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Thursday, March 27, 1930 OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAUNTEREST RUSS TOLD TO TONE DOWN CHURCH WAR ¡Atheistic Workers Warned to Halt Violence. Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. Moscow.—Russian atheists at the opening of the All-Union Congress ol Atheists declared that their props gandlsts must abandon the Idea that religion can be exterminated In Rus sia overnight. Successive speakers told the dele gates, whose proceedings were broad cast, that excesses committed by athe istic workers and village officials must They warned their hearers that no attempt must be made to close churches by force, to remove church bells, to coerce peasants Into Joining the league of the godless, or to pro claim whole districts as “atheistic re gions." Only by peaceful argument, persua slon, and propaganda, and by scien tific explanation, said Emelyan Yaro slavsky, chairman of the society, should members attempt to remove God and religion. I t was apparent speakers had been Instructed by government to call atheist propagandists to account for extremes. A t the same time the speakers lashed out at Pope Plus for his re sent denunciation of the antl-rellglous campaign, and for his prayers. They said there must be no slackening In the Communist war on the church by legal and peaceful means. Under the caption, "Tour blood stained hands are too short to stran gle Soviet workers,” the official atheist organ, the "Godless One,” printed a drawing of the pope sitting placidly on a throne while victim after victim of religious Inquisition was hanged and tortured before him. Warsaw.—The Soviet government la faced with a series of armed uprisings among peasants In the provinces and strikes among city factory workers, according to travelers returning from Moscow. The peasant rebellions, travelers de clare, are due to the high feeling against the government’s program tor collectivizing farm lands, while the strikes are an Indirect result of the rebellions, the factory workers suffer Ing from lack of food because of the disordered conditions In agricultural areas. Red array forces were called out to cope with six uprisings In the past few weeks. In the Industrial dtles conditions are reported severe as a result of the uprisings. Factory workers are being fed on black bread and thin vegetable soup and are refusing to go to work unless more wholesome food is provided. Plan to Extend Barge Line to Chicago Soon Washington.—W ar deportment offi cials announced plans for extending the barge transportation facilities of the Inland Waterways corporation to ths Illinois river and Chicago during the next year. Actual operation of the government barges as far as Chi cago will depend upon progress made an the Illinois waterway link. "In line with the comprehensive policy of inland waterway develop ment announced by President Hoover last fell, the government barge line la preparing for an extension of Its services." the War department an nounced. “The barge lines now cover a total of 2,800 miles, and next year It Is proposed io extend the lines to Chicago and Kansas City." S to 1 Vote for Repeal of Prohibition Measure Mew York.—An overwhelming senti ment against prohibition Is revealed In the second week's returns of the Liter ary Digest’s nation-wide poll of 20,- 000,000 citizens. It was announced here. The figures show 882,026 citizens against the present system of prohibi tion while 191,909 favor enforcement of the present law. A feature of the poll Is that the greater number of those polled de mand repeal of the prohibition stat ute. Previous polls showed the great er number tor modification to permit the sale of light wines and beer. Chinese Bandits Murder 2,000; Revolt Spreading W ith the appointment of two dog- catchers Linn county has begun an offensivo against the owners of un licensed dogs. The county has been divided Into two districts. F ifty fires in Oregon outside of Portland during February resulted In losses aggregating *383,848, according to reports filed with Clare A. Lee, state Insurance commissioner. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. London.— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, who stopped writing detective stories In or der to give his time to explorations In the world of spirits, has resigned from the Society for Physical Research aft er 86 years of active membership. He quit following a sharp clash of the views of himself and his fellow mem bers. AMER. FARM BUREAU STILL BACKS LEGGE President Thompson Says U. S. Board Needs M ore Time. Chicago.—The American Farm Bu reau Federation still la flrmly sup porting Chairman Alexander Legge and the federal fa m board, Sam H . Thompson, president of the federation, said at the close of the quarterly di rectors’ meeting held here. Mr. Thompsor and other federation officials said that there has not been sufficient time since the agricultural marketing act was enacted for the farm board to give the law a thorough test "At the time the measure was being considered In congressional commit tee," said President Thompson, “we agreed to suspend our efforts to have the equalization-fee principle Incor porated In It. We announced that If a better way could be found to make farm relief workable we would con- alder that plan on lte merits. “In the few months that the farm board has been In existence. It has scarcely had time to give a thorough teat to The marketing act. Thia the board la entitled to." Some of the directors Indicated that there may yet be the need of adopting the equalization fee for marketing crop surpluses abroad at reduced prices, assessing the difference against the farmer who would meet the lose out of Increased domestic returns on the portion of the crop marketed at home under tariff protection. A. J. Olsen, of Renville, Minn., president of the Minnesota state farm bureaL federation, said that there was sentiment among Minnesota farmers that It may eventually become neces sary to make the farm marketing act operate satisfactorily to Incorporate I d it the equalisation fee. President Hoover W ill Make Visit to Mexico Mexico City.— President Ortls Rubio has announced that President Hoover has accepted his personal Invitation to visit Mexico City during his Presi dency. President Rubio did not re veal the date of the proposed visit. He la anxious for tha American Presi dent to return hie visit to the United States laat year. 130 Persons Killed in Movie Film Explosion Tokyo.—One hundred and thirty per sons were killed and score« Injured when Are destroyed a moving picture theater at Kirin. Manchuria. The Ore was cnnsed by the explosion of a film. All the victims are believed to have been Chinese. Including the relatives of several prominent officials. Balfoar, B rlll.h Chief, Dea4 Woking. Surrey, England.—Ths earl of Balfour, Rrltlsh statesman, died at the residence of his brother, Gerald Balfonr, Fisher’s H ill house, at the age of elghty-one. Shanghai.—Bandit hordes In Klangsl province have massacred more than 1,000 men, women and children In the Fuan district. Reports reaching Shanghai said the wholesale slayings were committed early this month un der the direction of the bandit chief tain, General Chuteh. He is reported Still occupying the district Fearing further masaacrea, American. British and Japanese gunboats are patrolling the Yangtee river. Rut* la Claaa 5» Chnrehm Moscow.—Flfty-alx churches will be converted Into cultural and education al centers, workers’ clubs and other Institutions, It was officially an nounced. Palish-Carman Trad« P a d Signed Warsaw. Poland.—Ths I ’ollsh-Ger man commercial treaty has been signed after a flva-year delay. Eco nomic relations between tha two countries »re now norms I for the Aral time since the World war. Many Perish aa Vassal Barns Bogota, Colombia.—More than a scare of pasaeugers and most of the crew of the river steamer Rur.rsmsn- gn lost their lives when the boat’s car go of petroleum caught Are In dock at La Dorado on the Magdalena river. U . S. T as Cellectiee Gale Wsahlngton.— Income tax collections from July 1, 192». to March 18 were *1,560,834,01 <0, showing a gain of*21<L- 000,000 over the same period last year, the treasur, announced. Haitian Cnasasisslan Plan Ratified Port an B rine* Halt!.—An assembly of people's delegates ratified the plan of the Hooter commission end select «1 Eugene Roy for temporary presi dent 26 Far Cant Hnchia. Guilty Cednr Rapid* lows.—Georgs B. Hucklns of ’“26 pec cent” renown wee found guilty In District court here of obtaining money under false pretense* The grange hall at Eagle Point was destroyed by fire of undetermined ori gin, with a loss, estimated by officials, of *5000. Thia is the second grange hall destroyed by fire In a year. Secretary Hurley has approved an allotment of *25,000 for Yaquina bey and harbor, where dredging w ill be undertaken Immediately to provide for an entrance channel over the ocean bar 20 feet deep and also a channel 18 feet deep from the en trance to Yaquina. RUSSELL DENIES CHARGES Blasting of a stump under city feed er lines of the Pacific Power A Light company lines on the heights near the Wilson reservoir blew out a pot head insulator and burned out a light ning arrester at the power plant, leav ing Hood River without electricity for an hour and 40 minutes recently. Employment conditions in Lane county are showing Improvement, ac cording to Frank L. Armltage, super intendent of the United States em ployment bureau at Eugene. There is a fair demand for logging camp and sawmill workers, he says, and there Is some demand for building workers. One man was overcome by smoke and died shortly afterward and 25 per Brig. Gen. John H. Russell. sons escaped In their night clothing The closing of the baas fishing sea in a fire which destroyed the Tourist Port-au-Prince, Haiti.—Brig. Gen. son between April I t and July 1 la a hotel, garage and restaurant at Clats John Russell, high commissioner, has measure to protect the future supply kanie recently. Owners estimated the Aled with the Hoover commission a of fish, declares M att Ryckman, su damage at *20,000. The fire originat lengthy refutation of all charges of perintendent of state hatcheries. ed in the kitchen from an oil heater. dictatorship made against him In the The 1930 Oregon state fair will ba recent bearings on conditions In HaltL Some dairymen In the Shedd vicin held September 22 to *7 inclusive, ity are beginning to sell their poorer according to announcement made at cows, fearing that the market for their HALTS JOB SELLING Salem by Mrs. Ella Schults Wilson, beef may not be as good In the fall secretary of the state fair board. IN SOUTHERN STATES as at present During tha last few Um atilla county pioneers w ill hold months It has been hard for dairymen their 38th annual reunion at Weston to make a profit after paying feed President Announces Practice Friday and Saturday, May 80 and I L bills and help. Some have been com Has Been Stopped. It waa announced as a result of a pelled to lower wages. Help la plen meeting of the Weston Commercial Washington.—President Hoover baa tiful thia spring. announced his purpose of completing club. Stockholders of the Linn County Ihe housecleaning which he.commenced Steel towers of the United States Fair association have voted to cancel a year ago In the southern patronage geological aurvey river gauging sta their stock and the unsecured credi situation. Commenting on a recent tion at The Dalles will be lighted from tors have canceled their claims or will report of a senatorial committee, Mr. now until April with oil-burning bea do so, leaving a mortgage as the sole Hoover pointed out that the incidents cons aa a guide for aviators flying at obligation outstanding against the In dealt with were not recent and that night. stitution, all conditional upon the tak all federal officials known to have en Explosion of gas fumes from an oil ing over of the fair by Linn county, gaged In Improper practices had either stove wrecked a small building at the President J. J. Barrett, of the associa resigned or been removed. The Presi dent said that he had asked the De rear of a Bend garage, and caused tion, has announced. partment of Justice to consider the hundreds of people to believe that dy Claus Christiansen, Toledo farmer, senate committee’s report. namite had been discharged near tha “Under Instructions to the various narrowly escaped death recently when center of town. he was attacked by a Jersey bull as departments of the government,” said Ground has been broken at La he was cleaning out a manger. The Mr. Hoover, “a system has been estab Grande tor the construction of a new bull charged from behind, ramming lished by which these reprehensible *5000 country club house on the course one horn completely through Christ practices have been absolutely stopped near there. Other Improvements are iansen’s right thigh, and with hla vic and the system of purchase and sale also under way and a beautiful golf tim impaled on his horn hurled Mr. of appointments, so far as It existed, has been ended.” course is anticipated by tall. Christiansen high overhead and into In reviewing progress In placing Frank W. Gerrish, who waa em an adjoining alleyway. methods of dealing with patronage In ployed aa saw filer at the Pelican Bay A new use for the oft-despised dairy the South on a higher plane President Lumber company, Klamath county, the Hoover Indicated that the bad spots product, buttermilk, was found when had been In South Carolina, Georgia, past six years, was crashed to death It recently was utilized to hold a tire and Mississippi, where Republican na by a large pulley which collapsed. | In check until the McMinnville fire tional committeemen have been Ignored One of the pieces hit Gerrish. ' department arrived. Aa no water was by the administration and new organ J. W. Wisdom celebrated his 90th available, buckets of buttermilk which izations set np to make patronage rec birthday anniversary at Baker recent were to have been fed to turkeys were ommendations. ly. He came to Baker In 1862 and la poured on the blase until the city fire “Such conditions are Intolerable to one of 11 persona now living who department arrived. The blaze was public service, are repugnant to the Ideals and purposes of the Republican came there at that time. He operated extinguished with little damage. party, ere unjust to the people of the a drug store there tor 60 years. State highway engineers are pre South, and must be ended,” said the The 2 H-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. paring for changes in the Roosevelt President Fred Nelson was drowned at the A. highway on the Denmark-Port Orford " If these three states are unable to H. Parky ranch north of Redmond, unit for a distance of some miles. A Initiate such organization through the by falling into a cistern. He was play change of routing In Port Orford is to leadership of men who will command ing with other children when they re be made to offer a better view of what conAdence and protect the public serv ice, the different federal departments moved the top from the cistern. is ahead tor a distance of six or seven Corvallis w ill celebrate the Fourth blocks. Near Denmark contractors will be compelled to adopt other meth ods to secure advice as to the selection of July in the old-fashioned way under are erecting gravel bunkers and as of federal employees.” the auspices of the chamber of com sembling machinery for widening tha merce. There w ill be a 600-gun saint« highway and surfacing. Farm Board Stop» W heat at sunrise and a continuous program Fertilising his field of potatoes re Buying at Minneapolis throughout tha day of old-stylo sports. sulted In a western Lane county farm Chicago—Buying of wheat by the A vicious rooster attacked Mrs. er realising a return of *231.40 from Gussle Stephenson on a farm in the an investment of only **.75, County Farmers' National Co-operative asso Griffin creek district near Medford, Agent O. 8. Fletcher reported. As a ciation, a farm board subeldary. waa ■topped on order from W. G. Kellogg, and Its beak punctured her eye balL means of experimentation, the termer company manager. Mr. Kellogg ex Physicians removed the eye. Mrs. left a small part of the field unferti plained the move, saying: 8tephenson was feeding chickens at lised. The portion on which super “Withdrawal of the corporation the time. phosphate was used yleled an increase from the cash market at Minneapolis Mr. and Mrs. John Downing, who of 961* pounds of potatoes per acre, Is only temporary. All storage space live on a farm near Marcóla, became or 17* per cent more than the other now available to the corporation baa been utilised. Until It bas time to ac the parents of a eon who weighed plot quire more storage facility the cor I I 9-10 pounds. Authorities at the Par Seaside, the terminus of the Old poration will stay ont of the rash clflc Christian hospital at Eugene, Oregon trail and the western end of m arket When more space is avail where the child waa born, say U la the Lewis end Clark Journey In 1*05-6, able the corporation Intends to re tha heaviest on the hospital records. will be the scene of a celebration turns Its buying of rash wheat" Lane county road crewa have start commemorating the start of the first ed work on widening the road over wagon train across the continent along Let* 50 Animal» Starve; Mapleton hill between Ralnrock and what later waa to become the famous Michigan Farmer Fined Florence, which Is now the only route Oregon trail, according to plans made Grand Ledge. Mich.—Convicted by a to Florence. The road la being put by the Seaside chamber of commerea Jury of allowing more than Afty ani In condition for spring and summer A “Covered Wagon Centennial," cele mals, Including horses, cattle and travel, which Is expected to be heavy. brating the Journey of the first wagon sheep, to starve to death on hie farm train In 1830, w ill be promoted for during the winter. Justice John O. T H K M A R K IT S Nichols of Charlotte was Aned *10T Seaside this summer. Portland and coats on a charge of cruelty to Sixty cows la herds belonging to Wheat— Big Bend blnestem, *1.20; animals. soft white and western white. *1.09; members of the Union County Cow association produced 40 hard winter, northern spring and Testing 3,000 W » n ,a Irenwnrhnrs Strike pounds of butterfat during February, Copenhagen.—Three thousand organ western red, *1.07. Hay—Alfalfa, *21.50021 per ton; according to Hana Sellers, official ised women workers of the Danish valley timothy, *20.60 0 2 1 ; eastern tester, who says there has been heavy Iron Industry went on strike for high Oregon timothy, *23.50 0 24; clover, culling of Inferior cows. The teat In er wages. This ta the first female *13; oet hay, *17; oeta and vetch. cluded 576 cow«. Star, a grade Jersey strike In Denmark. from the herd of Ernest Kohler, had *18.5001*. W ia Five-Day W w k the best record, being credited with But terfat—34 ® 39c. Kansas City. M o —A five-day 50.1 pounds of butterfat and 1271 Egge—Ranch, 22034c. and a wage Increase of 28 cents a day Cattle— Steers, good, *11.*0012.2*. pounds of milk. This cow waa high were concessions that brought an end last month with (4.2 pounds of butter Hogs—Good to choice, *10011.25. to the strike of building craftsmen Lambs—Good to choice, *9.75010 50. fat. Seattle Governor Norblad raised the gate W heat — Soft white and western of the Vale Irrigation diversion dam F ire Ranee 3 * 4 Several D ie white, *1.11; hard winter and north at an Impressive dedication ceremony Teheran, Persia.—Several live« ern spring, *1.10; western red, *1.0*; at Harper recently, tam ing the water were lost and many persons injured Big Bend blnestem, *1 I L Into the main canal tor the first unit In a fire reported from Banbarjas on Eggs—Ranch, 23 029c. of 4000 acre* The Vala project Is the the Caspian tea In which SW hoo Euttertat—3 9c, first government project to have wa were destroyed. Figures as to the nun»- bar of casual tire varied. Cattle— Choice eteers. *11011. ter In Malheur county, where the Im Hogs— Prime light. «11.35011.1*. mense Owyhee undertaking also la Engnai* M arriage B ill Beaten Lambs—Choice. M O 10. under construction. The dedication Victoria, B C.—The provine!»! legis Spekane waa an epochal event and all the lature In session here turned down a Cattle— Steers, good. *10.7*011.(0, county, aa well as Ontario and Nyssa hill designed to compel presentation Hogs—Good to cholca *11011 *0. Joined with Harper and Vale to sale of medicei certificate« with euch ap Lambs— Medium to good. *>.*0010 brats. plied lion tor a marriage »cena* MINERS OUST HOWAT, ANNUL KAN. CHARTER Executive Board Dropped by Parent Body. Indianapolis.—Expulsion of Alexan der Howat, district president, end the executive board of the Kansas district miners’ union, and revocation of the charter of the district were authorised by vote of the delegates attending the convention of the United Mine Work ers of America Howat was one of the promoters of the ramp convention of miners at Springfield, 111., which formed a new "United Mine Workers” organization under the leadership of men opposed to John L. Lewis, International presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America. Voting of authorization to Lewis to revoke the charter of the Kansas dis trict No. 14, and to establish a pro visional mine union government for that district, rarae after William Green, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, In an address at the convention here had definitely given his support to Lewis and the Interna tional union. The resolution adopted charged that Howat In collusion with John H. Walk er, president of the Illinois Federation of Imbor, Frank Farrington, former president of the Bllnols mine district, and others combined In a “general con spiracy to destroy the United Mine Workers of America." The delegates rejected a resolution which would have deprived Lewis of the power of appointing field organ izers. I t was regarded as another victory for the Lewis administration. Efforts have been made at recent conventions to take this appointive power away from the president and each has met with defeat The delegates upholding Lewis con curred In a report of the constitution committee, urging nonconcurrence In a resolution which would have pro vided for the election of field organ Izers Instead of appointment. FOR COMSTWATIOM The X Type Deen Herbert Hawkes of Colum bia was talking about the revised curriculum to go Into effect In the autumn. “The change," be said, “w ill make university life pleasanter, hut It won’t make I t taxer. Quito the contrary. *T think It w ill do away with tha student of Exe’s type. "Yonng Exe sauntered Into a ta l^ graph office end wrote out a tela gram. The clerk ran over It several tim e * then he said; “ T can’t make out whether thin reads “no funds" or “no fu n."’ "•Oh, well,’ said E x * ’what’s thn difference?’ " U. S. Business Group to Discus* Grain Dispute Washington.—The differences be tween the grain trade and the federal farm board are likely to be aired at the annual convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce to be held In Washington, April 80 to May 3. A tentative place on the convention program. It was said at the chamber offices, has been given to consideration of policies and practices of the farm board. Spokesmen for the grain trade have been striving for several months to get vhe chamber to take a definite stand against the board In Its differ ences with the commission men. Pros pects of action by the chamber at the convention have encouraged op ponents of the board, It 1s understood. The chamber’s policy at present ta one of “watchful waiting." Chairman Alexander Legge will be Invited to speak for the board, accord ing to present indefinite plana. Mothers • • .Watch Children’s colds /C O M M O N head colds often “ settle* V d in throat and chest when they map become dangerous. D o n ’ f f a » « • ChantM — st the first sniffle rub or» Children’« MustezokOfflM « 1 * 7 h o u r ^ C & d r e n ’« Musterok is just good old Musterok, you have known so long, u» milder fonn» Working like tha trained masseur, thin famous blend of oil of mustard, campho r, menthol and other ingredients bring* relief naturally. I t penetrstes and stimu lates blood circulation, helps to draw out infection and pain. . . . Keep full strength Musterok on hand, for adults and ths milder — Children * Musterole for K ttk tots. A ll i" Ginger Concoction 1» Fatal to 3; Many Sick ClnclnnatL Ohio.—Three Ohioans are dead and 128 were suffering with a strange form of paralysis which doc tors said came from drinking a Ja maica ginger concoction. Slxty-flve were stricken In or near Cincinnati, 20 at Middletown, 40 at Mount Vernon. M r * A.—My husband admires everything about ma—my hair, my a y e * my hand* my voles— M r * B.—Wan, what do you admire about him? M r * A.— Why, his good to st* Louisville, Ky.—About 100 more rases of the puzzling partial paralysis laid by physicians and health officers to the consumption of adulterated Ja maica ginger were reported in the state, bringing the total number of known victims to nearly 800. Gold mlnlng has had a dtaünct r e viva! ln Nova Scotla during tha laat few y e a r* and opsratlona ara report ad on a dosaa or more oíd minea. Productíon. however, ta stlll limite«* to a few thousand onncea annually. A d m ire tian C n M M in in g tn Nova Seotin Atlanta, Ga.—T. F. Sellers, director of the state board of health labora tories, said that 870 persons In South ern states had been stricken with what he termed "Jamaica ginger paralysis.” N. Y. Bank Now Largest Financial Institution New York.—Chase National bank became the largest Bnanclal Institu tion In the world recently when lte directors and those of the Equitable Trust company and the Interstate Trust company voted to merge the three banks. The new Institution will have resources of nearly three billion dollars. O. K. $20,000,000 Fund to Pension M.- E. Pastor* New York.—Development of * re serve fund of »20,000,000 In the Meth odist Episcopal church for the pen sioning of pastors who have reached the age of slxty-flve was recommended In a report issued by the church's national commission on the pension fund. ••About ten year» »go I got so weak an d rundown th a t I felt miserable *11 over. O n e day m y husband said, ’W h y d o n ’t you take Lydia £« Plnkham ’s Vegetable Compound?’ W h en 1 had taken tw o bottles I felt better so I kept o n . M y little w hen Ih a d Rockefeller, J r , Aids Literacy Washington.—A gift of *10,000 by John D Rockefeller, J r , for the na tional advisory committee on Illiteracy was announced by Secretary of the In terior Wilbur. Jnllus Rnaenwsld gave the commute« Ito Initial fund of »15,000. doctor said, I t ’s wonderful stuff.' Y o n may publish thia letter fo r I w an t all the world to know how this medicine has helped m e."— M r*. Horten Jbna, soS 46 A Smet, Union Q ty , N . J. C a re e n K. O’. W iggins 8L Ixmls.—I ’rimo Camera. Italian giant, knocked out Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis In the their fight at the Mia E.
