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In C apitelmJoiiirnsil CIRCULATION Dally average distribution to? the month ending Ji'ne 90, 1928 10,243 Average dally net paid 0.851 Member Audit Bureau of Glrculttlons PAIR Tonight and Friday, but cooler. Moderate westerly wind. Local: Max., M; Mln.. tt; no rain: river, -1.4 feet; over.ast; aouth wind. 42nd YEAR, No. 170 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929 iuqi7 o ;o n PRICE THREE CENTS rmnam UP .IT mm rant mm 8 SLEEPING PASSENGERS DIE III WRECK Train Plunges Through Bridge Into Swollen Creek Near Denver Victims Are Trapped in Berths of Pullman In Raging Torrent Denver, (fiP) Trapped In a sub merged sleeper of the Chicago Rock island and Pacific railroad flier, in a creek made a torrent by a cloud burst, at least eight persons were dead following a wreck Thursday near Stratton, Colo. Searchers who sought recovery of the victims re ported that possibly as many- as fourteen were in the car. One report said twenty were dead. Led by Coroner Orln P. Penny of Kit Carson county, workers Thurs day drilled through the top of the submerged sleeper as waters started to recede. Eight bodies had been re covered at 2:30 p.m. Other searchers were dragging the flood waters of the creel and nearby bodies of water all of which form ed a lake after the cloudburst, seek ing other bodies. From an airplane which was sent with reporters to the spot, the wreck presented a scene of a heap of coaches tossed like huge black sticks, and rearing In grotesque positions over several hundred yards of track. v One sleeper, that one that was passing over the bridge when it collapsed, was smashed into two sec tions, hurling some of its sleeping occupants into the waters of the Hooded stream. The huge concrete abutments of the bridge that sent the coaches plunging In all directions were smashed like glass by the terrific Impact of the coaches against them when the rushing water beneath the bridge had done Its work of under mining. According to a report received by the Denver Post from its Stratton correspondent, the train plunged through a weakened bridge and two of the pullmans of the all-pullman train were submerged In the creek bed. First reports stated that twelve persons were known to have been drowned and there were reports that this number probably would ln ( Concluded on page 4, column37 DEVASTATING FOREST FIRES IN WASHINGTON Spokane tTP) Whimsical winds Thursday governed devastating for est fires In two counties north of here, although 150 men were fight ing the blazes, which already had consumed two mills, 400 acres of standing timber and 1,000,000 feet of cut logs. The total loss was more than $100,000. Forestry officials said the fate of at least one large logging camp, a summer resort, and valuable stand of timber depends upon the wind. One of the fires Thursday, burned up through a canyon eight miles north of Colvllle, Wash. Its flames had men :ed the town Wednesday night, after razing two saw mills valued at $30,000, but a shift In the wind .changed its course after 300 acres had been seared. Lumber and timber worth $70,000 had been devoured, but fifty men were checking the fire Thursday, Fire Warden John Jugent reported. In Pend Oreille county to the eastward, 100 men were believed to have stemmed a surge of fire which licked up 200 acres of standing tim- her on Indian creek. Cut logs to talling 1,000,000 feet had been bad ly damaged. The fate of more valuable yellow pine depended on the winds. Neither fire threatened ft town Thursday. YOUTH WALKS INTO PLANE PROPELLER Portland, U" Ted Wolssenberger, M, Spokane, lost hla right band and reoelved aerJoiu Injuries about the shoulder lata Wednesday at 8wan Island airport when he walked Into a wing-propeller of a tri-motored plane. The plane, owned by the Mamer Air Service, was being warmed up for take-off to Spokane when Wolssenberger walked Into the right wing propeller.) Good Evening! DON UPJOHN OFFERS Sips for Supper The mere presence of poison oak a a tramp In the country may cause serious results, says a bulle tin by the state board of health. In that event we suggest driving the tramp out of the country and getting rid of the trouble at the source. Delegates to these conventions no more than get together before they begin quarelling about their next meeting place. Aren't they ever satisfied?. A young woman was telling -us that freckles are the hard est things she knows 4 to get off her face. Evidently she's never had any fried egg dry on her upper lip. Down In Marshfleld a cat was born with human hands and a great to do has been made over it. From some letters we receive we've known of a lot of cats with human hands around here. TROUBLE IN SOUTH SALEM Joe Baker and Arch Shumaker own a cherry tree between them standing on the dividing line of their property on Lafelle street with an agreement each to pick his cher ries right up to the line. This year Arch started to pick his cher ries and yellow Jackets from a nest on Joe's side drove him out of the tree. They left it up to Charley Cannon to arbitrate and Charley decided Joe put the yellow Jacket's nest, in ,ie tree on purpose to keep Arch from the cherries. But what we can't figure out is how Joe is going to get his own cherries. Ivan Farmer accused us attain this morning of going around with the top of a sock - down over our shoe. Well, doggone It, Ivan, half the girls in town go around with out any socks at all, and we guess we have a right to have ours down over our shoe If we want to. "Scotty" the 1 circulation man, says that Bud Stutesman's Idea for holding up socks without garters is the bunk. Scotty's recipe is to turn the top half of the sock down into the sock and shove the sock onto the foot that way. He cays wiu noia against all odds. And Charley Bishop hopped us this, morning for these garter less recipes saying his garter busi ness has dropped off 25 ner cent since we began giving out advice on the subject. There's even sadness in trvine to oe a public benefactor. ATTEMPT TO KILL MIKLAS FRUSTRATED Vienna, (P) An attempt against tne life or president Mlklas of Aus tria was frustrated Thursday with the arrest of a man giving his name as Anton Leitner, a tailor's ssutant. Lletner was stated by the police to have admitted he was seeking to ambush the president near the gate ox the foreign office. The man loitered near the gate with a loaded revolver In his pocket for some time. Finally his suspicious actions caused a police investigation and he was arrested. It was first thought that he was planning to assassinate Chancellor Steeruwltz. MODERATOR NAMED Albany, (LP) Dr. A. W. Lewis, pas tor of the Bend Presbyterian church was elected moderator of the 39th annual session of the synod of Ore gon here Wednesday at the opening 01 an eigni aay convention. Prohi Agents Settle For Damage Done in Raid Upon Convent Los Angeles (UP) Dry raiders who broke into a con vent of Mexican refugee nuns have been compelled to pay for the door they battered down,-District Attorney Buron Fitts announced Thursday. An apology has been sent the sisters and the Rev. Jose TVttwl nulir nf th. Church of Our Lady of Ouadaloupe. in whose school the nuns teach. Pitta said. The raiders, led by Sergeant O. L. Cluldera of the district attor ney's office, had no search warrant, it waa admitted. Captain Clyde Plummer, head of the office's liquor squad, asserted the officers went to the suburb of Belvedere, where the convent Is located, solely on a "tip" from a Belvedere constable that a stiU waa In operation at an address on Plsher street The constable In sisted he meant a grocery store, but didnt know the correct address. DOUGLAS POOL PRUNES BRING FAIICY PRICES Rosenburg Bids in Big Tonnage at 8 Cents for 30-35s Association Disposes of 2,318,250 Pounds in . Strong Market - Roseburg, Ore. VP) Sale of 2, 318,250 pounds of prunes to Ros enburg Brothers and company, was announced here by the Douglas County Prune Growers' Coopera tive association. The prunes were purchased at the association price of eight cents for 30-35 Italians and cents for 30-35 Petites. The buy ers also presented an agreement to purchase all listings made prior to 0 p m., Friday, July 19-at an ad vanced price of 8 14 cents for 30-35 Italians and 8 cents for 30-35 Petites. The sale of the prunes followed some keen bidding and price Jock eying by several buying concerns. Buyers' were paying 7 and 714 cents the same time the association made its price of 8 and 8'& cents, and declared the price too high and no bids were received. Rosenburg brothers, however, took an option for one week on the pool at tile association price, and then paid $500 for an extension of one week. During that period oth er buyers boosted the price to 814 and 834 on several purchases outside (Concluded on page 11, column?) HOYT TAKES. OFF FOR ALASKA IN PURSUIT PLANE MltcheU Field, N. Y. (AV-Captain Ross O. Hoyt, refueller of the army endurance plane Question Mark, took off for Alaska in a single seat er pursuit plane at 2:38 p. m. day light time, Thursday in an attempt to make a flight of 8,460 miles quicker than such a Journey was ever completed before. Captain Hoyt planned the flight to demonstrate the - feasibility of extending the present pursuit range of army ships by increasing horse- power and fuel capacity. The plane has a high speed of 180 miles an hour, but his schedule calls for av erage flying speed of only 140. The schedule also calls for re fueling stops of one hour at Min neapolis, Edmondton, White Horse In the Yukon, and Fairbanks, Alas ka, both coming and going, and a six hour stop at no. e, Alaska the point from which he will start back. IDENTIFY SKELETON FOUND AT ESTAGADA Oregon City, Ore. W The fkel eton found on East Mountain, near Estacada, July 7 by two university of Oregon students, has been iden tified as that of George GulUck- son, 31, son of Mr. and Mrs, John Gulllckson of Wood burn. The man left his home in Canby three years ago. Clothing and several articles in his pockets provided Identified .ton, the coroner said. , Receiving no response at the con- vent, the squad forced Its way In, frightening the nuna. Childers said the raiders retired at once with apol ogies. The raid. It became known has been ufider Investigation since June 13 when Father Oultterrea notified the Right Rev. 3. J. Cantwell, bish op of Los Angeles and San Dleg6, of It The bishop had Isadora B. Dockweller, prominent Los Angeles attorney, bring the matter to Pitta' attention. Other Girl On License Causes Switch in Brides Bin Moon tain, Mis, (IP) G e r i e, Colonel Smith' near hoosoboy, t going to marry Uia and all becauaa of a mistake of the colonel's. George waa to have wedded Hannah. When the colonel started for town the other day Georre asked him to get the marriage license. The colonel compiled. "1 hope yon and Lisa will be happy together." said Colonel Smith as. he handed George the legal docoment. "Lisa?" exclaimed the house boy, "I told you Han nah, Colonel." "Well, I'll get the license changed," replied the colonel, "but It wlU cost yon 13." George considered the mat ter a moment, then declared i "Boss, 111 Jut keep this license there ain't S3 dif ference In them gals." MORRIS GEST TELLS OF WRECK IN COLORADO Denver, Colo. (IP) Morris Gest, theatrical producer, a survivor of the Rock Island wreck near Strat ton, Colo., was quoted In the Den ver Post Thursday in a description of- what Gest termed the "most frightful experience of my life."- "I was sleeping in my stateroom in the rear of the car when the crash occurred," the Post quotes Gest. "I was thrown oufof nqr bunk and I found myself kneeling on the side of the car. which, somehow, had become the floor. The car was on Its side. Above me were the win dows. The early morning sun was streaming in. The glass had been smashed." Gest, the Post story said, clamb ered out the window to the side of the car, part of it submerged but his side of It resting on the bank at an angle of 45 degrees. "The car In front of mine had completely disappeared," Gest con tinued. "The one in front of that was completely smashed. The one next to the baggage car was hang ing on the opposite bank. "My car was tilted on its end so that I was about even with the roof of the car back of us. "People were pouring out of the coaches. I climbed over to the roof of the car behind me and lowered myself to the ground. -'I wondered why I wasn't excited. My attitude was that of an observer rather than a participant In a fear ful tragedy. "Any minute now the screaming and hysteria will begin, I thought to myself but to my amazement I was mistaken." Gest said that most of the pas sengers behaved with heroic calm. YING AND WIFE WILL RETURN San Francisco (IP Ylng Kio, Chinese vice consul here, and hi wife, from whose baggage approxi mately $500,000 worth of narcotics was seized, are going back to China, July 31. . Confident that charges of opium smuggling filed against them would be dropped, the couple made reser vations on the liner Korea Maru They have promised leaders of San Francisco Chinatown, how ever, they will face trial in their native land on charges similar to those brought against them here. It was said. Ylng Kao has been recalled by his government. Preliminary hearing of Ylng Kao, his wife and Suen Foon, chancellor of the consulate here, who was ar rested with them, has been con tinued until neat Monday because customs officials are awaiting fur ther Instructions from Washington before proceeding further as the case involves diplomatic technical ities. DETROIT STRIKERS CLASH WITH POLICE Detroit Mich., U Fifteen men were Injured when 700 striking em ployes of the Murray Body corpora tion and 1400 of their sympathizers clashed with police reserves called to the plant to disperse them. The 15 Injured men were arrested. A squad of mounted and motor cycle policemen rode through the packed mobs of workers who quit work Thursday morning In protest against wage adjustments which they claimed reduced their pay from ten to 34 percent Two company officials were in jured In a minor disturbance Thurs day morning. CHINESE CRISIS CAUSES GRAVE APPREllBISIO;ii)i Hoover Keeping Close Watch on Events as U.S. Interests Involved Nanking and Moscow Regimes Too Poor to Stand War Expenses Washington Vfi With mingled feelings of apprehension lest war be imminent In the Orient and hope that armed hostilities may yet be avoided, tne Washington govern- ment is keeping close watch on the rapidly developing controversy he tween Russia and China. Press dispatches and consular advices from Manchuria are being given detailed study In a search lor the proper Interpretation of the action of the soviet union In break ing off diplomatic relations with the Nanking government and what it may presage. While It was pointed out that war, would not necessarily follow and' circumstances were cited which were regarded as virtually compelling an amicable settlement, it was generally agreed that the diplomatic rupture had served at best to add considerable gloom to the outlook. With Americas extensive far eastern interests necessarily In volved, the state department has kept In constant touch with tne situation since Its Inception a week ago Thursday In the seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway by , the Chinese. President Hoover nil self has followed developments with an Interest Induced not only by tne gravity of the situation, but by an (Concluded on page 11, column 7) ROBBER SLAIN IN ATTEMPTING THEATRE THEFT Portland. Ore. un Identified by his finger prints as Douglas E. Le one, 35, once arrested in Los Angeles as a suspected robber, a stocky, sandy-haired bandit rested In the morgue here Thursday, dead because he made a drunken attempt to rob the Portland theater. Leone waa shot to death late Wednesday night by two policemen after he had traded shots with them in an at tempt to escape with '4000 he had taken from the theater manager. An usher in the theater saw Le one nans through the unguarded entrance as the last show was in progress. He made his way to the manager's office and tne usner caUed police. Officers arrived as Leone was leaving the safe-room with the mo ney he had forced the manager to give him. Reeling through the door, Leone opened fire on the policemen as soon as he saw them. More than a dozen shots were fired before Leone was struck. The officers were unin jured. The bandit died before he could be taken to a hospital. Police records here indicate that Leone was arrested In Los Angeles In 1926. GERMAN FLIER ' ORDERED BACK Berlin, (LP) Wolfgang Von Oro nau, the German aviator who set out on a mysterious flight from List Auf Sylt, presumably bound for the United States, was ordered by the government Thursday to return to Germany immediately. Oronau landed at Reykjavik, Ice land, Wednesday night after a flight of 1000 miles from the Island of Sylt He undertook the Journey In a Domler Wal twin motored flying boat the type used by the Spanish aviator, Ramon Franco, In hla trans-Atlantic flight to South Am erica. Oronau is one of the directors of the government flying school which is under the supervision of the mm Istry of transportation. Reykjavik, Iceland, (IP) Ger many's mystery flying boat, a huge Dornler-Wal two motored machine believed to be bound for the United States from Sylt Island In the North sea, waa being refueled and over hauled for the next leg of It Jour ney, presumably to Oreenland, It arrived here at 1:32 pjn, Wednes day night. GOVERNORS SPURNmm (trs em en ea erg bb ns xs Wickersham Plan Of H9 KW ' W8 :" HP SS& 88 . . B Y LAW CHANGE New London, Conn. (AP) conference Thursday refused to go on record as officially approving or disapproving recommendations for reforms in prohibition enforcement made in a letter from George W. Wickersham, head of President Hoover's law enforcement commission to uovernor namum D. Roosevelt of New York. The let ter was presented to the conference Tuesday by Mr. Roosevelt Eastern Point, Conn. (LP) It is neither the constitutional nor moral duty of the states to take over entorcement of the Volstead act within 'their borders, Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland de clared In a statement concerning the proposal for division of enforce ment functions between the state and federal governments laid be fore the governors conference by George Wickersham. "It Is time for the country to realize that the 18th amendment imposes no obligation on the state to enforce It, ' he suid. "The amendment gives the state concurrent Jurisdiction with the federal government in that regard, he continued, "but whether the (Concluded on page 10, column 6) PREMIER DOING BEST TO SPEED CUT IN NAVIES London m Premier Ramtay MacDonald told the House of Com mons Thursday afternoon he was doing his utmost to expediate naval disarmament negotiations with the United States so as to be able to make an announcement on the subject before parliament rises at the end of the month. The premier said, however, he was not sure this would be possible. The prime minister's statement arose from prodding by Winston Churchill, who wanted to know whether MacDonald would make It clear that "before' any Important decision of policy reversing the na val program for the present year" "parliament would be Informed and given an opportunity of expressing Its opinion. "Certainly not," replied the prime minister. "The government . will take Just the ordinary powers of government In that respect. The government will exercise its Judge ment with full knowledge of Its re sponsibilities to the house and be yond that It Is lmposflbls to go at the moment." MacDonald characterized as "f most unworthy suggestion" a ques tion by Churchill whether It- was to he understood that "a most grave and Important decision of this kind Is being withheld until parlament was separated?" FAMOUS CIRCUS OPERATOR DEAD West Berlin, N. J. WV-Chartes Forepaugh, one of the founders of the famous Forepaugh circus, died Wednesday at the homo of his daughters, Mrs. C. W. Matlack. Fifty years ago he and his late brother Adam were among the best known showmen in the world. With four other brothers and a sister, all of whom are dead, they took the Forepaugh circus all over the United States and Europe. Charles Forepaugh achieved Indi vidual distinction as a lion tamer. He is said to have been the first trainer to place his head In a lion's mouth. Originally, he and his bro ther Adam, were In the horse trad ing business in Philadelphia. SAYS WICKERSHAM LETTER A FEELER Meredith, N. H., H) Miss Ada L. Comstock, president of Radcliffe college and the only woman member of President Hoover's national law enforcement commission, believe that the proposals set forth by George W, Wickersham, chairman of the commtavlon, to the governors' conference at New London, Conn., regarding prohibition enforcement, are "Interesting and worthy of care ful consideration." She suggested that the Wicker sham letter probably was In the na ture of a "feeler" to find out what the country thought about the plan and said sh considered It probable that similar questions would be rais ed by the commission's spokesman to obtain Uie benefit of the views of others. The 21st annual governors' DEPOSITORS OF CLOSED BANKS TO GETMONEY Atlanta, da. (LP) Bank failures In two southern .states during recent weeks have reached a total of 28. The closing Wednesday of 15 Insti tutions in southern Florida followed the failure of five banks In Birm ingham, Ala., during the past month. Two of the Alabama banks subsequently re-opened. The usual summer financial de pression, accentuated by the effect of the Mediterranean fruit fly and quarantine was blamed by bank of- iiciais lor tne failure of 23 Florida banks within the past two weeks. Officials of the Citizens Bank and Trust company of Tampa, whose ten branch houses were among the in stitutions closing, announced its de positors would be paid in full. . The First National bank of Tam pa where most of the failures re sulted, received (1,000,000 by air plane from Atlanta, sent by the fed eral reserve bank here. Officials of other solvent Tampa banks said plenty of funds were on hand. State Comptroller Ernest Amos was optimistic In his view of the situation. He declared that al though there was financial depres sion to a certain degree all over the state, "this Is the dark hour Just before the dawn." The closing of five banks In Bir mingham Is being Investigated by a grana jury, a sensation was caused by the death of two bank officials Immediately prior and following the closing oi iwo oi tne Danxa. Dr. A. W. Bell, president of the wooaiawn savings bank, was d rowed In the Coosa river, and John R. Wallace, cashier of the Avondale Bank and Trust company, died from a bullet wound the day before the bank closed. I T0 14 YEARS FOR BRIBERY Los Angeles, (IP) Harold "Buddy" Davis, chief deputy to former Dis trict Attorney Asa Keyes, Thursday was sentenced to serve from one to fourteen years In San Quentln for accepting a bribe. Davis was found guilty of having accepted $7500 to "ease up" on the prosecution of Ed Rosenberg, a de fendant in the conspiracy trial, which followed the collapse of the Julian Petroleum corporation. Previous to Davis conviction, Keyes, Rosenberg and Ben Oetzoff, a Spring street tailor, were found guilty of having conspired to pre vent a sincere prosecution of the same Julian case. Keyes and Rosenberg are In the county jail awaiting the result of their appeal to the verdict while Oetzoff, paroled, appeared as the chief state's witness against Davis. Coincident with the sentencing. attorneys for the defense, filed no tice of appeal. California Heiress Strangely Disappears From Country Home Fairfield, Soland County, Calif. (AP) Fifty men re newed their search in the hills west of here Thursday for Miss Irene Wolfskin", 65, heiress of a wealthy pioneer Suisun valley family, who disappeared under mysteiious circuni- stances from her ranch here Bun - dav. A lame reward was offend. The searching oartv. which In cludes Matthew and Ney Wolfskin, brothers of the missing woman, was to be augmented Thurtday by a corps of private detectives, hired at the Instance of a Los Angvles bank In which Miss Wolfskill hia a deposit of (600,000, telegrams to Sheriff John R. Thornton, from J. W. Bachman, trust ofllcer of tho ,cii:;ia RUSH TROOPS Tor,iAi;ci:iniA Soviet Severs Diplomatic Relations With China and Closes Embassies Chiang Calls Conference Hoping for Peace, Bu denny Heads Russians London (IP) The Daily Mall Thursday published a report from its Peiplng correspondent of rum ors In Chinese quarters there that Soviet troops had been repulsed In an attempt to cross the Amur riv er, which forms the northern boun dary of Manchuria. Peiplng, China UPl Japanese News agency dUpatches from Har bin state that Russian forces are being massed at Pogranlchinaya, and Manchull along the Siberian- Manchurian frontier. The transportation of Chinee troops to the frontiers also was re ported -Jlng rushed. The office of the Russian consul-' ate-general In Harbin has been closed and the staff Is preparing to leave. Riga, Latvia P The celebrated Russian General Budenny, a bril liant cavalry leader, was reported In Riga Xhursday to turn been re called from vacation. He was said here to have four objectives. The first was to concentrate a powerful air squadron on the Man churian frontier, the second to re- (Concluded on page 10, column 4) BANDITS STEAL $22,000 FROM TWO COUPLES Chicago Pi Three robbers, latet Wednesday, stole $22,000 In Jewelry and money from Frederick Orabner, race horse owner, Mrs. Orabner and Mr. and Mrs, Ruel J. Seigel their companions. The carefully planned and wen r executed robbery took place while) the Orabners and Selgels were re- turning from the Arlington pars. race track. Orabner, owner of "Windy City, winner of this year's American der by, had Just turned off the crowd er main highway onto a gravel road to evade traffic congestion, when large sedan, bearing three men. blocked his path. Two men, bran dishing pistols, got out of the car, entered the tonneau of the Orab ner machine, where the women were, and ordered Orabner to drive) on. The robbers' car followed close behind. One robber stripped Jewelry from, the women, while the other robbed' the men of Jewelry and money. Warning the party to make no outcry, the robbers directed Orab ner to drive back onto the highway, still crowded with hundreds of ma chines. Selgel, despite the pistol prodding his . back, managed to open the car door with his foot and when the traffic procession, was halted by a train, he leaped from the car and ran toward a bus, "Has anyone got a gun?" he cried. "Duck your heads! It's a robbery!" The two robbers Jumped from the car, pistols in hand, and pursued him, but made no effort to firs. They then Jumped Into their own, car, which was close behind Grab ner's and were driven swiftly away down a side road. - " "an, revealed. The wires also dis closed Bachman was enroute h:re to aid Sheriff Thornton In tho hunt. The disappearance of Miss Wolt ikill is regarded by authorities hero as one of the most baifltng in northern California history. Lr.ia .wn by her maid, Miss Wolfjkill, who has lived In ecluslon on Iwr Concludedon' pass lireolumn