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PAG&TWO FIRES BII1D, I R SeVcn : Alarms Responded to In 13 Hours on Sunday; Losses Small:. Cold weather la blamed with the -increase In -the-, nnmber of -mall "fir a alarm turned : Into the local tiro department orer the ereek. end. Seven fires -rere at tended to .by the tire .department in less than. It honra. Bandar, The first tail cne at" 1:30 a. en. from. the Cottage Hotel. A ot store caused the fife- al though most of the ertfect was jfrom smoke. Tlremen expressed he opinion '. that a small: fire in that building would - cause it to be burned up before aid could be glren because of its tire hazard characteristics.- The largest fire of the day was at the corner of Columbia, - and front streets where the, barn op erated -by the i Nelson Brothers burned to the ground. Some stock "that, was in the building was -turned loose before ' the alarm was turned in. A quantity of teed and hay was destroyed by the fire. ' This was one of the few -fcsrns left inside Salem city-lim- tts. .". ' ; ,: 8mith and Welkins had a fire la their oil store that' Is used f or healing water for-washing cars. Practically no damage was done although 39 -gallons of-chemical and some water was used to ex tinguish the blaae.' The tire start ed at S o'clock The Terdiet given -by the firemen who fought the -fire was that the cause - ef the blaze was lack of proper care of the oil store. Other fires In Salem were chimney - fires caused by orer- - beating the smoke pipes due to the cold weather. Those that oc curred were as follows: 4 p. so., 1930, North Liberty street, 1398 fir street;' S p. in.. C5T Center -street; 7 p. m., 1458 Chemeketa -street. An automobile fire occurred at -noon, Monday at 2235 Fair ground road. Little damage was done. Tun mn n vm m J-IULU I IUII IIUI I Ui. OF eaiGiou, HER fCsBllanad (mm oamu t.) nnlatlc rlew of the universe root; -and-branch out or its nouser . Experiments just recently made on Pike's Peak that revealed the anAmAna amnHnaM A? esnstfA WAf a vu iuws u-a J va w we ssaev " vb -offered -in support of his theory by Dr. Slillikan. He said these proved that the tosmlc rays enter tier to indicate they hare not pass ed through any appreciable amount of matter on the way from their place of origin to the earth. - - This helps to profs, In Dr. Mil - Ilkan'a belief, that the cosmic rays cannot .originate even la the out er atmosphere that surrounds the stars, but must originate In space -so empty that they do not go through matter anywhere near as thick even as the earth's - atmos phere. ' Rabies Who Creep Like Animals Are. Discussed . Biuaies ol oaoies wno run aImh nn fun. lAn''itlrali(mll Instead of creeping-.were describ ed in an Interview by Dr. Ales Hrdllcks. anthropologist of the -Smunsonlaa institution at wasn- lngton. He has studied 600 cases of In ' fants. otherwise normal, who ran around rooms ana up ana aown ; etairfs-like animals on hands and feet, eonld climb easily and had a ' tendency to grasp objects in their months.: Sncn instincts ne saia were continuations of the past ex- suggest Its descent from animals vhn lired in trees. HEADLINES JMIfl - HOLLYWOOD. CaL. Dec 29. (AP) The motion picture career of-Charles Arthur "The Great" -Shirts bumped to a sudden halt today to allow its principal: time to get out of JalL And In getting into jail during ' the wee hours of the morning on charges of drunkenness and. car rying concealed weapons "What 'taman proved he was a show man, as ever. Desk Sergeant Gordon Towne - aald he was holding down the Hol lywood station when Shires wear ed In and began to regale him with a monologue: ' Town remarked: "Gwan home." Shires announced he would stay. his argument. Towne said, readied - a high crescendo of shouts, climaxed by: "I've got rights as a citizen, daren't-1. Try and Put me oat if I want to stay in thin hooaegow." Towne didn't. He took him to . saarise court, where he pleaded not gaiityto charges of drunken aesa and -was ordered to trial Wednesday. I Towne found Shires was equip ped with a -pair of brass knuckles, a felony la California. That mat ter was not so easily disposed of and Shires will be brought Into court later to plead to this charge, -meanwhile remaining In JalL Shires later said he went to the station to report he had been held up and ' robbed of ISO. Towne said if he came to the station to report a robbery, he apparently forgot It. Shires, former 'major ' league - ball player, boxer, et cetera, came to Hollywood to enter pictures. His first picture was in a boxing serial. His last one. to date, was behind the. bars with newspaper photographers doing the shooting. Too Late to Classify LOST lOS-lh. Back of sugar down town Monday night, fipreckels brand. TbU SSX, Um alorley. Reward. jinn shires in UNDER.EYEUD o 1 Here's M..ntitlns new In eye glasses that, are glasses la fact. They are notara; bat leases and fit lids. Bath Hart, California, Is amazing spectacle. Close up of the lower photo. From Cars Over Sunday Six complaints were made- to police) officers, . over the week-end In regard to goods stolen from ears throughout Salem. 'The most Important piece of larceny was the breaking of the rear window of the sedan -owned by George Wllking. Route 1; Turner, to ob tain . a red and green Indian robe. Wllking had his car park ed on South. High street. Groceries and -blankets and clothes seemed - to-be chiefly in demand. L B. Jones. Indepen dence, parked bls ear ia Holly wood and -had a ' light gray-blue striped blanket stolen. When Ben Brown, of Sublim ity, parked . near State and Church streets, a cap, a pair of pants, a flash-light and $6 worth of groceries -were' stolen. Other drivers who parked near State and Church streets were Pat Brown of Black Rock and Ray Powell, of Salem. Brown missed a blue cheeked and a plain gray robe, a taa overcoat and 94 In groceries. A thief stole a Boyce motometer from PowelL L. D. Adams. Rlekreall, park ed near State and Liberty streets, and lost a pair of new trousers, a pair of garters and 1 6 In grocer ies. . : , COURT SAYS GO TO BIG STEEL HUB CoatlaaS trom hi 11 counsel for -Sheet and Tube. At torneys "Lather Day - and Harry Crawford headed the opposition. Daring the trial, LeRoy A. Man chester, counsel for Sheet and Tabe, committed suicide, after suffering trom overwrought nerv es. The plaintiff, Myron C Wick, also died of paeumonia, brought on by strain, i While Judge Jenkins did not at tempt to settle all the points of the trial, his decision. 6000 words long, was an anequlrocating state ment that the merger was invalid. The Judge said the acts and conduct ot Sheet and Tuba direc tors made them "guilty of breach of conduct tantamount to fraud, his principal crttlclam of them was they, did ; not fully Inform . themselves of all factors In the deal, did not supply stockholders with essential Information, and acted with "nnseemlng precipita tion," NORTH nOWKLL. Dee. Word was received here rrlday from California ot the death ot Clarence Morgan, who had. llred practically all bis life in this community. aad whe . owns . the farm now occupied by the Hagan family. . - . - Until the first of the month ha J"r, .k tat kiAMream MkiWAka SVrliwI 'sou ay toMSit xnxn&izz Majiy Thefts G. r.l6L' DIES inciFonniA V Z"? kii ttm. MS i HmTf l I . -'I - " i 1 I i V" if T&a -SPECTACLES . i J i 1. HI 1 ' directly over-the eyes under the shown above demonstrating this new, style la glasses Is shown in had been Bring -with -his brother, VirgIL Then he left "for Californ ia, . where he worked - last year, and where an accident occurred, resulting in blood poison in the arm. He had driven south to re port for medical treatment as or deredIt Is understood that pneu monia, was -the cause of his. death and the body will be shipped to Salem for burial la the . family lot at llacleay. FREE TEXTS 0111 OKEY OF TEfiCB (Coatiaa4 froai 'eaga 1) trustees to represent the state at large; H. R. Qooid, - Eugene, re presents trre of district No. 2; Fred Peterson, Klamath Falls, re presentative ot district No. S; Austin Landreth. Pendleton, re presentative of district "No. 4. C. A. Howard, state superin tendent ot public Instruction, and H. R. Goold, city superintendent at Eugene, discussed the Oregon education plan. The plan seeks equalised educational opportun ities for all Oregon children, It would make possible the employ ment of a higher type of teachers and an Integrated and unified school system. Mother Drowns, Strangles Pair, Then Kills Self INDIANAPOLIS. Dee. 99 (AP) Mrs. Ruth Nicholas, St. wife of an Indianapolis attorney, killed her two children, drowning one - and strangling ' the other, then fired a -ballet into her head with an army, rerolrer' ending her own : life here today. 'The woman had been despondent. The body of the boy, Richard Al len Nicholas, two, was found In a crib, the clothing saturated with, water, a. tub. of water nearby. The girl, Virginia, was strangled with a toweL a3w-3w3w-3wX3w3w-XX3w3w3 GET ALL DRESSED UP HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO NEW YEAR'S EVE ATTEND OUR tlidnite Llatinee The Gal Event of tht New Yexr. A Bigger and Better Stage Chow. v A Premier Showing of THE TRUTH ABOUT TOUTsT . Favors and Soavenirs. . " . TUN FIT FOR A B3NGW - ;2 Reservationi Now $1.00 - n El s 'sub E&onnnii NOW A WACNEH EROS. THEATRE CGOrf STATZIAIV Satea" Oregon, Tao&ty KaccSa-. I HEiiLIH FOODS hit on cm TentativelBudgel w37,(XK); department of Health - Unit's new flamo will .face necessity orttlag out nMtuher of the staff. . The fact thar Mtos Agnei nameheiL nursing , superttsor. realgaed Jtar .neattida laat weak to accept aslortlar oae In Oatl fereta. lessened -the health valt badget problem to none aitent far no ona will b 'marv ta take her fUr Tlta 0n laUty ateaawUl take n A'Perttaa fit that loss of.sanpert ot tha Ctw moa wealth rusd. waiea iw Mr la airtaa ealr a,8t.l99 b. sidy reatpared U nsarl twt that sum la 183?. . i The execnxira eammiueaaisa diaeaesed somewhat taformaiiy last atsht the ids of cambist a the . posts of eoanty health otfl car And coaaty physician. The Uttar office was heM hr Dr. W. Carlton Smith ho passed away last week. . Walla the coaaty conrt has not considered ins matter, there has bean a lltua talk of patting the county physi cian datles in the hands ot the eonnty - department ot : health. As brought out bristly last night. 'there are good arguments both ways on this proposition. It would increase the duties or the county health force, already laden with. work. On the other hand. It would giro the health force greater opportunity to do preventive work among the poor of the county. The change would, probably mean addition ot another nurse to the staff. who would giro her time almost entirely to care of the Indigent. Definite knowledge - as - to what financial assistance the health department will hare tor 1931 -will be- settled within the next seven or 10 -days, after which. the. department -budget will be settled. ' . KESEI1I0 ITSliD SHANGHAI, Dec. 29 (AP) The Chinese- government today ordered -a military expedition to scatter or destroy the Mohamme dan army reported to hare mas sacred 34,000 or more-Chinese in a recent renewal or the-age-old. conflict of race and. religion. Starting-trom Tungkwan.west em sail head -in Shensi.the expe dition will march across, famine stricken Shenahl and Kansu pro-. rlnces In frigid weather and at tempt, to routo the -Moslem fan- tics in the mountains of north western Kansu . . The difficult campaign "is .expected to require months. Stories of fiendish, slaughter. percolating - through broken com munications, asserted the Mos lems had engaged la wholesale assassination for two months In the Isolated region, looting , and destroying, several towns after killing their Inhabitants. Twenty thousand persons were reported -killed- In one town, ev ery inhabitant being killed before tire swept through the place, con suming bodies piled high In the streets. : Government dispatches from Lanchow described the execution of 4,000 men. who were lined up against a wall and ahot in an other town. The women were carried off by the murderers, while children were left to htreese and starve. Appealing tor aid. the Lan chow officials' -said that unless troops were sent, the Moham medans would slsy every Chi nese of northwestern Kansu. . Horrible as It Is, the orgy of blood "has not reached the pro portions of the slaughter by Mo hammedans In 1929. In that year, at least 200,000 Chinese were reported massacred by Moslems who took advantage of civil war In China and attempted to tree themselves of Chinese domination ta Turkestan. ' 19 C03TVICTS ESCAPE MICHIGAN CITY, lad, Dec. 29 CAP) T weir e desperate convicts escaped trom their cells in the Indiana state penitentiary today, overpowered the guard and seized control of the cell block, but surrendered without a struggle to a large force of guards, city policemen and fire men. . t . . v . - H3 xyr DEFEND West Salem News WEST SALEil. Dec. 29 Ow inx to the absence of the pastor. Rer. U. A. Orores who is assisting- with, special meetings at the Vetnodlat eharsh -In Tnrneri the pulpit or Ford Memorial church H Was uuaa ouuu wui ui Rer. Axel Olsson.- His subject was 'Good News. Rer. ' Olsson, whoso homo is la Kansas is the guest ot his son J.K Olsson and family ot Klngwood Heigh ts. Misa Trula Grant tarnished piano numbers, and Misses Ruth Maers nd Itsba Clarke sang. -The - ersntng serrlce was In rherg a of the Man's Gospel: team at Oa Men's cotincn. , Taa male nuartst te composed of Fells WrtahL Hrrla atmmoaa. Fred lloso and P. roaiket sang snd )vffll mewberi ' f4t the team sate 14 talks. One darving setl Mntloe was the talk by tHa Thewaa, president of the Hearth League and principal ot the West Hatatt etiooia. HU topto was the trend of modern The Call Bj OLIVE M. DOAK WARXKRTl EUSIXORB Today Belle Bennett in "Lere Recaptured." Monday -Joe E. Brown In -Going Wild." Thnrsdey Conway Teatie la "The Truth About Wom en." WARNER'S CAPTTOIi Today Jjtm Ayrea in "The Doorway to Hell." Tuesday Lflran Tashman In "The MatrlmonUl Bed. TTuureday Al Jolson In "Big Boy. HOLLYWOOD Today Clara Bow in "Love Among the Million aires." Wednesday Nancy Carroll In "The Devil's Holiday:" Midnight show, beginning at 11:99 o'clock, dancing and singing. Friday Gary Cooper In "A Man From Wyoming. GRAND Today Joan Bennett in ''Maybe It's Lore." Wednesday George O'Brien in "Salute." Friday -.Double bill. Ted Lewis in Is Everybody Hap py?" and Rln Tin Tin In "The Man Hunter." . v Fanchon and Marco Is a "half MONMOUTH; Dec. 29 Young folk of Monmouth who are home for the holidays from their re spective teaching positions are: Miss Kayda Johnson trom Sum mit: Miss Myrtle Murphy of Blodgett; Melford Nelson of Hop Tille; Mrs. Hope Huntley of Hop- niie; miss Margaret McCr ae from Mountain Home; Wallace MeCrae of Vernonia; Miss Helen Btan- brough and Mrs. Lee payton from Coqulllet Mlas Mabel Johnson and Miss Edna 8eott, Portland high schools; Mrs. Velma Plerson and Miss Eugenia Somers from Mill Cltyt Leon Phillips from Bearer- ton; and Hia Haber from Rain rock. College students who are borne for their vacation are: Irving Swenson and Norman Roth from Oregon State college; Percy Rid- oeu, Fred Caier, oma OeUe Em mons and Olire Calef from the Unirerslty ot Oregon. iHOLLYWCOD ! Home of Tsfea Tontv T avf r-: - . llltii Green steals thl Pkturo but Clara stQ CQ&sssizsLQzsEt ALSO TAXJKXNO COMXDT CASTOOIf OOMZ9X 2CZWS SPECIAL Makev reservatbias now for the Hollywood's 1HD NIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE FROLIC All seats reserved 50c. V - Board wioom voinn HE, HOLIDAYS CecesatieT S3, times and the world's reaction to Its many problems and tempta tion. V Watch Night PaKy rianned . A watch sight pregram win be held Wednesday wrenteg In the church basement" under the aus pices of tht Men's council be tween the hours of 8 and 12. A Toller ball jrama wUl pass the early ereniag egranfng at 100I o'clock. A i devotional seme, nrorram. srames and refrsah- mants will -follow. Brerybodyi welcome. Mr. and Mrs. , E. K. Piaseskt spent Christmas- day- with rela tives In Salem. Christmas dinner guesta of Mr. and Mrs. Harry-Carter -were their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pf later of South. Salem. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jones and family were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Holland and fam ily and Mrs. Grant, all of Bend and Robert Cochran . of Hood. Hirer. Faculty members of the Ore gon Normal school wno sre spending their racstions out of town Include: -Miss Laura J. Tay lor who is at Tacoma; Mrs. Ardle Parker at Bearerton; J. F. San tee, who accompanied byi his fam ily ia risiting his parents in Wash ington; Mr. and Mrs. Barton De Loach who are in. Portland; Miss Blanche Radley at Bandon; Mrs. Ines Miller at G res ham; Miss Ed na Headrick at Salem; Miss Faith J. Kimball at Independence; Miss Phebe Butler ia Kansas City; Miss Dora Scheffsky at San Fran cisco; Miss Lucille Wall at her home in southern California: and Mrs. Edna Culrer and Misa Ka tharine Olday at Portland. Many family dinner parties were observed in Monmouth on Christmas day, some in the nature Of reunions. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Haber entertained Mr. and Mrs. Arle C. Hampton and daughter of Astoria; Mrs. C. Gunnv of Salem; Hia Huber of Ralnrock; Mrs. R. J. Hsmpton. and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nelson and daughter Betty Jane or Monmou,tn. Poor Old Prohi Cause rs Blamed For Wheat Drop CHICAGO. Dec 29. (AP) Prohibition received blame in some quarters today as being largely responsible for a fresh -colls pae that carried grain ral ues to new low records. July wheat tell to 114 cents a bush el, a bottom unreached in 34 years. There was a simultan eous all-around drop in corn to the lowest point since 192 H With the price breaks were .reports " that persistent down ward swings of grain ralues were . traceable to prohibition having shut oft a largo amount of business with Europe and having forced European coun tries to increase production of foodstuffs, with consequent les sened demand for American products. CANDY BILL BILLION CHICAGO, Dec 99 (AP) Uncle Sam's sweet tooth shows no sign of aching. Theodore F. Bunte, Chicago candy manufac turer, said today ' Americans now spend more than a billion dollars for sweets and eat .1,609,000,000 pounds annually. GRAND "ISAYDE rcr,oiLVEM WITH JOE E. BROWN Joan Bennett - James Hall The ELGIWOI1E NOW A Warner Bros. Theatre Xonll hold fast to your 1 oaU aad row aides when ' :. Jl ' ttooms to new beihu V et hilarity i the ir aaerrlest, dlsataat jr wbirilnt of sdea. 55 LAWRENTJ GRAT ' ' I . Ona Man son Laura ' -Walter Pideoa V Today Tomorrow . . ,1 snaW ' GREGORY TD . CfllL fiEo;i (Cathwd tram, ease i said. Indeed, has not modern physics thrown the purely mech was balked at one angle through court litigation he intended to proceed" trom another course, sooner or; later obtaining the plant. - The mayor-elect was Intro duced by Mayer . T. A. Llresley. The latter thanked the. chamber for Its pport during hia ad ministration and said he asked the same cooperation tor the In coming mayor. He urged the completion of the .sewer program, said he fa vored the construction In time for . sewage disposal system but aside from these capital outlay, the mayor said he saw no need tor Immediate addition to the city's . bonded debt. IA realty Gives Support To City Manager liaa He gare unqualified support to the adoption of a city man ager plan. He urged that any additional bridges, when and It built In Salem, should be of the typo of architeaturo and form ot construction of those recently erected. He pointed out that from the funds authorized for new bridges not only the author ised structures but also fire ad ditional bridges had been con structed. . Militant G.O. P. Wing Formed to Help Farmersr JAMESTOWN. N. D., Dec. 29 (AP) A new faction- of the re publican party in North Dakota, committed to a militant program on behalf of agriculture, was or ganized today at a meeting, at tended, by more than 300 politi cal leaders from all sections of the state. Known as the. ".progresslre," taction, it came into being pri marily for the announced purpose of making "plans to reliere the deplorable condition in agricul ture." A secondary purpose was to provide a common ground on NOW A WARNER pAANES BROS:prestnf Moid. cttdWs-didJ m m a, s DaU Your Swet&e tor the Monster A SUPER STAGE SHOW WITH 40 PEOPLE Music - Sonjr - Danco - Favors 'Stcrttfit Hew Year in Ccpitcl Style", TA New Ycar'a Day Brxna AL JOLSON ia "BIG EOY" which memos rs ef the non-parti san league, and the Independent Voters association, long bitter In their contest tor republican con trol could meet. 'O. "J. Sortie ef Buxton, a bro ther of tee late non-partisan league govern or, A. G. Sorlle was elected president. ' . . .. . ". Mormon Church To Quit Secular Education Field SALT LAKE CITY. Dee. 21 (AP) The date for its retire ment from the field of secular education was set today by the Latter Day Saints church as June, 1933. After that time said an an nouncement by-' Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, church commissioner ot education, only Brigham Toung unirerslty of Proro, Utah, and the Juarez Academy at Colonia, Juarez, Mexico, will be continued' under the auspices of the church. FAMILY DINNER FIXE AURORA, Dec. 29 Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Ottoway and family Oran, Hollis and Carma, attend ed a family dinner at the P. C. Ottoway home near' Sllvertoa Thursday. Sixteen were seated at the dinner table. Miss Boris Ottowar acconmanled tha Ottn. ways home for a week end visit. Sore Throat? I Don t Gargfe This Doctor's Prescription Gives Quicker, Better Relief t Don't suffer the pain and dis comfort of sore throat. Use a doctor's prescription called Thoz ine guaranteed to reliere with the rery- first swallow. Not a gargle but a pleasant tasting medicine which relieves the sore ness and goes direct to the inter nal cause. Thoxlne will relieve your sore throat or coughing quicker and better than anything you hare erer tried or your money will be refunded. Safe for the whole family. Ask for Thoxlne, ready for use In 38c, 60e, and I L00 bottles. Sold by e CAPITAL DRUG STORE and all other good drug stores' BROS. THEATRE Women looked him mJt "Whet m numP But hi wires what his tweothemrt Today and Wednesday When a man has too many wives, too many children and too many sweethearts, the .best thin; he can do is to lose his memory. Bat this harrassed husband discov ered that he couldn't solre his troubles by forgetting them. The women wouldn't let him! willed