The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 01, 1929, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text-- 5 a y PAGE TWO BULLSCAPTUBE SMI Quotations' Have Renewed Vitality; Some Issues Rise 20 Points NEW YORK, July 31 (AP) Given renewed Impetus by further .excellent earnings, carloadings and steel trade reports, bullish op erations developed renewed vital ity on the stock market today, more than a score 'of Issues rising 2 to more than 20 point 3 to re- , cord levels, the pace of trading was accelerated from that of the past two dull sessions, but was , kept within moderate bounds. ' 3,407,040 shares changing bands. Irom Age stated while there were evidences at Pittsburgh of a gradual curtailment of steel mill Actiritjv reports Irom other cen ters indicated no immient slack ening in ingot output. Car lead were well above the previous . lngs for the week ended July 20 week, and 4.4 per cent above the like week of 192S. Crude oil pro duction last week again reached a new high level, but the gala was smalL Among favorable earnings statements appearing today, those of Pacific Lighting, Atlantic Gulf c West Indies, and Wheeling Steel were notable. The National City bank, in its August 1 bulletin, aid that combined net profits of 229 companies during the first half of the year showed a gala of SO per cent over the like period of last year. The utility shares again occu pied the limelight, the price Index of 20 leaders of the group rising - more than five points to a record . level. Peoples Gas shot up about 22 pohita more-ia sympathy RKET l further violent npturns In the In still stocks on the curb, bet lost a boat five pointof its advance be-" fore-the close. American and for eign power, IJetroIt Edison and Philadelphia Co., rose 7 to 11 - points to new peak levels. Utilities power and light --nd National - jower and light, also reached new high- ground. American Water works and American power and light made wide gains. General Electric sold up Jl points to. a new peak at 377. U. S. Steel encountered some sell ing in disappointment over the fact that no extra dividend was " declared, but consideration of the excellent earnings statement brought heavy buying into the is- , sue, which sent it up about four points to a record price at 210. Auburn auto had another violent spurt, touching a new peak at 424, up 21. Cdatjnercial solvents con tinned to rally, with an extreme gain of sboat.1V points, and other Chemicals iade substantial adc vances. Central Alloy steel, May tag, Moto .Meter & Gauge, Spencer Kellogg, and F. G. Shattuck were among other issues reaching new peaks. American Can, New York Central and Alls Chalmers mount ed to six to eight points. BOWIE BANKER GIVEN ROME POST (Continued from Pase 1.) replaced as minister to China. He is a career man and probably will be transferred to some other post or to the state department. "itojtilDa vis of Missouri, min j. been ister to Costa Riea, is slated promotion and there has seme talk that heraight succeedJ -Kjrfniin be -notbe promoted to -ani s-mn3satHr8hio he Will Du'&Ikii . a more impoant ministerial post in recognition of his work at San , Jese. Mr. Garrett, the new ambassa dor to Italy, has had nearly a score of years of servRW" fn- the diplo matic corpar and in other foreign -service. He was first secretary of the , American embassy at Rome from 1908 to 1911 and, also has j served toniinister to the Nether- Iandjj Venezuela' and the Argen tine and was secretary general ot the Washington arms, conference. His firsts service was Jn. 1901 ana AdixenrDurg; as wen as at ?uenos Aires, The Hague and Car- asa8ss3urlng lh?fW orld war be inspected camps of French prison ers ia'Germany at the request ot thevFrench government and sub sequently neipea - to negotiate a - treaty with Germany regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. Continued rom Page 1.) lmously took upon himself all blame for the weather, an WORLD "Any one can be a good Scout At falrweather," he aaldr"! turned nthe rain to try you out." After a march to the eolors. there were-exhibitions by various national groups. Massed Highland flings by l,m kilted Scotch Scouts created a big . sensation among ike American boys: - The young Yanks were immediately obsessed with a desire to take hoffle plalds aad: kilties a aouvea? ersajtaoy-wrA pollte offer to buy them from theyou&tr"- B-wnro1ecta will be ' fl Scotsmen. .uueu. e Ban- Beard, veteran American ScwuAJandoauthor, got laain fae the shuffle and foundX nunsell looking at theTlg raBy as a part .of the French'contingent. Many of the lada from France recognised him and tried toopen cohverai Won. , ,V "It was no use," said Beard if t erwards, "none of them could talk Choctaw." . We Dfint letter Heids, J3US1- lesa Cards. Fosters, Signs, Book- lets, almost anything la our- Job nop. Call 100 for prices. American ft is. r ; m w " r S ir : Girls wto have sailed from olulu include, left to right: Adelaide ixueman. Agnes ueragnty, Lisa Lindstroni, Ethel JIcGarry, Eleanor Garattv Jea McSbeeny and Es ther Foley. , 'J T EX-SALEM GIRL AUTHOR Margaret Mayo's Play Coming Here TWIN BEDS" FARCICAL Salem again acclaims a local girl who has made good in the theatrical world. This time it Is Margaret Mayo, who ten years ago was a, resident here, and was .very well-kown. Miss Mayo is the author of the fiuifthis stage fafce,'"Tftiu Biais." which- has been transplanted to the screen, In- a Fltst National Vitaphone production,1 booked for the Eliinore theatre, starting Sat urday. Thosewho recaU 'Miss , Mayo, NEW FRENCH CHIEF PARIS. July 31. (AP) While former Premier Raymond Poin care, smiling and confident enter ed the clinicwhere he will be operated on tomorrow for the ail ment which partially forced him to retire from the premiership, his old cabinetrtmder-Preialer Arist- We Brland faced parliament today and obtained the average Polncare majority of 50 votes on its declara tion, of policy. The actual majority given to the Briand ministerial declaration was 188. Radical deputies num bering 140 did not vote, by order of their proup leader. The actual vote of confidence" was 324 to 136. By the vote Premier Briand will read the French delegation to the Hague conference wlHvJhe assur ance of the "three momhs' truce" on internal politics tpr which he asked inorder to fafe the para mount issues which will absorb the government. The opposition today produced no new argument against the gov ernment, dwelling simply on the view point that the ministry does not represent the political aspira tions of the country. - The special . session of parlia ment, which had been called only to vote on the government's dec- -lafjBion wjis cUtsed-todaxs) agaln earlr in November. to-meet TAKEN B? SHERIFF GARDEN CITY, Kans.. July 31 (-AP) In custody of Sheriff L. E. Alderman, of Lmar, ;oio.. Ralnh E. Fleagle. alleged partlcl nantin the robbery of Lamar bank and subsequent murders last year. arrived here by airplane at 6 OCIOCK V.v.-B"- M ME in. -Sheriff Alderman said theyf"'- . would leave tonight for Lamar by - . - . , will accompany them. AX ter- theivi arrival, Flearl ewa taken to pol ice headquarters where his finger nrints were recorded and his nhotogranh taken. Fleagle was arrested In Kanka kee". HI., last-Friday. He waived extradition. He Is the boldest of three brothers. The other two are now in custody for alleged con nection with the robbery. Two hankers were slain during the hold-up -of the bank, another was kidnaped and slain. In their flight into Kansas the robbers kidnapped and murdered a Digh- ton, Kansas, physician H - h Pt)RTtiXNP,yOre., July 11. (AP) Additions to theOregon fotpgj rOgJiway program, were, nrovedat a recent conference ait nrovedJkt a recent conference oe- w - tween the bureau or puouc roaoa, forest service, - and the Oregon i nance d witn tne aceumuiaiea sar- inesteiL the construction ot other lanced with the aceumulated sav I niSZ? roads i An allotm Al PROGRAM IS B1VEH 1PETII ot $(0,00 or itatat!'itoSMl1,y. known funds wa made for threcon strucUon of the lit. Hood loop I road, eastward from the end o the 1927 widening toward use Wanlnlta toad, a distance of Z, miles. This amount is in addition to the $20,000 "forest highway and $40,000 state money previous ly alloted for 1129. t Forgradlng 8.2 mllei on the Fremont highways between La PlnVSoadFort Rook, $40,000 or forest liighwty money was let fhe Mermaids Sail San Francisco to compete in the N. Lambert, Lola Grow, Katherine will also remember that she had a natural gift for literary work. During her long stay in Salem, she wrote numerous amateur acts. She went east and while in New York j met Salisbury -Held, a yoaagl author. They collaborated on wtftingJhis famous ataga. hit. Now, "Twin Beds,, is proving very popular with motion picture audiences throughout the land. Aside from the stage play being such a success, the Vitaphone all talking version of this same play is pleasing all theatregoers. aside. This amount will complete the grading on the forest highway in Lake county. Near the town of Waldport; on the Alsea project. $13,000 of. for est highway money and 84,600 county and 822,400 state funds were set aside. The program calls for grading a fill across the arm of Alsea Bay and the grading of a road to a connection with the Roosevelt highways From the forest nighway funds $14,000 has een apportioned for location surveys. A surveying par ty will immediately inspect the ground from I'kiah to the vicinity or uaie in Umatilla county. " A survey of the.routh south and east to a connection with the sur vey for the Santiam highwayVn the west side of the divide also was authorized. TRIAL GETS T COLUMBUS, Ohio. Julv 31. Af) The route taken bv Dr. James H. Snook the night of June J, wnen he hammered and tlashed to death his Ohio state co ed mistress, Theora K. Hix, was retraced today by the jury ot eleven men and one woman who will hear his trial on a charge of ursi uegree. murder. me task or empanelling the ury ended abruptly Just before noon recess when Attorney John F beidel, defense attorney, an ncedthe defendant was satto- ecllned to es that remained E. O. Ricketts, another Snook attorney, arose, however, tn in form the court that while the de fense accepted the Jury, it wished to challenge the entire arra the grounds that newsnanef tmh- licity given the killing .made it im possible for the jurors to have iree and open minds. wuu nenry u. Scarlett re fused tor accede to the challenge and said the panel is as fair as fhat v.!-J The jury was sworn after recesa and a 13th. or alternate member or tne panel chosen. Three xarmers a salesm: carpenter, a coal dealer, an ehgl fceer, a grocer, a public account ant, a blacksmith, a shoe work and a housewife comprise the reg ular jury. All but one are mar ried and eight "are parents of chil d:en. Officials FaU i To Halt Legion .j, PORTLAND. Ore., July II. (AP) Oregon Citizen, a three year old bay gelding, owned by W. W. Raytmf Hlllsboro. Ore., nnset the dope" in the third and princi pal number of the American Le gion's five-race program today and .gave 3.00(9 persons a chance to greet the first thoroughbred long shot rn Multnomah county in more than 20 years. The first day of the 20-day rac- lnr nroarram beinp snonsored bv rihe ''Legldawet off without the expected interference ot .county authorities who previously had an noancedhthat gambling would not Y&b tolerated., v. - ;-,'. RTJROEOV PASSES SANTA BARB ABA, CallL, July 21. (AP)Dr. Jamea Detmars jurswui viou HOfv i.vua We are losing $50,000,e to $75,000,000 a year la western Oregon by not having milk coats to eat the waste and give the milk for the making ot the Roquet ort cneese which wo Import, and can mannfactare hero. Wa aead tko money Ao trance, for the Roque fort cheese made there, ! partly from the milk of sheep bred tor many generations tor the purpose Srill UNDER WAY AT LAS OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Orejcn, Thursday Morning for Hawaii f - - A. A. TJ. iwlmmlns erenis In Hon Brown, Eleanor Holm, Georgia E! LONDON, July 3 (AP) The British board of trade Inquiry court, after 40 days ot Investiga tion and reports as to the sinking of the liner Vestrls with loss of 112 lives last November, today found the ship was overloaded and unfit to meet the perils of the sea when she sailed from Hoboken for South America. ... A "In aeliverl&g Its JuagTnSlK. the Inquiry court put the blame for the disaster on four men, three of them New York agents ior tne Lamport and. Holt line, owners of the Vestrls, and criticised the late Captain Carey who perished with- his ship. The board said of Captain Carey that "he is not here to Justify himself." ' The court found the ship was overloaded and that the S. O. S. signal was sent out six hours later than it should have been. Alfred Woods, registered man ager of the Lamport and Holt line, was blamed for failing to take fur ther measures to prevent over loading after he had been told the Vestrls sailed overladen on a pre vious occasion. . David Cook, vice-president of Sanderson and Son. New York agents of the line, was held re sponsible for failure to take prop er and adequate measures to en sure that the vessel should not be laden beyond her load line. Harry Wheeler, marine superin tendent of Sanderson and Son, re ceived blame in lesser degree and his assistant. Captain W. S. Heas ley in still lesser degree, for their responsibility In connection with the overloadng. Messrs. Cook, Wheeler and Heasley were declared; guilty of wrongful act and default, which contributed to the loss ot the ves sel. Cook was ordered to pay $2500 and costs. As to Captain Carey, . about whose attitude in the crisis of the sinking of the Vestrls there has been much comment, the tribun al's report said: "While the court is not forgetful that the captain was a shipmaster of experience and good repute, it thinks his con duct In connectipn-wlth the boats is open" to' some criticism J' Federal Drive On Mosquitoes v Promised Officers of the Hayden Island Amusement company, which oper ates Jantzen Beach, near Portland, recently complained to Senator McNary that mosquitoes had in vaded ihe island in largejiumbers, J and asked If anything could be dene,to abate the unisance. Sena tor McNary sent the letter to gov ernment officials at Washington, With the request that they take some action. "-' " A telegram was received Wed nesday that a representative of the bureau of mosquitoes, department of . agriculture,- -had been ordered to: Portland to conduct an invest lgatlon. Claims totalling 11U9.45 hire been -paid to Statesman readers by the North American Accident e Co., la less than one year. These claims were paid on the $1.00 policy issued to States man readers.. ' See f The BOARD PUBLISHES REPQRTOrJV SIS r fJew PHc Development in i j ' Giant Ship of Air Takes Off From Friedrichshafen With Full Cargo (Continued from Pag 1.) lng the gondola, told the Associ ated Press the first part of the journey promised to be difficult because of weather conditions. Early Wednesday evening he was informed of a law pressure area over Ireland and shortly before midnight learned it had moved to the English channel. Rain and Clouds Reporter) Orer France "Our latest advices," he said. "are that there are clouds and rain ovfer northwestern France all the way as far as Strasbourg. So we shall hare a hard time flying low under those clouds. Later, however, we expect to meet better weather." Gas was pumped Into the bal loons of the Zeppelin until the last few minutes before the getaway. The Graf Zeppelin's route will be by Bejaneonn, Lyons, .Mar seilles, and Gibraltar, where Com mander Eckener expects to strike favorable winds which will quick ly push him to the Axores. After that the decision will be made whether to fly on a northerly or a southerly line tor America. Otto Manz, the. Zeppelin chef, announced the first day's menu for the Zeppelin's voyage consist ed of three hearty meals. Break fast Includes tea or coffee, fruit, bread and butter, and cold meats. Lunchean will consist of bouillon with marrow, Rhine salmon, filet 0 VPnlsOn -fllfrry, rgrnmol maVaJ and fruit. For supper there will b r pastry filled with peas, cold poul try, mixed salad and compote. For the, rest of the Journey similar menus have been prepared. The crew will get simpler fare such as soup and frankfurters, -but they always have the choice of one of4 the main dishes served passen- gers. -STOP FLIGHT IS SPOKANE, July " 31. (AP) Valentine Gephart, Seattle, secre tary oJLthe national aeronautic associnon today- informed Pilot Nick Namer that a trans conti nental non-stop refueling flight would "do more to open the eye4 ot the traveling public to air travel than any of these flights where the ships simply- cruise around the airport." Gephart suggested that Mamer and his co-pilot, Art Walker, wire the national aeronautic associa tion requesting official sanction of the flight they are planning, and asking that one ot its repre sentatlves install a baroraph In Mamer's plane, to make official any records that might be broken. Mamer is continuing technical preparations for the projected coast to coast hop, while the air derby association ot Spokane, an organization of business men in terested In. aviation, 'today decid ed to sponsor the flight. Private citizens had encouraged Mamer's project. '- y -: HOLLYWOOD Homo of 23c Talkie- AGAIJ jONIGHT IFFITH EOS ILmiilm EXPERIENCED LADY - HAIRCUTTER J ' ' .'. The Cottage Beauty SHoppo 1605 N.JCapitom.t Phone 2829 The Latest U August i, 1929 HEAT LIKELY ! j Official Forecast Indicates Brief j Respite From Heat Wave (Continued from Fags 1.) the weather experienced all sum mer in the- Mobile district. Not extreme high temperatures but extreme .high humidities are en countered there he says. Sun stroke is Bald to be practically un known in regions where such sum- mefweather predominates, Mr. Presco.tt commented. PORTLAND. Ore., July ST. (AP) Relief from the torrid weather of the past week was seen tonight by the government weath er bureau here today from where a prediction for cooler and a drop in temperature come. Eighty-eight degrees was the highest in Portland today. Other Oregon points reported a cessation Of high temperature. WASHINGTON, July 21. (AP) Little prospect for material and continued relief was forseen to day by the weather bureau from the blanket ot heat and drought with which for some time Mother Nature has covered widespread pas of the country. This view ot the weather man was disclosed today in a summary of conditions for the past week and was received with aalgh in the eapital, especially by members of the senate finance commltteeY?gax i, strong enough to soon car- and the federal farm board who daily toU in hot rooms with the doorajcjgsed Win Is need for rain was stressed In the weather report except for some gulf states. -It said drought conditions in New England, the great plains states and cotton bel' wer,e acut,e. Forestry officials also were keeping an eye on the weather in the hope, dissipated somewhat by the report that rains might assist in-combatting, forest fires in many section. The report said the temperature ranged from six to 11 degrees above the seasonal average for the past week In nearly all por tlonsbf the country except the southeastern tier ot states. A general rain, it added, would be beneflclarto much of the corn belt while the "northwest con tinues generally dry." Northwest Crope Will Bo Light "Crop prospects In the north west," it continued, "are discour aging, although in sections where Irrigation is nracticed excellent fadvance was made. Showers were beneficial in some central Rocky STARTS ' TOMORROW JACK DOROTHY REVlCR t - rncictv nt ban ; 1 1 frrM m antonio 1 XXXVkVVv Vitaphone ,P MORENO Jj jlll Production! LAST TIMES TODAY f&"XtSt Also I DONT MISS IT! . II iMij Unique I KARNER BROS-z. f OT Xf) stage I tn if55 y v Nove'ty J - viNVrr S "Trn i i also I C(r llijrl Beds" , L. CARLOS MF.IER Presents . X3(rtT jT y . Comedy 1 fc-- - MiaiAture Musical Production" U aa 1 i iia n i LM1JI a in i j i ut ' - If and Auul.. Ji I ' ' Vitaphone VI . I fnrt.w . T-.Bfii I! i III S K MOVTEtONBWS I j ' qBLAOTS THAT ARE W carrr ta rtodc Wm tmsaetkms. Ed af Sab, Buflggg Contrari, FtmaiMaarj Notes; Iirftalimrnt Kotca, Gesieral Leasav Pawer oT Attorney, Prano Books aad Pstds, Scale Bo ceipta, etc. Tbesa f oans arw carefalry arepared for the coorta aad criratecss. Pika cm fotps nose frcsa 4 ctsU to 18 cents apiece, and The Statesman Publishing Go. LEGAL BLANK HCADQU ABTE23 Mountain districts and the south west, where the range and water supply revived but the great basin is generally dry. As well as the more western states." Sections of the northern states were said to have been too hot for harvesting, men and animals being unable to work In the ter rific heat. Late spring wheat, the report added, continued to deteriorate in North Dakota while the crop was reported "poor to only fair in Montana, with many fields re porting a complete failure." E SWIMMING IN POOL Cool, clear, water racing down a riffle to a shaded pool, a plank with some burlap on it for a dir ing board are the makings ot a gpod swimming hole. That is just what the hundred and more boys and girls who hare been using the Fourteenth street playground have. So raany boys and girls are fre quenting the playground that it has become necessary to restrict them to halt-hour shifts. Boys get one 30-minute period and the girls the next. The small pool is crowd ed with the two-shift system that is not at all popular with the youngsters. Only 17 youngsters have had to be pulled out by Miss Balderee, girls director, and Maxle Langf ord, lifeguard. Most of the ones calling for help have been more scared than in danger. The pool Is shal low enough that they could touch bottom except for a small area In front of the diving board. The cur ry anyone In trouble to water less than three feet deep. A cf Id finis in ,thpi pool have been few despite the fact that on th playground side of the cretfk large rocks come up to the surface at the foot of the bank. One boy disregarding the warning I ot others dove in close to the bank and Injured his head and shoulder on the rocks. Langf ord in diving in after a little girl in trouble, drag ged his leg on a rock and .received a bad cut which has turned out to be not serious. Read the Classified Ads. Hurry! -r-M-L It"En Friday N V V SB El Sal a -aw H W W 21 MISS '''J;! KLJ d IT! 1 SHE GAVE HER LIFE FOR HER " II ! TitTfivi a amin i a nntin H An All A Greater I S-T- BILLIE 1 Talking lt DOVE I "A X? Supported by I CAREERS .An important vestigate our courses cisionUOpen all the 383 North errtr 115 lenl blanks anited to waxj hm jost.thm tafmytm mrm i wamam to erder forma, Read Notice. fornaaUQtxit Claim Deeds. Abslnct forms. PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY At Ofkv GrsNmFlottr RIOTS AGIST IB-MID nnmmunists to Staoe-Dem- onstrations All Over World, Report (Continued from Pas 1.) soldiers, gendarmes and police gathered at strategic points rady j to deal with communists threats of , j violence tomprrow when , worU wide communistr" demonstrations' are expected, I Perfect of Police Chiape confer red with subordinates throughout th!55 day completing pl?ns to pre vent trouble. Opinion is divided whether there will be serious riot ing. The official orgn of the com munist party continues to exhort the workers to go nto the streets and show their strength -but the Aggressive tone of previous issues and of posters and pamphets seem to have been toned down since the - ' arrest of 120 agitators and search ot tnore than 3t0 houses by police. Police have learned that com munists have Important military documents as well as information concerning the telephone system of Paris they are not entitled to possess. The search of the apart ment ot a woman teacher Is al leged to have revealed this In formation. It is declared the teacher stored In a school building a large, quan tlty ot tracts inciting soldiers to desertion and preaching civil war.7" The police have given warning they do not propose io trifle to morrow withany disturbance. All trouble wa be vigorously dealt with and anr? foreirnir vfaim' among the agitators will be con ducted to the frontier. MAN SLEEPS AT WHEEL ALBANY, Ore., July 31. ( AP) Walter Herboldt, 23, Corvallis. went to sleep at the wheel of his auto today and crashed Into the concrete pier of an overhead rail road t crossing. Th car was smash'ed and Herboldt suMered minor cuts. Austria has decided to extend copyrights from 30 to. 60 years. question, indeed. In before making ade- year. High Street LEGAL most mmy bnshieaa lautt for at a bil - ? VYa rcrea. Arste- 1 i: II ' I 1 1 - r E I I V- a is . mm lit . t. - , . . j-