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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