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SEBVICE WEATHEB Unsettled . today, - with probable rajas; Slightly cool, sr. Max temperature , Tnes flay 64; Min. 43; River 1.8; ; Rain .12; Wind aonth. - Tow carrier Is a little merchant. Ho is la business to serve 700. Call oa him for : the service you wish- you'll get It. U No Favor Sways Us; No Fear ShaU Awe" g rVtt SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 304 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, March 6, 1929 , i PRICE FIVE CENTS 12100,0001 lillfi Fomes Sweep Huge Show Tents; 2500 Persons are Placed in Danger Wind Fans Flame; Nothing -Saved Out of Huge Elab orate Exposition LOS ANGELES, Mar. 5 (AP) Damage estimated at $2,000, 000 or more was done by a fire which swept the automobile show here this afternoon destroying more than 300 automobiles, be sides a number of airplanes, trucks and motor boats! The show wan housed in four large tents.. A crowd estimated at 2500 per sons was in the tents when the fire broke out. The band stood by its post and continued playing, as attendants urged the crowd not to become alarmed and to avoid jamming. The tents were emptied in an orderly manner and but two persons were injured? Fireman J. A. Adol was overcome by smoke and Claud McFaul received severe burns. t Sparks Believed, i CtkuPti of ConfUMrratioa Witnesses said that sparks from either an electric wire or an air plane engine set f-'re to the wing of a monoplane and the tent above was soon burning. Fanned by the wind, the flames roared, great clouds of smoke billowed skyward - and the explosion of automobile tires came in sharp staccato. Thou sands of persons were attracted, to the scene and all available police were hurriedly summoned. All fire equipment of the central dis trict was brought into play out the wind spread the flamed so rap Idly that nothing was saved. Mst of the automobile loss was covered by Insurance but the airplanes." were not so protected. Edgar Johns, aviation Instructor with the Mexican army brought two experimental planes of his own make to the show. He had not insured them and lost all he possessed except his automobile, which was outside. L Among the burned exhibits were two of Harry Miller's raeia ears, valued at $20,000 each; a Pon tlae demonstrator i cut-away chassis of like value, and a Lock heed Vega monoplane equipped with a whirlwind motor, also rai ned at $20,000. A Kreutser tri motored plane, valued at $16,000, also was among the airplane ex hibits. A special 12 cylinder mo tor boat, because of its all-wood construction, was a quick victim of the flames. The most expensive motor car destroyed was a Lincoln Brougb- an, valued at $7805. A Mercedes, from Europe, valued at $13,750, the highest of any machine in the show, was the only car saved from the flames. The losses of individual motor car dealers and distributors ranged from $30,000 to $100,000. T Important among the legisla tive bills signed by Gov. Patter son Tuesday was one, Introduced by the livestock committee which provides that state traffic officers may be used in running down livestock; thieves. This bill bad the indorsement of virtually all livestock organizations in the state and particularly was de sired by the livestock raisers of central and eastern Oregon. Legislators who spoke in favor of the bill pointed out that live stock thefts have been numerous during the past ' two years, and that in some sections of the state the producers had suffered, heavy financial losses. New Hotel Will Have 60 Stories NEW YORK, Mar. 5. (API Plans for a (0 story hotel, the tallest resident structure in tLe world to cost $8,000,000 and to be constructed on Columbus cir cle, were filed with the city build ing department today. Bossies Eat Mash Kick Up Heels and Then Turn up Toes TACOMA, Wash., Mar. 5. (AP) The bromide "gas uid mooushiae will not mix can be stretched a bit. It bow becomes "milk and moon shine will not mix well, eith er." When Charles A. Massfe went oat to hant op some of his m Inning eows from the fine herd at hi farm at Roy, "oar here, he found them dd. The four carcasses were near where some un known person had disposed of a large qaaaUty of moon shine mash. The rB n's had "ten of it, kicked np their heels for a while, then laid town and snccsmped. C S CHM COW THIEVES Stenogs and Clerks y. Cost State Large Sam for Session The expense of employing stenographers and clerk In the senate daring the cur rent session of the legisla ture was $24,796.50, ac cording to the-report of the per diem committee filed with .the secretary of state. . The expense of conducting the combined engrossed bllla and enrolled bills commit tees in the senate was re duced more than 81SOO when compared with the cost la 1027. - '"" . n BBS FOR RUM PEDDLERS Death of 16 From Poisoned Liquor Laid to Two Men and Two Women PEORIA. III., Mar. B.AP) Two men and two women wera named in murder warrants issued today as a 16th person died ap parently from the effects of pois oned liquor circulated in Peoria and vicinity during the last week end. Tiie two couples were ordered held by Coroner William B. El liott on conclusion of his inquest into .the death of Clarence Hoppe. Testimony disclosed Hoppe had obtained liquor from C. O. Oaf f- in, reputed bootlegger, who was named with his wife, Nita, in one of the warrants. The other warrant named Maur ice Mansfield and his wife, Jesse, who were reported to have provid ed Guffin with liquor. The Mans- fields were ordered held is Jail without bond. The Guffins were admitted to bail. In the county Jail at Lewixton, not far from Peoria, John Cox, 45, was held for manslaughter, 'also aceused of distributing some of the poisoned liquor. A chemical analysis of some of the fluid taken from vital organs of several of the victims disclosed that the liquor contained from 10 to 15 per cent wood alcohol, said Professor George Ashman of Brad ley Institute, Peoria, who made the analysis for the coroner. He said It appeared that the liquor was In dustrial alcohol that had been dis tilled poorly. ; ' --iWiiiT IT HIGHEST P0ITJT With 729 nrisoners at the Ore gon State penitentiary Tuesday, the highest enrollment mark In the history of that institution was reached according to Henry Mey ers, superintendent. Tjro men were admitted Tuesday and five Monday to bring the list to this peak. Mr. Meyers has already ordered sketches drawn of the proposed auxiliary prison to be erected at the old Boy's Training school site. The board of control will take these under consideration and plans for a new building will be evolved which will handle first of fenders at this plant. When, it Is completed, 200 more prisoners can be accommodated at the state prison, Meyers says. Conditions at tt9 state peniten tiary are now extremely crowded, a large number of the prisoners having 'sleeping quarters in the hospital while others are using the corridor adjoining the ceil blocks for a place to sleep. WORSE Til EVER MAR3HFIELD, Ore., Mar. i (AP) Wind and waves were do ing their utmost to defeat all ef forts to free the stranded trans marine steamer, Sujameco from the sands which have held the vessel fast since early Friday morning. The Sujameco grounded during a dense fog. Because of fog today the tug Arrow' No. 3 did not attempt to approach the craft. Ground tackle will be set tomorrow snd the first attempt to save the vessel pulling against its anchor will be made. . Baillie Held As Possible Head of : training School Reports were current hers Tues day that the state board of con trol has under consideration the appointment of W. H. Balllis of Greaham, as superintendent of th? state training school for boys L. M. Gilbert -lias been at the heart of the Institution for a number of years. . , - , Mr. Baillie is an educator 'and was' said to have been connected with a number of schools in west ern Oregon. Friends of Mr. Baillie '.aid ho was well qnalif led to ban tic the school. : ;i - Members of the board of con trol refused to confirm or deny the report that Mr. Baillle's name was under consideration. :- - PRISON 0 ill nsin HOOVER'S DAY CROWDED WITH New President Pleased a Senate's Action in Rati fying Cabinet Many Delegations Call at Of fice; Total, of 2,44 Hands Shaken By JAMES I WEST Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. (AP) This first day in the presidency was a mighty busy one for Her bert Hoover, and. from all appear ances, a mighty nappy one. His day's activities, extended all the way from a decision of ma Jor policy, that of non-interference with the present regulations re garding the shipments of arms into Mexico, to reminiscenses of his boyhood days In West Branch Iowa, with his one time school teacher, Mrs. Mollie Carran, who was his luncheon guest at the White House. Between times he touched shoul ders with the plain folk who call ed upon him by the hundreds; re ceived members of the republican national committee in a group; chatted with the governors of sev era! states who were here for the inauguration, and transacted large amount of public business. Action By Senate Pleases President Prompt favorable action by the senate on his cabinet nominations added to the pleasure of his day, during which he not only appear ed unruffled by the many Inter ruptions of his work, but smiled broadly during his several public appearances . lo pose for p I c- tures with some of his callers. Meeting the newspaper corres pondents at noon in his first press conference as president, he made jocular i comments as the nearly 200 news writers streamed into Turs to Par 1, Column I.) UCT1 SUIT'S r irn l Hii The executive committee of . the Oregon state grange is behind the Injunction suit brought by W. A. Jones to prevent payment of ftve dollars per day "expense" money to legislators. This -was disclosed Tuesday night by Mr. Jones, .and set at rest a vast number of rumors that have been in circulation ever since Saturday afternoon when the legislature was stirred by service of papers on the state' treasurer and secretary. "The grange itself has had no meeting recently and could not possibly have taken action as an organization to authorize . this suit," Jones asserted. "The execu tive committee is not behind it as an official grange organization, but Its individual members, as pri vate taxpayers, are supporting . it Members of the committee live In various sections of the state. ' "We expect, of course, to carry this suit to the' state supreme court, or even higher if the legis lators want to keep on with It. Our whole Idea Is simply to deter mine whether the resolution by which they voted themselves an extra five dollars per day is con stitutional. If it is. then they are welcome to the money so far as we are concerned and it will be left with their constituents to sec whether their action Is approved." .Meanwhile a considerable amount of adverse criticism has been leveled at the legislators for their expressed resentment against the suit. If the "expense" appro priation is legal, it Is pointed out, they will get every cent of the money they voted themselves. If it is not legal, they as the state's lawmakers should bo the first to approve of the law's beiag en forced. - ' Lindas 7 ;. F 4 I ' Central Press telephoCo of the snapped just after umlbergb. and 0 umnmcn JIUUI1ULU landing at Mexico City, after losing' a wheeL . This photo was rushed by plane from Mexico Cltr to sc. lxmis ana tnence oy tefepnoto Washington Texts WOl be Freed of Propaganda Taint OLYMPIA, Mar. S ( AP) As aa aftermath to . the federal trade commission's prcpaganda, the Washington Inquiry Into public utility state senate today passed by a rote of 28 to 10 a bill for bMCmg the use of textbooks la the schools "containing propaganda used in behalf of private Interests." The same bill forbade use of text books referring in a derogatory manner to the founders of the nation and stated that teachers alluding to the fathers In such a way would be deemed to have vi olated their contract. PUINTO ELECT NEW LEADERS Nominations Will be Made at Meeting March 13; Reports Coming The second open meeting of the year of the Salem Teachers' asso ciation will be held Wednesday afternoon, March 13, at the senior high school at 4 o'clock, the Salem teachers' council decided at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Nelson L. Bossing of the Univer sity of Oregon will be the speaker. A committee was named to nominate officers for the 'year 1929-30, the members being: Mrs. Lillian Van Loan, director of the part time continuation school; Miss Eva Maurine Batty of High land; Mrs. Herms Pfister of Mc Kialey; Mrs. Mildred Edgar Trent of Garfield; Mrs. Ida M. Andrews of Leslie; Miss Ada Ross of the senior high; and Mrs. Lois Rey nolds of Parrish. Elections will be held in April. The committee on group study reported against such a plan at this time of the year, but the council voted to try out the "pupil guidance" plan, and to this end all teachers who are Interested will meet Thursday afternoon, March 14. Committee reports were also . made on accumulative sick leave and revision of the constitu tion. The council voted to leave se lection of delegates to the Inland Empire association to Superinten dent George W. Hug. EAKER TO FLY TO SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March. 6. (AP) Arrangements for the take off Sunday of Captain Ira C. Eaker, in an attempt to make a dawn-to-dusk flight from Browns ville, Tex., to Panama went ahead here today despite troubled con ditions in Mexico. Captain Eaker flew to Browns ville today where he spent a few hours making arrangements for the takeoff. F. Trubee Davison, . assistant secretary of war, is expected to fly here from Washington to at tend the christening of Eaker's plane tentatively scheduled for Friday. Final arrangements for the christening awaited the word from -Mrs. James E. Fechet, wife of the chief of the army air corps and Miss Mary Fechet who are en route to San Antonio. Miss Fechet will ehrlsten the plane, a new type pursuit " ship. Pan-American." K. C. Prosecution Brings Hung Jury LOS ANGELES, March 5. (AP) The municipal court jury trying Rev. Robert Shuler for rimlnal libel in connection with the' alleged malicious publication of a spnrlous Knights of Colum bus oath was unable to agree and he was discharged shortly before 10 o'clock tonight. ' recked Plane After eabia plane. the City of Wichita, races PANAMA Oil his fiancee, 31 Ira abss Morrow climbed oat when ft overturned to.Centrai inress. " MRS. HERBERT hppy? 50 Years Prove It I STRONG DRIVES HOOVER FGUWD UNDER GRACIOUS LADY I r m- ': v Wife of New President As sumes Place as Hostess of White House Multitude of New Activities ' Entered Into; Texas Band Serenades WASHINGTON, Mar. I. AP) Mrs. Herbert Hoover today yielded herselt earnestly and gra ciously to the business of being first lady of the land a first lady conforming fully to her nation's popular Ideal of the fullness of life as a president's wife. " A variety of activities ranging from an informal but large social function to the homely pleasure of an hour with small grandchil dren claimed her attention during her .first day in the White House She found time, In addition, to make known at least one decision concerning her servant problem. The great house was echoing with the cries of her little grand children first In the home of presidents in many years when Mrs. Hoover rose and donned i simple gown for the morning After breakfast, she busied her self "setting the family," her sec retary said. Children's Toys Seen In New Home No furniture had been brought from the old home in S street, but there were books and personal ef fects and the children's toy to place. in the midst of tnis process. however, Mrs. Hoover acquiesced to the demands of the people to know her, to see her; she went out on the portico, under the great white columns at the main entrance of the house, to listen while a Texas cowboy band sere naded the new executive and his family. Then she returned to the sec ond floor living room where the children were playing. She watched them as they romped in the great .rooms, crying out with glee at their new surroundings, little Woman Says She "Wrote and Told Her Downstairs, meanwhile. a throng of visitors were passing through the mansion. One little woman thrust herself from the crowd and assured a uniformed butler that she had an engage ment with Mrs. Hoover. Are you sure?" asked the but ler. 'Why of course," the visitor responded. "I wrote and told her was coming." Mrs. Hoover apparently had not answered the woman's letter, and so ner demand failed; but she and hundreds of other official callers were shown through the lower floor as carefully as though they had been statesmen come to a great house party. ROME, March 6. (AP) The newspaper La Tribuna, comment ing on the Inauguration of Presi dent Header, today called atten tion to v4iat it described as the "economic imperialism" of the United States. ' - "Mr. Hoover Intends to affront; dominate and if necessary prepare events," said the paper, "that was not withld the tradition of the presidency during late years. .. A new man will certainly- create a new- policy. He .knows perfectly that the power of the United States was founded, from the day upon which the European armis tice was signed, upon, these two formula, realising Idealism and economic imperialism." Accident HOOVER n v.'.-.5!-. .'.;a,.v.w.,.'.'?.v.v . .::.--.-.v ".v.'.. .'..ev.Wifl.Vi ' ,--'4' y A TV.. a' yt& of Colonel Charles A. xsadhergh. . , 4 4 s .,.. t ft - 1 WisuL'tsPr Mr. and Mrs. J. Oliver who M'-ixlay afternoon and evening at their home, 840 South . Winter Kticet. They were married in Jackson county, Ohio March 4, 1879. After 25 years divided between Nebraska, Colorado, and Missouri they came to Oregon and with but one year which was spent In Phil omath, they have spent the rest of the SO years in Salem. Mr. Oliver Is mi minister, retired from the United Brethern church. Mrs. Oliver has been president of the W. C T. TJ, for the past 10 years. JUDGE LliSEY TO CLASH WITH TULLY Companionate Marriage to be Subject at Ar mory Tonight Judge Ben Lindsay debates to night with Dr. Norman K. Tully in the Salem armory on the sub ject of companionate marriage and birth control and their proposed legalization. Dr. Tully said Tuesday that he was prepared for the debate while Judge Llndsey who arrived' in the city Tuesday evening is fresh from several forensic clashes in which he has Just engaged in the state of Washington. Dr. Tully as. pastor of the Presbyterian church here, will up hold the negative while Judge Llndsey takes the affirmative. The Judge will open and close the debate, each man being allowed 40 minutes for the constructive argument and 20 minutes for re buttal. A feature of tonight's discus sion will be that Judge Llndsey will answer questions provided they are in writing. L IS The Alpha chapter of Pi Omi- cron sorority or tne university Guild was formally organized in Salem, Tuesday night, at the Mar ion hotel, with Mrs. M. L. Broth erton of Seattle, Northwestern di rector of education for this Guild, acting as Installing officer. Officers were elected, the presi dent being Miss Margaret Livesley, vice president, Miss Macyl Hun ter; secretary, Miss Margaret Brown; and treasurer. Miss Vivian Eiker. The organization is a woman's study club with a purely educa tional aim. Its courses of study are recognised by several univer sities. University of Washington among thorn, with the University of Oregon being contacted to be come another. This chapter adds to the number that are already in the west in Seattle, Belllngham and Portland and to the large number that are scattered all over the United States. Levi Stipp Will Be Assistant To State's Attorney Levi Stlpp, district attorney of Clackamas county for a number of years has been appointed assist ant attorney general.-The appoint ment was announced by Attorney General ..Van Winkle here today. Mr. Stlpp will have charge ot all litigation for the state Indus trial accident commission. This work until recently was handled by Miles McKee. Mr. McKee hss been assigned to other duties in the state's legal department. Route Of Moses And Tribes Paved 'JERUSALEM. March 5. (AP) The approximate route taken by the Israelites on their - 40 years' journey to the promised land will now be a paved highway, along which motor cars will speed to ward the ' new Palestine,' If ' the plans formulated by the Egyptian L government are brought to suc cessful conclusion. MISS IVESLFV NEW GUILD LEADER -'.t'J&y celebrated 60 years of married life EYE IHSUBJECTS Special Committees Take up Matters Pending Session 2 Years Hence Several Interim committees cre ated by tbe 35th legislative as sembly will have subjects of Im portance to the state to Investigate and study during the next biennl um. The subjects are: Insurance code; state printing of text books; fish code;, county, salary equallsa tlon. administrative reorganiza tion of state government; work men's compensation code and au tomoflle liablUty. A. W. Norblad, president of tho senate, and Ralph S. Hamilton, speaker of the house, have not yet completed the. task of appointing the committees and it will prob ably be another week before all of the appointments are announ ced. Speaker Hamilton, just before Speaker Hamilton, just before ad adjournment Moi?uy night, named the personnel of the following committees: Textbooks: H. H. Weather- spoon of Elgin and James H. E. Scott of Milton. Automobile liability H a r v ey Wells and Wilber Henderson 0f Portland and E. W. Snell of Ar lington. Reorganization of state govern ment Hector MacPherson of Al bany; John H. Carkin, of Medford and J. E. Norton of Coquille. $40,000 Building . Is Sold to Moore By H. M. Hawkins The H. M. Hawkins building on North Liberty street now occu pied by Bloch's Golden Rule store has been purchasd by W. W. Moore at a consideration of close to $40,000, it was made krio Tuesday. Moore owns property on Court street, the new investment giving him an L-shaped piece of property at Court . and , Liberty, with a value of some $90,000. The Hawkins property has a frontage of 4t . feet and extends 2 feet. The desl was handled by the Orabenhorst company. NTH S IB Publicity Co Leg ion to Tell State of Conclave Here Indications of the prominence which Salem is to achieve through out the state because of the hold ing of the department convention of the American Legion here August 8. 9, and 10, .were dis cernible Tuesday night when the convention publicity committee, headed" h Frank M. .Moore, held its first meeting. The first objective of this com mittee is to cooperate with the Whoopee" committee of the post injarranglng for a striking "stunt to be staged at the Whoopee" on day v convention In .Portland, March 10. Through the showing Capital' Post No. 9 and. cooperat ing posts l in nearby cities will make at this affair, the program of drawing attention to Salem as the ; 1929 convention .city will be launched. .::.-ivf'..yi.'' : Special : Train Arranged '. It was announced at this meet ing that arrangements hare been TO CRUSH REVOLT One Campaign Made Against Sonora and Another Against Vera Cruz Heavy Fighting Reported Near Monterey, Important Railway Center By The Associated Press The first blood has been shed fa Mexican revolution but both fed erals and insurgents yesterday still were more Intent on mobilize- . tlon and consolidation of positions . than upon testing their strength In armed combat. The rebels claimed a signal vie ; tory at Monterey with hundreds ot federals and war materials cap tured and federal General Lur rlca killed. Another version gavo the number of federal defenders as 40. Reports favorable to the rebel cauee were received of armed clashes near Mazatlan, 81 naola; Torreon, Coahuila; and Cananea, Sonora. Confirmed re ports at Juarez, Mexico, were that the rebels also had captured " Chihauhaua City. Nearby Rebels Are To Be Attacked First The federals struck first at the menace nearest the capital. It was announced that the entire garri son of Orizaba, state of Vers Crua, had surrendered to their advance from Mexico City. Tampico loy- ' alists laid down an embargo against Vera Cruz to cut the reb els off In their rear. Vera. Crua, however, stated that Mexican nav al vessels stationed there had de clared for the rebel cause. Food hoarding and profiteering ; had begun- lo Mexico City but the capital was otherwise reported as normal. Hundreds of American tourists, there were said to be la danger although means of leaving the country were lacking. A sug gestion that a special train under escort be used for their resaoval was under consideration at the United States embassy. Special Session of Congress Held Likely Mexico City newspapers said a . special session of congress might be called today to, give President Emlllo Portes Gil extraordiaary financial and military powers 1 meet the crisis. The city sad its leaders still were confident that the rebellion would be put sowe, Former President Callea took over command of the government forces which will campaign against the northern Insurgents In Son ora while General Almazen took tho field against the rebels at Vera Crua. Heavy fighting was reported from the vicinity of Monterey; izs- portant strategic railway center la the state of Nuevo Leon, where a . (Turn to Pas Z, Column 1.) BE POT BN BALLOT The people of the state will have opportunity at the next gta--eral election to pass on seven con stitutional amendments submitted by the 15th legislature. These are: Amendment providing for "es tablishment of a fund to be knew a as the Soldiers state loan fund. - Two amendments permitting classification of property, so thst motor vehicles can be licensed oa , their valua instead of on their weight. The object is to legalise a plan for reduction ot license oa old cars. ; .; Amendment providing for cab inet form of government, r- . - Amendment relating to" manner of filling vacancies in of flea of state senator or representatives. Amendment relative to guaran tee of interest payments on irri gation and drainage .bonds. 7UDMENT5T0 mmittee August in made for a special Oregon TClee tric train to take the delegation ; to Portland, thfs still being con tingent upon the signing up of sufficient legionnaire's to make such a train practicable. While' at the Portland 'meeting, members of the publicity eom mitree will alsorarrange with state officers of the legion and witb the post officers who will attend a special .meeting on " the , same date . to organise , an "On - to 8a, lem. committee in . each ' of ' the poets throughout the state. : Later, the publicity eommktee will keep in touch with each post through these : "On to Balam Lcommitteea, and thus Salem will be given a great amount of ral uable publicity through the ad vertising of ther convention, aa well as through the presence hero ' ot - thousands of - legionnalrea while It Is in progress. . v t n