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rains. Moderate northwest to west
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42nd YEAR, No. 225
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2u, "q,7 Q -
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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
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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
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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
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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