THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931
THK CAPITAL .lOIH'MAI v ' ii:.t.Wl
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8. A. Moore, who waj brought
back from Portland Wednesday aft
ernoon on a non-support charge
was arraigned In Justice court
Thursday forenoon. The case was
continued until the afternoon In
order to give Moore an opportunity
to consult an attorney who was ap
pointed by Judne Hayden.
Old time dance Thurs. nlte Yew
Parle hall. Prices 35c, 15c. 7
The Salem Rifle club will open
Us 1D31 activities Friday night at
the armorv with predict? with the
.'22 ride and the pistol. The local
club Is nfliliatcd with lite National
Rille association and all practices
are held under government super
vMon with competent range olll
ceis in chari;e. The club has ex
tended an invitation to anyone in
tercrtsd In either rifle or pistol
shoe ting to attend the practice
Friday night and get acquainted.
Curlv's dairy, grade "A" pasteur
ized crecm whipo, 15c half-pint de
ll vered.
Drazier C. Small, former Justice
of the peace, end Walter DeLong,
constable for the Salem district,
were in Portland Wednesday
business.
Dance In the coziest hall In Valley
every Friday, Hazel Green. 6
Clara Lyons. Clarion editor; Ruth
Chnpman, annual editor, and Mil
dred Zehner, president of the Girls'
league at the senior high school,
left by stage Thursday afternoon
for Eugene to participate in the an
nual high school students' confer
ence eponwc bv the University of
Oregon. Ronald Hudktns. president
of the high school associated stu
dents, left later Thursday to attend
the conference. Hud kins will stay
at the Alpha Tau Omega house.
Ralph W. Tavenner, supervisor of
secondary schools, and Fred Wolf,
hitch school principal, will leave
Friday to attend the principals'
conference held in conjunction with
the other meeting. The high school
students will return Sunday.
Skating. Dreamland Tues.,
Sunday. Ladies free.
More than 30 registered Wednes
day night In the public school re
lations class conducted for the
University of Oregon extension
envrse bv Superintendent George
Hug. Classes in the subject will be
held each Wednesday evening. A
total of 40 students arc expected to
sistn up for the class before regis
trations close.
O'd time and modern dancing,
Crystal Gardens, Wed. & Sat. 9
Painting and the use of new cup
boards and waste boxes have made
the furnace room at the high school
as spick and span as a Dutch kit
chen. Each Janitor has a special
prlvmc drawer for his own person
al belongings, ar.d new cupboards
hide tin cans and other articles
stored in the room. The carpenter
ing and the pain tins was done by
the high school janitors under di
rection of O. W. Small??.
A heated hall and hot music. Ha-
el Green every Friday night.
Eighteen football letters and one
additional letter for the yell leader
were presented Thursday afternoon
at the high school assembly by
Ronald Hud kins, the student body
prasident. Two of the 18 letters
were awarded to disputed players,
whose applications for letters were
first refused by the student council
and who were confronted with an
embarrassing situation at the foot
ball banquet held before the Christ
mas holidays. Following the pre
sen tat Ion of letters, a skit was put
on by the Snikpoh club advertising
tne play, It Won t Be Long Now,
which they will present in the high
school auditorium Friday night.
Two Collar Ide Shirts, $1 95. Aaron
A&til, 125 N. Hixn 8t. 8
Appeal from Multnomah county
In the case of C. C. Stowe versus
the civil service commission, will
be argued before the supreme
court at 2:30 Thursday afternoon
Ths rase is cited as a test of the
constitutionality of the act pro
vidlnfi for the civil ccrvice com
mission in Multnomah county. The
appellant was ordered discharged
by the commission as chief deputy
county cierk under Clerk Bailey
because of alleged violations of the
political activities act, on Decern
bcr 11, i$29. Denton G. Burdick
Is expected to represent the appel
lant and George Mowry, deputy
district attorney of Multnomah
county the commission. The rase
created considerable interest when
first tried in Portland.
Suits Vs price at Moaher 'a. 8
Contract to supply the tires used
on motorized equipment of the state
this year was again let to the U.
S. Rubber company by the board of
control Wednesday. Under the new
contract, which the board charac
terized as very rood, Oregon will
buy its tubes at 60 per cent off
wholesale dealers' prices with a dis
count of 55 per cent on wholesale,
prices of casing. The state spent
about $65,000 for tires and tubes un-
der the Vm contract.
Dphc? at Hsunted Mill, Rickrcal!.
every Fil. nite. Adm. 50c, 25c. 8
Th? directory of Willamette col
lege of law alumni, will be printed
in the annual university catalouge
instead of on typing paper as before,
Prof. Roy Lockcnour stated Wednes
day. All suits reduced, many U price at
Mosher, The Tailor s. 8
Chiropractors from the whole
Willamette valley will meet In Sa
lem for the first time in over a
year when they have an education
al meeting and banquet in the
Orey Belle Friday evening. Dr.
Oeorge Kenegy of Albany, will read
the main paper. Dr. Walter Hagen
1 Cottage Grove, will speak and a
report from a member of the exec-
uUve board of the Oregon organ!-
7Htton will be heard. Business will
be conducted by the president, Dr.
L. Hockett of Monmouth. Dr.
Harry J. Moran of Salem. Is ar
ranging the meeting. Dr. A. V. I.
Smith of Bilverton, Is secretary of
the Willamette valley organization.
Old time dance. Chemawa M. W.
A. hall Thursday night. 7
The Chrhtmas progrnm of the Ja
son Lee choir will be given attain at
the boys' training school at Wood-
bum next Sunday evening, accord
ing to the director. Prof. Hermon
Clark. This program is a cantata
of old songs arranged by the choir.
Thomas Bros. Band. Hazel Green
every Friday nite. Nuff said.
Th case of the Commercial cor
poration against D. A. Yoder has
been dismissed in an order in cir
cuit court.
We pay cash for used furniture.
Imperial Furniture Co. Ph. 1142. 11
Confirmation of sale has been
filed with the county clerk in the
case of W. H. Barendrick against
Sarah E. Myhre.
Dance, St. Vincent de Paul hall
Friday nlte. Harmony Knights or
chestra. 8
Application has been filed with
the county clerk to have the case
of Fred Glenn against C. A. Knapp
placed on the trial docket in cir
cuit 'jourt.
Telephone 184 for appointments at
the Mirror Beauty Shop. At Gunnell
& Robb Studio. 9"
Complaint for money alleged to
be due for goods, wares and mer
chandise has been filed in circuit
court by credit Service company
against T. E. Preston.
Modern dance at Tumble Inn Fri
day nlte. Adm. 25c per head. 8'
An order has been granted in
probate allowing Vema Starr, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Hulda
P. Anderson, to sell personal pro-
!erty of the estate. She says that
the personal property in question
Includes fixtures and other pro
perty In a store now unrented and
that people are breaking into the
store and stealing the property.
Paint, wall paper, ait goods. Hut
cheon Paint store, 154 S. Coral
W. H. Batlliee has been named
as administrator of the $15,000 es
tate of William Johnson.
Old time dance at Tumble Inn
Sat. nlte. Winter prices are now in
effect. Come. 9
E. P. Crane of Seattle, was re
leased from the city jail Thursday
upon payment of $100 fine. Crane
was arrested nbout two weeks ago
when officers found hlmn posses
sion of a case and a half of bottled
whiskey. He intimated at that time
that he had connections with "big
business." However, they failed to
come to his rescue and the fine
money was raised through efforts
of his relatives.
Dance the old time dance at Cas
ttllan hall Sat. 25c-50c. 9
The basketball game scheduled
between Parrlsh junior and Mill
City high school teams for the lat
ter floor Friday night has been
changed to the local gymnasium.
The change was made at the re
quest of the Mill City team. The
contest will start at 7:45. A pre
liminary between the "Blue Birds'
and Buzzards," two teams from
the seventh and eighth graders, will
precede the main event.
Extra pants free with Mosher's
$32.50 suits for a few days. 8'
Mae Cleveland, 1064 Oak street,
received a cut on the leg and was
bruised Wednesday craning when
she was struck at Waverly and
State streets by a motorcycle being
ridden by James S. Taylor of Route
3. Taylor, in his report to the po
lice, states he was riding the cycle
about 15 feet behind an automo
bile when the Cleveland woman
stepped from the curb and In front
of him without looking his direc
tion. Benefit dance. Woodburn armory
Saturday nlte. Leta's orchestra, 7
Senior and junior leaders of the
Y. M. C. A. will be guffets a din
ner Thursday night at the Y. M.
C. A. The group will include the
senior leaders who attended a con
ference at Bremerton, Wash., last
week end. Impressions and experi
ences of this trip wlU be recounted
during the evening.
Juvenile Officer Stddel! of Ore
Ron City was a business visitor in
Salem Thursday.
The estate of Nellie M, Cron
isc has bren appraised at $2775 in
on inventcrv' filed bv George C.
Will, Mark .. Skiff and Carl D.
CabrieUon.
Petition to set aside a home
stead from tlie estate of A. S
Groce has b?en filed In probate,
Amended complaint has bften
tiled in circuit court by Clarence
R. Shrock aaainst C. H. Ostiin of
the Salem Sanitary Milk com
pany alleging that he sustained
revere personal injuries when
truck of the milk company collid
ed with his motorcycle. He asksJ
damages of $9id9.
Approximately 54 hl?h school stu
dent ill complete their hi?h school
work at the close of the mid-year
term carlv In February, according
to estimates made by Ralph W.
Tavenner. supervisor of secondary
schools. These seniors graduating
at mid-term will participate with
the seniors araduating in June at
commencement exercises to be held
then. Application blanks for grad
uation were sent out to all seniors
Wednesday and are expected to be
back In the principal office next
Monday.
A marriage license has been Is
sued to Donald H. Linn, 33. Long
view, Wash., and Ruth Hazel ton,
22, Salem.
M. M. Fleming has filed a com
plaint for money In circuit court
against Marion Muikey.
Awaiting the settlement of the
county physician problem, a num
ber of indigent ca&es are being cared
for at the county health depart
ment office, and by the county
health officer. Clinics and extra
time at the office liave been taken
up witii the relief of indigent peo
ple and one small baby was sent
to a local hospital for further care.
Mrs. FJvin B. Stewart spoke to
members of the Bcclesla club at
a luncheon meeting in the Spa
Thursday on her recent trip to
Death Valley in California. About
JO club members were present.
Frances Wright, state supervisor
of home economics for the state
beard of vocational education spoke
to members of the Zonta club
Thursday at the regular club
luncheon, discussing her trip to
Washington, D. C. Reports were
made on holiday welfare wdrk,
and an invitation was sent to the
Portland Zonta club to be guests
of the Salem group at a social
evening.
Nine cases of communicable di
sease reported from Marlon county
to the state department of health
for the week ending January 3 show
an auspicious start lor the new
year, as the total is considerably
lower tluin reports for several weeks
previous. Out of the nine cases.
three were of tuberculosis at the
state tuberculosis hospital; three
were of mumps, two of measles and
one of pneumonia. Dr. Vemon A.
Douglas, county health officer, states
tnat the communicable disease sit
uation In Marion county is gratify
ing ly low at this period of the year.
Four families were provided with
sufficient provisions to last a week
as a result of the Australian auc
tions staged by the Lions club pre
vious to Christinas, it was reported
at the club luncheon Thursday
noon. This was the first meeting
of the club since the week preceding
inriatmas aay.
N. Rocque has been Issued a build
ing permit to construct a garage at
238 South Liberty street. The work
will cost an estimated $300.
Pictures of Willamette women's
athletic club members were taken
Wednesday afternoon for the Wal
lulah, university year book. Other
pictures have already been taken of
members of the four classes, football
games and campus scenes.
The annual meeting of the Marl
on County Jersey Cattle club is an
nounced for Saturday, January 17,
at 1:30 p. m. at the chamber of
Commerce. Officers will be elected
and any further business that
might come before the meeting will
oe considered. E. A. Rhoten 1
present president of the organlra
tion and Mrs. F. G. Kuensting sec
retary. The Jersey cattle club t
a live organization promoting tours.
a Jersey show, and also actively in
terested In the betterment of cat
tle conditioins generally.
MRS. BRUCE LEAVES
MEDFORD FOR SOUTH
Mediord (LP) Mrs. Victor Brae
British vltrix, took ott from the
Mcdford .airport at 10:30 a. m,
Thursday In her plane for San
Francisco. Stw on a round-the-world
air ana ship journey and
plans to remain In San Francisco
a day or so before continuing to Los
Angelea. she left Portland Tues
day, WARRANT ISSUED
FOR DAN POWERS
Portland W A bench warrant
was on file here Thursday for Dan
E. Powers, attorney, who was sum
moned to appear hi circuit court to
settle an 11-year-old estate. The
warramt was issued. Circuit Judge
TazweU said, as a last measure after
he had called, written and sent ver
bal messages to Powers urging him
to wind up the case in order that
the court records might be cleared.
In 1919 Powers was made guard
ian of the estate of Joseph Orisinick.
adjudged Insane, and sent to the
state hospital. The estate consisted.
Judge TazweU said, of $400. There
was against the estate, the Judge
said, some $100 in d?bts.
' The work: entailed was the sub
traction of the debts from tlie total
sum," Judge TazweU said. "During
these eleven years th? court has had
no report on the matter.
SILVER SITUATION
RECEIVES ATTENTION
Salt Lak City. (V Everything
posMljl-3 Is being done to alleviate
the tilver situation, senator Srr.oot
assured Gov. George H. Dern in a
telegram Thursday from Wash
ington. He wired .9
"Everything possible Is b?lng
dane to alleviate the silver situa
tion. This is a matter which will
take the cooperation of f.m-icn
countries as well the continued
effort on the part of the United
States."
Mr. and Mrs. EUner Johnson ar.d
family are leaving Friday to make
their home in Chicago. The John
sons have lived In salcm about a
year while Mr. Johnson has been
connected with the Reid Murdoch
company here. Their children in
clude Dorothy, a student at Oregon
State college; Marian, a senior at
high school; and Robert, astudent
at ,VArrl&ai lunior hlsli school.
NO
OVER VACANCIES
YET CALLED
With the convening of the legis
lature but three days distant, two
vacancies exiaant in the senate and
house delegations from Marion
county and nothing more than a
general understanding existing as to
the method to be devised by the le
gislature for filling tlte vacancies,
nothing had been heard publicly
from Senator Sam Brown, dean of
the local delegation and its recog
nixed nominal head, regarding I
conference of the local lawmakers
to discuss the situation, th solu
tion, or passible candidates.
Something over two weexs ago
Senator Brown advised some of the
members of the delegation that he
would call a meeting within a few
days. That was the last heard of it.
In the meanwhile the discussion
of possible candidates has waxed
warm, the id --nitty of some of them
being quite apparently displeasing
to Senator Brown as possible col
leagues in the senate. !
Senator J. E. Bennett, author of
the recently enacted constitutional
amendment vesting in the legisla
ture authority to devise a method
for filling legislative vacancies has
completed his bill to meet the ex
isting emergency in Marlon county,
and will ask enactment of the mea
sure on the opening day c? the ses
sion. It provides tliat vacancies ex
isting at the convening of a legisla
tive session or during a session of
the assembly shall be filled by ap
pointment of the governor with the
sanction of the house in which the
vacancy exists.
Bennett admits that this may not
be satisfactory as a permanent me
thod of filling vacancies and that
enactment of another bill to provide
for filling future vacancies may
have to follow. His bill was whipped
into Its final form by Senator J
O. Bailey and Bailey said here
Tuesday that he favored the plan
only as an emergency measure and
felt that future vacancies bhould be
filled by election by the people to
be represented, several otner mem
bers of the legislature have express
ed a similar sentiment.
1. 0.0. F. INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS
Installation of officers w held
by Chemeketa lodge, I. O. O. F. and
the Salem Rebekah lodge at Joint
ceremonies held Wednesday night
In the I. O. O. F. hall. Miss Eugenia
Slegmund. district deputy president,
and I. H. Vinson, district deputy
grand master, were the installing of
ficers. New officers installed for Chemek
eta lodge were: Noble grand, Perry
Wright; vice-grand, O. 8. Erikson;
secretary, Amos Vass; treasurer,
William Slegmund; warden, H.
SchusterowiU; conductor, C. L. Con-
lee; Inside guardian, E. T. Under
wood; outside guardian, Arthur
Tucker; R. S. N. O., H. R. Burke:
L. S. N. O.. R. X. Meyers: R. 8. V.
O, T. W. Leasure; L. S. V. O., J. P.
Anderson: right scene supervisor, K.
Jennings; left side supervisor, P. R.
Coulson; chaplain, C. P. Weeks.
Officers installed for the Salem
Rebekah lodge Include: Noble grand,
Ella Smith; vice grand, Lenora
Krlesel; right support, Eugenia
Siegmund; left support, Elsie Tor.n
send: treasurer, Louise King; war
den, Lula McClary; conductor, Dor
othy Franks: Inside guardian. Mar.
cella Caspell; outside gu9rdlan.
Flora Turnbull; R. S. N. O.. flrace
Taylor; L. 8. N. O.. Edith McElroy;
ft. 8. V. a.. Josephine Erikson; L.
8. V. O., Nettie Williamson: chap
lain. Grace Robertson; musician.
Evelyn Naderman
The Installing officers were assist
ed bv Mrs. Mildred Nash; R. O
Henderson, marshals: Mrs. Ida
Tragllo and William Yarnell. war
dens: Mrs. Ida Hochstetler and R.
S. Van Pelt, secretaries; Mrs. Flor
ence Yarnell and C. O. Engstrom,
treasurers; Mrs. Sarah Hntton and
P. PhUllppi. chaplains; Mrs. Ger
trude Cummlngs and A. W. Peebles,
Inside guardians: Mrs. Anna Hun-
saker and H. R. Burke, outside guar
dians. Mrs. Lizzie Waters and Lou-
gine Brietzke played for the install
ations.
ANSWERS TO TWO
DIVORCE SUITS FILED
Caroline Schmaltz has filed her
answer to the divorce proceedings
instituted in circuit court by N. D.
Schmaltz. She charges that while
she worked in a feed store Jointly
owned by them in Scotts Mills lie
kept company with other women
and also makes other allegations in
regard to his alleged relations with
other women. She asks lor $1,000
lump sum alimony, $50 a month
support for two children and cus
tody of the children and also for
$75 In attorney's fees.
Oscar H. Zeller, in answering the
divorce complaint of Lclia Marie
Zellar. charges that his wife poi
soned the mind of their minor
child against him; charges that at
one time she sold the old furniture
they possessed and contracted for
new furniture at a price he could
not afford to pay; that while the
furniture was &U1I encumbered with
indebtedness she mortgaged It
without his consent to his humili
ation: that she maintained charge
accounts with Salem merchants
against his wishes and made ex
travagant purchases, and that she
was influenced by her mother and
step-father. He asks for custody of
a minor child of the union.
The sketch class of the Salem
Arts League will meet Friday night
at 7 o'clock in the public library
under the leadership of Mrs. E!la
C. Hathaway. AU interested are In
vited to brine a sketch pad and
pencil and auautf
AUDIT IS ORDERED
BY BOARD OF CONTROL
The state board of control Wed-
nncriav nrtirmt n anHIt ett th f-
fairs of the land settlement commis
sion, which was dissolved by the
1929 legislature. The legislative act
ordered the com mission turn lis
properties. Including three farms
completely equipped over to the
board of control with instructions
for the board to sell them and to
liquidate the affairs of the com
mission.
Tlie board has not been able to
dispose of the farms to date. Out
standing Indebtedness against the
commission totals $25,809, Including
bonds Issued to finance the pur
chase of farms.
HENDERSON
CASE TO JURY
Corvallls After two hours de-
liberation the jury was still out at
noon Thursday in the William
Henderson murder case. Henderson
shot and killed E. B. Mills on I
downtown ctroet. He pleaded self-1
defense.
Judge Skip worth In his Instruc
tions devoted most of the time to,
the law of self defense and to dif-!
ferent degrees of murder.
In the closing arguments Wed
nesday the defense emphasized evi
dence that Police Officer Thompson
knew of a liquor feud and had
warned Henderson, that he was In
danger on the streets. ,
The prosecution attempted to
show that Henderson's decsriptlon
of Mills's alleged movement as If
to draw a gun was Impossible in
view of other undisputed evidence,
and pointed out that no statement
of self defense was made by the
slayer at the time of the arrest.
FOREIGN TRADE
SHOWS DECLINE
. Washington, ftp) Further de
creases during November In United
States foreign trade with all parts
of the world were disclosed Thurs
day In detailed commerce de
partment records.
Europe was still the United
States' leading customer In No
vember, but exports to Europe
dropped off by $67,000,000 as com
pared witn a year ago to a total
of only $155,000,000. United States
imported most of its foreign mer
chandise from Europe also, but
November imports were $41,000,000
less than in the same month a
year ago.
Exports in November were:
Europe, $155,000,000; North Ameri
ca, $64,000,000; South America, $23,
000.000; Asia, $35,000,000; Oceana,
$3,000,000; Africa, $6,000,000.
Imports were: Europe, $65,000,
000; North America, $54,000,000;
South America, $26,000,000; Asia,
$51,000,000; Oceana, $1,000,000; Af
nca, $3,000,000.
OF XMAS CARDS
A collection of unique Christmas
greeting cards is on display at the
studio of Mr. una Mrs. Monroe Gil
bert, beginning Thursday afternoon.
A number of Individualistic cards
have been received, Including many
from local people. In connection
with the display, a tea will be held
Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock
with Mrs. William Burghardt. Mrs.
William Walton, Mrs. William Lytle,
Mrs. Don Young, Mrs. L. H. Tarpley
and Miss Alice Brown assisting Mrs.
Gilbert.
Novel cards from China and Ja
pan take prominent places in the
collection contributed to by local
people from the number of cards
they received during the holidays.
Also outstanding are the greetings
sent on wood, three being shown
from the Hoquiam, Washington, dis
trict. Block prints in an amazing
variety are pleasing features, some
of tlie more noted contributors to
the collection being Prof. N. B. Zane
of the University of Oregon, who
shows not only his own block print
cards but many from the collections
of his students. Vivian Hargrove,
now of San Francisco but formerly
are teacher at Parrlsh junior high
school, has some unusual block
prints on display. An elaborate de
sign by the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Vernon Collins is creating
much attention. The first etching
made by Miss Hazel Paden, former
art instructor In the high school. Is
shown. Elmer E. Younir, Salem
boy who is now art Instructor at
the University of M'chnran, has a
typical print from a real wood
block.
Local people's cards show up
pleasingly In the collection, with
some of the most individualistic
and representative of the entire
group being created by local folk.
SMITH WINNER OF
KEYES ORATORY PRIZE
Final orations In the Keyes con
test for Willamette students were
heard in chapel Thursday morning
vith the result that Kuttenc Smith
received first place and Hay Lafky
and Boss KnoUs tied for second
place.
Walter E. Keyes of Salem, offers
$13 annually to the student taking
lirst place, and $10 to the person
who is second best in oratory. Tlie
$10 prize will be divided between
Knotts and Lafky.
"Man's NeM for God." was the
title of Smith's speech, wlUle means
for the 'Preservation of the Con
stitution,1 were told by Knotts, and
"Shall thinking prevail?" was an
swered, by Latky.
Judges were Professors Alden,
Laughltn and Matthews.
The three men who spoke In the
finals Thursday were those picked
from the nine persons who enter
ed Lha tvalimUiariaa a month atro.
ARCTIC HERO
IES IN HOSPITAL
New York (P Acton P. Jochira-
sen, rescuer of the Kaxluk surviv
ors In the Arctic In 1914, died
Thursday in the naval hospital at
Brooklyn.
He was a native or Denmark, as
captain of the King and Wlnge, a
furbeahng ship of the Olaf Swenson
company of Seattle, he came to be
known as the most skillful ice pilot
in the Arctic. During the war he
was a lieutenant commander in the
United States merchant marine.
The rescue of the Karluk surviv
ors, which tested his ice -piloting
skill to the limit, brought him world
renown.
When Captain Jochimsen piloted
the King and Winge to Wrangel Is-
land after two other vessels had
failed to get through the ice, he
saved 7 men, a woman and two chil
dren from starvation. Nine others
had already perished.
The ill-fated Karluk was the chief
vessel of the Canadian Arctic expe
dition, headed by Vilhjalmur SLef
ansson, which set out In June, 1913.
In August of the same year she be
came imprisoned by ice near Point
Barrow, Alaska, and drifted with
the Ice until September.
Stefansson and Jive others left
the ship then to search for fresh
food. While they were gone she be
gan to drift again. A blizzard finally
crushed her and the survivors reach
ed Wrangel and Herald islands.
When Captain Jochimsen arrived
they were too weak to even cheer.
BOWLES PLEADS
FRIDAY MORNING
Portland (IP) Nelson O. Bowles
and Irma O. Loucks will plead here
Friday morning at 11 o'clock to Joint
and separate indictments charging
them with the first degree murder
of Mrs. Leone C. Bowles.
Time for entering pleas was ad
vanced from 3 o'clock Friday due
to the adjournment of Multnomah
county circuit courts at noon for the
funeral of Federal Judge Robert S.
Bean,
Bowles and Miss Loucks probably
will plead not guilty to indictments
charging them with stabbing the
young society matron in the kitchen
of an apartment occupied by Miss
Loucks on the morning ot last No
vember 12.
They probably will plead later to
an Indictment charging- them with
a morals offense.
IDAHO SEEKING
Washington (A Declaring the
'development of Idaho is being han
dicapped and retarded by unrea
sonable freight rates, the Idaho
public utilities commission has filed
a complaint with the interstate
commerce commission agaln.it the
Oregon short line, part of the
Union Pacific system.
The Idaho commission points
specifically to the fact that 29 cents
a net ton, or $9.37 per car, in ex
cess of tlie Portland. Ore., rate is
charged on freight from Wlllbrldgc
and Linn ton, although these points
are within the Portland city limits
and switching limits.
Excessive rates, the commission
said, are assessed on freight dis
tributed from 20 or 30 other points.
If the rate can be reduced to
where applicant and Intervenors
believe it should be, they declare,
there will be a greatly Increased pe
troleum freight business between
Portland and Idaho.
In addition to the Portland dis
trict the Idaho commission is ask
ing for a lower rate from Seattle.
TELLS OF DRILLING
RICKREALOIL WELL
Bring In one oil well of a flow of
10 barrels and you will have thou
sands of people flocking into the
district by airplane from every part
oi uie country, sam Foster, oil well
operator, told tlie Lions club Thurs
day noon in discussing the forma
tions tnat, in his opinion based
upon experience indicate the
presence of oil In the Salem dis
trict. Money is lost in oil well
speculations not because oil Is not
found, but because of tlie methods
of financing, he asserted. Selfish
interests have prevented the proper
operations in northwest fields Fost
er said.
Foster did not name tlie location,
but said it was near Salem and that
on the Ris;i farm, which is near
Rickreall. gas had been obtained in
sufficient quantities to provide
home lighting for the last 14 years.
A test well has developed 58 pounds
pressure, flowing petroleum gas
showing color and giving Indica
tion of a laige pool of oil. All for
mations passed by drllluig are iden
tical with those found in proven
fields, he said. Fster was accom
panied by Vic Carter, in charge of
the drilling of the well on the out
skirts of Corvallis.
POWER APPLICATIONS
WILL BE DEFERRED
Refusal of the state reclamation
commission to take action in con
nection with the application of the
Northwest Power comjiany to appro
priate the waters of Marion lake
and the North Santtam river, until
after the 19TI legMature, was an
nounced Wednesday at a special
scsFlon of the commission.
Thexe applications were filed sev
eral weeks a?o, and to public hear
imrs have been held In Salem within
the past 18 montlts. Tti company
proposed to ere the TT. rr for power
purpose.
The applications wre opposed by
the cities ot Salem and Albany, Sc
state game commission and a nura-.
ber of sportsmen's organizations. The
dif of Salem also has pending ap
plications for power rights on tlie
stream.
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Union Carbide At Carbon 60.
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9 YEARS OF HELL
JUSTIFIED MURDER
San Francisco Nicholas Ros-
Mch, club steward, was acquitted
Thursday of murdering his com
mon-law-wife. The Jury deliberated
fifteen minutes.
Kohsich tcr.tilicd he struck his
wife with a piece of steel pipe af
ter "nine years of hell." He said
she weighed 220 pounds and often
beat him.
Hamilton, Bermuda (J-) Post
poning their original intention to
hop off immediately for the Azores
on the second stretch of their pro
jected fllaht to Paris, Mrs. Beryl
Hart and Lieutenant William Mac
Laren, who flew here Wednesday In
the monoplane Trade Wind, said
they would remain In Bermuda
overnight until repairs can be com
pleted on the ship's oil feed line.
The vUltorn accepted an Invita
tion to an official reception Thurs
day afternoon by Acting Governor
Kvnn
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riATER COMPANY
REFUSED OFFER
MADEBY CITY
Speculation as to why the Ore
ton-Washington Water Service
company had not replied to the of
fer of purchase formally made by
the city for the local water system
within the time required for such
an answer was cleared up Thursday
with the visit here of K. C. Elliott,
president of the Oregon -Washing
ton company.
"We did reply to the city's otter
said Mr. Elliott. "I dictated the
letter and am sure that It was
mailed from our Ban Francisco of
fice on December 17. While we
could not accept the city's offer
we of course, as a matter of com
mon courtesy, replied."
Inquiry here Thursday revealed
that the letter was reecived by
Mayor Ltvesley on December 17,
that he advised the city recorder of
its receipt but had neglected to
transmit it to the recorders office.
The text of the letter addressed
to the mayor and common council
was as follows:
"We have received your com
munlcation of October 30 In which
you make a proffer of $875,000 for
the water works property belonging
to the Oregon-Washington Water
Service company in Salem, Or.
"As both the cost and the value
of the property are far In excess of
the amount tnat you olfer us It is
Impossible for us to accept your
proposal.
"Ean C. Elliott".
Mr. Elliott had no comment to
make upon the future course to be
pursued by the company In con
nection with the city's negotiations
to purchase the plant, explaining
that the company's course of ac
tion would be large determined by
the decision of the courts upon the
suit now pending to determine the
validity 01 the charter amendment
by which the people authorized tha
purchase of the 'system.
Mr. Elliott left for Portland dur
ing the afternoon and will return
to San Francisco on Friday.
PROBE OF AFFAIRS
RESUMED BY JURY
(Continued from page 1)
beyond the limits prescribed by law
are the foundation of the rumored
visits of the Jurors to other Jails.
More speculation, however, was
centered around the presence of a
special auditor employed by the
grand Jnry In the offices of the sec
retary of state delving Into stats
book and financial reports of de
partments. His Investigations, It Is
said, have not been confined sole
ly to the accounts ot the state en
gineer's office, and It has been In
timated In some quarters that he
has scanned rather extensively the
milage expense of state officials for
using their own automobiles on state
business.
The office of the attorney general,
where employes have been reported
to havo been paid 10 cents a mile
for running their cars on trips they
could have made on the railroad
for one-fourth the cost are Indicated
as one possible matter receiving the
attention of the auditor.
The grand Jury, naturally, has
announced nothing: Judge McMa
han says he knows nothing of what
direction their investigations are
taking, and nothing official can be
learned.
Around the court house and In
the halls and other gossip centers
at tlie capitol speculation Is rife,
and talk of Investigations Into tlie
flax deartment at the state prison,
the per capita cost of caring for ln
mates of state Institutions, particu
larly the state bospitca, of fees al
legedly paid to attorneys In the
Joscph-Mannix disbarment case by
the supreme court, and of alleged
lax conditions existing in the con
duct of the state school for boys
were being bandied about with pro
fessions of information as to their
authenticity.
The only substantiating evidence
as to the possible authenticity was
the secrecy surrounding tlie grand
Jury's program and the declaration
of Judge McMahan that he would
hold the grand jury in session un
til it had completed Its Inquiries,
and that might possibly consume
the entire year.
QUAKE IN QUEBEC
SCARES INHABITANTS
Quebec. (VP) The principal topic
of conversation In many parts of
the province Thursday was an
earthquake which sent Inhabitants
rushing from their homes, toppled
boolcs from shelves and stopped
clocks.
The tremor was felt here. In Mon
treal, and In many villages short
ly after 7 p. m. Wednesday.
The shock was the strongest which
has been felt In this region since
1925. There was a faint tremor on
Christmas rlfiy.
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JSelcregt iflemoria:
A Park Cemetery
with perpetual care
Just ten mlmitca from th.
heart oi town
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