Mercury
CIRCULATION
Daily arer dUtrl button for the
montn coding December II. 1929
10,383
Average oUUf net paid NU
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
43rd YEAR, No. 18
AUIjnj
MINIMUM OF
5 BELOW ZERO
REACHED HERE
Record Low Tempera
tures Reported Else
where in Oregon
Work of Clearing Snow
From Streets Will Be
Over by Night
TEMPERATURES
Meacham below
Madras 4.0 below
Lapine 3 below
Crane Prairie 38 below
Elgin 30 below
prineville 35 below
Enterprise 33 telow
Vale 31 below
Crescent Lake 39 below
Pendleton 23 below
The Dalles 25 below
Baker 22 below
La Grande 20 below
Hood Ri'er 19 below
Bend 19 below
Longvlew, (Wash) ..18 below
Forest Grore t below
Salem 5 below
Cottage Grora 1 below
Albany above
Corrallis 4 aboTe
Eugene above
Portland 14 above
Astoria 19 above
Medford ....21 abort
Kosrburff X '....22 above
Marshfield 2S above
Better coasting conditions con-
atltuted the only improvement noted
In Salem's cold weather situation
Tuesday morning.
Surface snow melted by the sun
Monday froze again before a mln
""tConcludPdon pagoll.cofunin6)
WET BLOC TO 7
START PROBE
OF PROHIBITION
Washington CP) The militant
and defiant "wl" blue of the house
vent ahead Tuesday with plans for
conducting its own hearings on
proposals for the modification of
the prohibition lairs.
Under the leadership of Repre
sentative J. Charles Linthicum of
Maryland, an executive committee
will be established to take charge of
the hearings.
Prominent pecple from all sec
tions of ths country are to be in
vited to appear. Linthicum says it
will be prepared to make a sweep
ing investigation of conditions and
recommendations. "
The executive cemmittco like the
house "wet organization its-?li, will
be entirely extra-official so far as
a congressional procedure is con
cerned. It will not have the power
of subpoena and can administer
oaths only with the witnesses' con
sent. The witnesses themselves
will be voluntary anl arc to be
asked to bear their own expenses.
RAINIER STUDENTS
PETITION FOR PROBE
Rainier. Ore, Ml An lnvrstl-
lion of conditions in the Rainier
union high school, sought by stud
ents In a petition to the board of
directors, was postponed Tuesday,
because of inclement weather.
In the meantime Interest was In
tense through the union high school
district which embraces 13 school
districts and serves five others
Thirty students, or about 12 percent
of the student body, signed the pe
tition for an Inquiry.
No definite charges are made In
the petition and studrnls refuse to
discuss the situstlon. Charges prob
ably will be filed at the hearing.
BOOTH'S PROPERTY
GIYEN TO HIGGINS
London, or Executors of the
late General Bramwell Booth,
former Salvation Army head, were
ordered Tuesday by the Chancery
court to turn over to General Hit?
gins, who now heads the Salva
tkm Armv, army property valued
at 1,000.000 pounds '5,000,000),
Drops
Entered M second clam
matter at fialcm, Orecoa
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
God Save the King" Is all we've
got to say about him If we happen
to nut Into him this morning. Mrs.
Sips slipped one ever on us last
night by leaving the radio on and
setting the alarm at 2:30 unbe
knownst to us. We awoke from
sweet dreams of peace mid the bang
of the alarm and waves 01 static
sweeping In off the Atlantic We
didn't leave the old radio on long
enough to know whether the king
spoke or not. But if what we beard
was him speaking all we've got to
say is he ought to take a course in
public speaking.
8. O. 8. FROM BERT MACY
The great controversy between
Bert Macy and the girls'from Mil'
lcrs Beauty shop as to who bought
the liver for the stray cat had set
tled down to a draw when Bert
called us up yesterday.
"Listen," he said. "This stray cat
has been up here for a week now
and has been fed every day. Tm
willing to give up all credit to the
young ladles for buying the liver.
I'm willing to give up all credit for
rescuing the cat. - I'm willing to
give up all credit for taking care of
it. But I do wish somebody would
send up a box of sand."
Here's a chance for Spauldlngs to
come to the rescue.
Sporting headline writers have
overlooked a bet In not writing one,
Doc Spears $11,500 Contract."
There was a time when Oregon
was called "The fool of the family."
It looks as though history had re
peated itself.
Bob Paulus writes us from the
eas that, he has '' covered no legal
knowledge is required by the laws of
Wisconsin for supreme court Judges.
Well, they only have to be admit
ted to the bar here.
According to posters in the banks.
Monday was "National Make-a-Wlll
Day." we re glad or that as we d
figured today on calling on T'alt
Thompson and telling him what we
think of him.
Fame Isn't so much. Last eve
ning we heard a radio announce
that the next number would be
dedicated to "Dr. P. O. Klley of
Hubbard." He then caught him
self and said, "Maybe that's Dr.
P. O. Riley. It was written in a
kind of a hurry."
UP TO NATIONS
The Hague (IP) The reparations
front shifted Tuesday from The
Ha cue to the parliaments of 15 na
tions and three dominions whose
delegates Monday signed the revised
loung plan protocol.
As soon as those governments
ratify the agreements, perhaps even
before, troops will be on the move
again with the last of the French
forces evacuating the Rhine. Those
soldiers will never go baci so long
as Germany does not wilfully de
fault in reparations payments.
me Hague conference, which be
gan January 3, and ended Monday,
was intended to put a final end to
reparations squabbles. It succeeded
in principle, but must be followed
by a smaller conference at Paris
in which details are arranged for
the handling of Balkan property
claims.
A general agreement was drawn
up and signed here whereby Hun
garian, Bulgarian and Austrian
reparations annuities were fixed.
but some minor matters connected
with funding of Balkan claims re
main for settlement at Paris. They
aueci me putting ox the Young
plan into eriect.
mm
Manager Urges That
Miles Mill Capacity
Be Doubled At Once
Recommendation was made at the annual meeting of
Miles Linen mill Monday evening in a report by F. J. Gii
braith, manajrer of the mills, that steps be taken as soon as
puMiu.e vo oouoie im capacity oi
the plant This recommendation
was made In light of experience had
especially in the past year In man
ufacture of sale of the salmon and
sack twine products of the mill with
the demand for the products evi
dently running away with the ca
pacity of the mill to turn them out.
No Immediate action In that re
spect was decided on by the direc
tors. Annual reports of officers showed
that during the past year 309,788
Within
FACTS MAKE
REPORT UPON
BRIDGE JOKE
North "Winter Viaduct
Ample to Take Care of
Water
Committee Again Show
ing Spite; Engineers
Tell of Conditions
By HARRY N. CBAIN
Action of the "engineering ex
perts" comprising the new bridge
committee of the city council In ab
solving the contractor on the North
Winter street bridge from naoiuiy,
through attempting to saddle the
bdame for the high water which
flooded basements above the struc-
turo during the high water of De
cember upon the engineer who de
signed the structure, may clear me
way for the Injured property owners
to recover damages from the city
but it does not reveal the true cause
of flood conditions in that vicinity.
in the opinion of competent engi
neers who have stndled and sur
veyed and charted the stream and
its flow.
As to the practicability of the
committee's proposal, swallowed
hook, line and sinker by the council
Monday night, that 48 Inch pipe
lines be installed outside the bridge
foundations at either side to carry
surplus flood water, engineers brand
"(Concluded on page 10. column 6)
AIR LINER LOSS
DUE TO FURY OF
SUDDEN STORM
Los Angeles, Cal. 0P The vio
lence of a sudden storm which
wracked its fury on the T. A. T.-
Maddux air liner near Oceanside,
Cal, Sunday dashing it to earth
and killing Its sixteen occupants.
was described Tuesday by LaMar
Nelson, pilot of another plane which
was following the snip, nelson sub
mitted his report at an Inquiry here
begun by Maddux ofilcuus.
Nelson disclosed his own narrow
escape from the horrible fate into
which the Maddux liner sped, testi
fying that he was speculating on the
probable severiy tof the storm when
he saw the doomed ship srreep past
him and he decided to cruise about
for five minutes to learn whether
the other pilot could get through.
Nelson was at the control; of a
Western Air Express transport. As
he maneuvered back and forth on
the edge of the storm bank he sud
denly saw a flash of flame, the fire
which followed the crash of the
Maddux plane and with this hor
rible warning before his eyes he
sharply banked his plane about and
raced back to San Diego and to safe'
ty.
The pilot said he had left Agua
Callente with a load of passengers
shortly before the Maddux ship de
parted from the Mexican resort,
where its patrons had been spending
the day at the jockey races. As his
big ship approached Oceanside, he
said, he noticed lowering clouds and
ram.
Grief -stricken relatives, stunned
by the tragedy which Sunday snuf
fed out the lives of sixteen persons
in the crash of a Trans-Continental
Air Transport-Maddux air liner
(Concluded oh page It, column 7)
pounds of twines of all kinds had
been manufactured at tbe mill, rep
resenting a cat value of $245,000
and that a payroll of 171.603 had
developed with an average of 75
people employed during the year.
The manufacture of the twine re
quired 300 tons or around 400,000
pounds of flax fiber in the making.
One of the most gratifying fea
tures of the report, however, wae
that all this had been done at a
(Concluded on page lli'column t
One Degree Of Record Temperature
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930
nrMnn MiAni
55 Years Ago
14 Degrees Below
Lasted 6 Weeks
"Fifty-fire years as today
L was Urine ketweem 8heM
and OorvaUJar and wkxn - I
awoke In -theS merhlmg ' the
thermometer- registered 14
degrees - beiew seta, allied
Dr. J. N. Smith, eld time
Salem resident wbe recently
retired as superintendent o(
the Institution for the feeble
minded. "It began snowing that year
1175, en January 17 and cult
en the night of the JOtb.
snow falling to a level of
two and a hah feet without
drifting. It tamed very cold
en the 20th. The river frose
ever and It was as extreme a
winter as I remember. Wea
ther like we are having to
day continued not rfnly stp
to February 1 but all through
February, freesing and thaw
ing, and about March 1 it
began to rain and rained
every day for thirty-seven
days. 1 remember on April
1 I was at an Institute at
Albany and on that day light
snow fell during the day
melting about as fast as It
came down and that ended
the winter weather. We had
fair crops that summer and
a beautiful summer, I also
remember that," n
50 ILL FROM
POISONING AT
LODGE DINNER
Sacramento, Cal. (TV- Between
fifty and sixty men and women
guests at a dinner given by Camelia
City Circle No. 1102, Foresters of
America, here Monday night were
reported ill Tuesday either at their
homes or in hospitals.
Doctors attending cases In local
hospitals declared that "five or six"
persons might die from the effects
of a poisoning that wracked them
violently for several hours.
Physicians who attended other
cases In private homes declared
their patients suffered considerably.
Dr. Howard Hail, city health of
ficer, was working on the matter,
obtaining samples of the food served
at the banquet for chemical analysis
to determine the source of the poi
soning.
Dr. Samuel wells who attended
ten of the stricken guests, declared.
that Judglnf by the symptoms the
illnesses might be ptomaine but that
the victims were taken ill too quick
ly after eating.
Dr. J. E. Yates who attended six
cases declared the illnesses might
be ptomaine but that "It was a queer
rood poisoning.
The dinner was given In honor of
Mrs. Nellie Kramer and Mrs. Lulu
Lehman, both of San Francisco,
Mrs. Kramer is grand chief com
panion of the state order, and Mrs.
Lehman is supreme deputy of the
organization. Mrs. Kramer was re
ported as being "very ill."
The guests at the affair were
served a creamed dish of chicken
and veal. From all Indications
those who partook of this course
became til. u.
AVIATRIX SEEKS
RENO DIVORCE
Reno, Nev. OP) That Lady Mary
Heath, famous B'-.tlsh aviatrlx, may
be forced to accept a default divorce
decree, which in some states and in
some countries Is not recognized as
a legal decree, seemed a possibility
Monday night when her attorney
was Informed that Sir James Heath
who is In London, had refused to
be served.
Lady Heath filed suit here Mon
day alleging that her husband had
threatened to deny the paternity oi
a child should one be bom to her
and alleged that he employed her
former lawyer for the purpose of
exacting from him through threats
to discharge him statements that
were defamatory to her food char
acter and name.
She charged that her husband,
who was 72 years of age when she
married him, told her a few mo
ments after the marriage that he
had made out big will and had left
her out of It.
Ottawa Ml Government figures,
published Tuesday show that 120,
787,100 worth of alcoholic beversges
were exported from Canada to the
United States during 120.
This figure Is approximately 2,
500.000 less than the value of liquor
exports to the United States In IW.
Total liquor exports from Canada
In 12 were 29,59,2.
BILLS CUT OUT
JURY TRIALS III
DRY LAV CASES
House Committee Spon
sors Enlarging Powers
Of Commissioners
Wickersham Pleads Leg
ality of Measure Elim
inating Jury Trial
Washington (IP) Switching
around under the persuasions of
President Hoover's law enforcement
commission the house judiciary
committee decided Tuesday to
sponsor two vital measures in the
commission's prohibition reform
program.
For years the commission has
bottled up the proposal to enlarge
the powers of United States commissioners-
so they can try prohibi
tion cases without a jury. It also
has failed to act on the proposed
amendment of the Jones law to give
the commissioners broader powers
to inflict - light punishment for
"casual anl slight violations."
Chairman Wickersham of the
commission, former attorney gen
eral, arsued for two hours beiore
the committee Tuesday that the
first proposal is constitutional. At
the conclusion ox nis argument,
Chairman Chris topher&on ot the
committee, announced he would
within a few hours introduco two
bills In the house to carry out the
commission plan. Ho said he naa
been convinced by Wickersham and
another commissioner, Hoscoe
Pound, dean of the Harvard law
school, that the proposals are "ab-
Concluded on page 10. column 7)
ROADS BLOCKED
BY SNOW DRIFTS
NEAR DONALD
Snow drifted Into the roads
high as six feet in places in the
north end of the county caused
Roadmaster Johnson to send the
big caterpillar tractor there as fast
as It could make the distance as the
smaller graders proved powerless to
pull through the deep drifts. On
some of the roads, he stated, drilts
four or five feet deeo are not un
common and In sections there has
been virtually a tie uo of traffic
until the county Is able to push the
big caterpillar through. And that
is slow work In itself where the
deeper drifts are. The road between
Donald and Champoeg Li said to
have some of the deepest drifted
snow In the north end where It is
sa J to be at Its worst because oi
the long stretches of prairies which
allowed a full sweep lor tno wind.
Both Roadmaster Johnson and
Commissioner Smith spent a good
share of time In the north end
Monday going over such roads as
they could travel over.
In addition to the big caterpillar
there are two patrol graders of the
caterpillar typo working but smal
ler graders and these are being
used on roads where the drifts are
not so deep and reported to be
making some progress.
MISSING BANK
MANAGER BACK
Worlev. Idaho WV-Michael M.
Kraemer. manager of the Bank of
Worley, who disappeared leaving the
bank's money unguarded, returned
home early Tuesday while police
sought him. Half frozen, he said
only that he had "been out on the
tracks."
Kraemer opened the bank Mon
day morning, accepted several de
posits, and opened the vaults lor
the day's work, but customers who
called an hour later found the
vaults open, the keys on a table
and money on shelves In the cages.
Kraemer was not there.
Mrs. Kraemer, unable to explain
her husband's absence, told offi
cers that he bad worked almost
night and day tor several weeks to
clean up his bookwork. She thought
It possible that the a train might
have made him ill.
The directors voluntarily ordered
the bank closed Tuesday wnue I
state examiner checked over the ac
counts. They emphasised, however,
that tney aid not believe any dis
crepancies would be found.
Capital Journal
To Start Probe Of
High Water Bills
What foundation there may be in fact for the complaints
widely heard of late among Salem residents that their water
bills have showed material increases, without corresponding
increase in the amount of water consumed is to be the sub
ject of an informal investigation by the Capital Journal.
This Investigation to be complete
and worth anything in an attempt
to remedy the complained of condi
tion, if it Is actually found to exist,
must have the full cooperation of
the public.
As a. first step In the survey
water users are requested to supply
the Capital Journal with comparable
figures on their water bills lor cor
responding months of the year un
der the prior and present owner
ship of the water company. The
new company took over the water
system on July 1, 1927.
Comparative figures submitted
should, therefore, cover the. same
seasonal periods of the year for
months prior to and subsequent to
July 1, 1927.
Bills for December, 1929, should,
for Instance, be contrasted against
(Concluded on page 10. column 6)
CANCER KILLING
SERUM CLAIMED
BY PHYSICIANS
Ssn Francisco (m Discovery by
two San Francisco surgeons of what
they called a "cancer-killing serum"
was disclosed Tuesday when it be
came known that medical agencies
of the University of California had
decided to cooperate In further ex
periments with the substance.
The originators. Dr. waiter Ber
nard Coffey, chief surgeon of the
Southern Pacific hospital here, and
Dr. John D. Humber, his colleague,
specified that the serum was not to
be regarded as a cancer cure out
asserted that it was able to kill can
cerous tissues. Dr. Coffey said it
produced "striking results" In one
case.
Dr. Karl Meyer, director of the
Hooper founda'ion of the University
of California, described the discov
ery as "the most notable advance
made in the field of cancer research"
and as being "of utmost possible Im
portance." Dr. John Gallwey, prominent San
Francisco surgeon said the serum
had "proved itself potent In killing
malignant tissues," but that at this
stage It would be Inadvisable to hall
it as a cancer cure.
The serum Is derived from the
outer layer of the adrenal glands of
sheep and was asserted by Its dis
coverers to have the power, when in
jected into the human body, of "de
stroying the tissues of the malig
nant areas.
DAWES MISSES
KING'S SPEECH
London (Pi Ambassador Dawes,
one of the seven American naval del
egates, did not hear King George's
address opening the naval conicr-
ence Tuesday.
The American ambassador was de
layed by the dense fog which rested
over London and did not arrive at
WstminlsUr palace until after his
majesty's speech had been delivered
and translated Into French and the
monarch himself had departed.
The American ambassador vm
not the only notable left out In the
fog while the king delivered his ad
dress. Former premier David I'Wja
George, the liberal leader, needed
an hour and three-quarters to make
short Journey and missed the
plenary spectacle altogether.
SENATE EMPLOYES
ON LOBBY PAYROLL
Washington, (IP) Employes of
the senate finance commission and
the House ways and means com
mission were on the payroll of the
American Tariff League, high tar
iff organization, the senate lobby
Investigating committee learned
Tuesday.
Records of the league showed
several payment to Edward Nel
son Dingicy, finance committee
tariff expen, and Clayton Moore,
clerk of the house committee.
nd
Local:
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PRICE THREE
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HOOVER HEARS
NAVAL SESSION
TALKS ON RADIO
Washington OP) Clad in a sweat
er and pair of old pants. President
Hoover Tuesday sat in a basement
room of tho White Hose and list
ened to formal ceremonies opening
uie LiOndon Arms conference.
Arising at 5 o'clock the president
dressed himself In the garb he gen
erally wears while taking his daily
exercise of throwing around the big
medicine ball and went to a base
ment room where a high powered
receiving set had been Installed.
With him sat Attorney General
Mitchell, also dressed for medicine
ball game, Justice Stone ot the
United States supreme court, Dr.
Joel Boone, the White House phy
sician, Lawrence Rlchey and Walter
Newton, two oi the presidents sec
retaries.
The reception of the different
speeches was as clear as If they had
been made in the next room. The
small group, so vitally Interested in
the success of the conference, sat
completely silent durlnz tile entire
ceremonies.
Immediately after the last speech
the president and his companions
went to ah enclosed court for the
regular early morning medicine ball
game.
While the president was listening
to the broadcast Acting Secretary
of the Navy Jahncke and two ad
mirals were In a room at Uie May
flower hotel listening to the con
ference.
The reception at the Jahncke par
ty was so clear that sound motion
pictures ot the group were taken.
WORLD LISTENS
TO CONFERENCE
London, (IP) King George's
speech opening the London naval
conference was carried to five
continents over the world's larg
est radio relay.
A hundred million people, It is
estimated, listened in.
In the general hookup, Fiance,
Germany, Norway, Denmark, Ewe
den, Hungary and Austria were
reached by relay telephone to Ber
lin, from which, as a central point,
all European telephone systems
were linked to local radio broad
casting stations.
Belgium and Holland received
the broadcast from Daventry sta
tion direct and re broadcast from
their own stations.
Stations in New Zealand. Aus
tralia, Italy, Japan and Finland,
were served by an ex.ierimental
short wave transmission station.
United States was served by a
short wave transmitter.
Doughton Holds Back
Resignation To Allow
For Council Politics
Alderman I. M. Doughton
resinnatirm from membership
intr Monday niifht, but did not
or tne meeting when It was sub-
mltted In writing to Mavor Lives-
ley. The fact that Doughton did
not resign prior to or during the
meeting forestalled the election of
an alderman to succeed him.
Doughton stated that It was by
request of other member that he
did not turn In Uie resignation un
til after the meeting. Presumably
city politics entered Into this re
quest, for It Is pretty well known
that the Insurgent majority of the
council has not succeeded 111 agree
FAIR
continued cold tonight
Wednesday. Moderate easterly
max. 39; mln. -S; rata
loot j clear; north wind.
CENTS
ktskiis nva cent
COOPERAMI
OF 5 wm
IS PROVED
Spokesmen of Nations lit
World Wide Broadcast
Prophesy Success '
Pledge to End Competi
tion in Building Ships
of War, Common Good
London (A5) Sounding a call ta
words heard round the world, the
five great naval powers consecrated
themselves anew to peace Tuesday'
at the opening session of their long
awaited conference on the further
limitation of armaments on the sea.
Their first meeting was opened
with impressive dignity In the royal
gallery of the palace Of Westmin
ister by King George who bespoke
success In ending con. petition in
building ships of war. The nations
each in turn declaring in eloquent
phrases their readiness for common
sacrifice in the common Interest.
When the formal opening ad
dresses which were broadcast by a
worldwide hookup, had been com
pleted the conference adjourned to
reconvene Thursday morning at 10
o'clock In St. James' palace. Wed-
nesday the delegates will spend an
informal discussion to dear the way
for Thursday's meeting which will
be ft private one. -
"I believe that you to whom your
governments have entrusted tho
high mission of continuing the task
begun at Washington," said Kin
"(Concluded on pr.ge 11, column 4P
STIMSGN SEES
NAVAL CUTTING
AS CONTINUOUS
London W A declaration thai
the present effort at naval limita
tion la not regarded as final was
made here Tuesday by Henry U
Stlmson, the American secretary of
state, in his address at the opening
ot the naval conference in the Royal
gallery of the bouse of lords.
"Naval limitation is a continuous
process," he said. "We regard dis
armament as a goal to be reached
by successive steps, by frequent re
vision and improvement, A solution
reached today, however perfect, may
not respond to conditions at a later
date."
The chairman ot the Anvrican
delegation added that he and his
colleagues were ready to remain in
London until the problems were
solved, until the opportunities were
grasped and until the world was giv
en an agreement that would carry 11
happily on to the time when the na
tions could meet a sain In the same
spirit to look over the situation
anew.
"We are profoundly Impressed and
moved by the significance of tho
speeches we have just heard,' ho
.said. "The cordial and hospitable
welcome extended to us by his ma
jesty the kin? ond the wise analysts
of our problems which has been so
movingly presented by the prime
minister. I am co convinced that all
members of thi3 conference share
the lofty idealism that has been ex
pressed in the two preceding speech
es that I look forward with confi
dent hope, to the success of our la
bors. of the first ward turned in his
in the city couniil at the mect-
do it until after adjournment
ing to vote as a unit on either of
the two men mentioned aa candi
dates for Doughton's place. The
two candidates are A. A. Keen and
George Arbuckle. The election of
Doughton's successor will be on tbe
slate for the next meeting.
On motion of Alderman Purvine
the council committee having Juris
diction over the incinerator was In
structed Mondav night to Investi
gate the feasibility of boring a well
"(Concluded oh puge lft column
i