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MODERATION IS BEST i 'f . : ' - ( - He i who abuses his thority asoally lose it. It ts to be hoped that coancfl nea who' proved this will not themselves seed to be shows. WEATHER Geaerally i closdy today aad Wedaesday; Xo chaage la temperature. Max. tern perature ( Monday a;. Mi. 80; Calm; No rata. FOUNDED It331 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 191 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, November 5, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS (0) -1 PICK- COMMITTEES -: . ."V- ! ; v -. j, . ; C . TO UL HEAR LIQUOfl Conditions at Capital De plored by Brookhart, .Dry Advocate "Wall Street Booze Parties" Will be Told About To day He Asserts WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) More and more the attention of senators is being attracted by charges of liquor drinking by those who write the laws of the country. Senator Smith Wildman Brook hart of Iowa, who startled his col leagues in September with an ac count of a dinner to senators at, which liquor was served, gave no- tics in the crowded chamber to day that he would "discuss prohi bition enforcement in general and Wall street booze parties in par ticular" soon after the gavel bangs tomorrow. A republican dry, he has been subpoenaed to tell a rrand iurv Wednnsdnv what be knows about the alcoholic pro pensities of Washington. GUIett Says Representatives -Work Under Influence Hardly had the Brookhart flur ry subsided before Senator GU Iett, republican. Massachusetts, informed the senate he frequently had seen representatives legislat ing in the, house "under the in fluence of liquor." For three terms he was speaker of the bouse. Gillet's reuisukj occurred dur ing debate on the resolution to censure Senator Bingham, republi can, Connecticut. He observed it would keep congress busy to at tempt to censure all indiscretions by members, and said the alleged Intoxication of house members bad been obvious to those present although unknown "to the great American public." Long reputed to be a bootlegger for congressmen, "the man withi the green hat" recently was ar rested on liquor charges near the senate office building entrance. He is at Liberty on bond now. Blease Demands Cleanup Of Capitol Conditions j Senator Blease, democrat South Carolina, has been among those demanding a police cleanup of condition.- in the vicinity of the capitol. He charges that liquor and narcotics have been peddled openly there, and that whiskey has been sold in the capr.ol it self. Meanwhile Senator Howell, re publican, Nebraska, has been col lecting information about enforce ment conditions in Washington. Several weeks ago he was asked by President Hoover to produce evidence to support bis charges of lax enforcement in the capital. Howell said he probably would have nothing t osay tomorrow. While Brookhart declined to go Into details, the Iowa senator did say that the dinner to which he was referred was given by Walker J. Fahey, New York broker, sev eral years ago, and that a number of senators and backers were there. ) "I sat between two bankers," he exclaimed, smiling, but he would not say who they were. .Wall Street Declared Responsible for Situation The lowan promised his speech would be somewhat of a picture of "Wall Street In action and the lobby ia Washington." Referring to enforcement throughout the country, he said be thonght it was good in "36; or 37. states" including Maine and .Vermont. - "It's easy to enforce the law," Brookhart added, and then went ' "Concluded on Page 2, Column 6.) NTORS CHARG Mannix and Joseph Enter Answers to. Each Other's Disbarment Proceedings In charging that improper busi ness relations existed between Thomas Mannix, E. W, Wickey and Justice John L. Rand of the Oregon supreme court while one of the E. Henry Wemme endow ment fund cases was pending in the court, George W. Joseph, Portland attorney, made the charge to intimidate, the court with relation to litigation in which be was interested, declared Mannix Monday in an answer filed to Joseph's disbarment proceed ings against him. ' Joseph had the same object In Tiew, Mannix alleged. In the xase of Elvin C. Condlt against Mannix and A. Neppach, in which Condlt sought damages and in which It -was charged by Condlt that he furnished liquor to' Chief Justice McBride while Condit's divorce case was pending. Mannix as serted : that Joseph would never bring the ease' to trial, - hut is using It as a pretext to Insult and Westernized St- r z J, XT Princess Der Ling, First Lady In Waiting at the Manchu Court of the late Empress Dowager of Chi na. The Princess is on a lecture tour in the United States, where she Is becoming quite a favorite among social leaders. MS SOB DEIS 0 Chairman of Democratic Na tional Committee Says He's Misquoted WASHINGTON. Nov. 4 (AP) A formal denial by John J. Raskob, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, that he was a stock market "plunger" or had advised others to speculate was read today to the senate. The statement was in a letter to Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, and was presented by him for reading. In reply to ac cusations several days ago by Senator Robinson, republican, In diana, Raskob characterized the senate speech as "a political at tack." 'The answer is that 1 do not gamble in the stock market," he said. "I have always purchased stock outright, investing in the securities of those companies that I thonght hd an attractive future and have held - the stocks until such time as I felt they were sell ing for all they were worth." He cited various Interviews in which he had expressed his opin ions at different times of the mar ket situation, and said "this re cord speaks for itself and clearly refutes Senator Robinson's state ments that I am a stock market plunger." The democratic chairman said he had not advised speculation in a magazine article to -which Robinsonbad referred, but had proposed a plan of investments. MURDERER TO HANG HELENA, Mont., Nov. 4. (AP) Rollin Davisson, Living ston, Mont, laborer, who shot and killed Chief of Police Peter Holt at Livingston last August, must hang for that crime Wednesday. defame Justice McBride. Mannix, a Portland attorney, made a detailed denial of Jo seph's charges. It was believed here that the supreme court will consider both the Joseph and Mannix answers to morrow; give each time for repiy and then refer the cases to a ref eree for testimony. , Joseph's answer to Mannix' dis barment proceedings against him was filed earlier In the day. The Joseph answer was filed by John Veatch. one of his law part ners, and George-W. Joseph, Jr., his son. A general denial of the charges made against him by Mannix was Included In Joseph's answer.- Especial attention was given to the allegation that Joseph and Henry M. Hansen, a Portland newspaperman had conspired to plant liquor in the. home of Jus tice Rand and make U appear tnat L. W ei f t ; i 1 sV JX A, w . t ssr .-'.:. 1M' nut (Concluded on Page X, Column X.) VOTING T Virginia State Contest to Select . Officers ' for . Most Positions Mayor Jimmy Walker Stands For Reelection in New York City Race Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Not. 4. (AP) Campaigns of a f air more inten sive character ithan generally are conducted in off-year elections ended . tonight with many of the principal candidates making last minute appeals to the voters in a dozen states In which there will be balloting tomorrow. In the only gubernatorial con test, that In Virginia, both William Moseley Brown, coalitionist, and John Garland Pollard. , regular democrat, made their final bows as candidates on the Hustings, Brown speaking in the mountain section and Pollard In the Tide water. Jimmy Walker Has Last Word at Opponents Mayor James J. Walker, demo crat, of New York City, broke his rule for an election-eve speech to answer his opponents, who num ber threer-Fiorelto H. La Guafdia, f republican, Norman Thomas, so cialist, and Richard E. Enright, former police commissioner, and nominee of the Square Deal party. Candidates in the many other mayorality contests in Massachus etts, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio, also carried their ora torlal efforts down to the last minute for appeal to the voters, thus concluding campaigns which have furnished the usual modicum of intensity and bitterness. Virginia to Elect Two Chief Officers Besides electing a governor, Virginia also is to select a lieu tenant governor, attorney general and all members of the house of delegates, while there were scores of contests . for municipal and county offices. However, the gu bernatorial election overshadowed all others because in it the de mocratic state machines faces its greatest test since the reconstruc tion days. Both leaders of the regulars and of the coalitionists predicted victory, with margins ranging all the way from 10,000 to 20,000 or more. President Hoover carried the state a year ago by 25,000 majority, being' the first . republi can candidate for the presidency to do so. SEI FREE BY JURY DRAGUINAN, France, Not. 4. (AP) Amid exhibitions of the wildest enthusiasm, Richard Cor- bett, son of an English father and a French m'other, was acquiuea today by a Jury of charges of mur dering her mother to put her out of pain. Corbett. who would accept no lawyer and spoke In his own de fense, frankly admitted that ne had shot his mother last May to relieve her sufferings from an in curable case of cancer. He made a dramatic plea to the jury, declar ing he felt he had done right, even though he bad broken the law. The public prosecutor In a brief and Impassioned speech demand ed a verdict establishing corp bett's goiU. "I am not asking for excessive punishment, but this startling case develops the tremendously vital question whether society can per mit one human being to take the life of another and remain un punished," he said. He demanded the minimum of five years soli tary confinement. ' When the Jurors, after an hour's deliberation, returned to the crowded and excited courtroom and announced their verdict of "not guilty," men and women rose as one mass of cheering and sob bing humanity. Communism Is Now Feared by House Member WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (AP) Believing a spead of commun ism to be menacing the nation. Chairman Johnson of the House Immigration committee, said to day he was framing a bill to en able the government to deport dangerous . alien communists.' Chairman Johnson said .. the measure would seek to give "an exact legal definition of Interna tional communists with a Tiew to preventing , their admission Into this country and to enable with out question deportation when found here. ' - , - MM mm He's Sick I I f WILLIAM H. KING WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (AP) ' Senator King of Utah, who has suffered a recurrence of a stom ach disorder, was said by his se cretary today to be a "pretty sick mam" bnt still undecided whether to follow the doctor's advice and enter m hospital. ON STOCK MARKET Prices Continue to Drop as Trading Resumed on Wall Street NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (AP) It was a day of anti-climax on the stock market today, as trad ing was resumed after the three day recess a day of sagging prices, and waning speculative en. thusiasm. Contrary to expectations in many quarters, tie market was sharply depressed by profit-taking at the opening. Despite mo mentary rallies as the session pro gressed, the list was persistently heavy, and closed around the low est levels of the day, with lead ing issues off 3 to 17 points. Although commission houses had reported a huge influx ot buying orders during the thr.ee day suspension of trading, these orders proved to be largely for odd lots, and failed to Impart re sistance to the price level, as pro fessional traders who had accumu lated huge blocks of stocks at last week's low levels, took their prof- its. There appeared to be con siderable liquidation of .stock bought for support purposes, and renewed short selling as well. Furthermore, brokerage houses had discovered many more mar ginal accounts which had to be li quidated. Failure of last week's vigorous rally from the low levels reached on Tuesday, to carry oyer the three-day Interval, .proved a far reaching disappointment, and a fairly steady stream of selling poured Into the market during the afternoon, while the volume ol trading tapered off to normal pro portions for the first time in more than a week, and the ticker was able to catch ud with the market. The day'a transactions totalled 6,- 202,930 shares, of which approx imately 3,700,000 shares changed hands in the first two hours. The turnover compared with 7,149, 390 shares during the three hours of trading Thursday. Leaders ot the banking group which was hastily organized to deal with the selling crisis 12 days (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) Two Salem Firemen in Car Injured Two Salem firemen, Charles M Charlton and E. T. Johnson, were Injured and Charlton was sent to a local hospital with a fracture of the hack when an automobile in which they were riding missed a turn on the Pacific highway just south of Woodburn and wrecked The men had been to Portland to attend the civil service examin ations being held there and were returning in the heavy sedan own ed and, driven by Charlton.. Com ing toward Salem, the men at tempted to make a curve but the steerinr wheel did not respond, Johnson declared. It was thought that the faulty steering mechan ism was the cause oT the accident Johnson was only bruised and is resting today at his home, at 261 South 23rd street. Charlton is still at the hospital, bnt is rest ing easily, according to a report late last night. Relief Work in Stricken Area Goes Forward -V - : j - GUATEMALA CITY, Not. 4. (AP) The" government and the Red Cross tonight redoubled ef forts to give relief to the, 300 vic tims of the violent eruption of the volcano Santa Maria,'" 70 miles northwest of this city. HULL DM ANT1-KH1 RESOLUTION IS PASSED 54-22 32 Democrats and 22 Re publicans Vote to Cen sure Senator Action First of Kind to be Taken in Past Twenty seven Years By FRANCIS STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. (AP) Condemnation was voted upon Senator Bingham of Conecticut today by the senate, 54 to 22, for his relations with .the Connecticut Manufacturers' association while formulating the tariff legislation. Obviously wounded, but still defiant, the republican senator, a former Yale professor and World war aviator, replied as he left the chamber that he would "certainly not" resign. Though four hours of debate, he had stubbornly contended his right to use an officer of the Con necticut association to help him fn his work of framing the tariff bill and to take that officer into the secret taritf rate making ses sions of the finance committee republicans." Efforts to Modify. Resolution Are Many Twice the senate had voted down attempts to modify the res olution of condemnation but then Senator Norrls, republican, Ne braska, its author, yielded to please from both sides of the chamber that Bingham be ab solved of corrupt motives. That specification went into the res olution. As the senate was finally about to tvote, the gray haired Nebraskan turned to the tall Connecticut sen ator slumped in his seat just be hind him, to assert the "pity is that the senator has not yet grasped that the action he did was injurious to the senate." It was the first time in 27 years that the senate voted to censure member and an atmosphere of solemnity prevailed. The cham ber and galleries were crowded when the resolution was brought up by Norris at the outset of the session. Members of the house crowded about the rear of the chamber. Long Defense Read In Own Behalf Bingham himself opened the discussion after the resolution was read, presenting a lengthy pre pared defense of his use of Charles L. Eyanson the $10,000 assistant to the president of the Connecticut (Concluded on Page 2, Column 7.) DETROIT, Nov. 4 (AP) Definite fear for the safety of Wil liam J. Scripps, 24 year old pre sident of Gliders, Inc., manufac turers of gliders, and son of W. E. Scripps, publisher of the De troit News, became manifest to day as a search for the young man, missing since October .23, by Detroit and Canadian police, con tinued to be fruitless. Missing since October 23, when he was last seen in Windsor, OnL, his associates now believe that he bad met with an accident which prevents him from communicat ing with his home or that be is being detained by force. . Business trips took Scripps across the river frequently to Windsor and the Walkerville air. port, and private investigation by the family bad revealed that be went to Windsor two weeks ago to meet Oscar Kuan, of his com pany. Kuhn was living at the Prince Edward hotel and Scripps was in Kuhn's quarters that afternoon. He did not Bay where he was go ing when he left the hotel at 8 o'clock in the evening, but Kuhn later found a note on the dress er in his room which seemed to indicate that bis employer would return. He faUed to do so, how ever. Armistice Day Plans Outlined To Vets Tonight Final presentation of plans for the Armistice day celebration to the members of Capital Post No. 9, American Legion, will be made at a special meeting of the post tonight at O'clock in the hall above Miller's store. There will be a "feed" in ad dition to a general discussion of Armistice day. plans.- The post will hold no meeting November 12,. so that its next meeting will be No vember 2C - y ' PROMINENT YOUTH DECLARED MISSING Northwest Grain Corporation Now Assists Farmers Starting Capital of Six Million Dollars on Hand ; Group Created Under Auspices of Recently Established U. S. Board MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 4. (AP) The Co-operative Farm ers Northwest Grain corporation was organized here today with capital of $6,000,000, to be owned by the Farmer Elevator and Grain Pool associations of Minnesota, the Da kotas and Montana and to act in co-operation with and as the agency for the Farmers' National Grain corporation in the four states. The National corporation was created under the auspices of the Federal Farm board to carry on the board's program of financing the farmer-owned co operatives of the United States and to market grain for them. The farm board and its chairman, Alexander Legge, also announced approval ten days ago In Chicago, of the plan for organization of the new Northwest Grain corporation under the leadership of the offices and; members of the associations of the four states. The plan to go ahead with the formation of the northwest agency was started at a meeting of 36 of the 53 members of the organiza tion committee. These 53 men, who include officials and direct ors of state groups, will constitute the . first board of directors of of the Co-operative Farmers' Northwest Grain corporation, with the exception of one, who declined a seat on the board. He is Toilet Midbo, of Hatton, N. D., a repre sentative of the Farmers' Grain Dealers association of North Da kota. The latter association went on record Saturday as refusing to en dorse the northwest grain co-operative on the ground of unfamiliar ity with the new organization and uncertainty regarding its desir ability, P. A. Lee, secretary of the North Dakota group said. Head of American Federa tion of Labor Issues Call for Support WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-(AP) President Green of the Amer ican Federation of labor today called upon presidents of 105 la bor unions to send representatives to Washington November 14 to plan an Intensive organization campaign in the south. "Tfiere is a basis for the social unrest and Industrial discontent which is so apparent in the south and which is attracting attention of the nation," Greene and Secre tary Morrison said In the letter addressed to the various unions affiliated with the federation. ""The officers and members of the American Federation of labor must respond to the appeal of the southern workers for assistance and help. We must give them and to the Industrial situation In the south the constructive service which the American Federation of labor is prepared to give. Let us accept the challenge Which comes to us from those extremists among employers of the south and clas sify the American Federation of labor as communists and destruc tionlst." Calling of the conference was an aftermath of the Toronto con vention of the federation last month, at which recent events in the southern textile Industry were recalled and the president in structed to press for unionization of workers in. that section. JiPMIESE REGRET T KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 5. (AP) '(Tuesday) Yosuke Matsuoka, until recently vice-president of the South Manchnrian railway,- told the round table of the Institute of Pacific Relations today that if Japan had known at the end of the Russian war in 1905 that a secret alliance against Japan then existed between .China and Rus sia, she would have annexed all ' of Sqnth Manchuria and today the South Manchrurian question be tween Japan and China would be non-existent. The conference yesterday open ed a three day debate on the -Man chnrian question. The press was barred from the session . Matsuoka's speech was aimed as a refutation of the allegations of several Chinese speakers that Ja pan had exacted too high a price for maintenance " of v order and promotion ot prosperity In Man churia. rains iiis in oh in soinu i n m rails to E Children on Tricycles Beat Present Equipment to Fire He Asserts Proposal to reduce the number of firemen at the present East Salem station and at the North Salem station which will be put In use early next year from eight to six, thereby leaving sufficient funds from the two mill levy for fire department improvements to replace the worn out chassis of one of the chemical trucks, was made at Monday night's council meeting by Alderman W. H. Dan cy, chairman of the fire and wa ter committee. Mr. Dancy said children on tri cycles were beating this truck to the fires. A call for bids on a new chasls was authorized.. ' Bids on the heating plant at the East Salem station were opened. E. S. Patton appeared to be the low bidder with a figure of $646. The bids were referred to the fire and water committee. A committee which has been in vestigating the possibility of as sessing part of the cost of the proposed South Cottage street si phon to the owners of abutting property, recommended that the cost, approximately S3 500, should be paid out of the bridge fund. Chairman Watson Townsend of the airport committee was author ized to negotiate with the county court with hespect to construction of two culverts on the county road which was rerouted when the airport was built. The city engineer reported that the remonstrance against the pro- CHICAGO, Nov. 4 (AP) The shining dream of Chicago music lovers became a triumphant real ity tonight In the gala opening of the civic opera in its monumental S20,00O,000 skyscraping home in Wacker Drive. On a site where less than a century ago wolves bayed at the moon on the marshy flats along a lonely little stream cutting wi4Wept prairies Incredibly, has appeared this 45 story tower of marble, gold, steel and bronze. Every tradition and tie with the past was broken tonight, save one the selection of Verdi's melo dious and goregeous operatic pagenants, "Aid a" as the premier musical fare. "Aida" was the opening opera to be presented by Chicago's first permanent opera company in 1910. PIUS TRUCK (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2j.) MiWfFl BUILDING OPENED Close Check Upon Health Situation in County Kept By Local Demonstration Editor' Xote: Th SUUtmsa today precentt the BineWntli ot acric of daily articlei designed to acquaint tno peoplo ef Marios county ia eonipre henaiTe aenao with the program and ac complishment I ef the Maries eovaty child health demomtration and with tha pro posed (Banner in which tha health pro train - will no earned forward whem the deraonstrati6at$withd7awa at tha and of this year. By GENEVIEVE MORGAN The county health unit head quarters acts as a registrar for report of communicable disease in both town and rural areas. This is because, under a late law, the physician In attendance- at any communicable disease Is required to notify the health officer. And In Tiew of the fact that the county health officer is a member of the rdemonstratlon staff, the demon stration is the medium through which report on disease as well aa on: births and deaths is-made.- ' The vital work of the demon-J stration and the work which has STEP IS FOUND . NECESSARY TO KEEP HARMONY City Dads Resume Control Of Appointments; Vote 9-3 on Measure Independents to, Guarantee Square Dealfto Every Faction, Word By RALPH CURTIS Characterized as a piece of pro gressive legislation calculatedr to promote harmony in municipal af fairs, and"-to relieve Mayor T. A. Llvesley and his successors of a thankless task . which has fre quently resulted in disappoint ment and bad feeling among mem bers of the city council, the resolu tion taking the power of appoint ing standing committees out of the mayor's hands and conferring it upon a committee on commit tees was passed by a vote of nine to three at the council meeting Monday night. Alderman Hal D. Patton spoke In favor of the resolution, point ing out that similar .regulations had been adopted in congress, and that difficulties were always en countered in all legislative bodies which had similar rules to that under which the council has oper ater rules which made it poeW ble for those vested with the power of appointing committees to use that power as a "whip" to force desired action. Technical Objection Raised by O'Hara The only objection to the res olution expressed at this meeting came from Alderman David O'Hara, who said it should be changed so that tha committee oa committees would be elected after the new members took their seats, instead of before. Alderman S. E. Purvine admit ted that that might be better, but pointed out that the intention tii to dispose of committee assign ments before city otficerg were elected, so that no pressure could be brought to bear on this mat ter; and that the charter requires city officers to be elected at the first meeting of tha year. Aldermen voting against the resolution were O'Hara, Dancy and Townsend. Donghton Elected to Fill Simeral's Berth I. M. Doughtou was elected at alderman from the first ward, to . succeed L. J. Simeral, whose res ignation was accepted although that technicality was obviated by Mr. Simeral's removal from the ward. Mr. Doughton, who is a member of the hardware firm of ,3-. Doughton and Sherwin and vrae formerly president of the Business Men's league, was nominated by Alderman H. H. Vandevort of the same ward, who assured the coun cil that his, candidate would be acceptable to the voters of the ward. Mr. Simeral's application for the position ot incinerator super intendent was accepted on motion of Alderman Purvine, but not un til after Alderman Patton had launched into a probe of charges . that this was the result of a "trade" wherry Mr. Simeral was promised the Job on condition that he give up his seat on the council. "Buying Off" Plot Is Found Pipe Dream In response to a question . from Mr. Patton, Mayor Livesley ail Mr. Simeral had told him be had been offered the incinerator Job. The mayor denied that Simeral had said anythiag about that of fer being dependent upon his' re signing from the council. Mr, Simeral told a Statesman reporter Friday that he, and not any meat- ( Concluded on Pag 2, Column 4.) shown the greatest results so far Is that ot lessening communicable diseases ia Salem and. Marion county, particularly among child ren. Everyone knows there- are certain diseases for which there are known preventatives, as dipia- i theria, smallpox and typhoid ; but so far no positive measure of con trol has been found for such con tagions as measles, whooping cough and scarlet fever, which naturally Attack children or young adults. At least, the greatest in cidence is found in these" age groups, i After Effects Are Particularly Feared These. ; diseases In themselves are not so mtffeh to be feared, but It is the after effects -tbe.weaker heart, defects to the ears and kid-, aeya which make these diseases . excellent targets for tho eompara- tive few -who are aiming at sftef - ' (Concluded on Pag J, Column t'i ' i. '