WEATHER i ; Fair aad Mild today; No change in temptfraiiire. Mar. tempera are Thursday 78; . Mia. 48: RlTer ,1.4; Part cloudy; No rain. SERVICE! , i - It your Statesman has not arrived by 6:80 a. m. call 500 and a paper , will be seat by special carrier. FOUNDED 1651 7 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 98 Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, July 19,-1929 PRICEf FIVE CENT3 FLYER'S LEAP Probe Of Railway Recent New Talent in the Family! ree i HEARING UPON POWER RIGHTS IS AUGUST 21 Germans Ag To Crashes Ordered s . V. . - - Repiresent Soviets And Manchurians i 1 , Berlin Government Will Take Over Interests- Of Both Countries; Reports Indicate j Raid Into Chinese Area Repulsed S BERLINJJulv 18. tJCPTh nman rrwrommianr trv PROyES FATAL In Salem Nineteen Year Old Lad Lands in Columbia, River Due to Strong Wind Tragedy is Also Reported at Des Moines When Pilot ' Falls to Ground Public Service Commission. Takes Step Upon . Owrt Motion; Hearing Next Tuesday Will Sift Causes of Deaths at Crossings Salem's Protest to Come Up . for Consideration Be fore Rhea Luper TNQUIRY into the serious accidents which have occurred at I Filings in Cascade Region to - . . I All PORTLAND, Ore., July 18 (AP) The first airplane ride and parachute jump Conrad Blatter, 19, of Kirk, Ore., ever experienced proved to be his last here today as" he plunged into -the Columbia river frvm a height of J500 feet and was drowned. Blaster who veteran parachute jumpers said disregarded one of iurin:fi.r" "... juries which resulted in her the public service commission on its own motion for next Tuesday, July 23, according: to information received by Fred A. Williams, city attorney. The hearing will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon, and all persons interested in the-subject are invited to ap pear at the commission's offices in the state house. The most serious accident was that which occurred June 1ft at f Vio Afa-rVof stropf rns.V ! ; insr over the Southern Pacificl fll IPT lll I 0 THUf! tracks, when Mrs. Charlotte j DLAo4 IMLLU I W U naray oi meaiora suiierea m be Argued, City Attor ney Here Told chute unfastened so as to be free to swim. He landed In the river about 50 feet from a sand bar and became entangled in the equip ment which fell over his head. Youth Seeks To Do Stunt of Veterans The youth bad watched veter an army Junipers perform at Van couver Wash., barracks. Today he borrowed a parachute and hired an airplane belonging to Charles Mears,. Portland; Blatter leaped from the plane at an altitude of 2,500 feet and opened the para chute succssfully. Adverse winds bore him away from the flying field and dropped him in the river. The body was recovered. He re cently enlisted in the seventh in fantry. United m States army. Friends said ft was the youth's :. I A .,,to 1 11151. aujitaue iiuc auu.flvvvuu".U for the parachute jump by his daring. DES MOINES. July 18, (AP) Pilot Ross Arnold was killed late today when he fell from the cock pit of the plane "Greater Des Moines," Just before it crashed in an attempt to make a refueling contact. The "Greater Des Moines", was making tests in pre paration for an attempt to break th world's refueling endurance flight record. " ' Charles Gatchet, co-pilot, es caped in a parachute. The refuel ing hose from the "Miss Sioux City" became entangled in a wing of the "Greater Des Moines," caus ing it to tip badly; Arnold was in the rear cockpit and slipped down through the propeller, falling about 2,000 feet. death July t. Ward Howe and Miss Ruth Runde of Mill City were with Mrs. Hardy in the automo bile which was struck by a train. A narrow escape from a similar accident was experienced by W. L.. VanArden of Molalla last Sunday at Center and 12th streets. The question as to whether warning signals at grade crossings in Salem are adequate will prob ably be brought up at the hearing, together with an inquiry into the speed at which trains travel In the city. An ordinance was introduced at the last session of the city council proposing to limit trains to 25 miles an hour in the city, but it wa3 brought out at the meeting that an ordinance is already in ex istence limiting hem to ten miles an nour. me question prouauiy will be raised as to whether this ordinance is being observed. AND HURTS ELEVEN 4 Workers Burned Seriously in Explosion at Alumi num Ware Plant STAMf QUIIMIIE El HUB 8 CORPSES TAKER Woodbum Resident Also js Victim -of Accident as Car, Hits Bicycle FROM TIN WH Stanley Quamme, 24 5 West Wilson street, suffered seriov in juries of the Ispine and pelvis when a switch engine bumped into a string of cars on a siding at Lib erty and Trade streets early Thursday afternoon, while Mr Quamme, an; employe of the P. E. P. company; was unloading iuei from one off the cars. A heavy? door fell upon the wnrkpr. an i the attending physi- i cian reported that his injuries in ' eluded a fracture of the pelvis and dislocation Of the transverse pro ! cesses of fdur vertebrae. He is NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., July 18 (AP) Two men were killed and 11 burned, four seriously to night in an explosion of bronze powder that wrecked one unit of the plant of the Aluminum com pany of America, at Logans Ferry near here. In addition to the 11 in hospitals, others were burned! but were treated at the scene and sent home. The explosion, origin of which was unGetermind, according to company attaches, rocked the dis trict and was heard for several miles. The men killed and hurt were for the mos part working- in or near the unit that was shat tered and the force of the blast stripped Borne of the victims of their clothes. The dead were J. I. Pausten bach, 55, night foreman, and An drew Katzman, 60. j The wrecked unit was made up of two small connecting one story brick buildings. The loss was es timated at between $150,000 and $200,000. The bronze powder manufac tured at the plant is used In the manufacture of paint and is high ly explosive. Ten years ago a sim ilar explosion occurred in a bronze Hearing oh the application of the Northwest Power company for rights to water power on streams and lakes in the North Santiam district, has been scheduled for August 21 by Rhea Luper, state engineer. Protests against these claims have been filed by the city of Sa lem and by Albany interests. The local protest was brought in de fense of filings which the city has made on some of the same waters. The city has filings on the North Santiam, Marion Lake, Mar Ion Fork, Puzzle "creek and White water creek in Marion and Linn counties, for water for municipal use. Power Interests Seek To Obtain Rights . Several months ago efforts were ipade by J. G. Kelley, who made the original filings later trans ferred to the Northwest Power company, to induce the city council to abandon its claims.. It was stated at the time that although the city bad al&'j filed on water for power purposes, any rights it might have had were forfeited. The city declined to withdraw its protest, and a showing in the matter will be made at the hear ing in August by City Attorney (Turn to page 7, column ) HI FARMER TOLD TO ORGANIZE Federal Board Issues State ment Suggesting Way for Agricultural Aid :i ncT JJ Y ; ' " , --- " i;t - 1U"m JL. . LJ h night agreed to take over the interests of Chinese in. Russia. anq nussians n unina for the period in which diplomatic re lations between those countries remain disrupted. It was emphasized on all 'sides that this was a certain indication of the; absolute neutrality of Germany in the present dispute j uvt uie auminisiraiion oi tne L;ninese eastern railway, i j Requests jfor its good offices came to the foreign offic todjay from Russia through the German ambassador at Mos- cow and from China through I the legation of that govern ment here. Both Chancellor I Hermann Mueller and Foreign ! Minister Gustav Stressemanh were away which fact resulted in some delay in answering. Reports Agree With Rumor ,Henl In -London t Unconfirmed reports reached ; Berlin today that a small Russian invasion of Manchuria had been repulsed and that the chief Rus sian concentration was an Mai chuli on the border. A Kovno dispatch of the Tele graphen union says that the tier- man consuls in Mukden and Har ben took over the affairs of the Russian consulates today and that the Russian representatives have, been given safe conducts -by the: chief government. 10 L IEE Will j 1 1 E1D POULTRYMEN State Association Elects Salem Man at Annual Convention Tito Schipa, Sirs. Schipa and Liana, who is by far the most important member of the family and who already opens her month Just as the great tenor does, indicating singing talont. Photo taken at Schipa' s Los Angeles home. WASHINGTON. July (AP) The federal farm 18 board P0WdeJ?Iant Dere and ei5ht m6D sent word to American agricul were killed Collapse of Trestle Caused at the wmamette sanitarium by Sudden Flood Brought on by Cloudburst STRATTON. Colo., July 18 (AP) A dry arroyo coursing through the table land three miles west- of here, suddenly turned in. to a raging swirling torrent, by a wall of water, occasioned by a rain of cloudburst proportions, tonight had given up nine bodies, according to rescue crews all victims of the collapsing of a trestle bridge on the main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad shortly before 4 o'clock this morning. All of the bodies -recovered were taken from the creek bed rim-in the dav bv rescuers who worked frantically amid the wreckage. , . Mor Bodies" Are ItellTrd In Wirrk That additional bodies may be recovered before the wreck age finally I" cleared away was the opinion of rescue workers and railroad officials, who throughout the day and tonight -wrere directing relief organiza tions. All of those who lost their' lives were in an all-steel Pullman placed on the crack 9tern oassenrer train No. 5. at St. Louis and destined, for Color ado Springs and the Pacific coast. TVOODBIIRN. July 18. (Spe cial) L. S.lMochel, aged 68, suf fered a serious blow on the head and also chest Injuries when his j bicycle was struck by an automo bile driven by a California tour ist, on the Pacific highway at Lin coln street here early this after noon. After first aid treatment Indians Not Allowed To Cast Seines ASTORIA, Ore., July 18. (AP) The story of how some 50 youn'g Oregon collegians, armed with 12-foot oaken oars, repulsed a raid of 65 fish hungry Indians on the Columbia River Packers association seining grounds at the island tip of Peacock spit sands yesterday was related here today by W. L. Thompson, president of the Columbia River Packers' asso- by a local physician, wr Mcne simo for college forces, was rushed to the Salem General , The c R p A through lease hospital in fhe Golden ambulance. , from Washington state land Witnesses; reported -that Mr. j board operates a land seine on Mocbxl, rid&ig down the highway. the 8pit nich ,8 iocated at the turned suddenly across to enter mouth of the Columbia river nine Lincoln street, without signaling. , me9 west of Xstoria The rear wheel of his bicycle was Rep0rts of the affray state that struck by asenaer oi tne car. "e;in the darkness of Wednesday! injured maft was unconscious for mornIngt the indiangt all from the several nnmms. in aauiuon w Quinault reservation, and led bv i r 1 ft . - ! ture today to organize. In a statement. Chairman Leg ge and Vice Chairman Stone call ed attention that the board was directed under the recent, farm relief act to do its relief work through the cooperative market ing agencies. The board has concluded after several days' study of the law that Its work is" confined almost entirely to contact with the coop erative marketing association. Therefore the members have de cided individual appeals will-have to be passed oyer while the board directs its energies - to relations with organized farmers. Chris L. Christensen, secretary of the board and a leader In the cooperative marketing movement, estimates that only about one third of the' 6,000,000 farmers of America are now organized. J"Bst how the board will at tempt to encourage efforts to mobilize the farmera into mar keting . groups is indefinite. Chairman Legge hopes that the Army Squadron Is Assured Veterans Expert Stunt Flyers to Take Part in Dedica tion of Airport Here During Legion Con vention ; Bonds Posted Yesterday C0RVALLIS, Ore , July IS, (AP) Lloyd Lee, Salem,"' was elected president of-the Oregon Poujtrymen's association just be fore; adjournment of the seventh annual session at Oregon State college today. , Other officers chosen are: Fred Cockell, Milwaukie, vice presi- i dent; J. A. Rusel, Corvallis and A. H. Dowsett, Gresham, members, of the executive committee; F. L. Knoiwlton, secretary-treasurer. A higher tariff on dried eggs was asked by the association as a means of encouraging the estab lishment of dryers in this country to absorb low egg grades. Chinese competition, members said, now prevents this. The association will call on Representative jHawley and other members of the Oregon delegation in reference to the tariff and also holding county meetings in the winter and asked that more egg shows be held in connection with county fairs. Cockell, a member of the state livestock sanitary board, gave a warning to all poultrymen against Infectious bronchitis disease now serious in California and found in one place in Oregon. All birds from California or returned from any egg laying contest should be isolated and pens 4Isinfected. he said. No embargo is in prospect at present, be said. The contract was reported com pleted with the national detective agency to protect flocks against hlevs. The use of, registered brands of tattoes on each bird was advocated. By thf Associated Press The break between1 Russia and China over the Manchurian situa- tion has become a diplomatic ac tuality with the German govern ment's agreement to take charge of Russian interpsts in Phinn nnd Chinese interests in Russia. Formal notification of Russia's dprision tn ppasfi relations utth China was received at Nanking in a Becond note from Moscow, which carried out the warning of the. first Riussian note of July 13. President Chiang Kai-Shek summoned an emergency confer- ence f nationalist government leaders! te consider the MancMur- ian question, after receipt of a tel egram j from Governor Chang Hsueh-jLaing that "the situation is extremely grave" In view of'Rn- , sian trpop concentration along the frontier. The .nationalist government had (Ttlrn to page 7, column 1) .' j , : PRESBYTERIES ARE CONSOLIDATED right arm was badly bruised. (Turn to paste 7, column 3) Judge Halts Quiz Of Power Firms i NEW Y(RK. July 18. (AP) An investigation of electrical power holding companies institut ed by the jfederal trade commis sion at tbi request of congress was checked today by Federal Judge Knox, who ruled that the Electric Botid and Share company need not produce its books in compliance i with subpoenas. Chief Big Charley and Art Haw kins, Ilwaco fisherman, landed aeining equipment by means of boats and scow oa the spit and fished one tide while the C. R. P. A. officials here were notified and Thompson left for the spit. Late yesterday afternoon the Indians again approached the spit. Thompson sent to Ilwaco for of- (Turn to page 7, column 2) STRliFllTi IS STILL IT DEADLOCK (Turn to page 7, column iy- MINES DEVELOPED Yank Diplomatic Circles Expect Amicable End of Present Crisis in Orient IN CASCADE AREA WASHINGTON, July 18. ! (AP) An amicable settlement of the Sino-Soviet situation which hae grown out of China's seiaure of the Chinese Eastern railwaT and resulted in- the severance by the Soviet of diplomatic relations betweep the two countries was looked Jot tonight by diplomatic circles of the capital. The action of the Soviet In sev ering jrelations was received with mildi surprise here, and while this was regarded as the most grave phase of the recent developments, seriou vert acts or a declaration of war were considered Improb able both from a military and politicalviewpoint. Outstanding, dangers In the Dresent status of the situation, observers tonight said, were the possibility of frontier clashes or the entry of border troops of one nation into the territory of the other. I While the latter bow would be considered an act of war, even such a move would not be expected by observer here to result In grave conflicts. - Beyond these possibilities, how ever, no large scale campaign was thought either likety or possible. Both President Hoover, who has spent considerable time tn China, and Secretary . Stimsoa, who has dealt Intimately with far eastern affairs for a number of years, are taking a keen Interest in all developments. Official dis patches to the state department NEW ORLEANS, Jly 18 (AP) The New Orleans street car, men's strike passed its sev enteenth day In stalemate with union leaders ready to make a major move at an open air mass t mAAHnv tnnlirht tn nnaider n .wma.n. .vr . general labor sympathetic walk out. At the close of today the anion and company were as far apart as they have ever been and the citizen's committee, appointed by the mayor ag conciliators, threw up their hands In despair. De claring they saw no hope,. of an July iS'tAi'j ,, Ai.rmed br the rrowlnr car service with non union labor, leaders of the carmen and other nnion heads prepared to present their case to the public from the platform In a park on Canal street. ' After this meeting, union exe cutives will meet in private ses sion to consider the proposal for a general walkout In other Indus, tries in an effort to force the Public Service Inc. to deal with the carmen's anion. The army's most expert stunt flyers will take part in the dedication of the Salem Municipal airport, August 8, in con nection with the American Legion convention. A crack squadron of flyers and planes from Crissey field, San Fran cisco, will come here to put on an exhibition. Final assurance that this event will be included in thei program was given Thursday when the convention commis sion wired to the war depart ment that the $50000 public lia bility bond and the $25,000 prop erty damage bond had' been port ed, as the department had re quired before it would consent to the appearance of the stunt flyers here., Senator Fred Steiwer as sisted the commission the nego tiations. This event is expected to add greatly to the drawing power of the convention attractions. The! .flying exhibition and the airport dedication exercises will be of fered to the public without char ge, according to present plans, and an additional lodestohe drawing ex-service men and their friends to the scene will be the monster free barbecue, which will be su pervised by Sheriff Si Billings of Grant county. An appeal was issued Thursday by Walter Zosel, chairman of the transportation committee, for lo- ECGEXE. Ore. Diversified Mines, Inc com posed of eastern capitalists, pur chased a group of claims in the Bohemia gold mining district in the Cascade mountains east of Cottage Grore and extensive de velopment work will start at once, it was announced today. The claims include Mustek. Champion. Helena. Sunset Even ins Star and are said to be among the richest In the district. E. Talter Mitchell. JTew York, said to be a well known mining engineer. Is the, controlling fac-j - . tor In the company. Howard w. ! .JSle S WW OUilU IS mining engineers, are in charge ReDOTted SCTIOUS ALBANY, Ore., July 18 (AP) One of th elargest Jurisdiction areas of the Presbyterian church of America, the southern Ore. son and Coos Bay Presbyteries, was consolidated . today by vote of delegates to the synodical con ference of the Synod f Oregon which has..' been in session here 1 the past two days. The new c Presbytery extends from the Pacific ocean to the eastern boundary of Lake coun ty, and from the California bor der to the Umpqni river. The new Southern Oregon pres bytery embraces 27 churches with a total membership of 3, 035 and In its Jurisdiction there are 31 ministers. The consolida tion leaves five Presbyteries in Oregon. Ministers and Elders represent ing the consolidation met today and elected officers as follows: moderator. Rev. Joseph Snyder, North Bend; stated clerk. Rev. J. W. Angell, Gold Beach: per. manent clerk. Rev. Drury Haight, Klamath Falls; temporary clerk, Rev. R. W. Achor, Roseburg; re porting clerk. Ret. Huge Mitchel ntore, Ashland. Ill Will HAVE LIGHT WHEAT CROP OTTAWA, Ont., July 18. (AP) A light grain crop, due to lack of moisture, was indicated In a report issued today by the Domin ion bureau of statistics. In all parts of Canada, the re port said, rain is badly needed, while some sections of the Canad ian west reported crops, a total failure because of draught. In southern Alberta, where crop con ditions were considered favorable until the beginning of July, It was reported that It will be impossible to realize the expected crop, p The Saskatchewan department of agriculture reported that "only ideal conditions of moisture and temperature could now produce a crop eve napproximatlng the average. HIES ASSURED WORK e Reid Murdoch Plant; to be Placed on 12 Month Basis Shortly (Turn to page 7, column 1) r Representatives of the new company met with Lane county chamber of eemmerce officials here tonight to arge actios to ward securing good roads to the mining district. A modern ball mill to replace the -old stamp mills, formerly in use at "the mines, will be Installed, they said. The wound suffered by Charles J. Lisle, parole officer of the state training school, 1 when his pistol discharged accldentaUy at Seattle last week, has proven more seri ous than was at first reported, and Mrs. Lisle has been aumj moned to the Seattle hospital where her husband Is a -patient. Fall in Machine Injures Inmate Of Boys9 School WOODBURN, July 18 Wayne Parkenin, an inmate of the state training school here. Is ifi- critical condition at the. Salem general hospital, as a resulf of falling In to the machinery o'f a manure spreader at the training school farm Thursday afternoon. The boy'l leg was cut badly from the waist to the knee, and he suffered eerloai loss of blood while being taken to the hospital by Dr. Gerald W. Smith. His par ents, who live in Astoria, have been notified. (Turn to page 7, column 2)- VI WILE SATS PIONEER SHOT COUER D'ALENE, Idaho, July 18. (AP) William Colgate, pio neer citizen, was shot and serious ly wounded late today by a deputy sheriff who said Colgate was the ring leader In an attempted Jail break. i "' ' By R. J. HENDRICKS There will not at any time the balance of this year be a complete hiatus In Salem in canning aad packing. There will be something doing all the rest of 1929: and it is likely that, beginning with the, canning and packing season of 1930, next spring, there will be twelve month operations Indefin itely here for that is understood to be the program of Reid Mur- . doch & Co., and no doubt by that time ofher plants will follow suit, at least In the canning of a larger and longer line of vegetables. It is expected that the big Kings plant of Reid Murdoch & Co., that will be entirely rebuilt, with new equipment and changed programs, will take on a .number qf lines of manufacturing not now 'being done here, with the larger use f fruits and vegetables Jlit up for their world wide trade, j Reims August First The 12th street cannery of the Oregon Packing company finish-, ed its cherry pack for Sthls year, yesterday, and it will ! now ran exclusively on logan perries, as (Turn to pag t, column I ) j EUGENE, Ore.,July 8. (AP) -The legality of awarding the contract for the University of Oregon Fine Arts building by the board of regents to Ross B. Am mond. Inc., Portland contractor, without a second call for bids aft- Ler changes in -tne plans were made, was upheld in an opinion by Attorney General Van Winkle today. The attorney , general said the case was the first of its kind to coma to his attention and based his decision on aq examination of the Statutes which he said failed to reveal any provision that bids must be caUed by university re gents. In a long distance telephone .conversation with the Eugene guard today Van Winkle said In his opinion under existing statutes ihe anlversity regents might en- Right Kind of Snobbery s Needed by Youth, Woman Police Lientenant States PORTLAND, Ore., July 18 (AP) Snobbery, not personal, but sexual and Intellectual snob bery was advocated here today by Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle, direct or of the Women's Bureau of Met ropolitan, police department, Washington, D. C, as a good habit for youth to cultivate to form a moral foundation. ' "Young people should, get a snobbish attitude on life" she said. "Thjey should go with their own gang." j Mrs. Van Winkle, who hold the rank of lieutenant in the division, said the way to be good Is to be a anob and the way to become a snob Is to have the tendency cul tivated from early youth nf one brings a boy np from ter. Into contracts for buildings I infancy to the age of 17 to like without any calls for bid what-J cleanliness neat clothing and tidy even I fingernails, he will never be able to tolerate an unkempt personal appearance. Neither will the boy who has been reared properly turn oat to be ahlet or murderer," she asserted. ; - Mrs. Van Winkle said tha school, church and the home, are largely responsible tor the kind el yonng people the nation wlllhave, since the burden , of early educa tion rests with them. The state, she blamed, for much child de linquency because it "has not cap italized the social Instinct which next to sex Is the strongest." , 'Boys and girls hjive an In finitely harder time these days to be good than did their fathers and I mothers," Mrs. Van Winkle saidi "They are assailed on every side by rotten movies, filthy lit erature and sexy plays." Mrs. Van Winkle was a goes of tbe Portland police bureau.