CIRCULATION Dally arermgt distribution for the month ending September SO, 1829 10,281 Average dally net paid 9.882 Membel Audit Bureau at Circulation Capita: Jomraal UNSETTLED tonight and Saturday with rain. Strong southerly winds. Local: max. M: min. 49; rain 01; river -3.7 feet: overcast; southeast 42nd YEAR, No. 249 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929 PRICE THREE CENTS St?T. A"qn o ;o a EfnP- JL DO EOT PROSECUTION SEEMS LIKELY FOR BINGHAM Caraway Denies Inten tion But Committee Considers Action Employment of Manufac turers Lobbyist by Senator Held Illegal Washing ton (IP) Chairman Cara iray of the senate lobby committee aald Friday he had no Intention of asking for prosecution in connec tion with any possible violation of law which might be involved through the employment by Sena tor Bingham, republican. Connect! cut. of any official of the Con necticut Manufacturers' association to advise him on tariff matters. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, said he thought there was a Question of violation of law invol ved. He added that without passing Judgment he believed this subject would be a matter for committee consideration. The committee at an executive session considered em Dloyment of counsel and investi gators but .decision was withheld. A notation from the minutes of the Connecticut Manufacturers as sociation approving the assignment of a "representative" to Senator Bingham, republican, Connecticut, to help "protect" Connecticut in dustries In the tariff bill Friday was read Into the record of the senate lobby committee. Senator Walsh, democrat, Man tana, after reading the notation asked the. witness, Charles L. Ey- (Concluded on page IS. column 6) DEATH TOLL IN SEATTLE BLAZE MOUNTS TO 9 Seattle UP) The death of John Miller, 59, rail worker, brought the death toll of the Portland hotel fire here Thursday to nine. Miller was severely burned. Officials were engaged in an In tensive search for the pyromanic whom they declared was responsible lor the fire. The hotel, located on lower First avenue, was patronized by laborers. Fire Marshal Robert L. Uang pronounced the blaze the work of a fire bug who has been operating In the district for several Bionths. Of the dead, six were Identified by the coroner Thursday night as John Brink, 29. Lynden, wasn. Harold Oeorge, 19, transient, e route to Los Angeles; James Ltddle, 16, Seattle; James Mandzik, 47, Se attle: Thomas O'Mealley, 31, Seat tle; William A. Martin, 54, Seattle. CARS OF TEST TRAIN WRECKED Eugene (IP) Several cars of the test train of the American Railway association, conducting testa on the Southern Pacific line between Walk er and Creswell were derailed at 10:10 a. m. Friday. No one was In jured. An unusually long train, composed of tank cars and steel cabooses was being used In a brake test. The test was under the direction of Pro fessor Harry Reubenkoenig of Pur due university. Telegraph lines were temporarily put out of commission by the de railment. A wrecking crew went to work Immediately to clear the line. LIMIT HOLDING OF CANADIAN WHEAT Washington OTV-The senate Fri day adopted an amendment to the tariff bill to limit to ten months Instead of three years the time In which Canadian wheat may be held In domestic warehouses before withdrawal for export or domestic consumption. The amendment Is designed provide adequate storage facilities for domestic wheat at a time when such space Is moat needed. The proposal was a compromise suggested by Senator Cop land democrat. New York, after Senator Nye, republican, North Dakota, had proposed an amendment limiting the storage time to tlx months. Judge Rules Atheist Can Be Witness Concerd, N. C. (IP) Declaring a state supreme court decision of the past century obsolete, Judge A. M. Stack ruled a person need not be lieve In a supreme being to be a competent witness In a North Caro lina court as the trial of four Gas tonla Cotton mill employes charged with flogging September 9. of Ben Wells, communist and self declared atheist, opened here. Judge Stack's ruling was at var iance with recent holdings of two other state court Jurists. Testimony of Wells was ruled out by Judge Thomas J. Shaw, superior court judge sitting as a magistrate, In pre- (Concluded on page 15. column 6) STIMSONTO BE SPOKESMAN ON NAVY CUT Washington WV-Secretary Henry L. Stimson, who took a leading part in the recent Anglo-American naval discussion, has been chosen by President Hoover to act as chief American spokesman when these negotiations reach their fruition in the coming London conference. Possibly, the secretary of state may be the only delegate appoint ed, but as yet there have been no indications of the president's views on the size of the commission that to represent the Washington government. It Is confidently expected that Hugh S. Gibson, American ambas sador to Belgium and Rear Ad miral Hilary Jones, TJ. 8. N., re tired, will be present at London to act as Stlmson's chief advisors. Both served as delegates to the unsuccessful tripartite Geneva con ference of 1927 and each-has been Intimately associated with naval discussions since that time. In view of the fact that a treaty produced by the coming conference would have to be ratified by the senate, it has been suggested that the chief executive may send some members of that body to the naval arpley. Such a course was follow ed by President Harding in ap pointing delegates to the Washing ton conierence of 1921. In this connection the names of Borah of Idaho, chairman of the rorelgn relations committee; Hale of Maine, chairman of the naval committee; Robinson of Arkansas. the democratic leader, and Swanson of Virginia, ranking minority mem ber of the naval committee, have been mentioned. TEXANS ROUSED BY EARTHQUAKE Big Springs, Texas fPI Hund reds of residents here were awak ened early Friday by the rattling of windows and bric-a-brac, believ ed to nave been caused by earth tremors. The first of a series of shocks occurred at 12:30 a. m. The last was registered shortly before 7 o' clock. Residents, who reported they counted five tremors, aald the last was the most severe. All of the shocks were of a few seconds' dur ation. BANK ROBBED OF $50,000AT PERU Peru. Ind. P The First National bank here was held up and robbed of a sum estimated at 150,000 Fri day, the desperadoes shooting a po liceman and a bystander as they escaped. Six men comprised the ban dit gang. Club Work In County To Become Financial Orphan After Nov. 1 Because the extension college has refused any financial aid and because the burden is becoming too heavy for the lon county school superintenaenfs office will cease all of Its boys' andjfice and for the past four year W. girls' club work November 1, the end of the present club year, an nounced Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county superintendent, late Thurs day. For 12 years the boys' and girls' club work haa been handled directly by the county superintendent's of- RUSSIAN FLIERS FORCED DOWN AT VANCOUVER Trouble in Oil Feed Caus es Aviators to Back Track Lack of Interpreter De lays Repairs Hope to Continue Flight Vancouver, Wash. (IP) A leaky ra diator and a faulty oil Intake for ced the Russian plane "Land of the Sovieta," to land here at 12:25 p. m. Friday after the Moscow-to-New York fliers had gone as far south as Oregon City, 18 miles south of Portland. A leak in the radia tor of the left engine, and a clog ged oil Intake on the left forced the Russian airmen o retrace their route. Mechanics on the army field said It was doubtful whether repairs would be completed Friday, and It was considered likely that the take off for Oakland would be made at 6 a. m. Saturday. Lieut. Carlton F. Bond, Ptarson field commandant, who had gone up in an army, plane to meet the Russions, conducted them back from Oregon City. Seattle IIP) The Russian aviators took off from Sand Point naval air base at 9:25 a. m. Pacific time, here Friday on the Seattle-Oakland leg of their good will flight from Mos- (Concluded on page 14. column 5) MOORS RAID FRENCH TROOPS SOUTH ALGERIA Or an, Algeria (ffr Moorish tribes men have made another raid on French troops on the south slopes of the Atlas mountains, cutting up i column of the French foreign le gion. Fifty legionnaires and native soldiers were killed and twenty-one wounded. The tribesmen left many dead on the field. Another column of the foreign legion came up in time to beat off the Moors who had descended from the Tafllelt region of Mor occo, on the southern slopes of the Atlas range. This Is one of the most active dissident areas. A French airplane on a- scouting flight saw the attack and was able to give directions quickly to the rescuing columns. The plans also carried the more seriously wound ed of the French troops to the hos pital at Oran. The attack, which occurred Thursday, was the first recorded In some months. COOKE DUE AT PRISON MONDAY Portland fP) James P. Cooke, former president of the defunct Ov erbeck and Cooke bond house, con victed on a charge of embezzlement, will surrender himself Monday to start his seven year term in the state penitentiary at Salem. The United States supreme court decision upholding the circuit court conviction of Cooke was entered with the clerk here Friday. Cooke Is at liberty under $15,000 bond. The broker was convicted after the bond house closed its doors with a loss of several thousand to specu lators. service at Oreifon Agricultural county to bear alone, the Mari- W. Fox, county rural school super Uieor, has served as county club leader and has devoted a third of his working time and much of his leisure time to the club work. More than 800 boys and girls have been club members during he past year (Concluded" on pgf la, column 7 MEDICAL Admit Out For Fees To sua Kb sss rcs HELP PA Los Angeles (UP) Through a series of medical ex perts, Alexander Pantages, 54 year old theater magnate, Fri day continued his attempt to prove to a jury that he is not guilty of a criminal assault on Eunice Pringle, a young amateur dancer. One after another noted physicians went to the stand In superior Judge Fricke's court and testified there was no evidence to substantiate the 17 year old girl's charge that she wag attacked by Pantages on Au gust 9. The testa by which Rex weicn, county chemist and state's witness, claimed he made certain Miss prin gle had been assaulted by Pantages were discounted by two witnesses. Dr. D, H. Gibbs, bacteriologist, and Dr. W. P. Dakin. gynecologist, both gave highly technical testi mony directly contrary to that of Welch. Cross examination of the physi cians did not shake their testimony. District Attorney Buron Fitts fin ally drew from both Dr. Gibbs and Dr. Dakin the admission that they (Concluded on pnge 15. column 7) PLAN INCREASE IN NATIONAL GUARD FORCES Los Angeles, W) Discussion of the proposed plan to Increase the present national guard force from 177,000 to 210,000 men, was me most Important problem which faced the second session of the convention of the National Guard Association of the United States Friday. The meeting of the organization got underway Thursday with 300 delegates representing guard units from every state In the union pres ent. The convention will be brought to a close Friday. Along with the discussion con cerning the possible increase of the personnel of the militia In view of the reduction of the regular army, reports from the resolutions committee, convention committee and the committee on audits, were to be heard in the morning ses sion. In the afternoon Major General Briant H. Wells, deputy chief of staff, and Major General William G. Everson, chief of the militia bureau, were scheduled to speak. Colonel Alexander MacNabb of the United States army will also de liver a talk on the development of new and better rifles and other fighting equipment for the Indivi dual soldier. The social events of the conven tion will reach a climax tonight with a military ball. MAN WOUNDED BYHIS WIFE Walla Walla, Wash. (IP) Jack Meeker, 30, garage mechanic, was shot and seriously wounded by his wife, Hazel, 30, late Thursday. Witnesses said that Mrs. Meeker met Meeker two blocks from the main business section and exclaim ed: "You left one woman and are planning to leave another. Well, you won t. " Mrs. Meeker Is said to then have fired two shots, one striking her husband in the hip. Meeker was rushed to a hospital where he underwent an operation for removal of the bullet. As Mrs. Meeker entered the operating room. Meeker Is said to have thrown out his arms and begged her to come to him. He asked that she not be pros ecuted. Mrs. Meeker was released on her own recognizance. BEATS WOMAN TO DRIVE OUT DEVIL St. Charles. 111. OP Charged with beat inn an emaciated little woman "to drive the devil out of her," Sid ney Hunt, an Englishman said to be the head of an odd religious cult, was free on bail Friday, while au thorities sought further information. The cult, the "Path of the Divine Mystery," has flourished here se cretly for months, investigators said. Mrs. Pauline Valentine, 55. who weighs only 80 pounds, said Hunt obtained $25,000 from her and then administered the beating, a part oi the cult ritual. It was learned that Hunt, Mrs Valentine, a blind man named Ani ent, a Mrs. Ruth Martin and her seven ear old daughter, lived In the cult headquarters here. EXPERTSWM PLEADS sv. ss se NT AGES BOOTLEGGERS PLANNED HUGE LIQUOR TRUST New York. (LP) Further know ledge of the 'ngenius operations of a gigantic bootlegging syndicate which was smashed by the govern ment in one tremendous sweep. was eained Friday from the volum Inous documents seized during the synchronized raids on the organi zation's various branches. Authorities learned that the syn dicate was in effect a corporation which was to the rum-running in dustry what General Motors or United States Steel is to legitimate business. Its board of directors met In weekly sessions around a quar tered oak table at a mid-town of fice here, tallied the profits and declared dividends in a maimer not unlike the financers of Wall Street. A profit of $2,000,000 for a six months' period was shown by the rum corporation's books, federal authorities said. The directors split the earnings, some drawing seven percent and others as much as 33 percent, in ration to investments. Of unusual interest to the gov ernment were notations in two of the seized books indicating that large sums, often running into five figures, were paid as protec tion to local officials in New Jer sey. prommtion Administrator Wil liam J. Calhoun of New Jersey was reluctant to speak of the "protection list" until a more thorough Investigation had been completed. Some of the Items were entered opposite names of indivi duals; others were charged to ox- Ilcial titles. UNIFORM CHILD WELFARE ACT Memphis, Tenn. IIP) Children un der 14 years of age would be per- mitted to seek employment only In open air pursuits and ten hours would be the maximum time boys between 14 and 18 would be allowed to devote each day both to school and In gainful pursuits' If a unl form child welfare act, approved In substance by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. Is adopted by state legislatures. A committee recommendation that boys between the ages of 12 and 14 not be permitted to sell newspapers on the streets brought protests from two attorneys General Peter W. Meldiim of Savanah. Oa., and Judge James C. Caton of Alexandria, Va., General Meldrim, a veteran of the Civil war, declaring It the right of every American boy to sell papers "wherever he pleases." Judge Caton told the conference that as a boy he sold papers and that to deny young America of today this right might take from the boy only means of livelihood or educa tion. THAW GLARES AT ACCUSER New York 'LP) Harry K. Thaw, has returned to Broadway, but as a defendant in a $100,000 damage suit Instead of for his more usual fling with the night clubs. Thaw appeared unexpectedly In the courtroom where the suit of Marcia s tardus, former night club hostess who accuses Thaw of biting and spanking her during a New Year's eve party In 1927, was in pro gress. He was there only for the closing minutes of the day's proceed ings, but seemed to enjoy It. Miss Estardus had concluded her testimony before the defendant's ar rival. Morgan Pendleton, Thaw's secretary, was on the witness stand and related his version of the Inci dent which led to Miss Estardus' suit. Pendleton flatly conTradlcted Miss Es tardus' account of a hair brush beating at the Tha7 apartment. He said the woman had suggested they go to Thaw's apartment and that Thaw did not put in an appearance until six hours after he and Miss EM urdus had been there alone together. FOR REDUCTION NOT LIMITATION Acceptance to Naval Conference Made Pub lic at Washington Eager to Consult Britain In Ratios Before Con ference Opens Washington (IP) Japan's accept ance of the invitation to a January naval conference in London was made public by the state department Friday. The Japanese communication concludes with a brief pointed plea for real naval reduction and not mere limitation. Japanese emphasis upon this point recalled President Hoover and Prime Minister Mac Donald's failure to agree upon re duction in the cruiser category of warships which is the most import ant of all classes to be discussed in London. As the Anglo-American agreement now stands. Great Britain will maintain 340,000 tons of cruisers and the United States will maintain 315, 000 tons. The latter figure is larger by 15,000 tons than the present au thorize! and appropriated American building program. The United Press (Concluded on page 14. column 3) NIGHT SESSIONS AGREED ON TO SPEED TARIFF Washington UP) An amendment to the tariff bill to abrogate the Cuban-American reciprocity treaty was called up In the senate Friday by Senator Waterman, republican, Col orado, and discussion started. Mindful that President Hoover wants the tariff out of the way when the regular session begins. republican leaders mapped out program Friday to expedite the measure through the senate at the earliest passible moment. Three steps were agreed upon: First, the finance committee re publicans to meet dally and decide on what amendment might be ac cepted without debate. Second, to propose night sessions beg.nsing Friday. Third, convene the senate at 10 instead of 11 o'clock each morning if night sessions should not be pos- siDie. The conference Included republi can memoers of the finance com mittee and a large group of regular repuDucan senators. . "The meeting was for the nuroose of deciding some means to expedite the bill," Senator Watson, the re publican leader said. President Hoover's dissatisfaction with the senate bill Is no secret in wen informed circles here. His in difference Is due In. large part to me elimination of the flcxlb e Dro- visions oi tne present law $60,000 FINE FOR BLACKMER Washington (. Justice Slddons of the District of Columbia supreme court Friday signed a formal order assessing fines totaling $60,000 agalast Harry M. Blackmcr, former president of the Midwest Oil com pany. Counsel for Blackmer noted an appeal from the decision. Blackmer now in France, failed to appear when called as a government wit ness In the naval oil resereve cases, and $100,000 In bonds he held in this country were seized under a special statute. SEEKS RGAU TAXES FROM WASCO TOWNS Contending that the cities of The Dalles, Dufur and Mosier in Wasco county should not be erempt from the general road tax, C. A. Harth, F. M. Oil), W. R. Bailey and J. W. Logan filed mandamus action In the supreme court Friday against the Wasco county assessor and court. The charters of the throe towns exempt property In the towns from the general county road tax. The petitioners aver that an act of the 1927 legislature Inhibits such ex emptions. They demand that the assessor asrens them for the general county road fund and that the eounuty court levy the tax Tells of "Loan" i M L. Doheny. Oil Magnate CHINESE WAR DUE TO OUSTING OF WARLORDS London (IP) The present military disturbances in China do not ap pear to threaten the. Immediate ov erthrow of the national govern ment of Chiang Kal Shek, on the basis of dispatches received here. The rebellion on two front, how ever, Is proving most disturbing to the national government and the campaign of the rebel, Chang Fat Kwel and his "ironsides" forces In the south, la the strongest direct challenge ever experienced by the present Chinese regime. There s nothing new for Chiang In the opposition of the arch-plotter. Marshal Feng Yu Hslang. It appears uncertain whether Feng, the so-called "Christian general" Is backed by Governor Yen Helshen of Shenshln province, but the general belief Is that both Feng and Yen are hostile to Chiang. Part of the opposition Is Inspired by antagonisms of many agea be tween north and south, which have been more or less hostile since the early days of tribal dynasty. Only wnen a firm hand has been at the head of Chinese military forces have the north and south been held together. Another cause of the present dis turbance Is that many petty war lords have been dethroned by the republican regime. They hope to re store their former power by renew ing civu war. SMITH REFUSES TO TELL PLANS New York (VP) Under the head line, "Smith's Mind Open on Can didacy In 1932 National Race," the New York World Friday published the following: The democratic presidential nom ination In 1932 Is not a closed book for Alfred E. Smith. "Governor," he was asked, "Is it true that you will teek to enter the senate In 1932?" Mr. Smith declined to answer the question for the Record. "Have you determined not to run for president again?" Mr. Smith did answer that ques tion and this Is what he said: "A man never gets any here or accomplishes much if he makes his plans too far In advance. I have never made definite plans for the future. I have never gone about It that way. What I have done has sort of come my way. I have never determined matters long in advance. You cannot tell what Is going to happen in the future, what may occur in between times. And to count on what you will do at some distant time is, to me, silly." Lutherans Gathering Here For Columbia District Convention The Columbin district of eran churches, will hold their Saturday and Sunday of this Salem American Lutheran church,; Church street between ChemekeU and Center. More than 100 dele gates from points as far as Rose- burg, LaOrande and Olympla, Wash, are expected to attend. District officers are Miss Olive 3. Abrahanucn, Portland, president; Miss Marie Siuti, Vancouver, Wash., corresponding secretary: Miss Grace Belstel, Cugent, recording secre OIL MAGNATE SAYS $100,000 MERELY LOAN Doheny Weeps Stand As He on the Denies Giving Bribe Mrs. Doheny Presents Fall's Note With Sig nature Torn Off Washington UP) Edward L. Do heny, oil magnate, wept on the wit ness stand Friday during the trial of his old friend, Albert B. Fall. whom he Is accused of Riving a bribe of $100,000. The oil man who knew Fall In the west when both were young. showed signs of emotion as he said emphatically that the $100,000 he gave Fall was simply a loan and he was in tears and his voice shook ne wia oi conversations witn Rear-Admiral J. K. Robison, who represented the navy during the oil leases. He faid he never discussed the clause of the Elk H ill? -Pearl Harbor contract which gave his company preference to any lands that the government might subsequently de cide to lease. "Preferential rights had no mean ing to me and never haa had,' he added. Doheny told the Jury he 'Informed Admiral Robison that he was not interested In the Pearl contract. (Concluded on page 14. column 8) HOWARD GREETS STATE MEETING OF PRINCIPALS Standardization in the adminis tration of Oregon high schools was the keynote sounded by C. A. How ard, state superintendent of schools. in welcoming here Friday over 200 high school principals who met for their annual conierence. It was said that the general work of the two-day conference will cen ter on the standardisation idea, and Superintendent Howard urged the several committees that were ap pointed to be specific and not too general in their recommendations to the assembly. On behalf of the state Governor Patterson welcomed the school ex ecutives, and Harry B, Johnson, principal of Eugene high school and president of the conference respond ed. A report by R. W. Tavenner of Sa lem, on the subject of uniform rec ords was discussed by the conven tion. At the Friday afternoon session F. S. Knight will report as chairman of the committee on a uniform grading system, F. L. Stetson of the University of Oregon on reorganiza tion of small high schools, and Nor man C. Thome will report as chair man of the committee on standards for large high schools. The annual banquet will be held Friday night at the Marion hotel. The sessions are being held In the hall of representatives at the State house. Named on a comittee on resolu tions were R. E. McCcrmlck of Bend, Harold G. Bronson of Mil ton Free water, and R. U. Moore of Eu gene. 2984 AT UNIVERSITY Engene, (VP) Enrollment at the university of Orvgon is 2,984, ac cording to Earl Pallette, registrar. Luther Leagues, United Luth 29th annual convention Friday, week with all sessions at the tary; Ralph Ludke. Vancouver, Wash., treasurer; Wm. Satan an, song leader. The convention begins Friday eve ning at 7 o'clock with registration and assignment of delegates. The opening service, beginning at 7:45 , o'clock, includes organ numbers, a song service, a welcome address by "TcodcIuOkj on iiTooiuinn tf