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Aril Iher i ! - Facto rv for ialem; the Making of Prun-Port Will Be Commenced? in theiMuxx "i rnou uuu 4 of rcer Prune -Mento Meet" Wednesday" to Consider the C6p'peWc--rRropc3ar i jri portion. unaetUedS 3 eas portfin with probable light rafnl.r snow; notiial tem perature: fresh artdrong southerly winds on cobd. Maximum yesterday, mini west 4 V 'The aUHest question in the -world. ahd' one .that Aas-ca used -the greatest Jinmber, of heartaches is "Do you ithink I Am made of " money ?'V-The Pathfinder. . . . .. , , mum, it,; river, g.f, rising;- rainJ If you load your.argument witb cynicism and sarcasm you must expect some backfire. SALEM. OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1926 PRICE FJYK CENTS AtioalelSi amber I WUI.IMIir JMITIAil - 11-11 T1 II 'II II II II II M II I L I vh fl 1141 4f if II II 43; at- -iJl lr V U AM' U 1 L L C .T L moRpneif, cloudy; nd 'east. 1 , I . x,.. V W lfcl. V VYU W ITJ JLT V JLTi I i i iyi ir J il i .. J , , , t .. . - ; ; ; " f i J"ji 1 V ft 4 t COURICHIGE vL ' IN SOME GASES Attorneyi Genera! -Putting Measures in Legal Forms v fori Proponents- 4 ' i " . i 5 RECODIFY1 GAMrUVS Plan ir TiialiiK lIit of dial ; IcuRes Akt Ju'"tH, Stream , rollatioa Jlay 1V I , In Anutncir foa Grist for the legjslaWyuil! will inclnde a bill' designed correct criminal - triitlh proced T-iie and .othr bills are beiop t into theirorrect legal form fothir proponents by I. H. Van Wtaklu, s.ate attorney. Reneral. i j fThe-8tate game commission pro poses to 'recodify the gam law of Oregon. Their proposals have been put into legal form anil sf-nt to. the state attorney general's . t f ice for perusal. Stream pollutki may be -solved S by another bi 1 urged byttbejstate board of health and the anie commission. On the .:Tho proposed attack workmen's compensation law en tails further work for the attornf y general. TBose .who seek to intro duce a bill n 4his matter are said to want jegally established set of rates anti regulations for the industrial- -accident commission such that (ho. private companies can compete with the state for the business and reap a profit. "Not the least, important but per haps the least understood, since it is a -matter pertinent to all but comprehensive in its present form ) Wonlv to the legal profession, is a 5trnOXsal to change court proced- . -. . icnmioju rases. I r .(" f-governor HaareVjrft laiV"1"' - a barrister, is said to be an aavo- (Continoed n pC -) FLOODED REGIONS APPEAL FOR AID GOVERNOR OFFERS LOAN OF ' ; XATtONAIi GU.4RD Marooned Families Transferred From Canoes to Sight seers Autos NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 30. (AP) The Cumberland river, in record flood stage at Nashville, continued a very slow rise today in Us expansive trail through Nashville, as the slow current glistened against a clear sky. The official reading today was 55.7 feet, a rise of only one tenth of a foot in seven hours. The weather bureau's latest prediction was a crest for Nashville of above 56 feet by Saturday or Sunday. .Revised official estimates of 4,000 persons homeless in Nash ville lowlands. 200 city blocks in undated and 1500 persons out of work were not added to materially today. 4-The Cumberland was a mile wide from Fifth avenue west of the river into East Nashville and it8-4aek waters extended for three mtt$s over the North Nashville and Edgefield sections, submerging hundreds of homes and inundat ing .plants and business blocks. ..Sand bags used to dyke the waters from Woodland street at First street. East Nashville, so far have saved the only approach to the eastern section of the city, over Wood land jstreet bridge. The water, however, tonight waa ap proaching the streetcar rails on Woodland at that point. ' . Eight thousand dollars has been raised in relief' funds for the Beedy, and appeals continued for $7,000 additional. Practically -every city agency able to furnish assistance Is called upon by the police and city em- oyes from other departments in ue and relief work, T Sjgbtseers In Xfa antomobilea waters edge: frequently be floid vicOjaJs'? when uni ' J?i officers transferred ma- rqoued families from; canoes to motor.cars and ordered owners to carry then home." , governor -Austin Peay offered for relief service state highway department trucks, the national : "guard and resources of the state . health department.' - Both negro and white churchea havet tendered their, buildings forj r'oo4 refugees. The. hungry are, ?in fed where necessary from; i teens and soup and coffee : ?s, now functioning reffularljr, PROGRAM C1IVEN FOR INAU URAL lXSR TO nKOOMt KIMRALL PRESIDKXT JANUARY 1 HUiop Shepanl to bo, In Charge of Impressive Cerenonle at Methodist Church pnauguration of lohn Martin Clnse as president of Kimball Sfhool of Theology will be held Jlnuary 18, with Bishop William fl Shepard pnesidlcs- f The academic procession will fc-ave Kimball, chapel at 1:30 p. fi. and procee to the First Meth odist church yhere the inaugural ceremonies wijl be held. The in augural progrfm follows: Address. rhe Relation of Christian Education to the Devel opment of the Pacific Northwest," by Dr. Carl dregg Doney. presi dent of Willamette university. Address. '"What the Northwest may expect ol Kimball College," by Edward R. Todd, president of College of Puget Sound, Ta- coma. Address, "The Ministerial Situ ation in the Northwest," by Dr. Edward Taird Mills, editor of the Pacific Christian Advocate, Port land. - Address, "The Scope and Mo tive i of Theological Schools," by John Martin Canse, president of Kimball school. Instrumental and vocal num bers. An informal luncheon for the speakers, official delegates, district DiinaHlttpnHpnta nf tho aron an1 I oard of trustees will be held fol lowing the inaugural ceremonies. The homecoming program will bo held in the evening in the audi torium of the First Methodisi (Continued on page 4.) U. S. AIRPLANE ARRIVE Aviators Given Great Reception by .Vera. .Cruz Populace VERACRUZ. Dec. 30 -(AP) Led by Major Herbert A. Dargue, commander lot the United States army paJ-Amrican flight squad ron, the. four planes which were held up for a week at Tampico, reached Vera Cruz this afternoon. They were the New York, St. Louis, San Antonio and Detroit. The San Francisco, in command of Captain Ira C. Baker, flew to Vera Cruz last week, after futile at tempts had been made to start the other planes. The American aviators swept down to the bay and found a safe mooring place;, then the fliers came to shore while bands played the national atthems and the au thorities and populace gave them a great reception. POLICE HUNT FOR BODIES Quadruple Murder Thought Com r mitted Ten Tears Ago WHITTIER, Cal., Dec. 30. (AP) Search for the bodies of four persons whom authorities suspect may have been slain by George Hassell, now held in Texas for the confessed slaying of .his wife and eight step children near Farwell. Texas, was being made here today by the police- ' The quadruple murder Is be lieved to have been committed ten years ago and the bodies of a woman, thought to have been . the first wife of Hassell, and her three children were buried beneath a house on the outskirts of Whit tier. Police are persuing old city records in an attempt to ascertain the Hassell address at that time. EXTRADITION REFUSED Deaust Wanted in Michigan, Em ployed as Portland Decorator Governor Pierce refused to issue papers for the extradition of Jo seph E. Deaust, who was wanted in Jackson, Mich., for a liquor vio lation. At an extradition hearing held in the executive department it was brought out that bondsmen for Deaust had paid to the state of Michigan $3000, and that' an effort was made by the officers to confiscate his automobile. Deaust has a wife and baby and lives in Portland where he is em ployed as a decorator. ROYALTY GO AS TOURISTS King and Queen of Belgium and Prince Arrive in France ST. RAPHAEL, Var, France, Dec. 30. (AP) Traveling with the simplicity of ordinary Riv iera tourists. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, with their son.i Prince Charles, stepped from the noon train here today, to spend a fortnight or more holiday, v 4' ' r;-? l King Albert himself fetched a carriage in which i; he- and tne queen drove to fegjej, thv 1 CO WILL BECOME URGE fiOFfllL Foreign" Firms Who Have Not Applied for Conces sions Affected STATUS HELD UNCERTAIN American IntereHts Refuse to Com ply Willi Imw, ItcHeviiig "Confirmation of Rights" a Misnomer MEXICO CITY, TJec. ?.0. (By AP.) The Mexican government theoretically will become one of the biggest owners of oil lands in the world on January 1 unless there is a last-minute alteration in the situation brought about by promulgation of the new petrol eum and land laws and the failure of the oil companies thus far to accept the laws. lender the terms of the new regulations all oil lands under for eign title, the holders of which have not applied for confirmatory concessions before January 1, will revert automatically to the Mexi can government. President Calles has refused to grant an extension of time for making these regula tiona effective. I ieuner government ouiciais nor representatives of the oil com panies here have accurate statis tics regarding all the property in volved, but unofficial estimates are that many thousands of acres with a potential value of perhaps billions of dollars are affected. Fundamentally the deadlock be tween the Mexican government and the most important foreign oil companies continues apparently (Continued on page &,) BOOZE SMUGGLERS HELD Grand Jury to Investigate Charges Filed Against Men PORTLAND, Dec. 30. (AP) Roy S. Mitchell and Harold Wood ward, members of the crew of the West Hixton, were bound over to await action of the federal grand jury today on charges of smuggl ing. Each is held under bail of $1500. The two men were arrested on the night of Dec. 20 by prohibition agents of the customs service as they were drawing away from the West Hixton in a small boat. Ac cording to the arresting agents 439 cans of vodka and a quart of whiskey was seized. i ( TOPIG-HT , 1 Z ft W) ' $900,000 JDEFJCIT EXPECTED IN 1927 YEAR'S EXPENSES -7,44701, COMMISSION ESTIMATES Tobacco Tax Might Have Wiped Out Deficit Say State Tax Body The total amount of money that will be required to conduct all state functions during 1927, as estimated by the state tax com mission at the time of making next year's tax levy here yester day, is $7,447, 561. SO. This amount does not include any appropria tions that may be authorized by the 1927 legislature outside of the estimates of the tax commission. , Although the apparent demands of the state for 1927 within, the six per cent limitation amendment aggregated $3,093,575.42, the commission was limited to levying a state tax of $2,160,737.62, which would leave an estimated deficit on December 31, 19 27. of approximately $932,838.37. The tax levied by the commission for the year 192 7 is six per cent iri excess of that levied a year ago. ' Revenues from the millage taxes which are outside of the six per cent limitation amendment were estimated for the year 1927 at $5,286,824.18. These include 8 7-Gl.607.tt3 for Oregon Agricul tural college, $571,205.49 for the University of Oregon, $66,640.64 for the Oregon state normal school, $2,221,354.70 for elemen- Continued on pare 4.) FISHERMEN TO CONVENE State Council Will Act as Clearing House for Problems PORTLAND, Dec. 30. (AP) A state council of fishermen will be perfected at a meeting to be held here on January 9. The organization is to be a clearing house for all problems of the fishing trade and will include representative from organizations involving a total membership of 3, 0.0 0 fishermen plying their busi ness on their Columbia river and streams flowing into the Pacific ocean on the Oregon coast. Jack Curtis, Astoria, was elect ed president of the new council at the first organization meeting held here on Dec. 5. NESTUCCA BAY CLOSED Fishing to lxx Prohibited From February 1 to July 5 PORTLAND. Dec. 30. (AP) All waters of Nestucca bay and tributaries will be closed to net and commercial fishing between Feb. 1 and July 5 each year until further orders. A. W. Franklin, master fish warden for the Oregon fish commission, announced today in issuing the closing order. ANOTHER SKELETON IN OUR CLOSET EX-BALL PLAYER STARS IN OPERA INJURED WIFE GIVEN BULLE TINS BY TELEPHONE Debut Worse Than Going to Bat With Bawcs Full, Says MacPherson NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (AP) A voice that once shouted "Are you blind?" when sandlot umpires called a strike, boomed through the Metropolitan opera house to day. The voice was that of Joseph MacPherson, who four years ago was playing semi-pro baseball on vacant lots in Nashville, Tenn. MacPherson, 26 years old and with only three years of vocal training as preparation for the test, made his debut, singing the King in Verdi's "Aida" at a bene fit matinee. Tullio Serafin, Metropolitan conductor under whose agile baton the performance was given, said of MacPherson's voice: "It is pleasing and rich. There is much promise. He sings with security, even under the strain of a debut." Members of the cast called the debut a success. Back stage, in a two-by-four dressing room, MacPherson sat, completely relaxed, after the sec ond act, the last in which the king appears. "By golly," he said, "that was worse than coming up to bat with the bases loaded and two out and the score tied in the ninth." Gaeteno Delucca, Nashville voc al instructor who snatched Mac Pherson from a minstrel show or ganized, to earn money for his team to buy balls and bats, trained him and put him in the "major league" in three years, dashed into the dressing room to find his pupil in a predicament. MacPher son, king's whiskers, regal robes, sandals and crown still on, was being unharnessed, but he didn't know how to get the paint off his (Continued on pag 3.) ALASKAN PEAK ERUPTS Fear Felt for Safety of Residents at Base of Volcano DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Dec. 30. (AP.) Fire and vapor to day burst from Mt. Makushin, southwest of Dutch Harbor, and a heavy smoke tonight continued to pour from the peaks. Fears were felt for the safety of resi dents of Makushin, a village near the mountain. A slight earthquake was felt here about the time the eruption was first seen. Mt. Makushin, an active volcano 5691 feet high, is on the northwest shore of Una laska island, the largest of the eastern Aleutians. As early as 1792 it was seen in eruption. COUNCIL SHOWS DISGQR OVER ATTORNEY Informal Caucus Last Night With One Alderman Ab sent From Meeting DISCUSS TRAFFIC RULES No Objection to Election of Other City Officers Raised, Regular ' Session to Bo Held on Mon day Evening Strong opposition to the reten tion of Fred Williams as city at torney developed at a secret cau cus of the city council last night, it was learned following the meet ing. In a vote taken with Alder man E. B. Grabenhorst absent, an equal number of councilmen voted for the retention of Williams, and for the election of Chris Kowitz, who was city attorney preceding Williarasit is reported. The vote taken last night was not official, but is believed to give a good indication of how the coun cil will line up at the Monday night meeting. Considerable dissatisfaction with Williams methods while city at torney has been in evidence all year, caused chiefly by alleged failure to prosecute drunken driv ers severely, and by his disbelief in the city's prospect of success in its fight against the stage lines over license fees. No objection to re-election of any other city officers was raised at the caucus, it was further learned last night. An informal discussion of the combined traffic ordinance, re cently drawn up, was held. The bill will come up soon in the city council. Several details of the bill were ironed out. RUSSIAN PREDICTS WAR All Great Conflicts Declared to Have Followed Sun Spots PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30. (AP) Another great war within two years, caused by the culmin ation of a period of sun-spot ac tivity, is among the possibilities, according to Professor TcbiJovsky, of the University of Moscow. His paper, sent from Russia, was read today before the meteor ological section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Prof. V. P. Smitt, lecturer on meteorology at Colum bia university. The Russian declared that all great wars had followed periods of intense sun-spot activity. FINDS ONLY THREE EGGS Confesses Breaking Into West Sa lem Residence Yesterday Hunger and a guilty conscience last night lodged Harold Nielsen in the city jail. He walked into police headquarters at a late hour saying that he had been compelled by hunger to break into a house in West Salem in search of food. All he could find were three eggs. He'then came over to police headquarters, admitted the theft, and was locked up for the night. Deputy ' Sheriff Imlah of Polk county wont to investigate the theft, and at a late hour last night had not reported. WOMAN KILLED Y TREE Daughter Probably Will Succumb From Serious Injuries SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Dec. 30. (AP) A. tree falling across the state highway 40 miles north of Santa Barbara at 6 o'clock to night instantly killed Mrs. Sallie Malloy of Ballard, and probably fatally Injured her daughter. The tree, between Nojoqui grade and Buellton, was one of the largest on the highway and fell without warning. ' BABIES B(URN TO DEATH One Succumb in Flames; Other Dies Knroute to Hospital SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Dec. 30 (AP) Adrian Gutierrez, age two, and Isreal Mirales, aged 18 months, cousins, burned to death in their home here tonight. The Mirales child was ; dead - when lames of unknown : origin were discovered and the other baby suc cumbed while being rushed to a hospital. PRUNE GROWERS MEET WEDNESDAY CHAMBER OF; COMMERCE . SENDING OCT INVnailUAS Nine Counties Hold Similar Meet ings, Great Interest Mani- '. fested Possible methods of organiiing prune growers and packers will be discussed at a meeting open to all prune growers and any others In terested in prunes, to be held on Wednesday afternoon, January 5, at 1:30 o'clock at the Salem Chamber of Commerce. R. H. Klpp, manager of the marketing department of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, will discuss possible forms of or ganizing, as will C. J. Hurd, mar keting specialist of the OAC fac ulty. Similar meetings have already been held in nine counties, in all of which the growers have re sponded with much interest. A big sentiment is growing among prune men to have the growers and packers cooperate to help stabilize the market. No one will be asked to join any organization at the meeting Wed nesday, but will merely be asked to discuss plans for obtaining bet ter cooperation. The main object of the meeting is to stabilize and improve the prune market. The Salem Chamber of Com merce, is sending out invitations to most of the prune growers of the county, asking them to attend the meeting. DOOR WEIGHS 21 TONS Elevator Services Begins, Tenants Moving to New Rooms Tenants began moving into the new First National Bank building yesterday. Elevator service has begun and by Monday, the first business day of the New Year, most of the offices will be ready for occupants. A door weighing 21 tons is being nuns' in tne--bank quarters. Offi cials believe it to be the heaviest door in the state. It will be the burglar-proof portal of one of two bank vaults. Modern holdup alarms and vault alarms will be part of the protec tive system. So huge is the 21-ton door that it is necessary to have a movable floor before the vault so that the door can be opened and shut. BREMMER SEEK POSITION Resigns as Depnty Sheriff; Barber Receives Appointment Walter Bremmer, deputy sheriff of Marion county, has resigned his position and has entered the con test for the office of district game warden. Mr. Bremmer previous ly served -as district game warden but retired from this service soon after the election of Governor Pierce four years ago. Walter Barber has been ap pointed by Sheriff Bower to suc ceed Mr. Bremmer as deputy sheriff. CHIEF JUSTICE 12 YEARS Burnett to Assume Duties for Two Year Period George H. Burnett, for the sec ond time since he became a mem ber of the state supreme court, will become chief justice of that body next Monday. He will suc ceed Thomas A. McBride, and will serve as chief Justice for a term of two years. The records show that Justice McBride has served as chief jus tice of the court a total, of 12 years. STORM WARNINGS FLY Strong Southerly Winds Predicted Along Oregon, Coast SEATTLE, Dec. 30 AP) - Continuance of advisory southeast storm warnings on the' Pacific coast from Marshfield, Ore., , to Tatoosh, Wash., and on the Strait of Juan de Fuca west of Port An geles. Wash., was ordered tonight by the United States, weather bur eau. Strong southerly winds to morrow were predicted. r SEATTLE FEELS QUAKE -".-i-- :.' I Temblor Shakes Dishes and Rat tle Janes of Windows ; 1 SEATTLE, Dec. 30 (AP) Although an earthquake which shook Washington at 10 o'clock this morning was felt by- housed holders .here, it was not recorded at the University of Washington as the roil of paper on the school's seismograph waa ' being changed, it . was. explained tonight, The temblor shook dishes and rattled window panes. POISOfJ LIQUOR TOLL OF DEATH PLACED AT-1 15 Only Larger Pacific Coast Population Centers In- eluded in Count NEW FORMULA PLANNED; Government Would Stake Indus trial Alcohol Jhtd Tasting Without Resorting to Harmful Ingredients SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30 (AP) The insiduous, paralyzing and strangling specter of death that hides in the bottle and flask of the prohibition era, has claimed' 115 victims In the larger Pacific coast centers this year to date, with the possibUity that the holi day season will add many more to the number. The nature of the different" poisons varied widely, from that found in the supposed "good tuff" peddled by bootleggers, to' the concoctions that have 4een rendered legitimate alcoholic pro-1 ducts meant for anything hut bev-' erage purposes. San Francisco' and Seattle appeared to 4e ."neck and neck" in the gruesome toll.' twenty-eight have been .killed in' this city and approximately the same number in the northern city. Los Angeles reported that 14 have died in that city from illicit liquor drinking, while the -toll for Sacramento waa ten. Two of the Sacramento deaths, however, -had . other contributing causes." Eight drank death out of the bottle and- the flask in Tacoma.-and six each in Portland and Spokane. ,Th toll for San Diego shows flva hlllArl bll Pnuno rararilM rTt i liquor death. .. ' counties, reported a tan oi seven . m dead. The figures were gathered for the most part by coroners - .and health authorities. They dp .not f CnntrmiMi on 9r , , . y NEW PRUN-PORT " PLANT PROPOSED INVESTMENT AMOUNTS T-O ? 15,000 FOR EQUIPMENT' Plant to Make Syrup and Manna- lade, Pulverize Pits For Fertilizer To! Ho! Ho! and 300 gallon s day of Prun-Port. There Is a vita min kick in every sip of this new drink, declared J. C. Beers, repre senting the Major Fruit Products company of Portland, who propose to establish another plant in Salem. . Production is scheduled to start on January 16. More than 30 prune growers in Marion and Polk counties and a number of Salem business men are backing the en-, terprise. The investment amounts to S15.000 for plant equipment. A location has not yet been selected.. The new drink, Prun-Port, irtll he introduced to the bottlers of Oregon when they have their an nual convention at Salem Febru ary 15. - . , The proposed plant will ' make Prun-Port syrup and prune marm alade. The syrup will be dispensed in standard syrup containers to the bottling trade for car Donating as a five-cent drink and to jobbers , for distribution to the fountain trade. A display advertising cf an- . paign is proposed to help intro- . duce the new drink.- . If the packers have learned to use everything In a pig .but b is squeal, the makers of Prun-Port ' may ..go , 4he.m- one.ijetexj JCiey will try to eventually, use ateo lutely .everything In ptupes a- cluding the flavor. f r f C J n t -i After extracting the yrup -a.r- ly as much pnlp. remain as Jefrej This pulp makes an excellent mar-s malade. i . , 4 :, - Analysis oj Prun-Port pj jbj fc n i 1st of known reputation will, .be made. The manufacturers Jtt ow. that Prun-Port, makes ,adelJci5us and a healthful drink, jbut. tiey intend to convince the public, v, - The prune pit is high 4a, jotisS content and it la proposed -eventually to pulverize the pita so that the resulting product "may be sold to florists, to nse as .fertilizer.' From ;, the kernel, an. eyccll-r.t imitation oil of Almonds .can 3 produced, Mr. Beers .declared. i:r said no attempt has yet -been ma,l to estimate the profit xto -be t iadu from these by-products. T