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Utilities Commissioner Thomas, Grants Emergency Plan
; Deemed to Take Teeth out of Measure Which Group is
' Opposing; Only $10 Fee and Payment of Mileage Will
Be Collected Pending Legislative Action-
Contract Carrier Clause is uiilized in Concession for
. Operators; Conference Held With Official After He
Addresses Big Gathering Here; Thomas Says Willing
To Aid but Law-Must. Be Enforced
mRTJCKMEN of Oregon won a signal victory in their
X organked battle against "the bus and truck bill when
. Judge C. M. Thomas, utility commissioner, granted an emer-
few measure which knocks the teeth out of the legislative
, bill which the Truck Owners and Farmers Protective asso-
ciation has been fighting. "
Th5 emersency measure provides for payment of only
a ?10 fee and payment of mileage during the temporary
' permit period at the end of each 30 days. This was done by
taking ad'antage of the only loophole possible, that of the
contract earner. Under the emergency measure, every truck
driver, whether he came under the contract carrier provi
sion before or not, may take ad- o
vantage of the S10 fee and
monthly mileage "payment."
The emergency provision was
reported in Just before midnight.
' . and after a committee appointed
at the- truck men's meeting at
' the chamber of -commerce last
r night had wrestled with the prob
lem for nearly three hours. The
. committee was named to confer
with Judge Thomas after he had
addressed the crowd, which pack
ed the auditorium to capacity.
) The emergency measure in full
fnllnwn? i ." "
"Appucauott to be flled ioaeon-
x tract carrier permit only, accom
panied with 1 10.
"A temporary permit will be
-Jssued for a period from present
date to expiration of the special
session of the legislature, called
for November 20; such temporary
permit to be enforced for not
, more than 60 days from October
20, 1933. It Is understood and
' agreed that fees ofr mileage dur-
Ing period of operation under this
temporary permit are to be paid
at -the close of each 30-day pe
riod of operation under the tem
porary permit. '
v - In his remarks which opened
last night's meeting. Judge Thom
as declared flatly the recent su
preme court decision on the bus
and truck law had placed him
squarely In a position where he
would have an action in malfeas-
- ance if he didn't enforce the law.
s Both lie and Charles Pray of the
state police had sworn to obey
the law, he declared, adding he
t didn't see how their departments
could take any other stand than
strict performance of duties re
quired by law.
From this inauspicious begin
, ning, the truckmen's victory
emerged. Thomas had, however,
In his early remarks . declared he
was willing to help the truckmen
If any legal way could be found.
' It la probable the turning point
in the evening came when every
man of the nearly 500 present de
' dared he would not be able to
. - put np the money If forced to do
so tomorrow In order to set trucks
, in operation.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 Pi
Use of taxation or special publi
city were- discussed tonight, a
possible legislative means by
which excessive salaries of insl
ness and financial leaders might
be carbed. -
Attorney General Cnmmlngs,
although . he would not discuss
these possibilities, said after an
intevlew with President Roose
velt that he had studied the ques
tion at the president's request
and that there were legal ways
of getting at unduly high salar
ies. Officials of the federal power
commission and the federal re
serve board disclosed that their
shares of the salary study, , or
dered by the senate, were nearly
completed. The power . commis
sion is compiling data, on public
utility executives, and the reserre
board on bankers. ' .
The federal trade commission
has just started a study, and the
necessary data la ; already : arall
able to the reconstruction corpor
ation and th.e interstate ' com
merce commission, for an Inquiry
, Into the salaries of non-reserve
j bank executives and railroad pre
sidents, respectively.-None of the
Information - Is to be - published
prior to its presentation. to the
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curd or;
XCESSIVE
MIES PROPOSED
11,-JIVERSirrS MILK
PRICE CAUSES 1W
Officials There Threaten to
Get Portland Supply, is
. Report at Eugene
EUGENE, Ore.. Oct. 19 (JP)
The agricultural committee of
the Eugene chamber of commerce
today moved to appeal to -the
state purchasing agent and the
governor to' maintain the present
price of milk at the University of
Oregon after a reputed ultima
tum from the assistant business
manager at the university that
milk would be shipped in from
Portland unless the price of milk
sold to the university was not
lowered. i
Through agreement with Mrs.
Genevieve Turnlspeed, director of
dormitories, the agricultural
committee of the chamber and
local milk distributors, the uni
versity was to pay 32 cents a
gaUon for milk.. Under the agree
ment, the agricultural committee
members said, Mrs. Turnlspeed
was to notify the committee and
dealers if the price was found
too high so that a conference
might be arranged to decide on a
fair price.
Members of the committee said
that yesterday Orville Linsrom,
assistant business jaanager at the
university, told distributors dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Turnls
peed that they had 24 hours to
reduce their price or milk would
be brought In from Portland.
The 24-hour ultimatum was re
scinded today, E. G. Harlan, se
cretary of the chamber said, but
the- demand for a lower price was
still made.
POLLY MORAN TO WED
HOLLYWOOD. Oct.r 19. (fl5)
Polly Moran, popular movie com
edlene and teammate of Marie
Dressier in a number of screen
hits Is engaged to Martin Malone,
Los Angeles attorney, and the.
marriage may take place this
month, it was learned today.
GOLIATH SUCCUMBS
NYSSA, Oct. 19. (ff) Young
Bill Boor was having a hard time
coaxing a valuable Jersey bull Info
a pasture yesterday. So finally he
let fly with a small rock. The
missile struck the animal between
its eyes. And it dropped, as dead
as Goliath. .
SOLDIER PLAYS SAFE
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. )
tttv a amA tn takinr out his
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citizenship papers,' John D. Mi
chael dldn t ahOW wmcn couauj
to renounce, so he renounced L a
couple of them. Michael was born
in Argentina of German parents.
Hardly knowing which of the two
countries was his fatherland, he
renounced them both. He came all
the way to Portland from China,
where he had been serving In the
United States Infantry, to become
a citizen of this country today, ,
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I PORTLAND, J3ct. 19. (ff) A
committee on distribution of fed
eral commodities was appointed
today by Raymond B. Wilcox,
Girls Prove
Alcatrazno'
Safe Prison
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.
Two San Francisco girls, oner
18 and the other 2 0 faced the
cold choppy waters of San Fran
cisco bay today and swam from
the city's waterfront to. Alcatraz
island, the. rocky fortress recently
selected by the United States gov
ernment to house the most dan
gerous federal criminals.
- Miss Doris McLeod, 18, strok
ed her way easily to- the island,
circled it and swam on back to
the pier from which she had
started, completing the round trip
in two hours, Miss Gloria Sclg
Hano, 20, a national junior title
holder, contented herself with
swimming to the island, landing
at the boat dock on the east shore.
She made the crossing in 57 min
utes. A few days ago Miss Anastasia
Scott, 19, daughter of an army
sergeant stationed at the Island,
swam across the channel to the
mainland, becoming, so far as is
definitely known, the first wom
an to perform the feat.
JOBLESS 10 APPLY
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Federal Reemployment
Agency Open to Residents
Of Marion County Only
Registration of men seeking
work will begin this morning at
9 o'clock at the national reem
ployment office, 250 Court street.
Registration will be for all classes
of workers and prospective work
ers on governmental projects will
be included. Only bona fide unem
ployed residents of Marion county
are eligible to register.
In order to avoid long waiting
lines, E. T. Barnes, manager of
the office, said men whose names
began with "A" or "B" will be
handled the first day. Saturday
men. with names beginning jwlth
"C." "D" and "E" will be handled.
Times for other men to register
will be announced shortly.
Six interviewers will be on duty
beginning today. Special identifi
cation cards with serial numbers
will be issued to veteranaywho
have dependents. These cards will
be issued only after statements
concerning dependents have" been
verified as the national reemploy
ment service requires. Discharge
papers or other official govern
ment documents should be
brought by veterans to establish
their identity.
Following a visit from Carl F.
Caufield, reemployment I eld
agent for Oregon, whbwas here
yesterday from Portland, Barnes
advised applicants that while their
registrations would be taken par
ticularly for federal projects no
jobs were immediately available.
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HIS FOREST FIDES
SAN JOSE, Cal.. Oct. 19 ()
Nearly 400 men, largely C. C. C.
members, tonight were battling
flames at two points in the Santa
Cruz mountains south and west
of here after two days of the
woxst forest fires in this region
sinTe 1929.
Two hundred and fifty men
.from the C. C. C. camps at Fel
ton, Big Basin, - Almaden and
Arroyo Seco were scattered over
a 20-mile front in the Soquel re
gion as the forest fire swept ir
regularly down ridges and across
watersheds west of where It
broke out on Tuesday.
r Heavily timbered areas north
east of Soquel were denuded In
100 to 500 acre patches, forestry
officials estimating that more
than 5000 acres had been burn
ed. Including fine redwood , tim
ber. Despite increasing winds,
the fire crews believed they had
the blase under control.
UN
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Slays Bull With Rock
Renounces Fatherlands
Relief Group Selected
Gasoline Price Lower
chairman of the state relief com
mittee. The distribution commit
tee will have charge of the dis
pensation of food supplies pro
vided by the federal government
for the relief of the needy In this
state. .-
J. D. Kenworthy was named
chairman of the group. Other
members are J. N. Chambers of
Salem and B. C Darnell, Ross T.
Mclntyre and J; II. Luihn, all of
Portland. ,.
HALF-CENT CUT MADE
. PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (3s) -A
general reduction In the retail
price of gasoline in Portland of
half a- cent a gallon went into
effect here today. Leading oil
companies -announced the drop in
the standard grade of gasoline,
and at least; one company reduced
the price of .!premium' fueL The
price of third structure., gasoline,
however, was not affected. Deal
ers aald the redaction apparently
was the result of public demand.
They expressed the elletitdld
not Indicate any price war.
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Clothing Was Dry Although
It Had Been Raining is
Witnesses' Word
"Blow on Head by Persons
Unknown" Verdict Found
After Day's Hearings
SILVERTON Oct. 19, (Spe
cial) That a fractured skull
caused from a blow on the head
by a person or persons unknown
resulted in the death of Mathias
Hage, found dead here Saturday
morning, was the verdict of the
coroner's jury at the formal in
quest held here Thursday begin
ning at shortly before 11 o'clock
and lasting until 6 o'clock.
The Inquest, with Coroner L. E.
Barrick In charge, began with Dr.
C. W. Keene, who made the au
topsy Saturday, and Dr. R. E.
Kleinsorge. Both testified that
death was caused by a brain in
jury occasioned by a severe blow.
There was a skin indentation and
discoloration on the forehead
where Hage had fallen. On the
back of the head was evidence of
a severe blow and both doctors
agreed that Hage's death was
caused from a laceration of the
cerebellum tissue.
A large group of witnesses
were called during the afternoon
session, and from the beginning
it was evident to the listeners, that
the officers were trying to clear
up the point that while it had
rained and the ground was" damp,
Hage's clothing appeared to be
dry.
The question of whether he had
had money on his person was also
continuously brought up. No large
sums of money had apparently
hppn Rppn hv anv of the witnesses.
although two notes, one of $2000
and one of $665, had been seen,
and were later found by the of
ficers. I
Mai-Rwfn of Mac's Place said
Hage had imbibed three glasses
nt haor Jnhn J. Rndfi of the Club
pool hall testified that Hage was
"just happy," and that he would
nrtt call him drunk. A man named
Burke had been drinking with
hiili. Rude testified.
ttenrs-n Rusch. car insnector for
the Southern Pacific company,
first person to report finding wage
dead, reported he found him lying
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (IP
A pew order directed at control
ling gasoUne as weU as crude oil
production was Issued today by
Secretary Ickes with a statement
that he would stop excess oil pro
duction, by closing down wells if
necessary.
The secretary of the Interior,
appointed by President Roosevelt
as oil administrator, instructed
his department to divide the na
tion Into proper refining districts
and authorize the industry's plan
ning and coordinating committee
to recommend to every refiner the
production found desirable.
The committee composed of
leading oil executives, also was
directed to organize whatever re
gional groups may be necessary
to enforce the recommendations.
Violation of them were made an
unfair practice punishable by law.
The industry for which an elab
orate schedule of fixed prices will
go into effect December 1, & op
erating under controlled crude
production and a set of unfair
practice rules covering almost
every angle of operation.
Authorize Suits
To Condemn Land
Needed iot Dam
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. (Jf)
Instructions to begin negotia
tions at once for the filing of
condemnation suits on lands and
property needed for the construc
tion of the Bonneville dam across
the Columbia river was received
by Carl C. Donaugh, United States
district attorney, here by wire
today from the attorney general.
Donaugh was instructed to con
fe with Major C. F. William, dis
trict army i engineer, preparatory
to taking steps toward condemna
tion proceedings.
Hop Grpwers to ;
Demand 40 Cents
y SANTA ROSA,' Oct. 19. (JP)
pop growers of California at a
meeting here today voted to hold
the 1933 crop not yet sold for a
minimum price of 40 eenU a
pound. Prices as high as 75 cents
were paid early last spring, those
attending the meeting said. They
estimated the 40 cents minimum
was an average based on sales for
the last six months, v . . ,
DEATH
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Farmer's Throat Being Cut
Says Charles Bryan as
Inflation Urged
Neville Resigns Position
As Recovery Chairman;
Sympathy Lacking
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 19. (JP)
Revolt against the NRA broke out
today In Nebraska, home of in
surgent political leaders.
Two leading democrats bolted
President Roosevelt's relief pro
gram and Joined -the veteran re
publican independent, Senator
George W. Norris, in warnings of
unrest among farmers.
Gov. Charles W. Bryan said the
farmer's throat was being "cut
from both ears" by abandonment
of anti-trust laws and declining
farm prices. He urged inflation in
stead of "pouring money in at the
top."
A former governor, Keith Ne
ville, announced his resignation
as state NRA chairman because
of lack of sympathy with Its pro
gram in agricultural territory and
said price changes had produced
virtually a "buyers' strike" among
farmers.
The statements from the lead
ers of two opposing wings of Ne
braska democracy and from men
who have twice opposed each oth
er for governor came on the heels
of Senator Norris' second appeal
to Roosevelt to inflate the cur
rency by letting $1,500,000,000 of
liberty bonds: with new currency
instead of "refunding them.
Another democratic leader,
Congressman E. R. Burke, ex
pressed regret at Bryan's criti
cism of the recovery program and
said he knew the president, would
throw the force of his administra
tion behind any move to help the
farmer.
Bryan described the farmers'
attitude as "seething u n r e s t,"
adding that appeals of taxpayers'
organizations asking aid for the
farmers did not exaggerate the
situation. He requested an addi
tional 1400,000 federal relief al
lotment for the state.
"The farmer is rapidly losing
confidence because he sees the
price of everything he buys going
up, while the price of everything
he sells is daily going the other
direction," Senator Norris said.
Famed Gridiron
Hero Exhibited
To Medico Meet
CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. CP) J
Don Miller who galloped over
enemy gridirons a few years ago
as a member of Notre Dame's
famed "four horsemen," walked
across a stage as a scientific ex
hibit today.
Miller was brought before the
Interstate Postgraduate Medical
Association of North America to
show how a knee Injury he suf
fered in 1924 while playing foot
ball had been healed.
Dr. John J. Moorehead of New
York who presented Miller as an
"exhibit" urged rural practition
ers to study traumatic surgery
so as to be more competent in
treating injuries incurred in au
tomobile accidents.
Wound is Fatal:
Blame Son-in-Law
MOUNT V3RNON, Wash., Oct.
19 lb C. W. Hemstead. 78, Sam-
lsh Island farmer, died today
fro ma bullet wound admittedly
inflicted by his son-in-law, Char
les Kreider, 54, following an argu
ment over the deed to a farm.
Kreider, held in jail on an
open charge, said he fired in
self defense.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19. UPl
By the narrow margin of a lone
safety, Lincoln 'high school defeat
ed Benson Tech 2 to 0, in a foot
ball game here today. Shortly af
ter the second period opened a
Benson punt was blocked and the
ball bounced ent of the end zone
tor . an automatic safety and the
only score of the game.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct II.
tip) Winning all the way. Young
Peter Jackson,, negro lightweight
champion of California, boxed
his way to & ten-round decision
over Kid Moro, veteran Filipino
fighter, before a capacity crowd
of 4000 here tonight.
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Recovery Administration-Faces
Worries; Strikes Among Them
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Troubles seem to be piling up on the NRA leaders. At present they
appear to be rising mostly in agricultural circles, bat tbs strike
menace is not ended. In this series of pictures, at top. General Hugh
Johnson is shown with Donald Richberg, NRA counsel, at hearing
on revision of textUe code. Lower left, party of striking Bilk work
ers of Paterson, X. J., marching on the commerce building. Right,
Miss Ann Burlak, a leader of the textile strikers, presenting the
workers' demands to the code-makers.
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Majority Appear Likely to
Meet With Approval is
Bayne's Belielf
Approximately 60 applications
for aid from the Oregon Home
Owners Loan corporation have
been sent to the Portland office
from Salem and vicinity, John
Bayne, local attorney for the cor
poration, reported yesterday. A
high percentage of these applica
tions stand a good chance of be
ing accepted, he declared.
The process of abstracting, ob
taining property descriptions and
checking an applications, estimat
ed to" require 60 to 90 days, has
made it impossible to clear any
local loans as yet, Bayne said, but
several are on the verge of being
completed.
Mortgagees generally are re
sponding well to the home sav
ing program- by accepting bonds
of the corporation In full or part
payment of their claims on prop
erties, according to Bayne. In a
few cases, however, mortgagees
are holding out for cash redemp
tion As yet no applications for
cash1 loans have been sent in. In
terest of the corporation's bonds
is guaranteed by the United States
government.
A recent opinion of Attorney
General I. H. Van Winkle, which
ruled that building and loan as
sociations could not hold the
Home Owners Loan corporation
bonds as assets has been generally!
misunderstood to mean that the
associations can not . accept the
bonds nnder any conditions,
Bayne stated. In fact, however.
the associations have been taking
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OH
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Extra Session Officially
Proclaimed by Governor
The formal proclamation call
ing a special session of the Ore
gon state legislature to convene
at he state capltol on Monday,
November 20, at 10:30 a.m., was
Issued Friday by Governor Meier,
rinvomnr Meier released a state
ment last Friday announcing that
a special session would be held.
The proclamation reaas:
"L jnlfns L. Meier: br virtue
of the authority in me vested
as governor of the state of Ore
gon, do hereby direct tne two
honswa of the legislative assembly
of the state of Oregon to con
vene in special session in me
state capltol in saiem, on Monaay,
th Soh dir nf KfiTcmbtr. 1923.
at 10:S0 o'clock a.m. ot said day.
for the following purposes:
"To consider ways and means
ot raising revenue to meet feder
al grants for unemployment re
lief oa the basis determined by
the -federal emergency relief ad
ministration, namely, two dollars
of state and local funds for each
dnllav of fedaral funds. .
i "To provide regulatory legisla
COIL H SLAIN
III STRIKE RIOTII
Death Laid to United Mine
Workers Member; Other
Union is Active
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 19.
(JP) One coal miner was shot and
killed today as he and 15,000 fel
low members of the Progressive
Miners of America swarmed bel
ligerently into the state capital
with demands for union recogni
tion. -
The victim. Melville Staples. SI,
of nearby Taylorville, was shot
down In the only major disturb
ance of the day. Three companies
of national guardsmen were held
ready but were not called upon.
Members of the Progressives'
faction charged Staples was kilhd
by a member of the United Mine
Workers of America, which has
exclusive working rights in the
numerous Peabody Coal company
mines and others throughout the
state. Both unions have warred
for 14 months for supremacy, and
a score of si ay in gs have occurred.
A warrant was Issued for the
arrest of Pete Hayes, former head
of the United Mine Workers locttl
at Kincaid, IlL, near Tftylorvtlle,
in connection with the killing.
The national recovery admin!
stration presented to the warring
union tactions, at odds for many
months over employment rights, a
2000 -word recommendation for
settling the difficulties, but the
progressives found much fault
with it.
The recovery administration
suggested United Mine Workers
be allowed to continue at their
jobs under exclusive contracts
with the operators. The program
waspresented by Donald Rich
berg, general counsel for the NRA.
tion governing the manufacture
and sale ot alcoholic beverages.
If and when the prohibition
amendment to the federal consti
tution Is repealed.
"To consider legislation for
the relief ot financially distress
ed school districts, remedial leg
islation connected with bus and
truck regulation and certain oth
er emergency matters which have
arisen since the regular legisla
tive session.
"All members of the house and
senate of the state ot Oregon,
who at the date hereinbefore
mentioned, are entitled to act as
members of said legislative as
sembly hereby are required to
take .notice and to attend such
special legislative session.". -Copies
of the proclamation1
were being mailed Friday to all
members of the legislature.
r-rbe state constitution limits
the special session to 20 days,
regardless of a willingness' on
the part of the legislators to
serve beyond that time without
compensation. .
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WONT PAy TAX
HELP IS GIVED
Cost of Production Must be
Obtained or No Produce
Will Be Marketed
Holiday Association Chiefs
Serve Ultimatum; Aver
- Confidence Lost
ST. PAUL, Oct. 19 (JP) The
farm revolt flared anew tonight
with the national farm holiday
association i Issuing a national
farm strike call effective at noon
Saturday.
A secret meeting of directors
of the association drafted the pro
clamation designed for release
Friday afternoon which laid
down the following ultimatum te
the nation:.
"We will pay no taxes or inter
es until we have first cared for
our families.
"We will pay no interest-bearing
debts until we receive the
cost of production.
"We will buy only that which
complete necessity demands.
"We will stay in the homes
which we now occupy.
"We will not sell our products
unless we receive the cost of pro
duction but will exchange our
products with labor and the un
employed for the things we need
on the farm, on the basis of cost
of production f for both parties."
The directors decreed that the
strike "will remain in operation
until our farm products bring the
cost of production and until we
are refinanced under the terms
of the ?'razier bill."
The association directors de
clared the "moneyed interests" ef
the country, in their judgment,
"still dominate the government,"
their confidence in which was
lost, "not by any single act but
by a ljng series of acts."
"We still stand ready to sup
port the administration in any
program that will recognize the
farmers' fundamental right to
ask for and deceive the cost of
production for that portlonr-iof
farm products consumed in the
United States," the proclamation
set forth.
"We ask tor the reflation ef
the currency, that Is, to Increase
the amount of money In circula
tion to our national standard.
"At the last session of congress
we asked for cost of production
on that portion of- farm products
consumed in the United States.
This plea was rejected.
"When prices of other commo
dities and services were being
fixed by , codes we asked for a
code for agriculture. Instead of
being granted a code we were
given awheat reduction plan, a
corn redaction plan anj a cotton
reduction plan. Food and neces
sities of human life are being de
stroyed in the midst of Starrs
tion and human need."
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lfNs
(JP)- Whether Lee Schlesinger,
member of a Pacific coast mer
chant family, was in his automo
bile when it plunged into the
Columbia river December 28, was
one of seven questions raised in
a federal court . suit tiled her
today. 1
The suit, filed by two insur
ance companies. - the Massachu
setts Mutual Life and the North
western Mutual Life, against the
Wells Fargo bank and Union
Trust company, trustee for
Schlesinger's estate, pointed out
that no body was found in the
river though the automobile was
recover. : -.t;.; ' .
In the complaint," the compan
ies, with-which Schlesinger held
policies .totaling 32,6e0sald he
carried other life policies tor an
aggregate of 1200,000.
No demand for payment on the
policies has been made,-the com
plaint said. The plaintiff compaa-'
ies, it added, wished, however,
to gather testimony which may
hare a bearing in the event ac
tion is brought .to have Schlesin
ger declared legally dead. . -
Other, questions raised for the
e o o r t'l consideration were:
whether Schlesinger was financi
ally embarrassed; had been liv
ing In excess ot his income; had
been demoted from a department ,
store position; had unsettled do- j
mestie affairs and whether the j
Insurance might have been an in
centive for him to disappear. .
OR DEBT UNTIL
CHLESB
DEATH
DIED
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