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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1929)
t Realtors Have a Wonderful Opportunity to Sell the World on the Advantages of This Great Wonderland ROOMS WANTED The Americas LeftUm Is desiroos of more rooms to boose Its convention visitors. Jack Elliott is ehalrmaa of the bowsing committee. . SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 104 Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning. July 126, 1927 PRICE FTVE CENTS 1 1 r . FOUMDEP 185! I ' !. I nnrmrnv mmn orann mm PROTECTED State Highwar'Commission ip Prevent I ncUscriminate I Erectiorj of Wires Effect of Power and Light Lines to be Considered . With Great Care PORTLAND, Ore., July 25 (ATP) The state highway com mission decided today that here after . report will be received from the highway engineer's office jonj the possible effect upon scenic views of power, telephone and telegraph line along state high ways when the public service com mission desires to erect snch lines-4 The .question arose recently when the Peoples West Coast "Hydro-Electric company .and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company asked for permission to erfcct a pole Ithe arongthe ocean side of the Roosevelt hlshwaj between Newport and Hebo, ac cording to members of the com mission. , IMdge Construction -IsfBeing Poshed feids were opened yesterday for construction of five bridges and work upon 29 miles of state hish--.y. The contact for seven miles 'grading on the Fort. Creek- Trnhouse ranch section of the Ocjhoco highway in Wheeler coun ty) was let to H. E. Cornell, "Boteo, Idahw., for his low bid of $117. 645. Contract for the erection of a bridge ; ovre Bridge creek at Mitchell, ion the Ochoco highway. " was let to Edward Kreig, Head: RfverOre., for $ 83 70. jC. A. Catching, Roseburg, was given the contract for construction ofj bridges over Jack creek and Hirdscrabble creek on the Red Bridge-Drain section of the Ump qua highway for his low bid of $11,163.50. Contract for the grad ing of the Red Bridge-Drain sec tion was ordered held up for in vestigation. Peck - & Enerson, of Hoquiam, Wash., were low bid ,delrs with a bid of $155,972:80. jNorthwest Construction com pany, Portland, was low bidder on the construction of a bridge over the Tulatan river on the ablest Sfide Pacific highway. 13 miles south of Portland with a bid of 171,130. (After a number of bid3 on the resurfacing of the R(verton-Band- j (Turn to Page 7. Column 4) Removal Of Span Debris I Is Promised jBeautifuHy designed bridges spanning a green, shady canyon, a clear, gently flowing stream all cluttered up with rotting boards sich is the spectacle that con fronts the pedestrian traversing Roflthj Commercial street where it crosses Prlngle creek. I Lurjjber used in the forms for the Liberty street bridge evident ly wjis dropped promiscuously wherever, it wouldi fall in the creek 'bottom, the heavy water in wintef caught it up and deposited an ugly mass of it about a hun dred feet above the Commercial street bridge, wherei It remains. The city is spending $350,000 L f jr new bridges, one! of the prlnci pkl:reasons for which was enhanc ing the beauty of Salem's natural setting. The first thing that meets the eye of any person walking out oh either of the two; bridges men tioned to admire the view, is the ukly clutter of camber, The Oregon-vashington -SV'ater Service company has been replac ing its flume in the same vicinity, and has thrown the lumber from the old flume down toward the creek bottom, but the workmen Were careful to keep k otrtf the beam, and it will be removed as soon as possible. . j The unsightly condition in Prtn gle creek was called to the atten tion of city officials Thursday, and arly action is ."expected. 1 Steamer Robert E. Lee's RecordTirae Mississippi Falls at Last ST. IOUIsTly 25 (AP) The historic 69 year old speed re cord on the Mississippi of the 4nce proud! packet Robert U. Lee, an epochal trip from New Orleans to St, Louis that had become a tradition celebrated in song and story,! fell today to a frail gaso line, speedboat of modern design. I Th Robert E, Lee's mark of f0 hours and 14 minutes, which bad withstood the assaults of Btany modern craft, was shatter ed by the "Bogle," owned by Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis, Tenn., Which palled up at the munici pal dock, at 6:35 a.m., eomplet fng the approximately 1,154 miles Rcdlroad Official And 2 Women Are In Auto Accident . Mrs. Maggie Creed of Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. Dora Peterson of Portland are in the Salem general hospital, the former with a fractured shoulder and the latter with lacerations and brakes, as the result of an accident when the large car in which they were riding skidded off the pavement a short distance sonth of town on the Jefferson road about 4 o'clock Tharsdny after noon. They were goln? sonth from Portland. With the women was Cast Peter son of San Francisco, rice president of the Ambassador Central railway. Peterson was shaken and dazed bnt did not enter the hospital here. T Defendant Mentally Unbal anced Due to Drugs is Intimation COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 25 (AP) Attorneys for Dr. James i H. Snook, deposed Ohio State university professor, indicated to day they will attempt ' to show that the 49 year old defendant killed Theora Hix, his 24 year old co-ed paramour, while men tally unbalanced by the Jnfluence of dangerous narcotics taken by him and the girl as "love po tions." Veiled suggestions produced by Snook's attorneys in examination of prospective Jurors in the pro fessor's trial on a charge of first degree murder, were that Miss Hix had given the professor nar cotics, secretly at first, then la ter they experimented with them freely during their three year period of illicit relationship. Dr. Snook's confession of the killing was that the girl had threatened the life of his wife and child, and believing his own life was In danger also he ham mered the co-ed to death during a quarrel and then slit her throat to "end her suffering." The jury box was tentatively filled before Defense Attorney (Turn to Page 7. Column 2) OH SUB CUT BE CLAYTON. IN. M.. July 25. (AP) Sheriff! A. W. Tanner of Union county does not want Sam Watson, 69, confessed slayer of a Folsom. N. ML. saloon keeper In 1893,'' because Tanrier doesn't be lieve he could try Watson If he had him. The sheriff refused to finance Watson from Spokane, Wash., to New Mexico to stand trial for mur der, lie said as far as he was abla to determine, all of the per sons who might have been used as witnesses against Watson are dead Several persons, here and at Raton remember the case but were not sufficiently Intimate with the details to give court tes timony. n m is GIVEN PIS POST WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP) Walter E. Edge, senior senator from New Jersey, has been aelect ' ed: by President Hoover , as am bassador to France to succeed the late Myron T. Herrlck, of Qbio. He will leave for Paris soon after the close of the eitra session of congress now expected to be some time In October. President Hoover also has de termined upon a successor to Hen ry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania as ambassador to Italy, but his Iden tity is being closely guarded at the White House. Formal announce ment of the appointment may be made within a week. For Trip Up O- over the winding course of flfce Mississippi In 87 hours and 31 minutes. It was a gruelling tet, despite the advantages of modern river boats over the coal burning type such as was the Robert E. Lee. Dr. Leroy had made two, previous attempts to beat the record, and the "Bogle" was able to clip less than three hours off the old mark in a trip beset with adversities. Because of the early hour of the boat Is arrival, only - a small crowd of river men was on hand to hall its achievement Dr; Le roy and his . assistants, Harvey Brown and Bob Hunter, went Im mediately to a hotel to rest, , . PECULIAR DTK PROVED WORD BROMLEY I AWAITS F City of Tacoma to Attempt Pacific Hop When Re ports Favorable Flyer Anxious to Begin Trip to Tokyo as Soon as Practicable TACOMA FIELD, July 25 (AP) The City of Tacoma is ready for the hop to, Tokyo.. Following a test flight Thurs day which Lieutenant Harold Bromley flew the famous plane over Tacoma. Seattle. Olympla and Pierce county communities, last minute preparations were started for the first non-stop flight across the Pacific. "A perfect trip" Bromley smil ingly declared as he descended from the cockpit as the huge craft was being swung back under the temporary hangar. "The mo tor performed excellently. I am ready for the Jump as soon as I get a favorable weather report. Gosh! I don't like to wait either" he replied to another group of eager questioners "but when I do start It will be when I have a chance to set this ship down safe at Tokyo." Weather reports from over the proposed route to Tokyo continued unfavorable late today. It was admitted, however, that should a more favorable report be received during the night there was a probability that Lieutenant Brom ley might take the air at dawn on his great -adventure. Sitting on the large fixed com pass which was painted on the concrete floor last night to aid Commander Weems and Harold Catty In checking over the navi gation instruments, the orange bird lacked, only fuel and a wheel to replace the tail skid, to be ready for the longest non-stop flight ever attempted in the his tory of aviation. With its bril liant coat somewhat dulled by the dust, the queer underswung craft continued to draw thousands of visitors to the airport. On the trial trip the only dif ficulties encountered were with the radio antennae which because of insufficient weight caught and tangled on the tail skid, and one compass which was off 30 de grees. Bromley promptly sug gested a remedy for his antennae trouble saying that the wire would be run through the tall light and a much heavier weight attached, this will allow the long antennae to swing free from the plane. The receiving set was discarded Wednesday so the flyer will have only his sending appar. atns and will rely on visual sig nals to inform him of weather conditions while he is en route. Airport To Be Free of Power Line ' One of the barriers to the com pletion of the Salem airport was successfully removed this week with the assurance from manag ers Of both the Portland Electric Power company and the Pacific Telegraph and Telephone com pany that the high-power lines of both concerns which border the field would be rerouted in a man. ner so they will not interfere in any I way with the taking off or landing of any planes. The airport committee appeal ed fo managers of the companies on the basis that such readjust ment of their lines was a public service demanded by the fact that the. airport, to be widely used, must be entirely safe for its pa trons. At first the utility com panies demurred but when air port lawyers stressed their point; the companies agreed to make the adjustments without charge to the city. BOISE, Idaho, July 25. (AP) Governor H. C. Baldridga sent ont a letter today urging the eleven western states to oppose the "anti-reclamation drive" started In the east, and suggest ing that this be the major tCjpio at the governors' conference in Salt Lake August 26 and 27. ' The governor asked each of the chief executives to prepare a statement of the problems of his state for consideration at the con ference. ! - "The problems of reclamation," Governor Baldridge said, "com bined with the problems created by Secretary Wilbur's pronounce ment regarding the. ceding of the public - domain to , the western lands states, seems of sufficient importance to require a special meeting for ths purpose of decid lng mpon a definite plan of action to be adopted by the states in volved." II WEATHER eOVEHIB RESENTS Etn win Bromley All Ready to Attempt Pacific Flight - . I n W v v h : X . - -' A s ; Row In Orient To Be Settled Soon Open Warfare Now Expectecl to be Averted by Direct Negotiation Between 2 Nations; Wash ington Watches proceedings II SHANGHAI, July 25. (AP)hina expects that its dispute with Russia will be settled jsoon by direct negotia tions, probably in Moscow without intervention by any third power. It was thought that this ipethod would have the approval of the Soviet government. Foreign Minister C. T. Wang today announced that his government was awaiting indication jbf the Russian attitude and that Chu ZaorYnag, Chinese minister to Finland, would t : leave ( Nanking on Saturday Sift i nil fn iVi for Moscow by way of Heyoin. iourn In Jail Given Financier Incarceration of the most pro lific and interesting "paper hang er" who has operated In Salem in many moons, was claimed by the police Thursday when Jerry C. Bowen of Portland was taken into custody by Officer George W. Ed wards. He was charged in justice court with giving a check with in tent to cheat and defraud. The police believe that Bowen is responsible for a succession of fictitious checks cashed at a num ber of local stores, the peculiar thing about them being that each check was for 121.60. So noticeable did this peculiar ity become that several merchants had notices posted behind their cash registers, '-'honor no checks for $21.60." But even after this precaution was taken, some of the checks were accepted in -those stores. Bowen spent Thursday night in jail and bids fair to be there for some time unless be is able t& se cure sufficient money to put up his $1000' bail set Thursday by Justice Brazier Small. Bowen, w ho is abouf 25 years of age. is said to. have passed four bad checks in town although the one exhibited as the cause for his ar rest was an $18 check given the George Will store. Bowen, on preliminary hearing, asked time to consult an attorney. 2 Neighbors Squabble In Courtroom "I have opened this gate. Come and see me. Go to hell." With this greeting F. M. Charpilloi tossed courtesy aside and broke through the gate protecting the sports re serve of A. R. Eastman, of Silver ton, and proceeded to make him self at home on therpremises which are in the hills north of Silver- ton. When Eastman came to the scene some time later he didn't accept Charpilloi' invitation but rather reported the situation with the result -that the latter was brought into court and asked what he meant by his antics. Charpilloi declared the gate was on his father's property and guarded a public roadway and consequently he had a right to break it down to get into East- map's place. Justice Brazier Small didn't see things In Charpilloz' viewpoint so he set bail Thursday at $75 and bound Charpilloi : over . to the grand jury after the latter had rejected the judge's suggestion that he see Eastman and patch things up. Charpilloi promptly put up ball and is free until the grand jury makes disposition of his case. FURNITURE MEN MEET SAN PRANCISCO. July 25 (AP) Delegates' from eleven states to the western retail fur niture conference held their first Joint meeting here tonight QUAKK ROCKS CITY SOFIA, Bulgaria. July 21 (AP) A violent earthquake to day shook Chirpan. 20 miles northeast of PhUipvolls. A num ber of : buildings were damaged. i Minister Chu will have full powers to represent China in any negotiations. By traveling through Manchuria he will be able to observe at first hand conditions along the Chinese eastern railway and may have opportunity for conversations with General Chang Tso Hsiang, governor of Kirin, and Consul General B. N. Melni kov, vfho have been unofficially reported as already in communi cation! I The May brought the usual crop of reports of firing along the bor der and of Soviet, airplanes oper ating over Chinese1 territory. For eign Minister Wang, however, be littled ji similar . reports and said that stories of arrests on both sides of the- border were merely actions of local officials which did not affect the major issues. WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP)-e-The Chinese-Russian sit uation was being watched closely ( Turn to Page 7, Column 1) Divorces Allowed By Court Whether or not ,13 is a lucky or unlucky number does not bother Judge L. H. McMahah for Thurs day he granted faat many divorces in one-two-three order, the cases going through on defaults. In all instances but one the plaintiff was the wife. Divorces were granted as follows: Mary B. Merchen from John G. Merchen. Plaintiff to have maiden name of Mary M. Foster restored. Myrtle Brooks from Otho E. Brooks.. Ran 'Martin from Rodney Mar tin. Specific damages of $300. Anna I Livock from Harold E. LIvock. " She obtains custody of minor child. Lillian j B. Cox from Anthony Ray Cox. j Plaintiff to have maid en name Of Lilliam B. Atkins re stored, j Rem! LocqUet from Edith Loc quet. Hazel j Johnson from Edgar A. Johnson. Twenty dollars month ly alimony for minor child. Ruth M. Armstrong from Myron W. Armstrong, j Mildred Starrett Daly from William Lawrence Daly. Plaintiff to have maiden': name of Mildred Starrett restored. Ruth M. Potter from Roy W. Potter. Plaintiff to have custody of minor children. Emmon Frances Shepherd from John C. Shepherd. Thief Gets Away With Big Amount - Of Lumber Here In the wee 1 small hours of Thursday morning It sneak thief whisked between 3000 and 4000 feet of lumber from; the construc tion site of the new Portland Elec tric Power company warehouse at 780 North Liberty street. The lumber Was mostly l-by-4's and 4-by-4's of long lengths. Po lice are working on the idea that such a load of .lumber could not be transported far at inch a time without attracting attention and have picked up several does as to the location of the. pilfered tim bers. , : ,.! i' i . - t ',vt t; ,'- I s-2 r a . - i : - v i !..v' .?., I V - Ss& Sir rs Lieutenant Harold A. Bromley, who plans to attempt a nonstop flight from the city of Tacoma to Tokyo. Bromley's ship will have a. flying range of over 5,500 miles, nearly 1,000 miles more than the distance he expects to cover. The ship is completely eqnlpped with safety devices. Photo shows Bromley Inspecting sextant. At left Bromley's "City of. Tacoma" in which be plans to at tempt a nonstop flight from the northern city to Tokyo. PICT mUCtU IS TOLD OFFICIALLY Stimson Sends Formal Word of Situation to Diplo mats in 39 Cities WASHINGTON, July - 25 (AP) Secretary Stimson tonight instructed' American diplomatic representatives in 39 capitals of the world to inform the govern ments to which they are accred ited of the formal deposit of Ja pan's ratification bfthe Kellogg anti-war treaty and that the treaty now is effective. The secretary's action was tak en in conformity with article 3 of the treaty, stipulating that the American government would In form other adhering nations formally when the treaty became binding upon them. The French, government, which negotiated adherence of the So viet government. Is to communi cate the Information to Moscow. The American embassy at Paris was Instructed to deliver the in formation to the Afghan minister there, since the new government in Afghanistan, is not recognized by the United States and has no diplomatic representative in Washington. The British govern ment will be requested to inform the. governments of Australia. New Zealand, the union of South Africa and India, which are also not ' represented by missions in Washington. Foreign Minister Briand of France today replied to the mes sage of congratulations sent him yesterday by .Secretary Stimson in connection with the coopera tion which he contributed in the formation of the treaty. inn gets SUM OF S7.000.000 WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP) Judgments totalling more than $7, 000,000 were awarded the gov ernment today in the District of Columbia supreme court in cases growing out of the sale of surplus lumber from army cantonments. The i heaviest judgment was against! John L. Phillips rof Tho masville, Ga., former republican state committeeman, the court holding him liable for $1,381, 447 with interest from June 3, 1927. ' John L. Phillips and some of his associates were indicted for con spiracy "in connection with the sale of the lumber but were ac quitted. The government then brought the civil action, j . Alleged Paper Hanger Nabbed i j ! Ben Antrim who has been want ed in Salem since last fall for pass ing three checks without money in the bank to meet them was ar rested for a similar offense in Yamhill county . Thursday, accord ing to word received by local au thorities the same day Antrim was arrested. Whether he will be pro secuted here -or In Yamhill coun ty Is not known. v r .-j a ?iv ' ' Xi. X w . . jt. V v'.v 'J(.,i -W. . .-. MANY IB VETS TO BE Legion Convention Attracts Numerous Figures of Prominence Numerous prominent men, In cluding American Legion officials from all of the northwest states, will be In Salem for the Oregon convention of the legion August 8, 9 and 10. Replies to letters of Invitation sent out by the convention-commission indicate that the follow ing will attend: C. W. Ardery, correspondant of the 40 et 8, from Indianapolis. General James H. Reeves, com mander at Vancouver Barracks. Frank H. Belgrano, commander of the American Legion depart ment of California, from San Francisco. Edmond Robertson, comman der of the American Legion de partment of Washington, from Spokane Lester F. Albert, adjutant of the American Legion department of Idaho, from Boise. Edward DePue, -commander elect pf the American Legion, department of Montana, from Lewiston. Governor Patterson, Secretary of State - Hal Hoss, Senator Charles NrMcNary and Congress- man W. C. Hawley, all of Salem. Senator Fred Steiwer of Pen dleton. j ' Dr. Paul I. Carter, manager of the U. S. Veterans bureau at Portland. - Because of a mission wMch calls him to Europe, Paul V. Mc Nutt, national commander of the American Legion, will hot be able tp attend, but will send a mes sage to the Oregon legionnaiies. No word has been received as yet from John R. Quinn, past na tional commander, whose home is at Los Angeles, nor from George W. Malone. national vice commander, of Carson City, Nev. Mi Robin Passes 304 Hour Mark And Is Still Going j Strong In Record Flight ST. LUIS, July, 25 (AP) Approaching the end of their sec ond week of sustained flight. Dale (Red) Jackson, and Forest O'Brlne tonight were looking to ward a new goal of 500 hours In their record breaking performance in the monoplane "St. Louis Rob in." With their' earnings mounting hourly and the motor of their plane running "like a race horse," the fliers gave no Indication - of forsaking their temporary home in the sky. " . At 11:17 n. m. fCST.l thev had ' n i a i a i . v.-. uwu uji ovi uuiua utu una veai- en the endurance record of the "Angeleno" by 57 hours. ClSudy skies and intermittent showers caused the fliers to drop to a lower altitude as they circled La mbert-St. .Louis field this after noon, .but they soared away to night after taking on a new supply of fuel. -A downpour In another section of the city missed them. It was the first "inclement weather the fliers had. experienced since they took off July 13. MeldBesi Home Town Speaking Con test Won by L. Abbott at II Realtors Confab i- T. W. Zimmerman Resigns " Job as Executive Secre- tary of Association r Leith' Abbott, speaking- for i! Longview, won the home town speaking contest held at the old j Grand theatre last night as a cli- i max to the second day of the con- j vention of northwest realtors. Ab- bott, speaking "freely and pleas antly' and dwelling on the home appeal in "youthful, smiling, en ergetic Longview," won over five competitors. He will be awarded large silver trophy offered by C. P. Bishop of Salem at tonigfit's banquet at the armory. Alfred Carmicbael of Victoria; j selling his town on its great home Linfluenc and the studiously main tained quiet Deauty, was given second place by the Judges, and j third honors wentto Arthur Z. Bold of Seattle, who declared his city must be a world city because it has all the characteristics ne cessary to that end and then some. Carmichael won the trophy of fered by Edgar Patrick of WalU Walla. Other speakers, were: C. F. Mason of Tacoma, R. A. Pag-i gett of Olympia and W. A. Moore of Vancouver, B. C. Judges were Justice George j Rossman, Dr.j Paul H. Doney and James J. Helt--zel, local attorney. j Zimmerman Quits Executive Job j T. W. Zimmerman of Portlands executive secretary of the associa tion for the past seven years, sob mitted his resignation at thai' luncheon for officers and past presidents of the association and presidents and secretaries of lo cal boards. The position will not be filled until later in the year when the new officers have had time to consider selection of a man. - j Thursday's afternoon session was devoted to the final confer ences on salesmanship, which) have been an outstanding part of; the convention and conducted by A. John Berge and William Hee-i ( Turn to Page 7, Column 1) Convention ; Will Close I Here Today The final sessions of the North west Real Estate association con vention today will be devoted! largely to group confereneces, with the exception of the general busi ness meeting to be held at Ji o'clock this afternoon when of-! fleers for nextyear will be elected' and the nextf cpnventlon -city se-l lected. . I Three- breakfast conferences: will be held at the Marion hotel at 8 O'clock this morning, including; that for the city section lead by C. A. ;McClure, secretary of the Port-i laid city planning commission ;j that for the farm group, led by H A. M. Bennar pf Seattle; and-that foil the Industrial division, when H. 7. C. Quinn of Portland wll preside over discussion of "Yonr OWn Local Industrial Proble-.ts.; At 9:45 this morning the prop-! erty owners division will meet at thi Heillg for conference, with C. A. Moores of Portland leading the (Turn to Pag 7. Column t) O'Brine and Jackson were witching closely the progress of their rival endurance plane, the "Billion Dollar City at Houston! Texas and expressed determinal tion : to outlast the Texas fliers The Houston plane, however, was more than 100 hours behind thessi INotes dropped by the St. Louis fleers indicated they were In good spirits and Jackson, who ; care fnly inspected the cvotor today, said it was functioning perfectly. In one note Jackson comment ed! on a newspaper article he read quoting Dc A. C Leggat, flight surgeon, as saying that he expect ed Jackson,1 who perspires freely toj lose about SO pounds on the flight, and Cor O'Brine to lose about 10 pounds. i c jf Tell Doe he's wrong,' Jack son said. "I'm not getting thin, I'm gaining weight. 11 y pants are getting too tight for me." -I ..With the announcement of ad ditional daily rewards, the fliers are nowbeing compensated at the rate of $M?$foreacb, 24 hoars they go in excess - et the old record-1 r - t- .-. . ... j " "r