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Newspaper Page TextG arataMl Jef mal CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the month ending Marco SI, 1930. 10,639 Average daily net paid 10,199 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation UNSliTH.EU tonight and Tuesday, occasional rains, mild temperature. Southerly winds. Local: max. 71; mill. 56; rain .23; river .( foot; cloudy; south wind. 43rd YEAR, No. 95 Entered u aacoDd data matter at 8a)em, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1930 PRICE THREE CENTS KfSMS PAH m 0 SIm jvJ ILL) I I I S3 &nuqn O jo n 1 1 V COUNTIES MAY jain 0. E. TO BUILDBRIDGE Marion and Polk Consider Joint Construction of Independence Bridge Structure Would Replace Ferry Now Operated At $3200 a Year Talk is already developing Che possibility of Marlon and Polk counties Joining In with the Oregon Electric on the construction of Joint highway and railroad bridge over the Willamette river m event the application of the railroad com pany to extend Its line from Orville to Independence is met favorably by the interstate commerce com mission and construction work goes ahead. While the matter has been men tioned by a number of people the first to bring It to the attention of the county court was V. M. uettos ter. road patrolman in the East In dependence district who Saturday told members of the court Interest already was developing in the bridge there since the announcement of the Oregon Electric plans. It Is remembered by members of the court that when the Oregon Electric constructed its road to Port land many years aso the railroad comDanv advanced a proposal to (Concluded on page ly. column ti DR. J. N. SMITH DIES SUDDENLY AT NEWPORT i3r. J. N. Smith, who was super intendent of the Oregon state insti tution for the feeble-minded from 1915 to early this year, and whose studies into the subject of steriliza tion of the mentally and socially unfit made him widely known pro fessionally, died suddenly at New port Sunday. He was 77 years old. Dr. Smith was stricken while walk ing on the beach and died soon af terward. He represented Marion coontv in five legislative sessions. three teirra in the house and one in the senate. Dr. Smith was born In 1852 In Iowa. He came to- Oregon with his Barents. Isaac N. and Nancy b Smith, hi 1874, the family settling in Benton county. Before leaving Iowa he had begun his medical studies and also taught school.. In 1875 he became a teacher In the Indian school on the Warm Springs reservation, and continued his medi cal studies. He practiced medicine at Buena rU, Ore., from 1878 to 1881 and then two years at Dallas. He was graduated from the medical college of Willamette university in 1000 For 32 years he practiced in Sa lem, and for manv years was i partner of the late Dr. W. H. Byrd. Dr. Smith was a member of the Marion county delegation In the lower house of the legislature in 1807, 1889 and 1901 and In the state senate In 1907 and 1909. As chair man of the ways and means com mittee he was Influential in leg islation that eliminated a number of Oregon normal schools. In 1915 Dr. Smith was appointed hv oovemor Withycombe as super intendent of the Institution for the feeble-minded. He was married In 1883 to Miss Mattie Ellis, who died in 1892. He was married in 1899 to Cora E. Smith. He is survived by his wid ow and a daughter, Mrs. Warren Powers of Salem. Dr. J. C. Smith of Grants Pass, also long a member of the state senate, Is a brother. Funeral services will be held at Rlgdons Mortuary chapel at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, RC7. C. E. Ward officiating. Interment at Cltyrlew cemetery. FLORIDA SHERIFF SLAIN BY DRY AGENT Blountstown. H. MV-Sheriff C. D. Clark, of Calhoun county, was hot to death on street here by J. T. Blackwell, an employs ol the fed eral government. - Deputy Sheriff McClelland said B'.ackwell. apparently without warn ing, drew a pistol as Clark passed him on the street, anl fired five or six times at his back. Three of the bullet struck the sheriff, killing him. McClelland said ill feeling had ex isted between Blackwell and Clark for some time. Blackwell was impris oned to await the outcome of a rx ner'a Investigation, Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN We sure got into a mess Saturday trying to help out a young woman. Little Mae of the' pink cheeks was walking along State street and we noticed part of her dress was dang- ling below her coat and almost sweeping the ground. "Pardon us," we said, trying to be helfpul, "but part of your skirt Is coming off." We're not saying what little Mae told us but thats the last time we'll ever tell a woman anything about her clothes. Jake Praegltzer of Dallas writes over to tell us we're Just right about these sideburns on the women's skirts. "If France wants to see her women swathed up like that it's all right," writes Jake, "but I haven't reached the point wnere I feel a girl needs to be ashamed of her most precious gift, her figure." At- ta boy. Jake. "You oughta go strong with the buttonhole club. A business man was telling us he got an envelope full of a candidate's cards and the envelope had a 2-cent due stamp on it. The candidate got the cards back. It seems that candidate's slogan la "In Salem We Due." This practice of hiding Easter eggs Is all right when properly con ducted. But on future Easters we wish any bunny rabbit hiding an egg in one of our coat pockets would have It a little harder boiled than the one we discovered there Sunday. All the old time prophets around here say that when it rains Easter day it will rain seven more Sundays hand running and that it a sign that never fails. Well, we've decided not to try and Interfere. How's Norblad running, is ft ques tion frequently heard.- From last reports he's running all over the state most of the time. We understand there were some communists In that Rhode Island prison riot Some of Al Llndbeck's good old Rhode Island Reds, maybe. All we may remark in the Sidney S. George matter Is that we'd apol ogize, too, if we were in his place. Chambers of commerce all over the state are getting worried about the census matter. It seems they have been making some claims that apparently won't pan out. But why worry? There's another 10 years coming In which to make new claims. But the chamber of commerce needn't pick on us, we've done our share. Doggone, it's fine not to have jealous wife. A new heifer calf ar rived out at our farm the other day and we named her Ann and the wile never kicked a bit. However, It was only a four-legged calf, not a centipede. HAITIANS ELECT RAY PRESIDENT Port-Au -Prince, Haiti Off Eugene Roy was unanimously elected tem porary president of Haiti by the council of state Monday. President-Elect Roy is to assume office next month when the term of President Borno expires. He will hold office until regular elections can be held for the presidency. Roy is former president of the government clearing house and is widely known In financial circles. He has never held political office be fore and his selection as temporary president met wide approval. Roy's election will be in accord ance with the program outlined by the Hoover commission and accept ed by the opposition in Haiti. Legion Commander Apologizes for Note To Mrs. Ada V. Skiff Sidney S. George, state commander of the American Le gion, has made a hasty descent from his high horse which he was riding toward the American War Mothers as ex pressed In his letter to Mrs. Ada a Still of saiem, -presioem of the War Mothers organisation, ana Has given out a statement in Eu gene to the effect that his letter aas -misinterpreted." In addition he gave out a letter of apology which he has sent to Mrs. Skiff and now states he hopes the war moth ers "will fesl free to call em the services of myself and the Ameri can Legion whenever they may be ne'd?d. "The mcment T learned that my teller tn rrply to Mrs. Skiffs re quest for Information helplul to her estimable organization In Eugene NAVAL TREATY WINS APPROVAL IN FINAL FORM Heads of Five Delega tions Accept Pact and Send It To Printers Between 8000 and 9000 Words To Be Signed At Tuesday's Session London (LP) Head6 of the five del egations to the naval conference ap proved the treaty in its final lorm Monday and sent It to the printers. The text .probably will be issued to the press at midnight lor re lease Tuesday when the delegates will meet at St. James Palace to sign the five-power agreement achieved in negotiations here since January 21. The chief delegates of the United States, Great Britain. France. Italy and Japan met at St. James and scrutinized the text of th eagree- ment which includes a three-power limitation pact. The drafting com mittee and the Jurists committee also held final meetings in preparation for the closing plenary session Tues day. American delegates will sail Wednesday. The experts, at their final sessions. definitely agreed that the text of the treaty would be between 8000 and 9000 words, covering about 32 pages divided into two columns. The col umn on the left will be in English (Concluded on page 11, column 7) STEEL MAGNATE SAYS BUSINESS Hobokan, N. J. Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the finance committee of the United States Steel corporation told stockholders at their annual meeting ' Monday that the financial and business sit uation "is basically sound and we can face the future with a feeling of assurance, confidence and safety. -We witnessed last year very great readjustment in the securities mar ket." he said, "which to an extent was bound to occur, but which ran beyond its proper paint in re-ad justment." He expressed the belief that most needed and Inevitable re adjustments had been completed. James A Parrell, president, report ed that the corporation mills had op erated at an average rate of 63 per cent of capacity during tne iirst quarter. Mr. Parrell recalled "that last year a stockholder had asked how much business the corporation would do in 1829; And he hod pre dicted 11,500,000.000. He said he wished to apologize because "we fell short of that amount by $4,000,000." He salrj he did not care to make a prediction as to the volume of bus iness for the current year, but that stockholders could be assured that the corporation would do its best to get all business possible. He said mill operations are now holding at about 82 per cent of capacity. VANCOUVER CENSUS Kelso, Wash. LP Completion of the census in Vancouver, Wash was announced at the district headquarters here Monday. The population of Vancouver was given as 11,152, of which, 1,180 are resi dents of the Vancouver 'barracks military post. ha4) been misinterpreted." raid Mr. Oeorge, "I wrote Mrs. Skiff as fol lows (April 17): . "I am prompted to express to you personally and to your organization my most sincere apology. I cannot express to you how truly sorry I am to have been misunderstood, as you know I hare always expressed pub licly and otherwise, In the most forceful language I might command our sincere appreciation and devo tion to our womanhood for their unsrlflih. hlph-mmded patriotic ser vice. I am sure that ycur organlza- (Concluded oa p?-ge 10, column I) Bill To Enlarge Fremont Forest Passed by House Washington D. C. () The Bntlrr bill to authorise the addition of 100,000 acres to the Fremont national forest In Oregon was passed cy the house Monday and sent to the senate. The Fremont forest lies principally In Lake county. The supervisor of the forest has headquarters in Lake Tirw. 23,815 VOTERS REGISTERED IN MARIOJLCOUNTY Registration figures for Marlon county completed by Country Clerk Boyer Monday give a total of 23,815 registered voters as compared to 22,311 in the county last October or an increase of 1504 on the registra tion books. The Increase within the city of Salem for the same period was 947 and In the county precincts outside an Increase of .557. This increase, however, is only apparent on the figures and not actual as the figures taken last October were right alter extensive cancellations had been made of registered voters who had not cast their votes at two nrecedlng elections. The total republican vote In the county is shown as 10,112 ana me total democratic vote oib wun me balance scattering. I'm republican registration in the country precincts outside of Salem is 0541 and Inside. Salem precincts 8571. The demo cratic vote outside of the Salem precincts Is 2976 as shown Dy regis tration lists and In Salem 212,-in-dicating a larger percentage of re publican votes in tne city ana me larger share of democratic votes In the country. The total male registration in the country districts is 7511 and female rezistratlon in the districts outside of Salem 6363, while the male reg istration in the city was 5 ana the female registration in the city was 5342. The total male registra tion of the county is 12,874 and the total female registration 10,491. In October of last year the total male registration was 12521 and to tal female registration 9.990. . STIMSON TALKS ACROSS SEA TO PRESS NETTING New York OP) speaking across the Atlantis to the annual lunch eon of the Associated Press, Secre tary Stimson described the London naval agreement Monday as a long step forward In world diplomacy. The treaty about to be signed, said the head of the American del egation to London, represented a practical application of the peace ful declarations of the Kellogg anti-war pact, limiting at once the navies of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, and holding a promise of future agreement also as to the naval establishments of France and Italy. Mr. Stlmson's address, listened to by the members of the Associated press at their luncheon here, was broadcast also throughout the country by the National Broadcast ing company. The work of the London confer ence," he said, "has really com- pritJd two quite separate naval problems tne proQiem 01 tne mo tions between the navies of the United States, Great Britain , and Janan. on tha one hand, and the problem of the relations between (Concluded on pas. II. column 71 MOVIE OPERATOR SHOT IN SCUFFLE " Wichita, Kas.. OTV-Walter Rob erts. 35-year-old operator for a motion picture theater here, was found shot through the heart early Monday In a hallway outside the apartment of his divorced wife. A pistol lay beside him. Mrs. Roberts and Miss Alice i Miller were In the apartment, Mrs. Roberts raid her former husband came to the apartment while she and Miss Miller were In b:d. forc-d the door and threatened to kill her. accusing her of entertaining another man. At first she said she forced him back into the hall whlls he pressed the pistol against her and slammed the door before she heard tne shot. Later, policed said. Mrs. Rob-rts admitted she was scuffling with the man when the pistol was discharged. Neither woman was forma'.ly un der arrest Monday, VOTE REPEAL FOR NATIONAL ORIGIN QUOTA Senate Approves Immi gration Change on North Europe Quotas European Immigration Cut Down from 150, 000 to 120,000 Washington OP) The senate Mon- dav voted for repeal of the Nation al Origins Basis for Restriction of Immigration which went into effect last July 1. An amendment by Senator Nor- beck, republican, South Dakota, to the Harris immigration bill provia ing for repeal of the national ori gins provisions and further restrict ing Immigration was approved 39 to 34. President Hoover recommended repeal of the national origins pro vision a year ago but congress then refused to act upon It. The bill by Senator Harris, dem ocrat, Georgia, proposing to apply quota restrictions to immigrants from Central and South America, must still be approved by the sen- (Concluded on page 9. column 5) LONE BANDIT HOLDS UP POOL ROOM AT CAMP Astoria. Ore.. (IP) A solitary bandit, about 25 years old, walked into the pool hall at Lonely Bus ter Creek logging camp In south eastern Clatsop county last night, shot Milton Staysa, the proprietor, and William Nelson, when they failed to put up their hands at his command, and fled into the sur rounding wilderness with $100 from the pool hall till. The bandit fired twice, reports from the logging camp indicated. One bullet went through Staysa's arm and tho other through Nel son's abdomen. Nelson was taken to a hospital in Clatskanie where his condition was reported as not ser ious. Tho bullet was removed from Staysa's arm at the camp and he is back at work today. The bandit appeared In the camp at about 7 o'clock last night, say ing that he intended to go to work In the morning. The office was closed, however, and after -roaming about the small community for a while, he walked into the pool hall at 10:15, armed with a small calibre ride. "Stick 'em up." the bandit called to Staysa and Nelson, who were the only occupants of the building. Thinking It was a Joke, the men were slow In complying, where upon the bandit fired, and wound ed the men. Then he went to the till, took out the day's receipts and fled into the darkness. COAST PROJECTS IN HARBOR BILL Washington (PI Chairman Demp- sey of the house rivers and har bors committee Monday Introduced a rivers and harbors omnibus bill authorizing projects In many states to cost approximately $110,000,000. The committee Issued a state ment in which were carried the au thorisations for the different pro jects, which Included: Humboldt Harbor, and Bay, Calif ., only 192.000. Coos Bay, Oregon, $125,000. Sklpanon channel, Oregon, $135, 000. Umpqua river and entrance, Ore een, $500,000. ' Coquille river, bar and entrance, Oregon, $100,000. Columbia and lower Willamette rivers below Portland, Ore., $866,000. Columbia river between the mouth of Willamette river and Vansouver, Wash., $10,000. CONFEREES DEFER DEBENTURES ACTION Washington OP Deferring action on the senate export debenture and flexible provisions and other major controversies over the administra tive clauses of the tariff bill, tne congressional conferees on the measure Monday agreed upon the vrnate amendment liberalising ex utinr restrictions on Importation! of literature. Local Labor Bill Is Vetoed As Vicious By Mayor Livesley Vetoed by Mayor . Livesley Alderman Kowitz, local attorney for the labor unions, pro viding for the establishment of public works done under contract promises to hold the center of the stage when the city council meets Monday evening. It will require the affirmative votes of 10 aldermen to override the mayor's veto and, while the ordinance was approved by the council two weeks ago by a 1 vote of 10 to 2, at least two of the aldermen have since discovered flaws In the proposed legislation which will cause them to support the mayor's veto it was learned Monday morning. No message stating the reasons for his action accompanied the ordi nance when the mayor returned It to the recorder with his disapproval, but Mayor Livesley Monday morning said that he saw in the blll an at tempt of the labor unions to .use the city as a club to enforce a scale of (Concluded oa page 10. column 4) MISS WATSON CLAIMS BABE1N CONTESTED CASE Portland (IP The battle of mo ther love between Geraldine Wat son of Pasadena, and Mrs. George P. Schaefer of Portland with a four months old babe as the prise, paused on the threshhold of court Monday. Miss "Watson arrived In Portland Sunday. She immediately went to the "home" where the baby was or dered placed by Judge Gilbert of the court of domestic relations, 'ine mother walked into the room in which seven babies lay sleeping. She looked at each one end returned to crib No. 4. This one Is mine," she said as she held It In her arms. The nurses and Miss Martha Ran dall, head of the women's protective division, who has been working on the case, smiled for the girl had chosen correctly. Miss Watson said she had not seen the baby tince it was two weeks old. After Investigation In California Miss Randall said, "there is not the slightest doubt in my mind but that Geraldine Is the mother ?f the baby." Judge Gilbert declared the baby a ward of the court until Its par entage was established. It Is expect ed that the case will be heard at an early date in Judge Gilbert's court. Delmore Lessard, attorney for Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer. said they would demand a Jury trlaL $303,000,000 CONTRACTS LET Washington OP) Secretary La mont said Monday awarding of $303,000,000 in public construction contracts during the first quarter of 1930 In 37 states indicated that his estimate of $7,000,000,000 for the year would be fulfilled. A new five-year record for the first three months was act by the awards this year. The commerce secretary said he expects a steady speeding up during the remaining three periods to carry the years activities In public works and public utilities construction to the total he forecast several months ago. This $7,000,000,000 program was estimated on a basis of reports of the government, state governors, and officials of public utilities corpora tions. It would carry the year far ahead of last year. While the $303,000,000 would set a new first quarter record, the sec retary said this figure undoubtedly would be further swelled by reports from the other 11 states and from awards upon which reports were not received. BLAINE TO CONDUCT POSTAL LEASE PROBE Washington (Pi Vice President Curtis Monday named the five sen ators who will form the special committee to Investigate federal leases of post office buildings wltb Senator Blaine, republican, Wiscon sin, as chairman. Others named to the " committee were Senators Hastings,- Delaware; Hebert. Rhode Island, republicans; and Oeorge, Georgia, and Hayden, Arlxona, democrats. Senator Blslne Is the author of the resolution ' authoring the inquiry. the ordinance introduced by a ' prevailing ' wage scale on BORAH REPLIES TO ATTACKS OF FOREIGN CRITICS Washington, tVP) The attention of the senate was called Monday by Chairman Borah, of the foreign relations committee, to the ad dresses by Andrew Geraud, poli tical editor of the Echo de Paris, and Llckham Stead, of the London Times, who severely condemned American isolation in Internation al affairs at a dinner here Satur day attended by President Hoover. Borah quoted from published re marks of the addresses by the two foreign political writers. Geraud and 8tead bluntly de nounced the attitude of America in lntcrnationla affair in their speech es, made before the American So ciety of Newspaper Editors. President Hoover sat beside the speakers at the dinner and listened attentively to their attacks upon American isolation. The president's subsequent ad dress was extemporaneous and with the distinct understanding he was not speaking for publication. Borah, who not present at the banquet, told the senate Monday he would have something more to say about "t at a later date. It was believed at the capitol that he would mention the speeches when the senate considers the London naval treaty. Mr. Btcad referred to Senator Borah In his speech. He said "We are afraid America would be a nut sance In tiie league of nations." He said the representatives of the other governments could speak with authority before the league but the representatives of the United States would have to cable back to the secretary of state, that the secretary of state would have to consult with the president and that the president would then con suit with Senator Borah. PRISON TERMS FOR RED RIOTERS New York -P William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, Israel Am ter and Harry Raymond, found guilty of unlawful assembly in the "Red Thursday" riot of last month in Union Square, Monday were sen tenced to Indeterminate penitenti ary terms, under the law the sen' tences may run anywhere from one day to three years at the discretion of the state board or parole. Joseph Lester, the fifth man con victed of unlawful assembly, was given a thirty-day sentence. The sentences were Imposed by Justice Max Salomon, James J. Mclnerney, and Daniel F. Murphy of the court of special sessions. Lester wax given the Hunt sen tence, the Justices said, because he was merely an instrument in the hands of others, whom the court described as the "prime movers." Lindg and Anne Cut Record in Daylight Flight to New York New York (AP) "We" have another record, a crosa continent flight faster than anybody else. Takinjr off from Glendale Calif., just at daybreak Colonel and Mr. Charles A. Lindbergh Sunday brought tneir new brilliant scarlet ano ui monoplane to a three point landing on Hnosevelt Field, where the col onel took off for Paris three years ago this spring. The arrival was 48 minutes before the day was done. The approximate distance flown was 2.M0 miles, the flying time 14 hours, 23 minutes, 27 seconds, the average speed 172 mil's an hour. A stop was made at Wichita, Kara., of 23 minutes and five seconds for fuel, but not food. Lunch pre pared at Los Angeles, was eaten In the air. Although the colonel disclaimed UNFAVORABLE REPORT UPON JUDGEPARKER Senate Judiciary Com mittee Reverses Itself Against Carolina Jurist Steiwer Among & Repub licans Voting for Re jection Washington (JPi Led by six repub licans, the senate Judiciary commit tee Monday voted an unfavorable report to the senate on President Hoover's nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be an associate justice of the supreme court. Chairman Norrls of the committee, one of the opponents to Parker, announced the unfavorable report would be laid Immediately before the senate and taken up in regular order at the next executive session. The roll call In the Judiciary com mittee .on Parker follows: For: Republicans: Gillett, Mas sachusetts; Waterman, Colorado; Hastings. Delaware, and Hebert, Rhode Island. Democrats: Overman, North Car olina, and Stephens, Mississippi. Against: Republicans: Norrls, Neb raska; Borah, Idaho; Deneen, Illin ois; Robinson, Indiana; Blaine, Wis consin, and Steiwer, Oregon. Democrats: Ashurst, Arizona; "(Concluded on' page 11, column TYPHOON TAKES HEAVY TOLL AT LEYTEJSLAND Manila OTV-Crippled communica tions Monday brought further evi dence of the toll taken Friday by the destructive typhoon which swept over 14 towns of the Island of Leyte, demolishing the communities or Tolosa and Dulag. Thousands were homeless and many believed dead or Injured. Official reports from the devas tated region said that a complete check could not be completed for a week or more, since many towns had been completely cut off with telegraph and telephone wires down. The typhoon, or small area out of unusual intensity, came as a surprise to weather bureau officials since such storms rarely come as this season In the Philippines. Governor De La Cms of Leyto wired the American Red Cross here. 48 hours after the typhoon struck. "Please secure immediate aid for thousands of homeless people, es pecially food, clothing and build ing materials." He described cocoanut trees as standing like candles with their tops blown off. The entire cro was destroyed, he said. DUCHESS FLYING BACK TO ENGLAND Capetown, Union of South Africa, 071 The Duchess of Bedford, flying with two companions, Monday start ed back to England, hoping to com plete the trip In nine days and es tablish a 19-day record for a round trip between Lympne and Capetown. She left Lympne airdrome April 10, and needed only 100 flying houra to complete the trip here. - any new record, the time of the flight was I hours. U minutes and 29 seconds faster than it ever had been flown before. Captain Frank Hawks, last June 29. flew from Glendale to Roosevelt field In It hours, 31 minutes and 6e seconds, non-stop. The fact that he and Mrs. Lindbergh made a ship, the colonel pointed out, technically made their flight not one to compare with that of Captain Hawks. Cap tain Hawks himself, however, and probably everyone elae except the colonel, accepted th, fllght as a (Concluded on pag 10, column IT"