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EIGHTIETH TEAR
Satan, Oregon, Ttarsday Morning, August 28, 1930
No. 133
VIOLATORS SAY"
They see Wonders of Water in Marion County
MM LOSS
FAR lINITlf
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Sheriff Wheeler, and Other
: Promineftr " Officials at
'Wenatchee . Arrested; 56
Indictments out
Intimidating Witnesses in
Uquor Cases one Count
Faced by Deputy, County
Commissioner
WENATCHEE,- Wash.,
Ausf. 27. (AP) For the
fourth time this year federal
investigations of liquor oper
ations in as many sections
of the Pacific northwest re
sulted in accusations being
brought against high public
officials.
Following closely upon
similar actions in Mullan and
Wallace, Idaho, and in Seat
tle, county Sheriff Pete
Wheeler and two other
prominent officials here to
day were drawn in the net
of another grand jury which
completed its deliberations yes
terday In Spokane.
Charged with conspiracy to
violate the national prohibition
law and with Intimidating wit
nesses in liquor trials. Wheeler,
sheriff for the past three years
and resident of this city for 45
years, posted $(000 bond and
was bound over for arraignment
in Spokane. His deputy sheriff.
George Strevel, and former Chief
Deputy H. J. Buckley, who only
recently was named clerk of the
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IDAHO FALLS, Aug. 27.
(AP) John McMurray, Oakley
farmer, stock man and banker,
will earry the republican ban
ner Into the fall election as gu
bernatorial candidate, opposing
Mayor C. Ben Ross of Pocatello,
democratic candidate for the
second consecutive campaign.
McMurray and Ross were se
lected unanimously at state con
ventions. The republicans were
in session bere and the demo
crats at St. Anthony.
Senator William E. Borah was
renominated by the republicans
yesterday and will be opposed in
the election by Joseph Tyler of
Emmett The state's two re
publican representatives. Burton
L. French of the first district
and Addison T. Smith of the sec
ond district, were also chosen to
seek reelection and will be op
posed by Compton I. White of
Clarke Fork, and George H.
Tisher ej Bancroft, respectively.
STAND EXPLAINED
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Aug. 27
AP) Commending Governor
Norblad for his stand in demand
ing public hearings on water pow
er applications, the Roseburg
chamber of commerce today sent
a letter to the governor outlining
its stand on power development of
the North Umpqua.
The chamber is not opposed to
power development provided the
scenic and recreational resources
are not destroyed. The chamber
objects to the proposed high dams
and creation of great artificial
lakes.
FACES GRAND JURY
ROSEBURG, Ore., Ang. 27
(AP) Cecil Critese, 22, Ag
nes, Oregon, charged with set
tins; fires in the Siskiyou na
tional forest in November,
1929, was bound orer to the
federal grand jury today after
a hearing before United States
Commissioner C F. Hopkins.
Ban was fixed at f 1,000.
DIMMICK DEEDS IT
HOOD RIVER. Ore., Aug. 17
(AP) Zita Dimmlck, of Walla
Walla, Wash., today deeded to the
state' of Oregon an It acre tract
of land located on the Mount
Hoed loop highway about 1C
miles soutk of Hood River.
The tract is said to be one of
the few virgin beauty spots still
left on the highway. . The state
will clear the tract of underbrush
and convert it to tourist use. .
I "TEST" CONTINUES
PORTLAND. Ors Ag. 27
IDAHO
Mil
Reliefs
(API Tex, and Dick Rankin, pi-
Scenes on Marion county's first trrigatfon tour, held Monday.
Tpper left, C. T. Darley and Clarence Bowne, who lead in Flax
land Development company's Irrigation project near Stayton.
Upper right, group of Irrigation aight-seera noting 500-gallon
overflow from well on Bam Brown farm. Center circle, Frank
Doerfler, leader of the First National Bank's Irrigation tour, con-
CRASH
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DeShazo, Alabamo ace, Dies
In Flames of Stunt
Ship at Chicago
CURT1SS - REYNOLDS AIR
PORT. Chicaco. An. 27. (AP)
A racing navy plane, drumming
a tnunaer or speea, piungea m
pilot to a flaming death, killed an
onlooker and Jeopardised theliVea
of horror stricken hundreds of
spectators at the national air
races today.
The dead are Lieut. J. P. De
shaso of MotevaHo, Ala., and
Louis Welner, a Chicago conces
aionn&ire. Seven spectators were
injured, none seriously.
Turning the last pylon with 1C
navy planes in a 50-mile apeed
race, Deshazo's plane, hurtling 121
miles an hour, veered eraaily as
the flier attempted a barrel roll,
crashed and burst into flames. He
was about 100 ' feet from the
ground, and the plane fell a short
distance from the south bleachers.
Welner was struck by the plane
which dropped in front of his con
cession stand. Most of the injur
ed were struck by flying missiles
when the gasoline tank of the
plane exploded. Others were splat
tered with burning oil.
Believe He Crashed
To Save Spectators
As the roar of speed changed
to a requiem of death, the bleach
er spectators scrambled in terri
fied haste from the stands. J. R.
McCoy of Chicago and his wife fell
to their knees as the racer swoop
ed down over them and crashed
20 feet away. They were burned
by the shower of hot oil.
It will never be known, but
many aviators believed Deshaxo
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Power Ruling Approved
Alleged Arsonist Held
State Gets Hood Tract
Rankins Going Strong
lota of the monoplane On-to-Ore-gon,
tonight had been in the air
38 hours on their fourth attempt
to set a new record for sustained
flight.
No messages had been received
by the ground crew but every
thing seemed all right aboard the
endurance plane.
The Rankfn brothers today re
ceived permission from the feder
al radio commission to operate a
short wave radio transmitter from
the plane.
ROUNDUP AWAITED
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 27
(AP The old west was alive
again here tonight as Pendleton
awaited the opening of the twenty-first
annual round-up tomor
row. Hundreds of happy Indian
youths and - maidens wandered
about the city while their more
stolid elders squatted on the earb
on Main street.
The most skillful cowboys and
ropers in the United States, are
here to test their skill. They in
clude Pete Knight, who von the
bucking contest at Calgary and
Cheyenne this year and at Pendle
ton last year; Bob Askina. former
Roosevelt trophy winner; Carl
Arnold, E. Pardee, "Bullet Rope"
Jack MeClure, -and many -others.-
BURGLARS ACTIVE "
EUGENEV Ore.,. Angv27
(AP) Burglars last night en-,
tered three business establish
ments at Florence and stole a .
total of SSOO. No merchandise .
- was taken. . ;. '
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Bloodshed in Peru
Indicated; Message
- Mentions 'Funeral'
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Censorship Conceals Details but Telegrams Re-
veal Solemn State Obsequies for Students
Being Planned at Lima
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug. 27. ( AP) Indications of
bloodshed in Lima were given in telegrams received
here today from the Peruvian capital, saying great prepara
tions were being made for the solemn state funeral of stu
dents. No details were contained in the messages which, by
mentioning only the funeral, ap-O '
parenuy passed through the strict
censorship unmolsted and It Is sur
mised here that these students
met death In tsreet fighting in
Lima,
LIMA, Aug. 27. (AP) Lieu
tenant Colonel Luis Sanchex Cer
ro, who first lifted the banner of
revolt in Arequipa last week, to
night loomed as the new "strong
man" in Peruvian politics.
During the day it was reliably
re ported Colonel Sanchex Cerro,
who seized a Fawcett airplane to
fly from Arequipa to Lima, would
take over the government and the
military junta which has been in
control since the resignation of
President Augusto Leguia.
The cabinet headed by Colonel
Sanchez Cerro, as made public to
day. Included Naval Captain Ro
taide. Lieutenant Colonel Ivardo
Lona, Colonel Eulogia Castill and
Majors Felic de la Barra, Delbareo,
Gustavo Jiminez and Sologuren.
Reliable reports were obtained
today that the military junta set
up by General .Manuel Maria
Ponce had decided to resign in
face of the support being given
Sanchex Cerro who .was then
known to be enroute to Lima ac
companied by five ' companions,
four of them members of the Peru
vian parliament. .
FEREUSDiJS STATE
TBI T
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 27.
(AP) In an editorial In the
Ferguson Forum, signed "Pa and
Ma." James E. and Miriam A.
Ferguson said today they "never
expect to seek public office
again." The Forum, is a Fergu
son political newspaper.
"Every day, the , editorial
said, "we are asked what of our
plans? Our answer is that, whi'e
we never expect to seek off if a
again, we will always be at tL3
command of our friends as pri
vate citizens with our bit and
mit to battle for the interests of
the people."
' It was the first statement of
.the Fergusons since Mrs. Fer
guson was defeated for the deia
oeratle nomination for. governor
by Ross 8. Sterling, of Houston,
last Saturday.
Lumber Demand
Found Improved
NSW ORLEANS, Aug. 27.
(AP) Reports from 129 iden
tical southern pine mills show
orders received Increased C.2C
per cent over previous week;
shipments v increased . 7.50 .. per
cent, and production increased
1.71 per cent These 12$ mills
show 43.2f ,000 feet ordered,
43.7i3.0v0 feet Shipped and 44,
ES1.000 feet produced, with or
ders on -hand at and of last week
amounting to- 122,577,000 feet.
Photos by W. C
gratvlates Senator Sam Brown at his Gervais farm. Lower left,
a group at pump house over drilled well which furnishes water to
00 acres on Brown farm. Lower right, ten acres of cucumbers
drink water and get fat as abundant supply Is poured from wood
en chute at right in picture.
H DECISION OU
MILK BILL THEM
Final report of the ordinance
committee of the city council on
the milk ordinance situation is ex
pected to be made Tuesday night.
Although distributers and pro
ducers have declared themselves
In favor of the ordinance as it
stands, the nature of the commit
tee's report will probably not be
announced before that time.
Alderman Henry Vandervort,
who la sponsoring an ordinance
to replace the present rule, has
declared himself still in the fight
and plans to continue until he at
tains his object. He claims the
present ordinance is not favorable
to the small producer.
At the hearing Monday night be
fore the ordinance, committee a
motion was made that the pres
ent measure be retained, but mem
bers of the committee said Wed
nesday the motion was out of or
der and was not made in the com
mittee. Whether or not the group
wiU favor the present milk reg
ulation or' recommend a change
will not be released until the re
port is made, was the opinion of
Paul Johnson, one of the commit
teemen. Milk Strike at
, Kansas City is
Virtually Over
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 27 (AP)
The Kansas City mUk strike was
virtually ended under an agree
ment reached today by representa
tives of Jhe-ure Milk Producers
associatlonVhd pasteurisers.
The milk will be marketed un
der the same terms as before the
strike leaving the moot points,
particularly a checkoff system
where by the producers association
would receive S cents on each 100
pounds of milk, to arbitration by
Dr. Clyde L. King, head of the
Wharton school of finance. Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Double Slaying
Suspect is Held
SAN DIEGO. Aug. 27. (AP)
Frank Lamadrid, in a long, dist
ance telephone call from Ensenada
at 11:30 tonight stated that a
suspect had -been arrested in the
slaying of Lois M. - Kendle and
Francis Conlon at Ensenada. The
suspect, 'he said, was a Japanese,
Masotoml Miyashiro, who was
found wandering in a' dazed con
dition eight mUes 'south' of Ensen
ada. He Is said to have had a knife.
in his hand similar to the one used
in the dual alaylag. f f
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Conner, Statesman Staff Photographer.
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Follows Bombardment From
Nationalist Planes;
Protest is Sent
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AP)
The Kuo Min news agency an
nounced tonight that Peiping,
former capital of China and not
the stronghold of the northern
rebel alliance, was placed under
martial law today following upon
the bombardment of the city by
four government airplanes.
The agency, which represents
(the Chinese nationalist govern
ment In the United States, said
the planes did considerable dam
age and, contrary to previous re
ports, asserted that the populace
was panic stricken.
Martial law was declared, the
agency continued, to prevent dis
turbances by the people, who
have suffered greatly from the
business depression and the fall
of silver prices owing to the civil
war.
At the same time the nation
alist government announced It
was dissatisfied with the British
minister's reply to its request for
the deportation and punishment
of Bertram Lenox Simpson, al
so known as Putnam Weale, a
British subject, who in June took
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is SUHCIDE
PORTLAND, Aug. 27. (AP)
Mrs. Doris A. Vermillion, 38, Port
land was shot and killed today by
Ernest O. Vermillion, 40, former
ly of Tillamook, Ore., her divorced
husband, who turned the weapon
upon himself, inflicting a head
wound from which he died a half
hour later.
In Mrs. Vermillion's apartment
house room where the shooting oc
curred, authorities found a coun
ty clerk's receipt, dated August
20, tor a certified copy of a di
vorce action brought by Mrs. 'Ver
million. The divorce had been
granted here August 23.
Miss Ethel Jeanette, apartment
house manager, told police she
heard two shots and 'dashed into
the hall to see Mrs. VermlUion
stagger from her room and fall
dead. At the third shot Miss Jean
ette said she entered the room and
found Vermillion unconscious on
the floor.
Hell an9 Maria
Spends Birthday
Flat on his Back
SANTANDER, Spain. Aug. 17.
(AP). General Charles. G.
Dawes, who . temporarily has
dropped bis eares as ambassador
to Great Britain to survey, the
handiwork of the cavemen who
roamed this part of Spain thous
ands of years ago, spent his sixty-fifth
birthday flat on his back
in the historic Altamlra cares.
'The American statesman was
on his back because that was the
only way he could take a com
fortable look at the paintings on
the stone ceiling, done there be
tween 10,000 and 20,000 years
ago by men of the Paleolithic age,
His famous underslung pipe was
golngstreng airthe time.
"What do you wish to see
htost? Generai-Dawes was asked
as he entered the care.
"The bones of the wooly rhin
oceros" he repMed." " '"' -?
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Olmsted Story Backed by
Various Members of his
Rum Organization
Two Government Agents on
Stand Also Jo Tell of
Irregularities
SEATTLE, Aug. 27 (AP)
Government . witnesses in the
Lvle-Whitney conspiracy case in
Federal court here today told of
paying-immense sums 6m money
to Al Hubbard, former rum run
ner and later prohibition agent.
for federal protection.
The six witnesses, with but two
exceptions, were at some time
connected with the Roy Olmsted
liquor-ring. Four of them had
served sentences either in McNeil
island federal penitentiary or in
the county jail for violation of the
dry laws. Thetwo exceptions
were Frank M. White, a prohibi
tion agent from Chicago who was
sent here as a special under cover
agent and Matt Ryan, a former
customs officer detailed for pro
hibition work in this state.
The witneesses testified that
Hubbard saidthe money was for
Roy C. Lyle, former administra
tor, William M. Whitley, former
assistant to Lyle and Earl Crowin,
former chief field agent. R. U
Fryant.a former agent, and Clif
ford T. McKinney, former assis
tant United States attorney, also
defendants in the case, were not
specifically named.
Had no Trouble
Getting Liquor in
Alaska, and one of the members
of the first Olmsted ring told of
the boats that were brought into
Puget Sound loaded with liquor.
He told of the organization and
its agreement with Hubbard to
work under a protection system
and declared that they "encount
ered notrouble in running in li
quor from Canada until after the
Woodmont beach raid," which
was made after the prohibition
department received a tip from
King County Prosecutor Ewing D.
Colvin that liquor was to be un
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death coney
E SIFTED
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 27
(AP) Testimony about an al
leged conspiracy to assassinate
Governor Doyle E. Carlton, and of
counter moves by friends of the
governor and an attorney for Al
phonse Capone to obtain evidence,
was presented today at prelimin
ary hearing for three men charged
with the conspiracy.
Clem Dowling, former room
mate of Frank Ralls, one of the
defendants, testified that Ralls
told him of the alleged plot and
also named Henry Halsema and
Fred O. Eberhardt, Tallahassee
publisher, as conspirators. Dowl
ing said he exposed the plot to pre
vent the murder of the governor,
and "to save Ralls from the elec
tric chair."
Vincent C. Giblln, former circuit
jedge and attorney for Capone, re
lated that he came into the case
as an investigator, because Dowl
ing said Ralls asserted that the
slaying was to be laid to. Capone's
men.
Giblln said Capone asked him
to look into the matter after Dowl
ing related details of the plot to
J. Fitxgordon, another Capone at
torney. -
OHicials Plan
Rigid Probe of
Boxer's Demise
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.
(AP). A rigid investigation by
the California State Boxing com
mission Into the death of Frankie
Campbell, who died following a
beating by Max Baer in boxing
match here Monday, night, will
start tomorrow.
The investigation by police is
already under way. Baer appear
ed in municipal court today to
face a charge of manslaughter,
but his arraignment was post
poned until September 12. The
hearing was postponed to permit
a coroner's Inquest into the cause
of Campbell's death.
Captain Drowns
When Freighter
Sinks in Harbor
NEW YORK. Aug. 27. (AP)
Fouled in the rigging, Captain
Estes of the Clyde-Mailory freight,
er Neches,' sank with his ship in
New York harbor off State Island
tonight after the vessel collided
Willi m earsc. j-
The chief engineer said the Tea
sel sank, currying- the-' captain
down as he was trying to untangle
him. All other 24 members of her
crew were saved.1 - ;
EVIDEIilC
IN FIRE AT NIGHT
Blaze Fought for Several Hours After Gaining Mucb
Headway Before Discovery; Starts in Basement and
Works way up to Roof, Portions of Building Com- ;
pletely Destroyed
Cause not Known but Investigation Will be Made, is
Indication Late at Night; Sale Negotiations Reported
Near Completion; Previous Fires of the Same Firm
Are Recalled
rlE which broke out in the Cherry City Milling com
pany plant on Trade. street late Wednesday night prac
tically destroyed the warehouse and basement before it was
extinguished. An estimate of the loss could not be ob
tained. The blaze had gained considerable headway before it
was discovered and the alarm turned in. Virtually all of
the city's equipment in the downtown station was brought
into use.
O It is believed the fire started
BROOKS
BUILDINGS
60 UP JMES
Entire Highway District Is
Menaced as Allison's
Property Burns
.aSROOKS, Ore., Aug. 27 (Spe
cial) The entire portion of the
Brooks business district border
ing on the Pacific highway was
endangered si S o'clock this aft
ernoon by a fire which destroyed
the store building and filling sta
tion owned and operated by
Charles Allison together with his
apartment at the back of the store.
Mr. Allison reported that he
had lighted a gasoline stove to
heat water for shaving and had
gone Info a nearby room, return
ing in a moment to find the place
a mass of flames. Apparently the
gasoline stove exploded.
The blase spread so rapidly
from the beginning that Mr. Alli
son was able to save only a few
valuable papers from the store.
and to get his automobile out of
the garage to safety. Everything
else about his property was con
sumed by the flames. He carried
a small amount of Insurance.
Fight Desperately
To Save Buildings
Neighbors came flocking to the
scene and some of the automo
bile parties on the highway stop
ped, so that soon several hundred
cars were parked near the blaz
ing buildings.
Handicapped by lack of ade
quate equipment and water sup
ply the volunteer fire fighters had
to work desperately to save How
ard Ramp's establishment - and
Charles Coffindaffer's barber shop
and filling station. Had there been
more wind, this probably could not
have been accomplished.
Mr. Allison's buildings stood
about a block north of the Brooks
crossroads.
FLIERS KILLED'
ROCKVILLE. Ind., Aug. 27
(AP) Albert J. McKay, 35, and
Leland Burford, 24. of Indiana
polis, were killed tonight when
their airplane fell two hundred
feet to the ground near the Tur
key Run airport, ten miles north
of here.
Way not yet Opened for
Klamath Power Projects
Approval by the federal power
commission of the application of
the California - Oregon Power
company for a license to develop
five power projects on the Klam
ath river, between what is known
as the Grant Power site and the
California line, does not change
the status of the. power company
as far as the state of Oregon is
concerned.
This was announced here Wed
nesday by C. E. Strickland, as
sistant state engineer, who is con
versant with the various provi
sions of the Oregon water code.
Strickland said that before the
California-Oregon Power company
can proceed with development of
the 'proposed projects it must re
ceive from the state of Oregon a
permit for appropriation of - wa
ter. This appropriation has not
yet been approved by ths atate
engineer who, la a recent an
nouncement, declared ; i that , , no
mors lmortant ' applications :- for
water appropriations ,- would ' be
approved by his department' un
til after the' next regular session
of the Oregon legislature. : -j
The license granted by the. fed
eral power commission merely
covers rights-of-way and other
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in the basement of the building
and worked up through first and
second stories to the roof. Al
though the cause of the blat
was not known it was rumored
the police department would be
gin an investigation today.
The mill was owned by Ernest
Palmer of Silverton and others,
among them Ross C. Bidw)L
Negotiations tor the sale of the
company to parties whose nam
could not be learned have been
carried on for some time asd
the sale was to be completed to
day it was learned from a relia
ble source.
Damage Estimated '
Around 910,000
Officer Shafer turned in tUm
alarm at 11 o'clock after W
fire had gained a good start ie
the basement.
Palmer, who arrived from Ti
verton shortly after the fire bad
been extinguished, said the plant
and stock was estimated at ever t
$20,000 and placed the damage
to grain, feed and equipment,
at about 10,000. This figuse,
however, was made before aa in
vestigation could be made.
A truck and much of the offire
equipment and records was re
moved from the building during
the fire.
The Cherry City Milling coaa
pany was moved to its presaat
location about five years asjw
when its old plant on the north- 1
east corner of High and Trad i
burned to the ground. About sat j
men are employed steadily there
Plane Carries
Vaccine Supply .
SEATTLE. Aug. 27. (AP)
The airplane was pressed teto
service again today as a means -et
bringing medical aid to the Al
askan outlands when territorial
health officer, Devigbne, took eft
for Klawock, an Isolated region,
where an outbreak of typhoid fev
er was reported among the In
dians. Dr. Devighne took a supply f
vaccine with him and' will remain
to supervise the care of the stiefe
en natives.
TWO FLIERS DIE
GRAND FORKS. N. D., Aug. 27
(AP) H. L. Barnes of Grand
Forks, the pilot was -Instantly
killed and Jack Crewe, managing
editor of the Grand Forks Her
ald, was fatally injured late t
day In an airplane crash at Rey
nolds, IS miles south of here.
concessions over which the
eral government has sole Juris
diction. The California-Oregon Power
company has filed its applications
for water appropriations on tha
Klamath river, and also has sub
mitted to the state engineer cer
tain maps dealing with the pso
posed development. It was said
that detailed plans would be pre ; .
pared later and presented to, taw
engineer. ' These plans will cov
er construction operations- Fee',
in connection with the filings ai-'
ready have been paid to the state
by the California-Oregon Poi
company.
Applications filed with
state engineer indicated .that ,tfee
Klamath rvrer power developmeet:
would cost approximately Tl-'
ooe,oeo. . ; a i
': Strickland declared ' that fa '
view of the recent statement
sued by Rhea Lupeiy state en-
gineer, that no more water per-'
mits "will be Issued until after ,
the regular legislative session a
January, the California - Orega "
Power company probably- canned
begin work on the projects withJ.:
20 days as Indicated in newspaper;
dispatches received from ;Wa-'
lagton. , . -