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LESS THAN lc DAILY The. Statesman's annual bargain period Is on. For less than a cent daily yon may hare this paper, deliv ered by mail. Subscribe now: 93. WEATHER Fair today and Monday, moderate temperature; max. temperature Saturday 71; min. SI; north wind; river 2.7. FOUISUDED 1631 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 5, 1930 No. US ODE DEAD DIM GIoLE So 45 HOLDING FIRM PROPOSED FOR LINENFftGTDRY Reorganization Plan Placed Before Group by Veatch is Given Approval Additional Capital in View, Declared at Meeting Here on Saturday Directors of the Oregon Linen Mill with an advisory committee representing the stockholders, were in session here yesterday afternoon discussing the financial difficulties of the , company. Other than to agree informally that a reorganization plan sug gested by John C. Veatch of Portland, appeared sound and to ask him to proceed to work out details, no action was taken. Veatch represented Julius Meier, one of the mill's directors. His plan Is to organize a holding company to take over outstand ing common stock of the mill trading new share3 for the pres ent book value of the old stock. The floating debt as well as certain bank obligations are to be cared for, in this plan, by the sale of $60,000 of authorized six per cent bond3. Veatch has in timated that after these two steps were taken Portland capital could be secured for working funds. Directors Meet With Committee In attendance at the director"? meeting were Tom Kay, president of the company, T. A. Livesley. mn J Frv. Sr.. R. Riddle of Monmouth. W. B. Bartram, John McNary, John C. Veatch of Port land, T. M. Hicks. J. W. May andPred Thielsen, the last three being the special committee re presenting the stockholders. An article in the current Issue of Chapman's Weekly, Portland financial publication, the follow ing statement Is made concern ing the linen mills here: "It can be stated that Import ant Portland financial interests (Turn to page 2, col. 5) UBfflLEGlOll TO Armed with banners, stream ers, buttons and badges, supple mented by a good deal of interest ing literature about Salem, the 14 or 15 delegates of the Salem Labor and Trades units will leave here early this morning for Med-,-.rrf whprpthcT will enter a stronr bid for the 1931 conven- tion of the state federation or ia- , bor I.at word from the labor head quarters here was that if the con vention and its 250 delegates don't come to Salem next year it won't be because the delegates ov erlooked any effort to pull It this way. In addition to things which the delegates are taking with them to attract attention to the Salem bid, local service groups have agreed to send letters and tele grams backing up the Salem un ion groups' bid for the annual conclave. Those going from here include: J. F. Boehringer, engineers; L. A. Klwell, barbers; Frank P. Mar Khali, business agent for the Sa lem council; Pascal Traglio, painter; C. L. Newton and Paul Mlatcheley, truck driver; Dick Sorenson, culinary alliance; Clarence Twnsend, barber; Bill Andrews, carpenter; E. L. Stow, onpineer; and "Stubb"' Martin, theatrical workers. Townsend is district committeemen in the ftate group. MHO Norblad Decides Against Calling Special Session Declaring that circumstances do not warrant the expense in volved In a special legislative session at this time, Governor Norblad Saturday announced that he would not convene the Oregon lawmakers this fall, as had been urged to consider pro posed amendments to the state's .water power laws. The governor's decision Is based upon a careful study of the opinion prepared by Attorney General Van Winkle last wek touching upon questions pro pounded by the governor some time ago and dealing with var ious phases of the water power situation. "Under the circumstances I do not feel that there is any urgent necessity for immediate action which would Justify me in call ins the legislature Into special iesslon "at this time," the gover nor declared. "According to the opinion of Meet the new Willamette v Li p V, Aw. I XCA' Top row, from left: Cameron Marshall, voice Instructor and glee club coach; Miss Echo Balderree, women s physical edueatiOBf Dr. Celt's tin Pierre Camblalrc, ancient languages. Bottom row, from left: Dr. Daniel H. Schulie, religion; Dr. Ralph S. Winn, philos ophy and psychology. Politics Will Boom Beginning This Week Meier Address Here Monday, Republican Rally on Wednesday Night Will Start Last lap of Fall Election Campaign SALEM is scheduled for two political sporting events this week. Julius Meier. Portland merchant prince, is to talk Mondav at the chamber of behind his name, presages a Wednesday night the republican organization, headed by J. C. Perry, meets to lay Hunter Caught Between Fires Shot to Death OLYMPIA. Wash., Oct. 4. (AP) Caught in the rifle fire of three deer hunters, ope of whtfm was his father, Roy Golden Bar nett, 16, was shot through the head and instantly killed in the hills near Bordeaux today. The youth became separated from other members of :ha party shortly after they had killed a deer and came within th line of fire as another deer was sight ed. Other members of the party were John Barnett. the father. Max Stone and Wilbur Shaef, all of Bordeaux. the attorney general the state al ready has laws on Its statute books which make it possible for incorporated cities and towns to condemn and take over water power projects developed by pri vate corporations even after the same have been constructed," the governor pointed out. "This was one of the Impor tant points which. I wanted clear ed up before making up my mind as to the special session. "While the law makes no pro vision whereby the state can take over these power project this defect can Just as well be rem edied at the regular session as at a special session of the legis lature. "There Is no question in my mind but that the watr laws of the state need a lot of revision but these amendments can be made when the lawmakers' meet here In regular session next No vember and I see no pressing (Tarn to page 7, col. 1) commerce and the advertising crowd out the course of the campaign Oin the county. Perry this far has felt a strenuous campaign in the summer and fall months would be useless and has pre ferred to save his organization's thunder for the 30-day windup. Street corner and barber shop discussion, one criterion of pub-' lie attitude prior to an election, shows little more than a passive interest in the Tote. " Little Interest Generally Xotcd Few people are stirred up over the vote. The long-time repub lican forces are staying loyal to their candidate and point out the appeal to. prejudice which is con tained In other platforms. Bailey came Into the territory a fortnight ago but since that time has evaded Marion county in his peregrinations, save for short stops as he went north or south. Meier, with the only official headquarters of a candidate In Salem, has captured attention principally through the lineup of Portland papers behand him. In addition, his appeal to people who want a "change" and who seek to , scalp public utilities, (Turn to page 2, col. 1) OF DALLAS, Oct 4 Marion Wes cott, of Hlllsboro, who was ser iously Injured in an automobile accident, last Saturday morning at Holmes Gap, passed away at the Dallas hospital about noon today. Mr. Wescott, his wife and two children were in a ear driven by his brother George when the ac cident occured. Since that time the father of George has request ed that his drivers license be tak en away, since he has been respon sible for a number of accidents to members of "the family. A traffic officer arrested him on a charge of reckless driving, but a report of the charge has not been made. WESTCOTT DIES Profs ! 1. . 1 FIVE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS AT W. II. Subjects Cover Wide Range From Philosophy to Gymnasium Work Five new faculty members have joined th force at Willamette university for instructing stu dents, this year. But three of these are American born citizens. One is from Russia and the fifth, from France. Their courses range widely in field from languages and music to physical education. religion and philosophy. Born in Finland of Russian parentage, comes Dr. Ralph S. Winn, graduate of the University of St. Petersburg, his hone town. Winning bis-degrs o&jnastert of arts and doctor of philosophy at the University of Southern Calif ornia, he taught at that institu tion for some time. Dr, Winn's major was in philos ophy and in addition to this he teaches psychology. He held the championship of students and in structors alike in chess while at U. S. C. that being his hobby. In addition to the women's physical education department is a native of Oregon, Miss Echo Balderee. Her bachelor of arts degree was won at the University of Oregon. Miss Balderee taught at Detroit, Modesto (California), and in Salem high school. Her hobbies are hiking and music. The favorite subjects of this teacher are swimming and clog dancing. She took some graduate work at Berkeley, California. Golf Is Hobby Of Music Prof A concert pianist comes from Texas in the person of Cameron Marshall, voice instructor. Golf demands his attention as a hobby and he Is a football fan. Five (Turn to page 2, col. 7) LIFE SAVING MAY WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (AP) Private Ronald S. Guthrie of the marine corps has a penchant for life saving which may fore stall his discharge from the ser vice. Last year he tried to save a fellow enlisted man who drown ed in Nicaragua. Secretary Adams commended him. Yes terday his efforts were expended in behalf of a guard who had him under arrest. Sentenced to dismissal for ab sence without leave, Guthrie was being returned to Quantico, Va., on the U. S. Porpoise, when his guard, Private John J. Antino vick, slipped from the gangplank they were climbing, and plunged into the Potomac. Guthrie jumped in and towed his guard to safety. Antinovick is a patient at the naval hospital and officers hare hinted they are considering Gu thrie's reinstatement. Canada Seizes Three American Fishing Boats VICTORIA. B. C. Oct. 4.- (AP). Justice Morrison in ad miralty court today forfeited to the crown three American fish ing boats, taken by the Canadian fisheries service in Canadian wa ters off Qneen Charlotte islands. Another American boat taken in territorial waters was also de clared forfeited in a judgment handed down by his Lordship a few days ago. Treaty rules for bid invasion , of Canadian waters' by United States fishing boats. The defense contended no inter national rnreir had been in frac tured by the offending vessels. I . t- ', JAIL DELIVERY IS AVERTED By TIP FROM BELL Men in "Murderer's Row" In Chicago Halted in Plans for Break Confessed Participant In Lingle Slaying Tells Police of Plot CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (AP) A wholesale delivery from "murd erers row" in the county Jail was frustrated tonight by officials as the result of information supplied by Frank Bell, who Friday night told a sensational story of having participated In the slaying of Al fred ((Jake) Lingle, Tribune re porter. At Bell's direction police seized a pistol concealed in a Matress in the cell of William Lenhardt of Cleveland who is awaiting execu tion. Howard Soske, a pal of Len hardt and the driver of a taxicab were arrested while waiting out side the Jail in the car. William Connion, a jail guard, implicated in the plot by Bell, also was seiz ed. Soske and Connion confessed their part in the plot according to Warden David Moneypenny. Proposed Attack On Jail Guard Bell. Moneypenny "said, sent for Sgt. Frank Donahue this after noon and informed him Lenhart had a pistol, that he had sawed the steel screen out of his cell door and that he was going to escape after slugging his guard. A posse was organized after Dona hue notified the warden's office, found the pistol In the mattress, in which three steel bars also were concealed. A watch was then set for the cab which brought the arrest of Philip Marks, the- driver, and Soske, his passenger. Soske told of having been a fellow prisoner with Lenhardt and of visiting him at the Jail after his own release. At Lenhart's request he said, he brought saws and turned them over to Connion who delivered them to Lenhardt. Teachers to Study While Pupils Play Marion county's several hun dred school teaehers will be taught and Its thousands of school boys and girls will play Monday and Tuesday. All because the annual teachers' Institute for the county will be In session those two days. The program, arralnged by County Superintendent Mary L. Fulkerson and departmental lead ers, promises to be one of the most interesting offered here for institute. Principal speakers are both noted educators: Dr. Raleigh Schoiing. of the University of Michigan and Dr. H. D. Sheldon of the University of Oregon school of education. In addition to the general as semblies, a series of interesting departmental meetings will be held for all phases of school work, Including health district confer ences. The county commercial teachers and principal associa tions will meet in connection, as will the county division of the Oregon state teachers association. Music for the assemblies will be under direction' of Lena Belle Tartar. These general meetings will be held at 9:30 In the morn ings and at 1:20 Monday and 1:15 and 2:50 Tuesday afternoon. Schorling will address the Mon day afternoon assembly on "Ex perimental Schools of Europe" and the closing assembly at 2:50 Tuesday on "The Youth Move ment in Germany." Dean Shel don will address the Tuesday morning assembly on "The New Point of View in Civics Teach ing." III TRIPLE KILLING PITTSBURGH, Ort. 4 (AP) Three men and a woman were fatally wounded by gangsters in a store at Braddock, a suburb, to day, and Coroner W. H. McGregor described the killing as "racket" murders. A half doten revolver shots In the establishment, that of Loblan- co Bros., was the first Intimation of the attack. A moment later two men dashed from the store and made a getaway in a sedan -A policeman who entered the tore found Joseph J'Manco, 42, one of the proprietors, dead. His wife, Mrs. Mary Lobianco, 22, Louis T. Tomano. 70,- and Carmen Lobianco 37, a brother of Joseph, were critically, wounded. AH died later at a hospital. GANGSTERS LI Crash Comes Without Warning, one of few Survivors Declares Terrific Blast Heard by Residents of Beauvais; Rush to Scene but are Held Back by Unbearable Heat of Blaze LONDON, Oct. 5. (AP) (Sunday) H. J. Leech of the engineering staff of the R-101, survivor of the disaster that overtook the giant dirigible near Beauvais, France, tel ephoned to London this morning an account of the crash. "We crashed on top of a hill," he said. "There was no warning. As the airship lurched to the ' -O earth it burst into flames and STREET VACATION inERUPiei Decision 'may be Reached At Council Meet Monday; Bond Talk Due A number of important mat ters are up for consideration at the council meeting Monday. Included in the schedule will be the consideration of a roro mittee report on Trade street vacation, acceptance or rejection of bids on 10,000 of water bonds, official placing of the wa ter appraisal before the council and a possible move on Alderman Patton's part to get the $5,000, 000 power plant bill reconsider ed. Alderman Kowitz and O'Hara have announced that they would favor a referendum on the Trade street vacation and will submit their views as a majority report of the street committee in report ing the ordinance out to the council. Alderman Paul Johnson is said to favor passage of the vacation ordinance without any public vote. How the majority report will be treated is problematical. The council, voted down a resolution against the street vacation and apparently leans towards the granting of 43 feet of Trade street to the paper mill. On the final vote the council may favoi a referendum which would re quire a special clause in the ordl nance since the 30 day limit be fore election time has expired. Injunction Against Bonds Is Rumored There have been rumors that. an Injunction will be filed against the sale of the water bonds. No names of the party or parties who would file this in junction has been obtanied. There are two claims against the sale. The first is that the charter amendment of May 16 providing for the purchase of the water company is unconstitu tional. The second is that the city has no right to sell any por tion of the authorized iljSOO,- ooo worth of bonds until nego tiations for the water plant pur- (Turn to page 2, col. 5) FIRE PREVENT! WEEK OPENS TODAY Calling attention to the fact that fires In Oregon during 1929 cost 32 human lives, serious burns to 94 other humans and a property loss of $6,808,000, Clare A. Lee, state fire marshal, in an "appeal to reason" broadcast throughout the state today, urges universal observance of fire prevention week October 5 to 11. "A very large percentage, if not all, of this great social evil can be avoided by harmonious coop erative effort on the part of those individuals and organizations which wield a powerful influence in the moulding of psblic opin ion and the shaping of destinies of communities and common wealths along the lines of conser vation and progression," Lee de clares. "Every loyal citizen andtax payer owes it to his family, his community, his state and the na tion to render heroic and self-sac rificing service in this grave emer gency." A unique feature of the cam paign of publicity which Lee Is conducting in connection with fire prevention week is a tax levy of $7.15 per capita on every man woman and child in Oregon, as sessed by the "fire demon" conn tered by a people s protest against such a tax signed by the "Oregon Fire Chiefs association. Porcupines not Extinct, Shown AUMSVILLE. Oct. 4 There must be a few porcupines left in this vicinity, as Charles Van Nnna renorts a cow coming in from oastnre with her nose full of porcupine oullls. This is the first reported here in many years. then crashed." Two other survivors of the disaster were J. H. Binks and V. Savory, both members of the en gineering staff. An official communique from the French air ministry states that "The air ministry was con stantly in touch with the dirigi ble which sent out messages ev ery ten minutes. "At 1:50 a. m., (8:50 d. m. EST. Sat.) the dirigible gave its position as a mile and a quarter north of Beauvais. After this no message was received direct from the ship. "Later it was learned the dir igible, probably in trouble through bad weather, came down to a low altitude. Shortly after ward, doubtless as the result o a violent cross current wind, the dirigible crashed to the ground in a woodland a few miles south of Beauvais. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) IS SISTER TO Ml NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (AP) . The R-101, the world's largest dirigible and dubbed Great Bri tain's "mystery ship," was a sis ter ship of the R-100, which made a transAtlantic crossing to Canada last summer. The ship was recently "reju venated" In a sis months' over hauling which added 36 feet to her length, making a total length og 775 feet. An addition of 500,000 cubic feet to her gas ca pacity gave her a total capacity of 5.500.000 cubic feet. The ship's gross lifting power was increased during the recon struction to 166 tons. During the spring and summer months in which the R-101 was in her shed at Cardington, Eng land, an army of specialists chis eled and sawed the ship In half. The halves were pulled apart and new. central "bays'' as the gas compartments are known -were Installed, incrasing the original length of 740 feet. rne cnange made practical no difference In the stream line shape of the ship except to accen- uate her speedy lines. The great est diameter of the cigar-shaped bay was slightly more than 130 feet. The R-101 was built by the government to test out fuel of engines for dirigibles, among other experimental objectives. The ship was powered with five Diesel heavy oil engines, es pecially adapted for aeronautical work. These motors were de signed to reduce fire hazard. Her cruising speed was about 60 miles an hour, slower than her slster-slf p, which averaged 70 to 80 miles an hour In her trans-Atlantic trip. H Kidnap Attempt Rumors Worry Highland Pupils Child kidnapping rumors blow ing about the city the past two days have resulted In virtual de--moralizatlon of the happy, care free spirit of children of Highland grade school, it is said. Little Geneva Seamster, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Seamster, 2408 Center street, was accosted Thursday noon on her way home from Highland school, it was definitely learned last night. She returned to school after the lunch hour and told Miss Ma bel Murray, school principal, what bad happened. After the man stopped her, she said, he tied a handkerchief around her mouth to prevent her from screaming, then started to put her in his car. But, according to the story told to Miss Murray, the man be came frightened when another au tomobile happened along. He let Geneva go and drove away hur riedly. This Is the story told by thai little girl. The fact that she repeated it several times and each time the same makes Miss Mar ray believe that it is true. On Friday, it is reported, the Seamster girl again saw her ac eoster. She had been able to de scribe him fairly well. Other per sons thought they had seen him that day, too. Bat he had not been apprehended. As a result of the spread of MINISTER ENGLAND IS AMONG VICTIMS Only Seven of 53 Persen On Board Saved, They All Badly Maimed Lord Thomson and Other Of British air Officials Die in Disaster RKAUVIS. France, Oct. R. (AP) (Sunday) All the ex tinguished passengers and all high officers of the R-IOI, in cluding the commander, rr Ished in tlio crash of fhe dir igible this innrning. The sur vivors are six menihers of th engineering sff and a wire less operator. BEAUVIS, Franc". Oct. 3 (Sunday) ( AIM Britian's ant dirigible R-lnl, larg-t lighter-than air craft in iha world, wag completely destroyed this morning about seven hours after leaving her base at Card ington, England, on a flight to India. The airship burt into flanits over a field five miles south ft here. Lord Thomson, air minis ter of the British labor bov-rn-nient, a passenger, was burnei to death with 4 5 men of the air ship's complement of 53 soffi cers, crew and passengers. Only seven persons were savd. All of these were badly burtit-d and maimed. They were rusbtd to the Beauvis hospital after re ceiving first aid. The disaster occurred at 2:30 a. m., (9:30 p. m. E. S. T. Satur day) as a gale was blowing la from the channel. The big airship, cruising at i.n altitude of 4 00 feet on her wy south to Bordeaux, crashed into a wooded area near the villi! jte of Allone. t Wind Is Blamed For Catastrophe By the time neighboring farm ers, roused by the sound, lid reached the spot, the pride ft Britain's dirigibles was a mass tit fiercely burning flames. At first the fact smoking a permitted on board was contid eredv as a possible cause of tbe explosion. Disparities in the ac (Turn to page 2, col. 1) PIPETlUTTl DAK IS UT Hre. apparently starting in oily clothes lying near a digester tpe Oregon Pulp and Paper company plant, brought out both central station pumpers and the aerial truck at 11:30 last night. Automatic sprinklers, operating before the department arrived at the scene, and mill employe manning a fire hose, confined the blaze to a small corner of the second story digester floor end comparatively little damage was done." A few square feet of boarded walls, workmen's clothe and a roof pillar, were partially burned. Timely arrival of the fire ap paratus was greatly hindered by the automobiles of curious per sons who virtually crowded out1 the department trucks. O word of the attack, school chil dren at Highland were almost hysterical in their actions. Ra mors grew and assumed all sorts of forms and proportions. One Ut ile girl started home three time Thursday and each time returned to school, afraid to go all the way home alone. Children came back to Fiss Murray with tales of a man dressed in woman's clothes, which proved to be only a woman with masculine cut of hair; tales of man in a wagon trying to catefc them, when it was only a mam come to take his own children home; and so the story grew. Miss Murray, of course, notifi ed the police at once and an officer was sent to investigate. The would-be kidnapper was not seen in the city, as far as it could be ascertained. Police were said to be on the lookout for him, arm ed with a good description. It was Miss Murray's opiaioa. last night that the tale bad fr OUlgruwu lis O'lfiiuai yiuyuinvu". although she did not deny the ser iousness of the affair. As the matter stood last night, it seemed that many persona would heave a sigh of relief if the offender of the city's decency were apprehended and the veil of rumor lifted from the facts the case. No description, f the a. eould be obtained from the polk yesterday.