The Salvation Army's Drive te Falling Behind; The Need &
CIRCULATION
THE WEATHER
Cloudy, unsettled today.
Probably rains Thursday.
Normal temperature. West
and northwest winds.
Average
Daily nd Sundr,
Vsvmbsr, '30
7104
Net Paid, 0788
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EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 18, 1930
No, 228
RAID
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REVOLT QUIETS
001 IN SPAIN
DESPITE. BIOTS
Advisers - Have Hardrtime
Situation in Hand as i
Troops get Busy -; ;
Adversiers Have Hard Time
To Keep his Majesty
From Fighting
By CLARENCE DUBOSE
H MADRID. Dec. IT (AP)
,. Widespread strikes wfth half 'a
million men oat and' repeated
riots continued today in many
parts of Spain but the attempt to
" overthrow the monarchy' seemed
decisively crushed and Kins Al
fonso's crown appeared safe for
the moment.
The king himself continued to
dominate the situation, keeping
in constant touch with distant
cities by telephone and confer
- ring at length with his cabinet
ministers. His right hand man.
Premier Damaso Berenguer, was
put to bed with a severe case of
tonsilitls, but his doctors said he
would recover with a bit of rest.
- Throughout the - kingdom the
civil authorities had surrendered
their powers under martial law
and troops were in charge at
strategic points. The foreign le
gion came Into several cities.
The artillery held Barcelona,
four men were killed In a street
fight at Oviedo, and mobs clash
ed with the soldiers at Santan
der, Valencia, Alicante. Isla Crls
tlna. and. Huelva, where dock
workers refused to unload a fish
ing - smack and its - cargo was
thrown overboard, . there. ;v were
strikes also at Bilbao and San Se
bastlon, but - both - those towns
seemed to be calm with the army
in control.
uu An ruu; '
Prisoners la Theatres
The Jails are full and. batches
of prisoners have been locked up
even in the movie houses which
have had no audiences for days.
It was expected most of the pris
oners would be turned loose soon
and that leaders in the unsue
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8 Scouts Given
Promotions at
Court of Honor
Eight Boy Scouts 'were up for.
promotions at the regular montn
ly court of honor held last night
at the county courthouse, with
Justice Harry H. Belt presiding.
F. Douglas Hawley, former
scout executive, gave a talk on
scout procedure and how boys
should 'appear at the court of
honor. He declared he had nev
er visited a court of honor where
so little Interest was evidenced
by the parents, as in the one here.
About 90 persons were present
last night, including the 11 mem
bers of the scout troop at Mon
mouth. Awards were granted as fol
lows: Russell Freeman and Donald
Sumpter of troop 12, Salem, first
class awards; Ronald Asboe.
troop 20, Silverton. star scout
award; Russell Freeman and Gor
don Black of troop 12, Boy Bra
dy of troop 20, and Gerald Vin
ton and Jimmy Stevenson, troop
27. Dallas, all received one or
more merit badges.
Day inWashington
Ttv thm Associated Press)
Justice department an- 1
nounces supreme cours ap
peal ' would be taken from
New Jersey decision holding
18th amendment invalid.
Senate ' foreign relations
committee voted to defer
world court consideration
one year. ,
Senate refused to recede
from amendments in S 118,
OOO.OOO public works con
struction bin.
House agriculture com
mittee voted to cat in half
senate 960,000,000 drought
relief bill. "
Secretary Hyde said no
had not endorsed fOO.OOO,
000 proposal and $25,000,-
000 would be enough.
Senate interstate e o m-
merce committee approved
Frank F. aicNinch of North
Carolina for power commie
: eion. " '' "
Agriculture department
announced the value of prin
cipal crops this year at $6
274324,000, compared with
$8,674,420,000 last year.
' Cameron Morrison sworn
In as senator from North
Carolina.
1 Senate adjourned out of
respect to Senator Greene of
Vermont who died at St. Al
bans, Vt.
Leader Among
Spanish Rebels
J-
, .
. . i
Recent portrait of Major Ramon
Franco, Spanish air hero, who
made a trans-Atlantic flight
and who was recently impris
oned in Madrid for alleged se
ditions statements. He escaped
from prison and, with Captain
Galan, lead the revolt at Jaca,
Spain. v . -vV
JUD6E PONDERS ON
TO F
Decision Friday to Deter
mine Whether Mrs. Wood
Gets her own Child
Decision on the habeas corpus
proceedings over the six-months-old
Infant child held by Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Huettl and now sought
by its mother, Mrs. Fanny Wood,
will be given at 1:30 o'clock Fri
day afternoon by Judge""Gale S.
Hill, who sat on the case. .--
Arguments in the case, which
started Tuesday mornlpg. - -were
finished yesterday. At the con
clusion of the hearing,' Judge Hill
stated simply that he would have
to take the matter under advise
ment, and that no matter what
the decision, he would rather an
other would have to make it.
The baby was given to Mr. and
Mrs. Huettl shortly after birth.
According to the arguments set
forth yesterday by J. G. Heltxel
and Walter Fuhrer, representing
the Huettls, plaintiff agreed be
fore birth of the child that the
Huettls should adopt It. The de
fense stressed also the ' fact that
Mrs. Wood only recently took an
Interest in the child.
Speaking for Mrs. Wood, At
torney Martin Ferrey contended
that she was in great mental an
guish at the time of the child's
birth and for this reason did "not
care what became of the child. He
stressed also the parental right of
Mrs. Wood to the child, a fact
which the defense acknowledged
all the way through. -Adoption:
Said to Have
Been Once Agreed Upon
It was brought out that the
Huettls, about two months ago,
started action to adopt the child,
but that Mrs. Wood, then in
Drain, wrote that she would giro
her consent only on condition that
a clause be Inserted that the child
revert to . her in case anything
should happen to the foster par
ents. In event that the Judge's deci
sion is for the mother, the Huet
tls will be entitled to. whether
they ask for it or not, remunera
tion for care and keep of the In
fant. Pending the , verdict in the
case, the infant is remaining in
care of the foster parents.
GIVES IN TO HUNGER
WESTON, W. Va4 Dec. 17
(AP) Clarica Wilmoth, 19, end
ed an eight day "hunger strike"
today by eating noon and evening
meals at the Lewis county Jail
where she is a prisoner. The girl
was arrested on a fraudulent
check charge and is awaiting
grand Jury action.
Edison Lauds Prohibition
As Aid to Industrial Lite
NEWARK. N. J.. Dec. 17.
(AP) Thomas A. Edison, always
an advocate of prohibition, told,
the reason tor his support again
today in answer to six questions
prepared by James K. Shields, su
perintendent of the New Jersey
Anti-Saloon league.
. Prohibition, the Inventor said,
has helped the nation's industrial
and economic life "to a greater
extent than realized." -
In answering 'Decidedly yes."
to a question asking whether pro
hibition has improved the physi
cal condition of children, Edison
cited his personal experience as a
manufacturer. ,
"On pay days before prohibi
tion, he said, "hundreds of pale
faced women, - shabbily dressed,
some with faded shawls around
their heads, appeared at enr fac
tor at West Orange, They were
waiting to get some of their hus
AT COURT WILL
HOLDS CARSON
Mem'am's Disapproval Does
- - Not Compel Firing of
" Fruit Inspector
Original Recommendation is
Sufficient for Reten
tion, is Opinion
8. II. Van Trump, county fruit
inspector, holds his office at the
pleasure of the county court.
District Attorney John Carson
has ruled after studying the
facts in -connection with the re
cent attack upon Van Trump by
H. 9. Merriam, member of the
state board of horticulture who
has directed several criticisms at
the local Inspector's work in the
past few months.
Early this month the county
court received a letter from Mer
riam asserting that Van Trump
was not performing his duties In
the county, and that the court,
If it retains him, does so on its
own responsibility.
Merriam contended that the
inspector should be recommend
ed and certified to be competent
by the commissioner of the state
board of horticulture of the dis
trict, and that ho should hold
office at the pleasure of the
county court.
Upon receipt of the Merriam
letter. Van Trump declared au
thority of the state board ended
after the county court appointed
him in January, 1929, and that
his office continues as longes
the county court is willing.
The question was submitted to
the district attorney, who in his
decision given to the court late
yesterday afternoon held the
same view that Van Trump him
self had taken.
Carson held that refusal of
the ' district commissioner . to
longer recommend the Inspector
could not affect his reappoint
ment. Inasmuch as the commis
sioner recommended him at the
time of original appointment.
It' Is probable that the district
attorney's opinion will end the
matter, for the present at least,
as the county court had in the
past held consistently with Van
Trump and has offered no com
plaint of bis work.
One member of the court de
clared last night he had been so
busy lately with the registration
of unemployed that all other
matters had been virtually ex
cluded, and that he for one was
not prepared to make any defi
nite statement on the attitude
the court would take now.
STATE TIX LEVY IS
LESS UN IN 1929
The state tax levy for the year
1931, based on the .valuations
for the year 1930, will aggregate
$6,842,949.09, or approximately
141,000 lees than the tax levy
for 1930, based on the 1929 val
uations, according to an estimate
prepared here yesterday by the
state tax commission.
Included m the estimated tax
levy are the state tax, excluding
the two ! mill elementary school
tax, aggregating 14.592,627.91
and the elementary school tax of
32,250.321.18. Members of the
state tax commission emphasised
the statement that the elemen
tary school tax is not a state tax.
The advance estimate was made
by the commission so that coun
ty courts may proceed with the
work of making .their budgets
for the year 1931.
band's money before he got to a
saloon. Within a year after the
amendment, not a single woman
Evil Should
Be Fought by Women :
"The attitude of women, he
said, "should be in opposition to
the introduction of narcotics into
her home, which in many cases
changes a humane man into a
brute."
, Boys . and girls, Edison assert
ed,' are most likely to develop Into
useful citizens under control of
the liquor traffic; they certainly
cannot "develop on alcohol , and
other narcotics.
He favored retention . of ; the
18th amendment as "a blessing to
our American homes," and said:
"Enforcement la getting more
practical day by day. We now at
tack the large manufacturer right
In our midst Instead of men with
flasks and homo brews." ,
CITY'S BUDGET
ON FINAL VOTE
TONIGHT MEET
Some Sentiment for Cutting
Repair Fund to One
Mill In 1931
Paulus Claims $35,000 More
Than Amount Needed to
Keep up Streets
Salem's 1931 city budget, call
ing for an expenditure of approxi
mately 3406,000 during the com
ing year after the deduction of all
probable receipts, is up for final
passage tonight at the city coun
cil meeting. The levy proposed
is approximately 311,000 larger
than that of 1930; most of the
increase is provided for Increased
Interest on bonds or principal and
does not come under the limita
tion provision.
This week some sentiment has
developed that the city council
should use its sharp axe and whet
117.500 from the street repair
fund. Proponents of this meas
ure of economy say that this sin
gle cut would take a mill from
the cost of city government here!
They also urge that the two-mill
levy authorized for street repair
under the city charter, is a maxi
mum levy and need not be paid
out from year to year in the form
of repairs if the .repairs are not
needed.
In 1930, all of the 835,000 ap
propriated for street repair was
utilized together with a 32600
balance from the previous year.
However nearly $15,000 of the
fund went for the Improvement
-of one street; South Commercial;
from state street to the city lim
its.
Paulus, one of the members of
the budget committee, said yester
day that he still felt the one-mill
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ST. ALBANS. Vt,, Dec. 17.
(AP) Frank I. Greene, United
States senator from Vermont,
soldier and editor, died at a hos
pital here today. He had been op
erated on for a hernia Monday
but his recovery seemed assured
up until early this afternoon
when he went Into a gradual de
cline. He was 60 years old.
His wife and daughter were
at his side when he died.
Senator Greene, who had been
partly paralyzed since 1924 when
he was struck by a stray bullet
fired in a gun fight between
bootleggers and prohibition
agents in Washington, came here
Sunday from Washington to sub
mit to the operation. He was so
optimistic as to the outcome, his
two sons, Stuart of Boston, and
Captain Richard Greene of the
army, who is stationed at Fort
Sill, Okla., did not come here to
be with him.
On receiving word of their fa
ther's death both started for St.
Albans, the officer planning to
come most of the way by air
plane. Senator Greene rose to tne
heights from, a boyhood that
seemed to bold bo such possibil
ities. He was born here Febru
ary 10, 1870. His father was Les
ter Bruce Greene, for some time
secretary and treasurer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers. His illness forced the
son to sell papers, run errands
and do farm work after school
hours in order to aid in support
of the family.
Lads Fly North
To Secure Body
Of Dead Pilot
WHITE HORSE, Yukon, Dee.
1 1i (AP) Everett Wasson,
24 -year old hero of thS recent
rescue of Em II Kadlng and Rob
ert Marten, who were lost two
months after a forced landing
in a plane, flew back to the wild
upper Llard river country today
to recover the body of their
pilot, Captain E. J. A. Burke.
Burke died from exposure
about two weeks before Wasson
finally located his lost compan
ions, when they were too weak
to continue fighting - their way
through waist high snow and
were near starvation. The body
was .placed under a temporary
log grave.-,- ... .
Joe Walsh,", a prospector and
a mounted police sergeant : ac
companied Wasson. They expect
to return tomorrow with Burke's
body. : .
SENATOR GREENE.
VERMDiJT. GOES ON
Courtroom Where
On Charges of
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A scene in New York City court when the trial of former Jndge Ben B. lindsey, of Denver, Colo
opened. Magistrate August Dreyer is shown on the bench, with Arthur Garfield Hajree, counsel for
Lindsey. shown second from left, and Lindsey himself, fourth from left (arrow). . Lindsey was
charged with disorderly conduct during the Sunday services of Bishop William T. Manning at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine. ,
COINS JINGLE OUT
CHRISTMAS TUNES
"Good-Will" Kettles Fill
Rapidly to Help Feed
Unemployed
THE SALVATION ARMY
"GOOD-WILL" FUND
Previously reported .8&49.19
Willis Moore 2JM
J. O. Goltra 5.00
Lee M. Unmh ..... $2.00
John Jj. Rand B.OO
Street kettles, Decem-
ber 17 .. . . . . . . . . 29.S5
Total to date (503.04
More dimes, quarters and half-
dollar pieces Jingled into Salva
tion Army street kettles yesterday
than on any previous day In the
two weeks of "good-will" fund
campaign, except one Saturday, a
day of larger crowds downtown.
Tinkling Army bells seemed to
touch the hearts of passersby to
show the spirit of Christmas by
helping their unfortunate broth
ers.
With the 329.35 dropped In the
kettles and 314.50 other gifts, the
fund to help the worthy down-
and-out was swelled to a total of
3593.04.
That these moneys are used for
deserving persons was shown by
Ensign Williams last night, when
he told of helping one man, about
50 years old. to help himself and
get the groceries which he need
ed to tide him and his family over
until he could get a Job, promised
to him In a few days. Williams
had a room he wanted cleaned up.
The man willingly worked all day
washing windows, sweeping, and
sang as he went along. He was
tired when evening came but Wil
liams had obtained & supply of
groceries . for . him, so be , was
happy.
Much of the food the Army
gives to the needy is donated for
this purpose. :W. O. Fisher do
nated a sack of nuts and a quan
tity of prunes yesterday. Mon
arch grocery gave two boxes of
vegetables: Starr cannery, eight
cases of canned fruit, and Roth's
grocery, several cases of syrup.
vegetables and canned squash.
Other food supplies are purchased
at wholesale prices, that unem
ployed Salem people may not go
hungry this winter.
That Is the way the money giv
en the Army is being used.
Fizht Starts on
Fish Traps and
Legal Location
'. TACOMA, Dec. 17 (AP)
Controversy over the boundary
line between the states of Wash
ington and Oregon was re-opened
before Judge Edward E. Cush
man, in the federal district court
Wednesday, in a civil action
brought by Stuart Davis of Chi
nook, Pacific county, against the
Columbia River Packers asoscia-
tlon of Astoria.
The action concerns the opera
tion of two fishing traps in the
Columbia river east and south of
Sand Island. Davis, the owner of
one, contends that the traps are
in Washington and therefore the
Oregon company . has no ' legal
tight to maintain the rival. trap.
The ' defendants maintain . that
the traps are in Oregon that the
Washington fishermen should be
evicted.' :: V":
NEEDY GIVEN HELP
CAMDEN, Maine, Dee. 17 .
(AP) Mrs. Edward W.- Bok,
wealthy summer resident of Cam
den, has sent word here directing
employment be provided for any
man in town needing work, add
ing she , will pay their wages as
long as necessary. -
Lindsey Yesterday
Disorderly Action;
Coreftd, Reader!
This Story is a
Delicate Subject
DODGE CITY, Kan., Dec
17 (AP) The pretentions
home of Lee Lippman, Dodge
City merchant, houses a
problem.
It is a skunk living in the
attic, defying all diplomatic
efforts toward ejection and
calmly pilfering chickens
from the neighboring roosts.
Lippman hired Arthur
Fawver, carpenter, to in
vestigate the weird creak
ings and- rustlings heard
from the attic The skunk
eyed the carpenter over a
pile of chicken feathers.
"If you catch him," said
Fawver, who knows about
skunks, "you'll be a hermit
for a month. If you shoot
him you can't live In the
house for n year. If you
leave him alone there Is no
telling what may happen."
They tried to smoke out
the intruder with sulphur
candles. Poison bacon prov
ed no lure. Lippman la du
bious about how the animal
would behave In the throes
of death anyhow.
Carbide Factory
Explodes; Three
Killed in Blast
PARIS, Dec. 17 (AP) -Three
men were killed and 11 were se
verely injured today in an explo
sion in a carbide factory at Man
cioux, near Toulouse.
A hundred men were working
at the time of the blast but the
management was convinced most
of them escaped
- The explosion was confined to
a single workshop and the mater
ial damage was-slight. Thus the
factory can continue . operations
and no one will be thrown out of
employment.
A number of electric supplies
and telegraph wires were destroy
ed by the blast.
Lewises Victosy
Called Tragedy
4
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.-
(AP) Dr. R. L. Lyman of the
University of Chicago and presi
dent of the National Council of
English Teachers, told teachers
attending an Institute meeting
here today "it was one of tne
tragedies of the last few months
that the Nobel prise for literature
was given to Sinclair Lewis. Dr.
Lyman decried the award because
Lewis was a "portrayer of life s
ugliness.'
' By the Associated Press
ASTORIA Burglars Tuesday
night stole about 4 00 worth of
cigars and cigarettes from the lo
cal .warehouse of Lang and Co.
They had pried open a rear door..
ASTORIA Astoria Elks ' are
presenting a -slay, "Through the
Night," to raise money for their
Christmas relief fund. -
:
LA GRANDE FIto Inches Of
snow fell here Tuesday- night.
Farmers said . the snow was p
boon to spring: crops.
PENDLETON Forty men
were put to work on road pro
jects in this Tielnlty Wednesday.
The work is being done now to
relieve unemployment.
Found Freedom
Case Dismissed
LINDSEY FREE ON
T
Complaint Drawn Wrong
and no Person Appears
To Sign new one
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (AP)
Charges against former Judge
Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, grow
ing out of his demand for a
hearing during services In .the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
two Sundays ago, faded among
the shadows of legal technical!
ties today.
Magistrate August Dreyer, up
holding a demurrer of Arthur
Garfield Hays that the original
disorderly conduct complaint
against his client was defective,
ordered a new complaint drawn.
He called several times for
somebody to step forward and
sign It.
Nobody did.
Then after rebuking Lindsey
for the act, which the magistrate
said everybody knew about, he
slapped his bands on the bench
and announced: "This case is
closed." s
The magistrate who said ater
his rebuke was directed more at
the general public than at Lind
sey, told the former Judge:
"You are an Intelligent man.
You are a lawyer. You were a
Judge. You were not like an ig
norant man who didn't know his
rights. If anything was said
against you, you had your rem
edy. A church has the right to
hold Its services without Inter
ruption and w,e can't say things
we would like to say to them.
This ease should be a lesson to
any one going to a place of wor
ship, in New York."
Bishop William T. Manning of
New- York, whose prayer Judge
Lindsey Interrupted to answer a
sermon in which the bishop at
tacked him and his advocacy of
companionate marriage was not
in the courtroom. . -
Million Dollars
Is Bank "Swag"
LINCOLN. Neb., , Dec. 17.
(AP) Officials of the Lincoln
National Bank and Trust com
pany today announced that cash
and securities amounting to
more than a million dollars"
were obtained In the, robbery of
the bank September 17 by a gang
of holdup men. At the time of the
robbery officials refused to di
vulge the amount of loot.
HP
COUNTS
Burglars Steal -Cigars
Heayy Snows in La Grande
Medford Votes Bonds
- Road Workils Started
' MEDFORD By a count of 904
to 128 Medford ' voters Tuesday
authorized a 3265,000 bdnd issue
for the immediate construction of
a Junior high and grade school.
GRANTS PASS The first snow
of the season fell here Wednes
day. . .
ALBANY-The state highway
department Tuesday put air more
men to work wldening.the Pacific
highway north of Albany. - ..
PORTLAND The board of
county commissioners Wednes
day authorized a call for blda on
& 155,000 Improvement Job on
the Hawthorne bridge across the
Willamette river
220 CASE
LOT SEl
BY TRUCtC
Furniture, Christmas
Trees Mask Huge
Liquor Load
Capture it Largely one
Of Accident; men
Will not Talk
DALLAS. X)re., Dec. 17.
(AP) Two trucks, each
containing 110 cases of
bonded liquors, -were , seized,
by state traffic officers near
here today. Officers placed
the value of the liquor t
about $27,000.
The drivers of the trucks,
who gave their names as
Frank Anderson and Roy
Graham, both of Portland,
were arrested. Ownership
of theUrucks was not imme
diately determined.
W. J. Mulkey. Jr., traffic of
ficer, said he discovered the ftrtt
load of liquor largely by acci
dent. He saw a truck, apparent
ly loaded with furniture, which
did ' not bear a special llcene
and he stopped it to Investlcitte.
Under the furniture was a large
tarpaulin concealing the liquor.
J. C. Moore, road crew bom,
had seen. the Incident and when
a similar truck, loaded with
Christmas trees, passed he fol
lowed it In his car. At Rickreall
he notified officers who stopped
the truck. Under the Christmas
trees they found 110 cases of li
quor. Theory Advanced Tracks
Are From Coast 8 pot
The officers said the sacWd
liquor was wet and smelied of
sea water. They advanced the
theory It had been brought here
from the coast and had been
landed by means of a line lead
ing to a boat at sea.
Both drivers were lodged . lo-
here pending a preliminary ber-,
ing tomorrow. Neither of tfce
men would talk.
Officers said here that the li
quor would be held in the is
pending trial of the drivers. Tr-
two cars will be confiscated.
New Tariff on
Cherries Found
Vital, is View
CORVALLIS. Ore., Dec. 17.
(AP) The new tariff on cher
ries must be upheld In spite of
the attack being made agaics:
it, Gordon P. Boals, Junior econ
omist, said at the Oregon cherry
growers' conference here, today.
Boals presented figures to
show that the Imports of cher
ries last year amounted te al
most half the combined harvest
of Oregon and California.
Cherry Importers will present
arguments In Washington this,
week to hare the tariff modlfkd.
It 'was said.
O. E. Brooks, president of the
Salem cherry growers' associa
tion, presided at the closing
day's program.
Extradition for
O'Leary Granted
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 17 (AP)
Extradition of , R. L. O'Leary
from Los Angeles, to Marion coun
ty, Oregon, to face trial on charjr
of obtaining property under false
pretenses, was ordered here today
by Governor Young.
Deputy Sheriff Burkhart fcfci
already gone south to e!KTrt
O'Leary back here for trial. The
former Salem restaurant kerne r
took French leave in the fall cf
lt29 after running up a liberal
number of nnpaid bills.
MacDonald Has
Narrow Victory,
LONDON, Dec. 17:- (AP)
By the narrow majority of only
six votes, the smallest It hn
ever been accorded, Preair
MacDonald's ministry survived
division in the house of com
mons tonight. ' Its ' survival,
however, leads to almost as ct iv
ies! position as it it had been
defeated. ,