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I " 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u r 1 I i 1 1 il I 1 II I H'ttui 1 n-l( irz " vCl8ah: cut - Racketeers is : i Final PIT of State's : i'n specia) Attorney " .1 IJrnatlictop v' IVi?r47fkH .--hv .Botfr Sides Vln RUlinfl rOnCashr fayrnght : 7t . ThU aborning: by. ir o'clock, the 15-Jy trial 0? ?rn,JKe)ier; x-EmpIr Holdias do. tales cquq ellor, oa eharitea of darislnc a ichome to def rand. viU .be in the hinds of a Polk county jnry for a rerdlcU Promptly at : 1 S a.xa. Jadce Arlie O. Walker will com mence fait lmtrnctioni -which are expected to be . extenslTe since eonniel for the state and the de fendant hare offered lengthy out lines of the instructions each de sire. - .'v-: ;. . Presentation' of argument of both sides came to a close late Monday, afternoon in the circuit court room, at Dallas after a con siderable audience and the 14 jur ors L- had . listened attentirely throughout the long day as the opposing attorneys pleaded the merits of their . positions. . First eame Oscar Hayter, representing Keller, then Frank Lonergan, also representing . Keller and in con- eluslon, Barnett H. Opldstein, spe cial prosecutor for the state who summed up the argument for the prosecution. Mistrial Daager Narrowly Arerted Danger of a mistrial of the case was thwarted shortly before 10 o'clock Monday morning when at tornsys for. both sides stipulated that the conrersation of John H. Keller, Jr., a Juror, with Hugh Black, county clerk, during the weekend, would not constitute a basis to throw the case, out of court and cause a new triaL Black- said Monday, when ques tioned,, that he had talked to Kell er when the latter asked him why Frank Keller who Is Botsrrela tire waa not put on the stand to testify In Ills own defense. Black replied that a defendant did not need to place himself in jeopardy. The conversation was overheard, was reported to Judge Walker and for an hour before court; started Monday," attorneys for the prose cution and the defense argued in the judge's chambers whether or not the case should be allowed to proceed. Jury Expected to Be Out Many Hours The Jury in the case is expected to be out a number of hours due to the large amount of testimony which was offered; .Observers at the trial yesterday said after the arguments were in that a hung jury might be the outcome of the ease. Since the charge rof devising a scheme to defraud Is a crime and punishable by, a prison sen tence, a unanimous verdict, of the 12 jurors will be necessary for conviction. Two extra jurors have heard the case throughout and it was proposed to the court yester day that if Juror Keller was dis qualified, one of the extra jurors could be asked to ballot on the guilt or Innocence of the accused, "Clean out these financial rack eteers," pleaded Goldstein as he closed his argument. "Your .ver dict must be tor the conviction of Keller that cltlsens may be pro tected and those who follow the way of easy money punished. It is hard to prosecute and convict financial racketeers; It is easy to send a man to Jail for. stealing bread," he argued. "Don't return, members of the jury, a verdict which gives confidence to other high-powered salesmen to come to Oregon to violate the law." . Large Salaries to Officers Attacked Goldstein, in opening bis plea for conviction, scored 1 the : large salary contracts executed by the original Empire officers weeks be fore the stock selling permit was secured. "In two years these men would have wiped out their in dividual subscriptions of 120,000 through these salary schedules;" he said. "Not one cent did the de fendant : pay on his subscription until three months after the sell , log campaign was on and then he paid less - than: one-half the amount due him on salary Goldstein painted a picture of the taking of the oath by the five ex-officers of the Empire Holding corporation when they . Individu ally swore to ' have subscribed 120.000 in cash for stock. "That application r and that oatb alone condemns them, he said. "What Is . the explanation of this ' mis statement about cash - paid for stock? . That MeCalllster, corpora tlon . commissioner, said:; notes would suffice. Jf this is .true he should be joined with them in the indictment,. :. , . , ' : . - t Goldstein i then went ' Into the '. testimony of J. E. Allison as sec- ' retarr ef the Marion county grand jury which Indicted Keller. Alli son the lawyer said, had quoted - MeCalllster as testifying that the matter of substituting notes for cash by the ex-Empire officers was never raised with him before the Empire's stock-selling permit was ' Issued. "Fred Melndl never: heard . . of such a statement and. never saw - -" any balance sheet - showing : that r (Turn to page 2, col. 1) t Jury in the "ftoaor slaylagr case of Thomas H. Massie, Mrs. CiraaviUe Fortescue and two mavy enlisted j men, on trial for the slaying of Joseph Kahakawai ta HonlnluThe evidence is all in and attorneva wQl begin their arguments today. Photo shows the jurors being condacted by bailiffs to a hotel where they have been locked up after each court sessioa. The Jurors are of a number of varied racial stocks, orient- j.al ana occidental. t-P'.-v IK KEEP CASE TO VanWinkle Will Represent State in Suit Filed To Test new law I. H. Van Winkle, .attorney general, will appear on behelf of the state in a suit tiled in Multno mah county recently, to test the constitutionality of the 19S1 leg islate act requiring relatives and counties to contribute $20 a month to the support of persons in the state institutions for the in sane and for the feeble minded. Tan Winkle was ordered to take part in the litigation yesterday at a meeting of the state board of control. - . The case will be tried in Mult nomah county May I, Charles 8. j Cohn. district attorney there, told j members of the board. The law i under attack requires relatives of patients in the insane and feeble minded institutions to pay a maxi mum of $20 a month tor their support In cases where the rela tives are unable to pay, the bur den falls upon the county. Attorney General van winkle said he had not yet determined upon what points the constitution ality of the law would be attacked. The board yesterday aceeptea the new hospital building at the state tuberculosis hospital Institu tion. This structure was completed recently at a cost of $60,000. Representatives of tne State Federation of Labor complained that it would not be fair to em ploy convict labor In the construc tion of the proposed. new state power plant at the state peniten tiary. .. - -"Members of the board made it plain that It waa not their inten tion to have convict labor conflict with free labor, and that a satis factory arrangement would be worked out. WILLAMETTE POST Announcement ' was made Mon day of the resignation of H. W. Tennanl as Registrar of Willam ette university. i Tenn ant expects to leave soon for California where he will as sume charge of a boys' school near San Francisco bay. There has been some talk or discontinuing the position which Tennant held at Willamette and to have some professor handle one phase of the work with an allow ance of a few hours a day.- Professor W. C. Jones,-Instruc tor in " economics, has . been ap pointed public relations represen tative of Willamette, which takes In part of the work done by the registrar, formerly. .. Trindle Wins On Venue The slow legal battle over the December 15, 1131, charter amendment calling tor a $2,500, 000 bond issue for a water sys tem in Salem, took another turn yesterday when the- city wot a- polnt In securing tne remanding of its suit against the Oregon Washington Water company to circuit court here for trial. - Judge Alger Fea of the federal court in Portland' ordered the case back here after Judge Gale S. Hill had sent the 'ease on to federal court on the plea of the defen dant, that there was Joint Juris diction on the part of tnat court over the ease first begun here.' - v Judge' Fee - took: under advise ment the motion of the City of Sa lem that the ease ot the Oregon IS raw ns 4 - v -. Evidence in Massie Case Is Wound Up HONOLULU. April 25 (AP) Picturing Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie as a sane, normal southerner aroused to anger and vengeance when he shot Joseph Kahahawaf. Dr. Joseph Catton, alienist, today provided a vehem ent finale to the prosecution's ease against the naval officer and three others accused of the lunch ing. Both sides rested and the case reached the point of closing argu ments after Dr. Catton and Dr. Robert Fans, city and county phy sician, had been called in the pro secution's last attempt to smash the insanity defense set up in be half of Massie by two alienists. Dr. Catton, San - Francisco pyshiatrist. . was the third mental expect to contend Massfe was sane the moment he stood pistol in. hand, .before Kabahawai and heard the native allegedly confess attaeklffg his wife, Mrs. Thalia Massie. Massie and the defense alienists had asserted - his mind had gone blank at that moment and that he did not know what he did Immediately thereafter. -ROSEBURG, Apr. 25 (AP) Ground was broken here today for the northwest soldiers' home upon which the federal govern ment will spend $2,200,000. R. L Stuart A Sons of Med- ford, who last week were award ed the grading and excavating contract, said additional equip ment is expected this week to speed up the work. Approximate ly 22,000 yards of dirt will-be moved. Throngs of unemployed men have been flocking over the site seeking work, resulting in or ders today to exclude the public from the reservation. Contractors have agreed with the Roseburg chamber of commerce to use lo cal labor where available, and the supply of common, labor Is said to be more than enough for the requirements. Finch Selected As Manager oi O.-W. Company - PORTLAND, Ore., April 25. (AP) Appointment of Frederick N. Finch as general manager of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company.-with bead- quarters here, was announced to day by the Portland office of the line, a part of the union Pacme system. Finch succeeds James P. O'Brien.' who will be retired May 1 under the Union Pacific's pen- 1 sion plan. ; "-.'.' ; His Point of Water Suit against, the dty, now pending in federal coart, be dismissed. . He asked counsel for tne plaintiff to submit more authorities. The dty through City Attorney Trindle launched Its test suit on the bond Issue shortly after : the election, in circuit court - here. Within three days the water com pany began a similar suit in feder al eonrt."'-'';,::'-'-r- : Trndler objected .to remanding the first-filed ease te the federal eourt but was overruled by the court here. Judge Fee's decision sustains Trlndle's , position and places the city's case back 'where It started Trindle is hopeful the federal ease either will be dropped or held in abeyance pending dis position 'of the'eity's case before OBOUi IS BROKEN FOB SOLDi HOME Jadge Hill here. i '. Organization in Each. Local Precinct is Planned; Candidate Talks ' A precinct organization in each case of the 24 districts in Salem will be formed for the purpose of electing Douglas McKay as mayor according to plans outlined Mon day night at a pre-election meet ing held at the chamber of com merce here. August Huckesteln was elected president of the or ganization and Ray Bassett was named secretary. Brazier Small and Irl SJIcSherry were chosen members of the executive ' com mittee. Thirty-five men attended the meeting. McKay, called to the gathering to express his views on local questions, said ha would maintain absolute independence as far as or individual is concerned. He said he would make no pre-election promises to any employes now in city government positions. McKay said he had always la yered mnfiicin&l nwnnrmhln nf waier uuuuea narinr nean nnrn 1 . . ...... . I in a community where such own- BACKERS OF M'KftV nun ership prevailed. He said he had r ine. junior eiass or wuiam not worked for the $2,500,000 tte university set off to Nelscott. bond Issue for the water plant tor an all-day outing, , being ex- here Inasmuch as he felt the Is- I sue unwarranted at the Ume. In- asumch as the citizens voted fori1' no tne 10 were enjoyeo the nlan. If cEir utd be felt it would be his dutT to see it nut I into effect as quickly and as econ- omically as possible. He declared the voteDf December 1$, 1131. a! mandate of the people and one any mayor must obey. EXTDRTIDfJ PLOT IS OF TATLORVILLE, 111.. April 25. ""(AE? Th.r meu wer hA?k ua jiiou lomsut in Bun ini Bimneu we w an extortion plot and ended In a 40- mile chase by state police. The dead are Pete Larocca, 40. Vincenzo Manteller,' 40, 1oth of Springfield, and Henry Allegruc-1 d, 58, of Langley, a village near Here. - CAUSE The shooting occurred at theUvA. v.. . v( A. home of Arthur Cioni in Langley. $1(00 from him, threatening him; ZmV:?El. with death it he did not pay. Larocca-nad made previous vis- Its to his home d em and in g the stnntYsi MtnitantAii ' sTlAwtt t l3r.MlK,j."S,1..v;?.'f1' - rlSSV chine gun In his hands. Cioni said Allegrued fired twice with a shotgun through the door. Mrt IjnuM fall Ami! T i. two Mr ;.!;;. .rV -rv;rr.5 AUegrucci. Cioni said, and then fled. Manteller waa wounded In the.battle with Anegmed. - V State nollce nuraned the rutin men and stopped their automobile ny shooting the tires. They found Manteller dead in the automobile, tus companion escaped. - Montana Banker Victim oi .... , . & v MALTA. MohL, Apr. 25 (AP) J. ,W. Schnitzler. . 48, Frold. Mont, banker, state senato,r and republican "national 'committee man and his pilot A. L. Hedberg. 24, crashed to their deaths about 50 miles northwest of here during a rainstorm early early Sunday. i Tne wrecxage ot ine piane tayun - (discovered until lata today. - ' ; : ' : - ' ' . ,' - -1 Only 1 00 Boys Affected Is f 'r- . ; - - -r- I ueciarauoni dome are - 1 Induced to Quit . Hearing In Assault Case to l-V!rf Cfiiirl Preliminary shearing for Tsevea Salem liigh school boys charged with assault and battery .upon thai person of Victor DeJardin, another I student, wiu be neera oeiore j us-1 tice of the Peace Miller Haydea I Thursday afternoon at 2 b'elock. I Judge Hayaen set tne ume yes- teraay aiier juuge . u. dwiibmh, i lack or sucn inspection - was to whose juvenile court five of the j pointed out as one cause tor 8a boys had been certified, sent an hern's high fire, loss, by J. W. order, to Justice -court certifying the boys back that tribunal. I Twice yesterday tne jusuce 1 courtrooms were packed with hlgn l school students and other interest-1 ed onlookers who believed the pre-1 llmlnary hearing scheduled to 1 come up Monday. However, Judge I Harden did not set tne neanng 1 until yesterday. The boys, are Charles and Jim Reed, James Nicholson, Jr., Frank Cross, Lawrence Blalsdell, Glen Moody and Kenneth Fllslnger. "Ruthless Way" Is Advocated by Wolf Principal Fred D. Wolf of the high school yesterday reiterated his ' declaration that now the se cret societies will have to be dis banded. "The only way out is the ruth less way clean them out," he de clared. "We've tried educating them against the clubs; it hasn't worked." J. C. Nelson, head of the his tory department, yesterday affirm ed statements made by former se cret society members -that bring- (Turn to page 2, coU 0) W. U. Third Year Students Break Precedent; out " Ahead of Seniors r m. V ..- mm I a, Kfln.V" uu m w luvot Hm 1 jetn was witnessed Mon- cusea irom scnooi. ine pany u- self was However not a quiet ar- tbemseives. The juniors broke precedent by iriunaing fberore tne seniors mis i . . I or placing tne flunk aay on Monday, a number of the juniors were able to get out of town on Sunday night or at least out -of I their regular sleeping quarters and evade would-be "kidnapers" who try to keep the frolics. ers from sleeping- the night before the picnic. There was one 'gang of junior men that was organized and look ing for trouble and even dissap pointed at not finding more. They did VMnm nne nf th unAerrlASS- mftn .nd took him for a ride Into the country from which he had to walk back. The Juniors also lured on6 carload of men to the country and then todk the distributor and ---t- of th enrlne from the ear 1.nt ftM mnn wh. in find tneni m towa M-.B h.A htn mAAi or 7K on thft plcnlCf Dut l0 Bnoired up IwVleV Mntd nn lnmMln Ithe ears rolnr over " .t n Eson and MUd7ed Mmer .naMa. Thn -i,a i-i nn ... .v " " v, "1 " fh . ir h t Firemeh. Strike Due to Closing Of Club Rooms I " PHILADELPHIA. Apr. (AP) It a fire breaks out In H"816 Vf f ' .52 Ud for tte Inerleh Toluntoer firemen are on strike and the fire house la dosed. , . ; v - I L ;Tn followed ; upon en - I lurcomtB' VL wa vrwuu lg the nse of the fir house club (rooms after midnight. Thirteen tire fighters resigned and the oth ers refused to act. : A neighboring company was called to put out a grass fire. ; KeenisNaxxikd by' State r Jewelers i PORTLAND. Ore.: April (AP) Frank JLt Hdtkemper ef Portland was . elected :' nresident lot the Oregon Bute Jewelers as- I soclatlon .here today. ; Other officers ehosen Included 1 a. a. &eene ot baiem, secretary- IIIFLUI Oil QUIET FOR BE itrevorer.-; -'fc.. partmeat; more 'efficient,: ia ad-1 - f talott; M posiuoa, of equipment. and men I now at tue 'soutk and North 5 "closed 7?: ; If the eommlttee'a suggestions central station win be delegated are accepted. one fireman ' at W'tie. wiu-be tochlr lri c,!,! C,,v out' fire" hasards and', to . plat all buildings in ; the flre-soneaa -Co J.exita7;. basements., floors, water 1 tawef L connections. ' These' nlats -w ill " it filed at the sutlon and J ail firemen required to ' study-1 them. . . i , Appointment of one fireman I as inspector has long been advo-1 175a ted by Chief Harry R. Hutton. Stevens, California state fire marshal and chief of the inspec- uon department of the national board of underwriters, in ad dresses here recently. In the past, the chief and captains, have made semi-annual inspections- of tne schools. Tne - outer erndency recom- mendation will be that the eoun (Turn to page 2. coU 6) Mm IS 27,261 Biggest on Record; Gain is 2724; two Thirds of Voters G. 0. P. The new high mark in voter registration in Marlon county. augured by County Clerk U. G. Borer following the heavy en rollment which ended last Tues day, was yesterday established as 27,211, and the secretary of state will be. so Informed today. Tne eneck - completed yester day, represents a gain of 1150 in the city of Salem, and 1574 In county precinct registrations. This gain of 2724 is over the 1700 names cancelled from pre vious registration list. More than two-thirds ot the total voters, or 20,328. are reg istered under the republican banner. The democratic party primary adherents climbed to 4407. Other registration party totals are: progressive. II: pro hibition, 82; socialist, 16: and miscellaneous, 261. The total dty registration Is 12,437, and the total outside, 14.824. The larxest rain. 138 voters, was made in the Salem Heights I BreelnM. wnora KB C rnf.r. b m n(rw retered. . Precinct two, Salem, has the I largest registraUon in the edun- ty, with 715 voters' names on the books. Indians Must be Licensed it Fish esin for Sold : Rulinpnd unruly' wm Uxea &UIU, J& IUIUlg Chicago as rapidly as possible. PrtBTT.iwn rti-A 1.1 r (AP) M. T. Hoy. master fish w mmnmB wa v AUIli warden, and John C. Veatch. cnairman ot tne Oregon rish commission, said today Indians would not be permitted to com pete unlicensed with commercial fishermen. This statement was made In reply to Information that a coun cil of 400 Indians had tele graphed Senator - Steiwer and protested against the action of state fish wardens in insisting that the Indians must have state fishing licenses for dip nets. The Indians claimed fishing rights at Celilo, on - the Columbia river. under treaties. REED DECISIOX SOON MEDFORD, Ore., April 25 (AP) Circuit Judge H. D. Nor ton Indicated tonight he would reach a decision some time this week on the motion for a new trial for Albert W. Reed, ot Denver. - High School May Reach 1 :; The long delayed aad much de naiea aiga scnooi tuition ease may get before Judge L. H. McMahan today despite newspaper and of flee arguments which have- waged lor several days over the merits of that Jurist aa a trial Judge for the ease. The suit, Weinacht vs. Oscar D. Bower, sheriff, has been pend ing since March 18 when a tem porary' Injunction Issued by the court restrained the sheriff from collecting-an .1831; high-school tuition taxes from non-high school districts In the- county. . - Judge McMahan yesterday con tinued his assertions that he was Impartial on the merits ot the ease and had never expressed an opin ion upon It, He also renewed his declaration of wish to hurry in a decision la order ta permit an Im- - . - Bendelei' Arrested - by State ! - . -1: -vv 1 1.1 en; : woman oenousiy In urecL Burned Chase Leads to Jefferson; -i;Tha ware of hit-ahd-rua driving washed Into Marion county vter- day afternoon when aa automobile irlTa by G. H. Hlbarger, Marshy rieia contractor, was struck on tne Pacific highway six miles north ef here by a cattle truck Identified truck identified 1 by witnesses as that driven by rani Benaeie, io. of Drain. Bendele was captured by state police, on the highway Just north of Jefferson. He was lodged in the city jan Here on charges of falling to stop and render aid and of speeding. Justice of the Peace Mil ler B. Hayden set bail at $2000, which Bendele did not raise. Mrs. Hibarger, Ct, was taken to Salem General hospital by B. E. Hamlin of Portland, a passing mo- -t I. f v torist. She suffered a fractured S1 bf,f;ft81 ?fhA vertebra and several bruises and 0 doek I"1 ,fM- burns about the face from add B!ltoJf r,y ,dT' n6.,nA,n which spilled from the car's stor- J,1 extinguished by city firemen, age battery before more than slight d image The attending physician said done- Th fIr w" started at that her condition was not espe- n re.r f DUnt ,a P dally serious but that It would be two d&ra before the full extent of her injuries could be determined, Mr. Hibarger was not seriously in- jared. Portlaad Men at Scene of Accident The accident was witnessed by O. O. Hughson, of Portland, well hour before. When he first smell known here as organizer for the ed smoke, he believed it eosaiaa; uregon isuuaing congress, ana us son, R. S. Hughson, also of Port- land. According to them. Bendele sldeswiped the southbound Hlbar- ger touring car in passing and crowded the Hughson machine, northbound, off the roadway. He did not slacken speed but proceed ed on down the highway, they said. The light Hibarger machine swerved sharply to the left and (Turn to page 2, coL 5) TUSKO MUST SHOW PORTLAND. April Arrangements - were understood 1 tonlsht to have been completed to start Tusko. the huge elephant, on a tour of the country that even-1 Itually will take mm to tne isjj world's fair In Chicago. Tusko is to begin his journey early tomor- mw. The first stop will be Wood- land. Wash-where Tusko win be placed on exhibition. What other stops will be made will depend on the elephant's behavior and on I the number of cash customers. Tentatively, stops have been plan ned for every dty, town and ham let. If, however, Tusko falls to draw the crowds or If he becomes surlr There, according to plans of his "I'-rr -"ZZT.Z I owner, sen sseyen ua steepj I M . . . lurV' l" ""J?" f? wor ? .Vtl tSf -,",-W..eTT 1" ""1"u'' Inter-City War Over Water Use Gets Into Court ASTORIA, Ore.. April 25 (AP) The dty of Gearnart riled suit in circuit court here today against the dty of Seaside ask? ing a restraining order to pre ; vent the city of Seaside from shutting off. or interfering with delivery of. water to tne Gear- I hart system. The restraining or- I der was signed by Circuit Judge H. K. Zimmerman, . The dispute arose when Sea side attempted to raise the rates for water supplied to Gearnart over those provided In a contract which doea not expire until 1845. TdJc, Dispute Court Today mediate appeal to the state su prame court. 1 ."The matter Is entirely one of constitutionality and one which the supreme court will dedde up on the law and not upon the de cision af any circuit court judge,' McMahan declared, t . District Attorney Carson ' con tinued his position, namely, that McMahan waa prejudiced en the ease and that a perfunctory de cision waa not suffldent treatment to be given a case of such merit In a drcuit court. Carson expressed a willingness, . however, to con tinue the ease before Judge Me- Mahaa. Attorney JamesrO, Halt sel for the plaintiff urged haste In considering. the matter, and It Is probable that the case will be at Issue today ta drcuit court here. OB IRK, DECISION 'i - . - A, r f-, -t,- . v . . .; IBB1 ? ,. ? ;ErttMUIs5J ; Al starrv qompanymnl, i I Cannery Receipts -v " : M . ... - waicnman aves tSUUCin By Early Discovery; Fur ther Incendiary Fires Feared as In Other Crttss Fire, believed of Incendiary or I gin. was discovered at the. large- Starr Fruit v Products eomnanya i" or oia receipts, wnicn t summer had been stacked there. The flames ate their way Itet up tne wooden wan of tne building but did not reach the tn- side. v Watchman Sitner said he had passed the fire location a half rrom a stove and went to invest!- gate. Finding no smoke issuing rrom that source, he traced It to the rear wall, where he heard a cracklinr sound. After dashing a buck of water on the flames, he telephoned the fire department. The ladder. chemical and pumper truck. were sent out. Fire Chief Harry R. Huttoa ex pressed a firm conviction that the fire had been set. "If there had been no watchman there, the fire would have gained such headway before being discovered that we'd probably not have saved the bund ing." he said. City and state 'police began aa investigation. f Already on their guard because of the laeendiary tires at Eugene and Medford last week, local fire- man were placed more strongly I so art last night's fire. I The fire fires belleyed set at Eugene were put out before doing great uamage out rwo ures stars- ea simultaneously in Medferd I packing plants early Saturday spread and did damage amount ing to around $200,000. OFFERS OF CH j HOPEWELL, N. J- Apr. 15 CAP) Al Capon was described tonight by a high official as beta I v.i t-nMMn.niM. vi. rvi HVU su VVSU HI uuivssuv ae asAsa war cago lafl eeU on orders from the White House pending the UasV berghs decUlon In proposals ef the gangster to recover their kid naped son. The Lindberghs were described as willing that whatever "credit" might properly attach to Capon tit avnt Mtnlif niMtw tHjh 25? .KJ SLd!i i nu w yiavfj kuiuovi v ce aa saw - position of sponsoring his release. CHICAGO, Apr. 25 (AP) Federal officials announced to night they hare curtailed issuance of passes . for visitors to see Al Capone in the Cook county Jail.' H. w. C. Laubenhelmer, u. S. marshal In charge of . Capene'a custody,' said' hi instruction la the matter came from Assistant Attorney General George A. Toungquist In Washington. WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (AP) An unqualified denial tnat President Hoover has Issued or ders that Al Capone be held ts commualeado In the Chicago paft was made tonight at the White House. License Change Committee Will, Meet, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. It (AP) The motor rehlde license tor revision committee, appelat ed by Governor Mder. will held its first meeting here tomorrow. B. W. Sawyer of Bead and 2f' C. Glover ef Eagle Creek are the ealy members ot ' the committee . not expected to attend. The eth er members Include Dr. E. B. McDanleL chairman; . Ben Oe borne aad Ralph Hamilton, both ot Portland; A. B.' Robertsen ef Condon; Lata Compton, at Co quHle; J. E.' Smith ot Salem; . and B. E. Barter of Medford;, nnviHo -