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VACATION TIME Da't mlm a singl copy f The Statesmaa. We will scad by mail to any address. CaU 500. 1 EIGHTIETH YEAR FOUNDED 1Q5I Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jane 22, 1930 WEATHER Generally fair with occa atonal clondinees today and Monday, moderate tempera ture; Max. temp. Saturday 72, Mia. 50, river .t. No. 75 STORESffl BARGAIN DAY Salem Merchants Unite in , Slashing Prices For Valley Shoppers Friday, June 27, Selected As Date For Yearly Specialty Friday, June 27, has been set as the day for the 13th Annual Bargain day of the Salem stores under the sponsorship of the Cap ital Journal and The Oregon Statesman. A harvest of buying opportunities will be presented to the thrifty shoppers from near and far. For years Salem merchants have cooperated in making this a feature event of the early summer with special presentations of mer chandise of merit. It is one day in the year when stores unite in a community sale In the effort to attract to Salem customers from all over its wide trading area. It was a dozen years ago that Salem's Bargain Day was started tinder the sponsorship of the two Salem daily papers. They hare given publicity to the special sales efforts of the Salem merchants- end as a result have carried the news of Salem's big bargain day to thousands upon thousands of people. Many have been attracted to Salem for this special event, and finding Salem stores well etocked with dependable and rea sonably priced merchandise have made Salem their trading point. Prices Will Be Greatly Reduced This year the day promises to have special attraction to buyers. Low price levels will be scaled still lower on many articles in season able demand. This affords an op portunity for folk in and around Salem to make purchases at very marked savings. This event is planned as a goodwill and adver tising feature for Salem stores. Hundreds of people residing in Polk and Marion counties and neighboring portions of Yamhill. Linn and Clackamas counties can make Salem their regular trading point where now they da .their marketing elsewhere. It is to reach these people in particular that Bargain Day is carried on, so that by experience in buying people may find the type of service of fered In local stores. Just what special featurse will be offered by the stores cooperat ing will be announced In their ad vertisements to appear later in the week. This gives publicity to the event and encourages the people to look forward to it and be prepared to take advantage of its offerings. jr''--?-- Qgqn ' TO YOUTH KIDNAPED, CLAIM MEDFORD. Ore., June 21 (AP) O. D. Irwin. 23, arrested near here today as a fugitive from Justice and held for Galena, Kan sas, where he is wanted in con nection with the death of Ralph price, If, told authorities today a Btrange story of how Charles Gibbons, alleged slayer of Price, forced him. at the point of a gun, to drive to the Pacific coast; Irwin said he drove Gibbons to the coast, thence to southern Ore gon and became HI at Phoenix, Ore.i where he was arrested. Gibbons. Irwin said, left Phoe nix for Portland and Seattle. He claimed he knew nothing of the murder until a deputy sheriff, who ftrested him, told him of the crime. Irwin said he was planning to purchase a ticket back to Kan sas and had found employment here to raise the funds. Irwin was visiting a sister at phoenix when arrested. HELD FOR ROBBERY EUGENE, Ore.. June 21 (AP) George Jackson a a d J J. Stuman, whom police said were former prisoners at the state penitentiary, were held here today as suspects in a store robbery. Jackson also is held as suspected hit and ran driver " They were arrested at Moa roe. ASSETS COMBINED CORVALLIS. Ore.. June 21 (AP) Merger of the Corvallls state bank with the First National hank oT Corvallls was announced by Officers of the two Institutions today. The merger gives the in stitution a combined bank capital and surplus of 1225,000 and re sources of about two and one half million dollars. The future business will be conducted la the building of the First National bank which was organised In 1887 by M. S. Wood cock. The Corvallls aUte bank was started In It 12 with Thom as Wbitehorn, president. BAD NEWS TRIUMPHS PENDLETON, Ore., June 21 (AP) Bad News, Seattle craft, driven by Don Ylckers, won both heats la the 24-mile unlimited race from a field of 34 starters In the opening events of the second Tom Kay Will Seek G. O.P. Nominati oh For Governor, Word Health Fully Recovered, Says Prominent Salem Man and State Treasurer; Answers Solicitation of Many Friends THAT Thomas B. Kay is not only in a receptive mood to ward becoming the republican nominee for governor, but that he will be an active contender for the honor is the de velopment of Saturday. Mr. Kay was in Astoria and at Camp Clatsop during the day but left a statement which was given out to the press Saturday afternoon in which he said : "So many inquiries have Jeen made as to whether I would accept the nomina tion for governor that I feel it my duty to say that I. would be glad to accept the honor if it is offered to me by the republican state cen tral committee. I have re covered .fully from my re cent illness and am now able to make the race and. perform the duties of the office." Ever since the tragic death of George VV. Joseph who was nominated at the primaries, letters, phone calls and tele grams have come to Mr. Kay urging him to declare himself aa a rflndirlflt fnr Vio Vi Tboma B. Kay Qut for Joseph whom he rated as a close personal and political friend Mr. Kay refused to commit himself until Saturday. His declara tion of willingness to accept the nomination if the commit- Xieo "uwuia oner it to mm now clears the air and makes it pos sible for his friends to organize and present his name to the com mittee. Best known of the public men in the state because of his 28 years of public service Kay has an army of friends and supporters In every county of the state who will become active in his behalf. He served five terms in the legisla ture, two terms In the state senate and aa state treasurer for 1 4 years. He is universally credited with possessing the most thorough knowledge of the workings of the state government, its financial condition, and the problems of its Institutions. Mr. Kay has long had the ambition to round out his car eer by serving as governor. Twice he stepped aside for other 'men, once for Governor Wlthycombe and once for the late I. L. Pat terson. Following Governor Pat terson's death Mr. Kay considered becoming a candidate in the pri maries but at that time he was Just recovering from the effects of an attack of ptomaine poison ing which struck him on a Euro pean trip last summer. In the in tervening months his restoration to health has been rapid. He has been at his office tor his custom ary hours dally, has attended the meetings of the board of control, and looked after his private busi ness. Hia close associates say that bis health Is better than for many years and entertain no doubts of his ability to carry on the duties of the governorship without aay trouble. They also point out that with his intimate knowledge of the state government he can per form the duties of that office with (Turn to page 2, col. 1) ENGIfJEET! KILLED UN L SLAYER ARREST LIKELY "Red" Forsythe, Held One Of Toughest Gunmen, Said Recognized Was' Former Associate of Frank Foster, Owner of Death Pistol IW COMMITTEE IB NOMINEE G. 0. P. Central Body Is Not Legally in Existence Van Winkle Rules Selection of a republican nomi nee for governor to succeed . the late George W. Joseph is a' duty imposed on the republican' state central committee, composed of members who were elected or will be elected following the recent pri mary election held on May II of this year, according to a legal opinion handed down Saturday by I. H. Van Winkle, attorney gener al. Phil Metschen of Portland, chairman of the republican-state central committee, had requested an opinion of the attorney general as to whether the republican nom inee for governor should he select (Turn to page 2, col. 2) CHICAGO, June 22 (Sunday) (AP) The Herald and Exam iner today says the authorities expect hourly to arrest James B. (Red) Forsythe, described as one of the city's toughest hoodlums, as the slayer of Alfred (Jake) Lingle, Tribune- reporter. Forsythe, the paper says, has been Identified as the blonde youth' who shot, and killed Lingle from behind In. a pedestrian tun nel at the foot pf Randolph street June 9. ' Forsythe, J 4, is an associate of killers and racketeers and for mer member of the Capone gang1, under; -J)anny Stanton. Capone's southside lieutenant. He also is known as Fawcett. Was Intimate?" : Of Frank Foster Forsythe also was known to po lice as an intimate of the dapper Frank Foster, to whose hands the gun used to kill Lingle has been traced. Foster was once a member of the north side Alello-Moran outfit. In recent months, however, both men had changed their alleg iance, Forsythe; going over to the Alello-Moran gang and Foster go ing south to Capone. Police have held since within a few hours of the murder of Lin gle It had been done by Alello Moran killers and they believe Foster's gun was dropped near the bqdy to lead Mm in revenge for his shift in allegiance. Record Missing At Police Bureau Forsythe, police said, was convicted a year ago of carrying a pistol and was sentenced to serve a year in, the house of cor rection and to pay a fine of $200. His picture and Bertlllon de scription, with finger prints. Should therefore have been In the bureau of identification. They are not there, the Herald Exam iner said. Neither Is there any record of Forsythe s having served the jail term. Both these angles are be ing investigated now and every policeman who ever crossed Red" Forsytbe's trail has been put on the special detail which is hunting him throughout Illin ois. Suspect's Story Queen Corvallis Banks Merge Seattle Boat Is Winner Presbyterians to Meet tnotorboat regatta on McKay lake here today. The boats fOt away in perfect formation and made the first turn without a spill. Ideal weather conditions pre vailed today and more than 2000 persons saw the races. The races will continue tomorrow with 35 drivers competing for $1000 cash prices and several cups. Charles Zeigler, Klamath Falls, drove his Union Flyer to victory in the class C, 24-mile race, win ning from 24 starters. SYNOD DATES SET -. EUGENE, Ore., June 21 (AP) The annual meeting of the Presbyterian synod of Oregon will be held here July 11 to 23. Prom inent speakers from both eburch and educational fields will be heard. Two of the outstanding speak ers will he Dr. Henry Chapman Swearingen, former moderator for the General ' Presbyterian assocK atlon, and Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of the Princeton semi nary. TREASURE HUNTED WHEELER, Ore., Juno 21 (AP) A free-for all treasure hunt will be stated on the slopes of NeaMhahnie- mountain July 27 in connection with the second an nual bunion derby which will be run over a 22,-mile course from Garibaldi to Neahkahnie. Neahkahnie mountain is the spot where treasure is ,eald to have been hurled before the white man came to the Oregon coast. The place was shunned by the In dians whose legends say a negro was slain by the white men and placed in the pit containing the treasure chest. ST. HELENS, Ore., Jane 21. -(AP) Charges m n slaughter are to be filed against Gordon Leap, 19, Scappoosc, as the result of a corner's Inquest into the death of Dr. E. L. Lane, retired dentist. Dr. Lane was fatally injured when bJs automobile collided with one driven by Leap last Tuesday. SCIENTISTS ELECT EUGENE, Ore., June 21 (AP) Dr. T. Wayland Vaughn, direct or of the Scrlpps Institute, Univer sity of California,. La Jolla, Cal., was elected president of the Pa cific division of the American as sociation for the advancement of science here today. Dr. Vaughn is an internationally known ocean- annual American legion outboardHwgrapher and the author of nu merous articles and hooks on this subject, IS Ti n HIS CHARLESTON, W. Vs.. June 21 (AP) The engineer was killed and four other per sons were injured, two of them seriously, in the derailment Jto nlght of the Sportsman, west bound passenger train of the Che sapeake and Ohio raUway, at Hawks Nest, (0 miles from here. Homer E. Haskell, Huntington, W.,Va., engineer of the train met deaxn in his engine as it plnnged from the rails. The fireman, Hee Anderson, also of Huntington, was badly burned. - The others Injured were W. Clements, Rich mond, Va., express messenger, badly burned; Sherman Botstle, Huntington, W. Va., baggage man, badly burned; Mary Burke, negress, Clinton Forge, Va., mi nor injuries. The cause of the derailment was undetermined. PIERCE DEMOCRATS VOTE STAND AS DRY TACOMA, June 11. (AP) By a' margin 'of fire votes Pierce county's delegation to the state de mocratic convention at Centralla next Saturday will go Instructed to Tote dry and will be bound by the unit rule. By a vote of 57 to 11 the con rention held here today adopted a resolution that declares this coun ty Is opposed to any effort to modi fy existing prohibition laws. DISAPPEARANCE OF TOLEDO MEN SOLVED TOLEDO. O.. June 21. (AP) The mystery of the disappear ance of eight prominent Toledoans last Saturday after their depart ure from Pelee Island in a speed boat, was definitely cleared today when the bodies of five of them were recovered from Lake Erie, and a hasty investigation by Cor oner Frank G. Krett. disclosed that their deaths were caused by drowning. - IN FEW HOURS EDITORS TO MET HERE fOI YEAR ASTORIA, Ore., June 21 UP) Ralph B. Cronlse, of Al bany, was elected president of the Oregon State Editorial asso ciation at the closing session of that body here oday. Other officers elected were: Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg, treasurer; M. R.t Chessman, Astor ia, Verne McKinney, Hillsboro, Alton F. Baker, Eugene, Vawter Crawford, Heppner, and Mrs. R. E. Bean, Freewater, vice-presi dents; Arne G. Rae, secretary and field manager. Salem was selected as the 1931 convention city." This afternoon the newspaper men were spectators at the Ore gon national guard's eombat dem onstration at Camp Clatsop and tonight they were guests of the Astoria and Seaside chambers of commerce at a salmon-bake and clam-bake at Seaside. Tentative plans- for the enter tainment of Oregon's editors here at the annual . convention next summer have already been dis cussed and were made known at Astoria when the Invitation was presented. Use of the senate chamber in the eapitol buildings will be re quested for the editorial associa tion's business sessions, and ar rangements will he made to show the visitors all phases of the flax Industry and conduct them through all of the state institu tions, t The editorial: association has not met here for many years, al though invitations have been pre sented several times recently. Third Sptay For Fruit fly Urged OREGON STATE COLLEGE, June 21 - Marlon countv cher ry growers are advised by the entomology department to apply the third spray: for cherry fruit fir as soon as possible as obser vations show the adults hare been emerging very rapidly with in the last few days. The same poison water bait is used as for the spray already applied. -This will be the last application for tha Royal Anne variety though the late black cherries may need an additional one. Broadway Greets National Hero 4 , 0" Uf1 E?fV0 r i s i,.- .v . : -:r v.-? . fe w- '. 'it f " :- - ' 1 S. m, . a . y - ' . . - $3 5 i t 1 -3 VKKf a Paper sliower accorded Admiral Richard. K. Byrd d wring his triumphal parade to New York's city hall, upon his return to civilization from the antarctic regions. Telephoto to The Statesman from Inter national Illustrated News. Dry Laws Didn't Fill Oregon Prison; Out of 901 Convicts Only 47 Prohibition Violators COUNTY DEMOCRAT FORCES mm E Dry Law Referendum Isn't Backed; John Marshall Heads Committee Trcn fkist dies MT VHRXON N. J June 21. (AP) Leo Feist, one-time cor set salesman, who, .became an tnarlnan maranfa'Af tWOUlar mn sic publishing, 'died today at bis home nere at tna age or years. Twenty tried and true demo crats assembled at the court house Saturday afternoon and perfected the organisation of the party machinery for the county and listened to good old democratic oratory. Ola John Barleycorn stuck his face In the door but got a swat on his red nose and had to beat a retreat. Billy Delzell assured the com mitteemen that It looked like a democratic year, and John S. Marshall, the new county chair man opined there was a rift in the clouds which might let the democratic candidate for gover nor slip through. Kenneth Bayne, retiring chair man, called the session to order. P. L. Frailer was designated as temporary secretary in the ab sence of Willard W. Wirts. Dr. Henry Morris was chosen chair man, but when he arrived on the scene declined to serve and Mr. Marshall was pressed into the position. Wirts was elected se cretary; August Huckestein was re-elected state committeeman and John Bayne congressional committeeman. An executive committee of five was constituted to be composed of the president and secretary and three others to he named by the chairman. Several of the committeemen talked on the opportunities of the party and the need of rally ing to the standard and winning recruits for the cause. William Delzell, nominee for congress, asserted that democracy was sit ting on top of the world; if not the party itself, then the princi ples it stood for. Fred W. Jobelman (presented a resolution looking to setting machinery going for a referen- dam on the prohibition Question. It got a slow second. A motion to refer it to the executive com mittee was made, but a motion to lay the proposal on the table car ried by a vote of 11 to 2. Jobel man, who declared, himself a firm believer in temperance but opposed to the "rotten mess of prohibition enforcement pointed in support of his motion that the prohibition question had spilt the party two years ago and wrecked its campaign. He sought to have the question settled In a non-political way through "devising ways and means of ascertaining def initely and conclusively the will of the citizenry In the matter of the 18th amendment and the Vol stead act" PERMITS ISSUED .Arthur Selander- Saturday ob tained a building permit to con struct a new home at 1124 Sum mer street. The dwelling Is to be of the old English type, of brick and tile construction, and will cost $5,700. A permit to alter a dwell ing at 384 North ISth street was Issued to Bert Fanning, cost was estimated at $200. . Hill MOB ATTACK INJURS HUNDREDS Nearly Twice as Many in For Murcjer, Records Reveal; Larceny Comes First With 165, Burglary Ranking Close Second Prohibition and its enforreitipnt r rsrvniM In rmW an extremely minor degree for the congested condition of the f J i a , . uregon state penitentiary, contrary to reports which have been circulated throughout the state. This state of affairs Was disclosed Saturdav when Hpnrv W dent of the prison, made public a report showing that only s?4 7 of the 901 nrisoners now in th Institution are serving terms for infractions of the prohibition statutes. The report shows that the larg est number of pri&fiipers in the penitentiary are serving terms for larceny, with burglary a close second. There are a total of 165 men and women incarcerated for larceny, while 108 prisoners are serving terms for burglary. In 85 cases commitments were receiv ed for assault and robbery, while armed with a dangerous weapon. Eighty-four prisoners are serving terms for statutory offenses, while 97 men were received at the pri son on charges of forgery. 78 Are Incarcerated For Murder While liquor law violations ap parently receive wider publicity than other crimes at the present time, the prison records show thst 78 men are serving terms for murder, which is nearly twice the number of persons sent to the penitentiary for prohibition law infractions. Eighteen men were committed for manslaughter. A total of 32 men and women are serving terms for obtaining mon ey, by false pretenses. Prisoners committed under the statutes reg ulating perversion number 12. There are 22 men Incarcerated for the crime of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon, and 10 for assault with Intent to kill. Six men are serving terms for arson. In 39 eases commit ments were received for assault to rob. Two men are serving terms for perjury, two for poly gamy and six for robbery. There were seven commitments for re ceiving stolen property, two for (Turn to page 2, col. 4) 2 Bandits Rob Till At Store Nervous Youths Get Small Sum, Pass Up $6 More Confectionery Man on N. Capitol Held Up With Gun BOMBAY, June 21. (AP) Demonstrations here today by the nationalist followers of Mahatma Gandhi resulted in more than 500 Injuries, the great number in Bombay since the civil disobedi ence campaign opened March 12. There are indications of other tumultous scenes tomorrow, with police preparing to break up a demonstration of sympathy for 17 members of the eighteenth Garhwal rifles who were impri soned for disobeying orders in a riot at Peshawar. The commissioner of police no tified the new president of the Bombay congress committee, Mrs. Perin Captain, granddaughter of the late Dadabhoy Narojl, that all such manifestations will be pro hibited, but the police are making plans on the basis that congress will Ignore the order. Today's trouble occurred prin cipally on the Maiden -Esplanade, a large meeting ground forbidden to nationalists by official order yesterday because of native troops quartered at one end. PRINTED SLANDER CASE CALLED TO POLICE ATTENTION Slander eards, said to have been printed' in a local Job shop, circulated to the homes of neigh bors of the persons involved. were responsible for police inves tigation of the matter yesterday. Signed by "One of the Neigh bors," the cards said: "Neighbors Do you think that this neigh borhood scandal Involving Mrs. s i , and , a man with a wife and two children, should be brought to the attention of the authori ties: Mfs. has a young daughter, and it is for her pro tection that a police Investigation should be made. It -is thought tha husband of the woman in the case circulated the circulars. The husband and wife are not living together. The wom an, who says she found the eard one evening just as she saw her husband leave her front door, says she has kept" company with the man mentioned on the placard. EXPLORERS SEEK JOBS NEW YORK, June 21. (AP) Some members of the Byrd ant arctic expedition are looking for lobs. An employment bureau was opened for them today at a mid town hotel. "Sit still." And that's what E. E. Rothacher did . as he looked into the barrel of a gun held by a youthful "stickup man" who entered his confectionery store at 697 North Capitol street about 9:45 Saturday night. Meanwhile another youth rifled the till and took $15.10 from it. Rothacher said last night he felt certaiu that he hi seen the youth before and thought the stickup was a joke when they first entered the store. He was reading a papr lu the back of the shop and was alone lifTt the holdup occurred. Both of the young men are thought to have been familiar with the store and with the vicinity because tkta they left they went west on VriiOH street and disappeared in the darkness. Police who were nwf fled had found no trace of thm late Saturday night. Nervousness Shown By Both Bandit The men were evidently ' ama teurs," said Rothacher, for thy were nervous when they ap proached him. He believes tht-y were about 20 years old, and ww certain that the youth with tfce gun had been in the store before. They were decently dressed, he said. He obtained a eood description of the one who held him up, fent could not see the one who rifle! the till in the trout of the store. They were not cautious in their leave-taking for Rothacher saM they turned their backs on him and hurried from the store. At the time of the holdup the store was brilliantly lighted, and people were passing on Capltel street. A man who entered the store Just a few minutes after ward pursued the men on Unioa street and caught a glimp&e r.t them, but being unarmed he unable to make any attempt t capturing them. NEW ATOM I SCIENTISTS ITHACA. N. Y., June 21 (AP) The Hefsenberg-Comptoii Atom, a new picture of how nef ative bits of electricity fit togeth er to make solid substance, was presented to the American phyni cal society at Cornell university today. It reveals electrons, as the elec trical particles are called, moving In vapory clouds rather than like planets in orbits. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Amer ican Nobel priie winner In phy sics, reported the discovery. He said this new picture was made in the Ryerson physical laboratory at the University of Chicago as these experiments come the closest of any yet performed to showing "what the atom loofee like." Helium Used for Experiment Dr. Compton obtained this loe into atoms by combining the latest methods of observation ase? of mathematics. The atoms at which he looked - were helium. Rays shining through helium gas produced haloes .much like the familiar ring around the moon. Just as the moon halo reveal the size of Invisible droplets ef water causing It, Dr. Coraptea said the helium gas haloes shew ed not only the site of atoms bat (Turn to page 2, coL 4) Changes in Methodist Pulpits Here Unlikely Salem churches will be little effected by the changes for the state to be made at the annual conference of Methodist church es, if predictions are well found ed. The anual meeting,' held this year for the first time in the spring instead of the fall, will open at Astoria late Tues day afternoon arfd will continue through the following Sunday, on which, day appointments will be read. Pastors of all the . Salem churches will be in attendance as follows: Rev. Fred C. Taylor. First church; xer, g. Darlow Johnson, Leslie Memorial; . Rev. Harry E. Gardner, Jason-Lee; Rev. P. J. Sehnert, Center street German: Rev. Leslie B. Bailey, Mill street; and Rev. Meredith Groves, Ford Memorial commun ity, "West Salem. Nearly all win go down Tuesday morning, sev eran making boat excursion from Portland planned by the Astoria chamber of commerce. So far as Is evident now, there is possibility of but one change here, with fairly persistent , ru mor that Rev. Harry E. Gardner of Jason. Lee will be assigned elsewhere. Rev. Gardner -nan Just closed two very successful years' work here and It Is the report that hia appointment else where or reappointment aer will meet with mutual approval of his congregation and the pest tor himself. Rev. Sehnert will preach his farewell sermon here this morn- ; ing. The Center street chares of which he has been pastor for .; two . or three years, last- week ' voted to-discontinue and the -church property- has . been- turn ed over to the conference true' tees for disposition. Rer.' Sh nert will be assigned elsewhere, i (Turn to page I; eoL 1 .t ,