Capital journal., September 21, 1929, Page 1, Image 1

DIFFERENT"
CIRCULATION
Daily avenge distribution for the
month ending Auguit II. 1929
10,153
Avenge dally net paid 9.771
Wember Audit Bumu ol Circulations
42nd YEAR, No. 226
PROMISED AT
ANNUAL SHOW
Entertainment Features
More Numerous and of
Greater Variety
Visitors To Be Admitted
Sunday But Formal
Opening Monday
By STEPHEN A STONE
It is customary, when writing d
Tance publicity about the Oregon
state fair, to say that "It's going to
be bigger and better than ever be
fore." Of course no one who said
that has ever fibbed. And, of course
It Is lust as true this year as ever.
But this newspaper isn't going to
fall back on that trite and bewhis-
kered remark. There are other
things to say about the fair things
that, are more specific, more in.
trlgueing.
Some way, if one goes out to the
fair grounds and saunters around
a bit. he notices that the approach
to the big show is different this
year. Office attaches and exhibitors
who have arrived ahead of time
have different looks on their faces.
It may be the new grandstand; it
nay be the fact that more horses
will be on the race track than at
any time since 1914; it may be that
(Concluded on page 12. column 1)
BRITISH DROP
LIMITATION OF
ARMY RESERVES
Geneva, (AV-Lord Robert Cecil
Saturday withdrew the British
disarmament resolution regarding
trained army reserves' which had
stirred league of nations debates
this week and accepted a compro
mise proposal which he declared
accomplished the purpose of the
British government.
Lord Cecil's pressure In the gen
eral scheme of disarmament has
antagonized the French press and
public and developed criticism to
the disarmament movement inaug
urated by the United States and
Great Britain. Lord Cecil slated
the compromise proposal which was
acceptable to him leaves the door
open for resuming discussion of
limitation of trained reserves at the
proper time.
Lord Cecil said he thought he
might win If he pressed the Bri
tish resolution to a vote but be
lieved that a decision by a narrow
manrin either wav would have an
unfortunate effect on the cause of
disarmament. He said that In any
ease he had made quite clear Great
Britain s -position and that ureal
Britain's ri;ht to present the sub
ject again was secure.
LINDY LANDS AT
SAN JUAN, P. R.
juan. Porto Rico Wl-Pan.
American radio to Miami) Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh landed at the
Pan-American field here at 3:31
Saturday afternoon, completing his
voyage from Santo uomingo.
With his usual skill, the colonel
took the plane across from Santo
Domingo to San Juan In 33 minutes
less than the scheduled living time
He was not due here until 4 pjn.,
but at 3:29 pm. his plane loomed
out of the sky and dropped down to
Its landing.
HARRY SINCLAIR
DENIED PARDON
Washington WV-President Hoover
will not commute the sentence of
Harry T. Sinclair or Henry Mason
Day, who are serving terms in the
District of Columbia Jail for con
tempt of court arising from the sha
dowing of the Pall-Sinclair jury.
This was announced Saturday at
the White House where It was said
Mr. Hoover would follow the rec
ommendation of Attorney General
Mitchell that the chief executive
not Interfere.
CaBitaiaJi!if
o)
Good Evening!
DON UPJOHN
. OFFERS
Sips for Supper
The streets will be so quiet now
All gone the noise and din;
No sound of bumps or rattles.
Nor clink of jingling tin;
No thumping to disturb us.
To make us fume and cuss,
Since the city stage lines
Have bought the Highland bus.
We bet our friend Mr. Scb.ee
lar has hardly slept a wink
since he heard the old bus Is
to pass out' of the picture. We
can just see him waiting la the
'early morning hours at the
stage line offices with a ten
dollar bill In his band.
EGGS AND TOMATOES. MAYBE
Col. Baldwin in a tall silk hat
and frock coat paraded the street
until he had to take refuse from
the accusing crowd- who Just knew
that he was 'the Dr. JekyU'." Item
in Statesman.
SURE WE DO HERE'S PROOF
"We noticed that even Sips
reads the Salem Lion. Wont!- If
he reads this column too?" .'Tom
column, in Salem Lion,
vh nnrvalllH niuMtt-Tlmes re-
says Don Upjohn, 'Is a peanut in
spector. Wily, vvu. nujpi MMO
Momm nMrii i fewer twanut In
spectors than we have now." Quite
true, ciauae. Ana as most oi me
peanut Inspectors come from the
state college we are glad to have
this home town confirmation of
their status.
An eastern savant Issues the
warning that handshaking is peril'
ous and spreads deadly disease
germs. But, whoever heard of a
perennial politician dying, or even
getting sick?
W were Informed over the
phone yesterday that Frank
Minlo has recently purchased a
new 11700 Buick. What, Frank,
cashing in on that $5000 Judg
ment already?
We notice, as usual, the school
board starts off school along with
state fair so the kiddles are cheat
ed out of a good share of fair
week, and the fair cheated out of
a good share of their patronage.
Anyway, she's going to be a great
fair. With Ella Wilson still at the
helm we'll bet on it
FORESTS CLOSED
UNTIL IT RAINS
Portland P C. M. Granger, dis
trict forester, Saturday issued I
statement declaring the fire situa
tion In national forests of Oregon
and Washington was such that it Is
impossible at this time to rescind
the order closing the national for
ests in the two states.
Granger said the situation Is still
hazardous and that thousands of
men remain, on the fire lines In
both state. A" general, heavy rain
must come before the closure will
be revoked, he said.
Although light showers have fal
len in portions of Oregon and
Washington, the district forester
said the danger from fires is stMl
"very great." A half day of east
wind would totally reverse the
slightly Improved situation result
ing from the dampness, he said.
Granger pointed out that this
month has been the dryest Septem
ber since 1904 and that the most
serious forest fires in the history of
the west have occurred during Sep
tember. AUTO CRASH FATAL
Coqullle, Ore. (U Ray Wilson,
20, Coqullle, died Friday as result
of Injuries received in an automo
bile accident.
1859 County Records
Show State Tax Levy
Only 2 Mills Less
Rummaging among the old
courthouse garret in search of
for his work, County Treasurer
surer's ledger df 1858 which was started off by J. H. Moores,
then treasurer.
'"n. This old book shows that
valuation of 2. 892. 684 with a state
tax levy of five and one-naif mills,
while a school tax of two mills col
lected $7,785.3 In taxes. The state
tax amounted to $15400.7$ and the
county tax to $14,463.42.
The state ly for the last tax roll
STATE FAIR AWAITS OPENING DAY
RELIEF FROM
SEVIER EVILS
l FAR DISTANT
Progress of Disposal
Plant System Held Up
By Other Work..
Forty Percent of Bond
Money Spent on Jobs
Outside Program.
When the city of Salem will be
enabled to complete its renovated
sewer system and hook it Into a
sewage disposal plant to eliminate
the river outlets and the stencn 01
which residents near the outlets an
nually complain during the warm
weather and low water seasons is
problematical, in view of the slow
process made towara tnat ena unoer
the 1500.000 bond Issue voted by
the people two years ago.
While no provisions were made
for construction of a disposal plant
from the proceeds of the bond is
sue it was generally understood
when the bonds were voted that
the money was to be used in de
signing and constructing a system
of sewers so correlated as to oe
readily hooked up with a disposal
plant at any time ana uius elimi
nate the river outlets.
Engineers were employed, a sys
tem designed for construction un
der the $800,000 program and work
put under way.
But aboutw per cent oi the pro
(Concluded on page 4. column 0)
BECKY ROGERS
WINS FREEDOM
AFTERJTRIALS
New Braunfels, Tex. (fly-The long
legal battle of Mrs. Rebecca Brad
ley - Rogers, former university of
Texas co-ed, to escape a prison
sentence In connection with the
$1,000 robbery of the Farmers Na
tional bank of Buda, Tex, In 1926,
has apparently ended successfully.
The young woman's fourth trial
came to a clo-e Friday night when
the Jury, unable to agree, was dis
charged. Shortly afterrd District
Attorney Fred Blundell indicated he
would not' prosecute her the fifth
time.
The Jury which had deliberated
two days stood nine to three for
acquittal on her Insanity plea on
all except the first two of the forty
ballots taken. The vote on the
first and second, ballots were eight
to four for acquittal.
Otis Rogers, husband and chief
counsel of the young woman, said
he would take her to their home In
Fort Worth and place her under
the care of a physician. The dis
trict attorney had called upon Rog
ers to place her in an asylum if he
still believed her unbalanced.
Rogers and his wife married sec.
retly while attending the University
of Texas together.
PROBE FARM BANKS
Washington (IP) A resolution to
authorize a senate investigation oi
the federal farm loan system and
alleged criminal negligence on the
part of certain land banks oinciais,
was introduced Saturday ny sena
tor Blease, democrat. South Caro
lina.
books and documents in the
some old blank ledger to use
Drager forked up the trea
in that year the county had a
In Marlon county amounted to only
seven and three-tenths mills. Indi
cating less than a two mill Increase
In the levy for the 71 years which
(concluded onpaaV 10, column )
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,
STATE FAIR
PROGRAM
10:30 .m. Arrival on Ortvon Stktc -Fair
(rounds of 21 community club
by auto caravan from Waiblniton
and Multnomah eountlea.
11:00 a.m. Band concert on lawn'
In front of administration bulldltv ,
far tha Hubbard Community band. Dr.
A. P. de'LcapinasMi director.
12:00 ov Free motion pictures,
allowing, activities of the community
clubs. In the boys' and (iris club
bouse.
1:30 pm. Band concert In new
grandstand by the Salem Municipal .
band. Oscar A. Steelhammer, . director.
3:00 p. m. Community slnstny.
''America", led by Dr. Poling, of Al
bany. 3:10 p m. Presentation of the new
SIM.000 grandstand and exhibits
(Concluded on page10. oolumn 6)
DEATH LIST IN
CABARET FIRE
MOUNTS TO 20
Detroit (PiThe death list in the
fire which early Friday swept the
Study club, popular Detroit cabaret
mounted to 20 Saturday with doubts
being expressed for the recovery of
13 of the 37 injured sun remaining
in hospitals.
One of the injured, Holland Lowe,
of Detroit died early Saturday.
Eight of the Injured have been dis
charged, while a majority of the
others are reported In a "tempor
arily serious condition."
Investigation of the fire Satur
day broadened to include four city
departments in its scope.
While Henry J. Garvin, a detec
tive Inspector, tentatively placed the
blame for the tragedy on the cloak
room girl who Is said to have opened
the front door when the flames were
first discovered on the first floor
of the club. County Prosecutor
James Chenot announced that his
office not only would seek to place
criminal responsibility for the fire
but would hold to account as well,
the authorities who permitted the
place to operate.
Departments which will be af
fected in view -of the prosecutor's
statement were the recreation de
partment, which granted the license
for dancing; the police department
which granted the restaurant li
cense; the building department
which approved a permit for remod
eling of the place when it was op
ened last year, and the fire com
mission which permitted the build
ing to open after lti Investigation
was supposed to have proved the
piace was saie.
RAIN NEEDED
TO CHECK FIRES
Portland. Ore., Py Major John
Guthrie, assistant United States
District Forester, who returned
from a survey of southern Oregon
forests Saturday said much rain
was needed before northwest woods
are free from the fire menace.
The La Dee, Dole mountain and
Stevenson, Wash., fire, although
still burning, are said to be well
under control.
Major Outhrle said the Beaver
creek fire, raging over 6000 to 8000
acres In the Umpqua national for
est Is now under control and rang
ers have discovered several new
fires which they laid to lncendar-
ism. A fire along Elk river In the
Siskiyou forest is giving fighters a
hard tussel. Major Outhrle said.
Opening the forests to deer hunt
ers depends on the amount of
I Hill, 1JC BUIU,
USE SCHOOLS FOR
RELIGIOUS CENSUS
Astoria, Or. UP) Circulation In
the public schools here of a ques
tionnaire, sponsored by the Astoria
ministerial union swum iniorma
tion as to religious affiliations of
students and parents, caused con-
stematon among parents Saturday.
Threats oi legal action to prevent
further distribution of the ques
tionnaires have been made by par
ents. It Is said.
Ministerial representatives said
the only reason the questionnaires
were distributed was to enable
churches to ascertain what homes
In Astoria have no religious connec
tions. The Astoria school board
sanctioned the distribution of the
cards but made no demand they be
filled out.
LIVE? WIRE FATAL
Portland, Ore. lf Oscar Roden
dahl. It, Portland, was electrocuted
here late Friday when he backed
Into a "live" wire at a Northwestern
Electric company power plant.
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RUSSIAN FLIERS
EFFECT LANDING
ALEUTIAN ISLE
Plane "Land of the Sov
iets" Crosses" Pacific
Via Behring Strait
Natives Frightened on
Arrival. Plan Early
Start for Sitka
Moscow (AfTho RusUin plane
"Land of the Soviets' was reported
by Qovict news agency Tass to have
landed early Saturday morning on
Attu island, the extreme west of
American territory in the Aleutian
Islands.
The agency reported that the
plane left Petropavlovsk, Kamchat
ka, en route to New York Friday
night and covered the 750 miles to
Attu island by way of Bering strait
at an average speed of 112 miles an
hour. A violent storm raged while
the flight was in progress.
The next stop planned is at Dutch
Karbor (Unalaska) whence the plane
(Concluded on page 10, column fl)
ENGLISH WITH
- CARGO OF RUM
SEIZED AT SEA
New" . London. Conn. The
British auxiliary schooner Vinces
was seized with a cargo or liquor or
an estimated value of $50,000 off
Montauk Point early Saturday. The
seizure was made by the coast guard
patrol boat C O. 290 in command
of Boatswain A. C. Cornell of this
city.
Seven men were aboard the seized
vessel. .
The- patrol boa through t the
schooner to the' coast guard base at
the state pier here and held the
crew under heavy guard pending
arrival of the customs authorities.
Deputy Collector Jeremiah Dillon
of the customs service, decided that
the boat was seized within New
York jurisdiction and that it would
probably have to be taken to New
York.
The cargo of alleged contraband Is
represented by about 1,000 cases of
assorted liquor. It was learned that
this apparently represented only
part of the original cargo aboard
the ship.
CAPONElSKS
FOR A PAROLE
Philadelphia, Pa. (U Al Capone.
Chicago gang chieftain, who pleaded
guilty In municipal court here on
May 17, last, to a charge or carry
ing concealed weapons, Saturday
petitioned udge Eugene C. Bonni
well to parole him. He Is serving
one year term In Eastern peniten
tiary. Judge John E. Walsh, who sen
tenced Capone, will hear the peti
tion on October 4.
Capone contends he was stop
ping for two hours In Philadelphia,
between trains while traveling from
Atlantic City, N. J., to Chicago,
when he was arrested at a theater.
Sentence followed.
The petition says the sentence
"has had a most salutary effect"
and Capone will leave the jurisdic
tion of the court for his home In
Chicago if the parole is granted.
A smtiar parole Is asked for
Frank Kline. C a pone's bodyguard.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
ABANDONS RED LINE
Portland, Ore. (IP) Abandonment
of the Southern Pacific's red elec
tric passenger line, operating be
tween here and Consuls, within the
next 30 days, was announced here
Saturday by Ben O. Dey, attorney,
and James A. Ormandy, assistant
traffic manager for the railroad.
The announcement said that rea
son for discontinuing service was
based on the fact that stages had
taken away a great deal of the busi
ness, making the line not profitable.
The Red Electric line has been In
existence since 1014.
Freight service will be continued
over the line.
1929
YOUTH CONFESSES
' ES9 KB KB -SB $551
Tool Of Others In
SB ' 5JM 659 $t 8K S3 SB
$512,000 ROBBERY
New York (AP) Milton
boy, Saturday confessed to the police that he had been the
tool of others in the theft Friday of $512,000 in negotiable
securities from his employers, R. V. Hiscoe company, brokers.
The boy, who had been
house at a salary of $15 a week,
said the robbery was directed bv 1
man known to him as Jack Rosen.
The lad said Rosen had stopped him
repeatedly on the street and urged
upon him the easy opportunity of ,
making money. The urging was re-1
pea ted Friday Deiore tne boy visitea
the Guaranty Trust company to re
deem with a $400,000 certified check
stocks and bonds worth $513,000
which had been deposited as col-;
lateral on a loan.
He said to me-be needed, money;
and that I should walk off with the
loan," the boy said, "and he then
told me that my father was to re
ceive $50,000 as my share. Then I
imauy consented."
The boy said he obtained the se
curities and during a long taxi sub
way-walking trip through Manhat
tan he delivered the securities to
Rosen, receiving from the man one
dollar and directions to go to the
Academy of Music in Brooklyn, sev
eral miles from the street corner
where they separated. Alter went
to Brooklyn and then leiepnonea
his employers, saying he had been
kidnaped.
In announcing the boy's confes
sion, Police Commissioner Orover A.
Whalen said he believed that Alter
had been Induced to leave a former
position several weeks ago and go
to work for the brokerage firm so
that he could hand over to those
who were using him, bonds and se
curities worth a fortune.
FIND BODY OF
DROWNED BOY
IN MILL CREEK
The body of Everett Elmer Miller.
6-year-old boy who was drowned
Friday afternoon In Mill creek near
25th street, was found at 6:30 o'
clock Saturday morning at 24th
street by H. V. Kuhn, a guard at
the state penitentiary. C. C. Miller,
father of the boy, and who lives
at 264 South 25th street, Is employ
ed t the prison.
Searchers for the body worked
all night. Kuhn him-elf worked
throughout the night. Among the
.searchers were many members of
the American Legion, of which Mr.
Miller Is a member.
The locating of the body might
have been even more difficult, had
It not been tor the fact that the
Oregon Pulp & Paper company shut
off the water from tne diversion
intake at Stayton. This caused
the water In the creek to drop far
enough that the search could be
made by wading. The body was
found In a pool just below where
the boy fell In.
Funeral services were held at 3 : jo
Saturday afternoon at the Rlgdon
mortuary and the body was taken
to The Dalles for interment.
WILLAMETTE YIELDS
SLAIN MAN'S BODY
Dni-iianil nr IJTA The hnrlv of
an unidentified man. bearing sever
al deep knife wounds, was taken
from the Willamette river here
Saturday bv harbor patrolmen and
gave police a mystery to soive m nen
the coroner pronounced It a case of
murder.
The man had been stabbed to
death. Knife wounds were found
in the abdomen and the left fore
arm was slashed. No money was
found In the clothing and police
advanced a motive of robbery.
The body appeared to be that of
a man about 35 years old, dressed
in a blue serge suit, tan shirt and
black shoes. The only clew to
identity was a key to an obscure
hotel on the waterfront.
Football Scores
Duquesne 14; Edlnsboro 0.
New York Olants 3;-MilIvl!le fj.
Clarkson : Alfred 0.
Rhode Island 19; Arnold 0.
Corvalils first quarter, O. A. C. 7;
Willamette 0.
PRICE THKEE
i
Alter, 18 year old messenger
employed by the brokerage
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IUAHU rUooto
SEEK SLAYER OF
11 YEAR GIRL
King Hill. Idano (-TVSearch for
the assailant oL 11 year old Marie
West, found slain in the deep Snake
river canyon near here Friday, Sat
urday had spread over southern Ida
ho. Her body, with the throat cut,
and showing signs ot an attack, was
lying in the shallow water of the
stream, held to the bottom by a rock
tied to her leg with wire.
With only one bare clue to aid
searchers for her assailant, officers
over the southern part of the state
have been asked to hold all suspects.
A man in striped overalls and wear
ing a macklnaw was reported by a
motorist as having been seen walk
ing eastward along the Oregon
Short Line railroad track near the
scene of the girl's murder at about
the time It is supposed to have been
committed Thursday.
An inquest into the death will be
held Saturday afternoon in Olenns
Ferry, where the body was taken.
The little girl had been adopted
by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Melsenzah),
less than a year ago. and when kill
ed was on her way to school in King
Hill, two mires from ner home. Ap
parently, she had scarcely got out
of sight of her foster mother when
the attack occurred. Officers con
ducting the investigation, said she
apparently was seized about 100 feet
from a willow patch near where the
body was found. She dropped her
lunch bucket and the food spilled
out along the right of way. The
bucket was found, the food hastily
crammed back into it, on an em
bankment above the railroad.
GIRL WHIPPERS
HELDJO JURY
Portland, Ore. P Rita Coleman
and Marjorie Stubbs, both 25, charg
ed with rioting in connection with
the horse-whipping of Mrs. Leonora
Jack, 20, on the edge of the city
September 14 were held to the grand
Jury Friday and Saturday were in
Jail pending final action.
The two women were bound over
when they appeared In municipal
court. The Coleman woman was im
mediately re-arrested on a charge
of vagrancy.
Mrs. Jack was tha only prosecu
tion witness She told of being lured
from her east side home the night
of the attack by a telephone call
purporting to be from a friend. The
Coleman woman Is said to have
weilded the tin-tipped quirt while
the Stubbs woman is said to have
kicked and pummeled the attractive
victim.
Both the Coleman and Stubbs
women have police records.
AIR MAIL KKKIJMKK
Portland. Ore. (LP Air mall ser
vice t othe east via Pasco was re
sumed late Friday after the smoke
pan wnicn has hung over the Swan
(Aland airport and the city had
cleared.
Student Gain Likely
When City Schools
Reopen On Monday
Salem's most important
day morning after a three months' rest for repairs, recrea
tion and rennovation. An industry which directly involvei
more than 5000 of the city's residents for eight and 10, ane
even 12 hours a day, and indirectly involves probably 60(K
more people, an industry which costs the community nearl)
400,000 a year, will be reopened at
V o'clock Monday morning for an
other nine months run.
Between 4,300 and 4,500 young
workers between the ages of six and
30 are expected to report bright and
early Monday morning at tha 13
FAIR
Tonight and Sunday; cooler ext
ern portion; moderate north wind.
Local: Max 72; Mia 40; Rain X;
River -2 8 feet; Cloudy, southeast
wind.
CENTS gWdlX:
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EMPLOYMENT
HELD MISTAKE
BY STEEL KlliO
Bethlehem Head Ignor
ent of Shearer's Mis
sion; Says It Unwise
Grace Not Consulted;
Blame Shifted to Vice
President Wakeman
Washington '(VP) Employment of
William B. Shearer, naval propa
gandist, by American shipbuilders
as an "observer, at the Genera
conference was described as "most
unwise," Saturday to a senate In
vestigating committee by Charles M.
Schwab, chairman of the board of
directors of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation.
Schwab said he knew nothing
about the Shearer deal until many
months later. When first asked
about the Shearer arrangement by
a newspaperman, Schwab said, he
had denied it because,"! couldn't
believe It and knew nothing of It."
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding cor
poration, a subsidiary of the steel
corporation, was one of the three
companies which employed Shearer
at Geneva.
Tha Bethlehem chairman added
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FLOOD OF GIFTS
SHOWERED ON
RRIDAL COUPLE
Plainville, Conn. (&) The entire
suite of rooms on the second floor
of the home of Governor and Mrs.
John H. Trumbull here is being used
as the place to assembl the gifts
which Miss Florence Trumbull has
received for her wedding with Major
John Coolidge, son of former Pres
ident Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Cool
idge. Three plainclothes men have
been placed near at hand as a guard.
The wedding gifts are many and
of rare value. They will be on dis
play Monday for guests at the re
ception, which will be held in the
late afternoon on the lawn of the
executive's home.
John Coolidge with a group of in
timate friends made his farewell
bow as a bachelor Friday night.
HOOVER STANDS
PAT ON TARIFF
Washington JP Inquiries as to
President Hoover's views on the
pending tariff bill Saturday brought
the official assertion that the chief
executive has not departed from the
tariff ideas expressed in his mes
sage to the special session of con
gress.
The questions concerning tho
president's attitude on the tariff
were presented to officials at the
White House as a result of discus
sion of his position in the senate
Friday.
During the senate debate Senator
Wat-son of Indiana, the republican
leader, said the chief executive
would not participate In the fram
ing of the tariff revisio so long as
it was in the legislative stage.
industry will be reopened Mon
centers of this important Indus tr;
of education which the Salem sehoo
district maintains within Its bordcri
Directing the energies of thea
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