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FEATURES! Dr. Copeland, world-renowned health authority and senator, from New York, la to conduct a daily , health talk for The Statesman. WEATHER """Unsettled today; Probab ly occasional ralaa; Change able winds. Max. tempera tore Friday C4; Mln. 44; Bain .40; River 7.S, uUo Fasor Soars Us: Ho Fear SJu Avst" 2ST SaV Salem, Oregon, Saturday Honing, April 20, 1929 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 21 PRICE FIVE CENTS m ... PfMPl METHODS BY TELEPHONE $75,000 Per Year Paid Over to Parent Company Says Service Commission Legal Objection Broughf by Michigan People Avoided In State of Oregon The recent decision of the Mich igan supreme court in which the four per cent serrice charge paid by the Michigan Sail Telephone company to the parent corporation was decided Told. Is in line with the decision of the Oregon public serrice commission handed down May 2, 1919, according to a letter prepared by the public serrice commission here Friday. The let. ter was addressed to Frank Grant city attorney of Portland. The Michigan snpreme court held that the four per cent pay ment, was roid because testimony was offered to show that the par ent, company owns 99.9 per cent of the stock of the Michigan com pany. , Commission Order . In Line With Ruling "It appears that the decision of the Michigan supreme court Is In line with the opinion of the Ore gon public serrice commission as expressed In- its order entered under date of May 2, 1919." said the commission's letter to Mr. Grant. "This order refused to per mit the Pacific Telephone Tel egraph company to pay the parent company AV or any other per. eentage of its gross earnings as compensation for serrice rendered by the parent company to the Ore. gon company. "In lieu thereof the Oregon pub lic serrice commission permitted the payment of 55 cents annually per telephone for such serrice. 975,000 Per Year Paid Parent Firm "For your further information the amount to be paid to the Am erican Telephone it Telegraph company by the Pacific company within Oregon under the 55 cent basis was less than $75,000 the past year." H. H. Corey, member of the commission, said the payment to the parent company based on 55 cents per telephone annually, was less than one per cent of the gross earnings. 1 The commission's letter was In reply to a suggestion by Mr. Grant that the commission start proceed ings to throw out or the rate base the 1 per cent paid by the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph com pany to the parent corporation, and reduce telephone rates In this state to that extent. Each Cheats Other; Both Seek Money The pot calling the kettle black Is a terse way of describing the difficulties encountered in the lawsuit of H. W. Cooley et al ts. James Noland now pending in circuit court. Cooley maintained that Noland defrauded him in a land transfer made last year when he traded the former a 1271 acre wheat farm in Umatilla county for a stock ranch at the Junction of the Santiam and Willamette rivers. The Cooleys declare they found stock on the Umatilla coun ty ranch hearily encumbered by mortgages which they did not know existed. In a counter complaint filed Friday in circuit court Noland de clares that stock on the wheat ranch which he acquired was al leged to hare been pure-bred whereas it turned out to be only ordinary stock while the 'ranch, supposed to bo ideal for cattle raising, turned out to hare much of its territory under water each year. Nolan's counter complaint calls tor counter damages of $15, 485 Instead of the $4,500 damages 1 EXPOSED Hope Still Held Out That Delegates May Arrive at Agreement on Reparation PARIS, April It. (AP) The second Dawes committee ended to day the tenth week of its efforts finally to settle the German repar ations problem in the gloom of threatening failure and bereave ment for the "death of one of Its members. Lord ; Revelstoke of Great Britain. ; " All hope that . something yet might be salvaged out of the work of the conference rested today up on talks which the Germans were reported to have had this after. jiot with other experts concern Brilliant Affair Attracts Vast Crowd; Blaze Seen By Hundreds of Asylum inmate is At Large Escapes From Work Crew Joe Castellano, 45, away from a working crew at the state hospital late Fri day afternoon. He was re ceived two years ago from Portland. little was known of Castellano except that hi was n habitaal drifter. When he escaped he was wearing overalls and a yel low slicker. Attendants say that be is not dangerous and ' will probably try to avoid other persons. LIONS PUN GREAT Salem, Stayton, Monmouth Dens Stage Banquet for Independence Here Plans for a gathering of Wil lamette valley Lions' clubs at Chsftpoeg June 2, at which each club would reenact some outstand ing episode of Oregon's arly his tory, were proposed at the ban quet given by the Salem. Stayton and Monmouth clubs Friday night at the Marlon hotel, honoring the Independence club which was the winner In the recent attendance contest. 4- Tfr historical, program at .Ichampoeg was proposed by Dean Butler and Prof. Jensen of Ore gon Normal school, who were among the speakers at the ban quet. Lions and their ladies number ing 129 attended the banquet, at which Merrill D. OhUng of the Salem club was toastmaster. Presidents Leo Cumaski of Mon mouth, H. A. Beauchamp of Stay- ton and A. C. Haag of Salem spoke "explaining" how their clubs lost in the contest, and President H. R. Steiner of the Independence club told how the contest was won. Attendance at the Independence luncheons during the contest weeks was over 99 per cent. The contest was engineered by Harry W. 8cott, district deputy governor. The committee in charge of banquet arrangements Included Leland Smith and Frank Lynch. Entertainment included num bers by the Willamette university men's quartet, readings by Charles Kaufman of Willamette and C. B. Burmester of Independence, num bers by the Oregon Normal school trio members of which were June Thiering, Margaret Scruggs and Virginia Parks with Elizabeth Horning as accompanist, and songs by Mrs. J. W. Mayo and Mrs. G. F. Korinek of Stayton. Dancing followed with music by Leta's orchestra. Republicans Hit By Democrats on Tariff Reports WASHINGTON, AprU It. (AP) The procedure being fol lowed by the republicans In form ing a new tariff bill was attacked and defended on the floor of the house today as party leaders came to grips over a charge that in formation on proposed rate chang es was "leaking" from the ways and means committee. Incensed at published reports purporting to give tariff increases agreed upon behind the -closed doors of the committee room. Rep resentative Garner, of Texas, the minority leader and ranking dem ocrat on the committee, challenged Chairman Hawley of Oregon, to give the house the truth regarding the reports. ing the possibility of re-opening negotiations. The American delegates to the committee were unable to say any thing as to the future, other than that the plenary session Monday alone could show whether there was a chance to have the negotia tions from failure. 'vV BERLIN, April It. (AP) "'-w The German government still sees hope in the Paris reparations con ference. The cabinet, so far from (Turn to Post 6, Column I.) If G MEETING Fred Thompson's Residence on Salem Heights Road Burns Down; Trip Unable to Salem Heights was the unwilling host to a brilliant event last night, with curious people rar to behold the spectacle and answer the invitation of a glowing sky south of town. hundreds. And if the reader doesn't believe that, he must have been one of the remaining hundreds who kept every available man at the Statesman office busy answering "Where's the fire 7" Fred Thompson of the Sa lem postof f ice messenger serv ice was the master of cere monies at this blazing event. At least Thompson stood by the greater part of time and watched his seven-room, two-story frame residence burri to the ground. The house, on the Salem Heights road and almost opposite the country residence of Dean Prank M. Brick- son, burned without hindrance. In fact, with a populace fire- mad, the Salem firefighters would have had little chance to .get any where, what with scores of auto mobiles lining both sides of the road from the highway clear Into the residence district a distance of no few blocks. The property is outside of the city limits and the house was unoccupied, hence no alarm was turned In to the city .fire department. Several members of the fire department, traveling to the scene in a private automobile once the town was buzzing with the fire, were forced to turn back the tire-loving pub lic was there first and in such numbers that there was no room on the road for mere official fire fighters. 5- r Fire First Seen At About (P.E The blase was first discovered about t o'clock and was burning strong - at midnight. ' Thompson said late last night he believed the conflagration was due to sparks from the chimney. He had, as a Jus custom to do occasionally. started, a fire in a stove in the house f Friday afternoon. Before leaving the house at 4 o'clock he assured himself that the fire was out. However,-unless some tramp was about the place, sparks must (Turn to Pare 5, Column 2.) T HTFJS' SCORED IN SPEECH WASHINGTON. April It. (AP) Colonel Charles A. Llnd- berg was depicted today by Ike Shuman, executive editor of the Brooklyn, X. Y.. Standard Union, before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, as an extreme ly careful editor of newspaper stories prepared by "Ghost writ ers" to be published under his sig nature. While condemning the practice of '.'ghost writing" in which an ar ticle is written by one person and published under the signature of another. Shuman said the "ghost writing" for the famous aviator was honest writing: He added that Lindbergh not only edited care fully the stories sent out under his signature, but "was capable of writing his own stuff." As a reported for the New York Time. Shuman traveled with Lindbergh on hi flight through Mexico. Cen tral America and the West Indies. Most bf the time on the Central America flight, Shuman continued, Lindbergh was nnable to write his own dally newspaper story because of the press of other engagements. Bat on the flight from Porto Rico to 8anto Domingo, he added, the aviator wrote his impressions on the plane's navigation, chart. "This story was the best of the trip." Shuman asserted, "and I did not change a single word of Karller in the dav the editors KfiriHr iM-nucd the relation of the press? and public utilities. Wil lis J. Abbott, editor of the Chris, tian Science Monitor, urged that the society investigate alleged at leged attempts of public utility eomnanies. incladinr the Interna tional paper company, to purchase control or newspapers. $6500 In Gems t Reported Stolen NEW YORK, April It. (AP) William A. Clark, ID, of Los Angeles, a son of the late Senator William A. Clark of Montana, re ported to police tonight the loss of SCS.OOv In Jewelry, which he said he and his wife missed after they had- driven to their hotel from the liner Berengarla; oih which they returned today from Paris. . ... . Visitors Firemen on Unofficial Arrive Near Scene coming from literally near and Hundreds of people; honestly DID. TO DEWD QUIZ OF TEACHERS Oath of Allegiance Would Be Asked of Every Instructor WASHINGTON, April It. (AP) The Daughters of the American Revolution today reas serted their policies for national defense by adopting resolutions suggesting measures to congress, and advocating requirement of an oath of allegiance from every school teacher. Adoption of the resolutions and dedication of two memorials filled the day for delegates to the J 8th annual congress. On their program tonight-were addressed by Representative Ruth Hanna McCormiek of Illinois, and Repre sentative Florence Kahn, of Cali fornia. The congress win close to morrow with the Installation- of officers and annual banquet. The resolution "to further the exactment of an oath of allegiance to the united States as one of the qualifications required from teachers in schools and colleges of our land," asserted that child ren In schools were being drawn to communism. Other resolutions urged the congress to limit Immigration from Mexico, the West Indies and South American countries; to pro vide "a navy appropriate to Amer ican dignity and power," and to make larger appropriations for deporting "thousands of alien criminals." Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, retir ing president, dedicated the new memorial auditorium of the soci ety. Friday in Washington By The Associated Frees President Hoover expressed regret at lack of accord among farm organizations on farm re lief. The federal advisory board and the federal reserve board held an unannounced secret ses sion. Charges that Information was "leaking" from the ways and means committee on tariff changes were made by Repre sentative. Garner. The senate judiciary commit tee received an opinion by the attorney general that Secretary Mellon's right to hold office was unquestionable. Vaccinations to Curb Smallpox Effected Here Quite a number of persons were vaccinated for smallpox at the health center. 434 North High street, Friday, Dr. Vernon Dong, las, county health officer report, ed. Clinics for this purpose will also be held this morning, when persons who attended the evan gelistic tabernacle; 12th and Ferry streets several weeks ago are ask ed to come. Three eases of small, pox developed in the city this week and, all are directly traceable to the meetings mentioned, the "visit ing pastor having contracted small pox. No new cases had developed Friday. . , . . " HUSKY GOLFERS WW ' SEATTLE, April lt-r(AP) Every player of the Oregon State fire man golf team fell before Unlvreslty of Washington divot diggers orer If holes here today. corn is LARGEST EVER EDM Check Shows Present Chris tian Endeavor Meeting Sets New Record Enthusiastic and Lively Dis missions Mark Most of Friday's Sessions Group discussions of all phases of the Christian Endeavor, lead ers' work were the feature of the Friday program for the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union eonven tlon here. Other features of the program were talks by the Rev, Luther E. Stein of San Francisco, the conferring of degrees and sightseeing about the city. The largest onion convention ever held In Oregon Impressed the leaders as being the most enthus iastic with the delegates flocking in when the out-of-town count was IOCS delegates and the local, 291 All meetings were crowded to ea pacity and the possibility of ad mission to registered delegates only was seen by James C. Hen derson, president. Necessity of Devotion Is Stressed By Speaker "Worship, the Crusader's De pendence," was the topic of Dr, Stein's morning address in which he stressed the necessity of the full measure of devotion on the part of leaders in Endeavor work Evangelism, the Crusader's Re. sponsibllity," formed the heading under which all delegates to the convention were urged to carry their work to an ever increasing Held. First degrees were conferred on the following: Hazel O'Brlan, Car oline Benedict. F. C Stephens, Mrs. Gladys Bass, Lillian Bass, Jewell Knight, Fern Knight. Mel- ford Knight. Ada Swett, Maxlne Tegarden, LaVern Boule and Opal Benedict, all of Dufur; Bob Leeps, Baker: Dollie vowel, Roseburg; Rosle Bates, Gaston; Viola Hines, W. M. Garner, Edwin J. Hines and Mary Erickson, all of Dallas. Local Band Play Before Gathering - Progressive and other degrees were conferred on Lucile Steckert, Dufur; Elinor Shark, Roseburg; Lucile Germane, Marshfield; C. Walter Warren, Heppner; Lulu- fern Hudson, James Henderson and Ross Guiley, all of Portland. The Chemawa Indian school band and-the Salem high school band played several selections each during the time when the parade was to have been held. Myrtle union presented the state officers with a myrtle wood gavel, saying that this wood grows only in the Holy land and theif district. TEN-CEMBF1E El PORTLAND, Ore., AprU It (AP) Declaring that that growth of automobile traffic had brought about a condition where the income of the street railway system had decreased to such an extent that It hardly met operat ing expenses. Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Electric Power company, told a group of businessmen at a luncheon today that his company would forward request next Monday to the state public serrice commission for a ten-cent carfare In this city. Sixty-two of the city's business and professional groups and re presentatives of the local eivlc or ganizations, heard Mr. Griffith's statement. The power company president said that there are 151 cities in the United States where the ten-cent adult fare is charged. The company, said Mr. Griffith, has managed to cut $200,000 an nually from its payroll by the nse of one-man ears, but this Is not enough to meet constantly rising costs. A request from the plat form men's union for an Increase in wages, now on the president's desk, cannot be granted under present fares, the speaker said. Statesman-Capitol MATINEE For Children ' TODAY'S MATTVEE This coupon and five cents will admit any child under 12 to See and Hear a thrill-, ing Chapter of 'Tarzan the Mighty ' fStnnxt Cargo" . ; All Talking Mystery Drama ASK 1 IN PORTLAND Albany 's Forces Plan To Keep Hands oft Fight on Electric Power Project City Council Not to Rescind Old Objection But Other Groups Refrain from Taking Part in Marion Lake Controversy A POLICY of "hands off with Albany taking no active part either for or against the proposed hydro-electric development contemplated at Marion lake by the Northwest Power company was virtually decided upon by representa tives of that cjty at a meeting held Thursday with T. G. Kel ley, who represents the power Interests. The city council, chamber of commerce, county court and members of the Linn county game protective association were all represented at the meeting and all phases of the pro posed development were thoroughly discussed. con P ENDS N E Manitoba Farmer Kills Girl and Then Self When Her Mother Stops Suit ST. LAURENT, Manitoba, April 19. (AP) James Desjarlain, a 38 year old farmer, because the mother of the 10 year old girl he demanded In marriage forbade his suit, today shot the mother dead and, when a posse assembled, he killed the girl and then himself. Desjarlain appeared at the cot tage home of F. Richard, a car penter, and demanded the hand of the eldest daughter, Emma, sev eral younger children playing in the yard heard the mother refuse to let the girl go with the farmer and saw him draw a gun and shoot her. The farmer then fled with the girl to his eabin homo a half mile away. Thirty mounted and armed men assembled to track the killer down and as they conferred on their plan of action before the Richard home they heard two shots. Galloping to the Desjarlain cabin, they forced their way Inside to find both the man and girl dead. The farmer was grasping a rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other. He evidently had shot the girl first the disordered room indicated that she had fought to escape and then used the shotgun to kill himself. NEW ROAD IS FILED A new county road from the Hammond Lumber company's camp 17 to Breitenbush Springs, as petitioned for some weeks ago by a group of residents In that dis trict, was given a severe setback when a remonstrance was filed Friday with the county court by If residents of the district who maintain that there is not suffi cient revenue there to provide the 16000 needed to Improve the road. Inasmuch as IX of the signers of the remonstrance are also sign ers of the original petition to place the road on the county map, it is thought unlikely that the originaH petition will be granted as the de duction of these 12 names from the list of 25 original signers leaves only 13 names on the peti tion, one over, the limit required by law. M. D. Bruckman and a number of Salem residents have been back ers of the road to Breitenbush since the highway now is impass able for many months of the year and Is open for one way traffic a good share of the distance when the road la open. ' Toe formal petition to put the road on the county map will come up at the June meeting of the court. Yank Reply To Canadian Note Is Completed OTTAWA, April 19. (AP) The U. S. note in reply to Cana dian representation-regarding the sinking of the Canadian rum schooler I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico Is In the hands of the de partment of external affairs. The note covers almost SO pag es and Is understood to go fully into the history of the ease and the legal aspect of the pursuit and sinking of the ship. . The department of external af fairs will 'probably reply briefly to some of the points raised in the note. .It la not expected that the documents will be made 'public nntil next week."" COLLEGE HEAD DIES ' BALTIMORE,' Md., April ' 19 (AP)-Dr. William W. Guth, SI. president of Goucher College of Baltimore," died today. - MURDER SMI H BHC T ago council lodged a formal protest with the federal power commis sion against the development and while some members of the coun cil are said- to have expressed themselves as opposed to the ac tion now that Kelley's side has been heard, it was thought unlike ly at Albany Friday that the city would rescind its objection. Chamber of Commerce Will Take No Action The chamber of commerce of the Linn county city has taken no action nor does It appear likely that it will, according to Secretary Gilkey who, with the board of di rectors, attended the meeting Thursday. Albany has never filed water rights on the Marion lake supply but it is known that the city has in mind a possible source of supply from this district in years to come. Gilkey said that the question of a road through the Cascades by way of the South Santiam did not arise at the meeting. PLIES MEET; FOUR ELVERS IRE KILLED SAN DIEGO, April 19. (AP) Four naval fliers met death to day as two planes collided and fell six hundred feet, Just north of the golf course at Coronado. The dead: Lieut. William K. Patterson. Ensign Harold R. Sheehan. Ensign Herbert Bassett Jr., na- yaf reserve. H. H. Brown, radioman, first class. The two planes, piloted by Lieut. Patterson and Ensign Bas sett and carrying Brawn and En sign Sheehan, respectively as pas sengers, were attached to scouting squadronNo. 3 of the U. S. S. Lexington,, and were operating at the time from .the North Island na val all station. This afternoon they were returning from aerial gunnery practice near Oceanside and bad swung into land at the air station field. Ensign Bassett's plane, it was reported at head quarters of the aircraft squadron. battle fleet, apparently collided with that piloted by Lieut. Patter son, and the two fell into the shallow water covering a mud flat near Alameda avenue and First street, Coronado. Improvement Of River Talked At Chamber Confab Plans of the U. S. army engin eers for improving the Willamette river between Salem and Oregon City will be outlined at the Salem chamber of commerce luncheon Monday noon, by E. B. Thomson, assistant engineer at the war de. partment office In Portland, and Captain Edmund H. Levy of the same office. Robert McBride, manager of the Salem Navigation company, will talk on thV same subject and will discuss the need of a municipal warehouse. Some time ago the Albany Eleven Year Old Girl is Killed in Accident Upon Highway Near WoodDiirn Elolse Barstead. 11-year old school girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Barstead of near Woodburn? died at a local hospital at i o'clock Friday night, following Injuries sustained at 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a machine driven' by Forrest D. Lawrence of Portland skidded on the highway a mile south of Woodburn and struck the girl and her brother, Marvin. . Lawrence was not held follow ing, the accident- but he was - lo cated later last night and will be brought to Woodburn today for ail investigation of the accident While not definitely decided last night, an inquest may be held at Woodburn today. " " . v , DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ON LAW IS ASKED Members of Newly Created Board of Regents Are Made Defendants Constitutional Points Raised in Complaint Filed With County Clerk Here Like a stroke of political light ning, long since announced by rolls of newspaper thunder, a suit to test the validity of the 1929 legislature's law consolidating tea boards of regents of the institu tions of higher learning was filed here late Friday afternoon by L. D. Smith, representing the Oregon Taxpayer's league. Defendants in the suit include Governor I. L. Patterson. Secre tary of State Hoss, State Treasur er Kay and Earl Fisher of tbe state tax commission as well as the nine members of the newly created board of higher education whose appointment by the gover nor was approved during the clos ing sessions of the senate. Statute Creating Board Claimed Unconstitutional Charging that Chapter 251 of the Oregon laws providing for tha new consolidated board is in sev eral points unconstitutional. Smith asks that the law be de clared Invalid and the state tax commission, state board of con trol and the newly created board of higher education be restrained from carrying out their duties aa provided under the4aw. The exact provision for tho suit Is lodged 'in the declaratory Judgment act of 1927 which pro vides that a court may render an interpretation of a law before the commission of an overt act. Thw case thus becomes of especial la terest to the legal profession aa this Is the first time that the 1927 law has been utilized. Friendly Purpose Said Object of Lawsuit "In filing this suit for a declar atory Judgment on the new law providing for a consolidated board of regents of the various state in stitutions of higher learning, any only Object is to obtain clarifica tion of the statute and a court In terpretation of its provisions if it is to stand," said Smith when be filed the statement with County Clerk Boyer Friday. "If it is declared to be uncon stitutional and void, Its operation will be suspended and there will be time enough for the next legis lature to devise a comprehensive and workable plan that will carry out the evident Intent of this law." Fred W. Packwood, attorney for the plaintiff in a statemeat made Friday declared that the (Turn to Pa-0 S, Column 6.) T THIS SECTION Gill Information about Salem's in dustries and tourist attractions was obtained Friday by Lenore A. Shulte, for her guidance In direct ing tourists and homeseekers front the Oregon state chamber of com merce bureau which she will open at Los Angeles. Miss Shujte, who was formerly associated with the International Travel bureau at Portland, was an her way to Los Angeles, where the new bureau will be opened May X. She obtained information espe cially about Salem's flax and linen industry. Within a short time the local chamber of commerce win send an exhibit of flax from the state plant and linen from both local ' mills, to be displayed promi nently at the Los Angeles bureau; and mounted photographs of Sil ver Creek Falls and other scenic attractions will" also be p rlded. Elolse, who with her brother was en route home from the Belle Pass! school, suffered a crushed chest, a fractured Jaw and frac tured knee cap, besides bruises. One lung was virtually torn loose. She was unconscious most of the time. Marvin sustained two bad' cuts on his head and was quite badly shaken up. lie was brought to the local hospital also, but re leased following treatment. He is about 10 years old. r " v - The body was taken to Wood burn last night by Rigdon's mor tuary and funeral arrangements win be made in that town. Her parents and Marvin are the only immediate relatives. . . HlTl B