CapitaiMtoiraal UNSETTLED Occasional r&lnj tonight and Sat urday, continued mild. Fresh south west' winds. CIRCULATION Daily avera distribution for the tboutb n41ii February 28. IglO 10,627 Average daily net paid 10,1 95 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Local: max. 55; mm. 39; rain .IS; river .3 foot; cloudy, south wind. 43rd YEAR, No. 69 Entered as second elaaa muter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930 - PRICE THREE CENTS XJ.lVlMZV&'n mm BEJEITS IMIW W ASHLAND AND TILLAMOOK OUT OF CONTESTS Eugene and Baker Win ners Morning Contests at Basketball Tourney Astoria Clashes With Pendleton and Salem With Commerce Today FRIDAY GAMES 3:30 p. m. Dallas vs. North Bind. 4:30 n. m. Astoria ts. Pendleton 7:20 p. -Baker TS. En- gene. 8:30 p. m. Salem vs. Com merce. With the smoke of battle from the first two days of the 10th an nual lnte rscholastic basketball cam paign still drifting about and with the casualties mounting rapidly each hour, the decks were being cleared Friday afternoon for the drives of opposing forces which will be push ed to a final conclusion Saturday night. The preliminary skirmishes having been fought, the battle was rapidly approaching crisis, with coaches maneuvering their squads for the crucial struggles which are in the immediate offing. The first appearance of "old man crucial" will be made Friday after- Concluded on page 14. column B GUARDS SHOT IN ALABAMA PRISONESCAPE Spelgner, Ala., (flV-Two guards at the state penitentiary were shot and seriously wounded here early Fri day bv two prisoners who opened fire with pistols as shifts were be ing changed at the prison cotton mill- In the confusion that followed both convicts fled through the pris on gates and escaped. B. F. Baltzer and J. D. Richard son were the guards shot. The pris oners. Lee Hudgens. serving a two to three year sentence, and Tom Barnes, serving a 35-ycar sentence for bank robbery, stepped from the line and opened fire without warn ing. Four bullets struck Baltzer and one struck Richardson. Blood hounds were brought here from KUby prison to trail the fugitives. BOYSlCHOlL QUARANTINED T.ie boys' state industrial school at Woodburn has been placed under partial quarantine for the next three weeks, following the discovery of a case of meningitis, epidemic type, Thursday afternoon. No vis itors will be received or boys pa roled or dismissed from the school during the period of quarantine. The case is that of a 12-year-old boy who has been ill for the past three weeks with influenza, with the menlnlgltls symptoms coming into nrominerce during the last four days. The case was diagnosed as the epidemic type Thursday. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county health officer, was at Woodburn that af ternoon investigating the situation. Dr. Hugh Dowd. physician at the institution, Is in charge of the case, which has been isolated. The usual activities of the Insti tution will continue, with the ex ception of the quarantine against Tisitors and paroles. Dr. Douglas states that there has been a slight Increase of msnln rttis of the epidemic type up and down the Pacific coast during the past few years. The disease seems to be transmitted by carrier. Most people are naturally Immune. INC0MEi$ IN OREGON SHOW GAIN Portland Total of 40.43 fed oral Income tax returns were filed at the Portland internal revenue of fice as against 30.27a last year. Clyde O. Huntley, collector said Fri day. Most of the 4.1M increase la in the returns on Incomes exceeding 15.000. This group totaled 10.250 re turns with 13,050 Uw figure last Iar. .. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Many s business nun has en his dealt the legend, -"Don't uy it, write it." But in the case f Newell Williams we ugftt he amend it to read, "Don't write it, say It." Newell shouldn't be fus 8 1 n g around trying to run for mayor. He should write a book entitled. "Every Man's Ready political Let ter Writer; or How to Burn One's Fingers on Typewriter Keys." Yea, politics makes strange bed fellows and every once in awhile somebody gets kicked out of bed as a result. But chancing the subject, man Is a wonderful creature. He has girdled the globe in 40 seconds; in less time than that his voice may be heard by everyone on a conti nent; time and space are his play things. But with all he has ac complished he's never succeeded yet in getting in the last word on woman in an argument. Well be doggoncd If It Isn't spring. And it begins to look despite our kidding prophecy that Old Man March Is going out like a lion Just the came betore it gets through with it. LOCAL NEWS NOTE Walt Oerth was over from West Salem yesterday after a four weeks attack oi the mumps, "im not halt as swelled on myself as I was, said Walt, the well known West Salem admiral. We wonder what the lum bermen are going to do now after the senate approved the tariff on lumber? If we was them we'd trot out and stick our heads Into the w. k. garb age can. .. . Whil: all these stories about Scotchmen being tight are going the rounds we can't help but think as we pass a public library in most any town that it was a Scothman's donation which made it possible. "Yeah, the reason you work day times on this beat Is because you're afraid to work nights," said Ken Brown today to Officer Kuyken- dall. "Yeah?" came bRck Officer Kuy- kendall, "but I am not afraid to put this yellow tag In your car,' as he affixed the little yellow tic ket to Ken s car which had been standing in front of the store an hour and fifteen minutes. PLANES TO HUNTJORSES Bombing planes to be used in the war against wild horses are being talked about In southeastern Ore gon and adjoining Nevada counties, according to Dr. W. H. Lytic, state veterinarian. However, an order fiom the state livestock sanitary board would bs necessary before ranchers could resort to killing the animals, and such an order prob ably would not be made unless un controllable Infectious disease should appear in the herds. Many of the wild horse herds live In the rugged and almost impenet rable Tuscorora mountains in Ne vada, and it is believed airplanes are about the only means by which they could be reached. Dourine, an infectious venereal disease, is said to have made its ap pearance in the herds and investi gations are being made to deter mine whether its prcvalcnca Is ter ious. To propagate horses suitable for army service tho federal govern ment some time ago put a few blooded stallions among the "bang tall'' and cayuse herds. The result ant offspring is said to be very suit able for army service. Father Acts to Quash Second Marriage of 15 Year Old Daughter San Francisco (UP) The nretty Dorcia Wilson, 15 year Madriaga, 26. Filipino, has brought to local authorities of the most tragic stories ever dls- closed here." Mrs. Kathlyn A. Sul- liran. notice woman, said. Developments slnco the marriage have been warrants signed by the girl's father charging Madrlaga with -threats against life." the daughter with bigamy and arrest of the couplo In Bremerton, Wash. The father, Brwin 8miU, laid Dorcia had married C. Sears. 02 year old gasoline service station proprietor in Sacramento, less than a year ago, and he had determined the aged man was never divorced from tin girl. KAY ASSERTS OREGON TOWNS DEFAULT BONDS Reaction From Issuing Too Many Improve ment Bonds Being Felt Extravagant Policies Pursued by Municipal ities are Scored State Treasurer T. B. Kay has re dieted would follow the prosperity that has caused municipalities to vote heavy bond issues has now set In, Mr. Kay declared in a statement Friday. The state treasurer s marks applied mainly to Oregon, though he said the condition is gen eral throughout the country. He said he did not want to be known- as a pessimist, but declared the state must now reap the result of overdo ing bonds that have been Issued for street paving, sewers, water systems and various public improvements. The state, he said, holds some mu nicipal bonds that may later cause trouble. Kav refused to mention any mu nicipalities by name. He said, how ever, that one has recently default ed on ail its bonds, and the people In another have refused to vote re funding bonds to pay off maturing Issues of street improvement oonas. In the extravagance or tneir fi nancial policies Kay said, the mu nicipalities have been running coun- (Concluded onpsseM, column 4) SIX AbCUSED OF BRIBERY TO BE ARRAIGNED Los Anjcles l-JV-Sin persons named in grand Jury indictments on charges of bribery and bribery con spiracy Friday will appear for ar raignment before Superior Judge Walton J. Wood, as the next step in the reopened Julian Petroleum cor poration Investigation. Those indicted on Information growing out of the investigation of the 1828 Julian juror bribing scan dal include S. C. Lewis, former hmd of the oil conroany: Jacob Bcr- man, alleged Jury fixer: Frank Grlder and John B. Groves, mem bers of the Jury that acquitted the defendants in the Julion fraud trial. All but Krause made ball o 15,- 000 each and were released from custodv. Krause unable to make $25,000 bail is being held In the county jail. The two Bermans and Krause were named in one indictment that charged them with conspiracy to commit bribery. Lewis was charged with giving and ottering to give bribes to members of the Jury Grlder and Groves face charges of askin;, receiving and agreeing to re ceive bribes. Mrs. Caroline Love, another Juror who admitted negotiations with Lewis, through J. H. Weaver as his representative for a bribe of 110.- 000. was not Indicted but was placed under technical custody to appear for further questioning when the grand Jury reconvenes next Tues day. Weaver also is held in tech nical custody. Meanwhile Fitts said he will con tinue an Investigation into the op erations of an alleged Jury bribing ring that is suspected of having "bought the Juries in several major criminal cases." recent wedding in Mexico of old white girl, and Miguel one Federal authorities and Chief of Police William J. Quinn arranged a conference for this morning to determine what action might be taken. Smith, In statement to Mrs. Sullivan and in an interview-with the United Press, said Sears had married his daughter after an "auto camp romance" of si year duration, during which time the Wilsons lived In' a camp at Brod rlck near Sacramento. He gave his permission as reoulred by law. " tConcluttd on p-c K. c;:unua 0) Named Justice AuocUttti Prtu Phof JUDGE JOHN' J.' PARKER of North Carolina TARHEEL JUDGE APPOINTED TO SUPREME BENCH Washington m President Hoov er Fridav appointed Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to the supreme court. Judge Parker suc ceeds to the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Sanford. - Parker is a . republican r.nd Is only 44 years old. He had the en- dorsement of the North Carolina congressional delegation as well as tho hearty support of a number of. other, members of . congress from the southeastern states. . Parker has long been prominent in republican politics in North Car olina. In 1920 he was republican nominee for governor of that state, and between 1923-24 served as a special assistant to the attorney general. He was a member of the republican national committee in 1924 and a delegate at laree to mo convention that nominated Calvin Coolldge for president. Since 1925 he has served as a cir cuit judge of the federal court by appointment of President Coolldge. He is a trustee oi tne university oi North Carolina and a member of the American bar association. Al Capone Surrenders In Chicago Chicago "Searface" Al Ca pone surrendered to Chicago police Friday and was in conference with Chief of Detectives Stcge shortly before 2 o'clock. The gang leader gave himself up, accompanied by Attorney Thomas D. Naeh. Nash had Informed Stege Capone was willing to talk to him, provided he was not put in Jail. Nash and Capone were accom panied by Phil D'Andrca, described as a Capone henchman. Before giving himself up, Capone said he wanted to make sure lie "wasn't going to be thrown in a cell just so the authorities could make a showing." His surrender came unexpectedly after police had abandoned hope of finding him following his release from the eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia last Monday. A squad of detectives had been guarding his home on the south side. Apparently ho had been In hiding In Chicago since arriving Tuesday after his re lease from prison. Thursday his home in Miami, rut. was raided by authorities. Nash would not say where Capone had been since his release from pris on but indicated he had come di rectly to Chicago. HOOVER MANAGER TELLS OF PROSPERITY Unemployment week will be ob served in Salem next week fol lowing the adoption of a resolu tion Introduced at the Lions club luncheon Friday noon by Newell Williams, secretary of the Marlon county republican central commit tee in charge of the "Hoover and Proeperliy' campaign. After Williams had called atten tion of the club to the great num ber of men out of work with fam ilies - dependent upon them for support, the club unanimously en dorsed his proposal that efforts be mad to give this class a few hours work at least In garden and spring clean-up activities. co operation of other organisations will be solicited and his office used as a clearing house for odd jobs during the week. VEHRS BARRED FROM HOSPITAL ASKS HEARING Board of Trustees Order Surgeon From Salem General Hospital Accused Asks for Rein ; statement and Hear . Trig Threatens Suit Faced by a premptory order bar ring him from the right to further practice his profession in the Salem General hospital. Issued by the exe cutive committee of the board of trustees. Dr. George H. Vehrs was Friday demanding reinstatement, a hearing upon whatever charges may be preferred against him, and had under consideration a possible ac tion against the executive commit tee for professional and general in Jury caused him by their action. Members of the executive com mittee, admitting that Dr. Vehrs had been ordered out of the hospit al, said that no charges had been preferred against him. that then- action was in no manner to be con strued as a reflection upon his pro fessional qualifications, but that they had acted because they con sidered Dr. Vehrs to be a "disturb ing factor" in the hospital's opera tion. . First Intimation of trouble come to Dr. Vehrs last Sunday morning when unon arriving at the hospital he was. notified by Miss Signa V. Wahlstrom, superintendent, that she was Instructed by the execu tive committee to Inform mm that i Concluded on page Is. column 4) MILLER REPLIES TO GOVERNOR Chairman Miller of the public service commiss.on Friday after- noon delivered in person to the office of governor Norblad a com munication bearing on the contro versy between the two relative to the governors demand that me commission cooperate fully with Carey and Harlan, Portland rate experts in the car fare cose. Governor Norblad was not in nis office in the early afternoon, and Miller declined to make public the contents of the letter until Norblad had had opportunity to read it. Chairman Miller and commis sioner Bortzmyer have refused complete cooperation with Carey and Harlan upon the governor's written demand that this coopera tion be given. A conference followed between Miller-and Norblad. The governor asked Miller for certain Informa tion. This, it Is presumed, is con tained in the letter delivered Fri day. MIAMI PAYS FARES OF BEAUTIES HOME Miami, Fla. (JPi More than forty American girls who participated In the recent Miami beauty pageant were on their way home Friday thanks to a special meeting of the city commissioners which produced their railroad fares. The commissioners, told that the pageant aasoclaAon had an Indebt edness of 024,734. appropriated 04, 660 from the city's publicity fund to help the girls get out of the city. Some of the forty or more girls had prize money due them and others had been unable to collect travelling expenses from the pag eant association. . Among bills unpaid, the council was told, was one for 10,910.811 for railroad transportation. MEDFORD EDITOR ACPTTEDJF LIBEL Medford ftv-Earl H. Fehl, editor of the Pacific Record Herald, charged with the crime of libel In an article alleged to have attacked the chamber of commerce airport committee and alleging graft on the part of U. N. Hngan and Frank C. Dlllard waa acquitted Friday by a Jury after two hours of delibera tion. This It tne second Indictment. charging libel, of which Fehl has been acquitted. STORM WARNINGS Portland nft Edward L. Wells, district meteorologist, announced Friday that southwest storm warn mgs had been posted at all Wash ington coast stations. . Pierce's Dream of Harmony Fades As West Strikes Back By HARRY N. CRAIN If Walter M. Pierce, former governor and recognized master of one ring of the state democratic circus, got the idea out of his chat with Oswald West in a Portland hotel room Wednesday that West was content in the interests of party harmony to let "bygones be bygones" for the duration or the coming gubernatorial cam- paign the LaGrande farmer must have suffered a rude shock when he scanned West's published re action to Pierce's announcement that he is "seriously considering" becoming a candidate for governor. When Pierce was in Salem Thursday morning ha told 'of his hour in close conference, with West, and stated that he and Os had agreed to give their hearty support to whoever the democrats might nominate for governor, intimating that peace had finally come to the divided democratic stronghold. At- the same time Walter took oc casion to announce that there Is a iConcluded on page 15. column 7) WEATHER FAILS TO GIVE SPRING PROPER ENTRY New York (IP) Spring Is here but it's a question of whether on be lieves the sun or the weather man. Officially, however, the sun re turned to the northern hemisphere at exactly 3:30 a.m. Friday after an absence of six months. Crossing the equator directly, over the Indian ocean 500 miles east of th3 African coast, and extending its beams fur ther on. It announced the opening of that annual influx of straw hats and asparagus. It was a bit cool here but that shortcoming was ov- vcrshadowed by a wealth of con trary evidence. Circus press agsnts and robins chirped together. Greenwich vil lage was awakened by a weauh of hurdy gurdys; wild geese were seen flying north by some one who could see above the skyscrapers; perk benches became sleeping quanerc, and 30 boy scouts - entered the wilds" of mid-town Central park In scarcn of further evidence. Chicago (IP) Assorted blizzards. snow flurries, chill gales and brink breezes ushered spring into the mid west. The northern fringe of the cen tral and near western states, where snow, cold and temperatures rang ing to 10 degrees below zero, were reported in Minnesota and levels al most as low In tha Dakotas. The sun was bright in the Chi cago area but the air was braclngly cool. Springlike weather was promis ed for Saturday. SHIP SEIZURE HELD ILLEGAL Seattle. MV-Release of the Can adlan American freighter Chief Capllano, seized under a writ of foreign attachment In tne strait oi Juan De Fuca last Wednesday by a United 8tats Coast Guard pa trol boat, loomed Friday as a result of a ruling by Federal Judge B. E. Cushman at a special court .essoin. Although the freighter was seiz ed in American waters. Judge Cushman held the seizure was Il legal under a treaty which guar anteed free passage through the strait to American and Brltlrh ves sels. He allowed attorneys for the llbellants until 3 p. m. Friday to obtain a writ from the United States circuit court or appeals at San Francisco prohibiting the signing of an order quashing the attachment under which the Chief Capllano was being held at Port Townsend. The ship waa bound from Van couver. B, C , to the Orient and had drifted Into American waters because of adverse tides when seized. The vessel was libeled by Dant and Russell. Inc., of Portland, Oregon, who claimed 020.000 dam age for lumber cargo lost when the Chief Maqullla owned by the same company, foundered off the Aleutian Island In--128. Another attachment of 100,000 was later placed against the ship for ioas-s also sustained In the wreck of the Maqullla. Medford A legal fight Is under way by the Rogue River valley fruit Interests to resist the claims of Broggdln and Trowbridge, Califor nia chemists, to the patent rights for use of hydrochloric wash and other washes, used In the prepara tion of fruit for the market. RAINSTORM - GENERAL ALL OVER OREGON Portland (JFhK "million dollar" rain drenched Portland and prac tically ail of the western slope of the Cascade mountains Friday which was welcomed by orchard' 1st, general farmers and forestry officials. .. . Rain fell Intermittently In Port land and vicinity throughout the night and this morning turned Into steady downpour which made streets m mature rivers and laid a warm watery blanket over orchards, farm lands and forests which al ready had shown signs of becoming arid. ! Falling like a heavy mist through out most of ths night the ,0G of an inch of rain which fell at The Dalles was declared by wheat ranchers as being worth thousands of dollars. Heavy clouds Friday gave promise of further precipita tion. Orchard Is ts In The Dalles and Hood River sections of Oregon as serted the rain was needed general ly because of the approach of blos som time. In some sections the blossoms already have appeared and me rain, tnev sam, wiui eventual sunshine would prove beneficial to practically all fruits. Forestry officials announced re cently that unless a phenomenal amount of rainfall was experienced in Oregon within the nest two or three months, forest fire condi tions would be worse this year than the disastrous year of 1929. They said Friday that if the rain fall was general throughout the na tional forests in the state and other stands of heavy Umber, It probably would bs sufficient to quench out several fires already reported burn- In? and would serve as a damper to future dangers. NEW DRY BILLS BEFORE HOUSE Washington (IP) With modifica tions, the entire program of the law t Worcement commission to strength en dry law enforcement, has been laid before the full house judiciary committee by a sub-committee for action next Thursday. Tho sub-committee, headed by Representative Christopherson, re publican, South Dakota, Friday re ported favorably to the full com mittee the Wfc-kersham bills to strengthen the padlock law and to permit state officers to hall uquor law violators Into federal courts. The 8tobbs bill to amend the Jones law to definite misdemeanor liouor cases, and the Christopherson bill to broaden the powers of the United States commissioners to hear slight and casual labor law violators previously were referred to the full committee. Permitted Flock of 450 Sheep to Starve To Death on Ranch Tillamook, Ore. (UP) What waa described as one of the worst cases of animal starvation in the history of hu mane law enforcement was told in Justice E. W. Stanley's court here when Morris Koon ob juration City, was held to answer to the grand Jury on charges of animal abandonment and cruelty to animals. It was alleged by Btste Humane Officer A. L. Cross and Sheriff J. C. Holden that Koon and his as sociates allowed 450 sheep to go without feed for six weeks until probably 75 per cent of the old one and practically all of the tamba have died. The alleged neglect was said to have occurred on the ranch of Dr. O. W. Blddle of Eugene, near ONE VOTE SHY 0 PETROLEUM By 38 to 37 Senate Re fuses Oil Protection Plate Glass Duty Cut Senate to Remain in Con . tinuous Session Until Tariff Passes Washington () After the senate Friday had refused for the fifth, time a tariff on oU, Senator Watson of Indiana, the republican leader, announced the senate should stay in session Saturday until It passed the measure. Prior to the vote of 30 to 31 against oil protection, democrat and western republicans had . ral lied and put through, 39 to 30, an ' amendment t3 slash existing rates -on plate glass which were placed under the flexible provisions by presidential proclamation. ' Watson waa joined In his demand for speedy disposition of the tariff measures by Senators Swanson ot . Virginia and Barkley of Kentucky, democrats. The senate then by a vote of 39 to 29 approved an amendment by Senator Hatfield, republican. West Virginia, to add ten oenta a dozen pieces to the duties now in tha bill on all Chinawares. It was the clos- lConclUded on page 14. column S BARE HUSTON'S STOCK MARKET MANIPULATIONS Washington (P) Goinj further into the $36,100 which Claudius Huston, chairman of the republican . national committee, collected from the Union Carbide company, the senate lobby committee Friday heard w. E. Moore, Hustons per sonal representative, testify that he bought and sold stocks with the money at Huston's direction. Huston had previously testified he did not know that part of the $36,- 100 had been used as margin for stock purchases uutil ho heard Charles A. Krlckl, member of the brokers c firm of Bylth and Bon ner, give the Information to the committee. The money collected from the Carbide company was given to Hus ton for the Tennessee River Im provement association which has interested itself In Musclo Shoals legislation. The senate lobby committee which began to delve Into the affairs of the improvement association In con nection with Its Muscle Shoals ac tivities, summoned Huston, a form er president of the association, after . his name had been frequently raen (Concludl on page 14. column 4) RUMANIAN KIDDIES " NAMED FOR BALFOUR London A'i lie ports In Jewish quarters from Bucharest Friday said that all Jewish boys who are born in Rumania next week will be -named Balfour and the girls will be named Balfouria. In this manner will the Jewish -community commemorate the name of Lord Balfour, who died this week In England, and a week of mourning has also been proclaimed by Ru manian Jews. Blaine, on the upper Ncstucca. Cross and Holden said when they went In there and found the ranch abandoned, they counted In the dooryard and around the bam, the bodies of so dead ewes. Around the farm they found 75 out of 00 lambs dead. The remainder of the live sheep, of which only 75 bad been found Friday, after a search of three daya, were In a deplorable shape. Cross testified that the sheet) were last fed February 12 and thai tcoociuacd on pse 14, column 0) -