The Weather
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Temperature
Highest yesterday 43
IxnvesL thl morning 34
Precipitation
To ft p. in. yesterday 10
To !i . in. today oa
AIL
J ForocaKt: Tonight ami Saturday
fair; no rliauge in tcmicmturo.
Twenty-Fifth Year
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By Arthur Bririan
A Dangerous Embargo.
Can Uicle Sam Afford It?
Billy Sunday Says No.
Four Things You Need..
EX-SOLDER
LAW
Copyright King Feature Pynd., Inc.
f LOS A NO ELKS, Feb. -J7
A gasoline 'price war holds
pnbli.3 interest for tlie moment
jyhere. Standard Oil of Califor
nia's cut of two cents, made to
meet erratic, price cutting, will
be followed by deeper cuts by
other companies. The oil situa
tion is had, and an elimination
process will gradually weed out
weaker sisters. Then consum-j
crs that have been buying gas
too cheap will even up matters
by paying too much.
The nut inflated Sherman act
preventing common sense busi
ness arrangements make condi
l tions worse. Some American
companies demand an embargo
on oil from foreign countries.
Powerful companies that own
inexhaustible s u b t e r ranean
"lakes of oil" in Venezuela
nnd elsewhere oppose the em
bargo. They want to bring in their
.cheat) foreign oil. They are
protecting this country's in-!
terests, perhaps without know- j
ing or caring. An embargo
would hasten the exhaustion of i
American wells, putting eon-'
suniers and the mother industry
at the mercy of foreign well)
owners. What that would mean
the country learned when!
lirilain controlled rubber an.! !
.regulated the price.
President Hoover's veto of!
the soldiers bonus bill expres
sed bis sincere conviction that j
the. bill would be harmful, to
the country and the men. Re
passage on the hill over the;
veto will, perhaps, decide!
Whether the president and Mr.
Mellon or congressmen and 1
service men were right.
M . 1
Many believe that making it
possible for three million men '
to speihl a billion and u half of
dollars cp.ickly will help busi
' ness and not ruin Cucle Sam. ;
He found tcji billions, quL'kly
wSntcd the numey and survived
that, although many of the bil
lions will never come back from
Kuropc.
M ' '
Hill Sunday, at whose name
.lorgons and Chimeras dire
yes, even Satan himself, shiver j
and shake, refuses an enormous i
sum olifered for moving picture
work. He makes n mistake,
neglecting to put conversion
and saving of souls on a pro
duction basis. His speeches
lasli sinners, and describe hell
in a way to keep you awake,
searching your conscience. Hut
(Continued on pnge twelve)
Abe Martin
Next !' beln Immensely rich. an' j
a iletmKTiit ill funniest mmblfio
Hon In bcin' amiable an' limnciixly
rich. ltwre' no rxruo fcr Dan
Cntil in 11 n' ft irl heart thoc
(linen. i
FUND FLOW
OPENS WITH:
FINAL VOTE
Senate Follows House in
Overriding Hoover Veto;
Bureau Ready to
Make
I
First Loan in Five Min
utes Vets at Window.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (A1)
A thousand checks were scheduled
to be on their way to veterans be
fore dark tonight.
Veterans Administrator 1 lines
revealed this within an hour after
the senate vote today to override
the president's veto of the loan
bill.
Orders went forth immediately
to start lending.
Within five minutes after the
senate had voted the central office
of the veterans bureau released
the first-loan check.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (IP)
President Hoover announced to
day he had ordered the veterans
bureau to give complete priority to
veterans in need In the administra
tion of the loan bill enacted today
over hi veto.
"Although I have been opposed
to the bonus bill," he said, "now
that it has passed we propose to
facilitate its working In every
way."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (P)
The veterans loan bill wus enacted
Into law today over the veto of
President Hoover.
The senate vote was 7(1 to 17. '
Kixtfen republiCHns - and one
democrat voted to sustain the veto.
Thirty-six republicans refused to
support Mr, Hoover's veto and
joined in passing the measure.
Veterans Administrator nines
was at the White House when the
senate acted. As lie left, he said
the bureau could make the first
loan under tne bill within five
minutes.
Vets In JJne
At the veterans bureau some
ex-soldlers were in line to apply
hours before the vote.
Although General Hincs has not
given an official opinion on the
question, it was said at his office
the "accepted opinion" was that
the certificates would have to he
two years old before being eligible
for loans, as under regulations
governing loans heretofore. This
would affect numbers of holders.
Word of the new law went forth
(luickly to the 54 regional offices
of the bureau so applications
could he accepted nt once.
To Mall Checks
Checks for the InanK will bo
mailed as rapidly as possible, with
the first expected to be on their
way tonight or tomorrow to appli
cants whose requests for loans
were mailed in. After the rush
starts, however, checks will be
issued from within ten to twenty
days of receipt of loan requests.
(continued on page B, story tne)
Scribes In Tears and Song
As Great Pulitzer Papers
Merged with Scripps Chain
C'oluniunisi's Valedictory.
XBW YORK, Feb. 27. P)
Here is the valedictory of
Franklin 1. Adams, for years
conductor of the Conning Tower
column In the Morning World :
"And so to all concerned the
Conning Tower, trying to Have
. the final wotd like a child
asking for another drink of
water before the light is turned
out, says 'Ciood-hyeY'
NfcW YORK. Feb. 2T (IV 1.e
New York W t r I d newspapers
passed to the control nf the
Scripps-Howard nd ieate today.
on the minute at midnight. Sur
rogate Jiimes A. Fob y decided
thai Joseph I'liliter's will did
not enjoin h w three wms from
disposing of their newspaper
trust. O
Ia thapQtwo bourn later In a
Wall street office, the tie Was
consummated by the three Pu
litzer brothers. Ralph. Joseph. Jr..
and Herbert and liny W. Howard,
chairman of the buard of the
Scripps -Howard, for a sum esti
mated at $.",oao.noo.
The Rn'e went Into ef fe. t with
the first edition of the Kvening
World this morning, merging the
Kven'ng World, the Morning
World mil the Sunday World
with the New York Telegram
Borrowed Books
Appear On Threat
Of Lie Detector
CHICAOO, Feb. 27. (P)-
There's power in the lie de-
tector. b
The other day Prof, Rod- t
ney Molt of the University of 4
Chicago said to his class:-
"I will give you just 24 hours
to return to the library five
valuable books on constitu- 4
tional law, taken obviously by 4
some of you. Jf the return is 4
not made within the time 4
.specified, I shall have each of 4
you subjected to a lest of 4
the lie detector." 4
Yesterday the five books 4
were back where they be
longed. So, too, were five 4
others missing from the pre- 4
vious semester. 4
AL CAPONE
TO PRISON
'Must Serve Six Months
Term for Contempt of
Court Affidavit On Ill
ness Glaringly False, De
clares Federal Judge.
CHICAGO, Feb. ()Al Ca
pone was convicted of'cmitempt in
federal court today und Renteiice.l
lo six months In comity jail.
Judge Wilkersou in announcing
his decision declared it wus evident,
the affidavit which attempted to
show ('a pom was ill and in bed
when he was wanted by the. gov
ernment two years ago, was "glar
ingly false."
The effect ot the affidavit, the
judge declared, was to "hamper
the administration of justice," and
that "this court Is not to bo lam-
1 1"-' -
The contempt consisted of Ca
. pone's failure to appear before a
I federal grand jury in 192!).. He
! sent an affidavit accompanied by
a doctors' certificate from his
Miami, Fla.. home that he was too
ill to risk a trip to Chicago. Later,
the federal attorney charged, it
was learned that Capone had been
at the races and hud made a trip
to Bermuda during the time of, his
alleged illness.
During the hearing Capone pro
duced two physicians and two
nurses who testified the defendant
was really ill at the time he re
fused to come to Chicago.
In Seclusion
The gang leader returned to
Chicago Friday secretly nnd kept
himself secluded until the case was
called. He slipped Into the federal
(Continued on Page 8 Story 2)
The new paper Is known as t he
World -Telegram.
The contract provides for a
cash payment of J.'iOn.oan, ?2.
000.000 in notes. $r.00.000 cash
within !0 days, and $2,000,000
more contingent upon the profits i
of the new enterprise. The physi
cal properties, such as building
and muchfnrry are not involved ,
in the ?ale.
The I'ulitzer broilers iJ-sucd i
statement saying economic condi
tions hade made the sale "inex-'
orable" and that $r.itO,oou of the
proceeds would be disi rlbnted to .
employees.
Mr. Howard referred to the sale
as "not the death or the N''W
York World, but Its re-blrth."
The task of getting the World
to press for the hist time went
forward in the gold-domed build-1
Ing on I'ark Row as the news of
the nale came in.
The 2Kfi7 workers paid their
farewells In silence, tenrs and
song, fathered unnnd James W.
Rurrett, city editor for 10 years.
the ed itorial stuff fiinir to the j
uine nf "tiood Night, L-tdic." an!
improvised swan song, "flood Rye !
World, we're going to leae you
nvi'." Hwept through the paper-'
liw-red room n nd the lawt staff !
meet Hg ber.ime history.
Thus passed n newspaper, nr.
(julred by Josph I'!i!iter I3
and developed by him Into an Institution.
SENTENCED
Mrs. Coolidge Names Ship
i lir sxii". t 'i'i'"yv . it is j
1 HBiiiyiiiiiiiijUjjt;
I Br .'t'JU't' tiW' )
The new Dollar liner President Coolidge was launched at NYwimrt
News, a., Saturday with Mrs. i'ulvln Coolidge as siwnisor.
ROAD WORK FORiPROSECUTION IN
LOCAL JOBLESSjBOWLES' CASE
ENDS IN IRCipSES TANGLE
Emergency Relief Provision
Will Be Unneeded As;
Spring Employment
gins, Is Belief.
Be-
Emergency relief work in Jack
son county will be at an end by
the middle of Match and the work
of lapcring off the employment has
started, according to Victor Teng
wald, county court secretary, in
chutge.
Beginning next week the roed
crew will he cut to 50 men and
there will be no turcher rotation
of workers. The week following
the force will he cut further. The
main employment is completing the
work underway.
Similar steps will be taken next
week by the forest service, which
will cut Its camp forces at Mc
Allister Springs, Fish Lake and
French (iulch to 25 men.
Forestry Jobs Soon
The forest service will slart.
spring operations in April, when
there will he a few permanent posi
tions available.
The emergency relief work has
provided short, employment for
more than MMi men in the county
nnd tided them over the January
und February lull.
With federal, state, county and
city work underway and a general
opening of work throughout. I hi!
Pacific coast, the worst is over for
lis year. Many are already plan
ning on departing for government
projects hi the west, particularly
the lioulder dum silo, where there
Is already a surplus of labor.
WIU-IAMS CRKKK. Ore.. Feb.
27.- (Spl) An ele.tne line Is be
ing surveyed up William creek as
far as the Williams post office.
Poles are being placed re;idy for
raiding and within short time thr
residents of our little valley will
have the convenience of electricity
in their homes.
DAISY LOSES PLEA
FOR BAIL RELEASE
I.OH ANGKI.KM. Feb. 2 7.oV'
Oiiisy lie Rite ot another flhi
for f recd ni todny when tb" dis
trict court of iippeai denied o
original application foiOrelease on
'S 1 1 . M ss 1 e I toe is s c rv i n g a
term of is months In the county
Jull for theft of $ Hifi from the
actress, Clara Row, anil sought
I Ir rty pending decision on a"
appeal,
Associate n Pre Photo
Another Change of Venue
Looms With Refusal of
Washington District
torney to Act.
At-
l I'OUTiiAXH, Ore., Feb. 2 7. (A1)
With tlie trial date only four days
away, the possibility was seen to
diiy of h secoiirl venue change in
the murder case against Nels-n C.
it o w 1 e s, capita list, and li ma
! .ou-ks, his former secretary. They
are charged with killing Howies
wife.
Tlie newest complication had as
its basis an opinion by the attor
ney general, handed down in 1922,
and applying in the present case
j to K, It. Tongue, Washington coun
i ty prosecutor, who has asked to be
relieved of active prosecution of i
the Howies eiise.
The trial was taken from Mult-
nomah county to Washington !
j county on a defense motion for a !
change or venue, although Mult-'
nomah county officials expected to
j represent the state.
Tongue told the Multnomah
county prosecutor he was not dls- I
posed to enter Hie case actively
because of a lifelong friendship
with attorneys representing Howies!
and M iss l.oiicks. Then It was
announced Tongue's brother, T.
II. Tongue, Jr., Hillsboro attorney
hud Joined the defense forces.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27 (
An attack on the radio act of
I !!'", mode by Robert (J. Duncan,
free-speaking radio campaigner of
Portland, was heforo tlie I'tiltcd
States circuit court hero today.
Human Is appealing from his
conviction and sentence for using
Indecent language in a radio cam
paign. Through his irorney John
A. Jeffrey lie argued that the act
Is unconstitutional In that It at
tempt io remilate language used
In broadniMtng
He was con vfcted in Portland
and sentenced to six months im-(yiw)iifiH-nt
nnd fined $.vm.
TRAFFIC VIOLATOR GETS
BREAK FROM LAW LIMB
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 27 .
There re me a t Inn at. least
mi the Miynig goes when every
man n' t" a bren k. C. i. Rock-w-ll
g..t hn t'duy. a traffic tag
commanding bint to appear In mu
nicipal court at a.m. February
:ti.
Hood River Plans being con
sidered for establishing game bird
fat ni.
EXECUTE SIX
NEGROES IN
S. CAROLINA
Two Hours Required for
Electrocution Four Wo
men Witness Doings in
Death Chamber Mother
of One Refused Admission
COUWIHIA. S. (. Feb. 27. (4)
Six negroes were electrocuted
In tlie South Carolina peniten
tiary early today for the murder
of t Wo Lexington county white
men.
They went to their deaths calm
ly and with prayers on their
lips.
A lino -ft two lu-urs were required
for the executions, each of wh ch
was watched by 1 1 persons, in
addition to uewnpapermen, physic
tans and penitentiary officials.
Tillman poozer died as the con
fessed murderer of C. 1. Mills.
Cuyee night watchman. The mo-:
live wan robbery. i
The other five. Robert "Creasy'''
Kldredge. IJndsey Cnntrell. nlias
John Ack wrfght, James "Snow" 1
Hickman, (ieorge Hint apd Krnest
"Tee" Thomason were convicted ,
of the murder of R W. Hendrlx. j
Lexington county merchant, who .
was shot in an attempted holdup.
Four of the five were arrested in
lllucficld, W. Va., whero they hud
fled. .
Set New Itecord.
Electrocution of six men at one
time sot a record for South Caro
lina, the greatest number pre
viously being five in 19 HI.
Four-Women wer luliulUed as;
spectators. '
One of them wan the widow
of llcndrix. She showed no emo-i
Hon as Cant fa 11, her husbnnd's '
slayer, died. I
Two others, daughters of Mills, j
saw their father's slayer electro-
cuted.
The fourth woman was Mrs. '
Ciray Kit lues of Hartsville, who j
saw ( Ieorge Mil d executed. !
Colonel James l'eiinnnn, super-,
intendent of the prison, said ho
hud refused a request of Hlrd's
mother that she be allowed to
see her son die.
JAIL 4 MONTHS
PoRTLAiND, Ore., Feb. n.(A)
Convicted of beating his seven-!
months-old baby, JpmH Jeroy 1
Jmiex was today sentenced to srve 1
four months in the county Jail, j
Jones will convicted on n charge ,
of assault and battery. He wa.s
nrrcHted when neighbors Investi
gated after hearing the chili?
scream. . .
Witnesses testified at the trial
that Jones told them he "tupped"
the baby when Its crying annoyed
him.
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WAH1 1 1NOTON, Feb. 27. (P)
The house passed an amended
senate bill today to provide fed
eral a hi to slat en In co-ordinated
tun tern H y and Infancy and rural
heiilth programs.
Policeman Lobbyist Finds
Salem Legislators Enjoy
Little Joke During Labors
He might have thought himself
a second Jcthro Rass, hero of
"Conlston.1 Rut he didn't wear
a coonskln cap and. he learned be
fore he parted with his cash that
lobbying Is not for policemen so
the captain went home. And the
Iegfshi''rs laughed.
The Policemen nnd Firemen's
Pension bill has had the strongest
lobby of any bill In this session of
the Oregon legislature, according
to the letter received yesterday
from one of the nolons. which tells
I the story of thcaptair
Policemen nnd firemen crowded
Haleni and pulled all tbn ropes they
I could. And that's hovPthe captain
I got Into the situation of which the
j legislator writes home.
Acting us ringmaster for his fol
lowers In trying' to sway passage
i of the bill, a member of the police
sipnid took the Initiative and en
deuvored to inform himself ns to
what would happen in esse there
was a tie on this bill, Homo syrn
pathlx'T I" 0, Jocular mnnner told
the polh email, t he s-i gi-ant -nt-arms
hud tho deciding vote. Tho
Sandy Smelt Run
Waiting Flood to
Start Up Stream
POIUXANP, Ore., Feb. 7.
iP) Hundreds of thousands
of tiny fish milled in the
waters of the Columbia at the
mouth of the Snndy river to
day, waiting for a rise of
water on the Sandy bur. As
soon as this rise takes place 4
an annual Sandy smelt run 4
will be on. 4
Unheralded by the usual 4
convoy nf screaming, wheel- 4
ing gulls, the run was dlseov- 4
ered by a deputy gumo war-
den who had just confiscated 4
seven shorty sturgeon from a 4
group of ' fishermen. The 4
great stomachs of the fish 4
were filled with smell. 4
REQUESTED
Postmaster General Shows
Allocation of Funds In
Public Buildings Meaure
Ashland Will Get Like
Sum By Action.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (A)
How $504,000,000 of tho public
buildings fund is to ho spent was
whown in allotments forwarded to
congress today by Secretary Mel
lon ana l'ostmuster General
R row n.
The report showed tho specific
limits of cost authorized nnd ap
propriated for individual projects,
tho amounts allocated to projects
not yet submitted to congress for
appropriations, and tho amount set
aside ns a reserve to meetcontin
gencleH. Oregon:
Aslilund $H.yono.
Kugene Jl'tiO.OOO.
firants Pass $150,000.
Hllishoro $K0O0.
Hood River $00,000.
McMlnnvllto $Kfi,000.
Mcrironl $HR,0(0.
Tillamook $K5,000.
Postmaster W. J. Warner was
without definite Information as to
what the $86,000 Item was for. He
said tho treasury department had
two plans In view, "ono for another
federal building of two stories to
he used as a classified station of
the local postofflee." Tho other
plan considered was for an addi
tion to the present federal build
ing. 1
Confirm Crolsnn.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. MV
Tho senate today confirmed the
nomination of Kdward M. Croi
sun for reappointment ns col
lector of customs at Portland,
ore,
Rogers Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. P)
The senate today confirmed James
O ran on Rogers of Colorado as as
sistant necretary of state, i
'captain took tho matter seriously.
Word was then passed around
among members of the legislators
imi itiicK u i I jut nuiu'iiirm. iivri y
body told him the scrgeunt-ut-I
arms hud the deciding vote. lie
then made Inquiries ns to how
J much It would cost to swing tho
vote. Joe Kinger, the scrarnnt-ut-'
arms, according to the story, is an
I "pnd man" In nny good show,
j He wns tipped off as to what
.was going around and named his
price nt $'T.oo. The policemen
I went Into a huddle and came up
I on the line with a compromise
$ir.oo.
The play we n t on until n f e w
duA ago in lb." dlnlnOroom of the
i Marlon lintel ii committee waited
I on Joe ami he took a very decided
j stand. He would accept $1B00 In
cash- no checks.
The situation wus progressing
i welt until by accident tho captain
, mentioned the matter to one of the
senators, who wasn't In on the
Joke he spilled tho brans and the
: captain pulled up and wt homo,
! convinced that he' n, better
pullccmun than lobbyist.
$85,000 PO
IN MEDFORD
FIRE TAKES
- N
BOX PLAN!
Damage Estimated at $1Cy
000 Results of Hot Box
Explosion Immediate
Rebuilding Planned By
Operators.
Damage of approximately $10,
000 resulted thlH forenoon from a
fire which destroyed the box fac
tory of the Fii-Pine Lumber com
pany on Chestnut street. Tho
factory was '.oca ted in a wing ad
jo. ning the main sawmill bu.ldlntf
u hich suffered no damage from
the flames, placed under control
quickly by the fire department,
which played five lines of hose on
the burning structure, sending up
a thick black column of smoke
visible from all parts of the city.
An explosion from a hot box s
blamed for the fire. The flames
spread so quickly that box fac
tory workers had no opportunity
to fight them. The entire wing
was burning in les than five min
utes. The small fire department
pumper was dispatched to the
scene but a cull was soon made
for tho big Htutz, which, pumped
witter at high pressure, beating
the flames into early submission.
However the firemen spent an
hour nt ' the blaze before large
piles of box shook were extin
guished. The department is cred
ited with good work In placing
the threatening situation under
control.. Flames wore endanger
Ing tho entire mill. ' " ' '
Work Is to begun immediately
to rebuild the box factory and it
was thought today by S. I. Brown
and Walter Inch, operators, the
factory would be In operation In
a month. Tho lose was covered
by insurance.
VENTURA, Cnl., Feb. 27. (A)
Two children, attending school at
FA Rio, a viltnge near here fainted
In their classes today. School of
flclals said they were under-nourished
nnd a subsequent Investiga
tion disclosed that at least 15
other chlldron were suffering from
a lack of food.
The little tots felt from their
seats at a morning class.
Mrs. O. 8. Harris, principal of
the school and wife of a physician,
rushed to their aid and after she
hnd revived them with dashes of
cold water on their heads, they
told her they had not eaten for
two days.
Will
Rogers
says:
HEVKIUiY HIUaS, Cnl., Feb.
27 Tho stock market is pick
up so thnt makes the rich
hoys feel n little better. Lot
of appropriation hills for gov.
eminent expenditures have
been passed. Business in gen
eral in the last four or five
weeks looks better, but all that
has nothing to do with the folks
that the Red Cross has to feed.
IT. S. Steel can go to n thousand
and one, Auburn tn a million,
but that don't bring one biscuit,
to n poor Negro family of 15'
in Arkansaw who haven't got
a ehanee to get n single penny,
in money till their little ftw
bales of cotton are sold away
next fall. That, some places
haven't reached their Red Cross
quota just don't seem possible.
Just because it's getting warm,
that don't help tjjose folks' ap
petite nnv.
S llll, HtNaiwr Sl4kaU,lM. ,
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