -not been returned. This was disclosed tonight la a statement issued through the New Jersey state police. The ransom was paid, the state ment said, "to the kidnapers, properly identified as such, upon their agreement to notify him as to the exact whereabouts et the baby, but -the baby was not found at the point designated. Government Asked To Trace Currency "Several days were permitted to elapse to give the kidnapers every opportunity to keep their agree ment. It was not intended to use the number of the species (cur rency) In which the ransom was paid, but inasmuch as the kidnap ers have failed to keep their agreement and have not communi cated since the ransom was paid it is felt that every remaining pos sible means- must be utilised to accomplish the return of the baby and to this end the cooperation of the federal government was re quested In tracing the bills used. Earlier in the day It was learn ed that a circular giving details of the currency had been distributed to banks through the country by the treasury with a request for telegraphic notification It any of the bills were seen. The date of the circular, Wed nesday. April C, coincides with re lable Information that the pay ment of the ransom was effected Monday en an airplane flight which CoL Lindbergh and CoL Henry Breckinridge, his attorney, made In the neighborhood of the island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The pslr carried a suitcase, suit able for holding currency, and a blanket. As the statement pointed out "several daysT elapsed be fore the payment and the action by the government. Tonight's statement lent lueii to two theories: One, that the ran som had been paid to the real kidnapers and they "double cross ed" the colonel, became fearful of completing negotiations or tor some unknown reason decided not Bents, Schmidt Not Indicted as J?Vc-f Pnnnrf) to complete the transaction. x- aa o t. a w H vr a j -rfc, othet was that clever erim- - liaals had succeeded In forging a By error. The Statesman rs-1 satisfactory identification of nortad Saturday. April 1. that I tv....!... vMniium and serious leg burns. These burns, It I true bills were returned by the J aeixed upon the opportunity to ex- was claimed, occurred while at tendants at the institution were removing an "Oregon Boot" from his leg. Levey's father now has a elalm for several hundred dollars before th stat board of control. G. A. R. MEMBER DIES FOREST GROVE. Ore.. Apr.. 9 -(AP) Solomon Franklin Dem inr. 8f . one of the last tire) mem bers of the Forest Grove G. A. R. I equipment under mortgage. Bents Marlon county grand Jury against ! Henry L. Bents and Jacob B. Schmidt. The contrary Is true, not-true bills being returned aralnst each man. Bents was freed of the charge ot larceny by 1 bailee and Schmidt of the charge of passing a check with the in-1 tentlon ot defrauding the. payee. The Jury, In making its report on - Bents, investigated charges that he bad sold hop-drying died here today. Customer Finds Missing Brother who now lives at Newberg. re sided for many years In th north end ot Marion county where h was well known and respected. BOSTON. April 9.(AP)A clergyman got Into the chair ot Hazen MacDonald, head barber at the Rlts Carlton hotel today tor a beginning In various properties as the week closed. party." i Porter pointed-out that the platform, committee had turn ed down a pUnk offered by the W. C. TV IT. pledging republicans to vot only for men who wer for th 18tli amendment. - Porter then recounted his .mem ory of saloon days. "It th safcon had ter been square or oeceut. Navy Mutineers 3 Drtvenuut bux: EscaBpat 'A thief who stole a large se dan from Conrt street near Com- nrrAYAOUlL. Ecuador, April 1 1 mercial last night wrecked th ap Government forces " to-1 machine nine miles south on th ' . I . .. . .... . . . a nrAntnvt i j. j. ihhiiuhii uul ui iin - he declared. VI am remind- th0 fort at Punta Pledra. but al- ed of eoyot hunting? sometimes lowed th rebels to escape on 7T - w aMant land and I nnHnat. i - . - I . Iwir. t w ara many in th I The rebels. In possession of both I , The stat motor rehlcl d- Nearly 400 young people, mem ber of th Oregon Yearly Meet- share, With hesitation MacDonald I far of Friends, crowded th Roe proceeded, stopping occasionally to Cat last night for th ninth an- study his client's features. There nual Twin Rocks banquet and pep was something familiar about rally, preparatory to the youth them. . conterenc which will b held at The shave finished, MacDonald the Tillamook beach August 1-7. ventured the remark: "You are Attendance ' honors, went to Walter, arent youf .. ' Lento ChrisUan Endeavor, which Cn-n-.-4 V-. -11 an.A,uf v-JI A amI. ttm mamhomlltn PTOS Un ihlPT Gone I , : . , Unt- . In the-Intermediate group, r " lilrL I ;wey war brothera who hadn't Snnnysid First Friends ehureh. seen or heard from ach other j Portland, took honors with; all ot Lnrne Crowd at Friends xr..JLi. fwM t?nlliiBank Directors JL UUUV VsUlU fvf ffva "uy A Rf,f Arerit Indicted Car Stolen and Wrecked, Burns sine Walter set out seeking a for tun 1ft rears ago. iFacinc nigaway, stat poucs om i twtq oeeu LiOSLIlS! -covered. Th car had gon over . VT ; I ' IffSSJS!? i WW" Approve its members present, .tb . Ban quet crowd was almost a hundred more than anticipated by leaders. MUo -Ross of saiem actea Commands" in which he declared "th need was never greater 'for .it am mm rtA enmn wna Will .v clA" - 1 KTTGEN1L Ore. April t (AP) Cm. 1 tnr 4ha bannaat I The board of directors of th was Donald Edmundaon of Port- Junction City stat bank, whiek Is land, pianist. Florene Rltter; now ta .th luinds of th stat and banquet chairman, Genevieve bank; examiner tor U4"0?; Beckett of Salem. r was described by thoLan county Appearing on th rally program grand Jury today as Incompetent, besides thos mentioned were: unsuitabl and unqualified . to Frederick Baker ot Tacoma: transact banking business. TBug" Unstrom of Salem- Ruth p grand lfC Kellogg ot Beotto MUU; Dr. John nit 'adg O. JJTtl Broachar . of , Vancouver: James vestigate th board of directors tort 980.099. At Norfolk. Va.. the very Rev. H. Dodson-Peacock. on of three men there who have been seeking th child's return since eight days after the infant was kidnaped March 1, said he did not believe there was any connection between their efforts and th failure of the ransom payment announced to TOPAYi Begin Reading ducted In tha manner of a ship's log,; - witk ' Admiral's orders . ex tended by Chester A. Hadley, su- " " " -. . . ''" Z ''""m 'Sim, mm I ...t..J.l mtt m. WflfW bruVbu";hen7oVgTjo V-.,ndiaiTer few coyotes." gunboats - Tarqui and . Cotopaxi. M registered to V L. McAllister fZmCZlZ Ztn it lrd tha -routk ot th ehurek to W Smith' defendedtth. ma- bold off th goverfament rorces in ot Shw but elty polio wer in- j-J&tn rinanca eor- -carry on". -declaring that th rTtv reoort with Tlgor. Sh said th: llty motorsnip omi wi foraed it belonged, to mm ebaeka returned to ehnrck tcay face th greatest that whU th saloon "was a dis gnnfir as mey iyy.- . . . y. . . MJJj;- Th0rm Boesen, of th Rehallag and opposition that it . ' TllT.T-- Hadler and Harmon of Portland; quartet bt Portland. :'- ' ' Among th leaaers zor iao jvh Rocks' eoaferene in August will bo th following, according to an- arac i present wium . abominablet Like- Laebmund,- mh Mmmmdad tha W. C. T. U. tor anin . th - saloon, - but ' n AlOTI TTTLSOX DTES ASTORIA, Orfc. April t-r(AP) ah Samuel H.vWUson, Voing. to giT.!ber dent of Knappa. died I m m. m. m. -mm,m mWm a & -mm.. - BB M t mm Illa tkmm n WB H W n W AW wt U BBiaata kIW AM OUSM -mm avaaoav JW m-m -wmfmm mm m . tAfl Mia-oiumoia iuiwr, . "V.f tha annual youth conference, first at a hospital tracts - are . Beginning to . moon. oho r -.v . t. un -,- . .12 nm.m . - win: b I snnllcatlons wer . saatr la; but started la 1918. - , r 1 1 mp M . l'"; . vn.h and all funcUons ot th bank, do- WW Ott of Portland Emel 7w7nao, clared It.w. nnabl to And sut, hfOJ r; iLZ. TfStaini- - Kneeland. I ncient ridenc to warranV to- Ution ot criminal statutes. .1 n JAf fiVUW OA w Attorney -Faces r , iiicitoi7ioyidBiii Forged Charge KLAMATH FALLS. Or Aprfl TCT WliUm bjTIxul Ut .ibW hanou. IharUof f orryH rrtM ; : -'fl v X Mz Turn to rajjo aanaeament - last- night: Memu Coffin. Edwin Mott, Levi TV Pn- aington of Newberg. cnester iao wiU b held In" Portland, wher Jon 81899 bond, r L'i lii mrr"aaursd. grnd-jury- tidlcUnot rr4 - m mil mm w m a mmrnmrn lmlsi aii whuimul. a auua w ua m mrmm w v r u . . - to d act-1 of Portland, ; prsnU4:Capta . (Turn to pag ti