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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1929)
; WONDERFUL DAYS' 1 The are perfect nuuwr days;; warm, to be sure, bt 4 not too hotfor : crops and with perfect night to make ' them complete. WEATHER . , Fair today; Slihtly low er temperatare; Low humi dity. Max. temperatare Wednesday M; Mia. 40; River .1.4; Wlad soathweat. SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 97 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, July 18, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS LATI DIPLOMATIC ROBBER KILLED II GUI BUTTLE WITH OFFICERS Unidentified Bandit Shoots It Out as Police Halt Theft in Theatre One Bullet Hits Mark When Cods EmDtv Revolvers r , ;at Assailant .PORTLAND, Ore., July 17. (AP) A robber went to a theatre ' here tonight to stage a show of bis own and a few minutes later was carried, out dead with a bul let from a policeman'? revolver lodged In. his throat. Later tonight he aid in a morgae unidentified while police took fingerprints and Portland theatre officials recounted the day's receipts of $4,000 which the rqtbber had forced them to give up. , The man, about 31 years old, entered the unguarded entrance of the theatre, slugged Jimmy Corcoran, checkroom boy, and en tered the Inner, off ice where John C. Smith, theatre manager, James O'Gonnell, treasurer and M Us Kay North, his secretary were sitting. .But Edgar Perry, 16, usher, saw the robber slug Corcoran and no tified police. Officers and Bandit Staged Pitched Battle When Officers Wright and Vin cent responded the robber opened fire and a pitched battle ensued while vaudeville performers con tinued their acts and the audience laughed as before. A ballet from the revolver held by Officer- Wright plowed through the robber's mouth ;and ranged down his throat after more than a dozen shots had been fired. The attempted holdup was the third at the theatre. The first two men who tried to rob the show house are in the Oregon prison. LEBIOW PDSTEYES Potential Candicates Lining Up For District Job As i ! Convention Nears From the angle cf internal pniitics of the American Legio in conection with the state con vention here August 8, 9 and 10. Interest of members in Salem and vicinity centers principally ; in the Fraction of a district member for the state executive commit tee. Because of h!s former affilia tion with Capital Post No. 9. Irl S. McSherry of Tillar.ook; is ex pected to have considerable sup port locally, although the other potential candidates, are , well known here. One Is Locke Mardis of Mc M inn ville. .Inn'- 'wntf who has served only a : tioa of a term as he was appointed to fill a va cancy. Another is Roy Shires of Mr. McSherry was elected vice commander two years ago and wduld have been a candidate for department commander a year sxo at Medford, but declined to Tun at that time. Reports re cently circulated were that he et ill! planned to run ijor the high Jest Wfice I in" the department in 1930, and would accept a place oa the executive! committee In the meantime. In order td keep in the political limelight, i As nsual, a spirited fight is In prospect for the honor of enter tsinlne the next convention. Ba- Fer is renonea o nave mc sup port of delegations from a large mI choice because It will have been three years . alnce a con vention was held east of the Cas cades. ' 1 - It was reported rtveral weeks (Tarn to page S, column 1) COMMITTEE OFFICE 15Banks Close Doorsln Single Day as Aftermath Of Florida Boom Situation TAMPA, Fla., July 17. (AP) Failure of fifteen state bank In southwest Florida today with aggregate deposits f more than $22,500,000 Va regarded by State" Comptroller "Ernest Amos tonight as being the "darkened hour Just before thie dawn." In a statement to the Associated Press, the comptroller said he be lieved . the primary i ese of the failures was : "unnecessary with drawals, propaganda! and the men tal attitude of the people." "There Is. s. financial depres Reinstated iff mi wuuinimmi.iipjL In November, 1027. following publication of articles by Rear Admiral Thomas P. Majrruder, above, In which he. criticized the handling of naval affairs Ijy the department, the officer was re lieved of bis duties as comman dant of the Navy Yard at Phila delphia. Ma grader has been re called for duty and is ordered to report August 1 as commander of the fleet base force oh the Pacific coast. S E Clark University Man Car ries on Experiments With Explosives 1 WORCESTER, Mass., July 17. (AP) rocket designed by Professor Robert H. Goodard, of Clark university, in his experi ments to shoot from the earth was sent thiourh the air in an iso lated part of Worcester this aft ernoon like a flaming meteor with a roar heard fcr two miles around. The noise was such that scores of residents called police head quarters saying that on airplane was shooting along afire. Two police ambulances and an airplane scoured the sections looking for victims. The experiment marked a cli max of 17 years work by Profes sor Goodard to design a projectile that can reach the moon. He has the financial backing of the Smithsonian institution and of Clark university. The rocket which he sent aloft today was about nine feet long and about 28 Inches 4a girth. It was of metal poured In such man ner that successive charges of ex plosive were designed to keep the rocket shooting at even pace through ether. A statement Prof. Goodard is sued tonight said that he. was ex perimenting' today wih an en tirely new propellau. and that the experiment was thoroughly satis factory. The rocket was snot from the base of a 40 foot steel tower in side which are steel rails which fit Into groves In the side of the rocket. . While he has been sending rock ets aloft for over a year at his ex perimental station near the Au burn town line, nothing like the I present flame has resulted. sion to a certain degree every where in the state, he explained, "which has been accentuated by the effect of the Mediterranean fruit fly and Quarantine. I re gard this as the darkened hour Just before , the dawn, however, if the people will not tear down the temple upon t heir own heads. This is what they are doing now." I Aggregate capital stock of the fifteen. financial institutions which closed today, according to figures at the state banking de ' Syi 3 if' HOOTS IE ROCKET IT MOON (Turn to pace X, column 4) CATHOLICS ENO CONVENTION AS IMS GUESTS Officers and Delegates As sert Meeting Here One of Best Ever Held Resolution Adopted Express ing Appreciation of Hospitality Declared by officers and dele gates to be one of the most suc cessful gatherings in the history of the society, the 73rd annual convention of the Catholic Cen tral Verein of America closed here Wednesday noon after in stallation of officers. Simultan eously the 13th anual convention of the National Catholic Women's Union was closed. Both organi zations will meet la 1930 at Bal timore to celebrate the diamond Jubilee of the 'Verein. Re-elected unanimously by ac clamation on the motion of J. J. Bauer of Indianapolis, his only opponent for the office, Wllli bald Eibner of New Ulm, -Minn., was formally inducted into the presidency of the Verein by Rev. Lnibely of St. Louis, Mo, Other officers chosen at the 1929 convention were: H. B. Diel- (Turn to page . celumn 1) . F FarevveU Entertainment is Held in St. Joseph's ' Hall Last Night As a final courtesy to officers and delegates of the two national Catholic organizations who have ben holding their national con ventions in Salem for the past four days, local Catholics entertained with an informal reception in St. Joseph's hall Wednesday night. Mrs. A. A. Mickel was in charge of arrangements. A big basket of gladioli was presented to Mrs. Sophia C. Wav ering, national president of the National-Catholic Women s Union, by Mr3. Albert O'Brien on behalf of the Salem hostesses. The basket was carried by Miss Margaret Huckenitein. Corsage bouquets were' also presented to each of the visiting j delegates. Mrs. Wavering graciously expressed her apprecia tion of Salem hospitality and told of her delight in the beautiful country here. Rev. A. Mayer of St. Louis, spiritual advisor of the Women's Union, explained the work of the union and lauded their accomplish ments.' Joseph Adler of New York, second vice-president of the Cath olic Central Verein of America, responded for the Verein presi dent, Willibald Eibner of New Ulm. Minn. Piano selections were given by Norma Meyer, and a group of vo cal solos were offered by H. Mc Intyre. Frank Saalfeld of Salem 'presided during the program. An orchestra played during the In formal reception that followed the talks. L The Immortal "Humoresque" by D"V'orak-Lampe. is one of the outstanding numbers on the pro gram of the band concert for Friday night as announced Thursday by Oscar Steelhammer, director of the municipal band. Several light numbers as well as two marches are also on the pro gram. - . The complete program follows: Lewis and Clark Exposition march, Williams. Selection The Dollar Princess, Fall. . (a) Humoresque, Lampe. Dvorak- (b) La Rose de Castello, Relt- er. Popular numbers. - Hungarian Comedy, Keler-Be-la. Vocal solos Oscar B. Gingrich, (a) "Sunrise and Ton. (b) Mis takes. Doll Dance, Brown. Selection The Tenderfoot, Hearts. The Billboard Caravan march, Chenette. Star Spangled Banner. BERGER SOME BETTER MILWAUKEE, July 17 (AP) Although still in a critical con dition, -Victor L. Berger, socialist leader, was slightly Improved to WIN ST H) DR11MDT SALEM 01 WIL PLAY MORESQUE Badly Hurt . . a v.-iV. . v.-.-v. j". v . .y . w. . ?, v , ' S .!Htv William Fox, moving picture pro ducer, waa severely injured in an astomobile accident at lineola, Long Island, yesterday. William Fox is Confined to Hospital With Severe Injuries MINEOLA. N. Y.. July 17 (AP) William Fox, veteran movie producer, was injured today in an automobile accident that killed his chauffeur, but know ledge of the severeity of Mr. Fox's injuries was withheld from him at the hospital. From his bed Fox sent word to the Associated Press by one of his film executives that he had suffered no more than a slight scalp abrasion and would be up and around in two days at the outside. Dr. Wilfred Post, attend ing surgeon at the county hos pital. Issued a statement, however, indicating that Fox's injuries were more severe than the producer thought. "Fox is severely injured," Dr. Post said, but his condition Is not alarming. He is progressing satis factorily and his condition Is fa- (Turn to page 1, column S) ; Four Seek Divorces In Court Four complaints asking that divorces be granted were! filed Wednesday In circuit court here, exceeding -by three the one mar riage license aplied for. Ethel J. Sundin asks release from her matrimonial bonds to Lloyd Sundin on the ground that he is continuously drunk and in this condition is unable to prop erly contribute to her support. She asks that her maiden name of Ethel J. Germond be restored. Continuous drinking is also alleged as a cause for tbe divorce sought by Charlotte Koeppen from her husband, Irwin Koep pen. He drinks continuously she claims in her complaint in which she states that they were mar ried In June. 1920. Custody of their one child is, asked by the plaintiff. Married In 1907 and deserted by her husband in 1919, Maude Thames has reared and educated her four children she sets forth in .her divorce complaint filed against J. C. Thames, Wednes day. He lives In Texas, she states, and has at no time an swered her request that money be furnished to assist in taking care of the children. Slovenly housekeeping Is one of the principal reasons O. Work man, wants a divorce from E. Workman, his wife. She let food accumulate on the kitchen shelves, let the stove become un tidy and filthy and added to these personal untidiness. This is too much to bear, her husband contends in his complaint. Your July Dividend Toa may get a dividend this month by turning sur plus articles about your place Into real money. Tonr attic or basement may be full ot things no longer used, bat too good to throw away. An oil stove, a refriger ator, extra bed, eot, lawn mower tfome one can af ford to buy it at a price yon are willing to take. Insert a small ad in otrr classified columns - then stay close to your telephone. Want-ads taken over the phone. . Call 800. MOVIE PRODUCER IS HURT III CAR CRASH BLAZE SWEEPS SEATTLE DOCK; E CREAT Million Dollar Loss Esti mated in Wake of Big Waterfront Fire Six Men Injured in Fighting j Flames Which Start Be- ! neath- Flooring SEATTLE, July 17 AP) In Seattle's biggest water front fire DAMAG since 1914, the Union Pacific WASHINGTON, July 17. dock was practically destroyed (AP) Severance of relations late today with damages estlm- with China by Soviet Russia was ated at $1,600,000. Six injured j viewed by Washington diplomatic firemen were recovering from circles tonight with apprehension burns and suffocation at the Pro j but with the conviction that It did vidence hospital. i not necessarily presage war. The fire started beneath the The situation was generally ac flooring at the bay end of the cepted as a serious one that might dock. Apparatus was drawn from j eaaily assume alarming propor 20 stations to fight the blaze and i tions and rumors that Soviet traffic stalled on business streets j while engine truck companies I cross into China were held to be roared down Seattles hills to the! an indication of the grave danger. d"ock. i j However, conservative quarters The, city's three Ire boats were saw in the break the natural act also called out. : 0n the part of the Soviet following The creosoted piling on which I receipt of China's reply to the uJ the superstructure rested caused tlmatum. This group felt thai a dense pillar of black smoke to shoot up into the sky,, attracting thousands of afternoon shopping crowds to the scene: The injured were Frank Buck. J. H. Draper, and M. ; H. Adfeiv. overcome by smoke; W. J. Halli- forthcoming from either the gan, struck by a hose noizle; W. White House or the state depart J. Elliott by a falling pipe and . ment. but it was known that both Joseph F. McNamee, burned about ' have been following the develop- the leg.-. Caught in his office on the pier wiht escape cut off 'to land. Har bor Master A. A. Paysee leaped Into the bay where he was res cued. Four longshoremen Jumped to safety on the fireboat Alki whe nit pulled alongside. Built in 1918, the value of the dock was set at $1,000,000 by Fred Detweiler, assistant agent of the Union Pacific. He said the loss was covered by a blanket in surance policy. W. D. Gould, manager of the Matson line, believed the loss to his' company would be under tivu.uuu limuea to l.ooo tons or,ed merchandise,, principally feed, flour, furniture and pineapples. Officials thought a cigarette. believed to have been smoked se - cretiy Dy a dock employe and carelessly tossed aside, caused the fire. RIVER TO BE KEPT IT 5 FOOT DEPTH Minimum Set for Willamette Channel by Army Engi neers, Report A minimum depth of five feet. I which means year around water , homes menaced, every available transportation on the Willamette man in this district was being river between Salem and Port- rushed tonightno check a fire rag land, will be maintained in case ing tlrriough the Under-like forests instructions Issued by General east of this town. Herbert Deakyne, assistant to the The first sawmill, owned by J. chief of army engineers, are car- H. Louks, ten miles east of here, ried out. wan destroyed bv a fire believed Senator McNary Wednesday re - ceived a telegram from General Deakyne that the district army en gineer in Portland had been in structed to take steps to employ such assistance and secure such equipment as is necessary to make tho Improvement. If additional funds are needed, the district en gineer was ordered to file a for mal request with the board of army engineers. Piling will be driven at certain places along the river, which will insure an unobstructed channel. Senator McNary expressed the opinion that the improvements, when completed, would place Sa lem in a position to obtain a ter minal water freight rate. Chautauqua Car , Badly Wrecked 1 Near Portland The track carrying the equip ment of the chautauqua recently in Salem was wrecked on the Co lumbia River highway . .a few miles-out ot Portland 'Tuesday, according to word brought to Salem by the Rev. Fred C. Taylor Wednesday. Neither the driver nor his wife was seriously hart. The couple were in charge of children, during the run- of the chautnqua here. They were go ing to Kalispelln Montana, for the next stand. BLAST INJURES TWO PORTLAND, Ore., July 17 (AP) An explosion in a substa tion of the Portland Electric Power company burned severely two workers "today when Frank Saylor, Lake Grove,.- touched a wrench to a live wire. v War Clouds Grow As To Consider Chinese Note United j States Wor ried at Prospect Of Conflict i Diplomatic Circles View Situation With Alarm troops already had attempted to- the break did not carry with it the threat of war despite the tone of the Soviet message. Officials Reluctant To Offer Comment Official comments were not ments closely and that the after math of Russia's action would be anxiously awaited. President Hoover's Interest has been aroused not only by the pos sible grave; consequences but also by an Intimate knowledge of plac es and conditions Involved. He gained this through his years of work and extensive travel in Man churia as a mining engineer. Meanwhile Chairman Borah of the senate foreign relations com mittee and an outstanding advo cate of Soviet recognition by the United States, expressed the hope I that a conflict might yet be avoid- "I hope," he said, "that they will find a way to adjust their difficulties without actual con- ! flict and I believe they will." SAWMILLS IRE DESTROYED Pi' FIRE Valuable Timber Lands Men aced by Blaze in Vicin ity of Colville COLVILLE. Wash., July 17. (AP) With two sawmills burned. third threatened anri 1 to have been started by sparks from the mill's refuse burner. It was ehecked before., it reached a million and a half feet of newly cut Lumber. Another fire in the same region, started in the timber above the Old Dominion mill, swept through a canyon and destroyed the build ing. It then leaped into the tim ber and tonight was headed for the Bobbins mill, directly in Its path. If it is not checked before It reaches the Robblns mill, a large stand of valuable merchant able timber and several homes may be destroyed. There has been no rain in this region since early last month and the forests are extremely dry. A light wind was carrying the flames. IC PORTLAND, Ore., July IT. (AP) Physicians attending Ted Wolfenberger, 24, Spokane. Wash., chief mechanic on the Mamef air transport West Wind 11, injured seriously today when he backed into tbe whirring pro pellor, saidS tonight It probably would not be necessary to ampu tate his right hand, badly man gled In the accident, ( . His left hand was broken, and his face and right shoulder were lacerated badly. The accident occurred Just prior to the departure of the West Wind 11 from Swan Island airport for Spokane. He had been tuning up the plane. mo HI Ml HURT B'f PROPELLER Soviet Russia Ramor Indicates Open Conflict h Already Started LONDON, July 18 -1 (Thursday) (AP) The Peking correspondent of the Daily Mai) sent a re port to his paper early to day saying it was rumored there by . Chinese sources that Soviet troops had becm repulsed in an attempt t cross the Amur river, which forms the northern boun dary of Manchuria. CHINESE TO RESIST E Nationalist Announces De termination to Hold Present Ground NANKING, China, July 17 (APp ;A member of the central executive committee of the Kuom ingtang, which is the - political party of the nationalist govern ment, told newspapermen this afternoon that the government would resist to the very end any Russian' threats growing out of the taking over of the Chinese Eastern' railway In Manchuria. j He sjkid there were alarming paratloas by the Soviet govern parations by the soviet govern ment, but the nationalists were determined to hold what they now possess-in Manchuria. The same spokesman also said a certain foreign power, on the pretext; of protecting its existing rights in Manchuria, was reported as planning to utilize the situation for an-expansion of its interests in that territory. He emphasized hat this was only a rumor and he expressed the hope that it would prove unfounded. Further Steps Planned Later In this connection It was recall ed that President Chiang Kalshek was reported to have told a gath ering or Kuomintang Leajs yester day that the taking over of the Chinese Eastern railway was only the first stage of the nationalist policy toward Russia. He was quoted as having added: "After this first stage we will "go further. The iinperalist powers are greatly excited, over our coup against the Russians and fear that their interests may be involved. Butso long os wo Chinese are (Turn to page J, column S) issaliisTo TS SEATTLE, July 17. (AP) Representatives of towboat and yacht owners of this vicinityeoday sent letters to 13- orgnfizatlens asking each to name lour men to serve on a committed of 52 which will conduct a campaign against the present valuation system ap plied to vessels and to obtain data for presentation' at the next ses sion of the legislature. The action was taken against the system pt levying taxes against vessels of various types and rigs with the repeal 'Of the statute which places the craft un der personal- property classifica tion. California and Oregon. Washington's competing states in shipping, levy no personal tax on vessels, in order to foster the in dustry, it was pointed but. No Civil Dm RUSSi ra SEEK THEIR By Catholics, Asserts in Reestabllshment of the papal sovereignty in Vatican City Is of tremendous religious significance to Catholics, bat it has practical ly no bearing en international af fairs, members of the Salem Ro tary club were told at 'the Wed nesday luncheon by Father-A. J. Muench of St, Francis seminary. St. Francis, Wis. " The point which chiefly Inter ests Catholic iff that the head of their church Is no linger sub ject to any temporal ruler. Fath er Muench said. On "the other hand, Vatican City, comprising only 1C0 acres and having ; a population of not over 400, can hardly attain to the status of fa world power. . i Catholics in the United States owe no allegiance other than Darker Refuses Responsibility Entirely Manchuria's Is Claim Made Reply to Ultimatum Declared Unsat isfactory MOSCOW, July 17. (AP) Russia tonight broke off diplo matic relations with China. The note placed the entire re sponsibility for all consequences on the Chinese government. It announced also that all Soviet diplomatic and consular officials and all government commercial representatives would be recalled at once from China. .- The Soviet government made public Its reply to the Chlneses note the latter having comet, in response to an ultimatum from Russia. In this, note Ue Soviet union said that all means of reaching an amicable settlement had been exhausted. AH Officials Will Be Recalled at Once The note further declared that all Soviet officials wotild be re called from the Chinese". "Eastern railway, that all railway com munications netwoen Soviet ter ritory and China would be. .sus pended and that the diplomatic and consular representatives .of the Nanking government would be ordered immediately to leave the union of Soviet socialist re publics, j The Soviet note said that the Moscow government would' re serve all the rights arising from the Peking-Mukden agreement ot 1924. j It declared that the Chinese reply to the Russian ultimatum was unsatisfactory in content and hvnrwrlMinl in tnnp ! j Countering the Chinese charge j that Russia has been persecuting t Chinese citizens in Soviet territo ry, the note said that this was a hypocritical endeavor by' China (Turn to page 1. column II) j. TUITION FIDS ARE Salem District Gets $29,716 of County Total; Other -Sections Listed I Apportionment of the tuition funds to th evarious high school districts of the county wasi made Wednesday by County Superin tendent Fulkerson for the year of 1928-1929. By law 'yhe is not re quired to make this distribution until fall but since the county is required to pay Interest en the funds, early. Apportionment, re- djjjcae-'thls expense. j -''tinder the school laws each high1 school district claims tuition from the county fund for the total n am ber of days attendance by chil dren residing outside the high school , district. The total amount of the tuition fund is apportioned in a pro rated roomier to the high school districts. I The apportionment by districts is: ' ! - Silverton I12.360.C4 Aurora ............. 4,898.93 Jefferson 2,187.80 Salem 29.71C.9l Scotts Mills 720.72 Stayton 4.318.96 Turner 2.449.69 Woodburn 12.964.99 Gervais, Union high ' school number one . 1,072.68 Address Here spiritual allegiance to the' pope, and their only civil duty IsLo the community and nation In j which they. live, he assnred his! audi ence. - ! Father MuencV classified -the settlement of, the Roman; ques tion as an important, historical fact The temporal rnje of the papacy began in the fourth 'cen tury, and terminated in i 1170, when Italian troops invaded . the papal possessions, with the' result t that the popes since that tin'1 have refused to leave- the Vati can. - Restoration of Catholic rule In, a 'limited area, has a social slg-" nlficance In that it l a recogni tion of the right of property yes session, Father Muench mention--ed. - NOW APPORTIONED fcrOwed Pone i Delegate