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' . SATISFACTION t W guarantee eatbfactory carrier delivery for the. 'SUteemaa. If 70a have amy - trouble '-. abowt , yoar copy, phone BOO. - . V WEATHEIK ? Rain today, with, rising temper tare t: fresh soath 'winds. Max. teniperataro Tbareday 81 5 rata. 30; rala 'tmXl M; rtver-4.0. ' "No Favor Sways Us; Ilo Fear Shell Awe" EST MarSt SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 265 Salemr Oregon, Friday Morning f February 1, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENT3 .... '''., , . ..... ' ' - ,' A, Y .. M ILL HOPE GONE Long Legal Fight to Save Lives of Pair Finally -"-i Comes to Close" ; Death' Sentence Exacted To- day for Murder of James E. Lebouef FRANKLIN. La.. Jan. 31 (AP)--Mri,: Ada Bonner Le bonf C and Dr. Thomai E.- Dreher prepared tonight for death on the gallowi tomorrow for 1 filing the woman'i husband.: - . They were sentenced io hang for killing James E. Lebouff. superintendent of the Morgan City branch of the Louisiana Pub lie Utilities company on the night of July 1. 1927. The state con tended they murdered Lebouff so he would not Interfere with their lore affair. -.J;-' The long legal fight to save the condemned pair from the gallows. which was carried twice to the United -Steles supreme court, was climaxed at New Orleans today when Judge Wayne Borah of the united States, district court and the United States circuit court of appeals both refused to interfere with the executions. - That left Gorernor Long as the (Turn to page 12, Please.). SER GIFT TO W. U. J1 Interest of Hotel Man In Edu cational I Institutions is Revealed The will of the late Eric Hau eef, who died in Portland recent ly, includes a gift of $100,000 to Willamette unlrersity, it was learned Thursday afternoon when the will was read. This gift came as a complete surprise to officials of the university, it was stated by .President Carl O. Doney. f- Mr. Hauser, who was a contrac tor on a Urge scale and also own ed the"Multnomah hotel in Port land, had no . official connection with , the university. Up to" six years ago he had contributed no funds to any educational institu tion because he had never been solicited. n connection with a financial campaign for Willamette at that time, he was approached and gave $6000. " It developed later that Mr. Hau ser had been especially pleased at being asked to aid in this cam paign, and he later made gifts to a number of other, colleges. The will also contains equal be au est b to Reed College at Port land and Albany College at AH bany. The gift to Willamette is un conditioned, and the money will be added to the endowment fund. but it cannot be used in the pres ent campaign to match an amount offered by the general education board of the Methodist church, as legacies are barred from consid eration. F F TERRB HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. 31. (AP)- Over a terrain ; marked in places by prehistoric mounds, in which red men laid away their dead tribesmen, there tramped to. day a band of white men search ing for the body of 10-year-old Edith May Dierdorf . Edith has bten missing" from her humble home in West Terre Haute since last Sunday. ' The girl is believed to have been kidnaped and murdered. A blood' stained sack- in which she had been carrying newspapers was found Monday beneath highway bridge 40 miles south of here-A grocer has told that the child pur chased chewing gum in his stof last Sunday and then climbed into an automobile with, a man - who apparently was waiting for her. ERIC MAN mm Herbert Hoover Achieves Ambition BvLanoMhg Fine Sail Fish"; One Gets Away LONG KEY, Fla,, Jan II (AP) President-elect Hoover to day realised his long cherished ambition to catch a sail fish, v ' After less than half an hour's oaitie no lanaea one or me gam- est found in Florida waters. It weighed about 45 pounds and was about six feet long. The catch was made on - the edge of the Gulf Stream. Mr. Hoover had as his companions Associate Justice Har . Ian F. Stone and Jeremiah Mil ' bank, eastern treasurer of the re publican national committee. Fish ' Ing from an arm chair, the next president trolled tor an hour with out making a strike. He had as -bait a piece of bonita cut in the : shape of a fish,. .?-r- Cold Snap Oven Danger Of Silver - Thaw Said Slight Wind to be From South To day With Rising Temper ature, Predictions With south winds and a rising temperature promised for today, the snowstorm Salem has felt this week will aeon become a thing of the past without having done any serious damage. Such was the gen eral concensus of opinion late Thursday night. Although the snow, which has covered this sec tion of the Willamette valley since Monday, probably will not be en tirely obliterated for several days, iris believed that by tonight the worst of it will be gone. There Is little danger of damage to power and telephone lines, it wae Indicated by company offi cials. "If we don't get more Ice on the wires than we have now, well be O. K." declared C. E. Cor son, district plant chief for the local telephone company. The cold snap that has affected Salem all this week began to show signs of moderating at about one o'clock Thursday morning. A very fine hail began to fall at that time Indicating that the snow was pass ing throuxh a warm section of air, mlting-and then freezing again.' By Thursday afternoon the air bad become so warm that the hail changed to rain, although it froze when it struc kthe snow, forming a solid white crust. By afternoon the snow was melting slowly and it continued to melt throughout the night. Although automobiles and pe destrians experienced great diffi culty, in making headway, no ser ious accidents were reported. SEATTLE, Jan. 31 (AP) Sllsht moderation in the Pacific Northwest temperatures today will be continued more noticeably to morrow and Saturday, the United States weather bureau here fore cast tonight. The exceedingly se vere weather which has been un- (Turn to page IX. Please.) SET UP US FOB FIGHT OH RULING r Federal Court Decision Aimed At In Joint Memorial to Congress A vlcorous attempt to regain the $600,000 in taxes lost by the recent federal court decision. which disallowed the1 state to tax national bank property upon a parity with other classes of prop erty in Oregon was inuiatea in the house Thursday, when a joint memorial calling on congress to change the national banking act was introduced by Representa tives Anderson, Carkln and Ham. llton. The memorial cites the recent decision by which property as sessed at approximately $16,000,- 000 was removed from the tax rolls and points out that this tax has been collected since the ad mission of the state Into the union. A change in the national banking code Is the only way In which this assessment and collec tion of $100,000 in taxes can be made In the future. It Is to remedy this situation in part that the excise tax measure recently introduced In the house. This excise tax will bring but $100,000 of the amount lost, however, thus still leaving a large deficit. The banks this year vol untarily .paid about $300,000 in taxes, but it can not be hoped that they will continue to do this it Is pointed out. The memorial was referred to the committee on resolutions. ' Air Mail Pilot Is Victim Of Crash MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Feb. 1 (AP) Pilot Eugene Cecil, air mail pilot, was found dead in the wreckage of bis Travels ir biplane in the mountains near here early today by searchers who had been seeking the fallen plane since last night. The mail waa Intact. The plane was en route to Pittsburgh from .Cleveland. v After catching the sail -fish Mr. Hoover returned to the shallow waters of the Florida ; Keys and there he added to his catch a num ber of Tuna fish, Amberjack, trig ger fish and other species.' After lunch ' he returned to the edge of the Gulf Stream, hooked another sail fish and lost It. r5 1 Returning to bis house boat, the presidentelect resumed .work on his inaugural address which he plans to complete before return ing to Washington late next month. He finds here ' during - his evenings even a greater isolation than he might have at his Florida vacation home at Belle Isla, ' FIRST HONflRS IN HOUSE ROW First Test of Strength Indi cates Dry Fund Raise Will be Denied Moist Faction Overrides Strong Prohis Rejecting Motion 240-141 WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. - (AP) The first test of "strength In the hou?e on the proposal to add S2f.000.000 to the prohlbl tion enfof cement fund resulted today In a victory for those who have inclined to the views of Sec retary Mellon that the money should not be appropriated with out a definite plan of allocation. By a vote of 240 to 141. the house rejected a motion designed to prevent the deficiency supply measure, to which the huge dry law enforcement Item was added by the senate1 last week, from go ing to conference. A few 'min utes later 'Without a record ballot it over-rode the opposition of those clamoring for immediate approval of the item and sent the bill to conference. Committee To Consider . Proposal Carefully. As a result of this balloting the measure now will be placed in the bands of a conference commit tee on which the house and sen ate will have eual representation It is believed by some house mem bers that in view of the large vote by which the senate ap proved the proposal the senate conferees will Insist upon its re tention. Whether this Is done, it is regarded as probable that other votes will be necessary In at least one of the two houses be fore the question finally is dis posed of. " The amendment specifically would provide for expenditures of the money under direction of the president. All Previous Party lines Split In Vote The house vote today saw a di vision of party lines and also found a split in what heretofore hag been regarded as the wet and dry camps in the house. The bal lot was taken. late in the day after several hours of debate la, which the membership" participated freely. Two days ago an attempt to send the measure to conference resulted in a ralxupjn parliament ary situation. The problem was turned over to the rules commit tee which group approved a reso lution to provide for sending the bill to conference and it was this resolution which was approved by a vlvi voce vote after those anxious to block such action had lost ou on the record ballot. Thursday I n Washington (By the Associated Press) President Coolldge left for Florida. , The senate continued its de bate on the Naval Construction bill. The house voted to send the 124,000.000 prohibition In crease Item to conference. The house ways and means committee continued Its hear ings on tariff revision of the cotton ' manufactured products schedule. The hearings on the reap-; polntment of former Governor, Neft of Texas to the federal board of meditation were ended by a senate committee. : - The house prisons commit tee recommended' construction of separate federal institutions for criminal insane and nar cotic addicts. J - Student Lists . Of Two State Schools Filed .Reports of all resident students enrolled In the University of Ore gon and Oregon ' State College were filed with the . chief " clerk of ;: the senate - Thursday r night In compliance with-a resolution introduced .by . Senator Edward Bailey and others..;'. t- The reports show the home ad dresses of the students. . parent's addressee, school of preparation from ; which ; they graduated and the present , class rating of each student. X"'. r .'VW'.-; The lists were prepared nnder the direction of the presidents of the two educational - Institutions. They will be referred to the edu cational, committee. 1 . . The purpose" of obtaining the lists was to determine'how many non-residen ?--, students : are; ..not paying tuition as required by law., Hero Ship and Crew, Home Again; .:..::.::.: ..s ; k. i f V J - m -ifif t; C T ? vs ." 1 '' , ihii.jh.. ii.iiii.i mi. i.ri .1 .. ..1 n up uini ,ii, -in. mm.., ... . n . v. - - rtz, a ti-?. .vv'i- vd':J,:p ,v,' i a ja - . t "' i, v ' Xifi , v' - 44 v , . v - xw.-y.-x'.:-:-. S $ -v . . r1 r.i Vew York s t am al terns wetcorne ragutf a rescuers and reecaeu as the u John Talto, sailmaker on the America, demonetrates the crude breech Florida's crew were hoisted from Joseph Favarola of the Florida, and SCORED BV UPTON Would Pledge State's Credit for Creation or &oi diers' Fund Operations of the' state emerg ency board have opened the doors to extravagance, according to Sen ator Jay Upton, who Thursday re by Representative Rushlight pro. fused to vote for a bill Introduced vidlna for the oavment of defi ciency appropriations aggregating more than $140,000. These appropriations were au thorised by the state emergency board during the past blennlum, and were , approved by the Joint ways and means committee. "I am opposed to the operations of the emergency board," said Senator Upton in explaining his vote on the floor 6? the senate. "The law creating this board has opened the doors to extravagance. I also am opposed to the practice of the house in appointing legis lative Investigating committees which create expense without con currence of the senate. The bill approved with Senator Upton casting the only dissenting vote. The senate passed a bill In troduced by Senator Bell which provides that county- boards of equalization shall be composed of (Turn to page 12, Please.) EBENCl Train Crash is Fatal ' v , ' jf i Telephoto of wreckage of two which collided when the rear car, Coaches ran into a wooden coach Northwestern railroad yards at. Elmhurst. 111., an official of the American Banking Institute, was one of those killed. Many' were injured. t " 'r a lifeboat to the America. Above r Chief Officer Harry Manning, who Rockefeller, Sr., Says Slon Right In Trying To Depose Company's Head Colonel; Robert W. Stewart Attacked by Famous Old Millionaire NOW YORK. Jan. 31. (AP)- John D.' Rockefeller, Sr., 'today is sued a statement through his New Tqrk office Baying that he agreed with his son in the latters efforts to oust Colonel Robert W. Stew. art from the chairmanship of the Standard Oil company of Indiana. '"The press baa several times re ported a statement jfrom Colonel Robert W. Stewart, to the effect that Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., would be pleased by the re-elec- Deadline Is Set On House Hopper Four o'clock Monday afternoon will be the deadline for introduc ing bills in the Oregon house of representatives, it was decided Thursday, Monday being the 20 th day of the session. Bills may be introduced later only by suspend lng the rules. )mtvm 4 4- , s , -I J Chicago and Northwestern trains of a train of empty ateel passenger of crowded suburban train' In the Chicago, 111. M. W. Henderson, of V Reap ero snip America, below, steams es buoy he designed and with ight. In order, are Captain Georae commanded the America's lifeboat. ion of Colonel Stewart as a di ector of the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana," the statement "Mr, Rockefeller. Sr., has been Informed that many people In the west have been misled by thfas re port. For this reason, Mr. Rock efeller, Sr., thinks it necessary to make this statement. - "Mr. Rockefeller, Sr. owns ' no stock in the Standard OH company of Indiana. He feels that his son has proceeded only with the earn est desire to do that which will be best for the truest welfare of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, and for large corporate Interests In general. Mr. Rockefeller, Sr., agrees with his son and does not see how his son could have done otherwise. He has proceeded with deliberation and patience, and with the utmost consideration for the feelings of all parties concern ed. It has been an unpleasant duty for him. but one which In all good conscience he could not shirk." r NABBED DV POLICE PORTLAND, Jan. 81. (AP) Harry R. Rayburn. former teller at the Equitable Savings and Loan company, sought lor the past week to answer charges of embessle- ment. was arrested late tonight as be stepped from a train arriving from California. He was lodged In Jail under 810,000 bonds. ' His arrest followed a tip police received that he was en route to Portland. Rayburn remained' sil ent. --y-JL warrant was Issued for the trusted teller after he failed to appear for work January 28 -and a hasty examination of his books revealed an - alleged- shortage of $3600., The warrant specifically charges'hlm with embeztlement of $500 on January 19. :i . . 'For 20 years Rayburn waa in the employ of 'the Savings, and Loan company;. Faithful service promoted him from office boy to teller. , . v. :',lm.u ) ' '' Company officiais&told. polios they had discovered Rayburn was interested in several. major ..specu latlons. - ,? I- Mysterious Girl v J Friend Vanishes : With Marts $400 PORTLAND. Jan. 81(AP)--- When : the -girl .friend" he; took home from theatre faQed to en ter the houre she said she lived In tonight. William Howard of Prine vllle. Ore., tbaught ft was queer,- . But when ' Howard , reached In bis upper rvest pocket to extract a $400 roll to pay hia hotel bill, the lueernees vanished, spoliea are looking for the,jrirl friend." , t. -.;,,: sr M ., ; BURN IS Appl ause up lower New kork bay. At left which exhausted members of the Fried of the America. Captain HOPES OF SENATE Horse Laughs Said to Greet Bailey Mention of Jay Upton Talk Insinuations that various mem- hers of the senate were laying, the basis for gubernatorial candidacy in their declarations for or against the state office building, were bandied about recklessly on the senate floor Thursday. - Raucous horse laughs greeted Senator J. O. Bailey's mention of a published story to the effect that Senator Jay Upton of Bend, was speaking In behalf of the supposed candidacy of T. B, Kay, state treasurer, for the governorship, when he criticised the present ad ministration at a Rotary club luncheon here Wednesday. Perhaps it was all in fun, but Senator Upton In his response to Bailey's talk, said he thought Mr. Ray would make a better governor than some Oregon has bad, but that he wouldn't concede that Mr. Ray would make a better gover nor than himself. Inasmuch as Mr, Upton did run for governor in the 1826 primar ies, some Importance waa attached to his remarks on the subject. Charles Hall, senator from Coos and Curry, also came In for Insin uations that he was flirting with the governorship In his studied explain at ion of his stand, and when Senator Joe Dunne of Mult nomah arose, the president asked him if his remarks .were to be political." This brought a eoun- S T IS ID ter attack from the floor to tEStn tBe return Journey to the effect that congressional aspira tions might also be nurtured somewhere In the senate. This was taken as a reference to Intimations that President Norblad might run for congress at some time In the future. . . All of these sallies were made Jokingly, but, in view of the fact that the senate Is the "cradle of covernors" In Oregon, more ser ious Import was attached to them In some quarters. JUDGB NAMED WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. (AP) -James J. Lenlhan of Iowa was nominated today to be federal Judge for district. court of the Ca nal sone. . -"Call the clerk; Mr. Roll President Norblad of the senate ordered when the protracted de bate on the office building repeal bill had : ended. , Tha faet that the reading clerk, M. F. Hardesty, recently removed ' his neat 1 little goatee which added so much to the imoresslveness of senate pro cedure, may have had something to do with the -president's con- fasion. jz&Ac7?'X:':'': ; Harold Warner - of , ' Pendleton was extended the courtesy of the senate Thursday afternoon. -, Senator Lloyd Reynolds voted for an industrial accident 1 com mission' Inltll M member of Facts and Gossip Bailey's Repeal Measure is Defeated by One-Sided . Senate Vote Reynolds of Marion Defends Need for Structure; 22 I Vote Down Bill Completion of - plans for tha - state office building ! will be or dered soon by the state board of " Control; members indicated Taurs- " day, the way having been opened by action of the senate that after noon in postponing indefinitely the bill of Sanator J. O. Bailey which sought to repeal the If IT 'j act authorising construction, oi this building. Borne work was done on trcse plans shortly after tha original bill was nassed two rears aso. but ' It was stopped when the first le gal attack was made on the meas ure and nothing more has been done, as the United 8tates eu press court did not decide the ease a til last month. Nevertheless, exnenditur M of several thousands of dollars f ter architects drawings had been con tracted before the first litigation started, and the payment ef this expense probably would have re sulted . In a legislative and Iegal tangle had the law not been final- ly approved. Cost May Be Cut Proposals Provide Original plans called for i -a building directly north of the su preme court building and of sia liar design to it, estimated to cost 1600.000. Proposals made recent- ly Indicate that the cost may ha limited to 8500,000. and part of the remaining expenditure auth orized will be devoted to purch ase of the Steiner-Jarman build ing which now nouses the state printing department and the auto, mobile license department. Senator Bailers repeal Mil waa sidetracked by a rote of 82 t 1 sarly Thursday afternoon, debate having been carried over from tha forenoon session in order to. ob tain additional figures upon tha rentals now paid by the state. This Information was supplied by. Sen ator Lloyd Reynolds of Marios county,, chairman of, the commit tee OB public buildings Ind insti tutions which had reported -- tha bin unfavorably. So Safe Plaice In ' Sight for Records . w Senator Reynolds also pointed nut additional circumstances which necessitate a new build inf. among them the faet that there la no fireproof space for safeguard ing securities and records at tha (Turn to page II, Please.) E UN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT COOLIDOB TO MOUNTAIN LAKJD, Fl.. II. (AP) Leaving behind him tha cold btaat of a Washington winter, Freed dent Coolldge was southward bound tonight to Florida, for a brief stay in its warmer ell mate At Mountain Lake tomorrow the chief -. executive will delrsar an address dedicating the Sylvian retreat which Edward W. Bok bag fashioned into a bird sanctuary tad public park and the singtn tower with its carollon of heibi whieh he has erected upon It. A tinnra ltr Mr. CaAlldra will national eapltol. A light powdery snow waa fall, lng in Washington at the time at his departure, and served to re mind the president that for a taw hours at least he was leaving win ter behind. The president was esoorted by a detail of motorcycle pottee from the White House to Union station where he boarded a special train on- the Atlantic coast line. ; The ever present photographers were on hand and with Mrs. Coolldge and Mr. and Mrs. .Harry H. Wil liams, old friends ; from Boston, -he posed on the rear platform ia. the few minutes that remained be-" fore the train left, .- - v Brief Bits of News end, De Uef Gathered Here crJl Ifarg t Legislative llclb the house, ho recalled Thursday in tha course of argument on nor rowing front the :, commlsalea'a funds to erect the state offlee buUdlng. ' la If 11 organised I&ar opposed the Idea, but two years later It sponsored a similar bill, which fwas passed. t - - '. . ' , '.- : A delegation from the Portland Woman's Research club attended the " Thursday afternoon - of the leglslatarcv : i-ri "It will- ba-unlawful," Tery an lawful, for any cooperative aaea elation to spread false report af finances: and management' if JL B. 809, Introduced, by Ropresftftt. (Turn to Ps go 11; Please.) COOL IDG I Iff SOUTH TO FLORIDA