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1 i J ! . Did You Know That the -Sqlenij District Is to Become the iCnter df; the Largest Mint Oil Producing-Industry inthejrld? KSdlem Noiv Has' a 'Peppermint .Oil Refinery;' in ' FuU'Oper&iok, W.iik 25'Poiinds Cdpacily an Hour9 to Be Increased to 250 Pounds " Weather forecast: Rain west asd prob ably local snows; rain east portion; rising; ' temperature; strong northeast and south winds. - Maximum, temperature - yesterday . 42, minim nm 26, river S.O, rainfall none, . atmosphere part cloudy, wlad southeast. . mm A prominent educator advocates that we hare more intelligent voting. The trouble la that the Republican and Democrats leaders can't agree on just what constitutes intelligent voting. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SAT .EM. OREGON, THURSDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS lit IWDUSTRY'S aDUCElTED AT LET HEBE Constructive Trend Taken , In Discussion At Asso ciation Sessions MANY GROWERS ATTEND GROWERS RELAX ATTEND BANQUET KKRIOC8 "Nrr BUSINESS. , . TABU AT GATHERING IS Assistance Which Agricultural College Strives to Giro Described Delegates ; attending the West ern Nut Growers association con tention la Salem sat down to their annual banquet last night n the Marion hotel. Charles R. Arch er d, local Implement dealer, acted toastmaster. . Qoyetnor and Mrs. Toiterson were honor ! guests at the banquet. "Shop talk" was strictly tabu I at the banquet. - Among- the doses lor more responses to calls from Dver 1255 Present "Wednesday and the chairman, j there wasn't one that talked nuts. Most of them More Expected to Jlrar Im portant Topics Today ; Varieties DIkbw ed. - Fulfilling advance that information really vital and beneficial to the growers would come to light, the 13th annual meeting of the Western Nut Grow ers association opened here Wed nesday with, morning and after noon sessions in the chamber of commerce rooms. The sessions will f " Tbe continued today, with the busl- iZTmuss meeting at 1 P. m.,me morn ing session will lUrt at 9:80 About 125 growers, some of them coming from as far away as the Vancouver district In Washing ton and points In California, were present Wednesday, and It is ex pected that today, when topics of even greater general Interest are to be discussed, the attendance will approach the 200 mark. Many local business men are taking an Interest and attending the ses sions. Varieties Discussed One of ther topics discussed Wednesday which proved especlal--s ly practical was occasioned by the ("report. of C. E. Schuster of the l iregon State Agricultural college, ob a walnut seedling project which ha has been conducting in cooper- 1 atioh with, the growers. .1 With the Idea that.the walnut L grower who raises only Fran- 'I quetteis 'putting his eggs all In f one basket," the professor Is co-j 1 oneratina with- growers in con- ducting an experiment to find and VproTe feasible another rariety, JJ;islth the fact thoroughly in mind '-IhaFihere is no such proven var- ieiy Known uww xv a growers. 3Iay Reach Solution Growers are experimenting with seedlings, however, and sending confessed, rather, to being "nuts" and used their time at telling thslr pet stories and the latest jokes.' It was a general all around fnn meeting and a relax- predktiona; lag from , the serious discussions of the day. Even the governor participated In the humor of the gathering and said retry little about the business ot the nut In dustry.' The entire .evening was spent in a Jingling of wit and re partee. John U. Smith from New berg probably f carried , off the honors of the even Inc. The only serious talk' of the evening was by Professor Brown, head of the horticulture- depart ment at the Oregon State Agri cultural college, who said that while the college was doing all It could to promote the better grow ing of walnuts la this section, what was most needed was a par cel of land that had the right kind of soli upon which experiments could be carried out. He stated that the land owned by the col lege did not have the proper soil requirements for this purpose. Among those who responded' to the call of toastmaster Archerd were : John U. Smith, Newberg ; George Dorrls, Eugene; M. P. (CoBtinoe4 en pas 2) ADMITS KILLING SPOUSE Woman Used Hammer and Table Z Jjog to Murder Husband fill. SELECTS 1(1 FOR 1920 HE CITY Deadlock Continues For Hours pefore Decision Finally Reached! ' FRISCO ALMOST CHOSEN Detroit Runs Poor Bnt Continues Third As Opposition Voiced By Dry Element, Par ttcmtarly Women (Continued ob pt 2) TAXATION TREND NOTED BY KOZER SMALL PERIODICAL 1)PAX HEMS BECOMING "POPITLAB Sources Also Must Be More Wide spread, Says Secretary of State "Wider distribution of the tax I urden, through - frequent ' small I ' payments, no one of which shall be onerous," is the trend of the I . , times,, according to the statement 1 . ' of Sam A. Koxerr secretary ot ! state. In an address before the Al- bany chamber of commerce Wed iT -STesday. At the same time, Mr. Kozer did not contend for any par-slj-- ticnlar form of taxation." : ' "We do secure." he Bald.!fbe- i tween a minion and .""n half and - : twor jnilllon dollars annually from taxes on insurance premiums, ; tax es on inheritances, corporation M- ceasefees, interest -onstate de posits, etc, but this -sum is not nearly sufficient to meetMhe; an nual requirements of 'the state.' - "By Including other items which would relieve property of the. gen eral state tax relief would be af forded without -detriment to any citizen of the state, t Relieve the time is not far distant when this change will be brought about. v "There la abroad better under standing among the people ot the rohlem of state finances, and as this, knowledge further" extends '""TfWe will be a, tendency to secure. a greater portion 01 tne revenues required for meetings the expen- h-os of state government from what I now generally termed indir- Kozer cited , the gasoline -tax "which appears to have operated to successfully : gince February, 1919.'! V V y - Referring to increased expon- of gOTernment Kozer- said if For - the hiennium 1810-1900 the property taxea in Oregon' for 4 staie purposes amounted to $1,- 'Vsis.a - revenue zrom other " sources amounted to 168,132, a lout of. Il.574.26e. The author- F lzed expenditures for that period unounted to fl,6S2,72l. : f "For the hiennium 1909-1910 PAINESVILIE. Ohio, Dee. 1. (AP) Mrs. T. Edward West, wi dow of the young nursery man whose mutilated body was found in his home at Perry, Ohio, today, confessed that she killed her hus band with a hammer and table nieg. Sheriff Edward Rasmussen announced tonight. West, who was 26 years old, was tne son ot T. a. west, na tionally known nursery man. ' The young widow was arrested today at the home of her mother In Cleveland and was returned to the, county jail here tonight for questioning. . Sheriff Rasmussen said she told him that domestic difficulties lfed to the slaying. West's body with the feet- tied by t wine, ' a gag the- mouth, and the skull crushed, was found in bed this morning after he tailed to report for work. 'The slaying oc curred Tuesday night. "Mrs. West said - her husband was sitting on the bed fn the bed room when she ; entered," said Sheriff Rasmussen. ."She said she struck him on the head once-, with a hammer and he fell over. .She also' aald she struck him a number of times with. a table leg. Then she said she changed her clothing and went In an automobile tothe home of a friend In' Cleveland." RUMBLINGS IN RUMANIA WASHINGTON. Dee. 7.(AP) The 1928 republican national convention will be held in Kansas City, beginning Tuesday, June 12. Deadlocked for hours, the na tlonal committee made the choice here today on the twentieth ballot. Seven cities figured In the jotlng but for the most part it was a fight between San Francisco and Kansas City. At the start, the Pacific coast city, which had announced It was ready to offer $250,000 to defray expenses of the convention, was in the lead and on the fourth ballot was within four votes of a majority. On the ninth ballot, Kansas City, supported, among others, by Chairman Butler of the national committee, forged into the lead and doggedly held It. At one time, Detroit, third throughout but well behind the leaders showed a spurt but It ddin't get far. Other cities receiving votes, at no time enough to put them in the race as serious contenders, Vere Chicago, Cleve-I land, Philadelphia and San An tonio. ' Several times during the tedi ous balloting the committee men and women.-rri02 pfLtem had the say as to where the next republi can presidential candidate is to be nominated sought unsuccessfully to work out a compromise but It was not until a few committee TWO REMEDIES NEWPORT CASE SCHOOL, PATRONS MAY SEEK TEACHER RESIGNATION' . Failing that. May Prefer Charges, Vv Giving Principal Defense) ' Right Demand Voiced For Immediate Dissolution of Parliament. ; V . .. .. v. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dee. 7 (AP)-r-Amid'tha prolonged cheers ot his supporters, Jullu Maniu. leader -of . the nationalist-peasant party, Te pea ted his demand In par liament; this , evening for the lm mediate , dissolution of that body and hording of new -elections. ."We have- no 'ednfldence-iniiM present government, nor in its system r of governing'" he thuod ered. to ,. the packed and snrprised assembly. He : made his . speech After Premier J Vintila i Bratlanu had informed ..the - members .that the- liberals intended to - carry on the government alone, tbecanse the natlonallsla-peagants refused their t'most. generous jjffer ; collabo ration." . . " , , FERGUSON RITES STAGED Farm Hand Who Shot Two W- men KiUlng One, Buried Com tlaa4 pf S.) . . ARLIXGTOK. . Ore., Dee. . 7 ( AP) Ray . Ferguson, who , shot and killed Viola Richmond and wounded Velma Ralmey hear Con don last Friday night, and sub sequently: committed : ant clde 'was burled in the Arlington cemetery this afternooni4-:ji-.- About S 0 0 friends and relatives of thr Ferguson family from this and nearby communities, many' ot I whom were from Condon, attend- J ed the funeral service. (Continued on pace 2) BRIDGE WORK PROCEEDS Caissons Being Constructed For South Commercial Span Work on the new $46,000 South Commercial, street bridge over Mill creek is well under way with the caissons now under process of construction. Six additional la borers 'were put to work yester day by A. Lrindstrom, member of the contracting, firm, of Linda trom and Felgenson, contractors. By the nd, of the week, it is expected that", 20 men "will .be at work on the bridge. ' ' - Two courses of action are open to the patrons of the Newport school district in connection with the recent strike of students who have refused' to attend high school as long as Mrs. Daisy Halleck Is retained as principal, according t6 announcement made here Wednes day by Charles A. Howard, state superintendent of public instruction. One course of action is that Of attempting Xo have Mrs. Halleck resign. Failing in thte. the-parents may file charges against the teacher with the employing school board. Both the teacher and : the persons filing the complaint would have authority under the law to appeal any decision of the school board to the county school superintend ent. The decision -of the latter of ficial could be appealed to the state superintendent of schools. I In the hearings on appeal and before the school board the teach er would be given an opportunity to appear in her own defense, either in person or by an attorney. Since questions of this character Involve breach of contract, the teacher and the . school district shall have the ordinary remedies. The procedure in cases of trial for dismissal of a teacher and in appeals to the county and state superintendents has been outlined in rules adopted by the state board of education. Patrons of the Newport school district telegraphed the state su perintendent of schools several weeks' ago urging him to take a hand in the controversy. He re- (Continu4-n pag 3) KETTLES APPEAR SOON Salvation Army Will Seek GbrtoU 4. ; mas - Cheer Of fcring -. The annual appearance of Chris mas kettles presided over by mem bers of the Salvation Army will occur Saturday morning and con tinue until Christmas day, it was announced last night by Ensign A. Pitt of the local Salvation army organization. . " ' There will be four kettles lo cated at various points downtown, and several more will' be . added later. The equipment has all been painted In new colorsln prepara tion for the Christmas season. Headquarters will be at the regular Salvation Army hall,. 241 State street Last -year 93 families were fed at Christmas time by funds se cured in this way. These fam ilies totaled 409 persons. Christ mas treats were also given ,460 children through 'cooperation with the Elks.. - REMUS WEEPS AS PLOT TOLD BOOTLEG KING CONVULSED . WITH .GREAT EMOTION . Attempt Related to Kill Him; Plan Formed by Wife,, Who Of fered 10,000 -.. CINCINNATI, Dec. 7. (AP) An emotional attack from which he recovered only after four hours swept George ' Remus today and. spreading to his daughter, Romola at his side, and his i sister, Mrs. Anna Ryerson,- previously seated Inconspicuously among the spec tators, created the wildest scene of the more than three weeks, ot his murder trial. - j The forenoon court session was exactly an hour old when Remus' outburst, the ninth since the trial started eighteen court days ago. forced an adjournment. At 2 p. m. the time set for resumption, Rem us was writhing in spasms on his jail4 cell bunk. After a SO minute wait court was adjourned until to morrow morning. . V Trnesdale Tells Story Harry Truesdale of Hamilton, Ohio,' was well along in his narra tion of effort to slay Remus to gain reward ot $10,000. promised by Mrs. Imogene Holmes itemus, herself slain by Remus in Eden Park here last October 6, when Remus gave way. First he dug into his pocket for a handkerchief to hide the tears flowing down his eheeks. He lean ed over and his shoulders shook with sobs. His daughter embraced him,- patting him gently upon the back and trying to comfort him. "Daddy! Daddy!" her lips form ed. Remus, flushed of face and head and crying aloud, glanced up at Judge Chester R. Shook with a husky appeal for "an adjourn ment for a minute." : Jury Also Weeps Judge Shook hastily excused the jury.' fnany of whose members were crying. Of the two women Jurors, Mr 8. Anna Ricking, 68 years old, housewife, was the most EMPTY NOT LONG EG NBUSIiSS HOUSE WHILE SENATE- FIGHTS Seating Squabble Rages In Upper Body of United States Congress l v SEAT DENIED TO SMITH LAW NO MENACE TO THIS VICTIM R. EADS HAS BEEN IN PIJEVTT OF JAILS, ADMITS Bat Marion County Bastile Not the Best, Says Check Pass ing Suspect . . Similar Action Looms for Today's Session, When Name of Wil liam S. Tare Comes np for Consideration iXiL Ceils All Vacant For - a Time, Then Prisoners Arrive For the first time since Sep tember 26, the city'jail was empty Tuesday. The old ..place had a very deserted look, reminding one of a camp that had just been bro ken. The stillness of the old cells fairly shouted. The evening rays of the 'sun streaked in across a lonesome sight. "But it won't be long now" said Walt Thompson, the genial, fat, jolly desk sergeant; and just thee a couple car thieves were 'march ed in to cool their heels and par take of the city's hospitality for a day or two while' the officers check up on their records. And again the old plaee took on the air of "business as usual. A SURPRISING VISITOR WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (AP) Its senate machinery clogged by the Smlth-Vare fight, congress to-' day could make only a one half start on the many legislative problems clamoring for attention. In the senate, the long drawn out election battle came to a par tial climax with members voting 53 to 28 to deny Frank L. Smith th right to take the oath of office as a senator from Illinois. ; Temporarily disposing of this case, it turned Its attention after a recess to the right of William S. Yare, of Pennsylvania, to take the oath, but late in the day the sen ators agreed to postpone a ballot on this question until tomorrow. House Starts Work . While this was taking place the house got down to business. First u received the annual message from President Coolidge request ing the sum of 14,258,793,765 to meet the operating expenses of the government for the fiscal year 1929. I. After hearing the communica tion read, the house plunged into consideration of its first legisla tive work, the nearly $200,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill de aignedL, largely to -replace a . some what similar measure " that 'was caught In the senate filibuster some nine months ago. It is the expectation to send this measure to the senate by-tomorrow nighty but there is no assur ance of that body being ready to give it attention for some time to come. Fight Merely Postponed In refusing to allow Smith to take the; oath, the senate today simply transferred to a committee the fight that for three days has R. Eads wins the prize for be ing at his ease in the presence of officers of the law. and for being nonchalant in the face of impend ing legal prosecution. So says .Brazier Small, justice of the peace for the Salem dis trict, followtng the appearance 'of Eads in his court late yesterday. Eads, it seems, was charged with having forged a check. Con versation between himself and Judge Small had taken place only I a short time before It became ap parent that Eads might be due for a sojourn in the Marion coun ty Jail. "Sure, that's all rightI've been in a good many of 'em already' said Eads. "What were you in for?" Judge Small was curious to know. Eadg was non-committal. "On, a lot of little things," he said. "Bootlegging charges, ; and one thing and another," "Ever been In the state peni tentiary?" "Nope, never been there -yet." "How do you like our county Jail nere.7 Eads had already seen something of local accommoda tions, having been thrs before he came up before Judge Small. "Well I'll tell you one thing. I ve seen a whole lot better," he hinted darkly. During the course of the Inter view ball was fixed at $2000 "You might as well, make It S10,- ooo, it'll be just as easy for me to raise," Eads said agreeably. Before returning to his quarters as a guest of the county he. indi cated that he will secure a lawyer to defend him within a few days. "I .won't give him a check, either," he said. Eads was arrested on a crim inal complaint sworn out -by j, C. rerry, local druggist, who : de clared he had been victimized to the tuna of some : XJ, Eads, he (Continued on paga S.) ALUMfll BACK M'EWAN opposition to State University toatn confined to Few ' (Continued on pag 2) PANIC HITS STOCK MART Announcement by Coolidge Makes i Prices Tumble Down rSQs-JCrgp NEW YORK. Dec. 7. (AP) The stock market, which broke sharply last August on President Coolldge's announcement that he did not choose to be a candidate in 1928, reacted in a similar manner today on a reiteration of the pres ident's original declaration. I Other factors also were a con sideration in today's decline, how ever, notably the sharp'falllng off in steel output and widespread fears of higher interest rates as a result of the heavy exports ot gold in the last few weeks. Rumors ot ah increase in the Boston federal reserve bank rate proved to be unfounded. . 1 Some of the early .declines ran from 3. to 14 points, but many of the losses were cut in halt in the late- afternoon rally. Rails yield ed with the industrials.' . (' " - NEW CLUB WILL' MEET Commercial Street Business Men r Plan Session Tonight " I Further consideration ; of sKthe plans for re-eetabllshlng the once up-to-date appearance of down town Commercial street," will be given at a meeting of the Com mercial Street Improvement as sociation this evening at the cham ber, of commerce rooms.: This win be the : second meeting-of the newlv, organized" .asso ciation," and it is expected' that reports on some of the plans ten tatively outlined, at the first meet ing, will be made tonight.- - - ; " r : ...... SAUVAIfrSM)0G-F0UND7 Animal Discovered in Mollala 4 River May Be Cine- la Case l ' . ' . v i ' ..- - - - ! " ' ' f MOUNT ANGEI, Ore.,' Dee, 7. ; ( APl--rThe carcass of ' a dog thought to resemble 4he dog that was with Jordan Sauvaln'when he' was lost In the upper Molala re gion October 3 has been found in the Molalla river about five miles above Molalla. Authorities will hold the body and if Jt can, -be identified as the Sauvain dog it will tend to solve one ot the links In the chain of this mystery. XjUUVNiz, Dec 7. (AP). Eu gene alumni and the student body as a whole are in back of Captain joon J. MCEwan, University of Oregon football coach, and believe he can develop a winning football team in time, it developed today when word that criticism of tho coach had been expressed by Port land alumni became known here. . The Oregon Daily Emerald, stu dent publication, la supporting the coach and in a series of Interviews with university people elmilar sup port la given., - Professor H. 1 C Howe. Oregon faculty representa live in the Pacific coast confer ence, believes that criticism is be ing stirred' up . by - only a few alumni. 5- , Beryi Hodgen, captain of the 1927 football team, declared the football men are behind the coach Coach McEwan is quoted as say ing that It takes time to develop a winning football team at any in stitution and that the calibre and training of the Oregon players are Improving." He has had to build from the bottom In developing his system at the university. BLIZZARD TOLL MOUNTS Deaths ; Result of" Terrific Storm that Hits Canada Six- WINNIPEG, Manitoba; Dec. 7 (AP) Belated reports today in creased to six the known number of deaths from the 'blizzard -that swept western Canada today. To; the four deaths previously reported Were added two whenXhe body " of an unidentified hunter was found in a drift near Rono- lane. Alta., and hope was aban doned for seven' year old Johnny liuculak of Coalhurst, Alta. Temperatures ot f rom 10,to'2 6 degrees below zero were reported tonight - throughout the storm swept area, with ,a- 60 mile gale raging over the Lake Superior re gion, where a sharp drop in tem perature practically sealed the end of navigation from the head of the lakes this season....'., Z NIP REVOLT IN SALVADOR Two High. Amy Officers Court SlartJjUed and Shot " ' i SAN SALVADOR, REPUBLIC of Salvador, Dec. 7. (AP)i-An army colonel and a major were court martialed and shot today for participation in . an unsuccessful uprising" against the government this morning. ,. The officers were Colonel Juan Aberls and Major .Manuel Altaro. LO.F. LODGE HERE HOFIOHEO ES; BrrJOHTHVU Chemekcta Chapter No. 1. Pioneer of .Order's Grov.-t!i In Wide Section DIAMOND JUBILEE HELD Quorum Never Lacked for Regular - Sleeting In 75 Years, a&" ntire Records Kept Intact " r - Speaker Mentions It was an important epoch In Odd Fellowism when the first lodge in the northwest was estab lished at Salem just seventy five years ago at Chemeketa ledge number one. Since that memorable day for the -order, December 15, 1852, not one meeting has been missed never has a quorum been lacking; and the records of every session are intact. To celebrate the diamond an niversary, a number of prominent lodge officials from all over the state, and, many from outside of Oregon, eame to Salem yesterday. Chief amrMig them was Deputy Grand' Sire Frank Martin, . ef Boise, Idaho, who delivered the mainaddress at the big open meet ing last night. Lodge Here Nucleus Chemeketa lodge from its hand ful of members in those early days formed the nucleus for the de velopment of the I. O. O. F. or ganization in six states, spreading westward and northward until to day there are 200.000 members in that territory. " Only by accident, did Oregon miss having' the very first. Odd Fellows' lodge - west of the Mis souri river. In 184 7, the national (Continued on page 6) DRY LEAGUE OUT TO OPPOSE WETS MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES - GIVEN OFFICIAL NOTICE lioyal to Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act Demanded in Stand ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (AP) The Anti-Saloon league again pub licly served notice on major po litical party leaders tonight that it would support only those can-. dtdates "who are loyal to the 18th amendment v and the Volstead act." - The test of this loyalty, the' dry organization asserted in resolu tions adopted by is board of di rectors will - be "the utterances; acts and records ot the candidates themselves." - ; While . not demanding specific ally that the two major parties as sert in their platforms their po sition with respect to the prohi bition question, a - procedure vig orously endorsed : by some mem bers of the league, the organiza tion in -a - preamble recommended that "special emphasis be laid by party conventions on the subject ot faw enforcement in general and enforcement of the 18th- amend ment in particular." , Other resolutions asked that: 'I The United States , refuse t tolerate- attempts. by foreign' cit izens! to hinder the enforcement Of prohibition. -V " The teaching of the effects of alcohol.be spread through all the schools. ' - , . ' , Othr temperance organizations cooperate with the league in pro grams of publicity and education. Another proposed that the league advance" a project for cre ating; a memorial to Wayne IX Wheeler, in the form; of an eda ca'tlqnal fund, v S :V ? Do You Smell The Odor of---A -Peppermint Oil? i ";. The" Statesman of this morn ing has the "flavor of pepper mint oil. The peppermint oil is mixed with the Ink. The supply for the purpose was do nated by Daniel J. Fry, pioneer dealer in peppermint oil and crude drugs. It was intended to; print a green border; but that is reserved for: the annual mint Slogan number of next year. . . o-.v-"J.. - I , If you .have any interest in the growth and prosperity of Salem and her environs, rr ad the article on the Slogan pages, beaded with the words begin ning, ."Salem Now Has.