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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1931)
apit alAJoBraal FAIR tonight and Sunday; moderate temperature. Moderate west and northwest winds offshore. CIRCULATION Dally avenge distribution for the month ending February 28, 1091 10,622 Average daily net paid 10,029 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Local: Max. 67; Mln. 47; rain M; River 9.4 feet; cloudy; south wind. , 43rd YEAR, No. 69 Entered as second class matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931 PRICE THREE CENTS rTA.icKSI' ilWL DIM TILLS ABOUT PENDLETON TO BATTLE SALEM FORPENNANT Championship of State At Issue in Final Game Of Series Tonight Astoria Defeats Jeffer son and Benson Tops Baker in Consolation GAMES SATURDAY NIGHT 7:30 Benson vs. Astoria. (Consolation). 8:30 Salem vs. Pendleton. (Championship). For the first time since 1922 east' em Oregon has a chance to reign supreme in lnterscholastlc basket' ball. For Coach Frit Cramer's Pendleton's Cowboys, with the memory of their startling victory over Jefferson high of Portland till fresh, will take the floor Sat urday night at 8:30 in opposition to oCach Huntington's crew from Calem high in the final game of the four dav tournament. And as a re- ult of their showing against the Democrats and Buckaroos have been named as favorites in the ehamDionship fracas. Even the (taunchest backers of the red and felack left the gymnasium Friday afternoon almost bewildered at the ability of the boys from the ranges to score from almost every con ceivable angle. Pendleton will have a big ad Vantage in height of players, for In Bill, Kidder and Strouble, Coach Cramer has three men around the (Concluded on pane 11. column 6) ANOTHER CUT IN GAS MADE Ran Francisco, (P Another re Auction in the retail price of gaso line was forecast Saturday when major oil companies, waging a "gas war' with independents, cui wins wagon prices one cent a gallon. The reduction gave dealers a price of nine cents a gallon and allowed a three cent differential in the "big six" retail price of 12 ' cents. Oil men, however, pointed cut that most dealers have been operating on a twd-cent differen tial during the war and looked for new reduction in the retail price. To meet the 12-cent price of the major companies, independents in most cases were selling fuel for 11 cents. Some asked only t'A cents, the lowest figure quoted since the hostilities began in San Francisco. Leading brands sold in Los An jeles for 10's cents, Fresno 12 cents, Portland 15'4 cents and Ta come and Seat I e, 12 cents. Many independents looked for a price of five cents a gallon if the war continues, and all agreed there was no Indication that the end was Bear. TULE LAKE LAND ALLOTED YETERANS Klamath Falls, Ore. iff) The an nouncement was made here Friday night of the allotment of 24 home iteads on Tule lake in northern Cal ifornia to World war veterans. About 60 more homesteads will be open for entry In the same section this fall, B. E. Hayden. superinten dent ot the Klamath reclamation service, said. The homesteads average 85 acres. About 16.000 acres remain to be op ened to entry on this reclaimed lake land. McKenzie Boat Closure Bill To Be Referended The legislative act closing the up- per McKenzie river to boat fishing will be subjected to the referendum Preliminary papers were filed Sat urday with Secretary of 8tate Hoss bv David Robinson, of Portland, and will be referred to Attorney General Tan Winkle for a ballot title pre liminary to circulation fcr signa tures. The bill under attack was Intro duced by Representatives McCor Back. Howard and Hill and Senator Wheeler of Lane county. H bars the ase of boats or other floating device bv fishermen on the McKenzie riv er above the power dam of the city af Eugene. This makes the third act of the recent legislative session to be at tacked by the referendum. The oth r two are the Rogue river closing all and the act imposing an excise tax of 10 cents a pound on oleo margarine. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Spring was born at 4 minutes past 8 a. m. this morning before breakfast, wnue tne motner is gone the child seems to be doing nicely among the daffodils, anemones and other early flowers. But spring doesn't worry us much In these parts seeing as how we've been having it all winter. "The sharp crack of the referee's whistle heralded the start ot the Jefferson-Astoria game," says the freshman edition of the Willamette Collegian. We didn't read the story to its finish but presume the game wound up with the shrill whistle of the referee's gun. The stamina and endurance of the Oregon pioneer is tamed in song and story. But never has the stamina and endurance of the pio neer against heavy odds been more clearly exemplified than in the fact that a lew of them nave been found who have been reading the Statesman for over 50 years. Mrs. W. W. F. writes us: "Please do not lay the blame too heavily on my shoulders in regards to ad In purity News. I sent aa in: iTaae Billle (milk goat)' and I can't help It If they originated a new breed to make their ad brief. However, : want to thank you for double ser vice and if I get nannies for same will give you all the credit." Well, this milking billy kind of got our nanny, as well. The bunch of hoodlums who have been booing and making asses of themselves generally when a visit ing team appeared on the floor at the basketball tournament may not know it, but they are doing all In their power to get the tournament removed from Salem to some spot where there are fewer bum sports. It's all right for the boys to have a good time but there are limits. We have a report that Clyde La- Follett. Wheatland farmer, is driv ing a farm wagon around with "Meier for President" signs - em blazoned on it. Well, why not? The way Meier has been doing the past few weeks he'd do a darned sight better than Hoover. Besides, it wouldn't be bad to have an Ore gon LaFollett as secretaray of agri culture some day. He'd be entitled to it lor launching the boom. If the city wants a filter With no further rows or jars, We suggest for speedy action That the mayor let down tne Baars. Now comes report from Wood- burn they plan to have an oleo burning bee down there and quit selling the product. If this keeps up we wonder what a lot of dairy farmers wil use to spread on their bread. . TWO WARSHIPS GREET HOOVER U. S. S. Arizona IIP) The Impres sive sight of two warships along the rail greeted President Hoover Sat urday morning on the third day of his vacation voyage to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The destroyer DuPont came alongside with its band playing and Its crew dressed in white to give the president a greeting before it re lieved the destroyer Taylor, which turned back to Norfolk. The DuPont, detached from the united States fleet for Its new duty came northward at high speed and circled the Arizona. President Hoover and Secretaries Hurley and Wilbur accompanied Captain Freeman on the rounds of his regular Saturday inspection of the upper decks. They did not ven ture into the lower part of the ship, where the heat was intense. BEND FLOODED. BY IRRIGATION BREAK Bend, Ore., iff) Bend residents Saturday set about repairing lawns and pumnling water irom base ments. and the city undertook survey of damage caused Friday when an Irrilgatlon ditch broke flv miles from the city and sent flood of water into the low part of town. The Pilot Butte canal overflowed when a culvert became clogged af ter 300 second feet of water from the Irrigation ditch swept Into the canal. About 20 feet of the ditch bank was washed out. Son of Ex-Kaiser Clubbed by Police Berlin (ff) How he a Hohenzol- lem prince and son of the former kaiser was rudely clubbed by uer man policemen In Koenlasberg Frl day night, .was related Saturday by August Wilhelm himself, fourth son ot the ex-em pe for, on his arrival from East Prussia. - PEACOCK'S CAR ABANDONED ON TONGUEPOINT mpetus Given to Search For Assistant Post master at Astoria Shortage in Accounts Said to Exceed Amount Of Bond, $6000 Astoria, Ore., (IP) Further Im petus was given the ser.rch for Henry F. Peacock, 44, missing post master here, with the rinding oi his abandoned automolble shortly before noon Saturday, on Tongue Point, lust east of Astoria. Postmaster C. W. Halderman and other postal officials left at once to Inspect the automobile. Authorities said they were in clined to doubt that Peacock had committed suicide, as he purchased quantity oi groceries at an east end store just before he disappeared Thursday morning. A widespread search throughout the Northwest has been instituted by postal authorities for the veteran postal officer, whose disappearance has amazed all those acquainted with him, and particularly his fel low-workers in the postal service, who considered him one of the most reliable and efficient men in the service. Postmaster Halderman gave out no further word Saturday regarding (Concluded on page 10. column 4) MILADY LUCK RULES NEVADA Reno, Nev., (IP) Roulette wheels whirled and dice clicked through out Nevada Saturday as "the last frontier of America turned back to the hardy pioneer era for a whirl at legalized gambling. While officials smiled indulgently and remarked, "you can't regulate morals with laws," hastily renovat ed KamjiK tables enjoyed proverbial lai d office business and casino owners laid plans to build additions. Building trades enjoyed a sudden Increase in demand for their ser vices when gambling operators en gaged in an exciting race to build new lavish casino or enlarge old ones. The famous Bank club in Reno will be trebled in size. Gambling and construction so oc cupied the community that little at tention was paid to the formality of taking out licenses in fact, the licenses are only just being run off printing presses. Officials charged with enforcing the new state gam bling law, signed Thursday by Oov- ernor Fred B. Balzar, had no way to estimate the extent of the ac tivities until applications are made for the licenses. FLORIDA COAST SWEPT BY STORM Pensacola, Fla. (IP) Barges were beached and shipping hindered here Saturday when a 48 mile southeast gale accompanied heavy rainfall which struck the coast. Velocity of the wind was higher than had been predicted by weather officials. Even steamships felt the force of the wind. Weather officials here reported the storm had centered in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast Coast guardsmen had received no word of any vessels In distress. Rain which accompanied the nigh wind early Saturday had ceas ed and the sky was clear at noon although the wind velocity contin ued high. Only minor damage was reported here. LUPER RETAINED BY BOND HOLDERS Rhea Luper, former state er.gl neer. has been retained as secre tary of the bond holders committee of the Warm springs irrigation ais trlct. Luper as state engineer, was ac five In the work of refinancing the Warm Soring project, which in volved securing the cooperation of the bondholders. An opinion by Attorney General Van Winkle Saturday holds that Luper's salary as secretary of the committee may be paid irom lunar, caeated Irom the sale of bond cou pons and which Is held In trust by the state reclamation commission. Aner Strikes Hidden Reef 200 Landed Glasgow. Scotland (ffV Two hun dred passengers were landed safely on Little Cameras island m die Firth of Clyde Saturday after the Canadian Pacific liner, Montclare, Inward bound for Greenock, was grounded on a hidden reef on the northwestern side of the Island Saturday in a dense fog. The Montclare developed a dan gerous list as the tide receded and life boats were lowered to carry the passengers ashore. It was feared the Montclare had a bad hole. The Montclare was lying at a 46 degree angle in 30 feet of water. NAB SILVERTON SAFE CRACKERS Silverton Two safe-crackers, one of them said to be a former con vict, were captured single-handed by Night Policeman Iverson when be found them hiding behind the safe in the Club pool hall here early Friday morning. Following a preliminary nearmg In Justice Brown's court, the men were bound over to the -grand jury and were placed In the Marlon county jail when they failed to raise $1000 ball, each. The two men, Lawrence Reed and L. E. Darkens, both known locally, had been cut ting wood for several months at Drake's Crossing, In the Sllvertc:i Hills district. Friday morning, about A o'clock. Officer Iverson beca.ne thirsty, and as he carries a key to the Club pool hall, decided to scop mere lor a drink of water. Immediately upon entering the building, he became suspicious. He investiagiea tne premises and found the two men. They were unarfi td, out nad a quantity of tools which it Is alleged they stole from a lining station a short time earlier. Their car was found nearby containing more tools and equipment. After locking the pair in tne sil verton Jail, Officer Iverson sum moned Chief Storlle, who aided in the subsequent lnvestlagtion. Darkens was said to nave been an inmate of San Quentln penitentiary, but he refused to talk about It. ROOSEYELT SILENT ABOUT REMOVAL New York (LP) The belief among Tammany leatders grew stronger Saturday that Mayor J. J. walker would be vindicated by Governor Roosevelt of the charges of incom petency and mlsfeasanoe filed against him by the city affairs com mittee. There was no apparent basis for the belief, however, for Governor Roosevelt continued his policy of silence, and announced at Albany that there would be no development- before Monday. It was revealed Friday that Char les C. Burllngham, president of the Bar association, drafted the charges against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Cram which are now being Inves tigated by Judge Samuel Seabury as special commissioner of Governor Roosevelt. This was taken as explaining in part the recent charges by Charles F. Kerrigan, assistant to Mayor Walker, that the charges against Craln were made to divert attention from the Inquiry Into the closed Bank of United States, for it was learned that the Craln charges were prepared In the law office of Emory R. Buckner, attorney for Saul Sing er, executive vice president of the defunct bank. Would Wallop Lewis Again Dreiser Says In Speaking of Row By H. ALLEN SMITH (Convrieht 1931 bv United Press) New York (UP) Theodore Dreiser, who slapped Sin clair Lewis twice across the face at a dinner of literary ce lebrities at the Metropolitan club Thursday night, has a deep admiration for Lewis works, but he will promptly give him two more cracks across the face. If the Nobel prtre winner ever says the same things to him again. In an Interview with this corres pondent Friday night, Dreiser sug gested that "this is getting to be a funny country where a man can't give another man a slapping with out creating a lot of hubbub." The Incident occurred after the Nobel prise winner was called on to make a speech at the dinner, which was given by Ray long, mag azine editor. He rose and said he would not make one "while there INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS SHOW DEFICIT Totals for Month $150,- 000,000 Below Same Period Last" Year Treasury Deficit. Now $628.000,000 Ser ious Crisis Faced Washington (IP) The handwriting of millions of taxpayers warned treasury officials Saturday that the government income for this year would be found wanting. Income tax payments shrank far below the totals for the same period of last year. Despite the inflow of collections, the treasury deficit re mained above the $600,000,000 mark. The total collections for the month have been $239,123,891. For the same period last year they were (384,853,426. The treasury deficit for last Thursday, the same day for which the collections were reported, stood at $628,702,172. On the same day last year, the treasury had a surplus Of $22,370,706. Two paths have been indicated by financial students as courses which would be necessary to lead the gov ernment away from the deficit side of the ledger. One calls for a reduction in the rate of retirement of the public debt. President Hoover has said "the administration la opposed to any encroachment upon the statutory (Concluded on page 10. column 1) SURVIVORS OF VIKING SOUGHT St. John's, N. F., UP) Search for the missing and completion of the rescue of survivors of the wreck of the sealer Vikini, depended Satur day upon an improvement in wea ther and ice conditions. Bemt Balchen, skilled Artie fly er, with two companions left the airport at MUledgeville and flew to Saint John harbor to reluel. Tney expected to take off at 10:15 a. m to fly their 8lkorsky amphibian plane over the ice-filled wastes of White bay In search for Varlck Fris sell, New York motion picture pro ducer, and 25 others missing since the Viking blew up last Sunday night. Balchen is accompanied by Randy Enslow, relief pilot, and Merlon Cooper, organizer of the aerial expedition. A few miles off Horse Island. In White bay. the rescue ship, Sagona. with 110 survivors aboard, was fast In the ice. On the island were Cap tain Abrain Kcan, Jr., master of the Viking, and seven of his men, who must wait until ice conditions will permit thein to be carried aboard ship on stretchers. The government has sent the steamer. Prospero, with additional supplies for the Sagona. Weather Outlook For Week Is Given San Francisco w The outlook for the week beginning March 22, was announced here Saturday by the United States weather bureau as follows: Far western slates: generally fair weather in California and the plateau regions and occasionally unsettled elsewhere with rainy per iods In Washington, western Ore gon and northern Idaho. Moderate temperatures will pre vail. . was a man present who had thelted 3.000 words of mv all's dock ana two eminent critics who had made Hie feel like a swine with their criticism of the .'ward of the Nobel prize in literature to me." . Lewis was referring to a book by his wife, the former Dorothy Thompson, about Soviet Russia which she had written while newspaper correspondent In Eu rope. Dreiser WTOte one about Russia at the same time which proved to contain similar passages, and ootn (Concluded on page 10, oulumn 3) Council To Plan Of Water By HARRY N. CRAIX Still firmly deadlocked in their consideration of three separate plans for dealing with the problem of municipal purchase of the city's water system, two of which also in volve proposals for the immediate completion of the filter plant, Mayor Gregory and members of the city council were still floundering around in an ena- y less circle Saturday with only two days left In which to formulate a definite program of procedure be fore the special coucll meeting Monday evening when the water question will be a special order of business. One ray of hope that some agree ment may be reached whereby the city can continue with its negotia tions for purchase of the plant and the company permitted to finish the filter In time to have it oper ating during the coming canning season was seen in a report at noon that an informal caucus of some of (Concluded on pane 0. column 6) EUGENE CO-ED KILLED IN CRASH Eugene (LP) Miss Helen Fenster- macher of Portland, senior at the University of Oregon, was killed Saturday near Corning, Calif., ac cording to a telegram received Sat urday by sorority sisters of Miss Fenstermacher. . Miss Fenstermacher and Bernlce Williamson, Berkeley, left Eugene i-riday for Berkeley. They were accompanied by William Reed and William Johnson, San Francisco, also students. Miss Williamson was in a hospital at Red Bluff, Calif. Miss Fenstermacher was a senior In English and a member of Gam ma Phi Beta sorority. Corning. Cal. (Pi An unidentified girl student of the University of Oregon at Eugene was instantly killed: Miss Bernlce Williamson, 19, of Berkeley, was Injured, and Wil liam F. Reed, 21, and William E. Johnson, Jr., 25, both of San Fran cisco, escaped Injury Saturday when an. automobile in which they were riding overturned on the highway two miles south of Coming. All members of the party were Oregon university students, enroutc to San Francisco and Berkeley to spend the Easter vacation. questioning ot Heed and jonnson by the authorities In Corning (Concluded on page 0. column 7) BUSINESS DISTRICT OF ANACONDA BURNS Anaconda, Mont., (LP) A serious fire driven by a strong wind Satur day threatened downtown Anacon da, as the blaze raged beyond con trol of firemen. Police cordons were thrown around the blazing district. The Kelly clothing store and the O. K. store building In the center of a business block on the princi pal street were on fire. Onlookers reported the flames were spreading In either direction through the block. The fire department called on re serves. A bank bundling is located near the burning buildings and, un less the fire is soon controlled, it will be destroyed. miningToaWto WIND-UP AFFAIRS The state mining board will meet in Salem next Friday to wind up Its aflalrs. according to Mark D McCalllster. state corporation com missioner and chairman of the board. Veto of the legislative appropria tion of $30,000 for this board by Oov. ernor Meier has left the board en tirely without funds to carry on the surveys, which were undertaken two years ago with the cooperation of the federal government, McCalllster said. Other members of the board are Frank McColloch, of Baker, and W. A. Mutton of Grants Pass. Eugene Hoy Victim Traffic Accident Eugene. Ore. (LP) WherL he dart ed In front of an automobile, Clell Arthur Pryor. 8 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clell K. Pryor was in stantly killed In front of his home on the Pacific hlehway late Friday. According to George L. Carpenter of Earllnlart, Cal.. driver of the car, the boy .darted from between two cars parked near the pavement. Cerprnter was released on his recognizance. Caucus Solution Problem NO MONEY TO PAYJ0FF1CIALS Only by special appropriation by the next legislature can $1038.53 In claims for salaries and expenses of employes of the board of inspectors of child labor and the Industrial welfare commission for the months of January and February of this year, Secretary of State Hal Hoss has advised Mrs. Millie R. Trum bull, be paid, secretary of the two organizations. In his letter to Mrs. Trumbull the secretary of state points out that no appropriation to cover the claims for the first. two months of this year were made by the recent legislature, that the appropriation for the previous blenntum could not cover claims for services during 1931, and that under the terms of house bill No. 426,. passed by the last legislature, these two depart ments are abolished and their functions assigned by the newly created state welfare commission which comes into being on June 6. Mr. Hoss says that an "appro priation was made for the actlvl ties of the state welfare commls slon but according to a verbal opinion by Mr. Willis 8. Moore, first assistant attorney general, this appropriation cannot be used for the present expenses of the board of inspectors of child labor and the Industrial welfare commis sion. CANNERS AGAIN URGE FILTER Canners at a meeting Saturday morning reiterated their expressed wish that good water be provided for Salem for the 1931 pack and Is sued a formal statement setting out their position. It was signed by all the canneries. The statement follows: "Some time ago, when it seemed that there was going to be a con troversy between the Salem city council and the Oregon-Washington Water company over the pur chase of the water plant, the can ners realized that they were liable to be confronted with a repetition of the bad water supplied two years ago unless some steps were taken promptly to remedy the situation. "It is the feeling of all the can ners in Salem that they should have, and are entitled to, the best water that can be gotten and feel that the best way to get this Is to complete a filter plant as soon as possible, (Concluded on pane 9,column4) SEEK WRIT TO FREE AKRON DESTROYER Akron, O. (IP) A petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure the relea.se of Paul F. Kassny, charged with criminal syndicalism and at tempted cabotafie against the Unit ed States navy's great dlriKlble "Ak ron" will be filed Monday In the court of apix als, his attorney, Mrs. Vetta Land announced Saturday, An announcement was made after the attorney, noted for her defense of Ohio syndicalism cases, had pro tested a continuance of $20,000 bond ordered when the preliminary hear ing was continued until next Thurs day at request of the state. Dividend Paid to Kenton Depositors A. A. Schramm, state bank super intendent, has been authorized by a court order, sinned by Circuit Judge George Staplctnn of Multnomah county, to pay a third dividend ot 7 oer cent to claimants In the sav ins department ot the Bank of Kenton, Insolvent. Approximately 1000 rhrchs, aggregating $21,691, were mailed to depositors. The savings department claims of the Institution total $:I08.263 67. Div idends previously paid to these de positors agnreiiatc 43 1-3 per cent. The Dank of Kenton was closed De cember 3. 1927. No dividends has yet been paid to claimants of the com mercial department. Affairs of the bank. Schramm said, have been In volved In considerable controversy, WIFE STABBED SELF IS STORY OFDEFEIIDM Bowles Says Deed Fol lowed Request for Di vorce and His Reply Poise of Capitalist Shak en Only When He Re ferred to Children Hillsboro, Ore. HP His voice so- low that those In the crowded court room leaned forward to hear. Nelson C. Bowles, young Portland million aire, Saturday told from the witness stand of the fatal stabbing of bis wife, with whose murder be is charged. He declared the attractive society matron stabbed herself to death in the apartment of Miss Irma Loucks, Bowles' former secretary, Jointly accused of the murder. She did this, Bowles testified, af ter she had asked him for a divorce and he had replied: "It Is up to you." The poise of the young capitalist was shaken but once, when he spoke of his two baby daughters, Patricia and Sally "Pat and Mike," he said. they were called at home. Bowles occupied the stand during practically all of the morning ses sion, and during that time the eyes iConcluded on page 11. column 7) FOWLER CASE GOES TO JURY Baker, iJP) Admitting the wo man's records show a shortage of more than $112,000, attorneys for Mrs. Emma Fowler, former city treasurer of La Grande, attributed the discrepancy to a "bookkeeping error", as In their arguments to the jury here Saturday they declared Mrs. Fowler had "never stolen a dime and the state has failed to prove she did." Mrs. Fowler is on trial charged with larceny of public funds. The. case will go to the Jury late Sat urday. Mrs. Fowler's books show a bal ance unaccounted for of $112,000 we admit that right off (Tie bat," R. J. Green of the defense, declared In his concluding argument. Carl Helm, county prosecutor, read from the records to show that J. L. Soule, defense accountant, had admitted a book shortage of mora than $112,000, and contended the records failed to account for $45, 000 since the beginning of 1929. He said the money Mrs. Fowler failed to account for "must be made up by her fellow citizens who trusted her." HOPES OF FINDING LOST FLIER WANE Manila, P. I. (LP)- Hopes were waning Saturday that O. W. Bro phy, American aviator missing In a flight from Shanghai to Manna, would be found alive. Naval destroyers, tenders and air planes were searching a wide sweep of water north of Manila Bay, cov ering the route Brophy was sup posed to have taken when he leit Thursday from Hongkong. If Bro phy Is still missing Sunday tle search may be abandoned In tne belief that his plane could not long er remain afloat. Wild Spree Ends Veteran's Bonus Borrowing of $779 San Francisco 'A Frank Low ther, 33, war veteran, who Friday rrrelved $779 as a bonus loan and started out to put It Into circula tion had $70 of It left Saturday and It was In escrow as bail for him self and six friends at city prison. Lowtlier attracted attention when he got a bunch of his money changed Into quarters and started to Rive it away to Jobless men in Chinatown. Later it Is alleged he was joined by six persona who went riding. It Is alleged they later dashed about town "yoo-hoolng" policemen. They were arrested and must explain in municipal court. Fowler Case Ready For Study by Jury Baker IIP) Testimony completed, the Fowler embezzlement case laex pected to go to the Jury late Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Emma M. Fowler, former city treasurer of La Grande, la charged with responsibility for a shortage of $112,000 in city fund.
