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CIRCULATION Dlily twenga dittrikution for th Ben 111 ending 'Tcnber SO, lt29 6,830 Xitni daily act paid 0,109 , SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salon, Oregon, Friday Morning, December , 1929 No. 218 E TO LOSE Heads Group r MW VyJ Rive, -JM; Calm. I Aadit Bares ( CircalatioM. I rfrtt.TeTVXS, Xv, - I I 1 ; 1 POUNDEP 1531 I 1 r - , ' ' "tLEVENTH HOUR MARTIAL LAW MITsfciN Beaten Business Outlook For Nation Found Very Encouraging Financial and Industrial Leaders of Country Confer With President Hoover to Take nss Stock of Present Situation 3 HOLDUP IN TAKEN IN Gin CONFESS ACTS Trio's Trail of Crime Ends Abruptly in Salem as Arrests Made -BLOW IS GIVEN RIGHT TO SEAT .S. iHEALTH CLlNIG N SENATE County Court Goes Back on fS Pledge Leaving Demon stration in Lurcn .Unusual Tactics May Result n Undoing Work of Com- monwealth Fund Health, work In Marlon county may b seriously Jeopardized as result "Of the Marion county court! action In Including in its 1920 budget only $6,210 tor health expenditures. Instead of the $8,000, pins 310 from anto camp Inspection fees, asked for by the - -Marion county child health dem- w onstration. That court's action amounts to a virtual slap at the . health program. Dr. Estella Ford - fir- 'Warner, director of the demon . atratfcm, when informed last night by The Statesman of the county -court's prorlsion for health, work, LVf aid ! she could issue no positive 4 i statement on the future status of I i health work in the county until she wired tne tommonweaim Fund headquarters, sponsors of the demonstration. Dr. Warner seemed much surprised to hear from The Statesman of the dispo sition of the 'request for $8,310, inasmuch as she had previously illiclted from Commissioner Jim Smith, in the presence of County Judge J. C. Siegmund and Com missioner John H. Porter, a prom ise that she should be informed of the meeting of the budget com rait tee. The budget was turned over to The committee Thursday rfternoon and at 9 o'clock last night, Dr. Warner had had no word from any member of the county court. Increase of Exactly 160 Is Authorized The amount allowed in the health appropriation is $160 more than in 1929. Commissioner Smith informed The Statesman last night that the health budget yXT was held at about the same fig Vf s-. ure because the court wished to lk; treat all department alike. He 1 ' r said that the court was allowing I the demonstration xo.ziu ana " ' -wood. He did not say that the ucoivuoiinifViA uses ivtt vuiub v& wood annually; at the high fig ure of $8 per cord, an item of on' ly $80, bringing the total contri bution toward the health of Mar Ion county children and adults through the health program to less than $8,300. Refusal of the county court to raise the health budget comes aft er both the Salem school board j 4? and tne city oi saienm orougni f r-their 1930 budgets to Around the $8,009 mark, or fully op to the request of the demonstration. In cidentally, the tentative estimates f the county court show a reduc tion of $1,330 from last year's ex penditures, despite the fact that tha new school transportation in creased the budget more than $35,000. Why this saving could -Yealth expenditure may be a ques- U '' (Concluded on Page 11, Column 4.) TESTIIW DIFFERS III M'COilCK CASE SANTA BARBARA, Cat, Dee. S (AP) Conflicting testimony about the mental condtion of Stanley McCormlck was made by two of his attendants today at his wife resumed her court battle to wrest his guardianship from his brother and sister, From Kenneth McKIllip, brawny Scotchman, the defense met- a reversal in its efforts to ahow an Improved mental condi tion. McKiilip, whom for 21 years was the invalid's head nurse, tes tified that in recent years the pa tient had shown no advanced men tal development. Withdrawing McKiilip from the stand. Oscar Lawler, chief defense counsel, brought Miss Margaret Gleason, present head nurse. to stand. She . praised the manner in which the insane man had re sponded to treatment and teach ings . la the past two years and said he "was very happy in his home now. ; Stimson To Say No More After Russia Gives Edict WASHINGTON, Dee. 6. (AP) Indicating satisfaction with the results of his efforts to bring peace between China and the -fSo-. vlet in Manchuria, Secretary Stlm son considered as closed tonight -'- his dramatic attempt to mass pub- lie opinion of the world against .war.. . v . ".- ,j Almost at the moment the sec . retary showed his belief that the troubles in Manchuria had been ended y a basis of settlement : reached .through direct negotia r tions, six other nations responded to his urging that the signatories of the general pact for the renan . elation of war cooperate with thel United States Jn bringing about a cessation of hostilities. No fur mmt James R. Garfield, recently ap pointed chairman of President Hoover's commission on conserva tion and administration of the public domain. Garfield is the son of former President Garfield and at one time filled the post of Sec retary of tne Interior. Start Made Upon Christmas Cheer Fund to be Used This Stason THE SALVATION ARMY "GOOD WELL FUND" Rex Russell S 6.00 J. R. Carrnthers . . . 5.00 Street Kettles Dec. 5 25.21 Total to date .9 87.20 Captain Earl M. Williams re ports a ready response to the Sal- vatioa - Army's Christmas appeal this year and states that his or ganization is receiving excellent cooperation from' service groups, churches, business houses and the public at large, and predicts that the poor of Marlon and Polk counties will be taken care of this year perhaps better than in any previous year. The Christmas spirit is already In the air; various service groups are under taking to do specific work for poor families investig ated by the Salvation Army, and many donations of bread and pies from local bakeries, canned fruit and produce-from the farmers, and other foodstuffs from local business houses, are pouring In to Salvation Army headquarters, 241 State street The Army's work at this sea son of the year Increases by leaps and bounds and it is keeping the (Concluded on Page 11, Column 5.) Not a single metal can that had not been put through the. burner. was in evidence on the grounds surrounding the city's incinerator Thursday, Indicating that the re form promised by L. J. Simeral when he took over the superin- tendency of this plant, are being carried out to the fullest extent. A new deep trench for receiv ing the ashes from the burner has been dug with city equipment, and the earth has been spread out over the unsightly heap of un burned tin cans which-had adorn ed the premises for some time past, and which the special com mittee of the city council invest igating the matter, had recom mended-he left there as a beacon fbr the airport. All cans now coming to the In cinerator are being burned,' It be ing found practicable to put them through the hottest firebox of the three with the result that while not entirely decomposed, they are easily crushed, and will disin tegrate more rapidly after being buried. The city prisoners sentenced to labor at the Incinerator, are being employed to good advantage, and no report has been made so far that any has attempted to escape. ther correspondence on this sub ject Is expected to be initiated by the American government. Nine nations. Great Britain. Frane, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Mexico, , Panama. Cuba, and the Dominican republic, so far have joined the United States and hare Indicated their full accord with the move by the secretary last week In his effort to bring about peace between China and the So viet by a mobilisation, of ' world public opinion In support of the anti-war treaty. ...,. v Ciechoslovakia, an original sig natory of the anti-war pact, ex pressed its desire to cooperate fully and stated it had . taken steps to learn the attitude . of France and Italy in the questions. 537.20 PRESENTED TO SUTI1 1R1 SALEM IHittTOB flOW IN GOOD ORDER Final Vote on Long Standing Issue Will be Ordered At Noon Today Own Friends Concede Penn sylvania Man Little Chance to Win By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) The senate votes tomorrow at noon on the right of Senator elect William S. Vare, of Penn sylvania, to the seat for which he campaigned in 1926 at a cost of $785,000 and friends conceded privately tonight that he would be excluded. Immediately after voting on the resolution of Senator Norris, re publican, Nebraska, barring the Philadelphia republican leader, the senate' will vote on the eon test for, this seat of William B. Wilson, democratic opponent la the 1928 election. The elections committee unan imously has declared that Wilson was not elected. If he predic tions of those who conducted polls today hold good, the Penn sylvania seat which has been in controversy for three years will be formally vacated by tomorrow and subject to being filled i by Governor Fisher of Pennsylvania. Senator Reed, republican, Penn sylvania, Introduced the resolu tion late today declaring that Wilson was not elected and is not entitled to the seat and this res olution comes up Immediately after the Norris resolution is dis posed of, without further debate. The agreement fixing the hour for a vote was reached after an other long day of debate on the memorable 1926 Pennsylvania senatorial contest in which Whar ton D. Pepper, then a senator and Gifford Pinchot, then governor, were Vare's opponents for the re nomlnatlon won by him. Declaring that in the general elections Wilson had failed to prove his case against Vare, Chairman Waterman of the elec tions investigating committee, se verely condemned former Govern or Pinchot. "We have squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars in ferret ing and running this thing down," (Concluded on Pate 11, Column S.) 1 1 Mining; activity more extensive than any hitherto carried on la northwestern Oregon, is planned by the Amalgamated Mining cor poration at its claims 28 miles east of Mehama, It was reported in Salem Thursday by R. H. Ty son of Woodburn, who Is associ ated with the venture. At present, construction of four and one-half miles of road lead ing from the mines to the highway Is under way, and as soon as that is completed, ore, of which Z.000 tons have already been taken out of the earth, will be started on Its way to the smelters. The firm was xecently incorpor ated under the laws of Oregon with capital stock set at $500,000. It is planned to Install a flotation system at the mine, which will prepare the ore for shipment to the smelters. The ore. according to assays, contains high percentages of sine, lead and silver, and also some copper and gold, totaling up to a value of $69.70 a ton.-.. Tunnels have already been dug for a distance of 1160 feet and seven veins of ore have been un covered. Mining engineers, accord ing to Mr. Tyson, have estimated that there is paying ore- in the ten claims, sufficient to permit opera tion for at least 30 years. J. P. Hewitt, of Portland, Is superintendent of. the mine and has had a crew of 18 men at work during the past summer. The force will be Increased to 60 or 60 early next year. Mr. Tyson predicts, and development will continue antn this is made the largest mining camp in the state. - Hollywood May Form Chamber Oi Commerce Formation of a chamber of commerce or similar organisation In the Hollywood business dis trict was forecast when a group of business men of that locality held a preliminary meeting at the Hol lywood cafe Thursday night. - R. J. Stumbo, proprietor of the Hollywood theatre, was temporary chairman. A committee consist ing of A. C. Barke and J. C. Gre gory was appointed to promote an increased attendance at the meet ing two weeks later, December 19, at which permanent organisation may be effected. SCHEDULED . VISrr MADE ROME. Dee. 6 ( AP) A. king of united Italy paid a visit to a pope today for the first time in history. M B ROM IS 0 SI -. x l it:?- I aLL& m William 8. Tare, whose friends admit that be has little chance to win in today's vote in the United States senate. SIMS TREE CIIESIPL1I0 1500 Residents of Salem to Be Invited to Decorate Outside Homes Twinkling multi-colored lights will speak the Yuletide greetings of Salem residents to the world again this year, according to the plans for the second outdoor Christmas illumination contest as announced yesterday at the lunch eon meeting of the Salem Adver tising club. The Ad club sponsored the first contest last year as a means of encouraging interest in home dec oration and illumination, follow ing the modern trend for out-door Christmas lighting. The contest was highly successful, with 63 contestants being entered in the competition and many more unof ficially participating with artistic and brilliant displays. Preliminary work has been completed by a committee com posed of C. R. Smith, Ralph Klet sing, E. A. Brown; Lawrence Hee man, J. E. Law and 8. E. Keith. (Concluded on Page 11. Column S.) VERDICT fl COURT NEW YORK, Dec. 8. (AP) By directed verdict George Mc- Manus was cleared today of the charge of murder of Arnold Roth stein, king of Broadway gamblers. The trial started three weeks ago. McManus was an associate of Rothstein. Judge Charles C. Nott, Jr., In directing the Jury as to their ver dict said: "It is not sufficient to prove that a man might have committed a crime. It is necessary to prove that he must have done so." That, he continued, the state had not done and he had no al ternative but to throw the case out of court. The verdict, which was not un expected, came as an anti-climax to the case that has stirred the city for over a year, a ease which had cost a police commissioner and several ranking policemen their jobs. Blazing M MINUS BODED j- ji x 0 :VJ': :" ':'' : '. . - ""---- " :''"' ''.lii''-"ofc' ' . -l' :.:-:-' - : yMtf.-.xw.- .1... ' ? ,mi,iiii r" 1 ill"'"1 , - . ' - - v- J.C?" , ... y' ' ' wmmtM A . . ; X - ' :; r:vr . iM'f: . : Carrytox the Stan and Stripes to the bottom of the world by air, ag he has already carried them to the top. Commander Richard E. Byrd set eat om Thasdcsglvtas; Day In his successful flight across the South Pole. The daring explorer and his crew used the tti-motored airplane Floyd Bennett, oamed after Byi-d's companion on the famous North Pole flight In 1028. Commander Byrd was accompanied In his flight by (top row left to right) Captain Ashley C McKlnley, who is the aerial photographer of the expedition ever the ice-covered cOntinemt. (Center) Commander Byrd, Harold I. Joae, radio operator. The trl-motored plane Floyd Bennett. (Bottom row) - Bernt Balchea, noted Norwegian pilot, who piloted Commander Byrd in his trans-Atlantic flight of Jane 29, 1927. Part of the 8,000,000 square miles of Antarctica, of which less than 100 square miles is not covered by ice of Immense tWcknesnj American Marines Again Busy Subduing Natives Reports State Clerks at Customs Offices Riot and are Subdued By Yank Force WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (AP) Widespread strikes in Haiti, starting with disturbances among students, has led to a declaration of martial law in that strife-torn West Indian republic. This Information was received today by the American govern ment from its representatves at Port Au Prnce and the situation was believed to have been dis cussed at a conference in mld-af-ternoon between President Hoov er and Charles Francis Adams, se cretary of the navy. American Marines have occu pied the republic since 1917 and martial law will be enforced by them and the Haitian police, which have been organized and trained by marine officers. The student strike originated in protest against the allotment of scholarships by the minister of ed ucation in the Haitian govern ment. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Dec. 6 (AP) Colonel Richard Cutts, brigade commander of U. S. mar ine corps here. Issued a proclama tion last night declaring martial law in Port-Au-Prince and Cape Haitten. A strike in the customs office, which threatened serious complications, was the cause. The strike broke out at 9:30 a.m., yesterday after the dismissal of a customs employe for fraudu lent entries. Collector D. P. Johnson and an other American were struck by clubs while trying to calm the disorder in the customs bouse. Some, of the clerks smashed their typewriters and forced an en trance into government buildings to pursuade other employes to join them. Second Demonstration Is Also Put Down This demonstratloi was broken up, but the clerks returned again and had to be checked once more. Twenty-eight leaders and mem bers of the crowd, who defied the guards, were arrested. Patrols of marines and guards (Concluded on Page 11. Column T.) Many Expected To be Present At State Meet The annual meeting of the Ore gon Baby Chick association which will be held in Salem today is ex pected to draw 75 to 100 poultry raisers of the state. Problems connected with the raising and marketing of baby chicks will occupy the attention of the meeting, which will begin at one o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. In the evening the group will banquet at the Marion hotel and J. A. Haason of Corvallis will be the honor guest. Prominent men of. the northwest, will speak. Miss Lucille Cummings will sing. Trail on Bottom By CLINTON COFFIN Associated Press Staff Writer -t WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. ( AP) American industry In all its immense ramifications took stocfc today of the pros pects for business in 1930 and found them encouraging;. Leaders of its scores of industrial associations and corpo rations gathered to hear President Hoover outline briefly the reasons for their assembly, and to give one by one the views they held as to the outlook in their particular field. COURT FINISHES ITS Annual MasterpieceTinished After Much Effort by County Group Although a bit late, the county court made a valiant effort to finish the tentative budget with out being too tardy and Thursday succeeded in laying before the budget committee its 1929 mas terpiece. The budget was well within the 6 per cent limitation because the court cut and slashed its way to figure of $1,217,103.19 which is reduction of $1330.05 from the 1929 levy. Members of the court were well satisfied with their work when it was finally completed and point ed to the fact that the total coun ty tax will be less because $157, 482 has been dropped from the $48,559,121 assessed valuation of 1928 due to the court decision wiping the national banks from the tax rolls. As far as tax levy is concerned, the taxes will, be practically the same as they were this year. The most outstanding Increase in the budget was the $35,493.10 (Concludeh on Page 11, Column 1.) CHICAGO, " Dec 5. (AP) Twelve dollars a pound for beef steaks this epitomizes what oc curred at the stockyards today when EUiott Brown, 20-year-old Iowa farm youth, sold his grand champion steer of the livestock show to a New York millionaire for $7.8S7. The actual price paid was $8.25 per pound on the hoof, for 950 pounds of beast, but after the steer Is dressed the steaks and roasts would have to retail at $12 to keep from showing a loss. How ever, the chances are there'll be no loss, because J. C. Penney, the chain store merchant, who outbid several other' millionaires to buy the steer, donated the animal to the United Charities of Chicago, who annonnced the steer would be sold again to enrich the Christmas fund. of World CMMMSTEEfllS HELD IT HIGH PRICE The president told them that the recent crash in the stock market had been fol lowed first by a recovery of con fidence in money markets, and second, by a movement of leading employers to maintain wages and activity. Exact Purpose of Gathering Explained ( "The third line of action has been to undertake through volun tary organization of industry the continuity and expansion of the construction and maintenance work of the country," Mr. Hoover continued. "The extension and or ganization of this work are the purpose of this meeting." He remarked that in prelimin ary meetings representatives of the country's leading business en terprise had "shown an unanimity I have seldom seen in oir coun try" in the endeavor "to assure employment and to remove the fear of unemployment." "The very fact that you gentle men came together, for these broad purposes represents an ad vance in the whole conception of (Concluded on Page 11. Column 1.) Meeting of Church Member- ship to be Called in Near Future Resolutions requesting the board of trustees to call a meet ing of the church membership within the next 30 days to or ganise for Immediate building of the proposed church temple were passed unanimously at the church night meeting of the First Meth odist church held last night at the church. About 250 church members and friends were in at tendance at the supper and prcA gram which followed, with en- .v.. - I . 1 unnlng , r.FrW! high. Following the supper. Rev. C. Taylor, the pastor, delivered the church night sermon. The Sons of Veterans' quartet, con sisting, of C. F. Fessenden, H. R. MeWhorter, Albert Meade and E. J. Raymond, sanr several selec tions. Mrs. Charles Maxwell and Mrs. C. F. Fessenden sang a duet. Miss Margaret Sutherland furnish ing accompaniment. O. W. Em mons was In charge of the pro gram, r Representatives from each adult class responded with toasts to the phase of the program given over to talk of building the church school, these representatives be ing: Ben E. Rickli, superintend ent of the church school. Rev. J. R, Payne Miss Hattie Field, Mrs. Barbara Bennett, U. G. Holt, Mrs. O. W. Emmons, Mrs. Mary Boesch- en, R. C. Glover, Miss Grace Al len, Prof. C. R. Monk, R. K. Ohl- ing and Rev. Fred C. Taylor. The church hopes to seen con struction on the new church tem ple under way next spring, but fi nal plans for this will not be ready until funds are available. The edi fice' win be constructed on the present church property adjoining the church, but whether it will face on State or Church street is not decided. FDR PROFIT IS TOLD There's no end to money-mak ing schemes, apparently. A new one came to light In Sa lem Thursday when local ' mer chants were called en by an Indi vidual who made proposal some thing like this: . He would sign np 20 merchants. they agreeing to sell all merchan dise at fire per cent reduction to the holders of certificates issued by him. Then he would sell these certificates at $l each, ' to resi dents In Salem in general. ' He. would get the $3. - Undismayed by the remark of one merchant who told him It was "the dirtiest graft he had ever come In contact with. the author of this scheme took it to the Bus iness Men's league. Officers of the league turned it down and asked him to consult the chamber of commerce, hut he failed to do so. Thursday he was repcrted to he soliciting more of the merchants, despite the adverse decision of the Business Men's league. - . I METHODISTS Li mm i BRIOfEwS Robbery of Star Exchange is Frustrated Here by Its Proprietor Starting a trail of crime which began at Yakima, Washington, with the hold-np of a taxi-driver and ended with an attempted hold-up of a Salem merchant, three young men. Art Fuller, Ed Allen and Bob Kellogg are In jail here under $2,000 bail each for stealing- an automobile from the Valley Motor company. The three men. all Just past 22 years of age, left Yakima Satur day when they held up a taxi driv er and forced him to drive' them to Portland, according to confes sions made to officials here Then day afternoon. r Leaving Portland, the trio took a street car to Oregon City and then a stage to Salem where two nights were spent in cheap room ing houses here. Wednesday af ternoon the young men went to the Valley Motor company and in quired about the purchase of an automobile. They asked to try the machine and drove it away, eventually taking it to Portland. Trio Afraid to Cross Bridge to Vancouver Fearing to cross the Inter-state bridge at Vancouver, Wash., the three men returned here in the car. Wednesday night was spent in the machine which was parked on South Twelfth. Thursday, without funds and hungry, they planned to "stick tip" A. Volchok, proprietor of the Star Exchange, located at Com mercial and Chemeketa streets, according td a statement made by Kellogg. The men pretended to purchase some clothing and their actions excited the suspicion of Volchok who called the police. The arrival of the officers caus ed the men to flee although all ran in the same direction. The officers fired at them but none was hit. They were caught after a chase which led to the river's edge above the Reid-Murdoca plant on Front street several blocks from the scene of the at tempted robbery. A loaded .32 calibre automatic pistol was found in Allen's pos session and a leaded "sap" was found In the stolen machine which was parked near to the Star Ex change. The men confessed own ing the "sap" and Allen told of purchasing the gun in Yakima. The seriousness of the predica ment in which they have placed themselvj is realized by each of the young men as was Indicated when they waived hearing in Jus tice court Thursday. Kellog and Fuller were taken to the county Jail while Allen, thought to be the leader, was kept apart from his companions, being returned to a cell in the city Jail. The charge of stealing a car in this state was preferable to one of highway rok- berr in Waahfnrtnn was tha sit. mission made at their arraign ment. Kellog at one time worked in the Woolworth store here, be taM Judge Brazier Small In Justice court yesterday. Fire Situation Is Threatening In Many Areas EUGENE. Ore.. Dec S. (AP) While fires In the Cascade Na tional forest near Oakridge were reported under control today, dm situation tonight remained ws- chanred hv llrht showers of raim that fell In the high altitudes and on the other side of the Coast range In the Siuslaw National for est area and In Yamhni county timber new fires were being fought. Plot to Etcopi Is Frustrated by School Officials Seven inmates of the state ' Industrial school for girls occupied isolation quarters last night, following discov ery of plot to escape. The plot, as divulged by a girl informant, was substantiat ed after an lavestigatiou h? school officials. .Obw of the girls, accord ing to the plot was to pick the lockm her door, go oat into theiallway and release the six other girls, who oe-v espied rooms on the same floor of the dormitory. The girls then were to go to the basement, overpower the night matron,' take her keys and escape through a rear doo. --- . An institution automobile was to have been eommu deered by the girls, ouce tber were " outside of the school. Mrs. Clara Patterson, superintendent of the school, refused to divulge tbe aauies of the girls involved in the Plot. , .