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- ; . - 'h ; h i , 'I It. i v t Bargain Period . .. for ttaihmH t!m rab scriptlons to " The Oregon Statesman for one year by man la Oregon, will be only $3.00. . WEATHER Probably ahowera today, fair Monday, moderate ten peratare; Max. Temp. Sat urday 3, HLn. 57, south wind, rain .05, river 2.9. EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 28, 1930 No. U if- ' " " - , 1 - , ! : i: FOUNDED 1831 J HOLDING FIRM ILL OPERATE TWO THEATRES Negotiations With Fox West Coast so far Failure; ' Change due Oct. 1 New Owners Proceed With Plans; j Holt, Mclntyre Will be Managers Unless a lease is concluded with the -Fox West Coast theatres be fore Tuesday night the operation of the Elsinore and Capitol the atres in Salem will be taken over on October 1 by the local hold ing company recently formed to manage the two properties. The lease held by the Fox In terests on the Elsinore theatre win terminate Tuesday night, the Fox West Coast corporation hav ing previously given notice that It would exercise its option to ter minate its lease at the end of one year. Since that notice was given and since the formation of the hold ing company to direct the affairs of both the Elsinore and Capitol the West Coast theatres have been negotiating for the rental of both show houses. The terms considered by both parties have been so wldo apart that the pros pect of the conclusion of a lease in the short interval remaining is regarded as slight. Khakeup Retards Negotiations The entire Fox interests have been undergoing reorganization in recent months and just a few days ago President Franklin of Fox West Coast theatres resigned his office; all of which coming at this time has served to interfere with negotiations covering the leasing of the local theatres. The officers of the holding company have therefore proceed ed with plans to take over and operate both theatres on October 1. While George B. Guthrie of the Elsinore and Frank Bligh of the Capitol retain their Interests in (Turn to page 2, col. 1) OF The next big event on the cal endar is The Statesman Cooking School, which will be held this week at the armory, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This is The Statesman's own school. This newspaper has engaged the Ella Lehr organization to put on the school and they will supply as in structor. Miss Helen Goodwin. These schools have been held with marked success in other Ore gon cities this year: Eugene, Al bany, Corvallis, McMinnville and' The Dalles. The hours are from 2 to 4 o'clock each, day. The ses sions are free and the ladies of the entire community are cordial ly invited to attend and derive the benefits whieh a course of this kind offers. No baking contest is held in connection this year, the entire time and energy being devoted to making the instructional side most profitable. Miss Goodwin will take up various kinds of cookery and reveal their inmost secrets. "What the well dressed meal will look like in 1930," may be said to be her theme. There are styles in dishes as in dress and Miss Good win brings the datest fashions in the culinary art. . t Previous Statesman cooking schools have been loudly acclaim ed by the ladies of Salem and vicinity: and every effort Is be ing put forth to make this event the best of a long series of sim ilar occasions. Remember the days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 2 to 4 o'clock, at the armory, corner Ferry and Liberty streets. gdn fiefs 8ALEM MAN LEADER BROWNSVILLE, Ore., Sept 27 (AP) E. H. Graham, Port land, was in Brownsville this week seeking financial backing for a proposed fiber plant, to be located here, which would utilize straw In the -manufacture of ex celsior. Joseph Raster, Salem, rice pre sident and manager of the com pany which would establish the plant, says there is a good de mand for straw excerslor. CONVENTION ENDS PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 27 (AP) The annual business meet ing of the Oregon State Bar as sociation came to a elose here to ll ay with the Installation of Roy piley, Pendleton attorney, as pre sident of the organization. - James Crawford. Portland, was elected vice president and John ay .Wilson and Arthur D. Piatt, both of Portland, were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respec tively. ; The final event on the program Vas a banquet tonight which was Attended by about 229 persons. Mil SCHOOL COOKING LOOMS Where Bobby Jones was Crowned Emperor ...us... it- ; , , -Jg J&t& V. . . s ' IT 'y ititoi Gallery watching tKe Mperfect col fer Philadelphia. This was la the qualifying round. Saturday -on the same course Bobby won tlie last high honor the golfing world tould confer upon him, the national amateur championship. Bobby Jones Of Golfing Victory in o 4Q MILES ADDED TD E Work Nearing end as Rainy Season Opens; Paving Crew Winding up Marlon county will have 40 ad ditional miles of market road when the county rradinc and graveling crews finish thefcfbk f this season, according to Frank Johnson, roadmaster. Last year slightly more than 37 miles of market road were graded, Johnson and Frank Porter, county commissioner, visited the Crooked Finger crusher Saturday, and brought back the report that crusher would finish its season's run in another week. Ten crushers are now turning out rock for the county roads which have been graded this sum mer, the crushers being: Crooked Finger, Silver Creek Falls, Union Hill, Stayton, Marion, Rigdon Brothers at Monitor and at Bar low, Oregon gravel company's plant at Fairfield, Pierce Collard (Turn to page 2, col. 1) T iOIORl HOUSTON, Tex., Sept 27.-. (AP) H. H. Pevateatx. of Houston was slain on a roadside late tonight and his yonng wom an companion reported to police that he was murdered by a negro who then criminally attacked her. The woman, who was taken to a hospital after having been brought there she said, by a pass ing motorist, declared Peyateaux was shot after he had attempted to dislodge the negro from the side of the couple's automobile by swerving it sharply. ' The negro, she declared in a statement to Justice of the Peace C. R. Overstreet. robbed her be fore assaulting her. Officers were searching the wooded section northwest: of the city, gcene of the killing MARKET ROAD HER NEGRO FOR SL 16 Fiber Plant is Planned Raley Heads State bar ! Lebanon Man is Killed U. of 0. Heads to Tour DRIVES INTO TRUCK LEBANON, Ore., Sept. ! 27 (AP) Squire Benshoof, 43, was killed In an automobile collision Just outside the city of Lebanon today. His mother, Mrs. B. F. Benshoof. 70, who was in the car with him. escaped with minor In juries. Benshoof drove his light, car in to the side of a logging-: truck driven by Tom Snyder, of Soda- ville. Benshoof apparently did not see the truck in time to avert the accident. AID OREGOX DADS' EUGENE, Ore., Sept 27--(AP) -Announcement was made today Dr. Arnold B. Hall, president of the University of Oregon,! and a party of university officials wUl begin a tour of the state October 4 In the interest of the mothers' and dads organisations throuout the state. ' ; Meetings will be held at Hood River, The Dalles, Pendbton, Ba ker, La Grande, Heppner.jPrine ville, Bend. Klamath Falls. Ash land, Medford Grants Ps and Roseburr i -i- Wake a perfect putt on the 18th Wins Grand Slam t : World; Gets Easy National Amateur Conquers Youthful Homans 8 to 7 in one-Sided Final; Marines Called out to Protect Champion From Frenzied Fans MERION CRICKET CLUB, Ardmore, Pa., Sept. 27. (AP) On the jfamous East course of Merion, where as a shock-haired yoiiihful phenomenon of 14 he first ap peared in national championship competition, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., today completed the greatest march of conquest in golf history. i By the one-sided margin of 8 up and 7 to go, Jones brushed aside 22-year-old Eugene Van- tier pool Homans of Eglewood, N. J., to win the United States amateur championship and score his fourth straight national vic tory for the year thp "grand slam" of golf. " There are no more : golfing worlds left to conquer! for this 28-year-old citizen-lawyer of At lanta, who made his final tri umph look so ridiculously easy that the wonder is he hasn't been doing this sort of thing ev ery year since he first ; began to scale the heights. Triumph Easiest i j Of 1930 Campaign I Bobby's triumph today: after a solid week of competition was by far the easiest of any of the quartet he scored to sweep ev erything in sight for the cam paign of 1930. It was Just a breeze by comparison with the battles he waged earllef to cap ture the British open, the Brit ish amateur and the American open. j i There was drama and a surg ing, rushing, and at the finish an uncontrollable crowd of per haps 15,000 spectators,' running wild as they sought to aee golf ing history made uch as may never be recorded again, but there were few if any i competi tive thrills to a final match that was just another big parade for the all-conquering son ; of the SOUttt. ; I : The end was in sight when Jones finished the morning 18 holes of the 36-hole final seven up. Good and game" a young golfer as is Homans, he ; was no match whatever for the: stocky king of the links. It was Just a question of how long It would go in the afternoon, and Bobby kept the galloping gallery in sus pense longer than it was antic ipated, largely because! "Calam ity Jane," the Jones' .putter was far from her usually consistent self. : I t Homans Puts up $ ; Game Finish Jones became 9 up I at the 22nd, with only 14 to I go, and the crowd became . frenzledly eager to be in on the but it went seven more heles. At the 27th, A Homans cut! away hole with a fine birdie two. At (Turn to page 7, coj. 8) Prison Term jfor Robbery Soiijght; Cops Obstinate SANTA ROSA, CaW $ept 27. (AP) If taere is isuch a thing as a disappointed consci ence, John Havey, 45, r has one today. i ! Havey walked into the: county Jail Thursday with the (Informa tion his conscience demanded be serve a prison term fo4 seven year old robbery In Benton Har bor, Mich. Officers tried to ac commodate' him but today they received word from Beaton har bor they : have no record; of ei ther Havey or his i isnpposed crime. 1 1 i He left 1 10 to feed his cell mates aa he and his conscience were turned out Into the WBCld again. green at Merion golf course near 9 - Fund Returned by State is $116,504.50; Total is Highest on Record Marion county receives 116, 504.50 as its share of the state's receipts from motor vehicle reg istrations and the motor trans portation act, it was announced when the apportionment was made Saturday. This county ranks second, as usual. In the state in registration of vehicles The state's- share of Marion county receipts is 1233,009.00. The state's total receipts ag gregated $5,864,361.85, covering the period June 16 to September 15. Thi3 was said to be the largest amount for any three months In the history of the state motor vehicle department. The apportionment of motor vehicle registrations was made on the basis of two-thirds to the state highway department and one-third to the counties. The receipts from the trans portation act' were apportioned on the basis of 75 per cent to the state highway commission and 25 per cent to the counties Total Receipts Over six Million Total receipts of the motor ve hicle registrations was $5,840,- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) IE HIT FRUIT FLY LIFTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. (AP) A further revision of the Mediterranean fruit fly regula tions affecting Florida fruit and vegetable shipments to southern and western states will be put in to effect by the department of agriculture on October 15. After a conference of agricult ural and quarantine officials of several southern states today, the department announced it would remove the requirement for steril ization of Florida fruit for ship ment to southern and western states, and make several other less important changes on that date. The release of the sterilization requirements will remove restric tions on re-shipment of most fruits and vegetables from northern to southern states. These fruits and vegetables which leave the reg ulated area under permit, will ba allowed to move In re-shlpmenU throughout the continental Tutt ed States. QUAKE REPORTED BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 17. (AP) Fragmentary reports reaching Salta today brought first newt of an earthquake in the Andes mountains last Tuesday lh whieh sereral Tillages were eith er rased or severely damaged. At least one death Occurred, that of a woman. COM IS SECOND III MOTOR VEHICLES II s OF TIDE ACT Arnot Charges Expediency Caused Banning Move Against Nations Schism Among Members is Feared; Authority is Exceeded, Claim CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (AP) A charpe that boarJ ot trade di rectors exceeded their authority and bowed to a government mo tivated by political expediency in banning foreign nations from trading privileges was mado to day by Saniuol P. Arnjt, several times president of the board. His statement presaged a pos sible scaism among board mem bers over the action of the di rectors, who yesterday took the stand that sales of grain futures by a foreign government are ob jectionable and should be stop ped. Their resolution was com municated to Secretary Hyde of the department of agriculture by John A. Bunnell, Mr. Arnot's successor last year as president of the world's largest gram ex change. The directors ' clearly trans cended their authority in the res olution," Arnot asserted. "Mat ters of this nature are regulated by rules passed by votes of the membership and not by resolu tions passed by the board of di rectors." He said the board ot trade had been made the "cats paw" of government authorities who were "manifestly Inspired by political expediency and a rather undigniriea exniDition oi hysteria." During the last week the spec tre of Soviet Russia stalking across the stage in a resumption of its old role of grain exporter had given a. new fright to fellow players in the world marKet. Wheat sold down in Liverpool because of Russian offerings to day and American markets fol lowed suit. The Russian sales so unsettled the trade that wheat prices on the Chicago board, already sunk to depths familiar only to trad ers of pre-war years, dropped away this week to almost dally new low records, me iinai Baies today found September wheat going begging at 74 cents a bushel and December contracts at 77 7.8 losses of 1 7-8 to 2 cents for the day. At Win nipeg wheat touched 70 cents. The dropping market that was being compared a few weeks ago with 1914 prices was nearing now the level of September, 1906, when wheat was quoted at 69 1-8 cents ana tne American dollar was buying more grocer ies than it buys today. PARTY SUSPECTED IN iilS AFFAIR WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. (AP) Voicing suspicion the re nublican Dartv had "a hand' In the attempt to run a second Georee W. Norris against Sena tor George W. Norris in the re rent Nebraska ' republican sena torial primary. Chairman Nye of the senate campaign iunas com mittee said today he would seek to trace monev spent in that campaign. Senator Nye said he was in terested principally In the source of a 500 Liberty bond given to the Norris of Broken Bow at tne time he filed against Senator Norris. He also said he wanted to find the source ot $7,000 de- nosited in the bank account of Victor Seymour of Lincoln, who has been accused of backing the entry bf the second Norris. Returning to the capital from the Nebraska inquiry. Senator Nye said he was confident Unit ed States Attorney Sandall at Omaha intended to file perjury charges against Seymour and the Georice W. Norris of Broken Bow. Irigoyen Said Seriously ill BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 27 (AP) The newspaper La Raton today reported former President Hipolito Irigoyen is gravely ill aboard the cruiser General Bel gran o, aboard whie he has been confined by the provisional gov ernment that overthrew him thla month. How's Your Transportation? If your transportation to not satisfactory aow Is the time to improve it. The clas sified columns of The States man carry lists of good need cars, one of which win sure ly fit your needs. Reliable dealers are using these col emna almost excraafvely so yon caa depend : that the ears advertised, here are well worth the money asked and that they will be as repre sented. Tarn to the CTaasl fled pge now. 1 BEHIND Law Enforcement Favored by G. O. P. Of Massachusetts Prohibition Plank Avers no Criticism Due Those who Seek to Change Constitution; Seek Federal Child Labor Law- BOSTON, Sept. 27. (AP) The republican party of Massachusettsf in convention here today, endorsed the par ty's 1928 declaration on law enforcement and at the same time reaffirmed the pronouncement of President Hoover that those who seek to amend the constitution "are no sub ject to criticism." In this form the convention wrote into its platform a plank on prohibition. Less than half a dozen "nays" were heard from among the 1, 600 delegates when Amos L. Taylor, permanent chairman of the convention, put the question of adoption of the platform. There was no debate. Outstanding among the other planks were: A pledge to continue economi cal policies in state and in na tional government. A demand for federal legisla tion to make the hours of labor for women' and children in all other states conform to the Mas sachusetts standard. Advocacy of the enactment of a federal anti-lynching law and a statement of belief in "abso lute equality of all men before the law." Calvin Coolidge was a guest of honor as was Mrs. Coolidge, but the former president did not speak. Only once, when during the course of his remarks Gov ernor Frank G. Allen referred to the financial accomplishments of the Coolidge gubernatorial ad ministration did the former chief executive acknowledge the ap plause of the delegates. Then In answer to prolonged cheering, he rose to his feet and bowed smilingly. T Alfred Goodwin Found Atop Box car With Forehead Gashed, Bleeding His forehead deeply gashed and flowing blood, a transient giving his name as Alfred Goodwin was taken to the city police station late last night and given first aid by Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, city physician, called by the police. According to policemen at the station, he was found atop a box car on Front street by a train crew. A short, stocky man, with a light, possibly bloodstained cap, 1 ssaid to have ran away from the scene at the time. As the poor man winced with pain, but bore up-manfully under the ordeal, three stitches were taken to close the ugly two and a half inch opening in the scalp at the hairline of his forhead. Dr. Douglas carefully dressed the wound, "backwoods" surgery," he called it, and promised to return In the morning to attend, to the "patient." How Goodwin, who said his home was anywhere, nowhere, re ceived his injury could not be as certained. He claimed he had six or seven dollars in his pocket But it was gone. He did not seem to remember what had happened. According to officers he had prob ably been Imbibing wine. The wound was such as might have been inflicted by a good "sap" or oy a coupling pin. The man was lodged in the jail lor me nigni. Joy of Thirsty At Beer Ruling Is Short Lived PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 27. (AP) Joy brought to Oregon's thirsty eitizens by announcement credited to Amos W. W. Woodcock; national prohibition director, that beer and wine could be made le gally in the home for home con sumption, was short lived. George Neuner, United States attorney at Portland, said tonight uregon had a law prohibiting the manufacture ot any 11a nor con taining more than H of one per cent of alcohol. Mr. Neuner said anyone found transporting wine or beer containing more than that amount of alcohol vould be ar rested and prosecuted. Faith in Bobby Profitable for Atlanta men ATLANTA, Sept. 27 (AP) Tne Atlanta Constitution says fire Atlanta .friends of Bobby Jones will receive $500 each on 10 Investments in their belief he would win all golfdom's ma Jor titles this year. They, bet $50 with Lloyds at odds of SO to 1 that Bobby would win the Br lush and American national opens .and amateurs. The men are close personal friends of Jones and three of them were at bis side today in victory liWN PERSONS ATTACK TIN Program at State Fair For Sunday 7:00 a. rr -Gates open. Exhibits open all day. Band concerts during the morning. 11 to 12 a. m. Stunt fly ing. 1 to 2 p. m. Sacred con cent; Rev. P. W. Eriksen will speak briefly. 2 p. m. Horse show. Grounds closed at O p. m. DUTCH OF HER CASE KNOWN SOON Report on Findings to be Made Monday, Word; Probe Continued Definite announcement respect- ng the findings of the reclama tion commission which has been nvestigating the revelations made by the audit of the affairs of Rhea Luper. state reclamation engineer, is expected to be made Monday. A meeting was sched uled for Thursday, when Luper was supposed to have returned from a trip to southern Oregon; and in his absence it was post poned. He is expected to be In Salem Monday. While members of the commis sion refused to discuss the case It Is known that a further audit has been made of the Luper accounts. The Initial audit made by Otto F. Kubln disclosed that $1800.20 in terest on funds held by him as trustee for various irrigation dis tricts had been retained by him since 1926. After the audit was filed and publicity given to the report, Lu per a few weeks ago returned this sum to the state treasurer. The sum of approximately $35,- 000 on which this interest was earned was transferred from a savings account to a checking ac count in the old Salem Bank "of Commerce back in 1926. That further checking of the old ac counts was made is indicated by the fact that an auditor of the state in compan with officers of the old Bank of Commerce Is known to have checked over old records recently. It is reported that the supple mental report of Auditor Kubin disclosed that Luper had received additional funds not accounted (Turn to page 2, col. 3) NO DEFICIT LOOKED FOR AT STATE FAIR "I think the state fair will be In the clear financially," said Hen ry R. Crawford, a member of the state fair board, Saturday after noon. "Out of the proceeds of last year's show we were able to meet this year's payment on the grand stand obligation, so we do not have to finance this year. With a fair crowd Sunday our income Is expected to cover the year s ex penses. Rains yesterday morning made the outlook rather gloomy, but by noon the rain stopped and the skies brightened by the time for the afternoon program to begin. Dainty Pony Prejudices Crowd Against Judged For the first time since Mon day night and the beginning of the night horse shows of the Ore gon state fair, the Judges found themselves presented with a good healthy "boo" Saturday night. And the cause of It was wee little Silver Crescent, a model harness pony owned by D. G. Welty, and who had won the heart of the au dience with her dainty prancing to the extent that It wanted her to win first plaee and because the judges gave first plaee to Lady Helen, a black little midget who has never been defeated and who comes from the same stable, the crowd gave vent to Its displeas ure. The final award for the six in hand driving and the spectacular driving whieh took It brought ev erybody on the edge of his chair. Five entries with six horses each galloped, wheeled, turned and barely missed each other in thrill EVENTS TODAY TO IRK FINIS ON STATE FAIR Viewing Exhibits, Sacred Concert, Horse Show Are Attractions Children's day Draws big Crowd; More Awards Are Announced Children held the center of the stage for Saturday at the Orejoa state fair. All under 12 years ot age were admitted free and as one moved about over the grounds there seemed little doubt but that most of those near enough to get to Salem had taken advantage of the offer.. The announcements for the day had to do with children, too. The final awards in 4-H club work were made known Saturday mora ing. The most important of these was the I. L. Patterson t-ophy cap, silver with the name of the win ner engraved upon it. The cup was presented for the boy or girl out standing in club work for leader ship or ability. Viola Hansen, II years old, of Moro. Miss Hansen has worked in 2s club activities, is now assistant county leader and has taken as her special field of work club leadership. At pre"M he Is lead ing six clubs. Announcement was also made that Mabel Eidson of Lane county won the dollar dinner contest which had been going on all week. The health . parade which had been scheduled for 10 o'clock On Saturday morning, was cancelled. A luncheon In compliment to the state fair board was given at noon Saturday as a compliment from the state editorial associa tion. Arne Rae, secretary of the association, was in charge. Verne McKinney of the Hillsbon Argus, presided. At the annual meeting of the Oregon state fair campers associa tion late Friday, Dr. George I t oy of Oregon City, was fleeted nos Hent, and Mrs. Philip Fisher, f SUverton, secretary. The 70th an niversary of the founding of the organization will be observed dur ing the 1931 Btate fair. Tie asso ciation adopted a resolutln urg ing the Installation of nhowr baths In the camp grounds. The Campers passed a resolu tion of Interest at their meeting. This request was a request that shower baths be injured 'y the state fair board before the l ext state fair time comes along. A large crowd 's expected for the last day of the state fair to day. Several outstanding features have been planned for the enjoy ment of the visitors. AH exhibits (Turn to page 2, Col. 3) FRUIT PACKET 11 SIX ON BOARD LOST MUSKEGON, Mich., Sept. 27- (AP) Grape baskets were be ing washed ashore in great num bers between Holland and Souta Haven tonight, believed to come from the wreckage of the fruit packet North Shore. Commander W. M. Wolff of the coast guard said this was an almost certain Indication the packet went down with the five men and one wom an on board. Coast guard crews on beta sides of Lake Michigan today watched in vain tor trace of the North Shore, missing since she left St. Joseph, Mich., yesterday morning with a cargo of grapes for Milwaukee. The vessel, a steel hulled motor craft, carried Captain E. . Anderson, his bride of four weeks 'and four men. Although hope had been held during the day that the North Shore might have found refuge in some other port, this was abandoned as the day passed without word from her captain. If the North Shore went down in yesterday's 40-mile gale, the toll of the storm has been in creased to a loss of 11 lives anX three Bhips. ing display of skillfull driving and beautifully trained horses. The money up was $1000 and it was won only after three exhi bitions of driving. The first and second exhibitions were Tuesday and .Thursday night. Final re suits . Saturday night gave first money to Carnation Farm Pro ducts Co., with J. M. HuefcMi driving; second, to A. C Ruby, Jr., who did his own driving; third to McCroskey & White with. Harvey White driving; fourth t D. F. Burge, who drove his own horses and fifth to C. W. Bowers who also did his own driving. The Salem competition was based on driving ability, alone. From Salem tbe contestants will go to Seattle where they , will drive on a basis of 80 per eenl tee ability and 20 per cent 'for ap pearance and later at the Facifie International at the driving will be done on an 85 per cent bada' fTum to nar .Col. ST . s -