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CIRCULATION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending November 30, 102S 7317 Average dally distribution 7724. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations! FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 310 Ml Former Illinois Governor Sees In Cooperative Or ganization Remedy For Agricultural Woes. Orison, 111., Dec. 30. (A. P.) Agriculture finds ilailf with its Bullions of members freely compet ing anions themselves while it it pbliged to sell Its product a in a highly organized industrial and eommercul world. Frank O. Low- flen, former governor of Illinois, Icclared iu a statement today. "it cannot too often he stated Wiat the supply of any commodity which affects the price 1b not the entire stock of the commodity in existence, but only that portion of It which is offered for sale at a itiven price. "No one. I think, who has on nerved the course of events in the last few years will deny that agri culture is sadly out of gear with the bther parts of the industrial structure. I. for one. do not Be lieve It can regain its rightful place in this highly organized world except through organization itself. Organization is a most powerful factor in human pro gress. "Agriculture has emerged from Its primitive State. In all other fields of commerce, unrestricted; free and open competition In th marketing of products has been tice in every other industry tin nroducer in the first instance makes the price at which he wl sell his product. He usually or-r rives at this price by computing the cost of production and ami what he considers a reasonabh profit. In the marketing of farm nroducte alone has the producer been content with the methods of a century ago. "The problems - which press hardest upon the farmer today arc concerned with the marketing of his product at prices which will enable him to live and go on pro due inc. "Wherever co-operatives hav be?n employed, there you will fin agriculture in its best state. C. E. Barbour, local printer who was committed to the slate hospital on November 12, has filed an answer in probate to the peti tion of Cecilia H. Barbour asking that a guardian be appointed for htm, in which he claims that he is not Insane and that the petition was filed for purposes of giving her guardianship over his proper ty. He makes denial In the petition that he Is Insane and avers that Tne does not require a guardian and that he ie capable of caring for his own business. He asserts that the petitioner was the cause of his commitment to the hospital and that she has not been to visit him since his commitment and that she asserts Bhe will have nothing further to do with him and will never live with him again. He says that his sister, Mrs. Ida B. McGowan of Bismarck, N. D., if financially able and willing to euro lor him. that she would gladly do o, but that Cecilia H. Barbour re fuses to assist him to get away from the hospital. DRUNKEN DRIVER GETS 60 DAYS AND $200 FINE J. Wesley Taylor, who was ar rested on the evening of Decem ber 26 for driving at an execesive rate of speed while Intoxicated, was this morning given a sen tence of 60 days in jail and a tine of $200 by Mark Poul?en, police judge. Taylor declared that, hav ing no money with which to pay his fine, he would have toleerve the fine out. He has been con fined to the city jail since the tlm; of his arest, being unable- to pro duce bail money. The young wom an who was driving with htm at the time the arrest took place has been a dally visitor at his cell Taylor has never before been con Tic ted on a charge of drunkenness, Investigation has efcown. SlL SURPLUS SETS ARM PIES ARBOUR SAYS HE'S COMPETEN G apitalmJoiir fiM M GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King THE OPEN HAND have done my smnll bit for the orphans, have bought the Armenians toyB have dug up my share of what's needed to care For the poor Utile Eskimo boys; Front heeding tlic culls of the eea- BOIl My wallet of cash Is bereft. But some parcels will go to the people i know If I find I lmvo anything Kft. Committees arc cheerfully busy, And, since It Is hard to refuse. There hccmis 1o be danger that some total stranger Will shortly be wearing my t-liocs. One oiil.t to be hind to the needy, Hill winter it waiting without, And to give till It hurts hi the mat ter rf shirts Leaves something to worry about. Now, don't ever think I'm com- plaining, 'or this fs the son. of n time When a man should he willing to give ins lust sliming, To itart with his ultimate dime: Hut it' I don't cease to contribute To all the kind people whit call. Then nhis! for the lots of my own iinv tots, Who aren't poor orphans at oil I Turkish government officials are having a tough time because their pay Is email and a pew regulation requires them to buy frock coats, or weeding garments, as they ore sometimes called In this country. Here is a grand chance to rescue the perishing. Feed the Armenians first, beginning with Mr. Michael Arlen; and after that give, until it nuns, your irock coats to the no- longer-terrible Turks. Isn't there some nation that can use old derby hats? . (Copyright 19251 ROTAMEARS - Talk on hew s Rev. Carl P. Miller of the South Salem Friends church spoke the subject of New Year's day be- Tore the Salem Rotary olub at their luncheon at the Marion ho tel this noon. "In just a few days," ho said, "we will be pass-! ing into a new territory a new land that wo have never been in before." Speaking of New Year's resolutions, he related an anec dote. "There was a man who made a failure of everything," he said, "so one day he resolved he would make a success of one thing com mining suicide. He got himself a gun, a piece of rope, sonic poison and a lot of gasoline. He went down to the river, got into a boat, and rowed out to a deep place where the branch of a tree was growing over the water. He tied one end of the rope to the tree and the other around his neck. He soaked his clothes In gasoline, Ignited It, swallowed the poison, kicked the boat away from under his feet nnd fired the gun at his head. But instead of hitting his head ho hit the rope and broke it. He fell Into the water, putting the fire out. Ho swallowed so much water that he coughed up the poison, and final ly crawled up on the bank and resolved to make no more resolu tions." Rev. Mr. Miller recommended three particular resolutions to the Rotarians: loyalty to city, loyal ty to country and loyalty to God Non-Forgeable Check Invented By Forgers Serving Time in Pen Portland, Ore., Dec. 30. (A.P.) , Earl P, Lathrop and Howard B. , Reese, now doing time In the etate penitentiary for forgery, have re turned inventors, according to a letter they aent to Circuit Judge Rosmon. Writing under a typewritten letter head, "Lathrop and Reese, Inc.," the two men said they had perfect ed a form of bank check that could not be forged or altered. They stated In the letter that they com mitted the'ir crimes for the pur poae of obtaining experience taht would assist them In their Inven tion, and that now they had reach ed the desired Boal thy were thru with crime for good. Lathrop. alias Ernest Gordon, Is serving a five year sentence and SALEM, SHIP BOARD APPOIIN NOT DECIDE President Urged By Mc- Nary And Shortridge To Continue Oregon And California Washington, Dec. 30. (A.P.) President Coolidge was urged to day by Senators McNary, Oregon, and Shortridge, California, repub licans, to continue representation of those two states on the shipping board. Both declared lator thai they were encouraged, but tho in dication was given that tne presi dent had reached no conclusion as to whom he would nominate to succeed B. E. Hancy, democrat, ol Orcgou, and Meyer Liesntr, repub lican, of Camoima, as commission- era. McNary particularly urged the appointment of Marshall N. Dana, democrat, a Portland newspaper man, as successor to Hnney, who lias boan in disagreement with the president on the marine policy and will not be continued in office. In the evont Coolidge desires to name a republican from the northwest stale, McNary urged the eeloct'aii. of Frank L. .Rhui'iiJaii.nT as a.6uL-cessor to Jjissner, biion I'iO.tlS supported Phillip Teller, re luibllcan of San Francisco. He also uoposed H. U. Brandenstoin ot .'an Francisco for consideration if a democrat is to be namod from that section. President Coolidge intends to fill the two vacanacies by the se lecilon of both a republican and a democrat but it was indicated he has not determined which -portion ot the Pacific coast should furnish each. Selection of two Pacific coast members to the shipping hoard ie further complicated by the advo cacy of Senator Jones of Wash ington, chairman of the senate commerce committee, of H. Y Saint of Seattle to one of the posts. Saint is holding a position with the board here. S Washington. Dec. 30. (A.P.) Charging President Coolidge had taken to the tall timber," In his agricultural policy, Representative Aswell of Louisiana,, the ranking democratic member of the house agricultural committee declared to day he would fight any administra tion farm bill along tho terms of the McNary-Hnughen farm export measure. "It Is concelvablo to me," he said, "that President Coolidge afte: his bold statement in advocacy sound legislation, sound economi cally and based upon sound govern mental principals could now as result of threats from certain in terests to attack the protective tar iff law, take to the tnil timber and advocate any legislation creating an export corporation upon th communistic principles of the Mc- Nary-HnuRhen hill." Reese, alias T. H. Smith la serving one year. These two men are both In for forgery themselves," Warden Lillie of the penitentiary this afternoon, "and are experts in this line. They themselves have complete confi dence that they have actually found a means of preventing forg ing or altering checks." The exact method uned In the check has not been made known. LUlle stated. The two men have incorporated ah d have engaged T. B. Hanley, a Portland attorney to represent their Interest. The men also olaim to have interested certain capitalists In Portland In their Invention .ome of whom have been to Balem to view the new check and exam Ine the system used. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1925 mm First 1926 Babe Luckiest Child Of The Coming Year Tliero Is a complete out fit, Including nil of the acces sories, awaiting- tlte first baby, boy or girl, born in Pol k o rMn rlou coun ty la 1030. In cooperation with its ad. vert leers the Capital Journal will on Thursday nnnounco a list of gifts, . sufficiently complete to core for the iin medluto needs of any buby to be given to the first baby born hi cither of tho two counties after the stroke of mil I night December 81, 1025. Following Is a partnial list of the togs for the "New "Years Baby:" millers Hand embroider rd dross. liafoury's Hand Knitted Jacket. Stiff's Bntli Thermome ter. 1. u -tor Brown's Baby Shoes. Director's Fancy Knitted Bonnet, John J. not tie's Slippers for the proud mother. Huruct Bros. Child's solid Silver Cup (name engraved.) J. C. Penny l dozen "Lit Uo Pet" hemmed diapers. Shipley's Infants silk and wool hose. Tho balance of the list will appear In Thursday's Jour nal together with a full page announcement outlining the contest. E New York, Dec. 30. (A P.) A blazing meteorite or "fire bail" which flashed out of the east across New York and New Kng land yesterday leaving in its wake a trail of reports that an unherald ed comet had paid the earth a visit is believed to have fallen near Ot tawa, Canada. ! Ralph Dclury, Canadian govern ment astronomer, said he would attempt to locate it today.. jvepuris uiui u cuuiut wuo abroad in uhe heavens were spread by thousands who saw the flaming trail left in the murky early even ing sky and mistook it for a comet's tail. Scientists along the route as serted It was only a meteor or per haps a "fire ball" whose appear ances are frequent. It was scarce ly more luminous thanthe starH when it appeared over New York city about 5:30 p. m. Soon reports came came that It had flashed over northern and central New lorK state, leaving behind a wisp of un dulating pinkish "smoke" in the sky. Astonished inquiries traced lis course over New Haven, Conn.. Providence, R. I., and Boston, where it was said the meteor was visible throe minutes, and its "tail" of sparks eight minutes after it disappeared. The final report from Ottawa said It wan thought to have fallen in the Kingemere hills near hero. 10 KILLED. IN GUN FIGHT Minneapolis,, Dec. 30 (A IM Two men are dead ana Y.vu wounded seriously as a result of a gun fight here last night alter an attempted holdup. Michael Lawrence, 67, veteran police sergeant, was shot and Will ed hv Stanley Sieban, a convict who in turn was shot and motral- ly wounded by a patrolman. Berncrd Wynne, a patrolman received lour bullet wounds in th legs and A. H. Manche'.cr, grocer received a bullet in the abdomen and another in the wrist. Both were shot by Sieban. Sieban hid been serving an in determinate term at the Minnesota penitentiary for robbery. Several daya ago he was released with the stipulation that he be deported to hi9 home In Manitoba, Canada. The fight started when Sieban attempted to hold up Manchester's store. 17 ABOVE AT KLAMATH Klamath Falls, Dec. 30 (AP) Klamath Falls experienced Its coldest night ot the winter last night when the mercury dropped to 17 above zero. The highest temperature recorded during the past 24 hours was 28 above. Al though the sky Is clear again to day for the third consecutive day, the weather Is crisp with promi-e of even colder weather tonight. ALL EUROPE BY Governments Rushing Troops To Aid In Res cue Work Artillery Used On Ice Jams. Paris. Dec. 30 (AP) FloodB In central Europe are increasing their ravages. Every hour brings news of- additional rivers over flowing uieir banks. Transylvania, western la ad eastern Hungary are be disastrously affected. The trovem. meats of Rumania and Hun trnrv are hurriedly adopting measures 10 cope wiui tne situation. All available Banners, as well as oth er troppB, are being rushed to af fected areas, and a call has been made for volunteer helpers. The Rumania government has proclaimed martial law so that thieves may be summarily dealt with, on account ot plundering. It Is Impossible from reports thus far received to estimate more than approximately the loss of life but it is undoubtedly exceeding 200. The material loss iB extremely heavy. In addition to damage to houses and other buildings, thous ands of horses and other stock have been drowned. Danube on Rammee Belgrade is now threatened by the water from the melting snow in tho Carpathians which is swell Ing the Danube. Tho water is bo ginning to invade lower ports ot tne city and many villages in tho environs of the Serbian capital are under water. Far to the north, In Poland the Vistula is rising. There are al ready floods near Cracow and Warsaw seems bound to be af fected. The French rivers continue to rise slowly. The officials are op timistic as regards the Paris dis trict, but when the mass of water accumulating In the tributaries of the Seine comes down about January 6, Paris and Its suburbs are bound to Buffor badly. The water In the Danube at Vienna has risen six and one half feet. At Bucharest many refugees from Transylvania arc arriving. They describe tho loss of life in the valley of the Sminos river ns extremely heavy. Bodies, inter mingled with debris, are floating through tho town of Torua. A lone stretch of tne i-nns- Constantinople railroad track has been washed out between Arad and Toevis. Vnllfinif Meiineeri Amsterdam. Holland. Dec. 30 (AP) A terrific gale and tor rential rain over most of Hol land havo caused serious damage. Most of the rivers have overflow ed their banks. At Tholen, an is- Innd In tho river Scheldt, a moior hiis was blown Into the river, six occupants being drowned. Tindnnest. Hungary, Dccc. 30 fAPl Tho flood damage in the rinko district ot Hungary Is creasing, with 175,000 acres of winter crop land under water and !U well stocked farms totally wrecked. ' Artillery Is being used to urcaa up the masses of ice retaining the Hood waters. London, Dec. 30 (AP) Rap id melting of snow and continued heavy rains are causing serious floods in many parts of Great Britain. Vast tracts of land are submerged. Tho rivers Wye and Monnow in Derby aro rapidly ris ing. The Avon is seven feot out of its banks. Much farm land along the Deo, Severn and the Clvde Is Inundated. Glasgow experienced an unus ually high tide yesieruay. water rose tg within a foot of the top of the quay walls, giving the ships the appearance of resting at street level. AJ1 shipping was sus pended as a precautionary meas ure. BRIAND UNABLE'hT RECEIVE RIFF ENVOY Pnr'a !!. 30. (A. P.) Pre mle Ilrlond told the chamber of rlenulies today that the govern m-nt will notify Captain Gordon Caning that It Is unable to receive him. as the question ot maaing npnr. in the Klff Is Spain's affair. Canraln Canning recently arrived in Paris professing to bear creden tials from Abd-Kl-Krim. tne itirx ian chief, authorising him to dis cuss peace terms with the French. MENACED FLOOD WATERS If 6 "I AJlJ,'ir v ,J "sun Raiding Officers Seriously Injured By Bursting Still Baker, Ore., Dec. 30 (AP) Sheriff Henry McKlnney and two deputies, Frank Llttlofleld ot Baker and Arthur Roraageaux of Huntington, were seriously injur od in the explosion ot a still they were raiding In tho hills near Snake river, six miles below Huntington late last night. Rom agoaux Is in a Baker hospital to day and McKlnney and Llttlefleld are confined in their homes here. All are expected to recover. The officers raided the Will Balrd farm late Tuesday, finding what they declared to he the big gest still ever taken in Baker county, with twolve 60-gallon barrels of mash. No one 'was found at the BtiM, which was In a dugout on the hillside. Wishing to dostroy the outnt the officers saturated it with coal oil. Little- field then lighted a match. A terrific explosion throw all three men several yards aud knocked Sheriff McKlnnoy un conscious for a moment. When he KILLED BY FREEZE IN GULF STATE Woehinglon, Dec. 30. (AP) Cabbage, lettuce, onione and oth- hardy truck were damaged by the freeze in all the south Atlan tic and gulf states, the weather bureau said today in its summary of weather and crop conditions in the southern states for the week ended yesterday. Tender truck crops- were killed far south as western nnd north ern Florida and seriously damag oil in the central portion of thai state. In the southern portion of the Florida peninsula there was no material loss. Cabbage, celery and lettuce are in good condition In south and central Florida. Some truck and winter vegetables withstood tho freezo In southern Alabama but all tender vegetables wore killed and hardy truck dam aged in Texas. Cane barvfct ie completed In northern Louisiana and nearing completion elsewhere; all stand ing cone was Kiiieu uy tne ireeze WOUNDS PROVE FATAL TO PORTLAND BUUR6LAR Portland, Or., Dec. 30. (A. P.) -Hay Trask, confessed robber, who was shot by n policeman hiht Monday when he refused to lenv his hiding place under a porch of :t local rooming house, died early today of his wounds. Before his death Trask signed n statement confessing the robbery of more than a ecore ot stores in the city, lie declared bo was as slated In the robberies by Ned Ba- haindony, who was captured by the police Monday night and .'e be ing held in default of $."i000 bail Control of American Oil Industry Being Secured By British Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 30 (AP) British interests are grad ually gaining control of the oil! Industry in this country and the time may come when "wo may be forced to buy our gasoline much as w buy our rubber and cof fee, ' Dr. Roy Cross, secretary and manager of tho Kansas City test ing laboratory, declared here to day at the annual convention of the American Association tor the Advancement of Science. He said that English concerns now own "thirty eight per cent of our oil industry and dominate tho foreign oil fields." Dr. Cross declared that syn thetic gasoline made by treating petroleum at high temperatures and pressures rapidly is becoming tho predominating fuel for motor engines. "Recent tests," the speaker as serted, "show that cracked gaso line gives from 10 to 35 per cent more power per gallon than I straight run gasoline. These PRICE THREE CENTS gKJJ," MM 11 recovered bis senses his clothing was on fire and his hand was burned. He staggered to his foot, fell, rose again, and put out the fire in his clothing. The oth er two staggered to their feet, badly burned. Tho officers drove to Hunting ton where Dr. McCall -rendered first aid, and then drove to Bak er, arriving at 4 a. ra. Sheriff McKlnney 's eyes were both swol len shut after he reached Baker. Will Baird, owner of tho prop erty on which the still was locat ed was arrested in Huntington and brought to the county Jail here. Ho denies any knowledge of the Btlll. ' The three officers are all burn ed about the head and faco. Mc Klnney and Llttlefleld lost all their hair. Their hands are severo ly burned. Tho men were standing eevoral feet from tho dugout at the time of -the explosion. Two other men with- the officers were further away and not injured. TEACHERS EC SLATE Portland, Doc. 30 (AP) Ore gon Slate Teachers' association plunged deeper Into politics at the meetiiig of Us representative council yesterday afternoon, than in any preceding year, tho out standing action being Its declara tion of its conversion to the state income tnx theory and its decision to aHy Itself with, the grange in an effort to put through an in come tax program. Under the plnn proposed 50 per cent of the proceeds of tho income lax would be devoted to education. Dr. Homer Rainey of tho Uni versity of Oregon, was prominent In opposition of tho program rec ommended by tho legislative com mlttee, and C. C. Chapman or the Oregon Voter, invited to speak, suggested that before plunging into a program that involves ex tended political operations, the organization should make more detailed Investigation of the po-; liticol situation and the possible results of such campaign. Chapman's speech provoked sharp protests, in which A. C. Hampton, superintendent of As toria schools and R. R. Turner, formerly superintendent in Dallas schools both appointees ot Gov ernor Pierce on the textbook com mission took nn active part. Mrs. Snsanne Homes Carter, county superintendent of Jackson county, was elected vico-prosldcnt of the association to Bucceod Dr. J. C. Landers, president of Mon mouth state normal school who will automatically succeed to tho offlco of president. C. A. Rice, acting superintendent ot bcIiooIs of Portland and J. O. McLaugh lin of Corvallis were elected to succeed themselves as members of the executive committee. tests also show that a gasoline en glno operated most smoothly with cracked gasoline due to a de crease in the tendency to 'klock' when the spark Is advanced. "With the present annual pro duction of petroleum In the Unit ed State of about 30,000,000.000 gallons it Is possible to produce by cracking 2,000,000,000 gallons of gasoline without restricting any use of petroleum except fur stoam and heat production pur poses. The present annual con sumption of gasoline by 20.000,- 000 motor carB is ten billion gal ions. "The United States with about five per cent of the lnnd area of the world, produces two thirds of the petroleum, so that we are us ing up this natural resource about 40 times as fast as the remainder of the world." Dr. Cross observed that the pres ent generation will never see serious shortage of crude oil in this country. TAX MEASURE CLOUDY WEATHER tonight and Thursday, normal temper ature, light southeasterly winds. Local: Max.. 49; niln., 3ft; rain, none; river, 2.8; atmos., clear; wind, south. CASH WIRED LOCKPORT FOR EQUIPMENT $25,000 Paid for Linen Ma chinery, Saving $50,000 Shipment Comprizes 15 Carloads. The new Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., which is to establish a linen ?oods manufacturing plant in Sa lem, with a capital of $640,00", today telegraphed to Lockport, N. Y., a earn of $25,000 in full pay ment for machinery that is to oe installed in the plant. On advices sent from Salem fol lowing a mooting of stockholders and directors Monday, J. J. Aldred, the company's representative at LovUtport, yesterday closed tho deal and put up $5000 lb bind the transaction. The machinery is second hand but has been pronounced after an inspection by tho company to be in the best of condition. It ie esti mated that the sum of $25,000 that is being paid for it is a sav ing of $50,000 as compared with what would have been necessary to pay for new machinery. The lot will mako aboui 15 car loads and will include 116 looms, various units of finishing machin ery including a complete blenching plant and 55 individual drive mo tors. A special freight rate of $1.78 a hundred has boon obtained on tho shipment, hut it is believed a further reduction can Re obtain ed and officials of the company are now working to that end. The shipment from Lockport will not be all of the machinery required for the plant. Spinning and preparing equipment of vari ous kinds will be purchased in Europe, nnd It is estimated that lihe cost of this, including duty, will bo about $100,000. The machinery at Lockport will be prepared for shipment at once, hut the transportation will not be gin for perhaps two months, or un til a elto for the fnclory is select ed and conotrnction of buildings begun.' Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 30. (AP) Four bandlto obtained $20,024 in silver and currency Hi In morning in a daring holdup of tho Argyle State bank in the downtown business district. Scores of persons were pawing the bank at the time. The bandits were believed to have mingled in the crowd and escaped in a motor car. Two of the bandits walked thru he railing to the desks ot officers who believed the men were guards for a money shipment. The two men walked around the desks and behind the cuges. When a third armed man enter ed the officers realized there was a holdup. Waldo P. Johnson, pres ident, attempted to draw a re volver from his desk but a fourth bandit entered nnd covered him with two revolvers. The bandits scooped up the money, most ot it in currency, then locked two bookkeepers, three tellers and two customers In the vault and escaped. PREDICTS HUMAN FEET TO SOON BECOME HOOFS Chicago, Doc. 80. (A. P.) Humans will have hoots Instead of feet if the present system of shoe manufacturing and fitting is not improved, Dr. II. W. Bynum ot Memphis, Tenn., declared today In an addrcRS at the' Chicago College of Osteopathy. Soventy per cent ot Amerinin people have defective feet, government records show, he Bald. "In thhe mad rush for style and looks our shoes violate every principle of mechanics and anat omy," he asserted, "nnd If the eye tcro Is not Improved, wo will be come a nation with hoofs Instead ot feet. "No man can he at Ms beet men tally or physically with any one ot tho foot aliments now eo preva lent. "The 'average ehce fitting la ioke on the man who buys the .me ami It Is a question of sales manship, not shoe-tlttlng service." M BANDITS GRAB $20,624
