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(Special) Tha state will resume its par aae . or - w iinesses ta tne ease against Frank Keller. Jr.; Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The court adjourned until that time i after a lengthy session today. "So far the state has presented 25 witnesses who hare all testi fied about the sales methods of the Empire Holding corporation and ; the claims and statements .made ! ' by salesmen and officers of this concern. The testimony is practl-1 caliy the same except tor Jhe amount the witness paid to the concern - and Is grouped : for . the most part around statements made that the officers of the company nad each subscribed 'for or, had paid for 120,000 worth of stock, that the money for the most part was to be deposited or used to par chase securities which would be deposited with the state, and that i no salaries would be paid to the officers of the corporation until the subsidiary companies' had been formed and wereh earning enough to pay such salaries. The first witness Friday was vr. J. D. Riekert of Med ford. Dr. Rickert testified that he purchas ed from the partnership of Moore And Scott fire shares of stock In the Empire Holding corporation. aedford Officials Among Purchasers Holland - Smith, deputy . county engineer of Jackson county resid- Sii firm of Moore and Scott. He also testified that after hearing about the part the "Westerner" had In the Empire corporation, he paid f 500 cash for 20 shares of "West- srner" stock. .-. . . .'---J' ' E. M. Wilson, maror of Medf ord and a certified public accountant. stated that after talking with Scott and Moore, , the salesmen, and George Robinson he had felt that the inrestment was safe and that the plans of the group would be a great help to Oregon if suc cessful. He subscribed for 50 hares of the Empire stock and gare a mortgage on some of his property for $2000 and a note for 13000 in payment. He also testi fied that the men had offered him a position, as auditor for one of the insurance firms to be organ ized later but he had declined. He gare as one reason, for refusing the fact that In order to secure such a posltlor he must first sub- scribe to f 20,000 worth of stock and become a director. Nlles Stuart of Medford, a con tractor, testified that he had pur chased 10 shares of stock from Mr. Moore. Under cross-examina tion by Mr. Hayter.'the witness persisted in stating that he under stood that the . money deposited with the state would be held by the state "foreTer" and so the stockholder could not possibly lose his money. He was indefinite in regard to the details of the sales talk but was sure that the expres sion "cold cash, was used In ser eral of these statements. , - . Brlxer PeeTed - , At Defense faeries C. T. Brixey of Gerrais proved to h aa interesting on- the stand for the audience as Mr. Smith of Gardner- had been r. the prerious day. He stated that Sl E: Howard, a salesman,- had Tisited him and after eonrlnclng Mrs. Brixey that the stock waa a good inTestment. old him fire shares for which he paid S25 cash and gare a note for $475. In the cross-examination by ivm.rran. r Mr. Brixey became somewhat peered when fuesUon- ed closely as to whether he .was richt on several statements, but managed to stick by his former statemenu. He aamiueo -w " would be glad to see suen a con- cern go ahead and said ir tnu one 7M Garnett, 533 South Commer succeede: ha rmlght get his 15 1 cU, , ,-d pay Hertxog reported back. He sUted that Mr. wowara had such a ungo um -u -u hard to remember," when he", was Dr. Cv IL Clarke of Myrtle Point testified that after talking with two salesmen' he had given them v a conditional subscription. for 10 shares and had given a note to cover this. When he re turned home and told of this he -mot TM6d- b- his wife and after he had' become suspicious later ai An aettlng the note re- ' turned.He later; subscribed tor tion-of differences In the dlfearm ; two shares and paid . 450 tacash i-e views of the United States &tJd Sat b! hIdVu.criSdto? an France was reported today at- ; bai in the name ofBet- ter secretary of State Stlmson and TiesSn?a WSJ girl he Premier Andre Tardleu met at th. Lf?W??:35S!? SeSSrot iXerican an insurance agent,' testlfled that SUmson f tald the conversation he hid taken-one share of Em- cleared the atmosphere 4 - JS-e Ifock and had paid no cash fd In a dedsion to go thr ta- - but had given a 30-day note for to the problem when the statee- iss and another note for the bal- men are In Geneva. ; . A k f ... . -t.- . . .v rrr , fccoca: w do ;r; ' W. A. Wellman, real esUte "man t,--T TntT atifi o tk " business agreement between him and the Empire -officers whereby - iTurnpaeeiooLll.lfe 4f - - , j t v - t-4 -A :::::.:;:::'::: :: ::: :.::: ; i r y r --A : iV O,.-.-,.';: T v s -r - " 1 Upper photo is Dr. John F. Con don, lecturer at Fordham surf--ersity, New York, whose nego tiations through newspaper ud yertlslng led to the meeting be tween Colonel Lindbergh and persons purporting to be the kidnapers of his child.-, The colonel paid $50,000 ransom on promise that the baby would be returned, bat the kidnapers failed to keep their bargain. Lower photo is Al Reich, ex prizefighter, who Is said to hare been a member of the " Lind bergh party at the conference when the money was paid. - "orfo Group Says Infant wen; "jatsie" still Working on Case HOPEWELL. N. J.. Anrll IK- CAP) A belief the kldnaned Lindbergh baby 1 alire and "well was expressed today by three in termediaries as a fourth sought secreuy to re-establish contact with the abductors. 'To the best of our belief, from information furnished us, the child Is aliTe and well," Dean H. iMbsonPeacock of Norfolk, Va., announced on behalf of himself and two associates It was all they would add to an earlier statement that the other two, John H. Curtis and Rear Ad mlral Guy H. Burrage. retired. had held four conferences with CoL Charles A. Lindbergh. The southern trio has stoutly affirmed from the first their be- ner tne persons with whom they (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Southbound on the 'Pacific highway at the Corrals turnoff, a light roadster driren by N. E. Wy ley. of Roseburg last night side- i swiped a wagon being driven onto trlA TkavamAnt V- f TTavananaa GerT aIg farmor. Although the an- tomobile was caTed in on one side, the two . men and the : horses escaped serious hurt and the wag on was little damaged. Wy ley suffered severe bruises. Cars driren by H. IL Gray, 3029 Portland road, and George Witt kopt, 1170 North Front street, col lided at Church and State streets last night, with considerable dam age resulting to the Gray ma cbtn9 cray accused Wittkopt of not .topping before entering State PAAt .- m nrohabl- would j nle a complalnt agaiMt him to- 1 dar. Wittklpt, police said, had no j drirer's license. , t i coni,i0 of their automobiles at Hlgi w4 state -treeL No one was injured.: HOPEFUL worm OF H dABY GIVEN n Kin ONHUieuy France and U. S. Nearer " In Disarmament Policies parts ' Anrll IE (AP) Def- mite progress toward the ellmina- - ' - ' --. ' . I ' a ! ft flioo wtti m sen w Drui;D9 irr? the .elimination of auch Important i arrressive ; weapons as 5, tanas. heavy mobile guns and g -Th I core or tne rnc yn nitiative Petition: to S be Drafted, Vote on Issue Next Fall Sought , - it'.' . -: ' 'r' -' ' candidates to be Queried; - Only two Appear for Friday Meeting ; f Consolidation of the University of Oregon and the Oregon State Agricultural college Into one In stitution Is to be sought by Ini tiative measures submitted to voters in November If plans agreed upen here yesterday by the Marion County Tax Reduction and Equalization league are Com pleted. . The executive - committee pf the league yesterday author ized the appointment of a com mittee to frame initiative meas ures for the ballot next fall and to circulate petitions to get the requisite number of voters names necessary to place the measure on the ballot. The ' executive ' committee de clared that it would .not commit the league to the platforms of either the republican or the dem ocratic parties but would keep the organization, organized pri marily for tax reform, indepen dent of partisan politics. Ail candidates for office in Marion county will be questioned on their specific stands on ques tions of interest to the league in questionnaire to be sent out this week by J. H. Stevens, sec retary. Question A boat Own Salary la Stricken The executive committee decid ed to strike out from the ques tions submitted one which asked the candidates to state whether they would favor a reduction of ten per cent in their own salaries. League members took the view that such a promise from a can didate would violate the corrupt act. v , Questions to be asked by the league follow: (1) Do you favor a bill reducing the salaries of all state and county officials whose salaries are fixed by statute a . i urn to page z, coi. ij - 5 PORTLAND, Ore., April 15 CAP) Directors of the Oregon state chamber of commerce de- elded at a meeting here today to re-establish the chamber's activ ities both in the Portland and Los Angeles offices. The chamber's activities had been suspended temporarily, al though the Portland chamber had maintained the state chamber's branch office in Los Angeles dur ing that time. The directors, called by Ralph S. Hamilton, president, met with representatives of local chambers of commerce from many sections of the state. It was decided that the state organization' would operate on an annual budget of 315.000. Half of this sum will be contributed by the Portland chamber-while the other half will be raised through upstate sub scription. 'No-Bel f Order Grave Problem . : . m . i lO 'Li. A. irOllCex LOS ANGELES. April 15 (AP) The "no belt', order for Los Angeles policemen may pro mote unhindered muscular action and efficient 'pistol-drawing, but it creates a grave personal prob lem."1' ""'"':. ":""!. The reason is that suspenders. calluses, .tugs, . braces and check reins have been barred heretofore. Thus, with the order today for strict enforcement of the . new rule,-coming from the chief's of fice, the force was left In a quan dary as to how to hold-up It ..pants, i :r&r t; each nation would contribute men i. . , ..l.l v V. Utt ll 1( V(IWIVB u c League of Nations. The American . spokesman as- .-it ir. Ftt-. 4 XT fl WVi. LVA W. BWMt wu 'JIW B. - fiSli0 !SSP S Si"1 iVJt .CO3-PeIf,"l! "'" I?." . "I,.,: TATE CHAMBER TO RESUME ACTIVITIES dulu n.. v -- --niehlefuins, may, support the leg armament plan.; ! t The chief French objection to the American proposals has been that they did not guarantee se curity. The spokesman said that at the . Tardleu-Stlmson meetings today it was frankly. admitted the Frencn ana American neeas in re - speet to security were aurereni. M. Tardleu w as told that any European scheme to guard against war WQUld.be looked upon sym - pathetically by America although the United States 'might not par - ticlpate in lt.x w i f v When beautifol Virginia Willys, daughter of the an to magnate, married Lola do Agalrre, m It in-American, she did so in defi ance of her father's wishes. Now she is seeking her freedom ta Paris, and when she gets It alio la to wed a wealthy Mexican, D. Lanza, again in defiance of dad's wishes. John N. Willys la the U. S. Ambassador to Poland. Plenty of Space In World But Much Is Shut off Laughlin Asserts Sketching the population and resulting social problems of na tions world wide, Dr. S. B. Laugh lin, professor of economics and sociology at Willamette university. last night pointed out that room for the surplus millions of people in crowded countries exists but probably will not be used. He was the main speaker at the Friday night forum of the local chapter. international Labor Defease, held in union hall. Dr. Laughlin held that In the British empire alone, is unused territory enough, notably In Aus tralia and Africa, for the overflow of Japanese and Indians. Russia. he thought, could well be a source of employment for skilled techni cians of crowded Germany. South America Is the only con tinent not Interfering in the rest of the world, he averred. He went on to add that it is in danger of interference only from the United States. "Mexico, with 18 million peo ple, is one of the few countries in the world today that has no un employment problem. That, de clared the professor, "is because it is not industrialised. The un employment problem Is found In tne most industrialized parts of the world." Following the address, the meeting was thrown open to dis cussion and questioning of the speaker. S. B. Davidson served as chairman. 'S HALTS DEATH CASE HONOLULU. April 15 (AP) A move to force the defense to reveal Immediately Just which one of the four accused persons wouJd plead Insanity and admit killing Joseph Kahahawal .was made by the prosecution today as the trial came to a temporary halt because of the illness of Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer. - uv yvbyucAVMfc luraiiiyicy 61 t0Pr of lieutenant The postptfnement ' interrupted i nomas Hassie one oi ui ao- cused, whom Darrow had called to the stand with the announcement that one of the tour defendants would confess the fatal shooting during a moment of insanity. Massle's testimony of the crim inal attack last September on his wife. In which Kahahawal alleged ly - participated, :: indicated .-..the young navy officer would should er the responsibility tor the shoot ing, but Darrow did not specifical ly say so. , . .," ' WASHINGTON. April II (AP) . House leaders today adopted the strategy of pitting veteran against veteran as advo- I US VI U t4,1,VV,V Will 1 A ; V ..1 JI.m v m overdo SwTtiat resenUOve Bankhead , of Lla- I bama. one of the demoeratle isiatlon. Among the first of the opposi tion witnesses to be called before the ways and means committee when bonus advocates elose their lease next week will be Represen- itative Royal Johnson-(R.r S. D.K 1 Johnson enlisted as : a private, i -r0n a . commission and decora I tion before the armistice. -j He I served for years as chairman of i the house, veterans committee, .j J pother congressional veterans 1 with like views will be dratted to flrht tha bonus payment. piSiiiSsiii 11 LIB VETEB CALLED TO OPPOSE BOIS t-, Good Weather. Only Factor In PIans for day not -Yet 'Attended to . Biggest' Pilgrimage to see Orchards In History of f 5 Event Is Forecasts; i Final plans have been complet ed and-ail that remains for Sa lem Cherriana 1931 Blossom Day to.be a perfect event Is thr benign approval of the man at the weather controls. Signs which will plainly dlreet the larso crowd over the Blossom route, this year Identical with last year, were placed late yesterday by King Blng Gus Hixson and as sistant. A large red arrow ana the words Blossom Day route contained on 'the placards, r State grounds will be , open again this year for all who wish to view the beauty of shrubs and flowers there. Those who do not have their own ears or the en joyment of a friends will need not stay away from the beauty that the trees In the hill lands hold, lor members ot, the Cherrians will provide transportation from t to S o'clock for all who come to the chamber of commerce on North Liberty street for that purpose, Cherrians Snapped la New Uniforms Prominent Cherrians Journey ed over part .of the orchard dis trict yesterday and tarried under the trees in one place long enough to have pictures taken. In the group.was King Blng Hixson, Cap tain Carl D. Gabrielson. Drum Ma jor Tiny McNamara, A. A. Guef froy, Howard Hulsey, Hal D. Pat ton, George C. Will, C. E. Wilson and Earl Dane. In addition-to the hundreds of Acres of prune blossoms In full bloom, ' five acres of tulips, on ground gently sloping to the high way, is a-Blossom mute feature. They are on the Franklin tulip farm and are long stemmed varie ties ;iasofihnes of lavender, bronze luad purple. Official ttoesonr v Day Route Told The Blossom Route follows: Travel, over Willamette .bridge on Center street Into Polk county, (Turn to page 2, col. 7) ' GOAL STRIKE RIOT CADIZ, O. .April 15. (AP) Despite the presence ot Ohio na tional guardsmen, another life was lost today a disorders flared In the eastern Ohio bituminous coal field, scene of numerous strikes. The body of Carl Naygren, 45, was found in a ditch several hours after a erowd of 200 men attack ed tour workmen en route to the Harmon creek mine near here, beat them severely and . slashed the tires of their automobile. Officials believed Naygren, a mine employe, died while running from the attackers, probably of fright. There were no marks on his body." - , - A detachment of 35 national guardmen ordered Into the field last night, rushed- to the scene, but the crowd had fled. . Three men later were arrested by' coun ty authorities. ,..;, OF FOSTER BAKER, Ore.; April 15. (AP) Clarence Woolery. 14, admitted today to police, they said,' that he shot and killed 'Mrs. Prank' Gar- lock, 60, his' foster mother.- while she sat at the dinner table In her ranch home Wednesday night. Woolery 'was captured near .here last night. -At ' v" r Mrs. Garlocr. shot through the back with a "rifle, was found dead In her chair by her husband when ho returned from a visit to Baker. Sheriff - Hen-y McKlnney? of Baker county said Woolery admit ted ho twice previously had plan ned to kill Mrs. Garlock-.The Im mediate cause of the murder, the sheriff said, was that Mrs. Gar lock had reproved the boy tor no electing his duties and had tautea of loading him back to his mother in Spokane. . woolery - naa uvea with the Garlocks five, years. Special Tax at v -: ; h k : Aurora Passed ATJROILiL AprU H Tho'spo- elat election held Thursday by Or der of the city council to vote noon a tax levy not to exceed 3800 tor the purchase of a force pump to add to tha equipment of the tire department,, carried by a ma jority of 25 to. 14.- Only 3 peo nies went' to - the polls to decide whether a tax Increase should bo placed upon all. 'property;. ta-' Ao- rora. --57 - MUSES 111 MOTHER CONFESSED mm , i , ii 1 - ' -yif Kria?aHCnxAr-- j- -I EMS 1 SEEN T CAMP B1QIIET Large Group at Meeting to Build up Interest for Oceanslde Jaunt Fifty-two boys waxed enthusias tic over past and coming T. M. C A. camps at the campers' banquet held at the T last night In the group were Charles Crumley, Ore gon State college T secretary, who will be a leader at the coming summer's camp at Oceanslde, and eight porvallls boys. " crumiey explained the nonor award system used in camp. The honor, organization, known as the Baggers, consists of four "rag" degrees:. Green, red. brown and white in ascending order. Mem bership and positions in the "Rag gers" Is based on activities, oe- (Turn to page 3, col. 1) TENEMENT BLAZE NEW YORK, Apr. 15 (AP) Four persons were burned to death and two children seriously burned In a fire , that swept a four-story tenement house In Bronx shortly after midnight this morning. The bodies, so badly charred no Immediate Identification could be made were found on the stair way at the third floor. Apparent ly they were members of a single family. ' The children seriously burned were Philip Weinstetn, 10 years old. and his sister Edith 7. Three days ago a tire hero took the lives of Mrs. Cells Sanders and. her five children- ... " ;- HARRIS WEAKENING WASHINGTON. Apr! 15 - f AP) Senator Harris of Georg ia, who has been 111 several weeks here, took a sudden turn for the worse tonight. His physician de scribed him as "very ill.- TIKES FOUR LIVES Nurses Home Robbety : M Isk(Mifeslsefc 'A In the person of Kendall Lu cas, lf-year old youth whom city police arrested last Wednesday tor investigation, the officers are certain; they have tha burglar who last Saturday entered - tha nurses residence ot Salem general hospital and stole two diamond rings, two purses containing $2. When first Questioned, Lucas told the police ho saw In the Jungles at Eugene a man who had stolen the articles. On farther questioning, ho broke down and admitted' the theft himself. . He later wrote out a -complete con fession of. the crime,-describing the loot and saying that he dis posed ot it for an absurdly small fraction of its value.' :- '.. - ; . L Lucas; before confessing, was partially identified by Irma scholes. nurse. and - Mrs. Myrtle : Eoff. hospital superintendent, aa lOilCfflEHTS L BE One Is Against Baker but He ' Will Still Face Negligence Count i PORTLAND. Ore.. Apr. 15 (AP) District Attorney Lotus L. Langley announced tonight the state expects to go to trial on all. indictments In the Portland municipal market inquiry except those charging Mayor George L. Baker and Alfred A. Hsmpson, attorney, with advocating a bribe. The Indictments the state In tends to press include those charging Mayor Baker, City Com missioners John M. -Mann and Earl Riley and City Engineer Olaf Laurgaard with malfeasance and negligence in office. The In dictments charge the ;city offi cials paid 3200,000 too; much for a public market site, l "Error, if it did occur," said a statement Issued by the district attorney, "was not by any means a mere error of business Judg ment. .1 The district attorney a decision will leave 14 of the 15 persons Indicted In the marketcase to stand trial. 8everal of these, al leged advocates of the . market site on Fifth street, were Indicted on a charge of offering. Maybr Baker a bribe to gain; his vote favoring purchase ot the Fifth street site. - Others, including the mayor and the two city commis sioners and ' advocate ot the Front street site, were charged with advocating the alleged bribe In an effort to trap the Fifth street group and obtain Informa tion favorable to the Front street group. - " .. - ' jf -. Pair Injured in Crash Improving - Mr. and Mrs Henry B. Nelson, Injured in an automobile accident south of here Thursday hlght, last night were getting along well, considering their injuries, hospi tal attendants reported. ; Their condition was said no longer ertU caL " . .. : Mr.' Nelson suffered fkull and arm fractures.'; ? I tha suspicious-looking youth who on April. t was seen about the hospital premises. Mrs. Natalie Spandier. assistant,, superinten dent, later . Identified him at po lice headquarters. s ... sr. - . liucas had stayed two days and nights at thei flophouse in the dty . hart, he stated. - The night after ho took the valuables, he left the dty on a southbound Oregon Electric freight train. The loot consisted of two whit gold rings, one bearing a center diamond flanked' by two eaphlree. the other a diamond engagement elrelet. In the purses were f 2.00. The police are delaying taking Lucas- to court for arraignment until they can check further on the ' case and obtain more evi dence. -,-"--.-' JiV'; '..' t;i '' : The youth gives his address as Monroe, .Aflch. ... .-f T -z .. QUASHED 150 Hurt, -300 Arrested as t Men and Women Figft ! yWithRsts, Rocks? Church Damaged in Fire set By Marauders;' Help to : j Be Sent Into City -: -JA AUCKLAND, N. Z., April 15 (AP) There was pande-tonlos tonight In the streets ot Auckland, f The embattled unemployed ' wfco fought off the police yesterday stormed through the streets again tooting stores and defying the forces of order. " ' "It this goes on." the mayor said tonight, "I shall read the riot aeu- The mayor called for elviliaa volunteers yesterday when tha po lice were unable to hold their own against the rioters A Had ing party was sent ashore from a British cruiser. Tonight men and women f ought with sticks and stones and their fists, holding off police, volunteers and sailors. They were fiaallr driren back, but not until lSt or more had been badly hurt. Church. Damaged, . Rioters Blamed During the fighting the chnreh of the epiphany was badly damag ed by fire. Police said rioters started it. The trouble began yesterday with a parade ot dvil emnlorsa protesting against pay cuts. Alter order had been restored tonight a cheek-up showed a cas ualty of more than 119 for th rioters. More than 20 nolice had been hurt, almost 300 rioters were under arrest and property damage was estimated at' more than 1500.000. I Citlrens of other com ma alt lea throughout the dominion" signed up for emergency service in ease the disturbance spread from Auck land. . A rear-end automobile colli sion that resulted In the strack car crashing through a plats glass window yesterday afternoaa was one accident without nay drivers involved. Neither ear oe talned any occupants. It was a case of a track, own ed by D. A. Franklin of Macleay, running away when Frankria at tempted to crank it He had left the truck in gear when he left it double-parked while he went into a store. The truck suddenly lunged for ward, striking Franklin on the leg as he leaped out ot Its path, and ran squarely Into the rear of a parked coune. left ther br Walter Bondell, 125 Hasd ave nue. The coupe was rammed Into one of the plate glass windows in the tire-scarred Director's store building, Court and Com mercial street. Neither car was badly aged. ATTEND SESSiiS TOKYO, Apr. 16 (Saturday) (AP) The Japanese- govern ment today Instructed its Gene a delegation not to attend-seodons of the League of Nations assem bly committee ot nineteen ap pointed to deal with the Sso- Japanese conflict. . . , - ' . The League assembly appoint-, ed the committee ot nineteen alt er it had approved a threepeni program for , peaceful settlement of the conflict at its meeting a. month ago.-: H These three points were a- dec laration that agreements reached by military pressure would vet be recognised, an assertion -holding China's thesis that o assembly was competent to deal with the entire far eastern nee tlon, and provision tor supervis ing peace-making problems through the committee of teen. - Elderly Admirer Held For Death ; ! Of Young Woman I. CENTRALIA, Wash- April tS. (AP)-Mrs. Opal. Brink. S7, died here late today from aa ah domtaal pistol wound said "by po lice to hare been inflicted hr T. . H. Ramsaur, ft, her admirer,: r Authorities said. Ramsaur ad mitted his guilt in a signed stale-. ment. declaring was infatuated , with the young woman He said ho , meant only to frighten her, hew-, ever, as "she bad caused m a lot of trouble Ii0 DRIVERS FIK JAPANESE NDT TO