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; rx-: ;;-i'-'-.v . "fc " INTTESTING . TW NewiOregon States-, man covers the Willamette Valley like the Dew. Cm tow." afford to do without a good newspaper? -Generally fair today; .with occasional clowdsrMJld peratare. Max. temped Tharday 78; Mia, 43 J Riv- er S.S; raiafall aoae. J riio.tttVGT zzsayt ut ffo f war SAcf! .toe? SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September, 28. 192 f - PRICE FIVE CENTS ..4 i -a. Oregon. Gte&test SM&e Fmt Out for New E. 0. P. A1 Smith Again Lauds Self and Picks Flaws in Re publican Regime Previous Stand on Immigra tion Now Laid to "Whis pering Campaign'.' By PAUL F. HAUPKKT Associated Press Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Sept. 27 (AP) In another assault on his republican opposition. Governor Smith to night held, that the "fundamental weakness" of the Harding and Coolidge administrations has been a lack of leadership. The democrat:. presidential nominee touched on the farm problem, again assailing the re publicans lor a failure to work out an effective relief program, and declared that there was a whispering campaign to misrepre sent his stand on Inland waterway development and immigration. . Qwn Record Landed 1 Id a speech delivered in the St. Paul auditorium after spending much of the day In nearby Min neapolis, Smith recalled that as governor of New York be naa favored, like his republican pre decessor, the so-called all-Ameri can route, through tbe state ror a waterway between the great lakes and the sea. He reiterated, however, the readiness, expressed in his acceptance speech, to be guided by the finding of engineer ing experts as between this route and the proposed St. Lawrence river waterway. Ac for Immigration, the dem ocratic candidate declared "there is no issue between either the par ties or the candidates on the ques tion of sustaining and keeping in full force and effect the restrict ing features of the present im migration laws." Amendment Said O. K. "Where they are to be, amended for the relief of ." hardship," he said. "we are Jnaccord." As in his speech last week in Omaha, Governor Smith endorsed the principle of the vetoed Mc-Nary-Haugen bill, and contended that "if there was any division of opinion In the United States with FAULTS IN BOURBON N01NEE r regard to the policy of putting ag riculture on an economic equality wun mausiry. n was tne autv or v the president to iron that diffi- cujfy." "The congress, ppeaking for for all the people, offered a oro gram." he said. "The president vetoed it and offered nothing in its place." The democratic standard bearer accused the republicans of doing llttlo or nothing in recent years In the way of comprehensive In land waterway development, and of being niggardly in making ap propriation for such work and for flood control More Flaws Picked He Insisted that the republican party platforms In recent years had failed to come 'out for de velopment of one lakes-to-the-At- lantic route in preference to the other, and. quoting Herbert Hoo ver's acceptance speech, contended that his opponent also had failed; ; to take a clear-out stand In that ,v- controversy. (Turn to Page 2. Please.) LIVESTOCK ENJOYS B1QI1ET t The annual banquet of the Ore- f gon Purebred Livestock associa tion was held Thursday at the -; state fair grounds. X). M. Plum. i iner, manager of the Pacific In ternational Livestock exposition V was toastmaster. j Speakers included Governor V Fatten on, F. E. Lyn, and A. R. 4 Shumway, members of ths state 4 Ir board; C. E. Grelle. a sheep breeder from Vancouver. Wash.; A. C. Gage, publisher of the An- gora Journal. Portland; John M. I Koran of Starbuck. MrB. Ray T Smith of Seattle. Dr. W. H. Lytle. state veterinarian; L. J. Allen, I calf club leader; John Boeckli, ex I hibitor of Brown Swiss cattle from Linnton; W. R. Wrage, Guernsey cattle exhibitor from Arlington, aWsh.; Edward Grim er, a prise winner in boys' club vork; Miss Helen Cowgill, girls club work leader; Edward Shear er, superintendent of the chicken department: J. W. Crites, boys' Jand girls' club worker; Mrs. E. A. TRhoten, .of Salem, who responded J I for the women present: and ?A1 bert Tozier, mayor of Tent City. USrock and Schlee : ; Plan New Flight SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Sept. 27. CAP). William S. Brock and Ed 5rd F. Schlee. trans-Atlantic "yfiiers who plan to go aloft from 1 Rockwell field in an attempt to vet a new record - for - sustained Sight, may get away early tomor row, it was announced today. What... -They think of- Traf f ic Rules and Best Ways to Cut Down Accidents. TRAFFIC problems probab ly are uppermost in . the minds of a majority of the res idents of the United States to. day, for Investigation shows that close to 80 per cent of the public either can or does drive automobiles. ' Daily newspapers chronicle' thousands of acci dents every month. Fatalities are on the increase due to traf fic mishaps. "Many motorists are inclined to believe that there are too many regulations and restrictions that there would be fewer accidents if this were changed and there was less paternalism in the attitude of the law enforcement offi cials. Some would abolish all speed limits, but hold the auto driver responsible for the safe and sane operation of his car. In the desire to find out what Salem thinks about all this the New Oregon Statesman asked some of this city's residents to state their individual views. This is what they said: J. E. MAXCfo, president of the East Side Nash company of Portland, here for the (air, said: "There are too many in significant traffic rules and reg ulatlons. The motorist cannot remember all of them or ob serve them all. I would sug gest a revision of these regula tions with the idea of simplify ing them. There ought not to be an confusion in traffic rules. Make them so everybody who drives will know and under stand them. Let common sense be their basic principle." DELL SAUNDERS. 250 Strand avnnue. said: "If you mean state traffic rules, I think they are all right. But if yeu mean city traffic regulations. I think they, are the bunk. Tbe stop-eigns are a nuisance, es pecially on some of the streets away from the business district, it seems to me. The street "pumpkins" are a big Joke, so far as I. see." VIRGIL STOLIKEK. one of the proprietors of the Winter Garden bowling alleys, said: "The American spirit of com petition is to blame for a lot of ' accidents. So many drivers will take big risks to pass a car ahead of them, and then ' slow down. Trying to pass without sufficient clearance is the cause of many accidents, and strange ly enough, it is the fellow whose car has neither the pickup necessary to pass the other, nor the brakes to stop if he sees he cannot make it, who tries to pass oftenest." GEORGE EDWARDS, city traffic officer, said: "The num ber of accidents is being reduced steadily, principally through education and the development of better automobiles. We don't need any more traffic rules, al though streets and other mod ern regulatoins are a big factor in reducing the number of acci dents. The fact is that consid ering tbe volume of traffic, there are surprisingly few smashups." H. A. SUTTON, tourist from Ohio visiting the fair, said: "Reckless drivers, no matter the nature of their reckless ness, should be the ones, to get the attention of the police. Speedirfg does not necessarily mean reckless driving. The slow driver is sometimes as dangerous as the fast one. The police can'i get every reckless driver but they get all they can." DR. ANSLEY G. BATES, said: "Personally, I think the chief need that confronts na is enforcement of the traffic reg (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Baptist Minister Is Unfrocked By Court of Church ANAHEIM, Cal.. Sept. 27. (AP) Rev. Ernest J. Pender leith. resigned pastor of the Cal vary Baptist church, was un frocked today at a trial before the council of Santa Ana valley churches. The accusations against tna minister were based on charges of Immoral conduct while he was pastor of the Enpnanuel Baptist church of Vancouver, B. C ; The council recommended to the membership of the Calvary Baptist church "that the hand 61 fellowship be withdrawn from Rev. Plenderletth! The decision was ordered broadcast to Baptist churches throughomt the .United States and Canada. He was asked to turn over; to the council his ordination papers and "hereafter take no part in the work of the Baptist churches." y ? ' The accused churchman was not present at the meeting -of the council bat was represented by an attorney.' " IK OUTLINES -"3S Head of Civic Chamber Also Successful Farmer in Polk County- Forceful Argument Offered in Support of Move : by Rotary Club Aid for the farmers of Marion county in adopting such improved methods as will enable them to compete " more successfully with growers in similar lines else where, Is the principal result which George Vlck, president of the. Salem Chamber of Commerce, hopes to see accomplished through the employment of a county agri cultural agent, he said Thursday, Too much is being said about better prices and distribution of products in comparison to the lit tie that is being done along the line of . producing farm crops at lower unit prices, Mr. , Vick de clared. Better prices, are of course, to be desired, he hastened to explain; but prices are governed by supply and demand, and these factors largely "are out of the control of any group of farmers, and entire ly ont of the control of the indi vidual. Task of Farmer "The price being thus estab lishedthe farmer's task is to pro duce his crop at a cost which will show him a profit; -that requires business methods on the farm, the field in which a county agent would he best qualified to assist, 4aid the chamber of commerce president. : ' At -the same 'time that he eon ducts; an automotive business in, Salem Mr. Vick also is a success ful. -farmer. With his brother Charles, he conducts two farms in Polk county, which has. a county agent. On .numerous occasions they 'have found it advisable to consult the trained agriculturist, and in nearly every case when he has suggested improved meth ods, they have profited by adopt ing them. , Chamber Favors Idea "The Salem Chamber of Com merce has always urged the em ployment of a county agent here," Mr. Vick said, "its atti tude being that in view of the fact that taxpayers in Salem would pay one-third of the cost to be met by the county, I believe the Chamber of Commerce and the civic organisations, includipg the Rotary club which took up a study of the matter Wednesday, are within their province ia Urging that this step be considered. :' Mr. Vick is a member of the Ro tary club's committee appointed Wednesday to investigate the ad visability of entering the cam paign to urge employment of an agriculturist. The committee will report next Wednesday. No further action has been tak en on letting of contracts for con struction of the grandstand-at the Salem high - school athletic field. following decision of the schooH board Tuesday night to hold the two highest general construction bids for a period of 48 hours. According to Dr. H. H. din ger, chairman, the board is await ing the report of Lyle Bartholo mew, school architect, before tak ing action. Mr. Bartholomew, City Superintendent George W. Hug re ported Thursday afternoon, ; is making a study of the bids to bring cost of construction of the grandstand within the original es timate of about 16,500. " " Thursday Crowd Above Last Year Receipts at the fair Thursday, while considerably below those re ported on Salem day, showed a gain of.SlS71.S0 over the record for the corresponding day of the 1927 fair. The total was 211,488. 7 S, Including admissions paid at the gates amounting to $ 7, 9 7 7.7 5. Blindfold Drive c i Plan CanCelledl''9 lnrite& today by PresWceived while she was riding in one . Because of a last minute change in his plans, Haywood Thompson, who was scheduled to drive blind fold through Salem's . streets to day, - found It necessary to leave the city and will not perform.-, IT ocenes J-i- - r - -, -v-. - s. - f ' ? 1 4vv$ :4-':; " ? ' . -.'4 ' v . .3 v:.-- I . $.- , i:' SS : ' ;v Tf- " a . .. - i if- r, r ; . w 4 l" x " , ; Asi -iKjii3, iiSWiS :ijs? JhOUeT T17 ,ter tllh ' the Governor' rXZAon derby. SSI m nieftilt' reS Mtas CwI' Derby Queen, of Corvallis; Mis, bt w iftLVlt P ; Mrs. Rnth Parton, Toppenlsh, Wash., owner' of the derby winner Cyclonic, nd A.. Marsters, chairman of the Fair Board. Inset is a snapshot of a wa? b? rSJr0, Z er McCoy. Ore. X phot o was taken by the staff pbotograbeT of the New S tatecman. JOHN UOQLIDGE IS wimmm Son of U. S. President Drixes Car That Crashes Infer . Second Machine t; NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 27 -CAP). The New Haven , Jour- nai-courier. wiu say tomoirow thatJohn., Coolidge,, sonlotaia president, was the driver of an automobile owned by Governor John H. Trumbull, which crashed into anotner vehicle causing seri ous injuries to Wilfrid Veno. hockey player, and minor injuries to His mother, Mrs. Mary Veno. early today. The young railroad clerk was on his way to work in the New Haven road's office building after having spent the night at the governor's home in Plainville. In the machine with him was Will iam Cunningham, the governor's chauffeur. Both were unhurt, al though the automobile was wreck ed. Motorcycle Policeman Henrv Miller who Investigated the colli sion, up until late tonight had made no report to headquarters. Young Coolidge made his report to a policeman and went to work, a bit tardy because of what had happened. Tomorrow he will answer a summon and give his story to Deputy Coroner J. J. Cor rigan. Wilfred Veno, 30 years old, driver of the other machine, while seriously hurt, was not in danger of death. His mother, Mrs. Mary Veno, 58, was-not badly hurt. Tbe police all'day claimed to be without details of the accident and responsibility, if fixed at all, may have to be done by the deputy coroner. State officers also in quired into the collision and it was understood they did so by direction of Governor Trumbull as they came here at hie direction. Mayor Arrested Upon Dishonest Election Charge FLINT, Mich., Sept, 27. (AP) William McKeJghan. mayor of Flint, was arrested here today charged with theft of election bar lots and stuffing of ballot boxes. The arrest was the outgrowth of a grand jury ivestigatlon into al leged irregularities in connection with the recent state primary elec tion. The executive was released on bond tonight to appear for, ex amination October 5. While McKelghan was not a candidate for office in the elec tion, he took a prominent part during the campaign in support of Louis McGregor, , republican can didate for prosecutor. . Federal Inquiry Of Frat Parties On at University ANN ARBOR. Mich., Sept. 27. (AP) A federal investigation "to. establish the' correctness or in correctness" or rumors of "drink ing and uncontrolled behavior -at fraternity dances and house par ties" at the University of Michl- -. In a letter to Dean Josepfi Burs ley, Dr. Little suggested that the department of interior be request ed to delegate one or more federal 1 gents to Ann Arbor for a period rufflcient to determine the actual state of affairs. - : or inzerestAt State Jan Fridiay At The Fair PRESS DAY - OREGON DAY ' AFTERNOON 1:00 p. m. Band Concert by Albany x American Legion Band. W. B. Stevens, director. . 1:15 p. m. Aerial Samtes and Daylight FtreworksT " 1 :30 p. m. 2:20 Trot, first heat. 1:40 p. m- DeLiberto Trio, teeter.board acrobatic novelty. 1:50 p. m. 2: 14 Pace, fim heat. 2:00 p. mT-Miss Ledera, aeriallst on the flying- trapeze and -: ;;8panlah Web. ,.( -v. 2:19 k nv--a:90 Ttot Mewd smL illjfciDJrtn Vii:w p. nv Face, second beat. -w ' 2:40 p. m. Miss Nell Esse In her omersaalUng automobile. 2:50 p. m. 2:20 Trot, third heat. 8:00 p. m. Wilbwr Dno, comedians and tumblers. 3:10 p. m 2:14 Pace, third heat. S:SO p. m. Rita A Dins, king and qneen of the high wire. 3:40 p. m.- Running Race, 0 fnriong9. 3:50 p. m. The Flying Beckmans, stars of the air. 4:00 p. m. Ranning Race, 1 mile. 4:10 p. m. The great Cliff Cnrran, thrills on the OO-foot swaying pole. 4:30 p. m. Anto English Soccer, United States vs, Canada. EVENING 7:00 p. m. Band Concert Beautiful display of Fireworks . concluding with a novel pyrotechnic display,' "The Win ning of the West." Vaudeville Features Rodeo Stunts Auto Push Ballr-Other Grandstand Features. 8:00 p. m. Horse Show begins in the stadium and lasts for two hours. PAPER H H CI After much discussion the board of directors ot the Oregon PuId and Paper company took action Thursdsy to have a special committee appointed to investi gate the. problem of fuel con sumption with a view to elim inating the cinder nuisance. No committee was appointed at Thursday's meeting due to the fact that Fred Leadbetter, chair man of the board, was not pres ent. Mr. Leadbetter was author ised to name the committee. Tall Stack Proposed Various suggestions were put forward during the course of tbe discussion. Several members of the board expressed the opinion that the only effective method of eliminating the cinders would be to erect an immense brick smoke stack. Due to the large volume of a stack of this kind the air from the furnaces would rise slowly, with the result that cinders would not be carried up with it. The cost of this project "rould run near 175.000, it was estimated., May Call Expert The suggestion was also made to employ an expert to look over the furnaces and boilers. Residents ot this city, who have received the benefit of the cinder nuisance for years, are -now ex pected to await action of the com mit tee, before taking any steps on their own account. , Woman Jockey Is Hurt While Riding At Fair Mrs Frank Duarte, 28. whose home Is in San Landro, Cal.. was brought to the Salem; General hos pital about"3 f30 o'clock Thursday afternoon ; folio wine; ininries re- of the track events at the fair grounds. j- .'4ir; " . A . She suffered Injury to one of her legs, which may possibly be broken bat which pending x-ray. the-attending physician believes & not , broken, according to word from the -hospital. .. v - i comedy males. F QUEER SUICIDE PLOT SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Sept. 27. (AP) The subtle revenge of a scorned .woman was the -explana tion given by the Sheriff's office tonight of the mysterious circum stances of the death early today of Mrs. Cora Meade,-said to be tbe mother of'a welathy manufacturer of Birmingham, England. The sheriff's office was basing its in vestigation on a thory of suicide. The woman's body was found with a shot through the head, af ter she had screamed in the tele phone in her ranch home that she was being murdered. One. mysterious featare of the shooting remained tonight for authorities to unravel before the suicide theory could be definitely accepted. This was the fact that the woman's body was found some distance from the rifle that had sent the shot into her brain. With this exception, police had consrtucted a clear story of how Mrs. Meade planned to take her life nad cast suspicion on L. A. Tbornwall, Santa Crux business man whose once ardent love for her had cooled. Yankee Teacher Will Return to j Turkish School j . ,1 BERKELEY, Cal. Sept. 27. (AP) Miss Edith Sanderson, one of the three American teachers who were resentenced today by a Constantinople cort for. dissemin ating religious propaganda while teaching at Broussa. told the As sociated Press tonight- that she would return for the regular fall opening of the school. 1 ,; Asked if she would fight the case further; ahe declared that she was paying little attention to it, "It's such a petty thing that I am not letting It effect my plans in the least,, she asserted." Miss Sanderson has been spend- MM ACCUSED 0 ing ihe summer with h parents I Involuntary manslaughter wUl b at' Berkeley;:.;. .. ; ' ,; .placed- gslnet the other men. 'y;i -i yi- iC-v ay-.-f-5 Vj .r.T'-yfiC-".. ' High Records State Fair Sees j&nomerin as Sun Sparkle Two Boys and Girls Making Highest Scores in Juvenile Club Work Receive Awards at Hands of Governor. Great Crowd Expected to Attend Today GRAND championships, leading highlights in the real pur pose of the Oregon State Fair, came thick and fast yes terday with kings and queens of the animal world proudly wearing their royal ribbons, following the awarding in the numerous divisions. s Highest awards of all, however, went to young priaces and princesses of America, the two champion boys and the two champion girls in 4-H club work in the state. These OMPAHAT PI DECIDE IT 10 WED California Co-Ed Kisses Erst while Soul Mate as He Goes to Prison PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 27. (AP) A companionate marriage was broken up here today, with the sentencing of Kenneth Elwood Frazer, 24. to McNeil Island for a period of 15 months, and in the office of the United States mar thai, Frazer and Mary Edna Stone parted with a kiss. Fraser entered a plea of guilty '.o a charge of transporting a stolen automobile from Portland to Seattle and back to Roseburg, where he and the woman were ar rested. While the government Intended placing a Mann act charge against Fraxer, this move was not taken when it was found that the pair had entered Into a "companion ate" marriage pact and had been traveling about , the country as "married friends. . ' Frazer, who has a child and a divorced wife in California, met Mary Edna Stone while she was a student at the University of Cal ifornia. They decided to become married companionately and to travel together as "friends" for a period of six months. If at the end of that time, they said, they still cared for each other, they were to be "regularly" married. DENVER. Sept. 27. (AP) The decision of the federal court in Portland not to press Mann act charges against Kenneth Elwood Frazer who had ugreed to be "friends" for six months with Miss Mary Edna Stone of San Francisco was declared by Judge 8. Lindsey here tonight to be "slander upon the ideal Of com panionate marriage " "Assuredly that is not compan ionate marriage in any sense of the term," said Judge Lindsey in commenting upon the action of the couple who planned to be regular ly married if the six months trial proved to be satisfactory. FARMER ES FOUND Ferdnend Zurcher, 37,' farmer, residing a mUe and a half west of Pratum, was found dead by , the roadside three miles franr his home at 8 o'clock Thursda Anight. Mr. Zurcher was baulingVwood from the forest to the main: road and had started out with a load, and apparently fell from the wa gon, as he was lying beside and a little behind it when found, Death Is believed to have been due to heart failure. He had been In ill health for some time. Mr. .Zurcher left his home tor the woodyard at 11 o'clock Thurs day morning, bis brother-in-law finding the body beside tbe team and wagon nine hours later. Death is believed to have occurred about 1 o'clock. ; Besides his wife.1-Alma, three children survive: Johnnie, Ferd nend, Jr., and Byron. The body was brought to the Rigdon mortuary last night and funeral arrangements will be made today. One Member of 111 Fated Group Set At Liberty LA GRANDE. Orel, Sept. 27." (AP) Grover Crews member of a hunting party connected with the fatal shooting last Tuesday of Leonard Olsen of Lostine, ha been exonerated by Wallowa county of -fidala. - 1 ' . Crews told the coroner's jury that he was .from 30 to 40 feet from. Fred Black and Harry New berg, other members of the party, when Olsen was : shot mistaken for a deer. " - " ' ..' - V v I It was intimated that charges of H BESIDE Day 8 s awards are the most strived for among the hundreds of " young workers who are pUy-" ing a greater and greater part in the annual Oregon fair. . The honor comes as the result of unusual activity in juvenile club work being carried on in ' the state under the auspices 6f the state department of education, Oregon State Agri cultural college and the Unit ed States department of agri culture. The high scoring boys were Wilmer Harms, 17, of Clackamas county and Tracey Anderegg. 17; of Multnomah county. The high scoring girls were Alice Ingram, 13, of Portland and Beth Joy, IS, of Ashland. All of these young people have remarkable records in club work in Oregon including competition in county, fair, state fair and in eome instances interstate fair events. Harms Hard Worker Wilmer Harms has been in clab work for seven years and has ex hibited at county and state fairs every year since beginning these activities and for the past two years has been .participating in fairs in Oregon and Washington. His projects include Cotewold and Southdown sheep. Chesterwhite hogs and milk goats. He is the local leader of two clubs in addi tion to his other work, a sheep club and a pig club, both organis ations being 100 per cent in com pletions and exhibits at the Clack -a mas county fair for this year. He is a member of the stock judging team representing his county four different years at the state fair. This year in club classes at the fair he won seven firsts, one sec. ond and one fourth, and has bees very successful at all other fairs at which he has exhibited. .Tracey Anderegg of Multno mah, has been in club work six years and his projects include Hol- atein cattle, Poland China and Chester White hogs and milk goats. He owns 14 cows. 30 hogs and three goats. In state fair club class competition this year be has won three firsts( one second, two thirds and two fourths. In osen classes he won a third, fifth and" sixth. He also won the $150 Hol- stein calf award by Jacob Lusher and Sons for high scoring club workers In the Holstein division. Girls Show Ability Alice Ingram of Portland placed first in division III sewing, and has been the state champion la the sewing project in each of tba four divisions In each of four con secutive years. This year she aleo carried first in canning and ceoki ery, winning first in both at the Multnomah county fair as well. Beth Joy of Ashland won first on division III canning and third on Ball Special contest, division II. She is a member of the dem onstration team this year. She has been a canning club member for three years and a cooking club member for two years. This year she lead a cooking club of young' er girls. Tbe two outstanding boys and the two outstanding girls are to be guests of Superintendent E. L. King of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon this evening in his priv- (Turn to Page 2, Please.) News Of The Valley ,'. Again todax--ad every day the Statesman pres ents to Its readers - a pajge of live news from important points throughout the circu lation zone of the news paper; news of happy homes and active people who con tribute to the upbuilding of the section and the state. The Statesman's , IGixatcrJVjiillcyf News Department lV prepared by a large staff of special" correspondents in ' tftc.cfllea and romm unit lea surrounding Sal cm. It ta bright and interesting d fly" "review of tmportanc-cvcnU and minor affairs of special Interest to the Statesman fine, ra eWIy growing family of readers.-- - . r.,, 4; :1 ,.y A '. . 1 . -