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; WEATHER Fair in Interior; cloudy along ' coast;- Ttslng temperature and decreasing-un--raldity in interior; - gentle,? variable . wiads... mostly northerly,', along roast. Monday Max., 75: min.. &9; river, 1.9. falling: rain.. 31 inch; atmosphere, clear; wind northwest,. f1 'Our local "modernists" have some reason, 'to "doubt the story of 'Noah 'taking every -kind 'of animal InfoTtbe ark." Nobody. with" good sense would have saved the mosquito. Honolulu (H: I.) Star-Bulletin.- , . , SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY; MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS m 4 . c 1 AUTO CRASHES I W. W. Powen 73, Hurt When Oriverfess Car starts Down Grade EARL' VIESKQ tS INJURED Heavy Downpour d Slippery Pavements Hesiilt '" tn Injuries . to Many; 'Several Taken : to ilospitals Mainly due to slippery pave 1 meats "caused, by; alight showers. long list of automobile accidents, , ; some involving" more or lesa seri- us injuries, marred the week-end la Salem and the nearby country. - Vfi W. Powell. .7 3. suffered a brok en'.arm jmd hip when caught un f ... d er the 'wheels - of r a ear -.he had - tnn rr o till I Powell and hla daughter, Mrs. Eva Martin,' had been riding in the car and It ran' out of gas on a hillside nar the feeble minded school. N They pushed ? the car -, to I Jhe top olthe hill, where it be I fgan tp descend the other side. f fowell Jumped ' for the driver's feat, slipped and fell under the x wheef. eufferihg injuries which, necessitated hU removal to a hos- pitah- " - -' . , ' Earl Vlekoof Salem 'suffered 4 3ULight".corsBloniwhn the car Jjijfnlch he waa riding skidded tato the rear end of a "truck stand ing Jhes!fe the highway at Knight's Rest, near Hubbard. The car was driven by Fred A. Williams of Salem, who was taking a party to a golf match in Portland. He saw a. car "approaching the highway, applied his brakes,' and began to Slip along the pavement. The rear end " swung : around and I crashed into the truck. ' , Besides Vieskds -injury,' Frant Schafer an4 Frod; Mangis, .who ere,.also passengers in. the car, buffered slight bruises. .Milton Hill received a fractured v?ig and scalp wounds when' the car. In which he and his , brother ugene were riding was crowded Vrito the ditch 4nd was turned over Sunday by a car" driven by Anna E. Casper. . According to Miss Casper's version of Jhe story, the Hill car cut in ahead of hers, too quickly, causing 'the accident. . Hill was taken to a. local hos pital and. removed: from it to hla home yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred on the Garden road near Salem. Cars driven by Wy J. Custer and EinesC Klinke collided head-on on the' highway half k mile south of Salem, Sunday, resulting in a com plete wrecking of the 'Custer car. According to the report made by . Tlinke at police headquarters Cus ter was . passing a, wagon and crowded him too closely so that Jney collided. ? ,1 : . - - Th6mas D. Kleitylnskl drove his car Into the rear; of one driven by Mrs. F. C. Irwin.on the highway between Wood burn "and Gertaia Sunday, according to reports made at-police headquarters. 'The rear (Coatiaaal tata :'.) MYSTERY 4S UNSOLVED UTTLB INFORMATION GAIN ED BY INVESTIGATORS CHICAGO. Aug. 30 (AP) Mystery surrounded the death to day of .Mrs. Blanche Haner, St years old. divorcee of Seattle, Wash, Srhose bruised body was taken from Lake Michigan. It was first believed the young woman had committed suicide, but marks on the-body Indicated vio lence, police aid, jand . the arrest of EdIoore followed. ' Mrs. Han er met Moore last night. . "I gave her .'$250 early in the evening and left her' be aaid. : On leaving her apartment Mrs. Haner gave Mrs. Bella Blake, a friend, $180 and Jewelry valued at $2000. saying "look after these for -me." - -v ,- " -e ".f , . . . i , . i ; i .. . m Manufacturing Census Thursday A complete list of all manu facturing plants in Salem is be ing compiled fdr, publication fn the Slogan issue on Thursday. To make this surrey complete all firms not Included In the survey made In 1925, or, which have ' located ' here . since . that time, are asked to get in touch with the Slogan- editor at once. . This survey is the only, one of the kind ' attempted In Salem. Help make it complete., . I August 11U11U1112' S60;380 6yer, August -25 Total of 191,980 Listed Shows Substantial Expansion With , in City Hospital Addition and Ladd & Bush - t J, r Enlargements Important Items A total df 45 building permits, aggregating $191,980 were issued 1n August up to' Monday night, according to statistics gathered 1 from the city recorder's office. Twenty-seven of these permits were to 'erect new dwellings, eight were to erecC'ga"rages,and five to. altr or repair dwellings. The .other permits issued included one for a hospital addi tion totaling $33,445, one to repair a store totaling $750, one to repair the Ladd & Bush bank, totaling $12,000, and one to erect a signboard amounting to $75. i r' i The total' amount for August . AM. WET wisrro?r-sALEit,N. !. Tt d- renerstkm f American 700th nay now t said to b complete. Two attidenta broke ipto an uoocnpie4 Vobrb here, tot the aole purpose el takinf a . bath. AU wrrt, And. a bath ia all they rot all, that la aare a rude interruption, by police who had been railed by- auapicioua neich bora. Q. Temporal O, Mores I ' O, Rnnning Water! - ' . ' - , ' ' ' 300 PERT WASHIUQTON, . D. C. In 1923 I.ient. Alford J.Williams Jr., U. 8. -N., drove "hia diminative Ourtias raer at a speed of 266 onlea an bonr. for a white that rorord stood; "withoat -aer-i O B competition. Then Capt. Bonnet, of the French air ervu-e negotiated a apeM of 278 mi lea an boor. At -that fijrnre the world'a apeed record ' now Manda. Bat Wil liams is convinced he can bnild and fly a plane- which will do 20 at least, it not more. But ha doea , not feel that e ha 'formed a Kmatl enntianyrh1ch ' in now.eaft-ajced in baildin a apecial rariag; piaiu,- to- be completed in time for the apeed race on Vomg Island this Fall. - WliHo the Nary is not apoaaor int the -plane, it is iir hearty accord with Wiliiama project and -ia offerinc him etrery aid. That speed record the bhie ribbon record of fyinjr moat .com back, to America. . " !-v, 1 ' TOTHESWISB USELESS ROCHESTER, N. Y. Behold tho humble milkweed. For aces it has been, classed, alonr with billboards, ra dio announcer. Brussels aproata, bath inf beauties and vice presidents, as the world'a moat waelesa object. But now WllliaB J. -Hen-bold, of this city, hac announced - the result of his years of research ; into the ' possibilities of - us- .'i s'mutmim ; ("Bur "A- -: iag the milkweed. Thus far the list of products which ran be more or less fasilt obtained from the Jowly weed nlades; at ' pnlp-paper form of surifi cal dressing of extreme fineness. Tar ioua fibers for the silk and other tex tile industries, a. form of celluloid, flu cose, tattle food, fertiliser and nb ber. The paper products are Of un naually feigh quality and utility, the "silk" 1s really, silky and the gfoeo&e is safely edible, tastinc much like ma-, pie Syrup. . . . Aside from that the milkweed ia pretty mush the ban of our economic and agricultural life. SPECIAL VOTE IS URGED WATElt PliANT PROJECT FAILS TO MAKE FALL BALLOT Though it is now too late for the city council to put a. measure for acquiring the Salera .Water, Light & Power company's plant cn the November, ballot, steps should be taken at once to call a special election at which the issue can come , neiore me puDiic. ' According to; city officials, a measure to be voted on, must be filed at a -regular meeting of the city council at least 60 days prior to the election.; The next regular meeting of the city council comes on Sept. 7, the fall election comes on Nov. "3, leaving but 6 6 days, a period shorter I than required t by law. Due to this technicality, de mand for a special election is in creaslngt. ; TRAPPER KILLS' BRUIN . ' 7 . BLACK BEAR KILLED fl.OOO J . WORTH OF SHEEP PORTLAND,' Aug. 30. (AP)--A sheep killing black bear whose ravages have bee nfelt keenly by ranchers of eastern Grant county district has been killed after caus ing, damage of $1000, according to John Lawrence, government trap per, -who caught the animal. The bear's devastations were well un der way this Taeasno," Lawrence said, i He had been searching for . i i . 1 1 ii i r f tie aStfaar for -a xi$at5. : s-. ; exceeds the amount for August, 1925, by $60,380. In August a year ago ' 27 permits wre Issued to erect new dwellings, six Ho erect other buildings, and elght'to alter and repair 'buildings, amounting to $131,600. . Value of building ' permits in July of this year far exceeds that of August of this year, however. In July - the total amount 'was 3493,050. Out of this amount, however, $337,000 was for the new First National Bankrbuilding, Subtracting this amount' the iVal4 tie of the other permits in July was only $156,050. j Out of the permits Issued this month, the value of. those to erect new dwellings was $88,350. The value of those to erect garages was $3,010 and of those1 to repair dwellings $4350. j CABINET APPROVE PLAN . . . . i MUNICIPAL KLECTIONS NOW ABOLISHED IN ITALY;- . ROME. Aug. 30. A.P.) The cabinet today approved the decree abolishing municipal (elections throughout, Italy and Installing In its place the Bodeata system, by which towns and cltiesj will be governed by an agent appointed by the central power In Rome. -i Premier Mussolini before the meeting of the cabinet discussed his foreign policy, stressing, the importance of the treaty with Spain and concretely affirming collaboration with that country as "one of the pivots of Italian pol icy." BUYS KEGS FOR LIQUOR "CTUEVEIVV F.VASIOX OP s LAW RESULTS IN $50 FINE SPOKANE, Wash., Atig. 30. (AP) Use of empty whiskey barrels bought at the sheriff's of fice was explained - today when George Pape, manager of a coop erage company was tried in Jus tice court on a liquor charge. , "I leave the empty barrels in the sun, tightly sealed," Pape told the judge. "When liquor that has soaked into the wood gathers in them, I siphon it off.1 He was fined $50 and costs. T ' EARTH TREMORS FELT athens; Aug. 30. 1(a.p.) A slight earthquake was felt here early this afternoon. I . j . ilk Jlllli STATE Fill Ej S Department of Commerce Announces Summary of Financial Statistics ALL PAYMENTS INCLUDED tViyments foi . Maintenance an Operation of the General De partments of Oregon Were f 10,101,073 i WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. (AP): The department of com merce today announced a sum mary of the financial statistics ot the state bf Oregon for the fiscal year ending September 30. 1825, The payments for maintenance and operation of the general deJ partments of Oregon for the fiscal, year ending September 30, 1925. were 110,101.973 or $11.98 perl capita. This includes $414,593 appro priations, for education to . the minor civil divisions of the Btate. In 1924 the comparative per cap ita for maintenance and operation of general departments was $11.06 and in 1917. $5.90. The. expenses of public service enterprises amounted to $9, 28; Interest on. aeDt'2,bs,8z& ana outlays xor permanent Improvements $6,052,- 326. The total payments, there-4 fore, for expenses of general del partments and public service en-J terprises, interest ana outlays, were $18,710,752. The total. In eludes all payments for the year' whether made from current reve nues or from the proceeds of bond Issues. Of the governmental costs 'Re ported above $7,539,473 was for highways, $2,131,414. being iotk maintenance and $5,408,059 for (Continued on page .) BAR ALL AMERICANS SENATOR HARRISON WOULD PUT BAN ON FRENCH PARIS. Aug. 30. (A.P.) Sen ator Pat Harrison of Mississippi is so convinced that France should make a debt settlement with the United States that he would bar all Americans from visiting France until such an agreement was signed. If such a step were possible, and J he had the power, he would make such a regulation Immediately, he told the Associated Press here to day on the eve of his departure for New York. REPORT IS ID HE MUST HAVE PICKED THE WRONG JOB GOVERNOR WOULDXUT. FREIGHT RATE !' ON LIME FARMERS tXOT ABLE TO BU; -; LIME ,AT PRFAEXT PRICE : Proposed Tariff Would Charge Carload Lot PricV o' 9X - iW'iToa'v - Reduction of the present freight rate on limestone, shipped - from Wildervlllc, Josephine county, to the state penitentiary lime plant here to $1 per ton, and a milling In transit rate of 50 cents addi tional per ton from -Salem to all other points of consumption in the Willamette valley and. coast coun ties, was requested by Governor Pierce in a complaint filed in the public service commission here yesterday. The present rate on raw 'material shipped from Wild ervtlle to Salem is $2.05 per ton. The proposed new tariff contem plates a. maximum rate in carload lots from Wilderville to Salem of $1 per ton and to all points .of con sumption, after being mUled in Salem, $1.50 -per ton. The governor called' attention of the public service commission tc the necessity of lime in build ing up the soil, bt contended that farmers were not able to purchase it- at the present time because of the excessive freight rate. , YOUTH DROWNS IN RIVER - r' . . . TWO YEAR - OLD BOY FOUND DEAD FOLLOWING FALL EUGENE, Or., Aug. 30. (A.P.) Gilbert Or land" Johnson, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Johnson -of , Mapleton, fell off the dock into the Si uslaw river at Mapleton Sunday afternoon and was drowned.':- No one saw the accident. His body was recovered several hours afterward.".--..; FAMOUS PAINTER HURT C. ROBINSON FRACTURES SKULL IN STREET FALL SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. (AP) Charles Dorman Robin son, internationally .known as a painter'of landscape's and marines, was in critical condition . here, tonight aa the oresult ra'faTton a downtown street The artist suffered a fractured skull when he slipped on the pavement late today. Because of his .advaneed age, 79 years, his injury was; regarded as dangerous and specialists were sent immediately to; his bedside. FALL KILLS STEVADORE KNOCKED INTO VESSEL HOLD BY CARGO SLING PORTLAND, Or Aug. 30. (AP) Sigurd Anderson, 35, of this city, a stevedore, was killed here today when he was struck by a sling and knocked into the ship's hold as he was aiding in un loading a cargo. He received in juries in the fall which resulted in death a short time after. fnterf ernce Would Be Criminal Matthew Bush Tells President - BUSINESS TREND IS GOOD Director of .Western Roads Con fer with Coolidge, Declares Llnea Are Serving the Nation Well ' PAUL SMITH'S, N Y., Aug. 30. (AP). All the railroads of the country need is to be let alone, Matthew C. Brush, of New York, president of the American Inter national corporation and director of several western railroads, said today during a visit with Presi dent Coolidge.: ; As for any consolidation of rail road systems, by legislation of congress, Mr. Brush declared that if the interstate commerce com mission and the railroad execu tives could be let alone, consoli dations would be brought about intelligently and along proper lines of economic law. It would be criminal to inter fere with the- railroads under present conditions, he emphasized, adding that it is impossible to take them apart, draw a few lines and bring about consolidation. Mr. Brush was a luncheon guest at the White Pine camp, having been Invited to give his views of business conditions especially in the light of observations recently made in the southwest during a trans-continental business trip. He. returned from that trip, Mr. Brush said, - satisfied with Amer ica, with, prosperity, with the fu ture and with the president.!; He did -not tlnH 'a 'Single section, he added, that was not prosperous. and he did not see any unemploy ment. As for the southwest, he said it was in a great period of prosper (Coatlaaed en para .) PRUNE BUYERS DECEIVED NEBRASKA REPORT IS DET RIMENTAL TO MARKET An organised attempt to dis credit the quality of Oregon prunes is being .made in Nebraska and possibly other mldwestern states by an organization signing itself as the Mountain State Fruit Growers' .Marketing association, according to word received here last night. The report, which advises the Nebraska buyers that their market Is being flooded with immature Oregon and 'Washington' prunes. "worthless for any purpose except jelly making," advises buyers to wait for Idaho prunes which were described as matured on the trees and of --superior quality. ' Theimatter has been taken up with the federal horticultural authorities and the Idaho Horti cultural department, C. H. Rob inson & Co., of .Omaha, agents of Western growers. Informed, the authorities of the report. MUSIC HOUSE TO OPEN LUXSFORD TO MAKE SALEM HEADQUARTERS OF CHAIN L. Lunsford, for five years man ager of the piano department of the -,George,C. Will music store, announces - that he has become controlling owner of the Portland Music" House, of which he has long been - minority owner, and will immediately open a new store In the Chambers & Chambers building on ' North High street here. This store, to be known also as the Portland Music House, frill ; actually be' headquarters of the two store-chainMr.- Lunsford supervising ' all business " of the two stores from the alem end, : OREGON TO HEAR WALSH MONTANAN TO ADDRESS BAR ! MEETING -IN - PORTLAND i PORTLAND, lOre Aug. i 30 .( AP)Senator Thomas J. Walsh of ' Montana ' will be the , . maia speaker at th convention of the Oregon state bar association in Portland on .October 2, 'Richard Montague,', president of the asso ciation, announced , at the 'meet--ing -of jthe lexecutiT.e i. committee hero today.' The committee Toted to hold ' the session ; in Portland this year on October 1 and 2 in stead of at Bend, as was first con templated, - ' : 3 kjfr -i"ffri yfiai-'a' .'.v jM.ii JKwtf - jfeaMk. xoflbi t r 7? a . Veterans: of the GAR consider Judge Hosea B.' Mottlton, . of Washington, D.- C, a possible can didate for the position of 'Commander-in-Chief of 'the Grand Army of the Republic, "which Js to meet in national encampment at Des Moines, Sept. 19. c' GERMAN. BAKER MAKES RECORD CHANNEL SWJM ERNEST VIERKOETTER BEATS GERTRUDE'S TIME ' - Asks ' Soldiers "for Smoke "As 'He Wades Out on the Engll&hv Shore .CAtiAIS, France, 'Aug.t30.- AP) Ernest y ierkoettera bak er from Cologne, -' the champion long distance swimmer of Ger many today swam across the Eng lish Channel in the , record time of 12 hours and .43 minutes. "With a little luck," said his trainer, "he would, have .done It in ten hours and i half " V V trade Ederle's record but he wad ed ashore in England so - fresh that he began at once to: talk about' trying next year to swim the difficult stretch in , both di rections at the one attempt: According to the captain of the tug Europe of Dunkirk, which ac companied the swimmer, Vierk- oetter actually swam 30 and half miles while the distance across the channel from the point from where he went into the wa ter is only 19 and three-fourths miles. On his. swim across the channel, Vierkoetter swallowed a cup of broth after the second hour and a little later had some coffee. After the eighth hour he ate two bananas and after the tenth hour he . had a drink of mineral water. That was all he had until he walked ashore near the South Foreland light house and -asked the cheering "soldiers from the nearby barracks -for' a cigarette, Vierkoetter returned Immedi ately to France. 4 TACOMA DRYS KILL JAP PROHIBmON AGENTS SHOOT SUSPECTED MOONSHINER TACOMA, Aug. 30. (AP) - EmlL Matsumoto Of Tacoma, 31, was killed, by federal prohibition agents of the local office this af ternoon ;In 'a .brief battle which followed the discovery of a moon shine -still, in the woods above Or- ting, 18 miles oast of Tacoma, In which Matsumoto 'la said ' to have been interested. : ' : v 'According fo the prohibition of ficers who were headed2y-W.:H, Kinnalrd. and also included" Mark Y. w Croxall, and ft. A: Lambert, Matsumoto was armed with a rifle and opened fire upon them as soon as they broke from cover. LABORING MEN CONVENE 20O DELEGATES -REPRESENT , ' ALL' DISTRICTS , , KLAMATH FALLS, fAng. 30. (AP). The 24th annual conven tion of ithe ' state federation of labor opened here today: with over 200- delegates representing "labor unions of every .city of the state In attendance. Harmony prevailed In -the opening session of the , "con vention.; Ben Osborne, Portland iron 4 worker, - was . appointed i' to servVthe unexpired ; term otC.-Y rTaylor,' Portland executive,' secre tary,, who recently died. .Tfae 'ap pointment ; was made by D. W.! Sleeman,' president of the federa tion.. ' N " ,i The delegates were addressed by - Governor Pierce at "the open ing session today. - " " s . AFTER STROKE 1 -v r - Active Career Ends as Local : Man Dies hi Damascus , Country Home. Jl, KNOWN HERE FOR YEARS Born in Marion County In J848, Leaves Long Record of t Public Service; Brav ery Unquestioned r PORTLAND. Aug. 30. (By As sociated Press.) John W. Jdlnto, prominent in Multnomah and Mar ion counties for many years as a peace officer and later postmaster . of Portland, died at . his country home near Damascus, Or., late to day. Mr. Minto suffered a stroka of paralyais recently. He was 77 years old. -. -j .. Mr. Minto was a native of Ore gon and during hla' Active career gained a reputation as an efficient public officer. . He served as' chief of the Portland, police from 189 4 to 1897 and was regarded as one of the most fearless Jaw enforce ment officers in the early history of the local bureau. Hla last pub-' lie position was that of . warden of the Oregon penitentiary at Sa lem under the administration of Governor Withycombe. ; . John Minto was born In Marion county September 27, 1848.: the son of John-. Minto,' one of the leading '' characters In ; the . early days of the state.' He received his education at the old Prihgle school near Salem, later attending Wil lamette university from 1863 to 1867. - ' Mr. Minto was elected sheriff of Marion county' in 1SS4 and served for two terms. He came to Port-' Hand m 1885 to enter the real es- land In 1888 to enter the real es- was appointed united - states .weigher for the" port of Portland In August, 1890. He accepted the lOoatiased o viff S.) LINEN EXPERT ADMITTED frank Mcknight mA enter under $300, bond Senator C. L. McNary yesterday received a telegram from the Im migration authorities that Frank McKnight, Irish liaen expert, would be - allowed to enter the United States regardless of the limitations fixed by the Immigra tion quota. - " Mr. McKnight has been employ ed to superintend the installation of machinery in the proposed new $640,000 linen mill which Is now under construction here. Mr. Mc Knight is required to post a bond of $500 and enter Into an agree ment that he would not remain ia the United States more than on' year. SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS SELF STTLED GERMAN BARON QUICKLY RECOVERS ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.r'Au. 30. (A.P.) The self-styled Bar t on Frederich von Krupp Jr.," held here on charges of passing worth less checks and embezzlement, to night had practically recovered from the effects pf eating match tips in his cell. : ... ' - The youth became violently HI but" recovered qpickly. .Officers from Wilmington, Del., "are, ex pected, here - tomorrow to return f the youth to the east to answer bad "check and embezzlement . charges here. The prisoner has declared that he preferred depor tation to -his native country to a trial on charges ' against him. POLICE JAIL ACCOMPLICE CLINTON PRICE RELEASED ON 5000 BAIL BOND PORTLAND," Or . Aug. 30. Clinton Price, alleged accomplice of Harry Davis was arrested this afternoon by Detectives Goltz, Col-' lins, Taekaberry and Phillips, and jailed under) $5000 ball' require ments. ' ' y ' 7 - - REGULATIONS CONTINUED COAL STRIKE SITUATION WILL viv'BE DEBATED TODAY ; LONDON, Aug. 30. fA.P.);. The. house of commons tonight by a vote of 332 to , 91 adopted the . government's measure continuing the 'emergency regulations for an other nionth ? in' connection with the mining strike. The house to morrow will proceed with the de-'v bate oa the coal situation. , ss