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Newspaper Page TextCIRCULATION Dally kverar distribution for the moDtb ending August 31, 1930 10,568 "Average daily net paid 10,155 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation . FAIR tonight and Wednesday, normal temperature, moderately low hu midity; gentle north and northwest, winds. Local Max. 76; Mln. 4; rain 0; river -3.7 feet; clear; north wind. 42nd YEAR, No. 221 ' r'?MeZaa SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1030 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TtMINS AND Nt.vVir OTIMM PIVB CKNTM van U La ft JUL 1'HHF.lTr - . - ; ... aw mm w UPTON BLAMES MACHINE AGE FOR FAILURE i Mechanical Efficiency of Enterprise Amazes Veteran Challenger Says if Cup is Lost Will Not Again Compete . Because of Age By CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, Jr. (Copyright, by United Press) Aboard Sir Thomas Upton's Yacht. Erin (IP) Sir Thomas Up ton told me Tuesday that Shamrock V, is the last of its illustrious line, and that If he loses this year he will never challenge for the America's cup again. "I wish I had known that Enter nrlse was to be a product of the ma chine age, for then I could have equipped Shamrock in some similar manner. But 1 am too oia ior uie mechanical aire." Sir Thomas said. We chatted for almost an hour in a, private cabin aboard the Erin, and he expressed disappointment in the showing of Shamrock which has lost two successive races to Enter prise. But he has not given up, nor is he trying to detract from the vic tories which Enterprise has won. Sir Thomas revealed himself as being amazed by the mechanical ef ficiency of Enterprise.. . "It would be beyond the concep tion of our rocking-chair fleet at (Concluded on page 11. column 7) 200.000FACE DEATH IN HONAN BY STARVATION .ckonnhni " isa Tim hundred thousand people are facing death by starvation near unecneng, iu nan province, as the result of war fare Danmi aepreaauuiis ww nuuua, said a Chinese press dispatch Tues- UW J.1VU1 V-"w..0. nvi.. eniiM nnmhpr uns rtoomPd unless immediate aid was given, the city authorities iniormen me n tiAnaller MIVAmmOlit. At. Nankin?. Thi aff nr on within the zone suffering from warfare for aix months has Deen reaucea w famine principally because of con tinual levies of the various war lords. Militarists, said the dispatch, Iibh to Iron fnnrifttllffs. rftrts. mules. cattle and seed grains, rendering the people wcapaoie 01 sowing crops and otherwise preparing for the winter. Bandits and floods completed the destruction. CHINESE FIRE ON U, S. VESSEL -Washington U) The American unboat, Oahu, was fired upon last Saturday by Chinese "communists" about 200 miles above Hankow on the Yangtze river, American Consul General Prank P. Lockhart reported to the state department Tuesday. The Oahu returned the fire with eleven 3-lnch shells and 200 ma chine gun rounds, the consul's mes sage said. The gunboat was escort ing the steamship Iping of the Yangtze Rapid company, tan Ameri can concern. There were no casual ties on the gunboat. Lockhart said that similar attacks occurred the same day on French, Japanese and British vessels along this stretch of the river and these vessels returned the fire. Lockhart reported that attacks still occur dally on foreign vessels at a point 45 miles above Kiuklang. CROSSES ATLANTIC IN SMALl BOAT Rabat, Morocco n Prof. Hem? Blanco of the state university of Iowa, arrived here Tuesday in a 38 foot sailing boat in which he crossed the AUanUe with his wife and small daughter in (7 days. He reported a thrilling trip. Near the Azores, a shark tried to capsize the boat. Blanco seised an Iron rod and Jammed It down the shark's throat, forcing it to flee. The party sailed from Salem. Mass, July II In the rigged dory. Evalu. carrying three small sails His wife and 7 year old daughter ac companied him. Prof. Blanco is an - American. Spanish-born, and made the trip to visit his parents, resi dents of Barcelona. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Our recent observations and alonf ome lines oar observa tions are very keen lead as to ' believe that one of two things la happening to the girls around this ton i. They have elther quit reducing or ' have - started wearing their winter undies. IN 193t (Prom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Slogan for Mr. Hoover's next campaign: He kept us out of work. According to Ripley some chap held a silver dollar In his month for 67 years. Maybe that's where Sid Elliott has been hiding his famous first dollar through the years. All the lights on the courthouse clock have twinkled out but one the one on the east side. And you can't see the clock from that side because the building is in the way. There's a chance for the county court to do one Illuminating thing, anyway. Julius Meier Is reported to be afraid to help out the Oregon Linen Mills for fear it might look like a political gesture. We suggest that he give $50,000 to .the linen mills, then accept the governor's salary for four years when he Is elected, and nobody would be out anything. And he'd grab off the Salem vote at the same time. We seem to so helpful to Julius a couple of human hop toads Homer Foster and Asahel Bush suspected slipped a four foot "Meier for Governor" sign on the front of Old Betsy, our well known auto yesterdayt We drove it around town for two hours before Young Sips discovered it and tipped us off. We're glad all the boys had a good laugh, Asahel and Homer es pecially. But it's a doggone long lane that hasn't a bramble bush In it somewhere. Just for that we expect to bill Julius for two hours advertising and hope he sends us up a nice, new suit of red flannel underwear for the hard winter coming on. Incldently our column showed its great pulling power when we men tioned - the "Meier for Governor" sign on Homer Foster's car. He said this morning already 25 peo ple had showed up asking for signs and they are still coming strong. We got one we pulled off our car somebody can have. Sunday night we saw Milton Sills do a great piece of acting at the Elslnore in a play called. "Man Trouble" and this morning we read hes dead. Just like losing an old friend we have known for years on the screen. 1 - We're glad it was tennis and not golf he was playing when he passed on. TED GEISKING DENIES CHARGE Louisville, Ky. (TP) Admission he is Theodore tTed) Gelsking, but denial he knew anything of the Llngle murder in Chicago was made here Tuesday by a suspect picked up on a vagrancy charge. Gelsking was arrested here last Friday and held on a vagrancy charge. Monday his bond, first made at $5,000, was reduced to $1,000. Then Detective Sergeant Cecil Essel, who had picked him up, noted the resemblance to pub lished photographs of Gelsking. As a precaution a murder charge was filed and the bond automatically raised to $5,000. Gelsking denied killing Llngle and said he did not even know him. but according to police he admitted he had heen a whiskey runner Vacation of Street Again Postponed To Lega lize Procedure No progress was made in sue at the city council meeting Monday night except that Walter E. Keyes, attorney for the petitioning Oregon Pulp & Paper company, caused the wttn-v drawal of the pending vacation or dinance and prepared the way technically for the Introduction of a new and more satisfactory ordi nance at a called meeting of the council next Friday night. It Is not now planned to bring the matter to a vote until the regular meeting which will be Monday night, Octo ber . Keyes prepared the way lor the w ordinance by calling, swearing and questioning a witness, purely for the purpose of conforming to a court deck-ion by the late Judge SAYS HUBBARD TRIEDTOFORCE BRIBE HY Bellingham Attorney Ac cuses Former Rum Runner and Agent Defense in Lyle Trial to Close Case Late To day or Tomorrow Seattle (IP) Testifying for the defense in the Lyle-Whltney trial, A. C. Durham, Bellingham attorney, Tuesday accused Alfred Hubbard former rum runner and undercover agent, of attempting to extort bribe money from him. Durham was the first of the char acter and Impeaching witnesses to be Introduced by the defense in an attempt to counteract the testi mony of government witnesses who have accused four former prohibi tion officials with, accepting bribes and protecting liquor dealers. All of the defendants, Roy C. Lyle, suspended dry administrator. William Whitney, former legal counsel to the dry unit, and Earl Corwln, and Richard -Fryant, form er agents, have testified in their own defense, and their attorneys an nounced that their case would pro bably be rested late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Durham declared that when he was attorney for defendants In the Clyde Regan case In Whatcom county in 1928, Hubbard, then work ing in the sheriff's office, told him he could keep the case "from going (Concluded on page 10. column S) MOLALLA YOUTH FIRST FATALITY OF DEER SEASON Molalla Deer bunting claimed its first victim of the .season in this section of the state Monday when Victor John Kokel, 16, was accidentally shot and killed while hunting in the vicinity of Twin Buck camp about 3a miles south of here. He was In company of Bar ney Helvey and Dick Howland, who planned - to be gone several days. Word of the tragedy was telephoned from a lumber camp late Monday afternoon by Helvey who had to tramp five miles through the brush. The boys had shot a 5-point buck seven times with a .303 rifle. In order to bleed the animal, it was decided to move the carcass so that the head would be down hill. The rifle was in the way and young Kokel grabbed it by the barrel to move It when the trigger was dis charged by some brush. The bul let pierced his neck, ranging up ward, killing him almost instantly. He Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kokel, living south of here, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held from the Eberhart parlors Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock with Father Jonas, of Canby, officiating. Interment will be in the Russellvllle cemetery. Victor Kokel was born September 17, 1916, and lived his entire life in the Molalla section. He Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kokel, living nine miles south of here and the following brothers and sisters, Frank and Joe Kokel; Rosalie, Frances, Mary, Anna, An gela and Violette Kokel. the Trade street vacation, is Wolverton holding that vacation matters are Judicial procedure. - It took a lot of argument and parlia mentary grappling with opponents of the vacation before Keyes was authorized by the council to call his witness. He accomplished this by having Alderman Dancy introduce a resolution calling for a bearing on the Trade street question and pro viding for testimony to be offered by both the petitioners and the ob jectors. The resolution was adopt ed without dissent, and provided (Concluded on pte 11, column Golden Dawn Wins First Prize For Cocktails rumion, (LP) "Gotdro Dawn" today- earn, to Enff hl a nation hardened with unempto-ment and economic aeprtsalnn. - "Golden Dawn" enwalita, ' at eaaal parts of orange Juice, ' apricot brandy, Calvados, and Booth's gin.' with a dash of grenadine, .and It won first prise In the short drink class In Britain's first International cocktail competition. T. Battery, bead el the cock tail bar at the Berkeley hotel, designed the prise win ner, llnsaeeessfnl entries ranged from the highly al coholic -Bine Paradise" to the -Don Bradman' named for the famous yonnf Austra lian cricketer who la strict teetotaller."- - A pink cocktail containing the yolk of an egg, gin, and cherry juice started as a hot favorite, but failed to beat Golden Dawn. PREPARE FOR HEARING CROSS STATE LINE CASE Portland OP) J. Stanley Payne, assistant chief counsel for the inter state commerce commission arrived here Tuesday to begin work on the cross-slate railroad hearing, set for September 29 In federal district court. The commission, after lengthy in vestigatlon of the transportation needs of the state, ordered the O.- W. R, N. line, subsidiary of the UrugnPasliifeto. Jmlld. inJUne from Crane to Crescent lake. The cost of the proposed development is 15,- 000,000. The railroad company, claiming that the project would be highly un profitable, has taken the matter to the federal courts. Though he has never seen the country traversed by the projected line, Payne has followed the case from its Instigation and will lead the fight to uphold the commission's order. Attorneys for the public ser vice commissions of Oregon and Idaho, who recommended the line to the Interstate commission, will be lntervenors in the trial. The case will be heard by three judges. Including Federal Circuit Judge Deitrich, DESTROYERS IN CRASHAT SEA Brooklyn, N. Y. (LP) A crash at sea between two United States de stroyers became known Tuesday when the Sands put into Brook lyn navy yard for repairs to a two foot dent in Its side. The Sands crashed Saturday night with the Hatfield. The latter ves sel Is being towed to the yard by the tugs Sagamore and Penobscot and the extent of her damage was unknown. The destroyers were participat ing with 18 other vessels In Septem ber maneuvers off Newport, R. I. No one was injured, the Sands re ported. At the navy yard It was said the collision . was . unavoidable. The Sands, commanded by Commander V. J. Dixon, proceeded to the yard under her own power. The Hat field was commanded by Lieut. Commander R. D. Kirkpatrick, , PLACES WREATH ON MONUMENT Mexico City OP) Ambassador Morrow Tuesday placed a wreath in the Independence monument In Mexico City In honor of Mexican Independence day. The ambassador and his party left the American em bassy at 10 a.m. and placed the wreath on the monument forty min utes later. - Washington (A) State department officials Tuesday denied a rumor that Ambassador Morrow had been injured In an automobile accident near Mexico City. The denial fol lowed a long distance call to the United States embassy there. FOREIGN TRADE FOR AUGUST 80 PERCENT Washington (&) President Hoo ver has been Informed by the com merce department that American foreign trade for August Is running at between M and S5 per cent In quantity of like foreign trade last year and has registered some gain over early months of 1930. BACKTRACK TO SEA FATAL TO EXPLORERS Flier' Finds Sir John Franklin and Men Vain ly Sought Mainland Traces of Raold Amund sen Found in Cairn At Magnetic Pole Edmonton. Alta. (-Returning from his flight to King William is land, Major L. T. Burwash, Canadi an explorer, Tuesday advanced the theory that Sir John Franklin and his 128 men perished on the Arctic Island 85 years ago while back tracking to their ships after a vain attempt to march overland to civi lization. This theory, he said, was substan tiated by the discovery of sites of camps of the lost explorers and groups of graves. Relics of the ex pedition, broadcloth, tent material and rope, were recovered. No trace was found of the Franklin ships, the Erebus and Terror, believed to have been wrecked along the west ern shore of the Island. In addition to his flight to King William island, Major Burwash and his pilot. W, R Gilbert, mapped more than 2,000 miles of coast-line within the Arctic circle, made an inspection of copper claims In the far north and landed at the mag netic pole to check a possible shift ing of the pole. At the magnetic pole, some 1,300 aaaa aorth-of Winnipeg, tticy found (Concluded on page 10, column 4) GRAIN BUYER. AT THE DALLES UNDER ARREST The Dalles IIP) Collapse of the grain buying and speculating busi ness of John A. Hardin, active here for a number of years, brought criminal charges of larceny by bailee, which caused the buyer to be lodged in the Wasco county jail Tuesday. He was released Just be fore noon on $3,000 bond. The collapse of the business will spell financial ruin to a number of Wasco county grain growers and extremely straitened circumstances to others. The amount of loss -will be more than $20,000, although an audit now being made of Hardin's books must be completed before any figure can be reached. Hardin's downfall was blamed by him on the falling grain market. and charges are that he used wheat consigned to him as margin for speculation. According to the grain buyer, this Is a common practice among those In that business, but he became so deeply Involved that he could not recoup his continued losses. Hardin has filed voluntary peti tion for bankruptcy. His attorney said Tuesday that his assets would pay only a small percentage of the liabilities. Hardin held consigned wheat from The Dalles, Dufur and Maupln in Wasco county, and from Madras In Jefferson county. Several growers who had con signed all their wheat to Hardin have stated In the last few days that they, too, face Insolvency as a result of the crash, their sole quick asset being the wheat which Hardin Is said to have used for margin In his speculation. 5 OF 6 NAMED TO NEW TARIFF BOARD Washington (IP) President Hoo ver Tuesday announced appoint ment of five or the six members oi the new tariff commission upon which will fall the task of revising the Hawley-Smoot act, under the flexible provisions of that legisla tion. The members are: Henry P. Flet cher, Pennsylvania, former diplomat, chairman, republican; Thomas Wal ker Page. Virginia, former member of the commission, democrat: John Lee Coulter, Fargo, N. D . nationally known economist, republican; Al fred P. Dennis, Maryland, present vice chairman, democrat; Edgar B. Brossard, Utah, chairman oi the old commission. CAT MEAT HOLD Montreal (JP) Discovery that cat meat was being sold as rabbit In lo cal restaurants has been made by city health officials. Dr. S. Boucher, of the city health department, said a number of convictions nad been obtained. Fall Opening Is To Be Announced With Formal full opening sponsored by the Salem Ad club in cooperation with the leading mercantile establishments of the city will be announced Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock with the sound of the fire siren which will also lie the signal for the unveiling of the windows througout the business district. Entertainment wui be provided from a platform at 8tate and Lib erty with the city council giving per mission to block off several streets from traffic during the evening. Loud speakers will be Installed by Radio Headquarters so that the thousands who are expected to throng the streets will have ample opportunity to hear the entire pro gram. Newell Williams we. be tne announcer this year with a musi cal program to be presented by Billy Brazeau, and his musicians. Special stunts will bo offered by Charles Knowland while Lee U. Eyerly, superintendent of the muni cipal airport,. Is expected to give a night flying demonstration, sev eral bands will be on hand includ ing the Salem Junior 30-picce band, (Conciuded on page 10T"cbiumn 7) RECOMMEND JOINT LINE TO GRAYS HARBOR ' Washington (IP) Recommenda tion that the Northern Pacific Rail road company and Orefjon-Washing ton Railroad Navigation company be authorized to construct Jointly a branch line in Gray s Harbor and Jefferson counties, Washington, was made to the Interstate commerce commission Tuesday In a proposed report by Examiner H. C. Davis. The roads originally were author ized to build the line from a con nection with the existing line of the Northern Pacific at Aloha to a point on the north bank of the Hon nver, about three miles northeast from Spruce, approximately 67 miles. Last March, however, the applicant re quested the commission to amend its certificate and permit certain changes in the route, extending the branch from Mocllps to a point on the north bank of the Hon river about six miles northeast of Spruce. a distance of about 97 miles. Davis recommended this change be au thorized. He also recommended that Oregon-Washington company be per mitted to operate over the Northern Pacific line in Cray's Harbor coun ty, Wash. POLICE SEEK BANK ROBBERS Everett, Wn., (IP) Police through out the northwest Tuesday were searching for six men, believed to be expert bank robbers, who took pos session of the Cltisens Security Na tional bank here for five minutes Monday and robbed It of $44,000 in cash and securities. The bandits escaped in a large car, after holding scores of spectators at bay with machine guns, and van ished somewhere between here and Seattle. No trace of them was found by posses, and It was believed that they were hiding in Seattle. Police believed the men .were members of an eastern gang. North west robberies are not ordinarily staged with such coolness and bus inesslike simplicity. Four of the men, armed with sub-machine guns, en tered the bank, whooping and yell ing, lined nearly 50 employes and patrons against a wall, forced two employes to open the vault, and systematically scooped up currency and securities. The other two re mained outside, guarding the bank entrance, and holding at bay scores of pedestrians who gathered on the street to watch the robbery. FORD TO EXTEND AUTO FACTORIES Paris (IP) Henry Ford plans to manufacture automobiles through out Europe "as far as possible," he said before tuning for Germany by automobile Tuesday. Ford Interred that he would es tablish plants for the manufacture of parts. Instead of the assembling plants he has already erected in Europe. He confined moat of his visit In Paris to sight-seeing. He expecta to make his first stop In Germany at Baden Baden. FARM PRICES SINK 3 PERCENT TO LOW LEVEL Washington (JP) A three percent recession of farm prices from July 15 to August 15 was said Tuesday by the department of agriculture, to have sent the farm price index be low the lowest level reached in 1921. "This decline followed a sharp break in the farm price level the preceding month. As of August 15 the index was 108 compared with 111 on July 15, with 133 on June 15 and 143 a year ago. "From August 15 to September 10, however, price advances at primary markets outweighed declines, al though cotton and wheat failed to maintain their gains Into the first of September. The gains have been most noticeable In hogs, cattle, po tatoes and butter." the department earn. "Hog prices advanced on a light er volume of marketings and prices ox eggs, ouiter and wool, also ad' vanoed from their very low levels in July. But considerable declines took place in apples and potatoes, which because of light crops In 1920 had not declined to the same extent as other commodities earlier this year, and beef cattle and sheep and lambs aecuned to new low levels." CALL AUDITOR IN LUPER PROBE Otto F. Kubln, auditor for the state department, has been request ed both by the state reclamation commission and by State Engineer Luper to appear when the commis sion meets Tuesday to Investigate tne financial condition of the state engineering department. It was an audit of the engineering depart ment's books by lEuliln that result ed In the Inquiry. The auditor's report claimed various Irregularities In the manner of handling funds were found. The audit made of Luper's books was not a special check-up, but came In the course of an examina tion of the books of all state depart ments. Governor Norblad was expected at the session Tuesday to ask Luper a list of questions prepared In ad vance of the meeting. Press representatives will not be admitted to the meeting, but it Is said a statement would be given for publication following the meeting. LEONHtffiSHOT IN HUNTING DEER Eugene m Bert Willey, 24. Le on a, was shof accidentally In the thigh in the mountains Monday, constituting the first hunting acci dent of the present deer season. Willey said the rifle of one or his companions discharged accidentally while they were sulking a deer. Records and Articles Found, Andree Camp Tell Story of Flight Tromsoe, Norway (AP) what wan believed to be the Frankel. third member of the appeared 33 years ago, arrived here Tuesday escorted by the government steamer Michael Bars and the Swe dish gunboat 8venskund. All three ships flew the Norwegian and SwedUh flags at half mast. As the Isbjoern came Into the harbor all ships lowered their flags In sa lute. The coffin containing the bones believed to be those of Fran kel was Immediately taken to a nearby hospital where experts will examine the relics. Because of a heavy rain compar atively few people witnessed the ar rival of the ship. In the eight days which the Isb SAY SENATOR ; TAPPED WIRES AT FARM ICE Attorney General of Illi nois Accuses Nye of. Espionage on Ruth Nye Refuses to Admit Statement but Denies Employing Spies Chicago MRThat Senator Ger ald P. Nye had direct connection with espionage on Congresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormlck was charg ed Tuesday in a statement from At torney General Oscar E. Carlstrom of Illinois. Chicago, m The senate cam paign funds committee denied Os car E. Carlstrom, attorney general of Illinois, the privilege of present ing a statement in defense of "the honor and dignity of Ruth Hanna McCormlck" Tuesday and returned forthwith to the main line of its inquiry. Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman opened Tuesday's hearing with a statement denying that the com mittee had spied on private af fairs or pilfered records from tha Hies of - Mrs. McCormlck, who (Concluded on page 11. column 7) THWARTED LOVE ItEMD PallCEC in i run unuvuv SUICIDE OF BOY Woodbum Leland Newlon. It. only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis New lon, residents of the Sleepy Hollow road near West Woodbum. com mitted suicide Monday night about 10:30 o'clock. Death was inflicted by 31 calibre rifle bullet through the heart A thwarted love affair blamed on both his parents and his sweetheart, was given as the reason lor the suicide In a note left by young Newlon. The Newlon family had been picking hops at the Charley John ston yards near Woodbum. New ion's parents spent Monday evening at the home of neighbors, returning at 10:30 o'clock to find him dead. There had been no warning of the impending tragedy. The Newlon have lived in the Woodbum vicin ity for the past year. They were former resident of California. NORTH CAROLINA BANK IS CLOSED Raleigh, N. C. IP The Raleigh Banking and Trust Co., failed Tues day with a temporary loss of more than $1,000,000 to depositors and was taken over by the Page Trust company of Aberdeen. Deposits of the Ralelfth bank to taled $2,167,180. It was capitalized at $200,000 and had a surplus of $300,000, according to a statement on June 30. The Page Trust company after an all night conference with officers of the Raleigh company, announced It would pay depositors 50 cents on the dollar Immediately and that the en tire amount would be paid even tually. No reason for the failure was glv- -The sealer Isbjoern, bearing remains of the body of Knut Andree expedition, which dig it joern has used to reach here from Hvltovoen the ship's master, Capiata Knut Stubendorf, has had members of the expedition which went to the Andree camp site after It had been discovered by men aboard the Brat vaag, carefully catalogue and take every means of preserving every thing found remaining there. The maps and plan have been put between glass sheets which per mits them to be read easily. In the center of the ship's hatch there stands a simple wooden box made by the crew from the shelter over I (Concluded on pax. 11 column 4)