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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 107 Sakm, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 30, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS - 1AW 1 . GRAf -ZEPPELIN PIPEflfl Right to United States now Set to Begin Thursday From Germany Tentative Schedule is Fixed For Jaunt Eastward Around World FREDERICKSHAVEN. July 29 (AP) With all of her new motors functioning satisfactorily during a test of the flight of nearly 12 hours the giant airship Graf Zeppelin Is ready for the next flight to America. - Dr. Hugo Eckener, commands, has named Thursday morning for the start. Already much of the freight for the trans-Atlantic crossing-is stow ed away in the big airship. It in cludes a Rubens painting, a grand piano, several gorillas, as well as a bast of the late Baron Ton Huenefeld, owner and passenger in the Bremen which flew to Am erica last yeav NEW YORK. Ju1je,29 (AP) An announcement outlining a ten tative schedule for the projected round-the-world eastward flight of the Graf Zeppelin today said the giant German dirigible will de part from Lakehurst, ' N. J.f on August 7, and will end Its globe girdling Journey at the same price August 2. j . Only Three Stop;-! Included in Schedule The tentative schedule, which was announced by those in charge of handling the ship at strategic points, 'calls for stops at Fried richshaten, the Graf's base; Tokyo and Los Angeles. The announcement said word had been received from F. W. von Meister, American representative of the Graf, that the ship, which Is now In Germany, would leave Friederlchsha'fen for Lakehurst, Thursday. Immediately on her arrival at the New Jersey field, the an nouncement said, preparations tor the world flight would begin. The tentative plans call for the craft's arrival back at Friedrichshafen August 10 and from then on the (Turn to Page 2. Column 8.) , COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29. (AP) Suffering ffora effects of an operation in which a part of fcU sninal fluid was drained for ex amination. Dr. James II. Snoolfl spent an uncomfortable day 15 court here today, while the selects ing of a Jury to try him of a charge of first degree murder of Theora Hlx, his co-ed paramour; slowly tfent forwafd. - Tests of Dr. Snook's spinal fluid by Dr. H. M. Brundage, and findings of other examination of the defendant are !to be submit ted later in the trial to showth former professor's mental eondif tion. Dr. Brundage's findings 1 to be accepted as j impartial evi dence by both sides. j The aftermath of the operation was a severe headache and fatiguf that made it necessary to giv him stimulants -so j that the triaj r mi Id nroceed. . Defense counsel tonight had managed to reduce the number of women on the. Jury to one. She was Miss Edith Dysinger, a re tired nurse. In accomplishing this Tjurnose. Snook's attorneys used three more peremptory chaiienj ges today, leaving them six chal lenge for later us. The state re moved only one prospective Juroi" today. j j Strike tooms up Ag ain in Salem Threats of a strike to become effective August 45 are (being made toy the electrical worker union of Salem, li was reported Monday. A dem iand Is being made age of $9, with a for a dally wage full holiday on Saturdays ESODK HAS BAD DAY AS 1AL PROCEEDS Mercury Registers 100 in Shade on Main Streets of Salem Monday Afternoon One hundred in the shade on the north side of State street, 96 at the airport and 84 oa the south ie of the street were the high est found. Monday The hottest weather of the summer, lasted for approximately three hours, j More than 90 haa ween reached by mid-forenoon aid 95 was turn-d-up at one o'clock. Two and three o'clock both felt the offi cial maximum of $6.-Breeies and the lowering snn were welcome at I o'clock when th mercury had dropped to 90. Downtown was be Publicity Discuss Of Spending Fund Meeting Held Here to Consider Best Way to Utilize $25000 State Appropriation to, Advertise Oregon Before World In response to the call of Secretary W. G. Ide of the state chamber of commerce about 30 persons gathered in the hall of the house of representatives to discuss the methods of spending the $25,000 which the state has appropriated for advertising the resources of the state to attract farmers and industries to Oregon. Baker, Klamath Falls, Coos county, Tillamook were all represented as well as Willamette valley pomts. .Representatives of chambers of commerce, news- v i . . papermen, and advertisings ::.r::r: head of nabcotics commerce advertising committee submitted a program which called for a new edition of the Oregon Almanac published in 1913 and possibly an excursion train. Jack Crossley of Crossley and Failing presented a carefully worked out plan for spending the appropria tion. His agency has handled the advertising for the Portland chamber for five years. Crossley recommended spending $5000 of the sum in Oregon newspapers to 'sell Oregon Co Oregonians," then advertise In farm journals In the middle west. and use direct mail to attract people to-.Oregon. William North, secretary of the Baker, chamber of . commerce, thought the newspapers would do the advertising here without charge, and Secretary Gilkey of (Turn to Page 2. Column I.) Prune Crop Held Best Since 1919 Positively the best outlook for Marion county prune growers since 1919 is in sight this year according to Earl Pearey, well known Salem nurseryman and orchardist. who said Monday that business men in the community have not as yet appreciated how much the favorable situation in prunes was going to mean to the valley. 'Hill orchards are heavy with fruit this season," said Pearey. "Every grower can obtain good prices for the market continue strong and the price range high." Pearey pointed out that Salem, although the center of a large prune-growing area, had become accustomed to small yields of prunes and had managed to be less affected by adverse condi tion than other cities where prunes . constituted a major crop for the district. Nevertheless, Sa lem has a big prune acreage, which will bring large returns to growers in the district and make business conditions better, Pearey Stated. He estimates that there are 75,000,000 pounds of prunes to be' handled in this state this sea son. FARMERS HELD IN NEED OF LEADERS BATON ROUGE. La., July 29. (AP) Addressing the Ameri can Institute of Cooperation, Sec retary Hyde of the department of agriculture, tonight declared eo. operative organisation of agricul ture was ready for a general for ward movement but it needs! lead ership. '. He spoke to an audience of co. operatives from art -parts of the country, members of the federal farm board and legislators assem bled at the Louisiana state uni versity for the fifth summer ses sion of the institute. "From their beginnings, co. operative associations have tray- led far," said the secretary. "Two million farmers are members of 12,500 marketing land purchas ing associations, doing an annual business of ; approximately two and one half billion dollars. Most, if not all of the legal barriers hate been removed. ginning to get comfortable at 6:30 with low eighties registered. For all the .high points Sunday and Monday.' alter a week of steadily rising maximums, the nights have been cool and breezes have blown np to make things more comfortable. - Prospects are for continued high temperatures today and the rest of this . week. The torrid weather is" general all over the northwest except on the coast, where morning fogs and later cloudiness hare kept the tempe rature down. Groups Methods ring mm Hymie Fletcher Cohen Taken With $5000 Worth of Drug on Person LOS ANGELES. July 29 (AP) Hymie Fletcher Oohen, 38, who -was arrested Saturday with $5,000 worth of alleged narcotics on his person, was arraigned late today on charges of conspiracy to violate the state poison act, illegal posses sion of many firearms and posses sion of liquor. District Attorney Buron Fitts, who . personally con ducted the arraignment alleged Cohen was "the head of the, larg est narcotic ring in southern Cali fornia and more dangerous than a murderer." Cohen's wife, Amelia Cohen, who now is in Seattle, and Mrs. Matilda Smith, 44. were named with the man in the conspiracy charge. Mrs. Smith was arrested today. Pitts succeeded In having Coh en's ball fixed at (50,000 and scheduling the "preliminary hear ing for Wednesday. Cohen's arrest was kept secret until today, meanwhile investigat ors searched his home and arrest ed George W. Kewbins, 30, a negro automobile washer; John E. Collins, 29, a service station at tendant, and Loretta Renaud, 25, a French maid, as material wit nesses. In a secret chamber of Cohen's house officers alleged they found 130,000 worth of nar cotics secluded in a trunk, and 300 gallons of illicit beverages. OLD NUMBERS TO FEATURE CONCERT Persons who favor the still liv ing "has beens" In music, will find tonight's weekly band concert par ticularly interesting:, with such old popular numbers as "The Ir ish Washerwoman" and "Turkey in the Straw" to be played, an nounces Director Oscar Steelham mer. The concert will be given in Willson park beginning at 8:00 o'clock. The" Waite Memorial fonntan will play the . following solos jby Oscar Gingrich. " The program follows: Long Beach is Calling March Clarke The Daughter of the Regi ment" Selection Tobani "Bits of Old Time Hits" (By request) Reeg Popular Numbers Faust" Gounod Vocal Solos ....Oscar B. Gingrich O 'Sole Mlo Blue Hawaii forgetting You Dance of the Hours ....Ponehielli Selection, Newly Weds O'Hare "North Wind" March ..Chambers Star Spangled Banner SOVIET TO CLAIM NEW YORK, July 29 (AP) The Soviet government took steps today to lay claim to the millions reputed to hate been in vested in this country! by Czar Nicholas II before his assassina tion in the Russian revolution. Soviet government representa tives have engaged Charles Recht to represent them in the fight for the hidden millions, advancing the claim that any investments which may be traced to the former czar are now government property. Two other factions already are at war in the courts over the re puted wealth left by the late ruler "Grand Duchess ; Anatasia, who says she is the youngeet daughter of the czar, and recog nized member of the' Romanoff family who declare she isn't. TRAVEL RECORDS BROKEN KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 2t (AP) All previous, travel records for the summer into Cra ter lake national park were bro ken Sunday, when 814 Cars, carry ing 3,257 persons, visited the lake Eight hundred and four cars en tered July 4. FORTUNE OF ul NE1 PLANE TO HURDLE OCEAN WITHIN INTO City of Tacoma Will be Re built and Another Hop Attempted Soon Efforts Started Within day After Tragic Accident Mars Takeoff TACOMA. July z. (AP) A new monoplane, to be called the Greater Tacoma, will be back, on the Tacoma air port In SO days or slightly longer to take off for Tokyo with Lieutenant Harold Bromley at the controls. This in effect, was the announcement of Bromley himself today after as surances had been given him and the public by Mayor James G Newbegln and John Buffelen of the financing committee: that money would not stand In the way of a new venture based upon the original plan. Bromley, whose tears of disap pointment blended early Sunday morning with the spray of raw gasoline that blinded him and ap parently shattered the dream of a lifetime, was a new man mentally today. Ship Dismantled And Parts Crated With Woody Deeds of the Lock heed Aircraft company, C. W. Paxson, Pratt and Whitney motor expert and mechanics, Bromley this morning supervised the first steps toward dismantling the wreck of the "City of Tacoma" which In another day will be cra ted' In its numerous sections, shat tered though some of them are, and Wednesday the entire party will start with automobile and truck for Los Angeles. Mrs. Bromley and her little son Donald are expected home from Iowa late Tuesday and Bromley said he expects to start south Wed nesday morning. Deeds estimated roughly that it will cost from $10,000 to $12,000 to rebuild the plane. Damage Comparatively Small, Deeds Avers "It's not as badly hurt as it looks." he said. "Of course there (Turn to Page 2, Column t.) Pastor Says Bridegroom Disqualified "Moonshine and matrimony will not mix any more than alco hol and gasoline. iThere is sure to be a smash-up sooner or latter," says Rev. Frt. C. Taylor? pastor of the First Methodist church. And so he declined recently to perform a marriage cerem'ony for a pros pective bridegroom who had Im bibed too freely at a pre-honey-raoon celebration.! The guests, 20s of them, the musicians and the minister were all on hand for the occasion; in fact, all that was lacking were the principals. After! an hour's wait. the minister grew particularly im patient. Finally, when the wedded- to-be arrived, the reverend gentle man was go disgusted that, after suggesting a postponement of the ceremony, he took his hat and an nounced to the Company that as far as he was concerned, there would be no wedding yiat night O'Brien Accused Of Attacking Girl Eugene O'Brien, 392 South High street, was arrested Monday night by Detective Fisher of the local police f orc, on a charge of assault, me complaint issued in justice court accuses O'Brien of an attempted attack upon a nine- year-old girl. Statesman Plans Special Edition THE biggest event in Sa lem this summer will be the convention of the American Legion which opens August 8. In connec tion with this will be the dedication of the Salem air port, one of the finest air ports In the country. The Statesman plans to feature these two big events with a. special edition to ap pear on the morning of An gnst 8. Every effort wlll.be made to have this edition measure np to the' Important events which it is featuring. This edition has been heart ily endorsed by the Ameri can Legion, but it Isin no sense a legion enterprise; being planned and produced entirely by the Statesman staff. , Special advertising will be solicited with the Idea of making the paper one of the most representative ever produced and a creditable presentation of Salem to the thousands of guests assem bled here on that occasion. Row Develops at Committee Meet Over Horse Races PORTLAND, Ore., Jmly 28 (AP) The outcome of the leg -(I squabble betw een members of the American Legion race committee and the sheriff and district attor ney over the "contribution" system at horse races will not be known until Wednes day when the races start. I A - conference between Sheriff Huribart and mem bers of the committee today ended abruptly after both aides had flatly stated their stands. The sheriff was staunch in his decision that gambling would not be toler ated and Thomas A. Swee ney, chairman of the com mittee, was just as staunch In his decision that the races would go on with, the "con tribution" system in effect THOUSHNDS TO GET Chamber of Commerce Re ceives Letters tor r Dedication Reminders that Salem has a municipal airport and that it was dedicated on August 8, 1929, will he cherished In thousands of homes all over the North Ameri can continent shortly after the event. The Salem chamber of com merce is now receiving all the way from 60 to 100 stamped airmail letters dally, with the request that ttfese be mailed here August 8 so that they will carry the special cachet, or cancellation mark. In cident to the airport dedication. The reason for receipt of so many is that shortly after these requests began coming in small numbers, the chamber of com merce called in C. S.. Douglas, an experienced philatelist. He volun teered to write an article for -the national magazine devoted to the Interests of philatelists, and also to take care of the requests and see that the letters are mailed on the dates asked. Shortly after the article, des cribing the airport and announ cing the special cachet, appeared in the magazine, the number of requests 'mounted to an astonish ing volume, and Mr. Douglas will be about the busiest man in Salem from now until the American Le gion convention is over. Cachets have been obtained, one for the chamber of commerce and the other for the American Le gion, and these will be used dur ing the three days of the conven tion. Some of the requests cowing in are accompanied by three let ters, one to be mailed each day of the convention. In cases where the envelope Is empty and unsealed, the chamber of commerce is inserting statisti cal folders telling of Salem's at tractions and Industrial possibili ties. Some of the letters, received in- cludjsvrequests that the letters be initialed by the mayor, the gover: nor and the postmaster. Since there will be 2000 or more letters to mall, it will probably be impossi ble for these initials to be added, but the letters will be posted ac cording to directions. J. L. Harris Appears to Face Charge Friday morning at 10 o'clock, J. L. Harris is scheduled for a formal appearance in Justice JBraxler Small's court here following the former's arrest Monday afternoon on charge of assault and battery. "Arrest" for Harris meant his voluntary appearance In court here after reading of the charges pre ferred against him by- his "wife." She alleges that Harris and her self lived together out of wedlock for eight years and declares that she did more than a woman's share in supporting herself, their one child and Harris. Some time ago they separated and Harris is said to have gone re cently to his "wife" and demanded that she produce $21 with which he could purchase a truck license. When she fatted to do this. Harris Is charged with having struck and beaten. his wife. An anonymous letter written to Mrs. Harris; In which threats against here are made was vir tually admitted- as a product of Harris' when he was confronted with the letter in court here Mon day. Barbers Stage Picnic Sunday Barbers of the Salem and Port land unions! held a picnic at Shad-E-Acres, neir Canby, Sun day. A playground baseball game between the two locals was won by the Portlanders, 22 to 0. La ter the local barbers played a heal ball game against' the park team and lost. Swimming was the prin cipal diversion of the day. SALEM'S Mill YACHTSMAN IN SCANDAL l OVER MO OF RUM Thirty Five Cases of Choice Liquor Seized Aboard Vessel "Margo" Explanations Lacking as to! Why no Arrests Made By Dry Officers DETROIT, July 29 (AP) Federal authorities .here were re ticent today when queried regard ing seizure of 35 cases of rare liquors aboard the yacht "Margo" In the Detroit river Saturday aft ernoon. The yacht Was chartered by Louis Mendelsohn, Detroit cap italist, and was preparing to leave on a crutee-, to Chicago when cus toms border patrolmen climbed aboard and discovered a supply of liquor unofficially reported as be ing worth f 10,000. Both Walter S. Petty, acting collector of customs, and E. R. Norwood, co-ordinator of prohibi tion enforcement units in the De troit area.jtoday said they had re ceived no formal report of the af fair. Mr. Norwood said no arrests had been made as yet. It was reported Saturday night, however, that Captain P. T. Stakes, skipper of the vessel, and four members of the crew includ ing the first mate, chief stewart. and dining room steward, had been taken, ashore by customs of ficers. Mrs. Mendlesohn was un derstood to have been absent when the boarding party arrived. The boarding of the "Margo," was witnessed by scores of persons on I the dock of the Detroit Yacht clulb, near which the yacht was mdored. Witnesses said a patrol boi-t bearing two officers came alongside early in the afternoon and departed after leaving one of the officers aboard the yacht. Later the boat returned with more officers and shortly after members of 'the yachting party came ashore with their luggage. First authoritative announce ment of the results achieved by the 'boarding party was given out at Washington today by Seymour Lowman, assistant secretary of the treasury. ; 25-Year: Blanket Permit not Expected to be Granted j Gas Company When representatives of the Pdrtland Gas & Coke s;npany present their case to the county court today seeking a franchise for. laying jtheir underground lines anywhere along the highways of Marion county west of the Will ajdette meridian, they will not fiqd the jcounty court members friendly to their request. That much was evident Mon day in the ' statement of Judge John O. Siegmund, whose re marks were backed by the state ments of i other officials of the court. To grant a 25-year blanket franchise in the opinion of the court would be to confer too great rights upon the gas company. Moreover, the policy of a blanket franchise has repeatedly been re jected by ithe court when-other utility corppalnes have made ap plication and to now grant such rights to the gas officials would be inconsistent. Judge Siegmund pointed out. Surmisei made by the court on Monday if as to the effect that the principal reason a blanket franchise was desired by the com pany was for purposes of financ ing operations. The members of the court Indicated that it sound ed well in a statement for bonds to relate that a 25-year blanket franchise was available for the company. The court made it plain that It did not oppose granting of a spe cific franchise for the gas com pany to prlng certain lines Into the countjy along certain speci fied roads,. When the demand comes for more lines then is the time for the company to make application for further privileges, the court feels. Excayation for Swimming Pool I Now Under Way Excavation for the swimming Pool in the municipal auto camp Just east Sof the Church street bridge. Is now under way. super, vised by Hugh Rogers, city engi neer. The city's excavator is be ing used. ! For a distance of 30 feet at the lower end.' the depth will be nine feet, sloping upward from there to a depth of one foot at the east end. The pool will be 75 by 150 feet In dimensions, j It will be so arranged that there wfil be a cur rent through the pool at all times. It j will probably be Impossible .to construct the concrete floor and sides until next year. F R flHC H 1 S E RE 0 U EST Still Going I t.f i i it . ?i v -'t w - - 14 v -'t - y " f -' 7 AC t- m r. Forrest O' Brine, above, and Dale "Red" Jackson, below, last night passed the 400 hour mark in their record endurance flight in the St. Louis Robin. CNIBIES STILL First Beans of Season are Expected to be Sold Here Today Some loganberries are coming to all the canneries yet, and will be the rest of the week, if not longer. The Oregon Packing company expects a supply of logans the rest of the week and the 12th street plant, and a small supply of beans today at the 13th street plant, the first for the season, with a considerable supply com ing by Saturday. The Hunt plant is on loganber ries yet, with a few red and black raspberries also still coming, and even a few cherries. There will not be enough of all these for a cannery run for very many days, when there will be a rest till evergreen blackberries and pears come, which will be in about two weeks. There Is the same story for the Paulus cannery, with a like pro spect for an Idle time waiting for pears and blackberries in suffi cient quantities for a cannery run. Of course, the shipment of black cherries in refrigerator cars has been over for several days. The pepl in charge of O. E. Brooks finished with a total of 11 cars rolled to the markets of the big eastern cities. Michigan Nine Heads West; rto Play Senators DETROIT, Mich.. July 29. (AP) The University of Michi gan baseball team left today en route' to Japan. The Michigan team will meet a number of Amer ican nines before It sails for the Orient. Games are scheduled at Spokane, Wash., August 2 and 3; Tacoma, August 5; Seattle, Aug ust C, two games; Everett, August 7, Belllngham. August 8; Van couver, August 9 and 10; Salem, August 12. V s - .hiSMII'W j PARKING LOGANS County Finances Found in Good Condition as Annual Report is Placed on File The semi-annual reports of the county treasurer, sheriff and clerk, required to be made each six months by law, were formally ap proved by the county court Monday and placed on file. A healthy condition of county finances with the county entirely on a cash basis and with substan tial balances in the major funds of the county was indicated in the report of the treasurer, David G. Drager. A balance of $502,696.62 remained in the general fund at the close of business, June 30, 1929, the report indicated. Receipts ot the treasurer for the first six months of 19 29 amounted to 1655,455.0$ and disbursements $422,828.15. A large balance In the roads and highways funds, accumulated THREE PLANES ; ! CRASH IN ONE' DfS FLYING St. Louis Robin Continues to Soar as 400 Hour Mark Passed in Air Rival Endurance Machine Is Victim of Disaster Tak- ' .ing Two Lives - . By The Associated Press Three airplanes fell Monday bat man's and woman's long battle for conquest of the air went on. The first crash was -that of the endurance plane Minnesota- hi which Owen Haushland and Capt. P. J. Crichton had been flying over Minneapolis for almost! 1S5 hours. Crichton was killed and Haughland fatally injured. He died later. i Next George Lea Lambert and Harold C. Jones, rho took oft from Lambert St. 'ILouis field at St. Louis, fell in their plarfe and both were killed f Ship Cracked T'p On Line's First Voyage Then the inaugural flight of a new air line between Denver and Kansas City and seven passengers were bruised but all . escaped ser ious Injury. While these accidents ?were oc curring the record holding endur ance plane St. Louis Kebin was grinding away the day that wpuld mark the passing of its 40-Oth hour in the air; Mmle. Marys Bastie landed safely at Paris, claiming to a new woman's solo endurance flight record ot 26 hours and 4 6 minutes; and in Friedrichshafen Dr. Hugo Ecken er announced the dirigible Graf Zeppelin 4 would start another flight to America Thursday. 'ST.-LOms, July 29. (AP) With all rivals out of the running Dale (Red) Jackson, and Forest O'Brine, pilots of the monoplane. St. Louis Robin, were nearlug the 4)0 hour mark tonight In their record breaking endurance flight. Intrepid Pair Pass 400 Hour Mark -r At 11:17 p. m., the flyers had completed 400 hours aloft and had excteded the record of the Ange- ( Turn to Page Z, Column 4.) . li Lieutenant N. B. Mamer Win Start at Spokane and Circle Country ' SPOKANE, July 29. (AP) Lieutenant N. B. Mamer said to day that he would fly from west coast to east coast on his project ed non-stop refueling trans-continental hop. going from here down the coast to San Francisco, then across to New York, and return ing via the "northern air mail route." : His revised Itinerary, as an nounced totfay, would be a start from Spokane, in about two weeks tat p. m., with arrival over Swan island airport, Portland, ore., at 8 o'clock. His flight that night would be along the lighted air line to San Francisco, for his first refueling at 4 the next morning. From there, Sale Lake City. Utah; Cheyenne, Wyo., Omaha. Chicago. Cleveland. New York and Washington would be cities over which hi would pass for refueling. The return trip would carry hka over Cleveland. Detroit, St. Paul. Aberdeen, S. D., Miles City, Mon tana, to Spokane. Such a route, he tald, would en able him to fly over the danger ous country between Salt Lake and Cheyenne in daylight, and the east-west trip would be made over a route which he has flown several times, in the New York-Spokane air derbies of 1927, and on sev eral other cross country hops. ' for expenditure during the sum mer construction season, was In-, dicated in the report, A balance at $784,010.25 was on hand in this fund at the close of business June 30. The treasurers report Indicates! healthy tax receipts during the first six months of the year. Pay-. ments on 1928 levies totalled: $962,575.91 during that period. Sheriff O. G. Boyer's statement showed- Payment ot taxes on the 1927 levy totalled $132,266.21 The amount paid for 1926 taxes had shrunk to $8449.46 and dwindled into smaller figures as the tax receipts for earlier years, were revealed. The largest warrant' expendi ture, of the -county for the first 1 IT VFR II nn (Turn to Pas t. Column 1.) ' I j i !- 1 , 1