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a ik-v,. 4k e i Don't Feel WATCH fORIT! . , A new aerial story', ntr- tefious from the first chap ter to the last paragraph, is to start Ibis week ia The .Statesman. . Toall want to read every chapter. SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. City Council Faces Issue at i Its Regular Meet Here Monday Night Lighting Committee Making Thorough Study of Re quests by Firm Final disposition of the propos ed new franchise for the South .ern Pacific Motor Transport com pany for Its bus lines In the city, the awarding of a contract for the four traffic control lights on which bids were called two . weeks ago, and reconsideration of the vetoed "herd law" ordinance, loomed as the principal items of business facing the City council Monday nisht .-. The franchise ordinance was put off after coming op oarfhlrd read ing at the last meeting, and re ferred to the lighting committee for study. What interest the light ing committee might have In it was a mystery both to the public and to the chairman of the com mittee. Nevertheless, it has been hinted that some members of the council, particularly the represen tatives of the fifth ward, will have something to say before it, comes to a yote. ' - Airport Matters To lie Threshed Oat Completion of the purchase of approximately 95 additional acres for the airport, is another item on the program. The question s to the airport committee's action in ordering commencement of cer tain phases ot construction work, was brought op Friday by some of the councilmen. Members of the committee ex plained Saturday that they had ar ranged to have a resolution pre pared and signed by a majority of the council members, authorizing this work. No such resolution bad been filed with the recorder up to Saturday afternoon. 4 , Reasons Given For :); if Prematura Action . . . . The committee , members ex plained that the grubbing work was a minor matter, and that a de sire to expedite the improvement of the airport prompted their ac tion in the interim betweenjoun cil meetings. The small amount of work being done on the runways, was simply a test of grading ma chinery as to its adaptability for the work. Pniif new nrrilnnnrA bills will Te introduced, two ot them car rying emergency clauses. These Include authorization of the sale of $100,000 in sewer bonds, amendment of the traffic code with respect to overtime parking. amendment of the fire zone ordin ance and amendment of the ion Ine ordinance. The latter proposes a change from zone two to xone three spe cial at State and 12th streets, with the proviso that any business tinctures be set back from the property line to conform with oth er construction in that vicinity. Committees in charge of ar rangements for the Oregon Chiro practors' association convention, which will be held here August 12 to 15. have been announced as follows: Reception, Dr. John Long, Dr. J. Harry Morah, Dr. Lloyd Hoek tt. Dr. P. G. Stapran and Dr. Arthur Goffrler of Salem; Dr. A. L. V. Smith of Silverton, Dr. Er nest Beal of Stayton, Dr. Harley Beal ot Independenece, Dr. Ethel K. Riley of Hubbard and Dr. Stem of Monmouth. State publicity, Drs. Hockett and Moran bf Salem and Dr. Whyte ot Pendleton. Local publicity. Dr. Stem ot Monmouth, Dr. Smith .of Silver ton, Dr. Riley of Hubbard. Dr. Beal of Stayton, Dr. Beal of In dependence and Dr. Hockett ot 8alem. ESEU BE VOTED UPON COMMITTEES ARE PICKED FORiEET Troop One of Salem Wins First Place-in Boy Scout Meeting on Olinger Field Troop one of Salem took high honors and the large silver tro phy In the annual boy scout field rally held Saturday on Olinger field here. ; Troop one outdis tanced aO entrants, amassing 235 points. Troop 28 of Monmouth placed second. wUh 140 points to Its chedlt and troop two of Salem took third place with 115 joints. .( Scout were present from Salem, ' Stayton. Dallas, Monmouth. Inde pendence and Jefferson. . . Jnst lit Marlon and Polk county boy scouts, representing It troops, marched In the down- town parade which opened . the field day. j Independence scouts placed' first In the parade, Dallas ; second and ! Jefferson third. De " spite the slight damper -whirh the Alarmed About the Rain! It Means Better Crops and Happier Farmers for Satevd 58 Franklin Hoytdfe -Winner With His Temperance Plan Repeal of Volstead Act of Laws All Along Presiding Justice NEW YORK, June l.(AP) Franklin Chase Hoyt, presiding justice of the New York City Children's court, to day was announced the winner of the $25,000 prize contest for the best temperance plan, sponsored by the Hearst news papers. The plan, in brief, sufgested'a repeal of the Volstead Act, and a new congressional definition of intoxicating liquors, which would make possible light wines and beers under state control. TEX 11 TAKES ffllfl M DERBY Portland Flyer Places First in Portland - Corvallis Airplane Race CORVALLIS, Ore., June 1. (AP) Tex Rankin, Portland avi ator, won the Portland to Corval lis air race today, driving against a strong southwest wind in the fast time of 51 minutes, 54 sec onds. Rankin won a trophy and $75 cash for being the winner of the cross country race. He drove a Curt-Robin. Close behind Rankin came Don Phillips In a Challenger airplane, his time being 52 minutes, 21 sec onds. McArthur in a Travelalr zoomed into the local airport in 58 minutes, 7 seconds. Garbutt, in 68 minutes 19 seconds, came in after McArthur. Forbes was forced down be tween Portland and Salem. Twenty ships were at Jba air port today with JO more expected tomorrow, . when races nl stunts will occur. The derby la being sponsored by the Corvallis Legion post. TULLV TO DELIVER High School Seniors Will Attend Services at Church Tonight Dr. Norman Kendally Tully, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will deliver the baccalau reate sermon to the' 1929 Salem high school graduating class this evening, services to begin at 7:30 o'clock. This ia the second suc cessive year Dr. Tully has address ed the high school graduates for this occasion. This year the ser vices will be held in bis own church., Hia subject will be "The Making of a Man," with the text from Luke 2:52. Special music has been planned for the service. The high school. 277 seniors will occupy a section of the church. June Starts Out Well As Month For Marriages June, the favorite month of brides, made a good start Satur day when seven marriage licenses were , granted by. County Clerk Boyer. They were: Selah Roda of Mehama to Marion M. Holmes of Portland, Glenn Losey of Hub bard to Mabel Peak of Hubbard. Russell E. Kapplin of Gaston of Alice L. Doney of Salem, William Chapman of Salem to Viola Fish er of 8alem, James W. Jenks ot Albany to Dorothy May Hubbs ot Silverton, Frank N. Zinn of Salem to Lillian M. Johnson ot Silver ton, and E..L. Powell of Aums ville to Mabel Chastain of Aums ville. weather put upon the rally, scouts showed a wonderful splr. it throughout tha competition, O. P. West, scout executive and field manager said following the -day's events. . ' . Mr. - West , particularly com mended the. work done by Salem troops three and IX, two new troops which went Into the eon- tests and worked Ilka veterans. Troop 12 la scarcely a month old and had no help in preparing for the rally. Troop three won the efficiency prise for showing the best spirit and most Interest dur ing the day, and also ; placed fourth In the events. " First, second and third places in all events, besides the parade, (Turn to Page 17, Column 2.) V 1W m i lit -v m a and General Revision Line Is Urged by of N. Y. Court Other prize winners were: Second, $5,000 -Brigadier-General Albert Clayton Dal ton, U. S. army, retired, Washington. Third. 12,000 Capt. Thomas W. Therkildsen,. executive secre tary of the Moderation league, New York. Fourth, $1,000 James B. Quin lan, Jr., 1504 West Ramona Blvd., Alhambra, Cal. Justice Hoyt expressed his opin ion that the 18th amendment can not be replaced for many years to come, ha drew a distinction be tween distilled and fermented li quors, saying that "distillation is the act of man and has been re sponsible for practically all the evils which 'liquor has inflicted upon the human race, while fer mentation is the act of nature, and that to many must mean, in the most reverential sense, the act f God." . His plan would bar "all alco holic products of distillation" but would permit the control, manu- (Turn to Page 17, Column 4.) EXPORT DEBErJTIJRE PLWJ TOBE BEATEN Provision To Be Eliminated from Bill on Agricul- tural Aid, Claim WASHINGTON. June 1. (AP) Administration leaders express ed the opinion today that the sen ate will uphold a prospective rec ommendation by the farm relief conference committee to eliminate the export debenture plan from the farm bill expected to be pre sented to both branches of con gress next week for final approval. A careful check of the senate membership was held to have shown that three or four senators who voted for the debenture plant last month have decided to sup port the conference report recom mending its elimination on the ory that farm legislation would be greatly delayed if the controversy over this proposal Is further pro longed. With this situation In mind, the leaders are prepared to ask a vote in the senate on the conference .re port as soon as the conferees com plete their work. Senator MeNary, of Oregon, chairman of the con ference said he expected this to be early next week. McGuire's Auto Takes Long Jaunt If the antomobile owned by K. J. ' McGuire of this city could speak. It probably would tell an interesting story of its travels since last Tuesday. Stdlea here that night. It was recovered tn Corvallis Friday night. In the in terim, it had traveled 1200 miles, Mr. McGuire reports. Furthermore, a variety of arti cles, apparently stolen in widely separated places, were found In the car, a quantity ot clothing, canned food, a hack saw, a razor, some engineers' implements and notebooks. The only article re vealing any Indication of Its source was a coin bag empty bearing the name ot a Seattle bank. Mark Poulsen Stunned by Fall Down Stairway .Mark Poulsen, -. city recorder, suffered painful but apparently not serious Injuries when bo feU from the landing on a dark stair way In the Adolpn building, where ha has rooms, Saturday night. He evidently allpped and ; fell; head ing : down the stairs from the landing to the street level, as his face and one hand : were badly bruised. He' was stunned by the fall, and after being revived was unable to tell how the accident oc curred. . - Reports were current later In the evening that Mr. Poulsen had perhaps met with foul play, bnt there were no marks of any In jury which could not have been caused in the fall. - r - - -v , - FOUNDED 1831 Sakm, Oregon, Sunday Long Season Will Start for Salem District; Goose berries First Eight Plants to Operate as Compared With Steven Last Summer The canning and paeklng sea- son tor Salem and this district opens tomorrow. It will end about Christmas time in several ot the canneries on apples, and some time later, likely, on carrots and parsnips, and perhaps small on ions, for the plants that have con tracts on those vegetables. In fu ture years, the season will last all the year, when a longer line of vegetables will be used, together with the making of jams and Jel lies from fruits in cold storage. The season opening tomorrow will be the biggest In the history of this canning center and pack ing center. It will take about 4000 people in the Salem plants at the heighth of the season. There will be eight canning plants In opera tion In Salem, against seven last season, and It is likely that there will be at least nine next year, in cluding the King's plant, by Reid. Murdoch & Co. This concern, or some one else, is now having the King's plant cleaned up and more or less reconditioned: and it may be that it will be used tor canning or cold packing, or both, for at least a part of this season, under some kind of a leasing or other arrangement, pending quieting of title. Gooseberries First On Cannery Program Gooseberries wIU begin to come to the plant of the Producers Co operative cannery tomorrow, and canning -will get under .way, and strawberries will come and can ning will begin on these Tuesday or Wednesday. The Paulus cannery people are expecting some goose berries to morrow, when canning will com mence with strawberry canning starting about June -It. The Starr cannery will start on gooseberries Tuesday, and straw- (Turn to Pags IT, Column 4.) OUT WITH STRIKE CHICAGO, June 1. (AP) More than three thousand iron workers went on strike today for a dollar wage increase. As a result, all building projects in which the iron framework has not been completed were delayed. The strike of the bridge and structural iron workers union, with a membership of 2,200, was called last night, and today the ornamental and architectural iron workers walked out in a sympa thetic . strike. The latter organ ization has a membership of 900 and a wage scale of $12 a day, the same as the structural work ers. The unions aemana u, a concession on their part from a $14 day first asked the employers countered with an offer of $12.50. Work on various buildings, to cost weU over $100,000,000, was not seriously hampered today, E. N. Craig, executive secretary of the building construction employ- era.' assoolation said. He esti mated, however, that 20.000 other craftsmen would be thrown out of employment -and all work on most ot the projects halted It the iron workers remained out a week. Murder Is Probed By Detective ROSEBTJRG. Ore., June 1. (AP) Straggling ends of the mysterious murder of George M. Hess, Roseburg federal building janitor, on May 4 were being knit ted together today by E. O. Heln- rlch. Berkeley, CaL, criminologist. called la by city and county auth orities to help fathom the slay ing. Hess was shot and killed by a masked Intruder, who fired through tha bedroom window where Hess and bis wife were sleeping. The janitor was slain when ha and Mrs. Hess endeav ored to escape through a rear door. Helnrich opened hia Investiga tion today by inspecting the Hess home. He was Instrumental in establishing Identity m the famous D'Autremont case. Since May 4, city and county authorities have been stumped at every angle In the ease. Mrs. Hess, at a corner's hearing, told of how they were awakened by crashing glass to see a masked face peering through the bedroom window. Hess, on demand, turned on the light only to be shot down. A re volver was found in an orchard a short distance from the residence: BEGlS HERE MONDAY 3000 WORKERS 60 Horning June 2, 1929 New State Office Building - - ' - 1 , - . 'mii i !-rrz.,, ..- This picture is reprodveed from aa architect's drawing of the new office building oa the state capitol grounds. The structure will be situated Immediately north of the present supreme court building. Excavation la now nearly finished. OF KIMBALL IS TODAY Local Theological School to Hold Services at Church This Afternoon The three-day program of the twentieth annual commencement of Kimball School of Theology opens this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the baccalaureate services for the graduating class. The services will be held in the auditorium of the First Methodist church. Hold ing of the services at the S o'clock hour will permit student pastors to fill their regular pulpits and still be able to attend the exer cises. The program for this afternoon will be as follows: Prelude. "A Dream of Paradise." Oesten, bx Henry Warber; hymn, "Where Cross the Crowded Ways;" prayer; male quartet, "Moments of Prayer," Doane; scripture read ing; -solo, "He Shall FeFed His Flockti ;RandeV by Josephine Al bert; -sermon,. .The .Minister's TtiaJI.WaidetJ.pMn male quartttiSChriat AadT "the City; postludo, arewaU,"trom Lohengrin. .' On Monday at S o'clock win b the annual competitive reading for the Fisher prize. This contest in the reading of hymns and Bibli cal passages will take place in the Kimball auditorium. Following the competitive reading will occur the annual communion service. At 8 o'cloc. President and Mrs. Canse will give the annual reception to students, faculty, trustees and friends in the Kimball hall. The graduation exercises will take place at 2:30 Tuesday after noon in Kimball hall. Bishop Ti tus Lowe will give the commence ment address. CiESE III RIOTS LONDON, June 1 (AP) No confirmation from other sources had been received here tonight on reports published in Berlin that China had withdrawn its officials at Moscow following upon a strong Soviet note protesting against recent raids on Its consul ates in Manchuria. The Chinese charge d'affaires and cvuwular officials were said to hare been summoned, home. Chinese authorities recently raided the Russian consulate at Harbin and were also reported to have raided three smaller consul ates. The staffs were detained over night and other Russians found in the buildings are still under ar rest. It was reported the raiders sought evidence that the soviet government was supporting the re volt ot Marshal Feng Yn-Hsiang. The Moscow government -dispatched a ' note characterizing these raids as being ot "violent and unlawful character" and warned the Chinese against fur ther trying its patience by "pro vocative actions and violations of treaties and agreements." It ar gued that since the Chinese .had not respected the international law of extra territoriality the so viet did not feel itself bound to give this protection to Chinese diplomatic missions and consul ates In Russian territory. Paper Company Attorney Asked Of Black Snow letter to Walter E. Keyes, at torney for the Oregon Pulp and Paper company, was sent Satur day by Hal D. Patton, inquiring what the company Intended to do about the cinder nuisance in Sa lem, .'v. Patton la lnsistant that Indus trial, plants here take immediate action to get rid of cinders. He says that- unless "such action Is taken by the time the next conn cil meeting Is held, he Is going to ask the council to enforce the ordinance : imposing ' a heavy fine on any person or plant responsi ble for the spread of cinders in the community. WILD RUMOR SAYS 5 Police Necessary To Guard Hoover Palo Alto Home WASHINGTON, June l (AP) The zealousness of souvenir hunters has neces sitated placing plain clothes police around the home of President Hoover in Palo Alto, California, to save it from depredations. Word was received at the White House recently that rosebushes and shrubbery as well aa parts of the. house were being taken away by visitors. As a result pri vate detectives were em ployed to guard the grounds. The home, located on the campus of Stanford univer sity, has become a popular showplace since Mr. Hoov er's elevation to the presi dency. Ramsay UacDonald Intends "to. Prevent NeWBec- tlon fornrearr LONDON. June 1 (AP) Alii three major political parties went into the trenches tonight for a post-election campaign tor power. After the costliest election in the history of England, with ex penditures running Into millions of dollars, Great Britain found it self today with a new house of commons but no majority govern ment capable of directing It. Ramsay MacDonald supplied labor's answer 16 the question of the hour in England, which Is is "coalition government or new general election." The labor lead er declared he would use every ounce of influence he possessed to prevent another election for two years. "If I can prevent It there shall be no disturbance of the country by an election within the next two years," he said. The labor party, which in 30 years has increased its seats from 2 to 287, is the strongest in the new house, but must find, with outlying divisions yet unreported, 21 supporters among other ele ments of the house in order to govern with stability. Conservatives, liberals, labor ites and independents alike thus entered upon a political battle of wits, and all the party strate gists were busy studying the Con tour of the new house and man euvering for position. 5 TICKLE TIFF MIL WASHINGTON. Jnne 1 (AP) Democratic support ot the pro gram to dispose ot the tariff bill before the regular session begins In December eased up the con gressional situation today and set republican leadera to planning anew on a recess over the hot summer months. This threat of .Washington's summer heat also appears to be giving President Hoover a whip hand on his entire extra session program lending force for the drive to dispose of farm relief controversy at an early date. It farm relief and the census reapportlonment bills are enact ed and definite assurance given of a final vote on the tariff measure before December, Mr. Hoover will sanction a congressional recess until September. PassTo Get New Factory GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 1. (AP) Construction - win atart next Monday on a new box fac tory here, to be operated in ' con nection with the Swede Basin Lum ber company's mill. The box plant will have a daily capacity ot 40, 000 feet and will utilise box ma terial from the lumber company's milL It Is ,being constructed by Loa - Angeles interests and will operate throughout the 'yean . LABOR PARTY SEEKS FDR MORE SUPPORT S WORK Oil BUI BEG NS NEXT MONTH Construction of State Office Structure to Get Under Way Shortly Actual construction work on the new state "office building to be erected here duing the present year probably will get under way early In July. This would make it possible to complete the structure early next year. Excavation oper atlons have been . under way for the past two weeks, and barring unnecessary delays, should be completed not later than Friday of this week. The office building will be five stories high, 200 by 96 feet 'in dimensions and of concrete con struction. There will be a base ment, which will provide storage facilities for the various depart pents occupying space in the building. The; cost of the struc ture will be approximately $500,- 000. Money necessary for con structKm will be borrowed from the state industrial aecldent com mission, and be repaid ont of rent als received ter apace. - Occupants ot -the structure will Include the state industrial acci dent commission, state bonus com mission, adjutant general, state engineer, state Insurance com missione, state corporation com mission and a number of other smaller departments. There also is a possibility that the state motor vehicle department will occupy) one floor, but this has not yet been determined definitely. The plans and specifications were prepared by Knighton and Howell, Portland, architects, and were designed to provide adequate light and ventilation. The build trie elevator and other conven ing will be equipped with an elec iences. Heat will be obtained from the central heating plant in the state house. It originally was decided to con nect the new structure and the supreme court building, but this was abandoned because of the large expense Involved and the protest of the supreme court. T T Employment conditions of the present and future possibilities were studied by W. C. Carpenter, director of the farm labor divi sion of the U. 8. Employment ser vice, who was In Salem from Tuesday to Saturday.,, Mr. Carpen ter has his headquarters in Spo kane. t The flax and canning Industries were especially studied by Mr. Carpenter. He followed the flax crowing and working processes from the field to the mills. The service here la considered exceptional in Its scope and ser vice given to persons seeklnx helo and employment. Complete satis faction with the work of Sim Phillips, local manager, waa ex pressed by Mr. Carpenter. - EMP 111 HERE STUDIED BT EXPEH Ballot Titles Prepared By Van Winkle Upheld by ' Supreme Court Justices A special election June 21 'on the excise tax measure applying to banks and other corporations seemed assured Saturday -when the supreme court upheld-the bal lot title prepared ' by Attorney General Van 'Winkle for the pe titions in the referendum of that measure. L. B. Smith, of Port land, representing those opposed to the referendum, had attacked the ballot tiUe. , ; . It1 was said here yeeteTday that the group beaded by- Thomak G. Ryan; of Portland, who Invoked the' referendum, would have their petitions completed and filed , by Tuesday of this week, which . is the final date on which petitions may be niedr if this Is true the WEATHER GeneraDy fair today; Ha mktity above normal. Max. tempera are Saturday 88; Mia. 45; Rlrer 1.8; Rain .21; Cloudy. PRICE FIVE CEKT3 SUICIDE TIES Vicinity of Painter's Woc& Chosen by R. S. Clark ss Place to Kill Self Shooting Takes Place Abtut Four " o'clock Satur day Afternoon ft. S. Clark. 9. formerly i'ml dent of Salem, took his own life by ' shooting himself through the bead Saturday afternoon, in an automo bile parked beside the road oppos- ite Painter's Wvods, a short dis tance north of Salem. The revol ver, with only one shell exploded. was still clutched In his hand When officers arrived to Investigate the case. No Inquest will be held. It was announced at the office of Coron er Lloyd Rigdon. Saturday night, as It was a plain case ot suicide. The bullet had entered on the right side, passed through the PUCE 0UT1E CITY BOUNDAny brain and broken a window In the left side of the car. Called by a passing motorist. Sheriff Bower and a representative of the coroner's office reached the scene about 4:30 o'clock. They adjudged that Clark had not been dead more than 30 minutes. Notes Written Shortly Before Shot Fired Little could be learned about the deceased here Saturday. It waa reported that his divorced wife was still a resident of Salem, but this could not be verified. In his bill fold were found sev eral notes, apparently written Just before he fired the fatal shot. Each one began, "In case of acci dent notify " One was addressed to J. F. Clark, Camas, Wash., who, it was learned later, is a brother; a ae ond to Mrs. Etta Kennedy, 1X03 13th avenne East. Eugene, who ia hia daughter; a third to tile Flan Chemical company, 213 Weldler street, Portland. Clark was a tra veling agent for this company, which manufactures extracts. , One Message Sent Former Landlady , fourth not wa 44ra.B. a Salem woman who, lnvestiatloja- . disclosed, had been bis landlady, when he made Salem hia lead quarters several months ago. She . said he had gone to Vancouver, Wash., to represent the chemical company in that territory. Clark was well dressed, and hia automobile contained article tsU dlcatiag that he had been stilt en gaged Is the sales work. The nf had been purchased in Salem v eral months ago. MUCH BETTED AFTER HIS RELAPSE- WINDSOR, June 1. (AP) A definite feeling of relief charac terized the news and comment on the Illness of King George tonight following Issuance of a medical bulletin. His majesty must spend his 64th birthday tomorrow in bed at Windsor castle instead ot being the central figure in the ceremony of trooping the colors. Sovereign is cheerful despite his renewed affliction after hia long winter of illness. , His bed fa mounted on rubber wheels and can easily be moved from corner to corner of his big bedroom la Victoria; Tower to catch the sun' shine. A military band la" the castle grounds plays his favorite airs. It was officially stated tonight that he had passed a good day and that hia condition continues sat isfactory. His physicians visited him for half a a hour and on ef them explained that the abaeesa ia his chest had developed and broken as an ordinary gum boll might do and that it continues to drain naturally. r RAIN WELCOMED LA GRANDE. .Ore.. June 1. (AP) The outlook for good crops in Union county Increased greatly overnight when nearly bale aa Inch ot rain fell. H ........ special election is certain,- aface the legislature provided that in event the referendum were tn yoked against the excise or the. intangibles tax act a special elec-' tioa would be called June 2S. The supreme court also approv- ed 11 the ballot titles - prepared- by , Attorney General Van, Winkle la tha referendum against thclfnl nomah ; county ' circuit : judge act and in the initiative attack wpoa certain fraternal insurance socie ties. Thla.haa the effect of hold ing -ap until after the election of November; 1930, the effectiveness of the act creating two new cir- : cult Judgeships la Multnomah county. The completed " petition (Turn to Fags 17. Column X.) ; i