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s rt VACATION TIME ... 1 Have The Statesman fol low you ok yow vaeattoa. Mailed to ujr address two weeks 25 eemta, one utoath SO ceatm. WEATHER Fair today and Thursday, aoi ranch change in tem perature; Max. temp. Twee dajrSS, Mln. 47, wind west, river 2.S. EIGHTIETH YEAR Sakra, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 30, 1930 No. 18 i M. GETS FULL TIME JOB DM STATE FLAX JYiil Resign as Manager of Oregon Linen Mills, Announced Here Increased Crop to Require . All of Services; $500. Month is Salary Faced with the problem of handling: a flax industry whose volume this year promises to be 10 per cent greater than last year, the state board xf control yesterday Toted to employ Col. W. B. Bartram on fall time at a salary of 500 a month. This will entail Col. Bartram's resig nation from the management of the Oregon Linen mills. He has held the dual position for the past two years,- with salary of 1350 a month -from the private company and $1S0 a month from the state. Now his time will be devoted to the management of the growing state flax industry. The state plant takes the flax grown by the farmers, threshes the seed from the straw, then rets and scutches the straw mak ing the linen fiber which Is Bold to finishing plants here and else where over the United States. The acreage handled this year is 5Q.L The crop, says Col. Bart ram. is the finest in his 12 years of experience. Monday 147 loads of flax were received at the plant and about the same number yesterday. Harvest is at its height. Cash Will Be Paid to Growers In order to finance the opera tions of the plant the board of control voted to borrow on the credit of the industry up to $200,000. This with the work ing capital which the industry has in hand, will enable the state to pay the farmers immediately. The processing of the flax into linen fiber -takes many months, for instance the 1929 crop is not yet finished. This of course ties up the working capital until the crop is processed and sold. Last year's borrowings ran around $100,000. The Oregon Linen mills will (Turn to page 2, col. 1) JT A party of nearly 75 members of the Klwanis club and their wives visited the boy scout camp above Taylor's Grove on the San tiam river Tuesday evening for inspection of the camp and work being done by the scouts under direction of O. P. West, scout ex ecutive. The visitors were entertained around the "camp fire by the scouts who sang a number of scout" songs. Judge L. H. McMa- fn7 in a well-received talk, told of the difference between actual pioneer life and the supposed pi oneer life as misrepresented in western stories, and of the false impressions of historical back ground given In moving pictures. O. P. West also spoke briefly. Dr. David B. Hill took moving pictures of the camp fire and surroundings. oqdn URGE CREW FIGHTS MEDFORD, Ore., July 20. (AP) Seventy men have been rushed from Medford to the Butte Fall district of the Crater Na tional ro)st to fight a brush fire which, reports said, Is rapidly nearly large timber holdings of the Owen Oregon Lumber com pany. Reports said it had covered 1,000 acres. KILLED INSTANTLY TOLEDO, Ore.. Joly 20. Magnus Jellco, 50, an employe of F. H. XeweU, contractor, was killed instantly late today when he fell under the bucket of a Mcam shovel on the Newport Corvallis highway, near Chit wood. Witnesses said Jellco appar ently fell from somewhere above the steam shovel. His skull was fractured! COST S MILLIONS PORTLAND. Ore., July 29. (AP) Plans for the construction of a $2,000,000 cement plant In Portland were announced today by officials of the Wallowa Lime and Cement company. The plant will employ about 300 men, the an nouncement said. The company controls 1000 acres of land la Wallowa county, the center of which la Marble mountain. The land Is rich In mar hie and the company plans to quar ry the marble, bring It to Port land and make It Into cement, burned lime, nitrates, stock feed and fertilizer material. SOLO" ENDS POORLY WILLAMINA, Ore., July 29. (AP) Albert Glass, Miss Merril t Carter and Miss Waada Barett es- 111 GUESTS SMI Ruins Caused by Italy's Earthquake Fl.p,cl,Dr I!5ath Pacl,,c co" This picture taken in Melfl, near Francisco. BUT 12 NAMES NOW Three More Remove Names Tuesday From Street Vacation Protest Objection to the vacation of Trade street between South Com mercial and Front streets was no ticeably weakened as another day closed yesterday while petition ers urging the vacationing were continuing to grow in number as employes of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company carried their pe titions to all parts of the city. W. P. George, C. T. Pomeroy and A. A. Keene, included in the 22 signers of the remonstrance filed with the city council last week, withdrew their names Tuesday. Seven men had previously with drawn their names with the re sult that only 12 of the original signers are still on the remon strance. Men to withdraw before yesterday Included Dan J. Fry, Sr.; Dr. J. Fry. Jr., S. Heckman, P. L. Frazier, F. E. Shafer, Earl A. Schaefer, A. H. " Moore. John Bayne, one of originators (Turn to page 2. col. 2) Forest Fire Threatens Shovel Crashes Worker Cement Plant Planned Three Unhurt in Crash caped with slight Injuries last night when a plane piloted by Glass crashed here whilo attempt ing to land. Glass was just completing his "solo" flying for his pilot's license and had gone up with his two com panions for the final hours of flight. FATHER, SON DROWN BAKER. Ore.. July 29. (AP) Joe Tyier, 4 9. and his son, Joe Jr., 17, drowned while swimming in a gravel pit near Halfway last night. The son had gone beyond his depth and his father attempt ed to rescue him. The bodies were recovered. H. S. MERRIAM WEDS KUfiKNK, Ore., July 2ft. Howard 8. Men-iam, GoKbea, president of the Oregon Horti cultural society and a member of the state horticultural board, and Miss Theresa Gaylor, Eu gene, were married here today. Before her marriage, Miss Gay lor was employed by the Eu gene Fruit i rowers association. HOT AT PENDLETON PENDLETON, Ore., July 29. (AP) For the second consecutive day the thermometer at Pendle ton today rose to 103 degrees. WORKER KILLED ' NYSSA, Ore., July 29. fAP) J. E. Provencher, 41, of Port land, who was working 130 leet under the Owyhee river at the scene of the new Owyhee dam, was crushed to death today by timber falling down a shaft. He was born at St. Monique, Canada, but served In the United States army during the war. ' "n' ji- V - r, T e ? -r- - i r z " - " X r '4-tus 5' 4 v ; - , 4 - - s - i , ' i . ij: ? . 't. -N V i ' 4Sf1 f roln caused by the earthquake in southern Italy a week ago. the center of the devastated area. Telephoto from New York to San Huge Appropriation Made for II Duce and Council of Ministers Set Aside Hundred Million Lire; Shock-Proof Cities Planned for Future R6ME, July 29. (AP) The Italian council of minis ters, directed by II Duce, today came to the rescue of the earthquake stricken zone of the Apennines, with an appro priation of 100,000,000 lire (about $5,230,000) for rebuild ing its ruined cities and towns. Mussolini instructed Minister of Public Works Crol- Olalanta to return to supervise TO LEAD III I RICE OGDEK, Utah, July 29. (AP) Lee Gehlbacb, Little Rock, Ark., held a three-hour lead over Lowell Bayless, Cleveland, in the all American air derby tonight when nine of the elevent contestants had arrived here. Gehlbach's total elapsed time was 31:18:17. compared with I Bayless' 34:17:41. The leaders i were second and htird respective ly into tonight's control point. Herman Hamer. Chicago, led the planes here from Los Angeles, where they took off this morning, and won the lap prize of $1,000 offered by the Ogden chamber of commerce for the best time be tween the two cities. Bodies Removed From Columbia Are Identified LOXCiVIEW, Wash., July 29 (AP) Bodies of two drowned men found in the Columbia river recently were identified today, the coroner said here, as former Oregon residents. A body taken last night from the river near Woodland was identified as that of 'Fred F. Mayo, about 40 of St. Helens, Ore., who drowned July 14. The body found Friday at Wil low Grove was claimed by rela tives as that of Levi Lam ml of Clatskanle, Ore., who with fire others was drowned off Walker's island on June 9 when an over loaded rowboat sank. Five Killed in Religious Row MADRID. July 29 (AP) Five persons are reported to have been killed and 20 wounded today at Santiago de Castaneda in a free for all fight that broke oat during celebration of a relig ious holiday. A band of visitors made dis paraging remarks to the resi dents. Hot words were exchanged and this quickly led to fighting with revolvers, clubs and stones About 100 shots were fired. GEHLBACH ADDS ; : - - Rebuildi reconstruction of thousands of shattered homes and other build ings. The houses will be rebuilt with materials better able to re sist earth shocks and in many cases the historic sites of towns and villages will be changed to localities where In the past earthquake shocks have been less violent. A note of cheer came to Rome In the report of Under Secretary of Public Works Leoni that the entire district was returning to normal activity. The troops en gaged in salvage work are leav ing and the food problem bas been solved. Emergency rations have been greatly cut. Child refugees from the quake area began arriving In Rome which with other cities is caring for several hundred. One hun dred and twelve between two and 12 arrived from Laced on la, Aqui- lonia and Bisaccia. The yoangsters will be cared for at Rome's vacation colonies regularly maintained In the mountains and by the sea. Each entered Rome with a roll of bread under his arm. And all bore signs of the ordeal they bad been under. Many were or phaned. Prince Boncompagni Ludovlsi. governor of Rome, officially re ceived the children. He sent them off to fie bathed, dressed and examined medically. Then all were given breakfast. After six anxious days the work of reconstruction is be lieved to have caught its proper stride in the devastated zone and is expected to go forward smoothly. With the revlctualllng work ing efficiently, the first detach ment of soldiers pulled out to night for their base. Sanitary conditions are report ed good over the region. For Summer Meals Planning summer meals Is always a problem. The Thursday Green food section of The Statesman will help you plan your summer time' menus. Study the ads.. They are full of suggestions oC good things to prepare. - And prices! Ton can save month's subscription tak ing advantage of the special offers made by grocers ad vertising in The Statesman Green section. Alt ILL WITH AIRSHIP R-1Q0 OVER ATLANTIC Latest Radio Shows Ship is 400 Miles Out to Sea From Ireland Speed of 60 Miles an Hour Maintained; Headed For Quebec. LOXDOX, July SO (Wed nesday) The master of the steamship Montclare radioed the Associated Press that at 8:17 a, m. he had given the Canada bound dirigible R-100 his position as 82:15 north lat itude and 18:241 west longi tude, or about 887 miles .west of the southern tip of Ireland. He said the dirigible was bear ing from him 285 true. LONDON. July 29 (AP) Great Britain's R-100, the big gest dirigible, tonight was well out over the Atlantic orean on her way to Montreal, Canada. With her six Rolls-Royce en gines runnine smoothlv tnrnine out a speed of 60 miles per hour. she reported her position at 7 p. m., British summer time (1 p. m. E. S. T.) as 200 miles from the Irish coast. Since leaving her moorine mast at Cardington at 3:45 a. m., the pride of Britain's dirigibles bad described an arc over north ern Ireland, quitting the English coast at Liverpool, she passed over the Isle of Man and through the mull of Kintyre, the narrow channel separating Ulftrer and Scotland. Radio Keeps Homeland Informed Thence- flying over Rathlln Island, she circled above Malin Head. Ulster, and headed south westerly along the general line of the ship lane from Glasgow to Quebec. At 4:18 p. m., the Val entla wireless station, Ireland, re ceived a radio giving her position at 205 miles west of Lain Head. On board the biz airshin. her messages said, pessengera., and erewiMMi sumea dswaxag tbe nor mal routine of airship llfe,"whlch they will pursue, barring acci dents, until they arrive late Thursday or early Friday morn ing at St Hubert airport, Mon treal. Periodic broadcast from her well-equipped wireless sets to the air ministry kept Great Britain informed of the first day's pro gress. She was constantly in com munication with ships and picked up frequent weather reports. As she headed .toward the open sea, the winds facing her unex pectedly shifted and frem having been favorable when she started became adverse, this chance pro duced a deviation in her intended course. SHIES OF MIDDLE AGES ARE REVIVED PARIS. July 29 (AP) Time rolled backward several hundred years in the evening style world today as "after dark" models for the slim young thing were dis played in style salons before pro fessional buyers for the United States. The high waists and flowing long skirts of the middle ages were exhibited as the "last word" In evening gowns for the Ohio debutante. The same young woman will walk kbroad in the daytime, ap parently, with impertinent black trlcorn hats perched over one ear. These three cornered bats are of black panne velvet, draped with flippant black lace veils which Just miss the top of the nose. They cover less than half the head and that head must be sleekly trimmed, with no non sense about curls or rills of long hair, if the trlcorn is to be worn. Utah Firm Gets Rail Contract In California SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (AP) Contracts for . construc tion of a 112-mile extension of the Western Pacific railfoaw from Keddie to Bieber, Calif., were awarded today to th W. A. Bechtel company of San Francis co and the Utah construction company of Ogden, Utah. The construction when linked with an 88-mlIe extension to be built by the Great Northern from Klamath Falls, Ore., to Bieber will connect the trunk systems and permit entry of the Great Northern Into the San Francisco bay region from the north. The project-will cost approxi mately $10,000,000 officials of the Western Pacific announced. GLIDER RECORD SET . OAKLAND, CaL. July 29 (AP) An unofficial world ree orl for motored gliders was set D7 F. Myrten Johnston at the Oakland airport today when he soared to 14,000 feet in a two cylinder, 30 horsepower airplane. New Found Perjury in Mooney Trial is Presented Documents Show Descriptions MacDonald Gave of Bombing Suspects far From Ac curate; Admits Lie of 14 Years Ago SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. ( AP) Police documents, lost 14 years ago, came to light today during the supreme court examination of John MacDonald, retracting witness in the Preparedness day bombing trials, to refute his orig inal identification of Thomas Mooney and Warreh K. Bill ings, serving life terms for the bombing. NEW REPORT FILED BY Detroit-Whitewater Section Damages Amended After Objections Raised County road viewers yesterday filed with the county court their amended report on the Detroit Whitewater proposed county road. The road is moved to the left about 50 feet a half mile from the beginning point. Damages were raised In sev eral Instances, dissatisfaction with damages allowed in the first report being one of the rea sons for reopening the case. Un der the amended report, damages are recommended as follows: Roy Newport, county to move buildings it need land within 10 years; Hammond Lumber com pany, move house; C. E. Wester berg, $100; Harry Booker, move house and $100; Frank Treado, build fence; John Outterson es tate, build fence; CharleB Grible, build fence; William O. Seifert, move fence if needed, extend wa ter pipes across new road, move fox pens and $100; William Hef ner, build fence; T. R. Fryer, set fence back and $50; Lester White, move fence; H. G. White, build fence; H. W. Henderson, build fence; L. I. Jones, build fence; Ray Robnett, build fence; J. F. Bewley, build fence. The viewers also recommend $50 per acre be paid for all land taken for the road between the beginning point and station 37. BE BOARD'S STUDY WASHINGTON, July 29. (AP) President Hoover paused today in announcing ereation of a new fact-finding commission to defend the practice and promise he would name other such groups. His new commission was set up to determine a more stable basis for unemployment relief. It will be composed of representa tives of labor, industry, research and the government and will re vise existing methods of collect ing unemployment statistics and "establish the method of cooper ation between government de partments and business." In defending the policy of cre ating such groups, the president presented statistics to show the 17 he had set upx In as many months fell below the average named by the various chief ex ecutives since President Roose velt took over the post. President Harding with 44 commissions for his 29 months in the White House and President Taft with 03 for his 48 months ranked next in number of com missions appointed. President Roosevelt created 107 commis sions. President Coolidge 118 and President Wilson 160. 'Red' Probe in Chicago Closed CHICAGO. July 29 (AP) Congressional inquiry Into com munistic activities In the Chica go area was adjourned today af ter numerous witnesses had tes tified the "red menace" was of no serious consequence in this me tropolis. OWN PISTOL KILLS VANCOUVER, Wash., July 29. (AP) Emery C. Smith, 47, Vancouver, was killed Instantly late last night by the accidental discharge of his revolver when it fell from its holster. The Letter Tells the Tale Thur.f July 24, 1080. Dear Sirs: I enclose f 1.50 In payment for hay adver tisement appearing in three morning Isenes of States man. My ad appeared among locals and kept my telephone (44F24) ringing continuously. Many thanks! Florence Matthee, Salem R. 9, Box el.' Please discontinue ad as I want to bale what bay I have left! . Florence Matthes. My ad appeared Tne. July, 22, Wed. 23, Thnr. 24. VffillS UHPLiM TO Proof of The papers were the resort MacDonald made to police two days after the bombing. July 22. 1916, and the original police re port on the subject. Defense attorneys lost no time in pointing out descriptions given in the reports of the two men Mac Donald said were Implicated in placing the bomb-laden suitcase varied definitely from the actual measurements of Mooney and Bill ings.' These documents, unearthed from police files the last fort night, were introduced at today's hearing without warning. They had never before appeared In any phase of the-14-year-old Mooney and Billings cases. Introduction of the reports fol lowed MacDonald's reiteration be fore the seven supreme court just ices considering Billings' new ap plication for a pardon, that he per jured himself at the original tri als at the Instance of Former District Attorney Charles M. Fick ert. In the sweltering supreme court room where some 100 newspaper men and attorneys were crowded to the knees of the seven Justices, MacDonald, Baltimore waiter, re peatedly asserted he falsely ident ified Mooney and Billings at the Instigation of Fickert and Captain Charles Goff, then a police ser geant. MacDonald's accusations were heard by Fickert and Goff who (Turn to page 2, col. 3) REFUSES BLQQD TO CHICAGO, July 29 (AP) Charged with refusing to give blood to aid his anemic baby, Leo Bloteaux was sent to Jail today after Judge James F. Hardy had termed him "the meanest man in the world." Bloteaux also was charged with cruelty and failure to support his wife who works In a factory. The wife declared she submitted to blood transfusions as often as she was able to Bave their baby, then appealed to her husband, but in vain. "Give him a lot of time to think and maybe he will realize his re sponsibility as a father and a hu man being:," advised the state at torney. The judge complied by fining Bloteaux $100 -which he will work out. Trusty Convict Douglas L. Day Escapes Prison Douglas L. Day, convict num ber 9228 at the state peniten tiary, escaped Tuesday evening some time between six and 8:30 p. m., prison officials said last night. His absence was noticed at 8:30 when he failed to check In after spending the day on the farm at the prison annex. Day was serving a 12 year sen tence for participation in the Rose City, Portland, bank rob bery six years ago and bad been prisoner at the penitentiary since April 9, 1925. He was described as of chunky build and light com plexion, was five feet seven In ches tall and weighed 200 pounds. He has a slightly lame right knee, it was said. A reward of $50 is offered for his return. CHILD SENTENCED Cure toy Sewer Outlet Odors is Now Demanded Some action to eliminate the stench from outlets of several of the main sewer lines in Salem will probably be requested of the city council at Its meeting next Mon day, Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, coun ty health officer. Indicated yester day. Dr. Douglas was in Portland the first of the week to confer with Dr. Frederick Strieker, state health officer, en the state sewer, which empties from Center" street near the county bridge. -Nothing will be done relative -to this one until Srlcker comes here tomor row to to over the situation. Three city sewers. In addition to the state one, are exposed, the health officer says. T. city sew er opening out below Center street, the Hickory street, main pipes and the Bellevue sewer are all above water line now; how ever, the Hickory street situation Is the most grave. Water Is not only below the Hickory street sewer, but sewage trickles down the bank and rests in a sloagh, virtually stin water la the summer time. This condi tion will bave to be corrected. 1 PILLAGED BY REDS All Americans Are Remove From Changsha Except Few Who Refuse Protec tion State Dept. Told Communist Hordes Overrun City; Rumor Claims New Government Will be Set Up in South China SHANGHAI, July 30. (Wednesday) Changsh dispatches today said com munists, checked in their wholesale destruction of the city, instead systematically burned foreign properties after giving their contents te street rabble. The British North China Daily News today says all foreign missions at Chang sha, Hunan province capital, were wrecked by communist who overran the city yester day. WASHINGTON. July" 20. (AP) The state department was informed today all Ameri cans at Changsha were safe, aboard the V. S. S. Palos except three who refused protection. Consul General Frank P. Lockhart at Hankow said Japa nese and British gunboats as sisted In the evacuation and ke believed all foreigners who ac cepted protection were safe. Th Palos was to remain at ChaBg sha, unless the situation grew worse. The consul's report said com munists mere expected to take Changsha momentarily, the gov ernment troops having depart for Chanoteh. SHANGHAI. July 29. (Ar Overrun by a comuiunirt horde, the rich city of Chang sha, capital of Hunan province, today was systematically Bark? and burned by the Invader while foreign warships removed their nationals to safety. "Reds' Overcome All Opposition Striking the nationalist parri (Turn to paee 2, col. 1) LONDON. July 29 (AP) The British parliament In effect ratified the London naval treaty today when a bill designed tn support its terms passed through all its stages in the house of lords. Today's progress of the mese ure left nothing more to be done so far as Great Britain is con cerned until the final implement of ratification are exchanged for mally between the signatories to the treaty excepting for King George to give the royal assent to the bill, which he will do before end of the week. The measure was technical in its form containing the legisla tion to cancel Britain's-commitments under the "Washington treaty where such cancellation was required to give effect to the new treaty. The house of lords passed the bill today without taking a vote and with the minimum of debate. j either through long extension te the sewer permitting It to reaca out into the river, or by cutting through the neck of land between slough and river, then letting 1b water to ran the waste off. Complaints from residents along the river hare been coming into the health officer's office for some time. The officer says from a health standpoint, the situation should be cared for Immediately, particularly because of danger, from typhoid ff ft gets Into the water and Is not carried off In mediately. The Hickory street outlet offer an excellent fly-breeding groua4 as well as anything but an esthet ic addition to the city. Gasee reaching these places are not dan gerous, Dr. Douglas su s. The lire trouble was enconn -tered here last year, daring tow. water. ' Sewage disposal Is becoming more and more a problem to all the cities along the Willamette, Douglas points out .an, believes It will be but a short time before steps will be taken to get the matter will la hand, .' 11 PACT BETS BRITISH iPPll