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EIGHTY-SECOND TEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Blornth?, Blarch 17, 1933
No. 304
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Dl ID0I II1" 1 Ugene High Quintet Playing
I Ultulll I ' - West Linn at 2 This Afternoon
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Dope Rung to Winds With 7
Of 8 Games Undecided up
To Final Minutes; Semi
Finajs set Tonight
Salem has Tough Time With
Dalles Till Near end and
Then Runs Wild; Athjena
Topples Tillamook
STATE TOURNAMENT
SCORES THURSDAY
Barms 80, Medford 28.
Marshfleld 28, CorraUis 27.
Reason 24, Klacuith Falls
22. r
SilTerton 42, La Grande 83.
Iineoln 84, West- Unn 12.
Astoria 27, Eugisne 24.
Salem 41, The DitUes 27.
Athena 81, Tfllamook 25.
TODAY'S SCHIBULE
10 aon.. Burns vs. Marsh
field. 11 sun., Benson tvs. Sflrer
ton. 2 pjn., West Iiiui ts. En
gene. 8 pjn.. The Dallei vs. Tilla
mook, SEMI-FINALS
7:80 pjn., Lincoln vs. As
toria. 8:80 p.m., Salem vs. Athena.
Ttv RALPH CURTIS
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The 14th annual Orefon high
school basketDau cMmpiuu.,
chase narrowed down to lour
chools, Astoria, Lincoln, Atnena
and Salem, after a dayor nerve-
tingling contests which saw num-
erous predictions tossed 'J1""
nonlously in the waste basket.
-The teams this year are so
evenly matched that seven ot the
eight games were t8; nB"!
the final quarter; ntnten ,!
pionshlp semi-finals tonlgnt, as
well as the morning and aiier-
noon games for lesser honors, are
praetlcally certain to prove equal-
ly beetle battles. 1
Athena, the smallest win
fcchool ever to send its tcam
th semi-final round, in a wy
holds eae ,n. 4vV,'V raising the wage on the unem
Salem Wh, one of the oicsen. j rellef proj6ct8 to 2 per
Athena noay n.suv
w, " . ll.l.
feated TlliamooE. "u"-"
eulshed Salem twice m
lar season. But aoP :..
being stressed in wis
Solent Has Battle
Till Last Quarter
Salem advanced U the . sem -finals
in a variatios of its all
season habit. b""n,I0.lnLi
point with The Dallei to a 2-all
tie after the last waiter
nder Wy, then "15
Ine to high gear and swishing an
lofts o? shot, through the hoop
to win 41 to 27. allowing the
mid-Columbia champs Just one
lone free throw poMt alter i"
tie was broken. -
Except that Kelley s snow w
not sinking up to mi
r Salem wss not off rorm ,
instead The Dalles, In the per -
tt. AtmtniitlYe and elU-
loni vi .j ,
slve MTles and Dick, was ecde
ly "on" after a first period m
mhfrh the Wasco county boys did
not score at all. Salem led lo-o
at the ' first gunfire; Tne
cut that margin to two points
before Salem scored again. They
vna noint for point through
the remainder of the second per-
tA nil of the third, though
The Dalles was abesd only once. all cia88es of crime, without ex
ii.il eeptlon."
Wiiitermute's . Bteady, brilliant
work kept the red and black in
the running, and aasoon as
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CREATED ff VATICAN
VATICAN CITT, warcn
(AP) The red bat of the Roman
Catholic chureh was conferred to-
day by Pope Pius In colorful cere-
monies ln St, Peter 'i on the aw
eardinals created In a secret con-
slstory Monday. .
The new cardinals are PI""0
Fumaaoul-BIondL former apostn-
le delegate to Washington; Rod-
rlgue I VUlenenve, former arch-v
m. r on abac: Angelo Maria
' . m
Dole! iformer apostolic nnnclo to
t .i.. mnt TfcAodore Innitser,
EUa' Delia Costa and ilarnlUo
Fossatl. who had bee arcnblsh-
ops ot Vienna," Florence and Tar-
ln, respectively. '
... ' . m haw nnm-
Ana Bacx ou
na. s. are
SIX tlEW CARDINALS
J-or WO Iiril lime -.
the' public consistory which, wan
SindiS Toymen. ot thousands,
was held tn St, Peter'a Instead of
the Hall ot the Benedictions.-
P1!l E.Wr r I
' " rwMMMv. vvuvcr, T1
guard; Robert Rnndlett, forward; Fred Kramer, coach. Front I
row-Roy Northam, guard, Hugh
rh, 7,r. .vT
FIX PAY BASIS
Men to get 50c Cash and $1
Grocery Requisition
Good at Stores
Men engaged In direct relief
work on road projects in Marion
county will henceforth be paid SO
wuui; will ucutciui u uo yuu
cent Ja wh and Ten a dolUr
reouisltion for grocerier i be
purchased at any store ii arion
Tnlt wM determ i yes-
teraay no0n at a COnfere' e of the
,0 court, other members of
the county relief committee, Com-
mttnity Service, : Red Cross and
Btate reuef codmmlttee Tepresen-
utlTe8
Up to yesterday, the practice
was to pay the $1.50 per day wage
6Q eent8 Jn C88h &nd a doUr ln
grocerie8 from tne county-Red
cross-Community Service com-
mlg8ary or 8Ub-stationa. Those
not working are still cared for
from tne commig8ftrT.
At tne Bession yesterday noon,
conglderaton waB glTen to
Bought receJltly ln petlr
tlon addressed to the county
court. The going wage on projects
of this nature financed through
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poratlon funds has been set at
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PORTLAND, March (AP)
I "i was fearful some such trag-
.jy woa,d cur," said Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton or jaexson
COunty today when he was inform-
1 d of tfte BiaTlng 0f constable
1 n p,.aintt In Mortforl hv
utvt to . v..
Llewellyn A. Banks. Judge Nor-
ton ngjJ Deen asaigned to the Mult-
noman benCh for two weeks.
,.Th6 tragedy is the logical re-.
BUit of what has been developing
i Medford for some time," he
deciared. "It is the sort ot thing
eared wnen two weeks ago I
instructed the grand Jury there
to mai:e a general investigation of
prescott. the Judge said, was "a
splendid officer., with good fam
uy conneciome.
1 HELEf WORK
NORTON FEARFUL OF
IMS TRAGEDY
Cotton, Wheat Surge Up
With Rising Confidence
NEW YORK. March IS. (AP)
-A violent upsurge ln cotton and
vnt th n&tinn's biff mar-
I m.r-
kets ning again today. -
( . gtoeks cooled off a little, hut
lne Dond marKet almost duplicat-
yeBterdaya sweeping advance,
ef proportions unprecedented In
recent memory.
Mounting financial confidence.
and high hopes it would lead to
MrIr business recovery were evi-
aBt the. large scale buying,
both of securities and raw staple.
wheat in the Chicago pit. In
first day of trading sinee
1 urch s. oulcklv mounted the ex-
limit permitted for a single
day, f five cents a
corn shot up all it was auowea,
three cents. , tM tv.
t? ate mn tion of tradlnr in tne
. - w - - -
lITi. honndad nn S3.S0 to IS a
,,7r.r .V-- later sahsld-
bale. Although they ler su Mio-
ed, they eiosed with f et fate, of
S. to ft. - rai a.
It wss a day of general aa
IlllWIIIh JUTWaTU. D1U """"" I
Mercer, guard, Dick Wright, for-
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TROOPS iff DANZIB
Munitions Transport Seen
Leaving; Considered
League Victory
BERLIN. March If fAP)
The Telegraphen Union, a fler-l
man sews agency received a dis-
patch tonight from Danxig saying
h vXi.l im .L"!v"i
Wllia lmtt n.i iui,w 11
m., tor Gdynia, Poland, pre-
sumably with troop reinforce-
"msnts aboard.
The shin was not Hhtd until
the moment of departure and so
It was Impossible to discern activ-
itles on docks, but it was learned,
the dispatch said, that soldier.5
baggage was aboard.
Last week Poland strengthened
her garrison at Westerplatte, at
the entrance to the port of Dan
xig, explaining information had
been received that subversive ele
ments in Danzig were planning an
attack on the Polish munitions
depot.
Subsequently the senate ot the
free city of Danxig Issued a mani
festo saying this action was a
flagrant breach of the treaty
which guarantees the city's free-
dom. Part of the Daniig eitizeps'
guar a was moouizea as an imu-1
lary ponce rorce.
iasi Tuesday roreign Minister
Beck of Poland told tne League
DLJSj'JD WITHDRAWS
of Nations eouncU that his gov- ine inreat 10 nan wneai snip
ernment would withdraw the ments from the state was wlth
Westerplatte reinforcements. This drawn after Langer was advised
was regarded in Geneva as a vie-
tory for the league which exerts
protection over Danzig.
Jimmy's Lawyer
Files Denial of
Divorce Charges
MIAMI, Fla., March 16 (AP)
wWCl ! V sViaVl 9 IV all CI ill JVC
of New York, today filed a gen-
hi. wife, Janet Allen Walker, in
ner sun ior divorce.
Mrs. Walker last week sought
dissolution of the marriage on a
charge of wilful and continued de
sertion. Walker ia in Cannes, France.
hi Mr wl. ld bv Benla-
min Cohen, Miami attorney, who!
said he acted on cabled instrue-
tlons.
vances in raw staples. Wool top
futures at New York gained
advanced one-tenth to one-fifth ot
a cent. Prices in futures markets
lT ' -'i1 !MJvA JI ff.I
one and one-halt cents a pound.
Raw sugar. , recent strong spot,
however, slipped hack-a uttle.
Hogs, poultry, cocoa and other
commodities advanced.
There was less activity in non
ferrous metals, which had been
working higher recently while fu
tures markets were closed. Bar
silver tor immediate delivery ad
vanced three-fourths of a cent to
2SU. cents an ounce, to bring it
in line with yesterday's steep- np-
Urn in futures, and the futures
m.rVaf maiiA mm rarthr amaii
gains. s r
Trading1 In the stock market
swelled early to the fastest pace
in months. A flood of new buying
followed yesterday's spectacular
nptnrn, which had carried scores
of Issues up 32 to $1S a share,
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BUSINESS BACK
TO I10RIL in
SALEM'S BANKS
Deposits In two Banks Gain
Over $250,000 on First
Day of Reopening
All polk Banks Operating
Without Restrictions; ISZ-VgZ&gJSZ
Mill City Opens
Business returned to normal
proportions at Salem banks yes
terday; and Tirtually all traces of
the previous day's rush were ab
sent. With banks open general
business was noticeably more
brisk than during the days of the
bank holiday.
All the banks transacted a hea
vy load of business on Wednes
day, which kept bookkeeping
staffs working long overtime. The
general report was a definite in
crease in deposits. withno indica
tion of demand for money other
tnan lor normal requirements.
The United 8tates National re-
te J a gain ot overTlOn
J - . r. . . .
y.. i. ay" f,a na
50 000 fc r th
Mr. A, N. Bush stated It was the
heaviest day's business in the
j bank's history, the gross deposits
for the day lacking only $350 of
being a half million.
First National to
Get License Soon
ine jrirsi National also nad a
heavy day Wednesday. While it
operated on a restricted basis
again yesterday receipt of license
for full operation Is expected in
a very short time.
All banks in Polk county are
operating on regular basis. They
are Dallas National and Dallas
City of Dallas; First National. In
dependence; First National. Mon-
month; Grand Ronde State bank.
The only state hank to qualify
yesterday for unrestricted opera-
tion was the Mill City State bank.
nr w w aii. LfMM .A
D. B. Hill ehir Th hv i.
capitalised at $15,000 and at last
report had $103,000 in deposits:
land serves the lumber mill town
of Mill City and adjacent country.
W11 officers learned of the
conditions to be met to enable
them to reopen on a sound basis
they went to work immediately
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GUARDS CALLED TO
STOP FORECLOSURES
BISMARK. N. D. March II
(A,P) Governor William Langer
--3 "w" J JLZ E
"faJ5aard; J6 "rfffJ7' !
- y 1 -Jlr " , ' V T' C; I
1 7 " ' . " , . " T
'!"'a"' "Dfc
a 0 cents a ousnei tiuctuauon um-
it imposed at Chicago and Min-
neapolis to curb violent changes
in wheat prices would be removed
after tomorrow.
The national guard order stood.
Saying some sheriffs were dis
regarding his proclamation of
March 4 halting forced sales,
Langer told Adjutant General H.
A. Crocopp to "use as much of the
state militia as in your Judgment
may be necessary" to enforce it.
I M f f . fTF f
Additional tieiD
J?0T State BaUKS
Prepared, House
WASHINGTON, March IS
1 r xt v- - . k.v.
iicw.uciy ii
pronounced "agreeable to Presl-
dent Roosevelt,'' was prepared to-
iSnt for house action, while the
senate passed a measure to per-
mil reconstruction corporation
bans: aid in states nitnerto oeyona
.
The house measure was drawn
by Chairman Steagall of the banx-
lug committee who declared It :
was acceptable to the president
and said the bin would mean
"parity" between non-members of
the federal reserve and those in-
Utitutlons aided by last week's
I emergency act.
senate hUL by Senator
(SlnT. OWo) wouTd per-
i reeonstrnctlon coruora-
The
Bulkley
I mit the reconstruction . corpora
VZl ,tock Mit 04177
Potatoes Spoil
For Dearth of
Men to Dig 'Em
BUNNELL, Fla, March It
(AP) Bunnell potato growers
I have reason to doubt reports of
i nnemmovmenc
They face heavy losses of their
crops because el serious local
shortage of labor, and 'today sent
out a hurry earl for S00 men to
dig potatoes, -They said the po-
tato harvest' would furnish, at
least three weeks' work for the
I m"fe4niredK5 1-1
Deadline Here
For Hoarders
Of Gold Coin
NEW YORK. March 1(AP)
Gold receipts at the New York
Federal ; Resenre bank today
amounted to 120,500.000, bring
ing the total since March 7 to
1223,600,000. Of today' receipts,
111,(00.000 was In coin and the
rest In certificates.
It was said at the bank that
from January 1 until March t, the
last day when currency was re
deemable In cold, about $80,000,-
000 in coin was paid out by the
iat iso.ooo.ooo in gold coin has
January 1 hare returned It.
Tomorrow is the last day for
hoarders to return gold to aroid
harlng their names sent to Wash
ington.
State Officials and Bankers
To Confer Over State
Loan; Prospect Better '
Indications point to a Quick so-
lution ot the -Ute',, lmedite
1 Iv.lv
a loan from banks which will en-
ame tne state treasurer to repay
Dorrowmgs rrom the highway
commission and the bonus com-
mission, ln time to use the money
on their April 1st bond maturl-
ties. A conference will be held
te Portland tonight, attended by
State Treasurer Holman, his de-
puty, Fred Paulus. Otto Kubin,
representing the secretary of
state's office, representatives of I
the highway commission, and
roruana oanaers. witn tne ra-
pld clearing up of banking diffi-
culties, it is a belief at the state
house that the loan previously
negotiated will be finally allowed,
The highway commission re-
ceivea no oias xor tne sate or
1'6U'0U0 n wnvfl " "ff ea-
Uesday meeting; but negotiations
haTe been nnder way looking to
a private sale of bonds as may be
required immediately.
A condition on the loan to the I
sUte was that proper tax meas-
"rw passea or x sources pro-
tected so that the state could be
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d.0n " J.' 0P1 "ta!
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sure of revenues. Nothing was
and Increase dineome tax were
voted, subject to public approval;
and the opinion is thst these will
satisfy the conditions ln the loan
agreement.
Pending settling of the loan
matter the state treasurer's office
hss been holding up cashing of
general fund warrants, owing to
lack of funds. If the loan is not
concluded and revenues do not
come in fast enough it will be
necessary to go on a warrant
bM, " Provided in a statute
of the last legislature. April will
increase in receipts, as Income
I and excise and intangibles taxes
arft do0 xnril 1st
TOKYO, March 17 (Friday)
(AP) Dispatches to the news-
MEETING WIGHT
if PROVIDE CASH
JAPANESE
PLANES
HIT o n
paper Asahl today from Chin- ed from continued active reslst
chow said Japanese airplanes ance by the Chinese at Hslfgeng
whtch left Chinchow yesterday kow. Responsible Chinese here he
had bombed Chinese positions, lieve It is only a question ot time
south of the great wall of Chi -
na near Hsifengkow, inflicting
heavy punishment.
One of the bombers on this ex-
peditlon, carrying five men, fail-
ed to return, the newspaper Nlchi
Nlchi reported.
Hsifengkow. which is five miles
east of Fanchlakow, is consider -
nd th A mnflt Imnnrtant mm In th
1 r. ' r . . :
rreat wall with the exceotlon or
Kurtelkow. A larra Chinese eon
centratlon has been repeatedly
t,ut f utilely trying to recapture
Hsifengkow, it was reported ln
Japanese sources.
J Accidental Shot
Proves Fatal to
Student of OJJ.
PORTLAND. Ore.. March IS
(AP) -Walter O'Brien, 11, of
f0Tid' !tlLde?t l tt.?Tfn
JJ1!4
OB?l. tdr. 5?"
shot wound suffered March 11.
Bud Thompsonalso of Portland,
were seated In the Utter automo-
pue examining an auwmaue pis-
.b.i 2SS-WK
charged. . The bullet itrtek
-mA MV 4V.t
there would be no Inquest.
J-aJiaxAaiaiai
Board Leadership
NEW YORK. March IS (AP)
Joseph W.lHafriman, who was! Many another will remember
arrested Tuesday on a charge
soaking false entries in books of
the Harriman - National hank.
which ho founded in 1112,.
sirned tonixht as chairman
the heard ot the" Institution. T?.
SENATE OKEHS
31 CONTENT
House Opposes Amendment
Indicated; Conference
Probably Necessary
Vote is 43 to 30: Sale to
Persons Under 16 Years
Of age Banned
WASHINGTON, March 1
(AF) The senate tonight as
sured the nation's thirsty that so
far as the federal laws go, beer of
at least S.05 alcoholic content
will be legal sometime in early
April.
Acting with the dispatch that
has come to characterise congress
in these Roosereltian days, the
senate adopted the house beer bill
after reducing the alcoholic lim
itation from 3.2 per cent and sent
the measure back to the other
branch for consideration of
amendments.
House leaders planned to meet
tomorrow and decide what should
be done. Indications were that the
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change Tand T insist V U. 1.1 ml-
conouc percentage, mis means
th naunr would r to confer
6nce for a settlement of the dis-
agreement and probably would
finally be approved and sent to
President Roosevelt early next
week. Fifteen days after he signs
the bill it will, by Its own stipula
tion, become operative.
o-ia prohibited to
Person Under 1
Besides the change ln alcoholic
percentage, the senate added an
amendment to legalize S.05 ner
cent wine and to prevent sale of
the legalised beverages to per-
sons under 16 Years of are. It re
lected a nronosal that advertising
the drinks be prohibited in dry
states
Th mniU'i Hnl t of 4s to
so cut across party lines as do
1 TOtes lnvolf ins the nrohlbltlon
laws. Thirtv-on democrats and
1 j republicans supported the bill.
whlle IS democrats and 17 re-
publicans opposed It,
TUk M,t n, ...-.
tnrA nt h-- r wln. of
3.05 per cent by weight, or S.S
olnn wher
Uw. do not prohibit It.
Senator. Borah (R. Idaho) and
Sheppard (D. Tex.) long defend
ers ot the dry laws, led the at
tack on the constitutionality of
the measure.
NEW JAP ADVANCE
PEIPING. March 16 (AP)
Fear that Japan may yet Invade
Chinese territory south of the
great wall was Increased today by
a news dispatch from Hsifengkow,
where the armies are still fight
ing tor the pass through the wall,
asserting "the Japanese appear to
have made up their minds reluct
antly to resort to the second stage
ot military operations."
The decision to which this dls-
patch referred apparently result-
1 before the Peiping-Tientsln area
will be. involved.
i They place little faith in the
possibility that Chiang Kai-Shek,
who has taken over the military
I command, will reach a long agree-
1 ment with the Japanese, for it is
believed that any Chinese official
1 advocating compromise would be
nnUVI nurihmvn no mattr
lh itrnnr h mirrit be.
President,
Wedded 28
By BESS FTJRMAN
(Associated Press Start Writer)
WASHINGTON, March II
(AP) Twenty-eight years ago
I tomorrow, and It was on a Friday
too
a Booseveu-Kooseveii weu-
ding shared the limelight Nen
York gnv. a St-Patrick-, day par
ade and a president.
New
nuptial occasion.
more
brought Theodore Rooso-
velt from the White House to
- Eleanor Roosevelt,
S'nSlage S her distant cousin.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
This year ; the ' White House
I lUeU BUB BtDMW v vow
who played important roles in
ISIS present. Among them will
be Mrs.. Henry Parish. In whoso
homo the wedding was held, and
Warren Delano Robbins.. then an
usher, now an authority on pro-
I tocel and social precedence.
of I the Roosevelt wedilng day., wsu
I preserved In print in the library
lot congress. .
re - 1 .That was the March 17th when
tot I the Japanese ent Oft the fleeing
' Russians: ; when maps i showed
FEARED IN PEIK
BANltS UKELV TO
AS M MOVE
First Degree Murder Charged to Medford's Fiery Editor
For Slaying of Constable George P. Prescott Thursday
As Officers Attempt to Serve Warrant for Theft of
Ballots
Mrs. Banks and Jacksonville man Also Held for Murder;
Thousands View Surrender; Slayer is Rushed to Grants
Pass Jail; Additional State Officers Dispatched to
Wrought up City
MEDFORD, Ore March 16
62, political crusader and
phine county jail at Grants Pass
of first degree murder for the
Jrrescott, Medford constable, and preparations were being
made to remove him to the state penitentiary at Salem as a
precautionary measure.
The editor's wife, Mrs. Edith Banks, and E. A. Flem
ing of Jacksonville, who police said were with Banks when
Prescott was shot to death, were held in the Jackson county
Jail here on formal charges of first degree murder as de
velopments in this county's political strife moved swiftly.
o Prescott was shot as he stepped
ROOSEVELT SUBMITS
PROGRAM FDD FARMS
Domestic Allotment, Market
Regulation, Production
Limitation Asked
WASHINGTON, March II
(AP) President Roosevelt today
asked congress for quick enact
ment of a sweeping program on
farm relief through which he
hopes to rescue agriculture from
its two greatest enemies low
prices and over-production.
He frankly labeled the plan a
new and untrod path," but assert
ed the current economic problems
of farmers are "unprecedented"
and justify the trial of new meth
ods. It the effort fails, the pres
ident said he will be the first to
admit it.
After receiving his special mes
sage congressional machinery was
set spinning to assure .early con
sideration, with Chairman Jones
ot the house agriculture commit
tee predicting action by the house
Saturday. Senate action was re
garded as likely early next week.
Based on the recommendations
of farm organisation leaders, the
measure would delegate "extraor
dinary powers to Secretary Wal
lace to lesse lands and remove
(Turn to Page 10, Col. 4)
Motor Companies
To Resume Work
Monday, is Word
FLINT. Mich.. March IS
(AP) The plants of the Buick
and Chevrolet motor companies
and the Fisher Body company
here, which have been closed tor
a week due to the banking situa
tion, will reopen next Monday.
The reopening would bring
back to work approximately 25,
000 men if the production sched
ule is resumed on the basis pre
vailing at the time of the 'sus
pension. First Latfy
Years 2 oday
routes of the retreat; when Gib
son girls paraded through the
ads; when an editorial was titled,
"Mr. Bryan and the Primaries."
"Twas a great day for Ireland
and Roosevelt;" The old New
York World headlined., not hes
itating to remark that the pres
ence of the president "almost
made the bride a secondary con
sideration. ,
The Sun, too, stressed the
White House angle, ln the breath
less and dashing way ot headlines
of the 'day: "President Gives
Bride Away; ' Ceremony at the
Homo of Mrs. Henry Farua Al
Ice Roosevelt a Bridesmaid Her
Mother and Sister There." :
A. trifle mere prophetic was the
Times, which led oft its story
with: "One ot the most notable
weddings of the year.
la the twin homes of Mrs. Par
ish and her mother. Numbers I
and I East TSth. street, with the
partition dividing the two draw.
tag rooms knocked out to make
one largo halL the ceremony was
held.-- . . .
All accounts, agreed that the
Roosevelts were married in front
of a shower bouquet ot 410 pink
roses, with a background ox
I palms. v--. ..-v;,-.
(AP) Llewellyn A. Banka,
editor, was held in the Jose
tonight on a formal charge
slaying today of George. P.
on Banks' porch with a warrant
for his arrest charging him with
burglary in connection with the
theft and destruction ot 10.000
ballots February 20 from the
Jackson county courthouse vault.
The county grand jury had only
last night returned an Indictment
naming 23 persons ln connection
with the ballot theft.
Cries "Look Out!"
Then Fires Rifle
Lieutenant James O'Brien of
the state police, who accompanied
trescott to the house, quoted the
constable as saying:
Mrs. Banks, I am sorry, hat I
have a warrant for Mr. Banks is
sued out of circuit court."
Mrs. Banks started to close the
door, O'Brien stated, but Prescott
blocked It with his foot and saJd
"Walt a moment, please, and I
will give you the warrant te
read." As Prescott reached for the
warrant, O'Brien declared. Banks
cried, "Look out!" then fired with
a rifle. Prescott died with a bul
let through his heart.
Thousand Witness
Arrest at Residence
An hour later stats, county and
city police forced their way in
to Banks' barricaded house and
compelled him to surrender.
Nearly 1000 persons had crowded
about the residence as the editor
was brought out, but he was
hurried to the police patrol car
and later .was removed to Grants
Pass. Sheriff E. H. Lister of that
city said that reports from Med
ford that a movement was being
formed to storm the Josephine
county Jail prompted him to pre
pare for Banks' removal to the
penitentiary.
Officers attempting to serve
a warrant on County Judge Earl
H. Fehl, Indicted in connection
with the ballot theft, reported
late tonight that they had not
yet been able to locate him.
Banks Home Termed
"Miniature Arsenal"
The coroner's office announced
tonight that Bsnks' home would
be placed under guard until after
the inquest, the time for which
had not yet been set. State po
lice said the editor's residence
was a "regular miniature arsen
al." They said they found rifles,
revolvers, shotguns, quantities of
ammunition and what appeared to
be home-made portable machine
guns.
Captain Lee M. Brown, of the
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The Day in
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
Senate passed house-approved
beer bill amended to Include
wines and to reduce alcoholic
content to S.I per cent from 3.3.
House passed admialstratlon
- economy bill, - with so se
amendments, providing veter
ans mad federal salary cut.
President Roosevelt sent te
congress farm relief program in
corporating featnres of acreage
reduction, domestic allotment and
cotton pool plans.
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President Roosevelt con
ferred with sUBbassadors oe
Great Britain, France and
Germany on ewtttng nrnsasnesds
and Norman H. Davis waa sus
nennced as chairman ef Amcrt- .
can dlsarnuunent delcgatiost. .
Senate confirmed nominal ioar
of Jesse L Straus and Josephs.
Daniels as ambassadors to France ,
and : Mexico, respectively and et
Henry I Roosevelt, assistant' so ; ,.
cretary of the navy. .,-