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, YOU'LL ENJOY IT! A- performance f The Desert Sons' rrl treat Ut Salem ami the KUinore should be, well supported la Ita venture. WEATHER Part cloudy today; Lower humidity; North wind. Max. temperature Wednesday 70; Mia. 36; Hirer .; Rain .01; Cear. FOUMDJEP 1631 ' SEtENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 73 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jane 20, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS m SB ON EAST COfiST New Yorkers Pass Hottest June 19 Since 1873; Schools Close Prostrations Numerous Due to Unexpected Rise in Temperature r NEW YORK.. Jane 19. (AP) - Rain brought a cool interlude to fevered New York tonight after the mercury, reaching 92 degrees daring the . day, had established another record as the hottest Jane 19 since 1873. Numerous deaths were reported throughout the east as attributed directly or indirectly to the heat, three persons drowned and thir teen prostrated. One was kilted by lightning at PottsTille, Pa., and two others were killed by light. Ding at Newton, Pa. . By the Associated Press While cool northeasterly winds, blowing down from Grand Banks and the Iceberg line, brought comfort to the New England sea coast, most of the eastern states ""Wednesday night still sweltered as the seventh day of the- heat wave drew to a cloo. Millions in the metropolitan area, all over New Jersey, Penn sylvania, western New York, and Inland New England, got little comfort out of the news that it was "cooler Wednesday in Boston except from telling each other that "when Boston cools off, the whole east will cool off." Schools Ordered Closed In Some 8 actions Meanwhile, although Boston nd Portland, Maine, were several decrees cooler Wednesday than Tuesday, and getting cooler all the time, schools were closed in Springfield and Lawrence, Mass., because the mercury had shot up above 90 at noon. Throughout the day the tem perature kept pace with that of Tuesday when in New York City It mounted to 93 and bmke all records for June weather. At 4 p. m.. Wednesday the temperature In New York City was 92, only 1 degree lower than Tuesday at the same hour and, higher than it had been on any June 19th since 1873. Heat prostrations increased throughout the east, and Newark, N. J., faced still another problem. Excessive use of water In the last week had brought the reservoirs at a Ibw mark, and emergency steps had to be token to conserve the water supply. Firemen were inBtrnrtI not to turn on the hose any more to cool off youngsters In the streets. SAN FRANCISCO. June 19 (AP) Announcement from Wash ington that federal authorities ex pected to appoint William G. Walker, Fresno. Cal.. police chief, as prohibition administrator for northern California, succeeding E. H. Buhner, resigned, led to specu lation here tonight concerning a possible reorganisation of the de nartment. Eohner in announcing his resig nation said he would take a long -vacation before going into busi ness. He characterized the prohibi tion berth as "do bed of roses." Washington dispatches said Bonn er failed to pass the required civil service examination for continu ance permanently as administra tor. He asked for a re-examination, but the result of the test was not made public. Music Teachers Will Meet Here For 1930 Confab PORTLAND. June 19 (Spe cial) Next year's annual conven tion of the Oregon State Music Teachers association will be held In Salem It was voted unanimous ly at, the closing session of this year's convention here today. Of ficers elected for the year are Mrs. Clifford Moore, Portland. . president; Mrs. Charles Heillne, Roseburg, vice president; Elixa beth E. Johnson, Portland, record ing secretary; Elizabeth Levy, Sa lem, corresponding . secretary; Mordaunt Goodnough, Portland, treasurer. Snook Unable to Explain Gruesome Clues on His Car COLUMBUS, June 19 I (AP) - Ir. James . H. Snook, former Ohio State nnl versltr professor nnder questioning tonight in. con- neetlen with the slaying of I Theora Hlx. M year old co rd, was unable to furnish an rxplauation for blood stains on w jbw w uin - TTaoblie. Jle, county prosecutor f. Chester announced. The stains were analyzed by Cfc. IL Ion, chemist. SUP OCCURS IN PROHIBITION Hilt Lions' Chief Kay Le Grande Riley of Sacra mento, elected last week to head the International Association of lions clnbs at the ,13th annual convention held at Louisville, Ky. State Senator Lloyd T. l.eynolds and Henry R. Crawford were Sa lem's representatives at the con vention. Mr. Riley, who is com troller of the state of California, was the principal speaker at the Oregon district Lion's convention held here last summer. II Court Considers Company's Request for Right-of-way Along Roads Whether or not Marion county will permit representatives or me Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company to use county highways as a place lor locating an under ground conduit to carry long dis tance lines between Portland and Salem Is a question being dis- cussed by members of the court. Representatives for the company seek permission to piace a targe conduit, made of vitriefied clay. in a four-foot trench which would run along county roads from Wil sonville south to a place near Wood burn from which point the conduit would oe conquciea u oa- lem over a right-of-way obtained from the Southern Pacific rail road. Members of the court regard the development the company pro poses favorably far as an improve ment for the service of the tele phone company is concerned. The question bothering the court is the effect on road right-of-ways which, this proposed ditch would have. Court members point out that the ditch fill would probably sink and leave a place for water to be pooled along the road while t! j conduit route would also make grading difficult. The telephone representatives say permission to use road, right-of-ways has already been obtained in Clackamas and Multnomah counties. They are opposed to bringing their conduit down the Oregon Electric right-of-way since there would be electrical interfer ence from the trolley lines. To bring the conduits across the fields would be expensive and dif ficult, not only because of the pur chase of right-of-ways but because fence rows would frequently have to be removed, trees dug out and other expensive construction done. McNary Will be Home Again Soon Reports Indicate Senator Charles L. McNary will return to his home near Salem in about two weeks, according to in formation' received from Wash ington, D. C, Wednesday, follow ing the adjournment of. congress. He has been devoting most of his time this special session to the farm aid bill, and has a number of matters to finish up before starting for the west. As the senate will resume its work In Au gust on the tariff bill, be will have only about six weeks Jo spend at home, and part of that time will be spent in touring the state. Tade and Gregg Hurt in Smashup G. W. Tade of Olney Springs, Cal., and Glenn U. Gregg of Sa lem were Injured, not seriously. in a collision between Tade's an tomobile and one driven by Charles S. McElhinny. 290 West Superior street, late Wednesday afternoon at Mission and Commer cial streets. Tade had stopped before entering the through street. but started again just as McEl hinnyneared the Intersection. Spokane Fighter Knocks Out Firpo WALLACE, Ila.. Jane 19. CAP) Fred Lenhart, slashing Spokane light heavyweight knocked "Young" Firpo of Burke, Idaho, from one corner of the ring to the other to win a decisive 12 round victory tonight in the main event of a card staged for Idaho Elks. Firpo went down twice for nine counts and his face was badly cut up at the end. B ID LIES io mm m NEW G1PIIJ I OVERTII PARKING IDE Police Adopt Revised Strat egy In Offensive Against Autoists In Salem Telltale Chalk Marks Will Be Used No More By Cop Oh Downtown Beat , Salem's PI Alpha Pi fraternity the Greek letters standing for "park and park." meaning those gentry who make It a practice to move their automobiles from one parking place to the next vacant one to avoid paying a fine for ov ertime has fallen on evil days. Plain chalk marks across the tires no longer advertise to the car owner that it is time to move on. Instead, the officer In charge of checking up on this matter just marks down the license numbers on his notebook, and none but a clairvoyant can tell whether his number is "written there" or not. Short Move Not Enough For Police What's more, it is no lenger suf ficient to back out of one parking place and slide into the next, be cause under the necessarily com plex wording of the new ordinance that's no defense. Without delving Into legal phraseology, it works out some thing like this: Jones's car is parked somewhere in the "one hour" zone. Just be fore the hour is up. It becomes incumbent upon him to move. But he must move out of that block the ordinance says a distance of 300 feet or the officer will get him if he don't watch out. Innocent Autolst May Possibly Be Arrested But now supposing that Jones parks in a certain block for a few minutes and the officer gets his number the first time; and then supposing that Jones, innocently, happens to park in that block for a few minutes before four hours have elapsed and the officer catch es him again Jones is going to have to do a lot of explaining to the judge, even though he hasn't actually violated the ordinance. This new parking law says Jones must not park for more than an hour in the designated space, at any time within four hours. Members of the city council opin ed, before passing the ordinance, that it would be necessary to de tail an officer to watch every car. That would be practically true if the police wanted to be sure of catching all violators, or If they wanted to be absolutely certain that anybody violated the ordin ance; but practically speaking, it will be no more difficult to en force the new law than to enforce the old one barring the excep tional case just described in which a motorist makes two brief stops in the same block. i CONSTABLE WOUNDED HOUSTON. Tex., June 19. (AP) Constable J, M. Weaver, 42, was shot and fatally wounded here tonight when he and two oth er men raided a negro emancipa tion day dance at a dance hall near here. Distinguished Grads Leave Stanford " - . . . .. t ....... . . - Betty Ford, 17, of Sua Francisco, youngest graduate at Stanford Allan Hoover, the last of the president's family to receive the Stanford decree. Picture below shows the graduates la cap and gown wnere tbe exercises were aeM. Heflin's Son Put Under Arrest as . User of Narcotic WASHINGTON, Jnne 19 (AP) James Thomas Heflia. Jr.. son of the senior senator from Alabama, was A arrested here today charged with operating an automo bile whiie under the influ ence of a narcotic. He was released after sev eral hours under f 1,000 bond signed by a profession al bondsman; his case is to be tried in police court to morrow morning. Heflln wm arrested, police charge, after he had crashed into a truck on Pennsylvania avenue. He was first token to the traffic bureau and then to a hospital for exam ination before the charges were filed. PLANS COMPLETED mmav Girls Will Stage Outing On Little North Fork of Santiam River Final plans for the Y. W. C. A. camp for girls at Camp Santaly, above Mehama and near Taylor's grove on the Santiam, were an nounced Wednesday following pre camp rallies held that and the previous day. An Oregon Indian idea will prevail throughout the camp, and will be worked out in trail following, bead work, potr tery, sports, hikes and campfire activities, as well as a special study of Indian lore. Mrs. George R. K. Morehead will have charge of the camp and will be assisted by sev eral advisors. Each camp is to be divided Into three tribes of. girls, each tribe to have its own advisor and swim ming Instructor and each to select its own chief. The camp period will be divided into three sections of a week each, the first group, grade school girls, to be there from July 9 to 16; Junior high girls from July 16 to 23; and high school girls from July 23 to 30. While Camp Santaly will be managed after the manner ap proved by the national Y. W. C. (Turn to Page 8. Column 3.) Wednesday in Washington By the Associated Press Congress began its summer recess. Representatives of farm or ganizations sought higher tariff rates before senate subcommit tees. Prohibition outbursts echoed In legislative and departmental government branches. Congress approved postpone ment of the French war debt maturity date contingent upon that nation's ratification of the Mellon-Berenger plan. manning through toe quadrangle . L CALLS SPECIAL Resignation of Charles Rat cliff of Salem Heights Body Causes Action County Superintendent Says Action Will Take Effect on July First The Salem Heights school board will hold a special meeting late this afternoon to call a special el ection, following resignation Tues day of Charles Ratcliff, who has just finished one year of a three year term. Ratclifr's resignation was received yesterday morning by County Superintendent Fulkerson, and Inasmuch as he stipulated no time when it should become ef fective, she accepted It, effective July 1, and notified the board to call a special election. Frank Enckson, chairman of the board, said last night bids for the- new school building may be opened at the special meeting, however this Is not definite as the board has received no official no tice that the injunction served against the board Tuesday had been lifted. Such notice is expect ed today. Notice of ten days must precede a special election when a member of the school board is to be el ected. GUARD IS KILLED III NilUflP Fifteen Passengers Injured in Rear-End Collision on "Death Curve" . NEW YORK. June 19 (AP) One man, a guard, was killed and about fifteen persons were injured, two of them seriously, to night in a rear-end collision be tween a Sixth avenue and a Ninth avenue elevated train on the In terborough Rapid Transit elevated structure between west 112th and west 113th streets. The Ninth avenue train made up of five cars had stopped three blocks above the high curve at 110th street, known locally as "death curve" because of the number of persons who have i jumped from it and was waiting j to pull into the 116th street sta- Passengers said the train had waited about three minutes when the seven car sixth avenue train crashed into it. The force of the crash caused the fourth and fifth cars of the Sixth avenue train to buckle and smashed the two plat forms. It was at that point that the guard, Edward Brennan, 25, was killed and a passenger stand ing with him was seriously Injur ed. Police and firemen began at once the work of removin: the injured. commencement this, week, and to the university' memorial chapel 0 ELECTION SOON 1 Stowaway's Letter . ncti - vy- Hafaiittte ana vciiagts m rr tirft inch. ! cdkji cuJUjo "Jbuv. JfOx. - dcf CLJl juA rur4 SUe Z J Gas cC- 0 fa. 7T jLvdUk JUJt r This letter would give any calf of adventure seized Arthur he took of telling his parents of the ocean in the "Yellow Bird," reveals that the youth intended Hash" on Its flight to Rome. E Prof. E. W. Hobson in Charge of New Group of Men Singers in City There was formed in Salem Wednesday night a new organi zation, the Salem Civic Male Chorus of 20 voices, to be direct ed by E. W. Hobson, formerly of Willamette University depart ment of music, and reputed for his ability to train voices either individually or in chorus work. The purpose of the organization is unique from any thing Salem has had in mature chorus work in that it will be ready to serve at all times any civic organiza tion needing music as a part of its program, and serve without cost to the organization. The new organization is being sponsored by a board of civic minded local people so that It Is assured as a permanent organiza tion. Officers elected are Lyman Mc Donald, president, A. A. Schramm, vice president; Carl Wenger. secretary-treasurer; librarian. A. B. Harris; and publicity manager, Leon Jennison. A committee com posed of A. B. Hansen, chairman. Laurence Deacon, and Walter Kaufman, was appointed to draw up a constitution and bylaws. The personnel of the chorus as organized Wednesday night is A. A. Schramm, Earl Kennel, Ron ald Craven, Rev. H. C. Stover, and Wendell Robinson, first ten ors; Leonard Chadwick, Arnold Taylor, Carl Wenger, Leon Jen nison, and William Wright, sec ond tenors; R. D. Barton. E. H. Moore, Lyman McDonald, Herbert Hobson, and Laurence Deacon, first bass; A. B. Hansen, A. B. Harris, J. J. Moritz, Stanley .S. Maves, and Walter Kaufman, sec ond bass. Guardsmen Will Have Big Review At Annual Camp The annual review and combat demonstration of the Oregon Na tional Guard will be held at Camp Clatsop Saturday, beginning at 2 o'clock, and will mark the climax of the annual encampment of the state troops. Some 1500 Invita tions were issued from the adju tant general's office here' for the event. Quite a number of Salem persons are planning to attend the event, including the families and friends of the headquarters' offi cers and the guardsmen of Com pany B.. lC2nd Infantry, of Salem, honors." Turner Farmer is Taken Wednesday A. A. Kunke, who has resided on a farm three miles west of Turner for the past 24 years, died at the home Wednesday night at the age of 82 years. Mr. Kun ke was a native of Germany and bad been In America since 1875. Besides his widow, Louise, he Is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. J. E. Whitehead and A. E. Kunke, both of Turner; Mrs. T. D. Eatinger of Dundee, HL; Mrs. J. SL Nesbitt of Spokane HI IS ill M X and Kg H. Knnkn eX Portland. IjdUl t t !lr a Pusvan t" f aorarrVM rrt so n u mother and father shock. The Schreiber and this note is the way Portland, Me., he was soaring over the first aerial stowaway. The note to stow himself on the "Green BILE ELECTED TO United Brethren Pastor New President Of Organiza . tion feting Here Rev. L. W. Biddle of the Castle United Brethren church here was elected president of the Sunday school convention, in session here Jointly with the Christian Endea vor branches of the western Ore gon and Washington United Bre thren churches. Rev. Leila Luckey of Hazel Green was chosen vice president; Mrs. Hugh Edwards of Vancouver, secretary; and Rev. J. I. Parker of Manor, Wash., treas urer. Officers were Installed Wed nesday afternoon. A number of additional delegates arrived yes terday. Rev. R. S. Showers, D. D. of Dayton, Ohio, and assistant sec retary home mission church erec tion society, addressed each ses sion yesterday, talking last night on "Jesus Protesting against an Easy Life," and pointing out how necessary it is to deny one's self to be a true follower of Christ. Only by hardness can great souls be produced, the visitor said, ex plaining the only meeting and con tact with the hard things of life can build man. An easy life cuts the individual off from under standing Christ and his sufferings, and also from the source of great strength and power. Dr. Showers said. Rev. and Mrs. Biddle of the Sa lem church sang "God's Love" as a special event on last night's pro gram. Special music has been planned for this morning and af ternoon sessions of the Christian Endeavor convention which will be meeting today only. I Injured Woman is Likely to Recover Mrs. Charlotte Hardy of Med ford, who suffered loss of her legs, when an automobile in which she was riding was struck by a Southern Pacific passenger train here last Sunday, probably will recover, according to hospital at tendants. Other occupants of the machine were not seriously injured. HEAD GHUIICH GROUP Additional Reports Made On Annual Elections for .Various School Districts Additional reports on the an-' nual school elections held Monday evening were filed Wednesday with the county school superin tendent and show the following: J. G. Long was elected director to succeed Otto Hoven and C. H. Hilfiker was named clerk in place of T. F. Walker, at the Mid dle Grove district. The census there shows 98 pupils and the dis trict books showed a balance of $485.1 5. Expenses for the year reached $8,447.78. Other mem bers of the board are Fred Scharf. new chairman, and L E. Dudley. 7 Hubbard elected two new men: Garfield Yoget director to succeed I George L. Leffler, and E. O. lEriekaom to succeed &. I. t S. CONGRESS , ENOS SESSIOO1 FOR VACATION Both Houses Cease Opera tions Until Next Fall; Farewells Said Lack of Working Quorum Is Cause Of Numerous De lays In House FRANCIS M. STEPHEXSOIf Associated Pre Staff Wrirrr WASHINGTON, June If. (AP) Wrangling to the end, con gress recessed tonight for a vaca tion preparatory to tackling again two months hence the tariff re vision measure. Only the bare majorities acc essary for a quorum stuck r their posts tn the house and sea- ate for the final day's work which brought the passage of one admin istration bill and the postpone ment of another recommendation of President Hoover. The resolution authorizing post ponement of the maturity date of the $400,000,000 French war sup plies debt from August 1 until May i in the event France ratifies meanwhile its war debt settle ment with the United States, was rushed through both house and senate. Senate Refuses To Probe Hoover's Plan But the proposal of Senator Jones, republican, Washington, to carry out President Hoover's ap peal for appointment of a joint congressional committee to study transfer of the prohibition agen cies from the treasury to the jus tice department was laid aside. It stirred up such a round of wet and dry talk that tbe senate was still arguing long after the hens adjourned. The senate meets again August: 19 by which time it expects te have from its finance committee the house tariff bill. With its work cleaned up, the bouse mem bership scattered until September 23. Then it will return to await the passage by the senate of the tariff measure and begin negotia tions for adjustment of differen ces. ; Their nerves wearied by the tenseness of the clo3e contests en (Turn to Page (, Column 1.) BISHfiOFFSIT iT MASON. Ga., June 19 (AP) Bishop W. N. Alnsworth of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, today characterized the "excitement" over the recent- en tertainment of the wife of a negro representative at a white house re ception as a "tempest in a teapot." The bishop, who is on leave from his post in the Orient, said that from the first years of Ann erlcan history, the president aa4 his wife have entertained mem bers of congress and their wives, as well as the representatives of all foreign governments. "Such ec casions, while social, are not per sonal, but official. During these years, every color of human being from lily white to ebony black, and all that lies between, has been entertained at the white house and by every occupant thereof. It is nothing new. "The color scheme does not en ter into the arrangement and can not," the bishop said. Chiropractors Resent Picture As Shown Here Chiropractic Isn't "bone-breaking" and there's no nse In helping people to believe it is; so in sub stance a group of local chiroprac tors Tuesday told Archie Holt, manager of BMgh's Capitol thea tre, when they asked that a "chiro practic" comedy, "Go Easy, Doc tor," be removed from the screen. The reel, declared by some who saw it to be too ridiculons to af fect faith in chiropractic, was shown Sunday, Monday and .Toes day. Another was substituted for the Wednesday shows. as clerk. A. F. de Lespinasse and H. L. Carl complete the - board membership. Tbe district census is 263, including 13 1 boys. The school operation cost' 813,979.85. the books showing a balance of 81,791.64 at the end of the year. A. F. Lafky was elected clerk at Marion to replace Lee Smith and C. F. Hlgbee was returned to the directorship. The board also includes H. W. Ubby and Mrs. C. A. George. The census shows 14 pupils, 49 of whom are boys. The district ran fairly close to receipts, with 840.S3 on hand at tbe close of the year. , - At Independence If rs. Bertha Basl was re-elected . clerk and (Turn to Fan C, Column 1.)