I CaiDitamJdiiirnsiI. CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the otolith ending February 28, 1930 10,627 Average daily net paid 10,195 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation UNSETH.Kl) Tonight and Friday with local rains, no change In temperature. Increasing southeast winds. Local: Max. 0. Min. 39; Rain 0; River .7 feet; Cloudy; south wind. , 43rd YEAR, No. 68 Entered u second class miller at Salem, Orecon SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930 PRICE THREE CENTS VtSSSAPSSSl 11 nnfftr Xj aOinnj"" 0l O) yyjmEui) fm ASTORIA WINS OVER ASHLAND SC0RE26T017 Fishermen Come From Behind in Closing Min utes, Swamp Lithians Dallas Defeats Redmond 29 to 21 in First of Consolation Series THURSDAY GAMES 3:30 p. m. Lincoln ts. North Bend Iconsolation) 4:30 p. m. Salem ts. Baker 7:30 p. m. Eugene TS. Pen dleton. 8:30 p. m. Commerce ts. Tillamook. A smiling bunch of Astoria fish ermen joined the select group of contenders for the basketball su premacy of the state when, after trailing throughout the first half, they suddenly came to life in the closing minutes of the battle to de feat a husky bunch of ball teasers from Ashland, 26 to 17, at Willam ette university by Thursday fore noon. The first of the consolatlcn games, played Thursday morning as a pre liminary to the first round engage ment between Astoria and Ashland, was taken by Dallas, when the Polk county youngsters put Redmond on the bench for keeps by virtue of a 29 to 21 victory. Thursday afternoon will see the "TconcludecT on page 14. column a.) THREAT OF FIRE IN FORESTS OF STATEJERIOUS Portland UP) Federal forestry of ficials Thursday were less optimistic over the 1830 forest fire season even though rain during the night was thought to be widespread. Officials announced that unless a phenomenal rainfall occurs within the next three months, the Pacific northwest probably will face a more disastrous forest fire season than In 1929. The entire Pacific coast country, officials said. Is suffering from the lack of rainfall and snow and al ready numerous small forest fires have been reported to the federal headquarters here. From the Col vllle national forest word was receiv ed from rangers that "things look ed pretty gloomy." Assistant District Forester Guth rie said the future season looked very bad." APPEALS TO WOMEN TO UNDO DRY EVIL Portland (IP) An appeal to wom en to Join in the protest or "pres- ent conditions brought about by pro hibition," was made by Mrs. John B. Casserly, vice presiednt of the women's- organization for national prohibition reform to a mass meet' tag Wednesday night. Mrs. Casserly said women are largely responsible for Introducing the measure and it Is "up to women to convert the nation and restore reason." The address was part of ( nation wide campaign to enlist 2.000.000 women in a crusade to reform the prohibition sltuatidn of the united State, Mrs. Casserly said. Twenty- two states have been organised In the last two months, she reported. GARMENT LEADERS HOME IS BOMBED Cleveland OPi The apartment of Mrs. Carrie OaUagher, president of local 20 of the Ladles' Garment Workers' union, was bombed early Thursday. Mrs. Oallagher. who was asleep, was slightly injured as the door of her bedroom was blown from lu hinges, windows were shattered and the building shaken, but no one else was hurt. Mrs. OaUagher said she had been threatened several times because of her activity In a recent strike in the garment Industry. A stench bomb was thrown In the same building two weeks ago. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Walt Thompson cut a finger while opening a beer bottle. That happy little cripple. All we hope is that it was the thumb he puts to his nose at us every time he passes us in his car. We're surprised though that an old stager like Walt wou'd rut his finger on a beer bottle. We'd rather think he'd pulled loose a tooth. Ed Rostein has been to pestered by folks wanting jobs under the next city administration he wants it known that the sewer cleaning Jobs have all been' promised. Sam Adolph fussed around so that Ed promised him the Job of cleaning the tall sewers and Rolla Southwick the smaller ones. No doubt the boys were egged on by the luck John Oraber has had in rescuing watches and diamond rings. Fame Is a fleeting thing. While folks were celebrating St. Patrick's day this week we never once heard mentioned the name of that other famous Irishman, Dick O'Leary. While St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland Dick drove a lot of furniture out of Salem and we think he is entitled to a word of remembrance now and then. We believe that one day a year should be set aside as O'Leary day. But anyway, the name of O'Leary remembered In the hearts of a lot of Salemltes, if they don't parade the remembrance on their coat la pels. As we look at the tiny children now growing up we can't help but feel a little sad. They'll never see Charlie Chaplin bashed in the face with a ripe custard pie. The county court Is busy these days trying to buy a big steam shov el for work in the county? With Norblad and Joseph both operating we'll need a big shovel of some sort in the county before the campaign is over. After the wets get through cussing prohibition and the dry get through bawling out the wets everybody will feel the same way about the situa tion they did when they started in. But it lets off some steam at any rate. BLAMES PRESS FOR DRY GRIEF Washington IIP) Holding the pub lic press lacked sympathy with the prohibition laws. Senator Wley Jones of Washington, a republican dry leader and author of tie Jones enforcement act, Thursday Issued a compendium of opinions of citizens in the United States and Canada which he called, the voice of the I multitude." Jones asserted that "the last and greatest factor'1 in enforcement dif ficulties was the "attitude of many newspapers which, so it seems, pub lish everything which may be un favorably construed." Charging that this "apparent lack of sympathy" was causing "the en couragement of crime," Jones said "the general public is no longer de pendent upon newspapers for cor rect information, as there are now many other sources available," add ing, "The newspapers are to a great extent, considered to be expressive of the Idea of ordinary people, though whether or not the newspa pers are the idea of the American people at this period of history of our country la problematical" The statement quoted many ex pressions from people which Jones said he had received In response to a radio address. He did not make public their names. Advocates of Repeal Continue to Pile Up Lead in Referendum New York (UP) Advocates of the repeal of the pro hibition amendment maintained their lead over those favor ing modification or strict enforcement in the second week's balloting In the Literary Digest . poll. The magazine announced that re turns thus far from 30 states and the District of Columbia a total of 703.635 votes gave the following re sults: For enforcement 101.909 For modification 5:4 Ml For Repeal 287.885 The ballets Indicate to date that Kansas and Nebraska are the strong holds of the dry sentiment, while persons classed as "moist"" or "trt" are found chiefly in New York, New Jersey and Illinois. The rotsa compiled so far repre HILL LINES TO BUILD BRANCH FROM EUGENE Oregon Electric Seeks Permit Contract 40 Miles Railroad in Linn Line would Extend from Eugene to Hadleyville, Through to Panther Washington (IP) Authority to con struct 40 miles of line in Lane county, Oregon, was sought Thurs day by the Oregon Electric railway in an application to the Interstate commerce commission. A line of 30 miles would extend from the present terminus In Eu gene to the Siuslaw river via Had leyville. A branch would extend ten miles from Hadleyville to Pan ther. Portland (IP) The proposed ex tension of the Oregon Electric rail road Into large timber resources southwest of Eugene, will represent an expenditure of approximately one and one-half million dollars, and will fill a real transportation need in that area, according to w. F. Turner, president of the S. P. & S. and of the Oregon Electric, its subsidiary. The Oregon Electric Is "ready to go," Turner said, as soon as the necessary permit is received from ( Concluded on page 14. column 1) LUMBERMEN TO DROP FIGHT UPON M'NARY Portland (IP) The anti-McNary crusade which has flared In the Oregon political horizon for the past ten days faded and died Thursday with the passage of the lumber tar iff by the United States senate in the opinion of most political observ ers here. The opponents of McNary came largely from the lumber Interests, which were against him because of the previous failure of the tariff provision. C. C. Crow, editor of a leading lumber trade publication, who was quite generally credited with the parentage of the antl-McNary move ment, said the fight on the senator would probably be dropped. I am confident," Crow saJtf, "the lumbermen who have been active In nnnn&ition to Senator McNarV Will not care to proceed further with the movement. "While the tariff of $1.50 a thous and is not what they should have, I believe they will be satisfied with It. Senator McNary has been very ac tive In support of the tariff during the past two weeks and I do 'not Deltcve any further effort to bring about a candidate to oppose him will be made." DENY REPORTS OF STALIN'S OUSTING Moscow IIP: Reorts published abroad that Joseph Stalin, secretary of the communist party central committee, had been forced to re sign were described by the official news agency Tass Friday as "ridic ulous nonsense." sent less than one-twentieth of the total baliota distributed. The vote by state. In part, fol lows: RTATK ENT. Cftlif0n.lt. IS.7M Dut. 9i Col 1 073 i.uneu .. ls.soa Indian ll.J I 13.MO KftDIM ... II. Ml Minnnot 11 M rfrkrftftka t.SM ftrw JtfM-T 14ft Ntw Tfk. HIM Othjcto ... 9t$ ). .... SIOS WieoRiia. t-31 MOD. nun MM 7S23S 43 111 ni 11. ill 1 13 MS S4.17 f.TIt f. SEP. TOTAL JO.S47 M.tW S.tTT irsst in tin 1.10 13. SS 3. MS It. Ml S4.1M l.tM l.M !.. 13)14 .4M 30 Ma 30.013 tfMl 11.03k 19. J 1S3.J4I im 17.173 3:. 407 Pierce Considering Race for Governor After Seeing West By HARRY N. CRAIN Walter M. Pierce, former governor, is giving "very seri ous consideration" to the suggestions of friends and parti sans that he become a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for governor, he told the Capital Journal Thursday, add ing that he will definitely announce his decision "in two or three days." Here on business for only a few hours, Pierce said that he was returning to Portland In the afternoon, would continue on to his home near LaGrande Thurs day night, discuss all of the angles of the situation with Mrs. Pierce and make up his mind by the end of the week. Out of the circumstances attend ant upon and preceding Pierce's announcement is to be deduced a reasonable inference that the war ing democratic factions, sensing the opportunity of capitalizing the "(Concluded on pagei3. column 4) BOUND GIRL IN BED, THEN SET IT AFIRE Mexla. Tex., IIP) Charges of ar son and attempt to murder were filed against D. 8. Moore, promin ent Oakwood business man, at Fairfield Thursday In connection with an attempt to burn to death Miss Wllroa Jones, 23, of ,Leon county in a hotel here last night. Moore was arrested at his home in Oakwood shortly after Miss Jones was rescued from a blazing bed, to which she had been bound. Guests of the hotel were attracted to her room by smoke issuing from the windows and door. She also had been gagged. Miss Jones told officers she was unable to identify her assailant. She was In Fairfield to answer charges of forging Moore's name to a check for $250. She was taken to her hotel room after collapsing on the stand yesterday. Moore was held In Jail at Fair field. Miss Jones suffered only slight burns about the feet, but her arms and legs were badly, bruised from ropes used to bind her to the bed. The attack occured about mid night. Other guests said they did not hear an disturbance. The In truder apparently had little diffi culty In carrying out his work as the woman was reported In ft weakened condition caused by a drug given her after she had col lapsed In the court room. TRACE FUND GIVEN HUSTON Washington (Pi Dtormlned to In quire fully Into the New York brok erage accounts of Claudius H. Hus ton, chairman of the republican na tional committee, the senate lobby committee Thursday summoned Fred H. Haggerson, of New York, president of the Union Carbide com pany, and W. E. Moore, personal representative of Huston. They were directed to appear be fore the committee Friday for ques tioning inregard to a contribution of $36,100 "the Union Carbide com pany made to Huston for the Ten nessee River Improvement associa tion. The money was deposited with the brokerage firm of Blyth and Bonner. Charles A. Krlckl, a member of the brokerage firm testified Wednes day that the account was carried in the name of Moore and that part of It had been used as margin for the purchase of stocks. Huston has testified mat ne so licited the funds from Haggerson, but that all the money had been paid over to the Tennessee associa tion of which Huston Is a former president. He alio testified Thurs day for the first time that the mo ney from the Union Carbide com pany was paid to him for maps of 1 the Tennessee River improvement association. BUSINESS URGED TO SHOW SPEED Washington Roy A. Young, governor of the federal reserve board. Thursday urged business leaders to show more Initiative and less hesitancy, asserting that the stock market experiences of 1(21 and ly29 "will be fresh enough In our minds to preclude any recurrence of such speculative hysteria." . . . KtrUSE FUNDS FOR RECHECKING RECALL SIGNERS Portland WV- The situation of George L. Baker, Portland mayor, and lour city commissioners appro priating sufficient funds to finance a re-check of petitions demanding their recall appeared here Thursday, after the city auditor refused to spend taxpayers' money for the re check and tked the mayor and commissioners whether they would finance the task. Hugh C. Krum, head of the citi zen's recall league, said that the pe titions would be filed with the city auditor on April 12, which under the law compels the auditor to re- check the petitions and call a spe cial election. The mayor, Wednesday told the auditor to accept the peti tions as they were offered, re-check them, and place them on the ballots for the tegular May primaries. The city auditor, who said he re ceived recently a ruling from the city attorney that he (the auditor) had a "moral obligation" to check the petitions, refused to check them on the ground that he would not spend city money on a moral obli gation as the courts held there was a difference between moral and legal oblibatlons. FATAL FIRE IN SOUTHERN CITY Knoxvllle. Tenn. IIP Recovery of three more bodies brought to four the number of persons known to have perished in a fire which de stroyed four buildings in the bust ness district here early Thursday. Knoxvllle, Tenn. IIP) One man was burned to death, eight persons were Injured and 6ix were missing In a fire early Thursday that de stroyed four buildings in the busi ness district and badly damaged an other. The fire destroyed the Arcade, Mynatt and Schgiver buildings, two- story structures and demolished the National building, a three story structure. It was brought under con trol before seriously damaging the seven-story Arnesteln building. Fire men said the loss would approximate several hundred thousand dollars. All of the Injured and the missing were residents in the Arcade bulld- ina on Union street. Carl Merchel, 69, the man burned to death, lived across the street from the Arcade building, but had gone over to Investigate the fire. A fireman found his body at the top of the stairs in-the building. The three bodies were so badly bumrd that they could not be positively identified, however, W. P. Chandler, director of public safety, said it was reasonably rer un the bodes were those of Sylves tro Wllkcrson, 40, his wife, Bailie, 34, and her son by a previous marriage, Arthur Sharp, 16. They had been reported missing. O. W. Black was found unhurt. SPORTSMEN ASK CLIFFORD'S OUSTING Portland (U Resolutions calling upon the state game ocmmlnlon and the governor to remove Harold Clifford, state game warden, and his chief deputy, Ed Clark, were rati fied by the membership of ine Multnomah Anglers and Hunters club, and were forwarded to the game commission and the governor Thursday. A group of affidavits alleged to show gross laxity in enforcement of the game laws were turned over to John Kendall, attorney for the ciuo, who will disclose their contents to the commission or the governor, If they desire to see them, members declared. At the annual election of 0(1 leers of the club, Rufus C. Holman was elected president; Ben Trenkman, vice president, and C. O. Finlason, secretary-treasurer, YOST THINKS COLLEGE BOYS DRINKING LESS Football Coach of Michi gan Sends Wire Sup porting Prohibition Roper Tells of Failure of Dispensary System in South Carolina Washington (VP) Fielding H. (Hur ry Up) Yost, for years coach of tne Maize and Blue elevens of Michigan, was recorded Thursday at the house judiciary commissions prohibition hearing as of the opin ion that the college youth of Am erica was drinking less than be fore enactment of the 18th amend ment. Yost's views were set forth In a telegram submitted by his sister- in-law, Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, who has been in charge of presenting the dry witnesses. It read: "In my opinion the college youth of American are not drinking as much as they did In pre-prohibi-tlon days. No one is entirely satisfied with present conditions. Our govern ment tried to control and regulate the sale of Intoxicating liquors for a hundred years and made a mis erable failure of It." After the telegram wag submit 6DcTudVdbnpagel5. column 7) LILJEOVIST NOT CANDIDATE FOR BEN DORRIS' JOB It. A. Liljeqvlst, Marshfield attor ney and former assistant attorney general, who has been recommended by southwestern Oregon sportsmen for appointment on the state game commission to succeed Ben F. Dor- ris, has requested Governor Norblad by letter to eliminate him from con sideration. "I am ... satisfied," he writes, "from my observation of this com mission for past number of years that it would be very dnncuit lor one to pass upon the various and numerous questions v.hich are re quired to be determined Judicially without a tuner opportunity to in vestigate the innumerable conflict ing facts which nrlse for solution and which, it seems to t e, the game commission, with the limited financ es it has at its disposal, is unable to make, because olflcers cannot be expected to give the requisite time to solve these problems that Is real ly required by the conditions under which the game commission is ap pointed, acts and functions." Liljeqvtst says ho feels that a sou thern or southwestern Oregon man should be appointed. PLANE FALLS INTO LAKE, PILOT LOST Everett, Wash. IIP) Efforts were being made Thursday to recover the body of Ralph Parr, 24, from Lake Ooodwln, near here into which he plunged Wednesday while on a trial flight with a plane he had recently purchased In partnership with Ev erett Johnson of Marysvllle. The pair hadbeen working for several days getting the plane Into condi tion and Wednesday was the first time a flight was attempted. The craft fell about 1000 feet Into 39 feet of water. It was said that Parr and Johnson intended to use their plane In for est patrol work between Everett and Belllngham next summer, rarr qualified for a limited pilot's li cense last year. INDIAN GIRL AND LOVER SENTENCED Colvllle. Wa.-h. IP Helen Moses, 30 year oil Indian girl, and her white sweetheart, Clarence Hartley, Thursday faced prison terms for the murder of the girls mother, Mrs. Busts Moses. The girl was sentenced to serve 10 to 13 years and Hartley sentenced to serve 10 to 25 rears, sentence was passed by Superior Judge Charles Leavr. After first admitting killing her mother, the glr! blamed Hartley for firing the fatal shot. Her lover de nied the shooting and aald Miss Moses was guilty. Oral notice of Intention to appeal was liven by the pair. Tax Refund Championed By Hawley Washington HP) The cross fire In the house over the recent 133.- 500.000 tax refund to the United States Steel corporation again broke out Thursday with Represen tative Garner of Texas, the demo crat leader, attacking the settle ment after It had been defended by Chairman Hawley of the Joint com mittee on internal revenue legisla tion. Mr. Hawley said that the refund was Just and added that Represen tative Garner of Texas, the demo- (Conclufled on "page" 13.column7 RUSSIANS REPLY TO POPE WITH RESOLUTIONS Moscow (JPi Resolutions have been adopted In various parts of the Soviet union protesting against the pope's prayers and Wednesday's services at St. Peter's. Most of the resolutions declared that the present campaign against the Soviet union for Its attitude to-1 wards the church can only serve to intensify the enthusiasm of the workers to carry out the five year industrialization plan, agricutural collectivization, the driving out of the kulak, the strengthening of the military defense of the country and an Increase In the membership of Soviet atheistic societies. Workers In the Minsk district started a fund for the construction of an airplane to be called "Our Answer to Pope plus." From the Voronesh district work ers sent to the Moscow Industriali zation fund as "an answer to the pope" 10 carloads of church bells and metal taken from church al tars, crosses, ikons and similar re ligious objects. Father Avglo, administrator of, the Polish Catholic church in the Minsk and Mogilevsk districts, gave the Soviet newspapers a signed statement Thursday saying that he knew of no cases on persecution of ecclesiastics In fufllling their du ties or of churchgoers in the free agitation. "I know of no cases where the Soviet authorities closed Polish Catholic churches by violence," he said. "In some cases workers, upon their own initiative gave up Polish Catholic churches for conversion into Soviet rultural Institutions. CONTRACT LET FOR 50 PLANES Washington (A) Contracts for 50 new attack planes and 73 bomb' ing planes at a cost of $2,909,500 were let Thursday by the war de partment. The attack planes will be built by the Curliss Airplane and Motor company. They will be of the model A-3-B. When delivered the army will have a total of 78 planes ox this type. The Keystone Aircraft corpora tion was awarded the contract for the bombing planes at a cost of $2, 208,100. Each of these giant bombers will be powered with two Pratt and Whitney 625 horsepower air cooled engines. At the same time the department announced that procurement of new army airplanes from funds which may become available for the fiscal year 1931 was being held up until the appropriation bill now before congress has been passed. County Republicans Stirred By Official Norblad Propaganda There is a stirrinir about in the ranks of the republicans of Marion county who hold organization should remain Inquiry as to whether or not the Marlon County Republican Central committee Is lending Its official support to the candidacy of Gov ernor Norblad for the party nomi nation, It develops from gossip among the politically conscious. As near as can be ascertained the stir centers around a letter sent out during the past few dsys by Newell WUllsms, secretary of the county committee, to precinct com mitteemen reminding them that their declarations of candidacy as committeemen must be filed by April 1, and tendering the assist ance of the secretary in completing V0TE39T033 FOR $1.50 DUTY ON SOFTWOODS Senate Reverses Vote of Few Weeks Ago to Place Duty on Lumber Jones and M'Nary Lead Fight 2 Democrats Switch Their Votes Washington CP) The senate Thursday voted a tariff of $1.50 a thousand board feet on soft wood lumber now on the free list. The vote was 39 to 38. Reversing a 39 to 34 vote of sev eral weeks ago against a duty of $2 on lumber, approval was given the $1.50 rate proposed by Senator Jones, republican, Washington. The duty would apply to lum ber of fir, spruce, pine, hemlock and -larch, and railroad ties and telephone poles of all woods. A modification suggested by Sen ator Copeland, democrat, New York; and accepted by Jones before the vote, would exempt Canadian planks. boards and deals of such woods when in the rough or not further manufactured than planed or dress- , ed on one side. This was a re ciprocity step as Canada permit such American lumber to enter Canada free. Two senators. Hawes of Missouri. and Sheppard of Texas, both demo crats, who voted recently against Concluded on page IS. column T) HUSTON DENIES AGAIN REPORTS OF RESIGNATION Washington IIP) Claudius H. Huston Thursday denied published reports that he would resign as chairman of tile republican national committee. The reports have persisted since Huston's name was mentioned before the senate lobby committee In its in vestigation of organisations and persons Interested In Muscle Shoals legislation. When Huston was first called as a witness he characterized the reports as "erroneous." Huston made this statement be fore appearing before the senate lobby committee which Is Investigat ing his activities on Muscle Shoals. He Is a former president of the Tennessee River Improvement asso ciation which has advocated the proposal of the American Cyanamld company to lease the power and ni trate plant. Huston refused to make a state ment other than to deny the reports. BAKER MAKES PLAY TO OFFSET RECALL Portland, WP George L. Baker, Portland mayor, Thursday lnstruc ter City Auditor Punk to accept recall petitions Just as rapidly as th cltisens recall league wished to file them so the election may be called for May 1 when the primaries are held In order that the cost of a special election may be saved. Immediately after Mayor Baker's Instructions, Hug:i C. Krum, head of the recall league, branded Baker's stand as a "grandstand plsy." to the opinion that their party "studiorsly neutral", and some that filing. And of that there ap pears to be no criticism. It being deemed a proper function of the party organiratlon and a com mendable exhibition of sealousneaa on the part of the secretary. The second paragraph of the let ter, however, Is not so Innocent as It seems, according to some of those who have Idealistic convictions as to the part the committee and It officers should take in a primary election contest. The offending par agraph reads: "I have been advised that Oover ""tconcludtd oa page ia.coluom sV