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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1928 J. ill, n 1S T il F Graduate of Willamette, Lawyer,; Judge of Linn County Two Terms Judge J. JCDuncan passed away at 9. 30 last evening t i 'i Salem pmft to tn strc-t. aged 78. iUdge Dutgt wu born In Ar kansas and came 'to Oregon In l&'il with his father's family. They settled near Turner on the oil Duncan homestead, which Judge Duncan owned at the time of hit death. Hf Tratf a Willamette university nd a graduate of the Wil- ' 2 Tjt aw school. He entered Tffe prKice of law at Prinville then moved to Albany, where he continued the practice of law at PriDAvllle, then moved to Albany, where he continued the practice, and was county judge of Linn Oiinlv two terms. He then went to Turner and lived on the farm for a few years, and moved to Sa lem in 1919, where he had since resided. .. He leaves a widow, Margaret, and their son. L. A. Duncan, who has. an electrical store and is a contractor at Los Angeles. There is a brother, Carl Duncan, at Tur ner. Funeral arrangements will awajt word from the son at Los Angeles. LONGVIEW APPEAL HEARD Asks Interstate Commerce Body to Route Trains Tbere PORTLAND. Feb. 14. (AP) A petition of Longview, Wash.. that passenger trains be routed through that city was heard here today by C. D. Mahaffi examiner of the. Interstate commerce com mission. The petition asks that two northbound and two southbound passenger trains run through there daily. This would leave three pas senger trains each way daily on the present route. The application was filed by the three roads Involved, the Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Union pacific. Opposition of Kelso, Wash., which blocked a previous attempt or L.ongview to have trains divert ed from the main line, was lacking at today's hearing. It was explain ed that an agreement between the cities had been achieved. toy YORK CROWDS IL FRENCH ICES 4srWalker Receives Fly SAt City Council Room Yesterday N'KW YORK. Feb. 14. (AP) Aliu.iing crowds stood outside the ity : all today to get a glimpse of fhf French good will aviators. Jo seph Lebrix and Dieudonne Costes. whc were received by Mayor Walk er is The aldermanic chamber. Ajiong thp distinguished guests on land to greet the two aviators wbf flew to the United States from Pais by way of Africa and Souh 'America, were Maxime Mor.gendre, French Consul gener al: tnd five prominent airmen Con mander Richard E. Byrd, Bert Acos-ta. Clarence Chamberlin, fharles A. Levine and Rene lr.! welcoming 'he good will flverF to New York, Mayor Walker said in part: ' "!apta.Lebrix, Captain Cos tes, it is a very pleasant duty and an unusual privilege that comes to the maypr of the city -of New York today to welcome you into our rf,st ,n behalf of our people. jSji.erhaps the first time in thV (V interesting history of the jff -Jifw York that we official ly rei-eived a valentine fiom the air." ' ' Mayor Walker expressed regret that Costes and Lebrix were un able to bring with them 1!those diner two great French heroes, N'lngeeser and Coll." LE IE Cut DENT COMMANDER O P -MARINES BACK IX WASHINGTON FIERCE FIGHT HELD Iff F! WALSH BILL Public Utilities Investigation Bill Creates Row In U. S. Senate WASHINGTON. Jb. 14. (AP) Returning toduy from a per sonal inspection of conditions in Nicaragua, Major General Lejeune. commandant of the marine corps, ris that a Eenate lnqu,ry would praiBed the morale of the trooDs' , ,u , , , WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (AP, i" or more tnan four years today the tide of battle over the Walsh public utilities Investigation reso lution ebbed and flowed in the senate with its supporters still unwilling to fix a definite hour for a final test of strength. Debate appeared to be rapidly drawing to an end however, and leaders hoped j to reach a vote early in tomorrow's session. This will come not on the Walsh reso lution itself, but on the amend ment of Senator George, demo crat. Georgia, to have the Inquiry conducted by the federal trade commission instead of by a spe cial committee to he elected by the senate. The federal trade commission and the "power lobby" again came in for scathing attack on both sides of the chamber and the pre diction was made by Senator Nor- praiBed the morale of the trooDS .u... anrf th. rfaM rt. :,..J ou"" "" ""U. fn that contrvr J utilities official who bulked The Nicaragua!! natives realize. !re,JL ,n..the case he said, that the marines are In that country "for their own good." adding that many of them told him they were glad the Americans were there. The feeling of the na tives toward the marines and all other Americans is fine he said. Questioned as to how long it would require to drive out San dlno and his followers, the general declared he had no Idea, adding chat it was also impossible to iearn how many followers Sandino had. As far as he knew, Lejeune said, marine aviators had bombed only El Chipote and places where they have been attacked. He expressed doubt in the accuracy of the esti mates of casualties among San dino's troops, because there was no way by which they could be ..ounted. He declined to speculate on the outcome of the Nicaraguan elections next fall. so of Senator elect Smith, was not the only power in the electrical industry who contributed freely of their funds to control elections Charging a "powerful lobby" by the power companies. Senator Blaine, Wisconsin, republlcan-in dependent, said they were pre pared to buy "members of con gress and even a seat in the cabi net." adding that they had gone down the whole gangway of offi cialdom to see men who have po litlcal power." and promptly overruled by the court. Millar E. McGilchxist. assistant United States district attorney, then began nrs closing argument before the Jury. ' He went Into the various transactions alleged to have been conducted by Wheel er with the active aid of Olm- stead in promoting a float of cheeks betwessi the Northwestern National and eastern financial In stitutions which resulted in the loss of approximately $800,000 to the Portland bank. He dwelt particularly upon the log acceptances, the basis of credit in the east, and upon the approval by Olm stead of worth less checks deposited by Wheeler. McGilehrist endeavored to show a close relation between Olmstead and Wheeler and that the activity j of the two which resulted in their i indictment was, in truth, a joint venture. John C. Veatch. attorney for Wheeler was the first to addrees the jury for the defense. His main attack was upon the gov ernment's contention that a con spiracy existed between the two defendants. He spoke at some length upon the matter of intent, contending that the prosecution had failed to establish the fact that either Olmstead or Wheeler acted with intent to defraud the bank, and declaring that for this reason a conviction could not follow. STATE MERCHANTS MEET Retail Dealers Decide Ethics Should Begin at Home Speculation In Stocks Brings Them Off Market iCTOR URGES UNITY VISCOUNTESS LAUDS LINCOLN RAPS HIS COUNTRYMEN LONDON, Feb. 13 (AP--Ui-f.nntess Astor, extolling Abra haic Lincoln at a birthday lunch eon honoring the American civil war president today, discussed Anglo-American relations and as eaiird the "100 per cent citizen" ai a menace to international She regarded Lincoln not as the tvni, :i 4merican. but the embodl meui of the best qualities of the c'.tiaeu of all countries. iJa&y Astor urged unity of feel iu between the United States and Great Britain and expressed t&e fonvWctlon that they would be bNf awn together by living up highest ideals. f'It lVfce 100 per cent Ameri can and the 100 per cent English- -luan I fear," she went on. "I think 100 per cent citizens ought to be locked up. They are a dan ger to the world." America, said tne nauve vir- nian. is "very young, very targe. r.rv rich and very, very bumpt- uous." adding "I do not blame It; when England was very rich she was very bumptuous." . Alluding to the question of American unpopularity, Lady As top said: "England has never been a very popular country. If vou come to think of It." She advised her hearers not to tremMe at the 100 per cent Amer ican, but to "pity him andput him in' hit place." SEATTLE, Feb. 14 (AP) Speculating in Puget Sound Power and Light company prefer red stocks both In Seattle and New ork has resulted in the comuanv withdrawing offerings of its stocks. In announcing the with drawal tonight the company said that it wanted Its stocks to main tain an, investment status and so far as possible have ownership vested In Washington customers. WHEELED TRIAL HEARS CLOSE Sensational Portland Case Expected To Reach Jury Tomorrow One of the most aggravating things we know of on a colTmorn- Ing is a motor which does not choose to run. The politician who wants the nninstructed delegation is usually the fellow who. is looking for the bandwagon but hasn't been able to locate it. PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (AP) With two closing arguments com pleted at adjournment the trial of Emery Olmstead, former presi dent of the Northwestern Nation al bank, and J. E. Wheeler, for mer president of the McCormick Lumber1 company, today drew slowly toward its conclusion. It was predicted today that the case would go to the Jury Thursday afternoon. Wheeler and Olm stead, are on 4rlal-on federal grand! jury Indictments charging them with conspiracy, violation of the national banking laws and misap plication of 1800,000 in funds of the Northwestern National bank. Motions for a directed verdict in behalf of the defendants were submitted without argument today CORVALLIS, Feb. 14. ( AP) Deciding that ethics as well as charity begins at home, Oregon re tall merchants today spent the aft ernoon session discussing the un fair practices of certain classes of wholesalers and manufacturers in dealing direct with the consumers then turned the spotlight on their own personal practices and ended by adopting a resolution calling on the retailers themselves to clean house, and asking the co-operation of the jobbers and manufac turers in correcting the entire sys tem. Specifically the system under at tack was that of promiscuous Is suance of requisitions by dealers for individual friends or employes to purchase other, lines of retail goods on the dealers' account. This led to confessions that It is equally pernicious for a retail gro cery dealer, for instance, to use his trade connections to buy hard ware or other, merchandise at wholesale instead of through es tablished dealers. Manuel Lopez To Hang j At 5 A.M. This Morning WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 14. (AP). Preparations were completed tonight for the execu tion of Mahuel Loper, Mexican, who was convicted in Colfax re cently of the murder of Charles Markham, O r e; g o n-Washington Railroad and Navigation company section foreman. The hanging is scheduled to take place about 6 a. m. tomorrow. FLYERS ALL RECOVERED Pilot and Photographer Discharg ed From Hospital Feb. ll.-(AP) , OyC Drury. pilot, and C. E. Rob inson, photographer, who were in jured yesterday when their air plane crashed from a height of 100 ffret, were discharged tonight from the hospital where they had been confined. Reports that the two Seattle men had received broken r are wed untiue. Drury cefVla. sprained ankle and Rob ' insolra sprained ankle and arm. Hal Cooley, Seattle, the third victim of the crash, eseapd seri ous, 1b jury and was resting at the apartment of his wife, JM Dar welf, of the Henry Duffy plays rs here.- A Public Announcement Effective Monday, February 20, 1928, the First Preferred Stock of the Portland Electric Power Company, which has been paying its holders $6.00 per share per annum in divi dends ever since it was first offered to the public, will be advanced to $96.00 per share, to yield 6.25 per cent. The improved position of this Company, to gether with the continued strong demand for this stock, are responsible for the new change in price. These shares pay dividends quarterly, and may be purchased on easy terms. a If terms are desired, we pay you 6 inter est on your money till your shares are fully paid for, and then your dividends start at the rate of 6.25. INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT 237 N. Liberty St. Salem. 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