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CIRCULATION DtDT mW sistrilmtim fr ttaU aadiair febnary It. It3 6,619 Jlrmn dally t pI4 S.SS0 AUt Bum f OlTUlto . WEATHER Fair ami solid today Mmit . Thursday; Gentle variable I winds. Max. temneratnre Tuesday 68; Mia. 89; Rata .01; Wtatd north, 8; River SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR INVESTIGATION i FIXING STARTS Members of Chicago Board ; Of Trade to Be Called Upon Carpet Hearing Called for April 7; Manipulation of Wheat Market Charged CHICAGO, March 26 (AP) The Chicago Tribune .will say to morrow that for the first time since passage of the federal grain futures administration, act nearly eight years ago, Chicago board of trade members are to be called upon to explain reported attempts to manipulate grain prices. The paper will say that Wil liam B. Massey, as agent for Lam son Co., John S. Reddy and Philip J. Reddy are named In complaints filed by Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde and called for a hearing at Chicago, April T. The complaint charges an at tempt to manipulate the market price of grain, beginning with an allegedly bogus sale of grain on July 11, 1929. In the period fol lowing this sale, the complaint al leges, the men through what are termed "ruses, schemes and de vices," caused to be'ad not less than 245,000 bushels of Decem ber wheat at prices both lower and higher than the real prices existing when the sales were exe cuted." Use of Mails to Defraud Is Charged The three men are farther ac cused of having violated the fed eral law by, the complaint reads. "knowingly and carelessly deliv ering for transmission through the mails and in interstate com merce by telegraph, telephone, wireless and otber means of com' munication, false and misleading and knowingly Inaccurate reports concerning market information and conditions that affect and tend to affect the price of grain in interstate commerce. The initial sale Is alleged to hare been made by Massey. Mas sey Is charged with having sold the 1,000 bushels of wheat to himself at l to 1 H cents a bushel under prevailing quotations, but Is accused of having reported the sale as having been made, to the Reddy firni. Similar reporting of sales aggregating S45.000 bushels Is charged by the government to have followed. Once before, two years ago, of ficials of the Armour Grain Co. were cited for alleged violations of the grain futures administra tion act but filing of bankruptcy papers prevented completion of the case. ELOPING BRIDE IS FOUND Br POLICE Woman Who Deserted Man At Hood River Discovered Living in Spokane SPOKANE, March -25. (AP) . Mrs. Neva Paull CWlyle3, as sistant secretary of the El Monte, Calif., chamber of commerce and two men with whom she .disap peared at Hood River-Ore., on March 19, were found by police In an apartment her9 today. The two men are Louis Bowman and Harold Nelson of Los Angeles. Mrs. Carlyle, daughter of George N. Panll, El Monte insur ance man, said she left her hus band at Hood River while the lat ter was cashing a check, and that she and the two men drove to Spokane. 'They had been living In an apartment house here. Bow man in the meantime had mar Tied, and Nelson, the manager of the apartment house said, posed as Mrs. Carlyle's husband when the apartment was rented. Both men were held on an open charge, but Mrs. Carlyle was not held, nor was Mrs. Bowman, who lived with them. Bowman, Mrs. Carlyle said, had posed as Louis Panll, her brother. Mrs. Carlyle's father. In whose (Turn to page 1, col. 4) Milkmen Confident Price Rise Will Confidence was the prevadlng note ttf the' meeting of local milk producers held at the Salem chamber of commerce rooms on Tuesday. Confidence that better prices would be obtained and con fidence that a satisfactory agree ment could be reached between producers and distributors of the Salem areaJ Only three producers present bad not signed with the state organization and they ap parently favored the plan. A committee of seven was ap pointed to meet with the local distributors to consider a local agreement that would be mutnal- ly satisfactory. - it was revealed at the meeting that at least on distributor had already ad an effort aeture sig- natures to year around contracts with tho producers at a much bet ter price thaa tbey art tow.w - eeivinr. Tbia contract was on a ' basis of specified amounts of milk 1 with 10 per cent variation above or below the amount ol tht con-, tract. - "'.,.''!" Marion County Well Has Strong Flow . r i I! U 1 - ir ' X 'M - k..Msts fZ Water flows from the experimental farm at the rate of 650 gallons a the water flowing over the wire i I - of lOOO gallons a minute may be obtained after the well has beea fully developed. Tractor power for the pomp Is temporary, a per manent and electrified pomp, to be Terrific Toll Mounts High Cold Gale Sweeps South to Missouri Ozarks Region; Transportation Is Nearly Crippled in Many Sections CHICAGO, March 25. (AP) High winds and drifting J snow today held transportation almost at a standstill, hampered communication, caused numerous accidents and was held directly responsible The storm swept out of the northeast, raced over the low er Great Lakes states and ex tended south into the Missouri Ozarks. Chicago, blinded by the snow and crippled by the drifts, re ceived a snowfall of ten Inches and forecasters predicted contin uance of the storm until noon to morrow. The fall appeared cer tain to eclipse the previous March record of 12.6 Inches set in 1926. The snow was driven before a northeast wind which reached 30 miles an hour and diminished only slightly through the day. Highways were blocked, street cars were unable to hold to the rails, elevated . trains collided twice and automobiles skidded and stalled. In one elevated col lision, a motorman was severely Injured and several passengers suffered slight hurts. BROTHER SUES BROTHER PORTLAND, Ore., March 26 (AP) Damages of 16895 were awarded Harry M. Seabold against his brother. J. W, Seabold, by a circuit court Jury here today. Har- rv Seabold was injured last year when the brothers' automobiles collided at an intersection. Occur Shortly This nroDOsal was not accepted by those producers who bad al ready signed in the state associa tion. Present plans are to secure a definite price schedule for milk sold In Salem so that all dairy men produeing the same grade of milk will receive the same price. At the present time there Is a wide variation in the prices being received by various producers. The small scale producers are op erating at a loss, owing to the low price paid for milk. An at tempt to stabilise both price and quality Is to be made by the pro- aucers association. ' The matter of Inspection was brought up in connection with the discussion of Quality of milk and It was revealed that the producers expect to demand a high Quality standard of members of the or ganisation and will even go so far, If necessary, to hire an in spector of their own to make sure that every member of the. organ isation la producing milk under the required conditions. r -" . ;1f Mw- . f iff A Courteay Or-?,m JcuraaJ. well on Senator Sam I! own's minute. The lower view sho-.vs recently. It is believed that a flow installed soon. Storm 9 s From Great Lakes In for at least three deaths. ,F Marlon county Is way behind some southern states In the. mat ter of rural school consolidation. and also in regard to transporta tion costs, writes Mrs. Mary !. Fulkerson, county school superin tendent, from Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Fulkerson left March 2 for a six or eight weeks visiting tour of schools and is traveling under a Commonwealth Fund scholarship, Here Is what she writes about the two items above mentioned. We hsfve a wonderful country. I've seen nothing better anywhere. But we are several years behind the times because we do not con solidate our rural schools. Every where I go, I find consolidation. -Our transportation costs are out of sight In Oregon. I am try- ing to find out why. Some of these counties transport at as low a fig ure as two or three cents per day per capita. All the "nlggahs" are nnt in thm south? there's one onr tri.nortatio woodnlle Vm afraid." sh 1qa iia f viaitinr h an. perintendent's department of the state teachers' association and there being introduced to the 98 men and two women county su perintendents, and of addressing the group briefly. Auto Crash Is Basis of Suit For Damages An automobile accident which occurred on the Salem-Silverton road In December of last year. Is the basis of two complaints which were filed In circuit court here on Tuesday against Rowena Patton by Marilyn M. Schrunk and Joan V rmiiur Wt mlBnA. The Schrunk girL through her guard- Ian adlitem. asks the court for S4.00. While tho Cooper girL through Lester Cooper, guardian ad litem, asks for $521. --V'-' CM 1 HE BY MAS HI Details of the Injuries sustain- cents a. gallon, but they soon re ed by the two girls, who were both turned to the price of 11 cents riding as passengers In a machine when they observed the reduction driven by Percy .w. senrunx, were not lilted la tht two com- FOUNDED Salon, Oregon, Wednesday i A . is Test Project on Sam Brown Farm "Comes In" at Rate Of 650 Gallons- The irrigation well being drill ed on the Sam Brown farm at Gervals "came in" with a fktw of 650 gallons of water a minute and a flow of 900 gallons Is pre dicted when the well Is cleared of mud and sand. Various business interests of the state have provided the fund for the experiment, with the hope of furthering suplemental irriga tion on Oregon farms. The work is being done under the direction of the Oregon State college exper iment station with Prof. M. R. Lewis In charge. An 18-inch stove pipe casing was sunk to a depth of 155 feet. At 115 feet a 29 inch strata of water bearing gravel was struck. This extended to the 144 foot lev el. A six inch hole was sunk nearly 100 feet further for ex perimental purposes. In this smaller hole, which was driven to the 252 foot level water gravel was struck between the 217 and 244 foot levels. Little difficulty was experien ced In drilling the well, according to a. m. Jannaen who is dtoing the work. Replacement cost for the instal lation of the system, less the amount spent for experimental (Turn to page 2, col. 8) DAM COLLAP8 MEXICO CITY, March 25 (AP) Nine workmen were kill ed and several injured today In the collapse of the Tecamachalco dam at Morales Hacienda, near Tacuba. They were buried in the debris. WOUNDED MAN MAT DIE ASTORIA, Ore., March 25. (AP) C MoUer, 61, or San Fran cisco, a seaman on the steamer Curacoa, was removed from the vessel s it entered the Columbia river today and was brought to a local hospital, where It was said he is suffering Injuries which may prove fatal. Moller has four brok en ribs, two of which have punct ured his lungs, physicians said. I HwpitaJ of f Iclals were not advised how he was injured. DIXON WINS ON FOUL PORTLAND, Ore., March 25. (AP) George Dixon, Portland negro middleweight, won on a foul from Cowboy Jack Wills. San I Francisco, in the third round of i e scneauiea iu-rouna mam J at the armory here tonight. weignea x v. w uua . NORTON KNOCKED OUT TWIN FALLS, Idaho, March 25 (AP) Buddy Washington, H, Pocatello negro, knocked out WU lard Norton, 153, Eugene, Ore., in the first round of their ten round main event on the American Legion boxing card here tonight. A right to the jaw put the Oregon lad away. Mickey McCafferty, IS 6. En- gene, Ore., outpointed Art Palmer, 136, Salt Lake City, 4n the six round semi-final. PRICES DON'T DROP PORTLAND, Ore March 25. (AP) Contrary to expectations, the retail price of gasoline re mained at 15 cents a gallon bore, today, despite a drop from cents to 13 H cents In the wnowsaie price yesteruaj, 1 A few stations early today re Italled gasoline at 13 and 14 iwas not Becoming generally, Gasoline normally sells at 11 EXPERIMEHT WELL HI SUCCESS ST 163! Homing, March 26, 1930 llE GESTURE HOT IN 0-W ISSUE Townsend Can Submit Ques tion to All Voters If He Wishes, Word Voice of Taxpayers Never theless Declared Most Important Now Machinery that has already been provided for testing the sen timent of Salem people for or against municipal ownership, is considered to be much better than the method proposed by Alder man Watson Townsend Tuesday, It was stated that night by mem bers of the city council's public utilities committee. Nevertheless, no objection will be made to Mr. Townsend's plan it he presents It at the next council meeting, it was indicated. Mr. Townsend proposed to put on the ballot May 16 the bare Question "Shall the city of Salem purchase the water plant?" His argument is that all voters, and not merely taxpayers, would be privileged to vote on this Ques tion, and that the result would be more indicative of public sen timent. Objections to Proposal Are Voiced Immediately The immediate objection to this argument which occurred to Champions of municipal owner ship, is that the purpose of asking a voted is not the idle one of de termining what the public thinks on the subject, but of finding out as exactly as possible, what the vote will be if the council pro ceeds with the expense of an ap praisal and negotiations for pur chase of the water plant, and then submits one or more propositions to the voters. Submitting the tentative Ques tion to all voters in the city might result in a favorable vote, and then after the council had pre pared Its propositions, they might be turned down by an exclusive taxpayer vote, it was pointed out. Active Opposition Not to Be Brought On the other hand, committee members feel that it will do no harm to submit Mr. Townsend's proposed question, although, should it receive a favorable- vote and the bond issue be turned down by the taxpayers, the coun cil will be as badly hog-tied as it is now for lack of funds to ap praise the plant and negotiate for its purchase. Possibility was seen that the 1929 law permitting only taxpay era to vote on financial Questions might be ruled unconstitutional before the November election and all citizens permitted to vote should the issue come up for final decision at that time; but this was considered an outside possi bility, as such a law has been in effect for many years in connec tion with school district elections. Townsend's Plan Considered Previously Say Committeemen Members of the public utilities committee recalled that plebis cite such ss Mr. Town sen now (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Cause of Injuries Hidden Portland Fighter Winner Eugene Scrapper Kayoed Gas Price War Unchanged FLORISTS END MEET PORTLAND, Ore.. March 25. (AP) A banquet tonight brought to a close the annual convention here of the Northwest Florists as sociation following the selection of Spokane as the 1931 convention city. SWIM STAR FETED PORTLAND, Ore., March 25. (AP) Helena Madison, 16year- old Seattle swimming star, who shattered six American records in one race and set four new world's records at the national amateur arthletic union meet at Jackson ville, Fla., recently, will be guest of honor at a banquet at the Mult nomah athletic club here tomor row. OORVALLIS MAN ELECTED EUGENE, Ore., March 25. (AP) William North, secretary of the Corvallis chamber of com merce, was elected president of the state association of chamber of commerce secretaries at an elec tion held today in connection with the annual convention at the University of Oregon school of business admlnlstraiton. MILD WEATHER ENJOYED PORTLAND,, Ore., March 25.- (AP) With the temperature at (0 degrees near & p. m., today, Portland enjoyed mild weather wtih most of the cities on the coast. Today was one of the warm est days of the year. The thermo meter was a full seven degrees higher than it usually is at this time of the year, weather bureau reports disclosed. CRASHES KILL ELEVEN Eleven persons were killed and 284 persons were injured in a to tal of 188S traffic accidents in Oregon during the month of Feb ruary. This Information was eon talned in a report prepared by the state traffic department Tuesday. Approximately 7530 of the ac cidents were duo to carelessness on the part of drivers. Officers re- eoTtred stolen automobiles valued BILL TO CURB I RUNNERS SUPPORTED Canadian House of Com mons Passes Measure to Halt Smuggling Opposition Musters Only 11 Votes Against Premier King's Proposal OTTAWA, March 25. (AP) Premier W. L. MacKensle King's bill to amend the export act was passed on the third reading by the house of commons today by 173 to 11. The bill, which grants the government authority to re fuse clearance to liquor shipments destined for the United States, goes to the senate. Reading of the bill followed spirited debate. Representatives of several parties united to fur nish the 11 rotes which opposed the measure. Eight conserva tives were joined by a single lib eral, Major C. C. Power, member for Quebec, south; Henry Bouras sa, independent member of La Belle, and A. A. Heaps, labor member from Winnipeg, north. During debate R. B. Bennett, conservative leader, challenged the government to resign declar ing that "self-respecting ministers would resign in a case of this na ture." Change of Front Is Laid to Government This demand followed a charge that the government had changed front since, in the last session, W. D. Euler, minister of national revenue, had declared that such a measure was impossible of re alisation. Bennett quoted Euler as having said the United States should enforce its own law. In response to a question by Bennett, Premier W. L. MacKen zie King said that the phraseology of the bill in reference to the word "destined" for the United States, had been reconsidered and was found adequate. During the course of yester day's debate, Mr. King announced that Canada is negotiating with the United States for a treaty to suppress smuggling. The object of the treaty, he said, was not only to stop liquor traffic but to prevent smuggling of all kinds of merchandise both ways across the border. BIDS ASKED IM Authority Granted Practice Teachers to Appear in Salem System Aside from ordering advertise ment of bids for wood and oil for the Salem schools, approving ac tion of the superintendent in ad mitting practice teachers from Willamette and Monmouth Nor mal schools to the system here, and granting the Monmouth nor mal school to the system here, buildings for the annual summer school, the local school board did little definite work at last night's session. Superintendent George Hug raised some question concerning the announcement of Dr. Estill Brunk, county health unit dentist. that he (Dr. Brunk) will devote part time to private practice af ter April 1. Hug seemed to con tend that the Salem school dis trict, which Is paying $500 toward Brunk's salary, would not get Its money's worth if Dr. Brunk goes into private practice, and said also that such a step on the den tist's part would give him an In side track on some dental jobs. Dr. H. H. OUnger, chairman of the board and himself a dentist, concurred with the later state ment of Hug. During course of the short dis cussion, it was brought out that (Turn to page 2, col. 6) GRAND JURY LIST IS SELECTED HERE Drawings of the grand Jury for the April session of the Marion county circuit court were complet ed at the court house here yes terday. The following persons were listed for the grand Jury? Amos vass. Is 53 South Commer cial, foreman; Nellie G. Baldwin, route 4; Ida M. Babeock, 749 North Commercial; Charles F. O'Neill, SS North Front; Arthur Edwards, route 1, Turner; Wil liam P. Collard, route t. 8alem; and John C. Glazer, 1525 North 5th. Salem. ' It was announced by the Dis trict Attorney Tuesday that the grand jury would convene at It o'clock Thursday morning, April 3. Dut to the fact that bo term of circuit court was held during the present month, March, a large number of eases are expected to be found on the docket next month. TAX MIX17P8 FEW WASHINGTON, March SB (AP) The far famed complexi ties of the Income tax blank trio- ped fewer citlieni than mual this year. fuel semis Europa Makes Speed Record 11 V . y. , I J : ..... 1 . Captain Nkolans Johnsen, skip per of the Earopa, sister ship to the Bremen. The Europa reached New York yesterday to establish a new speed record across the Atlantic. German Steamer Europa Es tablishes Record in At lantic Voyage NEW YORK, March 25. (AP) The new speed mistress of the seas the North German Lloyd liner Europa slid into a fogbound New York harbor today with a new trans-Atlantic record for her maiden voyage from Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose lightship, Just off the entrance of the lower bay. Cutting through a light mist and drizzle, the Europa passed the lightship at 5:54 a. m., to estab lish a record of 4 days, 17 hours and 6 minutes for the run across the Atlantic's speed lane. She left Cherbourg at 12:48 p. m., (E. S. T.) Thursday. This lowered by 18 minutes the old record established by the Bremen, Eurpa's sister ship, last October and cut 3 6 min utes from the time made by the Bremen in her maiden voyage last July. The Europa averaged 27.9 knots in the 3,157 miles she trav eled from Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose lightship a course that was seven miles shorter than the route taken by the Bremen in her record run. When the Europa swept by the light, the official finishing mark for east-west trans-Atlantic speed runs passengers immediately sensed a quieting of the throbbing turbines that had pushed the gi gantic liner through a windswept sea at record speed. me sugnt quivering that was noticeable despite the Europa's specially designed propellers. ceased and her huge bulk cut more slowly through the gathering mist to anchor at quarantine. W. E. Miller Dies Suddenly Tuesday W. E. Miller, who has lived here for the past 30 years, died suddenly at 2:55 o'clock yester day afternoon as he was sitting on a davenport at Royal Court apartments on Chemeketa street, where he has lived. Exact cause of death was not known last night, although it is presumed It was heart trouble. No relatives live here. Funer al arrangements will not be made until after word from a relative. Remains are at the Rigdon mor tuary. ..'.ae-x-ey f n IS CROWNED $57,620,50 Demanded In Trio Of Damage Actions Three damage suits', all there- suit of the same auto accident, were filed against R. E. Chltten- don and A. M. Jarman Tuesday afternoon. The three suits aggre gate $57,(20.50 which represents general and . special damages which are alleged to have been incurred last August, when, a truck driven by Chit tendon collid ed with a light touring car driven by Purl Nles, route 3, in a mis hap which occurred on the river road at a point about two miles south of Salem. . Clara Nies, mother of Purl Nies, Hilda P. Dennis and Lloyd Blck ell, an passengers In tht light ma chine, are plaintiffs in the suits against Chittendon and Jarman. It Is alleged in each of the complaints that tho accident was caused when tho heavy track driven by Chittendon rounded a eurve on tho wrong side of the road and crashed Into tho Nets machine which was traveling at only S9 miles an hour. The Nets car was loaded with hop pickers No.3 Delegates To Renew Talk of Adjournmesf Strongly Denied at London Conference Will Re sume Work on Ori ginal Basis By FRANK IT. KING Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, March 25 (AP A formal plenary session of the fire power naval conference west week will Inform the world What has been accomplished in tea weeks negotiations snd what hopes sre held for naval disarm ament. The chief delegates of the Vm powers decided upon this cors today. The exact date of tho plenary session will be fteed Thursday after foreign mlalster Brland returns from Parts to head the French delegation. In conference circles toaisht the coming session was described by delegates as one of hope in stead of despair, thus indicating an entire change of the confer ence picture since this moraine. Adjournment Rumors Are All Contradicted There is no talk of adjourn ment and the reports of a six month Interval, which today -came tangled in a skein otcoa f irmations and denials, the pro posal for adjournment being cred ited both to the Italians aad British gave way to more in structive news of plans for pro ceeding with the conference foil speed. Today's decision resulted from realization that the scattered forces of the conference need pulling together. Instead of leav ing negotiations in the hands of individual experts and to a vari ety of small committees as bas been done for a month, the beads of the delepations felt they must swing Into action again on funda mental disarmament problems, Htlmson and MacDonald Start Ball Rolling It was authoritatively Mated that today's events were largely inspired by Secretary Stimson's frank talk with Prime Minister MacDonald at No. 10 Downing street this morning, the BTitish and American chiefs agreeing that the conference must be lifted out of an atmosphere of apathy (Turn to page 2, col. 4) SCOTTISH BID TO M Ft one Fifth Musical Group Added To List of Attractions For Thursday A Scottish band, with bagpipes and the plavers properly clad in kilties, will be the fifth band to appear Thursday night in Spring Opening locally It was announced Tuesday by the Ad club commit tee in charge of the affair Thurs day night. Oscar Steelhammer's band wilt" appear as well as the bands of Sa lem high school, the Chemswa In dian school and the band of the Hubbard community. Merchants were getting list minute arrangements made for the window decorating which M to be completed Thursday. Dur ing that day windows throughout town will be veiled. Promptly at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night the curtains will be drawn back, the event being announced by uni form sounding of mill whistles. With good weather at hand aad with more downtown features provided for Thursday night's en tertainment than In any previous year, merchants were assured Tuesday of the best spring open ing yet conducted. and was Just leaving one of tho hop yards near the point of tho accident. r . The sum of $30,120.50 Is ask-. ed in the eomplsint of Hilda P. Dennis who claims that her right eye was eat and damaged to suck - an extent that she has beeoss permanently blind. Other cuts, bruises and internal injuries were, suffered, it is claimed, aad be sides tho $39,090 general smsa- Activities ages, $120.50 is asked as medical . fees. - --r Clara Nies, who was : said to have beea badly Out about lb ., head and face, asks $20,091 for compensation in lien of tho per manent Injuries ifhlch she has re ceived from the mishap. - - Lloyd BiekelL tho third member of tho party, asks for f 7 . 100. H was badly cut and brafe, od, 10 stitches having bee nec essary to close a wound in bit heed. It ts alleged, - The Nles automobile was al moit entirely dsnrollshed but i:r. i driver wis uaharmeO, '