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,- Garden Articles " Iifllle Madsen, talented " lrdener, tend writer for The Statesman will resume her valuable article on gardening in tomorrow's "paper. Each ' week ; thereaf ter they will be a feature of the Sunday Issue. The Weather Cloudy with t occasional rain Saturday and Sunday, warm; : Max. Temp. Friday 81, Min. S9, river 8.7 feet, rain ,29 Inch, south winds Bounded issi EIGHTYF1FTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, February 29, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 291 iiMborii Meimiaet oft 18 Captareci Order of Four Shots Hitting Sloan Argued Trfree in Back are Prior . to Fatal JJullet Says Salem Physician State May End its Case Today; Medics From U. O. to Testify Four shots entered the body of Hugh Jean Sloan, state and de fense counsel agreed yesterday, in the murder trial of John Kyle, Broadacres farmer, accused of slaying his neighbor early - in the morning of January 2. Whether a bullet shot into Sloan's stomach which pierced the aorta or whether three bullets shot into his back which riddled his lungs, brought death, jas fought Over for nearly two hours as the state and the defense sought to establish their theories of Sloan's death. Dr. E. V. Fortmiller, on the stand for much of the afternoon, testified that Sloan was gravely wounded by the bullets in his back but contended the fourth bullet, shot into Sloan's stomach and piercing the aorta, brought almost instantaneous death. Order of Shots is Disputed by Defense Paul Burns, counsel for Kyle, sought to break down Fortmiller's testimony that the shot in Sloan's stomach might hare been fired before the three bullets pierced his back. Dr. Fortmiller, who with Dr. Paul Pemberton of Woodburn conducted the autopsy, persisted with his testimony that Sloan had first been shot in the back, then in the front of his body. Importance of the testijnony fiom the standpoint of the pros ecution and the defense centers In whether or not Sloan was attack ing Kyle as the latter claims. This morning Dr. F. R. Menne and Dr. Warren C. Hunter, both members of the University of Ore gon medical staff, will take the stand to describe their theory of the case as based upon blood spots found at the Kyle house after the slaying took place. Dr. Fortmiller contended that an initial Bhot which pierced the aorta would hare brought sudden death to Sloan and that quantities of blood found in his lungs at the autojNy would not hare been pres ent had Kyle's first shot entered the front of his body. While the physical condition of the patient as regards intoxica tion, might have influenced the strength of his heart, the time of death would hare been little af fected had the first bullet entered the large artery below the heart, the physician declared. Anatomy Course is Offered to Jurors Jurors were given a liberal ed ucation in anatomy as the ques tioning and cross-questioning pro ceeded, large charts being used to show the principal arteries and veins of the anatomy as well as the abdominal and chest cavities. Dr. Fortmiller gave his opinion that Sloan had bled profusely in his lungs before Kyle shot the fi nal bullet which ended his life. Earlier in the day the state in troduced the clothing Sloan was wearing when he was killed by Kyle. When, all exhibits were in, 35 separate pieces of clothing, bedding and household furniture had been introduced by the state. The state stressed the fact that Sloan's shoes were without mud Stain, declaring that situation proved-Sloan had not left Kyle's house as the latter says he thought, Captain Walter Lansing, testi fying tor the state, recounted his detailed Inspection of the Kyle .house when he was called there at 4 "p. m. the day of the killing. He said Kyle told him he had fur nished all the money on the New Year's trip to Salem which Sloan and he made. The state is expect ed to make much of the fact that (Turn to Page 5, Col. 3) Daue and Olinger Decide Not to Run E. A. Daue and Dr. H. H. Oling er yesterday joined Walter Fuhr er and John D. Minto in the ranks of present Salem councilmen who will : not seek re - election. Dr. Olinger was appointed to succeed Cuyler Tan Patten when the lat ter became manager of the city y water department and Dane was elected by the people four years ago. - v ; None of the other five alder men whose terms expire next De cember has yet made np his mind definitely whether or not to en ter the lists in May. Alderman Donald A. Young is not expected to seek the office. The others are Carl ; B. Armpriest. Ross Good- Ban, Brazier C Small and Van Matthews and Alden To Retire Part Time, Arranged Professors at Willamette for Many Years to Drop Most of Work Under Annuity Plan; Math Veteran Has Fifty - Year Goal RETIREMENT of two long-time professors of Willamette university under an arrangement whereby they will teach a few hours each week and receive pay under the university annuity plan, was decided upon yesterday by trustees of Willamette university. Professors to be retired Matthews, who has taught at Willamette university for 43 con tinuous years, and Dr. George H. Alden, who has taught at Wil lamette university since 1914. Dr. Matthews expressed a desire to the trustees, , at their Portland meeting, to, continue some teach ing work until he had served SO years and his wish was complied with. Dr. Alden will continue to handle some history classes. Dr. Matthews has served Wil lamette university longer than any member of the faculty, hav ing come to Salem to teach in (Turn to Page 5, Col. 6) Emergency Board Grants Additions Only About Half of What Department Asked for Rest of Biennium The state emergency board, af ter several hours of debate, yes terday approved deficiency appro priations of $12,472. slightly more than half the amount which state departments had asked to tide them over until the 1937 leg islature convenes. The emergency board of which Senator Henry Corbett is chair man, gave $5500 additional to the state budget department, although it denied that $195,000 in alleged savings to the state had been made by this department. The emergency board attributed most of these savings to reductions made by the 1935 legislature. Senator Dean Walker pointed out that the regular 193 5 legis lature was not unanimous for con tinuance of the budgetary control department and had asked that all outlays for the budget division be paid from the original $15,700 appropriation for the biennium. State Labor Bureau Given More Funds The board authorized an ap-' propriation of $3500 to carry on the operations of the state labor (Turn to Page 5, Col. 3) Vikings Rally to Defeat Woodburn Salem high's Vikings came from behind in the last half to defeat Skeet O'Connells Wood burn Bulldogs 34 to 23 last night. Unaccustomed to the mal! Woodburn floor the Vikings trail ed 17 to 11 at the end of the half but Skopil went to work In the second half to bring his point to tal to 19 and pace Salem to a win. Woodburn. was unable to make a field goal during the second half. Phil Salstrom scored 10 points and Bill Wagner, center, account ed for five. The Salem . B team received its first defeat when . the Woodburn B team downed it 20 to 19. Salem was shutout iaVthe first half which ended with Woodburn lead ing 12 to 0. Laboratory lest of Hopsi Used First A new kind of . expert witness took the stand here yesterday in the Seidenberg vs. Tautfest hop contract case. Shwas a demure young lady Miss Lila Cation but her testimony won the respect of judge and litigants. She was: a laboratory technician. Never before, attorneys said, had the results o laboratory an alysis of hop samples been offered as conclusive evidence In a hop contract suit in a local court. Miss Cation, who has charge of the Facific Hop Growers, Inc., labor atory here, took the stand In be halt of Tautfest, whose hops her concern had purchased when the Otto Seidenberg company failed to agree with Tautfest on the price, of the 1935 crop Tautfest had grown. . To Submit Written jb Arguments,- Agreed -Jf Against the penetrating cross examination of the plaintiff's counsel. Miss Cation maintained her analysis of the moisture con tent and the hard and soft resins but Teach include Professor James T. Will Retire at Close of Year GEORGE H. ALDEN Falls Gty Takes Polk Hoop Crown Beats Independence 29 to 16; Plays Wheeler For District Meet Entry INDEPENDENCE, Feb. 28. Falls City's Mountaineer quint won the Polk county basketball championship and the trophy that goes with it as it walloped Inde pendence 29 to II in the final game of the Polk county tourna ment here tonight. Falls City went through the douhle elimination tourney unde feated with wins over Bethel, Monmouth a nd Independence. Three Falls City players were named on the Polk county all-star team, selected by coaches and of ficials at the conclusion of the tournament. Mountaineers Lead Entire Distance The Mountaineers led Indepen dence all the way anil held a 19 to 7 halftime lead. .They were ahead 25 to 13 at the . end of the third period. Zuver led scoring with 12 points while Hartman was high for Independence .with 11. FailaCity, as Polity county B champion, will meet Wheeler, Yamhill county B champion, Tues day to decide which may enter the district B tournament. Inde pendence plays Newberg at Mc Minnville Monday night to decide which team enters the district A tournament at McMinnvHle. Mon (Tum to Page 5, Col. 4) Time in Court of the hop samples she had test ed for her firm. Her testimony concluded the defendants' case in the suit which had taken three days before Judge L. G. Lewelling. Counsel for both sides agreed to submit the argu ment and the law on written briefs, waiving oral presentation of their case to the court. Earlier in the afternoon W. J. Bishop had testified regarding the quality of the hops in dispute in the case. He said he had spent 40 years as a Judge ot hop quality. He said his company had purchas ed the Tautfest hops at auction at six cents a pound and had ' sold them, f. o. b. New York, at ten cents a pound. He set the net mar gin to his company at one cent a pound. If Tautfest cannot deliver the hops. Bishop Indicated his company would start legal action to demand specific performance of the sale of the hops, although he did not name the person against whom the suit would be brought. He said the hops bought from Tautfest had been resold to New York buyers. rr-.t- 1 '- ' i minting Gaiser to Get Contract For 2 Years, Word Majority of Directors to Show Confidence in Superintendent Many Teachers, Parents Rally to Support of School Executive Silas Gaiser will be reelected as superintendent of Salem schools, it seemed certain last night with Walter E. Minier, Mrs. David Wright and Frank E. Neer, a ma jority of the directors, pledged to support him. E. A. Bradfield and Percy A. Cupper were non-committal as to whether or not they would vote to retain Gaiser. A two-year contract will probably be offered him to show the majority of the board's confidence in the superintendent who was chosen two years ago. A special meeting of the board had been tentatively called for this afternoon. Since the lineup on the board for Gaiser's reten tion is known, it is possible the meeting will be delayed. Director Neer. In a public state ment yesterday, said he would support Gaiser. He termed him a man of positive leadership and in telligence, a young man with a growing vision of the needs of a progressive school system and a superintendent whose . leadership is needed while the school district (Turn to Page 5, Col. 6) Passenger Fares Ordered Reduced 2 Cents Mile Basic Rate; Already in Effect in West, Pointed Out WASHINGTON, Feb. 28- (JP) The Interstate commerce commis sion in a 5 to 4 decision, today or dered a nation-wide reduction of railroad passenger coach fares to two cents a mile, with Pullman fare cut to three cents. A majority opinion of the dl Tided commission asserted the move was necessary to meet the challenge of cheap highway trans portation. The order, effective June 2, brings the rates down from the existing 3.6 cent basic coach rate and the average of 4 cents for Pullmans, including surcharges. The surcharges were eliminated by today's order. Southern and western roads already have estab lished experimental passenger fares as low as or lower than those fixed today by the commis sion. Easternjoads, however, have fought reactions with the ex (Tum to Page 5, Col. 3) MILWAUKIE, Ore., Feb. 28-(,ip)-Th6 University of Portland basketball team walloped Pacific university 53 to 28 here tonight. The Pilots led at half-time 29 to 9. O'Donnell, Portland forward, was high scorer with 20 points. MEDFORD, Ore., Feh. 28--Medford high defeated Klamath Falls 25 to 17 in a somewhat list less basketball game here tonight. VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 28-()-Vancouver's sharpsho o t i n g Lions returned to scoring form to night as they smothered .Sam Tim mins, Calgary goalie, under a barrage of rubber and defeated the Tigers 9-0. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2t-(JP)-University of Southern California defeated University of California at Los Angeles, 55 to 28, tonight, and remained in a two-way tie with Stanford for the southern di vision basketball title of the Pa cific coast conference. EUREKA, Calif.. March 28-P) -A field goal by Francis Givins, guard, followed by a free throw by Frank Moore, forward, with less than two minutes to play, to night gave the Humboldt state college basketball team a sensa tional 37 to 35 victory over south ern Oregon normal. - 8 AN FRANCISCO. Feb. tt-VP) -Fred Apostoli, San Francisco's fighting bellhop, punched his way back into the top rank of middle weight contenders tonight when he scored a . technical knockout over Paul Pirrone of Cleveland In the seventh of a scheduled ten- round bout; SPOKANE. Feb. 28-V-Jlmmy McLeod, two-fisted Tacoma light weight, and Bun Brown, of Port land, fought 10 slashing rounds to a draw in the main event of a Late Sports boxing card here tonight. Police Siren Scares Away Burglar Pair Salem police last night prevented what appeared to be a burglary attempt on the Hollywood Safeway store at 1078 North Capitol street. The thieves were heard try ing to get to the roof of the building by the operat ors of the Hollywood Drag store, who reported the at tempt to police Officers found a ladder against the back of the building bat the men had evidently become frightened at the noise made by a po lice siren and had disap peared when the officers ar rived. Last night's attempt on the store makes the third time thieves have tried to break Into the building. One man was caught on the roof with tools In his possession with which he was appar ently going to try to cut through the roof of the store. A small boy reported to officers that he had seen two men ran north on Cap itol street just after the of ficers' siren was heard coin ing to the scene, but the men were not found. Water Board May Get Pipeline Job Some Aldermen in, Favor of Delegating Power to Smaller Body Actual construction of the new Salem water system to the North Santiam may be under supervi sion of the water commission ra ther than the city council, it ap peared Jikely yesterday. A request to grant the water commission supervisory power over construc tion will probably be made at the next meeting of the council. Proponents of the move, which Include a number of aldermen, point out that the water commis sion, a smaller body than the council, can meet more readily and more frequently than the council, as would be necessary during the construction of a pro ject such as the bringing of water to Salem from the North Santiam. Under the charter amendment, which provided funds for the water system, new construction remains in the hands of the coun cil unless that body delegates the construction supervision to anoth er body. No trouble Is going to be exper ienced in obtaining adequate wa ter from the North Santiam with out infringing on present water rights there, a spokesman for the water commission said yesterday. Ample water exists to serve the Stay ton and Salem industries which depend on the Santiam as well as the Salem municipal sys tem, according to engineers' re ports. However, the proposal of A. D. Gardner of Stafcton that wells be placed in an island in the North Santiam and the intake there located, will be thoroughly checked. Idaho Among First In Paying Pension BOISE, Idaho, Feb. !&.-(&)-Idaho claimed the distinction to night of being among the first states to issue a check drawn on federal social security funds in favor of a qualified claimant. The recipient was J. H. Bailey, Ada county blind man, who re ceived the maximum amount ob tainable, $30, for the month of February, W. L. Murdock, comp troller of the Idaho cooperative agency for relief, said tonight After it was issued stenograph ers worked late to complete 500 other checks. "We claim some kind of a rec ord," Murdock commented. "Two weeks ago we were noti fied the federal social security board had mailed Idaho a check for $173,000 for its share of funds to be paid to the state's aged, blind, and dependent children for February and March. "In less than two weeks we had committees operating In the state's 44 counties and our first checks were mailed out today for the month of February." Stringer Announces He Will Run For Congress LEBANON, Ore.. Feb. 18.-ff-Cortis D. Stringer, state senator, anounced today he will be a can didate for the democratic nomina tion . for first district congress man. His platform will call for distribution of Bonneville power to all at production cost, liberal pensions and opposition to the sales tax, he aald. . . Huge Taxation Scheme Faces Quick Protest Historic Battle Looms; President Outlines Basis of Program Various New Levies for Bonus, AAA Refunds Under Discussion WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. -A billion - dollar tax program, drafted by President Roosevelt for speedy enactment, encounter ed tonight an emphatic protest in powerful sectors of congress. From these sources came im mediate statements ranging from predictions that the legislation would run into an historic battle to assertions that in the end the president will get less than half that amount. Briefly, the chief executive, outlining his plans to newspaper men, called for such an increase in the federal revenues as would offset the loss of the invalidated processing taxes and the cost of paying the bonus. Purposes of Xew Levies Outlined He proposed: A "new" tax, intended to yield $120,000,000 annually, to be ef fective nine years, amortizing the cost of the bonus in that time. A "substitute" tax to replace the processing taxes and finance future farm benefit payments, in tended to produce $500,000,000 annually. "Reimbursement" taxes to make up for the losses in process ing taxes during the current year, producing a sum total of $500. 000,000 over a period of one to three years and then expiring. A "windfall" tax. Included in the last item, Intended to recap ture processing tax payments which were Impounded by the courts and then returned to the processors, to yield $150,000,000. Dog License Cost Higher Tomorrow Calling all dog owners . . . un less a license is purchased today, February 29, roll out an extra sil ver dollar to pay the tax for the 1936 season. Harlan Judd, six-foot dog li cense clerk at the courthouse, was in a state of semi-collapse yester day as the flood of last minute li cense seekers, flocked In for the special rates the county makes to owners who get- licenses in the first 60 days of the year. In that jtime the charge is $1 for males, $2 for females. Effective Monday the rate is $2 for males and $3 for females; There will be no leniency for late payment, Judd said yester day, meanwhile preparing for a business today that will fill np a half dozen receipt books. Yesterday 500 owners got li censes for their pet pooches. Frigaard Again Heads Ski Club Connie Frigaard, president of the Santiam Ski club for the past year, was re-elected last night by members ot the organization meeting at the chamber of com merce. Other officers named Include Max Moon, .vice-president; Ed Morris, secretary, and the follow ing councilmen, Lester Herron, William Layman, Clarence Town send, James Burrell, Fred Bynon and Lowell White. Crime Wave Solution Hard Problem Says Chief Minto The crime ware through which Salem has been passing during the last seren months has Chief of Po lice Frank A. Minto in a quandary as to what to do to combat it, he admitted yesterday. Burglars and stickup men hare become more active here in that period than In several years past and the police department has had scant success in apprehending them. "What can I dot! Chief Minto asked. I might put more men on if we had the money. But would that help?- The house burglarizing that has gone on unimpeded since last sum mer is difficult to cope with be cause the loot in most cases has been money, which can not be la ter identified. Chief Minto point ed out. Portland police within the last week hare had numerous re ports ot burglaries perpetrated in such a manner that has led Salem police to belieYe the ?pinta pock Planes and Tanks Move Against Last Die-Hards of Coup Preliminary Move Apparently Is Note Appealing For Surrender; Most of Revolt ers Capitulate Earlier Reports Say Ajl Have Given Up; Premier's Residence, Hotel Strongholds of Militarists TOKYO, Feb. 29 (AP) A militarist rebellion was quelled today by the Japanese government and Premier Keisuke Okada, earlier announced to have been among four statesmen assassinated, appeared unhurt. The cabinet announced officially that Premier Okada was found alive but no explanations or details were issued. Because of Okada's reappearance unhurt, Fumio Goto, home minister who was named acting premier after the uprising, was formally relieved of the premiership post. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.-P)-The Dome! (semi-official Jap anese government) news agency, in a dispatch. to the Rafu Shina po (Los Angeles Japanese Daily News), said that an official an nouncement from martial law headquarters at 1 p. m. February 20th (Tokyo time) declared all soldiers and officers of the "reb el" forces were disarmed. The dispatch said "rebel" leaders numbering 13 were herded Into the official residence of the war minister at Miyake-Zaka. Peace and order for the capital are now completely restored, the dispatch said, adding that the martial law administration was in complete control. The dispatch added that "authorities are now deliberating over the final disposal of the entire case." (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press) YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb. 29 Japanese government tanks and airplanes swung into action today aganist the die hards of the Tokyo military uprising who defied im perial orders to yield the positions they seized in Wednes day morning's swift coup. The tanks clattered through the streets to the south western edge of the occupied zone in the very heart of the capital. Two airplanes flew overhead. The planes apparently were only making observances for the present, or dropping copies of an appeal by Lieut. Gen. Kohei Kashii, chief of the martial law administration and leader of the Tokyo army garrison, for the rebel soldiers, Oto surrender." Republicans Open County Activities Constitution Defended by Weiss, Speaker; Many Attend "Kickoff" At the Argo hotel last night the Republican club of Marion coun ty held its initial dinner meeting of the year, preliminary to the p o 1 i 1 1 cal campaigns. The chief speaker was Stewart Weiss, pres ident of the Multnomah county Republican club, who declared the republican party would come forward this year with an honest platform and honest leadership and not present a broken platform or a party which had been seized by the coup of another. "If we will fire sincere thought, (Turn to Page 5, Col. 3) Three Tied For County Entrant in Hoop Meet Officials Meet Today SILVERTON, Feb. 28 Follow ing the victory of Chemawa orer Silverton high basketeers at Chemawa last night, leaving these teams and Woodburn in a three way tie, a meeting Is to be held here Saturday to determine how the entrant for the district tour nament will be selected. et" burglar is trying his luck in the big city. Committee Pledges Support for Chief The city council police commit tee has told Chief Minto it will back him np In any more he sin cerely belieres is constructive. Al derman Walter Fuhrer, chairman, reported yesterday. This backing includes support of the chief in discharging inefficient officers, if he feels he has such on the depart ment, Fuhrer declared. Any direct action against crime is the business of the chief; the police committee's responsibility is not in giving orders, Fuhrer Chief Minto would like, to 'try going back to the foot -patrol bas is in the residence districts but that would require additions to the department payroll, which he does not- believe possible at this tune, he indicated. He intimated (Turn to Page S, Col. C) This dispatch, the first to pass the renewed Japanese censorship in more than 12 hours, earns from the chief Japanese seaport of Yokohama, near Tokyo, and indicated the situation was be coming increasingly grave. (The Japanese embassy at Shanghai announced it was In formed the rebels had surrender ed, but conflicting Shanghai ad vices indicated only 120 ot the original 1,000 rebels returned to their barracks, the others hold ing their positions). (The official premier's resi dence, headquarters of the insur gents in the center of the capi tal near the United States em bassy and the imperial palace apparently was still held, with the populace warned to remain out of that area). (CopyrirM. 1938, by AueeiaWa hni) TOKYO, Feb. 29.-(Saturday)-Lpyal government troops were ex pected to procede today against defiant fellow soldiers, authors of Wednesday's "purge" who are entranched in the heart of Tokyo. Government s o Id 1 e r s were thrown In a ring around th reb els, who held the Nagatach sec tion, containing government buildings and not far from the imperial palace. "Appropriate measures" to deal with the insurgents were an nounced last night by Lieut-Gen. Kohei Kashii, whom the govern ment designated to put down the military revolt with the aid or martial law. In a proclamation by radio, the officer said: "The several hundred soldier who started the disturbances ear ly Wednesday morning are still holding the Nagatacho secttoa ot Tokyo but the commander ot martial law administration is tak ing appropriate measures to deal with them. (Turn to Page 5, CoL S) Special Open Season Today On Bachelors Today Is the day, ladies, on which tradition says yom may "pop the qaestlom" with perfect propriety. Fur thermore, if your heart desire turns yon down, he has to bay yoa a new frock. St. Patrick set that prece dent ages go. Mem are expected to stay at hone today behind dosed shutters and barred doors. Whether or not they will, remains to be seem. . The re cord for marriage licences since the first of the year bears eat the strange fact that marriages actually de--rllne d urine Leap Tear. ;