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PAGE TWO Trie OREGON STATESMAN, Salcsu Oregon. Satnrday Moralng. JoTy 11. 193 St CALL FAIRED Psychciogical Time k now Belief of Staples; ' Public for It (Continued from page- 1) . AUinoruy . - wide commltte of "three from each county If required by law, would mot nwcaauaylly delay the functioning of thla. committee, the KOTernor stated. The eom inltt. which will be . named Monday. ay operate a planned. . ... .-.i.n . ntini-liT 1 re- an&, thla could follow without j.i... ...HtUt nonsors Of " the toot ar confident the legis- . ... . AitthArltv. Tbre Members Three 1 member! of the lower - - 1 aMfllAH -Will ns ot - et bo present If a special ses . elon Is called. Two members hiy resigned and a third has . DnnM(lllT A. V. snccamuwi., "i" - , Swift of Baker died a tew week ago, Junes W. o. wi eouaty resigned to become corpo ration oommJasioneT and Arthur W Taw renee. of Benton county, resigned to become a member., of aUto Industrial acwiucuv vy "These -positions, according to law. r t bo ""ed by av special election, oui n- 4 an election would not he suffi cient In the event the session Is called. It is expected that the legislature would pass a special measure, as effected during the past session, amuon-m , " trnor to appoint three to fill these- racancies. OH CAPITAL WELCOMES IPS f':' ": Continued from pugs ) i and receptions, ending In a ban auet tonight. Before they Joined a f parade ! through th eUy, th airmen were notified by Got. W. H. Murray jthat he "had made them eolonels on his staff. Mayor C. J. BHnn suggested hat Oklahoma Clty'a aw airport i named -Hall Field" In honor xf th man. whoso jfaltk In th . fliers' ability led him t sponsor the-project. Neither of the f liera made a kpeech but they answered Ques tions about th flight. -iBedongs in lAeut Of Alarm Clock ! An alarm clock was not acces sary to awaken them at Novo 81 blfek Gatty related. Bedbugs and 1 hard bed did the job. ' Only in that city did they find uncomfortable sleeping quarters, the fliers laid: "Our room at Koto Sibh-k was Mp flT flights of stairs and w had to walk all th way up. Gat ty asserted. "It was a long drag - after a bard flight." Post said h was more weary at Toto Slbrs than any other ' part of th trip. t Mitrut the-r were enter tained royally at Moscow where Gatty ald th room was -me ot beautiful and with the most - beautiful furniture I. erer haye eea in a hotel. BROADSIDE HURLED AT SHORT SELLERS Continued trots page 1). He read it through In a ulet, aiattr-f-tat ton until he reach--'d th last sentence, saying th confidence imposed upon him as public official would not permit Siim to ecpos the names of the peculators In question to th public " . . Than, a added emphatically: . ' "If I conld, I wnld gladly do - , ..... -. ( ... i. Th farm beard has been flood - ed with requests in recent months that Its wheat holding be kept off th market for a etlpulated period er until th price reaches a ttipntat! figure. . Tn naT com mm irm i C-anlzatlons and members of eon- gross lnciuaing sucn ixpauuco Ttgulari as Vice-President Curtis, Senator WaUoa, th party lead- er. and Senator, Capper of Kansas. Alibi Denied Thoughtless; Remove Cans t BXS DIEGO, CaL, July 10 (AP When a San Diego hus band forgets to mall his wife's letter to her mother, h simply says "Why, Honey, if she hasn't got It yet, X must hare dropped it la oa of tboie blamed rash cans and If forgiren. then at the earliest opportunity, be takes tbe letter from his pocket and burns It. : "The excuse has worked for . years, because the city rubbish containers are exactly the same sixe, shape and color as street cor ner mall boxes. But soon it will be "out." Joseph F. Sllrers. post office station Inspector, asked the city council today to do 'something about th rubbUh boxes. He said postal authorities re eel red a score of complaints dally, from people who had deposited letters in the wrong containers. . Councllmen, protesting at the prospect of thinking up new ex cuses for ''certain occasions" de cided that the rubbish cans would b painted another shade. . Jo Hall, rersaUle Unltersity of riortda football star and track- 'mau. is training for. th Oljrm ' -ics. - i " I CROONER AND HIS BRIDE r - it x :; Tbe borp telepboto transmitted from New York: to t-n FrBclco OTer Bell eyMcm sbowa Rndy Valleo and hi bride, th former Kay ' . Webb. 'I M ;. : ' . -. j 'i : i ! TWELVE ILLKS LIBEL SUIT CLAIM Kansas) City Star Will not ., Cease Fight, Declared Followintj Action i t - . KANSAS CITT. Jul ylO. (AP) At S1S,00.00 libel suit filed today by Henry L. Doherty, utilities Maxuata. was met by the Kansas. City Star with the state ment that th newspaper would not swerre from its campaign "to get fair gas rate for domestic consumers in the cities of Kansas and Mis3onrL" "The Star -des not propose to be iatimldated into any let up la it fight t fere- a reduction of rates i a fair level as determined by the constituted authorities of Kansas, add Missouri, th public service commissions," the news paper said, -i ;. - i "It is common tactics to bring libel suits la : order to bluff off aggreeslre newspapers that are fighting tie public's battles." Doherty; bead of the Cities Ser vice company ; which through var ious -suosidlaries .supplies natur al gas to Kansas City and other municipalities of Missouri and Kansas, alleged the Star had li beled aim; personally in a series of article attacking rates and methods of his companies. OtKer Action to Be Started, TTord In addition t today's $12,000. 00 aultj Doberty's representa tive hero jMLid ether damage ac tions would be brought against the Star. j Th- nature of the forthcoming litigation j was not disclosed, but Doherty announced In New York several day a-ga h bad Instruct ed his attorneys to seek damages In behalf: of th stockholders of the Cities Service company, - Sale of the company's curb stockexeept i th first preferred, has been ordered stopped In Kan sas by th state banking depart ment aad Doherty blamed th Star andji Governor Harry Wood ring, whom the utilities magnate described as r tool" of the Star, for Instigating this action, which Doherty ft Is combating in th courts. Sf . " Th libel ault was based on charges published by the Star that Doherty had profited per sonally from an "engineering aad management ! fee" of 1 1-4 per cent f the gross revenue of the subsidiary companies collected by the Cities: Benrlce company. Denies Ttrcdvfna; Income From' Pee Doherty'a petition denied that he had received any salary or in come -from the fees, and said for many-yean he hu recelred no salary as! president of Cities Ser vice r any of Its affiliated con cerns. Si !'-',! . A charge in th petition that tbo Star ! and 1U officers "had planned and attempted to organ- is eontpetltlv company to fur nish natural ' gaa In tbe Kansas City territory', was declared by the Star to be "preposterous and antra." ?! S George! B.' Logan, president; Roy A. Roberts, , managing editor, aad Frod C. Trigg, Kansas editor. all members of th. board of di rectors of th Kansas City Star company,! were named as defend ants. Thar Star la owned entirely by members of th staff, who pur chased it after tbe death of Laura Nelson Klrkwood. daughter of William Rock bill Kelson, the founder, i t Ex-Serutor Reed To Assist Def riute In anticipation of the libel suit. th Star retatned former Senator James Aj, Reed of . Missouri as counsel la addition to the law firm which represents It regul arly. J! ! Th official fight for m reduc tion of ratea la Kansas is being directed by Governor Wood ring, who has at bis command a fund of S io 0,000 appropriated by th.e legislature for expenses. Doherty rejected a request of the gover nor to reduce city gas rates for gas in Kansas from 40 to 30 cents a thousaad cubic feet. " Refinishing of Postofiice to Get Under Way i , il -' - 'With th expected arrtral-ln 8a- lem last lgh. of the contractor's i f t ? : ; - 1 representative; Mr. Phleger. th work of refinishing the interior of tbe postofflce building should get under way soon, according to John H. farrar. postmaster. Although Mr. Farrar received word yester day that phleger would arrive probably Friday, he did not bear from tbo representative himself. A shipment of Tarnish for the job has already been received here. D. J. In man of Danville, III., has the contract Pickpockets Out of Step Now, Report NEW YORK. July 10 (AP) Th pickpocket profession m on Its way ouO From a total of arrests run ning into thousands In 1115. when a banner day netted 220 of th lightflngered men and wom en, the totals have -declined until but 25 were Jailed for grand lar ceny on that charge la 1929' and only nine last year. New York police officials to day disclosed the figures and Pre dicted tu passing of the ''Dip- society's - chief offender in th crime world of the mauve dec ade. In the 'eighties, tnobdoiit was unknown today the develop ment of organized crime has all but wiped out th nefarious call ings of sneak thieves and purse snatchers. The pickpocket Is out of step with the highly geared lawbreak ing machinery of today in which racketeers, hijackers, rum run ners and local beer barons wage expensive and bloody warfare for million dollar stakes," said a high Official. u- VETERAN MAILMAN OF DALLAS CALLED (Continued from page 1) hock to hi many friends in and around Dallas. Ha has ilwi been regarded as among th younger or me old timers here and had a' host of friends. He is survived br his wir sister, Mrs. O. H. Horsefall of To- ieao; two daughters, Mrs. Ray Gohrk of Dallas and Un nin Phlllabom of Portland; and three granacmiaren. Funeral arrangements hare not been made but it la oulte nroh- able that' the services will b un der, th, supervision of . .the JKnigbts of Pythias. Youth Set Are in Bed, Reports After Escaping NEW TORK. JnlrlliP. A youth who staggered, critically burned. Into a Bronx tilling sta tion today set In motion a police investigation of a crime they de scribed as on of th must brutal in recent annals. Th Tictim, Spencer For, 21, related a story of having been lured to a cottage, drugged and set afire In bed. Before lapsing In to unconsciousness ho cried: ' "They're after me. Th tared me becans I wanted to tell tn trutni- r r Bountiful Crop j U.S Forecast WASHINGTON. July 10 (AP) Bountiful harvests of corn and wheat were forecast today by the agriculture department. Corn production, on th basis of July X condition. Was estlma'.cd at 2.967,953,000 bushels as com pared with 2.094,000.000 bushels la 1930. when corn was seriously affected by drought. The five- year average is 2, 761. 600.000 bu- snels. . . ? EPIDEMIC WAXING I KaNAKANAK, Alaska. July 10 (AP) A scarlet fever and In fluenza epidemic which has taken 11 lives, with 104 patients stilt in the hospital, was believed to be nearlng its end today with iho ar rival and administrating of. aeraaa ruButf zrom Seattle. IHTED Iffllll fJEARLV HEflOY aUBBsuansnaVBSSaV Details on Mountain Source and Cost Will be Made Available, Promise I . - - (Continued frera page 1) costs for capital Investment in th proposed mountain water plant would run between gS.OOO.OO and 12,250,000. this sum includ ing the costs of squiring the pres ent water plant Js. Salem. ; Walter E. Keyes, attorney for th Oregon-Washington Water Scrvic company, said Friday he had heard nothing from E. C El liott, president of the company In San Francisco. If the company was assured ther would be no mora to resubmit municipal ownership ot water to tbt people, construc tion work would proceed at once on the filter plant. Keyes in dicated. . ' DiPHTHERIft CASES NOTED lil COUNTY Twn -new eanes of dlDhtheria. a mother-and baby in a war veter an's family, were reported to the Marlon county health unit yes terday. The baby had been 111 fire days and was in dangerous condition, while tne motner'a case was not as serious. All eontacta mad with the two cases were traced and those who haTe not been recently immun ized or show diphtheria from the culture, will be riven anti-torin and kept under observation. Dr. Vernon . A. Douglas staiea. Tne father and one of two other chil dren in- this case wer given the anti-toxin treatment, the third child bad been Immunized at school. Th American Lerton auxiliary has arranged for a nurs to care for the mother and baby. WHEAT SOLD HERE Some 19S0 wheat changed handa In Salem this week at SO cents a bushel, the sales being mad by farmers who had held th crop throughout th winter and the purchases being made by local grain - dealers who round tbemselres short of wheat for the next two or three weeks until the 1931 1 crop would come In. The price' was 6 to 10 cents above the prevailing Portland prices, but buyers were willing to pay the difference rather than ship in the grain, j Dealers reported that their stocks of old wheat were all clean ed up. No sales have been report ed here on the 1931 crop, farmers preferring to await th prices at the time of harvest. A 10 to 12 cent lower price prevails on wheat In Salem In comparison to Port land due to freight rates between the two cities. Hospital Fight Waged to Save Beer Gangster NEW YORK, July 10 (AP) While nurses cowered In fright, five gangsters fought lnsid a Brooklyn hospital ' today for th life of 'one-armed Tony" Mono go. wounded beer racketeer. With luck and numbers on their side. Tony's four friends won and tonight he was aliv. Police searched Brooklyn by ways, expecting to find the body of the ion gunman who invaded the hospital to finish the beer man off. He was overpowered by Mongno'a henchmen and kidnap ped in an automobile. Business Women l Choose Officers And Close Meet RICHMOND. Va., July 10. (AB) Delegates and -visitors at tending" the old dominion conven tion of the National Federation of Business and Professional Wom en's dabs' tonight viewed a par- eant depicting exploits of women ramousi In history and attended the Virginia, ball which broaght tbe convention her to a close. Mrs. Celine MacDonald Bowman of Rlcamand. m., was elected president today to succeed Mar ton MeClenrh of Ann Arbor. Mich. Earlen White of Jackson. Miss., and Margaret 8tewart of Ogden. Utah, were reelected to their of fices of recording secretary and treasurer, respectively. Margaret K. Stewart of Phoenix. Arts., was elected corresponding secretary. Too Late to Classify Tonr.r cow wanted. I gsL Per- cnt- Pbn 781S.j arried Uocsn lecd this !doa; Every married woman realises that Fern In in Hyslene is of utmost Im portance to ber weii-bain and of mind. Sbo also knowi tbat moat liquid wash are unsatisfactory, and drying to the tissue. Every wise and fastidious) woman will welcome Dr. Nixon's Q-Zeen - - a soothing, eleaa taa" application. In tubes with eaar-to-uae applicator. More effoetrre aad satisfactory than . auppoajtoriaa er waahee. Does not dry the Uau but belpa kP tbera 1 a aoft. amooth, natural tat. Corrects tpU Vxt Initls. Non-rc4sonoua. Not sreaay. No mercury. Destroys odors and docs not stain. Mixes thoroughly with se cretions, reaching tlay folds and ererlcaa. 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Sunday" will be "Laughing Sinners' in which you will again have a chance to gangs how much . progress Joan Craw ford has made sine her last dra matic picture. .- Joan is one. of the actresses who are growing la each picture and this fact adds a genuine interest to all her pic tures. . i Another thing to be anticipated or dreaded as you feel about it is that there will be a "theme song" entitled. "What can I do I lov that man?" Theme songs have been few and far between here lately and it will b rather an in teresting experiment to have one trld on us again. Joan also des 4 good bit of dancing in thla pic ture and that is always good. OUTDOOR SERVICES ! TO START SUNDAY i First of the Sunday afternoon outdoor divine services sponsored Jointly by the Salem ministerial association and th T. M. C. A., will be held tomorrow In Wlllson park from 3:30 to 4:39 o'clock. In accordance with this year's pla of having a alngl church organisation responsible for each service, Rer. G rover C. Blrtchet. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will preaci and music will be furnished by his staff. William Wright, assistant pas tor, will sing: and th church or chestra will play. : This is th 10th year these summer services hare been held In Salem. It has been decided this year that the respective churches will hold their regular Sunday evening service regardless - of those In th afternoon. Daughter Comes j Home; Thought Dead For Years LOS ANGELES, July 10 (AP) Missing for seven years, be lieved kldnaned. Roa M a r v Leath. 22. walked into her moth ers noma unannounced her to day with her husband, John Pe terson, a logger from the north west woods. Th mother. Mrs. Maude Leath. fainted. "Rob was just a foolish child" Mrs. Leath said later. "She has told me now that when she left she wanted to get married and one awar from bom, she was Afraid to com back." Allow Increase In Parcel Size WASHINGTON, July 10 (AP) Tfr postofflc department to day was given the consent of the Interstate commerce commission to Increase th alt and weight limits ot parcel post packagre. Th decision will nabl ship ment, by man ot packages up to TO-pounds beyond the third cone and - increase th site limits to 10 0 laches length and girth com bined. The previous- maximums war SO pounds and 84 Inches. GRAND TODAY ONLY ..Tomorrow WARNER BAXTER JOAN BENNETT 44 DOCTORS' WIVES" AJ with Joha Ij PcXA ; Wsyno v'HLj, .Blargoerit rL 58rt Vlrgiai Lfg Cberrfil IB BS 'Holdup" by Locations of Claims Along Roads t' Serious Menace (Ceotmued from page 1) National Association f Highway Commissioners. . " Kmergency Hlgbway Money About Com Emergency highway appropria tions far western states will all be spent br Seat. 1. la aecerdanca with the federal program. Blood said. H estimated that nearly two billion dollars will be spent in the United States for road construction and maintenance durlaaj taa present year. aayla this ta the high snarsc tor road bonding- In this country. He erred the need of additional appropriation under th Coo 1 ton Odd ie -feta for construct lea t highways across th public do main. Kvsry western state, he said. has long gaps of unimproved roads across government lands for which counties i have been reluc tant to match mederal aid funds because they 11 mostly in unin habited sections. C. 8. Pope, construction engin eer ot tbe California highway commission asserted that by mak ing the highways of th state per fectly smooth they last longer and increase the mileage from if to IB per cent on the same gaso line consumption. . SCIO, July 1 e Saturday, July 18, Is to be a gala day Is Sclo it present - plans materialise. On that day an elaborate f 'water cir cus Is to b staged her in cele bration of the town council's re cent achlerement In providing an adequate supply of wholesome water for th city. One ot th finest drilled wells on the Pacific coast is now boast ed in Sclo, and the event Is con sidered of such lasting Importance to the city and its futur that a public commemoration of the good fortune is planned. Mayors of Lebanon. Albany. Staytoa and other neighboring towns are to be invited for the occasion. It is announced, while Governor Meter will be asked to participat to the extent of press ing th button that will start the celebration. Efforts are to be made to se cure a band tor the occasion, and a speakers' platform is to be con structed, ft is announced. - A merry-go-round is under - considera tion by th promoters. A water fight with bose Is to be staged on Main street,, the committee an nounces, and various other sport ing events are contemplated. C. C Conkle announces sn auction. sale Immediately following the public program. The general committee la com posed of P. W. Schrunk. Earl Phil lips, and George Flanagan; ac cording to recent announcement. Th decorating committee is com posed of Mylo Bartn and K. M. Cain, and it Is requested that all merchants make their places of business as attsactiv as practica ble. Further details are to be an nounced at th log-rolling contest her Saturday afternoon, July 11. DIES IT A9E GS Charles M. Warren - passed away at Rose Lodge, Or., Jnly 9, at the age ef at years. He la sur vived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel L Warren, on son. Charles M. War ren, Jr.. and four brothers, Frank P0LLYV00D$ Home of Z5c Talklea HOME OWNED THEATRE rMC Tim i Today Sped! Mickey Moose Mat inee Today 1:30 P. M. iuai CDCCi JONES M4KlttTTr ft U MS lit Ult- rJCt Um Also Murray A Sidney Cosnedy Cartooss Comedy, News and. Serial, Tosn Tyler tn "The Ptuuitom of th Wert" CO3UN0 SUNDAY, MONDAY nd TUESDAY - viCTOsy- -- ' ' MAR1SNI ' SCIO TO HAVE WATER CAUL 11 cmtwvu vaaa rci vita i , t - . X I , rr7 maps i-a, -aar Warresw Klamath WuUst Mertoa Warru, Los Ang4es. CaX. Elvln Wirrea, Eerkelsr, CiU sd narrj Warrsu Oakland. CaL i Warren was a former- county commissioner, Lincoln -county, and daring his term ot office was as tir In th campaign for the build ing of th Roosevelt Irigbway. He was graduated from Willamette anirerslty In 1810, aad lfred la and around Salem his -entire life. In ltSt n married Ethel L Jat ton ot Waldo HTlbi. " His parents. Mr. ahd Mrs. Reu ry Warren, wax among th early pionoera to croea tha plains, net Ular ftt Waldo UiUj. where Char les was born in lit 4. Thomas Admits " Giving Advance Word on Tariff i MEDICINE PARJC Okla.; Jnly 10- (IP) Senator Slater - Tho- wmb il.nAfrst nf flUikoiu. ens firmed today the statement of Senator Smoot, rejabllxiiL UUli, that he bad communicated to for tsn natloua th ototIsIoo. ot the Bawley-Smoot tartrt blU In ad vance of its passage with a re quest for information aa to how the legislation would affect for eign trade. The statement of Smoot criti cising the action. Senator Tho mas, a member of the aenate fi nance committee, said was "an alibi tor the effects of his (Smoot 'a) own. act" ' Senator Thames claimed that results f th tariff" bXH iuc its passage Justlffed. my action. , A. J. St. John of Cower, Mo., his a $S bill wklcti he says he has owned for CT. years. "SYMPHONIES UNDER THE STARS" Direct Frpm HOLLYWOOD Cvory Scturdcry llvonlno frbfa JULY 11 TO Li VV LI II DIM 640 KILOCYCLES 44S METERS A UUlOH OIL f?Jfe ' 4-4"'' t LAOT TI51ES TODAY j Robert Woolsey in "Evenrtbing Roale" A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY . . . With THE DIVINE JOAN CRAWFORD TOMORROW She thought she was free from him auicl hi lore! B. 'at she found she couldn't lire with oat them! iSemauru josb'i'i most dncutie role, fresa th tag;si hit, Torch Sonw." JOAI Based on the "Torch Sons;. by Kemyoam ISCSMNSOal , ' DlrecteJ . I7 : Harry ; Beaumont ii . nsvxa- - r tsr , Plant is Bombed I Result oi Utile War; One Killed BIRMINGHAM, Ali July 10 (AP) An unidentified negro yontfi waj killed and two other persons probably fatally injured tonight when a bomb was tossed from an automobile Into th plant of th Par Milk company, in th b Harness section here. 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