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READ THE ADS IN IWfflQRNim'SSTA ''BARGAINS , circulation 'Dally avertft aistribstioa Tor tks ' moatfc M4iBg OeLW SI, 192S i WEATHER - Fair today and Thursday; Ko'chaagw in temperature. Max. temperature Tuesday 2; Mia. 23; No rain; Wind aorthwest; River 2.7. 6,674 Avsnst iUy Mt rM l.tlt ' 4ppKaat far Bemfcarakip, adit Bares f Orvalatieat. FOUNOCD 1691 CEVENTY-NINTH TEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, Morning, Norember 20, 1929 NO. I 4 t piEATil ON gT LOWER Pperations of Sawmill Also - Are Held Up Due to Drop - Of Willamette . steamer Stranger Removed From ' Portland-Salem i Run. Announced i - . ' Unprecedented low wate. In the Willamette river, resulting from failure of the usual fall rains to inateriaiize, has naiiea navigation f - ton the river between this city and I , Portland, and is handicapping lo cal industries notably the sawmill; ? Although more maintenance l- work was d.one this year on the f kiver to provide year-around na f, tlgation than ever before, the two I jtrfjreight steaxaert which have plied 1 Aifetween Salem and Portland daily Since early Aay, were unable to rWinake their regular trips last l'-'VNreek. and will be tied up until there is an appreciable rise in the water level. Of these two steamers operat ed by the Salem Navigation com pany, the Northwestern and the Stranger, the latter proved better adapted to low water navigation although its cargo capacity was not so great It made-one suc cessful trip after the water drop ped to -2.4 on the river gauge here. For more than a week the level has been -2.7 feet, a low mark for all time since records have been kept. Tonnage Ample to Keep Steamers Busy Daring the time that the two steamers were operated regularly there was ample tonnage for them, It was stated .Tuesday by A. S. Johnson, manager of the naviga tion company. , At times last summer, six redges were in operation on the river, and it was put in the best condition for navigation that it ad been In many years. Most of this was temporary - work and freshets will move "most of the and back into the river- bed. However, some wing' dams were built, and the government appears definitely committed to the policy of developing year-around naviga tion on a permanent basis. With the present" improvement, nagigation Is practicable as long as loe riTer nere is stuuve -z leei. The steamers could operate now. BO. Jigging Company Seriously Handicaped An Idea of the extreme shal lowness of the river at present, mar ff-ftSnpii frnm tha fart that . the Spa ulding Logging company J Is unable to flor.t in its larger mm is running only iour or me days a week. There is a sufficient supply of small logs, but the ne- cessuy ior sorting out tne larger ones makes it imnossible to raft tthem in last enough for steady V -sawing. I Officials of the logging com. I?"" mT nntftMl that hk mill omilri 1 1ia nnmrmtoA fva thfo vaaV as there are fewer large logs In the supply that is coming In at present. Hawaiian Team Reaches Frisco And Goes North SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 (AP) Twenty-three players and Coach Otto Klum of the undefeat ed University of Hawaii football team left here tonight for the Oakland mole where they boarded the Shasta limited for Portland, where they will clash with the University of Oregon eleven next 8atorday. The Hawaiian team arrived here this morning on the'Matson liner Manoa, all apparently in fine condition ' and anxious for the northern fray. w Redskin Youngsters Flee In Hail of Bullets; One Dives From River's Baiik pair of young Sllets Indian ' adventurers" were in the custody t the Marion county Juvenile of ficer, Mrs. Nona White, yesterday afternoon after a few hours of excitement during which one of the young bucks dived info the Willamette river and both were tired span by local officers before they were finally captured. The two young redmen, Bruce, aged 10.V and Clarence, aged t, are brothers and came to Salens Tuesday morning with their par ents, who told the boys they could have their freedom if they were careful to meet their parent on the Salem end of the Marion-Polk county bridge at noon Tuesday. Shortly afier 9 o'clock in the morning the boys returned to the bridge to await the arrival of their parents, a Mr. and Mrs. Carter. There wasn't mueh to do hut wait. PI course this, wis too monoton $5,000 vPvv ' ;4t? Twent y-yer-old Jeaa Frances Schlllins, of Baltimore, Mds who. tired of stroggling and worry lag about the future, offers herself in marriage to the first man who presents her with 95,000. 21 STUDENTS Fie FROMJBSIIY Proceedings Started Against Legal Fraternity for Booze Scandal URBANA, m., Nov. 19. (AP) Twenty-one University of Illi nois students were expelled today at a meeting of the university council of administration and Gamma Eta Gamma, legal frater nity involved in last week's li quor scandal, was ordered to show cause why it should not be, dis banded. t - . Eight members nity were among of the frater those ordered expelled. The wholesale expulsions were said to be the most drastic dis ciplinary action ever taken by the council. Among the cliarges against the students were drink ing, possession and sale of liquor, and violation of the university no car rule. Wilton J. Sherman of Crown Point, Ind., senior in the law school, who was fined $500 after pleading guilty to possessing li quor found In the Gamma Eta Gamma house in a sheriff's raid early Sunday morning, was one of those expelled on liquor charges. Other members of the fraternity who were dismissed on similar charges were A. J. Withers of Hih bing, Minn., E. E. Lanbons of Marion, 111., A. Butwell of Cicero, III., R. R. Hughes of Burlington, Iowa; J. P. McMillan of Carthage, 111., Charles Binkeit.of Quincy, 111., and Robert J. Hartley of Tou lon, IlL " Robert Webb of Geneva, IlL, a senior, was expelled for buying and transporting the liquor that was found in the possession of B. W. Hoare, sophomore from Golconda, 111., whose revelations after his arrest Saturday night led. to the Gamma Eta Gamma raid. No disciplinary action was taken against Hoare. Eight students were dismissed until next January 6th, for violat ing the no-car rule to drive to a football ' game at Evanston, 111., a week .ago. Three others were dismissed indefinitely for repeated violations of the no-car rule. BREAK IS CABLES POUND , ST. JOHNS, N. Nov. 19 (AP) The Western Union Cable company today announced It had located the breaks In its cables caused by yesterday's earthquake at a point 250 miles south of New foundland. ous for a pair of livery young la- dlans so a bicycle which one of the boys noticed lying on tbe side walk was pressed into use to help while awav the time. It seemed that neither of the boys could ride, yet both were having a big time. A passerby de cided that the police should be called and when the officers ar rived the boy began to depart rather huRldly with the bicycle. shot was. fired by the officers to make the scampering boys halt. Bruce, the elder, did stop but eight-year-old Clarence desired to make good his escape so he dived Into the river Just below the bridge.. Wet and shivering, the boy .was Lflshed Out and j taken - to - police headquarters to i dry. xateri they were turned over to Mrs. White who called Siletz, Oregon, in an attempt to find - the parents of ue youngsters. NOW APPROVED Total of $402,805 Will Be Spent During Present Year, Estimate Health Service Items Boost ed to $7000; Returns Declared Good The budget for the Salem school district as drawn up by the city superintendent and passed by the school hoard, was" accepted by the eitixens' budget committee at the meeting last night with scarcely any discussion. As had been pre dicted earlier and as the citizens' committee. Teadily agreed, there was no place to cut. ' t The budget for the year ending June 30, 1930, reaches 1402,805, including $82,073 tor redemption of bonds. The estimated receipts for the year, exclusive of the bond money and district tax of 1173,132 which touches the six per cent lim itation, total $147,600. The total budget last year was $397,082, with the district tax $163,427. 97,000 Sum Allowed For Health Service The.-only budget item question ed by the committee was the $7. 000 included for health service, a raise over preliminary figures and also over the $4,700 which the dis trict contributed last year. This item was barely questioned and the discussion dropped when Chairman H. H. Olinger stated the school board was more than satisfied with the returns the dis trict was receiving from, the money Invested in tbe health pro gram Personal service this year, la- ciuaing general control, super visors,' Instructors,' janitors.' and librarians' salaries, amounts to I $297,660, as compared with $277, S74 last year. Materials and sup plies have been held even under tbe needs, with but $17,600 bud geted for these items, as against $24,000 last year. Insurance was cut $800, to $2200, and mainten ance and repairs tor the year can only reach $5,500, $500 less than last year. Miscellaneous and emergency funds, reaching $2,- 125.50 last year, were not includ ed this year. Interest on Warrants Will Amount to $2,472 The district will spend $2,472 in interest on warrants fiuring the year. Bonded Indebtedness of the dis trict at present reaches $299,640, which will be reduced $56,000 this year under the district's program of paying off bonds in a ten-year period. Redemption of the old 1910 bond of $104,640 will be completed In another year, with but $24,640 remaining. Forty thousand dollars remains on the $100,000 high school addition bonds voted in 1924; the Parrish junior high bonds of $220,000 have been cut to $122.00: remain ing bonds on construction of Les lie Junior high in 1928, total $104,000, and $9,000 remains on the high school remodeling bonds issued in 1928. Interests on bonds this year will cost the district $14,982. School meeting for the purpose budget will be held at the high k j rwvoK,,.. ia .t-w school December 10, at 8 o'clock. Members of. the citizens' commit tee present last night were W. H. Dancy, Frank Hughes and William isvans. Mrs. Cordelia Hager, a resident of Marlon county all her life, died at the age of 69 Tuesday in St. Vincent's hospital at Portland, fu neral services will be Thursday, probably af l:Se p.m., from' the Rigdon chapel, the Ber. Norman K. Tully officiating. . Interment will be in the City View cemetery. Mrs. Hager was born at Fair field May 7, 1 ICO. Her father, I Byrd, .was a pioneer of 1S4S and bis mother, Mrs. Martha Byrd, had eome to Oreron in 1160. Cor- dUa Byrd was married to William Hager and their made their home at Fairfield until 25 years ago, when they moved to Salem whleh has been her home r since ? that time. Mr. Rager, who had been a merchant and warehouse man at Fairfield, died about . IS years ago. Mrs. Hager was a graduate of the Oregon Normal school at Mon-" mouth. She Is survived by a son, Har old, living - at Clatskanle, tour brothers, Dr. R. D. Byrd and I A. Byrd,-of Falem, E. F. Byrd and Dr. P. C Byrd of Spokane; and two sisters, Virginia of Portland, and Mrs. Bertha B. McMahan, of Sa lem. ARMS MEET TALKED PARIS. Not If (AP) Count Haxont, Italian ambassador, had a long conference today with For eign.. Minister Arlstlde . Briand which' was semiofficially said to have been "of general character but dealing especially : with the forthcoming naval disarmament MRS mm conference la Londo&V Fcrtttt Gathering :., For TourncznerJ Of Bridge Team CHICAGO, Nov.. 10 AP One thousand bridge players from nearly every steto mm well m Cuarta, Mexico, aad Hawaii, are scheduled to begin play to morrow 1m the national. chunipkMaship touraaaaemt of the American Bridge league. - Tbe women's team . of four champions in auction will be ' defended by the Pittsbra4t team mt Mrs. H. D. Stahl,. Miss Margaret Beech, Mrs. H. E. Parsons and Mrs. C. W. Xokea. Mrs. Stahl and Mias Beech wOl 'also defend . their - auction pair championship. Baron Von Zeltwitx and Theodore Xtghtner of New York, na tional contract pair cham pions, will - also compete. Stars expected to attend the tournament are Wilbur C Whitehead, E. V. Shep hard, . Milton C. Work, the Ely Culbertsons, Mrs. Made line Kerwind and Mrs. Irene-. Haultain, of New York; R. R. Richards, Detroit; Fred C Thwaites, Milwaukee, and others. I Pipe Line Extends From Minto's Island to Site of Company's Dump Completion of the first unit of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company's new water sys tem for Salem, was marked Tues day when back-filling of the trench in which the 25-Inch con crete nine linn wan. laid across Minto island, was terminated. -That also completed the con tract of Herman, and Tittle, Eu gene firm which has been in charge of this work. The pipe line as laid so far Is 1325 feet long, extending from the island end of the cast iron main laid last spring to the proposed site of the company's pump house adjoining the river. The concrete line will be 1400 feet long, the laying of 75 feet being held up until the pump house Is built. Pump House Plans Ready This Month Plans and specifications for the pump house will be ready late this month, together with the plans for the filtration plant which will be the most costly and elaborate unit of the system. On November $0 a conference will be held by officials of the Oregon-Washington company with the state public service commis sion, the state health officer and Salem city officials, at which time these plans will be gone over in detail. If they prove acceptable to all interests concerned, the company will be prepared to let a contract early in December for construc tion of the pump house. Completion of the pipe line was effected In record time by the eon- tractors, who operated day and night crews in order to have the work finished before the fall rains started. As it was, considerable trouble was experienced with wa ter which seeped into the 14 foot IlT "kV' 7 T n . t v pp itH large number of pumps to keep It r clear of water while the pipe was being laid. Many Killed As Result of Big Election MEXICO CITY, Not. It. (AP) The list of dead as the re sult of rioting in Meiico City on Sunday in connection with the na tional elections was Increased to ten today with the death of two of the injured. This brought the national total of If besides five policemen killed in the wreck of an automobile truck at Coluea. The offices of the attorney gen , era! stated that 2,000 complaints had been received of cases of. al Wd mumiaauon ana -violence OOTing ine voting, ins compiauu were turned over, to the respeet- Ive district courts. The department of the Interior has ordered state governors to take precautions against disorders when - district electoral boasds meet on Thursday to compute the, rotes officially. - Lynching Takes . Place in Texas Region Tuesday KASTULND. Texas,. Nov. It (AP) Furious over his attempt ed Jail break yesterday in which he jdangerously wounded : Peace Officer Tom Jones, a mob of 100 Eastland men tonight - lynched Marshall Ratliff. "Santa Clans bandit" of the Cisco bank robbery. Ratliff was hanged from a tele phone pole cable after the Jailer had been -captured and his "keys token. Nearly 1,000 people watch ed the lynchinx. FIBS IT H WATER PLANT FIXED loklS "All Valley Day" to be Ob served by Merchants Of This City Cards Shown in Local Store Windows to Designate Special Bargains Conditions appeared Tuesday to be practically ideal or the intro duction of the "An'Valley" Day" idea in Salem. In preparation for this big event Thursday, all of the stores participating had window displays featuring the ' articles on. which unusual bargains will be 'offered that day. They also dis played tbe "All Valley Day" cards which will give notice to the pub lic that they are cooperating and guaranteeing that he bargains are actually exceptional .value;. While It is hazardous to pre dict weather conditions two days ahead, the foggy weather appear ed to be at an end for the time being and Tuesday was a com paratively warm, pleasant day, forecasting ideal conditions for shopping and the visits of thou sands of out-of-town people to the local stores Thursday. Attention has been called to the Individual announcement of each participating store, appearing in this Issue of The Statesman and giving complete circulation throughout Salem's trading terri tory with its buying population of nearly 23,500 families. Bargains announced include more than 88 separata lines, as each store participating offers two bargains or more. Exceptional val ues also will be purchasable in lines not covered by the announced bargain offers. Water Company Ships Ma terials Here for Entire N. W. Division Salem has been made supply depot for the entire division of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company. All the plant material and supplies and station ery for offices will be carried here and distributed to the various cit ies of the division upon requisi tion. This Is already Increasing the work of the local staff. Freight is moved here from the east by car lots or by boat to Portland and up the river. Supplies then go out from here chiefly by truck. The other night a truck of pipe and supplies was dispatched to Ho- quiam for use In the. plant there. Parcel post business will be stimulated too for lighter pack ages will move in and out by par cel post from division headquar ters, stated J. T. Delaney, division manager. , Salem has also been made the billing headquarters for the whole division. By installing .billing ma chine . the work has been greatly speeded up and the costs re duced. Accounts for all the towns in the division will be handled here. The territory of the division ex tends from Marshfield and North Bend In this state to Mt. Vernon and Burlington in Washington. BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. If. (AP) Thomas J. Mooney, con victed of the preparedness parade bombing, cannot know the out come of his application to Gov ernor C. C Young for an uncon ditional pardon, before Christmas, it was indicated today. . Governor Young announced here that he would make no de cision in the. Mooney case until after the supremo court acta upon the pardon petition -of warren K. Billings his convicted coconspir ator in 'the bombing of the pre paredness . parade, . , "The two cases are so closely allied that I cannot act on one without taking the same action in the -other. said . Governor Young in his office at the state building here. "Justice requires that what is done for one mast be done for the ether." Billings was compelled to apply to the supreme court for a pardon because . the law requires that those twice convicted- of . a felony mast have their petition for par don approved by the state su preme court before the governor can act. '. - FARM GROUP ELECTS KANSAS CITY, Nov. 19. (AP) Wade Turner, Lilllngton, N. C, today was elected president of the Future Farmers of America at the annual election held at the American Royal livestock, show. THIS 1 DEPOTOF SUPPLIES eon DELAYS MH'S PABDQH He'll be Set Free Tonight 1 V i' ' .i:V r ii i, ,' HARRY P. SINCLAIR WASHINGTON, Nor. 10 (AP) Harry F. Sinclair tonight was obtaining his last sleep on the not too comfortable iron cot assigned to htm since his commitment to the District of Columbia Jail on May . .... Only one more day of work as Jail druggist and physicians assist ant remains for the millionaire oil man, whose confinement of seven months and a half on charges of refusing to answer questions of a senate committee and shadowing Jurors, ends at midnight tomorrow night. His plans could not be learned but It was believed ho would say goodbye to Major William I Peak, warden of the Institution, and depart immediately for his Ixmg Island home. . M. E. McGilchrist Dies, Washington Word , of Passing of Former Salem Resident Reaches This City; Position Held in Office of U. S. Attorney General Word of the death of Millar E. McGilchrist, son of Wil liam McGilchrist, Sr., of this city, in Washington, D. C., was received here Tuesday. He died that morning; at the Mount Alto veterans hospital following an operation. He was' spe- r f if l ooions iviaKe Progress oh Tariff Work By D. tlAROLD OLIVER Associated Press" Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Nor. 19. (AP) Working in high gear, the senate tonight approached the two thirds mark in consideration of commute amendments to the 15 rate schedules of the tariff bill and paved the way for debate on the important wool duties tomor row. During the ten and one half hours devoted to the blU at day and night meetings, the senate completed action on finance com mittee amendments to the cotton textiles schedule aad acted on all but one proposed change on the section embracing, flax, hemp, and Jute rates. Cotton rates generally were slashed,; although some Increases were voted into the bill. Only two or three' of the cuts, however. went below existing levels and these were proposed by the com mittee. The eoalltion of democrats and republicans Independents held to gether in most instances for cur tailing the- committee increases but broke on one or two' occasions. BLOUie OFF OF : Protest against the blocking off of all parking spaces along the south "side of State street from Liberty to High by the telephone company Tuesday foretfoon, was made by the proprietors of busi ness houses along, that street and resulted In the removal of half of the barriers, those from ths alley to mgtt street, ax noon. : , ! The business men declared tba it was no necessary to prevent parking for an entire block when work was begun at the -west end Of it. Up to late Tuesday after noon, pavement had been torn up for only one-fourth of the block. The barricades were placed In con nection with construction, work. SPACES PROTFSTtO -fciai assistant to tne attorney general of the United States, and had previously been first assistant United States attorney at Portland. President Hoover, on learning of Mr. McGilchrist'8 death, sent flowers from the White House conservatory, and messages of condolence were sent to thewidow by many- high government offi cials including the attorney gen eral. News of Mr. McGilchrisfs death eame as a complete surprise to his Salem friends, as they had no information that he had been 11 or that sn operation was con templated. Only 36 years old. Mr. MeGU- ehrist had one of the brightest tntures of any young attorney on the staff of the federal . depart ment of 'Justice. This was the statement made here Tuesday by Willis Moore, assistant attorney general, who talked with McGil chrisfs associates while he was on a recent visit to the national capltol. - ' Mr. McGnchrist was born in Portland in January. 189 1, and was brought by hlsparents to Sa lem in the same year. He grad uated from Salem high school in 1909. and subsequently attended the University of Oregon. Alter graduating at the university I e returned to Salem and attended the law department of Willamette! university. He afterward went to Harvard, where he enlisted In the World war and was assigned Concluded ea Page t. Comma 1.) Dr. J. N. Smith Superintendent of Oregon School for Feeble Minded Dr. J. N. Smith, for. more than 14 years superintendent -f the state home, for the feeble minded here; Tuesday submitted his res ignation to the state board of con trol. The resignation was accepted aad Dr. Roy . Byrd was appointed as ' bis successor. Dr. Byrd has served as assistant superintendent of the feeble minded home since October, 1921. f Dr. Smith wa s appointed super intendent of the feeble minded in- Jstitutlon during the administra tion of the late Governor Withy combe. Mrs. Smith nad acted as matron of the home. Before enter Federal Grand Jury Names Edward E. Oenison of Illinois State Leaky Trunk and Handbco Are Clues; Defendant Avers It's Mistake By CECIL B. DICKSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. (AP) The Indictment of Repsr sentative Edward. E. Denison t Illinois by a federal grand jury today on a charge of possession of liquor added new force to the storm which has raged recently over prohibition enforcement la the capital. A leaking suitcase and a trusk containing liquor, addressed te John Layne. in care of DenifB. 411 House Office building, were the bases of the indictment, which also named Layne. who was bis secretary nine years ago. Deal son said the indictment resulted from a mistake, and Layne un claimed any connection with tbe case. Leaky Suitcase aad Trunk Found by Cops The grand jury action follows a report by prohibition agents November 8, that they had fonnd a leaking suitcase at the Union station and later a trunk contain ing liquor at Denison's office Icet January 19. after DeniBon re turned from a visit to Panama. He made the Panama trip accom panied by his nephew, Chart Lane of St. LouU. his secretary. Miss Lucile Lee Said. Denison has been a consistent dry voter during his eight ters as representative of tbe 25th Illi nois district, which Includes TCH liamson county where the Herrtn riots occurred. He, voted for the 18th amendment, the Volstead Act, and the Jones law. The lat ter imposes drastic penalties en liquor law violators. All Big Mistake Congressman Avers He was advised at his home ia Marlon, 111., of the grand jury's action. The situation was ex plained to him by Miss Lee kt a telephone conversation, and an Associated Press staff reporter asked him if he desired to make statement. Expressing "surprise" that an indictment had been returned, Denison said: "When the prohibition agents came to my office and Inquired about a trunk, I permitted them to inspect it. I found that tbe trunk was not mine; that it be longed to some one else and that the express company had made a mistake In directing a trunk to me that I did not own. I ex plained it ful)y to the agents and 1 am very much surprised that aa$ indictment has been returned." . A similar mistake had been made, he said, with regard to a hand bag. His nephew. Lane, be added, bad a bag but a mistake had been made and the wre&g (Concluded on Page J. Column X) OF CRESCENT CITY, Cal., Nov. Hi (AP) Development by tbe government here as an outlet for Josephine, Jackson and Douglas counties In Oregon and Del Nevte and surrounding counties in Cali fornia was backed today by state ments of six oil companies ub4 the American Smelting and He fining company In a hcaringr called here by the board of army engineers. The proceedings were the result of action by. the commerce om mittee of the United States sen ate which had called for an eco nomic resurvey of the large south ern Oregon aad northern caiiior tion to the harbor. Testimony nia territory Involved, la Its rtla taken will be forwarded imme diately to the senate commerc committee. Resigns as - ing state service Dr. Smith Hvo ; la Salem for many years where hm was a practicing physician. T Dr. Byrd served, in the medical department during the world war, and at the time of being mustered out of service, had. attained tb rank of captain.' He practiced J?.w nrofesslon in Salem during, U Iperiod 1997 te 1917. f . The need of a rest, flue w am advanced age - dad long , was assigned by Dr. 8mlth as tba reason for his resignation. Dr. and Mrs. Smith will spend several weeks at Newport; after which they will return to Salem to their home, j.', ' J -" 4c DEVELOPWIFJIT M Si V u v; :