TOURNAMENT NWS Follow the 1929 state (w nameut with The Statesman. 'Ralph Curtis, who knows his . porta, will fjive yen the Ml. story dairy. - WEATHEIl Cloudy today with moderate temperature. Wind, , north-, weet. Maximum temperature Tawday 48; mta. . rlrer ; ram .02. - ' ' m a u a w ' a u a ns. - a i 4 - J fl l IPmSI 11 iilfo D bp SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, J '" , MMMIMM9ammMamajamBaMMamBmemaMi mm m aaav ama aaaa mm mmv mat mm) mm. 1 l . ... : " nrnr rnnnrn - rr-n mnmi i. . BUTTLE LOOMS Large Part of Revolutionist Army Switches Back to Federal Side General Francisco Manzo, Northern Chief, Finds Troops Dwindling 1 MEXICO CITT. Mar. 12 (AP) -President Emfllo Portes Gil Is sued statement tonight declar ing that the revolution against the central Mexican government had failed and suspending farth er enlistment in the army. MEXICO CITY. Mar. 12- (AP) GoTernment 'circles were jublliant tonight over the an nouncement that a fourth of the Eonora rebels under command of General Manxo have surrendered to the federals. It was said 1200 surrendered today and 400 pre viously had surrendered. The to tal troops which Manzo had under his command in Sonora, was be lieved not to exceed 5,000. The government also announ ced that the rebels under General Roberto Cruz were retreating northward from Culiacan and oth er points in the north of the state of Sinaloa. Thus, according to the government, instead of threaten ing to attack Mazatlan the Cruz rebels have begun a retreat before even reaching the vicinity of their ebjective. The first portion of the govern ment statement did not disclose took place. It was possible that the statement; referred to tne oeiecuuu iuw-j Naco of troops under General (Turn to Pase 2, Column 1.) eOIiils PREPARE DEFENSE BISBEE, Ariz., Mar. 12. (AP) Trenches and Tifle pit occu pied by an estimated 1209 Mexi can federal soldiers at Naco, Son ora. across the border from here, tonight gave a decidedly r"e appearance to the tlhy town. The entire settlement was circled by hastily but well constructed fort ifications, thrown up since Gener al Augastino Olachea, former reb el leader of ' Sonora Indian troops, turned against his fellow revolu tionists early today and t town in the name of the Mexican federal government. The soldiers manning the trenches were equipped with mod ern rifles and had plentiful sup plies of ammunltion.Tonlght they continued preparations for an ex pected attempt by rebel troops in Agna Prieta, east of here, and at the Nogalee, Sonora. headquarters sixty miles west, tomake a simul taneous attack. Some reports in dicated the attack might come to night Fat of Customs Officials IsMystcry The fate of nine Mexican rebel customs and Immigration officers, whewwere marched to the "cuar tel.or Jail, at Naco, Sonora, this afternoon, was a mystery concern ing which there were many ques tions asked here tonight. General Olachea's self claimed federal sol diers put the nine In Jail soon af ter he seized Naco and isrebel garrison. American observers here expressed doubt that the rebels would be executed, but nevertbe lss no word had been given out In Naco concerning their fate. A denial was issued at rebel headquarters In Agna Prieta that Gen. Yaupiclo, Yaqul- chieftain, had deserted the revolutionary cause at Naco today. It was claim ed that the Indian general is in .ni ! 1 rival tn the in- surrection. This was in reply to a . . . rf f Al a statement maoe oy uueii chea that he fnd General Yuacu plcio had revealed , themselves in their true light as federals, after having reached a position t Naco where they could be ef advantage to the government of President Gil. General Olachea Sure of Position At Naco, Sonora, General Ola chea tonight again said he was prepared to attack Nogales, if necessary, to regain the state of Sonora for the government. , "Bnt there will be no heavy fighting in Sonora," he predicted. "I have a superior force of flght, ing men and it would be folly for the rebels to attempt to retake Naco." . .!; From Fort Huachuca, Aris came the" announcement that a company of the 25th United States infantry was enroute from that post to a point near Naco to guard the waterworks of the Arizona Kdlaon company, from which Bis bee is supplied and that a troop of cavalrjr would arrive in Biebee from there Jate tonight or early tomorrow. SMELT AGAIN CAUGHT KELSO. Wash.. March 12. fAP) After an absence of. two years, smelt have entered the Cowliti river and large catches were reported today. The main run of smelt has gone np the Lewis river. It is tfhe latest it has been in many years, fisher men said. NO. 310 I v - 1 uuuunuuuuuusanunnn. 1 Dies r - 1 f ' - "Vf f , lv i ; Asa Candler ISA 6. CANDLER IS CAILEDJY DEATH Prominent Soft Drink Mag nate Dies in Hospital by Himself ATLANTA; Ga.. Mar. 12. (AP) Asa G. Candler, Atlanta capi talist and founder of the Coca Cola company died at Wesley Me morial hospital here today after a long illness. He was 78 years old. The soft drink magnate had been In poor health for several years, the last two and a half of which he spent in the hospital which he endowed. Known widely for his philan thropies and public benefactions Mr. Candler retired as active head of the Coca Cola company 18 years ago and was succeeded by a son, Charles H. Candler. The business was sold ten years ago to the present operating concern, the Coca Cola company of Dela ware for $25,000,000. MADRID, Mar. 12. (AP) Students of the University of Ma drid clashed again today with the police, as they have frequently during the last four days in their efforts to stage demonstrations against the dictatorship of Pre mier Primo de Rivera. The po lice drew their swords in dispers ing the paraders but no one was MAD1 STUH CLASH WITH POLICE seriously injured. Some ot the I jjrs. Williams' body was found students were bruised and manyfiying on the kitchen floor in a were arrested, The entire student body formed a parade and marched through the principal streets pausing In front of government offices to shout, "Down jrith the govern ment"; "Down with Primo!" The police were particularly vigilant in keeping the students from the vicinity of the war office where the premier resides. The troubles began last Satur day when students remained away from classes because of what they considered unjust expulsion of one of their number. The use of police to discipline them caused a break between the university au thorities and the government. The rector and the deans of five fac ulties resigned but they were or dered to remain at their posts students in ; Barcelona have or ganized sympathetic demonstra tions but otherwise the country at large has not been affected. SEATTLE DEFEATS SEATTLE, March 12. (AP) Seattle ' voters today smothered five referendums and proposals, outsted two city councilmen and approved issuance of $2,500,000 in school bonds. Complete unofficial returns of the city's 259 .precincts showed that Robert H. Harlln, labor can didate, George W, Hill and Phillip Tindall,. Incumbent, were elected to the. council. This defeated W. D. Lane and W. T. Campbell who were running for re-election. , 2 Proposals - to raise the. pay of councilmen and ot policemen and firemen lost decisively as did -a proposal to levy two and half mm tax to aid the languishing street railway. . Efforts to author ize the creation of the Metropoli tan park . plan ; and to purchase Matthews beach, - which have formed the center of a prolonged municipal political warfare, also tailed;. - . G. B. Thorgrimson, chairman of the school board, and Dietrich Schmita, were also lost in " their race for reelection. - DREADED DISEASE FOUND 'i PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. 11 AP) The first ease of. sleeping sickness . in more - than three months was reported to the city health officials today. The vic tim is Mrs. M. J: Dietrich, 59, and physicians say it is a severe case. BBDWS "II 11 BUREAU SoUS IE Report by Assistant Com missioner Shows Improve ments Necessary Inadequate Funds Indicated ' in Statement Issued by E. B. Merritt WASHINGTON. March 12 CAP)- Recommendations for constructive Improvements' in the Indian service were submitted to day to a senate committee which has been Investigating the govern ment's treatment ot the Indians by E. B. Merritt, assistant commis sioner of the Indian bureau. In a letter to Chairman Fraaier and his colleagues of the senate Indian affairs committee, Merritt made the following suggestions: Take the Indian service entirely out of politics. Provide appropriations of $25.- 000,000 a year Instead of an av erage of $15,000,000. Provide a per capita appropria tion of $350 for Indian schools In stead of $?60. Advance reimbursable appro priations for worthy and ambi tious Indian boys and girls for college courses. Buildings, Equipment Declared Ran Down Provide an adequate appropria tion for repair of agency and school buildings; for furniture and equipment, for at least 25 more hospitals, five of them to be lo cated in Oklahoma, ten tubercu losis sanatoria, and for 200 addi tional field nurses. Employ larger trained force of (Turn to Page S, Column 4.) ELEClCllLS SPOUSE, THEN SELF REDDING. Cal., March 12. (AP) Harry Williams, electri cian here, today beat his wife, Edith, to death with a flatiron and a stick and then stabbed him self, in the throat with a hunting knife, inflicting a wound from which he died tonight. Williams staggered from the house and told neighbors he had killed his wife and was glad of It. The couple, married 21 years, sep arated recently, and Williams had been working in Susanville. Po lice believed he returned here se cretly several days ago, but stayed awav from home until todav. pool of blood. The couple are sur vived by -four children. RKBELS RETREAT MEXICO CITY, March 12. (AP) Saltillo, capital ot Coahu ila, was abandoned by rebel forces this afternoon a government com munique says. Federal troops are in close pursuit of the retreating insurgents. Mexican Revolt Sweeps Along Border ! j a . 5 , -S-v , s J-tss " v J. .:.v;;.''.".-js-:'5;?;-x!':'K . S.'v j( ' ' 7 t -I f " a r.-.-y-::- 1 ,..: ...i-:-.-x-:-:- j V ' With federal forces claiming victories in southeastern Mexico and rebels reportina; piogteas in northern and western regions, center of the Mexican revolution has moved to the American border ' Above left. n Mexican locomotive guarded against possible rebel and bandit attacks. - Above right. General Manuel iiinon, commander federal garrison of Jnarez, etty opposite 1 Paso, Below, a Juarea street with troops marching fa parade. Fever Soar ; 17a Fecr 55Z .4ls.,? IS? IMftin: Satoa, Oregon, Wednesday lied! 6rd Hat Statt Tourney ell Tucked Away, Fans Assert The state tournament Is all cat and dried already provided Al Melvia, speedy Medf ord forward, Is able to play throw gh the hard gainee. That is the word brought by the advance guard of Medford fans who arrived in the city late Tuesday night. Melvin has been in the hos pital with a light attack of appendicitis; bat Is sched uled to play. "We've got a real center this year, one who can bold his own with Ed Lewis of Washington, these red hot fans declared. That was all Medford needed last year, they added. The Medford team was to reach Salem at 5 o'clock this morning. TWO SOUTiDS Support From Dixie In Re cent Campaign Reward ed by President WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. (AP) The part played by the south in the elevation of Herbert Hoover to the presidency was accorded recog nition by the chief executive today by the appointment of two men from southern states to posts in the "little cabinet." Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Or; leans was named assistant secre tary of the navy and P'atrlck J. Hurley of Tulsa, Oklahoma was appointed assistant secretary of war. In reaching into the south for these appointments', Mr. Hoover in one case, that of Jahncke, went to a state which returned a plur ality for his opponent. Governor Alfred E. Smith, while Oklahoma, Hurley's state, gave the republi can ticket a -safe margin. Moffett To Keep Aviation Position In addition to making these two appointments, Mr. Hoover an nounced that Rear-Admiral Wil liam A. Moffett would continue as chief of the naval bureau of aviation and it was learned at the same time that two changes are to (Turn to Page 2, Column I.) Gasoline Price War Continues Without Respite BAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 12. (AP) Unable to reach an agree ment San Francisco gasoline re tailers today renewed the price war. The garage and property owners' association met the 11- cent price fixed by the Retail Service Station Dealers' associa tion and announced their inten tion ot selling at 10 cents a gal lon in the near future. Garace men said the pdee would be dropped to 10 cents im mediately except that several di rectors ot the association were out of the city and their ratifica tion of the further cut was ne cessary. w : Hi mm Btgjmijjg, MarS 13, m i I PARTING BLOW TO WEST AREA Rocky Mountain Region Has Difficulty Recovering From Bad Storrrv (-Transportation Paralyzed; Many Towns Marooned as Roads Blocked DENVER. Colo.. Mar. 12. (AP)-Lashed by wind and storm, seemingly the parting fling of a b(r" leasonal offensive by King Winter, the Rocky mountain re. Son t&nlght was slpwly reeover g from blixtard-llke conditions wMqJi left a largere'a buried un der the heaviest snow of the win ter. In Wyoming, where the brunt of the storm was felt, a. blinding snowstorm paralysed systems ef transportation, hampered the air mall and marooned small towns and villages behind a blockade of snow which covered highways to a depth ot nearly three feet. The storm area extended northward to the Canadian border, spreading a blank'et of snow over Montana and southward to New Mexico. Snow Covers Most Of Colorado State Heavy snowfall was general in Colorado except in. the San Louis valley in the southwestern part of the state. Highways were blocked. Denver was overspread with a nine inch covering Of white and the Pikes Peak region assumed a win try aspect in freakish contrast to spring-like weather which prevail ed in the area yesterday. (Turn to Pag 2, Column I.) M THEN SUICIDES MONTEREY, Cal., Mar. 12. (AP) Rather than relinquish her child to another. Mrs. Florence Smartt. 35. shot her 11-year-old daughter through the head and sent a bullet into her own Drain shortly before noon today. Mrs. Smartt died Instantly while her daughter is not expected to live. The shooting occurred while the girl's foster mother, Mrs. Mable Collins, proprietress of a Beverly Hills tea room, waited in an ad joining room to take the child to Los Angeles, The mother with whom the girl had been staying for the pas! sev eral months begged for.a few mo ments alone with her daughter be fore Mrs. Collins took her away. It was to be a permanent separa tion, the mother pleaded, and the foster mother reluctuantly as sented. Together Mrs. Smartt and her daughter entered another room. A few moments passed and the sound of two muffled shots reached Mrs. Collins. She ran to the next room and found the child seriously wounded and Mrs., Smartt dead. After calling the ponce ana mas- lng her report, Mrs. Collins disappeared. I ftTTD PHirO VHIWlLlI DIULiJ WOMA SHOOTS TOT in. -y VJ , - Texas attacked by leroiutionists. I Big Chiefs - - s ri '-" aSL . Photo by Jim Preble Here they are, in the state basketball tournament their first year as members of the high school association. Chemawa Indian school players; from the left, "Big Bear, Thlinglt Indian (Roy Feratrovich, BJawock, Alaska.) "White Bear," Rogue River Indian (Marcos Simmons, Grande Ronde.) "Chief Wigvwam, Crow Indian (Jesse Prettyman, St. Xavier, Mont.) "Brave Eaglet Sioux Indian (Isaac Braveagle, Interior, 8. D.) T OF VETS ASSURED l Special Train Will Leave Sa lem About 10 o'clock Monday, Announced The "whoopee" pilgrimage of legionnaires from Salem and vi cinity to the one day convention in Portland next Monday, was def initely "on" after the ' meeting Tuesday night of Capital Post No. 9, at which it was reported that 70 Salemites, 50 from Albany and 25 from Corvallis had signed up for the trip, with Silverton and one or two other towns yet to be heard from. The "whoopee" special Oregon Electric train will leave Salem about 10 o'clock Monday fore noon. Sandwiches and coffee will be provided to assuage the war veterans' hunger on the trip to Portland. A stunt committee for the affair was appointed, consisting of Oli ver Huston, Earl Paulson and Mort Pilklngton. This group will meet today with Newell Williams of the general committee. The drum corps of Capital post will be included in the group making the trip, and in anticipa tion thereof has practiced three nights and Sunday morning in the past week. The corps has had 26 members out for practice, but plans soon to Increase the num ber to 36. Membership In the post now to tals 907. It will be necessary 'to increase this figure to 1113 by next Monday to be "over-the top Entertainers at the post meet ing included Jack Spong, musi cian; a number of dancers from the Barbara Barnes school; Bra zeau's orchestra and Bob Brazeau, juvenile singer and Wendell Helm, pianist. It was reported at the post meeting that work on the house in West Salem would be com pleted next Sunday. "feed" closed the meeting. The auxiliary 6f Capital post held a dance at Schindler's hall Tuesday night. E But 92 cases of communicable diseases were reported in Marion county for February, as against 281 for January and 545, for De cember, the monthly health report just prepared at the health center show. Sixty deaths were recorded for February, three less than In the previous month, while live births numbered 56, 14 less than in January. Fifteen cases of communicable disease were also reported from the state institutions and there were 29 Institutional deaths, v Measles led the number .of dis eases, with 24, and mumps came second with 20 cases. Other dis eases included: pneumonia, 10; influenza, 11; ehlckenpox eight; smallpox, four; scarlet fever, nine; .tuberculosis, two; erysipel as," two; gonorrhea, one; and trench mouth,' one. Apoplexy and heart conditions were responsible for 10 and 14 ot .the . deaths, respectively, while communicable diseases, including tuberculosis, accounted for 11. Six infants under one year ot age died in the month. . - Famous Civil War Veteran ? Passes Away . ; PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 12. (AP) Funeral services - tor Wil liam M. Hendershott, - ft. Civil war veteran and four times com mander; of the Ltncoln-Gartleld Post, O. A. R., who died today, will be conducted tomorrow morn ing. Hendershott had resided In Portland 10 years. He had been in 111 health since Christmas when he was: forced to relinquish his post as bailiff in circuit court here. ME 1 DSEAS CASES COUriTY ARE FEWER Hoop - Hoop! 4 iid rnuruat TRIP KEXT SUMMER Vote Whole Hearted Support for Legion State Con vention Here A committee to report to the Cherrians on recommendations for the trip to be taken next sum mer, either to the Klamath Falls region or northward, was appoint ed at Tuesday night's dinner. The committee will also make recom mendations as to whether the trip should be made by train or cara van. Carl Gabrielson, general chair man of the American Legion con vention to be held here August 8, 9 and 10, explained the plan of the convention. The Cherrians voted to go on record as giving the affair their whole hearted support. Milton Meyers told of his recent trip to the national .capital where he met the Oregon congressmen and President Coolidge. He was gone from February 11 to March 11, and returned through the southern states. Grover Hillman, Lord Governor Wood, presided In the absence of King Bing C. F. Giese. Entertainment was provided by a group of dancers of the Barbara Barnes school. III Til OF GREEN MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 12. (AP) A full Jury to decide the fate of Robert Green accused of murdering his Catching Inlet namesake Caleb Green, was se lected this afternoon and testi mony in the re-trial of Green be gan shortly after. The Jury consists ot James Laird, George Davis, W. C. Cross, O. O. Lund, Coquille; R. L. Cava- naugh, Marshfield; Jess Clinton, Charles Butler, Frank Southmayd, Myrtle Point; Nathan Barklow, J. D. Donaldson, Bandon; Walter Schroeder, Lee, and Max Dement, Powers. No women were selected although three sat on the jury which convicted Green in his first triaL Fishing Smack is Rescued By U. S. Dredge in Storm SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 12. (AP) Adrift before a fifty-mile Inshore gale, the disabled fishing smack Del Monte, and her crew of three was picked up oft the Marin coanty coast tonight by the United ' States dredge A. Mae Ken tie. The craft's distress signals were pleked up by the steamer Will solo, bound from Ban Francisco to Seattle, and relayed to the dredge. .The fishing smack had lost her rudder. S n rnn ipin nnnnnr S fflPlElEO Popul Showo Survey In 1920; West Grows Salem's population this year is 3t.28'accoTaiBr'to a ebmn&tton of population surveys inajfe tYis year by the ; Newipaper Feature V JfTl . . ' a a ft W" ureau : ana reieuea mis wees. In thlji ppula'ton there are 12. 78 1 workers for vain, renreseat- lnx 45.4. of the population. ' . The population of the city according to the 1929 census wlu 17.171. ' Conclusions craws fromihe na tional survey point to the rapid growth of the cities of the south, west and the Paclfle slope. Other marked trends include the rapid growth of urban population and the consequent decline of rural residence. PRICE FIVE CENTS EY SAFE FOB 1929 LI Financial Deficit Will Mean Transfer to State Schools, Greatly Feared No Boycott, But Ticket Sale Slow. W. U. Athletic Heads. Report . The state high school basket, ball tournament is saved for Sa lem and Willamette university so far as 1929 is concerned but what about 1930 and the succeed ing years? Ten speedy, well trained bas ketball teams, each adjudged the best that has been turned out by any high school in the particular section of Oregon from which it comes, will be in Salem this after. noon for the opening of this, the annual climax of sport activity in the city. At 7:30 two of them will take the floor in the Willamette gymnasium for the opening game of the tournament, and two more will play at 8:30. Ticket Sale Lags; Uncertainty BlanuHl But unless the ticket sale speede up today and throughout the re maining days of the tourney there is graze danger or it might be said practical certainty that the tournament inaugurated by R. L. Mathews, at Mat time athletic director at Willamette, in 1919, will be moved to some other city. There has been no boycott on ' the part of Salem citizens or Sa lem students, but for various rea sons the sale of tickets has lag ged; chief among them the threat (Turn to fSige 2. Column 5.) I Negotiations for the purchase of property on which the munic ipal airport will be constructed will begin today. Recommenda tions ot the land to be bought by the eitv will probably be made to Lthe city council by the committee conferring with owners.. The Eyerly hangars on the field near the fair ground will be moved to the new municipal field as soon as deals with the state and adjoining owners have prog ressed far enough to assure pur chase of the property by the city. Present conditions ot the sites un der consideration are such that the fields may be used for land ing. Eaninment to meet govern ment regulations that will be in stalled includes hangars, machine shop, attendants' quarters and rest bouses. A gravelled runway. drainage facilities and lights win present plans of the airport com mittee. Henrv Crawford is chairman of the group that will approach owners of such nroDerty adjoin ing state land that the airport will want. Carl Nelson. J. J, Elliott and Brazier Small will negotiate with the board of control for the state land. Rebels Rescind Religious Laws JUAREZ. Chih., Mar. 12. (AP) -General Gonsalo Escobar. commander-in-chief of the Mex ican revolution, Issued a decree to day announcing that the regula tory law ef article 130 of the Mex ican constitution affecting relig ious orders in Mexico is abolished in territory under revolutionist controL Steamer Grounds In Frisco Harbor SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 12. (AP) The steamer Texada grounded on a mud flat on the east side of San Francisco bay to day, while crossing from this port to Oakland. Three red stack tugs) dragged the vessel oft without damage. ation 28,286 ; 17,679 Here Tva l.a.la. aTf .Itfa. a Ika . . - . Mvm , ft va wa ... . aMva m w United Slates, shown, the greatest aeMiupuiDin w yiiputaiiua mi" advaneeft from l.7t,C7S in 19201 lMIMt fn 1921. ; ; ; : I Populations of other, cities Am Oregon as eitlmated by the sur vey ar: Albany,. 8017; Ashland. 1853; Astoria, 15.000; --Baker. 10.541 ; Bend. 10,288; CorvlliV 8283; The Dalles, 7549; Eugene. : 27,842; Grant Pass, f 000; Klam ath Falls. 15.383; LaGrande. 10 715; Marshfield, North Bend, . 128; Medford 12.951 Oregon City, -7581; Pendleton i 8125: ' Portland. 2 1 9J 52; Boseburg, 695, Salem. 28.288. BUT 0 1 AIHT PURCHASE TO BE MATED