Journal
FAIR
tonight and Saturday but overcast
west; no change In temperature;
changeable wind; lair Sunday.
Local Max. 14; Mln. (7; rain 0:
river -2.5 feet; cloudy; northwest
wind.
CIRCULATION
Dally ftvcnc dlrtrtbutlon for th
BMMlUt ending Jul? tl, 1M1
10,424
Average daily net paid 9,984
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
AQvrl VFAI? Nf Entered as second diss
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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931
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YHOOPEE BOAT
ARE PICTURED
Jan Ribas, Artist, Tells of
Events Prior to Fuji
mura Tragedy
Actress' Attentions to
Caucasian Believed To
Have Aroused Lover
New York (LP) A story of Orient
al Jealousy which resulted In a bit
ter ciuarrel between His ash 1 Fuji'
Biura and his beautiful blonde com
panion, Mary Reisner, former act
ress. was unfolded Friday as Inves
tigators visited the liner Belgenland
seeking to gain information on the
mystery of Fujimura's disappearance
from the liner last Friday.
Jan Ribas. a sketch artist, occu
pied the cabin next to the million
aire Japanese importer on the fatal
show boat cruise. The night be
fore Fujimura's disappearance, he
told Investigators, he was awakened
by shouting and screaming in the
Importer s cabin.
Fujlmura, he said, was angry. He
derated the girl, ostensibly a gov
erness for the Importer's young
daughter, for allegedly transferring
Her affections to a member of her
own race. Ribas said he heard the
(Concluded n pwite 10, column 4)
MAYORLOSES
HIS PORT JOB
Astoria (IP) A political battle
Which has been brewing here for
tome time has reached the boiling
tage with the discharge of Mayor
J. c. Ten Brook as superintendent
f the Port of Astoria dredge. As
mayor, Ten Brook draws but $50 a
month salary and has made his
living as a port employe.
According to accusations that
Have been made by the local press
the discharge of Ten Brook Is a
political reprisal on the part of two
of the port commission who have
been after the mayor for some time.
Monday night, at the city council
meeting. Ten Brook Introduced a
resolution to the effect that the city
should follow the county's lead and
cut salaries a minimum of 10 per
eent. This Is said to have given
the port officials the opening tor
which they nave been waning ana
In addition to cutting salaries they
eliminated Ten Brook from the pay
" (Concluded on psKe 10. column 8)
BIG OIL MERGER
EXPECTED SHORTLY
jtr York (IP) Active negotiations
taking place In California look
ing toward a merger of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey and the
Standard Oil of California, Wall
street reports said Friday. Official
announcement of negotiations was
expected shortly.
Walter C. Teagle, president of
Standard Oil of New Jersey, Is now
in California. It Is understood he
will confer with officials of the Cat
tfomla company soon. Legal repre
aentatlves of both companies now
re In San Francisco and will be
present at the conferences, It la re
ported. C. O. Swain, director and general
counsel of Standard of New Jersey,
who has been In California for the
past few days, would not admit his
presence there was In connection
with the merger, dispatches to Wall
street said.
St. Louis (IP) Radio station KM
OX here recently received In one
day, 22 fan letters from New Zea
land, commenting on the clarity of
reception.
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
w .r. oettimr so strong lately
that we hit our typewriter so hard
we fairly split our Infinitives.
ara marooned
near an Island because of carbu
retor troubles. Also Newell Wil
li avhirfltnr or that Is the one
on his car, went on the frits yester
day and his car had to oe
downtown. We like to keep track
of what's happening to all promi
nent folk.
Bakers of the state are slated
Jo have a golf tournament here
tomorrow. We suppose the boys
will take a baker's dozen on
every bole.
The Saturday Evening Post has
sent a letter of apology to KOQ
Airfon of the Woodbum indepen
dent regretting, according to the
letter, that It labeled a picture as
a sunrise on an Oregon beach. But
even a letter from the Saturday
Evening Post can't keep the sun
fwm risino- on the Oregon beach If
it wants to. As tor us, were
the sun, and he can rise and set
as he dam pleases, so long as ne
keeps at It on regular time.
.Turin peter D'Arcy told us this
morning that of all the Augusts he
remembers this one has produced
about as fine a brand of weatner as
any one could desire. Judge Peter
should know something about Au-
mist davs In Salem. II all me Au
gust days he's enjoyed here were
laid end to end nobody would know
where they would stretch to but
they would be going somewhere.
We've heard about springtime In
the Rockies, summertime in old
New England, moonlight on the
vhuh. winter on the Rio Grande
and daytime In the Arctic, but for
us we'll take August by the old
Willamette and call everything
square.
EXPENSES OF
INSANE CARE
fIT HIGH
First Bill Under New Law
Received by Marion
County Court
Species of Double Taxa
tion Seen in Operation
Of Statute
Quite a discussion has been
started over whether or not there
should be a soup kitchen in eaiem.
As far as we can see a pauper Isn't
going to be pauperized much more
by feeding him a bowl of soup than
by letting him go without.
Somewhere we have seen a social
worker defined as someone who
meddles In other peoples affairs."
We let the definition slide without
comment.
Apparently there Isn't so
much protest, however, about
having a soup kitchen as there
kt an argument about who's
going la run It The soup kitch
en Idea seems to be all right aa
long aa one set of folks pots up
the money and somebody else
spends It for them.
That seems to be the scientific
basis of some of this social work,
anyway, and so probably sooner or
later It will work out mat way.
But Just to a man up a tree the
basic Idea of the whole thing does
n't seem to be whether you call it
a soup kitchen, whether one group
operates It or ooesn t. But me reai
nroblem Is ao the nungry man
and his wife and kids eat? If that
Is settled satisfactorily why worry
who feeds them? -ao
please pass the soup I
Governor's Son Is
Questioned About
Death of Purser
New York (IP) William H. Mur
ray, son of "Alfalfa Bill'' Murray,
governor of Oklahoma, was ques
tioned Friday oy department m
Justice agents In Brooklyn In con
nection with the death of Joseph
Apud, assistant purser on the liner
Southern Cross, who was found dead
In his stateroom last Monday.
Murray told agents there had been
a party In hl cabin, after which he
and some of his guests had gone to
Apud's stateroom. He said he had
left his pistol, which was later found
beside the body of Apud, In the dead
man's room.
Receipt by the Marlon county-
court Friday from the state board
of control of the first bills from
the state under the new law re
quiring counties to collect either
from relatives or pay lor support
of non-violent patients at the Ore
gon State hospital, gives the first
definite slant on the probable cost
to the county under the new law,
The bills for June and July as
submitted to the court covering
non-violent Insane cases in both
the eastern Oregon and the main
state hospital at Salem, aggregate
$2352.98. On such a basis or at
rate of $1176.44 a month which
these bills would average, the cost
to the county for the 12 months
would be $14,117.29, or approxima
tely $15,000.
But under the the law the county
Is required to collect the cost of
maintenance from relatives as far
as possible. The money so collected
will reduce the cost to the county
to some extent. But, as members of
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HAVANA UNDER
HEAVY GUARD
Havana. Cuba IIP) Heavy guard
was maintained In Havana Friday,
against possible rebel outbreaks, af
ter scattered shooting In the last
two days.
Rafael Carpers, chief of police
announced that a rigid search tor
concealed arms was continuing in
the city and that to date authorities
had seized 10,000 rounds 01 ammuni
tion. 50 rifles and msny small arms.
Fire department ladders were kept
available so that roofs in strategic
points of the city cuuld oe manned
Instantly In the event oi disorders.
Quiet was reported at Blgrara and
Holeguln, scene of recent fighting
and communications had oeen re
stored.
Air lines were informed that pass-
es were essential for all out-going
passengers, to prevent rebels from
escaping from the island.
PULLMAN OFFICER
KILLED IN NIGH
Pullman, Wash. (IP) The dead
body of night patrolman, William
McOuire, 66, was found slumped
over the wheel of his automobile
here early Friday the apparent
victim of a trio of robbers.
McOuire was shot twice In the
chest and once In the wrist. A .45
caliber Colt automatic shell and
32 soft lead bullet were found In
the car.
Authorities believed that robbers
who took 14 shoes and several
sheepskin coats from the store of
Curtis, Inc., killed McOuire when
he came upon them. They made
their getaway In a light delivery
car stolen from the Pacific Frolt
It Produce company.
Sheriffs of Lewtston, Moscow and
Spokane were working on the case.
McGuire had been on the Pullman
police force 19 years.
ennantand
Son Are Near
Fire Victims
Decision to sleep In a room on the
ground floor rather than to occupy
upstairs as suggested oy nis
year-old son Terrell, probably
saved the Uvea of W. H. Tennant,
registrar at Willamette university,
and his son early Friday morning.
The pair, awakened about :30 In
the morning, found the entire house
In flames and barely escaped death
when Tennant threw the youngster
through the window and then
climbed out himself after grabbing
a suit of clothes. Virtually every
thing else in the eight room house
located on crolsan creek, was des
troyed. The cause of the blaze has
not been determined.
Mr. Tennant had Just completed
the transfer of his household ef
fects from a place In town to the
(Concluded on page 11, column 4)
Food Wanted for Salem's Needy
Five thousand packages of food, canned goods and similar
commodities are wanted for the relief mallnee being conducted y
Marty Schwartz, manager of the Warner Bros. Elslnore theater.
Saturday afternoon, the packages to admit the donor to the thea
ter In Ilea of a ticket and later to be equally divided between the
Salvation Army and the Associated Charities for relief among the
needy.
Preceeding the matinee at t o'clock a parade will be held at
1-15 o'clock starting from Marlon Square. The drum corps of Cap
ital post NoN. . slate champions, will be out In new uniform lor
the occasion. Remarks will be made by Mayor P. M. Gregory and
ether civic leaders. Many who will be unable to attend the thea
ter will make contributions while sbstantlal donations will be made
by merchants and business firms.
-The Florist Shop." a Harvard playlet. lll be an added at
traction, with an all-Salem cast offering their "' ln1f
part will be Miss Genevieve Thayer. Melvin Travis, Alex
i. Lyman Steed and Miss Marrlot. By special request the playlet
will be repeated In the evening at :M o'clock.
Fraulein Hopes
To Wave Her Hanky
At Mrs. Lindbergh
Moscow WP Fraulein Margo Von
Etzdorf, German flier, landed Friday
evening at Novoslblrksk on a solo
flight from Berlin to Tokyo.
The fraulein carries a handker
chief with which she hopes to hav
the opportunity of waving at Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh in event their
planes meet.
Mail Order Merger
Is Near Keoort ays
New York ilP Merger negotla
Hons belween Sears Roebuck tc Co.
and Montgomery Ward At Co., ha
reached the stage where terms have
been discussed by representatlv
of the two companies, according to
a Dow, Jones s Co, dispatch Fri
day.
A orelimlnarv report on the mer
ger, It was said, was made In July
and has bitn under consideration
RACKETS ARE
MAIN AGENCY
OF CRIMINALS
Wickersham Board
Points to Appalling
Cost of Lawbreakers
Prohibition Enforcement
66 Per Cent of Total
Federal Expenditure
ANNE THINKS
OF HER BABY
Toklo IIP) Mrs. Anne Morrow
Lindbergh sat Friday on the sand
beach of Mure ton Bay In the Kurlle
islands and cast homesick glances
across the ocean while her famous
husband repaired the crippled air
plane In which they were forced
down on tneir ingni irom oim-rm.
No mention was made by eitner
of the fliers that Mrs. Lindbergh
was homesick to see her baby In
far away America, out sailors wno
helried drag the plane from the bay
onto the beach said the faraway
look In her eyes was unmistakable.
While Lindbergh went to work at
once to locate the motor trouble
which had forced them down, Mrs.
Lindbergh sat down upon the beach
and stared first across the ocean
and then at a magazine which lay
open in her lap. A sailor who peek
ed over her shoulder said the maga
zine was opened to a picture or a
mother and her child.
The big monoplane m wnicn tne
Lindberghs are flying from Wash
ington, D. C . to Toklo. was pulled
onto the beach Friday after the
Japanese steamer Shlnshtru Maru
towed It 20 miles tnrougn com.
choppy seas which frequently
threatened to wreck the plane by
battering it against the side of the
steamer.
The fliers hoped to continue to
Nemuro. the first scheduled stop
In Japan, Saturday.
Portland Pavs Out
$1,254,537 Yearly In
Law Enforcement
Washington (U.P.) Inefficient and wasteful criminal jus
tice) machinery exists In some communities, the Wickersham
commission reported Friday in connection with a striking
table showing the comparative cost of combatting crime in
300 American cities. Without challenging the cost In any
city the commission disclosed that
ESCAPE IS KOT
Washington (IP) Crime costs the
American people far more than $1,
207,563,821 a year, the Wickersham
commission disclosed Friday in its
11th report entitled "The Cost of
Crime."
How much more, the commission
declined to say. It found the rami
fications of secret illegal Industries
too vast and its own funds too short.
It refused even to fix a definite min
imum figure but It cited many items
In the crime ledger, which, added
together brought the total well over
the billion mark.
8ome items were roughly estimat
ed. Some were frank guesses, while
others like the profits from racka-
teerlng were left with a perplexing
question mark In the tables of costs.
A further Investigation was recom
mended to determine the facts.
The commleion did convince Itself
definitely of many things, the most
important of which were:
The Federal government Is spend
ing 152,786,000 a year to administer
Justice to criminals.
Three hundred cities are spending
(Concluded on page 4, column
BIG AIR DERBY
STARTS SUNDAY
M'NARY FAVORS
RESUBMISSION
Portland pi Agricultural Inter
ests must come to an agreement
among themselves on a farm relief
program or other matters are -likely
to exclude it from consideration
by the next congress. Senator Char
les L. McNary said in an interview
with the Oreaonlan Thursday.
The Oregon senator said he wouio
invite representatives of various
farm organizations and of the in
terested bureaus and departments
of the government to a conference
on legislation nertaining to agricul
ture. If a wide variety or aemanas
are made, nothing can be done,
McNary said, but If a united effort
is made for an amendment to the
present law giving the farm board
descretion to apply the equalisa
tion fee or debenture, McNary be
lieves the committee will report out
such an amendment.
Senator McNary said he thought
sale to China of whatever por
tion of the government wheat China
will buy should be made without
quibbling over price."
Senator McNary, questioned about
his stand on the resubmission of
the Kth amendment, said:
I have determined on my course
If resubmission Is proposed. I make
no secret of It. I shall vote to resubmit.
"The Uth amendment was adopt
ed In period of emotional stress
arising from the World war: It Is
plain that In at least some parts of
the country a small minority Is
working Its will upon the majority."
The senator said he was not sure
light wines and beer would answer
the problem. "Americans generally
have a taste for hard liquor," he
said.
Woodburn Man Is
Killed by Explosion
Woodburn Premature explosion
of a charge of dynamite caused the
death of George Boyes, 55, at Lyle,
Wash., Tuesday. He was employed
powderman for the Columbia
Power & Investment company. Fun
eral services were held from the
East Side funeral parlors in Port
land Thursday with Fr. Walsh offi
ciating. Interment was In the Rose
City cemetery. Lyle Is survived oy
his widow. Mrs. Anna Boyles, one
son, Hleber L. Boyles and a daugh
ter. Feme Boyles. all of Portland,
and a daughter. Mrs. R. E. Burnett
and granddaughter, both of Wood-
burn,
Cleveland. O. ( A suiting sig
nal, flashed by wireless from the
airport here Sunday, will start 18
women and 87 men from Santa
Monica, Cal.. on the 2400-mile trans
continental sweepstakes air derby
to Cleveland.
The race marks the first time that
men and women pilots have com
neted Jointly in a major trans-con
tinental air duel In the United
States.
Twenty-five thousand dollars In
prise money awaits the winners ar
riving here August 30, the second
day of the national air races. The
eight-day flight will carry the pilots
over eight states.
The derby Is a handicap event m
which contestants stand equal
chances despite the wide variations
in 6 peed of their planes. Ability of
the pilot to constantly obtain the
best performance of his plane, whe
ther it be at 100 miles an hour or 200
miles an hour, is the determining
factor.
martin? Friday at Santa Monica.
each ship will be flown over a mile
course by test pilots to determine its
speed. Points will be awarded In ac
cordance with the manner In which
the pilot maintains this oriiciai
speed over each leg of the route,
Three winners of past women s
derbies will start. They are Phoebe
Omlle of Memphis, Tenn., light
Diane class winner, and Louise Tha-
den of Pittsburgh, heavy plane class
winner, of the 1029 "Powder run
derby" to Cleveland, and Gladys
O'Donnell, of Los Angeles, winner of
last year's derby to Chicago,
YATES REMOVAL
ASKED BY PARTY
Paterson. N. J. (LP) The resigna
tion of State Senator Roy T. Yates
was demanded Friday by John Mc
Cutcheon, republican leader of Pas
saic county.
New York IIP) Roy T. Yates, New
Jertey state senator, who was shot
after a gin party In a New York
apartment a week ago. had Improv
ed sufficiently Friday to permit the
release In ball of Mis Ruth Javne
Cranmer. accused of the snooting,
Judire Michael Ford held.
Ball was fixed at $7500. The girl
a former cloak model, was held
ner.dina arrangement of a bond.
A hospital report mat sates wui
recover was accepted as indicating
that charges against Miss cranmer
may be reduced o simple astamt
the citizens of Jersey City, N. J.,
pay most per capita lor criminal
justice machiner.
The cost cited there was $11.30
year for each citizen.
Other high per capita costs In
their order were revealed as follows:
Boston, 19.84; Washington, D. C
$921; Philadelphia, 18.78: New York
City, 87.78; Detroit, $7.29; St. Louis,
Mo., $6 95; Chicago, $8.69; Atlanta.
Ga., $6.86; San Francisco, $6.28, and
Los Angeles, $6.18.
The average per capita cost for
the 300 cities was $5.47.
The lowest rate recorded was
Oalesburg, 111., 92 cents, the only
place mentioned under $1,
Among those listed arc:
Portland, Or. Total cost of crlm
"oncludedhpa(te 10, column 7)
PRINTERS QUIT
AT MEDFORD
Medford. (LP) An emergency
crew Friday printed the Medford
Dally News, following a wage dis
pute that ended In union employes
walking out Tnursoay.
On August 15, a notice was post
ed in the back shop of the news
that It would operate as an open
shop after September 1. A wage
scale oi gas a weea was aniumncvu.
Thursday a conference was held
between Ed. J. Pelkey, representing
the International Typographical
union, and" the publisher of the
News. When no agreement was
reached, instructions were Issued
for the printers to walk out.
Press trouble developed, when a
casting broke, due to a roller be
ing out of place. It was repaired.
No further trouble developed.
The new wage scale, the News
said, is the same that prevails In
59 cities of an average population
of 19.849.
All former back shop employes
were told they would retain their
Jobs at the new scale, but walked
out In accordance with union In
structions.
POSSIBLE AS
VATERRISES
Death Comes As Relief
From Condition of Ex
treme Suffering
GRANGE MASTER IS
STILL UNCERTAIN
Tooze Appointed
Sanitary Officer
J. D. Mlckle, chief of foods and
dairy products, department of agri
culture, announced Friday Fred J
Tooze has been appointed sanitary
Inspector for the state and will
UK-pert food manufacturing, food
serving, and food selling estab
lishments. Tooze was transferred
from the warehouse work of the
division of administration.
Albany C. C. Hulet, Albany, mas
ter of the state grange in an Inter
view here Thursday said he was not
ready to announce whether or not
he will oppose W. C. Hawley as a
candidate for the nomination to
congress at the next election.
Hulet said:
"There Is a feeling that Mr. Haw
ley Is not Interested In the people
of his district, as he has the view
point of the Industrial east rather
than the rural west. Should I decide
to become a candidate for the posi
tion it would not In any way Inter
fere with my work as master of the
state grange.
"I am not ready at present to
make a statement as to whether or
not I shall become a candidate for
the nomination. I shall talk with
grange leaders and others first, and
my friends the farmers, and many
of their friends and If they think
that 1 should become a candidate,
may consider It seriously."
Catherine Creek
Forest Fire Held
In Check by Crew
LaOrande m The Catherine
creek forest tire east of Union ap
peared to be definitely under con
trol Friday. Both forest and state
authorities were withdrawing men
from the fire lines. Only 75 men
remained on duty where 300 had
been fighting the flames.
Revised estimates Friday Indi
cated that only about 2000 acres of
timber were burned.
Clark Jury Back
To Puzzle Over
Killing Affair
Los Angeles ip, The Jury dellb-
eratlnn the fate Of David H. Clark,
former deputy district attorney and
accused slaver of Charles crawioro,
wealthy politician, and Herbert
Spencer, editor of a political msga
sine, returned to Its cnamoers
9:20 am. Friday
When the Jury retired Thursday
night it had been out four hours.
Another large throng of spectators
was on hand lor the opening of
court and amonir the firs', to enter
were Mrs. Nancy Ciark. wife of th
voung lawyer, ar.d her sister, Leo-
nort Mi.iiij
MINERS FLEE
FROM FLAMES
Idaho City, Idaho (IP) A pathetic
group of grizzled miners and sad
dened housewives huddled Friday
on a sand flat praying that flames
that consumed Quartzburg and
Granite Creek, two historic mining
communities, would spare Placerville
ana centervllie.
Fate of the two communities rest
ed In the laps of the gods. If high
winds and low humidity of Thurs
day are repeated Placerville and
Centervllie will Join the fate of
their two neighbors. If not, they
will be saved.
Throughout the night hundreds
of fire fighters frantically dug fire
lines around the conflagration. Cir
cumference of the blaze was ap
proximately 10 miles.
Quartzburg went up In a roaring
holocaust of flames late Thursday.
A forest fire which had been under
control for three daya was suddenly
whipped out of control by high
winds and low humidity.
The lire swept down a canyon
and into Quartzburg before the
sparsely settled mining camp hardly
realized its danger. Residents grab
bed handstull of belongings and
fled. Tinder dry buildings burst
into flames.
In a trice all hao evacuated but
two. Postmaster Fred Daly and his
wife refused to leave. They re
mained In the Boone residence, sur
rounded by flames, and emerged
safely when It was all over.
The damage at Quartzburg was
estimated between $400,000 and
$500,000. Buildings constructed
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BONDED DEBT
TOTAL $407,680
The annual report of County Su
perintendent Fulkerson on county
schools shows bonded debt at the
end of the year amounting to $407,
680, with warrant Indebtedness of
$110,397 and ail other debts amount
ing to $131,000. A cash balance of
$53,413 was shown, In addition to
quite a sum due as delinquent taxes
nnd the capital Investment of the
districts.
The payroll for the county for
teachers, supervisory work and prin-
Ipals was $458,749. Bonds retired
last year amounted to $94,915, inter
est on bonded debt was $23,352 and
$8680 on warrant Indebtedness.
Construction was at a low ebb a6
the report shows only $19,418 for
building and equipment and $4437
going into a new building with no
large school project being construct
ed during the year.
Total cash receipts for the year
were as follows: Special district tax
$428,463; county school fund, $98,-
621: state school fund $25,886: 8m 1th
Hughes fund $4432; high school tui
tion, $89,077; elementary tuition,
$4326: Interest on Investments, $1429
Total days attendance In the
county for the year was 1,131.514,
with an average dally attendance of
95 percent for elementary grades;
97 percent for Junior high schools
and 96 percent for nigh schools.
Heart- Rending Inci
dents As Dykes Give
Way Are Described
Hankow MP) Believing Hankow
doomed to total destruction by the
Yangtse river flood, all natives
able to do so were fleeing Friday
aa the great stream began to rise
again. Hundreds of thousands oz
residents of Hankow and its sister
cities, Wuchang and Hanyang felt
the depths of despair as they saw
the irresistible waters advance once
more after having receded from
record levels.
The majority, however, were un
able to escape. To hundreds of
these, death comes aa a welcome
release from conditions in which
further existence seemed Impossible.
Despite the repugnance of suicide
among the Chinese, this means of
escaping the terrible consequences
of the flood was being used by an
Increasing number.
Hankow, with a population ot
828.000, had become the principal
inland city of modern China. Along-
(Concluded on pane 11, column $)
PARSONS ALSO
WANTED HERE
Bend. (LP) A warrant for the ar
rest of R. B. Parsons, former Bend
City attorney, was Issued here Fri
day by C. T. Terril, Justice of the
peace, on a complaint filed by C. G.
Relter, city manager. Larceny of
public funds Is charged.
Parson resigned his position here
effective August 15 and left the
city shortly before the date his
resignation took effect. He was re
ported to have been in Santa Bar
bara, Cal., early this week alter a
trio south via Salem. Grants Pass
and the Pacific highway and copies
of the warrant were telegraphed to
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara
Friday by Sheriff Claude L. Mc-
Cauley ot Deschutes county.
Parsons Is accused of having ap
propriated $250 of the city's funds
turned over to mm to pay a. t
Clark. Portland attorney, for legal
services rendered the city of Bend.
R. B. Parsons, for whom warrant
a as Issued In Bend Friday on a com
plaint charging appropriation of city
funds, is also wantea in saicm, rec
ords of the Justice of the peace
showed.
A wan-ant to arrest Parsons for
giving checks without sufllcient
funds to meet tnem was issuca ne
August 15. He had passed a bad
check on the 1'alem Elks club for
$10 and one on the First National
bank of Salem for $50.
KILLED BY HORSE
Grants Pass, Ore. (A1 Lavell
Crawford, 20. of La Orande, died In
a hospital here Friday from Injuries
received when he was thrown oy a
horse. Crawford had been visiting
near Selma.
NAYAL STUDENTS
MAY BE OUSTED
Washington .Charges hlch
may result In dismissal of several
midshipmen from the naval acade
my were said Friday by navy de
partment officials to be under In
vestigation here and at Annapolis.
The charges wvre said to have re
sulted from conduct on the recent
summer cruise of first and third
class men to Europe and to Involve
from four to 10 members of those
classes.
Payrolls of Factories
Reduced 37 Per Cent
Since Market Crash
Copyright, 11)31, by United Tress
VuViinitnn (HP) l)iniirt merit of labor statisticians es
timated Friday that the atweKate payrolls of 14,000 odd
manufacturinif establishment reporting to the department
have been reduced 37 per cent since w
h stock market crash oi uciootr.
1929
Department officials said no es
timates were available for the ac
tual dollars and cents shrinkage In
the pay checks. They explained the
percentage figure had been ob
talncd by analysis of payroll state
ments of reporting manufacturing
concerns.
Reports are received from 54 of
the chief manufacturing Industries.
Officials said they furnish a "good
sample" of the reductions that have
occurred in employment and wage
paymtnls.
On the basis of statistics available
for the non-manufacturing group of
Industries, departmentoconomlsts
"(ConcludeoTon pass 10, column $
since.