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CARGO IS
VALUED AT
A MILLION
,19 Men, Members of the
Crews, Are Subjected
to Arrest
BELIEVE SEIZURE IS
A RECORD BREAKER
Thorough Examination May
Reveal Cargo Larger
Than Estimated
BOSTON. Nov. 21 (AD
Liquor valued at a million
dollars, one of the Urgent
seizures in history of pro
hibition enforcement, was
in the hands of govern
ment airents today. This
estimate of the value of
cargoes of two liquor laden
barges was given at the of
fice of the eastern division
commander of the coast
guard.
Tb barge, the Edith and
4, Kagl Hill unii the acen-olng
lug Mnrrell of New York. were
raptured by th coast guard pat
rol brat Jackson eft ttie STaln
roast Wednesday and brought
to Boston laat night. Nineteen
men, the crwa of the tug and
bargsa, were taken Into custo.lr.
(ioveniment aienta who made
1 preliminary examination of
the cargoes aald If all the eon
lalnere and cases that appeared
to contain rontraband did In
t-t, the ai-liiire would probably
he the bliKiwt ever made on the
Alluntlc roast.
Capper Favorable
To Buying Wheat
To Feed Jobless
WASHINGTON. Not. 1. AP)
Senator Capper, republican.
Kanua, eatd today he belleed
rovgreaa would look faTorahly on
a proposal that 10.000.000 bush
rli of the farm board'a wheat
holdings he need to feed the
unemployed.
The Kansas aenator aald any
luglalailoa along thla line nec
essarily would bav to proTlde
for reimbursement of the farm
hoard and for some ytmtlc
.method! on distribution of the
wheat' to the mllla and then to
unemployment center.
Chairman Lgg of the board
Indicated eeTeral weeka ago he
would favor turning ovr aome
of the board' wheat to th un
employed, If rongres rlm
buraed It,
Wheat Valued at
$200,000 Burned
DENVER. Colo., Not. II. (AP)
Tire awept through the Hungnr.
Ian feed mill here early today,
running an unestlmated amount of
(In ma ne to 100,000 bushels of
whont atored In the hullrilns. Of
ficer of the concern, one of the
largoet properties of the late J.
K. Mullen, estimated the total
damage. Including that to the mill
structure, would approach 1100,
fino. The hlaio wa brought un
der control.
The Nightly, Argument
AUNT HET
By Robert Quillen
My electrlo Tlhrator ain't re
duced ma anna, hat It's worth
the money just to scratch my
. back wbr I esn't reach,"
Head of Grape
Growers Can't
Find CJapone
HAN FRANCISCO. Nor. XI, fA
p) l-nllre nfflrlala of the Bay
Dlalrlct cltlea aald today Donald
Coon, managing director of the
California VlneyardlMa' essocla
lion, bad not been able to glv
theia any Information of the
wherrahnula, cttvltlea or report
ed movement of Al Capone. Chi
cago gangster, recently reported
la California.
The police learned Cona baa re
setted threata from peraon np-
poied to he Capone lieutenants.
In connection with plan of' th
California grape grower to mar
ket fruit concentrate In Illlnola
and elsewhere.
The gang leader wa Mid to
hare objected to marketing of the
legal concentrate on the gronpd
they turned Into wine, thua Inter
fering with hla market for Illicit
alcoholle beverage.
CHICAGO. Not. tl. IAD
Lower lemoeretiirea. th weath
er bareaa predicted, were due la
moat of th mtddleweat today.
wehlla resident of North
ssd South DtiiHS.', porthwtrn
MinnMOia ana w evera r.....
... I X Ammtfkw BAP-
were iiirmcini. - v
mal condition tlowlug rre
anew atorm.
One dt-ath. .that of th year
and a -half old child of Mr. and
Mr. Charles Moiril of aionu.
v n inillrectlv attributed
to' the atorm. . The condition ol
the child, who naa neen in, ov
came wore when the parent'
....At.ii wmi AiMlled In a snow
drift. They were flnlly rescued
but the child oiea i memo, r.
D.
South Dakota apparently was
hardeal hit of the northweat
state. Bub-freeilng tempera
. rAwneHeS. Telenhone
and telegraph line were down
by the hundred. Train Be
tween Pierre and Hnron were
despatched laat nlgbt by hort
war radio cotnmnnlcatlon tn
lieu of regular telegraph facili
ties. Ilnndred of ntomoblle were
reported stalled In drifts on
hlghwgy In . northwestern Min
nesota. Washington Mills
Reduce Output to
New Low Figure
SEATTLE. Not. XI. (AP) De
crease In th production of SOI
Washington sawmill tn 41.60
per cent capacity during the week
ending No-ember II, compared
with 45 per cenl Previous
week, was reported by the West
Cosst Lumbermen "a association to
day. The lndutry ha operated
on an average of 47. per cent
of capacity In the IS week period
since the week ending Msy 14.
Cnrrent new business reported
by 128 mllla was 1.45 per cent un
der production for tho week, and
shipment were 6.1 pr cent un
der, the association reported.
Continued reduction of produc
tion nntll after the New Year
my be anticipated, the association
said.
POOR PA
By Claude Cellar.
"Ma gars that 1IU1 girl our
on Jo Is goln with Is so frail
h couldn't do an hour' work.
bat that dont hurt. She's got
no thought of doln' anything
anyway.
SEVERE SNOW
STORMS VISIT
EST AREA
to
MPRUVED
TONE SEEN
Wheat ftisea Today to 6
Cents Above Low Mark
of November 10
CHICAGO MARKET IS
ON SOLID GROUND
Action of th Stabilization
Corporation Steadies
All Grain Prices
CHICAOO. Not. II. AP)
Wheat today rose to nearly
centa a bushel abora the low
price current Not. 10. Absence
of nnusual pressure to sell wa
n outstanding factor, rather
than buying urgency. It wa ee-
titnaled export purcneaee ol
Canadian wheat bar totaled up
ward of 1,100,000 bushels sine
Monday and there were Intima
tion Itnsslan grain Teasel char
ter might be cancelled or util
ised for substitution of ore.
Wheat closed i-lHe a bash-
el higher than yesterday- fin-
tab. Corn closed -Ke P with
oats IH-le advanced. - Under
are i tared selling, provision eased
la the lata trading, and closed
a ac banged to t lower. . .....
CHICAOO. Not. II. fAPI
Rnoyed p by the confidence
uf federal farm board member
end Hy firm market abroad th
Chicago grain market stood on
olid gronnd today.
Wheat, exhibiting the strong-
eat undertone la more than a
week, opened snrhanged to c
higher than yesterday and ex
tended the gain later.
Price Stove I'd.
Trader gained the Impression
that stabilisation corporation
bid for May wheat (old con
tract) bad been lifted another
half cent today to 74 cent and
77 for new contract. Within
an hour of the opening May old
bad moved np to vine.
The post-market statement of
George B. Mllnor, president of
th stabilisation corporation,
(Continued oa Pegs Nlae
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Not. It.
(AP) Opponent of th Federal
farm board pollrle (cored an
unexpected Tlctory today by
electing John A. glmpson. Okla
homa City. Okla., president of
the National Farmers' union,
which I In convention here.
Simpson and his auporters
from the southwest, who were
believed to have been In tho
minority ngnlnst the governmen
tal agency, succeeded In ousting
C. R. Huff, Snllna, Kas., a pre
sident. Huff, lo president -of the
Farmers Natlonnl (lran v'pora
Hon. Is a supportor of thev. iard
policies. Including the Fe. ral
Marketing act. He wa backed
for reelection by representative
of the spring wheat nates of th
northwest.
Great Falls. Mont, was chos
en a the 1911 meeting place.
Huff wa inpported by Minne
sota. North Dakota, Wisconsin.
Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
Montana, Kansas. Missouri and
Kentucky delegate. The other
IS atatee representee: in me or
aanlsatlon either have acted pas
sively toward the farm board or
have been openly opposed to it
Weather
The Cyclo-Storniagraph at Un
derwood' Pharmacy shows that
the barometric pressure I atlll
climbing and mora fine days are
In prospect,
Th Tycns recording thermom
eter registered mnxlmum and
minimum temperature today as
follows:
High SI, low 18.
Forecast for noxt 14 hours:
Fair and cool with variable
winds.
OREGON: Generally cloudy to
night snd Saturday: no change
In tern per lure: gentl variable
wind.
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ENEMY OF FARM
VIS ELECTION
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The twisted and tangled wreckage shown abov is all that remains of Uta wrecked P. T. A.
plane, piloted by F. A. Donaldson, which crash d Into th mountainside near Antelope, Calif.
Pilot Donaldson, and two passenger. Mis Jeaa Marklow and George Roger, war killed In th
crash. Mis Marklow waa oa her way to Portland ta attend a birthday party which was to be given
In her honor.
BURGLARS PUT
imm
Three Tobberlr and on kold
np Thursday Bight swelled th
Hat of crimes In Klamath Falla
during th put week to an
alarming number. The Big Lakes
iron and Steel Work t 141
Spring street waa entered, and
ransacked, but so far nothing
has been, missed. There waa no
money In th office. Entrance
wa effected hy punching a hole
in the panel of the door, and
releasing the night latch.
The Portland-Klamath Fall
Fast Freight office waa also en
tered, but nothing taken, police
state.
The Sixth Street Lunch stand,
directly opposite tb offle of
the E wane a Limber company,
waa th third robbery reported.
Some food was missed hat noth
ing !.
J. B. Kldwn, Southern Pa
cific employ, reported to police
headquarters this morning - that
as be wa going to work St 4
a. m. a - vs grant accosted him
near a vacant lot on Commercial
street. The would-be robber
made a grab for Kldwell' rest
but only succeeded In taking a
tew buttons, 'became frightened
snd fled down the. dark (treat.
Three of Leading;
Dairy Asns. Are
Merged Into One
PORTLAND, Nov. 11, (AP)
Three leading dairy associations
of the Pacific eoast, with a mem
bership of about 70,000 producing
dairyman, doing an annnal busi
ness of about 140,000,000, were
combined Into one today, follow
ing th merger effected at a ses
sion lsst night. The three asso
ciations are the interstate Dairy
men's association of Oregon, the
United Dairymen's association of
Washington, and the Challenge
Cream and Butter association of
California.
The merger, sponsored by the
federal farm board, from which
financial aid will be received. Is
expected to equalise th market
and tmproT th qu&llty of butter
produced.
Ashes of Victims of Plane
, Crash To Be Scattered On, .
Rugged Tehachapi Mountains
BURBANK, Calif., Nor. II, (A
P) The rugged Tehachapi maun,
tnlns, over which they fought the
elements In a futile, bnttle with
death In tho storm-torn murk of
Inst Juesdny morning, will bo
come the final resting place for
the remain of three persons who
died there In the crash of their
night mall plane.
Pnclfle Air Transport officials,
operators of the Ill-fated plane,
announced today the ashes of the
three victims will be cSst 'to th
wind over the TehachS.i1 hy
night mall pilot, flying on his
regular llr ot duty,
Three Were Killed Here
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Father of Ohio's Dry Laws
Announces They Have Failed
. ; . To Accomplish DeskedJEnds
COLCMBUS, O.. Nov. 11. (A.
P.) C C Crabbe, father of
Ohio's dry taws and former at
torney general for Ohio, today
announced he favored a modifi
cation of the Crabbe act to per
mit th sal of light wines and
beer.
Crabbe aald th enforcement
of th present stringent prohi
bition law In Ohio wa "not
satisfactory" and that th peo
ple of th state had not respect
ed th statute.
Th former attorney general
said the law was filed to pro
mot tree temperance and that
It needed to be modified to ult
the majority of th people of
tn state.
Crabbe said he was for modi
fication which would permit the
sale of light wine and beer un
der - strict government control.
This plan he pointed out. could
not become effective, however,
without- a modification at th
Volstead act
Light wine and beer under
strict governmental control would
be preferable to what wa have
Striker Killed in
Barcelona Rioting
BARCELONA, Spain, Not. 11.
(AP) On man was killed and
four were injured today as riot
ing broke anew between strik
ing workmen, the police and
group of strike-breakers,
The clash took place In ana ot
the Industrial auburbs where dis
order have continued for the
lost two days despite strike
headquarters' orders that a gen
eral strike h discontinued.
PORTLAXn WHITES AND
MCtiROES DINE TOGETHER
PORTLAND, Nor. 11, (AP)
One hundred and seventy repre
sentative ot th white and Ne
gro race In Portland met laat
night at the tirst "Amity , Din
ner" to be held her. A pro
gram of talk and mnsic, by
both white and negroes featur
ed the event.
Th bodies of th three. Pilot
F. A. Donaldson, Mechanic George
Rogers, and Miss Jean Msrkow,
sole passenger of the crashed mall
plane, were brought back from
Bakersfleld, where an Inquest had
been held. They were to be ore
mated by s Burbank undertaker
late today,
Johnny Johnson, P. A. T. pilot,
and close friend ot the dead Air
Mall tiler, will carry the ashes on
his northward trip either Satur
day or Sunday night. When h
climbs abov th 1000-foot tnoun-
: r vrr.rTfTr','':'f:'-Jr-'"
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now." Crabb said. "There 1
neither respect for nor tree en
forcement of the present law.
If tb law as enacted had been
properly respected and enforced
I wonld not have advocated a
change bnt I am willing to con
cede that this la not true and
consequently am In favor of
modification.
-We need a statute that will
more nearly meet the wlshee
and command th respect of th
great majority of the people.
The present prohibition taw has
not commanded the respect of
the great majority of tb peo
ple. The present prohibition law
hss not prevented the use of
Intoxicating liquor but on th
contrary ha brought about a
condition where there ar a
greater percentage of onr people
drinking now than ever before.
The drinker ar a different ele
ment too than In former year.
"I believe a majority of the
people of Ohio would atlll favor
a reasonable law regulating use
of Intoxicants bnt they ar not
la accord with th present rigid
measure. "
WASHINGTON. Not. 11. (A
P) President Hoover announ
ced today that the administra
tion was opposed to any en
croachment upon the statutory
provisions ot the sinking fund
to enable the government to
continue the one per cent tax re
duction. The president said the sinking
fund amounted to approximately
I430.000.0ou a year and that
other allocations applied on the
debt brought the total payment
to about' 11,000.000,000 annual
ly. Ha said th sums other than
thee made mandatory by the
statutory provisions might be
used to help the government In
a financial way but that h be
lieved It nnsonnd (Inane to
maka any attempt to alter the
laws applying to th public
debt.
J. lVNeweli I$7
Accused of Making
False Statements
PORTLAND, Not. II. (AP)
Charges that 1. P. Newell, pub
lic service commission consult
ant, made false and malicious
statements tn recent tetter to
the press, and that hs has shitt
ed his position regarding valua
tion ot the Portland Electric
Power company, Carey ft Har
lan, rate experts, struck bsck at
the commission employ In a let
ter addressed to th Portland
mayor today.
Th chargea ar sn outgrowth
of comment mad by Newell
following recent reduction In the
company's valuation In Portland.
HOOVER ISFOR
SIB FUND
Capt. Ammel
Is Injured In
Takeoff Home
COLON". Canal Zone. No. 11.
(AP) Captain Roy W. Ammel,
Chicago broker and tiler, was
Injured today as his plane, the
Blue Flash, went Into a ground
sloop while taking off on a non
stop flight to his horn city.
Captain Ammel wss conscious
when removed from hi wrecked
plan but apparently critically
Injured. There wa no ttm for
a diagnosis and he was placed
in an army transport plan
which rushed him to a hospital
In Panama.
Th accident took place 100
yards from his taking off point,
the plane striking a waterhole
and tnrnlng over. The machine
wa a complete loss,
Captain Ammel recently made
a non-etop flight from New York
to Panama.
DEMOCRATS TO
J
NEW YORK. Not. 11, The
New Tork World today quoted
James M. Cox, democratic presi
dential nominee In 1110 who
was here to attend the wedding
sf hi son as saying he tllered
th democratic national platform
In 1111 wonld contain a plank
calling ror repeal of th Eigh
teenth amendment and the re
turn . to state liquor control.
It said he believed Got. Roose
velt of New York, hla running
mat on the 1920 ticket would
be nominated by the democrats
for president In 1932 on the is
sues of water power, utility re
gulation, unemployment and
the working oat of a scientific
tariff to place the country on
a sound economic basis.
"Th ' democratic party," the
World quoted the on time Ohio
governor, "ha never had a more
necessary mission or a brighter
prospect then It has now.
Woodburn Banker
Succeeds Vernon
Vawter on Board
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 11. (A
P) The San Francisco Federal
Reserve bank today announced
the reelection of Malcolm Mc
Naughten as a class B. director
tor the three year term starting
Jan. 1, 1931. McNaughten Is
president of th Broadway de
partment store In Los Angeles.
Keith Powell of Woodburn.
Oregon, wss elected a elsss A di
rector succeeding Vernon H
Vawter of Medford, resigned.
Powell, who is president of the
Bank of Woodburn and the
First National Bank of the same
city, will take office Jan. 1. and
serve three years.
LATE
1! ELECTION
S
IM COX
M'ARTHUR HEADS GENERAL STAFF
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (AP) Major General
Douglas MacArthur of Little Rock, Ark., was sworn Its
today as chief of staff of the army the highest office)
attainable in the army by an officer. The term of office)
is four years. General MacArthur succeeds General
Charles P. Summerall, retiring.
KILAUEA VOLCANO SUBSIDES
HILO, Hawaii, Nov. 21 (AP) Activity continued to
day within the great fire bowl of the Kilauea volcano,
but the fountains of lava had almost subsided after
shooting flame 200 feet high Wednesday. The glow
from the pit, 1,200 feet deep, was visible last night in
Hilo, 30 miles away.
RUMOR STALIN MURDERED
LONDON, Nov. 21 (AP) Router's dispatches from
Riga said today that rumors were current in the Latvian
capital, that Joseph Stalin, dominant figure in Russia,
was murdered in Moscow today. Neither confirmation)
nor denial had been obtained from Moscow.
MELLON GETS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21
73S to Secretary Mellon for
tax in 1926, was announced
nue bureau. .
FEDERAL
FORCE IS
ASSISTING
Crime Commission Sajelcl
Facta With Which to
Combat Eril
CONGRESS WILL BE
REQUESTED TO AID
Resentment Against Capon
And Other Gangsters.
Is Increasing
NEW TORK. Not. 11, fAPT-
Details of their experience with
racketeers are to be sought from'
th merchants of th nation's
largest cities by th national
crime commission. .
J. Weston Allen, chairman ot
th commission, has written
Connty District Attorney Thomas
C. T. Craln, offering to co-operate
by a secret poll. The commission
Is a private organisation which,
ha many public officials as mra
bear.
Federal Force Aetrro
Its plan for s questionnaire was
revealed simultaneously wits) the
statement by Attorney General
Mitchell la Washington that the
teds.! gnwun as sldMg CaV
cajro and other extit-a ta their eaaM -nalgaa
against th anderwerld,
ad with a conference of leaders
here to outline plan for similar;
measure In New York.
Mr. Mitchell said ' he ' was
strengthening federal forces In
many cities, and would extend the
same assistance to New Tork If
requested. Racketeers are being
prosecuted, he said, under th
(Continued on Fag Nln)
"Sandy" McGUvray
To Lead Beaver
In Gridiron Mix
CORVALLIS, Not. 11, (API
"Sandy" McGlIvray, right sad
on the) Oregon State football
team, and native Callfornlan,
will captain the Beavers against
the Uclss In Los Angeles to
night. McGlIvray Is playing his
last year for the college and this
will be his last conference game.
Fans here are somewhat per
tnrbed over the outcome of the
game, fearing the Uclss ready to
"arrive" tor the benefit of the
homecoming crowd, while th
Staters most take th gam la
a stride on account of the Chi
cago game with West Virginia
five day later. Reports of the
game will be broadcast ore
KFWB of Los Angeles.
The tesm will leave tmmadb
ately after the game for Green
River, Wyoming to Join the spe
cial train which will carry the
Oregon Stat college band and
western fans who leave Portland,
tomorrow morning. . T
NEWS
TAX REFUND
(AP) A refund of $72V
over assessment in incosMt
today by the national rave
'