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Newspaper Page TextBOY BANDIT CLAIMS TO BE N.Y. CIRCULATION Dally avtimt dlitrl button for tht umtb cndlDi May SI, 1030 10,670 Average daily net paid 10,237 U ember Audit Bureau of Circulation 42nd YEAR, No. 148 YOUTH CAUGHT ROBBIII&PAYII SHOP SHOOTS Insists He Is -Mystery Murderer Wanted By New York Police Note To Newspapers Says Maniac's Last Victim Has Been Killed Boston (IP) A 15-year-old boy who said be was "3-X" New York's murderous maniac, tu arrested here Saturday after he had shot pawnbroker during an attempted holdup. The youth gave his name as Frank J. Page of Long Island City, N. Y. "I am the murderous maniac wanted in New York. You've got me now," the boy was quoted as having told police after hs cap ture. Authorities were skeptical, but Page Insisted that he was the mys terious killer. Passing the pawnshop of the Pub lic Loan company here. Patrolman Patrick J. Caffney noted that the door was closed, which he consider ed unusual. Entering the establishment, he (aw the proprietor, Abraham Beck, 35, of Dorchester, standing behind the counter, his hands In the air. (Concluded on page 11. column 7)- FIND OWNER OF REVOLVER USED TO KILL LINGLE Chicago (IP) The revolver used in the assassination of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, has been definitely traced to one of "Scarface AT Capone's most notorious gang sters, Frank Foster, for whom a na tionwide search was under way Sat urday. Foster Is being sought, It was learned, not as the man who killed Lingle, but in the hope that he may be able to identify the murder er among the deadly enemies he made when he went over to Capone from the George "Bugs" Moran and Joe Atello gangs, Capone's most powerful rivals In the beer and alky rackets. Positive proof that Foster pur chased the revolver, a short-bar relled .38 calibre weapon deliberately left by the slayer near the body of his victim, was obtained Dy Dam tics experts. They had worked con' tlnuously In day and night shifts to bring out the Identuicauon num. bers that had been filed from the gun. A check of the number revealed teat the revolver had come from the sporting goods store of Peter Von Frantzius, who frequently has been Involved In investigations of gangland murders. Von Frantzius' records showed he sold the gun to Foster. The tracing of the weapon, to Fos ter indicated, it was said, that Lin- gle's slaye rhad two motives in kill in the reporter, who "covered' gangsters' activities for the Tribune lor 18 years. Expect to Start Work On Great Northern in California In July San Francisco (UP) Extension of the Great Northern and Western Pacific railroad systems to permit entry of the first-named transcontinental system into California will probably begin within thirty days, President H. M. Adams of tne West- ern Pacific said, The tremendous battle -of the transcontinental carriers, which had Its Inception In the days of Hill and Harriman, was terminated Fri day In Washington by decision of the interstate commerce commission. The Great Northern and Its southern ally, the Western Pacific, emerged victorious from the epic fight, with a permit to spend $14. 000.000 in building 300 miles of con necting trackage, despite the vigor ous opposition of the Southern Pacific Entered m mcod4 elM matter at Salem. Oregon Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Dr. Martin F. Ferrey has an nounced his intention of becoming a candidate for state librarian, we think Dr. Ferrey will be able to fill and to capacity the chair once so capably and completely filled by Cornelia Marvin. After seeing a couple of Issues of the Woodburn Independent since It has become Rod Alden's editorial baby we are satisfied that is one place where the Rod could be spared without spoiling tne cnud. We note among some of Tom Kay's political enemies in particular a sudden acute concern developing as to Tom's health. But having seen Tom a few times lately we are glad to say for all those within the sound of our typewriter that Tom is the wellest looking sick man we've ever seen. We'll make a guess that Tom will outlive not only his term as gov ernor but a lot of those so deeply and suddenly concerned. But even if he was still sick It might be a good scheme to try a sick man once. Two apparently well men were unable to stand the strain and it might be an 111 man would outlive us ail. When a man finds out there is something wrong with the old breadwagon he begins to take care ot himself while the hale and hearty chap takes all kinds of punishment physically and succumbs to it. Some of the boys who are worry ing about Tom's health should do less worrying along that score and worry more about how few votes the party would get If some of the ether chaps are nominated. Al fer Instance. Why It Al is nominated the county clerks won't even need adding ma chines to figure up his vote. It would be like a grammar school problem In mental arithmetic. Al has been away and maybe doesn't know what has been going on. But when he kicked Bob Saw yer off the highway commission he kicked away every chance Al Nor blad ever had of becoming governor. And we don't mean maybe. We think even his best friends will tell him. If they don't they ought to be cause they know it as well as we do. With all this stir about the gov ernorship don't forget folks that Miller Hayden and Kennetn Bayne are still running for Justice of the peace. Maybe that will scare us up a couple of cigars. . ' HOUSE DELAYS HARBORS BILL Washington, uP) The plan of the rivers and-harbors committee to seek Immediate final action In the house on the rivers and har bors omnibus bill passed Friday by the senate was changed Satur day because oi tne mammy u ob tain conies of the revised measure. Chairman Dempsey of the com mittee had been instructed to sub mit the bill carrying authorizations aggregating 142,000.000 for action. It had been planned to request the unanimous consent of the house to agree on the senate amendments which Increased the total $24,500,000 more than carried In the house bill. Dempsey said he would submit the bill for action prorjaoiy Mon day. The Western Pacific, under terms of the I. C. C. grant, will Immedi ately begin costructton of 112 miles of main line from Its present 8an Francisco-Salt Lake system at Kid die. Calif., to Belber, Calif. The Great Northern simultane ously will start construction from the Oregon line south to Belber, a distance of 88 miles. The Western Pacific's part of the building program will cost approxi mately $10,000,000 and the Great Northern's $33,000,000. In addition the two companies Jointly sre to Conciudeaon page 11, column 6) mi PEACE TREATY RATIFICATION REPORT SPLIT Majority of Committee .Favors London Naval Pact Approval Senate Consideration Set For Special Ses sion During Summer Washington (Urhe senate for eign relations committee will meet Monday to report the London naval treaty favorably to tha senate, which will consider It at an extra session to be called after congress adjourns. A majority report merely saying that the comittee approves the treaty will be adopted. Chairman Borah will present this report to the senate after the committee ses sion. Senator Johnson, republican, California, who is leading the op position to the treaty, is expected to present a minority report against ratification. A poll of the committee shows 16 for the treaty, with five opposing. Proponents of the treaty claim the necessary two-thirds of the senate for ratification. Opponents are seeking to postpone consideration until the autumn. EDITORS ELECT CRONISE; PICK SALEM FOR 1931 Astoria (IP) Ralph Cronlse of the Albany Democrat-Herald was elect ed president of the Oregon State Editorial association at the final meeting of the association's annual convention Saturday. Cronlse will succeed George K. Aiken, publisher of the Ontario Argus, who refused renomlnatlon for the position. Harris Ellsworth, editor of tne Roseburg News-Review, will succeed Cronlse as treasurer of the associa tion, and regional vice presidents were elected as follows: Merle R. Chessman, Astoria Bud get, western division; Alton Baker, Eugene Guard, ' southern division; Verne McKinncy, Hlllsboro Argus, Willamette valley; Vawter Craw ford, Heppner Gazette-Times, cen tral Oregon; and Mrs. R. E. Bean, Freewater Times, eastern Oregon. Salem was chosen as the con vention city for 1931, in competition with Ontario and Marshficld. "There is no secret formula for successful development of a state, such as that experienced by Calif ornia," W. G. Ide, manager of the Oregon state chamber of commerce, told the newspaper men In an ad dress In which he described the newspapers' part in state develop ment and In creating a new psychol ogy for Oregon. "California bought and paid for her publicity and it was handled in an organized and carefully thought out system." Mr. Ids presented a suggested program for state development and urged that editors ot the state pa pers recommend sn appropriation of 1100,000 from the state legisla ture at its next session for public ity purposes only and that over head items be taken care of by ap propriations from public utility cor porations and commercial enter- Drlses that would benefit by state development. He also recommended that each county court snouia al low $1000 from Its budget for pub licity purposes, WOO of which should go toward producing county litera ture and $500 to the state cham ber for general development, FIFTEEN ARE DEAD WHEN CRAFT SINKS Melbourne. Australia (IP) Fifteen persons were lost Saturday In the wreck of tne motorsnip vaivui in a storm off Papau. The dead included Magistrate Berge and his three children. They were trapped In the cabin of the Valvlrt. The captain of the ship was swept away with Bergc's baby, whom be was trying to save. Mrs. Berge, who also was attempt ing to save the baby, reached the beach after nine hours of struggle In the water. Thirteen others, all natives, were saved. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930 STOCK Drowns Crippled Son In Bath Tub Then Suicides Jacksonville Fla. UP) Loals Web, former wealthy real estate owner here, drowned his 14-year-old son, Francis, In a bath tub, then commit ted suicide by shooting him self In the head. The eon had been stricken since birth with Infantile paralysis. - "He said be had to do It, bat I didn't believe It," Mrs. We Is told county authorities. ESPEE TO ABIDE BY RAIL RULING ASSERTS SHOUP San Francisco UP) Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific, Saturday announced his railroad would not appeal from the Inter state commerce commission ruling granting the application of the Great Northern for permission to connect with the Western Pacific In Northern California. In announcing the company's de cision Shoup also extended con gratulations to the two rival rail roads. "Congratulations to the Western Pacific and the Great Northern," the announcement said. "I wish earnestly again to thank the thous ands of shippers and the many communities who believe as we do that the existing facilities, rail and water, with slight additions from time to time, are ample to take care of all existing traffic and all that may be created, and that the sup port permanently of the new line must come principally from busi ness diverted from us and our con nections. "If events prove us wrong In any substantial way In this view, we will be pleased as well as surprised. "In any event we will, as gooa citizens, cheerfully accept the de cision ot the Interstate commerce commission, which is, under the law, the final arbiter in such mat ters. I will be Interested in read ing the full text of the decision." PLANE CRASHES INTO YACHT AND SINKS IN BAY New London. Conn. (IP) A coast guard hydroplane operated by Lieut N, M. Nelson of Gloucester, Mass1., crashed Into the superstructure of a yacht while attempting to take off from the harbor here Saturday. The plane sank but the pilot and commander, Eugene A. Coffin,- a passenger, escaped from the cabin and were rescued by the yacht s crew. The heavy seaplane skimmed along the water and slowly rose to an altitude or 15 feet, suddenly, the pilot said, the yacht seemed to loom In front of him and he could not rise above it . The plane tore through the rig ging, smashed the cabin roof and plunged, nose first on the other side. Nelson worked his way out of the cockpit and was dragged aboard the yacht by the crew. Several passengers aboard the yacht were injured by flying glass from the shattered cabin and were treated at the- coast guard sick bay. DRIYER OF DEATH CAR IS CAPTURED Portland UP) Clarence F. Harless, 21. wss under bonds of $2500 Satur day following his alleged confession to police Friday night that he drove the automobile which struck and killed Ambrogl Dlnlcola, (0, on June II. Harless wss charged with Invol untary manslaughter and failure to stop and give aid. He is alleged to have struck Dlnlcola and then sped away from the accident. Witnesses to the accident aided police In arresting him later. BABE GETS HOMER 23 New York UP Babe Ruth hit his 23rd home run of the season off Elon Hogsett in the eighth inning of Saturday's game between the Yankees and Detroit. The bases were empty, Ruth being the first oatter oi tne inning. PRICES IN NEW COMMITTEE HI- B Hi N m .-BB .SHB KM Alone Has nam ma aw ana est sua got , sjbj gtgg TO PICK NOMINEE A republican candidate for on the ticket caused by the death of George W. Joseph, must be selected by the newly elected or re-elected members of the republican state central committee, Attorney General Van Winkle has advised Phil Metschan, chairman of the committee. "I learn from the newspapers that the countv rentml committees have been reorganized and state central committeemen elected in a majority of the coun ties at this time," the opinion of the attorney general reads. "Con sequently at any meeting of the state central committee which may be called hereafter such newly elected members would be qualified to sit and participate In the busi ness of the committee. While the law specifies that coun ty central committees shall meet and organize within twenty days after the primary election this time element, the attorney general holds 'Is directory and not mandatory (Concluded cm pge10. coiurnrT3) MEXICANS OFF ON 2200 MILE NONSTOP FLIGHT Brownsville. Texas VP Colonel Roberto Fierro and his mechanic. Araulfo Cortes, attempting a non stop flight from New Yojpt to Mex ico City, crossed the Texas-Mexican border shortly before 2 o'clock Sat urday afternoon, according to a message received by the naval radio station here. Roosevelt Field, N. Y. W With Mexico City 2,200 miles away as their goal, Col. Roberto Fierro, one of Mexico's foremost aviators, and his mechanic, Arnuflo Cortes, took off at 1:30:15 a. m. (B. S..T.) Sat urday on an attempted non-stop flight. Thev honed1 to reach the Mexi can capital In 16 hours, thus achieving the first nonstop flight between New York and Mexico City. - Col. Fierro planned to follow the trail blazed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in 1920 on his non-stop flight from Washington to the Mexican capital. Col. IJLndberg lost his way over the mountains and the trip took him. 27 hours. Fierro said he decided on a take off at night so that he would have daylight for the 10,000 foot climb over the Sierra De Pachuca range between Tamplco and Mexico City. Col. Fierro s plane is a Lockheed Sirius, similar to the one in which Col. Lindbergh recently established trans-continental record. He carried 475 galons of gasoline and 27', gallons of oil. The plane is a white, low winged monoplane with an open cockpit. LEO FEIST, SONG PUBLISHER. DIES Mount Vernon, N. Y. UP) Leo Feist, 80, song publisher, died at his home here Saturday of arthritis. Starting his business career as a corset salesman, Mr. Feist wrote popular songs In his spare time but was unable to sell them and finally published one ot them himself. It was popular enough to enable him to publish several more and when he saved $200 he went Into the busi ness, building up what became the largest publishing house of popular songs in the world. He was born In New York city, of Alsataln ancestry. His widow, Bes sie Meyer Feist, and three sons sur vive him. One of hli most profitable songs was "Over There." He paid George M. Cohan, the author, $25,000 out right for it. The song made a small fortune. Feist also was the first to Intro duce American popular music in Europe, establishing offices in Lon don, Paris and Berlin. DUNCAN APPEALS Portland UP) Robert Gordon Duncan, self styled Oregon "wild cat," through his attorney, Friday filed notice of appeal in circuit court from his conviction and sen tence on a chsrge ot electioneering on election day. "MANIAC" SLAYER Authority governor to fill the vaeancv ; SHARP PUTTING GIVES HOGAN 4 HOLE HANDICAP Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver, B. C. UP) Clever putting gave Ed die Hogan of Portland a four hole lead over Johnny Rabbins, also of Portland, Saturday on the first nine holes of their 38 hole final match for the Pacific northwest amateur golf championship. Stroking two under par Hogan won the first, second, seventh and ninth holes. Bobbins got off to a bad start when he took fives on the first two holes, but he played In per tec; figures the rest of the dis tance. Hogan sank a 20 foot putt on the seventh for a birdie three and a win and he dropped another from 30 feet at the ninth for another three on a par four hole. Hogan halved the eighth with a 15 footer. Their cards were: Par 443 44S 44436 Hogan 443 445 34334 Robblns 653 445 44438 Defending her northwest champ ionship, Mrs. Vera Hutchings o Vancouver, stroked the outward nine in two under par to gain a six hole lead over Mrs. Fred Jack son of Seattle In their 38 hole match for the women's title. Mrs. Hutchings won the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth holes and halved the oth ers. Both women made terrific drives, but Mrs. Jackson's Iron shots were a little weak. Their cards were: Out par 443 548 4S5 40 Hutchings 453 545 34538 Jackson 553 668 45545 EMPLOYES SEEK FURTHER ACTION Washington (LP) Reconsideration of Its order approving the merger of the Great Northern and North ern Pacific railroads was asked Sat urday of the interstate commerce commission In a petition filed by the Minnesota Railroads and Ware house commission. Holding the commission had not given employes of the two roads an opportunity to show how the consolidations would affect them, the state commission declared the evidence "obviously incomplete and insufficient to Justify the finding that the proposition will be in the public interest," Consideration of further evidence which might be presented by the employes, the arguments that would follow, would cause the commis sion to rescind its report of Febru ary 11, the state commission said it believed. "From the circumstances and facts stressing the competitive situ ation between the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, we feci the proposed merger will completely eliminate all benefits accruing to the public from the present aggres sive competition." the brief stated. ENDURANCE FLIERS IN AIR 230 HOURS Chicago iP) in Uielr quest-for a new endurance reiueJing fiignt rec ord, Kenneth and John Hunter, had completed 330 hours In the air at 8:40 a.m. C. D. T) Saturday in their plane "The City of Chicago." At Sky Harbor airport, It was re ported at that hour that all was well with tne p ane and its crew. PRICE THREE to mm CRASH BEARS FORCE ALL LEADERS TO LOW LEVEL Slump Parallels Sharp Break in Wheat and Cotton Prices Support at Close of Mar ket Not Sufficient To Offset Drop New York (LP) Terrific bear pres sure shot the stock market down Saturday to new low levels for 1930 new levels as measured by the av erage-pare Holing another aevere break in wheat and cotton. Although there was support tn evidence at the close, it was not suf ficient to counteract the damaging Influence of an earlier bear raid and the market was from 1 to 6 points down. The preliminary calculation show ed the Dow, Jones Co., Industrials average at 215.69. off 0.23 and the railroad average at 128.71, oft 134. Both of these averages were at the lowest levels since November 14, 1920, the day after the culmination of the autumn crash. . The Industrial average this week lost 28.56 points net and the railroad average 5.75. The Industrial average at Saturday's close was down 78.38 points from its high for the year and the railroad average 29.23. Sales Saturday totaled 1,966,610. against 1,255,710 last Saturday. The drastic break In the stock market came simultaneous with de pression In the wheat and cotton markets. Wheat touched the lowest levels in 15 years on the Chicago board of trade while cotton at New t Concluded on pane 11, column 6 IT GIRL DENIES FIANCE ASKED RETURN OF RING St: Louis, Mo. (IP) Clara Bow, the Inimitable "It girl" of the movies, stepped sprightly off a train from Dallas, Tex., Saturday and an nounced she was en route to New York to see Harry Rlchman, night club owner, her fiance. She denied she had been In Dal las In connection with an aliena tion of affections suit settlement, but said she wanted to see "Harry and talk the situation over with him.'' The Titian haired screen star won the horn rimmed alasses she had hoped would keep her from the public eve. but a news cameraman was on hand at the railroad ter minal to point her out. "Do you still love Harry?" she was asked. "Of course I do, and with all my heart." she responded pertly. I understand he aked for return of your engagement ring? "He never asked lor my engage ment ring,'' Miss Bow replied. Road Viewers Claim Santiam Road Route ToHave Gentle Grade W J. Knox, W. A. Taylor and Fred J. Miller, county ' i I l-M.,,, nftnrnnnn frnm Viewinff the roau viewers, reiuiucu i n....j '" , - , stretch of North Santiam highway proposed as a county road between Detroit ana n ., t i.n Mnnt. itn in r.nM maun tains and were here Saturday com piling their report which will probably be forthcoming next week. "This will be a wonderful road,'' declared W. A. Taylor, who has been for 23 years road viewer In the county, and incidentally knows his Cascade mountains like a book. "There Is not a place In it beyond Detroit where more than a five per cent grade will be needed and the greater part of it can be built with a grade of not over one per cent. There Is no question but what this road will be the easiest pass to be uic mull wuj ...... ... - FAIR Tonight; Sunday cloudy In the west portion, moderate temrjeiatnre; Gentle variable wind. Local: Max., 09; Mia, SO; rata, t river, -1 toot; partly cloudj; vest wind. CENTS KMffiSS stands mm exortt) FIVETKI FROM CUFF BY MIC Demented Man Tosses Family Over PrecfpfctJ And Then Leaps Tragedy Occurs During Picnic With Hundred, Looking On New Haven, Conn. (UP) Raymond Spang of Anaonia took his wife and four chil dren on a picnic in beautiful West. Rock park here Satur day to celebrate hia release from a sanitarium Friday night and then, seized by a murderous mania, threw them over a 400 foot preci pice. Pressed by a posse of po lice and firemen he leaped from a ledge half way down the abrupt rock face of the cliff Is a death on the Jagged racks below. Moving swiftly. Spang kicked Eds wife, Oertrude, over the brink ta she stood admiring the irks and tossed the screaming children after her. . '. The children were Helen, 13; L CohcIuded onpseePio, column S)J TEN GASSED BY FILM FUMES IN HOSPITAL FIRE Atlanta UP) Ten persons, includ ing newspapermen, firemen and at taches, who Inhaled fumes from burning X-ray films at Grady hos pital, were under the observation of physicians Saturday while au thorities supervised the return of 350 negro patients, removed1 during Friday's fire. Dr. J. J. Clark expressed the opinion that only a "safety type of film was exposed to the fire and that those who Inhaled Its fumes would suffer no serious conse- quences, but W. Frank Lacklesn, manager of the Atlanta office ef a film manufacturing company, said he thought some old film, capable of giving off a deadly gas, was stored In the hospital in supposedly fireproof cabinets. Dr. Frank Lavleri of Chicago was overcome by smoke and Friday night James Jones, a negro order ly, who was. credited by hospital authorities with assisting In the re moval of 20 patients, collapsed. Bis condition was described as serious. Flames, punctuated by two ex plosions, were confined to a single room used for X-ray work. The 250 negro patients In adja cent wards were removed on streacllcrs. They suflered only only from shock. MUX WORKER DROWNED Klamath Falls (4-; -John D. Ha ley, employe of a lumber mill here, was drowned Friday when he slip ped from a log Into the Klamath river. His body was recovered. .,, .cross the - ...... tains and constructed at the least expense of any road. "When you get beyond1 Niagara the mountains begin to smooth out and are not so rugged and the road from there on can be con structed at comparatively small ex pense. "The only trouble we expect to see the county have with right of way between Detroit and White water will probably be with 1 small owners, principally In or near Detroit. These owners own from one kit to an acre and WW to tt "iConcludedon p 11, calwaaa 7)