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Mail Entrance Bionics in the Clirktmas Illumination Contest Today! It Is Your Opportunity to WinaPrizef CIRCULATION D.tly ifmtl ijtribtlo far tk -Hontk tBdiaf KiTtabtl SO, 1KI 6,830 ATrtf iily t 2 .10 Hnbr Aaclt Bortau f Cifcvktteaa. WEATHER Cloudy today and Thurs day; Occasional rains. Max. temperature Tuesday 45 Rain 15; River 8.4; Caha; Cloady. FOUNDED 1691 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Sakha, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 18 1929 No. Reduction Of Navies Talked Japanese and United States Delegates Hold Meet Optimistic Hopes as to Future Expressed by Officials WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. (AP) Secretary Stlrason and former Premier Reljiro Wakatsuki of Japan exchanged "optimistic hopes" for the success of the forthcoming London naval con ference during a three hour dis cussion today of the underlying problems of the United tates and k Japan involving sea armaments. The conversations were initia led at the home of the secretary of state, and a statement issued to night at the state department said the meeting had been "frank and friendly." Other participants in the ex change of views included mem-lf-i's of the Japanese delegation to London and Ambassador Mor row, an American delegate. Full I)iMii--ion of 1 i .blem U Held The text of the state depart ment statement, which was issued jointly to American and Japan ese newspaper men, follows: ' Reijiro Wakatsuki. chief dele gate. Admiral Takeshi Takerabe. delegate, Japanese ambassador JHbijhi and Hiroshi Saito, secre tary, visited the secretary of state at his house this afternoon. The Ferretary had with him Ambas sador Dwight W. Morrow and Am b;iador R. Castle, Jr. "There was a frank and friend ly discussion of the .underlying problems of the two countries which affect the issues of the con fefnee. - Both Mr. Wakatsuki snd Sec retary Stimson expressed optimis tic hope for the successful ter mination of the conference and the increase of good will between the two countries which a solu- ( Concluded on Vaice 2, Column 1.) E High School Girls Were too Enthusiastic, Suspicion Raised in Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 17. ( AP) The county school board is investigating the greeting of the Oregon football team by 27 girls of Andrew Jackson high school two weeks ago. Although mothers of 25 of the 27 girli hare signed statements that they had their parents' per mission to entertain the football squad, ' the school board has at tempted to learn why the girls were permitted to meet the play ers at the station. 13. D Fincannon, president of the junior chamber of commerce, said his organization would co operate fully, but said it was his understanding the girls were prop erly chaperoned and that they met the Oregon players because their high school basketball team played the Eugene, Ore., team in the na tional championship tournament at Chicago two years ago. "The players and faculty mem bers were loud in their praise of the greeting given them by the ro'oinittee and the girls," Mr. Fincannon said. The University of Oregon team stopped here several days while enroute to Miami to play the I niversity of Florida. NEII TE1CR SI, EUGENE, Ore.. Dec. 17. (AP) Higher standards for teachers, graduation In certification, larger salaries, reorganization of teach ing loads, greater recognition of the professional status of teach ers were some of the means sug gested by Professor F. L. Stetson of the University of Oregon, that would enable schools to render the entire service Of which they are capable. A stetson is cnairman oi a com mittee which worked out a report on the professional standards to be presented and discussed at the convention of the Oregon State Teachers association In Portland on December 26, 27 and 28. Charging that the public has been willing to accept low profes sional standards. Stetson, in a preliminary report, said that for this reason progress toward great er efficiency must come from the profession itself but will demand an understanding with and cooper ation of the public at large. is HOOT WELCOME we C!o Miner i The Washington State Col lege presents something unique in the annals of industry a co rd miner and tthe's no gold digger! H. Klizabeth Carey, Belling ham, a sophomore major stu dent in the W. S. C. school of ininrs is the second woman in the fii; lory of the institution to specialize in that field and one cf the few in the Cnlted States 13 iT YET Hurry Call Is Sent Out for Much Needed Money for Christmas Use THE SALVATION ARMY "GOOD WILL. FUND" Previously reported.ft58A.32 Col. Carle A brains. . 3.32 Andiew Davis 2.00 E. C. Ballinger .... 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. A. Diriterson B.OO Mrs. B. E. Carrier. . 5.00 S. E. Purvlne 10.00 Hope G. Preston . . . B.OO W. 8. Levens 8.00 E. M.. 51., Lyons, Ore. 1 .00 Daniel J. Fry, Sr. . . 15.00 W. W. Looney 5.00 Anonymous 23.0O Street Kettles, Dee. 17th 82.08 H. F. Woodry & Rons 20 Total to date $704.90 It is said that- the cow bird never builds its own nest. When it gets ready to lay Its eggs, it hunts up some nest that (Concluded on Pae 2, Column 1.) GOOD CHEER FUND Sill fm A Centre! Oregon Plateau Is Now VyregOIl Covered With Snow; Federal Officers Nab Rum Runners in DrieiS Southern Part of This State Girl Breaks Ann ALBANY, Ore., IJec. 17 (AP) Frances, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bray of this city, suf fered a broken arm today when an auto in which she was riding was struck by a car driven by Jo seph Ellis, Eugene, at a street In tersection. Francis and her com panions, Loren Bray, a brother, and Owen Lemmon, were enroute to Oregon State college to attend classes. Rum Runners Nabbed MEDFORD, Ore.. Dec. 17 (Ar) Attempts of runners to bring liquor from California for holiday consumption in Oregon have met with little success dur ing the past week. Frank Chester, catcher on the Medford baseball team, and Lew is D.unlap of Portland, were ar rested last night on the Pacific highway by Terry Talent, federal agent, and Deputy Sheriff Paul Jennings on t charge of transpor tation and 'possession of liquor. Their automobile contained more than 100 bottles of alleged bond ed liquors. Bnckaroos Lose Again SEATTLE, Dec. 47 (AP) The Victoria Cubs won their first game of the season In the Pa cific Coast Hockey league when they defeated the Portland Bnck aroos 3 to 0 here tonight. Victoria scored one goal in the second per iod and two In the third. . Bend Snow Covered BEND, Ore., Dec. 17 (AP) Central Oregon's first "snow to TO BE CLOSED Finaj Argument Scheduled In Sensational Disbar ment Action Case Expected to be Taken Under Advisement by Three Referees A. E. Reames, Medford. one of the three prosecutors- appointed by the supreme court to prose cute the disbarment proceedings against Thomas Mannix, Portland attorney, will present the final closing argument for the state this morning. The decision to continue the hearing over until today came late Tuesday afternoon when it was evident that Frank J. Lon ergan, Portland, defense counsel for Mannix, would not conclude hlg argument until the usual ad journment time. Corvallls Lawyer Opens for State Arthur Clark, of Corvallls open ed the arguments for the state before Circuit Judges Skipworth of Eugene, Wilson of The Dalles and Norton, Grants Pass, and was followed by his colleague, A. K. MeMahon, who addressed himself to the referees on the subject of the law held by the state to be applicable. The petition seeking Mannix' disbarment was filed by George W. Joseph another Portland at torney. Mannix filed the petition against Joseph heard earlier by the same referees. Deceit Laid to Mannix By Prosecution ' The petition against Mannix charged misrepresentation and de ceit practiced upon tbe state and federal courts in the various Wemme cases, violation of the criminal statutes In obtaining money by false pretenses in the uttering of worthless checks, and, in general, unethical and unpro fessional conduct in the practice of law. The case, will be taken under ad visement by the three referees. An early decision is not expected in either the Joseph of Mannix cases. Each took four daya for trial and the record In each case Is exhaustive. In addition to the long transcript of testimony in each case, the referees have be fore them volumes of documentary evidence to consider as well as the citation of authority. Man Without Hands Guilty Forging Check CHICAGO, Dec. 17. (AP) A certain German baron who took extreme delight in telling "whop pers" might have given up his hobby in disgust if he had been able to attend Justice Max Lust er's court today and heard Frank Greshmeyer who has no bands. sentenced for forgery. Greshmeyer, who professes to "live by his wits" since both bis hands were amputated In a fac tory accident, was given a year in the house of correction and a fine of $100 after his father-in- law, Paul Massmutt, proved that Greshmeyer had forged his name to a check by holding a pen un der his stump. night had whitened the mldsfate plateau. Indications were that the storm would continue through the night. The storm moved into central Oregon from the east late today. Indian Vet Burns to Death ROSEBURG, Ore.. Dec. 17 (AP) Henry Steger. 81. veteran of the Modoc Indian war, died last night at the Oregon soldiers' home from burns suffered when his niaht clothes caught fire. Ste ger apparently fell asleep while smoking and his dressing gown and nirbt clothes were afire when be ran from the room into the corridor of the hospital, where he had been receiving treatment tor several months. Soldiers' Home Backed PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 17 (AP) A delegation from .the Roseburg chamber of commerce and Frank Jenkinspresident of the Eugene chamber of commerce, will meet with directors of the Portland chamber tomorrow In an effort to secure endorsement of the bill introduced in congress by Senator McNary calling for the establishment of a branch of the national soldiers home at, Rose burg. Ray Pelky Wins PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 17 (AP) Ray Pelky, veteran Oak land lightheavywelgbt. scored dose ten round decision over K. O. White, Chicago negro, in the main event of tonight's fight card here. ilSIRB SUBURBAN FIRE1 STATION IS NOT USED IN CRISIS East Salem Crew Idle While Trucks Rush by From Headquarters Some Doubt Necessity of Re taining Extra Apparatus For Use in City Grave doubt as to the useful ness of Salem's on suburban fire station and the several others that are to be added, unless some better method is devised for turning in alarms, was entertain ed by residents of the East Salem district Tuesday as a result of occurrences there that afternoon. Fire broke out in the residence of Otto Hillman. COS South 21st street, shortly after S o'clock. An alarm was turned in to the down town fire station, which Is the on ly method provided, and the crew from that station responded, al though the fire was only a few Mocks from the East Salem sta tion. Suburban CVcw Sees Larjtjo Engines Boll By Residents in the vicinity claim ed that the downtown apparatus rolled by. directly in front of the suburban station, while the crew looked on, completely mystified. ; Considerable damage was done to the house, especially the interi or and the upper part of the struc ture, and East Salem residents were claiming Tuesday afternoon that much of this damage could have been avoided had the East Salem fire crew responded instead of the downtown crew. It was rumored that the down town crew had forgotten, in the excitement of the alarm, that there was a fire station closer to the scene of trouble, but this, according to Chief Harry Hutton, was by no means the truth. Reasons Explained By Fire Chief The chief explained that he had personally ordered the downtown crew to answer the alarm, for the reason that the fire was described as a big one which the crew of four men at the East Salem sta tion could not have handled. As soon as the new emergency truck, which was delivered to the downtown station Tuesday, is properly limbered up, it will be sent out with men to supplement the suburban crews on fires of this kind, but it was not' advis able to do this Tuesday, the chief explained. The chief questioned whether the East Salem apparatus could have reached the fire much soon er than the downtown crew, since another telephone call would have been necessary. Residents of East Salem de clared that if this were true, there is not must justification for main taining the suburban station. 11 TELLS OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark., Dec. 17 (AP) A 17 year old hill country girl, Tillar Ruminer, took the stand as the state's star wit ness in the Connie Franklin mur der trial today and testified the last time she saw Franklin, her lover, he was lying in the woods near St. James crying "You've killed me." The four men on trial charged 1th murdering him, Herman Greenway. Hubert Hester, Jee White and Bill Younger, were standing by beating him with rocks and "brass knuckles," she said. While Franklin lay gtsping for breath, she said, two of the men, Greenway and Hester attacked her. Whfn she left them. she said, she returned immediately to Greenway'B home, where she had been staying, and never had seen Franklin since. Later, she said, Greenway and Hester told her they had killed Franklin and threatened to kill her if she told. These threats, she said, kept her silent from last March 9, un til about a month ago, when she gave testimony to the grand jury, which- resulted In murder indict ments against -the four men and one other, Alek Fulks. She denied flatly under cross examination that the man who claims to be the Connie Franklin alleged to have been slain, was the man she was to have married. Despite severe cross examina tion, she held to her story al though she admitted she had not seen Franklin slain. Canadian Pacific Liner Completed GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 17. (AP) Slipping down greased shipyard ways enshrouded by fog, the Canadian Pacific lines Em press of Japan, was launched to day at the works of the Fairfield Ship-building company. .The ship is Intended for the Pacific services of the company. m COUNTRY e 1 To Marty Within Few Days fc- - - - mmrm . ..-1t'.f $- A Miss Helen Wills Tennis Champion To Take Partner Helen Wills Will Become Bride of Frederick Moody, Jr., Within Very Short Time; Brilliant Social Events Many . SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. (AP) Miss Helen Wills, champion of all the women tennis players, will be mar ried "within a few days to Frederick S.' Moody, Jr., young San r rancisco broker, her mother, Rflirl tndflv. O Mrs. Wills, wife of a Berke ley physician, said the exact time and place of the wedding would be announced next Thurs day, and that until then nothing definite could be said regarding plans. She said, however, it would be very soon. Guesses circulated freely around San Francisco Bay today supposedly coming from close friends of the Wills family. These fixed the date of the wedding any where from "before Christmas" to "around New Years." It was known that former United States Senator James D. Phelan, who has been regarded as Miss Wills' so cial sponsor here, is giving a large dinner dance for her at the St. Francis hotel tomorrow night and that Mr. and Mrs. John Drum, prominent socially, are giving a dinner for her at their Fairmount Hotel bungalow Thursday night. These parties admittedly were gestures of farewell to her bach elorhood. Miss Wills and her fiance have been engaged about a year. Be fore announcing their engagement they had been friends for years and with their parents, had been together here and on the French Riviera. Miss Wills said when her engagement become known, that she would continue her studies at the University of Cali fornia and her tennis and that as far as tennis is concerned, matri mony would not Interfere with it. The Chronicle today said that after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Moody would spend their honey moon on the yacht Galatea, owned by Cyril Tobin, a friend, cruising down the west coast of Mexico. Mr. Moody is 28 years old and Miss Wills is 23. Northcutt Tried In Secrecy For Alleged Actions BREMERTON, WTash., Dec. 17. (AP) The' court martial of Lieutenant Harold W. Northcutt, Norfolk, Va., naval officer who disappeared from his post in Octo ber and was arrested in Seattle in November, continued today be hind closed doors at the navy yard here. The trial has been held in abso lute secrecy throughout, even the witnesses being sworn not to re veal their testimony after leaving the room. Officers would give no intimation of how long the trial would last. WHEAT MARKET, ACTIVE CHICAGO, Dec: .17. (AP) Forecasts of a cold wave that may endanger 'autumn sown wheat in Kansas and Oklahoma, led to con siderable buying today of wheat future deliveries here. Mrs. C. A. Wms of Berkeley. Coste Chalks Up Distance Record On Closed Course ISTRES AIRFIELD, Mar seilles, France, Dec. 17. (AP) Captain Dleudonne Coste, holder of the world's record for long distance straight line flights, and Paul Codos, pilot of the London-Paris air service, climbed out of their airplane here today with a new world's record for long dist ance flights over a closed circuit. In the famous red Bre gnet "Question Mark" that Coste used for bis flight from Paris to Manchuria, the two airmen set a mark of 4,084.8 miles, about 200 miles better than the record of the Italians Rerrarin and Del Prete. Coste landed with 100 gal lons of gasoline still left. 14 We knew we had the rec ord broken, and It was no use discouraging others in their attempts to take it away from us," the French ace explained. WINTER SPORTS TALKED SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17. (AP) Representatives of the Union Pacific System Athletic as sociation from 11 "states conclud ed their meeting here today with discussion of proposed constitu tional changes and plans for a winter sports program. Taxes To Be People Here Next Year After all the discuss!ons of bud- gets and tax levies on the part of state, county, City and school dis trict officers has subsided, there will still remain to be answered the timid query of the mere tax payer, "How much will my taxes be?" At present the only authorita tive answer that can be given the taxpayer in Salem is that his taxes will be higher next year than they were this year. Two principal reasons for this conclusion appear; first, the re duction in assessed valuations caused by the withdrawal of na tional banks' property from the tax rolls, and. second the increase in the Salem city levy, necessitat ed because the public is now be ginning to pay for its new bridges, sewers, Incinerator and airport. Just how much the total assess ed valuation in Salem has been reduced is not 'yet known, as S lAviat ors On Long Distance Airplane Jaunts British Birdmen Speed Atlantic Flyers Mak6 Toward South Af rican Area Jones-Williams Leads Flight Attempting New Record GRANWELL AIRDROME, Lin colnshire, England, Dec. 17. (AP) Two Royal Air force offi cers tonight were entering on the most hazardous stage of their at tempted nonstop flight to South Africa with a new long distance record as their goal. They left here at 3:00 a. m., (3:00 a. m., E. S. T.). With weather conditions distinctly fa vorable for their effort, they hoped to reach South Africa be fore nightfall on Thursday. Their Falrey monoplane was loaded with 1,200 gallons of gasoline, 200 gallons more than It had been expected the motors would be able to lift. Progress ToloVby Means of Radio Through the special radio set designed for long distance com munication that the plane carried. Squadron Leader A. G." Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N. H. Jenkins were able to keep the air ministry here informed of therr progress across France and tbe Mediterranean. After crossing Tunis, with its scattered French settlements and military posts, tbe fliers will face the hazards of the French section of the great Sahara desert. Be side the natural hazards of this expanse of sand and rock, a forced landing might place them at the mercy of marauding bands of Arabs, although the men were equipped with sporting rifles. One oasis from which they probably will take a bearing Is that of Ghat (Yat). Their south ward flight a few hundred miles farther on will bring them to the great equatorial Jungles and they planned to strike the Atlantic coast again near Douala in the Cameroons. Following down the west coast they would pass over Benguela in Portugese West Af rica, Walfisch Bay and thus come to Capetown. The inside of the cabin was painted a dull color to soften the glare of the desert sun. The men carried curiously shaped knives to hack a path through Jungle thick ets in case of a forced landing, plane would enable them to exist The specially prepared food in the several weeks while their sporting guns might be reckoned on to pro vide fresh meat. 62 MB DIE AS RESCUE if FAILS McALESTER. Okla., Dec. 17 (AP) Emerging from the Old Town Coal company's mine late tonight, Miller D. Hay. chief state mine inspector said all hope had been abandoned for the rescue of any of the miners, still In the shaft. McALESTER, Okla., D 7 (AP) With realization that death must have taken most of the 62 miners imprisoned today by an explosion In the Old Town Coal company's mine in North Mc Alester, a pall of hopelessness fell tonight on the efforts of rescue workers recruited from mines in the McAlester district. Hopes, raised by the rescue late today of 3 men from their deep prison, fell with the assertion of rescuers that presence of after damp in the lower levels virtual ly precluded the possibility of any other victims surviving. Twenty-three bodies had been brought to the surface, early to night and were takes to a morgue here.. Higher For I lem property has not been segre- gated on the tax rolls; but since the majority of the national bank property In Marion county is in Salem, the percentage of reduction is expected to be greater than in the county at large. The coun ty's total assessment for 1928, on which the taxes for this year were based, was $48,569,121; the present valuation recently an nounced and on which the 1930 Ux will be based, is $48,401,639. Taxpayers in Salem. paid 64.2 mills on their assessed valuations this year for all purposes. This to tal millage has been gradually In creasing since 1924, when It was 45.9. All Items contributing to the total had Increased excepting the state tax millage, which dropped from 7.6 in 1925 to 7.1 in 1926 and gradually climbed up to 7.3 this year but the reason why that was no fault of the tax (Concluded en Pum 2. "otro i.t n our vive Forced Landing on Brazil Coast 2 Men Badly Shaken But Not Serious ly Injured NATALBrazii, Dec. 17 (Ar) Lieutenant Leon Cfcalle, one of the two aviators who reached lat night after a trans-Atlantic flight from Seville, was brought by air plane late today from Santo An tonio, the nearest town to where the forced landing was made. RIO JANERIO, Dec. 17 AP Two men, who had flown frops Seville Spain, in 3 5 hours with out a stop, today emerged fram the tropical forests of Brazil to reassure an anxious world a; to their safety. v Major Tadeo Larre-Borges who had hoped to reach Montevideo, capital of his native land of Uru guay, was the first to reach a village connected by telegraph with the outside world, he gave assurance that although he and his companion, Lieutenant Le.n Challe. French aviator, had ln stunned by the wreck of their plane in a forced lauding Hi night, neither was seriously in jured. Flyers Unable to Get Adjusted to Situation He told how after successfully negotiating mora than half el their projected route, including the whole of the hazardous ovt-r waer route, they had reached South American shores in dark ness and wera unable to orient themselves. Failing to pick up even the lights of towns that (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2. SE Machine Gun Found in Resi dence May be One That Killed Gangster CHICAGO. Dec. 17. (AP New Impetus was given to the In tensive man hunt for Fred Burkr, reputed desperado, today after Coroner Herman N. Bundesen of Cook county made tentative ident ification of bullets fired from a machine gun found in the Burke Michigan bungalow similar to SEARCH FOR BURKE GETS MORE INTEN those found on the bodies of seven Morgan gangsters, who were mas- . sacred in a Chicago garage last February. The bullets were sent to Major Calvin C Goddard, ballistic e pert, for microscopic examination. Two machine guns were found in the Burke hideout after he was alleged to have shot and killed Policeman Charles Skelley in St. Joseph, Mich., last Saturday. Markings on the bullet of one gun were not visible to naked eye. Bullets from the other, however. bore ridges believed to be caused, by slight jamming. Deputy Commissioner John Stege and States Attorney's la- vestigator Pat Roche agreed that the same markings were observed on bullets taken from bodies of the slain Morgan gangsters. Roche and Stege said they be lieve Burke, If found, would not submit to arrest without a bat tle. They broadcast a warning to officers to be extra cautious. "The government wants Burke for national hank robbery," said Stege, "Illinois wants him for tbe massacre, Indiana and Wisconsin for bank holdups. Kentucky for robbery, Ohio for killing a police man during a holdup and Michi gan for killing Policeman Skel ley." IDAHO UNIVERSITY GIRLS COVER KNEES BOISE, Idaho. Dec. 17. (AD University of Idaho girls must cover up their knees before they : come back to school after Christ- : mas. - : That was the edict of Perineal ; French, dean of women, as re ported by girls returning here to day from Moscow, Idaho, for the holidays. As reported. Dean French announced the edict at a meeting of representatives of so rorities and girls dormitories, called prior to the Christmas re cess' and ordered not only longer dresses but wider around the hips by at least two inches so as not to disclose too much "shape." : The alterations in the dress mast be completed by the time: the girls report for school Janu ary . Not all the girls were pleased wfth the order, in spite of the ' trend of fashion toward longer : skirts. ' -