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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1929)
WEATHER Fair today; Moderately warm with low humidity. Max. temperature Saturday 79; Mia. 42; River SJJ; So -aba; No wind; Clear. They Pay! Classified ad 9 brine bl tinu; they are th$ little merchants for the small buy er and big seller. ..r. tit. FOUMDJ2P 1691 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 46 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning:, May 19, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENT l lr I I I I I I r V "V il III I V I VI r V I Ll I I ON ?VtT fZT 41 I I U III I r Y I hi i 1 1 1 11 iii PORTLAND Ml UNDER ARREST FOR EXTORTION Roy D-?-Vie Said to Have Told Wife of Prisoner He Had Big Inside "Pull" Pose Netted $350 Is Charge Made by Federal Cops; Other Acts Cited PORTLAND, Ore., May 18. (AP) Federal authorities to-i night announced the arrest of Royj Davie, 40. in connection with the j 11 1 ' , 1 9 A v tha i aiiegCU tilUl IIUI1 Ul HUM ." Wife of Sheriff Fredrlckson, Wah kiakum county, Washington, re cently convicted on liquor charges at Tacoma, by posing as a. federal agent with sufficient Influence to 'spring" the sheriff out of Jail. The alleged defrauding of Bruce Ogden, Portand student flier, out Of $1.50 brought about Davie's ar rest. Authorities said Davie rep resented himself to Ogden as an . aviator in the service of the cus-" toms department and promised to; obtain employment for Ogden. Charge Used To Hold Defendant In Jail Charles W. Erskine, assistant United States district attorney, ad mitted the charge involving the Ogden case was preferred against Davie to hold him In jail until after ths investigation of the Fred rlckson deal was complete. Erskine said Davie telephoned Mrs. Fredrlckson when her hus band was convicted in the Tacoma courts and told her he was a gov 'wrsment agent with enough "pull" to get the sheriff out of jail. He Arranged to have an agent Tisit Mrs. Fredrlckson, the district attorney said, and then called upon her at Cathlamet, Wash. Mrs. Fredrlckson is said to have cashed a check for $250 and given the cash to Davie. Her father-in-law raised another $100 which also was turned over to Davie, but the sheriff remained in jail. Woman's Sister Also Asked For Money A complaint was then made' to the department of justice about the same time Davie is said to have approached Mrs. Fredrick- con's sister, a nurse in a Portland hospital, in an attempt to raise another $100, authorities Raid. When a messenger was sent to the hospital to receive the money federal agents wrapped a few coins in paper and followed the messenger, Davie was arrested WALTER HA8EN AND WALES PLSY GOLF LONDON. May 1R.-(APV Walter Hagen had a wonderful game of golf today with the Prince of Wales. He said tonight, when he returned to London from the porty and aristocratic Swlnley forest course where with his royal highness he defeated Sir Philip Sasson and Aubrey Boomer, Brit ish professional, one up. The pro from the United States was enthusiastic over the game be saw the heir to the British throne play. "He's a good player, and a good chap." said the four time open champion. "He hits the ball well and is keen on his game all the time.-He Is about a '90' man now and with the attention he is giving his strokes and analysis he is applying be ought to improve a lot in not a cry long time." Hagen and Boomer smilingly denied a facetious suggestion that they had been "kidnaped" when they were taken out to play the prince, but their disappearance from a big hotel on the stand had all the trappings of a sensational disappearance, engineered in dark est secrecy and deepest mystery. 8 Forest Blazes Now Controlled KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. May 18. (AP) Eight incendiary fires in the Klamath county pine forest were under control tonight and Coleman Berry, sheep herder, wat in jail charged with setting tlrest after more than 400 acres of second growth timber had been charred. Petitions Reported Ready To File Supporting Slade For Job on School Board With school elections for the Salem district less thaji a month way, little Interest has been cre ated in the matter or at least llttl surface interest. Following announcement of Dr. C. A. Downs several weeks ago that he did not Intend to become a candidate for reelection to the directorship, the petitions to place the name of E. P. Slade, of the First National bank. In the running for the office were circulated and there are un derstood to be ready for filing now. Mark McCallister, incumbent whose term as director la also coming to a' close, will again seek the office anr bas petitions . al ready filed. , r.-v ; - In Dispute V i - x The differences between the fun damentalist school and the mod ernist of the Baptist church were aired again at les Jioines im versity, a Baptist school, when Dr. T. T. Shields, top, fundamental ist, ami president of the board of trustees, ordered the school clos ed after a student riot in protest against Dr. Shields.. Miss Edith Rebnian, secretary to Dr Shields, figured prominently in the strike which the students called. Co-ed Found Real Logger Upon Water One real "co-ed logger" emerg ed out of an octette of plucky as pirants when Willamette univer sity mermaids competed in a log rolling contest on the Willamette river while students in canoes and rowboats shouted encouragement and both action and sound were recorded by a Fox Movietone ma chine which was being used for the first time in Oregon. A large crowd lined the river bank to watch the contest. The girl who rode the slippery log fciiccessfuly through a half dozen trials while her less sure footed companions plunged re peatedly into the water, was Miss Isabelle Morehouse, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Morehouse of this city. - On the log first used, two feet in diameter, she kept her balance throughout all of the trials; but in a final trial on a stiir smaller log, against her sis ter Margaret who was runner-up. she took a ducking like the rest. Following the log rolling con test, the freshmen-sophomore tug of war of last week was re-enact- I ed at the stream immediately be low the Kay mill. Despite rumors that were circulated to the' effect that the sophs would gain re venge for their defeat of last week, the freshmen had no trouble in pulling their opponents into the stream. The pull which was to have been a four-minute affair, lasted only a minute and a half. The girls' tumbling teams were more evenly matched for their pull, and it was only after three desperate attempts that the up perclass team was victorious. Cameramen were well pleased with the results of their work, it was stated. Pasco Has Big Air Derby For Its New Field PASCO, Wash.. May 18. (AP) Fleets of airplanes soared over the new Franklin county airport here today as more than 3000 peo ple gathered to dedicate it during the anaual Jubilee for the estab lishment 'here of the first air mall system to link the northwset with the country's majn air lines. Dedication of the field came just prior to the establishment of Spokane-Pasco and Portland-Pas-co services. Rumors that Bert T. Ford, lawyer, was eyeing a school post were definitely put to rest last night whgn Ford declared he was not interested in any way and was not to be considered in the run ning. Elections fall the third Monday next month, June 17, with all pe titions to be filed with the clerk of the district 10 days prior to that date, which means that there is still plenty of time for aspirants to get into the running. Although no candidate has come out in the open. It is persistently rumored that at least another name will be ready before filing time closes to dispute McCallister's - right to a unanimous election. ACCOUNT GIK BY PASSENGER UPON DIRIGIBLE Graf Zeppelin Passes Hours in Air Beyond Control of Its Crew Queer "Life Boat" Drill Is Held Aboard Vessel as Danger Looms The following- story of the dramatic struggle of the trans-Atlantic dirigible Graf Zeppelin to each safety after aha had turned back to Frledrlchsh&f en and found herself in the grip of a gale was written by Alexander R. Von Kryha, a passenger, for the Associated Press. It was prepared from notes made while the Graf Zeppelin was beating- her way over southeastern France In an effort to find landing place. By ALEXANDER R. VOX KRYHA Passenger of the Graf Zeppelin Written for the Associated Press CUERS. France, May 18 (AP) Dr. Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin en route to the United tSates, walked Into the salon of the ship Thursday after noon as the passengers were dan cing merrily to the tunes of a phostograph and, striking a serious attitude, said: "Ladles and gentlemen, I have bad news to Import to you. We must return to Freidrlchshafen. There Is some trouble with the motors but there is no danger. Re main calm. We shall reach home safely Friday evening or Satur day morning." The announcement came as a thunderstroke out of the clearest sky to the passengers who were not aware of any difficulty to the mo tors. The dancing stopped Im mediately as the ship swung about to return to Barcelona. Announcement of News Is Dramatic Such was the dramatic manner In which the passengers of the Graf Zeppelin were made aware that their flight to United States had failed. Then, after a long, hard pull, over the Gulf of Lion and over the southern part of France, the zeppelin fought for headway past Nimes, Montelimar and Valence. Just as the sun was setting in (Turn to Page 2, Column 4.) Discovery Made Near Where Woman's Torso Was Dug Up Last April LOS AXGELES, May 18. (AP) The head of a girl was found buried in the sands near the Florence avenue bridge over the Los Angeles river by deputy sher iffs late today. The discovery was made not far from the spot where the torso of a woman was recov ered from the river last April. The head was preserved suffi ciently to permit identification by any one acquainted with the vic tim, deputy sheriffs said. After a cursory examination, au thorities declared the manner in which the head had been severed corresponded to the surgery prac ticed on the woman's body. A pos itive connection cannot be estab lished, they said, until chemists have studied the physical struc ture. The skull was that of a woman (Turn to Page J. Column 4.) Because the sign posters of the Al G. Barnes company plastered their circus announcements on his building on the corner of Com mercial and Ferry streets, D. Sam uel has - brought suit in circuit court to recover $400 from' the company for alleged damages in curred to his , property. Samuel sets forth in his complaint the fact that the public was given adequate notice to keep its signs oft the walls of the building and that the circus violated this writ ten notice. Damages of $100 for the ex pense of taking down .the signs and $300 punitive damages are asked from the company by Sam uel in his complaint. Examinations To Be Held Soon In U. S. Civil Service Examinations for the posts of Junior stenographer and junior typist will be made next month by the United States civil service commission with headquarters at 207 Postofflce building. Seatlte. Information about making appli cation and necessary application blanks may be obtained from any first or second class postofflce within this district. . . Only men are eligible to take the examinations. Salaries for .the positions range . from 129 ts $1440. GIRL S HEAD FOUND 110 III 611 GIB SUED FOR S400 AS DAMAGES Congressman May , Again Fact Trial On Booze Charge M1AMA, Ha, Hay 18. (AP) Further prosecution of Congressman aC. A. Ml ehaelsou, of Chicago, oa charges growing; out of his testimony during; his Key West trial on charges of Im porting Uquor, was in pros pect today as the govern ment won its first move to obtain a record of the Key West testimony. Judge Halsted I. Bitter signed an order impounding notes taken at the trial, but refused to grant the govern ment's request that counsel for Michaelson be restrained from preventing sale of the transcript by their court stenographer. The government did not make a stenographic report of the Key West testimony but under the court's ruling it will be possible to make limited use of the defense report. SK TEXTILE Eight Union Members Prose cuted For Attempted Murder, Word ELIZABETHTON. Tenn., May 18. (AP) Eight striking union textile workers tonight were free on bond pending grand jury action while others who faced prelimin ary hearing before two magis trates on charges of conspiracy to commit murder were released. Announcement that the eight. members of a group arrested on I Thursday after a clash with non- j union workers, returning to the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff mills, would be held to the grand Jury was made today, taking of testimony and argu ments in the cases. Involving 100 or more workers, began Thursday and was completed late yesterday. The state charged the eight strikers held were ring leaders In a disturbance on a road at Valley Forge. The others, it was announced, would be released as most of them were unidentified, at least 75 hav ing refused to give their names when arrested. Many of the warrants for strik ers were made out against "John Boe" or "Mary Doe". One war rant named a "Redhead Boy," an other just "A Boy." while many were served on "One hundred per centers" and "Whoopee." Names were still withheld when bonds were posted and during the trial the majority of the defend ants mingled with the spectators and less than 20 testified, among them being the eight bound over to the grand jury under bonds of $1,000 each. Adjutant General W. C. Boyd, directing the National Guard, to day waived a preliminary hearing on charges to "aiding and abet- ting and attempt to commit mur der," preferred by Evelyn Heaton yesterday. He was held to the grand Jury under bond. The girl charged he ordered a bus driver to charge a group of pickets who were blocking the road and that she was injured. Explosions continued sporadic ally in widelyseparated sections today but no damage was done. Train Line Hires Girls For Diners SPOKANE. May 18 (AP) As the old order changeth, "George" of the familiar "Yes sah," will disappear and pert, bobbed-haired blondes and bru nettes will balance trays in dining cars of the Northern Pacific's Yellowstone park trains after June 20. R. C. Taylor, assistant superin tendent of dining car service ton the Northern Pacific, announced here today that girls now are be ing trained to replace negro wait ers, chefs and assistant chefs on their trains running between Liv ingston and Gardiner, Mont. The new order, Taylor assert ed, is in line with his company's effort to appeal to feminine tastes in the matter of food. "We cater to women," he said, "because they are experts in food and know all about it. Give a man enough and he is satisfied." The change will be brought about June 20 when the class now in training is "graduated." Police Discover Who Fired Shot At Spokane Lad SPOKANE, Wash., May 18. (AP) Police fonnd oat who shot and possibly fatally wounded Thomas Goddard, 17, last night, bnt it wasn't because Tom "squealed" on his friend. Tom, together- with Wllmer Hyer. 16, and Donald, 14, started out to collect subscription pay ments for a newspaper. Wilmer carried a revolver. While showing it to his companions, he pointed it at Tom and pulled the trigger. He said he didn't know the cham ber had a cartridge in it. The bullet entered Tom's shoulder, swerved downward into bis chest and probably punctured a lung. WORKERS ARRESTED STORY THAI. SOUGHT JAIL IS F Capone Makes Desperate Ef forts to Avoid Sentence Officials Declare Theory of Escape From His Enemies Scouted by All Who Know Facts PHILADELPHIA, May 18. (AP) It became known today that "Scarface Al" Capone, man of affairs in Chicago's underworld, sentenced to prison for a year for carrying a loaded pistol In this city, made desperate efforts through his attorneys to save him self from going to prison, or fail ing that to have the court give him a short sentence. The court refused to grant any leniency and treated him and his bodyguard exactly as it bad been treating other offenders of the law, convicted of carrying con cealed deadly weapons. Judge John E. Walsh, of the criminal division of the municipal court, said he did not take serious ly the opinion held In some quar ters that Capone walked into a police trap to save himself from rival gangsters. Capone Treated like Ordinary Criminal - "The case of Capone was hand led like any other case," said the Judge. "Before he and Cline were placed on trial, I had sentenced two other men for the same of fense and each was given the max imum prison sentence, one year." Bernard L. Lemisch, who, with Cornelius Haggarty, Jr., repre sented the gangsters revealed that he had made proposals to Judge Walsh for liberty or for leniency before Capone and Cline had en tered their pleas of guilty. "Judge Walsh would not con sider anything but the maximum sentence: I had to bow to his Judgment," Lemisch said. James (Shooey) Malone and John Creedon, the two Philadel phia detectives who "spotted" the two Chicago gangsters in the the atre crowd Thursday night, gave their version of the arrest today (Turn to Page 2, Column .) REAL F1F0R KIDS Children of Every Age Jam Way Into Big Top Tent to See Performance The kiddies'll have something to talk about today and tomorrow and tomorrow: for the big top has made its periodical visit, folded its canvas and slipped, not so noise lessly, away. Yesterday was circus day, and while Henry Ford has made his impression on the big top even to the extent of the funny driverless flivver, it's still the kids who got the real wallop out of animals, and acrobats, and more more animals. If you don't believe it, try sitting along with 'em. For, somehow, the kids don't seem to worry themselves about what's going on in the other two rings; they get their rapt eyes glued on the things nearest at hand generally speaking at the kick they get out of looking at that, whether monkeys, horses, elephants, clowns, tigers, dogs, pretty girls, Hons, dwarfs, sebras, parrots or what not. The glitter of decorations; the incessant poundings of the band, the rattle of chains and clang of workman they're all a part of the circus and kids, whether old or young, had their fill yesterday. McMahan Back In Salem From Yamhill Court Circuit Judge McMahan was back in Salem on Saturday after spending the week in McMinnville hearing cases in circuit court there. .McMahan took the place of Judge Walker who has seriously ill for more than a month. One of the interesting and am using experiences of the week, Mc Mahan reported, was a clash be tween two attorneys, one of whom peeled off his coat and was ready to resort to time honored means to settle his grievance with op posing counsel. Miscellaneous- For Sale That heading in the classi fied columns always includes a lot of tempting offers. YOU can list the surplus ar. tides from your home or shop for sale too. At tiny cost yon can advertise them In THB STATESMAN and bring your offerings to the attention of thousands. Phone in your advertisement Call "Five Hundred" I CIRCUS PROVES Will Quit I - t i xn u rv-vx h " v t t trr f V p,? i, - t t I rt,i U President W. W. Campbell of the nounoed Wednesday he will retire work on the Berkeley, CaL, campus. Flax Retting Now Totals All Previous Records First Three Weeks New Tanks are Used Successfully THE retting of flax for the present season was begun at the Oregon penitentiary flax plant three weeks ago, up to Saturday evening 425 tons had been put into or through the retting tanks, including the new ones built since last sum mer's season. There were 2500 tons of threshed straw, from the crop of last year, on hand when retting began, and the indications are that it will all be put through the tanks before the re ceipt of any flax from the coming harvest, which will be Garage For State Cars Projected Reports that certain state em ployes are using state-owned au tomobiles for private purposes, has caused Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, to advocate the erection of a state garage near the pres ent group of state buildings in Sa lem. The proposal will be placed before the state board of control at its next meeting. Under the plan proposed by the secretary of state all state-owned cars would be housed in- the gar age at night unless out of the city on official business. Mr. Hoss said it was his opinion that such an Innovation on the 'part of the state would save the taxpayers a large amount of money annually. Many of the state-owned cars are now housed in private gar ages, with the result that they are used by state employes while not engaged In official business. BY ESSIE ROYAL HERE Suit for divorce was filed in circuit court Saturday by Essie Royal who seeks to be released from her marriage contract with Theodore Royall. Five children in cluding one only six months old will be given to the custody of the mother if her divorce is granted. OUve Marie Doan filed suit for divorce in circuit court Saturday against Eugene D. Doan, her hus band, whom she married in 1.908. She has two children whose cus tody she seeks, together with 25 support money each month for each child. Mrs. Doan alleges cruel and inhuman treatment on the part of her husband. New Mark Made In Plane Flight SALT LAKE CITY, May 18. (AP) What was declared to be a new record for airplanes be tween Cheyenne and Salt Lake City was jet today by Pilot H. A. Collison ot the Boeing air trans port when be flew the 417 miles in two hoars nd 69 minutes. This was said to be 1 8 minutes less than the previous mark. ; 3 IVORCE SOUGHT University University of California, who an next year after completing 39 years 425 Tons Far Surpassed During of Activities Here; carried on in July and August. Of course, this is the larg est tennage ever put through at the prison in any season prior to the 18th of August, and this will be the first year in which all the available straw will have been taken rar rf from all j former crops before the receipt of any of the new crop. There will be enough time to ret a lot of the coming crop, after its receipt this year. The threshing operation comes before retting, and this can be commenced soon after the first load comes from the field; though there is no advantage in retting early, excepting for the conserva tion of time. In fact, the fiber content ot flax Improves with age, in both quantity and quality, for at least a year or two. Capacity or Prison Plant Is Doubled The new retting tanks give the prison plant about double its for mer capacity for this work, and there will have to be a constant increase, till the 10,000 acre mark is reached, which will be within two or three years. The acreage handled last year was 3000. It is 4500 for this year, in over 300 contracts with farmers in seven valley counties. The flax fields so far examined by Col. W B. Bartram, superin- (Turn to Page J, Column 1.) Salem Dog Gets New Job As Mother to Six Tiger Puppies of Barnes Show The Al O. Barnes circus, when it arrived in Salem, bad an addi tion to its animal family, in the shape of six tiger puppies. That fact in Itself is Interesting, but there Is something about it of still more interest, to those who do not follow circus life. The mother tiger in captivity kills her young, so that there was the necessity of getting another mother for the tiger puppies. There was a search about Salem, and a female shepherd dog with a new litter' was found and bought The tiger puppies will never know the difference. The milk of their new mother is richer' than that of the tigress that whelped them. So they will grow sleek and fat. Mr. Brown, of the business staff of the circus, a man with a Ken tucky drawl who bas followed the "big top" for a long time, said last night that a Barnes circus tigress whelped a litter of puppies il SESSION TO y Important Business Will Be Faced at Meeting To morrow Night Issue on Water and Power Rights Will Come Up for Decision More Important business thna has faced the city council in manv months, is due to come up for consideration Monday night. The principal Issues are: 1. Decision on maintaining or abandoning the city's protest against water and power filings of the Northwest Power company In the Marion lake district. 2. A hearing at which the Oregon-Washington Water Service company has been asked to show cause why its franchise should not be revoked. S. Final disposition of an or. dinance bill granting the Southern Pacific Motor Transport company a new franchise for bus service on Salem's streets. Final Disposition of Issues Yet Uncertain What the council is likely to do on any of these matters would be -difficult to forecast without tak ing a poll of the entire member ship. The committee appointed by Mayor LIvesley to look into the water and power rights question, has made certain investigations but up to Saturday night had not met to frame a recommendation. At the same time, one member of this group has stated his attitude as being opposed to giving up any water rights the city might have, for he believes the city should take over the task of furnishing water for domestic use here, and should get its water from the mountains. General Sentiment Is Is Still Uncertain A number of other councilman are of the same opinion, but It is uncertain whether ihe sentiment is general enough to bring about a decision to put the question te a popular vote. This same sentiment Is certain to have a bearing on the council's attitude with respect to the water company's franchise. However, since the summons to appear was Issued two weeks ago to the wa ter company officials, several councilmen have admitted that the ultimatum was possibly not the proper initial movement; that if the city wishes to go into the wa ter business. It should proceed to lay careful plans first and nego tiate with the present utility later. The ordinance committee, which has had the proposed bus fran chise ordinance under considera tion, had not made a report up to Saturday night, but it was pre dicted that the bill would be re ported back without recommenda tion and considered on its merits. 0 IS REPORTED SOLD MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 18. CAP) A deal for sale of the transmarine steamer Sujameco to the Pacific salvage company was completed here last night, al though the terms were not releas ed. One who was present at the conference, however, said Lleyds disposed of the vessel "dirt cheap." Captain R. C. Brennmh. surveyor to Lloyds, who has beil in charge of salvage operation since the ship went agrovni March 1, last, left for Portland last night. W. Jordan of the Pacific Sal vage company went to the ship to day and plans to remain In charge. The company hopes to float the ship on high June tides. It is understood that if the ship is refloated she will be repaired, loaded for Japan and sold as jasJt when she arrives there. OF COUNCIL OCCUR MONDA pDnniunrn CTmo nUU UJLu u I LHillLII at Coalings. Cal., fn 1925. She at tempted to kill them, and see ceeded in ber deadly work, witk the exception of one. That one wag badly injured, but a man at Coal ings took that one as a gift and . nursed it to health. He still hat the mature tiger, a pet; kept in a cage. He has trained it. He has been offered and refused a thous and dollars for it. Tigers, have a value, for 100s and other snow purposes. On its present tour, the Barnes circus started from winter quar ters, near Los Angeles the: latter part of March. Up to last night. It had shown every day, Sundays and all, for "43 straight day's. Circuses show on Sundays In California, " -but not in Oregon or Washington. So there will be. a rest for the circus people in Portland today, which they will enjoy. They Will' show on - Sunday In Seattle, but they will give a percentage ot their receipts to . the milk fundt, of that city. . .