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3r CIRCULATION -4 Daily avsnga iittribatias far a Math mdist Junrj II, 19S0 WEATHER Rains today and Tburs day; Moderate temperature. Max. tempera ore Tuesday M; Min. 41; -Wind south east, 10 miles; River MJ. Avars ra daily Bet pi4 6,229 Member Audit Bureau at Circulation. FOUNDED 1831 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning:, February 5, 1930 6,793 . .1 : U y : M U HHtt SWJrip-S Hfifl 4 V 11 Mexican President Wilt Be Placed in OfficeMIVith j Great Ceremony " ?t Portes Git to Be Given Job As Secretary of Inter ior in Cabinet MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4. (AP) Paacnal Ortiz Rubio, a typical example of the Mexican 'leaders developed daring the hectic rev olutionary period since 1911, will be inaugurated tomorrow as pres ident of the Mexican republic. in the prime of life when Fran cisco Madero became the first reTolutlonary president after the orerthrow of the - Prorfirio Dias dictatorship, Ortiz Rubio has risen to the supreme office of the republic through a series of im portant eirilian posts. The term to which, he was elect ed last Norember was to fill out that of the assassinated President-Elect Obregon. As the can didate of the national reTolutlon ary party, he overwhelmingly de feated his principal rival, Jose Vasconcelos. Portea Gil Steps Don Into Cabinet Position Provisional President 'Portes Gil, whom be succeeds, will hold the office of secretary of the in terior in Ortiz Rublo's cabinet. The inaugural ceremonies have brought the greatest gathering of Americans to Mexico City in 20 years. Hotels were so crowd ed tonight that many visitors had to retain to the United States. Seventy excursionists from Wich ita, Kas., and other midwestern 'Cities were among them. The overflow extended even to the railroad yards, which were crowded with long lines of Pull man cars serving as temporary hotels. Special trains from San Diego, St. Louis, San Antonio, New Orleans, and other American titles arrived today to swell the kowds. rhitial Ceremonies Are Staged Tuesday The first part ot be JnjiqgjiraJ program, which will culminate at boon tomorrow with the actual ceremony in the National sta dium, was held today. The spe cial ambassadors and thetdiplo matie corps in full dress uniform marched as a group from the for eign office to the national palace to bid farewell to Provisional President Portes Gil. A continuous round of official functions followed and will last -rstil the presidentfal receptin at the national palace tomorrow night .The newspapers today devoted themselves to eulogizing the work of Portes Gil during his 15 months of office and to comment ing on the composition of the new Ortiz Rubio cabinet. DETROIT, Feb. 4 (AP) A well organized gang of ten men tonight held up the main office ef the Western Union Telegraph company in the center of the fi nancial district here and escaped With approximately $3,000. Eight of the robbers, armed with revolvers and a sab-machine gun, guarded the two entrances to the building, and the two au tomobiles In which the get-away ubseanentlv was made. The oth- rJtwo, carrying revolvers, enter ed the office, herded eleven em ploys and 20 customers Into cor ners ahd scooped up the money from cash drawers. One woman customer attempt ed to trap the robbers by putting her foot In the revolving door. One of the men from the outside came to the door and threatened to "blow your head off" thereby forcing her back. The holdup was the most spec tacular robbery in Detroit since the robbery of the Detroit News business office by the Paul Jawor aki aanr in June. 1928. when BANG OF TEN MEN STAGES HUGE RAID Nmr $21,060 was stolen and.a.ty 'police- MIAMI, Fla., Feb. M (AP)' Two men were rescued 15 miles ff Cape Flordla today after they had escaped from . their burning airplane. . Willamette 's Gives Tonight's Lecture Dean Roy R. Hewitt ot the Willamette college of . law will giro the third evening lecture of the police school program this evening In Waller ball on the unl versltr campus. His subject Is "Hdw to Lift the Calling of Law Enforcement to m Profession. ' Because 'of conflicts on Mon day and Tuesday evenings," the eveninx classes were held in the state capltol, but the remainder of the lectures will be siren in the chapel It was reported yester day. . An increasing interest' In ' these sessions is bing shown said Xaa Hewitt .Tuesday. j The program for this morning Chief Executive Takes Up Duties Mm1 "r ; Ar : " 1 Fascual Ortiz Rnblo, who will be come president of Mexico at a colorful ceremony in the na tional capital today. NEWS HELD GREAT CRIME DETERRENT Portland Newspaper. Man is speaker at Willamette Police School Crime news In "the newspapers erves both as a deterrent to crime and an aid in the detection of guilty persons, officers attend ing the police school at Willa mette university were told by Horaee Thomas, executive news editor ot the Oregonian, at Tues day night's open meeting in the hall of representative?. Several outstanding examples of the aid given by newspapers were cited by Mr. Thomas, notably the Hickman and Loeb-Ledpold cases. In general, he said, publicity helps because persons reading the news are often able to supply the police with important information. Such help is most common in the case of kidnaping because of the public sympathy aroused and the fact that readers are on the lookout for the kidnaped persons. That publicity is a deterrent to crime is proven by the numerous requests which come to newspa pers for the suppression of stories Which would reveal prominent persons in an unfavorable light. Mr. Thomas said, adding that such stories never are suppresssed un less the parties are minors. As to claims that crime news incites readers to commit similar crimes, Mr. Thomas said this was not true except In case of abnor mal mentality and especially not true of the crime ews published by reputable newspapers which do not play up the criminal as a hero. Only about 3.5 per cent of the news in the average newspaper has to do with crime and scandal, Mr. Thomas said. Worse results would follow it the crime news was not printed, as the public would either be uninformed as to crime conditions, or would be re galed with rumors far worse than the facts. The case In which publicity hampers Justice is rare, he de clared, the only possible situa tion being one in which some of the guilty parties have been ar rested and others are still at large. Newspaper men in such cases will cooperate by withholding the news temporarily, if taken into the of ficers' confidence. EM'S FATHER SAILS FOR ALASKA SEATTLE, Feb. 4. (AP) Ole Eielson, Hatton, N. D., bank er and father of the missing avia tor. Carl Ben Eielson, will sail for Alaska tomorrow morning to return the body of his son to the family home for burial, in the event that it is found. He will be accompanied by Arthur John son ot Jamestown, N. D., who is going north to become manager ot the Alaska Airways, Inc.. the position formerly held by Pilot Eielson. Eielson and his mechanic, Earl Borland, were lost November 9 while attempting to fly from Tel ler, Alaska, to North Cape. Si beria, where the far trading ship Nannie la locked In the Ice. The wreckage , of their plane was found several days ago 90 miles southeast of North Cape. Work men searching in the lee and frozen snow In the vicinity of the plane so far hare failed to locate the bodies. Law Dean begins with the third ot a series of talks on "The Law Regulating Search and Seizure, by William S. Levens, dennty attorney gen eral for Oregon, At 10 : 3 0, Lake 8. May, president of, the north west sheriffs: and chiefs of police association, will continue his dis cussion on "Recognition, Preser vation, and Presentation of Crim inal Evidence," while Martin F. Ferrey will speak at 1:15 on 'the reactions ot the abnormal and criminal mind. Willard H. Wirtz, former district attorney will ad dress the -2:10 class on The Way a Criminal Mind Function ed," . Iff FIGHTING FOR LIFE WITH HOPE 1 WANE Little Likelihood Is Seen by Physicians for Recovery From His illness Efforts Concentrate Upon Postponing Fatal Hour Long as Possible WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. (AP) William Howard Taft rallied slightly tonight from the serious illness which has made his friends fear for his life. After more than an hour of consultation at the home of the former president and chief Just ice, the attending physicians re ported "he is free of fever and is not suffering pain." "His heart Is holding out well, was the cheering message they gave to anxious relatives. "He is a little-more alert. We feel he is possibly a little better." , The doctors Thomas A. Clay tor and Francis Hagner, of Wash ington, and W. S. Thayer, Balti more specialist reiterated that their distinguished patient's con dition, was due to changes result ing from hardening of the art eries. They were hopeful for the best. No Immediate Danger Is Seen Dr. Hagner, personal physician to Mr. Taft, gave the encouraging word that there was no immedi ate danger. He accompanied the 73-year old patient to Washington from Asheville. N. C, and was keeping in close touch with de velopments. The White House was keeping informed concerning Mr. Tart's condition. His numerous friends here also were watching. Among callers at the home tonight was Oliver Wendell Holmes, 89-year-old associate Justice of the su preme court. He braved a heavy drizzle of rain to pay his respects to his former chief. While he 'could not visit with Mr. Taft, he left a mes sage for him. Those in the household second ed the doctors in saying the form er president was brighter than earlier today. t Wife of Stricken Man Bears Vp Bravely - - Mrs. Taft was bearing the strain well. She left the residence for two hours this afternoon, be ing refreshed by an automobile ride. Dr. Thayer was called In from Johns Hopkins hospital soon after Mr. Taft reached his home. He treated the patient before. Despite the encouraging bulle tin made public, by the doctors, close friends of Mr. Taft remaln- (Turn to Pago 2, Please.) is SEATTLE, Feb. 4 (AP) Charges of manslaughter were filed in superior court here to day against Orville Bond, ship- ninr clerk, as an aftermath of me death early Monday morning of Sophie Nlznik, 16, who plunged four stories to her death from the window of a Pike street hotel after a drinking party. His ball was fixed at $2,500. Charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor were filed against William Stewart, solici tor, and Clarence G. Gerhart, shipping checker, the other men who attended the party. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Ro bert M- Burgnnder filed he charges after he had found fin gerprints on the window ledge, which indicated, he said, thai the girl did not fall or leap from the window. Bond was the only person in the room with Miss Nlznik when she pTunged from the - window, Stewart and Gearhart having left a few minutes before to accom pany Miss Marguerite Reeder, the other person at the party, to her home. Forcing Girl to Walk Home Now Is Found Crime MADISON, Wis., Feb. 4- (AP) The girl who walked home had her day In court today and in the state's highest court too. .The supreme court. In effect, found that malting a young lady escort herself homer from an an tomobfle ride is a crime. Itfcustalned Judge Otto Breld- enbaeh's district court decision against writ ot habeas corpus to release James Ambrose, West All Is, from a year sentence. He was convicted on complaint ot a 19 years old sdrL His attorney. asking the writ, said the offense did not constitute - a felony. Judge Briedenbach refused the writ and the high court sustain ed that decision. i : BANDITS GET BIO HAUL CHICAGO, Feb. 4. (AP) Five soft spoken bandits entered the colonial home of E. B. Mail ers, of Ienilworth, suburb, early today, and after; locking up the family and servants leisurely ran sacked the place ot loot valued t between t JQ.OOq and $50t000. CT DM Flowers Bloom; ' So Does Pome; Spring Has Come! Spring Is here! Less than a week ago Sa lem was deep in snow as wintry winds did blow and mercury downward go. Then came a warm chinook, away the snow it took, ice melted from each brook, earth gain ed its normal look. On Tuesday did appear first crocus of the year, and Salem rose to cheer "We lead the world herel" The Valley's coldest place beatrl Portland in this race; the first bloom came to grace an Invalid's cheery place. W. H. Fisher, 175 South 14th street picked the first crocus of the year Tuesday morning for the pleasure of bis wife, who is ill. III AFTER ACCIDENT Under Water Vessel Goes on Rocks But is Floated 5 Hours Later PORTMOUTH. N. H.. Feb. S. (WEDNESDAY) (AP) The submarine 0-3, which went aground last night at the entrance of the harbor and was floated at 11 o'clock, five boors later, ar rived at the navy yard in tow of the tug M. Mitchell Davis short ly after midnight. PORTMOTJTH: N. H., Feb. 4. (AP) The submarine 0-3, bound from New London, Conn., to Portsmouth, ran aground tonight in a heavy snow storm a few miles south of Portsmouth harbor. She was aground five hours be fore the navy tug M. Mitchell Da vis got her off shortly after 11 p. m. The vessel went aground off a ledge off the Rye coast between Odiorne Point and the Wallls Sands coast guard station. Several navy and coast guard boats were on their way to the scene to offer aid In taking the underwater vessel off the ledge. A brief wireless message inform ed the navy yard here that the submarine had .been floated and was-proceeding into the harbor. The 0-3 was one of a fleet or submarines built during the sum mer of 1918, and Is called a "ba by" submarine. Its length is 172 feet. It carries a full complement of 30 men and three officers. Whether It is carrying a full crew tonight could not.be deter mined. DICTATORSHIP NOW RULES IN CHICAGO CHICAGO. Feb. 4 (AP) Chicago today accepted a virtual dictatorship in an attempt to drive the wolf from its govern mental doors. Without one dissenting vote the city council capitulated to the ultimatum of the Silas H. Strawn citizens' rescue committee and pledged the city to cooperate with the committee. The cooperation means that the strawn group, backed by more than 950,000,000 will advance money as it Is needed for econom ic functioning of the city govern ment The city council also called up on the school board, the public library directors and the munici pal tuberculosis sanitarium board to adopt similar resolutions' of cooperation. Oook county com missioners already had signified their willingness to submit their needs and payrolls to the Strawn committee. Relief Is ejected to.be accom plished through the purchase of tax anticipation warrants by Strawn and his colleagues, the purchases to be made as .the money Is needed and only when the committee approves proposed expenditures. E LEVIES ARE Washington, Feb. 4 (ap) Income taxes which Increased amazingly in the 1929 fiscal year year continued their nnward trend In the first six months of the 1930 fiscal year, which closed De cember SI, pouring a total of Zl,lS4,SOZ,S27 Into the treasury. This was an Increase of I171.5S1.- S30 over the same period of the previous year. Individual tax payments fnrthn first six months of the current fiscal year totaled $559,539,113, an increase of 1149,591,151; while corporation payments ar- gregated 1825.063.813, an In crease of more than 928.000.000 over the same period of the 1929 fiscal year. " , Figures made public by the in ternal revenue bureau showed also that the total Income tax of the 1929 calendar year was 82.509.- 8 0 5,7 5 8. Miscellaneous taxes for the same period amounted to I62S.S1S.602. FIGHT EXD IX DRAW PORTLAND, Ore Feb. '4. (AP) Del Fontaine, Winnipeg, and Pete Cerkan, Fe ElL'"Wash.. fought ten fast rounds to a draw fa the main event of the ; tight sard here tonight - ; - MM TOWED 1 Ml! IS YEAR IRE KILLINGS ARE' REPORTED IN WINDY CITY Two Murdered in Cold Blood In One Day in Chicago Extortion Drive Reign of Terror Takes Firm- er Grip Than Ever Be fore on People CHICAGO. Feb. 4-(AP) Jo seph Biccere, a grocer, was shot to death in his south side apart ment tonight, supposedly by ex tortionists, bringing the number of slayings in Chicago since last Wednesday night to six. BIccere's slayers had smothered the sound of their shots by in creasing the volume of a radio to which the victim had been listening. Mrs. Elizabeth Pad- zunas, living on the first floor, said Biccere had been in her gro cery store eatly In the evening to get a margarine and that she had heard the tones of the radio rise above their normal volume. BIccere's death came only a few hours after Philip Marchess, pet ty hoodlum and killer, had been slain in a west side alley by two men who fled aftr emptying their guns In the head and back of their prey. CHICAQO, Feb. 4 (AP) A gangland weapon accounted for another victim today, the second within twenty four, hours and the seventh attributed to gangsters and hoodlums in six days. . The shooting occurred just a short while after State's Attorney Swanson made public a fresh ul timatum demanding that Police Commissioner Russell take "most drastic measures to half the bloodshed." Philip Marchese, 35 years old, was the latest victim. He was shot down and killed late this af ternoon by a man who approached him from the rear and emptied a revolver into his back and head. Scores of school children playing in the yard of a west side school witnessed the slaying. The as sassin escaped. Marchese was Identified by his finger print record at the bureau of identifications . The record showed he had been charged with a murder but that the charge was nolle prossed in 1928. Earlier in the day the first vic tim of the past twenty-four hours. William Healy. 37, identified by police as a hoodlum and former convict, was shot down, but true to the code of the gangster, he refused to name his assailants. With two bullets in his back. Healy was In a hospital tonight, possibly fatally wounded. Six of Shootings Prove to Be Fatal In all, six of the shootings have been fatal, and another life was taken in an incendiary explosion which yesterday destroyed a west slide grocery. The victim was identified as Vitto Russo. Yester day also saw the fatal shooting of Joseph Cada, referred to as a "dude" and beer runner. Today Commissioner Swanson caller the police "on the carpet." Russell said immediate steps would be taken. He revealed that plans had been formulated but said he could not reveal their na ture. Steam Schooner Forced to Take xDrydock Shortly SEATTLE, Feb. 4. (AP) The steam schooner John C. Kirk patrick,' which was a distress off the Washington coast last night after striking a rock will trans fer hr cargo to another ship and then go Into dry dock at Wlnslow, about 12 miles from here, it was announced .by officials of the Winslow Marine naliway. The vessel arrived there late today and preparations were be ing made to remove her cargo as she was listing badly, although she eame in nnder her Own steam. She was reported leaking badly. Mickey Mouse Thafs the New Comic Strip Doings and queer capers Of that delightful little fel low "Mickey Mouse who In already known to thousands of Salem folk through his appearance on the screen, and Intimately known to the hundreds of children who are members of the Mickey Mouse dab, will amnffe Statesman readers each morning beginning next Sunday. - Although , Mkkey Mouse Is best known here as an actor, he was a comle strip character Ions; before he went to Hollywood. He was' created . by TOT Iwerks, who was afnH fledged car toonist at the age of 14, and till known how to delight children much younger than " tht. - - : - ( ' Mickey. Mouse , Is , really a ' caricature of human beings with the follies and foibles common to them : nil and that the secret oC kin ea inordinary appeal. ";. Two Enterprising Confidence Men Pose A s Aviators Salem Folk Taken in by Likely Story Related by Pair; New Angle to Ancient Trick is Introduced by Fast Thinking Duo CLAD in the uniform of an aviator and bearing a letter purported toJbe signed by officials of the Western Air Express company, a young man, giving his age as 33 and his name as Robert Roy, and a companion clad in civilian clothes, were working an "aviation" gag on air-minded Salem folk Tuesday. The men tell a story of a forced landing which they have just made and to verify their identity to inject confidence into their story, the man clad as the aviator, produces a let- ter under the printed heading of the Western Air Express. This letter gives the information that the bearer, Robert Roy, has gained a total of 45S4 flying hours, more than 800 of which were attained In the service of the Air Express company. After throwing their "victim" off his guard, the men gently ar range for a "loan" which will en able them to repair their plane and continue their flight to south ern airports. Various stories were told here, one man was told that Medtord was their destina tion while others were told that they were making a flight from Nome to New York. One local business man became skeptical after he had made a "loan" to the two men and called the police. The local officers soon picked up the men and when the money was returned they allowed them to depart It is believed here that the two men are the same imposters who duped persons at the Aero club In Port land Monday. Press notices in Portland papers told of the meth od used there, they being prac tically the same which were prac ticed here. DEPUTY CLERK OF ASTORIA, Ore.. Feb. 4. (AP) The body ot Max Pohl, 52, miss ing deputy county clerk, was found tonight in a clump of brush about 75 feet from where his car was found by searchers at the end of the Tillamook head road. Re ports received here stated Pohl shot himself. ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 4 (AP) A search has been Instituted here for Max Pohl, 52, deputy county clerk who disappeared from this city today and who is believed by friends and relatives to be suffering from a nervous breakdown. Pohl left his home today, in dicating he was going to his of fice, but Instead took his car from a garage and left the city, reports today from Seaside indicated he had passed through that city driv ing south. County Clerk J. C. Clinton, un der whom Pohl has. served for more than 20 years, stated there were no reasons in connection with his official duties why Pohl should hare departed so hastily. The deputy clerk has been in ill health recently. Pohl's car was found tonight by Chief of Police Dick Brown of Seaside at the end of the Tilla mook head road. The car was closed and locked. A searching party sent out along the trail from the end of the road, which leads on the cliff some 300 to 700 feet above the ocean, reported no trace of the missing man. At a late hour tonight another party armed with lanterns and torches was sent out to make a search along the base of the cliff. SlUlED FOB LOST FLYERS MOSCOW, U. SS. R. Peb. 4 (AP) The arctic commission of the Soviet government believes that Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, American aviators miss ing in the arctic regions of east ern Siberia since last November, have perished and has abandoned search for them. Despite the discovery of Eiel son's wrecked airplane on the Si beria coast January 25, the com mission had sontlnued Its efforts to locate the men in the hope that they might hare snrrlred the crash and escaped to safety. The commission today regret fully admitted there was no nse in further search for the Ameri cans, who were lost in attempting to bring aid to the stranded trad ing ship Nanuk. . .. " WOUAD PATAU SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 4 (AP) Art Johnson, an Adams eounty farmhand, succumbed to a bullet wound in the stomach at a hospital tonight and. officers' were seeking two men with whom It was said Johnson had been ar- gulng. , . IRISH WIN GAME PORTLAND Ore., Feb. 4. : AP) - Columbia" university of Portland defeated "Albany coUege 28 to If la a basketball game on MM MISSING the Columbia floor here tonighUlng PROGRESS IS IDE IT ARMS SESSION Work Speeded by Delegates Of Five Naval Powers At Conference By FRANK H. KINO Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON. Feb. 4. (AP) Moving with the greatest speed achieved since its start the Lon don naval conference today re corded definite progress in the cause of naval disarmament. As the result of two Important meetings, one of all delegates at St. James' palace this morning, the other a two hour session be tween. American and Japanese delegates this afternoon, a more confident spirit seemed to pre vade conference circles. Moreover, the official commun ique for the first time since the conference opened, departed from cold chronology of meet'-gs suf ficiently to Indicate that "good results in preparing the way for an agreement" are being pro duced by 'private conversations among the delegations, and added that those talks would continue. Tlfb setting of a date for the next public plenary session, which likely will be late this week or early next,. will be one ot the objects at a meeting of the chief delegates at 6 p. m., tomor row. At that session the work of the conference thus Tar will be reviewed and Interpreted. The meeting today of the Americans and Japanese was con sidered a significant milepost in the conference "work, for real problems ot ships and tonnage were tackled, In a way i the talk was a continuation of general conversations held at Washington. Road Closed by Order of County Court Yesterday Soft roads In almost every part bf the county are causing road of ficials considerable worry and the first move toward protecting the "tender" grades was made by the county court Tuesday when an order closing the road above Vic tor Point was signed by the court. On complaint of Fred Tuoske, patrolman of district 16, the court granted the order closing the road above Victor Point from Drift creek bridge north to the Intersection of market road 45. The road leads past the Lawrence place. . The damage is attributed to heavy wood trucks which have been hauling into Salem. fwearrVxwV Planned to Test ConsH- V'regOIl tationclity of State Law; TXrawJfU Grants Pass Man Loses in JDrieiS Desperate Fight for Life Test Bolt Ordered ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. 4 (AP) A test case to determine the constitutionality of the state law adopted at the last session of the legislature, limiting the voting power on municipal bond issues and special taxes to tax payers, will be instituted by the city of Canyonville, it was an nounced today. Woodsman Killed GRANTS PASS, Ore., Feb. 4 (AP) -Charles A. ' Tucker, tt. fought a desperate but vain bat tle for life when pinned beneath a tree he had felled in the woods la a remote part of his home stead near hsre Monday, It be came known today. Neighbors found him last night. He had fought loose from the trap but was dead when found. His last efforts were spent toward dragging a. notebook and pencil from his pocket and addressing a last message to his wife and child. . , Robbers Get Nothing FORREST GROVE, Ore., Feb. 4h (AP) Delayed registration at Pacific university here probab ly saved the institution thousands of dollars Monday night when the vault of the college office: was burglarized. The office was enter ed through a rear window and a torch and acetylene tank dragged Into the room through the open- QUIZ ORDERED IN MATTER OF BIRTH REPORT Forgery of Physician's Sig nature is Indicated in Mysterious Case Certificate Appears Fraud ulent; Hospital Denies Being Involved PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 4 (AP) City health authorities launched an investigation of al leged irregularities in connection with the reported birth of Geor gietta Jane Schaefef at a local hospital January 21. About two weeks ago George F. Schaefer asked police to help him locate his wife and new daughter. He told investigators that a telephone call had been received at his place of business. Informing him he was the father of an eight pound daughter but failing to state at what hospital the event had occurred. Subsequently Schaefer report ed his wife and new daughter had returned home. Physician Denies He Attended Mother Today a birth certificate was filed at the City Health bureaa reporting the birth of Georgietta Jane Schaefer at the Portland Maternity hospital on January .21 with Dr. Daniel Meyers in attend ance. Dr. Meyers told Dr. John G. Abele, city health officer, he had not attended the mother. He declared the signature on the cer tificate was not his. The hospital subsequently re ported the baby had not been born there. Meanwhile Mrs. Schaefer as serts both the hospital and phy sician are mistaken when they deny connection with her case. Schaefer, apparently mystified, asserts everything must be as his wife says, although he admits there are details which puzzle him. And Georgietta Jane, alter nately crying and cooing, lies in her crib in a bedroom of the Schaefer home. A nurse tonight examined Mrs. Schaefer, Dr. Abele announced, and reported finding no evidence of a Caesarian operation, y which method the mother declar ed the child was delivered. The nurse pronounced the baby at least six weeks old, Dr. Abele de clared. IS CULLED 8E1ID Mrs. Sophia Vlck, mother of Charles H., George F. and Alfred J. Vlck, Salem business men, died yesterday morning at the family residence on route seven. Mrs. Vlck had been 111 for a long"per iod and was 80 years old st .the time of death. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Rigdon chapel, Rev. P. W. Eriksen ef the American Lutheran church officiating. Interment will be in the City View cemetery. Mrs. Vlck was horn in Germany, coming from that country to the United States when she was 15 years old. She had been in Sa lem since 1910. Besides the Sa lem sons, she leaves a son in Wood Lake. Calif., and two daughters, Mrs. Josephine A. George of Marion, and Mrs. Olive Veiz of Deer Creek, Minn. ice Jam Hits Ship VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 4 (AP) The Ice jam under the draw of the span of the interstate bridge broke at 8 a.m.. today, struck the steamer Edwin Chris tenson, moored at the port dock, parted the steel cables and swept the ship into midstream. Anchors were dropped and held and the ship was moved back to the dock after the worst of the jam had passed. Services of the United States coast guard cutters Redwing and Northland were not needed today, but the Northland is standing by in ease of need. " The steamer lone reached the sunken N. R.. Lang today to sal vage the cargo, of paper. Flyer Makes Record PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 4 (AP) Lowering the former re cord nine minutes, a West Coast Air Transport passenger plane pi loted by Frank Anderllne today flew the-lf3 miles from here to Seattle in 45 minutes, officials ef the company reported. . The plane averaged 204 miles an hour, be lieved to be a record for a com mercial airplane - Anderllne was helped-by a 70-'. mile tall wind, officials said. - He held tbe previous reeord. ; )S Woman Kill Self . -ALBANY, Or., Feb. 4-(AP Mrs. Frank. Shelton, 0, a prominent resident of Harrisburg for miiiT Tears, committed sui cide today by taking poison. No motive for the act was assigned by authorities, - - - IS SOPHISM