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The STATESMAN, Salens 'i Crtxu 7c2zzsZy !irr.L-.-. A-'rH ZX
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HELP TO STATE
Application of Empire Firm
Admitted as Evidence
In Keller Trial ' 7"
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Empire corporation for .C selling
Empire stock. 1 -' . .
i Mm, C A. tou Forell of Mc-
Mlnnville testified that she had
purchased, one share of Empire
stock and had paid $10 down. giv
in a note for $10. She later paid
5 SO more on- the- note. She under
stood that" no salaries were "being
paid" to the , men: and" when she
questioned the ' salesman - about
how he could afford to work un
der these conditions he was iruot
ed as asking; "if he looked like he
waa atarrinsr. :s .
Gxetate .deaator.
One ef Purchasers
: H. J. EUiott of Ferrrdale, for
mer state senator, testified that
he took two shares 'Of Empire
stock and paid for this, with a
check for $200.- Later be sub
scribed for I ft additional shares
and paid $1259 down sud gave a
noterfor S37&0. After taikinr le
Frank Keller. Mr. EUIott decided
te fpurchase SO shares of "West.
. erner siock on ut cobuium iuai
K.Tould be turned r In for. Empire
JZock- on a two- for one baas.
When, he learned that the . "West
erner stock could- not be turned
oyer In this manner he did not
but the "Westerner? -stock. Un
der cross-examination, Mr. EUIott
was not auite sure about the con
nection of the state with the cor
poration and seemed to think that
the Mate was backing the entire
corporation.
Charles Deeter of Portland told
of burins: five shares of Empire
stock :snd paying $125 cash and
firing a note for $375. He tout
the same story about sales meth
ods that was related by the other
witnesses, v-: i ,'.- v '--' '. '-
During the morning ' recess;
Hugh Black, Polk county clerk,
stated that the Item la the Polk
county budget for the elrcuit
court had been exhausted Monday
night and that' the county was
now drawing on the emergency
fund to finance the trial. The
emergency -fund will be used to
rinance the remainder of Keller's
trial and as many of the others
as': possible, j-It was 'understood
that the fund is for $5000 and
that the approximate cost of the
trial Is $400 each day.
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Wemen take an Intense interest
inipublle affairs, she said; -The
woman's -rote probably accounted
f or tha formation of the coalition
government hut tall. She express-'
ed pleasure that . friends of her
mother had seen to it that a statue
in -her honor had been erected In
England. , ' ' ' ' '
"ProhlblUont' The visitor
Unrated. "I consider that a local
problem for America Jo settle. We
handle it as we see best; yon must
tto the same."- t --. "? 'm .
' "Oregon?" t A: lorely state. - I
think the alt here Is so Invlgorat-
like the Ideal world I should like!
to see some on earth.
Miss Paakhurst, soft spoken,
well-educated, intensely interested
In the affairs of her day, and con
veying the Impression of religious
Intensity, is pleasant in manner r
Apparently she does not enforce
her: views with - the ardor which I
made her known the world-around :
as a militant suffragist. While in
Salem she is staying at the Sena-!
tor.
Candidates Are
limited to Talk
i By Labor Group
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Legislature candidates in this
county have been Invited to ap
pear. before the .political Commit
tee of the, Central Labor, council
Friday night at 7 o'clock, cwhen
thjxwtll be given an opportunitr
. teatate their views - on ; public
questions. A. similar meeting was
held two yesrs ago. . ,
Candidates for. county offices
excepting sheriff, will be Invited
to ; appear before the committee
next Monday night, and the shlre
valty aspirants will be given a
hearing later. . "
' John Humphries is ehalrman of
the committee and Clifford Moy
nihan secretary r
Concord Shot is
Flashed Around
World by Radio
SCHENECTADY, N. Apr.
II (AP) Science made "the
shot heard .'round the world"
something more than a figure of
speech today, the 157th anniver
sary of the battle of Concord.
-.Governor Josenh R civ &r Mao.
sachusetu pulled the trigger of an
old flintlock, r Short wave radio
, causht up the sound and flashed
It trom Schenectady to Holland,
where a . sUtlon amnlifled tha
' .shot and snapped it , to disUnt
Java and Australia, to be relay
ed; on around the eastern hemls-
:). pnere to scnenectady.
Three Divorces :
Are Granted by
SECQltD Hlltb IS
DUE SAYS VISITOR
judge mcMahan
Three couples were granted di
vorces yesterday, by Judge ;L. H.
McMahan in circuit court here."
The cases, all brought .by .wives,
were uncontested. ,
,Eva Harrey received a divorce
from George W. Harvey whom
she married October 10.1117, in
Denver, Colorado. -. She retains
custody of their four children and
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SELLING LIFE FLUID POR A LIVELIHOOD
Or-
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fp"" i Blood Donoss Pi 5ridgs
Tmurt nkm tWIUt el iu4 ssetheds ef kepiag tkm dbprwUs weir, fresa the er is ta pro
fMio bUod Monblvw Smea PrMBrity wnt iate kidiag areaad that craer, ataay saea
udUd whiU-lUr eltw hav btta forced by drcamataacM U Xurm hmm Alr regalar BaO of bmsUMf .
aad take aaytkiaf that affered. Maay af thi. typ kre feaad that they were adaatof te the aaeallaf
reeiffeniMrts af bUad daaenlua. la Breoklya, W.Y there U aa agaacy dereted eeUly ta the streage
prefeanea. Of tha 400 saaa regUtwrad ther a great a
...L:. - - -1 - - Tlau mm MiV m
. i L.:rt n:. itim
recrcatiea reeas yrwrlded
is to recelre $30 a month' sup
port money. He Is said to hare
hit her, blacked her face and to
have used foul and abusive lan
guage In her presence.
Marcelle Dowdy waa granted a
divorce from her husband, Fred
Dowdy, and the use of her maid
en name, Marcelle Johnson was
restored to her. She married
Dowdy April 34, 112$, in Eugene.
Rose O. Cunnlngbam received
a divorce decree from Jerome E.
Cunningham and the custody of
their one minor child.
Attorneys? Fees
Are Awarded in
Moore Will Case
Attorneys' tees of $300 each
were awarded to three men who
represented Ennls D. and Alice
Wait in their fight for the $50,:
000. estate of the late George J.
Moore, in an order issued Mon
day in court by Judge Latourette
of Oregon City. John H. .Carson
and Custer D. Ross are the local
lawyers who took part In the
suit.
: John Barry of Portland claim
ed the estate nnder a will he pro
duced In which he was named
sole heir. The Walts also pro
duced a will naming them the
heirs. Judge Latourette gave the
property to Barry but later the
Waits - brought suit here before
jadge Gale & Hll and secured a
Is now on appeal In the state su
preme court.
Arguments For
Lumber Tariff
Come up Today
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1
(AP) The contest for addition-
al tariffs In the revenue bill
opened today before the senate
finance committee with demands
for Import taxes on copper and
manganese.
"i Tomorrow new appeals will be
heard for- levies on Imported
lumber and pulp, wood and
around these products, together
with oil and coal alreadv In ' the
bill,. Is developing a coalition re
portedly strong. w " "
Rains Delaying V
Work on Bridge
Continued rainy weather, has
held up work on a bridge being
constructed by the county at Tal
bott. - Testerdar Philip Fisher,
bridge construction foreman, laid
off his crew pending the return
of better weather. i
His next Job will be the repair
of a bridge near Mill City and he
will then busy his crew with a re
pair Job on the bridge at Mehama.
Tonight: Is
PAL
NIGHT
aaiqaa sriMuea nmt aadcrgo a rigid aaaauasuea ey cae impudmk w n?"u,',w , "TzT' 7
to thaee salubla. Tha doaw receiTas $35 for each plat af blaad takea-lreai Lb vaias la a traasfaaiaa
ahara cat fma h $50 formerly charged, tha cut kaviag beaa agreed apaa .by the saaa theaieeWee,
TIm. am .t 9S MBBtmmtlv mi call at the umct. where the saaa play cwrde aad read Ja tea
,ate(hTielTfe&
Wednesday -
'-.
I I yTCvKaV; ta "Relativity
I uii rf XbX 1 - Relatives
Admits One when presented with
une Z5c raid Adiafesion .
; Good Tonight Only April 20 " .
GRAND THEATRE PAL NIGHT
kkM.k I tha Jumun alavd. -
for tkeat while awaitiag a Jead
The Call
By OLIVE M. DOAK
CAPITOL
Today "Nice Women",
Sidney Fox.
Friday "Platinum Blonde",
Jean Harlow. :
HOLLYWOOD
Today "Murder at Mid
night", Hale Hamilton.
Friday "Oklahoma Jim",
Bill Cody. i
GRAND
T o d a y "Rebound", Inn
Claire.
Friday TThe One Way Trail
with Jim -McCoy; : i
"T-
ELSINORE
Tnif ft t "Pla-r nlrf.' with
Loretta Toung.
Friday "The Heart of New
York", Ruth Hall.
An involved tangle of young
love and money Is presented In
Nice women," unlversars smart
drama which opens an engage
ment t the Capitol today. Sidney
Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray,
Carm el Myers and Russell Glea
son are seen in the principal roles
in this sparkling screen play.
which abounds In situations filled
with surprising "twists."
Balanced casts seem to be the
answer to the problem of the mod
ern talking picture.
Tiffany Productions, Inc., have
found the proper formula in
Murder at Midnight, a murder-
mystery drama which will be on
the bill at Hollywood today.
In the leading roles Hale Ham
ilton, Lesllo Fenton and Robert
Elliott head the male contingent
with Alleen Prlngle, Clara Blan
dick and Alice White In the prin
cipal feminine spots.
Winnie Lightner, famous as the
"tomboy of the talkies," will be
seen in a new role In "Play Girl.
tne Warner Bros, end vltiphone
picture featuring Loretta Young,
which comes to the Elsinore today.
; "Wild Winnie" is ; a paradox
among actresses. Though she usu
ally plays hard boiled," wisecrack
Ing roles, she is in, reality gullible
and soft-hearted. ; In "Play Girt"
Winnie appears as Loretta's Hal
and department store mate. .Her
role is warm with pity and tender
ness, a new sort of part for Win
nie and one in which she revels.
Olsen Estate is
: , Valued $15,157
--The estate of the late Herman
N.. Olsen, of Silverton ; has an ap
praised value of $15,157. -porti
filed - Tuesday , in probate
Thursday
Rockwell
aad
Comedy
4 Biuyq TmstJPONg!
Board
ed
&S0COD0t3CSd
!
ge
Caadtdatos fee adillea la
far their
court here shows. Olsen died
when he tell from a scaffold on
wnicu na was woraing si iae
- , a as m. A.a
U..kL VI.S.
uie - -, : . ,
Lutheran church In his homelly U Is understood, make no X -
city. i
The principal part of the as-1
tate Is personal property, consist-1
lag largely of bonds and no notes I like to do with tha six-cent prob
made to Olsen by hhv heirs. Real I lem may easily be surmised but
estate in the estate has an ap-1 that end rests with tha grower.
praised value of $3575. The es
tate was appraised by M. G. Gun
derson, Hans Severson, A. Hal-
verson. Hilda J. Olson is admin
istratrix of the estate.
Produce Trucks
Are Assigned to
Definite Space
Downtown parking space tor
farmers having wood "and pro
duce to sell has been designated
as court street from Front street
to . the alley between Front and
Commercial. ;Here' parking will
a. . a . "a.e.a-
D SrtJSiXlCea Uaiei OF. rOHC
Frank Mlnto set out this park-
mg area as a result or commer-i?"
clal street merchants' protests at
the farmers monopoUxIns space
near their stores.
Tbe regulation will work to
the benefit of the farmers. It is
believed, since it will centralize
marketing operations.
Plan to Curtail
Playground Not
Liked, Declared
Curtailment of the Children's
summer playgrounds as an econ
omy measure was protested by the
executive committee -of the Lin
coln Parent-Teacher association,
which met in special session Mon
day morning. One of the public
summer playgrounds has In past
years been located at the Lincoln
school square.
Members of the committee are:
F.--J. A. Boehrlnger.. Dr. B. F.
Pound, Mrs. H. H. Belt. Mrs. A.
A. Schramm and Mrs. Walter
Minier. .
Scio Seniors to Give -j
Clasts Play on Friday
SCIO. Aprir 13 Final touches
are being put on the senior "play.
"Sound Your Horn" which wiU be
presented at the People's theatre.
Friday, .April 32. . v: -A. .
. In . the, cast of this farce-com
edy arer Eleanor Miner, r Max
Long, Virginia - Bllyeu, Cyrus
Peery, Verna Arnold, Wuanlta
Stepanek, RoUIe Rainbolt. Jean
Marin, .Ralph Johnston and Eve
lyn Bronson. Miss Rebecca L Mor
gan Is coach.
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Home of 25c Talkies .
TODAY THURSDAY
Male UArnirc:!
AiLGEn Prj;:cie
Aucg;Whitg
Also Charier Chaso . Coia-
tdjf News & Novelty
';v' Coraingr Sunday.' -
L-'S
SI JaK
DEllIlY DOlLlil
SORRY STfifilTS
Big Packers are Accused of
' Freeze-out v Attempts;
. Pr!p3ul Inrtwo
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which are used! exclusively for the
large barreling operations la the
northwest,??;-; h--?4- h -- ?
Rlnma In the market occasion
by general depression and less
consumer-use of the Darreuea per-1
ries, started th parade that IS
nearlng Jts climax, so tar as tha
grower is concerned, tor this year.
The -slaak; in consumer ouyiag
has lea an ' 1.000-banl eurry
over of Uarshalls In tbe north
west, besides tha quantity snipped
from here to eastern buyers.
However, there Is not a greater
surplus Ja tonnage than ta former
price ta Groweea..;. : V: i""; 3 i
High Last Own , t
t production In 1 tha northwest
probably arerages around 5,000
barrels. . . - . .
Tha nrica to growers last' year
was seyea. coats, with sales smart
ing at -.eight, cents, ana aecuaing
almost steadily enrougnout a me
year until', packers ' received ' net
more than f . end T cents' on
their barrelllngs. .Some of last
years peek also crept down to the
quotation now being made on fu
tures, five cents a pound.
Future sales at this low ngura
have been, resorted to by packers
who must make a showing of sales
before banking institutions will
l loan money to carry them through
tha coming season. So with nve
cents tha offering of Jobbers, with
canners needing money and with
I sales made at this- figure, the
I three cent mark Is not far off tha
season opening, inasmuch as pack
ers figure on from a two to two
and a half cent per pound mar
gin between buying and selling;
One local barreller has guaran
teed a minimum of three cents.
I it is said. Another plant will llke-
Auuiuer yisa win i
tempi 10 onng ine grower 10 lei
down on the six-cent contract he
holds. What other packers would
who will probably be hauling his
berries to market about the first
of June this year. First berries
last year came in early in the
last week in May.
Garden Awarded
$645 Damages in
Suit Over Flghtl"1 brothers and sisters" to pa
wms. wrwa a I ml-d T.w vlolmtora aad urrlaa
Total damaraa of ins r
awarded Charles Garden sgalnst
ft. n. trim bv a elretitt Mnrt inrv
returned 1U verdict here at
nigni axier sir noun
I n All Tlsnr rf nn fi a ewf aae naVM Aatn.
I waiau MnvH aaaaa-
"OJ0 f ufy"
m"' wureu "
euimed Kim atucked him. Kim
I Lias:o LAoisn farmer.
. ill juiuii gkfv uiruea ttf
general damages, $175 physi
elans fees and $370 hospital tees.
Ludwlck Mlchelson was. foreman
of the grand Jury. Garden sustain
ed a fractured thigh from the
tight which occurred last fall.
YewJPark Area
Wants Officer;
rr i7H 'ti.
flavins; I rOUUlC
Residents of the Yew Psrk dis
trict are circulating petitions urg
ing that a policeman be assigned
to their neighborhood at night,
filling the vacancy created by the
death of Officer . Oscar Victor.
Since there no longer Is a foot
patrolman on duty along the rail
road tracks, transients from the
freight trains are overunning the
district, it is said.
The petitions probably wul so
presented to the elty eounett at
its next meeting. The . Yew Park
beat was left recant because of
poUce budget reductions. .
Yozth Agdnst llcney in
, Battle of Love!
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Two modern girls . . .
n milUohaire bachelor
a youth who could
only loref ; . . . -
The charxoliiz star of
Strictly Dishonorable'9
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- - FRANCES BEE - RUSSELL GLEASON
, LLAN MOWBRAY ;:; -CARlXEi; BffiYERS
y 'See This DeUdoCcmidDrenta! i
ADDED
MACK SENNET COSIEDY "LINES DUST
UNCROWNED CHAMPIONS SPOICTSLANT '
-v WARNER BROS. NEWS . TRAVELOGUE :
EsiB
Taking advantage' of the absence
of her servants, robbers entered
tha noma of Mrs. Albert E. Austin,
wealthy society woman at Lucas
Point, near Greenwich, Conn and
tabbed her of a 3400 diamend
ring and $100 In cash. Tha thugs
TA LTv ASan
by. a physician was necessary.
ressmen to ; .
Vcte UponSlash:-
: In Own Salaries
i WASHINGTON, ' April . 1
(AP) Members of congress be
gan trimming their own budgets
today when it became known the
house economy committee had de
cided to sponsor a slash In their
pay as'aa important item in the
Omnibus retrenchment bill to be
submitted later In tha week.
Tha decision was made to cut
the $10,040 annual salaries of the
senators and representatives .ten
per cent in the event the commit
tee's original proposal of an elev
en -per cent eat. after exempting
tha first $1000. was not accepted
by tha house.
w- vf rt
&ran(l S Ir3XOie
Plan is Backed
By Legion Post
MARSHFIELD, Ore., April II
(AP) A system of parole, pro
posed by Judge-James T. Brand
before Coos bay legion and aux
iliary units Monday night, won
Immediate approral as one of tha
moat advanced steps ever outlined
tor helping young men and
"resolution calling tor ap-
auxiliary . memoers to- serve
other legion posts in the state to
I co-operate in the plan was adopt-
resolution also urged that
rthe proposal be included in the
Platform of the national Region.
a 0 aaa
WOUtC Of tlOnOr
At Chemawa is
Slated Tonight
Boy scouts of Marion and Polk
counties tonight will head tor
Chemawa Indian school where a
court of honor will be held start
ing at o'clock, in tha chapeL
Judge J. U. Campbell, associate
Justice of the state supremo court.
will preside. Seventy-five boys are
expected to appear for some., 100
advancements.
I a. c.
C. Hang, II St. president of
Cascade Area scout councn, win
be honored at the court by the
gift of a hand-made key contain-
er. The Chemawa scouts are tak
ing this means of showingn their
appreciation tor Haags coopera
tion in fostering the seout troops
there.
MOTOR TO PORTLAND
BRUSH COLLEGE. April It-
Mr. and Mrs. John Schindler and
Mr. and Mr Louis Hlmmel pt
Brush College motored to Port
land Saturday to attend the birth
day party given in honor of Mrs.
Leo Mitchell, sister-in-law of Mrs.
Schindler. : ; . .
STARTS
TODAY
a
with
CHI
Supreme Ccurt Rules; - big
Relief Fund Cannot ba i
Voted on In May -
Mayor George L. Baker must
refund to the elty of Portland the
salary ra received covering all tha
time be spent in Franca and other
European countries last year, la
excess of SO days, according to
an "Opinion handed down by the
state supreme court .Tnesaay. -
Tha opinion waa i written by
Justice Kalley In a suit brought
bv Carl B. Sloan, on behalf of
himself and other , taxpayers of
Portland. Defendants ta the action
Include Mayor Baker, A. L. Bar
bur and other officers of the mu
nicipality. The supreme court af
firmed the decree oLJudge Robert
Tucker of the Multnomah county
circuit court.
Defendants in the action alleg-
that Mayor Baker made the
benefit of the city of Portland In
acquiring - information regarding
municipal affairs. La tha dissemin
ation of information regarding the
city of Portland, and In the estab
lishment -of friendly contact with
othef elites in tha United States
and in Europe. c .
lit another opinion the court
held J- that Multnomah county's
proposed special tax of $760,000
tor the retirement of warrants and
relief of the poor and indigent
cannot be voted upon at the pri
mary election. This suit wss
brought by P. H. Kneeland to en
Join the Multnomah county com
missioners from placing this Issue
on the ballot before the general
election in November.
Judge Jacob Kansler of 'the
Multnomah county circuit court
sustained a demurred to the com
plaint and dismissed tha suit.,
Kneeland appealed to the supreme
court.
Justice Campbell, in writing the
opinion, declared that the object
In 'calling the election tor May 30
was not so mueh for the purpose
of obtaining the consent of the
voters to increase the levy, as it
was an attempt to evade the debt
limitation provision of the con
stitution, and to issue warrants
against a potential fund thus per
mitted to be created, prior to the
levy being made.
8pendlng unlevled taxes of the
county ia creating a debt," Justice
Campbell held.
J VF Y.. 1
J 6zTy JUt Of
Jail? Bail Cut
To $600 Figure
.Bees use he Is needed to help his
mother, an aged and dependant
woman, Richard OXeary has been
released from the county Jail un
der ban of $100. according ta an
order issued this, week by Judge
L. H. McMahan. . Tha Judge re
duced O'Leary's bail from $750 as
fixed in justice court,
McMahan. "la his order, polnta
I fwodl BeOiwy MwBMf&flft
..somehow. And ti alack truth'
ibosaed before ms 1 Tiara was anlv
daw way t I would hove la yield
to that same tamUe habit toe
which I had condemned my baa
band! Cut I had afwayt oamUed
it Hf e . Why shoalda't - l
COULD ten DICPZHATG CAM2LS WVA ACAi::37
THZMIIIDOUS ODDG? CI2 TH2 sMISV III
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Carlos
Meier
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A GREAT BILL OF -
YITAPnONE VARIETIES
1 1 . I 1 . II i J I J I m n n
out that OXenry cannot be tried ,
before tha July term at court and -that
0Leary would be better out
working during that interim. Ho
was convicted on. the charge of
unlawful possession of liquor in"
justice court recently and given
six months in Jail and a $500 fine.
Ha: appealed the ease. to. the cir
cuit court. A surety company fur
nished s baiL
Sisson ; Elected .
Vice-President
-fOtState
; PORTLAND,; Ore..' April
(AP) J. R. Roberts, of Red
mond, Ore., was elected president
of i tha ; Oregon Retail Merchants
assoclatloa here today. : ? ; -
Other officers chosen at the
closing session af the association's
annual convention were: B. E.
Slsson of Salem, vice-president;
O. F. Tate, reelected secretary-,
treasurer: directors. F. F. Con
over. Tillamook; Harry MeClay,
LaGrande; Vera L. Wenger, Port
land. : ,; .
Rrfcfinp DpnfPC
Reported Offer
X. C. BuahaeH, city bidding la- -speetor.
yesterday" denied -reports
that ha had offered to tak up as -additional
L duties without extra
pay the post ef assistant city en
gineer, and make way tor dismis
sal of two office assistants. - - -;
'1 never made any such state
ment,? lie declared. . "I ha vent '
even as much as been approached '
on it."
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pwos at any looping? So for ssy
iVabys saho t thraw sey tortured
fceasclenca to tho winds and
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