RAIN tonight and Sunday, not much change in temperature. 8tronff sou therly winds, occasionally gales oo coast. Local: max. 18; min. 57: rain AS; river -2.8 feet: cloudy; south wind. 1L HiHHRnr 42nd YEAR, No. 231 m'SSrn,u8.fe,:S",oriKn SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930 PRICE THREE CENTS SSSXSJSSS xa tiiuqn O J" f) rs roitoiw n wwr u in CIRCULATION Calif aver distribution for tbt nontb ending August 91, 1030 10,568 Average daily net paid 10,155 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation LOT ' VIOLA HAI1SEI4 ; E1I BEST CLUB WORKER Patterson Cup, Highest Award in 4-H Work, Given Moro Girl Four Outstanding Mem bers Selected Friday, Guests at King Dinner An 18-year old gi from Moro, In Sherman county, is the grand cham pion of the 15,000 4-H club members ol the state and the lirst winner or the Patterson trophy, offered to the boy or girl who during the year has shown the highest type of leader ship and outstanding ability In 4-H club projects. She u viou. Hansen, who arrived on the grounds Friday evening, and was Informed of her selection Saturday morning by H. C. Seymour, state club leader. The trophy is a large silver loving cup and will be a perpetual award. the name ol the winner being en graved on the cup each year with Miss Hansen's name beading the !ist. It is offered by Mrs. 1 L. Pat terson in memory of her husband, the late Governor L L. Patterson. Miss Hansen has been engaged In club activities since she came to Concluded on page 9. column 6") NEW SHORTAGE IN LUPER'S FUND NOWRUMORED Rumors were afloat In Salem Saturday that the state reclama tion commission had uncovered in dications ot a further shortage In the financial accounts of State En gineer Rhea Luper amounting to about $2500. An audit of the ac counts made some time ago by Otto K. Kubin, accountant for the state department, showed that Luper had retained since October, 1926, $1800.20 interest money, but this amount has now been paid over to the state treasurer by Luper. Members of the reclamation commission Saturday refused eith er to confirm or deny the report that a further shortage had been found. Following a star chamber meeting of the commission about a week ago at which Luper was quizzed the commission stated that another meeting would -be held Thursday of this week, after which a statement would be made. The meeting was not held, however, presumably because of the absence of Luper who Is on a hunting trip. Luper was scheduled to return Thursday, but has not yet returned. Commission members thought Sat urday that the second meeting would be held next Monday. Besides the interest funds that hioer was said In the auditor's re port to have retained for nearly lour years, the auditor criticised Luper's method of handling other funds and records. Luper declared that he could satisfactorily reply to all the criticism made. TUTTLE RESIGNS TO BE CANDIDATE Washington, ilP The resignation of Charles H. TutUe, republican nominee for governor In New York, as federal district attorney in that state Saturday was accepted by President Hoover, effective Imme diately. Mr. Tuttle presented his resigna tion last week to bj effective No vember 16 and at the same time urged repeal of the prohibition amendment. Early Saturday he communicated with the president asking that the resignation take effect at once because of his nomination Friday by the republican party for gover- BANK SUES TO GET TIMBER PAYMENT Portland, fP) A suit to recover 16.432 56 alleged due for the sale of timber was filed Saturday by the Northwestern National bank against the Trask Lumber company. The complaint said In March. 1929. the Trask company, of whlcn the bank Is a stockholder, sold it holdings to tne Flora Logging company for 3.334 600. The money was divided rtmong stockholders but the bank alleged It bad Dot received Its share. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN, We are glad to note that the Journal last evening carried the "Obituary" head over the baseball scores. We hope that's final for the season. Julius Meier promises power without cost to the taxpayers, a governor without a salary, and now if hed only offer merchandise without cost to the customers It would be a happy world, indeed. The man who shows Oregon grown figs out at the 'fair was showing us some fig wasps yester day. He says they have a scissor like bill. We uppose that is where the term "scissor bill" comes from. WHERE BOBBY PLAYED A Philadelphlan writing about the Merlon golf course where the boys are now playing the amateur championship, says that the fair ways are so narrow that a man wearing a number 9 shoe will find bis Instep In the rough on both sides, while the only reason there are no more traps Is that there was no more ground in which to dig them. The greens, he says, seem to have been greased and that all you have to do to make the ball move is to wave your putter at It. Speaking of the narrow fairways, he insists that a divot taken with a number 4 Iron, takes turf from two fairways. Corvallis Gazette- Times. There may be considerable i employment now but there are at least two busy men In Salem. These being Kenneth Bayne and Miller Hayden nominees for justice of the peace. Perhaps you had forgotten about this race but these boys are letting nobody forget if they can help It. Well, the rain isn't' so bad. We were out In it enough today so we can skip our weekly bath tonight There's sermons in stones and good in everything. And U seems Julius walked right In, and turned around, and walked right oat again so he says. OLD CUBAN BANK CLOSES DOORS Havana UP) The Banco Del Co- merclo, one of the oldest and most influential financial institutions in Cuba, suspended payments Saturday after aq all-night meeting of its di rectors. The two vice-presidents, P. Selg- lle and L. Llopez, who have been acting in charge since resignation last week of Porflrlo Franca, presi dent, in a statement issued after the meeting said It was necessary for the institution to suspend operation "provisionally. No reasons were as signed for the failure. President Machado on a fishing trip, was notified and said that be would return immediately. The bank is over 50 years old, and was one of the few which survived the crash in 1921. 'It is the only na tional bank In Havana and formerly was known as the Arzuellas Y Cia bank.' HOOVER'S AUNT TO SPEAK IN PORTLAND Portland UPy Mrs. Matilda At kinson Mln'om, President Hoo ver's aunt and returned missionary from Metlakatla, Alaska, will arrive here Saturday night to visit friends and speak at the Piedmont Friends church. Mrs. Minthorn is the widow of Dr. Herbert J. Minthorn, physi clan. When Mr. Hoover went to Alaska with the late President Harding he visited Mrs. Minthorn at her post. Odom Gets Contract For New Roth Grocery Home on High Street Edward Schunke, mana$rer of the Roth Grocery com pany, Friday enered ino a contract with F. L. Odom of .Sa lem for construction of a new building for the company on High street adjoining the city hail ,t the south. The contract is with schunke personally and the new structure will be on property owned by Schunke and will be un der lease to the Roth Grocery com pany as its new home after Janu ary 1, with the exception of a store room. 18x20 on the south side of the structure facing on High street. Under the contract Odom will start work next week and the build ing Is to be completed by December 15 and ready for occupancy on Jan uary 1 when the present quarters of the Roth company will be taken BEER MAKERS FOR OWN USE III 110 DANGER Woodcock Places Home Brewers Beyond Reach Of Federal Agents Impracticable to Bring Violators To Trial Is Dcy Head's View Washington, WV-The citizen who manufactures wine or beer in his home for home consumption, with no sales involved, was held Sat urday by Prohibition Director Amos W. W. Woodcock to be beyond the reach of federal enforcement agen cies. As a matter of law, woodcock explained Saturday In his first pro nouncement -on this point, the home manufacturer Is liable to punishment If the liquor be pro duces Is "intoxicating in fact." This he said, Is a point for the Jury to decide. Practically speaking, however, he continued, evidence to bring the home manufacturer to trial cannot be obtained unless commercial features are Involved upon which (Concluded-on page 9. column 7) FIVE LOSE LIVES IN LAKE STORM TWO BOATS LOST Muskegon, Mich. (JP) The waters of Lake Michigan whipped into fury by a 40-mile gale Friday, took the lives ol at least live persons, swai lowed up two boats and left the fate of a third undetermined Sat urday morning. The five dead were members of the crew of the barge Salvor, caught in the gale Friday afternoon when less than two miles from 6afety in the harbor here. Nine others of the 14 who were aboard the barge readied shore alive. Two of them were brought In Saturday morning after having spent 16 hours lashed to the derrick on the barge. They were taken to Grand Haven by members of the coast guard crew from that point. who shot a line aboard the barge to rescue them. A third man lashed to the derrick was dead, and because of the heavy seas still running, ef forts to remove his body were aban doned. The other vessel to go down be- fore the gale was the schooner "Our Son," last of her type on the lakes. She foundered off Ludington, Mich., her crew of seven being removed by the freighter Wliuam Nelson. DUNCAN TO ASK TRIAL EXPENSES Portland, (JP) Robert Gordon Duncan, silenced "Oregon Wildcat" under Indictment charging use of obscene lur.sagc over radio sta tion KVEP, Portland, said he was "too poor of purse" to pay witnesses to appear at his hearing in federal court at Medford, Ore., soon. He asked the federal government be made to pay the bills. His petition named numerous witnesses who would appear for him in Medford if their way was paid to the southern Oregon city. over under a long time lease by the F. w. Grant chain store. The building will be one story and virtually a full basement. It will be of concrete construction with a brick front of modern design. The Roth store will occupy a space 40x60 at the front and also the entire back of the ell which will swing be hind the other store building. The rear portion will cover 60 by 57. This will give the Roth company virtual ly the same floor space as now oc cupied with the store being some '(.Concluded on page 9, col urn A 7j FUNDS TO BEAT NORRIS TRACED TO COMMITTEE Nye Asserts Money to Run Grocer Came From Republican Quarters Liberty Bond Came From Seymour Who Has Re signed As Aide Washington VP Chairman Nye of the senate campaign funds In vestigating committee announced Saturday he Intended to trace the source of money sent Into Nebraska in the recent primary fight there against Senator George W. Norrls, who won the republican nomina tion. The senator said he had been as sured by District Attorney Sahdall at Omaha charges of perjury would be filed against Victor Seymour of Lincoln, and George W. Norrls, the Broken Bow grocer, for testimony given the committee. Nye expressed confidence that a Liberty bond given to the grocer Norrls when he filed in the repub lican senatorial race against Sen ator George W. Norrls was trace able to Seymour. He added that Seymour's bank account showed deposits of $7,000 over a period of seven ironths. He said he intended to find where that money came from and how it was sent. Seymour, lately appointed assist ant vice chairman of the western republican political campaign, Fri day telegraphed his resignation to Senator Frederick stelwer of Ore gon. In his telegram Seymour, in sisted he was "absolutely innocent of any wrong act," and was re- (Concluded on page--), column 8) PANTAGES WINS LONG FIGHT FOR RETRIAL OF CASE Los Angeles (JP) Alexander Pan tages, the Greek immigrant who ran a stake won in the Alaskan gold fields to a fortune of more than $15,000,000 has been given another chance to escape from a charge of criminally assaulting Eunice Pringle, young co-ed and dancer, August 9, 1929. The vaudeville theater magnate Friday won his 11 month fight to reverse the superior court in which he was convicted last October and sentenced to from one to 50 years in San Quentln penitentiary. The district court of appeals, division one, In a unanimous decision on Pantages' appeal from Superior Judge Charles Fricke's denial of his petition for a new trial, reversed judgment and remanded the case for retrial. The effect of the decision writ ten by Associate Justice Frederick Houser and concurred in by Associ ate Justices Nathaniel Conroy and John York, was to wipe out all that had been done since Pantages was arrested after Miss Pringle. then 17 years old, ran screaming from a cubby-hole office in the theater magnate's downtown build ing and lodge. KILLEDINlRASH HEAR DONALD Levi Sharp, 57. resident of the Whiskey Hill section Just over the Clackamas county line cast of Hub bard, died of a broken neck when the truck In which he was riding with Johnnie and Earl Fisher, sons of Joe Fisher of the same district, skidded on wet pavement a mile and a half east of Donald, and turned over in a ditch Saturday morning. Johnnie Fisher, driver, applied the brakes to slow down for a curve and the truck skidded. The Fisher boys, who were taking Sharp to work in their father's tile and brick plant at Donald, were thrown clear, suf fering only minor bruises and scratches. The accident occurred about 7:15, and Sharp died about 8 o'clock In the car of Dr. B. F. Olesy of Au rora, enroute to the Oregon City hospital. Dr. Oiesy brought the body back to the Miller undertaking par lors at Aurora. Sharp is survived by his widow and four children. F'.incral arrange ments have not been completed. , Campbell Bares Pressure Exerted by Senator Curtis To Secure Alcohol Permits Meier Rides Free On Railroads But Others Pay Cash Command over the advan tages attendant apon the possession of a large per sonal fortune Is not the only edge which Julias Meier. In dependent, holds over the regular party nominees In the contest for governor of Ore gon, Investigation of the of ficial records of the state public service commission discloses. Meier, the records reveal, not only enjoys the pleasure of being able to skip hither and there over the state with out regard for the expense, but on two railroad systems operating In the state Is exempt from the cost of faxes In his campaign trav els. V By virtue of holding the of fice of vice president of the Great Southern Railway, operating between The Dalles and Oufur, Meier carries an annual pass on the Union Pacific and Spokane, Port land and Seattle lines. Whether he Is entitled to ride free on the Southern Pa cific as a heavy freight cus tomer of that line is not re vealed by the records. LAWYERS TOLD POLICE SYSTEM IS ANTIQUATED Pendleton, (IP) Colonel A. E. Clark, Portland lawyer, told the Oregon Bar association Saturday blame for prevalence of crime Is due to modernization of criminals while police systems remain In the "sandbag age' "While criminals have resorted to machine gunes, bombs and poison gas to carry on their trade. Col onel Clark said, "our police system still uses the sandbag. ' He exonerated western states Judicial systems from blame In so called crime waves. The crime bust ness, Clark salad, has become one of the most efficient and greatest industries in the country while po lice systems lack almost entirely tne closely knit and efficient "cen tral organization applied to other businesses." Certainty and not severity of punishment is the best deterrent for crime, Clark said. BRINGS SUIT ON . ELECTRIC BILLS Alleging that from 1925 to 103C the Portland Electric Power com pany and later the Pacific North west Public Service company has been sending It inaccurate bills con taining overcharges, the White House restaurant, by Genrpe broth ers, has filed complaint In circuit court seeking to recover $1466 89 in alleged overcharges and attorney's fee of 500. The George brothers allege that repeatedly each month during the years mentioned overcharges were Included on the bill. The complaint avers that the company had filed Its schedule of rates with the public service commission and that In every case the monthly bill during the period mentioned was an excess charge over the rates permitted un der the schedule. The George brothers state in the complaint that the bills did not contain sufficient data to figure their accuracy and that 'they had accepted and paid the bills assum ing they were proper bills and charges under the schedule. The complaint carries attached an exhibit setting out each monthly bill and the overcharges alleged on each of such bills. Overcharges alleged were as follows: 1926, from 8462 to $44 49; 1927, from $19.31 to $44.46; 1928, rom $2067 to $40.05; 1929, from $18.15 to $27.27. In 1930 the only months listed are January and February, the overcharge for each month being alleged to amount to $21.76. BABE HITS Z 1IOMKRS Philadelphia ) Babe Ruth clouted his 48th and 49th - home runs here Saturday in the Yankee Athletic game. George Earnshaw was the pitching victim in both instances. Kansas Senator, Now Vice-President, Also Active in Securing Reinstatement of Dis charged Prohibition Agent for Political Reasons During Campaign, ARTICLE VI By MAJOR MAURICE CAMPBELL Charles Curtis, United States Senator from the desert state of Kansas, was a pre-eonvention candidate for presi dent in 1928 and was elected How the campaign of this ducted throughout the country fact that in New York it upon me to issue aiconoi withdrawal permits to dubious concerns. Senator Curtis's especial inter est, recorded in two letters from Commissioner Dor an. was shown in ; the application of the Spa Chem ical Company, the president of which was Samuel Friebrun, who, was among the Curtis boosters at the Kansas City convention. I Is sued a permit and later caught the company diverting Its alcohol. Although I h. d more than one opportunity to meet Senator Cur tis during the 1928 campaign, I have only encountered him once in per son. That incident gave me a firm impression of his insincerity about prohibition enforcement. Early In 1927 Senator Curtis pro tested to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews about the dismis sal of a prohibition agent named Buck, who had been working in Kansas and whose home was In Pittsburg, Kans. The administrator at St. Louis had dismissed him be cause of Irregularities in his ex pense account. Gen. Andrews told Senator Curtis he would have O. D. Jackson look into the matter, but as Jackson was busy I was sent. I wired to Senator Curtis at Topeka that I would take (Concluded on page 4. column 3) BOOTH DONATES $50,000 TO AID WILLAMETTE With slightly more than $40,009 needed to take full advantages of the offer ot the general education board of the Rockefeller oundation, officials of Willamette university were literally "beating the bushes" Saturday in an effort to uncover this amount before midnight Tues day, the time for the expiration of the contract. The contributions were given a big boost Friday with the receipt of a check for $50,000 signed by R. A. Booth of Eugene. An unnamed man has agreed to give the last $50,000 providing the balance of the money is raised. This amount has already been taken into considera tion. Dr. C. G. Doney, president of the Willamette university, stated Sat urday efforts to secure the balance needed would be continued until the last minute. It is likely the amount not received in actual cash will be underwritten by a group of prominent citizens, thus enabling the Institution to get the entire amount offered by the foundation which Is adding 54 cents for every dollar raised by the university. The campaign for raising the en dowment fund was scheduled to close October 1, 1928. An extension was granted until October 1, 1929 and then a second extension was given. University officials expressed the belief that had business conditions not gone into a slump the cam paign would have been brought to a successful conclusion months ago. WRECKED PLANE FOUND IN LAKE Conneaut, Ohio (IP) Wreckage of a Curttss Robin plane, believed to be the one In which Lieut. Wll- lard Parker, world war ace, and William J. McNully, Columbus business man, disappeared alter leaving Cleveland airport Wednes day morning, was washed up on the shore of Lake Erie near here Saturday morning. No bodies were to be found with the wreckage. W. D. Dlnilck. farmer, discovered the battered bits of the plane near Harrington Point. The debris was scattered for more than a quarter of a mile along the shore line. Searching parties were Immedi ately organized to look for bodies vice - president. noted prohibitionist was con I can only surmise from the involved continual pressure WAR WARPED VETERAN KILLS AGED FATHER Chicago (JP) The love affair a war-warped son believed his aged father waa carrying on with a nurse was blacked out by tragedy Satur day. The father, Rockwell Sayre, 83 year old president of a real estate concern, was dead, a bullet in the back, another in the chest. The son, Sydney, who was thrice shot down in his plane during the World war, was held for the murder. I killed-him," said the former second lieutenant of the air corps. "Here is my confession, written three days ago. And I Intended, too, to kill the nurse, (Miss Alma Zschaechner). Police arrived In time to prevent that. Sydney, 37 years old, was still in the apartment office beside his father's body when officers, respond ing to an alarm turned in by neigh bors, reached the place. Miss Zschaechner had been nurse for ftockwell Sayre's wife for eight years, she said. Mrs. Sayres is invalid. Sydney Sayre, a University of Chicago graduate who told police he was an Inventor by occupation, picked his words carefully in de scribing the reasons for his act. 'My father was making love to her," he said. "He was presenting gifts to her handkerchiefs and per fume. Had he given her money. I would not have cared. This world Is pretty loose today, anyway. But fa ther was of the old school and ought to have known better. Handkerchiefs and perfume are not proper gifts for a man of the old school. BAY CITIES FETE FRENCH FLIERS San Francisco (JP) Dieudonne Coete and Maurice Bcllonte, French trans-Atlantic filers who hoped for a respite from the round of wel comes on their American good will flight, were kept busy here until early Saturday by a series of formal and Informal receptions in their honor. They arrived here at 5:20 Friday afternoon, a little more than five hours after they left Portland, Ore. They were scheduled to continue their 26-day good will tour by hop ping off at noon for Los Angeles, Among those who welcomed the Frenchman was Costes cousin, Mrs. Camilla Raynal of Redwood City, whom Cost told two years ago he would fly the Atlantic to visit her. Saturday Program Run Of f Despite Rain Children Are Guests Rain failed to Interfere to any extent with the Saturday program of the 6!)th annual alate fair anil preparations wera heing completed for the special program that will mark the official clone ot the exposition bun- day. Race event, wUh the excep tion of the harness races, were held as scheduled. The health pa rade, slated for Saturday morning, was cancrllcd by the rnln while other events of a similar nature were held within the stadium. Gates ot the fairgrounds Will be open all day 8unday with exnlblt ors and concessioners holding over for the day. A sacred concert ol one hour will be offered by tie Ashley Dixon band of Portland in the morning Just Inside the main entrance or In the stadium if It rains. Rev. P. W. Erlksen, of Sa FOURTH MAJOR TITLE ANNEXED BY ATLANTA!! Jones Triumphs in Finals For Amateur Champ ionship Over Homans Final Score 8 and 7 All Won in Morning Round Afternoon a Tie Merion Cricket Club, Ardmore, Pa, JPj Bobby Jones swamped Gene Homans, 8 and 7 Saturday In tbo finals of the United States amateur championship, thereby completing; his unparalleled "grand slam In golf for 1930. A wildly cheering and almost un controllable gallery of upwards ol 10,000 spectators saw Jones add the classic amateur crown to his pre vious triumphs this year in the Bri tish open, the British amateur and American open. It was his fifth United States amateur and thirteenth national championship triumph. These aro also records. The fourth triumph by Jones was the easiest of any of the previous three he scored this year to com plete his record shattering sweep of all the golfing honors hi sight. He won the medal tor the lowest qualifying score, 142, which tied tho record, and then swept through five successive matches. He was seldom in danger of being down to any op- ponent, much less defeated. It was just a grand parade for the Georgian from the outset, especially (Concluded on page 9. column 8) CONFESESTO KILLING WOMAN WITH IRON PIPE San Francisco ;-After telling several conflicting stories, Nicholas Rossich, 46, broke down under po lice questioning Saturday and al legedly confer d to beating U death his housekeeper, Eva Buzzel, 48, with an iron pipe "because she put my children in the asylum." The purported confession climax ed a long grilling by members of the homicide squad after Rossicti had reported "finding" the woman's body In his home with the head crushed and deep lacerations on the face. After the confession Rossich led police to a spot under the Mission, viaduct and pointed out a blood stained iron bar, which he said be threw there aflcr the murder. "I hit her. I hit her," RosslcH screamed as he confessed. "I went to her last night and made a final demand that she let me gather my scattered family. She's the reason why my boy is in the Sonoma home for feeble minded and why my daughter Is In a cor rection home. "She refused to let my children come to my home. She flew Into a rage and screamed at me. Sho threatened me. "Suddenly I remembered a piece of Iron pipe I had hidden upstairs in the attic. I went and got ft. I came down. Her back was turned to me. I hit her untd she stopped flghtincr, then I ran away. Rossich raid he had been living! with Mrs. Buzzel seven years. lem, will give a tcn-mlnute talk oik a gencrnl religions subject. A mat inee horse show will be staged u the stadium at 3 o'clock. There will be no event on the race track. Two special trains swelled tha attendance for Children" and Press) day Saturday, ti e one starting from Eugene unloading 140 adults and 339 youngsters while the Portland special brought between 700 andt 800. State officials and members of the state fair board were guesU of the State Editorial association) Tcoriclutletl on pnge 9, column )