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ran TTXT OREGON -i-
t.
i ne w earner cican
bly fain oonawcai, yuruuu, uu tuauga w icui
eerature; moaerate wmtneny wmas.
Max. 34; Min. 29; RlTer .7.5 falling;
"q1; Atmosphere foggy iJWlud west, ,
Fridays
Rainfall
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR ?
SALEM. OREGON feltoRDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17: 1925
4 PRICE FIVE CENTS
i'j'v-V'jlli '' SMjf::p';5vVf5 'Jour, business effectiTely. r - rv-.:j.
V.
SEC. HOOVER
IS. TO
Pres. Coolidge Offers
retary of mmerce
pQj.-J
"tion as Head of Depart
ment of Agriculture
nCCIDCTn'OPflnlM
DESIRE TO nhi.lAlii Ab
COMMERCE HEAD GIVEN
President Says Hoover Has
An Qualifications as Sue-
cessorA to Gore
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 16. Her
bert HooTer, wh two years ego
declined the Interior secretaryship
from the hands of President Hard-1
ing, has refused an offer "of the
agricultural 'department portfolio
from President Coolidge.
Mr. Hoorer Intends to remain
In the cabinet, but prefers to stay
at the head of the commerce de-
partment rather than direet the
offices of the department ox agri
culture. The president proffered
the agricultural secretaryship to
Mr. Hoorer because he regarded
the commerce head as the. type
of man he desired to succeed How
ard M. Goflg a man qualified to
superrise in a business way the
many actirHies of the agrieultural
department, particularly one who
could so direct departmental ef
forts as to aid the farmers of the
country In obtaining .better and
more direct markets.
Hoover 3Iakes Study
Mr. Hoorer. in the course of
his work In the commerce depart
ment. has made somewhat of a
study pf marketing methods "f
B18 Semces IOr -inai reason, air. i
Cooliago felt, would wi . of great
. . . '. ; . .... .' -. i
raiue m tne agriculture puai.
Mr. Hoover's name also -was In
cluded In a, list of -those recom
mended' for the agricuhurVlsecre-
, taryship and Mr. Coolidge thought 1
that inasmuch as he was a part or I
the administration he should be J
given an opportunity 'to 'take the
place If he desired It. This lst
v V. tf. r1l4ss tnrln
ji oy nsiiors ana now . cuwuvum,
V contains about 200 names.
Program Uncompleted
Secretary Hoorer. howerer, de
dined the president s of fer on the
ground that he felt his present
office furnished him f with, greater
opportunities ' for public service.
and because of sereral programs
or activity wjiicn ne nas oeen un-
wie io compieic. '
(Coatina4 on pact 2)
"Orecon Fo rains to the
, Front" Is Topic Assigned
to Speaker of House
Denton G. Burdick, of Klamath
Falls, soeaker of the house of rep-
n resentatives, will address members
JE.
y the regular meeting Monday noon
2 t tne club rooms.
' "Oregon Forging to the Front'
ts the topic selected by the speaTc
eubject. Representative Burdick
zk . nun i h an uuluii it w vu
represents CrooK, nescnuies, j
ferson, Klamath and Lake coun-l
ties, comprising ajittlo inland cm-
pire-
lie stands very high in the mat-
ler or continuous service at thejtween the United States andJEu
Rtata loiriaintnm and has mado a I ,.v, whita man's pwer
- - r-"- -
record br his ability in political
matters.
Otto J. Wilson, a Marion county
fcrember of the house, will intro
duce Hon. Burdick and will pre
side as chairman. J
DIAMOND FOUND
A lady lost a diamond. She
advertised her loss in the classi
fied columns of The Statesman.
Late last evening The States
man received a. teleDhone Call
from a party who had found the
diamond. Today it will be re
stored to its owner.
This is just one of the many
services performed daily by the
classified ads of The Statesman.
Be sure to send or telephone
your ad in early today and take
advantage of the big Thrift
Week offer of seren insertions
for the price of three., j
Transtt
Is Favcijjed by Rail
and tf;ater Companies
NEW YORK, Jan. 16
.
flail-
road, steamship and expressTjo'pi
panies stand ready to undertake
air transportation as oon islthe
ggQ.JaJrpJane or dirfgible i3 brought to
a reasonable standard of pfcfTfcc-
uon, a congressional subcommit
tee InYestigating United Sta&J iir
serrices was told today. II I f
A. G. Smith of Greenwlchf on-
T BUOa PreB1Qent or tne.American
StPaTnRhin n.;..Ml,(li Ila
of the Ward line, testified h f&hg
bad awaited the time whem cr
planes could profitably enter the
f JeW of land, water and air tHn-
jtin2L
elopment ; would j eyolTe j izf hla
country a- commercial ;air service
that would cooperate and compete
with other forms of transportation
in earrying mail, specie, gold bul
lion, important documental and
iotner eXpresgaJ)le aiI oveg ng
distances and at -rapid speed
John Newlean, Tice president
and treasurer of j the American
Railway -Express j company i test!
fled that for years he had -taenH
Rights to Saritram Vater
Privileges Aired Before
State EngineerLuper I
nearly zu witnesses were caea i
. . . V. .1
in the Santiam irrigation conro-
rersy here before Rhea uer,
state engineer, during which iJrfral
l, ;;No decision has yet .been
.-,.a,1 anil h 'flnnt RAttlomnt
' " "
taken Uuader S JulTisAinejttLi - Tho
IBlEfflWISIB MM .
outcome will decide wnetnerorKaisposiuon by congress of leglsla
not a permit to appropriate water I
snaii do grantea iienry u-ji-oneriniem in an inaepenaeni Dureau.wjjj
,1o0, I f
,r,i MtMutTMl w4
im, ,a invniWft tfnr
. . ; Blinihp1. nf-"as-Jfor
fllAH fnr -aratpr.. the land
. 1 "
I upon which they would use fthe
Iter would-Include some of pxat
In the project of the Willamette
Valley Irrigated Land company
and the Santiam Reclamation com-
. ,The entire proceedings
hare been In litigation siocethe
first contract until late last f ar.
Nearly 2,000 acres of landare
owne1 h the Willamette Valley
irrigated Land company and the
development is near enough com
pleted that It could irrigate nearly
the entire acreage.: nights lostnia
land .were settled - recently with
E. L.r Thompson; w. . tr. uiasja.nu
other Portland men as- owners.
Mr. Thompson testified thatghis
Miniumr hail Kncnt nearly $!& 0,-
000, and tnat tne sysiera
ing expended as fast as it , culd
" (Coatfaned on Pt S) j
I'JIIITE PirS POWER
IS WIG1 IN EP
Co With OrienVMust
Be tlstablisled on. Com
mercial equality
I SKAttLE, Jan. 16 Within 50
oj. 60 year8i the White 1 races ni
. vnrM must carry on the lom-
Itn the jar east on a fasla
Ur commercial equality, the Same
I a .- i beine carried om ho
,Ana mr iuo , . - v -
n. world is wain-
!- according to FredfricK
,,, ailthor of South Sege ro
xi r. O'Brien arriredhere
tonieht on tne sieamui
. tSaar and
la to lcare tomorrow
his home in Sausalito, "-'J
"The White man is i'n;'"
ing his superioritr over thFar
The time, is not tar
the-Far East must h on ?ra
of commercial equamy. "!
portatioa of loo.w l'BI"": d
iea to the yMncsio
the fraternizing 01 mo UH "
rare . during he world warruir
Rhir wiU bring a permaueui
l the reiaiionsmj? -;v "
. .. . halftDK IUH
oi- - .. i.:;,
racco. , w .ra.
Mr. O Brien saia uj "
1 1 Tl 7 W1LU
imnerialism"- in the Hawaiian
and TWl-ppIue :i3taad3.
prtation ,
an active part in organizations
promoting flying. He also submit
ted a long telegram from R. E. M.
CoWie, 'president of the4 "express
company, which set forth that the
organization was closely watching
aircraft development with a view
to ?' contracting for the construc
tion and establishment of an air
express service, "when the neces
sary degree of safety and reliabil
ity; and of proper relation of load
to cost 'was attained." f . i
"Thus far no ship that meets
these v requirements that would
carry, business "for "us 'profitably
has beeil developed,", said .Mr.
Newlean., . ' We "would like espe
cially to inaugurate an orernight
express service between New York
and Chicago.
(''But these technical problems
bust be measurably solved before
prirate capital can be 'expected to
invest 'in air 'transit systems..' , ;
The first commerce undertaken
would be an emergency express,
said the witness. Then In mail,;
finally in passepgers,
Federal Prohibitidn'Cbmhiis
sioner Expected to Hand
ih Resignation
' . . .
v , WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. 'Re
tirement of Roy A. Haynes of
Ohio as prohibition commissioner
at an early date was Indicated to-
dent. Coolidge has giren little at
Itontfnn no -trot in-
- - v,v, jl
IXJbmmissioner - Haynes. -uendine
tion to place prohibition enforco-
Arthni- Uw. rfArmbu tHa!
Imissioner of Maw Ynft hoi hwn
sueeested to Presiriunt rAniirf
aDDointment to the nlace.
Commissioner Haynes. reDlvimr
li . . . . .. " .f " -
tonignt 10 questions as to tne
likelihood of his early retirement
from thepost he has held for three
I ana a nan years, saia there was
, notnmg to it.
"It's all news to me." he as-
serted.
So far es known, the prohibition
I (Continued1 en p 6)
I
E
vunspnauy U I ? ACCepiing
Bribe in Issuance of Par
dons Is Charges '
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 16 That
former' Governor Jonathan M
Davis and his son Russell G. Davis
will waive preliminary hearing on
charges of conspiracy of accepting
a Dribe in tne issuance or a par
Edward Rooney. assistant Shaw
nee county attorney said AJ M
Harry, - attorney for the Darises
had agreed to 1 dispense with the
preliminary trial which had been
set for January 23.
This would open the way to an
early! jury trial in district court
Mr. i Rooney said it was probable
the bribery case could be advanced
on the district 'docket so that ac
tion could be had at the current
term.
No further complaints will be
filed in the pardon' scandal until
Paul Heinz, Shawnee county attor
ney, is well enough to return to
his office or unless Governor Ben
S. Paulen Instructs Attorney Gen
cral C. B- Griffith to act, Mr,
Rooney safd. ; ' ;
COXFI DEXCK VOTK GIVKN
ROME, Jan. 16. (By theAP.)
I fascist majority Jn the., chamber
of deputies tonighL The rota was
I 307 to 33, with no abstentions.
J r GREAT -TaAKKS LOWER
- i WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. That
the general lerel of the Great
iams is Demg siowiy dux con
I . . , . .
i nieiiijj wmsluo v
1 . .
i testimony given toaay oeiore tne
I 1 - , A I . .
J lng hearings oti tT -prrd 'St
jLawrence-to-the-Gulf waterway.
WILL WAIVE
16 Oil CHARG
immm
Esteffe'--tayjor-fAifinoQfrces
of rSaiiared" Circle: Will
Marfy in June
- f -
WORLD'S
ONSHIP
. t - - -
Miss Taylor to 'Qfri
Up1Fiau
Career for Lifefori
. t i . . if
Matri-
motiial'Sea
LbsANCELES, jn
16. Jack
Ik Che"
Dempsey is'thrbn'gh wit
prize
ring unless some one! can fix up a
fight for him before ho 'marries
Estelle Taylor, motion picture ac
tress, which probably " will be next
May , or June, the n heavyweight
champion admitted heri 'tonight.
'Yes . It's true." said Dempsey
1 - rl
tonight when for the thirtieth or
fortieth time In thej! past several
months-he was quitfeed; as to the
accuracy of -a report that he and
Miss Taylor, for- whom he acta as
publicity and business;! manager,
would be married 8fonj
And Miss Taylor, whej was smil
ingly present as -he made the ad
mission, nodded' corroboration.
"There hare been lots of stories
going around about j our getting
married," the champion! explained.
"and we've decided wf might as
well put a -'stop to I them all by
coming out and announcing our
engagement. I
. "We have been withholding the
announcement for a pong time," ho
continued, because there were
many things to consider.
i 'There was Miss Taylor's mo
tion picture career, and there was'
my career as a fighter
'Marriage for me? ; you know,
mean tne end OC my ring
J 3
career. Wedding bells and the
prize ring gong donft Harmonize
The motion picture heiress ami
her boxing business t manager ex
changed affectionate! glances.
After we are mafrifed," Demp
sey continued, " I wjoulii not want
Estelle to continue woiiking in the
films. And since I expect that Of
her, I can't very well insist on con
tinuing my work in the ring.1
h1
ST. PAUL, MiniU Jan. 16.
Tommy Gibbons, M. j Paul light
heary weight boxer, Swijl claim the
world's heavyweight championship
if Jack Dempsey, present cham
pion, carries out his intention to
retire as reported (from Los An
geles, Gibbons said here tonight.
: LOS ANGELES, Jan.
16. There
is no one Jack Dempsey would
rather see wearing this heavy
weight crown when ha gets ready
to doff it, than Tommyf Gibbons of
St. Paul the title hbldlr said here
tonight
OF SLAVERS ASKED
i!
Grand Jury Investigation of
Robbery and Mu
der Or-
aerea; r-our
Held
; - i
KLAMATH -FALLS, Dr., Jan. 16
It was annou heed j today that the
grand jury probe into the recent
card room robbery and slaying of
uscar u. isrickson would start to-f
morrow instead of j next Monday,
as was announced (yesterday, i ne
district attorney ckpects to finish
his inrestigation early next week
and then will ask jforj an ImmedH
ate trial of the four men now held
on a cnarge of first pegree mur
der and robbery. : I :
i John O'Shea. reputed drirer of
the automobile in which the out
laws fled, will bp 4 uo back in
Klamath Falls tohight. He was
apprehended at iCottaee Grove
while en route tofPoftland. John-
Taylor, alleged confessed leader
of the bandit gang, yesterday ac
companied officers to a point
short distance beyond; Keno where
ne said he and j Sim Pate had
thrown away theiij jmasks. It was
understood, bowevel. that the
search was without vail
CABINETMKX
CK1XG
BERLIN. Jan. !16J (By Assd
elated Press.) Dr. Hans Luther
the new German i Chancellor, this
afternofm -wnn still 'lacking 'four
members of hi ca bidet.
MB TEH
'tpECHNICALITY OF
r LAW GttOUND FOR
! I RETRIAL OF CASE
tH.;-H-?- - r:;:f-- -:
Nuprerae Court Remands Booze
Case; Rridenre Held Buffl-
. ."! clent r to Conirict
OLYMPIA, Wash., j Jan. 16
Because ' the prosecuting
attorney
that the
cpramented on the fact
defendant In a liquor case prose
cution failed to denyj th charges
the supreme court today remand
ed for retrail ' the case ol ' the! eity
of Spokane against si N. Roberts.
While the high - court declared
that there was ample; evidence of
a rery convincing nature! to ;con
rlct the appellant, it ruled 'that
the trial court 'erred In not strik
ing from the recdrd the statement
of the prosecuting attorney that
there is no testimony here coming
from ! the defendant to show that
he is:not guilty. klf j u
The supreme court set aside an
assessment made by George FJ De-
giaff, treasurer of Spokane county
Iri'Tulhig on an appeal of thefUn-
lon Trust 'companyi i 'from ! the
Judgement of 'the Spokane county
superior court, in 'connection with
development of the Camhop Irri-
gaiion oistriet, near aponane.
The court said; "The ii assess
ment having been made apparent
ly! upon an unsound and Illegal
basis in law, the district is held
to have acted arbitarlly and fraud
ulently and the ( assessment; is
therefore set aside the ' matter re
turned to the authorities of i the
district to make the proper assess-
mfen
1HI
iV. S. C. BEATS GOXZAGA
SPOKANE, Jan. : 116.- Coming
from behind in the second half
the Washington State college bas
ketball team defeated j Gonaga
university 42 "to 33 hefel: tonight
In the second northwest I confer
ence game between the two teams.
ITS
OPPOSE "PBESIDHUT
iCbolidse's i Position
US
on
Naval Program Is Not Fa
vored m Discuss on
WASHINGAON, Jan. 16, Pres
ident f Coolidge's position : against
the "elevation of the big gans on
American battleships drew consid
erable fire-today from the demo
cratic side of the senate. 1 H-'i i; ;
With the annual naval appro
priation bill as a vehicle, minority
senators not only 'demanded that
congress direct gun elevation, but
MeasUre Given preferential
Status: Action to Be
Urged Constantly
WASHINGTON, Jan j 16. The
....... , v . .; 1 - I fi
combination postal salary and rate
increase bill put forward by : the
administration before "the senate
sustained the president's veto of
the "pay "measu re 'passed "at the last
session, "will be called j; np in the
senate next- Thursday; I Leaders
said they planned to keep it al
most continuously to the front un
til there ?was action:
The measure was given prefer
ential status on a motion today by
Senator Moses, republiCah, New
Hampshire, who has it in charge.
The rote was 5T to
9,' or 13 more
than the twothis majbrltyj ne
cessary adder the j: rules. Eight
democrats and one"i-epubliean op
posed the -motion, It was at first
announced that 10 Vbtes'had been
cist fai opposition but later Beaa-
ter Gerry, democrat,. Rhode Is
land, had the secretary change his
vdte from "no" to f'aye" explain
ing , that : his 'ballot had been er
roneously counted. 'I 1 ' ' I '
- Chair iand Sterling ' of the post
office committee paid the rOte was
an Indication of the "sincere de
sire" of a "great majority of the
senate for early action." ; He ' ex
pects a final rote In the near fu
ture but Senator Moses and other
leaders are less optimistic. : They
know that sharp fights will be
made on many features of the pos
tal rate section and; expect It to be
amended' in "sereral toportadt par-ticnlars'-J
i ;1 i: ;:itj - '- -:
j Publishers of newspapers and
periodicals are expected to -lend
rigortras sapport tb "the? amend
ment offered by Senator Oddie,
republican, "Nevada'to eliminate
thermae cent a pound increase pro
posed on second cls mail matter
subject to 'first and .second zone
rates,
SETJATE DE
MOC!
I - ! I i,
r (Costfhtied n paga 5) ' ! i
POSTAL BILL i
i IS AT FRONT
Capitol Architect Gets Miniature Monuments ,
Made from Mosaic Used in 1860ln G&tbl Wing
if
u
1H
5
4 I
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.v.-Xjt - '.-.v.-."'i. -v--. .',-.1. .
. . ., a t j-r. ! ;
David Tjrnri. urcnitect or tne
capitol in Washington, is shown
in his office with two miniature
monuments presented to him by
Joseph . Sullivan,
an inspector In
the Washington
lire department.
and .Thomas Ball
The miniature
PUBLICITY IfJ
SESSIONS AIM
Secret Meetings of Commit
tees Rapped: Child Labor
Measure Read
OLYMPIA,
Publicity for
lash., Jan.
16.
it
proceedings, an
lnnoration suggested by Lieuten
ant Gorernor I W. - Loa - Johnson.
was ordered fby
the senate rules
committee a tthp titth jconyening
day of the WashnGn TegislatHse
today. , Somel bi la hare beenajl
mitted to the ca endar and! others
shut out from consideration In
previous secret I sessions of the!
committee with jnot a clerk pres
ent. I.: ' C: I !
A new ruies committee voted to
make the secretary of the senate
ana inree in x.ne nouse, one was
sponsored by Senator Westfall of
Spokane to place the child labor
amendment before the electorate
of the state in the- general election
m 19Z6. iti was sent to tne ju
diciary committee. Senator Daris
of Pierce county! proposed to; sub
mit to the voterk a constitutional
amendment whijh would empower
the legislature to classify property
for taxation and to include mixed
and intangible' property. 1 j
itepresentaure jraisner or jiing
county introduced a bill to j pen
alize the solicitation of ricttms of
accidents by jagents of lawyers.
Senator Murphy of Snohomish
presented a bill! to abolish a half
mlll lery for capitol building con
struction, vf ALblll to punish at
tacks on train crews by hoboes as
second degree; assault was tiled by
Senator Morgan lot Spokane. !
A bill outlawing Hens arising
under 'Inheritance tax laws after
fire years was Introduced by Rep
resentative Hall! of Clarke, j
The senate Tyas in session 16
minutes and
prior to ad
week end.
the! house 14 minutes
ournment orer the
L
Three Coast
States to Ask
Congress for Appropria
tions
or Ports
i i
PORTLAND,
United action !
Oi1., -Jan.
16.
by legislatures
of
Oregon, Wrasshington and Califor
nia in memoruliiing .congress - to
make ' an adequate appropriation
for ' development of lumber! har
bors on the Pacific coast Is expect
ed to be the;outgrowth of the con
ference called here by Gorernor
Pierce to consider a program of
port development and a plan for
demanding federal raid in the
work.-': vit 'Hn i'lv;-;:'
viA committee consisting of one
representative f rom each Of the
ports represented and including al
so I. N.vDay of Portland, I and
fLoul3E.tBeanbf 'rEngene,j chair
man ot'tho Session was -appointed
today to draw inp resolutions for
submission ; to ! the three legbla
tares urging tia tnemorlallslng of
congress. Thli committee will
MB HARBORS
ARE RE
COMMENDED
if
p
t
" : ' - A i s
presented by Sullivan is built of
14 kinds of mosaic collected by his
father while he-wa employed as
a laborer -on the construction of
the wings of
1859 to 1860.
the
Capitol- from
Diver Due Today to Place
Chains Under!
Hull; :Pas-
sengerTrip
ostponed
! v.. .11- " ;?
Due to the death of Captain Ed
wards, inspector ofj hulls for the
United " States government, the
"Northwestern" will; be unable to
take passengers down the Will a
mette Monday morning, - There
w1irbeadehow0Terfan inspec
tion of the . "NortnWestern" Mon
day afternoon and! the ressel will
be able to carry -a passenger list
Wednesday morning.
The "George Wj Bates" is tied
up at the Court street docks with
two scows which are to be used to
raise the "Relief,' which was
crushed and sent to the bottom of
the river during the recent " Ice
flow. A diver frot Portland will
arrive this morning to put thd
chains - under' the sunken : ressel
and it will be a simple matter to
raise the "Relief' jio the surface.
A few patches are to'be put on the
steamer and she will be sent down
the rirer to a Portland shipyard
and a new hull put tinder the
decks.
The
Northwestern" t Friday
morning with 1501
tons of cargo
alter nanng brought up a cargo
of 85 tons Thursday .morning. The
patronage of the Salem merchants
is encouraging, but; the steamer of
ficials tant to secure the govern
ment minimum of cargo in order
to be able to use the Oregon CUy
locks and to secure the water rate
for the Salem merchants
LINER RAMMED AT
SEA; FIWHST
Ship Leaking Badly as Re
sult ot uollision; Cutter
Speeds to Rescue
1 :
CHATHAM, Mass 4 Jan. 17.
The station here of the Radio cor
poration of America, early today
Intercepted messages reporting ! a
collision at 2 a. in. between the
Mnnson liner Collier Munalbro
and the; steam Robin Adair. The
Munalbro was leaking and had re
quested the -aid! of, the cutter
Acushhet. ii i : ,
BOSTON, Jan. 11 T. Messages
from Munalbro were Intercepted
here by the Tropical Radio cor
poration reporting; that the colli
sion at 2: 02 a. mil knocked a foot
wide hole In her No.: 2 hold and
that she was leaking badly. , An
other message reported that the
United : States destroyer Cashin
was speeding to the Munalbro.
GRAFT PROBE CONTINUED
CHICAGO, Jan.! 16 The Vet
erans' bureau conspiracy trial wai
resumed today after a six-day re
cess. Lewis T.'Gfuot, San Fran
Cisco contractor and former man
ager of the reterans' bureau dis
trict office there,' told of the risit
of Charles R. Fotbes, former, dl
rector of the veterans' bureau, to
BIKER fSSEL
TO BE USED
NTH
MI
GIRL ARE W
I POLICE i!ET
Members of f Jight Life' Or
chestras Held on Charges;
Investigators Make Leng
thy Examination
SLAYER OF MOTH Eft HOT
PERM iTTrlD AT FUTIER AL
Rbbbery Is 'Now Held Motive
By Brother of ;Sixteen
Year Old Girl
: SAN FRANCISCO, Jn. 18 A
police net was spread "tonight for
additional male companions of
Dorothy Ellingson, 16-year-old
slayer of her; mother; Mrs. Anna
Ellingson, as; the result of , new
revelations made, by her girl chum
May Fitzgerald, in the coarse Of a
lengthy examination by investigat
ing detectives. , i
Already three ; men areln cus- '
tody accused j of statutory offense
involving , the girl. They are
David. Stein, host at the party
where Dorothy jazzed the night
through while : her mother lay
dead at the j morgue, and Harry
Chlnetz, a musician, both of whom
are in custody here, and Keith
Lord, under arrest inLos Angeles.
A detective lef ; here tonight to
bring Lord back to San Francisco.
; Robbery Held Motiro
- While It was because her moth
er threatened toj lock her out and
notify the police if she attended
Stein's party that she f Iew Into
a rags and 'committed the mur
der, according to the girl, "her
brother. Earl Ellingson, declared
today that he Was convinced that
robbery also ! actuated 'her, point-
Ing to the fact that she had taken
ererythlng she could lay her hands
on. He and hia father. Joseph El
lingson were the chief mourners
at a simple ! funeral today when
the wife and mother was laid tr
rest. Dorothy was not permitted
to attend, and (while expresslni .
regret over ithat fact, said shl
preferred to Remember her mothei
as. she was let Hie. '
Tomorrow
the girl slayer wij
face a crowd 'of the
be forced to
curious at tike toroner's inquest.
As no arrangements so iar nave
been made by the family for' a
lawyer, it .is lexpeeted that Public
Defender Frank JEgan will appear
in her behalf He announced that
he was ready to defend her.
So far Dorothy Ellingson Has
had no tastef of real prison life.
She "was kept too busy today be-
(Contlnmsd ea pat
White Honse denied another
arms conference would be called
soon.
Early retirementof Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes was indi
cated at White House.
The senate debated the question
of naral policy and gun deration.
The senate agreed to giro the
postal increase bill right of way
next Tuesday.
The public debt of the United
States at the end of 1922 was
130,845,626,000, the census "bur
eau announced.) ;
ivr - .
,The. house commerce commis
sion endorsed ajbiil for civil aero
nautics in the commerce depart
ment. . j
Captains of lake' freighters tes
tified before a senate Committee
on the effects "of diversion of
Great Lakea waters.
..
A bill to give the federal trade
commission greater powers to pre
vent misbranding of goods was re
ported to. the; house.
v ., ; -
It was announced that President
Coolidge believes proposals mak
ing Jail aentences 'mandatory for
prohibition law-offenders involves
excessive punishment.
5 President! ; Coolidge -offered j to
transfer Secretary Hoorer to ihe
department Of agri'cultarebut'the
secretary announced he trefcrred
his present post. " '
i "
:"CtaIrinaa.; Cduzecs cf ths'sc.-.ata
coiaiaitteo laTcstlsatins -prohiM-"
tion enforce r:. e n t critkiid the
prohibition r:, :t3" haiullir..? cf the
r leiscnraaca . l c ast ccr;t.i2y t.c::i-
I FRIDAY