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ONLY 6 DAYS The Statesnu&'s annual bargain period will .enjl in six days. Order now; one full year by mail, only $3.00 anywhere in Oregon. WEATHER Tn set tied today and Fri day, moderate tempera tare; Max. temperature Wednesday 59, Min. 47, rain .24, river -2.9. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTIETH YE4R Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 9, 1930 No. i& BRAZIL'S, Ml! Battle Between Police and Revolting Soldiers Relat ed in Report Received Through Argentina Conflicting Claims Reach Washington; Censorship Is Clamped on; Govern ment Forces Active BTJEXOS AIRES, Oct. 8 (AP) Dispatches to La Nacion from Para say that police and sailors loyal to the Brazilian federal government clashed with revolting soldiers there? today and bombarded them heavily. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8 (AP) Rumors and counter rumors of isolated successes claimed for each side in the Brazilian revolt continued to reach Washington tonight, but left officials at a loss to understand the actual sta tus of the insurrection. Adding to the confusion word reached here today that a strict censorship had been imposed on all press and private dispatches (Turn to page 2, col. 3) PORTLAND, Ore., Oct.8. (AP) Three holdup vwere ex ecuted successfully here tonight. The loot totalled $389. A young well-dressed man held up the ticket office of a subur ban theater and escaped with $250. He approached the well lighted window and ordered Miss Anne Howell, ticket seller, to hand over all the cash. As he was receiving the money the doorman, Bud McKay, appeared hut he was held helpless at the point of a revolver. The robber turned and walked rapidly up the street and disapeared. Employes of a grocery store earlier- in the evening were or dered into a back room by two men who came into the store shortly before closing time. A check of the cash later showed the robbers had taken $127. A man wearing a shabby army overcoat held up a pharmacy and escaped with $12. REACH JURY TODAY MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 8. (AP) Testimony in the trial of Robert Gordon Duncan, indicted for broadcasting alleged obscene, indecent and profane language, was completed in federal court here today. The case is expected to reach the jury tomorrow. Robert M. Mount, Portland better business bureau manager, was the government's principal witness. He testified Duncan hd made vicious statements inl THREE UPS I PHD SUCCEED talks broadcast from radio sta tion KVEP. Ten other witness es were called to- show the broadcasts were interstate in Beope and the alleged statements were in violation of the federal radio act. Defense witnesses testified they had listened to the broad casts but had not heard the al leged objectionable language. Duncan did not take the stand. FIVE ARE WINNERS WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (AP) Five Oregon school children and two teachers were named to day by the highway education board as state winners in the ninth annual safety essay and lesson contest. Pupils will receive cash prize and medals and the teachers, an honor certificate. The first prize essay and lesson will be "entered In the national contest. Oregon winners were: Teach ers, Helen Gurdane, Pendleton, and Miss Lois E. Mitchell, Pistol River. Students, Mary Schuem er, Sherwood; Blanche Myrick, Pendleton; Grace Stover, Pendle ton; Iric Wilson, 1007 Smith IAre., Portland, and Helen Gor rell, Eugene. "ACCIDENT, CLAIM ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 8. (AP) Raymond Creasy, 11, of Camas Valley, today confessed he fired the shot that wounded fatally Melrin Mcpann, 13, Tues day. Creasy told offiaers, who ques COMPENSATION RELEASE PLAN LEGION ISSUE Faction Seeks Legislation Allowing Veterans to Cash Certificates Detroit Selected- as 1931 Meeting Place; Rowdy Acts Condemned BOSTON, Oct. 8. (AP) A bitter fight materialized in the American Legion legislative com mittee today over a recommenda tion to congress to pass legisla tion allowing war veterans to cash 80 per cent of their adjusted com pensation, thus throwing into cir culation about $2,000,000 .c re lieve the present depression. The battle over the recommen dation, it Is expected, will pro duce the biggest fight of fre con vention over a matter of policy. It will probably be brought to the floor of the convention tomorrow. In ho committee oday, Massa chusetts and 11 other states were in favor of the measure. Eight states were opposed. Tonight both sides wore trying to win the support of Pennsyl vania, which has 70 votes in the convention. Serious Problems Occupy Delegates The serious matters of a na tional convention oe.mpied the at tention of the American Lesion here today. The outstanding events of a five-hour session were: The choice of Detroit as the 1931 convention city. The adoption of resolutions condemning commuiifru and reg retting the acts of vandalism by hoodlums who took advartige of the convention to spread disorder last night. The speeches of General Honri Gouraud of France. Major Gener al Sir William Hickie of Ireland Admiral William S. Benson, na val chief during the war; General Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs, and William R. Green, president of the American federation of labor. In his speech. Admiral Benson, now retired, urged the Legion naire to study and. eradicate the causes of crime and to vindicate the laws. Shingle Mills Resume; Wage Dispute Ended ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 8 (AP) Six Grays Harbor shin gle mills, idle for months, will start operating again Monday as the result of a wage agreement reached last night following meetings with a city arbitration committee. Shingle weavers accepted a heavy wage cut which was de clared to bring the scale down to the level paid in other northwest producing centers. Several mills will start operations Thursday. Duncan Testimony all in Oregon Students Honored Youth Admits Fatal Shot Coos G. O. P. Back Meier tioned him more than two hours before he confessed, his parents were away when he arrived home from school. The boy said he found his father's rifle, which had been returned from a repair shop, and sat down on a bed and sighted it through two open doors. He discharged the rifle accidentally, he said. Sheriff Jackson said Creasy was one of three boysvwho had been reprimanded by the Camas Valley school principal Tuesday on the McCann boy's report they were the cause of trouble at school. BOLT PARTY TICKET MARSHFIELD. Ore., Oct. 8. (AP) The Coos county Repub lican Central committee today voted 11 to 10 to support Julius L. Meier, independent, for gov ernor. The rest of the republi can ticket will be supported reg ularly. The committee one month ago unanimously voted to support Phil Metschan, republi can candidate. Today's action was precipitat ed by a vote to accept the resig nation of James Watson, state delegate, who declared he could not act because of his preference for Meier. Watson attended the convention which nominated Metschan. His resignation was rejected. CUT SCHOOL BUDGET HARRISBURG, Ore., Oct. 8.- (AP) The new budget for the local grade school district will be only about half of last years budget The school board has put $1000 of its surplus into sinking' fund to provide for a new school bnilding. STOCKMAN DIES PENDLETON. Ore., Oct 8. (AP) AVbert Peterson, stock raiser of Umatilla county, died at his home today after a linger ing Illness. He was a prominent grange worker and president of the Uklah cowboy convention. 'Iron man' oi World Series " ' if l M ""lf""""" - - - 'I v , ti - far kMt " f jT.-T '' 1 w 'luJwwwJj-j ' George Earnshaw, Athletics pitch er, who held St Louis Cardin als to one run Wednesday after denying them any score for eight innings Monday. His latest feat clinched the world series for Connie Mack's Phila delphia team. E LEGALITY ARGUED Judge Hill Takes Case Un der Advisement; Answer Filed by City Complaint and answer in the suit brought against the city by W. H. Henderson to determine the validity of the action taken in the matter of purchase of the water company plant were ar gued before' Circuit Judge Gale S. Hill yesterday afternoon im- mediately aiier me ausnci nao filed by William H. Trindle, city attorney. Judee Hill took the matter un der advisement and intimated he would give his verdict very shortly. It is probable a docu ment from Hill will be ready be fore the end of the week. Henderson sought through the suit, filed Monday, for tempor ary injunction to halt sale -of $10,000 city bonds as part of the authorization of the charter amendment passed in May, as well as other objectives to test the amendment. Five bids for the bonds were not opened at the council meeting Monday night as result of the test suit, said to be of a friendly nature. In the city's answer to the suit, it Is alleged that al objec tion raised by . the complaint are not valid and that the charter amendment is constitutional. LI A. T. Bjork, 63, resident of Salem for the past 11 years, difid in this city October 8. Bjork was born in Sungswall, Sweden. He came to Salem 11 years ago and was for a number of years tailor at the Emmons clothing store on State street. He is survived by the widow, Rika Melgaard Bjork; sisters, Mrs. Emma Engdahl of Salem and Mrs. Anna Larson of "Los Angeles, Calif.; daughters, Mrs. Ruble Flick of Roscoe, S. D., aad Mrs. Olive Blake and Dorothy Bjork, both of Salem; and three grandsons. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 10, at 2:30 p. m. Where the services would be held had not been determined at a late hour Wednesday night . Astoria to get $250,000 Federal Building, Report ASTORIA. Ore.. Oct 8. (AP) E. L. 2ml, of the postoffice department, told Postmaster C. W. Haider man here today ' con struction of a new federal bnild ing hero would be started not later than April 1, 1931. The building, which will puse the postoffice, customs office and other federal offices, will cost $250,000. 1 TSCHAN HAS FIRM SUPPORT OF G. U . HERE Campaign Formally Opened In County at Meeting Wednesday Night Hawley as Keynoter Tells Virtues of Governor Nominee; Praises CONGRESSMAN IAWLEY PRAISES METSCHAN "I have known Phil Met schan since he was a boy. I knew him when he was in Willamette university when he was a student and I was president. I have never heard of him being dishon est in any bargain. I nev er heard anything dishonor able about him. I am happy to know he is a candidate for governor. The republi can party has nothing to apologise for In its candi date. "It is my opinion he Is the best qualified man of any in the field. He will make a good governor." From Congressman Haw ley's statement at republi can central committee meet ing Wednesday night. Republicans of Marion county, represented by their precinct committeemen, girded for the fray Wednesday night in an or ganization meeting held in the county courthouse. J. C. Perry, chairman of the county commit tee, presided. With Congressman W. C. Haw ley ag the keynoter, the organiza tion declared itself anew for the principles of the party, as mem ber after member of the central committee pledged himself to work to elect the entire repub lican ticket in his own precinct. "Phil Metschan was nominated by the republican central com mittee in the manner prescribed by law. The convention was open and above board. It's now up to us to see that he is elected," de clared Congressman Hawley. Hawley said he did not have sympathy with bolters. "If there is trouble within the ianks of a party, the way to set (Turn to page 2, col. 1) IS BOSTON, Oct. 8. (AP) The Harvey W. Seeds post bugle and drum corps of Miami, Fla., was declared national American Le gion champion here tonight after the final round of a day'g compe tition in which 80 posts took part. The new champions, with a score of 93.15 replaced the Frankfort post of Philadelphia, last year's champions, who fin ished third tonight. , The Racine, Wis., post carried off second honors with 92.97, while the Frankfort score was 91.09. When "Bill" Hruby, drum ma jor, of the crack Elyria, Ohio, drum and bugle corps, finished whirling his vished baton, toss ing his shako in unparalleled fa shion, the judges had little dif ficulty in choosing him for first prize in the strutting drum ma jor class. Lindberghs ' To let ' Jr Pick Career NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (AP) When Charles 'Augustus Lind bergh, Jr., grows up, he is going to have the whole wide world in which to find himself a career without parental interference. -In an interview ahout the baby which appears in the forth coming Issue of the magazine Pictorial Review, appearing Fri day, Colonel Lindbergh is quoted as .saying with a laugh that he has as yet given no serious thought to young Charles' career. "Our son," he said, "has" hard ly reached the age to have his fu ture determined for him, and in any case it is a question he can decide for himself when the time comes. "Personally I don't want him to be anything or do. anything that he himself has not 'taste or apti tude for, I believe that everybody should have complete freedom in the choice of his life's work." Bovd Plans to Hop off Today HARBOR GR'ACE. Nf., Oct. 9. (AP) Everything was In read iness tonight for the hopoff of .the monoplane Columbia to England. Captain Errold Boyd and Lieut Connor expected to start early tomorrow. Strong easterly winds Tveverted tK" fMr frm starting ME Ml DRUM S cnipii Raises Furore Over oil Deal fry . I Si. Ralph S. Kelley, chief of the Gen eral Land Office, at Denver, Colo., was asked by Senator Gerald P. Nye, of North Dako ta, to appear at the capitol pre pared to disclose information to the senate committee. He Bays 40,0O0,OOO,000 oil fields were sold for 92,000,000. L Lions Committee Learns of Heavy Advance Ticket Sale; Plans Made A capacity crowd wiil hear the United States marine band when it plays at the horseshow pavilion at the state fairgrounds next Mon day afternoon and evening, Judg ing from reports made last night at the committee meeting of mem bers of the Lions club, which Is sponsoring appearance of the band here. The sale of reserved seats Is above what was anticipated and it is expected that the reserved seats for the evening concert will be sold before Monday. The seats are on sale at Burnett Brothers' Jewelry store. Children and students are being given a special low price in the afternoon and from all reports they will all be there. Arrange ments have been made with the school officials so that those hav ing tickets for the concert will be excused in the afternoon. Many Delegations From Nearby Towns In addition, a reduction !n bus fare to the grounds amounting to almost one-third for round trip is offered through cooperation of the motor transit manager here. Large group delegations will come from Monmouth, Stayton, Independence, Corvallis, Albany, Woodburn, Chemawa and Hub bard, according to word already received. Special rates for the oc casion have been made by both the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) II FIRE CAUSES 4 DEATHS III 01 MASSILLON, Ohio, Oct. 8. (AP) The bodies of three min ers, killed by gas when trapped by fire In the slope mine near Dayton early today, were recover ed tonight. With the death ear- ' lier of a rescue worker, the toll j of the fire was fixed at four. Four members of a United Mine I Workers' rescue squad from Pittsburgh recovered the bodies of the three miners who had died at the extreme rear of the drift tunnel, 800 feet back of the en trance. The bodies were found huddled together. The dead miners are Russell Shanklin, 45, part owner of the mine; Robert Douglas, 55, mine engineer; and Harvey P. Sword, 47, all of near Dalton. Sword was the father of 11 young children. The trio had died from monox ide gas fumes, which this morn ing caused the death of Rush D. Hiller, 47, Canton undertaker, who was overcome while leading a rescue crew Into the mine. Bandit-Slayer Quickly Caught DENVER, Oct. S. (AP) A few minutes after J. G. Arm strong, grocer, had been fatally wounded during an attempted holdup of his store In East Den- i ver, police arrested 18 year old Carl Thomas, who admitted the act. Thomas told officers he was a "farm boy" from Middle ton, Ohio. PUBLISHER, 100, DIES ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 8. (AP) Mrs. Rebecca Fields, 100 year old publisher of the Mont Tcmery County Sentinel, d ed at home here tonight. VVv- v Mil 1 DM HUGE 1 M CRIME GROUP TO TELL PRDH1 FINDINGS If dry law Enforcement is Impossible Commission Will say so, Word Data on Cost of Lawless ness Also Included in Report due Soon By JOHN F. CHESTER WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. ( AP) Assurance that President Hoo ver's law enforcement commission already has gone deep into the subject of prohibition and that it hopes to report definitely to con gress in December of dry law en forcement conditions was given today by Chairman Wickersham of the commission. Whether the report will go further and place the commission as for or against prohibition, the chairman would not say. He added, however, he believed that "if the commission reaches the conclusion that prohibition is not enforceable I think we should say so." Wickersham's a n n ouncement cam after the commission had discussed crime and prohibition problems, for more than five hours at the first meeting the group has held since last June. All 11 mem bers were present as the body con vened around a table piled high with new reports gathered dur ing the sdmmer. Survey Will Show High Cost of Crime The preparation of a volumin ous survey designed to show "just ' what the luxury of crime costs the United States," also was made known by Wickersham. He said a study already was in progress which would in time gather fig ures on the direct cost of crime such as the cost of maintaining prisons and administering crim inal justice in every city of over 100,000 population in the coun try. The commission chairman indi cated also considerable work was being done toward determining causes of crime, among which he characterized the world war and prohibition as chief contributors. The group has before it "an immense amount" of material dealing with . prohibition alone, Wickersham said, adding that matters arising from the dry law "have been and are now one of the main problems with which the commission is dealing." BODIES OF VICTIMS LONDON, Oct. 8 (A P) Peers and commoners met alike today in homage to the 47 dead of the R-101 whose bodies rest, all but a few of them unidenti fied in the mortuary chapel of Westminister abbey. Coffins ranged in grim rows, gave silent testimony of the com pleteness of the disaster which had overtaken the w o r 1 d' s largest dirigible airship. While sentries trod, their fun eral beats before these gruesome reminders throngs passed through the chapel, gome persons to help in giving names to the victims; others in profound grief and many prompted by curiosity. A glimpse of the dead was de nied to all save those necessary officials and relatives who might aid in identification. The interior of the chapel, or dinarily severe and cold in an cient dignity, today was a bow er of floral tributes sent by per sons from many walks of life. Tomorrow the bodies will be removed to Westminister ball, adjacent to the abbey. Would Make Auto Lights Superfluous RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 8. (AP) Increased street lighting to make automobile headlights superfulous was suggested by Preston S. Millar, president of the electrical testing laborator ies of New York today at the 24th annual convention of the illuminating engineering society. Street lighting in.jno8t cities has not kept pace with traffic requirements and consequently streets are ltss safe at night than they should be, Millar said. Millar reported an investiga tion of the ' illuminating engi neering society's - committee on street light, of which he Is chair man, showed the average per capita cost of street lighting to be 1 a year. For, $1.50 or $2 illumination sufficient for auto mobiles could be provided, the report read. P. H. LISNE DTEfl . Peter H. Lisne, prominent in the work of the Odd Fellows lodge in Salem for many years, died early this morning, aged 80. He is survived by his widow and tio daughters. The body ia at , r r- -1'-r-y. IN HISTORIC ABBEY Mr MS LOST IN FOREST ON HUNTING TRIP Veteran Salem Policeman Missing in Umpqua Forest Since Monday, Companions Report After Futile Search; Last Seen 15 Miles East of Wolf Creek Ranger Station by Bud Welch Group Returns to Roseburg Wednesday When two Days Of Hunting for Lost Officer Proves in Vain; Relatives Here Leave That Night to Join Searchers; Prowler Car Driver Well Known Here TO aid in the search for Emery W. "Cherry" James, vet eran member of the Salem police force who was Wed nesday reported to be missing in the Umpqua national for est where he had gone on a hunting trip, his brother-in-law, Walter Dorman, and his son-in-law, Harry Lyons, left for Roseburg early that night. Eforman took with him a pair of German police dtjfs which are said to be good trailers. Members of the police department here were desirous of volunteering to go in search of their fellow worker, but after conferring by tele- . Ophone with the authorities at rr-Pk lit.. r-A HtU AKMIta AbAIRI PILLAGE IN CIA ? torch Applied to Kian City Though Rebel. Alliance Deemed Collapsing SHANGHAI, Oct. 8. (AP) Red armies continued to scourge China tonight, as cessation of civil warfare seemed near. With the rebellious northern alliance in a state of collapse, commun ists increased their depredations in south China. Sweeping over southern Kl angsi province, 75,000 outlaws laid waste to towns and country side. Kian, important city, with numerous smaller places nearby, was reported fallen prey to 40, 000 bandit Reds who applied the torch. It was not known whether the Reds simply looted the cities or, as in many other communities, killed many inhabitants. Many Britih missionaries who worked in the Kian area have not been heard from since the communist onslaught. Foreign Shipping Attacks Continue Lurking behind banks of the Yangtse river, Reds continued to fire upon foreign shipping plying between Kiukiang and Hankow, 135 miles, undiscouraged by los ing a brief engagement yesterday with the United States gunboat Panay near Yochow. Civil war, however, . seemed nearing its end. Forced out of Chengchow' by nat'onalist gov ernment troops. General Feng Yu-Hsiang escaped across the Yellow river with the main body of his rebels. Although previously reported headed for his mountain refuge in Shansi province, Feng was said today to be aligning his men along" the Honan-Shansi borders awaiting a chance to strike back, or ready to retreat if attacked in force. . Acq uit McCune In Death Case DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 8.- (AP) Carl McCune, 37, today was acquitted of murder charg es in connection with the assault and slaying of 9-year-old Evelyn Leo last spring. The jury was out three hours. Theological Haphazard MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 8 (AP) The development of the ological education in America was described as haphazard today by the Rev. F. H. Knubel of New Ro chelle, N. Y., president of the Lu theran church in America. "Like Topsy," he told the church's con vention today, "it 'just grew'." He pleaded for a stronger minis try. Two movements were suggest ed by the speaker as a solution for the problem, first, the self appraise of pastors to determine how they can increase their ser vice and second, an official body of the church to make a thorough analysis- of training methods and recommend ' necessary changes. Such an Inveatigatorial body, be said, might well be organized by the executive board of the church, Jts boahL of education .and president of the 33 synods. His address followed the elec tion of officers. The Rev. Knu bel was elected president; the Roseburg. decided that ttp would be unlikelv to prove cfft tual. Sheriff's forces and operative of the fire warden's office t Roseburg were putting a full force of men in the field, aej were planning to spare no effort to find James or ascertain lets fate. Police officers here who knew James' ability as a woodsman and his acquaintance with the region where he was last vr-n, were certain that he was ot merely lost, and feared a mere serious mishap. Report of Affair Delayed by Search Word that Officer James ws missing did not reach Salem he til early Wednesday -night. Bud Welch, John Brophy and Charle Sherwood, who were members of the hunting party with James, searched from early Monday aft ernoon until Wednesday before going to Roseburg to report tLe matter to the authorities. John Brophy reported In a tel ephone conversation that sjiow was falling rapidly. Mrs. Brophy said last night. James has been a member cf the police force continuously fr six years and for a long time previously, returning to the thy (Turn to page 5, col. 3) SIIVH MOTEL SILVERTONT, Oct. 8 There little doubt that Silverton is go ing to have a hotel! Tuesday evening the hotel committee from the Silverton chamber of commerce mot. This committee, composed of R. B. Duncan; chair man, and Alf 0. Kelson, decided to raise $2500 for preliminary expenses for a Community Hotl corporation. The original committee v.as enlarged to a group of solicitor's who were to' secure $50 apiece from 50 Silverton business men. Before 10 o'clock Wednesday nrornlng $750 was raised. By evening almost the entire sun was signed up for. The next plans will be made In the very near future. Thet working on the soliciting are Mr. Duncan, Dr. R. E. Kleis sorge, Dr. P. A. Loar, Xorrie Anes, George Hubbs, M. G. Gun derson, Mayor L. C. Eastman, Julius Aim, Ed Adams. M. F. Conrad, Nye O. Bristol. R. B. AW len, Earl Adams, John H"oblH J. E. Hosmer. Education Says Knubel Rev. M. G. G. Scherer, New Yorfc, sefreUry, and E. Clarence Miller, L. L. D., Philadelphia, treasurer, all for their seventh term?. Dr. Knubel in saying the needs for ministerial improvement was "recognised throughout tb church," added however that the adverse criticism of ministry is always a "ready topic for shallow minds," he complimented the Lu theran preachers on the recent in quiry crediting them with a hie er percentage of educational re paration than others. The conference refused permis sion to the Pacific Synod t a point representatives to fh school of religion connected witft the University otV Oregon. Th subject had been investigated sev eral years. . Suggestions of ennsylvaal Synods that corporations be wt up to Issue church fire insurant were disapproved, it being 1k14 that the church should not cater business. UN