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PAGE TWO 1 I The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning, July 18, 1929 1 ' T T ) GftTHDLIGS EitO : Appointed SESSIONS here; sm - Officers and Delegates As sert Meeting Here One of Best Ever Held (Continued from Fare, I.) nana, San Antonio, Texas, re elected first rice president; sec ond rice president Joseph Alder of New York City,- succeeding Rev. Blase Schefier of St. Lonla. Mo.; third vice president. Frank Saalfeld of Salem Ore ", succeed ing William iA. Borger, of St. Cloud. Minn.: fonrt vice presi dent, Mrs. Opbla C. Wavering. -al so -national president cf the Wo men's Union; reelected; general secretary. J. F. Docteudort, La Crcsse, Wis., reelected: assistant secretary. William .A- Hammeckc. Philadelphia. I ree'.er ted : trea?ur er, George Korte, St; Louis Mo.. reelected: for marshal, ancnaei Weiskopf. St. Paul. Minn., reelect ed; trustees, all -new jofficerg. Joe Brockland. n:. Louiai, Mo.; Wil liam H. Slefen. New Haven, Conn., and John A. ' Roebl, Mil waukee, Wis.l . Immigration liaws 0-tro9Cd Visoronsiy i The high cort of hospital care, Opposition to jthenatior.al ofisins clause ' in the new jimralgrition Jaw and to federal control of ed ucation, regret that jthe special session of congress should make tariff legislation while rten:ibly met for study of farm relief, and endorsemcnti-af world peace, the work of the Catholic Truth soci ety of Oregon, the Catho'ic youth movement, Catholic; education, the papal college and credit un ions In cthe. jVcreln. were voiced in resolution passed; by the Vcr ein . delegates! In their last busi ness session "of "the convention. Salem's Hoppl ality i Is Appreciated Other Important resolutions adopted contained expressions of appreciation for the hospitality of Salem and of-aU vho assisted la making the convention suc- resstul. con sratulat ions to Pope j Pius XI on his golden Jubilee an-1 nlversary of ordination to the priesthood, and a reminder to 1 members of the work done by Catholics In the settlement of the Pacific Northwest. A three hour busiaess session wis held by the Women's Union Wednesday mornin final com mittee and i officers' reports be ing submitted. St. Monica Altar as a member of the union, and Is the only far western Catholic! women's organization to be affill-' ated. Officers of the Silverton group gave Informal messages to the convention. Mrs. Sophia C. Wavering, of Qulncy. 111., nation al president, . was presented with a framed photographic study, a gift of the women delegates. Caravan Makes Trip Through County ; Fifty cars were in the auto caravan which took delegates dn a ttip through Marion countri and to Mt. Angel, where lunch was served Wednesday ; afternoon. Salemites were hosts to the dele gates was an Informal reception to officers and delegates of the two. organizations. The recep tion was held Wednesday night at St. Joseph's hall. ;Mrs. A. A. Mickel in charge of arrange ments. A beautiful basket of eladiolus was presented to Mrs Wavering by Mrs. Albert O'Brien on behalf of the Salem group. The last of the out-of-state del egates leave this morning for Portland, where Portland Catho lics will entertain them with a . .- )niotor trip to Multnomah falls. bfsp isiim M IBIS. SAID Secrcl-u-y lot State Henry lit, Btintscu bias appointed David H. Miller, above, of New York, in ternational law specialist, to the post of rilitor of treaties.. He uil bo cngagbH Jn collecting and publishing all uch agreements, to vvuich tho United States is a par ty. : " ; Mil PRODUCER IS HURT 111 CM CB (Continued from Pagre t. to justify its own outrages In the arrest of Russian citizens. The note declared that the nationalist government knows well that Rus sia has had recourse to repressive measures only in the, case of In significant! groups of Bples, opium traders, white slavers., smugglers and other criminal Chinese. - The Russian action breaking off diplomatic relations iwith China came at the expiration of time set in an ultimatum which the Soviet union dispatched to the Chinese republic on July 13. That ultima public on July 13,. That ultima ment at Nanking three days in which to rescind lt3 action in seiz ing the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchuria. It also demanded restoration to office of the Rus sian officials who had been de posed from their places in the railway and the liberation i of all Russian - nationals who had been imprisoned. Bythe terms xt the ultimatum the closing of Russian institutions in Manchuria, such as banks, railway anions and busi ness syndicates also was to be re scinded. ' r i Delay Caused By ' ' Poor Communication ( ": While th three days specified in the ultimatum would have ex pired Tuesday, yet the Soviet gov ernment learned that there bad been a delay of at least 24 hours In translating and transmitting the note to Nanking. With this ' time added, the ultimatum expired at midnight Wednesday which was almost the exact hour at which an nouncement of the I break was made. i! f j .Nanking had sent a reply which ' the Tass agency, official Russian news distributor, described as an "conciliatory communique." As given ont in Moscow the Chinese - reply said that it . desired only peaceful relations with the Soviet union and that the measures taken at Harbin Sought not to affect the relations between the two govern ments, the intimation being that they weret directed at individuals rather than' at the Russian state Itself. Only First; Section Of Xote .Received '' The Chinese note. stated that it had beenwrltten before the en tire text of the Russian ultimatum had arrived at Ranking but thajt enough had com to make the gen eral tenor of the communication understandable. 4 As announced! In China tie Nanking reply contained three points whtc hthe nationalists con sidered of especial Importance. The first was that Gnu Zao-Yang former ambassador, at Moscow, soon would leave Nanking for the Soviet capital to dlscnss all ques tions between tho two govern ments. The second was a demand that Russia release all Chinese citizens Who were imprisoned within Soviet territory and the third was a demand for adequate protection for Chinese nationals in Russia. ? More Complete Reply Promised Iuter i The Nanking note also contain ed a promise to reply more fully to the Russian communication as soon as the full text ot the latter became available. While Tass described this note as "conciliatory", and while that estimation was eehoed from Tok yo, the popular opinion of it was reflected by mob attacks upon the Chinese consulate in Moscow These were especially violent en Tuesday night. Aside from this evidence of hos tility, there was little to indicate the imminence of a break. An in direct report by way of Riga. Lat via, said that L. M. Karakhan, vice commissar for foreign af fairs, had handed a note to the Chinese representative at Moscow which expressed surprise at the vagueness of the Nanking reply to the ultimatum. This report also said that M. Karakhan refused to take any responsibility on behalf of his government for alleged acti vities of Communist propagand ists In Manchuria. Soxlet Propaganda Blamed by China It was this alleged activity in spreading Soviet doctrines that the Chinese blamed for the entire situation. They declared that Rus sian agents had violated a treaty made in 1924 which contained this clause: ! -'The governments of the two contracting parties mutually pledge themselves not to permit within their respective territories the existence or activities of any organizations , or groups whose aim is to contend by acts of vio lence against the government of either contracting party. j "The governments of the two contracting parties further pledge themselves not: to engage in pro paganda directed against the poli tical and social systems of either contracting party." On May 27, a number of raids were made by )Manchurlan author ities on the Russian consulates in Harbin and other cities, Chang Huseh-Laing. jpresent war? lord of aiaucnuna, rqporiea 10 uniang Kai-Shek, nominal head of the na tionalist government, and to C. T. Wang, foreign) minister, that these raids had uncovered indisputable evidence that; Russians In Man churia were violating the anti propaganda clause of the' 1924 treaty. Torable. Tnere. is no discovery of any brain injury sjyeL" Prtjr to this statement, given out through the hospital's bureau of information. Dr. Post had been quoted as saying that Fox had suffered. hemmorhage of the brain and hospital attendants had mentioned th. possibility ot a blood transfusion. Fox was motoring from bis Long Island some with Jacob Rubenstein, a friend and business associate, for a day's golf at Ros lyn, when an automobile driven by a woman who had no license col lided with" the Fox car at a cross road in Old Westbury. . Mrs. Fox drove at once to the hospital and was joined there dur ing the day by several Fox lawyers and film and theatre executives. Some of the latter protested to hospital officials that the informa tion desk had issued a statement saying Fox was critically injured and asserted these statements were responsible for a three and three-quarters point drop in Fox film stock on the market. The hospital announced that it would issue bulletins on Fox's condi tion at frequent intervals. , Fox was born in Hungary 50 years ago and was brought to this country as an infant. He has been in the theatrical business for 25 years ,and his personal for tune has been estimated at $35, 000,000. He Is head of the Fox Film corporation, the West Coast theatres and the. Fox Theatre cor poration. His life insurance policies total $6,400,000 and he once said that if no one else should,, be sorry at his death he could depend on the grief of the president of every large insurance company in the world. I beasts In a Siamese juaglel There are thrilling adventures la the wilderness. Lnpo Teles of The Gaucho" tamo appears as the half Oriental danghter of the trapper, while Es- telle Taylor, Is seem as the strange vampire - woman, and Lloyd Hughes plays tho romantic lsall as a young American showman visiting the Jungle camp. Tod Browning, who directed Lon Cha aey in "The Unholy Three", "Road to Mandalay", directed this new production. 15 BANKS FAIL IN ONE DAY IN FLORIDA (Continued from Paga 1.) there, said tho closing ot the First Bank and Trusts Company of that city "had o effect whatever on their bankv John Ringllng of circus fame. is chairman of tho board oz the Bank of Sarasota' and the Ring ling Trust and Savings Bank, of ficials said, has behind It the ont tiro fortune of the lata Charles Ringllng, a brother. . CHINESE TO DESIST RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE (Continued trom P 1.) united, wo ned not fear oppres sion from the outside." LEGION POST EYES COMMITTEE OFFICE Continued from Page 1.) seek the 1930 convention because of financial difficulties of the Pendleton Roundup, and it was bruited about at the time that the Pendleton post would .back Bak er! claim, but that is no longer a certainty. Pendleton was Sa lem's principal rival a year ago at Medford. Astoria, Klamath Falls and possibly Bend may make bids for tho 1930 convention, some of them with the purpose of paving tho way for a successful effort the following year. With the convention opening three weeks from todsy, plans of the convention commission are rapidly approaching completion By Saturday, headquarters will be established at the armory, and H. G. Maison. executive secre tary of the commission, or a sten ographer will be on duty there at all times of the day from that time nntll the convention closes. ION CH1EY WILL T partment. was $3,630,000; depos its $22,515,728.96, and assets I29.641.SI6.C8. Names of the defunct institu tions, which were placed in the hands of the state bank depart ment today are: Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany, Tampa. Franklin Bank, Tampa. Lafayette bank, Tampa. American State bank, Tampa. Citizens Nebraska Avenue bank, Tampa. Bank of Ybor City, Ybor City. Bank "of Plant City," Plant City. 'Bradenton Bank and Trust Company, Bradenton. First Bank and Trust Com pany, Sarasota. First State Bank, Port Meade. Meade. Bank of Pasco County, Dade City. CitizensBank of Frostproof. iret Dam: of Port Tampa City. Bank of Mulberry, Mulberry. Ellenton State bank, Ellenton. Affiliated with Citizens bank at Tampa. Eight other banks have failed in Florida in the past two weeks. bringing tho total number of failures within that time to 23. The board' ot directors of the Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany, which was ' a parent insti tution for ten of the. banks which failed today, Issued a written statement, explaining that the present situation was due to 'un wise gossip and continued adverse conditions following the appear ance of the Mediterranean fruit fly, which was responsible for a feeling of unrest and fear devel oped on the part of the people." Directors of the Citizens bank predicted that all depositors would be paid In full and Indicat ed that its subsidiaries would go out of business. To bolster up public confidence, $1,000,000 In cash was brought here by airplane today from At lanta and delivered to the First National Bank of Tampa, a mem ber of the federal reserve. Mean while officials of other solvent banks In Tampa, where withdraw als by a few small depositors were reported, issued statements that plenty of cash had been ob tained to meet all demands. At Sarasota, officials of the Bank of Sarasota, the Ringllng Trust and Savings bank and the First Trust company, the three remaining solvent institutions TOKYO'. Japan, July 17 (AP) Japanese news agency dispatch es from Harbin, Manchuria, today said the few Russian officials re maintng at their posts there be lieved the' Nanking note in reply to Moscow opened the way for negotiations over the Manchurian situation. The nationalist government's note, failed howevr to satisfy the Russian demand for cancellation of the seizure of the Chinese East ern railway and of the dismissal order for the railways. Russian officials, said these officials who feared the commission might ob lige Rtussia to take stronger measures. Two Troop Trains Rushed To Frontier Manchurian authorities dls-1 patched two troop trains from Harbin "today to Pogranichinaya, on the Siberian-Manchurian fron tier, despite the more conciliatory attitude displayed fn the Nanking note. A Manchull dispatch to head- I quarters of the Chinese Eastern said the International train from Harbin failed to make its usual eonnectioa with the Russian train PLANE F PACIFIC SCHEDULED LOS ANGELES. July 17. (AP) Lieutenant Harold Bromley to night said he expected to fly jhls low-winged monoplane to Tacoma, Wash.. Friday to await good weather for his proposed flight to Tokyo, Japan. j The flier said the wing could be replaced on the pla&e tomorrow. The wing was removed to enable mechanics to repair a gasoline tank leak. He said he would fly non-stop to Tacoma to further test the plane and engine. He completed a series ot preparatory tests at Muroc dry lakes recently. Bromley -went to bed "tonight after a forty-hour virgil. which he said he had kept to see If he could remain awake through the period dress before tho Overbrook grange. ' "While no one would contend that tha federal farm act is re sponsible for the present upward trend ia the wreat market." he said, I am firmly convinced that tho presence ot federal farm board in tho background as the poten tial buyer ot millions of bushels of grain has been an ' important factor in the wheat price rise, "The mere fact that there is an adequately financed agency spon sored by the government empow ered to buy wheat in large quan tities, has had a most favorable ' ... 1 M. inrluepce on tne mariei. ODDS 1 FAVORITE WINS TOOT CLASSIC and was master of the situation at all times. Second money went to Gaylworthy. The time 2:04 1-4 in the second heat was below the average. King Direct won the 32.000 pace for 2:20 class taking the first and third heats. Uncle Cad took the second heat. The 2:12 trot was a good contest. Quality Peter McRae and Miss Yolo iytt each won a heat and were tred to trot a fourth mile which Miss Volo Scott won. Best time 2:05-1-4. ; - Thursday is colt day, there be ing classes for the two and three year old trotters, three year il pacers, and 2:20 class trotters. mOC KALAMAZOO, Mich.. July 1' of time he believes will beire-! (AP) The fcxenange ciuo quired! to fly across the Pacific- $10,000 trot was won easily toaay by the odds on . ravorue. MAT E LI TO Ml BHD OVERBROOK, Kans., July 17. (AP) Conviction that the fed eral farm board, as a potential buyer, of millipns of bushelgrof wheat, has been "an impdrtant factor" in the wreat price rise was expressed toulght by Senator Ar thur Capper of Kansas in an ad- at Manchull and that the Interna tional express service was thus temporarily suspended. Chang Hsueh-LIang, governor of Manchuria, has named Chang Tsoh-Siang commander of the Chi nese frontier armies and Wan ; Fullin, vice-commander. 1 The arsenal at Mukden was said j to be ferrishly producing muni-1 tions. Ther Chinese authority seised the Mukden office of the Chinese Eastern railway trade bu reau, hitherto controlled by the Russians, and dismissed the Rus sian manager. . PORTLANDER WINS SAN FRANCISCO, July 17. (AP) Benny Dotson of Portland, won a 10 round decision from Jim ray Hoover, of Turlock, Cal., at National hall here tonight. NOW PLAYING! To Capacity Honses 2:00 Shows at 4:20 ,7:00 9:10 SE: AND HRAR TODAY m CowL Dr. Peter McMillan drove him STORM HALTS RESCUE' SARASOTA. Fla.. Jtly 17. (AP) Sudden wind and rain squall off the coast tonight pre vented boats from leaving here to investigate reports that a steam er was afire five to ten miles off shore. Read the Classified Ads. o . m mmm eft instil tl tAa aa ill !! i SHOW Opening today at the Elslnore Is Lon Chaney's latest production, "Where East Is East". This plc- turo will continue for three days. la this picture. Chaney Is said to reach the heights of his film career, as he offers an exception ally good characterization. He has a good supporting cast, including Lupe Velez and Estelle Taylor. Ia this picture, Chaney appears as an adventurous trapper of wild HOLLYWOOD Last Time Today "The Shop-Worn Angel" With 1 NANCY CARROLL GARY COOPER Talking and Sound ..... .. 25c I Salem Height Community Club will show you "How to Handle Women" Next Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. First Class Pictures at Popular Prices 10-1 5c . ...j..oiiU .kcia and Aiws li-EIL ' Salem's Greatest Entertainment' LON CHANEY At His Best A Spectacular Mystery Story! Chuck Full of Thrills . . Love . . . Adventure! Synchronized i mi m in "Be Gd0? . Phil Spitalny's orchestrae ALL-TALKIE Paramount News -L. CARLOS MEIER ' At the orgae Coming aqday'Gcnt'ejhen of the Press 4I m e ve To Our New Home 435 N. Commercial St. See the New Durant Here Now Saflemm AimttoimnoMfle Co. j Watch for Announcement of our Formal Opening t Too Late; To Classify ' r REDUCE your fuel cost one-half by TV nhone tlit or see John. H. Scott at TATLOltS ON HOOD The Re. 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