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C apital AJomraa CIRCULATION Pally vra distribution tor tha month cnliufl February 3S, 1931 10,622 Average daily net paid 10,029 Ufubtr Audit Bureau of circulation FAIR Tonight and Sunday, temperature below freezing point In the east and locally In the west portion tonight. Local: Max., 56; Mln., 24: rain, 0: river, I t feet; clear; north wind. jlSrrl WAR No f)7 Entered aa second class 4oUl ICrVU, Vv. Ol mattar at Bale m. Orenon SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1931 PRICE THREE CENT3 MV,',SD? , WITNESSES IN BOWLES' TRIAL TELL OFEVENTS Ambulance Driver Tells Of Conveying Body to Morgue Coroner States Victim's Sweater Did Not Cov er Gash of Knife Hillsboro, Ore. W The first wetfc of the Bowles murder trial conclud ed Saturday as the slate tediously and monotonously sought to fashion It bonds of circumstantial evidence around Nelson C. Bowles, Portland canitallst. and his former secretary Miss lima Loucks. They are charged with the murder of Bowles' wile. Relentlessly the stale has pounded away at the time element in the case, seeking to establish a discrep ancy In statements made by the de fendants as to when Mrs. Bowles visited Miss Loucki' apartment where she was stabbed to death. The testimony of Gideon Snook, deputy coroner, that the brown V heck slip-over sweater worn by Mrs. Bowles on the morning of her death did not completely cover the gash in her breast, was the high point of Interest In Saturday's testimony. Both the state and defense had concentrated attention on the gar ment which evidence shows, was not cut by the blade as it penetrat ed to the young womans heart. All Concludedon page" a. column 5) D E Washington (IP) President Hoov er within the next few months will be confronted with the task of se lecting four new members of the federal farm board. One vacancy is to be filled be fore the end of the month. This was created Friday through the resignation of Chairman Alexander Legfe. Vice-chairman James C. Stone of Kentucky, was elevated to the chairmanship, while Commis sioner C. C. Teague of California, was made vice-chairman. Teague, however, plans to resign this spring to return to his fruit and nut business on the Pacific coast. The terms of two other members, former Governor Samuel R. McKelvle of Nebraska, and Wil liam F. Schilling of Minnesota, ex pire on June 15. Of the three, only Schilling has Indicated a willingness to continue. I ro has been no Indication from the White House, however, as to whether Mr. Hoover intends to re appoint him. Schilling has been active during his term In cam paigning for cooperative organiza tions in the dairy industry. Fire Department Called Out For Smoking Auto Alarmed by the smell and sight of smoke from the rear of the family sedan, Miss Margaret Pur Tlne, daughter of Alderman S. E. Purvine, created a small traffic Jam during the business hours Saturday morning when she summoned three pieces of the city fire fighting equipment to her assistance at Btate and Liberty. Information re ceived by the firemen was that the fire was at the First National bank. Miss Purvine swung the sedan in the street, parked It near a fire hydrant for tne convenience- of the expected "relief and hurriedly un loaded the accumulation of a morn ing's shopping by taking them from the rear of the machine and plac ing the packages on the running board and dashed across the street for a telephone. The firemen found nothing rad ically wrong with the machine and advised calling a garage man. Oregon Solons Guests at Olympia Olympia, Wash., JP A party of five Oregon legislators were guests of Washington's lawmakers bring ing the greetings of their legislature to Olympia. They were President Willard Marks of the Oregon senate; Al bany; Senator Colon F, Eberhard, La orande, and Representatives James Chlnnock, Grant Pass; Earl BnelL Arlington, and L. F. Alltn. Wallowa. A luncheon was to be held for them at noon alter visiting tensions of both house anad senate. Presi dent John O. Oeliately and aeveral other Washington legislators were I I I I GoodEvening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN The mandate of the people seems to have simmered down to a man handling of the people. Batty Cooper, sanitary inspector, reported today that he was making progress on his investigation of the report of Walter Minler that a mosquito had bet, discovered in a lawn on Fainnount hill. "We are working on it," reported Batty. "Not ostentatiously or with the banging of drums, but you can tell the peo ple we are working on It and may have something to report before the summer is over. I ll make no other comment on what we have found so for than to report yes and no on the proposition mostly no." We should say that Indications are the mosquito is in safe hands. We submit the following excerpt from an examination paper at the coming police school; Q.) What steps should be taken when a chief of police discovers his car has been stolen. lA.) Call a policeman at once. If no policeman Is available the chief of police may appoint one and after confirmation of the appoint ment by the council he can go out and get the car back. Another method by which the chief of police could avoid having his automobile stolen would be to ride horseback. Dubs Mulkey was seen consulting with an attorney on our streets to day. Maybe figuring on starling a replevin action to get the yellow bloomers back. Folk about town were shocked this week when Clarence Blakely showed up on the boulevards minus his moustache. This old mustache has been with Clarence a good many years. It saw the day when Charlie Bishop was mayor, sawr-me town grow up, the United States National bank building. Masonic Temple, Stecves building and First National bank building all come up out of the ground one by one and Clarence's mustache saw them all sprout Into the air. It saw Hal Patton go onto the public service commission, wax awhile, then wane, and it saw him leave the public service commission. And like a lot of state house em ployes It has seen its day and was lopped off. Maybe Clarence had it removed as a testimonial to Hal. But these old landmarks disap pear, the world drops a tear at their passing and then goes on about Its business In Jt,3 cold, cruel and neart- less way. PRICE OF CRUDE Los Angeles (IP) A price war in Los Angeles which has reduced gas olene to 124 cents a gallon, resulted Saturday In the posting ol lower prices for crude oil in tne Los An geles Basin fields. The crude oil price cutting was in tlated by the Union Oil company. The Standard Oil company price for many years has been accepted as final by other oil firms. Cuta averaging 60c a barrel were made In the prices posted by Union. In the Santa Fe Springs Held, they ranged as high as 81 cents a barrel. For Kettleman Hills oil of more than 40 gravity, which had sold for as high as $1.68 a barrel, a flat price of 00c a barrel was scheduled. The Union Oil Co. Is one of tne largest buyers of crude on the Pa cific coast, purchasing nearly 50 per cent of Its retail requirement. Blizzard Reaches Southern States New Orleans CPV-The lower south felt the effects of the Rocky moun tain blizzard that rode Into the Mis sissippi valley Saturday, depositing Northwest winds swept mrougn Its late winter crust of snow and Ice. manv of the Dixie states, eccom panled by rain that brought relief to the drdught cones In Tennessee and Arkansas and nearby states, but discomfort to the destitute and the unemployed In those areas. The weather bureau nerc prom ised freezing temperatures to the coast In Mississippi Saturday night and Sunday. Soldier Home Site Must Wait Few Days Portland (PtA Washington, C. dlsmtrh to the Oregonlan Sat urriav auoted Oeneral i-Tang i. Mines, director of vete-an' affairs as saying the site of ttie proposed netlonal soldiers' home for the Pa cific northwest will be selected next wee. The Oregon oeieganon ma previously been Informed the aelec tlon would be maae ttaiumay. The dispatch said "Representativi Hawley Is very optimistic that Rose burg will be selected. Senators Mc Nart and 8telwer. however, are more dubious.' 11 PRISONERS INCINERATED IN STOCKADE FIRE rapped in Cells 11 Ne groes Perish in Caro lina Prison Blaze Victims Roasted to Death As 41 Other Prisoners Led Out by Guards Kcnansville. N. C. WT) Trapped In their cells, 11 negro convicts burned to death early Saturday as flames swept through the huge, wooden stockade of Duplin county. Forty-one other prisoners, all ne groes, except 12, were led from the burning Builctuig by guards. Owen Basden and B. S. Nicholson, the guards on duty, discovered the fire 6hort)y alter 2 a.m. The flames started In the kitch en. Their origin had not been deter- mined. The stockade, built of heavy tim bers, was located one mile from here. It was virtually without fire protec tion. Dan H. Bridgets. Duplin county coroner, began an investigation Im mediately. Pending Its completion, he requested the two guards not to discuss the fire. Residents of the community who first reached the fire said, however, that Basden rushed into the burn- (Conclucled on page 8, column 4 GALES, STORMS, FLOODS, QUAKES (By the Associated Press) 6torms lashed the Atlantic from Iceland to northern Africa Satur day snow blanketed the prairie states from the Dakotas to Texas; rivers spilled over their banks in France, while earthquakes shook the Balkans. High waves and hlKh tides visit ed their fury In the North sea, flooding flat lands along the coast of England and endangering ships. Northeasterly Rales blew up violent sand'.tovms on the shove. Earthqakes demolished" buildings and terrorized inhabitants in Bul garia. Jugoslavia, Greece and South Siberia. The American storm was centered over southeastern Missouri and moving northeastward. Shipping was warned to be prepared from the Virginia Cape to Jacksonville, Florida. Almost every section of tire Mis sissippi valley experienced snow- sleet, rain or cold. Kansas and Ne braska lay under 3 to 8 Inches Sub-freezing temperatures endan gered trees In Kansas and Okla noma. 18 Year Old Son Of Aimee To Wed ' Oklahoma Girl Los Angeles, A') Aimee Semple Mcpherson's son, Rolf, 18, will be married after the evangelist re turns from the Orient, Miss Caro lyn Frizzell, Angelus Temple exe cutive disclosed Saturday. Miss Lorna D. Smith, 19. daugh ter of Earl James Smith, oil man of Alva, Oklahoma, showed a dia mond ring and said she Is engaged to Rolf. She Is a graduate of the Temple bible school. "It has been no secret at the temple that they will be married," said Miss Frizzed. Mrs. Mcpherson's daughter, Ro berta, was married a few days ago in Singapore to William Biadley Smyth, purser of the President Wilson. French Rivers Are Swollen by Rains Paris 'JV- French riven, swollen by heavy rain and snow during the past week, have flooded a large area and Saturday were doing consider able damage. Tlx: Seine was rising steadily and had a threatenbig pect because of tile tremendous vol ume of water rushing Into It from tributaries. At Paris, the Seine has risen more than 11 Inches since Friday. The waters have Invaded the He St. Lou- Is. and In the suburbs have trans formed many streets Into sluggish brooks. Near Rlielma the Marne has become menacing. At St. Remy en Bouzemont and Larrlcourt several sauare miles of prairie were flooded and the highway was eut between St. Remy and Monceta. Outside Bordeaux the Oaronne has overflowed, covering Ore tram way tracks and interfering with im construction In the river region The Rhone was rising steadily near Klines and flooding bordering land, Maryland's Legislature For Ritchie W ashing Ion OP) The democratic row precipitated by Chairman Ras kob of the national committee, has led to a full flowering of political speculation concerning 1933. Not only to the uarty of Jeffer son but In republican ranks as well the next presidential race naa De come an absorbing topic for public utterance. And, on one aide Inde pendent are getting together, dis claiming anv third party Intentions but bent on making their mark through coalescing on objectives (Concluded on page , column 7) STATE INCOME TAX RESPITE Portland. OP) A temporary re spite from payment of either the state Income or Intangibles Income taxes la In prospect for Oregon taxpayers. C. V. Galloway, chairman of the state tax commission, said Satur day tax return blanks cannot be Issued before the middle of June, and the commission naa yirtuaiiy decided on the postponement of the tax payment period. The Income tax. having been voted bv the people In November, is now In effect, It was pointed out but to Droceed with collections un der Its provisions with the know ledge that the Intangibles tax on 1930 Incomes would later become effective, would cause confusion as to payments under the two laws. Both are Income tax measures. Hence the commission has de cided to await Issuance of the new blanks and collect both taxes at the same time. The "personal' Income tax Is a levy on all forms of Income, at a rate of from 1 to 6 per cent. Tne Intangibles tax Is a tax on Income from Intangible property, such stocks, bonds, etc., at a rate of 8 per cent. Under the intangibles statute, If the Intangibles tax Is paid, that portion of the Income Is not again taxed under the personal income tax. MEIER VETOES GAME MEASURE Governor Julius L. Meier, before leaving for Portland to spend Sun day, vetoed house bill 197, which proposed to make It mandatory that anyone desiring to construct a dam must receive a permit from the state game commission. The bill was in troduced by Representative Deuel, and provided further authorization of the game commission to contract with builders tor fish hatcheries in lieu of fish ways. The governor stat ed this power is already In tne hands of the state fish commission. The governor also vetoed the ap propriation for the additional Judge for Multnomah county, the provision for which he vetoed eariler. In signing the appropriation for salaries and expenses In connection with the slate penitentiary and the Institution of feeble minded, the governor vetoed Hems totaling $4:160 In the former, and an Item of $15, 200 for general expenses of the lat ter. Other appropriation bills signed late In the day were for a sum of $7500 for the eradication of grass hoppers in Klamath and Lake coun ties; $500 for :ondurtlng examina tions of state department: $12,500 for the preservation of historical places and for Champof ff park; ajd S2500 for the use of the soldiers' and sailors' commission of Oregon. Strange Indian Tribe Dwelling onTiburon Worship Sun, Moon Mexico Citv (AP) A strange tribe of Incliims, who be lieve that the pelican created the world, who worship the sun and moon, who gamble habitually, auction off their mar riageable ir. and who destroy their weak and deformed offspring. has been found on Tlburon Island, 300 miles aonth of Arliona in the Gulf of California. The Indiana are the almost for gotten remnant of the Serls tribe, who numbered SO.000 at the time of the conquest. Only 104 are alive todav. After a revolution In 1748 in which they were Imohrd. the Span ish viceroy exiled them t Tlburon. three mls from the Sonora main land, and there they have remained since, keeping their blood pure and keening other-, off their IMand. Colonel J lan Masturzi, Italian H00VERVET0 PROMISED ON wagner BILL President Has Substitute For Unemployment Bill As Passed $500,000 Fund To Be Utilized for Unemploy ment Agencies Washington (IP) President Hoo ver has worked out a substitute plan for the Wagner unemployment bill, It was learned Saturday at the White House. The executive, therefore, Is ex pected to veto before next Tuesday, the measure laid before him by con gress. The way was opened for the sub stitute proposition when congress adopted the 1,300,000 appropriation for the Wagner bill. It was provided that It the measure failed to become a law within the time limit, $500,000 would be appropriated to carry out the work of establishing employ ment agencies to aid In the present situation. At the White House, the view Is taken that the alternative Is best. It Is said that the Wagner bill could not become operative In the existing emergency. The Wagner measure provided for a national set-up of unemployment agencies in cooperation with the states under a system which would (Concluded on page 8, column 4) PEACE REIGNS IN PERU AGAIN Lima, Peru (IP) A "transitory gov ernment" of three members, Includ ing one naval captain, was formed Saturday under leadership of Lieut. Col. Gustavo Jimenez, who announc ed that the nation has been "prac tically pacified." After days of revolution, counter revolution and coup d'etat which made future governmental proced ure uncertain, Colonel Jimenez an nounced his new Junta and Lt. Col. Luis M. Sanchez Cerro, head of the former military government, issued a farewell message prior to his de parture Saturday for Europe. Sanchez Cerro said he expected to return In three months to run for the presidency of Peru. Previous ly he had withdrawn his candidacy, due to the Arequlpa revolt. Jimenez was confident of restor ing normal government. Col. Roberto Lopez and Naval Captain Federico Diaz Dulanto were named to the "transitory Junta" with Jimenez. PHILIP SNOWDEN ILL WITH CYSTITIS London OP) With the date for presentation of his 1031 budget only a short way ahead, Philip Snowdcn, chancellor of the exchequer, Is con fined to bed with an Illness which probably will not permit him to leave his home for several weeks. His ailment was diagnosed Satur day as cystitis. Inflammation of the bladder, following an attack of In fluenza from which he has been suf fering for several days. Mr. Snowden Is 67 years old. The British financial year ends on March 31 and the budget normally would be presented shortly there after. The most Important estimates already have been Lisued. rxpiorer, and Mme. Tilayna, a French writer, arrivinr here from a perilous sojourn on the Island, de clared that the Serla still live as savages, do not have houses, eat much raw meat, wear only skin and In some caws loin cloths for cover ing. They live outdoors In all wea ther and are tanneu toadeep brown, looking much as do the Patagonlana of the Argentine. The average height of the male Is six feet. They rate white people beyond all reason. Colonel Masturzl says that aevera years ago an ex tConcluoad on p $, column ) Governor Hears Pro and Con About Klamath River Bill That the rights of irrigationists in the Klamath project will be adequately protected if Governor Julius L. Meier signs senate bill 315 was the contention of California-Oregon Power company representatives, who want the bill signed, at a hearing before the governor Saturday. That the irri gation project will be utterly ruined j If the bill Is signed was tne con tention of the project representa tives. The clash between the two in terests was clearly drawn, with A. E. Reames, Mcdford attorney, rep resenting the power company, and A. M. Thomas of Malln chief spokesman for the project water users. Sitting with Governor Meier was John C. Veatch, Portland at torney. The governor has through next Wednesday to decide his ac tion on the bill. Opponents of the bill, which gives the company the right to apply to (Concluded on page 8. column 6) DIARY REVEALS VICE RING PLOT Los Angeles W) A diary relating how scores of young girls were In duced to register at an agency for engagements with wealthy Holly wood and Los Angeles men was claimed by the district attorney's of fice Saturday to hiivo led to the confession by Mrs. Clive Clark Day of a part In operating tne agency. Mrs. Day, a dancer, William Jo- belmann, former theatrical press agent, and John p. Mills, real es tate and oil promoter, were arraign. ed In superior court Friday on charges growing out of an alleged attack by Mills on Clarice Taubcr, 16, and their preliminary hearing set for March 31. Mills was released under $5000 bonds but the other two, unable to make ball, s ere held In Jail. Mrs. Day's diary indicates, Blay ney Matthews, chief investigator for the district attorneys omce said that she had known Mills for a num ber of years, one notation reading: "Had luni'h with Mills." Jobelmann's Hollywood studio yielded files of more than 100 girls of from 12 to 20 C'onclutlrcionpnKe 8. column 7 SHELL OIL CUTS GAS T0 11 CENTS San Francisco yP) The Shell Oil company Saturday dropped Its tank wagon price for gasoline to 11 cent a gallon here, two cents under the Standard Oil quotation to retailers. The retail prices of the two com panies were the same 15 cents, the different slashes being Inter preted as the desire of Bhell to maintain a four cent differential while Standard seeks a two cent differential. The differential of each company was reported to be the same up and down the coast with gasoline re tailing at various prices in differ ent sections, depending upon the strength of competition. Shell sold to dealers In Los Angeles at ' cento a gallon, Including tax. The price, officials said, Is below pro duction cost. The Associated Oil company, with Its directors going Into session, announced lt would meet the 11 cent price established by Shell. Serbian Districts Feci Earth Shocks Vienna 'IV- Widespread destruc tion In South Serbia from two earth, quake shocks Saturday morning was reported In dispatches from Balkan cities. Residences and public buildings In many towns, notably Dcmlr, Ka pla and Valandovo were shaken down. The shocks drove large sec tions of the population panic strick en Into the open. There was only one known fatality but It was feared there were others. In the Valandovo region a moun tain slide swept a shepherd and 200 sheep to death. At. Ouevguell the first shock siiit tne postoince in two. 70-Year Baby Hoy Worry To His Mother Wichita. Kas. 'T Seeking refuge from the mischievous ways of her 70-year-old son, Mrs. Lucy Hatch. 102 years old, has appealed to Sedg wick county commissioners to per mit her to enter the poor farm Although "htr little boy ", Harry Hatch, la himself old enouah to be a grandfather, she told olflclals he spent her monev hi bacchanalian fottlvaU anil mlrinlcrht nartles County officers took tier ease under advisement. , FLAX BILLS SIGNED Governor Julius L. Meier at noon Saturday signed the two penitentiary appropriations bills, one which authorized the expenditure of $60,000 for the purchase of flax straw to be used in connection with the peni tentiary flax plant; and the other for $143,000 for needed repairs wnn In the penitentiary '..'-cessary to care for the largo prison popula tion, numbering 037. The appro priation of the $60,000 virtually ends the fight over the flax industry at the penitentiary, which has been carried on during the legislature, and assures continuation of the in dustry at the institution. These two bills were Included In other appropriation bills signed Just before noon. The total appropria tions approved was more than two and a quarter million dollars, and included a wide range of activities. In the measure for snlailes and ex cuses of the supreme court, the gov ernor vetoed one Item of $1,000 for capital outlays for the court. The bills, in addition to the two penitenttary"ttems and the supreme court expenses included appropria tions for an underground water sur vey, exjienses of the hydro-electric commission of $50,000; the salaries and expenses of the public utilities (Concluded on page 8, column 31 SEVELTTO STAY IN ALBANY New York AV-In a telegram de ellnlng an Invitation to attend the Norrls-LaFoliette-wneeicr progres sive conference In Washington next week, Governor Franklin D. Hoo.se velt expressed himself as "much In terested " In the puriwse of the meet Ing, it was learned Saturday, When the governor was invited to the conferenco he was iniormca that a detailed plan of the meeting was following the invitation by air mall. The plan was not receivea The governor explained In his tele gram that he could not atieua De- causc the legislature is m setwon. A Roosevelt spokesman said Sat- iinlav that the governors position on prohibition was unchanged. This was In reicrence to tne reixiri, iuu llshed In the New York Evening Post Friday, that Alfred E. Smith would attempt to kill a "Roosevelt-for-presldent boom'' In 1M2 If the gov ernor "pussyfooted on prohlbltlo.n" When ho wae re-elected governor, Roosevelt advocated a superceding amendment cancelling the eigh teenth amendment and providing against the return of the saloon. Justice Holmes Speaks on Radio On 90th Hirthday Washington, iIV-Oliver Wendell Holmes, associate Justice ot tne supremo court, makes his debut as a radio speaker Sunday, March $ his ninetieth birthday. In his second floor study Satur day workmen tiptoed about Install ing a microphone. There Is not even a radio set In the house. One will be connected after the microphone la put in. The speech by the oldest man ever to serve on the supreme bench. Is the first public notice he has taken ot a birthday. The radio program In his honor begins at 10 30 p m., E. 8. T., Sun day night. Dean Charles E. Clark of the Yale law school, from the studios of the Columbia broadcast ing system. In New York, will in troduce Chief Justice Holmes. The chief Justice will speak from the Washington atutllo of tlie system Dean Clark will afterwards Intro duce Charles A. Boston, president of the American bar association, who will speak from" New York cltv. Five minutes beginning at 10 M have been reserved tor Jus tice Holmes. He may have more time If he wishes but the probability la he will not take the live mlnuies al lotted. Even so, there may be a sentence of two that will live. He la one of the few who has the knack ot making literature out ol I law. LOPS $117,000 OFF EXPENSES La Grande Armory, Min ing Survey and Port land Judgeship Victims Announces Policy ot Re trenchment Strikes At Supreme Court By HARRY N. CHAIN Governor Julius L. Meier made it conspicuously evident Saturday morning that he was not talking for effect only in his Inaugural message to the legislature when he told the lawmakers that he expects strict economy and retrenchment to govern the conduct of state affaira during the next two years. After a long evening spent In scanning tlie length list of appro priation measures dumped into hia office by the legislature during the closing days of their session the ex ecutive Saturday morning filed with the secretary of state three vetoed measures, lopping approxi mately $117,000 off the expenses of state for the next two years. The $40,000 appropriation for an armory at LaCirande fell by the wayside, the measure creating an extra circuit Judgeship In Multno mah county went into the tliscarrf. (Conc-luiled on page 0. column 7) BOEING SEEKS E San Francisco IIP) Boeing system officials revealed Saturday that they are negotiating for the purchase of West Coast Air Transport, now controlled by Western Air Express; as a part of their plans to estab lish twice-daily airplane service be tween San Dlcgo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. P. O. Johnson, president of Boe ing, will arrive here next week to complete the purchase, official said. Johnson now Is In Wash ington conferring with President H. M. Iliinshue of Western Air Ex press. West Coast Air Transport oper ates daily between San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Its acquisi tion will give Boeing the control of all regular air lines north and east out of San Fiunclsco. PINKERTONTRY TO SOLVE MYSTERY New York UP With the Investi gation of the Vivian Gordon murder case bogged down in a morass ol clues anil counter-clues, and the Plnkerton Dectectlve agency called In by District Attorney McLaughlin to give aid, civic leaders and poll Meals bickered among themselves Saturday as to what form the pro posed New York city Investigation should take. At the same time, the Seaburj Investigation prepared to plunge In to the tangle of the bull bond rack et. Scanty evidence given FrldaJ by the first bondsmen to appear in dicated an alliance between th bonding companies and racketeers; a rumor that Scarface Al Capons of Chicago controlled the btggea$ and most prosperous company in the city, and connections between magis trate, bondsmen and racketeer which went so far In one case that a magistrate posed for a picture at the hospital bedside of Jack "Legs" Diamond, notorious gunman. Two Killed When TuRboat Mows Up New York The tugboat Joyce Card blew up as she was moving out ot Erie Basin, Brooklyn, Saturday, killing two men and Injuring three. Three others are missing. The boat, owned by the Card Towing Line. :nc, had Just been overhauled and was starting out en lier first assignment when a blast In the boiler room sent her to the bottom. The thrrc men rescued were on tlie deck at the time of the expk. km. They were picked up by res cuers who dived from other tugs nearbv. The rest ol the crew wa belowldeck and It waa believed cer tain tnat all were dead. Two bodlea were recovered. IdahooTcoTax Signed by lloss Boise, Idalw Oovernor X Ben Ross Saturday signed the oleo margarine bill, placing a tax of flv cents a pound on uncolored oleo margarine and 10 centa on the colored. guests at Salem two weeu ago.