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The Weather g::,t;
light local snows east Cascades; no change in
temperature; southerly winds On coast.' Thurs
day Max, 50: Min. 37; River ll.X falling;
Rainfall .05: Atmosphere part cloudy; Wind S.
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the mind of one man into the mind of another
and-' make it stay- there Start 1123 Hsi:
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MUSGLESHDAL,
fJDT FfflDfiED
Senate Ballot Disapproves of
i Government Management
a of Nitrate Plant By Vote
of 48 to 37
QUESTION' OF DISPOSAL
OF PLANT NOT DECIDED
Norris B31 Killed;; Underwood
Measure Is Still Before
Senate -
Y WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 --Got-ernment
operation of Muscle
Shoals was disapproved today by
the senate, 48 to 37, hut the whole
ojuestlkra f the final; disposition
ofthe great power and nitrate
plant was left la the air.
, The Vote tame on the question
of sabstltutinc the Underwood
leasing m" for thd Norris govern
ment operation plan. . "
KThe effect of. the vote was to
kill the Norris measure, but the
Underwood bill still Is before the
senate and open to amendment,
several substitutes for it have been
proposed. . - ? .: ' , .-
i Consideration of these will bo
begun tomorrow iwlth republican
leaders hopeful of getting the'sub
Ject off the senate calendar tem
porarily, at least by the end of
this week, or early next week.
i Whatever the final form of the
senate bill, it must go to confer
ence for consideration, there with
the house measure accepting the
offer of Henry Ford despite that
the offer has been withdrawn since
the house acted at the last session.
: Although it had been the sub
ject of sharp and concerted attack
since its consideration began im
mediately upon the opening-tit thi
; session of congress the Underwood
bill developed & rather unexpecU
ed strength in the voting today
with most of the republican lead-
rs 'supporting it. ' -
' Whether it k; can . hold this
i strength when the testa come on
j the? Jones and Wadswortli substl
, tutes proposing reference' of tthe
question to presidential commis
; eiens admittedly is problematic.
r'jSonie of the republicans" voting for
j the 1 Underwood . bill today said
operation but were not yet pre
pared to make decision as, to final
disposition of the plant;. .
Chief support for the Under
wood bill came from the majority
elde, 30 republicans voting for It
as against 18 'democrats. Twenty
democrat and 10 republicans and
) one farmer-labor member opposed
IS
PI0LESFE1M
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Only One of Four Prisoners
I Pleading Guilty Goes to .
; i Penitentiary
P roles from " the bench were
presented to three of the four
v prisoners i.who appeared before
K Judge Percy Kelly Thursday morn-
Ing for sentence. N
'Acting on Indictments rendered
f by the grand t Jury,. Bert Brown,
f charged with larceny of wool from
Roy King., was sentenced to one
year in the -penitentiary,, and. par
; oledrwith the provision that he
i compensate King for the amont
j taken. 4 t Myron January found
i guilty of passing- forged check
! tor $ 1 0 on the Miller Mercantile
! company, received two-year sen
tence, and was paroled, with in
structions that he repay the
timotnt of the check.
The only, one not, , receiving" a
parole was; Don ' Morrison, who
with' John Chilcott, was found
; guilty of larceny from the Shafer
; leather goods store, from which a
; number of articles were stolen last
fejonth. Morrison was taken to
-the penitentiary yesterday to serve
b two-year sentence. Chilcott also
; Received a two-year term, but was
paroled. s
OLMSTKAD FILL'S SUIT
C BATTLE, Jan. 8. noy Olm-t
I fetead, formeraSeattle police lieu-
lecmt arrested November-17 with
tcore of others in a raid on his
lo is here, filed suit in federal
':' cotrt- today for $30,000 damans
; fcgainst Commissioner of Internal
EleVeau? Clair, . 4 ,
Enforcement: of Laws A
Topic of Conference
Held With jPresiderit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A
White House breakfast conference
with President; Coolidge and ;a
luncheon later with a group bf
local business -men today 'occupied
the delegation of ten which ; came
to Washington to present views of
the national citizens'" com ihittee
of 1,000 on law enforcement. El
bert II. Gary.-whoi headed, the, iil-
egation, presented to the president
resolutions recently adopted : by
the -committee urging a call : upon
all officials to set an example for
law enforcement and commanding
the attitude of the executive in his
obedience to the 18th amendment.
- He . later paid tribute to Mr.
Coolidge lira talk to the' business
men who also were addressed by
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. and were
told 1 by William I F.x Cochran of
Baltimore, another f delegation
member4: that the best thing tfify
could do for law enforcement
would be ' to , remove liquor; from
their tables at home. - i -
. "This country has never before
had such a good prospect of suc
cess; and prosperitjr as " it has" on
this very day," said Judge Gary.
PRESIDENT S
Proposed : Expenditures in
Navy Receive Adminis
tration's Disapproval
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WASHINGTON,: j Jan. i 8 An-
other chapter on the American
nary was placed before the house
naval committee j today f with the
receipt of information that the ad
ministration does not regard ele
vation of turret guns on. capital
ships as conflicting with the arms
conference treaty and that the
navy department favors sufficient
expenditures to bring all, branches
of the navy np to the 5-5-3 ra
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' President ; Coolidge however,
thinks $hat both proposals would
conflict with its program of econ
omy, it was developed and for that
reason he has not recommended
the appropriation of funds for the
work. .";:.' ; ; -:- M .; '
'" Secretary Hughes in a letter to
the committee said -Japan and the
United States, agreed' i that..It
would be In keeping with the spir--it
6f the treaty to elevate- the guns
on-American capital ships but that:
Great Britain had aken an: oppo
site view. ; The navy departjneijt
Secretary Wilbur told the commit-'
tee, would like to see the proposed
elevation carried out ' and ) also
enough construction to bring the
navy as a whole tup to' the treaty
ratio. Recommendation of funds
needed to make: these proposals ef
fective were refused, he said, by
the budget bureau with the back;
ing of the administration. , '-
r Mr.. Hughes, in his letter, took
the position that although the pro
posed elevation would not, violate
the treaty, it migh have ,thie tin
desired effect of tending to! pro
mote naval competition. The :Brit
Ish' ambassador he said ion March
18, 1923,' had brought up the sub
ject "earnestly . appealing" to the
state department against any al
teration of the present gnn eleva
tion and giving positive assurance
that no Buck alternation had been
made on, any British capital;!! ship
after-its commission. 1i J ijjj '$
The secretary said; the British
viewed, the t proposed changes as
"major alterations" prohibited un
der the treaty but that he held the
opinion, shares by . the! .Japanese
that they had been regarded (rath
er ns. "mindr alterations."
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Business Di rectors f Elected
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j ber of Commerce
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PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 8. The
annual convention of the Oregon
state Chamber of Commerce! was
opened here today with an address
by Thomas B. Kay,-state treasur
er who declared that, far from be
ing a tax ridden state Oregon pays
less than most other -western
states. To prove his contention
Mr. Kay submitted an array ... of
facts and figures. .
Th9. d!rrctors will meet tc;aor
row and el?ct officers tor the
cgmizz year, ,-
AGIST M
"There are many reasons for this;
for in ttddltron to" the national re
sources i of, the i countryAwe have
an administration- at, the seat of
government that never before was
better than! it ii at- the present
time. , -
i "By surrounding himself with
men .who" are capable, and by his
dally walk and conversation, the
president- Is f exercising 1 an -influence
thati is - of benefit to every
living personj He-is not only edu
cated, wise -and strong, but he' Is
simple and natural In hU" habitsr
Whatever he does and gets credit
ior it is because he gives no con
sideration to the political- effect
Of what he does. t
1 "What we must do Is hold up
pis hands in every good effort lie
will be harassed, perhaps, by good
men. who doubt the enforcement of
some of the laws of the, land, but
he will never waver when it comes
to .the question" of right and
f-rong." i : .
Mr. Rockefeller declared law
bservance rather 'than" "law en
forcement was needed. i
BOTULISM IS .-
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lommittee of Health Boards
r Discuss Manufacturing
Process
Pj5.RTLANJlr , Ore., Jan. 8. :
Representatives of the state health
poards of Oregon, Washington and
pallfornia today joined with mem
bers - of : the Northwest Canners'
association in a move to standard
ze manufacturing ..processes for
ihe elimination of the danger of
. otulism ' poison. ! J Discussion ot
precautions, with possible' legisla
tion ? In Oregpn. i Washington v and
California, brought the business of
the four-day. convention to a close.
, Legislation preserving : certain
processes in the canning off vege
tables, with the addition of in
spectors to see that the provisions
Of the law are ' carried out, was
proposed as the result of an inves
tigation Inwhlch Dri K.;F.Myer
pf the University-of California,
representative of . the board of
health of that state,' was said to
have spent four years. , : '
Speakers pointed out that mem-
bets ot the Northwest Canners' As
sociation had practically without
exception adopted methods to pre
vent any .danger of. the existence
of botulinus germ in canned vege
tables.' Dr. Myer jsaid, in recom
mending the two steps, that the
regulations would be valuable in
the case of the unaffiliated canner
and wouVd prove beneficial In em
phasizing the value of care to the
home canners. - -
j In conference with Dr. Myer
were Dr. T. Strieker of the Ore
gon board "and - Dr. Simpson of
Seattle, representative of the
Washington health board.' kii '
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BEICG INSTALLED
Uocation- of Chamber of
Commerce, Will Now Be
- Plainly Marked .
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Putting J into practice ( what - it
preaches, the Chamber of a Com
merce sign, designed in 'Salem,
manufactured in Salem and paint-
ed in Salem ..was being : put in
ace over.; the entrance totheT lo
cal rooms Thursday. - Home indus
tries were patronized' to the fullest
extent, in . spite of efforts of .the
Portland 'Chamber 'of Commerce
to5 have the sign made in that city.
fEversince the Chamber of Com
merce; has been located above
Shipley's store, it has been diffi
cult to direct strangers : to ; the
rooms as i no adequate sign had
ever been displayed. Agitation be
gun some time ago resulted in ac
tion upon the sign, which will be
illuminated at night. t r J
tiKNTEXCKD TO DEATH
MONTE3 ANO. Wash., Jan. 8.
uldo Grass!. 41 convicted of
killing three Italians in-Aberdeen,
November 10, 1923, was sentenced
today -in superior- court to be
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HGIEBIIS
IT REACHED
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Conference Between Amerlt
can and English Delegates
Causes Delay Hn Report
On War. Claims.
LOGAN AND CHURCHILL
! ;! DEBATE WAR DAMAGES
Fixing of Xuxnpj Sum and
Joining: AEF Costs and
' Damages Is iAsked . i
PARIS, Jan. S,i By Associat
ed Press.) The flxibg ot a lump
sum and the Joining together Of
the costs of the American army
pf occupation ahd;Jtho 'n claim j Of
the United States - for war dam
ages were the. subject of two con
versations 'betweenj---- James ! AJ
Logan, Jr., the American observer,
and Winston Churchill,' British
chancellor of the exchequer, today,
and( it. Is' this which is: delaying
the announcement that an agree
ment on the Anglo-American view
points which was reached in prin
ciple last night has been definite
ly settled as to details. ' j- f
. The American ; delegation how
ever, expresses optimism and ia
declared to .be; ready! to present at
a i plenary session of the Inter
allied conference Monday morning'
a solution satisfactory to all par
ties M. Clementel, the - French
finance minister -also informed
the correspondents this evening
that he was convinced the British
and American delegations' would
reach a compromise.! -it
In the belief that ' the private
conversations would be more ef
fective in reaching solutions than
plenary sessions of the conference,
the delegates had only, a hail! hou
meeting" today and the only offi
cial decision arrived at was to dis
pense with full meetings and de
vote the entire tlmej to unofficial
exchanges of views until Monday.
; Two plenary sessions have been
held thus far and the avowed pur
pose for which the conference was
convened namely; the distribution
Qf the Ruhr proceeds and the
Dawes plan annuities has not yet
even been broached j
M elemental, in the course of
today's session requested - all the
delegations to keep their: private
deliberations absolutely secret un
til final agreements fwere reached.
He also asked that the experts re
port be. considered s a confiden
tial document until acted bpon. :
DEAIDECB
Mrs. Carrie J. Willis, Old Sa
! - lem Resident,! Dies In
Portland ; ,
. PORTLAND, ian. j 9. (Special
to The Statesman) Mrs. Caroline
Mooney-Willis, ; age 87, widow of
the late Leonidas Willis,, died at
the home of. her daughter, Mrs;
D. C. Bogart at 11174 Laddlngton
Court, Portland, today after a ldng
(Con tinned ,ea 7)
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.WilKam Hexriinfx Held Honest ReptorfWhile
Sympathy: Es;tended in Loss of Fountain Pen
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May Be Other Upright Men in His lVofession, Bat Woman Writer
- Is Positive That He Is One at Least I
By ELLA- McMUNN
I see by the advertising columns
of -The Statesman- Uat William
Fleming, the real estate man, has
lost his Parker fountain pen and
offers a reward , fori its returnl
Personally, I should think that Be
would be immensely relieved to be
rid of the thing.-- Nobody could
give me one, for I should be afraid
if, would come uncorked in r my
pocket and spoil my nice clothing.;
But he desires its return because
it was a gift to-him, j and I trust
that the person finding it will re
turn it immediately to him. In
deed, If anybody has :one in good
repair, it would be a friendly thing
for them to take it oyer to his of
fice and tell him that, it ' is his!
because they saw it fall from his;
pocket, and it would jbe decidedly
the proper thing for ; the realtors
of Salem to buy him; one with a
diamond knob t on the end -as big
as a hen egg. For If ever a man
may be said to be a credit to his
profession, that man - is William
ricmias. -vV'" f 7'.i: r '.r;
i I &2 52t S?Z ? 13 tt9 enly
ID MTOY ADDS- ,
ANOTHER NAME
TO HIS TITLES
Sentence', of .FVom. !ne to 'Tea
Years' Give Por Privilege
- to i Usb t 'Convict" -
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t0S 'ANGELES, Jan. '8Kid
McCoy, pugilist,' husband of eight
wives In succession, habitue of
the tifhite light section of various
cities throughout the conntry to
night added the appellation "con
vlcf' to the list following his sen
tence here today from one to 10
years In the penitentiary on a
manslaughter conviction in con
nection with the' murder of Mrs.
Theresa WV Mors last August. -
- Superior Judge Charles S. Crail
denied McCoy's motion for a new
trial and refused 1 to set bail for
him when this, attorney said that
ah appeal would be taken. ; ' i
Throughout his , recent f trial,
McCoy basked in the glances and
smiles of numerous female admir
ers, a lot that had, been his since
the day he first sprang into prom
inence as a crafty successful ring
fighter. Today as he heard his
sentence,- one forme? : wife Dag
mar: Dalgren, dancer jand ; actress,
was the sole female spectator in
court.!' '
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FOR PRESIDENT
Salem Man May Become
l Head of Engineering So
:ciety at Portland
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Election of officers will be the
outstanding feature of the North
western Society of Highway en
gineers for the annual meeting in
Portland Jandary 10. Principal
Interest centers around the elec
tion of 'president jj II. Scott,
market. .road engineer, of Salem,
and C-: W. " Wanser, j division en
gineer, of The Dalles j being prom
inently mentioned. Both are employes-:
of -the- state -highway - de
partment. ' ;'' . 1 ' " 4
; Membership In the " society Is
held by nearly 200 highway ' en
gineers and others in allied acti
vities in the Pacific Northwest and
British Columbia. Four meetings
are held each year, j
jl Jesse Currey, a member of the
advisory" committee on tree plant
ing. will be the principal speaker
at the- banquet to be served at the
Portland hotel at 6:30 o'clock. He
will have as his toptc "Beautifi
cation of Highway8.,;, Following
the banquet and speaking an en
tertainment of an hour and thirty
minutes has been arranged. The
talent ? will include j Miss' . Ruth
Meade; the Keller sisters and Bert
Hall, popular radio entertainers.
The Portland telephone quartette
will also sing. : ' ' ;- -:'
i C. B. McCulIoUgh, state bridge
engineer and retiring: president of
the society. will preside 'at the
meeting. 7 Mr. McCullough, who
lives in Salem, was recently elect
ed president of the Kiwanis club
here, r i ":..!; .7 l':';jf::' ; '"':!..
ori:gon cattle win
! OGDEN, Utah Jan.) 8. Herbert
Chandler of Bakr, Ore., won first
prize on a carload of registered
llereford range bulls at the Ogden
livestock 8how hre today.1 In ad
dition to the carload prize Chan
dler's Hereford won- all- other
prizes in the Hereford class. Stock
judging was completed : late this
I afternoon. . i-;;-;..;J,v!---';;v ;.
honest real estate man In Salem.
I know of two.K;Qne is William
Fleming and the other1 is not Wil
liam Fleming. .His wife told me
that he was "Too good: tor his own
good," but it was only when imy
Mother and I called on him about
a little house, that. I fully under
stood her ( meaning.) 1 When - we
looked at the roof to .see - if it
might leak, he did not, as many
dealers do, jump up and exclaim.
Oh see the pretty, pretty rose
bush, nice rose: bush, sweet rose
bush." " And when we turned. the
faucets to determine their work
ing order, he did not cry out. "Oh
look at the pretty pink pussy cat
with a green tail walking the wire
out there." And If we commented
favorably upon a3 tree laden with
delicious prunes, he -would .say
"Yes; It is a nice-tree, but-1 am
sorry that it Is: not quite on this
lot you are thinking of , baying."
His wife was entirely correct in
the appraisement' of his virtue.
Here's hoping fete Parker pen 13
saicly ret'irsed; to tin.
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New Bust of War Prident
Given byWoodrow WVilsca McshorialFQtisjlatica
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' Bryant1 Baker, New York sculptor
Is shown above at work on a bust
of Woodrow Wilson.! i It was on
exhibition at a dinner given by the
Foundation td Viscount Cecil " of
Ch el wood i.. who . cam especially
tron Zaglaad o reeeivs th Foon-
RLD FLIERS
"Planes Can- 6a Wherever
There Is Air," Wade and
Johnson State
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The
world f flight; proved that "where
ever there Is - air, ., airplanes can
go," Lieutenants : John , Harding
and Leigh Wade told the h6use
airoraft investigating committee
whTobjearlter a,'thei ayTilid" heard
an appeal by Dwlghtj F. Davis,- as
sistant ' secretary i of war for de
velopment of commercial aviation
as the "salvation of the aircraft
Industry." ' : -t 'r
'j -: The endurance and reliability
pf the ail-American; planes used
in the world flight were enthusias
tically described by the two fliers.
; ' "The liberty motor stands as
the most wonderful engine used in
quantity : in the. world,", declared
.Lieutenant Wade. ,
In every-country
:ry tho
fliers re
lated they - were ; received with
greatest cordiality and American
diplomatic: .and consular, repre
sentatives all alohg the route told
them they, "planted the American
flag in the hearts of the foreign
people and created lasting Inter
national friendships for the Unit
ed States." j ' I - : '
Foreign governments they testi
fied, offered ; all assistance pos
sible. Japanese . destroyers went
to the northernmost point of the
empire to assist in patrolling the
route ( across' the Pacific and the
British navy offered its assistance
for the longj dangerous jumps
across the' Atlantic.
BETID Ml KILLED
Slayer" Uses Axe and At
tempts to Cover Crime By,
Setting Fire to Cabin
BEND, : Or.. Jan. 8. Alex
Roucheck, a citizen of Poland was
murdered some time! last night
and his charred body was discov
ered n his cabin home here early
today by if iremen. v r i
ROn check apparently was
struck on the head with an axe as
he entered his home and the slayer
then j fired the house. Robbery
was apparently the motive for the
murder. John Colson was arrest
ed later today by Sheriff Roberts
and held for investigation in con
nection with the killing. . f : . .
Colson was seen early this
morning in a local restaurant, one
hand! burned and his face is Said
to have been bruised, j Colson was
found in a shack id the .residence
district so intoxicated he could not
be questioned. ! - .
GAS .STATION ROBBED
POUTLANDj Jan. 8. 'A -well-
dressed young masi calmly held up
an oil filling etalldn here today,
took IS ot the company's money,
walked away and then threatened
with death a citizen who attempt
ed to capture t'a. , Tho robber
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DEED
EatbiMtecl lAtDinneri.;
datlon's first annual.; award off
ti.vvv puia wk uuruzg iucuai ior ue
most meritorious! service', of a pub-i
11a character: looking toward thai
establishment of peace through,'
Justice.
Resolution Embodies Recom
mendations! of Coolidge;
US Is Not Bound
WASHINGTON, - Jan. 8. A re
solution propbs
nation! into the
ng entry of this
world court was
Introduced toda hjr. Senator Wil"
Hs: republican. CThio. It 'carries a
provision embodying the reconv
SihaQdnr of ""resldenf "Coolidge
that the United States shall not be
bound by any advisory opinion of
the court."! -h'- .. "
The resolution is in the nature
of a substitute for that offered by
Senator Pepper, republican, Penn
sylvania, at the last session and,
with : other proposals, 1 will come
before the senate fforeign relations
committee Wednesday when ! the
whole world court subject is to be
considered. Besides embodying the
recommendation! made by Presi
dent Coolidge ii his annual, mes
sage last month! the Willis pro
posal continues the preservations
put forward: by Secretary Hughes
and approved by PresMent Hard
ing. Specifically, they propose that:
"American adhesion shall not
be taken to involve any legal rela
tion between the; United States and
the league of nations. " ! '
The United. $tates shall parti
cipate upon an equality with other
states which are! members respec
tively of the council and the as
sembly of the league. ' '
"The United States will pay a
fair share ot the expenses of the
court.:; . ! . ... . ;
"The slate of the world court
shall not be amended without the
consent of the United States.
"The signature of the United
States shall not be affixed to the
protocol until the signatory powers
shall have indicated through an
exchange of notes the , acceptance
of the American reservations."
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George Raymond Diesat
Hospital Last Nighti as
Result off Accident v
Infection: of :the right hand
caused the death of George Ray
mond, age 8. ati the: Salem hos
pital Thursday at 6 o'clock. Med
ical and surgical; care was of no
avail and ' the attack of . the r In
fection could . not ' be checked.
though specialists tried their skill
to save" the lite of the boy. -
The little fellow had won the
respect of the nurses! and doctors
at the hospital by the Valiant
fight he was making. lie was
brought there after he had slid
from the top of a, straw stack and
injured his right! hand. on a rusty
nail, "during the! week-end. Im
mediately a peculiar infection set
in which gained steadily and could
not be stopped froa. sapjls hi3
-1 The lad came jto Salem recent
ly from Wyoming with his mother,
Mrs. D. B. Raymond, 830 North
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KORETZ. FllliE:
fllbPnorJiOTE-Ti
DIES INI
Bayano Oil : Bubble Swindler
Succumbs to Diabetes
While, Confined: in State
Penitentiary
$2,000,000 OBTAINED
FROM FRIENDS Ifl DEAL:
Operator of Graft Was Glrca
Light Sentence cn Ac-
count of Health
STATESVILLE. . III., Jan. 8.
(By The Associated press.) Leo
Korets, , promoter of the Bayano
Oil bubble, who fleeced scores of
friends and relatives out of mil
lions of dollars, died' tonight in
the state penitentiary, here.
' The - promoter .who for . years
conducted his . phantom financial
(ventures so quietly and effective
ly . that trusting relatives and
friends begged him to take ' their
money,, declared when he went to
prison a few weeks ago, that he
did not expect to' coma out alive.
His death occured at 8:40 o'clock.
- When Koretx was found last
December in Halifax. ; N. ST, he
was, suffering from diabetes and,
when he was returned to Chicago
and pleaded guilty to charges of
operating a confidence game, had
grown worse. !
: Lawyers urged that light sen
tence be pronounced for this rea
son -and doctors who examined
him said it was doubtful it he
could stand prison life. When
lie 'first; went to the state prison
he was given light duties In tie
prison yard but a few days ago
his- condition was. such tiat ;he
was placed in the .prison-' hospital.
I Insulin treatments were' resort
ed Jta In an effort to save his life,"
but I they "were Iseffective. ITt
lapsed Into "unconscicu;nt5 t . , :,;
today and prison officials, cczi--,
dent that he would be unjila ts..
survive the night, 'summoned tiv
three ..,! brothers " from Chicago.
They were with him when he died.
- Leo Koretx fled from Chicago
in December, 1923, a few days be
fore his Bayano oil, bubble burst
on the stunned senses of his rela
tives and friends who had invested
their money in his project. With
Mm s in a little hlack satchel he
took about 82,000,000 in money
and 'securities and behind him to
left -a wife ? and two children la
straitened . circumstances and
scores of friends and relatives and
acquaintances minus tho $2,0 00,-
000 that he took with him. .
STATION HEARD JS ENGLAND
SPOKANE, Jan. 8. A local
tion, KFFYi was heard near Lon
don,, England, on the night or De
cember 15, it was announcea nere
today. .
THURSDAY
"INlWrHINGTOli
f The senate substituted the Un
derwood Muscle Shoals bill for ths
Norris bill. ; .. . - ,
Railroad j representatives con
ferred with Postmaster General
New on "railway mail Tates.
! World tilers "praised all Amerl
can planes before the house com
mittee investigating air craft problems.-
;
The first session of the senate
committee- Investigating prohibi
tion enforcement was behind elo??-!,
doors. :
Daniel F Steck, democrat, tiled
his contest for the seat held by
Senator Brookhart, republican,
Iowa.
Hearings were .continued bef.r ;
a senate committee on the Cram
ton hill for concentrating prohibi
tion enforcement.
, .
Senator .Walsh, democrat, II-:.-tana,
charged a 'liberally finance r
movement was afoot to defeat tl:
child labor ameciraent, ;
: .
JPresIdent Coolidge discus-, ,
law enforcement at a White IIous ?
breakfast with Elbert H. Can.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and
others. f
SecreUry liusLes informed t'
house th8 Edr:Lr',;r'rat;on do"3 l
regard battleElu? Lc-dernitatin-s
conflicting with the arms trc
but - Secretary "vr.btir '"''
ruch wcrk - 11c : ;i: i; .
'.ct:or.iv j. ;, ; .