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EIGHTY -THIRD YEAR,
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 29, 1933
No. 238
I
judge Refuses Temporary
; Injunction on Knox ,
Plan
Parties Agree to Expedite
Hearing and Appeal on
Liquor Law
After listening to arguments of
attorneys lnTthe action brought
by the city of Klamath Falls to
restrain the state liquor commis
sion and police officers from en
forcing the liquor control act,
Judge L. G. Lewelling yesterday
refused to gran-.-temporary re
straining order, Bending further
hearing on the ifcatter-. and, sub
mission of brieafS.AH --parties con
cerned joined in hope that speedy
action may be hadand Judge
Lewelling assuredVtbe lawyers he
would lay other work aside to
give the case consideration and
enable appeal to be made to the
supreme court for final determin
ation. He would not, he said, give
a perfunctory decision and mere
ly pass the case on upstairs; but
would make a decision after study
of the questions involved.
Elton Watkins of Portland rep
resented the city of Klamath Falls
and Jay Bowermah appeared for
the liquor commission in the ab
sence of George Neuner in Cali
fornia. Next Tuesday the case
may 1e brought up on the de
fendant's demurrer if the attor
neys are ready to proceed with
the argument.
The point which appeared to
influence Judge Lewelling against
issuing the temporary order was
the lack of control for territory
outside incorporated areas. When
Attorney Watkins said his action
was brought only for the Klam
ath Falls situation the Judge re
plied that any order would have
to be a general order, that he ,
could, not localize it -for Klamath
Falls. With reference to . danger
of the eommisslolfl lalftng the
state pending judicial determin
ation of the constitutionality, a
point raised by Watkins, Judge
Lewelling gave the opinion that
the commission was composed of
competent business men who
would proceed cautiously and not
Incur contracts which might re
sult in loss to the state.
The argument advanced by
Watkins was based on the alleged
unconstitutionality of the liquor
act under section 2, Article XI of
the constitution, which gave cities
exclusive control of liquor slaJes
within their areas. Klamath Falls
he said wanted to exercise that
control and license vendors for
sale of package goods and hotels
and restaurants for sale of liquors
by the glass. He contended the
situation there called for imme
diate local control to stop boot
legging and illicit sale.
Attorney Bowerman defended
the constitutionality . of the act,
but asserted the commission wai
anxious to have the question set
tled bo It might know what Its
powers were. Mr. Neuner. he said,
hoped to be back in time to take
part In the final argument;, but
Mr. Barry of the commission urg
ed pushing the case along. Neuner
is expected to return next week.
A small crowd gathered to hear
the argument and the Judge's rul
ing. The proceedings occupied an
hour and a half.
E
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.
The creation of a commission with
authority to extend the Tennessee
valley development Idea to other
river basins was proposed today
by Senator Dili (D., Wash.).
Calling attention to demands
for the development of the Missouri,-the
Columbia, the Arkan
sas and other rivers, he was draft
ing a bill to establish a single
board to handle them all.
He termed this a logical step
and said It would facilitate the use
of experience gained In one proj
ect in the development of others.
The rronn would be composed
of one member each' from the St.
Lawrence area, the Columbia river
basin, the Colorado riTtr and the
upper and lower Mississippi, un
der th commission would be an
Interdepartmental committee of
experts on the .various problems
Involved. -.
Th name rronn. Dill said, could
make & study of the feasibility and
practicability ; of the superpower
system which President Roosevelt
has suggested might be developed
by connecting all the nations
great power projects. .
MONROE DESCENDANT DIES
BALTIMORE. Dee. 28. Wi
Mrs. Hortense Monroe . Hardesty
Mclntyre, a great great grand
daughter of 'President 3 a m e s
Monroe died here today, one was
the widow of Congressman Wil
lam Watson Mclntyre. -
XTEND1VA
TO OTHER PRDJEGTS
WHEN FLOOD
Air view of a portion of Kelso which was covered with flood waters
are now receding and residents are returning with their possessions
similar flood in June. International Illustrated News Photo.
1 TM1MEI
PLtniEDFOR 1935
No Action Taken on Willam
ette Invitation for 'A'
Basketball Tournament
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28. (Jf)
A class B basketball champion
ship tournament for the smaller
high schools of the state will ' 3
held in 1935, officials of the Ore
gon State High School Athletic
association decided at their meet
ing here tonight. The class B
tournament will bo open to
schools with total registration of
150 students or less.
Th lareer tournament, held at
Willamette university of Salem
since its inception, will be known
as the class A tournament
Roy S.- Keene, coach at Wil
lamette university, extended to
the officials at their meeting here
tonight an invitation to hold the
class A tournament at Willamette
again this season. No decision on
the invitation was announced.
The introduction of a class B
tournament was made possible
through an amendment to the as
sociation's constitution adopted
tonight
Augend Constitution
The amendment, changing Arti
cle IV, Section 3, reads: "The
board of control shall conduct
each year an 'A and a 'B league
state inter-high school basketball
tournament.
"The 'A league tournament
shall be open to all high schools
who are members of the associa
tion in good standing; that have
an enrollment exceeding ISO stu
dents, the average daily attend
ance; and any school whose en
rollment is less may participate
provided they indicate their de
sire bafore November 1.
(Turn to page 5, col. 4)
Dr. Doney Praises
Woodrow Wilson
CARLISLE, Pa., Dec. 28 (&)
Dr. Carl G. Doney, president of
Willamette university, Salem,
Ore., speaking at the Rotary
club's observance of the 77th an
niversary of the birth of Presi
dent Wilson, said. "In years to
come Woodrow Wilson will be
thought of as an Isaiah or a
Moses, a man who made many
mistakes, but whose dream the
world will realize."
Name Mystery Woman
Master Mind of Spy Ring
PARIS, Dec. 28. (fPj Investi
gators' efforts to connect the
mysterious Mme. Lldia Tcbekaloff
Stahl, whom they described as
the master mind of an interna
tional spy ring, with a young
American couple and an alleged
espionage syndicate In Finland
met firm denials today from the
middle-aged Russian woman.
An examination by. Magistrate
Genon of Mme. Stahl, who studied
in Columbia university and The
Sorbonne. and of Professional
Louis Martin, a translator la the
marine ministry, failed to 'estab
lish a link, police said, .between
them and Mr. and Mr..' Robert
Gordon Swlta of New Jeraeyatso
held on espionage charges. - i
r Martin's bank strong box was
opened in his presence today. It
was said by police to have been
rented for him by Ingrid Bostrom,
Mme. Stahl's friend, before she
left Paris la 1927 with police
trailing her.
(In Helsingfors it was said
Miss Bostrom left Finland in 1922
with Mme. Stahl and that she had
lived in the United States the last
four years.)
Martin's bank box contained
90,000 Cranes (currently about
' 25,400) S100 In American curren
WATERS INUNDATED KELSO
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Economy Strikes
Pope's Workers
At Vatican City
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 28.
Pope Pius extended hi3 economy
program today to workmen em
ployed on Vatican City construc
tion and repair Jobs.
More thin 600 who had been
on the payroll during the last
year were discharged.
This was in addition to the can
cellation of contracts with skilled
artisans, announced December 15,
and an order for a ten to fifteen
per cent cut in the salaries of
prelates and civilian officials of
the church in Rome and Vatican
City.
In connection with the pope's
order it wa3 explained that the
amount of work in Immediate
prospect did not Justify the reten
tion of such large forces.
WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. 28. (JP)
Russell Owen, airplane pilot in
jured when his ship crashed at Os
burn, near here yesterday, was re
ported at a hospital to be .defi
nitely recovering tonight.
His passenger, E. J. Murphy of
Kellogg, succumbed to his injur
ies at the same hospital late last
night.
Owen, a veteran airmail flyer,
was conscious tonight, and talked
to nurses and others at the hos
pital. He asked for and was given
several cigarets today. It had not
been determined whether his skull
was fractured. He was suffering
from concussion, a broken nose
and a lacerated ear.
Owen was one of a group of
pilots who volunteered to main
tain air communication with this
region when it was isolated by
floods. It was believed by airmen
ice formed on the wings of his
ship, causing it to sideslip as he
was banking preparatory to lana
ing on the Osburn field.
GAS CTJT IN EAST
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. JP) A
reduction of one half cent in the
per gallon price of gasoline, ef
fective January 1. was announ
ced tonight by the Standard Oil
Company of New York and the
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey and affiliated companies
The reduction was attributed to
a cut in the federal tax.
cy, and some silver and women's
Jewels. He said the money was
saved from his annual salary of
50,000 francs ($3,000) and a re
cent 'bonus of 25,000 francs and
that his chief expense were
books.
Police investigators contend
Mme.' Stahl obtained secret in
formation from Martin.
HELSINGFORS, Finland. Dec.
28, (JP) What officials called a
conspiracy to poison Flnnisn mil
Itarr technicians, one of whom
3kdr. was linked by government
authorities today when an alleg
wd.'STjv line in connection with
which two Americans were arrest-
4 last fall.
-'The body of Lieut Col. Frits
Walter Asplund, director of the
state munitions works until nis
sudden death last April, was or
dered exhumed in the belief he
was murdered.
A. A. -Oksala, minister of na
tional defense, announced defin
itely that Asplund had been pois
oned. that attempts had been
made on the .lives of three lm
portant men in the army's tech
nical works. Engineer Mantsas
Bureau Chief Tera, and Engineer
Ax. He ordered an investigation.
HURT AVIATOR
IS RECOVERING
1 !
from overflowing rivers. Waters
to their homes which suffered a
C01B HIS
U1RHIT1
Reports Russian Crop Un
precedented; Outlines
1934 Program
MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (JP) The
United States recognition of Rus
sia was listed as the outstanding
success of the soviet policy in
1933 by Vyacheslaff Molotoff,
president of the council of com
missars, tonight at the opening
meeting of the all-union central
executive committee, the soviet
parliament.
He elicited prolonged cheers
whenever he mentioned the name
of Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian
foreign commissar who engaged
in recognition negotiations with
President Roosevelt.
Molotoff warned the 800 renre-
sentatives from all parts of the
soviet union that the danger of
war was never more threatening
than now and declared that Soviet
Russia was invincible.
The president sharply criticized
circles in both of the latter coun
tries which, he said, fostered hos
tile feelings and projects toward
the soviet government.
In this connection he made a
friendly gesture toward the
League of Nations unusual for a
soviet statesman when he assert
ed that the league "played a pos
itive role ' inasmuch as it served
as a brake on the warlike attitude
of Japan and Germany.
The soviet attitude toward Ger
many and Japan is unchanged and
peaceful, however, Molotoff con
tinued, although Japanese ele-
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
SEEK TO STIMULATE
FS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (JP)
President Roosevelt discussed the
creation of a government export
agency today with state depart
ment and agriculture officials.
George N. Peek, head of the
temporary foreign trade corpora
tion, outlined his recommenda
tions for a permanent organiza
tion to stimulate American sales
abroad.
No conclusions were announced
after the meetings but Peek and
the government officials indicat
ed they were confident of arrang
ing a permanent set-up.
Shortly before the conferences.
Senator Norris (R-Neb.) suggest
ed that full benefits from recogni
tion of Russia through increased
trade interchange of farm and
factory products might be gained
by setting up a private corporation
with government financial assis
tance to buy and sell domestic
supplies abroad either on a cash
or credit basis.
-PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (JP)
D. C. Henny of Portland was chos
en, chairman of the Bonneville
commission at its first meeting
here today. The commission was
created by the recent legislative
special session to study angles of
power development on the Colum
bla river when the 131,000,000
dam is constructed at Bonneville.
The commission Indicated to
day it will devote its efforts large
ly to insuring low electricity rates
to future users. -
Amedee M. Smith, -president
of the Portland chamber of com
merce, was- chosen vice-president.
and Representative Lewis, also of
Portland, was named secretary.
The commission constats of sev
en members.
EMIT
MAKE H READ
OF COMMISSION
H ERR OLD GETS
ATISTSAl!
Will Widen and Pave Dallas
Road to Brunk's
Corners
Hold Up Award for Grading
Of Mill City-Gates
Section
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 28 (JP)
Highway and bridge contracts
aggregating nearly $500,000 were
awarded by the state highway
commission at its meeting here
today.
Tomorrow the commission will
meet again and it is expected
additional contrr.ets will be
awarded in an almost equal
amount with funds supplied by
the federal government.
The largest contract went to
L. O. Herrold of Salem, that for
the hard surfacing of the Brunk's
corner-West oalem section of the
Salem-Dallas highway. Herrold's
bid was $133,156.50.
A. C. Enright of Eugene, bid
ding $14,842.50, was awarded
the contract to pave the Gregg
Ranch-Cottage Grove section of
the Pacific highway.
Other awards Included:
J. C. Compton, McMinnville,
widening and paving Washing
ton county line-Bertha section of
the Fertba-Beaverton highway,
$69,867.
Pr.iker Schramm company,
Portland, construction of bridges
over Rickreall etk and Oak
Point creek on the Independence
secondary highway near Indepen
dence, $15,482.60.
Johnson & Pearce, Portland,
subject to Sou hern Pacific ap
proval, construction for a Neha
lem secondary highway overhead
crossing near Buxton, $9,070.
United Contracting company,
Portland, paving 20 Teet wide the
Corvallis secti.n of the Corvallis
Newport highway, $16,364.
Sig Ash, Medlord, construction
of the south fork Alsea river
(Turn to page 2, coL 1)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec.
28. (JP) Colonel Francis Riggs,
chief of the insular police, called
out 200 reserves this afternoon
to stop what he called the anarchy
of an Island - wide strike against
gasoline prices as a result of
which most traffic was at a
standstill.
Drivers of public vehicles quit
at noon. Shortly afterwards street
cars ceased functioning. When
busses stopped many hundreds of
persons were stranded downtown,
without a way of getting borne
Many stores" in San Juan the
last city to feel the consumers'
protest against 25-cent-a-gallon
gasoline, failed to reopen after
closing at noon.
One hundred fifty tourists,
most of them teachers from New
Jersey and New York, were almost
caught in the paralyzing tie-up.
They arrived on the S. S. Coamo.
of the New York - Puetro Rico
line and were seeing the sights
when, shortly before noon, they
were rushed back to the vessel
and told by taxi drivers they could
use the vehicles no longer.
Those cars that braved the
strike orders were stopped. The
track of Angel Rauos, publisher
of the newspaper El Mundo, was
set upon by strikers and damaged.
F
ASTORIA, Ore.. Dec. 28 UP
About 60 tons of cargo was re
moved from the steam freighter
Charles L. Wheeler Jr., stranded
on Sand island, near the mouth of
the Columbia river.
The ship was driven ashore Dec.
17 by the terrific gale which
lashed the north Pacific coastline.
A rising wind this afternoon
halted the work of lightering the
cargo. This work will be resumed
as soon as the weather moderates.
Captain Charles E. Larson, north
west operating manager of the
McCormlck line, operators of the
Wheeler, said there Is no ques
tion but that the ship will be re
moved safely. "It will take a lit
tle time," he said, "but she is not
being hurt any, and will come off
in good condition."
TAKE RATE CENSUS
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. (JP)
Representative Rankin (D.-Mlss.)
announced today arrangement had
been made tor taking a census of
electric light and power rates
throughout the United States.
FLOOD IN JBKAZHi
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28. (JP)
Twelve were known dead today
in a flood at Catagnazes, state of
Minas Geraes. The river Pomba,
also flooded the town of Pomba in
the state of Rio d Janeiro.
ISMEBS STRIKE
1ER GAS PRICES
n
m
BOM FREIGHTER
Pray Fixes
Deadline on
1933 Plates
' Midnight Sunday will be dead
line 'for 1933 license auto opera
tors, Charles P. Pray, state super
intendent of police, announced
late yesterday. Pray said he had
ordred all his men to enforce the
law strictly- and to allow no antos
without licenses on the highway
after December 31. County and
municipal officers will be asked
to cooperate. Only two days
today and Saturday remain for
motorists to obtain their plates.
E
MP AT NEW DEAL
Westerners Criticize NRA;
Easterners Condemn
Money Policy
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 28. (JP)
A score of the west's leading
economists enjoyed themselves to
day criticizing the NRA. .
With few exceptions, speakers
at the Pacific coast economic
conference assailed the principles
of the national recovery act, the
codes of fair competition and
their provisions for improving
business. Then, at the end of the
day, mild-mannered S h I r 1 Bla
lock, regional NRA compliance di
rector, arose and observed mildly:
"The national recovery act is
a growing thing, not an abstract
proposition. It was only six pages
long, but In six months it has j
caused the country to make tre
mendous strides toward recovery,
and it hasn't stopped developing
yet. There are some parts of it
nobody likes, and I think they
will be changed, as it's an ex
periment. The fact tLat you gen
tlemen have criticized it shows
it has compelled you to think
about it, and that is the place
of the economist in the NRA
to influence public thought on
these problems."
Greele Claims Benefit
Col. W. B. Greeley, manager
of the. West Coast Lumbermen's
association, who helped write the
lumber code, had said the NRA
benefitted his industry immense-
TJTwven though if had such flaws
as helping the inefficient firms
by curbing the opportunities of
the mere efficient ones.
Critics included:
Prof. M. D. Ketchum, Utah
State college: "We cannot get
rich by cutting down production."
Joseph Dennery, University of
Washington: "The consumer is
the forgotten man in the NRA."
Reed Man Tosses Cats
Blair Stewart, Reed college,
Portland, aad J. B. Canning,
Stanford university, besides toss
ing cats to the NRA dropped a
couple into the laps of the econ
omists. "Maybe none of us know what
we are talking about," said Cann
(Turn to page 2, col. 8)
REPEAL OF LAWS
Salem local No. 1 of the Truck
Owners' and Farmers' Protective
association voted almost unani
mously last night to back and
help circulate initiative petitions
first put out by the motor ve
hicle council of Portland for re
peal of the state bus and. truck
law as it stands amended by the
special session legislature.
It was also voted that the pe
titions should be held with the
various county clerks until all
were ready to be filed with the
secretary of state to prevent their
theft. Sponsors of the petitions
have nntil January 16 to obtain
the required number of signa
tures.
The local went on record
against proposals to sell gasoline
and Insurance to truck operators
on a co-operative basis.
W. P. Brown was elected presl
dent of the local, succeeding Earl
Chappell; William Sodaman, vice-
president; R. E. Simmons, record
ing secretary, re-elected; Tom
Wood, financial secretary; E. D.
Smith, treasurer, re-elected; Sam
Smith, Guy Hickman and Earl
Chappell, trustees. ,
The local voted to condemn the
action of the Commercial Truck
Owners association for Including
the name "Truck Owners' and
Farmers' Protective association,
in Its articles of incorporation.
Operate Today
On Texas Babe
BALTIMORE. Dec. 28. UP)
A brain .operation which hospit
al attaches described as "rery
dangerous" was scheduled for
five months old Sue Trammell,
the baby flown here from Hous
ton, Tex. It will be performed
they said, "sometime tomorrow
morning.
By the operation Dr. Walter E
Dandy, brain surgean, hopes to
cure the hydro - cephalus, or wat
er' on the brain, from which the
baby Is suffering.
Another child of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. .Trammell, Sue's parents,
died of the same disease several
months ago.
TRUCKERS
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President Outlines
-: -FiDrymv efsal Peace
" o ' :
Mrs. Wilson Hears
Roosevelt Speak at
Birthday Dinner
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. (JP)
Seated at the right side of Presi
dent Roosevelt;-- Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson listened tonight to the na
tion's chief executive speak in
memory of her husband.
National leaders had gathered
900 strong to observe the birth
day anniversary of the war presi
dent. Mrs. Wilson was greeted Inter
mittently through the program by
women whose husbands also have
stood in the front ranks of the
nation's leaders.
At several tables throughout
the room were seaetd members
of four families whose names
brought up vividly the days of
the Wilson administration: The
Sayres, the Wilsons and the
Woodrows related to the former
president, and the Boilings, to
which family Mrs. Wilson be
longs. The appearance of Mrs. Wilson
at the banquet, is one of her very
Infrequent public appearances
since the death of her husband.
SAT SESSION SHORT
Rainey Predicts Harmonious
Session; Business Re
ported "Fine"
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. (JP)
Congressional leaders today de
clared themselves against recovery-tinkering
efforts and prom
ised President' Roosevelt 1 a short,
business-like Session devoted al
most exclusively to enactment of
the necessary budget measures.
- As this well defined adminis
tration program emerged. Pres
ident Roosevelt neared a conclu
sion of his round-up of the na
tional situation which brought a
report from government fiscal
aides of a "fine" banking outlook.
WInthrop Aid rich, chairman of
the Chase National bank, joined
in the White House business re
view and said conditions were
'gradually improving."
Speaker Rainey sounded a key
note of "short, harmonious and
constructive" for the congression
al session opening next week. He
made his prediction at the White
House after a talk with the pres
ident. We are going to have a very
m p o r t a n t session," said the
peaker,."but it will be a work-
lng one rather than dramatic. We
will pass the supply bills, the tax
(Turn to page 2, col. 4
VIC MEYERS FLIPS
COIN TO DECIDE
DT.VMPTA ixraafi tw a
The long awaited battle In the
house over liquor control legis
lation is set to start tomorrow.
Plans were laid tonight by the
rules committee to wrench the
Steele liquor bill from the house
liquor committee and force ac
tion on the measure Immediately.
The 33 members of the liquor
control body saw tho handwriting
on the wall today when the sen
ate went on "strike" against con
sidering any more bills nntil the
house begins work on the liqnor
bill, and the lower chamber voted
to hold an evening session, cutting
off further meetings of the com
mittee,
A flip of a coin started an open
break between the two houses
when the senate used this method
to decide whether it should work
thls afternoon. A tie rote on a
motion to recess only long enough
for lunch pnt Lieutenant Gover -
nor Victor A. Meyers In a position
to cast the deciding vote and he
suggested flipping a coin.
Heads we recess nntil after-
noon, tails We adjourn until to -
morrow," be said.
The coin dropped "tails" and
CONGRESS LEADERS
the senate qnit until tomorrow, and Rico and Ortega were wound
leaving the house to labor during ed.
the afternoon and evening. Ortega's right eye was shot at
r T-"" ""
LOW FreSSUre , .
rnr , n
i nreatens Kain
SEATTLE, Dec. 28. UP) Storm
warnings were flying along the
Oregon and Wajhigton coasts to-
night as a new low pressure area
was hovering, off shore, promis-
Ing more rain at the year's end.
In the wake of last week's severe
storms.
Tonight the year's rainfall here
stood at 44.20 inches, within
nearly an inch and a half of the
all - time record for 1902, of
45.78 inches. 4
Entry Into League Not
Planner!, He Tells
At Wilton Dinner
Opposes Armed Inter
vention Into Affairs
Of Another Nation
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. (JP)
President Roose7elt said tonight
that this country did not contem
plate becoming a member of the.
league of nations and that as a
definite policy the United States
would be opposed to armed inter
vention in the affairs of another,
nation.
Speaking at the observance of
the 77 th birth anniversary of
Woodrow Wilson, the author of
the league of nations and the man
under whose sponsorship be en
tered the national political arena,
Mr. Roosevelt offered instead of
the league bis own three point
program for world peace.
His address was broadcast over
a nation - wide radio hookup.
While he rejected the idea of
United States membership in the
league, Mr. Roosevelt praised its
work.
"The league of nations," fie
said, "encouraging as it does the
extension oi non - aggression
pacts, of reduction of armament
agreements, is a prop in the world
peace structure."
Admirers Miss Point
Mr. Roosevelt's statement that
"we do not contemplate member
ship in the league" apparently
passed the audience of Wilson's
admirers unnoticed in their en
thusiasm for bis endorsement of
the war president's principles.
The first surge of applause
came with Mr. Roosevelt's dec
laration against armed interven
tion. '
Sitting in soldierly fashion just
down the table from Mr. Roose
velt was the commander of Am
erican expeditionary force that
went overseas under the direc
tion of Wilson, General John J.
Pershing.
The ambassador to Japan dur
ing Wilson's administration, Ro
land S. Morris of Philadelphia,
president of the Woodrow Wilson
foundation, introduced the presi
dent, calling attention to the fact
that Mr. Roosevelt was the foun
dation's first president.
President Wilson's "gallant ap
peal' 'to banish future wars, Mr.
Roosevelt said, "meant little to
the imagination or the hearts of
a large number of the so - eaJJed
statesmen" gathered in Paris for
the peace pact of 1919.
I saw that with by own. eve
and heard it with my own ear.
Mr. Roosevelt said referring to
hia work abroad as an assistant
secretary of the navy during the
war and post - war days.
League Handicapped From Start
"Political profit, personal pres
tige, national aggrandisement at
tended the birth of the. league ef
nations and handicapped "It from
its infancy by seeking their own
profit and their own safety firsts
We are not members and we
do not contemplate membership."
he said.
presiaeni, in outlining ns
own thre po1f,lts1. f" nnj7erMl
peace, said be had told ' every
nation in the world j something
to this effect: t
1. Let every nation agree
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EL PASO, Tex., Dec 2t. (JP)
Murder charges were tiled to-
day against Ramon Rico and
Fidel Ortega before Justice ef the
Peace M. V. Ward for the killing
last night of Immigration Patrol-
man Bet G. Walthall, 34, in a
Snn fight in South El Paso, with
I alleged liquor smugglers.
OEM S
OFFICER
I Sheriff Chris P. Fox filed the I
charges. Rico and Ortega were!
I captured by a , posse two hears
after the gun fight in which Pat-
1 rolman Walthall and Jose Es-
trade, an alleged smuggler, were
killed. Patrolman Louis A. Smith
by a bullet fired by one of wait-
i hall's companions following the i
rst burst of fire. Rle was.
j wounded In the right hand. Or
I id at city - county
nospitai unaer a special gaara
i r? w- CU1U,5U lu
.iv-- -
tn gnt d nnt belleTe(, to
I Wtt i. ii.
L?Hn .mni.r. ,rMi.bi
I wll, be releisedl Nick D. Collaer.
district director of the border
I natrol. said tod a v. Officers said '
J thev had been unable to obtain
l evidence to indict the men. JuanJ
Lopez, 45, Estrada's stepfather,, .
land Rico's brother! Ruben were
Implicated. . --