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iPAGE TWO - 'A- i . J : e OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning July 10; 1929 Clues May Point to Appre hension of Chiefs in Smuggling Scheme SAN FRANCISCO, Jnly 9. AP) f Yolnmlnons 'correspond ence 1m the! Chinese language Which , federal t officials f believed might reveal the Identity of those persons) tor whom Mrs. Tins Kao. lie of - the ; Chlneze vice-consul here, brought 2,229 tl&s of opiim Into the United States, was found by customs inspectors late today In Mrs. Ting's personal luggage. The opium f was secreted In seven trunks and four suitcases brought In by airs. Ting last week j on herj return; from a Tisit to China, j When it was found she said "friends" ! had asked her to include the trunks with her . bag- gage, and insisted she had not; known Of the presence of the con traband. ; i Note Books and Manuscripts Found. Several notebooks and many pages of Chinese manuscript were found when tie remaining three pieces of luggage were -opened to- day after Attarriey Aaron Cohen, representing-1' the Koas, bad ap- pealed to the federal court tor a restraining order to keep tr- cns i toms men from going through what Mrs. Ying said were her per sonal belongings.: The conn had j not acted at the hour the seals I on the three bags were broken. I Cohen's request was contained in a complaint directed -against Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury; W. B. Hamilton, U. S. . collector of customs; H. E. farm er, . assistant collector; and S. E. Armstrong, special treasury agent. Immediate Return . Of Baggage Sought , The complaint was worded so Mhat if j granted it would prevent the opening pf the two valises and one trunk belonging to Mrs. Ting and if they had already been opened jit would obtain their im mediate return lo the Chinese .. womanj i f j The (baggage in which the opium, valued by customs officers -at approximately one million dol lars, was found, was seised by ens . toms inspectors last Friday when Mrs. Ting arrived from. China aboard the S. S. Teayo Maru. The seizure : was made on information cabled by.U. S: narcotic operatives In China. The baggage was not opened, however until late yester day when the state department ruled Mrs. Ting had no diplomatic standing ana that her baggage was subject to search. Woman Professes Ignorance Of Contents t Mrs. Ting denied knowledge of - the contraband, and blamed Its presence on friends" who she "said sent baggage under her con sulate frank en i the pretext . of i tending "gifts to relatives in i-America. She Kald she would not I name the friends as she was afraid they would kill her If she revealed their identity. . Representatives of the Knomln tang. controlling: factor in the present I Chinese government, to day demanded of the government of China that it recall Ting Kao and order Mrs. Ting's return to China' for prosecution under' the stringent smuggling laws ot that country,! violation of which car ries an extreme penalty of death. ,- Announcement of these develop ments was made i here by Hugh McKevitt, who is the legal repre sentative of the Chinese national'' 1st party in America. Meanwhile San Francisco fed eral officials Indicated Mr, and . Mrs. Ting might be arrested soon ' on charges ot violation of the U. S. smuggling' laws. jThis indica tion came after a conference by customs' officials and deputy TJ. S. attorneys, who nave been instruct , ed by Washington Ho turn all evi dence in' the ease over to U. S. At torney George Hatfield. CREED G: HAMMOND WASinNQTON, i D. a, July t (AP) The war department an. nouncedj today, that Creed C. Hammond. Oregon, formerly . Ma jor General and chief ot the mili tia bureau, has been reappointed colonel ot the Infantry reserve. Colonel Hammond retired sev eral days ago as chief of the mili tia bureau after ! eerrinf four years. It: was explained at the war . department that n aystem of dual commissions js la maintained where national guard officers are concerned and that Colonel Ham mond held a similar rank in the reserve when he was appointed to the militia bureau. , Governors ot a largo number ot states bad recommended that Colonel Hammond be reappointed as chief Of ther militia bureau, but Secretary of War Good nnnenneed he Is adhering' to the policy ot atngle four year terms for ail beads of bureaus nnd army ser vices i adopted iom time ago. , . SPOKANE, Jnly . f (AP) rrancls Barker, bead of th de funct' United Union airways, was returned here today to face grand larceny charge In connection with a stock promotion campaign recently jeonducted by hla com- ; PnT ' i Ha tras arrested In' Colorado ;8prings, Colo., on warrant al- leging that be took money from a Spokane? man but tailed to de. Hm itock lor Wch the money was paid: Sine then other simi lar charges - hare been made gainst him R. T, Fentxell, fac- ST0C(1ESBB I Shefs Quite Delightful 11 . 3 li .... "ijSi?:? ., f i k""Sc". V : w.' ."v,v..v. .v.v,T,'r;-.-.v .-;v. f i'CV &3r VV4 Norma Talmadge, as nsnal. Is now showing at the Klsinore. Huge Deficits In Postoffice e Tax IWASHINGTOy, July 9.4-(AP) : Prospects of feage postoffice de partment deficits during the next five years disci ased today in; ad ministration circles were cited immediately by Chairman Smoot, of the senate finance committee, to support his views that there could be no tax reduction this year. ' . ! President Hoover has ordered a survey ot the postal service aim ed toward effecting economies, and coincident with its invitation a general realignment In exec utive departmental duties was an nounced i today ; by Postmaster General Brown. Frederic Tllton, third assistant postmaster general, will conduct' the surrey going over division by; division to de termine sources" of the deficits and ascertain means of economy. Mr. Hoover has been informed that an average annual deficit of 185,000,000 can be expected until 1135. This does not include .ex penditures planned for new post ing charges of the same nature, surrendered and v turned - state's evidence. Prosecutor Charles Greenorigh said Spokane investors spent -between SS.eeO and $10,000 tor stock in the defunct company. More. than. HOO DOO worth . ot stock was subscribed, notes being taken for much of it. Officers quoted; Barker as say ing investor's alleged losses were caused by persona to whom he said he sold his interests in the United Union airways. Officials said the company promised to buy several planes and start extensive operations, bot that this was ner- nsi, er done, SILYERTDN. July (Special) Funeral 'services for Jens liar sen, nativf f Denmark who died here Saturday, July t. after only four daysf Illness with pneumo nia, will b held Wednesday! at 2 . p. m at the Trinity Lutheran church. The Rev. Jens Jensen will officiate. Interment will be at Evans Valley. . 1 'c ! Mr. Lareen was born in 1844. He lg survived by three daughters and three sens: Mrs. Carolina Larson; Cbulder, la.; Mrs. Julia Rils, Oakland, Man.; Mrs. Ag raar Sorensen, Turle Lake, Minn.; Christ Larsen. McHenry, N. P.; Axel Larson, Galada, Mont., for merly: ot jSiiverton; and Joseph Larsen, also ot Galacia. PARK WINS TTTXR INDIANAPOLIS, July . -(AP) Emmet pare. Chicago youthful veteran, late today won the na tional clay courts tennis, singles championship hern by defeating J. Gilbert. HalL of South Orange, N. J.. In five sets, 8-4, 8-J, 4-1, 'All ; Statesman carriers pay for all tne papers aeiiverea by uta. U yon are leavlnr or changing address be sure to notify the office., . ; - , ' i . i-: Royal Imped R0IEUTESFO8 UiESUl Ghemes lgfcents (For first class cnerries PauluG Bros. Cor. Tntde quite the real scar la he picture Predicted Department Cut Movement office buildings, which will bring the annual unfavorable balance to approximately 120,000.000, Much tax reduction occurred after the j treasury revealed the fiscal year ended June 30, left the government with a 8185,000, 000 snrplvs. Chairman Smoot, whose .senjate speeches generally are taken to reflect administra tion opinion, opposed a lowering of -taxes at that time and today asserted the Indicated postal de ficits supported his position. : Senator J Harrison, ot Mississip pi, a democrat on the finance committee opposed adding post office construction costs to the deficit figures. He favors more government buildings. . After the Tllton survey; it will be determined what can be done to reduce the threatened deficits. President Hooter regards j the postal service as a business , in stitution, the cost ot which should bev borne by those who benefit from It. Whether this means an Increase In postal rates may be expected has not tx en made clear by the White House. ; - The depurtment has been show ing steadily increasing deficits orer,the last five years. Figures presented to the president show a deficit in 1 1924 of $13,000,000; in 1925. 123.000,000: 1926, $39. 001,000; 1827, $27,000,000; 1928, S32.000.000; and In 1929, $6, 000.000. In addition to the $95, 000,000 deficit noted for the .last fiscal year, the government has been ordered by the court iOf claims to make payments amount ing to $42,000,000 to publict car riers for back transportation of mail. .-! - Postmaster General Brown to day announced Important changes in ,the postal service. j The division of rural mails will ba transferred from the super vision of the fourth assistant post master general to that of the first assistant postmaser general;! the division of postoffice quarters, ex cepting contract stations, from the supervising or the first assistant postmaster general to the fourth assisant postmaster general; con tract stations, from the division of postofHce quart era to the div ision of postoffice service nnder the first assistant postmaster gen eral; motor vehicle service (rom the first to the i fourth assistant postmaster; general and star route service from fourth to second as sistant postmaster general. 125 Applicants Take Exams tor State Bar Here Approximately 12 S applicant, five of whom are women, gather ed Tuesday fori the annual state bar examinations. The examina tions are being conducted by the state board ot bar examiners and will continue tor two days. Officials said ;. this was the largest class of applicants in the Lhlstory of the j state 1 supreme court. The results ot the examin ations probably iwlU not bei an nounced tor several months; : Aniie Paclani? Col tind High - -:i . ! . i Wanted !i t; i. WELL OHM i .. .! J ... . ; .:, 'Untirf Bowler: to Hop to r Greenland, Making Its First Water Trip " CHICAGO, July I. (AP) Berlin bound through fog and wind, the 'Unite Bowler landed safely today at Port Burwell on Capo Chldley, nearly a week after leaving Chicago, j On Its next hop tll nl.n. will fl. 9mm pArt Diik. well to Greenland, making its flrstfi Tlight over an expanse ot water. A message v from the aviation editor of the Chicago Tribune, which is financing the flight in hopes of biasing a commercial air route over the top of the world to Europe, today was the first re ceived here since the big amphi bian plane landed at Great Whale. "Arrived Port Burwell 8:10 a. m.. Tuesday." said the message signed by Robert Wood. "Battled fog last two days. Were down 40 miles south of here waiting weather." , This confirmed the belief of lis teners at the Tribune's radio sta- tion at ElginrViat bad weather had fnrppd tTin nlnna An-om Tiln defi-l nite word had been received from the plane since July 4 when Par ker D. Cramer, co-pilot with Rob ert Gast, sent word they were sit ting down at Great Whale, the day after ; leaving Chicago. The generator on the plane. operated by the motors, was plain ly heard Sunday and Monday, in dicating the ship was in motion somewhere between Great Whale and Port! Burwell. The station here was in doubt as to Just when the 38-hour delay occurred The crew of the Bowler, on leaving Chicago July 3, expressed the hope Of being able to deliver Its sack of mail to the postmaster of Berlin within six days. Fifteen hundred miles of water remains to be crossed before their destina tion is reached, although the long est hop is but S00 miles News i ot the plane's landing came to Chicago via Nora Scotia The Elgin station has been in daily communication with Port Burwell through Ottawa but the aurora borealii today Interfered with the radio operation there. LONDON, July 9 (AP) Ab sence of , a bulletin this evening after Lord Dawsbn of Penn had paid a half hour visit to King George. led to the Inference that the condition ot the monarch, who is afflicted with a re-opening ot the cinus leading to the right chest cavity, was unchanged. - The king again today pursued his ordinary mode of daily rou tine. He spent much- of the time in the palace gardens. . The physicians carefully exam ined the x-ray photographs taken yesterday but Issued no report upon them. "Until some announce ment is made of what the plates showed, a certain amount ot soli citude wil continue in the public mind, despite the fact that every thing appears to be going satis factorily. SLAYER DF FATHER UDGEDBIE LEWISTON, Idaho, July (AP) Raymond Matthews, be wildered 20 year old boy from the Cavendish country, was adjudged insane today when he appeared" in district court to answer for the slaying of his! father. Lee Matthews, prominent stock rala er. He will be committed, to. the northern Idaho sanitarium at Or- ofino. Officers said that If should be released . he would charged with murder. he be Young Matthews told officers he deliberately 'shot his father with a rifle. Today the boy's KING GEORGE HOLDS 01 REPORT S S JAY TOBIAS "Prince of Comedians" ..I , " r ;- . , . ' ... V . ; . I opens series of entertainments ; I ' ; ..-I. ' . - -- . Chautauqua Tent Willamette University Campus Reserved Seats at ! Hartman'a Chester; M. Sanf ord j Expert Will help you choose your job THURSDAY NIGHT Jackson Jubilee Singers j! i Thursday, 1 ?1 A to all L1 LviLiii Pre Surplus Crop Pribl Become Thing of P ; 5YeaK3 elesu Clias. McJfary mother testified that for a year and a half he had been laughing And talklnr to tilmulf No.lrh- bors also said he behaved pecu- liarly. A commission ' of physi cians adjudged him insane yester day. big mm w STOPPED BY STORM CLOVIS, N. Mex., July 8. (AP) Battling a driving rain and a forty mile side wind, the two hnge tri-motored airplan.es of the Trans-Continental Air Trans port, Inc., east bound from Los An geles, arrived here on schedule to night with their first contingent of passengers. Despite the Inclemency of the weather, the big ships maneuvered into position for landing with ease, and their pilots settled them on to the field to discharge their passengers at the end of the first a - m i - A- .S iL. air leg oi tue air rau route oi tne TAT. The passengers entrained for a night ride to Waynoka, Okla.. where tomorrow they again will take to the air route tor a day light ride to Columbus, Ohio. Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh left the pilot plane at Winslow, Aris. 1400 DELEGATES AT AMSTERDAM. Holland. July . (AP)--Fourten hundred dele gates trom the chambers of com merce of 45 Countries, including the United States, Canada, and South America, were . cordially welcomed to Amsterdam today in the name o& Queen Wilhelmina to participate In the fifth con gress ot the International cham bers of commerce.. The morning session today were devoted entirely to committee meetings and discussions by tech nical groups. The committee on transporta tion, of which Colonel Alvln B. Barber. Washington. D. C. is the American member, passed a reso lution urging the importance of non-discriminatorr treatment ot vessels of all nations engaged in international trade. Peru ana Portugal came In for severe crit icism for their alleged discrimin ation in favor of their own ves sels carrying on world trade. CAXZOXERI WIXS t NEW YORK. July 1. (AP) Tony Cantoneri, chesty little Ital ian whn mim Yield the feather weight championship of the world, iUt AMfttnlnteri Phil McGraW. Detroit florist, in a ten round bout at the Queeasboro stadium to night. The Oregon Statesman and The Portland Telegram, two great dailies for 40 Cents per month. To order phone 500. Pattern's Book Store Jewelry Store Vocational Guidance Afternoon . over70 years. to Oldest Coupli CHAMBER COM ehito Mi ---' : in sserts "Within .the next fire years the problem of a surplus will be vlr tttSStf non-existeat tot the Ameri can farmer In the opinion of Sen ator ' Charles McNary. here to spend the 'summer at bis farm home near Salem. Passage of adequate farm legislation by con gress which will giveto the farm ery the financial . security offered industries such as the railroads and the; shipping industry-is sure teib.e -reflected in Increased pur chasing power for the farmer, in creased value of land and a far better method of crop disposition Senator McNary pointed toUhe increased price of wheat in the last month as a direct indication Ot I the new stability he thought bad been afforded the farming in dustry generally by the passage or the. legislation in the last , ses sion. - 'Heretofore farmers have been compelled to market their crop in a', disorderly fashion," said the Eepator. "Now they can have or derly marketing with finance pro vided for atj a rate of four per cent in contrast to eight per cent orainaruy required by bank loans. Mere information is to be made available about the size of crops wiucn will lead to system in plant ing and consequent increases in prices due to less fjfux caused by thh operation of supply and de mand. : iSThe senator indicated that the de)enture never had a chance for passage aunougn it received sup pcjrt from the democrats and t group of republicans who wished to, embarrass the president. In the senator's opinion passage of the debenture would liave brought temporary profits to the middle man but Its5 repeal would have been quickly! brought about and the farmer would have ultimately suffered for the plan which Mc Nary declared was originated by a college professor and passed on to the national grange. FLAMES SPREADING VICTORIA, B. C. July S. (AJ Fire, which broke out in in the slashings at the camp of the Victoria Lumber company at Cowichan lake, north of here; late .V - . wisui a coTerea aaarge area "THE BEST McNaryA STARTS TOMORROW Seelt! 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The letter grew out ot .a con troversy between Lane and -the bank, with which he had transact ed business for a number of rears. -. it "The letter evidently was writ-' ten in a tit of anger,. read the supreme court opinion, handed down Tuesday, '-and contained a number of accusations which, if true, would hare made the plaifTf tiff liable to criminal prosecution. The plaintiff is a blind man and, was wholly unable to read any written communication. He de pended upon his wife to read his letters, or, in her absence, de pended upon other friends. "His wife being absent at the time he received the letter, plain tiff requested . s - friend by the name ot Martin to read it to him. As a result of accusations made in the latter Lane alleged that his credit was ruined and that he was damaged to the extent of $50,- 00." i It was said that the letter con tained more than a dozen speci fications of individual acts of dis honesty and bad faith on the part ot Mr. Lane. The opinion was written by Justice JJcBrlde. Other opinions handed down Tuesday follow i State of Oregon vs. 'Lee Chue. appellant; appeal . from Baker county: appeal trom conviction for practicing medicine without a license Opinion by Justice Mc- Bride. Judge W. W. Woods af lALWATS- Ijove . . . SEE I Gilbert Roland Noah Beery In -Their , Greatest Roles Sjuchronlxed 'Framiag of the Shrew All Talking Comedy PARAMOUNT NEWS h 'S - : COOL Only - MS Hurry 1 rArtcnCfl tr MARCO MISS SALEM The Bridge firmed. " . . James T. Logan and Rose L. Logan vs. Illinois Rivers Develop ment company, appellant; suit to enforce; - contract. . opinion by -Chief Justice Coshow. Judge Ar "lie G. Walker affirmed. ; J. LeRoy Smith vs. M. Pallay and David M. Pallay, appellants; appeal from' Multnomah county; action to recover damages. Opin ion l by Justice Rand. Judge George Tanrell reversed and case remanded. :1a the matter of guardianship of Bertha. ; Maxine Baldwin, appel lant; vs. C. A. 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