Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, June 19, 1929, Page 1, Image 1

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    GapitalJoiiioial.
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution for the
month ending May 31, 1929
10,284
Average dally net paid 9.913
Uember Audit Bureau of Circulations
FAIR
Tonight and Thursday, rising tem
peratures. Gentle variable windi.
Local: Max., 65; min. 36; rain,
.03; river, 3.6 feet; clear; north wind.
42nd YEAR, No. 146
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1..
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UNDERGROUND
PHONE CONDUIT
RIGHTS SOUGHT
n
Telephone Company Asks
- Right-of-Way for Line
Through County
Enters County Near Wil-
sonville, Rights Secur
ed, Portland South
Two representatives of the Pacific
Telephone ic Telegraph company
from Portland appeared before the
county court Tuesday with blue
prints and specific application (or
' rfiihl of "way for the company for
an underground conduit from the
Clackamas county line to Salem
this conduit to carry all the long
distance business of the company
between Salem and Portland and
to eventually be extended south.
Representatives of the company
stated they already had securea
their rights of way through Multno
mah and Clackamas counties.
While members of the county
court have expressed no definite
conclusion In the matter there is no
question there will be opposition to
the plans as laid out oy tne com-
(Concluded on page 11. column 6)
LOWMAN DENIES
INTERVIEW TO
AGENT WHO QUIT
Washington, m Loula Jacques,
customs border patrolman at De
troit, who was quoted In the house
by Representative Clancy of Michi
gan, as having said he was told to
shut up In connection with the re
cent slaying there by enforcement
officers, Wednesday was ushered out
of the office of Assistant secretary
Lowman of the treasury after Low-
man had said he would not consult
with a "man of that type."
Jacques, who recently resigned.
Was brought to Lowman a omce oy
a Detroit newspaper man. The sec
retary said he knew the details of
the cases and there was no need of
them being explained. Turning to
the newspaper man, he asked:
"Is there anything more I can do
for you?"
"No, unless you wish to consult
with Mr. Jacques about the affair,"
replied the correspondent.
"I wouldn't consult .with a man
like that." Lowman replied. "He's
resigned from the service and he
should have told his story to nis su
perior officers which I understand
be dM."
With that, Lowman shook hands
with the newspaperman and usher
ed him and Jacques to the door.
Jacques said nothing.
NEW QUAKES IN
NEWZEALAND
Wellington, New Zealand t7P
Severe earthquakes were felt Wed
nesday In Murchlson and Takaka
counties, both of which were hard
bit In the tremors of earlier In the
week.
Some anxiety wan felt as to the
fate of the town of Lyell although
no official news has been received
Indicating any catastrophe. Lyell
formerly had a population of 3,000
but Is now a decaying mining vil
lage with only sixteen Inhabitants.
Airplanes tried in vain to sight
the town, due to bad visibility, ah
roads leading to it were blocked.
There were rumors it had been
wiped out bv these were discredited.
LAKE LINER ON
FIRE, DRIFTING
Buffalo, N. Y., m Fire was re
ported Wednesday to have broken
out on the passenger steamer Osstan
Bedell on its nm between Eric
Beach, Ont, and Buffalo, The craft
was said to be drifting along the
Niagara river out of control. The
number of passengers has not been
learned.
Coast guard officials reported
that coast guard cutter 197 and a
tug boat had rushed to the assist
ance of the Bedell and made fast to
her when the passenger craft had
drifted nearly to the peace bridge.
They were towing her in the direc
tion of Erie Beach.
No sign of fire was seen through
glasses from the coast guard sta
tion. thev said.
Good Evening!
DON UPJOHN
OFFERS
Sips for Supper
Hie telephone company Is now
planning to put an underground
conduit from Portland to Salem to
handle all long distance calls
During the legislative sessions
there's always a lot of underground
stuff goes over the wires between
Salem and Portland without the
conduit.
We are told Albert Richard Wet.
Jen. Salem's great author of sea
stories, is to desert us and move to
Seattle where he has been sojourn
ing the past few months
No doubt after this blow falls
Sam Simpson will turn around in
his grave once more and go back
to his eternal slumber.
We don't blame Dick so much,
however, wanting to g-ieleee tc
the ocean, instead of depending on
the smell from Fitts' market as he
had to here in getting local color
for his sea stories.
The rains now being over It's
ouite appropriate for George Guth
rie to bring a hundred people to
his theater here tomorrow night and
sine "The Desert Song." We've
been needing a desert rong around
here for some time, especially the
strawberry growers. We hope that
George and his Desert Song at the
ELsinore will keep things dry around
here for quite a spelL
We were telling around home
a Joke we beard about a woman
wbo expected ber ship to come
In when she got married and
all she got was a taft of kids.
That one seemed to go over big
at home so we thought we'd try
It out In our column.
Baked Apple with Dream, 15c
;ays a Spa menu card. We also get
one with a cheese sandwich eaten
just before going to bed.
Some local grocery chain stores
are putting on a "Brides Sale." So
here's your chance boys to pick up
a few June brides cheap.
CLINIC BLAST
INQUEST ENDED
"Mauolant fihin r"JP?,f nlf Ino- Tics
attempt to fix blame but pointing
out that the Cleveland clinic had
been warned of faulty X-ray film
storage which cost 123 lives by fire
and poison gases, Coroner A. J.
Peerse completed nis inquest alter
a month of investigation in a report
on file with official county records
Wednesday. I
The warning was sent to the
clinic by the Ohio inspection bureau
of the Fire Underwriters Investigat
ing service last April 2. The dis
aster occurred May 15. It called
attention to the fire hazard in the
type of film used at the clinic,
urged use of another kind, and ad
vised clinic officials that film, if
burned, would generate great clouds
of noxious fumes.
The films were stored In the base
ment and were Ignited by a means
not determined in the investiga
tion. The report placed the official
number of dead at 123. They were
killed by a combination of nitrogen
peroxide gas mixed with carbon
monoxide, the coroner saldv
JULIAN SWINDLERS
ESCAPE PROSECUTION
Los Angeles UP) City Prosecutor
Lloyd 8. Nix, admitted Wednesday
that the refusal of Jacob Berman,
"bright boy of the defunct Julian
Petroeum corporation to testify for
the prosecution probably would
bring the dismissal of virtually all
of the cases against 143 persons ac
cused of usury in loans to former
corporation stockholders.
Bishop Leader of
Anti-Smith Forces
Rump
Roanoke. Va. (UP) The
since the reconstruction days presented itself to the state
Wednesday, as erstwhile solid south democrats and a recep
tive republican party apparently had effected a fusion to
sUDDlant the reeular state democratic organization.
More ambitious plans for
trine throughout the south were-
formulated as a secondary consid
eration. Installation of a headquart
ers In Washington for carrying on
the work was approved by the con
vention. More tban 1,000 ardent ant!-
EAST SIZZLES
SEVENTH DAY
OF HEAT WAVE
Numerous Deaths and
Prostrations Occur as
Records Are Smashed
Storms Fail to Bring Re
lief in Midwest, Cooler
Weather Predicted
Br the Associated Press
A withering heat wave which has
held the eastern states In Its grip
for the past six days-continued-un-
a Dated weanesaay witn tempera
tures running from one to seven de
grees highther than at the same
hours Tuesday. Numerous deaths
and prostrations have been reported.
In New York and the metropoli
tan area, which experienced the
hottest weather of the summer
Tuesday at 93 degrees, the mercury
indicated still higher altitude would
be mada before the day was over.
At 7 a.m. the thermometer registered
80 in New York City which was
seven degrees higher than at the
same hour Tuesday, the mercury
climbed steadily until at 11 a.m. it
touched 86. three degrees warmer
than Tuesday.
New Jersey, which reported six
deaths from the heat Tuesday, and
experienced record temperatures for
June 18, expected still higher rec
ords today. In Newark authorities
issued a warning to citizens to use
water sparingly as danger of a
shortage exists.
Some New England cities reported
higher temperatures . Wednesday.
The mercury registered at 84 de
grees in Philadelphia at 8 a.m. the
highest in the nation. At the same
hour it was 36 at Flagstaff, Ariz,
the lowest.
New York, (A) Eastern states
Wednesday experienced their sev
enth successive day of sizzling heat.
A dozen deaths irom heat were re
ported Tuesday. Some others died
of drowning while seeking relief at
bathing beaches. Prostrations were
numerous. At some points it was the
hottest June 18 ever recorded.
In New York City the tempera
ture reached 93 degrees. At Blooms-
burg, pa., 103 degrees.
Chicago, VP) Thunderstorms
early Wednesday attempted, with
out much luck, to shake from the
Chicago territory the oppressive heat
of the past two days. Predictions
however, were somewhat cooler by
nightfall, as compared with the 90
degree heat of Tuesday.
HOLD GEORGIAN
FOR PEONAGE
juacon, oa,, iri w. u. Arnold, sr.
operator of a farm in Webster
county, was being held today un
der bond of $10,000 in Amerlcus, Oa.,
on a federal warrant charging peon
age. A white man and four negroes,
alleged to be the peons, were in Jail
as material witnesses.
Although Arnold Is charged only
with holding In servitude the white
man, Claude King, and a negro,
John Vanover, three other negroes
in the Clarke county jail are said to
have worked on the Arnold farm.
The three, Tuck Bronner, Jordan
Haywood, and Joe Howard, will
testify at the trial. A special session
of court probably will be held
early In July.
A month ago, assistant United
States Attorney A. E. Smith said
Vanover came to Macon with I
Webster county officer and report
ed he had been severely beaten by
Arnold He said Arnold had threat
ened his life If he dared reveal the
whipping. Smith said the negro's
body indicated a severe lashing.
Convention
stransrest political alignment
spreading the anti-Smith doc
Smith democrats assembled at the
Instigation of BIshoD Cannon. Jr
and a committee of 18, closed their
one-day rump convention Tuesday
night after accomplishing a surpris-
(Concluded oo page 11. column 7
GIRL FOR
Sm JOS OT ' W 8K 88 SB
For Fear Of Leprosy
m ea aa &ft fc ess ma -
LOCKED IN A BARN
Moscow (UP) A tale of
been kept in solitary confinement by her parents for 21 years
in the belief that she had developed the dread disease pi
leprosy, was revealed by the police Wednesday. '
The soviet authorities freed the unfortunate girl and
established that It was not leprosy-
from which she had been suiienng
but a minor skin disease.
The girl in spite of her youth, was
completely gray haired when dls
copered by the police. Her faceswas
shrivelled like that of a very old
woman and she was half blind and
entirely undeveloped mentally.
Her parents locked her In a
barn 21 years ago for fear that if
her disease, believed by them to be
leprosy, were discovered, she would
be driven from the town with a hurl
ing of stones, as was the custom
then. This custom. Incidentally,
still exists in some sections oL the
country.
Soviet authorities were In the
Tashkent district seeking informa
tion about a crime when they heard
a human voice Issuing from the
locked bartt At first the parents
refused to open the barn and re
sisted all the efforts of the police
to do It.
Finally, however, they yielded.
The astonished officials found what
looked like an old woman, crusted
with dirt, cowering In the corner on
a heap of straw.
DRY DIRECTOR
QUITS POSITION
Washington. UPl ProhiWticn
Commissioner Doran said Wednes
day that he expected to appoint
Chief of Police Walker of Fresno,
to succeed E. B. -Bonner, who has
resigned a administrator for the
northern California district.
Doran said he had not yet re
ceived Bohner's resignation but ex
pected to have it efore nlghtiau.
Bonner, Doran asserted, failed to
pass the required civil service exam
ination lor continuance permanent
ly as administrator. He asked for a
re-examination but the outcome of
this test was not made known
San Francisco. - Cal., WV-An
nouncing he had decided "to gat
out of the prohibition business," E.
R. Bonner, federal prohibition ad
ministrator for northern California,
Tuesday night telegraphed his res
ignation to the treasury department
at Washington.
Bohner, who has held his present
position since March 1, 1927, declar
ed that the recent Indictment of six
of his subordinates on charges of
withholding seized goods from the
government had nothing to do with
his resignation. He was the tenth
holder of the position and has re
mained on the Job longer than any
of his predecessors.
I have no desire to be Idrntllieo
again with the prohibition depart
ment," Bohner said. "I is a position
of grief."
TOO PROUD TO BEG
DIESOFSTARVATION
Chicajto (IP Too proud to ask for
food, John Nelson, 70, died Wednes
day of starvation.
He leu in a laint as ne siooa out
side a grocery store hungrily -looking
Inside but hesitating to go In
to make known his wants.
Doctors at St. Bernard s hospital
where he succumbed, without re
gaining consciousness, said under-
now.hn.ent brougn- on nis aeam.
The aaed man. police learned
became an object of charity against
his wishes. He was for a while an
inmate of Lake Forest infirmary. A
month ano he ran away. He told
friends he couldn't bear the though
of "living olf others."
He had a little money, so h?
registered at a southside hotel. Un
til two weeks aeo he lived like
eentleman. Then when his last
cent was gone he disappeared
ADRENALIN STARTED
BABE'SHEARTBEAT
Seattle UP) Death Wednesday
brought to an end the short life of
a baby girl, still born in a nospiiai
here Tuesday but brought to life by
the injection of adrenalin Into her
heart.
The little heart had stopped beat
ing Just before the child was born.
Dr. Ralph Allen Injected the adre
nalin and heart beats were regis
tered 10 minutes later by a stetho
scope. An hour after birth the baby.
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vsslly
Ivanolf, was almost normal.
21 YEARS
how a girl 27 years old, had
SAN FRANCISCO
COPS CAPTURE
SUPER BANDITS
San Francisco (LP) The amazing
trail of three alleged "super-crooks"
who plied Pacific coast cities from
San Diego to Vancouver, wac at an
end here Wednesday with the seiz
ure of their luxuriously appointed
yacht, thousands of dollars in cur
rency and gold, and an arsenal of
death-dealing weapons.
According to detectives who took
the trio, two stylishly dressed
youths, and a girl dressed in the
height of fashion n to custody last
night, one of the men admitted the
Berkeley bank hold-up last Friday
in which loot of $18,00a was ob
tained. The men, Lloyd Sampsel, alias L.
V. Summers, former proprietor of
popular Los Angeles restaurant,
and Ethan A. McNab, are said by
police to be ex-convicts. The girl
said she was Lydia Bummers and
had married "Summers'' 18 months
ago.
A up from Seattle ponce tnat
Sampsel had shipped an automo
bile of expensive make to this city,
under the name "Summers" - led to
the arrest. Local detectives were
given the addreses to which the
car had been consigned and a posse
was stationed at the apartment oc
cupied by the trio.
They were taken into custody as
they attempted to enter the apart
ment and the yacht, the Sovereign,
was seized in the Ban Francisco
yacht harbor. Police said the three
used the boat to travel from one
coast city to another.
At the apartment detectives found
weapons of all descriptions from
sawed-off shotguns to tear bombs
and "gas guns". In addition more
than $5,000 In currency and gold
was found In the place and with
the money were papers from tfie
Berkeley bank.
DETROIT MAYOR
TO COOPERATE
Detroit, (Py Mayor John C. Lodge
of Detroit, and mayors of Ecorse
Trenton and River Rouge, three sub
urban cities, have pledged coopera
tion of municipal authorities with
federal agents In efforts to eniorce
prohibition and custom laws In this
ration. At the same time, however,
the executives called attention to
the necessity of safeguarding lives
of Innocent persons along the bor
der. Detroit, Mich., IIP) A resolution
of protest against the "promiscuous
use of firearms on the Detroit river
by members of the customs border
patrol, the coast guard and federal
prohibition agents" was approved
by the Detroit council meeting as a
committee of the whole Wednesday.
The resolution Is addressed to Sec
retary of Treasury Mellon and de
clares the alleged promiscuous use
of firearms which has resulted In
the Injury of "innocent" persona in
the past few weeks, endangers the
lives of "thousands of people in De
troit." MOORES GIVES
HOOVER LICENSE
Washington, D. C, UP) Charles
vf MnoTM ttf Portland oa of nion
eer Oregon family and officer of the
Land company which employed
President Hoover as of! ice boy dur-
lng his boyhood, called at the White
house today and chatted with the
chief executive over youthful re
miniscences He presented Hoover
with a combination hunter's and
fisher's license, which was engraved
on cold.
Moores told Hoover that "Oregon
la proud of the fact that you spent
part of your boyhood within her
boundaries," and expressed the hope
that the combination license would
serve not dhly as a reminder of
many pleasant days the prelsdent
spent In Oreiron. but also as
"standing Invitation to hunt and
fish In surroundings where you
sp"nt your boyhood."
GLASS GRILLS
SIDETRACKING
OF DRY PROBE
" " " '
Author of $250,000 Fund
For Inquiry Condemns
Hoover
Senator .Copeland At
tacks Killing by Dry
Agents, Seeks Remedy
Washington (tPi The Hoover ad
ministration was condemned in the
senate Wednesday by Senator Glass,
democrat, Virginia, for "submerg
ing" the prohibition problem in its
proposed law enforcement inquiry,
The Virginian was tne author oi
the $250,000 fund appropriated lact
session by congress for an Inquiry,
under the direction of the president
into prohibition.
This is the fund now-being used
by the Hoover law enforcement com
mission and Olass declared that
both the President and the com
mission have gone as far afield as
it Is possible to go when they talk
about re-organizing the Judicial
procedure.
Glass utterances were made
shortly after Senator Copeland,
democrat. New York, had described
recent fatal shootings by federal
officers enforcing the prohibition
law as "outrageous killings," and
the recess senators will give serious
consideration to finding a remedy.
Meanwhile, the president's law
enforcement commission was In ses
'(Concluded on pageio, column i)
LINDY RETURNS
TO WORK FROM
BRIDAL CRUISE
New York, (ypv His honeymoon at
an end, Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh was back at work Wednesday,
His first professional engagement
since his marriage to Anne Spencer
Morrow, May 27, was at Mitchell field
to observe the opening flight tests
for the 9150,000 prizes oiiered lor
the safest aircraft by the Daniel
GuRRenhelm fund for the promotion
of aeronautics. He was invited to
witness the tests as trustee and ad
visor to the fund organization.
Colonel Lindbergh and his bride
brought their honeymoon tflp to a
close Tuesday when the famous
flyer tied his motor cruiser, Mou
ette, to a dock at Sands Point, Long
Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindbergh were
guests Tuesday afternoon on the
Daniel Guraenheim estate and after
luncheon left in a closed car in the
direction of New York.
After observing the safety tests,
Colonel Lindbergh is expected to
make a three weeks' tour of the
Transcontinental Air Transport line
which will take him to the Pacific
coast. He Is technical advisor for
the line.
His motor yacht was piloted back
to its berth at Bayonne, N. J., by
Irwin Chase, manager of the com
pany that built it. After inspecting
the craft. Mr. Chase praised Colonel
Lindbergh's seamanship and skill as
a small boat pilot.
BOYS FOUND AFTER
40 HOURSjN WOODS
Klamath Falls, Ore. (rt Suffering
no apparent distress from forty
hours of aimless wandering through
thick woods and underbrush, two
tiny boys were home Wednesday
after they had been found by
searching party.
Buster Lowe, 7, and Jackie uf
Vine. 5 years old, wandered Into
the heavy Umber near Kirk Mon
day morning. When they did not
return an organized search was
started, lumber camps suspending
work that all men might Join In the
search.
The children were found late
Tuesday. They had been without
food and without water (or over
day and a half. The tots were
tired but unharmed.
PROTESTANT KNIGHTS
CENSURE FIRST LADY
Norfolk, V. m The national
convention of Knights of Am.rlcan
Protcstanlsm, Is session here, Wed
nesday afternoon unanimously ad
opted a resolution 'disapproving and
deploring the fact that the wife oi
the President of the United States
entertained at a social function the
wife of a negro congresman."
D'Priests9 Social
Equality Efforts
Bring a Rebuke
Washington, In a let
ter deelininr aa Invitation ef
Representative Do Priest,
negro republican ilttneU to a
musical mad reecptiaa here
June 1, Representative Shaf
fer, republican, Virginia, said
today that De Priest was em
barking on a coarse which
threatened amicable relations
between the races In the
south.
"Any movement or attempt
by yon In the direction of so
cial equality Is not a true In
terpretation of the attitude of
both peoples" Shaffer said. MIt
will not be tolerated by the
white people of the country,
nor Is ft desired by the negro
race. The white people have
their position and are respect
ed In It. The colored race has
Its place and Is respected In
If
COOLIDCE GIVES
RULES TO GUIDE
BIG EXECUTIVES
New York (LP) Calvin Coolldge
lays down a group of guiding prin
ciples for men who are at the head
of great organizations, in an ar
ticle to M published Thursday In
the American Magazine. "
They include:
Don't do anything yourself that
some one else can do for you.
When you entrust details to some
one else, be sure that person is com'
Detent.
While It Is wise to get all the
competent advice possible in the
case of the president "final judg
ments are necessarily his own."
If others make mistakes," tne
former president writes "they can
be relieved and oftentimes a rem
edy can be provided. But he (the
president) can not retire. His de
cisions are final and usually Irre
parable. This constitutes the ap
palling burden of his office.
Coolidee goes Into detail to de
scribe his day's routine while in
the White House.
At 6:30 a. m. he arose, and shaved
himself with an old fashioned ra
zor "which I knew how to keep in
good condition,' -and then took a
short walk. Then he had breakfast
with Mrs. Coolldge.
For me there was fruit and
about one-half cup of coffee," he
writes, "with a home made cereal
obtained from boiling together two
parts of unground wheat with one
part of rye. To this was added a
roll and strip of bacon, which most
ly went to our dogs."
MILL STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK
Ware Shoals, 8. C. UP) Guarded
by two companies of national
guardsmen, approximately 700 op
eratives of the War Shoals cotton
mills returned to work Wednesday
after being out on strike more than
two weeks. The mills employ
total of approximately 1,700 work
ers in two shifts.
When the mills opened at "
o'clock approximately 300 persons.
strikers and sympathizers, gathered
outside the gates of the mills and
leered those returned to work
About 150 of the sympathizers, it
was asserted, came from Greenville
but departed Immediately after the
last worker had entered tne mm.
The Butter guard composed oi 60
men under Captain H. H. Orr ar
rived from Greenville during the
nlRht and early Wednesday ma
chine gun company H arrived from
Columbia by bus. The units total
90 men.
MUST HAVE WAHKANTS
Los Angeles, Cal., (l'i Police have
been ordered to cease raiding homes
here for violators of liquor laws un
less warrants have been obtained.
140 Firms Indicted
Sold Equipment To
Camouflage Liquor
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and firm were under federal indictment Wednesday accused
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bution of bogus whiskey equipment.
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with ramifications Into a score of
cities across the continent.
The defendants are charged with
conspirary to violate the prohibi
tion act and with violation of a
federal law forbidding the attach-
enerai law toroiaaing ine Bucn -
ment of spurious rewnue stamp?
COAST GUARD
TAKES CAPTAIN
OFF SHIP HULK
Johnson Leaves Ship ttf
Destruction of Sea Af
ter Two Day's Vigil
Hoped to Save Wreckage
For Owners but Little
Left of Cargo
Astoria, Orew UP) Slightly bedrag
gled, yet cheerful, serious, yet la
good spirits, Captain Louis Johnson,
skipper-of-the wrecked freighter
Laurel, reached this port Wednesday
after having been rescued by coast
guardsmen from his post on the
broken bridge of the wrecked steam-
For fifty hours the master kept a
vigil on his shattered ship after his
crew had been taken off.
Wednesday he told why be had
rejected all offers of rescue. Ho
thought the terrific storm off the
mouth of the Columbia river would
subside, he declared, and that his
ship would drift Inshore to a point
where salvage might be possible.
Another reason he gave: In the
tremendous seas then running at
the time of the rescue of his crew.
Captain Johnson was fearful that
his ship's instruments and his ship's
papers might be lost by capsizing oi
a boat.
And it was these instrument and
these papers that were deposited
(Concluded oh page 10. column ) ,
HOOVER ASKED
TO HELP FREE
TOM MOONEY
Washington (A -President Hoover
was asked Wednesday in the sen
ate by Senator Nye, republican.
North Dakota, to use his lnimence
to see that some action is taken"
regarding the continued imprison
ment of Tom Mooney and Warren
K. Billings in California for alleged
complicity In the preparedness day-
bombings in San rrancisco in laio.
Senator Nye recalled petitions for
the pardon of the two men "on the
ground that both men were con
victed on testimony afterwards con
clusively proved to have been per
jured." In his campaign to compel great
respect for law," said Nye, "it seems
to me that President Hoover may
properly use his influence to see
that some action is taken In cor
recting this shameful Injustice now
existing in his own state of Cali
fornia.
Nye said he thought "a word from
President Hoover in the right
quarter" would ease "the sinister
pressure being brought to bear by
the same San Francisco publio
utilities which were originally re
sponsible for this frightfully le
galized lynching."
HONGKONG FLIERS
FAIL TO MAKE RAIN
Itnnnbnna iSA Al-mv BVifltaini
Wednesday carried out ratnmaking
experiments aoove nongsonK, clip
ping a powdered chemical known as
"Deoltn" on the clo-ids. The experi
ments were not successful.
Seven flights were made above the
clouds and 100 pounds of deoltn
dropped. The chemical theoretically
has a refrigerating effect on clouds,
causing greater condensation and
subsequent rainfall.
Hongkong is suffering from severe
water (nmlnn npceKiltatinff drastic
action to replenish its supplies.
K " '
AnntAU.AH nf nli-ltraia miimi.
'Thai atrwk m tin rt nphi(lcd ev
erything needed to pack and label
ordinary bootleg wnisaey in uu.i
tion of the product of foreign dis
i,,t'" -
(Concluded on page 10, column o)
tilleries.