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WEATHER ?
" Clond probablr followed
bjr rata toalght " or - Than
Cmj, i coolers i Max.- Temp.
1 Tuesday 71, Mlm. 45, river :
4.C feet; 3C. W. wbid. : .
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EiQHTY-FlRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning,-April 13, 1932
No. 32
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7123
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: H H Bl -afe, H -OKI P Li JT r
pi
ver, Roosevelt
Suppo
In State Primaries
Slated taWed,
j Ex-Millionaire
Robinson, one of Original
. .. Officers, is on Stand
y Most of Tuesday
Defense Contests Evidence
Repeatedly but - Fails
S To Keep Much out ;
';' iii it .-..
DALLAS. April 12 (Special)
A legal battle which gWes indi
cation of extending from ten. dayt
4o a fortnight was began here to-.
day when taking or teaumony Be
gan by the state which is proserot
' lng Frank Keller, Jr.. for derising
s scheme to defraud as sales coun
sellor for the Empire Holding cor
poration.
ciai prosecutor for the sute. at-Plan Incarceration of the
tacking and with Frank Lonergan,
chief counsel for Keller, fighting
the Introduction of evidence on ev
ery possible point, a bitter fight
loomed before the case goes to the
Polk county Jury which was i se
lected Monday.-
The entire day was spent In the
examination of George Robinson
of Portland, formerly a salesman
for the Empire company and tern-
Lead iii Illinois and Nebraska Reported and
Conventions in . Missouri, Florida
' 7 And Kentucky go Same way
( CHICAGO,. Apr. ia-:(AP)-T-Presideiit Hoover and Gov.
J Franklin D. Roosevelt rode the crest df the electorates
favor in early primary election returns today.
; In Illinois, scattered precincts" in nine congressional dis
tricts showed candidates in favor of the president's renom
ination leading with anti-Hoover candidates ahead in only
. Otwo districts.
In Nebraska's presidential pref
erence vote, the 2 to 1 lead Got.
PRISON WARD FOR
HE PROPOSED
Dangerous Patients at
State Penitentiary
At the state board of control
meeting Tuesday, Dr. R. E. Lee
Stelner and James Lewis, super
intendents of the state hospital
and state penitentiary respective
ly, were authorized by Governor
Assurance of big Traffic
On Willamette Given
Army Engineers
Needed Terminals Also to
Be Forthcoming, say
Local Speakers
A six-foot depth of water as a
minimum in the stream and In
Roosevelt established over Speak- I the canals, and lock dimensions of
er John X. Garner of -Texas and ISC feet in width and 400 feet in
Gov. William H. (Alfalfa Bill) length were the demands Tues-
Hurray of Oklahoma was widen-I day of the cltlxens of Salem and
lng on the basis of returns from I vicinity attending a hearing be-
374 of the state's 2,049 precincts.
unomciai tabulations gave
Roosevelt 19,752; Garner 4,930
and Murray 3,828. .
The prospects of both Hoover
and Roosevelt were strengthened
by the action of three state conventions.
fore Major Oscar O. Knents. who
as army engineer la in charge of
rivers and harbors work in the
Portland district. Testimony Was
Introduced as to the volume of
tonnage which could be expected
with an open river the year round.
Manufacturers, hopgrowers, fruit
In Missouri the G. O. P. meet- shippers, lumber mill and logging
lng instructed the state's entire I operators offered evidence or ex-
slate of 41 delegates for Presi
dent Hoover.
The republican convention of
Florida pledged nine delegates at
large to the president and dis
trict meetings gave him four
pressed opinions as to the value
and nature of the improvements
needed on the river.
In attendance at the meeting
were people from Portland to Eu
gene. Another hearing was held
in the afternoon at Albany. Be- Miss
sides the subject of river navies
porary president of the United I vm I mnrs
States Holding company, which .,.,,,. ....i.n.tin. nr a I Kentucky's entire democr&tlc
r","" 'ISiS.t Khnwoek within the Penitentiary Uelegat tlon engtneera neard .ppeaJ-
. r J7 , walls ior Housing tne cnmmat ux-
ery phase of Robinson's eennec- 8&ne
tlon with the Empire organisation Tnla action re8uU6d bom tnd
while Lonergan ottered repeated t stabbInK of jwig by an ln-
objection to introduction of evi- d tha ' ne of
denee which he held was not dt-1 fn tnaa-A natianta fmm I gubernatorial vote In Illinois tab- I vn. v s i
icwy Zw tn state hospital late Sunday. Dr. uea. in amaa oi ivaniaaee, of the damage that nas been done
by the state convention for Gov.
Roosevelt to vote for him as long
as his name is before the Na
tional convention at Chicago.
with almost half of the heavy
from farmers for protection of
their lands from stream cutting.
Government work in building j
wing dams in the wrong places or
in abandoning the dams after they
scheme to defraud
Keller.
Wide Latitude is
Given Prosecution
In almost every
Instance of
cajna- iA f taw tn rttvi-1 twice repuDUcan governor. led his l .v -
er patients to treat the criminal nwrw nvai ior xne repuuncan Wegton and along the rlrer aboTe
Insane at tha state hospital. nomination by 50,000 votes. A
By- action of the board of con-1 weepinK
Dorothy McOormick, 25,
opera singer. Is to wed Engene
V. Brewster, former xolllionaire
magazine pnblisher whom she
has been assisting financially la
his literary efforts recently.
This was disclosed In connection
with a robbery of Jewels at Mlsa
IfcCormick's home tn Los An
geles this week.
victory for him was
trol, Vernon Levey, former inmate
a,i-t!!0nU.tgelrli6 who figured In an investigation
6ATKE TO iTTEf
PMDLIIS
OF
Is Blown Up
Near Harbin
- . .... .. - - -l:
. TOKYO. April 18- ( Wednes
day) - (AP) Dispatches from
Harbin. Manchuria,- today said 11
Japanese soldiers were killed and
50 or more were injured , when a
trooo train waa wreeked' on the
KnightS Templars tO Elect Chinese Eastern railway. IT Mo-
m j sn mm a I aSWct m mm vs. ui u.u( IM uaaa
louay as rinai event
Of Sessions Here
Haffenden new Head. Grand
Council; Noted Guests
Here for Meeting
A dispatch to the newspaper
Nlehl Nich said the train, carry
ing the rear guard of General
Jiro Tamon's division, was blown
np. It said 93 Japanese soldiers
were injured, while the Rengo
news agency reported that 10
were hurt. 1
The troops were returning to
Harbin from a campaign against
Chinese rebels around Fangcheng.
It appeared that unidentified per
sons, placed explosives ' on the
track. The train was derailed.
rolled down a 20-foot embank
ment and was partially burned,
the dispatches said.
HE CHURCH
CONFERENCE HELD
G. Walker ruled with the state.
holding to the prosecution's the-
of the institution last year, was
refused admittance to the state
ory that a wide amount of latitude ,.vrti w i.
-must be allowed the plaintiff in ,Q th MultnomJan cot,
.showing the devices Keller is al- W-Bflf, v-i., ftn . -!,.
leged to have used to promote the 'tntnft,A thftft M(Mser of
EVIDENCE PILES UP
PHE DISCUSSION
IN FOBTESCUE CHS
E
ssie ui empire iwi, v 1 f AAnmi .a nn.
Robinson testified at the out- AMtnnJ, .,. ...
set reard!nr the formaUon of theirj"! ;
united suteaHoidinricoMpanfiatrn. of .tata..! Blood-Stained Beddlna is
Waved Before Jurors
In Hawaii Trial
Harrlsburg.
Federal Engineer .
Party VUlta Here
The party of government men
present included Major Kuentz,
Lieut. E. P. Lock, Lieut. New
eomer, and assistant engineers
Allen Darr, A. B. Thomson, H. M.
ttf&A2. Willamette Professor Gets
land waterways, and E. O. Har
; lan,. secretary of Eugene chamber
of commerce were in attendance.
Senator--Chas.- BV - Snauldlng
i launched the discussion for the I ' A signal honor has come to
Salem people. From an experience J Willamette university through Dr.
of over 40 years in moving logs R. M. Gatke, professor of govern-
and lumber on the river Spauld- I ment at the university, who has
lng told what he thought the been selected as one of 50 out-
A busy day for the York Rite
bodies In session In Salem was
concluded Tuesday with a brilliant
parade of Knights Templars dress
ed i nthe showy uniforms of dark
suits, brass buttons, and white
plumed hats, and led by a 30
piece band from the Portland
delegation. The Portland Temp
lars, 100 tn number, accompanied
by their wives and the band, arriv
ed Tuesday night by special train.
The night concluded with the
colorful and impressively formal
Knlghta Templars ball at the Mar
lon hotel.
The Tuesday session concluded Nearly 200 at
At this time officers were elected
In addition to other matters of
business and resulted in Albert H,
Haffenden of Portland being elect
ed grand master of the grand
council of the Royal and Select
Masons of Oregon. Hafenden suc
ceeds Edmund P. Lewis of Marsh
field. Grand Council Ends
Sessions Tuesday
George Walter Holcomb of
Fortland was elected chaplain.
The session of the grand council
closed at noon with a luncheon in
honor of the visiting lodgemen.
Other officers installed Tues
day included:
Northwest
Sessions; Keynote is
Struck by Leader
Nearly 200 delegates represent
ing 50 Nazarene churches in
western Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia, were registered
here last night for the opening
session of the North Pacific dis
trict assembly of the church of
the Nazarene. The annual meet
lng will close Sunday night, all
sessions being held in the local
church at 13 th and Center
streets.
Welcome to the delegates was
extended at the Tuesday night
Missing Since Monday Might ?
He Turns up in Idaho;
Passes up Talks
Takes Airplane Early Today
To get Home. Surprise
His Foemen There
John B. Easter. Portland, de- session bp Rev. Fletcher! Gallow-
Special Recognition in
International law
a- vttt r Mm l the darkened home of Mrs. Gran- ment of rafts and barges. His rec- Imer session at the University of
pany at 10.38 wnU per gallon" TlUe Fortescue by the prosecution (Turn to page 5, col. 3) Michigan Carnegie school for ln-
which Jay Stockman, W. R. Ad- ZLZrJ XIT, lZTZZZZETZ
K6er t?d A'.' hey's return, declared that the
T ' Xi. school was not a penal institution
of Justice Oliver P. Coshow for and facIlltlea were ilng there
permanent president oi ma Jbia-ii,. v v x ir,.. xi.t.
pire company and of the judge's ri I HONOLULU. April 12 (AP)
acceptance of the position. Robin- t-l.- ."JXLt Bloody links In the chain of needs were. He urged the canal- standing professors of interna
son recounted how 10-year salary rr-. ' circumstantial evidence beginning I lxlng of the river with locks 400 Itlonal law in the United States
rfi9,"1 JLa7mU The board awarded contract
were uimu iuui uis prwieow
Robinson repeatedly testified
that he was told to tell stockhold
ers that no salaries were to be
paid until subsidiary companies to
the Empire Holding corporation
were organized and operating.
Robinson said salary payments
started almost concurrently with
the time stock selling opened
"Westerner" Stock
Sale Gets Attention
A large part of the afternoon
testimony was centered around
the sale of stock of the Westerner
Publishing company which Keller
was said by Robinson to have
puty grand master; Lloyd L.
Scott, Portland, G. P. C. of work;
J. H. Richmond of Portland,
grand treasurer; M. Edwin Wood
cock, Corvallls, grand recorder;
Ernest P. Rands, Oregon City, G.
C. of guard; George T. Cochran,
La Grande, G. C. of council; Sto
well A. Dawson, Albany, grand
marshall; D. Bruce Stuart of Cor
vallls, grand steward; Andy p.
Davis, Marshfleld, grand sentinel.
The initial sessions of the fort
sixth annual conclave of the grand tn church who will be
command ory. Knights Templars. I throughout the assembty,
ay, pastor or tne nost i cnurcn,
Douglas McKay, president of the
chamber of commerce and Rev
W. Earl Cochran, president of the
Salem ministerial association and
Calvary Baptist church.
Responding for the assembly
was Dr. J. E. Bates of Portland,
district superintendent.
Keynote of the conference was
contained in the address Af Dr. H.
F. Reynolds of Kansas City, one
of the general superintendents of
here
and
opened Tuesday afternoon with who will preside" at the business
Norman L. Crout, grand commas- sessions. i
der of Portland, giving the prin- "There is nothing little if God
elpal address. is in It, Dr. Reynolds declared.
Following the address the H "tressed the point that the ob-
knlghts marched to the First Me- Jectlre of the Church of the Naz-
thodist Episcopal church, where arene-is outside Itself, and that it
U DM
PROGRAM TOH
In
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ii
Resplendent in their new red.
white and black uniforms, the
31 members of the Salem high
today in the trial of the society
matron and three navy men for
the killing of a native.
Two bed sheets bearing sinister
stains which the prosecution con
tended was the blood of Kahaha
wai were unfolded and waved be
fore the racially mixed Jury after
police officer had testified sim
ilar linen was missing from a bed
in the home.
A length of rope, blood stains
on a bedroom floor, evidence that
the bath room had recently been
scrubbed, a photograph of Kaha-
CHECKUP
urged sold Tat tti a share to ne Mhool band wUl tonight demon- hawal taken from a woman's
ternational peace.
The Carnegie foundation
voted a large sum of money which
wlH carry on the school. Five of
the most capable scholars avail
able will be Instructors for the
group of 50 who will attend. '
Dr. Gatke Is one of the few
from the Pacific coast region who
will go to the session.
His work at Willamette unlver-
Taklng advantage of the dry slty In teaching government has
weather, city traffic officers yes- been outstanding and many of his
terday started a campaign of previous and present students
checking up on a u t o m o b lie have long affirmed his thorough
brakes. The result was that eight understanding of his subject and
ASK BIDS, POWER
IS
STARTED
61
I
a w mm m 11 a. a. l hublii lubii iubuixlai siuauaiB sis s nnrviB an miiniai ir biikuss am. u ia amv i
puoiic ikeuer sa ia wis sioca " cert ln th hl-n school audi- iacketed bHllet were men- motorists were ordered to appear nis scnoiarly manner of pedagogy,
could be traded in a Tear later "J "he uLSSm ot nrosecut municipal court to answer to a The work he will receive there
SbS 'iXmrrUrS .The bandwill offer a pgram ln bouse. , tL Ltt'iZZ hV. SXEX
Be Asked About
Platform Stand
which he urged salesmen to use
the Westerner as a "lead" for
prospects later securing sales of
Empire stock. Robinson said he
had sold $175,000 worth of stock
with Jackson county being ',: the
center for his most intensive sell
ing' efforts.
Robinson, under eross-examina
tlon by Lonergan, appeared con
fused on the exact , dates certain
contract were signed by the of
ficers of the corporation. Robin
son admitted ' that sales letters
seat out .by Keller corresponded
closely to the usual type of pro
motion material sent out In stock
selling campaigns
spersed with instrumental fea- J - 7
tures and spirituals by the Gos- OdyS 6p6c3i Ol
pel juDiiee raaio singers.
Fred Broer. trombone player
with the band, has been accepted
as solo entrant In the state high
school band contest at Corvallls
Saturday, it was learned yester
day. The entire band will com
pete in this contest.
Two motorists nle&ded rnlltv "e university
tb thla charre and were fined tl.- research work.
09 each. They were: R. Rowland
of Aumsville and Ray Blanton,
!
Oregon Drv Law route nine.
mm T I vuivri bi i cbiou were. . o. ov
WOUld DC DlOW Uore. JOIO North Commercial
street; George Daiiey, sso Traae
Soldiers? Home
Contract Given
St. Louis Firm
PORTLAND, Ore., April U street; A. M. Brown. 1710 North
fAP) Repeal of the Oregon dry Capitol street; Bruce Fox. route
I a a m, Wa Ilia C9 War an waBnl SJ Bt SK fa
law wnilld ha m. lATers DlOW W I trr a oiTTrnu -
A small admission fee will be th Ary cause. Dr. Daniel A. Pol- Maple arenue; B. S. Porter. SU- fAS,ta va&n . k JLl 7Z
charged tonight to help pay tor ehalrman of the allied forces verton star route, and A. M. MM JT. 5 Jg? ' SlS? JT
the new uniforms. roforohibitlon. said here tonight, chard. 554 North Liberty street. 1 J
.. . . . . i t i wu..vmwu via. ui ucw Buiuier
ur. roung wno cams w run-
land for a few hours to address
The witness explained that In
the "nurehase" of his stock he I ria-ht-of-way for the new Wilson
n.d transferred no monev to the I rlrer cutoff ceased . work last
" "P-"" F -S"" ? :Taxicab Men of
TiUiAawun, ure, Aptu wv4., v A rr .t m nr
(AP) The crew clearing the law in uregon wouta n w tllRu 1 VDc if OW
greater conseauenee than repeal
ln New York because Oregon has
company and had later received j night and all equipment has been been recognized as a dry state
13000 credit on his 120,000 1 brought
(Turn to page i, eol. 7) saiem.
ln under orders from I while .New York never was dry.!
Wiliamina Man Killed
Canalization is Urged
Forest Fires Resumed
Walkathon Under Fire
. TRACTOn MANGLES
PORTLAND, Ore, April 12
(AP) J. R. VarwarskJ, 0, of
Wiliamina, Ore, died ln a Port
land hospital tonight from in
jartes received earlier la the
' day when be fell into the wheels
of a tractor at Wfflanatna.
. Varwarskl's legs were so bad
1 tf man gird that physiciaas am
f pntated them ln an effort to
save bis .life, s-7:-: ? : 'i . ; : , . .
f ALBANY HAS HEARING !
ALBANY. Ore.. April 13 (AP)
A' hearing on the proposed can
alization of the Willamette river
.was held today by Major Robert
Goets. district war : department
engineer. '
f H. C. Morris, ; president ol the
Albany Door company, told Major
Goets that there Is enough stand
ing timber on federal, land alone
to justify the canalization. He
' fuggested nlflo" that mineral re-
Auto Poises on
Fuel Pit Brink
After Collision
i ?
O. Rowe, 301 South Com
mercial street, escaped injury yes
terday evening although his light
sedan, struck by a coupe driven by
E. E. Amsden. ICS North Liberty
NEW YORK. April 13 (AP)
I A noticeable improvement ln
the manipulation of taxicabs ln
recent months was credited today
by license bureau officials to the
fact many doctors, lawyers and
'merchants are now driving cabs.
A more intelligent type of
chauffeur has come into the
field." it was explained.
nome at Roseburg, Oregon, -to
the March Brothers Construction
eompany of St Louis.
The company, bid If 8.000.
The building will house 150
hospital and 350 domiciliary
neos.
March Brothers will start work
at Roseburg Monday, April 18.
An advertisement for bids for
the construction of a state-
owned power plant of sufficient
capacity to provide electrical en
ergy for 13 state buildings and I A IZJj. 1X7- If
institutions located ln the vlcln-I diiUiUd ICS 11 Hi
lty of Salem, was approved by
the state board of control late
yesterday.
The action of the board was
based on the recommendation of
a report submitted by an investi
gating committee composed of W.
K. Burke, Sherwood: J. W. Mc
Arthur, Eugene, and W. H. Me
Guire, McMinnvllle. The commit-'
tee alleged In its report that the
state power plant was not only
practical but desirable at the
present time.
Three sets of bids will be re
ceived. 'One will have to do with
the buildings necessary to house
the plant, while the second will
cover all equipment. The third
bid will deal with distribution. It
was estimated that the proposed
plant would cost approximately
3150,000. Under the plan out
lined by the committee the plant
Late Sports
sources of eastern Linn county
mlrht- be dernioTiad if cheaner I street, smashed .down a. rauroaa
transnortatian nf ores were nos-1 crossing slrn and a m Portion of I PORTLAND. Ore., April 18
sr 0 I ,.a,a.- WW m a. M M
slMe. c ' Iheary wooden buikaeaa in tne i iatj sTea ieanart oi epoaane
I Portland General ( Electric : com-1 scored a decision over oeorge uu-
BEXD AREA FIRST pany's hog fuel pit at Trade and strap of St. Marie's. Idaho, ln a means committee and bring to
BEND. Ore., April 12 (AP) lubertr streets. The sedan came to I six round Crht here tonight, 1 the floor the O'Connor-Hall beer
Ten acrer of timber In the lower 1 . stOD barely short of rolling over Gilstrap was In frbnt during the I bilL Sixty five more signatures
Metollus river country were burn-1 endwise into the pit. I first four rounds but faded rap-(will hare to be obtained before
ed today by the first forest fire of I : Amsden'a ear was hut slightly idly In the last two. He weighed I a vote can be taken.
Vote Upon Beer
Tax Favored by
More of Solons
WASHINGTON. April 11
(AP) Eighty house members to
day expressed a desire to Tote on
whether the manufacture . and
taxing of 3.75 per cent beer Is
lecaL
They signed a petition to take
away from the house ways and
the season. -j4:-'v
A forest, service crew from Sis-
damaged
SS&ra 57 ,Ti Noted Scientist
17j; Lenhart. 171.
Neil KUbane, 159. of Taeoma.
And Red Barber. 180. of Seattle,'
fought six rounds to a draw. Both !
WARRANT IB ISSUED
-PORTLAND, Ore. April It
(AP) A warrant for the arrest
of William Ellsberg, promoter of
Deemed Swcide?Ii,l&g,..t 0.1
'. WASHINGTON, April il3"
(AP) Louis A, Bauer, known ln-
a "walkathOn' at a local amuse- j ternatlonally for his work on ter-
CallL, knocked out Johnny Hall,
i 115.. Portland, in the first round
of a scheduled six rounder.
Vets Find Their
Flag in Sbreds
'"f"'- ' "".!.?"''" iaaaaaaBBBaaBaaaanw; V r " " ' , -
"j PORTLAND. OreV April 11
(AP) Members of orer-the-tOD
post No. 81. Veterans of Foreign
Pat ODay, 116, of Portland. I Wars, discovered today someone
ment park, was Issued today. upon reetial magnetism, was killed to-1 beat Johnny Garvey, 128, of Los had broken open their flag, case
complaint, of C. H. Gram,.-state night in a fall from a window of Angeles, In four rounds. land cut a large American flag to
labor commissioner," alleging that his sixth-floor apartment. - - Turkey Red Yarnell. 153,1 of I shreds. The flag case was In the
Ellsberg was employing a woman , Deputy Coroner . C" J. Murphy Eugene, iwon the decision over I post's headquarters in the county
unreasonably long hours in viola-1 said Bane. Intentionally Jumped I Red-Stanley.. 15 c. of.Longvlsw, In I court house.
tlon of labor -lAirssi from the wlndowii-fourronnda investigation was started
(Turn to page 5, col. 8)
PLANT FOR STATE
might be summed up ln that sig
nificant word found ln the scrip
tures, "others. He complimented
Salem on its beauty and jits hos
pitality. .
Returned Missionary
Will Speak Tonight
Another main conference speak
er will be Rev. George W. Frank
lin, returned missionary from
KlshorganJ, India, who will give
his opening address tonight at 7:-
80 o clock, when services will be
(Turn to page 5, coL 7)
County candidates Will be
asked to state where they stand
with respect to the platform
adopted by the republican conven
tion of the eounty at a I meeting
called by the taxpayers league
next Saturday afternoon at the
court house. The meeting will
start at 1:30, seated Henry Zorn,
president.
a
Certainly one never knows, what
a day will bring forth! 71
Today when Salem citizens were
preparing to flock en masse la
Fraternal Hall to see and hear ,
what manner of man "Alfalfa
Bill" Murray of Oklahoma reallT
was, that distinguished al most
guest is airplane bound for the.
native heath after leavina the
train In Denver early this morn
ing.
Governor Murray's whereahoeta
came to light late Tuesday night
after Portland democrats far
more than 12 hours had been aa
baffled by the governor's disap
pearance as though he had been
taken by kidnapers. The gover
nor was located on the Portland
Rose at Pocatello, Idaho.
While refusing to issue a for
mal statement the governor's sec
retary, Ed McDonald, indicated
that "AValfa Bill" was called
home by upset political situations "
in his own state.
Will Take Plane
For Sooth Today .
Murray will take an airplane as
soon as possible this morning in
uenver jn order to reach ham
today.
The governor disaDDeareA la
Portland on Mondav nhrht an
put his democratic hosts ntt-riv
at a loss all day Tuesday as to
nis w Hereabouts. He left the Lin
coln high school auditorium in a
taxicab Mondav night and went t
their hotel after telling their
hosts to meet them at the Union
station where Murray was to take
train to Klamath Falls to meet
10 a. m. speaking enraeement
Tuesday.
The democrats went to the at.
tlon but Murray did not appear.
Nor did he appear at Klamath
Falls or Roseburg and Eageae
where he was to sneak later in
the day. Unknown to any of his
hosts, Murray and his secretary
evidently determined hurriedly
and without leaving word with
anyone, to catch the 11 o'clock
tram going east:
Lieutenant Said
Planning Shakeop
me reason for MurrsT'a ni.
den ehange of plans and his com
plete failure to disclose them pre
sumably lies In the news he had
received from Oklahoma Cttv
where Lieutenant Governor Rob
ert Burns had called on Murray's
cousin. Lieutenant Colonel Cicero
Murray, to report whv certain
companies in which he was lnter-
estea bad allegedly produeeA
more oil than was their "oiva"
right.
The Ueutenant-goTernor Is re
ported to have hinted at a Mnoa.
slble sbakeup'-while the gover
nor was out or tae state. From
Alfalfa Burs' statement wviia
In Portland it appeared evftdeat
last night that he feared some
political coup in Oklahoma while'
he was gone and evidently deter-
mmea io nurry nome without tell
ing anyone so his arrival eonld be
accomplished without news solar
to the "enemy."
The eounty platform ! took
strong stand for tax reduction.
and candidates will be liked to
state their attitude toward these
planks, also on the proposal for
resubmission of . the prohibition
amendment. This action of the
taxpayers organization frill give
the candidates a chance to ao on
would be constructed at the jtste I record. Whether they wltl appear
penitentiary, and would be opcr-land make their positions -clear
ated witn convict labor. will be developed Saturday.
School Budget to Await
Tuition Tax Suit Result
Because of the Impending
court trial on the constitutional
ity of the high school tuition law.
members of the Salem school
board, meeting In regular ses
sion at the high schdol last night.
laid their 1133-33 budget on the
table and postponed awarding of
contracts to teachers. They also
voted to Instruct their attorney.
Guy O. Smith, to look out for the
Interests of district No. 24 ln
this suit, t .
'.Reasons ior uis action were
that if the lair - requiring . non
high school . districts - to pay tui
tion to neighboring high school
districts is thrown, out, district
No. 14 will be without the pres
ent 340.000; a year from - this
fund and' lose some 100 secon
dary students unless they elect
themselves to pax ' the tuition.
Many school districts over the
state. It was reported last night.
are planning to assist In support
ing the tuition law in the courts.
- The board turned down' a re
quest of .Walter, R. Dry, superin
tendent of - the' stated school- Ior
the blind, that six of his pupils,
two of them residing In! district
No. 14, be permitted td attend
Salem high school part time next
fall.- Superintendent George W
Hug was directed to Inform Su
perintendent Dry that the high
school has no facilities for blind
students. It was pointed but that
tne scnooi already IS over
crowded.' t
When Director Mrs. Ro
Keene asked if It would j be pos
sible uis year to expend about
$250 In putting a lawn n front
of the Lincoln grade f school.
Chairman Dr. H. H. Oliiger ob
jected. He said he was net ln fa
vor of such a more when! taxpay
ers were already- objecting to ex
pendltares. :!
Mrs. Keene. however,! backed
ap by Director F. E. Neer, point
ed to i the ' Improved appearance
of the other school properties ln
recent yearv and made a motion
that the lawn be put ift. - With
Neers - second, the motion was
carried. The lawn will ran from
the northeast and - west corners
of the building to points about
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Wide Rift Over
Economy Policy
- Now Appearing
WASHINGTON, April 13
(AP) A wide difference of osio.
Ion on how best to secure enact
ment of a big non-partisan re
trenchment program to help bal
ance the budget crew today be
tween president Hoover and the
house economy committee.
The president Invited the gross
to meet with him again tomor
row at the White House and in
cluded in his letter to Chairman
McDuffle a suggestion that the
entire economy program be em
bodied ln a single bill.
McDarfle, however,' was held
out for submitting the program
In three bills, one for legislative
changes, another to reduce ap
propriations and a third to
solldate activities.
essee, Once bf
P. U. Coach at
Trinity College
HARTFORD, Conn- April
4AP) Daniel B. Jessee, gra st
ate ' student at Columbia unlTes
slty and former: major leegnw
baseball player, was appointed
bead football coach at Trinity
college today. -
- - Jessea played for the derelaad
Americans three seasons and also
has .been jrith Pacific eoast
league clubs. He once was foot
ball mentor at Pacific university.
Forest Grove, Oregon; where, a
an undergraduate he starred, em
the Kridlron and ln DasKetnai
and bsseball.
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