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A -,ev IHE WEATHER 54 ' 8 Precipitation. .06 o( an Inch. &l"r", mlnua 2 wlnd' "u,h usl. cnRECAST: RAINS SUNDAY, F MOD-TEMPERATURE FINAL HOME Dally avtraga nt paid elraulatlon t mm, m Kegisiar-uuaro for. I (nonilW naing mircn si, isai: 13,101 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU 019 CIRCULATIONS LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. -1. 1.- VOL. 80 GAPONEGANG RULE 11! CITY Leader and 68 Followers Charged with 5000 Offenses INDICTMENTS QUOTED Federal Authorities Say Al Earned Over Twenty Million Yearly Ry SAM KNOTT iTnitpd Press Staff Corri'Kponrlpnt) CHICAGO, June 13. (U.R) Gov ernment Attorneys find investigators declared today tbat by indicting Scar- face Al Capone and OS followers on liquor charges they had loaded the proverbial last straw upon trie broad back of the Capone (tons and had forever broken its reign of law lessness. His confidence that Capone's sang was "wrecked" was evidenced by U. S. Attorney George E. Q. Johnson when be ruled tbat the underworld leader need not post a new bond on the liiir indictment. Bail Posted Capone last week posted $u0,000 bail on charges of evading income tax. Johnson held this was sufficient to cover the new charge also. J ho Ln norm cunc already is "practically in solvent," declared Johnson, because of raids and high bonds, and he be lieves one bond sufficiently protects the government. An idea of the power which Cupone once held was given in the indict ments charging that bis beer industry earned upwards of $20.(00.MK an nually for 10 years, dating back to the time when Scarf are Al wuh a "minor hoodlum" and took orders from lead ers whom be later "muscled" out of the way in his spectacular and dizzy rise to fame and power. 5000 Offenses Listed The new charges specify SHWO sep arate offences by the gang. The indictment traces briefly, the rise of Capone from the days when previous "rulers" sent him out on such ignoble errands ns buying trucks, to the re cent dny when he sat in high backed, bullet proof "throne," or lolled on his Florida estate with evidence of his millions about him. With the revelations of tbe Inner workings of the Capone gang came one bit of information that caused the investigators to smile. Capone, they learned, was not known to the member of his "inner council" as the "big shot." His mut trusted lieutenants did not call him "Mr. Capone" or "The Boss." They called him "Snorkey." Celled Him "Snorkey" That was the name other gangsters used when thev called Cauone at bis Lexington hotel, the government men said. The operatives learned of it by tapping telephone wires. In the same way, they h.-irned the location of many , Capone stills which they Inter raided. They learned too of specific amounts of money which Capone handled. These amounts, it was disclosed, were the basis for charges filed last week that Sear face Al owed the government more thnn .L'OO.000 income tax, never having paid any. Prosecution of Canon on the linuor charges will be handled by First As sistant United States Attorney Vic tor E. La If tip. who recently tried 4'i persons on similar charges at Hock ford and convicted 30 of them. Asked if the thought they had a fond ease. Johnson and La Rue rc phM in unison: "We never file Indictments until we bate good cases.' WASHINGTON, June 1.",,U.R A a ,lahi!izntion measure for the lumber imlustry. Secretary of Infer ior Wilbur tofiiiy ipmkh nr'lers Hi enntinuins the nle. of timber from ftrrnniiMit lnnl. Or.cn an. California lnn'l. tnken nt.r by the Government from nrisinril rints to rnilrnnds nnd Indinn forest 'ti'1 arc affeeted bv the accretnry's oH'r. The area in Orecnn find Cnlifnr ai. Seeret.iry Wilbur are in the timh.r region nhieh contribute most fiMrilT to (he rr.nniuer'-inl lumber up r'T. The aetinn in uitluirmvinr these from rommereinl etplnitnlion. J"1 Mi'!, is in line with recommemln Jmin i of rho timber eon.ertrfllnn "writ, which hn reporter! that eri " nrernrivluction eiiata in the lum imliiatrr. REGISTER-GUARD LOST ADS ARE READ FAR AND NEAR "Pencil wat returned by Pry from Black Butte, Ore. thank, to our little lost ad." B"w it Mr. Maxwell'! id: lOST-Rol Parker pencil, "imped ,t. Maxwell Ad " Finder please phone "-J. Reward. ALWAYS USE REGISTER-GUARD LOST AOS ee.eve. io,ing an article. HELD BROKEN FEDERAL TIMBER IE 15 STOPPED , TODAY'S NEWS TODAX Noted Game Lake Will Be Operated For Private Gain New Lease Transfers Control of Region To Private Hands; Protests Are Anticipated from Sportsmen JUn9 "--"-Summer Lake which, measured within the ? 2 covers approximately one hundred square miles, making It one of Oregon s largest Inland bodies of water, Is to become a prlate game preserve, privately exploited for private gain. . .IT , vaiuaDie tor commercial purposes hv fin fir tha larita nimnitt.. i .. - . . . .i ''s "uamny ot mineral salts which its waters hold alt 5 i t .uuuer ,ea8e minister the state lake on ; 7 " uecu Buu strictly Dr. Nelson Bossing Eugene, Included in List Announced SALEM, Ore.. June IS. (U.R) The personnel of the new state textbook commission was announced today by the state board of education as fol lows: K. H. ndrick. Medford. superin tendent of schools; r. Nelson L. Bossinir. University of Oregon, Ku gene; Mrs. Mary L. Kulkerson, count v school superinlendent. i:ilem; Austin Landreth. city Rchool superintendent. Pendleton: and H. H. Turner, city school superintendent. 1 'alias. Lnn dreth and Turner were members of the old commission. Adoption of r new policy by the board of education under which the textbook commission will serve in an advisory relationship with the state superintendent of public instruction as a commission on curriculum construc tion, was announced today also. While there will lie no new adop tions until November. HK!2. the com mittee will in the meantime work with the committees named to pre pare courses of study in the subjects for which adoptions are to be made al tbat time. 'By this plan It Is proposed to tie up the work of preparing courses of study with the adoption of textbooks." C. A. Howard, st-nte superintendent of public instruction explained. "Tbe ehnirmen of the committees will meet from time to time with the textbook commission and representa tives of the state depnrtent of edu cation and set forth tentative objec tives and criterin on the basis of which textbooks should be selected in their respective subjects. Such cri teria will be subjected to discussion, criticism and possible revision. The commission will select for adoption those textbooks that most completely fit into the plans evolved through conferences of this kind." OUT OF EXISTENCE RALKM. June 13. W) Although it does not officially go out of exist ence under the new state agricultural department act until July 1, the Ore gon state fair board actually went out of existence yesterday when it com pleted all its work, turned state fair matters over to Max (Jchlhar, stat director of agriculture, and disbanded. The fair board was one of the state activities absorbed by tbe new de partment. Before adjourning the board com pleted its premium list for the Ht'El fair and finished other details for the state's annual exposition. tJehlhnr met with the commission nnd was told by the old members that they were strongly back of the com ing fair nnd would be willing to ad vise with him if at any time he wants to call on them for assistance. Kiln Srhultr. Wilson, secretary of the board for a number of years, will continue in office, it wns said. Just who will have charge of the va rious activities of fair week, such as horseraces, exhibits, etc.. which heretofore have been apportioned among members "T the board, bad not been arrang"d. This will be taken care of by (ieblhar. Twenty Grand Wins Stakes at Belmont nrrfAVT IlAtlk' V V .Turn 13. (P) Twenty grand, winner of the Kentucky derby, today clinched the ( hree-year-oM American turf chnm ninnshin. winninc the Belmont stakes by ten lengths. Katherine K. Hit t a Min J.ennow was second, a nose in front of James town. Taking the lead eomine into the stretch Twenty (Jrnnd outran his two rivals with Sun Meadow and Jsme town battling for second. Twenty (irand's tiro of 2:10 3-Ti for th mile and a half was s nw record for the stake r-atins Gallant Fox's mark by two erAnds. The prire was a ?73.'"M purse. Accident Is Laid To Drunken Driver Larry Weldon wa arretted Fridav night bv state traffic officers on a chnrge of driving a csr on the public highwsr while intoxicated. Weldon was the driver of t car which figured In s three-r smn-h nn shout oYIo.-k Fridar evening nnr the rhe-id C"-in:r on th : Pari fie !!? " eh""' f',r ind- onth "f F.tigene. Weldon is held in the couatj jad. MM TEXTBOOK COMiSniiED 'of trom the state for the recovery ieasea. l ne new lessee will nrl. business basis, It Is indicated. Plans for the change iu the lake's status were made known hero todav with preparation of the sub-lease in which assignment is made to Robert .V Mchee, resident near the lake, by the Pacific Const Chemical Co.. les fe to the state. The lake, consid ered by sportsmen ns one of the best areas for wild ducks and geese in the northwest, will be posted against general hunting this fall. Thereafter, under the terms of the Fub-lease, McKee will hnve "sole and mcIus.vp right and privilege to sub let all the bunting and trapping privi leges for the- hunting, takins and kimnir of game, birds and fur-benring animals on said lands and water." The sub lease to McKee is sijrned by IV. and Mrs. .7. .7. Underwood, of I ortlnnd. representing the chemical company. The original lease, entered into be. tween the slate and the chemical com pany m bns a life of Years, with option of renewal for a like per 1. , he ?p'K'nl meandep line is the noundnry for the. area involved, thus tafcim? tn a large amount of marsh Innd as well as the actual lake sur ace .which is roughly sixteen miles lone by eight miles wide. At first included in public domain, summer lake, was later turned over to the state, and it was the- state which granted to Jason C. Moore a lease permitting tm extraction of ni trates and other chemicnls from the water. Moore actually started con at met inn of a punipine nnd evapora tion plant shortly after the World war. hut falhne prices of nitrates, it s supposed, caused the venture to te abandoned. 1f,,tpr Ipnft" Riven to the Pacific Coast Chemical Co. bv the state, this lense including that form erly given to Moore, llowevi-r, ac cording to Jay II. Upton, who has rtrnwn the agreement between the I nderwoods and McKee, this second lense was so phrased that no definite or exclusive purpose was specified An annual fee of .$1L'I0 has been paid to the state by the Underwoods, it js atd. with the underslnnding that a royalty should replace the fep when ever extraction of chemicals started. Ibis never happened, McKee's sub-lease has Incorporated in tt all previous leases from the state. Under tbe new lease, not onlv will hunting, except for a consideration, be prohibited, but grnzinir of stock within the meander line will also be forbidden. It was indicated bv Union that eviction procirdines are being instituted by the Underwoods attor neys in Portland against a squatter's right claimant. The new status under which the lake is held will inevitably bring a storm of protest from sportsmen jjid. It is anticipated, mny prompt action front the state game commission dk well. McKee, as the prime mover in effecting the change, is prepared for this, nnd counters with the claim that the lake will be better admin istered under private management, so far as hunting is concerned. He is confident tbat. no leenl flaws will be found tn make possible nullification of the agreement which Is the basis of his enterprise. John Stringer and Mrs. Fowler Trial Dates Are Named BAKFIt. Ore.. June IB. (A) The npsnul case against John Stringer, charged with driving his automobile over ex-Senntor Robert X. Sianfield. has been set for June 20 In circuit court here. Senator Stanfield was critically in jured when struck by Stringer's car. Stringer denied the act was inten tional. It followed an altercation over fence cutting. The Kmmn Fowler case has been set for June A former city treas urer of La Orand she was act-used of n large shortage In her account. Ruth Nichols Spends Sunday With Folks; Postpones Flight NKW YORK, June 13. A modern girts adherence to thn old fashioned custom of spending Sunday "with the folks" baa canned a one-duv postponement of a flight to France. Ruth Nichols completed the last formalities of her projected flight across tbo ocean today but dispelled the belief slm might start tomorrow, She always tried, she said, to spend her S'ltid.iys with her parents nnd twin brother and sifter at the Nichols home in Rye, nnd she saw no reanon to niter that custom merely to ex pedite the first stage of her ad venturous journey. So the takeoff am put off until Monday, when she will fly if the t est her if propitious, to Portland. Maine. The nett dny she plans tn proeeid to Harbor Grace. N. F.. re fueling on the way at St. John. N. R., and Svdney, X. S. At Hnrhr Grar--phe wit! swsit favorable wmhr for the hop !crb. the ocean to Paris. Mi Xichol plnne ha now been elegrrd for Kunn by the ru-toms like sny other ship, ft bns been ap proved bv the department of mm merce, nnd permission to fly over for eign countries has ben secured for it by the state department. The engine has been given its final check and all thef remained for technician to do tod-ir wr t make a slight adjustment of one f the three compare, Three compare pre l.ein- parried .e flight condition- oneti!nes cause variation from trut direction, i EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1931. InFmnHTKlMfir ll Portland dedicates newest bridge! iTUlinHRRfQTFIl ULUlUni IUI Ui I UnilllLUI LU - HEW BRIDGE IS ; iHv" FOR ALLEGED FETE FEATURE Beautiful St. Johns Span Is Opened to Traffic At Portland WATER SPORTS HELD New Willamette Crossing Erected at Cost of $4,500,000 POKTLANn, Ore., June III. (U.R) With the dedication of tthe new ?t,O0O,X0 bridge across the Willam ette river nt St. Johns the chief fea ture, the 1VC1 rose festival swung into its final day today. The bridge dedication was set for 2 p. m.. as nlso was a regatta which was to be held in the upper harbor. Light mists fell during the morn ing following a change of weather which had been ideal during the first two days of tbe festival, lu tbe grand floral parade Friday afternoon the sweepstakes prize was won by the float entered by Mont gomery Ward &. Co. In the section representing cities outside of Oregon, Pasadena won first prize, Vancouver, B. C, second, and Ckehalis third. Eugene Gets Mentiuu lu the section represented by cities in Oregon, Tillamook won first prize. Lebanon second. Beaverton ihird, anil Eugene honorable mention. The dedication of the St. John's bridge was preceded by a parade over the six-mile route from the east side business district. The bridge was opened for general traffic after a ribbon was rut by Queen Itachel of the Hose festival. I ne flninr punn prnKriiiii iipi-iM-ii i with a cruiser race from tbe bridge to the foot of I'nvis treet in the upper harbor nnd was climaxed by nn eight -on red crew race between the Portland Bowing club and the Oregon State college varsity crew. BRIDGE OPENED PORTLAND, Ore. June in. (UH) The St. Johns bridge across I he Willamette, dedicated nnd opened to day as n fenfure of the IWtl rose fes tival, is Portland's eighth roadway across the, Willamette. It N the third "fixed" bridge, with n draw span or bascule lifts and is built high enough for the tallest ves sels to pass underneath. The first suspension bridge to be built across the Willamette, the St. Johns bridge cost ?l.2."itMHiO nnd has been under construction since Sep tember, Ut'20. It embndiesthe results of scientific itudy of such bridges as tbe famous Brooklyn bridge, the bridge which connects Philadelphia nnd Camden, the Bear mountain bridge nrrom the Hudson nnd the new Hudson Klver bridge at New York. Design Is Beautiful lis highest clenrnnce over the wnter Is 'jn.- feet, which is high enough to allow the tallest vessel In puss lc nealh. Portlands other two "fixed" bridges, the Ross Island and Sell wood spans, are in the upper harbor above th last turning basin for ocean going ships. The St. Johns span Is ns.1S.3 feet long over all, with its main span 1 - 7 feet long. The roadway is 4(1 feet n idc and the two main cables are 10 3-4 inehes in dinmeter. With Ms high, graceful towers, top ped by copper spires, nnd its long sweeping cable line, the new struc ture Is one of the most beautiful bridges In tbe world. Unsettled Weather Slated For Oregon PAN KtlANCIHro. .Tunc 13. (Ai Tlip wrntlirr outlook for th( wprk lx-siniilns .luni" 11. nnnoiincrd hero totlny by the T'nilM States wea ther hurenti ns follows: Far wpntern ptnte: 1'nnrttlM wen ther ami nhowi-ry at Hi" hesinninz of the wpek with temperature !elow normal. I'nir tiilli lempernturea nenr or above normal thereafter. False Alarm May Be Part of Plot To Steal Machine Whether a faUe fire alarm ut the So ut hern Pacific dp pi it w n pre arranzed part of a cnr-Menling plot n the Mil-feet of speculation by police Saturdiiy. While the fire equipment was at the depot, John I'armtr. ho nt Mitirig in hi" car there waiting for a train, left the machine to ee uhnt it was all about. W hen he returned, the car j bnd disappeared. Word of the thel flashed to county and slate traffic officer, nnd later In the afternoon State Traffic Officer W. II. Howard and Deputy Hheriff I.. Hon n nri-cwtr-d If fir Ol son. 1ft. said to be from Canada, with th mnchine at Cottage Grove. Olson Would TUtf nit whether he turned in the f;,l-" nhtrm to get Dt row mit of hi r:,r. II" vn tur.:'.' orer to pr. enite four l uy Justice Uiw JohDiton. 1 .. f II i "i II "N.. Recognized as the highest and one of the finest lonojpan bridges across the Willamette between Portland and St. Johns, Oregon, was Festival proceedings Saturday. o, ni. 0, CAMP IS Eugene Guardsman Stricken With Appendicitis On Friday ASTORIA. Ore.. June 1.1. fUR Major General George A. White, comma nder of the 4 1st National Gun rd division, made n formal in spection of the Oregon National Guard this morning nt 'nnip Clat sop. Members of the PlL'nd nnd IMlth infantry regiment n stood inspection with pitched shelter tents nnd full field equ ipmeut ns a drizzling rain bent down on Ihein, The seiuiid ease of appendicitis since Camp started wns reported Friday when Private, Glenn Bird of Company C. llit h infantry, of Kugcuc, was stricken. He was operated on in Astoria by army surgeons nnd bin condition today was reported good. The inspection completed the day's work at Camp Clatsop, wil h week end leave going into effect nt noon. Const artillerymen nnd field artil lerymen continued with routine, work Ibis morning at Fort Stevens, fea turing gun drill nnd preparation for next week's firing prnctici. Week-end leave also was permitted there thin afternoon. Tomorrow's schedules for all the guard units Include policing of quar ters a the only work. Sport k will be provided for gunriNmen win may eleel tn stiiy in enmp during the week-end, but mont of the soldiers planned a week-end at the sea shore. On Monday Governor Julius Meier, accompanied bv Secretary of Slate Hat lloxn and Nlnte Treasurer Rufua I lotmnn and members of (heir fam ilies will arrive nt Gearhnrt to visit the encampment and tn pre pare for dedir-ation of n memorial tn tho Inte George W. Joseph on the first anni-ver-ary of his death. The memorial will be dedicated Tuesday nt the spot Where the bite cniidi date for governor dropped dead whilA nn a visit to tbe 111.10 guard enenmpment. Monday traininr aetivjties of tbe guard will inelude demonstrations of scouting nnd patrolling by 'om panr L, IMith infant ry. A Moris nnd Company A. I'l'Jnd infantry, of Port land. Maebine gunners nnd mortar ii nits will hold first tnrget prncfice Monday. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh R. H. K. New York tl n (i Pitrohurgh 4 8 'J lifliterien: Miti-hell nnd u'FnrrcU; Bra me and Phillips. At Cincinnati Brooklyn 1 7 1 Cincinnati 'I 10 u Batteries; Phelpn, Dny. Moore, and Iomhardi; Benton and St. vies, AMERICAN LEAGUE At Wavhington R. II. F. Cleveland 0 4 1 Washington fl 1 Shof fiier, L'm Mn and Wyatt; t 'row fler and Spencer, At UnMnn Detroit 1 S n BnMoti 7 7 I Bat tcric ; W) nil and GrahowLi; Morris and Berry. At New York Chicago (( Y. 2 New ork 11 YA 2 Bntterien: Caraway, Braxton, I'rn sier, Fnber and Henline. Gruhc; Pen nock, Pipgrns and Dfkcj-, At Philadelphia, 1st earne st. L"tii It 1 Philadelphia 10 O 1 Bn'terie: Stet-nrt. Stiles nnd Ir rell; Gnnp snd lleving. John Berg Guilty On Swindle Charge John Brg. swindler de luxe, was found guilty of nn attempt to commit lari-env when a circuit court jury re. turned n verdict nfter an hour's deli-U-ririoji Snturd.'ir tiftcrnoon. Sentence - :'l tin timioced Tnr"l.'i r morning. v :n tried l-epnr;ttelT from his id l".ed nceon'plire. F, J, M' Weci.ey, whoe out ft ill come uciu I PRICE: ON STREETS 8c; ON TRAINS AND NEWS Errol Sloan Is Winner Of Oratory Prize Peclarlng that the Monroe doctrine, with nil its faults, had been directly responsible for preserving for west ern nations their peculiar and suc cessful civilization, that it bad pre served peace between the United States and other countries on this part of the glolie, nnd that it had unved the smaller nations from po litical and other exploitation on the part of other governments, Krrol B. Sloan, senior of Fugene, won the first prize in the Fniling-Bcekman oratorical contest held here last night a part of commencement week. Sloan won a cash nwnrd of $150 for his oration entitled "In Hefense of the Monroe Doctrine," while Her bert J. Oornu, also of F.ugcne, won second and the prize of $1(KI for his talk on "Kyes That See Not." Other entrants were A. Walter Norhhid, Astoria; Fred W. Cnlef, Monmouth; and Joe Frcek, Portland. Judges were Aim Fugene Rosenberg and Randnll S. Jones, Portland; Claiborne M. Hill, Berkeley; Mrs. ft. A, McNeill, Roch ester. N. Y.. nnd Judge U. F. Skip wort li, Fugene. Sloan wns also presented wilh a placipie for three years of intercolle giate forensic participation, and Miss I torothy Khcrhnrd, La Grande, was given tlio Albert cup annually award ed to tbe outstanding senior. SALEM. Ore., June 13. (U.R) Pre liminary statement of the ( 'ommer rial Stale bank of Springfield showed linhilificH of $iri7,S2L and assets of $0O.44:i. The hank was closed a week agp by Superintendent, of Banks A. A. Schramm, nfter faultier C. F. Kenvon told him tbat. some of his accounts were irregular. Kenyon committed suicide Sunday. Approximately Jt."7.200 of the ns seis will be liquidated readily. Schramm said. SALEM. Ore.. June 1S.AJ.R l 'hecks representing the first divi dend in the liouidntion of the Aur ora Sttei bank nnd tbe Htnte Bank of Hubbard were mailed to deponitors todav by A. A. Schramm, state sup erintendent of banks, lu the close of the Aurnrn bank which wns closed Feb. fi, today's di burnement totals $70,722 tn 1041 de positors and represents n dividend of 25 per cent on commercial claims and ,'!0 iter cent on saving deposits. The dividend to depositors in the defunct Hubbard bank totals 0.LJ7 and repreents 2" per cent nf both the commercial nnd savings claims. Rain, paying Its customary visit at comniMiceirieiil and cherry time, began falling Friday evening. The rain gauge fhfjwid .00 of an inch Snlurday morn ing here, Suit ry nitnoxphere nnd cloudy sktei continued the order for the day, with forces ht for more phowers. The maximum for Friday was Ki, Cherry growers were apprehensive over their crnp. Hfirvetting of the main crop of cherries through this nertion j due neit week. Little dam age wst reported Saturday from the rain. The big oi pontes when sun--liine quickly follows the showers. Saturday remained cloudy and as a coneouence cherries did pot suffer much from the rain of Friday night. The suiif-hiiie on the wet fruit enue them to ret snd p H t more 'Pii-kly. growers fay. Unle it con tinued to rain hard. J. O. Holt, man ager of the Fugene Fruit Growers' nmoclatlon, said damage to cherries wan slight so fnr. liny men are bard hit right now by the rain ns considerable hny n down throughout the county. The rnin Is doing damage tn line county lettuce prop. too. Other garden nnd fruit rron will :;reatlr heneflt. I 'niter it v of f repon fiff t'lird nmmeneeoient peemt-d doomed to take phut between snoftcrs. PRELIMINARY OIK STATEMENT ISSUED tn the world, the St, Johns bridge dedicated as a part of the Rose SILVEM CHOSEN FDR GRANGE MEET Establishment of State Bank Is Advocated By Grangers MEDFORD, Ore., June IJL (P) The Oregon stnte grange closed its Ysth nnnual session nt 1;.'0 p. m. here tndny with the seleciinn of Silverton as the 1UI12 convention cily, ami the ndoptinn of resolutions upon banking, irrigation development and tnxe. A resolution wan adopted fnvorhig lowered interest rales to farmers, and establishment of a state bank, oper ated and controlled by the state of Oregon, A general investigation ol federal banking laws was urged. Another resolution favored inves tigation of methods lived by the stnte tux commission in fixing tax rnllos. General approval was given the resolution "deploring" the snlarien now pnid stale officials. It carried the pro porta 1 that the salary of the gov ernor be cut to $."1,000 n year, nnd that the snlary of supreme court justices, the attorney genernl, slate trensnrcr nnd secretary of stnte bo set nt $4500, No clerk would be paid more thnn $2400. It was proposed nnd approved by the grnnge convention that higher edumtionol institutions bn operated on income taxes "inasmuch as thooe who receive higher education benefits are those who get the highest in comes." Senntor McXary's proposnl to build n new state capitol from Oregon-California grant funds was looked nn with disfavor and the grange urged that the money lie used to reduce ag ricultural taxes in tend. More than 00 attended the nnnual breakfast nnd meeting of the State Ansoclntinn of University of Oregon Alumnae Saturday morning at the Ordnirn hotel. MIm Anne- Whiteaker of Eugene, only woman of the clasn of is), nnd Mm. 0. H. Williams, wife of a mem ber nf the clnss nf 'SI, were honor giiesta nt the meeting. Mrs, Arthur Qunckenbudi of En gene was re-elecied president, Mrs. Harvey Wheeler of Eugene, flrt vice-president; Mrs. Chester Starr nf California, second vice-president ; Mian Frances Elizabeth Baker of En genp, secretary ; Mrs. Inwrence T. Hnrrts nf Eugene, trensnrcr, all offi cers being re elected. The Mary Spiller scholarship fund has now reached $1100 nf the gnnl of J.VMKl set for lOo.'l, it was nuuminecd. The sssocintion w as organised tn 1!M7 (o perpetuate the nnnual flower and fern procsin nt commencement nnd tn maintain the Mary Spiller scholarship loan fund for the benefit of woririy university girls. Custody of Boy Is Denied Mother PORTLAND, Ore., June 13. (P) Orvel Eskehon Mnrnh. 11. son of Mrs. Agnes Hammer Mnrnh, Tncoma, Wash., wns mnde a ward of the court of domestic relations here today and Placed In custody of his uncle, Jesse (. Hnmmer. Porllnnd. The action, ordered !T Circuit Judge Gilbert, grew nut of n petition in dependency signed by Mrs. Marsh who snught in cnmpel return nf her won to her. She charged Mr. and Mrs. Hammer and Mies Laura Ham mer, tencher nt Franklin high school where Orvel is n student, were with holding her sou frm her. Steals Car Here, Caught at Grove Ray Olson, said to be from Canada, was lodged in the Ine county jail Friday night on a charge ot stealing an automobile, Olson is said to have taken a car belonging tn John Harrow from nenr the Southern Pacific statinn Friday Afternoon, He was cmight at Cottage Gntte from where he was brourht to : Eugene by Slat- traffic officer H. W. Howard tod Deputy Sheriff STANDS B NO. 164 James P. Olsen and W. H. Donaldson Are Held By Police CHARGES UNCERTAIN Two Men Taken Late Friday Night; Assault May . Be Filed BULLETIN James P. Olsen and William Donaldson were taken to Justice court lata Saturday for arralga mont on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. District Attorney Alta King took ohargc of the case. Arrested 11 connection with whnl officers describe as one of the most atrocious drunken orgies in Eugene police annals, James P. Olsen and William H. Donaldson wero held in custody here Saturday pending filing by the district attorney's office of charges of assault with a daugeroua weapon or more serious charges. Olsen and Donaldson ure accused of having held captive a yuuug men and woman nt a lonely spot on Victoria heights and forcing them to go through weird antics lato Friday night OIkcii whs token into custody on Vic tonu neigiits, ami lonalUsou was ar retted Inter. A third man, Vic Kaufman, was arrested in connection -with the affair 11 ml later n leaned with the possibility that bo will be held ouly as a witness in the case. Liquor at Party According to etateuienu Donaldson and Kaulmun are alleged to have made lu police, they visited at Olaen ho ur.o 011 Fnirmuuiit boulevard Into Friday and there took liquor. There, they were ullegcd to havu anid, Olsen Odd them of a "prank'1 cnlled "hi jacking" a couple nnd suggested that they go out iu bis car aud attempt such a trick. . They drove around, returned to tht house, and later drove up Birch lent aud into Victoria heights, according to the story, where they drow up near u car. Olsen is said tu have asked the young men iu the car about the time, aud the nlleged attempt tu force the couple tu yield to their commands followed. Donaldson is said to have been wilh Olaen, and Kaufman wentf to sleep in the car. Man With Gun According to agreeing statements uf Doualdhon, the young man and the f;irl, the (our were there for over am lour. Olsen is said to have had a gun, and the young man with the girl was Htruck over the bend, besides being threatened with the gun, ac cording to his statements to police. Both the young man and the girl declared that their captors did not accomplish their intended purpose. Finally, tbe girl broke awny when Donaldson was Inoking (or his glasses in the dark, and rau up the hill to a home on Victoriu Heights. From there a call was made to police. Car Is Wrecked Olsen, according to the story, started driving his car down the bill and it was wrecked nenr the division of the Victoria heights road oa the east side. The young man who had been with the girl drove his car down the hill ami appealed at a residence on Fairniount boulevard for help in hunting for the girl. The police car which responded waa hailed down by OUen as it started up Victoria heights. He claimed a man with a gun bnd stepped out In front of his car as he was driving down the lull and that he bad wrecked his enr in attempting to get awuy. The youth who bad been with the girl came up at that time with two other men and accused Olsen of being one of his tormenters. Olsen wna taken into cus tody by police, and a gun was found later in his car. Denies Charges Olsen stoutly denied the story of tormenting the girl and boy, telling tbe other portion of the story virtually the same as did Kaufman aud Donald son. He said Kaufman bnd been at his place, Ihey bad driven nlout, and were neiirly held up in coming dowa the hill. Neither Kaufman nor Donaldson PAGE 5 8EE ARRESTED STORY AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILLEN "Sunday don't mean so liuioli to people that takes daily baths. I know somo 0' tlio pious fcelin' I have on Sunday mornin' is just a clnan fcelin'." Copyright 11)31 Publinhert SjrB.) DRUNKEN ORGY
