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uiraal CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the month ending May 31, 1929 10,284 Average dally net paid 9JM Member Audit Bureau of Circulation FAIR tonight and Saturday, low humidity; gentle to moderate northerly winds. Local: max. 79; mln. 42; rain 0; river S3 feet; clear, north wind. x3 " O ,o , 42nd YEAR, No. 148 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929 PRICE THREE CENTS S?XftM.e".S55 riFo)fpfo) LElfiL Ml SUGGESTION OF TERMINAL HERE BACKED ' Mayor Announces Plan to Be Studied Carefully For Defects City Would Get- Freight Handling Plant With Out Spending Dollar By HARRY N. CRAIN Concentration of all of the city's freight handling and storage facil ities in a single modern terminal plant, which would establish Salem as the head of water transportation on the Willamette and strengthen Its position as the principal dis tributing center for the central val ley, looms as a likely outgrowth of a proposal that has been laid before the city in a tentative form. Serious thought and detailed study Is being given to the informal tender of the Salem Navigation company to guarantee the required revenues if the city of Salem will undertake .the construction of a modern steamboat, rail and truck terminal, it Is announced by Mayor T. A. Uvesley. By the navigation company's plan It the various legal and finan cial Intricacies attendant upon the proposal can be ironed out as easily as now appears, the city would get a $100,000 terminal plant without the actual expenditure of one cent In cash. Construction of the plant would be financed through a bond Issue, but the bond Issue rather than being an obligation to pile upon the tax levy would be funded through rentals spread over a per iod of time corresponding with the maturity of the bonds. The company's tentative offer embodies the proposal that the plant be leaned to it for operation over a 30 year period for an ann 1 rental of 74 per cent of the city's Investment. Even in the present demoralized bond market It Is hardly possible that the rate of interest on the necessary bond issue would exceed Concluded on pagoT3. "column's) LIMITSOFLAW TO BE OBSERVED SAYS HOOVER International Falls, Minn. (LP) Almost a fortnight after Henry Vir kula. Big Falls confectioner, was shot to death by Emmett J. White, border customs patrolman, the city council here Friday received a let ter from President Hoover In an swer to an appeal for relief from "arrogant lawlessness" on the part of government border agents. "You may rest assured," the president's message said, "that there is no Intention on the part of the federal government In any way to transgress the limits of the law. The matter as mentioned in the city council message has been re ferred to the treasury department for action." At the same time George John son, city clerk, received a letter from United States Senator Thomas D. Schall to whom a second appeal for "relief had been made. -This Is a terrible thing," Schill said, "and some means should be found to prohibit Its repetition." The message to the president was sent June 17 and that to Schall June 10. Similar appeals are dis patched to Senator Henrlk Ship stead and Representative Fred Pittenger. Virkula was slain on the highway 37 miles south of here when he failed to bait his motor car for liquor Inspection.' VANCOUVER YOUTH'S PLANE WINS PRIZE Portland, Ore. LP) Louis Proc tor, 17, Vancouver, Wash., won Fri day the national model airplane meet at Detroit, according to In formation received here. Proctor's entry in the meet, V ought Corsair model, was adjudged the best, on workmanship and de sign. As result of winning the meet, Proctor will be given a free trip to Europe. He works during the summer months at Pearson field helping to repair commercial planes. Proctor la a senior at Vancouver high school where he Is tcking a mechanical course. Good Evening! DON UPJOHN OFFERS Sips for Supper Things are dragging today What with this being the longest day in the year and all. It will sure seem a big relief to morrow to have the day shorten up again and be getting back to nor mal. But with all our hard luck we're thankful we're not Herb Hoover with dry agents depleting the pop ulation all over. We doubt. If the dry agents keep It up. If there'll be any ase In having to put all these cen sus supervisors at work. There won't be any population to count. You folks that went to that fine show at George Guthrie's temple of terpsieaore and song last night may as well be advised right now that it won t do for any Span ish girl to tickle us under the chin the way that newspaper reporter was tickled under the chin. Just as we're writing this a tire blew out out In the street near by and we jumped way out of our chair thinking it was another citizen get ting shot or killed by a dry cop. Ben Rider, a Capital Journal carrier who takes papers to Inde pendence, Dallas and other towns. rounded up some thieves in an early hour and paraded them to the po lice station at the end of a shot gun. Attaboy, Ben, it shows what training on a real newspaper will do for a boy. Summer is here for sure, we counted 18 bare legs in one block on State street today. 100 PERISH IN HOSPITAL BLAST, CANTON CHINA London, UP) The Exchange Tele graph company said in a dispatch from Hongkong today there' had been ah explosion in two vaults un der the Compound Eastbund hos pital at Canton, followed by fire. Nearly 100 persons perisned. among them 30 patients. The main building was destroyed. There were over 400 patients, res cues being effected by Red Cross workers, police, and the military. Shanghai, China, (;p No con firmation of reports published in London of a disaster In the com pound Eastbund hospital at Can ton was available here today. Yesterday an ammunition dump In the eastern district of Canton ex ploded a large amount of arms and ammunition stored there. It is believed that there were some casualties In this. EXECUTE YOUTHS FOR TWO MURDERS Chicago, (tP Two youthful negro bad men, Charles Swan and Napo leon Glover, expiated their sins in the electric chair In Cook county Jail early Friday. The youths were executed for the murder of Charles Metlock, colored. in a drugstore robbery a year ago. They confessed also to killing an other negro. Peter Lucas, when he upbraided them for desecrating the Sabbath by banditry. They admitted nearly 90 holdups until then. Both went to their doom calmly. their eyes fixed on a crucifix as they prayed with the priest. Plans Laid to Speed Snook's Trial With Confession As Basis Columbus, Ohio (UP) The in its attempt to accomodate Dr. James H. Snook, confessed murderer of Miss Theora Hix, who "wants to get it over quickly." The Snook case was docketed first on the calen dar of the grand jury convening Friday. The former pro fessor of veterinary at Ohio State University said he would plead guilty and it was likely ms trial would be set for the new term of court opening September 1. Burial of Miss Hix will be in Bing- hampton, N. Y., her former home, It was announced by Melvln T. Hix, the girl's father. The confession which was ob tained from Snook Thursday after 24 hours of almost ceaseless ques KELLOGG PACT CORNERSTONE OFUiPOLICY Outlawing of War Treaty Basis of Future Dis cussions,' Armaments Question of Naval Parity To Be Brought to a Speedy Settlement Washington W) The progress of Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes in their discus sion of the naval question in Eng land has brought that outstanding problem of international relations sharply to the front in Washington Added to the apparent agreement between MacDonald and Dawes, has come, as a development regarded in Informed circles here as highly sig nificant, the official communication from Premier Tanaka of Japan, through the American embassy at Tokyo, placing his government on record as ready to support meas ures looking to reduction of naval armaments. Receipts of this communication at the state department- was Immedi ately followed by a conference be tween Secrtary Stimson and the British ambassador, Sir Esme How ard. The latter called afterward on Chairman Borah of the senate for eign relations committee. . None of the participants In these conferences made a statement dis closing what was said, beyond let ting it be known that the naval question was discussed, but it was clear to many observers that the Kellogg treaty for the renunciation of war had been definitely adopted as a national policy by the United States as the cornerstone of future sea armament discussions. While the treaty has not yet come Into full force, lacking the adherence of Japan, one of the 15 original signatory powers, it has been considered by high American officials for some time to be a loi- ( Concluded on page 15, column fl) SUNDAY BLUE LAWS GRILLED BY LUTHERANS Chicago, UP) Over strict ob servances and blue laws were condemned today at the 34th trien nial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod as not faithfully In terpreting Christiantlty and as caus ing harm. "The Christian religion is not a creed of morbid restrictions and dampening prohibitions," it was de clared In a statement of the church's code of belief. "The Luthern church believes that those teachers in the outward Christian church who In sist upon the old testament spirit and legislation for a day and age when 'old things are passed away' are not only misinterpreting the evident intention of our Lord, but are guilty of the more serious sin of keeping men away from Christ." In denouncing effort to restore puritanical Sabbath observances, the Luthern confessions asserted that the Sabbath era has passed away. "Further, legislation can only re strain," the statement adds, "it can not reform. Laws can remove tem ptation to do wrong, but they can not make a man will to do right. They can close up baseball parks "and movie houses, but they cannot make a man temperate. Only the spirit of God, working through the gospel, can produce real morality and righteousness." law set a swift pace Friday tioning revealeu that Snook killed the girl, because she had threatened his wife and child If he went through with plans to take a week end trip with them. Miss Hix's body was found a week ago Friday on the rifle ranze of the New York Central Railroad Concluded "on "page f4,column 1 SPANISH FLIER OFF Via Azores OVERSEAS FLIGHT Cartagena, Spain (AP) Major Ramon Franco, cele brated Spanish aviator, who flew across the south Atlantic in 1926, took off here Friday at 4:50 p.m. (10:50 a. m. E. S. T.) for the Azores islands on the first lap of a flight to New York. The plane has 11 gasoline tanks holding 4,110 liters (about 900 gallons) and an average speed of 100 miles an .hour. I,-,-, ... ..AU The itinerary, as given out here, calls for the following stopping places: the Azores. Halifax, New York. Newfoundland and back again to northern Spain, the entire trip taking about 10 days. Advices from Cartagena said that the major might fly directly from the Azores to New York without stopping ai Halifax, but this presumably de pended upon the situation on reach ing the North American coast. Major Franco took off from Alca- zares air field, near Cartagenas, with three companions. The Span ish fliers are scheduled to make their first stop at the Azores which they should reach by 8:30 a. m. Sat urday, Madrid time u:au S. T.) Major Franco will spend the day at the Azores. He plans to tane on for New York at 6 p. m. Saturday (noon E. 8. T.) The flight will be direct to New York if weather con ditions are favorable, if not, a stop will probably be made at Hamax N. Z. ' . COASTGUARDS SEARCH YACHT OVER PROTESTS New York (IP Harry R Knapp, socially prominent resident of Long Island, has announced he will pro tect to the federal government against the action of coast guards men in boarding his fishing cruis- Bubbles, and searching it for liquor. No liquor was found, Knapp said, and he declared that his boat was damaged when a ground swell threw the coast guard vessel against the Bubbles, tearing away much of the upper structure of the latter craft. He accused the coast guardsmen oi "bad seamanship and of studied in solence," and said he had placed a claim with his attorney with in structions to protest to Senators Copeland and Wagner. Knapp said the Incident occurred Wednesday morning near the Fire Island lighthouse where he was or dered to heave to by the crew of the c ast guard patrol boat Rush. The roast guardsmen Insisted on search lig the Bubbles even after he had j resented his identification papers, Knapp declared. Knapp said the damage to his boat was "Insignificant compared to the indignity of the entire proceed ing." He -said he would try to make an Issue of this case "because coast guardsmen have long made a prac tice of boarding the boats of re sponsible Long Island residents and searching them Vithout due cause." RECORD HEAT IN CALIFORNIA 6an Francisco, (JPThe year's longest dtf went on record as the hottest June 21 in more than fifty years here Friday as the United States weather bureau thermometer recorded 92 degrees slsortly before noon with Indications that the 95 mark would be reached before sun set. Records of the weather bureau dating back to 1874 contain only one June 21 when the temperature rear ed that of Friday. In 1921 on that date the mercury mounted to 90 de grees. 2 less than that under which San Francisco and vicinity swelter ed Friday. Variable winds from the west mean cooler weather for Saturday when the heat wave which engulfed the Pacific coast three days ago. seems likely to end, the weather man promised. WESTERN PACIFIC DENIED EXTENSION Washington, The Western Pacific railroad Friday was denied permission by 'the Interstate com merce commission to construct a branch line In San Joaquin county, California. The line would have ex tended from Brack eastward to the west side of Boyce road for about three miles. The 8outhern Pacific company opposed the application. Islands on HAINAN tNVUI BARRED AT PARIS BALL FOR COLOR Paris, (An Stephen Alexis, Haitien charge d'affaires at Antwerp, who was excluded from the Montparnas se ball Tuesday evening because of his color with the explanation that the presence of negroes was dis tasteful to American customers, has written a letter of complaint to Pre mier Polncaire and Foreign Minis ter Briand. In the letter he asked whether a citizen of the only country in the western hemisphere whose official language is French ought to be treated that way In France. The French government Is unable to take any official notice of the letter, tiowever, because it was writ ten In the personal name of the complainant and the Haitian lega tion has announced that it will make no. representations. In official circles It was held that the excduslon of Alexis because of his color was illegal and involved grounds for personal court action. since no color line Is existent in France. Even were the Haitian lega tion to take the matter up, all the government could do would be to express regrets and bring to the at tention of the establishment that it was liable to court action for dam ages if It continued to treat negroes that way. In his letter Alexis complained that he was visiting the Montpar nasse establishment for dinner with a princess of the Royal House of Egypt when he was refused admit tance to the ballroom. FORDS ESCAPE FLASH BLAST New York (P) A bottle f flash light powder, standing by the feet of a battery of news photographers taking pictures of Henry Ford as he met his son, Edsel, the latter's wife and two children, on their return from Europe on the Cunard liner Berengaria Friday, exploded. Injur ing several persons. None of the Ford family was Injured. Two omen and three men pas sengers, who had Just disembarked, were injured as were two news photographers. John Hepner and John SchulU. The Injured passen gers were taken back aboard the ship for medical treatment. Their names were not Immediately avail able. Broken glass from the bottle showered around the Ford party. Although his grandsons were ap parently frightened. Mr. Ford was unexcited, and he, with his son and Mrs. Ford, calmed the children. STALLARD SEEKS DRY LAW REPEAL Initiative petition seeking repeal of the state prohibition amendment has been filed in the state depart ment here by C. H. Btallard of Port land. The petition has been referred to the attorney general for a ballot title. In case sufficient signatures are otained the measure will go on the ballot at the general election In November, 1930. A similar measure was Initiated by Mr. Stall ard two years ago. but fail ed to secure a sufficient number of signatures. Dislifyes Red As Color for Barns; To Help Paint Janrsville, Wla, (A Rd, the color that helped build the fountain pen fortune of George H. Parker, I not math of a color for farm buildings, the manufacturer Indicated today. He ha offered to pay about 1,000 Wleonln farm er one-eighth the rmt of painting their barn, provid ed the tarn are palnUd any color but red. DAKOTANS ASK HIGHER TARIFF FOR FLAXSEED Ask Duty of 70 Cents a Bushel Instead of Pre sent Rat of 56 Cents Cheese Producers Seek Tariff of 8 Cents a Pound for Cheese Washington, (V) The agricultural northwest carried a plea to congress today for changes in the house tar iff bill that would further encour age crop diversification. Flax was was the principal commodity men tioned. Representative Burtness, republi can. South Dakota, urged before the senate finance subcommittee on agriculture rates an increase to 70 cents a bushel in the present rate of 56 cents on flax seed. The house bill raises the duty to 63 cents. The recent presidential proclama tion Increasing the Fordney-Mc-cumber duty of 40 cents to 56 cents. Burtness said, was based on differ ences in cost of production In this country and Argentina, which took into consideration Argentine invoice prices Including profits and other items of cost. American costs, he said, did not include profits. it cost the domestic grower sz.54 bushel to lay down flaxseed in New York, he said, as against an Argentine cost of $1.52. Burtness also urged a 20 per cent duty on muiieects and screenings. The present rate of IS per cent on in the house, while the ten per (Concluded on page 14. column 1) MEXICAN PACT NOT YET SIGNED BY CHURCH HEAD Mexico City, (LP) The Vatican's failure to give prompt approval to the agreement reached between the Mexican government and the papal emissaries in settling the religious dispute has cast a gloom over a sec tion of the Mexican people and giv en rise to fears for the outcome. It was felt here that the delay in the papal approval was a sign Pope Pius either would not sanction the agreement, or else wished certain terms worded differently, or at least clarified for his information. In some quarters It was believed the latter was the more probable and that Arch I bishop Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores and Bishop Pasqual Diaz, papal emissaries, were communicat ing with Vatican city In an effort to clarify the agreement. The situation at present was ad mitted, by some to be not propitious, but nevertheless they still believed that the result would be favorable. Those closely connected with the negotiations carried on during the past two weeks between the govern ment and the church felt the pre sent conciliatory attitude of both sides should be utilized by giving an early general approval to the agreement, leaving the haggling ov er definitions until later. Any further delay and It now appears that a few days at least may pass before the Pope glyes his approval may give an opportunity for something to arise which will make an agreement Impossible, those Catholic sources intimated, and they were eager to forestall any such : event. j HEAT WAVE IN EAST BROKEN New York, (LP) The metropolis enjoyed pleasant weather Friday. , At noon the thermometer stood at 76, and the city, bathed earlier this, week In a terrific heat wave, breath ed anew. The weather bureau antic ipated that the heat wave was brok en. Rain Thursday night In the vi cinity was followed by cooler wea- ther Friday. At midnight the ther-; mometer was 68 and climbed the extra eight degrees only gradually to noon. The east was generally In an Im proved condition, with weather that would rival California's finest pro duct. Philadelphia reported heat still; oppressive, and some eastern towns were fearful of water shortage. No deaths were recorded this af-1 ternoon. Four heat deaths occurred Thursday. Chlcaeo, (LP) Chicago experienced relief Friday from excessive heat which has prevailed during the week. Temperatures were several degrees below highs established on Monday and Tuesday. Uses Shotgun . To Bring Milk Thieves to Jail Two men walked Into the tity polk station shortly af ter 4 o'clock Friday morning. Immediately behind them came Ben Rider, who to an employe of the Capital Journ al, with a Bhotgm In hta hands. The event which brought this occurred a few mlnutea earlier. Rider awoke at his home at 116 Mraket street early Friday morning to hear disturbance en his front porch. Without waiting to dress he grabbed a shotgun and caught Don Fleming, 1765 Hickory street and Reas Hallln, Albany, In the act of taking milk. The men fled to a ear parked In front where they threw five quarts and two pints of milk and a half pint bottle of cream from the machine. Rider and hta shot gun brought the pair to the police station. In the car was found a roll of building paper and two sacks of nails. Officer Wln tersteen tays Hallln told him he stole the stuff from a house In the course of con struction In Walnut Park. The men entered pleas of guilty In justice court and were sen tenced to serve 30 days In the county jail by Justice Small. YANKEES SPLIT DOUBLE HEADER WITH ATHLETICS Yankee Stadium. New York (LP) The Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees split a double header here Friday, the league lead ers taking the first game 11 to 1 and the Yankees the cecond, 8 to 3. The Athletics still are leading by 1 games. Babe Ruth knocked two homers off Shores in the second game, get ting his clouts In the seventh and eighth innings, In each case scor ing two men ahead of him. Yankee Stadium, New York (fP The Athletics pounded three Yan kee pitchers, including the once in comparable Pennock, fee sixteen hits before 65,000 fans here Friday to win the first game of the double- header 11 to 1. Bob Grove hung up his eleventh victory as AI Sim mons hit his fifteenth and sixteenth home runs. Haas also hit for the circuit. Simmons pounded Yankee hurlers for five hits in five times at bat and drove in three runs. Miller batted in five markers. The vic tory increased the lead of the Mack- men over the Champions to eight and one-half games. COUPLE SEEK FLIGHT RECORD Roosevelt Field, N. Y. P Viola Gentry, former holder of the wo men Is solo endurance flight rec ord, and Charles W. Park hurst, former Instructor at Roosevelt field flying school, took off at 11:22:15 o'clock, eastern daylight time Fri day on a refueling endurance flight. They were flying a light biplane with a 110 horsepower engine. The plane Is called "The Answer" and the refueling ship is called "The Exclamation Point4 names recall ing the title of the famous army en durance plane '"The QueHlon Mark-. The Exclamation Point will be flown by Emll Burgin and the 50 foot hose will be handed at the re fueling ship end by Harold Wilder. the Answer had 114 gallons of fuel when It went aloft and it was not planned to refuel until Friday evening. Hints On How To Keep Cool In Good Old Summer Time Washington (CP) Summer arrives officially Friday and with the advent of the new United states surgeon general how to keep cool. At exactly 5:01 p. m. eastern standard time the sun will reach the summer solstice, the travels. From then until about Julv 20 the earth will absorb heat . rays. Drink plenty of cooled water and wear cool comfortable clothes to avoid suffering from the h?at," Dr. Cumming said. "Keep out of the direct rays of the sun as much a SINGLE BOARD RULES HIGHER MSTrnrno;is Supreme Court Holds Act Creating State Board Of Education Valid Test Case Decided by Judge Belt With All Justices Concurring The act of the 192t legislature creating a state board of higher1 education to have charge of the . affairs of the University of Oregon. Oregon Agricultural college and state normal schools, Is constitutional, ac cording to an opinion of the state supreme court handed down here Friday. The opinion was written by jus tlce Belt In a suit brought by L. B. Smith and other taxpayers of Portland against Governor Patter son and other state officials. All of the justices concurred In the opinion, with the exception of Jus tice Brown who is absent on ac count of illness. "The 1929 act Is a revisory stat ute," read the supreme court opin ion. "It is not a revenue produc ing measure. There Is merely a continuance of the tax levies pre viousiy autnorizea. no additional tax burden will be Imposed. It will be observed that a tax levy of two and four hundredths mills equals in the aggregate the several tax levies made prior to 1929. Whether this act Is held constitutional or unconstitutional, plaintiff, by rca- i Concluded on page 15. column 7) BRIEF SERVICES OVER REMAINS OF GEN. BOOTH Londan (jr. While a line of quiet and revi -ent men and women stood outside, high officers of the Sal vation Army Friday conducted a brief service over the body of the late General William Bramwell Booth, their former commander, ly ing in state in Congress Hall, Clap ton. General Edward J. Higglns, who succeeded General Booth as head of the Salvation Army after his deposition recently, conducted . the service from the platform above the Dais on which the body rested. Ocneral Booth died last Sunday at Hadley park after a lingering Ill ness. When the doors opened for the first public view of the dead lead- women with shopping baskete and solemn men with hats in their hands filed r a the great oak cof fin and took a last look at the countenance of the former com mander. It was wasted and plainly showed the effects of the long Illness which, finally brought his death. His opened Bible, his spectacles and cap lay at the lower part of the cas ket. Four uniformed Salvation Army officers stood guard with bowed heads. General Higglns and his fellow officers waited with quiet homage while the public filed by the body. It will lie in Mate all day Satur day for the faithful to rejoice that their leader has been "promoted to Olory'' as Salvation Army officers U'xprrssed it. DINOSAUR FOUND Brawley. Cel.. P) The Rev. Dr. Louis R. Patmont. pastor of the Christian church of Santa Rosa, CaL reported he found a fossil dinosaur under volcanic ash In lower Cali fornia. seaport Dr. Hugh S. Gumming made public a few hints on highest point north that it powible and avoid excessive sun burn. 'lord drinks can be consumed only in moderation. Iced tea and coffee and ice cream are delicious and give a temporary cooling effect 'Concluded on page 18, column 7)