A GaiDital-AJonrESil I CIRCULATION Ditty average distribution for Hit month ending August il, 1929 10,153 Average dally net paid 9,778 Member Audit Bumu ol Circulation! CLOUDY tonight and Saturday, probably HM rains. Moderate northwest to west winds. Local: max. 7fl; mfn. 53; rata : river -J feet; partly cloudy; no wind.' 42nd YEAR, No. 225 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2u, "q,7 Q - PRICE THKEE CENTS Vf,VlS,iS!t 1? ii "Wiwrjr : am am m EE AT JV boy drowned iii mill race i;earpriso:i Everett Miller, 6-Year-Old Son of Guard, Vic tim of Stream Hours of Dragging Fail - To Recover Body; Par ents Prostrated Little Everett Elmer Miller, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Miller, 264 South 25th street, was drowned when he fell In the swirl ing waters of Mill creek about 100 yards above the 25th street bridge at 10 o'clock Friday morning. More than three hours of Inten sive searching by Walter Gerth, West Salem grappler, members of the city tire department and a crew of volunteer workers had failed to locate the body up to 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon. The little boy and two smaller children had been playing along the bank of the creek. Everett had been (Concluded on page 13. cdrum n 4) TRIAL DATE FOR GOVERNOR SET FOR OCTOBER 2 Frankfort, Ky. (LP) Circuit Judge Ben O. Williams Friday set October S as date for the trial of Governor Flem D. Sampson and seven mem bers of the state-text book commis sion, on Indictments charging un lawful acceptance of gifts from text book publishing companies. Gover nor Sampson Is ex-offlclo chairman of the commission. Governor Sampson and the coin mission members appeared before Judge Williams accompanied by their attorneys. Immediate trial was demanded and each was released under $250 bond. The governor, in a statement coincident with his ar raignment, branded the indictments as "the work of political foes." The Indictments, returned late Thursday resulted from three weeks Investigation of activities of the commission which has fought battle after battle since Governor Samp ton sponsored the state's free text book law. The specific charge is that Samp son and seven of the 10 members of the commission -unlawfully, wll fully and knowingly accepted gifts from various book publishing con cerns, contrary to state statutes, which were seeking to have text . books published by them adopted for use in the Kentucky public schools. Sampson Is the first Kentucky governor Indicted in more than a century since 1824 when .Joseph Desha was indicted for pardoning his son who was convicted of mur der. After issuing the pardon De sha resigned. SUNDAR STRAIT VOLCANO ACTIVE Batavia, Java OP) Krakatoa, the Island volcano In Sundar strait, between the Islands of Java and Su matra, Is affair, active. Earthquakes anooa me island mursaay ana erup tions followed, flames and smoke rising 800 feet from the crater. Krakatoa has been mildly active In recent years but It Is noted for the eruption of 1883, one of the most stupendous ever recorded. It was estimated stones and ashes shot Into the air to a height of 17 miles. The sky was darkened at Batavia, and volcanic dust was carried over a large part of the world's surface, The actual sound of the volcanic ex plosions were heard nearly 3000 miles away and sea waves created by the eruptions traveled to the far corners of the globe. More than SO, 000 persons perished In the disaster. BECKY ROGERS JURY STILL DEADLOCKED .New Braunfels, Tex. OPtA note as sent to udg Watson by the Jury In the Rebecca Bradley Rogers caw here lata Friday, telling the jurist It was hopelessly deadlocked and arklng to be discharged. The Judge's answer was the jury must continue to deliberate. Good Evening! DON VPJOHN OFFERS' Sips for Supper A party was telling us that the mind could control the body and all that was necessary was to just think hard enough and one could accom plish what one wished. Hereafter on Saturday night we figure we'll Just think we had a bath and save all that trouble. Just why the city council year alter year allows these gypsies to come in here, cross palms and get away with what they do get away with for a matter of $5 a day la be yond the reach of a lot of citizens. The word "gip" we opine comes from gypsy, and if It didn't it should have. A good move toward a bigger and better Salem would be to repeal these license ordinances permitting this stuff to go on and shoo them out of town as fast as they show up. No doubt the gypsy has as much right to live as anybody, but let them live off someone else. Exciting News on the A. P. N. Y., Sept. 18 m District attor ne Frank H. Coy-. 8 CPSNJXLQI ERATELYB'f SCXNKKCI -534 !3)).& L34 ? - ?)92 49. L8 0859) BUTT. Peacox admits killing his wife and setting fire to her body but asserts the killing was done with the pistol and was nobxtated,-!--Cynjvythfot punishable by the first degree mur der penalty of D Toit. The foregoing dispatch came over the Associated Press "printer." It shows just how far folks will go to commit some new kind of a crime these days. Buck Button says if the chief of police Is after his job It's aU right But, he adds, the police chief would have to have Frank Elliott on the lire committee to make him work. COASTGUARD FIRES 650 SHOTS AT RUM BOAT Rochester, N. 7. (LP) Several hun dred shots were exchanged between an armored rum runner and a coast guard patrol boat on Lake Ontario Friday, 30 miles east of Rochester Port, reports to Rochester, said. Every available coast guard craft at this end of the lake was dispatch. ed to search for the rum runner In the belief It may have been crippled. Picket boat 2330, under command of Mate Howard Vesey and carry- lng a crew of three, put Into port nere bullet scarred, out of ammu nition and low on fuel. The Picket was nearlng the end of her patrol before dawn Friday, Vesey reported wnen she came upon the rum run ner just off shore near Pultneyvllle, N. Y, - Commands to heave to were Ig nored and the coast guard craft op- enea lire witn ner lore mam gun. The rum runner, a 50 foot cabin cruiser attempted to flee and Vesey followed, pouring round alter round into the hull of the pursued boat Pressed too close, the rum runner returned the fire and approximately 60 shots, presumably from rifles or revolvers, raked the coast guard ves sel which after tiring 660 shots, abandoned the chase and returned to Rochester. POWER TRUST TO SELL BOSTON HERALD Boston, Mass. (lp The Interna tional Paper and Power company has arranged to sell its interest in the Boston Publishing company, which publishes the Boston Herald Traveler, to an unnamed group for $7,000,000, It was learned at the paper company's offices Friday. Body Of Eccentric California Woman Discovered In Hills Suisun. Calif. (UP) The range lands of Solano county have surrendered the body of Irene Wolfskill, eccentric self-styled "empress of the world", and an investigation, with murder a possibility, was under way Friday. The body of the 67 year old spinster heiress of a famous California family was found Thurs-T day night by Bernold Olashoff, II. a rancher's son and the mystery of her strange disappearance July 14 was solved in part. The manner of SENATE PROBE SHIPBUILDING LOBBYBEGIIIS Scofje Broadened to In clude Activities for the Past Five Years Shearer Denied Request For Speeding Hearing. Bardo First Witness By Paul R. Mallon Washington (LP) The Investiga tion into lobbying activities of ship building companies was broadened Friday beyond alleged activities at the 1927 Geneva conference to in clude all lobbying activities of ship building companies for the last five years. The senate naval sub-committee decided to broaden the Investigation at the suggestion of Senator Allen, republican, Kansas, a member who is generally regarded as represent ing President Hoover in the investi gation into lobbying activities of (Concluaed on page 4. column 5) EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROY BAKERY PLANT Portland, &) A mysterious ex plosion, followed by fire, destroyed the Allison bakery Friday, caused injuries to John Hollenbeck, owner- operator, and brought police and detectives to the spot to start an investigation. Hollenback was taken to a hos pital suffering burns about the face, arms and feet, received when he endeavored to jump through the window Into the burning business establishment while he was clad in pajamas. Force of the explosion wrecked the interior and blew glass across the street Damage was not esti mated. - A garageman, police said, told them he saw a man run from the place just before the explosion, but did not know whether he was flee ing for his life, fleeing from the scene of his own act, or running to turn In a fire alarm. Hollenbeck, clad In night attire, arrived just as the fire department drew up. He attempted to leap through a window but was halted by firemen. A patrolman said he was forced to drag Hollenbeck across the street, throw him to the pavement and hold him. Hollen beck explained he wanted to get into the store to recover 9700 in cash. CHINESE HURT IN MANILA RIOT Manila UP) Eight persons. Includ ing two American, one Filipino cus toms Inspectors and five Chinese, were Injured in a riot that began her when Chinese of the crew of the British steamer Tascalusa tried to fight their way ashore. Swarming over the side of the vessel, the Chinese attacked the customs Inspectors with knives and clubs. The riot was quelled when two companies of military police and civilian police reserves were called Into action. None of the eight persons was seriously Injured The trouble started when the Chinese decided to show their re- sentment against an order prevent ing them from landing. sun baked hills and gullied her death, however, remained to pussle authorities. For years the spinster was a fConrludw on nw 1 entutnn . GIRL RUNS A WAYMM DODGES Seeking Adventures ER inn - KM ens K SB FOR STORY BOOKS Los Angeles (AP) Los said Friday that 15 year old Barbara Newhall Follett, held in San Francisco, ran away from her home here and her de tention was requested by friends. The authorities said the girl would be returned here and re-' leased to custody of "responsible parties. 8an Francisco tPl A 15 year old girl who said she was Barbara New hall Follett, child novelist of New Haven, Conn., and daughter of Wil son Follett. a writer, was being held in custody here at the request of juvenile authorities in Los Angeles. The girl, who was well dressea and seemingly well supplied with money, attempted to leap from a window in a downtown hotel when detectives called for her. She was registered as "K. Andres." Warren H. Prescott, Los Angeles probation officer, declined to ex plain why the girl had been de tained. She at first professed ignor ance as to the cause of her being taken Into custody and declined to discuss her identity. At the Juvenile detention home the girl said she and her mother left home a year ago to travel to the Pacific coast by way of the West Indies and the Panama canal. She said her mother now was in Hono lulu and that she had written to her about her "plight." The girl refused to discuss her detention because of a desire "not (Concluded on page 13. oolumn 8) GOLD STAR WAR MOTHER GIVEN CROSS FOR SON Omaha, Neb. UP) A gold star war mother, who last saw her boy alive when he was 8 years old, Friday has a token of his bravery the distinguished .service cross. She is Mrs. Viola Netherton of Dumfries, Iowa. Her son was private Albert P. Cleary who was killed in France In July, 1918. Thursday she timidly walked into Seventh army corps headquarters here, sought out an officer and an nounced, "I came after that medal my boy won." The announcement took army of ficers by surprise. They had plan ned to present the medal with due military pomp, and had sent a let ter to Mrs. Netherton, asking her when she could appear for a formal military presentation. A clerk ushered the gold star mother Into the office of Major General Johnson Hagood, command er of the seventh army corps, and while business continued as though nothing unusual was happening, the general made the presentation. The citation related that Private Albert F. Cleary of the 117th head quarters and military police; forty second division did patrol duty at 8 t. Hilaire-au-Temple on July 21, 1918. keeping troops under cover during an aerial bombardment until he was killed by fragments of an exploding bomb. YOUTH ROBBED i $512,000TAKEN New York mKa IS year old broker's messenger who disappeared Friday with over a half million dol lars In securities pnonea nis onice late Friday afternoon that he was In Brooklyn where be had been taken by two men who had kidnaped him and robbed him of the securities. New York 0P R. V. Hlscoe and company, brokers, at 111 Broadway, notified police Friday that one of their messengers had disappeared with securities valued at 1512,000. Police said the messenger, Milton Alter, was sent to the bank with a check for S4O0.0O0 to get the secur ities. He was to wait for other clerks to escort him back to the office. When his escort arrived Alter al ready had obtained the securities, police said, and disappeared. He was still missing two hours later. SCAN LIMBER PROFITS Washington W The Income tax returns of more than 100 lumber companiee In the state of Wash ington were requested Friday of the treasury department by Chair man Smoot of the senate finance committee on the suggestion of the Washington congressional delegation Angeles probation authorities 2 ATTEMPTS AT RORDERY STIR UP JEFFERSON Jefferson Two attempted rob beries and an auto accident furnish ed much excitement In the town of Jefferson late Thursday night and early Friday morning. The watch fulness ol E. Ij. Barnes, proprietor of the Jefferson pool hall, and of W. R. Ballard, manager of the As sociated Store here, twice saved the pool ball from being broken Into during the night. Shortly after midnight Barnes and Ballard saw three young men prowling around the rear of the pool hall. They chased them off but failed to identify them. About that time a truck pulled in and deposited at the office of Dr. J. O. Van Win kle, across the street from the pool hall and Associated stores, Ernest Hoecker, employee of the MacMarr store in Salem, who was found on the side of the road two miles north by-the truck driver, In a wrecked ear. Bames and Ballard were called In to help Dr. Winkle with the in jured Hoecker. Ballard returned to the rear of the pool hall just In time to see the same three young men pick up an axe and start break ing In the pool hall door. He had been carrying a gun since the first attempted robbery was discovered. He fired several shots In the air. badly frightening the marauders who ran toward the river bank and disappeared in the brush. No further trace of them has been found. Five boys who have traveling about town In an old car for several days are suspected of Imollcation in tne airatr. They were not seen aaturaay. Hoecker's Injuries consisted most ly of cuts and bruises and he was Drought back to Salem early Sat urday morning by Oswald Pender graft of Jefferson. BILLY SUNDAY'S SON DIVORCED Los Angeles (Pi A year of mar- ried life for Mr. and Mrs. William Ashley Sunday has ended. Julia Mae Sunday was granted a divorce from the evangelist's son Friday In superior court. Mrs. Sunday testified her hus band's interest in her began to cool six months ago. They separated last June 10, she said, after they had invited guests to their beach home and Sunday at the last minute tele- phoned her he would not attend the party. "He refused to give reasons for leaving me at parties.' Mrs. Sunday said, "or for coming home late. I assea nun ir ne was interested in another woman, and he said he was. I never knew who she was." The couple were married In Yuma. Arts., April 23, 192S. Sunday did not contest the suit. A property set tlement, the terms of which were not revealed, attorneys said had been made out of court. RUMERS OF GAME SEASON OPENING Perslsten treporta circulated about the itate house and the streets of Salem Friday that Oovernor Pat terson is to rescind his proclama tion closing the hunting season, and declare the season open effective either Saturday or Sunday morning to allow hunters the advantage of the week-end were met with the announcement from the executive officers that "the proclamation is still In force." Governor Patter on Is In Pendle ton attending the round-up. F A. Elliott, state forester, an nounced that the proclamation is still tn force "and will remain In force until we have a general soak ing rain to remove the fire hazard over the state." Elliott said the light rains report ed from some parts of the state were not sufflrirnt to justify lift ins the ban uocn huntlnc. STORMS ALONG CUB All COAST Accompanied by Wife, Famuos Flier Starts For South America Inaugurates 7000 Mile Air Mail and Passen ger Service 'Camaguey, Cuba (IP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, enroute with his party to Santiago De Cuba on an Inaugural mall plane tour to Dutch Guinea, landed here from Havana at 3:29 p. m. Friday. Havana' AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh started on the second leg of his Panama tour Friday when his big plane leit at 12:17 p. m. for Camaguey. He had reached here a little more than an hour previously from Miami. A rainstorm was gathering -as the plane started down the north coast of Cuba. There were occasional squalls and the air currents were bumpy. Jose Miguel Tarafa. son of the Cuban sugar magnate, was on the plane as a paying passenger to Ca maguey, replacing Glenn Curtiss, who left the plane here. utter the weather grew worse and Lindbergh was reported dodging (Concluded on page 14. column 1) ARTIST KILLED IN DOORWAY BY UNKNOWN THUG Philadelphia (P) Frank Reed Whiteside, 63, a landscape artist of note, was slain by a mysterious gunman Thursday night as he an swered the doorbell of his qualpt old two-story home in Waverly street. He was shot through the heart, dying almost instantly. The bullet which ended his life was found lodged In the door Jam In the vestibule. . Robbery was given by the police as a possible motive for the shoot ing. The artist's pockets were found turned Inside out. His gold watch and chain, however, had not been taken from his pocket. Women neighbors who heard the shot and found Whiteside's body clumped across the doorway, told police they had seen a shabbily- clad youth run down the quiet, tree lined residential street In the heart of the city moment after the shooting. Mr. Whiteside, who was treasurer of the Fellowship of the Pennsyl vania Academy of the Fine Arts, an instructor and author, wax alone in his home. His wife, who Is con valescing from recent Illness, and his daughter, with whom he had spent the summer at Oguhguist, Maine, were expected home In a few days. The aged artist had attended a dinner of the Sketch club Thursday night and apparently had been reading after returning to his home, for an open book was found on the arm or a chair under a reading lamp In his living rom. Nothing had been disturbed in the home. LEAGUE OF NATIONS AIRDOME PLANNED Geneva (LP The preparatory dis armament commission of the league of nations took the first step to- wards creation of an international air fleet Friday when it instructed M. Cassln, the French delegate to prepare proposals and a report on the subject for the next league of nations assembly. Cassln was requested to Include In his proposals recommendations for location of league of nations air drome aUGeneva. It was understood an expert committee of civilian av iators will be formed to advise and cooperate with him. LAKE FISH KILLED Albany, Ore. (JPt Big lake fish In the 8antlam national forest, near Sand mountain, are dying by hund reds, according to Stewart Ralston, forest lookout on the mountain. The malady apparently Is the same that destroyed thousands of fish in Suttle and Elk lakes. C. C. Halls, forest supervisor, said he believed a poisonous fungus was responsible rather than worms. Requests Divorce Because Hubby Matched Pennies Kebe, Wash (IP) Alleging that her hasamnJ refweed to lei ber attend eh arch ami that the enly time be aeeeav pealed her to church he matched pennies with another woman sitting a pew behind them, hamlliaUng her, Es ther L. Pollen Tuesday had filed salt for divorce from William C. Fallen. They were married April Z7, 1929. at Vancouver. Wash. BROWN PLANS REDUCTION OF POSTAL LOSSES Sacramento, Cal. (IP) Postmaster General Walter- F. Brown, addres sing the convention of the national association of postmasters here Fri day said the principal object of his first year In office is to formu late for presentation to congress plans for the reduction of deficits in his department. This Is the first occasion since he took office on March 5, 1929, that the postmaster general has publicly expressed himself on needs and the policies of his department. The postmaster general said mat every executive appointment in the department has been filled with technically trained men able to work out. solutions expected to be established through congressional legislation. "As a prerequisite to an attack upon the postal deficit,'' Brokn told the 700 assembled poscmasters, "an important change In keeping the department accounts was Inaugu rated with the beginning of tne fiscal year. "Heretofore the expenditures of the department for all of the ser vices it performs had been charg ed to expense of postal service. The department renders a large volume of postal service for which It re ceived no compensation, and fur thermore It performs Important and costly services which are essentially 'non-postal'." The welfare of postal workers Is being given proper attention and working conditions are being im proved wherever possible, Brown declared. OREGON FIRES UNDER CONTOL Portland OrV-Optlmlstic reports were received by forestry officials here Friday from fire fronts regard ing the northwest forest fire situa tion. Practically all fires in the western portion of the northwest were about under control or entirely "mopped-up," forestry officials re ported. High humidity and low tempera tures, with a trace of rain In var ious sections, aided forest fire fight ers in clearing up the situation. Astoria, ore. U Showers of rain during the whole of Thursday night and more showers Friday morning brought an end to a dry spell of 17 days that climaxed Clatsop county's driest summer In years. The rainfall put an end to the for est fire menace that has threatened the county for weeks and which caused all logging camps to close down some time ago. Crews of the Crown-Willamette camp who have been battling a fire on upper Youngs river for days were particularly grateful for the rain. 26 PERISH IN TYPHOON Manila WV-The Philippine exec utive bureau reported that 26 per sons had perished in the typhoon which struck the southern part of Luzon last Tuesday and Wednesday. The casuauties referred to were on the islands of Sataduanes and Rap- urapu in Albay province. Health Nurse's Trail Real Revelation To Writer For Journal By ROSALIA KEBEU ThA next timfi vnu feel that all the bad luck In the world fnllnw one of the county's rural health nurses around just one day and you will decide that,you are one of God' chosen children. ........ The next time you think lust a little more than your snares of sickness In the last year or so. follow one of the county's rural health nurses on a day's trip, and vou will find that you and your FLEES TRAP 170 PATRO.iS HELPERS Fire Roars Thru Single Exit and Windows Are Found Sealed Up Rescuers Find Dead and Injured Piled in Heaps In Death Trap Detroit UPh-The death list in tha fire that early swept through tha Study Club, a cabaret In Bast Ven- or highway, was Increased to 17 shortly before noon with the death of an unidentifed woman la re ceiving hospital. The latest victim wore a ring bearing the Initials "L. J. K. Detroit m Sixteen persons lost their lives and more than SO others were in hospitals with injuries suf fered in a fire which destroyed the Study club, a night club on the edge of the downtown theater district, early Friday morning. one hundred and thirty patrons and 40 employes, Including enter tainers, were In the night club when names broke through the wall at the first floor ' and swept up the main stairway, cutting off the only means of egress. Patrolman James MoQuire, who discovered the blase, ran to a nearby 'Concluded on page 7. column 1) STATES HOOVER TO KEEP HANDS OFF TARIFF BILL Washington UPr-Senator Watson of Indiana, the republican leader, said in the senate Friday that Pres ident Hoover would take no part 111 taritf making so long as the new biU was In its legislative stage. He asserted he would use his in fluence to keep Mr. Hoover out of the tariff controversy, adding the president previously had stated he would not Interfere with legislation pending In congress. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, interrupted to say he was glad to hear Watson's statement because "You were quoted by the newspapers as having said over the radio that the president would sign the tariff bill." "I never made such a statement, he replied. There had been altogether too much confusion, he added, over the house bill and the measure as It was reported by the senate finance coo. mittee. HURL FIRECRACKERS IN THE ACADEMY "Friday and Saturday only, art your frlelnds out of purgatory, any 3 for $1," and "Special today, sins forgiven, $&", written In black paint on cardboard, were the slims found by attendants tacked to the door of St. Joseph's Catholic church Thurs day evening. Shortly before the signs were found two atones, to one of which a firecracker was attached, were hurled through a window of the Sacred Heart academy. The cracker exploded against the chapel whil an explosion Immediately aft erward on the outside was probably caused by a second firecracker, ac cording to the police who investi gated the matter. Church officials have no Idea who was responsible for the act, but ex press an opinion that It waa the work of boys. you and your lamiiy nave nan brood have, by some miracle, es caped many dreadful thins. The next time you think, m your trrncludi on Uri 12. Oolum ifc