A CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the month ending September SO, 1928 10,281 Capita omraal FAIR Tonight and 8unday, warmer Bun day. Gentle variable wind. Average dally net palL 9 R82 Loral: Max. 57; Min. 43; Rata A3; River -2.7 leet; log, calm. Member Audit Bureau ( i ol tci ulatlon 42nd YEAR, No. 250 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1929 WRlfT? TUD171? rrMTQ ON TKalNH NU t rlilUlll IliKH,Hl CLlINlS HTSNIIII FIVK CN1 Ii N TT 1 A 1 IKOTiBE TO lAHFIF 0) 0) 70,000 SEE GOLDEN BEARS DEFEAT PENN California Scores at Opening of Game and Penn Follows Bears Again Make Touch Down in Second Per iodFinal 12 to 7 Franklin Field. Philadelphia VP) California came all the way across the country to conquer Pennsylvania Saturday, 12 to 7. before a crowd of 70,000. The Bears, with Benny Lorn tarring on attack and Bert Schwartz on defense, took the lead In the first half and repulsed Penn's last half threats to score a convinc ing victory. Franklin Field, Philadelphia IP) Before a crowd estimated at 60,000, . as the sun shed an almost summer Uke warmth on the spectacle. Penn met the charge of California's grid- Iron warriors Saturday In the first big clash of east and far west tills season. The Bears struck swiftly when Benny Lorn, -star halfback, took Gentle's klckoff and raced 55 yards to Penn's 36-yard line, where he was tackled from behind by Oervln, end Prom there, with Lom and Grif fiths doing most of the gaining on i nice mixture of plays, California icored a quick touchdown. Fullback Bickinbotham went over In tne I in. il plunge of a yard. Beckett missed Die try for point. Score -California I; Penn 0. Penn came back with a touch (Concluded on pagn6Tcblumn 4)" CURB SOUGHT ON POLITICAL ACTS OF CLERGYMEN Richmond. Va. (IP) A movement to restrict political activity of Me thodist pastors was In progress here at the annual Virginia Methodist conference. Fred C. Abbott of Norfolk, in a resolution offered to the conference protested against the practice of preachers taking part in partisan at fairs, declaring it tended to engen der strife and promote discord. Action on the resolution which would crystalize the future policy of the conference and which would be submitted to the general conference of the church at Dallas next spring, is expected early next week. The resolution as presented by Abbott declares the traditional pol icy of the church since Its founda tion has been to Instruct Its minis ters to hold aloof from worldly af fairs and particularly to "eschew and abstain from political Interests and activities." PRESS RATES TO JAPAN REDUCED Toklo (IP) Announcement by the cable and radio communications companies of a reduction In the de ferred press rate between the Unit ed States and Japan to nine cents American currency per word, was re ceived with enthusiasm Saturday by the Japanese press. The new rate will become effec tive October 21. Inauguration of the new rate Is considered by Japanese newspapers of outstanding Importance, so far as news to and from the United States Is concerned. It was pointed out that such a rate will enable the Japanese press to publish In greater volume important news from the United States, particularly presidential ad dresses, the text of notes and the detail of outstanding news events. Public Interest in American news has always been Intense but owing to the high press rates heretofore prevalent, the Japanese press has found the cost of transmitting de tails of tne news prohibitive. 20,000 SEE IDAHO BATTLE OREGON Multnomah 8udi'"T To. Uand, VP) Typical football weather greet ed a crowd of 20.000 persons gath ered here Saturday for the Univer sity of Oregon-Idaho vandal game, the second Pacific northwest con ference game for both teams. Idaho, undefeated this season, held the gridiron spotlight but a rejuvenated Oregon team was favorra to win. Principals End Annual Convention With the report of the commit tee on resolutions slated as the main business on Saturday after noon's program, the annual con vention of the Oregon High School Principals' conference will end Its two-day session. Aside from an address by Mrs. Virginia C. Bacon, state librarian, relative to the service given by the state library to the schools and the public, the Saturday program was practically all of a technical char acter. The new college entrance require ments at the University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural college were discussed by E. B. Lemon and Earl M. Pallett, tne former of o. A. C. and the latter of the uni versity. The reports provoked much interest and some pertinent (Concluded on page 9. column 5) TOURIST LEAVE S25.000.000 DURING YEAR Portland (P Nearly $25,000,000 will have been left in Oregon by the end of this year by automobile tourists, the chamber Of commerce here estimates. Statistics compiled by the secretary of state showed registration of 89,071 visiting cars during the first nine months of the year, indicating a total of 100,000 for the entire year. It was pointed out that only about 60 per cent of the total visiting cars In the state were registered. This would bring the actual total to around 165,000 The survey was based on the av erage of 3.5 persons to each car, and upon an average seven-day stay in the state. Approximately two-thirds of the tourists were classified as hotel and resort patrons, the rest camper tourists. The survey Indicates the first group spends $7.50 a day per person; the campers outlay was set at $3.50 a day. Based upon this formula, the hotel class of tourists will have left approximately $20,212,500 in Oregon by the end of the year; the camper about $4,446,750. The chamber announced It had spent about $100,000 this year in advertising the state's recreations, outdoor playground and scenic as set?. CHILI SHAKEN BY SEVERE QUAKE Santiago, Chile (If) A severe earthquake with some loss of life and heavy damage, occurred In Chile Saturday. The government telegraph report ed that the temblor lasted for two minutes at Pampa Union. Antofa- gasta province beginning at 6:05 a. m. It was also felt at Antofagasta. At Pampa Union, one person was killed and several gravely injured Many houses were damaged or de stroyed. Considerable damage was done to nitrate plants in the district through the destruction of workers' barracks. LINDY LEAVES BRIDE TO DRIVE AN AUTO Mineola, N. Y., (LP) Colonel Lindbergh has taught his bride to run an automobile as well as an airplane. She has passed a test, driving up and down the street a couple of tune under the eyes of an inspector after making a solo flight to Mineola from Roosevelt field. Stock Exchange To Open New Era Of Financial Service A new era of financial service for Salem will begin Mon day morning with the opening of the West Coast Exchange, indicating that the Exchange and its connections see in this community a wide-spread interest- in and desire for immediate service and up-to-date Information con cerning matters of financial and in dustrial importance. The Exchange will have offices In the New BUgh building. The West Coast Exchange through 1U connection with Ander son A Pox, members of the New York Stock Exchange, and their direct private wires to the New YELLOW PERIL NAVAL REPORTS REFUSED FALL Navy Holds Confidential Alleged Japanese War Scare Data Defense in Bribery Trial Closes Evidence Ar guments on Monday Washington (IP) The defense In the bribery trial against Albert B. Pall, concluded Its case Saturday after introducing testimony intend ed to show that he did not award all of the Elk Rills reserve to the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport company as charged by the government. The court agreed to receive the prayers of the two sides this after noon while the Jury was excused un til Monday when closing arguments will be started. It developed at Saturday's ses sion that reports made to the navy eight years ago from Asiatic sta tions by Rear-Admiral Oleaves still were regarded as confidential by the secretary of the navy and cannot be made public. The reports were called for Sat urday by the defense but were re fused by Captain H. H. Stuart of the navy, who said he did not bring the reports because the sec retary had ruled it was mcompan- ( Concluded on page 11. column 8) BATTLE RAGES IN HONAN WITH HEAVY LOSSES Shanghai VP) Heavy fighting be tween Kuominchun and Nationalist troops at Yenshl in northwest Hon an was reported Saturday night In a dispatch from Japanese, sources In Nanking. The fighting, which was said to have begun Friday night, was on the line of the Lunghai railroad. Its outcome was still in doubt when sides suffered large casualties. London (P A Reuter dispatch from Shanghai Saturday said it was reported reliably there that Gen eral Peng Yu-Hsiang's forces had captured Chengchow. Honan, and were advancing toward Hankow. The revolting Ironsides regent was said to be approaching Han- know from the South. General Chi ang Kai-Shek, president of the Nanking Nationalist government, has thrown a crack division Into the struggle and a decisive engage ment Is predicted. ISHBEL'S BETROTHAL IS THRICE DENIED London (IP) The rumor of the engagement of Miss Ishbel Mac Donald, daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Bri tain and Lord Arnold, 51 year old bachelor, already denied by Miss MacDonald and her father, was fur ther weakened Saturday by a third denial, that of Lord Arnold himself. Lord Arnold, at present with the MacDonald party In Canada, cabled the following statement to the Daily Mail from Ottawa: "The statement that I am engaged to Miss Ishbel MacDonald has no foundation. Please deny." York Stock Exchange and all Im portant exchanges, as well as the principal commodity markets, will be in a position to render every modern facility for execution of orders, and will have in operation a complete quotation board. In ad dition to continuous quotations of New York Sfck Exchange and New York Curb fiocks over private (Concluded on p-tr 10. column 1; $39,000 Sales of Linen Fabrics in Single Month Linen goods sales of fabrics made from Oregon grown flax fibre aggregated $39,000 In September and after yean of pioneering Oregon la ready to push ahead and become the great Linen manufacturing center of the United States, according to letters being received by sec retaries of chambers of commerce- In the state from W. G. Ide, manager of the Ore gon state chamber of com merce. The letter urges secretar ies and chambers of commer ce to confer with local stores and acquaint them with pro ducts now bring made. Sec retaries are requested to write to the Oregon Linen Mills here for full Informa tion about this Industry and then encourage their home stores to stock with the pro duct. HOOVER PLANS SUNDAY TRIP TO VISIT FORD Washington (LP) President Hoo ver prepared Saturday for his first long trip from the wnite Mouse since his inauguration. Leaving Washington on a special train late Sunday afternoon, the president will arrive at Dearborn, Mich- about 8 o'clock Monday morning to participate in ceremonies honoring Thomas A. Edison on tne fiftieth anniversary of his discovery of the electric light principle. The presidential party will Da. tne guests of Henry Ford, who has re produced an early American village on the site of the Edison Institute of Technology, which the chief ex ecutive will dedicate Monday night. From Detroit, the special will go to Cincinnati where the president will speak Tuesday morning at exer cises dedicating a marker In Eden park signalizing completion of the canalization of the Ohio river be tween Pittsburgh and Cairo, 111. Leaving Cincinnati on the steam er Mississippi Tuesday afternoon the party will tie up over night at some Indiana point, resuming tne trip down the river Wednesday morning and arriving at Louisville. Ky., about 4 p.m. The president will deliver an Im portant address from the Louisville wharf Wednesday night, beginning his return trip by train to the Cap itol Immediately afterwards. SOVIET FLIERS OFF FOR SOUTH Medford, Ore. (Pi Medford greet ed the Russian monoplane, "Land of the Soviets" as the Moscow-New York ship circled over this city Saturday at 11:30 a. m. The plane was on Its way to Oakland ana seemed to be flying easily. Vancouver, Wash. IIP) The Rus sian plane, "Land of the Soviet," left Pearson field at 8 44 a.m. Sat urday for Oakland. The take-off was perfect. The Soviet fliers, on the Seattle Oakland leg of their Moscow to New York flight, made a forced landing here Friday after a flight from Se attle. They planned to fly to Oak land without stopping although they were to circle low over Medfofd. A leaky radiator and a faulty oil Intake line forced the fliers to turn back and land after they had passed Portland southbound. WANTS BROADCAST OF SENATE DEBATES Washington (IP) Broadcasting of the debates In congress was urged In a radio speech Saturday by Sen ator Dill, democrat, Washington. DID, speaking on a farm program, declared "if you farmers could listen In on some of the tariff debates now going on In the United States sen ate you might understand better how It happen! that the farmers get very little out of a tariff bill." WOMAN KILLS DEER IN HER DOORYARD OranU Pass, Ore. While her husband tramped the hills armed with a high powered rifle in quest of deer, Mrs. E. R. Crouch, on the outskirts of the city, stood on her back door step and got her buck. She used a 22 caliber rifle. Her husband has been gone five days. WALL STREET STOCK PRICES HIT TOBOGGAN For Fifth Day Feverish Selling Follows Wild Dumping of Stocks Panicky Selling Forces Scores of Leading Is sues to Low Levels New York (IP) For the fifth day this week, share prices tumbled diz zily on the New York stock ex change Saturday. Scores of leading issues sold down from as to S25 share and many broke through the low established In the break earlier in the week. There was a notable speeding up of trading from the dull pace during previous sessions of the week, nearly 3,500.000 shares chang ing hands as contrasted to the rec ord Saturday turn-over of 3,774,900 on December 8, last. The ticker ran about an hour and a half after the close. The feverish selling gave evidence of wild dumping overboard of mar ginal accounts weakened In the al most perpendicular decline of the past five days. There was consider able panicky selling inspired by wild rumors which were quickly and em phatically denied In responsible quarters. One was the old story to (Concluded on page 10. column 1) GIRL'S PARENTS SUE TELEGRAM FOR $75,000 Portland. OP Suit for $75,000 damages was filed in circuit court Saturday by Mrs. Alice Bornstad against the Portland Telegram. O. H. Brockhagen and Herbert Fleishhacker, for publication in the Telegram of alleged love letters written by her daughter, Mildred Knott, Jefferson high school stu dent, to Walter Pinke. Jr., follow ing the murder of Herbert Beem by Pinke. Pinke allegedly murdered the Beem boy in a corridor of Jeffer son high school when Mildred "threw over" him for young Beem. The complainant seeks $50,000 general damages and $25,000 puni tive damages. The letters which were publish ed In a late edition or the Tele gram, following an editorial an nouncement that they would be published, tied In a bundle, were given by Pinke to Miss Knott Just prior to the shooting. In the In vestigation which followed, police took the letters and the complaint all Mies that tne Telegram "wrong fully and surreptitiously obtained possession of the letters and over protest of Miss Knott a parents and school officials, published them. Young Pinke pleaded guilty to a second degree murder charge and Is serving life in the Oregon peni tentiary. BAGSOFMlEY DROP FROM SKY Taylorvllle, 111. OP) Out of the sky Friday dropped money bags to bring renewed faith to a panic stricken town and stave off a bank run which would almost certainly have resulted In empty vaults at the only bank which remained open. The drone of an airplane motor was the signal that the day was saved and that the line of 250 de positors In front of the Farmers' Na tional bank need have no fears of not getting their money. Almost like magic the line faded away and another formed customers rede positing the money they earlier had withdrawn. Reliefe was rushed by airplane to the Farmers' bank by Chicago fed eral reserve officials as soon as they learned that Taylorsvilles other three banks had been closed. "Froz en assets," were blamed. BANK BANDITS GRAB $10,000 IN LOOT San Francisco A') Five bandit lined up the manager, four clerks and several customer of the Hayes alley branch of the Bank of Amer ica, 4K8 Hayes street, scooped up all the cash In i?ht end escaped in an automobile here Saturday. The loot was estimated at $10,000. GIVEN LIFE TERM XR5 EK $R) fT09 CUR Ffi -SB SB) In Oklahoma Prison 588 3T$ K55 RE) 85 . 8B 88 FOR A $1.15 THEFT Tulsa, Okla. -(AP) A modern Jean Valjean who stole gasoline instead of bread was sentenced to life imprisonment Saturday by Judge Saul Yeager, who Friday sentenced a 17 HARVARD TIES WITH ARMY IN 20-20SC0RE Final Harvard 20; Army 20. Cambridge, Mass. VP) The un defeated Harvard and Army foot ball teams clashed here Saturday before 57,000 spectators, the larg est crowd that ever gathered In the Crimson's Historic stadium. Harvard, because of Its seasoned line and ample backfield reserves, was a slight favorite to reverse the IS to 0 defeat the cadets adminis tered here last season. Neither scored In the first period but In the second, Putnam ran through Army's line 15 yards and then threw a 25 yard forward to O'Connell, who stepped across the goal line for the first score. Put nam failed to kick the goal, O'Con nell was by the last Army defense man when he caught the pass Harvard kicked off over the goal line. After an exchange of punts marked by the entrance of Har vard's "Pony" backfield and the exit of Cagle, Harvard scored again when Ben Tlcknor Intercepted a short forward almost on the line of scrimmage and ran thirty yards across the line. Wood (for Put nam) kicked the goal. The Crim son reserves advanced to Armys five yard stripe but army held as the half ended. Army received the kick-off start ing the third period and started down the field with Murrel and Ca gle alternating. After Cagle made a 20 yard run the attack stalled and Putnam received Bun-ells kick on 12 yard line. Harvard punted back and Cagle raced 30 yards for a touchdown. O'Keefe kicked the extra point. 8hortly after a sec ond touchdown made the score 14 to 13. DRY AGENTS LED BIG LIQUOR RING Los Angeles (fl) Jack Ormsby, former federal prohibition agent who was exonerated recently of a killing by a Kern county coroner's jury, Is being sought by federal prohibition officials as the leader of the largest liquor organization In southern California, It became known here Saturday. Ormsby who with a companion. Henry Chenoweth, killed Charles Chulla, a bootlegger, on a raid after they had been dismissed from gov ernment service, has returned to Kern county, authorities said, and on the pretense that he was a fed eral agent has disguised a large liquor ring. The ring, rederal agents said, is affiliated with another large boot leg outfit and In addition to Orms by 10 other men are wanted on se cret Indictments. Agents said the flagrant manner in which Ormsby flaunted his "fake federal badges" brought their attention to the al leged operations. 40 YEARS SERVICE GETS ESPEE PENSION Mary R. Rice, for 40 years an op erator for the 8ounther Pacific company, and during the past sum mer second trick operator at the company's Oak street station, has been retired on pension. The pension was effective October first. Mrs. Rice, who has worked at nearly every station in the Portland division during her long career as a railroader, atarted with the com pany at Wolf Creek In Douglas county. Her husband worked for the same company as an operator up until the time of his death a few years gao. Since being put on the pension list, Mrs. Rice has been making her home near Portland. She Is a second operator to have been re. tired from the local station during the part year, Elmer Bates, who worked second trick here for a num ber of years having been retired last spring, owing to 111 health, year old youth to death on a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery with firearms. The drastic sentences were pro nounced by the district Judge as a part of an announced campaign to curbe a wave of highway robberies and other crimes of violence near Tulsa. The life sentence was Imposed upon Emmet Kelly, 20, after Judge Yeager had refused to permit him to change his plea of guilty to a charge of robbing a filling station oi si. is worm of gas. Kelly, a resident of Ohio, told reporters he was a victim of tuber culosis and was returning to Art' zona In search of health, with his wile and nine year old son. He had run out of money In Tulsa, he said, and begged for funds to aid him on the return trip. When he went to the filling station for fuel, he found his money was insufficient to pay lor tne gas he had ordered, he re. lated, and drawing a gun from his (Concluded on page 11. column 7) DAWES SECOND DELEGATE TO NAVAL MEETING Washington (LP) Charles O. Dawes, ambassador to Great Bri tain, was believed Saturday to be a certain selection as second delegate to Secretary of State Stimson at the London naval conference scheduled for January. President Hoover will announce the delegation personnel of five or six persona within a fortnight. The president's Intention to send so large a group of delegates to Lon don assures senatorial representa tion but it has not yet been revealed whether the senate will have lo or four representatives. Secretary of State Stimson will head Ae American delegation. His four or five civilian fellow- delegates will be announced within a fort night. Decision to appoint so many representatives was accepted here to mean the senate, which must ratify any agreement, would be rep resented by at least two men. Gib son will be the third. Identity of the sixth delegate, if there is a sixth, caused speculation Saturday with the opinion prevail ing he would be an unofficial per sonage who would be representative of the public as contrasted with others directly representing the senate and White House. Admiral William V. Wilson, chief naval adviser during the Washing ton conference, and Admiral Hilary Jones, enter adviser at Geneva in 1927, have been selected as principal advisers for the Londn conference. They will be assisted by Junior offi cers. No naval men will be appoint ed as delegates proper. NATIONAL GUARD CAMP DESTROYED Austin, Tex., W) Camp Mabry. Texas National Guard encampment near here, was destroyed by fire Saturday. The fire started about 4 a.m. and Its origin was not determined im mediately. It swept through two buildings quickly and spread to a third. Loss was about $150,000, Colonel Taylor Nichols, assistant Adjutant- General said. Origin of the fire was undetermined, but Colonel Nichols 5atd it possibly from defective wiring. started Romance Threatens To Depose King Of Ha itian Coas t Isle Havana, Cuba (IT) A romance is threatening to de pose the king of Black Isle Do Gonnve. The "King", Faun tine E. Wirkus, a lioutenant in the United StHtes marines, U enroute back to his Island near HaUl after a two months' vacation in the United States. He was at Santiago De Cuba Saturday after a short stop In Havana where ru mor got busy about a "roval visit" to a wealthy young lady at Newport. R. I., recently. Wirkus declined to discuss his plans or his work with the island natives who have been under his administration sine shortly alter SENATE TACKS FARM AID PLAN TO TARIFF BILL Export Debenture Passes Senate for Third Time In Special Session Vote is 42 to 34 Certi ficates Made Payable To Farm Board Washington (JP) For the- third time the senate Saturday approved the export debenture plan of farm tariff relief, incorporating the pro posal in the pending tariff measure. The vote was 42 to 34. Fourteen republicans Joined with 28 democrats for the debenture, while only three democrats voted with administration republicans to opposition. The roll call follows: For debenture: Republicans: Bor ah, Brookhart, Cutting, Frazier, Howell, Johnson, La Follette, Mc. Master, Norbeck, Norrls, Nye, Pine, Schall, and Thomas of Idaho 14. Democrats: Ashurst, Barkley, Black, Bratton, Brock, Broussard, Caraway, Conn ally, DilL Fletcher George, Harris, Harrison, Hawea, Hayden, Heflln, McKellar, Overman, Plttman, Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard, Simmons, Steck, Steph ens, Thomas of Oklahoma, Tram mell, Walsh of Montana, and Wheeler 28. Total for 42.. " Against debenture: Democrats: Fendrlck, Wagner, Walsh or Mas sachusetts 3, Republicans: Allen, Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Gillette, Golds borough, Gould, Greene, Hale, Hast ings, Hebert, Jones, Keen, Reyes, (Concluded on page 10. column 1) TRUANCY LAW TO BE ENFORCED FROM NOW ON Pleas uf necessary work in the orchards or fields will no longer excuse the children of school age in Marlon county from attending school, says Mrs. Mary L. Fulker son, county superintendent The county truant officer, Mrs. Cora Reld, has been instructed by the su perintendent, to start checking up on boys and girls not yet enrolled for the school work. All children between the ages ol eight and 10. unless they have an eighth grade diploma before the 16th year, are required under state law to attend school. After seven half days, or three and a half days of unexcused ab sence, the child becomes a truant and the county truant officer can swear out a warrant for the arrest of the parent when the truancy continues. A number of cases of truaney have already been reported to Mrs. Retd. A report was made Saturday morning that one of the families consistently breaking the truancy law In Marion county over a period of a number of years, has returned to the county after living In Tilla mook county for some time. The children are not yet enrolled in school and after one warning of the parents, Mrs. Held says she will swear out a warrant for the arrest of the father. At one time he was haled In Jefferson Justice court for refusing to place his children tn - the marine Intervention m Haiti. But the story of romance goes back several months to a visit of a New port girl to Isle De Oonava where she found Wirkus an open-faced, hard boiled marine enthroned over the natives. The girl, it Is said, had Ideas about being 'queen" of the Uttla Island but Wirkus began to get Ideas about tConcludtd. on pw 10. ooiumn a)