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WEATHER
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Thursday 40; min. S3; riv
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FOUNDED 1831
SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 31, 1930
No. 267
EFFORT MAQE
BY RIVER BOAT
Third Attempt to Carry Pro
visions to Ice-Locked
Town Planned
Steamer Effin Able to Get
To Point 900 Feet From
Shore Yesterday
ASTORIA, Jan. 30. (AP)
A third attempt will be made to
morrow by the river steamer Ef
fin to carry provisions to the 70
families of ice-locked BrookfieJd,
Wash.; a fishing village on the
north bank of the Columbia river.
The Effin failed to reach Brook
field yesterday and today could
only penetrate the ice to within
900 feet of the Bhore. Captain J.
G. Babbldge, master of the
steamer, climbed from his vessel
and walked over dangerous ice
to meet two residents of the vil
lage, however, and delivered a
sack of mail and medicine for two
children who are, sick.
The attempt tomorrow will be
made with the aid of the light
house tender. Rose, which did
sterling service in an ice break
ing expedition to communities on
the north bank of the river last
Week
Relief for Dairy
Cattle to Be Brought
Following the Brookfield trip
the Effin and Rose will attempt
to break a channel to Tenas Iss
1ah Island, where 200 dairy cat
tle are reported to have only, one
bale of hay between them and
starvation. The two vessels also
will endeavor to free the river
Steamer Wasco from the ice near
Cathlamet, Wash.
The Harkins line steamer Bea
ver arrived here at 1 p. m., to
day, 30 hours after leaving Port
land. Captain Hosford said his
vessel was twice canght fast in
the ice for several hours. The
Beaver will start up river tomor
row. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 30.
(AP) The icebreaker North
land failed to reach the Icebound
river ateamer N. R. Lang, impris
oned a mile and a half above the
Interstate bridge in the Columbia
river, after an all day fight to
Bay. The ice Jams were piled near
ly 10 feet deep.
The Northland was halted by
flarknees within halt a mile of
the Lang and will return tomor
row In an attempt to complete
the rescue.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30
KAP) Snowflakes swirling hour
after hour dressed Washington
fieeply in white today to the de
ight of the children and the dis
may of persons in a hurry.
Just as with Herbert Hoover,
the thousands of government
workers found their getting to
(Work presented a problem out of
the ordinary. The president,
(whose temporary office is only
across the street from the White
-tlouse, avoided walking through
the snow by being driven from
tits front door to the state depart
ment building.
On Capltdl Hill, senators de
bated the tariff duty which could
be laid against straw hats seem
ingly heedless of damp, cold feet
(caused by wading through the
thick but soft mass on the ground
outside.
The snowfall was the. heaviest
Since the record day eight years
ago this week, when the weight
of 28 inches led to the loss of 98
lives In the crash of the Knick
erbocker moving picture theatre
roof. By late afternoon the foot
deep mark had been passed,
with flurries still dotting the air
as twilight approached a' pro
bable 16 degrees above aero fore
east for tonight. No serious acci
dents were reported during the
INTOXICATION CHARGED
James Fleming was arrested by
local police Thursday night on a
fcharge of drunkenness. Officers
reported he had been Imbibing
tanned heat.
Liquor Ring
Be Nipped
What may hava been a flour
ishing liquor ring was nipped la
Is end by stats and city officials
tiers Thursday with the arrest of
three men in whose possession
was found a considerable quanti
ty to bottled : "imported" gin.
whiskey and ale, Two of the men.
Leonard Grant and Charles Dale
.were apprehended at the home of
X Iks Lewis, -a laborer living oa
the- river road north- of Salem
while the third man, Dewey Dick
son, was arrested by a city offi
aer. According to stories pieced to
gether by Lyle Page, deputy dis
trict attorney, who questioned
- the man when they were brought
Into Justice court .Thursday, the
three . men Grant. Dake and
Dickson, tars been Brtnrinf II
Boef tato this ejty to retail.
isira now
, IS SNOW COVERED
Surveying Crass .
Of Comity Start
Work in Earnest
County Engineer ttedd
8 wart's surveying crews
are slated to start work la
earnest today lining up sur
veys for market road work
to be completed or started
next summer. One surveying
crew was sent oat from the
engineer's office yesterday
to start a survey on the
Fern Ridge road. This morn
ing a crew under Engineer
McGee will depart for
fjnion hill for a short period
of work.
The Fern Ridge crew Is
inder the direction of Don
Sell, with A. C. Shaw and
f. C. Herron ax assistants.
It is doubtful that aay
length of time will be nec
yssary to complete the sur
rey oa that road and it is
likely that this crew
je transferred over to tlie
Uat-toa-West Stayton road,
which is due to be added to
lie list of market roads.
BIDS REQUESTED OH
FILWIi PUNT
Report fclade to Public Serv
ice Commission at Its
Hearing
Tenders for bids on the filtra
tion plant which the Oregon
Washington Water Service com
pany will have erected in Salem,
have been sent out from the San
Francisco office of the company,
and bids will be opened February
14. it was stated by J. T. Delaney,
vice president, at the hearing be
fore the public service commis
sion here Thursday forenoon.
The contract will be let early
enough so that construction will
be started February 28; water
will be coming through the fil
tration plant July 15, and the
system will be entirely complet
ed and giving full service Angust
15, Mr. Delaney assured Frank
J. Miller, chairman of the com
mission. Penalty Provided
To Prevent Delay
The contract will provide a
heavy penalty for any delay In
completing the system, Mr. De
laney explained, assuring that it
will be finished by the time speci
fied unless some unavoidable cir
cumstance prevents.
In response to Mr. Millers
statement that the company had
taken an unwarranted length of
time to complete its plans, Mr.
Delaney declared that a great
amount of research and planning
had been necessary to assure the
type of plant that would be suit
ed to SaJem's needs. It was de
signed, he said, to fit the require
ments of purifying the water
available here.
Much Money and
Effort Utilized
Study had been made original
ly, he continued, of all possible
sources including wells and moun
tain water. After the Willam
ette river was selected as the
source, several sites for the fil
traton plant were considered, and
originally one west of the river
was selected but it had to be
abandoned.
With reference to Mr. Miller's
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IS
WASHINGTON, Jan. SO
(AP) A rough and tumble pro
hibition debate awept over the
tariff-occupied senate today af
ter Senator Brookhart, republi
can, Iowa, read part of a letter
reporting that "real gin eock
tails and "fish house rum punch"
are served in the Century club In
New York City.
Refusing to name the author
of the letter Senator Brookhart
fought back at the wets when
they challenged his assertions
that "booze conditions" In New
York City have improved.
Senator Tydings, democrat,
Maryland, told Brookhart It he
made a diligent search he could
find SO such clubs in any of the
larger cities of the country,
Brookhart replied to Tydings
that he' "belongs to that crowd
which la absolutely erasy on this
liquor Issue."
Declared To
As 3 Arrested
While Lewis, the Salem man.
was questioned regarding bis
part la the affair, he was not
held. Only Grant and Daka were
arraigned upon the liquor charge
yesterday. Grant pleaded aot
guilty and will be sentenced to
day at 10 a. sa. from Justice
court. Grant Is an ex-eonvlct.
Dickson was arrested - aoon
suspicion by Officer Clayton and
when searched a few bottles of
liquor wsro f oaad In bis posses
sion. He Baa not yet seen arraign
ed In Justice court bat ' it Is
thought that be will be -cited to
appear there today.
The "bonded" liquor is said to
have been obtained la San Fran
cisco and brought by automobile
here. Needing a place to keep it,
Lewis, who is a cousin of Grant,
was asked to allow the liquor to
bo kept uToa bis place.
PR HI
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TRAUS' CORPSE
BROUGHT UP BY
1
Death Wins Desperate Fight
On Bottom of Outards
River in Canada
72 Hours of Frantic Effort
To Rescue Under Water
Worker Fruitless
MONTREAL, Jan. 30 (AP)
Peter Trgjis, whose quest for
livelihood - led him into paths
that he feared down along the
cold and lonely beds of seas and
lakes and rivers is dead.
And somewhere in far away
Denmark are two little boys who
won't be "going to America next
spring to Bee daddy."
Trans died as he had feared
he would die helpless and alone,
locked in the cumbersome and
grotesque habiliments of his job,
deep down in the black waters,
surrounded by the fantastic sha
dows of .the river bottom.
His lifeless body was brought
up at dawn today from the beds
of the Outardes river, where he
had been imprisoned since Mon
dany forenoon after his lines be
came caught on spikes in a cof
ferdam in which he was working.
Distaste for Job
Freely Expressed
I don't like this Job." Trans
told a friend in Montreal a few
days ago, just before he started
for the little work camp of Point
Aux Outardes, at the junction of
the Outardes and St. Lawrence
rivers, to help build a cofferdam
for the Ontario Paper company.
"But," he added, "I have never
refused to go down and don't ex
pect I ever shall, whether I come
up or not."
The single telegraph wire out
of Pointe Aux Outardes could
carry today hardly more than the
bare facts of the death of Peter
Trans.
All through those 72 hours,
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TO MEISJE SHIPS
Arms Conference Tackles Is
sue of Estimating Na
val Strength
ARMS SESSION -IX BRIEF
By The Associated Press
Naval conference "takes
important step toward es
tablishment of a "yard
stick," by appointing com
mittee to consider French
compromise proposal as be
tween categories and total
tonnage.
Committee meets at three
p. m., today to begin work.
Italy tells others that she
thinks the question of her
parity with France should
have been taken up first,
but agrees to wait in order
to expedite matters.
LONDON, Jan. 80 (AP) In
a plenary session at old 8 U
James' palace today, the five
power naval conference publicly
attacked and partly diminished
the problem of finding a method
of measure naval strength for
purposes of International treat
ies, one of the most baffling and
Intricate in the whole subject of
disarmament.
As a result of the first confer
ence session open to newspaper
men, the problem of measure
ment by global tonnage or by
tonnage in categories of ships
was tonight In the hands of a
special committee.
The committee Is charged with
the task of taking these bad boys
of disarmament, global tonnage
and categorical tonnage, and of
making them presentable and ac
ceptable In a compromise for the
conference table.
Gibson and Adams to
Represent United States
Secretary of the .Navy -Adams
and . Ambassador Hugh Gibson
ara the American members with
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S23,4BBSPENT Oil
A total of $23.4(8.41 wis speat
out of the county road fands for
all road expenditures within the
eounty during the month of De
cember, figures compiled by tn
county clerk disclosed Thursday.
While there is usually a alack
month in road expenditures dar
ing December, the expenses dar
ing the last month of 19 z 9 were
unusually heavy, Conneil Ward,
depaty county clerk stated.
- The following items and their
costs were listed la the county
clerk's monthly road costs report:
Market road maintenance, X5,
133.SS : grading, surfacing and
other Improvements. $4,012.21;
from special tax funds spent on
road district roads. $533.19:
bridge maintenance."' ferries-and
general road expense,- 15. 110. 04:
for eounty roads la road districts.
'$3,169.41, . - .
COMMITTEE NAMED
nOlDSUSTMDHTfl
Borland's Cloves
And Helmet Found
Near Plane Crash
" -"NOME, Alaska, Jan. SO.
(AP) The flying helmet
and gloves belonging to
Earl Borland, Seattle youth
who disappeared with Pilot
Carl Ben Eielson on a flight
over Siberia on Nor. 9, were
identified today anog the
plane wreckage found barf
ed in snow 10 miles from
the Arctic ocean and BO
.miles southeast of North
Cape, Siberia.
Pilot Harold Glllam
brought two men by plane
from the Russian supply
ship Stavropol, icebound off
North Cape, to aid the seven
who have been digging in
the snow at the scene of
the wreck for the bodies.
WIFE, PHI
BOTH BREAK DOWN
Hutchinson Admits Desert
ing Spouse for Woman of
Less "Arrogance'
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30
(AP) Two women, one the wife
of Samuel S. Hutchinson, Chica
go film distributor, and the oth
er his admitted paramour, today
were led weeping hysterically,
from the superior court room
where Hutchinson was on the
witness stand testifying. Both
women broke down as he told of
his love for Mrs. Edith P. Taylor,
mother of his 18-year-old daugh
ter, the result he testified, of her
thrift and modesty" as com
pared to his wife's "arrogant at
titude" and extravagance.
Hutchinson spent most of the
court day on the stand, testifying
against the allegations of his
wife, Mattle Dean Hutchinson,
who is suing Mrs. Taylor for
1300,000 for alienation of her
husband's affections.
The Chicago man admitted that
he was the father of Mrs. Taylor's
18-year-old daughter, Jane, and
that the girl did not know her
parents were not married.
"Mrs. Taylor did not know I
was married," Hutchinson said
on the stand, tears occasionally
coming to his own eyes, "when I
met her in Valparaiso, Ind., in
1907. I made love to her and our
relations were at my suggestion.
"When she learned I had a
wife," he continued, "she said she
was going to leave me. I told her
I hoped she wouldn't. I told her
that my wife was selfish and ar
rogant, and was greedy for my
money. I said that I was not hap
py." The plaintiff's wife, and the
defendant burst into tears during
this part of Hutchinson's testi
mony, and were helped out of
the court room.
TO
IMILIlllI OF
MANILA, Jan. 30. (AP) A
second call to observe "national
humiliation day" next Sunday
was Issued today as a result of
the bombing of a Filipino club
house at Stockton, Cal., following
attacks upon Filipinos In Watson-
vllle, San Jose and San Francisco.
The call says: "We must pro
test vigorously, but peaceably."
The city is placarded with post
ers calling the people to services
to be held on the Lnneta public
square. One thousand students
of the University of the Philip
pines at a meeting on the campus
today adopted a resolution of pro
test against the attacks upon Fili
pinos in California.
Permission to parade was de
nied the students by the mayor of
Manila. He announced that after
Sunday's meeting, no permits for
protest parades or mass meetings
would be issued.
The authorities are taking all
possible measures to prevent un
toward Incidents, and thus far
there have been no disturbances.
Police vigilance has been in
creased, especially In the Tondo
district of Manila, where many of
the native laboring class live. In
this district there was some talk
of gangs organizing for reprisals
against Americans. Ill feeling.
however, seems to have qulted
down and the situation Is being
viewed calmly.
Welcome Being
Organized For
New. Grid Coach
EUGENE. Ore.. Jan. $0
(AP) Directors of the local
chamber of commerce today took
the lead in planning a welcome
for Dr. Clarence W. Spears, the
University of Oregon's new foot
ball eoach. Dr. Spears will ar
rive here on Saturday or Sun
day. February 22 or 23. He will
arrive at Portland, where a hnge
reception Is planned, on Febru
ary 21.
Dr. Spears, who was formerly
coach -at the University of Minne
sota, will probably be the guest
of the local chamber of commerce
at a dinner meeting soon after
his arrival here.
BANKER ACQUITTED
SPOKANE, Jan. 39. (AP)
E. E. Flood, former banker
charged - with conspiracy to em
bezzle bank funds, -was' found aot
guilty by a federal ' court Jury
hero this afternoon. .
FILIPINOS
HOLD
PETITION R
AHTIFAG B1L1
IS FILED HERE
Initiative Measure Seeks to
Make Use of Cigarettes
Unconstitutional
Signatures of 99 Registered
Voters Carried on Paper;
Test Vote Sought
A petition asking that the-initiative
anti-cigarette measure be
placed upon Marion county bal
lots to be used during the gener
al election of November was fil
ed with the county clerk here-late
Thursday afternoon by E. T.
Atchley, field representative of
the anti-cigarette league.
The petition was signed by 99
registered voters of this county
and most of the names were ob
tained from persons living within
the Immediate vicinity of Salem,
It was reported.
Breifly, the anti-cigarette
measure has for its purpose: a
constitutional amendment pro
hibiting the Importation, manu
facture, sale, purchase, posses
sion, giving away, or materials
for manufacture of cigarette, or
advertisement thereof, and Impos
ing penalties. A violation of the
proposed law will be classed as a
misdemeanor and the offender
will be fined from $25 to $250 or
imprisoned from 30 to 90 days,
or both fine and imprisonment.
Many Names Secured
Atchley Declares
"More than 10,000 names have
already been obtained in our cam
paign," said Atchley, as he filed
the petition at the court house
yesterday. "Interest In the antl
cigarette move Is on the Increase.
People are realizing more and
more every day the need of such
a move. Churches of the various
denominations throughout the
state are opening their doors and
giving us a chance to present the
facts on the evils of the cigar
ette," the field representative
said.
Although the anti-cigarette
league Is working spiritedly in
putting the measure before the
people for the November election.
its representative held little hope
that the bill would be adopted
this year. "While I doubt if the
measure will pass this fall, 1 am
assured that we will poll a large
vote," said Mr. Atchley. "We are
merely taking the pulse of the
voters of Oregon and what we
will do after we have learned that
is not ready for publication," he
added.
More Signatures
Sought by Jjeague
The signatures of 15,558 voters
are desired by the league, that
number being eighty per cent of
the votes cast for the election of
a supreme court judge during the
last general election.
It was claimed that promoters
of the measure were not being
backed by a church or a politi
cal organization. Support of the
work is gained through subscrip
tion, it was said.
Two lectures will be given in
Salem pulpits Sunday by Mr.
Atchley. Sunday morning he will
speak In the German Baptist
church while the congregation of
the First United Brethren are to
be his listeners in the evening.
A. C. Bates, pastor of the
Christian church at Mill City, as
sisted the league representative
in collecting signers to the peti
tion submitted to the county
clerk yesterday.
Expenditures of
Silk Producers
Told at Hearing
WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.
(AP) Expenditure of more than
$10,000 by the Silk association of
America to advocate a protective
tariff on silk products during
consideration of the pending tar
iff bill was disclosed today before
the senate lobby committee.
This testimony was given by
Horace B. Cheney, of South Man
chester, Conn., chairman of the
association's legislative commit
tee, who said he had been com
ing to Washington on tariff mat
ters since 1898. The first trip
was with his father, who had
been active In tariff matters for
many years previously.
SOXXEXBKRG WINS
BOSTON, Jan. 30 (AP)
Gus Sonnenberg successfully de
fended his generally recognised
world's heavyweight wrestling
crown by taking two ont of three
falls from Joe Stecher, former
champion, with bis famous flying
tackle at the arena here tonight.
Clean Off
Your Walks
Kow that the
gone In , downtown Salem,
MsJneaa neat are urged to
hose off their walks and get
Hd ef the dirt which other
wise Is tracking ia Stores,
Off ices aad buildings. The
street department is flash
ing off the streets, and
storekeepers should wash
off the walks.. This will
snake it much cleaner inside
the bnlldings and easier oa
the Janitor who have had
to ssop up the dirt tracked
ta. .-r-
Prominent Legal
Give Police
7,
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Enforcement Of
Law Studied Here
Special Course for Officers Will Be Given by
Willamette Law School; Fifteen Experts in
Various Lines to Have Faculty Places
POLICE officers and law enforcement officers who wish
to use in their profession the modern attitudes of sci
ence, will find courses offered by experts and prominent law
enforcement officials at the police school to be presented by
o.
NEW 60VE1UT
L
General Berenguer Official-
iy
Assumes Control of
Situation
MADRID, Jan. 30. (AP)
The new government headed by
General Damaso Berenguer offi
cially came Into power this eve
ning, ending the 'six year dictator
ship of General Primo de Rivera.
The new premier and most of his
ministers took their oaths of of
fice at the royal palace shortly
after 8 p. m.
King Alfonso and a small group
of officials of the royal household
were witnesses, but there were no
elaborate ceremonies to mark the
inauguration of a new regime
pledged to restore to Spain the
constitution of 1876.
Later tonight Primo de Rivera
formally turned over his offices
to his successor and the new min
isters began taking charge of
their respective departments. The
ministers held a conference to
night, but Premier Berenguer
said no formal cabinet meeting
would be held probably for sev
eral days.
The induction of the new gov
ernment Into office was In an
anteroom of the king's apart
ment. King Alfonso administered
the oath to the premier, who in
turn swore in the others of the
cabinet. Ths queen and the royal
children waited in an adjourning
salon where the cabinet proceeded
to present their respects.
PRINCESS ILEUM
BUCHAREST, Rumania. Jan.
SO (AP) The wedding of
Trlnr lieana. daughter of Dow
ager Queen Marie, to Count Alex
ander Hockberg has been defin
itely fixed for April X7, at me
mvai nai in .filnala. - The
frincess herself announced her
engagement today at a large gath
rins of students in Predeal and
later came here with her fiance.
The prince wiu leave shortly
fn TnnAnn tn visit his family.
which claims to have the only de
scendants or me nasi uyaasiy
wntoh ruled Poland from the
ninth to the end of the 14th cen
tury. The family has urge es
tates In Poland. :
Queen Marie and her daughter
ara tn travel in Snrla. Palestine
and Egypt during the next month
or so and au win return to Ru
mania together.
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
KELLOGG, Idaho. Jan. ,30.
(AP) Joseph Krohn, 38, miner,
was crushed to death today at
Victory, near here, by 50 tons of
falling muck:. He was cleaning
the chute at the Crescent Mining
company when the mack became
dislodged. - An hour later. - tho
body was txtrieated.
I Ml
IS U BETROTHED
Experts Will
School Instruction
... .Vt4.
Pkoto by Jim Prcbto
f Martin F.Ferrey, left, and WO
Bass S. Levens, and below. Boy
R. Hewitt, dean of the college ef
law at Willamette University.
Salest, Oregon, where a short
course police school will be held
February t to 8 inclusive for all
law enforcement officers. Ferrey
ia aa expert oa psychology aad
will deliver a series oa this sub
ject. ' Levens is assistant attorney
general and was outstanding in
his success as a state prohibition
director. Hewitt is aa outstand
ing teacher ef law aad a fe
successful attorney.
the college of law at Willam
ette university for six inten
sive days, February 3 to 8.
The police school has the
endorsement of the -governor of
Oregon, the chief of police at
Portland, the prohibition commis
sioner for Oregon, the president
of the Northwest Sheriffs and
Chiefs of Police association, and
many other prominent public of
ficials in the Pacific northwest.
Dean Hewitt Is
Originator of School
The police school Is the idea of
Roy R. Hewitt, dean of the col
lege of law. Dean Hewitt has
gathered for the faculty 15 men
with outstanding records in their
professions. He says the "pur
pose of the school Is to provide
that specialized training which
will prepare the officer to more
efficiently and intelligently per
form his duties to the public, and
to enable him to find pleasure
and satisfaction in his work."
The school will have six full
days, with morning, afternoon
and evening sessions. The pub
lic will be permitted to attend the
evening sessions. Three main
courses will be presented In a
series of six lectures for each
course, covering in that way the
main fields of the law of search
and seizure, the recognition, pres
ervation and presentation of evi
dence, and the elements of psy
chology as applied to the reae
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Cr&CtrWl oran Again Climbs Into
VyrCgUH Tie for League Leadership
"O By Breaking Even in Game
OrierS With Seattle Hockey Team
Game Is Scoreless
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) Portland and Seattle bat
tled three periods and an over
time period to a 0-0 tie in a Pac
ific Ice Hockey league contest at
the Coliseum here tonight. The
one point gained by the Bucks
through th tie sent the locals
back into a deadlock with the
league leading Vancouver Lions.
Physical Directors Meet
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) The annual conclave of
physical education directors of
Pacific northwest enng Men's
Christian associations will be op
ened with a dinner at the Central
T. M. C. A. here tomorrow.
King Winter Routed
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) Light rains and a rising
temperature combined today to
continue the rout of winter In
this district. Tho unusually heavy
snow that has blanketed the city
for the last -three weeks began to
disappear under the fall of rain
and warm temperature.
Gold Medal Presented
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) Jane Brewster, 13, a
Portland student, 'today was pre
sented a gold medal by O. M.
Plammer, manager of the Pacific
International Livestock exposition
la recognition of her victory tn
health project .work among II,
000 4-H club girls of the Pacific
coast last year. '
Sport Problems Talked
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) Athletic scholarships, box
ing as an intercollegiate sport,
faculty relations with intereoi
leglata atBiatks, ttarseettoaal
ICUUIITH
MENTIONED 1
OH CAMPAIGN
Rumors Rife as to Possible
Successor to Livesley
As Next Mayor
Local Physician Declines to
Comment on Lileiihood
Of Making Race
Although city politics had been
"frosen up" along with other ac
tivities recently and has shown
little Indication of warming up so
early in the election campaign, it
has progressed to the point at
which some possible candidates
for the mayoralty are being con
sistently mentioned.
Two men whose names have
been brought forward In this eon.
nection are W. H. Dancy, present
alderman and chairman of several
important committees in the
council, and W. Carlton Smith,
local physician and a member ef
the legislature at Its last session.
D.incy! Already Has
Place in Limelight
Mention of Mr. Dancy in this
connection is entirely logical, as
he has been the presiding officer
at numerous council meetings in
the absence of the mayor and is
familiar with those duties as well
as with the general affairs of the
city government.
Mr.. Smith, when interviewed
Thursday, said he was not sware
that he had been mentioned for
the office, and had naturally
made no decision as to what his
course would be if approached in
the matter. He has not decided
whether to become a candidate
for the state senate, seek to suc
ceed himself in the lower house or
run for no office at all, and he
considers that there is ample tims
left to make a decision.
C. JT. Support May
Prove Real Handicap
Nevertheless, it is generally ru
mored that Mr. Smith will be urg
ed to run for the office of mayor.
He Is well known, prominent
among the world war veterans,
and generally popular. There is
only one recognized objection to
his selection, but in many quar
ters that Is considered a serious
one. If a candidate, his name .
will undoubtedly be linked up
with the perennial efforts of the
Capital Journal to dominate city
politics, and it has been said that
his election would mean a perpet
uation of the present antagonism
in the council against those ef
forts. State Denies
Judge's Claim
In Court Trial
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 30. (AP)
The prosecution attacked the
Insanity defense of John W. Bra
dy, charged with slaying Miss
Lehlla Highsmith, 28, here today
in Brady's trial for murder.
At the end of the session. L. A.
Berry, chief counsel for the S9-u'
year-old former appeals court
justice, removed the conditional
phase of the defense's earlied an-"
nouncement that it had rested,
saying that his side definitely
had closed.
HOOVERS EXTERTAIX
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30
(Arj iresiaeni ana airs, noo-
ver were hosts tonight to 1,900
guests at a reception given in
honor of the members of the
United States senate.
games and summer coaehing -schools
will be important topics"
to be discussed at a meeting 61
college and university presidents
Saturday, February 1, at San
Francisco, Dr. Arnold Bennett
Hall, president of the University
of Oregon, who left for the bay -city
today, announced.
"BOOING" OPPOSED
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. SO.
(AP) Unorganised "booing- ;
and hissing at basketball games
played at the University of Ore
gon will not be tolerated here
after, it was decided today at a
meeting of tho order of 0,-.
varsity lettermeu's organization
on the campus
Sailor la Knifed
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. SO
(AP) Martlr Velmi. sailor, was .
treated at t' polios emergency
hospital today for a minor knife .
wound in his back. He was said
to have been stabbed la- a nagre
restaurant here but declined to
comment on the incident.
-. Boys Outnumber Girls
LA GRANDE. Jan, SO. (AP)
La Grande people are wonder- '
lag whether, the city Is preparing -for
a, war or whether it merely
hopes to make feminine "wall ;
flowers" a thing la the past at j
future dances. , ;
- During the last It months
nesrly 00 per cent more boys
were born here than girls,, rec
ords of the city health officer re
vealed. During the period there
were Sll births and 213 of them -were
of the male etx. For 19 2
the birth record was 141. a de..
crease of SIS tor. the rear reT
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