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" CIRCULATION 0fly iimk airtrifcatioa far t Math cadi or Jaaaary 1, 1930 6,793 Ararar daily net paid 6,229 Member Audit Bar emu of Circulation - WEATHER Unsettled today and Fri day; Occasional rains. Max. trmperabare Wednesday 40; Mln. 41; Rain .41; River ICS; Cloady. FOUMDCD 1851 BEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning; February 13, 1930 No. 278 IT LAUNCH DONE Calamitous Picture Painted At Hearing by Foes of 18th Amendment Virtually All Nation's ills Blamed on Efforts to Abolish Liquor KT. -PAUL. Minn., Feb. 12. yAD-Ouu-g.. of bad condition. STRONG luwl graft among federal prohibi- ; tuuluv a im icoyvuoiuie iui me piujwteu cau tion offldals and agents in Mln- paign. taeoota made before , the house ju dietary committer today in Wash ington were characterized ' as cowardly and ' contemptible wet blander here tonight by Andrew l. Volstead, father of the dry law. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (AP) The large audience which at tended the house judiciary com mittee session today for the first congressional hearing on the mer- Its of prohibition in the decade since enactment of the Volstead act cheered a demand for repeal Of the dry amendment. Representative Graham of Pennsylvania,, now chairman of tne group wnicu iurmmaiea we way at tne courthouse, considers- I. F. Powers of Spokane, was law, denounced conditions under Dje numbers of persons visiting elected president of the Washing It and said the results were not the county clerk's office for this ton Creamery Operators assoeia- sausiactory. ue aepiorea me Urain of consequences most de- pressing to every patriot" which tore April 6 or lose their oppor- tion with the convention. L. W. be said had been brought about tnnlty to vote In the primaries, as Hanson, Seattle, was chosen see by enforcement of the dry law. the state law no longer permits retary-treasurer, and J. A. Hall,. The one witness heard, Walter IW. Liggett, a magazine writer, charged that corruption and hy pocrisy was to be found among officials In various cities. Com mittee members rebuked the au dience for applauding of his re marks. Repeal or Modification Of Amendment Asked The committee was hearing op ponents of the prohibition laws first on measure to repeal or mo dify the eighteenth amendment and laws under it. Representatire Fabath, democrat, Illinois, author of a reneal measure, demanded hat congress take such action. Liggett's charges involved the arr.vernnr of Mlchia-an at a "wild I party" at Detroit; 'November- V 1929, and a former governor of Massachusetts", Judges and elty, customs and other officials. He aid enforcement was lax in Mas- acbusetts, Kansas, Minnesota mnA Mlnhfs-an a. vsll In Tina- ton.. Minneapolis, Detroit, Topeka, and Wichita, Kansas, and the na tion's capital. Liggett explained that he had been assigned by the magazine "plain talk" to investigate con ditions and declared he was "no snooper or informer." He said he (would be willing to appear before any grand Jury to expose the de reliction of any public officials. Michigan Congressman Told of Own State The magazine writer testified foe had told a grand Jury in Bos- Con of conditions he found there and predicted numerous indict orients would result. He offered So go to Detroit to tell of the 'wild party" of November 6, 1929, when asked by Representa-I tive Mlchener, republican, Mich Jgan Liggett recently appeared be- fore a grand Jury here after charges by Senator Brookhart, of Iowa, of a "Wall street liquor party" being given three years ao for members of congress. Held in the huge caucus room In the house office building to accommodate the large audience, the hearing got under way after uranam announcea rnat nom ue I lenainea ner vane sne nerseii es--wets and drys would be given an chewed largely entertaining be- equal opportunity to present their views. Pleading the pur- cose of the hearings, the chair- man said that when "We add cor - ruption, bribery, demoralization of the citizenry, disrespect for law, bootlegging and kindred Of- fenses. does not such a picture call for the fair, dispassionate judgment of men and women to come together and reason over what remedy can be devised to abate this sad condition?" Revolutions to Be Considered by Committee Chairman Graham explained that seven resolutions before the nue, exclusive residential district Speakjng before one of his po eommittee had been referred to It I : lltlcal science classes. Dr. Bar- to determine whether they should h renorted hack to the house for action. He said the hearings (AP) Alexander P. Moore, re- exerting jurisdiction over eivui wnnlH not interfere with work of centlr annolnted bv President ans as well as the military. These the Hoover law enforcement com- mission but would aid it. The Pennsylvanian asked (Turn to-page 2, coll) for Health Officer Refuses To Accept Mr PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1!. (AP) Mrs. George F. Schaefer, whosa daughter's birth was the subject of a recent investigation by Dr. John Q. Abele, city health fleer, will be required to give" proof of the child's birth other than Its mere existence before the birth can be registered, Dr. Fred erick D. Strieker, state health of ficer, said today. .f Dr. Abele yesterday agreed to accept a birth certificate signed only by Mrs. Schaefer and giving the place of birth only as "Port land" la Ilea of one previously filed with the city health office, which- cava the place of birth as . aha , Portland Maternity hospital Sd the attending physician as . Daslal llejenu Advertising Drive Planned Butter Drop in Consumption During Past Year Noted by Delegates at Annual Convention of Pacific States PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12. (AP) Delegates to the an nual convention of the Pacific States butter, egg, cheese and poultry association here today decided to launch an ad vertising1 camDaicrn in an atterrint to "make the nnhlic hut- IT: At the end of 1929, officers of the association declared. REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARIES START COUnty ClerK S UTTICe VIS- ited Daily; April 6 Set As Final Date B.rlatration of voters for the jjay primaries is already under purpose daily. Voters must be registered be- the swearing In of electors at the polls. This change in the law resulted in a record registration in 1928, when Marion county had 27,233 voters on the list. Of these, 20,- 202 were republicans, 6281 demo crats, 5 progressives, 122 pro hibitionists, 42 socialists and 528 miscellaneous. , , It Is expected that an unusual number of voters will find It ne cessary to renew their registra tions this spring, for there was no election in 1929 something un- usual In this mother state of the initiative, referendum ana recau. The lapse of time Bince an elec- tion will undoubtedly mean that more citizens have moved from pne precinct to another, or moved! into the county, than there would ordinarily oe oetween elections, Citizens who have moved to a pew precinct or nave changed tne r. PartT affiliations must re- register, and also those who failed to vote at the general elec tion in 1928. In view of the fact that nomi nees for governor will be chosen at the primaries this year, in ad dition to nominees for the legis lature and some county offices, it is expected that the 1928 regis tration figures will be exceeded. PRESENT IT DANCE WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. (AP) Standing between Iher aristocratic bank teller husband, William Jefferles Chewning, Jr., and her multimillionaire father. Senator Couzens of Michigan, the former Margaret Couzens tonight appeared In the social circles of her family for the first time since her elopement and marriage, The occasion was a dance that had been planned for "Miss Cou- zens" to repay the courtesy of I many members of the diplomatic and congressional groups who en- I fore her marriage. About 500 guests, including 12 I ambassadors, were invited. More I than 40 senators attended. Vice I President Curtis and his sister. Mrs. Doljy Curtis Gann, remain- I ed for almost an hour. While the party progressed it I was announced by the secretary I to the bride's mother that the young couple would not occupy the one-room, kitchenette apart- ment which they rented before they eloped but would set up housekeeping In a spacious apart- I ment in the Massachusetts are- AMBASSADOR ILL MONROVIA. Calif.. Feb. 12 Hoover to be United States am- bassador to Poland, is 'seriously ill with an infection of the throat and lungs at a sanitarium here. com o me Birth Reporsusss! Mail sentence. The period of law- . .... r;71? L1,? or tne nrsx nuT wai . . .ui a. VI- tie aemea am waa mo siwauiag physician and th. hospital denied .a . a .at . a. At .u. enu" S..TT.1!'Tmi t T lTnT-'w ot th California Is nn Wide a major general la the California be signed by some person oesiaes " -rA i tt& nrnm--u tm umaihia." be national guard. He was prpm- deelaV to exVlainiVg hi"' -ti: ktw ka iHiwUna I r other name. I see no reason why the. requirements ot the law TCi VT:"V,iT t. ';r.iw Mrs. Schaef er'er she should be Beery, film villain, late tonight able to give the facts about the was reported gous jcoa vt.o. VT.tit Am f eaanot I ditlan "at the Hollywood hospital see my way clear to accept the hlrth eeruflcAttv i To Push fat Sales Association there was a surplus of about 50,000,000 pounds of butter in warehouses. This indicated. they said, a decrease in the per capita consumption, sines the increase in production was in ra tio with the increase in popula tion. Officers declared that In some agricultural communities consumption of butter substitutes was fire times that of butter. The association endorsed a further conference with the fed eral trade commission in the near future relative to elimination of alleged wasteful and unethical practices in the industry. tion at the annual business ses- sion of that rroua held in eonnec- Seattle, and L. E. Perry, Yakima, were named vice presidents. ACTIVE IN CHICAGO Apparent Police Efforts Not Effective in Putting Stop to Crime CHICAGO, Feb. 12. (AP) Wl 1 1 1 A ttI lA aAltHnilAfl f1tal frenIed driTJ to Jd th c,t f gunmen, terrorists resumed their activities today with two bomb ings that Imperiled a score of north-side residents. Two persons were Injured and numerous others were driven from their homes by the explo sions, which brought the total for the new year to 13. A laundry was wrecked and part of a residence torn away. Residents more than a mile dis tant from the laundry blast dis tinctly felt its reverberations and windows of homes for hundreds of yards around were shattered. Commissioner of Police Wil liam Russell, in charge of the drive which Sunday has resulted in the arrest of nearly 2,000 pet ty hoodlums and gunmen ordered his men to dig still deeper In the haunts of crime in an effort to clear np the latest bombings. He intimated that both blasts were the work of racketeers, the peculiar tactics of whom Colonel Robert Asham Randolph and his secret "committee of , seven" in vestigating Chicago lawlessness are now concentrating on. Colonel Randolph said his com mittee reported discovering the sinister hand of the racketeer in every major business enterprise and industry in Chicago, and add ed that fresh steps were being taken to break np the "malign influence under which Chicago business is operating BERKELEY, Calif.. Feb. 12 (AP) Unsparing use of the hangman's noose was recommend ed today by Dr. David P. Bar- rows, head of the political science department of the University of California, as a solution of Chi- eago's crime problem. rows recommended the establlsh- ment of military "commissions. Judicial bodies, he said, were es- tabiisned m the Philippine wiana following the Spanish-American war. - "They proved extrenely effec tive in earblng lawlessness by their although just methods," Dr. Barrows said. "Murderers were hanged at the rate of one every Jessness, which followed the end of the Spanish regime la the Phil- I UZ U CDeVAliSal br01IgM to a rapid i -z ,v.. .t,. ...i.h. th' rreake ' Dr. Barrows, former president rklir I death ef Major General Leonara Wood, for theportef governor t" the Phiuippiaes. i t,ry Ti LOS ANGELES. Feb. 12 Noah ' after he had fona an opera- hob xor aprnjuuius, , FJK B HIS NOOSE URGED IN CHICAGO OF SAVE BIG SUM Failure to Purchase Salem Plant Costs Locat Folk Immense Amount City Denies Self $31,364.90 In One Year Alone Percy Cupper Estimates By RALPH CURTIS Salem Is approximately $31, 364.90 poorer than it would have been had It owned the local wat er system in 1928; it lost more than that by not owning it in amounts each year until It does ac 1929, and will lose increasing quire possession of the water utll- ity. These are. to be sure, all paper losses; nevertheless the city would actually have been that much better off at the end of 1928 if the plant had been muni cipally owned, according to fig ures compiled by Percy A. Cup per, former state engineer. These figures show that the water company's income in 1928, after paying all costs of mainten ance, administration and taxes, was 5.8 per cent of the company's own evaluation of the plant. Figures Regarded As Very Conservative That is not an inordinate pro fit, since the company must pay S per cent Interest on its bonds. Some persons may not take these figures at their face value, but if they are wrong the advantage would all have been on the city's side, had it owned the plant. However, if the city had own ed and operated the plant, its In come would have been 7.6 per cent of the valuation, because there would have been no taxes (Turn to page 2, col 6) Des Anderson Now Champion Of West Coast Whether Des Anderson, local wrestler, wins the western wel terweight championship belt next Wednesday or not, he'll be a OWNERSHIP WATER WOULD .i . v. i. -Utrin to the eastern Dart of the Bobby Sampson the Paclfie coast belt which that rough and tumble grappler has had in his posses sion. Anderson won the first fall in 21 minutes with a toe hold. Samp son won the second In two min utes and nine seconds with a ser ies of headlocks. Anderson won the third In four minutes on a foul. After having been warned twice, Sampson persisted in but ting the Salem man, and was dis qualified. Oreg W F on Annual Session of Holstein IT r Breeders Today; Web foots OrieiS Take Basketball Trip PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 12. (AP) Annual meeting of the Oregon Holstein Breeders' asso ciation will be held tomorrow at Gresham, Ore., Paul C. Adams, secretary, announced today. F. W. Durbin, Salem, will preside. General business, election of officers and selection of two del egates to the national convention in Denver next June are on the convention schedule. Speras to Be Feted PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 12. (AP) Acceptace of an invitation to attend a reception here In his honor February 21 was tele graphed Edgar W. Smith by Dr. Dr. Clarence W. Spears, new head football coach at the University of Oregon, today. "Accept your kind Invitation," was Spear's characteristic terse response to smiths invitation. Smith is general chairman of the committee in charge of arrange ments for the reception and din ner. Team Leaves Today EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 12. (AP) The University of Oregon basketball team will leave Eugene Thursday on its inland empire trip, during which it will play two games with Washington State Friday and Saturday and another two games with Idaho Monday and Tuesday. Bill Reinhart. Webfoot coach, fears inexperience and stage fright may have a demoralizing effect on his squad on their east ern invasion. The Vandal and Cougar floors - differ from the Duck court so will necessitate some accustoming to get the play ers feeling at home. SKHled in Week PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12. (AP) The fifth traffic fatality ot the week was recorded today with the death of Mrs. Haael Kelly. 22, from Injuries received In an accident here last night. Al bert H. Parker. 20. was held with oat hall as a result of the crash. He was driving the car ' which collided with a machine In which the victim was a passenger, police safd. - Juror Wont Be Tried PORTLAND; Ore- Feb. 12. ; (AP)- Because ha is serving on a jury at San Francisco and can not leave until after a case ' la completed," Lewis - C Dnnlap forwarded his resets to ed- , uuuwi cwiMt " Racketeering Now One of Chicago's Great Industrie CHICAGO, Feb. 12. (AP) Racketeering has reached every business, every industry la Chicago, with the constant threat of organized gunmen enforcing the demands made npon the economic resources of the city. Colonel Robert Isham Randolph, head of the secret crime committee of seven, said today. The committee, organized by the Association of Com merce following internidne strife between rival gang land factions and resultant waves of murder and bomb ings, is cooperating with the city and county authorities! to help eradicate crime xa Chicago. - Col. Randolph said one of the first steps to be taken In making Chicago a safe place was to destroy the "political tie-up" that makes racket eering a "profitable business." UVESLEY 161 IS FUYEDFDR ST10 Women's Groups at Leslie Church Criticize Sa lem's Mayor Further regret at and condem nation of the reputed speech fav oring anti-Volsteadism made by Mayor T. A. Llvesley in Boston recently are contained in Joint resolutions adopted yesterday by the Woman's Home Missionary society and the Ladies' Aid soci ety of the Leslie Memorial ehureb. The resolutions are signed by Mrs. E. A. Rhoten, chairman, and Mrs. A. C. Bohrnstedt, secretary, for the missionary society; and by Mrs. W. J. Linfoot, chairman and Mrs. Irva M. Hewitt, secre tary, of the Ladies' Aid. Content of the resolution fol lows in full: "Whereas it has been reported through the press and other reli able sources of information, that our mayor, Thos. A. Livesley has made statements that the people are tired of prohibition and that we are worse off now than before prohibition, and has just recently been quoted as having made such statements while enroute on a umieu oiaicn via lbuau. ducu statements unless being Qualified will be understood as pertaining to the moral and general welfare of the citizens and not particular ly to the financial Interests of those engaged in the growing of hops and other Interests that would be encouraged if the liquor traffic and associated vices were restored. "It is regrettable that such statements should be made at all (Turn to page 2, col 4) Dnrk'n Will PrMiM of information that he will be un able to appear here February 20 for trial on a rum-running charge. His case has been set over to March 3. Dunlap was arrested with Frank Chester near Medford Ore., shortly before Christmas with a load of alleged bonded whiskey, federal agents said. Portland Crook Sentenced BOSTON. Feb. 12. (AP) Richard Ardell of Portland, Ore., was sentenced to a term of from four to five years in the Massa chusetts state prison today on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He was found guilty of obtain ing $1250 from Miss Maude A. Roscoe of Westroxbruy, who con ducts a home for convalescents there, on the pretense of equip ping local hotels with a radio that he had Invented. He was said to have obtained the money from the woman in various sums rang ing from $100 to $450 and per suaded Miss Alice R. Pulmmer, a guest at the Roscoe home, also to "Invest" 1760. The radio and hotel Installation both failed to materialize. Lad's Corpse Bought CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 12.- AP) The Oregon State eollege board of control today authorized a reward of $100 for the person who locates the body ot David Graham, sophomore in agricul ture, who was drowned while ca noeing Sunday on Mary's river near here. Jail Break Halted GRANTS PASS, Ore., Feb. 12 (AP) Eight prisoners In the county Jail here attempted to es cape today when they attacked Sheriff Lister and deputies with iron bars, sawed from their cell cots. The sheriff and his men soon overpowered the mutineers, how ever. -The Jail from which the men sought to escape waa built 50 years ago. Hall Lands Lincoln ALBANY, Ore., Feb. It. (AP) More than ISO people heard Dr. Arnold Bennett Han. president of the University of Oregon, discuss "demagogues and democracy at the .Albany hotel tonight as the feature ot the an nual Lincoln day observance here. Dr.' Hall's address- followed a ban quet ?at which ; the . attendance taxed.Ue htel dJig roon to capacity. ENVOYS MEET DIFFICULTY IN NEGOTIATIONS Beginning Made Toward Limiting Activities of Un der Water Craft Tonnage Fixtures Issue Pre sents Knotty Problem For Delegates By FRANK H. KING Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, Feb. 12 (AP) Moving slowly like a ship in a sea infested with submarines, the London naval conference In Us voyage toward disarmament today reached the danger rone of ton nage figures. Approximately, the most signi ficant accomplishment of the five power delegations today was mak ing a start toward limitation of submarine activities in war time on their "humanlzatlon," as pro vided for in American and French resolutions presented at yester day's plenary session. A sub-committee of experts with legal knowledge will take the resolutions by Henry L. Stim- son and Georges Leygues In hand tomorrow morning and begin ne cessary adjustments to make them fit into the London disarma ment treaty. Compromise Tonnage Plan la Accepted The other outstanding accom plishment of the conference to day was acceptance of the ex perts' report for a compromise tonnage plan combining the glob al and category fleet measure ment system. Tonnage figures were still ab sent from this cross-word puzzle scheme on which the experts had been working ten days. On a di agram of little white squares. hich await the total tonnage figures of each nation and detail ed tonnage figures for each cate gory of warship, the simple era sure of two bits of line about an Inch long pictured settlement of one of the most difficult naval questions which confronted dele gates when they arrived in Lon don last month. Two Kinds of Ships Classed Together The erasure of the line between categories ef cruisers and destroy ers depicted simply and graphical ly that tonnage for those classes is lumped as a whole and can be transferred one hundred per cent from one class to the other. But the line was erased only in the columns showing French and Italian tonnage, as the global treaty is applied to these two na tions to meet their peculiar naval needs while Great Britain, the United States and Japan have their tonnage definitely boxed in five categories. Transfers can be made only ac cording to the percentage which is still to be agreed upon, and ar guments today Indicated that this agreement would not likely be reached until the nations present ed their detailed figur of fleet tonnage needs. HONOLULU, Feb. 12. (AP) An autopsy scheduled to be performed today upon the body of Mrs. Marion Sevier was tempo rarily halted this afternoon by a court action filed by Ralph Shain wald, brother of the woman, ask ing for an injunction restraining officials from refusing his admit tance at the autopsy. Judge A. E. Steadman set next Tuesday as the date for handing down a decision on the petition. Mrs. Sevier, wife ot Colonel Granville Sevier, whom she mar ried at Baltimore on November, 1926, left her husband an estate of $700,000 which she had in herited from her mother, Mrs. Riette Shalnwald of New York. Settlement of the estate has been held up pending investigation into her death. The first autop sy, performed last . April, de veloped nothing contrary to the cause of the death stated by at tending physician, . Major W. C Whitmore, as due to acute car diac dilation. Colonel Sevier has assented to the second autopsy. In his petition to the court Shalnwald sets forth that he was a qualified chemist, versed in the unusual methods of the chemical analysis which would be necessary to make a complete investigation as the viscera, had been removed from Mrs. Sevier's body when she died la August, 1928. Eclipses Slated In April States' Washington Prof SEATTLE, Feb. 11. (AP) Eclipses of both the sun and the mono will be visible In April over northern California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Idaho and Ne vada, Professor Theodore 8. Ja cobsen, head of the University of Washington astronomy school, said today. He aald the eclipse ot the moon win occur on April 11 from t:ll P. M to 10: n.tza., Padfls time, and of the sua an April tl reaching ciisuz at .lma sv AirroPSr upon body OF WOW DELAVEO Portland Mayor May Be Recalled in George Baker, mayor of Portland for many years and candidate for United States senator in 1924, has been attacked along with four other men compris ing the city's governing board for "utter disregard for the in terests of the t payers." MYSTERIOUS NOTE BE Letter Having to Do With Payne Case Is Called For in Court. The contents of that "mysteri ous" letter which prompted Rob ert L. Payne, pastor of the First Baptist church, to wield first a stick of wood and then a chair In an alleged attempt to attack Vir gil O'Neill, church member, will probably be made public at the hearing of the rase in justice court today. The testimony is scheduled for 10 a. m., this morn ing, having been continued over from last Saturday. Payne is -accused by O'Nell of assault. The letter which has been re ferred to frequently in connection with the case was written by the sister of Mrs. Payne In Los An geles to Mrs. George O'Neil of Salem at whose home Mrs. Payne took refuge from her husband one night last fall. She was taken to Medford by Virgil O'Neil, son oi Mrs. George O'Neil, and from there she took the train to Los Angeles. Six deacons of the Baptist church have been subpoenaed as witnesses for today's hearing. Be cause the state was unable to get all of Its witnesses In court last week, the case was necessarily held over. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12 (AP) -President Ortiz Rubio, wound ed a week ago today by a gun man. was sufficiently recovered this afternoon to leave his bed and to attend to several business affairs at his home. It Is believed that he will be able to go to his office at the National Palace next week. The number of detentions in connection with the shooting of the president by Daniel Floree is increasing daily. A number- of ar rests have been made in various parts of the country but Official silence still cloaks the result of the Investigation of what the au thorities declare was a wide spread plot to assassinate the chief executive. It was learned today that Val- ente Quintana, former chief of po lice In the federal district. Is now in the city of San Luis Potosl, where he is in charge of the in vestigation in that place and Charcas, a nearby town which was the home of Flores. Many ar rests have been made there and the police claim to have found ev idence that persons living in San Antonio, Tex., had knowledge of the plot against the president, even if they were not Involved in it themselves. Congratulations on bis escape from death continue to reach the president. They came from the heads of European as well as American nations and also from many other people In all walks of life. Mil READ HEBE FROM W Liquor Industry Is Dealt Severe Blow In St. Louis BT. LOUIS, Feb. 11. (AP) Striking at the Illicit liquor indu stry in fit. Louis, with the Jones law as its weapon, a federal court grand Jury in its final report to day returned 111 Indictments, charging ISO men and two women with liquor law violations punish able by heavy- prison sentences and tinea. It was the first time since en actment of the Jones law. that it waa brought Into use' extensively by a EL Louis grand Jury tn deal ing with liquor cases.. A previous grand ..Jury had declined to use this law, which la directed Against habitual and commercial dispens ers of liquor and provides prison sentences np to fiv years and maximum fines of 110,000. Most of the defendants are under ar rest. - . ; r The new Jury, with a fit. Louis banket ' aa ' lia - foreman, toUowed MAYOR BAKER ATTACKED BV Four City Commissioners Also Named by Special Portland League 20,000 Names Sought Upon Petitions; Taxpayers Said Disregarded PORTLAND, Ore . Feb. 12. (AP) Recall of Mayor George L. Baker and four city commis sioners was launched here tonight by the citizens' recall league with the announcement that petitions for signatures will be circulated in the residential sections of the city tomorrow. Hugh C. Kruni, executive secre tary of the recall league, said tbe league intends to file the petition if and when the necessary num ber of signatures hare been ob tained so that a recall election may be held coincident with tb state primary in May. The tour city commissioners are A. L. Barbor, John M. Mann, C. A. Bigelow and S. C. Pier. The mayor, as commissioner of public safety, completes the city's gov erning board. Disregard for Taxpayers Claimed Krum said the recall league will charge in the petitions that tbe mayor and city commissioner have "proved their unfitness for office by their utter disregard for the Interests of the taxpayers. He declared separate petitions 111 be circulated for the recall ot each officer. It was estimated that 20,0 signatures will be necessary to make the petitions effective. Should the recall be wholly suc cessful Governor A. W. Norblad of Oregon must appoint a mayor and commissioners, but should the movement be only partly success ful tne surviving officials must fill the vacancies. CATCH If SMLFISH LONG KEY, Fla.. Feb. 12 (AP) President Hoover weat out after a sailfish today and came in with no catch. The fishing honors departed from the executive branch of the government, vrfiere they were the first two days of the trip and went over to the judicial. Justice Harlan F. Stone, fishing from the boat with the president, landed a 40 pound sailfish, but It remained for Mrs. Stone, fishing with Mrs. Hoover to land the prize of the day, a 65 pound sailfish, measur ing seven feet ten Inches. Considerable uneasiness result ed from Mrs. Stone's catch. She hooked the big fellow at . five o'clock in the afternoon and the moon had come up before she fin ally landed him. In the me as time, those in Long Key grew increasingly uneasy about the presidential party, for a stiff breeze was blowing and both Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were in small vessels. The Orca, a big boat command ed by Captain Herman Gray, of Palm Beach, from -which Mr. Hoover had planned to fish today was turned over to - newspaper men invited by the president to be his guests. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover thereupon took two small craft which tossed and pitched In the long swells which rolled'ia to the gulf stream, where thd an gling took place. Bold Thief Comes Back With Auto Here's a bold automobile thief. Usually these nefarious ereaturea abandon the borrowed vehicles at some distance from the place where they took them, for fear of being caught on- returning .them. But the machine owned by Cecil A. Gardner, 351 North 21st street, waa stolen Wednesday from State street east of, High, and a couple of hours later tbe owner found 'it in the alley -in that block, about half a block from its original parking place. o- closely the instructions of Judge Charles B. Farls that the jurors must regard the various prohibi tion laws as binding upon them selves. Three other persons -were indicted for minor liquor law . ef- tmmm ..itU mAAttnm th 4nW rak. GROUP PRESIDENT FAILS TO turned 22 Indictments In no-' liquor eases, including reindict ment of several persons against , whom charges had been dropped. Virtually all of those indicted . today In liquor cases are alleged -bootleggers and liqu-r manafact urera accused of widespread oper ations in liquor traffic. All reside Among Indictments outside of liquor cases was ' one against George W. FeUows. accusing him. of operating a radio broadcasting station In St. Louis without a -li cense. 'This is one ef the first criminal proceedings undertakec since the pajsagt fit th radio act,