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I S St - F ' WEATHER, iFtJRECAST; Fair ore? east (.and unsettled oVer "west portions: warmer 4 oTer interior; moderate ,varlable, winds, i ' Maximum yesterday. :'50; riinlmu'm. 37: ititlliiBOB; 4 Atrla has eleured top? a - pofeslblef dark- spot itt -that? rtAfntry V record by prcrvlng -that 'AmeTlcan' jazx is not derlTed'.from Afrtean- nmsic Sioux City- Tribne. : Charlie Schwab says he is going to farm. Well, he harramde enough in steel to alford it; Dallas -News , , - . , rainfall, none; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, 4 I southwest.- . . . . v. - . . , . .-1 . .--vifv .... - i - SALEM, OREGON; WEDNESDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 17,! 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS -tiA . ft Damaged Buildings, Flooded Mines and Crippled Ships Left in Wake GIRL KILLED IN STORM I'ennnylTanla Houses Unroofed and Tree Uprooted by tkmtheVly ' Gale ' and Heavy Downpour NEW YORK, Not. 16. (AP) A southerly gale , accompanied hy heavy rainfall whipped across the eastern states today, leaving in its wake' over flowing rivers, damaged buildings and flooded mines, crippling" communication lines and wreaking havoc on small cratt in rivers and harbors. One death " was . directly due to the storm. Ill Brooklyn a three year old girl was blown off a fire ' - escape and plunged four floors to her death. ' ' Probably the; damage potential of the greatest harni was'done in Pennsylvania and West Virginia', where all" rivers were reported over-flowing-- their; - banks and where railroads, bridges and com munication lines suffered heavy damage. Residents of the low lands were warned to be in readi ness to movement due to expected flood conditions resulting: from the swollen waters of Tthe Ohio, Monongahela and Alleghany riv ers. In northern West Virginia scores were driven frofti homes In vaded by flood waters. In eastern Pennsylvania water lras reported higher than any time Once 1914 and coal mines in the snamokin district were forced to shut down. " " In Reading .houses were un roofed -and trees-; uprooted. At Marcbs 1 loo kr, below Philadelphia; damage was caused when a Brit ish freighter dragged anchor and collided with an Italian steamer. 'As it swept across New Jersey the gale blew down the wall of a new theatre' at Ashbury Park and capsized a tug stranded on a sand bar off Atlantic City. Twenty- five workmen narrowly escaped injury when the wall fell and the 11 members of the tug crew were heroically saved by the coast guard. In Massachusetts - the damage was confined principally to broV en windows and crippled corn- ''Tontiau! cm pt 4.) i. r L " . : , ' " ' 4 S - . . . ... . . . WARDEN ORDERS POSSE TO SHOOT 'SYSTEMATIC SEARCH MADE TO LOCATE CONVICTS Quarry to Re Flooded With Water If Other Efforts Not Successful SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 16. (AP) Large posses tonight scoured the hills in the vicinity of Folsom prison for the trio of con victs that Monday successfully eluded guards and are believed to have scaled the penitentiary walls to freedom. " As each hour went by the searchers were met with failure in their attempt to take up the trail. It was feared that the chase may develop into one of the great est manhunts in northern Califor nia. '. - Prison gnards who throughout Monday night and early today'kept up a vigil in the dark tjuarry while watchers on the ' prison wills threw heavy rays of light from powerful searchlights upon them, were jpoiaed this raoftting by dep uty sheriffs acting Under orders f njm Sheriff Ellia Jones of Sac ramento, "i While lite, posses combed the Taelon In th vU-lnltv of Folsom son, guards under Warden J. Smith,- all heavily- -armed and Ith orders to shoot to kill, con tinued a -systematic search of the prison quarry acting on the belief that the hinivted men-may "still be hiding in onoW the many crevices .. .. J : 4 V t I i ' a ii n cm vps o i me roc k , pue. t Matching the witM of -lhelhun- ters are three of California's most noted desperades. T Leo Brennan, alias nannon.Wliam..fBuclL O'Brien, alias "Red" O'Brien and Thomas Griffin, kndwn to the Cal Ifornia underworld - as "The Owl." : ? Plans were being made by War den smith'tAafnoodthrnuarnrwltn water if all other efforts to-Iocate liistenikU fail. SHOTGUNt FIEND2 ADMITS ASSAULT JEAIiOUS3AN KTLXS'TWO AND t Farmer- Thought Father-in-law Favored Other Children in Family . SCOTLAND, S.' D., Nor. 16. -(AP) Walter Zwief el,; 34 year old - farmer, , confessed tonight to Sheriff Koenig to- the killing- of two persona and the wounding of three others in. a shotgun assault near here last night.. Jealously over division of lands was the motive given for the crtmey according to the report of the confession, made public by the sheriff. , After the shooting, ZwiefelHook poison. in' an attempt to end his life. JStr 1sMnr ahospttarat Parks ton where it is believed he will recover. He' was ' captured . al his home five .miles south of Parks ton after authorities had sought a naaniac in the wholesale assault made at the John Grosz farm northwest of here last night. Zwiefel is a son-in-law of John Grosz. According to his story, as related by the sheriff: Zwierel be lieved that his father-in-law was favoring other children in the di vision of property. Robert Zwiefel, 20. was slain as he set playing cards at;the John Grosz home with several others. Mrs. John Grosz. 50. and -' Mrs. Solomon Grosz. 30, rushed" from fche farmhouse toward the summer kitchen ami were met with a aouDie lire; pi buckshot. , one charge killing the former, and ser iously wounding the latter. Clar ence " Zwiefel. 14. and Emanuel Grosz. 24. fled from tne kltchVn to a road and were chased for a quarter of a mile the shotgun tied firing at them as they ran, wounding bothy Bleven blackened and empty shotgun shells were found at the scene of the crime. STEEL CRUSHES dRIVER VOWriJixli HAS (KERIKS J TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (AP) Michael Barrett, 30, a truck driver, was Injured fatally today when he was caught beneath a ton of steel building material which was being loaded on his truck. He died while being t.a-:en to a hospital. He is survived by his widow and three children. . In a series of traffic accidents today, six year old Robert Kawaha received a serious skull' fracture when he darted In front of an automobile. He was taken to a hospital, where an operation, which was believed successful, was performed. Mrs. A. Strand, 37, of Portland, suffered a broken leg; when she caught her heel in a car track on a downtown street. She had start ed across the Intersection when discovering the traffic signals were against her, started back whe the accident occurred. WOOL CLIP TO BE SOLD BIDS WILL BE OPENED IX PORTLAND DECEMBER 7 BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 16. (AP) The one and a half million pound Idaho wool pool of custom ers of the First National Bank of Idaho, will be offered for sale under sealed bids at Portland. Oregon. December 7, it was an nounced today. The offering includes clips of the Van Deusen Brcthers com pany. Idaho Livesock company, Andrew Little. Big Springs Land Livestock company in addition to 20 smaller clips. CUBA OFFERED APOLOGY i s '- '" , ... - ' URUGUAY SORRY FdR' SPEECH MADE AT LEAGUE MEET . , Havana; ; , Nov. 6.r-(AP)rr- Uruguay tonight ' apologized to Cuba for Statement made by Al fredo Guani, Uruguayan delegate to the League of Nations, which Cuba regarded as derogatory to her national 'h'dnor nd' whiclr caused Cuba to' severe diplomatic relations with Uruguay today. . The announcement of the apology was made by the state de partment.'' v - NEWPORT HIT; BY GALE SMALL CRAFT ON YAtJUINA BAY .SUFFER DAMAGE NEWPORT,? Ore;. Nov. 16. (AP) A j fifty mile gale swept -the- Oregon coast fn IMs -vieinity today. Rain felt in torrents early this morning, ; and- telephone and telegraph wires were 'down and no communication to outside points have been' made today. Conslder "able ffalmrge td ddcTW 'and sWtflT craft has been" reported- on - Ya ouina ' bay, : : .-. . DRY LEADERS 11IITS fear Wodmcationlsts Will Put5 Liquor Ranlc In Party Platform WANT TO REACH VOTERS legisiaiivc tonnuittee favors AUoption of Ilfli to Place' All Prohibition Ajgents Under Civil Servitf WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.' (AP) Field marshals : of the Anti-Saloon League look for a concerted effort' by modiftcation ist forces to nominate a -wet can didate for the presidency in 1928 and are already discussing plan's "tn meet the challenge effec tively." . Meeting today to canvass the alignment os forces , Ip, -tljeiiet copgress, the executive of the league' considered measures to cope with "the movement to nom inate a-wet candidate for the pres idency and to insert a. -whet plank in the national party platforms.' anr approved, three' general pro tects designed to reinforce tue dry front throughout the nation. The league's educational pro gram, somewhat restricted since ratification' of the eighteenth amendment, will be expanded forthwith, and organization ac tivities will be invigorated, with particular emphasis upon the ne cessity of reaching "the indiffer ent voter with information in the Issues Involved and' to arouse 'the non-voter to the. need for his, ex ercise of the franchise to defeat the highly organized wet minor ity." In addition, the executive body Instructed its legislative commit tee to work particularly for adop tion of the bill now on the sen ate calendar, to place prohibition agents under civil service', and on the measure to establish the pro hibition unit as a seperate bureau of the treasury' department. The dry- leaders. It developed do not share the view of Assis tant Secretary Andrews, in charge of prohibition : enforcement, that the -diminishing supplies of medi cinal liquor presents a situation bordering upon the critical. Gen eral Andrews' statement that only five years' supply of medicinal whiskey remains in government warehouses was the subject of protracted discussion after which it was voted to place the matter in the hands of a special commit tee authorized to determine tho (Continued an pace 2. YES, U I Wf -w . . . . - OREGON MILITIA RECEIVES PRAISE INSPECTOR FINDS TROOPS OF STATE IX GOOD CONDITION Brigadier 'General White Receives Special Commendation for Work' High praise by inspectors of the war department on the efficiency of the Oregon national guard in the field was contained in the federal reports covering the parti cipation of the Oregon national guard in annual camps of field in struction last June which were re ceived here yesterday . bf Brigadier General George A. White, com mander of the Oregon national guard. The inspection reports are Quite voluminous and indicate that a searching inspection of all phases of training of the Oregon troops was made last June, but In the end the inspectors found the Oregon army in excellent shape 'and ready to take the field at a moment's notice. The field equipmenUfrom the heavy guns to the field artil lery to the mess kits of the dough boys was uniformally found to be very satisfactory. The ability of the troops to entrain and detrain promptly and without confusion was commented upon especially as was the high state of morale and the "esprit de corDs" and the de portment of men and officers. Brigadier General George A'. White, commander of the Oregon Infantry brigade, and who- com manded the infantry camp at Med ford, was highly commended for his ability and the efficiency of rv.ntina1 on 2.) ROSE EXHIBITION V STARTS TUESDAY PREVIOUS SHOWS AROUSED MUCH INTEREST r Governor-Elect and Mrs. Patter son to Be Present for Opening Rose growers of Oregon have been extended an invitation to participate in and to exhibit at the Third Annual Thanksgiving Rose Show to be held at the Multnomah hotel in Portland on Tuesday, No vember 23, from 6:00 to 11:00 in the evening. The rose show is being held under the auspices of the. Pro gressive Business Men's club and cups, ribbons and other prizes will be awarded for displays of roses and other outdoor grown flowers. It is anticipated that ex hibits will be displayed by people from Washington, Yamhill, Hood Rivsr, Clackamas, Columbia, Mar ion and a number of other coun ties that are within easy distance of Portland, although the affair is (Continued on pas 5.) BENITO, WE KNOW HOW POISON OBTAINED DECLARES CLERK DOCTOR WANTED ; TO KILL "ANIMAL AROUND HOUSE" Druggist Testifies He Saw Fhy skian Filling Capsules in July PORT ANGELUS, Wash.. Nov. 16. (AP) Ralph Stone, 17, a clerk in the Brayton Pharmacy at Sequim, near Port Angeles, testi fied here today at the trial of Dr. Paul D. Moore, charged with mur dering his wife with poison tab lets, that he saw the physician filling a capsule in the prescrip tion room jjf the drug store July 16, 17 or 18. Mrs. Moore died July 20 after an operation performed by two other doctors for gall stones. Dr. H. S. Jessup of Sequim, who took over Dr. Moore's practice July 16, for six months while. -Dr. Moore was to go away on a trip; testified that Dr. Moore seemed pessimistic over the ultimate re covery of his wife and said-that she might die on the ninth day after the operation. Mrs. Moore wag operated on July 10. Dr. Jes sup assisted Dr. Will H. Taylor in the operation. Jessup said he tasted one of the capsules pre scribed for Mrs. Moore by Dr. Moore and that it was bitter. Two capsule prescriptions, one calling-for eight tablets of two different kinds of ingredients was produced in court by James Bray ton, druggist as having been given him by Jessup. Brayton said that Moore put up the other prescrip tions, and that afterwards, he, Brayton, saw a poison bottle tip ped -on a shelf and later saw It empty. He said that in June Moore had asked him about the poison saying he wanted to get Urid of an animal around the house. and wanted to know how much of a dose it would take to kill it. Moore had a druggist's license and was in the habit of making up his own prescriptions, Brayton ELF0RD FOUND GUILTY CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE CONVICTS YOUNG MAN COQUILLE, Or., Nov. 16. (By AP.) After being out 14 hours, the jury in the case of Clifford Elford, charged with slaying ( his uncle, William WhobTy. today re turned a verdict of guilty of mur der in the first degree. The Jury recommended life Imprisonment. Elford, only 21, was alleged: to have beaten his uncle to death with an auto jack on a lonely road near Powers last July. The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial. BAKER HAS SNOW BAKER. Or., Nov. 16. (AP) r Rain and show have fallen in Ba ker county. In the city the snow melted as fast -as it fell but it remained on the higher levels. The hills to the west of the eity are covered with snow. TIS! GRANGERS SEEK EXPORT SURETY FORFIRllD Resolution Passes at Nation al Meet Alter Three Hour Discussion. CONGRESS TO GET PLAN Agricultural Leaders Want to Formulate Permanent Policy to Solve Surplus Crop Distribution PORTLAND. Maine, Nov. IB. (AP) The National Grange to night adopted a resolution calling on congress to enact legislation providing for an export debenture plan for the benefit of the Amer ican farmer. The measure was passed after a three hour discus sion in which delegates from 27 of the principal, agricultural states took part with but one dis senting vote. The text of the resolution said: "Whereas agriculture is basic and the continually increasing agricultural-depression is affeSng the prosperity not only of the agricul tural people, but' of the entire na tion, and whereas our staple agri cultural products are in world wide competition with like prod ucts in other hjnds, and whereas such surplus products are not re ceiving the benefit of the protec tive tariff, therefore be it re solved : "That the National Grange en dorses an export debenture plan for farm products and recommend that legislation be enacted by the next session of congress makings such plan operative beginning with the 1927 crop." Louis J. Taber, national master of the Grange, described the reso lution as the moBt'important meas ure passed by-the Grange in 25 years. lie 'said the Grange-believed the. plan offered "the most advantages with the least dangers, that it required no machinery for (Continmad on par 2.) SPENCE GETS $500 FINE CONSPIRACY TO CUT GOVERN MENT TIMBER ADMITTED PORTLAND. Nov. 16 (AP) A. G. Spence, jointly indicted with William R. Smith of Silverton of charges of conspiracy to cut and market timber Irom government lands in Marion county, pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Bean today and upon recommendation of . George Neuner, United States district attorney, was fined $500. Smith pleaded guilty Monday and was in court today for sentence, getting 90, days, the -sentence to run concurrently with a six months' -jail term which he is now serving. The two cut 'timber from gov ernment land for a portable, saw mill which Spence was .operating near Smith's holdings in Marion county. Smith was tried last sum mer on an independent indict ment charging the cutting of gov ernment timber and was sentenced to serve six months and pay a fine of $1000. He began setting this sentence August 17- BORROWED i MONEY PAID OREGON BANKS RECEIVE IN IERE8T OF T7W.33 The state .treasurer yesterday paid oft the" last installment of $4 8Q.00O borrowed from, the yri ous banks of Oregon during the month of October andv-early in November, to meet the current ex penses of the state government. The interest-payments aggregated $1794.53, :.;?- . r The-state treasurer was com pelled to borrow this- money be cause of the depicted condition of the general -fund,, and. the act of the- last legislature-delaying the collection of second-half taxes 30 days. ' -..!-. ; BEET. SUGAR DESTROYED j y in it i :. t v . LTAmiDAHOv I'LA NT AT BEL LtNGtlAM1 HIT BY BLAZE f BELLINGHAM, Wash.. iNof, 1B.-'(AP- Loss-estimated by of ficials of theri U tali-Idaho- Sugar company here at?? "$100,000" was caused by :'fire. -widen ?broha ''out today in the concern's warehouse. - Company of tial-fca Id- that . in addition to -lr.OOO sacks Of 1926 Sugar there were about 000 sacks of last year's proddet in the ware house. The total' supply was Val ued at more than $123.000."Somc of ib sugar was carried put, AUTO ACCIDENTS CAUSE 13 DEATHS 12fi ACCIDENTS DUB TO CARE LESSNESS OF DRIVERS T. A. Raffety Reports Traffic Of ficers Visited 3021 Towns and Cities Thirteen persons were killed and 337 'persons were injured as the result of- motor vehicle accidents in' Oregon during the month of October,, according to a report prepared here yesterday by T. A. Raffety. chief inspector for the state traffic department. Of the total number of accidents report ed 1262 were dhe to carelessness on the pert of drivers, 453 -were caused by drivers failing to give right-of-way, and 234 resulted from speeding. Sixty accidents were caused by drivers being in toxicated, while 234 accidents were due to failure on the part of drivers to give proper signals. There were 2823 accidents reported-to the traffic department dur ing the month. The report showed that 317 ar rests were made by state traffic officers during the month. Of ttiese arrests all have been dis posed of with- the exception of 73 cases which are now pending in the courts. A total of 106 drivers were arrested for speeding, while 2 6 operators were arrested . for reckless driving. Fourteen driv ers were found to have switched their license platee, while in 13 cases the drivers had no opera tor's license. Stolen cars having a resale value of 18625 were recovered by the officers, while delinquent fees were collected in the amount of $1965. Fines Imposed for motor vehicle law violations aggregated $5288.35, while the fines Imposed in cases other than traffic viola tions totaled $1329. The state traffic officers visited 2921 towns and cities during the month and traveled 74,767 miles. More than 1000 warnings were issued to drivers during the period covered in the report. .. LOCOMOTIVE KILLS WAN WIFJ? AND 'CHILDREN SURVIVE TELEGRA1H OPERATOR PENDLETON. Or.. NOV. 16. (AP) J: M. Dolan, 30, telegraph operator for the O.-W. R. &. N., was instantly killed at 1 o'clock this .morning when he was struck by a backing locomotive at the Reitb yards of the company. The engine had just been taken from a fast mail train and was backing on- another track preparatory, to going to the roundhouse when the accident happened. Dolan had just waved to members of the crew on the fast mail before he'stepped into the' path of the locomotive His body was dragged some dis tance before the engine . was brought to a 'halt by frantic sig nalmen. His face and head had been crushed in the gravel road bed and his left leg was bent over his head. He is-survived by his wife and a four-year-old daughter. FIRE BURNS WAREHOUSE MATERIAL BELONGING TO PAPER 5ItLL TJESTROYED VANCOUVER, - Wailwv NOV; 1 1 -(AF)t Fire; believed to have started' front an overheated stove ic the watchman's' headquarters, tonight destroyed a warehouse on the port dock, adjoining the-Col umbia River Paper Mills. Wooden cores and other 'material' 'belong lng to the paper -Company and stored in the building were de stroyed. The total loss was es timated aU $5,00 U. ,,.. i .... . i u BEETS SHOW. BIG PR0FJT GUARANTEE- TO GROWERS IN- CR EAS tJ FOR NEXT YEAR . LETII BRIDGE AltaW Nov. i 16 -t (AP) -r-'JSouthent ,v Alberta's sugar beet; harvest - was completed today with 20 per cent more sugar extracted than last year. Beet tonnage was almost- 40,000 - tons with a. uugar content of oyer, 16 per rent, two per cent more than last year. Gro were ,were. guaran teed $ l.25 per ton." Contracts for 1927 call' for a ;$17 guarantee. WINTER CLOSES" YUICON 3IOVKMENT OF RIVER CHOKED i FOR jlNOTHERT YEAR - : : i5 at" ., i i V i fi TAN ANA; : Alaska? Nov. .16.- (IAP) Winter closed its fingers around the Yukon river here to day and choked Its movement for another year. Last year the fall run of slush. Ice -and- Job cakes. froze to a standstill' November, r. To date, two degrees below .aero fs the lowest temperature reached with. fouT .inchee of snow on tho ground.. II PRAISES SilSPIfilT fli PROGRESS Membership Drive Launched at Meeting of Chamber of Commerce 1000: MEMBERS WANTED We Do Not Have to Go to Port land for Anything". Says State Treasurer in Address on- -Tuesday Evening " "Every man and woman' who owns property in Salem that has increased in value because of the -city's growth should belong to the chamber of commerce' and help the city's progress - themselves." said Tom Kay; state- treasurer, in speech before ; the chamber of commerce meeting last night, at which the chamber launched its drive to obtain 1000. members. "I have conferred with county assessors from every county in the state last week as a member of the equalization board," Mr. Kay continued, "and have come to the conclusion , that . Salem should be more thankful than any other city in the state. . I "We do not have to go to Port- and for anything. We -have just as good shows, just as good busi nesses and stores . here -as any where, and real estate vaiuea -are continually Increasing, largely due to the efforts of -this chCaber., . "I have little use for ay- per son who will enjoy the benefita h gets from the aggressiveness' an( civic interest of the members ol this chamber and who will nbt'dt something himself to make it go. "We aave,aIkrjel4mTr'r, loyal, aggressive citizens here, and I congratulate the dub. on the big , turtbuvjhexdj teuightbut there are always some-who are content to sit by5" and watch, the . othen make it ko. 1 think the campaign workers should point out--to the prospective- members when they start-out tomorrow how everyone in the city benefits from the growth of ( the city, and property values due to- the chamberpot commerce. "I don't' know a city of ita size in tho state that has' grown as (Ceatinved par. 4), - ' , V DEBT CRITICISM ; AIRED IN FRANCE UNION OF, ECONP3IIC, INTER ESTS DISCJTSS PI i -r United States Tariffs CaJletl In- surmountable ..Barriers t by Dubcrs - r; PARIS. Kdr.tlS. (AP) Criti cism of' the' American tariff . anI the demand that the French par liament Umend the American debt settlement, were argued tonight . at4 a', convention of the "union of econdmic' interests." the most powerful i commercial and. Indus trial body in Francet i A resolution characterizing both - the Washington and LondoV ao- cords as tnacceptabieln their pres ent -foTm.' Was- adopted, ita main point being- the- demand that parliaments-amend- ttie. Mellon-Beren- ger agreement and espeeiauy so as to make a settlement possible add equitable," Before adoption of the rc'-souf tion Deputy Louis Dubers. former president of the reparations com mission, made) a long talk ai;ainst ratification, Svhich probably will notcome up in the French :ham ber'nntll early next year. i . : - -it. Ditber 7 criticized "" French Ambassador Berenger for not hav ing attempted' to obtain a' reduC tion in the total amount of . the claims of the United States oa France instead of contenting him"; self-merely with scaling down the interest! ratest He also criticized M. Bereagerla navfBg--undue op, timism -concerning fe caj lcity of Franco' to pay1 from' 193a de. , The French) deputy WeSaialned that the4 tota payments: Cor the 62 years really worked out at $. 848,000,000, instead of the lower sums previously .announced la France: He declared the present tariff nrates in ; the Vutted !5Utci were insurmountable barriers t4 the French who were desirous cf securing the nccessaryiuoucy to pay their debts by tho sale of mcr chandise In America. i "We" received the substance cC War-time advances in the shape of merchandl esfrom the United States exclaimed M. Dubers, In 4 i