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Newspaper Page Text"Uo FcvoT Sways Us; No Fear Shell Aae9-9 SS? Wfe SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 305 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 7, 129 PRICE FIVE CENTS .1 I ""He 0 close at hand federals; say Official Government Bulletin Has 'Optimistic Tone; Rebels Desert r Defection In Ranks of Rev olutionary Movement . Claimed in Report : MEXICO CITY. Mar. 6-(AP) A speedy , end of the rebellion against theadminlstration of pro. visional President Fortes Gil, was predicted In an , official ' govern ment bulletin Issued this evening. The bulletin ; aid that : General Jesus M. Aguirre, rebel leader of Vera Crux, had been deserted by most of Ills soldiers, who had re turned to the support of the gov ernment and were fighting their former leader, '.f " . It said,' too, that General Gonl ralo Escobar, was In full flight after a defeat by., government troops In Coahulla Announcement also was made that the federals had today recap tured Monterey, the strategic een ter in Nuevo Leon; had taken Cor dova, in the state of Vera Cms. and in a few days would he in full possession of the gulf port of that name. - . Rebel Foreos'Held Seriously Weakened The bulletin came from , the of fice of President Gil and said: ''General Agnlrre can now count oa almost none of the forces which apparently backed his rebel move. ment There remain ia; the state of Vara Ccui two isolated mill. tary -units of. rebels, one at- Pe- rote, and the other at Jalapa. Ex termination of these will offer no difficulty, "Colonel Puga, commanding the 4 4th regiment which went Into rebellion with Aguirre, has Just returned to the federal forces, rer joining the loyal troops of Gen eral Miguel M. Acotta. Another colonel who had, gone with Aguir re nas arrived at onzaba with 40 men and has placed them under government orders. Victory Matter of; Short Time, Claim "General Acosta.wlU.be. able to advance rapidly upon the city pf Vera Cms where JoyaTtfobps It the SOth - regiment ara fighjting (Trn to Pace .2,' Column 4.) loviiiii AS NEW PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Mar. f-- (AP STringlng quickly into the stride f the presidency, Herbert Hoover today gave his attention to the to- ;r," Z " r, V. I ef the new congress, general law enforcement, patronage and other questions. In addition he found time to re ceive delegations from 'Arkansas and Louisiana and 31 temperance and dry organizations of the coun try, and to shake hands with more than 800 visitors who filed through his office in a steady stream from the noon hour until 12:45 p. m. Secretary Kellogg called . at the executive offices several times dur ing the day with the latest reports irom Mexico and there was no doubt of the deep interest of the administration over the situation m the neighboring republic. without a final decision being reacnea, the president discussed uaie ror beginning the special I session of congress with Represen- lauve Tllson of Connecticut, the republican leader of th house, ma otner members of congress 1'resent indications are that con- Kress will be assembled on Anrll lZ with.lthe house . proceeding at -.uu .consiueranon or rarm iener. . i Mexican Revolt Is Nothing InUndfsJ Young Life, Word MEXICO CITY, Mar. (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is probably the last concerned and the most PPy amojig tHe hundreds r Americans who have been virtually marooned in Mn. ica City by the revolutionary dixturbancce. Shut off from l, rumor-infested capital by the walls of the American t-mbans, , the colonel and his fLmcce, Miss Anne Morrow, nave had more time to them lve this week than almost nny other three days of their wxperlcnce. , r; the situation, it was said tonight, was entirely to the rlator, liking a, he wa. bothered on the first week of his visit here by the fre quent visits of newspaper re porters who covered his er. ry movement. . . But since the outbreak of i the revolution last Sunday, correspondeute have tKHn too busy to maintain a "stant vigil and the lone" ie has managed to drop temporarily from the public eye. . Stricken 7 s ,:T 1; John B. Giesy, 68, former may or of 8alem who died here Wed nesday afternoon after am Illness of many months. : . ins 1KE1EIR ...... . . - -: V" -:- Henry; Stimpson, New Sea retary of Stated pnly One Not- On Hand : nrieatWftTnV XT a C fAPl reln8 of .athorlty had been taken orer by an the members oi President Hoover's cabinet today except Henry L. Stimpson who Is returning from the Philippines to ba secretary of state. The laat two to be sworn in, Jamea W.' Good, as secretary of war, and Arthur M. Hyde, as sec- retarr ' of aniculture. took the oath today and now all of the president's official family, except Stimpson. are ready to sit arouna the long mahogany cabinet table when Mr. Hoover calls them to gether for the first time on Ftf dar. TfnUt tliA nnwlr ronfirnd see- retary - of -state arrives, his place wLir fUletf hrU7 who has consented to stay, n-the few week ; before SUmppon's Journey ends. 1 ..-.x7 .ij Secretary - Good, received the oath from John B Randolph, as sistant chief clerk of the war de partment,- who has seen many a secretary assulne the office. The new secretary, an Iowan by birth but of recent years a citizen of II linoiSAwas sworn in before large number of official and per sonal friends.' Shortly - afterward across the mall. In the agricultural building, Secretary-Hyde was sworn in by K. M. Reese, chief clerk of the de- Prtment of agriculture, before,!. gathering 'that included Mrs. Hyde, a daughter and the retiring ! secretary. William M. Jardine. The latter grasped the hew secre tary's' hand as soon as the oath naa oeen administered, and ex claimed: "God bless you; Arthur." IS PUT IFITO EFFEC SEATTLE, Mar. eV (AP) A 12,500,000 merger by which Mae acquired I . stores in 8eattle and King county of . Marr's and the PlgglJ, Wiggly Puget Sound com pany, was believed to have been compietea -toaay. i rormai an nouncement of the eombine, whleh will give Mae- Marr's about C00 stores on the Pacific coast, was ex pected In a few days. lAthough H. A. Ruff, president and general - manager at Piggly WIggly company, refused to make a staiement, it was learned from other sources . that , the .. deal In eludes , the 39 stores operated by the company in King county. The transaction also includes the. 1 7 Marr stores In Seattle, it was Tumored. Mae Marr's Inc., is managed by Ross Mclntyre of Portland.- Port land was understood here to have been selected as headquarters of the com pany, which also controls stores in Portland. Spokane. Ta coma and a number of California cities. Amusements tor Run on Sunday Without Charge ATLANTA, March . -f API uecause of a "blue Uw" rulinr. AUanU will be unable to collect revenue - on Sundays from golf courses, swimming pools, and ten nis courts In the municipal parks. qui me facilities will ' be open to me puoiic nevertheless, It was an nounces tonignL, . r . Councilman 7ohn a! -White, chairman of the park commission, made the announcement after pre viously stating that to comply with the law all nark f aril ltla would be closed on Sunday.. - BIG STORE MERGER WIN IDE AVAILABLE FOR STATEBUILDirJC $600,000 Sum Set Aside for Office . Structure and t $70,000 for Prison ; State Board of Control; Charge of Both New . . Constructions In Failure-ofihe 1929 legislature to repeal the so-called state office building act, and passage of a bill making It possible to use part, of the state restoration lands at the state penitentiary, has placed the state board of control in a posi tion to proceed with state projects aggregating a cost of more than 1680,000. Of the total amount of money authorized - for capital outlays, $500,000 will be expended in the erection and equipping of a state office building in Salem. A law was enacted at the 1927 legisla tive session authorizing the board of control to borrow this money from, the state industrial accident fund. It - was provided ' that the money -would be repaid out of rentals received from state depart- ents occupying -space in the structure. Law Attacked But Upheld In Supreme Court The law later was attacked but was upheld by the courts. At the recent legislative session-an at tempt was made to repeal the of fice building law. State officials (Turn to Pags X. Column 1.) FOB JOHN B. EIESY foe-Mayor -of Salem Taken After Long Illness; Na tive of County John B. Giesy, prominent in civie activity In Salem fora an: ber of years and mayor of the city for two terms, died anonx i o ciocx Wednesday afternoon at his home, S68 South 2Srd street. His death was not unexpected, as . he ' had been seriously ill for almost a year and Had recently taaen turn for the worse. He was 8 7 years. of. age. . Funeral services will be held at the Rtgdon chapel Friday after noon at 1 o'clock, with the Rev W. C. Kantner and the Rev. H. C Stover In charge: and the funeral nrocesslon will go from there Aurora, where burial win take place in the 'Giesy family plot in the Aurora cemetery, formerly the burial ground of theurora set tlement which his grandfather helped to found. His gody will be nlaced beside that of his mother. : : V : ; f Born Near Aurora" Mr Giesy was a native of Mar lon county, born August 8, 1871 at Aurora. He resided there until he reached the age of 17, when he moved with his familr to Sa lem. where he has since made his home with the exception of a .few years. . ; He served in the lower house of the Oregon legislature In the 1927 session from Marlon county, being active ; m support of , progressive legislation. -He was a member of the 'Salem lodge of Odd Fellows and was active. In that order lie was" also a Modern Woodman: ; He httended the : University , of Oregon anTfor'a number of years was a reporter and for a consider able neriod city editor of The Statesman.' -s ;v !,'- Mayor Three .Tears;-.;; He was mayor of Salem; from January. 1924, ,to January. 1927 and had previously served on the (Turn to Page S, Column z.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 6. (AP) Congressional farm leaders are awaiting an expression from Pres-i ident Hoover before Uckllng the unsolved agricultural' problem .otj the Coolldge administration There Is a plain disposition at the eapitol to hear what Mr. Hoo ver . has to offer and to let , him lead, the way In .the formulation of a new program'from the ashes of the dead McNary-Hangen equal! cation fee legislation. 1 ' The leaders do not Intend to be dictated to but they are making it clear that they are willing to co operate with the new party. chief tain in this dominant Issue and to have him share with themselves. the . responsibility for vita " settle ment. t '.(' j '.H Awaiting a signal from the new occupant of the White House those In charge of farm relief leg islation at. the ,capitoI are almost mar King .time preparatory : to xne assembling . of , the agricultural committees of the house and sen ate late this month 'in advance of the . convening of the special ses sion, v. . , . 11 RELIEF KEXT ii ii - i i.... ... i n nrnn - nr nr swm ansae 4 j -"; snas .' - . ...... i Hcrd-Bczled Toter ; Of Gun Begs to be - Kept From Using it PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. C (AP) An audacious gun toter who : threatened to make It hot for the police force if they kicked Mm oat of Jail so far tonight hadn't been ; compelled - to make good bis promise. He prob ably won't for the next year or SO.W -i-J'-;;...; : ; Approaching a patrolman, , Albert Bus hey, Los Angeles, boastfully informed the of ficer "I've gotta gat.".' He did. Now he faces-charges. Of vagrancy' and carrying concealed weapons. 1 1 'I was going to hold . vp omeMe." Bnshey said, "but lost my nerve and' tbought ' Td better surrender before I hurt somebody. But if that Judge don't give' me enough time for this P11 be Just too bad for jrou cops." V EXPENDITURES OF El High Mark for Peace Time Outlay Established at Recent Session WASHINyioN. Mar. 6. (AP) .Establishing a new high record for peace time outlay for govern ment expenses, the 70th congress annronriated the vast . sum -of I9.291.S97.377 during its life of two years. Although small compared to the apporpriation of $27,000,000,000 for the fiscal year .1918-1919 when this country was lending all its resources to win the World war. It exceeds by more than half billion dollars the total appro priation of the preceding congress. The 69 th congress appropriat ed $8,020,000,000 for government expenses. This at the time was a new high . for peace time and surpassed by millions the record of the 88th congress appropria tions totaling .$7.93 5.000,000. Of the X4,sz8,045,036 appro priated during the . first session, the 70th congress allotted $40,- 000,000 for Mississippi valley and New England flood conrtol work. In the second session $78,000,000 pf the total, of $4,63,554,342 Kras appropriated for tax returns. For the first time since the bu reau of the budget Was created" In 1923. the 70th. congress la the second "budget submitted in esti mates, amounting to $4,857,094,- 473 were exceeded by- $6,489,849. However, during the - first ses sion, congress deducted $9,331, 7 79" from bureau estimates. ; The house appropriations com mittee, In making-publie a state ment on . appropriations, pointed out -that the total amount appro priated by the second session was $3,821,649,122, exclusive of pos tal receipts totaling $841,908,220 all of which was expended. - In an explanatory note the committee said that the totals of appropriations did not include many which were' carried In pri vate acts, amounting to approxi mately $1,000,000. An accurate estimate at this time, the note said, could not be made. . PHILADELPHIA, Mar. t. (AP) Complete ' elimlnatidn of discrimination .against , women in the membership and government of the Presbyterian church In the united States of America; ft was announced today. ; is proposed in an overture adopted by the Pres byterian general council, in ses sion' here. .The council. Is the na tional executive 'body' of the de nomination.' 1-- "v Under Presbyterian law the ov erture must be - presented to the general assembly " at 8L Paul. Minn., May 23, and if adopted it must then go down to the "294 Presbyteries on referendum. Ap proval by a majority of the Pres byteries would make the overture effective. . . ..;'.t- The Overture - would authorize entlr erevislon of the : Presbyter Ion form of - government. It - was stated, so as to remove absolutely from the church law all : distinc tion of sex. The proposed change would en able women to sit with full equaL ity with all men in all the courts, executive and administrative bo dies of the church and would en title women to ? serve as elders, evangelists and ministers. The action of the general coun cil today. It was announced, la the result of a thorough investigation Into the entire status of women In the churches, made by a special eommlUee. ,"-v : v V--:.. v The . committee was unanimous In concluding that there was no sound scriptural authority for the existing discrimination , against women in the churches and that to give them entire equality with men was Just, right and Christian. " EXPLOSION FATAL BR ECKEN BRIDGE. Tex.; Mar. CAP) DrrJ; tW. Pugh. ; 65. superintendent ' of the Humble experimental plant 10 miles from here, was killed In an explosion at the plant today. ' -- ; MMM MUTO RECEIVE WS FOIL RIGHTS I llllll II III" I II I II if . II - rTTV 017 - NlrtnaNLtU iLmasey--i ally '-oi-:. FOR RAILROAD mm&mdnMay $1 6, 000,000 'Incorporation Is Proposed by Idaho Pacific Group Long Stretch to Reach From Southern Oregon Far Into Nevada Construction of a railroad from Nyssa, Malheur county. Oregon, to Wlnnemucca. Humboldt county, Nevada, a 214 mile stretch. Is pro posed by the Idaho-Pacific rail road company which filed articles of Incorporation with the state corporation department Wednes day.' The. capital stock of the cor. poratlon Is $10,000,000. The proposed railroad would be L standard guage and tram service would be supplemented by motor busses, motor trucks and air planes, according to Incorporation articles. The capital stock Is 10, 000 shares of six per cent non-con-trovertible preferred, with value of $100 and 360,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $25.. Incorporators are: John Leeds, Kerr and Robert Phillips of New York and G. M. Corliss of Portland. State corporation commissioner McCalllster said he had Teceived no word of the project other than that outlined in the articles. Corliss Wednesday night refus ed to comment on the project say ing he wished to wait further In formation from New York City. $35,000 Set Aside for Work Upon Upper Willamette and Yamhill WASHINGTON. Mar. 6. (AP; -Allottment of $41,687,960 for river and harbor Improvement and maintenance for the - fiscal - year beginning July 1,'was announced today by the Secretary of War. Last December It was estimated $60,781,880 could be profitably expended during the coming year. The allotments today are- larger In some cases and smaller In oth ers than those estimated in De cember. - Oregon and Washington are: Coqullle river, Oregon, $6,000, Coos Bay, Oregon, $250,000; Coos river, . Oregon, $2,400; Umpqua river,. Oregon, $340,000; Yaoulna river, Oregon, $9,000; Yaqulna Bay and harbor, Oregon, $12,500; Tillamook bay and bar, Oregon. $36,000; Columbia and lower Wil lamette river (below Vancouver, Wn., and Portland, $300,000 Clatskenie river, Oregon, $3,000: Willamette river above Portland and Yamhill river.' Oregon. $35.' 000; Skamokawa creek, Washing ton, $1,200;- Willapa river , and harbor, Washington, $20,000. Gray's harbor and bar entrance. Washington, $230,000; Puget Sound a n d tributary waters, Washington, $30,000; Seattle har bor, Washington, $15,000. Pirates? Victim Reaches Frisco To Relate Story SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 6. (AP) His left leg still In splints as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by a Chinese pirate last LNovember 3, Henry Du Pont Hen- vis, of Seattle, arrived here today on , the ' Dollar liner President Cleveland. He was in . China for the Dodge Automobile company. Henvls said he was wounded when pirates boarded the British steamer Shaski at Hankow. The outlaws robbed him of $900. he said and threw him on the floor beat' him;' and finally shot him when he denied having more mon ey. Henvls added, however, that be saved $3000 "Mex." which he bad concealed in his bunk. Twenty-six of the 32 pirates in the attack later, were executed. Police Fail to rinCl C tlOyt : 'V:'i'c-r-''jy;-::- Salem, police made an unsuc cessful search Tuesday night , and Wednesday for C H. Hoyt, want ed at; Independence on a charge of ' Issuing ; worthless checks and defrauding an innkeeper. The man giving his name as Hoyt was' said to bars posed as a federal Investi gator in Independence. He was seen at West Salem and was be-4 lieved on. his way here, . but evi dently did not tarry long. h TfEW RUMOR DENIED MEXICO CITY, Mar. -(AP) -Reports that a secret code had been used to send to the United States invitations to the wedding of Colonel Charles ' A. Lindbergh and? Miss 'Morrow; '"were denied here tonight - - - - APPROPRIATION IS MADE FOR RIVERS Crowd Hears Denver sion of Companionate Marriage; Minister Holds for "Duty, Not Desire as Ideal Two gladiators of the rostrum Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, nationally - and Internationally known for his court work ami more recently for outstanding discussion o f the companion ate type of marriage- and Dr. Norman K. Tul ly, Salem's own eh a m p I o n against the judge's propos al. met Wednes day night at the Salem armory and for more than two hours the pros and cons of this much discussed Bubject were debated be fore a gathering of townspeople Ivhich comfortably filled the house. The audtence alternated Its ap plause but when the debate was over the victory was an .uncertain affair for of judges there was none, the crowd was not called upon for a decision' and the darts of each speaker oft went astray as much of the discussion of both men was either admitted or un converted by. the other. Lindsey Goes Back To His Experience Lindsey, bristling with years of experience in the court of domes tic relations, armored his speech with salient facts from his own observation while, he cited a wide number of alleged authorities to support his contention that com panionate marriage should be ap proved and birth control legalized. Dr. Tully, resorting to the Judge's own book for his' attack exposed six Inherent weaknesses in the plan advocated by the af- ,firmatij speaker and went far ther to suggest eight proposed im provements which could be made In existing marriage conditions. Dean Hewitt Presiding "Officer Dean Hewitt, In Introducing the (Turn to Page t. Column 1.) TO L W. H. Baillie of Gresham Wed stesday was elected by the state board of control afsuperintendent of the state training school for boys to succeed L. M. Gilbert, who nas resigned. Mr. Baiuie will as sume he! new duties on March 16. Mr. Baillie has lived in Gresham for several years and has been in charge of the boys and girls club work in Multnomah county. He previously served as principal of the public schools at Woodburn and has taught In a number of other schoolsn the state. Mr. Baillie spent the past two months In the east inspecting institutions similar to the Oregon school for boys. He was recommended high ly to the board of control. Gilbert Elected In 1017 Mr. Gilbert was first elected su. perlntendent of the state training school for boys on December 1, 1917 under the administration of the late Ex-governor Withycombe. He continued to serve until Feb ruary 16, 1922, when he was dis placed by W.- L. Kuser. Mr. Kuser came to Oregon from the east at the request of Ex-governor Oleott and ether members of the board of control at that time. Mr. Kuser was removed as superintendent of the institution on April 15. 1923, and Mr. Gilbert was reelected. Mr. Gilbert -was allowed a month's vacation on full pay at the expiration of his administra tion at the school. Members of the board of control said they were fortunate In secur ing the services ; of - Mr. Baillie, who has had much experience in handling boysv -V i - '- Hi mini iiuum m i BtlLU CHOSEN HB S Street in Busii's Pasture Will be Petitioned From 9 MDit Petition for the establishment, extending south from Church street; wni-be filed with the ctty eouncll In the near, future,' It was learned Wednesday. , Z. ' The plan of the petitioners; it was explained,: Is to ask that a street be cut through following close to the base of the hill on. the west side of the pasture, with such eurve as is necessary. : L. Persons Interested In this ' pro ject are residents of the area di rectly south of -the pasture, ' who bave no route to the business dis trict except by going east to 12 th street or west to High., Old 'Agreement Said To Be Violated " - -J-,- r -. The dty several' years ago en tered into an agreement .-with the Bush family, ' owners of tHTspro perty, whereby no streets were to be est through the estate on con- Judge Explain His Ver- HIGHLIGHTS IN LINDSEY-TULLY DEBATE JUDGE LINDSEY: "I ant not for free love or trial .marriage. "At least 85 of modern marriage is companionate marriage. 'The nation will never make youth good by keeping them Ignorant. - "Legalise the present bootleg practices of birth control; make them scientif ic so we may all benefit. WR. TULLY: -We must accept man as he was made; the Lord did the best he could with the material he bad. "Woman past 40 has lost her charm; she has grey hair, filled teeth, and a drug store complexion. I liate to pick on the Judge because he is a dem ocrat and there are so. few of us left - that we really should stand together. "I do not think we should get our standards of .marri age from a divorce court any more than we should take our psychology from a madhouse.' STREET LIGHT JOB Seven Traffic Signals to Make Salem Up-to-Minute City Following the authorisation Monday night by the city council of a call for bids on the traffic control system which is to be in stalled on Salem's downtown streets, bidders have been making inquiries of Recorder Mark Poul sen, and it is expected that there will be keen iompetSUon. Although the call for bids spec ifies the Kraus-Hines type of sig nal lights, representatives of oth er types are seeking inclusion, and an effort may -be made to have the specification broadened. Portland Dealer Calls K. E. Erickson. Portland dealer In traffic signals and markers, was in Salem Wednesday and in addition to interviewing city offi cials about street markers, urged the merits of the Waterhouse and Harrington-Sea berg traffic con trol systems. Seven traffic control signals are to be installed, at the State and Court street intersections of Com mercial, Liberty and High streets, and at the junction of the Paeiflc highway and Silver ton road near; the fairgrounds. This last signal Is to be operated separately from those downtown. Americans Not - Philosophical Indian Asserts NEW YORK. Mar. 6. (AP) Philosophy and religion do not lend themselves to the American tongue. In the belief of Jiddu Krlshnamartl, young 'Indian phil osopher, who arrived today on the liner Berengana. If one says anything philosoph ical in America," be declared, "it must be said with a leer oa with note of humor, for here philos ophy may not be taken seriously. Krlshnamurtl has been study ing for the past year in Madras, India. He expects to be In Amer ica about three months, dividing hist!me between the east and the colony of theosophlsts at OjaL near Los Angeles, ,;- - sideration that the pasture proper would, after the death of certain members of the family, become the city's property, for park pur poses. '-": ' 1 It Is the understanding of the petitioners, howerer, that a street at the' location ( suggested will meet with no objection. In addi tion to the long detour necessary to reach the business district, they point out,, the lack ofa street there hampers the police and Ore departments in answering calls In that part of the elty. Last sum mer a fire occurred in the pasture and the fire apparatus could not get to the scene.. ; , I This property came" In tor state wide mention early in the legisla tive - session just closed when It was announced ? that a - plan had been formulated for locating the state capital groupat some distant future time on a portion of - the Bush estate. . j - ' BIDDERS KEEN FDR FIGHTTO OUST mmm BALLOTS SHOW Early Count of Proxies Indk cates Rockefeller Forc es Stronger Formality of Voting Will be Complied With at To day's Meeting CHICAGO. Mar. 6. (AP) . Representatives of John D. Rock-' efeller, Jr.,. who' will try to oust Colonel Robert W." Stewart as chief executive of the Stand ard Oil com pany ' of Inv. dlana, tonight. A on the eve of the annual meeting, reiter ated their pre vious claims of victory. " Prox ies were still pouring in at the time. Tl. Rockefeller expect at I o both sides have been able to agree on ail proxies cnecxea in ai inn company's offices nere. prepara tory to the annual meeting of stockholders in Whlttbg, Ind., to-, morrow. Although he estimated approx imately 1,500,000 shares had not yet been voted, Winthrop W. Al drich, '.brother-in-law tf John D., Jr., who has headed the fight agalast Colonel Stewart following the latter's refusal to comply with Rockefeller's demand that he re sign, said the number of votes that. would be received before to morrow noon would not prevent Stewart's defeat. Clerks Work Hard To Check Votes In The force of clerks which has been working day and night list ing 'the votes as they were re ceived by mall,' messenger and wire, was well on top of the job. It was believed the result should (Turn to Pas 2. Column 1.) PEORIA, 111.; Mar. . (AP) -Three more men . were charged with murder today, for shariug In the distribution of a quantity of poisoned alcohol which caused the. deaths of 1.7 persons in' and near Peoria during the last week end. The deaths of three other persons In Galesburg, III., in the adjoining county, also were be lieved by authorities to have been caused by poisoned liquor. Louis Fells, owner of the stock yards hotel here, and Walter Nel- bert, his bartender, were two ef the men named in the new roar- der warrants. -They were accused ' of supplying the liquor which caused the deaths of W. A. Sum mons, .Chicago stockman, and John Dempsey and Frank. Avl-' wards, Peoria stock raisers. - Maurice Quirk, an alleged, boot legger,'' was named in" two other murder, warrants ordered Issued this morning, accusing him ef supplying the-liquor which killed -Mrs. Ellen McFadden and Richard Fara. - Two other alleged boot- . leggers and their, wives ' were named in murder warrants Issued yesterday as a result of the liqeor deaths. . i ' v-r-'''' Authorities are going t abend with their investigation of the ' deaths seeking the source of the poisoned stuff, which was ana lysed as alcohol 'containing from 10 to 15 per cent of wood alcohol. Dual Personality Given as Reason For False Report SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. . (AP) The : self-revealed dual personality of Reverend Oscar IL ' Gruver, treasurer of the state Lu theran synod, came to light In the federal court here today dur ing the trial of the Alameda pas-. tor on a szeo.vuo inheritance) tsx . fraud charge. . - hr.XtJ:i - Possession of this dual person allty, Df, Gruver explained, made It impossible for him to inolad $204,600 in bonds ln.mn inherit ance tax return riled in the estate of the late Julius Bohn, OakUnd caplUllst. Failure ; of. Reverend ' Gruver, as executor of Boh as e tats, to make . mention of" the bonds la the tax statement result ed in a grand Jury r Indictment charging him with perjury and fraud. ; -: . -; TAX APPEAL , WON . WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. ( AP) Marshall Field, third, of Chica go,' today won his case for a. re--determination - of - his income tax for 1922 for which the .Internal, revenue bureau had -assessed him', a deficiency of $369,649. - wvjpuMi jbeseaMesesv H1H-: