' ' ' ' ' " ' I " '' PCAItGILL '-- The contagions, goodt tared kick la Cargill .ear. toon la renowned. A dally, editorial pae feature la the Statesman! - WEATHER Generally fair and cold to-' day; Moderate : northwest wind. Max. temperature Tuesday 40; Mia. S3; Traces of snow; River 1.0. W r.. C.- If.. E 17 CL.fi A From the First. States- i uvii 'ivuya uit uu rear jiuui stive nmta. March 21. 161. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 257 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 23, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Long Tuba Under English Channel BOOTLEGGERS President Coolidge Signs Pact Renouncing War CHEER HOOVER TO Again Considered IT i 75,000 Persons Greet Next President; iDrum Corps and Bands Play . Numerous Officials and Dig nitaries Call and Pay Their Respects r MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Jan. 22. (AP) President-Elect Hoover and Mrs. Hoover were accorded an -ovation by 75,000 Floridans and visitors who packed the streets to greet them today dur ing a brief public appearance aft er their arrival from Washington. A tumultuous greeting was giv en the president-elect and his party as their automobiles moved through the. thronged streets of Miami and Miami Beach to the estate of J. C. Penney on Belle Isle, where Mr. Hoover will make his pre-lnaugural home. The roar of 75,000 throats was added to the din of a dozen bands and drum and bugle corps sta tioned at points along the route the president-elect's party fol lowed to the Penney estate, while overhead airplane motors droned an incessant, roar punctuated with the sharp detonations of aerial bombs and the throaty blasts of whistles of steamships and yach-s in the harbor. President and Wife Greeted By Editor As the president-elect and Mrs. Hoover left their nine car special train at the station they were met by Morton Milford, editor of the Miami Daily News and a member cf Governor Carlton's staff, who extended them an official wel come to Florida. He told them of the governor's regret that he was unable to ex tend his welcome and greetings in person, while Mayor E. O. Sewell of Miami, extended the greetings from that city and Mayor Louis Snedigar of Miami Beach gave a welcome on behalf of that mu nicipality. llryan's Daughter Also Welcomes Visiting Party At the train also were Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, congresswom-an-elect from the fourth Florida district, Louis Cates, British con sul at Miami, and Domingo J. Mil-1 ford, Cuban consul at Key West: In a procession of 34 official automobiles, " the" Hoover party made its progress through Miami's business section to a receiving stand erected on Bayshore boule vard, where during a pause Mayor Sewell presented Mr. Hoover with a giant key to Miami.'' Two complete fishing outfits, ready for use by the presldent . (Turn to page 10, Please.) BOARDS IS TALKED Arguments favoring submission of a constitutional amendment providing for consolidation of a number of state departments, to the voters were heard Tuesday night at the first joint meeting of the house and senate committees on reorganization. A saving of 11,000,000 could be realized through such a consolidation-it was declared, as well as an increase In the efficiency of various governmental depart ments. Representative Andrews report ed he had conferred with Govern or Patterson regarding the reor ganization program, and. that the executive was in favor of certain consolidations. It was generally agreed by members of the joint committee that it would not be possible to bring about any consolidations at i this session of the legislature, but It was -thought that a proposed : constitutional amendment could be drafted and submitted for con- i sideratlon. r A definite plan of action prob ably will be worked out by the committee within the next ten days. CONSOLIDATION Press Censorship on Good Will Trip Laid to Hoover In Speech by U. S. Senator WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (AP) Charges of press censor ship on Herbert Hoover' recent tour of South America were brought to the attention of the : senate today by Senator Harrison, ; democrat of Mississippi. In a dis cussion of what he. described, as : the ; president-elect's "censored good will" trip. - . . Senator Harrison said that George, Barr Baker,-. California newspaper man and former chairman of publicity for the , re publican national party, was the censor. He submitted a story of the censorship' charges -appearing la a recent edition of editor and pabllshar. ; r :- - v - . He said that -Mr. Baker had been mentioned for the cabinet but la view of the request for two White House secretaries It was possible that there had been some "emif lw" as to whether George British House of Commons "Talks. Project; Study to be Called For LONDON, Jan. 22. (AP) The scheme for a tunnel under the English channel -reached the house of commons again today. Stanley Baldwin, prime minister, announced that a comprehensive non-party re-examination would be made into the 60-year-old pro ject. A tunnel connecting England with the French coast has been urged by economists but always has been opposed by militarr stra tegists, construction of a zl-mne bridge also had been discussed. E. Thurtle,v labor, Shoreditch, asked for time to discuss the mo tion and Mr.-Baldwin replied that in view of the wide public interest Hn the project the cabinet had con- ciuaca tne time was ripe for a comprehensive inquiry. He said the ministers wished to have the economic aspect thoroughly ex amined in order that they might be weighed with imperial defense considerations. In view of the time required to carry out the project it would, be In the public Interest to deal with the question outside a party at mosphere, the prime minister con tinued. Some agreement was nec essary also whereby the decision of the government might not he upset by a succeeding one. He would like to obtain the cooper ation of leaders of the other par ties from the outset of the inquiry E OF Seventeen Killed When Inter- urban Car and Auto Bus Crash Together BELLEVUE. O., Jan. 22.- (AP) A blinding ' snowstorm which engulfed a bus and an elec tric lnterurban car was blamed tonight for a crash which claim ed 17 lives and resulted in in juries to 5 others. The collision ocurred when a bus operated by the Greyhound company between Toledo &pd Pittsburgh was struck squarely in the center by an express electric car on the Lake shore line ,en route from Norwalk to B3llevue, at a double grade crossing a mile and a half east of here. Edward Butler, of Cleveland, driver of the bus, said he pulled up to a stop at the icy crossing, looked about but failed to see any thing. He drove upon the crossing at the Instant the lnterurban, traveling about 35 miles an hour, reached 1L The lnterurban crashed on top of the bus, and then fell across it in a ditch, smashing the ma chine . Into a mass of twisted steel and splintered wood, and pinning nearly all the passengers underneath. Those riding the electric car frantically began digging into the wreckage to extricate the dead and Injured. Passing motorists made improvised ambulances of their machines and the four , am bulances in Bellevue made .re peated trips. Alexander Daue Dies at Age 69 4 ' Alexander Daue. for many years a resident of Salem, died unexpect edly at a local hospital late Tues day night following an illness of but a few days. He was 19 years old. The home Is at 1095 Saginaw street. Surviving Mr. Daue are his wi dow, Mrs. Ida M. Daue, on daugh ter. Mrs. Claire Fulmer of Seattle, Wash., and five sons, Elmer, Earl, Desmond and Clifford all of Sal em and Hubert of Marlon, Oregon. Funeral arrangements have not been made, the remains being in care of the Clough-Huston com. Pny. Akerson or Mr. Baker "was to get this place." Akerson now Is one of Mr. Hoover's secretaries. " "Everybody knows that this censorship was Imposed, the Mlsslssipplan declared. The senator did not go Into de tails but was given permission to have ths article -appearing in Ed itor and Publisher, placed In the record. Asked by Senator Caraway democrat, Arkansas; if- the "cen sor was the same George Barr Baker,' mentioned . connect loft with official documents recently disclosed as stolen from ths Amer ican embassy r Mexico City.Har- frison said rthat'a the same George Barr Baksr. , The testimony before ths sen ate committee -was that Baker was Instrumental ? In conveying the documents to ths state department after they reached this country. -.(Turn to page 10. Plsaaa.; SNOWSTORM SEROUS WRECK Defendant in Sensational Murder Case Placed in County Hospital Special Treatment Urged for Alleged Slayer; Jaunti ness All Gone 1 RIVERSIDE. Cal.. Jan. 22. ( AP ) Despondent under the weight of evidence produced against him by the state in its effort to hang him for the mur ders of Lewis and Nelson Win slow and an unnamed Mexican lad and suffering from an affectation of his eyes and throat. Gordon Stewart Northeott tonight was in the care of physicians at the de tention ward of the Riverside county hospital. His physical ailments? dlag- ,,,, hi m " gitis, will keep him out of the) court room' for two davs. it was estimated by Dr. H. L. Ratliff, eye, ear, nose and throat special ist who recommended to the court that the young Canadian be given hospital treatment.. ! Super ior Judge George R. Freeman con tinued- Northcott's trial until Thursday morning. Continuation of ' Case Is Granted Northeott today appeared for the first time since the opening of his trial more than three weeks ago .to give up his fight to escape the gallows which, since last week he has been waging single handed as his own counsel, stumbled Into court between two deputy sheriffs today wearing dark glasses and he kept his eyes tightly closed as he addressed to Judge Freeman a plea for continuance. The re spite granted, he tottered out, his shoulders ; stooped and all the Jauntiness which has marked his usual demeanor in public missing. Apparently brooding over the many unexpected links in the chain . of circumstantial evidence the prosecution Is attempting to wind around him, Northeott had told Sheriff Clem Sweeters and other custodians at the county Jail several rambling and only partly coherent stories of conditions at his alleged Wineville "murder farm.' Prosecutor Opposed Compromise Idea Any move of Northeott to con- fees again and .enter a plea of guilty with the hope of effecting a compromise on life imprison ment will be combatted by the state however, chief deputy dis trict attorney. Earl C. Redwine, declared today. The state will demand the death (Turn to page 10, Please.) Two echoes of the "four ; river bills, defeated at the November election, resounded in the state house lobby Tuesday when pro posals for fa complete visceration of the Oregon water code ap peared. The measures would re peal all present laws for appro. prlation of water and wipe out the work of years, according to legislators who analysed them. One was; written by Ralph Cow gill, former legislator and : now employed by the state game com mission: ' The other came: ap parently from another source, but they are identical except In a few vital spots. " ; . j " The measures seek to create a state water commission, composed of the members of the present state reclamation commission, and would authorize the government to appoint two more members when he considers It necessary. All desiring water must secure a license from this board, which is supreme, save In matter of law. No- license would be granted for a longer period than 50 years. No rights of the game and fish commissions are disturbed by the measures, but tney wouia isae away the rights of the state board of health over streams In respect to matter of contamination.! and invests them In the water board All desiring the use of water. for Irrigation, power or other purposes, would be required to apply to the state board. :i The board would be the sole and final Judge, when; an j application is made, whether the; stream 1 best suited for ! power. I irrigation, re creation or scenery. Power Company Officials Here To Fight Move Representailves of ths Califor nia-Oregon i Power company;, were hero Tuesday to oppose a resolu tion asking ths legislators, to me morialise congress to pass a bill permitting the United States to bo sued.' - y r r- - Bottlers on ths Klamath Irriga tion district, jwho tare trytnr to break a contract with the 'power concern, are responsible for ths resolution. The board of directors of ths district also were hero. i TT K ON WATER CODE S LAUNCHED 'xttHieSi-;.! mm- . t-&. a . r - 1. --v- : . With much ceremony President Coolidge signs at the White House the Kellogg treaty renouncing Senator William E. Borah, Senator BILL TO SEEK PAY L Representative McAllister of Marion County Will Pro pose Measure Insistence upon the collection by the attorney general of money due the state of Oregon in pay ment for sand and gravely re. moved from navigable streams of the state, is the purpose of a bill which will be introduced in the house today by Representative Lee McAllister of Marion county. This is a matter upon which nu merous conferences have been held between state officials of Oregon and Washington and rep resentatives of the companies which have removed the sand and gravel; but according to informa tion in the hands of Representa tive McAllister, payment has not been made although at one time an agreement was tentatively reached. Large Amounts of Gravel Removed '- ?k . Negotiations heretofore have been .based on an audit which showed that-the several firms had removed 2,427563 yards of sand and gravel up to July, 1927, but since that time additional amounts have been removed, Mr. McAllis ter says, of which theTe is no audit available but which may raise. the total to 3,500,000 yards. adjudged to be worth $350,000. Payment for material taken from the Columbia river was to have been divided equally between Oregon and .Washington, accord ing to the agreement entered into several months ago. -The bill to be Introduced by Representative McAllister reads In part as follows: Official Audit Is Referred To "Whereas, according to an audit on file with the state land board it appears that large sums of money are due the Btate of (Turn to page 10, Please.) Tuesday In Washington (By the Associated Press) The senate aip.,fed a 124, 000,000 appropriation to be used by the president for pro hibition enforcement. The house and ways means committee turned to the study of tariff revision of sugar by product. Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, charged that press censorship existed on the Hoo ver goodwill tour. ' Senator Pine of Oklahoma was exonerated- by the senate Indian affairs committee of charges of conspiracy against Commissioner Burks of the In dian bureau. : Secretary Mellon opposed the McKellar proposal to place in come tax refunds under the board of tax apsals Instead of ths internal revenue bureau. Eddy Deplores Public's Laxity Oregon la ' between the "devil and 'ths deep sea. or between bureaucracy and ths lack on the part of Its eltisens of Interest In public matters. Senator. B. Ed dy of Roseburg told ths members of the Salem Klwanls elub at tbelr luncheon Tuesday. The Oregon system of government tends to de feat the theory of representative government, he added. U, B. Page was appointed chair man of tne : entertainment com mittee for the northwest Klwanls convention which Is to be held hers August II, If and 10. FOB Si GRAVE mm Claude A. Swanson, Senator Thomas J. Walsh and Vice President-elect Seven Ships In Trouble While Northwest Storm Offers Serious Threat Two Vessels Send Out Calls for Immediate Help; One Disappears NEW YORK, Jan. 22. (AP) With a northwest gale howling along the ocean, seven ships were In difficulty of one sort or an other today, two of them pleading for immediate assistance, lest they be submerged in the storm and th.e silence of another arousing fears that it already had found ered. The American tanker Danne dalke and the Italian freighter Florida were disabled in tremen dous seas some 800 miles off the Virginia Capes and the liners America and President Harrison sped to their rescue. The British freighter Tees- bridge asked tor Immediate as sistance from southeast of Cape Race, yesterday but then her wire less-was silenced, and though the British steamers Maine and Cal casier searched the vicinity all day no trace of the Teesbridge could be found. The combined crews of the Teesbridge, the Florida and the Dannedalke number approximate ly 100 men. Large Number of Others In Distress Other ships that figured in the OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 22 (AP) Voting of a sixth Im peachment charge against Henry S. Johnston, suspended governor; stories concerning purported activ ities of Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, his comely and aggressive confiden tial secretary, and ghosts of the attempted impeachment session of 1927, were additions today to the fevered political brew stirred by the Oklahoma legislature. .The six article of Impeachment was adopted late today by the house of .representatives, which yesterday submitted to the senate five charges it voted last week. It alleged the Illegal employment by Governor Johnston of Kirby Frti patrick, formerly of Ardmore, as a special attorney for the state banking department. Th vote was 60 to 3. The name of Mrs. Hammonds, who is charged by political ene mies with wielding great Influence over the governor's official acts, figured prominently In hearings of both house and senate Investiga ting committees. A story that she shook her fist in the governor's face and com manded him to "be quiet," was re lated before the senate committee Investigating reports that $100, 000 was employed to put an end to the attempted impeachment ses sion of 1927. Bill to Retard Bancorporation . Growth Floated A measurs so drastic that It locked someone to Introduce It was in circulation at ths stats house Tuesday. . "; " .- ' It pertained to bancorporatlons and would prevent them from in creasing from their current status. Small banks throughout ths state srr said to be backing th mea sure. It would, protect them from the temptation of celling eut to (the bancorporatlons which within tho last six months have purchas ed many institutions In the stats. Rumors that soma kind of leg islation will be Introduced to earb bancorporatlons are, prevalent at the cspitol. '-5 M CHARGE VOTED AGAINST JOHNSTON 0. .-": - , . i .s. I day's news of distress were the liner President Garfield still hung up on a coral reef in the Bahamas where she grounded two days ago; the four masted schooner Kingway which burned to the wa ter at Broad Cover, Maine, where It was laid up for the winter, the Norwegian steamer Terne, which still was held In ice that may im prison it all winter although it had escaped, at least for the time being, the destruction that threat ened it yesterday on the rocks of Friar's head at the entrance to Margaree, N. S., and the Diesel trawler Mariner, disabled off Nan tucket and under tow for Boston. SOB Calls Come From 2 Ships At Once The distress calls from the Florida and the Dannedalke came within , a tew minutes of each (Turn to page ,10, Please.) SPORTSMEN ATTEND BANQUET Resolution Opposing Tilla mook District Plan Passed by Club Here Over a hundred members of various sport organizations of the state, several legislators, members of the fish and game commissions, Governor Patterson and State Treasurer T. B. Kay attended the j banquet of the Salem Rod and Gun club at the Marion hotel Tuesday night. Expressions from the members of the legislature and from sports men present were all favorable to preservation of game nd natural resources of th.e state. Dr. L. D;-Jdleman, president of the Salem Rod and Gun club pre. sided at the meeting. Governor Patterson complimented the club on the meeting and spoke especial ly of the fine decorations of wild life and trophies which were fur.) nlshed by E. E. Wiggins, local) taxidermist. M. Kay spoke briefly and explained how It had become possible for those present to en joy venison. The deer, which had been on a state farm, had become vicious and bad to be killed. Among the legislators who spoke were ' Senators Reynolds, Kuck. Dunne, Moses. Brown, and Carster, and Representatives Kub- 11, Goulet, Snell and Goldstein. All offered their help to the sport organizations and expressed them selves as in iavor of game pres ervation. - Considerable discussion on the bill which has been introduced by Representative WInslow from Till amook took place and a motion opposing It was passed. Ben Dorris , member of the game commission from Eugene, spoke briefly. He said there seem ed to be too much harmony In the meeting. John Ebinger, a commercial fisherman from ' Tillamook ex plained the other side of the Win slow bill. C. A. Lockwood, president of the state gams commission was present from Roseburg. He out lined plans of the organisation for the coming year. -. . E. K. Piaseckl, past president of the stats organisation, spoke In opposition to tho Winalow bill, which would give ths county court authority to regulate the game laws of that county.- i . ' i TwoTrains Crash fJHurtihjineer RENO. Nov.. Jan. HaP Word was received hsrs tonight that a Western Pacific passenger and freight train had collided head-on near Weso, Nev. Meager reports stated that the engineer of one of the trains had bean se verely Injured. ' : , i - J VV - i.:v V.; ;:-; I Hi war. Front row are, left to right: Charles Curtis. SELF SUPPORT FOR Joint Ways and Means Com mittee Sees Chance to Eliminate Expense The question of placing the state labor bnreau on a self sup porting basis was referred by the joint ways and means committee of the legislature Tuesday night to a sub-committee consisting of Representatives Angell and Col lier and Senator Kiddle, who are to confer with C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner. Three proposed bills were sub mitted at the meeting by Mr. Gram through which inspection fees in the amount of 139,000 a year wduld be raised. It was ar gued that this revenue would go a long way toward paying the ex penses of the labor department. These bills will be considered by the' committee along with other matters affecting the conduct of the labor bureau. It also was proposed to draft bills through . which Inspection fees would be raised for the sup port of the state sealer of weights and measures and the state board of pilot commissioners. The ways and means committee expressed a desire that both of these depart ments shall be placed on a self supporting basis. Another bill was ordered pre pared providing for the collection of tuition fees from non-resident students at the Oregon normal schools in excess of that charged resident students. The committee also proposed a fee system in connection with the osnduct of . the state dairy and food commission, which will help defray the costs of the depart ment. Appropriations tentatively ap proved by the ways and means committee follow: Southern Oregon normal school, 168,534. Superintendent of public in struction, $63,216. State textbook commission, $300. Oregon Blue Book, $4000. Oregon historical society, $20, 000. The committee refused to -au thorise an appropriation of $660 for the state board of higher cur ricula. Vetoes of bills passed at the 1927 legislative session were sus tained by the ways and means committee, as follows-: For the promotion of land set tlement. $30,000. Oregon Social Hygiene-society, $10,000. Topographical may, $7600. Premiums for county fair. For construction of armories. The committee recommended approval of an appropriation of 11200 tor Mrs. Gertrude Denny. This money will be paid out of the state gams fund. . PROPOSED Extension of City-Owned Power Lines for Profit Approved by State jCourt .communities throughout Ore gon which operate their own elec tric power ! plants are concerned with the decision handed down Tuesday i' by the ' state supreme court, in which that corporation Is given authority to extend Its slectrle power lines beyond v the municipal boundaries and to com pete with private corporations In the sale of electrical energy. The opinion was written by Jostles Me-Brfderv"'rrh'-. v "- Tho opinion reversed ths deci sion Of Judge Walker and Morrow In a suit brought by the Yamhill Electric company to enjoin the city, of McMinnvllle from furnish ing . electric power and light for profit to certain localities beyond tho municipal boundaries. "Psrmltting cities to sell , light and sower outside thelrcorporate limits without a central supervt- Senator Eddy Introduces'Bill ! to Provide for Prison Sentences Selling or Delivering Liquor to Minors Would be , Made Felony Imprisonment is defined as the reward for persons who deliver, sell or give away intoxicating liquor to , minors under the provisions of a bill Introduced In the senate Tues day by Senaor B. L. Eddy of Doug lass couny. Penalties demanded arei terms of from one to four years. The bill provides that iustices- of the peace shall have concurrent Jurisdiction in these cases. The present law relating to the sale of liquor to persons under 21 years of age provides for a fin of not less than $500 and a jail sentence of not less than six months. Bailey's Resolution Gets Senate Approval The senate approved a resolu tion IntrdOuced by Senator Ed ward aBiley and 15 other senators directing the president of the Uni versity of Oregon and Oregon State college to prepare and de liver to the chief clerk of the sen. ate on or before January 31. 1929, a list of all resident students en rolled in the respective institu tions. The lists allso shall show the home address of students, parents '" address, school of preparation from which they were graduated' and the present rating of each stu dent. The information was re." quested so as to determine tbe the names of non-resident stu dents who have failed to pay their annual tuition. the administration of the work mens compensation law was urged In a resolution Introduced by Sen ator Joe Dunne. Resolution Favors Injured Workmen "All doubts, questions and un certainties should be resolved In favor of the injured workmen and his dependents, as the case may be' read the resolution. "It Is respectfully urged that the com mission call to Its assistance, la addition to Its regular . medical staff, other medical and surgical."' talent when such doubt and unf.: tainty prevails." ' v- A senate joint memorial urging -congress to revise and increase - ' the tariff on cherries and cherry products was approved. A bill Introduced by the Mnlt." nomah county delegation chang-. (Turn to page 10, Please.) IN CABIN ON F(.:,1 Theordore Strom, age about g years, was found lying dead on tt floor of his cabin on the .W. B. Brown farm four miles northeaet. of Brooks, Tuesday afternoon by A member of the Brown family, Strom, who had worked for Mr. Brown for the past 14 years a4 had occupied a cabin on the farm, had not been seen around the farm since Thursday, and boeosn- lng alarmed at his absence, a search was Instigated, Tuesday. Strom's desth was apparently due to heart failure, according to Coroner Lloyd T. Rtgdon who was called, as there was no evidence of foul play. The door to the cab in, which Strom" had been in ta habit of locking, was locked and it was necessary to break iaU the house. Strom died . somettsoo Thursday or Friday, It Is thoum t, as members of the Brown family noticed smoke coming from the chimney of the cabfn Thursday. When discovered, he had hmem dead several days." So tar as is known, Strom had no relatives. Before coming to the Brown farm, he lived near TeU. do, where he had a homestead. which Is still In his name. slon of their activities will to stifle private enterprises, without saying," read the suj court opinion. "That such a ture by the city of MeMinawWs may have proved financially prof itable to tho municipal treaaonr will have a tendency to lad other munlclpalltlea to at teas Ilka ventures Is not improbable. No Restraint on ,v Extension of Plan v ."What the city of McMinnvUlo is going or attempting to do, I -Fayette, North Yamhill, Car. Dayton and " Willamina may K m do. We have the possibility f halt a doten towns competfcnT with' each other for the busies of tho surrounding country ltfe out any central authority to . fine them within reasonable lness limits. - r -i-. s-,' --It is usually very easy to (Turn to page 10. Please.) Ml IS 11 DEAD f. , ' i