SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNEfAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS Iwer Traffic Death Toll By Altered Laws Is Plea With 23,000 Persons Killed by Cars During 1925 and 600,000 Injured; Remedy Lies in Careful Supervision, T. A. Raffety Believes Rivers of Molten Rock Are Pouring From Cone 1 I " . Two Buildings and Forest Destroyed by Streamy of Fiery Boulders; Terrific Earthquake Rocks Island; Another Outbreak Is Now IFeared MPilK CM IS TRIED JIRVS DECLARE ininnn mil rn ARCTIC PLiES UNDERGO TEST LIFT EC, CAB 4 1 GUILTY? ASKED UMWMUfl MIllU Experiment of Legalizing : "Non-Intoxicating" Beer fe: Said Unsuccessful ECONOMIC EXPERTS CALL Professors Take SUnd in Second Day of Hearing; University of Chicago Coach Also -Witness WASHINGTON, April 17. -(By Associated Press.) Stories of bootlegging and vice in Canada under restricted 'government H Qor license and chapters from student life at Yale and Chicago universities nnder prohibition -were unfolded today before the senate .hearing committee during the. second day of the" presentation of the dry case. , New light on conditions In this country under dry laws also was given, with A. Alonxo Stagg, fa mous coach of the University of Chicago, warning the committee not to be taken In by the "bunk" about the effect of prohibition on the youth of the nation. Professor , Irving MIsher of Yale, estimated that prohibition bad saved the country six billions annually in increased efficiency of the workers and declared that if enforcement cost a billion dollars a year it would be worth it. Calling five -witnesses during the day the drys concentrated on conditions in Canada In an effort to refute testimony of-wet wit nesses from the dominion that licensed government control had Droved a boon W. E. Raney, a former attorney general of On tario, occupied the stand throu gh ouj the morning -session and W. L'tPeck,-eecut tonal secretary "of i urn pronuuuon xeaerauon 01 un ada, took up' more than half the afternoon session. Referring to the suggestion for the legalising of "non-Intoxicating .beer In this country as an aid to enforcement, Mr. Raney said Ontario's experiment in : that di rection had not proved successful. 'The beer drinkers said that four 'per cent beer allowed under ,the law did not have enough kick In It," he testified. "Thus the permits for the sale of beer are viseful t the holders aa a disguise to sell something else." Both Mr. Raney and Mr. Peck produced official records of inves tigations in Montreal where 11 . nuors of all kinds are sold by the government, to the effect that - bootlegging and vice and crime are .prevalent. They also testified thai bootlegging was general in all the licensed provinces. With respect to conditions in Quebec province, in which Mon treal is located. Senator Reed, -democrat, Missouri, the one wet member of the committee put Into the record a, letter from prime minister Taschereau, of that prov ince, saying the restriction law had, proved "an unqualified suc cess from both the "moral and financial side," and that drunk enness was on the decrease. Besides telling . : of decreased drinking at Chicago university since prohibition, Mr. Stagg de clared it was not the Volstead act that created the problem among the youth of today, but "the break ing down of the home and the ir responsibility on the part of par ents toward their children." "God only knows what condl ( Continued st pf V Saturday In Washington The Lake cargo coal case was reopened for further hearings by the interstate commerce commis sion. Drys pointed to Canadian liquor control and college conditions in testimony before the senate pro hibition commission. A."t ! Representative Mills, republican - ;;ev Tork withdrew his support ,frou the administration; German f !a: -:s hill ha introduced. Indications were given that Sec retary Mellon will stand by Gen eral Andrews in the taee of critl- cism for his testimony on prohibi tion. Secretary Kellogg suggested as Alternatives' the transfer of Tacna Arlca to an unevohred Booth li. American nation or neutralization ft nrpTiaccs. .J Appointment of a so-called state traffic committee for the purpose of studying traffic conditions in the state of Oregon and recommending to the legislature any desired amendments to the present motor vehicle laws, was suggested ni a letter prepared here Saturday by T. A. Raffety, in charge of the state traffic division, for the consideration ; of Governor Pierce. Mr. Raffety said he based the request on information he had received at the recent safety conference held in Wash PEGGY JOYCE DECLARES SHE IS TO MARRY AGAIN YOUNG REAL ESTATE OPERA TOR TO BE NEXT MATE Peggy In Doubt as to Whether He Will be Fourth, Fifth or Sixth NEW YORK, April 17. (By Associated Press. ) - Peggy Hop kins Joyce, whose latest marriage was forecast recently in the an nouncement of her engagement to Stanford E. Comstock, real estate operator, arrived today from Flor ida and expressed her determina tion to wed Comstock despite re ports from his former wife that he is not legally divorced. "It's" just sour grapes. Ex-wives always act that way," Miss Joyce told reporters, add ing .. that she spoke from experience. When asked if Comstock would be her fifth or sixth husband. Miss Joyce said she really didn't know. "I honestly don't remember how many . times I've been married. He will be either the fourth, fifth or sixth," she said. Miss Joyce said she probably would be married immediately up on her return from Europe, where she Is going to complete a motion picture contract, two months hence. Comstock, who made the trip from Florida on the same ship, said he would continue to care for his nine-year-old adopted son. Miss Joyce added she-would moth er the youth. RIVER WING DAMS START WILL. INSURE NAVIGABLE WA TER IN WILLAMETTE Work has begun in preparation for construction of the wing dams along the Willamette river chan nel, according to information re ceived here Saturday from Senator C. L. McNary. The construction of these wing dams will insure navigation all summer, according to government surveyors who re cently inspected the river. The government dredge, Monti- cello, has been working for more than a week cutting through a bar seven miles below Salem. It was expected that this work would be completed early next week. CITY DUMP QUESTION UP COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER PROBLEM ON MONDAY Salem's garbage question will occupy a part of the time at the meeting of the city council Mon day night. The special garbage committee will recommend to the councilmen that the Salem Scaven ger company and the City Scaven ger company be awarded a joint contract to take care of Salem garbage exclusively for the next five years. Henry Walker and B. S. Cum- mings, heads of the two com panies, agree to furnish the site for a dump and to take full care of the dump, covering the gar bage each day with dirt. STATE AUTO FEES GROW RECEIPTS FOR FIRST QUAR TER PASS FOUR MILLION Fees for the registration of motor vehciles in the state of Ore gon during the period, January I to March 21, 1926, aggregated 14,786,994.39, as against 14,226, 899.79 during, a corresponding period in the year 1925, according to a report prepared here Saturday by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Motor vehicles registered thus far this year Include 160,794 pas senger cars, 12,389 trucks and 1228 motorcycles. Other fees in eluded licenses issued to 553 deal ers, 938 chauffeurs and S 70S op erators. . i f: ' ASHLAND HIGH WINS CORVALLIS. April 17. The Ashland high school taenia won the state typing championship here today in competition ' with more than ISO other high school con testants. The four girls compris ing the Ashland team made - as average, net rate of 61.5 words a minute. 5 - - . - ington at the call or iTesment Coolidge. Reports submitted at this meeting showed that approxi mately 23,000 persons were killed in motor vehicle accidents during the year 1925. while 600,000 per sons were Injured. It was agreed at the conference, Mr. Raffety said, .that the various states would have to amend their traffic regulations in event an increase in the num ber of accidents was to be avoided. Mr. Raffety suggested in his let ter to Governor Pierce that the committee be composed of one rep resentative of the Oregon branch of the American Automobile asso ciation, state auto dealers' asso ciation, Oregon state motor asso ciation, state traffic department, city of Portland police bureau, Oregon branch of the National Safety council, and the state col leges and universities. Four persons were killed and 284 persons were injured as the result of 2028 traffic accidents in the state of Oregon during the month, T. A. Raffety declared In his report Saturday. Of the total number of acci dents, 1735 occurred in the city of Portland. Approximately 1000 of the accidents were due to careless ness on the part of drivers. A total of 2 SO accidents resulted from failure to give right-of-way, 24 accidents were due to jay-walk ing and 27 accidents resulted from driving on the wrong side of the street. Arrests during the month ag gregated approximately 200, of which 140 were for speeding. Sev- (Continued on page 8) WEDS IN SHIRT SLEEVES "MOST INFORM All CEREMONY" PERFORMED BY SMALI. Attired in a work shirt and overalls and with his sleeves rolled to the elbows, Cecil O. Green of Yakima, Wash., appeared at the offices of Justice of the Peace Small here Saturday and Informed the judge that he desired to get married. The judge then was introduced to the bride-to-be, who gave her name as Adeline Shields and her residence as Salem. The wedding ceremony followed. A few news papermen and court loungers act ed as witnesses. At the conclusion of the cere mony Mr. Green handed a small bouquet of white narcissi to his bride and they sauntered out of the office. Judge Small said the wedding probably was the most in formal of any he has witnessed. ff. SJM- Wilkins Expedition Expects to Leave for Point Bar row on Wednesday WILL USE TWO MACHINES Detroiter Is to Make Dash Into Unknown From Base of Sap piles; Wilkins Return ing Today FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 17. (By Associated Press.) Two army men. Major Thomas C. Lan phier at the stick and sergeant A. N. Wisely in the cockpit, made the test flight here today with the airplane Detroiter, which was wrecked March 19, and repaired in Fairbanks. Captain George Hubert Wilk ins, leader and lieutenant Carl B. Eielson, aviator, were expected here today from Point Barrow, Alaska, in the Alaskan. The Alas kan and the Detroiter are the two plane equipment of an expedition in search of land in the Arctic ocean. It was estimated that both machines would hop from here to Barrow, 550 miles to the north west Wednesday, that the Detroit er will then make a dash from Point Barrow north Into the un known, and that thereafter the (Con tinned on page 2) DISBAR SIX STUDENTS OREGON UNIVERSITY MEN OUSTED BY COMMITTEE EUGENE, April 17. (A.P.) One University of Oregon student was suspended for a year, five were dishonorably dismissed and an ex-student was permanently disbarred from re-registration, by the student advisory committee of the faculty today, following the arrests on charges of liquor vio lations and immorality. THIRTY GIVEN DEGREES UNIVERSITY OF OREGON STU DENTS WIN HONORS EUGENE, April 17. (By Asso ciated Press. ) D e g r e e s were granted to 30 students of the Uni versity of Oregon at the Friday session of the board of regents, it was announced here tonight. The list includes one doctorate of jurisprudence, which went to Ralph Stone McClaflin of Boise, Idaho, and a master of arts degree to Bryson Hendon of Shawnee, Okla. The remainder is made up of bachelor degrees. ANOTHER CALIFORNIA GIANT PASSES Right to Search Auto With out Warrant, Comes Be fore Supreme Court POSSESSION NOT DENIED Did Officers Exceed Authority In Stopping Automobile For Seizure, Is Const it u- tional Query The question of whether an of ficer has authority under the Ore gon laws to stop and search an automobile for liquor without first obtaining a search warrant, is the question that is now before the Btate supreme court here in a case involving C. F. Deford, who was arrested In Tillamook county, Ap ril 9, 1925, charged with having liquor in his possession and un lawful transportation. The records in the case showed that Deford made no defense of the charge that he was in posses sion of the liquor but alleged that the officers exceeded their author ity when they brought about his arrest. He was indicted April 10, 1925, by a grand jury in Tilla mook county, to which charge he entered a plea of not guilty. The case came up for tial last July, whereupon L. B. Lucas, one of the arresting officers was called as a witness on behalf of the state. Attorneys for the defen dant objected to any testimony by Lucas on the grounds that the search conducted by the (officers was in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights. For the purpose of making rec ord for an appeal, the state was (Continued o 9 ) - . - 15 ARE HURT IN BLAST EXPLOSION OF SAWDUST FOLLOWED BY BLAZE IS CAMDEN, N. J., April 17. (By Associated Press.) Fifteen men and women were injured in an ex plosion of sawdust in building A at the Victor Talking Machine company plant here today. Two off the men and one of the women are seriously injured from burns. Fire which followed was confined to the sawdust conveyor. A near panic among the 4000 employes followed the blast. The explosion rocked the heavy con crete building and shook the sur rounding neighborhood. One of the victim's clothing was blown from his body. The cause of the blast has not been determined. HILO, T. H., April 17. (By Associated Press.) The lava flow from Mauna Loa, which burst intoj eruption a week Ago after being inactive for five years, grew more spectacular this afternoon as fiery boulders, some! of them house size, started rolling down the side of the rfiountain toward the sea. Heavy woods and a slight bulge in (the landscape masks the view of the ocean so it is impossibly to say whether the lava has actually reached the water. The flow has caused much damage. Besides a Catholic church, a residence and a fnroct rf r nnlnl trees destrOVed I i , n .u . aaaiagCT i?ifV pastures of Honomalin ranch, where many branches of the flow entered the forest for a short dis tance then ceased. The church crumpled from sight at 9:30 o'clock last night shortly after the dwelling had been buried under 20 feet of lava. Dr. J. A. Jaggar, volcano expert predicts that one of the two flows from the volcano will reach the water's edge within 30 hours. What appeared to be another outbreak near the summit of the volcano occurred at 10 o'clock last night following a severe earthquake which rocked the southern section of the island for several minutes. The intense flow from the oth er streams prevents verification of the new outbreak. For the first time since the latest eruption of Mauna Loa crimson lava fountains geysering high into the air were visible on the opposite side of the island dur ing the night marking the flow of the lava, as it spread fanlike in its advance toward the edge of the Pacific. Hundreds of tourists flocking from Hilo to watch the spectacle presented the island police force with a difficult problem to keep persons from becoming marooned by the flows. Souvenir hunters are being searched. Large groups of the volcano's audience found them selves isolated when lava flows crossed the roads, necessitating their traveling more than a hun dred miles to return to the city. Communications with the West ern side of the island were cut off when the rivers of lava wiped out telephone poles. ASK ROAD VOTE IN MAY GRAND RONDE-SALMON RIVER PROJECT UP TO PIERCE Petitions asking Gov. Pierce to call a special election for the pur pose of creating what would be known as the Grand Ronde-Sal-mon River highway Improvement district, were filed in the offices of the secretary of state here Sat urday. Theproposed district would in clude 200 sectiona of land in Til lamook, Lincolnf'Polk and Yam hill counties. With an assessed val uation of 12,300,000. In the event the district Is created it is proposed to vote bonds in the amount of $125,000 for the con struction of a road from Grand Ronde to Otis, on the Roosevelt highway. The construction of this road would reduce the distance between Toledo and Portland approximate ly eight miles, and the distance between Salem and Otis 20 miles. In order to hold the election on May 21, the date of the primary election, it will be necessary for the governor to issue the procla mation so that the required noti ces may be posted by next Tues day. 32 HOME PERMITS LET APRIL PROMISES TO SET REC ORD FOB CONSTRUCTION Salem is assured of a home a day average for April, the record at the city recorder's office dis closes. When the. office closed Saturday afternoon, 32 permits for home construction had - been taken out so far this month, with only 30 needed to make the aver age of one a day. There still re main 11 days in which permits may be taken out.' Already this month the total sum represented in the permits for homes amounts to over $105, 000. Since the first of tjie year 145 permits for home construc tion have , been issued, represent ing a total of over $435,000. CHEMISTS ARE JO MEET OREGON BRANCH OF SOCIETY TO GATHER IN EUGENE- EUGENE, April J7. (By Asso ciated Press.) The 72nd meeting of the Oregon Bection, American Chemical society, will be held in Eugene, Aprils 24, it was an nounced br Professor H. O. Tan tier of the University of Oregon today HER, TEACHER SUES FOR PAY HELEN BRANDENBURG ASKS SGOO DUE ON CONTRACT Ready to Complete Service, Though Keys of Building Were Taken Declaring that she was locked out of the schoolroom and not permitted i to teach, Helen Bran denburg has filed suit against the directors lot school district No 115 for $600, declared due her for six months back salary. Selaa Roda, Mrs. Lou A. Myers and A. Y. Myers,' the directors, are the defendants in the action. District 115 is known as the Elkhorn school, comprising the Gates dis trict, j Miss Brandenburg entered into a contract! with the board to teach In the Elkhorn school during the period from August 25, 1925 to April 16 1926, . the complaint states. The stipulated salary was $100 a month. On November 3, the teacher charges, the directors demanded the keys! to the building and locked her. out of the school, "preventing her from further con tinuing the performance of her duties under the contract," the complaint! reads. At the same time the ! directors served notice on her that she had , been dis- 1 charged, j Miss Brandenburg declares. that the dismissal was without cause, and according to the complaint, is still llvink in the district "ready, able, fully qualified, willing and desirous" of fulfilling her part of the contract. Declaring that she has been pre vented, without cause, from car rying out; her part of the con tract, miss isranaennurg aemanas that the six months back salary be paid her. The case has not yet been set for trial. FILING FEES ADD $5225 1 III! I ' CHARGES FOR 'VOTER'S PAM PHLET TOTAL f4,705 There was received by the state from candidates for office at the primary election who filed by pay ing the statutory fee a total of $5,225, according to figures com piled here; Saturday by Sam A Kozer, secretary of state. .Fees received fr space In the voters pamphlet, which will be sent out prior to the primary election ag gregated $4,705. Records In the state department showed that 94 statements were presetted j for publication In the pamphlet, j Of these 82 were sub mitted by republican candidates and 12 by5 democratic candidates. The various sets of pamphlets will range front 32 to 80 pages. It will be necessary to print ap proximately 300,000 of these pam phlets, which under the lav, .must be mailed jto every registered vpt er in the Btate. The pamphlets must be in the mails eight days before the primary election. LOW REGISTRATION SEEN - - --if- : LAST CHANCE TO COME AT 5 I O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY Residents of Marion county have until 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to register or change their party afflllatlon.l . This was the ultimatum deliv ered Saturday by U.. O. Boyer, Marion county clerk. - According to records jon file In the office, the total registration to date Is 4741 short of IS 24. Registrations for this year, according to present filings; cannot reach the total of 24,271, shbwn in 1924, Mr. Boy er said. I Following is a list of those who must register if they are to vote in the primaries on May 21: . Those . Who have not voted In two years; those who have moved out of their -precinct; voters who have changed their politics wo men who have married since reg istering., j. , '. There aire 8412 male republi cans registered to. date this year, and ' 6188 female republicans, a total of 11.60. ' ' - The total for the democrats is 40$g, with 2375 males and 1680 females, j . ' , Ohio Village Is Stirred - faty Sworn Statements of Sev en Vandalia Residents' OFFER "PERFECT ALIBI Executed Bandit Bald to Have Taken Sapper With Family " on Day He Is Supposed f to Have Killed , ...... , waxtun, o.. April 17. UtU credence la being given la the out side world to the Hbi for Gerald Chapman put ; forward by seven residents of Vandalla, a village near here, hut the village la quiv ering with the sensation, v ..,-; Sworn, statements of the Vaa dalians make it appear that the bandit was In their, midst the night w. wrv. i, ijii, iu8 aie or the murder of Policeman James EkeUy In New Britain, Conn., the crime for which Chapman was hanged. At Chapman's trial evidence was introduced by the defense purport ing to show that the accused man was In New York at the time bt the murder. . . , , The residents vho swear Chaff man was In Vandalla car Oct- 10 explain their tardy declaration with the statement that they, did not know their former boarder's Identity until they saw hewsnaner reports on the execution. They lite in a seciuaea term district where few publication are to be found. George Phillips, 57. Is positive that he entertained Chapman at his home from Oct. 9 to Oct, 1, 1924, and his son, Herman Phil lips, la equally positive of the same fact. The latter claims: and tfea father verifies, that Chapman paid him $59 "'Just for washing :fcl cai. - .,. Mrs. Margaret A. Heitxman In- slsts that the bandit ate supper at her home the night of the New Britain murder and on about til other nights during October.' -'S Her daughter; Mrs. Mabfl Wet? sel, confirms the story byv telling how she had removed letters from a coat left hanging by the man said to be Chapman and in which were written, "Dear Chapman.". Their stories are confirmed by John Parrel, wealthy landowner. . Phillips : also tells of . having -driven with the alleced Channran -U & wuiuf OOUH just OuvaiuB Dt Munde, Ind." , This house, according to Phil-" lips' description, was the house of Ben Hanee. in whose home Chap man was arrested later and who, with his wife, was killed, . sup posedly, by "Dutch" Anderson for "squealing" on Chapman. , . 1 So sure Is Mrs. Heitxman of Chapman's Identification by the newspaper picture that she claims she could have picked him ont of 100 men. - "I am willing to swearj that the man whose picture ap peared in' the papers took hl ( Centura t pg aj . , ' " SHIPPING ' BOARD FLAYED BID, $600,000 HIGHER 13 NOT , CONSIDERED i "WASHINGTON, April 17.(by Associated Press.) -Representative Wood, republican, Indiana, resuming his attack on sale of the Admlral-priental line to the Pol-, lar interests ; by " the ' Shipping' Board? declared . today a' bid of $600,000 "higher: ihad . heent ig nored "because It arrived one min ute too late. He added the board had a right to reject all bids and receive new pnea and should have done so rather than "give this line to the Dollar interests. , l "I .want to repeat, he said, "that the Shipping board, is not serving the best interests tot the merchant marine." , ' . FLAMES UNDER CONTROL1 ADDITIONAL. CItETVS CALtXD IN OLYMPIC FOXIEST, , if r SEATTLE, April 17. Ey socialed Press.) It. L. Fro: supervisor of the Olympic r al forest, 1 repbrf recelv tonight said. that forest western - Washington ' w control. ..Wlth add!' - with pumps working. t-. enlng rain, he , sal - &s little danger of a tr -3' Adequate "prot te:;2 supplied from c neat. t-;. .1 fi