BUYING! SELLING!
The classified page of the
Statesman erery day will
point a quick, rare and eco
nomical way to market for
you, I
WEATHER
Unsettled today with light
rains; No change In temper
ature. Max. temperature
Thursday 40; Mln. 81;
River 1.6; Rain ,02; Cloudy.
No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe" SET Wfllt
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 18, 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TALE RELATED
OF 1RTHC0TT
MURDER PARTY
Los Angeles Couple Telt of
Walking by Edge of Grave
Dug For Theni
Alleged Slayer Posed as
"Craig" and Took Them
to Dinner at Ranch
Court Room, Riverside. Calif..
Jan. 17. (AP) A man and a
; woman who believed they walked
almost on the brink of a grave
prepared for them at Gordon
, : Stewart Northcott's WIneville
ranch confronted the 22 year old
; accused murderer from the wit-
f- ness stand today.
Northcott, who is charged with
flaying three boys, sat at a coun
sel table in the rapacity of h'fl own
attorney and heard A. Dahl of
Los Angeles and his wife Mrs.
Ella Dahl, of Los Angeles, relate
a fanciful story alleged to have
been told them by "Mr. Craig."
whom they identified is Northcott
iimself.
Mrs. Dahl, who gave the greater
finrHnn nt t Vi o tostlninnv tnlt nf
finding "capsules" in a dish of
i t.ijh phoQ finr1r.tr o msil of the
ortneott rancn ana 01 .Mr. raig
regarding them "fixedly as they
"ate.
Witness Glares at
Murder Defendant
Mrs. Dahl glared at Northcott
from the stand and said she knew
him as "Mr. Craig." On a Saturday
In the latter part of June, 192 8
she and her husband went to the
ranch with "Mr. Craig." and a
woman introduced as "Mrs. Mayo,
his aunt." "Craig," Mrs. Dahl
6aid, represented himself as dis
bursing charity funds for a "Mrs.
Rowan." of Pasadena whose hus
band, a Prince, -was ill in Europe
and who had chartered an air
plane to go to his bedside.
On the way tothe ranch Mrs.
Dahl said she first "felt strange"
ever the matter when "Mrs. Mayo"
remarked that she had been ill.
"She said she. was having trou
ble with her back," Mrs. Dahl
eaid. "I remarked that Iwas for
tunate in having a very strong
back. I
Agitation of
Woman Recounted
Mrs. Mayo seemed agitated.
She leaned forward and grasped
Mr. Craig's shoulder. 'Did yoju
hoar that," she said. Did you hear
that. Mrs. Dahl says she has a
very strong back!'
"Later a rough portion of ttje
road seemed to agitate the wom
an. Mrs. Dahl said. '
"Mrs. Northcott eaid 'Do you
know where you are going
when vou!
'.'Who do you mean
sav 'Mrs. Northcott.' " asked Dep
uty District Attorney Redwine.
"I mean Mrs. Mayo."
Northcott objected to the testi
mony and Redwine produced a
photograph of Mrs. Sarah Louifa
Northcott, Geordon Stewart North
cott's mother now Berving a life
sentence for murder. Mrs. Dahl
Identified It as "Mrs. Mayo."
"Did you notice a young boy
when you reached the ranch. Mrs.
Dahl?" Redwine continued.
Peculiar Actions
Of Lad Described
"Yea, he kept staring at me
Tery strangely it seemed to me.
I motioned for him to sit beside
me but he ducked his head as if
frightened."
"Ejid the defendant stay in the
house all the time?"
"No. We had gone out there to
meet his efficiency expert, Mr.
reterson."
" Who told you abojit this effi
ciency expert?"
"Mr. Craig."
"Did you see Mr. Peterson?"
"i . . . . s I 1- .
nxinft ipe pump. jh. ig hv
froing out tdsee him but he said
he would not come ln.'My husband
offered to go out but Mr. Craig
said he had better not, because
Mr. Peterson was very eccentric."
Lad's Story Verified
Sanford Clark, Northcott's ne
phew, who quit the witness chair
only a short time before the Dahls
were called, testified that he had
spent the day digging a grave f"
the Dahls and that Northcott o.tne frontier Detween mis couniry
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First Death Claim Filed
On Behalf of Statesman
Accident Policy Holder
One fatal accident and three
Comparatively minor cases of In
jury have been reported to the
Gtatesman within the last week by
jCtrfders or beneficiaries of States
man travel accident Insurance pol
icies. Each claim Is going through
the routine of adjustment.
Although these policies : cost
their holders only $1 a year, the
feturn upon them In case of In
Jury Is as great In many eases as
fn policies costing many times as
touch. The history OX ail claims
filed for by 'or for policy holders
a record of rery prompt settle-
1ST profited from this small In
vestment la travel accident Insur
ance. ' ": - -a
Claims filed for policy holders
this week Include that of Carl E.
$Snrnv 171 Norway street, Salem,
jjrho ni kilted In an automobile
Solons Adjourned
To Catch Breath
For Coming Week
Informal Caucuses Order
For Week-End; 170
Bills Offered
The Oregon legislature ad
jounrned. Thursday noon for the
remainder of the week, to convene
again Monday morning. In the
three and one-half day3 devoted
to brief sessions of both houses,
only one measure, other than
those affecting the legislature it
self, has Ijeen passed by both hord
es. That one Is a memorial to con
gress In favor of a protective tar
iff on lumber and its products.
The two houses in joint session
have elected commissioners of the
Port of Portland.
Qne bill has passed both houses
providing; for the expenses of the
session, estimated at $25,000. Sev
eral resolutions relating to the
legislature have passed buili hous-
'es
That does not mean, however,
that the legislators have been idle.
In the houdt.j 151 bills have been
Introduced, 137 of them by the
holdover repeal of laws committee
from the last session. In the sen
ate 19 bills have been started
on their way.
Virtually all committees have
held organization meetings and
will get down to actual work next
week. The joint way3 and means
committee has started its march
through the budget, and some few
others have already reported bills
back to the houses with recom
mendations. The senate has passed
a bill relating to salaries of Jose
phine county officials, over the
governor's 1927 veto, and vetoes
have been sustained in several in
stances. Although the legislature la of
ficially adjourned until Monday,
a number of informal .caucuses,
mostly in Portland, will be held
over the week end.
OF
JEWELS
Youthful Bandits Stage Care
ful Robbery in Fashion
able District
HEW YORK. Jan. 17. (AP)
In a smoothly executed invas
ion of fashionable Park avenue
todav. four young men held up
ithe Mouboussin jewelry establish
ment, opposite St. Bartholomew's
church and escaped with gems es
timated by police to be worth
$200,000.
The loss might have been far
greater but for the fact that 80
per cent ot me sioc uaa uctru
sent to the Miami, Fla.. branch of
the establishment yesterday, and
that the robbers rejected one
giant diamond valued at $500,000
because, detectives believed, they
thought it was too large to dis
pose of.
The place was occupied by the
manager, Evon Bandler, Michael
Barmache, manufacturing jeweler,
Constance De Maurice, Bandler's
secretary, Maurice Denhart. the
firm's parts representative, a
negro scrub woman and Jacob
Lowenthal, a private detective,
who went on duty as guard yester
day to substitute for John Church
ill, the regular guard who was
sent south with the consignment
of jewels for Miami.
Another guard hired with Low
enthal and a clerk had reported
aick today and were not present
when the robbers entered and
drew pistols.
"Where's Jack Churchill?" one
robber asked, expressing surprise
at not finding the regular guard.
Lowenthal was disarmed before
he could draw his gun and the
four men and two women were
tied up In a rear room.
BORDER IS STILL OPEN
BETWEEN TWO NATIONS
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Jan.
17. (AP) A semi-official state
ment today, denied that the new
'ugoslavian government has closed
and Bulgaria, as reported m bona.
accident near Bandon a few days
ago; Harry P- Gustafson. same
address. Injured In the same acci
dent: Amos Hasenyager, Wood
burn, who was Injured when a
Portland-bound stage collided
with a light coupe on the pacific
highway, causing Mr. Hasenyager
to suffer a broken hip, and O. R.
Stover, S56 Belleme street, Sa
lem, who sustained a bruised leg
and gas burns In an auto accident
near Albany on January f.
Hundreds of these $1 travel ac
cident policies have been distrib
uted to Statesman readers In Sa
lem and vicinity. Although many
minor elalms hare been made and
adjusted In the meantime, the
death of Mr. Burns brought about
the first claim for payment at the
death of a Statesman policy
(holder. - ,
WORTH
ARE Tffl
L
y.
Chief of Staff Temporarily
Fills Place Formerly
Held by Booth
Anticipated Legal Move by
Deposed General; Fails
to Materialize
LONDON. Jan. 17. (AP)
Edward J. Higgina. chief of staff,
was tonight temporary political
and legal head of the Salvation
Army. He will occupy that sta
tion until the high council, of
which he is a member, elects
a successor to Bramwell Booth
who was deposed as cemmander-
i in-chief last night.
Army circles today were full of
rumors as to what I Bramwell
Booth and his family intended to
do. There were several reports
that he was contemplating action
in the courts but latehhis after
noon authoritative circles seemed
satisfied that he would! accept the
council's decision. If that proves
to be the case, the position of the
whole Army will be gteatly sim
plified. Permanent Successor
To Booth Now Sought
The council's next ta$k is to se
lect a successor to ; Bramwell
Booth.
Most of the conjecture on
that point today centered
about
Commissioner Higglns and Evan -
1
PENDING
l ELECTION
geline Booth, sister of the deposed j valley and is considered to be one
leader and commander of the6'at-
Army In the United States and its
possessions. '
How long a time willj elapse be-;
fore the affairs of the1 Army are!
restored to normal will depend.!
In the opinion of the: dominant
faction, largely on the attitude of
Bramwell Booth and lis friends. !
It was reported they would rather!
have Mr. Iliggins as their new:
commander and it was also said
his elevation to the generalship
would conciliate a conservative
element which objects tp a woman
as head of the Army.
London Backed As
Army Headquarters
The Higgins advocates also ar
gued that his election would leave
the world control of the organiza
tion divided, as it has; been, be
tween International headquarters
and Commander Eva. In this con
nection it was learned! that Miss
Booth believed that the interna
tional headquarters shonld remain
in London, "the birthplace of the
Army."
In the event of her election she
would need to move :her home
from America and relinquish her
personal leadership of the organ
ization, constituting half of the
entire Salvation Army, which she
built up within the last 24 years.
All candidates nominated at the
high council meeting ' tomorrow
must declare their platforms open
ly. Thereby virtually pledging
themselves to carry oat the de
sired reforms. No election will
take place until these pledges
have been given, for as soon as
the new general is chosen, the
high council Is dissolved automat
ically.
Thursday
In
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
President Coolidge signed the
document of ratification of the
Kellogg treaty.
President-Elect Hoover decid
ed to leave on Monday for Flor
ida. -
The conference on the cause
and cure of war concluded Its
sessions.
The senate was asked to hold .
longer daify sessions on the
naval construction bill.
The $25,000,000 Increase
proposal for prohibition en.
forcement was debated by the
senate.
Secretary Kellogg was In
formed of the selections of the
American reparations experts.
The tariff revision ot the
Woods schedule was taken up
by the house ways and means
committee.
A chamber of commerce of
the United States delegation op
posed the bill for the bitumi
nous coal stabilisation before
a senate committee.
Bagshaw Ousted
As Head Coach
At Washington
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SEATTLE, Jan. 18--(AP)
The University of Washington
board of control early today voted
to oust Enoch Bagshaw as head
football coach and assign him such
other duties as it sees fit. The fac
ulty athletic committee must ap
prove fhe ouster for it to become
effective.
Eden is No Paradise
' ' ' ; -
Teaching school In Eden. Ore.,
- Hansen, age UO, a Eugene girl who
room scnool house surrounncd by
!"0 ls keep oat bears and
pjjQg
(jrOSSlD
House bills coming up for finai
disposition in the houe Monday
are Nos. 65, 12, 13, 37. 36, 30, 9
and 112. All are bills introduced
by the joint repeal of laws com-
jmittee appointed at the close of
the 19 27 session.
Denton G. Burdlck, Jr., pon of
Representative Burdlck of Des
chutes county, was appointed as
an additional page in the house
Thursday. His father, who suffer
ed a broken collar bone and other
injuries in an automobile accident
Sunday, will be able to attend ses
sions of the house beginning Mon
day. OnJy one bill was Introduced in
the house Thursday. This wan
H. B. 151, by - Representative
Glen R. Metsker of Columbia
county. It is designed to protect
school districts by making it im
possible for a combination of dis
tricts, In other words a union dis
trict, to divest any district of its
high school and remove It to some
other district.
The house Thursday morning
concurred in a senate resolution
memorallzing congress to place
timber and its products on the
protected list and include a tariff
on these products in the bill soon
to be drafted.
Fewer legislative clerks are on
STATE GOVERNMENT
Reorganization of the state
government, forecast as one of the
major problems of the present leg
islative 'session, came up for ini
tial consideration Thursday when
members of the house committee
on administration and reorganiza
tion, of which Hector McPherson
Is chairman, held Its flrBt meet
ing. Senator Bell, who Is expected
to be chairman of the correspond
ing committee In the senate, was
also present.
Several possible forms in which
the reorganization may be put be.
fore the voters were discussed.
The house committee includes
Representatives McPherson, Mets
ker, Andrews, Bynon, Johnson of
Benton, Howard, LaFollett, Scott
of Morrow and Umatilla, and
Yates.
Four Trainmen
Are Killed as
Wreck Occurs
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17. (A
P) Four trainmen were killed,
and another was critically injur
ed tonight in a Pennsylvania rail
road wreck near Aberdeen, Md
In which two passenger .trains and
a freight were involved. No pas
sengers were seriously hurt, the
company reported. '
Those killed were A. O. Terhune
and T. J. Kavanaogh, respectively
engineer and fireman on one of
the passenger trains, and B. W.
Stewart, and K- A. Klein, mem
bers of the freight crew. . -
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Is no paradise for Miss Ilenrlctte
herds her six pupils Into a one-
a nigh fence. The fence, it Is tes-
cougars. Eden Is situated In Eden
of the most Isolated sections in the
1
Bits of News and Be-
lief Gathered Here and
There in legislative Halls.
the payroll this year than at the
corresponding time during the
1927 legislative session, according
to records of the secretary of
state. The reduction in the payroll
was possible despite that both
branches of the legislature are
further advanced than they were
at this time two years ago. A total
of 165 bills have been introduced
in the house, while 18 bills have
been introduced in the senate. At
the end of the fourth day aUtbe
1927 session only a few scattering
bills has found their way Into the
hopper. Careful consideration has
been given all applicant for legis
lative positions at this year's ses
sion, and political patronage I
lacking.
Arnold Bennett Hall, president
of the university of Oregon, has
written from Eugene that he will
attend next Tuesday In Salem
conferring with state officials and
legislators.
Ben Fisher of Marshfleld, state
commander of the American Le
gion spent Thursday at the capitol
conferring with legislators with
relation to proposed bills and
amendments affecting the ex-service
men and women of Oregon.
Mr. Fisher received the courteslea
of the senate and occupied a seat
near Fred Kiddle, also prominent
in American Legion circles.
King Alexander
Planning to End
His Dictatorship
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Jan.
17 (AP) Indications that King
Alexander is already planning an
end of the dictatorship became ap
parent today. The monarch ar
ranged to have Vojislav Marlnko
vitch, foreign minister, draw up a
new constitution to replace the
present military decrees as the
minister returns from his conval
escence in Switzerland.
New
Features!
Those who may have missed
the first chapter, may read to
day both first and second in
stallments of
"PASSED UP"
Turn to Page 7
And here's a brand new feature
for the yomger folk., A com
plete nature mtore, cleretly and
interestingly written
'Peter's Adventures'
Inst as interesting as it can be!
The youngsters will enjoy
STARTING TODAY
And following Peter thronghv
all his axl vent ares with the peo
ple of the woods, the plains, the
air and the water
E
FACE CHARGES
OF
Impeachment Proceedin g s
Planned 1)y Group of
Johnston's Enemies
Probe of Conduct Being Con
ducted Steadily; Wit
nesses Heard
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Jan.
17. (AP) H. Tom Klght of
Claremont, a member of a com
mittee which is investigating state
offices said tonight he understood
impeachment charges against Gov
ernor Henry S. Johnston were be
ing drafted by committee mem
bers. Kight is a leader of the
insurgent democrats opposed to
governor's administration.
Kight declared he did not know
specifically what the charges
would be.
Clay M. Roper of Vinita, an
other member of the committee
also said he understood charges
were under preparation.
John Head of Idabel, chairman
f the committee, refused to con
firm or deny these reports. He
said the investigating committee
would continue to hear witnesses
tonight before deciding on any
definite action.
Trio Held at Albany on Still
Operation Charge; Goods
Identified
STAYTON, Ore.. Jan. 17.
(Special) A gang of robbers and
still operators that has been oper
ating in the Willamette valley for
some time is believed to have been
broken up with the arrest of thre
men near Albany early today
Frank Butler, 26, said to have a
prison record, Clarence Backus.
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COMMITTEE
ST N
BURGLARS
33, and Sid Smith, 21, who erewoujd place tne teachers retire
taken In a raid near Knox Butte
are believed by local authorities
to be three of a group of fouY
men who robbed John A. Gahlen's
store and the Associated store
here on the night of January 7.
The fourth member of the party
is being sought.
Henry Smith, city marshal,
North Smith, his son, and Mr.
Gehlen returned here tonight
from Albany and declared that
many articles, including clothing,
canned goods and hams that were
in the men's possession were iden
tified as having been stolen from
the store here on the night of thv
robbery.
Butler is rtputed to be the lead
er of the ring and to have done
little actual work In connection
with the various raids that the
gang is believed to have made. A
50-gallon still, a small amount oi
mash and some 700 pounds of sug
ar were confiscated at the time
of the raid. Chickens and hogs
were kept on the place to eat dis
carded mash from the still, it was
stated. A check is being made by
officers to determine the source
of the sugar.
The trio admitted they were in
this city Saturday, January 6, but
denied any part In the robbery
that took place two nights later.
It is believed by officers, however,
that they looked over the situation
on Saturday with a view to com
ing back to rob the store.
Mr. Gehlen declares that two
of the arrested men were wearing
sweaters stolen from his store and
one was wearing a pair of trousers
from the store. Between $1000
and $1200 worth of goods was
taken at the time of the robbery.
A touring car found in the
men's possession has been identi
fied by its license plates as the
same auto in which four men rode
up to a store in Sublimity on Fri
day, January 4. Eugene Ditter,
proprietor of the store, made a
note of the number after two men
had left the car and entered his
store, the other two remaining in
the car.
A match box bearing lhe name
of a Corrallis dealer was found in
the store here the morning after
the robbery, which was one clue
on which authorities worked In
apprehending the men.
The only charge pending against
the trio at present Is that of oper
ating a still. Backus and Smith
were bound over to the Linn coun
ty grand Jury on that count this
morning, Authorities here are
awaiting developments before de
ciding whether to .press robbery
charges.
Manslaughter
Charge Pushed
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. Jan. 17
(AP) Charges ot manslaught
er will be preferred against Super
intendent Bertha Lips of the New
Mexico Girls Welfare home and
Dr. Evelyn Friable, medical advis
er, for the death of Helen Haskew,
18, District Attorney Eugene Lu-
i jan announced tonight, Mr. Lujan
said the charges probably would
State Industrial
Accident Group
May Be Enlarged
Multnomah Senator Puts Up
Bill to Raise Membership
From 3 to 5
A proposal to increase the mem
bership of the Ftate industrial ac
cident commission from three to
five is presented in a bill Intro
duced in the senate Thursday by
Senator Dunne of Multnomah
county.
One member of the commission
would be a woman, who would re
ceive a salary of $3600 a year.
The fifth member of the commis
sion would be the state insurance
commissioner, who would receive
one half of the annual salary paid
to each of the other members of
the accident commission.
Another bill introduced by Sen
ator Dunne provides that the at
torney general shall prepare all
bills requested by legislators a
reasonable time prior to the open
ing of legislative sessions.
School Directors
Would Ut Shitted
Rearranging the manner of
electing school directors in dis
tricts having 20,000 or more chil
dren of school age, is provided in
a bill introduced in the senate b.v
the joint Multnomah delegation.
The proposed amendment pro
vides that where the term of of
fice of four of the directors, elect
ed for the full term, expires at
the same time the present term of
such director who has been a
member of the board for tho
greatest number of years, shall bo
four years.
j It was explained that under the
ipresent law relating to the elec
tion of school directors in Port
land, a radical change in policy
may result from the election of
four new directors at one time.
Under the proposed hill a major
ity of the so-called old directors
would be on the board at all
times.
Portland Teachers May
Get Retirement Fund
The joint Multnomah delega
tion also introduced a bill provid
ing for the readjustment of fees
of teachers in connection with the
operation of the teachers' retire
ment fund. It was announced that
this bill was drafted by as exper-
inn q ft ii a rv an1 if annrnvH
ment fund on a sound financial
basis.
The senate adopted a resolution
directing the secretary of state to
obtain pure and wholesome water
for the legislators and assistants
during the session. It was set out
in the resolution that the Salem
water has a peculiar taste which
is not relished by members of tho
legislature and legislative em
ployee. The senate passed Senator
Mark's bill relating to judiciary
notices and a bill by Senator
Strayer relating to mining claims.
There was no opposition to either
of these bills.
A total of 19 bills has been in
troduced in the senate. There also
were introduced a number of res
olutions and two memorials.
Town Destroyed
By Heavy Quake
Death Toll is 25
CARCAS, Venezuela. Jan. 17.
(AP) The newspaper El Univer
sal says that 25 dead and a great
number of Injured have been
taken from the ruins of the city
of Cumana which was shaken by
an earthquake this morning.
The governor of Cumana sent
a wireless message to President
Gomez tonight saying that the
quake, which occurred at 7 a. m.,
destroyed every building in the
city. He said there was a great
number of victims and he appeal
ed for physicians, medicine and
food.
PRINCESS MARY. FALLS
FROM HORSE, REPORT
LONDON. Jan. 17. ( AP) -The
Daily Mail tomorrow will say that
Princess Mary was thrown from
her horse while hunting Monday
with the Branham Moor bounds,
but escaped injury.
Gross Business of State j
Cooperative is in Excess
of Twelve Million a Year
I By JT. C BURTNER
Gross business in excess of $12,
000,000 was done last year by the
farmers' marketing associations
that are members of tbe Oregon
Cooperative council, according to
Informal reports of. the . year's
business mads at the annual han
dset of the council at the Marlon
hotel Thursday night. The ban
quet concluded the first day's ses
sion of the annual meeting, which
will be concluded today.
The Hood River Apple Growers
association with a gross business
ot $3,J0O,00O topped the list In
rolams of sales. Next in order
was the Padfle Cooperative Poul
try producers - with $2,740,000.
which this year exceeded the vol
ume ot the Pacific Cooperative
Wool Growers which had a total
ot fS.lSO.0tt. '
TARIFF SOUGHT
Blf LUMBERING
N.W.INTERESTS
Present Conditions Declared
Ruinous for Industry in
; This Section 1
Forty-One Per Cent of Mitts
In Oregon, Washington,
Idaho Closed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. (AP)
Throwing open the Woods
schedule of the tariff act for in
spection, the house ways a r. d
means committee today received a
variety of pleas from lumber in
terests for protection from what
they termed ruinous foreign eoio
petition. Lumber now enters the UniieJ
States duty free, and witness
testified that this was causing
higher prices to American con
sumers because of increasingly
long hauls from Oregon forests.
Frank H. Lamb, of Hoquiaia.
Wash., speaking
industry tariff
for the luiutuT
committee of
Washington. Oregon and Idaho,
sought a duty of three dollars a
thousand board feet on all lum
ber other than cedar. A levy ot
25 per cent ad valorem on eed:ir
lumber and shingles was asked f
several witnesses appearing for
the Northwest Cedar Industry.
Market Overstock
Lamb Tells Committee
Lamb contended free luiijlter
was overstocking American mar
kets, robbing 50,000 workmen of
their Jobs, depressing the value
of private and government-ownd
timber lands and otherwise ham
pering the domestic industry.
Representatives from Washing
ton state, on behalf of IKOmill
owners, argued the cedar indus
try was facing extinction as a re
sult of cheap British Columbian
imports. They sa.id that unit
protection were granted many
more mills would close down ia
the near future. ' Forty-one i-tr
cent of the mills in Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, it was added,
had ceased operating three years
after the present tariff law be
came effective.
Speaking for 76 producers f
plywood, E. V. Knight, of New
Albany, Ind., urged increased tar
iffs on these products whlh now
bear a 33 1-3 per cent duty. 11a
continued low-priced imports
were menacing the domettia
trade, whose invested capital fcs
placed at $50,000,000.
Officer Blames
, Government For
Rum Activities
DETROIT. Jan. 17 (APi
Sumner C. Sleeper, chief of the
customs border patrol here, as
serted today when infdrmed ba
had been ordered to a Florida poX
that the "wide open," activities
of rum runners on the Detroit
river were a direct result of inef
ficient policies in Washington.
He told Ernest W. Camp, na
tional commissioner of customs,
he would resign rather than accept
a transfer with the implication
that an alleged collapse of prohi
bition activities here was due Is
local inefficiency.
"Under present circumstances.'
he said, "it is virtually impossible
to stop rum running on the De
troit river."
SIX KILLED AS BOMB
CAUSES BIG EXPLOSION
DETROIT. Jan. 17. ( AP)
Six persons were believed to hav
been killed in an explosion whirs
this morning destroyed a sters
and apartment building. Tws
men who, police believed, threw a
bomb through a store window,
were found injured seriously in
front of the building.
LOXGWORTH HONORED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. A
P) The annual White House"i-t
ner in honor of the speaker of lbs
house was given tonight by Pms
Oregon cooperative associations
will be glren, protection against
circulation of 'false rumors as to
financial condition and against
activities of those who would in
dues breaking of grower soa
tracU, it amendments to the pres
ent cooperative laws to be pro
posed at this session, are enacted. . v
False Reports Would
Make Misdemeanor
The proposed changes were pre
sented Thursday at the opeai&x
session of the annual meetinc of
the council composed of the lead
ing cooperative marketing organ
izations of ths stats. In explain
ing them. Arthur A. Goldsmith.
Portland attorney who has works ,
with a legislative committee el
the council, said that most of the ' .
30 or ' more chances ' proposed v .
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