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Salpiw -'.KingV Dohratiqr?'.; pip&t 'J? ? Be fplfon Qver J3y F?porganizotipn pf the Original StpckhoI9rp They Mawe Jjec Qolpraidp; dpvel More Are PrpjgcJ gre .' . t WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled with light local rains In west portion and local snows in eastern portion; temperature be low normal; moderate northwest winds be coming variable. Maximum yesterday, 41; minimum; 34; river, 7.5; rainfall, .54; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, southwest. SHOP EARLY: Only three shopping days remain befoire Christmas. Do your shop-' pins early and arefd the rush".. . You will find a new delight in this early shopping, and also you'll bring happiness to the; merchants and the postofflce clerks. , . ... . SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS I n f i. GLEAN SUTE GIVEN EX-DRY CHIEF BY JURY Colonel Green Exonerated of Charge of Embezzling Liquor Stores JUDGE HALTS RECEPTION l nited States IHtrict Attorney Satisfied With Verdict anil Say Law and Duty Folly Performed SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 2f. ( AP)-f-Cplohel Ned M. Green, former federal prohibition admin istrator here, was acquitted by a jury in the United States district court today oaa charge of em lzz'linK confiscated government lienor stores. Th jury went out at 4:17 p.m. and reported at 4:33 p. m. that it hart reached a verdict,. Judge A. K. St. Sure was sent for and t ho clerk' of the court read the verdict of acquittal. The jury not only exonerated Colonel Green on the eight counts remaining in "the indictment but on the three additional counts that were dismissed during -,the trial, civinK the colonel a Vclean slate.? Theodore J. Roche, chief de fense counsel, announced Imme diately after the verdict that he would telegraph to General Lin coln Andrews in .Washington ask ing that4 Colonel Green be rein stated as federal dry administrator so that the colonel ... ntay resign with a clean record. When the veraict was returned there was a demonstration in the couH room that had to' be sup prSd by the bailiffs. "Hi jurors crowded around the defejse counsel table and con gratulated Colonel Green and the defe'n&V attorneys." They were In the midst of thia when Judge St. Sure remarked: j , '"We must atop this now. Let us not have any reception commit tees here." . Colonel Green said later that he might accept reappointment atTthe hands of General Andrews if" con ditions demand It, "but. the whole thing is poison to me now." The courtroom was cleared a few minutes afteti the verdict, was returned. ' . "We are satisfied with the ver dict," United States District At torney George Hatfield said. "We (Coatini4 on para I.) $1 SET AS TOLL IN SJHIP TRAGEDY CAPTAIN OF LulXCH HLD UNDER POLICE GUARD 1'olice Check on Passengers Shows Fatal Craft Carried Eighty NEW YORK, Dec. 31. (AP) The probable death toll due to the apsizing of the launch Linseed King in the Hudson river was set it fil today when police announced that 21 passengers were still Un accounted for. Thirty bodies were recovered and 29 person's were saved from the ice choked river. The launch left the 95th street pier in the Manhattan shore early vesterday morning loaded with la borers answering the advertise ment of an Edgewater, N. J., plant. The advertisement offered 7 cents an hour for unskilled labor and the applicants were singing for Joy as they left the pier at the thought of obtaining employment.' - j The river was jammed with Ice floes down from the upper river and in midstream the launch cap sized. Tugs anad other river craft pulled from the freezing water all who had been able to get out of Oie cabin. Police checkups today showed there were 80 men on board although the captain, him 'klfC "PS tbe survivors said there weijyt 60. Tn bodies were found float ing in the ice where the" launch oyercurnea and the rest were taken from the cabin after the boat had been carried upstream several miles bv the ice. . "'Captain John Rohweider. f of V . . 3""' . i .. jbiwj -y. was unaer nonce guard today in Knickerbocker loo. pital, suffering from shock and submersion and charged with hom icide and negligence. He .was picked out of the river as he was skimming Jhrough the floating Ice tonne jersesaore; FLIGHT PLANES LAND AT PADRE TAMPICO NEXT SCHEDULED GOAL OF CRAFT Five Pnn-AmeHcan Winged Mes sPRRrrs of Peace to Tonr Latin Countries BROWNSVILLE. Texas. Dec. 21. (A.P.) Riding tonight on the gentle waters of Lagiina Madre 20 miles east of here, the army's five pan-American flight planes had completed the first leg of the 20.000 mile journey they began at San Antonio today. The winged messengers of peace to neighboring ' nations to the south lay close into the shore of the once pirate island of Padre, ready to start on the next lap of the the flight oraorrow,,with Tam pico, Mexico, scheduled as the goal. While the pilots were being feted in Brownsville tonight by officials of the United States and Mexico, the planes were under the watchful eyes of coast guardsmen f com Point Isabel. ' The 260-mile hop from land to water was made in two hours and 40 minutes, the planes averaging about 90 miles an hour. All the ships were functioning normally as they' roared down to- words the gulf and cfreled the land locked laguna. Coast guard launches scurried out tp the ships as they strucklhe water, throw ing high the sparkling spray. The aviators were taken to Browns ville by special train to be enter tained at dinner. All were or dered to retire at 10 p. m. At Tampico, on the east coast of Mexico, arrangements have been made for a welcome befitting the squadron's first landing on Latin- American soil, and expressing the spirit of co-fraternity among the nations of the North and South American continents. MURDER BAFFLES POLICE Unidentified Assailant Shoots a Rancher at Dor of Home HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 21. (AP.) R. F. Peepers, residing on the La Roux ranch, ten miles from the town of Mt. Hood, was shot and killed by an unidentified as sailant as ne answered a knock on his front door about 1 o'clock last night. ' Meager reports received here declared .the shooting was a com plete mystery, neither family or friends being able to offer a logi cal motive. '" Coroner Siston and Sheriff Edick left immediately for the Peeper ranch .to investigate. Peepers and bis wife and three children have been 'living on the La Roux ranch for several months. During the apple harvest season he worked on several ranches. THREE KILLED IN CRASH Husband, Wife and Child Die From Automobile Injuries BAKERSFIELD. Cal., Dec. 21. (AP); Assemblyman Alfred c. Murray, of Riverside, who was in jured in j&n Jautomobile accident near here tonight ; in which his wife-was killed, died at 11 p. m. tonight. His son, aged nine, died a few momenta later. READ THIS AND FREEZE Ice Cream Sells at f 1.75 a Quart With Mercury 40 Below CIRCLE, Alaska, Dec. 21. (AP) With, the thermometer at 40 below, ice cream sold rapidly at $1.75 a quart here today. It was pronounced the first shipment of that delicacy from Seattle to any point within the arctic circle. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON " i Allocated Pre The house passed the agricul ture appropriation bill. President Coolidge thought it was unnecessary to rush construc tion of the proposed ten light cruisers. The nation's winter wheat con dition on Dec. i 1 wad estimated at 81.8 per cent of normaL ' . Two . moves ; to bar Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, from .the' sen ate were discussed by leaders. - t Justice Bailey reserved his rul ing pn theinatlon Yo quash tle in dictments "agalnstall vrid'-'Bln-ciair. , . , . :', . VV.' v At a n,ight i session ,the senate passed the house fivers and har bors 1)111 .with numerous .amend- CQUNTIESSEEK lllBHTTflil MARKET BQADS Judges and Commissioner to t rfisehrMure Before " Legislature JUVENILE CHANGE ASKED Kanseler Holds Parents Respons ible for 95 Per Cent of De- . . .. , , . . linquencies Among Chil dren of Nation Portland. Dec. 21. (AP) The designation of market roads in the various counties of Oregon will be entirely in the hands of the county courts or county com missipners, and will not be made by the state highway commission, as the present law requires, if the county judges and commissioners succeed in having an amendment to that effect enacted by the next legislature. This was made known '..today When the amendment was read before the county officials, in an nual session here. It was declared by the judges and commissioners that ' there would be more general satisfaction for all concerned if the authority for designating the market roads would be given to the counties, in stead of -having it vested with the (Continued on pope 2.1 ACCIDENTS KILL 2 MEN Hundreds See Window Washer Plunge From Building to Walk PORTLAND. Dec. 21 (AP) Two men died as the results of accidents here today, while a third man is at a hospital, not expected to live. - - Robert Randall, a window washer, was killed shortly after noon when, he fell from a second story window. Hundreds saw the man plunge to the sidewalk. He suffered a deep fractured skull. Carl Liberanti. 41, the second man injured fatally, died from a fractured skull and Internal in juries after he fell in front of a street car. Sam Midoff wastaken to a hos pital in an unconscious condition after he had fallen in front of a truck.' Physicians do not believe he will recover. ARMY UNDERFED CLAIMS GENERAL MILITARY FORCES PICTURED AS DEMORALIZED GROUP Soldiers Deolavod Deserting Ranks at Rote of One Thousand a Month - NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (AP) The United States army was pic tured today by Brigadier General Henry J. Reilly. rainbow division war veteran, as a demoralized group of under-fed and unhappy men. trooping dejectedly atros.s the military scene on aged, under nourished nags and living In shacks unfit for habitation. American soldiers, he said, are deserting at Ihe rate of more than 1,000 every " month fn protest against being made the victims of excessive governmental economy. In an article entitled "Our ('rumbling National Defense,"5 in the January number of The Cen tury Magazine, issued today. Gen et al Feilly said the country's de fense is in a precarious condition due to economy measures of the past six years. The man power of the army, he wrote, has been cut from 297,700 officers and men provided for in the national defense act of 1920 to a total of 121.700. and that tie contemplated strength of the na tional guard under the same act (Continued on page 3.) MEW BRIDGE DEDICATEQ . f Ross Island Span in Portland Is Example of Cantilever Type PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (AP) Completion of the $2,000,000 Ross Island bridge, latest to span the Willamette river, and one of the most outstanding examples of the cantilever type to be con structed in America, was ac knowledged formally today in a fitting dedicatory ceremony. Rep resentatives of the state, county and city took part in the dedica tion of the hugeo structure. GIESY SIGNS ORDINANCE Zoning Regulation Becomes City Law With Mayor's Signature Salem's zoning ordinance, pass ed at Monday night's coruncil meeting, was last night signed by Mayor John B. Giesy, thus passing the last obstacle to keep it from becoming the law of the city. The ordinance is the result of several year's campaigning, and was drawn up by the present zon ing commission after several weeks' work, both day and night. The ordinance had an emer gency clause attached, so it goes ' into effect immediately. JUST ANOTHER BEDTIME STORY (Unless You Do Your Part) GUN CLUB HOLDS STORMY SESSION ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1927 POSTPONED Several Proposed Changes in Game Laws Considered at Meeting of Body After a stormy session the Salem Rod and Gun club adjourned at a late hour yesterday evening with nothing definite done in regard to the election of officers for the Coming year. The' club members were faced with a number' of ques tions in regard to proceedure un der their by-laws and with a num ber of questions of policy and from the maze they were unable to reach orderly solution. Th questionnaire sent out by members of the state game com mission was first considered by the club and definite action was taken upon two of the points at issue, these? being in regard to tho deer season and in regard to changfhg the dates of the Chinese pheasant season. Elimniating the spike buck from legitimate game raised con siderable comment, as it is in -accord with the policy followed by a number of eastern states in their game conservation program. It was attacked, however, on grounds that it is too difficult to determine whether or not a deer is a legiti mate buck or only a spike and that such a policy would have the effect of increasing the game law viola tions among sportsmen who were conscientious hunters and had no intent to violate the game laws. Limiting the bag to a single buck in one season was considered as an unwise move because there is no present danger of extermin ating the game in Oregon and that deer are still plentiful enough to (Continued from pase 5.) CLERKS ELECT BRYS0N Lane County Man Chosen at Meeting to Head Group' PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (AP) R. S. Bryson of Lane county was elected president of the County Clerk's association of Oregon at the concluding session of the an nual convention of the organiza tion, held here today. Kent Shoe maker, Hood River county, was elected vice president, Carl Gilder sleeve, Lincoln county, secretary, and Delitia Stevens, Jackson coun ty, treasurer. The clerks conclud ed their business early this after noon and attended the Ross Island bridge dedication ceremonies. Before concluding their session, the county clerks went on record in favor of a law permitting them to close their offices Saturday afternoon. Hi IDOLS HO IN PLOT TO FAKE EIE Deal Made Under Grand stand Allowed Detroit to Win Third Place COBB DENIES CHARGES Scandal Third That Has Rocked Major Leagues Since Barring Forever 8 White Sox Players In 1919 CHICAGO, Dec. 21. (AP) Two of the greatest baseball play ers in the history of the game, Ty Cobb, and Tris Speaker, today were named by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Land is in an expose of a scandal that went back to 1919, the year climaxed by the famous crooked world's series be tween the White Sox and Cincin nati Reds. Cobb, famed as the "Georgia peach" and Speaker, the famous "Spoke," of the Indians, had their names linked with'"Dutch" Leon ard, and "Smoky Joe? Wod,,both former American league pitching stars, in a conspiracy to bet on an alleged "fixed" game between De troit and Cleveland, played at De troit on Sept. 25. 1919. Cobb, until after the close of the 1926 season, was manager of the Detroit club, and a star player on it for twenty years, while Speaker held the same managerial position with Cleveland. Both re signed, suddenly, after the finish of the 1926 pennant race. The scandal, breaking today, was the third that has rocked the major leagues since the barring forever of the eight White Sox (Continued on pas 3.) ' TAX BODY MEETS TODAY State Committee to Prepare Bills for Legislature Members of the state tax inves tigating committee " which was created under an act of the last legislature will meet in Salem to day. Proposed laws to be sought at the next session of the legisla ture will be whipped'into shape at the meeting of the committee. The committee returned re cently from California, where its members spent 10 days investigat ing the tax laws of that state. It was said that one bill to be rec ommended at tomorrow's meeting will provide for a gross earnings tax similar to that now in opera tion in the state of California. It also is likely that the com mittee, will recommend an increase in the corporation taxes, and the levy of a tax on intangibles. A more -equitable system of making assessments also will be consid ered at tomorrow's meeting. BODIES FOUND- IN RIVER Automobile of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. West Plunges From Road REDDING, Cal., Dec. 21. .AP) The bodies of a Mr. and Mrs. W. J. West, formerly of Falls City, Ore., were found today in the Sacramento riveri near Cas tella. Their automobile had plunged from the bank into the river. W. J. West was well known in Salem having visited his brother, Roscoe West, here many times. Roscoe West lives east of Salem on the Garden road. TRAIN CRASH HURTS TWO Passenger HiU- Rear of Freight Near Eureka EUREKA, CaL, Dec. 21. (AP) The Northwestern passenger train which left here this morning for San Francisco crashed into the rear end of a southbound freight train near Willetts about noon to day, according to meagre reports reaching here. The reports state that the conductor of the freight train and one other man were ser iously injured NEWSPAPERMAN SUICIDES GREAT FALLS. Mont., Dec, 21. tAPJ-Siyeri'B. Peterson, secre tary of - the Montana Newspaper association and until recently sec retary of the Great Falls chamber or commerce, committed suicide here today by-' shooting himself through, the heat) while be was in the garage at Ms home, . t The Statesman Christmas Cheer Fund Unless a few more people give of "their 'money and sup plies some little youngster will arise during the early hours on Christmas morning and find an empty stocking or some needy family will have just the bare necessities on that day. Only a very few days remain to aid Santa Clans. Bring your money contributions' to the Christmas Cheer editor of The Statesman and the food and clothing to the Salvation Army. Join ' the Cheer crowd at once " and help some needy people. 1 Previously aeknowMiced $83.50 I Mrs. "ilUy McRynolds 1.00 I Another PrinUr 1.00 v ., MANY FAMILIES IN NEED OF HELP SHE LOST HER MONEY AND NO PRESENT FOR MOTHER Work With Santa and See Tfmt N'o Sioc-kiug Remains Empty This Year Yesterday as the Christmas Cheer editor was walking along the streets of Salem he noticed a little girl crying as though her heart would break. Upon inquiry he learned that she had lost a very small sum of money, which she had planned to use In getting her mother a present. In this home M'as the mother and two, other little children. They had only the things absolutely neces sar5 to live on with yery little prospects of anything to bring Christmas Cheer into their lives. Santa Claus is determined to make a visit to this 'house and just as many others of a smilar nature as he is able. Only, a very few days remain in which to join forces with Santa Claus in his efforts to visit every needy famly. The Statesman and the Salvation Army have been con ducting a campaign for several weeks urging the good citizens to rally to the support of this worthy wotk. Many have done so and no doubt many more will do so in the next few days. There should be many more coming with their con tributions: "The people are not hard hearted," according to Santa Clans', "they just are forgetful and don't take time to think of the great good they might do and the happiness" they might bring to others by giving a few things to this work." Clothing apd food should be left with the Salvation Army for distribution. The Army is ' mak ing a careful check of needy cases and every. article goes to some one who really needs it. The money should ibe sent to the Christmas Qljeer editor of The Statesman and evry cent will be used to buy those things which the people need as essentials. You may direct the expenditure of the funds, but Just be" sure and make the contribu tions -within the next two days. Don't make it necessary for some youngster to arise on Christ mas morning, and find an empty stocking. Don't make it neces sary for some needy family to struggle through the day with just the bare necessities. Help others and make yourself happier. Contribute to the Christmas Cheer fund. PIERCE PLANS TO TOUR - v - - " ' ' Governor Will Give Series of Ad ' dresses in Iowa Governor Pierce has accepted an invitation to give a series of ad dresses in Iowa late in February, according to announcement made at the. executive department here yesterday. The governor will spend a few weeks preceding his departure, for Iowa on his ranch in. eastern Ore gon. He ' will retire as governor of the state January 10. following the inauguration of L L. Patter son, governor-elect. PIERCE JOINS LAW FIRM Governor Will Practice in Portland W . 'Willi pickson " .PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (AP) Governor-, Walter M. Pierce, chief executive o Oregon during the1 past tour years, and Judge Asbby tC." Dickson, of the -Multnomah county -circuit court, both Ot whom will retire from office theT first of the year, have4 formed a law part nership, and will practice in Port- 10'. ,-' -' -;-;'-:---- -This was announced today, by Judgejpickson. The offices will be opened January 1, he said. Ill Fill' TO ISSUED STI Neyv Corporatipn Expects tQ Commence Operations for. Coming Season SALEM PLAPJTT0 REOPEN All Stockholders Will Be Included In Reorganization Whether They Threat 'iiel Liti gation r Nut PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (AP) The assets of the old Kings Food, Products company are to be re turned, a new corporation is to be organized and its capital stock exchanged for stock of the old company, with the new company operating the Kings plants at Sa lem and The Dalles. There will be alund of $125,0Q0 on hand for initial plant operation, expected to commence in time for the 192? fruit and vegetable season. This became known here to night following an agreement be tween representatives of the Nassau company, which some tlm ago took over many assets of the, Ladd and Tilton Bank, and repre sentatives of the stockholders com mittee of Portland, composed of stockholders In the defunct Kings Food Product company." ' Representing the Nassau com pany were the law firms bt WoodJ Montague and MattblesBen; 'Dey, Hampson and Nelson; and Winter and Magulre. L. EL Crouch 'and John F. Reilley represented stock holders in the Kings company holding approximately $l,3&o;oo of stock, and -who also are 'nienv bers' of the stockholders commit tee of Portland. Mr. Reilly declared that th agreement, the result of several months negotiation, will probably end litigation growing oujL of the sale of the company. Terms of the settlement provide that the Nassau company shall foreclose the mortgages and pledge's it holds against the plants, patents and some personal prop erty of the Kings Food Products company, amounting to approxi mately S800.000. It Is to turn over the sheriff's certificate to (Cnstinnod a Mil a) SpNATE PASSES RIVER MEASURE OREGON HARBORS TO BENE FIT WITH IMPROVEMENTS Supporters of Bill Confident .Early Agreement Will Be Reached WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) The Tiyers and harbor bill was passed tonight by the senate. The vote was 5 7 to 9. All provisions proposed by the senate commerce committee as amendments to he house bilb received approval. ' The bill as approved by the sen ate would authorize the expendi ture of about 170,000,000 on river and harbor improvements In all sections of the country. The fig ure Is higher than the house pro vided, and on aceonnt-of the sen ate amendments the bill now goes . to conference for adjustment 4 of differences. " ' ' Supporters of the bill were con-' fident that an early agreement would be reached and that the measure would be in the hands of ' President Coolidge well before March 4. ' ' From every corner ot tfie floor senators, shot new proposals Into the already bulky measure as It neared a vote and almost without -exception the amendments went in with a chorus of ayes. Among the amendments incorporated in the bill were: Construction of inland water ways from Jacksonville, Fla., to Miami, 75 feet wide and S feet deep, at a cost of $4,221,000. X Improvement of Crescent City . harbor, Cal. f- , -Improvement of Coos Bay har-. bor. Ore., and "Gray's Harbor and Olympia harbor, ; Wash. ; , '-J Approval also was gives, to pro-1 posed ImpTOvtmeats of the Willi-: pa harbor. Wash. ' .- Surveys of 'the following proj-r ects in addition to those ' ordered by the bouse were approved. . Umpqua harbot and river J Ore gon ; - Columbia river," - Wash in g- - ton. between, 111 waco and Chinook; ' and Stillaguamlch river, Washington,- DC FOR OLD .1