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CUT SCHEDULE
Hoss Motion is Adopted but
It Differs Utile From
Holman Proposal i ?
k snaaasaassisnw -Y
Moot ; Paycheck for Einzig
Set $4000; Deviations .
- . Many but Slight
' Adopting ' the salary schedules
.as recommended by . the rarions
heads off departments and of
state, Institutions which come un
der the state hoard' of control,
the rextng question of applying
the salary reduction law enacted
by the last legislature was settl
ed without dissension at : the
meeting of the state board yes
terday afternoon. 1:
The salary of William Einzig,
secretary: of the board nd state
purchasing agent, was .fixed at
400r, effective March 15, and
at 15000 per annum for the
term, from January 1 to March
15. Ills former salary was $7000,
while that of his predecessor was
14100. Had the fi -30 per cent
rule applied in his case to the
base salary" 'of $4200 as of De
cember SO, 1930, the reduction
would have been more severe.
Treasurer Holman suggested a
salary of $300 per month for
Einslg but concurred in the m
tlon of Secretary Hoss for
$4000 stipend.
A lengthy conference between
Governor Meier and Secretary
' Hoss preceded the convening of
the board, which took place in
. the latters office."
Holman Insists That
Meeting be Public
"What's the mess tbey have
ready for me?" inquired Holman
as he entered the secretary's of
fice. "Is this a public meeting?'
"No," came the emphatic re
sponce from the inner ' room
while reporters cooled, thelf heels
In- the enter flicel.
"I want a public meeting. an
nounced Holman.
'All right," came the response
from the gOTernor and Secretary
HossJ ' so members, secretaries
and reporters . crowded into the
small room and spilled over in
one adJoining.-
After passing on routine mat
ters of -purchases of supplies,
Governor Meier brought up the
salary ,i eduction matter. Holman
reintroduced bis motion of the
week preceding: and Hoss then
presented a new motion, which
Involved substantially the same
policy, except put tbe respon
sibility on the state board. After
asking a few questions as to its
tenor. Treasurer Holman said he
would agree to it.
All Recommendations
By Chiefs Honored
The board then went down
the line swiftly taking up pay
roll by payroll and discussing
only items where delations from
the law had been noted. In all
ef them the recommendation of
the department of Institutional
head was respected.
Some 400 deviations sre re
ported, but . for the most part
they were very small, like fix
ing a wage at even dollars in
stead of fractions. Others called
for brief explanations whkh were
approved when made. The board
did not touch on departments
and officers coming under elec
tive officials, nor on those under
the Jurisdiction of the governor,
aor on their Individual offices. .
Treasurer Holman moved that
tbe former custom of having
heads of Institutions report on
the third working day of each
month be revived. This) was agre
- ed to, starting with September.
Holman thought it would keep
the board; in closer touch with
institutions. He also criticised
conditions at the boys training
school and suggested improve
ments with the idea of enabling
the present staff to work out
their problems. '
Prune stocks In hands of the
Salem unit of the cooperative ex
change are pretty well sold out
for future delivery, C. A. Ratclltf,
manager, said yesterday; Inquiry
lias picked up considerably la the
Jast six weeks, although there has
sen. little spot buying or demand
tor Immediate, deliveries,; m -
' Price on 20-40S, f. o. b. the
dock is 25-pound boxes has climb
Ad a cent and a quarter the past
ix weeks, or from 14 cents to
CO-OPPRUriESSOLD;
iriQUIRY PICKS UP
4 cents today, I ; . . :t .
No Inquiry has developed on the
1121 crop. Mr.:RateUff says It Ja,
about two weeks early y et . to
' make any definite statements re
garding the 15S outlook: any
estimate ventured bow Is merely
a guess. Prune in the few places
he has observed so Jar this sea
ion promise a light. crop, and in
the main he predicts a crop for
Royal Anne cherries 'about ' th
ame as for the past two seasons.
Re - Armament Plans
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Germany Arouse
ivauons
Youthful Chief
Of Old College
Dr. James Bryant Conant, noted
authority on chemistry, who
ha been elected president of
Harvard university to succeed
Dr. A. Ijawrence Ixrwell, re
signed. He is only 40, one of
the youngest heads the uni
, versity ever has had. .
7S-CEMT GOAL IS
270 Bales Sold by Trio of
Local Holders Monday;
Holdings Dwindle
Sale of 270 bales of hops at 75
cents yesterday marked a pinnacle
in hop prices since prohibition,
and brought the goal to which
more optimistic growers and buy
ers have looked since the fall of
Volstead in recent months.
A. J. Ray A Co. bought the
270 bales from three holders
John Brophy and Wurblh ft Cor-
noyer of Salem, and Collins & Col
lins of Independence.
These sales, with others over
the week end, reduce holdings in
growers' hands to only slightly
more than 3000 bales.
Figures tabulated yesterday by
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HO VETS If
WASHINGTON, May IK.
(AP) Preparation to take
care of 25,000 veterans Invited
by President Roosevelt to join
the emergency conservation
camps began today at national
headquarters here. '
Robert Fechner, director of
the forestry work camps, on the
theory that thousands of veter
ans of the world war would
avail themselves of this oppor
tunity, estimated with these en
rollments it would be necessary
to increase the number of camps
throughout the country by an
other hundred. This would bring
the total to approximately 14 SO
and would . necessitate establish
ment of numerous other camps,
especially in the west. To date,
1071 camps already have been
approved in 43 state.
It ' was - explained while the
conservation corps of 27S.000
men Is to be made up chiefly of
unmarried - recruits ranging in
age from IS to 25, the veterans
would be enrolled regardless of
age and family connection.
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BOTH PARTICIPANTS DIE
BAKER; Or., May 15 (AP)
In what police described as a
drunken quarrel, Jim Willie, tl,
shot and killed Claude Stover,
81," hi brother-in-law,, and then
ended his own life with a bullet
last night on the Idaho side of the
Snake river near Huntington. --.
Police said they learned tbat af
ter killing Stover, Willi told his
sister, Mrs. Stover, to take her
five children across the river to
nmsum on the Oregon side. He
then fired a bullet into his head
Stover was shot twice tkr egh the
hoay.
. . .HAD XOTABIJ5 CAREER .
" PORTLAND. Ore.. May II
(AP) Mrs. Florence Remington
Logan. ' 12.' who was a -aurse in
the White House when President
Grover Cleveland children were
born, died at her beach home at
Neotsu. -Ore., Sunday,' it- was
learned here tonight. .
She was a graduate of Bellevue
hospital. New York, and was as
sociated in a professional capaci
ty with several prominent families
ra the east. - 6he cam to Oregon
tn 1911. She is survived by her
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JOIN FOIST Im
to rrotest
Davis Asks France to I
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Await U. o.
PARIS, May 15. (AP)
The United States, France and
Great Britain are actively pre
paring to face Germany with a
common front of opposition
against her re-armament. '
The German stand on arms.
which Is expected to be explain
ed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler
at the special meeting of the
relchstag Wednesday, was the
subject of a talk today- by Nor
man H. Davis, American am
bassador - at - large, and Foreign
Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour.
Mr. Davis advised the foreign
minister to take a mild stand to
ward fhe Hitler pronouncement.
It was understood, In order that
the United States and Brinaln
might be able to ally themselves
With Mm. I
The whole German question L
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cabinet tomorrow. Later Mr. Davis
111 confer, with Premier Dala-
dier and then he will go to
Geneva where he will publicly
express the views of the United
States - an expression which
will depend on Chancellor Hit
ler's relchstag announcement.
American, British and French
diplomatic channels are counsel
ing moderation to the Hitler gov
ernment, with Mr. Davis quieting
the French so America may par
ticipate in the three-power front.
The French government, a
spokesman said, feels Germany
is determined to re-arm and la
distrustful of Chancellor Hitler
unless soft words are followed
by peaceful acts.
TENTATIVELY DRAWN
The budget for Willamette uni
versity for, the. year 193S-4 was
tentatively aaoptea as preseniea
by President Doney at the meet
ing of the executive committee of
the board of trustees Monday. The
budget will be referred to the
general meeting of the board dur
ing commencement week. It was
somewhat tentative in its present
form, final action being deferred
until fall when income from en
dowment and tuition fees win be
more definitely known. Salaries
of the staff will not be fixed un
til that date. Tbe university fac
ulty has gone through the depres
sion with only one wage cut of
10 ner cent thus far.
The committee approved the
plan of staging commencement
exercises on the lawn If weather
permits. It not the exercises will
be held In the gymnasium or the
First M. E. church.
The matter of holding a sum
mer school was referred to a com
mittee consisting of Dr. Doney,
Dean Erickson and Paul Wallace.
Truman Collins was asked to
investigate the feasibility of se-.
curing an extension of a railroad
spur from 12th street to serve the
power plant.
Committee to Eye
Scrip Proposition
A committee of aldermen from
Salem was authorized Monday
night by the council to investigate
the use of - self-liquidating scrip
now going on in Portland. V. E.
Kuhn made the motion which
passed - without dissenting vote.
On. the committee. Mayor Doug
las McKay named Kuhn, David
O'Hara and Henry Vandevort.
Drunken Quarrel is. Fatal.
Gasoline WouldnH Boil
White House Nurse Dies
Judge Criticizes Policy
-husband, Dr. A. M. Logan of Ne-
otsu.
OSWEGO MAN HURT
PORTLAND, Ore.. Hay 15
(AP) George Miller, 56. of Os
wego, Ore., planning to make
himself some coffee, picked 'an a
container of what he thought was)
water and attempted to fill a cot-1
fee pot over an open flame. In I
an instant there was an explosion.
Miller was brought to a Portland
hospital to be treated for painful
burn on both hands . Police said
the liquid was gasoline. i
. FINK MADE NOMINAL
- PORTLAND. Ore., May IV
(AP) When Emery Pyle, opera-,
tor. ol.a .tJtajn.ery, pleaded tullty
In federal court aero today to
shipping in interstate commerce
butter containing a few tenths of
on per cent less than the requir
ed per cent butterfat, he was
fined one dollar. Then Federal
Judge James Alger Fee observed:
- I think the government is in
big business, - myself. "
"We do too. John W. McCal
loch, assistant United States attor
ney, said, "but whea these mst
ter come-to. us we have to ub
mlt them." . - .:
UNIVERSITY BUDGET
ROOSEVELT TO
BETQLO TODAY
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nioMiNiAfi Tau "
Of Message, Word 1' ;
European Relations Policy
Of Great Importance;
Crisis Recognized
WASHINGTON, May 15 (AP)
-President Roosevelt tomorrow
will make an Important new de
claration of American foreign pol
icy. The pronouncement is expected
to assert this country's readiness
to consult other nations when ag
gressive warfare Is threatened.
ndt "ke th Monroe doctrine for
Souttt America it is believed to
Prelend Roosevelt doctrine
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latlUK a WWW AUU
Chancellor Hitler ready to address
the German Reichstag Wednesday
on the subject of arms, Mr. Roose
velt devoted himself almost en
tirely today to this paramount is
sue.
Late in the day be held a
lengthy conference with Secretary
Hull, Undersecretary Phillips, As
sistant Secretary Moley and Wil
liam C. Bullitt of the state' de
partment. Utmost importance is attached
to the impending Roosevelt dec
laration in the capital. The great
est secrecy also surrounds It. Ap
parently It is timed deal with a
crisis that is becoming more and
more portentous in the tense Eur
opean situation.
The president is understood to
be ready to outline to the troubled
world the part America expects
to play in earnest efforts Jo pre
serve peace.
Just how far he will go is prob
lematical. He is believed to hold
no opposition to entering into
consultation with other nations.
His policy, however, is not ex
pected to include the United
States in any votes or binding
agreements 6rt consultation.
CONTEST TONIGHT
Community club members from
all sections of Marion county are
expected to gather at the Salem
high school auditorium at S
o'clock tonight for the finals in
the inter-club drama competition
and for awarding of prizes for
this year's contests. E. I Moor
of HayesTllle will p-eslde as pres
ident of the Marion county feder
ated clubs.
The Hayesville and Bethel
casts will vie for final honors in
the drama contest. The Silver
ton hills orchestra and public
speaker, and the L erty chorus,
all county victors, also will appear
on the stage. Banners will be
presented by Dr. Phillip Parsons
of University of Oregon. Two $5
prizes will be awarded for the
best community histories, one
from the historical and the other
from the rhetorical standpoint.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
Legion Post May
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UlSplay 1 rOPtlieS
In Canitnl Here
The many trophies garnered by
Capital post, American Legion.
will be placed permanently on dis
play in the statebouse halls if
plans set forth at. last . night's
meeting can be carried -out.
George Feller and
gins were delegated
arrangements. The trophies In
clude the many cups and banners
won by the post drum corps.
The post put over until the next
meeting consideration of a resolu
tion placing it on record tn favor
of a radio broadcasting station it
is being proposed to erect here
The legion and auxiliary Joined
after their business meeting in
giving a program 'in honor of Sa
lem's "war mothers.
Tri-ffin - Da ha
lallH, UCd. lllb
Reach Total of
32 in Portland
PORTLAND. Ore., May 15
(AP) Pete. Manoa, . II, of Port
land died in a hospital here today
from : injuries suffered.. police
said, when be was struck by an
automobile driven by Louis Adler,
22, of Portland.' Manos was at
tempting to walk across the street
when he was struck. -
The death was the 22nd traffic
fatality for the year la Portland.
Only a few hours previous Mrs.
Rose Forward of Oregoa City had
died from Injuries suffered in aa
automobile accident here.. Albert
Kosclolek, It Park place, Ore., was
arrested by police in connection
with that accident and charged
with Involuntary manslaughter.
FINALS OF DRAMA
Tribute Paid
75th Birthday
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HON. ROBERT A. BOOTH
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Benefactor of Willamette
Expresses Confidence
In University Here
Hon. Robert A. Booth of Eu
gene, patron ol Willamette uni
versity and member of its board
of trustees for many years, was
signally honored Monday on the
occasion of his 75th birthday
when the chapel service was used
to permit the paying of tribute to
him as a Christian gentleman and
friend of education. The day in
cluded a meeting of the executive
committee of the board la the
morning, so that many of the
trustees were present to partici
pate in the chapel service Just be
fore noon.
Resolutions of respect and ap
preciation were tendered from the
faculty by Dean F. M. Erickson
and from the students by Walter
Erlck3on, president of the stu
dent body, president Carl G.
Doney read briefly from the many
letters, from fellow trustees of Mr.
Booth '.and. other .friends and as
sociates, which voiced their praise'
for ; W Ilttor servicer He also
presented . Mr. Booth with a beau
tiful bouquet of roses.
Mr. Booth was nearly overcome
with emotion. But he responded
fittingly and renewed his ex
pressions of confidence in the
university, its mission, Hts lead
ership and Its students.
A. M. Smith of Portland, chair
man of the board, presided. Vo
cal numbers were given by Prof.
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MATSVILLE, Ky.. May II -
(AP) Andrew Fox. 27, cit;
prosecutor, was arrested here to
day on warrants charging murder
of his parents.
The warrants were sworn to by
Coroner Albert - S. - Knox, on the
basis of what he said he believed
was "definite evidence" connect
ing Fox with the deaths. The
prosecutor was arrested and held
in the Mason county Jail.
His father and mother Clai
borne Fox, 0, and Emma, S3,
were found dead April 27 after
fire started In their home. Offl-
i ciais saia ine lire cenierea on iua
n which they lay in a. first
I flrtor rnnm and tht the two evi-
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dently were dead or near, death
blate, they said, was incendiary.
Fox made no comment at the
time of his arrest, and made no
statement when he was placed in
Jail.
TH
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HONOR
Cm ra
HELD FOR MURDER
carried -out, I - ,
fy?ZwX'Rock Tossed by
1 to make the . ,
Dynamite Kills
RTLAND. Ore.. Mav 15
PORTLAND, Ore., May 15.
(AP) Robert CoUler. 40. of
Portland was fatally Injured to
day when he was struck In the
back by a rock during blasting
operations near.Tlgard, Ore. He
was brought to. a hospital here
where he died 20 minutes later.
A widow and four children sur
vive him.-
e Sports
PORTLAND, May IS (AP)
Lat
Otls Clingman of Oklahoma City, I fB actual from esUmated mlscel
defeated Joe Reno of New Or-1 .itnatlon.
leans, two falls out of three, fa
mala event of tonight's wrestling
matches here.
Bulldog Jackson, 151, Klamath
Falls, . defeated Hugh A d a m s, I
111. Portland, two fans out of
three, ia: th seml-wlndup. Herb
Bargesoa. I4, Portland. woa
tall from Bobby. Novak. 141,
Chicago, to-tak-j the opener. -
SEATTLE, May 15. (AP)
Gas Kaiuo.151. Finland, claim
ant of the world's middleweight
title, took one fall in the fifth
round of a scheduled " eight
round match here tonight to win
from Gust Johnson," 159, Rock
ford. IU.
85
Man Claiming to Have Seen
Fatal Shooting Avers
Pistol was Drawn
Others Report Overhearing
Officer Declare Intent
- To "Silence" Banks
: , EUGENE, Ore.. May 15 (AP)
Testimony that several threats
on the life of Llewellyn A. Banks
had been made by the man he la
ter shot to death, was offered by
defense witnesses here today in
the trial of the 2-year-old former
publisher and onee wealthy orch
ardlst of Medford. Banks and his
wife, Edith Robertlna Banks, are
on trial for first degree murder
for the shooting of Constable
George Prescott.
une witness testified ne saw
the fatal shooting as Prescott
stood at the door of the Banks'
home with a warrant tor Banks'
arrest. This witness was John
Wheeler, Medford farmer. He
heard a shot, he said, Mand I saw
a gun fall from Prescott's hand."
Prosecution witnesses had test!
fled that Prescott's pistol was in
its holster when his body was re
covered from the porch. Banks
has admitted shooting him with
rifle from inside the house. The
defendant declared he believed
Prescott was trying to break in
the door.
Several Overheard
Threats, They Testify
Wheeler testified, too. tbat sev
eral days before tbe slaying he
saw Prescott and another man on
a street corner. The other man
observed. "Well, . they've got
Banks silenced through his pa
per." Banks had lost his news
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TRAILER HITS
William "Bill" Ashby and Hazel
D. Phllippl suffered severe cuts
and bruises when the car in which
they were riding was struck by a
swerving trailer on a large gas
truck and Jammed between the
trailer and the abutment of the
overhead crossing near Albany.
Both are in an Albany hospital,
but may be able to be brought
here today. Ashby, of the Cheek ft
Ashby service station,' was cut
badly about the face. Miss Phillppi
is of the Forge & Phillppi insur
ance office.
Conflicting reports have been
received of the accident, but it is
evident, the trailer of the gas
truck swerved first to the abut
ment on its side of the road, then
over to crash into the Ashby car
Just under tbe crossing. The ear
was literally smashed. The acci
dent happened about midafternoon
as the local people were on their
way to Albany.
Three Victims oi
Accident Are AH
Recovering, Said
The three young persons ser
iously Injured in the recent auto
mobile accident on Terwilllger
boulevard, in which William Lll-
Jequlst, Jr., of Salem, was killed,
are all making rapid progress
towards recovery, it was report
ed yesterday. These Include Sid
ner VanLydegraf. who suffered
skull fractures and other injur
lea, Ruth Brown and Olga Ped.
who received compound leg frac
tures. Mrs. VanLydegraf has been
staying in Portland to be with
her son. who is at St. Vincent's
hospital.
Shrinkage in
w f W
1 NJURED
CAB
income snown upon Auaun
The City of Salem's cash in-
come for 1122 was $78,40 less
than its expenditures, an audit of
the city recorder's and city treas
urer's offices tor that period re
veals. First draft of the account
lac was submitted Monday night
to the city council by J. B. Pots-
man who did the work.
A $72,000 shortage in actual
from estimated aad assessed tax
reeefot alonr with a shrinkage
I Inactual from estimated mlscel-
The audit show that the city
spent $l,5f 5 less than it bud
geted for 1222. $2224 being sav
ed la general city expenses aaa
Slf.ISS la the- items .budgeted
for special street work,' fir de-
J partmenfupkeep aad Interest and
a i principal ea debt.
To meet the shortage la cash.
the city Increased its outstand
'ing warrants materlaUy, general
fund warrants totalling I151.S7
at the end of 1222 aad street im
provement warrants $ 2 J 8 7.
Cash la hand at tbe end of the
year amounted to $87,211 while
taxes levied and : not collected
amounted to $112. 0U
- Bancroft bond Interest Is bow
Ulbra-W et Ordinance
Sprung .pi;;
Ultra-rArid Aldermi
Council Agrees
On Power Survey
At Marion Lake
Permission to do such investi
gating work as is required by the
federal - government, was granted
Monday night by the city council
at the request of Alderman 8. A.
Hughes in connection with the
Marlon lake water and power pro
ject The city has been granted
preliminary rights on the lake but
must extend its claim, Hughes
said, by May 30. On the commit
tee Mayor Douglas McKay named
members of the utility committee,
the city attorney and the mayor.
Economy Move; and Besides
Oregon men Don't Need
It; all now Chosen
PORTLAND. Ore., May IK
(AP) Conditioning camps for
recruits in tbe civilian conserva
tion corps ' are to be abolished
as an economy move, the Ore
gonian tonight said It has learned.
Under the new arrangements,
expected to be announced offici
ally this week, the Oregonian
stated, the men enlisted in ac
cordance with President Roose
velt's program to put more tban
250,000 men to work on forest
projects would be sent directly to
the forest camps as soon as they
are accepted at army recruiting
headquarters.
Under present plans 900 men
from Oregon and 1100 from
Washington are now completing
tbe "Course" in conditioning
camps aad are ready for assign
ment to the woods camps.
It was said that western men.
for the most part, are already in
goca physical condition and able
to go directly to work in the
woods.
The remainder of Oregon's quo
ta, which totals 2000 men, have
been selected by the various coun
ty relief committees working un
der the state relief committee
headed by Raymond B. Wilcox.
STUDY OF POSSIBLE
Mayor Douglas McKay took
action Monday night to put Salem
in a position for R. F. C. self
liquidating loan moneys when he
appointed S. A. Hughes, David
O'Hara and Carl Armprlest, all
members of the council, as a com
mittee to investigate and report to
the council building projects in
which the city might reasonably
engage.
McKay, In naming tbe commit
tee, pointed to the t5.000 dock
project and a sewage disposal
plant as activities for which tbe
city might apply tor federal funds.
Alderman Hughes suggested the
development of the Marion lake
power and water project and it
was agreed this should be consid
ered by the committee.
Appointment of tbe committee
followed the reading of a letter
from Governor Julius L. Meier in
which cities were urged to. submit
proposed projects to the state re
lief committee.
City's Cash
FT . A
being met from sinking funds set
up to retire the bonds, tbe audi
tor's report shows. "This practice
should be stopped and warrants
should be Issued for interest pay
ments," Pretxman a report recom
mends. He cites a deficit la Ban
croft bond interest collected of
$105,702:
Tbe auditor recommends tbat a
pubUe ' buildings account be set
up for the city and , la anticipa
tion of this procedure, transfers
from .the fire department equip
ment, fund, the value of an fir
stations la the city.
At the end of the year, general
obligation bonds of Salem totalled
$ 9 0 7,5 0 0. - la addition Bancroft
bond outstanding were $848.-ll,
these bonds also being obligations
oa all property In th city. Lien
or Improvement made by tbe city
and . ntHixed for retirement - of
Bancroft bonds totaled $102 J 1 1:
Other assets . lnelde-v permanent
Improvements' made in - Sales
which total $2,714,149. Of these,
$2,117,799 are street pa via g Im
provements. $40. 09 city bridges
and ever $500,000 city sewer.
"The book of the offices inves
tigated are substantially- - free
from errors, Pretxmaa report.
C01TIDI6 CAMP
PLANTS ABANDONED
PROJECTS
City Would be Deroid
Of Regulation for
.Hard Liquors .
Bill Exempting Beer
Filed; Election
On Issue Set
Beer, a subject without which
no '32 meeting of the Salem city
council would be complete, barely
was talked Monday night al
though both "wet" and "dry"
sides got in some licks concerned
with the future status of that
beverage In Salem.
Henry Vandevort. self-avowed
"dry" alderman, introduced a
measure which would throw the
city entirely open for tbe sale of
all liquors. Intoxicating or other
wise. The evening dictator tonight
accused the prohibition forces et
passing the buck, cried Vande
vort as the ordinance came up for
second reading1
"Well, here's a .
measure to stop that cry: I defy
you to pass this ordinance. If
you do pass this repeal ordinance
youH make Salem drier than the
hinges or hell, James Linn and
Louis Lachmund and the evening
paper notwithstanding."
Fnhrer-Xeedhant
Bill is Introduced
Vandevort's ordinance was
quickly passed on for considera
tion of the ordinance committee
as wag the Fuhrer-Needham ordi
nance, discussed at an informal
meeting Saturday night. The lat-' "
ter measure strikes from the city
ordinance on liquor's sale all ref
erence to beer and other malt
drinks and leaves prohibition et ,
liquor sales confined entirely to
Intoxicating beverages.
The eouncilmen agreed unani
mously to call a special eleetlo
July 21. At that time Salem re
fers will pass . upon a .propose
charter aemndment which, strike
out an prohibitions against li
quor's sale in Salem except seek
beverages as are deemed intoxi
cating. The revised charter sec
tion on prohibition would the
closely resemble the Furber-Need-ham
ordinance which the council
will hare for third reading next
meeting, if the ordinance commit
tee reports It back.
At the July 21 election a pro
posed charter amendment making
the office of city recorder appoint
ive will also be submitted to the
voters.
Tnuuteat SeUers'
License Proposed
Alderman Walter Fabrer intro
duced an ordinance whleh pro
vides for a $25 license for non
residents of tbe city who sell
goods here, the license to run not
to exceed SO days.
Alderman Sam Hughes by re
quest introduced a measure whkh
would ban aU gambling devices fa
Salem and would license all other
amusement devices at the rate of
$20 a machine a year. "Games
where chance predominates over
skill" would be banned under this
ordinance which is thought to be
an attack on various slot and
marble machines which recently
have sprung Into use throughout
the city.
On suggestion of David O'Hara.
the council agreed to the hiring of .
a street lien collector to assist the
city attorney in collecting or bond
ing delinquent charges made by
the city for Improvements to local
property. .
Property Owwer i
Liable for Damages
The aldermen . passed naani
mously an ordinance which makes
property holders liable for an
damages sustained by the city be
cause of the. Improper lmprore
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The Dav in
'
Washington
By the Associated Press
Beaate opeaed lmpeaduneat.
trial of Federal Jodge Har
old Loaderback oC Calif orala.
Word cam after White House
conference with" congressional
leaders that President Roosevelt
la a message Wednesday would
propose several taxation methods
for financing government , build
ing program.
Navy ordered eae third ef
tta , fleet aad aircraft te go
into rotatloa
Senator Glass (D.Ve.), atade
formal report oa the committee
approved banking reform bill
aad a republican conference was
called to consider G. O. P. policy
toward ft. ... . -t r .-3
--- B casta ' roaflrntrd -Bomtma
tloalef Engtwe R Black . of . -Georgia,
aa governor of feder- '
, al reserve board.
President Roosevelt studied a
declaration expected today oa
Amerlcaa European policy.
thought, to Include readiness to
consult when warfare threaten.
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