iYe; Fivei CeiiHCohtractsAre- BeinfMjriihnrFor the. Price forthe Present Season
TJeed for State Loyalty in Aiding Oregon-Iridmtries W Earned in Oregon Pointed-Out ' by JF.B.D. Dodsorr Yesterday
JKemther forecast: Fog on the coast, fair
with low humidity and higher temperature
ovi interior; moderate westerly winds.
Maximum temperature yesterday 87, min
imum C9, river .3, rainfall none, atmos
phere clear, wind west.
wmm
According to Captain Fittmaurice, the
Bremen fliers took along no matehes. just
a patent cigarette lighter. Such optimism
deserves the good fortune the fliers won.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
J it
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SAT. EM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
l
1
Ft
Contract Let to D. G. Eaton
at $8093; Two Una Plan
Not Expensive
G. PATTERSON PROTESTS
Wall on Bontto Winter Street Span
. Will Rain His Property, De
clared; Committee to Settle
Matter
' Scream of warning that the
,it, onnnpli was oTeparlng to
rftflder the taxpayers' money,
broadcast following the previous
meeting when it" was decided to
change, tbe specifications on the
3&Te street bridge to call for keep
ing the street open during co
struction magnified the situation
Just 900 per cent, It was observed
last night when the council finally
let the contract for this project.
The contract went to the D. G
Eato company on a hid of S8,
093. The same company was also
low bidder on the alternative pro
posal to build the bridge all at
one time, offering to do it for just
SI 00 less under those terms.
- The engineers' estimate on con
struction In two nnlts was $9300
Protest Bridge Plans
The type "Of construction being
used on the South Winter street
bridge, came np for discussion
when George Patterson, property
owner in that district, asked if
the -p'ann called for a wall on the
west sldev conforming to the one
alreddv built on the east. He de
clared that such a wall would in
jure his property. The bridge en
gineer wasn't able to give him def
inite information, . Several ..mc m-
berTof the.ocilema4IeI tnari
ocprafermation b given, so that
3L,r ee an. rauerson was 10 ue
, hjured,-e might file injunction
proceedlnrt tn time to protect
himself.
The matter was referred to the
city attorney and the bridge com
mittee. Progress Reported
Lars Bergsvick, of the special
committee working on the matter
of right of way for the High street
r'idrJW Reported that the com mi t-
e is toaklng progress and it will
hate a definite proposal ready
prCSjWy by the next meeting.
The council approved the agree
ment worked out for disposal of
(Ooatiaa ca S.)
MARIAN MILLER
CUPID VICTIM
flAVEJjQRN ADVISOR GETS U-
CENSE HERE, SUSPICION
$ Permits Issued Here so Far In
June, 7 Sign Saturday and
Monday
Marian Miller will be married
here today.
Whether the Marian Miller who
was named as prospective bride
k . when Clyde ll. Ganey took out a
P marriage license yesterday after
noon is the same Marian Miller
who "has achieved a national rep
utation as advisor for love smitten
damsels and worried swains, if
open to some question, but certain
it is that the name was given the
deputy county clerk when the 11
cene was Issued.
She gaa her age as 20 years
and her occupation as teacher. She
is a resident of Princeton. Minnesota.
II The bridegroom, a resident or
B McCloud. Colorado, is 27 years of
f r age. He gives his occupation as
jloreman.
t w The wedding is to take place at
-V5;t. Paul's Episcopal ' chnrch here
' f T i - T . it K -rnr,A that
the wedding was arranged in Sa-
lem as not learned.
The Galley-Miller marriage
makers the twelfth that has been
arranged here so far duitng Jnne.
Others for which licenses were is
sued Saturday and Monday are as
follows: ' '
Walter T. Uppendahl, 2S. Wood
4ti md-Alm B. Boeehe, It
4 SSFT' Fnlton. 2R, Portland.
Maa Leona Taylor. 9. Hart-
landrWaahinfton.
; Walter A. Casman, 21; and
HeHRh J. Pederaon, 18, both of Sa-
v- ' lent. - - - . - '
i.. -C George Conrad Beach, 23, and
t : Grc Victoria Hardman. 22, both
i i:Jot ' Salem. ' ' " " '
: Fred C. Hottlnger; 2T. Stayton.
and Marie I Lambert. 12, Silver
ton. " ' .
Cakn Arthur Thomas, 18. ana
era Ranter Shepard. both of West
Maxwell Gets Barbecue
Then Again He Doesn't
Zone rs' Recommendation Adopted by Barely Enough Votes,
But Passage of Ordinance Putting Zone Change in Effect
Denied; Further Fight Foreseen
Charles Maxwell won his protracted fight for his Holly
wood barbecue restaurant last night, and then again he didn't.
The council voted 7 to 4 td adopt the zoning commission's
resolution recommending, the zone change. But when the
ordinance proposing to put the change into effect came up,
the majority wasn't sufficient to suspend the rules and pass
it under an emergency clause, so the question goes over for
two weeks.
It was apparently a closed issue after the first vote, but
WOULD CURTAIL
CURB SERMONS
LIMIT OP 15 MINUTES PRO
POSED IN ORDINANCE
Falls to Pae Under Emergency
Claasc; Taxlcab license
Provided
Efforts to halt the nuisance of
protracted open air religious dem
onstrations on the downtown
streets took the form of an ordi
nance introduced by Alderman L.
J. Simeral at last night's council
meeting.
The ordinance, designed to lim
it these gatherings without harm
ing the program of the Salvation
Army, would require that such
meetings last not more than IS
minutes on week days, if held
within the fire limits.
Alderman Paul V. Johnson,
chairman of the health and police
committee, said that six meetings!
m a ... J .
OI mis it dc were uuuer way at
one time Saturday, and that in
one case the alley between High
and Liberty streets was blocked
at the State street end and that
traffic alwag tho aids-walk on tie
nQrth.adUtetxe:il,BJ
thoroughly barred1. -
An effort was made to pass this
ordinance under an emergency
clanee, but failed and it will come
np in regular order in two weeks.
An ordinance providing a $( a
year license on taxicabs and for
hire automobiles was passed un
der suspension of the rules. There
has been no license requirement
for this class of vehicles for the
laat three years. The ordinance
also requires that operators of
these vehicles take out liability
and property insurance.
GOVERNOR LEAVES DESK
Oregon Scenery Subject Radio
Address at Chicago.
Governor Patterson will leave
here today for Chicago where, on
June 9. he will give a radio ad
dress stressing tht sceV.e advan
tages of Oregon. He later will go
to Kansas City where he will at
tend the republican national con
vention. Mrs. Patterson will ac
company the governor on the trip.
During the governor's absence
Henry L. Corbett, president of the
state senate, and John CarMn.
speaker of the house of represent
atives, will preside over the exec
utive department. Senator Cor
bett will act as governor until
June 10 when he leaves ror Eng
land. The duties of the govern
or's office then will be taken over
by Representative Carkin pending
the return of Governor Patterson
June 20.
FIND RELICS NEAR BEND
Ancient Civilisations Traced
Central Oregon
In
BEND. June 4. (AP) Un
earthed by winds which swept oy
er a section of central Oregon,
once covered by rast lakes, traces
of a civilisation that preceded the
coming of white men to Americs
have -been discovered in the Fort
Rolk country of northern Lake
county. .
This was reported here today by
Walter J. Perry, student of pale
ontology who returned from a vhvl
it ton area wnten ne reported is
covered with . - bleached - human
bones, innumerable Indian arte
facts and many kitchen middens.
LUMBERMEN INTERVENE
Valley Asnoeinthwi Petitions
Ooea State Railway Cane.
The, Willamette Valley Titraber-men'a-
assofiatlotfhas " petitioned
the-Interstate commerce- commts
siontff or permission to lntervent
In the eaae involving the proposed
cross sUte railroad line. The or
iginal petition requesting con
struction' of the railroad was fried
by the Oregon public service com
mission. Hearing of the commission's ap
plication haa not yet been set. T
the original action was taken with
barely the number of votes, seven,
necessary to pass It. Action of
the opponents In preventing a vote
on the ordinance indicates that
they still have hopes of defeat!?
It. and some long headed mem
ber may have recalled 'that Al
derman Hal D. Patton, who use
the principal champion of Mr.
Maxwell's claim, will be out of the
city attending the republican na
tional convention when the final
vote is taken.
Aldermen Patton. Engstrom,
Grabenhorst, Herrick, Purvine
and Dancy voted for the resolu
tion. Johnson, Simeral. Thomp
son and Townsend voted against
it. Armpriest. Hawkins and
Wenderoth were absent.
The petition of E: A. Dodge for
a zone change permitting the con
struction of a two story building
in block 2 Roberts addition was
granted, no protest being regis
tered when the hearing was offi
cially called.
SEEKS OPINION
ON BANK CHAIN
ATTORNEY GENERAL GIVEN
PROBLEM BT McCALLISTER
Reply-W'ttr-Ooswr-Berore Wankers,
Convention, in Session
Next Week
Mark McCallister, state corpo
ration commissioner, Monday
nought, in a letter sent to Attor
ney General I. H. Van Winkle,
here, answers to five questions
bearing upon the legality of the
"bancorporations" recently organ
ized in Oregon.
It was said' that the questions
were prepared by A. A. Schramm,
state superintendent of banks, who
later submitted them to the state
corporation commissioner. The at
torney general's reply will be dis
cussed at tne annual convention
yt the. Oregon State Bankers' as
sociation to be held next week.
The five questions contained in
the letter to the attorney general
rollow:
"Do the articles of the West
Coast bancorporatlon and of the
Oregon bancorporatlon grant or
onfer authority on them to exer
(Coatinoed ea pt )
PICTORIAL LIFE OF
M
Herbert Hoever anteree Sta
in Engineering
a. Hie "ret 1WM week as ea engineer
left tsw OBsVfe MMM4ewiiMt) wtUFallfl
1 Herbert Hmvw nteestf Stanfara ' UkI- , hla favorite MlltM iurt. a4
varstry in imi. iMiMtrtM was Ht nasi. k
KUAN GIRL
UK TOWARD
EUROPE TODAY
Southampton, England,
Probable Goal of Trio in
Giant Monoplane
FAIR WEATHER PROMISED
Asnella Earhart Hopes to be First
Woman to Croaa Atlantic
Ocean; Party Waits In
Newfoundland
TREPASSET. N. P.. June 4.
(AP) With a promise of fair
weather and a good wind, an
American girl and two veteran
airmen plan to hop off tomorrow
in this year's first attempt at a
transatlantic airplane flight to
Europe.
Tonight there was every indica
tion that sunrise would bring an
other dav as DA'fect as an avi
ator could wish.
Amelia Earhart. who hopes to
be the first woman to make the
crossing, waited impatiently while
Wilmer Stultz. her pilot, and Lew
Gordon, mechanic, went ahead
with preparations for taking
aboard 700 gallons of fuel for the
long flight in the monoplane
"Friendship."
Mother Sends Word
A message from her mother,
who had' not known of the girl's
intention to fly the Atlantic until
the plane left Boston yesterday
was waiting for Miss Earhart
when the ship floated down on the
bay here this morning.
The three had slipped out of
Boston yesterday, unheralded in
their tri-motored Fokker mono
plane fitted with pontoons. Fog
encountered near Halifax forced
thssa tcspond th nlgrThers "hot
this morning they continued their
way and in about four and a half
hours reached this bay, the mark
they will toe for their great en
deavor. In a note she left behind her.
Miss Earhart fcAd said. "If I snc-
(OoBtiaa4 a rt 9.)
QUESTION WATER RATES
Commission Orders
Salem OW.
Investigation
Plant
Investigation of the rates, rules
and practices of the Salem plant
of the Oregon-Washington Water
Service company, was ordered by
the public . service commission
here Monday. It was alleged in
complaints filed with the commis
sion that the rates of the com
pany are excessive.
The Oregon-Washington Water
Service company operates in a
number of important cities on the
Pacific coast.
HERBERT HOOVER
ntera rUal.
was ale neai.
prevea an
apee
U0
apareatiee wo - 4. Werfcing hi
vacatiei. neavy. new mra.
i U-I v i liiiiii
LOGANS SELLING
AT PRICE FIXED
GESTURE TO FORM POOL
SHOWS IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Peak for Barreling Strawberries
on Low Lands Here by
End of Week.
There was a meeting of logan
berry growers a few evenings ago,
at the Salem Chamber of Com
merce, at which it was decided to
ask S cents a pound from tbe can
ners this year for loganberries,
and it was proposed by those who
had not yet contracted that if they
could not get that price they
wonld form a pool and join the
prune exchange, and dry their
berries.
Yesterday, one of the growers
who would be in that pool if
formed was offered S cents a
pound for his crop, and signed a
contract of sale. The contract was
made with a certain canning con-
cern.
This is a very good indication
that the price of loganberries this
year will be 5 cents a pound.
The Strawberry Crop
Strawberries are coming in
larger volume. For the low lands,
it Is expected that the barreling
berries will reach the peak of sup
ply by the end of this week, and
the Etterburg type, the canning
berries, will reach the peak by the
end Of next week.
For the Union Hill and Silver
Creek Falls and other hill dis
tricts, the peak will come later.
All tbe canneries are now re
ceiving both varieties of straw
berries.
The Oregon Packing company
is now receiving Etterburg type
berries, and will be canning them
in a day or two.
how large win tne 19 2s crop
of strawberries for the Salem dis
trict be? That ts a question abonl
(Continued oa par 8.)
TWO LIVES LOST
IN OCEAN WAVES
SALEM MAN DROWNED WHILE
RKSCriNG tfOCNG SON '
Edward Skvbovlas'W This City
and Dan Dapper of Col
orado Victims
Edward Skubovius, 43. of Sa
lem and his brother-in-law, Dan
Dupper, 28, of Greeley, Colorado,
were drowned and Skubovius, son
Reuben, 14, was revived only af
ter strenuous first aid had been
applied, as the tragic ending of a
Sunday bathing party at the Nes
kowin beaches.
Dupper was claimed by the
waves after he had gone beyond
his depth and the elder Skubovius
met death as he was attempting
to rescue his son, who, like Dup
per, had become venturesome.
Those who witnessed the happen
ing believe young Skubovius
would have perished had it not
been for his father's heroic ef
forts. First aid methods were used by
Doctors Byrd and Delano of Sa
lem who happened to be on the
(Continued on page S.)
No. 7
Bj SatterWd
expert at tne strategy ef tne came.
way tkraagh college a mat Miss Lea
rteevar. ane art iw use f vraK.
FIJI
TAKE HOLIDAY
TO CELEBRATE
Four Daring Transpacific
Airmen Honored Upon Ar
rival at Suva
PLANE FIRST EVER SEEN
Governor and Colonial Secretary
Extend Official Welcome as
Crowds Thunder Greeting
to Flyers
SUVA. Fiji, June 5. (Tues
day) (AP) A public holiday
was declared here today in honor
of the transpacific monoplane and
the four men of its Australian
American crew who arrived here
at 6:23 p. m. (Pacific Coast time
Monday) after a flight over seas
of 3,138 miles from Hawaii.
The plane was the first ever
seen in Fiji and it excited the won
derment of thousands of natives
and the admiration of their more
traveled European and American
friends.
Four grinning, temporarily
deaf airmen climbed from the
monoplane and asked for cigar
ettes as its propellers ceased whir
ring and it came to rest in Albert
Park lifter a flight that made his
tory. Tbe cigarettes were forth
coming speedily.
Cbeers Hardly Heard
For 34 hours and 33 minutes
Captain Kingsford-Smith, his co
pilot Charles Ulm, Navjgator Har
ry W. Lyon and Radioman James
Warner had heard the roar of
their three motors and the whistl
ing of storm winds. Now the mo
tors were silent and the mn
scarcely heard the thunderous
arerf-or thousands of white sn.
rrjlans, East Indians and Polynes
ians who had come from sur
rounding districts to witness the
arrival of the white manS bird
from across the waters
It was 1:50 p. m. Tuesday, bv
Fiji clocks and 5:50 p. m. Monday
by California reckoning when the
(Coatinaed on page 5.)
ADMIT EVIDENCE
OF WIRE TAPPING
5 TO 4 DECIHIOV Ri vniurn
" - "amartSlMSt
BT V. S. SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Taft Writes Opinion
On Famous Roy Olmstead
Liquor Appeal
WASHINGTON. Jnne 4. (AP)
Evidence obtained bv tannine
telephone wires and listening to
conversatlonsvean legally be used
in criminal prosecutions, the su-
preme court by a 5 to 4 decision
held today in three cases from the
state of Washington, involving
the conviction of Roy Olmstead
and a number of others in one of
the most gigantic orohibition
lations ever unearthed
The minority of the court, con
sisting of Justices Holmes, Bran
dels, Butler tnd Stone, scathingly
denounced the conclusions of the
majority, declaring that telephone
messages should be clothed with
the same sanctity against govern
ment "snooping" that the court
had attached to letters, v
Pointing oat that the evidence
disclosed "a conspiracy of amat
Ing magnitude." in which twp sea
going vessels brought 'intoxicating
liquor from Scotland to British
Columbia, a fleet of swift boats
landed ft on the Washington
coast and liquor stored In a large
underground cache near Seattle
and In a number of smaller ones
in the city, with a monthly busi
ness reaching 17,e0t. Chief
Justie Taft. speaking for the ma
jority declared the controversy
eould be reduced to the single
question whether wire-tapping vi
olated the fourth amendment of
the constitution.
That amendment, ha described,
as directed "against the use of
governmental fore to search
man's house, his parson, his pa
pers and his effects, and to pre-
rent their seizure against his
will."
"Emphasising that the protec
tion was thrown around material
thins, the chief Jnstlee declared
that K did not forbid wire tapping
which did pot constitute search
ing and seinre. hot involved enly
evidence obtained ' hy hearing,
without the tnvnsion of tits homes
or races of ths defendants. This
amendment cannot be expanded,
he added, to include "telephone
wires reaching to the whole
world from the defendant's house
(CeaUawee Creel page L)
4 AIRMEN COMPLETE
. FLIGHT TO FIJI ISLES
BUCKING STIFF GALE
- .
Longest Hop Ever Made Over Sea Effected
by Intrepid Quartet on Way From United
States to Australia; Crowds Extend Enthusiastic-Welcome
Upon Arrival
3,138 MILES OF OCEAN WASTE
SPANNED IN 34 AND HALF HOURS
British Colonial Government Prepares Recep
tion for Flyers. Who Make Landing Safely;
Small Airport Feared Handicap in Starting
Next Lap Toward Goal at Sydney
SUVA, June 5 (Tuesday) (AP) The transpacific
monoplane Southern Cross arrived late today from Kauai is
land, Hawaii, 3138 miles to the north.
The time of arrival was 6:23 p. m. Monday, Pacific coan
time.
The courage of Kingsford-Smith, the commander, of
Charles Ulm, fellow pikt,Australians, and Navigator Harry
W. Lyon and James Warner, radio operator, Americans,
triumphed over storm clouds through which they drove thir
SUVA DESCRIBED
AS LARGE ISLAND
HALF SIZE OP
MASSACHUS-
ETTS, ANNOUNCEMENT
National Geographic Socletj Tens''! '"rnia 10 Hawaii
. . , i and the overseas flight ended to-
Pstt. Abost Spot Where 4 , day ,onfest ,w made abo
Flers Landed waves, the flyers tonight were su
WASHrNQTON, June 4. ( AP)
goal of the aviators in the
monoplane Southern Cross on the
second leg of their transpacific
flight to Australia, is on an island
that fails to meet popular concep
tion of what a South Sea island
should be.
Suva is on Vlti Levu. main isl
and of the Fiji group, tbe Nation
al Geographic society said la a
statement Issued today.
The Island was described as
"neither a tiny, low-lying atoll
nor a jagged volcanic peak or two
rising from the tropic seas. It is
half as large as the state af Mas
sachnsetts, and Is the greatest land
within an equal distance of Hone-
lulu In the great sweep of ocean
all the way from the Alaska penin
sula around to the coast of Mex
ico.
"Viti Lew Is more than 4.000
square miles in extent and Is al
most exactly thesise of Hawaii
laraest island of the Hawaiian
group. It is more than seventy
five miles long and fifty broad and
contains a mountain range with
peaks 4.000 to 5.000 feet high. It
is among the few Pacific islands
with rlTer fiftjr mI18 ,onK whlch
ls navigable by small boats."
A pleasing picture of Viti Levu
the Fiji islands and Suva ls pre-
vio-iented in the National Geographic
statement.
The temperature in the Fijia sel
dom is over 90 degrees fahrenhelt
and ls rarely below S3, the state
ment said, and these islands have
been called the "most healthful
tropical land in the world," with
malaria unknown.
As for the city of Suva itself, "it
is to the south Pacific what Hon
olulu ls to the north. It Is the
chief eable station of the Canada
Australia cable and a regular port
of call for mail steamers from
Vancouver to Sydney.
"It Is an attractive little tropi
cal city on a good harbor approx
imately two miles square. The
chief business street is of substan
tial concrete buildings, extends all
along the water front, and the res
idential sections climb the slopes
behind.
"Virtually all the dwellings are
bungalows, white or cream col
ored, and usually with red roofs.
Every bungalow has Its broad ve
randa on. at least two sides, and
in many eases they extend com-!
pletaly around the house. The
veranda, paradoxically, ts the
heart of the Suva household." , '
HOOVER WINS CONTESTS
Packed
KAJfSAJI CITT. Mo.. Jane 4
AF) 43owllng over ; oppctsttiosi
wtthont S) sethaek, Herbert Hoov
er pieked p olerwo, rotos In the
Topuhllean coaTsntloa today as
the national committee, sitting as
s jury, got down to the hearing
of eontaats lnvotviar nearly aav
snty delegates from southern
states. : ,
stout plane, it rose superior to the
waste of thousands of miles of
menacing seas, and to the aching
suspense of hours of uncertainty
of their position.
Before them stretches another
long overseas flight 1700 miier
to Brisbane, Australia but witli
the achievement of 2400 mile air
k. a . K .IIS. . .
premely confident of success.
Thousands Roar Welcome
The fliers were greeted by thou
sands representative of the na
tions of the world, gathered in thin
far outpost of the South Seaa to
do honor in common to human in
trepidity exemplified in the per
formance of the Australian-American
crew. For love of courage
and accomplishment rising over
nature's tremendous obstacles
made brothers for the time being
of that great throng of American,
Europeans, Fijlans and Polyne
ians. They were united in one
great kinship.
Tbe British colonial government
of Fiji had lent its aid in prepara
tion for the welcome to the flier.
Albert Park had boon made into
(Continued on pc 4)
NOBILE MESSAGE
SENT OUT AGAIN
DISTRESS SIGNAL. BROAIV
CA8T IN 2 LANGUAGES
Amateur Radio Operators 1I
Words in English and ltaliaa ;
- Hoax Suspected
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 4.
(AP): Radio messages in Eng
lish and Italian, repeated frequent
ly, were heard at midnight tonight
by amateurs at Gaevle. Up sal.
Sjaernum, and Trelleborg. The
message said: "Italia Mobile SOS
Kings Bay east."
The message finished with "Ra
dio Bordeaux."
It is inferred that unless a boax
was being perpetrated the dirig
ible Italia, lost In tbe arctic since
May 26, was trying to inform tb
world that It was able only to hear
Bordeaux."
- The amateurs received the m
sage oa wave lengths varying from
800 to 1.0 0 meters.
LONDON. Jnne 4. (AP) A
dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph from Copenhagen says the
radio station at Hemsoe. near
Hernosand. Sweden, at 4:20 p. an.
today heard the following mes
sage In French:
"Dirigible Italia: We have re
ceived information you are en
Island Frans Josef."
At the station it was believed
the message was seathy some Rus
sian ship which either was at
tempting to relay Russian mee
sages to the Italia or which . pos
sibly may have got la com muni- '
eatloa with tbe'm toeing dirigible.
; 1$ was aaggeated that if the It
all was down oa the. lee, her ra
dio operator might bo sending with
the, storage baUeiiee, being able
thus " to giro , only weak signals
which eould be pecked np only by
a ship that happened: to ho within
rang. - ; "I
Ajb amateur at hfahaorgets, Swe
den, tonight at 11 p. bu received
a misseyge from .a; Russian ama-
Itenr asserting that be- bad heard
laignals ; from the Italia hat that
Icommsnication was interrupted.
Salect;