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CIRCULATION Dally average distribution (or the month ending August 1, 1M 10,153 Average dally net paid 9.778 Membn Audit Buru of Circulation.. FAIR tonight and Wednesday. Cloudy ar foggy near coast. Moderate winds, mostly northwesterly. Local: max. S3; mln. SI; rain ; river -a J feet; tuny; joutheaat wind. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1929 PKICE THKEE CENTS UN Talft AMU NHI , BTNia-rm it.Ma 42nd YEAR, No. 222 rvi rn.A "?n o ;o a UVJZA west i L V V L IVr" $15,000 ASKED FOR ENFORCED FIRE FIGHTItlG Trio Of Salem Men : Im Dressed by Foresters Bring Damage Suits $2500 for Spite and $2500 for Punitive Damages For Each Fifteen thousand dollars dam ages is sought against State Por w a Elliott. District State Forester Fred South wick, and J. F.L Cassldy and V. A. Blakely of the state forest service, In three dam age actions filed In circuit court here Tuesday by Walter Wlnslow, Balem attorney, frank Mintq, Sal m chief of police, and Charles Vlck. prominent Salem ousinees man all of whom were dratted at the state forester's orders last week to fmht fires In Douglas county. Wlnslow as an attorney and sports man ha been active In the past In promoting legal proceedings to set aside tne law giving uic guv ernor power to close the deer sea- An array of local attorneys has been lined up on each of the com plaints, these being William H. Trlndle. W. O. Winslow, one of the plaintiffs; George A. Rhoten, s. m. : Kndlcott and W. W. McKinney. In each suit 2500 In damages Is asked on accounv of maliciousness (Concluded on pasa 8. column RESCUED FROM KIDNAPPERS BY DETROIT POLICE Detroit m After having been held prisoner since last Wednesday by kidnapers wno oiinoiomca and chained him to a bed, Matthew Holdreith, Jr.. 24, son of a restau rant proprietor and a student in Notre Dame university at South Bend, Ind., was found late Monday and released by police, acting upon a tip. No report of the abduction had been made to the police. Inspector Henry J. Garvin, head of the police crime and bomb squad, said he learned Holdrelth's father paid 15,000 to his son's abductors Saturday. The youth's release was prevented by the Inadvertent cap ture by police of two of the kidnap ers as they left the rendezvous where the elder Holdreith was said to have turned over the money. Edward Wilds and Frank Hohfer, MmMl hv Garvin as two of the kidnapers, were taken by police Saturday night after a running gun fight with a police scout car which was seeking a stolen taxicab. Police at that time did not know of the kidnaping. Wilds and Hoh . fer admitted It Monday night, how mvpr after the voung man's release. Police said W(Jds and Hohfer were two of five men who were re leased from the Michigan state branch prison at Marquette last spring after serving terms there. The five have pulled off several crimes since their release, among them the kidnaping of David Cass, 29, the son of a wealthy real estate rmerator. several weeks ago. Cass never was found. GASTONIA MOB VICTIM BURIED Bessemer City. N. O. (IP) In a tiny Isolated cemetery with labor organizers shouting criticism at her slayer, Mrs. Ella Hay Wiggins, year old widow, and textile striker was burled Tuesday. Mrs. Wiggins was shot to death late Saturday while en route to a strikers' rally In south Gastonla, when gunmen fired Into a truck load of workers. Bessemer City, N. C. (JPi Results of the call of the National Textile Workers-' union and communist par ty for a one-day strike of textile till workers as a protest over the death at the hands of a mob of Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, appeared to have been negligible at the hour set - for the funeral of the woman, 10 am. Robert Goldberg of the American mills and A. B. Cobb, of the oam brlll-Melvllle plant, two of the larg est cotton mills In this section, said that their operations were as usual and that no workers had left the mills to attend the services. Good Evening! DON UPJOHN OFFERS Sips for Supper We notice where some Inventor has changed music Into a Beam 01 light. ' Wo wish now this Inventor would direct his attention to turn ing some of the music we hear over the radio Into music. When a little boy we used to wish we could see Captain Kldd to know what he looked like. On seeing New York Life Smithy the other day with a new mustache on we believe we have had our youthful hopes fulfilled, far beyond any childish expectancy. Who Is Dr. Jekyll?" will be great moot question at the big fall opening Thursday night. But we bet somebody finds Dr. Jekyll un let he Hydes. If somebody does find Dr. Jekyll it will be the only case In history where somebody ran for the doctor and get five dol ara for finding him. It's gen erally the other way 'about. Believe It nor not Salem has be come the fire fighter center of the world When bigger, better- and fat ter fire figbters are had Salem will have them. "No one may be present while Judging Is In progress," says a rule covering the Woodburn flower show. That shows Just what folks think about flower snow judges. Custodian Wyatt of the court house says a number of people have doubted his word as given In Sips that he walks 40 miles every time he mows the courthouse lawn. We suggest that Mr. Wyatt put the doubters at the end of a lawnmower handle and let them step It off themselves. ' Aldermen Patton and Purvine had quite a Jangle at council meet ing last night as to who was the honor of being the sole council man to vote against the bridge bonds when they were originally up. As far as we're concerned they may both have the honor they are entitled to It In spirit, anyway. We can thank the Lord, any- way, that we have some fine bridges before we get a council all made up of Pattons and Purvines. And let's hope there Isn't In fluence enough to keep North Salem people from getting their much needed North Commercial street bridge. , Maybe it- would do Salem good to have a Patton-Purvlne council for Just one term. It Isn't likely they'd, ever want another one. QUEEN WILHELMINA OPENS PARLIAMENT The Hague (IP ueen Wilhel- mlna opened parliament here Tues day with a speech from the throne In which she emphasized that the strengthening of International laws would pave the way to an-eventual limitation of armaments among the military and naval powers of the world. The queen was accompanied to the parliament hall by members of the royal family. One of her first statements was that measures were being taken for the permanent strengthening of the fortress at the Island of Curacao, where a group ol Venezuelan rebels recently abducted the military governor, captured trn- munltion, seised steamer and forced its commander to transport them to Venezuela. - Bus Operators Agree To Submit Franchise To Vote of People The curse which many forts of the Southern Pacific franchise in Salem is believed to have been removed by cer tain amendments Incorporated into the franchise ordinance by the city council Monday night, and in its new form the ordinance was passed. All of to by T. L. Billing ley, superintend - ent of the street lines of the Ore gon Stages, subsidiary of the S. P. The most Important ' of, the amendments refers the ordinance to the people, to be voted on as a spe cial measure at the primary election to be held In Salem May 1$, 1030. The ordinance, of course, will not be effective until the people have M'llARY FORMS BLOC III SENATE 6 .Republican Senators ;;From'5 Far Western States Merge Interests Refuse to Follow Either Farm Bloc or Adminis tration Program Washington IP A new republic can bloc in opposition to the re nubllcan tariff bill was organised here Tuesday when six senators from the far western states met In the office of Senator Charles L. Me Narv of Oregon. Unwilling to go along with the Borah-Brookhart-Norria farm bloc. and yet dissatisfied with what tney call "Fittsnurgn domination over reoubllcan tariff making," the new western group reached a decision to merge their mutual Interests to see that the Pacific coast states get what they believe Is coming to them. While none of the western group would' talk for publication, the United Press Is unofficially Inform ed, It IS particularly aroused over what Its republican colleagues on the senate finance committee did (Concluded on page 6. column ) REVIVE CARVER LINE TO OPEN TIMBER REGION Active operation In the heavily timbered Upper Clackamas river district In Clackamas county, where several new mills are contemplated, 1r indicated bv articles of Incor poration filed here Tuesday by the Clackamas Eastern Railroad com pany. The Incorporators are Ben C. Dey, Alfred A. Hampson ana Roscoe C. Nelson, all members of a Portland law firm that represents the Southern Pacifio company. The capitalization la $250,000. The articles give no details of the organization. It was stated at the public service commission of' flees, however, that the articles represent the taking over by the Southern Pacific of the line built from Portland up the Clackamas river 15 years ago by Stephen Car ver. The line has scarcely been operated since and Carver was un able to carry It on financially, par ticularly during tne war. 'me Southern Pacific refinanced and ballasted the road for Carver, and now apparently has 'taken It over with the expectation of operating it, The line forms a connection with the Southern Pacific a short dis tance out of Portland. According to H. H. Corey of the public service commission the line taps a district growing a billion and a half feet of timber where the Swift company of Chicago Is heavily interested. BOULDER DAM LAND SWINDLERS INDICTED Chicago UP) A federal grand Jury Tuesday returned Indictments against . C. Connor and Waldon L. Irvin, alleged Boulder Dam land swindlers. They were charged with conspiracy to use the malls to de fraud. people profess to see in the ef company to get a street bus the amendments were agreed - passed on It eight months from now. -The other amendment la designed to take from the operating com pany the privilege of Increasing fares. The ordinance as amended fixes the fares at the rate now pre vailing, which is 7 cents for single (Concluded nr. nave a column 7) Two Story fall Lands Laborer In Jail at Seattle Seattle, (IP) After he bad fallen two stories f rasa- an apartsnent, Lewis Morten, te, a latum wo- lodged in Jail en open- charges. - Beverly DanUas, a tenant al the building, reported she -beard-some one- trying nae doer a few minutes before po lice were smnasewed. The In truder shortly afterward ap peared at her window and a moment later his body was heard to crash. Folios were called by some one who said a man was trying ,to commit striclde. -- " SENATE PROBE OF INJUNCTION IN STRIKE CASE Philadelphia. Pa. (IP) Union lead ers In the clothing Industry here and members of their organizations are Jubilant over the prospect of a, senatorial Investigation Into the federal Injunction granted by Fed eral Judge William Klrkpa trick last week as proposed in a resolution in troduced In the senate Monday by Senator Robert Lafollette, Jr. 01 Wisconsin. Senator Lafollette declares that thai lnlunctlon handed down by Judge Kirkpatrick was "one of the most glaring missuses or tne injunc tion power of the courts In labor disputes." Officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Tues day said that Judge Kirkpatrlck's lnlunctlon would. In effect, destroy the effectiveness of labor -unions anywhere In the United States. The local strike which began last June, Involves more than a dozen clothing shops here employing some 4000 workers. It was brought to' a head when the Amalgamated sought to unionize the open shops here. Trouble began when the employ ers offered the workers what Is known as the "yellow dog" contract which forbade them Joining the Amalgamated. This contract speci fied that if an employe Joined the Amalgamated he must Immediately resign and must not approach any other employe still working for the company for a period of 30 days with any proposition Involving Join ing the Amalgamated. KILLED BY FALL i OFF SILO TOP Ulysses C. Loran, 73. -received In juries from which he died on the way to the hospital here when he fell from the top of a silo on which he was working on the J. W. Fltts farm near Waconda Tuesday morn ing. Others working near said that Loran, working on the very top of the structure, leaned over as though reaching for a plank, lost his bal ance and fell headlong Into the silo. He was picked up still breath ing, placed In an automobile and rushed to Oervais and thence to Salem in search of medical atten tion. He died before reaching the hospital here. Llyod RlRdon, county coroner. said his Injuries consisted of a frac tured skull and a broken arm. Mr. Loran was born In Milwau kee, Wis., and came to Oregon In 1870. He has been a resident ol Brooks community since 1870. He is survived by a brother, I. A. Lor- of Waconda: a elster, Mrs. Amanda Kamholc of Ooldendale, Wash., and a daughter, Mrs. W. F. Ramp of Brooks. LYTLE BROWN CHIEF OF ARMY ENGINEERS Washington OP) President Hoov er Tue&dav aonolnted Brigadier- General Lytle Brown as chief of Army Engineers to suceed ueu- tenant-General Edgar Jadwln, re tired. Brown will receive the rank of Malor-Oeneral for a term of four years from date of acceptance the post. He was born at Nashville. Tenn. Nov. S3, 1872 and was appointed from that city to the Military Aca demy In ISM, from which he was graduated In ibw. Brown served In the 8panlsh American war with the engineers in the Santiago. Cuba, campaign and in the battle of San Juan hill and the aelM of that cltv. He also has held many posh throughout the country with the enrlneei' rorns FIRE RAGES III OIL FIELDS AT SAIITAPAIILA Two of Most Disastrous Fires in California His tory Unchecked Oil Wells Ablaze.-Ventura Field Threatened.-San Diego Country Afire Los Angeles (IP) Two of the most disastrous I ires in southern Califor nia history were raging unchecked Tuesday with losses estimated be tween $2,000,000 and $5,000,000. Running wild before a brisk wind blaze In Ventura county already has destroyed OS oil wells in the Santa Paula canyon fields. Fire fighters declared they had no hopes of saving 40 other wells on the fringe of the lire zone and nun- dreds of other rich, productive wells were threatened In the .Ventura fields which are but three miles from the advancing fire lines. The town of Santa Paula was de clared in danger when the flames turned Into Wheeler canyon, de stroying valuable ranch lands. A second roaring furnace was be yond control In the back country of San Diego where thousands of acres have been blackened. The city's water shed was threat ened with destruction, summer homes were charred and hundreds of human lives were endangered. Ventura. "Call, UP) A Wall of flaming brush, sweeping down the southwest side or sulphur mountain watershed, roared on to within six (Concluded on page 7. column 4) MRS. PANT AGES DENIES DRINKING BEFORE CRASH Los Angeles W Mrs. Lois Pan tages, on trial for the second degree murder of Juro Rofumoto, Jap anese, took the stand in her defense Tuesday. I did not have a single drink or intoxicating liquor the day of the accident," she testified In a calm voice to one of the first -questions asked by her chief counsel, Max Steuer. The state has held Mrs. Pan tages responsible for Rokumoto's death which occurred a lew days alter her automobile collided with his last June, because of her alleged Intoxication and alleged guilt In causing the crash. 'I was not drunk," Mrs. pan tages testified, "Just before the crash I tried desperately to turn the wheel of my car to avoid hitting Rokumo to's. I turned into Sunset and there was a car In front of me. I tried hard as possible to get Into the mid dle of the road. Half way to Serra no street a car on my right tooted Its horn and I pulled over to my left. I was at the Intersection when Rokumoto's car turned left." JOY RIDE ENDS IN DEATH OF WOMAN Seattle (U-Wiii. a young mar ried woman dead and a man com panion In a critical condition with fractured skull, county authori ties are Investigating a week-end automobile and drinking party. Mrs. Elfie Harcourt died In a hos pital from a broken back. Dean Horn, mechanic, received a iractur- ed skull and broken nose, and Jaw, In an automobile wreck. Jack Dederer. 20, said to have been host and driver, was In the county Jail on a manslaughter charge. . SENATORIAL PROBE OF AERIAL CRASHES Washington (IP) A resolution to authorise a senatorial investigation of the fatal crash of the Transcon tinental Air Transport liner City or San Francisco on Mount Taylor, New Mexico, September I, waa In troduced Tuesday by Senator Brat ton, democrat, New Mexico. The resolution also would author ize an Investigation of all other ac cidents and wrecks of airplanes en gaged In Interstate air commerce In which lives have been lost, their causes and possibilities of corrective action. Purvine and Patton yie for Distinction As Obstructionists Whether the distinction of bonds ordinance when that issue was submitted to the peo ple, belongs only to Alderman Patton, or to both Patton and Purvine, was one of the main questions before the city coun cil Monday night. It came up when the North Commercial street bridge was under discussion. "The reason I voted against the bridge bonds In the first place," said Purvine, "was that I knew, after the bonds were voted and sold, we would want to spend every dol lar of the money whether It was necessary or not." '1 was tne only memoer ox tnis council that voted against the bonds, Patton declared. Oh, no," said Purvine. I'm telling you, boy, that I'm the only member of thla council that voted against those bonds,' Patton insisted. "The record will show It" No one looked up the record, and It may be that Mr. Purvine was wroncr, and that, after all, he voted for Salem's biggest and most pro gressive improvement. In which event the honor of having. voted (Concluded on page 0. column 7) BRING LEAGUE INTO HARMONY WITH TREATY .. . 7 " ,- .- ' Geneva. Switzerland. . (JPi Pro posals for bringing the covenant of tne League ox Nations into Har mony with the KeKllogg renuncia tion of war pact were presented by the British anda Peruvian delega tions before the assembly's com mittee on constitutional questions Tuesday afternoon. . The British plan, presented by Sir Cecil Hurst, provided for modi fication of several articles of the covenant so as to stop every possi ble gap where war might enter. It did not touch famous article 10 which Sir Cecil said was regarded as many of the weaker countries as a bulwark for their security. Cecil expressed hope that the British proposal might be put Into effect at once and changes in the covenant recorded during the pres ent assemly. Marian Com Jo presented Peru's plan which called for the appoint ment of a committee to study the question of embodying the Kellogg pact in the covenant. He said, How ever, that he would be glad to ac cept the Bi.tlsh plan If the latter could get results more quickly. SMOKE DELAYS PLANE SERVICE Portland. Ore. WV-Unprecedent ed smoke density over western Ore gon and Washington, caused by large forest fires In the two states, handicapped air mall and passenger service planes operating into Port land. The Pacific air transport plane from San Francisco to Portland, flying the north mall, was one-half hour late. The Varney plane flying from Portland to Seattle with the same mall, was delayed on that ac count and anticipated further de- lav on the northward trip. The morning air mail plane from Portland to the east did not leave the field here on account of the unusually heavy smoke. West coast air transport, oper ating passenger and express service from Portland to Ban Francisco, and the Mamer lines, extending the same service from Portland to Spo kane, did not take their planes off the ground this morning. BOMB TOSSED AT CAR WRECKS HOME New Orleans, La., (LP) Dynamite hurled at a strike-breaker-manned car, missed Its mark but shattered house windows and sent occupants Into the street in panic. The ex plosion was the latest episode in the violence-marked car men's strike here. The dynamite package was tos sed from an automobile. It missed the street car by several feet and exploded as It struck a gate. Olavi showered down from scores of windows, and brought hundreds Into the street. Police were without an Imme diate clue to the dynamiters. voting against the city bridge LITTLE DAMAGE DONE BY BLAZE ON BUTTE CREEK The fire hazard In the Butte creek district appeared considerably les sened Monday night with the dying down of the flames which have been sweeping through an old burn on the north wall of the canyon for several days. Although a blase, several acres In extent was raging late Monday night, the outlook for the safety of several ranch build-, lngs on Crooked Finger ridge was enhanced with the failure of the Games to cross to the south side of the Butte creek canyon. Unless a strong east wind developes, it Is the belief o freslde'nts of the dis trict that the fire will do little further damage. The blaze which was burning on the north slope of the Ablqua val ley 8unday, continued unchecked. It was being closely watched and should it threaten seriously the stand -of - Ri ecu' timber rower down the valley,- an effort win be made to place it under control. ROUNDUP OPENS WEDNESDAY AT PENDLETON Pendleton, Ore. (Pi All decked out In rodeo attire, Pendleton was Tuesday awaiting the opening gun which will send . the 20th annual Pendleton Round-up on Its way Into history. The four-day show, the greatest western pageant of the ro deo world, will start Wednesday. More than 1600 Indians were en camped In a teepee village on the picturesque Umatflla river at the site of the Roundup arena. They have prominent parts in the pa geant. ' Headed by Bob Crosby, world's premier cowhand, Mabel and Hugh Strickland, famous ropers and rid ers, a long string of bulldoggers, buckers, relay riders and ropers swarmed Into Pendleton over the week end to register for their favor ite events In the arena. Fifty-five Texas steers were lurk ing In the corrals anxious to have It out with the world champions In the roping and bulldogging contests. The signal attraction of the open ing day will be the dedication of the Til Taylor memorial statute which Is a beautiful work by Phlmlster Proctor depicting the great Uma tilla sheriff who died some years ago In a Jail delivery here. Hundreds of law officers of the northwest will be In attendance at the dedication speech by Governor ratierson. LEACH APPOINTED Portland, Ore. VFh-L. s. Leach deputy state dairy and food com missioner under J. D. Mlckle, Tues day was appointed to fill the va cancy of milk Inspector and head of the milk division of the city left by the resignation of Dr. D. W. Mack, Portland's first Inspector. Mack resigned Monday. Fall Opening to be Biggest Feature of Year for Merchants way, r. -noronnriln fourth annual fall opening sponsored by the Salem Ad dub promises to be one of the biggest features of its kind ever offered to residents of the Salem trading district. Eignty- nlne of the leading retailers nave already signed to participate In the opening scheduled lor inumaar night. Blanked windows will prevail all day Thursday with the barriers to be removed simultaneously a 7:30 o'clock when the choicest of mer chandise will be revealed. Kxtra clforts are being put forth this year to have the displays as at niiivnnp AUVtltttULI SAVES TO Danger Averted by Back- Firing , at-Estacada. Yacolt Outskirts Burn Stevenson Threatened as Flames Destroy Lum ber Mills and Ranches Stevenson. Wash.. (A Thla cltv of too inhabitants waa thrown into anxiety Tuesday afternoon as a forest fire swept down from Dole mountain and approached to with . In three-fourths of a mile of toe city. Two lumber mills were de stroyed by fire near here Monday. Of twelve houses In the Dole area, only two remained unburned. Portland, Ore. (1 Imminent danger of the spread of Oregon and Washington forest fires Into Bstaea- da, Ore., and Yacolt, Wash, both Imperiled Monday, was minimised Tuesday aa hundreds of men sue- flamea and were aided by adverse (nil. While troops from Vancouver bar racks were held in readiness to -fight the fire should It spread to -the Columbia forest. United States district forestry officials here were -confident the situation in the two states waa well In hand. Fire was resorted bumlna on the . dutsktrta 6t Yacolt Tuesday morning and tevar outtylrif houses had been consumed. The Northern Pa cific railroad held an engine and flat cars in readiness In Vaeolt in the event a general exodus became necessary. The publicly owned elec tric light plant was destroyed by fire late Monday, and logging activities In the Larch mountain district were paralysed. Other than the death of Joe Roe Monday, there have been no fatalatlee. Back ftres had created such a (an between the main fire and Estaeada, (Concluded on page 8, column 3) HOOVER PLANS VISIT TO TEXAS HMD HIIU7OT .. f uiu iiiiiy iilu i Washington W President Hoov er Is preparing to make one four day trip into the middle west next month and may follow It shortly afterward. If the congressional situ ation permits, with a visit to Texas. His middle western trip, as ten tatively arranged, will take him to Detroit, Cincinnati and Louisville. Leaving Washlgton October 20, he plans to arrive at Detroit In time to attend the dedication of the Edison laboratory at the nearby Ford plant the next day, and then go to Cincinnati for the opening of the new Ohio river waterway pro ject October 22. After the Cincinnati celebration, his tentative itinerary calls for a trip aboard a river steamer through a number of the new Ohio river locks to Louisville. He would speak In all three cities, the address at Louisville being made aboard the steamer upon its arrival and broad- case over a nauun-wiae auuK-up. Plans for the Texas trip have not reached such a definite point, being dependent upon adjournment of congress late In October or early In November. The president la still hopeful, however, that he will be able to attend the Gadsden Pur chase celebration at El Paso and visit Dalla linn In the cltv represented the - tractive as possible and to show the latest In every line. Hundreds of dollars of goods will be given as prises for the annual treasure hunt, but the winners must present their tickets corrrsnondlni In numbers to those displayed on the merchandise within three days, in addition three M gold pleces wlll -(Concluded" on page i, column 1)