Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1929)
- i -4 -V - k f . A GREAT FAIR! The State Fair ia Salem this year ia to be the best -as well aa the largest la. the history of Oregon. WEATHER Generally fair today and Monday; ni f 1 d tempera tares. Max. temperature Saturday 63; min. 40; river -2.4; raJa .05; wind south. t FOUMDEP . 1691 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 154 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 22, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS St BUILDERS BURDEN ON Peculiar Ignorance Shown Of Shearer Situation; Two Testify "Disapproval", Passed Down To Employe Who Never - Was Discharged . WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP) Although their company contributed to the $25,000 paid William B. Shearer for his servi ces at the Ill-fated Geneva naval conference, both Charles M. Schwab and Eugene Grace testi fied today, to the senate commit tee investigating the situation that they did not know of the propa gandist's employment until after the parley collapsed. The former Is chairman of the hoard of the Bethlehem Steel cor poration, parent company to the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora tion, which shared th; $25.00 Shearer payment with' -the- 'New port news shipbuilding and dry dock corporation and the New York shipbuilding company. Grace Is president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation. Disapproval Expressed By Charles Schwab . Schwab deplored Shearer's em ployment as ."unwise." Asked by the senate investigators what he had done about It when Informed of the employment,. Schwab said he had left that to Grace. ' Grace said he had called S. W. Waleman, vice-president of his company, and told him he thought the action "rather unwise and a thing 1 don't approve." ; Wakeman' is still in the employ of the Bethlehem company and sat with Schwab and Grace in the committee room ready to testify. He will be called Monday. Kortnaa P. Parker . of New York Called . t Before getting under way today. Chairman ? Schortrldge of the in vestigating committee,' called upon Norman F. Parker, vice president and treasurer of the; New York Shipbuilding cbnpany.f a' subsid iary of the America .Bnrf-aTBo-veri 'Electric corporation, to pro duce the "records showing the ex act nature of the payments from the 1143,000 fund raised by the Bflipbjill.dera'to be used for work at Washington when the Jones White merchant marine act was passed, a 'year ago. Parker agreed to obtain the . data. A neW course in the inquiry was Indicated later when Chair man Shortridge said that members of the American delegation to the Geneva parley, naval officers and newspapermen who reported the cession would be called to tell of Shearer's activities there. Christian Science services were held Saturday aftern'oon at Rig don's for Everett Elmer Miner, six year old son of C. C. Miller of Salem. Following the services, the body was sent to The Dalles for Interment. . ., ' " The boy's body was found at .1:20 Saturday morning In Mill creek, near 25th street, by H. V. Knhn, a guard at the state peni tentiary. Searchers had worked all night hunting for the body. It was found in a pool a short distance below where the lad fell ln. . The work of locating the body would have been .more difficult had DVt the Oregon Pulp and Pa per company shut off the water from the diversion Intake at Stay- ton. This made the water In the creek drop to a level such that the search could be made by wad ing. SERVICE STATION BURNED TOLEDO, Ore., Sept 21. (AP) The new log cabin service sta tion owned by James Blodgett and son near Blodgett was completely destroyed by fire of undetermined Origin at 2 o clock this morning, The plant was valued at $2,000. EACH OTHER lOHDliDH P. E. P. Efforts to Control . Marion Lake Resources Given Hearing T With opposing arguments aimed principally at the threatened di version of all water from 2.7 miles of the North. Santlam river, the postponed hearing upon the granting of. a permit sought by the Northwest' Power company, a subsidiary of the Portland Elec tric Power company, will he held Monday forenoon In .the state . house before State Engineer Rhea Luper and a representative of the federal power commission. City Attorney Fred A. Williams, .who .will represent Salem in Its protest - against the granting of this permit, recently made a trip through the Marlon lake region, from whleh the petitioning com pany plans to appropriate water for power development. He was Schools To Op en Fori Fall Session V Summer Vacation Comes to Close Today For Salem Pupils; More Than 5000 Are Expected to Take up Studies VACATION period is at an school children in the city mo; a new school year will open, with 192 teachers on hand in the 12 local schools to bid welcome old and new seekers after knowledge. Although registration at the senior high school and jun ior highs shows better than before the opening of school last year, first day and even first ARE TOJE CURBED Principal Introduces Regu lation -to Prohibit Pre vious Practices Salem high school students, or at least those wbx have been used to roaming more or less at will about the building, are going to find something of a change in reg ulations when they return to school Monday morning. Principal Fred D. Wolf has announced that students must attend for either a half or full day, and that no stu dent will be permitted to leave the building during half day ses sions. ' Only exception to this rule will be made for pupils who are tak ing music lessons, and in this In stance, students, will be expected to arrange their lesson period, either the first thing in the morn ing or the first thing after lunch. PupUs will not be permitted to leave one class room to do work. In another class, or in other words, teachers will, not be allow ed ' to "steal! students . from an other class. . The promiscuous running to the library will also be given s, set back this' year;- whith- a regular permit system to be put into af fect here. Teachers may allow only so many- pupils from the study hall to go to the library, and all pupils must pass to the -library during the flve-mlnute period be-, tween classes. -- These changes are designed to do away with much 'of the confu sion that has existed- about the building during' school hours n the past years and to make for a greater efficiency In the class room, Wolf says. Post graduate students, too, are expected to keep busy every period, with no loafing time. Lindy Ends Second Lap Of Journey SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 21. (AP) Bettering his schedule by more than half an hour for the second time today, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh completed the second day of his 7.000-mile flight to extend the United States mail to Dutch Guiana, when he landed here at 3:31 o'clock this afternoon. Leaving Santo Domingo at 1:04 p. m.the flying colonel made the 250-air-mlles to San Juan in two hours 27 minutes, just 33 minutes under schedule, on his morning flight from Santiago De Cuba to Port An Prince, Colonel Llnd begr had bettered the time for the 2.89-mlle jaunt by 34 minutes against varying headwinds. A large welcome party was on han to greet the plane when it swooped down to a perfect land ing on the Pan-American field at San Juan. Colonel Lindbergh and his party wjll spend the night here and leave In the morning for their sweep around the Caribbean cir cle. Following the Wifward and Leeward islands on his route to Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. omorrow accompanied by R. D. Cooper, en gineer, who prepared maps which will be offered in evidence la the city's ease. . . .. According to Mr. Williams, the discretion of allowing or refusing a permit for the use of these wat ers rests, under a law paased at the last legislative session, upon the state conservation commis sion, the members of which are the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. Protestants, In addition to the city of Salem, include the city of Albany, the state fish and game commissions, the ' Oregon - Game Protective association, Santlam Fish and Game association, Mar- CTnra te Tw 4. Column fcf Of City Monday end for the more than 5,000 of Salem, and tomorrow morn- week attendance this year is f expected to fall considerably below first figures for last year, in the high school, not more .than a 75 per cent at tendance is anticipated, although registration has crept appreciably above the 1100 mark. Many stu dents who have registered have seemed reluctant to relinquish jobs until classes actually start, however all students who report late to the senior high will be ex pected to make up in full meas ure work missed. The first teachers' meeting of the year was held Saturday morn ing, with Superintendent George W. Hug, who begins his ninth year here. Issuing initial direc tions and outlining his hopes and plans for the year. Every one of the 192 teachers, which number includes two additional ones over last year, reported, anxious to re sume classroom endeavors. Thirty-two new teachers were Included in the assembly, and 21 of the old teachers were looking forward to a new field following transfer from one department of school to another within the sys tem. - One grade has been added to the elementary schools with In troduction for the first time in years of a fifth grade class at Lin coln school. This grade has been added to relieve enrollment in that class at McKlnley and to meet demand of parents In South (Turn to Page 4, Column T.) GENEVA; Sept. 21. (AP) After three days of hot debate which stirred the assembly of the league of nations. Great Britain and France today adopted a con ciliatory manner In their dispute over the scope of the movement for general disarmament. The two powers accepted a com promise which will leave the mer its of their conflicting positions on the limitation of military forc es to be determined later. The settlement leaves England free to reopen the question to re stricting of the material and per sonnel for land war fare. Lord Cecil, spokesman for the empire. had said this restriction was es sential to the ultimate success of the disarmament crusade. France, by the terms of the compromise offered by M. Politis of Greece, gained her points that the assembly should not at this stage of the naval discussions agi tate the Question of general dis armament nor give fresh instruc tions to the preparatory disarma ment committee. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21 (AP) Kansas City today became the mecca tor aeronautical fans of the country with the beginning of a 9-day international air circus, which was ushered In by the take. off of seven entrants In two-day SO 0-mile derby. A more pretentious derby, from Mexico City to Kansas City, begin ning Monday, is planned as the feature of the circus. Reports here late today indicated Art Goe bel, California-Hawaii flier, and other entrants, bad been allowed entrance to Mexico and were con verging on Mexico City. Goebel previously was reported held up on the border by immigration of ficials. Work is Delayed On Bridge Near ., Limits oi Salem Yesterday's rata delayed the pouring - et -cement - for the aide walk on bridge number one east of the state penitentiary, hat work will proceed Monday unless heav ier rains begin, said Hedda Swart, county engineer Saturday. The cement was poured oa the deck of bridge aomber two Saturday morniqg. , It is the engineer's opinion that the light rain is beneficial to the county road work, and he be lieves that It will take a consid erably heavier rainfall to a toy the work oa the roads. " mmm m in is STAGED DICK TRIM OF OKLAHOMA HAS S THIR Coveted Roosevelt Trophy is Won as Climax of Big Annual Roundup Calgary Man Said Champ ion Bronco Buster; One Mile Race Held PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 21 (AP) Dick Trultt of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was crowned "king of the cowboys" and succeeded Bob Crosby of Klnna, New Mexico, as possessor of the coveted Roose velt trophy as the 20th annual roundup came to a whirlwind finish here today. Pete Knight of Calgary won the title of champion brone buster after a sensational ride on Foun tain. Eddie Woods rode Lookout to a finish for second money while .Tuck Greenough of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was third on Five Minutes to Midnight Billy Moran, San Diego young ster, atop Miss Lester of the Er wln string, took first money in the final event of the roundup, the mile , derby. Miss Lester cov ered the distance in 1:55. Vera McGinnis' of Bur bank, California, was the class of the cowgirl riders while Mike Sbel ton of Cheyenne and Rulan Slaughter of Salt Lake City di vided honora in the cowboy race. Anftta Farrow, beautiful In dian girl, won the all-American beauty contest from a field of In dian princesses. Troitt clinched the all-around championship by taking first in the sleer roping contest and sec ond in the bulldogging . tussle. Other finalists, in addition to Trultt and Crosby, were Dick Shelton and E. Pardee. Former Governor Says Press Of Country Systemat ically Stifled NEW YORK. Sept. 21 (AP) Dr. Rafael Iturralde, former governor of the Cuban province of Matanzas and secretary of war and navy in the Machado admin istration in Cuba, Issued a state ment today controverting the as sertion of Havana editors that there is freedom of the press In Cuba. His communication In part follows: "In response to a statement concerning Cuban affairs signed by three editors of Cuban dailies which you circulated I beg to say there has been no freedom of the press during the entire Machado administration. Four chief edit ors I beg to say there has been no freedom of the press during the entire Machado administra tion. Four chief editors of Cuban papers have been assassinated during that period under mys terious circumstances after cam paign unfavorable to the govern ment, these were: Major Arman do Andre, director of El Dia; La Voz del Maestra; Julio Antonio Mella, director of Cuba Libre, and Captain Agular, director of La Campana. "Only two weeks ago La Se mana, a Cuban weekly was bup- pressed and three of Its reporters deported, while the chief editor, Sergio Carbo, was compelled to flee by airplane to the United States." Numerous other news papers have been violently sup pressed, including El Nacional, Union Nacionallsta, El Cubano Libre, La Prensa and Hatuey." Broken Shoulder Is Sustained by Salem Resident Donald Baker, South Commer cial street, suffered a broken shoulder Saturday morning when he drove his motorcycle delivery into the side of a truck driven by George Feller. The accident occurred on Liberty street be tween Ferry and State streets. Baker drove suddenly from be tween two parked cars. In front of the truck which -swerved to keep from hitting the motorcycle. The cycle hit the side of FeUer's car, turning Over and pinning Baker beneath it. More serious injury to Baker was missed only by the truck skidding on the wet streets, narrowly missing his head. MbnyAre Taking Advantage of Statesman Offer Obtaining a full year's subscrip tion by mail for $2 m the excep tional offer now being made by The Oregon Statesman, and num erous old and new subsribers are hastenlngTto take advantage of the bargain. " The" offer holds good until October 15, cueieHn coins Fine Rowing Welcome j Wm Be Accorded Russian Airplane SEATTLE, Sept. 21 (AP) CItIc and labor or ganizations bare arranged a monster reception for the Russia plane, "Lead of the Soviets, scheduled to stop here on its flight from Mos cow to New York. The plane landed at Attn, most western of the Aleu tian Islands, Alaska last night and Is to take off for Dutch Harbor, Unala&ka, some time tomorrow. The flight to Attn was made from Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, across Bering Strait. Win Wilis ON liBIW FH Sporadic Fighting Reported; Chinese Eastern Rail way Said Idle MOSCOW, Sept. 21. (AP) Desultory fighting continues along the Russo-Chlnese borders . In Manchuria, and In the meantime the great strategic Chinese eastern railway, linking the Soviet union with the far east, is all but idle. While Moscow is waiting for the next move from the Nanking dip lomats In the long dispute over the control and operation of the road, Chinese troops supported by white Russian irregulars continue guerrila warfare in the areas where the Chinese part of the line joins with the Russian. Within the past 48 hour four such attacks were reported. In the village of Abagatuevsky Chi nese soldiers kept up continuous fire on Russian automobile trans ports until they were driven off. At Pogranicbnaya Chinese at tacked Soviet frontier guards with rifle and machine gun fire. Ac cording to a Khabarovsk dispatch, Chinese military authorities in Mlchan district, 15 miles west of Lake Hanka, have formed a large, well-armed band of white guards for a surprise attack on Russian soil. The dispatch added that Red army, forces; had taken- measures to prevent the raid A telegram from - Valdlvostok said white guard raiders who had been making lncurBl.ons Into So viet tefrltory since September-11 were beaten" off .yesterday and some of them captured. These tes tified that the bank was organised at Harbin by, Russian general on instructions from Mahchurlan au thorities. " Mpst of the members were former Czarist officers, They were said to have orders from Chi nese military authorities to cross the frontier to rob and kill people in Soviet villages. Teacher of Young Thief Now Sought NEW YORK, Sept, 21 (AP) A big-time crime coach of Wall street, was hunted tonight bn clues furnished by Milton Alter, 18-year-old brokers' messenger, who traded more than a half mil lion In stolen securities for a dol lar. The R. V. Hiscoe Brokerage company, the youth's employers, was out $512,000 in negotiable stocks and bonds, but police held the boy on a charge of grand larceny and had his detailed con fession. In it he described the man who engineerde the theft, and through it Police Commission er Grover A. Whalen hopes to re veal a crime school for financial district messenger boys and clerks. . The confession was obtained af ter the boy had been grilled prac tically all night For hours he had maintained he had been kid naped and dumped to a Brooklyn sidewalk after men in a limou sine driven by a llvered chauffeur had taken the securities from him. Many discrepancies occurred In his story, however, and he later con fessed he had taken the bonds, at the urgings of a Jack Rosen, Iden tity unknown, and had left them In his possession for the cost of a motion picture show, a subway ride and the nickels and dimes remaining out of a dollar. Wife Asserts Spouse Stole Two Children Hazel Blanche Krels yesterday filed a complaint for a divorce against "Christian Krels, charging that since their marriage he has treated her in a cruel and inhu man manner, called her Indecent names, and "kidnaped and wrong fully concealed their two minor children. She asks for the ens. tody of the children, Marie. It, and Mildred, f. and a reasonable monthly sum for their support, -. . . i . -(-''. t.000 CARS PEARS SHIPPED MEDrORD. Ore-, Sept 21. CAP) Two thousand and eighty ears of pears have been shipped to date from the Rogue river val ley, three trains of ltt cars hav ing been dispatched east Friday night and tonight. .The harvesting is now at its peak. - IN flllf CHURCH Long Waited Wedding Cere mony 1o be Performed Tomorrow Florence Trumbull Becomes . Bride of Former Presi dent's Son PLAINVILLE, Conn., Sept. 21 (AP) A rehearsal of the cere mony which will make John Cool idge and Florence Trumbull hus band and wife Monday, today oc cupied the vanguard of the bridal party. The stage was complete except for rings and ministers and cos tumes, but the routine of proces sional and recessional was pre scribed for practice so that there migh tbe no hitch in the formali ties of the wedding of the son of the former . president and the daughter of Connecticut's gover nor. . , . . ... The white frame village Con gregational church was opened for the rehearsal, and Professor William . C. Hammond of Mount Holyoke college, who will play the wedding march, was on hand to play the music for the practice steps. News Reel Men on Hand for Ceremony Cameramen and news reel pho tographers were on hsnd to "shoot" the rehearsal and a large delegation of reporters also was present, engaging early the ser vices of spokesmen for Mr. and Mrs. Trumbull and the young couple, all four of whom have found it necessary to speak through proxies because of the pressure of the nuptial prepara tions. Members of the wedding party already are assembling and will remain for the bridal festivities of the week end and until after the ceremony Many were from Mount Holyoke and Amherst colleges, where as students," the girl and the . young ' matt began ' their ro mance. - Parole For Self Again PHILADELPHIA, Sept 21. CAP) Alpbonse "Scarf ace AT Capone, Chicago gangland leader, apparently believes that If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Through his Philadelphia law yers, Capone today started anoth er proceeding to have himself released from the eastern state penitentiary where he and his bodyguard, Frank Cline, also of Chlcag'o, are serving a one year's sentence for carrying a loaded pis tol In in Philadelphia. Cline is in cluded in the proceedings. Capone wants to be paroled and gives as the reason that he has been punished enough. If freed from the penitentiary he promises to get out of Philadelphia as quickly as "he can. Al and his pal were picked up hare by two detectives on the night of May 17 as they were leav ing a motion picture house. They were given a midnight hearing and held in 130,000 ball each so as to make it difficult for them to find bondsmen before their case could go to the grand jury the next morning. The jury promptly In dicted them and the case was rushed before Judge John E. Walsh in municipal court. They admitted they had loaded guns and were given the maximum sen tence of one year. In less than an hour they were behind the pris on bars serving their terms. Some time ago counsel for Ca pone tried to have the case' re vived but failed. The lawyers said they Would take an appeal to the state superior court but this trib unal was not to meet until Octo ber. Tennis Matches With Bend Team Are Called Off The tennis matches between the Salem Tennis association team and players from Bend, scheduled for today, were called off because of the threat of rain and the distance the Bend team would hare to travel with no certainty that play would be possible. However, It was reported that one Bend player had started to drive to Salem before word reached that city that the matches were called off. If? he comes, competition for him will be provided. It is unlikely that the series will be played later. Portland Gunner i Has Highest Mark Charles Leith of the Portland Gun club was high man In the practice shoot held Saturday on the Salem : Trapshooters club range, - preliminary to ' the state fair shoot which will he held to day. Leith broke 99 targets 'out of. 190. A number of other good scores were- made. Cap one Asks Assistants AT " V V xv - r:'.-'jx UN i i - If These loor wUl be among the wedding party when Miss Flor ence Trumbull becomes the bride of toon Ooolidge tomorrow might. Top to bottom: Miss Esther Tram ball, sister of the bride, one of the four brideamaidsr Miss Jeaa Trumbull, sister, maid of honor Mm. Phillip Moorehoase, Brook lyn, matron of honor, and Philip Moorehonse, classmate of Oool. Mfjcwsher. . HTTP Ef DISTRESS " SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 21. (AP) The coast guard cutter Ta macraw was dispatched to a point zeo 4 tones east or Jacksonville, Fla, today, where aa unnamed steamer was reported la duiflcul ties with a shifted cars. -C- i i x K ' 1 State Fair Will Opei TomoiTOw Special Program Slated for Dedication of New Grandstand Numerous Entries in Various Events Assure Success Of Annual Event Tomorrow will mark the open ing of the 6 Sth Oregon State Fair, the whole state's one big celbra-, tion, the official recognition of the state's efforts during the year, the taking stock of the year's progress. Typical of the big step forward tbe state has made during the year will be the dedication of the new grandstand, which will be the nu cleus of the first day's program. Community club contests, run ning and hsrness races, short speeches by prominent Oregon- ians, and vaudeville and acrobat ic acts will vary the dedication program The official program for the day will open at 10 o'clock in the mornjng, while the afterneoa dedicatory program Is scheduled for 1:30 with the grandstand ad mission free to all those within the grounds. Following Is the program: MORNING PROGRAM 10:00 a. m. Arrival on Oregon State Fairgrounds of 26 com munity clubs by auto caravan from Washington and Multno mah counties. 10:30 a. m. Band concert on lawn In front of administration building by the Hubbard. Com munity band, Dr. A. F. de Les pinasse, director. 11:00 a. m. Solos and songs by different community clubs. 11:15 a. m. Instrumental and musical contests for prizes by -community clubs. 11:30 a. m. Community club ia- ' dividual stunts for a silver cup club trophy. Y 11:45 a. m. Debating contest for ' a silver cup, 3 -minute talks by A'Why The Oregon State Fair." 12:00 noon Free motion pie- : tures, showing activities of the ' community clubs, in boy's and . girl's club house. . GRANDSTAND DEDICATORY PROGRAM -1:30 p. m. Band concert In new grandstand by the Salem Mu nicipal band,-Oscar A. Steel hammer, director. 2:00 p. m. Community singing, "America,- led by Dr. Peiiag of Albany. 2:05 p. m. Presentation of new 1150,000 grandstand and ex hibits building to the State ef Oregon by A. C. Marsters. pres ident of the state fair board. - 2:15 p. m. Acceptance of new grandstand and exhibits build ing by Governor I. L. Patter son tor the state of Oregon. 2:25 p. m. Patriotic song, "Star Spangled Banner, by Dojlie (Turn to Page 4, Column S.) E GOOD MI BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Sent. 21. AP) Fear that a Lockheed plane, participant In the Fort Worth good will aerocade flying to the south, and carrying four prominent Fort Worth men be sides the nilot. was down and In trouble somewhere between here and Corpus Christ!, was exnressea tonight. The ship was one of four which declined to. turn back to Corpus Christ! this mornlnr when IS At It ers of the aeroeade did so because of rains. The three other plane which braved the elements laaded here safely. . Local airport officials believed that the plane must have been forced down since no word had been heard from it. They consid ered that the craft's occupant a WOUld be mindful Of the alarm their failure to appear would ea- sioa and would have advised ha4 they alighted aafely. Reserved Sale t Of Seats Well Above AllHopt H MB Henrr Crawford 'of the' afat i " fair board reports that tha asV ranee sale or reserve seat tickets , : for afternoon racing program and . evening horse show have exceeded . expectations. The demand " far ' the tickets has been steady and ') gives Promise of a verr s-raUfrise- attendance at the fair. -V:. " The reserved seats are on sale at Millers and at Pattoa's dowa towa and will he oa sale each day T of the fair for the accommodation ef down town people. Mr. Craw. ; ford urges people to get their re- , serrations early , to insure gettiag . good seats. Wednesday la Salem day when local people tax the fa dlitles at the fair. . - 1! fa i i