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PAGE TWO STOCK MARKET UPON RAMPAGE Bull Movement Drives All Bears to Cover as J Prices Rise NEW OHK, Aug. 16. (AP) A bull market reminiscent of the Tielent upturns ot late last year, developed on the stock ex change today, rg bears fled to cover before the brokerage loan figures, showing a decline of ?G,- 009.000, and operators for tie adTaaca launched one of the most powerful upward drives of the ear. , - An Impressive assort meat of leading issues r,ere bid up 2 to more than 16 points to record lev els, ana several hock price aver ages and indices broke one? more Into new high ground. Trading was In the largest volume- witnessed in a rising market since last March. 4.800,000 shares changing hand. Among the leaders were General Electric, rising 9 points to loach 400 for the first time and Stand ard of New Jersey, soaring near ly 8 points to a new high at 701. American Machine end Foundry was bid up about 16 points to a record price at- 2 10. Some weekend profit Jakiag appeared in the final dealings, and several issues slipped off 1 to 3 points from their best levels of the day. U. S. Stoel rose more than 4 points, but closed only about a point higher. General Mo tors and Bethlethem each sagged a fraction, and Lambert, Greene Cananea, and Youngswwn Sheet and Tube were among isolated soft spots, closing 2 to 6 points lower. A&am 3 Express, appearing on the tape for the first time since Monday, traded at 575, off 57 points. ME CIIE8E1E GIVES NEW BOOST Continued from Pmxe t.) deliveries in kind by Germany. They would reduce the total to the lowest possible limit and re strict the duration of deliveries as far as possible. On the cruicial point of repara tions of the Young plan annuities, they thought it would be possible to provide part of the sum Mr. Snowden demanded. Their offer was said to amount to 30,000.000 marks annually; (roughly $7,500,000). In uncon ditional annuities which would sStisfy 60 per cent of the British claims. The four creditor powers pro posed to do It by attributing to the British part of the balance arising from payments by Ger many nnder the Dawes plan until September 1, Instead of April 1. That balance was already ear marked in the Young plan to pro vide for the claims of the smaller creditor, but other measures are being considered to satisfy these. The French delegation has been negotiating with the smaller pow ers represented at the Hague In order to give them satisfaction In revision of the debt settlement tor the sacrifices they are asked to make under the Young plan. .So far as known Philip Snow den has not committed himself on the proposal of the other cre ditors. The British chancellor has simply consented to postpone the date for final decision, on his res olution to revise' the Young plan. In any case the mere fact that a crucial step has been postponed served to relieve tension at The Hague tonight and renew hopes that a compromise might be suc cessfully effected. Foreign Minister Gustav Stress mann of Germany had conversa tions: today with Premier Brland about the evacuation of the Rhineland. Concessions to Germany on early evacuation of the Rhineland have been mentioned in the past In connection with any sacrifices she might hare to made to aid a financial statement Many of the delegates at. the Hague thoueai it was unlikely Mr. Snowden would accept the new proposals submitted by the other creditors. But he will reply to them in writing and consented to -post-ponment of the financial commit tee session In order to do so. E Ef! (Continued from Page 1.) owner of the ear located at Hop kins. He was picked up then Thursday night on a charge of driving while drank, and is held in the city Jan. When the- child-vletlm's body was found Wednesday morning in a dark spot la south Minneapolis, her hands and feet were bound with heavy twine and she was wrapped in two bloodstained gun nysacks. ' Ot tlri aix men still held in jail tonight,' three art brothers who operate a shoe store near the Aune home. One was Questioned all night by detectives, but hell consistently to his story that he knew nothing; of the crime. Two other does which authori ties hoped might . develop somo trail to the killer was the finding of the little girl's tarn o'shanter In the street a short distance front her home and the story ot two women that they heard screams from a vacant lot nearby the night of the thud's kidnaping.- . Officers pelleted the finding of the hat showed the route taken by the girl's slayer after the kid naping, while the story of t h e cries v connected : perfectly with FOLIC GET 1m CLUES TO Mill their theory that Dorothy had been held prisoner In some hiding place Tuesday night before her strangled body was tossed from an automobile early Wednesday morning. While police pressed their seareh for the slayer, the grief stricken parents ot Dorothy made preparations for her funeral to morrow, with indications that one of the largest crowds in recent M3tory would attend the services. Members ot Dorothy's Sunday school class will be pallbearers. FLESR IS FOUND PROFITieiE ! (Continued from Pan 1.) ! state flax plant, and perhaps more week before the last settlements j lot this year's crop are called for. j .To Rot lOOO Tons , The early threshing will allow of much more than the nsual ret ting of the current year's flax. It i Is ejected that 1.000 tons will be- ! put through the tanks before the i tall rains make it impossible to ret more. Flax can be retted only when there Is sunshine to dry it. Flax harvest and the various other seasonal tasks are making the prison forces so busy that they have not enough men to go around. . Work on the new garage and dormitory building has been 8U?reded. and so has that on the swine building and the poultry houses at the prison annex, that r.-as the old reform school farm After the harvest rush of course. all this work will be resumed and pushed. The two local linen mills are being supplied with their demands for line fiber and spinning tow of the various grades. The- Miles mill t to Iff no- XKnnA tn tCftflO worth a month, and the Pregon Linen Mills,, Inc., about an equal amount; and the latter will be fore long be using very much more. The Kiwanians during fjeir vis it in Salem are to be taken through the state flax plant, when every single part ot the work will bo shown; all in operation. This will be the first time this will have ever been possible. In the history of' the industry at the prison. TP WSTEB FOR f Continued from Par O May 23. 1928. shot and killed three of its officials and a doctor and escaped with more than $100,000. Royston. night engineer of a cement plant near San Andreas, was arrested at his home in San Andreas this afternoon by Chief of Police H. D. Harper ot Color ado Springs. Colo., Clarence Mor rill, chief of the California state bureau of criminal identification and investigation and Sheriff Jo seph Zwin&e of Calaveras county while other local, state and feder. al officers surrounded the house. Royston submitted to arrest with out resistance. Morrill quoted Royston as ad mitting that he was the man who fired five shots at A. N. Parrish, president of the bank during the holdup and that Parrish in . turn shot him through the law. Mor rill declared that Royston claimed none ot his bullets were account able for Parrish's death. The elder Parrish, his son, John F. Parrish, cashier of the bank and Assistant Cashier Everett A. Kessinger wefe slain by the ban dits. Kesslnger was kidnapped by them and-his bullet riddled body found the day following the rob bery beside a road In Kansas. Dr. W. W. Wineingerof Digh. ton, Kansas who was ordered to treat Royston's injuries through a ruse was found shot to death a few days after the robbery near Oakley. Kansas. Harper stated tonight that the doctor was com pelled to stay with Royston for 36 hours treating his bullet wound. t E. A. Lundgren, teller of the Lamar bank was also kidnapped by the bandits but later released unharmed. Finger prints taken in Stock ton. Cal., where Jacke Fleagle, two other men and a woman were arrested in February 19 2 on sus picion when a number of guns and several hundred rounds of am. munition "were found in their rooms, were responsible for the roundup of the Lamar handit gang. Judging by the history of the search as outlined by authori ties here tonight. BAPTIST CHURCH IS SWEPT BY FLIES FORT WORTH, Texas. Aug. 16. (AP) Tire for the third time swept through properties of the First Baptist churcE here today, destroying its educational build ing. Dr. J, Frank Norris, noted fundamentalist, is pastor. The tire was caused by a spark from a torch, used to remove de bris from the wins ot the church's auditorium destroyed by fire last January. Several times before fire ment had been called te exting uish fires in the structure from the same cause. Seven companies of firemen battled for- more than an henr te prevent the .flames from spread ing. A filling station nearby add ed to the danger of fire tighten. Fire has plagued the church for many years. In the first blase, a number ot years ago, the main banding wee destroyed. Dr. Nor ris wst , iadkted and triedon charges ot .Arson In connection woth the flrer bat, after a- bit ter conrt trial, he was acquitted. Two years ago Dr. Norria. shot and killed D. E. Chlpps, wealthy Texas lumberman, tn the preach er's stidy at the church build lag. He. was acquitted. TTie pas- claimed Chlpps had threatened life. - HK The 5TH REFUELING E Spokane Sun God Arrives at Rock Springs on Long Endurance Flight (Continued from Pac 1.) rise Mamer, whose plane is eqnap ped with a radio receiver, the weather is clear between Rock Springs and Cheyenne, a distance of about 200 miles. DENVER. Aug. 16 (AP) N. B. "Nick- Mamer, and Art Walk er In the plane Spokane Sun God, seeking a long distance and en durance refueling flight record, flying over Rock Springs, Wyo., were asked in a broadcast from radio station KAO, Denver, to proceed eastward to Cheyenne to. night as storms they expected to encounter had passed and the weather was good. SPOKANE. Aug. 16 (AP) Vern Bookwalter Informed the National Air Derby Association by telegram that be had Jigged his plane with lights at Cheyenne. Wyo., and that Nick Mamer and Art Walker were bringing the Sun God there from Rock Springs where a night refueling would be made. ROCK SPRINGS. Wyo.. Aug. 16 (AP) Nick Mamer and Art Walker, piloting the Spokane Sun God in an attempt to set a new long distance and endurance re fueling flight record, dropped a note to the airport here tonight, saying they would circle over Rock Springs until daylight. The Sun God previously had made four refueling contacts with a plane rushed here this after noon' from Cheyenne at the re quest of the Sun God's pilots, tak ing on 300 gallons ot gasoline. The refueling plane was flying near the Sun God, and all lights on the airport here were turned on so that either or both planes could land If necessary, though the reason for the endurance pi lots deciding to stay here all night instead of proceeding to Chey enne, where arrangements had been made for a night refueling of the plane, was not known. ELSE STARTS The gala opening of Salem's greater m'ovie season will be ush ered in by the Elslnore .Theatre, commencing today, with Para mount's super all-talking, singing and dancing sensation, "The Co coanuts." VThe Cocoanuts" features those nationally famous four Marx brother, who are considered the most versatile of musical comedy favorites. This talking production offers a rapid-fire repartee and is chuck full of wholesome laughter and situations. Aside from having the Marx Brothers in the cast, there is also Mary Eaton, who has co starred with Eddie Cantor in the famous Broadway musical show, "Whoopee," which is now break ing records in New York. Oscar Shaw, another Broadway star, also offers admirable support. The musical portion ot ''The Co coanuts" was exclusively written by that master popular confposer, Irving Berlin, whose "hit" song numbers have won for him an in ternational refutation. Berlin's new number, "When My Dreams Come True" is the theme selection in "The Cocoa nuts, and is a very entrancing melody. FIRE LOSSES WILL WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. (AP) Forest service officials en gaged in preparing a compilation of this year's timber acreage dam aged by blazes expressed the opin ion today that the fire . losses would mount to a higher figure than last year, especially in un protected areas. At the same time the service issued a compilation ot the forest fire losses during last year. This showed 4,428,500 acres of protect ed forest land burned with an es timated loss of 8,583,620 and 3.- 502,810 acres burned in .unprotec ted areas with a 174,350,600 loss, Last year's record deomnstra- ted the effectiveness, the service said, of organized protection In holding down forest fire losses. Of the 668,354.010- acres of forest land la the United States 68.J per cent last tear had somo sort of organised protection either by the government, private owners or by federal, state and private agencies cooperating under the Clarke-McNary law. There were. however, 178,865.050 acres of 31 5 per cent f the total area still 1930 CONTACT I GREATER MOVIES BE H16H THIS YEAR nrosoiME now on : Choice of colors Light used cars Otto ta Chan, at High' OREGON STATESMAN. Salcxa in need of protection. Fire damage on the protected area was less than one eighth of that on the unprotected area. The service's reports showed a total of 177,362 forest fires la the United States last year, ot which 40,579 broke ont oa protected lands and 16,362 on unprotected areas. The forest service said that care less smokers had caused 8,346 fires or 20 per cent of the total. Iaeeadiarism ranked next as a cause being responsible tor 7,271 fires or 17.9 per cent. The states around the Gulf ot Mexico had the greatest number of the 192S fires with S 9.1 2 5 an protected area tires and 12,937 blazes in the protected forest land. MILLI0IE PARTY Speedboat Sinks After Col lision With ' Sight seeing Craft ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. T. Aug. 16. (AP) W. Charles Lipe, Sy racuse, millionaire, his wife and Captain Ford Dodge, pilot of his Speedboat, were reported here to night to hare drowned when Llpe's craft, the "Giggle." sank three miles west of here in a col lision with a sightseeing boat. "The Thousand Islander." Llpe's luxurious boat was re ported to have crashed into the side of the 60-foot "Thousand Isl ander" as the later swung around Cherry Island on the way to this place. The "Thousand Islander" began to sink Immediately after the crash, and all the 63 persons aboard donned life preservers on the order of Captain Devilla Rog ers. The large craft was 'owned by the Combined Boat Line Tour, of Alexandria Bay. When it became known that the largo pleasure craft was going down, panic among the passengers broke loose. Many of them hurled themselves into the water without waiting to put on life preservers. The "Thousand Islander" went down in teh minutes after the col lision. Many of the passengers stuck to the craft rather than take chances in the deep water in the main channel of the St. Law rence. Other boats in the vicinity were reported to have picked up most of these after the craft went down. It was reported here that all who leaped into the water were picked up by these crafts. Dr. D. L. Gokey of this place rendered assistance to those brought in, several of the rescued were treat ed for shock. The number plate from Lipe's boat was found imbedded in the side of the excursion craft. Members of the excursion party said that at the moment of the crash "of the crafts they saw a woman hurled or leaped from Lipe's craft. The Llpe boat went down almost at once. Some ot the few "Thousand Isl ander" passengers tried to swim to shore. Most of those on this craft lost their money, luggage and much of their clothes when it went down. Work Upon Gas Mains is Being Pushed Rapidly The necessary franchises re. quired by the Portland Gas & Coke Company to bring Gas from Portland, to Salem through 52 miles of high pressure mains, have now all been granted and work is progressing. "The Salem people,"- said J. Earl Jones, assistant sales mana ger of the company, "have cer tainly shown us a hearty welcome and many people have already signed np for gas, while every body who has seen the modern gas appliances has expressed a great deal of Interest." LOS ANCZLES Convenience Comfort ZKospitality Yon will appreciate the eaectUne service and moderate rates. The dry's most centrally located hotel. One block from Paniung Square i mmiiiiwi to afi leading loop, theatres, financial institutions and electric depots for aO resects, Gang adjoining. Al OaBi RooP & Wfcfc Bb OmMm ft ss. p. H IncsmOW t4- FrUnJly IVca FuMt SiMvsom, XXracMc Models at so extra coat. waited In trad. He Tel. 1000 HS HARBOR Pi m display Oregon, Saturday Morning, BIG SHIP IRE THAN HALFWAY Graf Zeppelin Roars on East Toward Destination in Japanese Empire (Continued from Page 1.) German craft with her crew of forty and international passenger list of twenty, sailed serenely np over the shoulder of Asia toward the Arctic circle. Since rising from Friedrlchshatea at dawn Thursday she has been eating away the 7,009 mile distance from her horns hangar to Tokyo at an average speed of more than 69 miles an hour. Verst by verst, mile by mile, a new chapter of the romance of the air is told ,by terse dispatches marking the progress of the great airship. Eight Hoars Needed Te Cross Russia Crossing the western Soviet frontier near Dvinsk at 2:30 a m., (EST) Friday the Graf Zep pelin streaked across European Russia in about eight hours. Be fore ten a. m., (EST) she had left Europe behind as she crossed the Urals, where runs the continental line. On the railway from Perm, west ot the Urals to Nadezhdinsky, on the eastern slope, a signpost marks the boundary. On one side ot the pole reads Europe and on the other Asia. Skirting storm and bad weath er, nosing through ' clouds and treacherous air- currents - like a thing alive the Zeppelin left Eu rope behind before noon, cleared the Urals and -roared on into Si beria. Already she is in touch with the Russian wireless" station at Irkutsk on Lake Baikal. - ' Graf Approaches Siberian Steppes By Saturday morning the Graf Zeppelin will be over the heart of the Siberian steppes, but five or six hundred miles north of the Transiberian railway line. No lonelier part of the world exists than the wastes ot plains and shal low river valleys through which great streams flow to the Arctic. But all is well aboard the air ship, according to messages radio ed to Freidrichshafen, and Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the craft, is well within the scheduled time of the flight. He estimates 120 hours of flying necessary to reach Tokyo from Friedrichshafen while the Graf is capable of re maining aloft 150 hourg. The airship is due in Tokyo Monday. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, G e r many, Aug. 17. (Saturday) (AP) The Zeppelin works here reported, this morning that the Graf Zeppelin was at 80 east lon gitude. 62 north latitude at 11 p. m.. Friday GMT. This report, correcting the time given earlier in an unofficial re port of the same position, indicat ed that the Graf Zeppelin was making a speed of about 82 miles an hour over western Siberia. Earlier reports had spoken of fa vorable weather with a following wind. The position is about 300 miles northwest of Tomsk and about 700 miles east and slightly north of Kixel, which was passed about seven and a half hours earlier. The giant airship at this point had covered nearly half the dis- Loulae Rice, world famotu graphologist, can positively reed your talents, virtues and faults in the drawings, words end what nota that you scribble when flost in thought". Bend yew "scribbling "or signature fbr eadysb. Xado the picture of the MUcade baad. eat frw a a bea ef Mikado peodtoTiad lie Hi fl ilili I nulii r' - r kaout pENca co, new took an Oc Haveihr DO NOT BURDEN YOUR WIFE WITH THE SETTLING OF YOUR ESTATE. IMAGINE HER IN YOUR PLACE. handling' your business, liquidating: it, appraising your assets, disposing of them, reinvesting; the proceeds I taking your place as head of the family, managing the family funds and their investment, with all the anxiety entailed! IT WILL BE BOTH WISE AND KIND FOR YOU TO FREE HER FROM THIS DIFFICULT TASK, AND APPOINT THIS EXPERI ENCED INSTITUTION AS YOUR EXECUTOR. Ladd & Bush Trust Gome August 17, 1929 tance from Friedrichshafen to Tokyo. BERLIN, Aug. 17. (AP) (Saturday) A Kovno dispatch to the telegraphen onion reported the Graf Zeppelin at 89 east longi tude 62, north atitude at 11 p. m. Friday, mid European time (6 p. m., Friday EST), the report relayed by way of Ekaterinburg and Moscow, said the airship was making for the northern end of Lake Baikla. 'The position given in the Kovno dispatch is approximately 200 miles northwest of Tomsk and is 700 miles east and slightly north ot Kie which the airship flew over about 6 hours earlier. This would Indicate an unusual speed of about 100 miles an hour, but it was .assumed that the radioed po sition was only approximate since no minutes were given with the degrees. MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Aug. 16. (AP) The Graf Zeppelin passed over Kisel, the largest pit coal region ot the Urals at 6:30 p. m. (10:30 a. m., EST) and dropped a package of six post Cards. The post cards were addressed by Dr. Johann C. Karlin, Russian meterologist, to Russian aviation leaders, relatives and friends. The message on each said: "Owing to the wind Dr. Hugo Eckener re fused to pass over Moscow which would have resulted in loss of eight or ten hours." Kizel is about 160 miles east of Perm and is located on a branch railroad line which connects with that city. Half an hour before the dirigible arrived over the mines the Zeppelin was reported to have crossed the Kosva river proceeding toward Verhoturye. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16 (AP) George F. Aim argued with the wrong motorist here to day. When a machine drove np be hind Aim's car in such a position that it could not be backed out. Aim refused to move. When the motorist came forward to argue. Aim removed his hands from the wheel. Later, in police court, Aim was fined $10 and his driver's license was suspended for six months. The motorist was City Commis sioner and Acting Mayor C. L. Bigelow. SALEM HEIGHTS BENEFIT At End of Busline South RED LIPS with CHAS. ROGERS and MARIAN NIXON TONITE 10 15c The Better Entertainment LAST TIMES TODAY Starts Sunday POX AEL STAR CAST Vltaphone Acta. Movtetonewa my MOTORIST ARGUES WITH WRONG Mi mem ""57 CHINA INVADED IS CLAIM MADE Official Notice to be Sent At Once to Kellogg Signatories (ConUnued from Page 1.) order of the Chineso direction of the railway. They accuse the Chinese ot hurriedly tilling the vacated posts with their own na tionals and last night Vice com missar of, Foreign Affairs L. M. Karakahn gave official notice that tho Soviet government would not be bound by any contracts or agreements concerning the railway made after its seizure. The railway had been operated by a joint directorate under a treaty made in 1924. The Chinese expelled the Russian officials n the charge that they had used their commercial positions for po litical purposes. Rev. John Evans Is Here Sunday Rer. John J. Evans, well known former pastor of the First Chris tian church here, will preach from his old pulpit Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Erans are returning from the International conven tion held recently in Seattle and will be here over Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Howe, of the local church, were also in attendance at th econventlon, from which they have just returned. Mr. Howe will give a convention re. port at the Sunday evening ser vice. HTHED, Use a Dash of Sugar to Make Many Foods Delightful Modern science emphasizes that a Umlted diet is monotonous and that It Is bad for na. For enjoy ment and for health, eat varied, balanced foods. The greatest ally of the balanc ed diet is flavor. Good cooking is the foundation of healthful eat ing. The woman in the home la the guardian of our diet, and thus of our health. Learn the secret of a dash of sugar in making cereals, fruits and milk desserts delicious. Try also the old secret of delicious cookery just rediscovered by four women cooking experts working in a New York skyscraper. Add a tablespoon of sugar to vege. tables whUe they are cooking in a small amount of water. Note how tho vegetables improve In color, in freshness and in flavor.' The dash of sugar does not make! tho vegetables taste sweet It makes them more delightfully! their own natural vegetable selves than ever. Slfmness has gone out of date. The angular figure is no longer, fashionable. Don't rorae and; don't limit four family's diet to a few foods. Most foods are more delicious and nourishing with sugar. Good food promotes good health. Tho Sugar Insti tute. adr. BALANCED FOODS Perhaps You Would Like a Portable Electric Sewing Machine THE hundred-and-one household conveniences are. offered to you every day through the Want Ads. They often represent sacri fice $ales people moving away, families broken up, sudden need of funds! Often the merchandise is as good as new. At any rate, it costs you nothing to investigate . . . it may save you many dollars -or hours of drudgery. If yon do not want to pay cash perhaps you hare something to trade . . or perhaps the sale of some article of furni ture or apparel wifl bring about th possession of the thing you most covet. At least you can try I CaH 500 . We take Want Ads over the phone Two Salem Men To Take Course tt At Army Post Captain Clifford M. Irwin, of Salem, commanding the headquar ters battery, 249th coast artillery, will take the coast artillery offi cers training courses at Fort Mon roe, Va. Sergeant Andrew O. Ba ker, also ot Salem, will accom pany the captain. All battery officers take the courses at tho fort which la on Hampton Roads opposite Norfolk. The fort is maintained as a train ing school for regular army offi cers. National guard, reservo corps, R. O. T. C. and C. M. T. C. troops ot the third corps area train there during the summer. Kantner to Give Sermon at Park Service Sunday The Rev. W. C. Kantner will de liver the sermon at the church services in Willson park Sunday afternoon. T S, MacKensIo will preside at the meeting which will begin at- 3:20 o'clock. "Eye Hath not Seen" from tho Holy City by Gaul will be sung by Miss Thelma Davis. Communi ty singing will be led by Joseph Benner. There will bo only one more meeting this summer. ELSINORE Atil&ddlS! Exclusive showing of the American Legion Parade NOW SHOWING! Hollywood Theatre (Home of tho 25c Talkies) Last Times Today WHY nn GOOD? e v Matinee 8:00 P. M. Today ATlot OoiiomoLFtehirt v7 araKa i a Also Comedy and News Reel The Carnation Kid" Starts Sunday COLLEEN W 1 1