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CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution (or the
month ending April 30, 1829
10,323
Average dally net paid 9,893
Member Audit Bureau ol Circulations
FAIR
'oright and Wednesday, tat
cloudy on the coast. Moderate
"northerly winds.
Local Max. 77; Mln. 44; Rain 0;
River 4.0 leet; clear; northeast
wind.
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42nd YEAR, No. 121
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY, 21, 1929
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CITY AWAITS
OUTCOME OF
FILTER PLAN
Council Votes to Allow
Water Company Time
To Remedy Evils
Temporary Relief Expect
ed From Work Under
Way Now oil Island
With further proceedings under
Hts recently adopted resolution, cit
ing the Oregon-Washington Water
Service company to show cause why
Its franchise should not be revoked
lor failure to supply pure water,
suspended by a unanimous vote of
the city council Monday evening
tho water company was Tuesday
rushing construction activities on
the new filter beds being installed
on Mlnto's island, the location of
the river intake of the system.
Completion of the new filter sys
tem within the next 10 days will
entirely eliminate the discoloration
and bad taste which had charac
terized the city's water supply for
several months, company officials
predict, and will keep it pure and
clean during the next year while
the permanent filter plant Is being
constructed further up and across
the river from the city.
The general plans for Improve
ments In the water system, includ
ing those of the temporary filter
(Concluded on page 10, column 8)
CONFEREES IN
DEADLOCK ON
DEBENTURES
Washington (JP) The farm relief
conference committee broke up
again today without reaching an
agreement after house conferees
flatly dclined to ask the house to
vote directly on the disputed ex
port debenture plan.
Senate conferees Insisted a house
vote on the debenture proposition
would enable them to report back
to the senate with more hope of
having a compromise agreement
approved. This the house mem
bers refused to do.
The house group said the farm
bill passed at their side of the Cap
itol had the approval of President
Hoover and that he would veto any
measure containing the debenture
section. They argued It was use
less to continue any negotiations so
long as the debenture plan was
not side tracked.
Senator McNary of Oregon,
chairman of the Senate Agdicul
ture committee and the ranking
member of the conference commit
tee said the committee would meet
again tomorrow.
STAFF DOCTOR
OF CLINIC DIES
Cleveland, W) Dr. George W.
Belcher, staff physician of the
Cleveland clinic, succumbed today
to the effects of poisonous gas
which filled the building after two
explosions last Wednesday. He was
the 125th victim of the disaster.
He was the seventh physician at
the clinic to die of the fumes, gen
erated by burning X-ray films In
a basement store room. He was a
specialist In diseases of the bladder
and was leader in research in his
field,
Pour other were In a critical con
dition from the noxious poison to
day. Henry W. Lustig, a patient in
the clinic at the time of the ex
plosions, was not expected to live.
HOOVER SURE
OF NO INCREASE
Washington (P) President Hpov-
er is comment tnat no Increase in
railroad rates will result from the
decision of the Supreme Court In
the St. Louu and O'Fallon case.
"I am confident there will be no
Increase In railroad rates as the
result of the O'Pallon decision," the
president said In a formal state,
ment in reply to inquiries of news
paper correspondents.
The Chief Executive did not ex
plain upon what he based his con
fidence, confining himself to. the
one sentence statement.
Talking Barbers
Curbed By Loss
Of State License
Austin, Texas, LP Sena
tor Tom De berry of the
Texas legislature, . aims to
bring relief to mankind from
one of Its oldest evils talk
ative barbers.
De berry Introduced a re
solution which would amend
the state barber bill so that
the license of any talkative
barber could be revoked.
LINDY OBSERVES
ANNIVERSARY BY
FLYING LESSON
North Haven, Me., (JP) The sec
ond anniversary of Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh's New York Paris non
stop flight found him apparently In
tent on further flying lessons for
his fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow.
Possibility that the Colonel would
celebrate such an event any where
but aloft appeared remote.
It was not until yesterday, how
ever, that the colonel ventured in
to the air from the seclusion of the
Morrow estate, with Miss Morrow
beside him In the big six passenger
Amphibian.
But It was the unusual action of
the plane, as it taxied down the
runway before the take-off, that
led observers to believe that the
Colonel himself was not at line
controls. The craft taxied along the
field several times before it finally
shot sure and straight for the hop
off. The opinion was expressed that
Miss Morrow had Just completed a
ground lesson.
The day brought forth somewhat
more activity around the Morrow
home than the previous.
Mrs. Morrow and her secretary
Mrs. Josephine Orame, later play
ed nine holes on the village golf
course.
Request of the selectmen of the
town to permit the villagers and
other island residents to give Col
onel Lindbergh a reception was de
clined by the flier with the state
ment "not at present."
MELLON DENIES
IDEA OF QUITTING
Washington (VP) The office of
Secretary Mellon in making public
a statement Tuesday by the trea
sury department head, announced
that the secretary had not resigned
and nod no intention of doing so.
The statement of Mr. Mellon is
sued at his office said:
"My attitude as to the ouestton
of resignation is the same as Ben
jamin Franklin's was under similar
circumstances, when he said: 'I am
deficient, I am afraid, in the Chris
tian virtue of resignation' ."
Recently reports have persisted
that Mr. Mellon was about to re
tire from the cabinet. They have
been denied at his office and Tues
day the secretary took cognizance
of the reports' by issuing a state
ment.
BLAZING SUGAR SHIP
RACING TO PORT
San Francisco, (JP) With a ser
ious fire raging In her hold, the
British steamer Trevancen, bound
for Victoria, B. C from Antilla.
Cuba, with a cargo of sugar, was
reported racing to port from a point
off the northern California coast at
10:20 a.m. today.
City A ttorney Given
Free Rein In Power
Project Controversy
No further controversy developed at the council meet
ing Monday night over the question whether the city should
withdraw its protest against appropriation of water power
rights on the North Santiam river and Marion lake by the
Northwest Power company. On the unanimous recommen
dation of the special committee appointed to investigate the
question the council authorized?'
City Attorney Williams to make
whatever representations before the
federal trade commission and the
state engineering department, and
to carry on whatever negotiations
he thinks necessary to protect the
rights of the city.
The members of the special com
SUB AND CREW
RAISED FROM
U. S. Diver Rescued from
Depth of 87 Feet In
Test at Panama
Sunken Vessel Located
By Signals By Search
ing Ships
Colon, Canal Zone, (JP) A United
States submarine and Its crew were
raised from the bottom of the sea
for the first time in navy history
on May 17, in Panama bay.
The s-ll which went down to a
depth of 87 feet, was found by the
submarines S-12 and 8-20 and was
raised by the rescue ship Mallard
lew nours later.
Naval officers here were so Im
pressed with the demonstration
that they said no disaster such as
followed the sinking of the S-Sl
or the S-4 was now possible.
The test started with the subma
rines and the rescue ship in the port
of Balboa, the S-ll leaving early
on the morning of May 17. At 8
a,m, she flashed a signal that she
was ready. The other submarines
went to look for her, picking up her
oscillator signals sent for an hour
and a half after which the S-ll
simulated complete helplessness.
xne 8-12 was the first to catch
the signals, just one hour after the
(Concluded on page 11, column 7)
LAW PROBERS
MEET HOOVER
NEXT TUESDAY
Washington (JP) President
Hoover Tuesday invited the 11
members of his newly appointed
law enforcement commission to
meet him at the White House for
luncheon May 28.
This will give ample time for the
members from the Pacific coast
and the far Vest to get to Wash
ington.. After .the luncheon the commls-'
sion will hold Its organization meet
ing in the cabinet room in the ex
ecutive offices close by the presi
dent own private office.
Mr, Hoover will not Indicate his
own ideas as to the scope of the
work of the commission until after
he has had a talk with the mem
bers at the luncheon.
It had been intended that the
commission assemble here late this
week for its first gathering but the
date was changed until next Tues
day after White House officials had
a long distance telephone confer
ence with George W. Wickersham,
of New York, the chairman.
ALLIED EXPERTS
AGREE ON PLAN
Paris (JP) The allied reparations
experts have reached a full agree
ment on their acceptance with res
ervations, of the conditions Imposed
by Dr. HJalmar Schacht, head of
tne oerman delegations to uer-
many's acceptance of the annuities
proposed by Owen d. Young.
A letter on which the allied ex
perts have received, setting forth
that the conditions are accepted
and including the allied reserva
tions probably will be delivered to
the chief German delegate wed
nesday.
mittee are Alderman Hawkins,
O'Hara and Wilkinson.
The attitude of the committee Is
that the power company will lose
nothing by the city's protest, but
that on the other hand the city wiu
gain recognition by allowing the
(Concluded on pane 11. column 7
Ex-Premier Dies
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LORD, ROSEBERV"
BRITISH EARL
AND EX-PREMIER
PASSES AWAY
Epson. England (JP) The Earl of
Roseberry, farmer Liberal Prime
Minister and one of the last ol
England's great Victorians, died
Tuesday at his home, the Durdans,
near here after a brief illness.
All his relatives were at the bed
side of the 82-year-old statesman,
author and turfman.
His elder daughter. - the Mar
chioness of Crewe, flurrying from
the continent, had arrived a few
hours earlier at the Durdans where
she Joined her sister, Lady Sybil
Grant; the Earl's sister, Lady Le
Confleld; her brother and heir to
the title, Lord Dalemy, and her
husband, the Marquis of Crewe, re
cently British amabssador at Paris.
His death caused general sorrow
hereabout, where the former Pre
mier's steadfast clinging to the
habits of the eighties and his be
nign and sportsmanlike outlook on
life had made him one of the best
beloved of residents.
The Earl,, who was- the fifth
of his name, celebrated his 82nd
birthday a fortnight ago by driv
ing from his country home, the
Durdans, to Epsom Town in a bar
ouche and pair, accompanied by
(Concluded on page 10, column 1)
SECOND FLIER
KILLED IN CRASH
AT MANEUVERS
Yellow Springs, Ohio (JP) Killed
on a flight of friendly greeting be
tween rival airmen In the United
States army air and ground war
game In Ohio, Second Lieut. Florin
W. Shade today was the second vic
tim of the maneuvers. He was kill-;
ed in a plane crash near here late j
Monday. Second Lieut. Edward
Meadow lost his life in a head-on j
collision with another plane Sat-1
urday. I
Shade was assigned to the first'
pursuit group ol the air corps at
Selfrldge Field, Columbus, for the
maneuvers. Yesterday he and fel
low pilots flew to Wright Field,
Dayton, to chat with army fliers
of the opposing "Bed" army there
while troops were mobilized for
the completion of the maneuvers
this week.
Engine trouble developed when
he started. He made repairs and
followed some distance behind his
comrades. After the visit was
completed, engine trouble occurred
a second time and Lieut. Shade
again was left alone.
POLISH FLIERS WAIT
FOR GOOD WEATHER
Warsaw, Poland (VP) Dispatches
to the Warsaw Express from Par
anny say that the Polish airmen,
Major Louis Idzlkowskl and Kasl-
mir Kubala, who are planning t
flight from Paris to New York, are
awaiting favorable weather for the
takeoff.
They were forced to turn back
last year by failure of their oil
feed line after flying about 1,800
miles.
Their route will be from Paris in
the direction of the Pyrenees, then
the Azores, thence to Nova Scotia
and to New York.
YOUNG SLAYER
DENIES INTENT
TO KILL BEEM
16 Year Old School Boy
Who Killed Rival and
Shot Self May Survive
Charge of Murder to be
Filed Girl Tells of
Threats Made in Jest
Portland (Pi "I didn't Intend to
kill Herbert Beem," Walter J.
Flnke, Jr., told detectives In a hos
pital here Tuesday. "I wanted to
kill myself," the 16 year old boy
said, " but when I saw him I saw
red and went crazy."
Portland. Ore.. UP! Barely con
scious his mind paralyzed by shock.
Walter Pinke, 10 year old slayer
of his schoolboy rival for the aiiec-
tlons of a girl, rested on a hospital
cot today while around him went
on a battle to save his life.
Three bullets from Plnke's pistol
tore three mortal wounds In tne
body of Herbert Beem, 18, when
Pinke accosted him In the corri
dor of Jefferson high school here
late yesterday. As Beem crumpled to
the floor within touch of a hundred
boys and girls gathered In the cor
ridor. Finke pressed the muzzle of
his pistol to his own breast and
pressed the trigger. A bullet tore
through his chest above the heart.
Today he hovered between lite
and death. A surgeon said this
morning:' "If a hemorrhage 'does
not occurr within .the next
nours, uie uuy ym iwvo a- uuuuue
to live,
Prom the district attorney's of
fice the word: "If Finke lives he will
be charged with first degree mur
der." When he learned that Pinke was
but 16 years old, the district at-
(Concluded on page 11. column 7)
BAD WEATHER
DELAYS FLIGHTS
OVER ATLANTIC
Old Orchard, Me. () Reports of
bad weather conditions over part
of the 4,700 mile trans-Atlantic
course they expected to follow
Tuesday prevented the projected
take-on lor Rome of Roger Wil
liams and Lewis A. Yancey in the
monoplane ureen Fiasn.
The plane. In which Martin Jen
sen recently established a world's
solo endurance flight record.
mained in a hangar where It was
trundled Monday night after Dr.
James H. Kimball of the New York
weather bureau advised that con
ditions would not be propitious for
tne ingnt for at least a nours.
' Immediate preparations for
take-off at daybreak Tuesday were
made after the fliers arrived here
late Monday from the Tcterboro
airport, New Jersey. Fuelling 'of
the 518 gallon gasoline tanks was
begun and food, coffee and water
were assembled.
Roosevelt Field, N. Y. (Con
tinued heavy fogs and rain off New
Foundland are expected to delay
untl Thursday or Friday the pro
jected flight to Paris of the French
plane Bernard-191.
Armeno Lottl, Jr., backer of the
flight, said no take-off would be
attempted until weather conditions
are favorable. Lottl will accom
pany Jean Assollant, pilot, and
Rene Lefevre, navigator, on the
flight.
HARLAN ASKS PROBE
OF THE OREGONIAN
Portland, Ore., (LP) A request
that the federal trAle commission
investigate the Portland Oregonian,
which he charges with "champion
ing the cause of the power Inter
ests In the state of Oregon," was
made in a letter sent to the com
mission today by Kenneth O. Har
lan, public utility rate investigator
employed by the city to study tne
rates of the Portland Electric row
er company.
"By way of explanation of my In
terest In this," Harlan wrote, "I
might add that I have been engag
ed by the city of Portland to con
duct an investigation to secure low
er power rates, and that we are en
countering very much difficulty on
account of false power propaganda
broadcast against us by the Ore
gonian In both its news and editor-
1 ial columns." . . ..
TRAFFIC
OT 3A) .KB RED
Proposed'Look Like
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CHINESE
Instead of laboring under
trol signal lights at seven intersections the people of Salem
will be pestered with only four of them and there is still a
possibility that the citizenry will
system altogether. While the
Monday nignt two ol tne-signai de--
vices were on exhibit In tne council
chamber.
These contrivances are in shape
much like a Chinese pagoda and
are nearly as big. Some of them
display three light on each of their
(our sides, a "stop" light, a "go"
light and a "caution" light. Others
have only two lenses, leaving the
matter of caution to the horse sense
of the citizen. The new plan of
reducing the scheme to four Inter
sections Includes also the Installa
tion of two-lens signals.
Bids on tne signals were opened
two weeks ago and referred to
committee on health and police.
Since that time half a dozen peti
tions have been circulated about
(Concluded on pane 10. column 3)
FLOODS MENACE
RIVER LEVEES
IN THE SOUTH
(By the Associated Press)
Rising streams and rivers now
threatening many sections of the
L Mississippi valley sent emergency
f nrnwt jtniirrvlnir to scenes of im-
fewnonritno riftncrnr ' fnrfftv but disaster
appeared to have been averted save
In one Instance.
As Is the habits of the floods, yes
terday's only reported break oc
curred at a point where danger was
least expected. While engineers
were directing forces at three places
near Kennett, Mo., the St. Francis
bounded through another weaken
ed bit of levee and overflowed some
50,000 acres. Today the overflow had
forked and was advancing through
the countryside in two slow streams.
Three other points were being
guarded and engineers In charge
hoped the break had relieved the
pressure sufficiently to avert an
other crevasse. At Mounds Land
ing, Miss., where a break in 1027
sent the flood of that spring across
some of the Delta's richest lands
and towns, levee board and govern
ment engineers were supervising
forces which grew hourly In num
bers.
Sloughs In the Mississippi river
levee there nad been checked sufll
clcntly to give engineers hope that
a break would be averted.
BANDITS ARE
BANQUET MENU
Peking, (Pi Cannibalism In the
famine-stricken province of Kansu
was shown to be a common practice
in the report of F. Andrew, an In
vestigator, to the China internation
al famlnlne relief commission.
Andrew said he had specially in
vestigated many reports of canni
balism. Near. Chlng-Nlng he found
that 35 bandits had been killed and
devoured by the ravenous Inhabit
ants.
Andrew took statements from
people who witnessed this and oth
er cases, in some places, he said,
the Inhabitants were starving be
cause they had no money to buy the
little existing food, and in others
because there was no food however
much they were willing to pay.
COUNCIL VOTES
LIVESTOCK BAN
The council Monday night passed
the chicken and livestock bill af
ter amending it so that It will be
effective all over the city Instead
of only in designated zone.
Several other Important amend
ments were made. One of these
places administration of the ordin
ance into the hands of the street
commissioner instead of the chief
of police, and another requires the
consent of all neighbors within 200
feet Instead of 150 feet of a resi
dent before that resident is allowed
to keep chickens or other livestock
on his premises.
The council went Into committee
of the whole to make the amend
ments. There was practically no ar
gument on the measure, although
various objections have been raised
a (rains t it during recent weeks,
SIGNALS $500,000
SB 818 88 SSI'
law OSa dot wr
PAGODAS
the affliction of traffic con
be spared the stop and wait
city council was in session
POPE TO LEAVE
VATICAN MAY 30
FOR FIRST TIME
Rome W) Piccolo today said
Pope Pius would make his first of
ficial exit from the Vatican on May
30, the Feast of Corpus Christl. to
participate in a procession and
mass at St. Peters. The paper said
the decision was reached last night
and preparations were discussed
early today by Vatican officials.
The Pope plans, according to the
paper, to attend mass at St. Peter's
probably to be celebrated by Car
dinal Merry Del Val, archprlest of
the Basilica. His Holiness then
himself will take the sacred host In
the Chapel of Sacraments and leaa
the Eucharlstic procession from
the "Pieta" chapel out through the
left door of the Basilica to the
square.
He will go afoot as far as the
second line of steps of Bt. Peter's,
and then raising the golden cen-
sorlum with the1 host over his head
will bless the throng assembled in
tne suqare. The Pontiff desires
this exit, the first any Pope has
made from the vacation since 1870
to be made afoot and for purely
religious motives. There is to be
no pomp such as once accompanied
the papal exists theretofore.
The Pope will walk under a rich
baldaquin held up by a number of
prominent prelates. His Imposing
cortege will be composed of stud
ents of the Vatican Minor semin
ary, of the College of Roman Parish
priests headed by the chamberlain,
archbishops and bishops residing
in Rome, chapters of the Major
Basilicas and the College of Card
inals.
NORRIS SEEKS
QUIZ OF COPLEY
NEWSPAPERS
Washington, (JP) Senator Norris
republican Nebraska, repeated his
demand in the senate today that
the federal trade commission re
open Its Inquiry of the financial In
terests of Ira C. Copley, the owner
of a number of newspapers, after
he had read a telegram from Mr.
Copley denying charges that he still
owned stock In public utilities.
The telegram came from Mr. Cop
ley urged, that the federal s-trade
commission summon him. After
reading It, Norris said he Joined
with Copley In that request.
Continuing his discussion, Norris
said he presumed "every newspaper
in tne country has bad the oppor
tunity to sell out to the power
trust."
Fortunately, he continued, the
great majority of editors were out
raged by the disclosures of the fed
eral trade commission and con
demned those of the newspaper
business who were "so subservient
to greed as to forget their obliga
tion to the pxiblic."
McNary And Steiwer
Voted For Lenroot
On Secret Roll Call
By PAUL MELLON
Washington (UP) The secret roll call by which the
senate in executive session last Friday confirmed the nomi
nation of Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin to be a customs
judge was obtained for publication Tuesday by the United
Press.
The roll cail was doubiy f iarafieant because of the fight
now being ted by Senators Jones ol . . .
Wo.hln.tV ltjint. n-miMicaii,"0""! Parlv nna v0'(d wlt
Washington, assistant republican
leader; Senator Robinson ol Ar
kansas, democratic lloor leader, and
others for abolition ot the 150 year
old rule by which the senate con
firms nominees In executive scs-
I slon.
The vote shows nine democrats
FOR FAILURE TO
KEEP KISE
Former Champion Sued
By Divorcee and Prop
erty. Attached
Says Tunney Proposed
June 3, 1925 Week Af
ter Her Divorce
Stamford, Conn. OP The old
colonial home In which Gene Tun
ney intended to make his home
with his bride, the former Mary
Josephine Lauder, of Greenwich,
was attached by a deputy sheriff
today in connection with a $500,000
breach of promise suit filed against
the retired heavyweight boxing
champion by Mrs. Katherine King
Fogarty of New York and. Port
Worth, Texas, a divorcee.
The complaint attached to the
writ of attachment alleged Tun
ney proposed to Mrs. Fogarty. in
the spring of 1025 but afterwards
married "a certain other person.'
The complaint, copy of which was
filed by Deputy Sheriff Michael
Ryan with the town clerk, failed
to mention the former Mary Jose
phine Lauder, Greenwich society
girl, who became the boxer's bride
last year.
Although the suit was returnable
to the June term of superior court
at Bridgeport, there was no Indi
cation when the papers would be
filed in that city.
Copies of the writ of attachment
(Concluded on page 11, column 8) .
RAILROADS TO
BE CONTINUED
Washington (JP) Principles of
railroad valuation as developed by
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for the purpose of re captur
ing excess Income from the St
Louis and O'Fallon railroad are
seriously disturbed by the supreme
court decision In the opinion of
members of that body.
They feel, however, that the val
ue of Its engineering Inventory of
the property Investment In trans
portation Is not Impaired.
Over many years, and at a cost
of $34,000,000 the commission has
gathered the data on value of rail
road property for the entire count-
try, to use as directed by law lor
rate making and other purposes.
and after study of the O'Fallon de
cision its members are convinced
that the validity of this basic data
has not been questioned by the su
preme court.
"This does not junk all the valu
ation work done under the act
Chairman Lewis of the commission
said today. "So far as I can see
the decision entails very little dis
turbance to that body of data. The
Inventories of railroad property
are being perpetuated and can be
used as a foundation for finding
total figures by any method or
theory of law. The only thing that
it does disturb Is the O'Fallon the
ory as set up for the purpose of
recapturing excess earnt-ra of this
particular railroad.
"We are Just now beginning the
work of bringing valuation up U
date and the basic work in that is
not disturbed," Lewis said, "We
have been waiting for the decision)
in this case before proceeding witlt
other recapture cases." '
33 republicans to conllrm presideni
Hoover's selection, while 11 western
republicans and it democrats voted
against him.
Lenroofs nomination was oppes
ed because of his employment a
(Concluded ou pnne 11, column 6