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. V . : COMICS , r lW h foremost' artists in -America's leadln K ' news-' paper services draw the de ligfctfuUy amusing comic strips appearing daily in the Statesman. Cloudy today; Ixw temp, r rat u res; Gentle variable winds. Max temperature Fi. 4tt; Min. 32; River 10.2; No rain; X E wind. JVo Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe ft rvern tli Firit Sutca- ,1851. man. March 28. Seventy-eighth year Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 5, 1929 , PRICE FIVE CENTS , I WEATHER 5 , w niTinni nr IIIIUIII I IIIIU III r UUIIUI I lull Ul TEX RIHKARn - - -m mm - i ndniMc minDCi: OIIUVVU iVUIIJL . PamnilC Pinh Prnmntap Colrl n miiwmu i vi lit. i i uiiiuiGi vjr?iu Appendicitis Second Operation Performed in Desperate Attempt to Save Life MIAMI. Fla.. Jan. 5. fAP) Tex Rickard, president of Madi son Square Garden, lay near death at Allison hosnital. Miami f Beach, late last night. The fa- uiuub pruiouier, wno unaerweni an operation Tuesday evening for appendicitis, suddenly took a de cided turn for the worst at mid night and physicians worked to save his life. Atj 12:45 a. m., Mr. Rickard was gradually growing vreaker.' -attar a second operation had been performed late last night. The -statement was made at the hos pital by authority of Dr. H. E. Ad ams, who is In charge of the case DrJ JUklns .performed, the first operation upon Rickard Tuesday night, removing, the appendix. Rickard had been taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after he had complained that morning of suffering from a severe pain. in his right side. He had bettered at first that he had suffered an attack of indigestion: Jack Dempsey'at midnight had not been admitted to see Rickard. physicians forbidding; anyone to enter the sick room following the promoter's turn for the worst. HAY AN A, Cuba. Jan. 4. (AP) El Mundo tonight quoted Dr. William Mayo, Rochester, Minn., specialist, as saying he would not go to the bedside of Tex Rickard, New York promoter, ill at Miami, Fla. In a telephone conversation with the newspaper, the specialist who is touring Orlente Province, declared, the newspaper said, thai in his opinion Rickard's condition was such; that his services would be of no benefit. HAVANA. Jan. 4. ( AP) Ur gent requests for the assistance of Doctor William Mayo of Roches ter, Minn., were received late this afternoon from physicians attend ing Tex Rlekard. New YoraVhoxin (Torn to Paje 2, Please.) T .ATTACKED BY POSSE DOUGLAS. 'A"rli., Jan. 4. (AP) Francisco Fimores, So nora, Mexico, cattleman, today is leading a searching party into the rugged mountains south of here, the lair of a wild band of Apache Indians which two years ago kid naped his son. i The Fimores family was set upon by Apaches in October, 1926. while riding from Naco, Mexico, to its home on the Bavlspe river. Mrs. Fimores waf killed, and her body carried Into the mountains, and the Fimores boy also was car ried away. Francisco Fimores today re ceived a commission from Govern or Fausto Topete, of Sonora. to organize a search party at Agua Prieta, Mexico, across the border from here, to hunt down and wipe out the Apache band. ' The -Apaches, now living in the movntalns of Mexico from where they swoop down at intervals to rob and kill.' are the descendants pf the survlvers of the Oironimo band, which 40 years ago terror ized southern Arizona. This group was diipersed after many had been captured by United States soldiers following one of the most famous of Indian expeditions. The few who escaped the soldiers mi grated to Mexico aad established a well fortified camp deep in the mountains. Fimores believes that his boy still Is alive, and is being raised & an Indian. The search party took provisions for a two weeks stay in the hills. 11 GSiant Radio, Phonograph Companies Form Merger Of Immense Resources NEW YORK. Jan. 4. (AP) Radio and phonograph were brought together today for service in one of the greatest if not the greatest entertainment enterpris es of history through unification of theRadio corporation of Amer ica, and the Victor Talking Ma chine company. Directors of both companies ap proved plans which have been in "preparation for nearly a year ana which in effect provide for a mer rr nt the corporations through a" exchange of stock. Subject to ap proval of stockholders, Radio cor peratlon directors vetoed issuanc of approximately 6,690.000 shares of new common stock, of which 6, '7 7 7,0 00 shares will be ex changed for present common stock outstanding on the basis of fivt new shares for each old share now hW In addition, there will be 818,000 Shares cumulative B. Pre- whkh wlJJ b Junior to the Fight Promoter Near Death il'"TB,w"lki. -y T"y worn ?s tieorce "Tex" 1 tic karri, who is death bed at a hospital in Miami, a harry ceil to Havana to obtain the-services of one of the famous Mayo brothers of Rochester, Minnesota, - Tbcy are shown above in golfing: togs as they appeared in Virginia a short time ago. Crew of Question Mark Wins Desperate Battle Overcoming Heavy Odds Hard Fight to Refuel Plane and Keep It in Air Told in Brief Log METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. Los Angeles, Jan. 4. (AP) A heroic and at times desperate bat tle by the crew of the Question Mark to keep their plane In the air yesterday and last night when they pulled her through to smash all existing airplane flight records was revealed late today in the log dropped from the ariny trl-motor-1 galTons " ed Fokker. H'i-.i'i ' Confronting the plane's daring crew were fogs, terrinc aown drafts in Imperial Valley, a near ly exhausted fuel supply and a motor going bad and throwing oil. Before leaving Los Angeles yes terday morning because of the fog fast rolling in. Major Carl Spatz, commanding officer, wrote in the plane s log that the bumps during the morning refueling here, were severe enough to cause a difference or aisiance Deiween the two airplanes of 20 to 30 feet in a fraction of a second: The piloting of both men, Captain Ira Eaker In the Question Mark, ana Lieutenant Odas Moon in the re fueling plane, was superb." PAIR MAY HOT DIE TODAY AS SLATED NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 4. (AP) Whether the hanging of Mr Ada Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher will take place as scheduled tomorrow at rrana ln became cloaked In legal u certainty tonight when Chief Jus tice Charles A. O'Neill of the Lou isana supreme court granted a stay of execution and four Justices of the supreme court ruled that the hanging should be carried out. The four justices, constituting a majority pf the court, ordered the clerk of the court to inform Sher iff Charles Pecot of St. Mary par ish to proceed with the hanging. The chief Justice, however, held that the state constitution empow ered him to grant a stay of execu tion. 780,000 of seven per cent a pre ferred stock outstanding. Radio gains through the unifi cation of interests valuable right to artists, entertainers, and pat ents controlled by Victor, as well as the benefit of laboratory devel opments resulting from years of endeavor in reproducing sound. David Sarnoff, executive vice president of radio, explained in a statement accompanying the an nouncement of the plan, that as the radio and the phonograph play complimentary parts In broadcast ing, talking motion pictures, and in theatre installations, the per manent success of both Industries is dependent upon the future de velopment of electrical entertain ment in the home and In the the-, atre. i " The Camden, N. J. plant and organization of -the Victor com pany, as well as the trade marks, will be retained, and Victor Talk ing machines, radio-phonograph combinations and records will con-' tinue to be produced. now on what may prove to be hta Florida, and his wife, who has sent "Arrived Rockwell Field 11 a. m.," the log continued. "Field covered with clouds. In urgent need of gasoline. Just a few gal lons, left, went beneath clouds, crossed Rockwell Field at 300 feet altitude. Saw refueling plane take off.- Climbed back through clouds, crew took positions. Con tacts made at 11:40 a. m. and 11.50 a. m. 150 gallons gas and storage battery transferred. "Rockwell Field showed keen judgment in picking us up prompt ly and getting fuel to us just as we were-about to use up our last At 2 p. -in., Lieutenant Elwood Queaad a, relief pilot, wrote: "Captain Eaker has slight sore throat; painted it and also gargled a solution otherwise he feels o. k." At 3 p. m., Quesada wrote: "We are now in Imperial Valley. Oh boy, what a rough ride over the mountains. Engines O. K. at 2:58 p. m. Took on gasoline and food. There was mail in the food bag. Can see that friends are pulling for us. It Is very rough. Can hard ly write." Lieutenant Harry Halverson, relief pilot, wrote a few minutes later: "Captain Eaker thinks the left engine is going bad. Don't know yet." Captain 'Eaker later wrote: "Flew from three to five p. m., Halverson juot taken controls. Wind terrible, running almost full throttle and making no headway. Descending winds roll down the mountains. Lost from 500 to 1500 feet in less than no time. We will do well to get through the night. Left engine throwing oil. Has cov ered Tachometer." Sport Briefs SEATTLE, Jan. 4. (AP) The Portland Buckaroos and the Seattle Eskimos fought each other to a scoreless stand still in an overtime hockey game here tonight. The 0 to 0 tie however, raised Portland out of a second place tie with Victoria In the Pacific coast hockey standings. MOSCOW, Ida.. Jan. 4. (AP) Montana State college, Rocky . Mountain hoop cham pions last year, swamped the Idaho Vandals under a 44 to 21 score in the first of a two game series here tonight. The Ida hoans started with a burst of speed that gave them a four point lead, but weakened after a few minutes and the Bobcats had easy sailing. OAKLAND, Cal.. Jan. 4. (AP) Overcoming a lead held by the mid-westerners at half time, the University of Califor nia basketball team opened up in the second half with a daz zling attack here tonight to take a 30 to 23 victoiy from the University of Kansas quin tet. ; STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Jan. 4. (AP) Repelling a last minute rally that fell just short of tying the score, Stan ford university's basketball team defeated College of the Pacific here tonight, 34 to 31.' Gas War Spreads Down to AstQria ASTORIA, Jan. 4. (AP) Spread of a gasoline war in Port land to Astoria was Indicated to day when an independent "dealer advertised fuel for 19 cents a gal lon, tax 'included'. Other HealeTs. selling at 234 cents a gallon, to night refused to comment pn the situation. AIRPLANE NOW WELL PAST ALL Question Mark Roars On, Still Making Regular Fuel Contacts Machine Gradually Nearing 100th Hour of Contin uous Flight METROPOLITAN A I R P O RT. Los Angeles, Jan. 5. (AP) The midnight refueling took place di rectly over this airport and the lights of both planes were plainly seen as they raced through the air at 70 miles an hour. The Question Mark's three mo tors were heard distinctly, and air corps officers reported that the engines seemed to be "running per fectly after nearly 89 hours in the air. The giant Fokker was flying with its running lights, red port, green starboard and white tail light. The weather was reported as calm and clear with good vis ibility. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. Los Angeles, Jan.-4. (AP) The 8Sth hour of continuous flight was passed by the Question Mark at 9:26:46 o'clock tonight. The army tri-motored monoplane passed over the airport at 9:30. Officers reported on its ceaseless circles above the mountain rim med San Fernando valley. Army aviation officials station ed at the airport reported at 7:30 o'clock that the giant tri-motored Fokker had just passed over the field, its motors apparently still functioning smoothly. One hundred and fifty gallons of gasoline were loaded on the monoplane by refueling ship No. 2 at 4:30 p. m.,- in a ten minute contact, the longest contact per iod so far during the endurance flight. Many Observers Watch Refueling The refueling was a spectacular event, with several observing planes In the air circling the Question Mark and its flying fill ing station. Scores of other ob servers on the ground craned their necks to watch the thrilling drama enacted half a mile above the earth. The Question Mark, which last night in the bumpy and drafty air above the hot sands ( Imper ial valley broke all airplane en durance flight records, winged back to Metropolitan airport, its New Year's day starting point, during the forenoon. A refueling plane tagged along ready to re fuel enroute if necessary. An air tour of 5,400 miles was the unofficially estimated mile age of the Question Mark at its 84th hour tonight a distance equal to that from San Francisco to Yokohama. The estimate was based on an assumed average of 65 miles an hour, which army of ficials stated undoubtedly was lower than the actual speed of the ship. During the next 12 hours the monoplane will circle above the airport here, and guards tonight were posted to keep constant look out for signal flares, Indicating that messages are expected to be dropped by Major Carl Spatz, commanding officer on the plane. IS. FACULTY INJURED MONMOUTH, Ore., Jan. 4. (Special) Miss Jessica Todd, dean of women, and Miss Maude McPherson, librarian at the Ore gon Normal school, were injured in an automobile accident on the Salem-Dallas highway near Hol man Park Friday forenoon. They were on their way to Salem in John Bulloch's auto mobile, accompanied by Mr. Bull och, who was driving, and Mrs. Bulloch. At the curve east of Hol man Park, an automobile was parked partly on the highway, and a machine going toward Rickreall, driven by a Portland man turned toward the center of the highway to avoid this stationary car and met the Bulloch car in a head on collision. The car containing the Mon. mouth party was practically de molished: Miss Todd suffered an injury to her spine, and Miss Mc Pherson a bruised hip. The other car turned over and the driver was pinned beneath It but not seriously hurt, according to re ports which reached Monmouth. His name was not reported here. He whs extricated by the driver and passengers on a stage which came along Just after the collision. The normal school faculty wo men were taken to Salem on the stage. An X-ray picture of Miss Todd's Injury was made and show ed that her spine was sprained but not dislocated. She and Miss McPherson were brought to Mon mouth later in the day. Mr. and Mtb. Bulloch were not hurt. Judge McNary to Resume His Post PORTLAND, Jan. 4. (AP) Federal Judge John McNary. who has been ill at his home in Salem since before the Christmas holi days. Is. expected, to resume , the beach in federal court here Mon day. Judge McNary sufferend an attack of Influenza. IRKS WOMEN 0 DELIVERY. The Statesman strives to make its daily distribution as satisfactory to every sab- " scriber as is possible. ' In fact, satisfactory carrier ser vice, in charge of a troop of splendid boys, one of whom calls at your home every morning, is guaran- , teed.. These carriers are re quired to deliver your paper by 6:30 a. m. every day, except Monday. If your pa per is not delivered prompt ' please phone 500. The error will not be repeated and yon will receive a copy of the paper at the earliest possible moment. 1M FOR COMMISSIONER Portland Man to Succeed Ostrander; Corey Wins Reappointment Appointment of O. C. Bortz meyer of Portland, to succeed Ed ward Ostrander as a member of the Oregon public service com mission on January 7 was an nounced Friday night by Oover nor Patterson. H. H. Corey, member of the commission for the last 12 years, was reappoint ed for a four-year term. Mr: Corey represents the east em . Oregon district on the com mission, while Mr. Bortzmeyer will serve as commissioner from the western Oregon district. L. E. Bean of Eugene, third mem ber of the commission, represents the state at large. Mr. Corey first was appointed a member of the public service commission by Governor Withy combe In June, 1916. He pre viously was nominated for the of fice at the republican primary election held In May, 1916. and was elected for the four years term in November of that year He was reelected in 1920 and 1924. Prior to becoming a mem ber of the commission Mr. Corey served as secretary of the body for more than four years. Governor Patterson said Mr. Corey was the only candidate for the office from eastern Oregon He had the indorsement of Mr. Aitchlson and many of the com mercial and civic organizations of central and eastern Oregon. Mr. Bortzmeyer Is a member of the Portland civil service commls sion and formerly served as its secretary. He has been engaged In the Insurance business in re cent years. Mr. Ostrander, who retires after serving one term, previously served as secretary of the com mission for a number of years Prior to that time he served as a rate expert for leading railroads and was prominent in lumbering circles. In 1916 Mr. Ostrander was em ployed in the valuation of the properties of the Portland Elec tric Power company. He an nounced no plans for the future. Friday In Washington By The Associated Press Senator Borah of Idaho de fended the Kellogg treaty on the senate floor. The house census committee approved the reapportionment measure. . The Pan-Ameican conference approved its arbitration and conciliation treaties. The supreme court concluded arguments on the St. Louis and O'Fallon railroad valuation case. The 184.000,000 first defi ciency bill Including $75,000. 000 for tax refunds was report ed to the house. The senate approved the re appointment of Owen J. Rob erts as special government oil counsel. Senator-elect Vare of Penn sylvania was granted an inde finite extension for his appear ance before the senate commit tee. Senator Edge, republican, New Jersey, proposed the ap pointment of a citizens com mittee by Herbert Hoover to study prohibition. Secretary Davis and Army Air corps officials praised the endurance flight of the Question Mark in California. A compromise settlement of $26,000,000 tax refunds for the United States Steel corpora tion was made public by the house appropriations commit tee. Fred Herrick is Found Bankrupt SPOKANE. Jan. 4. tAP) Pred Herrick,- widely known northwestern lumberman, today filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy in federal district court. He had previously made an , as signment of assets for the benefit of creditors whose claims totaled between $4,000,000 and f 5,000.- 000. TOUR OF 1ST Porto Rico, iHaiti, Cuba and Santo Domingo Among Places on List Week's Rest to be Enjoyed in Florida After Wash ington Meetings U. S. S. UTAH. Jan. 4. (AP) A tour of the West Indies be fore his inauguration March 4 is looked forward o by Herbert Hoover if he can conclude his next week's con ferences in Washington in short order. The president elect .will com mence his con ferences on his cabinet s e l e c tions and other matters facing his administra HERBERT HOOVER tion In the na- tional capital on Monday and after their conclusion he plans to go to Florida for a week or ten days rest. Afterwards he hopes to visit Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, and possibly the Virgin islands. The West Indies tour probably would require less than three weeks and if undertaken, the president-elect would expect to return to Florida in ample time to write his inaugural address. Activities of Marines To Be Instigated Mr. Hover particularly desires to visit Cuba. -He also is anxious to get a first hand observation of what the American marines are doing in Haiti and to ascertain how Santo Domingo has pro gressed since the termination of the American occupation several years ago. Under present plans j for the trip, Mr. Hoover would stop at (Turn to Page 3, Please.) Man Once Sought as Tom Murray Brings Liquor Un der Officers' Noses Rex Keene, who laughed ai state, county and city officers when they sought him one day in the summer of 1925 and failed to find him found that the laugh was on him when he was arrested here Friday for transportation of intoxicating liquor. Keene was sought as Tom Mur ray a few days after the famous prison break in August, 1925. He was seen in the rear seat of an automobile, almost completely covered by a blanket, his wife driv ing the car. The report went out that this was Murray, and all hands joined in the chase. Roads, highways and streets were scoured while the Keene car was parked calmly on State street, with Keene in it and his wife shopping. Tom Murray has long since been dead, having cheated the gallown by hanging himself In his cell, but Keene hits always had his laugh. On Friday George Alexander, state prohibition commissioner, looked out of his window in the BUgh building. "Buck" Marlot. prohibition agent, was beside him. They saw Keene drive his car along High street, and stop in front of their window. Keene got out with a package under his arm. A few minutes later he returned, not having delivered the package. "I'll bet that's liquor," said Al exander. "Let's go down and see." A few minutes later Alexander, Marlot and Keene appeared in jus tice court. The officers declared they had just confiscated two gal lons of moonshine. Keene was re leased on $500 bail, and will en ter bis plea today. All of which is of particular in terest to the police, who were con temptuously described as "some detectives" by Mrs. Keene when they failed to find her husband. You just wait," said Jack Cutler when he read newspaper accounts of her statements. "There'll be a time when the papers will have a lot better story than that." Lad Buried Alive Is Unhurt After Staying 2 Hours SAN RAFAEL, Cal., aJn. 4. (AP) Digging frantically, a score of San Rafael firemen worked for two hours to rescue Proctor Solo mon, 14-year-old school boy, who was hurled alive today when a sand bunker In a gravel yard here caved in. Although they held little hope of getting the youth out alive, the firemen built a bulkhead and sank a shaft through the wet sand to where the boy lay. When they pulled him out of the hole, expecting to use respir' aters, the youth was -uninjnred except for a chill. The sand had packed around him so he was able to breathe easily, he explained. INBES REGION WOM HIS TUIED; UK ONKEENE Mm goment of Representatives Will be Demanded Constitutional Requirement on Membership May be Complied With WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP) A congressional row which has been in progress nearly 10 years. over the reappointment of the membership of the house of repre sentatives, promises to reach the house floor again this session. A year ago the question was brought up in the house only to be sent back to committee for further con sideration. The development today was a favorable vote by the census com mittee to report the Ferin bill pro posing reappointment of the pres ent membership of 435 down up on the basis of the forthcoming 1929 census. The committee action was close, the bill being approved 7 to 6 or by a margin of one vote. Shortly after the committee's action. Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the republican floor leader, announced he would seek a special rule to bring the measure to the floor next Thursday. The Fen a measure is slightly different from that which the house rejected at the last session by a vote of 200 to 179. but op position that developed in report ing the bill Indicated another fight on the proposal. Slayer of June Nelson Now Sought in Nevada; Taxi Driver Gives Clue SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 4. (AP) -New leads in the search for the abductor and slayer of lit tle June Nelson here New Year's eve directed the attention of auth orities toward Nevada and indi cated the likelihood the child was taken from her home in a taxicab instead of a private automobile. The hunt for the slayer veered across the state line when officers received a report of the discovery of a blood spattered car near Too ele, Utah, south of here, pn New Year s day, with a bloody knife in a side pocket, and another that a young man of the same general description as the supposed slayer had obtained a ride to Elko, Nev.. yesterday morning stopping a mo torist near Grantsville, Utah, nol far from Tooele. A taxicab driver who told the police he had taken a young man and a crying girl from the neigh borhood of the Nelson home New Year's eve to an address in an other part of town identified the slain girl's clothinp today as cor responding with that worn by his young fare. He said .she objected to leaving the cab and was Jerked out by the man. Reports of advances made to women and girls by men who have accosted them on the streets here in the last few days continued to be received by the officers today. The police issued a warning that such incidents should be reported immediately. Meanwhile men re sembling the supposed slayer, de scribed as nearly six feet tall, slen der and wearing a long black over coat, are reported as being avoid ed by women pedestrians. Father O'Hara to Quit Eugene Post PORTLAND. Jan. 4. (AP) Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, pastor of the Eugene Catholic ch nrch will move this month to Washington, u. c, to the headquarters of the Catholic rural life bureau. He has been granted a leave of absence by Archbishop E. D. Howard to develop the work of the bureau. During the past nine years Father O'Hara has been in charge of bu reau activities in Oregon. His place in Eugene will be filled by Rev. F. P. Leipzig, pastor at Cor vallis, the archbishop announced. SEARCH WIDENS FOB MURDERER OF 61 Columbia Basin Measure Passes House Committee Minus Most of Provisions WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. (AP) -The Columbia Basin bill, shorn of most of Its controversial phras es, approached the, last lap of Its congressional jonrney today when the house irrigation committee approved the measure. Unlike the Summers bill of last year, the measure which has been passed already by the senate would not authorize the adoption of a three million acre tract In the state of Washington as an irrigation pro ject, but simply would provide for a new survey of various phases surrounding the feasibility of the project. - There was but one dissenting voice as the measure came to a vote in the committee which, how ever, made several changes to make it conform to recommenda tions presented recently by Sec retary West. Representative Lea therwQod., republican, IJtah, reg istered the negative, vote.' - .. The committee incorporated in the bill language to safeguard the INNOVATION IN LI IS HIT BY SALEM JUDGE McMahan Sets Off Fireworks at State Meeting; Hot Words Heard Proposal Previously Advo cated by District Attor neys Draws Fire PORTLAND. Jan. 4. ( A V f Changes in court procedure, some of which were described during the session, as revoluntary in na ture, were considered by mem bers of the Oregon judicial oua cil. In annual convention today. The council is composed of su preme court and circuit court judges of the state. v Proposals which found favor with the council included a pro vision for a thirteenth juror to tit through long trials and to act ia case of illness or incapacity of one of the regularly chosen twelve jurors; an increase by three of the number of circuit judges in Mult nomah county; grant of the rtat to a defendant, except in a mur der case, to waive trial o jry and submit his case to the vturt ' for decision. . Hot Debate Caused By Proposed Change " A resolution favoring granting to district attorneys the right te comment on the failure of a de fendant to take the witness taad in his own behalf, was postpewed indefinitely. It provoked the mmt heated debate of the session and brought two members of the coun cil into a clash over the present fairness of the courts to defen dants before the bar, and the an- - serted ruthless prosecution of ac cused ones When the resolution approving the abrogation of that provision of the constitution providing that no presumption may be talen against a defendant because of b failure to take the witness stand to testify for himself was present ed to the council, fire was iniwWk iately struck. Judge McMalian Clashes With J. W. Hamilton J. W. Hamilton", circuit vowrt judge from Roseburg. observed that It was "a harmful innova tion," depriving prisoners at the bar of a right that had stood for many years. Hamilton vigorewtfj opposed tne measure. The fireworks were set offVj Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan f Salem, who declared that tke present rule protects the innacent from the unfair tactics too aftea employed by district attorneys re obtain convictions. "It hae been my observation. Judge McMahan declared, -that district attorneys do not go lata court to get the facts in a aae. They go into court to convict. If they can prevent a defendant from Introducing testimony ia Ms own behalf by a legal technicality, they do so. If they can take ad vantage of some unfortunate con dition of a defendant or of a win take on the witness stand, they do so. "It is fuTther my opinion that this proposal would place the da-1 fendant at a further disadvantage. . (Turn to Page 2, Please.) French-Steamer Goes Down With Many On Board MAHON, Spain. Jan. 4. (AJ Thirty-eight persons, including several -women, are believed to have perished in the sinking ,f the French steamer Malakoff yes terday between Cape Bartrtaai and Santa Gallana Bay on the southwest coast of the Isle of Mi norca. The vessel, which was bound from Dunkirk and Havre to Madagascar, foundered sva minutes after striking the rocks In a fog. . .. Forty-four survivors, includiag two women, have arrived in Oi dadela. An intensive search la fee ing made for the missing, ia tb hopei that they may either be la lifeboats or still afloat in life belts. water rights of the states of ldaac and Montana, and to provida for an economic survey to determine what difficulties would be en countered in populating the laadr if they are irrigated. It disre garded another recommendation of the secretary of Interior that the state of Washington contri bute half the cost of the survey. Testimony before the commit tee indicated that the people of Washington already had spent ap proximately $500,000 as coat pared to almost $200,000 spenl by the government in making nar veys of the project. . The committee saw the argu ment between Representative JLea therwood and Chairman Smith Over the attitude that the tv had assumed' toward the measure dar ing the last session. This hroacfrt a flat reiteration ot the . Utah p resentative that there had Tmojb a "log rolling. enmhin.atlo" Jt4e last WBIUD. W TKJCUIW ah: I i - w of the Columbia basin and t -0c der canyon bills, - - 1 r .- I - ; 1 ill