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l 'Accident Insurance
f Xon:cannot afford to be
-without the Travel and Traf
. He Accident Insurance which
Is Issued to Statesman ewb
f ecrlbers for only ft year. -
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- Cloody with light rata to-
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CDrJTROaiBffARnlr I TO LINK TRADE Active 1 1 m rp n n IJOI
liEfiB r . 1; iD mr debt Ms kHwMMtt;
Action Deferred on 5 to. 30
Per. dent Payroll Slash;'
. inconsistencies Seen
Counsel to be Supplied to
Aid State Employes on
MWaitant Question ' :
The state board of eontrol here
yesterday-made two important de
cisions. , -J - .' "
First, it . decided . to Intervene
for the plaintiff in the mandamus
action retarding state warrants
to be heard by the state supreme
conrt Monday.
Second, the. board of control
agreed to defer any action on the
I to SO per cent payroll slash or
dered b the legislature, until the
attorney-general's office clarified
apparent inconsistencies la the
legislative act.
Intervention in the pending test
alt which Involves the necessity
of the state treasurer endorsing
warrants "not paid for want of
funds' was jnade at the sugges
tion of Governor Meier who said
he thought the employes of the
state should be represented by
counsel.
Bowerman, Devera to
Represent Interrenor
Governor Meier said counsel
would be provided without cost
to the board, Jay Bowerman rep
resenting the interveners along
with J. M. Devers, state highway
department attorney. The attorney-general's
office will represent
the state treasurer's office, defen
dant In the suit.
Discrepancies and ambiguities
In the salary reduction act, which
places its enforcement in the
hands of the board of control
caused the board to direct to the
attorney general the legal ques
tion of whether It has the right to
permit department heads to apply
the reductions to their total pay
rolls, thus keeping within their
budgets, instead of to all indi
viduals. That the Question of the consti
tutionality of the been
raised by several reputable attor
neys was brought out at the meet
ing,' and discriminatory features
of the act were discussed. Includ
ing the fact that In many eases
the ones to suffer from its appli
cation are the oldest employes.
Act Would Increase
Three of Payrolls
Strict application of the reduc
tion scale on the base pay sched
ule of December SI, 1930, would
Increase the payroll of the state
highway department by 114,000 a
year, that department reported to
William Elnxlg, secretary of the
board, who said that the payrolls
of the state game commission and
tho accident commission would Al
so be Increased materially.
"If this act Is applied as writ
ten," said Hoss, "we will have to
dig up more money somewhere."
A specific example of the un
reasonableness of scale was cit
ed In the case of the superinten
dent of the state school for the
blind, whose salary would be re
duced from $200 a month to 191.
Because of the involved wording
of the act, Einzlg asserted, one
particular employe who was being
paid $(0 month in 1930 and
who has since been increased to
7 S a month would take a salary
cut of 32 per cent If the aet Is
strictly applied,
Hoss also pointed out that If
the board must apply the scale to
each Individual employe and
check all the payrolls each month
to see that the schedule Is being
applied to solt-sustaining depart
ments operating outside of appro
priations It will require the addi
tion of a dosen clerks in the of
fice of the board of control."
NEW YORK, March 14 (AP)
Charles E. Mitchell, former
chairman of the board of the Na
tional City bank, was Indicted by
a federal grand Jury today on a
charge of evading Income taxes of
IS7S.S1S.81 for 19 29. ' , '
Within two hours, the wealthy
banker was arraigned hef ore Fed
eral Judgo Henry W. Goddard and
entered a plea of not guilty. .
Whan April I waa fixed as the
time for making motions and the
dayon which the date for, the
trial win be fixed, U. 8. Attorney
nnrr z. Medalle announced
there would be no delay In press
ing the case to its conclusion.
MtteTiftll. wearlnr - a crav salt
and topcoat, spoke only two words
"Not guilty," He uiierea mem
In a low. clear roleo, while be
looked straight at the Judge.
Tfc , tndtotment charged that
Mitchell received a net income of
tt ati.4AK.iS in li2t. although
" la his ineome tax report for, that
" year he aet forth that he had had
a net loss of $41,000. In the tax
return the banker acknowledged
m tau Income of more' than: S2.
700,900, but charged oft the dif
ference between the price be had
feat tnr it IAD ahares of Nation
al City bank stock and'the price
at which, he had sold the stock to
: ItU wile.
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This is one of the first pictures to arrive from Japan showing the havoc wrought by. the tidal wave
incident to the earthquake of March 8. Hundreds of persona were drowned in this tidal wave, con
sidered the worst since 1801. Wreckage at Kam alshi, one of the 19 towns hit by the wave, is shown.
SCHOOL BUDGET UP
F
Teacher Salary Cuts Eyed;
Vote on Budget to be
Earlier This Year
Only four months after voting
the 1932-33 school budget, Salem
school directors Tuesday night
will begin study of the budget for
the fiscal year 1933-34 with the
aim of meeting persistent calls
for stringent redaction of expendi
tures for education in this district.
The early consideration of the
budget is in answer to taxpayer
demands last year that the budget
be drawn up before the start of
the new school year, which this
rear will be Juno 19.
Just where the slashes will be
made the directors are not ready
to say but it Is certain that teach
ers' salaries will be eyed critical
ly since this Is the largest single
item in the budget. For the year
1932-33, salaries of Instructors
and the superintendent call for
expenditure of. $233,325, while
the total budget outgo is $404,-
230. If instructors' salaries are
farther cut for the coming year.
It will be In the face of a $19,860
reduction made in the 1932-34
budget for this Item.
What other cuts will be consid
ered is uncertain. Operation and
maintenance. of the school plants
have been held down to what Is
believed nearly a minimum, with
slight reductions made this year.
Auxiliary agencies, such as librar
ies, health service and swimming
classes may be affected In the new
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CHICAGO, March 24 (AP)
C. B. Cunningham, Chicago lum
ber broker, today said prices for
virtually all plumber products have
advanced ten to 20 per cent In
three weeks due to new and heavy
buying.
"The broker and lobber todav
finds It more difficult to deliver
their orders than to sell them. It
will reauire a minimum of six
months to ship orders recently'
placed for millions pf white oak
beer barrel staves urgently need
ed now," he said. ,
"Building srolects. dormant
for two years, are again In a eon-
tract status.. Tangible results of
the past few weeks Indicate a ma
jor upturn In lumber prices, pro
duction and distribution."
Older Boys
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PRICES IIP 1 ALL
LUMBER PRODUCTS
Draws Large Group Hete
The M-rion-Polk county , Older l
Boys' conference opened at the)
Salem Y. M.- C. A. last nlrht
with a banquet at :30 for all
delegates and leaders.
- The banquet-meeting was call
ed to order by Raymond Specht
of Silverton, : president of the
eonferoence. Invocation was led
by Rev Hugh : McCallum. Dwight
Adami acted as toastmaster. A
welcome to the T. M. C. A. was
extended by Dr. Frank : Brown,
chairman of the boys work com
mittee, and Everett Clark, presi
dent of the Junior division board,
in abort talks, The main address
of Che evening entitled, "Where
Do We Go From Here r', was
given by Dr. O. R. Chambers of
Oregon - State college.:-
w Five minute talks by represen
tatives were given by Bob Read.
Salem, on "Our Future'; Delbert
OtJen. Silverton. ."Beer BUI and
Its : Effect ;.. on Unemployment";
Leslie Erb, Woodburn, "Leader
shin": Charles Petrle, Woodburn,
"Value of a High School Educa
t!on"t Weslie! Larson of Chem-
awa.i-.. i ' i-j, ..-.
? Today's " program starts " at t
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Jig Puzzles
Found Basis
For Divorce
CHICAGO. March 24 (AP)
Jigsaws step right up on a par
with bridge and golf now as
grounds for divorce.
It had to come, of course. Mrs.
Harriet Anderson was the first to
bring the matter up in Chicago.
In her suit for divorce from
Emil Anderson, a contractor, she
alleged he beat her because she
exceeded her weekly allowance for
Jigsaw puzzles.
SUPERIOR, Wis.. March 24.
(AP) Working Jig-saw puzzles
was part of the day's work for
two mall clerks in the Superior
postoftlce.
Two envelopes containing dif
ferent puzzles were accidentally
broken open and the clerks work
ed out the puszles to segregate
the pieces and return them to
their proper enyslopea. -
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FLEET KEPT HE
NEW YORK. March 24 (AP)
Tosuke Matsuoka, who headed
the Japanese delegation whieh
walked out of the League of Na
tions special session on Manehu
kuo, arrived here today on his
way home and disclaimed any in
tention of appealing to the United
States, because, he said, Japan
"is not a vassal state to America
or any other nation."
A chunky little man with a
thick moustache and yellow horn
rimmed spectacles, Matsuoka puf
fed on a pipe as he expressed the
opinion Japan was misunderstood
In this country. He said, how
ever, he was on no mission in
that connection.
He also expressed the view that
Japanese-American relations
might be Improved by the with
drawal of the United States fleet
from the Pacific.
"The continued presence of the
fleet in the Pacific at this time."
be said, eauslng misgivings
among some people."
' Secretary Swanson in Washing
ton said he hoped to meet Mat
suoka when he arrives there
Thursday and would be prepared
to discuss all naval angles of
American-Japanese relations with
him. Matsuoka said later, how
ever, he had made no plans to
confer with Swanson or any other
officials in Washington. He em
phasised his only official capacity
was that of chief delegate to the
League and he would be relieved
of that office upon his arrival In
Tokyo. i
Conference
o'clock with an assembly at the
T building. President Specht pre
siding, and Dr. Grover C. Brit
chet leading devotionals. The re
mainder of the morning will be
spent In 'discussion groups and In
listening to a second address by
Dr. Chambers. At 11:85 the con
ference picture will be taken fol
lowed by lunch with business
men of the city. Most of the after
noon will be spent in sports and
ether form of recreation. In
charge of Coach Davis of Silvern
ton. and Bob Boardman. -
Group leaders selected to head
dlscQssioa groups are Fred Wolf,
Hugh McCallum; R. V." Wilson
and Burgess Ford, an f Salem
' - Following is a complete list of
the" boys present and - the local
ity from which they hare come.:
aienmouth Charles Coleman,
Leaord Snelder. Albert Sneider,
William Cochran. Warren E. El
liott, Lucions B. Forbes, Ken
neth Hlnkle, Arn Jensen, Char
les Petrle, Herbert Morland, Earn
est Crook, J. C Blevlns. Silver-
ton Wayne SatchwelL Marlon
W,- Palmer, ; Delbert OtJen, - Da-
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VOTED, SILVERTON
School
Warrants Backing
Issue; Opposition
Is not Great
For
SILVERTON. March 24 That
the Silverton chamber . of com
merce board of directors will Is
sue scrip, backed by school war
rants, was definitely decided at
an open meeting held tonight at
which representatives of the va
rious business houses were pres
ent to express their opinions. Ern
est Starr, president of the cham
ber, opened the meeting and
George Hubbs, secretary, explain
ed the scrip proposition as pro
posed by the board of directors.
Considerable discussion for and
against followed, with only four
business men or the enure assem
bly stating that they were defi
nitely opposed to Its Issuance.
Even these four agreed to take
serip Insofar as they were able.
The motion that the chamber of
commerce issue scrip was made
by Claire Jarvls and seconded by
George Steelhammer. It carried
without opposition.
The board of directors of the
chamber, voted at a meeting held
Tuesday, to issue $10,000 in scrip
in denominations of 25 cents, SO
cents and one dollar. The scrip
will be deposited with a trustee
and will be paid out for school
warrants Issued on or Subsequent
to March 1 of this year. The di
rectors suggested that it be signed
by an official of the Coolidgej
company to provide against coun-
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BI6 WHEAT CARGO
SIPPED ON RIVER)
PORTLAND. March 24. (AP)
A shipment of 14,000 bushels
of wheat was brought to Portland
today aboard a barge towed by
the river steamer Hercules.
Henry Collins, vice-president of
the Pacifie Coast division of the
Farmers' National Grain corpora
tion, said the wheat, which was
loaded at Big Eddy, four miles
east of The -Dalles, Ore., and
amounted to 409 tons, constituted
the largest grain shipment ever
made on the upper Columbia riv
er. Captain H. T. Shaver said the
trip took 12 hours, as stormy
weather caused a three-hour de
lay. The wheat, growq In Sher
man, Wasco and Gilliam coun
ties, was moved to the Big Eddy
warehouse by truck. Plans are
being made to arrange a regular
schedule for river transportation
of wheat, Collins said, with trip
eventually being made farther vfp
the rirer.
Students Given
Leeway on Fees
EUGENE, Ore.. March 24
(AP) Any student, either at the
University of Oregon or at Ore
gon State college, whose funds
are tied up due to the stats war
rant situation or other temporary
causa may register for tho spring
term under a deferred payment
of registration fees plan, the of
fice of the state chancellor of
higher education announced to
night, The term will start Mon
day. ; t ,
Coquille Girl ism O
Queen at Pacific
; FOREST GROVK. Ore March
S4 (AP) Miss Virginia Miller
of Coqullle. Ore, was elected; May
queen of Pacifie university at the
campus election today. The elec
tion was carried on despite the
protests of the men from McCor
mlck hall, who had supported .an
Independent choice tor e.ueen,"''-'-
10.000 IN SCRIP
Ambassador Lindsay Talks
With Secretary Hull
No Statement out
Possibility Amount to be
Paid Will be Reduced
Talked informally
By F. G. VOSBURGH
WASHINGTON. March 24
(AP) Britain's plea for down
ward revision of the war debts
was carried to the Roosevelt ad
ministration today to be met with
renewed indications that the
United States will insist that any
reduction be balanced by definite
accomplishments for the' restora
tion of world trade.
For the first time since Presi
dent Roosevelt took office, the
subject was broached by Sir Ron
ald Lindsay, British ambassador,
in a long Interview with Secretary
Hull at, the state department.
Hull called In Assistant Secre
tary Raymond Moley, regarded as
one of President Roosevelt's clos
est advisors both before and since
bis election, and there began the
careful diplomatic fencing which
the British hope will Tesult In
greatly scaling down the four and
a half billion dollars which they
owe to the United States.
Economic Parley
Deemed Important
A state department announce
ment afterward made clear that
the United States desires above all
things in the international field
the complete success of the world
economic conference to be held In
London this summer. The admin
istration was represented as be
lieving that upon it depend the
hopes of aU nations for ending
the depression.
The American government will
emphasize at the conference the
Importance of agreements for the
redaction or tariffs and the re-
moval of trade barriers. It will
place little emphasis on the war
debts.
wnue me administration re-
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HEADRICK, Okla., March 24
(AP) J. C. Brock, president of
the Citizens State bank of Head
.rick, was said by officers tonight
; to have confessed fatally shooting
a state bank examiner today Just
alter the latter had ordered the
Institution closed.
The banker was quoted as say
ing "I thought I had to," In eom
mentlng on the killing of W. E.
Ernest, the examiner.
Ernest was shot in the head as
he turned from a telephone after
advising State Bank Commission
er W. J. Barnett at Oklahoma City
that "'I have found Brock short."
Commissioner Barnett ordered
W. B. Jones, a bank liquidator,
to take charge of the bank. Brown
was arrested.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, March 24. (AP)
Toye Llndblad of Marshfield,
won the Pacifie Northwest ping
pong championship here tonight.
defeating West Stewart, Portland,
21 to S, 21 to 16, 21 to 16. '
Hermoine Parsons, Portland,
won the women s championship
from Eva Jackson, Portland, It
to 21, 21 to 19, 21 to 14, 19 to
21; 25 to 23.
SEATTLE, March 24. (AP)
Jack - Medica, sensational Wash
ington Athletic club swimmer,
bettered the accepted world's rec
ord for the 300-meter swim here
tonight on the eve of leaving tor
New Tork to complete in the
national Indoor championships.
His time was three minutes.
21 8-10 seconds.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., March 24
(AP) -Otto von Porat, of Nor
way, scored a four-round knock
out over Biff Bennett, Fort Sheri
dan, Ills., In a 10-round bout to
night. Ton Porat weighed SOS
and Bennett 19S. .
BOISE, Idaho, March 14.
(AP) Harold Hawkeswood.
Idaho Falls and Dee Moines light
heavyweight, knocked out Denny
Lenhart, Portland, In the fourth
round of a scheduled 10-round
boxing bout here tenlght.
Hawkeswood weighed 1ST pounds,
Lanhart ITT. . ,
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 24
(AP) Henri Strand ef Walla
Walla, Waslu, won his way to the
singles finals of the annual Pad-
tie northwest handball tourna
ment by defeatis? Rudy Weiss of
the Multnomah athletic club, 21
to Si and 21 to t. at the Multno
mah courts here tonight. The fin
als will be held tomorrow might
when Strand" will meet John Ce
bula. Multnomah, who yesterday
eliminated Clyde- M. Ludbers; of
Spokanr champion tor the past
two 'yfTSV"-f'-fc.v
BIKER CONFESSES
SLAVING EXIIIR
PORTLAND, March 24. (AP)
Members of Temple Beth Israel
here tonight contributed $1500. to
aid in relief of what they describ
ed as "persecution of Jews' in
Germany. The amount was con
tributed following an address be
fore a packed synagogue by Dr.
Henry J. Berkowits, rabbi. In
which he gave his analysis of the
situation.
The money will be sent to the
American Jewish leaders' organ
ization in New York city to aid
In its program. Governor Julius
L. Meier; president of Temple
Beth. Israel,' presided at a meet
ing of a group of 60 members and
spoke--briefly ef the need for
assistance.-
The' congregation also decided
to accept the Invitation of several
gentile organizations and Protest
ant churches who have proposed.
Rabbi Berkowits said, a mass
meeting here.
OAKLAND. Cel., March 24.
(AP) Catholic and Protestant
leaders Joined with the Jewish in
a nrotest meeting In Sinai temple
here tonight against the reported
anti-Jewish atrocities in Germany,
Sneakers were the Rev. Dr,
Walter 1. fiherman. pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of
Oakland: Harry W. McGowan of
Willows, state deputy or the
Knixhts of Columbus.and Rabbi
Rudolph I Coffee of 8inal temple
Jews of Central Union say
lt' all Distortion;
Protest Reports
BERLIN," March 24 (AP)
A statement that certain foreign
newsraiers are printing "lrre-
snonslble distortion" concerning
the treatment of Jews In Germany
was Issued today by the central
union of German citizens of the
Jewish faith.
Reports of anti-Jewish atroci
ties are "onre inventions," the
statement said.
The central union is an Incor
norated society with headquarters
in Berlin and itcomprlses SI af
filiated organizations in the dif
ferent German states and l.zoo
local centers.
The aims of the union are giv
en as to eombat antl-semitism and
to promote the Inner peace of the
German people. The official or
gan, the weekly Centralvereln
Zeltung, has a circulation of 60,
000 and the monthly edition 70,
000. The publication carries ex
tensive literary news and Is rated
very highly by Vice-Chancellor
Frans Von Papon.
The patriotic society of nation
al German Jews took action slm
liar to that of the central union,
protesting against reports of
atrocities as "foreign attempts to
blackmail Germany which- we, as
Germans, oppose with the same
determination as our non-Jewish
compatriots."
FIVElERClEBy
HERMISTON, Ore.. March 24
(AP) Five men who entered a
tunnel on the Wallula cut-off
highway near here too soon after
an explosion had been set off
were overcome by carbon monox
Ide today.
They were brought to a hospit
al here and all available oxygen
tanks in Umatilla and Hermlstoa
and a supply from Pendleton
were obtained. Attending physi
cians expressed belief that all
five would recover. . .
The five, working with a eon
struction crew on the highway at
the tunnel, were William Rogers
and J. Watson of Hermlston, Max
Grabell of Umatilla. Al Beardsley
of Pendleton and Marshall New
port of Portland.
PERSECUTION STORY
DENIED IN GERM!
1 MONOXIDE
Banks Will Seek Change -Of
Venue in Murder Case
MEDFORD. March 24. (AP)
Llewellyn A. Banks, t, former
newspaper publisher and or
chardlst of Med ford, and his
wife. Mrs. Edith R. Banks, were
indicted for first degree murder
here today for the slaying March
If, of Const ble George PrescotL
The elderly officer was shot.
through the heart as he attempt
ed to ser-e a warrant on Banks.
No action, was taken by the
Jackson county grand Jury In the
ease of E. A. Flemmlng of Jack
sonville, who was in the Banks'
residence with Mr. and Mrs.
Banks when Prescott waa shot.
At . the Josephine - county Jail
In Grants Pass, where the or-caaxdlst-puhlisher
Is held, offic
ials said he continued "calm and
defiant." Mrs. Banks la held in
Jail in Medford.
Police declared a few hoars
after the killing that Banks ad
mitted shooting Prescott ; "who
was attempting to break Into my
house as any burglar wosld."
i' Deeislou as to when Banks and
FEARED
President Madison Sinks but
And Hawsers; Engine Room Workers Missing, Believed
Dead or Doomed; Watchman Rescued From Dining
Salon After his Cries Bring Help
Accident Caused When Vessel With Plates Removed for
Repairs, Lists due to Shifting of Water Balast; Inves
tigation Ordered; two Chinese are Taken out Through
Portholes; 150 Reach Safety
SEATTLE, March 24 ( AP) Trapping five men in the
depths of her hold, two, of whom were feared drowned
and three were later rescued, the American mail liner Presi
dent Madison capsized and partly sank at its moorings at a
dock here tonight.
The giant vessel keeled over shortly after 5 p.m., when
water poured Into her hold through an opening in the sida
where repairmen had been at work, taking off three of her
steel plates. Nearly 150 workmen and members of the crew
clambered to safety on the nearby dock.
Finally, the stern of the ship came to rest on the bot
tom, with the whole vessel tilting at an angle of 60 degrees.
O
Advised of Mandamas Ac
tion; Talk About Departure
Is Unwarranted, Says
State Treasuer Rufus C. Hol
man, who left Portland Tuesday
night for a five-weeks vacation
trip to Mexico City, called his of
fice long distance Friday stat
ing he would "gladly forsake his
vacation and return to Salem, if
necessary, to take charge of the
situation in person, and to dissi
pate political rumors and unwar
ranted statements concerning his
departure."
Holman, it was stated, had ref
erence to criticism directed at
htm by some newspapers for bis
departure while the state was In
a "financial chaos" and for his
refuHal to stamp warrants to
make them negotiable pending a
supreme court decision on the
constitutionality of the law mak
ing It possible for the members
of the boar of control to place
the state on a warrant basis.
A statement. Issued by Fred H.
Paulus, deputy state treasurer,
declared Holman "was advised
that the arguments In the man
damus proceedings Instituted In
the supreme court for the purpose
of testing the validity of the war
rant act would be heard In the
supreme court on next Monday,
and would undoubtedly be decid
ed soon thereafter. The case was
instituted at the suggestion and
request of Mr. Holman for the
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Venison Affords
Meals tor Needy
ROSEBURG Ore., March 24
(AP) Fifty families In Douglas
county are dining on venison this
week. The state game commission
has Issued an order permitting
venison, confiscated by state po
licemen In game violation eases,
to be used for distribution to the
needy and the meat Is being dis
tributed by Miss Agnes Pltehford.
county police matron, represent
ing the county court.
his wife wil go on trial must be
held sp pending conclusion of
several other court actions. It
waa said. It Is generally agreed
the defendants will demand a
change of venue. Banks had re
peatedly declared law and order
had ceased ' to exist in Jackson
county, had eharged all attorneys
in th . Jurisdiction with conspi
racy and declared the courts were
corrupt.
Four other lsdictmentr were
returned by the grand Jury la
Its report today. Mrs. Henrietta
B. Martin, president of tne so-
called "Good , Government ; con
gress." and : two others, were
charged with' riotous eondact as
the : result of . a .- reputed attempt
la horsewhip Leonard Hall, edi
tor it the Jacksonville Miner, tor
a reference to the woman In his
paper. Those : la dieted with her
were O. L. Van Wegan and t. L.
Flteh. - -. ' t
C. BL 3rcwnr secretary of the
"Good Government congress
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HOLIill to return
HERE IF NECESSARY
TRAPPED
Held up Partially by Dock -
held upright partly by the dock
and by hempen hawsers.
The two men who were believe A
lost, both, of whom were report?
ed to have been at work in the .
engine room, were: i
Jack Rose, to, an engine room 'v-
storekeeper.
Carl Ed berg, 40, a Junior en
gineer.
Watchman Taken
From Dining Salon
Meanwhile, as rescue workers
made up of members of the ship's
crew and firemen searched the
vessel's Interior, cries of help
from John Hansen, a watchman,
were heard from the main dining
salon. Attempts to reach him were
not immediately successful.
Two Chinese, Earn Tu and Cho
Wun, who had been trapped in
the pantry room, were pulled to
safety through a porthole.
When the huge vessel finally
came to rest, the starboard sMe k
of her lower decks were complete-'
ly under water, and her holds and
engine rooms were flooded. Her
tall masts and tunnels were lean'
ing at a CO-degree angle.
The strange disaster followed
the work of gangs of men In re
moving S40 square feet of th
vesselB plates, creating a hole Ml
her side several feet above tk
water line. Suddenly, and with
out warning, the water, ballast
whlch was balancing the ship be
gan to shift to starbosrd, and tbw
vessel keeled over.
Official Probe of
Disaster Ordered
Later, an official investigation
was ordered by Thomas Short,
United States steamboat Inspector.
Finally, nearly four hours af
ter he had been Imprisoned, Han
sen was removed from the dining,
salon, after members ef the crew
of the coast guard cutter Chelan
had worked with an acetylene
torch on the hull, and others haf
broken through panelings in
side with axes.
The crew on the inside finally
reached him, and brought him up
through the ship to safety. He was"
reported seriously injured.
Other men who ventured down
into the depths of the vessel re
ported It was Impossible to con
duct a thorough seareh of the
flooded engine room, where Roao
and Ed berg were feared trapped.
S FLIERS DROWK :
VILLAGARCIA, Spain. March
24 (AP) Three British avla
tors drowned tonight after their
hydroplane hit the mast of a de
stroyer and was wrecked.
The Day in
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
President Roosevelt signed
bill permitting non- member
state banks and trust companies
to borrow from federal reserve.
Administration farm relief, bill
met opposition and support rS sen
ate committee hearing and Sens-,
tor Smith (Dem., S C) presented
substitutd proposal. , 't-
; tt ww lemrned President I
. sevelt will authorise direct fed-
era! grants to stales and manf- r
cipalities to prevent starvatloa
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Chairmen of senate and heustf,
labor -committees .'predicted ; re
drafting of president's "civilian
conservation eorps" bill opfose .
by President William Green ef
American Federation of Labor. .
Ambassador Lindsay format-
.- ly discussed war debts devisiem mt
wun secretary xiau. -,,
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