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.