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Capita RAIN Tonight and Tuesday. Moderate temperature. Moderate to fresh southerly winds. CIRCULATION Dally average dUtrtbution for the month soiling Novembei 30, 1929 10,226 Avers dHf twt paid 0847 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation omraai Local: Max., 68; Mln., 50; rain, .77; river, -2.7 leet; cloudy; south wind. 42nd YEAR, No. 293 Entered aa second class mitter at Silrm. Oregon SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1929 PRICE THREE CENTS ffMSrAWSS in o to a f a . JO UftJ THAI TO lot mm JUDGE LINDSEY DISBARRED BY HIGHEST COURT Supreme Justices of Colorado Unanimous Against Judge Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN For three months Oregon hi been "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine." "Singing In And Sunday It. was the Rain." Claim Accepted Fees While on Bench. Lind sey Says Its Politics Shows how we keeD un with the popular ballads. However, for three months everybody we met prefaced their remarks by saying they wished It would rain for a month. And te. fore the day was half over Sunday everybody we met was cu&sing the weather man for letting it rain so long. TVia Anl thinir wm ever hMnt ff that satisfied everybody was our column. Denver P Ben B. Lindsey, former Juvenile court Judge. Mon day was disbarred by the Colorado state supreme court on charges of professional misconduct, embracing acceptance of fees while be was Th disbarment was the result of Judge Lindsey's acceptance of fees from Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, wealthy Denver and New York so ciety matron. The decision of the court was unanimous. The charge against Judge Llnd v -hn won wide fame for his ad' ministration of the Denver Juvenile renrt. was that he accepted 37,0O0 wim Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes, who was attempting to establish the rights of her two children for a settlement of the W. E. D. Stokes estate. He was charged with taking $10,000 from Samuel Untermeyer, Vjcoi York attorney, in the same "judge Lindsey was Judge of the Denver Juvenile court while the "(Concluded c pagelljcolumnT) ASK FEDERAL . INVESTIGATION OF NEWSPRINT New York P) A resolution call ing on the paper committee and the knard nf directors of the American Newspaper Publishers' association to (ake up with federal authorities the question as to whether there Is any redress open In the newsprint sit uation through federal action was adopted at the special convention of the association called to discuss proposed increases la newsprint tuices. The resolution, which was intro duced by Fleming Newbold of the Washington (D. c.) star, saia; Resolved. That the paper com' jnlttee and board of directors be requested to take up with federal Authorities the question as to wheth- tr there is any redress open to this situation through federal govern- tnnr action." Before the resolution was adopted two courses of government action had been suggested. 8. E. Thom ason, publisher of the Chicago Times and formerly of the association's paper committee, had suggested a congressional Investigation of the newsprint industry. E. K. Gaylord of the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Tunes had believed the attorney general's office should be appealed to take action against the alleged monopoly. SENATEPLTCES OKEH ON HURLEY Washington UrV-The senate Mon day confirmed the nomination of Patrick J. Hurley of Oklahoma to be secretary of war. Senator Keea, publican, Pennsylvania, called up Hurley's nomination as soon as it reached the senate and asked that it be acted upon at once as the nom inee already had been considered and confirmed as assistant secre tary. There was no objection and the appointment was confirmed without ft word of discussion. 3 HIGHWAYMEN PLAY SANTA CLAUS Chicago UF Perhaps this Is "be-tood-to-vlctlms" week among the hoodlum hordes. Al Lester thinks maybe so. Al was held up by three men, but all he had was IS cents. The robbers thought this was too bad. "Fellow cutthroats," said the head man, "this Is pitiful. The fellow has only 1 cents, and maybe there are wee ones at home waiting lor papa to show up with some salmon and sauerkraut. He turned to Lester. "My dear fel low," he said. "You have our sym- palhy. Take this, and begone." He handed L-tcr a 5 bill. DOWNPOUR OF RAIN BREAKS LONG DROUGHT Three Quarters Inch of Precipitation Recorded In 24 Hours Entire Coast Drenched By First Real Moisture In Six Months CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION With our usual enterprise In standing first and foremost for the community we offer the Cherrians a suggestion that they could greatly brighten up their Christmas tree on the court nouse lawn ana mock b homer for the community. As dyed in the wool boosters we hope the Cherrians receive our suggestion In the spirit It Is made. Instead of covering the tree with these old time ornaments, which are apt as not to be made In Germany, why not cover It with Salem products. A Lablsh onion at the end of every branch swinging gently In the breeze would give life and local color to the scene. Now and then a bunch of celery with a sprig of mint to neutralize the onions. Sparkling over all like black dia monds could be settings of 20-30 dried prunes, and these offset by gilded walnuts and silvered m- berts. Here and there could be tacked on some loganberries to give the hollyberry Yuletide effect and these offset by the green sheen of some valley gooseberries would make a knockout. Royal Anne cher ries would also supplant some of the customary Christmas ornaments. Surmounting all of these could wave a copy of the Hawley tarui bin. And then a picture of the tree to send back to. Mr. Hoover to show that we are all heart and soul be. hind his move to help the farmers. Which leads us to thank Mr. Iloover. His federal farm aid bill has done one bir thing for the valley. It has given M. J. NcwhoiKe a steady Job. BANK ROBBERS TRAPPED, SHOT DOWN BY POLICE UNITED STATES SIGNS TO ENTER WORLD COURT Revised Protocol Drafted By Root Signed by American Envoy Santa Will Forget You If You Don't Watch Out Senate Must Ratify Be fore Formal Entry is Accomplished Fact Shakopee, Minn. OP) Three bank robbers were shot arid probably fatally wounded Monday as police officers, lying in wait for them. opened fire with a machine gun as congress noid the sack" for him. tne runucra icii ute x-uoi, Relief from the long dry dry spell which has threatened grain farm ers and stock grazers came to the Salem district over the week-end with .81 Inches of rainfall reported by the federal weather bureau over the week-end and .77 Inches in 24 hours, the wettest period since June 15 when .79 Inches were recorded. From April 14, when 1.39 Inches of precipitation occurred, the succeed ing months have been ones of ex cessive dryness. April was practic ally normal, with a little more than four Inches of rain recorded, but both May and June were light and no rain In July. August was little better, but only .05 Inches of rain fell and that on the last day of the month. September, usually a moist month and heralding the winter season, brought only .27 Inches of (Concluded on page 10. column 7) SAYS HOOVER MADE A MESS OFjTJN HAITI Washington lPy The first utter ances In cmgress on the disturbed situation in Haiti was made in the house Monday by Representative Huddleston, democrat, Alabama, who said that President Hoover had 'made a mess" In handling matters there although he had "inherited" the situation from the Coolige administration. The Alabaman, who several years ago initiated congressional discus sion on the Coolige Nicaraguan pol icy, said there never could be any military encounter in the Island as all that could take place there would be a "massacre." "It Is a question of how many natives the American marines can get to." he asserted. It Is a foot race, not a military encounter, Huddleseton said Mr. Hoover was responsible for what had happened in Haiti since March 4, adding the president now asked for a commis sion to investigate there to have bank. Working on a "tip" from the pro tective department of the Minne sota Bankers association, that the bank would be robbed, the officers had maintained a watch for several days. The robbers were permitted to enter the bank and were pre paring to drive away with $1,500 when the officers opened fire. Charles D. Brown, Minneapolis, manager of the Bankers' protective department, led five officers in the ambush prepared for the bandits and operated the machine gun. After firing. Brown rushed up to the car. As he opened the doors, he said, two men fell out. The third stepped out of the machine and staggered into the bank. "How do you like it so far, boys?" Brown said he asked as he reached the car. "You've got us all right this time, Mr. Brown," one man replied. CLARA BOW TO WED RICHMAN Los Angeles OPj Clara Bow, mo tion picture player, and Harry Rich- man, musical comedy actor and night entertainer, will be married in New York city on New Year1 day. Definite announcement of the wedding date was made Monday by Rlchman following a conference Sunaay night with Miss Bow, who Is In a hospital convalescing from an appendicitis operation. Mis Bow previously had declined to name the wedding day, but consist ently has denied rumors that her engagement to Rlchman had been broken off. Mystery Surrounds Brutal Slaying Of Rockford Teacher Geneva, Switzerland m Jay Pierrepont Moffat, American charge d'affaires at Berne, Monday signed in behalf of the United States gov ernment the protocol for the ad hesion of the United States to the world court. Washington (A1) America drew a step nearer to participation In the world court Monday with the af fixing of its signature at Geneva to the revised protocol of the court, but the, rough-edged hurdle of the senate is still In front of the final and formal entry. Senate approval must be given to the revised protocol which consti tutes a modification of Its reserva tion to American entry. A stiff contest is certain In the senate against the revised reservation and senate leaders do not believe Presi dent Hoover will place the Issue before the senate In the near fu turepossibly not until the next session, a year hence. Those who led the stubborn con test originally In the senate against American adherence to the court still are opposed to acceptance of the modlcUfttlon of the reservation which the senate made In voting to adhere to the protocol. . This group Includes Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com- ConcTuded on page 11. column 81 YOUNG PLEADS RADIO-CABLE UNIFICATION Washington WP) Unification of American radio and cable commun ication systems to meet competition frm abroad was advocated before the senate interstate commerce committee Monday by Owen D. Youna. chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America. Young told the committee he would like to see the Western Union Tele graph company and the Interna tional Telephone and Telegrapn company, which carry on a foreign communication business, united un der governmental regulation for the transmission of messages by telegraph. Under present law, consolidations are prohibited, but Young said that If congress should hesitate to per mit unification of American com munication facilities with foreighn countries, the government Itself ought to take over control and op erate a single system. "I beg you," he said, "not to put the communication services of this country where others may dictate to us." If congress does not pass an en abling act, he added, "the position of America In world communication must be Irretrievably weakened. While he did not definitely ad vocate consolidation of all domes tlce services. Young did point out what he described as tiie tremend- us waste of operations occasioned by competition among the Postal Telegraph and Cable company, the Western Union, and tne Radio corporation. He approved of a new federal communications commission to reg ulate radio, telegraph and cable transmission under a bill by Chair. man Couzens. on which the com mittee Is holding hearings. Through his bir telescope from on top of the world Santa and his little helpers are constantly watching little boys and girls all over the world. The names of the naughty ones he scratches out In his big book. CLARABELLE FORGOTTEN hs ' ibs (ra E3 SB , k v $m am m so scs BUT STILL KEEPS FAITH INFLUENCE OF JOSEPH DENIED BY JOURNALISTS Portland Telegram Edi tors Deny Attorney Was Consulted Files of Telegram Intro duced in. Opening of Disbarment Trials Spreading Christmas Cheer For the seventh year the Salem Lodge of Elks and the Capital Journal are cooperating to bring Christmas Cheer Into the homes and hearts of the unfortunate children of the community whose parents are unable t provide for them beyond the bare necessities of life and In an unbelievable number of cases even the necessities are sometimes lacking. It Is in no way a general charity relief campaign. Its sole object being to make rertaln that the day of days for children is a day of days for all children. The goal Is to ascretaln that there are Christmas packages, Christmas dinners, warm clothing and fuel In the homes of the unfortunate on Christmas day. For weeks each year the members of the welfare committee and other volunteers from the Elks lodge pend long hours In locat ing those who need and are deserving of help. A personal Investi gation of each case reported is made, and a catalogue Index of each case Is made listing the names and ages of ail members of the fam ily, their circumstances and their needs. Out of the donations of money, clothing, food, candy, nuts, toys, books, games received these wants are supplied by the committee, serving without any pay, driving their own automobiles at their own expense and. oftlmea, digging down into their own pockets to alleviate some pressing need. It is to this end that the cooperation and support of the people of Salem is asked. Your contributions of money sent to the Capital Journal, or your donations of other articles left at the Elks Temple will mean a merrier Christmas for some little boy or girt Your assistance In locating children who may be missed by Santa Ctaus Is also requested. Telephoneany Information yon may have to 17 or 82. , Asks Editor To Guide Santa To Her House When He Arrives ; Would Like New Doll But Clothes, Food and Me dicine Needed Rockford, 111. (AP) Fingerprints on the short length of pipe used to kill her were the most important clues police had Monday to the slaying of Miss uordelia Oummersheim- er. 30 year old school teacher. Miss Oummershelmer was clubbed to death some time after 11 o'clock Saturday night. Friands seeking her alter she had failed to keep an appointment Monday, discovered the body, clad In pajamas, lying across the bed of her third floor apartment. Police are looking back over Miss Gum men; helm era life In quest of a possible motive. The young wom an had not been attacked, physi cians said, and nothing In the apartment had been disturbed. Miss Oummersheln.er had been a teacher ct German and dramatic art here for eight years and had a wide circle of friends. Neighbors said she had frequent callers, both men and women, and police found letters and telefframs-showing she corresponded with several men. Voices of a man and woman, ap parently in friendly conversation were heard between 8 and 9 p. Satudray night. The light in the apartment went out about 11 P. Bl and coroner's physicians said the teacher met death shortly after ward. A book lay open bwide the bed. "TConcludVd on" page4, column 6j Little Dwarf Solves Problem Of Getting In Touch With Santa By CAl'T. KLEINSCHMIDT With Capital Journal Expedition en Route to Salem (Somewhere North of Nome) Let us continue our story of how we found Santa Claus and his great ice palace, and of how we got him to consent to return with us to Salem. To be forgotten by Santa (or four whole years Is a tragedy to little Clarabelle, who Is only eight years old and has nothing to play with except a much battered doll and no nice clothes at all. Clarabelle can remember when Santa Claus came to their house. That was when she was four years old, and she and her papa and ma ma and older sister and little bro ther lived back east on a farm. Also that was before the little baby sis ter, now 10 months old, came to lire wtlh them. Clarabelle had nice warm dresses. stockings, a pretty red coat and nice dry shoes then, and when San ta came he brought her the dolly she still cherishes, some pretty plc- iConcluded on pave 11, column 7 PARISH SLAIN ACCIDENTALLY U. S. CRUISER SENT SHANGHAI Manila MP) Declaring that when ever American lives or property were endangered the routine duty of the United States navy was to protect them. Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr., announced Monday that the cruiser Pittsburgh would leave for Shanghai at midnight. Bound for the same destinations the 39th destroyer division com posed of the McLelgh, Simpson, Parrott, Edsall, Bulmer and Mc Ccrmtck steamed from Manila. In my message Saturday I told about escaping the clutches of Lay luk and pitching camp In the midst of a vast herd of reindeer under the beautiful Northern Lights. You have all heard of the North ern Lights and on rare days or rath er extremely cold nights, you have seen streamers of light in the north, but so low on the horizon that they appeared but dim and low bands of flickering light. Here In the Par North they are right above us, filling the whole vault of heaven, and constitute the most beautiful, wonderful and super-natural display the eye of man has ever beheld. No human being, no matter how caUous or engrossed In wordly things, but has to stand In awe and wonder at this marvelous heavenly display. As we were sitting there com pletely under the spell of the North ern Lights and Mrs. K. was softly humming a familiar hymn, there all at once appeared before ua a Ut'le old man not more than three feet high. He appeared so suddenly and silently we had no Idea where he came from. He had a wrinkled face and whit frost-covered whiskers. It was lust as If a dwarf had step ped out of the story of "Snow- white." our Eskimos were astonisn- ed and puzzled for it was the queer est little old man they had ever seen Mrs. K. broke the spell. She was not afraid. Smiling Into the dwarf's face she asked "Won't you come up to the fire and have a cup of tea? The little man was not a bit bash ful but made himself right at home. To our astonishment he could un (Concluded on page 4, column 3 FAVOR GRUNDY FOR SENATOR Harrlsburg. Pa.. 4" All Indica tions Monday pointed to the ap polntment of Joseph R. Oruncly. president of the Pennsylvania Man ufacturers association, as Junior senator from this state to fill the vacancy caused by the rejection of William 8. Vare. Whether he will accept the appintment remained In doubt. Governor John 8. Pfcher, who has the appointive power, has given no intimation as to who he has in mind for the post, but friends of Grundy appeared confi dent that the manufacturer was the chief executives first choice. The governor has received hun dreds of telegrams from all parts of the state urging Grundy's ap pointment. TO question in political circles of Grundy's acceptance arises from the unfriendly feeling mani fested against him in the senate by Independent republicans and democrats during the investigation of his lobbying activities. His friends assert that he would relish the opportunity to cross swords with his senatorial critics. Dayton, Ore. Tom Parish, 46, of Portland, was killed Instantly Sun day when a 32 calibre pistol In the hands of his brother, William Par ish, was accidentally discharged as the latter was attempting to force a shell a little too large, Into the chamber. The accident occurred at the home of Mllo Parish, another brother, here. William Parish struck the gun on a post, causing its discharge, and the bullet entered Tom's right shoulder and ranged down Into the heart. He died without speaking. William Parish and his brother. Mllo. were prostrated by grief, and for a time were unable to tell the details surrounding the accident. From former United States Sena tor Robert N. Stanfleld came the first Information in which was based his series of articles on the Wem me estate and attacking Justice John L. Rand of the state supreme court. Henry M. Hansen said on the witness stand in the disbarment trial of George W. Joseph which opened Monday. Hansen is polit ical writer for the Portland Tele gram. Hansen said that he got other Information from Frank Hanley and E. C. Sammons, and documentary Information from the offices of United States Senator McNary, and. Representative Franklin F. Korrell and some from the office of United States Senator Stelwer. Hanzen mentioned these names while being quizzed to W. Lair Thompson, spokesman for the at torneys prosecuting Joseph, as to whether he obtained any of the In formation from Joseph. Hart-en said more of the Information rela tive to the Wemme estate came Ccmcludedoppag:rio. column 3) RECORD STORM BATTERING THE ENGLISH COAST London HP The bitter" hammer ing by a storm, believed the worst in the past century, to which Great Britain and the continent have been subjected lor nearly a week, conun- ued Monday wnn aomewiiM les sened force but the possibility of a worse blow to come. No less than fifty vessels along the coast were reported in distress, while the raging seas prevented as sistance being sent to them. The total number of dead had passed fifty. Most of the lives were lost at sea where a half dozen ves sels have foundered or have been driven ashore. Much Interest centered on the Italian steamer Leonardo da Vinci, enroute from Italy to England bear ing pictures valued al n.uuu.uuu pounds sterling for an exhibition in London. The Leonardo da Vinci reponea that she was still fighting the fur ious storm and hoped to be able to ride It out without mishap. A further sinking of a steamer was reported by the steamship Man chester Regiment which picked up 45 sailors. One life boat was lost In the rescue. There was some doubt as to the identity of the vessel, which was abandoned, although it was believed to be the Volumnla, enroute from the Br.Ksh Isles for Philadelphia. The message from the Manchester Regiment described the vessel as the Columbia, but this was thought to be garbled as the Volumnla on De cember reported steering gear trouble. The Columbia is a Danish ship while the Volumnla la owned In Glasgow. Survey Starts To Shape Market Road Program For 1930 With Don Bell, Portland surveyor on in charge of an extra gang, two surveying crews started at work in earnest Monday getting underway the preparatory plans for the 1930 market road program ior jnariou cuuuvj.f It Is expected at least mucs 01 BAIItU SWORN IV Washington. Pl David Balrd. of Camden, was sworn In Monday as a senator from New Jersey, succeeding Walter Edge who re signed to become ambassador to France. market road will be finished during the coming year, probably more, at least aa many as were reeled oil during WZ and probably some little paving. Four miles of paving was dune In 1VM. Barring right of way difficulties It Is considered probable now that among the roads to be worked out the coming year will be the Fern ridge road for a dLstance of four or five miles, the Mathcny road In the strawberry section of the Union hill country: the two mile connect Champoeg road by way of 8t. Louis. three miles of road up to irooseu Finger from Scotia Mills and the Checkerboard road through Oerra'a. These will only be starters but these surveys wlU be worked out first while tne court is lining out the balance of the program. Right after the first of the year the court will probably outline pret ty dclinltely what its plans are for the summer. One plan that Is known that will be followed Is one enforced in the past that no market road will to through unless the right of way la lug road from Gervais to the old, icoDciuUi-a ou pass 4, column s 1
