fTEATBEIL.'V.-.' FWr tody and waraaet; ' Lower hunidity; : N Ortb winds. Mm. leiipentMf Tuesday l: M1b. SI;! River 9i No rata; wind sorth. ofttaf. ! Watcb for ttt Vo Fcssr Saayz Us; Ik Fesr Shl Ac1 Uutk It IliL. SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 30 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, Uay ,1, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS ;ouiinaHB nwcn a la iiwi . n r m . . . i - 1 I ... t t i w r i I I j i i a n I I i i ri I J - jr I 11 k. urn fill ( J... Rfffi IIM llHffi NEW QUTBREAK f Sophomore Sneak Causes 2 Upper Classes to Start Hostilities Again Previous Activity of Second Year Men Results in Acts of Reprisal Those "sacred" traditions by which Willamette university stu dents rule their lives; precipitated another later class rumpus on the campus Tuesday night when up per classmen -tottf steps to upset plans reported to have been made by the class of '31 for a "sopho more sneak" breakfast this morn ing. To a large extent, the three pre vious outbreaks of Interclass war fare this spring had a bearing on this latest skirmish, for strictly speaking there isn't anything so terribly reprehensible about a 5 o'clock breakfast outdoors. Inas much as the sophomores planned to hare ft over with In time to hurry back to 7:45 a.m. classes. J?iallaUon Deilre Plays Part This Time But the second year men had taken a prominent part In previous hostilities which raged overthe senior and junior "flunk days," and that was why the upper class es did thir best to spoil the soph omores' secret outing, with re sults which couldn't be tabulated completely up ' to an early hour this morning. At the Delta Phi sorority, the upper -classes wereentlrely in the ascendency, and had the sopho more girls who. lire there, impris oned In the attic at latest reports. On the otherhand the sopho more men at the Sigma Tan house had gotten away, and were report ed to be harbored elsewhere In safety, awaiting the morning hours. More Trouble Is Anticipated Today Result atf the other houses ranged In between these two. In complete returns . Indicated that ' there had been skirmishing at the (Turn to Page 7, Column 4.) S NEAR GOLDEN GATE - - Steam Shin Kadiak Gives Out Distress Signals; Rescuers on Way SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. (AP) Apparently plied on a rock off Point Reyes, near the Golden Gate entrance to San" Francisco bay. the steam schooner Kadiak f the Alaska Canners fleet nut distress calls on the air tonight and several ressels in the vicinity pointed their bows for the disabled raft The Tanker Oleum radiocast a message saying she expected to reach the distressed vessel la ihnnt two hours, while an uniden tified government ship was grop ing within two mnea oi me vessel exchanging radio bearings but was wnable to spot the Kadiak. Th vessel carried a crew of 13 men and no passengers, the mer chant s exchange here report ea. fiTnl ressels were in com nunication with the Kadiak short ly before midnight, the signals rAm tii Ainahled vessel came In . weakly. Indicating that the Kadiak operator was nsing us emergency radiocasting set. naAin afrnala were heard Indi cating that a coast guard .vessel had put out from point Keyes ana w rotnr to the Kadiak. The mui whose name was not re vealed was fire miles from the Kadiak before midnight. . - CLASS W SIS HIP STIES ROOK Plans Are Completed for Elaborate May Festival Upon Willamette C Arrangements of the- program of the Willazette. university May Festival were practically complete Tuesday. 'It was. announced that a track meet with Linfleld college lad been- arranged for. o'clock Saturday afternoon; originally it had been planned to hold the in terclass track meet at that time, but since the Linfleld team ! was wining to meet the Bearcat team Saturday, the interclass meet was hcW Tuesday afternoon. ; Paul Ackerman, -r president of the sophomore class, gave a chal lenge to the men of the freshman class to 'ft tug-of-war to be held ' Saturday at 4 o'clock. It was annonuced that this formal 'chal Back on the Bench! 1 -- - r" "z. l'v' h' I . ',- ' - .Seii- 1. m T vL--- s A I I - " , V r iWi-i -s 1 - Judge Carlos Hardy who was caarges iuea witn tne senate or tbe the judge sent him flowers when he Mysterious Visitor to FLORENCE HERE TjQPAY WEEK'S STAY PLANNED Florence will arrive from Florida bright and early this morning to stay with friends In Salem for about a week. Her last name? Why bother about that? She's just Florence to her friends. . She is quite hardened to the warmer climate of her native state so she waited until Salem weather mellowed before she made a visit she has been wait ing for practically all her life. Florence r doesn't know how old she is, but she does expect E F SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, (AP) After Charles H. Stewart. 58, penned a suicide note while riding on a ferry enroute from Vallejo to San Francisco on March If, he boarded another terry to Oakland and there he met his wife, leaving in his wake, the be lief that he had jumped Into San Francisco bay. Stewart, wno Is charged with passing bogus checks in Mercer county, remained in hiding until authorities considered him dead, and then, with Mrs. Stewart, went north to Portland, Ore.' There his weakness for becoming Involved In bad check deals brought about his arrest and his identity. A letter rrom the Central bank ot Oakland addressed to Mrs. Stewart in Portland led to his ex posure. The letter concerned the disposition of the estate left by the "dead" husband. Stewart was bound over to the Multnomah county grand Jury and held in de fault of $2,000 bail. ampus lenge was given in order to avert the fiasco which took place last year. - Edward Wells announced that the coronation ceremonies will be held on the campus if the weather permits It Is planned to have the queen's court set under-the .ma ple .trees at the northwest corner of . Waller hall. " The bleachers will i extend across the campus forming a giant Y with the open end toward. State street. This Is the first time that the coronation has been held on the campus with in the present student generation. For the past three year! the cam pus has been in process of recon- SUICID FAKE IS WRITER 0 CBS Tnrn to Face -7, Column J.) found aot rulltv on imneachment stato of CaHIornla. Admirers of resumed his work Monday. Arrive From Florida to live to a ripe old age unless she contracts pneumonia here in Oregon. Florence has a great reputa tion la her native state as a swimmer. She has heard about the beautiful rivers in Oregon, and the rippling mill streams that flow through the city of Salem. As soon as she gets settled here she wants to go swimming with some of Salem's aquatic stars. She will be en tertained by friends on the campus of Willamette univer sity. OF FARM WASTE USES By H. W. BLAKESLEE Associated Frees Science Editor COLUMBUS. Ohio. Anril SA. (AP) Chemistry, by finding new uses for farm products and by-products, can do more toward "farm relief" than any legislation eon gress may pass, Louis J. Taber Columbus, national rranre master told the American Chemical so ciety today. When new uses for agricultural or od nets are found bv the chemist.' he said, the "burdensome surplus es will berin to dlsannear and these surpluses are a great part of the agricultural problem." Taber spoke in a symposium on "The Re lations or cnemistry and Agrieui ture." In addition to discovering new nsea for farm nrodneta aa tha raw materials for industry, Mr. Taber said agriculture looked to chem istry to find cheaper plant foods such as nitrogen. Harold Cook Is Sent To State Hospital Here TTarnlil PniV nntfl tVir mAntlii ago employed in the attorney gen eral's office, has been ordered to enter the Oregon state hospital here for observation. Cook was. arrested on a statu tery charge sometime ago and has since been In jail at Dallas. Pre vious to entering the employment ot the, state he was boy scouts di rector here. , - SO INDICTED" " . v CHICAGO. April . SO. (API The - county grand " Jury, investi gating purported Cook county slot machine syndicate, today was reported - to have :; returned . true bills against 29 men, Including six police captains, -several patrol men: and several., notorious, gam blers and gangsters.: - CHEMISTS HEAR STATE H of more STARTS TODAY 100 Official Delegates Are Expected at Oregon's Annua! Convention Banquet and Dance Sched uled at Fraternal Temple Here Tonight One hundred delegates from all parts ot Oregon are expected here today when the annual state meet ing of the Modern Woodmen of America convenes In this city. With more than 1 100 lodges In the state, at least one delegate from each lodge is hoped for. A banquet and get-together meeting in the Fraternal temple room given under the auspices of the Royal Neighbors of Salem will mark the opening of the conven tion. Floyd D. Moore will act as toastmaster at this affair which will begin at 6:30 o'clock in the evening. Following. the banquet a dance and informal reception will be given to all the delegates In the lodge room In Fraternal temple. Business Session Slated Thursday The business meeting of the convention will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock In the chamber of commerce auditorium. The afternoon will be devoted to sightseeing trips while at 8p. m. Thursday night Oregon Cedar camp No. 5246 will exemplify the ritualistic work and class adop tlon. Local men active In preparing for the convention are J. A Wright, chairman; F. E. Mangis, clerk; F A. Baker, banquet; J. H Dunlap, reception; H. O. Conrsey and A. A. Keene, entertainment. RoysTNeighbors assisting in prep arations are Mrs. A. H. Bunn, Mrs. Sarah Peterson and Mrs. Herbert Nash. Under a recent decision of the executive council ot the lodge, all state-wide conventions hereafter are to be held in Salem. TO STORE IN SALEM F. T. M'Allister Appointed by Montgomery Ward to Take Charge Here F. T. McAllister has been ap pointed manager of the Montgom ery Ward store here and will take charge at once of the operations locally, it was announced Tuesday by F. H. Dev'ore, northwest super visor of the stores who was In Sa lem for the day. McAllister cpmes from Medford where he has been assistant man ager of the Montgomery Ward store, but previous to his work there he has been in the retail merchandise business in Seattle and Chicago. Further expansion of the local store in the matter of additional stock as well as new fixtures was forecast by DeVore. Mr. McAllister has a -wife and 'family whom he will move to Sa lem within the next few days. DEPUTY ITTOffiS E LOS ANGELES. April SO (AP) Two former deputy dis trict attorneys under the regime of Asa Keyes secretly were indict ed for bribery late today following Ben Getzoff's appearance before the 1029 grand jury. Getxoff, convicted with former District Attorney Keyes and E. H. Rosenberg, former Julian Pe troleum corporation fraud ease de fendant, as the "pay-off man on conspiracy to bribe charges, re told the story he related to Dis trict Attorney Buron Fitts follow ing the close In February of his trial. - .- The Indictments were returned in Superior Judge Hartley Shaw's court. Judge Shaw Issued war rants for the arrest ot the former deputies,-whose names -were not revealed, and turned them over to Sheriff William L Traeger f or Im mediate service. He fixed ball for each of the men at $15,000. Getxoff was before the grand Jury two hours..- Chief i Deputy District Attorney R. - P. Stewart presented documentary evidence in support of Getxoff charges. 5 ': -. r-4 FLYER KILLED r'-a , CHICAGO, April 10. (AP) John A. Morris, 24, of Augusta, Ga., wee killed tohlght 'when an airplane , he was pilotingerashed near here. - -.--:.v NEW ID SEE 1CTED FOR CR M Colorful Health Pageant Presented This Afternoon Upon Balding Toted in April Is Greater Than Last Month April's building permit to tal, f 181,082, exceeded that of March by 917,917, a check on the permit Issued daring the month from the office of E. C. Bushnell, building In spector, revealed. The March figure was 8114,015. . .The April record included dwelling permits totaling 978,700, three bn sines s structures grained at $18,214, ingle garages at 9440 and repairs and alterations, 939, 575. Fees paid to the building department in April amount ed to $399.30. MEXICAN REVOLT IS Federal Standard Raised In Nogales as Insurrec tionists Flee AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, Mexi co. May 1 (AP) United States and Mexican federal representa tives were conferring here early today, with General Jose Goncalo Escobar, commander in chief of Mexican revolutionary forces with a view to reaching an agreement which would bring the revolt to a close. NOGALES. Sonora, April 10. (AP) The Mexican revolution virtually was ended tonight. The tri-colored standard of Mexico once again was raised over No jg ales, principal seat of the insur rection, which was surrendered to the Portes Gil government today after most of the rebel leaders had fled into the United States. The red rebel banner, which had flut tered over Nogales since the third of March, was hauled down as General Lucas Gonzales, former rebel whose coup in the early stages of the movement estab lished a federal foothold at Naco, Sonora, arrived here and took pos session of the abandoned rebel stronghold. The collapse of the revolution followed fast on the heels of the fleeing leaders, who crossed the border into Nogales, Arizona, (Turn to Pas 7, Column 2.) Hoax Played Upon Salem Cops, Belief "Wholesale theft is going en in W. C. Dibble's tulip beds across the river," declared an excited but anonymous informant to the. Salem police over the telephone Tuesday night. The tulip farm in Polk eounty is out of the Jurisdiction of the local police, but they are an oblig ing group of men.' and the ser geant on duty called' up Mr. Dib ble to inform him of what was going on. Mr. Dibble Investigated and found that not a single tulip was missing. He employs a night watchman to guard the tulips, and it was Suspected that a youthful friend of the watchman perpetra ted the hoax.. He had given li cense numbers ot automobiles be longing to W. M. Hulsey and Ot to Muelhaupt, prominent and dig nified Salem citlsens, saying that those machines were being used by the marauders . and that one was being driven through the tu lip beds while the thieves filled it with the valuable bulbs. Jury Selected To Try Alleged i Action Of Libel LOS ANGELES, April SO. (AP) A jury ot eight women and tour men was chosen to. decide the libel charge against- Rev. R. P. Shuler . "fighting pastor ot the T r 1 1 1 Methodist "Episcopal church south; shortly before to day's session of the pastors sec ond trial closed. I Revv Shuler was' charged (with criminally libeling the Knights of Columbas in "an ' article entitled "Al Smith" published during the recent presidential campaign in a complaint filed, by Grant V. Jen kins. The Jury disagreed after the first triaL ; Jenkins alleged Rev. 8huler published a spurious oath of the order. . , 1 111 COLLAPSE Public School Field Ambitious Program Projected by Children of This City; Full List of Honor Pupils Is Published; Herald Badges Given SOME 500 Salem school children from the. grade and too junior highs will participate in the colorful Health and May Day pageant, "The Way to the Land of Health' to be given at Olinger field, 14th and B streets, this afternoon, starting promptly at 2 o'clock. The pageant, directed by Grace Snook Wolgamott of the senior high school, will espe cially honor the 764 pupils of Salem who have excelled in health work during the year and who will today be awarded heralds of .health buttons. Parents and townspeople in many numbers are expected to witness the largest pupil undertaking of the year. Music for the pageant will be furnished by the school bands, un der direction of Prof. O. P. Thayer. Queen Edith, (Edith Moorehouse of McKinley) will rule over the May day festivities and the land of health, and It is to her arrival that the first epi sode of the nine-episode pageant is devoted. . Alan McAllister is the queen's herald, other mem bers of her party being: Flavia Downs and Gwendolyn Hertzog, attendants; Jerry Newton and Robert Sweeney, .pages; Stuart Bush, Alva Rafferty and A age Rohmer, court jesters; Mary Frances 'Henderson and Bill Reid, two children seeking .the land of health. Highland Pupils To Give Second Episode The second episode will be pre sented by Highland school pupils and is devoted to fresh air and sunshine; the third tells the tri umph of cleanliness over dirt, the first and second parts to be given by Garfield school . children and (Turn to Page 12. Column 2.) E DECLARED SOLVED Moran Gang Killings Will be Cleared Up, Police Say on Arrest of Pair CHICAGO, April 30. (AP) The net of evidence being woven by Coroner Herman N. Bunde sen's Jury investigating the Mor an gang massacre here tightened today, and as a result 'two men who are believed by authorities to hold the solution of the crime are under arrest. One is Peter Von Frantfius, purveyor of machine guns. The other is Frank Thompson of Kirk land, Ills., who purchased six of the weapons from Von Frantzius just before the seven men were mowed down in a north side gar age, and who ordered four more on the day of the slaughter and then; disappeared.' Thompson surrendered to po lice today after hiding in Wind sor, Ontario, tor two weeks. He was immediately taken to the jury room, sworn in as a witness, and then hurried to Coronor Bunde sen's chambers where he was clos eted with the coroner, Detective Chief John Egan and attaches of the state's attorney's office. After this secret session. Coro ner Bundesen ordered the arrest of Yon Franteious who had been (Turn to Paa 7, Column S.) bbrtiteIi ITTOBS DIFFER PORTLAND, April 10. (AP) A fistic encounter between A. C. Allen, defense attorney, and C. W. Kirk, deputy district attorney, spiced the trial of F. J. Kolar, chiropractor, charged with larceny ot $100 from Mrs. Pete Marchlnes, today. - Fists waved for two or three minutes, but pugilistic adeptness waylaid any - blows which might have been struck. The courtroom scrap started when Allen demand ed to know ot Kirk what had be. come of a page of the report made by Mrs. Christofferson, state ag ent, to him when she Investigated Kolar's office and: inferred the deputy district attorney was de liberately withholding it. i !Dont give me - any : more , of your bluff," Kirk said and sprang. They; were ealmed down. , : - r . inxERS Billed f JOPL1N, Mo., April I0-.(AP Two miners were fatally injured and 11 others were trapped for several " hours ; when - fire, which followed an explosion, destroyed a tine and lead mine plant near here today. - ' ' CHICAGO MASSACR SALEM HEIGHTS JO VOTE ONllNG New .School Structure Will Cost Over $13,000 If Authorized The Salem Heights school dis trict will hold an election at the school house at 8 o'clock tonight to determine whether or not the district will vote bonds for the construction of a new school house, construction cost of which Is estimated at between $13,000 and $14,000. So far as pre-election evidences can be reckoned, the proposed building is expected to meet little opposiiton at the polls, It is reported from that district. The new building will supplant the old worn-out two-story frame building which has served the dis trict for so many years, and will be four rooms ajl on ona Boor and modern throughout. Approximate ly 125 pupils are enrolled In this school. Annexation To Salem la Being Argued While construction of the need ed new school building is the only major problem to come up at to night's meeting, considerable talk has been heard In that district in recent weeks both for and against annexation to the Salem school district, and it is probable such a movement will come to a head in the not distant future. Meantime, the district is in need of a new building, and whatever the populace there may be think ing about Joining hands with a larger district, the new building will be needed, it is pointed out. Should annexation come, it is like ly the proposed new school struc ture would simply serve as ele mentary school for the pupils In that district. I Strongest opposition against any discussed consolidation with the Salem district base their ob jections upon loss of community and school feeling in that section. Proponents point to the added school facilities and Increased ed ucational advantages, as well as lower maintenance cost. D. D. Craig' Is chairman of the Salem Heights school district, oth er members of the board being Frank Erlckson and Charles Rat cliff, directors, and Howard Zin ser, clerk. Demurrer Filed By State In Suit To Halt Merger Demurrer was tiled Tuesday In circuit court here to the complaint of I. B. Smith against I. L. Pat terson et al. In a suit brought to test the constitutionality of the 192 legislative act creating the state board of higher education. Attorney General VanWinkle who filed the. papers, alleges in the de murrer that the facts set out in the complaint do not i constitute a cause ot action. Arguments on the demurrer will be heard next week. Eastern Oregon Normal School Faculty Ch By Reg Faculty members tor the neSr state normal school now Rearing completion at LaGrande were elected at a meeting of the regents of the state normal schools here Tuesday. They follow: Amanda Zobel, head ot English depart ment; PG. Macomber, psycholo gy and; education: Lena A.' Foley, English ; John - M. Miller, educa tion, contingent upon "his having A; B. degree by September IS; Madeline Larsen, physical educa tion; Elmo Stevenson, science; W. W. Nusbaum, music; ; Gertrud Walker, history and social science; Helen S. Moor, dean of women. The art. instruetor.'librarian. and physeial education and matbema- .- . - .. .. DEALERS DROP RATE DOWN TO 18-CENTLEe K Terrific Fight In Prospect in Attempt to Force AB -to Fixed Figure ' , Contnuous Loss Anticipated Until Definite Agree ment is Reached , Comparative calm which has hovered over Salem's a-asatts battleground, was rent fa twain late Tuesday afternoon. Early thl morning every Indication pointed to a knock-down and drag-out fight between a group of dealers who had previously forced the price to 20c a gallon and stand patters at 23c, who disgusted with the desertion of certain station from their ranks, were this morn ing selling gasoline at 18c a gal lon. Late Tuesday night one large service station announced that It would hereafter retail gasoline to. all comers at 18c despite the fact that the wholesale price of gas oline ranges from 18c to 21e a gallon. Tactics of this large sta tion were expected to be followed by a number of other dealers to day. Offensive Launched Against Price Cutters Characterizing the movement at one waged in I Belf-protection, rep resentatives ot the cut-rat pries' stations said Tuesday that they were slicing prices to the bono solely with the view of forcing other stations to abide by a priee on whfh operating expenses could be met. "We are just as anxious as any one to see the retail price of gas oline drop," said' one operator Tuesday night, who was in tho move to run the price down to (Turn to Page 7, Column X.) OF VETS IS LISTED Final Group Brings Total up . to 1130 Members of Legion Post i Today's Installment winds up the publication In The Statesman, of the honor roll .of Capital Post' No. 9, American "Legion. Every one of the 1130 names has ap peared, unless some were omite.4 by error. One name which should have appeared In an early install ment was that of Arthur E. BatesJ Here's the final list: 1 Fred J. Kroeplin, B. Kropp, Or-i al M. Lemmon, George V. Mai-! strom, E. Ward Manning, L. E.' Masterson, William G. McClure,! L. A. McCoskie, Harold D. Me-! MUlan, Rodney Mapes, D. E. Mil-1 burn, Ralph Miller, Charles A. ) Moisen. ' E. L. Needham, C. J. Kelson, H. Keubeiser, Roy Newman, C. F. Neakes, C. M. Palmer, Oscar I. Paulson, T. C. Peerenboom, W. .5. Perlich, Walter Perry, K. J. Pe ters, Al Porath, J. U Prange, E. M. Price, L. W. Pulley, O. M. Pul ley. Oscar I. Furcell, Homer C. Ba rney, M. S. Ramp, Donald C. Rob erts, K. O. Runner, Albert Schlnd ler, E. S. Schmidt, W. J. Schwartx, Roy Scollard, J. H. Scott, W. L. Seely, Guy W- Shaffer, Leo A. Shaver, C. H. Shutt, Richard D. Slater, Elmer E. 8mith. , Elmer E. Smith, O. N. Snider, Henry C. Stafford, M. V. Waae, J. E. Waterhouse, Edward R. Wat son. J. W. Watson, Raymond H. Way,. G rover C. Weaver, I M. Webb, Kenneth R. Williams, J. E. Wilson, William H. Winlock, W. R Winshlp, Arthur V. White, J. L. White, O. H. Zeller. - osen tics teachers are vet to be selected. UST HI LLMENT at Meeting For the training school depart- ment the following were elecjedr.j'. Kate L. Hoax, director and super- '. visor, of Intermediate grades ;i Al-- -lce f MtDonaldy supervisor .--of pri- mary , grades; Caroline' Stevenson, training teacher for sixth grader Edith Darby, for - fourth grade; 4 ' Lulu .Grace Allen for third grade. 'r Other grade positions have ; not ' been filled, . It was tald that all faculty members have A; B, or' M. r A. degrees. All - will receive - sal- ' aries ot $2400. a year with the ex ception of the following: Amanda ' ? Zobel $ 2S00 ; F. G. Macomber 1 2,- 700; Wv W.Nusbaum $2000; Kate : (Torn to Page T. Column' 1.) - v