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The Dream of Million Dp Uar Highway Down LabUh Way H Times That In Time The Location of the City Incinerator I L inthePlace Where it Belongs, Next to Future Sewage Disposal Plant '. -a-:- lie Weather forecast:. Cloudy and colder.', snow oyer south portion;, fresh north and' northeast winds. Maximum temperature yesterday 39, mlnimum'33, river 4.7, rain- fall f .2, atmosphere part ' cloudy, -wind-1 northwest. - . ' -. in MM New York City now has fire cents moT I es once more- on the lower East Side. If Governor Smith puts a five cent movie plank In his platform he's going to be hard to head off. it-WKff SEVENTY-SEVENTH5 YEAR ; SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS u - . cimioriy i. Ray Smith, Carl T. Pope and C. A. Swope Candidates For Appointment COUNCIL VOTES DIVIDED Incumbent, Despite Strong Opposi tion, Expected to Run Well, With Several Members and Mayor Supporting MYSTERY GROWS IN SOUVAIN CASE OFFICERS PUZZLED AT. FIND- ' ING OF DOG'S BODY How it Got So Far Down River ; Unexplained ; ' Further Clues ' ' ' Vnlikely ! : m. s. With three local attorneys aeplr lng for favor, and the Incumbent, Fred Williams, actively lining up votes, the city attorney election January third promises to be more spirited then In any previous year. Friends of Ray Smith, Carl T. Pope, and C. A, Swope have been buttonholing councilmen this week endeavoring to secure support for their respective, candidates bu( those willing to commit them selves have been few. Smith Gains Support Smith, who. was city attorney between 1921-1925 has Alderman Furvine, chairman of the - ordi nance committee and one of the ablest council members, actively behind his candidacy, and Alder man Herrick also is working for his election. 1 , None of the councilmen. as yet has openly signified his Intention to urge Pope's candidacy, and the interest in Swope'a aspirations centers largely In a group of friends outside the council. A Villi aj In Running -The presenf'clty attorney, Fred Williams, has practical' assurance four votes. Alderman ; Dancy "Vif ly avowed his ' intention stroiigly to support William standi others expected. to line" up with him are Mayor T. A. Livesley, and j Aldermen Slmeral and Thompson.! Thompson was elected! to 'the co unci two months ago from the' fifth ward to succeed B. F. Brunk. Has choice was brought about Williams, who circulated his peti tion and Influenced councilmen despite the efforts of the Holly (OoDtinned on page 2) GUN ELEVATION GIVEN APPROVAL CONGRESSIONAL ACTION FOL LOWS VERBAL BATTLE Heavy Turret Pieces on American Xiattleships to Be Increased In Range WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (AP) After a short but heated verbal battle, the house went on record today in favor of Increasing the firing range of the big "turret guns on American battleships pro vided it is permissible under terms of the Washington arms limita tion treaty. The vote was 216 to 75. , Under an" amendment to the $198,000,000 deficiency appropri ation bill the president, either per sonally or through the . secretary tit ctato vaiiM Yva rnnnn in determine whether the elevation would be in keenlne with the nro- f visions of the pact. The amend- 1 H - . . - AJA AAA beginning the work: ' Shortly after the vote on gun elevation, the deficiency bill It self was approved and sent to the senate. Before final action on the bill, the house also participated in a r . v. I V round of discussion of the recent charges of Rear Admiral Magrud er against what he described as waste and inefficiency on admin istration of naval affairs. Representative McCllntlc, of Oklahoma, a democrat on the nav al committee,' presented from the floor a resolution proposing crea- "n of a special committee to In 'Jstigate MagrudeVa case. H e said Magruder had charged that Kon9 ut of erery three dollars i Vspent by the navy was wasted and - i.ui. h. mis Biatemeni were true, ' the navy squandered about 1100, 000.000 annuaUy. ; is The resolution was prefaced by a declaration that because of pub lication of Magruder'fl charges'the secretary of the navy, had remov ed him from his post as eommand- ent of the Philadelphia narr yard. v "The precedent has been estab lished," the resolution added, "that any officer giving out in formation, whether true or other wise, will be reprimanded, court martialed, shelved or dismissed irom the service . - The. mystery of the disappear ance of Jordan Saavain, 24, of Mt. Angel, has been deepened rather than cleared up by the discovery otSauvain's dog, dead, in the Mol lala river 22 miles down stream from the . place where the youth was last known to have been. Such is the conclusion reached by Marion county officials after a reopening of the case follow ing discovery of the dog's carcass Sunday afternoon. The animal was identified as the one In ques tion by an old bullet mark in its neck. It had been killed by a shot from a gun following by a severe clubbing, according to indications gathered from other marks about the animal, . Any number of conjectures might be indulged In by those working on the case authorities de clare, but each Is without definite proof and the actual facts In the case-probably never will be fer reted out, even assuming that they are known to someone who is holding back the information Why were a club and a gun both used to kill the dog? Some point out' that this may point to the probability that whoever did the deed was , afraid ; of being heard. One shot perhaps was nec essary, the animal not .coming within reach readily or the slay er being afraid of the dog's teeth It is believed that Sauvaln him self must have been put out of the way first, either purposely or ac cidentally. This would furnish an obvious motive for killing the dog, which might otherwise return to civilization ' and - subsequently lead a party to the scene of the crime, or make the situation diffi cult for the man's slayer in some other way. Sauvaln was last seen, so far as known, on October 9, when he JaXt his camp mate, Harry Wavra, with whom he was on a camping trip' near the headquarters of the Mol lala river.' " - r ' i.v' Since the disappearance Warra has been subjected to numerous cross examinations, butnp-rff! factory explanaUft3-or"tbe whole altoiaSTHeen obtained. a searcmng party discovered a deer's carcass, with hind quarters removed, a short distance up Practically Entire North west Outside Willamette Valley Blanketed BEARS "ALL HOLED IN" Reports Received From Widely Scattered Sections Indicate Flmt Real Christmas Wea-; ther of Year PORTLAND, Dec. 9 (AP) The heaviest and most general fall of snow tn several years, blanket ed a rreat part of the Pacific northwest outside of the Willam ette valley last night and today, and in many places temperatures below freezing were reported. From points as widely, separa ted as Walla Walla and Medford, news items told of traditional Christmas weather, with more In prospect. -. Farmer in the wheat growing regious- of central and eastern Ore gon rejoiced In' the white blanket which assured protection for s the sprouting grain. Klamath Snow Covered Snow was still falling in Kla math Falls tonight, with six inch es on the ground in the city, nine inches at Fort Klamath, and 20 inches at the summit of j Sand Creek mountain, the highest point on The Dalles-California highway. John Mabln, caretaken at, Crater Lake Lodge, reported by telephone to Klamath Falls that four feet of snow had fallen there in? three days with the wind blowing more than 30 mllAs an hour. 1 "All the bears have holed up for the wintw." Mabin said, "The deer are down below the snowline. (Continued on page 4.) MEXICAN BRIBE CHARGES PROBED INVESTIGATE CLAIM THAT 4 V. S. SENATORS BOUGHT . Newspaper Syndicate Responsible , : For Reports of Callea Gov eminent Acta WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP) An Inquiry Into charges published In. Hearst newspapers that Presi dent Calles of Mexico had ordered more than $1,200,000 paid out of the Mexican government treasury to four United States senators has begun today by a special senate committee a few hours after it had been ordered unanimously fey the Senate. Cooperation of the state depart ment in the Investigation was asked by Senator Reed, republi can, Pennsylvania, who offered the resolution of injuiry and was later named chairman of the investigat ing committee. Moving with dispatch, the com mittee advised Secretary Kellogt ot the senate's action, and within an hour William R. Castle, as sistant secretary of state, appeared before the committee it its first session, held behind closed doors. When Hearst newspapers re cently began the niblicatlon of what were declared to be fac similes of official Mexican docu ments relating chiefly to Interna tional questions, the state depart ment let it be known that it had no knowledge of such documents and Mrs. Castle declined to am plify this after his meeting today with the committee. Open cjbTearings will be begun Thursday by the committee whose membership Includes Senators Jones, Washington; aM Johnson, California, republicans; and Rob inson, Arkansas, and Bruce, Mary land, democrats. Meanwhile Chair man Reed has authority to issue (Continued on pg 2) WATER RETARDS WORK More Pumps Brought to Expedite Bridge Footings Task "Too much water" A Lindstrom, foreman ...of the ; bridge construe SLAYER OF WIFE PLEADS INSANITY EUREKA BANKER INTRODUC ES TESTIMONY AT TRIAL , Specialist Declares Evan M. Hart Was Abnormal at Time of V Killing S posse EUREKA, Kas., Dec. 10. (AP tlvan M. Hart was found guilty of second degree murder in con nection with the slaying of his bride of three weeks July last by a jury In district court here ear ly today. L. L. JOJ?Y RRESTlI i::;: (Continued en pag 4.) BANDITS STAGE BIG RAID Mexican Sweep Down on Small Town, Killing One Man MEXICO CITY, Dec 8 (AP) one merchant; was killed and a number ' of townspeople were wounded when 200 armed agrar ians on horseback raided the town of Hnichapan in the state of Hi daigo. say special dispatches to Excelsior. The merchant was killed while standing at the door of his store which was looted. The , raiders , looted ' bnsiness houses and residences. They fled affer the Inhabitants had armed themselves and were resisting the marauders -to the best of their abtKfy.. ' Federal troops from nearby gar risons took up 1 pursuit of the at tackers. Press dispatches from Guadalajara say that Jose Archs, a wealthy Mexican ranchman, was kidnaped - from; his , ranch near Ciudad and was taken to the hills by bandits who are holding him tor SI 0.0 00 ransom.. -,;!. : - COUNTY FUND SAID SAFE Fred W. Aniretl. Clerk of Court ' Bonded For flO.OOO PORTLAND. Dec 9 (AP) Multnomah county is protected against whatever shortage may de velop In the office of Fred W. An gell, clerk of ; the district court here, up to $10,000. it was estab lished today. V The shortage thus far has been placed at, $2,871 7 Amedee M. Smith, chairman of the county commission. - Accountants are now checking the loss. An a-ell ' resigned when the shortage became public. - Appointment of his -successor will be' held In abey ance until the check of the depart ment has been completed. ' r ALUMNI FAVOR McEWAFJ Portland Chapter of University , . Organ laztion Takes Vota . PORTLAND. Dec. i 9 (AP) The Portland alnmnl chapter of the University of Oregon, voted Its unanimous support - tonight -to Captain J, 3. MeEwan, coach of the University: of Oregon football team, The. .vote was taken fol lowing lh tearing of the report of - apeclal 1 committee of four wT -t earlier with the ath- I .Ittee of the university. 'alwaa taken, it la V following rumors that would be made in the ; staff of the university. ; Xon-Support and Larcency by Bailee Cliarged Here ; . Word reached Salem yesterday that L. L." Henry, for whom two warrants for arrest have been is sued here, has been taken into custody at Hillsboro. j I; : Henry is wanted on two charges one of non-support and the other larcency by bailee. His wife) form erly lived in Salem, but recently has moved to Colorado. j The larcency charge . Involves an automobile which Henry is ac cused of having taken away with him without some of the custom ary formalities. f Constable De Long is to go to Hillsboro today and bring Henry back with him. ' : line engines. are b-fciiA)i.t busy taking water from the caisson? around the footings and emptying It into the main stream. These will not be sufficient, said Mr. Lindstrom, and more will be or dered so that a greater number of men may be employed and the work expedited. VM - Twelve men are now on the job. It Is expected that the con struction of forms will not be completed until the middle of next week. Then the concrete for the footings will be poured. They will be heavily reinforced and will measure seven by seven at the top. The heavy rain yesterday slow ed up the. work considerably, in creasing the flow in the mill stream. EUREKA, Kas., Dec 9. (AP) A defense of "communicative in sanity" was introduced today in the trial ot Evan M. Hart, Eureka banker, on trial for killing his bride of three weeks. Mabel Mar mpnt Hart, by cutting her throat with a knife. ' Hart testified yesterday that his bride pleaded with him to kill her because of her fear of motherhood and that he was unable to refuse her request. That Hart was tem porarily insane at the time and that he derived his insanity from close association with his wife, was the testimony I of defense which contended that Mrs. Hart was mentally abnormal. Dr. Karl -Menninger of Topeka, Kans., specialist in nervous and mental diseases, testified that, communicative insanity is a real ity and that, In his : opinion, the killing of Mrs. Hart was a result of it. Its occurrence is "very in frequent," he said, but there are records of numerous cases. To become afflicted with com municative insanity, he said, the relationship between two persons must be very intimate, so much so that one means more to the other than anybody else In the world. They adopt the same likes and dis likes, he added, and occasionally, when one becomes abnormaf, the other's mind is affected in a sim ilar manner. Mrs. Hart's communicative In sanity worked on her husband's judgment, - emotions ; and will powet'tintir he was unable to re sist -her suggestions, and at the timo the' killing. Haft "did "not .V rrhtfrom wrong. Dr. Men-:-tJUQ The act of placing ii.alf9ftTsT MAY PICK SITE OF INCINERATOR NEXT IETI1 - 4 Oregon Electric Reply Fav orable, Says Council ; Committee Chairman LARGE AREA 0FF0RDED Offer Includes 18 to SO Acres Sur rounding Gravel Pit; in Bad ' Shape Now Because ot Gar bage Dumping The Incinerator committee will report at the next council meet ing its recommendation of a site for-the new plant, Alderman W. H. Dancy, chairman, said yester- day. Alderman Dancy also stated that he had received a favorable reply from Oregon Electrical rail road officials regarding the sale of the gravel pit north of Salem, and that the committee's recom mendation probably woud be in favor of this site. In the event the pit is purchased, the city would also secure supervision over; considerable territory surrounding it, probably 18 or 20 acres. Garbage Accumulates The site at present is in a bad state because of surreptitious dumping of garbage and is badly in need of supervision. This will be given by the city if the site Is purchased. : Opposition in North Salem ap pears to have diminished and the city will not be Inconvenienced with legal entanglements In case the site is purchased. Site- Thought Ideal The gravel pit site is consider ed to be ideal, for the incinerator and , for , the' future,' sewage , dis posal 'plamLJ.'" 'J.hf-'isen-' siderable de ; rt t - -. v 'it U ANTI-SEMITIC STATUS ALARMS RUMANIAN AUTn ORITIES FEAR FRESH DISORDERS Orders Handed Out to Forbid Any Student Meetings of Any Kind Today BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 9. (AP) Alarmed by the possibll lty of, fresh anti-semitic outbreaks throughout Rumania, the cabinet in collaboration with military au thorities today forbade student meetings of any kind tomorrow. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the student movement for ap plication of the so-called numerus clausus which limits the activities of minorities in all forms of pub lic life. The government is thoroughly aroused over unfortunate acts of violence committed by gentile stu dents against Hebrews at Oradea Mare, Clu j and other towns 'with large Semitic populations. Already it has made scores of arrests of ringleaders, whom it promises to punish to the limit. $ All military - commanders have been Instructed to prevent a re currence of disorders In Transyl vania, which are estimated to have caused nearly $1,000,000 damage. To forestall false or sensational reports abroad about Rumania's internal situation the government continues to allow foreign dis patches to go uncensored, but maintains strict surveillance over local newspapers which appear daily with great gaping white spaces leading the public to be lieve events are worse than actual ly reported. ' The latest report from the seat1 of disturbances say students who (Continued on page 2) VANCOUVER BRIDGE FREE Interstate Span Over Columbia at Portland Opened ,.. II GR CULTURAL HELP BILL PUT UPBYfl New Battle Over Farm Rs - -lief Impends In United States Congress OREGON SENATOR BEGO Modifications Effected With Ex. pectatlon Coolidgo Win Place Approval on Measure After Passage roat, la his bplnion, was an act of obedience; . : Replying to a question of the assistant prosecutor whether there (Continued on page 2) COLD WAVE AT ASJ0RIA Stinging Northwest Wind Report ed at Mouth of Columbia ASTORIA, Dec. 9 (AP) As toria stoked its furnaces and re sorted to flannel and woolens to day when a stinging northeast wind sent the mercury toboggan ing to slightly below 30 degrees above. Although the sun shone intermittently throughout the day, it failed to have much bearing on the atmosphere. WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS fi' PAINLESS EXtnaCTIMG DONE! ffiM.M If " " "" " . s :-. . ' " I .it hlJllfii.iiftillJiii I. " : ,i,u,,nl 1 ,. ' ( ' I J M I ill III ll i - II I- ,- tiuaruryoj 1 ' r lf? :i voTom ) Hsinicholas possible j to-' ; C ' PORTLAND, Dec. 9. (AP) The interstate bridge spanning the Columbia river at Vancouver, and uniting Washington and Ore gon', wili-,b mads: free of tolls. gaVe for Vonon,. carriers, , Decem- parta of Salem, "and yet "tfiereMsTa fall sufficient to carry the pnrified waste water away for irrigation purposes. . The terms mentioned by the Ore gon Electric, officials were not given out but Alderman Dancy in timated that they were favorable. A meeting of the incinerator com mittee will be called this, week to discuss the proposal. PHYSICIAN QUIETS FEARS Both City and State Health Offi cers Issue Statement j PORTLAND, Dec. 9. (AP) Despite the fact that there have been 47 cases of infantile paraly sis, with 13 deaths in Portland, Dr. John G. Abele, of the health office, declared there was no epi demic of the disease here, and that there was no occasion for alarm or for the closing of schools. . At the same time' another case was reported to the health office, that of Melvln Wolf, 8 years old. , "Closing of schools, unless all children, are quarantined, would do no good, Dr. Abele said, "and to quarantine all children from in fancy to 16 years "would be prac tically impossible." Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, sec retary of the state board of health, concurred with Dr. Abele's state 'ment. - , IVAN STEWART TO SPEAK Improving Farm Situation in County, Chamber Topic "How the agricultural 'situa tion In Marlon county can be im proved" will be the Important top-! IS discussed at the Salem chamber of commerce luncheon next Mon day noon, and the speaker, will 7e one of the most authoritative r oh this subject who could possibly, be obtained. . ' r He Is Ivan Stewart, field, repre sentative of the Charles R. Arch erd Implement company. ; Since graduating from the state agricul tural college, he has spent seven years in agricultural field work in the three northwest states. SNOW PEA RED IN EUGENE Mercury , Reported Going Down : Steadily Early Last Night , . EUGENE. Dec 9.(AP)--A1 though no. snow has fallen in Eu gene, the first snowstorm of the $eason may be experienced here before long. The temperature at 8:30 o'clock tonight stood at . 36 degrees, one degree colder ' than the minimum, Thursday night. Th( mercury fell two degrees In twe hours this evening. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (AP). The ground work for another farm relief battle wag CJd today with the rein trod uctfc by Sena for McNary, republican. Oregon, of the McNary-Haugen till, slight ly modified from the fold which It was vetoed last spring y President Coolidge. Senator McNary, who will ba chairman of the senate agricul ture committee, met some of tb objections which the president voiced to the old McNary-Haugea measure but he- is sticking by the controversial equalization fee pro vision as a means of raising fund to market surplus crops. Fund Quarter Billion However, under terms of th new bill the equalization fee would ' be Invoked by a proposed federal farm board only after cooperative) marketing associations had found it Impossible to cope with sur plusses. It would " make money from a 250,000,000 revolving fund available ae loans to the co operatives In marketing crops at a rate of 4 per cent Interest. The bill also would make the equalization fee "applicable to all commodities whereas under the vetoed measure the- fee would have been Imposed Immediately on only a part of the crops.. ' '--"-or CV?if!fIeiit commission aBi itte-caw.-. - county commission nere today. J. M. Deversk, assistant attor ney general, for the highway com mission, and Stanley Myers, dis trict attorney, representing the Multnomah county commission, were authorized to prepare a draft of a contract for the two commissions to consider making the bridge free on December 31, 928. It was said today that by Decern ber 31, 1928, the bridge can be taken over by the highway repay ments of Washington and Oregon without expense, and that the fees rrom fracnhlses will pay for main tenance and operation, with little or no profit. It was explained that a franchise would be granted com mon carriers, under which two cents a car could be charged, as in the case of street cars on local spans. . y; YANKEE KILLED IN CHINA Frederick R. Stuart Resident of Far East for 25 Years SHANGHI, Dec. 10.- (Satur day) (AP) Frederick R.Stu art, an American who"has lived in the Far East for. a , quarter of a century, was found shot to death today. Stuart's body was found in the Chinese territory adjacent to the international settlement. Two pis tol bullets had pierced his abdo men. . " ' - .. - Stuart formerly served : In the United States consular and postal service in China. lie also served In the postal service in the Phil ippines. He is believed to be a na tive of Idaho. : . LINDY HOPS WEDNESDAY Special Dispatch From Washing . , , ton Ba&is of Report NEW YORK, Deo. 9. (AP) The New York Herald Tribune In a dispatch from Washington will say tomorrow that Colonel Charles A Lindbergh will take off from Boling field next Wednesday morning on a good will flight to Mexico City. He will fly his trans atlantic plane, the Spirit of St. Locla. . ' - , BEEF BRINGS HIGH PRICE $11423 Rate Fixed For' Carload ; of Sfeem at Ogden, Utah OGDEN, Utah, Deo. 9.(AP) A new top price for fat steers was made here today when a carload vf 1,050 pound .steers brought $11.25. The steers were fed in imithfleld. Cache " county Utah, by Sam .Tout. , (Continued oa page 2) VARE REFUSED SEAT AS SOLON PENNSYLVANIA MAN DENIED ADMITTANCE TO SENATE Oath Not Permitted Until Special ' Committee Has Time to Probe Election " " WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. (AP), William S. Tare of Pennsylvania trod the pathway today upots which the senate recently started Frank L. Smith of Illinois. Vare. a republican, was in ef fect, stopped at the senate's door. , The oath was denied him until the special campaign fund committee can further Investigate and report upon the charges of fraud in both his primary and general election. Like the senator-elect from Illi nois, he will have an opportunity to present his case In person and through counsel before the com mittee and then will be heard on his own behalf on the senate floor. -: Hopes of the frienda of Vare that his case would prove stronger than that of Smith were shattered tor 'the senate vote to deny him the oath of office was 56 to 39 while that in Smith's case was 53 to 28. , After more than. two days ot oratory, those leading the fight on behalf of the Pennsylvanian wer.t down fighting and the tenacious Reed, of Pennsylvania, carried t" battle-beyond the last roll call Li holding up temporarily a resolu tlon of his distant cousin. Reed, ct Missouri.' reaffirming the' author ity of the special committee ta act.; r It was oter a similar resolutioa that the two Reeds, the one a re publican and the other a democrat, fought mo bltterly'during the sen ate filibuster at the end of the last session. As' a result ot this flgLt that committee was rendered pow erless to act during the recess of eongrese. ' '. " . Under the resolution denyfcs Vare the oath, offered original by Senator Notrls, republican; Ne braska, and sabsequently moe: tledr the special committee is di rected t report bac5r to the sen ate as "quickly aa possible, but lx no case later than next February 8. No. time limit wae set on it. 3 Smith investigation which was cr dered Wednesday. - Immediately after the final rol call today denying him' the oath Vare retired from the eenaia (ContiBOd oa pf ) TT