CIRCULATION
Dally mverf distribution for th
Math anding October SI, 193V
6,674
Avert r daily net paid 5,029
Applicant for membenhip.
Audit Bare a at ClreaUtioav
WEATHER
Generally cloudy today
and Sunday; Tempera tores
below normal. Max. temper
ature Friday 47; Min. 23;
River -2.8; Calm; Clear.
SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 23, 1929
NO. 207
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SLOWLY
Jaenator McNary Will Intro-1
duce Bill in Congress,
Announcement
Use of Barges Upon Willam
ette Held Necessary in
This Valley
EUGENE, Ore., Nor. 22.
CAP) A. F. S. Steele, secretary
S)f the chamber of commerce here,
announced today that a bill ask
ing a surrey preliminary to canal
izing the Willamette river from
Portland to Eugene and Spring
field will be introduced in con
gress by Senator McNary of Ore
iron. Opening of barge lines on the
Willamette for Eugene" and other
Intermediate Willamette ralley
Cities Is Tie wed as of utmost im
portance In obtaining reductions
In railroad freight rates.
The surrey would be made by
V.. S. Army engineers.
Efforts of Eugene chamber of
commerce to bring about a sur
rey preliminary to the improve
ment of the Willamette river for
navigation, have been made inde-
Jiendently of the Interests in Sa
em and nearby cities looking to
ward the same purpose.
Straightening River Bed
By Blasting Urged
It has been reported here that
the contention of the Eugene or
ganization is that proper condi
tions for navigation may be
brought about largely without the
use of dams and locks, by blast
ing out the rock bed of the river
In places where it Is high, so that
-the stream itself will clear away
the loose material to a navigable
depth.
At the same time, recent cor
respondence between Salem folk
Interested in promoting naviga
tion, and Senator McNary, is be
lieved to have assisted In bring
ing about the Introduction of the
senator's bill providing for a sur
vey. .
The program advocated here
has been that of buildings dams
and locks. Much work has been
done on the river this year, most
f it temporary .dredging, as the
'material removed will be washed
back into the stream by winter
' freshets.
' Pome of Hardest
Work Completed
However, some wing dams have
een built between Salem and
iV'hampoeg, the most difficult
Tptretch. These are so arranged that
the number of sections of dam
accessary to .permit navigation
depth, may be raised, the others
lying flat on the bottom of the
river. Only In case all sections
mt the dam are raised, trill it be
necessary to use the locks, none
f which have yet been construct
ed. Navigation was maintained
throughout the past summer, but
the two steamers plying the river
from Salem to Portland have been
tied up for nearly two weeks be
cause of the unprecedented low
water.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
CLEVELAND. Nov. 22. (AP)
College football, hit recently by
an exhaustive bulletin of the Car
negie foundation which accused it
of a "spirit of professionalism,"
tonight faced another criticism in
. a statement by one of the greatest
players of recent years. Coach Bob
Fletcher of the Case school of
' applied science, said that "only a
few college players nowadays play
the game because they like it."
Announcing his resignation as
the Case coach today, Fletcher
declared that "intercollegiate
football la dying."
Football rames will continue to
draw big crowds for a few years,
but the game will not hold the
public as la the past, Fletcher
aid.
AGAIN IDE TIBGET
Petition Circulated For
Employment Of McEwan
EUGENE, Ore., Nor. 22. (AP)
A petition that Captain John J.
McEwan, who yesterday submitted
bis resignation to President Arn
old Bennett Hall, of the Unlversi
u. ty of Oregon, be retained as bead
f, football coach of the unirersity
was being circulated here tonight
for signatures. The petition asks
that McEwan's -contract be renew
ed under "conditions as good as
. those of the present."
Sentiment of business men and
alumni here and at Portaad U ap
parently forming bnt the trend of
Portland opinion will not be defin
itely known until after a - mass
meeting, to be called by Robert T.
Mints, president of the Portland
alumni, baa been held.
! Mautr, former star end and
.football captain at the university,
i today declared that any opinion
on bis part would be withheld
I until after the meeting.
r James K. King, attorney, whe
Authorities Suspect Machine May Have Taken
Dive Into Lake Michigan After Giving
Up Attempt to Cross Atlantic
MENOMINEE, Mich., Nov. 22. (AP) One month ago
today In Portland, Ore.,; a father's trembling hand
traced on a globe of the world an air trail he believed his son
Urban F. Dittman, Jr., Billings, Mont took on anannounced
flight from Harbor Grace, N. F., to London, England. To
day, 1,800 miles west of the "take off newspapermen
planned an expedition to drag Green Bay, and Lake Michigan,
v
Heart Trouble Causes Death
Of Member of Salem
City Council
Ralph E. Thompson, alderman
representing the seventh ward,
died suddenly early Friday after
noon from an attack of heart
trouble. He had been apparently
in good health until a few Jiorurs
before his death, hut friends knew
he had been bothered with heart
trouble for several years. He was
48 years old, and a native of Sa
lem although a considerable share
of his life had been spent else
where. For the last IS years he had
been connected with the automo
bile business in Salem, being a
stockholder in the Marion Auto
mobile company, prior to the pur
chase of that business by Wallace
Bonesteele. He remained with the
Marion Garage company for sev
eral months, but has been con
nected with the Otto J. Wilson
firm for the last few months'.
In 1920 Mr. Thompson was
elected to7 the city council, serv
ing until 1924. Last year he was
elected to the council again with
out opposition, taking office the
first of this year. He has been act
ive in the council's work, serving
as chairman of the special water
committee which assisted In bring
ing about the improvements in
water service which have been
made and are now under way.
He was also a member of the
committee! on ways and means,
accounts and current expenses,
bridges and approaches, and chair
man of the committees on licenses
and printing. No discussion of a
possible successor wfll probably be
(Concluded on Pare I, Column 4.)
if
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 22.
(AP) Complete denial of his
confession that be accidentally
shot and killed Mrs. Gertrude
Hawkins Lavine, 2 year old di
vorcee, and arbitration of his pre
vious contention that the young
woman committed suicide, was
made through his attorneys today
by Laurence H. Tulloch. 28, radio
Btudio employe, charged with first
degree murder.
The announcement came short
ly after a coroner's Jury had re
turned an open verdict at the in
quest into Mrs. Lavine's death.
J. W. Erlich, chief attorney for
Tulloch, announced temporary in
sanity will be the defenses' ex
planation of the confession and
subsequent denial regarding the
fatal snooting of the young worn
an in Tulloch's Telegraph Hill
apartment.
"We will contend that the
young lady killed herself," Erlich
declared. "Tulloch told the truth
at first bnt became bewildered by
police questioning and fearing
that he would not be believed,
made a false confession. He to
guilty of indecision, not murder.
and we shall expect to Obtain bis
release on bail at the earliest pos
sible moment.''
was largely responsible for circu
lation of the petition here, declar
ed he "thought it was safe to say
that opinion here favors retention
of Coach McEwan and renews of
bis contract."
The university administration
bad taken no official action on
the resignation tonight bnt It was
expected that such, action will fol
low the termination ef the present
football 'season.' President Ban
said today that the "matter of
selecting a football coach will be
taken up at the end of the sea
son." Hf added that McEwan
would be considered alonr with
eny other candidates for the posi
tion there may be, providing the
present coach desired such consid
eration. -
McEwan today admitted he re
signed because et t "difficulties
which arose between myself and
rresiaent nan over-a new con
tract."-.- r -.
IMPS!
TU SUDDENLY
CONFESSION DEB
nun
where, 24 hours after Dite-
man soared away at Harbor
Grace, a plane, snorting
flames and diving crazlly was re
ported seen by a dozen persona to
careen Into surging waves. On
October 23 but one airplane was
reported missing Dlteman's.
At 11 a. in. that day, lumber
men, working, on Chamber's Isle,
at the head of Green Bay, said
they saw a plane, west by south
bonnd, battling through a north
east gale. At 11:20 a. m. four
Menominee business men met a
fisherman, a saleslady and others
saw an airplane described as a
plane on a boat" fall into a bay
off Green Island. A few days
later. Captain Edward H. Cornell,
keeper of the Green Island light,
reported oil on the water, near
where the plane was believed to
have gone down. At Egg Harbor,
east across the bay, a fisherman
found a life jacket marked "Cha
teau Thierry." There is no boat
by that name on the lakes, steam
boat inspectors said.
No Life Jacket
Carried by Diteman
An airplane down in Green Bay
Diteman missing, citizens won
dered. Diteman piloted a low
wing all metal monoplane. Dite-
(Concluded on Pag S, Column 1.)
Nebraska Democrat Airs His
Views in Address Be
fore House
WASHINGTON. Not. . 22
(AP) Definitions by which to
distinguish the wild- Jackass from
his tame brother were given in the
house today by Representative
Howard, democrat, Nebraska, In
commenting upon the recent ap
pellation applied to western sen
ators by Senator Moses, republi
can, New Hampshire.
They were:
"Tame Jackass: a middle west
ern citizen who believes that the
New England element in our coun
try has in some mysterious man
ner been given the divine right
to levy tribute upon the people of
all the agricultural states and
particularly in the middle west,"
"A wild Jackass: mentally
speaking, of course, is a male
western citizen who is now. enter.
taintng some doubt as to whether
an almighty god ever granted that
permission to our New England
friends, and is now kicking np bis
heels very vigorously In opposi
tion to that damnable doctrine."
The Nebraskan added ' be
thought that a fair definition and
hoped that his New England
friends would communicate it to
their constituents in order that
they can "lift a vast volume of
correspondence from my poor
shoulders; on the question of
Jackasses."
LONDON. Not. 22 (AP)
Frank B. Kellogg, former Ameri
can secretary of state, emerged
from private life to recelra the
homage of the Pilgrims society to
night and to urge redaction In the
land and sea forces of the world
sufficient to prerent their use for
anything but national protection.
"In my judgment one of the
most Important . problems now
confronting the nations, be told
the distinguished members of the
society, who have as a purpose) in
creasing British American inend
ship, "Ja the question of reduction
and limitation of armaments,
say reduction and limitation h
cause, however ideal complete dis
armament might be, ve must look
at these reforms from a practical
standpoint, The world Is sot 7t
ready for disarmament.
"Competitlre building inerttab-
Uy is a, great inducement to war,
No treaty which. proTides for or
contemplates an increase of arma
ment will meet the situation."
r- BTJCKAROOS WIN l-O -s.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nor.1l
(AP) Portland Buckaroos, play.
lng Victoria here tonight blanked
the Cubs In . a Pacific Coast
Hockey league fixture. Downle's
tally tor the Bucks less than Bts
minutes after the game opened.
was the only counter of the night.
The score was 1 to t. ;
JUS DEFINED
ey COBSIWI
MINIMTIS
eniHEiw
Armistice Called in War on
Tariff Schedule; More
Battles Foreseen
Western Senators Incur An-
-ger of Regulars When
Fund Grab Fails
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22
(AP) Still arguing over the un
settled tariff legislation, congress
ended its extra session tonight
for a week's holiday before the
regular long term opens in Decern,
ber.
House Republicans referred
caustically to the senate's failure
to complete the tariff bill, the last
of the four legislative recommen
dations submitted by President
Hoover to the session.
Weary and wan after days and
nights of debate, the senate found
itself unable to keep a quorum
on hand, for the final day and
gave up the contest until next
session. It couldn't adjourn until
10 p.m. so a recess was taken
about noon until 9:45 p.m.
Further Battles on
Tariff are Foreseen
The tariff comes up again In
the senate next month as unfin
ished business and leaders of the
coalition of democrats and west
ern republicans who have charge
of the bill believe It can be dispos
ed of before the first of the year.
They Intend to continue the elim
ination of proposed industrial rate
increases and confine the measure
to higher duties for agricultural
products.
Leaders of the senate and house
buried their differences over the
tariff long enough to go together
td President Hoover and inform
him that bis special meeting was
adjourning. He told them he had
nothing more for this session.
Congress Did Its Best
Sen. Jones Reports
Senator Jones, of Washington,
acting republican leader, said the
congressional committee had told
the president that congress bad
completed its work "insofar as
possible." Representative Tilson,
Of Connecticut, the house republi
can leader, later said to newspap
er men that the representatives of
the house "didn't have their
tongues in their cheeks" when
they reported to the president.
"How about the senators."
"Oh, they had on their best po
ker faces," be replied.
Senators Jones and Walsh, of
Montana, acting democrat leader.
and Representative Tilson and
(Concluded on Page J, Column L)
E
OF WHEAT CITED
WASHINGTON, Nor. 22.
(AP) The department of agri
culture said today a larger carry-
over of old wheat and the early
marketing of the new crop, a com
bination which crowded terminal
elevator facilities In the United
States, were the principal reasons
for the disparity between the price
of Canadian wheat and wheat
grown in the United States be
tween the months of July and
October.
The department, which has just
completed an Investigation of the
subject at the request of the farm
board fonnd the carryover of
wheat this year was the greatest-
on record there, being m.ouor
000 bushels in sight when the
new crop reached maturity. This
compared with 58,000,000 for the
five years before and an average
of 29,000,000 over the previous
five years.
' The Canadian eroo. the an
nouncement said, was marketed
more systematically and the Ca
nadian carryover was considerably
srnaUer because of its large ex
port trade.
Picture of City's
Christmas Tree
rTo Be Published
A photograph of Salem's Illu
minated live Christmas tree, which
was the first to be to decorated.
is being seat by the Salem cham
ber of commerce to the magazine
"The American City," for publi
cation together with a story of its
history. x
The lire Christmas tree en-the
courthouse lawn was first Illum
inated by the Cherrlens In 1918,
that being the first time that such.
a tning wsa done anywhere) in taa
world so far as Is known here.
81nee .that . time .the . Idea has
spread to the eastern states and
Europe. : .
When first lighted, the.tree was
much smaller than It is now, it
having grown rapidly in tha If
years that hare Intervened. .
MALONET GETS DECISION
BOSTON, Nor. 22. (AP)
Jimmy Maloney, Boston heavy
weight defeated K. O. Chiistner of
Akron, 0 with a furious closing
drive here tonight in the Boston
Garden feature contest.
LE
Max Yalier, yonng Australian in
ventor and former airman, who
is planning to shoot himself
across the English Channel in a
rocket. If successful, he will at
once begin plans for a similar pro
jection of himself some two hun
dred miles above the earth's sur.
face.
MISTRIAL MAY BE
Sick Juror Impedes Prog
ress of McManus Pros
ecution at N. Y.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22. (AP)
-Possibility of a mistrial being
declared when George McManus
is called to the bar of general
sessions Monday morning to hear
further testimony linking him
with the murder of Arnold Roth-
stein, the gambler, was seen to
day when a juror reported he was
ill.
After an early adjournment
had been taken In Hie fifth day of
the trial today a Juror, whose
nam-was not revealed, went to
the chambers at Jndge Charles C
Nott, Jr., and asked to be excused
on the ground he was sick. Judge
Nott, with consent of state and
defense counsel, designated a phy
sician to examine the Juror, and
report to him Monday as to bis
physical condition.
It the physician reports the
Juror physically unable to con
tinue Monday a mistrial may be
declared, although the possibility
that the attorneys might consent
to picking a new Juror and read
ing to him the testimony already
given, was advanced.
The shooting of Rothsteln oc
curred November 4, 1928, and the
memory of the witness so far
called with one exception the
gambler associates of McManus
and Rothsteln apparently is
hazy as to dates and incidents.
The memory of one witness to
day Alvin C. Thomas of Milwau
kee, Wis. was so poor that seven
pages statements he gave the dis
trict attorney's office a year ago
had to be -read in court today be
fore he could get straightened out
on several matters. Thomas, a
participant in the stud poker game
where the state contends was
born the hatred that culminated
in Rothsteln's shooting, gave tes
timony similar to that yesterday
of other players at the game.
In that game Xothstein lost
over $200,000, McManus $51,000,
Martin (Red) Bowe, one of yes
terday's witnesses $5,700. Roth
stein gave I. O. U.'s for his losses,
which were never collected, while
McManus paid In cash, much of
which Rothsteln pocketed that
night.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22 (AP) A
coroner's Jury listened to melo
drama today In a somber funeral
chapel and returned a Terdiet re
commending that Mrs. Genevieve
O'Brien and v Samuel Howard Dorr
be held to the grand Jury on a
charge of murder for the admitted
slaying of Mrs. O'Brien's husband,
William, In a lore insurance
money pact.
, O'Brien was shot early Wednes
day when he returned home from
work as a street ear conductor.
During daylight hoars he was a
county employe." First Mrs.
O'Brien confessed the shooting,
then Dorr, took tha blame and
Mrs. O'Brien said they had plan
ned to kill their respective mates
and flee with Insurance of $5,600
which Dorr, ai an agent, had sold
to O'Brien. -
As the inquest Terdiet was read.
Dorr's wife leaped from her chair,
grabbed at Mrs. O'Brien and
shouted:
"Murderess: You're responsible
for all this!" .
PORTLAND GRAPPLER WINS ,
- PORTLAND,. Ore., Nov.: 1.
(AP) Al Karasick. Russian light
heaTy weight wrestler of Port
land, defeated Dara Pasha, Turk
ish matman, two out of three falls
in one of the roughest main etent
yuts of tha season here tonight.
ALLOWED IEJ CASE
riBOUIUM
CHARGE OE MIMED
Final Moments Steadily Ap
proaching for Georges
Clemenceau
Veteran French Statesman
Breathing Last; Country
Mourns Passing
PARIS. Not. 28. (Sturday)
(AP) The co diticm of -Georges
Clemenceau, war time premier of
France was described by Dr. De
gennes early today as still most
critical but he considered the pa
tient might pull through the
night.
Last evening the physician had
said that the situation was prac
tically hopeless and that the Tiger
of France- was dying. After a
consultation lasting an hour with
two other physicians summoned
to the bedside late last night. Dr.
Degennes said that Clemenceau
hsd obtained slight relief from
the uremia from which he had
suffered for two days and which
was a dangerous drag on his heart
action.
Poisoning Spreads
Through Entire Body
Despite his belief that Clemen
ceau might live out the night, Dr.
Degennes disclosed that the mid
night examination had shown
that the uremic poison was grad
ually spreading through the whole
bodily system.
Death, he said, was thus mere
ly a question of hours.
As the danger of a heart col
lapse lessened with the decrease
in the terrible pain which wracked
the aged man for nearly 48 hours,
the more insidious danger of ure
mic poisoning increased. Physi
cians had been unable to strength
en the heart by injections but the
chances of their checking spread
of the poison was slight.
Great Fortitude
Shown by Patient
The 88 year-old statesman's
marvelous courage helped him
stifle any expression of pain while
he was conscious bnt he moaned
and cried out during bis intermit
tent spells of unconsciousness.
"I am suffering atrociously in
my intestines," he told Dr. De
gennes in a matter Of fact tone,
Without a hint of self pity. Then
he lapsed again into unconscious
ness. Clemenceau's dying agony has.
roused the pity of all France. Any
political ill feeling left from the
Tiger's tempestuous career seems
to have vanished, and the eyes of
his countrymen are fixed in com
plete sympathy on the modest
ground floor apartment of "pere
la vlctoire" (Father Victory) in
the Rue Franklin.
SUSPECTED LIQUOR
G. E. Raymond, suspected of
being a liquor runner operating
out of Portland, was arrested in
Salem early this morning jupon
information telephoned here from
Albany by the Linn county sher
iff. Raymond was halted by Of
ficer Burgess of the local police
force as he entered the city from
the south on the' Pacific highway
According to the report of tha
sheriff at Albany, a warrant for
Raymond's arrest had been issued
there, and Raymond, learning of
it in some way, made a getaway
in his car, forcing an Albany man
to accompany him for some dis
tance and then, permitting him to
walk back. Why he took this man
along was not stated, but it was
presumed he did so in order to
avoid recognition.
When, arrested here, Raymond
had In his possession a small au
tomatic pistol and two pint flasks
containing a small amount of al
leged liquor.
142 Fathers and
Sons Present at
Annual Banquet
Record attendance marked the
annual father and son banquet of
the First Methodist church, held
Friday night in the church base
ment. There were 142 fathers
and sons present.
J. O. Russell presided. Enter
tainment included, group singing
led by B. E. Bergman with Prof.
F. W. Gaw at the piano, a flute so-
tojby William Mosber, trumpet so
lo ny itajpn uomson, motion pic
tures arranged by Ben Rickli, and
games.
Toasts were responded to by Dr.
Fred Blatchford,. Norman Wins-
low.. Bobby Utter. Dr. Floyd L.
Utter and others. Tha address of
the evening was delivered by W.
8, Moore, first assistant attorney
general, his subject being "The
Boy Today and. Tomorrow.
TEDDY WALTERS WETS
EUGENE, Ore., Nor. 22. (AE)
Texas Teddy .Walters, former
holder of the world's Junior mid
dle weight wrestling belt, defeat
ed Marvin Baraekman, Olympia,
Washington, strong man, two out
of three falls in; tha main event
of tonight's card here.
INNEEI
ARRESTED
V JJ l
Interest fat the trial of George
McManus, accused of the murder
of Arnold Rothsteln, New York
gambler, has grown to such pro
portions that the case has been
transferred to the largest court in
the Criminal Courts building in
New York.
E
E
Officers Take Defendant to
Portland for Trial in
Federal Court
Federal " officials Friday took
Earl Bowmen to Portland where
he will face a charge of violation
of the Mann act. Bowman's asso
ciation with a local junior high
school student. Vera Pack, caused
the girl to attempt to kill herself
with a rifle here about three
weeks ago. Following the attempt
at suicide a charge of - contribut
ing to the delinquency of a minor
was filed against Bowman by Miss
Pack's aunt.
Liter Bowman returned to Sa
lem to see the wounded girl and
was arrested. It was charged that
he had taken another girl, Miss
Octavia Hjalmson, to Washing
ton the day before Miss Pack's
suicide attempt. The Hjalmson
girl's testimony to investigating
officers led the, Mann act charge
in federal court.
That Bowman may have been
planning to do away with the
Hjalmson girl was suspected by
C. J. Hjalmson, her father. Hjalm
son said that Bowman obtained an
insurance policy covering both his
own and Miss Hjalmson's lives
with the provision that death to
either party would benefit the
survivor by something like $3,-
000. Miss Hjalmson told her
father that Bowman had carried
two guns in his possession when
they traveled to Washington and
she said that he had made threat
ening remarks on several occas
slons. It was pointed out by the dis
trict attorney here that the con
tributory charges against Bowman
would be pending until the out
come of the case in federal court
is known. Should Bowman escape
a -conviction in Portland the con
tributory charge will probably be
forced against him here.
Salem Grange
To Hold Meet
In City Today
The Salem grange, number 17,
will meet in McCornack hall to
day at 10 o'clock for an all day
meeting. Business during the
morning session will consist of
election of officers, the initiation
of three candidates In the 3rd and
4th degrees, and reports of the
national grange meet by Dr. A.
Slauter, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Taylor.
A lunch at noon and a program
featuring a "Homecoming" idea
will close the meeting.
WM1 TO C
INN ACT CHARE
Hearing In Disbarment
Case Slated December 9
Bearing of tha disbarment pro
ceedings inTolving George W. Jo
seph and Thomas Mannix, Port
land attorneys, -has .been set for
Monday, ; December t. according
to announcement made here Fri
day, night by Judge O. F. Skip,
worth of Eugene. Judge Sklpworth
Is one of tha three referees ap
pointed by the state supreme court
to take the testimony. The hearing
will be conducted in Salem. .
Other referees -are Circuit
Judges. H. p.. Norton of Grants
Pass and rred W. 'Wiisonbt The
Dalles. . Prosecutors . appointed 1 P7
the supreme court tn connection
wKh the proceeding are-Attorneys
Oscar Hayter of Dallas, W. Lair
Thompson of Portland ' and ' John
Carson of Salem. The hearing
probably will be conducted in the
senate chamber.
-Joseph and Mannix each tiled
disbarment . proceedings against
the other. t - : : : '
Building Needs in 1930 to
Be Greater Than Dur
ing 1929, Word
Telegram Sent Hoover Giv
ing Indication of Activity
In United States
By JAMES L. WEST
Associated Pre Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22
(AP) The volume of reassuring
reports on business which has
been compiled nt the presidential
conferences here was Increased to
day by a further survey of the
railroad and rensral building
needs for the coming year.
Executives of practically all the
carriers telegraphed from their
meeting at Chicago that their re
quirements in construction expan
sion, freight cars and steel rails
would equal If not exceed those
for this year, snd that a move
ment even to increase these is be
ing actively pressed.
Additional Employment
Assured by Report
"This program will assure lar
ger employment is the railway
equipment Industry next year than
in 1929 and a very substantial ad
dition to the railway demands tor
steel." President Hoover said, in
making public the telegram from .
R. H. Aishton, president of the
American Railway association.
From a group of representa
tives of the building industries
who gathered with him at the
White House, the president re
ceived a report that highway
construction alone In .the coming
year could be stepped up to total
of one billion, one hundred Mil
lion dollars, an increase of ten
per cent over that for this year.
Road Construction
To Exceed Two Billion
Adding to this the amounts that
might be spent for street paving
and Improvements in cities and
country highways, it was estimat
ed that the total of road construc
tion would exceed two billion dol
lars in 1980, dependent on ability
of. municipalities and counties te
obtain attractive prices for read
and pavement bonds.
With money rates decreasfnr
and a large volume of capital
made available through the dim
inishing of the Tolume of specula
tion In the stock market, it was
believed that ample funds would
be available for increases in all
construction works along the line.
Frank H. Smith, president of
the Portland Cement Manufactur
ing association, one of more than
a dozen men at the White House
conference, said the president'
seemed to have a definite idea in
mind as to how to promote busi
ness progress In tha face of de
clining stock prices.
"That is to stimulate construc
tion generally," he said. "This an-
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HOQUIAM. Wash.. Nov. 22.
(AP) This city win lend its sup
port to the formation of a north
west coast empire association with
the object of developing loop tra- -vel
along the Oregon and Wash
ington coasts and the Pacific high
way as proposed by the Astoria
chamber of commerce recently.
The proposed association, which
would be remodelled somewhat -after
the Redwood Empire asso
ciation, would sponsor a caravan -in
the spring to establish contacts
as tourist centers along the route :
and direct travel between Cali
fornia and Canada along the
coast highways.
SEATTLE LEADS LEAGd!
SEATTLE, Nov. 22 (AP)
The Seattle Eskimos forged Into
first place In the Pacific Coast
Hockey league race when they de
feated the Vancouver Lions a to
1 in an overtime game her to
night Joseph Friday Hied with Chief
Justice Coshow of the state su
preme court a protest against the
selection of W. Lair Thompson as
one of the prosecutors tor the
state In. disbarment proceedings
against Joseph and Thomas Man
nix. . - ,. . '
' Joseph alleged la his protest
that Thompson:!! prejudiced ta
faror of Thomas A. MeBrlde a
member of the supreme, eourt,
who is mentioned ? in Joseph's
charges against Mannix, aad that
any testimony brought out by
Thompson. would. tend to protect
McBride rather than menace thev
interests of Mannix.-
. It was suggested by Joseph that
the three referees originally ap
pointed by the supreme court to .
hear'' the- proceeding be allowed .
to act as prosecutors. r .
V Joseph charged fa his rermal
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