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i i Salem Is Host This Week to the Northwest Realtors; Another Chance to Show the World Our Hospitality I i i I WEATHER v... Fair today; N chance ta temperature and humidity. Max. temperature- Satnrday 78; Min. 03; RlTer -1.0; Clear; Xo rati. USE THE THONE .This puer aepreclatea : news Item tu readers know! Phone them fat to' 500. v '-' ' " i !. .' : "W FOUNDED 1631 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 100 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 21, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS mi 11 : 'I'd; ;4 GfllEIE-W INT !V 6 This Week L- ! ; j , ; t:-. mi in i KIN M l macpmamlyer Wo Attempt Trip To OT TE D EBT PAY Il-FRH Tory I: 1 Veteran Oregon Congress- man and Claims Judge is Taken Suddenly - End : Comes Unexpectedly Due to Heart Ailment; ; Family Survives! WASHINGTON. July S0-4-(AP) Nicholas J. Sinnott, Judge of the court of claims, for many years a mem ber of congress from the sec ond Oregon suddenly today at his home in C h e T y Chase, Maryland. Although his health had not been good for recent months, his condition was not consid ered of a seri ous nature. Judge Sinnott was born in The Dalles, Ore- 6, 1870. After serving three years in the Ore gon Senate he was elected to the Sixty-Third Congress and served continuously until about a year ago when he was appointed to the Court of Claims by Presi dent Coolidge. j For a number of years be was chairman of the house public lands committee. He took a prominent part in tue enactment of legislation that brought about the settlement of the California Oregon and the Texas-JDklahoma Red river boundary disputes. He was also the co-author of home stead and leasing faws that aided j In developing western lands and mineral resources. j Widow and Two ' vij&i'sH Daughters Sarvfve t Judge Sinnott i survived by his widow, two daughters. Marguerite and Gertrude and a son, Nicholas B. Sinnott. i Funeral arrangements had not been decided upon at a late hour tonight. Tributes to Mr. Sinnott's serv- ice were paid by leaders in Ore gon's political life Saturday. Governor Patterson: "I am New Federal Body Passes up Customary Half Holiday at Washington WASHINGTON, July 20 (API Buried deep in work at the end of its first week, the federal farm board passed up the half bolidav enjoyed by other government workers to go ahead with its task of organisation. The Florida fruit emergency caused by the fruit fly Is the first and only specific proposition to gain the attention of the board. The- Floridians were .tolot to get all state agencies together on -the question of relief for, marfceunr and to reappear on Monday. Pending further consideration f the Florida situation, the board tackled araln its problem pt deter mining a general policy I for the nMft of agriculture and for hand ling the $160,000,000 ais dis posal for loans. ! The board has decided that all loans must be to cooperative mar keting agencies. No loans are to be made until the usual avenues of credit the banks and he gov ernment's Intermediate credit ln-stitutlons--have been exhausted. Because it must deal directly .with cooperative marketing agencies, .the board has sent word to Amer ican farmers. to organize. Only about 1,000,000 of the 6,000,000 farmers are now In the coopera tive associations of the J various commodities. ' It appears likely that the Cali fornia grape Industry, will be among the first to get up is. stabil ization corporation to take charge of marketing the crop which ma tures this fall. Lloyd" Tenny, vice (Turn to pace 9, column 3) USE YOUR PHONE- . . CALL 500 . .- - : i - : " to Insert your Want Ad.. We give careful attention - to telephoned . .wan t ads. ) . Use yoor phone, 5 ' tie'.-: g- X-. .- fc La? r J j (Turn to page 9, column 1) ? Fill BOARD en & DEEP IN 11 WORK i ' Lieutenant Harold Bromley Awaits Arrival Of Factory- Experts to Give Airplane Final Tuning Up For Long Mop TACOMA, Wash., July 20.-(AP) Following a day of rest after his eight hour hop from Los Angeles to Tacoma, Lieutenant Harold Bromley tonight was impatiently awaiting the arrival of factory experts tomorrow to give his low winged monoplane "City of Tacoma" a final check before he attempts a non-stop flight to Tokyo. .. More efficient gas valves, ;and a pump, special spark plugs and a Wheel instead of a tail skid to give more speed in taking off will be installed. The wheel will be dropped after the take-off to cut down wind resistance, If the factory engineers are able to get through their tasks Monday ra test flight may be made -on that day and the final take off will be as soon there after as the weather permits. Bromley Is now studying the weather reports. While there Is a bare possibility of atake off Tues day morning, it is hardly expected that the plane will be In shape to get away before Wednesday. Following a conference with County Commissioners C. A. Camp bell and Geo. Meath, Bromley an nounced this afternoon that the trees at the end of the 5400 foot runway must come down it he is to take, the air safely in his big plane which when loaded down with fuel and equipment wUl weigh 9000 pounds. The plane will carry. 900 gallons of gasoline and oil. New York Reds Jeer Delega tion Boarding Ship for Europe NEW YORK. July 20 (AP) One hundred youthful commun ists, including many girls, today j staged a aemonsirauon on me Cunnard docks in the Hudson river, delaying the sailing of the liner Samaria 20 minutes while they Jeered 237 Boy Scouts de parting for the ScoutsWorld Jam boree In England. - Carrying banners, describing themselves as members of the Young Pioneers of America, a Communist organization, the demonstrators marched to the wa terfront and there clashed with regular and reserve police who at tempted to disperse them. The girls led the attack on the police scratching and kicking with con siderable effect, but three young men were the only persons arrest ed. The demonstration began as the Scouts were boarding the Samaria from the dock. The Scouts march ed aboard and then lined the rail to watch the police disperse the Young Pioneers, whose Jeering had attracted a crowd of 3,000. The demonstrators banners, one of them denouncing the Scout movement as being "Supported by the Bosses to Create Cannon Fod der, were thrown into the river. Among those arrested were Harry Elsman, 14, and Murray Silver, 13, who were said by po- Llice to have been born in Surria. Authorities said efforts would be made to have them deported.- N.I PEOPLE RILED er ASTORIA, Ore., July 20 (AP) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke looked over Astoria from one thousand feet in the air today while a group of prominent busi ness men gazed skyward at bis speeding airplane while the lunch for him cooled in the leading ho tel. Tonight chamber of commerce officials sent a message of protest to the Oregon congressional dele gation. Jahncke announced in Portland Friday night he would go to As toria and inspect the Tongue Point naval base, 'purchased sev eral years ago by Astoria and giv en to the government, but which was never developed. SEATTLE, July 20. (AP).- Ernest Lee Jahncke, First Assist ant Secretary of the Navy arrived here today from Portland , 24 hours before he was expected anl spoiled the plans of a .reception committee of four admirals. - After advising officials here that he would leave Portland Sun day he imediately toot for Seattle in a navy plane, landing at the Sand Point field. : Admiral M. Nulton, Vice' Ad miral Lucius A. Bostwick, . Rear Admiral H. J. Ziegmeier and Rear Admiral Frank A. Schofield .were' planning to meet Jahncke on' his arrival. COMHSTS IT BEFORE BD SCOUTS H THREE KILLED 1 UPLINE TUMBLES Youngstown, Ohio, Aviators Trapped In Burning Debris of Ship TOLEDO, O., July 20. (AP) Trapped in the blazing and tan gled mass of wreckage, James DetchOn, 69, his son Carl, 25, and Charles Jones, all of Youngstown, were killed when their plane fell on the Carter farm five miles south of Perrjsburg today. The younger Detchon was pilot-! ing, it was believed. It was said the three had left Youngstown this morning for Pontiac, Mich, where they planned to leave their craft and go farther north On a fishing trip. m , The accident may have been caused when one of the passengers became frightened and seized one of the dual controls, according to S.' O. VanBuren. superintendent of the Transcontinental airport here, who examined the wreckage "an3 found the controls hooked up. Glenn and Clyde Carter, loading hay a few yards distant, saw the plane approach with the motor sputtering. The plane circled overhead, and soon began "hedge hopping," according to the Car ters. At an altitude of less than 100 feet it dived. Instantly, on hitting the ground. it burst into flames. The Carters, who ran to it immediately, be lieved the men died instantly, -for no cries were heard from the fuselage. Heat from the flames and the glowing framework prevented re moval of the bodies, for some time. Rev. Howe to Give Sermon Willson Park "What the greatest thing in the world is" will be discussed by the Rev. D J. Howe as the sermon of the afternoon church services in Willson park this afternoon he glntag at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. B. F. Shoemaker will read the scripture and offer prayer. The women's quartet of the First Christian church will sing and solos will be sung by Victor Wolf of the same church. Jo seph Benner will lead the sing ing. CLOUDBURST REPORTED CANON CITY. Colo., July 20. (AP) A rain that approximat- -1 A At ' - ea ciouuoursi proportions, bitucs. Canon City tonight, tilling the streets'carb-high with water, and creating a current so strong that two cars were swept into a ditch on the main highway. Cleveland Fliers Want Endurance Record ar r v I ft 7 ?' Following close. xxm the heels of the tM hoar record made by the California flyer ta the 'An geleao, two Cleveland fliers, W. B. AtwdL extreme left., and Edwin B. Taylor (standing next to bin) win attempt to break. the above record In their Fatrchlld plane at the national air races In Cleveland, On' with Hal E. Dngna (third from left) and Barney Rawnon, extreme right,; forming the refill crew. a'! - ,,-'" - V - - AFTER 3 Washington Agreement of July, 1926, Approved by Slim Margin French Chamber Authorizes President to Ratify Pact With United States PARIS. July 21 (Sunday) (AP) The president of France early today was authorized by the chamber of deputies to ratify the agreement for payment of war debts to the United States. The ratification vote was car ried by the slim margin of eights votes. The count was 300 in favor and 292 against. The 'measure must now come before the senate but the majority of the government has generally been much stronger n that body. It thus appeared certain that the agreement concluded in Washing ton in July, 192 6, would take ef fect. The text of the bill, which the government of Premier Raymond Poincare had made a question of confidence read: Full Authority Is Given President "The president of the republic is autnortzed to ratify the agree ment concluded at Washington on July 29, 1926, between the gov ernment of the United States of America and the government of the French republic for the con solidation and repayment in 62 annuities of the debts contracted by Franc with the United States of America. The balloting brought to an end 11 days of stormy discussion in the chamber in the course of which the premier himself, until com pletely exhausted, had spoken for a total of 37 hours. Former Minister Aristide Briand had picked up the challenge of the opposition, where the premier had dropped it. He appealed to the gratitude of the deputies for the tremendous assistance the Ameri ca armies had given France in the world war and had declared that these fresh forces reached (Turn to page 9, column 6) STAGE LI WILL E Seventeenth Street Branch to Follow D Street to Summer A change in route on the 17th street line of the Oregon Stages, Inc. in Salem was announced Sat urday by Superintendent Billtngs ley, the change to take effect to day. On the return of the bus downtown. D. street will be fol lowed until It reaches Summer street instead of the bus jogging over D street to 15th and then to 14th until Market Is reached. The latter route has been follow ed temporarily while construc tion work was under way in that section of the city. The routing to be followed by the 17th street line today and thereafter is as follows: Com mercial to Court, up Court to Li berty; on Liberty to Marion; Ma rlon to Summer street; Summer street to Market; Market to 17th; 17th to D street; D street, to Summer street; return to State and Commercial streets on same route. Leaving time on 17 th and D streets remains the same. 1 la ROUT The picture shows Yiadiro?to-k, Russia, where the incensed Russian populace Is reported to have stoned the . Chinese consulate a few days ago. At left is"lr. C. T. Wang, foreign, minister, to the ban king government, who wrote the reply to Russia's ultimatum. At right is" General Chiang Kal Chek, chief executive of the Nanking government. Tension Relaxes Slightly As Peace Motives Voiced Both Russia and China Renew Loyalty io Peace Pact Two Countries Never theless Showing Hostility By The Associated Press Russia and China, through offi cial spokesmen, have pledged their loyalty to the Kellogg anti war pact and some of the interna tional tension over the Manchur ian situation was felt to be relax ed by their decision. However, each made it clear that this posi tion depended upon absence of overt acts by the other. Commissar Rftdxutak, acting head of, the Russian government and Foreign Minister ,C. T. Wang, of the Nationalist government, de clared their nations had not for gotten the obligations-of a signa tory of the pact. Both'made their peace pledges conditional on 'ab stention of their opponents from what Rudzutak described as "war like acts." Foreign Minister Wang said that "any move on the part of the Soviet to place troops within Man churia will be viewed by the Chi nese' people and government as an act of war." French consular officials at Shanghai said they had a report from the French consul at Harbin that Russian troops had actually (Turn to page 9, column 7) Steusloff s Is Reported Disposed Of Reports were current in Salem Saturday that the Steusloff meat market at the corner of Liberty and Court streets had been sold, the transfer to take effect as of August 1. William H. Steusloff, president of the Steusloff broth ers company, would neither con firm nor deny the reports. - The Steusloff market is one of the oldest business establish ments In the city, having been started more than 30 years ago. The purchasers, according to the unconfirmed report, include -one man who has been employed In, the market. - -v t-&At'" - , Hvt'iiH- -'It- i Chinese Agree to Sever Diplomatic Relations, Report NANKING, China, July 19 (delayed) (AP) The state council .of the Na tionalist government to night decided, to sever all reUtflotas with Russia whose diplomatic officials will be requested to leave China. The Nationalist; government has requested 'Germany to take over direction of Chi nese affairs in Russia since all - Chinese diplomatic of ficials will bo withdrawn. Although the text has' not yet been released it was un derstood that it would say that since China and Russia signed the Kellogg pact for outlawry of war China had been forced to take peace ful mean's to' terminate Rus sian propaganda In Man churia. Parker Gilbert's Report Optimistic as to Future is of Country BERLIN, July 20 (AP) The interim report of S. Parker Gil bert, agent general for reparations. covering the first nine months of the fift hannuity year to June 1, 1929' which was announced today. contains a distinctly optimistic note concerning Germany's future. It also expressed the opinion that the Young plan "provided an essential basis for further pro gress of peaceful reconstruction." The difficulties of the German situation are admitted in the intro duction of the report. "German credit and business conditions dur ing most of the period," it is stated, "have been dominated by exceptional influences arising on the one hand from the unpre cedented severity of the winter and budgetary difficulties of the relgh. JONES D F S MEM GETS ELKS OFFICE KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 20 (AP)-r-Perry O. Delap, Klam ath Falls., was elected president of the state Elks association today at the final meeting of the B. P. O. B. delegaes. Portland was se lected as the netx convention city, dates for which will be set laer. Delap succeeds H. B. Cuslck. Al bany,' Cre., and is past exalted ruler of the. Klamath lodge, t Other officers elected are. First vice president, J. L. Tucker, As toria; second vice president, P. H. Jones, Baker; third vice presi dent, Dr. W. T. Johsnson, Corval 11s; state secretary and publicity agent, A. W. Jones, Salem; treas urer, H. L. Toney, McMinnvllle; and J. D. Flanigan, Portland;: Cu slck, ad H. A. Cocban, Heppner, trustees. A final ball tonight ended the convention, f H. L. Stiff Heads Furniture Men PORTLAND, Ore., July 20. (AP) H. Stiff, Salem, Ore., furniture man was, elected presi dent of the Furniture Dealers As sociation of Oregon today during the closing hours of the first an nual convention of the organis ation. ' ' - Salem was chosen the conven tion dry for 1,130. HERMANS IS DECLARED BRIGHT United States Makes Extensive Plans to Sign Treaty Agreement For Renun ciation of War tos Be Proclaimed WASHINGTON, July 20 -(AP) Extensive plans announc ed by the White House late today for the proclamation ceremony Wednesday when the general pact for the reunuciatlon of war will become effective were Interpreted in diplomatic 'circles tonight as indicating that President Hoover is fully convinced the pact will be the means of averting war be tween Russia and China. Secretary, Stimson, whd has taken steps, to call to the atten tion of both governments their obligations under the pact, re turned, to Washington this after noon - from the president's fish ing preserve in Virginia, where he had been conferring on the sit uation with Mr. Hoover. While the secretary did pot go to his of fice at the state department, he immediately, received French Am bassador Claudel at his hotel. The French ambassador 'com municated through his govern ment the secretary's word to the Soviet regarding their adherence to the pact and their obligations under it. The French embassy said that so far no reply has been received by the Paris foreign of fice "from Moscow. Ambassador Claudel, however, repeated to Secretary Stimson a message from Foreign Minister Briand which he had delivered to the state department earlier- in the day. Chinese Minister Wu is expect ing a reply from his government to the secretary's message within 48 hours. Official pronouncements In both Nanking and Moscow that the obligations of the two nations under the Kellogg pact would be f adbered to was" hailed by official flrrlm hern o thte first Indira tlon of success of -the treaty un der the test of threatened hostili ties. ;. Various unofficial suggestions regarding arbitration in the dis pute have been put foreward here. The United States govenment. however, maintains - a policy of not offering its good offices vol untarily In : an International dis pute."" Japan also has been mentioned a possible arbitrator, but It has been pointed out that Japan has extensive Interests in Man churia which she might feel pre cluded her acting in such a capa city. Some officials feel that Ger many, which has friendly rela tions With both China and the So viet would J be the . most . logical choice of the two countries as an arbitrator. . Project of Sending Rocket To Moon Claimed Feasible By Smithsonian Scientists By OSCAR LETDIXG V Associated Preis Science Editor WASHINGTON, July 20 (AP) A day when rockets might be, sent as far into the atmosphere as man desires, la foreseen by Smith sonian Institution scientists as the result -of ! Dr. R. H. Goodard's "moon rocket" tests in Massachu setts, the -last of which alarmed Worcester three days ago- The institution has spent more than $12.0 0' In the last 12 years in backing r the experiments and Dr.'fi.O. Abbot, Its secretary, to day made -public from Dr. Good ard's official report the importance ox the recent explosive test. "No such wild project as going to the moon Is contemplated, Contract, Expected to be Let Tomorrow for State Of-, fice Structure Ross B. Hammond Firm Says It Will Complete Work Within 125 Days Ross B. Hammond, Inc.,' of v Portland, with a bid of $351. fOO i was the low bidder in a field f ; 12 contractors -submitting figures for the general construction work on the new state office building when the bids were opened by the state board of control here Saturday afteVnoon. Award of the contract was postponed uatfl Monday to allow time in which to check over the bids and to ar range certain, details in connec tion with the proposed construc tion program. Hammond agrees I to complete the work within 125 working days following the award of the contract. Other of the bids submitted ranged as high as $405,000 and up to 250 working dayg for completion of the Job. Hammond, who was present when the bids were opened, declared that he would have his eqnip ment on the ground within a week after the contract is iign ed, ready for work. Action On All Contracts Slated Monday Action on all of the other eon tracts was also postponed until Monday. The' Plumbing and Heating Sales corporation mt Portland was the low bidder la a field of nine for the plumbing, heating and ventilating contract. Their bid was for $36,560 for the combined contract. Other bids ranged as high as $41,000. , The low bid on the electric Wir ing ior tne new Duiiaing was submitted by the Dimltre Elec tric company of Portland at $10. 100. The high bid for this eon tract was $24,641. The Otis Elevator company with hflflr1nti4 Yr A v In PArtln A wn n Yva bidder for the elevator Installation offering to instal ltwo elevatara for $11,230. The Portland Elevator company with a bid of $11,600 for the two unit job rais-' ed the point of. home industries (Turn to page 9, column t) E S ii Big Session of Convention to be Staged in Salem Elks Lodge, fs Decision Preparations for the American Legion, convention here August i, 9 and 10, arc now centering around the big "whoopee" meet ing of Capital Post No. 9, sched uled for Tuesday ntght in the Elks auditorium. Original plans ta hold it in 1 the armory were changed late last week. . Many matters of great impert ance in connectfon with the a- tertalnment 'of convention vndt- or anj the general handling t the convention, will come un at this meeting, and officers of the post are hoping that at least 20 of the 1161 members .which are now enrolled, will be prevent Tuesday night. According to members of the entertainment committee. Jack Brady. Newell Williams and Fmak Cain, the program Tuesday mght will be the banner entertainment of the year. Members who saw the results of their previous ef forts at the last meeting, are In clined to place full credence in this announcement. The meeting Tuesday night will be the last before the convention. Headquarters of the convention commission were opened by H. G. Maison, executive secretary, Sat urday in the officers' rooms at I the armory. Dr. Abbot said. "We wish to create a method to gather meteor ological and atmospheric data in outer space .which man cannot reach by aerial navigation, bal loons er kites." . Delicate x instruments will be carried In the' completed . ; rocket, which will be equipped : with parachute, when the force of the propellant Is expended, the rocket. If everything goes as planned, will float gently to ; earth and the In struments returned unharmed: What the ultimate value of the rocket is to mankind Is a cuertien of interesting conjecture to scien tists, as it has' been throughout the years to flctlon'wrlters and In- WHOOPE MEETINB (Turn to page , column 1) J! i : T - f -V