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r CIRCULATION ally avengs sIsMetues lev tbe bmU. aaeisg fesasry II, ItIO 6,793 Member Audit Bursas of Circulation 1 WEATHER Uaaettled today aad prob ably Sunday; No chance la temperataret Max. temper' tare Friday 53; Mia. 28 Calm; No ralai River FOUNDJ2D 1691 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, March 1, 1930 No. 292 DR. SNOOK IS EXECUTED FOR Moynihan Files In J. P. Contest Senator Blaine Flays Oil Men Snook Sent to Final Tribunal IS DEFIED BY V W L -If mum OOWN TARIFF ON CRUDE OIL TAFT BARELY ANOTHER DAV SLAVING v ay y - Public Utility Expenditures Will Set New Record in -1930 Says Hoover .United States Chief Execu tive Publishes Report As Given to Him WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. f API President Hooter made public today a report estimating that the public utility construc tion expenditure during 1930 would exceed 11,400.000,000 and affect every city And town in the country. . . . The report, made to the cblef executive by Matthew 8. Sloan, chairman of bis committee jon expedition of. public utility con struction to aid employment, said the program now under way bad been accelerated. Sloan wbo is president of the Brooklyn Ediaon company, said there bad been no great modifi cation ot the utilities program outlined In -November and that a recanvass bad shown that those plana probably would be some what expanded. Increase Over Lst year Is Indicated "Information completed yester day indicates that the total ex penditures for new construction already made this year or to be made by March 31, by electric, gas, and street railway compan ies will aggregate $305,000,000," Sloan's report said. "This amount is 12 per cent higher than corresponding expen ditures during the first Quarter of 1929. Since the total estimated expenditures for new construc tion during the entire year 1930 re Stt per cent higher than for 1929, this indicates that the construction program now under way has been accelerated." Sloan reported that the com mittee Interpreted present elec trical energy output as indica tive that "industrial production, considering the country as a whole, Is maintaining itself on approximately the same levels as the unusually high ones o? last year, -which were considerably abovefbose of any since the post war collapse." Manufacturer Get Share of Orders ' ' . l The committee was advised by the Utility companies "that of the total $865,000,000 to be ex pended by them for new construc tion, $4C5.000,000 will be in or ders with manufacturers and producers of equipment and con struction materials, with corre sponding acceleration of factory employment." "Furthermore," the report con tinued, A very large proportion of the remaining $400,000,000 will be expended for local labor. It Is especially significant that the expenditures are not concen trated in few localities but, on the contrary, are spread quite evenly throughout the nation. It is sate to say that every city and town In the country will be di rectly affected by this program. "The volume of new orders for equipment and materials already placed or to be placed by March .in - tiso.AOO.000 or S8 ner cent of the year's total. This like wise Indicates positive ana accel erated progress In the new con struction program. K.G.Thompson Practices Law With Moynihan w v a ThamnioB of Port land formally associates himself In the practice of law with M. . w WATnlhfii -baa " Maintained offices for some time. For sereral years Mr. Thomp- h. Haan In business In Port- sou umo land. He passed the bar examin ation three years ago. Thompson attended Willamette university As a boy he lived In Dallas andJ In Albany wnere nis parents w In business. Ed Pidsecki Boosted For Job Oh Game Commission Local gportaraea art uniting In urging the appointment of Ed K. Piaseekl, BaUm attorney, ,for the place on the tatt game eommls sioa aoir bold by Ben Dorrls of Eugeaev Dorrls has announced he would- resign as h is to become campaign manager for Charles HalL In that irent there will be two vacancies on the game com. zntoston. terse of C E. MtU r ' Portland, , has expired and no successor kas teem named, al though Governor Norblad has lee pressed by friends of vari ns candidates. The Dorrls pott Is the position "at large" on the commission. Under th Uw two ro named from eastera Oregon, two from westera Oregon nd ona "at laaga." - The two from eastern Oregon are Mike Lynch of Red mond and I. A. Wright ot Union. Matt Corrigan of MeMlnnville is 1 on tiat eommisslon "-from western Oregon. There la dmitted to be the ran so far as getting a Salem en the commission is eon- grnad. OoTernor Norblad is w- "-' . .'J ' v M. Clifford 'Moynihan1, who yes- nterday filed as candidate for Jastlce of the peace In the 43a- lem district. . ENTERS WIUCOIEST Salem Lawyer Files Candi dacy for Job as Jus tice of Peace M. Clifford Moynihan, promin ent local attorney, officially be came a candidate for the office of Justice of the peace of the Sa lem district when he filed bis dec laration ot candidacy for that of fice with County Clerk U. O. Boy er Friday afternoon. Moynihan is the fourth man to enter the race for that office, Foster Cone, Mar tin Ferrey, and Miller Hayden having previously filed. All of the candidates adhere to the republi can party. B. W. .M acy, who practices law in the suit adjoining that of Bra zier Small, present Justice of the peace, declared publicly yesterday that he would filed his eandidacy for the office Saturday morning. Macy Is also a republican. "I will conscientiously strive to lower the fees in the Justice court for the Salem district. In order to reduce the present high cost of litigation to The contesting par ties," declared Moynihan, in out lining hia platform upon which he hopes to be elected. .He pledges himself to present this matter to the legislature at Its next reg ular session and declares that he will devote himself to the work of bringing about the consumma tion of the much desired change. "If elected. I will do my best; 90 one can do more," Is Moynl han's slogan. Moynihan was born In Hart ford. Connecticut. October 6, 1897, and attended the public grammar schools and the public high school, graduating from the latter in 1917. Later he attended the Connecticut agricultural col lege. He served with the United States -army in the World War. He came to Oregon with his wife and three children seven years ago, living here since that time. One year after coming to saiem. he enrolled in Willamette uni versity law school, and after com pleting his law course at the uni versity, took the Oregon state bar examinations, wmcn ne success fully passed In 1927. Immediately after passing the bar, Mr. Moynihan began the act ive nractiCA of law. and has been so engaged since that time, with offices In the Oregon building. He has always been a member of the republican party since bis first party registration. Judge Brown to Resume Work on Supreme Court Judge George M. Brown of the state supreme court, who spent the past three months at Rose burg recuperating from Illness, has returned to Salem and will re sume his official duties today. He Is much improved In health. Acting Justice Hamilton of Pouhnrr. who served on the court during the absence ot Jus tice Brown, will remain In Salem until such time as cases in which he participated are disposed of. ported to have promised at Eu gene to appoint a southern Ore gon man for tne vacancy ix u occurs, the Willamette valley now having one member en the board. Mr. Piaseekl resides at King- wood heights. Just across the riv er In Polk county. He maintains bis law office in the commerce building. Salem. He formerly re sided ta Dallas. Piaseekl waster two -rears president ot the Ore gon Game Protective association. He Is an ardent sportsman and has many loyal friends who orginr his name. The liarloa county Game Pro-1 tectlre association will not meet till Tuesdaialght. when it U ex pected the organization will en dorse Mr. Piaseekl. Meantime Dr. L. B. Idleman. the president and Chris KowitsV secretary are doing all they can la behalf of their candidate. Salem has neyer. had a repre sentative on the state game com mission and local, sportsmen feel that interest here- hare t-nifezadL because of thai fact. Mil Former Insane Asylum In mate Kills Self Just as House Blown Up Machine Gun and Tiny Can non Used by Guardsmen Making Attack DEFIANCE, Ohio, Feb! 21 (AP) Henry Floehr, to, former Inmate of the Toledo State asy lum, today killed his wife in their home, stood off a small army of officers, citizens and national guardsmen for three hours and then committed suicide in his sec ond floor barricade Just before dynamite ended the battle. Eight sticks of dynamite were thrown up the stairway while a machine gun and a one pounder, operated by the Defiance unit of the national guard, played a bul let screen on Floehrs bedroom retreat. The charge destroyed the second floor of the house, but Floehr's body was found with a ballet wound in the forehead and powder marks around It, Indicat ing to the coroner that he had shot himself gome time earlier. Wife Is Murdered Following Quarrel Floehr shot his. wife fatally In the abdomen after a Quarrel over their daughter Elsla, a school teacher. When his son, William, 32 threatened to call la the po lice, he fired at'hli son and kept up his end of a gun battle with dozen officers, scores of citizens and the national guard while hun dreds of persons looked on. Floehr shot Chief of Police Karl Weaner In the neck when he attempted to mount the stairs, wounded William Chappel, 32, volunteer officer, In the abdomen so seriously that he was given small hope to lire, and shot New ell Littlefield of Newport, Maine, Defiance college senior, through the right lung. Hospital attaches said he might survive. Two raids, one with fire arms and one with tear gas, failed to dislodge Floehr, so dynamite was tried at 8:15 p.m.. Sheriff E. L. Partes threw the sticks. MS PRICE lifTT ST1BTEDJI SALEM First Reduction from 23 to 22 Cents is Announced Here Last Night 'First intimations, that the gas oline price war might extend to Salem were seen late Friday aft ernoon when one station reduced the price from 23 cents to 22 cents. All others at which inquir ies were made Friday night indi cated that the 23 cent price which has obtained for several months was still in effect. Attendants at the station which cut to 22 cents said tt was In line with one cent reduction In the wholesale price, on the part of the company supplying this sta tion, and predicted that other companies would follow suit. Other stations receding gasoline from the same wholesale source, were adhering to 33 cents retail and attendants said they haS not heard of any redaction. When the gasoline war last summer was raging throughout the state a great variety of prices were quoted in saiem and it was several months before all stations reached an agreement at 22 cents. This price was tnereaaed to 23 when the additional one cent of stata tax went tnto affect. Dar ing the hottest part of the "war, prices dropped as low as 18 cents. HES STRUCK BY HEART LOS ANGELES. Feb. 23. (AP) Alexander T. Pantages multimillionaire showman . con victed of assault, was the victim of the second heart attack with in a week tn tho county Jail hos pital today. - His wife, lira, Lois Pantages, was with the former vaudeville magnate when ao was stricken. Ska applied an lee pack aad sum moned Dr. Benjamin Blank, -jail pnysxeian. who announced hoar later that the prisoner had ranted. - :, Pantages has suffered a series of recurrences of a heart aDmant slaee confined to Jail at the close ot the trial last October on -charges ot attacking Eunice Frte- gla. it. dancer. He is awaiting de cision en as appeal before begln- alng to serve a one to ft year soataaee ta Saa Qaeatla pemlten- Uaryi "-''- --' . ; Dr. Blank said tonight the at tack today was less serious than that suffered by Pantages San- day. . , - . ""i - - . 1UDGB RECOVERING SAM FRANCISCO, Feb. IS (AP) Federal Jadge Frank H. Rudkln, taken to St. Joseph hos pital inert yesterday r suffering with a severe cold, was reported as resting easier, today with only a alight temperature and a faror- ahle pulse Charges Hurled Denouncing Alleged Methods of Gas Interests in. U. S. Lobbyists Attempted to Get Hoover's Name Involved Blaine Declares WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. (AP) Climaxing one ot the most dramatic scenes In the long tariff controversy, the senate to night rejected by a dosen votes the Thomas proposal for a tariff on oil and gasoline. The roll call which came short- f after ten o'clock showed 29 against a tariff and 27 for it. A xharge that the American Independent Petroleum Produ cers association in carrying on a drive for an oil tariff was "'even willing to trade the president of the United States in on this deal" was made tonight by Senator Blaine, republican, Wisconsin. ' Blaine read a telegram -trom F. E. Tucker, of Ardmore, Okla homa, secretary of the Indepen dent Producers association to Franklin in which Tucker was quoted as having said: Questionable Tactics Declared Utilized "Would It be Impertinent or Impolite for me to write a cour teous letter to President Hoover that he answer charges being cir culated In the Continental Oil fields that he is heavily Interest ed In South American oil." The association, he added, has peddled about untrue state ments and charged them to mem bers of the senate as they did in the case of the Junior senator from Vermont (Senator Dale)." Blaine said the association of ficers planned to carry to Pres ident Hoover a "rumor that was prevalent in the Continental Oil region that he (the president) was a large stockholder in South American oil and extract from him a denial and then use that denial to advance their cause." 'They would trade senators." shouted the Wisconsin senator as the senate neared a vote on the proposed oil tariff, "they would trade the oresldent. thev would trade anybody "if It were' to aPt vance their cause." Blaine, a member of the sen ate lobby committee, which ear-. Her in the day heard Wirt Frank lin, president of the Indepen dents' association, say that $50,- 000 had been raised by these producers to work for an oil duty, described the activities of this association as the "most ne farious and damnable" of all lobbies. 'They had a subtle, alimy method." he asserted, "designed to extract some information from the president and from the chair man of the committee on foreign relations so that they might use It to advance their cause." EX-SOLON KILLED BRUSH. Colo.. Feb. 28. IkVt injured In an automobile acci dent early last night near Hlllose ueorge J. Kinaei of Denver, for mcr demoeratlo rnnmuiiiiii frn the first district, died here thhj aviiernoon. Greg a-av Ull Cat "D iT Games Last Night; Medford DlieiS Qinntet BeaU Ashland PORTLANDERS BEATEN , SEATTLE, Feb. 18. (AP)-f The Seattle Eskimos temporarily halted Portland's mad drive tof ward the Pacific coast hockey lea gue championship with a sensa-f tlonal i to I overtime victory; here tonight. - VANCOUVER, B. C Feb. 28. (AP) Vancouver's Lions' de feated the . wandering victoria Cubs S to 1 in a Pacific coast hockey league game here tonight. Their victory, coupled with Se attle's 3 to X overtime win over Portland aent the Lions to with in two points of the leaders. ASHLAND WALLOPED MEDFORD. Ore.. Feb. 28. (API Medford defeated Ash land, district champions, J 5 to 11 in a basketball game here to night. Medford took tho lead at the start and never was headed. CARGO REMOVED ' ASTORIA. OreW Feb. 18. (AP) About three tons ot ear- go, mostly fruit, was removed to day from the steamer Admiral Benson aground on Peacock Spit near the month of the Columbia river. The cargo van : brought ashore on a nigh rigging, similar to a breeches buoy. .. 4 WILDCAT FETB ' LOSES EUGENE, Ore, Feb. ,28. (AT) Young Joa Bteeher, scis sors artist from Toronto. Canada, came back alter losing tho first fall to George rWIldeaf Fete of Eugene the mala treat ot the wrestling card here tonight, and won two falls aad the match with his leg aquejesaer Art RelUy, 111, Salem aad Johnny Morrel, 140, ot North Bend, divided a fall apleea and got a draw la their preliminary matchr They wrestled - tht w Aus tralian style of three rounds. wksasd taxes cut KiORTlJLNDrOTti Fen,' 18- APJ. Multnomah county tax f aV .'SS .' ."-.".Aw.V.-.V V.'O . I I , ,,V J ' $ I !sBsf5"ti:,X J yJJ I .- J Johq f. Blaine, republican sena tor rrom Wisconsin, wno de clared In the United States sen ate last night that oil Interest were "even willing to trade the president of the United States in on this deal." T All Reserved Seats to To night's Freshman Glee Taken Quickly Every seat reserved for Fresh man Glee was gone at four o'clock Friday afternoon and it Is ex pected that over 2000 people will pack the gymnasium for the an nual song fest at Willamette uni versity. The program will be gin at 8 o'clock. The finishing touches on the decorating will be made today by members of the freshman class, and final practices for all classes will be held. Fred Paul, manager of the event, is being assisted by the committee chairmen, Alvis Love, decorating, Mildred Miller, program. Tyras Hilway, platform, Milton Lipps.tlckets, Harold Rho ten, chair, Dorothy Rose, banner presentation, and Melrin Crow, head usher. The songs will be Judged on four standards, - mnsic, words, rendition, and adaptability. Pro fessor J. T. Matthews will give the . decision of the Judges, and the presenTallonoTTneTa!rirer will be by Dorothy Rose and Ger trude Beard, members of the freshman class. The following program has been arranged: address of wel come, Tyrus Hilway, president of the freshman class; cello solo, se lected, Oliva Jones: senior song, "Song of the Night"; Frances Mc Gllvra, leader, Helen MePherson, accompanist; Junior song, "Wil lamette Night Song," Josephine Albert, leader. Grace Henderson, accompanist; reading, "The Cha riot Race," Jean Spencer; piano solo, selected, Helene Price; soph omore song. "Dreams of You," Wesley Roeder, leader, Edith Find ley, accompanist; freshman song, "Serenade," Ralph Morri son, leader, Marjory O'dell, ac companist; violin solo, selected, Iva Claire Love. - The declsion and presentation will conclude the program. According to custom started last year, tho losing class will (Turn to page 2, col. 1) UTERES ran WHST Pnrfim4 Hnrhmv Tmtrm'm 1 mA aa vvnw m mini m a.Ma Down to Two Points in payers this year will pay $2(7,- 288.14 less taxes than last year, It was announced- today when the 1929 tax roll was turned over to Sheriff T. M. Hurlburt by County Assessor Hiram U. Welch. FRUIT LOAN EXPLAINED PORTLAND Ore.. Feb. 28. (AP) Recent announcement ot the federal farm board that It would make- loans to wheat farmers on tht basis ot $1.1S a bushel appllea to Portland, As toria, and Tacoma as well as Seattle, F. J. Wilmer, Rosalia, Wash., chairman ot the North Pacific Grain Growers Inc. said today in a telegram. The first announcement re- terrel only to Seattle and drew Immediate- Inquiries from the Portland chamber of commerce. DORRIS BACKS HALL - EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 2S (AP) Ben Dorrls, Eugene, an nounced today , ho would resign as a member ot the state game commission and said a letter of resignation would soon bo sent to Governor A. W Norblad. Nor rls said he would become active ta support of Charles Hall for governor. In Justice to Governor Norblad. he declared, he could not remain on the game commis sion. TEMPERATURE DROPS -- EUGENE, Oro., ; Feb; 28 AP) The . minimum. tenora ture here last night was 27 de grees . abort aero, the lowest since the cold spell la Jaauary aad the lowest for, this month. STRATEGY . BO ARd' MEETS EUGENE,' Ore., - Feb. 28 (AP) The -board of strategy" for . controlling the football des tinies of the University of Ore gon from without the coaching circle held Its first meeting" of the year to welcome Dr. Clarence W Spears; new eoach.'at a dofn town restaurant todays . . University Professor Meets Death Calmly After All Appeals Beaten Murderer Admits to Warden That Crime Was Care fully Planned CLEVELAND, Feb. 28. (AD The Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Columbus Dispatch tomorrow morning will print a copyrighted story written by Warden P. E. Thomas, of the Ohio State peni tentiary, stating that Dr. James H. Snook, told him prior to his electrocution Jhat he had delib erately planned the slaying of Miss Theora Hlx. Warden Thomas said: "At his trial Dr. Snook testi fied in great detail regarding a brutal attack hesaid Miss Hlx made on him. This testimony Dr. Snook told me. was abso lutely false in Its entirety. Snook's only regret was that the story 'did me more harm than good and probably had something to do with the severity of the ver dict." He admitted it was a grave mistake for him to have told this story. Threatened Exposure Is Greatly Feared "He then went at length into the character of Miss Hlx saying she had threatened to expose the whole affair and ruin him social ly and professionally. The fear of disgrace and loss of position caused him to make up his mind to kill her. From that time on be planned to carry out this deci sion. The Instruments of death the hammer and knife. Snook said, I always carried with me. He made the final decision to carry out his plan to kill her when they met the night of the murder and she said she 'did not want to go to the room, but pre ferred to drive out into the coun try.' The opportunity had occur red; he drove out to the rifle range and carried out his deci sion. Body Mutilated To Deceive Officials "He admitted that the mutil ation of the, body was planned to make the crime look like the work of a fiend. " "Doctor I asked him, 'Why were you not all wrought up and nervous after the killing?' 'It was such a relief to' have It over,' he answered and then added, 'You know one grows nervous over sudden Impulses." He added he was surprised when he was even suspected of the crime." COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 28. (AP) Displaying the same iron nerve that carried him through six months of residence in the death house at Ohio state peni tentiary. Dr. Jamea Howard Snook, university professor, went to his death in the electric chair tonight for the murder of his co ed companion, Theora Hlx. The current was turned on at 7:04 and he was pronounced dead at 7:09:30 p. m. He received three contact of 2.000 volts each. Condemned Man Appears Very Calm Dr. Snook appeared to be tne calmest man in the execution chamber. He entered accompan- (Turn to page 2, coL S) Ifl HAITI FOR QUIZ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 28. (AP) President Hoover's Haitian commission, appointed to investigate conditions In Haiti and to make recommendations as to the future of American policy In tho Island" republic, arrived at tht capital today and vert greet ed by an orderly popular demon stration." At tht members ot the commis sion drove to the American lega tion, a crowd of mora than S.000 Haitians followed them carrying banners reading "we "want legis lative elections' and no more high commissioners. The Haitian colors were spread everywhere on nooses and on au tomobiles. ' Recd'Em;You1U feep mui weei If von like aatoa, and who doesnt? Probably the beat new In The Statesman today Is the detailed list of need car op portnnlties available a tho Used Oar Week betas; con dacted now by tarn Salem acta dealers. , - Tarn to today's classified f ie.it Islng paces anSa rend the detailed story. Scores. and laundredn of excellent, gnaraatsad "cars are available for the lowest 'prices of Aieeer.'--:;--- The reason Is- an over stock and forced sales and the bayer proflta. Today's the day to read the bargains and to bnyj yonH nuke tbe best pwrrhswe of the season la an ante, and these ralaee will conttnae next week an COMMISSION UK 5 1 Dr. James Howard Snook, who yesterday paid with his life for the deliberate murder of his coed mistress, Theora Hlx. FACE GRIFT CHARGE Bribery and Conspiracy Laid To Six Persons by Ala meda Grand Jury OAKLAND. Cal.. Feb. 28. (AP) Conspiracy and bribery in-1 dictments against six persons, in-1 eluding three Alameda county deputy sheriffs and a former at torney for Almee Semple MePher son, were voted today by the county grand Jury which also re turned an "accusation against Sheriff Burton F. Becker, charg ing him with misconduct in office. The Indictments climaxed a three weeks Investigation of graft eharges involving the letting of paving contracts and the protec tion of Alameda county bootleg gers and gambling establish ments. Those named In the lndlca ments were Deputy Sheriffs A. R. Shurtleff, J. J. Collier and J. L. Davis; Cromwell L. Ormsby. for mer attorney for Almee Semple McPhersan, the evangelist,' and Frank and Jack Cardella, alleged bootleggers. Two indictments were returned. One named Ormsby, alleging he was the go-between for Chinese lotteries in the payment of graft. while the second jointly accused the others with "conspiracy to bribe" and "bribery" in connec tion with the alleged protection of bootlegging and gambling es tablishments.. . The accusation against Sheriff Becker charged 13 separate in stances of official misconduct. In cluding the acceptance of bribes, protection of a criminal and the shielding of a fugitive from Jus tice. The accusation is quasi criminal. Sheriff Becker must stand trial with removal from of fice being the only punishment if he Is convicted. BY SERVICE CLUBS More thsn 100 persons, includ ing a delegation from the Salem Lions club, attended the Polk county service clubs ladies' night program at Monmouth Friday night, sponsored by the Mon mouth and independence Lions clubs and the Dallas Kiwanis club. Dean Roy R. Hewitt of the Wil lamette university college of law was the principal -speaker at .the banquet, at which J. B. V. Butler presided as toastmaster. Other features included sing ing led by O. C. Chrlstensen, ad dress of welcome by D. R. Dewey, president of the Monmouth club; responses by President Staats of the Dallas club, President Ltnd Quist of the Independence club. Deputy District Governor Ohllng of Salem and District Secretary Tate ot Portland; a fttnnt by tht Dallas delegation; reading by L. B. McClendon; violin 'solo by Miss Barbara Jane Powers; original poem by A. B. Starbuck. 1MB OFFICIALS LAD ES NT 10 Local Painters. Planning War On Outside Workers Salem master painters hare vir tually declared war on the fly-by-night painter who comes Into this city during the" busiest season of the year and leaves when work gets slack, his pocketbood cults swelled out, but the work he leaves behind anything ' hut a "swell" Job. . Movement to that effect fa seen tn the meeting which will be held at the chamber of commerc Mon day, March 17, during the noon hour, when & A, Broderson, past president of the northwest mas ter painters, association 111 speak, largely at the instigation of master . painters ot this city. Broderson' is now attending1 the national master painters conven tion In Minneapolis. . vv' - That condition for painters wno call galem home hart been de plorable the last four er - five years and are growing worse, is no secret among tht trade, and this situation is doe 'largely to the come today-gone ; tomorrow painter. It la said. One local man who, employs painters made tht statement ireatardajr thai M estl- Prominent American States man Sinks Slowly; Last Hour Approaches Former President of United States Smiles Weakly From Deathbed WASHINGTON-, Feb. (AP) Physicians attending IW llam Howard Tft said after i I ting their patient shortly befora midnight that he was somewhat, weaker. ura. nacnrr ana v ijwm -- peoted no great change In the condition of the former chief justice daring the night, bat Dr. CLaytor said that In case of this nature a sharp turn for the hworse might come very suddenly. WASHINGTON, Feb. It. lAfi weakness zraauauv - (croached on William Howavdl pTaft's resistance tonight and la-. rxreased the uncertainty bww rmuch longer he would live. k During one of his conscious from his sick bed Into the farer of his son. A gleam in his yes showed that he recognised Rob ert A. Taft, who had arrived a while earlier from Cincinnati, and was being followed from there by his brother, Charles r Taft. So weak was the former pres ident and chief justice that I was unable to aay a word. Pre viously the dying man also bad recognised Dr. Francis R. Hef ner and his sunken cheeks had rippled slightly Into a smile. Tho smile was gone and the eyes wav closed almost at once for then, too, Mr. Taft could not speak.' The physician afterwards des cribed Mr. Taft as "slightly weaker" and said he had not been able to .take much nourish- ment. "There is no decided change since yesterday" the bulletin added. From time to time through the day persons called at the Taft residence to express their sympa thy to Mrs. Taft because ot her . husband's critical condition. Am bassador Claudel of France,. was one. Mrs. Edward Everett Ghn; sister of Vice-President Curtis, was another. Various Justices xt the supreme court also conveyed their solicitude. Mrs. Taft was being comforted by their daughter, Mr. Helen Taft Manning and other rela tives. T CANCER PATIENTS SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28 (AP) Dr. John D. Humber, re discoveredwith Dr. Walter B. Cof fey of an experimental glandularT extract treatment for cancer, to day announced that autopsies oa persons treated with the extract and who died nevertheless have showed death of the cancer tis sues where , two or more extra-t injections had been given. . Ke declared the autopsies bad proved gratifying. Dr. Humber pointed out. how ever, that tbe findings do not mean cancer might not have re curred had the patient lived. Ha said it will take three to fiw years to determine whether growth killed by the extract win recur and reiterated that "it doea nn rotwt to nnt nnt thm VI r a at there is nothing left of the build ing." Mrs. Irving Edwins, brought here in a dying condition by plane : from Washington, was reported -"a little better" otday at St, Mary's hospital. Dr. Humber . said that blood transfusions prob- '' ably more than the extract nave i been keeping her alive. Ha was) ' awamiuis a oisiory 01 IS Can of Mrs. Whattie M. Barton, brought here by airplane frost. ment at the same hospital. mates tbe fly-by-nights - tn the painting trade and allied, bant ing fields took 8200,00 eat of Saiem In the past year. ; v 1 -The new more, which is largaly under the band of the sastec painters association.' is declared v . aa.uMv. , wv. cmu J vi - recently organised master paint ers, to be one, to bring before business men and-property ers of Salem the need to work done by established Vocal painters .and by a responsible painter, . and to keep the in Salem. Of course, the painters art seeking, too, to 1 a fair llrlng out of their preTc sion. . r "n.-.---- la the past few yeara-when eee ditlons have been- so bad, Bacaa painters bare had most of the aig work. It is pointed eat, but fa -der to pat the business ea a thee basis here, the resident men aseet hart all tht work, tht secretary declared. . Property owners . ! save nao their worn: aone ay ibs transient ; painter,. - so - eaOe- should bar learned that by tU4 - (Tarn to page Veek , AUTOPSIES KEN -
