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News Wliile It's New To all rural mall Mb scribers la the Salem ter ritory the emir Salem pa per available the day of pabllcatkm is The State- v - ew WEATHER Fair today and Satur day, " moderate tempera ture; Max. temperature Thursday 74, Misu 47. partly cloudy, east wind, river FPU MP ED 1851 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Horning, September 5, 1930 No. 12 iP(il FEEDER LINES NEED TOLD IT L Valley and Siletz Purchase Hearing Starts Before r I. C. C. Examiner Northern Lines say Revenue Now not Sufficient to Maintain Service PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 4 (AP) Construction and acquisi tion of lumber feeder lines are ne cessary to enable the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway com pany to profit in its operations and to better service in its terri tory. W. H. Marsh, secretary of the Oregon Electric corporation, said today at the Interstate conv merce commission's bearing on the Oregon Electric's petition to buy the Valley and Siletz, a 40- mile lumber railroad owned by the Cobb and Mitchell Interests. The Oregon electric, part of the S-J'. S. system, holds an option tonuy the valley and Silets but the Southern Pacific has filed protest "T. P. Sullivan, examiner for the Interstate commerce com mission, is conducting the hear ing. The Oregon public service commission has Intervened to "protest the Interests of the pub lic." Price Announced As two Millions Marsh, under questioning by Charles A. Hart, counsel for the northern lines, explained the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern's ownership of the 8. P. & S. and the Oregon Electric and said the earnings of the S. P. & S. were not enough to maintain the plant. He said the purchase of the Valley and Siletz had been (Turn to page 2, col. fi) F TO PUT LOGANS The newest project -proposed, for the land irrigated by the Flaxland Development company, Is that of loganberry culture. A meeting at West Stayton last night was attended by about 40 growers of that district and sev eral representatives of the Ore gon Packing company. It was stated that berries of more uni form quality and better weight could be produced, on irrigated land than on unlrrigated soil. . Contracts guaranteeing four cents plus 86 per cent of the market increase, on a fire to sev en year basis, were proposed by the packing company and endors ed by the growers. It was report ed that probably. 100 acres of lo ganberries would be cultivated on the irrigated land next year. CALLS COMMISSION PORTLAND. Ore.1, Sept. 4. (AP) Goternor Norblad said to day he wpuld call the state high way commission to meet with him pezt Monday or Tuesday to con sider the matter, of speeding up load construction by awarding new contracts. "This Is an emergency situation and because of the unemployment t would like to see what can be done about providing work," the Jovernor Bald. "I will recommend the commission that bonds be old to finance new construction." The governor said he did not ears where the highway commis sion used the money If bonds were Issued, although he would like to see the Roosevelt highway com pleted as soon as possible. Only a few more miles of that highway are to be placed under contract for grading. BELIEVED GONE EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 4. (AT) Sheriff H. L. Brown an nounced today the search for Bay Sutherland, 67, alleged Mareola moonshiner-slayer, had been abandoned. Brown said he believed Suth erland bad effected his escape from the Mareola hill country and was headed south. AT CALIFORNIA FAIR SACRAMENTO. Calif., 8ept- 4 (AP) An Oregon display in-, tailed at the 7tn annual Calif Aim state fair hr TY. Vf. Lowe. f Medford, Is attracting much at tention. The display Includes six booths, davoted to one nhase of the state's resources. One Is a motion iiofnv tneatra ehowlna Oregon's forests and wild Uf. Another Booth contains a display of Oregon fruits. A huge scenic backdrop is on display and in the foreground Is mw, Avhihtt of nnts. melons and gar den truck, grain product are fe tared in the eastern Oregon booli. JmtAQhlna. Jackson. Klamath, Lake ; Harney and Malheur eoun- ties of Oregon ana uw or, oar kfxou and Modoc counties oi uu RAIL OFFICIA mm MM Bloodshed Students and JPolice Clash; Many Injured Rioting Starts Over his Rule HIPOLITO TRIGOYEN EE Scientists Piece Together Story of Tragedy Upon Northern Wastes (Copyright, 1930, and all rights reserved in North and South America and in Japan by the Associated Press.) TROMSOE. Norway, Sept. 4 (AP) The diary and log of Sal omon August Andree, aeronauti cal polar explorer, brought back from White Island where Andree had lain in an icy grave for 33 years, today confused the Interest of experts examining the relics of his expedition. These priceless notes are being guarded with extreme care by ex perts and their contents hare not been divulged. Close observers, however, believe that these var ious books will provide a drama tie and more or less complete his tory of the Andree expedition from the time the explorers start ed away with their balloon until Andree, as sole survivor, leaned bis poor, wracked frame against an earthy ibank near his last stand, and composed himself to die. Believe Record Kept Until End It is believed therecords are written as concise!? as possible without unnecessary details, and that Andree kepyhis tragic mem (Turn to pge 2, col. 2) 4 '. .w.-:-T-.jv.v.-.w.v-:-:-: :-: -v- 4 im4 ft- I ' j& A V f-' ' " it f t' NOTEBOOKS Highway Work is Urged Sutherland Chase Ends Oregon Display Viewed Blast Kills Road men ifornia have Joined in another dis play at the fair. ARRESTS TRAFFIC OOP PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 4. (AP) A 70-year-old motorist ar rested a 1 6-year-old Portland traf fic 'officer today. Mark T. Fleming, the officer. was making a reverse turn in a police car at a busy intersection and struck an automobile driven by C. H. Beard. Police regulations require an arrest be made when a police ear is involved In an acci dent. Fleming prepared to arrest Beard. "I'm 74 years old," Beard said. "and I've never been arrested." "Well Fleming, replied, "rm only 16. I guess I ean stand It. Ton arrest me and that will satis fy the requirements." Beard took Fleming to head quarters and swore out a warrant for Fleming's arrest, charging failure to glre right-of-way. The warrant was served with unusual ceremony. FALLS TO DEATH KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Septi 4. (AP) Francis 9. Flowers, 43, a carpenter, was killed 'today ta a fall from a scaffold in a local mffl. His body was crashed by the Im pact against the cement floor. PROTEST ORIENTALS KTJGSNE. Ore.. Sent. 4. (AP) The central labor council last nirtit vlroronslT assailed the em ployment of oriental labor In.pre- fersne to white labor In Eugene and cited several specific instances whera orientals have been retain ed while whites hare been Ois- mlssed. ' An investigation committee ie- ported that at least tire establish ments In Eugene were employing orientals and said that In the cast few weeks this practice had re sulted in tne aisenarge or several white persons. The committee re- norted nut hotel had discharged a white woman who had been em ployed there eight years but had retained its full staff of Filipino help. Occurs as One Killed; Parade of Protesting Youth Starts Riot BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6. (AP) (Friday) Many per sons were wounded in shooting late tonight on the Avenida de Mayo when students, demon strating against President Yrigoyen, and police clashed. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 4. (AP) One person was killed and two were wounded tonight in a clash between police and sever al thousand studenta.who march ed toward the government house. The students formed without police permission and then began to march through the principal thoroughfare. They had nearly reached the Plaza where the . government house stands when they were blocked by a force of mounted police. The nolle rhirpAil threa times to break up the demonstra tion but some students broke through the barrier and reached the plaza. I After a few moments the stu dents returned to the plaza carry ing aiort Handkerchiefs soaked in the blood of their eommtntnufi who had fallen and shouting "as sassins." When thev reached the nlaca a new demonstration was headed by Dr. Aliredo Palaclos, dean of the law school of the University of Buenos Aires. T BT IK WHEELS R. F. Seitzinger of Wichita, Kas., Dies After Fall From Freight car R. F. Seitzinger, transient, was killed at 8 p.m. here Thursday night when he fell from a south bound Southern Pacific freight train. His body was nearly sev ered by the wheels of the train. He lived for a few minutes, dying before an ambulance arrived. The accident occured on 12 th street Just south of State. An identification card found In Seitzlnger's clothes revealed that his home was at 623 West Third street, Wichita, Kansas and that Mrs. Nora Seitzinger was his wife. She was wired news of her hus band's death last night. The body is held at Rigdon's awaiting word from the east. Passersby See Body Under Train Seitzinger was riding alone on a freight car at the time of the accident. Passersby noted a form under the slowly moving train. The body was carried about 20 feet along the street. Seitzinger was wearing two pairs of coeralls and a coat. Two silver dollars were the only valu ables found In his possession. He was about 45 years of age. Rigdon's mortuary was not ad vised last night whether an in quest would be held. Coroner Lloyd Rigdon was at the scene of the accident shortly after Seitzln ger's body was found. MISS BACl TALKS TO KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.', Sept (AP) Miss Doris Bacon, 26, today visited the Klamath coun ty Jail and identified Donald Nacker as the slayer of Fred Dun bar, Miss Bacon's financee, at Summit Lake Monday afternoon. Miss Bacon pleaded with Nack er to tell authorities why he killed Dunbar but the youth re iterated his story of pursuing a hawk and firing at a moving ob ject he thought was ah animal. Then, he said, bis mind was blank until be found himself standing beside Dunbar's body with Miss Bacon nearby, bound hand and foot. Miss Bacon expected to leave for Salem tonight. Funeral services for Dunbar were held here' today. Chicken House Warming Event At Aurora Farm AURORA, Sept, 4 That there la nothing new under the sun,' has proven untrue. Clark Wil liam and wife gave not a house warming, but a chicken house warming, on their place east of Aurora. An orchestra of five pieces fur nished music for the ISO "birds' who danced the 'Pigeon wing.1 All had a Jolly time until the wee small hours. Guests were present from Portland, Oregon City, Bar low, Canby and Aurora. in wm in HURRICANE TO MISS FLORIDA LATEST WORD Eight Hundred Dead in City Of Santo Domingo, is Report to Capital Large Interior Territory is Not Heard From; U. S. Minister is Safe WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (AP) Unless the tropical hur ricane which devastated Santo Domingo yesterday gathers force anew, Charles L. Mitchell, forecaster of the Washington weather bureau, said tonight danger to the Florida coast from the disturbance was past. SAN JUAN, Sept. 4 (AP) Got. Roosevelt was informed to night that 00 were dead in the city of Santo Domingo alone as the result of the tropical hurri cane with no part of the Interior republic heard from. The governor's Information came from" Major Cary I. Crock ett, who flew from San Juan to the Dominican capital this after noon. Major Crockett's estimate was made after he had conferred with President Trujillo and Charles B. Curtis, American minister. American Legation Destroyed, Report Major Crockett Tadioed Gover nor Roosevelt that the American minister with his staff and all Europeans were saved but that the American legation was de stroyed. He said that three-quarters of the houses were practically de stroyed and that the entire city was badly damaged. The S00 deaths were estimated by President Trujillo. That num ber had been counted at the time of the conference and It was in dicated that the number in the city might go higher, with the remainder of the country yet to be heard from. Hundreds of others were in jured, but the message did not attempt to estimate the number. Major Crockett said there was urgent need for physicians, med ical supplies, tents, pots, blankets, clothing and 50,000 to 100,000 rations. He added that funds from the Red Cross also were badly needed. JUOO SLIM GETS BLAME FOB PLOTS TRIESTE. Italv. Sent. 4. (AP) Testimony that the ter rorist gang alleged to have plot ted to assassinate Premier Mus solini had been nromised money from Belgrade was given today by Francesco Maruslc, one or tne accused, at the trial of 18 sus pects before a special tribunal. The 18 prisoners on trial oi Jugo-Slavian origin, and one of them was alleged to have con fessed the anti-Mussolini plot. Maruslc, also said to have con fessed, testified today he was led Into the organization In 1928. Two men from Jugo Slavia told him at a recent reunion oi tne terrorists that further acts of violence were necessary, he said. and he began to change his ideas regarding the brotnernooa. He said the Jugo Slavlans told him the Intensified terrorist campaign must await orders and money from Belgrade. Marnsie. Questioned concern ing IS mnrders in which nollce said he took part, wept over his crimes and asked paraon oi those killed and injured oy tne terrorists. He told of plans tor. a series of terrorist crimes about the time of Prince Humbert's wedding last winter and said he had accepted a mission to blow up a lighthouse to avoid a share in disturbances calculated to in terfere with the prince's happi ness. A nrlaoner named Yalencic admitted having taught Maruslc how to make explosives and bav in carried bombs and weapons by order of the terrorists, but denied knowing the real objec tives of his leaders. Rules Wife may File Separately SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. (AP) Federal Judge Frank H. Kerrigan ruled today that hus bands and wives have the right tn fii Mnarata Income tax re turns. The decision was handed down In the test case of Robert tt wsieoim of San .Francisco arainat the United States. Only was involved but the re fund order may mean the upset of tax assessment procedure in California and other states. RED HELD "VAC PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 4- (AP) Lambo Hitseff, 18, secre tary of the Portland unit of the communist party of America, was arrested today on a vagrancy charge and is being held pending deportation proceedings against bun. Paris-New York-Dallas all in Two Hops; They Collect $25,000 si .:'.; is--'.'. 'yy.v.wv;:;-;;.:i,x v r . :wv.-v-:-:?:.::tv:- mm km k H V j i - 31 I v !.vm--" , x vii Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, and the Question Mark plane in which they flew from Paris to New York, first to accomplish this feat, and then from New York to Dallas, Texas, with only a few hours of rest. Both were nonstop flights. Capital to Conquerors of Air Climax Will be Formal Luncheon at White House Next Monday; Will Return to East on Saturday, Announced WASHINGTON, Sept 4. (AP) A typical Washington welcome from the highest government officials and the ranks of the capital's citizenry has been arranged for the three-day visit of the two French air heroes, Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte. The reception will reach eon to be given the fliers at the White House Monday by Presi dent Hoover, but before and aft er that they will be the enter of a continuous round of events acclaiming their ocean-spanning feat. Under the tentatire program announced today by the French embassy the fliers are to arrive In New York from Dallas Satur day and come here Sunday. They will be escorted to the embassy, where they are to be guests dur ing their stay and where an In formal reception Is to be given in their honor that evening. The first formal act during their visit will take place Mon day morning when they will lay a wreath on the tomb of tne un known soldier at Arlington na tional cemetery. Immediately afterward they will bo escorted by Jules Henry. French charge d'affaires in the absence of Am bassador Claudel, on a series of calls on high, government offi cials. These will Include Secre tary Stimson and other members of the cabinet. French Envoy to Introduce Them The fliers will be presented formally to President Hoover at the White House by Henry at 12:45, and their visit will be followed by the president's luncheon at which the officials and a number of distinguished aviators are to be present. At the embassy an official re ception in honor of the fliers is to be given in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening will be tendered by the Washington board of trade. The Frenchmen will be taken on a sightseeing tour of the city before departing Tuesday morn ing for New York. Independence lor Filipinos Would Be Suicide, Claim ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4. (AP) Immediate Independence for the Philippines "would be suicide" Vincent Villamln, Filipino attor ney and economist, told mem bers of Klwanis club here today. "Independence would deprive our Industries of the United States tariff protection, which la their life blood and would plunge the country Into poverty, misery and chaos," he said. "It wolud pull onr ftandard of living down to the level of the Chinese coolie and undo the work of America In the Philippines for the last thirty years." Another Woman In Seriate Race CHICAGO. 8ept 4. (AP) The unprecedented situation m which v two i women .- rivals will contest with a - former senator for a seat In the United States senate was assured today ' when Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neal. Il linois' first woman legislator, de clared she would tile for the of fice as an Independent. Welcome its climax in a formal lunch SEATTLE, Sept. 4 (AP) United States Senator Wesley L. Jones, sponsor of the stringent five and ten" law imposing se vere Jail sentences on liquor law violators, approved the appoint ment of Alfred M. Hubbard, pro tege of the king of Pacific north west bootleggers, as a dry agent. William M. Whitney, suspended legaladvlser of the prohibition unit here, testified in his trial in federal court here today. Whitney, with his superior. Roy C. Lyle, former prohibition administrator and Earl Corwin and R. L. Fryant, former agents, are charged with having accept ed more than 8100,000 in bribes from bootleggers to permit them to operate under federal protec tion. When court recessed until to morrow Whitney, who is accused by the government of being the brains" of the alleged alliance by officers and law violators, had barely begun his recital of his dealings with Hubbard, first as a prisoner in a liquor raid and then as a man who vowed he had reformed and wanted to re-estab lish his reputation in the com munity by helping trap the (Turn to page 2, eol. 4) WIDOW BETS MOST OF CM ESTATE LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4- (AP) Lon Chaney, the screen's "man of a thousand faces," who died August 28. left an estate es timated at SS00.000. the bulk oi which he bequeathed to his wi dow, Hasel O. Chaney, who was named executrix In the actor's will filed for probate In superior court today. To Cleva Crelghton Bush of Pasadena, his former wife, the character actor left one dollar. In the will he said "so that there ma he no misunderstanding or contest of any kind whatever. I hereby wive and bequeath to Cleva Crelghton Bush the sum of II and no more. I am divorced from Cleva Crelghton Bush and X am under no obligations whatever to provide anything further or addl tlonal than herein contained." The estate, the probate petition set forth, consisted of 1275.000 In life insurance, $150,000 in real estate and 2125,000 in per sonal property. In the will Chaney declared provision had been made for his son. Crelghton Toll Chaney,. a brother, John Chaney, and a sis ter, Carrie Keys, through the life insurance, and nothing fur ther was bequeathed them. WHIM Ml STM III BRIBERY CASE Frenchmen n Nonstop Flight New York to Texas No Rest; Fliers to . Start East Today; Stop at Louisville DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 4. (AP) Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte will leave Dallas at 7 or 8 o'clock to morrow morning and fly to Louisville, Ky., for an over night stop, continuing on to New York Saturday, their manager Rene I la cover, an nounced 'tonight. Recover first announced shortly after arrival here that the return trip to New York would be non-stop and starting early tomorrow. Re cover said the time of the trip to Washington had not been determined. Blaze Near Vernonia Under Control; Large Crews Fighting Others (By The Associated Press) A forest fire which started In logged over land of the Clark and Wilson Lumber company's holdings near Vernonia last Mon day was brought under control today after it had burned more than 800 acres including some second growth timber. The fire touched green timber but damage was slight, reports said. . Two new fires were reported burning in the same vicinity but details were- lacking. . One hundred fifty men today were fighting a fire in the Owen Oregon timberland near Butte Palls, Ore., the fire started Wed nesday and was believed of in cendiary origin. Thomas Mills, manager of a lumber mill at Med ford, said unless the fire was checked tonight the mill would be closed and the 150 mill em ployes weuld he sent to fight It. Late tonight estimated loss in cluded 800,000 feet of logs. Three trestles and a strip of log ging railroad track had been de stroyed and the fire was said to be approaching some of the finest timber in southern Oregon. Southwest Washington and the lower Columbia river section were shrouded in smoke today from numerous fires. About 1000 men are fighting the flames. A fire in the Weyerhauser holdings at Hemlock pass 20 miles east of Longvlew was threatening green timber. SET REO CROSS I WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. (AP) The American Red Cross tonight authorised Gov. Roose velt of Porto Rico to spend $5,- 000 for emergency medical sup plies to be shipped to Santo Do mingo tomorrow tor relief of hurricane victims. The medical supplies will be shipped on the steamship Cath erine from San Juan to the stricken island republic. An all night shift at Red Cross headquarters here was as sembling reports as they came in and preparing to extend the re lief measures as was deemed necessary. FIRES SERIOUS IN NORTHWEST 101 n in Placement Bureau Seeks Jobs tor W, U. Students Willamette university is inaug urating this fall a-placement bu reau for the purpose of finding work by which students may wholly or partially support them selves while In school there. The work of this bureau will be cared for la the registrar's office. Students who wish to be plac ed for work file Information cards showing what types of work they will accept, what types of work they are familiar with, and how many hours per day they can de vote to such work. H. M. Ten nant, registrar, said that an effort would be made to select students best fitted, to answer calls tent in by Salem persons. "This Is the first time in many years, if ever, that the number of men in the incoming elass has exceeded the number of women. This fact, considered with the general depression, means that there is a large number of men students whoTneed work' to carry them through school declared Mr. Tennant. During the- .past week, 11 students from outside Succeed Win $25,000 Prize f Double hop, Paris to Dallas Crowd Fooled; Arrive From South While East Watched LOVE FIELD, Dallas, Tex., Sept. 4. (AP) Dieu donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte landed their Ques tion Mark here at 5:29:45 p. m., C. S. T. today, complet ing a nonstop flight from New York in 11 hours, 34 minutes, 45 seconds. They, left New York at 6:55 a. vo., eastern standard time. By making Dallas the ter minus of a trans-Atlantic east to west flight, the two tenacious Frenchmen won a $25,000 cash prize offered by Colonel William E. Easterwood, chewing gum manufacturer. Jt was the first non-stop flight from New York to Dallas evr undertaken. Colonel Ea3terwood, with a penchant for offering prizes for aviation pioneering, had huag up several awards for premier flying feats, but this was tbe first he was called on to pay. The Frenchmen pulled a sur prise on the reception commit tee coming in without the cca voy that left an hour earlier to escort them. The red plane came to a graceful stop after taxiing the fnll length of the field in front of the big crowd. Come From South Without Convoy The ocean trail blazer ap proached the field from tee south, after having circled the city of Dallas, about fbur miles away. While the crowd gazed northeastward in the direction from which the plane was ex pected, the Frenchmen slipped up from the opposite direction. As the wheels that had touched only New York soil since it set out from Paris on its perilous flight, kicked up a Texas see flower, a deafening whoop west up from the spectators. The contract called for a 1 (Turn to page 2, col. ) nc prut Ul I LrlUL BALTIMORE, Sept. 4. (AP) Several hundred members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in ured to the dangers of battle, were brought to a realization of the perils of peace today by lllneps laid to a crab-and-ice cream lunch eon yesterday on the grounds of the naval academy at Annapolis. Physician-delegates to the an nual convention and Baltimore doctors were kept busy all night and today treating at hotels the veterans and members of the la dies' auxiliary. Some of the cof ferers had ptomaine poisoning and others Just grievous cases of stomach ache. None was considered to be ia a serious condition tonight, ac cording to available information. So many of the members of the auxiliary were absent from a ses sion this afternoon that the sched uled election of officers was post poned. The national presideet, Mrs. Bessie Hanken of Revere, Mass., said she believed 800 ' more were ill. towns .have asked to be placed wiin wore, aiosi siuaenis wui take any kind of work offered. Yesterday a young man exper ienced In dairy work, another as) clerk, and another with stenogra phic experience asked to be di rected to Jobs. Garage and elec trical work: and eves odd Jobs et buna nrV an Aft-Jkn ttV.a Ww men students. The Willamette registrar ex pressed the opinion that most eta dents prefer money made by part time work to money obtained through a student loan fund. A loan carries with ft an ebllgatioa for the future, hat a Job furnishes) funds outright. Furthermore, the employe receives direct eturn tor his money. Mr. Tennant said that in the past two days, three stu dents were placed who would mot have been able to attend school a all kt4 ! ( tlMn a t1 t . BUM frMV " - find steady employment. Salem residents who hare wesk which might be done by univer sity students are- requested te communicate with Mr. Tennant at the university offices. mi n s