" ; RADIO NGWS ' A new departure Im Statesman news practice ' the publication of a, daily radio program om the fea- r 'Cor page of cadi Issue. . THE WEATHER Goaorally , clondy 8anl7 and lloadan ralaa om coast t bo chance la tem pen tare I fresh aoatheaat wlad offshore. V Li I i-r FOUMOCD 1651 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salera, Orejon, Saturday Morning December 6, 1930 No. 21fi 73 r3 if 9 o. een im 4 o t : Ml! M (u ') i) iwr V VrZTr- 1 z J V- V . ! x . vW J V V V.! V i W i Miazes 72 Mom - ... i i V i &r SEARCH IS Ofl Independence, Spaulding, VArcherd, Larmer Losses Arouse Theories Fire end Police Leaders on " . Aronaed by four fires, all with 1 i la a 7-hoar perrod. and two i mast ' dtsastroiiB. the Salem flre 1 department and the Salem police department were has yesterday trying to ferret out some eloes to the origin of the blazes. Early Thursday morning a large mill at Independence went up ia smoke. Almost 24 hours later, the Spaulding mill - was threatened in a manner which yesterday appeared rery ' clearly to be Incendiary while early Fri day erening the Archerd Imple ment company started -to .burn only to be saved by the prompt action of the Salem fire depart ment. Climaxing the rounds of fires eame the 6:30 a. m. disaster here .which caused a lose to 1150,000 to - the Larmer warehouse i and contents. - ;-V . -' . -'. ' 8paaldbig Fire ' J''--' ' 'O Starts Snsptdona . 1 - ' . A number of tell-tale circum stance lead the fire find police department leaders . to feel that , incendiarism, the work c in, gi tator or a -flre-bug.z;had been responsible -fox all the flres."" - The most potent reason for the suspicion was the highly unusual circumstances surrounding the Spaulding mill fire - of Friday night. . At first it was thought that the flames were confined to a spot near the "hog in the low er lerel of the mill. Close inTesU gation revealed that a seeoad fire had started near the big saws. In oil and waste at the big belts and pulley which run tne saws. ;- It was obvious that the blaze under-the mill and in the maU level had been started by differ ent fires. The fact that all four fires were on industrial or' semi-industrial property and the added co incidence that the blazes all eame within a 72-hour period 'also aroused suspicion. Detection Haaerd Low As All Biases Start : A fourth cause for alarm was that In no instance could any def inite cause for the fire be deter mined - and the blazes' all occur red -at a time of day when there was t the small danger of detec tion.'. - ' - ' -- One of the members of the fire committee on the council yester day pointed to the fact that fire-bugs, possessed, of an in sane desire to see a blaze, had been freruently been known . to cause a succession of catastrophes before they had been located. At least one suspicious party was Mr - - being observed yesterday peno- lng developments. . - One theory advanced here was that current depression, bring ing an unusual number of tran sients into the vicinity and a type of men who sre many times dis gruntled with all forms of in dustrial' endeavor, might have caused the fires with an idea of -bringing reerimlaaUoa against men more prosperous than themselves.-.-. r -i - "' '-" :- i' A definite loss of $4000 was said yesterday by;Walter Spauld ing to have been - the extent of the damage to their. milL-'. This was principally ; occasioned by damage to eleetrle motors, to elec trical switchboards, to mill con struction la both 1 levels v of the iant .nt a teltlnr which o Der ates the saws. It will be the mid dle or end of this week before tne operation of the Spaulding mill can be resumed. Four Convicts Brake Cotlorado ' State Prison ' CANTON CITT, Colo., Dec (AP) Four convicts serving long time sentences for robbery, escaped from state ipenltentiary early today, scaling one prison wall "which fronts on the main street .ef. Canyon City. The missing men are lames . Kenney, 18, serving 10 - to- 14 years from Denver for robbery; Jack Tloortt t. serving nine to ten years-from Denver county for robbery; Ernst Hertzke, 2fKeiy ing 20 to 2 S years from Boulder county for robbery and Wilbur Eslick. 19, serving SO to IS years from Saguache county for rob-kerj. Troubles? You Can Tell About 'em in Natural Way McMinnville : Orchardist Who Loses Larynx After Operation Speaks Through Out- ' side Hole in His Throat What would you do if you were suddenly deprived of your voice? : - :-. " .-' - .. - j-' - Go speechless, maybe. Or possibly suicide. Georsre 'J. SwifL McMinnville orchardist. didn't do ei- Ftheirt vThe joperatidnottCancer in the throat resulted in bis losing? a pertecuy , gooa Lost His Voice Speaks Anyway George J.- Swift,- If cMinnvlUe or etiardist, who lest the power to - speak: mm sde larysar 1m m emn cer 'operatiosi om hie throat. He wtmldmt be downed, so mow be talks.' He Is showm wsing one of hie devices to speak throwgb ' outside hole ia his throat. - J ?s GOOD TOLL FUND - Previously reported. $83.14 Frances - Graham . . . . ; l.OO I. H. i Vaia Winkle. . . S.OO No name. lH) Street Kettles - Sat, Dec . ..... .405 ' Total to date.. .f 18039 . One of this greatest charity benefits ever stared In the Unit ed states will be the Army-Navy football i game next Saturday at New York, the proceeds going to the Salvation Army. ; Salem la to benefit with the rest of; the entire , country through the co-operation of the H. I Stiff furniture store, Phil adelphia Storage Battery com pany (PhllCO), and the National and Columbia broadcasting sys tems. : The N. B. C. end Colum bia are uniting with the PhJlco people In donating services for this - nation-wide broadcast next Saturday. ,:?t.- ' 4' In addition to this broadcast the local furniture store and the storage battery concern are gir lng a- Baby Grand Phllco 1 radio to the : Salem branchSalvation Army, to be disposed of to swell I Am "r.wut.Wlll vund". -I - Other local business ..houses already 'lined up behind the Armv'a Christmas campaign are the Evergreen Golf . course . andJ the Hollywood theatre. . The Ev ergreen Golf course Is to be tak en over. Wednesday night from 5 to midnight by the Army and the proceeds are to go to the Christmas fund. The Hollywood theatre is also donating two mat inees to the Army. December 22 and 22, the admission to be by food stuffs suitable; for, Christ mas baskets.';..;-,---: V- - - ; CSshier Fatally y Wounded, Tekas TEXARXANA,Tex Dee. 7 (AP) (Sunday) R. 17 Hanks, cashier of the Redwater bank at Red water, Texas, was in a hospi tal ? here - believed mortally wounded early today.; after being abducted by three men who. de manded the combination of the bank vault and when it was re fused, shot him three times In the head. - . - . - . . , 1 f ; is a At Least larynx ana along' witn 'it tne power to speak aoove a wmsper. The respiratory passage above the throat was closed.' It was in July, 1928, that the operation. Itself a ticklish performance, was submitted to. - - Mr. Swift, who must be afew years past 10, ; set to work as soon as he was able : after the operation to perfect himself an artificial larynx.- Having lost his own voice, lie was " going i; to snatch one from the air. He suc ceeded. ;f ' w".-;; One night recently Mr. Swift, who was In Salem to appear be fore a meeting of the tri-county medical society, . dropped Into The Statesman - office to - greet an old friend. Naturally, re porters became Interested in this man without a voice who could talk : loud enough to be heard across the room. The reporters were "shown. , ' ' Here's how Mr. Swift who hasn't let his ' speech . problems draw ; down the eorners of a mouth that just naturally bursts into cheery smiles speaks: ' P 'Through a hole in his neck leading Into "the -tubes of-the lungs . a rubber tube is Inserted. It is through this hole . he breathes. At the . other . end of the rubber tube Is the artificial larynx,- which Mr. Swift Inserts in his mouth. In the artificial larynx and above where the tube connects with It Is a tiny hole, through whleh air is drawn Into the lungs, ' then sent ' back through the tube and Into , the mouth. As the air reaches the mouth, Mr. Swift moves his lips and tongue to form the words which he desires to speak. ; - - There j, - are ; several devises which he ; uses for the ; artificial larynx; two different manufac tured products which cost him around 0 each; and another one which he himself designed from a piece of garden hbse and a . mouth piece from a child's Fourth of July "squeaker. And from - his own garden ; hose de vice, which cost him all of 16 cents, he can get the best results.- . " 't -"Then too, 'Mr." Swift doesn't even need to use his own lungs In order to speak. He can . take a common old flivver horn, at tach a tube to it, and putting , (Turn to page t, col 2) :-. Etate arl dry leaders, sLown Cunk, Clinlt; Hear the Quarters ''000 tion Ansy Ctiiistsaas relief aiettles, vhlclt are beinfr mainrai ncq ea tae streets by urn nana of (Army workers tiMm-a ia tte vrper pictnre. lira, Earl THllams, wife of Xnsia Williams, is tending the ket tlm at which the five men stand In llaet Governor Al W NorbLad, Mayor -C A. lArenlty of Lalemi Irl j.'rr.herrv. Micretarr to the rovernor: llax iaee. commander of the DouHas McKay, chairman of the Salvation Army a dvisory board. The Army workers ia top photo are left to right: first row mirTj. WjSlams, lira. X I. Honey, lire. Arthur Tucker, Ensign llaryvWat Idns, Kiss Mary Ward And lira. Williams; second row Sirs. Seta WilUams) Mrs. Oscar Ilames, Mrs. raifford Totc- lira. TibbeU and Sirs. WarJi.tLlrd row Clifford Torcen. Mrs. C O. Rocers, C W. IClbbett and E. Jm lloneyt 1ck SAID SUNK Unconfirmed Reports Tell of Steamer Sientao Sink- ; kifl Near Sinti .. Explosion in New Mexico Coal- Mine; TakesjUves; : H Cause Undetermined ' SHANGHAI, Dee. 7 (Sunday) (AP) An unverified dispatch from - Hankow to . the Shanghai post, American language newspa per, yesterday, said the Chinese steamer Sientao sank near Sinti, 100 miles above Hankow, drown ing 200 Chinese. 1 Only five Chinese escaped, the dispatch, : which was a transla tion from the Chinese press, said. The ressel was reported en route from Hankow to Changsha, Hunan province. The dispatch said the cause of the catastrophe - was not deter mined.' "Owners "of the steamer were not known here. Usually reliable sources of in formation on the upper r Yangtse river. In whleh the steamer was reported" to - have foundered, stated they had heard nothing of the sinking. ' MADRID, N. M.,-Dec. t (AP) -An explosion in the Lamb coal mine today killed three men and Injured several others,-all work ers In the mine. . The dandiX v. T.. TT-' . Tom Burke, - foreman. Victor Liesse, electrician. Henry Gristle, miner. Rock dust i barriers functioned perfectly and confined the explo sion to the sixth left entry. Its In itial point. One hundred miners in other parts of the mine were not hurt and left the mine In an orderly way. -' Rescue crews entered the mine and brought the dead and Injured to the surface. '1 Officials late today had not es tablished a cause for the explo sion. WeddnvRingis u Dug uponFarm OERVAIS. Dee. : --When Mrs. A. R. Siegmund was transplant ing some plants ' in her garden Wednesday she dug up an 18 karat gold wedding ring. It was 12 inches below the surface of the ground and a root of the plant, had grown through it. Mr. and Mrs. Siegmund hare lived at this place 2? years and the rlngH must have been In the ground be fore they came there. , la the lower' cut, are tnalin their row Svend Toycesv Earl rotter and 8 Million $25 Autos ' Run Roads WASHINGTON, Dee. 6 (AP) -Taking the American automo bile association's word for It, there will be t.000.000 ears pounding the hlghways of the country at the end of 1020 val ued at less than 225 each. -' The figures were made public today after a survey based on the aetual age of vehicles from reg istration tabulations and the ave rage life; of vehicles. Highest prices listed for ears of the vintage of 1125 are $2S and 2.000.000 ears.Tformfnr. 12 per cent of tie total jreeistraUan nave passed their firth birthday. Tne hiue book of the automobile industry does not list as of any value Tehiclea purchased before 1925.' : Thomas P. Henry, president of the association said "the presence on our highways of so many worn out vehicles during i 1230 may well be .reflected in the year's toll of accidents and fatalities." COURT EXPECTED TO USE KEEN KNIFE Budget? Secrets Will be Re vealed This Week; , School Funds go up 'It won't be long now." The county court . has kept its hand closed on the budget very success fully thus far, making few intima tions of what will be presented to the neonle In. the form of a bud- g&tr But 'lhW week will see the cat ' out ' of the ' bag because the budget has to ; be published 20 days before the hearing and the hearing must eome this month. ! Various rumors are afloat that the budget committee will deal rather drastically :.with recom mendations. One person said the eat would reach 2100.000, but It is admitted that that Is a large order for a court which has been as frugal In the past as the Mar lon county court. Well founded reports agree, however, that the budget committee is using a par ing knlft. and that reductions In stead of increases will be In order. The personnel of j the budget committee has not been announc ed, nor would the publfe divulge when the budget committee would assemble. The. final hearing on the budgeCwin be a publie hear ing. The court has the final de cision on the budget. County Agent Drive - Thought to Have Failed With the-court in the mood of reducing; rather than increasing expenses, It is conceded that the county agent drive failed; and that those who look for benefits to the farmers from employing a - (Turn to page 9, col. 3) contrlbutloa to the annual Salva Salem American Legion poets, and Stanley Toycen, - - TROrS DREAMS ASHES BEFORE LI RAMBLERS Decisive 27 to 0 Victory Is Hurried Over as 90,000 Fans Gasp Moan Southern California Never Gets Goinrj Against Mir- - By PAUL ZIMMERMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES, CaL, Dec. . (AP) Rockne's Roughrlders from Notre Dame, prancing be hind miraculous Interference, staged their last wild charge to day and trampled Southern Cali fornia into a 27-to-0 defeat. Paul "Buckly O'Connor, trans planted from halfback to fullback and one of Wise Knute's few Irish men, was the youth who spread the alarm to the Trojans, with Marty Brill and Marchmont Schwarts galloping closely at his side. ' -Their mad dashes struck terror In the ranks of Coach Howard Jones valiant eleven and carried the Invading troop" from South Bend through its nineteenth straight triumph in two glorious seasons. - No Hector to Lead; Notre Dame Goal Safe Unlike their ancestors of myth ology, the men of Troy could find no Hector to lead the vaunted of fense, with the result that through 60 minutes of the nerve shatter lag spectacle.-Notre Dame's goal was never so much aa threatenea. , Defeat brought the number of rerersals to four for Southern California against one victory In Its Notre Dame series. It was the most ' decisive trouncing . either team ever accepted in the annals of the intersections! play. More than 10.000 frantle foot ball followers shouted and groan ed throughout the startling fray, whleh stamped Coach Rockne's ramblers as probably the greatest eleven the country has seen in a decade. Southern California's dashing backs found , their Interference fragile before the rushing4 Rockne line, and their passing attack was pierced with constant Intercep tions by the . secondary defense when touchdown marches seemed well under way. -Attack so Baffling Trojans Conldnt Solve It. Notre Dame's attack 'was so baffling tbat at no time could the Trojan- defense organise Itself against the unstopable assault. From the start there was no doubt as to the outcome. Notre Dame walked right down the field - from the opening ' kickoff. Southern California rose up to stop the threat and held for downs, but a bad pass from Tro jan Center Stanley Williamson was recovered by Alvln Culver, Irish tackle, on the first play. Like a flash the Riders charg ed. Scharts flipped an 11 -yard nass to Frank Carldeo. the un paralleled Quarterback, who saun- tered the remaining eignt yarns untouched by Trojan hands, and the game was won. I It was only a few plays later that O'Connor's long . eventful Journey of 80 yards brought the second touchdown. Southern Cali fornia had moved well into Notre Dame scoring regions when Mar shall Duffleld. Trojan quarter, re- ucosered a bad pass from center. and displaying a marvelous bit or head work, quickly kicked over the goal r line as the line rushed In upon him. O'Connor Makes Brilliant Ran for -Second Touchdown , The yard-saving feat was of no avail, for on the first play O'Con nor broke away. It was a reserve and a lateral from Brill which pulled Troy's secondary defense aside. - O'Connor filtered through, the line, cut back to the sidelines, and sped across the goal, after pivoting away from Erny Plnckert, Troys star halfback. The second period went without a score, although. Carldeo passed to Dan Hanley across the goal line, only to have the play called back and Notre Dame penalised for holding. i Coach Rockne, In a gesture of respect to Larry "Moon" MuIHns, j fullback whose injured knee pro- vented htm from starting the con- test, sent the 'South Pasadena, j CaL, youth into the game on the kickoff for one play and then re placed him. It was Muillns last game for Ndtre Dame. Then the parade of the Rough- riders started again. Schwarts sifted through for a run of SO yards. An offside penalty put the ball on Troy's seven-yard line. One of those demoralizing later als, Schwarts to O'Connor, brought the touchdown. " That (Turn to page It, eoL 2) Spring, Fdl, AU ' ; Mixed; Imposing I List Flowers Out SILVERTOX, Dee. v. Silverton out-of-doors lovers have been reportlag for the past few days that they were rather perplexed as to whether they were enjoying spring or autumn. : Gold finches and meadow larks have been heard t ripe raspberries hare beea dis covered, and the following Imposing list of flowers are to be seen blooming la Sil verton gardens t Delphini um, - snapdragons, roses; alysawms, larkspur, Michael mas daisies, perennial phlox, gypsopbilla, violets, prim roses. i chrysanOirtnania, as- tera, fpettmlas.' sweet ' rocket, 'sweetf Williams-' and ' stocks, to" say nothing ef dandelions. ' SCHOOL DIMS DISCUSS IE XT BdiS Question Comes up at Last Minute of Annual Meet; I No Action A beated and lively discussion, precipitated by a last minute mo tion tbat the organization go on record as opposed to free text books, closed the annual meeting of Marlon county school officers held at the court house all day Saturday. Sixty! school board members attended. The association did not pass the motion, it 'being tabled Inde finitely. I However, ; discussion arising from the motion kept the officers nearly an ' hour longer than the closing time and brought : out some thoughtful Ideas both for and against free textbooks. ' Another matter! In which con siderable discussion was In dulged ; but in which no action was taken was high school trans portation. 1 In view of fact that legislature will be In session next month, the officers argued proposed changes to the present law, and It is probably these sug gestions will be thoroughly con sidered by the legislative com mittee appointed at -the meeting yesterday: J. W. Mayo, Stayton, chairman; John Marshall, Swe gle; and Charles Hottlnger, Sub limity. During ; the morning session, much Interest wss developed In the discission of school prob lems, and - particularly . school sanitation. Harry Sinks, county sanitary Inspector, was present to answer questions regarding any phase of his inspections to the schools. In the .afternoon, main talk was given by Warren Crabtree of Silverton, who spoke on the relation of the Smith Hughes program .to - rural schools. Crabtree emphasized the fact that the work helps en courage . t the farmer boy and girls to stay on the farm. All three officers of the-association were reelected for an other year: Grant Murphy of Stayton, president: John Mar-, shall of - Swegle. vice-president: and Mrs. .. Mary L. Fulkerson. county school superintendent. secretary. Mrs. Fulkerson declared this meeting to be the most success ful of alt annual sessions Hf school : officers. Bruenings Still Repulse Attacks Of (Oppositions BERLIN.! Dec (AP) Four times today the Bruen .' govern ment repulsed the vigorous attack of the opposition in the relchstag, and at the.end of the parliamen tary session stood clearly victor ious and still at the natlen't helm. With 40 Totes to spare It de feated a motion to, revoke th chancellor's decree of drastic fi nancial reforms. By a margin cf 35 Totes It f)ut down a no con fidence" motion." It won the edge of f S Totes on a proposal to table a motion of confidence ironically offered by the national socialists. Finally, at the end of a long day. It got a majority of It votes against a communist motion de manding revocation ef the emer gency decrees In force since last June. : i .. :. . Russian Plotters I Await Sentences MOSCOWi Dec -(AP) Eight engineers, confessed plot ters for. foreign Intervention In Russia and the overthrow of the Soviet union, tonight awaited the sentences of the supreme court which will mean to them either death or imprisonment. in err. HISTORY Early Blaze Gutters Walls of Concrete; Control Fails 3 Traihloatls of Pep 2 r Up in Smoke; Cov erage Partial . ' The most costly and one ef fnw most spectacular fires in the his tory of Salem swept the 170x170 foot Larmer warehouse early fiaU urday morning and left a loss, partly covered by insurance, which yesterday afternoon neared $050,000. The three-story and baseatent. reinforced concrete structure at North High and Liberty street was completely gutted by the flames and only a tottering south' wall and a portion of the front of the warehouse was left guard over the burning remnants late last night. I The cause of the fire Is as yet a mystery. Alblt Fox, foreman of Larmer' trucking squad, was-the first to the building at 0:30 a.m. yesterday. ' Through the base, windows he saw flames. Fox did not unlock the door of the ware house where his truck was stored but dashed to Dan Larmer's house to summon the fire depart ment. ........... i So fast did the blase sweep the basement of the huge ware house that all efforts of the fire department to check the flames were unsuccessful and after a few minutes, their work was confined to protecting nearby structures. Property destroyed by the fire Includes: The wsrehouse structure a 1100,000 reinforced concrete plant, a cording- to Larmer, who built the warehouse late ia 1137, Finished paper belonging to the Oregon Pulp and Paper com pany here and awaiting shipment, consisting of 11,000,000 pounds or three tratnloads valued at . $150,000. More than 0365 bales of bopg, of an average value of S3 3 a bale. a total of approximately $300,00. Twenty-six barrels of nesner- mint oil valued at $34,000. Hundreds of miscellaneoes groups of furniture and personal belongings whose owners, many of whom live In various parts of Oregon and the United States. cannot be fully known until re cords in the Larmer wareheute safe are recovered. Larmer esti mated yesterday that the value of this property was fully $150.0C. Miscellaneous goods held for storage, the value running from $10,000 to $25,000. The total destruction, from this summary, will run close to $050,000. Insurance was carried in vary ing degrees on the lost oronertr. Karl Heinleln, office manager of tne paper company here, said vir tually full coverage was carried on all the finished paper owned by his mill. While many grow ers owned the bops and the exact amount of insurance could not be determined yesterday, it was felt certain by growers such at T. A. Llvesley that th hop crop was well protected by Insurance. On the warehouse plant Itself. Larmer carried only $15,000. He estimated his lost yesterday at fully $85,000. - The amount of insurance plac- on the hundreds of outfits of fur niture and personal belongta?, all of which were stored on the third floor, eannot be readily as certained. Under the provisions crashed to earth prodded by tons ed, each owner assumed the lia bility for damage by fire. As the flames progressed, trap ped by the thick outer walls of reinforced concrete, they ate rav enously of the heavy timbers, posts and flooring which formed the three main stories and base-, ment of the building. The Intense heat soon melted the steel caps supporting the huge beams on -which the floors were laid. As these beams started to fall under their heavy load, they buckled. This ' Intense strain ' stoved out the concrete walls aa though they were paper and they crashed toe art a prodded by toas Lpf pressure from the falllas floors Only the south and a portion of the east walls stood and tte south wall last night was in im minent danger of collapse. It was tilted fully 15 degrees to the south and residents of the Vir ginia apartments, 20 feet from the warehouse, evacuated U property. Fire Chief Hutton sat J last night he had no assurance (Turn to page f, coL 1) . ...