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CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the month ending September 90, 1928 10,281 Average dally net paid t.883 Member Audit Bureau ol Circulation FAIR Tonight and Wednesday, frosts and freezing temperature tonight Oen tle variable winds. Local: Max., 64; Mln., M; rain, 0; river, -2 8 feet; clear, calm. 42nd YEAR, No. 258 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, Q n . , , t-..t mTTrwnv ATnnrD an ..lCjr,. PIMP HTANIIH mil CKHTH TDK one MET PARK WEST DOESN'T FIGURE AT ALL SAYSMDY Manufacturers' Agent Says Income Tax Lists Kill Western Influence Sole Interest is to Keep Republican Campaign Pledges, He Says Washington (IP) The western etates, whose senators are re-writing the republican tariff bill, "have n't any chips In the game at all," because they pay only a little more than two per cent of the Income taxes, Joseph R. Grundy, legisla tive agent and raiser of republican campaign funds, told the senate lobby investigating committee Tues day. If It was not for the provision of the constitution that gives every atate two senators, these states would never be heard of." Grundy said. The income tax figures show the relationship of the states. 'We find these representatives of so little not are obstructing and destroying the great reserves of tazation to such an extent that it Is a national tragedy and I think It cuaht to be pointed out to the country by some on." The senate adjourned without session out of respect to the late Senator Burton, republican, Ohio, thereby preventing Senator Norris, republican. Nebraska, from intro ducing his censure resolution gainst Senator Hiram B'r. Tconcludedonpnge 11. colut, SEEK TO FORCE RAIL BUILDING IN NORTHWEST Washington (AV-Hance H. Cle land, Olympia, Wash., opened final arguments Tuesday before tne in terstate commerce commission or petitions of various state and civic groups in Idano, wasnmgum "u Oregon to compel extension of rail Toad lines In these states. The Clarkston chamber of com merce in one amplication asked that the Northern Pacific. Oregon Short Line railroad and Camas Praine ne required to extend their facilities from Lewlston. Idaho, to Clarkston. In another petition the Lewiston commercial club requested that the Northern Pacific, Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation com pany. Oregon Short Line, Camas Prairie and Union Pacific be re quired to construct a line from Homestead, Ore, The line from Homestead would run through Clarkston to Lewiston, and the peti tion asked that the line from Lew lston to Rlparla. operated by Camas Prairie, be used In common by the carrier. A third petition practically iden tical to the second was filed by the nubile utilities commission of Idaho, the Dubllc service commission ol Oregon, and the department of pub- 11c works of Washington. Because of the similarity of these applications they were grouped by tne commis sion and arguments preceding the final decision were begun Tuesday with ten of the 11 commissioners sitting. Mr. Cleland. appearing for the petitions, asserted that public ne cessity requires the extension of the lines to serve the sections involved, and he contended the expense In Tolved would not impair the ability of the carriers to perform their duty to the public. ASK READJUSTMENT COMPENSATION ACT Portland P A general readjust ment of the workmen's compensa tlon act, affecting more than 100,000 workers and 16,000 contributors, was recommended Tuesday by the legis lative interim committee meeting here. Annotated by Governor I. L. Pat terson, the committee ol 15 declared that while the law was one of the most satisfactory pieces of Oregon legislation, economic changes de manded a general readjustment of benefits. The committee which was drawn from employers, labor organizations and representatives from the state at large announced Its intention o( undertaking a statistical survey of the situation In conference with of ficials of the state accident commission. Al Smith Asks Did Democrats Disturb Market Springfield, Ma&s.. (IP) "Hill they blame the stock market on the Democrats Al. Such was the laconic message sent by Alfred E. Smith to a meeting: of the Western Massachusetts Dem ocratic club Monday night. The message was enthusias tically applauded, coming after Gorernor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, had declared that if such a mar ket debacle ever took place In a democratic administra tion H would Immediately be hailed as the result of busi ness bungling by the party In power. 3 GOVERNORS SEE LIVESTOCK AT PORTLAND Portland ivy Valiant Stanway, Hereford bull, owned by Walter J. Hill. Livingston. Mont., was de clared grand champion Hereford durinz Tuesday's Judging at the Pacific livestock exposition. Beau Baldwin, owned by H. A. Baldwin. Pleasanton. Calif., won the junior grand championship. North Portland (LP) Three gover- nors, Roland . Hartley, wasning ton; H. C. Baldrige, Idaho, and I. L. Patterson, Oregon, and Premier Tolmie, British Columbia. Tuesday were honored guests at the Facmc International livestock exposition here. The three northwest officials were luncheon guests In the new J C. Penney hall, presented by the prominent department store owner. Livestock judging ne id .tne atten tion of thousands of visitors, viewing blue ribbon stock from various sec tions of the United States. Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs pa raded before Judges all day Mon day, judging of the boys and girls' livestock also held the center of the show visitors' attention. Robert C. McCroskey, Whitman county, Wash., one of the most prominent breeders in tne west, won the grand championship for mares in the Clydes. O. H. Brandt, Shell ville, Calif., won the grand cham pionship for stallions. Washington State College won the Shorthorn steer class with Its Hercules Gift II., a senior calf. (Concluded on page 9, column 3) ASK WARSHIPS BE SENT CHINA Shanghai m Rear Admiral Charles McVay, Jr., of the United States navy, Tuesday requested the movement of a division of destroy ers from Manna to Shanghai as the result of disturbed conditions in the Yangtse valley, scene of the latest Chinese civil war. Severe fighting was In progress between nationalist forces and the rebellious Kuominchun or "People's Army" along the Lunghal railway west of Chengchow, Honan prov- Ince. an Important railway Junc tion. The fighting also was severe west of Yencheng, 1i miles south of Chengchow. Dispatches from foreign sources at Hankow said the encounters were expected to develop into major en- gagements. FROST AT ALBANY Albany, Ore. Albany's first frost and freeze since last winter occur, red Monday night when the mercury in the official government thermo meter dropped to 32 degrees. A hea vy frost and freezing Is predicted for Tuesday night. Monday's max imum temperature was 61 degrees, The Willamette river is extremely low for this time of year, standing at .05 foot. Organize First Of National Coops For Marketing Products Washington (AP) The firt national commodity co operative sales association to be set up under the guidance of the farm board came into lepral existence Tuesday as the tlon filed incorporation papers Wilmington, Delaware. Similar organisations for the wool and mohair and live-stock coopera tives are in process of formation and will be completed soon, the farm board announced, at the same Ume expressing the hope that co operatives handling other commodi ties would foster a similar move. The new grain corporation will make use to the greatest extent pos- GREAT LAKES STORM TAKES ADDED LIVES Steamer Sinks During Night; Captain and Others Missing ifteen of Crew of 60 Cling to Life Raft Throughout Night Kenosha, Wis. CP) Between ten and fifteen men went down with the lake steamer Wisconsin In a se vere storm off the Kenosha shore early Tuesday. More than three score were saved, many of them maddened and some near death from the Horror and the exposure of hours In the wind whip ped sea. The three passengers aboard were rescued. Four bodies, including that of Cap tain Dougal Morrison, were found floating in Lake Michigan by coast guards. Two other persons, uniden tified, rescued from the steamer, Monday night, died In a local hos pital early Tuesday. The officers of the wisconsins crew stuck to the craft until it sank and were taken from life rafts by rescue boats, a dozen of which rush ed to the steamer after the Kenosha life guard had taken off most of the crew. One man was reported to have fallen overboard as the retxue was i Concluded on page 10, column 5) DEATH RATE IN OREGON FOR '28 SHOWS INCREASE Washington UM The department of commerce announced Tuesday that the 192a death rate for Ore gon was 1.162.9 per 100,000 popula tion as compared with 1,146.7 In 1927. - Increases In rates (per 100,000 population) from those of the pre ceding year were from the follow ing causes: Cancer, 112.0 to 117.2; heart diseases, 218.2 to 221.7; cere bral hemmorhare and softening. 101.0 to 103.3. Increases were shown also for pneumonia, all forms, 68.1 to 76.5; Influenza, 21.9 to 35.8: syphilis, 15.1 to 17.0; diarrhea and enteritis, under two years, 4.7 to 6.1. and measles, 1.7 to 2.1; the rate from" suicide increased from 18.4 to 21.5. The death rate from accidental causes increased from 93.4 to 94.2, the individual types of accidents showing the greatest Increases be. ing for automobile accidents, ex cluding collisions with railroad trains and street cars, 21.8 to 27.6 and machinery accidents. 4.0 to 4.8: the rate from excessive heat, burns excepted. Increased from 0.1 to 0.9. Significant among the decreases In rates from 1927 to 1928 were those from the following principal causes: Tuberculosis, all forms, 59.6 to 573; nephritis, 82.2 to 803, and diabetes mellit, 20.4 to 19.5. other decreases were shown In congen ital malformations and diseases of early Infancy 49.0 to 42.8; acute In terior poliomyelitis, 9.4 to 4.1; whooping cough, 3.1 to 0,4; erysip elas, 2.4 to 1.3; typhoid-paraty phoid fever, 4.0 to 3 0. and lethargic encephalitis, 2.0 to 1.1. Decreases in rates were shown 14.2; accidental drownings, 10 9 to also for" accidental falls, 16.9 to 9.5; burns, conflagrations excepted. 6.5 to 2. and streetcar accidents, 1.5 to 10. t iSlDie Bll VXIAllllK lailliri u-iiiim marketing facilities. The board said the organization would have ade quate capitol and if given adequate support of farmer owned grain co onerative associations will handle annually In excess of 500.000,000 bu shels of all trains. General and active management of the organization will be In the hinili nf a eeneral manager, wno, (Concluded oh Vase" 11. column 6) Pastor Dead Lit i Associated r Photo JOHN ROACH STRATON HEART ATTACK CAUSES DEATH GF MINISTER Clifton Springs, N. Y. m The Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton, noted militant fundamentalist Baptist preacher, died at a sanitarium here early Tuesday. He was 54 years old. Although seriously ill with a ner vous breakdown for the last month, death came unexpectedly after a heart attack. His wife was -at his bedside when he died. He suffered a slight paralytic stroke last April and immediately after went to a sanitarium at At lanta, Oa., for a rest. He returned to his home a month ago, but soon suffered from a nervous break down and entered the sanitarium here. Dr. Straton was pastor of Calvary Baptist church In New York but by his aggressive campaigns against modernism, and especially evolution, he gained nation-wide prominence. During the last presidential cam paign he took an active part against the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith, attacking him from his pul pit and campaigning against him In the south. BOOTH FACTION STARISJEVOLT London (IB Nine months after Its ranks were stirred by the forced re tirement of the late General Bram well Booth, the Salvation Army was faced with a new revolt Tuesday, centered in an attack on General Edward J. Higglns and charges that hi administration has systematical ly removed all members of the Booth family from positions of pow er. The exact strength of the opposi tion was not known but the disclo sure that a petition was being cir culated against the present admin istration was sufficient to give rise to the rumor that the Army's high council might be recalled to handle the situation. Hundreds of signatures have been secured for the petition which In cludes the chief contention of the discontented members that General Hlggtns has Instituted an oppressive svstem of committee control instead of the one-man rule under which the army operated during the re gimes of its founder. General Wil liam Booth and his son, Qeneral William Bramwell Booth, who died shortly after he was deposed as commander-in-chief. JURY DISAGREES IN CATTS TRIAL Tampa A mistrial was de clared In the care of Sidney J. Catts, former governor of Florida, charged with aiding and abbettlng counterfeiting. The Jury reported In federal court that It had been unable to agree. Catts was accused of financing a counterfeiting ring with a loan of 1-7.000. ratta annarentlv a tired Old man nt through the hours of waiting on the Jury all Monday. PLAN TO ORGANIZE WORKERSIN SOUTH Washington Prank Morrison, secretary of the American Federa tion of Labor, said Tuesday the heads of all national and Interna tional unions would be called Into conference before November 18 to discuss methods of organiilng the workers of the south. LOST AIR LINER LANDS SAFELY ALBUQUERQUE Western Air Express An nounces Belated Ar rival of Plane Fleet of Searchers Forc ed by Snow Storms To Return Los Angeles (IP) The Western Air Express announced here that Its pas senger liner 113, missing since early Monday, landed at Albuquerque laie Tuesday. The flash received at tne local headquarters said that the two pas sengers and three members of the crew were sale. Los Angeles (IP) The southwest's second great air hunt within three months started at dawn Tuesday, when planes took the air to search for a Western Air Express passenger liner feared lost near the rugged Arizona-New Mexico state line. Two passengers and a crew of three were aboard the plane when It took of from Kingman, Ariz, at 7:24 a.m. Monday after refueling on a flight from Los Angeles to Albu querque. The plane was seen over Adamanda and again over Navajo, Ariz., some 160 miles west of Al buquerque but from Navajo Its course remained a mystery. George Rice, who found the wreckage of the T-A.T. plane which crashed three months ago on Mount Taylor with a loss of eight lives, was at the controls of the searching plane which took off at 3 a.m. from (Concluded on puge lO, cjjlumn4) SCHOOL CENSUS FOR COUNTY TO REACH) 7,000 According to school census reports turned in to the ofrice of the Mari on county school superintendent, the 1929 school census for the county Is expected to reach the 17,000 mark, breaking all previous census counts. Tuesday morning 13 of the 119 school districts had turned In their census counts. These 13, most of them small dis tricts, showed a total Increase of 17 more "boys and girls between the ages of four and 20 than when the count was made last year. Last year the county census total of school age children was 16,752, a slight decrease under 1027 when the total was 16.926. According to the Increases showing up on the early reports It is expected that the 1927 total of 16.926 will be ex ceeded and that the 17,000 mark will be passed. The first school districts report ing this year and showing Increas es are Abiqua which has a census of 35, or 16 more than last year; Evans Valley whh 50 or seven more than last year; Harmony with 35 boys and 42 girls, exactly two more than last year; Porter school with 25 boys and 29 girls, an Increase of two; Swegle, a total of 56, an In crease of nine; Centervlew with 23 as compared with 21 last year. Union Hill census total of 24 Is ex actly the same as last year. Six of the 13 school districts re porting first show decreases with Triumph school responsible lor half of the 21 total decrease. Last vear Triumph census showed 18 boys and girls between four and 20 In the district. This year Triumph reports only six four boys and two girls. White school with 73 In the dis trict is one short of last years to tal. Oak Olen with 19 has two Pas than last year. Hullt school dis trict shows a decrease of six. Last year Hullt had 34. Valleyview dis trict with 14 Is one less than las' year and Bethel with 33 shows i decrease of one. JONES TO REPLACE WATSON AS LEADER Washington (LP) Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, republican floor leader, Is retiring from party leadership In the senate tempor arily, and Is leaving Thursday for Florida on order of his physicians for a three weeks' rest. Watson announced Tue'day that Senator Jones, of Wa-hlngton, re publican leader, who has now luf flclently recovered from recent operation, would assume the lead ership In his absence. Speaking Of : T J When the sedan driven by R- proach of the Marlon-Polk county through the railing, dropped 30 feet, out so much u breaking- a window only injuries to the occupants. THIRTY FOOT DROP BHl SS 83 . RSI ISS cts aa SSI Of Car Front Bridge m PSI 9319 WHO SB W. fdS SOS BREAKS NO GLASS Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hokr, live about four miles west ol balem on the Salem-Dallas road, escaped serious injury, almost miraculously, early Tuesday morning, when-the sedan Hogg was driving, skidded on the frosty west approach to the inter-county bridge over the Willamette river, ripped mrougn- the guard rail and dropped some 30 feet to the ground. Not a glass was broken In the machine. Miss Hogg was the most seriously Injured of the trio. She received cuts about the face and mouth. Mrs. Hogg was cut on one leg. while the driver was somewhat bruised. All suffered more or less from shock. Barring internal in juries, it Is believed none of the oc cupants of the car was seriously hurt. The Hoggs were on their way to Portland. The driver sta.'ted to pass a car going the same way and when he saw that he didn't have room to get around Hogg started to get back into line aud applied his brakes. The approach was jjroncludod'jin pane 10. column 7 FIRST FROST HITS THE NORTHWEST Portland (LP) Jack Frost descend ed upon the various sections of the northwest Monday night ana eany Tuesday morning sending the mer cury down to new low marks for the season. Spokane and Medford, with mm lmums of 28, were the coldest cities in the northwest, at 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to the United States wea ther bureau here. Other northwest cities reported minimum temperatures at 8. a.m. as follows: Portland 38; Roseburg 32; Seattle 40: Prince George, B. C. 26; Yakima 36; Walla Walla 34; Boise 32; Hel ena 32 and Albany 32. STEEL CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND New York (Directors of the United States Sled corporation. Tuesday declared an extra dividend of $1 on the common stock In addi tion to the regular quarterly divi dend of $1.75. Per share earnings for the first nine months or 1929 were $15.82. compared with $8.17 for the same period of 1928. The corporation reported total third quarter earnings of $70,173,713 after taxes, expenses and IntereAt on bonds of subsidiaries, compared with $71,995,461 for the second quarter and $52,148,476 for the third quarter of 1928. Directors de clared the regular quarterly dtvi dends of $1.75 each on the common and preferred stocks. TIIAVKRS Ft'NEKAL Portland, Ore. fU Final rites for John Alden Thayer, supervisor of the Tongas National forest, Alaska, will be held her Wednesday Thaver. ex-Port lander, was killed two weeks ago by ft bear. Thayer was crulMng timber In the Tongas forest when the animal attacked Dim. ... Miracles! Capltn) Journal Staff Photo W. flogr skidded on the frosty ap bridge Tuesday morning It crashed landed upright on its wheels with (lass. Scratches and bruises were the and daughter, Margaret, who BY PRESIDENT Washington, President Hoov er in commenting on the deaih of Senator Burton of Ohloy said Tuesday that when the origins "of great and successful policies are examined in the retrospect of his tory ' the Senator's name will be among the first of his contempor ary statesmen. The death or a great lender is a national loss' Mr. Hoover said In a statement. "Senator Burton gave practically all his long adult manhood to pub lic sen-ice, in turn to his city, his state and to the nation. His was always constructive action and from his leadership has sprung much of our national advancement. "He was a true servant of the people profoundly versed in the history and traditions of our insti tutioas, jealous to preserve their integrity. "When the origins of great and successful policies are examined In the retrospect of history, the sen ator's name will rank among the first leaders of his time. "He has ever been held In res pect which many years ago became veneration. His death is a grevious personal loss to me. He was a lov able character and an affectionate friend." The white house announced that President Hoover will attend the public funeral services for Senator Burton at the capitol Wednesday. LUIANON FIRE Lebanon, Ore. (LP) A store owned by Lottie M, Rogers, Sod a ville, was destroyed by fire Monday. Cause of the blaze has not been determin ed. Trio Of Portland Fliers Killed When Plane Crashes Tree Eutrene. Ore. (AP) Killed when their sinKle-motored monoplane crashed near Walker, eight miles from here late -Wnn.lHV. the bodies of three persons, one a younR woman. were to be taken to Portland Tues- j... mtntArv funerals were day. Full military iuneran m planned tor Lieutenant W. B. "Bey" Clark, pilot of the, plane, and Cap tain P. O. Mercer, both ot whom were officers of. the United States army air corps reserve, while a private funeral had been arranned for Edyth Rose, co-pilot of the plane. Conflicting report here Tuesday as to the cause of the fatal crash. A. P. Wolford, far- RECORD SALES FOLLOWED BY BRISK RALLY Worst of Panic Seemi Past After Day of Dis astrous Declines Indicated Turnover oi 16,000,000 Shares. Total Loss 25 Billions 1 New York UP) The worst of ths flood of selling, which has wiped out at least $25,000,000,000 in the quoted value of securities In the last week, appeared to have passed in the New York stocks markets early Tuesday afternoon when ft brisk rally followed anoher disast rous decline which had carried scores of Issues down $10 to $70 ft share. An indicated turnover of 16,000.000 shares was seen in the announce ment that total fales to 2:10 p. m. were 13.838.000 shares, with the . ticker 82 minutes behind the mar ket. It was apparent that concerted efforts were being made by bank (Concluded on pane 11. column 6 BANKS TO LOSE IS PREDICT T Washington (Senator Brook hart, republican, Iowa, predicted Tuesday that if the severe declin of stock prices in Wall street con tinued, "banks all over the country1 would go Into bankruptcy. The Iowan. who has bills pending proposing radical revision of th federal reserve law and prohibition of loans by banks for speculative purposes, said a large percentage ox money advanced to brokers cam from banks outside New York, who would lose tremendous amounts of money if prices for stocks contin ued to go down. He added that what he described as the "panic in Wail Street" might lead to a "general business panic of far reaching consequences. The present situation, he said. would accelerate enactment of ft bill by Senator Glass, democrat, Va., to tax stock sales and ft reso lution by Senator King, democrat, Utah, proposing a sweeping inves tigation of the whole financial siW uation. AIRMAIL PILOT Mount Vernon, Ohio (VP K. M. Kane, pilot of the southbound Cleveland-Louisville mail plane of the Universal line, was burned to death early Tuesday when his plana crashed into a grove of trees on ft farm eight miles southwest of Mount Vernon. Kane, according to farmers living where the ship crashed, apparently had lost hts way In ft dense fog. They first Ivard the ship, seeming ly flying In circles, about 5:40 a.m. The drone of the plane's motors suddenly ceased and a few minutes later they saw a blaze In a patch, of woods on the farm of Elmer Higgins. When they reached the scene, the plane was ablaze and they were un able to reach the pilot, who was burned beyond recognition. Most ot the mall was detroyed. property the hu "er, on v .Jr. .. ... cabin monoplane era tied, said h thounht he heard the motor fall. Employes of the Walker Lumber company, eyewitnesses of the ac cident, differed In their versions of the mishap. Some told stories sim ilar to that ol Wolford while oth ers said the plane, tlyln unusually low, side-slipped as It was an"n above a rldite nd struck a tall nr "(Concluded oa ! eolumal)