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Twenty-Seventh Tear 1
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1932.
No. 3.
M
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
e-lRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT puta It
over Al Smith declalvely In the
Hew Hampahlra prlmarlea. In North
Dakota, be winds up Alfalfa Bill
Murray in a ball ot string and lays
him away on the ahelf.
In Georgia, be goes up against an
avowed advocate of Speaker John N.
parner and defeats blm handily.
This man Boosevelt la well worm
watching.
ACTRESS ANN 'hARDINQ and her
actor husband, Harry Bannister,
are said to be contemplating a di
vorce, which la nothing unusual
among people of the stage.
Their reasons, however, as printed
In the papers, RE enough out of
the ordinary to make them Interest
ing. .
ANN, as of course you know, la the
bigger light, and her radiance
la dimming the lesser light of her
apouse, who la coming to be known
In Film circles aa "Ann Hardlng'a
busband."
Thla altuatlon, Ann aaya In a pub
lished statement, "threatens to de
atroy the love and respect we feel
for each other."
That la to say, presumably, Hus
band Bannister Just can't help being
a trifle Jealoua of the greater glory
of Wife Harding, and thla tinge of
Jealousy doesn't make for married
happiness. ' . . .
SO, YOO see, they aay to them
selves: "We'll get a divorce, eo
that we can go on loving and re
apectlng each other without the
menace of Jealousy."
Stage people are funny, aren't
they?
ANN HARDING and Harry Bannls
nlster have" a daughter, about
two'yeare old. Thla daughter, who
was brought Into the world witnoui
being consulted, Is entitled, accord
ing to otd-faahloned Ideas,. to. a borne
and the lovlntevor parent-.'-KM
can't have aucb a home If her par
ents are divorced.
Stage folk will teU you that old
Isshloned Idess about homea and par
ents are not for people who have
eareera to look out for..
rt C. CHAPMAN, editor of the Ore-
gon Voter, addressing chsmber
of commerce secretaries of . Oregon,
assirta that mortgaging the future
by apendlng money before It was
earned la the chief cause of the pres
ent world-wide depression.
The world war, Installment buying
and Innumerable public bond Issues,
be sdds, are some of the waye In
which money waa spent before It was
earned.
Spending money before It la earn
ed. It must be admitted, la apt to
lead to trouble unlesa the things for
which It la spent are fundamentally
sound.
vmwrtBv naMtnir on. however, let
aw. i
sJ examine thla Installment buy
lng which Colonel -Chapman list as
one of the causes of our present trou
bles. What waa It for7
Well, quite largely. It waa for au
tomobllea and washing machlnea and
radloa and carpet aweepera for
thlnga that people want and that
make their Uvea more comfortable
and pleasant: thlnga that add to the
Joy of living.
The money, that .la to ssy. went
tor thlnga that people got a lot of
good out of.
WHAT happened to the money that
the average run of people "In
vested" In the average run of securi
ties offered to them during the years
when these Installment contracts
wera being made?
n.i.H,,n.ui. the answer that
must ba msde to that question Is
that a lot of the money so "Invest
ed" waa lost.
In other words, the people who
bought things on Installment con
tracts, for Immediate personal use
during these eaay yeara fared Just
about aa well aa those who Invested
their money.
AUi this, of course, la merely an
other way of aaylng that thJ
manufacture who sold goods on the
Installment plan and pushed people
Into buying them did really better
by the public In the long run than
th. concerns that sold "Investment-
stocks and other securities at Inflat
ed prlcee.
ANOTHER thing u wortft mention,
lng. To a really surprising ci
tent, these Instsllment contract for
the purchase of thlnga of every-day
comfort and convenience that were
PROSPERITY BASE,
Political Parties Must Legis
late for Parity of Income
and Expenditures to Ex
pedite Return Prosperity
WASHINGTON, March 35. (AP)
President Hoover today expressed
confidence that both political parties
together could legislate for a bal
anced budget, but said unless this
la done "the depression" will be "pro
longed indefinitely."
In a formal statement Issued at
his regular press conference the
president described a balanced bud
get aa "the very keystone of recov
ery." "It must be done," he said. "With
out it the several measures for res
toration of public confidence and re
construction which we have already
undertaken will be Incomplete and
the depression prolonged Indefi
nitely." Speaking extemporaneously, in part,
and -partly reading from a mimeo
graphed statement, Mr. Hoover de
clared that Increased taxes were the
only means of reaching a complete
balance between federal revenue and
expenditure.
- Sacrifices attendant upon Increas
ed taxes, he asserted, must be made
as part of the current war against
strained economic conditions.
"One of the first requirements to
the accomplishment of the, absolute
necessity of a balanced budget," he
said, "is that the people and all their
organizations .should support and
not obstruct the members of con
gress In sound efforts to reduce ex
penditures and adjust taxation."
T
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Primrose, daphne, violet And for
sythla all the courageous little blos
soms .that come out Jn. early, spring,
to test the weather for their less
daring sisters are on parade today
at the Chamber of Commerce build
ing, In the first flower show of the
season,' sponsored by the Medford
Garden club.
Pilling the air with refreshing
fragrance, they wave their delicate
tendrlla. bringing promise of the
golden days to come, when they will
hold a less important place In the
garden spot. Now. undaunted by the
rose, still sleeping, they hold the cen
ter of the stage.
Flowering shrubs of exquisite color
ing fill the largest baskets. The lacy
petala of the weeping cherry Jindlng
a flattering contrast in the more
sturdy, deeper-colored blooms of the
flowering quince, the flowering al
mond and the Prunsa P'sardo. All
these favor shsdes of pink. But one
basket Is filled with a huge bouquet
of foraythla. which develops Its "color
harmony" through row upon row of
daffodils.
All members of the narclssua fam
ily are represented, running the ga
mut of yellowe and creams, revers
ing colors on cup and surrounding
petsls and favoring a variety of sizes.
A Japanese magpolla and a red ca
mdla were attracting much attention
this afternoon as flower lovers began
calling to admire the dlsp'lsy. A few
tullpa and the wlnter-bloomlnj mem
bers of the trie family are also In
cluded In the show. Wallflowers,,
hyacinths. In panic, blue and white,
and the first wild flowers to bring
beauty to hill and valley. mplete
the show.
Mrs. C. J. Semon Is cbslrman of
the event and la being assisted today
by Meedamea H. W. Hamlin. C. C.
Darby. Fred Cummlnga, J. W. Jacobs.
h. E. Wllllsms and Miss Helen Bullls.
Visitors will be received through
tomorrow and additional f-Ahtblta are
anticipated this afternoon by the
committee In charge.
Plead (ill lily.
PENDLETON, Ore, March 25 ()
Alfred Ambrose and John Duncan,
held here on forgery charges, pleaded
guilty In circuit court today. They
will be sentenced Monday by Judge
Cslvln Sweek.
Good Friday
Observed
ROME. Italy, Msrch 3S.-MAP)
Prone at the altars of Rome's 400
churches, black-robed Catholic priests
today commemorated Good Friday,
the anniversary of the death of
Christ.
In America. Europe. Asia and
Africa, prlesta and bishop and
churchmen of the highest rank pros
trated themselves at that point In
the ritual which recorded the death
of their spiritual leader.
Proceaslona ot the faithful here
went this morning to the churches
of St. Peter's. Bt. John's and Holy
Cross, where nrllca of Christ's passion
and death wera on display.
Thousands crowded the holy atatrs
nest to St. John Lateran church.
T.hese they believed were the auirs
Strange Pranks
Played By Wind
In Pasco Storm
PASCO. Wash.. March 33. (AP)
White Roy Mcllla viewed with
amazement the removal of Joseph
Newmana garage by the "baby
cyclone" here yesterdsy, with only
two scratches to Newman'a car,
hta own garage door waa lifted
from over his car and crashed In
a nearby vacant lot.
Almost the entire roof over the
Northern Peclflo car shops was
removed by the wind.
BEER TAX PUN
IS REJECTED
VOTE BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 35. (AP)
A proposal to tax 3.75 per cent beer
which would be made under permits
from the treasury waa rejected to
day by the house.
One hundred and twenty-seven
members filed through between the
tellers in support of the amendment
on the first count of a vote under a
procedude which did not permit a
roll call. The proposed amendment
would iiave assessed a tax of 3 cents
a pint against beer.
Representative Cullen (D., N. T.),
who sponsored the amendment, ar
gued that It would produce from
250.000.000 to a460.000.000 of reve
nue annually and would go far to
ward relieving unemployment.
Opponenta contended It was In vio
lation of the conatltutlon and ar
gued that the country could not
drink Itself Into prosperity.
The vote came after bitter debate
that threw the house Into disorder
at tlmea. The vote was 316 to 133.
OF TAKING ROLL
McMINNVILLB. Ore.. March 36.-
(XP) Accused by id-Talbptt, 'Tarn
hill county rancher, of kidnaping
him and robbing him of 31,000,
Thomaa Bosworth, 34. Is held In the
Ysmlll county jail here following
hla return from San Diego, by. a
deputy aherlff.
Talbott declares Bosworth and an
other man accompanied him to Ne
vada In 1039 to purchase sheep from
a man Boaworth reputedly represent
ed Uoon arrival Talbott said he
deposited a certified check for 31,-
000 In a bank. He later withdrew
the money and two daya later two
masked men robbed him and, gave
him a drugged drink. He aald he
regained consciousness 30 hours later
In Montague, Cat., to find himself
In an automobile with three men,
one of whom was Boaworth. Talbott
declared the three men. ejected blm
from the car near Salem.
BIK, P0NT1AC, OLDS
SALES HEAD MERGED
FLINT, Mich., March 25. (API
Transfer of the sales department of
the Bulck Motor company of Flint,
the Oakland Motor company of Pon
tlac and the Olds Motor Works of
Lansing to Detroit will ba msde In
the near future, It waa announced
today by Rlohard H. Grant, vice presi
dent In charge of sales or uenerai
Motors who yesterday waa appointed
to active direction of the aalea dlvl
slon of all three plants.
WALL STREET CLOSED
NEW YORK. March 25. (AP)
Good Friday found most of the
world's financial marketn closed. In
New York security and commodity
exchanges suspended operations, al
though the banks were open. Eu
ropean market generally observed
the day and some of them will not
open until next week.
Ceremony
Over World
house after He had been crowned
with thorns.
The worshipers aacended the steps
only on their knees, stopping on each
step to recite a prayer. At the top
of the atalra they knelt before a little
chapel containing a painting of
Christ supposed to have beer, made
by St. Luke on wood.
Orgs -is and church bella wera si
lent today. Principal parts of the
masses were announced to the con
gregations by wooden clsppera ehak-
en by altar boya. At one point In
the ceremonlea, prleats took off their
rhoea, knelt and kissed a large cru
elflt on the altar steps.
Between noon and 3 p. m the
houra when Christ hung on the
cross. Rome wss like a dead city, most
every one beicg titbit at church or
SALES TAX DEATH I
FORCES RE DRAFT
OF REVENUE BILL
Sub-Committee Named to
Find New Source for
Raising $600,000,000
Expect Proposals Monday
WASHINGTON, March 25 (JT) A
slash In governmental expend it urea
and bureaucracy was demanded to
day by Senator Borah (R., Idaho), In
a public statement as a counter to
the defeated sales tax in balancing
the budget.
"We should balance the budget,"
asserted Borah, "and we cm do so
by cutting expenses. I think the
gentlemen who defeated the rales tax
did a fine and patriotic piece of
work."
WASHINGTON, March 25. (TP)
The house ways and means commit
tee today appointed a sub -commit tee
to draft proposals designed to bring
In about $600,000,000 of revenue to
replace the amount stricken out of
the new tax yesterday when tre house
rejected the sales levy. .
Acting Chairman Crisp announced
after an executive aesslon of the com
mittee It was hoped the vib-group
would be able to lay the proposal
before the full committee nut later
than Monday.
"The bridle la off, and the sub
committee can recommend anything
It desires. Including Hems In the or
iginal Hoover-Mellon-Mllls program,"
Crisp said. 1
Hantry In Group.
Representative Ragon, Arkansas
Democrat, was designated as the
chairman. Other members are Rep
resentatives Vinson of Kentucky and
Canfleld of Indiana, Democrats; Haw
ley of Oregon and. Treadway of Mas
sachusetts, Republicans.
Crl&p did not appoint Representa-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
$100,000 BLAZE
a ...a. -. . --a-
HhVEM,- Ore., March 25. (AP)
Fire which started shortly after mid
night In the basement of the Mac
Marr grocery store here swept through
.the .entire, building wiping out two
other business firms on Commercial
end Court streets during the early
morning hours, amsge was estimated
at ft 100.000.
Other stores gutted in addition to
the grocery store were the Director's
department store and Byrne's Cut
Rate store. Plre for a time threatened
the Hamilton Furniture company
which adjoins Miller's, Salem's largest
department store.
The fire was declared the most
disastrous downtown blaze in Sslem
In many years. The cause was unde
termined early today. In addition
to . the business stores wiped out,
eleven business and professional of
fices on the second floors of the
buildings were destroyed with accom
panying equipment.
PEACE PARLEY
LAGS IN ORIENT
SHANQHAT, China, March 35.
(AP) Slno-Japanese peace negotia
tions lagged perceptibly today, while
armies pf. the. two nations engaged in
sniping and skirmishing a few miles
outside Shanghai.
Each blamed the other for a clash
between outposts near Rating, and
neither had an Official explanation
of sniping between troops In the vi
cinity of Chlawangmlao, Incidents
which added to the general uneasi
ness. The Chinese defied the 12-mlle
limit 'u Itim atom 'of 'the' Japanese
when they occupied Chlawangmlao
recently, and they have shown no dis
position to retire across Soochow
cveek -as the Japanese have demand
ed. NO STONE FACING
FOR JAIL WALLS
No atone facing la to be placed on
the Jail wall at the county court
house, according to the plana and
ply-wood, treated with smudge oil Is
now being prepared for the forms
X. B. Wltherow stated yesterday that
the Jan wall will extend abate the
parapet.
Work la progressing rapidly on the
structure In charge of Harold Proaser.
eonst ruction superintendent, and
shipment of granite are arriving from
the Blair Oranlte company at Ash
land. Partltlona are being placed In
the flrat floor.
Arsonist Given
Long Pen Term
TUB DALLES. Ore., March 35
(AP) J. M. Stachmeuter. Cherry
Heights rancher, waa sentenced to
18 montha In eet prison on an ar
son charge In circuit court Thurs
day. Btechmeiater pleaded guilty to
a charge of burning hla home In an
! (9 iVA !38 Uyuruws .
Fasts As Protest
A , .
Associated 1'reii Photo
Or. Fred F. Wolter claims he ha,
eaten only one peanut In the 18
daya since he began a hunger strike
In Washington to protest agalnal
unemployment In general and hla
own unemployment In particular.
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REPORT CLAIMS
PORTLAND, March 35. (AP) The
charge that the policies ot the state ,
child welfare commission are ex
travagant, and lacking In feeling for
the unfortunate, was made by rep
resentatives of the child caring
federation of Oregon in a report
Issued here Thursday.
Manipulation of state funds by
salaried social workers to the detri
ment of dependent children was al
leged. Extravangant office service
is said to eat up the funds needed
elsewhere.
Criticism of the welfare commis
sion was made privately last week
by a commission appointed by Gov
ernor Meier. The report Issued yes
terday was drown following a meet
ing of the representatives of the
federation. The governor's commtt
itee. has not yet reported. -'
'One Item of" reported extravagance
was the paying of "executive secre
taries" for history and record service,
and employment of field secretaries
for supervision. The report said
these secretaries find reasons or pre
texts for denying state aid to chil
dren enttled to aid.
R. O. T. C. band of Oregon State
college, conducted by H. L, Beard,
will appear In concert this evening In
the senior high school auditorium st
8 o'clock. Soloists on the program
will be Gordon Plnlay ' and David
Longtln, trumpets, and Alvln David
son, tenor.
A street parade Is scheduled for 6
o'clock this afternoon, and dance
at 0 o'clock, at the Oriental Gardens.
Olen fllmklns of Medford, freshman
at the college, la librarian for the
band. The program follows:
March, "Spirit of Oregon State".
. Stevenson
Grand Selection from "Tann.iauser"
....... Wagner
Solo for Trumpet, "Polka Bill'lante
'Le Secret' " ... Hozel
Played by Oordon Jlnlay.
Serenade Drdla
"Yankee Oodle" Alford
Descriptive "Dance of the Serpents"
......... .Baccalarl
Humoresque "Taint a Gotn to Rain
No More "....Arranged by H. L Beard
Tenor Solo, "Give Me the Open
Road" Ambrolse
Sung by Alvln Davidson
Conglomeration for S a x o phones
Clarence Bates, Dale Co wen, Hoi
brook Galloway and Leonard Haye-
sen.
March "The Western World" ...Price
Under direction of P. Wilson Walt,
High School Band.
Moving Picture of College Lire.
The regular quarterly dividend on
Conco preferred stock was declared at
a meeting of the board of directors of
the California Oregon Power com
pany held In San Pranclsco, March
23. Dividends will be paid April 10.
to shareholders of record March 31st
Since the first share of Copco t per
cent preferred stock was iMiKd April
IS, 1021, by the California Oregon
Power company, dividends have been
paid regularly every three months.
Stanford Swimmer
Hangs Up Record
ANN ARBOR. Mich., March 35
(AP) Austin Clapp of Stanford uni
versity established a new American
record of 30:03 1-8 seconds to win
the IftOO-meter swim, first even of
the national Intercollegiate swimming
meet, today. The old record of
20 012-3 wss set by BusUrr Crab be
wf Southern CslUorol lij 103
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Important Virginians Carry
Optimistic Word to Father
Information Discounted
by Jersey Police Official
NORFOLK. Va March 25. (AP)
Despite official announcement
from the Lindbergh home In Hope
well. N. J., that Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh did not consider Informa
tion about hla kidnaped baby fur
nished by three Virginians Important,
one of those Informanta said today
early return of the baby waa ex
pected.
The three men who went from
here to . tell Col. Lindbergh of lndl
cattona the baby was on h yacht In
Chesspeake bay and would be re
turned through them are the Rev.
H. Dobson-Peacock, Rear Admiral
Guy H. Burrage, retired, and John
Hughea Curtis.
"We not only hope but expect the
completion of negotiations within
a few daya," Rev. Dobson-Peacock
said.
Denial that Col. Lindbergh con-
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PROMISE ARREST
WASHINGTON, March 35 OF) A
kidnap scare swept the capital today
after police disclosed that extortion
notes, accompanied by threats, had
been received by Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Lon ft worth, sir Wlllmott Lewis, the
London Times correspondent, Ben
Lyon of the movies, and others.
Police, however, predicted an early
arrest. They were working on the
theory that one man was responsible
for several, If not all, of the threats,
which Involved promise of kidnaping
Sir Wlllmott's young son unless 91500
was paid. '
A police guard was placed at his
home, and detectives also are watch
ing Mrs. Longworth's. She, too, was
told to pay SlflOO, but Paulina, her
seven -year-old daughter, was not
threatened directly. Definite In
structlons were received by tur twice
as to how to pay the money. An
agent followed the Instructions, driv
ing slowly In a taxi by the chosen
spot for depositing the amount, but
the promised signal from the extor
tionist did not develop, and the affair
fell through.
THREE KILLED AT
OREGON CITT. Ore.. March 35.
(AP) Three persona were killed at
a Canby railroad atatlon ahortly
before midnight when their auto
mobile waa atruck by a aouthbound
Southern Pacific train.
They were Earl Bowlsey, 02, night
officer at Canby; Mrs. Frank Patch
67, and her daughter, Mlsa Grace
Patch, 42, both ot Canby,
The three were returning from
a lodge meeting. They approached
the grade crossing from the west
and failed to aee the approaching
southbound train,
Bowlsey and Mra. Patch were killed
Inatantly. The younfer woman died
a tew mlnutea later,
WASHINGTON, March 28. (API
Andrew W. Mellon, ambassador to
Great Brtaln, told newspsper men
today he had no "knowldega of any
change" In the foreign debt sltustlon.
"Do you think Europe will psy us
any debt thla year?" he waa asked.
"You know as much about that aa
I do." waa Mellon'a quick response,
accompanied by a email.
Typewriter Gives Clue
In Attempted Extortion
BOISE. Idaho, March 25. (AP)
Roger V. Oull. 23 year old atate house
Janitor blamed a typewriter In the
office of the chief Justice of the
aupreme court today for hla arrest In
connection with tha attempt to ex
tort 110.000 from William V. Regan,
wealthy Boise resident.
Oull, aald also to go oocaslonally by
the name of Reypena waa arrested
yesterday by police when he appeared
at the atauhouse to go to work. He
waa taken Into the office of Chief
Justice T. Bailey Lee. where Regan
had determined beforehand that, the
extortion note waa written.
The text of the note waa dictated
to Oull and he wrote It on the type
writer, staking, essentially, lb aaffll
Provolt Finds Horn
Stuck In Tree Fork
Half Century Back
WILLIAMS, March 25 (Spl.)
Fifty yeara la a long time to re
member anything, but Gede Pro
volt recently recalled hsvmg plac
ed an ox horn In the fork of a tree
In thla district that many year,
ago.
Pertispa Mr. Provolt would never
have thought of the Inctd-.-nt If he
had not discovered the horn the
other day while cutting wood.
The tree had completely sur
rounded the horn.
Filing" for office In the Mny pri
mary will close April 8, and "pros
pective candidates have ten daya
more in which to make their decla
rations. A couple of more candi
dates for sheriff on the Republican
ticket, and at least one more candi
date for county Judge are in the
offing. There la also a report that
a woman candidate for sheriff win
add novelty to an already overcrowd
ed race.
The candidates for aherlff on the
Republican ticket now number nine
aa follows: Charlca Stacy, farmer,
Medford, who made the race two
veara ago: Everett Beeson, fanner.
Talent: Charlea J. Haaa, Medford;
John H. Hughes, Medford; Fred J.
McPherson. Medford; Ben Moller.
Medford; W. T. Berry. Medford. Phil
Loud, Medford. and Charlea P. Tal
ent, Medford, who filed yesterday.
Sheriff Ralph O. Jennings. Incum
bent, la opposed on the Democratic
ticket by Gordon Schemerhorn.
The chief Interest haa centered In
the shrievalty race, no other office
having ao many applicants.
For the county Judgeship, there
are four candldatea on the Republi
can ticket aa present, aa followa:
C. B. Lamkln. Ashland, Incumbent;
A. H. Wllletta, O. A. Thomaa, Ash
land and Earf H. Fehl, Medford. On
the Democratic ticket. W. F. Phlppa,
lawyer, Medford, and J. F. Wortman,
farmer. Phoenix, are the asplranta.
Three have filed for tha county
clerkahlp Delilah Btevena Meyers.
Incumbent,: and George Carter, on
the Republican tlckot. and Vic H
Beckman, aa a Democrat.
W. E. (Shorty) Morrla of the
Table Rock district, L. M. Sweat,
Sams valley, O. E. Venn. West Side
and Ralph Billings, Ashland, are tne
Republican candldatea for county
commissioner. Thomaa Pankey of
Central Point la the Democratic
entry.
George A. Codding, incumoent, nsa
filed for the Democratlo nomination
for prosecuting attorney with Wil
liam Brlggs. Jr.. Ashland, and T. J.
Enrlght of thla city aeeklng the
Repunllcan endorsement.
The above offices will b the main
bone of contention during the vote-
seeking which la showing signs ot
warming up.
NARROWESCAPE
FOR AGED MAN
W. I. Curtla. 78, of Cottage Grove
Oregon, narrowly escaped death neath
the wheels of a passenger train at
Ashland thla noon. While endeavor
lng to board the train while It waa
In motion, ha slipped from the steps
and fell beneath a coach. Tne agea
man had sufficient presence of mind
to throw hla body from the rails, but
waa atruck about the face and chest
by the trucks. He was removed to
the Community hospital, Ashland,
where It waa ported he would be
sufficiently recovered by tomorrow to
travel.
Curtla, en route to hla home from
Berkeley. Calif., left the coach to eat
lunoh, and ran to catch the train
The accident delayed the north
bound passenger train twenty mln
utea In arrival here.
Marks To Occupy
Governor's Chair
SALEM. March 25. (Pi Wlllard L
Marka of Albany, president of the
senate and governor of Oregcn dur
ing the absence of Governor Julius
L. Meier from the state, will be at
the executive offices tomorrow to take
care of routine business, tt waa an
nounced here today.
mistakes, police aald, that were con
tained In the original extortion note,
The original note waa received laat
Thursday by Regan. It demanded
that he put 10.000 In a box to be
found In a certain little niche In the
Inside wall of the state house near
the aupreme court chembere. Regan
appeared Sunday at the prescribed
time bt failed to find tha box. nor
did any one call to get the money.
Offlcera, watching the procedure,
aald Gull went to work Sunday and
Investigated about the aupreme court
chambera several ml.:utea before go
ing about hla duties.
Dull had been cleaning the aupreme
court chambera for a considerable
period and had a key giving him
access to the chief justice office.
REFUTE CHARGES
LODGEDBY FEHL
Alleged Misconduct and
Prejudice of Jurors Flatly.
Denied in Counter Claims.
Argument Next Week
Counter affidavlta making complete ,
and flat denials of affidavits of the
Paclflo Record-Herald and Earl H.
Fehl, Its editor, were filed today In '
circuit court by Roy Parr, game war
den, through hla attorney, Allison
Moulton, aa part of the plaintiff's
resistance of Fehl'a plea for a new ;
trial In the (15.000 libel suit verdict.
Ten of the score of affidavits the
plaintiff expects to submit were filed
today. It Is the Intention of Parr'a
counsel to file an affidavit from
each of the Jurors. Misconduct and
prejudice by the Jury is alleged In th,
Fehl affidavits.
Heard Conversation
L. O. Psrker, a musician, and resi
dent of the city and county since
1U07. make, affidavit that he waa In
Huson's "Whatnot" on March 10
when Mxa. GeBauer. woman Juror, la
alleged to have made prejudicial
statementa against Fehl and hla paper
and avers that he sat within four feet
of Mrs. GeBauer and heard her aay
she had nothing ."peramally ag-itius
Mr. Fehl." that she had voted for him
for mayor at the last election . . .
that I refused to vote for a higher
verdict during the deliberations of
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EXPENSE OF RADIO
KOAC AT COLLEGE
SILVEHTOK, March 25. (AP)
Membera of the executive committee
of the Oregon State Grange meetinj
here today Adopted resolutions pro
testing against the continuance ot
radio station K0A.0 at the State col
lege on the grounda that the service
rendered la not In proportion with
the expense of operation. The ata
tlon cannot be heard large parte of
eastern and southern Oregon, It waa
atattod.
Another resolution reiterated the
recommendation adopted at the last
state meeting of the Orange In Med
ford that compulsory military train
ing be abolished In all atate lnatltu
tlona of higher learning.
Embodied In resolutions concerning
the State college and university waa
a recommendation to the atate board
of higher education that present atu
dent expenses at both institutions be
reduced, ao that atudenta be freed
from all aollcltatlon for atudent body
feea or assessments.
Action looking toward Incorporation
of the Grange In thla atate waa also
Inaugurated. '
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K IN PFAR mi
mi iu . in i urn unuu
A circuit court Jury, R. B. Carter,
foreman, returned a verdict shortly
before noon today In favor of the
Sunorest Orchards, after short delib
eration, and three days of testimony
and legal oratory. Fred C. Sunders,
orchardlst, sued the orchard company
for I1A00, stleged due on a pear con
signment. The case was highly In
volved, and centered about local ship
ping and selling methods and cus
toms. ROGER?
.ioys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
March 24. Congress knocked
the rich in the creek with a 72
per cent, income tax. Then
somebody must have told 'em
"yes, congress, you got 'em
while they are living, but what
if they die on you to keep from
paying it!
Congress says "woll, wa
never thought of that. We will
frame ono that will get 'em
alive or living, dead or de
ceased." Now they got such a high in
heritance tax on 'cm that you
won't catch these old rich boys
dying promiscuously like they
did. This bill makes patriots
out of everybody.
You sure do die for your
country if you die from now
on. Yours,
Jif-XJiaai If 'Mtssta. iHnjf