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PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESM AN. Salen. Oregon. Friday Blorning, August 15, 1930 m HURLEY E Slate Senator Now up for Reelection is Named in 1913 Dynamite Case (Continued from pag J). Thomas J. klooney, San Quentln prison Inmate -was convicted on a similar charge. The lobby of the prison admin titration building was converted tat a court room for the hearing which started shortly after 5 p. "m. with Billings on the witness Without tarrying Judge Pres to seated himself before the prisoner and started asking ques tions relative to the latter's re creational and educational back ground, what books he desired - reading and what -his beliefs anight be about organized gov neot Soys He Believes 1m Government Billings said he bad studied law, believed in the principles of the government of the United States, was not in favor of the overthrow of the government and that he bad not studied books ea socialism or communism. The questioning then led Bil lings over his - activities during th time since he was 17 years eld. He told Judge Preston he had chosen the easiest mode of living and that- be had been ar rested In New York, Salt Lake CHy, Brooklyn and Sacramento em various charges and suspi cions. The prisoner named John Wil son, secretary of the electrical workers union in San Francisco prior to the 1916 bomb blast, as his employer on a Job In which he was to ascertain the number Of guards on the Pacific Gas and Electric company's transmission Tin eg in the bay region. When asked If he knew why Wilson wanted information about power line guards Billings Bld the Pacific Gas and Electric com pany was involved in a strike at the time and that strike sympa thisers wanted to "tear down" the lines. It was during his employment at the Franklin Heyman Shoe Factory in San Francisco, Bil lings said, that he met Mooney through leaders of the Shoework ers union, among whom, he said, was Ted Hooper. Billings said a sboeworker's strike was in pro gress at the time and that he gathered Information at the fac tory for strike leaders. Well Informed on Use of Dynamite Judge Preston questioned Bil lings closely on the latter's know ledge of how to handle dynamite. Billings said he learned some thing about this while employed as "powder monkey" In a quarry at Strawberry Valley, Utah. "Then you are pretty well in formed about dynamite, aren't tow." Judge Preston asked. "No," Billings replied, "I wouldn't say that." "Do you want us to go away from here thinking you didn't know what was in that suitcase you took to Sacramento In 1913," the Judge asked. Billings said he thought It contained a glass bottle of nar cotics and that he did not feel he was privileged as a messenger, to pen the suit case. SERVICE TO STATE (Continued from pace 1.) any statement relative to what transpired at a conference with the secretary of stae. Friends of Bloom said that no reason bad been given for his retirement Raffety, while not divulging his plans for the future., was said to have received several offers. One of these has to do with the oper ation of a state department. Raf fety has persistently refused to make any statement in connection with his resignation. Hoss has announced that the new chief of the state traffic de partment will be selected soon af ter September. 1. In order to com ply with the law he first will act as a traffic patrolman, but later will be elevated to the office of chief of the department. Before assuming his new duties he will make a tour of Oregon,' and later will confer with traffic officials In California, Oregon and Wash ington. - Whether the new traffie chief will be given a free hand in the operation of his department has not been announced by Hobs. rr rr r t - miss nan &autz From Seattle WOODBURN, Aug. 14 Miss Margaret HalL daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. J. Hall, has returned to Woodburn from, the University of Washington, where she las - , been studying this summer for a - master's degree. She plana to spend : the rest of her vacation with her folks. Miss Hall Is an hufnrfar In fhm HrantK Pass - high school. Little Vera Hall, a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hall, accompanied Margaret from Seattle. Finest Tcric Read big Lens"; $4.95. t Eyeglass tnswranee and tfor f each ctw"io 1 examination taehsdeoV CHS wm i is O- STORM CENTER Col. W. B. Bertram, mperiaten- oernt of tbo state flax plant, whose rumored removal was denied Thnnday by Thomas B Kay, state treasurer. IS (Continued from page 1) vacation. On the other hand the petition signers apparently are not sufficiently numerous to over throw the nine objectors. The last check of the council, in the face of these circumstance! indicated a majority of the council favored vacation, provided suitable pled ges from the paper company could be obtained, doing away with the present . "cinder nui sance." Storey-Bevens . Group United With Reunion ARLIE, August 14 The Stor ey and Bevens family held a re union and picnic on Long Creek Sunday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Storey, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bevens, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bevens, Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Bev ens, Misses Ethel and . Cleone Storey, Pauline and Marjorie Campbell, Ellis Campbell, Frank Lee and Robert Storey and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blackden, Mr. and Mrs. Blackden. Lee Storey and Cleone Storey are leaving soon for their home in California. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Womer and granddaughter, Beverly Bevens, spent Sunday at Newport. Grandma Cox has returned home from Portland where she has been for medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bevens drove to Alsea Friday to visit their brother, Dick Crowley and family. Sunday guests at the John Cox home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cave and Miss Ella Cox of Hosklns, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Veith, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Cline and baby and Lester Ad ams of Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Cox of Airlle. CHECK mo AMES DELAYED , , ... TT TT VyV JLmpress) njiantess ON Thursday, September 4th, the new Empress of Japan . . .' 26,090 gxoes tons, 39,000 tons displacement, 21 knots speed . . . largest and fastest ship to the Orient . . . will leave Van couver on Its first trans-Pacific dash -assuming leadership of Canadian Pac ific's great fleet of. four white Em presses, bringing the Orient nearer and nearer. Canadian 1 ' nan in purs n BILE SPRINGFIELD. Vt, Aug. 14. (AP) A woman supposedly dead by suicide more than a year ago reappeared alive here today, to find the husband who she had left married to another woman and herself the center of a strange mystery la which lay hid den the identity of the body "bur led -as her own in a Chester, Vt, grave yard. . The woman, Mrs. Catherine Rockwell Packard, wife of a St Albans candy worker, was under arrest here tonight as a mater ial witness and law officer's sought to question the husband, George J. Packard, who a month ago married another woman in Rutland. More than a year ago Mrs. Packard disappeared from her Rutland home, leaving her hus band, George and their two chil dren, George Jr., 3, and Helen,. 1. In August last year, the body of a woman was found In a Chester pasture. With it a suicide note. An autopsy revealed traces of poi son in the stomach and suicide was the verdict. Eventually, it was Identified by Packard as that ' of his wife and the hand writing on the note as that . of Mrs. Packard. The body was bur ied in Chester and the investiga tion ended. Jos. Harrison New President Of His Family GERVAIS, August 14 Des cendants of the Harrison family met at the Brownsville city park Sunday and formed a permanent organization with Joseph Harris on! president, Mrs. Sadie Somp pf, vice-5rsldent; and Mrs. Fred Harrison, secretary. Members of the Sarah Harris-on-Cutsforth family attending from Gervais were Mr. and Mrs. Irve E. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cutsforth and two children. F. H. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harper and son; and Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Schwab and children of Aurora. Joseph and Robert Harrison crossed the plains in 1852. Hay Baling is Still on, Turner TURNER, August 14 L. O. Roberts began baling hay - Tues day, but the machine broke down after an hour's work. Mr. Roberts will move his hay to his newly purchased farm located on the Aumsville road. Ben Herrling Is home after ten days spent visiting his sister and brothers and a few days spent in the harvest fields. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barnett drove to a point beyond Summit in Coast range mountains Sunday to visit a relative. They were ac companied by Mrs. Nannie Har ris and Clyde Gibbs, of Dallas. apart NEWEST... LARGEST OF THE PACIFIC trips Japan, China and the Philippines two days' nearer. Ask for booklets and reserve on the maiden 'voyage. LI wtitn MaTiif riuiijvitiM : ' -; W.H.DEACOH Cenl Ageni PASS'R DtPt: M8ABROADWAY FORTlANrftrffy82 ; . i " ? , 'AMiaiCAM' SANK, IIOG. ; Canadian Podk Travellers Cheques Good the WorUOoee Here, There And Yon Bits of .Personal News Gleaned About Interest ing People If the traveler will turn north Just west of Toledo, an eight-mile drive will take him up into the heart of the 8ileta country. The road is somewhat rough but not rough enough to interfere with driving, reports Cornelius B.Saek ett, harnessmaker at the F. E. Shafer store, who was orer in Lin coin county Monday. "We drove out from Sileti with' ISO crates of berries In our truck in- halt an hour, Sackett said. In the winter-time Sackett has the Job of Judging bowling contests as his principal avocation. Elmer Beardsley, former Mar lon county resident and now a wealthy Chieagoan, is dne to ar rive in Salem today by plane from the Illinois city. He will land at the airport here this morning at about 11 o'clock, and will remain for several days visiting relatives in the county. With him will be Mrs. Beardsley and Walter Piper, also of Chicago, and his brother, Walter Beardsley, who will Join the party at Portland, his home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beardsley flew their own plane west last year also. Business conditions in the east and middle west are in a "terrible atate," says Newell Williams, lo cal attorney, after his return from an extended trip through that sec tion of the country. Fully 20, 000 people are unemployed in Minneapolis while Duluth is run ning a breadline, he 'declared. St. Paul was the only prosperous city he Tisited and there the city's prosperity Is dne to an extensive hntiHinr nrorram carried on by the city. Williams said. He vis ited police departments in many cities during the trip. Paul Pemberton Begins Work as Woodburn Medic WOODBURN, Aug. 14. Dr. Paul A. Pemberton has estab u.fcaA an office In the Allen apartments on Grant street above the Moore Beers arug siore. vr. Pemberton who Is a physician and snf PAA11 . is a rraduate of the University of Oregon medical school In Portland. He nas aiso nrrni an interne In the Mult nomah county hospital. Dr. Pemberton is living in nis offices, where he has a beautiful apartment. Maybe If 11 Be a Ford Instead Water is so low at the Beuna Vista ferry landine that it will be necessary, If the level falls anoth er foot, to dredge some or tne gravel from the channel, Road maater Frank Johnson reported yesterday following a trip to the ferry site. Egypt has raised its duties on wheat, flour, sugar and confec I tlonary. 5 The Empress of Japan embodies every luxury known , to the seven seas. A mammoth- resort -on-keel . . . .vaat sports decks with cafe, marble swim ming pool, -period lounges, imperial ball-room, quiet library, ''verandah" suites withiath, extraordinarily com fortable second class cabins. With her three sister Empresses, she will cater to- the preference for congenial ship board life and international atmos phere. Now, Hawaii is in the list of casual I en am mi ir - LI U Pacific IS III PATH OF FI LONG VIEW. Wash., Ang. 14. (AP) Timber declared by for est rangers to be one of the finest stands in the northwest was men aced today by two fires. One burned in Brush country In the Georges creek district 25 miles from Kelso and the other In the Elk creek district on the upper K a lama river. The Georges creek blaze, coun ty fire warden Charles Newell, paid, was about seven miles long and 15 miles in circumference. The two fires were expected to combine late today. Warden Newell said the Geor ges creek fire was burning along the edge of . green timber and would probably crown and sweep through hundreds of acres near Mount St. Helens if tbe wind shifted. Twenty additional men were sent to the fires today. Thirty five were already on the scene. Bits For Breakfast (Continued from page 4) banks for the various articles which they require, either return up the Columbia, or cross over through the country of the Clat sops. "This trade, however. Is ob viously little more than a loose and Irregular barter, on a very small scale; for the materials for commerce are so extremely scan ty and precarious that the strand ing of a whale was an Important commercial incident, which in terested all the adjoining coun try. The Killamucks have little peculiar, either in character or manners, and resemble in almost every particular the Clatsops and Chinooks. It S "Adjoining the Killamucks. and in a direction south-southeast are the Lucktons, a small tribe . Inhabiting the seacoast. They speak the same language as the Killamucks, but do not belong to the same nation. The same ob servation applies to the Kanun kle nation, their Immediate neighbors, who are supposed to consist of about 400 souls. "The LIckawls, a still more nu BIB SHORT TIME INVESTMENT 12 Months Note $1000.00 Cost $940.00 6 Months Note $1000.00 Cost $970.00 Amounts $500.00 to $2500.00 Amply Secured and the highest type of Investment LOANS INVESTMENTS Hawkins & 205 Oregon Bldg. Ju0Q0DQO0Q cv" --; o merous nation, who have a large town of SOS souls. The Youkone nation, who lire in very large houses, and number 700 souls. The Necketo nation, of the same number of persons. "The Clseah nation, a small town of ISO souls. (Sounds like Alsea.) "The Tonitts. a tribe who live In a small town, containing not more than 150 souls. ( sounds like the Tachats.) 'The Shlastuckle nation, who have a large town of S00 souls. (Sounds like the Silets.) "The Killawats nation of S00 souls collected into one large town. "YJlth this last nation ends the language of the Killamucks: and the coast, which then turns to wards the southwest, is occupied by nations whose languages vary from that of the Killamucks, ana from each other." (Continued tomorrow.) Beans From July Until Frost Time There Is an old story of Jack and his bean atalk that made a lasting impression on the minds of nearly everyone who heard it in early childhood. Now Salem has a new bean story that should interest every gardener, back lot agriculturist and farmer. The bean of this story was im ported from Italy by Dick Buell of 1555 North Cottage street. It is of the stringlees variety and a table bean of wonderful size and quality. The pods are from six to . eight Inches long and the plant is the most profuse bearer of any bean known. Planted In the spring, it begins bearing in July and continues to bear pro fusely until the heavy frost comes in the fall. This bean grows on fi. trellis, like a hop vine, and fully as high but much thicker; in fact it grows high, wide and hand some and more resembles a great grape arbor. Mr. Buell has four rows, about 30 feet long. This small but rare "bean arbor"' is an unusual sight, one worth seeing. Mr. and Mrs. Buell also 'have a large trellis of sweet peas 10 feet high and luxuriant with blooms. INSURANCE Roberts Inc. Me are quitting the sale of STUPE BAKER Motor cars and are closing out our used cars and demonstrators at a special price. We have arranged with factory to continue to give STUDEBAKER service and to use genuine STUDE BAKER parts. We. have plans to make the Marion garage the most complete one-stop service on the Pacific coast with all service under cover! This is a service Salem motorists have always want-ed. (5ooir3bi?c32oll . Otfoeoti H OF PH10 BUSTED BY BOMB CLEVELAND, Ang. 15. (AP) The home of Raymond Porello, identified as one of the five Porello brothers who have controlled the corn sugar indus try in Cleveland, was blown to pieces by a terrific bomb explo sion early today. Police found Porello and his family at the home of his moth er a short time later. Porello said that last week an attempt was made to kill one of his two surviving brothers. In the last few weeks two of the Porello brothers have been slain in gang feuds and police have expressed the opinion the brothers all were marked for death. LaFollett Fails To Win Release; Will Try Again PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 14. (AP). Circuit Judge Fee, of Pendleton, today denied a motion for the release of Charles R. La Follett, Washington county state representative, who Is serving six months' Jail sentence for fail ure to obey a court order to pay $75 a month to the support of his estranged wife end four minor children. 0 Judge Fee held jurisdiction In the case rests with the supreme court. John A. Jeffrey, Lapollett's at torney, said he would seek an or der from the supreme court re leasing his client. Joyous Foot Bath Then Lift Out COFWS Root and All Out To Stay! Two tablespoonfuls of that amazingly refreshing and foot in vigorating Radox to one gallon of water makes a footbath which after 3 or 4 night's soaring lifts out aching, maddening corns, cal louses, too root and all. Radox softens the hard outer layers of corn and oxygen which Radox liberates, enters the pores, each night penetrating further and further, carrying the salts right to root of corn which can be lifted out bodily. Wonderful to take out pain and burning and refresh tired feet! Get a package of Radox at Perry's Drug Store and know the Joyous comfort of corn and cal lous free, feet Radox Is the modern, scientific method to re move corns which completely eliminates old fashioned plas ters, dangerous cutting, skin de stroying acids and obsolete meth ods. (Adv.) 0QQ0Qt Oregon School Now Recognized As Art Center Thi University of Oregon ha chance to be made, the western center. &a Harvard Is the eastern center, for the art activity of the Carnegie rounaauon. accorumg to Dr. K. E. Lindsay, secretary of the state board of higher educa tion. An art center, representing a $5000 gift from the foundation. Is being conducted by the uni versity at its summer session this year, and if successful probably will be made an annual grant with the contribution Increased to $10,000. , i Heretofore this donation nas been made only to Harvard and to the Art Institute of Chicago. The Carnegie Foundation has also made the university a gift of $2500 contribution towards an. art collection. Dr. Lindsay acknowledged tte gifts Thursday. SUNDAY EXCURSION to Beautiful, mile-high Odcll La lie (Cascade Summit) Round Trip Sun., August 17 Special train leaves Sa lem at 7:38 A. M. Arrive Odell Lake 12:40 P. M. Leave Odell Lake on re turn trip 5:00 P. M. An unusual opportunity to enjoy a fascinating train trip through the spectacular Cascade mountains and a glor ious afternoon of fish ing, boating, hiking, swimming, picnicking at Lovely Odell Lake. Ask Agent for Details City Ticket Office 184 N. Liberty Telephone 80 Depot 12th & Oak Telephone 42 Southern Pacific o o o Ft i