Accident Insurance
. Ton cannot afford to- be
without the Travel and Traf
fic Accident Insurance which
la Issued to Statesman sub
scribers for only f 1 a year.
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Clondy "with occasional
rata today end Wednesday; v
Max. Temp. Monday 1 64,
Mta. 88, rala SO tach, rive
U feet, sooth wind. .
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POUNDED last
EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday' Jlorrdnff, March 23, 193S
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1
BEER QUESTION
ruzzles liy
VALLEY CITIES
Monmouth one Likely to be
Dry no Matter What
Other Towns do
License Applications few;
Some Permit Sale and
Others Will Soon
While the nation may be agree
ably ready to lock step to . the
congressional, "three-two" dictum
when legalized beer bounds in
April 7, city aldermen in towns
in the Salem radius are already
working np a headache at the
mere thought of this same non
lntoxlcatlng three-two."
Bat said headache is strictly a
non-partisan, legal one, engender
ed by Just how best to reconcile,
it -at aii, me provisions or tne
city charters or ordinances with
the flood of beer that is due to
pill over the country.
Take Monmouth, for instance:
There no license for sale of beer
has. ever been granted, because
the city charter has a beer clause
that sticks out like a sore thumb
In the wet cause. Dallas has al
ready started legislation to legal
ize sale and license same. At
Independence a city charter
clause and ordinance confounds
the beer sales. The Gervais coun
cil is standing by until other
towns settle down to thoronrh I
legislation, so therell be no resru-
Iathm, or rather no legal sale,
April T.
The Woodburu council is con-
slderlng new laws; Aurora baa
been rather mum on the subject,
although there has been no
change in the city charter since
saloons operated, when a $4 He-
ense fee was in vogue. And so It
goes.
Surprisingly enough, very few
applications for permits to sell
beer have been made to eitv nf-
flclals In the outlyin j towns.
A survey of the present beer
statna la Marion' and Pols- conn,
tT towns, as reportedly States-
man eorrespon ntt,fonoirtr"
JEFFERSON. March 17The
Jefferson eltv nounrfl baa viot I
as vat eonstdrl th miMttnn t
sale of beer here. Under present
laws it has riaht to rohnu I
opening of drinking places. A
bond of 11000 from any party
aalllnr la tha laat mU
N en has Mld r.nn-t w-
to obtain beer Hamis.
MT ANfiEL. Mart 7 viti-1
er the city ordinance nor the
ehartw Jimr 1ntrfr. in n
with sale of beer, as all old liquor
law were repealed some tlm
ago. In spite of the fact that there
Is na lerlsl&tlon momlnr Honor I
no one has filed aDnHcatlon to all
heei" aftar Anrfl 1.
move la on her vet to rnnl th
ordinance which regulates sahwns
and Intoxicants here, although at
the last election the majority vote
here indicated a wet sentiment.
No one has filed request to sell
beer.
STAHTON, March 27 The le
gal beer status in Stay ton Is some
thing of a question, although City
Recorder J. B. Grler believes
there Is still on the city books an
ordinance passed many years ago
prohibiting sale of beer andslm-
iiir hnrM tm. .in ifv.w
have to be repealed before beer
Mn fio imiw
One petition for a license to sell
beer- was presented to the city
eouneil last ncemhar. hnt th n-
titlon was tabled indefinitely It
la Rmitm tb. AonnMi m
,ut.,
i -
! Atrnirtn a 'vnti 't'r -ww
laws have not been no for con-
ideratlon at council meetings
here, nor have any applications
for sale of beer been made, how
ever the question will likely be up
when the' city council, meets
AprQ 1.
Mayor George Wurster states
there has been no change 'In the
city charter since saloons were
operating, when s 14 license fee
was ! required. The city has con
formed ti state laws as changes
were made which means absence
of a law prohibiting the sale of
intoxicants.
i. little likelihood that any beer
will; be sold in Monmouth after
AprQ I because a license for such
sale would be the first ever grant
ed. ' About 80 years ago when the
original founders of Monmouth
were dr&CU&g the first rudiments
of "town government,' Ordinance
No. 1 was penned In black Ink
' clearly legible now prohibiting
any land owner In Monmouth, to
sell or giro away a lot whereon a
- . . . .
saloon . orUviot ' house
' rrtA -maintain!' within the
corporate limits of Monmouth.
J Chapter six. section 41 of the
: original city charter says that bar.
' 'rooms, saloons, drug shops, "tip
pllng houses and all places in
.' which spirltons,: vinous, malt or
i alcoholic liquors are -sold sre
hereby prohibited. .. - " i
U. .s, C3ty v Recorder Panl Tacheron
Tsavi that no application fsr a 11-
- eense to sell beer has been filed,
VThere.luvs been, a casual Inquiry
(Tarn to page 1, coL 1)
Aldermen to
Talk Beer at
Special Meet
r Notices of a special session of
the city council to consider ordin
ances regulating the sale of 3.2
beer in Salem were being pre
pared yesterday by City Attorney
Chris J. Kowltz at the behest of
several aldermen. While no date
had been definitely selected. It
was expected the special session
would be called for either Thurs
day or Friday nights.
The city attorney also was
drawing up a comprehenSiTe bill
licensing the sale of beer. Draw
ing information from old city or
dinances and measures proposed
elsewhere, he planned to include
all angles of the beer problem in
the measure, leaving It np to the
aldermen to select and discard, as
they may deem proper. Kowltz ex
pected to have the bill completed
today.
If the council is to enact beer
control measures before sale of
S.2 per cent beverages becomes
legal nationally, it must either
hold the special session this week,
or suspend the rules at the reg
ular meeting,' next Monday night.
and put the bill through all three
readings in the single night.
Samuel N. Miller Arrested
Second Time; Hauser is
Injured in Crash
Released less than two months
&S from serving a S 0-day jail
sentence for drunken driving,
Samuel Nelson Miller, 75 North
20th street, was back In city jail
last night, charged with a second
Ban offense. City police arrested
him &fter hIs bi8 touring car
"truck an automobile driven by
Lloyd Hauser, 742 North Com-
nierlcial street, at Commercial
nnd Center streets.
Hauser suffered serious bruises
to one leS J08 below the knee,
ad a severe abrasion. Upon leav-
ln physician's office, where po
1,ce h4 taken him for emergency
treatment, Mauser raimea. tie
n nrlrei and taken to his
home.
Neither automobile was badly
damaged
The night of February 7 Miller,
driving the same ear. struck a
Prked automobile on North Corn-
nrcial street, then sped away
na crnea inrougH a service
station being erected on South
Commercial street. He continued
M fltelt to near 12th and State
streets, wnere city ponce over
tk nd arrested him.
L Whn AM,11r Pleaded guilty to
the first offense in municipal
"nT lM February, Judge Mark
rou"BD lmposeu a w-ay ju
term tnen tsPnded sentence and
releasee, mm.
Lt night Miller admitted .hav-
ing been arrested at Roseburg on
I a liqnor charge in 1930. Sentence
for this crime also was suspended,
ponce saia ne tola tnem
The Miller-Hauser collision last
n'sM climaxed a series of 10 ac-
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Building Show
Plans Revived;
Dates Not Set
Decision to hold the building
show, postponed at the outset of
the banking noiiaays, was reacnea
last night by directors of Salem
I chapter. Oregon Building eon-
tress. No dates were set for the
The first annual convention of
the Oregon congress will be held
at Oregon State college April 8
Jit was announced. Tentative
I speakers include Governor Meier,
I Frank Branch Riley, Senator
I Franclscovicb, Dean Seboenfeldt
M"d a representative of the Re-
construction Finance corporation.
FOR RELIEF PROGRAM
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27
(AP) A plan for joint issuance
by Portland and Multnomah coun-
1 tv of self-llauidatlng scrip to be
for " ent
relief and to stimulate business
In this city was adopted today by
the county commissioners. The
plan was presented by a joint
committee of city and county rep
resentatives. The resolution auth
orised a SI, 00 0.0 00 Issue.
The Joint committee has al
ready recommended seven pro
jects estimated to cost about 182,-
600, including painting, washing
I . . v- ns...
ff Hill fCVAU V W WUIUIVM
lmory in - other buildings, con-
I . i . . .
structlon of five small bridges,
and minor road work.
In addition, members of the
eity . council today suggested that
the city hall be remodelled at a
cost of about 1100,000. through
the use of the scrip. - i
NOTED CATTLEMAN
BAKER. Ore., Marck 27 (AP)
1 - Michael Rouse, prominent cat
itleman of thlr district, died from
la heart attack last, night at his
'home.' Born In Ireland November
MB Dili
IS CHARGE AGAIN
DEFENSE MOVE
FOR SALES TAX
Governor and Legislators
In Capacity as Private
Citizens, Plan Work
Measure Deemed Essential
And Only Solution of
Finance Problem
Oregonlans In all parts of the
state are to receive the benefits
of a comprehensive educational
campaign regarding all phases
of the general sales tax bill to
be voted on at the special elec
tion of July 21.
A three-way organization to as
sist In and direct the dissemina
tion of -information on the sales
tax will soon be annotated. A
nine-member preliminary organ
ization committee already Is in ef
fect These were the principal devel
opments of a three-hour confer
ence held late yesterday in the
executive offleea of Governor
Meier and attended by more than
a score of interested eltlzens in
cluding a number of legislators.
Although a large majority of
the 19 members of the house and
senate committees on taxation
were present, It was pointed out
that members of the 1933 legis
lature were acting solely as in
terested private citizens.
The organization to be com
pleted in the near future calls
for appointment of a state chair
man, a state executive committee
and of a state general committee
of not less than one citizen from
each county to act in coopera
tion with the state executive com
mittee. The already appointed prelim
inary organization sub-committee
consists of Representatives Mc-
Cornack, Duerst, Snedecor. Bel
ton, Lonergan, McAlear and Wal
ker, . and Senators Staples and
Corbett.
Concensus of persons attend'
lng the meeting was that if an
election were called this month,
downfall of the tales tax would
inevitably result because of the
scant general knowledge as to all
phases of the levy.
The legislature, however, point
ed out . Senate President Fred
Kiddle, had studied all possible
revenue measures for two fnll
months, only to decide that the
sales tax formed sole possible
means of escaping financial stag
nation. It the state's general pub
lic were presented fairly and in
light of the state's finances all
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OF
PORTLAND, March 27. (AP)
William M. Killingsworth, S2,
pioneer Portland business man
and civic leader, died at his home
here yesterday.
Killingsworth was born at
Springfield, Mo., September 1
1850, and three years later his
parents brought him and two
sisters across the plains to Ore
gon. The family arrived at En
gene by way . f the old Barlow
road and settled there.
In 1882 he opened a real estate
office in Portland in the Penin
sula district, then little more
than a wilderness, and continued
in business there until shortly
before his death. He platted sev
eral Portland districts. With four
ethers he constructed . an electric
street railway, first west of the
Rocky mountains, connecting
Willamette river ferry with a nar
row gauge steam railroad to St
Johns, now a part of Peruana.
PIONEER
on
DIES
Portland Talking Scrip
Pioneer of Baker Dies
Girl Dies From Burns
Auto Smashup is Fatal
4, 1880, Rouse came to Baker
onnntw In 1SSS vherA Th Antarftd
the cattle business with his broth
er. John Rouse. They operated
the business as a partnership un
til Michael's death.
FIREPLACE BliAMED
ROSEBURG. Ore.. March 27
(AP) Jean Dysert, 9, died in a
hospital here today . from burns
she suffered Saturday when her
nightgown caught tire while she
was dressing In front of an open
fireplace at her home at Melrose,
Oregon.
'- MRS.- JENNINGS KILLED
BAKER. Orel. March 27 (AP)
Mrs. Tama Moody ' Jennings
was killed and William Southard
was seriously injured when an au
tomobile driven sy Southard
track an embankment on the Ba-
ker-Conueopia highway near here
today,
The automobile, after getting
out of control, swerved into a pit
alongside the highway. Mrs. Jen
nings' head was crushed. South
ard sustained severe lacerations
across his throat. The csr was de
stroyed by lira, 4T cv
Ocular Evidence That Germany is
Making Life Unpleasant ior Jews
e " i i .
Apparent oorroboration of the stories of bratalitlee practiced by
CbanceUor Adolf Hitler's Nazi
Jewish faith Is contained In this
nich is shown aa he was forced
Streets carrying a sign bearing
shall never again complain to the
m and his clothes torn to shreds because) he appealed for protec
tion to the authorities. Note the Nazi storm troopers who enforced
the inhuman order.
1933 STATE FI
Exhibitors Agree to Drastic
Reductions in Premiums,
Gehlhar Reports
Oregon will have a state fair at
Salem this fart If plans being
formed this week by Max Gehlhar,
state director of agriculture, are
approved by his board which
meets here next week.
Gehlhar said he had received
letters from many exhibitors urg
ing that the fair be continued and
declaring that they would consent
to drastic reductions In the pre
miums offered.
Gehlhar said his tentative plans
called for a fair based on a pay-
as-you-go-basis with expenses be
ing Increased if receipts warrant
ed. He said no authoritative esti
mates could be had on the pari
mutuel betting receipts and thus
he was not counting these Into his
budget.
Legislatures heretofore have ap
proved $75,000 a biennlum for
the state fair, all of the money
going for premiums. For the
1933-1934 biennlum the appropri
ation was cut to $10,000 and this
sum was set aside for paying in
terest on $43,500 of state fair
bonds outstanding and for main
tenance of the buildings at the
fairground.
Gehlhar is this week working
on the. setting of a date for the
fair, seeking one which will not
conflict with other shows being
held throughout the northwest
this fall.
Church Group
Votes to Take
Up Trustee Job
TURNER, March 27 The Tur
ner Christian church, on vote of
63 to 13 at roll call Sunday aft
ernooa, voted to amend its arti
cles of incorporation to allow the
church to be appointed and func
tion as trustees and manager of
the home created by the will of
the late Cornelia A. Davis.
- A decree minded down In cir
cuit court indicated that when
and if the local church qualified,
It would be appointed trustee.
The matter was settled at a
called business meeting of the
church.
Holt of Scio is
Next Secretary
Oi Farmer Union
Accepting the. resignation of
Mr. Betty Kappauf, the executive
board of the Oregon Farmers' un
ion last night elected 8. B. Holt
of Sclo as her successor In the po
sitions of secretary and editor of
the Oregon Farmer Union. L. H.
McBee of Dallas,- president, pre
sided .over the meeting held at
the chamber of commerce here.
The state convention of the
Farmers anion will be held May
21.- 24 and iy at Dallas, it was
announced.
.BEDDING IS ROCKED
. REDDING. Cal. March XT;
(AP) A light earthquake cen
tered, it was believed, within 21
miles, was registered today on the
Mineral seismograph at 1:fs
a. m. No damage was. done, but
windows and doors were rattled.:
m mm
15S
followers against persons of the
picture. A Jewish resident of Mu
to walk barefoot through the city
the legend, translated freely: I
police. The man had been beat'
By TAX CHALLENGE
Constitutionality of Semi-
Annual Payment law is
Unquestioned, say
News .renorts that Wasco coun
ty majr cMllenge the law provid
ing that the State of Oregon re
ceive semi-annual cash payments
of Its direct tax from counties,
were Tecelved without perturba
tion here Monday by the state tax
commission.
Members of the commission
aid there was no question of the
constitutionality of the law which
provides that the state, June 1
and December 1 of each year, re
ceive its payments from the coun
ties in full. The apportioned tax
to the counties, the commission
explained, is similar to bond prin
cipal or interest in effect, being
due and payable at the specified
date irrespective of the percent
age of tax collection In the county
from which the funds are due.
While the matter has never
been raised at law In this state,
members of the commission said
they thought a light would be
given them to impound all tax re
ceipts for payment to the state
until the state s claim was paid
The tax commission is fully ap
preciative of the plight of the
counties. Its members stated
Wasco county's difficulty, the
commission feels, will be parallel
ed by many Oregon counties this
year. The proposed general sales
tax, if approved by voters, will
relieve the counties after the first
half of the 1932 state taxes are
Paid.
Race Commission
Personel Chosen
By Meier Monday
Governor Meier late yesterday
announced the state racing com
mission provided for by legisla
tion enacted at the last session.
For the five members he chose
T. B. Wilcox, and W. F. Turner,
Portland; J. N. McFadden, state
senator, Corvallis; Henry .Collins,
former president of the Pendle
ton round-up; F. S. Legrow, Ath
ena. The first, two named will
serve six years; the second two
four years and Mr. Legrew two
years. Pari-mutuel betting and all
racing in the state will be admin
lstered by this hoard.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27
Taqul Joe of Sonora, Mexico, de
feated Mervin Barakman of Se
attle, two falls oat of three In the
main event of tonight's wrestling
card hern. Joe weighed 10, three
pounds more than Barakman.
Joe . Reno.' 1ST. New Orleans,
and Harold Heibert, II t, St 'Hel
ens, Ore., wrestled Ore rounds to
a draw In the seml-windup, each
getting a fall. , ;
NEW. YORK. March 17 -(AP)
A federal warrant was issued
today for William J. Duffy, man
ager or Primo camera, the ooxer.
charging him with evading tax of
$2007 on aa alleged set Income
of S14.170 In If 30.
; Duffy's attorney, Harry 8. Hech
heimer, promised to surrender his
client for pleading tomorrow.
BOARD UNPERTURBED
BOYCOTT UPON
JEWISH FIRMS
NIIZIPROGRl
Answer to Allegedly False
Foreign Propaganda, is
Berlin Statement
Government Lends Indirect
Support? Will Permit
Until Remedy Seen
, NEW TORE, March 27
(AP) The Jews of New York,
their thonwands asqrmented by
repreeentativee of other races
and creeds, overflowed Madison
Square Garden and the streets
abont. It tonight In protest
against anti-semitlsm of the
Hitler government in Germany.
The theme of Indignation
was sounded by Rabbi Stephen
8. Wise honorary president of
the American Jewish congress.
"This protest is not against
the German people whom we
love and revere," the noted rab
bi said. . . It is not against
the political program for Ger
many, for Germany Is master
within its own household, but
solely against the present anti
Jewish policy of the nazi gov
ernment, BERLIN, March 27 (AP)
Adolf Hitler's nazi party an
swered foreign threats of boycotts
against German goods today by
announcing a movement to boy
cott Jewish business establish
ments within the Reich.
The purpose of this movement
will be to retaliate against for
eigners who have made protests
based on allegations of antl-se-
mltic outrages In Germany.
Government toleration of the
movement was seen in a commun
ique issued by the Telegraphen-
Union which denied that the boy
cott would have official support,
but admitted the administration
would "tolerate these measures so
long as foreign governments take
no steps against atrocity propa
ganda." In Munich the Hitlerite party
press advised, the government not
to Interfere In the boycott against
the Jewish business houses in
Germany until foreign nations
have acted to suppress anti-German
boycotts. The papers re
marked that the government
could use the boycott ab home as
a bargaining point in halting pro-
ected anti-German campaigns
abroad.
WASHINGTON. March 27
The world-wide clamor over perse
cution, real or alleged, of Jews
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Loss Big in
Lumber Fire
In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., March 28
Tuesday (AP) Fire that swept
through the yards and crane shed
of the Jones Lumber company
here last night had been brought
under control early today after
causing damage estimated by fire
men at about $175,000.
Starting In the south end of the
yards on the waterfront, the
flames spread swiftly northward,
and for a time endangered the
main plant. Firemen believed they
would be able to save this, how
ever, as S fire boats, 27 engine
companies and three truck com
panies pumped steady and power
ful streams of water into the
blase from all sides.
Fire investigators had not yet
ventured an opinion as to the or
igin of the blase at latest report
today. Thousands of spectators
gathered in the vicinity, attracted
from all parts of the city. In which
the flames were plainly visible.
No Injuries to fire fighters or
spectators were reported.
Powell is Conservator
At First National Bank
Keith Powell, Wobdburn bank-!
er, took charge of the First Na
tional bank Monday morning as
conservator, nnder appointment
of the' comptroller of the curren
cy. Acting on Instructions of .the
comptroller banking business was
suspended save for collection of
obligations. Early Instructions
are expected which will release
trust- deposits which Includes
funds deposited subsequent to the
bank holiday.
- Posted on the bank bulletin
board is the following notice:
rBy the order of F. G. Await,
acting comptroller -of the eurren
err the undersigned has bees ap
pointed conservator of the First
National bank In Salem. . Oregon.
."For the moment bo deposits
will be received, ao money - paid
eat. bat early instructions are ex
nected providing- for release of
trust deposits accepted daring and
after the late holiday , period, and
for the accepting of other such
deposits. ',. .
- MMaturlng obligations should
be paid as usual.
s This aetlon has bees takes at
Youth
Attempting to
Steal Short Ride is
Crushed Under Irali
Morgan Signs Up
With Giants but
Is Ottered More
EUGENE, Ore., March 27
(AP) Bill Morgan, captain of
the University of Oregon foot
ball team last season, announced
today he has signed to play with
the New Terk Giants, profession
al football team, daring the 1933
season.
He revealed that 15 minutes
after he signed his contract and
mailed it last night, he received
a wire from Tone Star Diets,
coach of the Boston Braves, of
fering him more money than Is
called for In his contract with the
Giants. As tackle, he was con
sidered one of the strongest men
In the Oregon line.
Supreme Court Hears Case
Monday; Defense Says
Statute is Vague
Decision regarding the consti
tutionality of the new warrant
law which Involves more than
$500,000 of sustaining, unpaid
state warrants, may be forthcom
ing today from the supreme court
after a hearing held by that body
here Monday morning.
Argument centered on a demur
rer filed by the defense to the ap
peal of C. D. Thomas, state em
ploye, for a writ of mandamus
against the state treasurer, which
would require the latter either to
cash Davis' warrant or to mark It
not-pald-for-want-ot-fnr-ds.
Center of the argument at the
hearing was the constitutionality
of the legislature's action In mak
ing It mandatory for the state
treasurer to mark warrants not-paid-for-want-of-funds
after the
state board of control agreed to
such action.
Fred Paulus, deputy state treas
urer, opened the argument for the
defense. He cited the condition of
the state which has had an in
creasing deficit since 1924 until
at the end of 1932 it had a "book
deficit" of $3,524,000. He eited
further the warrant bill intro
duced by the treasurer In the spe
cial session of the legislature giv
ing the treasurer alone the power
of placing the state on a warrant
basis but which act was vetoed by
the governor.
He charged the law was so
vague and uncertain that "it was
Impossible of execution." He
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500 Go to Work
On Relief Jobs
In This County
Approximately 500 men went to
work on Marlon county relief pro
jects yesterday, D. D. Dotson, as
sistant manager of the T. M. C. A.
Employment bureau, announced
At least 50 more would have gone
to work had It not rained.
Employment on the roads and
stump lot will be allotted to men
according to the number of depen
dents they have, Dotson said. Sin
gle men will work one-sixth time,
men with one or two dependents
one-fourth time; three or four de
pendents, one-third time, five to
seven, half time; eight or more
dependents, two-thirds time. .
Last week 570 men were em
ployed on the relief projects, di
vided Into 19 crews.
the request of the ownership of
this bank. It Is their sincere hope
that complete reopening may be
practicable at a very early date.
Every effort is being exerted to
wards that end. They trust they
may have your continued cooper
ation." - When Interviewed Mr. Powell
stated that his conduct of the
bank's basin ess was governed by
the Instructions of the comptrol
ler. As these so far are meagre he
will have to awslt further word
before proceeding. In .general the
conservator nnder the liw takes
fait charge of the bank, controls
its assets, makes ao distribution
to depositors save os proper au
thority. Ha is empowered under
the -law to negotiate with the
stockholders f the bank looking
to it reorgaatsattaujf after rea
sonable time reorganisation is sot
effected orderly liquidation fol
lows. ...
While the appointment or a
conservator was requested by the
board of directors, the decision
was arrived at only after a fresh
,. ... (Tors to page z, cou l)
DECISION AWAITED
ON WARRANT LAW
Vincent Farmer, 2Q
Dies Instantly as
His Grip Fails
Boarding Cascade af
State Street for
4-Block Trip
Vincent Fanner, 20, of tIS
South 12th street, was killed in
stantly by the wheels of the Cas
cade limited train at 11:57 p. as.
last night when he failed la as
attempt to steal a short ride, fell
and rolled nnder the next to th
last passenger coach as It rolled
by the state office building on
12 th street The wheels parsed
over his head and left wrisL
Roy Zwicker of 1351 Wilbu
street, with whom young Farmer;
had gone downtown to purchase a
magasine for his mother, stood oi
tne curbing as his companion ram
out to the train, clutched futllely
at the grab bar, missed and felL
Trembling, scarcely able to
talk, Zwicker falteringly explaln-
ea to the circle of police and
trainmen who assembled quickly.
now tne tragedy came about:
I was on the corner when Vic
cent hopped it. He missed the
door and rolled. He never said a
word. I yelled at Here's the
magazine he got for nis mother.
He wanted me to hook a ride-
too. I wouldn't; I was afraiV
something would happen. He wa
only going four or five blocks. NV
I hadn't seen him iumD a trarfat
since four years ago."
Zwicker could say no more and
wobblingly, horror-stricken, fce
departed.
The crew of the Southern Pa
clflc Cascade did not learn ef ta
tragedy and, running 20 minute
behind schedule, took their traftn
on southward after a brief stop at
the passenger station. The statkam
agent was not notified of the ac
cident until 45 minutes later,
when the crew of a switching eav
gine. which came in behind fle
Cascade, arrived at the depot.
When Coroner L. E. Barriclt
took charge of the body, he was
not yet prepared to say whethec
or not he would hold an Inquest. .
City police went to the Oregon?.
Puly 4k Paper company mill mmA ,
broke the news to young Farmer's '
father, G rover C. Farmer, whe
went home and told the mother
of her son's tragic ending.
This was the second fatal aeci
dent on the Southern Pacifi
tracks in that vicinity In the pa
year. About a year ago, a tran
sient man was killed by a trals
just south of State street.
Banks Returned
ToMediordand
Placed in Jail
MEDFORD, March 27. f AP)'
Llewll . A. Banks, former Med
ford editor charged with first
degree murder for the death of
Constable George Prescott, was
returned under heavy police
gu.-.rd to the Jackson Jail here
today. He had been held in the '
Grants Pass jail since a few hour
after Prescott was fatally shot,
March Is as he attempted ta
serve a warrant on Banks at hie
home. '
The former editor and orchard
ist, around whom a political
storm had centered for months1
In this county, was placed in tbe
"tank" eell in the jail. He ap
peared normal and cheerful when
he enter 3d the building.
The Day in
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
President Roosevelt sent con- i
grew executive order consoli
dating federal farm credit
agencies Including farm board.
Senate and house labor com
mittees approved fores tatlon un
employment relief bill, and direct
$509,000,000 direct aid measure .
was Introduced in senate.'
Economic qnestions were dis
cussed between representative
of France and FresJdenC Rooee
relt and ef Great Britain sad
Secretary HnU.
.-Senate foreign relations com
mittee reported BL Lawrence, wa
terway treaty. , - - : -
Secretary ' Wallace . sent to
' congress plan for goVernsaent '
financing; of farm indefxedneae
'.and senate agricaltKre coanantt
tea' eostiraed hearfaer on ad
ministration farm relief bfll. -'
- President Roosevelt and Secre
taries Perkins and Ickes confer
red with United Mine workers of
America, leaders on eoal Indus-;
try and mining conditions. - "
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