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SPEAKING OF ROBOTS A robot mow drives an air plane. There Ja many u ao tomobfle "driver who might Well be replaced by such mechanical contraption. WEATHER Fair tod and Friday ex cept light morning fogs; Moderate temperature. ila x. temperature Wednesday 03; MIn. 87; Culm; Xo rain; Hirer -2.7. FOUMDEP 1631. SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 193 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS -ovf 11 i SSEE SOI CHANGES F E Democrats Take Courage After Carrying Some Of Strongholds Optimists insist Solid South May . Eventually be Recovered By The Associated Presa The march of Virginia Tuesday back into the democratic columns from which she strayed a year ago was bailed today by some demo crats as a sign that the other southern states that followed her .from the ranks :Nortlr Carolina, Florida and Texas would return- 'Meantime other were widening their horizon to envision the other victories that had perched upon their banner with the hope that the scattering electrons signified that the tide against was turning toward them. New York returned her demo cratic mayor, James J. Walker, to his seat with a majority that over whelmed three other candidates, F. H. LaGuardia, republican, Nor man Thomas, socialist, and Rich ard E. Enright, Square Deal part ty nominee. Bourbons Win in Ttvo Other Cities. In two other mayorality con tests, Indianapolis and Boston, the democrats also were successful. In the former city, Reginald Sullivan was chosen, and in the latter James M. Curley went In for the third time. Kentucky elected dem ocratic majorities in both branch es of the state general assembly. The republicans had sought con trol of it to strengthen the hand of Governor F. D. Sampson, a re publican, during the remaining two years of his teTm. A coalition ticked in Chicago was elected, seating ten republi can and 12 democratic circuit and superior court judges. , But while the democrats were centering their efforts upon the state contest in Kentucky, the re- publicans re-elected their mayor of j Louisville, William B. Harrison, by a huge majority and in Pitts burgh they put Charles H- Kline back info the mayor's seat in a victory that swept Allegheny coun ty. JK'moa Gain 3 Beats In N. Y. Assembly The republicans also retained control of the New Jersey legis lature, but the democrats gained three votes in the New York state assembly. in the congressional contest of the day, the democrats retained the seat of the 21st district of New York when Joseph A. Gava gan defeated two negro candi dates, one a republican and the other a socialist. The district is in the heart of Harlem. The Detroit mayorality election was conducted along non-party lines. There Charles Bowled de feated W. Smith. In smaller mayorality contests in upstate New York, the republi cans to)k four democratic places, but in turn lost to the democrats In ten cities. In Ohio the voters settled an old dispute by writing into the legal code of the state an amend ment to permit the legislature to classfy property for taxation pur poses: It was the 13th time such a proposal had been voted on in that, state. The majority for Dr. John Gar land Pollard, the democratic gu bernatorial candidate in Virginia, bad climbed to almost 70,000 votes over Dr. Williams Moseley Brown, the standard bearer for the re publicans and anti-Smiths. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, tone of the democratic leaders, took the election as an indication that the entire south would return to the democratic fold and that Vir ginia would elect a democratic sen ator and democratic representa tives from every congressional dis trict in the state. Senator Glass joined him In the latter portion of his prediction. BOURBON OR EXISTENG Smallpox and Diphtheria Radically Reduced After .Campaign by Health Unit Editor' &t: The Statesman today presents the twenty-first f a series of daily articles designed to acquaint the people of Marion t county in a compre hensive sense, with the program and ac complishments of the Marion county child healib demonstration and with the proposed manner in wtora the health program will be carried forward when the demonstration withdraws at the end f this year. Ey GENEVIEVE MORGAN " It's hard to tell whether the biggest single piece of work done by the Marion county child health demonstration in the field of com municable diseases lies in the smallpox or the diphtheria -record. Perhaps the two go hand In hand. At any rate, both have been stressed and results show the pro fit which the county has reaped. No Deaths Occur During Health Work Although there were 39 cases of smallpox In 1927 and and 26 cases in 1926. not a single death occurred in those two yean; nor Dictator? BODIES OF 0. S, mm I SOLDIERS ABE SHIPPED HOI r vh i kit ! I - a IIh a m i Captain Jules Goniboes, head of the Hungarian Fascists and Min ister of War, whose rapidly In creasing power leads many to pre dict that be may in the near fu ture arrange the election of the Archduke Albretii to the throne of Hungary. III HIES OilS Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa Appears Before Body to Give Testimony WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP) The District of Columbia grand Jury is expected to reach a deci siontomorrow'whether it will sum mon additional witnesses in con necton with a "Wall Street booze party," attended by senators, about which it was informed to day by Senator Smith W. Brook hart of Iowa. District Attorney L.eo A. Rover announced late today he had re quested the jury to decide by that time about this course of action. Senator Brookhart appeared be fore the jury for 15 minutes to disclose the incidents of the par ty, which he previously had dis cussed on the senate floor in a denunciation of prohibition en forcement conditions. The senator refused later to re veal what he told the grand jury or whether he had asked it to subpoena four men. Including W. W. Atterburyi president of the Pennsylvania railroad and Otto H. Kahn, New York banker, whom he had asserted on the sen ate floor were at the party. Rover said the issuance of subpoenas was solely "In the hands of the grand Jury." Albert Fall Is Much Improved In Health, Word WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov; . (AP) The condition of Albert Fall, convicted two weeks ago of accepting a bribe from Doheny, had improved to such an extent to night that his family made prep arations to depart tomorrow for their El Paso home- has any occurred in the five sixths of 1929 that has come and gone. The demonstration vaccina tion program started in 1925; in that year, there were 181 cases, bat not a single death. The next year, 1929, two deaths resulted in the S3 cases. Going back to the years prior to the demonstration, CI cases were reported in 1920; in 1921 there were (4 cases and two deaths: in 1922, 44 cases and hY death; in 1923, 39 cases. with no deaths; and In 1924, 32 cases and one death. In the fonr years the demonstra tion has been giving stress to vac cination. 5,782 persons have been given the anti-smallpox vaccine. And at that, Marion county has had more cases of smallpox than it should, the health officials say. Compulsory vaccination, these same officials assert, is the only way to reduce, smallpox to the Mil (Concluded on Page 2, Column L) French Accord Full Military Honors to Casualties - From Siberia Remains of Yanks to Leave Atlantic Port Escorted By Battleships HAVRE. France, Nov. . (AP) The homeward-bound bodies of 86 American soldiers, who died In Russia, tonight were lying In state here after their arrival from Leningrad. The bodies reached HavTe today on the Soviet warship Lieutenant Schmidt and were transferred sol emnly to a close pier while a com pany of the 129the regiment of the French army presented arms. A band -played a funeral march and full military honors were ren dered. Prefect Lallemand, representing the French government, and Com mandant Nivet of Havre, in behalf of the minister of war, as well as many other French officials were present. Edwin C. Kemp, Ameri can' consul, and Captain Field at tended in behalf of the United States. American National Anthem Is Played . The troops formed a square while the bodies were disembarked the band playing the "Star Span gled Banner." This was followed by the "Marseillaise" in honor of the body of a lone French soldier who had died in Russia and had come home at last with his Amer ican comrades. The officers salut ed with their drawn sabres. The bodies will leave for the United States on. regular passen ger ships which will be escorted outside of French territorial wat ers by warships. They will be transferred to American warships which will proceed out to sea to meet them on entering American waters. The date of the departures has not yet been fixed definitly. A delegation of the Polar Bears, an organization formed by the veterans of the 339th infantry, a Michigan regiment to which a ma jority of the dead soldiers belong ed, will take charge of the bodies on the American side. Prohibition Report Said Distorted Because of the tremendous quantities of "hot air" which has been talked about prohibition, the people of Great Britain have no idea of the beneficial results of prohibition In the United States, said Eric Grant Cable, British con sul at Portland, in an address be fore the Salem Rotary club Wed nesday noon. Prohibition is not likely to be come an issue in England for some time, said Mr. Cable, al though since the war the use of intoxicants has been greatly re duced, partly because of the high tax on "spirits," partly because the "pubs" are forced to close early at night, and partly because of changes in the people's inter ests. Although there are a million un employed workers in England and the nation's exports have reduced 20 per cent because of the break down of foreign markets, the working classes are better dress ed, buy more luxuries and save more money than before the war, said the consul. This is due to the change In the economic system, whereby the very rich are not receiving the. great Incomes they did formerly, while the workingmen are better paid. ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 6. (AP) Word was received here-today from Upland, California, from E. E. Gray, former resident of this city, that Enoch E. Mathlson, miss ing Astoria attorney who is be ing sought by federal authorities in connection with an alleged shortage in his accounts as sec retary of the Lewis and Clark farm loan association, was in Up land about 15 days ago. Mathteon disappeared from As toria early last month, while a federal examiner was checking np on his accounts. Gray said Mathison told him be was negotiating the 'sale of mo tion picture senarios and that he planned to return to Astoria soon. Stockholders In the farm loan as sociation declared the shortage will amount to about $4,009. ACTOR ENGAGED . LONDON, Nov. . (AP) The engagement of Raymond Massey, actor and . theatrical director, to Miss Anflrianne Allen, one of the prettiest of the younger British actresses, was announced today. mm mm mm in gustody Rose Festival to Be Abandoned as Fete in Portland PORTLAND, Ore, Not. 0 (AP) The fate of the -rose festival, Portland's an nual celebration for about 20 years, appeared virtually aeaieit today wnem iraoni. elal reports hinted at the closing of the rose festival offices here. Hugh J. Boyd, president of the organization, tonight aid that lack of ' money probably will force the dos ing of the association's of fices. No definite statement, he said, would be made until the return from the east of W. H. Hoffman, secretary, and John Laing, treasurer. Ml WW 10 CONSERVE H LIFE Bill Introduced in Congress To Amend Migratory Bird Statute WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. (AP) .Conservation of wild bird life under regulations of the federal government was , u,;..,,., sought In a bill fj "V, Introduced to- f '.:-v.:s day by Senator McNary, repub lican Oregon, as a n amendment to the migra tory bird act. In a state- ! ment, McNary said It was evi dent that with the automobile, good roads and modern fire SEN. McNARY arm s millions of hunters "can make such inroads upon the mi gratory game, particularly in those places where there is no bag limit control, as to cause alarm among conversationists." The bill, which McSary said has the support of the Isaac Walton League and other associations of sportsmen, would fix a limit on the number of game birds which may be killed and would supple ment existing statutes in a num ber of states. DEATH TOLL FIXED GUATEMALA 'CITY, Nov. 6. (AP) The death toll from the eruption of the volcano Santa Maria was officially estimated to day at more than 400. This placed the eruption, which began last Saturday and was con tinuing today as one of the most serious volcanisedisaster sin the Americas. The' casualties have not approached those in the erup tion of Mount Pelee in Martinique in 1902, when 30,000 were esti mated to have perished, but greatly exceeds any reported In recent years. Lava still was pouring today from the crater newly opened on the volcano, but it was largely, following the course of earlier flows and had caused no exten sive new damage. The authori ties have sent numerous relief ex peditions to the stricken area, about nine miles north of here. II IT: PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 6 (AP) Two bandits, one of whom police said was a former, of fieer of. the ship, early today held np and bound the captain and quar termaster of the steamer Edgar F. Luckenbach at dock here and robbed the ship' safe of $397. E. E. Atkinson, quartermaster, was drinking coffee in the gal ley when the robbers entered, he told police. He declared he recog nized one of the intruders as a former boatswain. Atkinson said he was forced to go forward, where he was lashed to a stan chion in the paint locker. Captain Charles Albrts was surprised in his cabin. He was forced to open the ship's safe, then returned to bis cabin, and tied to his bunk. He succeeded in liberating himself within five minutes of the robbers' departure. Flax Problem Presented to Officials Heer . Whether or not long fibre flax for linen manufacture can be prof itably grown In the Bonners Fer ry district of Idaho, was the prob lem presented to officials connect ed with the Oregon flax industry here Wednesday by Kenneth C. Miller, agricultural and livestock agent for the Oregon Trunk rail way and affiliated lines. Mr. Miller had with him sam ples of flax raised near Bonners Ferry. The local men were unable to answer his question definitely without further study, as the flax had not been planted and culti vated properly for fiber purposes. ' Ij AT MORE THAN 400 mm T U ROBOT I S AIRPLANE TRIP AS SOLE PILOT Mechanical Man Guides Ma chine More Perfectly Than Human Investigators Declare De vice to be Perfectly Satisfactory By ALLEN QUINN Associated Press Feature Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP) Perfection of a robot to fly huge transport planes more smoothly than possible by a pilot was an nounced today by the war depart ment coincident with the flight here from Wright Field, Ohio, of an army tr (motored Ford plane equipped with the device. The plane arrived at Boiling field after having been flown all but the last 30 miles of the way from Ohio by a gyroscopic pilot. Over Leesburg, Va., the propeller of a winddriven generator furn ishing power for the robot snap ped, leaving It without power. Two gyroscopes, one placed ver tically and the other horizontally, from the "brain" of the robot, maintain a definite position, re gardless of the position of the airplane. if the plane tips to one side from a gust of wind, an electrical contact is made by one of the gyroscopes, actuating a clutch which grasps the proper control wire and right the plane. There are three clutches to control the altitudes of the plane directional, lateral and longi tudinal. The clutches operate from winddriver generator. The device, a development of Elmer A. Sperry, inventor of gy roscopic devices, has been under test for nearly 50 hours in flights in all kinds of weather between New York and New Bedford, Mass., and between New York and Dayton, Ohio. Human Pilot Has Very Little to Do Lieutenant Albert F. Hegenber ger of Wright field, is in charge of the experiments. "All that is necessary for the pilot to do," Hegenberger said, 'ls to set the plane on its course, put the automatic pilot in opera tion and let it go. It has func tioned splendidly." The automatic pilot, it was said, is sensitive to a nrevement of half of one degree of a plane about Its axis, which is consider able more sensitive than the av erage human pilot. For this rea son its action operates the plane more smoothly. SUICIDE 1HED IN DOUBLE SLAYING KANSAS CITY, Nov. (AP) Delving into what was first be lieved a double murder Dr. R. L. Moberly, Johnson county, Kansas coroner, today said investigation Indicated tbat Jesse J. Barnwell, 55, shot Mrs .Minnie Hare, 45, during a quarrel over a $265 en gagement ring and then took h!s own life after a two day vigil over the body. Announcement by the coroner followed an Inquest which Dr. Mo berly said determined that Mrs. Hare died from 24 to 34 hours previous to the man. The woman had been dead about four days when the tragedy was discovered late yesterday by a mail carrier who called at the Hare home in Marflam, Kans., a suburb to Kan sas City to deliver a special de livery letter. Salem Man Is Convicted At Portland PORTLAND, Ore-, Nov. 6. (AP) C. W. Aplir, 42, ei-Salem painter, was found guilty of viol ating the. Mann act today by a Jury which reported to Federal Judge John McNary here. Aplin transported Miss Hulda Bursch. 22 his niece by marriage, from Salem to Chico, California, in July of 1928. Aplfn is married. His wife, who was called by the government as a witness was not allowed to test ify, a six-year-old daughter and a son, born two months before Ap lin, and his niece left Salem, re side In tbe capital city. Since shortly after leaving Salem, Ap lin and Miss Bursch have been Hvlng as Las Vegas, Nevada, where a child was born to them last December. Defense counsel today was al lowed 10 days in which to file a motion for a new trial. Aplin is at liberty under $2,000 bond. PRINCESS VICTORIA ILL BONN. Germany, Nov. 6. (AP)--Princess" Victoria of Prus sia, sister of the former kaiser was taken to the local hospital today,, critically ill. The illness was not diagnosed but it was be lieved to be a serious infection which might necessitate an operation. Royal Houses United P - , ) Prince Humbert of Italy and his fiancee. Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, are to be married in the near future. This picture, one of the first of the royal couple to reach the United States, was taken a few minutes before the 21 -year -old Anti-Fnsclst attempted to assas sinate the prince. Somebody Wants No Wooden Spans Mayor Livesley Given Credit for Another At tack on Council; Quoted as Again Try ing to Override Majority Wishes By RALPH CURTIS PROTESTING against what he considers a violation of the city charter in one paragraph and recommending in an other a course which plainly would be a violation, Mayor T. A. Livesley Wednesday addressed to the city council a com- J Operations Among Hollywood Film Stars Prove Un profitable LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (AP) Miss J. Marjorie Berger, Hol lywood income tax counsellor, was convicted by a federal court Jury today of advising Dorothy Mackaill, film actress client, to falsify her income tax return. The conviction carries a maximum term of five years In a federal penitentiary and a $10,000 fine on each of the two counts of the Indictment. The federal court Jury returned the verdict of conviction ten min utes after being given the case. It was disclosed later that for con viction. Miss Berger, who will be sentenced on November 11, went on trial October 22. Her at torneys announced that a motion for a new trial would be filed. The indictment upon which the woman was convicted accused her of fraudulently manipulating Miss Mackaill's tax return of 1926. A score of other counts, charging her with similar offenses had been brought afainst her in connec tion with her handling of the tax returns of other motion picture notables. These were dropped by the gov. ernment when Misa Berger was ordered to trial in connection with Miss Mackaill's tax return. OF DESSAU, Germany, Nov. 6. fAPl The G-28. a riant new 2.- ' 200 horsepower Junkers mono j plane, believed to be the largest I land plane yet constructed, today completed its first trial flight suc cessfully. Its wings, which measure 150 j feet from tip to tip, have a taper j ing arrow shape that gives the ship an appearance of lightness, but is considered by the Junkers engineers to be strongest and steadiest tyje yet achieved. T.wj height of the airship is more than 16 feet and its length is about 75 feet. It is equipped with Junkers motors, two central ones of 700 h. p. each and two outer ones of 400 h. p. each. Karasick Defeats Chicago Grappler PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. C (AP) -Al Karasick, Portland, won a two out of three falls match from Harry Demetral, Chicago. here tonight in the first of a double main event wrestling card. Demetral had a four pound weight advantage over the local grappler, who scaled 170. ' In the second half of the bill. Cbet Wiles, Port land light heavyweight, and Aug ust Sepp, Seattle, wrestled to a draw in a 45 minute match. Each took one fall. mCOMETAX EXPER IS DECLARED GUILTY M MI UK munication conveying an ul timatum that he would sign no warrants for expenditures out of the bridge bond fund for wood en bridges. Or did he? The letter which Mayor Livesley was reported to have addressed to the council had not reached the city recorder at a late hour Wednesday afternoon, and the mayor was unable to fur nish the Statesman with a copy, saying he did not have one- in his possession.! The only discover able evidence that such a letter is in existence, is its publication in the afternoon newspaper Timber Bridge Is Objected to by Mayor However that may be, the re ported objection is to the pro posed construction of a timber and pile bridge over Pringle creek on South Winter street. At a council meeting nearly a month ago such construction was author ized, the cost to be paid out of the bridge bond fund. City Attorney Fred Williams told the council that in his opinion this would be legal, and Alderman Watson Townsend. chairman of the bridge committee, while doubtful on the question of legality, agreed that a concrete bridge at this point would not be justified. The bridge was planned princi pally to provide more direct ac cess to the municipal camp ground, a traffic which Is not heavy, and it was felt that a wood en bridge would serve for many years and a saving of about $5000 would be made. Purvine Is Willing To Make Change Alderman S. E. Purvine, at whose suggestion this step was taken, said Wednesday night that there was no argument so far as he was concerned; he would be more than willing to change the specifications and have a concrete bridge built. Other members of tbe council expressed resentment that the mayor, instead of bringing his ob jections before the council direct, had apparently chosen 'o air them in his favorite newspaper, after remaining silent on the Subject when the action was taken. With respect to another para graph in tbe reported letter, how ever, councilmen declared that it was obviously a recommendation that the charter be violated. Referring to the two-mill lery (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) Disclosures Show South's Sugar Interests Campaign For Protection Tariff WASHINGTON, Not. . (AP) Campaign plans of the South ern Tariff association to obtain a high sugar duty in the pending till were uncovered today by the senate lobby committee. Questioning J. A. Arnold, vice president and general manager of the Southern Tariff association for the fourth day. the committe pro duced at letter from Arnold to J. C. Barry of LaFayette, Louisiana, which said the republican party probably would follow President Hoover's wishes regarding the su gar duty. "My thought Is that the presi dent Is the target," the letter add ed. Arnold explained that what he bad in mind was to "develop sen timent" in favor of the high sugar duty and that the word "target" JUDGE FREED ON CHARGE OF SHOOTING SOU Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty at Trial of R. H. Hamilton Acquittal Occurs After Sen sational Trial Lasting Many Days WEATHERFORD. Te, Nov. , s a v t- v v t - a . A I Ar ; it. fi. namuion torn u was acquitted of murder for liv ing his 21-year-old son-in-lw( Tom Walton, Jr.. in Ham'lton g Amarillo law office last May 4. The Jury returned to the court room one hour and nine minutta after leaving and the verdict ! read one hour and six minut after consideration of the . was begun. The verdict wu- rt.;.hed on the third rallot, the first being' tight to four for acquittal, the steord 11 to one. Hamilton wa- no; in the court room when the verdict was refel. District Judge; J- E. Carter not demand his pres-ruce since the verdict was on of acquittal. WEATHERFORD. Tex., Nov. f, (AP) R. H. Hamilton, 53 yen old jurist listened for the mot part impassively today as attrr neys alternately assailed and r.e fended the slaying of the husbard of Hamilton's pretty 1 S-year-'!l daughter, Thera. Only a few hours remained : today before Ins case was to ie placed in the hands of a Parktr county Jury, composed mostly of farmers, for decision. Kour hours were allowed each' side for argu ments. Hamilton, surrounded by kia family, listened to the argument, and tears came to his eyes ome, when R. E. Underwood, chief f defense counsel said Hamflroi ''could go to the electric chair without a whimper if it were he will of an honest jury," and ail- ea, ne mignt iook stern, out urn has a heart of gold." WITNESSES TELL OF LA FOLLETTE ACTS PORTLAND. jOre.. Nov. (AP) Six witnesses took the stand today in the trial pi Chart R. LaFolle.tt, for non-support of his wife and four children before Circuit Judge John Stevenson to testify that the Washington coun ty legislator had been guilty of acts of cruelty to his family pri or to the time they left him lt March. , Mrs. LaFollett completed fctr testimony by telling of allet-d acts of cruelty which led up te her decision to separate from ker husband, a divorce suit Is aow pending in circuit court here. She declared LaFollett had threatened to commit suicide on several oc casions during quarrels between them. She also told the court that the entire family had fees compelled to work long hours on the legislator's peach ranch nmi Cornelius. Salem High to Have Armistice Day Observance Armistice Day will be observed at the general assembly to be held this noon at the high school home room period, with Dr. Carl ton Smith and Karl Hinges to" give ' short addresses appropriate to the occasion. Music will be furnished by the American Legion Auxiliary quartet and by pupils of Miss Le na Belle Tartar, director of nu de in the high school. Parents and interested friends are Invited to attend this assem bly, as well as others during tbe year when special programs are scheduled, Principal Fred Wolf announces. The assembly period is from 12: SO to 1:10 o'clock. was ill advised. ' .T I never saw a president ho . was not amenable to public ttn tlment.' he asserted. Senator Harrison, emot-rat, Mississippi, and Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking demo crat on the finance committee, were characterized in the letter as the leading opponents of a fcirb sugar duty. "Mention of a sugar schedule drives Senator Harrison insane," the letter said, "he would put you on the free list" Another reference to Senator Harrison was contained in a let- ter from Arnold to E. A. Bur guieres, New Orleans sugar mas, which suggested that Harry D. Wflson, Louisiana, commissioner ,. of agriculture, spend 30 to dayB in protective tariff work la the south. i .