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A C apitalAJoiLiiFEal CIRCULATION Dally arena distribution lor the mouth tuainc February 1, 1930 10,627 Average daily net paid 10,195 Uembet Audit Bumu of Circulation UNSETf I.ED Tonight and Sunday, no chines In temperature. Moderate to fresh northeast winds. Local Max. 51; Mln. it; Rain 0; River 1.4 feet; clear, northeait wind. 43rd YEAR, No. 64 Entered u second tm auutf (. ttelcm. Oregon SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1930 DDll'P TOOPP CPHTCJ O TSUI.N- AMD NKlTfl X 1UVU ilHUiU ViiiltXO 8TANUS IVC CHNT o) c n JOSEPH STIRS POUTICAL POT INTO FURORE Candidacy, if Not Too Vicious Held "Potent With Possibilities" Corbett Alone Stands to Profit by Attorney's Declaration Br RABAT M. CRAM Out of a preliminary set-up for the spring primary battle, which had a week ago become pretty well settled for the two months of cam paigning, has in the short space of six days come chaos. Not even the wisest of the "wise boys," who last week-end had the results of most of the contests ail doped, are ven turing to wager any appreciable portion of their fortunes on their guesses now. Two developments of the past few days have upset every feather by which the prognostlcators usually chart their courses In the wind of public sentiment the announce ment of George W. Joseph that he will seek the republican nomination for governor, and the agitation which has developed in certain newspapers and lumber quarters for a candidate to succeed Chaa. L. Mc- Nary as united states senator. Joseph's entry Into the guberna torial picture has unquestionably played havoc with the hopes, aspir ations and the plana of at least three of the avowed candidates. Be has, in the language of a prominent Portland political sage, created i situation "potent with possibilities' both to himself and others. In Portland there Is no disguising "(Concluded on page 10. column 4) CANADA STOPS CLEARANCE ON LIQUOR SHIPS Ottawa GtV-Passages of the bill to prohibit clearances for craft carrying liquor to the United States seemed assured Saturday after second reading in the house of commons without a division. The measure, which was Intro duced by Premier W. U MacKensle King, has the support of the con servative opposition. R. B. Ben nett, opposition leader, said he would support the measure despite the fact that he took issue with the arguments advanced for it by Mr. King. C. O. Power, a liberal of Quebec, was the only speaker to oppose the measure. He said be believed that the effect of the bill would be to increase bootlegging and that it would result In violence against Canadian citizens by United States revenue officers. After declaring that the Canadi an government now acts as a con necting link between breweries and distilleries and United 8tates rum runners, Mr. King challenged mem bers of parliament to defeat the bill. "May I say," declared the prime minister, "that so perilous do I be lieve the situation to be that I would no longer assume the re sponsibility In the maUer of ex ternal affairs in this regard if I were not sure that I had the sup port of this parliament. "The present situation is found to afford a link between the brew ery and distillery and criminal gang." RED AND WHITE RUSSIANS IN RIOT New York WV-Po-lee reserves ere called out Saturday to dis perse "red" and white" Russians, who became entraved in a disturb ance In front of the offices of the Amtorg Tradinf company, one of the official orfranizaUons of the Soviet government, at 2&5 Fifth arenue, near the corner of 39th Street. Four women, all of them mem bers of the croup of 60 or 70 "white" Russians who were at tacked by the IS or 40 "reds' were arrested on eharfea of disorderly conduct. SNOW FALLS AT BEND Bend IP) Nearly half an Inch of now covered the ground In Bend Saturday morning, with more snow falling at o'clock. The tempera ture hovered below freezing, after A minimum of 26 degrees during the night Good Evening! Sips for Supper . By DON UPJOHN Ud to now we thought Al Nor- blad had the. Inside track for the governorship. But yesterday our faith began to waver when we heard that Bud Stutesman says Al Is sure to be elected. Why, we bet we could land Bud the governor's Job for himself if he'd only do as we told him. If he'd file his candidacy and then go around telling everybody he wasn't going to win he'd go In by a fat plurality. We noticed that Frank Bllgh packed his show shop last evening from dome to basement on the strength of the great picture show ing Sips, who, as the announcer. feelingly remarked is "God's gift to the Capital Journal." For the bene fit of the vast crowds who no doubt will still surge in to see this clas sic picture we wish to advise that we are the man seen Just attempt ing to hide behind an automobile. Bowever, aside from our part of the program that's a great au around local picture Frank is put ting on and shouldn't be missed by any Salemite.' We have a letter from Otto Hill' man at Milwaukee, where he Is so journing the next three months. urging us to send the Capital Jour nal as he's missing Sips dreadfully. "We are wondering what became of the bloomers and what our friend Thompson Is doing," writes Otto, Hello, Otto, you're on. This idea of running Charlie LaFollette for governor for vindi cation has taken on good and we heard lots of favorable comments on the streets today. Putting Charley in Jail the way they did we may say. as the Oregon journal said 01 George Joseph, "is a terrific pen alty" for a martyr to a cause like that, of Charley's. .- Now Is the golden opportunity for men of independent mind and spirit who haven't the inclination to support their wives and children to rise up and assert their rights. Instead of Joseph's platform of "free speech and Justice" we suggest as a motto for those behind this cause "free wives and children." The place to economize is In the home. When a man gets married he should be careful. Habits will grow on one even inch habit as giving money to one's wife. Harry Corbett has Issued a state ment condemning the use of poli tical posters for display along the public highways. That serves Harry two useful purposes. In the first place someone beat him to it, and in the second place It will save him lot of money on his campaign But it's going to cost Harry the solid Job printers' vote. . .. 13 AIRPLANES ARE DESTROYED South Plainlield. N. J. (flV-Thlr- teen airplanes were destroyed Sat urday by fire which consumed the hangar of New York Air Termin als, Inc., at Hadlev field. The loss was estimated at $200,000. The destruction Included a small quantity of mall, which had just been sorted In the air mail post office at the hangar. The fire broke out at 7:20 a. m shortly after the mall clerks oi the early morning tour of duty had completed their wort Before the clerks and other workers could go into action, the hangar and its highly inflamable contents were in flames. In the hangar were stored four mail planes of the Pit cairn Air plane company, used on the Phila del phi a, Washington and Atlanta flights. Other machines belonged to John Allen. N. Parker Runyon of Perth Amboy, and Lieutenant Kenneth Unper. Sky Robbery Theory Stimulates Search For Missing Flier -Reno (UP) Stimulated by reports that a $75,000 rob bery had been committed, 300 men were pressed into service Saturday in a renewed search airplane pilot. Graham was lost- January 10 while flying between Las Vegas, Nev, and Salt Lake City. Utah. The renewed hunt for the aviator got under way after authorities had expressed the belief that the plane carried SlS.noo in currency and nearly a haii million dollars In se curities and that it had been robbed after the crash. Charles F. Dutton, postal inspect or of Salt Lege City, la at the head of the search and has stationed the CHINESE SHOOT NAVAL OFFICER, YAtiGTSE RIVER Lieut. Winslow Wounded ' In Attack, by Chinese On River Vessels Assault With Field Guns On Mile Front is Re pulsed, Heavy Loss Shanghai W Sharp fighting be tween guards on five American commercial steamers and Chinese bandit soldiery took place late Friday on the upper Yangtse river. Lieutenant C. M. winslow of the United States navy was wounded in the left thigh with machine gun bullets. His condition Is reported not serious. He is the son of Rear Admiral Cameron, Mcr.-Winslow, retired. Disorganized Chinese Soldiers fired from both banks of the Yang. tze where It narrows fifty miles above Ichang to form the danger ous Hslntang rapids. Several ves sels were fired upon with field pieces. River traffic was halted until the American gunboat Tutuila was rushed to the scene and the ban dits fled. Winslow was in command of I naval guard aboard the American (Concluded on page 11, column 8) STATE RESTS IN DOHENY CASE; DEFENSE OPENS Washington. (IP) After the testi mony of a number of western oil I men Saturday, the government rested Its case against Edward L Doheny, wealthy oil man, charged with bribing Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior. The prosecuticn rested after the presentation of documents and witnesses in an effort to show that Doheny gave Fall $100,000 In return for the lease of the Elk Hills. California, naval oil reserve to a Doheny company. A defense motion for a directed verdict freeing Doheny was denied by Justice William Hits. The motion also asked for dis missal of the case on ground that testimony did not support the In dictment. This also was denied. Shortly after the defense mo tions were overruled the trial re cessed until Monday. E. C. Finney, former assistant secretary of the interior, was oi the stand during most of the morn lng session. Called as a government witnesses, he testified under cross examination by Frank Hogan, Doheny's counsel, that he revoked an order by Fall which said that the navy should handle all contracts involving naval oil leases. He also said that Fall was not acquainted with the details of the Pearl Har bor contract which gave a Doheny company preference to the Elk Hills lease. CRAWFORD AGAIN ON FAIR BOARD H. R. Crawford of Salem was Saturday reappointed by Oovernor Norbiad as a member of the state fair board. Crawford's term plred Saturday. He was appointed four years ago by Governor Pierce. The reappointment is for four years. for Maury Graham, missing men under his command aU along I he route from Las Vegas to Salt Lake. Other postal authorities are slating In the search while the noted avtatrlx, Juanlta Bums, who located the missing Western Air Epress plane several days ago, is riding the sky In an attempt to locate the wreckage of the plan. Chief of Police Percy Nash of Las Vrrraa, has thrown his fore (Concluded 'on page 10, column t) Twister Hits Suburbs of Los Angeles Los Angeles (P) A twister swept through suburbs south of Los An geles Saturday - continuing north east into the industrial district of Los Angeles about 150 houses were unroofed or damaged In Lawn dale, Hawthorne, Lennox and the Los Angeles industrial district. Two persons were reported injured. Hawthorne, Cal. yp) Roofs of several houses were blown off, at least one small dwelling demolished and two persons slightly injured Saturday when a twister swept through Hawthorne shortly before I Concluded on page 9. column 7) ASK CITY TO UNDERWRITE POWER PLANT -A promise that electrio lighting charges would be reduced by 3$ per cent is part of a proposal that has been placed before the city council by a concern that now has rep resentatives in the city talking with city council members about a mun icipal light and power plant. The identity of the company could not be ascertained, but it is known that representatives of the concern have approaches several members of the council. The proposal has not yet been before the utilities committee. Should the proposal be adopted here is it understood that from the start it would be known as a mun- Iclpally-owned plant, though it would not be turned over to the city for some years after beginning op eration. The plan In brief is this: The concern that is now in touch with the councilmen would construct the plant and finance it by a bond Is sue. It would operate the plant un til such time as the bonds were re tired whereupon It would turn the plant over to the city. During each year of operation by the concern it would pay the city an amount of money equivalent to what taxes on the plant would be If It were on the assessment rolls. The bonds would be retired from the receipts for service. From what could be learned or the nature of the plan the promo ters would invest as much of their own money as would be required to meet the approval of the corpora tion department and wbuld complete the financing through an Issue of bonds to the full limit permitted A contract with the city for the final turn-over of the plant would be used In the nature of a muni cipal guarantee, or underwriting. Another member of the council understood the plan to be a stock selling promotion to capitalize pub lic sentiment favoring a reduction in power rates. PEP TRAINMEN REJECT OFFER Portland, (jn Street railway employes Saturday met the propo sal of Franklin T. Oifflth, presi dent of the Portland Electric Pow er company, who offered to divide Increased earnings under tne 10 cent fare carfare with- 1,032 em ployes, with the flat statement "a pay Increase or nothing at all." Leaders oi tne employes saia me increase would be based on 1928 earnings Instead of 1923 receipts and the 10 cent carfare would have to bring in $225,000 more than last year before tne employes wouia receive any beneficial benefits. They said that If the Increase was based on 1S29 earnings and in ef fect last week each employee would have received but five cents extra In their pay envelopes. During the first week or tne 10 cent carfare, receipts, the employ es said, were asn.UT and for the same week In 1929. with I cent carfare the receipts were (85,989. REFUSED BREAD RETURNS TO ROB Portland (JPh- A man, who two weeks ago was refused a loaf of bread at the M. Jenson grocery, re turned early Saturday, knocked Al fonso Stadius, 20 year old clerk, un conscious, and escaped with $5 from the cash register and a carton of cigarettes. Stadius told police he recognised the robber as the man who entered the store two weeks ago and asked for a loaf of bread. The clerk said the robber admitted he could not pay for it as ha was unemployed and hungry. The robber clipped Stadius on the chin after he had asked to urj the pay telephone. UNITED STATES TO CLAIM LAND IN ANTARCTIC State Department to Dis regard Byrd's Action As Binding , Explorer Holds Discov eries for Entire World. Refuses to File Claims Washington W7 Acting Secretary Cotton of the state department Sat urday expressed the view that the intention of Rear Admiral Byrd not to claim lands discovered in the Antarctic area was not considered binding upon the American govern ment. It was the opinion of Cotton Mat whatever the eventual decision in regard to claiming south Polar ter ritory might be, the state depart ment would take the view that na tional claims could not be affected by verbal relinquishment on the part of a discoverer. At the beginning of the Byrd ex ploration the Polar discoveries were made the subject of correspondence between the United States and Great Britain when the latter gov ernment laid claim to practically the entire Antarctic region by right of prior discovery. The united states had not admit ted the British claim -but there has been no correspondence on the sub ject since November, 1029, when the state department acknowledged the British note without admitting tne validity of the claims it cuntalncd. (Concluded on page 10. column 3) MRS. M'CREDIE STATE REGENT OF DAUGHTERS Portlnnd Ml Mrs. Walter W. McCredie, past regent of the Wil lamette chapter, Portland, was chos en unanimously Saturday as the new state regent of the Oregon State Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. The seven teenth annual conference of the or ganisation was held here Saturday. other orilcers elected are: Mrs. John H. Cochrane, Medford, first vice regent: Mrs. U. O. Shipley, Sa lem, chaplain; Miss vera uauneia. Oregon City, recording secretary; Mrs. Harold Russell, Portland, cor respondlnc secretary; Mies Ethel May Handy, Portland, treasurer; Mrs. O. R. Hyslop, Corvallis, histor ian: Mrs. J. E. Ferguson, Hood Rlv- reglstrar; Mrs. Mark weamer- ford, Albany, librarian; Mrs. C. B. Wilson. Nevberg. custodian. Mrs. E. C. Miperson, retiring re gent, was presented with a gift. The conference wnn no voung delegates voted to convert the state society into eight districts and also to Incorporate into a Dunning com mittee the present Champocg me morial committee. The conference closed later In the afternoon with dedication of a fountain at tne u. 8. Veterans' hospital, Mrs. Aivr son making the presentation. The next meeting place was to oe an nounced later. COMMITS SUICIDE BY DRINKING POISON Los Angeles U The body of Robert Kaiser, formerly of Oregon was found In a rooming house here Saturday. Police said he commit ted suicide by drinking poison. Kaiser left one leitcr addressed to Mrs. Anna Kramer, Box 3833, Portland. Ore., and anoUier . ad dressed to "To Whom It May Con cern." The one letter read in part: -My father and mother live at Springfield. Ore., my only wish Is that I be laid away beside by orom er, Howard, at Springfield, Ore. I also have a wife at Portland, Ore gon. Mall the letter and she will get It a better woman never lived." Kaiser, who was registered at the rooming house as Frank Anderson, gave no reason for his act. He was without funds or employment. HOOVER TO SPEAK EDITOR'S BANQUET Washington V-President Hoover : Saturday accepted an invitation to address the American society oi newspaper editors at their annual banquet to be h?14 in Washington I.'prj 19. MANNIX PRESENTSMMM New CheckEvidence in fc . '. 6S Mi KB KB Bs KS9 - tsa MM DISBARMENT CASE New evidence purporting to show that when he was al leged to have given the alleged worthless Mazurosky and Korber checks he had sufficient money in the bank to cover them, and purporting to show that the checks were actually cashed, is submitted by Thomas Mannix in his objections to the findings of the referees who$ . recommended his disbarment for three years. The objections were filed 8aturday with the supreme court. This evidence Is the cancelled checks, statements from the United States National, and the Ashley & Rumelin banks of Portland and several affidavits. Mannix' objections are In the form of a lengthly brief. The rea son given for not furnishing this evidence at the time of his trial Is that the check allegations by George Joseph came In a supple mentary complaint after the trial started -and that- he did-not have (Concluded oh page 10, column 6) SUN RAYS ON NINTH PLANET HELD VERY DIM Chicago (JT) Concerning the new planet, Prof. George Van Biesbrocck, of the Yerkes observatory at Wil liams Bay, Wis., believes the sun's rays on the ninth sphere of the solar Byaem are dimmer tnan moon beams. "It probably Is so cold that oxygen would be a dense solid, the astron omer disclosed, "for the newly- found astral body gets about one two-thousandths as much sunlight and heat as the earth." Yet, the new planet observed and photographed by the Lowell obser vatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., has given rise to the same speculation upon life possibilities as have arisen in the case of the planet Mars. Of course, we like to toy with the thought that maybe on this new planet, astronomers are peering through telescopes at our planet through 4,000,000,000 miles of space, just as the Lowell astronomers looked at theirs. But If 'here Is any form of life on the new planet, we can be sure It Is totally dif ferent from that on the earth be cause of the extreme cold and lack life-giving sunlight." Prof, Van Bicsbroeck said. Since that distant spheroid was picked out of the sky last Tuesday, the moon has been so brilliant as to make impossible any effort to photograph it at the Yerkes ob servatory, the astronomer disclosed. By Saturday night, however, the fullness of the moon is expected to bo passed and the University of Chicago astronomers will sweep the dimming sky with their 40-inch re fracting telescope. BORNO AGREES TOiBDICATE Port Au Prince, Haiti (-President Borno, who has been showing some opposition to the plan of the Hoover commission for selections of a temperary president, has agreed to the commission's proposals. Announcement also waa made that Eugene Roy, the choice of the opposition group for temporary president, was satisfactory to Pres ident Borno. Roy Is a former presi dent of the government clearing house. SAYS HOOVER HOPES FOR SOME REDUCTION HartfoVd, Conn. Chester Rowell, former editor and publish er of the Fresno, Cal. Republican, speaking before the Hartford branch of the Foreign Policy association Fti- da night, quoted President Hoover saving about tne umaon navai conference "Seven of the most emi nent men of America are now over there doing their darnedest to SO' cur reduction. Let them alone." Mr. Rowell aald ha visited the president Friday as a member of a New York committee representing more limitation of armament. The thirty organisations, asking for quotation was Mr. Hoover's reply, he said. Further, Mr. Rowell aald, the president thinks "we may get some actual mathematical reduction," al though It may not be to great as expected. 3 PARTY PACT AGREED UPON AT NAVAL PARLEY London (rPV-A 100 per cent agree- I ment among the United States, Great Britain and Japan was said in naval conference circles Satur day, to be an accomplished fact as '. far as the delegations are concern-; ed. ! Approval by the home govern ments of the Am erian -Japanese set tlement which closed Friday - was said to be the only thing remain ing to enable these three delegations to write the finish to their naval conference difficulties. For days these delegations have been so close to agreement that there was said to have been little between them. A provisional American-Japanese agreement, achieved by Senator Reed and Ambassador Matsudaira, is understood to have been the one thing needed to com plete th circle. Observers said that what this amounted to was that if this agree ment is approved the home govern ments, the United States, Great Britain and Japan will be in a po sition to sign a three-power pact at any minute if this should seem de sirable. There remains the crisis surrounding France and Italy and the next move would seem to be up to these two. The conference Saturday was more or less marking time, awaiting the arrfval of Premier Tardieu from Paris for a conference with Prime Minister Mac Dona Id Sunday. Upon this important conversation may de pend the outcome of the naval con ference as far as a five-power pact for limitation is concerned. OLD IRONSIDES RIDESTHEWAVES Boston fTV-After three years, during which time she had been virtually remade, the U. 8. frigate Constitution, affectionately known to history as "Old Ironsides," was refloated at the navy yard at Char-1 lestown Saturday. Only a handful of spectators were I on hand, principally children, rep resentative of the thousands of youngsters throughout the country whose pennies have provided largely the $400,000 which has been spent on the gallant frigate. It is 133 years since the Consti tution first took to the water and although her active career was a long one, the frigate threatened to become nothing more than a water logged hulk until the nation became interested in the proposal to refit her as a national naval shrine. Congress has been asked to ap propriate an additional (300.000 to complete the work. BROKER 1IANC-8 8 ELF New York IP Arthur Warren Nobel, 38, ft broker, hanged him self Saturday In his apartment at 30 Fifth avenue. Recent stock market losses were blamed. Police said he resided at Carmel, Cal., where his family resides. New Outbreak of Psittacosis Ends Work on Parrots Washine-ton (AP) With cage of psittaconin, or parrot's fever, among the member of its staff, the hyftcnic laboratory of tho United State pub lic health service has decided tern - noruii to .usnend Its work with. sick parrots in an effort to find a eure for the mysterious tropical disease. in announcing suspension of work with parrots Saturday, Dr. Oeorge W. McCoy, director of the hygenle laboratory, said It was be lieved that a point had been reach ed where no more work with the birds waa essential. "Just what we will do next t do not know" he added. "We have POSSE LED BY BLOODIIOOS Robbers of Manter Bantt Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Captured Abandon Stolen A ut 6 Leaving Guns and Loot, Taking to Hills 1 Jetmore. Kas. (IP) Twenty-sevel hours after they held up the Man ter State bank Friday, the threw bandits who killed an Eada, Colo, deputy sheriff in trying to escape. surrendered to a posse ox 100 men about five miles southwest of Jet more Saturday afternoon. Dogs picked up their trail south west of the city and led the possf t headed by Sheriff Alderman ox Lw mar, Colo., to where the trio wa hiding In the weeds. Although. armed, the three gave up without any effort at battle. Currency believed to have been taken from the bank waa found in their underclothing. The men gave their names ao Frank Reed. 30; Eph Frailer, 35. and Jim Walker. 45. Denver W) Nation! Guardsmen were ordered into the hunt for the "(Concluded on page 10. column 1) SEEKING NEW .'. 1ENATURANT FOR ALCOHOL Washington, ap The prohibition bureau is working out a new pe troleum denaturant for alcohol, which it expects to put Into use, if remaining experiments prove) successful. The denaturant, the bureau bast determined. Is harmless, of highly disagreeable odor and taste, and can not bo removed from the al cohol. It remains to be determined whether It will adversly affect the, efficiency of the denatured also hoi for the many uses to which It Is put. N. V. Llndcr, chief of the tech nical division, has been In charge) of the experiments and described the new denaturant aa a petroleum or naptha distillate. "Dozens of distillations fall to remove it." he said, "and there sf no chemical or combination of chemicals that we know of capable of segregating It. We don't feet that we are taking an unsports manshlpllke advantage of the drink er, because his nose will give him ample warning of the naptha. presence. If he persists in drinking; it, he will be sorry but not paraly sed. Some members of conTress, nota bly Representative Slrovich of Nev York, have urged for some time, that the government abandon ita practice of usintr poisonous dena turants and substitute ingredient that will b3 repulsive to the taste and smell, but otherwise harmless) FIND SKELETONS OF THREE TOED HORSES Bend. Ore. Wv--Dr. William 0. Matthew, palcnontologlst, known nationally, said Saturday the fossil skulls found in old sediments near Oateway, Jefferson county, are those of a small three toed horse that ranged over central Oregon during the Miocine age. the aDDcnrance of threa new - . I all been conrerned over uiese lateae cases. If It Is resumea aom euie method must be followed." The three members of the staff vho hrm develoned the disease re I mently are Dr. H. M. HaselUne, public health service surgeon: Br nest L. Miliar, laboratory worker, and a negro Janitor at the Ubora tory. None la thought te ke Id serious condition. Harry Anderson, laboratory at tendant, who cared for ike etc. birds, died from the