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Some of Most Important Steps in the History of Salem's Growth May Be Taken at Tonight's Council Meeting W$X5KTffidW-SecWre Telephoh&Seriifce for Historic Chximpoeg Park Is Imposed; How Much WUMjnve? - (.-. r. - - : : J ' f ' 1 - " , .... .' iin' , "- r- -. r , "Now that they "know what President- Coo Udge's plans are, . most o the tolks back: home are wondering what -rrenry Ford Is go ing to do. I Weather forecast! FaiT In south, unsettled In north, portion; -moderate westerly winds. Maximum temperature yesterday 7. mlui- Imum 54, river minus 1.8, rain .12, atmos phere cloudy, wind southwest. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, 'TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1927 PRICE EIVE CENTS II: CLERGY LIKELY 3jTwo Local Churches to Have New Pastors After Annual Conference HERE SEPTEMBER 21-25 Vacancy at Leslie Caused by Death to be Filled, and Rev. Thomas Afheson of Jason lxe Due for Transfer A general shake-up In Metho dist pastorates throughout Oregon is expected when the Oregon an nual conference of that denomina tion 1& in session here September 21-25, At least two local church es Leslie and Jason Lee will hare jiew . pastors following an nouncement of appointments. Members of Leslie church will make.no effort to influence the ap pointment of a pastor to succeed Rev. J. Willard De Yoe, who died recently, but will leave the matter entirely to the bfthop. according to reports. Rev. H. E. Rice and Rev. A. S. Mulligan have been sup plying the pulpit there pending the new appointment. -. Aoheson to Leave ,, Rev. Thomas Acheson, pastor of Jason Lee Memorial church, is sla ted for promotion, according to lo cal church ., officials. , He has re-ceive4- call (from a. prominent Portland church, but has not indi cated whether he would accept. At any rate, it Is said he will not re turn to the local charge, making necessary a new appointment. . About -200 ministers will make frbalem their ,'heada.uarters during conference weec : ane same mber of laymen will participate in the electoral college which will hold qne ttWlness session on Fri day, Sept. 23. The meetings will culminate with the-announcement by Bishop .Shepard Monday morn ing, Sept. 26, of the new appoint ments. , r World Service Topic" Eminent clergymen and officials from the .general i boards will dis cuss the program of the-world ser vice commission as It effects the work of the board of missions, the board of home missions and other missionary and benevolent pro grams of the church.' Among the -speakers of the .week (Continued oa paga T) - U. S. SECRETARY ! SHOT, GERMANY ATT A fit BELIEVED Y,V VC . CO VAXZETTI-AGITATOR Assailant KhooU . Into Crowd; Bloodhound Trace Man to Streetcar DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 5: (AP) The Dresden police arc more inclined to consider the at tempted assassination of. Emil Steger, secretary of the American consulate here, in the light of a reprisal on the-part of Sacco-Van- zetti agitators, rather than an at tack . In . wh.:en wrstaken Identity figured. Steger was shot by an unidentified assailant Sunday af ternoon, and In some quarters, it was thought he may . have been mistaken for the American Con sul Aaminlus T. Haeberle. This theory has been virtually abandoned since there appears no ' palpable reason to assume that anyone would seek the consul's life, whereas the doty of carry ing on negotiations with many Sacco-Vanzettl delegations de volved solely on Steger. Since the execution of the two .Ital tans many threatening letters have been received at the Amer ican consulate. t It was one chance out of a hun- dted that Steger escaped death ' bullet entering his back and jr t iJMng Tery close to the heart. ' Aihen he. accompanied by Mrs sierer and a friend.", went to the Observation . povnt on Baecknltas heights to enjoy the view,, a tall man suddenly ; loomed, up behind them, then just as suddenly, an fahed. When the Steger party "had- proceeded, -a short 'distance he ' reappeared from behind the Bismarck statue and fired a shot Into the ktoup. Mrs. Steger Bcreamed, and' the two . men bought she was wounded and AUTO ACCIDENTS FOR WEEK END 9 THAT NUMBER REPORTED TO CITY POLICE Most of Them Minor, However; Two Women Sustain Severe Braises Nine automobile accidents, prac tically all of them minor ones, were reported to the Salem police station during the 48 hour holiday period extending oyer Sunday and Monday. In one collision, which occurred shortly before 11 o'clock Monday morning, two women passengers sustained cuts and bruises. The women. Mrs. C. L. Samson and Mrs. E. L. Samson, both gave Al bany as their residence. They were riding in a car driven by A. O. Samson of North Bend on South Commercial street and a collision occurred with a machine driven by W. H. Trindle, according to the report. "1 Roy V. Shelton of 1927 North 5th ollided with T. L. King of the Court apartments. The acci dent occurred at the corner of Court and Cottage streets. Machines operated by C. C. Mor gan of Portland and C. Fitzpatrick of this city came together in a collision at Hood and Capitol streets. M. Stevens of route 1 and W. E. Milburn of 2307 State street staged a collision at the corner of Capitol and Chemeketa streets. An accident occurred on the penitentiary road when cars driv en by Thelma Lister of 20 East 9th street and C. R. Dencer of Portland crashed together, with minor injuries. Slight injurfes were sustained by J. E. Rose of route 9 when he collided with C. C. Morgan of Portland at the intersection of Hood and Summer streets. An accident took place in the vicinity of Hubbard when G. W. Rutsch of 925 North Cottage street collided with E. C. Blust of Woodburn. J. F. Wood of route 4, and A. A. Laferty of Colton, drove their cars together at Hoyt and South Commercial streets. E. A. Lee of 1052 Marion street and Glen B. Moss staged a col lision at South Commercial and Wilson streets. EUROPE HELD ON MEND lr. Julius Klein Reports to Secre tary Herbert Hoover WASHINGTON. Sept. 5. (AP) Although there remain a few "unfavorable spots" to be cleared up, Europe on the whole is well on the road to economic recovery, ii the opinion of Dr. Julius Klein, director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, who has just returned from a long study of European conditions. In a report to his chief, Secre tory Hoover, the trade official de clared today that European coun tries generally had shaken off the "calamity, complex" or mental hazard from a stronger business morale, and were rapidly becoming convinced that the problem is one of trade dislocation rather than downright destruction." MURDERS BANK JANITOR Hoquiam Man Found With Bullet Hole Through His Head HOQUIAM, Wash., Sejt. 5 ( AP) With a bullet hole through his head and .his jay broken, the body of Dudley Pease, 70, was iound in the kitchen of his home at Elma tonight by jhls wife and a stepson who naa just returnea from an out of, town visit. Po lice, believed that the man had been murdered last night or early this morning as he was dressed in his night clothes. The bathroom had been forced open, i The police tonight were work ing on the theory that the man may have been killed by a person or persons- in search of the keys to the bank of Elma, as Pease was janitor of the bank. Elma is 20 miles east of here. CAR CRASHES; BURNS UP Nineteen Year Old Girl Injured Fatally In Flame TACOMA. Sept. 5l (AP) Miss Marcella Kimler, 19, of Oak ville. Wash.waa fatally burned in an automobile crash here late to day, i Lila SpringsteadJ five, waa critically Injured and her mother, Mrs. C. E. SprlngsteadJ seriously injured ' in 1 the same . Occident, which occurred when a car. driven by Mr. Sprlngstead was struck by another machine pn . the Pacific highway at the southern city Hm its. The Sprlngstead : car burst MAJOR ISSUES, HEAVY SESSION Final Approval of Bonds for Improvements Set for Meeting Tonight ZONE PROBLEM ALSO UP Bids of Incinerator to be Opened; Regulation of House Movfng Sought in Ordinance lie quiring Bond The city council tonight faces one of the heaviest business ses sions in the administration's his tory. Final approval ot the bond issues for, city improvement, op ening of bids for the city inciner ator, consideration of ; a proposal to increase the scope the busi ness district, and enactment of an ordinance regulating house mov ers are some of the matters with which couneilmen will deal. Whether the city dads will sup port the zoning commission in its recommendation to preserve Court street from nondescript buildings and. thus avoid marring the civic center, is a question which Is ar ousing more than usual interest. Fear Cheap Buildings The issue was raised at the last zoning commission meeting at the proposal to place two lots, at Court and Church owned by R.' P. Boise and Breyman Boise fn the business district. W. W. Rosebraugh led an at tack on the proposal, pointing out that with the present laxity of fire ordinance enforcement, cheap buildings might be erected on Court street, violating the plan of city founders that Salem should (Continued op page 2.) BIG YACHT IN FLAMES One Found Missing and Another Seriously Burned in Fire VANCOUVER, B. C, SEPT. 5. (AP) One person was missing and one seriously burned, follow ing a fire which destroyed the power yacht Sutil. aboard which guests of Russell Whitelaw of Vancouver were watching the world's sculling races here today. Whitelaw's nine year old dau ghter Jean was missing, Mrs. Hugh Davis of Vancouver was suffering from hums and shock and attendants at the hospital said her recovery was doubtful. ART wv S-w , is L . , NEGRO BURNED 1 OUT BY POLICE BODY BULLET RIDDLED DUR ING FIGHT WITH OFFICERS Detectives held at Bay for 3 Honrs Finally Set Fire to House EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept., 5 (AP) The body of Wesley Cook sey, Negro, 40 years old, riddled with bullets, was dragged from his burning home here tonight af ter dozens of tear bombs had beien hurled into the house. Five po licemen who attempted to enter the place after Cooksey threat ened to kill his wife were injured, two seriously. Cooksey held te officers at bay for three hous. Police set fire to the house in 4n effort to drive him out. Chief of Police Harry Anderson was shot in the hand, Edward Sith eimer, chief of detectiv)es, was shot in the abdomen and was in a serious condition. Ray Lang ford, patrolman, was in a serious condition with a bullet wound Sn the head. It is believed both will recover, however. The Negro at one time was an inmate of an asy lum. TORNADO HITS ALABAMA Much Damage Done fo Crops and Property; No Lives Lost WILMER. Ala., Sept. 5. (AP) A tornado, sweeping through this city at -about 6 o'clock tonight did considerable damage, although no lives have been reported lost, crops and property were badly damaged. Meagre reports received here from Lucedale, Miss., indicated that town had suffered severely also. STEALS CAR; VISITS CON i Woman Visits Husband in Pen, Making Trip in Stolen Anto LONG VIEW, WASH., SEPT. 5. (AP) A story of having vis ited the state penitentiary in a stolen car to see M. C. Baker, con vict serving a term for automobile stealing, was told here today by Mrs. M. C. Baker, 22, and Jack Thompson, 22, alias Jack Corey, both of Spokane. They are in the Cowlitz county jail after, hav ing been arrested by Sheriff C. B. Dillon the Pacific highway with the automobile. Thompson readily admitted stealing the car. Sheriff Dill said, and boasted of his visit to the penitentiary. Thompson said he remained outside the walls while Mrs. Baker visited her husband. He was a bit reluctuant, he said, to go inside 'of his own accord." The automobile is said to have been stolen in Spokane August 24. TELLS STRANGE MURDER STORY WIFE OF SLAIN LX TO BE HELD AT L.KEVIEW Contradictory Statement Lead to Detention of Lorena Trickey LAKEV1EW, ORE., SEPT. 5. (AP) :On the grounds that she made several allegedly contradic tory statements with reference to the murder of her husband by an unidentified assailant Friday night Lorena Trickey, cow girl wife of Slim Harris, rodeo performer, was held tonight by police. De tained in the same connection was Robert Brown, "bulldogger" and rodeo rider. The pair .are being held osten sibly for the inquest into the case tomorrow, and no charges have been filed against them. Harris was stabbed to death with a long bladed knife. His wife, in a statement made imme diately after the killing, said she and her husband had been driving slowly along the highway on the outskirts of the town when from the shadows of the road a tall man "jumped upon the running board, bent over Harris and plung ed the knife blade into his heart. The man leaped from the car and disappeared immediately. Harris died at once. Charles L- Combs, district at torney, said today that subsequent statements from Mrs. Harris fail ed .to confirm her original declar ation. Combs declined to discuss the degree of variance and in what particular the stories differ ed. An official statement In "a (Con tinned on page 2.) ABANDON DOLE FLYERS Last Hope Vanishes That Missing Aviators May Be Alive SAN DIEGO, CAL., SEPT. 5. (AP) The last hope that search ing American war craft would find some trace of the missing Hawaiian fliers Apparently van ished today when the sceut cruis er Omaha, flagship of Rear Ad miral Luke McNamee, and the de stroyers Paul Hamilton. Stoddert, Thompson, Kennedy, Somers and J. F. Burnes arrived from Hono lulu after searching an area ap proximately 450,000 square miles in extent. Admiral McNamee reported that not a single trace of the missing Dole fliers was discovered. Simultaneously with the return of the Omaha and the destroyers, came word by radio fromt Rear Admiral Ridley McLean that the Holland and two divisions of sub marines discontinued the search for the Hawaiian fliers at dawn today. The Holland and the sub marines are 'steaming from the 135th meridian for. San Diego. They are due Thursday. ANTI-SAM LEAGUE PASSES' AW Wayne B. Wheeler Dies in Sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan END COMES SUDDENLY Keels Over aa Nurse Hands Him Book; Had Recently Returned From Attending Wife's Funeral in Ohio BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Sept. 5. (AP) Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league of Amer ica, died at Bat tie Creek sanl tarium here late hia after noon He was taken to the sanitarium three days ago from his summer Some at Little Point tfich. Sable. Mr. Wheeler wVNea.wHE&uER(vas taken 111 last Thursday with a kidney ailment from which he had been undergo ing treatment for several years. He was removed from his home to a hospital and after an examina tion rushed to the sanitarium where it was at first decided to perform an operation. Mr. Wheel er apparently responded rapidly to treatment, however, and showed so much Improvement yesterday (Continued on psg 3.) MURDER CHARGE DENIED Harry Hill Insist He Did Not Kill Own Mother and Flee SEATTLE, SEPT. 5. (AP) Unshaken in his denial that he slew his aged mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill, in Streator, 111., and then fled when he Tead in newspapers that he was suspected of the crime. Harry R. Hill, 22, today awaited the opinion, of his attor neys whether he should fight ef forts of the state of Illinois to bring him home for trial. Hill was arrested by mere chance here Saturday night, when police pawnshop t detail detectives noticed similarity in engine num bers of -an automobile he had sold here under the name of H. Jack son, and a car of the same make which had been stolen here; re cently. He had been living in a hotel almost within a stone's throw of the police station. ATTACKS N. Y. OFFICIALS Governor Smith Blamed for Fail ing to n force Dry Laws WILLIAMSVJLLE. N. Y.t Sept., 5 (AP)- Blame for Mack oi en forcement of the prohibition lw by the police officers of the var ious communities of New York state was placed upon the shoul ders of state officials. Including Governor Smith, by "SeymouV L. Lowman, " assistant Secretary of the treasury, in charge of prohibi tion enforcement, at a Methodist rally In, this suburb of Buffalo, to day. '" :;! While . deploring the fact that New York' and some other sec tions of the country fail to accept joint responsibility with the fed eral government for enforcing the dry ' la wi "Secretary" Lowman de clared that progress was being made in the campaign to eliminate wetness In the country. " SHIPPERS SET UP LOBBY Pacific Interest Make Plans to Deal 'With .Legislation ' '. v ' WASHINGTON, SEPT.. ;.5j (AP) In a movement -described as an organized , attempt to reach a parity with foreign ship opera tions,' Pacific coast shipping inter ests have decided to open offices here to deal with "present" past and future legislation in. congress and regulation by the American overnmenV V w tV, : syx - A; statement issued today said the - work woiild ; be systematized oithat Amerieaa capital "will Jbe Justified la maintaining Increased mercnant -marine .operations -tan der the American flag 'irherever 1 1-113 REDFERN SEEN , BY SHIP AT SEA NORWEGIAN LINER REPORTS SIGHTING LOST FLYER Officers Believe Missing Aviator . Safe on Island or Alone Coast NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 5. (AP) The Norwegian steamship Christian Krpng, docking here late today, reported that it had sighted Paul Redfern and. his air plane, Port of Brunswick, Aug. 26 when he was within 165 miles ot the South American coast. Redfern circled about, the ship for some time, . It reported, and dropped five notes; three of which sought directions. He was last seen, officers said heading in the direction of the Ven'ezulean mainland.- 165 miles away. Between him and the mainland, was a group of islands. but 100 miles from the point where he was sighted by the ship. Officers expressed the opinion that Redfern had either reached the mainland or had landed on one of the islands between . the ship and the continent. The ship was proceeding from Port Au Spain, Trinidad to King ston, Jamaica, when the plane was sighted. At the time .the plane was sight ed, the ship was in latitude 13-7 north and longitude 60-37 west. rne plane descended to within hailing distance of the deck and circled back over the ship, drop ping a note enclosed in a round pasteboard box. ' The note read: "Please point ship toward near est land." Apparently he was not satisfied that the ship's officers htfd under stood the note, they said. He dropped a second , note be-, fore his request could, be com- tiled with. A boat had been low ered and the first note recovered before the second landed in the water. The second fell near the boat, and W. T. Notweet, fireman on the Chriatiaa Krohg, leaped .over board and procured it. The sec ond note read; i "Point ship toward nearest land and wave one time lor each 100 mile distance."! A third note picked up by the boat was similar to the others and was signed "Redfern, tbShks." The ship turned her bow to ward the west where .100 miles away lay the group of islands on which the Cayo Grande and El Roque are the largest., . These is lands are 65 miles west of Vene quela. - In addition to waving a, flag to indicate the distance to nearest land, the ship sounded, two .blasts on its whistle. .The aviator cir cled about the ship several other times before turning his nose to ward the west, officers said. The weather was splendid for flying, they reported. 4 HILL'S FATHER ON WAY Father of Accused- Declares He yill Fight to Last Dollar STREATOR, ILL.. SEPT. 5 CAP) Dr. H. C - Hill, wealthy father of Harry D. Hill, under ar rest in Seattle, for the murder of his mottter, is snroute to Seattle to aid his . son, , the Associated Press correspondent here learned from authoritative sources to night. The correspondent learned' that Dr. Hill left for Seattle Sunday. going by way of Kansas City orr er ine .sanu-ptf , fanrpad; .. , Attorney Jones is understood to have 'engaged Attorpeys Lane Summers and.T. 35- Pattersonfcof Seattle to represent the accused son. ; , . s Dr. I Li 11 who has been divorced f?om the 'slain woman for several years, recently issued a statement in wnicn he said he , would "nafi He; to my last dollar t save my BOn-". He aI4 he was convinced mai nis son was inocent.' ' ;i REV. V0SBURGH SUPPLY rormer llvntington Park Pastor ; Contea to Baptist Church ''- : . ' , ,Rer, Homer . JYosbmrgh has been engaged to supply the nnlnit of. the First Baptist church here during September, it was announe ed yesterday, . The new minister, comes from the church at . Huntington Park, California, a suburb of i Los An geles." For ten years he was pas tor of ,the First Baptist chnrch in uaaiapa, California. , . Later he went to Camden, N. J., as pastor of the Nortlx Baptist chnrch, one of th largest In the east, Rev. .yosburgb. " has . manr old friends and acquaintances in Ore- KSIfJE PLfiOE I REACHED GOfiST- PUT OUT fa: t Report Indicates, St. Raph ael Seen Over Belle ? :" Island Friday SEEN BY LIGHT -KEEPER Traveled in Erratic Course aa It Pilot bad Become Confused;' , 2 Canadians Ready to Start Rops A J2 OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 5. (APy The missing trans-Atlantic plane St. Raphael may have reached this continent and in confusion put out over the ocean, again, it was Indi cated In detailed, reports today pt the sighting, of an unidentified plane over Belle Isle Friday night. .When first seen the plane, was .traveling In a northwesterly -direction, and proceeded, out of sight over , the coast line of Labrador, the lighthouse keeper of Belle Isle reported to C. P. Edwards, super intendent of radio .for the depart ment of. marine fisheries. -, Two and a half hours later, It reappeared, he said, pursuing an erratic , course to , the soufheast. This' course would have taken Jt out over the Atlantic, although veering to the. west would have Drougnc tne plane over tne eastern coast of Newfoundland. .No Other Plane It was poinUd uut that no Ca nadian plane was .known to have been In the, vicinity of Belle Isle, and at the time the .plane was re ported seen there, the St, Raphael bearing Princess Lo wenstein-Wer-thelm. Colonel, MiAChin .and -Captain Hamilton, from tTnavon Eng land, to Ottawa was not many hoars overdue. i . . ; "Belle Isle light keeper could, not see plane for any -distinct , markings," said the report, "othel; than red light, as it was too. dark. When it: was first seen It would have been about 2,000 feet in th (Continued on paga 4) LABORER SHOOTS DIVORCED W I EE - . .... TCRXS GUXS OX TWO dllL DREX, THEX KILLS SELEJ J All Wounds Believed lo bo Fatal Domestic Troubles Involved In Tragedy, . SPOKANE, Sept. 5(AP)7-. Adam Heimbigner, railroad labor er, shot his divorced. ! wife, Mrs. Anna Heimbigner, 31 and their two children, Ernest, 11, and Ger trude, ,7, ywlth-an automatic pis tol here tonight, and then put a bullet ."through "his own, brain. James Koleff, 34, in whose auto mobile the shooting occurred, was when one of . Heimbigners shots glanced. Domestic troubles in the Heimbigner f an-flly . are be lleved to have caused the affair. Mrs. Heimbigner. and Gertrude are believed to be dying. Heim bigner died instantly. Ernest was said, to be mortally wounded. The family - had been driving with5 Koleff, a friend of Helm bigner's, and then they drove to to the Spokane children's home, where the two' children had been since the Heimbigner's divorce. Koleff said the man quarreled with his ' former wife during the latter part of the Journey, but they were speaking German, he declared, and he could not under stand them- , ; The first shot; startled Koleff. who said it sounded, like a thun- rl O Alon r mi m ' f nw rv -n-n rm vi -vc.ja vvr uaAOAa oiui C- brewing. ."When he recovered hl3 senses, he said, he found Heim bigner , dead on the .ground be- . side the car,', his son dying In the front seat, and Mrs. Helmblg-; ner and the. little girl in the back ' seat fatally wounded. . ..... ; : pistol beneath Heimbigner's body ' They said five shots had been fir- ea. , uospnw aiiacnea saia eaca of the & victims lhad been ' shot through the head. " Koleff was; also shot through the back of the head, but was abl to describe the tragedy to police. He told officers Mrs.. Helnibi r cr had recently had her former hus band arrested fo failing to pay t!.3 board of the children at the or Into (lames almost immediately. i opportunity Justifies. gon. phanage,' ..