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1: 'R?"?gV(3ry ynoa -y ancrrpsperous MeYear, arid High Resolves for Unselfish arid .as JlMHh -a If one's everv -wlshr eonld-hn gratified 'as' s WEATHER lORECAST; Unsettled, rain fin west 'portion southerly gales "on" coast.'. Maximum yesterday, 51; minimum, 41; river, 7.5; rainfall, il 2; atmosphere, part cloudy; wlad, southeast. . ho makes It, about two 'days experience would 'prove to teach' him the lesson of contentment; with what ho has..-. divorce action .between : opportunity and- vcmevement, ? V t i 4 IB i AUTO CRASHES IfJSTSTlEE in Filipino Youths or Way to Portland From jndepend- . ence; Crash at Canby CAR COMPLETE WRECK ;e Slightly Damaged, One IJoj iously Hurt, First Aid Treat- t GlTen, All Taken to Oregon City li was fataliy injur- f '11 fV wliei their car - ran Into a o t h b o und Portland-Ashland 'atra voiforrfsir oftarnnnn nt 1-9fl j 'clock ' as the stage was pulling out ; fron the station at Canby. Dan Sazala and Carmen Taplay, passensers' in' the car with Salo mon" and Batek, were slightly in- Jured. - '- , ' :' " ' The : four Injured youths were Filipinos who had been t working on. a farm near Independence and were , on their way to Portland when the .accident happened.: ' They were drWing through. Can by at ft ' rate of speed, estimated by eyewitnesses at between 25 and SO miles an hour, Just aa the stage drlyeni by W. Iu Marsh started to pull away : from the stage depot. The drtTer of the car apparent- 'H: lost 'control or became excited, av mt YiauA gvrk Intn tTtA ' BLacel-Nrh'e "car - wa completely ' ' wrecked the front seat being torn ' from .Its foundation and thrown 15 Jteet by the force of the im- - pact. ' V ?;: - -V- - The stage was only slightly damaged, f -V-l-H . First iid treatment was given the Injured boys by a Canby phy sician, and they were rushed to an ! Orego City hospital In private a vat a. i -. Salomon received serious intern ( Continual tf 2.) CHICAGO RIOTS r " 1 - 1 BLAZING ANEW MACHINE GUN MURDERER IS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Man Who. Killed Hymle AVclss in October la Identified by Woman Witness CHICAGO. Dec. 31 CAP) One of the two machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, gangster chieftain, last October 10 from a nest in a rooming house window beside the Holy Name cathedral on North State street, was-Identified today as he- lay dead on a .slab in the county morgue, himself a victim .of renewed I bootleg war fare. ' - - . Mrs. Virginia Romain, employe of the rooming house from whose window came the raking- fire Which killed. Weiss and -wounded three companions,' including W. W7 O'Brien, looked at the body of Hillyar Clements, found last night with three bullet wounds in the head, and declared it to be that pf one, of two men who occupied the' room theday of the shooting. Clements had lately .renounced the "beer racket" and had gone 'to ,work in the stockyards. , Dis covery, of his boJy followed his diaappearanca and a search of more than a week by his brother. - Police immediately denominated Clements' slaying a reprisal for thel death of Weiss, and said it borb out their prediction that the truce which followed Weiss' slay ins is ended: '-; - jSALEMjWOMM-INJURED fcw Nov Hu4vbHMn ,Su fvt- C iir ussiott lit 11 hjh wa y i rash OUFXON f CITY. jUit, ' 31 i A V Two automobiles were risked and Nova Hutchin.son of S.item suffered a concussion ot the brbfn in a. collision here today. Mis Hutchinson was riding in a ear driven by her father. The olbej machine was driven by C. G. - Vorhieu of Portland. None of the live persons in the Vorhlcs car yaa Injure!. . , AE TJ1 COMING OF NEW YEAR WITNESSED IXFAXT OF 1927 TELLS OF GREAT THINGS IX STORE ' Happy Season in Sight for ETery " one in Country, Great Pros- perity The Gods have brought around another brand new year for Sa lem and Marion county and Ore gon and the rest of the world. The proper place to go for a look at 1927 s far as Saiem is concerned is the top of our newest and tallest business hlock, the First National Bank building. From there . one can -take a long look ahead. 1 It was from the eleventh floor of this edifice that reporters for The Statesman got the first glimpse of this youngster coming over the hills east of the city early today. ' Important news he brought, and spilled to the reporters in his young ambitious way so that every one might know just what; he In tends to do. Through years of ex perience reporters have learned to take with reservations announce ments' that involved rosy and" op timistic promises for the future. r "It's all right, Mr. 1927. if you think all this will really happen, for us to quote you, isn-t it? We ourselves do not wish to appear too optimistic, because some of the statements we might make on your behalf might be taken excep tion to by some of your success- (Continued on pi 6.) MAY DEFEAT DRASTIC CUT Reduction of Number of Steno graphers Favored by Clerk Drastic reduction in the number of stenographers and clerks em ployed during the 1927 legislative session has the support of Fred Draget, chief clerk of the house of representatives, and John' Huut who, as chief clerk of the senate will open thathranch of the legis lature. , The; innovation of doing away with approximately 50 per cent of the stenographers and clerks in the two branches of the legislature was first suggested by John Car kin, speaker-elect of the house of representatives. It Was Indicated here j-eaterday that the proposal may meet with defeat, however, in that a. large number of senators and represen tatives were said to have promised stenographic jobs to their friends. ' - ' ' . archite'ctspa'y" fees State Board Reports Over SM.OOO Balance in Treasury A total of 123 architects have paid their renewal fee foF the year 1927, according to a report filed with the governor here yesterday by the Oregon state board of arch itect examiners. Certificates were issued to' 11 Oregon applicants d urine the Bast year. Receipts ier the year ; aggregated $47T.u."j wjth disbursements of I595.J.4. On November 30. 1926, the board haa a balance of $4181.99 in its treas7 ury. This money will revert tP the general fund of the state, j OBSERVE THRIFT WEEK Twenty Organizations WillTake Part in Annual AffaUC A committee headed by David Rvra is butiv lavine plans for Sa lem's --participation in National Thrift Week, from January 17 to 24. ' Twenty organizations here will' take part in the programs, which are sponsored by the Salem YMCA.. i' .,(. A meeting V will ; Je held next week to further th plans , This will be the: sixth-Annual ;observ- ance et Thrift Week in Salem. AUTHORIZE RrYTE CHANGE Affects "Jk iW Ont oftWs and ' i'urry t oinany .flrrojvriy ,; The publib jterric. com miss jon yesterday issued an order author izing a sliKht Inreaso in the rates of the Coos? & Curry Telephone company., It wit said i that the rale lacrwase would affect. approxi mately JfS jPer cent et 4he com pany's stations. A public hearing On. the rate increase was , held in Marsblield recently. :; Tho ? t o w 1827FDREGSST t STATE GOOD OEGlESil . I -,' ., . J. ' . JL, I ""' I. I II I II I LH I W III I MIIIM . Oregon People Possessed of . Unusual Spirit of Optim ism Says Report t- CONFIDENCE IN NEW YEAR No liurcaso in Highway Construe tion Expected During Coming Year, Agriculturists Not Disheartened , The year 1926 proved a pros perous era In the state oj. Oregon. The basic industries of the state have encountered no serious ob stacles during the past 12 moths. Employment ha3 been .well baW anced. wages have been, satisfac tory in the" skilled trades and there have been no i material dis putes of any importance. These were the outstanding statements in a report issued here yesterday C. If. Gram state labor commissioner, in connection with industrial conditions in Oregon during the past year. y ; , "The year 1927 willfind the people of Oregon possessed' of an unusual spirit of optimism," read the report. "There eems to be no alarm felt in an? section of the (Continued d page, 4.) GIFTS,. .FOR.- .HOSPITAL 14 Help 'Make'; Year .Merrier for t; y Some' Sick Folk. ;-iA. .; ' " fi ;, : i -f :-' ' The Salem General hospital was presented with substantial gifts during December from 14 donors. Many of the gifts were given to help make Christmas merrier for those confined to the hospital dur ing the holidays. . Acknowledgement is made to Mrs. Frank Spears, Mrs. Walter Spaulding, Hal. D. Patton, Miss White Ley, Lute Savage,' John Graber,' Dr. and Mrs. Vehrs, Doc tors Saurman and Sleeves; C. B. Webb, H. S. Gile, E. B. Wood, Joe Trecole. Harr White of the Bap tist church, and the Young Mar ried People ol the Presbyterian church. Wake Up ' ''"' ";'" 5 Iiew yegr POSTALRECOPTS SHjO W LARGE GAIN FARRAR SAYS INCREASE IS DUE TOGENERAL GROWTH Christinas Packages Mailed Dur ing Deceiiber Indicates Cooperation Postoffice receipts increased $12000 in Salem for the quarter ending yesterday, Dec. 31, 1926, compared with the same period for 1925, The increase-was gen erally distributed (hrough the quarter and may be traced to the general growth and expansion of Salem, John H. Farrar, postmas ter, declared. . This increase averages $4,000 a month for October, November and December, and was derived from all classes of postal reven ues. The total: receipts for this year's final quarter was over $66, 000. 1 Last year's corresponding H,fiod brought postal revenues of 5M.264.61. The "mail your Christmas pack zges early" campaign is bringing results. Postmaster Farrar said. The load this year was well dis tributed throughout the month, aid there wag evidence ef better wrapping and packing or mailed pac-ltaj;')s. Claims have been ftw following the Christmas gift sea 3or.. CAR HITS PARKED TRUCK Three Portland People. Injured iu Crash Near Rickreall "Two Portland people and a four year , old child were .injured late last night when their north bound ear ran into the rear end of a truck parked on the West Side highway one mile north of Rick real!. The two adults, A. M. Johnson, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnson, his sister-in-law, were seriously injured, while, Pauline, the four year' old daughter of Mrs. Johns6n, was in jured slightly. ' Their car was completely wrecked by the impact. They claim that the truck tad bo tail light. It bad stopped because out of gas. All three persons were rushed to a local hospital by the Golden ambulance. Johnson had a brok en shoulder, was badly bruised, and otherwise injured, it was re ported. Mrs. Johnson suffered severely from shock and bruises. The child was able to continue to Portland with friends. the New Year 's Mere.! 3 ' ':- ',nX!SD mis. Hia Mi fetiMM CHEMISTS SEEK TO HALT POISON MELLON AND WHEELER DIS CUSS DENATURING PROBLEM Treasury Chief Declares He Does Not Intend to) Endanger Lives WASHINGTON, Dec. 3L- (AP) A discussion between Secretary Mellonand Wayne B. Wheeler, of the Anti-Saloon League, on poison liquor today; brought forth a re iteration from the treasury chief that the government does not in tend to endanger the lives of drinkers in its adulteration of in dustrial alcohol. Mr. Wheeler went to Mr. Mel Ion's office to protest against the government's plan to abandon the denaturing of industrial alcohol with poisons to prevent its pas sage into bootleg channels. He held that wood alcohol should be continued as an adulter ant until other effective substi tutes were discovered to make in dustrial alcohol unfit for beverage purposes. Secretary Mellon, however, de clared he was not in favor of any 'ienaturant which would fatally poison American citizens, even to enforce the law. "After the secre tary had ountlined his views, Mr. Wheeler agred that poisonous ad ulterants should be eliminated as soon as feasible. j Mr. Mellon declared that wood ak-ohol still was a component of the denaturing formula but gov ernment chemists were hoping shortly to produce a haiimless but nauseating adulterant. The Anti Saloon leader also assured by the treasury secretary that .preventive (CcBtinnnd on ' - I L LICENSE BUREAU OPEN Lst Minute Rush of Motorists Expect ed at Department. ' To help accommodate-the last minute rush of motorists who for got to do their 1927 license plate shopping early, the motor vehicle department will be kept open to day Jrom 8 o'clock this morning to 5 o'clock this afternoon, it, was announced yesterday bV Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. For the last two days long lines of last , minute applicants have stood before the door of the de partment's temporary quarters at Ferry and High streets. Plates for 20,000 commercial vehicles were reserved early. , " ... f J :-0ftttMy 'Warner Brot. : ' ' ' ' .. . m :: i 1.1 napEinSs f JOBS FOR ALL Mora Nation Can Look Forward to Continuation of Economic Progress FARMERS SUFFER MOST High Degree of Employment in all Lines Except Textile and Coal Is Forecast for New Year ( WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. (Byl AP) The New Year brings a promise of a job for nearly every American, . Secretary Hoover said today, and a business outlook that is at least free from fear of a violent commercial or financial cataclysm. Despite agricultural conditions and reeent recessions in production and consumption, the nation, in his opinion, can look forward hopefully to a continua tion of its economic progress. "A reply to requests for opin ion on. the new year's erconomic prospects can only be based: upon the economic ' currents already. born of the old year," the, com merce secretary said in a formal statement. "New and unknown currents will . enter in the new year, so there is no such thing as assured economic prophecy. "No one will, deny that 1926 has shown theihighest total pro duction and consumntion nf in. dustraf commodities of any year nx the history "of the United States. Esfcept in the textile industry and parts of the coal industry, it has been a. year of high degree of em ployment, which has been accom panied by the highest peak in real wages, because wage income for the country as a whole bas slight ly increased and costj of living (Contlnnsd on pc 5.) AIM EE MUST HAVE TfIAL " Evangelist and Three Co-Defendants Will Be Prosecuted LrOS AaGPLLS, Dec. 31. A definite policy that Aimee Semple McPherson and her three-co-defendants must stand trial in su perior court, on charges growing qut of her disappearance and story of kidnapping has been adopted by the district attorney's office, tie prosecuting attorneys declared tonight. i Information againsthe auburn hliired evangelist, her former ra-. do man, 'Kenneth .G. Ormiston, her mother. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, aftd Mrs. Lorraine Wi$eman-Sie-laff will be filed immediately fol lowing the report of the county gnfand juTy, which will resume its investigation of the case Tuesday. DRAFT: BEE MEASURE PiIk County Greatly InteresteI iu Work According to 3Iead The beekeepers' bill is being drafted !y W. .WJ Harcpmbeidia-, tict attorney for p.olk county, ac cording to H. M. Mead of Salem, be inspector for Polk county, .hls measure Willi be presented to tlie legislature o behalf of the legislative committee of the State Iee keepers'1 association. I Polk cennty, Mft Mead said, has paid $60- toward j bee inspection ork thiti year and' lias further evidenced their, interest n modern nlethods of beekeeping ihy pledg iig $250 for 1927 i : I - ''" . ;it : ' 1 FIERCE SPEAKS MONDAY ?!.. '- i r ' 1 Gbvcrnor. ExiMctI 1 ltivo Ko unic if Work During1 Term : - 'Jt;: ; j ; ' - . Governor I Waltel" ML. Pierce will g&r& a f kreweiL'.ddrcs4 Monday, nqon at the Chamber of Commerce Iufcehedny He as invited! to speak either that date or January 10, hv(t on January id-will' pe giving hi 4 farewell message to the legis lature, i - , ' " - j jjThe governor is expected to gie a renumc f work done dur- YMCA NEW YEAR PROGRAM TODAY RADIO RETURNS OF ALABAMA STANFORD GAME FEATURE Swimming, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball Games Make Up Schedule Radio returns from the Stanford Alabama football game will be one feature in the YMCA New Year'a day program beginning this afternoon at 2 o'clock and lasting all aCternoon and" evening. Sep arate rprograms will be held in the physical , department, swimming tank .and lobby. The gymnasium program will begiij with an exhibition by tho boys' gymnasium class of begin ners, with Harvey Brock in charge. The junior high school boys will give an exhibition at 3 o'clock, and wijlhave a basket ball -game at. 4 : 15 o'clock. At 5:30 o'clock there will be a volleyball game between two picked teams. One is composed of Dr. E. L. .Barrick, : captain, P.: Acton, Hertzog, Rev. E. C. Ward B Wright, Powers and Lee. The other is - made up of Hilborn, cap tain. Richey. Gregg, O. J. " Hull, Eakin, L. Gleason and Wenger. Two teams from the Lutheran churches will play each other. From 7 to 7:30 o'clock there will be exhibitions of tumbling, wrestling and wire walking. At 8:15 the Oregon Pulp & Paper company will meet Cooley-Pearson in a basketball same In the swimming tank there will be a water polo game at 2:45 o'clock between selected teams of ' JOontioned on page 4.) REPORT THREE INJURED It if 471 Accidenta in Week According to tate Commission There were three fsftalties In Oregon due to industrial accidents during jfhe week ending December 30, according to a report prepared here yesterday by Ihe state indus trial accident commission. The victims were Robert W. RandaIl,vPortland. window clean er; Jim 'Gram, Portland, repair department, and A. Rloux, East- side, boiler fireman. Of the 4 71 accidents ; reported during the week 372 '-were subpect to the pro visions of the workmens compen sation law; 97 were from firms dud corporations that have reject ed; the act; "and two were from public utility corporations pot en titled to state protection. i STAGE DRIVER INJURED Willis Falls From Top of Bus, Striking Head on Pavement Ed Willis, stage driver, jfell last from the roof of his stage night as he was unloading bag gage at the stage terminal. He tripped as he fell off, striking his head on the pavement. The ex tent of his injuries was undeter mined Jt was -reported at the hos pital to jwhich he was taken. Willis Is believed to. have lost his balance as he was standing near the edge of the 8tag0 roof. He toppled, tripped on 1 the railing around the edge, and fell head foremost. He was rushed to the hospital,; where he later regained partial consciousness. INDIAN GETS 30 DAYS Traffic Officers Catch Arouette Removing jLiceuso Plates L. R. Arquette, Indian Hying near Hubbard, made a practice of taking license platfes from other cars and using them on his own He got; away .with it for a time, but was caught yesterday by state traffic officers. ;' Arquette was sentenced yester day by Brazier Small, justice of the peace, to piay a fine of $50 and gprnd 30 days 'in the county Jail. His case is ; expected to be ; a warning to other offenders of the same nature, it was said yester- NAMED ON STATE GROUP . V - f i ' - . Fred WhJMen to Serve For Term of Threo Years , Fred C. WhItten- yesterday ws reappointed by Governor. Pierce. member "6f the state' industrial welfare commission. H e will serve ander his appointment for a pcritftl'of thrcs'jrearjk ir .jgaidlaj rccsgaitiou.prtlitiilHarlr ilNUiD AS REVEL EiS WITH STAMPEDE Ambulances Rush B a d l y Hurt to Hospitals as Crowd -Leaves for Home POLICE 'CONTROL - PANIC St. Paul Scene ofAnnual tlathcr- ing In Front of Edltfre for . ' Many Years on EjCjof . , ' New Year V LONDON, Jani l.-(AP) A panic in . which several persons were injured- and many women fainted, ended ; Lhe New Year's revel in front of St. PauPs cathed-; ral early this morning. In accordance with custom, im mense . crowds from all parts of London and its suburbs gathered before the famous church ;to cele brate the coming of the year,1927. The exact cause crtbe stampede is not known; but It was a little while after midnight when a sud den rush ofr people began down Lndgate Hillr which slopes fairly steep' fromthe west front of the cathedral. In a few moments women and children were scream ing, and men were ( shouting,, as the crowds sought safety froni -some unknown danger. " Women " and children fainted i others . were thrown down -to be trampled and kicked." Those meu and women who kept their heads seized children and held them above the'croVd, meanwhile i fight ing their way to side streets. For- . tunately there was an absence ot wheeled traffic which had been, di verted and by the ? time . the rush ' reached the foot of the hill and,' cur ints-Ludgate Circus,' the pres-, sure was relieved; But for those' who had gathered in, the vicinity, the celebration was over and they went to their homes much earlier ( Con tiou4 Ironl jmg 5.) ' . - -i - MOSCOW) REPORTS HELD UNFOUNDED VOLUNTARY . ACTIVITIES OF TOURISTS ERRONEOUS - , Attitude or American Goveinmcut , Toward Russia Believed I WASHINGTON, Dec. SI. (Tiy AP) From both the White Housn' , aud tne $;tate department tne wora ; went out today that ehere-was no basis for- reports ' from- Sloscpw' that the United States had .ap proached Russian officials on the ' subject of recognition. The Act statement was made at. the White House that President Coolidge knew of no recent move looking .toward recognition of the.-; Russian, soviet, ' while at Ihe state , department .it was stated that the , attitude; r the American govt-rn-J men t - toward JAussia was an-.: changed. ' - ' President . Coolidge feels -that.' diplomatic relations continuously suffer from the, voluntary -activi- " ties of Americans '. who. while abroad, create the erroneous im pression that they have authority -to represent; the United 1 States. Representatives of foreign govern- mentP, itf his opinion, frequently are misled and get the mistaken impression that they ? have been approached in an official way. . At the sthte departmenilt was : " said that the Hughe pronounce- j ment of 1923 that the' United j Slates would not discuss the ques- ' ' tlcn of Russian ; recognition, and ; did not propose ."to barter away nflnoinlon" TWresented correct-. y : the department's present atti tude. Russian-American relations were touched on in another quar-. ter today when Boris E. Bhuln- sky, director of tho Russian in formation bureau, said in a New . Year's statement that alpresei there aro obvious handicaps . to tho development of commercial re- - lotions between the United States ard the soviet union which, I hope will: be' removed in due course." Hti made no reference, "however. tf last night's Moscow 'U;jat h r- ' . " "T 'm',' 7'" '