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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1928)
v ' Bj--- .? r- ;-- -. .1.',. - --':V.,-1'"."-" 1 . '.-n..."" T-W-'-'.:."v' - t-:,' I i.-.,- -' : : . I ' ' , '- , :. 5? - C If WEATHER : , i s ' Rata today, with ftf c oath wlad. Ij. temper-, ture Tuesday 51; Mia. M; River 4.6; Rain .OS; Fart cloudy ; South wind. . f r ' ABLOID INTERVIEWS Brief Expretaion of the Per eonal Opinion of Reader of the New Statesman 7. "No Favor Sway Vs; No Fear ShcU Aat" m tk rint fiutc- 1. SALEM WOULD become a better city in which to live, so rapidly it woulkl make most folk's head swim, if all the suggestions appearing in' the "tabloid interviews" were put Into effect. Perhaps it's as well that not all of them are adopt ed instanter, for the maze of improvements would be too much for the average citizen. If all of the ideas handed out to Statesman reporters Tuesday were realized today presto Just like that, the advertising signs would contain no mis spellings, all of the Christmas mail would be properly ad- dressed, . and - a lot of other ve I vus) ww vava a auvu "via " MAYNAKU WAYNE, Visitor, said: "I can't see why sign painters don't learn to take as much" pride in their spelling as In the appearance of the fin ished product. Just walking one block today I 'saw this: "mens' " and this: "goloshes." JOSEPH BENNER, general delivery clerk at the Salem postoffice. said: "Notwithstand ing the fact that we exhaust every resource to try to deliver niail at this time of year, every year so many letters and postal cards are mailed without suffi cient address and especially without stamps, that it is urged that everyone look at their ma terial before it la deposited in the postoffice. Such precaution saves an unbelievable lot of time on the part of employes and secures the proper delivery of such mall that is otherwise delayed or sent to the dead let ter section." LEWIS P. CAMPBELL, of the state highway department. said: "One of these days I'm going to be a public benefactor and invent a device which will Hive the owners of sawdust IS 14 1 lilUg A, U 1 11 at-90 - UCVWIOt of carrying their sawdust from the street to the basement by the gunny sack full. I'm in doubt Just now as to whether it will be a worm gear arrange ment or a fan. PAUL HARRISON, hitch hiker riding from Corvallis to Salem with a reporter, said: "I have just come up from Los An geles and have been trying to get work all along the way. Any man who has a Job at this time of year can consider him self lucky even If it pays only enough for fjieals and room." "CHIEF READY, local lino type machinist, said: "The idea some people have nowadays about history and about racial situations are certainly refresh ing, to say the least. The other day I was talking to a woman and she asked me, 'What is your nationality?' I told her that I was an Indian. 'Oh, so you're a foreigner, are you?' she said. 'I thought you looked like one when I first saw you." ANDREW VINCENT, mem ber of Company M of Salem during the World War, and Kw visiting here from Chicago, where he works as an artist, paid: "I'm afraid there won't be many of the Company M boys at the reunion tonight. I've talked with a lot of them, and the majority say they won't be able to make it." . Mrs. S. Ruggles Recovers From Serious Illness CLEAR LAKE, Ore., Dec. 11. (Special) Mrs. Sherman Ruggles has been seriously ill at the Dea coness hospital. Her condition is reported to be Improving slow ly. While at the hospital recuper ating from a major operation, Mrs. Ruggles contracted influenza, which developed into penumonia. The crisis seems to" be past and she is beginning to recover. When S. Paul Jones returned home Saturday evening from Gates where he has an interest in a saw- w.111 1 A tlAlr tlfttff . - . mm. ue iuuuu V new boy made hla debut Thursday SI evening. ' Numerous Schools Throu Due to Prevalence of Flu (By the Associated Frees) The widespread prevalence of in various communities :f" . va fait n ttim olna. 91 me CUUU117 iiiw . ilng of additional schools; while health authorities sougni meinoos of checking the disease. Almost all reports lnaicatea inai( the disease was not taking a se vere form and few deaths had been 'recorded. - An epidemic In the Yakima ral ley in central Washington caused authorities at Yakima to order the schools closed there today and to ban public gatherings. At Gran ger Cle Elum and Carfand, other towns in the valley, the schools also were closed. More than 1.300 pupils were reported absent from Bohnni tnd&T in Yakima. Oregon health authorities said the, disease was prevalent ln a nt form in that state.,.. The BchoohTat Canby. Or.. hare been l2eloed-.LT Portland shout 180 cas- am MN were reported, with on death 3es last week. - :5 school officials In Denver estl mated that 1 0 percent of th teachers and 15 per cent of the pu pils are I1L The St. Francis De Bales high school there was closed dne to Illness among: the teachers. .- With the closing of the Unlver slty of Missouri at Columbia until 'after the holidays, officials of the SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR iking Still Grips Life By Thread Slight Improvement in Rul er's Condition Effected During Night Long Struggle Causing In tense Anxiety Throughout Whole Empire LONDON. Dec. 12. (AP) (Wednesday) A special edition of the Daily Express issued at 6 a. m. ; today said that early this morninjjr less lan-rtotv over the condition 01 Kinz George was felt at Bucking ham palace. The paper added that the improvement in his con dition ribted overnight had- been maintained and that the King had had some sleep. LONDON, , . Dec. 11. (AP) King George !& struggling magnlf Jcently agairist his illness It was seml-offlcially earn tonigm Buckingham palace, i This was shown by the fact Jhat his exhaus tion has not Increased while his pulse remains steady. The night bulletin was said to be even more satisfactorly than had been an tlclpated. i Deep Anxiety Felt at Palace The palace informant said, how ever, that it was not considered altogether reassuring and that deep anxiety persists and must continue. The quiet day which his majesty passed enabled his con stitution to continue to fight against the general Infection ir. his system which had been weak ening him during the last few days. The King was permitted to see his heir tonight when he reached the palace after a record breaking journey from his bunting grounds in East Africa. Sir E. Farquhar Buzzard had called again tonight after the evening bulletin was Is- Bued and joined his fellow physi cians Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn in further con sultations The Duke of York and hi; Duchess had dined with Queen Mary tonight before he hastened to Victoria station to meet his el der brother and inform him of th condition of their father as they rode to the palace? Public Feeling Shows Worry at Condition The British public today suffer ed a period of suspense such as It had not previously undergone cur ing the illness of King George Newspapers made no attempt to conceal how great the anxiety had become for the sovereign. Sir Stanley Hewett of the King's medical staff arrived at the palace ibout 7 o'clock but Lord Dawson -t Penn was delayed and it was lot until 8 o'clock that the two nedical men went into a short consultation. At 8:30 they gave out a brief statement which told the anxious pubic that the worst fears had not been realized. The bulletin said: "His Majesty had a quiet day, There is no increase in the exhaus tion and the pulse remains steady." The morning bulletin had re corded no impairment in strength and the evening pronuoncement taken in conjunction with it, gave a renewal of hope in some quar ters. HIGHWAY AGAIN OPEN PORTLAND. Dec. 11. (AP) Traffic on the Columbia highway, after being .halted by a landslide at Mosier, was resumed today. University of Kansas at Lawrence began a bouse-to-house canvass among student to determine Just how many were 111. Seventy-fire students were In hospital In Law rence and two or three were ill at many of the fraternity and soror i hMiua rioslna- of the univer sity was not plannea une situation becomes more serious. Ninety studenta of the Univer sity of Missouri were under treat ment in the hospital at Columbia and it was-abnouneed elgnt mnu- enM- sufferers naa . cuunvww pneumonia. ChriBtian College, a iri' Kchool in Columbia, will close today until after the holi day. ' . .' Officials of Texa Agricultural and Mechanical college at College Station. Tex., aaid 29 students were ill. but that the peak of the light epidemic had been reached three weeks ago. -; . - Hundreds of children were out 61 school ..at:-. Pittsburg h.: Kas., where one death was reported, and there were more than 400 absen tees at Dodge City, Kas. Schools at Stockton. Kas., have been closed. . - ot , .iiiiir.na1 Heaths attrib uted to influensa were reported in . . Closed ghout United States ToDeka. Kaa. cringing me uiw wuou u-u. - - - -U?esthretofive. Aboua 1,000 To- ago in a building on Bout Com peka children were out of school, merelal street. AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION Farm Cooperative Service Would Work Out as Trade Association Research Board Is Wanted At Once to Study Market Situation CHICAGO. Dec. 11. (AP) A nation wide agricultural coopera tive service-to function as a trade association" for farm cooperatives is to be inaugurated by the Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation at the beginning of 129, Frank Ev ans of Salt Lake City, general counsel and bead of the market ing department of the federation announced today in addressing the annual convention of the farm bu reaux The various Farmers' Coopera tive associations will be joined to gether in the national organiza tion sponsored by the federation for the purpose of pooling their resources in stabilising agricul ture, Mr;;Evana said. The ' marketing eapert apd chief counsel said the immediate effort would be concentrated on the creation of a research board or fact finding commission which would supervise the analysis of markets, give legal advice on con tracts, taxes, and' similar matters and supply a transportation bu reau and other special services. Tuesday in Washington (By The Associated Frees) The senate confirmed the nomination of Secretary of Com merce Whiting. The house ap proved the 134.630,968 Aus trian settlement agreement. A request for a $55,000,000 supplemental appropriation for payment of tax refunds was submitted to congress by Presi dent Coolidge. The international civil aero nautics conference will open formally Wednesday with an ad dress by President Coolidge. Several hotly contested amendments to the Boulder Dam bill were adopted by the senate including -one to allot 4,400,000 acre feet of water to California. Bolivia withdrew from the Pan-American conference on arbitration and conciliation be cause of her unwillingness at present to conciliate her differ ences with Paraguay. Establishment of a fund for propagation of salmon in the Columbia river district was pro posed in a bill Introduced today by Senator McNary, republican. Oregon. cuifrais ii PflTATELLO. Idaho. Dec. 11. (AP) Salem, Ore., Authorities notified SherVt H. w. nenoeraoa here tonight that A. B. Meyer, a clairvoyant who is aliegea to nave obtained S5000 from Mrs. a. v. Lyon Harris of this city on a pre tense of Investing 11 ior ner, is uu- at mrrest in the Oregon city on a felony warrant charging him with obtaining money unaer iaise pre tense. ..- Sheriff Henderson saw ne was advised of a similar cnarge against Meyer from Michigan. almost as soon as reports were circulated Tuesday afternoon that r Stevens, self-styled fortune leu- er. had been arrested In Salem on a charge of obtaining money un der false pretenses, a man claim ing to be one of his local clients appeared at the police station with a query, as to wnetner ne coaia ret his money back, the police re ported. They were unanie 10 en lighten him. - Indications that Stevens would fight extradition &on the eharge filed in - Bannock county, -laano. were. - seen . xuesaay aiiernoun, when he engaged a local attorney to protect his interests. - The warrant for Stevena arrest arrived shortly after he was taken Into custody by Inspector Olson Tuesday afternoon. Details of the charge have not been learned nere officially, but Stevens mentioned to the Dollce Tuesday, afternoon that he had received a $ 2 0 0 fee from a client in Bannock county, The nelice identified Stevens as the peVson described In a circular which they received several aays tro nartlv through the fact that -e was driving a Stutz automobile with Ohio license 827-116. The Circular said the man wanted In Idaho was also wanted in the east. : Information received by the po- teo Tuesday night was that ste ens was refused a license to op- erate In Portland. He had erta i.k.j VA.jImi artaM tiara twfl n&Y. IDEA H WANTS NIONEr BACK Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 11, 1928 KANSAS CITY IS WIDE OPEN SAY INVESTIGATORS Liquor Scandal Faced After Irate Woman Runs Amuck In Speakeasy Enforcement Is "Joke" and Police Accept Bribes, Chagres Assert KANSAS-CITY, Dec. 11. (AP) Local and federal authorities agreed today that bootleggers had made Kansas City a "wide open town," but they were far apart on the question of official responii bility or what to do about the sit uation. Assertions that policemen pro tected bootleggers and that prohi bition enforcement was a "joke" were made after the smashing of a saloon yesterday by an irate. wife and mother who wielded a hatchet in emulation of Carrie Nation. W. Harold Lane, chief of fed eral prohibition agents here, said there were more drinking places here now than there were legiti mate saloons 'before prohibition! He estimated the number at 1,000. Sarcastic Comment Flung at PoUce Force The only ones who don't know it apparently are the police," Lan said, adding that he had evidence in his office of police protecting bootleggers. i From police came denials that they were responsible. Sergeant Elmer Duncan, in eharge of raid ing activities, said prohibition en forcement here was a "Joke," but not because the police were "lay lng down on the job." He blamed "loopholes" In the law and In prosecutions, saying that penal ties had been assessed In the cases of only 10 of 3,000 arrests made tills year by ponce. Lincoln R. Toyne, chief of po lice, complained that be was "jumped on" one week for giving too much attention to bandits and not to liquor, and the next week vice versa. "Why not jump on the government?" he asked. Yes, Police Know It, " Commissioner Admits M. A. O'Donnell, police com missiouerf admitted readily that the police knew soft drink places and bootleggers were operating. "They are like a fire," O Don nell said, "put them out. in one place and they break out in an other. Undoubtedly there are men of the department who are wink ing at liquor and other vlllations. Where you have 700 men you can not entirely avoid such things. Lane disclaimed responsibility, saying he had eight men with which to enforce prohibition In 64 counties In western Missouri, and that it was the duty of the po lice and sheriff to go after the re- taller of liquor. Lane commended the act of.Mrs. Maude Wilson In wrecking the sa loon yesterday, sajring he wished there were "a hundred Mrs. Wil sons. Kansas City needed something like that to wake it up," he said. It - a X vV 4JKl i U Vv tf, It "S, VT tlttt kli aft I 11 s- a 5, ' n wt va Lm5;. t.c ;? n w.siu Yt.i9.st'V- 1 Xmm mi m r Mfeik m - - mer ika't 1ST -. w Good Will Fond The Christmas spirit is gradually inoculating the people of Salem and their donations to the Salvation Armyjs Christmas fund are becoming .correspondingly larger; both the amount tossed into the 6treet kettles and the larger special gifts. On Tuesday the fund reached a total of 9270 even; strangely enough, the pen nies, nickels, dimes, quarters and possible larger coins dropped Into the kettles amouated to Just enough to round oat the fund In even dollars. The fund was increased by 156.62 Tuesday, one of the best days yet; but even at that rate it won't reach the 11500 needed unless the folk who can afford to give a little, keep on giving. Donations Tuesday in ad dition to the kettles' receipts Included one of $5 by U. O. Shipley and" one of $20 by Mayor T. A. Llvesley. The previous total was $213.38. HOLIDAY SPIRIT IS MINING FOOTHOLD Real Meaning of Christmas; Realized; Kettle Contri butions Grow OOR bell rings. The mother of the family an swers. There stands on the porch a Salva tion Army in v e s 1 1 g at ing worker. "Come in," says the wom an, and he of the red banded hat enters. Tactfully he ex- plains that the attention of the organization has hoen directed to the house ana that he has called to inquire if there Is anything that tne organ Ixation might do, some little as siatance In the matter of a Christ mna dinner, say. to make -the Yuletide days more pleasant The father of the family comes Into the room, worn with pain krom sickness. Some of tne nine children also come and stand gaz in at the caller. He looks around Signs of poverty greet his gaze everywhere. He Questions the parents and finds that the family is in quite straightened circumstances. Sick ness, impossible to work, the wolf at the door, etc Christmas? No, there won't be any Christmas. It is too bad, but how can they give the children anything for Christmas? Christmas dinner? A feast? Candy, nut's and fruit for the children and enough provisions to last perhaps a week after Christ mas. Why that would be nice It would be good of the Salvation Army to send one of its generous boxes there. Otherwise, of course, the meal would be as meagre a one as on any other day. "But look here,' says the care worn mother of the large family, "Don't you folks go and do any thing for us, now, if there are others who need your help more (Turn to Page 2. Please. ) Whither Are We Driiting? I Rl DARKER DN9 BORDER Bolivia Returns to Pan American Conference Up on Conciliation Earlier Action Rescinded; Forces Being Mobilized For Action LIMA, Peru, Dec. 11. (AP) Bolivian Minister Oulterres to night told tne Associated Press that he had received a dispatch from the foreign minister in La Pax advising him that Bolivia has decided to return to the Paa A merle an conference on concilia tion and arbitration now in session in Washington. It was added that Minister Diet Medina in Washing ton had been instructed accord ingly. LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 11. (AP) Threatening war clouds continued to roll over Bolivia to day with the country responding with patriotic demonstrations ana offers of service. The general staff has called to the colors the class of 1929. Wartime Cabinet To Be Formed at Once Three cabinet members today agreed to resign their portfolios to permit President Hernanao Slles to form a ministry for na tional concentration. It is' believed that the other ministers who had been out of the country with thv commission of welcome to Herbert Hoover, would Join the move. Retired army officers have of fered the general staff to rejoin their former units. Students, in the universities have agreed to form a battalion of troops. Taxi cab drivers and owners here have offered the government most of their conveyances for any use. A patriotic committee composed, of both men and women met here today and recommended the for mat ion of similar committee throughout the country tq ac quaint all citizens by speeches and lectures with the rights of Bolivia to the Gran Chaco regions which are disputed by Paraguay. NaAonal Defense Committee Meets The committee for national de fense and propaganda met today to formulate measures relating to the situation, the boy scouts .have decided to become reorganized in to military brigades, and have re quested that they be immediately called for service. The newspapers print long dis patches concerning the peace ef forts launched at Washington, Montevideo and Lugano but gen eral opinion seems to favor set tlement without intervention. The newspapers continue to print extra editions with photo graphs of Lieutenants Manchego and Lozada, who were killed In the skirmish with the Paraguayans ever the possession of the border fort. All editions are exhausted a.- soon as they reach the street. Herbert Hoovers Death Is Averted When Plot Nipped 1500 Guards Protect American President-Elect From Danger of Assassination as He Approaches Chief City Of Argentina; Conspirators Plan to Wreck Train T-hUENOS AIRES. Dec. 11 ( AP ) Official confirmation 13 of the discovery "of a plot against the life of Herbert Hoover and of its frustration by the police was made tonight by President Irigoyen. S His statement said : "The President of the republic, be ins desirous of making agreeable the visit of the president elect of the United States of America and of offering UiO greatest possible guarantee of safety to- the personnel of the) illustrious visitor, commanded the police to itensify their ob Lost Girl Found Safe And Wefl By Searching Party Log Only Shelter for Miss Fay Wilbur; Little Dis tress Caused EUGENE, Dec. 11 ( AP) After having been lost nearly 48 hours in the mountains near Suislaw Falls, Miss Fay Wilbur, 20, Eu- eene stenographer, was found to day by searchers. She was in good physical condition, despite the fact that she had spent two nights In the open and eaten nothing since Sunday noon. The girl became lost when slue wandered away from her com panion. Walter Weber, while thie two were gathering Christmas greens in the mountains. George' BJorset, of Cottage Grove, and Charles Mitchell of Loraine found the girl lying be neath a log where she had stayed for the past two nights. The log furnished the only shelter she had been able to find. Exposure to the wilds, rain, bit ter wind, lack of suitable gar ments, and lack of food, seemed to have caused the girl little dis tress. She wandered at times duT ing the day, returning to the lag at night, confident, she said, that searchers would find her. C.F.GIE3E ELECTED Carl F. Glese, local furniture merchant, was elected King Bing of the Salem Cherrlans for 1929, at the annual election held at Tuesday night's meeting at the chamber of commerce rooms. Other officers were elected as follows: Grover Hillman, Lord Governor Wood; C. E. Wilson, chancellor of. the rolls; Harold E. Eakin, keeper; of the orchard; F- O. Deckebach, Jr., king's Jester; H. R. Worth, duke of Lambert; Arthur A. Keene, Queen Anne's consort; Frank Gl Myers, archbishop of Rickreall; Louis D. Griffith, mar quis of Maraschino; Mllo Ras mussen. early of Waldo. The Cherrlans decided to Illum inate at the Christmas season, the large fir tree in the southwest corner of the courthouse grounds, following a reminder from F. G. Deckebach, Sr., that the Cherrlans have lighted this tree each year for 14 years. The custom of illuminating live trees at Christmas time really started in Salem with this move on the part of the Cherrlans, and has. now spread to all parts of the United States. Mr. Deckebach said. adding that Salem and the Cher rlans hare not received credit for originating the Idea. King Bing P. D. Qulsenberry appointed as a committee to deco rate and light the tree. F. G. Deckebach, Sr., W- M. Hamilton, C. F. Glese and Don W. Miles. The Cherrlans' annual banquet will be held on the evening of Tuesday, January 8. at the Mar ion hotel, at which time the new King Bing will be crowned and new members Initiated. On the banquet and entertain ment committee Carl D. Gabriel son, Gus Hixson. Harold E. Eakln and Asel Eoff were appointed The King Bing-elect announced that he would use every effort, to make the Cherrlans one of the most active civic organizations in the city. 'S' Club Opposes Plan Of Dancing For High School The Salem oiglf school "S. club put Its official foot down; and put It down hard, Tuesday when; by nnanfmons rote .the : organisation went on record as opposed to danc es In the high school gymnasium. Dances ruin the gym floor forJ athletic use. ssld the "S" club members, because the resin - used on the floor mskes it so smooth it Is almost impossible fof a plsryer to keep his footing. This situation necessitates 1 washing the - floor. which is. Injurious to. the surface and makes the gym unsuitable for jjlar Rl . PRICE FIVE CENTO servation of dangerous anai- chist elements. "This order was carried out by the division of investiga tion which, after discreet in quiries and investigations, this morning searched a house in k toniba street in which were found four hand grenade, two cylindrical bombs, one square bomb, dynamite, revolvers, auto matic pistols, quantities f ammu nition and 150 ten-peso notes all of which have been placed at the disposition of judicial author ities." Map of Kailway System Is Discovered The police said that a room ta the raided house contained a de tailed map of the railway eynteat which apparently was used by tt.e plotters iu planning their attack. It was announced tonight that 1,600 guards 1iad been employed on special duty to insure the nale ty of Mr. Hoover during hit visit. Other details obtained from tli police indicate that the conspir ators intended to place bombs oa the railway tracks just before the arrival of the Hoover special train which is due here late Thurrday afternoon. It was believed that the bombs were to have been placed somewhere near the outsklrtf of the city. Voting Radical Taken as Conspirator A youth arrested in the raided' house gave hla name as Carlo Gutierrez, age 18 years. The po lice declared that his real name was Alejandro Romano and that he was 21 but posed as younger la the hope of obtaining leniency un der the minors law. He is said to be a student of chemistry and i believed to have manufactured the bombs. A second man arrested tonigitt near the house gave the name of Jaime Oliver. The police said Uim real name Is Jaime Castro and that he la a chauffeur. MENDOZA, Argentina. Dec. 11. -(AP) The special train which will carry President-elect Hoover from the Chilean-Argentina fron tier to Buenos Aires left here this afternoon for Las Cuevaa.to meet him. United States Ambassador. Rob ert W. Bliss and a welcoming Ar gentine commission, were bn the train. j Din E - TO MIL TRESTLE Whose dam is that which the playgrounds committee was In strumental in having erected last summer in the mill creek run ning along the Fourteenth street athletic grounds? And who would be responsible in case the foot bridge across the creek at that point should wash out, carrying the dam with it and damage sboald result to the railway trestle went of the dajn and bridge? These two questions were tbe most weighty matters pondered by the city school board at Its regu lar meeting last night. They arose following reading of a complaint from John H. Kersh, Southern Pa clfic engineer, who asserted that if high water should wash out the dam, it would cause damage to the' railway trestle. The matter was threshed over at some lengtk and two desultory motions put but no definite action had been take when adjournment was called. The board granted the reqtr of Miss Margaret Copper, princi pal of Garfield school, for install ation of a hot water system at the school, and voted approval of ask ing the police force for a star of I C. Steward, Janitor at the k-iab school building. 8 r 1 il