CIRCULATION Daily kTers distrilntton for the 6,656 Averse net paid 6.10S nonth endh- Iweratr 81. 1229 Audit Bureau of Circulation WEATHER Generally fair today and Thnrday; Some rloadines. Max. temperature TueMlay 85; Min. 23; Calm; No rain; River 4. - FOUNDED 1651 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR ClHfOR CIRCUIT JUDGE bebtjuohs Prospective Candidates .Eye McMahan's Place Upon Bench Here Rumblings of Coming Polit ical Fight Heard in Lo cal District Opposition to I.. H. McMahan, Circuit Judge, in his race for re nomination at the republican par ty primary in May appears certain as a result of developments of the pest few weeks. It haa been reported reliably that at least four aspirants were casting covetous optics in the di rection of the bench in depart ment No. 2 of the circuit court. Those whose names are most fre quently connected with the race are C. M. Inman, Custer Ross and E. M. Page. John Carson, dis trict attorney, is also mentioned as a possibility. While none of them will admit at! present that he will actually oppose Judge McMahan for the nomination, there is said to be good reason to believe that each in private has been parading be fore the mirror to determine just how well the judicial robes would set on his shoulders. There is a real attraction in a judgeship for lawyers. Opposition Begins to Assume Definite Shape Rumblings of opposition to Mc Mahan had been heard for some time but not until the past few days had they taken definite form. It was Tldent that the judge tirred up a hornet's nest in his attack on county officials. There was considerable talk about the court house that this broadside was ill-timed and unbecoming a circuit Judge, and it was broadly hinted that his appeal . to the grange for an investigation was for "political purposes only." Meanwhile, Judge" McMahan'a piei ring grey eyes survey the sit uation from his court house office with the utmost complacency. They see nothing but victory in the approaching campaign. Judge Mr-Mahan Is banking on his 'Wltro er.;.:nintanee in Linn and Marion tountiee. Ji:- :::il:ent Xot Worried Ov v Prospective Fight He professes no worry over pos sible opposition, calmly asserting that he has been "in the fight for decent things in government for 4 5 years." Mr. Inman admits that friends have been urging him to under , take the race but states that he has not considered the matter seriously. He has an aversion to the idea of conducting a political fight for a judicial post, believing that the bench should seek the man. On his behalf, it is urged that he is an outstanding student of law and a man who would grace the circuit bench. Mr. Inman has practiced law in (Turn to Page 2, Please,) ?LH OF GUILTY BY A plea of guilty, entered by Robin Day, Salem attorney, I:, be , half of his client, Mrs. B. Shatz, was ordered quashed Tuesday when Mrs. Shatz' case came .on for hearing at Stayton. Mrs. Shatz, who was not present at the hearing faces a charge involving manufacture of intoxicating , liquor, the charge resulting when she was found to be the only adult person left following a fire near Stayton recently which led to the discovery of the largest still ever found in Marion county. Lyle J. Page, deputy district at torney, objected to Day's attempt to enter a plea for his client. Ac cording to Page the law provides that an attorney may plead not guilty for a client but a plea of guilty may be made only by the accused person. A second hearing will be given Mrs. Schatx Thursday of this week reported Mr. Page. ATTORWEY QUASHED Four Diphtheria Cases In County Reported Tuesday Four cases of diphtheria were reported yesterday to the county health officer. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas. Two of the cases were in Arbor Grove and one each at Hullt and near Silrerton, and two are school children, one a pre school child and one an adult. Dr. Douglas investigated the case near 8ilverton yesterday and found the patient quite seriously ill, the other cases are under in vestigation. Cultures are being taken of all contacts, and It la probable -whole school rooms of children will be cultured In every effort to keep the 'disease down. So far, source of none of the four cases has been learned but it is supposed they were picked up during the holi days. Most of the cases reported yesterday hare been HI for since around the first of the month, but none were reported until phy Chief Justice Taft Expected to Recover Health in Short Order " ""' k V : 1 y '.y.v. : y.y-y .a ,y.yy.y.yyf.- v 1 - f ' I f - ' 4 V, ' ''v y , -''- -y yyyy ; , I f ; ' ' " - I x - yy -y s ' ' ' William Howard Taft, former United States president sad now chief justice of the United States supreme court, who is confined to hospital at Washington, bnt is expected to regain his usual robust health in a few days. Chief Justice Is To Recover Soon William Howard Taft Sent to Hospital as Pre caution Against Recurring Bladder Trouble But Is Reported in Cheerful Mood WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (AP) William Howard Taft, formerly the president and now the chief justice of the United States, slept tonight in a hospital bed happy in the assurance of physicians that the ailment from which he is suffering would respond to treatment within a week. Recurring bladder trouble necessitated his entrance into the hospital. For several years the condition disturbed him. After his present stay at Garfield hos pital, Mr. Taft plans to go to Asheville, . C, for several weeks of rest. The chief justice was in a cheer ful mood today, his decision to drop the exacting court work for a time having restored his custo mary chuckle. He 'transacted business for several hours with his secretary and law clerk before going to the hospital, the last he will do for several weeks. He then walked to his automobile for the ride to the hospital with Mrs. Taft, arriving there he made cheerful inquiry for his room. On the advice of his physicians, the chief Justice will completely divorce himself from ail work for several weeks. He took with him to the hospital a collection of books and will receive others from time to time, but will give bo attention whatever to his cor respondence or Judicial duties. While he is in the south rest ing, the same rule prohibiting work of any kind will be observed. Although the chief justice will be permitted to read books of his own selection, he will be required to take a complete rest. Mrs. Taft will not accompany him south. sicians were called in. reporting in turn to the health officer. Dr. Douglas urges that all par ents watch their children, and especially pre-school children, carefully and get In touch with a physician or county nurse Imme diately when signs of illness are found. Parents are. urged also to send their children to the im munizatlon clinic held each Sat urday morning at the Salem health center on North High street, beginning at 8:30 o'clock, where doses of toxin-antitoxin will be given without charge. The health officer expects a lit tle increase In diphtheria this year, Inasmuch as the disease comes in wares every aix or seT- en years and this is about time for a heavier appearance of it- Last January there was a little flurry of diphtheria, with aix or seven cases reported. ', ji ).' u mi m a S!l HISES FROM HAVANA. Jan. 7. (AP) The Havana Post today reported that the peaceful town of Baracoa had been deeply stripped by a young girl who had risen from her cof fin about which the mourners were gathered and who walked a few feet before she fell to the floor. The girl was Adelaida Delga- do. 16 year 8 of age. Physicians had pronounced her dead yester day morning. She was prepared for burial and the family sat up all last night awaiting the serv ices set for daybreak today. Then came the strange occurrence. Physicians called in after the girl's collapse decided that she was dead beyond all question hut that the first time she had ap peared so she must have been suf fering from a cataleptic coma. CUEiK START H JUST RIGHT Starting the new year right was what the Cherrians did nothing else but, Tuesday night at the Marlon hotel when they held their annual banquet. Grover Hillman, new King Bing, was dnly and ceremoniously crowned, and C. F. Giese, outgoing King Bing, was presented with a beautiful wrist watch as a token of the Cherrians' appreciation for his be nign rule. A class of new members per haps they call them "buds" was initiated, the group including J. N. Chambers, Grant Day, A. C. Haag, James M. Clark, F. W. Pet tyjohn, Palmer C. MacDonald, Larry Allen and R. W. Miles. The entertainment consisting of music by Bill Braxeau and his or chestra aad numbers by Larry Al len, Charles Bier and Rufe White, was broadcast over a radio station set up in the hotel, and tf nobody waa turned in on it, that was their own hard luck. PREMIER'S SOXJX V. 8. NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (AP) Alister G. MacDonald, eldest son of Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain, arrived in New York today to study skyscrapers. COFFIN ID ILKS DIFFERENT OX BEING IS RESENTED Deposed Dictator Irked as Faithful Cohort Lands Way Out in Cold "Spite" in Appointments is Scented for First Time By "Little Tom" By RALPH CURTIS It makes a lot of difference whose ox is gored. "Spite" and "robbery" are pro claimed to high heaven by the analytical political writer of the afternoon newspaper as he sees one member of the city council bloc which he has dominated, de prived of Important committee as signments while the two other re maining "faithfuls" are treated with entire fairness. He made a similar protest a year ago, did he not, when Mayor Livesley handed out the commit tee plums and saw to It that the independents gots nothing worth while, especially those who had committed lese majesty and dared raise their voices against any thing the mayor and the Capital Journal favored did he not? Yes, he did not. Town send Get Berths Upon Two Committees Alderman Watson Townsend learned Monday night that hj was chairman of the committee on rules and revision of minutes, and a member of the printing com mittee. That was "spite" and a poor reward for faithful service, com plains "Little Tom." Bat what Mayor Livesley did (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Rift Widens as Party Lash is Asked Against Indepen dent Senators By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AP) The split in senate Republican ranks widened into a menacing chasm today as the question of recognition in the party's organi zation of the bolting western inde pendents came to an Issue on the appointment or Senator LaFol lette, of Wisconsin, to the power ful finance committee. That Is the committee which controls revenue and the tariff legislation, over which the west ern independents and the party regulars clash regularly. After an attempt to sidetrack LaFol lette was made today, the inde pendents met and served notice of a battle. The republican, quarrel was complicated by differences among the party regulars themsplvpH. and by warnings from the demo cratic side that if the issue of La Follette's appointment were fought out on the floor, there would be some democratic sup port for him. A continuation of th d tic - western republican indepen dent coalition which has existed in the senate on the farm relief and tariff issues during the Hoov er administration carries some far reaching possibilities. F PLACED IFI CELLS JACKSON. Ky.. Jan. 7. fAPl Four of eight defendants ac cused of participate r in the mob slaying of Chester Fugate, were committed to Jail without bail to day after they and the other four had been indicted fr murder and conspiracy to murder. Fugate was removed from the Breathitt county jail and shot fourteen times by a mob Christmas morn Ing, and In a deathbed statement named six alleged members of the mob. In addition to these fix, former jailer S. L. Combs and his son, Lewis Combs, were Indicted on conspiracy charges. The six men indicted tor mur der were all kinsmen! of Clay Wat kins, for whose murder Fugate was being held in jail. They are: S. J. Watklns, brother; Lee Wat- kins, nephew; Benton Howard, nephew; Allie Watklns, son; Earl Howard and L. K. Rice, son-in law. Circuit Judge Chester Wright announced a special term of court tor February S to try the defen dants. SAILORS ASK HELP LUDERITZ, Southwest Africa, Jan. 7 AP) Exhausted after a 90 mile tramp along the coast of Luderitx, the third engineer and two deckhands ot the steamed Limpolo, 80 tons hare reached here bring news that the ahip was wrecked on January 1. HI MIS BROKEN H Bl MEMBERS 0 MOB Portland Aviator Sets World Mark For Outside Loops PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7. (Ar) Flying an airplane through more outside loops than anyone In the world has ever done before is "not really unpleasant," in the opinion of J. G. Tex" Ran kin, Portland aviator, who made 19 complete loops to day to better by six the rec ord set at the Cleveland air races last year. The outside loop is made with the pilot on the rim of the circle and the liwHg gear of the plane toward the center. Rankin said the centrifu gal pressure was strong at the bottom of the dive bnt that he believes he could have made 60 loops had not one spark plug of his motor fouled. The exhibition was wit nessed and officially sanc tioned by members of the aviation committee of the Portland chamber of com merce and Aero Club of Oregon. HOOP STARS OUST ED I Poor Sportsmanship Decried and Cleanup Started By Principal Driving another spike In his der termination to rid Salem high school of both realities and stigma of rotten sportsmanship, Principal Fred Wolf Monday ordered Bob Kelley and Earl Pettit, football and basketball lettermen, to re main out of classes until they turn in all athletic letters andjn sighia awarded by the school. Both boys were still away from classes at- the close of school yes terday. Wolf's ultimatum came after Kelley and Pettit refused to play basketball because players were not given complimentary tickets to the games. The two boys, de ciding team members should re reive "comps", attempted to or ganize a strike among all the play ers before the last game, and this failing, declared themselves off the team until they received passes. -The principal said yesterday he would not tolerate such a bolshe vik act, particularly in the face of the fact that all aspirants to teams were warned early last fall that no free tickets would be giv en to players after the li29 foot ball season was ended. Wolf de cried the cropping out of this un- sportsi&anlike attitude and said he intended to deal with such acts as he believed they should be handled. The state high school athletic association scowls upon the prac tice of Issuing free tickets to play ers, he said. iS The mercury in the government thermometer at the airport here dropped to 23 degrees above sero Tuesday morning, the lowest tem perature of the winter, and was headed In the same" general direc tion Tuesday night. More of the same wa9 the forecast for today and Thursday, but some cloudi ness, which usually means more moderate temperature, was also predicted. It is believed that no damage has been caused to fall sown grain as yet, but if alternated freezing and thawing is the rule over any considerable period of time, the grain will be damaged. However, the fall grain acreage in the Will amette valley was small, on ac count of the protracted dry sea son., Farmer would . feel hetter about it if snow fell to protect the sprouting seeds. Hop Market in This Valley Is Declared Low The market for hops In the Willamette valley is at its lowest ebb In many years, according to F. E. Needham of the T. A. Lives ley organization, which Is In close touch both with producers and buyers of hops. There hare been tirtuafly no sales in recent months. Needham said Tuesday. Such sales as have been made have not exceeded 13 cents In price. Overproduction both In England and in the United States haa caus ed the low price. While more than one-half of the Willamette valley yield has been sold under prior 1 contracts or early deals in the .1929 season, a large part of the hop yield is in local warehouses, according to Needham. HUSKIES CRUSH BULLDOGS SEATTLE, Jan. 7. (AP) The University of Washington basketball team made it two straight over the Gonzaga Bull dogs when the Huskies trounced the Spokane quintet 42 to 11 here tonight. Washington led 13 to 9 at the half. FROM SALEM FOLK SHIVER MERCURY Hill ERT TO Belgian Princess to Become Bride of Italian Prince Af Big Ceremony Brilliant Reception Held for Future Queen; Dignitar ies Present ROME, Jan. 7. (AP) Prin cess Marie Jose of Belgium was the center of a final brilliant re ception tonight at the Quirinal palace before her marriage to Crown Prince Hupmbert of Italy tomorrow morning. The princes, who spent a crowded and colorful day, receiv ed about 2,000 guests. Including high army and navy otflcers, gov ernment officials and the mem bers of the so-called Roman "white aristocracy" those who have been signalized by their de votion to the Kingdom of Italy. The princess was dressed in pink and wore a beautiful pearl necklace, which was the gift of Prince Humbert. The officers were in full dress uniform and the rest of the men in full evening dress. Royalty Appears In Brilliant Costumes The Duchess of Vendome, Marie Jose's aunt, wore a gown of gold feuilles mortes lame, with a fur trimmed train. Former Queen Amelie of Portugal was in purple velvet with a diamond diadem cn her hair. Princess Christopher of Greece, nee Francoise of France, wore a golden brown lame with a long train. The Marquise de Rlchan teau wore a white satin gown with a short cape embroidred in dia monds and a train of blue velvet lined with gold. Another striking costume was that of the Countess Chartler de Segouv, which was of gold lame and had a train lined with with golden velvet. Most of the gowns, including Pricess Marie Jose's,- were made in Italy. At the wedding ceremony to morrow all the ladles will wear lace veils, and long sleeves and high necked dresses will be the rule. The ladies attached to the Belgian and Italian courts will wear mantles of Savoy blue. Bridegroom Gives No Bachelor Dinner Crown Prince Humbert, unlike American bridegroom, is not giv ing a bachelor dinner this evening. He gave such a dinner some time ago in Turin to his brother offi cers of the 92nd infantry, all of whom toasted the bride in spark ling Astl wine. Princess Marie Jose spent a busy day on the eve of her wed ding. In addition to the reception tonight, she had an audience with Pope Plus in the morning and reviewed a colorful procession of peasants in the afternoon. The Pauline chapel of the Quir inal has been draped in deep red velvet, fringed with gold, for the wedding tomorrow m o r n in g . Workmen were busily engaged from an early hour this morning in putting the final touches to the decorations. IRISH PATRIOT DIKS PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7. (AP) Luke Dillon, 80, long a resident of Philadelphia, but who spent much of his life In advanc ing the cause of a free Ireland, died at his home here today. 1 I ID THIS M ING . Thieves Strip House Bare and VJ regOIl Even Take Stove ; McEwan to r Insist on Full Payment of DriClS His Salary by University Thieves Very Thorough EUGENE. Ore.. Jan. 7 (AP) Thieves, who entered the home of Bert Simmons, while he was visiting in California, stripped the bouse of all its furnishings, even the stove, dishes and pictures on the walls. Mrs. Simmons went to the home today to start a fire but could not find the stove. The sheriff started an Investi gation. McEwan Demands Pay EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 7 (AP) Captain John J. McEwan upon his. arrival here today from New York announced that he is and will continue to be head football coach of the University of Ore gon until every penny due' on the balance of his contract Is paid. Captain McEwan's contract calls for an annual salary of 18,500 and the Contract does not expire until the end ot the 1930 football season. Few StndenU Fail EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 7 (AP) Of 2993 students registered at the UnlTersltj. of Oregon during the fall term, 45 disqualified be cause they failed to pass the re quired number ot subject hours, and 104 have been placed on scholastic probation, the regis trar's office announced today. Ten of the failures were women stu dents. Hoover's Idea Opposed BAKER. Ore., Jan. 7 (AP) The cattle and horse raisers' as sociation of Oregon and represen tatives ot the cattle and sheep t I Indian Patriot Storm Center Mahatma Gandhi, famous Nation alist leader, whose resolution favoring complete independence for India, to be attained grad ually, was approved by a vote of 134 to 77 at the forty-fourth Nationalist Congress now in progress. When the National flag was raised at the opening of the congress, pandemonium broke loose, Wveral persons fainted, and the uproar took on much the appearance of a riot. University of Oregon Prof Pleads in Behalf of De fendant in Court A brother's sense of brotherly love prompted A. B. Stillman, professor of business administra tion at the University of . Oregon, to come to Salem Tuesday and obtain the parole and freedom of Russel D. Stillman who has been held In the county Jail here for the past three weeks pending the outcome of a non-support charge placed against him by his wife, the mother of his two minor chil dren. Prof. Stillman recited a stir ring story to Judge Brazier Small in Justice court yesterday In an attempt to gain his brother's re lease from jail. He declared that his parents were in need of the younger Stillman and that the fa ther was expected to die. He told the court he had obtained three prospective positions for his younger brother and said that he would guarantee that the man would support his family if he were released from Jail. Lyle Page, representing the state, agreed to the release of Stillman if he were pafoled to his brother at Eugene. It was de cided that Stillman pay $30 each month to his wife for the support of the two minor children. Russel Stillman was known here, having been employed here for some time as a refrigerator salesman. CRASH KILLS 20 ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 8. (AP) (Wednesday) Twenty persons were killed today in the wreck of a Tunis to Algiers train near (Juelma. The locomotive re railed while crossing an iron via duct and the viaduct collapsed. POSSESSION CHARGED A. Rattray was arrested on charges of drunkenness and pos session of liquor, by officers in the south prowler car of the local police department Tuesday night. men of the state went on record here yesterday opposing President Hoover's proposal that the sur face rights of unappropriated public lands in the 11 western states be turned over to the vari ous states in which they are sit uated, and took action in opposi tion to the creation of additional national parks within the national boundaries of the forest. Rushlight Honored PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7 (AP) The city hall will be clos ed from 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday during the funeral services for former Mayor A. G. Rushlight, who died here yesterday. Flags oh the city hall, all fire stations and other municipal buildings will fly at half mast. Firpo Kayoes Pelky PORTLAND, Ore., Jan, 7 (AP) Young Firpo, the Idaho miner from 'Burke, knocked out Ray Pelky, veteran light heavy weight of Oakland, California, in the second round of a scheduled ten round main event here o nigh't. Firpo weighed 172, Pelky 172. Fool Play Hinted PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. T (AP) Fred Bischoff, 21, a me chanic, vanished today on his way home from work after cashing an 84 pay check, police reported to night. He was traced to within five blocks ot his home, but there the trail ended with discovery of his dinner pall, a magazine and a ehnnk of cement behind a garage. Police fear foul play. I A fw STILLlll FREED IT BROTHER'S REQUEST IS JI CRITICALLY ILL PIG NEAR Mother of Oregon's Govern or May Not Survive Stroke, Word Hope Still Expressed That Woman's Life May Be Spared Now PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 7. (AP) Mrs. Betty Norblad, 77-year-old invalid mother of the state's chief executive, was strick en EUddenly ill to.liy and fears were expressed by her family that she would not survive the night. Mrs. Norblad is at.ihe bom; ot her sister, Mrs. L. -B. Markbani. here. Governor Norblad reached his mother's bedside from Saler shortly after noon today. Mrs. Norblad had been an . valid for ttte last 40 years. Mnt of that time has been ?.peiu in a wheel chair. It was at 8 o'eiok this molt ing, while breakfasting, that ta suddenly felt a -hill. By 10 o'c'ovk she was suffering extreme pain. her sister, Mr. Markham, said. A physician visited the Markhaiti home three time today, then tail ed for consultant to assist him in the case. Relatives Ruh to Woman's Bedside Mrs. Norblad' sUter and tbrtea children, Governor Norblad of Sa lorn Hfinrr. Vthla4 r f t i (tv and Mrs. D. N. Reser. also of Portland, were with her all aft ernoon. The governor said bo woud not return to his office t the state house until his moth er's condition bad changed. "Her hardy constitution and ar strong will stood her in good stes4 so far," the governor said late to day, "and we ar hoping they will be enough to spare her in this lat est affliction." AUTO CONSTRUCTED TO By OSCAR LEIDINO Automobile Editor Associated Press Feature Serviefc NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (AP) Plans for a six cylinder automo bile burning cheap oil were re vealed today by C. L. CuromiDa, Columbus, Ind., following a 792- mile trip in a Diesel powered car at a fuel cost of 81.38. The engine will be constructed for use in the Indianapolis Memo rial day race for a demonstration of the reliability and economy of oil burning cars. "We do not expect to win th race," Cummins said, "but by car rying a fuel supply that will lat-t for the entire grind we hope to eliminate pit stops and to main tain a speed of 80 to 85 miles an hour. Decision to build the engine came after the successful trin from Indianapolis to the national automobile show here, a trip view ed by the Inventor as "a labora tory experiment to see if the ei- !ne could stand a crosscountry trip." The engine mounted in the au tomobile is a standard marin type Diesel, a four cylinder model with no refinements for passeurer car uses except prefection of throttling device, which allowed the driver to control the engiao like an ordinary gasoline motor. Cummins' engine, the result of 12 years of work in the field, dif fers from ordinary Diesel englnea in that the fuel is gasified before being injected Into the cylinders. unnrs wife NEW YORK. Jan. 7. (AP) Charles A. Lindbergh Is listed in the British "Who's Who" for 1930 as the husband of "EHia beth. daughter of Dwight Davin, U. S. ambassador to Mexico." The mistake was discovered to day when the first copies of this biographical . index were distrib uted in New York. Colonel Lind bergh married Miss Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of Dwight W. Morrow; ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Morrow has another daugh ter Miss Elizabeth R. Morrow.. It was believed the editors nf "Who's Who" confused Mr. Mor row with Dwight F. Davis, form er secretary of war, and now gov ernor general of the Philippin Islands. REPORT DUE SOON WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AP) The law enforcement commis sion expects tomorrow or Thurs day to issue a statement bearing directly upon tforae of the cqsrrc verted prohibition questions that have stirred the capital recently. RADIO USE TALKED WASHINGTON. Jan. 7 (AP) Secretary Wilbur , told - tb country tonight that he believed a nationwide educational radio plan and program could be work ed out. OWD i CRUDE OIL coin n k