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FOUNDPP 1651
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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
No. 314.
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CANADIAN Rlir.1
UTTER FAILURE
Former Premier of Ontario
Shows Wets' Favorite
Argument Futile
Complete Prohibition Only
Way to Work Out Liquor
Problem He Says
WASHINGTON. March 1.
(A.P) GoTernment control ot 1W
auor f sales , in Canada, was de
scribed as an "absolute failure
by B. C. Drury, a former premier
ot Ontario prorlnce, wno predict
ed at prohibition hearings before
the house Judiciary committee to
day that the dominion erentnally
would return to complete prohi
bition.
'Whaierer.the solntlon ot the
drink problem may be," the Ca
nadian asserted, "It la not (or-
ernment control."
Drury and John J. - Lents, of
Columbus, president of the Amer
1can Insurance union and a for
mer member of the house xt rep
xesentatlTes, were the only wit
nesses who testified for he dry
forces tooay.
F. Scott McBrlde's
Testimony Postponed
F. Scott sicBnoe. general su
perintendent of the anti-saloon
league, was scheduled to climax
the day with an attack on the
proponents ot measures to repeal
the ISth amendment. He had dis
tributed copies ot his remarks
earlier in the day but when Mrs,
Lenna Lowe Yost, general of the
dry forces, presented him. Chair
man Graham adjourned the com
mittee meeting. He said the drys
-would be giren next Wednesday
in which to complete presentation
of their witnesses.
Mr. Graham also made known
that a recess of about two weeks
might be taken before the wets
are permitted to offer rebuttal
testimony.
Drawing his conclusions from
insurance statistics, Lents said
mortality had decreased nnder
prohibition and that the dry laws
had prored of widespread benefit
to the American people. Insur
ance companies hare found, he
said, that total abstainers lire an
rerage ef about tour years long
er than liquor drinkers, i' ;
Full Details ot
Canadian System Told
Explaining that be had , been
requested by prohibitionists in
the United States to giro an ac
count of the Canadian liquor sit
nation, former Premier Drury
related the rarious changes in li
quor administration that hare oc
curred in his country.
He pointed out that at no" time
had there been complete prohibi
tion in the dominion. The manu-
(Turn to page 2, coL S) :
TOT FALLS IX TROUGH
BEND, Ore., March 26 (AP)
George Edward Tally, 2, was
drowned in a horse watering
trough near Redmond yesterday.
It was learned here today. -
The child evidently : climbed
upon the side of the trough and
fell in. head first. He was dead
when found by bis mother.
NEW IDEA PROPOSED
PORTLAND, Ore., March 26
(AP) Commissioner A. L. Bar
bur today suggested to the city
council that it auction the right
to provide mass transportation in
Portland on the basin of , the
cheapest tare, whether that trans
portation be provided -by street
car, bus or trackless trolley.
The suggestion was referred by
the council to James W. . Carey
and Kenneth Harlan, rate experts,
whose employment to' make a val
uation ot the street railway sys
tem of the Portland Electric Pow
er company was -authorised by
the council at the same session."
SWEATER SATES UFE ' . -WHEELER,
Ore., March 21
(AP) A red sweater today got
credit, for saving the life ot tiny
Junior Wllka, -who slipped away
from his home at Adair and wan
dered along, the nearby grade of
the Southern Pacific railroad.
The engineer of a south-bound
train saw a blotch of red on the
tracks ahead and the - train
ground to a stop. The engineer
said Master Wilks extremely
young feet were sd unsteady that
the red sweater appeared to nave
been a waving red flag.' .
J ' PRACTICE BEGINS : ? a
iCORVALLIS, March 26 (AP)
Baseball practice at Oregon
State college opened today with
10 aspirants reporting to Coach
Ralph Coleman for training. Sev
an lettermen were out and these
with several other veterans were
pitted against a team of new
comers for a practice-contest fav
ored ty perfect weather, The
" Yannigans ; showed i good, form
and Jield the regulars on even
terms. iy;
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S " WEATHER IS WARM f
PORTLAND. Ore., March 26-
(AP) Clear skies and a warm
tun sent the official weather bu
reau thermometer, to -. 1 2 degrees
here today. The day was by far
the warmest of the year but fell
18 degrees short ot the March
"record, get la Ultmm
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My
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Murdered' Eureka
Mrs Claire Bronson !
out Valid Foundation
rs TU Mw,. r.,4 i Au-
0 iiuti muiiig a uuuu us mo -aiiws&9
LOS ANGELES, March 26. (AP) Mrs. Claire BronsoiL
whom Robert Me&rs, of Crescent City, said he believed
to be the woman whose body-was found near the Redwood
highway 60 miles north of Eureka Monday, was found here
tonight, ' '
Although at firs Mrs. Bronson denied knowing Mears,
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later she admitted to newspapermen that she "may have, met
M 3 11 l.A It. 1 1 Al L -1 1A
mm ana iin&uy let n Decome
a4 with ih man. 9
The woman is 34 years old,
a waitress, has light reddish
hair and weighs 200 pounds.
She was here at an address fur
nished by San Francisco police
who Inquired at an address there
furnished by Mean and learned
that she "had come to Los An
geles'.
Meart said Mrs. Bronson was
his sweetheart and he hellered
she had been slain by Ma San
Pedro bootlegger" who had been
courting her. A man, who re
fused to dlrulge his name, was
present when Mrs. Bronson was
Interviewed tonight. He said
"Isn't it Just too bad that Mears
got left out ot It."
EUREKA, Cel., March 2 C.
(AP) Robert Mears of Crescent
City today identified the fur coat
and silk dress taken from tne
body ot a young woman found
Monday In a forest beside the
Redwood highway CO miles north
of Eureka as belonging to his
friend, Mrs. Claire Bronson, of
San Francisco. Mears was unable
to identify the body because ot Its
decomposition but his statement
that she had undergone an opera
(Turn to page 8, col. C)
Frank Bligh on
Way East to
iV. Y. Meeting
Frank D. Bligh left yesterday
for New York City to attend the
meeting on April 1 and t of the
Allied Independent Theatre Own
ers association, of which' he la
president. Problems of the Inde
pendent owner will be disenssed
and attempt made to arrive at a
better working condition inthe
individuality owned show houses
and also less discrimination
against the Independent man in
selection ot pictures.
Bligh will be gone about three
weeks. He is making the trip
east over the' Great Northern to
Chicago and from Chicago to New
York oyer the Pennsylvania road.
Boy, 2, Drowns in Trough
Streetcar Row Continues
Sweater Prevents Death -Baseball
Practice Opens
BEXD MAN HONORED
EUGENE, Ore., March 26.
(AP) L. K. Cramb, secretary of
the Bend chamber of commerce,
was awarded the Thomas Christy
eup for the beet paper on "cham
ber of commerce organisation and
scope at the-state meeting ot
chamber secretaries here today.
The award Is to be made an
nually and must be won three
times to become permanent prop
erty.
A forum luncheon concluded a
three-day program.
ARREST EFFECTED
EUGENE. Ore, .March II
(AP) Guy O. Harrison, a resi
dent of Lane county since Janu
ary 2, started back to Lawrence,
Kans., today to answer charges
brought in two counties against
him alleging the sale of mort
gaged property and cattle theft.
A telegram asked local police
td arrest Harrison January 2. He
was not located until March 17
and has been in the - city Jail
since, awaltlnr extradition. Sher
iff Bob Rutherford and Deputy
Prosecutor Fraieexrt Lawrence
eame for the man and started
back with him and -his family to
day.
: SURVEY IS STARTED
EUGENE, OreU March 26
(AP) A crew ef Oregon Electric
railway surveyors made' L. B.
Swan, Portland, arrived. here to
day to start a surrey (or a pro
posed extension of the company's
line. to limber on the upper. Slus
law river. The work was expected
to be started tomorrow morning.
Deeds for nearly 20 acres ot land
on the outskirts, ot Eugene to be
used as switching yards were tiled
today. - -
PASSPORT OFFICE ASKED
: WASHINGTON. March. 26
( AP ) Kenneth B. Dawson, rice-
president of the port of Portland,
and Ralph E. Williams, national
republican committeeman from
Oregon, today - urged the- house
foreign affairs -committee to re
port favorably tin the KorcuBui
to establish a pasportofriee in
Portland. ; .h. - -
The witnesses explained " that
between CO 1 and 600 passports
are Issued annually.' to Portland
residents and as many .more are
obtained br Oregonlans who ap
ply direct to passport offices at
SeatUe, San franeucu and wasn-
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Clue parcndy -With-
as Person Answering
jmown vuat sue wan acquainv
nuns met
Warden Promises Food Will
Be Improved; Cons Then
Grow Peaceable
jrpfrrsov pitt. Wfl. uiroit
26 (AP) Rebelling against
Irtan stew" ant demanding I
fried meat" for their lunch,
proximately 750 Of the 4,000 I
convicts In the Missouri peniten
tiary mutinied for two hours this
afternoon in the prison dining
hall. They finally, were quieted
without violence after warden
Leslie Rudolph promised to Int-
h mm
prove the menu if there was any-1 willing to enter a purely consul
thing wrong. . I tative five-power agreement.
Subsequent investigation by I
Warden Rudolph brought an an-
nonncement that the meal "prob-
ahly was not what it should have
been" and that the "potatoes in
the stew were slightly raw."
Two hours after the fiareup the
same 750 prisoners returned la
orderly manner to the dining I
room and without further ohjee-1
tlon quietly ate the scheduled
ening meal consisting only of
stewed prunes, bread, syrup and proceed with a general five-pow-coffee.
ler consultative pact wherein Great
The prison was quiet tonight i
With guards rigilant tO meet any
emergency, although no4 further No guarantees 0f any kind are in
trosble was expected by prison Tolved in this British proposal.
OfllClalS. I lTrn SnfMrUntlT. IntAroatAd
The spontaneous outbreak
-fiS
continued until 2
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SEA IIP PLU
BY H PUIIE
Airship With 150 Passengers
Capacity Will Hop to
United States
wnrar vrmir urM it tAV
The world's biggest bird, the
giant seaplane DO-X, will Cy the
ocean and tour North America
this summer If plans announced
today are carried through.
Taking oft from Lake Con
stance on the German-Swiss bor
der early in July, the big seaplane
which has a capacity tor lie pas
sengers and .baggage, would be
flown over a 4,775-mile eourse to
New York. Stops for fuel would
be made at Barcelona, Spain, the
Asore Island and Bermuda.
She would be operated ry
crew of six and carry 50 passen
gers, the small passenger list al
lowing an increased fuel load tor
tke mbs hops from Barcelona to
the Azores and from i there to
Bermuda, 1.156 miles and 1,221
miles, respectively. Allowing for
an average 25-mlle an hour head
lhad the elapsed time of the
flight would be about. SO hours.
After arriving- at New York the
DO-X would make one trip to the
Great Lakes stopping probably at
Buffalo, Cleveland. Detroit and
Chicago, then return to New Tork
andskin the north and central
American coast rU the Panama
Canal to Pacific coast cities, f
In discussing the flight with as -
eoclates. Dr. 'Donrfer has Insisted
he was net Interested In the tpee-,
tacular aspect, ot the flight, that
it was being- mad to demonstrate
feasibility of
trans-Atlantle air
senrlce.
PBOtiiffliTmira
PORTLAND. Ore- March 261
(AP) James Bremer Kerr. 62,
prominent Portland attorney and
for two decades, a member of the
firm of Carey and Keqr. eied to -
day at St. Vlneent'a hospital fol-
lowlng brief illness. Deata was
cause by pneumonia. " - '
After practicing at .liaoison,
Wia following his gradxatlon
frost the rpiTerslty :f T7Iscon -
sln,in 1SI2. he. was for several
rears, general land attorney and
asslstant general counsel for the
Northern Pacific Tall way. He
eame to Portland In 1107 as gen -
DFPiM.il DIES
oral counsel for he S. P. S. j - Although the nationalist gov
rallroadV v - - ti emment announced its intention
He waa a member of the Amer -
lean and Oregon -Bar associations.
His widow. Mrs. nanei susn -
nell Kerr and two children, Aiex -
ander Kerr and Katherlne Fuuer
Kerr. Mtw?"':w aaia. to pe too general.
5 DELEGATIONS i
Hi OB
AEQUEDTS
Japan's Agreement to Three
PWr Treaty Delayed
ax Lasx Minuie
French and Italian Demands
Still Too High for Rest
Of Conference
TOK.TO, Marcn tAj
(Wednesday ) Domestie and po-
litieal obstacles hare further d:
t janan's decision -on the ten-
. . . . . .
iiaiiTe. Japanese-American nayat
agreement, promised for today,
and. the extraordinary session, of
the cabinet was called off.
It was learned from authorita
tive sources that rarious difficul
ties have arisen in drafting in
structions to the Japanese delega
tion at the London nam! confer
ence. The draft will not be ready
for tomorrow's regular cabinet
session and probably will not be
dispatched before next week.
By FRANK H. XING
Associated Press Staff Writer
LONDON. March 26 (AP)
From the breathless efforts being
mad to ftrriT at Te-power na-
agreement ai U9 unugn nar
ap-l1 conference by means of a eon-
suiiauve pouucai paci, wucn, n
ls hoped, will meet French de
mands for national security, there
emerged tonight the following po
sitions of the five nations repre
sented here:
The United States Appears
which would involve no
American obligation, either ex-
pressed or implied, to give mili-
tary support on the occasion of
any threat ot war in Europe. Sueh
pledge nnder no circumstances Is
to be made in return for reduc-
tlon of French navy figures as
presented here.
British Also Unwilling
ev-jxo gign security Pact
I Great Britain Is prepared to
Britain will hold & aniai nn.i-
Ulnn rerardlns- FniiM and Tt.W
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tack'to London, where'he arrived
tonight to determine whether the
Angro-Amerlcan posiUon will aat-
lafy the French plea of security.
of the delegation will meet at St.
James's to fix the time for next
week's plenary session.
Italy Has again moved into
the conference background, cling
ing to her demand for parity with
France under any and all circum
stances pact or no pact, guaran
tees or no guarantees.
Japan Not Serious
Obstacle to Agreement
Japan Occupies an even more
remote spot in the conference pic
ture but is willing to join a con
sultative pact If the other four
I powers oo. uer lunaamentai ln-
rwt"IlM1 "?ed .0tt.?er"!ti
strength In relation to the United
States and Great Britain, and her
chief immediate concern is, the
eagerly-awaited answer from To
kyo to the tentative three power
agreement among the United
States. Great Britain and herself.
(Turn to page 2. col. i)
SHANGHAI, Mareh 20 (AP)
French missionaries were re
ported safe tonight in Anehow,
Kangsi province, which has been
besieged for three weeks by com
munlst and bandit armies. The
fate of tea men and six women ot
the -American Catholie mission in
Kanehow remained unknown.
The besieging banditry, -said a
nationalist government news
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the missionaries were safe unless
they attempted to escape from
Kanehow through the commun
lsts line.. -
Checked for the time at Kan
ehow. the lawless forces that have
despoiled Klangsl province tor
many months, attacked and cap
tured the towns of SInfeng and
Talyi In southern Kangsi, said dis
patches. Nam rung, . in nortnern
Kwangtung prorlnce, also was re-
Bortd fallen Into red nan da.
Whether missionaries were safe
1st their itationa at SInfeng and
I Namyunc was not known, but the
I Chines populace of the towns was
1 reported fleeing in panic.
vjChu Teh, leader ot the edmmun-
I Ist-bandlt armies, educatea m
I Canton In ? millUry tactics and
l rormeriy. student in several
I Europeon ' countries Whose Xang-
nsxea he speaks, lom hae defied
I government troops as his - men
I looted and killed Chinese of Ka-
angsi, Fuklen and . Kwangtung
provinces, Fresh -outrages recent-
1 ly nave occurred almost aauy.
1 of sending strong reinforcements
J of troops to disperse the banditry
1 or KiangsU passports were rerusea
1 today to- zoreignera aenring to
I enter: the prorinee. -r Lawlessness
MISSIK III
CUini ME SAFE
1 One of Five Bands to Play Here Tonight -
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HiIs ahows the Hvbbard eoDinuuiitr bud orcaBlaed ami tlirecied
mmimMam tmmtm to Salem tonight to Jeia with fow tMher xuiisIoaI
tor the crowds asrared for Sprlnc
Everything In Readiness
For Spring Opening Here
Poor Worker Gets
Spedd Attended
To UghtHis Pipe
GLASGOW, Scotland, Mar.
ae (AP) A professional
lighter has been employed
here to keep street railway
laborers from wasting their
time. His sole duty is to re
fill and light the men's pipes
as fast as they go out. His
job was established by aa ef
ficiency expert.
The men have to furnish
their own tobacco and
matches.
STOCK W SEES
E
Sales Pass 5,000,000 Mark
For First Time-Since
December 20
NEW TORK. March 26 (AP)
A roaring? ball movement In the
utility shares developed in. today's
stock market, reminiscent of that
of the closing months of the so-
called Coolldge-Hoover market,
powerful speculators for the rise
turned to the utility shares late
in the session, after strenuous ef
forts in other sections ot the list
began to encounter considerable
resistance. The tape reeled off
doxens ot transactions of 6,000
to 35,000 shares. These whole
sale operations boosted the day's
sales across the 6,000,000 mark
for the first time since Dec 20.
The day's bull movement was
primarily a movement of selected
stocks. Oils wore for the most
part allowed to lag, although
Standard of New Jersey was sent
up a couple of points further into
new high ground. Rails were
largely neglected, and activity in
the Industrial shares was discrim
inating. The price Index of 60
industrials gained only about 1
points, that of 20 rails showed lit
tle change, while the Index of 20
utilities was carried up nearly 10
points to 261 J, the highest level
since Oct. 22. the date of one of
the crashes preliminary to tne
complete collapse of the market
In November. At that time, how
ever, the index had been reduced
approximately 10 points from the
peak level reached in late Sep
tember. Today's sham rue car
ried it to the level of late last
June.
PORTLAND.. Ore.; March 15.
(AP) Police tonight announced
that Mary Ruple, 10. admitted her
story of having been kidnaped by
two men and thrown out ot their
automobile and over a steep bank
was false. 'v:
Her clothing covered with mud.
the girl was found wandering in
the streets early today by J. R.
Dugan, operator ot a local taxi-
cab company. ,
Taken to police headquarters.
she saidrtwo men, who forced her
to get Into their automobile,
drove her about the city for sev
eral hours. She declared she saw
two bottles of liquor on the back
seat ' ot the machine,: where she
sat. She said the men aid not
harm her until they threw: her
out of the ear and over the bank.
Tonight, police said, she admit
ted she told the fantastic story
because she remained at a play
mate's home longer than she in
tended and feared parental anger.
BTRAXGLEB LEWIS ' WINS -
. . PORTLAND. Ore.. March .
(AP)- - Ed "Strangler" Lewis,
former world's heavyweight wrest
ling champion, defeated John Fre-
berg. Minneapolis, by winning two
out of threes falls . In the main
event of the wrestling-, card' here
tonight.
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V SAN FRANCISCO. March 26.
(AP) While belated blixxards
held forth today In" the midwest.
STRONG RUM DRIV
FfllHSHIS
BECODiHEQ DY Gil
Openimc
Clear Skies Predicted for Tonight; Curtains to
Hide Contents of Windows Until 7:30;
Whistles Announce Start
Spring Opening, with its
frocks, of bonnets charming
to Salem tonight with every
provide the most attractions for
trict in the five years the Sa-V
em Advertising club has
sponsored the event.
Good weather was the forecast
late Wednesday night as stars
shone clearly and foretold sun
shine and warmth for the day pre
ceding the gala event.
Windows in the majority of
stores will be veiled throughout
today awaiting their formal open
ing tonight when promptly at
7: SO o'clock mill whistles will an
nounce the time ot opening.
Newest Auto Models
Shown in Parade
Aa a new feature, a parade
starting promptly at 7 o'clock and
going throughout the downtown
districts, will open the opening
events. Salem auto dealers. In a
called session Wednesday, unani
mously decided to enter cars in
the parade and thus spectators
will be afforded views of all the
new models in automobiles.
Throughout the entire evening.
the annual treasure hunt will be
In "'progress with "6400 In prises
shown in nearly 100 stores. Tick
ets which have been distributed in
recent days will hold numbers en
titling bearers to the prizes.
Special Entertainment
Numbers Are Provided
In downtown stand at Liberty
street which wUl be especially
roped tor the occasion, a series of
entertainment numbers will be
provided. The Salem Men's Civic
chorus directed . by Professor E.
H Hobson will give several num
bers while a fashion revue In
which several stores participate
will be augmented by showing ot
a large number of dresses made
by girls ot the high school and
Junior high. Adagio dancing
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
BMiX HOLOUP HELD
BIT BEHO TIME
WEST ALEXANDRIA. Ohio.
March 26 (AP) Two banking
men sat in the First National
bank hero today chatting about
the money that used to be there.
Two other men with criminal. In
tentions, walked in and roughly
ordered hands up!
The bankers, Charles Draper,
receiver for the bank, and - a
neighbor cashier, lust sat and
stared inereduousty. They- looked
at each ether and -shook their
heads, y -
"Cant you see you're being held
up?" explained one robber.
That's too bad. said Draper.
"this hank has been broke sines a
year ago. The cashier who was
here then killed himself. There's
not a penny in the vaults.1
Just the same the robbers
wanted to see for themselves.
They searched and found what
the receiver had promised noth
ing but dust and musty odor.
The robbers backed out the
doors staring somewhat Incredu
lously themselves. They took their
guns with them, and drove away.
IowaFFarnier
Murders Two
Ot Daughters
NEWTON, Iowa, March 21.
(AP) George McKlnney, 62. to
day shot and killed his daughters.
Artie Dors, 26, and Gladys. 12,
and then shot binuelf In the hand.
He drove his automobile from his
homo at MttchftllTille, where the
shooting took ' place, to Newton,
and gave himself up to the sher
iff. He told officials that "some
thing had ' been telling ' him ; for
two years' to kill his daughters.
.- After : slaying Artie Dora, z Mc
Klnney drove to the school which
Gladys attended and brought her
back to the farm. He drove his
automobile into the barn ' where
he shot Gladys and then wounded
by lir. aad Mrs. De
mmi te madng tmHtnUdameab
implications of new coats and
and alluring for milady, comes
indication that the event will
visitors to the business dis
3.7 Per Cent Decrease Es
timated; 3 Times That
Cut is Needed
WASHINGTON. March 26,
(AP) The department ot agri
culture estimated foday that farm
ers as a whole are planning to de
crease the acreage ot spring
wheat by 2.7 per cent.
Chairman Legge of the farm
board, who has been urging wheat
growers to reduce acreage in or
der to bolster the price of their
commodity, has warned farmers
that a reduction of at least ten
per cent was necessary for an ap
preciable effect on the market.
Reports indicate, the depart
ment said, that growers plan a 15
per cent decrease In Durum wheat
acreage . but no material change
in the total acreage of other
spring wheat, the decreases of
about five per cent planned in
Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, and
some other states being offset by
small increases elsewhere.
In 1029, there were 5.215.000
seres of Durum wheat harvested
in Minnesota.' North Dakota.
South Dakota and Montana.
Planting intentions for this year
in those states were reported at
4, lt, 000 acres. In spring wheat
other than Durum 16,664,000
acres were harvested last year.
Planting planned for this year was
estimated by the agricultural de
partment at 15,084,000 acres.
Department economists pointed
ont that the statement of farmers'
Intentions to plant was not a fore
east of the acreage that will ac
tually bo planted. It was simply
an indication, they said of what
farmers had already planted or
had in mind on March 1 to plant
compared with the acreage grown
by them last year.
A total acreage of principal
crops, exclusive of cotton, about
per, cent above the -combined
acreages harvested in 1920 waa
indicated by the reports.
Former Turner
Man Passes On
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Arthur Wood, brother ot Mrs.
Nettle Mason of Salem, died in
this city yesterday at the age of
4 years. He was born and reared
at Turner, moving 20 years ago
to Portland where he has resided
since. He leaves two children, W.
R. and C. R. Wood, both ot Port
land. -
Funeral services have not been
completed, bnt wUl be held in
Portland. Burial will be made in
the Twin Oaks cemetery
Turner. - - -
$30,500 Suit
Is Thrown
Judge Percy R. Kelly of the :
UarKtn county circuit court Wed
nesday ordered the dismissal of
the 120,600 fraud suit brought
against B. 8.-Clarke, Glenn , E.
Fox. lr A. Andrus, officials -ot the
defunct Stayton woolen mills, by
62 i persons who had purchased
stock in the concern. The plain
tiffs In the action were listed aa
J. F. Fiahwood, John Gage and E.
J. Thurman, these three having
taken ' the causes ot " the other
stockholders in the suit. ? -The
case was first tfledf with
the county clerk hero la Novem
ber of last year, but did not make
its appearance betow Judge Kel
ly until Maren 10. Hearings were
held at i various times sine its
first court appearance and seven
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COUNTRY REDUCED
WEMl
STOll BREAKS
Chicago Weather Bureau Re-
ports 18.5 Inches of
Snow Yesterday
raffle Paralyzed and Com-
munication is Severe
ly Handicapped
CHICAGO. March 26 (API '
Approaching the 60th hour te .
night, a postwlnter storm Vhlchv : v
already ' has smashed all records-
tor central states snowfall, con
tinued unabated.
PIST RECORDS
Snow fell through the day to jv
defeat all attempts to clear high
ways or maintain transportation,
schedules, at 2 o'clock the weath
er bureau in Chicago registered m
fall ot 16.6 inches, eclipsing a rec
ord set January -6 and ?. 191t '
by 2.6 loche.
Indications ot the extent ot trai
fie paralysis came in telegraph! ,
reports to the Chicago Motor ciab
late today showing. roads gene
ally Impassable in the territory
bounded by Milwaukee, Galesbuxa. -
III., St. Louis, Evansvme. ino,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and
Detroit
Snow Stops Falling t
Early, in Evening
The weather bureau predicted
cessation of the snow after dark
tonight. Surface transit lines eeaJh.
lished service on five principal
thoroughfares. Elevated trains, a!- -though
maintaining faster servJeo
than yesterday, were running slow
for caution and suburban rail
roads were following the same
policy. .
The city's most serious prob
lem was milk. Only half the nsn-
al supply was carried Into the
metropolitsn center today and of
ficials of the pure milk associa
tion said continuance ot the stem
would spell milk famine tomor
row.
Chicago schools were closed at ;
noon when it became appareat no
more than 16 per cent attendance
could be maintained.
Woman Severely
Injured la Accident
The day, in Chicago at least.
was tree of known fatalities; but.
there were several minor trai lie -
accidents, and one woman was
severely injured. The root of a gas-
age, burdened br the extra!-
nary snowfall, eaved in and eev-
ered five autos with snow and de
bris. Two men. warned by ereak-
ing timbers, fled just In time, to
save their lives.
In Evanston police were search
ing snowdrifts for Sheldon Brum- .
baugh, 26-year-old art student,
who started home alone after a .
slight heart attack in a tea room.
It is feared ho suffered another
such sttack with no aid available. ,
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CIBLI1161II
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Misunderstanding of Tech
nicality m Filing. Cause
Of DiffcuRy
After obtaining the slgnatut-a ".
of more than see voters on petK
uons to piece tne name oi f. jk.
Gregory on the ballot as a caadt- ',
date tor mayor in the May It
election, friends of Mr, Gregory.
Wednesday found, themselves .
confronted with the task of oo- ;
lng It all over again. , .
Necessity for tiling an initial :
declaration. of candidacy was v- "
erlooked, and r Recorder Mark ,
Poulsen ruled that the petitions -;
must be circulated after the til-
lng ot the initial declaration. '
. Mr. Gregory's platform, filed 1
with his notice of candidacy fo 1
lows: . v.-;
"Use every effort to promote a .
bigger and better Salem, kef pings, . "
in mind the interests of the tax
payers in conjunction with the -:
growth and welfare of the city.' v
Municipal ownership and eon-
trol of the' Salem water system
Is a paramount objective at this
time. I am strongly in favor of
it and shall use every energy ter
its accomplishment' and " oppeee .
all movements to defeat or re-,
tard it." ..-twj-.,
' Opposite his name on the bal
lot will appear the slogan a fair
and impartial admlnlstratio to
all,- . ; , -
For Fraud l
Out Of Couvt
fall days have been used th!a
month, , , ,
Shortly after, noon yesterday. "
attorneys for the defendants ee . .
ed the court for non-suit aa
this motion was sustained. : : Aw.
order ot dismissal followed. t
.It had been attempted to-ihaw :
that the 630.500 which represent
ed stock purchased by the vasios
stoekholders in the woolen xsL'l;
was put to "misuse by the threw
defendants. According to 'the.
eomplalnt, the defendants obtain
ed the money under the pretense,
of using it to construct a sevs
addition to the mill tor the pur
pose of manufacturing felt for. pa
per.jnili rollers. The new addi
tion was not built and tte jnV.l
ter became defunct, , :-
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