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Crescent to Crane Line is
v Issue asUnion Pacific
Questions Order
Road Claims Power Lack
ing in law for I. C. C. to
: Force Development.
'" PORTLAND, Ore., Sept.- 29.
(AF)Direct arguments com
pleted three federal Judges to-
' night took under advisement the
Question o whether the Interstate
commerce commission can force
the Union Pacific railroad to build
a 185 mile 'railroad from Crane
to Crescent Lake, Ore., the court
-will receiTe supplementary briefs
before making Its decision.
The Interestate commerce com
mission ordered the Union Pacifle,
through the Oregon-Washington
railroad and navigation company,
which it owns, to build the line.
The Union Pacific challenge! the
commissions authority to force
construction of the line.
The matter came nefore the
court, composed of Federal CIr
, cult Judge Dietrich, of Boise, Ida
ho. and District Judges Bean and
McNary, of Portland, on the peti
tion of the railroad to "enjoin,
set aside and annul" the commls
eion's order.
First Contest
df I. C. C. Ruling
The case will establish a pre
cedent ibecause no attempt hns
been made heretofore to test the
nmmlKsion'B oower in ordering
rail construction.
Arthur C Spencer and Roy F.
Shields, counsel for the Union
VnHtte and the O. W. R. and N.,
and the Union Pacific, argued the
nritor nf the I. C. C. transcends
the powers 'granted "to it in the
transportation act, that the law as
Interpreted and applied is uncon
stitutional and that construction
of the line would be an economic
mistake for the railroads affected
and for the public.
ronnsel for the railroad con
tended the cost of constructing
the road would be at least $11,
000.000 and that it weald s oper-
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SUNK OF
PUZZLES OF
STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 29.
(A.P) Slain under circumstances
that puzile police, the bodies of
Sophie Stetz, 19, and Roy L. Mor
tis, 46, driver of a for hire auto
mobile, lay in the morgue hers
tonight while officers and finger
print experts endeavored to find
clews that may lead to- the arr-t
of their murderer.
The bodies, showing evidence or
brutal attacks, were found this
morning near Morris' automobuo
which was parked in a fi-ild in a
j ,in,i nntivine section or tue
ity- . . a
Police said indications poin.ed
to robbery as a motive of the
slaying and Miss Stetz-and Morris
engaged in a terrific struggle nith
the murderer before their .deans.
Morris open pocket book vas
found empty on the back scat of
his car. No gun was found.
Morris was requested three
weeks ago by the brother of the
girl to drive her home each ;Mgnt.
The place where the bodies were
found is several blocks off the
route "they would have taken. Po
lice said It was probable that a
bandit forced them to drive to
the place where they cere slain.
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I PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 29-
(AP) Bears roaming the Pa
cific northwest forest have de
veloped an appetite for straight
grain pine boards and govern
ment Issue paint.
Major John D. Guthrie, assist
ant regional forester, said today
Bears during the past year have
eaten more than H00 worth of
hand painted trail signs erected
by -the United States forest
service. ,
IV LIXE OP FIRE
BEND, Or., Sept. 29.
fAP) Ell York, 89, of Bend,
was In the hospital here today,
wounded in the blp in a hnnt-
lna accident. . i
The bullet was fired bj Tho
fcnas Cook who was hunting
with York. Cook said he fired
at a deer and did not realize
York mi to the line of fire.
Cook and his wife carried
Tork three miles to an anto
tobile and drove OO miles to
the hospital here.
I ! AIDED N. W. HARBORS
t PORTLAND, Ore..' Sept. 2S.
AP) James Bnydam roine
- iana. 78. pioneer in development
jDf riTera and harbor improve
ment in Oregon, died at his
Soma hero today.
Polhemus was born at Astoria,
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Plilllip LaVolletto. S3-jirar-old
son of the late "Fighting Bob"
and brother of U. S. Senator
Robert M. LaFolIetre, Jr., has
won the republican nomination
for governor by a decisive ma
jority in the state primary elec
tions. Hogg Pass Route Proposed
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In Application Filed by
Portland and-S. E.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 29.-
(AP) The Portland and South
eastern Railroad company has
filed application In the federal
land office at Roseburg for; per
mission to construct aTallWad
over Hogg Pass in Linn county at
the summit of the Cascade moun
tains, it became known here to
day.
The termini of the proposed
line are given as the junction of
Marion creek with the North San
tiam river to the west and a point
three miles west of Sister to the
east.
A. C. Burroughs, Portland,
president of the company, and H.
L. Gilbert, engineer, refused to
comment on their plans.
Chain Store men
Say Prices Will
Be Much Reduced
CHICAGO. Sept. 29 (AP)
Lower comodity prices and a rise
in the purchasing power of the
dollar were forecast by officers
today as the National Chain Store
association met for its annual
convention.
R. W. Lyons, executive vice
president, said the end of finan
cial depression could be brought
about only through the co-operation
of retail interests in1 restor
ing public cofidence.
"It is generally conceded by
industry as a whole that the pres
ent economic situation wjl b
brought about by the policy of
many manufacturing and distrib
uting organizations in attempting
to maintain commodity prices of
fictitiously high levels."
Bears Appetites Good
Another Hunter Wounded
James S. Polhemus Dies'
Send Pears to Boston
New York. In 1872 he became
associated with ' the river and
harbor work under the United
States engineers. In 1880 he
came to Oregon and settled here.
He initiated and carried on the
work on the Jetties at the en
trances to Coos bay and Yaaulma
bay.
FOR LEGIONNAIRES
MEDFORD. Ore., Sept. 129.
(AP) The Medford post Of the
American Legion has seat 20
boxes of Rogue River pears to
Boston to be served at the ban
quet of the American Legion na
tional convention. !
TIMBER IS SOLD j
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Sept. 29.
(AP) Eight tracts of: tim
ber la six Oregon counties
were sold here today by the
United States land office. The
tracts totalled 840 acres; and
brought a total of S34,83.
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ROBBERY CHARGED
ASTORIA, Ore., Sept; 29.
(AP) Three men and a woman
are In jail here charged with a
robbery at Hammond September
It. Officers say-they have con
fessed to the robbery. ' !
Those held are Roy Dawson
and Emil Kocil, enlisted men at
Fort Stevens; Roy U Burke,
coast guardsman at Hammond
and 1 yra Dewey, Vancouver,
TXT avV efctn tf Xtrt fires
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Tear gas Used on Lynching
Party; When That jfalls :
Guardsmen Charge
Crowd Driven Away Returns
But no Further Attack
Made on Bastile
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HUNTSVILLE. Alav, Sept. S i
A T" XT .tUnfil WMavAafMAfl fit
tacked a crowd aroqnd ' the i
Madison county Jail here tonight j
with, tear gas bombs. They then j
adf anced against tne crowa wun i
drawn bayonets when the group i
attempted to advance on the Jail j
where O. B. Hendersoq, nejro, j
is being held In connection with
the slaying Saturday nigt of H.
E. Ross, Huntsville business man.
The tear gas bombs; were
thrown in front of the crowd as
it continued to edge closer to the
roped off area wiere the guards
men were on duty.
An unfavorable wind! drove
the tear gas back into he faces
of the guardsmen and ; as the
crowd continued to advance tne
guardsmen formed a line and ad
vanced with drawn bayonets.
One Knocked Down H
With Bntt of gun
As the euardsmen pushed the
crowd back some of its members
retaliated with rocks and bricks.
Several guardsmen were hit but
none was seriously injured.
One guardsman struck down
with the butt of his gun a man be
said he saw throwing stores. .The
injured man was taken to a hos
pital where he was identified as
Tommy Baker, lightweight boxer.
Hospital attaches said he was not
seriously injured. ; : 1
Guardsmen drove thB crowd
nirli aH blockAt1w" iust!;
nsaaa Bortlnn ant than fPtnrriPri tft
their posts inside the; roped off
area around the jail. Tjie crowd
immediately reformed Just out
side the line but no further dem
onstration occurred, j j !
REPUBLICAN i PARTY
SYRACUSE, N.' Y., Sept. 29 -r-(AP)
John W. Davis,; perman
ent chairman of the state demo
cratic convention, in an address
before the convention tonight, ar
raigned the economic and politi
cal policy of the republican ad
ministration as a "damnable and
destroying doctrine." '"
The chairman, the party's pre
sidential candidate in 1924, de
clared the, most unanswerable in
dictment confronting the republi
can party was that it had "persis
tently taught or tried ;to teach
the American people tot rely for
their material welfare and contin
ued prosperity, not upon the
strength of their own 'right arms
and the vigor of their Own stout
hearts under the shelter; of just
and equal laws, but upon such
favors as they could extort from
the government."
Davis discussed what he said
was the sort of remedies the
republican party olfercdHn emer
gencies, such as business depres
sion, listing first among the "rem
edies" the tarff. Mi
He singled out the ! Hawley-
Smoot-Grundy tariff carrying the
hignest rates in all our history. A
measure calculated to raise the
cost of living at home, to-drive off
our foreign customers and stifle
our foreign trade, to slam the door
in the face of our foreign debtors.
it is a veritable masterpiece."
FIGHTER
SEATTLE. Sept. t9.-4(AP)
A surprise plea of guilty and a
reiusai to testily against anegeo
associates was made today by
Johnnie Jordan, former-, prize
fighter, at his trial on charges of
participation in the 160,000 Low-
enstein and Rothstein ; jewelry
holdup here a year ago4 The sen
tence was deferred ; until next
week.
Jordan refused to implicate
Louis Lund and Sam Li Abelson,
who are alleged to have'aiired him
to commit the holdup. On his in
formation after he was- Captured
in May in New York,; the two men
were arrested
Charges against them had to be
dropped today and! they were
freed. Jordan was returned to the
King county jail, ;
He had previously pleaded not
guilty to the holdup,! which occur
red on September 23, jszs.
Great Northern
Is Sued byV. S.
ST. PAUL, Minn. Sept. 21.
(AP) Suit for $1,329,785.11
was filed here today by the gov
ernment against the Great North
ern railway, charging the rail
road company had been overpaid
that amount- during government
control of the railroads. , during
and after the World; wt
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Miss Delancey V. Hewlin, Phila
delphia society girl, who drove
way from her Bryn Mawr es
tate to get a doctor for her
aged family nurse. She did
not reach the physician's office
and has not been heard from
since. A nation-wide search is
being instigated.
HUNDREDS JIlEIiB
ASSemDiieS 0t UOd Report
Growth; new Buildings
In Several Cities
Splendid growth and construc
tion of several fine new church
buildings has marked the past
year's work of the Assemblies of
God of Oregon, according to re
ports brought by ministers from
all over the state in session here
all day Monday for the annual
fellowship convention of that
church. The three sessions were
held at the Evangelistic taber
nacle at 13th and Ferry streets.
More than 300 persons attend
ed the final session last night,
when Rev. Samuel Swanson of
Seattle, chairman of the Oregon-
washlngton-Idaho district, gave
the principal talk, in which he
sketched the district work and
urged continued and united la
bor. Rev. Alva Walker, mission
ary to the Belgian Congo, spoke
also, telling of work in darkest
Africa. Rev. Uhlman of Newberg,
Rev. Swanson of Kelso. Wash.,
and Rev. Earla Jennison. former-
ly of Salem, also spoke at the ses-
sion last night. Evangelist Mc-
Lauehlin led the sonar servipe iu-
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HAVANA, Sept. 29. (AP) E
R. Black, governor of the federal
reserve bank of Atlanta, Ga., to
day announced banking conditions
were normal In Havana, and the
panic which followed upon the
closing of two of Havana's banks
on Saturday had failed to last
through the second day.
Mr. Black hurried here yester
day with $16,000,000 in cash to
take care of any demands which
might be made today by members
of the Havana clearing house.
He made $9,000,000 available
within a few hours and this with
120,000,000 on hand in the local
branch of the federal reserve bank
gave threatened banks extra cash
resources of 945,000,000
Late today Mr. Black said nonf
of the $16,000,000 brought here
yesterday would be needed.
'I find banking conditions in
Havana normal today," the fed-
eral reserve governor t3?d the As-
Bociated nress. "Reports from the
interior indicate that any excite-
ment which may Aave prevailed
there Saturday has subsided.
Respirator Girl
Making Progress
Toward Recovery
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (AP)
Frances McGann, Chicago's "res
pirator girl"; today was reported
to be making rapid strides to
ward recovery.
The girl, who was placed In a
breathing machine 19 days ago
when her lung muscles were
paralysed by Infantile paralysis.
is sleeping and -eating well and
breathed naturally for two six
minute periods.
Russia Denies
Grain Dumping
" MOSCOW, Sept 29. (AP)
Official circles today denied So
viet Russia was "dumping grain
aboard." It was decared that
Russia was a Die to sell grain and
other products at low prices due
to the planned system of Soviet
economy vrhlch gave enormous,
advantages over competitor
countries.
MEET
BANKING AGAIN AT
HAL III HA
Rides Calmly Into Portland
After Fleecing Fellow .
Passengers on Way
Forces Driver of First bus
To Flag Second; Gets
Little Over $100
KELSO.' Wash- Sept. 29
fAP An armedr unmasaea
bandit coolly held np 11 paasen
rern on the north bound North
coast stage between Portland and
here late tonight, getting only i
for h'ls daring robbery. He then
forced the stage driver to stop
and flag a southbound Interna
tional stage headed for Portland.
It was rumored here he had rob
bed the second stage enroute to
Portland.
The bandit appeared to be an
old hand at highway robbery, his
victims said. He spoke in a quiet,
calm Tolce, assuring the passen
gers nobody would be hurt U they
did as he ordered, according to
Herbert Bahlstrom, of Chehalls.
driver of the stage.
"Thfl rnhher rot nn the stage In
Portland." Bahistrom said. -He i
until w-rt irnt rn
Salmon creek, when he came up to
me and showed me a big black
Luger automatic pistol. 'See what
I got here? he asked in an omin
ous voice. 'You do what I tell you
and we'll get along all right.'
Orders Driver
To Darken Stage
'He ordered me to rtouse tne
lights Inside the bus and to drive
along slowly but not to stop. There
was nothing I could do but follow
his orders; I couldn't take a
chance on starting him to shoot
ing and maybe wrecking the stage
in case I get hurt, or poesimy
getting some of my passengers in
jured. "I had to turn down the ngnis,
and it was so dark in the stage
we couldn't get a good look at the
man. He went through the stage
and robbed all the passengers, but
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VANCOUVER. B. C Sept. 29
(AP) Eskimo families that
earn X40.UUU a year in saie ui
white fox furs and think nothing
of spending $300 a ton for coal
and large sums for long airplane
iaunts and for radios were de-
scribed by the crew of the Hud-
son's bay company trading vessel,
Bavchimo. wnicn arnvea nere
today after a season in the Arc
tic ocean.
The old romance of the Arctic
has gone but easily won fortunes
In the fur trapping occupations of
the natives have created a mode
of life and disregard for expense
that startled persons from the
outside,'. officers of the Baycnimo
said.
Thev reported that no less than
20 airplains visited Herschel Isl
and, lying off the Arctic ocean
coast and the boundary line of
Alaska and Canada, on commer
cial trips this summer.
The natives think nothing or
paying $375 for an airplane trip
to Edmonton, Alta.," a Baychimo
officer said. He told of Margaret
Seymour, half Eskimo daughter
of Bill Seymour, former boxing
champion of the Hawaiian fleet
of the United States navy, making
her honeymoon trip by plane with
Patsy Wine, "a big man in the fur
business up there."
Belanger Beats
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MaC MatheWSOnnleht. to att in?JTor,dK8eriu
ifaai, liatiicwoiij opening at Philadelphia where, it
TORONTO. Sept. 29 (AP)
Frenchy Belanger of Toronto, Ca-
nadian flyweight champion, out-
nointed Malcolm Mathiewson,
also of Toronto, in a hard tougnt
ten round bout here tonight. Bel-
anger, returning to the ring wars
T'SJFAiv?" 116"
Marty Gold, Philadelphia fly-
weight, easily outpointed Tommy
McBeigh of Vancouver in ten
rounds. Gold weighed 114, Mc
Beigh 1154.
This is Week oi
Statesman's .
Cooking School
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week at the
Salem armory The Statesman
will present Its annual fall
electric cooking school. This
Is free to all the women of
Sale mand vicinity, who are
Salem and vicinity, who are
and profit from the instruc
tion to be given.
This scboel, Is presented
by the Ella Lehr organiz.
tion, with Miss Helen Good
win, one of their instructors
as the director of the local
school. The hoar are from
two to f oar each afternoon
"of the three days.
Plan to attend. oa ,wtn
enjoy the program and pro
fit by attending. "
M
Ciiarles H. Tnttle, nominated . unanimously for governor by the
G. O. P. convention In New York. He leaped to prominence as fed
eral district attorney when he defied Tammany Hall In prosecution
of Inquiries Into the alleged sale of Judgeships in New York. He
came out prior to his nomination, with a stand for repeal of the
lth amendment and state control of the liquor problem.
WOMAN SERIOUSLY
M firimm Remains
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Unconscious After 24
Hours in Hospital
Struck by a motorcycle Sun
day evening at the corner of 19th
and Market streets, Mrs. Minnie
Grimm. 1515 North 20th street,
was still In Salem General hosplt-
&J lagt night suffering from un
determined head injuries and a
broken clavicle. According to the
driver of the motorcycle, B. R.
Lausch, 1175 North 16th street,
he was turning the corner and
failed to see Mrs. Grimm, who
was in the midle of the street, un
til it was too late to avoid hitting
her. In his attempt to avert pos
sible tracedv. Lausch says he
swung his cycle over, upsetting
it. He was unhurt.
Mrs. Grimm was taken to the
hospital and x-rays made of her
head and of the shoulder. The
plates showed no fracture in the
skull. But she had not fully re
covered consciousness at any time
un to 10 o'clock Monday night.
over 24 hours after the accident.
Seriousness of
Injury Unknown
Hospital attendants 6tated mat
it had not been determined just
what was the extent of Mrs.
Grimm's head injuries. Until this
is known, they said, it will be dif
ficult to say what are her chances
of recovery. Mrs. Grimm is an el
derly woman, the wife of Charles
A. Grimm, a local carpenter and
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BOSTON, Sept. 29 (AP)
expected resignation of Charles F.
'Heinie" Wagner as manager or
the Boston Red Sox was accepted
today by President Bob Quinn. It
has been known here for some
time that Wagner, who had only
a one-year contract, would not be
re-engaged. His team, wheih end
ed the American league season
yesterday in last place, had the
worst season in its post-war his
tory.
It has been no secret here
abouts that President Quinn has
been holding Wagner's resigna
tion for several weeks. Several
times during that interval Quinn
has silenced rumors with the
statement that nothing would be
done about the managership of
the club until the season closed
Quinn planned to leave here to-
was expected, he wou!dopen ne
gotiations with Joe McCarthy, re
cently succeeded by Rogers
Hornsby as pilot of the Chicago
Cubs, and other managerial tim
ber.
Darrow Declares
'PuM, TPnomiQf
rUUllL EjUCIUICo
RZ"fT
CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (AP)
Chicago's campaign against "pub
lic enemies" by use of the vag
rancy laws was attacked today by
riarencft Darrow. noted criminal
lawyer. He appeared In court fori
the first time m two years, tie is
fwKvMB iJV
sters union.
FinrarAd Jack"! White, both list
ed by the crime commission as
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ed with van gran cy, were accom-
rtarrnw wtiAn thftT nr.
rendered in municipal court. They
l .
I ter their Surrender on real estate
bonds worth J100.090.
TOWNSEND "WINS
VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 29
-fAPl Billy Townsend. Van
couver welterweight won a ten
!r nil nit rioHalnn nTkr Andv Divodf
L v.. vnrv tn thm main feature
INJURED
CRASH
WAGNER QUITS AS
ID SOX MANAGER
of a boxing program here tonight lit took two and a half days to re
Thev fought at 115 pounds. 'construct the, damage done and it
WATER APPRAISAL
IS DUE THIS WEEK
Va ue Fioure wnicn is to oe
Basis of Negotiations
Near Completion
Report on the official apprais
al of the local property of the
Oregon-Washington Water Serv
ice company, is expected here
late this week according to W.
H. Triudie, city attorney.
Some final computations and
costs as well as valuations on
real property- remain to be add
ed to the appraisal of Baar and
Cunningham, Portland engineer
ing firm which was awarded the
valuation job by the city water
commission.
No definite information on the
value of the plant was available
yesterday from Mr. Trindle.
Officials of the water company
have repeatedly stated that their
price was the purchase price of
the plant whan it was acquired
three years ago from the Wal
lace interests together with the
actual out-of-pocket costs of all
improvements made in the plant
since that time.
Pipe Lines Tested
As to Condition
In nreoaring the appraisal
Baar and Cunningham have had
access to the books of the com
pany. A number of tests have
been made of pipe lines tnrougn-
out the city to determine tne
present condition of pipe laid
many years ago.
Going concern values as well
as physical inventory oi me
plant are to be included in the
valuation submitted this week to
the water commission and to the
council.
On the basis of this appraisal
the city of Salem is expected tp
make a bid for the plant and ir
a sale cannot be negotiated with
the Oresron-Washington Water
Service company, a condemna
tion suit will be brought by the
city under the mandate of the
Mav 16. 1930. charter amend
ment.
RUTH SCE
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TO
CENTRALIA, 111., Sept. 29
(AP) Ruth Hanna McCormick.
tonight declared that the senate
campaign funds committee is now
attempting to throttle-the press.
This charade was contained in
Issued today in Washington by
natd mittee. The com-
brief statement answering one
the senate" committee. The com
mlttee's statement characterized
as "false and libelous" Mrs. Mc-
Cormick's allegations that tele
phone wires in her home and of
fice had been tapped and her pri
vate correspondence rifled by
agents of the committee. It also
warned newspapers that iny re
oetition of her charges "would be
looked upon as "wilful and mali
cious libel.
NTS MOV
MUZZLE
PRESS
Million Dollar Highway:
Fill "Untills" Speedily
The crew pf men out at Lake
Labish who are making the fill
for. the "million dollar highway
I mere, r -
- I All tO abOUt the Stage OI CQmpiv-
I . iv- Ml .i m . f (IT. f te Air
"n, man u "-"
iTbat is. it stnxa.
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Johnson, eounty roadmaster, who
was out there yesterday. T h e
I crew had the heaviest part of the
fill Tlrtually completed when they
fluit Saturday night for the week
end. And when they returned t
the job- Monday morning, tne
fresh fill setUed nearly two feet
jvTbe same thing happened the
previous week-end; and: in the
two week-ends tne flirt nas set
I tied fully three feet A week ago
One" More South Amertcsrt
President Resigns; Ayora :"
'j Move Opposed by Con
gress, Said Irrevocable
Need of National Harmony
Is Reason Given; Chief
Of Army Automatically
Assumes Reigns
QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 2.
(AP) President Isidro Ayora of
Ecuador, chief of state since
1926, submitted his resignation
to congress tonight with the re
quest it be acted on immediately.
Announcement was later made
to newspaper correspondents that
congress had refused to. accept
the president's resignation, des
pite the fact he had declared it to
be "irrevocable."
Political confusion was wide
spread here.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept.
29 (AP) Dispatches from Qui
to stated today President Isidro
Ayora was expected to resign
shortly.
President Ayora, whose four
year term of office would expire
in 1933. rejected the pleas of high
army officers he stay in office.
He told them he considered his
resignation In the best interests
of the nation, explaining the
country needs harmony.
Colonel Carlos Guerro, minis
ter of war, will automatically as
sume the powers of the chief ex
ecutive, in accordance with pro
visions of the constitution, when
the president steps out of office.
Reports from Quito stated the
populace in the capital was great
ly excited when the news of Pres
ident Ayora's determination to r
sign had been announced.
SHALE OIL QUI
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29
(AP) A full investigation of the
whole oil shale question was wel
comed today by Secretary Wilbur
after charges had been made by
Ralph S. Kelley, head of the gen
eral land office at Denver, that
the interior department had
shown favoritism to large oil
companies in administering west-
em oil shale lands.
Kelley, who has-held land of
fice posts at Salt Lake City and
Denver for 25 years, made his.
changes last night when he an
nounced his resignation in a
statement to the press.
Secretary Wilbur today defend
ed his oil land policy In a lengthy
statement. He said he had de
clined to accept Kelley's resig
nation because of the seriousness
"of his. charges, but had suspend
ed the Denver official and direct
ed him to file Immediately the
names of the companies he claims
have been favored, with the
dates and nature of the transac
tions mentioned."
The resignation came as a sur
prise, Wilbur said, because Kel
ley had been ordered on July 7
lO come UO wasuiugiuu iu ta
charge of the "very work" he
criticixed and had not yet report
ed to the secretary. He did, how
ever, come here about August S
and worked approximately a
month at the land office during
the secretary's absence, Wilbur
said.
TRAIN KILLS MAN
VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept 29.
(AP)-Jleginald Brady, about
55, was instantly killed here to
night when he was run over by am
interurban electric train. Two
cars passed over him.
is estimated it will take two full
days this time. That means seven
teams, working continuously, will
work fire extra days to till up the
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sunken part.
The till at the point where it I
settling is about 300 feet long and
10 feet above the ground,' All thia
is on beaver dam land, which ex
plains the reason tor the fickle
"under pinning."
. Decking on the bridge is com
pleted and some of the railing has
been constructed. It: will take,
about another week to finish thh
Job. ' - . v
Johnson also visited' the. work: '
at St Louis yesterday, where Lee
Wells Is foreman of the grading
Job. The crew there is working en
the last section ot the last mile,
and will "be done sometime this
week. Grading crew finished Ue
Job at Bone' w-erty, yesterday. .
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