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-,.J,tt -T ' f : - f ' i w J - ill ;VACATIONTIME Have The Statesman fol t low. you while on your va- rat loa f. mailed to any mI--a drew , two , weeks, only ; 25 cents. Call 9101. - EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Rebel Leader Jose Sanjuro Driven From Stronghold hi oevme; nas rieu 10 Portugal, is Report Madrid Coup Fails; Move To Enthrone Juan Carlos Was Object, is Belief of Political Ob'servers AP) General Jose Sanjnrjo, leader of yesterday's rebellion, was arrested hore today.' MADRID, Aug. 11, (Thursday)- (AP) The. monarchist re volt which kept Spain In a tur moil for twenty-four hours was smashed this morning, the gov ernment announced, when -General Jose Sanjuro, the rebel lead er, was driven from his stronghold at Seville. The government of the south ern provincial capital, which San juro, noted monarchist ando lead- er or tne civil guard under former King Alfonso, took over by force yesterday was again In the Sands of Governor Valera this morning. The rebel commander fled from the city accompanied by General Arrans 6f the civil guard and ot li ed civil guard chiefs who had, sup ported the revolt and whose forc es assisted in his coup of the gov ernment officers yesterday. One report said he had fled to Portugal. . . vv uovernor valera' first' act on regaining control was to free all Juro. Frontiers Watched Fugitives Stopped Communications with 'Madrid, which were cut by the rebels yes terday were reestablished at 4:15 a. m. The frontiers of the province were closed Immediately by the governor and orders were given to stop all fugitives at the border. Sanjuro and his companions were I believed to be fleeing toward the border In automobiles Last night the entire nation was under what amounted to martial law. Loyal troops were being con centrated for an attack on Seville from the north and 200 persons were under arrest for participat ing in the rebellion. There was an unofficial report I from Seville that federal planes were bombarding the city. This report was not confirmed, but It 1 was certain tne government was 1 tmlri c IrnlillM fn m. PMf mtrf. I Ion In an endeavor to get the n a -- - . reoeis 10 surrender. Proclamation is J lroppeu rrom runri ; A squadron- flaw from Madrid to distribute over Seville copies of a proclamation from the govern' ment and from congress. The proc lamation said: "Citisens of Seville: A move ment was fully blocked In Madrid this morning, and the government authorities have arrested Generals Qoded and Calvalcantl and Fer nandes Peres, who were among. the leaders of the movement. All Spain has reported to the govern-1 ment that it is faithful to the present regime. The. country is -awaiting your answer." The principal leader of the roy alist revolt appeared to be Gen eral, Jose Sanjurjo; commander of tne civil guard when the mon archy was - overthrown in April. 1131, whose loyalty to the repub lic frequently has been suspected. It was General Sanlurio who es- eorted ex-Queen Victoria to exile when she followed the ousted Al-1 fonso xill out of Spain. Alfonso apparently was not as- sociated with the movement, at least not directly associated. (The former King was huntnig sear Koenlgswart, Czecho - Slovakia. while the Spanish authorities were moving against the rebels. His spokesman said he would not com ment:) Political observers expressed the belief the object of the -movement was to enthrone Prince Juan Carlos, third son of Alphonso, who is a cadet in the IJrltish navy. Guilty Pleas to Bishop Robbery ; Entered by Trio Pleas of guilty to charges Hied againstthem in connection with robbery of Bishop's clothing! atoro and the Xittle French shop naeltnt this ftrlflsf Wawa n4ajl here M aeeSB www VaallU w yesterday by Alma Alsman, Mar lon Alsman and Them Miller. - The trio, brought before Judge L. H. ' MeMahan yesterday after. . noon, will come up for sentence at 10 o'clock Friday morning. '--Alma Alsman la 'harr.A with receiving ; stolen : property. ; ' and ' the other two witn burglary. - - -i - -- ' ' . -, ...... . . .... . . .... on A I OT ciHioult UIVinONLU wUa lift YZtfT& yL if3?Tift " - ? ; founded losi. . t v- - p. - - . . , - - s"ai One Week Ofi the Record This Smiling Pair ., V . " ".. , ' , .-:: T , .. .... v.; s ".'",.;' .Si. ) " 1 : Almost ready for their long Joy ride, Mrs. Frances HarreU Marsalis (in cockpit) and Mrs. Ixmlse HcP. a final check of their monoplane an attempt to break the world'sisndaranee record for women fliers. The record is 120 hours and Mrs. Marsalis and her partner are I determined to stay op 168 hours, E DebUChi and StilTISOn Meet Privately; Envoy Says No Plan to Invade WASHINGTON, Aug.,10, (AP) The Manchurian question as a topic of International discussion flourished anew today in a long conference between Secretary Stimson and Ambassador Debuchl ot Japan The specific details of the con the speech of the secretary Mon day night in which he laid strong emphasis upon the Kellogg-Brl-and peace pact as a vehicle for the nations of the world to rally around ia mobilizing opinion against aggressive warfare The ambassador said he had received no instructions from his government to seek of the secre- ary informally his reasons for the speech and he had not opened the subject himself. He added, how ever, the two had discussed the general Manchurian situation and it was natural any development pertaining to It should come up. in the conversation. Debuchi said he had called on the secretary to say goodbye be- fore sailing for Japan on a visit. He reiterated he expected to come back to ,thls country after a few months In Japan. The Amh&aaaAnr ii h Vn i . v - t .11 uu inn 11 ..ti 1 irn juiiHiirnn t uiw Tade Peiping and Tientsin. There have been rumors from the orient recently this might be Impending. Aiihee is Better ' And Starts Upon Trip to Nowhere LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (AP) Mrs. Almee Semple-Mac- Pherson-Hutton, evangelist, has recovered from a nervous break- down and a cracked skull suffi- ciently to leave her Lake Elslaore i home with a nurse and her hus band, David L. Hutton, for a three ! weeks trip. - The trip was described by the evangelist, when she left her home, as a "Journey to nowhere. Mrs. Hutton swooned and frac tured her skull on the concrete I porch on her lakeside homo sev- I weeks ago upon being in- formed a Jury had returned a $6, 1 000 verdict against Hutton In heart balm suit. Jw .J PLAN UNIFIED BRAND McMINNVILLE. Ore.. Aug.' 10 (AP) Peach growers of - the entire Willamette valley hare or ganized to send their, crops to market under the name, "Oregon Peaches," and the several districts will adl their own names to the label,' the orebardists decided at a meeting here last night, - - The orebardists adopted a res- AlnHtMt fi(isr Avavaii -ssvvYn svn tA I tt until thai Drarnn mrnt la An the market before doing their vttnrtm win v mid. tn market this state's peaches In' the I . . . ' I ATI An T-'' -4, - CARRIES BY 200 VOTES TILLAMOOK, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) The first -people VhbUc I utilities - district In Oregon was ,1 voted by residents of this section. I the official ronnt todav of VMter- I day- L ballot showed. ' The . Tote I stands 1,050 for and 855 gainst. MICHIM su FLU LIRISHES Earth; That's Thadea are shown as they made before taking off at Newr York in a ruli week. LIFE SENTENCE IS E ift JUrorS Agree On UUIIl WIUl Fircr Rollnt- Arnna 91 Hours on Penalty A life sentence in the Oregon state penitentiary was imposed on Harry Erpeldlng alias Robert Coleman yesterday by Judge Fred W. Wilson here after a circuit court jury had found Erpeldlng guilty of first-degree murder. The Jury recommended leniency. The defendant waived his right of 48 hours elapsing before sentence 1 was pronounced. The Judge ma de no comment.. 1 Tho Jury came In at 1: SO P. m. I ... . , . . I TOuwuy mr uemg ui .iigui- ly more than 21 hours. It was understood that Jurors at once agreed, after being charged, that Erpeldlng was guilty ot first de gree murder. The long delibera tions concerned whether or not he should be hanged. Erpeldlng was found guilty aX killing Lloyd Eddy, 19. In a fight which occurred here March 2. The state claimed Erpeldlng shot Eddy deliberately and wounded his fath er. The defense contended that Erpeldlng was one of a party of 1 people who had been drinking heavily and thus was not respon sible for his acts. Erpeldlng will start sentence at once. II 11 DIES, HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 10 (AP) RIn Tin Tin, famous mov ie-acting , dog, died yesterday morning, but he will be succeeded immediately in the films by bis son, Rln Tin Tin, Jr., Mascot Pic tures eorporaton announced to night. The exact cause of the elder dog's death was not known, but he was quite old 14 years. He ate a large breakfast and shortly afterward his rear legs and back became paralyzed. His death soon followed. He had been In the movies since he was a six-months-old pup. Within a few days he was to nave started a roie in a new pie-i , - - . ture, "Pride of the .Legion," a story by Peter B. Kyne. This role will be taken by Bin Tin Tin, Jr., the Mascot office said tonight, pressing " belief that the younger dog will equal, perhaps surpass, the ability of his parent. Peach Growers Organize Power District Favored Jackson Awarded Prize Vcneta Sawmill Burned , BKAUTTFT CATION JUDGED PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10 I API .Taoa-atn. miiit wo a HANDED 1 1 awarded first honors In the state- way downward, the j department Renters (British) news ag eney to wide highway beautiticatlon eon- said "unusually low ji total pro- "Wt. The report lacked of flclsl test In the Samuel Hill memorial ductioh" was In prospect. Only c011 lI?um; ... .' .... . nrorram nnrtar ananfoea f h rlc. an . innr ihnvM ilni of Another Madrid dispatch BSld a Memory Gardens - Hghway Im- provement association. Wells Gil - bert, secretary of the association, announced here today. Lane county, won second place, and .the city of Oswego, third. First, prize carries wJth it $125 cash. seMtnA Drh. 17K anil third $50. s '- LOSS IS NOT HEAVY ' EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) Fire early today burned the A. Matlock; sawmill and 75,000 feet nt l.mhor at vnta Th loaa wu estimated at 5,00.- The owner had gone through bankruptcy pro - eeedinss. and most of the maehln- enr had been removed. Salem, OregonJ Tfinrsday STILL UIGKING Further Meetings Planned . To Consider Merging. Organizations Associated Charities ask To Share in Campaign For Definite Sum After an hoar and ! a half of discussion between t-epresenta- tlres of Commnnity Serrice, As- sociated Charities and he Ameri- can Lesion auxiliary, no decision I as to the coordination of relief work in Salem this winter was reached. The group met at the chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon chiefly to consider pro posals made by the: Charities counter to the Service offer of consolidation of the two organU zations. I The conferees were; unable to organization, both as to raising of funds' and as to division of charitable effort. They adjourn ed, however, with the under- standing of meeting i again to on 1 work out some agreement these -matters. i Trend of the discussion was I toward staging a unified drive for charity funds this! fall. County Judge Siegmund adjur ed the organizations to "get to gether" in their activities, Associated Charities I Proposal Revealed The Associated C b a Titles ooara s di board's proposal to Community Service, it was revealed for the tlnt time yesterday, consisted of the following resolution: Be it therefore resolved: 1. That the Associated Chari ties cooperate with the Commun ity Service in rendering relief flnf aaalsfrintr Ar- I " 0 s.& ThA Afnfi wfnAw F I "2 That tha. AaMkt. fh.i. tion vA iAvittn n -.-. i .T.. I coming drive for funds. And that a certain neretnta? h am-Pftd- nnon i!mum. o v v w hnrA tn Ka u aiA TiA a I sociated Charities and paid to I them as collected. i I That thi. mii.n..li v.lvltlee. both visited the Lincoln ma fa nnhH whn .K.nnd I yuWUW WUU DWUDbllVUUU, I lre uken to avoid confusion In (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) LaFAYETTE, Ind.. Aug. 10 (AP) Tests of a new "turtle highway marker which illumin ates a night roadway ' by reflect ing automobile headlights were announced today by Purdue uni versity. The markers look like Iron tur tles. They are set In a row down the middle of a highway, one ev ery 50 feet on straightaways and every 35 feet on curves. The backs are non-corrosive metal, but where the soft park of the turtle's body would be under neath, there Issues a firefly type of glow which iflumlhates the roaa Deo. ; : Tfeli rlawMitiM frnm tlnr rliu raflActnra aet nnrfnr thm metal tnr. tie backs. The reflectors pick up thn Hrhta nf annrnarhinr rara. and UIUE FOB . Ill INVENTED diffuse these rays in a flat fan were tabulated from all but about a widespread decline in farm pro over the road surface.! 400 precincts, mostly small and duetion. Cotton, tobacco, - wheat The turtle backs rise not more than an inch above the pavement, The announcement states that the ImniAt In naulnr nnir th ATT1 Is laaiBW fait halna- nri mnn than that frnm man nrAlitaw navtnr expansion Joints. j These markers wete invented hv navtri e Rom. raldent of the hoard of trnateea of Pardee. He I had nresanted the invention end the patent rights outright to the 1 r " ruraue Kesearcn xounaauon. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (AP) The department of Agri culture today reported a wide spread decline In farm produc tion prospects for-this! year as the result of reduced acreage and a lowered yield from planted fields. With production of cotton, to- i bacco and wheat, leading the I yields above average. 1 Corn, oats and barley appeared destined- for nearly average crops. CROPS LIGHT SAYS FEDERAL FORECAST Maavwaaj ii inhonTh T ton' K' Prem,er Azana outlined many, seemed tonight to be with although prospecu for corn de- . .. , .fivl j,,,,,,. .h rhan- I cllned in round numbers from 295.000.000 to. 2 820,000,000 I bushels during Julyj i This fig- I nr. rommrM with 1: 4.SC3.000. I 000 bushels produced In 1931. .4 DAIRY BUILDINGS BURN KLAMATH FALLS, Ore? Aug. -tA t T. -P PiiIiImV .artlA, I of th Rnternriae dalrv near here. I sustained a $4,000 loss last night 1 when a grass fire demolished his I milk honse, and other buildings 'and equipment. .-4 iforning, Angust 11, 1932 Hoover SWlll TjinrTi TnilcaVr "v1 A v uv He's Nominee WASHINGTON. -Anr. It (AP)--A iteady. march "- 0f ra- pnhllcan feet today aonnded ason tit doorstep of , President Hoot- crs K Ice as xna leader after another tatherlnr hero for to morrow's notification ceremonies --brought him-prophecies of re election. Although there Was nnanimltT In the predictions, there were several among the veteran poli ticians who reported they had warned. the president that a re publican victory eonld not bo ac complished .without "a real Mr. Hoover, between his meet ings; with republican leaders, drove ahead with the task of re vising the keynote speech of his campaign, to be delivered tomor- " f'raally accepting l"Ti rT complete tonight. Three- Windows Broken and They'll be Paid for; Held Accidental Members of the city play- ground board and playground of- fleials were shocked to hear of the vandalism at Lincoln school. I reported at Tuesday n 1 g h t's school board meeting and attri buted to boys participating In the playground, they said yester day. They denied that the damage to "the lavatory and supplies in the Lincoln basement was as ex tensive as claimed and that it was aone Dy playground hoys. While declining to be quoted. rhnw A aa1 ns4 a s 4V a en1 4am. age done while the grounds were nnder th nlaTronnri dirtAr.' our-t v ioiuii noo t caiUR " I n nAVwtsiAfl vr m 4k a VaaaVIa mm t rhroA wlnrlnva Th hn wh a " ' t r I il 1 f tftn hr&a kfns heva m n mitta1 thnfr 11. .-it wu aroirfontAi and t)nw )ht. inuii tt nav fn, n aw I glass, Margaret. E. Nelson, Lin-1 coin director, said last night. r C. A. Kells. member of the nlavrronnd hoard, and Once Wolgamott, who has been aiding in direction of playground actl- school vesterdav to lnsneet the . anegeaiy aamagea property. At the board meeting, i- I tor B. F. Pound reported member of the janitorial staff had Informed him boys had brok en windows, torn down lighting fixtures, broken open a cabinet and strewn supplies around. He did not find the damage as ex tensive as this. when he made a neraonal lnveatifi-atlon. hn add Ad Actlnr rm thla ronort. thai board ordered Dr. Pound, as chalrman of the bnlldinr- and rronnda committee, tn confer with Mr. Kells and Instruct him that playground activities must I cease unless the vandalism was stopped. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Aug. 10 API Thik vnta hv whtrh Ren. ltnr HatHa. W Tarawa vaa r. I nnmlnatiuf t vatrf damn. cratlc primary reached landslide I nrnnnrttnna tonle-ht a rttnrnn isolated. She had much more than a two to one lead over her nearest I rival lliln, n T. VtnA uitiimw nf I TTl ntran tnmm national nm. I mimta, i9 tho. Imw4ixn frtin and was only 11,238 votes short of a clear majority over her six man nnnnnanta I With 194 V vntoa tahnlatad. I Mr. Tarawa had al 93- Ro. I - " J aw-w denhamer 43.10: Vincent M Miles, national committeeman, lt,S71: former Governor Charles Tt Ttrnna-H 1 07 3tA mm. W V Kirby. former sena'tor. 9.4IC: W. G. Hutton. prohibition repeal candidate 8,496. and Melbourne Martin 1 III Revolt Leaders Will be Shot, at Dawn is Report --A LONDON. Aug. 10 report from Madrid that a general arrested there today and two other officers would be shot at dawn tomorrow' was received by rote ot confidence had been given the Spanish government by ac- elamatlon in the national assem- lD sllBation ( Ziflxxf IJamZ9&P ITi - I r ctr,r ""6c ; Fire Near Coos MARSIIFIELD. Ore Aug 10 (API State forestrv men went Into the southern Coos county I eonntrr todav to check on fires f suiting there recently. They will I visit tne location or tne recent lire I which destroyed white cedar tlm- Iber valued at $800,000. - pun dies vara CSRJWiV VICTORY PROVES UNDSLIDE WALKER FACES nrnnnuni r ninr MIL IM v. t Two Court Actions Fail in Effort to Stop Move of Governor Roosevelt Home Rule" Plea is Held Inapplicable Mayor Takes no Part ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 11 ( Thursday ) (AP) Sidney Le- vine, seeking a writ of prohlbi tlbn t0 preTent Governor Roose- velt from acting on the Walker case, on- the ground that clues only have the power to remove their officials, was refused a writ here early today by Associ ate Justice Harold J. Hinman of the third Judicial district. ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 10 (AP) With the disappearance of a threat of legal interference with a public hearing tomorrow. Gov. Roosevelt tonight was ready to hear Mayor James J. Walker's last defense against contentions he should be removed by the governor. Fateful as will be the proceed ings to ..the political career of the New York executive it also is Joined Importantly with the presidential ambitions of Mr. Roosevelt. Walker in many minds symbolizes Tammany hall. His exoneration would hare an ef fect In the west and south where Jh ftori po"H.lnl!!K?!. is distrusted and in the urban districts where Mr. Walker has a big following, removal of the mayor would reverse the effects. At the executive mansion. Rto"!L' Bpnit. mf the day reviewing parts of the of COmmeK upon peuuuu 1,0 nw 1111 VI- A It. .nhasviiiant lila UU uuu va w m a vbwo- missal by Supreme Court justice John E. McGeehan. The .public earinJ oury cnarg iwi 1 m m IIV1I .1 iavors wui oe puoiic only for 130 Of the public. The somber "Hall of the Governors' in the cabital where Roosevelt will urn nire the struggle between the (Turn to Page X, Col. 5) Farm Prices To Increase, U. S. Report LMIUAUU. AUK. 1W lAri Seven thousand retailers attena- I ing a merchants council said 10- I day they believed business is pick ing up In the dozen central states they represent SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10 - (AP) United Air lines announc ed 92,000,000 worth of fast air planes are being built to speed up its Oakland-Chicago service. TULSA. Okia.. Aug. 10 (AP) Highway officials announced a 13.500.000 road building program on which hand labor will do nsea as much as possible to increase employment. I WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 I (API A Probable increase U farm prices was seen in oepari- I ment Of agriculture estimates OI I and many other crops are among the crops in which lower yiews were forecast. CHICAGO. Aug. 10 (AP) Bank closings for the week ended today were reported by Rand-Mc- Nally and Company as B1.S per I cent under the weekly average ior I 1932 to date and 55.8 per cent under the AugusthTerage in 1S31. I CHICAGO, Aug. iu iA.tr j a survey of aatomobUe dealers rer I DOrtOd Orders IOr CSTS mcreasea steadily since the current stock marketrlse began. Demand was I reponeo, as moony ior new l tUJX AX aumdin KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) Light frosts struck thronthout the" Klamath basin. reports received here today indi cate. Hitler io be HEi TOD Of Germany is Forecast BERLIN, Aug. 10. (AP) Adolf Hitler, f ormer Austrian pa perhanger who has made his na- Uonal socialist party the most pow- 1 erf nl oolltical organization la Geiy cellorshlp. . " "'- '- Chancellor Franz von Papen re quested the. leaders ot centrist party to call on him tomorrow and discuss their attitude toward turning " the most' important', post in the government over to tne I fiery naxL , . i ' I . The centrists may forget tneir I opposition to Germany's counter- parCof. Mussolini and agree to tol- i crate uiuer as cnaBor prorw ! ed all power 1 not surrendered to I the national socialist party. " . liluiifklliRe Gearin Waives Hearing, Bound To Grand Jury Donald resident arrested Monday mgnc on cnarge or emoezzung 917,000 from two fire relief as sociations, waived preliminary hearing in Justice court when he appeared before Judge Miller Hayden yesterday Afternoon. Gearin was bound over to the grand Jury, and released imme diately, as undertaking for his bail was arranged by his brother. John Gearin, and Mrs. Irene Cole man. CH OFF HONORS Wins two of Four Titles at Stake, Others Will be Split; Gray Star SAN PEDRO. Cal., Aug. 10 (AP) The United States gave a new twist to Olympic sailboat his tory today, carrying off major honors in yachting competition of the international games. Never before has this country won a championship, witn us boats. Now it has two of the four titles at stake. Sweden has one of the other two but cannot win the last so the Yankees get the hea vy end of the honors. The sensational sailor of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Gilbert Gray, brought the second title to the United States today by placing third in the star boat race with his sloop Jupiter. This gave him enough points to win. althougn the seventh and last race is still to be sailed. - Owen Churchill's Angelita already had won the eight meter title, and Tore Holm took six meter honors yesterday for Sweden. Gunnar Asther of Sweden, charged a foul against the first place finisher, Jean Herbulot of France, in today's star boat race. and if this is allowed, Colin Rat sey of England, who finished sec ond will take first place and Gray second, Increasing the Americans' winning lead. TALKS FOR HOOVES OYSTER- BAY, N. Y., Aug. 10. (AP) Mrs. Edith Kermlt Roosevelt, widow of President Theodore Roosevelt, will fly to Washington tomorrow" to attend President Hoover's notification ceremonies. Mrs. Roosevelt, who observed her 71st birthday Saturday, has made brief airplane flights before. HerMntention to fly to Wash ington became known at a meet ing of republican women on the Simon hill aetata that served as a summer White House during President- Roosevelt's administra- tion. Mrs. Roosevelt, In welcoming her guests, delivered the longest political speech she has made ia years, urging them to "take off our coats, run up our sleeves and elect our president." Leonard-Walker Bout Postponed NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (AP) The ten - round bout between Benny Leonard, former light weight king, and Paulle Walker, of Trenton. N. J., scheduled tor Ebbets field tonight, was post- poned until tomorrow because of rain, t Bat Battalino and Billy Townsend. whom Leonard recent- ly defeated, were matched for the ten-round seml-wlndup. Chancellor Persons in nositlon to know the details of the intricate political maneuvering asserted the cen- at -a a J Ta t mnt Danl aAi TTlrtw denburg were agreed, oa one thing that Herr HlUer, as chief ot a eoalltion cabinet, 'would , be far mora Innocuous, than he Is as the leader of a movement which has fiAiiHrat vaaoihiHtT. i s - It seamed annarent . the trad field marshal had na intenUen almnlv tnrninr the rflvernment over tn H.rr Hitler without def - Inlte assurances that legality and consUtutlonality would be upheld. Yon Hlndenburg will remain hero until Chancellor von Papen's ne- gotlatlons with party leaden have been completed and the makeup of the future government has been definitely determined. - -4 YANKEE YACHTSMEN HI r 4 a- Cloudy today and Thurs-; uy, , aomewbat warmer; Thursday;'' Max Tema. ,Tf f jrv 70, Mia. 52, river -2 t eet, rala .OS Inch. f: t u No.' 117 Chamber. Head Invites Amedee Smith to Join Support Dig oaVUlg Jrromied; i . 4 oiaps at Assert ea Eugene Scheme Ha is time for the univerity college merger bill to be consid ered on Its merits. The Corvallis chamber of commerce had nothing to do with initiating the measure, and has spevt no money support ing It. This Is the reply of C. J. Whiteside, president of the Cor vallis organization, to a letter re leased recently by Amedee M. Smith of Portland, chairman of the School Tax Saving associa tion. , But it Is a good measure, one which will save the state large sums of monev. avs Mr. White- Idewno responds to smith s invitation" to the Corvallia chamber to Join in fighting the bill, by "inviting- Smith and the group for which he is spokesman, to join in supporting it. Whiteside's letter, in part, fol lows: "I have a letter signed by yoj. and apparently given out simul taneously to the Portland press. In which you make certain in quiries, request certain coopera tion and demand certain Informa tion. Misleading Claims . . Charged to Smith "I take a great deal of pleasure . in answering it because I hope thereby to offset some of the grossly misleading propaganda which has been put out by -your organization In reference to the' Zom-MacPherson bill to consoli date the State college and the state university in the interest .of . tax economy and better educa tional advantages for Oregon young people. "In the first place. let me re lieve your mind of all suspicion. If that be possible, that the Cor vallis chamber of commerce either directly or Indirectly had apythlng to do with the Inception of this measure. My irrderstaading of the matter la that Its initiation was to be financed by the Taxpayers Equalization league of the state of Oregon, Marion county, and that business men in Portland inter ested in tax reduction were- to help them. Who these men were I did not know and do not now. know. No money was spent by the Corvallis chamber of commerce ' either directly or Indirectly for this purpose or for any other pur-, pose in connection with this bill, either at that time or since. Consider Measwre ' Highly Meritorious "Yon say, we are inviting- yen to call a meeting of the chamber of commerce, to ascertain whether or not it will Join with us and other representative bodies to de feat this vicious measure. ... It the measure were Melons I am sure you would find us lined up fighting it. But we are convinced . . . that this is one of the most meritorious measures that baa been presented to the people of I Oregon, in many years. It holds I out great promise for tax redac tion and -higher education im provement, For these reasons I am sure our chamber will net Join with you in the fight on it . . . ". . . Your statements-that the- WEATHER ply: measure means "greatly increased taxes" are so absurd that if tbey ' came from any source other than . a business man they would be laughed at, for there Isn't any question but that the bill will greatly reduce school taxes and in 20 years will, conservatively speaking, save the people f this state xzs.aov.oue. "I can easily understand why the Portland business men wh are said to have helped oat the Taxpayers' league in getting their; measure on the', ballot might not care to have their names I known. They might not care te arouse the resentment of the uni versity partislans which thus tar' have reesorted to some pretty des perate methods . . . to prevent this measure getting on the bal lot 7 " ve "Could a Portland business man afford to take what business loss might come to him as a reprisal for his effort to reduce the school tax and give the state a better educational system? There is. Jjgy SSSiJLi afl the effort to make it appear a "."ilmf Wd. U " tb tatell- ot r whose, only consideraUon should be, win thm mafo of I a better educaUonal system? l - Ton' asked me a number t Questions f and made numereua suggestioTis as to how I should run this chamber ot commerce, so. J presume It will bo fair to ass: yo a 'few questions - and xaaie some suggestions. . . . - 1 "Who was to. put up the In . A (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) - - ' . - .. ..