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; CARGILL : : , - . - tared - kick ; i. CrglU '!2S?"j wni. A dairy dltorUl pace feature Ja thi Statesman! ::;:weatheruv:. Unsettled today wih slowly rising temperatare; " a now taraimg to rata; South wind. Max. temperature Wedaee ' Say 82; Min. IS; River 1.4. SEVENTY-EIGHTH, YEAR. flUTHOBITY FOB ilTORY AT Senate Bill. Proposes Bond Issues to Finance Stu- ' dent Residences Memorial Suggests Support for-Federal Telephone -Inquiry Demand : . Authority lor ..state normal schools to Issue bonds for the con. traction of dormitories and to re tire such Issues with, returns from rentals would be granted if bin Introduced in the senate Wednes day by Senators Elliott and Eber. hard ia passed. L Erection of . dormitories under . thia plan at the Oregon State col lege and the university of Oregon "was authorized by a similar hill .wnich passed at the 1927 session Federal Invewtigation of Telephones Asked Support by the legislature of a bill Introduced In the United Mates congress by Senator John son ; of California .demanding an investigation . of the rates and practices of telephone corpora- tlons. was urged Jn a memorial drafted by Senator Dunne of Mult nomah county and introduced In the senate Wednesday. "As Oregon Is vitally Interested in the Inquiryread the memor ial fit Js requested that one. Sena tor from this state be appointed as a member of the investigating . committee. The state of Oregon is unable to bear the expense of such an inquiry, but is desirous of hav ing representation on the commit tee." -: . The bill Introduced-ln conxreSs by Senator Johnson not only pro- Tides tor a thorough Investigation of telephone rates, but also seeks to determine the relationship be and affiliated corporations, tween the telephone-companies The federal investigation would be conducted by a congressional committee of five members, ac cording to Senator Johnson's bill. Override Veto On .Polk Salary. BUI The senate overrode the veto of . Governor Patterson or a bill passed at the 192? session of the legislature increasing the salary ff ' f h rnnntrv tranrr nt Pnlk year. Senators Bennei&Jones and Staples voted to sustain the veto of the governor. Senator . Elliott explained that he had held a con ference with. Governor Patterson, and that . he was not opposed to Increasing the salary of the .Polk county official. ; . ; Jndges and clerks of election boards in Multnomah count will receive 0 cents ah hour for their services under the provisions of a (Turn to Page 7, Please.) E ISSUANCE BILL FATE CLOUDY The fate of . Representative Childs bill proposing that auto mobile licenses be Issued through sheriffs' offices in each of the 36 counties of Oregon Instead of from two central offices in Salem and Portland; was not decided by the roads and highways commit tee of the house Wednesday night following lengthy discussion. Mr. Childs In introducing this measure, H. B. 143, contends that ft will - relieve the congestion in the motor vehicle division which delays the issuance of licenses for weeks; and .since license issuing time is at the slack period in sher iffs' offices, so that a great sav ing can be made in clerk hire. Other members of the commit tee were inclined to favor the measure, but. wanted time to con sult the secretary of state- and some of the sheriffs, as to their views npon Its practicability. c The committee voted to report favorably H. B 122, relating to toH roads, and H. B. 137, relating to grade, crossings, both repeal measures sponsored by the special repeal committee, DOI UCENS Fight Will Center Soon Upon Auto License Fees; -Recommendation Scanned Earnest work on the proposed i auto license fee reduction, will come In : the near future, action taken at the Joint meeting of roads and highways committees held Wednesday afternoon Indi cated. A complete plan for re duction of fees was presented by the special committee appainted by the senate at the last session, and It was voted to refer thia re port back i to these men with in structions I to have it put in the form of a measure and the mea sure J then Introduced Into the house. - It is expected that It will then bo referred back to the Joint committee and real work can then be done. -'-- - , . - , -. Discussion Wednesday centered around the 7 fees, which Senator Kiddle and his committee propose - to emt 25 to IS per cent, and upon - charges to be made on trucks. Borne talk about whether the gaso- NO. . Cold Snap May Be Oyer, Local Observers Aver Mercury Rises Slowly But Steadily Up, UntU Late Hour Wednesday With the mercury rising slowly but steadily all day Wednesday and continuing to rise Wednesday night, hope was seen that the cold spell ; that has held-. Salem and this vicinity in Its grip all this week may be broken. The weather observer's official report Indicated that a minimum of 18 degrees above aero, a low record for the season, was reached at about 6' a. m. Wednesday. Other thermometers, however, showed the minimum to be some eight degrees higher at that time. The government thermometer Is situated in an exposed position on the bank of the Willamette river near the east end"of the Mar ion- Pi k county, bridge. Tiny drifts of snow that gath ered on the pavement here after a few flakes fell Wednesday af ternoon, began to melt at about 11 o'clock Wednesday night, in dicating that the mercury had passed above the 32 degrees mark by that time. A strong south wind continued blowings most of the night. Portland Weather Experiences Setback PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23-r-(AP) Old man winter met ad verse winds in his northward re treatand came back to the Pacific (Turn to Page 7, Please.) BRIBERY OF JUDGE TO BE INVESTIGATED Carlos S. Hardy and Aimee Semple Mcpherson Called by Committee LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23. fAP Members of the state legislative committee assigned to Investigate the acceptance by Judge Carlos S. Hardy of a $2500 check from Aimee Semple Mc pherson, exangelist, will confer here tomorrow on plans for ques- tloninr the Judge and Mrs. Mc pherson when they appear before them Saturday. Subpoenas forjudge Hardy ana Mrs. McPherson were issued. nere today by the committee and both announced they would respect the committee's commands. The evangelist win be asked to bring with her documents ; in volved in her sensational disap pearance here more than" two years ago, when she claimed to have been kidnaped and later was tried with her mother. Mrs. Min nie Kennedy, on charges of obstructing Justice. The charges subsequently- were dismissed fol lowing a grand Jury investigation. The $2500 check which Judge Hardy admitted receiving for le- fal advice given shortly after the ldnaplng case and which he characterized as a "good will of fering," was accepted as a "fee" during tenure of offlte, it had been charged on the floor of the legislature. Such -a practice, it was pointed out, is in violation of state laws. Revelation of the is suance of the check followed a disagreement between the evange list and -her mother. - Warning Words ' ' In Advertising May Be Banned Roadside advertising using the words "stop." "caution. ; gol Slow, or aanger win oe uuuw tul If a measure sponsored by the state hichway department, to be introduced , today by the house committee on roads and highways, is. "enacted, ' The highway department claims use of these words in private ad vertising diminishes- the respect it motorists for official warning signs. - line tax should be Increased one or two cents was also heard. : Sentiment seemed to favor a lower rate for nsed cars, but it was pointed oat that so far legal rulings unofficially given : hare been that the differentiation could not be made. The special com mittee proposed to bring this be fore the people of the state, wltn action to follow at the next ses sion of the legislature. Reduction In license revenue of $1,442,000 from passenger .ears Is ' expjected if the recommenda tions are adopted, and an Increase of $223,000 will be forthcoming rrom , trucks. - Tnis .-win ;, leave a het reduction of about $1,211,000. which will be offset by an addi tional gasellne tax of one cent a gallon.- - The gas . tax will., yield approximately $1,211,000 proposal would set a price ' - (Tun to Page T, Pleaae.) No Active Warfare Breaks Out -Againf Three Marines Killed in Fight Patrol Ambushed From Jun gle by Native Patriots; A . Reports Meager" i MANAGUA, NIc. Jan. 23. (AP) Plans to ; wipe out bands of outlaws who have been maraud lng in northern ' Nicaragua were In full swing today as word was received of the killing of three American marines in a clash northeast of Tall in the -depart ment of Jinotega on Monday. First news of the clash was brought, to Managua yesterday by a messenger who reported the death of one marine. Private Ev erett A. Rectorof Des Moines, la. Today additional advices showed that three marines of a patrol of seven were killed in the clash with the outlaws. The two addi tional dead were Rastus Collins of Lyons, Ga., and George T. Os- will of Miami, Fla. Natives Fire From Jangle Hiding Place wora or the clash in the re mote district has been most mea ger, but it is believed that the marine patrol was ambushed by the outlaws who were hidden, in tne jungle. The aavices indicated that the marines put up a stiff fight and eventually drove off the outlaws whose numbers were not determined. Before leaving the scene, the four -surviving marines burled the dead and then rejoined a larger patrol some miles dis tant. It has been the custom of air planes -to fly over the northern area dally in order to prevent the assemblage of any large number of outlaws. Small bands have been harassing coffee plantations in the northern area but appar ently each band is working sep arately. The plans for an expedition to wipe out the remalnlng'bands call for the formation of a combined force of marines, the Nlcaraguan National guard and volunteers. ' HISTORY OF STATE A. W. Norblad, president of the senate, strayed from the field of politics and the legislature long enough Wednesday night to ae dress a meeting of the men's council at the First Methodist church. He took Oregon history for his topic and showed how three early events closely linked with the history of Astoria, saved the Pacific coast territory for the United States and assured a west ern seacoast f6r the nation. Senator Norblad cited Gray's explorations in 1792, the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805-0 and -the founding of Astoria in 1811 by John Jacob Astor at tha significant events of early Oregon history. . An Impromptu but spirited de bate was precipitated into the meeting before and after Senator Norblad's address when Senator Stelwer's : telegraphed approval of the naval bill now before cong ress, was interjected into the gathering. Dean Roy Hewitt of Willamette university condemned the naval - program now1 pending and this attitude brought a reply rrom Ronald C. Glover who. held that Oregon's delegation was ablj determ,B the ,nterests of the country in a satisfactory manner. The relative values of .militarism and pacifism were then discussed. and a number of the members of the council, participated. TO DEFEND HIMSELF LOS ANGELES. Jan. 23. (A P) Former District Attorney Asa Keyes. testifying in his own de fense here todar., entered noint blank deniftls . to portions of the state's testimony that he received money or talked of "fixing" the Julian : Petroleum fraud case in Ben Getxoffs tailor shop. Alleged brlge donations of a radio, lamps and lamp shades, and an expensive automobile - were "gifts' : from GetroXf. or In the .case of the car a "loan" Keyes said. - Ed Rosenberg, formerly a Ju lian case defendant, and Getsoff are. on trial with Keyes for brib ery mna conspiracy. - ? A chaise lounge, which the state disclosed was bought at a Los An. reles department store by Getsoff for $410, was ordered, Keyes eald. from E. B. Getsoff brother of the owner of the tailor shop. ' who 4s a furniture dealer in Chicago. The lounge. " which was delivered In March, was obtained as a Christ mas gift for Mrs, Keyes. - Keres said that he did not know that it was bought here until his 4 FATAL TO TRI 0 KOWD TALKS ON KEYES TAKES STAND wife said ; It was delivered ; by 'ocal fimv v.w -"- 7 favor Sways Us; No Fear Salem, Oregon, Thursday Begin Long Hike Towardlondoii Workers Thrown Oufof Jobs T Expect to Spend Five "i Days on Way i)NDON; Jan. 23v(AP)- Unea ployed men, divided Into companies equipped with knap sack s: field kitchens and ambul ance, toaayoegan. a maren irom Glasgow to London to demand re peal of the unemployment act passed by Parliament last year, This act, by tightening the regula tions for giving the unemploy ment dole, reduced those entitled to this aid by about 30,000. - Communist speakers addressed the marchers as they started out on their journey which Is expected , ma V a a. to ocupy live weeas. jjespue on ter cold weather, the demonstra tors were cheerful as they began their hike. They previously had been employed in the steel, ship ping, Jute and mining industries, The workless, with the generaT election. looming in the near fu ture: evidently believe the time propituous for bringing pressure to bear upon the government. The government already has offered to give a pound for every pound of public contributions to the na tional relief fund for Idle miners. Britain now has an unemploy ment register of nearly one and one half -millions. UTILITIES "BombshelT Bill Proposes Scrapping of Franchises; to be Fought Public utilities were concentrat ing forces in the lobby of , the state house Wednesday to combat a-measure to be introduced today which would make franchises val ueless and throw all utilities open to competition. Power of the public service commission to decide whether certificates of convenience and ne cessity should be granted stage lines, telephone or power compan ies would be annulled under the wordlnr of the measure. Of all the bills lntroducea in the house so far this session, the measure Is considered the bomb shell." A bill amending the state pro hibition act was introduced in the house Wednesday by Represents' tlve MaePherson. It would make it unlawful to purchase intoxicating liquor, in addition to other Innovations, and it also would be unlawful for any persons knowingly to purchase or sell for beverage purposes any medicine or other preparation containing alcohol which the sell er might deduce that the purcuas er is buying It for beverage pur poses. Adeauacv and cost oi lire in surance carried by state institu tions, will be Investigated it was decided at a committee meeting Wednesday. Chairman Potter of Lane appointed Russell of Yam hill, Smith of Marion, and Scott of TTmtilla as members of a. -sub committee to make an Investiga tion of the states insurance. The state fire marshal will cooperate ith the committee, it was an nounced. . proposal for the affixing of ten cent stamp on all instruments other than bank checks as a means of raising between 1125.000 and 3200.000 a year tor be placed in the state fund towards wiping out the state deficit was presented by Andrews, o f Multnomah and Clackamas before tbe house com mittee on assessment and taxa tion. The suggestion was favor ably received and It is expected that a bill providing for such pro cedure will be drafted In a few days.; ; ... Wednesday on (By tbe Associated Press) The senate . passed the defi ciency supply bill with provi sion for tax refund public hear ings.. - "'. - ; The cruiser construction bin was made the order of business .by thesenajte,--'!;;;; : The house waya and , means committee completed Its hear, lngs onthe" tariff - revision of the tobacco schedule. , The second atlonal confer ence on .merchant .marine op ened to study the .problems of American shipping. , , -. t 4 ' ii vy-' :- J:. - i l L y House members were divided, , on the advisability of tne JZ4. 000,000 Increase for prohibition; enforcement,, voted by the sen- ate ... '",.. . . :' . rim ' . ;:r.-: ."5 1 Senstor- Jforrls , of -Nebraska protested - against : the senate's secret sessions on t the eonfirmaf tlon . of .feeretary Went of the interior. ----- a i s - . i"i unemployed! ATTACK PENDING MEASURE wasmngi Shell Ave" ST- J&S'Vf 1?H Morning? January 2i,192$ Alleged Slayer C h a n g e s Mind About Conducting Whole Case Himself Youthful Defendant Seeks to Have Lawyer Reinstat- j egj; Motion Made ) RIVERSIDE. Calif.. Jan. 23. -(AP); Rapidly recovering from his physical ailments of the past two days. Gordon Stewart North cott today was laying plans to con tinue, with the aid of counsel if possible, hlli fight to escape the gallows for the slaying of Lewis and Nelson Wlnslow and an an Identified Mexican boy. His trial, after a two day continuance, is scheduled to proceed again to morrow. Northeott yesterday and last night appeared to have lost all hope. He wept copiously, increasing the lnflamatlon of his already bad ly swollen eyes. Today, however. he appeared both physically and mentally on the mend. Dr. H. L RaUlff. who yesterday found the young Canadian suffering from laryngitis and conjunctivitis, and who recommended hospital treat ment, visited Northeott in the Riv erside county hospital and declar ed him physically fit to continue with his trial. Petition To Be Presented in Court North co tt's opening gun tomor row will be the presentation of a petition for re admittance of David Sokol, Los Angeles attorney, as his counsel of record. Sokol, asso ciated with the defense in the ear ly days of the trial, conferred with Northeott for two hours this after noon. Sokol, after the conference, displayed an affidavit, purported t be signed by Northeott, setting forth alleged "necessity for the re admittance, of Sokol. Sokol with drew from the case two days be fore Northeott last week dismissed his attorney and elected against the advice of Superior Judge George R. Freeman to direct his own defense. Whether Sokol will again be ai (Turn to Page 7. Please.) PI Mrs. Mary Virginia Purvine, early pioneer of Polk and Marion counties where she and her rela tives have lived since 1848, when her parents. Major and Mrs. Wal ter M. Walker, crossed the plains by ox team, died at tbe family home, 91 Oak street, Wednesday. Mrs. Purvine was 84 years old. She had been seriously ill for less than two weeks. Mary Virginia Walker was born in Pike county, Missouri, July 15, 1844. She settled with her par ents In Spring Valley four years later. Major Walker named tne valley. The family resided at Lin coln, Polk county, for a year af ter arriving in that section, later settling at Zena. Mary Walker was married to Joshua L. Purvine also of an early Polk county family, in the fall of 1864. They made their home on the Polk county farm until 1907, when they came to Salem, locat ing at the home where she died. Mr. Purvine died August 14, 1921. Pour sons, E. W. Purvine, L. M. Purvine and C. D. Purvine, all of Salem, and P. L. Purvine of Wil mington, Calif., survive. . She Is also survived by a sister. Miss Dora Walker of Salem, 30 nieces and nephews and five grandchil dren. Mrs. Purvine was a member or the Presbyterian church' here, transferring her membership from the Zena church with which she early became affiliated. ' Funeral services will be held at the RIgdon : mortuary chapel .Fri day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev. W. C. Kantner of ficlatlng. Interment will be In the Zena cem etery. Baptist Church Minister Dies; Funeral Friday Thomas J. Strawbrldge, active minister of the Baptist church for the oast 20. years, died, suddenly at the home In Gervais Tuesday nixfat at the age of 72 years. Jlr. f rawbrldge. a native of Kentucky, held charges in California. 'Mon tana. Idaho, Tennessee and New Mexico.-He was a member of the Masonic fraternity . In Knight's Ferry, California- Ati tha time of his death, he was employed la the office of the Gervats Star. . -.. Funeral ; services ) will be held at the First Baptist hureh tn Sa lem Friday at 1 :30 o'clock, the Rev." Robert L. Payne" officiating. The body is at tbe dough-Huston parlors.- "i t Vs BASEBALL VKT DIE8 - : i MILWAUKEE, Wis.; Jan. 22-i (AP)Henry J. Kltlllea. 2,;one of the members' of thajlttle group that founded the 'American Base ball; league in 189ls dead. RESUME TRIAL 1 DIES HERE Board Backs Stewart ? h I """"""s""snsssn I ; Msoeaj(Mi!'f ariisr miii.uunimi. jmiscnasm saosse . - -v - . .?.:. .:-;--.K:'Me-. I v - ' n ' v av v.v 1 V .-..-. 'FT7.-. . , .-jn TT ' ' v. .5.. Led by Edward G. Senbert, pany of Indiana, tbe eight Other members of the board of director have announced they will support Col. Robert W. Stewart, their chairman, in his battle with John Stewart's resignation last May. In clared they were convinced of "his honesty and loyalty and believed bis retirement would be detrimental, to the company. Above, left. Rockefeller; upper right, Seubert, S TO Cruiser BilWiU be Made Spe cial Order of Business by U. S. Senate WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (AP) The administration naval con struction program late today was made the order of business by the senate immediately after the first deficiency supply measure had been passed. Chairman Hale of the naval committee, in charge of the meas ure called It before the senate Just before adjournment and he and other of its supporters at once set about making plans to start a drive for its enactment. Signs of a filibuster against the bill hare died -down and leaders of the opposition have declared no obstructionist tactics will be em ployed in an attempt to block a final vote but a stubborn fight is promised. ' Assured by senafe ' leaders that the measure -.will be given full right of way, friends of'the con troversial naval legislation were confident of the votes to obtain Its passage without material change. Senator Norris, republican, of Nebraska, and other opponents to the cruiser bill were prepared also to wage a determined fight, but there was no sign that they would 3ek to filibuster the legis lation from now until March 4, an almost herculean task. E PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23. (AP) Albert Wortheimer, 34. whom police credit with profiting more than $65,000 from worthless checks distributed over the United States, stumbled over a $25 check and tonight was in Jail facing a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. ' Wortheimer, police said, is wanted in San Francisco, Los An geles, Ogden and Oakland, as well aa , other northwest . cities, on check charges. Said to be a graduate of a prominent eastern college, Worth eimer with a likeable personality. sucoeeded In forming acquaint anceships . with promiennt Port landers. . ' ' ' - Although his' wardrobe consist ed of a necktie, two handker chiefs besides the clothes he wore, Wortheimer is said to have posed as a motion picture director em ployed by a well known producing company Sunday night while dining, with a woman . friend, Wortheimer Is alleged to hate Intimated he had forgotten. hia money. He proffered a $25 check to the woman, police said. - which - she accepted - and cashed at a downtown restaurant. Train Buried 2 DaysCpntmning ; lr 40 Passengers -:r?'-.j, "? :-4.C : WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (A P) With most of the argument centering around the tut,1 of the five-cent cigar, pleas for both In creases and decreases In the ; Im port -duty of . 12.10 -a. pound on Sumatra wrapper-' tobacco were heard 4 today by the house waya and means committee considering tariff revision.., -t r OPPOSITION 1 1 MHE 01 K EXTENSIVE ra i I rix j I president of the Standard Oil com. D. Rockefeller, Jr., who demanded a signed statement they have de and, below. Colonel Stewart. Labels to be Placed on Goods if Proposed Measure is Approved Products manufactured at. the state penitentiary will be plainly labelled so that people ; of the state will recognize them as such. and all such goods Will be disin fected if a bill to be introduced in the house Is passed. Henderson of Multnomah county. Is to intro duce the- measure today, which, it is understood, has the backing of the Oregon Manufacturing asso ciation. The bill will provide that no person or firm shall sell or place on display for sale goods, manufac tured at the state penitentiary un less such goods be disinfected in accordance with the rules and reg ulations of the state department of health and are permanently and legibly labeled "These goods are convict made." Penalty of a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 30 days nor mere than six months, or both, is provided in the bill for failure to exhibit the labels. Andrew Duncan Dies; Influenza Indirect Cause Andrew Donovan Duncan. 24. died at a local hospital Wednes day after an illness of six weeks, complications following influenza being the cause of death. He was a -salesman for the Belcrest Mem orial park association. This Is the second death in the family in six months, his father, A. J. Duncan, naving been, killed in a Tat at the paper mill here last July 28. Andrew Duncan is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elva Duncan, and six brothers and one sister, Shir ley. Jay, Conrad, De Wayne, Har old. Robert and Dorty. ;; . Funeral services will be held at the Clough-Huston parlors Fri day morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. H.' E. Gardner officiating. Interment will be made in the Bel- crest Memorial cemetery at a later date. ' PBISON IB MIKED PLAINLY Delegation of Mothers Appears Before Soloils ToBack A committee of mothers of stu dents at the University of Oregon. appeared ,' before the Joint ways and means committee of the leg islature Wednesday night to ask an appropriation of $50,000 with which to erect an infirmary on the university cam pus. Under the- proposal .the- state appropriation of ' $10,000 would bo matched . by. a similar amount of money to be raised by, persons and e organisations ' interested In the : proposed infirmary." -3 1: " Mrs. ? W.-B. Crane, 'acting - as spokesman for the committee, said the present-Infirmary was a dis grace to the state and should - be replaced by a modern' institution. She said the capacity of the In firmary was limited io 16 patients with 'the result that most f the students stricken with illness were compelled to go "Into the hospitals or return to their homes. - -i 'Mrs. Crane told , the ways 'and PRICE FIVE CENTS YANKEE Lire ON FREIGHTER ' '" . ' - ' - .! Thrilling Sea Battle Won, by ' Americans in Terrific Westerly Gale ! ! Famous Skipper Again Fig ures in Epic of Atlantic; Details Waited NEW YORK. Jan. 23. (API- Captain George Fpied of the Vnit- ed States liner America axaia wrote his name into an eple of t he sea tonight when he rescued the 32 members of the crew of the disabled Italian freighter In a roaring westerly gale 700 miles off the Virginia capes. i No details of what must have n been a thrilling battle with, the sea were given In the laconic message which the quiet manner ed little man. who always seems to be around when there Is hero- -ic work to be done, sent to .his line's offices here telling of the rescue. ;. , '! Old shipping men, reading - those words "whole - westerly .. gale" could visualise what must have- been a terrific Job. A "whole . -gale" means a 75 mile an hour wind, and mountainous seas which must have been tossing the little) disabled freighter around like a cork. How Capt. Fried maneuver ed his great liner In those seat, lowered a lifeboat and got it safe ly alongside the Florida and then back safely to the America; re- ; mains to be' told. . ! . Pried Succeeds As ; Two Other Ships Fall since Tuesday morning Cantata Fried had been driving his blc liner through a roaring gale and heavy seas toward the founder ; ing Florida. Two other ships, much nearer, also had gone to the rescue, but they gave up the search this morning and turned away. - Captain Fried, with a direction finder in his radio equipment, had been able to follow the lit- ' tie 2.500-ton frelrhter as she (Turn to Page 7, .Please. J GROUP 1H6 CAUSE OF SUCCESS - - - r - r f Cooperative marketing is omm of the outstanding reasons for the success of Wisconsin's cranberry growers, says S. W. Whittlesey of Wisconsin Rapids and Mr. Whit- . tlesey ought to know for daring the past 58 yeara he has been con tinnously In the cranberry baal i ness although he declares he is as yet only "a learner of the game." Mr. Whittlesey is In Salem! thss week visiting his nephew, Dr."CL -Downs. - i "Eighty per cent of the cran berry growers of the United States are members of the American Cranberry exchange," says' Mr. Whittlesey. "Bach season the mar- ket price Is set and when growers not In the association attempt te , lower the price, we hold our har vest, until competing berries are . soia. uur saies organization es M . a S J tablished 1 in ' ' Chicago and New York has .been very successful la pooling the cranberry output se afford satisfactory prices to grow ers." - . ! 'A problem now faced by! Wis consin growers is false blossom, a peculiar blooming or the cran berries without Resulting berries. United . States agriculture experts have been called Into the state te Lombat thJa menace Mr. Whittlesey has Inspected the Astoria cranberry marshes during his visit In Oregon' and finds a good quality berry grown here although one of less f irsa- ness, in his opinion, than the cran berries of Wisconsin. 5 Oregon's weather- appeals to him, despite the flurry of -enow this week, inasmuch as Wisconsin Rapids his home town, baa had weather ranging from zero to St degrees below during this month while 18 Inches of snow are now on the ground there. . . - Infirmary. Plea means committee that only cently SBO of the 2200 students sj the university were afflicted with influenza, and that only a saaaii number of these were able to - tain attention In the present t-. firmary. A committee appehsSed recently to Inspect the university of Oregon will include the lathrss ary In their Investigations. Thlr ' committee will go to Eugene laU Friday. ; - -'4 . I. -R. Wheeler of Portland s : pea red before the committee- anc urged an; appropriation of IIMfr ; (o carry on the work of the de- -' partment of Americanization dn- ipg .the - current bfennlunu -fl m submitted ' records to show that Sf alien classes are now la opera- ": Hon in-the state, wiarmpre than v 2000 aliens enrplledt o k- r - The purpose of the department Mr. Wheeler said, was' to edaeaU tbe : ' aliens - In Americanization (Turn to Page 7, Please.) , - 1