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CIRCULATION Daily averaM 4tribtia for tla oath diag March II, 1110 WEATHER Showers followed by clear toe today and Wednesday. Max. temperature 55; mln. SS; wind oath; rain JtS; lire .0. 6,612 Arens dally act aaM S.3S8 )fabr Aidit Baraaa af Circa la Uaaa. FOUMDED 1651 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salon, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, April 15, 1930 SHERIFF HERE SEARCH : FOR ysr IN Rancher Missing Under Mys terious Circumstances Reports State Suicide and Foul Play Both Advanced as Theories to Explain Matter The mysterious disappearance nearly six weeks ago of Herbert Bmwn, aged rancher living In the vicinity of the South Silver Creek falls, has troubled several rest dents of that section. This was In dicated here Monday when a party of men. all property owners llv ing near the Brown ranch, called upon local officials in an attempt to hare a searching party sent out to locate the missing man. It ta thought that Brown may hare killed himself since he did not take any food with him and was armed with a shot gun when Le left his home March 8. Others -think that the man may have be come Insane and Is wandering about the country, while still an other theory ventured by the par ty from the Sliver creek vicinity Is that Brown may have been the victim of foul play. Family Quarrel Is Reported to Sheriff In putting the matter before Sheriff O. D. Bower here yester day, one of the men declared that there had been a quarrel between Brown and his family on the day he was last seen. It was also pointed out that the members of the missing man's family have not made, any great effort to locate their relative. A brother. P. H Brown, owns an adjoining tract. The party of men from the Falls county called first upon Dis trict Attorney John Carson but was unable to see blm because of his being out of the city during the afternoon. Sheriff Bower consented to make an Investigation this week hut did not approve of the plan to organise a searching party im mediately. Next to Last Plenary Naval Session Held at London Monday Morning LONDON, April 14. (AP) Prim Minuter Ramsay MacDon aid, hit Iron gray hair tousled, his workaday spectacles hooked over lis ears and his handa full of pa yers, itood like a school master today as he called the delegates f the London naval conference Into plenary session at fit. James' palace and rushed through, In 24 minutes, technical reports which form the raw material for the London naval treaty. But the naval conference held the spotlight only briefly in Lon don today, for Mr. MacDonald hurried from St. James to par liament to hear the budget speech f Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer. The ordinary Brit on la thinking more of the addi tional sixpence levied on him for Income tax than on the nebulous 70,000,000 pound sterling saved in British naval expenditures. Today's was the next to the last plenary naval session as con ference plans calls for signature of the London treaty next Tues day, April 22. Then the Ameri cans, their work done. Intend to eaten" the Leviathan at Southamp ton early Wednesday morning. The big liner Is scheduled to sail the day of the signing, but will wait as long as 24 hours for the American delegates and no more. NEW SHAMROCK FLOATED GOSPORT, Eng.. April 14. - (AP) In an atmosphere of op timism, the latest and trimmest of all the Shamrocks was launched today and dedicated to the task of winning the America's cup for Sir Thomas Lipton and Britain. POET SHOOTS SELF MOSCOW, April 14. (AP) Torn between the love of two Well known Russian actresses, Vladi mir Mayakovsky. the leading pro letarian poet and playwright of Russia, shot himself through the heart today. uHSMK 111 Voters Get Last Chance Today For When the clock strikes t p. m. tonight, registration of voters for the primary election ceases and those persons who have not been listed as electors by the county clerk will be prohibited from cast ing ballots next month. County Clerk U. G. Boyer ha been co operating with Marion county voters in every respect and for the past week he has kept his of fices In the court house open evt nlngs until S p. m. to accommo date persons whose work kept them away during regular hours. The clerk's office will be open all day today, beginning at S a. m, until S p.1 m. No person will be . registered after that time, this .provision being statutory. Lincoln School Is In First Place In 1930 Health Roll McKinley Rated Second; in Conditions Throughout Salem System As Compared to Last Year DUPLICATING their feat of McKinley schools again took spectively, in the 1929-30 health igures released yesterday show. he local schools. 783 children or ment this year fulfilled the health requirements and will be awarded heralds of health buttons. The percentage for Sa lem schools this year is 3.11 723 pupils or 33.47 per cent?- were included. In the entire county. 2209 pupils were placed on the honor rolL Lincoln school this year nas a percentage of 4 (.3 per cent, a drop of 2.21 over last year, and McKinley has 45.7 per cent this year, an increase of 6.9 per cent over last year. Every school ex cept Lincoln made an Increase over a year ago. Order of the other seven schools and their percentages fol low: Garfield, 41.7; Washington, 41.3; Richmond. 38; Park, 84.9; Grant, 32.9; Englewood, 31.8, and Highland, 26.3. These schools made the follow ing percentage for 1928-29: Park, 27.6; Washington, 36.9; Garfield, 34.9; Englewood, 33.7; Grant, 28.4; Richmond, 27.7; and High land, 23.4. The Lincoln school children who are on the honor roll and (Turn to page 2, col. S) TUB X' 15 n MEM POOF Mistake Declared Shown by Most Recent Mathemati cal Computations BERKELEY, Cal., April 14 (AP) The trans-Neptunian ob ject discovered in January with a sky camera at tbeLoweu easer-. vatory In Arizona, Director A. O. Leusehner of the student observa tory of the University of Califor nia declared today, probably Is not the long-sought "planet X." Professor Leusehner based his announcement upon "further or bit computation just received from Swathmore university obser vatory and preliminary computa tions of mass Just completed at the student observatory of the University of California.' The astronomer said the object might be a large asteroid, a long- period planetary object, or pos sibly a comet. He added, however, that its discovery was of great significance because it extends the limits of the solar system. The computations of mass made here were the work of Fred L. Whipple and E. C. Bower, fel lows in astronomy, working un der the direction of Professor Leusehner. "The computations of mass In dicate that the object is too small to have caused the perturbation which originally led to the suspi eton that a trans-Neptunian plant does exist," Professor Leusehner said. E McMINNVILLE, Ore.. April 14 (AP) Thirty-eight persons from Salem, Newberg, Amity and McMlnnvllle were arrested Satur day night at a dance at Bellevue, ten miles from here, and. three eases of beer and a gallon of whis key were seized when county offi cers swooped down to make the largest raid In this county sines the Inauguration of prohibition, It was learned here today. The liquor, officers said today. was being circulated freely about the dance floor, which was In farm bouse. R. L. Walker, owner of the farm, was among those arrested. He and two others were held while the remainder- of the 18 persons were released of their own recognizance, officers said. Registration During the past few days sev eral thousand persons nave been registered by employees in the clerk's office at the court house and the 14 deputy registrars working In various parts of the county. No one would venture a guess as to the probable number of 'registered voters who will be Qualified for the polls next month, bnt it la predicted that upwards of 27,000 will have been carded and indexed by that time. County Clerk Boyer Is making no attempt to eoant the cards coming Into his office dally but Is occupying the personnel of his of fice In checking the cards, segre- ratinx them Into precincts and listing them ss to party prefer ence. ' 38 ARRESTED IB1 onr is id General Increase Seen last year, the Lincoln and first and second places, re honor roll for Salem schools, In the first six grades in 36.58 percent of the enroll greater than last year, when SCHOOL HEALTH DAY Events to Mark Culmination Of Year's Activities by Salem Children Schedule for observance of May Day and National Health Day in the Salem schools was announced yesterday and promises programs of unusual interest to parents and townspeople. As usual, the May Day program ill be centered In the schools, and will have a dual purpose: first, to culminate the year's ac tivities in health which will be marked by awarding of the her alds of health buttons; and sec ond, to provide an enjoyable op en house event at each school with programs built largely around health work and the need of the beginning pupil to be phy sically fit. All programs will begin at o'clock on the day which they are set and be continuous through the afternoon. The schedule follows: Thursday. May 1, Garfield and Highland. Friday, May 2, Richmond. Tuesday, May ff, Grant. Wednesday, May 7, Englewood. Thursday, May g, Lincoln and Park. ' Friday. May I. McKinley and Washington. programs in. the Salem schools are in general charge of Miss Car- 4. . owa crowiey, eiemeniary scnoei supervisor. The observance for the entire county Is being planned by Mrs. Alice Bates Fisher, chair man of the educational commit tee of the Marlon County Public health association. t Suplementary to the school programs and In keeping with the neaita observances, the county health unit has announced a schedule of special clinics for pre school children, to be held for children who will enter school for the first time next fall, and for thosa children only. These clinics will follow the school districting, and are set as follows: Highland, Friday morning, May 2, at health center. flrtitA Uflnili mnrnlii May S, at health center. Richmond, Monday afternoon, May 6, at health .center. Grant,, Wednesday morning, May 7, at health center. Englewood, Thursday morning, May S, at health center. Park. Friday afternoon, May f , at health center. Park. Friday afternoon, May , at health center. Lincoln and MeKinley, Monday morning, May 12, at McKinley school. Washington. Monday after noon, May 12, at health center. LOS ANGELES, April 14. (AP) Colleen Moore, one of fllmdoms' highest salaried actress- , filed a brief divorce complaint In superior court today against her producer-hnsband, John Mc cormick. Mental cruelty is charged. Several specific occasions were listed by Miss Moore In her com plaint. On September, 1229, Me Cormick Is alleged to have absent ed himself from a dinner party without explanation and In the same month Is said to have or dered some of his wife's guests off the tennis courts at the cou ple's Bel-Air home, for no reason and to the accompaniment of abu sive language. v In January, 1129, Miss Moore declared, the producer, left home in an angry mood and remained away from home severs! days, and In December, 1929, he ordered her out of their home. The eouplewas married August It, 1923, and separated March 7, 1920. A property settlement has been arranged and Miss Moore's complaint does not ask for any fi nancial settlement. Mccormick has Indicated he will not contest the suit - AVIATOR- 10SSI3G VALLEY STREAM. N. Y- April 14. No trace nas been found to night of Ralph White: 29-year- old student flier who took on frees Curtiss-Wrlght field ' here yesterday for a abort flight Just before a heavy tog roued in rxom the sea. - - ? - - i mm DIVORCE SOIT FILED Of COLLEEfl MOORE HOOVER BACKS WORLDGOURT FOR AMERICA Membership of This Country In Great Tribunal Given Strong Support Milestones Along Route to Permanent World Peace Are Enumerated WASHINGTON, April 14 - (AP) President Hoover pointed tonight to the London naval con ference, Kellogg peace treaty and the world court as markers along the great road to peace which lies In the prevention of war. The naval conference provided actual reduction in armament and strengthened the forces of peace, he said. "It la an accomplishment that has ereat material advantages to all participants," he tord me Daughters of the American Rev olution In a speech of welcome at the opening of their 29 th annual congress, "but I prerer to nave " Judged on the far higher grounds of Its contribution to the moral and spiritual welfare of our peo ple and the world." America to Join World Court He Avers The chief executive expressed confidence that the United States would become a member of the world court upon the solution of contentions over special stipula tions under which the country should participate. He reminded the audience that through the Kellogg-Briand pact, this nation solemnly pledged our selves not only to renounce war but to seek means for pacific set tlement of all international differ ences." "I do not put this duty to you upon a basis of self interest," he said, "although it is inevitable that the failure of civilization in any part of the world at once brings distress within our own doors. I have no occasion to em phasize this duty by pointing out the horrors and degration of war. "Those who really know war," he continued, never glorify it. I have seen too much of the tragic sufferings of men. women, and children of the black shadows that ever run on the heels of war. to -w lab, to recall those scenes. X hope never to see them again. I enow tnis nation can aeip to maae war Impossible and U should so help." Coast Caravan To Reach Here This Morning The northwest section of the Pacifie Coast Crusade caravan will arrive in Salem at 10 o'clock this forenoon and will be welcom ed by Governor Norblad at the executive offices in the ttate- house. Local business and pro fessional men have been asked to attend the reception It possible, to show the visitors that their stop-here Is appreciated. feqqn riefs U. 8. MONKT LACKING PORTLAND, Ore., April 14. (API The Oregonlan, In a spe cial dispatch from its Washington correspondent, says Chief Forest er R. Y. Stuart in a letter to Sen ator McNary says he noias scant possibility that federal funds for forest highway construction dur ing the next fiscal year can be al located to construction of the North Santiam highway in con junction with Marlon county, i Stuart, the Oregonlan says, de clared that the 1921 program of the forest service provides for fi nancing a section east of tne sum mit between the end of a new county road near Black Butte and Suttle lake. .This section Is com mon to both the North baniiam and Santiam routes. JEWELERS ELECT PORTLAND, Ore.. April 14. (AP) Retail Jewelers of Oregon and Washington, In convention here, elected officers today. . New oraeers or tne ure" - soclation are: President. Julius 8. Zen, Port land; vice presidents, P. T. Bu bar. Rosebug; Seth. T. French, a W OaliaAA aVwt ftA MA DS.Z1T I JLkirrT DtateWUt jw a w. 9 secretary, A. A. Keene. 8alem; ex ecutive committee, uari ureve ana Frank H. Heitkemper, Portland. DEFENDANT HELD SALT LAKE CITY, April 14. t API Dr. R. H. Christian, veter inarian. Is held here in Hen of $2000 bond, and his wife. Mane Kilrore. la at liberty on $509 bond feeing charges of passing worthless 'checks on several con cerns here. - The couple are want ed at Eugene, Ore,, according to word, received nere by oincers. Sheriff Bown of Lane county wired for additional Information concerning the pair and requested their nlctures be mailed to nun. Sheriff Bown said the couple had nsed several fictitious names during operations In various parts of the country. TR0TJP ORGANIZES "PORTLAND, Ore., April 14 (AP) Temporary frganuauons Intense Fight Made on Judge Parker VISS5 fi5 ":-' st jft r VKhj Senator. Hcccrz. Indications are that the nomination of Judge Parker of North Carolina to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court will be reported favorably by the senate Judiciary committee. The subcommittee having the nomination In charge composed of Senators Overman, Herbert and Borah, it le expected In the absence of unexpected developments, wlU recommend tnat tne nominee De coniirmea. a no nomina tion Is Etronetv orjoosed bv President Green of the American Federation of Labor and various organ izations throughout the country. one from Norman Thomas, of New Confirmation Of Parker To Await Further Study Serious Opposition to North Carolina Judge Develops in Senate; Labor and Negro Organizations Take Hand WASHINGTON, April 14. (AP) Confronted with serious opposition, the nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, to be an associate justice of the supreme court Was laid aside for a week today by the senate judiciary Arguments to Be Heard Upon Baby Girl Issue PORTLAND, Ore., April 14. (AP) Arguments will be heard tomorrow by Circuit Judge tt. H. Gilbert on a petition of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Schaeffer to have the infant girl claimed as their child both by Mrs. Schaefer and Miss Geraldine Watson of Los Angeles returned to them until such time as the court may defin itely decide the baby's parentage. Support for Road Lacking Keene Jewelers Secretary Eugene Crooks Are Taken Highway Group Organized of the Pacifie International High way association, whose plan Is to link existing roads into one high way extending from the Yukon territory to the Straits of Magel lan, was effected here today. RUMOR DEXTED PORTLAND. Ore.. April 15 (AP) Arthur C. Spencer, Union Pacifie system attorney, today set at rest rumors that the Union Pacifie planned to Ignore the re cent Interstate Commerce - com mission order to construct the cross-state line In Oregon and pay. If necessary a $100 fine dally un til sueh time as It might want to construct sueh a line. -There is nothing to the re port," Spencer said. "We shall soon file In the federal courts a suit to have the order of the In terstate - Commerce commission annulled. CARHERA OPPONENT PICKED PORTLAND. Ore., April 14. (AP) Sam Baker, 250-pound ne gro of Los Angeles, today was named opponent for Primo Car- aera when the huge Italian ap pears at the lee coliseum here next Tuesday. Baker Is the largest opponent yet ehosen to f see the man-mountain who has won his IB starts la this country by knockouts. Next to Camera, Baker Is the biggest man In the heavyweight division today. The 'Italian weigha 275 pounds and stands t feet 7 Inches against Baker's C feet 5 Inches. EVIDENCE MISSING EUGENE. Ore., April (AP) Chief -of Police B,, W. Hall tonight announced that IS gallons of grain alcohol held In a room , at police headquarters in the eity hall here as evidence against Nye Matthews and Earl Johnson,7 arrested recently on li quor charres, has disappeared. - Chief Hall said the lienor was stolen by somebody, who .climbed through a transom or unlocked the door of the room. He said ha suspects no policeman. ' Among tne telegrams wnicn voicea York, Socialist leaaer. committee. Senator Overman, democrat of North Carolina, chairman of the sub-committee which con sidered the nomination, submit ted a favorable report to the Ju diciary committee but administra tion senators Joined in the sugges tion to defer action pending fur ther study of the protests nf or ganised labor and negro organ isations. For the first time the nomina tion received some attention on the senate floor. Senator Over man. Introduced some letters of endorsement of the Jurist In the senate. Senator Glass, democrat. Virginia, asserted that the consti tutional provision that presiden tial nominations be made wltn the advice and consent of the sen ate has fallen into "complete dis use" as he placed In the congres sional record an editorial declar ing that this Is "illustrated strik ingly" In the Parker case. Senator Borah, republican, Ida ho, was definitely listed today among the opponents of Judge Parker. He voted In opposition to confirmation as a member of the Investigating, sub-committee. Senator Hebert, republican, Rhode Island, the other member of the sub-committee. Joined Senator Overman for a favorable report. Three o'clock Is the time set for the Lions club's annual Eas ter egg hunt for the children of Salem next Sunday, and the event will he held at the state fair grounds as It was a year ago. Two sections of lawn will be marked off, but for Children from one to six years of sge, the other for those from six to ten years old. The Lions have arranged to have 5000 candy eggs distrib uted. They are being wrapped by the Camp Fire girls. As In the past, prises will be of fered In each division for the chil dren bringing in the greatest number of wrappers. There will also be 50 prizes furnished by lo cal merchants, the winners being the children who find wrappers with the names of these mer chants upon them. The egg hunt was set an hour later than it has been In the past, so as to avoid conflict with Easter services and programs at the churches. SUIT ATTACKED' NEW YORK. April 14. (AP) Eward W. Browning, wealthy husband - of Trances. "Peaches' Browning, -filed a motion-In su preme court today to dismiss the dower suit recently "brought 'by his estranged wire. " SMITH CRTS ton NEW YORK,-April. 14. (AP) Former Governor .Alfred E. Smith today accepted a place ' on the hoard of governors of the New York Theatre league, - mm m m mm SUNDAY opposiuon u uie nomination was fins Franchise to Be Considered at , Special Meeting The city council will hold a special meeting tonight to pass the ordinance placing on the May 16 ballot the referendum measure which proposes to grant an exclus ive franchise to Oregon Stages for operation of street basses In Salem. The meeting will open at 7:80 p. m. and as the call speci fied passage of this ordin ances a the purpose of the meeting, nothing else wUT be considered. .The ordinance conies up for emergency consideration! because the provision tt In cludes was first embodied tn the bill providing for spe cial election also on the ns nicipal water issue, which Mayor Livesky vetoed. FOR -BLOSSOM DAY In spite of threatening weath er, Blossom day routes In the vi cinity of Salem were literally packed with automobiles during a considerable portion of Sunday, and persons who . watched the stream of cars were firmly con vinced that the participation ex ceeded all past records. It was estimated that 20,000 persons followed the Blossom day signs posted by tne Cnerrians, driving through lanes of orchard blooms and visiting the tulip plantings in Polk county and north of Salem. Prune blossoms were at their best, but the cherry blossoms were well past the peak display. Saturday night's rain and wind having removed a consider able proportion of the petals. State traffle officers patrolled the highways and assisted In di recting the crowds, and no ser ious sccidents marred the occa sion. Visitors from out of town took advantage of the opportunity to visit the capitol building and oth er state buildings and grounds. Persons who made the Blossom day tour early In the day were fa vored by good weather, hut those who started late la the afternoon were less fortunate. C M Till OUT Former Sheriff Arrested: For Murdering Successor MAUSTON, Wis., April 14 (AP) A complaint and warrant charging Lyall T. Wright, SO, ousted Juaneaa - county sheriff, with first degree murder In con nection with the slaying of Dis trict Attorney Clinton , O. Price, were Issued tonight. County Judge Robert Clark said. . . A trail of stains described as blood by Sheriff Elmer Hempel man. from the driveway of the Price home to the bank of the Le mohweir rlrer and In an aban doned boat - found . opposite tbe Price residence and leading al most to the back door of Wright's home, caused authorities to seise the former sheriff shortly before Price died at l:xf ajn. i Wright; attempted to resist of Wayis ! Petitions last Bay All Names Must Cd in Before Five O'clock Total of Signature Now About 900 Is Report Nine hundred signatures, ap- proximately, had been affixed to the Initiative petitions faverinc a vote on municipal ownership ef the local water srstem, according to a hasty checkup made by hard working circulators Monday night before plunging once more into the gruelling task of lining ap something like 400 mors nsrr before 6 o'clock this afternoon. Some ef the circulators, headed by P. M. Gregory, candidate fer mayor on a municipal owners platform, worked most of the night checking up on precinct re sidences of the signers in order ta assist Mark Poulsen, city record er, in the impending task of veri fying the status of the signers aa legal voters. A request has been made that the njecinct be written opposite each name. Sentiment for Move Is Nearly Unanimous Circulators in their rounds ef the city Monday were very 1 it tie hampered by encountering citS cens who proved hesitant or un willing to sign the petitions, and if the sentiment observed by them is any criterion, the charter amendment authorizing purchase of the water system will carry eas ily provided they are successful la getting it on the May 10 ballot. The workers estimated that from two to fire per cent of the per sons approached refused to sign. They did encounter, however. some misunderstanding, chiefly to tne effect that the $l,20e,000 bond Issue would mean Increased taxation, this theory overlooking the fact that the bonds are to be retired out of receipts of the wa ter utility. It had been understood that tbe circulation of petitions could con tinue Wednesday, but the city re corder after delving Into the city and state election lews, ruled that they must be filed today. This In formation resulted in a speeding up of the work of circulation. The checkup Monday night re vealed that filled petition aheeta with about 600 names were In the hands of the committee engaged in checking upon precincts, and members of the committee bad knowledge of petitions which were filled hut not turned in ac counting for SOv more. . POT OH ARREST- More Drastic Move Against Gandhi Himself Thought To Be Imminent BOMBAY. April 14. (AP)- With arrest of two prominent In dian nationalist leaders In con nection with the civil disobedience campaign of Mahatma Gandhi the situation Is believed to be grawlag more serious and the next ereat expected Is the arrest of Gandhi, -although the authorities thus far have been evading this step. The Pandit Gawaharlal Kebra, - president of the all-Indian con gress, today was sentenced to six months simple Imprisonment for violation of the salt law, while J. M. Sengputa, mayor of Calcutta, and president of the Bengal civil disobedience committee, was sen tenced to six months rigorous Im prisonment on charges of sedition, conspiracy and obstructing the pe nce. Large crowds surrounded tbe court at Nain! where Nehru was tried, -the sympathisers waving flags. Members of the Bombay con gress committee Immediately de cided to serve a day of mourning and that nationalist "war coun cil" decided to send out 100 vol unteers as salesmen of contra band salt. IHQB ficers, who were compelled te ue force In. taking him to the eewaty Jail, whero an examination re vealed -an artery of the mHdla finger of his tight hand severed. He refused to tell what caused the Injury. v ' A shot gun believed by the au thorities to have been . tha eee used la the shooting, was found ha the river today not far from the abandoned boat. ' A coroners Jury was ImpaneU ed this afternoon and after view ing the body, adjourned until to- - . morrow. - - Wright, formerly known aa the -"hoy sheriff",, was sentenced Fri day to eight months In Jail on hie plea of guilty to n federal prohtw bltioa conspiracy charge.