; 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