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COMING SUNDAY! . A new serial story starts Sunday la TTin fitstrrmaa Tmll nit to read each, chapter. . FOUMDEO 1631 " f v ' ' ' --; 'j ' '' ' , ' ' ' SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 91 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, July 11, 1923- PRICE FIVE CENTS ' ITPM TpTG3 tj ' OP -i ToiS BAILROAD LIKE i Coup Made in Attempt to Oust - Russians From Joint Control 174 Soviet Officials Taken o Custody; Banks " Ordered Closed In HARBIN. Manchuria, Jaly-10 ( AP) Chinese authorities hare taken over control of the central telegraph and also the eastern tel egraph and telephone lines. It was reported that this movement was a part of a Chinese scheme to gain control of the Chinese East ern railway from the Russians. . ' The authorities also closed the SoTiet railway committee's head quarters and the offices of the trade commission, the Trade Unions council and the Naphtha syndicate. ! Several Russian railway offi cials were arrested and one report Eald i there were -twelve of these prisoners. i TOKYO, July 10. (AP) An ! agency dispatch from Harbin to day said that Chinese authorities ! on Wednesday arrested 174. So ! viet Officials and employes of the ! Chinese Eastern railway. The I happenging was described as a : coup aimed at ousting Russia from j Joint control of the line, i High Officers -Are i Included In List The arrests were said to Include j the Russian vice director "of, rall i ways and the director of the itrad : ing commission. All Russian hank-, j lng and trading organizations in i Harbin have been closed. " I The dispatch : added thai the I coup was considered 'as having 1 made a virtually vnhealable rup ture between China and the So Tiet.; It began Wednesday morn ing at 7 a, v. when Chinese po lice seized the telephone and tele graph systems ef the Chinese Eastern railway and ordered closed all branches of "dorcom" (the anion of Russian railway employees). Thereupon the -Russians de clared a general strike and the Chinese countered with wholesale arrests in Harbin and other sta tions on the road.." f LiPiMS CLUB PLAYS u , Kiwanis and Rotary ,clubs will combine basghall forces for s rame against the Lions club team In connection with the interclub piciaic at Hager's Grove Friday afternoon, it was announced Wednesday. Other "athletic" events will in clude volleyball .and horseshoe tournaments, pig calling and mule braying contests and a men's doll dressing contest. The Kiwanis club has Issued a special challenge to the Rotarians for volleyball; horse shoe and pig calling competition. The activities will start at 3 o'clock, with Dob Boardman on hand to arrange for 'the games both for club members 'and their children. Johnny Jones will pro vide the dinner. It was indicated at the Rotary club luncheon Wednesday that members of that club would ac count for the presence sat 117 per sons. The Lions had previously estimated that they would. have 60 on hand. ; " OTAuY KIWIS i aw Methodists to Gather at Champoeg Today for Big Meet; Salem Men Speak i Methodists from all parts of Oregon wOf gather today at Champoeg . park for the fourth annual picnic and outing of that denomination which has provided by a conference memorial that such a gathering be held each summer. ; '. . The exercises will begin i it 10:30 o'clock this morning with devotional exercises led by Rev. Fred C. Taylor, pastor of the Sa lem' First Methodist church i in charge. The presiding ; officer, Dr. W. W. STonngson of Portland, will then Introduce Fred Lockley of Portland and R. J. .Hendricks of "Salem, each of - whom will speak on the work of the leaders of Methodism la early Oregon de velopment - An original poem on Jason Lee : will be read by Rev. W. S. Gordon. .Dr. J. H. Temple of Salem will pronounce the bene diction at the close of the morn ing meeting. . s , , 'The picnic dinner at ! noon win V followed by a special program To Marry v, I ' I ' ' C IBi . Clans Bowj :. ; CL WE Screen Flapper anrJ Eastern ; Comedy Actor to Marry . In Five Weeks LOS ANGELES. July 10. (AP) 4 Harry Richman, New York musical comedy actor, an nounced today that he and Clara Bow, star of the cinema, will be married. The wedding, according to Richman, will he celebrated; in about five weeks. l Richman In his announcement said he had come to Hollywood; to make a picture, after a venture! as a night club proprietor in New York. He added that Miss Bow, who has also been' engaged on a picture, would! complete her work at about the sime time agghe.' and that then tney woaia ceieoraie the wedding. j 1 Officials at ! the motion picture studio where Miss Bow has been working on her latest picture, con firmed Richirtan's announcement of the engagement. Later in the evening. Miss Bow herself said dver the telephone: "It's true. Wfc plan to be married as soon as our pictures are fin ished." j Miss Bow said that no definite plaits had been made for the wed ding, 'as "we will not be sure un- (Turn to Page 2, Column S.) "I 1- Fast One Is Attempted By Angler Sam Smith who lives at Silver- ton Is a sadder and wiser hoy to day because of his unsuccessful experience in evading the game law as personified to blm In the character of one Ben Claggett, deputy g4me warden, who has an uncanny way of nabbing non-licensed anglers and bringing them to justice. ' ' ! Be It known that Smith was fined! 50 by Judge Small Wed nesday and his license was i re voked after he had tried to side step the penalty., Smith was ar rested June 28 charged with fish ing without a license, j He main tained his Innocence, i Going back to Silverton Smith contrived to have a license Issued to him and dated June 25 jbut Clagget, through a sooree notj re vealed, ascertained Smith's action and brought the knowledge of the violation of the law again toltfta attention of the court. This time Smith paid, in folL t devoted to the interest of Wil lamette university and the Kim' ball .School , of Theology. Drl E. S. Hammond of - Kimball school win ; preside. Addresses will be given by Dr. Toungson, by Prest- denf Carl Gregg Doney and! by Ronald C. ; Glover, t the - latter speaking on "The Christian Lead ership In the Future." 1 A special vocal cnet number will be given In the afternoon by Rev. H. G. Crousei and Rev. George F. Gordon and a reading wU be given by Mrs. H. O. Crouse - la " the evening an illustrated address on ' -Oregon the. pio neer's Paradise" will; he given by Dr. D. Lester Fields, i Extensive announcement ) has been made of the vroicram ! at ChampOeg day, Methodist p- tors throughout the state haying announced the ; program v from their pulpits and in the bulletins si sued In their churches, j A number of Salem Methodists hare made plant to attend 1 the intlM . I. OUTPUT TO BE LOWER REPORT MERS Government Prediction Made Similar to One Turned Out Year Ago Production Curtailed, Claim Advanced by Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON. July 10 (AP) Decreased yields this season in grain crops below last year a har rest were forecast today by the department of agriculture on the basis .of Information on July conditions. Of the major grains, only rye was estimated to show an in creased production, although re ports from producers, Included in the survey, showed that up to July 1. the weather was 2.7 per cent m'ore favorable for crops than last year. Estimates .for leading crops compared with the 1928 harvest, follow: Corn, 2,662.000,000 bushels compared with 2,836,000,000 harvested last year; wheat 834, 000.000 and 902,000.000; oats, 1,247,000,000 and 1,449,000,000;! barley 317,000,000 and 857,000, 000. The rye forecast was for 41, 900.000 bushels compared with 41,700,000 a year ago. Average This Year Claimed 3.7 Per Cent Below Last' In the country as a whole the condition of crops averages 3.7 per cent below the 1918-27 aver age, -the department commented. "The first of July crops were In a particularly critical condition In the northern great plains re gion where drought and high tem peratures prevailed and prospects were declining daily. "The estimates for this area aT low only for damage in" evidence on the -first of the month. Allow ing for some late crops still to be planted and for usual loss of (Turn to Page 1, Column 1.) BEGISTTIMIDN WILL EEGIfj SJTUHBH Special Train to Reach Here From Chicago and St. ' Louis at 9:50 Registration for the two nation al conventions to be held this week-end arid the fore part of next week in Salem, will begin Saturday morning Immediately following the arrival of the spe cial trains from Chicago and St Louis which are due in Salem at 9:50 o'clock. Meetings of the two orders, the Catholic Central soci ety of America, and the National Catholic Women's Union will start Saturday afternoon and continue through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The largest affair of the conven tions will be Sunday when tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the mass to be .presented the state fair grounds. Food for the visitors at the fairgrounds meeting. wlU be fur nished by the Heal committee which Is arranging a special meal for the delegates and visitors from au parts of the state. Huge sup plies -of food were ordered wed nesday afternoon for this gather TO TARIFF BOOST WASHINGTON, July 10. (AP) Governments and commercial interests of three continents ex pressed concern over proposed in creases In American tariff rates In communications made public to day by the senate finance com mittee. These included, "approximately 50 notes and letters from 2B na tions and their colonies spread over Europe, Asia and South and Central -America. They were for warded to the committee for its consideration by the state depart ment' - - The notes came from Great Brit ain. Australia. India. British East Indies, Bahamas, Bermuda, Island of Dominica, Irish Free State France,' Italy,; Spain, Belgium Mexico, Austria, Turkey, Norway, Greece, The Netherlands, Den mark, Switzerland, Persia, Uru guay, Dominican Republic, Guate mala, and Honduras. , The general tenor of the pro tests and comments was a plea for consideration of the trade rela tions between the communicant and the United State ta-the vision . process. - OPPOSITION Will Car Strike Ties Up New ff- a 'rHJiiii-i u, if , . ' f 1 1 1 , )h Tt - v? Hvtr-: Hlrl i II - ;41-v, . mi II- This aerial view of Canal street. shows the famous thorouehfare utterlv devoid of street cars. in the autos of all descriptions on both without the usual assistance of street cars since the general strike which hasj tied up the lines. Governor Long of Louisiana has refused to furnish 'militia to the city im spite of urgeht appeals and the inability of the local police to handle the situation. LEGION POLITICS IS LINING UP STEADILY Sid George of Eugene Pays Visit at Local Post Meeting While American Legion mem bers of Salem have been working lonr hnnrs nre Darin? entertain ment for the 6P or more Worl war veterans and possibly 10,000 other persons who will come here for .the state department conven tion August 8, 9 and 10, members of other posts throughout the state have almost equally, busy Jockey-, lng along political lines Ameri can legion politics, not the gen eral variety in which the legion plays no part. Sid George, who was a visitor at the Capital Post meeting Tuesday night, Is one of the more promin ent "candidates for the office of department commander. He hails from Eugene and is now the rep resentative of district No. 3 on the state executive committee. As an. Involuntary candidate backed by a group ac tively opposed to Mr. George's claims for recognition, appears Don Graham of Prineville, preSent department vice commander. Mr. Graham, a prominent attorney in : (Turn to Pace 2, Column 1.) Wild Bison Makes Way On Streets EUGENE, Ore., July 10 (AP) -This modern city, seat of the University of Oregon and other lesser centers of culture, today harked back to pioneer days when Klatawa, bull bison being train-1 ed by Cal Young for the "Sun-j set Trail" pagent, pawed out several sections of fence at the county fair grounds and started things. First news of Klatawa s de parture came when a nervous wo man telephoned police that a gi ant bull moose without horns was trying to get in the bedroom win dow of her bungalow. The ser geant on duty advised her not to eat rich food before retiring, and said he would send a patrolman up anyway. When, the patrolman reached the bungalow all was se rene; but F. R. Sonderson, en Joying a bit of p re-breakfast golf on the municipal links was quite otherwise. He and other early morning golfers did not even try to rather np their Impedimenta, but fled as the huge bison enarg ed over the greens. F. E. Kreata. another early morning wanderer, recognized what he saw for what Is really was. and notified police of the facts. Now Is The Time If you are at all interested la getting a home of yojar own it wttl pay yow to take advantage of tike rock bot tom nrkee on Salens proper- tj. Many attractive substan tial homes offered at real savings - may be located through the classified col sunns of The Statesman. -. Stady them, and pick oat to mKtt your needs., ; New Orleans, generally acclaimed sides. The popnlace ef the city are Labor Meeting is Called Off When Settlement Tried NEW ORLEANS, Lait July 10 (AP) Hoping to bring about a friendly set tlement of the New Orleans street car strike the execu tive committee of the com bined labor unions tonight decided Jto postpone indef initely a mass meeting call ed for tomorrow night to discuss the advisability of a general strike in sympathy with the carmen. . Ei Letters and Documents Give Up Substantial Clues in Opium Plot WASHINGTON. July 10 (AP) Chinese Minister Wu acted of ficially tonight In connection with the charges of opium smuggling brought against Mrs. Ymg Kao, wife of the former Chinese vice consul in San Francisco. After receiving a large number of messages fim Chinese citizens in the United States, the mlnlste suspended Ting Kao from his du ties in the consulate and Is now awaiting a . report from Chinese officials in San Francisco on the investigation he has ordered. : SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. (AP) Letters and other docu ments seized in the personal bag gage "of Mrs. Susie Ylng Kao, wife of the Chinese vice-consul here, were deciphered late today to re veal in addition to other "inter esting information," what customs agents declared was Indisputable proof that the envoy's wife, dangh ter of the Chinese minister to Cuba, had used her consular' priv ileges to smuggle opium Into the country. i Seized with the correspondence in Mrs. Kao's "strictly personal" baggage, agents desclosed, w,ere keys fitting the 11 other trunks and suitcases in which 2,300 tins of Macao opium, conservatively valued at more than 1750,000 were found Monday. The letters, written in Chinese, the agents said, expose the opera tions and a personnel of a pur' ported International opium ring with representatives In this citv Honolulu and in the Orient The documents Involve, they admitted a high official in the Chinese con sulate here and other prominent Chinese, w arose names they refus ed to disclose. . These revelations were made In the federal court late today where Mrs. Kao and her attorneys sougnt a court order for the re turn of the, personal baggage and tneir contents. Elks To Initiate 1 New. Members at Session Tonight One of the three summer meet ings of the Elka.club will be otrf- night at the temple. An Initia tion la on the-program . with i short business meeting and enter tainment The dab la meeting only once a month , from June to October. The shaded clabhooms are popular with local and visit. lng members who must he In town afternoons. CHINESE Min is tin Orleans as the nation's widest street, neutral around, and oacked witii gettijig to work as best they can UP SEES GREAT II Transatlantic Lines Expect ed to Connect All . Large Cities HILLSBOROUGH, Calif., July 10. (AP) Resting at the Thom as B. Eastland home here. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,! after his ac tivities today inaugurating the bay district Los Angeles! leg of the transcontinental air transport company's new eastern route gathered newspapermen around him and discussed the future fif trans-continental air i routes. Within two years,;- the colonel said, every major cltyi in the Unit ed States would be within direct access by air to a transcontinental air route. During the interview. Colonel Lindbergh'said plans ere now un der way by his company whereby San Francisco would have 3 6 hour service with New York. The new route just opened gives Los An geles 48 hour service with the eastern metropolis. This city, he said, would under the future plans of the company, be made the western terminal for the route, although the planes would ' still follow the southern route. The connecting point would (Turn to P&ga 2, Column 8.) Chautauqua week in Salem opened Wednesday night with "To bias. Prince of Comedians, and bis company in his famous ''Spice Cake Revue." Thursday afternoon. old folks day, the "Colored Song Birds." will entertain the old fdlks with plantation tfongs and other negro Jnelodies. Their close harmony will -fascinate the young as well as the old. An Invitation to the high school class of 1929 Is being extended by Walter Stelnbecker, platform superintendent, t be his guests Thursday evening when Doctor Canford presents his Interesting lecture on "Choosing Tour Joh." ; Doctor Sanford has a message for parents and educators as well at for students. Salem has many levers of good music, who will appreciate what Elsie Patty will present In concert on Friday aft ehnoon. The feature of her enter iiinment will be her playing the Hungarian piano, a native of Vi enna. The instrument is a very rare one. resemblinr a hahv rranri piano. It is played lige a Marlm baphone and ffounds like 4 harp. it will be Interesting to see this Hungarian piano, and a delight to hear the music Miss Patty brings from It. I . Bums Honored By Comrades at Special Dinner Commissioned and non-eommls- sloned officer of B company Oregon National Guard, of Salem, gate a banquet at the white Hons restaurant in honor of their-former Captain, Paul Bnrrls, Wednesday night. 1 Talks by Bussls. First TJeuten ant H- CI- fFodl Malson and Sec ond Lieutenant Joe Davis follow ed tha dinner. woapiiE CHAUTAUQUA BEING PRESENTED IN CITY Aviators Show Sign Of Returning To Airplane Supply of Gasoline is Taken Aboarckto Last Until Morning; Instructions Given or Refueling Early This Forenoon CULVER CITY, Cal.,"july 10. (AP) Two hundred eight hours after its take off on single; motored biplane Angeleno piloted by Ii. W. Mendell and R, B. Reinhart, since 2:30 :29 p. m., yesterday the holder of the world's endurance record, continued on its time journey at 11 :29 :30 o'clock tonight. The previous mark stood at 174 hours 59 seconds. CtBLVER CITY, Cal., July 10. (AP) "the Angeleno, endurance record breaking bi-riane, turned up 1 hour number Mother Is Sure Flyer Won't Tire 'It begins to look like the only ; way to bring 'Pete' and his friend down was to shoot them," Mrs. C. E. Reinfiart laughlingly de clared Wednesday night when she was informed by telephone that i her son'had been in the air for more than 205 hours. "I think he'll stay up .quite a while yet," she added. "I've never seen Pete tired. When he was here on the motorcycle squad he rode the ma chin so long he got used to bard driving." Mrs. Reinhart does not expect to go south to seo her son when he comes, down. Rather, she has sent him a message asking that he n.! V- ll IV. a iic i bji tu ii w n ss soon as; he alights. No special messages have come! from the flier to his mother, his entire; attention being given to doing his part in keeping the air plane aloft for the ongest time possible. Mrs. Reinhart has de pended entirely on newspaper ac counts for aU information receiv ed about the flight. LIS E One of Pair of Young Foot Passengers to Remain . Here for Time Telegraphed funds from North Bend, Oregon, came to Salem late Wednesday providing for. the re turn or Gertrude Shedd, 13. to that city while her companion. Anna Smith, 14, must wait here for further orders from home. Mrs. Nona Smith, county Juvenile officer, picked the glrljMJp Wed nesday morning on High street after reports had been made to police; officers of the two stray girls loitering about town. . The misses, oddly attired in raincoats and galoshes, with ov eralls instead of dresses, had left North Bend early Tuesday morn ing, obtained a bus ride to Marsh field and' from there hitch-hiked their way to Saletn. Questioned by Mrs. White, the girls admitted they had run away from home. They were s sent to-. the Deaconfess hospital bile tele, grama were" sent to North Bend informing the police and the girls' parents of their detention here. tRotzky turned tkwn LONDON, July 11. (Thurs day)-(AP) The, dally Express said this morning that the British cabinet yesterday reached a for mal decision to refuse Leon Trots ky entrance, to Great Britain. NORTH BEND 6111 RETURNED TO HOM Yancey and Williams Fly From Santander, Spam to Rome; Crowds Cheer Pair By ANDREW' BERDING Associated Press Staff Writer LITTORIO AIRPORT, Rome, July 10 (AP) Gliding out of the darkening western, sky. Cap tain Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams brought their plane the Pathfinder to a landing on this field at I: JO p.m. tonight, thus fulfilling their aim of , a flight! -from Old Orchard, Maine, to Rome. , I The last1 Up of their flight was trom Santander, Spain, and was more j dlfflcnltr than any portion ef their hop .across the Atlantic because they encountered cyclonic headwinds that sometimes reduc ed their speed to between 25 and t miles an hour. I The American aviators accom plished another feat that never No Field the mornin? of July the 20o at 8:29:30 p. m., tonight An hour previously Pilots L. W. Mendell and R. B. Reiphart had taken on 125 gallons of gasoline, more han they bad planned .to load as the result of finding that fog, iwhich rolled in i early, vas thin aiid full of holes. Unus enabling them to remain at a ( Ibvr altitude andi carry a heavy :oad. CULVER CITY) Cal.. July 1. (AP) As the endurance flying bi-plane Aimelene comnleted Its 203rd hour in the air at 6:29:30 o'clock tonight, Pflots L. W. .Men dell and R. B.: Hjelnhart dropped the following nott:T "Will l-ke -A tight load. Looka like a low tog tonight. Will want an early morning refueling.. .Ev erything ok." i CULVER CITYL Calif.. July It (AP) The fairy hour of en durance flights, (that Intangible markof-20rtate today became a thing of being for the first trase In aviation history when the black biplane of W. Mendell and R. B. Reinhart reached It at 3:29 p.m. 200 Hours Jixed hAs Usual Objective , In virtually every endurance flight attempted. 200 -hours Th the air apparently has been the ob jective and the attempt of Byron K. Newcomh and Roy L. Mitchell at -Cleveland several days ago when U reached 174 hours. 59 . seconds had been the closest threat to the impregnable, total until the California aviators pierc- -. ed it today. i . . But 200 hours was Just (t ges ture to these "tough hombres" as they chose to designate them selves, and their nonchalent chal lenge made last night, that any body "was crazy" who believed a landing of their ship near, seem- t (Turn to Fag- 2, Column 4.V REYKJAVIK. Iceland, July 10. (AP) Exactly a month after they left Stockholm on a flight to America, Captain Albin Ahren berg, Swedish flier, and his com panions, left here this arternoon for Ivlgiut. Greenland. ! The aviators had- been here four weary weeks trying to get their flying boat "Sverlge" Into condi tion for the next lap of their ttip. After several unsuccessful at tempts, all of which were halted by motor trouble, they sent to the Junkers worlts in Germany for a new engine. This waa Installed, tested, and found? satisfactory so, with favorable weather conditions the new start was made at IMS p. m., today. '''. Tho fliers were in nowise down hearted by the delays. They took off with high hope that if the bop, to Ivigtut . was accomplished they would be able to continue to New York. They intended to take on a new supply of fuel in Greenland, r 9HIB had been done by any of their compatriots. They kept Benito Mussolini waiting for two hours and at length disappointed kirn completely, for the ; head of th Italian government had to leav the field Just ten minutes befor the Pathfinder came la sight Bat if Mussolini was not ttier to .congratulate them there were plenty of others; headed by Italo. Balbo, Under-Secretary for avia- -tion,and representatives of th American embassy. Several -thousand ordinary citizens stood in mass formation for many hours . and when the fliers finally cum bered from their . machine, j th crowd hoisted them and Comman der Francisco de Pinedo, an Ital ian air hero, upon their should-' (Turn to Page S, ; Column 2.) .A ' f - h i i -- t A I I - I i- i :4 !