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11,300 Complete coverage is ob tained In Salem for this, the first issue of the "new" Statesman, which is going into every home la the city this morning. THE WEATHER Max. temperature Wednes day T; min. 05. River 2.4. Thursday fair, slowly rising temperature. Moderate winds SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR ram Building and Loan and Sav ings, and Loan Meeting Will Open Friday Sessions to be Held at Cham . ber of Commerce; Ban quet First Night Arrangements will be completed today for the convention of the Oregon League of Building and Loan and Savings and Loan asso - clatlons, for which Salem will be host Friday and Saturday. Early groups of delegates will be arriv ing tonight, with the greater num ber coming in Friday morning, t . All sessions will be held at the Salem chamber of commerce au ditorium, except the banquet, Fri dav evening, which will be at the Marion hotel. Following is the program, as arranged to date. Some slight dev iations may be necessary : Friday Forenoon Registration of delegates, 9 a., m. at chamber of commerce. Convention called to order by President A, A. Lee at 10 a. m. Addresses of welcome, Gover nor L L. Patterson, Mayor T. A. Livesley. Response Tor the league, John C. Kendall. Invitation to eligible associa tions to affiliate. President Lee. Presentation of credentials. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting, J. R. Callahan, sec retary. tion. President A. A. Lee. Financial report of the league, J. R. Callahan, secretary-treasurer.- ' Appointment of resolutions committee. Report of the credentials com mittee. . v Roll call. Luncheon at 12:30 p. m., dis cussion. J. R. Callahan, chairman. Address by Robert M. Mount, manager of PorUawd-Wtrer busi ness bureau. ' Fridaf AfteYttooWA V Golf tournament at J' p. m.. open to all registered delegates . and visitors. Tour through the (.Turn to page 2, please ) 5 MISSOULA. Mont.. Aug. 1. AP) The fate of Mrs; Sylvanla Thurston, charged with the mur der of Doris Wentworth, 16 year old mllltown high school girl, probably will be In the hands of a jury by noon tomorrow. Instruc tions will be read to the jurors by Judge Asa L. Duncan In the morning and arguments of coun sel for the state and defense will follow. " Testimony was ended suddenly this afternoon when County Att torney D. N. Mason announced that he had completed his rebut tal testimony and when E. C. Mul roney, counsel for the defense de clared he will call no witnesses for 'sub-rebuttaL. Introduction of the blood-stained blouse worn, by -Doris Went worth. when she was killed as ev idence furnished the only Impress ive scene during-te. two sessions of court today. DO' you know"what this- Is?" Mr. Mason asked, holding the blood-stained and torn middy blouse toward Mrs. Thurston. Cross-examination of the de fendant Jy i the County Attorney brought out' little that she had not already testified to during her direct examination ; by her own . counsel.- . : . ' ' . - , . Airplane Accident' Fatal to Youthful Wife of Mail Pilot BEND, Ore., Aug. 1. -(AP) Tr AllM Back.' VOUthfuI Wife Of a Pasco, Wash., airplane malt pilot, died today as the was being brought to Bend after an accident on the "Sherman county highway eouth . of Grass Valley. Mrs. Brick's companion, Mrs. Anna Buckner, also the wife of an air mail pilot, l In a local hospital but not seriously injured. " The accident occurred when the machine Mrs. Buck was driving skidded on gravel and rolled over. Mrs. Buckner . was thrown clear but the driver was caught under the machine. She never regained consciousness after the accident Wage Scale Committee : Appointed to Settle W -Miners, Owners Row MARSHFIELD, Ore., r Aug. pany, the largest employer ou Coos Bay, announced today a six per cent wage increase to the 620 employees at Coos Bay mill. The Increase means $ . 2 0 a month . more for the average workman at the mill. The base scale was in creased - from -13.40 to $3.60 a ' day.,-. '.V-U -Sr;y..-v WUJf-Vi-i , MURDER CASE PUT roars Woodkrn Man HI, Despondent Takes Own Life WOODBURN, Aug. 1 (Spe cial) Despondent doe to protrac ted Hi health, Joseph Huggenln, aged about 65, took his own life here this afternoon at his home on Hardcastle avenue. After his wife had left the house to go downtown, Huggenln took his gopher gun, went out t the woodshed and shot himself through the heart. Death was probably instantaneous. Mrs. Huggenln found the body when she returned, home. Although Mr. and Mrs. Hug genln have been residents here for many years, none of their neighbors knew of any relatives. COIUIISSIOB CO FOB RAIL HEADING Members of the public service commission left here last night for Portland where they will attend the hearing of the application for the construction of a cross-state railroad from Odell to Crane. The hearing will open today and will be conducted by repre sentatives of the interstate com merce commission. It will require three weeks to complete the case, members of the public service commission said. Virtually every city and town of importance in Western and Central Oregon will intervene in the hearing. The public service commission of Idaho also will be represented. The application for the proposed cross-state railroad was filed with the Interstate commerce commis sion four years ago. The line is a part of the general railroad de velopment program now being promoted in Central Oregon. Rainfall in July Reaches ,05 Inch; Mercury Goes Up High temperatures and little precipitation during July is Indi cated in a summary of the month's weather conditions Issued yester day by Paul Pemberton. local weather observer. Rainfall dur ing the month amounted to only .05 of an Inch, with the mercury rising to a maximum of 10S de grees on Monday, July 23. Although there have been high er temperatures known here the beat wave, which continued from July 21 to 26. Inclusive, is regard ed as a record for sustained hot weather in this section. Usually an extremely hot dsy here Is fol lowed by cooler weather within a short time,- and in many cages by showers. There has been no rain here since July 5. On that day there was a light shower amounting to 03 of an Inch. Still lighter show ers fell on the second and third of July. During the month the level of the Willamette liver fell steadily from minus 1.2 to minus 2.3. Canterbury Archbishop Succeeds in Defeating Bil in House of Lords LONDON, Aug. 1. (AP) The Atcbbishop of Canterbury today making his last appearance in the House of Lords as primate of the church of England before his im pending retirement, obtained the defeat of a bill which the church had opposed but which in some manner had slipped through the Commons, and reached Its third reading In the upper house. The bill would . have amended the marriage laws to permit mar riage between uncles and aunts and their nephews and nieces. In the last few -years many Ineffec tual attempts had been made to pass such a measure and recently it was put through a tired House of Commons late at night. Subse quently It passed two readings In the Lords, where the divisions. however, were very close. The vote tonight was 26 against and 25 for the bill. . British Seaplane on Way Azores to Newfoundland Gives Work NEW YORK, Aug. 1. ( AP) Although the Spanish plane Nu maneia was known tonight to be down less than 100 miles from Its starting point. Cadis. Spain, noth ing had been heard from the Dor-nier-NapIer seaplane, of Captain Frank Courtney which left Horta, Azores, at 6:66 p. m., (G. M. T.) for Newfoundland. - That Courtney plane had a wlre less operator and radio apparatus aboard but despite this. Its silence has caused no- apprehension. It hsa a cruising speed of approxi mately 100 miles an hour, which with 1,300 miles to be covered en route to Newfoundland mignt put if that Island as esrlv as 9 a. m.. eastern stanaam uu .; - ; i Head winds which If is .Cults likely to meet, however, may torce a further flying or as -mucu mm four hours : or - more,: making Its . Salem, Oregon, Ji42l l&rninq, August y, 1928 IM0N OVER tm SAILORTDEATH I0VER IKES W PROBEPLAIED HIS WAY SOUTH Republican Nominee Will Ar rive In San Francisco This Morning Trip To Palo Alto Home To Be Mads by Motor; Hard Work Resumed SHASTA SPRINGS, Cal.. Aug. 1 (AP) Ending his five days in the mountains and roresis oi northern California and southern Oregon. Herbert Hoover started back to his Stanford university home tonight to pick up again the reins of his campaign as the re publican presidential candidate. Most of the last day of the trip was spent by Hoover on Medicine Lake where he cast for mountain trout. Leaving here soon after sun up in the company of his son, Alan, and bis close friend. T. T. C. Gregory, of San Francisco, the nominee circled the base of Mt. Shasta and drove eastward 3? miles, where he set out in a boat with a guide for his fourth fish ing venture. Motor to Stanford Rejoining his party here late in the day. the nominee had dinner before motoring to Dunsmuir. five miles away, to board a train for San Francisco. Running as a sec tion of the Oregonian on the Southern Pacific line, the train was due at San Francisco at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. From that city the party will motor to Stanford uni versity. Since leaving home last Satur day morning on what one member of the party has described as a hop, skip and jump vacation, the candidate has covered'nearly 1000 miles by motor through the coast. Cascade and Siskiyou mountain ranges and has stopped overnight at four different places. Bull Flat, In the Giant Redwoods of the Cal ifornia coast region; Big Creek, 1 odge, near Medford, Ore; Browns Camp on the Klamath river, near Hornbrook, Calif., and Shasta Springs. - "r improvements Noted For all the speed and quick changes in base that have attend ed the excursion. Mr. Hoover has benefitted materially from it so far as his physical condition is (Turn to page 2, please) WIFE ASKS FORCED E After having been allowed to live with her husband for a total of only four weeks, those four weeks being scattered through the summer of 1926, Llda Childs has become tired of awaiting further marital relations with Donovan Childs and wants a divorce. Such Is the burden of her divorce com-l plaint filed in circuit court here yesterday. She also asks to be given ber maiden name, Lida Anderson. The two people were married at Albany on June 7, 1926, she as serts. Immediately following the ceremony they went on a two weeks honeymoon with her newly acquired In-lawe at Lebanon. At the end of that time, she says, he requested her to return home to her own parents at SUverton, which she did. After remaining at SUverton un til July 2S she again went to live with her husband at Condon. Here they lived In the same house with bis employers. This second honeymoon lasted for only one week, however, after which she rejoined her parents at his request, The fourth and last week spent with her.husband occurred during the following month. On August 19 .she again went to live with her husband, this time he having re turned to his parents at Lebanon. At the conclusion of this week, she says, he Informed ber that he jcould not support her and she has never lived with him since. . r.'M provable arrivals sometime after noon - There was still seme speculation late tonight as to what had caused the failure of the Numancla's flight but It was believed that motor trouble had forced it down off Faro, Portugal. Madrid de spatches said that the plane had arrived at Huelva on the Spanish coast, about - half - way between Faro and Cadis, but It was not In dicated whether It had arrived un der its own power or had been towed. "All on board - were . said to.be safe, . " HUELVA, 8paIn.-A.ug. X 3- ( AP ) Major Ramon Franco expect to --"-""- ---"- hls Doalel-Wall seaplihe with this rolit as a starting place sometime Thursday or Friday. . The plane, the Numancia, ar (Turn to page I, please) Tl FJ Messag ii No Favor Sways U&NpFear Shall Awe" 'ST .2ZSrtK1XSi M jr-v: mi-r" Jam dt Leon Toral. slaver of General Alvaro Obregon. He still stubbornly maintains that be alone plotted the assassination. Seek Evidence Someone Else In Toral Plot MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1 (AP) Government prosecuting ' officers bezan the study tonight of the evi dence presented in the preliminary trial of Jose de Leon Torai, assas sin of President-elect Obregon. to see if Indictments of others are to h asked in connection with the assassination and when Toral's formal trial will be called. Throughout today Toral re mained firm In his assertion that no one else knew of bis intention to kill General Obregon, finally. although the investigators have not yet abandoned the theory that others were concerned the pre liminary trial was adjourned and Toral taken back to his cell In the San Angel jail. The court today appointed 1 a w ye r s to represent Toral's father, mother, his wife, the moth er Superior Concepclon Acebedo da la Lata and relatives of the missing Manuel Trejo all of whom are being held, though with no definite charges against them. The mother superior who. has denied repeatedly that she "Indi rectly" influenced Toral In his. act as he stated yesterday, appeared in court today wearing a dark 'airly stylish dress with a gray hat pulled over her short hair which was brushed back to give a bob bed effect. "None" Declared Asset of Estate Of Ellen M. Nunn The name Nunn turned out to Ha an annrooriate one when the word "none" was written as the sum total of Ellen M. Nunn's as sets. The reoort of inventory and an- oraisement was filed In the matter of her estate in probate court yes terday. Sven svenson, adminis trator of the estate, filed the re port. There were a few assets to her credit when she died, he ex plained, but It has been necessary to use these for legitimate ex penses of the estate. The report is accompanied by the usual administrator's sworn statement. Pilot of Italia Put Off Base Ship, Taken By Train to Sweden NARVIK, Norway, August 1. fAP) Captain Alberto Mariano, pilot of the Italia, was removed fro mthe base ship Cltta dl Mllano and Is being taken by railway to Sweden where he will be placed In care of a specialist. The Cltta dl Mllano expects to sail immediately for Spitsbergen with a number of new Italian planes on board with which a search will be conducted for the Lathan seaplane of Roald Amund sen and Rene Gullbaud. Local Radio Fans . May Hear Address C. O. Best and IS. .O. Field, local representatives of Watchtower adio, eastern broadcasting con cern, announce that their com pany will broadcast the address of Judge J. F. Rutherford, president of the International Bible stu dents association, tefore the asso ciation's 1928 International con vention, Sunday morning, August S, from 9:30 to 11 o'clock, eastern time. While the speech will go over an International network,. sta tion KEX, Portland, will be the only, one from which local radio listeners will get It. 61 Mile Wind Lowers Temperature to 32 MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 1. (AP) Ths Crater National forest lookout : telephoned from his sta tion near the top of Mount Mc Laughlin. 9,700 feet high, that a 61-mlle gale which blew across the mountain last night lowered the temperature to S3 degree at 7:20 p. m., Tuesday evening. And to 31 degrees at seven this morning. ijfVlm I ' via. rn' S - 2 v 07 i rif 5v ULJ or f n 1U Hi BY U.S. FORGES Federal Men Will Be Here Soon To Investigate Fatal Auto Accident James Sheridan Here on Furlough at Time; Came Home By Airplane Renewed investigation into the death of James Sheridan, killed early Sunday morning in a col lision between an automobile he was driving and a wood truck op erated by Ralph Wolfe of Moni tor, will be made upon the arrival of federal investigators here with in a few days, it was learned yes terday. The government is interested In the case for the reason that Sher idan was an enlisted man in the United States navy. He was at home on furlough at the time of the fatal accident. Came By Airplane Strangely enough Sheridan found travel upon the ground more dangerous than air travel, for he had made the trip to Salem by plane just a few days before. The vessel on which he was as signed was soon to leave on an ex tended cruise, and in order that he might visit longer with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Sheridan who live on the Mac leay road, he had crossed from Bremerton to Seattle and there traveled by air to Portland. Blame Not Fixed While the federal Investigation will be made. It does not presup pose that the facts of the fatal ac cident were other than those brought out at the coroner's in quest here Monday night, when the jury failed to fix definitely the responsibility. The officers will merely make the usual investiga tion required after the accidental death of a man who is actively (Turn to page Z, please) STRIKE PICKETS GET OUT OF CELLS AGAIN NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 1 (AP) Release under bonds from the house of correction here of a majority of 240 strike pickets convicted of rioting, was the chief event of Interest to partici pants In the textile strike today. Examination of sureties was started this afternoon by Walter R. MltcheU. clerk of third district court and his staff. Hours before the process began lines of relatives and friends drew up before the jail office awaiting entrance to provide the necessary bonds. Bail ranged from $500 to $1,500. The prisoners had been senten ced to terms ranging from two to six months. All appealed. They had waived examination and pleaded not guilty. They were ar rested in demonstrations at mill gates and at police headquarters Monday night when national guardsmen and police from Fall river were called on to assist lo cal, police. Because of the enormous paper work Involved In the arraignment of the pickets court attaches could cot begin the bail proceedings un til today. All of the convicted pickets were affiliated with the Textile Mill committees. The so called radical element. Picketing at the mill gates was at a minimum today. Kellogg to Leave New York For Paris 18th Of This Month, Word WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. (AP) Secretary Kellogg wil 1 go to Paris to sign the anti-war treaty, leaving New York Saturday. Aug ust 18. The ceremony is to take place August 27 or 28. It is Mr. Kellogg's Intention to refrain from formal discussion of any international questions and nis pians can ror nis return on the first available vessel leaving after the treaty has been signed. Tentative arrangements have been made for him to return on th eviathan from Cherbourg on Sep- lemoer . Johnny Risko Matched With Robert Aug. IS ' NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (AP) Johnny Risko, the Cleveland ex Baker boy who is one of the lead ing contenders for the heavy weight boxina chamnionshln v cated by Gene Tunney, will meet Robesto Robertl of Italy August IS at Ebberta field, Brooklyn. It was announced today by Humbert J. Fugasy who will . promote the bout. The scrap Is scheduled for 10 rounds. , - r - Elan Suicides Rather Than Permit Capture v'M'"-: V - - - , -VERNAL, Utah.. Aug. 1 (AP) Harry Almond shot . and fatally wounded himself here today rath er Chan submit to arrest of officers on charges of robbing a Hayden, Colo concern of approximately $500 worth of merchandise. PERRY HAS CAR AGAIN Finds All But One Windshield Bracket and License ROLLS PROUDLY HOME On Sunday, parts of a light roadster were lying scattered all over several acres of Polk county hill country. Wednesday, just before noon, an automobile, complete except for the bracket on one side of the windshield and the license plates, sailed proudly down Commercial street not under its own power, to be sure, but it came in flying nevertheless. This was the work of Vernon Perrj, who owned the car which was stolen May 31 at Corvallis and Ray Bonesteele, connected with a local garage. Some work toward assembling the dismem bered car had been done by Rus sell Hills, who discovered the scat tered parts Sunday, but the rest was done by the owner and his friend Bonesteele. PASTEURIZE MILK All state Institutions in Salem and vicinity will use pasteurized milk. It was decided at a meeting of superintendents of all of these institutions here Wednesday with the state board of control. This step was deemed advisable for the reason that five cases of malta fever have been discovered at the state tuberculosis hospital. Reports submitted to the board Kf control indicated that the malta fever was caused by patients at the tuberculosis hospital drinking milk which had not been pasteur ized. The disease originates with cows afflicted with contagious abortion. - Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. superin tendent of the Oregon state hos pital, urged Immediate action by the board of control In connection with the malta fever epidemic. He suggested that all cattle owned by the state which have contagious abortion be destroyed. Dr. Steiner said the hospital had been using pasteurized milk for several months and that no cases of malta fever had developed among the patients. Heads of state Institutions own ing their own herds were author ised to do their own pasteurizing"! Institutions which have no herds were Instructed to purchase milk from dairies which pasteurize their milk. Reports received by the board indicated that contagious abortion is prevalent in many sections of the state. Cases of malta fever at the state tuberculosis hospital have been reported to the state board of health. Boys9 School to Get New Assistant Parole Officer, Board Rules Employment of an assistant pa role officer at the state training school for boys near Woodburn. was authorized by the state board of control at a meeting here Wed nesday. There are now between 250 and 300 boys on parole from the institution. The board authorized the su perintendent of the state school for the deaf to keep open house during the 1929 convention of the Oregon Association for the Deaf. The convention will" be held here In June. American Explorers Penetrate Hitherto Unreached Sections NEW YORK. Aug. 1. (AP) The American Museum of natural history .was informed today that Hannibal Hamlin. 24 year old leader of the South Sea expedition had penetrated hitherto unexplor ed country on the Island of Bou gainville. - The message said he also had climbed to the summit of the ac tive volcano Balbi. whose Crater rim never before had been reached by a white man. Hamlin, a graduate of Yale, is a great grandson of Hannibal Hamlin vice-president during Lin coln's first administration. INSTITUTIONS Canneries Are Busy Again Though Slack Times Her e Supposedly; There was a little period of quiet in the canneries for several days, after the winding up of the strawberry, raspberry and logan berry harvest. But it was not to be for long; not as long as was expected. . - . - The Oregon Packing company, in Its 13th street plant. Is get'lng under way with bean canning. Not a great supply coming as yet, but - It will - Increase in volume dally. The 80 by 100-foot addi tion to that plant was expeeted to be finished by pear canning time, about the 16th. . ; ' , - .: - But it will not be, for ship ments of pears are now beginning to roll in car lots from southern Oregon and. eastern Washington, and they will be arriving fast by the end of the week, and ready for canning a few days thereafter. There will be a' big 'canned Further investigation to de termine if there is any connection between the dismantlinr of the car, which they now adjudge to nave oeen tne work or an insane person, and the child's playthings found nearbr scattered in orac- tically the same manner, was be ing made Wednesday afternoon by foiK county authorities. The latest diaroverv was what appeared to be a depression filled in ana covered over with rock, near the scene of the stranre dis covery. The officers were plan ning to dig into this heap of rock and dirt in the hose that some solution of the mystery or new clue might be found. At the same time trace was found of a family named McKern which formerlv lived at Albanv and which included a little girl named Betty Lou. the name that was found on the toy tambourine. tne only clue round in the first day of investigation. The pres ent location of this family is be ing traced. While investigating the case, the officers have noticed several automobile parties driving up, ap parently intending to "stop, there for some reason, but quickly mov ing on when they saw the officers. This place at the summit of the Oak Grove road has been reported to be the transferring point for a considerable amount of liquor. T ROSELLE. N. J., Aug.. 1 (AP) Dr. Arthur F. Woolsey. prominent young dentist, today shot and killed his wife and two little children with a revolver as they slept and some six hours later telephoned police headquarters and asked for Chief Burt Avery. "I have something for the' po lice," he said. Avety hurried to Woolsey's home with two patrol men and was met at the door by the dentist. "I killed my wife and two chll dren," he announced quietly. "Have you got a cigar, chief?" Doctor Woolsey's first state ment after he was taken to head quarters wag that "domestic troubles," motivated his act. This later was changed to "financial troubles," bis explanations were vague. Neighbors said the family always appeared to be, happy, but understood that Woolsey recently had had financial difficulties. The victims were Mrs. Mar guerite W. Woolsey, Field Wool sey. aged 6, and Mary Marguerite, 3. Dr. Walter Woolsey at the Ro selle police station ' said he be lieved his son's mind must have been affected. Woolsey is 35 years old. County Gets $26 fi42 Common School Fund; Marion Ranks Second Marion county receives $26. 542.42 from the common school fund of the state of Oregon, ac cording to the apportionment an nounced Wednesday. This year's apportionment, made under date of August 1, was on a per capita basis of 21.57. This county rank ed second, having 16,908 pupils. There was a total of 9406,160. 57 distributed, based on a school population of 258,701. Last year's apportionment was $400, 739.04, with 256,884 pupils par ticipating. Olympic Schedule for Today is Made Public AMSTERDAM. Aug. 1 (AP). The schedule for tomorrow the fifth day of Xhe Olympic track and field championships, , in cludes: Four hundred meter run first and second trials. Javelin throw final. - Hop. skip and jump final. Fifteen hundred meter run final. Eight hundred meter run (women) final. Ship Pears pumpkin pack In that plant, but this will not begin till October The near pack will be large, too. There will be a small pack of evergreen blackberries in the 12 th street plant of that ' company. which will be on soon. . The Hunt cannery will be re ceiving peaTs "soon," which means most any day -now. v However, canning will be deferred for sev eral days thereafter, to have the pears . Hpenl ; ' Evergreen" black berry : canning -will go forward about the same time. j: " The Paulas cannery is running on Himalaya blackberries, and has been for several days. Some very fine ones. 'That plant will be re ceiving evergreen b tact berries very soon. Also,, will, shortly make a run on beets.; (The Eu gene cannery la now running on . (Turn to page 2, please ) WHOLE FAMILY SH PRICE FIVE CENTS MAJOR BRIDGE To Date $77,219 Contracted Out of $350,000 Bond Is sue of Year Ago Engineers Now Drawing Plans for 340 Foot South Liberty Structure Events are moving rapidly in the consummation of major pro jects in the city's bridge building program, with three developmental occupying the center of attention this week. One of these Is the opening of bids on the North High street bridge, scheduled for next Mon day night's council meeting, and another Is the sale of the second block of $100,000 worth of bridge bonds, from the issue of $350,006 voted over a year ago. This also will take place Monday evening at the council chamber. $774219 Contracted The $350,000 was voted for carrying out a project which con sisted of 17 bridges. To date, three of them have been built and another contracted, at contract costs totaling $77,219. The South Commercial street bridge job went at $43,715. the South Winter project at $16,696. the 17th street span was to cost $8815, and the East State street bridge $8093. Actually, the costs will vary a little from these fig ures, as slight changes were made in the specifications or extra work found necessary. Start New Plans To this total must be added the engineering cost of around $900 a month since October, when the bridge engineering department was opened, and the state bridge department will make a charge ' (Turn to page 2, please) hi s e TO MEDF0RD1UIEET Approximately 150 strong. Sal em American Legion and Legion Auxiliary delegates and other members departed Wednesday for the state convention at Medford. which opens today. About 80 went on the special train, which was tc pick up Albany and Eugene dele gations on the way. Delegates of Capital Post No. 9 to the convention. are Command er Harold O. Malson, Lyle B. Dun smuir, Raymond Bassett, Carl D. Gabrielson, Douglas McKay, Bra tier C. Small, Herman Brown, Gu Wisong. Walter Zosel, Oliver Hus ton, Don Wiggins and Frank Moore. The alternates are Lloyd Rig- don, Carl Steiwer, Newell Wil Hams, Lewis P. Campbell, Wi liam Paulus, Breyman Boise, Ted Irwin. P. D. Quisenberry, Onus Ol son, Don Young. W. L. Royal and E. H. Hobson. Salem is particularly interested in three features of the convea tion: getting the 1929 conven tion for this city, winning the wo men's glee club contest, and prob ably most important of all. win ning the drum and bugle corps contest for the fourth consecutive time and getting the local post'c name first on the Clifford Brown trophy cup, which this post Itself is offering. . Reports are that Portland and Coos Bay posts are Salem's clos est rivals for this honor, although Eugene is always In the running. Bend has been among the fin' three for several years past, and Cottage Grove la coming to th front. However, In view of its paet record, the Salem corps is tn' favorite. New Political Party To Be Organized In Japan, Announcement TOKYO, Aug. I (AP)-rA bombshell was thrown Into Jap anese politics today when Takejirr Tokonaml, former minister of home affairs, resigned his advieer ship of the Mlnsei-To, or oppol tion party, and declared bis in tention of forming a new political organization. The manifesto Issued with this announcement said that the four big problems confronting Japar. could not be solved under the ex isting ' political situation, whicl. was . described as unstable anc due to the too evenly balanced power between Minsel-To and Sei- yu-Kai, the government party. Game Warden Shoots Pestiferous Bull Elk MARSHFIELD, Ore., Aug. 1 . (AP)v- A bull elk that has beer '. pestering farmers of the Coquill valley for a long . time was shot yesterday by Game Warden A. M Fish, - The warden said he hoped another elk which has f range with the one killed would .rejoin the band back in the hills. The bothersome bull : elk was shot near Myrtle Point where for sev eral years he has annoyed ranch