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S&Ieia, Oreron, Fridaj llcmhir. April 22, 1932
K0.S3S
MooheyMu&
vision of Governor Rolph
Mnu rnn ; oiays ypen;;
llGl FDIl Need Great
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Group of men who Engaged
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.First 'Witnesses "
DAL1AS, Ore.iTprll 21--(SP-clal)
Detenw teUmonr in . the
case against Frank J. Keller. -Jr
first ot the. former Empire Hold
lnc corporation ottlcers ' to be
tried on a enarge of an"
detrand. was started early thU
afternoon after KeUer. attorney,
had made an unsuccessful effort
to hare the indictment dismissed. .
Frank Lonergan, defense attor-
fnv dismissal on the
,rond.Vrattne".taU had failed
to prove any eyiaeuco w v"
the indictment. He said that no
eTldenee had been presented which
would tend to show that a scheme
to defraud had been derlsed and
that the only thing theUte bad
been able to prove was that there
were some false repreftfentatlonJ
maine his argument, Burnett Gold
stein, special prosecutor, stated
that the stale had shown that such
a scheme to defraud had been de
mised through the testimony of
George Roblson and others con
nected with .the formation of the
corporation. He reviewed the evi
dence brought out in regard to the
three points mentioned in the in
dictment and used as part of the
sales plan.
Case Should Go
To Jnry, Decision .
In ruling against dismissing the
indictment. Judge Walker stated
that the points in regard . to
whether the facts were sufficient
t rnnstitute a crime and whether
t not more than one crime was
included In the indictment had 1
been settled by Judge Hill In Mar-
ion county and that he would con-
firm Judge Hill's ruling on these
points. In regard to the eonstitn-
tionality of certain portions of the
Blue Sky law, Judge Walker stat-
ed that the findings of the stat
supreme court were binding and
that he had already ruled tbatoe
would follow these rulings. The
fourth point stressed by Judge
Walker in his ruling waa that any
evidence that tends to jhow guilt
was one for the Jury to decide
upon and not the judge, that he
had studied and followed the evl-
dence closely and thought that it
should be submitted to the Jury.
Judge Walker also sUted that
he would not submit the case to
the Jury late Saturday afternoon,
Defense attorneys were confident
that they would conclude their
case early Friday afternoon.
P. R. Atwood pf Portland was
the first -witness for the defense.
He became a salesman for the Em
pire Holding' corporation in March
1131 and remained with, the com
pany until the permit to sell stock
was suspended in November 1931.
After becoming a salesman, Mr.
Atwood was sent into a territory
around Grants Pass and Medford
to replace a Mr; Hancock who, the
witness testified, had been dis
charged -for making misrepresen
tations to prospects.
Never Claimed no .
Salary Being Paid
in telling of the Instructions
given htm for the selling 01 .m
plre stock. Mr. Atwood stated .that
it waa told not to make any
misrepresentations, and that mod-
.r.t. .taHa ware belnr Daid. He
fatt ttit Ti. was never told that
..rartfta were ta be Bald, that
the officers had paid 320.000, or
K-f h. .nrttfAa ' nciTtd
through the money taken in would
be turned over to the state insur-
ance commission for safe.keeplugj
He also said that he didn't make
any such statements to prospecU.
w.Vm that he never said that
ae M- f h monev would
" - - : -
be deposited with tne siaie ana
was never questioned In regard to
the salaries of officers and there
fore never mentioned them. :
In the cross-examinatln .by Mr.
Goldstein, if was brought out that
the witness had known Frank
Keller tor 23 years and had as
sisted Keller In selling stock In
California and Utah. Under fire
by Goldstein, Mr.' Atwood admitt
ed 'that he had 4 been released by
the Empire corporation in August
un ih had latar returned to
l'tt-. t afn When ones -
tioned as to whether his license (AP) Comment here f on the de
to sell stock was cancelled in Oc- clslon of Governor Rolph of Call-
tober.'1931 at the request ot tne tornia uenyin tne paxuua pp"
Emplre firm he could only say cation of Thomaa Mooney lncludV
that "to the best of bis knowledge ed the following: -'i..
his permit had been in effect un- Senator Nye R N.D.i After
tU the company's permit had been all these years that word is most
. suspended in November 19S1. r discouraging but - there . is one
Mr. Atwood stated in the cross- thing remaining. That is for the
examination that Frank . Keller friends of Mooney to continue
had told him that the off icera of their battle. They will come out
th corporation had each; paid 2$ on top as every Just cause ultl
per eent of their subscriptions mately wins. I had hoped for more
and that he had made this repre- from Governor: Rolph.!,
senUUon to the people. He said ? Senator Blaine (R., Wis.)
that be took the pictures of of ft- "It's ; a great disappointment to
: eers and directors out ot his sajes- those who believe la Justice that
- man's kit and did not use them in this man should remain in prison,
making sales because he did not X assumed that his pardon would
think thv wer necessarv. He did be denied as a result of the gov-
hA i.Ham fmm thMA mcn
. hfa aalaa al ItvAful tmm-
titled that he had mado five sales
of Empire stock amounting to ap -
aiaa be draw between 21200 and
(Turn to page lo; col. t)
THOMAS J.
IS-OFF POLIW
Declaration to League , and
To Russia Issued by
Minister of war
.TOKYO, April 22 (Friday)
AP) A warning to the League
of Nations and to Soviet Russia
to keep' "hands off Manchuria"
was issued today by General Sa-
dao Arakl, Japanese war minister,
in a speech to the Kokuhonsha, a
patriotic society at Osaka. .
The society Is the nucleus of
present country-wide nation-
anst movement in Japan. r
, Declaring Japan would resist
reSolutely any. attempt to apply
the nine power treaty, the war
mfaister called attention to the
threatening situation in north
Manchuria due, he said, to Soviet
R0isia8 massing troops on the
frontier and strengthening heralr
force tne far east.
japan's mission, he said, was to
make Manchuria a paradise on
earth, safe for everybody, and
nothing the league or anybody
eiw did could make her deviate
from that course.
ST. LOUIS. April 21. (AP)
Four men were arrested here to
day on a eharge of using the mails
to defraud in promotion of a plan
to consolidate two western 'com
panies.
The men gave their names as
Robert E. Kemerer,'65, Montreal,
I Canada; Charles S. Klingaman
I 60, Grants Pass, Ore.; Earl Me
f Laren, 40, and Joseph D. French.
1 0. both of Portland, Ore.
I ? Assistant - United States Attor-
I ney C. J. Stattler said their plan
waa to consolidate the Evergreen
Mines company of Colorado, which
recently went into bankruptcy,
and the Southwestern Smelting
company of Nevada. Stattler said
the s ocks of both companies are
practically worthless. ,
,The men denied any fraud In
their plan, saying It Is a leglU
VI Mat. MATO
mate reorganization for the pro
tection ot security holders. They
Were unable tb furnish $7500 bail
each and were remanded to Jail
pending preliminary hearing on
April 2. ,
Many of Cohimentators
Believe Mooney Innocent
1 1" WASHINGTON, April 2U
uLmnr'i lonr delir In ntChlOK.t
I dW.latOH. ThOSO WhO haVO " SMdied
I the ease thoroughly. trCever, are
1 convinced of tjialnnocenee of
I - Sanator Brookhart (R., la.)
i; "It's a pity- congress cannot do
I
MOONEY
III HELD IS
niT-lll SLAYER
Same Driver Whose
catl
Killed man at Aurora
Last Year, Claim
- PORTLAND, Ore., April 11
(AP) Allen A. Stanton, 31. of
Portland, was arrested by police
detectives, today as the driver of
an automobile that struck and
killed two men here early Wed
nesday. Detectives said Stanton admit
ted he was the driver of the ma
chine that crushed out the lives
of Daniel Tull, St.' and Mike
Hennessey,- about' 40.
l must have fallen asleep,"
police quoted Stanton. "I didn't
see the men before I .hit them
and I was not drunk. When I re
alized I had hit them, I was too
frightened to stop." " .
Police said Miss Irma Lacoma,
employed at an unholstery plant
operated by Stanton, was wlth
him at the time of the accident.
She was taken Into custody and
Questioned. ...
Police jsaid Stanton was the
driver of an automobile which
struck and fatally Injured an old
man at Anrora last November.
Stanton claimed the man stepped
onto the highway from between
two parked cars. He told police
he stopped that time and gave
aid to the victim. He was not
held responsible, police' said he
told them.
Endeavor Union
State Sessions
ai I DMMTMM J ts on the road between uaigary
Un W rOrtidnaiand Chestermere lake, 10 miles
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21
(AP) The forty-second annual
convention of the Oregon Chris
tian Endeavor Union opened here
tonight. Many delegates already
were here apd about 200 are ex
pected by tomorrow.
The program tonight Included
a fellowship dinner followed by a
general session at the First Pres
byterian ehurch.
Tomorrow a feature will be a
parade through down town Port-
!:,'f;.D't!0?!!.ii5i S"c5
Ronde district. Tillamook county.
Tamhill county. Douglas county.
Polk county, Klamath-Lake coun
ties, and Central District.
somethings From all the accounts
l nave seen i ao not believe there
is the slightest doubt about his
innocence. Something should be
done, but I don't see how,: con -
gress can take any action, because
the state has sovereign authority
in this case.'
Senator Schall (R.. Minn.) "1
am sorry. He is an innocent man
and should be free. It's a crime he
was tamed down. I have studied
the evidence and am convinced he
Is innocent.
fianalor CnaMraj fTV Chin. 1
Declined to comment until he ha
bad a ehksM tt vm.iI flA-varanr
RolpVa decision but expressed the
opinion that In view of the rallng I the course of their discussion. -
It- bftctfme all the more timely to. - - r ' 1 1 - :
press for senate action on a reso-1 T : SALESMAN STJICTDE .
latlon that a report on the case
..4. w .t tti. wt.vmi.m
commission's experts bo printed as
a-public document. Senator Costl-
gan was one of tl sponsors of the
r...-.oAintti hiob raanltad
i th. r.nnrt'i h.fn made nnhllc
Claims Conviction Proper;
Thorough Probe Uade,
V Governor States
Sullivan ' Adds ' Statement
- Deploring -;Attitude; of
! : J Asserted Redsw. l
SACRAMENTO. CaU April 21
k(AP) Expressing m belief , in
the guilt of Tom Mooney with to
blunt a finality as to stun those
who . had . honed " for - executive
elemency. Governor James Rolph, I
Jr- today unconditionally de-1
ellned to grant pardon to the
ex-labor leader - convicted of
bombing the San Francisco pre-1
pareaness . a7 paraae 01 4une
22. 191.
Blunt as were" the words Gov
ernor Rolph used In declaring
his conviction that Mooney was
guilty and had been fairly tried.
even more outspoken was the
verbiage of Sullivan's report on
which Governor . Rolph largely
relied. Speaking of Mooney and
Billings Sullivan declared:
"Their Insensate hatred of our
present form of government and
their fanatical desire to substi
tute the red flag of revolt for
the stars and stripes impelled
them to commit the deed.
Mooney was convicted with
Warren K. Billings, now a pri
soner at Folsom prison, of set
ting the bomb which killed ten
persons and injured 40 others
while the preparedness parade
marched up Market street, head
ed by the ten Mayor James
RolPh. Jr.
Claims unbiased
Probe Waa Hade
"We have examined, read and
studied all available documenta
and information and have pur
sued independent Investigations
for the purpose of ascertaining
every available .fact .throwing
light upon . the Question as to
whether Thomas J. Mooney waa
Justly eonvlcted . . . including
" w J " I
as far as ontainawe a jiistory ci i
the life et Thomas Mooney."
Governor Rolph said In his de
clslon.
'I 'believe it .proper to state
'(Turn to page 10, col. 1)
EAST OF ALBERTA
CALGARY, Alberta, .April 21
(AP)-Clty folk and farmers
of Alberta tonight were digging
themselves out ot snowbound I
houses but the fury or tne snow i
and wind storm that has swept I
the province for the past so 1
nours sun trappea oetween iv
and 76 persons In automobiles on
highways east ot here.
A lull in the storm during the
afternoon waa rudely broken a
few hours later by renewal ot
heavy winds from the north .and
west. No estimate of damage has
been made yet by telegraph or
telephone company officials.
Calling for. help over shaky
telephone wires, marooned motor-
east, . were awaiting rescuers
Trucks and snowplows were at-
I tacking the. drifts but progress
J was slow. No danger, or loss of
life was Involved, police said.
t r .
Portland Recall
Petitions Stolen
( . . .. J .
CSDOnSOTS ASSerZ
DftDTT.ivn in. 91
V5-" XZ
t a n a..M.aa.
Af a ria11
I movement against major ucui &o
ML.. Baker, City : Commissioners
' Rin DIU anil John M. Minn
Earl Riley and John M. Mann
and District Attorney Lotus L.
Langley reported to police today
their headquarters : office had
been broken into ami petitions
bearing, about- 1200 signatures
had been stolen.
' Police detectives - said they
were unable to find evidence ex
plaining satisfactorily how the
thieves entered the building.
Thev asnarenllT had left the
I building through a sidewalk trap
I door.
1 .Cfv yri Cl 17 TjtrfHpll '
OUlJlUIl9 1 dl UICU k
: Hold Conference
I GENEVA, - April : 21 (AF)
I Secretary stimson and Premier
Andre Tardleu succeeded today in
I reaching a better understanding
lot each other's attitude on the
.leraelal nroblems of disarmament
and security, but no pre great - to -
I ward raeonrlllnr the French - and
American riews was achieved In
1 Portland, ore April xi.
ipi tv. Vuitm - uiMRian
for a Portland elothlng company,
was found dead In his room to-
day. Deputy Coroner G. W, Snook
afd navla had killed himself bv
drlnklna solson.
t 'Slaee the influx of transients
nere 1 growing rather than de
creasing with .the .milder weather.
Hotel -de Minto, dtr kali 4 Hop-
house conducted by Chief of Po
lice Frank Mtnto. will : not ' be
SlS Aii,!S I
Chief Minto said yesterday . that
the situation Is getting . worse in
stead of better and consequently
he would have to keep up the
nlaee until condition imnroTe.
1 How long he can keep the "ho-1
how loni'donatron. of foodstuff. I
and money continue to come in,
he said. The original Idea for the
through the more r severe winter I
raontha. ' f-Ji vi ; . s - 1
During the six month, the "ho-
tel" has been open. 14.ll meals I
have been served to approximate-
.. .... ... , , -
rL..... 1 ...
and eat twolmeals. -Repeat-
era" have been few, through the
warlness of , Fred -Slim Clark.
lumberjack recruited by Chief
Minto last fall to oversee the flop
house. J. G. "Jaek" Bullard, lum
berjack cook, has served as chef
the greater part of the six months.
If it becomes necessary to close
keep the transients from again
taking up abode la the several
-Jungles" which In other years
t.V. k h1.n- niata Pr. I
cept'for men awaiting trains, few
have been found at these loca
tions this year.
BAKER H SET
BEFOREELECTION
April 28 Date Announced
For Malfeasance Case
Against Officials
PORTLAND. Ore.. April it
(AP) George Mowry. chief dep
uty district attorney, announced
tonight April 28 had been select-
ed aa the trial date of .the mal-
m aal I
?f
. k.2:,.'7 ..tl
Pr-,'wWl..mer f- ell aorta fleated
officials
Named Jointly with" Baker
were City Commissioners ' John
M. Mann and Early Riley and
City Engineer Olaf Laurgaard. C.
Lee Wilson, contractor, was in.
dieted as an accessory and prob
ably will be tried Jointly with.
the others, Mowry said.
Mowry said both the state and
defense are ready, to proceed
with the trial now but that they
win await the return of Dan J.
Malarkey, attorney for . Laur
gaard,- from a business trip to
Los Angeles..
The indictment against the
city officials alleged the pur
chase price of a municipal mar-
ret site was $200,000 too nign.
Wilson, . named as an accessory,
was aa officer of the public mar-
k company 01 roruana, wnicn
was to nave received tne Dur-
chase price of $1,409.2 IS.
FROM SECRET TRIP
HOPEWELL, N. J- April 21
(AP) Colonel Charles A, Lind
bergh returned to his home short
ly before midnight tonight after a
two-day absence.
His. return apparently was the
signal for considerable activity at
the Lindbergh estate. Lights
gleamed from almost every . win
dow and two automobiles drove
up, one preceding the ear driven
1 oj tanaDergn ana anomer arnv-
w a a a a
llng shortly afterward.
io repons inai ne naa auempiea
a . a a a a w-.aa a m
I oaksuiiau cuuiktk niiu vue aiu-
S
i - - -
Wbf "ecess h " nT. wa
COllJectaral. - -
He left the house Tuesday night
alone and returned alone. No word
waa . forthcoming as to where he
had been.
. About an hour after his return i
an automobile identified as that
belonging to Edmund B. Bruce, of
Elmira. drove Into the estate.
Bruce is a friend of John H. Cur
tis. Norfolk shipbuilder, associated !
with the Very Rev. H, Dobsoa-
Peacoek; in efforts to contact the
kidnapers, and the arrival of his
machine coincided wun reports
that Rev. Mr. Peacack had flown
north from Norfolk .today.
Woolery Viewed
As Adult; Held
For Grand Jury
)
BAKER.10re.. Anrtl 21 (AP)
l-- Clarence Woolery. 14. today
1 was ordered held for grand Jury
I invc : ration on a iirsi ; oegrse
j murder charge, -f Xvs : :
n The Taer.was issuea oy au-
Charles E. Balrd of the Baker Ju-
- venile court who had had the ease
j unaer laTOemwiiuiCT
LINDBERGH
E1S
i . Panes uien nooierr ou cobim. 1 ' m 5"t ' 4-. -
fsssed murdering his foster moth
er. Mrs. Frank Garlock. . She wa4
shot in the back last, Wednesday
nlxht while seated alone at din-
"ner ta ner rancn nome. - - .
JSevcn;. Wairanls- out.' Four
Of!; Youths Suspended
By School Heads
UeJaTflirU TellS HlS StOfV
Of initiation; .Denies
'Spilling' Secrets
Sheriff O.'D. Bower annouueed
yeeieruay anernoon - tnat seven
5itJS!!.M
r:,V' Vt. V V.t:r iirf.-SL-
JlrZZZZ'
1 .-vm-v.u vumO iot iunuftfi
! would be arrested and taken to
Juitlef6 eourt rearing this
morning.
Warrants charging assault and
battery oa criminal Information
were issued yesterday against
James and Charles Reed, James
Nicholson, Jr., Frank Cross. Ken
neth Filsinger, Loren Blaiadell
and Glen Moody. They were turn
ed over to the sheriff at S o'clock
-
,nbTi. mntn. t
A"??, iJSS JTSRSI:
be matter will be placed before
the grand Jury. Counsel for the
seven boys, it is expected, will ask
2 nours time in wnieh to enter
a plea.
Four are Suspended!
For Rest of rear
Aa a result of the haslng ot
DeJardin, four members of the
'Julius Caesars, student secret
society of 24 years standing, were
suspended from school for the re
mainder of the year. The four
students whose suspension was or
dered by Principal Fred D. Wolf
are James and Charles Reed and
Frank Cross, seniors., and Glen
Moody, a Junior. All four were
members of the 1931 football
team. ' ,
School authorities are now in
vestigating the case to determine
whether four other boys were In
volved, as generally claimed.
Principal Wolf said he would not
suspend them unless he became
convinced that they took part in
WM V UIVVU VV iaVJ tWm. V III
the affair and were not merely in-
terested bystanders.
about the high school yesterday in
regard to activities ot the J. C.'j
(Turn to page 10. eoL 1)
IE ROOF
FALLS KILLING IS
BASTTA. Corsica, .April 11
(AP) The root ot the famous
Palace of Justice collapsed with a
roar Into a crowded courtroom to-
I day. killing IS persons and injur-
iinr so. 11 of them seriously.
I The accident caught-an attor-
Iney, M. Blanch!, in the midst of a
l plea to a large crowd. He
among the dead.
The two story palace, particu
larly noted tor a magnificent col
onnade of bine marble, had on Its
top floor an audience chamber.
called the hall of bees after the
Napoleonic symbol. This cham
ber was empty, and the masonry
; crashed through Its floor oa to the
crowd below.
Troops were called Immediately
to direct rescue work, and con
tinued their search tonight, con
vinced more bodies would be
found.
Trouble Looms
In Amoy Region
AMOY. China, April 11. (AP)
Fourteen foreign ships of war
stood by In the harbor tonight.
ready to protect their nationals in
the event of disorders In connec
tion with the expected occupation
of Amoy by the steadily advanc
ing eommnnlst forces ot General
i a.. T Imr.n
8on
I
Disarmament
Resolutions Voted Here
A group ot eitisens who heard
a war prevention speech by Elean
or D. Brannan at the First Metho
dist ehurch. .Thursday. passed
unanimously a number of resolu
tions to be sent to congressmen
and others, urging disarmament
efforts - and voicing, support ot
work already done. ?c-A
A resolution was sent to Secre
tary ot State 8timson -which ex
pressed approval or tne American
proposal tor abolition: of prepara
tion tot and use of poison gaa.
heavy artillery and tanks. The
petition, also nrred. that battle-
Separate resolutions to senators
wcNarr and Stelwer urged. them
J to work, for X the passage et the
i ranner resoiuuon. now oetore me
- 1 foreign affairs committee of the
1 senate, wnica provioee m w
United States wiM refuse to aid a
state: deemed by our government
? 1 (0 nm m a.uw
Another resolution was sent to
Senator Arthur Capper assuring
the support df the: group to his
resolution and telling: him of the
wwa eui uvua
Bond Issue For
Relief of Needy :
Portland's Plan
PORTLAND,- Ore.. April 2 1
(AP)The Portland" city coun
eil' today decided to submit to
the voters at the May 20 election
a 1400,000 bond issue to finance
the care of the city's needy.'
Portland - business men told
the council that unless funds
were provided the -city welfare
bureau would have to close its
doors and turn away 1000 fami-
ies dependent on it for food and
fuel.
The council also approved the
ballot title for a $1,000,000 bond
issue to provide work for the un
employed, which also will be
voted upon at the May election. .
TRAFFIC TAG ISfIT
ARREST, EXPLAINED
Many of Unsettled Cases f
Those of Outsiders
Poulsen States
Legally the city recorder has
no right to bring arrested persons
Into eourt without having a com
plaint tiled by the chief of po
lice, Mark Poulsen. recorder and
municipal Judge said yesterday to
explain why many arrest eases
have never been cleared from tne
books within the past two and
one-half years.
"The . arrest slips turned Into
the recorder's office are merely
tor record, the Judge went -on.
"Parking tags do not constitute
arrest. Arrests may be made but
the recorder Is not required to
issue warrants for persons who do
not appear, unless a eomplalnt is
filed by the police.
Judge Poulsen reported that in
checking up on an unpicked group
of parking tags, he found that
about halt were for out-of-city
motorists. The policy of disre
garding parking violations oy
non-residents has been adhered
to at request of the Salem cham
ber of commerce, he said.
An audit made by A. O. Davi
son shows that already this year
S3 8 casea of - arrest are on the
books but not disposed of in any
manner. Chief ot Police Minto
maintains that It is up to Judge
Poulsen to report back to him
when arrested persons fall to ap
pear in municipal court.
(Turn to page 10, coL 1)
RICElOTlEAT
f
HILLSBORO, Ore... April 11
(AP) Sheriff Conn ell and his
deputies were called to the
strawberry fields near Banks to
night by reports that a race riot
was threatened. -
Reports here said the trouble
arose over the deeUlon of some
Japanese strawberry growers to
employ Filipino pickers In pref
erence to white persons. Farmers
and other residents ot the dis
trict began to collect but Sheriff
Connell warned them ot any
move that, might incite a .race
riot and persuaded them to go
home.
: A mass meeting is to be held
tomorrow night In an effort to
settle the difficulty.
Filipino laborers were remain
ing in the district.
Backed in
- The speaker," Eleanor D. Bran
nan, associate secretary of the Na
tional Council for Prevention of
War, outlined the present situa
tion regarding the outlook for fu
ture wars and the best means to
combat war.-;-v-v...--v---
Th next war would be a gas
war, she stated, in which whole
populations would . be. smothered
like vermin. The allies must new
make good their pledges to dis
arm which were made in 1919
else Germany will be aroused and
demand to bring Its armaments ap
to a par with the other nations.
This country's aloofness from
the League ot Nations has ham
pered Its growth and prestige, she
declared, - though the work 'done
by the United States during the
recent Siao-Japanese conflict has
helped toward righting matters.
4 The ; Italian .- delegation te the
world disarmament- conference
has proposed the abolition of all
aggressive weapons and the Amer
icans are endorsing the plan with
the exception ot battleships, which
the navy department wishes . to
retain. . -v-
LOOMS
HILLSO
Group Confer Here; .
Offers Awut&nce m
CoiiTt Action
Judge to Hear Matter
Argued Soon Asked
By Both Side
With a revenue loss ef atmraw
imately 1121,000 facing them if
the high school tuition ease as
Welnart vs. O. D. Bower la wm
by the plainUff. 32 officials and
school directors of Marlon eon
ty high school districts met aawl
organised at Salem high echoed
iasc mgnt. H. h. Ollnger, ehalr
man of the Salem board, was
elected chairman of the raraa '
and V. D. Bain, Wood burn s-. ;
perintendent. secretary.
Tne group voted to offer Die- . ;
trict Attorney John'- H. Carson
their cooperation fn defeadiag
the case and, if necessary, te em
ploy outside counsel to assist
him. A $500 fund, to be
tioned among the districts an ,
the basis of last years' enroU
ment, was voted for attorney
hire.
A committee to handle the de
tails was appointed: Chairman
Ollnger. Secretary Bain, Dr. R.
E. Klelnsorge of Sllverton. Grant
aiurpny of Stayton, Hoyt Carp
ot Aumsvllle, T. J. Molsaa of
Gervals and C. A. Bear of
Turner.
Hiring ef Teachers
fa Befns; Held ap
xne tuition case not only
threatens .the districts' revenue,
but it Is holding up hiring et
teachers, making of budgets and
of plans for 1932-33. it waa
pointed out Mrs. Mary L. Vut-
kerson, county school snoarla-
tendent who was unable to be
present, sent word that thia ease
seems to be causing more than
usual delinquency In payment
of the county and elementary -school
taxes.
School officials attending the
meeting were: ' G. J. Moiaan.
Gervals director; J. "A. Ferseh
meter. Gervals chairman; R. W. .
Tavenner, assistant superinten
dent, Salem: T. K. Sanderson,
Wood burn chairman; Paul MIXhi '
and E. J. Allen, Woodburn dl
rectors; L. W. Masee and Ivan
Smith, Scotts Mills directors: C
a. user, chairman, and Stanley
A. Riches, director. Turner;
Grant Murphy, director; and H.
E. Toble, superintendent. Stay
ton; Roy Porter, director, and
Hoyt Cupp, chairman, Aumsille;
Lyman W. Patton, superta ten
dent. Jefferson; John R. Cox.
superintendent, Turner; Albert
M. Davis, principal. Sllverton: M
E. Conrad and H. R. Irlah. dw
rectors, Sllverton; W. R. Ter
hune and K. S. Thurston. Jef
ferson directors: Robert Goets,
superintendent, R. E. Klelnaorge
and R. B. Duncan, directors, 6U
verton; T. E. McClean, Salem
school bus operator; T. C Moib-
tain. Aumsvllle director; V. D.
Bain, Woodburn, superintendent;
H. r. Durham. Junior high prin
clpaU H. H. OUnger. chairman,-'
ueorge w. Hug. . superintendeat.
M. D. McCallister and F. E.
Neer. directors, Salem.- 1 1 -' :
Chtef JusUee . Bean will be
asked today by counsel oa both
swes of tne high school taitloa :
case now pending la eourt here.
to name a Judge to hear the ar
guments. Judge Gale S. HIO, be- y
fore whom the ease of Weiaart
vs. Sheriff O. D. Bower, was
first brought, will not be able to
return to the bench In time to
hear the case and make a de
cision which will - permit early
appeal to the supreme court ; ' :
The case is important, not :
alone to this county where all
taxes for the high school tuition
fund are being held up, but to
all other counties in the state
who are -vitally Interested to
know whether or not the. courts,
will sustain the high school tui
tion law under which . the coaa
tles and school . districts have
operated for years. Loss ta the.
Salem district alone would be
140,000. . r -- . - .
James G. Heltxel Is represent
ing the plaintiff who In tarn Is
spokesmaa for a group ot Mir.
Angel taxpayers who declare the "
tuition law is discriminatory and
unconstitutional. Defeadiag Bow-'
eT, who has beea enjoined treat
collecting 1931 tuition taxes, wd.
be John H. Carson, district at
torney. v " - :.'
Not only are 1931 tuition taxes
held -ap but there Is a tendency
noticed for taxpayers whose 1931'
bin includes tuition to hold an
payment upon all their tax until .
the tuition matter Is determined, ;
, Counsel for both siJes have
Indicated -that the case vffl be
hurried to the -state supreme
eourt for a decision, no matter v
what decision is made la the '
lower court. ' -..--sr-- y- '
."BEJfD WlTllLf BUDGET
BEND, Ore., April 21 (API r
C. . G. Reiter. Bend city man
ager, . reported . today., expendi
tures of the city of Bend dori- 7
the first three months of the ye. -
were more than 110,000 under
budget allowances. - -