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Newspaper Page TextCapita omraal CI-OUUY tonight and Sunday with rain. Slightly warmer tonight; Increasing southerly winds. CIRCULATION Dally avirag distribution tor th , monLb Ddiu Novembei SO. J92 10,226 Avtrtfc dally net paid 9847 Lumber Audit Buramu ot Circulation Local: max. 50; mln. 31; rain jM; river 15.1 (eet; partly cloudy; aouth 42nd YEAR, No. 304 Entered as second clan matter at Salem, Orevon SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929 PRICE THREE CENTS EjESZSittrSSS lo) 1 tvi5ra(ptnrg)i flfn Ml SKMrll m ARCTIC COLO FOIUMKE OF BUZZARD Middle West Digging Out Of Deepest Snows of The Past Decade Sub-Zero Temperatures Extend to South and Atlantic Coast By The Associated Press Cold continued to reign supreme over a great portion of the United States Saturday but the blizzard which sent the Icy blasts as far south as the Gulf of Mexico had unent itji furv. The middle west and Great Lakes regions were digging themselves out of one of the worst storms In a de cade. Zero temperatures hampered the snow removing process but most transportation facilities, except on Michigan highways, were back on normal schedules. Several southland states still re ported freezing weather. The cold wave was felt over the entire south with the exception of southern Flor ida and the Atlantic coastal states. New England started repairing the damage from several days of sleet and Ice which broke down trees and wires- and crippled both transportation and communicauon systems. The middle Atlantic section wel comed the chilly winds which dis persed the fog and rain that had hung over the region for days. Chicago (IP) Winter, an unofficial guest so far, observed the first day of his official regime by settling down as If for a protracted stay in the middlewest. Frigid weather was predicted for Sunday and probably until Christ mas, indicating the heavy blanket of snow laid during the furious blizzard of the last few days would "TconcfudcdTjon paBell. column7 HEFLIN TO HELP SHAPE LOCKE'S CAMPAIGN PLAN Birmingham. Ala. P Hugh A. Locke. IndeDendent candidate for governor, said that Senator J. Thorn as Heflin. who also has announced for re-election as an independent, would attend a statewide meeting here January 3 to plan Locke's cam paign. Locke had no comment to make on reports that his followers would form a coalition with the Heflin forces and arrange a full indepen dent ticket. Meanwhile, steps were being taken to obtain opinions from the courts and the attorney-general on tnc de cision of the state democratic execu tive committee, which barred Locke and Heflin among others from com peting in the next party primary. The committee excluded as candi dates from the 1930 democratic pri mary ail persons who supported the republican presidential ticket or who openly opposed the democratic nominees. 1 had hoped," Locke said, "that Al Smith would cease to be an Issue in political affairs in Alabama , but the twenty-seven (members of the state committee who voted for the ruling) made him the test for qual ification for office. JUDGE CLAYTON OF ALABAMA DIES Montgomery, Ala. m Judge Henry D. Clayton, 72, or the middle Alabama federal court district, for mer congressman, died at his home here Saturday afternoon. Author of the Clayton anti-trust act, which was one of the 1 fading legislative mearures of the first ad ministration of Woodrow Wilson. Judge Clayton had ft distinguished career in the national congress, in law, on the federal bench, and In the history of the democratic par ty. He was born In 1857, in Barbour county, Alabama, and obtained his education In the schools of his home county and the University of Alabama. BYRD AS ADMIRAL Washington The house Sat urday passed the senate bill to pro mote Commander Richard E. Byrd to the rank of rear admiral on the retired list In recognition of his Antarctic exporatioru. The measure now goes to the president. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN LET'S SETTLE IT We suggest that when this con test to determine the town's out standing citizen comes off, that the following be put on the ballot. Ellis Purvlne, the only man who voted against the bridge bond issue. Hal Pattern, the only man who voted against the bridge bond issue. Tims, the people in voting on this question, could not only determine the outstanding citizen, but also could determine as well who really was the only man who voted against the bridge bond Issue. TIP TO BOB HENDRICKS We suggest to Bob Hendricks when he starts taking the next census, if he wants to get the Scotchmen lined up. that he toss a nlckle In the street. This McEwan business at the Uni versity of Oregon, like the Bag shaw business at the University of Washington, Is merely another in dication that more and more foot ball hounds are beginning to think that coaches win the games In stead of teams. McEwan got kick ed out because he could not beat some of the best football teams in the world with two or three stars. Don't forget tonight's the last chance to take a bath before hrislmas. Henry Lzicar, says the States man, Is back in the auto business here. We though Henry's Lzicar was always pretty much In the auto business. COMPTROLLER URGES BRANCH BANKING PLAN Washington WP Urging the ex tension of branch banking by na tional banks as a way to assure a safe and sound system to rural communities, John W. Pole, Comp troller of the Currency, said in his annual report that such a devel opment would be of advantage to agricultural communities. At the same time the comptroller pointed to the growth ot group banking, in which holding com panies have acquired the stock ot several banks, and the defections of banks from the national field to seek broader privileges under state laws as reasons why the national bank laws must be liberalized. He said that total resources of all of the 25.330 banks in the country on last June 30 aggregated $72,172, 005,000. an increase of (598.177.000 over the previous year. National banks numbering 7,506 were shown to have total resources of $27,440. 288.000. a decrease of $1,063,000,000. while the number of all banks had decreased in the year by 883. . Of the total resources, lie contin ued, 250 banks in the cities had recources of $33,400,000,000 while three-fourths of the banks of the nation were In country communi ties and clas-ttd as country banks. The country banks, he said, operate with small capital funds and econ omic developments since the war have had the effect of decreasing their opportunities to operate at a profit. On the question of bank failures i-oie saw mat no "important iaii ures" had occurred among banks in larger cities between last January 1 and November 1 and that "whereas a depositor in a large city bank, whether a wage earner or a busi ness man. has had full protection. the depositor in the small country bank has suffered severely from the inability of so many banks to meet their deposit liabilities." Bankers Who Refuse To Pay Taxes Backed Tax Increase Plans During the past several years when various matters came up before the public for extraordinary expenditure of public funds, either one or more persons connected with the banks of the county have assumed an ac- tive cart in the promotion of such ; Rations by co-operation with the plans. For instance the following might be mentioned: Enactment of an $850,000 bond Issue for building of paved mar ket roads. Promotion of a plan for giving Marion county a county agricultur al agent Promotion of plans for bonding the city for sewers and bridces. Promotion of plans for bonding the city for establishment of an airport. Request to the county court for extra funds to make prune invest!- STORMS AT SEA BRING DISASTER TO THREE SHIPS Steamer Santa Ana, Leaking Badly, Steer ing Gear Gone Steamer Venator Goes Aground in Gulf Pas sengers Take to Boats Boston (IP) The steamer Santa Ana. leaking badly, 130 miles south of the Isle of Pines, winch is di rectly south of Cuba, has lost Its steering gear and is "barely able to keen afloat." This report was relayed to Tropi cal Radio here at 11:30 a. m. Sat urday by the United Fruit steamer Toloa. one of three vessels speeding to the aid of the sinking ship. The Toloa was In direct communication with the Santa Ana. The message here from the Toloa read: "Santa Ana reports 10:50 a. steering gear gone and ship has settled In trough of sea. Barely able to keep afloat." The Toloa was making all pos sible speed in a race to Cut down the nearly 300 miles believed to separate it from the sinking steam er. Shortly afterwards, however, ad vices were received that the steam- Athelchlef had arrived along side the Santa Ana at 11:24 a. m. The Tropical Radio station here was advised at noon of the com pletion of the rescue dash of the Athelchlef, which proved to have been much nearer the sinking craft than either the United Fruit steam er Toloa or the steamer Gatun, which also had responded to the S. O. S. Mexico City iA) Messages Sat urday from the captain of the Am erican steamer Venator, 626 tons which plies between New Orleans (Concluded on Jage ll,column 7) INCOME TAXES SHOW INCREASE Portland m Cyde C. Huntley, collector for internal revenue of the Oregon district, said Saturday that ihe recent slump In the stock mar ket did not prevent Oregon resi dents from paying their final in stallment on their 1928 income taxes during the first 20 days of Decem ber. An Increase 01 25 percent in receipts over the same period for last year was noted. Huntley said. Income tax collections from this district alone totaled $1,031,890.93 for the period of December 1 to 20, 1929 while collections for the same period in 1928 totaled only $827,659. 77, Huntley said. There were no requests for exten sion of time, the collector reported. ENGINEERS PLAN FLOOD PREVENTION Eugene. Ore. WP1 Flood control problems brought out again this year by the overflow ot the Willamette river onto the Pacific highway were discussed by R. A. Klein, state high way engineer; R. H. Baldock, state maintenance engineer: H. W. Libby, resident highway engineer; Marvin Dresser, resioent bridge engineer and other members of the state highway (department. state college. Various occasions when Increased appropriations for the Marlon county health work were under dis cussion. Activities In regard to construc tion of a road across the mountains from Detroit to Sisters. More such matters In which ex penditure of public funds were strongly a-Iv'ocatcd by one or more bankers of the county could be listed but the brief catalogue above of Important money spending activities give an Indication that bankers i iConCudeti on page 10, column 1 WARLORDS OF CHINA BOUGHT OFF BYCHIANG Nationalist Leader Pays $12,000,000 for Ces sation of Hostilities Christian General Gets $3,000,000, Shanshi Governor $6,000,000 London (IP) An Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Tokyo quoting reliable advises from Peiping, said Saturday that Chiang Kai-shek, head of the nationalist government of China, had negotiated success fully with rebel generals for cessa tion of hostilities against tne cen tral government.. The peace was reached at the cost to the nationalist government of $12,000,000, the dispatch said. Payments were divided among the leaders of the recent revolts in northern provinces which for a time threatened the nationalist canital at Nanking. Governor Yen Shl-shan, so-called model governor of Shansi provinces received $6,000,000. the dispatch said, In addition to grant of control of a definitely defined territory. The rebel general, Feng yu- Hsaing, who has been active in Honan province, was awarded $3, 000,000 to cease revolutionary activ ities and pledge his loyalty to the present government. Another $3,000,000 was divided among other leaders of lesser im portance. . ' ... . RAIL MERGER HALTS PLANS OF NORTHERN LINES St. Paul (IP) The proposed merger ot the Great Northern and North ern Pacific railways to the exclu sion of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, their, subsidiary as rec ommended by the interstate com merce commission Saturday left the plans of the great northwest lines very much In the air, rail leaders declared. Ralph Budd and Charles Don nelly, presidents of the former lines, agreed that nothing would be done on their unification projects until the full text of the Interstate com merce commission report was thor oughly studied and a decision made by the federal government as to what Is to be done. The presidents assumed that the commission In the face of its general report would frown on the three way merger and would Insist on the separation of the Burlington before the Northerns could consider consolidation. "It has been rumored for some time that the commission might allow the consolidation or unifica tion of the Northern lines," Don nelly said, "provided they gave up their ownership of tne Burlington and the possibility of our having to face such a situation, therefore, has been recognized. "The plan will, of course, be care fully considered by the deposit committee, consisting of J. P. Mor gan, George P. Baker. Arthur Cur tlss James, L. W. Hill and Stephen Birch." The Burlington, owned by the stockholders of the two roads Blways hM bn considered an Invaluable j connection and Is the Unit between the two lines and the east by way of the Twin Cities and Chicago. CHRISTMAS MAIL PASSES PEAK The flood of Christmas mall, out ward bound which has been swirl ing Into the local postofflce during the past few days, apparently reached Its peak Friday night and from now on will be on the ebb, ac cording to Postmaster Farrar, who with coat removed, was aiding his army of employes to see that gift were dispatched as promptly as pos sible. While an accurate check had not been made. It waa believed at the postofflce that the volume of mall during the holiday season this year will be fully as large If not larger than a year ago. While the bulk of the outgoing packages were prob ably on their way Saturday, Christ mas greetings were coming Into the office In increasing volume. Very few postcards are found In. the thousands of pieces of mall that re handled, most of the greet'ngs being enclosed In envelopes. Hollywood Free Matinee Cheer Fund Whatever the total at that time may be the seventh annual Christ mas Cheer Fund of the Salem Lodge of Elks and the Capital Journal will be closed at 6 p. m. Monday, December - 23. The minimum amount of money needed to care for the Christmas needs of- the children on the list of those who. except for the Cheer Fund, would be missed by Santa Claus this year has been placed at a minimum of $1500. If that total Is not reached It will simply mean that some of the articles budgeted for the Christmas (Concluded on page 10. column gP TUNNEY FIGHTS WITHDRAWAL OF BALM SUIT Bridgeport, Conn. (PI The desire of Mrs. Katherine King Fogarty, Fort Worth. Tex., divorcee, to with draw her $500,000 breach of promise suit against James J. Tunney. found the retired heavyweight champion demanding a fight to a decision. Frank L. Wilder, Mrs. Fogarty's counsel, announced in court Friday, after he had been granted permis sion to quit the case as her repre sentative, that Mrs. Fogarty had dispatched a letter authorizing withdrawal of the action which was brought in superior court last May. Tunney s attorney, Homer 8. cum mings, immediately filed a motion for Judgment on his cross complaint, which, among other things, alleges that the suit was brought merely to defame Tunney and to extort mo ney. The motion will be argued next Friday before Judge Carl Foster. At the present time Tunney is liv ing In Greenwich with his wife, the former Polly Lauder, whom he mar. rled abroad before the breach of promise suit was filed. A suit for $500,000 brought against the former boxer by John H. Fogar ty, one-time Fort Worth plumber, who charged that Gene's promise to wed his wife influenced her to ob tain a divorce from him. Is pending. OPPOSITION TO RAIL MERGERS Washington JP The first con gresslonal reaction to the plans of the interstate commerce commis slon on railroad consolidation came Saturday In a declaration of op position to details of the plan from two senators from the west. Consolidation of the Great North ern and Northern Pacific raihoad aa proposed In the plan would be a "great calamity" for the north west. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, asserted. Presenting the commission's re port for incorporation Jn the con gresslonal record. Wheeler said that the two northwestern lines were competing roads and he added he would vigorously oppose any at tempt to link them Into a single system. CLEAR SKIPPER OF LOST SHIP Seattle lift Captain Eric Strand- qulst of the steamer Skagway used good Judgment In the beaching of his burning vessel near Cape Flat tery last Monday, steamboat In specters. Donald 8. Ames and THomas Short said here Saturday when making known the results ot their Investigation of the wreck. The Inspectors exonerated the cap tain of the wrecked vessel from all blame for the accident In their de cision. The master of a ship la responsl ble for the property under his care and the lives of his officers and crew and Captain Btrandquist fol lowed what he believed to be the safest course, the Inspectors ruled. Accusations that the captain Ig nored counsel of his officers and crew and headed for the rocks after being told he could make Neah Bay, three mllea away, were held ground less by Ames and Short. NESTlt'CA I1RIIX.E Washington iPi The war depart ment approved plans of the county court of Tillamook county, Oregon, for a bridge across the Big Nestuc ca river at Woods, Ore., under the authority of the state law. Kiddies To See Film , Scheduled For Tuesday To Be Closed Monday Christmas Cheer Fund Capital Journal ...... $25.00 Henry Jaequet 6.00 Curtis Cross 10.04 Receipts, Elks Shows. .485.00 A Rotarian 5.00 Mrs. Margaret Lefurgy S.00 Bert Hill 5.00 Cash 1.00 Mr. & Mrs. T. B. Kay 5.00 Mrs. Demarest 5.00 Mrs. N. E. G 3.00 Hawkins Roberta ... 25.00 A Christian Friend ... 2.00 V. 8. Bank Employees . 11.90 A Friend 1.00 A Friend 5.00 Hubbard Friend 1.00 Salem Engraving Co 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Lamport 50.00 A Friend 1.00 Phil W. Barrett 1.00 Margaret M. Barrett .. 1.00 Associated Oil Employees 15.00 Dan J. Fry 15.00 O. P. Coshow 5.00 Salem Fire Department 16.50 A Friend 2.00 Phi Chi Frat 4.00 Elks Club Contribution Box 35.00 Unruh Printing Co. ... 10.00 A Friend 2.00 Fuller Brash Man .... 1.00 Dreamland Rink ..... 5.00 Crystal Gardena 5.00 Mr. Mrs. A. N. Fulkeraon 5.M A Friend 1.00 A Friend 1.00 Russell Woodry 2.00 Marlon Hotel Employees 5.35 Dr. C. H. Schenk .... 5.00 Waronda Community Club 10.00 Trade Street Store .... 10.00 Marion Wiggtns 1.00 Mrs. Edward G. ' Patterson S.OO Cherry City Baking Company 15.00 Elks Club Thursday , Night Meeting 200.00 M. E. C 6.00 City Bus Drivers Local 889 , 5.00 Mrs. Emma Murphy Brown 5.00 The Bonus Commission 7.65 A Friend 10.00 Salem Bargain House & Salrm Jnnk Co, .. 6.00 Faith Friday 5.00 Little Patsy Ramsdell , M One II 2.00 Mrs. J. F. Whltllng ... 5.00 A Friend 1.00 Late Returns Elka Show Tickets 43.50 pouth Salem Neighbors 2.50 Elks Benefit Dance ... 33.70 Total $1135.04 FOG PREVENTS FLIERS' SEARCH Nome. Alaska () Dense fog over the Siberian coast again Interfered Friday with the search for Pilot Carl Ben Eielson and Mechanic Earl Borland, missing since November 9. although one pilot was ablo to reach the lcrbound fur trading ship Nanuk at North Cape, near where the fliers were believed to have been forced down. Pilot Harold Olllam, who took off from Teller, Alaska, Wednesday In company with Pilot Joe Crosson, reached the Nanuk late Friday af ternoon. He said that he and Cros- son flew half way to North Cape Wednesday but were separated by fog when they resumed their flight Friday. He said he believed Cros- son had landed somewhere en route when he found flying conditions unfavorable. Pilot Ed Young flew to Bast Cape. Siberia, Friday, but returned to Teller when he was unable to find a suitable place to land. He said that the fog extended to a height of 15,000 feet over the Bering Strait. MORALS OFFENDERS ARE GIYEN LASHES Vancouver, B. C. (If) Roderick McDonald and Dewey Vaughan, who were convicted of kidnapping a girl from e dance hall and assaulting her, were sentenced In the Assizes Saturday to 1ft years In prison and 15 lashes. A Japanese, convicted of assault upon ft Japanese woman In ft north coast cannery, was given ft similar sentence, Lashes were ordered In three oth- er offenses Involving morals charges. BY SANTA CLAUS Well children, this is the short est day ot the year and also one of the busiest for old Santa Claus, and after a visit with the boys and girls In the north end of the county Saturday afternoon, I am giving orders to nave my reindeer and sleigh made ready for the dash from the north pole in order that I can get back for Christmas Eve. Bright and early Saturday morn ing the telephone rang. "Hello, Mr. Santa Claus. this is Ray Stumbo, manager of the Holly- (Concluded on page 11, column 0) FRENCH VIEWS ON DISARMING SENT POWERS Paris (LP) A memorandum con taining France's general viewpoint on naval disarmament pertaining to the five power conference in Lon don next month was dispatched from the Quai dOrsay Saturday to the United States, Japan, Italy and Great Britain. Copies were 6ent out simultan eously to Washington, Tokyo and Rome, while Great Britain copy will be delivered to the British for eign office probably Saturday after noon by M. A. De Bicuriau, r rencn ambassador to London. The French memorandum empha sized the following points In the na tion's attitude towards the London conference: 1. Naval disarmament constitutes only a part of the general probem of limitation of armaments which ought to be regulated by the league of nations. 2. Naval, land and aerial arma ments should be considered as in terdependent. 3. The French demands for ton nage will be based only on tne needs of France. 4. The naval problem should be considered from the viewpoint ol guarantees of security necessary for each country. RESCUE 700 ON RAMMED FERRY New York n Harbor craft res cued 700 Christmas shoppers, com muters and newly arrived immi grants from the ferry boat West Point Friday night after the ferry had been rammed and disabled by a car float. Three persons suffer ed minor injuries. The ferry boat was crossing from the foot of West 42nd street. Man hattan, to Weekhawkcn, N. J., di rectly across the Hudson river. Un like the heavy fog which prevailed when the liner Fort Victoria was rammed by the Algonquin in the lower bay last Wednesday, the weather was clear and visibility good. The ferry boat was brilliantly lighted. In midstream the car float, which was being towed by a tug lashed alongside of it, drove Its prow into the port side of the ferry, tearing a hole through which water poured into the engine room. The passengers, start1 d by the impact. rushed from the cabins as the ferrv boat's firen began to scream distress signals. Says Movie Actress Protected By Keyes Slayer Of Taylor San Francisco (AP) The San Franciflco Call-Bulletin Saturday quoted former Governor Friend W. Richardson as Havine that he had proof that a motion picture actress mur dered William Desmond Taylor, one of Hollywood's most famous direc tors mvsterlouslv shot In 1922, After going Into the history of his differences and sharp exchanges of statements as governor with Asa Keyes, then district attorney of Los Angeles county, Richardson said that "about that time I heard that a prisoner in Folsom knew much about the murder ot the motion pic ture director." Richardson said that he Investi gated the case, and finally went to Los Angeles where he told the fore man of the grand Jury and chair- SYSTEM OF 19 TRUNK LINES PROVIDED FOIl Commission Announces Grouping Proposal To Improve Service Great Northern Project To Serve Northwest Territory Favored Washington VP) Legislation la necessary to put into effect the na tional railroad consolidation pro gram proposed by the Interstate commerce commission, in the opin ion of congressional leaders, and a drive to that end was advocated by Senator Watson of Indiana the re publican leader. Senator Fess, republican, Ohio. the author of a consolidation bill before the lnterestate commerce committee, arranged for an early conference with members of the commission. Washington (A) A plan for merg ing practically all of the steam rail roads of the United States Into nine teen giant operating units was laid down by the interstate commerce commission Saturday in compliance with a congressional mandate. Five eastern trunk lines would be formed, headed by the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Wabash-Sea-board. New York Central and Ches apeake and Ohio. The Boston and Maine and the New Haven would form the key system In New Ens land. In the south there would be three systems headed by the Atlantic: trial for the murder the import ant witnesses would be spirited away, bribed or murdered. Richardson said that he returned "(Concluded on page""il. column 6 POPE OBSERVES GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PRIESTHOOD Rome (IP) With much of the sim plicity that marked hla first cele bration of mass in the church of St. Charles In the Corso, 50 years ago, Achilla Rattl observed the golden Jubilee of Ills priesthood Saturday at the altar of the Great Basilica of St. Peter's as Pope Plus XL While the Basilica overflowed with worshippers of high degree, and the streets and plazas surround ing St. Peter's were thronged with thousands of spectators, the cere monial by which the pope marked his half century of service in the church was remarkably brief. It was a low mass not a high pontifical mass that was celebrated by the pope. The reason for this alterations In the apse and aisles ot the cathedral for the bcautlflca tion of the English martyrs last Sunday had forced a curtailment of the ceremony. The basilica was crowded when the pope entered, borne on his se dalla of state, and was adorned with banners and hangings which lent all the dignity of medieval times to the scene. In the central nave, the palatine guard, in picturesque cos tume, was drawn up. As usual, upon a state occasion, a silver bell announced the arrival of the pope, whereupon the thous ands within St. Peter's turned their faces to the doors of the chapel of the Sacrament, through which tht pope entered. - e man of the Jury criminal com mittee that he had the solution of the Taylor murder mystery. "I asked them whether the facta should be presented to the grand Jury and U so If there was any chance of an Indictment," the Call Bulletin quotes Richardson as say ing. To this the answer was "No," Richardson adding that "they ex plained that cither Kcyea or on of his deputies would be In tho grand Jury room and that before any person could be bronghtfor l Concluded" on pase 10, column 4)