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. WEATHER ;: ' Fmir today and Thursday, ' warmer today; Max. Temp. Tuewlay 64, Mia. 42, river ' 4.43 lacfa,'rala 1 aortJb- wiads. , EIGHTY-FIEST YEAR Salem, Oregon,' Wednesday Morning, May 11, 1932 Net paid, daily. Sunday 6785 ? TT-,s 'V feat' TO BE DEFENSE Testimony & to his Record And Reputation Mark Opening of Case Audit Showing Empire Firm Status j Final ' Evidence Put on by State DALLAS, May 10 (Special) Presentation ot the defense case la the trial of - Judge O. P. Co- show on a charge ot devising a scheme to defraud began late this afternoon with Walter Keyes, de fense -attorney,, questioning the witnesses. The state finished its case just before the afternoon re cess. Oscar Hayter entered a mo tlon for dismissal of the charges and for a directed verdict of not cnntr'0l the ground the state had failed Jf prove the allega tions set forth in the indictment. "This notion was denied by Judge Walker' and the defense started its case. Mr. Keyes stated that Judge Coshow would take the stand tomorrow in his own de fense. i The first witness called by the fense was B. W. Strong of Rose- burr. He told ot Judge Coshow's standing In that communltyand said that he was considered a peaceful and law abiding cltffcen and that he had a good reputa tion. Mr. Strong stated that he had known Judge Coshow for about 35 rears. Under cross-ex smination, Mr. Strong said that he was not & stockholder in tne Empire Holdine corporation al though he had been asked to sub scribe. Contract Cancelled Dne to. Misstatement ! C. B. Kizer ot Harrisbufg stat ed that he had known Judge Co- show practically all his life. He was asked to buy stocs in me Empire company and took five shares. He gave notes for tne en tire amount. Later he wrote to judge Coshow and asked that his subscription be cancelled and his notes returned because- the sales man had made some false repre sentations to him la answer to this-request, Judge Coshow wrote a letter to Kizer stating that he was sorry the salesman had made these misstatements and saying that the notes and . subscription would be returned upon request. In the letter Judge Coshow said that "no salesman is authorized to make any misrepresentations." Kizer stated that he received the '. notes and stock subscription after they had been cancelled and that he wrote a letter to Judge Coshott acknowledging this. I Edwin B. Hicks, district attor ney of Grant county, told of writ ing to Judge Coshow asking about the Empire company after he had been asked to buy stock. In the letter written by Coshow which was introduced as evidence, the officers' salaries were stated In tall as set forth In their contracts and other information about the company was given which was in tine with the facts. 1 Hicks stated that he had known Coshow for years and had written to him thanking him for this in formation. He said that be did itot know that this letter was in cluded In the sales kit sent to talesmen. Hicks subscribed for 25 Shares of Empire stock and gave two notes, one for $500 and one tor $2000. He paid only $20 on his stock and the $2000 note was later cancelled through Judge Co ihow. Salem Man Relates Plans for Company ? T. M. Hicks of Salem was call Id and told of plans which were 5i ad to purchase his office In talem as a start for the title in surance company to be organized. The deal was not completed and Hicks did not buy any-' stock. I In concluding the 'state's case, Barnett Goldstein presented T. H. Carstensen, representing the Has-ilns-Sells auditing firm of -Portland, who told of the audit of (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Candidates THEIR BIG DAY IS FAST APPROACHING - - . - ,,. ' , THE O r e B o a primaries are only ; alne j ; days - , - away. As Voter you i will b twqulred to r. make your choice on oxens .of" candidates tor office. -To assist you in making ap ;!i yoar mind. The States ma will publish dally . ' until election feature I enUUed Candidates. Each aspirant for office will be given opportunity to JUte briefly bis educa tion d training as 4 well the platform which be feels ntitlee i ' him to the office. These statements are solely for voters' inrormaaou and have nothing-whatever to do with the ed- -. itorial or advertising ' attention given the can ; . didates. - - - Page 2 Today ., . Statesman - Attorney to Conduct Probe of Bis Office Petition , for Special Prosecutor is Presented To GovernorTurned Over to Attorney General for his Recommendation ANOTHER chapter in the now open warfare between Cir cuit Judge L. H. McMahan and District Attorney John Carson is in the attorney general's office awaiting the final paragraphs from the pen ofX H. VanWinkle. The chapter deals with the application of McMahan to the governor for appointment of a special prosecutor to examine his conduct - Oof the office ot jadge of Marion i OFeoenoR Witl Withdraw Meetings if Salem Doesn't Offer an Apology for Papers Unless an apology is received in connection with recent editor- ial attacks made upon the three members of the state hoard of control by Salem newspapers. Governor Meier will refuse to call any more state-wide meetings or state sessions of any kind here. This was announced by Gqver nor Meier at the conclusion of ' meeting of the state board of con trol Tuesday. The editorials referred to by Governor Meier appeared in the Oregon Statesman on Sunday and the Capital Journal on Monday. The editorials charged that Gov- J1d3SlSu,S!rHtra,d" List Shows 119 fus C. Holman, state treasurer, 10 of state, 15 days. - "If these editorials are repre sentative of the community attl- tnde I will not call any more state-wide meetings in Salem' Governor Meier said. Governor Meier indicated-that he would reconsider his decision if an apology was received from the chamber of commerce. Only routine matters were con sidered at today's meeting of the hoard of control. Bids for the proposed $150,000 state-owned power plant will he opened Thurs day. The plant, If erected, win De aay. Tne piani, wu "";" ly. Joe Marcroft, Rudolph Lock operated in connection i with the Robert Roach Harry ,A1. Oregon state penitentiary, and Deimar Buchman, Richard would provide electrical energy Gesner, Dorothy Hill, Donald Hill, tor tt-tate departments and In- Jean lTeBODf Rowena Mc. Stltutlons in Salem. Donald. Lawrenc Moorman. BeU Governor Meier indicated re- centlv that a plan had been part- ly worked out, under which tne power plant could be financed. OF MEANS MENTIONED WASHINGTON, May 10 (AP) Another wealthy and socially prominent woman was listed to nisrht as a nosaible victim to the extent of 1100,000 or more or that suave representations ot nortlv Gaston B. Means. Only a few hours after he had been Indicted on charges that he swindled Mrs. Edward B. McLean of Washington out of 8104,000 by promising to return the Llnd-1 bergb baby, authorities were m-veetizatlni- allegations he got that much or more from Mrs. Flniey ShepardLof New York, the former Helen Gould. The Lindbergh baby, however. did not figure in the new develop ment. The story, hinted at by Dis- j trict Attorney Leo A. Rover, while arguing over Means' bond in the McClean Affair, was that Means was paid by the New York woman after he represented he could give her information on communist ac tivities which might threaten her daughter or her fortune. S FATAL CRASH CASE Teh thousand dollars in dam ages are sought by Hattie May Bond, administratrix of the estate of O-lirer Elam Bond,' who was fatally injured when his auto was struck by a Southern Pacific train April 1, 1932, at Mack's crossing on the Woodbiirn-Springfleld line of the company. Mrs. Bond names the company and J. IL Wagon- blast, engineer of the train which struck Bond, as Joint defendants. Mrs. Bond asserts that the rail road company was at fault since the crossings at Mack" and on the North Santiant road were partly obscured by empty cars standing on the sidings. . She also alleges lhat the train was going more than 25 miles an hoar . through the North' Santlam neighborhood and that It did not make a signal which was distinct from, the noise made, by the bell in the North Ran flam aehool. ' " . : ... Bond. was hit April l."He died April 8. - . - SECOND VICT! M DAMAGES A KED IfJ A - m. . . a one. McMahan filed this application Monday, .asking that a special prosecutor be named because ot the particular interest ot the dis trict attorney In the matter. Governor 'Meier took no action on the matter, other than to refer I the petition to Attorney General I. H. VanWinkle for investigation as to whether or not It should be granted. The petition reached VanWinkle'B office yesterday aft ernoon. - The attorney general was out of town Tuesday, so the matter had not been brought to his at- tention. Assistants could make no report on what disposition would be taken In that office. The request tor special prose cutor comes following exchange (Turn to page 2, col. 2) '.Ulli IT HUD Plinihlp fnr Awnrrta' Names are Given Of approximately 320 boys and girls enrolled in Highland grade school here, 119 have earned their 'Herald of Health" buttons. The award is based on the pupil's health habits and physical condi tion. Those eligible for the award at Highland are: v First grade Adelle Anderson, Richard Gregg, Ellis Teel, Rod ney Ault and Bertram Iverson. Second grade Clinton Blake- ty Persens and Eilene Teel. Thm n.w Bamp1r(l Kenneth Coons, Na omi Follon, Dorothea Fellers, Helen McRae, Austin Wilson. Earl Wiley, Lyle White, Bacon Norman, Cleona Naderman, Ruby Pedee, Shirley Plant, Catherine Singer, Orville Wlsh, Eva Woelke and Evelyn Wiley. Fourth grade Mary Chamber- lin, Joe Foelke, Aubrey Holt, (Turn to page 2, col. 3) vuuuiy circuit court, aepartment Over Arizona Early Today, Expected to Arrive at San Diego by 8 Electric Disturbances and Poor Visibility, Sand Storm Encountered TOMBSTONE, Arfcb, slay 11 (Wed.) (AP) The South ern Pacific railroad reported to day that the dirigible Akron passed over here at 12:15 a. xo. Mountain time. LOS ANGELES. May 10 (AP) Western Air Express tonight re ported interception of a message from the dirigible Akron to its Lakehurst base saying It would be moored at San Diego, Calif., to morrow morning about 7 or 8 a.m. The ship was over Douglas, Arli., at the time 10:40 p.m. EL PASO, Texas., May 10 (AP) Driven over southwest Texas by inclement weather of many varieties the naval dirigible Akron finally completed Its Jour ney over Texas at 7:25 p.m. (Mountain standard time). It had been delayed about 14 hours. The ship enroute from Lake hurst, N. J., to California for navy maneuvers, had bucked head winds, been driven back by violent electrical disturbances, surround ed by thunderstorms, halted by poor visibility5 over towering mountain peaks, and finally Im peded by a sandstorm near El Pa so. As the air fleet's giant moved west into New Mexico, Its path re mained hazardous. It flew a slg sag course through a mountain pass west of El Paso, apparently finding the going difficult against a strong wind. CALLED Bf DEATH PORTLAND, Ore., May 10 (AP) Mrs. Annabell Miles, wife of B. J. Miles of! Salem, died to day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will A. Knight, of Knight's station. ; She is survived by her widower, her daughter, and a son, Roder ick Miles, of Sacramento, Calif. Funeral services will be held at the Portland crematorium Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Miles had made her home for the past 20 years in South Sa lem. She was prominent In the Christian Science church and was until recently an active member of Chapter O of the P. E. O. Sister hood of Salem. Tiger Hitler V Tuition Law Outcome to Affect Many If the high school tuition law 1 declared unconstitutional,' IIS pnpUs or 23.5 per cent qf the en rollment la Salem Junior and. sen ior high schools will be affected. Superintendent " George W. ' Hag stated lm a report to the school board last night. Of the 113. 250 are' attending senior high school and ICS the ninth grade in the Junior high schools. Further he announced that a questionnaire answered by the 410 of these pupils who would or dinarily be In the schools next year showed bat 10 per cent, or TS students, who would come to school It It became necessary to charge them $100 tuition. To the tuition Question, 71.1 per cent, or 218 pupils, answered that they would not come back to school. Thirteen pupils were not sure about it and six said they would move to Salem to avoid paying tuition. Answers by schools were as follows: Senior high yes 50. no 111, not sure 13; Parrish Junior high yes 25, no 84; Leslie jun ior high yes three, no 38. Of the 518 pupils, 24.8 per cent live In non-high school districts. Thirty per cent ot those in the Junior high schools are In this category and 22.6 per cent, in the senior high school. The tuition law has been at tacked by citliens of non-high school districts In the vicinity of Mt. Angel and is being taken to the supreme court. The board laid on the table un- fering the district attorney the services of the school attorney in this case, Weinacht vs. Bower. ENDS ITS SEASON Year Financial Success, is Report; Directors for Next Year Elected The annual meeting ot the Sa lem Symphony orchestra associa tion held last nlrht at the T. M. C. A. heard a (ratifying report from Mrs..W..E. .Anderson, business managerrtd the effect that all bills of the association for the cur rent year had been paid, the defi cit from the previous year wiped out and there was a balance of 843.70 in the treasury with a small sum yet to come in from ticket sales. Total receipts were 2887.80, ex penses 8844.10. A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Anderson for her work; also an expression of appreciation to the Salem news papers for generous publicity giv en the work of the orchestra was ordered. Mrs. W. J. Minkiewlts gave a report for the membership com mittee, which showed an enroll ment of 64 the first of the year and 15 continuing through the final concert. Miss Alice Crary (Turn to page 3, col. 2) w - -v. .. .. i C.?ww. Beating Roosevelt There; New Yorker is Leading In West Virginia Hoover to get Both; Gains More In Conventions; Ingalis Is Ahead '; (By the Associated Press) Early returns from vesterdav's presidential primaries showed Governor George White, Ohio's favorite son, running rough-shod over slight opposition for that state's 52 votes In the Democratic National convention. Governor Franklin D. Rvwm. velt, of New York, well in the lead for the democratic nomina tion, led Governor William H. Murray, of Oklahoma, 10 to 1 In the West Virginia preference con test. White was assured of at least 43 ot Ohio's 52 convention vote. The Initial figures Indicated he probably will get more. Roosevelt's biz lead over Mur ray In West Virginia practically sewed up the state's 16 delegates for the New Yorker, who also was mentioned as a second choice tn Speaker Garner In a number of county conventions In Texas Most of the latter, however, in. structed delegates to the May 24 state conventipn to vote solely for uarner. Hoover Certain of Victories la Both In the republican nrimarles. President Hoover appeared cer tain to gain most of Ohio's 55 convention votes and West Vir ginia's 19. In state conventions, he nicked np 24 instructed delegates from Tennesseee and 9 unlnstructed but claimed from Wvomlnr. run ning his Instructed, pledged and claimed vote for renomlnatlon to 845, Including 477 Instructed and pledged and 368 claimed. Only 578 are needed for the reoublican nomination. Early returns care David S. Ingalis, ot Cleveland, assistant secretary of the nary and an ad vocate ot repeal ot prohibition, a 5 to 4 lead over his nearest op ponent Secretary of State Clar ence J. Brown, a . dry for the Ohio republican gubernatorial nomination. HIT-RUN CHARGES State police last night caught Ralph B. Davidson ot Molalla at the Intersection of the Pacific and the Mt Angel highways, at Wood- burn, and arrested him on a charge of hit-and-run driving. The Davidson automobile, they al lege, struck parked car belonging to R. B. Crawford, while It was parked at 1462 North Commercial street. Bob Brandon, living at that ad dress, saw the collision, and called the police. The officers trailed Da vidson, who drove out Silverton road, then switched back over the Mt. Angel highway. He was speed ing at time of the accident and when apprehended, they claimed. According to the officers, Da vidson's machine struck the rear of the Crawford roadster, smash ing It against a tree. The six-Inch tree trunk was broken off near the ground the roadster practical ly demolished. Davidson, wit nesses said, did not stop. A state officer stated that there was evidence that Davidson had been drinking liquor. Four legislative candidates were given the approval ot the Salem trades and labor council last night when the political committee re ported on meetings at which can didates for city, county and state offices were Interviewed. The leg islative candidates were question ed relative to their stand on the legislative program of the state federation of labor. Candidates approved were Mrs. Hannah Martin, W. C Pettyjohn, Romeo Gouley and Ronald B. Jones, Ben T. Osborne, executive sec retary of the state federation, at tended the meeting.' i Th- council voted to hold' aq open meeting and smoker Wed nesday night. May 18, tor union members and : their families : . REDUCE WATER BATK r 1 EUGENE. OreJ May 18 (AP) Reduced rates for water users and. salary reductions for city and water board employes were order ed last night at a meeting ot the city eonneil and ' the city water 'board.' i - on lesnsiateraeiit S Plaintiff Given $500 Judgment Against LaBar A. circuit court Judy Returned a verdict tor the plalntitfyesterday for damages to the extent ot $100 in 'the ease of Marie A. Smith against, G. W. Latlar. . The court action arose from an accident occurring on November 2T, 1929, two miles north of Jef ferson. In which, Marie Smith re ceived serious Injuries while rid ing la a car drven by Latlar. She sought to recover damages to the amount of 35317. Ripley, Manning, Erpeldtng All to be Tried That Month, Indicated A July term of elrcult court which will be featured by three cases of alleged first-degree mur der, along with two other trials involving serious business offens es, was agreed upon Tuesday by Judge Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles and District Attorney John H. Carson. Trial of Robert Ripley upon a charge of first-degree murder cf James Iverson, Silverton police officer, is scheduled to start July 11 at 10 a. m.. It was announced late Tuesday night after a series of conferences. The other trials which follow without delay in the order mentioned, are: State vs. Frank Manning, Joint ly indicted with Ripley but to be tried separately. State vs. B. F. Glesy and Zeno Schwab, nine Indictments for al leged speculatI6ns In connection with the now defunct Aurora State bank and the Valley Mort gage and Loan company. State vs. Lloyd Erpelding, true name Robert H. Coleman, alleged first-degree murder of Lloyd Eddy. State vs. Charles Archerd, al leged conversion ot warehouse certificates. Judge Wilson, sent to the cir cuit court here by order of Chief Justice Bean of the state supreme court when Judge L. H. McMahan (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Cronemiller is Chosen as Head Of Arts League Lynn F. Cronemiller was elect ed to the presidency of the Salem Arts league Tuesday night at Its regular meeting held at the home of Prof, and Mrs. T. S. Roberts. He succeeds John Clifford. ,Other officers elected Included: Secretary, Mrs. Ora F. Mclntyre: treasurer, S. H. Van Trump; fi nancial secretary, Mrs. C. A. Ly tic: art director, Mrs. Ella Hath away; first vice-president, Mrs. Edna L. Daily; second vice-president, Mrs. Blanche M. Jones, and publicity, Mrs. J. M. Clifford. ' Reports were given from va rious committee heads and a highly Instructive talk was given by Robert X. Millard ot Portland. well known astronomer, who spoke on "Great Epochs In As tronomy." It's Circus Day! Shows Offered at About the time the milkman Is making his rounds this morning. j three special trains bearing the Al O. Barnes circus, one of the world's largest amusement organ isations, will reach Salem, travel ing over the Southern Pacific. As quickly as possible the show trains will be parked on convenient rail road sidings where the work of unloading will take place Without any halts or perplexing delays, the huge baggage wagons, eages, dens and floats - will be transferred to the show grounds at Olinger athletic field, where the work ot erecting the tented city will go forward. Twenty-two tents, covering is acres ot ground. ! are needed to house the big show. A large circus, like .an army, moves on- Its stomach,- and : the first tents to be erected will be the dining department. .With the cir cus .the hours are long and the work is hard,' therefore, the best of food nxust.be served. " 'With breakfast over,' the work of erecting the tents wDl go for ward with renewed vlror.- .The "big.top.is among 'the ' largest spread ot canvas . ever ' erected here.. It Is 2 0 0 feet In width and I nearly 100 feet In length. : It Is j chiefly, supported :by. .towering center poles, : larger than those No Recommendation tJ Forthcoming From H. S. principal Pleat for and Against Lad Return Made By Citizens With the question ot reinstate ment of the seven expelled high school boys brought np by one st r . the parents last night, the school j board listened to two pleas for and two against this action, aa- -nounced that Principal Fred D. Wolf had made no recommend- tlon,' and ended up by letting the matter stand unchanged J . The directors did not as a group commit themselves upon the question ot whether or not the boys should be reinstated. They stood on the proposition that the act of expulsion was taken at the recommendation of Principal Wolf and that therefore they should look to him for further suggestions if any change. in tie situation might be deemed' advis able. James H. Nicholson Injected the reinstatement question into ' the meeting after the directors bad transacted routine business. His son, James Jr.. is one- of the sev en boys expelled and one of tke three who In justice court were freed from the assault and bat tery charge resulting from the abduction and mistreatment sf Victor DeJardin two weeks ago. "I should like to find out what is necessary to get these boys back in school." he said. Recommendation by Wolf Is Expected He stated that he had under stood the hoard was to have recommendation from the pria- , cipal to the effect that the boye be reinstated. When toldthat mo such recommendation had been submitted, he requested.-that Principal Wolf be called In. Wb,Oe the board was considering the re quest, Wolf stepped into tke room. The principal immediately ex plained his attitude toward the matter: "I think something can be worked out for these boys whether by putting them back tn school, or not so It can be sat isfactory to everybody. We all ought to be together on it. I feel that these boys have been pun ished enough ... I think the boye have suffered considerable pun ishment by being advertised, by being out of school, and by the work they'll have to make up." Principal Wolf, apparently n-'-decided as what measures might be taken to aid the boys In earn ing the credits which they woo Id lose by the expulsion, would make -no recommendation, such as Nich olson had averred would be made. Pleas Presented For Reinstatement Mr. Nicholson explained that he "did not want , to wrangle with the board, but to see what could be done." "Doee the board want to change Its action on the approval of Mr. Wolf here tonight, asked Chair man H. H. Olinger, "or does It want him to do something else?" . The question went unanswered. Strong plea for reinstatement ot the boys, that as future dtl sens their education might not be stopped, was voiced' by Fred Je belman. 34SH North Commercial street. He threatened to hold a mass meeting and get out pett (Turn to page 2, eoL 4) 2 and 8 P. M. used on the largest tea sailing ves sel. . Th man&ferie tent, the dress ing rooms, stable and blacksmith tent, the barber shop and dosena of other nops will nose Into the sir. Within the space or several hours after the arrival of the first wagons oa the show grounds, the nun Virnn lot wllL like some A id dig touch, be transformed in to a hustling and bustling city oi tents. i i From darkest Africa comes a whole tribe , ot monster - lipped Ubangi savages. It Is the first time that these weird natives of the Congo equatorial district hare been exhibited in America, mej , are showa In the menagerie tent In tribal costume. . . There are hundreds of perform- , ere In this season's circus, and equally as many trained animals. Scores bf superbly schooled herses representing Europe's ; f 1 n e s t : equestrian acts '.form a. big new feature,' another Includes 49 dane tng horses and' 49 'dancing girls, . Including may Hollywood beau? 4 ties.-. - t - The glorious fairyland spectacle "The . Pageant . of Gold.? a gor- geous processional fiesta depicting the charm and romance ' ot eld . " (Turn to page 2, eoL 4)