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PLOPS HIIS Senate "Irreconcilables? Are FURTHER CLOiS Victims in Phoenix, Trunk Murder Mystery; Slqyer Not Yet Caught Alarmed by Old League Spectre Tin FOR I.i slaver seio:; I J 1.1 CAUSES . . - i it'TlCED HI )4. jr.- .Suggests it Would be Good Jhing if Some - Would ; - Quit; Favors cut - Jhree-Larie Thoroughfare Is Backed by Woodburn Community Club ; ; WOODBURN. ' Oct. 2 1 "The highway : engineers r represent a closed ' organisation in Oregon no man can get a Job. Jobs are filled and they stay filled. It -would be a blessed thing 11 four or five would quit and giro new blood a chance to work! Highway Commissioner C. K. Bpanldlng de clared before the Woodbnrn com munity eluo here tonignt. v Snanlding made the statement in branding as ridiculous ideas that redactions of higher salaries- of highway men would take leaders to other states. Four surround ing states pay their chief engin eers from $2,200 to $3,600 less than Oregon does, he said. The commissioner outlined his fire-year building project and cited instances with the highway department of what he termed useless expense of the public's money. Group Votes Support of . Three-Lane flan At conclusion of his talk, the DDroximately 100 men In the crowd voted unanimously to ap prove Spaulding'a original plan for a three-lane thoroughfare from Salem to New Era, and asked that importance of early comple tion of this be presented ; to the i other commissioners. ; ; "It would be a monstrosity and ; eye-sore if we put 10 feet ot con crete on one side of the pavement, but if that's what you want, I'll support it but only if you want it." Spaulding declared, referring to, engineers' proposal to amend his original plan to construct tire foot cement ' shoulders on each i ade of the present 20-foot width, i with non-skid in the center, Speaking of econ0mics, th, i commissioner said he Is sure there i Is .a surplus of engineers In . the-i " highway department He said sai i arles of the shop superintendent band his assistant are away , too 1 high, and that the assistant could carry the business on as well as the superintendent. He would make cuts in the S1S0 a month ! (Turn to page 2, col. 1) AID TO BUSINESS Change of weather, . business spurt that old experience of mer chants seemed to hold true yester day when the rainstorm came, for many people were seen In the shops.; One merchant at noon pre dicted his store would he empty of customers on the first day of the rain, while people were accus toming themselves to the weather change. ' And the weather for today? Un settled, rain, the weatherman said last night. At an early hour this morning the rain still was falling but In someVat diminished .quan i tlry, and the heavy winds had i abated. .. v . ! How much water poured out of the clouds yesterday could not be earned because the official weath er obserrer refused to go out In the storm to check her guage, hut those persons who were soaked by the; downpour will say the quan tity was by no means small. Qaon xiers ... ! ; FEARS NOW : HELD LA GRANDE, Ore., Oct., 21 (AP) Amos Helms, state police man, who was shot hy two ban dits here Sunday, passed a rest less night, and his condition today was less satisfactory, physicians aid. - 1 Keith Crosswhite, 19. and John Owens, 28, captured in the Blue mounUlns yesterday, signed con fessions that they shot Helms, police said. .7;. ;-.!; KlfBEZZLEMENT CHARGE, - PORTLAND, Ore., Oct, 21 (AP) Eight women and four men were chosen today as a Jury to 1 try Weber A. Hattrem, presi dent of the Municipal reserve and bond company, who was charged Jointly with the late William A. Tyler with larceny by embeirle ment of ir,826. ; Taking qf testimony will begin tomorrow. -f ..c - Tylernamed co-defendant with Hattrem la the secret indictment returned by the Multnomah coun ty grand Jury, was found shot to death in a boat on the Tualatin river last July. Authorities said he had killed himself. 1IOMR STUDY- OPTOSED I .EUGENE, Ore., Oct, 21 (AP) It la against the policy of the Pregon congress of parents and WEATHER K JT7 V r- - 1:1 Designing the United States acceptance of the invitation of the League oi Aauons (to participate In Its affair) as the first step towards irreconcunoies in toe senate, lea bj senator Bonn and Jonnsom, are girding on tbeir armor to fight any such move to the limit. Secre tary of State Stimson, on whom they place the responsibility for United States participation in league affairs, is the target! of much outspoken criticism as the result. Opponents of the league point out that the American electorate definitely repudiated membership for the United States. On the other hand, league adherents are Ju bilant, seeing in the more a t indication of the Wilson policy and regarding it as a preliminary step to full membershp. SCOHIB COUHT REWARDS NINETEEN Justice Campbell - Presides At Session, Tells of - Program's Values Before an aundience filling the eircuit court chamber In the coun ty courthouse, 17 Boy Scouts last night received promotions and awards. Judgo J. U. Campbell, as sociate -justice-of the state su preme court, presided and T. C. Roake served as clerk and master of ceremony. - j After the court procedure was concluded, the Judge addressed the boys and their parents. ; I feel I am honored to be able to preside- aver a bunch of boys juch as you are,' he said. After asking the scouts why they had taken up scouting, he told them, "The real reason you are scouts is that It will fit you for greater service as citizens and to your own community and families.' Adjuring the boys to have no fear of the courts and to drop the timidness they last night dis played, Judge Campbell reminded them that "if iyou are honest and square you can go into , any court unafraid, stand up to any man, knowing you are as good as he is." ' -M n - , ! ' Delegations of scouts were present, from Falls City, Dallas and West Salem. - The highest i award made was that of Life Scout,; to pnunp Himmell of, STerton troop zw. The requirements for achieving this honor are six montns- wmw (Turn, to page 2, col. 1) j Wounded Officer, Weaker , Ilatt'rem Jury Sworn in Salary Issue is Banned Ethelbert may be Slain teachers, in annual convention here, to take any action on the matter of reduction : of teachers salaries, Mrs. William T. Brlce, president, said today after reports were circulated that the matter might come before the. convention: Mrs. Charles E. Boe, national field secretary, in an address be fore 90 unit presidents today de clared home study for school chil dren under high school age was "legalized criminality. i j BY HUMANE SOCIETY j PORTLAND, Ore.; Oct. 21 (AP) Death to Ethelbert, Port land's visiting whale, was -recommended tonight: by the ( Oregon humanesociety, v -' v '-- ! - X resolution adopted by the society directors called upon the state of Oregon and United states engineers to "dispose" of. the whale in a "humane manner as soon as possible.; 1 v .". ' The action was taken upon tire advice of Byron B. Allison, form erly chief engineer for the Pact flc-American whaling estnpany. Ethelbert; Allison said, feas too small a throat to swallow the carp, salmon, bass and other fish in Columbia slough where he has m& bis home for the past ten Says. He said Ethelbert Is starv ing to death. . ' 1 3 J- - "J. v.. t 4 v deliberations on the Slno-Japanese full membership in the league, the DRIVER HELD JFTEB SMALL GIRL IS HIT Maxine - Miller i in Hospital Here, Injury Serious; Groshong Arrested Mazine Miller, 8, daughter of Mr. aud . Mrs. Walter Miller of Woodburn, was In a Salem hos pital last night with a broken right thigh, laceration about the face requiring 10 stitches, and bruises, as result of being struck by a car driven by a Salem man named Groshong. j The! accident occurred about three miles south of Woodburn, and according to witnesses the driver of j the ma chine was under: Influence of li quor. ' i : Marine, a pedestrian,' was thrown against the radiator of the car with such force as to leave Its imprint on her face. She hurtled clear over the ,hood and rolled off the back ot the machine. Groshong was taken in custody (Turn to page 2, col. 3) INCREASED RATE IS TO AFFECT LUMBER The Interstate Commerce com mission ruling, i which granted certain increases on commodities shipped by rail, but refused the proposed flat Increase of IS per cent sought by the railroads, af fects dumber, according to an' in terpretation placed on the order by C. M. Thomas, public utility commissioner. -.i1 . j j . i Thomas said lumber was the only Oregon product affected by the commission's ruling. Jj This increase, based on lumber inter state shipments, ;was SS a car load. The Increase on lumber waa Included in the conditionally approved surcharges. 1 - 1 X--. . Thomas declared that the indi vidual railroads also had tiled intrastate increase requests at the same time the Joint applica tion was made to the Interstate Commerce commission; I - i This case in Oregon has yet been set for hearing. ; not i Rumor Meier Is Worse Is Denied At Offices Here - -. - 1 ; . , Reports current In Salem yes terday that Governor Julius L. Meier hid suffered a serious re lapse In Portland this week were denied at the executive offices. The governor is suffering from a cold which followed a short visit in the lobby of the Benson hotel where he is confined, it was re ported at the c&pitoL ;As a re sult he has been continuously confined to bed for several daya but hi general condition is, re ported as quite satisfactory. - . Governor Meier late last week visited some friends for a short time on the first floor of the ho tel and the day,!, before attended a blrthdaju party, given! In honor of Mrs.: Meier. X K - JlSecYc V Krr j State v-. -i Fierce Battle Rages, :Says Mukden Report; League Worried About U. S. Feeling is That America is Not Backing Program I To Restore Peace - i TOKYO, Oct.. 21 (AP) New of fresh fighting in Manchuria reached Tokyo tonight Just as of- (AP)- Thomas A. Edison lay flclals were expressing hope that tonight in the darkness of a slm settlement Of the 8ino-Japanese pie grave in the shadow of a great dispute was near. i oak tree in Rosedale cemetery. Mukden djpatches said rein- rcements were rushed to Tiehl- forcements ing, 45 miles away, where a hard- fought battle between the Japan- ese garrison and, 2,000 previously defeated Chinese, soldiers had halted traffic oh the south Man- churian railway line. , Officials here felt Chinese ack- nowledgement of Japanese treaty rights in Manchuria and Chinese admission that Japan has a leg- itimate protest against the present antl-Japanese movement In China would do much to clear the way for opening direct negotiations. I I- GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 11. (AP) Shaken by doubt of i.rr ... i. --vux-uiTlie ixra is my shepherd . tie troops until her terms have been I nnA T mm tiiMinmotiAn and met, the council of the League of Nations faltered today in its ef - 9m.mm it.VII.L . - mimuiiBu. pence ueiween China and Japan. rengimigm was so complete tnai proposal to. adjourn the coun - cus special session for three weeks, without concrete action to arrest the Manchurian conflict. was debated. , ; Ohservers feared that the crisis, now five weeks old. would eontin- ue unchecked. The fate of the Vert ruary disarmament conference and the life of the leaeue itself vata declared to be hanging In the bal- ance because of the turn of events in Manchuria. Say America Net : Aiding la Demands i Council members maintained si- iin.a .v. , ahont th ai. v VUUVWUAUK UUIWltUUUBI (Turn o mm , t eoL iT' ' bondage, service Instead of serf H urn 10 page z, col. J) :- .nn.r.inn intM of eon- HOIS SENTEIUCEO TO M IN PDISOII DALLAS. "Oct. 21 Al Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to serve one year In the state penitentiary Wednesday morning in Judge Walker's circuit court here. Thomas . pleaded guilty to robbing Criders department store here last September. I Thomas was caught in Cleve land when he called for the sult- case in which he had shipped the stolen goods back east. Sheriff Hooker went to Ohio and brought; Thomas here to stand trial. He was taken to Salem Wednesday afternoon by Sheriff Hooker to! oe aressea m ai us penitentiary. 1 Chief of Police NeufeldtJast Mon-I day morning were out on . ball while the third still refused to tolV -Rnaa&ll TIaVa.I. mA V.! awv i.uv uicu iicBcm 11 l Schaeffer were bound over to the grand Jury on charges of posses- slon and transportation of liquor1 and possession of a gun. Both men! were taIcumcm! oA KaII. 1 Th third man s.rrAti h ma1ntAint hl I silence ever since his arrest and the authorities here are still try-I lng to identify him. The fact that Dr, W. C. Judd, whose wife Is sought in connection I wlth the trunk murder of Mrs. Ag-1 nes Leroi and Miss Helvig Samuel- son at Phoenix, was a patient in I the state hosnital here December I 27. ltlt to February 21. 120. waa revealed here yesterdav In a I A&rh of TinanftaJ rusnrdi : Ttr Judd was committed from Marion county and was listed a a drug addict. - ' ! Dr. Judd served with the United States forces overseas during the World war, and: his commitment to the hospital followed his return to Salem. Afer being released from rhm honit.i Tir inSA wane ti pn I ry county, whero he served as a physician for the Brookings Lum- ber company. Judd was graduated from the WUlatoetto university SafaeV:0! 2 r!t ? a Salem hos- pilf:. ; : r,', '' J. " :i Ieal physicians who .were ac- qualnted with Dr. Judd described him as a normal man, wUh many close friends 1 ! DEDICATE BUILDING KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.; Oct. 21 (AP) Klamath Falls' new szzu.uuw iBaerat ouuaing was I dedicated today. 1 1; l JUDD ONCE STATE HOSPITAL IliiTE Eulogy Describes Inventor As Humanity's Friend; J Funeral is Simnle West Orange Lights Dimmed By Coincidence Just At Hour Indicated i I By PRANK GERVASI 1 WEST ORANGE. N. J.. Oct. 21 K """ Vlt Se hlL Perfection P the Last tribute over his body was ! mm m. ! K ttm Almm'mrl-m I r wfcU. f- wnTh7 lifeS K many years "V-He is humanity's friend." was its end. ' , The grief and respect of. the nation were left to be expressed In an organized plan sponsored by President Hoover for extlngulsh- I lug for one minute at 10 pjn. I (E. 8. T.) the billions of incan-J descent electric light globes which light the nation's way because of Mr. Edison's genius. 7 The The Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Herbetf. former pastor of ' the the 23rd psalm. !the Ufe. he that belleveth in me. thouxh he die. vet shall he live." I " " . ' . 1 Dr. Herben prayed, m. ljewis iPerrv of Phillips Exeter academy (read the tribute, written oy at- 1 thur J. Palmer, old Edison asso- 1 elate I "He has led no armies into bat- I tie." Palmer had written. 'Ha I has conquered no countries. "He has enslaved no peoples. Yet, he wields a power the magnitude of I which no warrior ever dreamed. I "He commands a devotion more sweeping In scope, more world wide than any other living man devotion rooted deep in hu maTr'rratltuderBd untiaedey bias of race, color, religion , or politics. .. "This democratic, kindly, moa 1 est being has bestowed upon the . . 1 i numan race oiessmgs msieaa ui L quest." WEST ORANGE. N. J., Oct. 21 (API By dramatic ; coinci dence, the electric lights In the home town of Thomas A. kuisob were extinglushed tonight through power house trouble at the very hour they were to be aimmea ra his memoir. Precisely at T o'clock the time that acting Governor iWolber had originally set for the. obser vanceelectric lignis inrougnouT the large residential section flick ered out. ' B CURTIS WILL IE . 7v fJAT The Tulsa worm Vice-President Charles f Curtis will resign before Chrlstniaii to bACfllTIA dlfitatOr Of thO OH DU81- ' . ' . ness. Just as WiU Hays rules the movie industry, 11, tne American petroleum institute approves the plan at Its annual meeting next month. " ' '1 i The newsnaner terms It ue most ; important- story that over has been announced about tne oil industry if true." I " The World says its informa- tfnn ! in the effect nrices Of 1 crude oil will advance from' their I present 70 cent top to a top of 11.60 per barrel throughout the mid-continent area If the! move goes through. WASHDJGTON, Oct, 21 (AP); "Pure nonsense! was the way Vice-President Curtis to- night : described reports he in- tended to resign to go Into the oil business., j I have no idea where that re- Port originated," Curtis said. "There Is absolutely no fokinda- Moa to ll frir1 WmtYt Tnfiz T J iiU1 To Speak Before Fraternis Grdup Miss Betty Moffatt. the wii- who lamette' university freshman th -way from India to Slem to take up. her ollege ule8't wl?U,?v, Vi S-iAL? &,5ktaEAl8S. nllllUe ioncheon club speaker of the season, Miss Moffatt !i the rst woman ever to be invited to address Fraternis club members, The club men are anticipating learning many interesUng things about India, because Miss "jMof- fatt, the daughter of a Methodist missionary, has traveled In' many sections of that empire, and has been,. Introduced to the Mahatma GbandL -' famed 1 BC1 OIL CZAR sjsmss . "ywaj JW ' ' l : : . tv.t." N. . 1 - - i , 5 t J -7 - , " v v A " " v I I tfiam,i ' y ' , 2 v " - , ' " I 2 ' 1 , A . f , ,i - " " " '"' " ' A . i , , i . ' " ' ' J ' - ? J U Aft top, Mrs. Agnes Leroi, formerly a relative or a Salens family. Below, lfJas Hedvig Samuelsoa. They were victims of the strange tnok murder committed in Phoenix, Arizona, and discovered when the trunk was opened in Los Angeles, Mrs. Winnie Rath Jadd, suspected slayer, has not been caught and it is now believed she has committed suicide. Mrs. Condit Held Owner Of Farm A degree restoring a S2-acre farm near Stayton to Mrs. Emma Condit was handed down late yes terday in circuit court by Judge Gale S. Hill, thus settling extend ed litigation which was neara in court for three days in July. Plaintiffs In the ease were Mrs. Condit and Ross Condit, her hus band, both of Portland, 'and Charles L. Martin and Margaret Martin, defendants, both of Aums- TiUe. ' - " Judge' Hill " held ! that a . deed executed by Mr. Condit, June 30, 1228. to th defendants, was with out consideration and under the circumstances could not be consid ered a - trust. He returned the farm to Mrs. Condit as a mesne conveyance, leaving no title with the husband . ' . The court also granted the right of an accounting to Mrs. Condit for all returns on the farm since June 30, 1126. - ' In his findings of fact the judge held that charges of false repre sentations and fraud made by the plaintiffs against the Martins were unfounded in fact ' and de clared that ".these are not true." The decision ended a fire-year story In the lives of the four liti gants who first became Involved in controversy when the then 12-year-old daughter of the Martins was found to be cohabiting with C.rmAlt Th ItftAr. unci nf the Miss Agnes Imlah of Portland and in Litigation girl, Mrs. Condit and Mrs. Mar tin being sisters, fled the coun try but later was apprehended In Washington, extradited, and after trial, wis sentenced to the state penitentiary and after serving 18 montns was released. Prior o his flight he deeded his 53-aore f arm to the Martins, the latter . declaring they accepted it entirely Jin trust for the wife and without any extortion, the deeding being done at Condit's own sug gestion. yvV V: .: Condit later opened suit to re gain his i farm, holding it was ob tained by the pressure of the fact that the Martini' daughter had been injured by him. The court in its finding yesterday denied this charge. -, The Judge then ruled that the deed did not set up a trust and consequently the Martins could not continue to own and operate the farm! in behalf of Mr. Condit. r ATJTO CRASH FATAL MARSHFIELD, Ore.; Oct 21 CAP) Mrs. J. M. Zimmerman, of Marshfleldy was injured fatally in an automobile accident on the Co- quflle highway today. She died two hours later. Latest is of Hitch Hiker At .Merced; Suiclda . Theory Gaining Brother 1 Makes Mysteri Statement he may gel Word to Mrs. Judd SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. (AP) A woman answering -tJ description of Mrs. Winnie Rati Judd was given a ride from 23aa teca to Sacrmento yesterday try Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Anderson. f Merced, they reported to pollee here today. The Andersons, who are visit lng friends here, thought nothing of it until they had seen pictures of Mrs. Judd in the newspapers. Struck by the resemblance to the woman they had given a ride. hey reported to police immedi ately. . The woman sld she was en route to Placervllle from Los An geles and had previously lived id Phoenix Ariz. Police broadcast descriptions, on the automatic printer requesting her arrest. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 (AP) - The green eyed monster Jeal ousy In some former other root ed Itself in the two-state invest!- ' gatlon of the murders of Mrs. Agnes Le Rol and Miss Hedvig Samuelson whose bodies were die covered jammed In two trunks here and caused authorities to search for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, 26, physician's wife. . ' While scores of California and. Arizona police ran down I endlese clues which flooded headquarters In the frantic hunt for Mrs. Judd. 4 the best brains in detective forces sought to link together the queer chain of circumstances leading up to the killings. Throughout the investigation ran the theory of Illicit Intima cies. Authorities said this could have led to the double killings in which both women were slain in Phoenix and placed in trunks aud sent as baggage to Los Angeles. All three women . were employes ot a Phoenix medical clinic. Suicide Belief Held by Husband Growing belief that Mrs. Judd has killed herself was Indicated late today in police orders direct- ' lng patrol of beaches and a search ot nearby hills. I am afraid she has committed suicide," said her brother. "Wha else was there for her to do?" Dr. Judd has insisted from the first that his wife will never be found alive. Dr. Judd and McKlnnell tonight reiterated their public request that Mrs. Judd surrender, and the brother expressed belief that bo could communicate with his sis- terw . ; i SORGHUM NEWEST" stavtow in , STAYTON. Octi 21H. M. Crane, who lives Just west of the railroad station near West Stay ton, has established a new indoe try for West Stayton growers. Thirty-five years ago Crane livfd In Illinois and had experience growing sorghum cane and mak ing sorghum. This year he 'sent east for seed and planted one-half acre to sorg hum cane. It was sub-Irrigated, along with the rest of his garden. From this half acre, which he said was such ! poor ground that it wouldn't raise clover, he raised enough cane, to make 35 gallons of the finished sorghum. Some of the cane produced more Juice and -Just as much sorghum as does that grown in the east. The cane was not cultivated. He built a vat out In the open that will hold 40 gallon of , the Juice. Under this vat is kept s good fire. Jhe vat runs off fcbeut two gallon of sorghum a day, as It takes about seven hours to boil It down. The cane mill is set up out in the yard, on top of this is a sweep. to which is hitched a horse. The horse goes i around and around grinding the cane In the mllL Only three or four stocks can be fed at a time, so the process is rather slow. . All who have tasted the sorg hum, especially those "from back east" art most-enthusiastic about it, Crane says he could have sold 1000 gallons If he had had it. - Next year he will hare a larger vat, will grow more cans and will grind for others who plan to grew It. .J Merchant Marine Combine Effected ' SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21 (AP) A gigantic merchant ma rine combine of Paclflo and Atlan tic coast shipping companies was announced tonight by R. Stanley Dollar, vice president of the Dol lar Steamship Lines. 1 . The an nouncement followed recent con ference here between the Interests represented V